The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 6, 1898, Page 16

16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, UNDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1898. _CHAMPION POP (ORN EATERS Some Incidents of the Children’s Day at the AFTER WADHAM The Captain Charges His Opponent With Crim- inal Libel. | Has Employed an Attorney to Interpret the Law in the Case. 4 | Wadham Declares Himself Ready | for the Ordeal With Reputable Witnesses. | Supervisor P. M. Delany has declared his intention of having E. L. Wadham, ex-deputy pound keeper, arrested for criminal libel because of the latter's utterances regarding the alleged sol- itation to bribe the Health and Police Committee to allow the public.pound to remain in the custody of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani- mals. Supervisor Delany was seen at the rooms of the Board yesterday and stat- ed that he had evidence sworn to in affidavits that Wadham's charges were false, and that the ex-driver of the wagon had maliclously misrepresented the facts. “The Finance Committee may drop this matter,” he said, ** but I shall not. ‘Wadham, in his efforts to throw mud on me, has gone bevond the limit that the law allows, and I shall have him held responsible before the courts. I have employed an attorney—one of the best in the town—to ascertain whether & crime has been committed, and I am | informed that such is the fact. If there is any justice in the law I shall obtain it before this matter ends.” When informed last evening of Su- pervisor Delany’s intention to have him arrested for criminal libel, Mr. Wad- ham expressed the greatest surprise. | “I did not think he had the courage to even dare do a thing like that,”” Mr. Wadham said. “Why, if he was to ever bring this matter into court, he would get the worst raking over that he ever received in his life. I can prove ev- erything I said of him, and what is -more, people are coming to me and vol- unteering information about the man. ‘Within a day or two I will have fur- ther testimony of his receiving money | from other sources. “If he is to be backed up in his case by the class of men who appeared at the Super meeting on Friday evening there no doubt in my mind that 1 will be acquitted, as I consider those men are unworthy of belief. Take, ance, that man Gilfeath- | er. y, he has been a frequenter of the police courts so often that he has + becomeé n !y as well known as the ! judges on the bench. His testimony in regard to my having sold a dog to Bernardi and then pocketed the money is false, and I intend to have him ar- rested Monday for saying so. My books will bear me out that the money aas turned into the society, and I wiil sake him suffer for his perjury. Another g witness was A. A. Friedlander. 1 suppose he is looking for some future favor from Delany, and | therefore appeared before the Super- visors. He is known throughout the City Hall. My going on the Nicholls | woman's bond was done as a favor to Charley Nagie. He met me in the hall and asked me to, and to accommodate him I qualified. The woman offered me | two dollarg and a half for doing so, but | I refused to accept it. Friedlander was also on the bond at the time and dla not refuse the money that was offered me. That is my only knowledge of her, and I deny strenuously that I ever ca- | roused around with her, as he charges. | Mr. Nagle will bear me out on this point. “Through ignorance of J. W. Bird’s reouiation I agreed to accompgny b | ciety. ‘accurate history of the United States Mining Fair. | mass of little ones. | trance were countless numbers of bar- | 8000 0f these were given away. | the exhibits, to court and support him in his endeav- | or to be made guardian over a girl who | was living in his house. Judge Slack re- | fused to appoint him. | “There was no truth in the testimony | given by George Delmer. He appeared | before the board out of pure spite. | s dropped from the so- | n account of the many com- plaints made against him. I deny that | I ever met Delmer or ever had any con- | versation with him. | “What surprised me more than any- thing else was Frank Holbrook going on the stand. He is a brother of the | present secretary of the society, and | everything has been done by the latter to keep him in good condition. All the positions he ever occupied was through | his brother Charles, and now he turns | around and charges us with slflx‘\‘inz‘ our cattle. When he was employed out | here there seemed to be sufficient feed, | as he would come over in the evening | for a bucket of meat to feed his dogs. | He has been away from home for three days at a time. | Now If any court will believe the | testimony of these men against repu- | table citizens I will be more surprised than the news of Delany’s suit against | me for criminal libel. | ““As to the charge of my being an | associate of Oliver Winthrop, I can | only reiterate that I never knew the | man, never saw him and never had a word with him in my life. T have never had any dealings with Kelly and Crim- mins, as was testified to. I have re- peatedly heard of them, but never came in contact with them.” Ex-Poundmaster F. A. Osborn will be called upon by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to account for two hundred dollars due the society when he retired. He will also be asked to account for a seventy | dollar Mexican saddle and a fourteen | dollar bridle that he is said to have purchased with the funds of the so- | Attorney Martin Stevens has | been instructed to commence suit to- morrow if the money is not refunded. Osborn tried to explain its disap- | pearance to Mr. Holbrook on his re- tirement by stating that he had ex- changed the saddle and bridle for a horse, and as he had turned the animal over to the society he thought he was square on that score. That man W clety o Asthma and Bronchitls cure Guaranteed. Dr. Gordins Sanitarium, 514 Pine. nr. Kearny, S F.,Cal. S SHARKEY AND CHOYNSKIL The Beavy-\’Veiglits‘ Are to Be Matched to Fight Before the Empire Club. “Kid"” McCoy, for reasons best known to himself, has refused a grand offer from the Empire Club to fight Joe Choynski. Eddie Graney, the manager of Choynski on this side of the continent, telegraphed twice to McCoy, but the clever middle- weight failed to answer the dispatches. | Yesterday Graney held a conference | with Tom Sharkey, and the ex-sailor jumped at the proposition of a second meeting with Choynski. In fact, Sharkey said that he would agree to almost any termss, provided that he be given a fair chance to prove that he is entitled to rec- | ognition among the pugilists who are rat- | ed_as being first-class heavy-weights. Graney, Choynski and Sharkey will meet to-morrow and if nothing unfore- seen happens to alter the plans already | consummated regarding a twenty-round contest between Joe and Tom, the lovers | of fistic sport will witness a_hot argu- ment in the ring some time in March. ——————— ‘Welcome to All. Visitors to the Mining Fair are re- quested to visit the new booth in North Gallery, opened by The Call's Scribner History Department. They will be made comfortable, and while resting ! have an opportunity to inspect the only | in_existence. Elegantly bound, perfect typcgraph- ically, this work, with its 1600 illustra- tions of the stirring events in our coun- try’s history, offers one of the most at- tractive bargains at the fair. The Call indorses this history because it is the | best. | —— e Fire in a Poultry Store. An alarm was turned in from box 25 at 6 o'clock last evening for a fire in a Chinese poultry store on the corner of ‘Washington street and Washington alley. The blaze started In the rear of the store from a defective fireplace, and the loss was about $100. —_————— Ten cents for a hottle of Low's Hore- | after turning partly around he fell to | holders, and was iIntrusted with the task | | pleaded guilty to indictments charging Coush Syrun. 417 Sansome st. ® STRICKEN DOWN IN A MOMENT FRANCIS SMITH & CO.S INTERESTING EXHIBIT. One of the Most Striking Displays to Be Seen at the Mining | Fair. | Probably the most interesting exhibit | at the Mining Fair is the actual repre- | | sentation of hydraulicking in the North J. C. Johnson, Capitalist, Dropped Dead Last Evening. While Walking on the Street ‘With His Nephew the End Came. The Body Was Removed to the Late Residence by Friends and Relatives. J. C. Johnson, the capitalist and well- known business man of this city, and | who lived with his nieces at California | street and Van Ness avenue, #iropped | dead last evening at Certral dvenue | and California streets. He was/accom- | panied by his nephew, Fred S. John- son, treasurer and manager of the firm of J. C. Johnson & Co., importers and manufacturers of saddlery and har- ness, and his nfece, who was living | with the deceased. | Early in the evening the party took dinner in a restaurant on Central ave- nue and Californid street, and while walking from the place the deceased was seen to throw up his hands and the sidewalk and was picked up dead. The body was removed to hig late resi- dence, where it is at present surround- ed by the relatives. J. C. Johnson was the president of the Johnson Manufacturing Company which dealt in saddlery and harness and was respected by his business as- sociates for his honesty and business principles. A large circle of friends will be shocked at his sudden death. Drs. Anderson and Thorn were hur- riedly called and gave their opinion that«death came from a diseased heart. It was at first thought that apoplexy was the cause, but the relatives stated that the deceased had frequently com- plained of a severe pain in the region of the heart. FAVOR ELECTION. School Teache;;Ex;V:r;ss Their Ideas Regarding School Directors. Principal Joseph O’Connor of the School Department completed yesterday the tab- ulation of the vote of the school teachers as to whether the Board of Education should be elected or appointed. Mr. O'Connor is the chairman of the educa- tional committee of the Board of Free- of compiling the figures. His tally shows that 559 teachers voted in favor of an elective board and that 304 thought the body should be appointed. Three teachers thought that ‘the board should be composed of six appointive and six elective directors. The average num- ber of directors desired by -the teachers was nine. ——— Express Best of Thanks. Mr. G. F. Ochs, late of the Indlanapolis Furniture Company, now partner with the Pattosien Company, Sixteenth and Mission, expresses his thanks to his many friends who have called. Mr. Ochs states it 18 the truth that the furniture sells at least 20 per cent less than it sold down town. Brussels carpets go at b0 cents a yard. Cheap rent accounts for it. * —_————— Selling Liquor to Indians. Smith Card and Oliver Calkins, who them with selling liquor to Indians of the Round Valley Reservation, were sen- tenced yesterdayby United States District Judge de Haven to sixty days’ imprison- ment and to pay a fine of $100 each. In default of the payment of the flne the | prisoners must be still further imprisoned until the fine and costs are paid. e e O’Brien’s patent spring; best and easiest riding bug;g' made; rubber or steel tires. o Bloomfield Gravel Mine, in Nevada County, to be seen at the extreme west- ern end of the pavilion upstairs. The sheet iron riveted pipe, used in this rep- ‘ resentation, is from the works of Fran- | cis Smith & Co., 130 Beale street, which company was established forty-three years ago at North San Juan, Nevada | County, by Francis Smith, and he it | was who constructed the first line o riveted sheet iron pipe used for hy- draulicking purposes in California, and | the line of pipe, 1800 feet long, is in use | to-day. | A piece of double riveted sheet iron | pipe, No. 16 iron, manufactured by | Francis Smith in 1872 was taken up after being in constant use for twenty- one years, under a pressure of 150 feet, at the Santa Barbara Water Works, | THE CHILDREN WERE THERE By Hundreds and Thou- sands They Visited the Fair. Barrels of Candy Were Given Away to Them by the Management. The German Choral Societies Will This ing. Sing Even- When the doors of the Mechanics’ Pavilion at the Mining Fair were thrown open yesterday, there arose soft and clear, above the noise of the ma- chinery within and the roar of the streets without, magical and melodious notes of weird music. It is said that they fell from the far-famed reed of the Pied Piper of Hamlin. Just how | the management secured the services of this mythical musician of fairyland or where they had him hidden is not known, but certain it is that when the music was heard a vast army of chil- dren came trooping and dancing from all directions. First by ones and twos, but quickly the infantile stream of glad and happy humanity grew to hundreds and thou- sands. There were girls and boys of all ages, sizes and kinds. Soon the main entrance of the pavilion was jammed like the vortex of a mighty funnel, with the clamoring, pushing and struggling Just inside the en- rels filled with bags of candy, and over Each | girl'and boy were made happy in the | possession of a bag of the sweets, and | the thousand teachers were not forgot- | ten. Once on the inside the children pro- | ceeded to take immediate possession of the entire pavilion. They took in all passed .by hundreds through the tunnel, visited the horse show, the art gallery and the moving pictures. With their little eyes and ears wide open, -they saw and heard all that there was to see and hear with- in the four walls of the pavilion. At 2 o'clock the band struck up a lively march, and there was at once a | rush for the band stand. Every avail- | able inch of space surrounding it was occupied, and in a moment the galler- | ies were crowded to overflowing. With | the beginning of the programme the small visitors’ wonder and admiration knew no bounds. They laughed and shouted, and generously ¢lapped their hands at all they witnessed. First came “John and Johnnie,” the trained bears, in their unrivaled antics, and loud was the applause that greet- | ed them. Next followed an up-to-date cake walk by little Miss Ribble Kirby Butler and Master Harry Mangles. These infantile wonders are aged 5 and | 6 years, respectively. They wore cos- | tumes of the Louis Quinze period, and ADVERTISEMENTS. NEW GOODS - SPRING AND SUMMER. We take pleasure in announc- ing the opening of large shipments of NEW GOODS for Spring and Sum- mer, 1898, Among the novelties we will show this week are the fol- lowing. Novelties in Bayadere Striped Silks. Novelties in Plaid and Checked Silks. Novelties in French Bordered Poplins. Novelties in French Bordered Serges. Novelties in French Printed Organdies. Novelties in Genuine Scotch Zephyrs. Novelties in Ladies’ Shirt Waists. Novelties in Plaid and Striped Ribbons. Novelties in Black Braid Trimmings. We will also have on sale this week an elegant assortment of New Percales, New Ginghams, New Tennis Flannels, New Madras Cloths, New Cheviots, New Embroideries; also an elegant assortment of New Dotted Swiss Mull and Plain French Organdies. TELEPHONE GRANT 124. did their dance with all the grace and | ease of their professional elders. .At its | conclusion they were each presented | with a cake so large that they could not carry it. Mephisto, the marvel- ous King of Fire, next mystified his youthful audience by eating living and burning flames. The popcorn eating contest between the small boys was ex- remely funny. The children made a ~ala day of it, and when it came time for them to leave they turned from the scenes of pleasure with reluctant steps, only te’| take away with them pleasant memo- ries of a pleasant day. So successful was the children’s day that the man- agement is going to repeat‘it on next Saturday. | Despite the inclement weather, there | was no diminishing in the attendance upon the fair last night. The after- | Exhibit of Francis Smith & Co. and to-day shows very little sign of ‘wear. The superintendent of the San Mateo ‘Water Works, unsolicited, lately sent a piece of pipe laid by this firm in July, 1865. It was of No. 14 iron, -and had been subjected to a pressure of 175 feet, and is in a remarkably good state of preservation, as also is a plece cut from a pipe laid at North San Juan by Fran- | cis Smith in 1859. | These examples are quoted to show the quality of the work turned out by the firm, who to-day are better pre- pared, with increased facilities and the most skilled workmen, to manufacture | sheet iron and steel pipe of any size, | and to undertake contracts of any mag- | nitude and execute them in short or- | der and in the highest state of perfec- tlon. They make pipe not only for mining purposes, but for town water supply systems, power plants, electrical transmission, irrigation and well pur- poses. They have furnished the pipe system for the principal water companies on | the Pacific Coast, and are now manu- facturing a plant for a new system of gravel washing in Idaho, at their ex- tensive plant in San Leandro, where they fulfill extra large contracts. Four years ago they made a string of twen- ty-two miles of 30-inch sheet iron pipe for the Oakland Water Company, Which has given thorough satisfaction, and, although in constant use day and night, pumping water under a pressure of 100 pounds to square inch, has need- ed no repairs whatever. The principal feature of their pipe is the ccal tar and asphaltum coating to which it is sub- jected, thus preserving the pipe against rust. Francls Smith & Co. also make a spe- cialty of hydraulic giants, water gates, distributors and all necessary appli- ances for a complete mining water sys- tem or power plants, and they are thor- oughly competent to give advice as to O'Brien & Sons, Goiden Gate averue and Polk street. . the weights and sizes of the pipe re- auired and the construction necessary. noon programme was repeated, bu¢ the special feature of the evening was the rendering by Bennett's band, by re- quest, of the ‘‘Miserere,” 11 Trovatore (Verdi). The artistic treatment of this masterpiece was received with the ‘wildest applause, and it had to be re- peated before the audience was satis- fied. The cornet and trombone solos were sustained by Messrs. Rogers and Tobin. The theme proper was devel- oped with that perfect regard for time and phrasing that add so materially to the culmination of its difficult finale. | This afternoon. the fair will be open to the pudlic and there will be a grand | sacred concert by the band. To-night | will be German night, and there will | be four numbers rendered by the Ger- man choral societies of the city. Over two hundred persons will be in the chorus, and a rare musical feast is promised. Another special feature to- night will be the rendering by the hand of Schubert’s Symphony in B minor. Only the first movement will be given. The following is the musical pro- gramme for to-night: Overture, “Jubal’ B .C. M. von Weber ent. Symphony in men only) Chorus, *T! bhath German Singing Societies. Paraphrase, ‘‘Lorelef’ Chorus, ““The Fores & German fnging Societies. Intermission. Elsa B|nturlnl’ the e & iy e Chorus, ‘“How Hi German Singing Cornet solo. Chorus, *‘The German Song”'.. German Singing Societies. March, “Tannhauser’ .Wagner Choruses under the. direction of Professor J. | J._Rieggers. gers. Friday evening, February 11, “The Battle of Gettysburs.”” HAWAIT'S SUGAR. Important Change Made in the Manner of Its Shipment From the Islands to New York. Hitherto, the sugar crop from Hawall has been shipped on salling vessels New York City, but been around the Horn recently some made with th FURNITURE, lan has been changed, and | the sugar M1l now be brought in vessels | to this pbrt and shipped to New York | by rail/ There were eighty carloads yes- terday at Long wharf, Oakland, awaiting 9 shipment. ‘ BEDDINGS. ADVERTISEMENTS. yid ik i FREE For 3 Days ko ¢ 811,50 Cash or Little-at-a-time Payments. J. NOONAN, 1017-1019-1021-1023 Mission St., 516-518-520-522 Minna St., ABOVE SIXTH ST. Telephone, South 13. Open Evenings. OPEN TO-DAY-=WHAT ? MONDAY This OAK TABLE, TUESDRY Quarter sawed 8 ft. WEDNESDAY We want every woman to know the merits of Trading Stamps and to see theé articles which you can get free in exchange for trading stamps. Therefore, if you will cut this ad- vertisement out and bring it for next 3 days to our address below we will give you a book and five stamps to start the book—free. Each person must bring an adver- tisement cut from the paper, and only one book and five stamps to each lady. No Advt. books Ee < |MinINGg Fair The Call” shigen. | KLONDIKE ;. EXPOSITION WHY ? We want to test the actual results ob- tained from the newspaper in which this sppears. FRER! San Francisco TRADING STAMP COMPANY, 42 Geary Street. Because it is a clean, wholesome, educa- tional entertatnment. for évery class of citizen, and the workingman and his family will be able to come and see it to-day. You will see instructive paintings, views and photographs of early pioneer days: of mines Calffornia._scenery never shown here before a rare collection of minerals; models of ma- chinery; see stercopticon views of Alaska: see piles of gold-bearing quartz; an underground mine; a hydraullc mine; hear Rogers and his military band; hear the Miners' Quartet. No speech-making; no stage shows. In fact, a Worthy entertalnment, if it may be cailed such, sultable for the day, and under strict control and supervision of those interested, not fagutatatesatatagatategeetetataietatasasata] . in a financial way, in the success of this exhi- bition of California’s products, but in furnish- ing to the people a place to go as a substitute for many others not so clean and wholesome. German classic musical concerts and foik songs at night. Doors open to-day enly from 1P m. until 5 p. m., and from 7:30 until 10 p.’m. Admission as usual, 25 cents. SPECIAL NOTICES. MONDAY (TO-MORROW) AFTERNOON— French Candy Box Day. Every lady buying tioket of admission to exposition at box office, from 10 a. m. until 5 p. m.; receives free a box of Gruenhagen's Finest Chocolates and French Ronbons. These candies retail for more than ANNUAL Clearance Sale admission price. 7 MONDAY NIGHT—Cake Walk. S TUESDAY AFTERNOON—Special musical programme for ladies. 1 y [ ] ’ TUESDAY NIGHT—The Great Xlondike Wedding. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON—Baby Show. Admission, 25 cents; Children, 15 cents; Com= mutation Tickets, $5. p UNITED STATES LAUNCRY, Art Store, 113 Geary Strect. 20% Discount el et etetetetetate etutotetutotagntutngetututatetetotututatetnt —ON— Pictures, i OFFICE, Statuary, A 1004 Market St., Ornaments, § Near Powell, Crockery, 2| pgiepnone, Soutn a=o, NOTARY PUBLIC. A. J. HENRY, NOTARY PUBLIC Glassware, Etc. SALE TO LAST DURING MONTH OF FEBRUARY ONLY. fetetatatatatatatatatetatadadatetatatatated Sletuteoteiutatat @38 MARKET ST, PP FALacn Valencia street. 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