The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 8, 1898, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1898. HOUSANDS 0F ACRES AT STAKE The Valentine Fortune in Litigation. ! A NEW YORK BROTHER SUES LIGHET ON THE AFFAIRS OF THE | RICH PRINTER. A Legal Battle Over the Rancho : Corte Madera del Presidio in the County of " Marin, One of the most important land suits filed In Marin County for yeers s that | of M. B.Valentine of New York against | Jennie A. Valentine and S. D. Valen- tine. It is a claim to an undivided half of 1300 acres known as the Rancho | Corte Madera del Presidio. | Defendants are executrix and execu- tor respectively of the will of the late Thomas B. Valentine, founder of the | well known San Francisco firm of Francis, Valentine & Co. Plaintiff s a prominent lawyer and ex-Judge in New Y His attorneys are Mes Grant, Mullany and Cus of city. Speaking of the case yesterday Mr, | Cushing said: | ‘The suit calls for an undivided half of an undivided fourth of the well known Rancho Corte Madera del Pre- | sidio, Marin County, which consists ot more than 1300 acres; also of such por- tions of the original tract as may have | been conveyed by the late Thomas Val- | entine to his wife in his lifetime, to- her with plaintiff's share in the is- sues, rents and profits of the lands in question. | _“The land was bought by Thomas B. | *ntine in 1868 from one Bolton. Our ntention is that half the purchase money was advanced by M. B. Valen- tine, the title being put’in the name of Thomas B. Valentine for good and law- ful reasons. We hold that the late Th mas B. V tine held half of the lands in_trust for his brother, and this fact may be shown hereafter by proper cumentary evidence, though the case v not develop along that line.” —_— PROTESTS WITHDRAWN. Local Merchants Willing the War- | ship Should Go to Manila. The remark been made by some of the pe ington that the Pa- cific Cc d manufactur- ers are ha nd that they want everything in sight in the way of comm | advantages. These remarks we. aused by th act hat on many occasions the several bodies of the West have nded their rights when the that jobbers of the East were mo their share of the good > golng, and the I getting better tern nd more fa- vors fror overnment than those of the West. That the Western people do not want the earth is manifest by a little correspondence that has recently passed between this ci The annexed re- the Cham- communi and Washington answer were by and mber send g Pacific Coast Monte: & Monadnock and all other armored war vessels. G PERKI June 7 TUnited for merchan for our and opened 4 colonizing future for An icans beyond ou ardent expecta- o i we of § aneisco will hold nothing back wh y be of service to the ardy administration, even to our jeop- HUGH CRAIG, President Chamber of Commerce. v of th sh fl e chamber, said et was at large | the commerce in t ocean was danger, and it was because of fear the | Spanish admiral might take a notion to Tun over to this coast and pay thecitiesan unwelcome visit, that protest was minde t i eing removed from these waters. Since Dewey cleared the Pacific in the manner he did of the Spanish there is less cause for fear than Still, danger is not a n the War De while the war in pro- passed. Said he tment decided to before. is the Monterey and the other war- to the Philippines the officials no knew what they were do nd | d that this coast was ’ 1t would ill become | us, who are to receive so many benefits | from the recent movements on the part | of the Government, to make further pro- test against what the Government b lleves to be a necessity.” From the p gition taken by the members of the Cham- er of Commerce it is apparent that the I’oczl business men believe that the hold- ing of the Phillippine Islands will be of | eat benefit to the people of tn.s State. | B fact, such has practically been ad- mitted. To secure the trade that is sure fo flow into this port from the Philip- | pines they are willing to get along with- out the protection from Uncle Sam’'s war- ships than they would demand under dif- ferent circumstances. p— HIS LEG BRUISED. Parl J. King Injured in an Elevator Accident. Farl J. King. an elevator boy employed at Webber's music store, at 225 Sutter street, had a narrow escape from being Xilled vesterday afternoon. For some rea- son the boy climbed on top of the cage. and pulled the rope. Instead of lowering the clevator, as he intended, he found himself going upward. Realizing he had !)ulled the wrong rope he became ‘“rat-| i sa were they comparativ ed" and started to jump through the el vator door. His left leg was caught in the | door and seversly bruised. The screams | of the injured boy attracted the attention | of the clerks In the music store and they went to his assistance. He was extricated | from his perilous position after consider- | able trouble and removed to the office. A | doctor wes hastily summoned and he ! dressed the injured leg. When asked by | his father why he had climbed on top of the elevator cage the boy answered that he had scen his predecessor “do the same | trick,” and that h anxious to try it. e L e Again Changes Its Name. i The California Mortgage and Savings | Bank, which will henceforth be known as | the Germanla Trust Company, filed arti- | cles of incorporation yesterday. A short| time ago the bank reincorporated under | the name of the German-American Bank, | but at the Instance of the German Sav- | ings and Loan Soclety an injunction was ranted by Jndge Hebbard prohibiting | he bank from using that name. Whether | the German Savings and Loan Soclety will bring another action to prevent the new incorporation from using the name | “Germania’ remains to be seen. The dl- Tectors are Ernest Denicke, Ernest F. Tamm, McD. R. Venable, W. Steele | and Antonio Tegnazzini. Immigrants for May. During the month of May 2% immi- grants arrived at this port. Of these 76 ;ere Japanese and 66 were Portuguese. hey brought coin to the value of §19,887. T | d | and 13,600 share: Colonel Harlow to ants were properly Colonel Harlow ha in behalf of Abbott, has appris | matter, which created considerabie sur- ABBOTT'S ACCOTNTS CORRECT Santa Rosalia Mining Company’s Mistake. SAID COIN WAS EMBEZZLED | ACCUSED A TRUSTED EMPLOYE AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATE. Difference Between Mexican and Uni- ted States Money, However, Was Responsible for the Mis- understanding. About three months ago a suit, innocent | enough in the wording of the complaint, but formidable in the amount it sought to | recover, was filed in this city by the San- | ta Rosalia Mining Company against Au- gustus Abbott, one of the stockholders and its former superintendent. The suit, however, it {s now determined, meted out | an injustice to the defendant, and its in- | stigation was solely due to the fact that the directors of the plaintiff corporation were efther in Ignorance of or did not stop to consider the fact that Mexico is & silver standard country and that two of its dollars equal only one of the colnage of the United States In the commercial world. Since the directors of the mining corporation have been apprised of the fact they have dismissed the sult against | Mr. Abbott, the dismissal being prompted | ¥ the fact that they had no suit to pros- ccute, as their books balanced to the cent with those of their former superintendent, | who was immediately exonerated when | the comparison was made. | Abbott was the trusted employe and | business associate of the officers of the | company for about three years In the | management of one of the richest mining | properties owned in San Francisco—and | it was not until several months after his retirement from the position of superin- tendent that the management determined | that suit_for the recovery of a large | amount of money must be instituted. The directors were of the opinion that they had dug up a deep plot, that irregularities existed in Abbott's accounts and that he had left on a tour abroad for the sole | purpose of remaining out of the reach of sses | out of California courts. [hat Abbott was absent there could be no oubt, and owing to this fact suit for the recovery of $30,000 was filed against him an attachment was issued again in the mining corporation, o owner, held in escrow by lifornfa_and on the secre- ta books. ervice on Abbott was made, but he me cognizant of the facts of the case while traveling, and he informed his attorney, Colonel W. Harlow of Nogales, Arizona. which he w: the Bank of C Abbott was | nonplussed at the action of the directors, but he continued on his trip, trusting to ee that the complain- | prised of the facts. | completed his labors the as re- npdr- rectors of the facts of the ca ceived their word that the form intendent does_not owe o corporation and is now on h “The facts of the tran: mstances that so start of the corporation are the sald Colonel Harlow last evening. *Mr. Abbott was | placed In charge of the mining property, | and he went to Mexico to see that its | development was properly conducted, and | it was his desire to obey the laws of Mex- | ico instead of his wish to disobey the laws of the United States that led to the suit being filed against him. The laws of Mexico make it ne ary to keep the ks of all corporations in Spanish. This ct, when the Income from the balanced it was placed in the gures representing its value in coln of the realm In which it was pro- duced. For instance, one of the items on the Mexican books that roused the sus- | picions of the directors was one of $44,000, representing > number of Mexican coins of that denominatic while the books of the’ dir credited the output of the m amount placed to its credit by its intendent on his accounts. ny similar conditions were fou , and the dircetors, when they received the books | from Mexico, immediately concluded that a shortage exis Mr. Abbott trusted to the knowledge of the directors regarding the difference of money values to set | them right regarding the accounts. but | in their anxiety to protect themselves i s they did not stop to consiaer | cent to the way home. on and efr- | the directors | ) E £ o 2 B 2 “In the meantime. Mr. Abbott had ar-| rived from Mexico, and. after marrying | one of Oakland’s belles, started on his wedding tour. He went to Mexico and then started a tour of the United States, | It was the tour of his honeymoon that | took him away from the city and his | business which led some of the directors 1o believe that he was traveling solely to escape summons in the action which has | been filed against him. He learned of the | suft, however, and Instructed me to care | for ‘his Interests and investigate the legations of the directo This 1 aid, | Two months ago 1 went to Mexlco and investigated the books of the company | still remaining there, and learned of the | output of the mine. 1 soon became ac- quainted with the condition that had led | to the misunderstanding, and returned to | this city. The matter had in the meantime been placed in the hands of James Me- | Nabb by the directors for settlement, together we went over the books of the company. An expert accountant was em- ploved, ‘and when he had concluded his | labors it was found that there was not | one cent due from my client. To corrob- | orate this statement. T have In my pos- sesslon a receipt from the company for all its demands against Mr. Abbott. The and | rr!se at the time, has proven to have been based on a flim of ecircumstances which. if the directors had investigated, would have disappeared without even the trouble Incurred by the filing of a complaint for money that was not due.” ST. PATRICK’S BAZAAR. | A Very Successful Entertainment Is Given by the Golden West Booth. The ladies’ minstrel entertainment and dance for the L@lefit of St. Patrick’s grand bazaar, given at Native Sons' Hall last evening. proved a success both from an artisti¢ and financlal standpoint. The affalr was given under the auspices of the Golden West Booth. “A handsome sum was netted by the projectors, and the fol- lowing ladies, who had charge of the ar- rangements, ‘'were greatly pleased with the result of their lavors: ~Reception com- mittee—Mrs. Ryan, Miss Jennie Byrne, Miss A. Lequime, Miss Maggle Cava- | nagh. Miss ellie Oakes, Miss Tessie Smith and Miss Kate Leary; floor direc- tor, Miss Annie W. Westhaus; assistants aliss May Higgins, Miss Etta O'Brien, Miss Belle O'Brien, Miss Jeannette Fin- nie, Miss Jessie Finnie, Miss Mamie Sha“fl, Mrs. Sheehan and Miss Kittle Me- ane. The programme was carrled out under the direction of Miss A. W. Wasthaus and'T. G. Bggert. Miss A. Hoyne acted as conversationallst, and the Misses Jen- nie Finnie, Kittie McShane, Tesste Smith, Nellfe Oakes, Mamie Wells. feannette Finnie, Mamie Shechan and Kittis Sare dfe handled the bones and tambonrines, The several numbers on the programme which was a lengthy one, were very ac. ceptably rendered lg Miss W. P. West- haus, Nellle Oakes. George Cheeney. little | Rosle Benham, Mamie Sheeha o] Catheart, Mre. M. T. Brennan Toiok Smith. Ella O’'Brien, Jeannette Finnie, | Jessie Finnle. Dave Finnie, Cora Fiske Dunworth, Mamle Wells, Ben Tarbo mfiu‘c McShane, George Ryan and Belle ' Brien. el e, She Seeks a Divorce. Josephifie Smith flied a suit for divorce from her husband, Milton Smith, in the Superfor Court yesterday afternoon. As a cause of action the plaintiff alleges de- on. /3 | fication of the party in this city, ARTISTS WILL The presence of our army has kindled such a feeling of patriotism among artists and art students that they have given their hest work for the exhibition | and sale to be held under the auspices of the Press Club Sa and evening, June 11 The idea of the benefit was at first conceived of by N. Clark, who at once appointed the following committee of assistants: Together these ladies have labored, and now there is no end of art treasures in the pink room of the Press Club building, awaiting the Here all varieties of art are repr ing, etching, china, painting, illustrating and poker drawing, ation that the master of the brush and palette ldealizes or that the modeler in d Lee and Caro Cook. coming artistic festival. clay interprets—has been solicit Governor Budd yesterday the movement. He said: by students from the Hopkins, I schools. The members of the Pr Frank Coffin is evening. expressed himself as being heart and soul with “Nothing but sickness will prevent my being with you | Saturday, and even in that event I shall be with you in spirit.” | So far all of the art schools in the city have been repres | timer, Jorgensen, Solly Club preparing an excellent mus remain from the afternoon sale will be auctioned off by S. M. Shortridge in the Kanabd Lee AID SOLDIERS.| | turday afternoon : | Mrs. A. W. Scott, Annabel nted—wood carv- n fact, every cre- ented, including worlk alter and Partington refreshments, and The pictures that W furnish the cal programme. SAT THEY HAVE BEEN 0LD OUT Democrats Complain of Neglect. IMPROPER REPRESENTATION DISTRICT SOUTH OF MARKET WAS OVERLOOKED. Probability That the State Central Committee Will Decide Against Fusion With the Populists and Silver Republicans. The rebellion in the ranks of the local Democracy, caused by the manner in which the new City and County Com- mittee has been foisted upon the party, gains strength as the days go by. When the McNab-Gould-Alford com- bination elected to reform the Demo- cratic party of San Francisco and to appoint a committee of political “high joints”. of their own selection to take the affairs of the party in hand in the interest of Mayor Phelan there went forth a murmur of disapproval from a majority of the Democrats in the clty, none ¢f whom had been taken into the - | confidence of the professional reform- ers. Since the action of the trium- virate has been considered in connec- tion with the Mayor's alleged assertion that he had decided to turn his back on that part of the Democracy that sts its votes in the districts south of Market street this murmur has grown into a roar that threatens to engulf those responsible for the present con- dition of things. The Investigation that has been made during the past few days shows that those Assembly districts which ye- turned Democratic majorities at the last general election are given but a very small percentage of representa- tion in the new City and County Com- mittee. This percentage is so small, in fact, that they have an aggregate of only twenty-seven members in the committee, while the districts which returned Republican majorities have a total representation of seventy-three. The banner Democratic district in the city is the Thirty-first. At the last general election- this district. rolled up a Democratic majority . of _919. The Democrats living in this district be- Heved themselves entitled to much con- sideration when it came to the selec- tion of the men who are to have the authority to direct the affairs of the party. Unfortunately for them the dis- trict is situated -on the south side of | Market street, and, being so, was not considered eligible to more than a whisper in the councils of the reformed Democracy. The district was given two places on the City and County Committee. On the other side of Market street is the Fortieth Assembiy District, which at the last general election returned a Republican majority of 809. From this district seventeen aristocrats were se- lected to serve on the City and County Committee. The Twenty-eighth, Thir- ty-second and Thirty-third Assembly districts were given one committeeman each, although at the last general elec- tion they returned Democratic majori- ties of 379, 405 and 174, respectively. On the other side of Market street the Thirty-seventh was glven thirteen committeemen and the Thirty-ninth eleven, although they are both Repub- lican districts. The Democratic State Central Com- mittee, content with its marvelous pac:. s making preparations for a stormy ses- sion next Saturday. The question of fixing the time and place for the hold- ing of the State convention is to be de- cided, and the decision will hinge upon the question of whether or not the party will fuse with the Populists and Silver Republicans. There seems to be |2 general feeling against fusion among | ocracy. | knock-out, which performance he came ut the State, | ame Is true of the local Dem- | The party leaders believe that | fusion tends to weaken the party as a | party, and that thousands of old line | Democrats who always vote the party ticket straight under any and all cir- ances consider themselves at lib- | erty to wander from the straight and | narrow path as soon as the ticket ceases to be a party ticket and becomes a fusion ticket. They also say that sire for fusion is a confession of | the Democrats throug and the show why a majority of the Democrats | in the city are kicking against the new order of things: Assembly District. l | i | | | } orty-third orty-fourth orty-fifth P F Totals 4,008 | 100 Committemen f Committeemen m Democratic Districts 1 Republican Districts..... It will be seen that the only excep- tlon to the general rule was in the Forty-fifth Assembly District. This is accounted for by the fact that this is McNab's district and the nine men who were appointed from the district are his personal friends. Even this excep- tion is & poor one, for the district is on the north side of Market street and the Democratic majority given at the last election was a small one. There are others who hold a con- trary view and contend that the point to be attained is the acquisition of votes, the manner In which they are | secured being but a secondary consid- eration. Such men as Nathan Cole Jr. and A. Caminetti are ministers of this doctrine, and are doing all in their power to bring about a general ac-| ceptance of thelr views. They are sup. ported by such of the Populists as be- | lieve that half a loaf is better than no bread. They agsert that it is better to | side with the stronger party on the sil- ver question, and incidentally to ac- cept such of the minor offices as may be doled out to them as a sop to their loss of dignity, than to be martyrs to principles that are fast becoming to be considered questionable. The Populists of the Cator following, who are indignant.because of the at- titude of the Democrats regarding the primary election law, %as well as the treatment they recefved at the hands of their allles after the last general elec- tion, are doing evervthing within their power to prevent fusion during the coming campaign. They. hope, by standing alone, to secure the balance of power in the next Legislature and | thus be in a position to force Demo- | crats and Republicans alike to yield up | some of the good things. Trom present indications it seems | certain that the State Central Com- | mittee will decide against fusion and (ha_t the convention will not be held | until some time in August or the early | part of September. ! THE REFEREE BEAT HIM. Jack Ennis Defeated by Billy Otts at the Jefferson Athletic Club. The Jefferson Athletic Club gave its monthly boxing entertainment last even- ing in Mowry’s Hall and a fairly good crowd was present. The preliminaries, which were rather tame, created but lit- tle interest. They consisted of three and four round bouts between C. Conway and J. McDonald, - Mortimer e Hayes, A. Henning and J. O'Connor and Joseph McDonald and: B. Wiley. The event of the evening was an eight- round contest between Rilly Otts and Jack Ennis, which should certainly have been a victory for Ennis, but the referee, John McCormick, is either totally Ignorant of the rules of boxing or else he went into the ring with the Intention of awarding the fight to Otts unless Ennis scored a within an ‘ace of accomplishing. Excepting the first and fourth rounds, which were ended in favor of Otts, Ennis | bad certainly the better of the six rounds fought and the very least he should have been entitled to was a draw. During the contest Referee McCormick favored Otts by throwing his entire weight on Ennis when separating the contestants, thus proving bevond question that he was in favor of Otts winning the mill. If the Jefferson Club will tolerate this system of refereeing fights it can be ::gely said thtatu:he memherda W“Hl m:]oln W weary of the game and allow the club to die a quiet death. { i | passing a vehicle going in the same direc- | eycle or similar vehicle along the main | miles per hour or one mile in six minutes. | any of the provisions of this ordin | and upon conviction & |'a fine of not less than five dollars nor | of the commlssioners the | able animals over that cou | Treasury Department would do well HOW TO RIDE [N THE PARK New Rules Adopted by the Commissioners. FOR DRIVERS AND BIKERS A LIBERAL LICENSE GIVEN THE PUBLIC. Simple and Practical Directions by Observing Which People May Escape Arrest, Fines and Imprisonment. At a special meeting of the Park Commissioners held yesterday after- noon, Commissioners Joseph 'Austin and A. B. Spreckels present, the safety and convenience of the public were considered by the adoption of the fol- lowing rules, which will be of the greatest interest to all cyclists, drivers and the people in general: Section 1. Bicycles, tricycles, velocipedes and vehicles of simflar character may be ridden or driven over any and all the driveways in_Golden Gate Park and on and over the boulevard or great highway, except the driveway around Stow Lake and the driveway leading up to Straw- berry Hill and the carriage concourse ad- jacent to the concert station and the speed rord and the main drive where par- alleled by the bicycle road. The exclusion from the carriage con- course aforesaid is limited to the after- noons of days when there is music at the established concert station. Sec. 2. All persons are prohibited from riding or driving any bicycle, tricycle or velocipede on or over any of the lawns or footpaths in Golden Gate Park, except said vehicles may be led over the short walk leading from Page-street entrance to the south drive, and also over the walk leading from the ‘corner of Fulton and Stanyan streets to the North Ridge road. Sec. 3. Not more than two bicycles, tri- cycles or velocipedes going In the same di- rection at the same rate of speed shall be ridden abreast. Sec. 4. All vehicles named in this ordi- nance must be driven-in a straightaway course as nearly as possible, and must ] not run or be driven crosswise, curving to or fro. Wheelmen must conform to the customary rules of the road. In meeting a vehicle going in the opposite direction they must pass on the right-hand side. In tion they must pass on the left-hand side Sec. 5. Wheelmen may ride their ma- chines on the walk running along the south of the speed track. Also on the walk commencing at or near Thirty-fifth avenue, if extended on the north drive terminating at about Forty-eighth avenue, if extended. on which music is played v the speed of bicycles on main drive, between Stanyan street and Sixth avenue, shall be limited to six miles an hour. . 7. All persons are prohibited from riding, pushing or driving any bicycle, tri- drive where the bicycle path parallels said drive. Sec. 8. All Eflrsnns are prohibited from travellng on the road known as the bicycle path, except they be riding or leading a bicycle, tricycle or similar vehicle. Sec. 9. All person are prohibited from riding or driving any bicycle or similar ve- hicle at a greater rate of speed than ten Bec. 10. Any person who shall violate nce of a misdemeanor, all be punished by shall be deemed guilt more than five hundred dollars or by im- prisonment in.the County Jail for not less than five days nor more than six months. Among other business at the meeting resignation of Irving M. Scott, heretofore announced exclusively in The Call, was accepted, It was also decided to build a number of sheds at the end of the epeed track to accommodate horsemen who drive valu- Heretofore horses were liable to take cold after sprinting over the track, but the innova- tlon will obviate the danger, as it will allow owners to blanket and house their animals until cooled off. A bridle path will soon be added to the many excellent improvements in the Park. Plans and specifications were examined by the commissioners and it is probable that orders will be issued in a few days for the beginning of work on the path. COOKS INLET HAS NO CUSTOM-HOUSE. VESSELS CANNOT GET CLEAR- ANCE FROM THAT PORT. The Only Revenue Official Left That Place Last Fall and No One Knows When He Will Return. According to the story told by the mas- ter of the schooner Thomas 8. Negus the to appoint a Customs Inspector at some known or easily discoverable point in Cooks Inlet, Alaska. There is a rumor in the department at Washington that there 1s such an inspector in the inlet, but the rumor is unfounded. The Negus arrived from Cooks Inlet yes- terday, after taking some mining outfits to that point. Before leaving the schooner was unable to clear through the Custom- house at that place for the reason that no Custom-house could be found, and while there were plenty of seals there there was |y no officer to put them on paper or even on board. The Inlet is a very large body of water, with a very long seaboard with nu- merous bays and Inlets. On March 31 the Treasury Department issued a circular stating that the location of the Custom- house at the Inlet was Saldonia. This cir- cular was not received at the San Fran- cisco Custom-house until after the vessel left for Alaska and the captain of the Ne- gus, of course, was not advised of it. The | schooner made her first call at Coal Ba formerly known as Kashemack Ba: donia is supposed to be upon this b: the master was unable to find from any one there that there ever had been a Cus toms officer at that point. He next called | at Staritchkof, where he found only na- tives, who could impart no information of ADVERTISEMENTS. FIVE SPECIAL VALUES SILKS, SURAHS, CHALLIES, ORGANDIES AND DIMITIES. 75 pieces NEW WASH S URAHS, best quality, large variety of styles and colorings, full 24 inches in width. 22 pieces EXTRA QUALITY 50¢ Yard. PLAID TAFFETA SILKS, 21 inches wide, all new styles, Swiss manufacture. $1.00 Yard. 60 pieces BEST QUALITY FRENCH PRINTED CHAL- LIES, light and dark grounds, latest importations. 8756 Yard. 150 pieces' PRINTED FRE NCH ORGANDIES, elegant floral designs, all new goods. 256 Yard. 200 pieces PRINTED IRISH warranted fast colors. DIMITIES, very latest styles, %5‘3 Yard. ALL THE ABOVE LINES OF GOODS ARE ON EXHIBITION IN OUR DISPLAY WINDOWS. ’ (72777 ¥4 1892, m, 13, 1us, 17, 19, 121 POST STREET. Customs officers. The next call was at Ku- silof, at which place the superintendent of the cannery informed the skipper that there was a Customs official at Tuyonic. The skipper, not willing to leave Alaska without clearance papers, saiied to Tuyo- nic, where he found that a Customs In- spector had been stationed, but that that officer had left for Seattle in the fall of 1867, and that he had not returned. The Negus landed her passengers at Tu- yonic, and the master of the schooner Rattler informed him that there was no Customs Inspector at Salfornia, the Rat- tler_having just left that port. There is no Salfornia in Alaska, and the Rattler’s skipper no doubt meant Saldonia. Under the circumstances Collector Jack- son exonerated the master of the Negus from all blame for having left Alaska without clearance papers. will call the attention of the Secretary of the Treasury to the necessity for a Cus- toms Inspector in the frozen north. —_———— TWO NEW PRIESTS. Ordinations to Be Held To-Day by | the Bishop of California. The Trinity ordinations, which last year were held at San Mateo, will occur this morning at the Cathedral Mission of the Good Samaritan, and Rev. Edward Mor- | gan, who for a year has acted as assist- ant rector of the mission, and Rev. David Charles Gardner, assistant of St. Ste- | phen's Church, will be advanced to the | priesthood. The Bishop of California will officiate, and Rev. Messrs. Warfleld and Kip will be the presenters. A large num- ber of Episcopal clergy will assist. The sermon will be preached by the Rev. | George Wallace of San Mateo. Rev. Mr. Morgan will soon leave for work in an | Eastern diocese. He has greatly endeared | himself to his parish by his faithful work among the sick poor. | s TUnpermitted Cargo. Collector Jackson has been instructed by the Secretary of the Treasury to deny the request to allow ‘‘unpermitted cargo” to remain upon the wharf In case of any ves- sel which does not belong to a regularly established steamship line, While this order restricts the privilege to vessels of regularly established steam- ship lines it is not held to prevent grant- ing the privilege to the Southern Pacific Company for merchandise arriving in transit, as the cars belong to a regular line and are considered vessels when bringing “In transit” gooa: —_———— ‘Want War Bonds. The people of this city are just begin- ning to awaken to the fact that they have an excellent opportunity to invest their | The Collector | T | invest in bonds of from $25 up. Yester- day the rush commenced in earnest and when the bank closed the amount sub- scribed was something over $400,000. So the largest single subscription was for ,000., While the bonds are being bar- gained for at par valué it is very likely that as soon as the complement Is filled they will be at a premium. The total issue will be $300.000,000. T May Have Attempted Suicide. Rose Williams, who gives vapor baths for a living at 1217 Market street, was taken from her room by Sergeant Dono- van and Officer O'Keefe and sent to the Receiving Hospital for treatment. The { woman was in a stupor, and showed signs | of poisoning. The usual remedies were applied by Dr. Frank E. Fitzgibbon, and she was put to bed. Up to a late hour | she had not gained consciousness. A | further search of her room disclosed a | letter addressed to Fred Burger, an em- | ploye in the Baldwin Grotto. In it she reproached him for his cruelty in deser ing her, and ended with words of forgive- ness. It is not thought likely that she will recover, as she is weak and emaci- ated. ——— Last Night's Fires. While some employes were bottling liquors at the establishment of Samuel Brothers, 132-134 First street, last even- ing sealing wax used in the operation caught fire and was the origin of a $20 laze At 8:30 o’clock an alarm was turned in from box 35 for a fire on the Lombard street wharf. It Is supposed that 2 fish. erman left a lighted cigarette on one of the stringers and the wood became ig- nited. The loss was nominal ADVERTISEMENTS. “HIS SATANTC TASK. spare money in safe securities, the new 3 | per cent war bonds that the Government has recently authorized. Books for sub- scriptions were opened on Monday morn- ing at the First National Bank, and by the time of closing about $125,000 had been | subscribed. While many were for the in larger denominations, $500 and $1000, st many availed themselves of the chance to ADVERTISEMENTS. For 8T, MICHAELS , DAWSON and All “YUKON RIVER POINTS, THE STEAMER TILLA MOOK, SAIL.ITING SATU RDAY, June 11, Without Fail. For freight and passage apply to the JOHNSON-LOCKE MERCANTILE CO., Agents. TICKET OFFICE: 609 Markct Street, 8an Francisco, Cal. ‘| HIS SATANIC TASK is studying Spanish just now. He |needs 1t in his. business. We have | studied everything that we could need in our business long ago, and are past masters of the art of making a cuff, collar or shirt look like new till it is | worn out.- The color of linen laundered here is white as a snowflake, and our domestic finish is unapproachable. United States Laundry, office 1004 TREMENDOUS SACRIFICE Genuine e RUGS "BY AUCTION N TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, June 7th and 8th, at 2 P. M., at 106-108 GRANT AVENUE. MR. L. BABAYON, who has brought this fine collection, having struck the city ‘I‘f the wrong Ume, 18 forced to sell his Rare Rugs at any sacrifice before departing for the East, H. H. REED, Auctioneer.