The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 3, 1898, Page 5

Ly ;% 4 1 3 the room. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1898. DID MORE THAN THE CONTRACT CALLED FOR The Farragut’s Aver~ age Over 30 Knots. SHIP-LANCING IN A PAMPERO SAILS BLOWN TO PIECES AND THE VESSEL DAMAGED. Eevenue Cutter Golden Gate and the Tug Sea Queen Nearly Repeat the Peters - Czarina Catastropne, of interest on'the The United States irragut made better than ere three items Sea Queen € into each other ng arrived from : run of 135 days.. 1t was to have ‘had her sec- 1 trip last ThWrsday, but t-had to ‘be. postpo s being' got ready redicted th juisite t pt was mad the re Tew | onaF boat laughed dy ‘to . wager destroyer -was s Point end of tie 2 was started from d to Hunters Point up as 1. the ‘way back that. * The it average for the ements. | She did _this a minute, while all 417 That being all . the vessel was headed n Iron Works. It was he best showing of the With one engine she worked up to 1 and made better than The Farragut > terms of ‘the con- at once accepted by the e returned to her dock had anew broom on masthead and one on As s ed along tugs ed her, that 1 test. Y at last the same pampe on Hall and Routel eiro and gave. th to port that took Cap- crew - twenty-four Captain Chanman the pampero blew e-ship bowling ur- before a strong without a mo- 1 chapped around ught the i » topmast sta re blown to ribbons el was going backwar previou: at deal of hi put before the w bows under. ‘The storm nd. during that time driven back sixty-five se. The topgallant sails wn to ribbons, and it took the week to pick the pieces out of the followed the Afon Alaw n, but. strange to say she ice por snow nor any. H. Elmquist, an A. B: fell from the main yard d broke his neck. He was eden, aged 21 years. lay after the Lancing had caught pampe Captain Chapman re- sh bark. -She also s the only. sail in lower topsail; repaiting dam- ihier evidently venue -cutter Golden wreck yesterday. Gate came She g Sea Queen were moving along in-company when the Golden wly ‘forged ahead. The helms- cutter thought he could take T i cut across the tain George Harvey n saw in an instant that inent and at once I and_ordered the a T nd h t touched and Imost identic v the danger sigh escaped with nothing w Two of the stern wk built for the Yukon F ng are to be sold at aucti Sheriff next week. - The Mary that was built for Pat G and on the hands of the builders because was_not according to contract, will to the highest bidder next Tt ile the City of Dawson, which was buil Dr. H. H. Hart and his frie sold on the 10th inst. At Pacific-street wharf yesterday picked up a barrel of bees i overboard from the Besse a vear ago. It was in a of preservation., airway. vesterday, and Captain M s notifled t0 remove. He d aboyt hiring-a tug to do t as- he was: not sure of his ability to pay ‘the bill; s0 Assistant' Chief Wharfin- ger Scott; with the consent of the Har- bor Commi oners, moved the whaler to a safe ‘an rrage off Angel Island. f - The Saunterer. In ‘tlifs week's Town Talk the Saunterer has some good stories about the Baldwin besides- giving all the latest news of Mr. Gohen;-the Report's new editor, i$ dissected and his i) stics déscribed. . The ‘doll sHow and- the colonial ate given attention and theré’is a critique upon Alexander Harrison's pictures: Coming events in the social world are given anticipatory space and there is a:clever story by L. . Phil lips. -Phil- Garlic’s_aftermath is power- fuliy’ “sketched, - and - “‘Our. Opinion” i§ pawerful “and. fo the: point. A masterly denunciation of three of the principal Igedt ;-.mrlnnlalors is; the keynuf{: of me edi- orial. % ———————— McNAMARA’S . BRAVE -DEED. Saves a Woman at the Risk of His Own Life. : Paliceman McNatmara of the Southern etation will in all probability be rewarded | for h bravery in saving the widow of the dtor Mahoney from being burhed v after the Baldwin fire was dis< red- McNamara rushéd into the burn- hotel ‘and ‘assisted several women: to Mee Mrs: Mahoney -in the Iway he advised Her to leave the burn- tructure, . She begged him to save her e husband’s- picture.- 3 or God’s: sake,’ ‘'get my husband’s picfure out of ing escape, Touched by hér appeal, -the brave police- man dashed .into -the room, intending to save the picture. if. possible, but was driven’ back by the dense smoke. Mrs, M d him, and in‘her des- the portrait was almost amara picked -her un and “carried from the building.. The picture for Whichi Mrs. Mahoney was-willing to sacri- Bcé her life was afterward destroyed. On_account of the heroism displayed by the brave officer efforts are being made % reward him with a gold medal, any | gut would 1ill’ the | On. her way down the as 0.18 knots an hour, or | of a knot more than the | ails, and the force of | bark | am whaler Fearless drifted into | | she “excitedly ‘ex- | ’ CAUGHT IN A PAMPE The British ship Lancing, which arrived from Swansea yesterday, had a terrible experience off the River Platte. She was bowling along before a stiff northwest breeze when, without a moment’s warning, the wind shifted around and blew with terrific force from the southwest. Sails were blown from the bolt ropes and for a moment it looked as though the stout ship would go down stern first. She was finally got before the wind and started away bows under in a mad race against time. / WINTER FOOTBALL . PROJECTS NOW ON| AN ALL-CALIFORNIA ELEVEN FOR THE EAST. The TUniversity of Wisconsin Team May Come to This City and Play Berkeley and the Olympics. There are-a number of winter football projects afloat, some of which should be realized before the end of the year. The most bizarre of all is the intention of Howard P. Taylor to take an All-Califor- nia team East to pldy with representa- | tive college ‘teams in New York on Christ- mas and New Year's days. Taylor has been -giving considerable labor; time and attention to- the forma- tion of a California eleven which would represent the pick of the football athletes of the coast. He has his men selected and conditions made with the ratiroad to transport the chosen few to the other end of the continent, if the plan proye feas- ible. - The All-California team of Taylor's selection will .be- made up as follows: Hobbs, center; Smith-and Fickert, guards; Sheehy and Pringle, tackles; Womble and ‘raig, ends; Murphy, quarter; Hall and Smith, halves, and Fisher, fullback. This team is drawn from the two colleges and the Olympic Club, and is perhaps the best aggregation of football talent attainable. The more feasible project’is to bring the team of the University of Wisconsin out for the winter months. That eleven has met the best of the middle West and has come off the champion. Before Thanks- glving day negotiations were pending be- tween that college and the University of California for a_game in San Francisco on Christmas. The terms demanded by the Wisconsin kickers. include an expense guarantee, but to this Manager Brown of California does not wish to accede on ac- count of the uncertainty of the attend- ance. He is willing ‘to give a big percent- age of the gate receipts. Whether this will be satisfactory to the Wisconsin men is yet In doubt, as he is now awaiting a reply to his last telegram. The Univer- sity of Chicago eleven is also one of the big teams of the middle West and it may be induced to come to the coast during the winter. Should Stanford and the Olympics fol- low the University of California in this venture there will be three big games dur- ing the holiday weeks. The Olympics are willing to give the possible visitors a game, and this .will make at least two matches In case terms can be satisfactor- ily arranged. —_—— The Hardtmuth pencil is the best in the world. . Try the Koh-I-Noor. . 'RHODES BORDEN IS FOUND DEAD Superior Court Judge Expires in the Bath Room at His Residence of Rush of ‘Blood to the Head. J UDGE RHODES BORDEN of the Superior Court was found dead in the bath- room at his residence. 424 Scott street, at 8:15 o’clock last evening. mediate cause of death was a rush of blood to the head. 5 Judge Borden nad been in poor health-for some time, and for the last week The im- had frequently complained of not feeling well. He refused to take a rest, how- ever,; and yesterday held court as usual. remaining on the bench until the regu- lar hour of adjournment, hearing the. evidence in the case of Lee Poy, charged with-assault to murder. He appeared to be in good spirits and even cheerful in court, but when he réached home he again complained of fedling badly. About & o’clock he stepped into the bathroom and locked the door. -later the servant girl was startled by the A moment crash of a falling body. She was unable to open the door to the bathroom and called‘a neighbor, who forced an entrance and found Judge Borden lying lifeless on mouth and nostrils. the floor, with blood flowing from his Dr. Charles W. Card, 502 Devisadero street, was hastily summoned and a message was dispatched to Dr. J. Stow Ballard, Judg: Borden’s * family physician, at 610 Hyde street. Dr. Card arrived in a few minutes and was soon :followed by Dr. Ballard, who was accompanied by I. L. Borden, but death ‘had been instantanéous, and the efforts of the physicians were dir- ted to re- lieving the aged mother-of the dgceased, who was prostrated by the shock and is now in a.critical condition. Judge Borden was born in Alabami He came to California with his parents in 1869, locating in Fresno County. In he came to-San Francisco and entered Hastings Law College, being at'the same time employed in the office of Garber, Thorpton & Bishop. He was graduated from the law department of the Univer- sity of California in 1884 and immediately began the practice of law in this city. Judge Borden was a Democrat and always took a deep interest in politics. Two years'ago he was a Democratic. candidate for Superior Judge and was defeated, but upon the resignation of Judge Slack, about a year ago, he was apfointed to the vacancy on the bench by Governor Budd. At the recent election he was a candidate for Judge on tne ticket nominated by the Democratic .eommittee of One Hundred. He was elected after a hard fight. Judge Borden lived with his mother, widow of the late Dr. Joseph Borden. Three brothers and a sister also survive him. They are I. L. Borden, superin- tendent of the arteslan water works of Alameda; Sheldon Borden, a lawyer in Los Angeles; Joseph Borden, a farmer in Fresno County, and Mrs. J. v Hara Cosgrave of this city. The latter was married only ten days ago, and spent her wedding night in the was Baldwin Hotel, narrowly escaping death wnen that hostelry WALKED PAST THE GUARD AT THE PRESIDIO Private Moffitt Gains His Liberty. MEADORS IS TAKEN EAST SLAYER OF URY EN ROUTE. TO PRISON AT LEAVENWORTH. General Merriam Approves the Sen- tence of Spillinger and Orders the Disgraced Soldier Confined on Alcatraz I;lll.nd. Private Moffitt, who has been serving a sentence of three years at Alcatraz, escaped from the guard at the Presidio Thursday afternoon and is still‘at large. Moffitt at the time he took his departure ‘was acting as cook for a gang of sixten military convicts from Alcatraz, who had been _detailed for work repairing roads at the Presidio. After the mid- day meal he was left alone temporarily ‘while the guard was busy lining up the prisoners, preparatory to resuming work on the roads. Mofiitt took advantage of the opportu- nity to make himself scarce, and al- though his absence was almost immedi- diately discovered, he had made such good use of his time that no trace of his whereabouts could be learned. A detail of eight men searched for him all the af- ternoon and night and all day yesterday without success. It is not belleved that he can long evads the searchers, how- ever, and if he is captured he will have to pay dearly for taking French leave. He had but nine months of his term to serve, but the punishment usually pro- vided for attempts of this character is severe, and in the case of Moffitt will probably be a year or two additlonal mlc)ked on tg{hgsi term. Tivate eadors, formerly of the Eighth California Volunteers, who was tried by court-martial for stabbing his tentmate, Ury, to death in the camp at Fruitvale and sentenced to ten years' im- prisonment, was started East to the mili- tary prison at Fort Leavenworth at 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, under guard. The court-martial sitting at the Pre- sidio’ is now_engaged in trying the case of Private Watson of Battery I, T..rd Artillery, who is accused of attempting to kill the first sergeant of his battery. A rifle bullet, alleged to have been fired by Watson late at night, went olear through the sergeant’s bed. Captain W. 8. Barnes is judge-advocate of the court. Target practice with the big elght-inch, ten-inch, twelye-inch and gneumn‘.lc dy- namite guns of the Pacific Coast batteries is expected to begin shortly and to last about ten days. Orders are expected dairy from Washington to give the recently in- stalled modern ordnance pieces a thor- ough test. Canvas targets will be used and guards will be posted to warn al passing ships out of danger. HBattery D, hird Artillery, stationed at San Diego, will gmctice at Ballast Point; Battery M, ‘Lhird Artillery, at Fort Stevens, Oregon, and Batteries E and I, Third Artillery, at Fort Point. Major General Merritt will arrive in New York from London in_a few days, and will resume command of the Depart- ment of the East, relieving General Shafter, who will return to San Francisco some time in January to take command of the department of the coast, relieving General Merriam. General Merriam has confirmed the sen- tence of Private Henry J. Spillinger of the United States Ho!glt.a.l Corps, tried by court-martial at the Presidio for absent- ing himself without leave, drunkenness, using abusive language and disobedience, and sentenced to be dishonorably dis- charged and confined in a military prison at hard labor for three months. "General Merriam designates Alcatraz Island as the place of confinement. The steamer Australia, which is due here on_the 6th, will bring a detachment of the New York Regiment, and the Scan- dia, which will arrive on the 9th, will bring a number of sick soldiers from Honolulu and Manila. Nearly all the pa- tents at the ‘pbst hospltal are convalesy cing. Several have been discharged from the service for physical disability. Colonel Compton, Fourth Cavalry, U. 8. A., Brigadier General Compton, U. 8. V. has been ordered to assume command of his regiment at the Presidio. The following orders were issued from department headquarters yesterday: 'ursuant to telegraphic authority from tae War Department, of this date, the station of Battery I, Third Artillely, is changed from Angel Isldnd to the Presidio of San Francisco, Cal.; and th . tery B, First Battalion of California Volun- teer Heavy Artillery, from the Presiaio of San Francisco to Angel Island, Cal, Major David H. Kinzle, Third Artillery, is assigned temporarily to the command o the post of Angel Island, Cal., in addition to_his other duties. In addition to his other duties, Major Marshall W. Wood, surgeon, will assume the duties of surgeon of the post, and will report to the commanding officer of tne troops in Honolulu, H. I, for that pur- pose. Upon the recommendation of the chief surgeon, Columbia J. von Schmidt, hos- 1 nurse, now in this , will proceed, Fithout delay. o Hnno&‘ "H. 'L and re] u] al officer of pital for “ k< f'},'-;';g, Uhited Sates miitary noss PAY ROLLS OF THE HARBOR INSPECTED Senators in Another Field of Inquiry. RENTAL OF THE NEW DEPOT COLLECTORS WHO . DRAW PAY BUT DO NOT GBLLECT. The Harbor Commission Is Not Well Advised as to Interest Ac- count and Bona Re- demption. Two sessions of the Senate Investigat- ing Committee were held at the office of the Harbor Commissioners yesterday. Expert James W. Reid was on the witness stand throughout the foremoon session. He responded to inquiries relating to cost and measurement of material used under the revised specifications for the construction of the ferry building. The questions were propounded by Contractor Bateman. The information elicited were jottcd down by the contract- or, who will endeavor to show that the expert’s report does not give proper credit for work performed and material sup- plied. ‘When the committee met after recess General Dickinson, chairman, called J. J. Keegan, secretary of the Board of Har- bor Commissioners. The chairman had before him a typewritten list of all the names on the payroll of the commission. The list also gives the salary per month or the wages per day of each person on the roll. The name of the Commissioner at whose instance the employe was en- gaged is also shown on the list. Many men are yet on the payroll whose ap- pointments are accredited to ex-Commis- sioners Chadbourne and Cole. According to the list the Bassett men are out of season, but the Herold crop is beginning to come in. : In the testimony of Mr. Keegan the fact was disclosed that there were collectors on the payroll who did not collect, but performed other duties and received pay for collecting. -Mr. Keegan testified that there were no restrictions on the board in the employment of clerical force. Gen- eral Dickinson asked: “When was the custom established of appointing a man collector and assigning him to duty in the office?” The secretary could not answer the question, but Commissioner Harney said it began in 1850, when W. D. English was chairman of the board. Responding to questions put by General Dickinson the secretary said that names of men who worked less than one month did not appear on the pay roll, and there- fore the roll did not give the full amount disbursed each month for labor. It was explained that men working a few days or two weeks from the beginuning of the month were not obliged to walt until the 25th to get their money. : Secretary Keegan was asked to explain the item in the last report of the Board of Commissioners wherein an increase of $6000 was indicated for wharf cleaning. Mr. Keegan replied: “The increase was for cleaning the wharf.” Commissioner Harney, who obviously fancied that the secretary’s response was deficient in lucidity, explained to Senators Dickinson and Boyce that when the ferry building was in course of construction watchmen and gatekeepers were required, and that the expense of their employment was entered under the heading of ‘‘ex- pense for cleaning wharves.” The increase was rendered necessary by the construc- tion of the depot. Another increase of was accounted for on the ground of disbursement for electric light. Mr. Keegan explained an increase of $7000 in the cost of maintaining the belt railroad. He said the work now demand- ed the employment of day and night crews, and repairs were constantl* made. The report Far the year ending June 30, 1898, showed an increase of general re- ceipts amounting to $17,000, as compared with the receipts of the year 1897. The belt rallroad receipts in 1897 amounted to $11,619, and in i to $13.313. In 1897 the cost of maintenance was $11,000 and 1n 1868 18,000. General Dickinson asked several ques- tions with a view of ascertaining to what extent the revenues of the State had been increased by reason of the construc- . tion of the new depot. He first asked the secretary to state what rental was for- merly received for the space on the water front now occupied by the depot. In a roundabout way the information was elicited that the monthly rental was $780 before the depot was erected. It is now $1556_and will be Increased to $1806 when the Mining Bureau and State Board of Trade are established in the building. Figures were produced showing the to- tal cost of the depot as follows: Foundation ... $344,344 58 Superstructure 691,608 32 Total ...... -$1,035,952 90 The unpaid items in addition are: Cro- nin claim, $1500; upstairs work in progress, $3000, and cost of electric plant. Mr. Keegan testified that there was no contract for electric wiring, but that the lant was being put in by day's work. he amount expended up to date was $9839 and more bills would come in. Some questions were asked by the committee concerning the original plans. Mr. Keegan testifled that the plans drawn by Architect Page Brown included the foundation and the building. The archi- tect recelved 2% per cent on the founda- tion and 5 per cent on the building. General Dickinson requested the secre- tary to produce at the next session of the committee a statement showing the amount pald by the commission in attor- ney’s fees, apart from the amount al- lowed, the regular attorney of the board. The secretary that the sum of $4631 was remitted monthly to Sacramen- to to be applied to the interest and sink- ing fund account. The Harbor Commis- sioners’ report for the year ending June , 1898, shows the amount in the sinking fund for interest and redeinption of the bonds to be $301,000. The amount realized from the bonds was $607,000. Of this sum $7000 represented premiums. General Dickinson called attention of the witness to the report of the State Treasurer showing the amount in _the sinking fund to be only $202,52%5. Mr. Kee- sa.n sald the commission had nothing to 0 with the accounts kept at Sacramento. The commission was not advised con- cerning the State of the funds, the pay- ment of interest or the redemption of bonds. “Do you mean to say,” said General Dickinson, “that you are not advised by the Treasureror Controller monthly as to the amount of the credit of the sinking tund for the depot bonds?” “We simply keep an account of the money transferred to the State Treas- urer,” was Mr. Keegan's reply. Toaccount for the discrepancy between $201,015 forwarded by the commission, and $202,525, reported by the Treasurer as the amount in_ the treasury, The Call last night wired to Sacramento for a state- ment from the Treasurer. The reply shows that there Is more money to the credit of the sinking fund than even the Harbor Commissioner’s report accounts for. The statement telegraphed to The Call sets forth that the cash balance in the nd is $32,525 65; United States bonds, pag'menu on account of in- onds, and on bonds pus chased amount_to 439 35. - The trans- fers from the Harbor Commissioners to the Treasurer to June 30, ixty-five months at $4631 monthly—amount to $301,- 015. The {nterest on $170,000 United States bonds, &NM: total, $317,015. The difference between the transfers onl%d lnseren rscetlved. amountin; ht.n - , and payment on account of bond in- '{;re-t and bonds purchased, amounting $284,439 35, represents the balance in the depot fund June 30, 1898—that is $32,- 525 65 cash. e o Chicago, New York, Boston, we From deliver to all points C&un'nln‘;‘vn ‘wines. &mw.mhn S st, 8. F, SR ik ur | Hughes Clare Wincke Chiies Avin THE EMPORIUM. | or guardian. 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He Objected and Filed Suit for Dam- ages—Hearst Pays No At- tention- to Legal Bervice. i A default judgment in favor of ex-Sen- ator W. J. Dunn and against W. R. Hearst, proprietor of the Examiner, for damages-in the sum of $25,000 for libel, was entered in the Superior Court yesterday. In the summer of 1897 a bare-knuckle fight took place,; or at least was alleged by the Examiner to have taken place, somewhere in the wilds of San Mateo County. That paper, extravagant as us- ual in sensational word painting, pictured the pugilistic contest as an exciting, gory event. It had the gladiators of the arena, with iron hands uncovered, struggling for supremacy. It was the fight of the cent- ury, if the description was to be relied upon. Outside the ropes the shouting mul- titude surged, inside the blows fell thick and fast; the duck, the side step, the swing, the jab, were there, and all tne while the field ran blood. And by way of- euvther description, if not comment, in the report it was stated that Senator L uuu avied as umekeeper at the baittle, his watch and call marking the opening and the close of each round. against Hearst by Mr. Dunrt for $5,000 damages for libel. Mr. Dunn was not present at the fight, as stated by the Ex- aminer, and in fact was miles away, at- tending to his various duties. This fact he established by a preponderance of evi- dence, and when the Examiner was made aware that Mr. Dunn did not tfropose to let the matter drop, it attempted to adjust it out of the courts, but withou success. Then the attorney representing the plain- tiff in the action, as did many others who had been wronged by the Examiner, anx- fously awaited the return of Hearst. Hearst finally returned and in the early art of last month service was made on im and the suit then began to run. Ten days was given the proprietor of the Ex- aminer to plead, but he evidently forgot it, or did not think it worth the trouble, with the result that yesterday judgment for the amount named was entered against him. Through some legal tech- nicality Hearst may succeed In setting the default aside and fighting the case out in court, at least when he sees that time for delay is at an end be will make an effort to reduce the amount of the judgment in a legal fight. r. Dunn, in whose favor he judgment was entered, is not averse to having his name mentioned as a gltron of any sport that bears the ring of a legal sport, or legitimate pastime. but when he was men. tioned as the timekeeper in a contest tngltly prohibited by the laws of the com- : wealth he objected, with the result ven. : On October 11 of 1897 a suit was filed || \ 7 W. Granville Smith furnishes & Beautiful Picture Design for the Decs CHRISTMAS COVER in COLORS of Frank Leslie’s Po Montht Now 00 cts.; $1 a Year. 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