The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 9, 1898, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1898. THRILLING -~ BATTLE WITH WIND AND WAVE Heroic Rescue Work in Midocean. FORTY-FIVE SEAMEN SAVED | | | BUT ‘REMAINDER OF A CREW OF EIGHTY-EIGHT PERISH. Officers of the British Steamer Veda- more Struggle in a Fierce Gale to Aid Unfortunates on the Londonian. Special Dispatch to The Call. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 8.—The Brit- ish steamer Vedamore, which sailed from Liverpool November 22 for Balti- more, passed inside Cape Henry last | nd reported she had on board nigh forty-five of the crew of eighty-eight men of the steamer Londonian. The Londonian sailed from Boston Novem= ber 15 for London, and on November 23, in a violent gale, her cargo shifted and she almost capsized, finally resting | on her beam ends with big seas break- | fng over her, and for two days she | ifted about at the mercy of the winds and wav me at 5 o’clock on the ing ¢ ovepber 25. The Vedamore hove in sight five miles dis- tant, and as it was still quite dark the Londonian burned signal fires and fired distress rockets. he signals were seen by the officers CALIFORNIA GROWERS NEED PROTECTION . ProtestAgainstTreaty With Greece. DUTY ON CURRANTS REQUIRED THIS STATE CANNOT COMPE.E WITH FOREIGN MARKETS. | Senator Perkins Presents the Views of California Raisin Men and a Strong Letter to the President. Special Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, Dec. 8. Senator Perkins in forwarding the California fruit growers’ protest to the | President to-day wrote a long letter in which he said the people of Cali- | fornia were greatly alarmed at the | reference in the message to a reciprocal | commercial treaty with Greece—that | has in view the restoration of currants | to the “free list.” “The cheap labor of Greece and Southern Europe,” says Perkins, “with | cheap transportation by water to this | country make it possible “.r the dried | product of foreign vineyards to com- | pete successfully with those of our own | country. In California alone there are ‘at least 3000 growers, of whom 1100 met in Fresno December 5 to rejoice over the increase in the market for their products, and the bright future of ilheh’ industry. It was, as accompany- |ing telegrams show, a severe blow to | their enthusiasm to learn that it was | proposed to again throw open the door | to competition with their products, which competition would flood the mar- | kets of the United States with inferior | on the Vedamore bridge and reported | to Captain Bartlett, who gave imme- diate orders that the Vedamor course be changed. The Londonian was then to the southward of the Johnston liner. It did not ke the % more long to cover the five miles that la- tween them, ang as soon as she arrived alongside she was signaled to stand by. “Do you wish to abandon the ship?” was signaled from the Vedamore as | raisins and currants whose price would | mean disaster to California producers soon as daylight would permit her sig- | of similar products of vineyards. Tandorian.. sitaaled LRSI ithatlins |l i o o eisinsand o e g wanted the Vedamore to tow his ship, | 2Psolutely necessary to enable ~the Captain Bartlett saw at a glance that | Sreat and growing interests of the 3 was an impossibility and refused | United States to even exist, and_this to attempt it.as it would have endan- | fact was fully recognized by both Dem- gered his own ship. Captain Lee then |ocrats and Republicans in Congress, signaled, asking that the Vedamore |and in the State whose great vineyards | standl b¥ fo render’ ance. Soon | form the means of support for many | afterward he signaled, “Will abandon | thousands of pepple. 1 would therefore ship,” and at noon, in the teeth of a respecffully suggest that no action in| stiff’ gale Second Officer Hobbs and a | favor of a reduction of the duty on| volunteer crew gallantly launched one | these products be taken, by means of | f the Vedamore's boats and attempted | & trealy which will nullify the acts of | reach the sinking Londonian. For | both Democratic and Republican Con- three hours the sturdy Britons battled with wind and wave in a vain attempt to reach her, but were finally forced to return to their own ship. Captain Bartlett then steamed to windward of the doomed steamer and other attempts to rescue the Londonian's crew were made fruitl Y- As it grew too dark to do anything more Captain Bartlett signaled, “Will stand by you until morning.” The piteous signal, “For God's sake don’'t leave us,” came back in reply. During the night the wind increased and by morning it was blowing very hard. Then another means of rescue was decided upon. For hours life buoys | with lines attached were floated to the gresses."" i = iy | 'PROTEST OF CALIFORNIA RAISIN GROWERS | | FRESNO, Dec. 8.—Following is dent McKinley by the California Raisin Growers® Association regarding the tariff on Zante currants: | We beg to say that you have been mis- { informed regarding Greek currants. These | cheap raisins, commonly called currants, | ruined our market ‘for raisins, million pounds imported in 1894 through | the port of New York alone having been Londonian and at last her crew suc- useg as a\(‘rhea;;‘ subslltulflf!orfiru’islns 13 > dec etting « rd. One | cooking. After five years of suffering an ceeded in_getting one aboard. One | o eciosures, due 0 Jow tariff on our pro- e B il choals, '~ | quets, on Monday. last we he:d a jubilant provised as a life car, made a trip suc- | myss'meeting in Fresno, 1100 growers be- cessfully and twenty-two half frozen, | ing present, listening to the favorable re- exhausted men were hauled up over the | turns reported by our directors of side of the Vedamore and given every | this season’s sales, s"&g Jresult of . e ship afforded. at | the present tariff. uddenly al s comfort the ship afforded. As the boat Yoo again, | Yor we Xnow - that if was going back to the Londonian wreck a big sea demolished it. The lines were carried away and the communication was broken Chief Officer Doran of the Vedamore volunteered to laur another lifeboat to attempt the rescue. by this time terrific, and it was only owing to the splendid manner in which the boat was handled that she lived it out. For two hours the boat's crew struggled at the oars, but could not get closer than sixty yards of the wreck. They were at last forced to give up and return to their ship, and in doing so the boat was smashed against the | ship’s side and lost. All came near drowning, but were hauled aboard with lines. Another fearful night of peril and fear passed. The next morning twenty- three of the men of the Londonian suc- ceeded in launching one of their own boats and reached the Vedamore in The seas were | Greece is allowed to uump her surplus currants on the American market the ruin of our industry is certain. Over 3000 growers will be driven to seek other em- ployment, and the millions of dollars in- | vested in our vineyards will be wiped out. | Such a blow is nard to bear, particularly as it is to be struck by the apostle of protection and the Republican party. This blow directly affects all the | great fruit Industries of California, of | which the raisin industry is a leading one, | and will paralyze their efforts at exten- | sion owing to uncertainty of tariff meas- | ures, and when your attention is called to the fact that we have just elected a Republican Governor and a Senator in place of Democrats and have returned only one Democratic Representative out of seven, we feel you will agree with us that California does not deserve such treatment. We have won from the Span- jards the supplying of the American mar- ket with raising, and we are now engaged in a similar struggle with Greece in sup- plying our markets with currants, which ‘we will just as surely succeed in if we the | | full text of the telegram sent to Presi- | committee on civil and religious rights, which says: ‘“We urge the importance of making every effort toward the enactment of a treaty between the United States Gov- ernment and that of Russia_similar to that existing between ingland and Rus- sia, whereby the rights of American citi- zens of Jewish birth shall receive equal recognition with those of others.” It was decided that the next meeting be held in Cincinnati. The executive committee unanimously elected Julius Freidberg of Cincinnati president for the ensuing two years, Samuel Woolner of Peoria vice president, Lewis Kohn of Cin- cinantl treasurer, Lipman Levy secretary and David Levy assistant secretary. £y e WORK OF THE FLAMES IN CALIFORNIA TOWNS | Any Aged Woman Burned to Death in & Fire in the Macy Block in . Los Angeles. | LOS ANGELES, Dec. 8—Mrs. L. E.| Kent, aged 74 years, was burned to death | last night in a fire in the Macy block on Alamo street. She was filling a coal oil | lamp by candle light, when the candle tipped over and ignited the oil and the flames_caught in the woman's clothing. | Mrs. Kent came from Denver. | Another one of the oil tanks of the| Standard Ol Company caught fire at 7| o'clock this morning and turned over, | feeding the flame which has been stead-| ily burning since 3 o'clock yesterday. | SANTA CRUZ, Dec. 8.—At 11:45 last night a fire at Aptos destroyed a black- | smith shop, candy store and dwelling and | scorched the adjoining buildin, nd the | depot. The contents of Sylva's saloon, which was in danger of fire, were rolled | firemen. - He says he does not know who did it. e Mr. Terrill, an Eastern drummer, recov- ered four trunks after the fire, all of which were broken into, probably before the flames broke into the hotel. Thieves had plenty of time to ransack rooms after guests left them and before the flames drove them from their nefarious work. The only man known to have lost any considerable sum of money is Mr. Mec- Tuska, a regular guest at the Baldwin. He had $1100 in_gold when he retired Tues- day night and he placed it on_the bu- reau. His room was not burned and he sought to recover his money, but not a singie piece was found. Oneé of the ser-| v vant girls who ran by his room when the frightened people were fleeing for their lives saw several men in McTuska’s room, and they were, as nearly as she can tell, dividing' this money among them. The girl thought they were firemen and she told them they ought to be saving lives in- stead of stealing. The girl told this story to several people and it was the founda- tion of the story that firemen were the thieves who robbed the hotel. A diligent inquiry, carried on secretly for over a week, has not produced any_ evidence to show that these men belonged to the Fire Department. From other_ sources it is almost established that the men who stole McTuska’s money belong to a gang of vagrants who infest the vicinity of ddy and Taylor streets, and who would not hesitate a moment to steal under: cir- cumstances such as were offered when the Baldwin was burning. —_——————— A GREAT COURSING STAKE. Dogs of Kigh-icliaé; i!reeding That ‘Will Meet in the Slips at In- gleside Park. Last Sunday the Ingleside Coursing Club had the pleasure of seeing the larg- est gathering of sport lovers that has | heretofore been represented at a coursing | meeting, and judging from the very ex- | cellent card that has been arranged for into the street and are a loss, because the spigots came out of the barrels of whisky. Total loss $5000. SAN JOSE, Dec. 8.—The Farmers’ Union building at Los Gatos was greatly dam- aged by fire early this morning. The loss is placed at from $5000 to $10,000, fully cov- | ered by insurance. The origin of the blaze | is not known | SATAN LOST IN 1 TEN HOT ROUND3 A SALVATION ARMY CONTESTi WITH THE F1END. | Each Time He Changed Opponents | He Fared Much worse | Taan Before. ten | Satan was one of the principals in fast and furious single round contests in | & a twelve-foot ring last night in the Salvation Army Temple on Market street. Though he was knocked out in every round he came up smiling until the tenth, when he was knocked out by an “un- known,” who, though sick, landed a ter- rible blow on his solar plexus, and Satan went down and out just as Corbett did at Carson. There was no betting on the contest, though some of the un<odly in the audience offered 10 to 1 oh the devil with no takers. Major Winchell acted as referee, and at no time was he obliged to tell the contestants to “break away.” He had to caution Satan very often for fight- ing foul. At the end of each round tne referee rendered a decision in the form of a scriptural quotation. The devil entered the ring arrayed in a swallow-tail coat, red hood and trousers and a black silk hat. He appeared to be trained too fine, and wa overconfident. The fight by rounds follow First round—His opponent was a baby in his mother’s arms, and as the little one was not up to weight his mother took | his part. Satan was extremely cautious, while the mother was cool and acted on the defensive. Thi§ round was a battle of words, and Satan endeavored to per- suade the mother to deliver up the child o .him; but when she offered it to God the meeting Saturday and Sunday it can be safely said that another representative crowd will be on hand to see the royal sport. The usual weekly drawing was held last evening with the following result: Open stake—Prizes §110, $75, $53; next two, $40 each; next four, $30 each; next nine, §20 each; next eighteen, $9 each; making the grand total of $780. The run down, commencing at 12 o’clock sharp: D. Ford's Bonita vs. P. J. G. Kenna's Fear Not; Larkey & Rock's Liberty Bell vs. T. Logan's Miss Grizzle; J. Farley’s Rosaleen ¥s. London & McCullough's Van elda; E. M. Kellogg's Kid McCoy vs. Eclipse Kennel's Crosspatch; J. Dean’s Gladiator vs. J. P. Thrift's Forgive; H. A. Deckelman's Old Glory vs. P. O'Donnell's’ American Eagle; J. P. Thrift's St. Michael vs. A. Massey's Hadl- wist; Russell & Wilson's Jenny Wilson vs. J. O'Dowd’s Solerno; J. Jones' Galivant n- don & McCollough's Magneto; P. J. G. Kenna's oyal Buck vs. Lowe & Thompson's Prince Hal; M. Nealon’s Bed of Stone vs. J. Quane's Marietta; P. Rellly’s Master Mat vs. G. Smart’s Silkwood; J. Jones (names) Red Cloud vs. Willlam Aiken's Sir Marmion; J. Farley's Tullamore vs. M. Allen's Miss Alice; k. M Kellogg's Iowa Girl vs. A. ) J. Murnane’s Miss Dividend ag: han’s Get There; Eclipse Ker: F. Moran's Golden Russet; J. vs. White Earth Kennel O'Shea’s Rithbone vs. J. Eagan's Mayflower; >. J. G. Kenna's Flyaway vs. Captain Clark- Conqueror; P. Reilly’s Speculation vs. cLaughlin's Coolrane; Captain Clarkson's E. M. /s Hattel; nst_J. Shee- s Diana vs. Farley's Mystic Safeguard; J. 5 Dr. M Henry Gow vs. M. Nealon's Bona De G. Kenna's Rocklin Belle vs. G. Reddy’s Ber- *s_Benicia Boy vsC. Strehl's Sky- Rock’s Myrtle vs. J. ‘Hurley's . K. Capitol; Joe Perry’s Commodore Nash vs. Lowe & Thompson's Phoebe; P. J. G. Kepna's Jesse Moore vs. R. Juiius’ signal; merald vs. H. A. Deckel- Michalik's Fireball Lottie M P. Thri Forget vs. D. Cronin's Swinner J. O'She Young Ameri Kennel's Lenora; P. Heran's Ma Washington vs. F. Moran's False Flatterer; T. Gibson's Matchless vs. H, A. Deckelman's Prince_George; D. Kabers' Bell of Moscow vs. J. Desmond's Fielder: J. 0. Dowd (names) Mission Tip vs. White Earth Kennel's Mystic Mald; A. Massey’'s Lightfoot vs. W. Perry's Campania The Call’s tips_are as follows: Bonita, Lib- erty Bell, Van Needa, Cro Gladiator, Old Glory, Hadiwist, Jenny Wilson, Magneto, Prince_ F Marietta, Master Mat, Sir Mar- mion, Miss Alice, lowa Girl, Get There, Golden Russet, Safeguard, Rathbone, Flyaway, Specu- lation, Kerry Gow, Rocklin Lass, Benicia Boy, 0. K. Capitol, Commodore Nash, Jesse Moore, nstead Satan retired from the ring in confusion, and so lost the contest. In the second round Satan met a Salva- | tion Army lassie as he was tempting a| young man to coninue in his eyvil wa here was o | v‘vns handed to the devil by the lassie, who was trained to the hour, and again Satan lost. A e Prayer was Satan's antagonist in the | third round, and he received a terrific | uppercut, delivered by the heavy-weight | drummer who vociferously - seeonded Prayer, and Satan went to the floor. | He got up at the call of nine, but was pre- | sented with another blow of the same de- | scription and his seconds carried him' from the ring. = The pace was beginning to tell on Satan as he came up for the fourth round to en- counter a carpenter who had never fought | Lefore. The evil one sparred for an op ing and countered with his left, but w met v.ith a beautiful cross-counter which Llackened his left optic. Saicn coaxea the carpenter in a corner and was de- livering several foul blows when Faith, Hope and Love, in the persons of three beautiful young ladies, “McVeyed” them- selves into the ring and Satan threw up | the sponge. | A young man desiring to give himself to the Salvation Army was his ogponnnt‘ in the fifth round. They danced a: y from each other and no damage wa ne by either. The army man was awarded the decision on points. The sixth was slightly in the devil's| favor, as he met two Salvation Army men, and while he got one the other fell upon and almost annihilated him. { In the seventh round the taking up of the collection was opposed by Satan, but Referee Winchell decided tnat he had lost by several dollars. In the eighth round Satan tried to i timidate his opponent by disguising him self as a policeman. He did not scare the recruit a little bit, and amid halle- lujahs he retired from the fray consider- ably disfigured, but in the ring for the ninth round, when he met a captain in a prayer meeting. Satan was beginning therefore beg of you to delay action in | to lose confidence and he came up groggy, safety. Their boat was also lost, and | present tariff is allowed to remain. We all that day was spent in trying to again establlsh communication with | this matter until we can have a full hear- the wre The gale was constantiy Irnlllzl;t our side of the case. Very respect- increasing, and all efforts to save the | TWllY: & o 3 5 Others were in vain. Bven atter night | CALIFORNIA RAISIN GROWERS' AS- had fallen the Vedamore was Kkept cruising about in the vicinity, but when day broke next morning the Londonian had vanished. The saved members of the London- fan’s crew were Second Officer Gittings of London; Second Engineer Granham of London; Third Engineer Ayres of Scotland; C. Tagan of Hamburg, don- key man; Charles Johnston of Dunedin, N. Z., first cook; R. Cross of London, storekeeper; O. Fiske of Germany and J. Mason, London, oilers; A. E. Tongue of Dunedin, N. Z.,, and Frank Leimke of Waldast, Germany, seamen; Mal- colm McGowan, E. S. Suddell, T. Liss, J. Wild, - E. Watts, William Terry, James Clarke, Thomas Bright and H. Bartlett of London, John Foyne of Liv- erpool, Gilbert Elliott of Dumbarton, Scotland; F. Cupid (colored) of St. Vin- cent, W. I, firemen and coal trimmers. These twenty-three men were about one-half of the ship’s complement. All the others are regarded as having per- ished. In addition there were twenty- one cattlemen. Patrick Ward of Bos- ton, foreman for Swift & Cc., had 263 head of cattle on the vessel, and Daniel Callahan of Somerville, Mass., foreman for Nelson, Morris & Co., had 392 cat- tle. The cattlemen in the gangs were A. Mungel and John J. Neville of ‘Waterbury, Conn.; Michael Malone of Fall River; John F. Kennedy, John Sloan, Frederick Wallace, Thomas Hig- gins, Henry Welsh, Andrew Smith, John Matlin, John Bibby, George Bell and John Ward, all of Boston; John Potts of Malden, Henry Boucher and Peter Lamont of Lawrence, John J. Jones of London, H. Panplpian of Armenia, — Meiklejohn of Russia and William Langley Jr. of Hallowell, Daniel Co- veny of Boston and Thomas McCoy of Worcester, Mass., also tattlemen, are among the missing. The supposed lost are: ‘aptain Wil- liam Lee, Chief Officer ay, Chief Engineer _Stafford, ird Engineer Slater and twenty-one other seamen, firemen and cattlemen. The Londonian was a fine steel vessel, built at Glasgow in 1896, and registered 5532 tons gross. She belonged to the Wilson-Furness-Leyland line. Herorig- inal name was Idaho, which was changed to the present name about a year ago. Captain Lee was formerly captain of the Leyland steamer Vic- toria.. His home was in Brixham, Engiand, where he had a family: The Zondonian carried no paseengers. THEO. KEARNEY, President. - FEAR THE ZANTE CURRANT. An Urgent Protest Against Its Im- portation Free of Duty. The proposed treaty with Greece, at least that part of it which relates to abo- lition of the duty on Zante currants, has stirred up the directors of the State Board of Trade. Yesterday the following tele- gram was sent by that body to Secretary | of State Hay: The California State Board of Trade most earnestly protests against any commercial treaty with Greece by which the duty on the #0-called Zante currant will be removed or re- duced. While on the free list their competi- tion almost destroyed the raisin industry of the State. We produce §5,000,000 pounds annu- ally by over 4000 individual cwners of vines yards in which not less than $25,000,000 is in- vested. The industry fs but just recovering under the beneficent influence of the present tariff. Al this will be made clear to you if opportunity be given. FAVOR CANAT. CONSTRUCTION. Resolutions Adopted by the Farmers’ | National Congress. FORT WORTH, Tex.,. Dec. 8.—The Farmers' National Congress to-dayadopt- ed resolutions favoring aid in construct- ing the Nicaragua canal, with govern- mental control of the same, and favoring development of the beet sugar industry. The congress also passed resolutions | favoring the sale,or lease of arid lands s0 as to make them taxable; asking Con- | gress for increased appropriations for ru- | ral free mail dellvery; favoring natfonal legislation do away with the privi- leges accorded to original packages of | oleomargarine under the interstate com- | merce law: prohibiting the branding of dairy products with the name of the State or Territory in which they are pro- dnxd and urging the necessity for in- ‘!l n ction in the principles of aggiculture blic schoolll.’ The resolutions urge harbor improvements in interstate com- merce as well as for national defense. Boston was chosen as the place where the next session will be held. The con- gress then mjoursed sine die. SEEK RIGHTS OF AMERICANS. Hebrews Desire a Treaty With Russia Whereby They May Be Fairly Treated. * RICHMOND, Va.; Dec. 8.—The.conven- gon of Hebrew Congr ere, | | c-ations, In session | trunks to-day received the report of the brr‘;xll:: :;gn.bt‘:\::nl‘:: d‘z but determined. The captain was on the aggressive from the start and he deliv- | | ered body blows in quick succession and so won the fight In the tenth and last round the devil | showed_the effects of the punishment he received in the ninth, and was very weak when he met an_‘‘Unknown,” who was sick unfo death. He thought he had an| easy game, but the sick man, after super- human efforts, pulled himself together and forced Satan against the ropes, where he punished him at his own sweef will. Satan sank exhausted over the ropes and for the last time was de- clared out. MORE OF PRIOR’S BODY FOUND FIRE LADDIES EXONERATED OF A BASE CHARGE. False Accusations That Members of the Department Looted the Baldwin. A portion of a body which is presumed to belong to the dismembered remains of Tate Prior was found in the ruins of the Baldwin Hotel yesterday afternoon and taken to the Morgue. Dr. Gallagher ex- | amined the decomposed fragments and | pronounced it the pelvis 6f a man. As it was found within a few feet of the spot where Prior's head and trunk were dis- covered it is almost a certainty that it is another section of his body, which was cut into pleces when the building fell. Since the morning of the fire accusations have been flying about thick and fast accusing members of the Fire Department of looting the trunks and rooms of guests, For a week past The Call has been run- ning down these reports and not a sin- gle instance where a fireman was guilty of so despicable a crime has been veritied. ‘When guests who occupied rooms not to- | tally destroyed went after their jewelry and other valuables in many cases they foun@ the bureaus broken and the trunks ransacked. The first cry made was that the firemen had looted the place, but in- vestigation does not bear out the charge. ‘Many persons who now claim to have lost various of money are known to have been p ly broke the night of the | fire. This applies particularly to a num- | ber of racetrack habitues, who have been shouting about losing anywhere from $100 to_$10,000. Baldwin declares that all _the | his rooms were es not accuse the | | Pet Kirby, Lottie M. Forget, Young America, False Flatterer, Matchl Bell of Moscow, id, Lightfoof ¥'s coursing commence at 10:30 o'clock sharp by order of the president, who is very desirous that the sport will be finished before darkness interrupts the view of the spectators. —_———————— DIVORCE COURTS BUSY. Almore K. Daggett, the Attorney, Sued by Ris Wife. Almore K. Daggett, a well known attor- ney and notary public, was made de- fendant in a sult for divorce filed yester- day by his wife, Hortense Gertrude Dag- gett, As a cause of action Mrs. Daggett alleges extreme cruelty. She sets forth no specific acts of cruelty, but simply states that for over a year prior to the commencement of the action for divorce her husband has been in the habit of treating her in an inhuman manner. By reason of such treatment she avers that her health has been impaired, a.d thit unless she is granted a divorce it will be further injured. In addition to the de- cree of divorce Mrs. Daggett asks for the Mystic ’ custody of her son, Guy Keith Daggett, | together with suitable alimony. Mary Meyers also asks for a divorce from her husband, Willlam Meyers, upon the ground of cruelty. Mrs. Meyers says that her health has been impaired by rea- son of the treatment she has been forced to endure, and for that reason she seeks a divorce. Mary P. Bennett has applied ior a di- | vorce “from Charles S. Bennett upon the ground of failure to provide. 3 Bridget White was granted a divorce from Robert White yesterday on the ground of willful neglect. Adele Rivers was granted her applica- tion for a divorce from J. J. Rivers on the ground of extreme cruelty, The couple were married in Oakland on the 10th ult., and from the first Rivers began to abuse his wife. No longer able to stand the ill treatment, she applied to the courts for a divorce, and carried the suit to a success- ful issue. A decree of divorce on the ground of habitual intemperance was granted Ida | Berggren from Anton Berggren yesterday by Judge Belcher. Bessie Holly was g\):anledgu diyorce from George T. Holly on the ground of willful desertion. Jerome Madden was granted his_gpplication for a divorce from Nellie E. Madden on _the round of extreme crueity. Mamie Chil- gers has been granted a divorce from John Childers on the ground of willful negiect. The suit of William 8. Sharp for a divorce from Mabel Sharp was heard vesterday, and a decree was issued the plaintiff on the grounds of extreme cruel- ty and infidelity. The default of the de- fendant in the sult of William Rosenberg against Minnie Rosenberg was ordere entered. The day's work in the divorce courts was ended by the filing of a suit for divorce by Phillipine Hanson against John Hanson. The plaintiff alleges fail- ure to provide as a cause of complaint. —————e————— TRAVELERS AT THE TIVOLIL | Their Annual Theater Party Was a Flattering Success. The annual theater party given by the California Travelers' Assoclation last evening at the Tivoli Opera House met with the usual success that has charac- terized such entertainments given under the auspices of the association In the past. The theater was crowded almost to its capacity with an appreciative audience. In the gathering were representatives from hearly every branch of commercial industry. The boxes and the front rows of the orchestra were speclally reserved and occupied by the prominent members of the assoclation, their families and in- vited friends. 5 A unique feature of the theater party was the souvenir programme presented to each visitor to the performance. It ‘was in the shape of a drum. Inscribed in gilt letters against a bright blue back- ground, forming the center of attraction, ‘was the name of the assoclation. The in- terior of the programme was devoted to the pictures of the principal members of the organization, with an accompanying anecdote written by the members for the amusement of the guests. After the conclusion of “Cyrano de Bergerac"” the president of the Travelers’ Association delivered a short address, ex- pressing appreciation of the unusual en- thusiasm manifested in the event. —_—— Dances at the Palace. The Delta Sigma Delta fraternity of | Berkeley College will give a dance in the Maple Room of the Palace Hotel this evening. To-morrow evening the Bach lors’ <§ot.ulon will lndulnnfn B 2o pleasure. the nmol 06 308 308 407 F 208 306 208 206 X0F 30K:30¢ 208 108 208 X8 30r 306 308 308108 106 30 308 306 X0 X6 06 06 06000 W STAGE mas - Day, at the G pouring in. the serious business &f the club undertake the more serious aims of bitious goal that the “Children of the nese drama, “The First Born,” will This is the first time in the history cally have the children entered into ure. On Sunday at noon there will be cast as follows: Looey Tsing, a slave a merchant, Master Dave Clark; Chan ter Harry Sledge; Duck Low, in spite Miss Nellle Whenchel. TOENDOWACOT FOR Little Ones Will Give a Matinee Benefit Performance of Francis Powers' Play, “The First Born,” on Christ- EORGE OSBOURNE'S plan for organizing a soclety of “Children of the Stage” is booming, and applications for membership have come So eager are the youthful members to at once plunge into and Christmas tree festival, originally slated for Christmas day, has been entirely lost sight of, and in its place It has been proposed to at once endowment of a cot'at the Children's Hospital. undertaking of this noble purpose, a performance of Francis Powers’ Chi- Christmas day at the Alcazar Theater. sought to interpret so ambitious a work. George Osbourne, to whom all honor is due as sire of the organization, is coaching the diminutive com- pany, and reports most gratifying results. So spiritedly and enthusiasti- that Osbourne looks upon the management of the affair as an ideal pleas- will don for the first time the gaudy dress of the Orient. The play will be an amah, Miss Alice Condon; Chan Lee, a faithless mother, Miss Nellie ‘Whenchel; Dr. Pow. Len, a physicbian, Master Al Wiel; Man Low Yek, Milton Wroth; Hop Kee, a pipebowl-mender, Master Charles Thall; Chum ‘Woe, a highbinder, Master Harry Smith; Kwa Kee, a soup peddler, Mas- Sum Chow, a servant of Men Low Yek, Master Gus Talt; Chaw Toy, Chan Wang’s first born, Little Mamie; Way Get, & guide in Chinatown, Master George Clayton; ragpicker (a bit of local bric-a-brac), Master George Clay- ton; tourists, visiting the slums, Master Joe Loughlan, Miss Alice Condon, The performance will begin promptly at noon, so-as not to interfere with the home festivities of Christmastide. feg=g=gogegegegegugagagegegeg-geg=i-FogogoRog T oF-R-F- 2o o goF-p1 CHILDREN Alcazar Theater. that the invitational entertainment the organization. The most am- Stage” have as yet proposed is the To realize funds for the be given by the little members on of the local stage that children have the idea of the benefit performance a dress rehearsal, and tne tiny actors girl, Miss Daisy Grogan; Chow Pow, ‘Wang, the deserted father, Master of the Geary Law, Master Gus Tait; 0 45108 T I0H 0008 100508101108 0 0010810106 1060810 RS0 106308 008 10 400 Q6 CH 0008 10 30K 108 06 108 308 6 08 308 308 300 308 108 ¢ 3 NORTHER SHAKES UP CRAFT IN THE BAY A FIFTY-MILE BREEZE CAUSES DAMAGE. The Lumber Raft Broken to Pieces. Schooner Mary C. Russ Badly Chafed at Powell Street. Quite a breeze came up after sundown last night and gave the vessels lying at the seawall a shaking up. At 6 p. m. it was blowing twenty-eight miles an hour from the north and from that on the wind gradually increased, until at 9 p, m. it was blowing fifty miles an hour. The schooner Mary C. Russ was lying at the Powell-street wharf and she got the full force of the breeze. She began | to chafe, and when some of her bulwarks | were demolished the captain thought it was time to move out into the bay. He | sent a telephone message to the Red Stack tugs and the Joseph H. Redmond soon | had the schooner in tow and dropped her | in_a safe anchorage. The quarantine boat Sternberg and the revenue cutter Golden Gate got the full benefit of the blow, and as it seemed to | be increasing, Captain Macfarland took | | the Sternberg around to the Mail dock | and Lieutenant Buner steamed the Golden Gate to the south side of tbe Lombard- street freight slips. At section 3 of the seawall the Italian bark Stefano Razeto and the British ship Peleus chafed a little and had to put out extra mooring: lines and get out fenders, but the. wharf suffered more than the steel ships. The big raft, which gave 5o much trouble to the tugs fo tow her here, | nearly went to pieces. It did consider- able damage to the underpinning of the wharf and a goodly portion of the sawed lumber escaped from the raft and went to sea on the ebb tide. All the tugs were on duty and Captain McCoy was on hand to superintend opera- tions at the Black Stack office and Cap- tain Gray at the Red Stacks. —_———— NEEDS OF WEST MISSION. Property Owners Clamor for Improve- ments on Silver Heights. From West Mission street, formerly Misslon road, from the residents and property owners comes a complaint of | neglect on the part of the Board of Edu- | cation. It is complained of for not pro- | viding funds for the erection of a suitable | school building near China avenue and | Missfon street. The present school build- ing, the Monroe, which was moved from East Mission, near the City and County Hospital, about fifteen years ago, has been undergoing patch work at the Hands | of the School Department for years, until now it is unfit for the housing of cattle, much less of children. Besides, the bulld- ing is not half large enough to accommo- date the number of pupils who seek at- tendance. | “Another complaint comes from the prop- | erty owners against the Supervisors for neglect in not providing against fire by | having.an engine house near at hand. I'ne | nearest engine is three miles away from the thickly settled section. So far as be- ing any real protection to the dwellings in the West Mission section, it might as | well be located in Oakland. The district | has no hydrants and no proper supply of water; not even a fire alarm box can be found, should such a thing be sought. A requisition for electric lamps on the line of Silver avenue, from Mission street to the San Bruno road, has been filed with the Supervisors for months, but so far none have been erected. —_———— FORGOT THE GOLD DEMOCRATS A Man Denied Naturalization Be- cause of an Alarming Blunder. Otto Montz Becker, a native of Ger- many, and Albert Sinyard of Newfound- land applied to United Btates District Judge de Haven yesterday for admission to citizenship. Becker passed the exam- ination and was naturalized, but Sinyard made a serious blunder and was_turned away, still a foreigner. When Sinyard was asked by Assistant United States Attorney Banning as to the manner of the election of the President of the Uni- ted States he replied that the President was elected by the votes of the Republi- cans. Colonel Irish almost fainted when he learned that the Gold Demo- | | | THE PASSING OF WILLIAM J. SINON | SUCCUMBS AFTER A LONG s ILLNESS. Was a Prominent Member of the Democratic Party and Held Many Responsible Positions. | | After the Supréme Court decided that the case brought by the Attorney General should be brought In the Superior Court, ‘Willlam J. Sinon died of consumption at his home, 2015 Hyde street, yesterday | morning after an {liness of more than a | year., He was a prominent member of | the Democratic party for years, and by | his faithfulness to the principles in which | he believed and the generous manner in | which he treated his associates he won | for himself a host of friends who mourn | his death. | Mr, Sinon was born in Brantford, Can- | ada, in 1854. Early in the sixties he came | to Californta wit his father, Willlam | Sinon, the well known contractor, who dled recently. He was elected to the As-| sembly from the Ninth District in 1868and | re-elected two years later. After finish- | ing his second term he was made a mem- ber of the Democratic State Central Com- | mittee. He served as wharfinger for four years, was Deputy Countfi Recorder for | two more and served as Deputy County | Clerk under M. C. Haley. In 18%4 he was appointed superintendent of Station A of | the Postoffice Department, which posi- | tion he retained until July of last year, | ‘when he resigned on account of Iil health. | A daughter, 9.years 'old, an unmarried sister and an uncle, all residing in the | city, are left to mourn his death. The funeral services will be held at his former home_Saturday morning at_half-past 9 o'clock and at St. Brigid’s Church at 10 o’clock. The remains will be interred in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Arnold Pollak Insolvent. Arnold Pollak, representing the firm of Arnold Pollak & Co., tobacco merchants of this city, filed a petition in insolvency %esterda in the United States District ourt. Judge de Haven took up the case and declared Pollak a bankrupt. It is| understood that the matter had been ——————eeee | Mills Gets a Judgment. eed upon by the creditors. The llabili~ a‘;; are &1,029 and the assets a homestead valued at $10,000 and now being foreclosed for $7900. —————————— NOW RANK AS DETECTIVES. Policemen Dinan and Gibson Receive Deserved Promotion. The Police Commissioners on Wednes- day night promoted Policemen Jere- miah Dinan and Tom Gibson to the rank of detectives to fill the vacancies caused by the death of | Detective Joseph Bee and the promal‘km of Captain John Seymour. For some time past both Dinan and Gibson have been doing special duty in the upper _nfflce. Dinan’s principal work has been in the tenderloin district, where he has made some brilliant captures. Gibson, since be- ing under the direct supervision of the captain of detectiyes personally at- tended to a number o ant ¢ E Both men are highly es . fellow-officers and the promotion was a source of congratulation not only among | the members of the detective department, but to all the patrolmen with whom they are on friendly terms. Patrolman Van de Bogart, charged with being in a saloon while on duty, was dis- missed froen the force. WELLS-FARGO'S FIGHT AGAINST STAMP TAX |THE CASES MUST GO TO THE FEDERAL COURTS. This Will Give the Patriotic Corporation the Desired Delay. Wells, Fargo & Co. are not letting any opportunity go by for defeating U.8 war revenue tax case. At the very first its officers made the declaration that they would not pay the tax for carrying on the war with Spain, and later they stated that if the courts de- cided on a test case that the burden of the one-cent stamp fell upon the com- pany and not the public the corporation would ablde by the decision of the court. It was also argued that there was no use for the merchants of this city to begin any proceedings here, as the question was under consideration of the courts of the East, and a decision by the Eastern tri- bunals would be observed here., Assured by this promise, the Merchants' Associa- tion decided not to push The matter, es- pecially where it was sure of receiving 80 little support by the United States District Attorney. Nothing was done in this city until Attorney General W. F. Fitzgerald began a proceeding to compel the express company to stand the o ')E the one-cent revenue stamps, About that | time there was a case taken into the Jus- ices’ court, where the complainant won, ut, being a poor man, he could not stand the expense of carrying it much further, Mr. Fitzgerald filed the pape in the ac- tion there. Yesterday the 8 com-~ pany began its campaign of delay and technical fighting. Papers were filed in the Superior Court to have the matter transferred to the United States Circuit Court. The bonds were filed, and the matter will next appear in the Federal tri- bunal. This trial is not likely to happen unti} after the new year, as the Circuit Court's next term will not begin until January. The end of the case appears about as far away now as at the begin- ning. ———— Suit For Water Rights. The Merced Gold Mining Company, & Montana corporation, has filed a sult in the United States Circuit Court against David Dorward, C. M. Dabney and Daniel Corcoran of Coulterville, Mariposa Coun- ty, to quiet title to the' water rights of a ditch forty-five miles long, from the South Fork of the Tuolumne River to Horseshoe Bend, in Mariposa County. —_———— Sanborn & Vail's lamps, onyx tables, ! globes_and shades make beautiful pres- | ents. Their big show -windows are full of { them this week. = : K Arthur D. Mills was awarded a judg- ment for damages in the sum of $5000 against Farnsworth & Ruggles, team- sters, for personal injuries, by a jury In Judge Hunt’s court. Several menths ago, while Mills was riding on the steps of a Market street car, one of defendant’'s teams ran against the car and severely injured him. ADVERTISEMENTS. Winter Reefer Suits (All Wool.) Coats are double- crats had been ignored. Sinyard also ex- gresled the opinion that United States enallor: were elected by the votes of the people. e — MUST BUILD OR LET GO. Southern Pacific to Be Kept Strictly to Its Promise. ‘“Erect the shops or open the streets.’” That is, in effect, what the Board of Su- pervisors has sald to the Southern Pa- cific. The promise made by the company in 1892 to erect shops and improvements ‘in the district bounded by Channel and Brannan and Fourth and Fifth streets has not been kept nor has any -act been takegy toward its tulflllmext. '1"?12 promise to erect improvements that ‘would be valued in the millions was given in all sincerity and upon it the Board of Supervisors of t closed the dis- trict described to all traffic and uses save those of the raflroad company. Since then the company has made use of the property and has kept none of its pledges, and the following resolution, ga.ssed favorably ugon yesterday by the treet Committee of the board, is calcu- lated to settle the matter one way or the other: Resolved, That the Southern Pacific Com- pany be and are hereby notified to erect their ?hopl In this city, as per agreement set forth n their petition presented to this board Octo- ber 31, 1892. —_————————— Hale & Norcross Judgment The distribution of the judgment re- ceived in the case of Fox against the Hale & Norcross Silyer Mining Company has nearly been completed. On Wednesday morning Judfie ebbard signed an order amhurm‘l’:: eceiver Groom to pay ‘out $98,000, and yesterday morning signed an order'authorizing an additional pa: Of 343,015, There still remain 11000 sut of 112,000 shares uj it be paid. ipon which dividends munl breasted and have large sailor collars. A large assortment of handsome designs and shades of Dlue, brown and subdued Scotch mixtures, Ages 4 to 15 years. $3.50. S‘N-Wood &Co 718 MARKET