The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 13, 1899, Page 12

- 12 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1899. WAS K USELESS AND EXPENSIVE NSTITUTION Criticism of the Nor- mal School. NEVER UP TO STANDARD ITS CERTIFICATES WERE NOT GENERALLY RECOGNIZED. Turned Out Teachers in One Year, When Better Schools Had & Course of Three Years. . When the cation, car demolition, School at a of sentimer 18 often c a bank of vapor that may be blown away if strongly breathed upon, but sometimes it resolves itself into something akin to a stubborn fact. The friends of that institution, which will be ohly a “has been” after February 1, are moving to avert its fate and injunction suits are ‘clouding the atmosphere. Vir- tual contracts are being charged over by these twelve rough riders of Directors, rs who scent the battle afar. Normal School receives the sweet-girl graduate and San Francisco Board of Edu- ering onward in its work of leveled the city .ivormal breath, it ran against a bank cit hool High starts Her up on the steeps of knowledge | the city enters into a sort of contract to keep her moving until she has completed & year and stands at the end of the road with a teacher's certificate or diploma bound with blue ribbon in her hand there are 125 Jady students in the N 8chool, and how can the city keep its *oontract” if th: institution is no more? Moreover, the Normal Bchool, established twenty years ago by John Swett, has turned out probaly 1800 cultured and-able teachers for the schools of the State, and such a record should stand between it and Instant annthilation, Added to the the girl- s of the school tioning _their t i frien He rescue = of , much is mov- 1. 1 of the institution by the aboliti board last Wec n_held a few When the ques- inst the great struck the_ young face the Normal n the list in the llowing was th against { chool Is not deficit of board School vears, consequently ed. San Francisco Normal | | diploma for a teacher’s certificate. | he county hools, colleges ormal alone, : tion as below standard. urse but one-third that re- the te institutions, which the hope to compe ‘ormal School for some time has d the closest and tenderest atten- board, and by that un- been used as a stepping rers’ positions in this city. chool board can Técel tion of the old #avory body h stone ion, and no girl ever fafled of d_diploma. Consequently the late Board of Educ: political friends pas e members o course of ar were d to a acl exhaustibl whose names now swell and helped materially in roll- $180,381 deficit, plus the \ of extra bills.” hing re- Normal School late Board of rd are state- ments from friends of dispute the alleged as- entt board that the in- al establishment by re- s certificate: accepted by the State tution authorizes the the schoc sertion of the n a of gualific i consti and that establ of normal as well as high and E ls. This Normal 8 ol several thousand d X Eight hundred a to the Nor- fees from studemts v at the rate of $60 mal School f from without t per year from each pupil. There are two teach he principal, Miss Fowler, sal- ary $200, and Mrs. M. M. Fitzgeraid at $140 per month—who instruct the 12 stu- dents. Miss Fowler graduated in the uilding where she now teaches f ars ago and has been em- loyed there about twelve years. Mrs, 2 d is a State Normal School grad- and perience. a teache In additl uate any years’ ex- official duties as principal Miss Fowler is the regular teacher of one of the classes. *The school is so arranged that one section or half of the number of pupils enrolled are al- 3 “understudi or sub- the schools - in This enables chers In ity experience. order : the two teachers to handle the sixty pu- pils left The girl students themselves are speak- to g hool, holding that by virtue School diplomas they have in th Normal, and such the terms of to school them for 1899, Attorne; have a petition bear- ing the names of a large number of citi- zens protesting against the abolition of the school. This protest they attempted to present to the board at the last meet- ing, but that body refused to go into the ..anerits or demerits of the matter, To the query why the Normal School was picked out as a sacrifice the board answered In no uncertain voice that the City Normal School is only the begin- ning of the end; that before the work of retrenchment and reform is ended a num- ber of other schools of the city will fol- low it down the road to the deposit of the “has beens.” “We are legally advised and are other- wise well prepared,” sald a Director yes terday, “for all the protests and injunc and we will go right ahead stick- the spirit of the ‘act of January 4, ing for the Hi a_ year ending J ‘Highton and Coone AFTER WHITE'S MONEY. His Divorced Wife Still Seeking Money on a Judgment. Represented by talented counsel Mrs. Frankie White, the divorced wife of - George E. White, well known as the Men- docino cattleking,is endeavoring torecover $1500 from Hulme & Hart which is owing, it alleged, from that firm to the cattle ‘king and which her favor, Mrs. White intends to apply to the judgment obtained against her ex- husband during proceedings in the di- vorce suit, which amounts to $100,000, Since the recovery of the judgment Mrs. Now, a bank of sentiment | evening was the re- | | | luates ! of ;lh‘»-';h‘;::! Delinquent Taxpayers Suffer While deterioration | »solutely refuses to con- | 3 School | tutional by ‘the.Justices of the Supreme ar- | Court. 2y, iatanis } statute does work a hardship upon him, Then, | the laws on the | | | Clerk’s “fees, et f s, | citizen | get away with as-many SOME INCIDENTS OF THE RECENT SOUTHEASTER. day brought to light the operations of a merchandise club, a number of which were exposed some months since by per- sons who had been victimized. The com- plainant in the present instance Is Rich- ard Rice, who sues John A. Ellert and his wife, Minnie Ellert. for a total of $41 The complaint alleges that defendants ganized the Unity Merchandise in th 7. ‘There were to be a s of d ch week, and after mem bers’ assessments had reached $25 they were entitled 'to a refunding of that amount, less 10 per cent retained by the promoters of the scheme. The complain- ant alleges that he and his wife were members and paid in the required amount ould entitle thém to a refund, but have never been able to force an accounting. The promoters of the club agreed to create a reserve fund for the benetit by depositing $10 a week, but this was nev done. e AN EXPENSIVE NICKEL. Special Attorneys Wax Wealthy. B. Davitt, proprietor - of several 3. the counties of the | pakeries in this.city, believes that he has good cause to-complain against one of atute books that has and consti- been pronounced “good law! According to his statement the and he sees no way out of the difficulty Whose | but to stand the cost. cepted everywhere, and | In 1897 Mr. Davitt was visited by the. Assessor, to whom he made a statement of his property, and alittle later he paid his taxes to the Tax Collector. 'In that year the rate of t: tion was set by the | Bupervisors on the same basls as that | of the preceding year. : Unknown to Mr. Davitt the Supervisors ent entered there was booked | found, -after fixing the rate, that there would not ‘be encugh-money to runthe city government, and.an additional levy was' fixed. The majority’ paid the addi- d | tion, but many did.not, and thereon hangs es along through the two | the school, and at the end of | services of a speclal a )" E as- | acher, often | wherewith to teach. From | Davitt, was s ipply came the cloud | forming him of the fact that he had been the | sued. for the sum of 5 cents and costs. The Supervisors secured . the torney to bringing actions courts. Yesterday Mr. ved. with a. summons in- the " tale. the delinquent taxes b, the' Justices’ in The costs are the main features, th advertising, attorney’s fees, County the ‘amount mow is something like $i2—all for a delinquency of a half dime. Hundreds of people have been made to suffer_as. Mr. .Davitt- ha: and he is anxious to have the Legislature are delinquent a chance to square them- selves with ~the Tax Collector without paying such high costs. ———————— LABOR LEGISLATION. Two . Central Trade Organizations Will Work Together. The forces: of organized labor in this ‘city will be united this year to draft mea ures favorable .to the workingman and present them, to both Congress and the State’ Legislature. "The Labor Council is now ‘stronger ‘than:ever, as'a number of unlons which hitherto held aloof are now represented. In that body. Last week it | appointed .a special legislative committee | , and notified the Bullding Trades Council of its action. 'At the meeting of the lat- ter body, held last night, a committee con- sisting, of P. H. McCarthy, Walter Goff and A. H. Coburn was appointed to work in conjunction with the.committee from the Labor Councll. There are a number of measures which the union men want adopted, prominent among them béing an eight-hour law which-will- “‘hold water.” The present eight-hour law is useless, as the Supreme Court has decided that if a man is working b‘i' the hour he can work hours'a day as he chooses, and a bill will be presénted-to remedy: this de- fect. Legislation) on prison made goods wlll alsobe’attempted. ,Old .union men:say.that'in the past labor has”lost -throughinot 'being united. " This ar all are standing together, and much hoped. £6r. 18 ing Tradés Councll next” week. Nomina- ifons were:made_last njght as follow President, ‘P. H. McCarthy, bary: vice-president, ‘A. H. cording . secretary, “W. M. secretary, C. W. Page; . Stark; sergeant-at-arms, C. shington Doyle: trustees, H. Cassfdy, H. Skeen, G. Lee, T. Saunders; 'executive committee, W. Goff, T.'Saunders, R. Linhardt. S P L G R LOOKING FOR THIEVES. Coburn; re- Page; financlal treasurer,C. W. Corps of Patrolmen;, Barading the Business District. Chief Lees.has at present a corps of his most effiefent - patrolmen, garbed in clothes, parading ' the business district in search of a, gang of sneak | thieves:which operated with considerable guccess ' during’ the holidays and since. The object of this gang, it is said, was to i)a(‘kugos as-pos- sible from the wagons of ‘the various ex- press comnanli“s. % ¥ 4 n one occasion two packages of cigars, valued, at $30 and $60, were taken trom‘none of Wells, Fargo & Co.'s .wagons, while the Jones “Delivery Apency. lost” goods valued at about $7i any, other compa- f judgment is given in | nies suffered and the .cases were reported to.the police. ~As:the detectives, were un- able to round up’the gang it: was decidéd to send out.a corps of patrolmen. .It is their duty to,keep an.eye on the various express. ‘wagons, _but ‘as ‘the "thieves are White has been endeavoring to collect | extremely, clever it"is doubtful that the the judgment and up to date has succeed- | ed in getting hold of $70,000. T present owing $41,669 41, including princi- pal and interest. on the judgment, and his Mrs. White is endeavaring to collect. A jury was impaneled to try the case by efforts of" the ‘police to jail them -will.be There is at | successful. — e Charged With Forgery. Michael Broderick, a carpenter living at Judge Hunt yesterday morning and in | Nineteenth and Guerrero streets, was ar- the next - \geached. Flesh-making Rainier Export Beer and med. few days a decision will be!?at“ed Jesterday afternoon by Policeman rowley ‘and booked at' the City | Prison on a ‘charge of forging a United States money order. . Postal Inugfctor Er- m. Atlas Bourbon at dealers or Mohns & K. 29 Mkt. ( Win asked. the police to arrest ———————— s Sues a Merchandise Club. A suit filed in the Justice’s court yester-| ple free. ; Address “An: Anlkéfl curet |STARR DARE BURIED Simple Funeral Services at Presidio Chapel—Rev. William Rader WITH MILITARY HONORS COMPANY B, EIGHTH CALIFOR- NIA, ACTS AS ESCORT. Pronounces a Eulogy. t0+$3068 50,- and, strange as it-may seem, according to. the report, the expenditure: also amounted ‘to $506850; in fact, not cent of the money contributed by the gen- | erous candidates remained unused. P NO COMPROMISE. | The Case Agaii:sf Certain Merchant Creditors Is Still Pending. The .following statement was given out to-day by C. H. Murphy, chairman, and Loulis | Drumcraig, 173 days from Swansea. THE ENGINES STOPPED, BUT Havoc Played by the Progreso. OVERDUE DRUMCRAIG GOT IN BRITISH STEAMER FASTNET IN THE SOUTHEASTER. The Little La Chilena Defied the Storm—Others of the Weather- | beaten Fleet Safely in Port. The steam collier Progreso ran amuck at Beale-street wharf last night. She came down from Port Costa after dis- charging and the captain attempted to dock her at Main-street wharf. Some- thing went wrong in the engine-room, | however, and, instead of stopping, the big | steamer went full tilt at the ship I F.| NOT THE SHIP ducements than ever in stylish We below mention a few At LADIES' BLACK BOUCLE CLOTH each. At CHILDREN’S-REEFERS, sizes from $2 35 each. Chapman, moored to Beale-street wharf. Luckily there was a barge laden with | rallroad iron alongside the Chapman, and it gave the Progreso a sheer. In conse. quence the ship’s headgear only was car ried away, but had the barge not been | there she would have been cut In two. | Continuing on her way, the Progreso | cut her way for twenty feet into Beale- | street wharf and then came to a stop. | The collier dented a number of her plates, | and it will be several days before she will be ready to go to sea again. The bar was very rough yesterday after the storm, but nevertheless a big !leet; came in. The vessel with her maintop- | mast gone that was outside Wednesday | night turned out to be the British ship She | was the first to come in, the tug Sea | King bringing her through the north channel. Late in the afternoon she was followed In by the Henry B. Hyde, the American ship which kept her company | outside Wednesday night, and after the Hyde came the British bark Birkdale from Newcastle, N. S. W., American ship Lucille from Puget Sound, British ship British General from Antwerp, the steam- er Chilkat from coast ports and five lum- At 75 LADIES" each. = LADIES’ UN At 35 = each. |= LADIES’ " At [ | edged with Thibet fur, value for u = $12 50, sale price $7 45 each. || value for $5, sale price 33 each. SEMI-ANNUAL REDUCTIONS Ladics’ Jackets and Capes For Friday and Saturday we offer even more powerful In- Stock of New and Seasonable CLOAKS, Suits, Jackets and Capes. serve to show the many opportunities obtainable.2 LADIES’ At S2.45. LADIES'’ COVERT CLOTH JACKETS, value for §5, sale price $2 45 each. $3.45. 4. 90. LADIES' KERSEY CLOTH JACKETS, value for $3 5, sale price $4 % each. ' CHILDREN'S REEFERS. At $2.36. LADIES WRAPPERS. FLANNELETTE WRAPPERS, value for $12, sale price: LADIES'. FANCY COLORED UNDERSKIRTS, value for §l, sale price $5c AND MISSES’ CAPES. s245. ' LADIES’ PLUSH CAPES, trimmed with braid and beads, collar and fronts At $4986. LADIES' PLUSH CAPES, handsomely braided and beaded, collar, fronts and around bottom edged with Thibet fur, value for $8 50, sale price $4 9 each, At $7.485. LADIES' PLUSH CAPES, length 27 inches, some pl| brald and beads, collar and fronts edged with At $3.00. MISSES' GOLF CAPES, brown, navy and green, fancy silk Starr Dare, the young soldier who was killed in Huntsville, Ala., while defending de F. Bartlett, teachers’ committee: A statement appeared in a morning paper that the committee of teachers were about to compromise the case now pending against cer of Tetary, the | ber schooners. The subsiding of the gale gave the ves- sels In port a chance, and nearly all of them that had sails bent had them out | for | amend the law so0:.as to give ‘those who | New.officers will be elected by the. Build- | a afl Th ch: of er: comrade, was buried in the ternoon. hird R Congre, ational Church, remonies in_the apel. The casket in which the, the young soldier lay floral piece In the form of a star. After reading the prayer for the dead Presidio Cemetery with military honors vesterday Dr. William Rader of the who long been the spiritual adviser of the fam- ily, officiated at the simple but iptpres- sive funeral c has dio emains as draped with an American flag and covered with flow- At the head of the bier stood a large tain - .merchant creditors -of the last School Board. This merits correction. - The terms sug- gested in that article were incorrect and alt gether misleading. It fs true that the teachers' | mmittee has been discussing ~with the ditors some basis of compromise, but no definlte arrangements have been made and the committee will make none without. having first of all received a direct authorization from the public school -te s of San Francisco assem- led. in. mas drying. at’last to get her coal aboard, and late in the afternoon sailed for Manila. While the storm was raging lighters could not lie alongsic T, but yesterday morn- ing brignt and early two scows laden with coal made fast on each side, and it did not take long to fill the warship’s bunk- ers. The revenue cutter McCulloch spread her sails, as did also the Drumcraig, and both took all the advantage possible of In the Divorce Courts. | Sarah F. Delamore has been granted a Dr. Rader pronounced a eulogy on the | givorce from . Frank ‘Delamore on the The casket was then tenderly carried to | Bround ~of -extreme cruelty. Fred H. | the caisson, which was also draped with | th from Company C unteers—Private: Garner, fu Fourth le; W e American flag, by s Anthon neral cortege was Cayalry band. Then grave closed over its dead. collect | cratic party and expend The receipts ———— Democratic Party’s Expenses. Max Popper, on behalf of the finance and auditing committees of the Demo- filed a report of the receipts ures of that body vesterday. consisted, according to the report, of donations by the various Dem- ocratic candidates for office, the list be- ing headed by Mayor Phelan, who con- tributed $150. The total receipts amountcd pall-b earers Eighth California_ Vol- Sdward Golden, Walter v Derkun, Albert Giiles- ple, Frank Bice and James Edwards. The preceded by came the firing squad from Company B. The rela- tives of the deceased—his father, United States Appraiser John T. Dare, his moth- er, wite and sisters—followed in carrlages. | Company B, Lieutenant Deyoe command- | Ing, acted as military escort, and with the band playing a funeral dirge the proces- | sion marched to the Presidlo Cemetery. | "After a prayer by Dr. Rader three vol- were fired, taps were sounded and the the Bachelder was granted a Nellie 2 divorce from | Bachelder on the ground of de- | sertion. John Dobbin has been granted a | divorce from Emiline Dobbin on the | ground of - Infidelity. - Suits for divorce | were flled vesterday by Frederick K. Blue against Gertrude Blue, forinfidelity; Nel- | e . Crosby against Bert J. Crosby, for | desertion; Rose A. Willlams against Fran- | cis A. Willlams, for. intemperance; Nettie | Graham against,J. W. ‘Graham, for, de- | sertion, and: Josie Annuzzi against Gelso- | mino’ Annuzzi, for cruelty. | —_—— o He Wanted a Wife. \ The petition of J. H. King for a writ of | habeas corpus to secure the release of | Josephine Hughes, an inmate of the Mag- dalen Asylum, was dismissed by Judge | Lawlor yesterday. ‘King wanted to marry | the_ girl ‘and endeavored to°secure her re- | lease on habeas corpus, but as'the young woman. had no. desire to marry King the petition was denied. e e " The only Socialist Mayor in all | America tells how a city should be governed, in next Sunday’s Call. € ® | ° &— ———0—@ o 0—0—0—& =l St ¢ >—&- o B TOD SLOAN THINKS | WELL OF HIMSELF : Prefers the English- and Has Decided Not to Marry Just Yet. OD SLOAN, the famous little:jockey, is in. .town—purely on pleasure ¢ bent—to have a good time, to give his friends a good time and incidental- | pointers, “the best bred dogs in Europe, the | gift of “Lord Willlam—Lord William Beresford.” Tod is enjoying the comforts. of mundane - existence in a four-room suite One apartment s given over to-his friends; a second to his own little tired self; a third to the joys.of the;table, and the last to the al- | ways admiring guests who are permitted to bask in-the weary little-smile and 1y to show off two famor at the Palace. “‘that has not already been printed about me. I'm tired; I ha- Bakersfleld, and the trip has proven most trying to my nerv only to have a.good ‘time. tion me."” “‘Are you engaged to marry Mrs. Edna Wallace Hooper?" Tod never flinched, and it may have been’ the reflection of. the brilllant- hued facing of his gown that made.the sallow cheeks for a moment seem to blush. The answer came back slowly, delfberately, delivered with' a crushing “I'm wedded to my profession: v fact, T must refuse to discuss family affairs-in print,” said ‘the Joekey.: " Besides arriving at the sad, non-marrying conclusion, Sloan-has decided that our English cousins-are very much superior to more aristocratic, according to the knight of the maintained tlhntfreflned Englishmen pronounce the by way of illustration, his own style of speech. . Among: o .th! ¢ = lish Sloan has brought over with him is :.‘ ockerm pretit e poses a cigar box full of rare jewels; the offerings crats to.his-noted self.. There-is-a diamond and r: Lord Dunraven, a turquoise and black pearl pin from.. Lady. gray, white-and blick pearl ring’from Charles Mills, .besides fourteen: other trinkets, humble tokens from exalted sources. 5 2 oot TNEE S Sloan for himself has only these modest: things to say: living jockey. There has never been!any one like me. meet my equal and know I can never have a superior.” Tod and his friends came out in a private car by way of New Orleans. The midget jockey brings with him a bicycle that was force: If there is anything: else-you want to:know, ques- James Michael, the crack rider. Sloan says he will remain here about a month, when he will proceed to England, as the racing begins there'in March. While here he expects to en- Joy some duck hunting. For the‘next two years Sloan expects .to ride ex- clusively in England. . A s ® 40—0-W0~0~W © barring,;of ‘course, a visible:and painful— to . elephantiosis. - was drawn -and pale and his concentrated O F—®——0—6—0 | e ol inhale a' whiff of ‘the *‘tired” airithat cir- | | cles round: the much-fatigued-friend of & | all the<English aristocracy. A | According -to himself, the ' diminutive man s in perfect ' health and conditfon, the beholder—attack of occlpital /Tod had suffered the strain:of a trip from “B'ak_;;sfi_eld, been out tothe track and passed through the ordeal’ of greet- ing his hosts, of friends. when' he.shed the me. of‘hls august presence upon the: in- quiring scribe! He was weary with a con- tagious, fatigue, and his old-baby face self wrapped in the clinging folds of a gorgeous dressing gown like unto which must.the raiment of. the kingly Solomon have been. “There is not a thing I can say,” sald the little man, by way of introduction, ve come up from es. I'm out here | I shall ‘not ‘marry—not -just yet—in ourselves. They are pigskin, and he stoutly “d” in' London, gliving, " In which isecurely ire- of _distinguished aristo- uby - horseshoe pin from . Bergsford, a “I'm the-greatest I never expect to presented to him by —0— 00990906090 0— 09— the sunshine. The Drumcraig came here from Ant- werp via the Cape of Good Hope. She encountered fine weather until September 6, when she was off the coast of Braazil. On that day a pampero struck her, and for three days the crew had a tussle with the elements. On September 9 the storm moderated, but while the men were s ting the malntopsail the tie carried away and ‘the yard came down with a rum, | smashing in two on the deck. Then the | main cap broke and the mainmast head sprung, and Captain Johnson decided to | run for Rio de Janeiro. After a time, | however, as everything seemed to be | working smoothly, the captain changed his mind and the course of his vessel also. He gave up the idea of going into Rlio, stripped the mainmast and started for | San Francisco by way of Good Hope. All went weil on that course until Octo- | ber 30, in latitude 43.29 south longitude 11 east, when a very heavy gale from the | west southwes s run into. The port | lifeboat was stove in and other damage | was done. No other accidents or gales | were met with until the ship was off the | Golden Gate. Then she got a touch of a | southeaster. Captain Johnson was stand- | ing on the bridge amidships, when a big sea struck the ship and heeled her over. | Captain Johnson lost his balance and fell | to the deck below. When picked up he | was unconscious. His face was badly cut | and his back injured. As soon as the ship | docked yesterday morning he came ashore | to_consult a doctor about his spine. ! Another vessel that coast was the British steamer Fastnet. She is only a small vessel and the i completely buried her at times and swept | everything movable on deck ovdrboard. | She was hove to for thirty hours, and | Captain Moeckler says he was never out | in a worse gale. The Fastnet was built | in England in 1878 and was for years in | the trade between Prince Edward Isl- and Halifax. Then she was purchased by | people in British Columbia and came out here to go into the Klondike trade. When the beom burst she was sold to L. A. Martinez of Guayaquil, who is going to put her in the Central american trade. He is now in Portland negotiating for an- | other vessel to run in company with the Fastnet. The steamer will be overhauled here and will then sail for Guaymas. She | is 338 tons gross and 15 tons net burden, 145.4 feet long, 23.5 feet broad and 113 feet deep. Captain Moeckler, who brought the Fast- net down, was one of the best knowd aught it off the sealing captains on the coast. Since the | | loss of the schooner Mattie yer on French Frigate Shoals three years ago he | has made his home on the sound and | turned pilot. He will leave the Fast- | net here and will go back to Seattle. Be tween Point Arena and Point Reyes, Cap tain Moeckler says, he saw. tens of thou- | sands of fur seal, all making for Bering | ea. Of all the vessels that were out in the storm none of them made better weather of it than the little gasoline schooner La Chilena. Monday last she was lying at | Fort Ross, and when the gale came up Captain. Matsen had to cut his mooring lines and put to sea. He had to run in the teeth of the gale to Bodega, and iu spite of the fact that the schooner was more often under than over the wav she made the eighteen miles in three | hours and came to a sheltered anchor- age. On Tuesday morning it had calmed | down so that Captain Matsen made an- other start, but had not got half wav to | Point Reves when it was blowlnf a living | gale. The crew could not see the length of the vessel for the driving spray, and | the La Chilena weathered the point with-| her decks under. The schooner acted | splendidly, and for her inches the skipper | says there is not a finer sea boat afloat. He had to seek shelter again in Drakes Bay, from which place he got away again vesterday morning. few hours later the saucy little schooner came speeding | in over the bar and up the bay as If such’| a thing as a southeaster had never blown. Sergeant “Tom’” Mahoney is down with the grip, and the passengers by the Tiburon and Sausalito ferries will not see the genial and obliging officer for some days to come. Chief Wharfinger Percy | Henderson is recovering from his attack | and expects to be able to return to his du- tles to-day. The Shenandoah is now on Hunters | Point drydock undergoing an overhauling. It will be remembered that her cargo of | coal caught fire when she was lying at Mission street. It was put out and started again three times, and in consequence the lining of the ship was badly burned. it | will- cost many thousands of dollars to make the necessary repairs. On May 14 the British ship Tamar left | Vancouver, B. C., for Melbourne, Austra- | lia. On July 3 the following note was | written, put in a bottle and thrown over- | board: *“British ship Tamar, latitude 9 degrees 41 minutes, longitude 156 degrees | 29 minutes. All well. Forty-five days out | from Vancouver. H. W. W. Since then the Tamar;has arrived at Melbourne, from whlch'port she went to E_Vdne{: S, W., and after loading salled for London on November 19. | The bottle left by {tself was carried by | the current on to Danger Island, where the natlves picked it up on August 16 last. From Danger Island it was taken to Fan- ning Island and there given to the cap- tain of the schooner Eliza Miller, which happened to:be in. port, The gunboat Yorktown was able | | spectators that Alford won on points. | avenue and the father, who is an invalid, | Cunningliam establishment. had moved to 109 Grant avenue and she | ) l"fi / Market, Jones and McAllister Sts., ADVERTISEMENTS. ! ° Outer Garments from our Superb sample quotations, which but JACKETS. JACKETS, value for $5, sale price $3 45 4 to 12 years, value for $4, sale price Cents. Tse DERSKIRTS. Cents. $5, sale price §2 45 each. ain, others trimmed with Thibet fur, value for lined hoods, Island the Miller went to Hawaii_and thence to 8an Francisco. Captain Chris- tiansen will turn the memorandum over to the Hydrographic Office UNSATISFACTORY BOUTS. Contest for Alleged' Amateur Middle- ‘Weight Championship a Farce. The monthly. exhibition of the San Francisco Athletic Club did not please the large crowd which assembled to witness it. The contest for the alleged amateur middle-weight: championship of the coast was a fiasco and developed into a slugging match. 2 THNe contestants .were Gus Koster, San Francisco Club, and J. J. Castro, Wat- sonville Athletic Club. - Although sched- uled to weigh 158 pounds the latter tipped the beam at nearer 170 pounds. An ac- commodating gong saved the.member of the home club and gave rise to the re- mark of a spectator that one could not get a fair deal unless he was a member of the club. J. J. McDevitt was referee of this bout. In the first round Castro landed some terrific right and Koster’s ribs and head. K ent and landed a Vi ear and The gong of six, In the s livered some more kidney blows on Kos- ter, who got in a right on Castro’s jaw. and Castro went to the floor just as the gong sounded. In the third round Castro landed on Koster's jaw. The latter went down and the gong sounded at the count of four, and Koster staggered to his cor- ner. In the fourth Castro landed on Ko ter's ribs and Koster hit castro a blow on the law, and the latter went down and ster took the ious blow on he latter went to the out. In the feather-weight contest between Eddie Alford of Brooklyn and young Mc- Donald of the San Francisco Athletic Club, the lads went the six rounds, each weighfng 115 pounds, and Referee Smith of the Acme Club.declared the bout a draw, although it was the opinion of the Ki six-round between Athletic Club, was also de. clared a draw by Referee Smith. Smith awarded the contest to John Deane of the San Francisco Athletic Club in the latter’s six‘round bout with Joe Long of the California Athletic Club. The con- testants weighed 138 pounds and put up a good fight. B e — DEATH FROM NEGLECT. Another Helpless flVictim of the Deadly Baby Farm. Death came mercifully to little Johnnie Martin, one of the infants rescued re- cently from Mrs. Susan B. Cunningham's baby farm at 51 Clara street. The child died yesterday, and the case was reported to the Coroner, the physician refusing to sign the certificate of death. On December 31 the officers of the So- ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children raided and found it in a most filthy and disease- breeding condition. Half a dozen infants were discovered in a semi-starved and the Cunningham woman was sa be the worse for liquor. to return the children to their parents or guardians at once, and among those sent home was little John Martin, ed 13 vears. The mother lived at Gr: lives anywhere he can find shelter. Several days ago Officer McMurray called upon the woman, a complaint hav- ing been made by Officer Reavis, and found the father and child ill, the boy guffering from the measles and generally run down in consequence of his previous harsh treatment and cruel neglect at the promised to see that the little fellow was cared for properly. From what the offi- cers and Morgue officials learned little, if anything, had been done to relleve the baby of its sufferings. Dr. McConnell states that the baby's death appeared to have been caused by neglect and measles. left handed blows on | the Cunningham place | The mother | bravely by findin, an indictment against a man whose tria. in the Police Court re- sulted in an acquittal because his guilt | was not proved beyond a reasonable | doubt. During election times George Young, whom the poli | fessional pickpocket, was arrested for robbing P. J. Thomas, the printer, of $140. 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