The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 25, 1899, Page 6

JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. fons to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. BUSSSSEESEEE TR Address All Communications to I:UBL]CATION OFFICE Market u.nd Third Sts., S F. Telephone Main 1868. EDITORIAL ROOMS..........21T to 221 Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1874 DELIVERED BY CARRIERS, 15 CENTS PER WEEK. Single Coples, 5 cents. Terms by Mail, Including Postage: DAILY CALL (including Sunday Call), one year.. -$8.00 | Y 'CALL (including Sunday Call), § months, . 3.00] ALL (including Sunday Call), 3 months. . L5 ALL—By Single Month . 65 n . 1.50 | 3 . One Year. . 1.00 | All postmasters are author! 0 regetve subscriptions. Sample copies will be forwarded when requested. ..908 Broadway NEW YORK OFFICE.. Room 188, World Building DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative. o Rigas House OAKLAND OFFICE. WASHINGTON (. C.) OFFICE C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. .Marquette Bullding CHICAGO OFFICE. , Advertising Represcntative. C.GEORGE KROGNESS, N ICES—527 Montgomery street, c angecrruezls:g-?cso'uo:x 387 Hayes street, open untll 930 o'clock. 621 McAllister street, open until 9:30 oclock. 6i5 Larkin street, open until 9:36 o'clock. 1941 Mission street, open untll 10 o'clock. 2291 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 2518 | Mission street, open untll 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open until 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, opeh until 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ane ! Kentucky streets, open until 9 o'clock. orner Clay, MENT> AMUS of the Cross.” atti Troubadors.” oft Behind Me. the Magic Kiss. | Columbta—*"Th m—Vaudev Grand Opera House—Ellis Opera Company, Monday even- | 4ng, March 13. = Chutes and Zoo—Pianka, the “Lady of Lions. Olympia — Corner Mason and Ellis streets, Specialties. Central Park—The Steeplechase. Oakland Race "AUCTION SALES, By G. H. Umbsen & Co.—Monday, February 21, at 12 o'clack, Real Estate, at 14 Montgomery street. | | ONE-STORY BALDWIN. announcement of intent to build story rookeries on the site for- row of o merly occupied by his imposing tinder-box and sepulcher combined is a direct affront to the people of this ci d a threat to capital. It has almost the | savor of blackmail, for Baldwin is shrewd enough to realize that one phase of the indignation he will ay take the form of an offer for the property. Such a structure as Baldwin contemplates would be worse and more unsightly than a hole in the ground. It ce one of the prominent corners, and necessaril t cheap tenants, if any at all. It would be a bl 1d a blight, having the distinct effect of low ng property values. On that corner structure, and this time not made arouse would should rise 2 of lath and plas Baldwin is not appreciative. San Francisco has been and he would repay its kindness with a wty. The walls of his old hotel should have been condemned while hot, and leveled to the ground while w Instead of this course being taken, the aged: capitalist was permitted to do as he pleased, to e in clearing out rubbish, to use the streets for blistered bedsteads and soaking nd to abuse everybody who objccted.{ w he begins to show the brand of gratitude which | tco good to tuke his tin The first thing Baldwin knows he will be getting unpopular. A PROFESSORSHIP OF ADVERTISING. N a recent address at University College, Liver- | l pool, on the occasion of the formal opening of a school of commerce in connection with the | college, the Right Hon. James Bryce, M. P., in out- lining the work which should be undertaken by the school, suggested a systematic training in what he called “the art and mystery of advertising.” While the proposal is novel in its nature, it is well worth serious consideration. Mr. Bryce stated that in none of the great commercial schools of the Con- _tinent, or elsewhere, is any instruction given in thel ‘walue of advertising to commercial enterprises, or the Test means of employing it, and went on to say: “Advertising has now become so extremely important a2 part of our commercial life it would be very desir- able if something could be done to reduce it to a science, so as to enable the young merchant to know in what way his money expended for advertising could be used to the greatest advantage.” That such a course of instruction, based upon the experience of successful advertisers, would be 2 bene- fit to young men about to embark in mercantile life is ‘indisputable. Millions of dollars are expended every year in advertising, and it is safe to say that much of it is virtually wasted. Shrewd men of course learn by experience how to advertise in a profitable way, but a considerable number of persons go on year after year paying for so-called advertisements that yield them hardly any returns whatever. In this connection it is worth noting there has been formed in London an association calling itself the Society for Checking the Abuse of Advertising. It has conducted a successful campaign against all de- vices which are disfiguring to streets or landscapes or are dangerous to life and limb. A similar society would find a good field for operation in America, where such devices are carried to the extreme. ‘Whether Mr. Bryce's suggestion will be adopted at the Liverpool School of Commerce is doubtful. It “sounds somewhat too fanciful to e accepted by con- servatives, and yet it is essentially wise. Young men -~ who'intend to carry on a commerce in all parts of the ‘world ought certainly to be instructed in the best miéans of making known to foreigners the nature, - pees and prices of the goods they handle, and to do .-that they must resort to advertising of some kind. It would be, well, therefore, to teach them the folly of ‘spending their money on various forms of so-called advertising which offend the public instead of attract- Ing it. B —, That England has on hand a little affair in Egypt wherein the death rate is likely to make that of the Spanish-American war seem trivial is a circumstance * .which the people of this country have hardly coasid- ‘ered worth noting. This thing of spreading civiliza- _tion among the benighted, while it is an established “habit, nevertheless comes high. Several collectors have recently left the city, leav- ing no addresses, and none of the money which they happened to have taken in. However, as they left a large part of the latter at the racetrack and pool- rooms, they will not be able to declare dividends even . if they escape the police and their own consciences. Since Dewey has called for the Oregon there is no LEGISLATIVE BLUNDERS. N the case of Howard E. Wright The Call warned the members of the Assembly of the danger of yielding to misplaced sympathy for an unrepen- tant corruptionist. When his bare resignation from the Speakership was accepted as an atonement for the receipt of pecuniary aid in a political canvass under a distinct understanding that he would support a par- ticular candidate for the Federal Senate it became evident that the citizens of this State would apply to such Assemblymen as allowed themselves to be drawn into that indefensible position the maxim of nos- citur a sociis, or, to express its accurate meaning, that a man is estimated by his associates. This warning may now be repeated and enforced in relation to the Senate, to the entire Legislature and to the Governor. Because episodes in the life of Grove L. Johnson were recalled through the me- dium of cartoons in the daily press, for which, if libelous, a complete remedy was provided by law, it has been plausibly asserted that the unconstitutional anti-cartoon bill, which had been defeated in the Sen- ate the day before, was passed and immediately ap- proved. If this assertion had been true, then, irre- spective of the merits or the demerits of this bill, by such an exhibition of rage and vindictiveness the Sen- ators who voted for it and the Governor who signed it would have injured themselves and not the press. either in the legislative or executive department of the government, who, representing the people of this State, does any act under the influence of passion for the purpose of revenge, or to facilitate the candidacy of a man unworthy of the station to which he as- | pires, places on record the evidence of his own lack of balance and incompetency to reason with accuracy orgo decide with justice. But the Assembly also saw fit by resolution to ex- press its confidence in Mr. Johnson, and yesterday in the joint convention he received fourteen compli- mentary votes. These were pieces of folly that cannot fail to produce unpleasant consequences. The w orld is exceedingly tolerant tor youthful follies, or even to conduct of a graver complexion. There is a generous and chivalrous vein in human nature, resulting from the universal consciousness of imperfections that in men, and occasionally in women, who labor and strive for a transformed and higher life. But the con- dition is an element in the pardon, and, if violated, the original transgression is revived. A man who, having a turned down page in his own history, in the course of a professional and legislative career, in which he is aided by the silence of the press and of the public, wantonly and vituperatively assails every human being who crosses his path and dogmatically | and uninterruptedly represents every corrupt element in politics until he becomes virtually an enemy of the human race, cannot expect that, in his own case, the | He, above other men, is called upon to exercise the same moder- mantle of charity will never be raised. ation and the same humanity toward others that he solicits for himself. He occupies no attitude that enables him to assume his own immunity as giving him an opportunity to betray the public, to lower and degrade the State in which he resides, and coarsely and brutally to vent his own personal animosities under the shield of legislative privilege, while he seeks to deprive an observing and independent press, without motive or object except to benefit the State and the nation, of constitutional and legal protection. The hysterics and melodramatic frenzy at Sacra- mento, to the extent to which they exist at all, are deliberately worked up by Dan Burns and his asso- ciates in the hope that when all other treacheries to the people have failed he may be forced into the Sen- ate of the United States on a wave of spurious indig- nation. No human being has pretended to assign a reason for this unprecedented attempt to insult the State and locally to destroy the Republican party ex- cept as a retaliation for newspaper exposure and criticism. The comments of the interior press alone have deprived the railroad and its satellites of excuse or palliation-for their obstinate and dishonest ad- hesion to Burns, and the infamy of his success would be beyond apology or explanation. The Call has no candidate for the Senate. It stands, first, for the country, and, second, for the Re- publican party. 1t asks only that the best available Republican be chosen. This is a demand that Cali- fornia and the nation will comprehend. It cannot be evaded by Billingsgate or by puerile exhibitions of temper. It cannot be affected by the roar of 2 bully or by the violence of a bravo. It speaks for itself, in precise, clear and patriotic tones, harmonizing with Republican dignity and with American honor. fl two bills have been proposed in the Legisla- ture and should be passed. One is to create the office of Irrigation Commissioner, to serve with- out salary and to co-operate with the United States Geological Survey in the location of reservoir ‘sites for the storage of the flood waters of the State in such situation as to permit their best distribution to serve the purposes of mining and agriculture. The Geological Survey has a Federal appropriation amounting to $10,000, which, added to a like sum ex- pended by the State, will efficiently locate a storage system and survey its scheme of distribution, so that when the Federal or State government, or private enterprise, under proper legal restriction, is ready to construct and develop any part of the system the lo- cation will be found ready and the best lines of dis- tribution laid. Surely no argument, beyond its ob- vious necessity, should be needed to secure the pas- sage of this bill. The Federal Government will not enter upon the work without State co-operation, and the latter must be official. The Federal appropria- tion may be spent anywhere that such official co- operation is offered, so that California must act now to secure it. It will cost the State but a trifle; no salaried office is connected with it and no official drain upon the taxpayers is proposed by it. The object lesson is before us. The valley lands are in the dusty agony of a series of dry years, while a heavy snowfall covers the mountains. This will melt in the summer sun, creating floods in the streams which will flow wastefully to the ocean. Such circumstances will oc- cur again and again, and with ample preparations for storage and distribution all the surplus water will be saved to irrigate the millions of acres of valley lands which, in such years, will be fruitless without it. The other bill proposed by the society is of no less SAVE THE FORESTS. T the instance of the Water and Forest Society doubt he will get it. If there is anything Dewey wants all he has to do is to say so. importance and is for the same purpose of securing, without cost, the co-operation of the Federal Govern- 1t is too clear for argument that a public officer, | feads to the condonation and oblivion of early faults | ment through the forestry division of the Agricultural Department. This bill authorizes the Governor to appoint a Forestry Commission of five members, to serve without salary and at no expense whatever to | the State. They are to comprehensively examine the situation of our forests and report bills for laws to secure the economic harvesting of timber fit for the market, and to preserve for future use the young crop of trees. They will report the means needed to protect our forests from fires, which now destroy in one year as much merchantable timber as commerce uses in five years. At the close of its two years’ term and after making its report this Forestry Com- mission shall cease and determine, so that no salaried and costly position can germinate in it. It is be- | lieved that the Governor will have no trouble in find- 2 ing five gentlemen in the State whose interest and en- thusiasm in the subject will make them willing to un- dertake this high service. = The Legislature should be admonished to the speedy passage of this bill by existing conditions. The | abnormally dry weather is causing the spread of fires | now in the mountains. The heavily timbered country Iving between the forks of the American River is now | on fire in a dozen places, from opposite Auburn to | far beyond Colfax and up to the snow line. There | has not been rain enough to wet the fallen leaves and | down timber, and, if heavy rainfall does not occur be- | tween now and May, the present fires will follow the | retreat of the snow and cause the greatest destruction | ever known. While it is true that the proposed com- mission cannot this year meet and subdue these fires, | they furnish it an opportunity to study the conditions | suited to meet and prevent like destruction in the | future. | These two bills were introduced late in the session, | but they are of such importance that they should pass | by general consent and enable the Goyernor to | promptly use the authority they confer. | The forestry division of the Agricultural Depart- | ment promises complete co-operation with the For- | estry Commission, which assures a plan of campaign that will finally save our mountain forests from de- struction. - A BENEFIT FOR THE INTERIOR. | ISE and timely were the words of the Record- | W Union when in expressing regret that some of the interior papers take a narrow view of the proposed Pacific Exposition it said the only consider- ation of the subject worthy of intelligent concern is this: “Is such an exposition desirable for the coast in view of the importance it is now assuming in na- tional concern?” | That is truly the whole issue at stake, and, as the Record-Union goes on to say: “If such an exposi- tion will substantially advance the coast interests in the eyes of the world, and as they deserve, then it is desirable at any cost. If it will not tend to enlarge in- telligence concerning the Pacific States, Pacific Ocean commerce, our relations to the lands beyond the seas, our coast production and capacity; if it will not tend to crystallize sentiment in the nation upon the impor- tance of the Pacific Ocean commerce, then it will be folly to promote it.” The only way to find a correct answer to the ques- tion involved in these considerations is by studying | the results of expositions in other parts of the United States. Within the last few years a thorough test has been made of the subject in the East. Atlanta held an | exposition which proved so profitable to the South that Nashville followed at once with another. The success there led to the undertaking of an even | larger exposition last year at Omaha, and now, en- | couraged by the results, New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Buffalo and Detroit are making prepara- tions for expositions, and New Orleans and Cincin- nati are talking of like enterprises. Surely with such results before his eyes no intel- ligent man can doubt the benefits of expositions or { regard them as beneficial solely to the cities in which they are held. The expositions at Atlanta and Nash- ville attracted attention to the entire South, and mil- lions of dollars of Northern capital and a considerable | number of Northern men have since gone South to § develop the mining and manufacturing interests of i those States. Similar results of good to the whole Pacific Coast will follow a comprehensive inter- rational exposition at San Francisco. Nor can it be denied that we have reached a point where such an exposition is needed. Our rural indus- tries have been so developed the production outruns the demand of the market now open for them. We need new markets, and such markets are to be found in many parts of the world. The only way to find an entrance to those markets, however, is by advertising ourselves and making our resources and products known to consumers. Anything which will stimulate the commerce of San Francisco will make an increased demand for the products of the interior. Anything which will draw the attention of the industrial and commercial cap- italists of the East and of Europe to this coast will help every farmer, miner and orchardist as well as the residents of cities and towns. The benefits of the exposition will, in fact, be felt throughout the whole coast. From the Atlanta exposition the new energy radiated over the wide region from the Potomac to the Mississippi, and there is no reason for supposing the influences of the Pacific exposition would be less widespread. R e Ex-Governor James B. Grant of Colorado, one of the shrewdest, richest and most popular men in that State, once its Democratic executive, has left the Democratic party and joined the Republican. How- ever, there is not enough of the Democratic party left there to cast a shadow.” Mr. Grant evidently got tired of flocking by himself. | | | i | A pretty young woman whose husband is now serving a term of ninetcen years for a crime in which she was his confederate is about to be tried for the second time in New York. The first time the jury disagreed, and as the woman is as handsome as ever, there is no reason for anticipating any change. —_—— A gentleman who suffered the inconvenience of having a handful of whiskers plucked from his chin, and has brought suit for $250, is moderate in his de- mands. Certainly a barber would have removed them for less, but between barbering and barbarism there is a distinction which must be maintained. M S R s It is a pleasant surprise for this country to learn from Sir Charles Tupper that Great Britain won our victory with us in the recent debate with Spain. If ! Sir Charles knew this before he ought not to have deept it a secret. General Shafter must have brought a fairly good constitution back from Cuba or the multiplicity of banquets to which he is being subjected would lay him out. _— The legislative scheme to prevent lawyers from badgering witnesses has much to commend it, but a good club would better serve the purpose. A vote of confidence passed by a Legislature which seems to have so much confidence in Burns really does not amount to much. n):(!:():6fifififinfiflfifififlfififififlfififififififlflfifififififi would respectfully request your valued journal, 10 acq facts in relation to the collec other daily papers poor widows and innocent orp! without benefit of clergy. This, in brief, is my story. fegegegegegogusegagagagutagegegnagugugugegegeeRagagagedaFageogatatodedstofagetogoteRutofofoteBoRatutod Years 1896-97. gl FUHRMAN’S DEFENSE. To the Editor of The Call—Sir: you to permit me, uaint the public of this city with some tion of delinquent taxes which the utterly refuse to publish. days there have appeared daily in the Ex: choicest selections from the latest ary,” as revised by Andy Lawrence, crimes, of which the mildest are hans,” and threatening me with Jury investigations” and a berth In San Quentin if I should dare to continue “my nefarious practices.” And why all this? Editor, because I have striven to do my duty without fear or favor, and have so far forgotten myself as to treat Mr. Andy Lawrence, the editor-in-chief of the self-styled monarch of all the dailles, the same as I would treat any ordinary mortal. special counsels ever employed by this city I am the first attorney appointed who has succeeded in making Andy Lawrence, the most no- torious tax-shirker west of New York, pay his taxes. In the opinion of Mr. Lawrence this is a crime at least equal to high treason, Which ought to be punished with instantaneous death, Mr. Lawrence is, of course, a very poor man, because he is only assessed for $200 worth of furniture, which is all the wealth he possesses, according to the assessment rolls, with no jewelry, no watch, no money in bank, no library and not even a musical instrument to cheer him up when he arrives at his fireside in poverty flat, situated on Nob Hill. And while this assessn.ent is far below the average assessment of an ordirary laborer and working- man, yet poor Mr. Lawrence has never seen fit to pay his taxes thereon until he was compelled by suit, prosecuted by me, to pay at least his taxes for 1896. Another suit for the 1897 taxes is still pend- ing, and my service men have at last succeeded in serving him with the summons and complaint to-day, after three weeks' hard work to make nersonal service on the artful tax-dodger. When he was served to-day he swore amid a volldy of the choicest oaths that he would again “get even with that — Fuhrman, and drive him out of town.” The poor widows and orphans are mainly incorporated in the holy person of Mr. Andy Lawrence, but in addition thereto let me say that only thirty-five delinquents of 1896 owe this city the pitiable sum of $52,757 15 in the aggregate, among which are several banks, the Blythe estate, and other prominent and highly respectable tax-dodgers; all of whom have been sued and every suit will be pressed without fear or favor. indignant at the “persecution of such poor people.” Very respectfully Counsel for the Collection of Delinquent Taxes of the Fiscal FEBRUARY, 23, 1899, In the interest of fair play I through the columns of For the past fourteen aminer articles full of the edition of “billingsgate diction- charging me with all possible ‘the robbing and persecution of “Grand Simply, Mr. Simply because of all the No wonder the Examiner is ALFRED FUHRMAN, egegegageg=gegegagegegogegegegegagagagegeFetododay FogeRetedoRegat e getoRot tot ot - to b ettt ReR g ] AROUND THE CORRIDORS H. C. Tandy of Hanford is at the Lick. J. Muth of Tahiti is staying at the Oc- cidental. Mrs. L. W. Howes of Boston is a guest at the Palace. Mrs. E. F. Plerce of Los Gatos is a guest at the Lick. P. C. Drescher, a Sacramento merchant, is at the California. F. H. Mason, a hardware merchant of Spokane, is located at the Palace. L. J. Friend and wife of Los Angeles have engaged apartments at the Russ. Volney W. Foster,” a prominent Chi- cago resident, is a guest at the Grand. George D. Clarke and wife of Kobe, Japan, are registered at the Occidental. Mrs. O. M. Henry of Modesto is at the Occidental on a short visit to this city. William A. Spinks, the expert billiard- ist, is registered at the Grand from Chi- cago. Ernest D. White of New York and W. C. Pleffer of Portland are at the Call- fornia. Alex Brown, member of the State Board of Equalization, is registered at the Lick from Milton. James Dunsmuir, the coal king, of Vic- toria, B. C., is registered at the Grand with his wife. C. E. 8. Woed, & leading attorney of Portland, Or., is at the California, accom- panied by his wife. B. Wood Davis and J. C. Armstrong. two Cincinnati merchants, are among the arrivals at the Palace. Ex-Sheriff W. C. Conroy of Auburn and H. R. McNoble, a Stockton attorney, are among the arrivals at the Grand. Mrs. Craig Lippincott and daughter and Clement Lippincott and wife of Philadel- phia are among the guests at the Palace. F. E. Curtis, a Los Angeles hotel pro- prietor, and W. R. Forman, an Antioch merchant, are making the Grand their headquarters. Miss G. O. Selby of Indianapolis came to this city to join her brother, Norman Selby, better known as “Kid” McCoy, and is at the Cccidental. Major General William R. Shafter re- turned from Los Angeles yesterday morn- ing in company with his aid, Captain E. H. Plummer. He has entirely recovered from his recent indisposition and spoke feelingly of the grand receptions given him in the southland. W. E. Cook, & member of Company C, First California Volunteers, was among the arrivals on the steamer City of Pe- king. He was in service in Manila, but was obliged to return on account of sick- ness, and he is now stopping at the home of his mother, Mrs. N. F. Cook, of 312 Eddy street. CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON NEW YORK, Feb. 24.—Peter McDonald of San Francisco is at the Hoffman. THE FLOOD SUFFZEBEES. Over Two Million Yellow River Chi- nese Starving to Death. A pathetic appeal has been received by the Chamber of Commerce on behalf of the flood sufferers of the Shantung prov- ince of China. Those signing the appeal are American and English people, and their account of the prevailing distress of the unfortunates shows that the situa- tion is serious. The writers state that the Chinese of the district have raised something like $70,000 American money, but thie will go but a short way, as there are over two millions of people starving. The letter states: y Daily, almost hourly, We are in'receipt of re- ports from our countrymen in the interior de- jcting the condition of the famine refugees. Hundreds of villages are submerged, others sur- Tounded by water, houses, furniture, clothing, in fact everything, is under water. The na- tives themselves are living in straw huts. Many have absolutely no shelter from the winter's cold and snow, subsisting on bark, willow twigs, roots, etc. The summer's crops have been a failure, the seed for next spring’'s sow- ing 1s gone, and there is nothing for these starving milifons to hope for. R — In the Divorce Court. Mary R. Crawford has been granted a divorce from Thomas Crawford on the ground of willful neglect. The plaintiff was allowed to resume her maiden name, Schuller. Suits for divorce have been filed by Alvina Schmidt against Carl H. Schmidt, for desertion, and Marie C. Mik- klesen against Jens Mikklesen for cruelty. Look out for §1 Fourth st., near barber and grocery; best eyeglasses, specs, lic-40c. * The most appropriate souvenir of our Golden State for your Eastern friends ‘would be a basket of T\ i - nia Glace Fruits; 50c m’?w&"fifikg‘gz‘? i Bpecial information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Cl:x?!ns Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- gomery ‘eet. Telephone Main 1042. ¢ GERTRUDE ATHERTON Tells What She Thinks of THE SENATE AND WASHINGTON SOCIETY In Next Sundau’s Call. | of the Lord.” FAIR PROPERTY IS TO BE CONSIDERED IT WILL COME BEFORE THE STREET COMMITTEE. The City Urged to Assert Its Right, and Also to Abate a Nui- sance. One of the most important matters that has been called to the attention of the Street Committee of the present Board of Supervisors will come up for considera- tion on Monday. It will be in connection with the disputed Fair property on North Beach. J. T. Engle will present a communica- THE SA ¥FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, ¥FEBRUARY 25, 1899. COLLISIONS AND ACCIDENTS ON THE FRONT Steamers and Schoon~- ers in Trouble. THE YACHT FOLLY DAMAGED CAPSIZED WHILE RECEIVING A COAT OF PAINT. Sale of Unclaimed Klondike Outfits by the Pacific Coast Steamship Company—Triple Launch- ing To-Day. There was a chapter of accidents in the bay yesterday. The steamers Apache and Monticello were in collision, the gasoline schooner La Chilena and the schooner Jo- seph and Henry ran into each other, the yacht Folly was badly damaged and a sailor from the Iowa was nearly drowned. The river steamer Apache brought from Mare Island a quantity of supplies for Manila. These were put aboard the Roa- noke and the Apache proceeded to her dock at Market street wharf. The Mon- ticello was docked across the way at Mis- sion street, and as the Apache came up the slip the wind and tide caught and carried her down on the Vallejo boat. The Monticello was struck hard on the port side and every pane of glass in the steamer was broken by the crash. A few feet of railing were carried away, but the damage was not sufficient to prevent the Monticello from making her usual after- noon trip to Vallejo. The La Chilena was on her way to Fort Ross and the Joseph and Henry to Co- quille River. The latter was beating out and about 2 p. m., when off the Presidio, the two vessels came together. The cap- tain of the Chilena thought the schooner would cross his bows, but mis- calculated the distance and the vessels crashed into each other. The La Chilena lost her fore and main mastheads and had to return to port for repairs. The Joseph and Henry continued on her way, so her damage could not be ascertained. Commodore Campbell and his wife had a thrilling experience on the yacht Folly. 1t is only a short time ago that the com- modore purchased the yacht and she was being Eot ready for the summer season. Now the Folly is unusually deep and on the dock has somewhat the appearance of a wedge. She was got close inshore, between two wharves, at Sausalito, ane when_the tide began to fall guys were run from the foremast to the wharves | to prevent the Folly from toppling over. At almost dead low water Commodore and Mrs. Campbell were standing on the vacht's deck, directing a gang of paint- tion setting forth the legal status of the property from his point of view, and urg- | ing the necessity of action on the part of | the city to assert its rights to the same. | His communication in part will say: If the Fair estate is not checked now, it will, | at an enormous expense, fill in and uiterly de- | stroy this safety basin and commit a monu- mental act of vandalism against the marine and mercantile interests of the world, and that, too, at the very time the Merchants' As- sociation’ Review is advocating the comstruc- tion of just such safety slips on the entire northerncity front. There will also be submitted the follow- ing petition, which is being numerously signed: The undersigned residents and registered vot- ers In the Forty-first Assembly District re- spectfully represent: That the heaith of ourselves and our families | and the safety and comfort of our homes is se- riously threatened by the maintenance of an enormous open cesspool by the Fair estate on the northern side of San Francisco. A portion of the bay has been land-locked and walled in | | | | | by a line of piles and rock and by a filling of | sand within that line, so that the water within that enclosure no loiger ebbs and flows with the tide, but is converted into a pond or lake. Into this lake empties the sewage from an area of more than 140 blocks, and it is there pent up to stagnate and to breed noxious exhalations and a pestilence to poison the air which we and our families must breathe. If the public streets had been left open where they cross the tract that ls being reclaimed and where they intersect the rim of the pond referred to, or If sewers had been constructed therein at all of those points, no such unfor- tupate result would have ensued. If all of those streets or portions of streets were now to be opened or large sewers built therein, the ex- isting nuisance would be abated. We accordingly memorialize your honorable body and urge upon you the necessity of af- fording us immediate relief from the danger herein referred to, either by compelling the extension of all sewers across the Fair tract, or by requiring that the enclosing wall above mentioned be perforated where the streets in- tersect the same, and that sewers or other gpenings he maintained therein so as to allow the uninterrupted discharge of all sewage into the waters of the bay. e NATIVE DAUGHTERS' BENEFIT. Longfellow’s _‘“E;mgenne" to Be Read in Connection With a Series of Tableaux. There have been a number of rehearsals of “Evangeline,” which is to be produced in Native Sons’ Hall this evening for the benefit of the Native Daughters’ Home, recently established in this city, and the number of tableaux which have been under the direction of a committee of La Estrella Parlor, under whose aus- pices the reading will be given, has in- creased from sixteen to twenty-one. These, presented at the proper time, when Longfellow’s exquisite production is being read by Past Grand Presidents Miss Clara K. Wittenmeyer and Miss Mariana Bertola and the Misses Rose Cohen and L. O'Keefe, all noted for their elocution- ary talent, will give an added interest to the words of the poet. In addition, there will be several selections by a choral of thirty voices, four vocal solos and spe- cial orchestral music. The money realized will be devoted to aid in the complete ‘furnishing of the home. ———— Lenten Service at St. Mary's. At 3 o'clock this afternoon the second of the series of Lenten exercises under the auspices of the Calvarian Society will be held in St. Mary's Cathedral. The dis- course which will follow the “Way of the Cross” will be delivered by the Rev. J. E. Cottle. His subject will be “Human Repentance.” The text is from St. I ¥ ospel—*"And the‘Lord, turain; .sl:ml’(;g‘ %: eter, and Peter remembered the word The services will conclude wl(ht- the benediction and blessed sacra- men Not David Donohue’s Brother. Relatives of David Donohue, who was unfortunately shot and killed during a duel between Martin Kelly and Billy Har- rington in the Republican county commit- tee rooms some years 0, refute the statement that the deceased was a broth- er of James Donohue, as has been an- nounced, who petitioned Judge Mogan to be sent to that he might mend his ‘ways. David Donohue had but one broth- ;rofti't?hn Donnh;.:’e, S0 n:tumly James, the oner, could not hav relationship. T et Mary G. O’Brien’s Will. The will of Mary G. O'Brlen‘.flled es- terday, bequeaths an estate vuuudy at $1250 to her daughter, Mary P. O'Brien, whto bl; x&lmeld Il;l executrix to serve with- ou nds. In her will Mrs. O’ that John O’Brien of Compnno Bf?’fix}fi{fi United States Infantry, canex upon_her and said that he was her son. s. O'Brien says that the soldier is an im- poster and entitled to no share of her estate, which she provides against. —_— e Greek Church Lenten Services. _The special Lenten muslc in the Ortho- dox Greek Church is especially solemn %‘rfl st:teu l’naocturn-.l.l which {s the service Jor Suturdar sveuipes, ‘will be especial- | her crew looks on. ers, when without a moment’s warnin one of the guys parted and the Folly fel with a crash on her port side. The com- modore, his wife, the painters and the ga..ln( pots were all thrown into the bay. ut_luckily the water was only a couple of feet deep, so they were able to wade ashore, escaping with a ducking. A num- ber of the planks on the port side of the Folly are sprung and. she will have to £0 on the ways for an overhauling be- fore she can go into commission. One of the sailors of the Iowa fell from the boom rlg&ed from the side of the battle ship and had a narrow escape. He struck his head against the side of a boat which was alopgside, but just managed to keep afloat until a couple of his com. rades, who jumped ‘overboard after nim, g‘eaghhed"his hslde. rI{e was as well as ver half an hour after he had < to the sick bay. heentaxen The schooner Fortuna arrived at Eure- ka yesterday at noon and Captain Rosich is delighted. He left three hours after the Occidental and beat her into port, thus winning the bet he made with Cap- tain Brandt before leaving here five day: Captain Rosich telephoned the news his victory to the Merchants’ Ex- change yesterday. The barkentine Wrestler and the brig Lurline will have a tight race to Kahului, There is only one wharf down there, and whichever vessel gets in first discharges and loads sugar for San Francisco while the other vessel lies in the stream and The Lurline sailed from here last Wednesday and the Wres- tler got a.wn{ yesterday morning. The betting is all in favor of the Lurline. There was a sale of unclaimed goods at the vards of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company on the front yesterday. Nearly all the stuff was made up of the outfits and provisions of men who had started for the Klondike, but got cold feet and came home when they got to Dyea or Skaguay. Their outfits they did not con- sider worth the return freight, so they Jeft them on the steamship company's hands. Peddlers were the pflng&)al pur- chasers and the goods realized small prices. The tu Fearless, Wallula and Union will be launched from the Union Iron ‘Works this morning. They will be placed in the water one after the other and will be christened by the children of the men who assisted in building them. Repairs are being made to the steamer City of Peking. One new plate will have to be put in on the port side and two oth- ers will be straightened. She will get away on schedule time for the Orient. The American ship M. P. Grace is mak- ing a very long passage from Sydney, N. §. W., to this port. She is now out ninety- six days, which is something unusual for her, as she is a fast vessel. All the ves- sels from Australia have been making long passages, so the supposition is that. the Grace has been delayed by light winds and calms. The master of the schooner Reliance ran his vessel into the hay wharf yesterday and nearly killed one of his crew. The vessel was making her wu¥ out of Mission Creek with her jib and foresail set. A sailor was on the jibboom fixing some of the gear and the skipper was at the wheel. The latter had been bidding a number of his friends good-by and was focling happy. Nearing the hay whart, he attempted to shear the schooner off, Put his hands got mixed and he put the helm to port instead of to starboard. In consequence the Reliance crashed into the wharf and the man had to jump over- board in order to save himself from be- ing killed. After some hard work from people on the wharf the man was rescued and the schooner got off and proceeded down the bay. The best appetizer and regulator of the di- gestive organs is Dr. Slegert's Angostura Bit- ters. Try it. Be sure to get the genuine. —_— DYSPEPSIA CAN BE CURED BY USING Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets. One little tablet will give immediate relief or money refunded. Sold In handsome tin boxes. At Owl Drug Co. — e e—————— In Mexico the family of a dead duelist can claim support from the person who shot him. RoYaL Baking Powder . Made from pure cream of tartar,