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

12 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1899. EXPOSITION FAVORED BY LABOR’S SONS Opposition of Building Trades Council Is Withdrawn. At ai Special Meeting Yesterday It Was Decided That the Organization Would Support the Proposed Fair. ized opposition to the Ocean and Interna- to be held in 1901 | nd the fair is| g assured f: Owing to | ¢ the part (\\e} Council, that organiza- | opposed to the big ente of the cou atter had been | in_the council, Learning' of the position the council had taken in the matter, Hon. Charles L. 5 the chairman. of the legislative ce of the propose.. exposition, de termined to ascertain the cause of the op- and discovered that it was en- to pprehension. _He ation to P. H. Mc- v, the president of the council, in- ting the organization to thoroughly in- stigate the methods and motives of the ors of the proposed expositio n the letter of Mr. Patton the ever willing to-be just, appoint- ymmittee to look into the matter. ittee, composed of Messrs. P. president; E 1s- N. P l flame of opposition which had sprung up posit overcome Cart vi i opposition movers in the u ncil was heartily | § sition and would give | in making it a suc- s first talked of | people favoring the exposi- > exposition wa rades Council people were | differed materially from the 3 Mf‘nu- pa; = 1:n-;u>wd‘ln‘ ven them by the oppo: = e Tacatat T investigation by the com- fall e MEMDEES e proved to the members that the proposed | told that th 1 would be under th Midwinter Fair, ngs for the latter cted there was con: tion among the laboring on account of the fact that men ht from the East to cor ct | ngs, when plenty of home labor ‘Wages were cut down managers of e exposition were friendly to organized labor and proposed to see that the inter of the laboring men of California should be well taken care of. Yesterday a special meeting of the Building Trades Council was called and the committee made its report. It laid before the council the result of the thor- ough investigation which had been made | and advis 1 ion should be withdraw solution should peopl were brou; the buildi: d be secured. and e Cbnld ne Rk eXpositios e gestio e com- union men could not wWork fOF | rjitce was well received and the res often e tion advised adopted almost unanimo The Building Trades Council, hearing | The action of the council yesterday vir- that the Pacific Ocean Exposition would | tually assures the passage of the $00,000 treat labor as did the managers of the |appropriation bill whi Midwinter Fair, naturally took sid \;;anll'luts;ml ;n‘é‘nlx]o];n against the proposed expositic The E: ber o 3 vers against the proposed exposition. The Ex-| %" Xssembly and Senate, and these has opposed the exposition, which on account of the fe eling of the building t believed will be of great benefit|and trades people ha been opposing the to California, and when it learned |p of the bill. These legislators will of the dissatisfaction of the coun-|be notified to-day that the council i of it. Members of | heartily in favor of the exposition and ‘will be urged to vote for the appro- priation. A member of the council will be told by representatives | of that paper that organized labor would | sont to ‘Sacramento this morning to ac receive no consideration from the mana- | quaint Assemblymen with the action e on the strength of this informa- | taken by that body terday and to ask council took a_decided stand | them to support the . At the next tion. Interviews with | meeting the council will appoint a com- of the council, who | mittee to work with the managers of the ey were told, we and added fuel to =X DOS| ition in their effort to make it a cess. NICARAGUA CANAL WILL 'RUNAWAY 7AC07IDENTS CERTAINLY BE BUILT! ON THE PARK ROADS CONGRESSMAN J. A. BARHAM JUDGE KERRIGAN NARROWLY SO DECLARES. ESCAPES BEING ARRESTED. ‘ ; - He Tells of Difficulties Encountered | H. C. Siem and a Young Lady Are by the House Committee in | Thrown From a Buggy, but Es- Having a Favorable Bill cape Serious Injury. Passed. | £ e B Desplte the fierce north wind that blew the dust in clouds along the park roads vesterday there was the usual large Sun- day crowd gathered for the weekly out- ing. Late in the afternoon a maddened horse under the guidance of H. C. Siem broke “The Nicaragua canal will be built as| sure as the sun shines in the heav These are the words of Congressman Ba ham of the First District, who has just returned from Washington, D. C., with his wife, son and daughter. Mr. Barham | L O e S e e ot T o T et 3 SIGNOR CEPPI TO SING WITH MELBA The Famous Italian Tenor En Route to San Francisco. Manager Charles Ellis was as happy as a big sunflower yesterday over the receipt of a dispatch from Signor Ceppi of the Metropolitan Opera Company announcing that he would arrive in San Francisco to- morrow evening. Several weeks ago Mr. Ellis opened negotiations with the famous Italian tenor, but at that time the signor's engagements in New York precluded the idea of p to the Pacific Coast with the Company. That matters have ranged that he will join the gal of stars at the Grand Opera House so soon is g0od cause for rejoicing not only by Mr. Ellis but by all lovers of grand opera in San Francisco. Signor Ceppi is one of the greatest of Italian herofc tenors. He will make his debut on Thursday evening with i in “Aida.” This of cessitated a_change in of the Ellis Opera and to-morrow _evening * will be given valleria Rusti- been | D e O e e e e o SR SRS S S B SO St S o Company, in the place of “Ald: the double bill of “C 4 oe |2 ea and “I Pagli " with Sig- ® norina Rosalia_ Chalia in_the roles + of Santuzza and Nedda. This double 13 bill'is one of the strongest cards of | ¢ the company, and the opportunt ¢ of hearing this great lyric soprano I will no doubt be eagerly welcomed Y by the public of San Francisco. 4 Pandolfini and Bensaude will both , appear to-morrow evening. Chalia, who is of Spanish extraction, is a | voung lady who has already at- tained deserved prominence and fame as an artist. Her voice is sweet, pure and powerful, and in ad dition’she is an actress of great nat- ural intensity. Her Santuzza is sald by crities to rank with that of any actress who has ever .played the part. Ceppi made his debut at the Thea- tre Dal Verne in Milan in 18%4 in the character of Manrico. He is a pu- pil of the celebrated Boschini. After achieving great success in Verdi's early overas he studled to fit him- self for the greater requirements of more intricate roles. He has sung at Rome, Naples, Florence, Turin and Covent Gardens, and in every instance his success has been won- derful. Melba and Mlle. de Lussan the company spent the afternoon visiting the various points of in- in and about the city. Mme. lunched with some New Mile. Melba York friends at the Palace. Gadskl “took o de Lussan and Mme. in the park and Cliff 3 Mr. Ellis said yesterday that the performance would begin this even- ing promptly at & o’clock, and that he hoped every one would be pres- ent at that time and not mar the pleasure of others by their late en- trance. Mme. Melba objects greatly to people entering after she has be- gun to sing, as it disturbs her. P P I S D S = = = =SSR 3 O R O O o o s Sl but no serious injuries were found by the | attendant medicos.. Judge Kerrigan, in company with ¥ ‘Auzerais, was stopped for fast drivin Kerrigan, who was handling the reins, lost control of his horse and a park po- liceman catching sight of the outfit | cemed it wise to st its mad career. | he _explanatio h the Judse of-| fered did not satisfy the officer and the former would have been placed in the lockup had not H. J. Moore arrived just in time to vouch for the identity of the Judge. The officer finally Judge to proceed on the promise Auzerais would take the ribbons. | —_————————— FUNERAL OF DR. MUFFE. A Great Throng Attends the Services | in Masonic Temple. Many people who desired to attend the | funeral ceremony of the late Dr. Fred- | erick P. Muffe were unable to gain ad- | mission into Masonic Temple yesterday | afternoon. Hundreds of friends of the family crowded the hall long before the hour set for the services, and when the | funeral arrived were filled. cortege the corrid Many exquisite floral pies | it " 14 | While returning from the CIff %OU-“G bore silent and beautiful testimony to the | ; regard in which the late physician was | ockett Lodge, No. 139, F. and el C M. ., took charge of the obsequies, and | Worthy Master G. C. Groezinger read the burial service. The Masonic Quar- tet rendered beautiful music. Several secret societies of whi deceased was a member sent delegations. The pall bearers were: Crockett Lodge—Charles Celarius, Chris Bruse; Franklin Building and L sociation, Luedemann, R. orary pall bearel Walhalla Encamp- ment, Odd Fellows, Fred Wagner; Ger- man Press Club, M. Greenblatt, Hans Dabi Red Men, Charles Schlessing: California Scheutzen Club, Philo Jacoby, to the Odd | Fred Kuhl The remains were taken Fellows’ Cemetery and placed in the ceiving vault, preparatory to cremation. —_— ee————— Don’t miss General Shafter” next Thursday Auditorium, Mason and Ellis streets. and appropriate . . Wieneke; United Order of Red Men, Henry Ebel- | ing; Odd Fellows, F. F. Davidson. Hon- lecture evening at Association | ors ces A | ich re- . 8wt = AEHECT 3 his reins and plaved havoc with th told of the difficulties experienced by the | 15 3 e J o 5 (EX] °d by the | Griver. The horse raced down the north g’::’l‘;’v‘“‘“"m::;}"e:"“;:f“ hanng "¢y | drive, and upsetting the bugsy at the s - =L : | juncture of the bicycle path wi y measure passed which Wil nsure | G TR RE YIS P Ak theraln the construction of the canal. This | slipped the harne and tore down the Dbill authorizes the President to employ | narrow cycle road toward the beach. an unlimited force of men to prepare | Siem was thrown, as was the young lady plans for the proposed improvement, mili- | With him. The lady was e = £ = ) the driver of the w steed landed on his tary and civil engineers among others, | the driyer of the wild steed landed on hi who will present a report at the next s gency Hospital, where he was examined elon of Congress, when an appropriation 3 will undoubtedly be made to carry out the | recommendations as to the most feasible route. “The great difficulty we encountered,” continued Mr. Barham, “was_that four | ¢ members of the committee offered bills for consideration, and after much discus- | { sion that of Colonel Hepburn of lowa was found to be the simplest and best of all. 1 suggested that his bill be taken up, and | the only. objection to it was that it pro- | J vided that the United States should have absolute sovereignty over the strip of ter- | ¢ ritory upon which the canal will be built. | & Now the Costa Rican and Nicaraguan | | Governmen: forbid the trasfer | ¥ of the sovercignty of any portion of the | & sofl, and the word “sovereignty” was | stricken out. The bill further ignored | any consideration of the Maritime Canal | Company to pay its claim of $5.000,000, as | embodied in the Morgan bill. There was to be no concession for the one and a half | 4 miles which the company had comstructed, besides eleven miles of railroad and nu- | ¢ merous jetties. That was an after con-| . sideration for the Government to deter- mine. The bill was to be tacked on to the | river and harbor bill, but the latter passed the House before the amendment could | & be reported. 1 “##+ endeavored to have the Hepburn biil | ¢ ut on the river and harbor bill in the, Q lenate, but it was denfed on the ground | that the territory in question.was for-| ¥ eign. This was in direct contravention to the improvements made by the Gov. ernment at Pearl harbor and Pago Pago. | I told Senator White then that unless it | was put on the sundry civil bill in the | Senate I would move heaven and earth | to defeat the latter measure. The com- promise bill. was the result. This will in- | sure the construction of the Nicaragua | canal. Of that I feel quite certain.” | —_———— | MEETING OF EDITORS. Prepare for National Association’s Convention in Portland. The executive committee of the Califor- nia Press Assoclation held a meeting at | the Occldental ‘Hotel Saturday night. E. | B. Willis of the Sacramento Record-Unlon | presided, and the following editors were | also present: G. M. Francis of the Napa | Register; T. G. Danlells, Alameda Ar- gus; . Ralei Barcar, Vacaville Report- | er; . Owen, Winters Kxpress; | un- rson, Santa Cruz Sentinel; R. | H. Jury, San Mateo Leader; J. A. Filcher, | Auburn’ Herald, and W. D. Pennycook, Vallejo Chronic | subcommittee, consisting of Barcar, | Danlels and Pennycook, was appointed by the chalr to make arrangements for the_spring meeting of the association, to be held next May. The committee has in | view Nevada City and Sonora as a place to hold the convention, but it may choose one not yet considered. At the spring meeting ten delegates | from this State to the convention of the National Editorial Association, to be held in Portland, Or., will be_elected. T. G. Danlells, national committeeman of the assoclution, read an extended re- port of the meeting of the national com- mittee held last February in St. Louls, in which a Eugene Field session in con- nection with the Portland meeting was strongly recommended and will be car- ried into effel —_————————— A Switchman Crushed to Death. James Barley, a switchman in the em- ploy of the Southern Pacific Company, while engaged in coupling cars at Fourth and Townsend streets at 11 o'clock Sat- urday night, was caught between two | cars and terribly crushed. He was con- | Veyed to St. Mary's Hospital, where it | wag found that his ribs had been broken and his thigh and Eelvls injured. Death ensued at 11 o'clock yesterday forenoon. | Barley was 30 years of age, and had been | in the employ of the company for about six years. Anakesis cures Piles. nothin, nie free. Address anakesis, PO SN P SO D O S S S Y S S S S All day yesterday the Potrero police worked diligently to obtain some clew to the two mysterious men who rented a boat from John Bonner Saturday morning and then disappear- ed. The boat was found at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, drifting under the Union Iron Works wharf. In it was an old brown coat and a black vest. The question which puzzles the police else. Sam- ew York. ® | © B S A e o O o e e . ] is, are the two men at the bottom of the bay, or did they abandon the boat to avoid paying for the use of it? TLieutenant of Police Anderson of the Potrero statlon is inclined to accept the latter view as the solution of the mystery. Nevertheless, he is making every effort to ascertain if anybody is missing. Policemen in the South San Francisco district are making inces- sant inquiries and a detall was sent out to search the wharves yesterday for anything that would throw light on the case. Nothing to indicate who the men were or what became of them was found. Nobody has been reported missing to the Potrero station.or to the Chief’s office. . John Bonner, owner of the boat, lives near the Arctic Oil Company's wharf. He says that early Saturday morning two young men, whom he thinks, from their manner and accent, ‘ ? } R O O S SO S S O e e e e e e e e ] ¢ DID THEY PERISH OR DID ' THEY BEAT THE BOATMAN? % Mysterious Disappearance of Two Men Who Hired a Skiff, Afterward Found Adrift, Puzzles the Potrero Police. 4 B B S S e R B O e S o O O o AR mCan anCa SECS were Englishmen, asked for a skiff. They said they wished to row out to a vessel at anchor and would pay for the use of the boat when they return- ed. That was the last he saw of them. Late in the afternoon he was inform- ed that a skiff had been found adrift and he identified it as the boat he had leased in the morning. Bonner's de- scription of the men s as follows: One was about 25 years of age, 5 feet 11 inches tall, and slender. The sec- ond was about 22 years old, 5 feet 7 inches tall, slim and smooth shaven; wore jean trousers and cap. The boatman's indefinite description has not aided the police any in getting a trace of the men. The boatman believes his customers came ashore all right and not only beat him out of his money, but left the boat untied and it drifted down to the iron works. O i S R B e e e e o B o e S R e S s | eredit, won on the field of honor in the old country. Then, too, the ‘“Baron | ignites with' the facility of ‘a parlor match, something very d in a genuine +| Lieutenant Price, who caught YOUNG McNUTT CHALLENGED 10 A DUEL ““ Baron Rosenow Thirsts for Blood. MEDICAL STUDENTS EXCITED JOKE TO BE EXPIATED ON ' THE FIELD OF HONOR. Sand Dunes in the Vicinity of the Affiliated Colleges May Be Drenched With Gore of Combatants. “You must fight me; I demand satis- faction for this insult, sir “All right, old boy; what shall it be— swords or pistols?” “Bah! It is no joke. I shall send my friend to you at once. Here is my card.” “Good for you, old hoss; here is mine. Send him along.” The above conversation, marked by sup- pressed excitement on the part of the challenger and aggravating nonchalance on the part of the challenged, is alleged to have taken place in the Toland Medical School of the Affiliated Colleges several days ago, and has since formed the ab- sorbing topic of discussion among the student body. The youthful medicos are now on the qui vive. Bones and tissues are forgotten, and all interest in the study of anatomy, osteotomy and kindred matters are obscured in the prospect of a real meeting on the fleld of honor between a scion of German nobility and an Ameri- can aristocrat. For, be it known, the central figures in this highly exciting epi- sode are none other than “Baron’ Albert Rosenow, late of Germany, and Fletcher McNutt, son of Dr. W. F. McNutt of this city. Both are credited with being fire- eaters and spillers of gore, and when they come together something is bound to happen. In the meantime the dissect- ing room at the college has been con- verted into a debating club, where the champions of the principals in the pro- posed duel indulge in heated discussions ©of the relative merits of the men. In appearance the ‘‘Baron’” has the ad- vantag He has all the earmarks of a uelist, and it is whispered that he has least a dozen bloody victories to his duellist of the old school, as the display | pyrotechnics is calculated to fluster the other fellow and cause him to lose his nerve. McNutt is disinclined to take life se- riously, and therefore would be disquali- fied to fight in the realm of the Kaiser, or in any other realm where dueling is rec- ognized as_legitimate among the ‘“best families.” However, the “‘Baron’ realizes that his opponent has not had . .the bene- fit of his experience in the business of sat- isfying honor, and will stretch @ point in McNutt’s favor rather than be denled. It is understood the seconds have been se- lected and the preliminaries all arranged, and some nice moonlight night two young men will seek a secluded spot in the vi- cinity of the colleges and proceed to be- spatter the surrounding sand dunes with each other’s gore until the tarnished honor of the “Baron” has been restored to its wonted brilliancy. Then they will shake hands and swear to be friends for evermore, pledge each other and thelr seconds to secrecy—and send a report of | the affair to the newspapers. That is the | present programme, according to those | who pretend to be’ posted, but the con- test may take on a more sanguinary hue, and instead of shaking hands after the serap one of the duelists may be com- pelled to shake the dust of the country from his feet while the friends of his late opponent are engaged in packing the remains, of thelr champion off to the Morgue—or the dissecting room. It is not known just how the misunder= standing arose, but it appears that voung McNutt,” who is somewhat of a joker, has been indulging in his natural propénsity of late at the expense of the “Baron.”~ Both are third-year men, and the ‘“‘Baron’s” pecullarities of manner and speech appear to have appealed ir- resistibly to McNutt's sense of humor. | Now the aron” has no humor in his | makeup. With him life is a ious mat- | ter, and besides the “Baron” is a man of family, which is in itself sufficient to eliminate levity from the composition of ordinary beings. 3 result McNutt's by the majority were not relished by | the noble German. He could see | where the fun came in, and declared he | was being persecuted. Somebody told him he could put a stop to the nuisance only by challenging McNutt to mortal combat, so the next time he bumped | against that young gentleman he declar- | ed himself and Issued his defi, which as promptly accepted, and now tho: who are in on the secret are impatiently awaiting the denouement. | ‘When seen at his home, 2707 Sacra- mento street, yesterday the ‘“Baron” de- | nied that he had issued a challenge. | “I was all a joke,” he explained. 'We | had a little argument and somebody sug- gested that we should fight a duel with selzer bottles or something of the kind. But it is nothing, I assure you.” Probably some friend has informed the “Baron” that duels are prohibited in this country and that he wants to keep out of jail he had better not advertise | the proposed set-to too promiscuousl McNutt discreetly says he has received no challenge, but does not deny the pos- sibility of being called out by the man whose just wrath he has aroused. The | students are hopeful, and if the battle is not pulled off because of police interfer- ence they will be the most disappointed Jot of medicos that ever wielded a scalpel. WAS THE CASE FIXED? Way Yung Hung Acquitted of the Murder of Wong Ah Loy for Lack of Evidence. The preliminary examination of Way Yung Hung, alias Way Ah Bue, charged with the murder of Wong Ah Loy, alias Pon Mon, on Jackson street on February 26, was held before Judge Graham on Sat- urday. The police were unable to get any Chinese witnesses to testify to the shoot- | ing, and the only evidence was that of the de- fendant while he was running away from the scene of the crime. Four or five Chi- nese were shooting at the time, and the defendant was wounded in the hand dur- | ing the melee. The Judge had no other course but to dismiss the case. The police say that they have definite | information that $500 was paid by friends of the defendant to the tong to which the dead man belonged in consideration that they would not prosecute the defendant. Unfortunately they were unable to prove | it. e The famous old JESSE MOORE WHISKY is recommended by physiclans for family and medicinal use because it is pure. B — For Mission Improvements. At a meeting of the Federation of Mis- sion Improvement Clubs held at the Five- mile House on Mission road, a resolution was adopted urging the Supervisors to | make provision in the next tax levy for the following school buildings: A twelve class in the west-of-Castro section, a twelve class at the Five-mile House, a twelve class at Ocean View and an eight class at Sunnyside. Delegate Nixon from the West-of-Castro-street Club requested the aid of the federation in the abatement of the nuisance created by Gray Bros. in their rock-crushing quarry at Douglas and Clipper streets. Dr. Torrello of the Five-mile Club re- Wuested the federation's aid in procuring hts for Silver avenue. A motion was opted recommending the exten: Dolores street at its southern en Arlington street. on of into | years ago with her husband, who is ADVERTISEMENTS. b S S T R 3 R WASH FABRICS! AN ELEGANT ASSORTMENT. 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Jordan, W ington st., San Fran- cisco, U, 8. A.—Vestin: REED. The solution to_ this brief, mysterious message appeared in The Cail as follows: REED—In Coolgardie, West Australla, Feb- ruary 17, 1399.’;!0 the wife of H. Lawrence Reed, a daughter. How the short story of this youngster's advent was flashed over lands and under Seas Is an interesting tale in itself. From the Australian coast the electric current bearing the elghteen words traveled be- low the Indian_Sea to Java, thence to Singapore; to Penang, In the Malay Peninsula; to Madras, in British India; to Bombay; under the Arabian Sea ' to Aden; p beneath the Red Sea to Suez: overland to Alexandria; under the Medi- erranean Sea to Malta; thence to Gib- raltar; to Lisbon; to Penzance, in Eng- land; ‘thence under the Atlantic to Canso. Nova Scotia; overland to New York, and the last great lap across the wide conti- nent to San Francisco. The message started in English and never changed from that tongue till it landed in this city. There were probably a dozen transfers, which delayed it about seven hours, but as Coolgardie is some- thing like fifteen hours’ difference in time the news of the baby’s birth was received several hours before it was born, accord- ing to San Francisco time. Str_and Mrs, Jordan are the grand- arents of the young Australian heralded B¥ the electric spark around the world. T L. Reed, formerly Miss Mary Jordan, removed to Coolgardie about two a mine manager and owner in that place. Occasionally in their correspondence they have recourse to the cable, using an ab- breviated private code for economy, as it would cost a_fair-sized fortune to tele- graph a family letter from Western Aus- fraila. In arranging the signal for re- orting to San Francisco the birth of the paby they picked upon the word ‘‘Ves- tina” if it was a girl. Even this brief message cost a goodly number of dollars, but the cable stretching away under thé sea and over the lands crossing the me- Tidians of longitude, ever reaching west- ward, carried the word, “Vestina,” and when' the telegraphic instruments by the Golden Gate had ticked off the dots and dashes of those seven letters the grand- parents knew that a little femafe de- Scendant had come to their line in the far antipodes. HE SWALLOWED ARSENIC. J])xmiel Fleming, skL-borer Out of ‘Work, Tries to Commit Suicide. Daniel Fleming, a laborer living at 248 Clara street, attempted to commit sui- cide early vesterday morning by swal- lowing a dose of “Rough on Rats.” He was taken to the Receiving Hospital in the ambulance, and the usual remedies administered with successful results. Fléming is a married man about 30 rears of age. When asked why he | wanted to die he said he had been out of work for two or three weeks, which made him despondent, and he thought it was better to get away from any more trouble. He had been” drinking, and it was suspected that his attempt to poison himself was more in the shape of a “pluff” to frighten his wife than any- thing else. A Bad Man. Nicholas Mori, a peanut peddler on the Barbary Coast, has been held to an- swer before the Superior Court by Judge Graham on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon in $1000 bonds. February | 26 he slashed the face of Joseph Barbetta, a fish dealer, with a knife. Four years ago he stabbed a man on the coast, but ‘was acquitted. About a year ago he used a knife upon another man and inflicted wounds that caused death. On that charge also he was acquitted on the ground of self-defense. —_— A Brutal Husband. Samuel Stare appeared in Judge Gra- ham's court Saturday to answer a charge of battery upon his wife, Bessie, who lives at 101 Minna street. Friday afternoon he knocked her down, jumped on her and broke her right arm. he had support- ed him for seven years, as he refused to work and was in the habit of beating her. The case will come up to-day. 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