The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 1, 1899, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1899. CHINESE BUREA T0 BF ISOLATED ROM POLITICS Chief Dunn Is on His Way Hither. HE WILL REMODEL THE WORK CUSTOMS INSPECTORS RETURN TO THEIR POSTS. All Members to Be Appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury and to Be Responsible to el Chine Bureau s whi ¢ several The irrespon osit of Spectal with reference ly studied at T i the arrival pectors Barbour and ¢ bureau was done d by the his recom- is received as Chinese has been in_ emc bureau { Chinese tt, the work ¢ ting re are subordi- D it advisable to di Custom Ho at this por to thi within is expectes On_his Gardine; ng _Chine: the” Secre retained, a inted will by by s 10 be he appointed also falling off in the with the nt will relieve the ort of much wor » no longer e sins of the bureau, arise through = °k ted by and directly of the Treas- upon their mettle, know- al political influences ng on their officlal acts. n_ which has had in making the :f of the burcau gher standing and simple customs in- ing | Creeks, as the fishes are plentiful in both creeks. The San Lorenzo River is high, but owing to the smashing up of the dams and other obstructlons last season by ors der of the Fish Commission a large num- ber of steelheads ascended the stream and as a result the spoon will prove a killing lure to-day. The Pieta and other small streams near Cloverdale are In grand order now for fly fishing. The Laflgunnas and Papermill are too high for fly fishing, but these waters will | get an unmerciful slashing to-day, as at | I t a hundred anglers have decided upon Wwhipping them. Those who will leave the train at Ross station and journey over | the hill to the headwaters of the Lagun- | itas will enjoy good sport, as the largest and best fish are now lurking in the pools that are within a short distance of Liber- tys. Anglers who take the train from Third and Townsend strects and get off | at San Mateo will doubtless. meet with { 80od success on San Mateo Creek, | which is only a short distance from the town of San Mateo. : ———————— | ON TRACK AND FIELD. | Championchip Games at Berkeley. | Amateur-Athletic League Con- tests Will Be Very Close. { At Berkeley this afternoon there will be | | the championship spring fleld day. The | time is fast nearing when the two col- | eges, California and Stanford, will fight | the athletic honors of the year. To- | meet at Berkeley will determine the | am which is to represent the blue and | gold in the intercollegiate field day. | During the last month the California athletes have been at work on the track | and field. The tig gaps which were due to | the graduatior of some of the old mem- bers of the team are now filled by vounger blood. ~After the performance this afternoon judgment may be formed | on _their merits. N IR | 1 | d | t eau ¥ i Cip xt Saturday Stanford and California ~Willlams-Meredith ¢ have set the | Wil cross bats~in the Initial intercol- iry De & weri- | leglate baseball contest of 1899, Stanford | has done superior work in the preliminary games of the season although'the ma- Jority of victories in the triangular league formed by the college nines and the Fire- man’s Fund team went to the blue and gold. The game will be played in San | Francisco. { A week from to-day the Academic Ath- will hold its championship fleld day on the University of California | | ceinder track. This league comprises the preparatory schools of the State and the | championship games are as well attended | as the intercollegi: match contests be- | tween Stanford and California, All the first-ciass academies in the central por- | tion of the State are' members of this league, which numbers among its indi- vidual members some of the best young athletes of the State. The contest this year will be centered among the teams representing the Lowell High School of this city. the Polytechnic | School, Oakland High School, Ukiah High School and Berkeley High School. In | former years Oakland carried off the hon. ors quite consistentl; but this year's championship games ill probably tell another story. The local high school has a first rate team and stands a good e of winning the pennant. 'he Urban School of this city has or- ganized an athletic team and application will be made for membership in the Ama- teur Athletic League. s Returned Fully Recoverad. | D. B. Davidson, cashier of the Nevada | Bank, who has been away in the country | recovering his health, returned on Thurs- | | fully recuperated and registered at | the California. He will take up his mani- | fold and important duties at the bank to- day. winds up in this city on Sunday evening, and Staff Captain ond Mrs. Dunham are | arranging an elaborate special pro- gramme of services for the day and even- ing. TELLOWTALL RIS ADEUTO THESE SHORES Celebrates Departure by an Easy Win. SHOWS HIS OLD-TIME FORM FOUR BEATEN FAVORITES AT THE OAKLAND TRACK. Tiburon in Front at Odds of 30 to 1. Eddie Jones Downed Joe Ull- man a Nose—Limewater in Form. On the eve of his denarture for the East Fred Foster's ten thousand dollar invest- mént, Yeliow Tail, the glant two-year- old son of imp: Watercress and Paloma, captured a race at Oakland yesterday in dashing style, and may not prove such a counterfeit after all. In his early morn- ing workouts he scared the rail birds by his terrific bursts of speed, and the pad- | dock crowd backed him to a standstill. Asked to beat a very moderate field, the books laid as good as 7 to 10 against the big fellow. Piggott had the mount, and the youngster won pricking his ears, eased almost to a walk, a head before Marcus Daly’s Limerick. The four fur- longs was reeled off in 49 seconds, but the winner could have bettered this consider- ably. The card was a good one and betting in the ring was livelier than for some days past. The favorites, though, travel- ed the same precipitous, uneven road, Basseda and Yellow Talil being the only ones to earn brackets. Polka, Tiburon, a 30 to 1 shot, Eddle Jones and Limewater, the other winners, were all more or less supported. By good judgment Eddie Jones on Polka, second choice for the opening | sprint, reached the wire a scant head be- fore Dolore, the favorite, with Plggott up. Nothing else had a chance from the out- set. Pocketed in the stretch, it at one stage looked very dubious for Basseda, the 7 to 20 favorite for the first two-year-old scramble, but Piggott extricated himself near the paddock, winning easily. Ice- drop secured the place from Tanobe by a couple of lengths. Waltér Jennings' black filly Sombre looked such a certainty for the fourth number that very scant odds were laid against her. She showed no speed, and, later Bullman’'s saddle sipping, the filly finished among the ‘‘also rans. Charley Macklin, astride Tiburon, a 30 e to'1 shot. rode a preity race, leaditig An- Full line of autoharps at . Mauvals', | Cigred oyer the mark nearty bvo o Sadie 769 Market street. * " Jones, faultlessly ridden. by Charley e Thorpe. Opening a7 o ‘& choice, the i ing. | colt’s odds drifted to 3 to 1. In a har Salvation Army Meeting. = | G0lve Thorpe proved too strong a finisner The Salvation Army self-denial effort, 7, yaster Reiff, beating Joe Ullman out a short head on the wire with Moringa a nose further away. Torsida ruled a top-heavy choice for the mile and a sixteenth affair and finished | third. After many trials and trlbulaliunsi 'THE CALL’'S RACING CHART. d thé members of the [ OAKXKLAND RACE TRACK, Friday, March 31, 1898.—Seventieth day Can | of the Winter Meeting of the California Jockey Club. Weather fine. | fast. Track | JOSEPH A. MURPHY, Presiding Judge. JAMES B. FERGUSON, Starter. | urity course; selling three-year-olds and upward; ity t s = —— = = He will be less trammeled in| FIRST RACE-F purse, $350. performance of his duties, and If he | 802. R es mistakes those mistakes must bs 5 = Betting. of the Go nment, and {19 | Index. Horse. Age. Welight %m. %m. %m. Str. Fin. Jockeys. |Op. Ci. of the coolle brokers; other- | 1 e like C e head 3 1 21 21 1ns |E. Jones......|85 52 Shin remony = “r,: i 2 11 11 26 |Piggott e of Chief Meredith. T 51 3% 81 (Macklin 0 10 2 —_— 872 Colonial Dame, 4...114 9 1 51 4h {W. Narvaez..| 10 25 % 87 Midas, a .. 123) 5 4h 6h &h |Holmes 2w NEWS FOR ANGLERS. | & Formeia,i H 31 n §1 jHemmens 8 10 5 = 896 Henry C, 4 7 72 over ........ Late Dispatches Which Tell the Con-| 8% Royal Fan, 3 4 8L et 1 (Roullier . k n @ Sox | &85 Sidelong, 3 st 3 |Devin [is s dition of Trout Streams Near l §78 Merry Bo é;’ 111 }nlw ang:r. Sjouat 28 869 Medrone, 4 .. 7 2 the Goast. 830 Earl Islington, s S S v 2 the number of anglers | — —— tackle at the sporting | Time—To %, :22%: to %, :47%: last short %, 1:12%. Winner, J. Givens' ch. g. vesterday there will be a | by fmp. Midlothian-Minuette. Poor start first three driving. mber of trout fl hing disciples on Reports received at this of- y from different points in the that the main streams are d of a milky color and that ADVERTISEMENTS. In olden times mistaken ns and boats that leave the | | | enthusiasts usedsto inflict | upon themselves all manner of painful and horrible tor- tures. Men scourged them- | selves with whips and hot | irons, and rubbed vinegar in- cloth uext to their skin dayand night. Nowadays such cruel torture is discounte- nanced. men and women go on torturing _themselves, only in a different and serious manner than of old. They neg- lect their health, and neglected health means phys- ical torture of the It means slow starva- se a man forces food into a impaired stomach, it does not follow that he feeds his body. The life- iving elements of the food taken into an Eupamed stomach are not assimilated into the blood. Iustead, the impurities of the sluggish liver and bowels are taken up and carried to all parts of the body. The con- sequence is that the body is not only d but poisoned. The immediate re- s physical suffering from which the weak an Nevertheless, | to the wounds | and wore hair- | use was made of Dolore. Too much early | re Formella short. Sidelong | indiscreetly ridden. | turn Scratched—Magniis 11 weet Willlam 123. She should have won. Golonlal Dame was went the overland. Madrone cut off on far OND RACE—Thres and a half furlongs; selling; two-year-old fillles; purse, Duchess of Towers. Won eastly. 7 Basseda pocketed In stretch, but got cut. Should have been closer up. Scratched—Solace 110. ches will be made by anglers | T - | Betting. it | Index. Horse. Welght.[St. %m. %m. %m. Str. Fin. | Jockeys. rOp. or. n from Duncans Mills states ! - — Creek is high and that the $80 Basseda . 42 é% J?;’Kfmflt 125 7-20 ) eral large steelheads 886 Icedrop f ’} i 0T P reports received are $93 Tanobe H I 61 onoma 15 in_prime | 80 Palapa o i hing in the vicinity | $/1 Pidalla ... (53 (5 be tter than an-| 898 Fannie Mills k. (5 1€ in many years. | 83 Champlon Rose . i & T toad e $50 Glga ... om y. or, In s H 3 that ‘ex. | 848 Kolena ol = Time—1-16 42%. Winner, E. Corrigan’s br. f. by imp. Bassetlaw- Second and third driving. Icedrop was away well. Giga poorly ridden ar-old colts and geldings; purse, $460. 904 THIRD RACE—Four furlongs; two-ye e 5 Betting. | Index. Horse. Welght. %m. Str. Fin. Jockeys. |Op. CI. | T35 yetlowtat 15 5 23 - 1n |Pigeott 5 12 e 08| 1 R 1) |Thorpe 34t us 3 Tom Sharkey 10| 8 31 41 McNichols ...f 30 30 91 Sisquoc -163| 3 41 3h Mead 0 838 Gusto .. 1031 8 61 52 |Bullman 10 10 886 Big, Horn . .103) 2 g g EI; |L:r:‘v\“|;;)n li 42 Saul of Tarsus. 109/ Z 11 s LMack]l G \ i [ | 89 Yoloco - Time—b;, :24%4; %, Good start.” Won A romp for the winner. er a pull. Second and Limerick ran well third. "Seratched—Tar Hill 103. Winner, Fred Foster's ch. c. by imp. Watercress-imp. Paloma. third driving. for a new one. Sisquoc should have been 965 " FOURTH RACE—Futurity course; selling; three-year-olds and upward; purse, . N 1 Betting. ;Indu. Horse. Age, Weight. St %m. %m. Str. Fin. | Jocke Op. Cl. | 869 . 23| 2 4% 23 1h 11% [Macklin 0 2% 85 Anehorea,’3 wfl H B R T i ST 10 25 | 89 £ R N e 895 Oeorona, 3. 202 1 ¢ 865 Jingle Jingle, 202 3 2h i L 87 Sombre, 3.,.. 102| 4 T LT 22 5 (720) Judse Stouffe 5 e R 85 Yaruba, 3.... 06]7 .. i B 7 Time—To ¥ to %, 41; last %, 1:02%; short %, 1:12% ] by imp. Friar Tuck-Lulu B. Good start. Won Saddle on the favorite slipped. She had no Jingle stopped. Yaruba well played. Scratched—Stromo 104, Faversham 107, M W first_three driving. speed anyway. Anchored finished gamely. ar 116, Ch: 102. 906 FIFTH RACE—One mile; selling; fou . r-year-olds and upward; purse, $400. Index, Horse. Age. thkht.!SL old time zealot would bave drawn back in %m. %m. horror. The final result is disease and | =7 ooy Tron LTy oh 31 death. Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Dis- | g5 Joe Utiman, 5. 64 HH tovery is a scientific remedy that acts ac- | s Moringa, 4. 2% 11 cording to natural laws. It is not a violent | 82 Imp. ?fls!? g: 3 {. 8pur to nature or a mere artificial appetiser. | (54 Horatlo, S o It gently, but surely and permanently, pro- Don Valleo, 7 H motes the natural processes of secretion and excretion. It creates appetite, makes the assimilation of the food perfect, invig- orates the liver and purifies and enriches the blood. It builds up firm, muscular flesh. It cures nervous exhaustion, debil- it; | | | | Betting. %m. Str. Fin. | Jockeys. [Op. CL 2% 2h 1h [Thorpe . 5i% 41 2ns (] Reifr, 1% 1h 36 |Devin 41 52 41 |Mackiin 3% 8% 51 (Plggott 63 64 62 |Roulllfer 100 7 7 7" |Romero [ 100 100 Time—%, :26%: %, Morello-Eariy Rose. Good start. Thorpe outfinished Reiff. Ullman was the Scratched—Truxillo 110, Gotobed 108, : %, 116; mile, 1:418. Winner, Burns & Waterhouse's br. h. by Won first three driving. best. Mistral is not good.. 90%7. purse, SIXTH RACE—One and a sixteenth miles; selling; three-year-olds and upward; y, sleeplessness and all the evils tl:iut follow in their train. Found at all medi- | Betting. cine stores. Accept no substitute that may | Index. Horse. Age. Weight.|8t. Std. %m. %m. %m. Str. Fin Jockeys. |Op. & be represented as ™ just as good.” | 8% Limewater, 3.. 8 ... 4h 42 42 1n 1h [Holmes 3 13-5 **Ican heartily recommend Dr. Pierce's Gold- | 576 Una Colorado, a. 4 .12 11% 12 3% 2ns |Jenkins ea Medical Discovery and * Pleasant Peilets' to 847 Torsida. 4. I3 31 . 3h 3% 2h 3 anyone troubled with indigestion. and torpid | P. A. Finnega 3 FEE S U 5 I I liver,” writes M. G, Crider, Esq.. of Leonard, | H H R e Harlen Co., Ky. My discase was chronic, Our | H e R T family physician could do nothing for me. I | H $ P : 2 eould mot walk nor help myself, T eould not eat % 2 = - saytiuug but it caused a horrible distress and Time—1-16, 07: b-16, :31%; 816, 13-16, 1:28: mile, 1:43; 1 1-16 miles, 1:48%. Winner, fesying in my stomach, I have taken four | Sunset Siable's b. . bY fmp: Quicklime Bracelet. Good start. Won first three driving. tles “Golden Medical *and Limewater was pounds the best. Was almost left at the post. oue vl of your * Pellets ' and can work aif day." 1y likes weight off. Torside has seen better days. no speed. Una Colorado-apparent- She was the joker in the deck. o%l had Holmes managed to land Limewater win- ner, a head in front of Una Colorado, a 60 to 1 shot. Track Notes. The $2000 Palace Hotel handicap, at one mile and a furlong,. will be the feature of the card at Oakland this afternoon. A large field will face the barrier, and the race should prove quite as interesting an affair as the Burns handicap. - Dr. Sheppard will start for the first time in the colors of Burns & Waterhouse to-day. ‘When Earl Islington, a starter in the opening scramble, fell on the back stretch young Stimpson, his rider, was not seri- ously injured. The lad escaped with a bruised ankle. , Fred Foster loaded Abuse, Yollow Tall Sam McKeever, George H. Ketcham and & couple of two-year-olds into a car and departed for Chicago last evening. Fos- ter was unfortunate in his speculations here this season, but will probably try it agaln next winter. 'ommy Lottridge, who sought to make a rider of Ruiz, thinks an injustice was done the lad when the lg"udges suspended him on Thursday for his handling of Benamela. According to’ eye witnesses the horse was practically left at- the post and the ridar came in for cersure when lie started ufter the field. In the sarie race Sir Urlan was left at the post Frank Tayler says Beramela is a “hard luck” horse and attuches no blame to Ruiz. The past repataticn of the Spanish buy was not the most glossy, but since his reinstatement some days age his rec- orc¢ compares favorably with any of the Jockeys riding. In scme instances officials are prone to let anclent histury take pre- 1 cedence over facts of .the present. To-Day’s Entries. " First Race—Six furlongs; three-year-olds and upward. $88 Dr. Sheppard.... 87 Jim Brownell 897 February .. 114] 898 Saintly 3 1106/ ($s3yHighland Ball 01| 897 Sociallst ....... Second Race—One upward; selling. 906 Earl Cochran.. 837 Harry Thoburn. (569)Stamina. mile; three-year-olds and 895 Stromo ..%. 100 (894) Tony Licalzi. 92| 898 Benamela . Third Race—Four furiongs; two-year-olds. (856)Orthia +-...105 (893)Alary’s Garter. ... Artemis -100 (580) Bathos Princess Zeika..100 (833)Andrisa .. 8§40 Liltlouette 1035 111 Fourth Race—One ace Hotel Handicap. 888 Rey del Tlerra. 900 Morinel .... Spreckels. 107|875 La Goleta. 110/ £58 Tempo ‘1121 %01 Frohman a) Fifth Race—Two and a quarter miles; selling; three-year-olds and upward. 838 McPryor ........100| 884 Roadrunner . 3 907 Twinkle Twink. 97| (83§) Robert Bouner..109 898 Vincitor -102| 898 Tom Calvert.....106 769 Reolia . . 90| Sixth Race—Futurity course; three-year-olds and upward; selling. £71 Rio_Chicy .104| 663 Maud Ferguson.108 67 Guilder . Las: 100 853 Etta H $83 Jinks 394 Headwater . £58 Amasa . 8% Lavator 14§70 Wyoming . ‘102] 834 Peixotto Selections for To-Day. First Race—Dr. Sheppard, Highland Ball, February. Second Race—Harry Thoburn, Stamina, | Stromo. Third Race—Orthia, Andrisa, Bathos. Fourth Race—Rosinante, David Tenny, fa | Adolph Spreckels. | Fifth Race—McPryor, Reolia, Robert Bonner. | Sixth Race—Maud Ferguson, Lavator, Peix- [ otto. | e RACING AT THE SOUTH. | Double Dummy Wins a Handicap at New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, March 31.—Weather cloudy; track fast. Two favorites won. One mile and twenty yards, Phidias won, Our Clara second, Dominis third. Time, 1:49. Six furlongs, Very Light won, Marion 1:18. One and an eighth miles, selling, School Girl won, Bill Powell second, Bishop Reed third. Time, 1:50%. One and a sixteenth miles, handicap, Double Dummy won, Hobart second, Muskadine third. Time, 1:51. Thirteen-sixteenths of a mile, selling, Walkenshaw won, Dousterswivel second, Whirmanteline third. Time, 1:24%. Seven furlongs, selling, Lauretta D won, Tappan second, Halton third. Time, 1:31. LITTLE ROCK, Ark.,, March 31 Weather cold and attendance light; track geod. Half mile, two-year-olds, Bahia won, Capron second, First Past third. Time, 150%%. Six furlongs, selling, Clinton Park won, Finer second, Savarin third. Time, 1:18. Half mile, won, Cheesestraw second, third. Time, :50%. Seven furlongs, handicap, Branch won, Hazel Dean second, Admetus third. Time, 1:30. Lord Wier Cecll second. Ransom third. Time, 1:30%. '99 Cleveland Cycles sell for $40 and $50. ¢ ——————— THE HOUNDS ARE READY. Dogs That Ar:‘ix.x_S\.l})erb Condition for the Racing To-Day at Union Park. Another gigantic open stake will be run at Unfon Park to-day and to-morrow. ‘With pinety-six crackerjacks in the run- ning, many being new performers to the local sward, recently imported from the Eastern States, together with the best dogs lately running at Ingleside, the sport on the two days named will border on the sensational. Several of the entries are many-times stake-winners and the talent are at sea in picking the ultimate winner. Towe & Thompson start a new Eastern bitch, Jessamy, by Lord Neversettle- ‘White Lips, but as she {s drawn against the great English dog, Interesting, she looks to have a difficult course to nego- tiate. Greyhounds new to the Union Park sward are St. Ellen, Eleven Spot, Flash- ing Lass, Bonnie Scotland, Handsome Fortune, Olympus and Mamie Pleasant. They are ail said to be fast and clever and needs must be to win out against such company. Many close courses will be decided this afternoon and in any one of the following races the short-end should have an ex- cellent chance to raise the flag: Scout vs. Lightfoot; St. Ellen vs. Lady Gil- more; O'Grady vs. Sharkey; Crosspath ve. Lady Herschel; Soubrette ve. Mira Monte; Beau Peep vs. Rosebud; The Devil vs. Thad Stevens; Conqueror vs. Emin Pasha; Jennfe Wilson vs. Flyaway; Morning Glory vs. Vic- tor; Victor King vs. Lord Byron; Pretender vs. Tod Sloan; Olympus vs. Rollicking Adrs, and many others. Coursing will begin promptly to-day on the arrival of the 12:55 train from the city, and the Southern Pacific Company, in an- an extra traln at 12 o'clock, returning from the park at 4:4% p. m. Sansom second, Maurice W third. Time, | two-year-olds, Lamplighted | Seven furlongs, selling, Burlesque won, | PACAED HS VALUABLES I S CLTH Wealth bFound on ‘a Bartender. HOSPITAL FORCE PARALYZED CHAS. LEDWITH FALLS DOWN A FLIGHT® OF STAIRS. He Is Taken to the Receiving Hos- pital Suffering From Concussion of the Brain and Recov- ers Consciousness. Charles Ledwith, a night bartender in Ben Tiley’s saloon, 17 Turk street, was taken to the Receiving Hospital yesterday morning suffering from concussion of the brain, and when his pockets . were searched the hospital attaches thought they had discovered a pawnshop. He had $525 50 in gold coin, $7 in cur- rency, $4 60 in silver, two Confederate cur- rency notes, two lady’s gold watches and a silver watch, one man's gold watch, chain and locket, two diamond rings, one ring with a red stone, one ring with two green stones, one plain gold ring, four and a pair of gold cuff buttons. A slung- gave rise to the suspicion that something was wrong. Ledwith left the saloon yesterday morn- ing at 7 o'cleck. Friends v that although he had not been drinking since New Year, he broke the pledge, as he felt blue, and very little affected him from the fact that some years ago he had his skull fractured while working as a tin-roofer for J. T. M. Guilfoy on Elghth street. The landlady of the Parker House, 1122 Market street, saw him come upstairs shortly before 9 o'clock to the landing where she happened to be, and as he reached ‘the top he staggered and feil backward to the bottom. Two men came in from the street and helped him to his feet, and then the ambulance was sum- moned and he was sent to the hospital. He recovered consciousness late yester- day_afternoon, and on being questioned by Detective O'Dea he admitted that he had been drinking, and claimed that the money and jewelry were his property. He carried them around for safety, as his room had been entered twice in the Devon House within a few months and looted. He said ‘he had no recolléction of falling and was surprised to find that he was in | the hospital. He got the slungshot sev- eral nizhts ago, as there had been a row in.the saloon and he wanted something with which to protect himself. Ledwith is known to be a crank for cheap jewelry and will buy anything of the kind or lend money on it. He had 0 and some jewelry and watches in the loon-keeper on Howard street who went out of business recently, and he had car- ried them around with him since, besid other money and articles. Ledwith's wife called at the hospital and said that two diamond studs in h shirt front were missing. It appeared that tore open his shirt, and it is suposed' that the studs were pulled out and lost. The police at first thought that an at- | tempt might have been made to rob Led- with, but that idea was abandoned, and then it was thought that he might have been using the slungshot for something besides seif-protection, but that idea was | also abandoned. A WAR BETWEEN DELIVERY COMPANIES DETAILS OF BAGGAGE TRANS- FER TRUST. Facts and Figures Brought to Light Through the Medium of a Jus- tices’ Court Suit. A suit filed in the Justices’ Court yes- | terday discloses the somewhat perplexing details of a parcels delivery trust, the ex- | istence of which it is safe to say has | heretofore been unknown even to those | who pay attention to such matters. The sult is against the Pacific Transfer Com- pany, the plaintift Morton Bros.' Special Delivery Company. It appears from the complaint that in December, 1896, the two transfer com- panies entered into an agreement where- | by competition was to end between them. | The conditions of the compact were that the defendant company should pay over purses, a bunch of keys, a lady's gold pin | shot was also found in his pocket, and it | safe of his friend, W. H. Hughes, a sa-| the two men who came to his asistance | INSURANCE MEN " GROW TIRED 0F COMPETTION New Organization to Be Formed. WILL CCNTROL CITY BUSINESS | BID FOR A COMBINATION OF | LOCAL COMPANIES. | | Should All Not Come In There Will Be War to the Knife Wita These Who Stay Out. There is food for all kinds of zossip in | | the insurance situation at present ex- | isting in this city. There are plans on foot to revolutionize the entire local | business .and bring all-the city compa- nies under the control of a local board. Should the plan succeed there be peace and harmony.and low ra general congratulations over the im- | proved conditions, but should it fail there will be rate cutting and mutilated com- panies strewn over the downtown streets. All these secret meetings have not been for the pleasure of cenvening and talk- ing over the best way to word a policy or how to make the uninsured insure; it is the question of competition which has | taken up most of the time, and the best { means to prevent too much and too | strong competition has been the subject ‘ol those long talks in Monterey and at | { the Cliff House, | | _At present the Pacific Coast Board of | Underwriters control most of the insur- | | ance of this coast. It has the greater | number of the large . compani on this | list, and the companies belonging to it | are’bound to have dealings only with the other members of the compact. But there | | is a sufficient number of companies who | | have not joined the compact to maintain | | a continual menace to the plans and | rates and commissions of the compact companies, and they have grown to be a | thorn in the side -of the more powerful organization. The compan on the outside are not bound to keep up rates, | and so as a rule they make rates Ior | themselves just a littl e ufl compact companies, and increased s is the result. The board has at s times offered inducements to the | side companies to come into the fold, but there are certain rules of the board, principally one relating to city agents, which have proved objectionable. = ‘Lne rd is bound by s which suit tne a the local condi- s now being put forth' that the local companies should get together and form the San Francisco Fire Insurance Exchange, a body to be gov- erned in accordance Wwith the needs and conditions of city business. To this end the work of the board dur. ing its last session has been mainly di- | rected and many of the rules adopted | have been with a view to strengthen the | new organization. They have in the first | | place decided to curtail the number of | | men_doing busine: s insurance men, | but who have taken it up as a side issue. | There are many real estate firms who | transact a small insurance business on | the side, and there are many more who, controlling insurable property, farm out | the policies to whoever will give the high- est commission. It is the intention to stop | such work so far as is possible, | The question of city agents has also | been given much argument, and also the | lgropnely of allowing one office to have | oth board and non-board companies un- | der its control. Other questions on rates | and rebates and commissions have been under discussion, and all with a view to this new organization which is contem- | plated. | | _The board companies, it is understood, | will be willing to come down to the rates | and the commissions charged and paid by | | the non-board companies, and “they wiil | make other concessions in order to have | the support of all the companies, but if | they do not come into the new organiza- | tion it looks as If a war will be on. Board | companies will be authorized to violate | the rate cutting rule of the board and | malke rates under any offered by any one of the outsiders. The situation has be- come so_ strained that it has come to a | point where peace or war must exist, | and the big companies have decided to try | peace first. | _The upshot of it all seems to be that | rates will drop and will stay lower for some time to come. It was reported on the street yesterday that the Union Company of London, one of the Catton Bell Agency's companies, had been expelled from the board. The report proved incorrect, however, for the actlon of the board amounted only to a vote of censure. The agency had violated one of the rules relating to commissions. REPORTS OF OFFICIALS. below tho: | treatment. | washing materials. ticipation of an enormous crowd, will run | | to Morton Bros. on the 10th day of each | month one-third of the net profits of the | | previous month’s business, ‘it being un- | derstood and agreed that the amount to | be 80 paid should never fall below the | sum of $500. The firm of Morton Bros. | on its part agreed to pay each month | to the defendant company one-third of | the gross receipts derived from the busi- ness_of handling baggage to and from | the ferry depot and wharves. | | So far as is known, things progressed | | smoothly under this agreement until the | summer and fall of last year. The com- | | plaint avers that for the months of June, | July, August, September and October the | one-third of the gross receipts due the | defendant company amounted to $252 70, | To offset this there was due plaintiff | from the defendant company the sum of | $2500, being $500 for five months. Of this | amount $2054 45 was pald _on account, | leaving a balance due of §162 85. It is for this amount that suit is brought. —_———— No Law Requiring That They Be Printed Either Monthly or Quarterly. City and County Attorney Lane has filed with the Board of Supervisors a | written opinion in which he holds that there is no law requiring municipal of- ficlals to cause to be printed monthly or | quarterly reports of the affairs of thefr respective offices. Also with reference to charges that may be made by the official | er of the city. The opinion is as fol- | ows: You have requested my opinion as to| “whether or not all monthly or quarterly or any reports of municipal officials are required by law to be advertised in the Evening Post newspaper—the official organ of the city and | county of Francisco”; also whether said | newspaper “Is entitled to' charge its regular | rates for publishing said reports.when re- | quired.’ | 1 &)} ply T beg to state: I know of no provision of law requiring the monthly or quar. New Chapter Eastern Star. | ferly ‘reports of municipal officials o be pub- | Under dispensation of Grand Patron Law- | lished in any particular newspaper, whether | rance, Associate Grand Patron George I, Dap. | d€signated ‘“officlol” or otherwise.’ (2) The contract between the city and the Evening Post only covers “‘orders, -resolutions and authoriza- tions, notices and other publications and adver- tisements publishéd or caused to be published by the Board of Supervisors or the clerk thereof.”” For any other advertising which it may receive from the city or its authorized officiais the | Evening Post or any other paper is entitled to charge its regular rates. ling, assisted by Grand Matron Mrs. Maria A. Plerce, Grand Secretary Mrs. J. Wiilats and members of several of the local chapters, In- gtituted Olive Branch, a new chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star, in the Native Sons’ bullding last Wednesday ‘night, with the fol- lowing-named officers and charter meinbe: Mrs. Charlotte E. Marals, W. M.; C. L. | 5 { Marais, W. P.; Mellssa G\ McConkey, A. M.} —_—————— alinaClprico, nnfe L. Arper, C.; Mar: garet M. Fitch, A. C.; Emma Rohrbacher, or- | ARTILLERY WILL SOON SAIL.| anist; Olive = Schmidt, Valentine Schrid —_— | Sarah ‘Dewitt, Annie Schumacher, Edmund § = | Ciprico, Sophie Dyer, Robert W. Smith, Eaity | Four Batteries for Homnolulu and L. Smith, Bilza C Kitchen and Ther;—\su Fred- | Three for Manila. ericks, members. After the ceremony t v . o adregses of congratulation by the srand wihe | The four batteries of the Sixth United | cers, Mrs. Mary E. Partridge, M. W. P. G. M., | States Artillery, which have been ordered P TSRS to Honolulu, will leave here about April 12 on the Nippon Maru. Major S. M. Mills, ADVERTISEMENTS. FOR 25 YEARS Hunyadi Janes HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED BY EMINENT PHYSICIANS As the Best Natural Aperient Water. UNEQUALLED AS A REMEDY FOR Constipation and Stomach Disorders. Get the Genuine! Sixth United States Artillery, has been assigned to the command of the battal- fon, which will consist of Batteries A, I, K and N. Batteries I and K are now at Fort Monroe, Va., and Battery A at St Francis barracks, Florida. Battery N is one of the new batteries to be organized The three light batteries ordered to Ma. nila will leave about the middle of April. The officers and men_will go either on the Newport or the Morgan City. The companies of the Twenty-fourth Infan- try, assigned to the Department of Cali- fornia, are expected here within three days and will be stationed at the Pre- | sidio and Alcatraz. Eight New Yorkers were mustered out yesterday, leaving only two men of the regiment remaining, who are too i1l to leave the hospital. L ————— No Matron for the Morgue. 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