The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 4, 1899, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, APRIL. 4, 1899 GAS FOR THE PEOPLE AT A MINIMUM RATE Board of Supervisors Makes a Startling Reduction. Work Wiil Be Commenced To-Day on New Pesthouse—Heavy License for ' Boxing Shows. ' clty and county prisoners for one year. ne action was taken regarding the | wouse and City and County Hos- | The price of g is city was red ntractors for street work will not be released from the contracts et work of any description the bl for advertising uch work be fully paid and treet Railway Company have those portions of requires to ¢ which the ap- ire Department from re- of fire. The Super- directed to see ard were carried e orders of the b out. The matter of the repair of Bush street, T the tracks of the Sutter Street v Company were laid, was referred Crocker and jother property ed against’ the proposed ay street, from Fillmore to Athletic Club request- a boxing contest at | is mont! igned, Supervisors t ands south of 1ave not already the grade on a e Park that hed. Ao ed a speclal com: e t the Morgue at a salary of $60 a 3 to be on duty at all hours. PETITIONS REFERRED. | referred to committees | v T T e . conte: B . between the and R SR Belle_Harris was appointed mat- c Holland Dowling, to pave private contract, | eenth and Four- to erect & buid- | feet north of Edd: vement Clu 1provemer to repair prem t 2 nue and Lake street th avenue and Clement _street; | the macademizing of the crossing | street and C nth_avenues, | g at Seventh ng a six-foot | of Twe: street, n Third avenue, be- ot and California_streets; M. H. | grade, pave, etc. n | ortheast corner of | and Point Lobos avenues; Te- | orgl, to erect a stand at Sixth and | ked that om_streets; Ernest Brand, for art! ne sidewalk on Broadway, between Octavia | and Laguna streets; Spring Valley Water ‘Works and Buckman Contracting Company, for rce of proceed Teport to onable’” entered | . C. de has been ap- a culvert on e reation . be- | street, Dray- walk except where artificial st us rock sidewalks are lald; west side | between Green and Union, | stone sidewalk, except where bitu- sidewalks are laid, and bitumin- | adway; Dupont street, between Bay | th Point, brick sewer; northe and soul erly portions of crossing of Dupont and North | Point setreets, brick sewer. PRIVATE CONTRACTS PASSED. The following private contracts for street work were fin: ¢ passed: Grading and macadamizing nue, between I and 500 feet south of W street, City Street Improvement Company; Angelica | street, from Nineteenth to its southerly termi- | nation, paving with bituminous rock, l'nlon‘ Paving and ( ng Company; Thirteenth | | | Saturday, April Nineteenth ave- n by st not to exceed $1000. ntrac d, street, between Alpine street and Buena Vista | WARD ave with cobbles and construction | ATT: of sewer, Santa Cruz Contracting Comy | 3 Arlington 'street,- between Charles and Miguel, and sewering, J. R. | crossing of Twenty-third and Ala- | na streets, paving with bituminous rock, | y Street 1 ovement Company. FOR FULL ACCEPTANCE. grading, macadamizing Blancha bas ‘the practice | the appro-| The Superintendent of Streets recommended This would | for full acceptance Diamond street from Ackle | Elghteenth to Nineteenth, paved with bitu- STREET WORK RECOMMENDED. board | intendent of Streets recommended | and | street work to be done: Rhode ns o of the between Twenty-second and | Build C ed with the ixrx 1 i lrmh\v-»d L‘:Arhs‘ r.-ck‘ work. Plans have . . ys &nd 10-inch ironstone pipe sewer, Wk v 3. prepared four manholes and covers;® barnassus | at the instance of Mr. taken a deep i announced that d, Who has | gvenue at a point 600 feet easterly from east- | v line of First avenue; Green street, be- tween Fillmore and Steiner, granite curbs and | menced to-day. | stone sidewalks and paving with bituminous The first steps were | rock; southeasterly and southwesterly corners with the law pass d Stelner streets, granite curbs 1 stone sidewalk; northwesterly regulating box club ificorporated payment of a license county ‘Superv. round boxing contest visor. Perrault presen: ing the Jicense to be j cisco County at $3000 per was referred: to Ci Lane for his opi new law applies to requested to report before t ing. The permit granted th Jetic Club_for the Ter, cesspool, granite curbs, artificial stone | sidewalks and paving of rcadway with bitu- venue, between I and J streets, e pipe sewer; Crescent avenue, y street and a point 173 feet § terly from South avenue; southerly Nint sewer in easterly portion; cesspools, cul- granite curbs and plank sidewalks on Ha whe | northeasterly. southeasterly and southwesterly, € Was | corners and granite curbs and plank sidewalkd next meet- | rthwesterly corner and crossing; 12-inch | sewer in southeriy and easterly portions of in- tersection of Crescent avenue and Holly street, ing of George | With manhole, and northerly portion of _sald Green and_“Bill h in its ring on | intersection, and cesspools and culverts on the Friday night was approved. | northeasterly and northwesterly corners; Clin- The Clerk was directed to advertise for | {oh Park, between Valencia and Guerrero reets, granite curbs where not laid now and proposals to furnish supplies for the in:1{ pavt vith bit ; Golden Gate av - mates of County Jai Vo and 3 and | tween enre RAn Ty i e oy e tween Baker and Lyon streets, granite curbs where not already lald and paving with bitu- No soap in the National Ath- men. ORDERING STREET WORK. Resolutions ordering street work were passed to print as follows: Arkansas, Mariposa to Eighteenth, grading; Eddy, Webster to Fill- more, stone sidewalks; Seventh avenue, Rail- road ‘avenue to N street south, grading, red- wood curbs, macadam; Sunnyside avenue and | Forester street, 12-inch sewer, cesspools, etc; | Sunnyside avenue, Forester street to Edna, 12- | inch sewer; Sixth avenue and K street south, grading, redwood curbs, macadam; Devisadero, | Halght to Waller, basalt and bitumen; Berk- shire, Diamond to railway tracks, 16-inch sewer, manholes and covers. EXTENSIONS RECOMMENDED. Extensions of time on the following street work recommended: ' FHnn- & Treacy, thirty d on paving Bush street, betwaen-| Kearny and Grant avenue; same, thirty days | on constructing cesspools and culverts on inter- | section of Fourteenth and Julian avenue; City ‘Séreet ‘Impm:n;\!nl Cm&rmn)’, sixty days on e paving of Fourteenth-street crossing Lan- ders street. e world is so cheap. No soap in the world is so lasting. ee on Finance and Audit- | ¢ | | & complaint chargin | sault and battery. SAYS PLUNKETT MADE HER SEE DALLLING STARS Mrs.Samuels Nursing a Black Eye. SHE SWEARS OUT A WARRANT INSURANCE MAN CHARGED WITH SERIOUS OFFENSE. Shameful Fist Fight in a Sick Cham- ber Is Interrupted by the Alarm- ing Condition of the Aged Patient. John Plunkett, the well known insur- ance man and manager of the Penn In- surance Company, is accused by Mrs. Rachael Samuels of blacking her eye. In addition, so she says, he swatted her in the jaw and punched her in the back of the | ywilljam H. Tubb's resignation as secre- | Samuels could not | tary of the union was accepted and Rev. | knots an hour with th heck. Yesterday Mrs. without pain “do up her back hair, and an officer armed with a warrant was out | sec looking for Plunkett. On Friday evening Mrs. Samuels was calling on Mrs. Demu, the grandmother of Plunkett's wife, at her residence, 1319 Mason street. Mrs. Demu was confined PR DDA DD D S A D A s e o ¥ | MRS. RACHAEL SAMUELS. : ; : %L past have, as many members say, “been an -expensive luxury.” On Thursday there will be held the election of grand officers, and there is considerable specu- lation as to who will be elected. For the office, of grand master workman the prom- inent candidates are Willlam Vinter of San Jose, who served two successive terms, but was defeated last year, and J. M. Collins of Fresno, at present grand foreman. There will also be a contest for grand recorder, Frank Poland, the incum- bent, and T. Carr of Nevada City being the prominent candidates. H i The Grand Lodge of the Degree of w.on- or will also meet to-day in the same build- ing and be in session two days. To-nlght | the Past Masters’ Association will hold a meeting for the entertaimment of such representatives as may wish to_attend, and there will be in the Grand Lodge a competition by five teams from that num- ber of h)dfies for a prize of $100 for excel- lence in the ritualistic and floor work in the initlatory degrees. —_— MINISTERS’ MEETINGS. Interesting Papers Read Before the TESTING ARMOR-CLAD PILES\ Various Unions on Theological e | Subjects. Interesting papers and lively debates were heard at the weekly meetings of the various Ministerial Unions yesterday. At the Presbyterian session the Rev. Robert E. Stone of the Centennial Church of East Oakland was elected president for the en- suing vear and the Rev. Soo Ho Man Art was made vice president, Rev. James Woodward secretary and treasurer. Rev. H. W. Fraser read a paper on the “Examination of the Ethical Theory of Redemption.” It dealt with the sophis- tries of ethical Christianity. At the Congregationalists’ meeting Rev. F. B. Perkins delivered an address on Two of the smartest steam launches one phase of the Federated Missions. He | Yer bullt in Californla were tried out thought a more catholic_spirlt was now | OVer the measured mile last Saturday They are the Karluk and Collls of the ced than formerly. The paper arous- | 0 S EE 2 ed much interesting discussion. The Rev. | Alaska Packers' Assoclation’s fleet, and under full steam pressure made 124-10 tide and 82 knots AN EXCITING Two New Fliers Try| Their Speed. SOME THAT HAD BEEN DOWN TEN YEARS EXAMINED. The Much Libeled City of Columbia | to Go Into the Hongkong-Hon- olulu Trade—Night Boats for Sausalito. F. 1. Wheat was appointed temporary | against it. The steamers are not built for tary. Dr. Tubb will leave on the| show, but for hard service, and every- 2 for Hawaii. where he goes for| thing ysed in their construction was the the purpose of establishing a house where lepers can be kept. He will carry with him letters of recommendation from the Mayor and Senator Dwyer. The following officers were elected by best that money could buy. As a result the association has two of the finest boats | of thelr size on the Pacific Coast. | The Collis is 50 feet long, 12 feet beam | and 5 feet deep, while the Karluk is four feet shorter, but has the same beam and depth of hold as the Collis. The engines were designed by W. P. Lindley, the| supervising marine engineer of the Alaska | Packers’ Association, and they are beau- | ties. The cylinders are 6%-inch and 1 inch, with a 10-inch stroke, while the bollers carry a working pressure of 130 | £4mins pounds, giving the engines 216 revolutions | a minute. The speed test was from Mis- | sion Rock to Hunters Point, and the two boats fairly flew over the course. Both in the run down to the point and back to the rock the Collis had a little the better of the argument, but not enough to boast | | of. The Karluk and Collis are for use at the | | canneries. The former will be shipped on | | the ship Santa Clara to Kodiak and the latter on the ship Bohemia to Nugashak. There they will be used as tenders during | the season and will come back to San Francisco with the fleet. The Packers' Association has spent over $150,000 on its fleet. this year, and a better found or better equipped lot of vessels has never left this port. There was a gathering of the Harbor | Commissioners and their employes at Fishermen’s wharf yesterday morning. About ten years ago_ a cluster of four steel-clad piles were driven at this spot, | and the visit was for the purpose of see- | ing what the teredo had been doing with the wood during fits long immersion. | There were present Commissioners Kil- | burn, Harney and Herold, Chief Engineer | Holmes and Assistant Engineer Ryan,| Superintendent_of Urgent Repairs Long | and Assistant Superintendent Jenks and a ile-pulling crew. | pThep flmlgarmurc‘-ad pile that was pulled | was in fair shape. The action of the water had worn away the steel covering | in places, but the teredo had not gained | an entrance and the wood was as sound as on the day the pile was driven. Com- missioner Harney used an ax with great | deftness, but the pile nowhere showed signs of decay. The second pile inspected did not show up as well. The action of the water had worn the steel away in | patches and the teredo had done its dead- | Iy work. The others appeared tc be in | fair condition. | It cost $1 a foot to put the steel cover-| ing over the piles and the Commissioners think that the life of the steel does not warrant any more fi””’ being treated in that manner. In other words, the life of a pile encased in steel is just the length of time the metal will withstand the cor- | roding influences of the water. If the covering costs a dollar a foot to put on * 3¢ + ¢ * ® ;E t + 1 * e Rd € 32 & S d P . ® * @ + & 3 ¢ b @ * @ * @ ¢ t $ ‘ © * and then only lasts ten vears the pile is a financial failure, so ys Commissicner Killurn. The old steamer City of Columbia, over | to her bed, suffering with a severe attack | the Baptists for the ensulng vear: Presi- of a of the heart. While Mrs. dent. E. R nett of East Dakiand; Kev, | Which there )1?5 been so mH h Hlllxg.:\u;n Samuels was chatting with the patient |J; H the Third 'Chureh of San | DOt on this coass gnd i HAWsL, 15 10} Plikat > F) a8 an | pe patched up and put into commission Plunkett, accompanied by his wife, came | [raucispo, sceretary and treasurer. Rev. | qgain. She was sold in Honolulu a few in. The insurance man, according to Mrs. | 5, & Munger, a visitor from Stam. gave | (Z0Ks ago for a song, and when some of amucls, greeted the invalld and then | Fme Rer b soount of that countey.|fher creditors at 1o have the sale ng directly in front of Mrs. Samuels | ference in Christian work—anclent and | St 2side evidence was produced to prove but SiracognixiiE her procesded 20 | modern, Hon &nd Was not worth more tnan 1o make himself comfomabie in a seat at her | Rev. E. F. Brown read a paper before | Th¢ cale was confirmed by the court, and side. the Methodist Union on the evolution of | secording to zdvices by the Nippon Maru | Aren’t you going to speak to me, Mr. | theology. =~ His address brought forth a|an hour later twenty men were at work | Plunkett?’ Mrs. Samuels inquired. *“You remember me, certainly; you have called on me at my house.” Plunkett's reply, again according to Mrs. Samu was a succession of foul epithets, and he wound up by declaring that he did not know Mrs. Samuels and didn’t want to know her, as she was not a decent person such as he would recog- nize. Take back those words,” cried the lady, ow thoroughly aroused, ‘‘or else you will ave to make an explanation to my hus- band.” 3 Plunkett's only “take back” was an- other round of abuse, and then Mrs. Sa uels put out a lily white hand and smote him on the cheek. The blow.had the effect of a red rag flaunted in the face of an infuriated bull. Plunkett’s strong right landed on tne soft, dusky cheek of the little lady and his clenched fist beat a tattoo on the back of her neck. As Mrs. Samuels fell to the floor the sick grandmother sprang out of bed and placing herself in front of Plun- victim finally succeeded kett's prostrate in_restoring peace. Yesterd. morning_Mrs. Samuels ap- peared before Judge Mogan and swore to Plunkett with. as- The warrant was first presented to Acting Police Judge Barry for his signature, but Ba refused to sign it on the ground that Plunkett was a personal friend of his. Mrs. Samuels is the wife of S. A. Sam- | uels and resides with her husband and ly at 1965 Union street. When seen fami Mrs. Samuels was nursing a vesterday and a brulsed neck. “Plunkett struck me,”” Mrs. Samuels ex- plained, “because he Is a coward, and he makes it his boast that he beats women. While I was lying on the floor in that poor old sick lady’s room he told Mrs. Demu and her daughter, Mrs. Etienne, who were resent, that he would lay me out. There Eas been dissension in the family, and Plunkett somehow imagined that I' was responsible for the tales of his misdoings that had come to the ears of his wift's relatives. After he struck me I was com- 1 ?flauzed that that great big.coward had laid his hand on me my first impulse was to pick up a knife that was lying on a table in the room and fling it at him. The pale, frightened face of the sick woman stopped me. I was afraid she might drop dead any moment.” Mrs. Samuels is a tiny, little lady, with flashing black eyes and soft, rounded cheeks. The hand that smote the muscu- lar insurance agent fits easily into a five and tigree-quarter glove. —_—————————— ANCIENT ORDER WORKMEN. The Grand Lodge Will Meet in Na- tive Sons’ Hall To-Day. The Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen will meet in annual convention in Native Sons' Hall to-day and will remain in seesion for three days. There will be present about three hundred representatives from the 275 lodges of the State, which have an aggregate member- ship of 20,400, which makes California the sixth largest jurisdiction in the United States. There will be considerable effort made at this session in the line of re- trenchment in the running expenses of | the order through its Grand Lodge offi- cers. It is desired to secure for the office of grand master workman one who will de- vote his whole time to the order and be aid a salary that will compensate him or such service. There will be some re- vision as to special deputies, wWho g‘n Egn etely dazed for a moment, but when I| | l | weeks ago, his trouble had become so ag- | lack eyve, a swollen and discolored cheekl great deal 07 Alscostion: on the vessel that was ‘“only good for | scrap-iron,” getting her ready for sea. | She was to be fitted with yerds and sailed | far as the Chinese coast. Then steam | was to be got on the boilers and her en- | gines eet to work, and she will enter Hongkong in that way. In the Britsh port she Is to be thoroughly overhavled and put in cod shape, after which she | will run regularly in the Hongkong-Hono- | lulu trade, | The United States collier Brutus will get away for Guam in a few days. She | was alongside the Italian ship Caterine | Accame yesterday and will take aboard | that veesel's cargo of coal. | The mail steamer Mariposa will not get | in from Australia until Friday next, and in the future that will be the day of ar- | rival of all the Australian steamers. The | date of leaving Sydney has been made | two days later and that is why the Mari- ‘ i DEATH OF A BROTHER OF MRS. STANFORD HENRY C. LATHROP A VICTIM OF DROPSY. He Had Been Ailing for Some Time. The Funeral Will Take Place ‘Wednesday. Henry C. Lathrop, a brother of Mrs. Jane Stanford and Charles G. Lathrop of this city and of Ariel Lathrop of New York, died at the residence of his sister, corner of Powell and California streets, at 3:10 p. m. yesterday. He had been suf- fering for some time from cirrhosis of the posa will arrive Friday instead of to- morrow. There will be a radical change In the Sausalito ferry system commencing with April 23. The great demand has been for a late boat, and now the patrons of the liver, which developed into dropsy during | road will get pretty nearly what they Lis recent visit with Mrs. Stanford to|want. On Mondays, Wednesdays, Satur- | New York. days and Sundays there will be ext trips__arriving in San Francisco at 7 and 11:20 p. m. and returning there wi be extra trips leaving San Francisco at | 9 and 11:3) p. m. This will leave Tue: day, Thursday and Friday as the only nights on which there Will be mo late | at. The British ship Aspice, from San Francisco for Liverpool, on which 7% per | cent reinsurance was paid, was spoke: on January 5 in latitude 57 south, longi- tude 68 west. Private advices received here yester- day state that the schooners King Cyrus and Honoipu had arrived at Kahului from Newcastle, N. S. W., on March 18 and 2) respectively. The Schooners Fai- | con and Albert Meyer, bark Haydn | Brown, brig Lurline and barkentine Wrestler occupled all the berths in | Kahului so the Honoipu and King Cyrus | were standing on and off outside await- | ing a chance to get in when the Nippon | Maru left Honolulu. The merchants here | will be glad to know that two new light- | ers have been added to the facilities at | Kahului and that vessels are in conse- | { | On the return of Mr. Lathrop, about two gravated that he was since then confined to the house. He was attended by Drs. R. H. Curtis and William Boericke. His brother, Charles G. Lathrop, the physi- cians and two nurses were present at the time of death. _Henry Lathrop was born in Albany, N. Y., May 20, 1844. He came to California about thirty years ago and found employ- ment in the office of John Corning, super- intendent of the Central Pacific Railroad at Sacramento. On the death of General Reddington he became the agent of the steamship line that ran between. Sacra- mento and San Francisco. He resigned this position eight years ago and has not since been engaged in any business or employment, residing with his sister. The funeral, which will be private, will take place from the residence of Mrs. Stanford Wednesday at 3:30 p. m. The remains will be placed temporarily in the vault of Mrs. 8. M. Wilson in Laurel Hill Cemetery, and later will be interred at Pz‘x_}o A“OL i enry Lathrop is a past exalted of the B. P. O. E., having been honr(;lrl:é with that office by the old Sacramento L_{odl ?{1 (}:'fle‘;‘ali a‘l:;xemlber of lodge No. 3 this cit; of et o y at the time of ————— Young Ladies’ Institute. District Deputy Mrs. J. P. Sweeney has In- stalled the following-named officers of Young Ladies’ Institute No. 7, being assisted in the work by Mrs. Kate Driscoll acting as marshal: Mamie Steln, past president; Katie Buckly, first vice-president; Mrs. J. Rooney, second vice-president; Kittie Burke, record: secre- tary? Celia Young, fnanclal seccears: “oac: nali | Ftzpatrick, " treasurer; Nellle - Hogan marshal; Mrs. W. F. Greany, Mrs. J. Fo. garty, Mrs. Lewis'and Mamie Stein, trustees. After the installation Miss Mamie Stein, the retiring president, was by the inetitute pre- sented with & beautiful medal as a token of the csteem in which she is held by the mem- s, by reason of her d affairs of the institute, o \Tterest in the ———— Writing papers, pens, ink, blank books and legal blanks, cheap, af Valt'a, S21 dlarket s, oL Denborn & quence getting much better dispatch. PRESENT A SWORD TO EVANS. Iowa’s Sailors Testify Their Love for | Their Former Commander. The crew of the battleship Towa has pre- | sented Captain “Bob” Evans with a sword. It was a specimen of artistic | beauty and as handsome an article as the boys could obtain. One side of the long | steel blade bere the Inscription, “Present. | ed to Captain Robley D. Evans, U. 8. N., by the Crew of the U. S. 8. Towa,” and | on the reverse side was inscribed, *To | our hero—too just to take a fallen foe's— | we give this sword instead.” The last in. scription has reference to Captain Evans’ action when he refused to receive the | ;3; ashore .thgr’efi.n me h"“ been ‘ollowing is the letter whic = Eenled lheg!word that was torwn::icecé“?o ‘aptain Evans at Washington last month. and the answer received: > U. 8. 8. JTowa, First Rate. e SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Feb. 14, 1899, Phil Sheridan in Operetta. L e ey e oy ol ST s .| ington, D. C.—Sir: The members of this ship's an Council No. 72, Young Men's | company, who had the high honor of serving Institute, will on Wednesday evening present | you from San Juan to Santiago, beg leave ty to its friends and acquaintances an opportu- | present this sword as a tok®n of their affec- nity to enjoy the delightful operette of “Pen- | tion and reverence. | Slipped out of the loop he had | that he would make another attempt, | | home or at | D. G. ALEXANDER DROPS DEAD. lowing our arrival at New York in August last, and our hurried departure, it was not done. Coming at this late day, it will show you, sir, that this action is not from momentary im- pulse, but that the affections and respect of this crew for you ls deep-rooted and lasting. and that the men of the battleship Iowa wil ever cherish the memory of their beloved com- mander. | And with this sword we send our wishes for our health and happiness always. It is an | assurance from us that you are more than a | hero to a nation—you are a hero to yoi e Very respecttully, THE COMMITTEE. Captain Evans acknowledged the token | in the following letter: ! Department, Board of Inspection and 0 \\"n)shlnglnn. March 28, 188 —My Old Shipmates: Your letter of February 14, with the handsome sword, came to me this morning | as a perfect surprise. That I had the respect and confidence of the brave crew of the low I felt assured. Your conduct in action prov that. But the feeling of personal affection you | have exhibited touches me deeply. e % Accept from me, every one of the “‘old gang.” | my sincere thanks. God bless you each and every one and give you long life in defense of our country. Your faithful friend. % . D. EVANS, Captain U. S. N. ——————— COURTED DEATH TO ‘ PREVENT A MURDER| N. J. EDMINSTER'S ATTEMPT TO END HIS LIFE. Feared He Would Kill His Sister If He Lived—He Was Crazed From | Opium and Will Try Again. | N. J. Edminster tried to commit suicide from the fisherman’s wharf last evening, | but was fished out of the water by Frank McCarthy and two others who saw him | go overboara. | Edminster had been speaking to Me- Carthy a few minutes before, and, after borrowing a cigarette, had told him a story of a misused life. Edminster said | he was a slave to the opium habit and that the drug had finally got the better of him. | He had stolen from his people| to get money to buy the stuff and had borrowed from his relatives and friends until they and he could | stand it no longer. He said his sister had been trying to have him arrested. | He feared he might murder her, and he { was going to end the whole matter by | committing suicide. He had a rope and | a stone and he declared he was going to hitch the rope to himself and jump into | the water. He sald his folks lived in the Mission and had & comfortable home.' Edminster was the name he gave to Mc-[ | McCarthy did not believe all the story, but spoke to the man in a way to cheer him up. Then he left him and it was not many minutes before he heard a cry, a looking back, he saw Edminster spri ing from the wharf with the stone tied to_him. McCarthy and two other men who were | standing near ran to the end of _the whart and saw Edminster floating. They lled_ him out and found the stone had | ed in the rope and for that reason he had not remained on the bottom. Edminster _objected strongly to being rescued and declared he had a pistol and this time a successful one, before | morning. He was a strong, healthy-look- ing man and apparently well able to care | for himself. e told McCarthy he would surely kill his sister {f he did not kill himself. He said he acquired the oplum habit when he was 15 years old, which time he was confined in the Whittier reformato He sald, too, he had an | appointment to meet his uncle and his brother at half past 8 last night. McCarthy tried to get the man to go least to some place where he could be taken care of, but he flour- | ished his revolver and . threatened to | shoot any oné who tried to detain him | or to follow him when he started to g away. Persuasion was useless and th was no use to use force, as the man w evidently fully prepared to carry out hi threat, so the three men watched him g0 away. e and Expires Suddenly in His Office on| California wtreet Yesterday. D. G. Alexander, secretary and treas- urer of Welch & Co., commission and | shipping merchants at 220 California street, this city, dropped dead in the of- | fice of the company at 4 o'clock vesterday | afternoon. He was attending to his du- ties and had just started to cross the room when he toppled over and expired {mmediately. Coroner Hill was sent for and he gives the probable cause of death as heart disease. The deceased had often | complained of pains about the heart, but his sudden death was a surprise, as his complaint was thought to be nothing se- TiC " Alexander had been connected with Welch & Co. for the past twenty yea: He was a man of sterling integrity an was highly respected in commercial cir- He was also prominent in_ church circles in Alameda, where he resided, and was also noted for charitable and philan- thropic deeds. . He was 44 years of age and leaves a widow to mourn his loss. | — e Railway Mail Promotions. Harry Lewis of the rallway mail service has been assigned to fleld duty, vice Sam- | uel Flint, deceased, with headquarters in this city, C. M. Cotterman, chief clerk at Portland, Or., has been promoted to ba assistant superintendent of the Eighth Division, with his office at San Francisco. c F. E. Whitney has beén appointed to the position vacated by Mr. Cotterman. H. | W. Watkins has been appointed chief | clerk at large. | e Reception to “Ian MacLaren.” A reception luncheon will be given Rev. John Watson, D.D. (Ian MacLaren), by St. Andrew’'s Soclety and the Presby- terian Ministerial Union in the Maple room of the Palace Hotel on Wednesday April 5, 1899, from 12:30 to 2 p. m. Tickets may be procured at Doxey's, 631 Market street, under the Palace. e —— ADVERTISEMENTS. Contracted | Ailments | Of Men... | Quickly | Cured. -Private Counselor .For Men Frece DR.MEYERS &CO0. Specialists for All Diseases and Weakness of Men. . Established .More Than 731 Market Street, | | | | | | Southwark | NIPPO | Salling every Saturday 1 | Morton st. 7 Positively cured by these Little Pills. ‘They also relieve Distress from Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Too Hearty Eating. A per. fect remedy for Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsi. ness, Bad Tastein the Mouth, Coated Tongue Pain in the Side, TORPID LIVER. They Regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable, Smali Pill. Small Dose. Small Price. Use the WORLD FAMOUS “VIN"MARIANI Mariani Wine Tonic Marvelous Results in Cases of SPRING FEVER FOR SALE AT ALL DRUGG! EVERY- WHERE. AVOID SUBSTITUTES. Portraits and endorsements free MARI 2 W W YORK, “PEGAMOID” ALUMINUM PAINT LOOKS LIKE FROSTED SILVER, A EUROPEAN SUCCESS For the Past 7 Y. FOR ALL USES A ERS ON WOOD, GLASS, METAL, STONE, BRICK and FABRIC SURFACES: makes a perfect amalgamation; covers 2 to 1 over any other stands DEGREES OF HEAT with- JTIFUL, ARTISTIC, DURABLE, W. ABLE. Prevents BARNACLES and FOULIN |in SALT WATER, CORROSION and.RU from_exposure and pamphie! OCEAN Pacific Coast Steamship Co. Steamers leave Broadway whart, San Francisco: For_'Alaskan ports, 10 a. m. Apr. 1, €, 11. 16, 21, 26, May i change at Seattle. For Victoria, Vancouver (B. C.), Port Townsend, Seattle, Tacoma, Eyerett, Anacortes and New Whatcom (Wash.), 10 a. m., Apr. 1, 6, 11, 16, 31, 2, May 1,and every fifth day thereafter: change at Seattle to this company’s steamers for Alaska and G. N. Ry.: at Tacoma to N. P. Ry.: at Vancouver to C. P. Ry. For Eureka (Humboldt Bay), 2 p. m.. Apr. 4, . 14, 18, 24, 29, May 4, and every fifth day thereafter. For Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Simeon, Cayucos, Port Harford (San Luis_Obispo), Gaviota, Santa Barbara, Ventura. Hueneme, San Pedro, East San Pedro (Los Angeles) and Newport, 9 a. m., Apr. 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, %, May 4 and every fourth day thereafter. For San Diego, stopping only at Port Har- ford (San Luls Obispo). Santa Barbara, Port Los Angeles and Redondo (Los_Angeles). 11 a. m., Apr. 4, 8 12, 16, 20. 3, 25, May 2, and every fourth day_ thereafter. For Ensenada, Magdalena Bay, San Jose del Cabo, Mazatlan, Altata, La Paz, Santa Rosalia and Guaymas (Mex.), 10 a. m., 7th of each month. For further information obtain folder. The company reserves the right to change without previous notice steamers, salling dates and hours of salling. 5 TICKET OFFIOCE—4 New Montgomery street (Palace Hotel) GOODALL, PERKINS & CO.. Gen. Agts., 10 Market st.. San Francisco. THE 0. R, & N, G0, DISPATCH FAST STEAMERS TO PO RET, A N B From Spear-street Wharf at 10 a. m. FARE §12Firs: Class Including Bertns $8 Second Class and Meals. Columbia sails March 14, 24; April 3, 13, 22 Ellte”a! California salls March 13, 239; Aprl} 8, 18, 28. Short line to Walla Walla, Spokane, Butts, Helena and all points in the Northwest. Through tickets to all points East. E. C. WARD, General Agent, 630 Market street. GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Superintendent. @npa Sydney Wednesday, April 18, at 19 p. m. Favorite Line Round the World, via Hawall, Eamoa, New Zealand, Australla, Indla, Sues, England, etc.: $610 first class. 1, D. SPRECKELS & BROS. CO., Agts., 114 Montgomery Fier 7. Foot Pacibe'st. Freight Ofics, 327 Market ST The E. 8. ealls for Wednesday, -tsz p. m. Australla Honolulu April 8, 8. Mariposa via Honolulu and Auckland for salls AMERICAN LINE, NEW YORK, SOUTHAMPTON, LONDON, PARIS. Stopping at Cherbourg westbound. From. New York Every Wednesday 10 a. m. April 12{St. Louts. “April 18 Paris o....April 2 /St. Paul RED STAR LINE, New York and Antwerp. From New York Every Wednesday, 13 noon. 2/Noordland . sland _Ap: Southwark ... EMPIRE LINE, Seattle, St. Michael, Dawson City. For full information regarding freight and pas- sage apply to INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION COMPANY, 30 Montgomery st., or any of its agencies. HAMBURG-AMERICAN TWIN-SCREW EXPRESS LINE. NEW YORK—PARIS—LONDON—HAMBURG. *TWIN-SCREW PASSENGER SERVICE. NEW YORK—HAMBURG DIRECT. NEW YORK—LONDON—PARIS—HAMBURG. *BCGINNING APRIL 29th the Steam- ers of this Service will touch at Plymouth and Cherboura on the way to Hamburg. For sailings, etc.. apply to HAMBURG- AMERICAN LINE, 37 Broadway, New York. HERZOG & CO., Gen. Agts. Pacific Coast, 401 CALIFORNIA ST, ‘cor. Sansome, and 118 Montgomery st., San Francisco. Westernland Kensington . ‘TOYO KISEN KAISHA. TEAMERS WILL LEAVE WHARF, COR- ner First and Brannan streets, 1 p. m.. for YOKOHAMA and HONGKONG, cailing at Kobe (Hiogo) Nagasaki and Shanghal, and connecting at Hongkong with steamers for Indla, etc. No cargo received on board on day of gahing. 7, .Wednesday, A AMERICA MAR Sacarday, May 3 HONGKONG MART. Thursday, June 1 (Round triptickets 4{ "Teduced raids. For reight and passage apply at company' 1 Market street. corner First. o) » office, : W. B. CURTIS, General Agent. COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSATLANTIQUE. DIRECT LINE to HAVRE-PARIS, at 10 . m, m April from Pler 42, North River, foot of LA CHAMPAGNE, : LA BRETAGNE, April 15: LA TOURAINE, April | 22: LA GASCOGNE, april 29; L. - | DIE, May . e & SOAN First class to Havre, $85 and up- ward, 5 per cent reduction on round trip. Sec- ond class to Havre, $45, 10 per cent reduction on_round_trip. GENERAL AGENCY FOR UNITED STATES AND CANADA, 3 Bowling J. F. FUGAZI & CO., Pa- Montgomery S F. BAY AND RIVER STEAMERS. FOR U. S. NAVY-YARD AND VALLEID, o e Steamer ‘‘Monticello.” on., Tues., Wed., Thurs. and Sat., at 9:45 a. p 05§ p m. lex Thurs, nighi) Fridage 1p. m. and $:30; Sundays 10:30 8. m., $ p. m. Green, New York. cific Coast Agents, clope.” which members of the gouscll will ap- angels’ at isom enty-fourth sirects, % ¥ i s AR t It had been .our Intention to make this pre- sentation when you relinquished command, but wmwmemfinflmdmmm SAN FRANCISCO. | Landing and office, < Mission-st. Dock, Pler No. Bt wasiscansasseane 00