The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 8, 1899, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1899. SUICIDE OF A NOTED MIXER OF DRINKS -0 B B R R R o S S o e S o + . & * Qoo e ieisieisisdeteieiedeisisieoese® THE LATE ARTHUR MILLER, pril 7.—Arthur Miller, a saloon-keeper known through- by his own hand in this city this morning. For a d been confined to his home with pneumonia, and ious. While thus afflicted he ended his life the famous Rhoads & Townsend House at e of vears. He was a unique character 1de the business of preparing mixed drinks s and office-holders who made the Rhoads dquarters during the palmy days of that es- on many a time to testify to the ability of had been employed in some of the leading saloons in 1 there were few traveling men of extensive experi- & send Hc tablishment hav Mi ds & Townsend House was the political head- Frank” Rhoads, the politician, whose influence v there, and no official of the State or county gov- ted his place, considered himself too exclusive to min- people who patronized the bar over which Miller, . presided. ristocratic mint julep had not been de- A er and men of the town took their drinks When the steam beer era dawned Miller found that s charm. He established himself in several places, the furnishing of them all, but in each instance nd he returned to his old stand at the Rhoads & r Was a itleman in his deportment and charitable t pote ever ex: wnsend House. to a fa HAWAILS CABINET |GAYETY IN STORE ACANCY FILLED FOR THE KNIGHTS Minister of Foreign Af-|Sacramento’s Plans for fairs Chosen. the Conclave. Epecial Dispatch to The Call. By DANIEL LOGAN. SACRAMENTO, April 7.—The people of this city are looking expectantly for- ward to the conclave of the Grand Commandery of the Knights Templar, which will open in Sacramento on the 20th inst, to remain in ‘séssion three da, E. W. Hale, eminent commander of the Sacramento Commandery, said to The Call correspondent. this evening that the indications were most favora- ble for the success of the gathering. A letter has been received from the Los Angeles drill corps announcing that it | will arrive in Sacramento on Wednes- | day_evening, April 19, escorting Rob- | ert M. Powers of S8an Diego, right emi- g to the provisional | nent grand commander of the State of 1t Dole. At all | Californta. Mr. Hale said it would be ith was recalled. |a grand thing if the Golden Gate and times ha California commanderies .of San Fran- month, a state | ¢i€co could also come to Sacramento . Pri i|on the evening of the 18th, so as to 1ate Princess and | o wel) the parade on the following day, e son of the Minis- } and Mr. Hale will not give up hope of ying courtesy to | accomplishing this happy result. to a seat in Forty-two members of the Golden President Dole’s Cabinet. C;.‘B'f i(io,,,(,{,an?gr:neh%\'eangntr:_r)uncefi . i or §8 only 26 v their intention nd, om al The ne T 38 only 26 vears of | (. iters come letters indicating that age and but recently hung out his | (ho Knights and thelr families will be shingle as a lawyer. For that profes- | pregent in large numbers. A banquet, sion his equ been an uncom- | exhibition drill and other features will pleted term at t Law School | mark the conclave. and s reading in Honolulu law | ~Ajready the Chamber of Commerce T heard some grumbling | has proffered its aid to the local com- ong conservative people at the pre- | mandery in the matter of insuring the The Cabi- with Mott Smith Affairs and Pub- of the late awalian Min- when the mon- It was ton when d for under {ts ent, was not sideration she went to W her country’s people’s choice o altogether pleas! B rnment of Pr events, Mr. Mott Sr Now tt changi brought around, in on funeral to the unfortu the elevation of t dited fo. her when s 'ment of a man without perience | vl e % proper decoration of the city with the in public affairs. Mr. Mott Smith has, | colors of the order—black and white— however, made a good reputation as a intermingled with the stars and stripes. Masonic Hall will be the subject of elaborate decoration, and a Maltese cross, formed of many hundreds of in- candescent lights, will blaze forth from | the front of the building. Some of the most prominent men in | the State, members of the commander- | ies, will be present, and it is expected the handling of f that has real affairs | left—with the evident purpose of mas- tering details and giving an efficient administratio; DENNETT'S LOSING 3 VENTURE. He Dumped a Quarter of a Million in Searching for Gold. NEW YORK, April 7.—Deputy Sheriff | Strauss received an attachemnt to-da egainst Alfred W. Dennett, the well- known restaurant man, for $1562 in favor of Sandford S. Swain, who IS a stepson of Dennett, on a claim, it is sald, for money loaned. The Sheriff served the attachment on the treasurer of Dennett’s company to at- tach any interest Dennett may have in that company. The Sheriff recelved an execution against Dennett on February | 11 for $4520 for deficlency on a foreclosure of a mortgage, but was unable to reach any property in this city of Dennett’s, and execution was returned to-day. A friend sald that Dennett would come out all right. He had invested $250,000 in gold mines in California, and all he had got was a hole in the ground, . like many others who had invested in gold mines. ; 9 Pears Get one cake of it. Nobody ever stops at a cake. did one, will bring forth some clever addresses. The miles of level bitumen streets in BSacramento offer an ideal marching ground, and it is believed _ | that the parade on Thursday, the 20th | inst., will be an impressive and attrac- tive affair. STEADY ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF MEATS Cents a Pound in a Week at Los Angeles. in the price of meats has averaged 214 cents & pound in the past two weeks, while choice cuts are beyond the reach of the masses. Southern California, becauss of the drought, is not supplying the mar- ket with beet and bu!charpl say it will be weeks before beef cattle will be fat enough to kill. The recent rains pro- duced good pasturage, but cattle must feed for days before they are ready for the market. Butchers are depending on Texas for the beef supply, and buyers for Los AnFelea firms are searching the Texas plains for bargains. San Francisco butch- ers are gettln§ a great deal of their beef from Texas. It is sald nearly all of the fat cattle in Arizona have been marketed. The fDUowinfiols the wholesale list now in effect In Los Angeles and vicinity: Steers, 8% cents a _pound; cows, 8 cents; hindquarters, 9%; forequarters, 7%; loins of beef, 14; ribs of beef, 11%; chucks, 7; plates, 1; dressed mutton, 8% Spring lamb, 10; dressed hogs, T; pork lo > ns, 9. etall prices of beef rule as follows: Porterhouse steak, 25 cents a pound; ten- derloin, 20; sirloin, 18; prime rib, 15 to 18; 18; shoulder, round steak, 12% to 15; boil- ing pieces, 10; mutton chops, 15; lamb chops, 25; veal steaks, 25; cutlets, 20; all other meat products are in the same pro- portion.- | that the banquet, which will be a splen. | Average Increase of Two and a Half LOS ANGELES, April 7.—The advance THREW A STEEL SHARPENER WITH MURDEROUS AIM Hot Fight of Butchers in a Market. ONE HAS SKULL FRACTURED THE STEEL PENETRATED FOR AN INCH AND A HALF. Frank Austin Arrested for Assault to Murder, but Claims That He Actea Only in Self- Defense. Z Two butchers employed at the Bay City | Market on Market street quarreled | shortly after § o'clock yesterday morn- | ing, and one threw a long steel sharp- | ener at the other, inflicting a compound fracture of the skull. Frank Austin and John G. Corcoran have been employed In the market for the past nine years. They had been on friendly terms until yesterday morning. They were cutting up steaks, when Corcoran went to Austin's counter and asked for a steak. Austin asked ng up one threw it in his face. Cor: n, it is alleged, called Austin an of- | fensive name. This enraged Austin and seizing the steel sharpener he threw it at Corcoran. Austin was about ten feet away from Corcoran, but his aim was true. The point of the sharpener struck Corcoran on the left side of the head at the top and stuck there. Corcoran fell to the floor and vainly endeavored to pull out the sharpener, but had not sufficient strength to do i Another butcher came to his assistance and pulled it out. E. Burke was sent to the market in the patrol wagon. He conveyed Corcoran to found that the point of the sharpener had penetrated about one and a half inches and had rested on the brain. The low had caused & compound fracture of the skull, After the wound had been dressed Corcoran refused to remain in the hospital and walked to his home a 3% Natoma street. He lapsed Into un- consclousness yesterday afternoon and is In a critical condition. After Burke had taken Corcoran to the hospital he returned to the market and laced Austin under arrest and booked im at the City Prison on a charge of ault to commit murder. He then took Austin to Corcoran’s residence and Cc coran identified him as the man threw the steel sharpener at him. | “Austin admitted his guilt, but claimed | that he acted in seif-defense, He said that after the throwing of the steak Corcoran picked up & big butcher-knife | and was ~preparing to throw it at him when he seized the steel sharpener an threw it at Corcoran. Austin gave Pi liceman Burke the knife which he alleges Corcoran was threatening to throw at im, and it and the steel sharpener are ooked as evidence. Austin was rele: bond for $1000, accepted hy Clerk do of acting Police Judge court. At that time it w that Corcoran's Injury was So serious. d from custody en a M Barry's MERCHANTS TALK ON BONDS. | They Send Out sil)iges;: of Laws Reg- ulating Their Issuance. In view of the election goon to be called to decide wheéther or not San Francisco ket street, the Merchants’ deems it wise to diffuse exhaust! mation upon the subject of m and the laws that regulate nce. sociation ‘nfor- icipal digest of the present laws, State ccunty, bearing upon the subject, a also prepared a digest of the il operate under the new and it shall ect. compa son throw the defects in t | present s ccentuates the im- provements brought about the char- ter, and is valuable in that it points out | to the voter just what he is casting his | ballot for. — e——— Another Unknown Dead. At about 1 o'clock vesterday afternoon Officer Greenewald found a man lying in | an unconscious condition on Meiggs wharf. The ambulance was summoned and he vas taken to the Harbor Receiving Hos- . where his case was dlagnosed as apoplexy. About 7 o'clock last night he dfed without regaining consciousness. He was about 40 vears of age, wore blue | ‘trousers, heavy shoes and a faded black | Cutaway coat. His general appearance | 'was that of a lumberman. he _only roperty in his possession was two Keys. ‘he body was taken to the Morgue, where it lied awaiting identification, ——————— Carpenters Will Join the Council. Carpenters’ Union No. 22 held a meet- ing last night, at which, after a long and antmated discussion, it was decided to affiliate with the Labor Council. To rep- resent the union in that body the follow- ing members were ngrm(med: P. H. Mc- | Carthy, Robert Linhardt Zi W. Atkinson and Silas were thirty-two applications for member- ship received and twenty-eight new mem- bers were Initiated. wa pital | B S R A SALT FOR T salt for the Russians, and the Emma and Mount Eden bring it across the bay and discharge it into the vessels. GRS B B B LTI I H o B o+ R 54 B+ o It TR B i B 5+ 5+ B+ B+ B B tio oo s * S § L him | what he wanted a steak so early for, and | A telephone message was sent to the | Southern police station and Policeman T. | the Receiving Hospital, where Dr. Zobel | who | not_known | shall extend the park panhandle to Mar- | their | | To this end it has prepared a_complete @O0 000000000900 004000400000+ 090+ 40006000+ HE steamers Mount Eden and Emma are making extra trips every day to Mount Eden in order to bring down salt ordered for the vessels going to Siberia. Three ships have sailed for Vladivostok, Nicholaefski and the Amoor River, and four more are now loading. THE MARIPOSA ARRIVES FROM KANGARDD LAND Brings a Million in British Sovereigns. HURRIC=NE [N QUEENSLAND HUNDREDS OF LIVES AND MAN % VESSELS LOST. A Growing Trade With Siberia—An | 0ld Man Stricken With Death ‘While Working on the Steamer Emma. The Oceanic Steamship Company’s mail £teamer Mariposa arrived from Sydney, | N. 8. W., via Auckland, N. Z., Apla, Samoa, and Honolulu, H. I, yesterday | morning. She was 23 days 11 hours from Sydney, and made the run up from Hono- lulu in 6 days 6 hours, She brought up 104 cabin passengers and T4 steerage pas- sengers, besides a large and valuable cargo. In the strong-room was a million dollars in English sovereigns, represent- ng the balance of trade in America's favor. A hurricane played havoc in Queensland while the Mariposa was at Sydne Houses were blown down and eighty- seven luggers, five schooners and one of | the lightships was wrecked. Eleven white and 400 colored men lost their lives. The luggers and schooners were engaged in pearl fishing, and the colored men were nearly all ““blackbirds” enticed away from the various islands in the Southern Seas. A remarkable case of endurance while in the water is given in connection with this storm. A dispatch to the New Zealand Herald says “a colored man reached shore with two women after swimming four | | | The Mariposa brings the news of the | escape of five convicts from the French penal settlement in New Caledonia. The | British steamer Rippingham Grange took | a load of merchandise there, and when | she was getting ready to leave for New Zealand the convicts stowed themselves They were soon missed and a hue | and cry raised. The Rippingham Grange | was searched, with the result that one of the escapes was found buried in the coal in one of the bunkers. The gendarmes | were probing the coal with spears, and one of the spears went through the con- vict's jaw. He then came forth and gave himself up. Another convict was found | stowed away in the lazarette, and he and | his companion were taken ashore. Once | on the wharf they were thrown down, | jumped on, kicked and beaten until one of the unfortunate wretches was nearly dead. Up to this time the crew of the Ripping- ham Grange had assisted the gendarmes in the search for the escapes, but after ene on the wharf they told the sol- s to do their own searching. Not an- other man was found and the Steamer led with the stowaways aboard. New was sent to the mainland, and_when the | Rippingham Grange reached New Zea- {1and tte police boarded her and began an- other search for the convicts. The cap- tain admitted that the men were aboard, {but said he had .not the faintest idea | where they were located. The New Zea- | 1and police could find no trace of the pris- | oners and the vessel sailed again. Her | next stopping place will be at the River Platte, where another search will be made. At Samoa the British cruiser Tauranga arrived while the Mariposa was there, making three British warships, the cruis- er Philadelphia and the German gunboat Falke in Apia when the Mariposa sailed. C. Walton Jr., former purser of the in Sydney, where he will en- Every woman {s said to make a good | nurse. siness. His place on the ship| The opportunity to try is certainly forced been taken by C. N. Fulcher. The|on every woman at some time In her life, gentleman is not new to the busi- | o a" e FEEA L BOTE I d sie S'tor years a purser on on i 4 OB | enters her home she should know exact { what to do. She can follow no better ad- | vice than the expert counsel of physic | and trained nurses who every d before their eyes the wonderful results of Paline’s celery compound among their s debilitated and nervously exhausted J tients. Paine’s celery compound is the only spring medicine that has the confidence of and s used and prescribed by nurses and physicians. For years they have seen patients under their care rapldly recover health i vigor from the use of this wonderful re- storative, Miss Cora Smith, whose portrait fs given here, tells of her experience with | now call at New { quence the people of the islands were | lighted to hear that the Oceanic Steam- | ship Company was building three large | new steamers for the trade, | There is more business than ships on | the water front these days. The steam tonnage is not sufficient to accommodate | the increase in trade with the Orient, and although British tramps have been char- | tered, the demand for freight room ex- | | ceeds the supply. The business with Si- beria has grown with leaps and bounds, and vessels cannot be secured to carry | all the merchandise destined for Vladi- vostok, Nicolaefski and the Amoor River. | The ships Lucile, Big Bonanza and Wilna have already sailed for one or the other of these ports, and the schooners Nokomis Vine, Annie M. Campbell and ship Co. lumbia are now loading. All of these vessels are taking large quantities of salt and In consequence the steamers Emma and Mount Eden are making extra trips outside their regular Oakland runs bringing salt over from Mount Eden to fill the various orders. The Emma was delayed by a sad fatal- ity at Mount Eden yesterday. In order to make the steamer fast alongside the landing & couple of stakes had to be | driven. H. Fischer, an old resident of | the place, was at the landing and, after taking the vessel's lines, picked up a sledgehammer and began driving the | | stakes. In a few minutes he stopped and ® complained of feeling unwell. Engineer | George Rowland and some of the Em- ma's crew helped Fischer to his home, | where everything possible was done for | him, but he died inside of half an hour. | Owing to the fatality the Emma lost the | tide and the loading of one of the Sibe- | rian fleet was delayed twelve hours. Tt is now several years since George Rowland, then chief engineer of steamer T, C. Walker; Captain _P. A. Johnson_of the steamer Daisy Kimball, | and A. B. Dorrell, purser of the steamer | J. D. Peters, joined issues, purchascd the | river steamer Emma and started an o) position line to Oakland. At first they e S S e e o o o S s [ e e e THE SIBERIAN FLEET. All of them carry more or less eReRNem | a short | Honolulu on March BEST FOR THE SICK. Nurses and Dociors Are Now Prescribing Paine's Celery Gompound, this great spring remedy. Miss Smith is duate of the Northweste for N s at Minn | rations that have no standing among rep- utable physicians and nurses. No other remedy has so wonderful a record for ef- fectively 1 curing those di: | eases that result from deranged nerves and impure bloo It has displaced ail other spring remedies, in the opinion of the best s of drug; and physicians nd the great mass gent people 0 judge of a remedy by its results more claims for itself. lette have been received by the proprietors of Paine’s celery com- | pound and by newspapers and medical jourmals from men and women in every 8 f life, all telling one experience— ef and perfect cure ef- celery compound. phy s ‘openly indorse it, ecommend it and authorize the their statements that Paine's d, in case after case, cures dred diseases, purifies s the stomach, lver, and rejuvenates the ed nervous system. h eom: ribed | to patier noted am glad i ‘ than by what it Thousands o eorgiania Dean, who E a grad- ed nurse from the Francis Willard al Temperance Hospital of Chicago experience as trained nurse I sbserved that where a patient s weak Pa! lery com- pound_has quickly returned him to his wonted vigor whenever the physician has prescribed i Paine's celery compound is now the only spring_remedy demanded by thoughtful men and women. It has pushed aside the countless unscientific catchpenny prepa- rheumatism the blood bowels and ki fagged-out or d cnly did fairly well, and 50 tons of mier- | ure to provide have been filed by May E. ¢handise & mont vas about t e | Coleman ags John T. (‘niemén; Jenny b e tie At e F. Stone against James Stone, and Mary AL Thee Sieamer was on 2| E. Havens against Edward 5. Havens, Minnie Linton has sued John T. Linton for divorce on the ground of desertion. Vicente Flores asks for divorce from Al- ejandra Flores on the ground of infidelity. — e Written Up in the Wasp. The financial articles in the Wasp every week are attrs a good deal of attention from business men. The fleld is & wide one, and the | Wasp covers it in.a very interesting manner. The Wasp has taken & new departure in devot- ing a large amount of space to theatrical af- dmitted that they are or favor. The pri- bought out Dorrell, and his advent helped matters considerably. Business grew un- til a second steamer w necessary, and time ago the Mount Eden was els are .1ow car- | 0 tons of freight a month be- n Francisco and Oakland, and {t looks as though a third steamer would be required in a short time. The Japanese cruiser Chitose arrived at going down, as three of her boilers. The_transport Conemaugh left lulu March 28 for Manila. failrs and it must be were put aboard in the best of health, | the Wasp is evidently and the captain expects to land them less of the fee all_alive in Manila. performers. Captain_Phillips of the British bark | Invermark died at Honolulu on March 28 after a stroke of paralysis. Cantain' Phillips was well known in San Fran. e bk mpetitor of. the Sa. and Electric Light monopol: emoralization of the monopoly's nted upon as one of the most clsco. American ship Marion Chilcott eailed from Puget Sound yesterday for Manila with a load o i eoldiers aboard. £ q ton Hill at this port will finish_loading | to-day and will probably sail Monday. | There will be an interesting race to M nila between the two vessels. | The troopship Scandia arrived from Manila yesterday. She was eighteen days | from Nagasaki and twenty-eight day sp could hardly pre that of this week. e e A Bicyclist Fined. Danfel Lightfoot, a bicyclist, was yes- | terday fined $10 by Judge Graham on the | charge of battery. While riding. along from St | Market street Thursday afternoon he col- lided with Richard Harris, a_visitor from Divorce Suits Filed. Shasta County, and knocked him down. Sults for divorce on the ground of fafl- | Hence the punishment ADVERTISEMENTS. —E-N--E-0--E - EEaw Oh, My Back! Electrici ty will limber up those stiff muscles. make them elastic and strong. body in a steady stream, warm! weak parts. 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