The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 14, 1899, Page 12

o Z 1 THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1899 RAILROAD DECLARES WAR ON THE PRESS Independent Newspapers fo Be Attacked by Southern Pacific Influence Anti=Cartoon and Signature Laws—A Cam- paign to Protect Corruption. freight raffic manager of the South- ern Pacific Company, is in deadly danger of disgrace with his employers. Like the infant terrible he h blurted out a suggestion of facts of a secret cam- paign upon which the masters of the railroad have entered and which they are nourishing toward a hoped-for sue- with all the energy that revenge s. In a moment of ill-advised asm for the cause of his per- s, Sproule reflected, in a few ap- parently idle words, the facts of a scheme over which the managers of the Southern Pacific Company have Geeply thought. It all happened on Wednes- day night at the annual banquet of the Manufacturers 1d Producers fation. In the course of a brief addre on he relation betw railroads and com- merce Sproule ized an opportunity to denounce the news The allusion ) the press uncall nd many of the two hundred pro- duce! manu who were 2 ere conc what ed to know provoke roule’s remark: did not end with the feast and yes day gossip upon the subject was rif Gradually out of the mass of rumo: conjectures and surmises the truth was sifted. The Southern Pacific Company has declared war upon the independent newspapers of the State William . Herrin, acting under orders from hi superiors, is in alliance with Gove Gage to harass, cripple an crush the n apers of which can neither be boug! nor browbeaten. The proof great (s pira Southern Pacifi mined that it s shall not be for it commits evil. s pose to control, without interference, the politics and the policy, the com- merce and the trade of the 8 s purpose the South prany has the subserv Governor Gage. | The plot is one of the most serious ever concocted to injure the people of the State. Alr the scheme have placed upon the statute bocks iniquitous laws and plans are perfected to carry these laws to the letter into effect. The railroad authorities wiil not, if they can help it, tolerate longer an hon effe > expose and criticism of ishonest manipulations in California. It is not a ne me of the railroad people to seek to control the news State. Some have be vertising contracts. proprietors of others have been g with the promise of political h Some sheets have been subsidized and maintained at small cost. The railroad has been in too many dishonorable schemes, political and commercial, not to have established a bureau of briber for the suppression of honest news- paper criticism. All of this the people of know well, but now the railroad gone further. It ha with th S: ance of a subservient Governo placed evil laws upon the statute books, and with the great authority of the State itself wiil seek to crush fear: less newspapers. The railroad company was in a desperate mood when it took th extraordinary step and decided to give open battle to the press of Cali- Californ has fornia. This struggle was determined upon during the last session of the | Legisiature, when the Southern Pacific Company sought by every means in its power to elect its tool, Dan Burns, to the United States Senate. As a matter of course Governor Gage espoused the cause of the railroad and its date. Everything was done for success, but defeat, overwhelming and disgraceful, came. When the contest -w on and failure threatened the plot was hatched. During the Senatorial battle the South- ern Pacific Company suffered from just newspaper condemnation more than ever before. In the opinion of William F. Herrin and his employers it was bad enough to lose the election of one whose servility could be commanded in the Federal Senate, but it was worse to be unmasked before the people of the State as the greatest corrupting influ- ence against which decent people have to contend in California. The independent newspapers of this city and of the State showed what the railroad is in politics. Its bold attempts to corrupt public men, its strange power over the chief executive of the State, its debauching, debasing inter- ference in public affairs, its manipu- lation of laws and law-makers, were all exposed to public view, and the South- ern Pacific Company plotted reve it has bought courts and commis: bribed legislators and Sup it has made and unmade pub- throu com and politic And when the independent newspapers of the Ye could not be bribed into silence the Southern Pacific Company determined that they should be crushed until they no longer could be heard by the peo- ple whose intérests were being defended in the arraignment of railroad method: This is the new campaign of the South- ern Pacific Company. It is interesting to review how the first steps in the plot were taken and what now is the pur- pose of the manipulators. William F. Herrin is a clever lawyer; Henry T. Gage is a serviceable Gov- ernor. Herrin is credited with an abil- ity to draft bills favorable to Southern Pacific interests. Gage is his own au- thority for the accusation that he will sign and has signed unjust bills and in- candi- | the Company. Inspired the Adoption of the | flict upon others an injustice against | | which he, if he were interested, would | protest. When the defeat of Dan Burns for United States Senator was happily a sured two measures began to receive prominence in the Legislatur: One was the anti-cartoon bill and the other makes it comp for paper writers to use their signatures in publi- catior Both these measures aimed against the indépendent ;- Both were inspired by the Southern Pacific Company both were signed by Governor G these remarkable laws news ory new we and California will not be al truth. By the provisions of these | curious statut dare not | expose the d act of an infli- vidual or of a corporation except in a way that will de the effect of the expose. Public s, of which the Southern Pacific Company is a monu- ment of shame, cannot discussed, criticized or condemned without plac- be ing the newspaper daring enough to undertake the task in jeopardy of a punishment provided by law. In this ind with this weapon the Southern independent nev ailroad company wants United States Senators, legislators, commi: isors. The great corpc its Geverno and Supe own a- to be the political dictator tion wan the State and it wants no criticis of its poiicy. It wants to fix rates and | tarif bleed farmers, merchants ang | producers, rob municipalities of privi- leges that aggregate millions of dol- lars. More than this, the great corpo- ration wants to ride rough shod over the rights of private people, plunder and even kill them and then with cor- rupt laws, corrupt courts and corrupt administrations ape unscathed from a punishment of its gigantic abu This is why the Southern Company does not wish to se stricted a publication of the truth. The truth and not falsehood is what the managers of the corporation f battle will be given to those dare tell the truth. When the anti-c toon bill and the signature bill were advanced toward adoption in the Leg- islature sh d men suspected that something more than the pers venom of a few that d Governor Gage with undue b these measures laws there we cion that mething mo; his personal spite inspired his action. The inspiration was in the yellow building on Montgomery and Market | streets. Th ithern Pacific Company its friends and will protect them. rgain in bribery is dangerous, the law, for the briber as well the bribed. One need not ove te mad 2 strong | than susy under as for tax his memory to remember that there have been serviceable Governo: in this Stat If the Southern fic | Company, in the exercise tude of affairs, should ever hav ion to use a able Governor | would be wise to possess the means to protect such an official from honest, public, newspaper criticism. Men to be serviceable after they are exposed in their rascality, and to pro- tect itself the Southern Pacific Com- rany will try to protect rascals from the lashing of an honest p 5 While the Iroad company has gone | very far in its campaign against an | independent press, it intends to go fur- | ther. It is generally understood that | the Southern Pacific Company will use | every possible influence to secure the | enforcement of the iniquitous measures | adopted and signed through railroad in- 1 fiuence. 1f suits be instituted the | Southern Pacific Company will give secret assistance to those wnho bring the action The battle promises to be interesting—to the Southern Pacific Company. It will be a contest to de- termine whether the people of the State shall be the prey of every pow- | erful criminal influence or whether the press will be permitted to lash. with the criticism of truth, some of the evil energy out of such corporate malefac- tors as the Southern Pacific Company. JOHN GWYNNE TO GET of its multi- SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY DECIDES THE CASE. Fifteen Dollars All That He Will Be Allowed for a Diamond That Was Lost in the Custom House. yesterday by Secretary of the Treasury | that John Gwynne of this city was en- fitled to 815, the appraised value of a dia- mond ring which mysteriously peared in the Custom-house and materialized. More than disap- never | | | Customs Collector Jackson was notified | | a year ago the ring came | through the 'registered mail from Gwynne's sister in Wales and was turned | cver to the customs authorities for ap- | praisement. The ring was appraised at $15 and a duty of $9 was fixed. Then the ring melted into space and Gwynne de- manded its value. He was offered $i5, the appraised valuation, but refused to accept it and appealed to_the Secretary | of the Treasury, who ordered = Special | Agents Linck and Smith to make an in- | vestigation. As a part of the evidence | the agents were shown a certificate from | diamond in the ring. He certified that the gem was a diamond of the first water and that the ring was worth £21, or $105. Gwynne testified before the special agents that he had furnished the gold for the ring and had paid $12 for the metal. The special agents induced Gwynne to offer 2 compromise on the payment of $50, He accepted the offer, and a report of the case was sent to the Secretary of the Treasury. Collector Jackson says that the Secre- | @+t 0-00e a jeweler in Liverpool who had set the | | camel hair rug of great beauty of tary cf the Treasury based his decision upon the fact that the ring had been ap- prajsed at $15 and that the person who registered the package in the mails had indorsed it with a stipulation that the sender would not hold the Postoffice thorities responsible for more than $15 in case of los: Gwynne will receive the sum on calling on the Collector. —_————— “DOPED” AND ROBBED. Mrs. Ernestine Thiers’ Experience With the Notorious Nellie Shax- key. Nellie Sharkey, a notorlous character, was arraigned in Judge Mogan’s court vesterday on a charge of grand larceny and the case was continued till to-mor- row. : The complaining witness is Mrs. Er- nestine Thiers, a waitress in a dance hall on Eddy street. She stated that on the morning of April 1 she went into the s loon at 14 Turk street with Tim Callan, saloon-keeper. and Buel Fountain, a clerk in Whittier, Fuller & Co.'s, and met the Sharkey woman. They had three drinks and she feels sure that the last drink s took w. loped.” She felt sick drowsy, but as the effects of the ‘“‘dope’ were not quick enough she was knocked down, and when she recovered i Bancroft House, where she she had been rings, $6 50 in coin and a valuable hat pin. She thought an_ April fool's joke had d upon her at first, but when she had been robbed she and Wilson and Nellie Sharkey. They had istance of three men to take Prison, e fought like The two rings were found in on. —_—————— ITALIANS AT BANQUET. Giuseppe Calegaris Entertained by Members of the Chamber of Commerce. Giuseppe Calegaris, for the past nine rs president of the Italian Chamber of Commerce, was entertained at dinner last night, prior to his departure for Europe, by the member a prominent uptown restaurant. President-elect Palmieri pre- sided and acted as toastmaster. He pre- nted the guest of the evening with a roll extolling his virtues and the serv- rendered his fellow-country- b to get t} her to the Cit a demon. her poss TRAGIC DEATH BY DROWNING I LAKE MERCED Perished in Sight of Friends. WADED OUT INTO DEEP WATER CLARA WOODS AND CATHERINE WILLIAMS VICTIMS. Little Joseph Farthing Saved a Woman’s Life at the Risk of His Own—Sad Ending of an Outing. The treacherous bottom of Lake Merced has claimed two more victims—Catherine Williams, ars of ge, and Clara Woods, her . 10 years of age. One of the t of the long list of re- cent accidents noon, when M therine Williams and little C Woods sank to their death in the chill waters of the lake. They were members of a party of picnickers, which consisted of Mrs. R. H. Woods, mother of Clara; Herbert Woods, five 3 age; Adelaide Woods, aged thr Farthing, aged 12, and Mrs. Tubb; started out from the Woods home, Dorland street, at 10 o'clock ¥ morning for a day in the fields. They chose the picturesque grounds of sceurred yesterday after- C result. There are two mounted keepers here all the time, but the stretch of | R O e SR SR S o nearest house. He returned in a few min- utes with Charles Dall, proprietor of the Bungalow House. Mr. Dall is an expert swimmer, and on his arrival took in the situation ‘at a glance. He dove down sey- eral times into the springhole at the spot where the struggling forms were last seen, but his search was fruitless. There | was 'some hopes that if he could bring the bodies to the surface a spark of life might remain in them. He remained in the wa- | ter until blue with cold, and finally told the sorrowful party on shore that their | relatives were beyond human aid. | Mrs. Woods still stood on the shore shivering in her wet clothes and gazing into the water where her loved ones had | disappeared. It had all happened so sud- | denly that she could not realize they were | gone from her fore Kind words of sympathy and advice to go for her health’s sake and remove her wet clothes fell on unheeding ears, and she was final- ly almost dragged from the spot. ‘Quite a party had collected by this r Mounted Policemen Leonard and Finelly were early on the scene and did what little could be done for the living. The Morgue was also notified, and the grappling for the bodies begun. A couple of lawn rakes were procured, | poles were lashed the ends of them | and G, C. Kimball, William Buckel and | John Wiebe began dragging the water from the shore. After a half-hour’s work Gardner brought out the body of ss Williams, It was alteady cold and Stiff, and all efforts to restore animation proved futile. It was not until nearly two hours later that Messrs. Buckel and | Wiebe recovered the body of little Ciara NEPHEW HUNTINGTON AGAIN dency of the S. Gilded Brick From th and laid it beside her aunt on the smur)(:; La sand which a few hours before lured her on to her death. Catherine Williams was 23 years of age | and a daughter of C. B. Williams, of the firm of Willia W 1 tractors. 2 age and a da Q > H. Woods of the same firm. She was an unusually bright child and rather large for her age. The accident w one aside from the ed by any | and they so unng scarcely how it happened. as different version, but all_agre main fac -that Bertie Woods was first to fall in and that his sister and aunt followed him. C. D. Hyland, who the grounds for many vears, have been so many a s out here | that T think people ought to keep away. The hottom of the lake is very treacher- | ous, and asic . the mere edge of the f the wat s used for drinking purpo should keep people out of it. So sure as a hunter happens to kill a duck he will plunge into the g after it where it looks shallow, and if he s not an expert swimmer the chance that he will never come back. call dozens of es in m s had charge of | sai 'There c her, keeper of the e are signs up everywhe rning people to keep out of the water, but they pay no attention to them “Mrs. Woods acknowledged to me that she 1d noticed the sig but could not deny her children the pleasure of a few minutes’ wading. These grounds ~were closed to the public for a number of vears almost impessible to keep them but it was out, as it is ar al spot for a picnic and | wild flowers 11 kinds abound. Addi- tional si rning all to keep out of the W e put up and the grounds thrown open to the public and tt the e+l * i T ® @ * * @ < * ' &l - % . o f * o o | be * ? e ¢ o | S | . <: | 3G o be + : o & ) ] ;} | N > - & . sy & // / < - s A - &7 SCENE .OF THE men during his residence here, The scroll was in water howed the coats of arms of America in a harmonious de Sponding to the principal toast, Mr, Cale- ris thanked the members of the Italian colony for the honor they had conferred on him. The guests included: Ex-Sena- tor E. C. Palmieri, Chevalier F. Serra, Chevalier Giuseppe Calegaris, Dr. V. cari, A. Devoto, A. Vensano. G. Onesti, S. Romani, C. Malpiede, D. Bragi, G. B. Levaggi, Ing. Ettore Patrizi, G. Almazia of I'ltalia and C. Pedretti of La Voce del Popolo. colors and italy and -In re- —_————————— TRAVELING MAN INJURED. P. H. Feely Thrown From a Stage in Humboldt County. P. H. Feel commercial trav- cler for Lewis Kline & Co. of this city, v injured in a stage accident at Cape Mendocino last Thursday. While en route from Ferndale to Patrolia, in Hum- boldt County, the brake on a heavy stage snapped just as the cape was reached. At this point the grade is heavy and the roadway is constructed on precipitous cliffs. The driver, to prevent the vehicle from Funning over the cliff, turned it on ihe bank, toppling it over. Feely, who occupied the seat with the dn\'er_. was thrown to the ground, severely injuring his left side and ankle. He was brought to this city ygsterd — e Why He Pulled Her Hair. Louis H. Moser, who resides on Vallejo street, near Laguna, was charged before Judge Graham yesterday with battery upon Lizzie Booth while she was in his service last Saturday night. Lizzie and Josie Johnston, the cook, both testified to Moser pulling Lizzie bfi'a the back hair and choking her, and Moser explained the reason of his act was because Lizzie was impudent and threw a baby's boot at him which struck him in the face. The Judge will render his decision to-day. —_————————— Inter Nos Circle. The members of Inter Nos Circle of the Companions of the Forest of America ave arranged for a domino party in the Social Hall of the Alcazar building to- morrow night. The committee havin charge of the matter has provided a ‘2008 programme of dances. B New Consignment. Beginning April 13 the Turkish Rug Company at 125 Geary street will auction a new importation of rare, antique Per- sian and Turkish rugs. Particular atten- tion is invited to an imperial antique called the “Kirman Shah” and a;a[ace lesign. A S O RO SCR SORY S DROWNING AT LAKE MERCED ‘Water Works at Ingle- The morning was spent and the chil dren had a merry time of it, while the older members of the party watched over them. At noon they went down to what is known as the east end of the North Lake and partook of their luncheon clear water sparkling in the sunshine of a perfect day attracted the attention of the little ones, and they begged to be permit- ted to take off shoe: paddle around in the w Everything looked safe. chosen there is a smooth, sandy which slopes gently down, and eted permission was finally given. dangerous spot, however, could not have been selected, as -the arm of the lake abounds with what is known as “spring holes”—spots where the changes from a few inches to several feet in depth—and it was one of these that cut short the holida 1d cast a sudden gloom 5 beach the co A more soon as the required en, rushed gladly into an’ playfully splashing around. a plercing shrick was heard and Bertie' Woods sank from sight. His sister, CI saw him go down and hu: ance, only to be caught herself in the deathtrap. The mother, Mrs. Williams, rushed into the water and managed to clasp the boy's hand and pull him out of danger. Once d her hand on her little daughter, but was unable to catch firm hold of her and the_little 1 lost. In the nmeanwhile Miss Williams had boldly plunged into the water, but had got be- _\‘l)nd her depth and was struggling for e. Mrs. Wood ashore and carried the little boy safely ! urned to make one more ef- fort to save Miss Willilams and little Clara. In so doing she almost sacrificed her own life on the altar of devotion. She got Into deep water and was having a life and death struggle when the hero of the oceasion manitested himself. He was oseph Farthing, a 12-year-old lad, who lives at 1513 Baker street. He had already done good service in aiding in the rescue of little Bertie Woods, and when he saw Mrs. Woods battling for life, with a forethought and presence of mind worthy an older head he picked up a leather strap from the shore, swam out and managed to throw one end of it to Mrs. Woods. This in all probability saved her life. It does not take much to keep a human body afloat in the water, but the little fellow's endurance was taxed to the limit, and before Mrs. Woods had managed to get her feet on solid ground the boy had been pulled under the water several times. ‘When he reached the shore he was al- most unconscious and vomited great quantities of water. He was taken to a house in the neighborhood and after his clothes were dried sent home. All this had taken but a very few minutes, and while the struggle was going on in the ‘water a messenger was speeding to the and stockings and | i | At the point water suddenly | S Ci i SiCRS SO SO SCE SRCE SO o ' ) | country we patrol is so large that it is impossible for us to ch the whole lake. \Whenever we find any one in the at once order them off the | premises.” CYCLE MEET ENTRIES. Handicaps for the Olympic Races on | Next Sunday. The entries and handicaps for the Olympic Wheelmen's big race meet to be held next Sunday at the club's outside rounds have been announced. Official {andicapper Robert A. Smyth did the handicapping, and the result of his work with the entrants is as follows: One mile, handicap, professional—First heat: Iver Lawson, . scratch; Frank Cotter, Washington, 20 yards; Charles' S. Wells, San Francisco, 4 Chapman, Georgia, 70; Clem Turville, Philadelphia, 4 Second heat—Eddie Leonart, Buffalo, 10 yards; Tom Barnaby, Boston. 30; Al Weinig, Buftalo 53; John Lawson, Chicago, 70; Os Bweden, 9. First, second and third in each heat to qualify for the final. Half & mile, Walter J. Da; scrateh, amateur—First dson, Ira Chapman, Ba | Wheelmen; George Tantau, g | Olympic Wheelmen; George - Cram | tached. | Second heat—Ben Noonan, Arthur Davidson, Bay City Wheelmen; A. T. Smith, Acme: T. H. White, H. D. Bean, George Kroetz, Olym. pics. Third hedt—E. F. Russ, Olvmpic; Ivan Tread- well, W. B. Longwlll, Ralph Robinson, Bay City: E. McNess, Olympic. First in each heat and second in two fastest heats qualify for the final. handicap, amateur—First heat— scratch; Ben Noonan, F. E. Rodolph, Olympic, unattached, £0; W. B, 0. er I. Davidson, Bay City, 15 vards; Tvan Treadwell, Bay City, w;’ Y l1 White, Olymoic, 5: A. T. Smith, Acme, 7 H. E. Anthony, Olympic,” 85; Ed* McNess Olym ic, 100. 4 heat—George Tantau, Olympic, 2 ards: Ralph Robison, Bay City, B0 1 1o can, Olympic, 70; George Kroetz, 90; Ira Chapman, Bay City, 110. The Bay City Wheelmen held thej o nual vaudeville entertainment last ayon ing, and_the crowd which attended filieq Naiive Sons' Hall to overflowing. Tho programme was given in The Call yes- Olympie, ferday. After the entertainment oa Was indulged in until midnient. ronS voted one of the most successfu] affairs the club has ever given. The Bay City Club will hold a ten road race Sunday, the 23d inst., as o try-out over the course from Fruj to Haywards. —_——— -mile relay tvale FANCY CHINAWARE DAY. Some artlcles cut 60 per cent. | of its lines in this and other State: vanced not a peg, but remained |¥ | gained that office and the active | conc | their chief's i and B STEPS DOWN: He Abdicates the First Vice Presi- P. of California. George Crocker Triumphantly Accepts Another Nicely e Craity Old President of the Kentucky Corporation. URSUANT to that compact struck in New York City in February last be- tween George C. Crocker, represent- ing the warring Crocker and Stan- ford interests, and C. P. Huntington, pres- ident of the Southern Pacific of Kentucky and California and se a1 other Stat Mr. Huntington yesterday smilingly prof- fered to Mr. Crocker another exquisitely gilded brick in the resignation of Nephew H. E. Huntington from the first e pre | idency of the Southern Pacific Railroad Mr. Crocker ac- | Company of California. cepted with thanks and submitted to b ction to succeed his rival. Just what has been given Mr. Crocker in return for the absolute power he h: gladly laid at the feet of the crafty pres dent of the corpor of the country have so far been unable to The Southern Pacific of Cali- principally of its title and poration pers Its capital stock 14 are is owned by the Southern ific of Kentucky v different and independent or; up in the bourbon corporation, save eighty-mile narrow gauge road to Santa and two or three other lines of even magnitude, which only oper the snow is light and little wind ing. Of the dual corporation the Kentuc company i ic can be alle to possess a soul, and although it does not own a mile of track or a stick of bridge timber, it owns the stock and has psolute administration over every dollar” : Southern Pacific of California was incor- porated to protect. In the Kentucky concern, Mr. Crocker, by the deal of Thursday last, gained noth- ing, but H. E. Huntington’s resignation assistant to the president and the abolition of that position. He himself ad- as he has He gained been, second vice president. | to himself no power nor the hope of any, | but mere! ridded himself and the Stan- ford interests of a position and an of- ficial that were personally obnoxious. By the resignation of H. E. Huntington vesterday from the first vice presidency of the California corporation Mr. Crocker manage- ment when the elder Mr. Huntington is in the East of about eighty miles of nar- row gauge track and its rolling stock. In return for these two questionable ions Mr. Crocker has handed over to Mr. Huntington absolute of the entire Southern Pacific s be swung for a year at least to whi h- | ever end the crafty head of that institu- r will it. op thrown to his vanity and per- sonal dislike he has given over to a man who has time and again that he can use it to his own best vantage the votes and influence that Mr Stanford and his brother fought for years to prevent C. P. Huntington from ac- quiring, and tho: sit each year with bated breath waiting annual arrival are their hands out of pure joy for their greatest victory so cheaply bought. The compact made by Crocker in New York ¢ with it the weight of M Stanford's two directors’ and more experienced in the wiles and ways of the man who robbed her husband of his presidency and then tried to steal his good name, has sought to turn him from a contract that would prove ruin before aught else should come of it. To those who are informed of the inner workings of the big building on Market conditions of the pact have been known for weeks, and although Mrs. and her dvisers have argued d- he, with | Crocker and laid before him the fact that C. P. Huntington only quits a fight when | he is not beaten, he has persisted in his course, and the magnate's antagonists have now lined up in a solid phalanx resolved to make the best of a bad bar- ssible, force him to extend to Crocker his rights and privileges and the same mede of power that he allowed his ambitious nephew. That Mr. Crocker has been a willing victim to as clever a confidence game as Huntington ever perpetrated is a fact too patent for them to overlook, but it is too late to get out of it, save by fighting it through, and if possible winning for their inexperienced leader the president’s man- tle when he shall give up his faculties to increasing age or be blotted entirely from any but past considerations. Nephew Huntington was designed by his uncle as his successor and was consid- .ered by him an apt and satisfactory pu- pil. t this late day in his expensive training it is not likely that the astute old man will give up his fight to that end, particularly when he has discovered how much can be bought at so small a price. As to his intentions with regard to the administration of the Santa Cruz road Mr. Crocker has as yet made nothing public, but a statement is expected within the next few days. As a result of the meeting of the South- ern Pacific directors yvesterday the list ofs officers of the California corporation is as follows: C. P. Huntington, president; George C. Crocker, first vice president; Thotnas ¥. Hubbard, second vice presi- dent; N. T. Smith, treasurer, and J. L. ‘Willcutt, secretar: —— - NO CHANGE IN DIRECTORS. Market-Street R;flwny Stockholders Hold Their Annual Meeting. The officials of the Southern Pacific and Market Street Railway Company did lit- tle else in the big building at Montgomery and Market streets yesterday besldes hold annual and weekly meetings. The heads of the different departments were absent from their offices for the better part of the day, at one meeting or another. The stockholders of the Market Street Railway held thelr annual meeting in the offices of H. E. Huntington in the mory- ing. Directors for the ensuing year were elected, but there was no change from the list of last year. Neither were there any plans for future Improvement dixcussed, nor anything else done save the reading of Some articles cut 50 per cent. . ODDS AND ENDS, HALF PRICE. GREAT AMERICAN IMPORTING TEA Stores Everywhere, - the report of the directors to the stock holders upon last year's business The director’s elocted were Ho K. Hunts ington, Charles Holbrook, Alvinga Hay ward, C. G, Lathrop, L W. Hellman, George Crocker, I' 8 Douty, No 1% Rwith and J. L. Willoutt, They Wil meet af 3 o’cla this afternoon for the purpose of electing officers for (he Next yeay The Geary Hireel COMBARY Wet vestor day and Ifke the Market aireet avaiom made no changes i (s dlieciniate Tha divectors pe-elected were W, W Hnig ton, R, ,\A.-n.m \\.k\n\\u-\vn 1 Croeker, 1" Donty, W Wt and Ly Wiliduyt The weekly v the Houthern trentors of Uoipany e wi the el Raiives b tion most of the courts | the soul, if the Southern Pa- | worth of property the | supremacy | tem to | demonstrated | faithful henchmen who | rubbing | reet the | Stanford | ] and the Central Pacific. were also held, but nothing occurred of more than pas ing importance. DRILL CORPS EXHIBITION. Large Crowd Gréét?Califcmia Com-= mandery Last Night. corps of the Ca rnia Commandery,’ | Knights Templar, given at Odd Fellows’ Hatl last evening. It was pre- liminary to the competitive drill to be given at Sacramento on April 22, in which | California Commandery No. 1 An- | geles Commandery No. 9, Com- mande; 10 and Golden Gate Com- mandery No. 16 will participate. The hall was dec ited with bunting, ferns and Masonic emblems, and sus- | pended from the ceiling hung a large cen- | ter piece of spangled pennants, tinsel and | blue apd vellow bunting 2 When the drill commenced at 9 o’'cloc K filled with spectators. the hall w. well | The following composed the drill_corps | R.'P. Hurlburt captain; Sirs L Lar- n, 0. F. Westphal. n, » | M. Claussenius, C. T. endell, G. | MacBaine, J. F. Clark, T. L. Hill, N. D: | Platt, B. Ream, Frank W. Marston, |G. H wman, H, N. Westphal, €. Perkins, H. L. D Crooks, Geor R. mith, A. A. Batkin, R. Rowley, Charles Bone, P. P. Dall, Henry . S Ewing, J. G. L W. Titus. rill and the even= thorn, L. Ha 2 | WORK OF THE GRAND JURY. | Ship-Owners Protest Against Charges for Opening Fourth-Street Drawbridge. The Grand Jury has been asked to grant ship owners relief from what they claim to be extortion in the matter of charges made for vessels passing through the Fourth street drawbridge after 6 o'clock in the evening. The.bridge tender is paid by the to tend the drawbridge dur- ing the hours of daylight. It has been | his practice heretoforce to charge a fee | of 34 for opening the draw for the pas- sage of vessels after the close of his stip- ulated hours of labor. A protest was filed with the Board of Supervisors some time ago, but it has received no_atten- tion. Yesterday the members.of the firm | of the J. mball Company appeared | before the and Jur and after stat- | ing the facts of the casé asked that some | action be n to relieve shi men | of this apparently unnecessary un- called for tax on commerce. The mem- bers of the Grand Jury promised to in- vestigate the matter. The Grand Jury has also been | to" bring an indictment against | Sanchez, a young man who w i go on a charge of criminally aulting a little girl. The witness to alleged act testified before the jury terday. B ‘, Violating Allotment Law. Secretary Furuseth of the Coast Sea- man's Union appeared yesterday hefore Shipping Commissioner Gwin with a sailor named J. McDonald and complained that | John Savory and H. Brown, shipping mas- | ters, had violated the allotment law. A irrant was issued for their arrest. asked rthur 1. arrested ADVERTISEMENTS. | Fit them as they should be fitted. Our optical department is in charge of an ex- pert optici; If vou are troubled with defective vision arising from any cause come and see us and we will examine your e free of all charge. We can save you a much money on your oculist pre- scription as we do on your doctor's pre- scription. It _your gl don't fit your nose, bring them in, we'll adjust them— ‘won’'t cost you a cent. ALL WORK GUARANTEED. 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