The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 26, 1899, Page 4

4 THE AN FRANOCISCO OALL, FRIDAY, MAY 26, 189 NATIONAL COMMITTEEMEN DISCUSS THE DEMOCRATIC POLICY FOR NEXT YEAR T. LOUIS, May-25.—When the con- ference of the members of the Democratic National Committee ad- journed this afterncon at ck it b : policy of th 11 campaign tform were even dis- g from first to la regarding methods ways and d best be members were urge inization of the party tive States is perfected as and all preparations T no ext and the h this w year Tk cou anti-tr “anti-im- I silver were not touched apor ) action was taken regarding m and no recommendations were made ext meeting of the cc ence will b in Chicago on July 1 Ck es of the National Com- 1sked call a formal expected that will be is. to be in .the wk > Democr nined. 1cy had looking yorts iations peaker tism or 1d be in s nted the orgar me r the and s ggesting that a cam He talk- ad- vid mpaign merely great Democr: T NOT SUSTAIN LS T Important Decision on Township Salaries. teh to The Call SUISUN, M day rendered sion of terest regarding the Increasing of of wnship offi during Judge Buckles to- salar th fes rs ta Town- Au- his rer in the amount alleged to be due from Solano County to the plaintiff as salary for one month as Justice of the Peace of Rio Vista vnship. The plaintiff was elected at the general election of 1898. Prior to, and at the time he came into office as Justice, in January, 1899, ary was $30 a month, determined ubdivision 13, ction 169, of the y government act of 1897. Rio Vista being a township, having a pap- ulation unc the United States cen- sus of 1890 of 1000 and less than 1500. In March, 1890, the Board of Super- visors caused an enumeration of the in- habitants of Rio Vista Township to be taken, and said enumeration showed the population of said township to be 1563. This would entitle Rio Vista to be placed in that class of townships having a population of'1500 and less than 2000. The salary of the Justice of the Peace of this class is $55 a month. Kalber made a demand for $55, and the County Auditor refused to draw his warrant for the same. The Audit relied on section 9, article 11, constitution of the State of California. that t pensation of any county. city, town or munpicipal officer shall not be increased after his election or dur- ing his term of offic Plaintiff con- tended that this constitutional prohi- bition against an increase of the com- pensation of county, city, town or mu- nicipal officers had no application to Justices of the Peace, because the word “township” is not used. Judge Buckles quoted from several authorities regarding the term “‘town- ship officen and said it clearly ap- peared that the constitution makers in- tended to extend the against raising the salaries or compen- satlon of officers to township officers, The demurrer to the complaint was, therefore, sustained. Pears’ To keep the skin clean is to wash the exeretions frcm it off; the skin takes care of itself inside, if not blocked outside. To wash it often and clean, without doing any sort of violence to it, re- quires a. most gentle soap, a soap with no free al- kali in it. Pears’, the soap that clears but not excoriates. All sorts of stores sell it, especially druggists; all sorts of people use it. 30 | 1 taken no action re- | y in | prohibition | [ Bace il ool sion st s ot o ] OF MISSOURI. D Oe@ o be + 354 ug Comm; brought ditor Devlin of Pre by C up 1 removed mogeratic ha shoul( 2 now in Democrats e D the should Mr. I t shoul manager Committee moved. n was of thr and report pon his return from ab; ed on the com Messrs. Johr of K th Carolina and the third man > named later in the day At 1:3) the convention adjourned to meet at3p. m During the the line of dis 1 ha during the fter the resources of the party ext compaign had been gone over thor- cughly the motion of Committeeman han of Ilinofs. g for its obje removal of Editor Devlin of the Bureau of national committe up _once mo: The comm: pointed at the BRUTALITY T0 ~ CHINESE GIALS St | Two Sold Into Siavery by Their Father. gl Special Dispatch to NCOUVER, B. C., fying details were ay of the selling two s into slavery in the mining Cariboo. A certaln amour traffic in Chinese women ha known to exist all over the coast the f ate of affairs in this has surprised the authoritie White n have actually made it their busi- ness to negotiate sal They drew up certain papers in making a transfer from Quong, the brute her of the two girls, to the buyers, to give the sale a sort of legal aspect in the eyes of Oriertals. It was white men, too, who nailed the girls up in boxes and shipped them like ordinary freight. The girls had comparatively no cloth- ing and must have suffered physical | torture in making the trip. | While the whole facts have just been brought to light, the delivery of the girls took place over a month ago when | the snow was still thick on the ground. The two girls were aged 13 and 15 years, and in the younger one's journey of 100 miles to the new owner she was left In her box In a vehicle all night and the thermometer was at zero. The party had stopped at a well-known half-way house between Quesnelle and | Soda Creek. Mrs. Langaale, the pro- prietress, strongly protested against | such inhuman treatment, but the men brutally laughed and said she was only a Chinese swine any ‘way, and they had been paid for delivering her. Quong. the father of the unfortunate girls. has two wives, and is known for miles | around as a brute for his treatment of them. They do all the work, wash gold | from the placer claim they have been | living on for years, and take in wash- | May re of but a ing from other miners around. | The girls are children of a wife who | was married under the Canadian law. The elder girl, having only ordinary feet, was sold for $250, but the younger | went to a Chinaman at the forks of | Quesnelle, who already has one wife, bringing $500. Her feet were mangled to suit the purchaser’'s taste. | Now ft is said that the white wretch | who has been the principal in the per- | | petration of the crime so far is crush- ing a third girl's feet to sell her more advantageously later. She {s now a child of 11 years, and i kept for hours | sitting in a cage something like stocks, having her feet compressed into the most stylish Chinese moc The pro- vincial authorities are raRing the mat- ter up, and even Eastern social purity | societies, who have heard the awful de tails, and know of the more awful re- sults of the crimes that have been com- | mitted, are taking prompt action in the matter. So far there is only conjecture as to the names of the men who have com- mitted the crime. The names of prom- inent men are freely mentioned, and | if summary justice is dealt them-it will | not be contrary to the expectation of | many people in the community. The | girls are known all through the camp, and their sudden disappearance caused inquiries to be made. Then the young- er one was found with her new owner, and Mrs. Langdale told all that she knew of the visit of the men and their brutal treatment of the girls. Farm Hands Are Needed. STOCKTON, May —There is every reason .to apprehend .dearth of field hands during the t‘umlmi harvest. For two years the overplus of labor in the San Joaquin Vallefr amounted to almost a est, as_the idle men augmented the rov- ng bands and sooner or later degenerated into common tramps. IExperienced har- vest hands will come near commanding | their own price this season, and unless | there is a migration of farm laborers this | way the harvest will proceed slowly and be long drawn out. Contractors are also finding that general labor is scarce. H. E. Barber, who has a contract on the Val ley road at Antioch, could use more men and teams if he could only get them, and there are similar reports coming in from’ other sources. | | ¢ | Kentuck: ¢ el | be held in the | clously accepted the task of the | prepared bills, relating to pub | ter of explaining the vestigate the row in Illinols was com- pleted by the appointment of Woodson of and an amendment to the res- lution of Gahan of Illinols, which was judged a trifle warlike in its tone, was offered, declaring it the duty of the com- mittee to confer with Chairman Jones with a view to settling the trouble. committee of five on press matters s appointed, its members being How- of Georgla, Daniels of North Caro- lina, Troup of Connecticut, Woodson of Kentucky and Stone of Missourl. | It was declared the sense of the meet- ing that it was advisable that a regular | meeting of the national committee should | ne future, and Commit- . who acted as the presid- ing officer of the meeting, was instructed to so notify Chairman Jones and request him to cali the meeting for July 20 in Chi- cago. S of Missouri and Walsh of Jowa w ypointed a committee to draft teeman Stc by-laws for the committee, t0 be sub- mitted at the next meeting in Chi Notice was received by the confere that H. B. Ferguson of Albuquerque New Mex., had been appointed a membe: f the national committee, in place of A. Manzares, who has tendered his The Democratic State Com- husetts sent word that ohn W. Corcoran as na- ymitteeman and appointed F. Williams of Dedham, Mz in his place A number of letters and telegrams were received during the day from prom- i Democrats in all tions of the « expres mpathy with the T . and them urging ad- 1 to the go platform. 3ryan said at the conclusion of the o nee “1 am satisfied that great good has come from the meeting, and that the tion to Democracy will be in a better po | the fight in the coming election it has ever been. It was not de- that action should be taken 1t this meeti It W lled: soledy for 1 rpose getting an insight into | ditions in the different States and those that have in any way their organizations. to lapse to to work at putti t of bef What ear, Dem regarding o early to discus tk and that ited out of its pl but I 2 at silve It can- as_come to t allow it to rned is ridicu- cannot hurt Devli and they t me."" Notwithstanding the statements of Mr. y Altgeld it cannot be gain- a strong undercurrent & the members of na- ! ynal committee that silver should not given exceedingly prominent place that it held in the last campalgn. It may one of of the platform lare openly that other things that as much importance in ttions of the party as silver, d one of these that finds the most fa- vor with them is “anti-trust.” MAUDE'S SEAT T CONTEST o Highway Commissioner Price Retires. the { upon my work in almost eradicating the L 2 al Dispatch to The Call SACRAME May —Highwse Conr oner J. R. Price, tugging a basket after him, | on the State Capitol 100n and tcok the rdrst e the depot. The next time Mr. Price comes to town it will be in a social way, for he is no longer connected with the department of highways, hav relinquished his title to the office, gi | en him yesterday by Commissioners | Manson and Ashe, in favor of Governor Gage's appointee, J. L. Maude. It will be remembered that Commis- sioners Manson and Asne met ye! day and resolved that their sor was J. R. Price, and that should refus: they d to turn over the keys of the office to Maude or anybody else, no matter if he should pres as numerous as blades of grass op \he Capitol swards. It was now “up to” Mr. Pri id the latter very gra- next ent credentials move by stepping down and out. Jut the retiring commissioners, whose record in the recent Folsom highway campalgh proved their mettle | to the satisfaction of the taxpayers of Sacramento county, did not quit office without paying their respects in an ronical way to Governor Gage. These commissioners presented to the Legis. lature at its last session five arefully and the expenditure —of road - foins Three of these bills passed the Leglsla. ture, but Governor Gage withheld from them his signature, Prior to the final adjournment the commissioners entered on their official minutes this narative of their treat- ment at the hands of the Executive: While the bills were under considera- tion by the Legislature, the Secrc(:xr?- under ‘instructions of ‘the department. - ited upon ll)\F private sovernor and conveyed to him a - sage from the commissioners !A;“kh:‘i {?fi- ernor to the effect that the members of the department held themselves in readi- ness to furnish any information that the Executive might desire as to the purport and the necessity of the department bills. secretary of the No response coming from_the Executly Department, President Manson calle the private secretary, and, in his 1 capacity, tendered 'his services and those of his colleagues in the mat- bills and in giving information upon road matters generally. No officlal recognition of this offer was given. When Assembly bills 582, 584 and 602 had 1 both houses and had been transmitted to the Governor the Depart- ment of Highways at al special meeting directed President Manson to prepare a communication to the Governor in which he should again tender the services of the department in explaining the pur- poses of the bills and to give in the let- ter & succinct statement of the depart- ment's reasons for urging the passage and signing of the bills. communi- cation was prepared and transmitted to the Governor. No acknowledgment of its receipt * was made and the affer made therein was not taken advantage of. Before his departure from the city J. R. Price said that his colleagues and himself had concluded that they would not contest Maude’s claim to the office, and that they would do nothing calculated in any manner to interfere with the workings of the department or the progress of the good-roads movement. Stockton’s Double Celebration. STOCKTON, May 2.—The committee having in charge the approaching Fourth of July celebration is making an effort to securd’an arrangement with the Santa Fe people whereby the first through train from the south can be nrade to arrive here on the nation’s birthday. The object is to make a joint celebration and to ask all of the adjacent country to join in the jollification. The ~committee, of which ayor-elect Harfison is the head, Is working hard to make the celebration.a big affair, and a special committee will at once confer with the Santa Fe people and see what can be donhe in the matter. ———————— “Pegamoid” gold, latest, best, perfect paint; 1 sample bottle 2%¢c. Pegamoid, 63 Chronicle bldg.® STRAW BONDS ENCOURAGED BY SUPERVISORS ——— Forfeited Bonds Not Collected. PETITION HADDESIREDEFFECT | SR AMOUNT COLLECTED IN EIGHT YEARS WILL NOT PAY COSTS. e SN Attorney Joseph E. O'Donnell States Facts Which the Grand Jury Would Do Well to Ponder Cver. e [ The investigation by the Grand Jury | into the “straw bond” question, which | was resumed y is timely, there is ample ev the pernicious system that was in vogue about eight years ago and was success- fully combated for some years has again reareq its head. and upless crushed will be ad if not worse than before. This year four notorious criminals were allowed to escape on “straw bonds,” but one of them was recaptured. They were: “Dink” Wilson, a notorious burglar and bunko man; “Australian Eddié,” one of the cleverset pickpockets in the United States; Caseius Blackman, the policeman charged with grand larceny, and Harry Wilson, the negro suspected of being the strangler of dissolute women. Besides these cases there are a number of others that have not come to light, as they of minor importance; but the de- opments Lefore the Grand Jury in the matter of bonds accepted by Clerk Kelly of Judge Graham's court amply testify to the fact that the acceptance of bonds has become a farce, and_ some drastic measures must be adopted to eradicate the evil. One of the worst features in the case of forfeited bonds is the fact that the Board of Supervisors, instead of doing everything in their power to abate the evil, encourage it, although perhaps not realizing the effect of their action. When a bond has been declared for- feited in the Superior or Police courts 1d the sureties on the bond were respon- sible people 1t has been-the custom for the bondsmen to petition the board to be relieved from their obligation. The peti- tion was always sent to the Judiciary Committee of the board and a resolution was passed instructing the attorneys who had commenced suit for the recovery of t mounts in the bond to stop pro- ceedings. This resolution was sent before nd adopted, and the result that the attorneys had to withdraw and lose thelr costs. wey Joseph E. O'Donnell of Jones 11 was appointed to look after of forfeited bands about go and he holds that posi- rday on being questioned of “‘straw’” and forfeited I was » to look bonds [ gang appointed about eight after the collection of »on discovered that an s in existence who ing in the business of accept- bonds. Iminediately after find- t 1 instituted a crusade against 'n_and after a year or so jef Crowley complimented me ng straw ing that o aw th il. t two vears this perni- again ‘been rearing its sureties entirely worth- n accepted. Clerks in the Courts and others have been ex- ligent In accepting bonds, If orse, and 1 have - experienced le in getting nossession of the d, as the excuse was al- they had been pigeon- hin the stem ha and many I have su times in my re- ports to the Board of Supervisors a sys- tem whereby one bperson should take ‘harge of and be responsible for all bonds accepted, more particularly in the Police Courts. I cannot watch the Police Courts | and must rely upon the clerks of the | courts to notify me of any bond that is | not considered right. to take action when a bond is declared | forfeited. There must be a responsible party to look after these bonds and a reg- | ister and index should be kept showing | what had _become of each bond. “Bond Expert Newman generally at- tends to his duties as far as he is able and as far as the Superfor Courts are | concerncd few bonds have been declared | forfeited since his appointment, as he keeps himself posted as to the status of the sureties, but he is handicapped in the Police Courts by the fact that the clerks do’not hand him the bonds for a consid- erable time and sometimes not at all. “Within the past few years the Chinese bonds forfeited have been very few, and, | in fact, there have been none at all, which is due 'to the appointment of Dong Gon to examine all such bonds submitted. Previous to his appointment the Chinese bonds forfeited were extensive. Far the year ending June 30, 1893, forty-nine ac- tions were instituted on forfeited bail bonds, and for the year ending June ). 1891, thirty-nine actions were instituted, the ‘majority in both years being Chinese, the defendants either having gone back to China or given fictitious names. As far back as 181 I recommended the ap- pointment of a Chinese expert on bongs My duty is merely | and another expert to look after the qualifications of sureties generally. Dong song has been appointed for about four years 4 nd Newman for three years, but there must be a person appointed who will be able to devote his whole time to bonds offered in the Police Courts and thereby * do away with the scandalous tem that is agaln too prevalent. During the eight years I have had charge of the colléction of forfeited bonds enough has not been recovered to meet my legitimate expenses, and I am a loser on the business. The.trouble has been that when responsible men were on forfeited bonds they petitioned _the Board of Supervisors for relief and al- ways got it. Suits have been commenced and attachments issued, but the order came from the board to drop all proceed- ings and I had to ask for a withdrawal of the cases and consequently lost my legitimate costs. The whole business is a farce. I have had no cases yet for the interference of the present board. “As 1 have already sald, the ‘straw bond’ evil is becoming as bad as it was eight vears ago, and unless an example is ‘made of some of the men who make it a business it will grow in volume and strength and criminals will continue to escape punishment for their crimes, as has been shown on more than one occa- sion this year already. POKER PLAYERS PLEAD GUILTY The Conviction by a Jury of L. R. Hansen Is Having a Good Effect. The victory gained by Prosecuting At- torney Carpenter on Wednesday in secur- ing a conviction by a jury of L. R. Han- sen, proprietor of the poker club adjoin- ing the Metropole saloon on Market street, for permitting a percentage game of poker to_be played has had a good effect. Yesterday, when the cases of Frank Winn, W." Parker, C. Sipe, Alfred Bar- nard, Julius Klein, Budd Williams and John Mason, who' were arrested along with Hansen for playing a_percentage ame, were called in Acting Police Judge sroezinger’s court, Carpenter stated that the defendants were willing to plead gullty on condition ‘that a nominal fine e imposed on them, and as they derived no benefit from the percentage he thought | it would be better to agree to the propo- sition, which met with the approval of the Chief of Police. The Judge sald he would take time to think over the matter and would reserve his decision till to-morrow after he had imposed sentence on Hansen. —_———— | the loss of its mascot. | somehow New light on Christian Science and its development in mnext Sunday’s Call. # DEATH CLAIMS THE MASCOT OF THE KANSANS The Sad End of Little Johnnie. A VICTIM OF THE PLAGUE THOUGH A CRIPPLE, HE SOUGHT GLORY ON THE BATTLEFIELD. e g Joined the Regiment in This City and Ran Away With It When It Departed for the Phil- ippines. . Johnnie McLaughlin lies dead at Manila | and the Kansas regiment mourns over They found him here when the regiment was camped out e e O e O R O SO SCE SR SRR SRR SCR S SO L R O S R B R e Y. 1 JOHNNIE McLAUGHLIN. by Lone Mountain, and though he was small and a cripple ne won the hearts of the soldiers and they took him in and made him one of their number. And when the regiment sailed for the Philippines the mascot went too. He was far below it was managed and the first his parents knew of his intention came from the letter telling them he had gone. He was a comfort to the boys in campe before the enemy and even in the trenches and men and officers grew fonder of him as the campaign progressed. He was at all the battles of his regiment, but there was no Flllg!nfl bullet for him, He shared .the hards glory, and in spite of his wooden leg and his tender years he was fast becoming a soldier, when one day his name appeared on the sick list and three more had passed when he was reported dead not the chanc of battle—it was the smallpox. The little fellow who had gone so far and borne much for glory died in the riide army hospital of the horrible | {sland plague. The little mascot's life desérved a bet- ter end. It had been but a burden and a trouble to him from his early boyhood and the time he spent with the volunteers was one of the few bright spots that marked his years. Johnnie w born in Philadelphia and when but a child he w a train. One result of his limbs; the othe ruln of his father. I he came out to lished a small cigar busine: run over by s the financial delphia co and estab- s which was keeping him alive when the war began | and the Kansans to Manila. to go to the front and he went. He was not bodily fit for a soldier's trials, but he had the mind and heart of a hefo. He was buried with military honors. STRUCK HIS AGED WIFE. John Zweifel Arrested for Brutally Beating His Better Half. An elderly woman, giving her name as Ellen Zweifel, walked into the Central Police station yesterday and amid tears she asked that her husband be arrested. “He brutally assaulted me,” marked, as she p her right eye. * prison.” Mrs. Zweifel lives with her husband at 246 Hayes street. Yesterday afternoon, she clalms, he returned from his work, and after ‘accusing her of not showing him proper attention, he struck her in the face, knocking her down. He then kicked her as she lay prostrate on the floor. The unfortunate woman, bruised and bleeding, smggerod out of the house and walked to the police station. Cap- tain Wittman, after came West on their way pointed to a lump over 1 want him thrown in listening to lips 'to arrest the man. their home and the City Prison battery. —_———— A Rare Opportunity. To those who are actually seeking employment the ul‘lex.' made by the firm of C. R, Hansen & C0, 104 Geary street, to workingmen, is almost unprecedent- ed. The work of completing the gap on the Coast railroad near Santa Bar- bara is to be pushed with the greatest He was found at laced under arrest. At weifel was charged with vigor and teamsters, concrete mixers, | laborers are | gravel - screeners and wanted at once, wages being $1 75 and $2 a day. C. R. Hansen & Co. are ad- vertising not only for an unlimited number of men but agree to waive their office fee and furnish free trans- portation. Full particulars are given in the want column of The Call. e e : Fire Department Change: The Fire Commissioners met yesterday afternoon, when a petition from Philip Moholy, stoker of engine 11, to be changed to hoseman of engine 10 was granted. James Minnigan was promoted from hose- man of engine 10 to steward of chemical engine 3, and N. Barbetta from steward thé legal age, but | their | ips and he shared the | It was | loss of one | He was tired by an ambition | she re- | her | story, immediately sent Policeman Phil- | of chemical 3 to fireman of engine 11. A petition from residents at the CIiff Hfiused requesting that a competent engineer an driver be provided by the department for the engine supplied to them recently, they agreeing to provide a house for the en- gine, men and horses, was referred to the Board of Supervisors. —_—e—————— CAPE NOME EXPEDITION. Schooner Mildred E Leaves for the New Gold Fields. An expedition left this port yvesterday for the new gold discoveries at Cape | Nome and Golovin, Bay. The Mildred E, | which was chartered by the Alaska De- | | | velopment and Exploration Company, left with provisions on board to last fifty men | for one year, besides tools and machinery to work the placers by hydraulic powe The company sent five men with Ruddock of Calaveras as head m locate and work valuable claims by it. J. A. Clover, president, and S. Kampe, treasurer of the company, will leave on June 5 for St. Michael to make | a thorough inspection of the properties | for the stockholde: The Mildred which is owned by C. | F. Humphreys, one of the directors of | the concern, ‘took up 300 tons of frieght, | including 40,000 feet of lumber, 1000 case of coal oil 4nd 200 barrels of flour. Con: sidering that advices have been received that lumber is selling for $200 a thou- sand feet in that locality the cargo is a valuable one. Twelve men also went up on the | schooner in the interest of the Golovin | Bay and Norton Sound Mining companie. | which located claims last vear. T will be in charge of D. A. McDonald, vice | president of the company, who will go | up on the Garonne, which sails for Van- ver on June 5. A number of others | g0 with John A. McGee on the Roa- | noke, which will leave Seattle on June 10. { . F. Humphreys received a letter from lovin Bay ecentl in wh.ch it was that $17 a day —as taken out of | | one claim and the melting was done by | la common « oil s He says the a L e e R S e SR S ] $ 3 + © 1 . - @ * ¢ + ® + S + ® b o ¢ é + & + 5 b DS + 6 D R L O e s prospects are very f- ~rable In the mew fields, and he looks for a large exodus of Already a large number prospectors. of men have left Dawson City and the recent fire will no doubt cause many their luck in .aat territor: 3olovin, Bay more to_tr The offic pany are: president; McDonald H F. | 8. Rotschild. —_———————— | Commander in Chief General Miles | and General Miller of the Iloilo expe- | | dition write about our new memorial | day in next Sunday’s Call. BIG RUN OF SALMON ‘ IN THE SACRAMENTO | GOOD RESULTS OF PUBLIC FISH | PROPAGATION. | This Season’s Catch Believed to Be | the Product of the Battle Creek Hatchery. Several things have happened recently | which Indicate that the orts of the State and United States Fish Commis- sions to stock the waters of the coast with | salmon to make uip for the drain of the | | fish cannerfes and increased consumption | are. beginning to bear fruit. It had been | noticed that whenever the salmon egg { batcherles had turnzd out limited or small | | supplies of fry the corresponding seasons | four years later ylelded a correspondingly | small supply of fish. From the time the | | hatcheries opened up to four s ago | the eggs hatched and fry distributed | amounted to about four millions. During | the first year of the Battle CreeW hatch- | | ery the season's salmon eggs takem| amounted to sixteen millions. The follow- | | ing_year the product was thirty milllons and ‘last year the dmount reached forty | millions. “As it takes about four vears | | for salmon to mature 1t was believed that | the first of the increased output would | ke théir appearance this season. verything indicates that they have, ll’u the output of the Sacramento River | canneries is much greater than for some | time past. _The average output of the | cannery at Black Diamond, which burned | down a week or 80 ago, was about 10,000 | | i | s This r the run amounted to over 15,000, when the plant was destroyed | by fire in the middle of the season. J. P. {aller, manager of the Sacramento River { Packers’ Association, owner of the plant which was destroyed, yesterday wrote to the Fish Commission the following, which substantiates the foregoing statements: I consider that we had the best run of fish this spring that we have had for at least four years. Owing to the high price of meat In this ate there was very much more mon and other fish consumed and consequently the mar- ket has had from 2000 to 3000 salmon sent here | daily. Of course the price made by the market men was about half a cent nigher than what the cannery could afford to pay, and in: con- sequence the fishermen shipped a great many fish. If it had not been for this big demand on the outside the cannery would certainly have packed up to date of our fire fully double what the actual pack was. Last week there was a big run and the Carquinez Packing Company | was' obliged to refuse fish for two days, as they could not handle them, and on the mar- | ket down here fish were s0ld at 2 cents a pound, Heretofore. 1 have been somewhat in doubt as to the amount of good the hatcherles wers doing, but I am now convinced that the hatch- eries are indispensable, and if it were not for them our stock of salmon would certainly by this time be only limited. T trust, therefore, that you will use your utmost endeavors to keep this work up and the move that you are now making in regard to Kiiling the sea lions will certalniv be @ great benefit to the fish_industries, as they certainly destroy hun- dreds of thousands of pounds yearly, as we find them following the runs up as far as Sacrament ———— A double love tragedy, of Salvador and San Francisco, in next Sunday’s Call. b HIS FRIENDS DRANK TO RIS« SON'S HEALTH Acknowledged by the Captain. AT S 0CCU"RED A PARTY MORE EVIDENCE TO ‘PROVE AN ADOPTION. g Litigation Over a Big Estate Becom- ing More Interesting an’ the Trial Will Last for Weeks. Rulofe will Evidence in the case of Alfred C. son inst the executors of the of the late Captain Winslow G. Hall which the plaintiff seeks recover entire estate of the deceasd on the ground that he was legally adopted b3 Captain Hall, is still being heard by Judg; Belcher. Rulofson on the d yes- terday and said that at a party given by Captain "Hall in his honor in October of 1882, the captain publicl he had legally adopted the plaintiff the present action. Many other time sald the wi in Hall introduced him to friends son d always acknowledged On the occ referred to, the wit after guests had been seatec from his chair and ra his wir | said: “I want all of yod friends drink to the health son, whom doubtless you have up till now as Alfred Rulofson. captain gave parties frequently, it the witness, and alwa troduce me as his son, and I know th The as further sald by took pains to in- in the law I bore that relation toward him. Rulofson, continuing his story, said that he met Captain Hall some vears before the adoption, but it was while he was on the captain’s” ship and Rulofson had told him of his unhappy home life that Cap- tain Hall @etermined to adept him. s made to Rulofson’s father and a he i no objection Rulofson quitted his old home and went to live and aid_his adopted fathe After Captain Hall's death the adopted proposition w son was not mentioned in his will, de- cedent’s entire estate, which is valued about $100,000, being beque ed to c lateral rela The case will tak during which perio deavor to prove th: protected the cla dopted him, 4 several weeks to try the defense will en Captain Hall simply ant and never legally ADVERTISEMENTS. WERK AND PALE WOM Women. Who Suffer and Are Greatly Run Down in Health, FIND THAT “HUDYAN" RELIEVES AND CURES THEM. 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