The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 13, 1902, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13 1902. UNION DEMANDS olGNED CONTRAGT Emporium Appeals to Its Patrons Regard- ing Strike, Cites Its Reply to Drivers as Stating Its Position. The Delivery Drivers’ Union has issued & statement In regard to the strike of the thirty-six drivers employed by the Emporium, who quit work Thursday and were joined by about thirty members of the Delivery Boys' Union. The statement follows: To-fay thirty-six members of the Retall Delivery Drivers’ Union went on strike for recognition of the union by the Emporium. The Emporium advertises by circular that it grants everything we ask, but all they say is “you sk and we suggest,” but they give nothing. All houses where our mem- bers &re employed have recognized the umion except the Emporium. What we ask is fair and just, but the Emporium absolutely re- fuses to recognize the union. - In enswering our schedule they say, ““We have sdopted your suggestions,” but do mot state for how long & time; also, they do mot sey that they will recognize the union, whick. we absolutely demantl, The Emporium has issued the following circular to its patrons: The Retall Delivery Drivers’ Union have subm demands to Us regarding their ser- h demands so far as they affect re of our employes were already or e been put into force in our estab- e of this fact, however, our drivers been celled out ‘&nd we are therefore obliged to ask your indulgence as to deliveries for a short time. Cindly reed the following copy of our re- Ply to their demands: A g "sg;\' ml:;s , Cal, 8, 1902. . _George H. Bhepsto sines: nt Retail Delivery Drivers -Dear Blr: Refersing to cur several interviews and to the agreement submitted by you for comsideration, 1 beg to @dvise you that after careful deliberation the boarg of directors of this company instructs me 1o reply s follows: “Wages—You ask: Double teams, per week, $16; double teams, per semi-monthly, $32 50; double teams, per jnonth, $65; single teams, per I"eEk, $12; single teams, per semi-monthly, kS single teams, per month, $52. This scale of wages is now and has been in force for many months past, WINE FLAMES OVER FIELDS Fire Destroys the 8t. George Plant at Maltermoro, One Million Gallons of the Juics of the Grape Ablaze. : —_— Special Dispatch to The Call. FRESNO, Dec. 12.—The great St. George winery at Maltermoro, five miles west of this city, was totally destroyed by fire at 3 o'clock this afternoon. The fire started in the furnace room of the drying kiln of the raisin packing annex to the winery. The kiln was full of light, inflammable raisin trays, and the flames made great headway among them. A general alarm was given and all the employes were called in to fight the flames. For a half hour the fire was kept in the drying kiln, but the water pressure grew slack, and in a few minutes the big wooden buildings adjolning and after them the brick warehouses were a mass of flames. The fire was the most thrilling from a spectacular point of view ever witnessed in this section. Great tanks of wine and casks of brandy burst with the heat, and the liquors burned in beautiful colors and fantastic forms. | A water tank seventy-five feet above the building burned for half an hour sup- ported by a slender flaming scantling and then tottered with a crash and roar into the seething caldron beneath. The wine ran almost in rivers. To the south of the building the ground slopes to the vine- yard, and along this slope there was a constant stream of wine, hundreds of | thousands of gallons pouring out among | the grapevines. | In the mixing-rooms were three great tanks, with a capacity of 50,000 gallons each. The bungs were forced from these by the heat, and for hours the wine ran from them in & solid stream. Adjoining these tanks was the greatest wine tank | in the world, having a capacity of 96,000 gallons. From this, too, the wine flowed | constantly, and from the four tanks it “Package wagon drivers—You ask: AN package wagon drivers shall not leave their respective firms later than 9:30 a. m., 1 p. m. | end 4:30 p. m, "It has slready been arranged that our Wwagons shall leave the store at these hours, ‘Extra trips, you ask—PExtra trips shall Po.f1 each, and not to exceed three hours in ie company has adopted this suggestion. . Late trips, you ask—9:00 p. m. trips on Saturdays, and the day before holidays, shall be e at §1 each. e company has adopted this suggestion. nday work, you ask—Sunday work shall the rate of double time. T business is conducted without Sunday y work, days_you ask—New Year's day Labor Day, Thanksgiving day and day shall be observed 2s holidays i, and no reduction in wages shall e same. No reduction shall be for any legal holiday ing the year These five you mame are all holidays in business, and in addition we ciose our on the following days: Decoration , you ask—Sixty a for lunch, company hms adopted this suggestion. s work, you ask—Six (6) days shall a week's work, constitute & veek’s work with firm" requiring . they shall be own ‘expense. me at its own s union shail the rate of late trips. vied this suggestion Yo cash Geposit of nished by any mem- empioyer as security ts. loyer desiring se- | place them under yer's) expense wili stand the expense of d from drivers, u ask—All _drivers not to eo m. conforms to this re- lready u ask—Pay days are to be left s firms, but not to month’s pay. paid semi-monthly. work, except that 1 t the wagon metal on same to employer. If any em- executive board of this # unable to hire a stableman place his wagons i a liv- be granted ® man, in ry week, to help per- nditions and extra pay between the ex- oyer, and a contract quired to do stable —No member of non-union driver, is able to fili the n is not able se employer may f this union; but bers of this union ter being so em- ot later than two week ployed “We believe t drivers are members u en objected to, ¥ egate the powe fact all our which has can- rs of the company. ree 10 compel employes mpany cannot 0 Join the union. “A your request tha an agreement be this company, dated December 1 terminating December 1 Il the above poi ; ¥ 1903, cover- 1o’ reason €hould be made bers are employed by this c made such @ request of us “The foregoing covers-all the requests con- | tained in the form of agreement submitte you. Yours very truly, o “THE EMPORIUM." IBITION OF PICTURES.—A photo- clubrooms are open dally This evening the rooms will 30 1o 10. The exhibition closes from POSTUM CEREAL. PRIZE FIGHTER'S HEART. Coffee Shown to Be the Cause of His Weak Heart. Frank Wallis, the ther-weight, says: Searly all my life I drank coffee, and it finally put me in such a condition that training for any fight was almost fmpos- eible. “My breathing was poor and slight ex- ertion always made me very tired. I could not understand it, for I was otherwise well and strong, until one day in training quarters a frierid and admirer of mine ecked me if I drank coffee. I told him ‘yes,’ and he said that was what ailed me. “This was two weeks before an im- portant fight of mine w-s due. He cx- Iilinols champion plained how coffee affected the heart and | nerves, and told me of the good qualities of Postum Food Coffee. I immediately commenced to use it in place of coffee. The result was wonderful. My nervous- ness left me, my breaghing bothered me no more, my confidence returned and I was 28 good as ever in a short time. “I returned victor of the fight, which I am confident I would not have been bad I continued the use of coffee.” Fourth (60) minutes shall | uired by drivers | member of this | c exhibition is being held in the rooms | California Camers Club. 819 Market | floated off for miles down Fancher Creek as freely as water. The buildings destroyed were the entire wine-making plant, the big brick storage | rooms, containing fully 300 tanks of wine | and brandy; the company’'s store and of- | fice, the Maltermoro postoffice, the St. | George raisin packing-house, containing hundreds. of tons of raisins, and the | brandy distillery of the Eisen-Veith Cora- | pany. The St. George people had their entire plant full of wine, this being the | busy season of the year. Fully 1,000,000 | gallons of wine was lost. | The total loss is estimated at $150,000, the insurance being $75,000. The Eisen- Veith Company places its loss at $12,000, | partially insured. Its house was full of brandy. The only building of the St. George Company that escaped destruction outside of the dwelling houses was the brandy distillery, in which was stored 60,- | 0% gallons of brandy. | HUSBAND MAKES SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST HIS WIFE | * 'William Shillingberg, a cook working in | a restaurant at 1602 California street and | residing at 1406 Pine street, was taken to the Central Emergency Hospital in an ambulance last night in great agony, suffering from strychnine poisoning. He made the stalement that he had visited his wife, who is employed by Dr. Kengla, 1121 Sutter street, and that she had given | him a drink. As he left to go home he declared that he was seized with severe | cramps and believed he had been poisoned by his wife because, according to his id some two weeks ago wish to have anything { further to do with him and she would get | rid of him. | -Dr. Maher attended the man at the hos- | pital, and when he was pronounced out of danger and was able to leave Shilling- berg withdrew the statement he had made | #ccusing his wife of poisoning him. He aid that he would not prefer a charge gainst his wife, and expressed his belief | that he did not think that she had ad- ministered poison to him. He then left the hospital for his home. Mrs. Shillingberg could not | when called upon at the Sutter-street | house. Dr. Kengla sald that she was ill | in bed and could not see any one. | SUBMITS REPORT TO | PARK COMMISSIONERS | A. B. Spreckels has written a report to | the Beard of Park Commissioners in | which he sets forth the large amount of | work performed by the office force of the Park Commission. Mr. Spreckels goes into the details of the work performed by each department and requests the Commis- sioners to raise the salary of the secre- | tary of the Park Commission and the as- | sistant secretary $25 a month. Mr, Spreckels, in his report, says - that | the Park Commission office is the most | economically conducted ' municipal office in the city and he also shows where the force is more thorough in its work. As an | instance he cites the way in which the supplies are purchased and distributed. ‘When the supplies are bought they are be seen invoiced at the office of the Park Com- | mission and when they are given out are | who receives them. When hay, feed and coal are purchased for use in the park, | a trusted clerk, who keeps the tags and then compares them with the bills at the end of each month. The same rule is fol- lowed when loam is brought to the park. | Each load is weighed and the man who weighs it hands the driver of the team slip and each slip is campared with the bill at the end of the month, In all other departments the same rigid set of rules are followed. Each employe's illme is kept exactly and on his slip is stamped the kind of work he performs. At | the end of each month he receives his pay and signs his name to the slip so that no mistake can possibly be made. ————————— EMERALD ATHLETIC CLUB TO HOLD BIG FIELD DAY The Emerald Gaelic Athletic Club held a meeting Thursday night to complete ar- rangements for its first annual field day, 1o be held at the Presidio athletic grounds on New Year's day. A large number of entries were received for the various events, for which handsome medals and cups are offered. The events include 100- yard dash, quarter mile, one mile, high jump, long jump, hop-step-and-leap, three standing jumps, pole vault, throwing six- teen-pound hammer, putting sixteen- pound shot and forty-two and fifty-six pound weights. The games will be held under the sanction of the Pacific Athletic Association. u The events are open to all amateurs. Entries will be received up to the 26th inst. Entry blanks may be procured from R. J. Curtin, secretary of the club, at 4 Hayes street. George James of the Olympic Club has been selected as starter and John Purcell will be one of the judges. The timers and referce will be chosen from among some of the most prominent athletes on the coast. . 5 rged up to the foreman of each gang | each load is weighed in the presence of | DOCTOR’S DAUGHTERS INAUGURATE DOLL SHOW Entertainment Opens and Fashionable Audience Aids Charity|Balots Thrown Out by by Liberally Patronizing Toy Baby Booths | |1 | 1 | at Alhambra Theater 1 | PROGRAMME ARRANGED FOR ! TWO TALENTED ARTISTS WHO TOOK PART IN MENT GIVEN BY DOCTOR'S DAUGHTERS AT THE ALHAMBRA. e | THE DELIGHTFUL THE VAUDEVILLE ENTERTAIN | | HE Doctor's Daughters opened their doll show and entertainment at the Alhambra Theater vester- | day afternoon, giving a reception especially for the little folks. | There was a large and fashionable at-| | tendance and everybody appeared deliglit- | ed. The theater was prettily decorated. | The pillars were wound with evergreens, | ! the balconies beribboned, the floor can- {vased and the entrance decked with | palms. In the midst of all the pleasure afforded { to visitors the main object of the affair, charity, was never overlooked: The vis! ors were liberal and the fund of the Doc | tor's Daughters was materially increased. ; Mrs. J. Stow Ballard, chairman of the | doll committee, was present with her as- | sistants. Mrs. W. D. Fennimore was also | busy, and-Miss Margo, Mrs. Horace Pills- | bury, Mrs. Daniel Drysdale, Mrs. L. H. | Bryan and Mrs. Louis Long all gave to | the entertainment their best efforts. The exhibits are worth a visit, and there is a great doll's house, designed by Frank Van Tress and built by J. Troun- | son, which s one of the wonders of the show. It is a complete country home, from kitchen to drawing-room, from beudolr to dining-room. It is lighted with electricity and won much admiration. Mrs. Fred Tallant and Mrs. D. Drysdale | bave a Swiss chalet for sale. The grab- bag and fish pond were presided over by Mrs. L. H. Bryan and a number of charming assistants. The entertainment of the afternoon was excellently given by Ellery’s Royal Itallan Band, little -Reyna Belasco and Ruth and Osmond Smith. Santa Claus presented each child with something from the Christmas tree. SOCIETY REPRESENTED. In the evening an excellent vaudeyille programme, under the direction of Roy M. Pike, was given before a good audi- ence. The boxes were filled with hand- somely dressed patrons, whose indorse- ment and sympathy aided in making the affair a brilliant success. Society was well represented. When the curtain rose the Stanford Glee Club was the first to receive an ovation, and its songs, “Fill Your Steins” and “Hail, Stanford, Hail!” were warmly applauded. Miss Jean Logan gave her bewitching Oriental dance in costume with charming effect. Her grace and beauty were much admired. Mrs. Richard Bayne, accompanied by Miss Moroney, sang ‘Violets” and “The Northern Days” with sweetness and pur- ity of technique. For an encore “Killar- ney” was also well received. R. L. Stone of the Olympic Club gave a rare exhibi- tion of barrel jumping and skilifully per- formed some difficult feats. Miss Olive Celeste Moore, prima donna of the Bosto- nians, sang De Koven's “Tell Me Agaln, Sweetheart” and Nevin's “Rosary,” after which sne sang “O, Promise Me” as an encore. Her well-trained voice captivated the audience, to say nothing of her piquant beauty. LESSON IN FLIRTATION. A negro monologue was rendered by Ike Karmel of the University of California and the funny stories created consider- able laughter. Little Ruth Alameda Smith was irresistible as “The Living Doll,” an original conception arranged by ‘Agnes Marie Noonan. ‘ Miss Olive Celeste Moore appeared in a delightful musical sketch, with Messrs. Roy and . Thomas Pike, introducing clever songs, fancy steps and other specialties. Frank Ro- dolph was warmly received in his songs and the soclety singers from' “The Stroll- ers” proved a delightfully entertaining and instructive lesson in flirtation. The young ladies were in white gowns snd wore black picture hats with plumes. American Beauty roses, pinned on each bodice, were the only touch of color in the artistic picture. The men were in conventiontal “frock” clothes with silk hats. The interesting ccuples, as they appeared last evening, were: Miss Mabel Hogg and Harold Mann, Miss Estelle Lakeman and Ray Smith, Miss Ela Wenzelburger and Philip Paschél, Miss {#on at Cotillon pridge. =% e | Belle Harmes and Dr. Sumner Hardy, Miss Helen Davis and Thomas H. Pike. TO-DAY’S PROGRAMME. Miss Martha Stuart Millar, handsomely gowned, recited “The Song From the| Violin” and “In Imminent Peril,” a mouse | story, which was well applauded. The | Stanford Mandolin Club closed the pro- gramme with selections from “King! Dodo” arnd *‘Carmen,” after which came | an informal reception, when refreshments were served and dolls discussed and ad- mired To-Gay's entertainments will be similar to yesterday's, essentlally the same pro- grammes being renderd. A feature of this afternoon’s programme will be Miss Ceefl Cowles, the child phenomenon, who will delight the audience with her , plano selections and pretty dances. In the evening the University of California Glee Club will open the programme, instead of Stanford. There will be a large attend- ance to-day as the brilliant affair closes this evening. / The first Friday Fortnight v of the sea- Hall last evening was well attended and proved quite an army and navy affair. Many of the debutantes were in white and the number of full dress uniforms added much brightness to the scene. The cotillon was led by Miss Daisy Parrottjand Lieutenant Stewart, assisted by M ant Howland, Lieutenant Craigie and | Lieutenant Terry. The cotillon was a de- lighttul affair and the dancing continued until a late hour. Those in the first set were: Mits Helen Dean, Mies Florence Josselyn, Miss Laura Sanborn, Miss Gertrude Josselyr. Miss Emily Wilson, Miss Felen Murison, Mie Allen, Miss Ruth Allen, Miss Elena Robinson, Miss 'Genevieve King, Miss Helen de Young, Miss Hazel King, Miss Clarissa Evans, Miss Reina Mailliard, Miss Violet Buckley, Miss Van Wyck. Miss Howell, Miss Gertrude Mise Milton and Miss Catherine Sel- Among_the men were Captain Penn, Knox Maddox, Gerald Rathbone, Philip Baker, Frank King, ¥rnest McCormick, Albert Rus- sell. Edward McAfee, Lieutenant Allen, Mr. Thurston, Mr. Bourn, Percy ‘King, Willlam Smith and Lieutenant' Gherardi. 3 Those who received with Mrs. Salisbury were: Mrs. Charles Josselyn, Mrs. Carter Pitkin Pomeroy, Mrs. James Robinson, Mrs. Louls Parrott, Mrs, William Bourn, Mrs. Cyrus Wal- ker and Mrs. Ira Plerce. o e Mrs. Louis Parrott gave a large dinner at the Richelieu before the Fortnightly cotillon. Covers were laid for fifty and the decorations were pretty and artistic. Among those present were: Miss Dean, Miss Gertrude Josselyn, Miss Lucle King, Miss Emily Wilson, Miss Gertrude Eells, Miss Stella McCalla, Miss Alice Brig- ham,’ Miss Kate Brigham, Miss Hazel King, Miss Florence Balley, Miss Gertruge Jollifs, Miss Daisy Parrott, Miss Mary l?el:;se Par- rott, Mr. and Mrs. George Pope, Alffed Bourne of New York, A. E. Balfour, Jack Corrigan, E. M. Greenway, Joe Tobin, Wilberforce Wil- llams, Percy King, Frank King, Raymond Armsby, Sydney Salisbury, Lieutenant Stuart and Lisutenant Howland, e Mrs. W. S. Leake gave a charming tea yesterday afternoon in her apartments at the Palace Hotel. A large number of guests were entertained between the hours of three and siX. Red was the color scheme in decoration. The receiv- ing room was -made artistic with Ameri- can Beauty roses and foliage in profusion. In the refreshment room were clusters of holly, huckleberry greens and red hang- ings. The candelabra had red - shades, which shed a soft light over the scene. Those who assisted the hostess in recejy- ing were: Mrs. J, J. Spieker, Mrs. Genevi Hamiiton, Miss Mamie C. Barrets, Mis o gle Spieker, Miss Bessie Gowan, Miss Bdith Gowan, Mrs. Henry Hale Fuller, Miss Irma Dresbach and Miss Blanche Dwinnelle, TR Fred Greenwood was host at a hand- some luncheop yesterday at the Uni- versity Club in honor of Miss Ethel Keeney and T. E. Tomlinson, who will be married on Wednesday next. Covers were laid ffor <leven. Among those present were: % Miss Keeney. Mr. Tomlinsan. Dr. and Mre Laura Bells, | ss Mary Parrott, Lieuten- | FOURTH OF VOTES |BERKELEY RILLS |NEW DISCOVERY FOUND LLEGA Wholesale in the Sheriff's Fight, Rogers hu Made a Net Gain of Thirty-Nine Votes in the Recount. ‘Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Dec. 12! With eleven precincts counted, ranging from Livermore to Berkeley, Rogers had gained thirty-nine votes when the recount closed to-night. There have been 732 Rog- ers votes counted, of which 176 have been thrown out, leaving him 53 in these eleven precincts. There have been 824 Bishop votes counted, of which 215 have been thrown out, leaving him 609 votes, or & majority of 53, in these precincts, which is 39 less than the officlal canvass gave him. The progress of the recount has shown that the candidate who received the most votes in a precinct always had the most thrown out. As an instance of this, in the Bixth Precinct of Alameda the of- ficial canvass gave Rogers 142 and Bish- op 63 votes. In the recount 40 of Rogers’ votes were thrown out and 6 of the Bish- op votes. In the First Precinct of the Sixth Ward Bishop was given 134 votes by the official canvass and lost 51 of these, while Rogers received but 60 and logt 25 in the recount. The Bishop men take comfort from this and say that all of the precincts counted up to the pres- ent time except the one in Alameda have been Bishop precincts and that this will even itself up in the long run. The Rog- ers men say that they have gained 39 votes in eleven precincts, or an average of § to a precinct, and that this ratio niaintained throughout the county would eiect Rogers. Five precincts and a half were counted | to-day. In Fruitvale No., 7 Bishop lost 2L votes and Rogers 17. Bishop had 101 majority in this precinct and the recount reduced it,to 6. In Alameda No. 6 Rog- | ers lcst 40 and Bishop 6. In the Second Ward No. 2 Bishop lost 9 and Rogérs 5. In Newark Bishop lost 14 and Rogers 4. In Livermore No. 2 Bishop lost 3 and | Rogers 11. In Berkeley No. 15 Bishop lost | 8 and Rogers 15. ' i But besides the question of who shall be Sheriff of Alameda County there is a | very serious question involved. Under | the law as it is now construed ballots are | being thrown out by the wholesale. The slightest mark invalidates a ballot under | the decisions of the Supreme Court. Up to the close of court to-night 155 votes had been counted and 391 had been thrown out. This as a small fraction over 25| per cent of the vote, which means that | uvnder the law as it now stands one-quar- ter of the voters of this county are being | disfranchised. [ This may have an effect upon other of- | fices, and how far it will go no one is abie to foresee. It might even have somei effect upon the Republican Judges elected, for every ballot that Is now belng thrown | cut is just as illegal as a vote for Gover- | nor, Judge or what not as it is for Sher- !ft. The number being thrown out is as- tounding to everybody in Oakland, who | consider this an’ intelligent community that is not likely to make errors in vot- ing. But the law is such that the slight- est slip of the rubber stamp discards the ballot and deprives the citizen of his vote for every office from Governor down to Constable. * In scme precincts the votes thrown out exceed the votes cast for either of the candidates in question and sometimes | nearly equals the votes left for both can- | didates. In the First Precinct of the i Sixth Ward 104 votes were thrown out as | illegal and but 119 were left as legal to | be distributed between the candidates. In the Seventh Precinct of Fruitvale 51 votes | were thrown out, while the two candi- | dates combined got only 66 votes. | These are the figures that are the talk of Alameda County even more than the | Sheriff’s fight. ‘ @ i ioofelot [N House Committee to In- vestigate Traffic on Transports, ? ! | | i | | | { | i | | | | Special Dispatch to The Call. 13.—The World has | the following from Washington: At a meeting of the House Military Affairs Committee to be held next Monday Gen- eral Ludington, quartermaster general of | the army, will be asked the names of all | private citizens who have been furnished ! free transportation across the Pacific. | The committee has been informed that | some fifty persons in no way connected | with the military service have been fur- nighed. free accommodations on trans- | ports. In some instances these persons have paid $1 a day for meals, but in most | cases the Government paid for the meals. | Secretary Root issued an order some time ago that free transportation to out- | siders should not be issued. Shortly after | this General Miles applied for free trans- | portation for some guests whom he de- | sired to accompany him on his trip| around the world. The request was | granted. NEW YORK, De FIGHTS WITH HIS COOK.—Stathis D, Grives, B Fourth-street restaurant-keeper, and V. Skofis, his cook, had an altercation’ yes- terday in which both were hadly beaten, They were sent to the hospital and later ar- rested. 4 L e e o ) Ernest D. Chipman, Miss Leontine Blakeman, Miss Grace Spreckels, Mrs. Charles L. Ben! Knox Maddox, H. M. ‘Greenway. Clarence Foi: | lis and Mr. Greenwood. Pt A Mrs. Earnest Chipman, who is the guest of her brother, Fred Greenwood, gave a pretty tea at his residence on ! Thursday afternoon. A ‘large number of callers were received. Among those who assisted in receiving were: Mrs. Samuel Buckbee, Miss Charlotte Ellin- wood, Mrs, George Greenwood, Miss Blla Ben- der. o -THE CHRISTMAS CALL, Issued To-Morrow, Will Con- sist of 66 Pages, Together With Art Supplement, “When Cupid Holds the Reins.” The Postage on This Edition Will Be, Domestic 5c, Foreign 10c. e . DIED. PHING—In this city, December 12, 1802, A. F. Phing, a native of Maine, aged 62 years 2 months and 19 days. ® TN asica ~f funaral hareafter, | chant of Sacramento, is stopping at the | Troquols Club, held last evening at Pyth- fIELD NUGGETS Secret of Nurserymen Leaks Out and Rush Follows. Wildcat Creek Is the Latest El Dorado and (follege Is Excited. BERKELEY, Dec. 12.—A miniature re- production of the rush to the Klondike was to-day enacted in the college town when the carefully guarded secret of two poor nurserymen lefked out and it was rumored that gold had been discovered in paying quantities in Wildcat Creek, a Small stream which winds through the hills not two miles back of the university. The babbling of an indiscreet friend to- day revealed the fact that Thomas Brown and Henry Heine, two florists, who have a little seed ranch on the hills, about four miles north of town, have discovered gold in the sands of the rivulet and have been secretly working them for some time. Seeking sand wherein to plant thelr carnations, the two made a trip to Wild- cat Creek, which is about a mile back of their house, about a month ago and brought back a considerable quantity of it in glass fruit jars. Upon pouring it out grains of the precious metal were discovered. Startled by their find, the two men re- turned to the spot where they had pro- curred the sand and made further inves- tigations, with the reswit that gold in sufficient quantities to invite further search was brought forth. MEN WORK IN SECRET. The two fortunate men have continued to work the bed of the creek In secret with results that are more than satis- fying. So runs the story that seems to have some foundation. The two nurserymen, whose ranch is situated on the outskirts cf a little ham- let known as Schmitzville, on the San Pablo road, maintain a discret silence upon the subject of their discovery. They admit the find and the additional fact that they have signed a written contract of partnership in order to work their hid- den claims jointly, but they are silent on the location of their placer and upon the amount of gold which they have found. When interviewed at Lis home to-day. Henry Heine said: “I do not care to say much on this sub- ject. We discovered the gold when we were bringing sand home for our pinks. We have signed a written agreement of partnership in order to work together. As to the location of the spot whére we made our discovery, we are not saying much.” Heine's remarks were borne out substan- tially by his partner, Brown. Credence is given to the story of Heine and Brown on account of the fact that in former times pieces of gold-bearing quartz have been found at various spots on the Bérkeley hills. GOLD IN CONGLOMERATE. The geology of the range does not set at variance the story of the two nursery- men. Professor Vance C. Osmont of the geological faculty at the university said | to-day concerning the conformation of | the hills: “While the upper end of the Wildcat canyon is largely of volcanic character and not likely to contain gold, the middle and lower part of the valley is made up of whdt the geologists call conglomerate. Gold occurs i this formation often and | it is not unitkely that quartz gold lies somewhere in the valley. If so placer gold in the bed of the stream would be a natural result.”” Wildcat Creek is a short stream, which has Its source directly east of Grizzly Peak, the highest of the range, and flows almost north along the course of a nar- | row valley until it reaches the bay near the town of Stege. On'y one or two farms are situated upon its banks and the | remainder of its course is through a| country rough enough to conceal the se- cret of the two new fledged argonauts very effectually PERSONAL MENTION. Louis Pierce, a cattleman of Suisun, is at the Grand. . Matha, a merchant of Napa, is at the California. W. H. Willlams of Chicago Is stopp'ng at the Russ House. Count and Countess Lepic of Paris are again at the Palace. ‘Ward L. Lilly of the cruiser New York is at the Occidental. F. G. Noyes, a capitalist of stopping at the Palace. . F. E. Dowd, Assessor of Sonoma Coun- ty, is at the Lick House. George W. Grie, a capitalist of Fern- dale, is at the Russ House. J. F. Condon, a well-known merchant of Veiti, Nev., is at the Grand. N. L. Knudsen, the lumber man from Sonora, is at the Lick House. 0. J. Woodward, a banker from Fresno, is registered at the Lick House. R. D. Stephens, a well-known fruit J:eb Napa, 1s| Palace. Tavid Young, superintendent of the Sperry Flour Company at Stockton, is at the Russ House. H. 8. Kirk, a member of the firm of Kirk, Geary & Co. of Sacramento, is stopping at the California. C. C. Raysdale, owner of the stage line running from Williams to Bartlett | Springs, 1§ at the Russ House. . B. Sexton, a well-known bowler and better known by his friends as ““Cannon Ball” Sexton, who is employed in the| Cugtom-house, is speedily recovering from his late illness. He is at present stop- ping at the Russ House. ——ee————— Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Dec. 12.—The following Californians registered here to-day: From San Francisco—A. Ferguson, Mrs. H. W. Jenkins and W. A. Lampe, at the Grand; G. E. Plummer, at the Grand Unions A. J. Frey and S. N. Feldheim, at the Her- ald Square; Mrs. Herd, at the Navarre; H. J. Morton and wife, at the Holland; H. P. Brown, at the Victoria; Dr. H. L. Deimel, at the Everett, and T. R. Turner, at the Imperial. From Los Angeles—N. 0. Bagge and M. L. Graft, at the Holland. —————— Iroquois Club Elects Officers. At the regular weekly meeting of the ian Castle, the following officers were elected to serve for the ensuing year: J. C. Gorman, president; W. H. Kline, vice president; W. J. Locke, second vice presi- dent; E. R. Zion, recording secretary; H. L. Bienfield, corresponding secretary; A. D. Pratt, financial secretary, and W. A. Asmussen, treasurer. Trustees—Louis Metzger, Dr. W. J. Bryan, Charles Gil- dea, C. J. R. Buttlar, L. V. Merle, D. G. Dexter and A. M. Armstrong. It was resolved that a note be addressed to the Senators and Representatives of this State requesting them to use their influence to secure the admission of Okla- homa, New Mexico and Arizona as States at the present session of Congress. ————— Engineer and Fireman Are Killed. FORT WORTH, Tex., Dec. 12—A Rock Island northbound passenger train ran into a broken rail near Terrill early to- day and was wrecked. Engineer George Clark and Fireman George Wells of Fort ‘Worth were killed. OF GREAT VALUE Potassium Cyanide Can Be Produced From Atmosphere, MY el Professor O’'Neill Invents a Process Invaluable to Mining Men, ' : BERKELEY, Dec. 12—Professor Ed- mund O'Neill of the chemistry depart- ment of the University of California made public to-day a discovery in the produc- tion of potassium cyanide which bids fair to revolutionize the whole process of gold milling by the cyanide process such as is in general use to-day. By means of his newly discovered process the Berke- | ley professor claims that he can produce the expensive necessity in gold milling at less than one-half the present cost, thus reducing the heavy expense attending the extraction of gold by the cyanide process to a minimum. Acting on the general principle in use at the Niagara Falls of the production of nitric acid from the nitrogen-of the air, Professor O'Neill conducted a series of experiments covering a perfod of six months, as the result of which he can now produce potassium cyanide from the nitro- gen component of the atmosphere at an approximate ceost of 5 cents a pound, whereas the old method cost 25 cents a pound. Using a simple apparatus, the gas of petroleum or coal is mingled with the at- mosphere, which is four-fifths parts of nitrogen, and subjected to the influence of an electric arc, the resultant being hydro- cyanic acid. This, when treated with potash, readily ylelds potassium cyanide. The cost of the materials is very lttle and the requisite energy to produce the combination is also inexpensive. The former process of producing po- tassium cyanide is so expensive that more than $2,000,000 is spent annually on Im- ports of the chemical. Its use is so gen- eral that besides the importation eighteen factories in' this country turn out a large amount of the stuff yearly. WILLIE BRITT EASY GAME FOR HIS BOXING BROTHER Willie Britt as an exponent of the man- ly art when pitted against his hard-hit- ting younger brother is a frost. Time was when Willie was there with “the goods,” and the best of his class reluct- antly admitted after a go with him that he could certainly extend the grand wal- lop. Other flelds have since attracted Wil- lie’s attention. In the meantime Brother Jimmie developed and in quick order mounted the ladder of pugilistic fame to the top rung, incidentally with the aid of Will's managerial abilities. Recent sue- cesses have imbued the elder Britt with the old-time spirit, and in unguarded mo- ments he gave the low down that evem with Champion Jimmie honors would fall if he ever mixed it up with him. Williq was earnest in his talk and finally told Jimmie of his feelings. Jimmie poohpoohed the idea and laughed heartily at the “buffalo” talk of his manager. The re- ilt was a challenge, and the denouement came last night at the Central Theater. Willie without training was fat and unfit to go the pace. At times he showed the old-time cleverness, but Jimmie's perfect blocking and a stiff punch or two made ‘Will feel sorry he had “four-flushed” and was called. e KENNEDY GRANTED NEW TRIAL BY JUDGE COOK Judge Cook heard the arguments yester- day afternoon on a motion for a new trial for Wiliam B. Kennedy, alias “Yellow™ who was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree in connection with the killing of Policeman Eugene C. Robinson at Sixteenth and Valencia streets on Jan- uary 2L The Judge intimated that he would ren- der a formal decision this morning grant- ing the nmew trial on the ground that there was no corroboration of Willlam Henderson's testimony, as required by a éecision of the Supreme Court, he being a co-conspirator. He thought the Dis- trict Attorney should take the matter be- fore the Supreme Court to have the point definitely settled. - District Attorney Byington says he will take the matter before the Supreme Court. He says that the section of the Cede enacts that anything tending to connect the defendant with the crime is sufficlent, and he holds that there. 1is enough evidence in that regard. ADVERTISEMENTS. Mrs. F. Wright, of Oelwein, lowa, is anether ome of the million women who have been restored to health by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compeund. A Young New York Lady Tells ® of a Wonderful Cure:— My trouble was with the ovairies: I am tall, and the doctor said I grew too fast for my stremgth. I l\'.;& L dreadfully from inflammation and doctored continually, but got no heip I suffered from terrible ging sen- sations with the most a: pains low down in the side and pains in the back, and the most agonizing headaches. No one knows what I endured. Often I was sick to the stomach, and every little while I would be too sick to go to work, for three or four days; I work in a large store, and I suppose stand- ing on my feet all day made me worse. ““At the snfgnflon of a friend of E mothers I began to take Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- pound, and it is simply wonderful. I felt better after the first two or threp doses ; it seemed as though a weight was taken off my lho:l%efl; I con- tinued its use until now I can tcuth- fully say I am entirely cured. Young rls who are always paying doetor's fl}h without getting any{‘el as I did ght to take your medicine. It costs so much less, and it is sure to cure them.— Yours truly, ADELAIDE PRAHL, 174 St. Ann'’s Ave., New York City.” — of above latter !.. £5000 forfeit if :fi'll