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A FLYING MACHINE
WITH A PURPOSE.
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--~*-Charles F. Martin ..'Obtains- a
/ -Patent on a Monster War .'
';'X'i\'-'' : ' BALLOON. '
HER SPEED TWENTY MILES.
; .One- Man Can Operate It- and
• Leave the French Ship • •:.;
,y. '-■•.:•; -in His Wake.
Charles F. Martin, who is employed in
the claims department of the Southern Pa
" cific Company and lives, at 223 Mission
street, received : word Saturday \ lastythat.
the Patent Office had granted him a patent
on a flying machine on which he. has been
working for about two years.
The machine will consist" of two. main
parts, a hollow cylinder to be. inflated with
hydrogen gas; and a deck which will hang;
Charles P. ° Martin and His Flying
-.-.•= •*•■ Machine. * j-k* ."'? 7 : 'y
.--• [Sketched by a "Call " artist.]
suspended from the cylinder, and in which
will be placed the propelling machinery
and steering apparatus.
The hydrogen cylinder, which will sus
tain the weight of the remainder of the
machine will be 200 feet long, IS feet in
diameter and pointed at both ends, with
three valves, one at the top to release hy
drogen and two at the bottom to pump hy
drogen into the cylinder.
The deck will be fifty feet long and six feet
deep, and will- be suspended by an invisi
ble framework -which will extend upward
inside the = cylinder its full length and half
its depth.. It will have gently sloping
ends and sides to reduce friction.; The
bottom of the deck will .be bamboo, clad
with aluminum •plates..' Its sides.'. will' be ;
of the same material as the' cylinder and
fastened on the under edge's of the. deck.
The cylinder will consist of two. parts., an
Inner envelope of the finest grade, of pon
gee silk, with two coats of a secret receipt
composition varnish, and an Outer en-'.
velope of canvas covered with a specially :
prepared : wax. . °. „\',v .•-.'••0.-' .:• .'^ •'*.•.
At the rear, extremity of the .cylinder will : '
be placed the rudder, which, will be worked
by two ropes, one !on each, side, the same
as on a ship. It will be 11 feet long and 11 .
feet- broad, with rounded- corners,. arid :
will be* constructed of aluminum covered;
with silk. . ■'•,": /.'-/.."'. •.•?."•• '*.'•" '•"::.••
The propelling 'power-.' will be .'-'screw 8
feet in diameter,, with six . blades and ;an
outer rim of aluminum. It will have a.
"pitch" of 14 feet — that is, it will make one
revolution while the. machine .moves for- .
ward 14 feet. The. -shaft on which the
screw will revolve • will be of steel and
hollow. • y " '■ '77 '. . '" ••'■ :-V .-■;' ■ •-. ■
The lifting power - of; hydrogen -.'.is. "-15- .
pounds •to each 1000, feet," but this ma
chine's carrying 3 power .is: figured oh a .
basis of 65 pounds, to provide for discrep- .
ancies in calculation. All : things token
. into consideration, the machine will weigh ' ■
2500 pounds and it is credited with a car
rying capacity of 2900 pounds. 7.7 ."• 7- 7■ '<
One man can handle the 'Martin-' ma
chine, but as.there is about 250 •pounds of
carrying capacity, to be utilized, ballast- :
■ will- be used ; and, when operated in strat
egy, can be thrown overboard to increase
speed in rising out of harm's way. '". '.'..'.• ,
The . Martin machine is ; designed", for ,
speed primarily and J was patterned after ■
the Whitehead fish torpedo. •It will make;
twenty miLes an hour. ; Unlike- flying ma- :
chines in use now there will be no ropes or
net work on the outside of the cylinder;
but every part which comes in contact with
the atmosphere in its progress will present
a smooth surface. " c
Charles Juli, an Alsatian, who stole from
the French War Department the model of
their war balloon, attempted to sell the
model to this Government, but 3 C failed, and
hearing of Martin's machine, came here
and introduced himself to Mr. Martin.
Mr. Martin is thankful now that he did
not go into partnership with Juli, as such !
action would have jeopardized his chances !
of : accomplishing his great ambition j
acceptance by this Government of his j
balloon as the model for a war balloon, j
The French war ballon makes but thirteen
miles an hour. y y y»
The motive power will be neither steam'
nor electricity, although either could be
used, but will be something new, and will i
not be disclosed till the machinery for its
use is made and patented. r
Mr. Martin has concluded arrangements 7
for the expenditure of $10,000 in " building \
| bis machine, and will rent a building" in '
Alameda County probably in which' to do
the work. _•'_.'-'- ■ .- ■
"A OYOLE OP CATHAY."
Five Chinese Students From San Jose
Visit This City Yesterday.
Five students from the Chinese Meth
odist Mission in ° San; Jose came up 'from
the Garden City on their bicycles fester
day. They were: Lee Fong, captain of
the squad ; Wong Gong, Chow Gong, Ung
Foni; and " Chan 100 Kwa. Messrs.. Lee
fqjpg and Wong Gong ; were .dressed am
bi^T^ers and sweaters— in fact*, in full
wheel -suits ; but the other three were in
regulation * Chinese dress blouse, % wide
trousers and queue. ° •'.*.•*•;•
A'viTongh the young, men were good
riders, they 7 made a sensation' as they
pedaled through the streets. In- China
town , | which | they visited", .. the San - Jose
wheelmen about paralyzed ° their country
men into chattering imbecility -By the
unusual spectacle they presented. •'.-'.
Coming • up they lost ■ their wav, and*
were over three * hours on the road". The
'Chinese cyclists crossed the bay j and.* re
turned home by the eastern route. -. y :
of Salmon Fishers. ° !
!'V_y"Departure .
[ The bark Harvester sailed yesterday for the;
Karluk canneries with a; large company of
salmon fishers on board, and the scene on Mis
sion-street wharf reminded she old resident of
the early days when the passenger-carrying
clipper sailed away. The dock was- crowded
. Highest of all in Leavening- Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report .
ABSOLUTELY PURE
with the relatives of the departing fishermen
and many affecting scenes took place between
the fishermen and their families left behind.
The Harvester took a union crew after an In
effectual attempt to get cheaper men.
AN.' EXOITING>BTJ_TAWAY.
Theatrical -Properties and Plate -.G.
in the; Wreck.
There was a runaway" on Stockton 'street
shortly after a o'clock.yesterday. afternoon
y after 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon
that wrecked $200 worth of theatrical
properties, a $300 plate-glass window . and
came very hear killing two men. .'.
Five drops and eight set pieces twenty
eight feet long were on an express wagon
coming down Stockton street- to the Wig
wam stage entrance.' lt was the scenery for
the "Sea Queen" and was to have been un
loaded at the stage door, but.in' the tilting
.forward and backward • one of 'the. long
drops struck one -.of." the horses .on the
-head. '■■-. The horse;' broke into a run, his
mate following, and instead of stopping at
the Wigwam the "Sea Queen"' in gauze
and tinsel went on • down the street at. a
headlong pace . "..-■''
.;.' .-Fortunately. there was no car in the way
.when. O'Farrell street was reached and the
crossing was passed safely, while . the pace :
grew faster arid* -the long drops tipped
harder .and harder against the heads of the
crazed team. The grade became more
even on the. next block and the team
swerved one side and i dashed '. straight
toward J. F. Plum el's place at 18 Stockton
street. Two men stood on the sidewalk,
A corner of one of the drops knocked one
man's.- hat off and , grazed the other's
.shoulder. Then there w as a crash of glass
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and with the front of the shattered proper
ties sticking into -Mr. Plumel's window
the team stood trembling on the side
walk. ■■•■ .;•- • •■
The wrecked shell- of the "Sea Queen"
and the painted gauze and tinsel were
picked up and taken back to the Wigwam,
where men worked all night to repair the
damages. • Mi*. Plumel is wondering who
is to pay for his window.
THE SLOUGH CITY AROUSED.
Stockton People Are All En
• thusiastic Over the '
y ; ': '■-..'■ New Road. ■:, Y\Y :
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Will Now Go Ahead, and Build
'.":••. ..'the. Baldwin. lsland. "' _ * :-:
•"" Canal. ■"V|-.-'T-V , '"'y-.-.- :
" .'--Stockton. people in town. bring- down re
ports of the great enthusiasm aroused in
that city over the decision of : the directors
of the new road to begin work there.
They tell of the disappearance of. all' the
feeling, of discouragement over hard times
and the rousing up of the Silurians-
J Gambetta, a prominent real estate
dealer of Stockton, who is staying at the
Lick House, said last evening: :
We. are all feeling as if we were newly born.
The. decision of the directors, has given new
life to/everything up there I expect to see the
town increase very greatly in population in the
near future.. The feeling of enthusiasm among
all .classes is. very strong and everything is
brightening ! up. .-•■ The • people, feel encouraged
.and- have forgotten .air-about the hard times:
You can hear no more complaints on that
score. There is not a soul in. the whole city of
Stockton that . does V not feel as if there was
something in store for him. Of course ours has :
for a long time been alive, active town. '7-.
... But you have nothing to complain of here.v I
was astonished, at the change in this, city since
. I was here last. Probably I notice it more
than one who is here ah the time.
You should -see how- our old Silurians have •
been' wake up. .Men who have never been
known to take any interest in the public good
are now among the most enthusiastic
But we* are not going to be satisfied with the
competing road. -We need a ship canal from
Baldwin Island to Stockton, and now we are
going ■'■ to have it. ' It would shorten tnedia- •
tance for the steamers to San Francisco about
twenty-five miles, and save three or four hours
in time, and this will make a great difference
; in. bringing perishable products down to the
market. The cost will be only about $400,000,
' and with the public spirit aroused by this com
peting railroad we will have no trouble in
raising that: It was to enable the city of Stock
ton to carry out- this enterprise that the bill
which passed- the Legislature to authorize
cities to expend, money outside their corporate
.limits.for drainage was introduced. '"-'-■ ' „ '
James A Morrisey, president of the .
. Stockton Board of Trade - and ..one of < the '
' subscribers to the stock' of the new road, is
stopping at the Baldwin, .where., he has
been ill with the grip. . He was very much
elated at the hews that- the new road : =
would make a beginning at his city. . He
said yesterday :
We have subscribed $100,000, as you know,
and, if necessary, could raise. another $100,
--000,1 have no doubt, for the purchase of land
for depot, switches and other.facilities... We
can give the road rights of way- down to the
water front without any trouble. '
The city owns half a mile of water front,
which it has no power to sell. This brings us
in now a revenue of over $60,000 a year. We
are all very anxious to have a competing road.
Of course, we are not. fighting the.Southern
Pacific Company, nor are they fighting us,
now. We are on friendly terms and have been
for the past six years. Previous to that we had
been fighting a good deal,' but W. H.Mills
brought about a more amicable feeling at that
time, and we have as many privileges from
them as we could expect. ..""■■•
INTEBEST IN BIGGY'S •• OHABGES.
Much •_ Speculation as to. the * Grand
7.'7--: . Jury's Action. - - - '-
. Much interest is manifested in the re
assembling" of - the Sacramento Grand Jun
to-day and many conjectures are indulged
in as to its" probable action relative to the
charges by Senator Biggy of corruption in
the recent Legislature; y V .' '..
During the week which has elapsed since
the temporary adjournment of * the Grand
Jury several* of its members, including
i Foreman.La Rue, have spent considerable
j time 'in - this ; city investigating, so ]■' it •is
said, in a quiet way the Senators charges.
I .The report is ; current. that a number of
men said to be' familiar with the, methods
of legislative.' manipulation have r been in
terviewed*, by the Grand ] Jurymen, and I a
sensation is expected soon after that body
•meets.: . y.y yy. V " ■',-• "'■'•- - '■' . ' *
" Around the hotels last night' it was said
that "Young. Dutehy'' had remarked in the
barroom of . the 'Grand Hotel that he > had
"been; before the [.foreman of the Sacra
mento ; Grand Jury and had told what he
•knew." The individual t credited ' with the
remark denies it, however. ' -y 7 .;
Senator Biggy when seen at his residence
I la.st evening could not add anything in the
; line of positive information". ; He said:
• I' fully expected that the " matter would have
been taken up immediately upon the • adjourn
j ment of the Legislature. It was < not, however,
i so far as I know, , and; now <I' do not know
j whether it is to be investigated; at; all or not.
| So far as I am personally concerned 'I * have
j made the charges and I am ready to go before
any Grand Jury at any time and substantiate
I them. 7 1 have not yet been called upon by the
j Grand Jury nor have I received any intimation
I that I will.be summoned. 7, .., .*- 7." .- „ "•' '-..-' "."?:
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1895.
THE ATTEMPTED
GRAB EXPLAINED.
Clarke; Says ; He Can Prove
/: . the Government Patents -yy
Fradulent. :
; SIXTY-EIGHT APPLICATIONS.
Many Speculators Very Anxious
, • ' to Relinquish .Their. Hope.. ...*_
'..';.?':• y." -.. OF" WEALTH." .'.' . • 7 7.
Nearly everybody has heard Of Colonel
Mulberry Sellers, the man who saw mil
lions in every , venture he made. This
affable, ijappy-go-lucky fellow finds a
pleasing reproduction in the person of
"Nobby" Clarke, famous in more ways
than one y
The Ga%li of yesterday contained an ac
count of- a great land "grab" is being
attempted by. various : persons presumably
at the instigation of Mr. Clarke/ Whether
these persons who are seeking to gain pos
session of valuable properties in South San
Francisco and in-' certain sections of San.
Mateo County are prompted by Mr. Clarke
; or are acting for. themselves cuts very little
figure, since Mr. Clarke is the attorney for
them and is to receive three-fourths of
what might be gained. '
.. In addition to this gold-lined contract, it
is stated, and Mr. Clarke aid not deny the
charge yesterday, that each applicant for a
homestead agrees to pay Mr. Clarke the
apparently small sum of 10 cents an acre
a month until the claim is allowed. Ex
actly sixty-eight people have -filed applica
tions for homesteads in the . Land Office,
though quite a number of them have made
two, and in several instances three separ
ate applications. It is easily seen what a
"soft thing" Mr. Clarke has, if, as alleged,
his clients pay 10 cents an acre each month.
Giving every applicant the full allotment"
of» 160 acres, and not counting those who
have made more than one application, Mr.
Clarke would be the recipient monthly of
the almost princely sum of $1188. This, of
MAP SHOWING THE ORIGINAL GRANTS. I^^
[Clark's present suit is for land located in the space marked "Pueblo Lands of San Fran
cisco." Nearly all of the sixty-eight applications filed at the. Land Office call for lands in the
Pueblo of San Francisco, public lands of San Mateo County and the Buri Burt, San Pedro
and Corral deTierra ranches. 7 The place marked "Barzick" is three miles from the coast.
All of this land was patented from 1861 to 1871.] . ; /•' -7
course, is in additiou to the ironbound
agreement containing the dreadful : three
quarter clause. :; yy-yy 7 • .V ...'.' ■''■: •..'■.:",•:
The legal aspect of the case, so far as the
Federal Government in its relation to Mr.
Clarke is ; concerned, is very simple, yHe
has done nothing that would place him in
conflict with the law, for he has an unques
tioned right to act as attorney for any one
who might apply to him. Mr. Clarke has,
however, done | this: He has "made every
one of his clients violate the law in signing
an agreement to .'.'pay;' him in gold coin of
the United States,' 75 -per centof-theiame,
which is the , value of t { he land gained.", yy
: Many of these applicants for homesteads
are considerably wrought up over their un
fortunate < legal » difficulty and * are making
every effort in their power to right them
selves. One lady, who refuses to allow her
name '. published, has * been to the office of
Mr. Clarke f several times to .. secure the' pa
pers Clarke gave her gto | sign. Just what
was ; in s that paper i she '-' says she does not
know, though!; she '•' affirms j positively that
the words "75 per cent" -were read to her.
The ; attorney at first made excuses for not
giving ;up the" paper, and finally, flatly re
fused to \ part with '. it/on "i the ground . that
the lady - desired to take it to the office bf
Land Agent V Dunn. -. She disclaimed any
such purpose." and E | to show her ' good faith
requested that J the document be burned in
her presence. Clarke absolutely refused to
do this, and the lady.is still minus a paper
bearing 5? her signature, the ■ contents.; of
which she does not know. y" 7
lyi; have nothing whatever to do 7 with
, these people; who * have ; tiled f applications i
for homesteads," said \ Clarke _ yesterday ,1
•.'.'except in my capacity as [ attorney. The
ethics of the profession do ' not - allow 7me
ordinarily to ';- discuss a. client's business,
and if 2 any one of them has beentahung
for the benefit of the public, that 7 is 7 their
affair and not mine. ■'.';,' •"'
-"I do not object to saying, however, that
I feel perfectly confident of winning, for
all my clients, a valuable ! home. About
four years ago I bought a piece Of property
in South ■ San Francisco -.- that - has ' since
been *.. in y litigation. , The ' ' peculiarities * of
this case compelled me to. go into all the
old records to get at the bottom .of ; it. In
looking up this case of mine, I came across
a lot of irregularities in , former 'J grants. I
found that before : the "{ question 7of i the
Puebla's " war ' difficulty was - settled,- the
Federal I Government j*j had issued three
patents one to - Francis Read .: for; sixty
acres, another to the Hollingsworth heirs
for fifty-seven acres, and to Patrick Rogers
152 acres more or less. • ._ .-' ; -<.*
7 .Under the Mexican law a puebla or town
was entitled to four leagues square, and it
was before these questions were settled; by ■
our Government that the .patents were
issued. 7 The * law is ' very clear on that
point. It forbids the issuing of a patent
on any land under dispute.; San Francisco
claims a grant for j. four • leagues square,
which is quite different from four J square
leagues. .. I. am right about it and will win
but in the end. •■y'7 . ..■,;•
"Now the State of California has issued
four patents which are • illegdf . ; On page
600 of the Statutes of 1863, is a law which
says.that a patent cannot be granted to a
person, unless the applicant files an oath
of : allegiance to the State of California, I
have examined, the records carefully and
these oaths are not on file, nor have they
ever been filed. ;'.
• "I will not describe the property we ex
pect to get, though you may say it is valu
able. •• I do ' not admit that any Spring
Valley -Water Company property ■' is .in
volved, neither will I deny it." 7
'•'■ The ' following are the names and ad
dresses of the persons who have filed ap
plications? for homestead. Some of them
do not live in San Francisco and one or
two give their address as 230 Douglass
street, the home of Mr. Clarke.
Mark Weil, 921; McAllister street;. Emma
Clarke, 414 Bartlett; D. M. DeLaney, 520%
O'Farrell; J. G. Underwood, 520 O'Farrell ;
John D. Barton,-. 15% Oak Grove: avenue;
Charles A. Benzick, 773 Harrison; George E.
Golden, 236% Oak; A. J. Cloud, 327 Jessie; E.
S. McLellan, Trenton, Cal.; James Hurley, 853
Harrison; Menno Eden, 1018 Twentieth ; James
P. Briggs, 310 Pine; Robert E. Mooney , 321
Ellis; A. Anthony, 1906 Market; T. J. Duggan,
914 Jackson ; Grace Annis, 11% Page ; Daniel S.
Brockwav, 1042% Folsom; Thomas L. Comyns,
326% Seventh; E. Hartley, 2823 Sixteenth;
Samuel Gnlbraeth, 440 Guerrero ; Miss Ethel
Clarke (two applications), 230 Douglass; Mrs.
Maggie Beeves, 605 Post; B. C. Mooney, 321
Ellis: W. F. Golden, 1436 Twentieth ; S. Gordon,
908K Jackson ; Charles Ellis (two), 9 South
Broderick ; James Galbraeth (two applications),
1741. Mission; Frank Btaeglick (two), 1126
Howard; Mrs. Lizzie Clarke, no address; Allen
L. Clarke, 225 Douglass; William C. Galbraeth
446 Guerrero. , * "-•'."
-".Mary; J. Baettie, 711 Howard street; James
.Cunningham, no address; Sarah Gordon, 908l£
Jackson; Timothy. Hurley; 230 Douglass; Cath
erine Wallace. 5% Glover; | Mary A. Mosher, 4
Oak Grove i avenue; George W. Metzger, 86334
Market;- James « B. ; Lauthan, 209 Seventh;
James White, - Douglass 'fl and Twenty-first;
Elijah P. McKnew, 1017 Nineteenth; James C.
Butcher, 1428 Market; ; Homer C. Dray. 1041
Mission ; Beele Dash wood, 546 Minna;' Hester
A. Knelt, Seventh avenue; South San Francisco ;
Hilda Barton, 546 Minna; .^Thomas Anderson,
30Ritch; Joseph ' C. Hall' St.* Nicholas Hotel
James Annis, 11}£ - Page; -Frederick Williams,
321 Ellis; Andrew McW. Martin, 446 Guerrero;
James W. Donnelly, 6 Eddy; ,C. W. Havward,
1021 Golden Gate avenue : I Lewis F. Ewell, 436
Minna; ; James Aird, 562 Bryant;' Samuel
Gregory, 421 . Larkin;;; John •■ C. Rierdon, 6
Cortland .• avenue; ; James F. Robinson, 1003 a
McAllister: Charles Hurley, Concord. Cal.; D.
W. NcNeil, 823 Jessie ;; James H. Barley, 1113
Howard; Adolphus M. Barley, 1113)_ Howard;
George M. Barley, 1113^ Howard; « Ludlow
Chambers, Visalia, Cal.-, William D. Lambert,
1221 Market; 7 William *- Munce, V 343 - Beale ;
Charles H. Chambers, 109 Powell street.
• Clarke , is a": familiar ; character *? in ' San
Francisco. Two years ago -he was impris
oned for * contempt? of * court, j | and he has
managed to keep himself -before the public
ever :■ since. Some ; of * his i clients are very,
indignant _at : his refusal to give up the
agreements y they j". signed and ."• threaten
trouble. Any action which they may .take
will be watched with great interest, mainly
because Clarke is interested. -; "■".'. 7 7'
The army of Bolivia- costs the people of
that impoverished country $1,800,000 a year.
y ."If -you* don't take Langley's Directory,
you don't get the names." Out Monday. ■ *,
LINGERS BETWEEN
LIFE AND DEATH.
Dr. Plouf Showed Some : Signs
of Improvement Yes- ". '
" terday. x
MCGAUGHEY MAKES DENIALS;
He ;7 Promises Astonishing De
velopments When His Trial ''77
Comes Off.
..The shooting of Dr. J. E. Plouf in front
of the Columbian building, 916 Market
street, on Saturday . afternoon : by J. D. L.
McGaughey, formed a live topic of conver
sation yesterday. 7. .-',' ; . '■-.
' Dr. Plouf lingers between life and death
in .the Waldeck Sanitarium with the
chances very much in favor of the latter
Everything that medical skill could devise
has been done for him. by ..the physicians
in attendance. The most dangerous wound
is the . one': in his abdomen, and unless
something almost miraculous happens
it will prove fatal. , No one is permitted to
see him. y, ' '"':'-
McGaughey when seen yesterday wa_
anxious to hear whether his victim was
dead or alive. He expressed himself as
satisfied that he ' would never be convicted
as he acted in self-defense. .. .**
"I did not know Dr. Plouf personally
in ; Seattle,'-' said, he, ."but from .my posi
tion as Deputy County Clerk I.know con
siderable of him. He was arrested for
malpractice, and as clerk of. the court I had
the tiling of the papers in the suit. Plouf
assaulted the wife of Thomas. Dempsey of
the Evening Times', and Dempsey and
Thomas Kehough, his brother-in-law, gave
him a terrible beating and two ladies horse
whipped him. _ That led to a libel suit oy
the doctor against Dempsey. I also filed
papers in that suit. Dempsey charged the
doctor with enticing young girls into his
private office.
"Plouf, I suppose, knew that. I was the
clerk of the court and that I was conse
quently possessed of these facts. I left
Seattle before Plouf and came here, but
shortly afterward I went up ' north to ad
minister an estate and then returned to
Seattle. By that time Plouf had gone to
San Francisco.
"I came here again last June and bought
an interest in PJouf's business. I was
there three months, and when I found out
the man's character I retired ;. from the
business, but have never vet got the money
back that I put into it. 1 was not an em
ploye of the doctor, as has been erroneously
stated. - - _ ■ . . ..-.-.,
"After I retired C. S. Johnson put $1000
into Plouf' s business, but like me he soon
retired. As he could not get. his money
back he sued the . doctor and was a wit
ness in the case. Since that time Plouf
has been persistently persecuting me and
trying to drive me out of the city. •
.."He blamed me for having him arrested,
a few month s-.agb'for. practicing without a
license, but.l had nothing .to do with it.
The action was brought by Dr. Wadsworth,
secretary of the State Board of Medical
Examiners'. . . y
. "The charge preferred against me and
. Wilson by Plouf :of attempting, by verbal
threats,; to extort money from the hus
bands of lady correspondents ,is utterly
false. I never went through, his waste
paper basket and. pasted pieces of letters
together, nor did I ever open his private
letters. .It is part of his persecution to
drive me out Of the city. °
"When my trial comes off, if it should :
go that far," there ' will . be ' developments,
.that will astonish people. . I decline to say
what- they are 7at present, but will reserve
that for the. triaL y
"I am a married man. My wife is a
daughter of the United States-Commis
sioner in Seattle. She left here two weeks
ago for Seattle, ! as her-. mother was very
sick. It is hot true that I was an embez
zler while Deputy County Clerk there.
That was proved to be a mistake." 7
'"■'■ Inquiry ..last- night at : the ..-institution
where l)r: Plouf lingers revealed that dur
ing the day . the . patient rallied consider
ably and that there '.were even favorable
symptoms,
: : "Of. course," said. Dr. Rosencrantz, who
was in charge; "the. case is a very, very.
delicate one and- it is difficult to tell : from
. one hour ' to another what may happen.
Dr. Plouf has a strong constitution and he
may pull through. Then again he might
collapse at any time and if the latter op-,
curred all that we . could look for would be
the worst. It is a hopeful sign, though,
that the rally has .continued so font; as it
has." •- - ■
AT THE PARK,
Striking Costumes of the Bicycle Riders.
Arrested for Fast Riding—Bril
liant Equipages.
.. So-great were the 'crowds that at first?
glance it would appear that San Francisco
emptied itself into Golden Gate Park and
on the ocean beach yesterday afternoon.
The air was warm, calm and serene; na
ture was most inviting. There was an un
usually large : number of handsome equi
pages on the; driveways, and the display
generally was brilliant and gorgeous. 7 ■>-.'
The wheelmen and wheelwomen were
out in full force. The costumes of ; the lat
ter were as pretty in some instances as they
were • ridiculous in others; J .There I were
young ladies in full, blowing skirts, divided
skirts, short skirts and some without skirts
at all. A few attempted bloomers, and one
young lady, wearing jersey tights, a white
sweater and . a natty little cap of the same
material, sped ' along ;on her wheel, hotly
pursued by a dozen young men similarly
vehicled. To make the effect of her cos
tume .; more picturesque her hair, ; which
was golden, hung gracefully down her
back. The . mounted police took to * the
woods. ' 7 ■..■'. yy',' ■■, ; y. .-,--; i
.7 Two men were arrested yesterday for
riding furiously through the park. '; They
were D. Cooney, living at 1026 Oak street,
and E. McSweeney ; of 2 \ Sanchez street.
Cooney said -he was an extra fireman ? and
exhibited ia 7 badge. He thought that :by
reason of .his position as a fireman he and
his companion were entitled to the right
of way. The police held a different opin
ion, however, and the horsemen were .taken
to the. police station ,* where they were re
leased on $40 cash bail. V A charge of fast
driving has been placed against them. ■'•.-•
Trilby P. 6.
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The Postmaster-General, as the official
godfather 7of all new ipostoffices,7 is occa
sionally \ called .on to act : as sponsor for
strangely named infants. The most recent
case '-■ comes ? from , Ohio, where 7 the inhab
itants of ' an otherwise reputable settlement
desire to have their town called Trilby.
7 Various i constructions may be put on
this conduct. It may be a delicate intima
tion that this is a town that "gets there
with both feet," or that it wishes to pose
as a model to all the world. But the appli
cation' should be refused. In the language
of Professor Nordau, it has the stigmata of
the J degenerate. Trilby is • not a • proper
name for a Western postoftice. :-■"' '■"". '
iy: Should >- such a'; name lbe sanctioned :by
official , authority there is mo knowing to
what % extremes ;, ; : other Western faddists
might i go. : Decadents 7in the unripened
West:- might wish to rename their prosaic
Brownsvilles : and r * Jonesburgs, \ and £ call
them Dodo and Ibsen. There would be
nothing to prevent a town ; calling itself a
Kreuzer Sbnata^^^^_!^£^"
S"'Tt lis I better to resist ' in the 7 beginning.
We owe a debt to ■ posterity. In that debt
is | included the T duty of j protecting -" them
from being . born ?in » a"? town 7 named : for a
►passing fad.— New York World. - 7' ■- 7* y : Sf
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75 dozen LADIES' CHAMOIS GLOVES, all
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J 250 dozen LADIES' BALSAU'S « BIARRITZ
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50 dozen LADIES' CARRIAGE PARASOLS,
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Prices $1.00, $1.25, $1.50, $1.75, $2.00,
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BOGUS BUTTER - MAKEES.
: The 'State 'Dairy Bureau. Will
Start on the Warpath
-- '.'.'■•■.'" in May. y '
The Law Regulating the Sale
■ and Control of the Imita
tion. Product. ...', ;
The State Dairy Bureau, consisting of L.
Tomasini (chairman), Thomas Flint Sr.
and George W. Burbank, has issued a cir
cular letter asking the < co-operation of the
public in the contest against dealers in
bogus dairy " products.' The ; members of
the bureau are practical dairymen, as the
act authorizing their appointment requires,
and do their work without compensation.
Concerning the enforcement of the act to
prevent deception in . the manufacture of
butter and cheese the circular reads as fol
lows: '-'y-y
The State' Dairy Bureau hereby notifies the
public that on and after May 1, A. D. 1895, it
will proceed to the rigorous enforcement of the
law enacted on the 9th of March, 1895, for the
prevention of deception in the manufacture
and sale of butter and of cheese.
The following are the principal features of the
law: . \-■ -■■- ,-.'.. y■ ■■ ■" 7 -
The coloring yellow •of - oleomargarine or
other Imitation . product is absolutely prohib
ited. And the possession of, sale of, or offering
to a patron for consumption of such imitation
product when colored yellow is a misdemeanor.
The use of the words "butterine," "dairy,"
"creamery," or of dairy symbols in connection
with the sale or advertisement of the Imitation
product is absolutely prohibited. y ;
In the handling of the imitation product, the
manufacturers, shippers, carriers, wholesalers
and retailers, peddlers," bakers, hotel, restau
rant and boarding-housekeepers must comply
with certain regulations .as to the labeling of
the packages, the specification by printed state
ment of the contents and , the proper notifica
tion of the purchaser, consumer or patron. ;.«
i : Other provisions of the law invalidate a con
tract made in violation of the act. prohibit the
use of imitation products in charitable institu
tions, make the effacement of labels and marks
a misdemeanor, provide what is evidence of in
tention to violate the act, authorize the ; State
Dairy Bureau to make use of the search war-*
rant, require the District Attorney to prosecute
and the informer to receive half of the fines,
and establish a State Dairy Bureau for the pe
. riod of two years and with a fund of $12,000,
for the enforcement of the act. ; .."-.■ _.;>
* Violation of j any of the provisions of the act
is a misdemeanor, and a | first offense is pun
ishable by a fine of not less than $50 nor more
than $150, or by imprisonment for not more
than thirty days; ana subsequent offenses are
punishable by a fine of not less than $150 nor
more i than - $300, or by imprisonment from
thirty days to six months, or by both.
r The provisions of this law have been . sus
tained in the highest courts of : all. the several
States in which it has been enacted, as well as
in the Supreme Court of the United States.
'•*:■ THE TBUEyMA-T.
Dr. Cook Describes Him at the Y. M. C.
A. Meeting.
Rev. H. A. Cook of Boston delivered
the • regular .Sunday afternoon - lecture '.to
the Young Men's Christian Association
yesterday. . . : .'! •. ° • ';;
:• Before beginning his lecture he spoke of
the celebration in the East ; next Wednes
day in honor of * his old friend 'I Dr. Smith,
the hymn-writer and author of "America."
The.subiect of the lecture ; was "The True
Man— What are the characteristics of the
true man? 1 ' _
" In giving illustrations from history of
great men he referred to Solomon and < the
temptations he was beset with in his great
ness. 7 Quoting i the words, "Know thou
that for all these I things I God will bring 1
thee into judgment'," he said:; "1 wish that
I could thunder these words ; into the ears
of the 50,000 people out .there; at V. the park
' to-day." The elements of the true man,
he '» said, were % honesty, industry, courtesy
and Christianity. -yyyyy ■■■': ''_ -"■.". y;-.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29, 1895.
This is to certify that I have subjected
the Antoinette Depilatory to a thorough R
chemical - analysis and I find it to be
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. ° ' ' <*■ Analytical Chemist. °
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