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The Supreme Court has announced its willing ness to give immediate consideration to the several contested points, If properly pre sented. Steps have been taken to have this done, and it must be done tills week, because one week from Monday the members of the court will leave for Los Angeles to hold their winter term. Attorney-General Hart was interviewed on behalf of the people, and has been hard at work in prep .ring the necessary affidavit to have the case heard by the Justices by means of a petition for a writ of review. He had prepared the affidavit on Friday, bat after consultation with District Attor ney Birnes, Barclay Henley and Judge Wallace, it was thought better to enter more into the details of the case in the peti tion. Between the different parties It has been agreed ti have tie case presented in the form of accepted and agreed facts, upon which the Supreme-Court will be asked" to rule ln accordance with the law and the rulings of previous court?. The Supreme Court wa3 ready yesterday to hear the case, and some of the Justices were around until late In the afternoon, but the necessary papers In the case were not tiled. The Attorney-General, with the as sistance of the District Attorney, had com pleted bis labors in drawing up the petition embodying all the facts of the empanelment of the Grand Jury and the subsequent pro ceedings in Judge Murphy's department. The petition grew from a simple document covering a few pages to a massive paper containing over 7000 words. Besides the facts of the case, all the legal questions in volved are succinctly stated. The document would have been filed and heard yesterday morning had the other side agreed, bat when it was submitted Creed I lay mond and C. Ben Darwin, counsel for Dick Chute, asked for time in which to make a review of ihe contents nf the peti tion before they would subscribe to the agreed fails. To-morrow Attorney-General Hart is compelled to be in .Sacramento, but will return by Tuesday morning, by which time th** papers will be all ready (or filing. The Supreme Court will hear the case as soon as the papers are tiled. There is some talk among people interested in seeing Judge Wallaco upheld and the Grand Jury sus tained of employing one of the ablest law yers of the city, in order to assist in main taining the rights of the people. ON THEIR TRACK. The Grand Jury Is Also After the Legis lative Combine. The fact of the Grand Jury's le gality being questioned by Judge Mur phy's lengthy decision does not, how ever, seem to affect Its individual mem bers, and while the boodlers' lawyers are busily engaged in preparing papers and briefs to knock It out, the grand jurors nre equally busy In taking slops to ferret out th.- best way to put the boodlers into the hole. The Grand Jury has already consid ered the Bruner bribery scandal and the MeCall-Ot inger conspiracy, both of whicli formed part of the unsavory records of the last Legislature. For the next case which it will investigate, and for the bearing of which the leading Jurors for some time have been making the most carefr.l investigation, some have al ready obtained a great mass of Information. The work which has been done has been dove beastly, and it is stated that tbe jury has in it- possession facts which it can prove, and which if made public would make mauy of the boodlers tremble, and would add to the contingent of politicians at present preparing to bravo the winter of Canada. The next cases which will be investigated by the Grand Jury will be the legislative scandals in Sacramento regarding the Sena torial combine, the waste-paper basket in cident in which ex-Judge Dibble figured, and the Glenn County Bill. In which 825,000 is said to have been distributed as spoils to feed the greedy maws nt rapacious legisla tors. That the Grand Jury has started on a wholesale investigation of this character there is no doubt, acting under the Instruc tions id Judge Wallace that the grand jurors can investigate transactions which took place In another county, provided a part of such transaction occurred in San Francisco. The trails that the Grand Jury were placed on by the revelations of George W. Faylor, who knew the inside ot the legislative com bine, have been closely lollowed by the grand jurors and their agents, and nu as tounding result is said to have been ob tained. The grand jurors propose to go to the bottom of these odious and shady trail tactions, no matter whose reputations are soiled by the disclosures of the truth, and the placing of the iiuger of justice upon the guilty parties. That the Grand Jury has started on this great mission of exposing public corruption was evidenced yesterday by the great mass of subpeuas which were filed in Judge Wallace's court-room at the request of the foreman of the Grand Jury. District At torney Barnes appeared belore Judire Wal lace and had a consultation with the pre siding Judge. After the consultation and the opening of the court he asked the Judce to sign the subpoenas which he held iv his haul, and order them transmitted to their proper Sheriffs for service. The following were the persons to whom some of the subpeuas were directed : George .1. Campbell, Solano; H. B. Campbell, Siskiyou; Thomas Eraser, El Dorado; F. S. Sprague, Yolo; J. W. Kagsdale, Sonoma; £11 liciiiil-oii. Alameda; YV. E. Darkle, Alameda; William Simpson, Alameda; < Jennie *i. Gouebet, Fresno; W.C. lialley, Santa Clara. and Lieuten ant-Governor HeddlcK. Two subpenas were is- Mied for lteddic*, one for Sacramento and tlie other for San Andreas. Ail are returnable beloie the Grand Jury on the Olli lust. Besides these a mass of subpenas were filed for local service. Dick Chute's Case. The Grand Jury has as yet made no com plaint to Judge Wallace in the matter ot Dick Chute's second disobedience of its summons. The jurors thought it best to await the Supreme Court's disposition of Chute's first rase, when it will be heard on a writ of review on Tuesday. Alter that decision the second case will be given im mediate consideration. Decisions Sustained. New York, Oct. 3.— ln the decision of the Board of United States Appraisers in the case of Mendelsohn Bros. vs. the Col lector at San Francisco, the action of the Collector Is affirmed and the protest over ruled In the matter of duty on several cases of silk baudkercbiels. In the case of Ed win R. Meserve vs. the Collector at Wil mington, Cal., on the measurement of pack ages containing oranges, the board holds the goods were properly measured and the Collector's ruling is affirmed. Will Challenge Heavy-Weights. a- ~ New Yoke, Oct. a.— Billy Madden re ceived a dispatch from the other side stat ing that Peter Matter, the heavy-weight champion of Great Britain, sailed from Queenstown yesterday for this city. Im mediately on bts arrival lie will issue a chal lenge to heavy-weights in this country, in cluding Corbeit and Fitzsimmcns. East Tennessee Convicts. K.soxvtLLE (Tenia.), Oct. ...—Judge Sueed of the Knox County Criminal Court has rendered a decision on a writ of habeas corpus brought by a convict to test the law In regard to leaning convicts, which. If af firmed by the Supreme Court, will cause all thu convicts in East Tennessee to be re moved to the State Penitentiary. Gould's Condition. New Youk. Oct. 3.— Jay Gould did not come downtown this morning. At bis office it was said the reports of his illness were exaggerated. While he is a sick mau. yet his trouble Is not at all serious. This morn ing he was said to have perceptibly Im proved. It Is expected lie will return tj business some time next week, THE MORNING CALL. SAN FRANCISCO. SUNDAY. OCTOBER 4. 1891-SIXTEEN PAGES. THE JEWISH NEW YEAR. Brilliant Services at All the Syn agogues. Programmes of the Music at Temple Emanu- El and Congregation Sherith Israel. A Large Attendance. The Jewish New Tear was celebrated yesterday, and the several places of wor ship in this city were largely crowded. All places of business owned by members of this faith were closed, and as that means a very large percentage, the business portion of the city looked as though a goodly por tion of it had taken a vacation. The month of Tishri, that commenced yesterday, is to the Hebrew people one of sacred days and religious devotion. The season of prayer continues until the Day of Atonement, which is the tenth day, and the Feast of the Tabernacles commences on the fifteenth day and continues for eight days. The "Day of Rejoicing of the Lord" fol lows. TEMPLE BMAITU-EL. At Temple Emanu-Ei the programme was especially brilliant. The music was adapted and arranged by Mine. Julie Rosewald. The principal pieces were from Mozart's Twelfth Mass, from Tours, and Mascagni's "Hallelujah" was sung for tne first time in this city. The choir consisted of the fol lowing ladies and gentleman: Mine. Julie Rosewald, soprano and cantor; Miss Jen nie Winston, soprano; Mrs. Ruth Abbey, soprano; Miss Anna Woods, alto; Miss May Thorne, alto; M. Jones, tenor; D. I*. Hughes, tenor; W. Batchelder. basso; George Harris, basso; Louis Schmidt, or ganist and musical director. The musical programme was as follows: florin (psalm), adapted trom Mozart; Mir ho mocbo, solo and clioius, l.owenstamm; Grand Keduslia (sanctus), supiauo solo aud chorus, comprised for tlie occasion by Louis Schmidt; Sen Sheoilin (psalm), "Lift Up Your Head.," soprano solo and double chorus, Mozart- ser mon; song from the oratorio, "Joseph In Egypt," tenor aria, Mr. Kuril. Union Ladonol (psalm), solos and chorus, I.oneusiamm; "Blow ing of the Horn" (Scholar), chorus, Sulzer; Amen, chorus, Mozart; Ashre and (Memo, cantor solo and cbotus, ancient melody; Grand Hallelujah, with soprano solo and chorus, i'lelru Maaeago. Rabbi Voorsanger's sermon was up to its usual standard of eloquence and ability. With the inspiration of a large and deeply attentive audience, he held his hearers closely for upward ot an hour, and the general verdict was that few had ever listened to a more profound discourse. "There are three propositions which agi tate man," said lie, "life, death and im mortality. Ol all days these conditions must strike home to-day. Every man and woman to-day conies forth from every haunt and condition of life for the consider ation of these three things. Time for this day goes by unheeded, and wo assemble to give expression to our belief in the God of Israel. We ate living in troublous times, when religion is a trial and God Is tried in the crucibles of reason, so-called. Whatever Is our belief, we nre given a chance to say to each other, even if we differ in other opinions, we still believe In the God of Israel. Let us not forget the importance of the future, however. Happy the man at death who can look Into his heart and iind it clean and happy, and bless the holy name of his God forever and ever." SHERITII ISRAEL. The synagogue of Congregation Sherltli Israel was likewise crowded to the limit to witness and participate In the splendid pro gramme prepared for tliu occasion. The service was very elaborate, and showed well the great care that had been taken In its arrangement. The choir was composed of a double quartet, aud was us follows : Max Rubin, cantor and musical director; Otto Fleissuer, organist Miss Alvimi M. Better, soprano soloist; Mrs. 11. Clark, alto soloist; quartet— Mrs. Schultz, soprano; Mrs. Mor row, alto; Mr. Werner, tenor; Mr. Sandy, basso. The following was the musical pro gramme: Kit Koiuncho, S'chma-echod, I. 'elm Adonol, 13orucii bhluysitu, Iludo al eroiz, Cuuddesh; duet. Mendelssohn's "Hymn of Praise," for soprano snd alio; Ylsgaddal, Sachrenn, Mlclioinocho, Klatto Klohemi, Urasholur, V'mtah, K'dushah. i lien ii, Psalm Ixxxl, Unjoin Haras oimn, Grand Hallelujah, K-u .1 llil. ilajoin, Kilkeloherm; "Mourner's Prayer," organ voluntary; "Adon Oloin Glorza," soprano solo and soprano and alto duel with grand choius; anthem, "We Bend the Knee." The sermon by Rabbi Falk Vidaver on the subject, "Life, as It Is Viewed by Other Nations and by Israel," was earuest, able and impressive. To-day Shofnr. which consists In the blowing of a ram's horn, with responses by the chorus, will be sung. The blast of the horn is to remind people of their sins com mitted during the year. BETH ISRAEL. The communicants of Congregation Beth Israel filled their new edifice on Geary street, near Octavia, to overflowing and listened lo a well arranged and entertaining programme. The sermon was delivered by Rabbi Levy. OIIAIIAI SHALOME. At the temple on Mason street, near Geary. Ohabai Shalome, the day was cele brated in like appropriate manner. David Meyerson, the cantor, assisted by I. Fader loin, conducted the usual service. There was no preaching. CHURCH FACTIONS. Action of the German Evangelical Conference on Charges Against Bishops. Indianapolis, Oct. 3. — Tho German Evangelical Conference, in session here, heard the statements of Bishops Esher and Bowman regarding the charges against them of which the committee exonerated them and another committee adjudged tbem guilty. A committee of fifteen delegates is now inquiring into the cases according to the laws of the church. The expulsion of Bishop Dubs, the leader of the faction in session nt Philadelphia, was ratified. The laymen passed resolutions asking half rep resentation on all the church boards; also representation in tho general and annual conferences. In reply to a telegram from Philadelphia, asking them to seek to have the church difficulty settled by arbitration before a committee from other denomina tions, they sent word that they would give their influence to any measure In accord ance with the discipline of the church ajytl the word of God. Bailroad Extensions. St. Paul, Oct. 3.— lt Is announced that the Canadian Pacific nnd the "Soo" line are hurrying to completion the Pacific branch of the "Soo" from Hankinson, N. Dak., northwest to Region, on the main line of the Canadian Pacific. This is done, it is said, in anticipation of the completion of the Great Northern to the coast, the Cana dian Pacific thereby losing its St. Paul con nection, lt is now reported the obtaining of a line between the Twin City and the Pa cific Coast is the only object of the new line. As soon as it is completed, it is said, there will be an entirely new trafllc scheme put in effect by the Canadian Pacific, which will include the running of all through passen ger trains between Montreal and Vancouver by the way of St. Paul and Minneapolis. California Fruit in New York. New York, Oct. 3. — Eastern peaches have almost entirely disappeared from the fruit-stands and the beautiful products of California orchards have taken their place. There Is almost n glut of California fruit in 'this city, and fine peaches sell for 75 cents a basket. Of California nectarines six dozen can be had for 25 cents, or a quart sells for 10 cents. Fresh California Tokay grapes sell for 15 cents per pound. California Bartlett pears are 26 and 30 cents a dozen. California silver prunes are 50 cents a small basket and Japanese plums from California may be had for 10 cents a quart aud green gages 75 rents a basket. Settling on-the Cherokee Strip. Guthrie (O. 1), Oct. 3.— A man coming in from the Cherokee Strip says hundreds of the families that failed to get claims in the lauds opened last week aro settling on the strip. They are constructing dwellings and making preparations to spend the winter. Boomers are burning grass, hoping to drive the cattle out and thus hasten the opening of the strip. Bank Statement. • New York. Oct. 3.- -The weekly bank statement shows the following changes: Reserve decrease, S-05,000; specie Increase, Sl, 750,000; circulation increase, .51,000. The .ih nks now hold £3,101,000 iv excess of the legal requirements. ~ ««■_■* _ < \ / >l \\\ I _ r — i — I^l I \l ( 1 /»jH,^ The German Emperor. (V^lj Even In the first of r? A >» • V; these we see. says the «.., H »?7 W/'* j=T ( *"viJ7 > Plttsburg Dispatch, the '/////, Afe4 j»% m l /r^>WL (HstinKnisliod monarch. /^P^Tj^fSt^.// t/Fjfmim charaeteristicallyenough. fawsi»W£!Wtii H|W Minting Inmilitary fash- f/'ft.-i'M rmMk&M ion and at tbe various ' V W!riiimHiV//^\ // \SMr>^sv7 I stages of his youth he I HI tin V// •$ Ik m : L- si/uK 1/ looks every Inch a ' ol * I *•• T v&' v& '/// imW-'MmmU dier< His ages are: . ' MM'ihw'M null No I. ace 2. No. 2. »Ie 4. iP 1 Vr*lP I' ill 1 No. S.m(je7. No. 4. age n. « fi V /i 1 '1(1'. I l No. 6. sue 10. No. 6,»(rel». 7 -" ■ ""I'M Jjl , WIM'H I No. 7, »go 18. No. 8, age 21. l_ .-i DISTRICT ATTORNEYS. Purposes of tbe Newly Formed State Association. The convention of District Attorneys, celled some months ago by the District At torneys of the bay counties to effect a per manent organization, was held in the Grand Jury rooms at the City Hall yesterday, and there were present William S. Barnes of San Francisco; Georg* W. Reed, Alameda; George D. Murray. Humboldt; J. L. Hied. ner, San Benito; R. C. Rust, Amador; W. I). Ryan, Sacramento; Curl Lindsay, Santa Cruz; H. P. Andrews, deputy, Tehama; J. E. Pardee, Lassen; V. A. Seheller, Santa Clara; O. K. Robinson, Placer, and T. J. Fording of Sun Bernardino. For purposes of temporary organization Mr. Barnes of San Francisco was chosen Chairman and Mr. Reed of Alameda Secre tary. Messrs. Pardee, Ryan and Seheller were appointed a committee on permanent organization, and recommended that Mr. Barnes be made permanent President and Mr. Reed permanent Secretary of tbe Asso ciation ol the District Attorneys of the Stato of California. This wns adopted. Mr. Ryan of Sacramento was elected Vice-President, and Mr. Sell. Her of Santa Clara Treasurer. The Executive Com mittee consists of R. C. Rust of Ama dor. C. E. Lindsay of Santa Cruz, A. K. Robinson of Placer and V. A. Seheller of Santa Clara. The President is ex-, fli do a member and Chairman of the Executive Committee. The purpose of this association is to se cure, if possible, not nn increase in the sal aries of • District Attorneys, as many have supposed, but mure uniformity In criminal practice and the handling of criminal cases throughout the State. To make this possi ble and successful many changes in the laws are needed. Reforms in laws are no easy matters, as all legislation in this State has too ninny times demonstrated. Tho District Attorneys hope that by forming themselves into an association and appear ing before the Legislature with proposed reforms stamped with their approval they will be more apt to receive recognition, It will then be understood that the reforms desired are not individual schemes, but in the interest of the whole State, carefully considered by those who have the State's welfare at heart. The afternoon session was spent in dis cussing the plan of campaign. It seemed to be the general impression that the rights of the people aro somewhat abridged by Sec tion 1070 of the Penal Code, which gives the. defendant double the number of peremptory challenses allowed the State, On motion of Paidee of Lassen It was declared the sense of the association that Section 1070 be amended so as to give the State an equal number of peremptory challenges with the defense. The subject of making all criminal prose cution a State expense instead of each county bearing Its own was more or less discussed. Pardee of Lassen favored it, citing the. feeling in many nf the backwoods counties Ir. favor of it. ! Frequently one of those counties becomes a rendezvous for criminals, and It keeps the local common wealth in a state of perpetual bankruptcy to prosecute them. The prosecution of crime, i c argued, is something the whole State is Interested in, and tho whole State therefore sin aid bear ihe burden of expense. No definite action was taken upou the qties- tion. • The Executive Committee Is vested with authority to communicate with all the mem bers from time to time on matters of Im portance under consideration, call meetings when necessary and prepare any much iiei-ded reforms for legislation that may be deemed wise. lt is estimated that 10..000 Americans visit Europe every year and leave, there £100,000, --000. This is where a part of the money dis appears. No other country on the face of the globe could stand such a strain and not feel it. We are a mighty people iv finances 1 us v, ell as gall. ITEMS FROM SEA AND SHORE. Eight of the Crew of a Sealer Brought in Iron.. Denied Report of a Massacre— The Dashing Wave in a Tornado-Collapse of a Wharf. Movements and Charters. According to the crew of the sealing schooner Edward E. Webster, that reached this port at a late hour on Friday night, it must have had a very exciting trip since the vessel left this Dort in February. Not much love was lost between Captain McLean and bis crew, and the result was that eight of the men were in irons when the schooner dropped her anchor off Meiggs Wharf, Th i men state that when no seals could be found on the American side, owing to the presence of the cruisers, the vessel was headed toward Copper Island with the James Hamilton Lewis that was seized by the Russian war-ship Alult. There they made a raid on the rookeries, but were driven away by the Russian soldiers, and when they refused to make another raid they were put In irons nnd an attempt was made to starve them into submission. They were fed on bread and water until the vessel reached San Francisco, and then they were very glad to come ashore. The officers of the schooner tried to cover up the fact that she had been near Copper Island, and the mate told a reporter that he did not know whether the vessel had been there or not. That individual also refused to say why the men had been put in irons, but volunteered the statement that "the cusses deserved It." The season's catch of the vessel Is said to be 1300, but the crew say she has over 2000 skins on board. NOT MASSACRED AFTER ALL. A few weeks ago a story went the rounds that natives had massacred the crews of the whalers Nicolinl. Mary D. Hume and Grampus at the mouth of the Mackenzie River, and as nothing had been heard of the vessels for some time, many people be lieved it. From a private let ter received In this city from an officer of the revenue cut ter Bear it is learned that the story is a canard. The Nicolini made her way out of the river and down to Port Franklin. The schooner was again caught in the ice, and will have to stay there this winter. The letter stated that not a whale had been taken, and the crews are out for at least two seasons' work. A fire broke out on Thursday in the lime ou board the steamer Gipsy, soon after she left Halftnoon Bay, and it was not until 100 barrels of the stuff were dumped over the side that the fire was quenched. CAUGHT IN A TORNADO.; The ship Dashing Wave, that arrived on Friday night, from Tacoma, was hove to in the gale of Wednesday, when sbe was sud denly struck by a tornado. The ship was thrown almost on her beam ends nnd both the fore and lower main topsails were blown out of the. boll ropes. Captain Moore house says it was the first tornado he ever experienced on this Coast, and he is not par ticular if he never has to do with another. I From the small number of . sealing schooners that have returned from Behring Sea, there seems to be some foundation for the report that many of them are lying hid away in the various coves along the Alaskan coast until the war-ships shall have left the sea, when a grand raid will be made on the seals In Behring Sea. ';!:"."• COLLAPSE OF A WHARF. There Is a big hole at the lower end of the narrow-gauge freight wharf and at the bottom of the bole lies a freight-car. Iv spite of repeated warnings not to use the track al this point, the company ran several cars on the track yesterday morning and the result was that about fifty feet of the old structure dropped into the bay, taking the car with it. The Government steamer Albatross will come down from Mare Island to-morrow and dock at Lombard-street Wharf, where she will take on board '-'00 tons of coal. This Is the vessel that will make the survey fax* iba. miinh-l.lhaa. -4 —kl~ v.a— — -,_, PAGES 3 to 6. port and Honolulu. The work Is expected to continue about three months. The weather outside the heads yesterday was hazy, with an eight-knot breeze from the northwest The barometer stood 30.00. MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS. The moves yesterday were the County of Flint to the rolling-mills, Richard 111 to Green street, steamer Remus to the Union Iron Works and Emily Reed to Beale street. To-day the Patagonia will dock at Lombard street, the steamer Hounslow will go to the Mail Dock, and the Elsinore will tow to sea. Departures were the steamers China for Panama, Louis Olsen for Stewarts Point, and Humboldt and North Fork for Eureka. The ship Culmore sailed for Havre, the City of Adelaide for Port Townseud and the schooners Golden Gate and Mary and Ida for coast ports. Arrivals were the steamers Gertie Story from Thin Point, the West Coast from Car tnel Bay with 250 tons of coal for the Car melo Bay Land and Mining Company, and the ship Blue Jacket with 1840 tous of coal for P. B. CornwalL CHARTERS REPORTED. Among the latest charters reported are the following: Ship Puctolus, 1145 tons, now on Puget Sound, lumber theuce to Noumea; private; chartered by Reuton, Holmes & Co. Ecuadorian bark Ophir, 787 tons, lumber from Puget Sound to Sydney; £2 ss; char tered by J. J. Moore & Co. Bark Melrose, 944 tons.coal from Departure Bay to this port; chartered by R. D. Chand ler. GATHERED AT THE PRESIDIO. The General Court-Martial Has Ended Its Labors. The last case tried by the general court martial at the Presidio was that of Private D. O. Howard, who deserted from Company 11, Third Infantry, at Fort Snalling, Minn., on June 6, 1889. and surrendered himself at the Presidio on the 10th of July, IS9O. How ard pleaded guilty and was sentenced to be dishonorably discharged, to forfeit all pay and allowances and to be confined at hard labor at Alca'.raz Island for one year, though General Roger mitigated the sen tence of confinement to nine mouths. Instead of going northward, as it was thought they would. Light Batteries D (Cap tain Kinzie) and F (Captain Brinckle) lelt the Presidio yesterday on a practice march as far southward as Santa Cruz, and will be absent from twenty to thirty days. First Lieutenant J. E. Sawyer, Fifth .Ar tillery, having been relieved from court martial duty, has been granted leave of ab sence for one month. The general court-martial at the Presidio, of which Lieutenant-Colonel Anson Mills, Fourth Cavalry, was President, has been dissolved. The Orthodox Parishioners. r.,1 .. a. n-,a.j Ta i.li i rt The Ureek-Urtliodox I'arishloners Com mittee met at 45 Vallejo street last night. B. M. Gopcbevlch presided, and a motion was entertained to have T. P. Augius, M. and George E. Dabovich arrested for their alleged libelous expressions on Friday night The majority voted against the motion, since no names are given in connection with the published expressions. The members of the committee have beeu lost In con jee tin to whom those insults were ad dressed. A. Linger, the Secretary, reported the telegram addressed to the Holy Synod by the committee as well as the answer of that body confirming the appointment of Bishop Nicholas to San Francisco. No Collusion Discovered. The contract for the construction of the unfinished portion of the stone fence around the City Hall plat was awarded to J. P. M. Phillips yesterday by the City Hall Com missioners for £28,500. It was concerning this contract that collusion between con tractors was charged by some unknown per- Bon. The Commissioners looked Into the matter, but could find nothing wrong with the bid. Bateman Bros., who had the City Prison contract, have completed It, and the work has been accepted. The Record of Deaths. There were 117 deaths In San Francisco during the week. Five of the 42 foreign born decedents were Chinese. There were 2 suicides, 2 casualties and 24 deaths in pub lic institutions. The more fatal diseases were: Apoplexy 4, brain disease 6, bron chitis 5. cancer 4, diphtheria 7, heart disease 9, inanition 12, consumption 14, pneumonia 9, peritonitis 5. ' •.,.. William Ryals, who died recently, at Valley Springs, Ark., ngoa 82, was the father of thirty-two children, twenty-eight ~. — — . .,■...,,, ,■-,-.