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MISCELLANEOUS. THE BARGAIN POT'S i A BOILING! I We've Been as Busy as Bees! j THEY CAME IN A HURRY ! THEY BOUGHT IN LARGE NUMBERS! THEY BOUGHT QUICK BECAUSE THE VALUES WERE GREAT I We Were Filled to Overflowing the I Live Long Day Yesterday ! 1 We make no idle boast when we say that these J Suits are the GREATEST SUITS EVER SEEN ; IN AMERICA AT THE PRICE! ! We don't claim they are $15 Suits. We claim, I and justly claim, that they are $25, $24 I and $22 Suits, at I((X\p\p]\ They're shown in all the ly^r 1 \ newest and most fashion- / J^' f""*ji \ able Fall Styles. Every / I ® \l\ \ garment is an exemplifier /I b © 7 ] °^ Art tailoring. /3 ' / I They're shown in the /I 0 © *— * / Single Breasted Sack, the M I —^y Swell Double Breasted •1 <Jf Sack and the Dressy Cut- I Ul-r i. -/ away, in light and dark I j \^ shades. There's not a Suit I 1 1 \ in this line that can be I jy .ft - duplicated under $25. I JPf I ||| Your pick of 'em at RAPHAEL'S, I YOUR OWN SAN FRANCISO BOYS, 9, 11, 13 I 15 Kearny Street. PATIENT HAWAII. Still Awaiting Action at Washington. Paul Neumann Back of a Libel Suit. Target Practice by American Vessels— Official Changes. Correspondence of The Morning Call. Honolulu. Aug. 16, 1893.— The situation here remains virtually the same. There is much speculation as to the contents of Minister Blount'a report, and the news of the interference of Japan in Hawaiian affairs having leaked out, there is more or lass speculation on the streets regarding the matter. Consul-General Fujii of Japan has con firmed the reported demand upon the Pro visional Government for suffrage for Japanese immigrants in Hawaii. President Dole Is indisposed from over work. The financial condition of the country continues to improve, and there is a steady sale of Government bonds at par. Captain Walter 11. Ferguson of the steamer Momserrat, whose name was prominent in ban Francisco newspapers ; in last October, has had Arthur Johnstone, j editor of the. Pacific Commercial Adver- j tiser, arrested for libel, for exposing the scheme got up by him and Paul Neumann for recruiting Japanese Lore for the coffee plantations in Guatemala. The Adver- ; tiser has continued the exposure and has the backing of the Japanese Consul-Gen- j eral. Mr. Fuji!, who has allowed an Inter view, denouncing the scheme, to be pub lished. At the preliminary examination i held yesterday morning a motion was made to dismiss the case, which will be decided to-morrow. It is understood the, Advertiser will bring a suit for $10,000 : damages against Neumann and Ferguson at the conclusion of the trial. " Judge Robertson, a late graduate of \ Yale Law School, has been appointed as District Magistrate for Honolulu during the absence of Judge Foster, who leaves lot the coast on a vacation by the Aus- i tralia to-day. Foster is said to be a royal ist, and it is believed that the present ap pointment will be ultimately confirmed permanently by the Government if Judge Foster does not reslgu upon his return. In special session the Councils deter- I mined last week to reorganize the Board of Education and a committee was ap pointed to investigate and report on that department. The committee will recom mend the dismissal of A. T. Atkinson, in spector-general, and \V. Joseph Smith, secretary of the board. The report of the committee will likely be adopted and the hoard reorganized. : . Considerable comment has been raised ! here during the present term of court ow ! ing to tbe failure of native Hawaiian juries to convict "che fa" gamblers on the ulain est evidence. In consequence, the Deputy ! Attorney-Genera! asked that no more cases be brought before the Hawaiian jury this term. The latest royalist head to fall by the official ax of the Provisional Government is that of Captain Tnpp, chief jailer of the Oahu Penitentiary, the primary cause of his dismissal being the escape of George Ryan, who is charged with the robbery of the crown jewels, and who was rearre'sted the same night he escaped. James Lowe has been appointed temporary jailer dur ing the absence of Marshal Hitchcock. A thousand-acre tract of the crown lands has recently been surveyed by order of the Government and divided into ten and twenty acre homesteads. This lana is sit uated at Vnnkapu, in the northwest part of Hawaii, and adjoins a large tract leased to the Parker estate. The target, practice of the United States ; cruiser Bostou at Lahaina tast Monday I was very successf ul.e.ighty-eieht shots bein<* j hr*d from the secondary and main batt« --; nes at distances ranging from 1500 to 2100 yards, the floating target being struck sev ! era) times. Forty shots were fired from the eight-inch guns, each one of which cost the United States in the neighborhood of $68. Twelve of these shots were fired for the especial purpose of testing the powder now iv use. The danger of a cholera epidemic here via Japan Is now occupying the attention of the Board of Health, but no alarm is felt yet, and the alarming repor s from Japan by the iast steamer are discredited to v treat extent. Phiiateiists and dealers are making l"tge purchases of the present issues of Hawaiian postage stamps for SDecuiativM < purposes. The sales of stamps at the post i office yVsterday were over £2000, one Chi ! nese firm purchasing SI7OO worth alone The Government has just ordered the sur charging of the. stamped envelopes and postal cards left over from the late mon archy, amounting to the number of 178,000. DON'T LIKE THE CHINESE. Colored Porters at the Hotels Dislike to Wait Upon Them. The Chinese party stooping at the Palace Hotel causes at least one of the colored attendants a good deal of displeasure that he is compelled to open and close the doora ! for the coming and going Mongolian?. Last night one of the embassy attaches went through the corridor and passed out i into the street. As he approached the j door of euresi the porter in waiting po litely threw it open, but just as the guesi stepped across the threshold tbe darky released hi* bold on the door and gave it a perceptible shove. As a consequence it caught the Mongolian diplomat just over I the heel and caused an expression of min gled pain and nuger to sween over his countenance a* he turned upon the neg lectful attendant, who was meanwhilo making the most abject apologies. "Dat doah done slipped fo' >uah, boss," said he. "I'gp ben standin' out heah in de cole till my fi;igahs feel just like dey's made o' woo i." Beetbam'M pjiij, ge n , yell because they cure. THE MORNING CALL, SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1893. OVER IN OAKLAND. The City Council Is Well Pleased. NOT A BIASED SHERIFF. Engineer Morgan Makes a Report. A Chinese Woman's Death — A Banker Passes Away. The subjoined interview had by a Cali, I reporter with Councilman Snell yesterday shows that the Council is well pleased with the recent decision of .Judge McKenua and is quietly resting on its oar?, with the In tention < f lighting the railroad along the I liDes already laid down by the courts. In answer to a question Mr. Snell said: "We have had victory enough for one day. We can let our lawyers fight it out now on the lines already laid down. The Cook case and the Broadway case involve all the jaw principles to be settled and give us fighting ground enough for the present. it is not a bad suggestion of that bright and witty railroad attorney, J. C. Martin, that we can lean upon Judge McKenna's decision when our moral courage seems to be giving away and letting us raid the water front again. I would only add this, that when we are not leaning upou that we w ill be leanng iu> against t lie able opinion written l>y Mr. Martin's own hand before the railroad took him "into cam p." that the railroad had i.o title to the water front "But what about those fences tIK-y are building along First street?" "They do not close up any traveled streets, and really cut no figure in the case. Under the laws of this. State improvements or possession do not affect the question of title either way." "By the way, how do you think Hirvey Brown likes to be restrained by au injunc tion? lie went into court to restrain us and tintls himself 'tied up.' We shall not r.aveto watch him to prevent his building a stockade fortress of heavy plank across Broadway; neither will he have, the tracks relaid and the streets blocked with coal cars." Died of a Cerebral Hemorrhage. Tin Chi, a Chinese girl 18 years of ace, bo has been employed as a domestic in the family of John B. Hodge, 1309 Six teei.th avenue, died suddenly yesterday morning. The body was removed to the morgue, where an inquest was liel 1 last night and a verdict found of death from cerebral hemorrhage. The deceased, who wan also known by the American name of .Nellie Rivers, was born in Victoria, B. C. Sh« used to say that her mother was French, but such is nut thought to hive been the case. For some time previous to her Introduction into the Hodge household she was an in mate of the Chinese Mission Hume in ban Francisco. Matron Hull of the latter institution spoke very kindly of the little Chinese woman yesterday and said that she had always been a well-conducted and gentle girl. At times, however, she would be subject to fits of melancholia and in ne of these in the month ot February last, while at the home, she attempted to hang berseif. To accomplish this she twisted the sheet of her bed into a rope and tied It around he neck, but the noose slipped and Lin Chi received only a severe fall. In falling her head struck the floor violently and the shock induced a mental disarrangement whose only effect was the frequent return of severe headaches. Since tier residence with the Bodges Tin Chi has preserved a goad reputation and was much liked by her employers. Morgan It*port«. City Engineer Morgan has submitted the following report to the Board of Public Works with regard to ttio dredging of Lake Merritt : Having been Instructed by your honorable . body to make ■ complete survey of the diedg | ing In Lake Men lit by the "raeiric Coast Oiedeinn Company, I bee leave to submit tlie low ink report : Prom previous reports the total amount of dietißiiiß completed up to and including the channel of th- Alain Lak ■ sewer li 57.9G6 cubic yards, measured la the cut and to seven feet below the city bate. In addition to tins amount are two quantities ot dredging. Hi- 1 , 4620 cubic yard 1 ", wiitcti was done deeper and la exces* or tlie seven-foot allow ■ace, and being also dine previous to the work on the channel. Second, 20,000 cubic yards, measured In the cut and dime adjacent to the boulevard, was near Uie junciioti of s -coufl avenue .iua East ].: :lite' nili street. Tills uiedKiui; was done after the completion of the channel to the Main Lake sewer, was not authorized by myself. no orders lor the Maid dredpinc having been ptven by me, and also the dredged material was deposited e.ist of Second avenue, outside of he limits of th« park and boulevard, as shown In uiy report of August 11. 18 9a. Of the above 20.000 cubic yards an amount not exceeding 200 cubic yards was deposit ti in I the boulevard to replace an equal amount which had escaped through a break la We earth dam. This break was canned by the watT from the territory east of Second avenue, which flowed back to the temporal dam at East Eighteenth street 1:1 which the gaud breaks occurred. All of winch Is respectfully submitted. Carroll Cook ami the Sheriff. The case of Louis Matheny for the mur der of Police Officer Caslun came up before Judge Heushaw yesterday morning. The case had been continued because the venire of jurymen was exhausted in tryinz to secure a jury, and when this special panel was returned from the interior of the county this morning. Matheny's attor ney, Carroll Cook, challenged them all, claiming bias on the part of the Sheriff. Cook claimed that when he had asked the Sheriff for certain privileges In the jail Mr. McKillican had remarked that Ma!heny was a hard character and should not be accorded much liberty, as he would certainly attempt to escape. The District Attorney denied the chal lenge, and the Sheriff was called to the stand and denied having had any bias. The challenge was then disallowed, and Mr. Cook took an exception. Four additional jurors were secured from the special veniro and the jury was com pleted. The twelve men were then sworn and the case continued by consent for one week. The jury stands as follows: J. G. Croll, Victor Gilardin, James Hillis, Pat rick Carroll, John McCoy, 8. L. Gibh*, Daniel Fen ton, Luke Doyle, H. Richards, iteuben Hunter, W. 11. Bean, W. McVey. Flltliy Dairies. An investigation of the forty dairies supplying Oakland with milk has been completed by Sanitary Inspector Smith, and to about fifteen of them Health Officer Adams has sent the following notice: "The sanitary inspector or this city, I upon making an investigation of your premises, finds the same to be in a very filthy condition. 1 hereby notify you that unless your premises are placed in a sani- i tary condition within the time given you by said inspector, we will consider it our duty to notify your customers through the public press of the condition of your premises for the protection of their health." I'realdnnt Jacob Greenhood. The vacancy in the presidency of the California Bank and Trust Company caused by the resignation of A. C. Henry will be filled by Jncob Green hood, who has ' been vice-president of the bank for several j years. Mr. Henry was forced to resign on account of ill health. Prior to his con nection with the bank Mr. Greenhond whs a successful merchant and in partnership with J. T. Moran. McGoverii'i Dental. A. J. McGovern of the Whitney Trans fer Compp.ny positively denies that any arrangement whatever has been entered into with the Southern Pacficor »ny other corporation, beyond that the former rail road carries any overflow fteight that the Grace Barton cannot handle. He N«rer Cams Back. ' Tlie roomers at the Jones Hotel at Elm hurst were robbed of watches and money by an unknown man Sunday night. Tlie stranger liad attempted to make a 2ood impre«s'on by inquiring around for a i Sundav-scluiol. When the landlady showed ! him through the house he -aid he tiled the rooms very much and th • t he wmid | come hack the next day and take one of ; them for a week or two. He did some j clever wi rk while looking at the rooms, I but he never came back. BERKELEY. The Board of Trustees at the weekly meeting received a petition from the South Berkeley Club r-quesiicg that no J public library be established at present, j The engine-house on Addison street was granted as a meeting-place for the East Berkeley Volunieer Fir* Company. The resignation ot George Fedd as Deputy Marshal was accepted. C. D. Maloney was made an assistant in the office of Su perintendent of Street*. The Trustees j thought too much attention was given to men nut of work as vagrants, and advised tb« Marshal to discriminate n>nr« in their ! arrest. Tlie Oakland Consolidated Com pany's electric-wire poles located in Shat tuck avenue were ordered removed Borne time ago by the board, but the onir-any protested that the btacket plan of string ing th»« wires was unsafe, but offered to remove the roles to the gutter alongside the railroad in the center of the avenue, thus leaving the street free. The board assented to this plan, giving the company ten days to remove the poles. A Bold Kobbery. Several days ago Harvey E. Allen paid 545 to a man named Davis lur a deed to some land. Both parties then went to a West Berkeley saloon, before Alien had | the deed recorded, and mere Allen claim* ; he was drugged, as he came to himself to find his deed missing, also $605 in gold ! coin which he had sewed up in his hip pocket. Although Allen " suspected that his companion had robbed him he was un able to prove it or recover the property. Allen, who has not much faith in banks, always carried his money about his person. A r... ir,!in» Club. A young rustler from Seattle, Lee Wil lard of tht> class of '!>7, is organizing a t'oarding ciub among the poor students. He bones with forty members to furnnh board to each man for S2 50 a week, lie says that at the Washington State Univer sity, from winch he came, such clubs are in existence and are able to furnish board tor that amount. I n-iiiiiin K«c*ptlon. The Young Men's and Young Women's Christian associations of the university will give a reception to the class of '1)7 Friday evening at Stiles Ball. Refresh ments will be serv'-d. The oflicial list ol tlie recorder shows but '_'.v> inirauts up to the present who have successfully passed the examinations. Mu<|ent Congress. The rirst session of the Student Con gress will be held this evening «t Stiles Hall. Premier .MeNoble will introduce a hill to give seats to ex-Presidents in the United States Senate. ALAMEDA. P. A. Dean, the uroduce merchant and grocer, made an assignment yesterday to ; ; bis creditors. He owns the largest store j vi Alameda, and has been doing the htrg hst business. The credit|*ystem caused'his j failure. Mil«--ilf of B. D. I'ferce. Stephen T). Pierce, a well-known citizen \ of Alameda, committed suicide by shoot- I i ing nlniafll thronpb the head nt his resi , denee on Santa Clara avenue, between I Sherman and Bay streets, some time yes -1 t^rday afternoon. Financial trouble is as- i signed a-« the caus". Mrs. Pierce «ent to San Francisco in the afternoon to attend io some business, ami when she returned home she found j her husband lying d»-ad on a lounge. Mr. i'lt-rce was supposed to oe in go^d circumstances financially. The Coroner has been notified, and will hold an inquest to-Jay. Chinese Frddler*. Much comment h«s been made because tlie City Trustees have allowed a Cnine*e in peddle vegetables » v ithcut paying any lirpnse. Thm produce merchants claim this to be unfair. The Silver Qnestlon. The citizens of Alameda will meet to moirow evenioji at the room occupied by ■ the Trustees for the purpose of discussing I the silver questi . WHEEL AND GLOVE. Entries for the Alameda Bicycle Races. The following whe-'.men have entered for the bicycle races which will be held at the Alameda Bicycle Club grounds on the 'Jti'li in^t. : One niilt> novice— Eruest Brown. Y. M. C A.- A. .lahnieati. \ M. C. A.; J. G. StUbb*. Ala meda Bicycle Club; W. H. Oscood. Uardeo Ciiy Cyclers; '.. A. Nlmod, Bay City Wheel men: 1 . I. Nisson. Alinifda litcycle Club; O. \v. Anderson, unattaebed; R. L Look, Al • nieda Bic>cle(lub; Al Jaonas. Uardcn City Cyclers: J. 11. Ballio, Olynipic Club; (». A. Welhe, Olympic Club; I . i . Beyaolds, Califor nia Cyeliug Club; tl. Hutchiii'im, Acme Athletic Club; W. 11. Mith il.Uiil. Acme All] idle Club; A. P. Swam, Acme Club, L. J. AJkaley, Acme Club. Half-mile scratch— Walter Foster, Bay City; William 11. Edwards, Garden City; "H. B. Hewitt, I'm i land Wheel Club; J. F. iv< s Ala meda Bicycle Club; G. F. Xe;ce, Acme; T. Kclileuter, Acme; F. C. Reynolds. Caiitoniia Cycling Club; 11. F. Terril!, Bay City; C. L. Davis Gaiden City; B. U Lone. Alameda Bicycle Club; C. 8. Wells. Bay City X. C.C. W.; E. I. N'lssoti, Alnineda Bicycle Club; o <-;n Oseo, Gaitlen City; F. M. Maglll, Alameda Bicycle Club; H. C. Smiiu, Gardeu city Cy clers. One-mile handicap — Walter Foster, Bay City; William Edwards, Garden City; H. B Hewitt, Portland Wheel Club; J. a. Ives, Ala meda Blcyle Club; Oscar <.Neu. Garden City; J. G. Stubbs. A lamed* Bicycle Club; F. M. Majilli. Alaineil.i Bicycle Club; 11. C. Smith, Gaiden City; 11. utter. San Jose Road Club; T. Sctilculer, Acme Athletic Club; G. F. Neece, Athletic Club; B. C. Hi own, Y. M. C. A. C. C. ; W. H. O-good, (J.irden City; E. F. Nisson, Aianieda Bicycle Club; G. A. M»«.>u, Bay City Wheelmen; C. 6. Wells. Bay City C. c. W.; O. W. Ander- Mm. unattached; K. L. Lung, Alameda B. C. ; A. Jaunan. Gaiden.City Cyclers; .1. H. Ballln, Olympic Club; C. I* Davis, Garden city Cyclers; O. A. Weitie, Olympic Club; W. A. Terrill, Bay City; W. Thomson, Bay City; H. F. Ten ill. Bay City; F. C. Reynolds, California Cycle Club; A. I. Swain, Acme Athletic Club; 11. Hutchinson. Acme Athletic Club; W. a. Sutlieil.iud, Acme Athletic Club; A. .lahniean. A- M. C. A. C. C; C. D. Samuels, San Joseltoad Club. The preliminary weighing in for the Olympic boxing tournament took place on Monday evening arm resulted us follows: Bantam— Joe Fields 126 pounds. Charles A. Reno 117, J. G. Moo«er 113, Frank vSkuce 126, P. D. Skilltiian 130, Joseph Doyle 124. Feather— Nick Galllcer 13:* pounds, .lame* Fox 136, Joe Mailer 138. William McGraw 123, Charles W. Scheper 135, Frank McGin nis« 135. A. .1. Colety 141. .1. Sullivan 142 M Sullivan 137. J. lice .-it 140, Thomas Lyous 137, George Murphy 130. Light— Kred Carter 14!» pounds. Frank Gil bert 150. G. Bluet 141, W. ll.iyinan 147. F Muller 146, H. Stern 139, M. kitchen 150. 11. J. Bpanger 140, J. W. Lewis 150, joim Volz 142. 15. Kelly 147. J. Bernard 14U. Welter— W. J. Donohue 152 pounds, J. H. Kennedy 159, J. McQueeny 158. .S. Carter 156, W. Becker 155, G. A. Sullivan 155. Middle— Orowley 173 pennies, N. Hurley 170. }•'. Kotennan 166, K. Mct'ord 157, J Smith 169, J. Craig 154. Heavy— J. Klicieu Jr. 190 pounds, J. Miller 200, M. Sullivan 190. -v.- The officers of the tournament will be: Referee, Robert McArtnur; judges. James G. Chesley and George Maxwell; time keepers, James 11. Gilhuly and M. F. La grangc. The final weighing in will take place be tween (> and 6:30 r. m. to-morrow. Any contestant, failing to be present to weigh in will be debarred from the tournament. The first bout will be called at 8 r. m. sharp. Will Soon Finish. Correspondence received by Captain Lawsoo of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, late yesterday after noon, in forms him that the international boundary lina surveyors In Alaska expect to be through with their work about the Ist prox. tVnKN you Tisit Iho World'! Fair, just notice tbe number oi White's Yucatan wrappers you will see lying aruuid. liereoo bangs a tale. ITS HAND SHOWN. Tactics of the Southern Pacific. WHAT A LETTER BETRAYS. Testimony in the Cook Case Exposes the Part Played by the Rail road Company. It was a wonderful revelation to the few uninitiated who were seated in Examiner (leacock's chamber yesterday when the chief withes- gave an enumeration of the long list of offices he filled in the business world. Testimony was being taken in another of the Oakland water-front cases in which the Southern Pacific is so greatly inter ested, the case being that of S. George Cook, a Minneapolis lumberman, agaiust the city of Oakland. The title to a block of water-front property in Oakland, be tween Union and Magnolia streets, and including the foot of Kirkhaui street, is the matter at issue in the controversy, and the Southern Pacific attorneys, Messrs. A. A. Moore and J. E. Foulds, were present in the interests of the Oakland Water front Company. Mr. Charles E.Wilson was there as Mr. Cook's attorney, and Messrs. E. J. Pringle, H. A. Powell and W. Lair Hill represented the city of Oak land. Frauk S. Douty was the chief wit ness. Mr. Douty was examined more particu larly, because he is the secretary and trea»- The Man of Many Offices. urer of the Pacific Improvement Company and vice-Dresident of the Oakland Wate> fmnt Cnmpany,but the following listof of fices he fills he n»\'i' unconcernedly as his an swer to about the hrst question out to him : .Secretary and treasurer of the Pacific Im provement Company, president and treas urer of the Western Development Com pany, secretary and treasurer of the South ern Development C< rnpany, secretary of the Kocky Mountain Coal and Iron Com pany, secretary and troasurercf the Carbon Hill Coal Company, secretary and treasurer of the Southern Pacitic of Arznna.secretarv and treasurer of the Sou; hern Pacific ol New Mexico, secremry of the Cauay Valley and Lake County Railway, secre ary and treas urer of the C lorado Steam Navigation Company, secretary and treasurer of the Laguna Ulanca Water Company, secretary and treasurer of the Northern California Railway Company and vice-president of the Oakland Water-trout Company. Attorney Moore found himself in the •anie position which Mr. Davi» held when Horace W. Carpentier was testifying in the Southern Pacific case, and as fast — or ra'ner»B slow, for the proceedings were necessarily slow— ns Mr. Pringle asked a question Mr. Moor<) met it with an objec tion. The first paper offered in evidence was a mortgage given by Cook to the Oakland Water-front Company on April 2tf, I 89& Mr. I) uty could not produce the deed by which Air. Cook chiiik into possession of the land, though he stated that the CODBid aratioa itl 54D,000. Evidently Cook had paid part cash in Hie transaction, and had given a mortgage for the balance, a note for S'-"».OOO being thus secured. The notary before wh-.m the document was signed was no other than E. Black Ryan, a Southern Pacific claim agent. This instrument was ad nitted in evidence, the object of Mr. Pringle apparently being to show how neat a little piece of business it was by which Ibfl llock of water front passed into Mr. Cook's hands. Some correspondence was next intro duced, and ttie witness' memory seeming to need it. Attorney I'ringle proceeded to Liv« it « refreshinp. He asked Mr. Douty if be did not know that theChicag» water front decision had been rendered by the United States Supreme Court before the execution of Un? deed t<> Conk— a decision which caHts a cloud upon tbfl title of pri vate claimants to Oakland's water front. Attorney A. A. Moore. and particularly upon that of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company of Kentucky, which title Mr. Cook was then purchasing "Now, yon had heard at that decision, hjid you not," asked Mr. Pringle, "and wasn't Mr. Cnok afraid that the title would be insecure?" The answer or the witness was assuring enough. "Oh, as for that," he replied, airily, "I may have heard oi the decision, but we do not pay much attention to decisions, and as for the title, Cook has always expressed himself as thoroughly confident of its se curity." "Who negotiated the purchase?" "I am not very certain, but I think it was C. E. Green." From the copy-books of letters at hand one communication was produced which was significant enough. It was from the Oakland Water-front Company, signed by Doutv as vice-president, and was addressed to Minneapolis, though Cook was then in this city. This letter was thn result, it «pem\ of a conversation between Cook ami Doutv, and the following copy will in dicate its tenor: "in reference to the suit brought by you to quiet title to the Oakland water-front property, >«c hereby agree to pay all ex penses of suit, legal expenses, costs of suit and attorney fees. (Signed) Oakland Water-front Company, by F. S. Douty, vice-president; C. E. Green, secretary." This rather betrays the. hand of the Southern Pacific in the matter, and the next query by Mr. Pringle Mr. Douty found a rather awkward one to answer. "At whoM« suggestion was this suit brought?" asked Attorney Prlngle. Attorney A. A. Moore objected, but finally the witness said, "I really can't say." Attorney Wilson was also placed upon the stand. He stated that the transaction was made in good faith, ami that Conk haa informed him that he wanted the property for a lumber-yard. Further testimony was deferred for a week. NORTH SIDE DEVELOPMENT. The Filling of Union Street Is Under Way. The many protests recently made by the Golden Gate Valley property-owners of the manner in which street improvements Lave been neglected in the north side of town has brought the derelict contractors to their senses. Union street, between Van Ness avenue and Polk street, over which much annoy ance and inconvenience bus resulted through the delay, is at last being filled up. In the one week gone t>y more filling lian been done than in the entire year since the contract was originally let. The Union-street cable-road is also having its share of the street tilled under where its tracks are raised on a trestle. The cutting throueh of the Polk-street hill, between Greenwich and Lombard, is being carried on with vigor, trie earth be ing used t < fill in ex-Seuntor Fair's North Beach water frontage. Lobos tsqunre is also being attended to, and the sandhills of the four blocks com prising the boundary of the square are also b-ing leveled. It is also taken to fill in Fair's holdings. The city is paying $3000 to carry off the sand from the squar**. Other owners are paid for their material. RAISIN GROWERS. Troubles in Gathering Their Crops. A Vineyardist's View of the Present Situation and His View of Its Solution. "The troubles in the raisin-producing section of the Sin Joaquln Valley is rather serious," said Milton McWhorter of Selraa yesterday to a Call reporter. Mr. Me- Whorter is a vineyardist and insurance broker, and is well qualified to judge of the possible result of the present agitation. "1 was in Fresno last night and I saw 100 Chinese loaded on freightcars and staned southeast on the I'orterville branch. They were billed to Butler 9tati>m, which is directly back of tho Oothout vineyard of tiOO acres. This vineyard has just come into bearing and will require the services of several hundred men tor two months or more. 1 do not know that me Oothout estate will employ Chinese grape-pickers, Out the shipment of coolies last night serves greatly ro aggravate the unemployed white men of Fresno. "The raisin-producers have established a scale of wages which simply insures ex istence to a man dunog the crape-picking season. They say they can only pay 73 cents a day and board, or $1 15 without board. A man c«n live on that sum, and that's all; he can't keep a family or buy any clothes. Bui the raisin meu are not to blame for this. Their profits have been almost wholly removed by middlemen, who style themselves commission merchants. There is a positive loss to a vineyardist un less he can get fuily 5 cents a pound for hii raisins in the sweatbox, and thin year there is no promise of over 3% or 4 cents. The small producers in order to receive :>ny profi's have been compelled to hire Chinese pickers and sell to middlemen. Only ihb vineyardists who own packing houses and market their own products have any show against the middlemen. "It will require 10.000 white men to pick the grapes of th« raisin center, but they cannot subsist upon the present scale of wages. Every dollar paid to a Chinese means meat ami bread taken away from a wiiite man's family, and the unemployed are compelled to look at this statement in a more serious light than ever. Just 'hink. in Fresuo the.ro are 700 idle white men registered, and there are fully 600 out. of work who have not made application at tlie free-labor bureau. These 1200 men are receiving recruits each day, and they all must be fed. "The cry of 'the Chinese must co' is an old one, hut it is a good one, and its en forcement should be immediately demand ed by the citizens of tue United States. It is not necessary to resort to harsh means, because the provisions of the Geary law are ample to solve the problem. The 50.000 positions held by Chinese should be occupied by white citizens, and a practicul person will see that the course would at once furnish employment to the idle men of California. "Some of us will not pick our grapes this year. Tlie middlemen nave ground us down to such a degree that we can only proceed to cure raisins at a positive loss. Last >eason I sliipoed my dried grapes to Chicago, and the house tiiat received them has not yet paid for them, and I have no recourse, because 1 signed a commission contract. I could not dispose of them otherwise, so I lost all, and the commis sion man suffers no loss. This year many of the smaller vineyardiats will purchase hogs aud permit them to fatten on the jzr«pes. We will take no more chances with the middlemen. "If the ruinous trade combinations were upset the growers coutd afford to hire white men at good wages to gather the oroDS. The market demands all the raisins we can produce, an>l we can force it to come to us. But let us get rid of the Chinese first. 1 fear the future, for hungry men are a dread foe." ¥ "I speak not out of weak surmises, 3 W but from proof." 2 TlariT'^"^ J I MUST I I v GO* i S since COTTOLENE has come to j ■ take its place. 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