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LATEST OAKLAND NEWS
Aaron Krauss Drowned in the
t Presence of Thousands
of People.
TELL FROM A BURNING BAFT.
Walter Lambert Holds a Recep
tion Before Departing for
San Quentln.
Aaron Krauss met his death on the
night of the Fourth of July by drowning
in Lake Merritt. Although he was less
than a hundred yards from over 50,000
people, not more than a dozen oi them
knew of his danger and death. •
In the early part of the evening Mr.
Krauss, accompanied by a friend, Levi
Strauss, came over from San Francisco to
witness the illuminations. Being a per
sonal friend of Henry Vollars, who had
the fireworks in charge, he asked per
mission to go out on the floats from which
the display took ulace. The request was
granted, but not willingly. He was told of
the danger, but he paid no attention to
the warning. His friend placed him on
the float in charge of George "Woodward,
•which was located on the east side of the
lake, near the boulevard.
Almost immediately upon the beginning
of the display the raft on the extreme
right caught fire, causing the rockets to
shoot in every direction. Those m charge
paw tha: it would be almost impossible to
carry on the display on account of the
small size of the rafts. But every precau
tion was taken, and they proceeded to
■v rry out the programme all right until
J v.'it 9:?>0 o'clock, when the raft upon
eh Krauss was located caught fire.
His and Woodward's efforts to ex
tinguish it were in vain. They shouted
for help, and George Atkinson's steam
launch immediately started toward them.
Krauss became "wildly excited, and in
the confusion he leaped into the water,
just before the launch got to him. At the
tame time all of the fireworks on the raft
exploded, enveloping the place in dense
smoke. Nothing more was seen of Krauss.
"Woodward stayed on the raft ana was
Bafelv removed by a boat. At the time the
friends of Krauss did not know whether he
- bad been drowned or not. Some thought
that he had floundered to the shore. Early
yesterday morning the body of Krauss was
recovered by a dredger.
The deceased resided at 1017 Post street,
San Francisco. He was a single man,
about 40 years of age. Levi Strauss & Co.
had employed him for the past fourteen
years.
Anticipates a Contest.
This morning at 10 o'clock the Board of
Supervisors will meet as a board of equal
ization to hear any complaints against the
assessment rolls as prepared by Assessor
Dalton. All complaints must be filed with
the County Clerk. As yet no protests have
been entered, but several extensive corpor
. ations have had their agents at work for
some time getting figures so as to be able
to enter protests. Assessor Palton expects
a hard battle, but he is willing to substan
tiate all of his asssssments.
Yesterday Mr. Dalton said in relation
to the matter: '"All I ask for is a square
deal. . I believe that the County Board of
Equalization intends to do the right thing
by my assessments. I claim that I have
made a fair assessment all over the county,
and if necessary 1 am going to battle to
> v iave it maintained. Of course I anticipate
»it contest. I expect to see some applica
tions for reduction filed to-morrow, and
then I will know how to act. At present
ii cannot say what course I shall pursue.
\ You see everything depends upon what
the other side is going to do. If necessary
I shall employ an attorney to make the
right to sustain my figures. Ido not be
lieve the Supervisors will take snap judg
ment on me in this matter. If a hght is
made I want time to prepare my case and
secure my witnesses. lam in earnest and
propose to make a showing if my figures
are attacked."
Taken to San Qnentin.
Walter Lambert, the ex-clerk of the Po
lice Court, was taken to San Quentin yes
terday to serve five years for taking money
from the city. In the morning he held a
little reception at the County Jail. He
teemed to be happy. Quite a number of
his friends gathered at an early hour to
meet him.
The prisoner thanked them for standing
by him as nobly as they had done. He
solemnly promised that upon his release
. from prison he was going to turn over a
new leaf and lead a different life. He said
that a severe lesson had been taught him
and he had no one to blame but yourself.
Deputy Sheriff Lane drove Lambert to
Market-street station and boarded the train
at that place. He made, a special request
that he meet none of his friends on the
way to San Quentin.
At first he decided that he would stay in
the County Jail until his appeal to the Su
perior Court was settled. His attorney
deemed it best that he go to prison at
• once, so as to have his sentence commence. I
The appeal will be taken just the same. It
will probably be a year before a decision is
reached in the case.
Four Horses Boasted.
A fire in a stable at 822 Thirtieth street
early this morning so badly burned four
horses that City Veterinary Surgeon Pierce
ordered them to be shot.
When the Fire Department arrived upon I
the scene the fire had already reached the
horses, and they were snorting with agony.
Before they could be loosened they were
ho badly burned that it was thought best
to shoot them to end their suffering. The j
property belonged to John Pegmen, a dray
man. Each horse was insured for $125, and
the total insurance upon the barn and its
•■-nts was $950.
* Brother Walter at St. Mary's.
Brother Erminold, who has been presi
dent of St. Mary's College in this city for
some time, has been appointed to the di
rectorship of the Sacred Heart College in
San Francisco. Brother Walter, an emi
nent Catholic scholar, will succeed him.
He was one of the first young men who
completed a course at St. Mary's, graduat
ing in 1569. Since then he has taught in
• various Catholic schools on this coast.
His specialties are. metaphysics and phil
osophy, but he is also well versed in his
tory and literature. As a disciplinarian he
has gained great distinction.
Oakland Briefs.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Margaret L.
Hoyt took place yesterday afternoon from
her home on Eighteenth street, near West.
Residents in the district about Twenty
second avenue got up yesterday morning
and found their homes surrounded by a
lake. The cause was due to a large main
of the Oakland Water Company bursting
during the night.
Mrs. J. W. Tompkins, wife of City Clerk
Torapkins, returned from Cazadero yester
. day very seriously injured. She was
thrown from a stage coach, sustaining both
a fracture and dislocation of the hip.
ALAMEDA.
Constable H. W. yon Kapff will leave
this evening for Los Angeles to arrest Man
uel Benchelon on a charge of grand lar
ceny. He is accused of having stolen a
gold watch and some money from Victor
Lindstrom last January. Benchelon is serv
ing a sentence of six months in Los An
gles County, which will expire next Mon
day.
A For Stealing an Egg.
George Zeigler of Blanding avenue
►aught Maurice Weiss Jr. in his chicken
; '"mse with an egg stolen from one of the
■ vests. He handled the youngster rather
roughly, and, as a result, the father of the
Weiss boy yesterday had Zeigler arrested
for battery, who in turn had the boy ar
rested for larceny. The matter will be
brought before the* Justice's court.
Reckless Discharge of Firearms.
Some reckless individual discharged a
thirty-two caliber revolver on the Fourth
about 9 o'clock in the morning on "Regent
street. The bullet crashed through a
window-pane in an upper-story front room
of the residence of M. S. Taylor and em
bedded itself in the wall. The family had
only a few minutes before vacated the
room and no one was injured.
Eulogy on Fred Douglass.
George Washington Dennis Jr. of
Alameda will deliver a eulogy on the life
of Frederick Douglass Monday evening at
the Bethel Church, Oakland. Mr. Dennis
is a representative man of the colored race
on this Coast and is an entertaining
speaker.
Brief News Notes.
The Alameda Orchestral Society, the
leading musical organization of this city,
will resume practice next Thursday even
ing under the leadership of Professor Vogt.
Versailles avenue, from the present ter
minus at Buena Vista avenue through ex-
Assessor Smith's property to Harrison
avenue, is being surveyed preparatory to
its opening and extension.
Lloyd Brown, son of School Director
C. A. Brown, whose sudden demise oc
curred at Los Angeles on Monday, ex
pressed a wish before his death to be cre
mated, and accordingly his body was
incinerated in that city Thursday.
Angelo Duperu, who was conductor of
the ill-fated car of the electric line which
ran through the Webster-street drawbridge
into the estuary several months ago, has
been promoted to the position of assistant
superintendent of the Alameda and Oak
land Electric Railway. Since the comple
tion of the two loop lines traffic has in
creased to the extent that an assistant be
came a necessity.
The firm of Smith & Higginbothom,
which for several months has been con
ducting the Boulevard stables at the speed
track, lias dissolved partnership, with G.
E. Smith as its successor.
BEEKELEY.
Herman Whitney, a gardener in the em
ploy of W. F. Booth at the corner of Dana
street and Bancroft way, was found dead
in his bed on the night of July 4. He had
been ailing for some time past, and after
having returned from Oakland, where he
had gone to celebrate the Fourth, ate some
green apples, which are supposed to have
caused his sudden demise.
Little is known of the dead man, as he
had been in the employ of Mr. Booth for
only about a month. He was bo years old
and a native of Canada.
At the Coroner's inquest held last night
it was found that his death was caused
from acute pencarditis.
Honor to Professor Greene.
Professor ward L. Greene, who has been
for several years past chief of the botan
ical department of the University of Cali
fornia, and whose resignation from that
office took effect on the Ist inst., received a
letter yesterday from the University of
Notre Dame, Indiana, informing him that
the faculty of that institution had decided
to confer on him the honorary degree of
L.L.D.
Professor Greene resigned his professor
ship at the university in order to accept
the chair of botany at the Catholic Univer
sity of America in Washington, D. C. He
will leave for his new field of labor in :
about two weeks.
Crescent Club's Xew Quarters.
The Crescent Athletic Club has com
pleted negotiations with the Odd Fellows
for the leasing of Unity Hall, which will at
once be converted into a gymnasium for
the use of the club. It has neen decided to ;
use the auditorium for the gymnasium,
and to erect a movable partition along the
front of the stage. Some of the apartments
off the stage will be utilized as dressing
rooms, while the stage itself will be fitted
uu with furniture, bookcases and other
conveniences for the use of club members.
Whiting Memorial Services.
Word was received in Berkeley yester
day that a memorial service in honor of
Professor^Harold Whiting and family, who i
were lost in the Colima disaster, was held
in the First Parish Church, Harvard
square, Cambridge, Mass., on June 28. lhe
pulpit was decorated with palms and
tlowers, while a large wreath marked the
pew formerly occupied by the Whiting
family. The" address was delivered by
Rev. Mr. Peabody.
Broke His Leg.
John Sheehan, a resident of West Berke
ley, had one of his legs broken on Thurs
day by falling from one of the buildings
at the stock yards, where he was engaged
in wetting down the roofs to protect them
from possible fires.
Pleasant Tea Party.
Mrs. Clara Partridge gave a tea party at
her home on Haste street on the evening
of July 4, at which Messrs. Hughes and
Beers, the prospective university students
who tramped from Los Angeles to Berke
ley, were the honored guests of the even
ing _»____«-___
Professor Haines,chemist to the Chicago
Board of Health, says he has found the
Royal Baking Powder the purest and
strongest, and superior to all others in
every" respect.
European Idea of Our Women.
We all know what England and other
countries of the Old World think of the
American girl, who has been publicly de
scribed, discussed, analyzed unceasingly
over there for the last "few years. What
the trans-Atlantic opinion is of our women
generally has not been so freely divul-ed,
and is not, therefore, familiar. But edu
cated Europeans, notably Britons, French
men, Germans, Italians, whether they
have traveled here, or observed our wan
dering sisters abroad, make no secret of
their views; are inclined, indeed, to seize
occasion to eniighten us on the subject.
Their concurrent testiniony is that our
women are spoiled — spoiled by the con
stant flattery, indulgence and homage of
ail iheir masculine kindred, associates and
acquaintances. They deprecate the con
cessions continually made to them, the
special favor always shown them. Our
friends acrosß the water say that they are
treated as superior beings; that what we
call appreciation of them is little less than
worship; that it injures us as well as them;
that it will, in time, injure both Irrepar
ably. They are in dead earnest and seem
to be deeply troubled that we do not estab
liflh ;t much-needed reform.
Europeans base their idea of our treat
ment of our women on their treatment of
their women. Between the New World
and the Old World there is, in this respect,
a marked difference certainly. Their view
is one of comparison. If they are right
we must bo wrong. We are entirely con
scious of the great consideration we give
women, of the deference we pay them.
We do not regard ourselves as in excess
but the Europeans as deficient in this re
gard. They should imitate our example,
we hold, not we theirs, which to our mind,
would be retrogressive. We are pained,
when abroad, at the degradation of the
sex in the rural regions; at their lack of
education and opportunity; at the man
ner in which they are kept down. The
Old World seems to consider women in
ferior; its conduct toward them indicates
this; and many foreigners avow it, and in
sist on it. We put women on our level
and do the best we can to make them com
fortable, independent and contented.—
Harper's Bazar.
Amos S. Brackett of Seco, Me., has just
started life afresti, when nearingthe age of
threescore and ten. He has been a night
watchman for forty-four years, and has
retired. The world will look different to
him.
Don't Get Scared
If you should hear that In some place to which yon
are going malaria Is prevalent. To the air poison
wuicta produces chills and fever, bilious, remittent
and dumb ague there is a safe and thorough anti
dote and preventive, viz., Hosteuer's Btomadi
Bitters. The great anti-malarial specific is also a
remedy for biliousness, constipation, dyspepsia,
rheumatic and kidney trouble, nervousness and
debility.
THE SA^ FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1895.
THE NEW POTRERO SCHOOL
The Grammar Grade Well
Provided For in the New
Building.
MANUAL TRAINING A FEATURE.
Mayor Sutro and the Board of
Education Will Inspect It
Saturday Morning.
City Architect T. J. Welsh has about
completed his work on the Potrero Gram
mar School, and is ready to turn over the
new building and the reconstructed old
building, both of which are connected by a
glass-inclosed corridor, to the School De
partment. The buildings occupy a lot
150x200 in area, that extends from Ten
nessee to Minnesota streets. Tha old
structure, with its many alterations, its
eight classrooms, its cooking-room and its
department of manual training, faces on
Minnesota street, while the handsome new
building, finished in the colonial style of
architecture, faces Tennessee street.
The cooking-room is one of the most at-
THE NEW POTRERO GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
[From o photograph.]
tractive features of the school. It is
located in the garret, and is built on what
is known as the "demonstrator's plan."
There are rows of inclined seats, so ar
ranged that while a class is giving an ex
hibition of the culinary art the remainder
can sit and look on without being in the
way. The arrangement is similar to that
of the lecture-room of a medical college.
The new building also has a classroom
built on the "demonstrator's plan," and is
justly the pride of Principal Faulkner.
This" room will be devoted to the uses of
science. It la fitted with a sink, water, gas,
a darkroom for the use of amateur pho
tographers and "close" blinds. In con
nection with this room is a fully equipped
laboratory, where the children will be per
mitted to make experiments for them-
selves.
on the top floor is the sewinsr-room. It
I- large and airy, beautifully tinted,
adorned with a iirepiace and furnished
with comfortable little chairs and tables.
On either side of the fireplace are neat,
antique oak cases, contain ins 140 pigeon
hole?, for the receptiorf of workbaskets.
Principal Richard D. Faulkner lias ele
gant apartments at the right of the main
entrance, which consist of a reception
room, office and library. Within easy
reach of his desk is a row of electric but
tons and speaking tubes, which connect
with every department.
In the basement of the old building is
located the mechanical arts department.
This is thoroughly eqnipped with work
benches and a full complement of tools.
The new building is a marvel of com
pleteness. Alteration did much for the old
one, but in the new the architect gave full
rein to his progressive ideas. The six
large classrooms nave been so arranged as
to all have a southern exposure, the chil
dren, when at work, receiving light from
the left side alone. Thus all cross lights,
so injurious to the eyesight, are avoided.
The three upper classrooms are con
nected with sliding doors, making it
possible in case of a large gathering to
throw all three into one. To facilitate this
plan the teachers' platforms ure mad"c
portable.
Stereopticon work having found such a
lai-jre place in our schools the windows of
these classrooms have been supplied with
"close" blinds, so that in a moment dark
ness can be secured at midday. The win
dows are also so arranged as to make ven
tilation possible without draughts.
Knch rloor is supplied with fire appa
ratus. There are tire escapes from the
upper story. The observatory-room is so
situated that the yard and both inside
entrances can be under the eye of the
principal at the same time, and an upper
bUcony for the review of sports in the
bituminized playground — the only one of
the kind in the city. In the girls' yard an
extensive Mower garden has been started,
and in the sheds a ringway has been pro
vided for exercise.
In the boys' playground space has been
reserved for physical culture, which will
be under the ?uperviaion of Robert Booth.
Among the gymnastic apparatus there will
be a horizontal bar, climbing pole and
rings. Sheds have been provided for rainy
days. where the little ones may play de
spite the weather.
Mayor Sutro and the Board of Education
will visit the new school to-day upon invi
tation of Mr. Welsh. The total cost of re
niodeling the old structure and building
the new is $2ti,450 50.
The Clock Was All Kight.
There was a colored woman and a pack
age on a Brush-street car the other even
ing, and if anybody wondered what the
package contained the mystery was eocn
solved. She hadn't gone over two blocks
before the clock in the paper box on her
lap struck twice. Everybody looked at
the woman, and the woman looked down
at the clock, and there was a general feel
ing the worst was ovr.r when the clock
struck the hour of 4. This created a laugh
all around and the striking and the laugh
aroused a man who was dozing on a seat
near the door.
'Wash 'er matter?" he asked, as he
looked around the car in a dazed way.
No one answered him and he was about
to doze off again when the clock went at
it ami struck 9ix times in the most painful
and deliberate manner.
"Whash zhat— six o'clock?" asked the
man as he started up.
"It's my clock," said the colored woman,
as phe turned the box top side down.
"Did your clock strike shix times?"
"Yes, sir."
"Then what your clock warrter strike
shix times for"? I thought it was shix
o'clock in the morning and time to get up.
Goin' to strike agin?"
"I— l hope not, sir."
"So do I. Clock no bizness to strike shix
times and wake me up. If zhat clock
strikes any more "
It struck Borne more. It went ding!
ding! ding! ten consecutive times thought
the woman was tossing it up and down.in
her efforts to stop the noise. ■ f
"Was zhat your clock?" demanded the
man as he rose up and held on by the door
casing.
"Yes, sir, but — "
"Never you mind!" interrupted the
man, "zhat clock struck shix times fur me
to get up and zhen struck ten times for me
to go ter bed. Clock may be off— l may be
off. Clocks don't drink beer, but I do.
Guess 'er clock is all right and I'm off. If
clock was tight I'd ask you to get off. As
clock is sober, keep yer sheat and let 'er
clock have good time, and I'll get off fur
more beer. Bhix times — ten times — clock
all right. Goo' night, colored woman with
sober clock — farewell !" — Detroit Free
Press.
A Prompt Diagnosis.
"Look here," she said defiantly as she
strode into the detectives office, "my hus
band's missing."
"You don't say po!"
"I don't say so, don't I ? Well I'd have
you to understand that I do say so and
what's more you heard me say so. And I
don't propose to stand here and be contra
dicted by any man that lives."
/ She paused for breath and the officer
murmured:
"1 don't mean any offense."
"If that ain't like a man ! What differ
ence does it make what you mean? You
don't suppose I care what you mean?
You've got your business to attend to,
haven't you? All I ask is that you mind
it and not ask fool questions and make
silly remarks. Where's my husband?"
"Why, how do I know where your hus
band is?"
"Of course you don't know where he is.
You're not paid for knowing where he is,
are you? I haven't been up tv the tax col
lector's office twice a year for the last
twenty— l mean ten— years paying my
share of your salary to look after just such
cases as this?"
"Well, ma'am, I don't know where he is,
but I've got a clew."
"You don't say so."
"The first thing to do is to look for a
motive. I think I've found out why your
husband left home. If I learn any more
I'll let yon know." And he dodged into
his private ottice and bolted the door. —
Washington Star.
In every receipt calling for baking pow
der better results and more wholesome
food will be obtained by the use of Royal
than any other, because of its greater
leavening strength and absolute purity.
MADDENED TO THE DEED
Sir Edwin Arnold's Nephew
Murdered by an Infuriated
Young Wife.
Unable to Stand His Erutal Treat
ment, She Shot Him Through
the Heart.
A strange story of a woman's vengeance
in far-off India is brought to this port by
the steamer Rio Janeiro, which arrived at
an early hour yesterday morning from
Hongkong.
The victim was J. F. G. Lester, acting
superintendent of police at Godra, in the
Panch iJ.'thals district, and the nephew of
Hr Edwin Arnold. The woman was his
wife, a daughter of Colonel Braham, an old
Indian campaigner. They were married
in Uombay about five yeara ago, had a
large circle of friends in the big English
dependency and moved in the smartest set
in Bombay.
Early in May Lester and his wife had
established a camp at Champaner, at the
foot of Pawngher Hill, in the Panch
Mahals, and seemed to be enjoying them
selves splendidly. On the morning of
May S i,ester decided that he would move
the camp to the. summit of the hill, 2500
feet higher up. The incidents that followed
led directly up to the tragedy. Mr*. Lester
objected to the climb and beggei her hus
band to allow her to return to her home in
Bombay. He was obdurate and she was
compelled to obey.
Tlie last piece of camp furniture was
placed on the top just before the fall of the
evening. Angry words passed between
man and wife. He turned away, and, in
a sudden access of rage, the woman picked
up a small rifle standing close to her,
placed the muzzle close to hia back and
tired. Without a groan Lester fell face
forward on the ground dead.
Half way down the mountain was the
camp of a Mr. Littledale, and on the morn
ing of May 9 one of the native servants of
the Lester party rode down to him witli a
letter from Mrs. Lester. In it she stated
that she had killed her husband, and
wished to have the authorities 'notified.
She recited the story of his latest action,
and concluded by saying that she could
bear his continued brutal treatment no
longer and had taken tbis means of ridding
herself of his presence.
Upon receipt of the news Mr. Littledale
and Lieutenant Elderton proceeded to the
Lester camp, where they found the dead
man and the murderess. The woman acted
hysterically for a time and appeared to be
out of her mind.
Mrs. Lester was taken to Godva jail, and
made a full statement of the whole affair.
She expressed no sorrow for her deed.
A Charge of Perjury.
George R. Percy, who was a witness in the
Police Court examination of \V. W. Wilson,
charged with wrecking the printing otlice of
Fisher & Wagner, 954 Howard street, several
days ago, will have to answer to a charge of
perjury, yesterday a warrant was sworn out
for his arrest on that charge. At the examina
tion Percy swore that Wilson was not in the
neighborhood of the printing office when the
outrage was committed. This statement, it is
claimed, Is in direct variance with what is
known to be true, hence the issuance of the
warrant.
Sunset Cycling Club.
Captain Morrison of the Sunset Cycling Club
has completed the list of runs for the club
for the month of July in pursuance of instruc
tions Issued at the meeting last Monday night.
The first run was made last night to the Cliff
House and the second will be made to-morrow
to Berkeley, via West Oakland. The remainder
of the runs will be made as follows: On the
11th to the Cliff House; 14th, Hay wards;
18th, band stand: 21st, Ingleside; 25th, Cliff
House, and 28th to Colma.
Arrests on Minna Street.
There was a lively scrimmage at 23 Minna
street last night, which resulted in the arrest
oT two men. James Godfrey had a quarrel with
Thomas Tracy, and when the two were strug
gling upon the floor Godfrey bit Tracy's right
hand ring finger to the bone, and in retaliation
Tracy gave him a severe drubbing with his
lists. Police officers were called in and God
frey was arrested and charged with mayhem,
while a charge of battery was placed against
Tracy.
The Brethren or Dunkards (Progressive)
number 8089.
MORE MONEY FOR JACK
The Wages of Deep- Water
Sailors Raised to Twenty
Dollars.
LANDLORDS IN THE FIGHT.
The Rate to Go Still Higher— Demand
for Ships the Cause— Trip of
the Lakme.
The wages of deep-water sailors on for
eign ships in this port have been raised to
$20 a month, and at a meeting of the Sea
men's Landlords' Association "Wednesday
afternoon it was decided to raise the ad
vance to $50 a man. The wages of sailors
have been ranging from $15 to $17 50 a
month for the last two years, and in that
time it cost Jack from $5 to $7 50 to get a
berth on board any Bhip.
The sudden demand for foreign and
American vessels to carry away the syndi
cate wheat which has been stored so long
in the Port Costa warehouses created a
demand for men, and the natural law of
supply and demand sent the price of the
sailor up in the scale. It is said by mem
bers of the executive committee of the
association that wages before long will be
advanced to $25.
When sailors were scarce in years gone
by "blood" money came into votrue, and it
cost the ship all the way from $10 to $50
and $60 a man. Then sailors became a
drug on the market; "blood" money was
done away with, and the sailor instead of
the ship was taxed. In all these years it
never occurred to the boarding-house mas
ter to raise the wages of the teaman.
Twenty dollars a month seemed to be the
standard price, and when the rate was
changed it was not in favor of the sailor.
The advance has always been $10 a month
since the passage of the Dingley act, or $40
for a trip around the Horn, the duration
of which is estimated at four months. If
the boarding-house masters attempt to
carry out their "advance" scheme they
will come into conflict with Uncle Sam.
Chief Deputy Parkerof the United States
Shipping Commissioner's office said yes
terday that no vessels, either foreign or
American, could pay more than $40 ad
vance.
"The Dingley act especially provides
against that," said Mr. Pancer. "No ship
can give an advance of more than $40 in
this or any consul's office, and a violation
of the law by secret means is punishable
by a heavy line."
"It is true that the wages of sailors have
been advanged to $20 a month," said Sec
retary Hankin of the British Consul, "but
I had not heard of the advance being
raised to $50. The Waterloo, which sailed
on Wednesday, paid $20 and $40 advance.
"There are several ships up the river
which will be down in a few days, but if
any sailor asks for $50 he will not get it.
The captain may give the advance outside
of the office, but lie will take big chances
if he does, for the penalty for an infraction
of the Dingley act is a very heavy one. A
similar attempt was made some years aeo,
but it was never tried on through this
office."
The steamer Lakme is lying at Mission
street wharf 2 taking in supplies for the
Arctic Ocean. She is to act as a tender
this year for the fleets of Liebe3 Bros.,
James Anderson, Roth, Blum & Co., J.
McKenna Jr., J. & W. R. Wing.
The vessels to which the Lakme will
take stores are the bark Northern Light,
steamer Alexander, Rosario, Horatio,
William Bayjiss, Navarch, Triton, Jean
ette, Karluk'and Belvedere. All but the
last three named vessels have been in the
Arctic for two years, and nothing has been
heard from them since the latter part of
last {all. A letter was started across the
ice at that time and it reached McKenna's
office a little over a month ago. The only
news it conveyed was that all hands who
were wintered at the mouth of the McKen
zie River were well and four whales had
been caught. The Lakme will go as far
north as possible — to McKeiuie River un
less the winter fleet has passed out of the
ice. She will return about the latter part
of November.
NEW THINGS
IN ELECTRICITY
What Is Going On
in Electricity. —
iertncity supersede steam for both
freight and passenger railroad traffic? A
most valuable presentation of the subject
of the substitution of electricity for steam
in railway practice has been made before
the American Institute of Electrical Engi
neers by Dr. Louis Duncan. Dr. Duncan
Rets at the crux of the present issue by
drawing a distinct line between the pas
senger side and the freight side of the ques
tion of transportation. In passenger
travel the receipts of a road are increased
by running trains at short intervals and at
high speeds, and this is a condition pe
culiarly favorable to electricity. On an
electric line short trains equally distributed
over the track give a greater station effi
ciency, and the lowest cost of equipment
oi both station and line. With steam, on
the contrary, the cost of nauling a given
number of passengers between given points
is greatly increased when the number of
trains is increased. The efficiency is less,
and the cost of equipment and of train
service is greater. A recognized authority
states that doubling the number of engines
for a iriven traffic increased the cost of
transportation about 50 per cent. On the
other hand, with freight traffic, the con
ditions of greatest economy are reached
when trains of maximum weight are
hauled by a single locomotive. The ten
dency of late years has been in the direc
tion of increasing the size of the locomo
tive, the capacity of the cars and the length
of the trains. These changes have neces
sitated more solid and expensive road beds,
heavier rails and general strengthening of
bridges. The outlay has been enormous,
but the decreased cost per ton mile for
freight transportation has shown the wis
dom of the change. In the last twenty
years the amount of freight transported
per train mile has more than doubled and
the expenses have decreased more than
half. The passengers per train mile, on
the other hand, have decreased, and the
expenses have been reduced only very
slightly, notwithstanding the great'econo
mies that have been exercised. These and
many other pregnant facts go to show that
Dr. Duncan speaks advisedly in main
taining that the freight traffic will
be well looked after by steam for
some time to come, but that the
passenger service will soon be very
largely and in time entirely electrical.
The trend of passenger traffic has been in
the direction in which electricity is the
most economical for transportation.
Freight traffic, on the other hand, has gone
in the direction where eiectricity becomes
the most costly. Up to the present the
steam roads have ignored the competition
of electric roads or they have fought them.
To-day they cannot afford to do either.
In a few years electric roads will have ab
sorbed practically all the local traffic and
will begin to cut into through transporta
tion. The only safety of the steam roads
is to make an ally of electricity before it is
too late. Many high-speed electric roads
have been projected on paper and mainly
for stock-jobbing purposes, but as show
ing what the electrical locomotive is com
mercially capable of to-day, Mr. Duncan
makes mention of an electric road in course
of construction in Maryland on which a
speed of sixty miles an hour will be made
by cars outside the city limits. Probabiy
this road will be the first to solve the de
tailed problem of the interurban rapid
transit.
Electric Locomotive Headlight.— The
manager of a Southern railroad published,
some time ago, a letter in which he gave
his experience of the operation of the elec
tric headlight for locomotives. It appears
that his road ran for the most part through
very wet and swampy land, and cattle
flocked to the dry roadbed as the moat de
sirable resting place in the district. They
would often be so numerous on the line
that the train had to be brought to a stand
still, and in spite of every care, many were
run over and killed, and the railroad com
pany had heavy damage bills to pay. Elec
tric headlights were put on the locomo
tives, and the light they gave was so
bright and searching that, although the
cattle insisted on lying on the tracks, there
were no more damage suits for the com
pany to right. This letter was followed by
many inquiries from railroad companies in
regard to the fitting of locomotives with
electric headlights. Many of the com
panies were, however, deterred from pro
ceeding with the matter by discovering
that a heavy load would have to be added
to the already overburdened locomotive in
the shape of the engine and dynamo neces
sary to generate current. This difficulty
has been overcome in the production of an
electric locomotive headlight that is ritted
with its own engine and dynamo. These
two little machines are packed away just
behind the headlight, in a space about half
the size of the headlight-box. Half a turn
of a half-inch valve passes enough steam
to run the engine, which is a comi>ound
steam turbine, and it makes no difference
whether dry or wet steam is used, or
whether a full head of high-pressure steam
is suddenly turned on, as there is no back
lash or reaction. The engine responds in
stanequsly when steam is turned on, and
the light is steady, powerful ana re
liable. This invention naturally puts an
entirely new face on the question of the
feasibility of the general adoption of elec
tric headlights for locomotives.
Portable Electric Drill. — An Immense
amount of time is saved in large factories
by a newly invented electric drill. The
drill is mounted on wheels, and can be run
wheelbarrow fashion by a single hand to
nny required spot. In the works of a
steam navigation company, where there
are 2000 workmen, it is now an exceptional
thing for a hole to be bored with the
ratchet brace. A net of electric wires ex
tends all over the place, and each shop is
provided witb a number of special electric
drilling machines and the necessary cables,
so that any man who requires to bore. holes
has only to wheel the small portable drill
to the work and complete the operation at
his bench, thus saving much time. This
drill is aljo used for boring holes in the
decks of steamers to receive the screws
holding the planking in place. It is said
that with this device a man and a boy can
bore 400 half-inch holes in half-inch deck
plates per day. When used for counter
sinking, the work done is from 800 to 1000
holes per day. The electric drill also
makes light of the somewhat awkward job
of drilling the rivet-holes for a furnace
mouth. In the shipyard the machines
have proved extremely useful, not only for
drilling and countersinking all rivet-holes,
but also for cutting out sidelights, scuttles
and hawse-pipe holes. In repairing
stranded ships, too, they are very handy
for drilling out the rivets of the plates to
be replaced.
Electric Parcel Delivery . — At the Vic
toria station, Manchester, Eng., a new de
parture has been made in electrical appli
cation which has excited great interest.
The parcel business at the station has
been for some time increasing at a rate
which severely tried the constantly aug
mented facilities of the management. It
Btrock the engineer of the railroad that the
whole situation could be simplitied by the
introduction of electricity, and forthwith
a miniature electric line was suspended
from the girders of the roof of the latest
erected parcel department. Along the
rails runs an electric traveler capable of
lifting and conveying a ton, although it is
not ordinarily used for more than half that
weight When parcels have to be trans
ferred in bulk from one part of the depart
ment to another they are placed in a large
hamper, which is lifted to its place under
the motor-cab and run along the rails to
the desired point. The device is working
co well that the railroad company is put
ting up a second pair of rails parallel to
the first.
Electrical Training. — There has been
much discussion of the question of the
training of electrical engineers and the
chances i.f success offered by electrical en
gineering a? a profession. The fact has
twos Mtftblished that in these days there is
no fiich thing as a ready-made electrical
engineer. A man has to go through a very
laborious and highly scientific training
before he can be so equipped as to do jus
tice t<> the profession and to himself. Some
practical men, however, think differently,
ami say so. A writer in an American elec
trical journal says: "The truth is that a
first-class constructive engineer can be
turned out in a year or two." In comment
ing on this statement the leading English
electrical organ says: "In our opinion
this is very far indeed from the truth, and
the sooner young men realize the fact the
better will it be for the future of the pro
fession.
Held for Murder.
Look Wan, the Celestial, who, it is charged,
killed a fellow-countryman In Sullivan alley
several nights ago, was held to answer to a
charee of murder by Police Judge Joachimsen
yesterday.
France is going to build at once two large
cruisers of threat power and speed, capable
of competing with the British Terrible and
our Columbia, and of overtaking the fast
Atlantic liners. They will have a mini
mum contract speed of twenty-three knots,
and must steam 7500 knots at twelve knots
an hour without recoaiing.
Bn^Tl F I a llSni!i4 number of gentlemen who
Ufil I Ufa JLffLUUU r i de heels have had their
\ attention called to the hand-
• \ . some prize which has been t
T « : i ! offered by the Celery, Beef
I and Iron Co. to the lady
I | ; cyclist of the Coast who can ;
; ' i write the best poem on
; CYCLING, and judging by
! their letters they think they '
„ • H i know as much as most |
IUI I iIL blilLu —Not only about how to
| I write poetry but also as to the
,| ' I merits of DR. HENLEY'S
I \ Celery, Beef and Iron. One
• avers that "It is the best
thing to ' take along ' al-
ways"; another says, "Mixed
. ; with a little sugar and a
?' I wineglass full of hot water
. \t - ■| : it is a superb • bracer " ; and
yet another writes, "It is
tx- | tj the best tonic and stimulant
II on earth." Be patient,!
I j TcMcy
ULfll I LOliOli In a few days another con-
test will be opened for the spe-
cial benefit of male cyclists.
WILL LECTURE NO MORE
Rev. Dr. Gibson Will Not Talk
in Public About the "Crime
of a Century."
EMMANUEL CHURCH TO OPEN.
Funds Will Be Solicited to Pay Off
the Church Debt and Ser
vices Begin Again.
The Emmanuel Baptist Church will be
reopened for regular services one week
from to-morrow, and plans have finally
: been arranged by which it la hoped to pay
I off the burdensome debt of $12,000 that
'now hangs over the church. The recent
! lecture by Dr. Gibson was hardly success
i ful enough financially to insure him giv
ing more here or elsewhere, so the pro
jected lour will be abandoned and other
means pursued to raise the desired amount.
The general sentiment against the lecture
scheme had much to do with the giving up
of the trip.
The general Baptist convention, which
met last week at Twin Lakes, gave consid
erable time to the discussion of the Em
manuel Church affairs, and finally adopted
the following resolutions, sympathizing
with the church, and referring the plans
for help to the local ministerial conference :
Resolved, That we feel most deeply the finan
cial embarrassment upon the Emmanuel
Baptist Church of San Francisco — an embar
rassment greatly increased by the awful
calamity which has recently fallen upon them.
Jie*olred, TJiiat we believe the time has come
to lift this debt, and we urge that the work be
undertaken at once, and we will most heartily
co-operate in any plan which the church and
the Ministerial Lnion of San Francisco will
adopt tv this end.
Resolved, That we heartily commend our
brother, Rev. J. George Gibson, pastor of Em
manuel Baptist Church of Pan Francisco, fo all
of our churches in leading this undertaking,
and we urge that he be invited by every pastor
and church to present this object.
The resolutions were unanimously passed
by the convention, and yesterday the Bap
tist Ministerial Union of San Francisco
and vicinity met at Oakland to arrange
for some method of speedily paying the
debt. It was decided to solicit the desired
amount, and the following resolutions
were adopted :
Resolved, That a committee be appointed to
take charge of the fund to be raised to pay the
Emmenuel Church debt, the committee to con
sist of two members of the Ministerial Union,
two members of the church and one layman
member of neither organization, to act as
treasurer of the fund.
Resolved, That no pledge be binding till the
gum oi $8000 has been actually subscribed.
Rev. H. L. Dietz and Rev. L. P. Boynton
were chosen from the union to act on the
committee. It is hoped that enough
money may be subscribed in a few months
to settle the debt, and Dr. Gibson will
present the matter to the various churches
of the State in a tour for that purpose.
It is anticipated that a large crowd will
attend the reopening of the church on the
14th inst., and tickets will be issued in
order to insure a quiet audience and to
keep out those who come merely from
curiosity. Dr. Gibson is at present
anxiously awaiting the trial of Durrant
and wondering whether he will be
brought prominently into the case again
during the trial. He is rather tender on
several points, and still insists that those
papers were mistaken which stated that he
wears pointed-toed shoes.
Obeying Orders.
Here is a good story which the boys in
camp will appreciate, told last night at the
Array and Navy Club. It illustrates an
Irishman's disposition to carry out his
orders. Hugh Me , a son of the Emer
ald Isle, who had volunteered in the
Sixth Regiment of South Carolina Infantry,
was stationed on the beach of Sullivan's
Island, with strict orders to walk between
two points, and to let no one pass without
the countersign, and that to be communi
cated only in a whisper. Two hours after
ward the corporal with the relief discovered,
by the moonlight, Hugh, up to his waist in
water, the tide having set in since he was
posted.
"Who goes there?" "Relief." "Halt
relief. Advance corporal, and give the
countersign."
Corporal— I am not going in there to be
drowned. Come out here and let me relieve
you.
Hugh— Divil a bit. The leftenant tould
me not to lave me post.
Corporal — Well, then, I will leave you in
the water all night (going away as he
spoke).
Hugh— Halt! I'll put a hole in ye if ye
pass without the countersign. Them's me
orders from the leftenant. (Cocking and
leveling his gun).;
Corporal — Confound you, everybody will
hear me if I bawl it out to you.
Hugh— Yes, me darling, and the leftenant
said it must be given in a whisper. In
with ye, me finger's on the trigger, and
me gun may go off.
The corporal had to yield to the force of
the argument and wade in to the faithful
sentinel, who exclaimed: "Be jabers, it's
well ye've come. The bloody tide has
a-most drowned me." — Washington Post.
Crispi's Coat of Mail.
Since the last attack on his life, Signor
Crispi has constantly worn under his shirt
a light but solid coat of mail. So a
Genoese newspaper declares. The New
Age recalls the fact that, after Bismarck
was tired at in Berlin thirty years ago,
he also wore a steel shirt next his skin.
The joke about him was that he got his
linen at the ironmongers. After all. it
counts for something to belong to the
'• great unknown." — Westminster Gazette.
The Apostolic Mennonites claim a follow
ing of 209.
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