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SATURDAY „ AUGUST 3. 1895
AMUSEMENTS.
Bat., wis Theater.— Wife."
Columbia Thkatkb— "The Ensign."
California Treaties— "A Black Sheep."
_ioßOsoo*s OpEba-ho _6E — " Under the City
Lamps."
Tivoli OrF._A-nor se— "Maritana."'
M— High-Class Vaudeville.
Prof. O. It. Gleason— The Champion Horse
Tamer, at Central Park, Sunday, August 4.
State Boabd of Track Exhibit.— s7s Market
street, below Second. Open daily. Admission free.
Bay District Track.—
PICNIC*. AND EXCURSIONS.
El Campo— Sunday. August 4— Japanese Aerial
Carnival. - "'-•*
AUCTION SALES.
By Sullivan A Doyle— Saturday, August 3,
Hoi* . at 3.7 si street, at 11 o'clock.
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
Condensed City news on seventh page of the
Call
The Blythe estate is tied up by a Supreme
Court order until August 10.
Valley Road surveyors have established a
camp six miles from Bakersfield.
Local items, bright and brief, can be round on
this page of the CaLl every morning.
B. Mish, who was in the retail millinery busi
_____ at 545 Market street, has failed.
The Horse Show Association will give $15,000
in cash prizes lor its show in December.
Mrs. N. Nattier will sue Frit? Scheel for $100
wag. 5 while acting as tin advance agent.
The Valley Road trustees certificates are
ready for distribution among shareholders.
Alonzo 3. Whit, man, the young ex-million
aire convicted of forgery, makes an eloquent
plea in court.
Carroll Cook and Attorney Eddy have taken
the Alcazar Theater contempt case to the
Supreme Court. ttßtß.
Thomas H. Williams Jr. has returned from
the East and says he will buy the Bay District
track for $650,000.
The Iroquois Club held their usual meeting
last evening, the Board of Health being the
. übject of discussion.
There is a con tot t brewing over the power of
the Board of Health to remove subordinates
except for good cause.
It is probable that Meyer Strugs* friends will
_*o_>n take steps for his readmission to the First
Congregational Church.
The Health and Police Committee of the
Supervisors has decided not to recommend an
increase in the police force.
The winners at the Bay District yesterday
were: Jack Atkins, Margaret M, Charlie Boots,
Imp. Santa Bella and McFarlane.
Suit to recover $20,000 in stocks has been
begun against Mrs. Solomon Heydenfeldt by
the executors of the Heydenfeldt estate.
One hundred and seventy-five men are living
in huts on the City's dumping grounds at the
foot of Sixth street and existing on garbage.
Mayor Sutro has vetoed the basalt-block
pavement order so recently drawn up by the
Street Department and passed by the Super
visors.
The Southern Pacific Company has adopted a
reduced tariff on grain from stations on the
coast division road to San Francisco, Oakland
and Port Costa.
The officers of the Third Regiment, N. G. C,
are just now trying to get a sight of the regi
mental books in order to see how camp funds
Were expended.
Property-owners in the vicinity of Fifth
avenue and L street South are divided as to
the lowering of the grade at the crossing of
these thoroughfares.
Rudolph Spreckels' motion to dissolve the
plantation stock injunction was denied by
Judge Slack. This was a victory for Claus
Spreckels, his father.
Chief Crowley says there are but few opium
fiends in this City now, and that there is very
little of the drug sold illegally in Chinatown or
smoked there by whites.
In accordance with the suggestion of The
Call Chief Crowley has issued to the new cap
tains an order calling upon them to enforce the
law against pool-selling.
'"- The Finance Committee of the Board of Su
pervisors held a lengthy meeting last night.
The tax levy was discussed and several impor
tant changes recommended.
The heirs of old Cornelius King, the miser
and familiar character, who used to trundle
barrels along the streets, but left $214,000 in
gold, are suing for his wealth.
J. J. Comerford and William Wellmann were
held to answer by Police Judge Campbell yes
terday.for the murder of Daniel Johnston,
with bail fixed at $30,000 each.
At the meeting of the Labor Council last
night the action of Labor Commissioner Fitz
gerald in supplying white working-girls to
Chinese employers was adversely criticized.
Secretary Meade of the Manufacturers' Asso
ciation has asked Rev. Edwin Allen of St.
Ignatius Church to give California organ
makers a chance in bidding for its new pipe
organ.
Charles Nor. an aged negro employed in
Gruenhagen & Co.'s candy-store on Kearny
street, dropped dead yesterday morning. An
autopsy showed that death was due to natural
causes.
A circular letter is now being sent out by the
Half-million Club to the editors of the State
asking them to stimulate County Supervisors
to spend all the money the law allows for ad
vertising purposes.
Attorney-General Fitzgerald gives an opinion
on the new banking law that is of considerable
interest to the money-loaning institutions. It
explains under what circumstances the word
"bank" can be used.
An alarm turned in from box 512 at 8:40
F. m. yesterday was for a blaze among some
empty boxcars in the "boneyard" at Illinois
and Merfimac streets at the i*otrero. One box-
Car was totally destroyed and two were badly
damaged. The fire Is supposed to have been
caused by tramps. Loss about $500.
• Herman Summers, who claims to be a junk
dealer, and Adelia Summers were booked at
the Southern station last night on a charge of
robbery. W. H. Smith, H. E. Orterfild and
Alex Perrie claimed that they met the Sum
mers woman on Third street and were robbed
in her room of $220.
The Afro-American League Congress con
cluded its business last night with the organi
zation of a State League. The opposition mem
bers, who were on the first day's session re
duced to honorary membership, withdrew from
the congress, and held a mass-meeting, de
nouncing the action of the congress, and laid
the foundation for anew league.
Harry A. Knox has begun suit against the
Southern Pacific Company for $500,000 dam
ages for alleged false imprisonment in connec
tion with the train wreck near Sacramento
during the great railroad strike last year.
James Mullin and Thomas Compton, jointly
charged with Knox for complicity in the wreck,
will also bring suits for $500,000 each.
A petition to force Hellsenberg & Koster,
Market-street restaurant-owners, into insol
vency was filed yesterday. The petitioners,
with the amounts of their claims, are: Del
Monte Milling Company, $236 40; Getz Bros.
& Co*. $241 81; Wheaton, Breon & Co.,
$206 79; Norton, Teller <__ Roden, $34 23; Man,
Sadler & Co., $12 38. ,
In an interview with Harry A. Knox yester
day on the availability and desirability of
Eugene V. Debs as a candidate for President
or Vice-President of the United States, he
states chat Debs had stated most positively
that he would accept no nomination for any
office. Knox also stated that it would be inad
visable to place Debs in the field at present, as
the laboring men were not yet sufficiently
united to poll all their strength for him . /
Charles Teppers of 620 Washington street is
to be arrested for selling liquors without a
license. He keeps a restaurant and contends
that he did not sell the stuff, but gave it away
with the meals. Revenue Agent Cromwell
asserts, however, that Teppers is simply at
tempting to evade the revenue tax, which be
came delinquent on July 31. Quite a number
of other delinquent restaurant-keepers are at
•'.mpting to evade payment of the tax on the
«ame grounds as Teppers. . ,
Antonio Flores feU down a light-well at 508
roadway yesterday afternoon and received
injuries from which be may die. He was en
gaged in a brawl, near the County Jail, and
when the officers arrived he ran up to the roof
of the building at 510 Broadway. In\j-unning
across the roofs he plunged into an open well,
or court, and fell two stories to a stone floor.
He was taken to the Receiving Hospital, where
he now lies at the point of death, his skull
being probably fractured.
The celebration of the feast of St. Ignatius
. ill be held in St. Ignatius Church to -rhorrdw.
For the solemn high mass at 10:30 a. M. the
full choir of male voices, under the direction
of Maurice W. O'Cdtthell, organist and musical
lirector, will render the mass by F auconier-
Battista, together with "Ecce Panls" and
"Jesu Dulcis Memoria" of Rigo, with organ
and orchestral accompaniment. In the even
ing at 7:30 o'clock there will be solemn ves
pers and benediction, at which Giorza's ves
pers, "Cor Jesu I*la grans,"' "Moriconi" and
••Tantum Ergo," by Donizetti, will be sung by
the male choir. The soloists for both services
.ill be Messrs. Jones, Mori, sey, Mills and
Wood. " *
AROUND THE WATER FRONT
1
The Law Against Fast Driving
on the Wharves to Be
Enforced.
NEW TUGBOAT SANTA LUCA.
Harbor Commissioners and the
Ferry-House-Shall It Be Marble
and Steel?
The Harbor Commissioners are deter
mined that the State law which prohibits
teams from being driven faster than a
THE NEW TUGBOAT FOB GIT ATE MALA.
[Sketched by a " Call" artist.]
walk upon the wharves shall be a dead
letter no longer. The officers stationed on
the docks, especially at Clay street, have
been running after teamsters who, taking
advantage of the smooth planking of the
wharves, let their horses go at a faster gait
upon leaving stone pavements.
The penalty is a fine of $20, or ten days
in the County Jail, for each offense, and
the drivers who have been treating the offi
cers' orders to check their speed as an
everyday joke will find the arrest some
what serious.
A new towboat, built by the Union Iron
Works for use by the Pacific Mail Com
pany on the Guatemalan coast, made
her first trip afloat yesterday. She is
named the Santa Luca, and as she was
speeded around the bay flying the ensign
of Guatemala she appeared to be a pretty
craft and quite fast. Her length is 46 feet,
beam 12 feet and depth 7 feet, with engines
of 100 horsepower. She is a wooden vessel
and will steam 10 knots an hour.
The Pacific Coast Steamship Company
is preparing to transport the grain crop of
this year to market. Several passenger
steamers have been fitted up to carry
freight exclusively. The Coos Bay is being
lengthened out and the Alex Duncan and
Yaquma overhauled for more storage
room.
The Pacific Mail steamshiD Belgic sailed
from Yokohama for San Francisco July
31, with a large cargo and twenty-eight
cabin passengers.
Admiral John G. Walker, U. S. N., who
has been inspecting the lighthouses" of the
Pacific Coast, left last night for Washing
ton in a special car by way of Portland.
The British steamer Progressist arrived
yesterday, three and a half days from De
parture Bay, with 4470 tons of coal. The
steamer Progreso Bailed for Panama with
a miscellaneous cargo, valued at $100,017.
The Harbor Commissioners are thinking
deeply over their new ferry building and
wondering how it shall be built.
Irving M. Scott at the last meeting of
the board was in favor of steel and marble,
a construction that will bring beauty and
durabilty to the great house for San Fran
cisco's water front. He goes backward in
architectural history and asks why the
marble temple of Jupiter Olympus, built
530 years before Christ, where the great
blocks of stone were fastened together
with iron dowels, that may yet be seen,
may not be considered as evidence in this
case?
George H. Sanders of the firm of Wright
& Sanders of this City stated to the board
that a building could be built of marble
and steel at a less cost than it was pro
posed to expend in brick or any other in
ferior materia) after a system that seemed
soon to become obsolete. He said that the
tendency in modern progress of building
constructions was to minimize the use of
material, to lighten the structure and to
economize in expense. If 5000 tons of bur
den can be taken off the foundations it is
an idea worthy of consideration.
John I. Sabin, in a letter to the Board of
Harbor Commissioners, called attention
to the brick walls of the City Hall, satu
rated with moisture, and recommended a
ferry building of something more durable
and more unpenetrable to the elements.
TRUSTEES' CERTIFICATES.
The Valley Road Pooling Agreement in
Its Last Form— Engineering
Progress.
Thomas Brown, chairman of the trustees
of the San Francisco and San Joaquin
Valley Railway, issued yesterday a notice
to subscribers of the capital stock of the
road that trustees' certificates were ready
for delivery. Stockholders may get the
certificates on presentation of receipts for
the first and second installments to Daniel
Meyer, at 214 Pine street.
Chief Engineer Storey stated yesterday
that he was" very highly pleased with the
progress made so far by the surveying par
ties down the valley. "He received a letter
notifying him that the party farthest south
had made preparations for moving camp
last night to a convenient spot six miles
from Bakersfield, the southern terminus of
the line. Another party of engineers has
moved away from the Merced River after
locating a crossing, and was working at
last advices about midway between the
Merced River and Merced City. •"
The surveyors have already gone over
the ground southward from - Fresno to
witnin about ten mile, from Bakersfield,
locating two lines part of the way. Mr.
Graham's corps has finished surveying
from Stockton to the Merced River, and
are not far from that city at present, with
a gap unfinished o nly as far as Fresno. ..
TO REINSTATE STRAUSS.
Criticisms of Dr. Brown's Actions In the
Excommunication Case.
The friends of Meyer Strauss and those
who think the proceedings -of the First
Congregational Church in the matter of
bis expulsion were unjustifiable have not
yet decided upon a definite course of action
in regard to his reinstatement.
. Some prominent members of the church
are of the opinion that the action was ille
gal and that Mr. Strauss is as much' a
member of the church as before it was
taken. They claim that vote of . cen
sure passed by the standing committee
was a form which the. majority of 'the
church might possibly be willing to ratify,
as a means of church discipline. Bat the
act of expulsion they characterize ,as
trickery, and say that care was taken that
Dr. Brown's followers were there en masse;
while those who would ; have been inclined
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1895.
to judge Mr. Strauss leniently knew noth
ing of the intention to further punish the
plain-spoken brother.
S. E. Dutton is perhaps the most out
spoken of the critics of Dr. Brown's posi
tion in the case. He .aid yesterday: "1
never had any but the kindest feelings for
Dr. Brown before, but his action in the
Strauss matter i consider unwarrantable,
unkind and unchristian. His rulings on
Wednesday evening would not be tolerated
by any deliberative body in the world.
3. agel spoke to the question three times,
always with the permission of the chair,
while young Littletield, when he wanted to
speak the second time, was ruled out of
order. The audience knew this, and can
only account for their lack of resistance by
the theory that they respect the office of
the pastor, though . the man himself is un
popular.* I believe there will be an effort
to reinstate Mr. Strauss, and I will ;do
what I can to make it a success. There
are no plans as yet. If there were it would
not be wise to give them to the newspapers.
If General Sherman had had published his
plans of campaign Jeff Davis would have
known how to proceed."
T. H. Hatch said he had never known
any one to be dismissed for anything but
immorality. He considered the action un
warrantable and would aid in a movement
to rescind it. : X: -'
Deacon Howard Barnard said the pro
ceeding was astounding and outrageous,
and he believed something would be done
soon to rectify the error.
The matter will probably come up again
at the Wednesday eveningprayer meeting.
AFTER A MISER'S GOLD
Kinsfolk of Old Cornelius King
Enter Suit in the Pro
bate Court.
He Trundled Barrels Along: the
Streets, but Left Nearly a
Quarter of a Million.
A suit was filed in the Probate Court
yesterday in the form of a petition for
revocation of probate of tne will made by
Cornelius King, an eccentric character of
San Francisco, who died as a pauper in
1894, but left an estate valued at $214,000.
King left $500 each to the two children of
his deceased aunt — Mrs. Mary Cronin of
Petaluma— and all the residue of his es
tate to his nephews and a niece, children
of a deceased brother in New York. The
Eastern devisees were appointed to admin
ister the will, but they resigned in favor of
J. B. Fargo of this City.
But the old fellow, who was known as a
miser and a* very poor man, left a brother
and sister in Ireland and a sister in Cali
fornia, whom he brought here many years
ago. This last sister was married to a
man named Machada and went to live
across the bay on the San Pablo rancho,
and so became lost to her kinsfolk. The
Irish relatives began legal proceedings to
recover the estate and secured the services
of Attorney George P. Burke of Watson
ville, who secured Sullivan & Sullivan to
work with him on the case. The attor-
neys found Mrs. Machada Thursday after
noon, and through them she first learned
that her brother was dead. She is in a
state of poverty almost, as are her brother
and sister in Ireland, but should they win
the suit each will receive at least $40,000.
King was a remarkable old man. He
lived for many years in a dingy room of
the Montgomery block with four padlocks
on the door.
He came to California in 1850. and first
became familiar on the streets of San
Francisco by trundling all kinds of barrels
bafore him. He used to buy barrels and
roll them from the Mission to wholesale
houses near the water front, where they
were sold at a small profit. Early in 1889
he fire a shot at Grafton Hatch near the
door of his room, believing that Hatch
was an enemy. In April of that year he
was adjudged insane years after tbe
will was made. He suffered from many
delusions— that people were constantly
calling him names, and wanted to rob him,
so he was sent to the Napa Asylum, where
he died in July, 1894. At the time of his
death he was popularly supposed to be
poor, but it was learned Immediately after
ward that he had cash deposited in five of
the City saving banks amounting to $199,
--608 95, which, with interest added, made a
total of $214,000. ; And now the penniless
kinfolk of the dead and gone miser are
making a fight for his gold.
WILL SUE FRITZ SCHEEL.
An Advance Agent .of the -Leader
Wants Her Pay.
Mrs. N. Neitler, who acted as advance
agent for Fritz Scheel, the orchestra leader,
while •he was talking of a concert tour to
Los Angeles during May last, is about to
sue the musician for $100 for wages while
working up the scheme.
Mrs. Neitler claims to have been sent to
Los Angeles by Scheel and exhibits letters
and telegrams to prove her assertions.
After drumming up a substantial subscrip
tion list for the concerts she found that
Scheel, for some reason, had placed the
matter in other hands.
Later the project was given up. Mrs.
Neitler says that persons who wished to
injure her led Scheel to break . faith with
her and that except for stories which were
circulated regarding her by Scheel and
these friends she would not have thought
of a suit. ,
THE LAST OF ALL.
Professor O. J.. Gleason's Fight With
Dixie To-Morrow Afternoon.
- : Professor Gleason, the horsetamer will
make his last appearance in San Francisco
at Central Park to-morrow afternoon at 3
o'clock. If! MtyMljßHfai
An unusually entertaining and varied
programme will ■ be offered, including the
taming and driving of hitherto unmanage
able 'horses both single and double, the
breaking of bucking bronchos and fancy
horseback-riding. * " .
•The sensational event of the day, how
ever, will be the attempted taming of
Dixie/a stallion with a most unenviable
record. He will be turned loose without
a particle of . harness on with the professor
in a foot pen.' Gleason will only use a
whip, and promises to have him under
control in thirty minutes.
She. Donned Bloomers
And after a ride ; on her Wheel refreshed
herself with a dip in the pure : ocean water
of the Lurline baths. Free at 10 p. m. : *
CIVIC FEDERATION ACTS
It Protests Against Bringing
the Almshouse Into
Politics.
OBJECTS TO WEAVER'S REMOVAL
Adopted Resolutions Asking the
Board of Health to Retain .
the Incumbent.
The Civic Federation has taken in hand,
tbe prospositlon to remove Superintend
ent Weaver of the Almshouse, and will
make vigorous protest to the Board of
Health against such a proceeding.; The
leaders of the federation claim the removal
of Weaver is only contemplated that .the
place may be given to a politician. /
The superintendency of the Almshouse,
the Civic Federationists maintain, has
been kept out of politics since it became
one of the City's institutions, and the pro
posed move they say is only one intended
to place it among the perquisites of party
victory. This they say is accentuated by
the fact that it is proposed to supplant
Mr. Weaver by Edward Reddy, whom they
characterize as a carpetbagger, for the
reason that he has until recently lived in
Mono County, and has . never voted in San
Francisco. The Federationists appear to
have nothing to say against the character
of Reddy, and only oppose him on the
ground that he is not eutitled to the place,
and that in the management of the insti
tution the civil service idea should ob
tain.
At the last meeting of the federation it
was decided that the protest it intended to
make be embodied in a form of resolutions
to be presented to the Board of Health at
its next meeting. Accordingly a resolu
tion was prepared and adopted, "the text of
which was as follows :
Whereas, A strong pressure is being brought
to bear on the new Board of Health to remove
Superintendent Weaver of the San Francisco
Almshouse in order to make place for a poli
tician not a citizen or resident of San Fran
cisco, and whereas.the Civic Federation, a non
partisan body organized for the purpose of pro
moting and encouraging good government in
this City, believes that the removal of an efli
cient public officer from so important a posi
tion for no worthier motive than to make place
for a favored politician would not only be
against the best interests of the public, but
would be an outrage against decency, and an
exhibition of callous indifference to the misfor
tunes of the poor who are obliged to seek a"
public shelter; therefore be it
Resolved, That the Civic Federation respect
fully submits to the Board of Health the fol
lowing statement:
The San Francisco Almshouse, under the
superintendency of Mr. Weaver, is equaled
only by two other institutions of the kind in
the United States. It is the only department
of our City government enjoying such distinc
tion. There have been no scandals in the man
agement of this institution under Mr. Weaver.
There have been no charges of waste or ex
travagance. The records show that the ex
penses have been extremely moderate.
The present Board of Health has been hailed
as a reform body. Governor Budd has an
nounced frequently that he would not inter
fere with the Board of Health in the selection
of officers for tne important positions in the
public service. This being the case, the board
can be under no constraint to remove an effi
cient and faithful officer from a position that
all good citizens agree should be of a non
political character. -
Edward Reddy, who asks for Mr. Weaver's
place, is a man with whom the members of the
federation are not personally acquainted, as
he is not a citizen of San Francisco. His name
is not on the Great Register of voters. We
have heard that he is a man of good character,
but Mr. Reddy has not been associated with
the charitable affairs of our City. We cannot
conceive that he has any right to the place to
which he aspire". We understand that he
cemes from Mono County, and that he has not
for years had any other occupation than that
of politics.
The Almshouse is a purely San Francisco
institution, supported by our taxpayers; it is
proper they should be represented in its man
agement.
The Civic Federation believes that the Board
of Health should apply civil service principles
to this case. The office of Superintendent of
the Almshouse should not be a prize for con
tending politicians. It bas not been so here
tofore. Mr. Keating, the predecessor of Mr.
Weaver, retained his place for twenty-seven
years, to the great benefit of the Almshouse.
Therefore, we respectfully protest against the
removal of Mr. Weaver to make political
place for Mr. Reddy.
I.J. Truman, President; James L. Case, Sec
retary; E. McClish, George T. Gadin, J. Cum
ming Smith.
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Uncle Sam Has a Claim Against Her
Now.
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Sophie . Sutherland in the United States
District Court yesterday. 7 Captain Suther
land is accused of taking fourteen | seals
within the limits proscribed by law, and if
the charge against 'him is sustained, his
vessel will be confiscated and he can be
sent to jail. " - 77"
There were 309 skins on the schooner
when she was seized, and United States
District Judge Morrow appointed E. Was
serraan, Adolph Bissinper and B. Sternfels
to value them. To fix the value of the
vessel James H. Bruce. Horace W. Watson
and Allen Y. Trask were appointed. 7. 7
TO LIMIT PILOTS' LIABILITY.
They Will Only Pay What Their
Schooners Are Worth.
The owners of the pilot schooner Grac ie
S want their liability limited, and with
that end in view they yesterday filed a
petition in the United States District
Court. Nine pilots each own an interest
in the vessel, and not one of cb'etn wants to
be liable for more than that interest calls
for. 77 7'
When the Gracie S was being fitted out
at the Union Iron Works, W. &J. Sloane
had the contract for the carpets and up
holstering. Henry Grundel was sent out
by them to do some of • the work, and in
boarding the schooner fell overboard, and,
accidentally striking his head against the
side, was knocked insensible and drowned
before assistance reached him. Frank
Grundel, as administrator of the estate,
sued for $50,000 damages, and the pilots
assert that the schooner is not worth nearly
i that much money. Hence their motion.
SETTLED BY THE HEIRS.
The Merchants' Exchange
Bank Claim of $900,000
Against C. W. Kellogg.
Although Kellogg: Went Into Insol
vency the Litigation Has Been
Kept Up.
The heirs of C. W. Kellogg yesterday
effected the settlement of a $900,000 claim
against the estate, the claim being held by
the Merchants'!) Exchange Bank of this
City.
When Mr. Kellogg was president of the
bank he drew money from time to time,
with the knowledge of the directors. His
notes were given for the money, and these,
on September 14, 1879, amounted to $264,
--526 82. •■ ■ , ' ; . -7;7777 \/ ; ;
On this indebtedness Mr. Kellogg agreed
to pay 1 per cent a month, but he was en
tirely unable to meet his obligations, and
the interest has run up until the amount
due on the notes is now $900,000, as the
figures were presented- in the County
Clerk's office yesterday afternoon.
Kellogg went into bankruptcy soon after
he retired from the presidency of the
bank, and his estate was closed up in the
United States District Court. Against the
suit of the bank the plea of bankruptcy
was entered, but the litigation has been
kept up, and the executors of the Kellogg
estate have consented _to pay for a legal
settlement. •";.,> *'."•
Joseph M. Loewe and Mrs. M. E. Gilroy,
the executors, have agreed to pay to the
bank $1500, which is larger in proportion to
the Kellogg estate than in comparison
with the claim.
When this money is paid the litigation
will be dropped, and the executors will be
permitted to close up the estate without
litigation.
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SPENT A NIGHT IN JAIL.
Judge Conlan Promptly Undoes the
Work of a Special Officer. j
• A rather officious piece of work on the !
part of Special Police Officer Heyneman
came to light in Police Judge Conlan's
court yesterday. It appears that on the
evening before Joseph Pedler, a 16-year
old boy, who lives with his mother on
Laurel avenue, near Gough street, was
in company with several friends singing
and playing on the sidewalk in front of
his mother's house. The hour was be
tween 8:30 o'clock and 9.
The officer pounced down upon the
youths, all of whom ran away except Ped
er, who sat on the steps. - The officer
roughly dragged him .to the City Prison
and charged him with disturbing the
peace. His mother was not notified of his
arrest and spent an anxious night, not
knowing where her son was.
In the Police Court when Judge Conlan
was informed of the facts of the case he
promptly discharged the boy. It Was rep
resented that he is a quiet, well-behaved
youth, and with his brother is the only
support of his mother. •." "
CLAUS SPRECKELS WINS
Important Victory in the Legal
Contest Begun by
His Son.
AMENDED COMPLAINT FILED;
Rudolph Spreckels' Motion to Dis
solve the Sugar Stock Injunc
tion Denied.
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An important victory for Claus Spreckels
in the suit to recover 5000 shares of
Paauhau plantation stock from Rudolph
Spreckels was gained yesterday in the
Superior Court, Judge Slack denying the
defendant's motion to dissolve the injunc
tion. "'*,■"*
This motion was made the occasion of a
great deal of argument in the case, and the
legal fight was a bitter one.
Rudolph Spreckels had been enjoined
from using the income from the 5000 shares
of Hawaiian stock or in any Way disposing
of the property. The stock had been Con
veyed to the son by Claus Spreckels, but
Mrs. Spreckels, the wife of the latter, had
not been a party to the conveyance, and as
the stocK was community property the
transfer was held to be illegal.
Attorney Ach, representing Rudolph
Spreckels, argued that the transfer was
legal and that therefore the restraining
order should be no longer held in force,
and an entire day Was devoted to the pre
sentation of the case.
Delmaa & Shortridge argued the other
side of the case, and the main subject mat
ter of the case was deeply gone into. The
case was submitted to Judge Slack a week
ago, and yesterday the decision was handed
down.
• An amended complaint was filed yester
day. __■ ■.-'- cA
ADVERTISING THE STATE.
Half-Million Club Asking Editors to Use
Their Influence on County
Supervisors.
The promotion committee of the Half-
Million Club is now sending out a circular
letter to ail the editors of the State asking
them to do all in their power to persuade
county Supervisors to spend all the law
allows for advertising purposes. In the
letter it says: ' *. *
The initatory move of the committee will be
in the direction of encouraging the formation
of development club.-, real estate associations,
or other organizations in every locality, for
stimulating improvements that will make the
towns and cities more attractive and in secur
ing an understanding between the real estate
dealers, by which prospective purchasers shall
be held, instead of driven away by petty jeal
ousies and misrepresentations, and also for co
operating with the committee in furthering its
plans. And it is to be hoped that any existing
organizations in your section of the State will
put themselves in correspondence witn our
club for mutual co-operation.
The club has undertaken the work of pre
paring stereopticon slides illustrative of every
section, industry and attraction in California,
and they will have entire charge of the lectures
to be given daily at the Atlanta Exposition
in connection with the State Board of Trade's
exhibit. As the present desire of the board is
to send part of the exhibit to Chicaeo at the
close of the exposition, the club will continue
its stereopticon lectures at the headquarters in
that city, provided sufficient funds are sup
plied. " .• -x- ■'•
WHEN THE HORSES PARADE.
Preparations for a Grand Show in De-
ceuiber Next.
The Horse Show Association of the Pa
cific Coast, which was formed after the
close of last year's show to perpetuate the
institution, is making active preparations
for the show of 1895, and has set the date
of the affair for December 3 to 7, inclusive.
At the last meeting of the .association
$15,000 Was voted for cash prizes for the
coming show. First, second and third
money prizes, in addition to premiums
from private individuals, will be eiven in
each class. ' . „._ *;
Eighty of the 125 boxes at the show have
already been subscribed for, and the indi
cations are that before the doors open the
remainder will be taken up.
The entry list, which is now Open, will
close on November 9 and no entries will be
received after that date. '
The association has incorporated with a
capital stock of $100,000. with the follow
ing officers: Henry J. Crocker, president;
George Aimer Newhall, secretary; John
Parrott, vice-president; J. L." Rath bone,
vice-president; George Pope, J. A. Dono
hue, J. D. Grant, M. Theo. Kearney, J. B.
Crockett,* Frank S. , Hicks and Maurice
Casey, directors. '
HEIGHT RATES ON GRAIN.
A Reduced Tariff for the Coast Division
Railway.
The Southern Pacific Company ,-■ put a
new tariff into effect on August 1 on grain
from stations on the coast division as fai
south as Santa Margarita to San Francisco,
Oakland and Port Costa. This amended
tariff superseded the former conflicting
rates, and made reductions as follows
To San Francisco or Oakland from Metz .3 10
to $3, Coburns $3 20 to $3, Kings City $3 20 to
S3, San Lucas $3 30 to S3, San Andro S3 40 to
$3, Wunpost .3 50 to $3, Bradley S3 50 to $3,
San Miguel S3 60 to S3, Wellsona $3 65 to $3,
Paso Robles $3 70 to $3. Templeton $3 70 to
S3, Asuncion $3 70 to $3, Ata.cadero $3 70 to
$3, Palomas3 80 to $3, Santa Margarita $3 80
to S3. ■
To Port Costa the rate was made 50 cents
higher than to San Francisco.
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. Midsummer High - "., inks.
The midsummer high jinks of the Bohemian
Club, which began in the redwoods at Meekers
Grove, on Russian River, July 20, will culmi
nate this evening in the "cremation of care."
The main body of club excursionists will leave
the City at 11 a. m. to-day by the Tiburon ferry,
arriving in the grove at 2p. m. Vanderlynn
Stow sires the high jinks, and Joseph D. Red
ding the low jinks.
The U. S. Gov't Reports
show Royal Baking Powder
superior to all others.
NEW TO-DAY-AMUSEMENTS.
c_^____te : &^^
. r«ICDLWD_f.<rOTTLOb . G» • St>«_ ___.___.•••
ONE I THE *
OF j TWO
LAST MATINEES
THIS AFTERNOON
— —OR COMB- —
TO-NIGHT I SUNDAY
OR I NIGHT
SEE THE FRAWLEY COMPANY
In Wm. IJawortb's Glorious -.aval Drama,
SS.jS^_jl!SSSS_&^_£i?
A Really Great Production.
(f&^hF ?Jm^ _^fi*__?|l NCOW**D
*■*__» TW EATKE > ■»*•»*■
. LAST 3 TIMES !
:■ EAST MATINEE TO-DAY AT
East Performance Sunday Night.
FUN CARNIVAL!
KOYT'S
A
BLACK SHEEP
With OTIS HARLAN as "HOT STUFF."
DON'T MISS SEEING THE
| TRILBY DANCE! |
Baldwin Theater— Monday Next. Aug. 5.
"TOO MUCH JOHNSON"
With WILLIAM GILLETTE.
B___Br*-r^eATß_= H \ p .ops.
LAST TWO PERFORMANCES
DANIEL FROHMAN'S
LYCEUM THEATER COMPANYI
Last Matinee To-day at 2.
AN IDEAL HUSBANDI
.-.'• To-Night Grand Farewell,
TELE X&JLm&Jmm.
Next Week— Monday, August sth,
The Comedy nit,
"TOO MUCH JOHNSON!"
With WM. GILLETTE and the Original Co.
TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE
Mrs. __.B-i.____Ti_.__ Kkei.ixu Proprietor <& ManagM
EVERY EVENING
THIS WEEK
WALLACE'S
Ballad-Opera,
"MARITANA!"
■n________ B ______________________________ Baaß
——NEXT WEEK !
-'MARTHA!"
FIRST APPEARANCE OF
GEORGE H. BRODERICK
BASSO.
Popular Prices— 2sc and s do.
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MOROSCO'S
GRAND OPERA-HOUSE.
The Handsomest Family Theater! n America.
WALTER MOROSCO. ...Sole Lessee and Manas*
EVERY EVENING AT EIGHT,
Second and Last Week of
JOSEPH J. DOWLING
In the Big Eastern Success,
"IDER THECITY LAMPS 1"
. __VE__f_-e Pricks— 2so and 60a
Family Circle and Gallery. 10c.
Usual Matinees Saturday and Sunday,
""ORPHEUM.
O'Farrell Street, Between Stockton and PowelL
MATINEE TO-DAY (SATURDAY). AUGUST 3,
Parquet, any seat, 26c t Balcony, any seat, 10c j
Children, 10c, any part of the house.
A Revelation in Vaudeville Enterprise I
THE FAMOUS
JORDAN FAMILY^
THE MARTINETTIS,
KENNEDY and LORENZ,
'?_ ■.■ .. JOHNNIE CARROLL,
THE BLAND SISTERS,
THE GARNELLAS,
MAUD HARRIS,
MUHLEMANN TRIO,
CENTRAL PARK,
Sujaclay, ___.-uguat -_tt__i,
AI 5 r. If., .
POSITIVELY LAST APPEARANCE
prof. os¥r rT(jleason,
■■— WHO WILL
JO^ SUBpUE THB
fi&j^ D|X|i ,
JZ&le>B!~ *f\rl&' l*" a 24-foot pen, armed
_(__^'^"______^»_O l » W*t only with a whip,
**JEJ?^"^22§« OUTLAW will again be
EXHIBITIONS OF ROUGH RIDING
AND BRONCO BREAKING.
Admission, 25c. Reserved Seats, 50c.
RUNNING ,-&!£&*_-> RUNNING
RACES! _^B^g^ RACES
CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB RACES,
SPRING _MEETINGI
BAY DISTRICT TRACK.
Races Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
i Friday and Saturday— Rain or Shine.
Five or more races each day. Aaces start at 2:30
p. m. sharp. McAllister and Geary street cars pass
the gate. ■■*-■ - ■-■.■■■■---. •■■.■■•:■. -♦ . •■■ : ..■ _■ •■/.^
PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS. C
_^ ___ _^ __ _ ■ ' ■-'-*■-.
EL CAMPO.
EXTRA ATTRACTIO.- REIT Sl. DAT, AUGUST 4t_,
Commencing at 1 :30 v. \t.
JAPANESE AERIAL CARNIVAL!
/ - • Pretty, Phantasma In the Air!
Lifelike Forms of Human Beings, Birds, Animals,
Pishes and Grotesque Objects Floating
. . '-.;■. Through Space.
fare AS USUAL 35 cents. i
Steamers Ukiah and James M. Donahue
Will leave Tibnron Ferry 10:30 a. m.. 12:10, 2:00
and 4:00 p. m. ltetnrning leave El Campo at 11:15 -
a. v.., 1:00, i and 5:00 r. _*.
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