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SATIKDAY OCTOBKR 6. 1895
AMUSEMENTS.
Fju-p-win- Theater.— "Trilby."
CottJMBIA Theater— "The Magistrate."
Morocco's OrERA-HocsK— "From Sire to Son.."
_ ivou HnrsK- "Bohemian Girl."
fißriiErM— High-Class Vaudeville.
■ GBOVKB's ca^ar.— "Resedale,"
Goi.pr.N- hat- Haix— Carr-Beel Pop. Concert,
at 3:15 r. M.
Bay District Track.— Races.
Mai Boabd or Trape Exttibit.— s7s Market
meet, below Second. Open dally. Admission free.
PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS.
Excursion to Monterey- Sunday, Octobers,
given by the Southern Pacific Company.
Picnic— Shell Mound Park, BerKeley, Sun-
day, October 6.
AUCTION SALES.
By Kiti.ip * Co.— Wednesday. Oct. 9— Horses,
at salesyard. corner Van Ness avenue and Market
streets, at 11 o'clock.
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
Martin Pache, the Tivoli tenor, wants a di
vorce.
The Purrant trial has been continued till
Tuesday morning.
The Supreme Court has rcf lsed to grant a re
hearing in the William Walkerly will contest.
Reports have it that the Stanford vineyard
Rt v'na has been attacked by a dangerous
disease.
. Fred Butz has been appointed assistant
leader in the Olympic tank by Dr. Short, the
club leader.
Owen Clements and Henry HoS have been
committed to the asylum by the Insanity
Commissioners.
Teachers' and janitors' warrants will be
rently or delivery at the rooms of the Boaid of
Education today.
Assistant Secret Service Agent Harris
arrested obert Hayes, a aantrerous counter
feiter, at San Jose last evening.
General Manager Julius Kiuttscbnitt of the
Southern Pacific assumed the duties of his
hew sltion in this City yesterday.
The vill of ex-Judge William C". Belcher con
veys property of $100,000 mainly to relatives,
with bequests to two public libraries.
No oTicial announcements have been made
by tlit Board of Health except those con
demning the Richmond and Sutro schools.
Collector Wise has received instructions to
deport the Chinese laborers who entered this
country to take part in the Midwinter Fair.
The United States Circuit Court of Appeals
will not be D session Monday on account of
the _nl holiday that has been declared for
that day.
The Republican executive committee held a
meeting last night and provided for the york
of organizing the party throughout the City
and Mate.
The question which Miss Cunningham, the
newspaper woman, refused to answer in the
Durrani trial has been taken under advisement
by the court.
J. >. Stevens, who took poison with suicidal
inient in a lodging-house at 627 California
5 btreet Thursday morning, died in the Receiving
Hospital last night.
John W. Mackay and others have been sued
for |200,000 by mining men who claim that
they have been defrauded in an El Dorado
County mining deal.
ral Russell A. Alger, ex-Governor of
Michigan, arri\es here and states that Allison,
McKinley and Reed f.rc the only candidates
talked of now in the East.
Maurice Dorc, the well-known auctioneer
aii'l real estate dealer, died in this City Thurs
day. He stood high in business circles, and
his word wus as good as his bond.
A committee from the Bicycle Protective As
sociation will call on the Board of Supervisors
next week and present their viewi on the de
tails of a proper bu-ytle ordinance.
The directors of the Valley road will go to
id Monday to examine the railway as far
as it is built and personally investigate the
amount 01 work, etc., already finished.
Pastor Gibson was the main witness in the
Durrant trial yesterday. Other witnesses testi
fied to the prisoner's pood reputation, and still
others to Martin J. Quinlan's bad reputation.
•ih Poultney, an humble resident of San
Francisco, claims to be heir to an Knglish title
an<i estate worth $400,000,000. Attorney
i P. Kelley will visit England in his
Mr?. Mabel Holmes-Mills, Oakland's cham
pion bloomer girl, who was recently married i
t" a lose Lawyer by contract, has been sued
i<.r money due on diamonds she had pur
chased.
Twenty-seven waiters employed at the New
Creamerie, 725 Market street, went on a strike
at lunch time yesterday because the proprie
tor- refused to allow them to eat during work
ing hours.
Captain Raymond Parker of the British ship
m Hall, and his mate, Rober: Watts, are
• 1 to appear before the Police Court to be
punished for refusing to obey an order of the
Chief Wharfinger.
Property-owners living near the Potrero
marsh lands have petitioned the Board of
Supervisors to stop the dumping of garbage on
the lands lying math of Towuseud street, be
tween Seventh and Eighth.
The Grand Jury yesterday had before it the
matter of Twelfth street's imperfect pavement
job and the levy of contributions upon the
employes of the street I'epartment. A number
of witnesses were examined.
Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald received pe
titions yesterday which indicate that the
t-outhern Pacific contemplated a general cut In
wages to offset the reduction made in grain
■ rates by the Kailroad Commission.
X. s. Hall was arrested yesterday on a charge
of assault with a deadly weapon for having
stabbed J. J. McW'illiams'at the race track with
a pitchfork. Hall was released on his own
recognizance by order of Judge Conlan.
Imrrant's attorneys are still after Rev. J.
George Gibson. If they can force the Chronicle
reporter to tell where she got the Mrs. Leak
story they will seek to cast still further sus
picion upon the pastor of Emmanuel Baptist
Church.'
The Market-street Railway Company has
agreed to let mail-carriers ride free on the line
wtiich it is building to the new racetrack. This
is in accordance with the pledge exacted by
the Board of Supervisors before granting the
ordinance.
Assistant Secretary Dingle of the Marmfac
■ Association wrote a letter to the .-utro
Railroad Company yesterday asking that the
requirement for an "Eastern brand" be omitted
from the >i>ecnications for the pipe-covering for
its power-house.
The winners were again difficult to pick at
the track yesterday. Two favorites, a coup.t;
of poor outsiders and a second choic
captured purses. The lucky horses were Billy
Mc'loskey, Portugal, imp" Miss Bruramel,
Libertine and Remus.
The action of the Supreme Court in tempo
rarily enjoining further proceedings on the
*'- -~t ta:. levy till November 4 has virtually
■stopped the financial wheels in the City gov
ernment. Salaries and other municipal bills
will not be paid till the question is settled.
acilor Bassettof Oakland, in the course
of an interview yesterday on the hospital fund
of Jl.e Southern Pacilic Company, stated it had
be*n diverted for the construction of the
Market-street cable railway, and that the act
ual cost of that road should permit of a 1-cent
fare.
The comity committee of Presbyterian and
Congregational churches was called upon to
consider the priority of claims by the I'ark
Congregational and Howard Presbyterian
churches to the privilege of erecting a church
bii]ifiin« near thej.ark, and made its decision
in fuvor of Howard Church.
P. J. Marsnal and Luther Hmith were arrested
in the park by Policeman Dow yesterday and
charged with grand larceny for" having stolen
a lironze drip-tub from one of the park foun
tains. The tub was stolen last Wednesday aua
had lain buried in the sand until yesterday
when the two men thought it safe to dig it ur>*
They were caught in the act.
McCarthy's Case Dismissed.
Charles McCarthy was arrested yesterday
morning on a charge of violating the law
wfiii b prohibits any one but the regular ShiD
ping Commissioner from receiving fees from
sailors for getting berths' on ships. 'John Mor
gan, the complaining witness, testified that he
shipped on board the bark w. \V. crapeau as
cook a year ago and gave McCarthy $5 for get
ting him the place. McCarthy denied the al
legation and in the absence of testimony in
ri.rroboratiou of Morgan's statements Com
missioner Heacock dismissed the case.
Nick Hall Arrested.
X. S. Hall, who assaulted J. J. McWilliams at
the race track Thursday night, was arrested
yes-terday upon a charge of assault with a
deadly weapon, but was soon after released on
n> nun rcoofimizanCD by JudgeConlan. Judge
Con lac said that Hall came down to the station
prepared to furnish bonds, claiming that hU
actions were in self-defense. Hall said that
McWilliams shot at him, and that he stabbed
McWilliams with the pitchfork while defend
ing himself.
ALONG THE WATER FRONT.
Trouble Between the Ship
owners and Sailors Is
Now Imminent.
ANOTHER BICYCLE ACCIDENT.
Collector Wise Returns After Testi
fying In a Chinese Slava
Case.
The trouble between the ship-owners
and the sailors is crowing. It was thought
that perhaps a month would elapse before
the climax came, but the hand of the sail
ors was forced yesterday, and a regular
water-front row nearly ensued.
The schooner J. 13. Leeds was lying at
Main-street wharf and the crew was
shipped by the Ship-owners' Association
at the lower rate of wages. This the union
objected to, and several of its members
swore that the vessel should not sail. Cap
tain Dunleavy of the Harbor police was
applied to and he had a squad of men on
the wharf all of yesterday afternoon. The
union men made no demonstration and
the Leeds; left without a word being said
to the sailors. "We don't want any trou-
ble witli the 'scabs.' " said Andrew Furu
setii, the secretary of the Sailors' Union.
It they want to work at the wages a China
man wouldn't work for let them ; we won't
niaite any kick. We will mind our own
business, and will allow the Ship-owners'
Association to pet 'scabs' if it can."
The sieamer Al-Ki, which went ashore
on a sandbar, near Port Townsend, last
Wednesday nisrht. was safely floated yes
terday. Goodall, Perkins & Co. received
word yesterday morning that the steamer
was not seriousiy injured, but had been
docked for repairs. The Al-Ki went
ashore in a dense fog, but as she was under
a slow bell the tugs had no difficulty in
petting her off at high water. From Port
Townsend the vessel will come to Ban
Francisco and load provisions for the Gov
ernment stations in Alaska.
The steamer Humboldt is going to pieces
fast. Heavy seas are breaking over her
and the stout old vessel is drifting away
piecemeal. The after part is still on the
rocks, being anchored there by the ma
chinery, but it is not expected io last long.
The cargo was dashed against the rocks
and went to pieces, so the wreckers have got
very little out of the disaster so tar.
Monday next will be a semi-lioliday on
the water front. While the State has des
ignated it "Labor day" the sailors and
longshoremen do not look upon it as such,
and are ready to wort if called upon. The
Government looks upon it in a different
light, however, and only such vessels as
have duty-paid cargo will be allowed to
discharge.
The Pioneer Yacht Club is to hold its
closing celebration on the 13th inst. The
boys have had a most enjoyable season,
and they now intend to wind up the sea
son in right royal style. The yachts will
all assemble at Poweh-street wharf at 10
a. m., and from there they will cruise to
all points of interest in the bay, finally
winding up at Angel Island, where a clam
bake will close the season.
George de Lury, one of the State's em
ployes, came near losing his life yester
day. After his work on the front was
over he started for home, hut just as he
was crossing Market street on East a man
on a bicycle ran into him and knocked
him down. De Lury was carried into a
drugstore, where it was found that two of
I his ribs were broken, his scalp lacerated
and his left wrist sprained. He was
taken to his home, but the bicyclist es
caped up Market street and has not been
heard from since.
The steamer Mexico arrived from south
ern ports yesterday and brought back
I Collector of Jlhc Port Wise, Attorney T. D.
Riordan and Interpreters Harry Huff
and "Dick" Williams. They were all sub
penaed to appear in Los Angeles as wit
nesses in the case of the Chinese c-irl
whom the highbinders sought to land as
the wife of a merchant. The woman in
question is considered a beauty and was
smuggled into the United States. She was
deported, but afterward got across the
border and came to San Francisco. She
was recognized and fled to Southern Cali
fornia. After a time the Custom-house
authorities got on her trail and she was
again arrested. The case against her
seemed clear, but Judge Ross took it
under advisement.
PACIFIC ROLLING-MILLS
They Will Not Supply the
Steel Rails for the Ferry
Buildings.
The Harbor Commissioners Have
Decided That the Company Can
not Perform th 9 Work.
The Harbor Commissioners and the
managers of the Pacific Rolling-mills are
at out?. The latter thinks the State should
use fifteen-inch columns in the con
struction of the new ferry depot and the
Commissioners are of the opinion that
twenty-iuch frames should be used.
Engineer Edwanl Coleman and Superin
tendent Noble of the rolling mills upheld
one side of the story and A. Page Brown
and Consulting Engineer Percy the other.
It was finally decided that the original
plans of the board should be carried out
and in consequence the steel supports will
come from the East.
In the plans submitted by the rolling
mills the number of columns was to be
troubled. In the main waiting-room there
w ere to be fifteen instead of thirty and the
ci. *ranees to the general depot would be
very much obstructed. Over 200 tons of
extra steel would have to be used and
the^ would be no saving in the long run.
Taking into consideration the fact that the
increase in metal would mean an increase
in cost and that the public would be very
much inconvenienced by the change the
Harbor Commissioners decided to ignore
the oftVr of the rolling-mills and adhere to
the original plans.
In arfiing for the chance Superintend
ent noble said: "There are only two firms
in the United States that can furnish the
20-incn supports you demand. They are
both in the ii^ast, and by employing them
you send good money out of California. If
you accept our plans or similar ones then
you will be fostering a California in
dustry."
"Cannot you gear your machinery so
that a 20-inch rail can he rolled as we'll as
a 15-inch one? " asked Chairman Colnon.
'We cannot," answered Noble. "It
would be impossible to fill your order as it
now stands from our works unless your
plans are chunged as we suggest."
Commissioner Chaabourne objected to
any change being made in the number of
Dillarsand Commissioner Coleagreed with
him. Superintendent Noble pointed out
that $20,000 would be saved by the change,
hut the Commissioners thought that sta
bility and appearance had more to do with
the building than the saving of a few dol
lars and voted accordingly.
Lafayette Square.
That debatable giound, Lafayette square, for
the possession of which Attorney S. \V. Holla
day and others have been fighting for these
many years, is now cared for by a City watch
man. Just what this means is something
residents out that way are at a loss to determine.
For years the unsightly blocks bounded by
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1895.
Gough, Laguna, Sacramento and. Washington
streets, have been unkempt and uncared for,
adorned only by Mr. Holladay's picket fence.
Professor Davidson's observatory and sundry
clumps of chaparral and billows of sand.
Recently, ju>t as court decisions have appar
ently been coming Mr. Holladay's way re
markable signs of activity have developed.
Brush has been burned and wayfarers who
cross those lonely trails at night bre likely to
be accosted after the manner of trespassers at
the Presidio Cemetery.
MINING ON THE BEACH.
Successful Test Made of the Banta
Process Yesterday.
Recently one of the I. Banta & Co.
plants for saving gold from black sand
was erected on the beach near the Ocean
side House. A demonstration of its work
ing was made yesterday, at which time a
number of mining men interested in
black-sand propositions were present.
About as severe a test as a process could
be subjected to is the saving of gold from
the sands along the beach anywhere in
this vicinity. In the first place an assay
shows the sand to contain but about 15
cents to the ton, and, secondly, the gold
is extremely fine, therefore very difficult
to save. However, the Banta process
saved the gold — 90 per cent of it — and par
ties interested in this subject can see the
demonstration of this fact at the beach.
It is not expected or intended to work
the sand at this locality for profit, as it is
probably too low-grade to pay. The idea
is to keep the plant in operation there to
prove its practicability and its success.
The process seems to have solved the
black-sand problem. The plant will be
operated to-morrow, giving a chance to
those who cannot conveniently do so on
weekdays to visit the works and see a
practical test of the process.
WILL INSPECT THE LINE
Directors of the Valley Road
Going to Stockton Next
Monday.
The New Railway as Far as Con-
structed to Ba Examined
Thoroughly.
The San Francisco and San Joaquin Val
ley Railway has so far advanced in con
struction that the time has come for its
directors to make a tour of inspection of
the new roadbed, the freightyards and
various sidetracks in Stockton.
"The whole board will go to Stockton on
Monday," said E. F. Preston, attorney for
the company, yesterday. "We look on the
work in hand now as sufficiently far ad
vanced to call for a personal inspection by
the directors, and this is the reason for our
visit next week to Stockton.
"We have been transacting business
expediliousiy at the head oflice here and
listening to Chief Engineer Storey's re
ports of progress from week to week, but
now the board wants to see for itself just
exactly what is the present situation. Up
at Stockton they have got the first loco
motive out with a train of Hatcars. The
road is finished practically from the har
bor to tho city limits, with sidetracks and
yardtracks all laid, and laying track is
going on down toward the river over the
miles of graded roadbed. Besides there
is a great deal of bridge and trestle build
ing going on. All this work has crown to
large proportions, and the directors in
tend to see it and make a thorough exam
ination."
Eleven flatcars have been shipped from
8 San Francisco manufactory to Stockton
for the Valley road, and every week now,
until 150 flat and box cars are finished, ten
c.nrs will be turned out of the shops and
forwarded to Stockton. Just as soon as
this first contract for cars is tilled the
builders will begin the construction of 100
more frcightcars for the Valley road. The
materials used are and shall be of Califor
nia production, excepting such appliances
and ironwork as cannot be got here, and
which are mostly covered with patents
held by Eastern manufacturers.
t^uite a larce batch of contracts for
trestles and bridges is in the hands of At
torney Preston. These will be taken to
Stockton Monday and submitted to con
tractors for signatures.
The local engineers of the War Depart
ment have reported favorably on the com
pany's petition for permission to construct
and maintain a steel drawbridge across
Mormon Channel in Stockton at a point
where the channel is navigable. One more
step is necessary now to secure the de
sired privilege and that is the confirma
tion from Washington. D. C, of the local
Officers' report. By the time this is ready
the bridge will be beside the channel in
readiness for immediate erection upon
foundations of concrete masonry.
FOUND TAINTED FISH.
The American Union Fish Company
Objected to the Method* Used
by Warden Mogan.
J. A. Mogan, Game and fish Warden of
this City and County, fflld a warrant
served yesterday on one Garibaldi, an em
ploye of the American Union Fish Com
pany at 519 Washington street, for inter
fering with an officer in the performance
of his duty and for battery. Garibaldi la
now betiind the bars, with bail fixed at
$800.
Mogan suspected that the fish company
was receiving striped bass short of the
regulation weight of three pounds pro
vided by law, and Friday morning he at
tempted to open one of four boxes just re
ceived, but was forcibly prevented from
doing so by the employes of the firm, one
of whom. Garibaldi, pushed him roughly
from the place.
Mogan obtained a search warrant and
inspected the establishment thoroughly.
He found in one of the refrigerators, he
said, 1000 pounds of younp sturgeon under
the required length of three feet, some
being only fifteen inches in leneth. He
also found that the entire lot was tainted
and unfit for marketable purpose?. He
immediately notified Market Inspector
Davis. Mr. Davis said last evening that
he visited the place as soon as he received
the notice and went through all the ice
boxes, but failed to find a pound of tainted
fish in the whole establishment.
A test case will be made of this next
Tuesda3 r , as to whether the Game and Fish
Warden has a le/al right to open boxes of
fish or enter the refrigerators of dealers
without a search warrant.
Rosary Sunday at St. Dominic's Church.
To-morrow at St. Dominic's Church,
Bush and Steiner streets, at 10 o'clock a. m.,
will take place the blessing and distri
bution of roses to all present, followed by
solemn hiph mass. Sermon by Rev. J. L.
O'Neil, O. P.. of New York, editor of Rosary
Magazine. Immediately after mass pro-
Cession around the church block.
All the faithful who, having received tho
sacraments of Penance and Holy Eucha
rist, visit the rosary altar in St. Dominic's
Church or any part of the church from
which said altar can be seen, and recite
some prayers for the Pope's intentions,
may gain a plenary indulgence as many
times, toties quioties, as they make such
visit, from 2 o'clock to-day until sundown
to-morrow. This indulgence can be gained
only in a church of the Rosary Confrater
nity.
Cost of the Hale & Norcross Appeals.
Th« cost bill in the suit of M. W. Fox against
the Hale & Norcross Company was filed yester
day. It is as follows:
December 28. 1892 — Printing of trans
cript on npneoi, four volumes $2,868 00
March 1, 1893— Printing of transcript on
appeal, volumes 5 and 6 2,063 53
March 2, 1893— Cleric of Supreme Court
for rllln/r transcript ou appeal 15 00
March 7. 1893— Comparing transcript on
appeal, p«id K. N. Collins 250 00
October 3, 1895— Notary fee 60
Total $4,697 93
GENERAL ALGER IN TOWN
Allison, McKinley or Reed He
Believes Most Likely
to Lead.
HE THINKS HARRISON IS OUT.
The Wool Tariff to Ba Restored,
but Not That on Lumber
and Iron.
General Russell A. Alger of Michigan
arrived here yesterday on one of his an
nual business trips to look up his lumber
interests, and will remain about a week.
He is at the Palace with his son, Russell
A. Alger Jr., who has been out here some
weeks.
General Alger is one of the most promi
nent Republicans in the Northwest, has
been Governor of his State and com mander
in-chief of the Grand Army of the Re
public, and was presented by his State for
candidacy for the Presidency.
He was asked yesterday about the out
look in the East for the next campaien.
"The feeling is very general that the Re
publican party is sure to win. The elec-
Russell A. Alg-er.
tions this fall will, I think, show that the
Republican party is still in the ascend
ency."
"Who are looked upon as the most
liKely candidates?" was asked.
"McKinley, Allison and Reed nre the
candidates who are most talked of now.
"How about Harrison? Well, it has
been supposed that he would be a candi
date, but lately it has been given out that
he would not be. Of course, Harrison is
always a possibility ; but I think that the
public sentinient has crystallized on the
three I mentioned. It is very hard to say
which has the strongest following. Mor
ton of New York is talked of now consid
erably, and if the New York delegation
should come to the convention unanimous
for him and make a strong tight he might
be a formidable candidate."
The general was asked what would be
the position of the tariff question.
"It is generally understood," he replied,
"that the Republican party once in power
will revise the tariff. I don't mean by re
vising the tariff that we shall go back to
the extreme measures of the past; but in
some things, predominantly wool, there
will be distinct changes. 1 think that the
party believes that wool should be made a
dutiable article. Free wool under the
Wilson tariff act has almost ruined that
industry.
"Iron and lumber, I presume, will not
be changed. Lumber is now on the free
list, and the sentiment seems to be that
lumber being used by everybody should be
admitted free. Still I don't think that
taking the duty off has made any special
difference in the price. That is a question
of supply and demand. Now the supply
exceeds the demand and the price is low.
Owners of Canadian lumber will get what
benefit there is from taking off the tariff.
"One belief I have is that there will in
time, as the supply of higher grades of
lumber in the East decrease, be built up a
big trade in shipping redwood lumber."
Asked about the status of the silver
question in the East the general said:
"So far as I am able to judge the exciie
ment about silver has largely subsided.
One hears very little compared with what
was heard a year ago on the subject. Any
international agreement, however, looking
toward the larger circulation of gold and
silver will meet with the hearty response
and rejoicing of all parties. I think that
this is a question that should be taken out
of politics."
General Alger is strongly in favor of
having the next National Republican Con
vention held in San Francisco, and so ex
pressed himself. - 'l have talked with a
number about it," he said, "and the ex
pense and time necessary for delegates to
come out are the only objections. If these
men could come here it would be a great
tiling for this coast. It would show tbem
what a great country this is."
It was suggested that one cause of ob
jection would be the cost of bringing out
the large numbers of friends of the candi
dates who usually attend conventions as
individuals or in uniformed clubs. "There
may be something in that," he said, "but I
don't believe that red lire is going to
iigure as much in politics as it has in the
past."
KRUTTSCHNITT AT WORK
The New General Manager of
the Southern Pacific In
Harness.
He Takes Possession of the Chair
Left Vacant by the Death of
A. N. Towne.
Julius Kruttschnitt, general manager of
the Southern Pacific Company, assumed
the duties of his new position yesterday.
He occupied the easy-chair left vacant by
the death of A. N. Towne, and sustained
his reputation for affability and gracious
ness toward all persons coming in con
tact with him. And to all appearances he
was quite happy in the esthetic office with
its luxurious Oriental carpet, its rich fur
nishings and subdued mural decorations.
Under sliehtly different conditions the
oihce that the young general manaeer of
the Southern Pacific occupied would be an
apartment magnificent enough for a man
sion on the hills. With the aid of electric
buttons hidden away in his dest Mr.
Kruttschnitt can summon from all parts
of the railway building messengers, clerks
who guard the portals of many offices,
railroad attorneys, engineers and depart
ment managers. The late Mr. Towne, a
gentleman of excellent taste, had the office
titted up to suit his fancies, and it is there
that the new general manager will work
and make decisions that shall effect the
great railway system in many States and
over thousands of miles of lines.
Mr. Kruttschnitt reached his office
shortly before noon, and shortly after held
a long conversation with General Passen
ger Agent T. H. Goodman, the nature of
which was kept secret. The two officials
suosequently visited the execntive offices
on the floor above, where C. P. Huntins
ton conferred with them. During the aft
ernoon Mr. Knuttschnitt consulted with
General Superintendent Fillmore, En
gineer Curtis of the maintenance of wav
department and other officials. But all
his active work for the day was almost
wholly in the nature of learning "where
he was at."
"I have not yet reached that point where
I can tell you anything that may be of
general interest," he said. "I've been
simply looking around me to-day, but in a
week or ten days I may be in a position to
give you news that may possibly be inter
esting."
BUN OVER BY A OAB.
Little Lillian Hansen Progressing Satis-
factorlly Toward Recovery.
Lillian Hansen, the little three-year-old
girl who was run over by a Sutter-street
car on Saturday last, is progressing satis
factorily toward a complete recovery.
The child went into a fruitstore on Pine
and Polk street and annexed two apples,
one of which she gave to her little brother.
The fruit merchant caught her in the act
and chased her into the street. In trying
to escape punishment little Lillian ran
across the car track. A southbound car
passed along at the moment and the
man was unable to come to a stop in time.
The child was thrown down and the
dummy almost passed over her.
Fortunately the child fell parallel with
the lines of the track and beyond sustain
ing sundry scalp wounds and contusions,
escaped without serious injury.
DEATH OF MAURICE DORE
He Was Known as "The Honest
Man" by His Business
Associates.
The Upright Custodian of the
Dead Ralston's Large Private
Fortune.
Maurice Dore, the real-estate man, died
at his home, 1015 Jones street, on Thurs
day.
Well known as the name of Mr. Dore
was, his title of "the honest man" was
better known. He was born near Lim
erick, Ireland, in 1820, coming to Califor
nia by way of Australia in 1849. He en
gaged in the liquor business till 1869, when
be became a real-estate dealer and auc
tioneer. While in this latter business he
met William C. Ralston, whose esteem he
won by nis integrity and straightforward
business dealings.
After the death of Ralston nothing
could be learned of the dead banker's pri
vate fortune, known to have been large. It
was Maurice Dore, the honest man, who
volunteered to report that he had in his
name $400,000 worth of property belonging
to Ralston. There were no papers signed
and no records of a transfer and Mr. Dore's
action stands out as an example of honor
pure and simple.
Maurice Dore was married in old Grace
Church to a Mies Charlotte Manders, who
died about fifteen years ago. Two of his
sons, Maurice and Charles, are dead, but
two unmarried daughters and a graruson
survive him. The furieral services will be
held in Grace Church kt 2 p. m. to-day.
ME. DINGLE WRITES AGAIN
Letter to the Sutro Railroad Company
oil the Specifications for
Pipe- Covering.
Another letter has been sent by the
Manufacturers' Association to Secretary
William C. Little of the Sutro Railroad
Company anent the question of patroniz
ing home industry.
Assistant Secretary Fred H. Dingle
wrote the following yesterday :
W. C. Little Esq., Secretary Sutro Railroad
Company, City— Dear Sir: We are to-day in
formed that the speculations for the power
house that your company is erecting call for
an Eabtern brand of pipe-covering.
There are manufactured in ("aliiornia several
brands of pipe-covering which, we are in
formed, are in every respect equal in quality
to the brand specified, nnd can be furnished nt
about '25 per cent cheaper. '
In specifying this particular brand California
manufacturers are shut out irom bidding on
the same. Therefore on behalf of the manu
facturers of California I would most respect
fully request that you have the specifications
fo altered as to permit California manufactur
ers to bid, and s?ive them an opportunity to
prove the quality of their material. Yours
truly,
Fred H. Dingle, Assistant Secretary.
Mr. Dingle said Colonel Little had never
replied to nis last letter on the boiler ques
tion, and he therefore threatens to lay the
correspondence between them before the
Board of Supervisors.
THE CONDEMNED SCHOOLS.
Richmond and Sutro Are the Only
Buildings Officially Passed Upon
Thus Far.
"The Board of Education is taking
prompt measures in relation to the Rich
mond School," said Deputy Superintend
ent Babcock yesterday. "The time for ad
vertising the bids has nearly expired and
a contract for rilling tho yard and improv
ing the sewerage will be let as soon ns that
time has expired. We expect that the
school will be ready for occupancy within
a month. It is to be regretted that 450
children have been deprived of tuition for
that lenerth of time.
"An effort was made to find a suitable
building to be used for school purposes
while the repairs are going on, but it was
impossible to find a hall large enough for
that purpose within convenient distance.
"A communication has been received
from the Board of Health in relation to the
Sutro School. It condemns the school,
but does not order it closed. With that
exception we have received no official com
munications from the board."
The Wave.
This week's issue of The Wave is a well writ
ten and attractive paper. General topics of
serious interest and the gossip and current
events of the week arc looked into and dis
cussed in a way that is sure to make them in
teresting to the reader. There is a forcible
editorial showing the discredit that is being
cast over California's fair name by the opposi
tion of certain newspapers and politicians to
well-known institutions of the State. Cuban
affairs and the Pun-ant trial furnish subjects
for interesting discussion, and John Bonner,
in his usual clever style, covers various topics
of interest. Wilton Lackaye is interviewed
and talks about himself and his art while pre
paring for the stage. Prank Norris contributes
an article deploring the almost total disap
pearance of American fiction from our book
stores, and there is a humorous reply to last
week's interesting article on the rudeness of
women. Ernest Peixotto's pictures are sub
jected to a criticism, and Conan Doyle's latest
story is reviewed. The issue is a good one and
should be widely read. ♦
A Treat for the Children.
Professor Gentry and his famous company of
animal celebrities will exhibit in this City
under a tent, at the corner of Seventh and
Mis3ion streets, the new postofßco site, two
weeks beginning Monday night. This exhibi
tion will be quite a treat for the children, who,
of courne, will all take advantage of it.
Matinees will be given Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays at 2:30 o'clock. The prices of
admission are: children 15 cents, adults 25
cents.
Thrown From a Car.
Miss Elizabeth Brooks of Castroville, who
has been in the City attending the session of
the W. C. T. U., fell from an Ellis-street car at
Mason street yesterday, and was severely in
jured. She was taken to the Receiving Hos
pital, where she still lies. An examination
tailed to determine her exact injuries, but It is
thought that her skull has been fractured. She
was not unconscious, but was much dazed by
the shock.
A THREAT TO CUT WAGES
How the Intention of the
Southern Pacific Is Made
Public.
PETITIONS TO MR. FITZGERALD.
Employes Fear the Possible Conse
quences of the Grain-Rate
Reduction.
A curious document has come to Labor
Commissioner Fitzgerald. It is a petition
without signatures, but it is accompanied
by a petition to the Railroad Commission
from supposed employes of the Southern
Pacific protesting against the recent grain
rate reduction.
Mr. Fitzgerald said yesterday afternoon,
after looking over the two petitions, that
there was only one course for him to take.
He presumed that the petition to him was
in a sense indorsed by the signers of the
petition to the Railroad Commission, since
both were in the same roll, and that he
would be under some sort of obligation to
act in accordance with it. But the course
of action he proposed to take was to first
ascertain just what wages the Southern
Pacific did pay to its employes, what it has
paid in the past, is paying now and contem
plates paying in the future.
'•Then," said he, "I will be in
a position to act intelligently. I
don't know any of these people; that is,
they do not represent themselves to be
members of labor organizations, and all I
have for it is several hundred names of
individuals. If lam expected to present
their side of the question to the Railroad
Commissioners I must first be informed
fully on the wages paid and to be paid by
the Southern Pacific."
The claims made in the petition to Mr.
Fitzgerald are:
First, the Southern Pacific is the greatest
employer in the State, and has paid the hithest
rate of wages; that in 18!)4 it paid $9,500,000
out as wages; second, the grain-rate reduction
might lessen the railroad's income and cause a
reduction of wages in consequence ; that 60 per
cent of the income of the railroad goes for
labor, including the salaries of Mr. Huntiug
ton and the other officers, 20 per cent for fuel
and the remaining 20 per cent for interest and
profits; third, that the "great land barons" of
the State are actuated "only by selfish mo
tives," and "have no use for any class of labor
which seeks wages or a social condition above
that of a slave" ; fourth, that it would be un
wise to attempt to revolutionize the conditions
of workingmen during the present financial,
commercial and Industrial crisis, and fifth, the
petitioners hope that the wage-earning class
may not be made to suffer because of any re
duction of rates for the benefit of the grain
producers.
This was typewritten and dated Los An
geles, September 24, 1895, but its accom
paniments, the several copies of the pe
tition to the Railroad Commission, were
printed in small pica type, not dated at
all and only stamped "Los Angeles."
The petition starts out with the follow
ing paragraph, which tells its own story:
The undersigned employes of the Southern
Pacific Company, and skilled and unskilled
labor generally, represent to your honorable
board that they have not been prompted in
this petition by nnv officer, member, agent or
employe of the Southern Pacific Company, di
rectly or indirectly, by suggestion or in any
other manner, but that they thus act ot their
own motion and without the knowledge of said
company or any member or agent of it.
It had evidently been drafted and printed
some time ago, because the name of Chair
man La Rue was used as the proposer of
the horizontal cut, and the name of Dr.
Stanton had been subsequently inserted
by pen and ink. It amounted to about
the same reasoning as the petition to Mr.
Fitzgerald, to wit: That a reduction of
wages would follow a reduction of grain
rates.
These petitions have been circulated for
signatures, it is said, by one George Wash
ington Ticks, a man who cives out that he
is greatly interested in the welfare of
labor and who has within a few days es
tablished his headquarters at Sacramento,
according to information received by the
State Labor Bureau.
Late in the afternoon the implied threat
of the Southern Pacific to make a general
cut in wages was brought to the attention
of several members of the A. R. TJ. Presi
dent Marlatt said he was not surprised in
the least, as he had expected that would
be the company's "play." He observed:
The company will use this threat to cut
wages to force, if possible, the Railroad Com
mission to recede from its position; at least
that was Its intention when the petition was
first drafted and circulated for signatures. In
my opinion the railroad is simply preparing to
shift the burden of its loss on to the backs of
its employes, and these petitions have been
gotten up with that object in view. I doubt
very much if the names attached to them are
those of bona fide employes— there may be
some, of course, to serve as stool-pigeons* but
the majority of the names are either fictitious
or those of irresponsible men, not identified
with labor in any legitimate sense.
It amonnts to this: The Southern Pacific in
tends to make a general cut in wages and this
is its characteristic way of going aoout it.
Mr. Fitzgerald will immediately ask for
facts and figures from the Southern Pacific
on the wages it pays, and if these are not
furnished he will ignore the petition to him
until he is enabled to proceed intelligently.
FAILURE ALL AROUND.
Court Records Against Suc
cess of Both Marriage
and Divorce.
Two Wives Who Deserted Their Two
Husbands and Two Husbands
Who Won't Pay Alimony.
Martin Pacne, the tenor at the Tivoli,
has begun suit for divorce from his wife,
Nellie Pache, on the charge of desertion.
Mrs. Pache is an actress, traveling with a
minor company in the East. She refused
to come to Calitornia with her husband, it
is said, and she has not lived with him for
"more than a year. The Paches were
married at Milwaukee two years ago. The
husband has resided in this City only a few
months.
Charles A. Bennett, a hardware nufa on
Sixth street, is the complainant in a
divorce suit begun several days ago. He
charges his wife, Alice Sarah Bennett, with
desertion, and declares that she has
bestowed her affections on a Santa Rosa
man named Ranard.
Mrs. Helen Garcia, the divorced wife of
Frank Garcia, had the latter cited to
appear before Judge Hunt yesterday to
snow why he should not be punished for
contempt, as he had neglected to pay
alimony.
The amount of alimony ordered by
Judge Hnnt when the divorce was granted
was $40 a month and there is $69 now due.
Mr. Garcia asked that the amount of ali
mony be reduced, statins: that hi: income
is smaller than formerly and that the
divorced woman, as he had heard, used up
some of the money in bloomer bicycling ut
the park. The Judge refused to entertain
the motion for a reduction until the bal
ance of the alimony now due had been
paid, and a continuance of ten days was
granted to enable Mr. Garcia to get the
money.
Another woman who is trying to collect
alimony is Mrs. Mary A. Foley. The
latter's suit for divorce is pending, and on
September 13 Judge Hebbard ordered
Foley to pay alimony of $50 a month. It
is alleged that Foley has concealed $35,000
of property in order to evade the order of
the court. Foley cannot be found, and
Judge Hebbard yesterday instructed
Attorney Perry to produce" his client in
court on Monday if he desired to be recog
nized asFoley's attorney any longer.
•—♦— <•
Novel Church Entertainment.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Grace Methodist
Church have arranged for a discussion by Dr.
McClish and Rev. M. F. Colburn on the last
Friday of the month. The reverend gentlemen
will choose the topic of discussion.
Carr-Beel Concert.
The first Carr-Beel concert of the present
season will take place this afternoon in Golden
Gate Hall at 3 o'clock. Novelties by Brahms
and Dvorak will be presented.
AN EXTRAORDINARY EVENT-
FAMILY EXCURSION TO
—INCLUDING
Hotel Del Monte and Pacific Grove.
GIVEN BY THE
SOUThERN PACIFIC COMPANY
And under the personal supervision of its Excur-
-■■■;.;.<. sion Passenger Agent. M.K. \VM. H. -
MENTON", >- C ; :
SUNDAY ----- October 8
$2 Round-Trip Tickets $2.
FIVE HOURS' of sight-seeing, rest and quiet
enjoyment at these celebrated seaside resorts.
EXCURSION TICKKTS ;
Will be placed on sale at 613 .Market st (Grand
Hotel Ticket Oflice) October 2, 3. 4 and 5, and at
Third and Townsend streets depot and Valencia-
street station on th<? uiornin* of the excursion.
Train leaves San Francisco irom Third and
Townsend streets aepo: at 7:30 a. m.; from Valen-
cia-street station at- 7;40 a.m. Residents of Oak-
land, Alame.lH and Berkeley should take the 8
a. m. local for San Francisco. Returning;, leave
Pacific Grove at 4 p. v. Arrive San Francisco at
8:86 p.m.
NEW TO-DAY— AMUSEMENTS.
f|i|rJ**77i ErATRE *H props.
MATINEE TO-DAY AT 2.
TO-NIGHT AT 8.
-No Performance Sunday Night.
THE ONE GREAT DRAMATIC
TRIUMPH OF THE DECADE I
TRILBY
Interpreted by A. M. PALMER'S COMPANY.
A Beautiful and Brilliant Production!
REMEMBER, Scxt Week is the Last Week
But One of Trilby, and Seats
Are Now Selling for the En-
tire Engagement.
asr secure them early.
NEXT ATTRACTION.
"THE PASSING SHOW!"
GROVER'S ALCAZAR.
MATINE3 TO-DAY AT &
Matinee Prices— 15c, 25c.
ROSEDALE I
A GREAT CAST I
Nlarht— lOc, 15c, 25c, 35c and 500.
Monday Next, "MY SON-IN-LAW."
TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE
jibs. hKNKJTixit Kkklinti l'ropnetor <&Mana(9:
LAST TWO NIGHTS
Of Balfe's Beautiful Ballnd Opera,
THE
BOHEMIAN
GKTJRXj!
NEXT WEEK ■ -
Verdi's Grand Opera.
XjjSl. traviata:
SEATS NOW ON SALE.
Popular Prices— 2sc and 50c.
rWICDLAriOtR.<iOTTLOBft o>- u»tiA.ion*n*4U4—
THE I IS
TIME I SHORT
ONLY 3 MORE PERFORMANCES
BY THE STOCKWELL PLAYER 3
Of the Delightful Comedy,
• "THE MAGISTRATE" j
Tuesday Next-THE BOSTONIANS!
ORPHEUM.
O'Farrell Street, Between Stockton and Powall.
MATINEE TO-DAY (SATURDAY). OCT. 5.
Parquet, any seat. 26c; Balcony, any seat, 10c j
Children, any part, 10c.
Introduction of Celebrated European Artists
.Surpassing New Bill.
JOHN HIGGINS,
SISTERS MILLAR,
LOUIS FIALKOWSKI,
g-r— and — . :
A STAR VAUDEVILLE COMPANY..
MOROSCO'S
GRAND OPERA-HOUSE.
The Handsomest Family Tbeaterl n America.
WAi.Tt.lt MOKOaCO....»oIa Lessee and Maa»J«e
EVERY EVENING AT EIGHT.
'gf. SECOND WEEK
Of the Illustrious or- Act or,
3vtixj i ro3xr NOBLillßt
in His Own Romantic Drama,
"FROM SMTO SON!"
Evksiso Pric«j— 2sc and 530.
■ Family Circle and Gallery. 10a
Matinees Saturrtny ana 9anrt»y.
GOLDEN GATE HALL,
825 BUTTER. .. . .
TO-DAY AT 3:15 F. M.,
45th Carr-Beel Pop Concert.
ADMISSION, 50c.
FIFTH ANNUAL
DAY AND MOONLIGHT PICNIC,
OIVKX BY THE I
Swedish- American Independent Political Club,
At SHELL MQTTND PARK. BERKELEY, SUN-
DAY, October 6, 1896. -
Admission— Gents 50c, Ladies 26c.
The music will leave for the park on the 12:30
p. m. boat. The park and the pavilion will be
lighted with electric lights during the evening. .
RUNNING _ BUNNING
RACES! clliigiS RACES
CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB RACS3,
FALL MEETINGI
BAY DISTBICT TKACK.
Bacea Monday, Tuesday. Wednesday!
Thursday, Friday and Saturday—
Rain or Shine.
• . Five or more raceseach day. Races start at 2:09
r. m. sharp. McAllister and Ueary street car* mm '
U»(»t«b ■
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