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POISONED HORSES
ARE STILL DYING
The Brutish Culprits Have
Not Yet Been Found
by the Officers.
THE MOTIVE UNKNOWN.
Three More Animals Are Liable
to Drop off Within the Next
Few Hours.
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SUFFERING UNTOLD TORTURES.
The Dumb Creatures Flounder and
Writhe on a Bed of Straw in
Terrible Agony.
The inhuman brutes who poisoned th
horses of the Arctic Oil Company are still
at large and the oil company people are in
the dark regarding the identity of the
fiends.
Captain J. N. Knowles, manager of the
company, was interviewed at his office, 30
California street, yesterday, and expressed
himself in strong terms when referring to
the manner of punishment that should be
dealt out to the men who have inflicted
such torture on the dumb animals.
"The agony of the horses," said be,
"cannot be described. It was simply awful
to see them straggling and writhing on
the thick carpet of bay that had been laid
on the stable floor for them. As soon as
the symptoms of poisoning began to ap
pear the poor beasts showed by the ex
pression of their eyes and the contortions
of their mouths tbat they were suffering
tbe greatest pain.
"The stableman did everything possible
to ease them, but nothing seemed to have
the desired effect. They snorted and
kicked around in their stalls and became
frenzied. It was then that a space was
cleared in the center of the stable and
great quantities of hay spread out for them
to lie on.
"Just what kind of poison it was I do
not know, nor do the doctors. We will
have to wait for the analysis. It will take
a week to get an analysis, but in the mean
time we are doing all in our power to save
the other poisoned animals.
"The only remedy that seemed to have
anything like a calming effect was. sweet
oil, and it has been administered in large
quantities to every horse that appeared to
bo affected. There are two more animals
that are likely to die before night, and
perhaps three. This will make thirteen in
all. and it may not even end there.
'There is a large trough inside the
-■table from which the horses are watered,
and the first lot that drank there are the
ones that have died. They showed signs
of illness a very short time" after drinking
and the stablemen, suspecting that the
poison was in the' water, cleaned out the
trough. The horses that drank next were
not so pick, but still they showed some evi
dence of having consumed poison.
"No, we have not yet found any signs of
the party or parties who had a hand in the
business, and nothing has occurred at the
works that would lead us to be! ieve
that any one would do such a brutal thing
for the purpose of revenge. We are work
ing on the case with the hope of finding
some clew to the culprits, but nothing so
far points to anybody we can call to mind.
It is very strange to me, and I cannot
understand it at all. So far as the guard
ing of the stable is concerned, it has every
protection, and in the last few days we
have increased our vigilance.
"Secretary Griffith's horses happened to
be in the bunch that took the water after
the trough had been cleaned out, and it
is probable that they will get well, as they
were but slightly affected."
"What will be your loss from a financial
standpoint was asked of Captain
Knowles.
"Something in the neighborhood of
$2600, but I would not have had this thing
happen for $10,000. Such horribly brutal
methods of revenge, if that was the basis
of the crime, should be immediately sup
pressed with strong measures, and I can
think of nothing that is too bad for the
men at the bottom of it.
"All of our horses were heavy, valuable
animals, weighing from 1200" to 1400
pounds. While they will be easy to re
place it is distressing to see them suffer
and die off because some brutes wanted to
gratify an appetite for revenge."
All day yesterday the stables of the
Arctic Oil Company were carefully
guarded and no one allowed to enter
any part of the works. Those of the sick
horses that required attention were under
the care of the veterinary surgeons, and
remedies were being applied with the
same regularity and care as though the
horses were human beings. The company
is sparine no expense to give the tortured
creatures relief, and if the other horses die
it will not be from lack of attention.
Dr. Archibald and Dr. Robbins are still
associated in the cases with Dr. Masoero.
Seven or eight of the cases are pretty well
in hand, and it is thought possible to
bring them through all ri-rht.
In the meantime it will go pretty hard
with the men who were instrumental in
the wholesale poisoning if by any hook or
crook they are discovered.
FIRE IN A FLOURMILL.
An Explosion of Fire Dust Causes a
810,000 Loss.
A fire took place at the Del Monte Flour
ing-mills, at Second and lirannan streets,
yesterday morning, that for a time threat
ened the total destruction of the building
and stock. The department, however,
succeeded in checking it. The blaze was
caused by an explosion of the flour dust.
The loss, chiefly caused by water, is esti
mated at $10,000. Ex-Fire Commissioner
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T. J. Parsons is president of the milling
company. The loss is covered '- by insur
ance.
TEMPLARS APPROVE.
Thomas S. Harrison's National Amend-
ment Flan Indorsed by Grand
Chief Templar Webb.
Thomas S. Harrison, the originator of
the National Amendment Club plan, will
address the District Lodge of Good Tem
plars at Hamilton Hall this evening. He
will present his plan for the indorsement
of the Independent Order of Good Tem
plars of California. He will speak by the
invitation of Rev. J. W. Webb, the grand
chief templar of the State, who writes as
follows:
With much pleasure I have read your plan
for crystallizing the undoubtedly immense tem
perance sentiment of the whole country in a
general demand lor the passing by Congress of
a constitutional amendment abolishing in
1900 the liquor traffic, that cause of misery,
sorrow, shame, lawlessness, burdensome taxa
tion and individual and National degeneracy,
both physical and moral. It Is certainly
another move in the right direction.
Your National amendment plan for securing
millions of signatures to the petition to Con
gress strikes me as feasible, inexpensive and
provocative of agitation which is education.
As a straight Prohibition party worker and
voter I can see no objection. As a Good Tem
plar and brother-in-law of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union I can bid you god
speed. Men and women in these and other
temperance organizations, without abandon
ing their societies or parties, and without
leaving their particular ran"".s and* distinctive
lines of work, can work for signatures to the
petition and for the creation of right and
potent sentiment. The work is certainly in
accord with a democratic form of government,
since it makes the linal appeal to and is depen
dent on the vote of the people.
SOCIALISTS SAY BOYCOTT.
The Subject of Government Own
ership Discussed by Sev
eral Speakers.
Resolutions Adopted Favoring a Gen
eral Embargo on All Southern
Pacific Roads.
Government ownership of "railroads was
the subject discussed at last night's meet
ing of the local branch of the American
Socialists at Mozart Hall. Morrison I.
Swift called the meeting to order and after
a few introductory remarks presented the
following series of resolutions, which were
adopted without a dissenting vote :
Resolved, That the morn newspapers of
the City, which have so vigorously contended
to defeat the machinations of the Southern
Pacific be requested to publish their editorials
opposing the funding bill and favoring Govern
ment ownership of the Central and Union
Pacifies as pamphlets, and that they be asked
to circulate them widely through the Kast.
Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting
that the people of California should combine
to refuse to patronize the Southern Pacific
Railroad either by the purchase of goods
brought over the lines or by mail upon it,
whenever it is possible to do so.'
Resolved, That an anti-immigration society
should be formed to protect settlers from
coming to California from the Kasi to fall a prey
to the rapacity and robbery of the Southern
I'aciiic as thousands have already done. We
believe that in common honesty the fraud
which is perpetrated upon those who are in
duced to bring their savings to this State for
investment should be exposed and brought to
an end, and that as long as the Southern
Pacific reigns Overs this partof the coast settle
ment here should be assiduously discouraged.
Rev. E. B. Payne of Berkeley was to have
read a paper favoring Government owner
ship of railroads, but was unable to be
present, and, therefore, deputized his
daughter to take his place. Referring to
the funding bill the writer said : *
This bill considered on a moral basis is
wrong. The directors or' the Central Pacific
have promised that if the lime for the pay
ment of their debt is extended they will meet
their future obligations when they come due.
We must suppose that they say this in good
faith and know the earning capaeitv of their
road. Ii that is so, why have ihey* not paid
their debtsduring the past twenty-five years?
They certainly know what the property can
earn, for they have laid up enormous fortunes
from its earnings, and we have no assurance
that they will be any more honest in the future
than in the past. This is one of the reasons
why I am opposed to the funding bill.
*-T am not only in favor of the foreclosure of
the mortgage, but in favor of the Government
ownership and operation of the road.
It is claimed by those opposed to the Gov
ernment operation of railroads that it would
prove a losing proposition. Well, let us try it,
and if it really does prove a failure, there is
still time to sell the roads to private indi
viduals. Even if the Government should lose
the entire amount of the* debt by reason of
this experiment it should still, in my opinion,
be tried, as it would prove a thorough test of
the question of Government ownership of
railroads.
A. A. Dennison then spoke on the sub
ject of "The Coming Great Railway
Trust." He said:
One of the arguments against Government
ownership of railroads is that they would be
used for political purposes. Can any one re
member any time since the last spike was
driven that the railroad has not been in poli
tics? I need not repeat the details of the pol
lution of our municipal, State and National
governments by the railroads. They have
maintained a regiment of hirelings wherever
ana whenever it was . necessary to secure some
privilege or retain one already obtained.
The great railroads of the country virtually
control the price of every article produced in
the United States. They decide upon the rates
of transportation, and in this way actually fix
the value of productions. They have spent
millions to keep the cost of water transporta
tion up, so that their charges would not be re
duced, and it is their influence that has pre
vented the construction of the Nicaragua canal.
Should the Government demonstrate its abil
ity to operate a portion of the railroads in the
country there is nothing to prevent its opeiat
ing all of them through a properly organized
department of transportation.
Government ownership would mean a saving
in the one item alone of legal expenses of the
sum of $12,000,000 annually. This sum is
largely expended in tbe payment 01 attorneys
who are no more than lobbyists.
John R. Robinson, in speaking of the
second, resolution, adopted during the
early part of the meeting, said:
Are you aware that you cannot get out of
California or into it without patronizing that
outrageous, monopoly the Southern Pacific
Company? There are only three routes out of
the State by land. One of these is via Ogden,
over the Central Pacific Railroad, and over
which route each passenger contributes $35 to
the octopus. Another route is via Portland,
and on this the tax exacted by the railroad . is
$20. The third, is via Mojave, and ou this
route the passenger is made to give up hut
$11 to the monopolists. These ire facts
that should be kept. in mind by every one
traveling out of or into the State of Caliiornia.
They should patronize the last-named route,
and travel over the Santa Fe road whenever it
is possible to do so.
He then related the history of the
Southern Pacific Company and its orig
inal four chief owners, alleging that as
early as 180"9 they had divided among
themselves the enormous sum of $206,000,
--000 as net profits. AT/:/:
Several other five-minute speeches were
made, and then the meeting adjourned.
POSERS FOR MILKMEN.
Board of Health Issuing Blanks for In-
tending Dairymen to Fill Out.
The Board of Health is preparing blank
forms for the use of those who desire to go
into the milk business.
The questions they will be . expected to
answer are as follows:
Name? Name of . partners in firm? Name
of owners of business ? Officers of corporation ?
Business? Residence? Source of supply? Num
ber of cows in possession of applicant?
Average quantity of milk produced?
Average quantity of milk purchased?
Average quantity of milk disposed of by ap
plicant? Average number of gallons sold per
day? How disposed of? Average number of
gallons sold Der day retail? Average number
of gallons sold per day wholesale? Special
brand or business name under which milk is
sold or disposed ot? Mark on can? Number
of wagons employed in delivery? Time wagons
leave depot for delivery? Name of delivery
wagons.
There are said to be quite 103,000 fami
lies in London living in single rooms.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 125, 1896.
A MODERN FRA ANGELICO
Meyer Strauss' Picture of Father
Serra Attracts Mrs. Stan
ford.
A FOE OF IMPRESSIONISTS.
Strauss Calls Artists of That School
Faddists, Smearers and Degrad
ers of Art.
Meyer Strauss is the Fra Angelico of San
Francisco. . ; . T-z-P- :;.
Like the artist priest of storied Italy,
this descendant of a sturdy German, race
prays always before he commences a pic
ture. A small chair in his studio is his
altar, and every morning he kneels before
it as he prays: "Sanctify this room.
Sanctify my work. -May thy spirit breathe
in every stroke of pencil or brush."
Mr. Strauss is at home in landscape.
The strength and beauty of nature awe
and inspire him. One of his finest paint
ings is one he calls "Solitude," which won
a premium at the "World's Exposition in
New Orleans. He wrought into the com
position of the picture the weird, uncanny
attractiveness of the gray, silent swamps
FATHER JIMPEKO SERRA ON HIS WAY TO . FOUND THE MISSION SAN CARLOS.
of Louisiana. He paints them in their
gloom and utter loneliness, which the
moonbeams filtering through the branches
of draped trees accentuate.
A recent work of his 13 at the El Car
melo Hotel, at Pacific Grove, and is said
to have attracted the favorable attention
of Mrs. Stanford, who may purchase
the painting. The picture has for its
background a forest, issuing from which
are Father Junipero Serra and his escort
of Spanish soldiery on their way to the
establishment of the old mission of San
Carlos, near Monterey. The costumes of
the time, 1770, are in picturesque contrast
to the stately arborescent setting. The
rapt look on the face of the aged saint,
one of the earliest and most faithful of the
pioneer priests*, has been considered super
natural. Small wonder that Mrs. Stan
ford, who caused to be erected at Mon
terey a monument to Father Serra's
memory, should fancy the picture both
for its motive and execution. -:7."
As might tie expected from a man who
makes his devotions before mixing his
colors, Mr. Strauss is conscientious in his
work. He believes that conscience should
direct every sweep of the brush. He is
bold in plan* but painstaking in detail. He
is an ardent realist, but claims he is not
an extremist. Color glows and burns. on
his canvas, but it is the result of nicety of
touch as well as daring of scheme.
His autumn scenes are bursts of color,
and yet true to nature.
Mr. Strauss has lectured on art at the
Ashland Chautauqua for several seasons,
and has now in course of preparation a
lecture on "Christ as Inspiration of Art,"
to be delivered at that assembly next sum
mer. : '7' ; 4Z. ■ .. :". ■ '
In a lecture on "Art and Fads".he deals
some body blows at; the impressionists.
"The smearers of the present day degrade
art," he said. "They are faddists, not
artists. Their school will not stand, be
cause it is founded on sand. * Impres
sionism is hot art. It is a fad. The mission
of art is to interpret, not to imitate, art.
Impressionism is hot tolerated in any pro
fession but art. Should a vocalist attempt
it he would be hissed. .If a' pianist struck
the keyboard with the .back of -his hand,
the. work of a musical impressionist, his
action would meet with vigorous protest.
"Between impressionism and realism
there is all the difference between a sketch
and a .finished picture."
REVENGE OF THE COOK
Beaten by the Mate, He Deliber-
a tely Set the Arcturus
on Fire.
The Ship Was Nitrate-Laden and
Burned Like Tinder — News
Came by the Arago.
There were lively times in the South
American nitrate ports when the barken
tine Arago was there. The American
ships Iceberg and "W. W. Crapo were
burned at Junin and the German ■ ship
Arcturus also went up in smoke. i All three
vessels were loaded with niter, and when
the fire took hold it was impossible to sub
due it. The Arcturus was deliberately set
on fire by the cook out of revenge, and he
was sent to Germany in irons to be tried
for his crime.
"From the time the fire broke out on
the German .vessel until the masts fell
overboard was not more than twenty mm
utes," said Captain Lewis yesterday. "It
broke out about 2 p. m. on November 10
last, and as the "Arcturus was lying along
side the Arago we lost no time in getting
out of the way. The vessel burned like
tinder and big pieces of her deck and spars
came sailing through the air and set fire to
half a dozen ships in the immediate vicin
ity. The Arago's deck is charred in half a
dozen places by the burning masses that
came aboard, and our spanker was com
pletely ruined. -P/'X
■'At- one time it looked as though there
was going to be a general conflagration,
and the captain of the British man-of-war
that was in port sent a boat's crew with a
torpedo to blow the burning vessel up.
The Germans, however,* refused the. offer
point blank, and the Arcturus burned un
til nothing but her hull was left. The fire
spread so rapidly that not a man on board,
saved anything. The captain secured his
watch and chronometer, but to escape the
flames he had to jump overboard, and, of
course, lost them. ; , ;
"An investigation waa - held .'and ; the',
cabin-boy testified that the cook had gone
down into the lower hold on November 10
and fired the ship. The cook was arrested
and admitted his guilt. He gave as an ex
cuse that the mate had beaten him with
out cause and that he did the deed out of
revenge. The ' Arcturus, or rather what
was left. of her, was afterward sold for
11,000 Chilean dollars. The silver dollar
down there, however, is only worth about
35 cents."
The second mate of the Arago was H.
McKenzie, who j was mate of the shin Ice
berg when that vessel was burned at Ju
nin. His story of the disaster does not
differ from that brought up by the Omega
and was published in The Call a few days
ago. Captain Lewis and Mate Rang re
port that in latitude 1 deg. 34 sec. south,
longitude 104 deg. 12 sec. west, a reef was
sighted which is not down on the charts.
It is said to have been 150 feet long and 50
feet wide, and the j waves were breaking
over it with tremendous force. The bark
entine was quite close to the reef, so the
officers say they could not be mistaken.
Among Captain Lewis' curios are a num
ber of .chips, nitrate laden, that blew
aboard the Arago and set her on lire in
several places.
While the details of the loss of the Ger
man Arcturus were coming to San Fran
cisco the American Arcturus went ashore
at Santa Rosalia and became a total loss.
While attempting to rech shore the car
penter was lost, but there were no deaths
on the German vessel.
The Thistle Club's Smoker.
The San Francisco Scottish Thistle Club held
its regular semi-monthly meeting at Fraternity
Hail, 32 O'Farrell street, last evening. - Royal
Chief John D. Coulie officiated. It was de
cided that Shell Mound Fark, Berkeley, be
secured for the annua' gathering and games
July 4. ■ The following clansmen constitute
the games committee for 1800: Chairman,
John D. Coulie; secretary, George W. Paterson ;
John Ross, J. Gillies, Alexander Sharp, . "A".
Dick, H. Steele. P. Keith and Alexander
Young. After the meeting the club held lis
monthly smoker. A programme was rendered
by James Aiken, Elijah McKenzie, James
Eraser, George R. Watson, Alexander Craig,
Harry Walker, James Gillies. Sydney Miller.
George W. I'aierson, William Dawson, Alfred
Miller, A. Currie and T. Stevenson.
LABOR COMES INTO LINE
The Trades Council Adopts Reso
lutions on the Funding
Bill.
Suggestions. 'to the United States Labor
Commissioner on a General Eight-
Hour Law.
The San Francisco Council of Trades
Unions met 'last night at Trades' Hall,
1159 Mission street, and, after some dis
cussion on the musicians' trouble at the
People's Palace, it was determined that if
some settlement shall not have been made
by Monday the special committee of the
council will then take hold of the boycott.
Reports from various unions were re
ceived through delegates. The cigar
makers' work was not. so dull as it was
three months ago, though many members
of the union were still out of employment.
The Sailors' Union reported that the ship}
ping' trade was improving and there was
an increase of 400 members in the union
over four months ago.
From Washington reports had been re
ceived that some favorable legislation
would be effected in favor of sailors at this
session of Congress.
The stage employes announced that busi
ness ' was falling off. The y ironmolders
stated that although their work had been
a little slow yet there was an increase in
membership. -; "'/Vz P-p'/y '•: 7
- The Horseshoer**' delegate made the sur
prising statement ' that in the last few
weeks quite a large body of -Eastern horse
sliders had come to California. ' The union
had experienced trouble with one shop,
but expected that the ! difficulty .would -be
settled to-night. ,"• • • • ; j
The committee on laws and legislation
presented the following- preamble- and
resolution on the funding bill, which were
adopted unanimously: ' -^ •-**
Whereas, There is now pending in the pres
ent session of Congress a bill providing for the
extension of the time of payment of the debts
of the Central and Union Pacilic railways for
a term of fifty or more years; and) whereas, the
passage of said bill would practically mean the
financial enslavement of the people of the
Pacific Coast lor two generations to come; and
whereas, commercial usage and the dignity of
our Government demand that every effort , be
made to secure the payment of the debt when
due. Therefore be ii
Resolved, That we, the San Francisco Labor
Council, in * the name and on behalf of •' the
wageworkers of this City, most earnestly peti
tion our representatives in Congress to use
every honorable means in opposition to said
proposed funding bill.
Resolved, That the present crisis affords. a
splendid opportunity to I practically test the
Wisdom ana feasibility of governmental owner
ship and operation of the great transcontinen
tal Lines; and we, therefore, petition our repre
sentatives in Congress to foster and encourage
any plan that will lead to the Government
ownership of these Central and Union Pacific
roads, and operating them in the interests of
the entire people of this nation.
The following partial nominations j for
officers for the ensuing year were made:
M. McGlynn, president; r T.F. Burns, vice
president; E. P. Burman, recording secretary;
J. K. Phillips, financial secretary; ( E. Rosen
berg, treasurer; J. Nugent, T. Finnerty, ser
geants-at-arms; William Rusk, *M. Whitfield,
C. Schupper, trustees; T. F. - Burns, ■ -M. Mc-
Glynn, K. P. Burman, F. H. Schurts, W. Mac
arthur, Thomas Moore, E. - Holmes; executive
committee. -,**"" ■ ' TTAz.TA'-'
The executive committee repotted "it
has considered : a communication from
United States Labor Commissioner
Wright, asking the council to suggest a
topic of special interest to labor organiza
tions for his office to take up with a view
of mating a thorough investigation of the
subject. The reduction of the hours of
labor to eight in all branches of industry
in the United States and its effect upo
labor was suggested by the.; committees
and adopted by the council.
Acknowledged by All.
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BRANCH STORES EVERYWHERE.
SECRET OF THE COMBINE.
| James J. Hill of the Great North
ern Said to Be Inter
ested
IN THE DONAHUE ROAD FIGHT.
The Parrotts Join the Magnate, So It
Is Stated, to Build a Com
.7 peting Line.
It was stated yesterday by a gentleman
intimately associated with the manage
| ment of the North Pacific Coast Railway
! that the present plan of consolidation with
th-* San Francisco and North Pacific road
has been inspired by motives so ' far not
dreamed, of by the public. The same mo
tives, however, are full of interest to the
people of San Francisco in particular and
of all California. For the statement was
definite and positive that the whole
project of consolidation was involved in
the building of a competing transconti
nental railway to the bay of San Fran
cisco.
The proposition set forth is said to be
the outcome of a well-defined plan by a
syndicate of capitalists to build a compet-
ing line to San Francisco. The route
chosen has for its terminus either Sausa
lito or Tiburon, although Sausalito is the
favored site, and the narrow-gauge road
from that place the more popular line at
present. But the projectors of this vast
enterprise first of all wished to effect, a
combination of the two railways on the
north side of San Francisco Bay before
goirig further with the work of building
the competing road to its Californian
depot. y/pAPi'
In this direction two plans were left open
j for adoption. One was to secure control of
\ the Donahue-road stock for shareholders
of the narrow-gauge line, and by that
| means obtain absolute mastery of the
situation. This would in effect make the
I two roads as one, and in course of time
: they could he united in the one general
( system, as various branches of the Southern
j Pacific system are now managed and
operated from the one general office. The
other plan was to get from the directors of
the Donahue line, if the former should
fail, a contract whereby the two roads
could be operated permanently on a
friendly, mutual understanding that
would effectually abolish competition.
The prime mover behind the scenes is
j authoritatively stated to be Jim Hill,
: president of the Great Northern Railway.
' It is said of him that, he has been secretly
buying, or getting possession of rights of
way through counties lying along th;
north coast of California, his object being
to secure a clear way for a railroad before
making public announcement of his
project of connecting his Great Northern
system with San Francisco.
The Parroti estate is also said to be asso
ciated with Hill in this enterprise. It is
known that the Parrotts are largely inter
ested in the North Pacific Coast Railway,
and for that reason have a strong desire to
see the road on a better paying foundation
than it rests upon at present. They would
like to see the combination with the Dona
hue line an accomplished fact, and more
especially I feel pleased over the absorption
of the road in the Great Northern Trans
continental Railway to San Francisco Bay.
Christian de Guigne, • who is associated
with financial transactions of the Parrott
estate, holds or. controls a large .block of
stock in the narrow-gauge railway, and
this stock, it is said, really belongs to the
Parrott estate.
From, the, same source it was learned
that the Parrotts own a large tract in Men
docino and Sonoma counties, and one of
the most significant facts in connection
with the railroad deal now going on is that
aright of • way for a railway has been sur
veyed-"and ; secured through ' the Parrott
lands— it is said for Mr. Hill, the railroad
magnate of the Northwest. , /.
. From . time .to time of | late* announce
ments have been made that corps of sur
veyors were in different parts of Northern
California running preliminary lines for a
railroad from' the Beckwith Pass over
toward Eureka, in Humboldt County, and
thence southward to the northern termini
of the North Pacific Coast and the San
Francisco and North Pacific lines. Taken
in connection with this information the
right of way transaction .through the Par
rott lands and this , secret activity for a
combination the statement that Hill, the
Parrottb and other capitalists were inter
ested in the deal seems reasonable enough.
: With control of the rich and promising
country traversed by these lines and the un
opened territory northward and westward
Hill would have good prospects for suc
cessful operation of an overland line from
the beginning. The combination would
give him control of a vast territory in Cali
fornia that with a - competing railroad
would leap into renewed prosperity and
develop various important feeders for the
trunk line. '
TWO BOY BURGLARS.
The Mansfield House Entered and Jew
elry to the Value of 8100
Stolon.
; James " Galw and Jim : Kellock, two
youths 18 and 20 years old respectively,
were booked at the Central station last
night on a- charge of burglary, preferred
b/ the proprietor of the Mansfield House.
Galwich, up to two weeks ago, was ele
vator-boy at the Mansfield House, but : was
discharged for some trivial 7 neglect of
duty. On January 21 the room of William
George, . a racetrack follower, was entered
and jewelry to the value of $100 * stolen.
Detective Seymour ami Officers Phillips
and Whittaker were detailed on the case,
and yesterday succeeded in locating Gal
wich "at 9 Harlan place.
On his -person were found the sleeve
buttons and pin and a pawn-ticket show
ing that he had disposed of the -diamond
studs for $5. Kellock rooms with Galwich,
and admitted that he had pawned the dia
monds,; The latter has already served la'
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term of sir months for petty larceny.
When Galwich left the Mansfield House
he carried with him a bunch of Keys, and,
it is presumed, used them in effecting an
entrance into the house. . ,
ATTEMPTED ARSON.
The Besidence of Mrs. Raphael Comes
■ ■•■■'■--■ I: ■- „-.-.. -i .... .-. _ r
Very Near Going Up in
Flames.
Mrs. George Raphael/ 1434 Post street,
reported to the police last night that some
one had attempted to set fire to her resi
dence during the early part of last Wednes
day morning. --tv ' i ; '-V ''-* " "•
About 10 o'clock at night Mrs. Raphael,
who had retired early, was aroused by the
odor of smoke, which seemed to fill the
entire house. Calling the servant she
made a hasty examination of tbe building,
and in the basement she found a sack of
straw and other inflammable material
smouldering, which, as soon as the air was
admitted, burst into flames. From the
street an entrance into the basement is
effected by way of a very narrow alley.
The attempted arson was not reported
to the police and would probably have
been soon forgotten, but for the peculiar
action of a stranger last night. The ser
vant had occasion to go to the corner
grocery and on her return noticed a well
dressed 3 oung fellow following her. She
quicnened her steps and in a few moments
gained the inside of the house, leaving the
man standing on the pavement below.
Half an hour later she was called on to
post a letter, but before going out made
sure that the way was clear. Hardly had
she dropped the letter in the box, how
ever, before the stranger again appeared.
The woman ran rapidly back to the house
closely followed by the man, but she man
aged to reach the door and close it before
the fellow could get any nearer than the
first landing. Mrs. Raphael immediately
notified the police, and a special officer
was detailed to watch the house last night.
PUBLIC SCHOOL NEEDS
Suggestions to Teachers and
Parents by the State
Superintendent.
He Argues for Professional Training
and a Less Difficult High
School Course.
The second of the course of popular
lectures recently instituted by the ' Board
of Education was delivered by State Sup
erintendent Samuel T. Black at the Girls-
High School last evening. Previous to
the address of the evening the eighth and
ninth grades of the Hamilton Grammar
School, under the direction of Miss Ella
Morton and Miss Strauss, sang the "Star
spangled Banner" and "The Farmer Boy"
and H. C. Henderson of the Board of Edu
cation made a brief address to the parents
on the importance of scientific education.
Superintendent Black prefaced his re
marks by congratulating the people of San
Francisco for the measures taken by the
Board of Education in furnishing the
teachers, parents and pupils with this
series of entertainments.
"If there is one mission,'' he said,
"which the State Superintendent has
which is higher than another, it is to go
out among, the people and the teachers
and bring these two classes nearer together ;
to make each see the educational question
from the other's standpoint.
"In the face of the small salaries paid it
is not surprising that many bright young
men use teaching only as a stepping stone
to some other calling. In spite of this,
prominent educators have declared the
rural schools of California the best of the
kind in the country. The teaching force
of this Stale is in a constant state of
chance. - /y? ! 4A7- '/A.Ai
"This is a. condition which those who
are working along educational lines must \
| face. We do not wonder at the clamor for j
something more than academic training
for those who are to teach our children in
the future. Should the State require a I
professional trainer before a teacher takes j
his place in the classroom the harm would j
not be so great when the novice attempts
to fill. the place caused by resignation or
retirement. If the 'normal schools of the
State would require a hUh school prepara
tion the elementary schools would be all
the better for it. If those teachers who
have been denied a professional training
would take up a course of professional
reading they would find it immensely ben
eficial. Every teacher in our schools
ought to be thoroughly conversant with
current school literature. ,'■ "77
--'•I firmly believe in closely graded
schools,' but I do object to the assigning of
a teacher to the same class each year. It j
narrows her ideas and limits her horizon. '
By assigning at least two grades to a !
teacher, that is, giving two teachers each j
half of two different grades, the results
would be very beneficial to the teacher and !
to the pupils. The study required at the I
hands of high-school students, if they
knew how to study, is generally enough,
but when we add to this the worry usually
indulged in by high-school students it be
comes a load grievous to be borne. There
are two remedies: To increase the course
to four years or to reduce the curriculum
to the minimum required by the university.
"Learning without the power to do
leaves us impotent and may even render
us ridiculous. Work is the index to a
man's character. The true educator aims
to make men good and reasonable rather
than smart. If our schools teach the prin
ciples of morality, truth and patriotism
they are not godless schools."
On the motion of Richard D. Faulkner,
principal of the Franklin Grammar School,
a vote of thanks was tendered to the State
Superintendent for his address, and he
was asked to leave a copy with the princi
pals for "discussion. The entertainment
closed witn the rendition of "America"
by the children.
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A MISSION BURGLARY.
W. A. Shade's Residence Is ' .Entered
by Three Daring Bob
bers.
Thomas Cochran, an ex-convict; Albert
Masters and Charles Drysdale were ar
rested by Detectives Gibson and Clark last
night and booked at the Central station on
a charge of burglary.
Thursday morning the residence of W.
A. Shade, 1251 Mission street, was entered,
jewelry and clothing to the value of $150
being stolen. Ah' entrance was effected by
forcing the back window.
Detective Gibson was placed in charge of
the case, and with the assistance of Clark,
was not very long in finding the trail of
the thieves. He arrested them last night
in a Kearny- street saloon. The jewelry
and clothing were found in possession of
the men. Had the officers been a day
later, the thieves would probably have es
caped entirely, aa they intended to leave
this morning for Cripple Creek.
An Indiana syndicate has purchased
100,000 acres of land in Georgia, for pur
poses of colonization.
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POPULISTS TO MOVE SOON
The Party Leaders Expect to Go
Into Action in About Two
. Weeks.
WAITING FOR MR. WARDALL.
A. B. Kinne Talks of New Plans and
a Reform Campaign for the
Local Party. ■■.*/
The local Populists have not yet made
their first campaign peep, but there will
be an awakening as soon as E. M. War
dall, chairman of the State Central Com
mittee, returns from the East.
He is now in St. Louis, whither he went
to attend the meeting of the National Cen
tral Committee, and will return in about
two weeks. He is conferring with silver
men, and during his stay will attend the
National Farmers' Alliance conference.
When he returns he will be primed with
information and ready to guide the party
in this State to its position in the line.
A. B. Kinne, the San Francisco member
of the executive committee of the State
Central Committee and chairman of the
County Committee during the last cam
paign, said yesterday that a meeting of the
executive committee would undoubtedly
be held as soon as Mr. Wardall returns.
Campaign measures will at once follow.
The local party is as dormant as the
State organization, but it, too, will spring
into life when Mr. Wardall returns ana
sets things going. Mr. Kinne is one of the
most active and influential members of the
local party, but his ideas of its prospects
are yet a trifle vague. In a conversation
yesterday he intimated that the Populists
were not discouraged; that the last cam
paign had taught some lessons, and that
there would likely be an effort to narrow
the theoretical features of the local plat
form this year and to get into the party
the dissatisfied elements of other parties
that generally go into a non-partisan
movement.
"We are very hopeful for National unity
with other elements, especially the silver
movement and possibly the Prohibition
ists," said Mr. Kinne. "As to the local
party, no definite plans are formed, but
some of us • favor concentrating our
form, without, however, abandoning
any cardinal principles, ana making a
campaign for municipal reform, in which
we would be joined by the reform ele
ments which might go with a non-parti
san movement. Our platform will, of
course, demand municipal ownership of
public utilities, and a special issue may be
made of the municipal ownership of the
water supply. I think that three out of
every four people in the City are in favor
of that. ■ ry,
"How may the platform be condensed?
Well, rather by concise expression than by
leaving out anything important. Now our
last platform contained the 'thirteen de
mands of labor' in their entirety.while they
were practically covered elsewhere in the
platform. They would probably bo left
out. We made a special appeal to the
laboring class in the last campaign. We
made a thorough test of the advisability
of embodying in our platform the de
mands of labor, and of putting on the
ticket distinctively labor men. We found
that the labor candidates were not sup
ported any better than the other candi
dates. They didn't get the entire labor
vote for some reason. In my opinion it is
best to aahere to principle and not reach
out for any class, or make any class fights.
"The charter will be an' important issue
in the campaign, and its success will make
it more necessary than ever for the better
elements to' unite. The majority of the
Populists will support the new charter,
but there are a good many 'middle-of-the
road' Populists who want all they demand
or nothing and who object to some of its
features. But the plans and prospects of
the local Populist campaign will not ap
pear for three or four weeks yet at least."
Mustachios Must Go.
There is a panic in Kiel and Wilhelms
shafen—the centers of the German navy—
because a decree has gone forth requiring
all officers and men to go about clean
shaven or else to wear full beards. This
i means that the mustache must go, and the
mustache is an important feature in the
facial adornment of the Germans whether
in the imperial service or out of it. It is
even extremly difficult to get even a coach
man, a butler or any man servant that
is clean shaven or will allow himself to
{ become so, or indeed one who is willing
ito wear a full beard. The fashion of
the day in the German empire requires
I that the mustache be fierce and long.
It is said that the Kaiser is behind this
new order, and that he thinks the navy
, would appear smarter.if there was more
uniformity in the looks of the officers
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SALE
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NO Reserve.
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SALE COMMENCES TO-DAY, and con.
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7:30 evening.
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