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SATURDAY .;........•....;. .;;..; APRIL 25, 1896
AMUSEMENTS.
Baldwin Theater.— "Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde."
California Theater— "The Politician."
, Columbia Theater— "A Pair of Kids."
. Morosco's Opera-House— -Special Delivery."
" ivoli Opkra-Housf..— "Blue Beard.'
Orpheum— High-Class Vaudeville.
Grover's >icA:-AK.-"fcverybodv'a Friend"
and -The Setting Sun.."
Mechanics' Pavilion— Knights Templar drill,
given in aid of the Masonic Widows* and Orphans
Borne, this evening. .
Mark Hopkins' ? Institute of Art.— Spring
exhibition of Paintings.
Sutro Coney Island— Bathing and Perform-
ances.
Shoot the Chutes— Dally at Haight street, one
block east of the Park.
Haywards Park— Haywards— Choice Mualcal
■Programme every Sunday.
Bay District Track— Races.
PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS.
El Campo— Music, Dancing, Boating, Fishing,
•very Sunday. « ,;.. . .
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
A new riding club has been formed in the
City.
The estate of J. J. McKinnon has been ap
praised at $93,088 80.
It is reported that Brown may resign his pas
torate if he can be appointed assistant.
The hotel men are invited to visit the State
Board of Trade rooms in a body to-day.
Dr. Hlrshfelder lectured last night at Cooper
Medical College on "Crime and Criminals."
Attorney Hayne promises to finish his argu
ment in the Southern Pacific case by next
Tuesday.
The weather predictions for to-day are:
Probably occasional light showers; brisk
southerly winds.
Daisy Brown, or Daisy Cohen, the woman
burglar, has been sentenced to three years' Im
prisonment by Judge Wallace. ■■-■:• ?.:<
The merchants have decided to experiment
with different paving materials on the street
in front of the Parrott building.
Realization, Lost Girl, Jack Richlieu, All
Over, Red Bird and Midlo were the winners at
the Bay District Track yesterday.
Judge Sanderson, in scaling down a jury's
verdict, has added some opinions on the posi
tion of a Judge as a thirteenth juror.
California Commandery, Knights Templar,
gave a brilliant reception at Odd Fellows' Hall
last night to the Grand Commandery. ,•,_»■;,
Carpenters' Union 22, at a big meeting last
night, voted against the admission of the
shinglers to the Building Trades Council.
The Mission-street and Precita Valley Prop
erty Owners' Association has adopted resolu
tions favoring a reduction in streetcar fares.
The body of a dead child was found in a pew
of St. Francis' Church last evening. It had
been smothered only a few hours after its
birth.
Julian Sonntag said yesterday that further
litigation may be resorted to by the California
miners, regarding the building of restraining
dams. „:.*:'•'
The California Hotel Men's Association
tendered a brilliant banquet to the Hotel
Men's Association in the Palace Hotel last
night. - v
The promised suit over the supposed Blythe
will was filed yesterday. Mrs. Sarah E. Carr
charges W. H. H. Hart with fraud in her com
plaint. '.-. ..;■-. V X? ;i •_' : '
James D. Page, the ex-District Attorney, who
was convicted of embezzlement, was sentenced
to eight years' imprisonment by Judge Wallace
yesterday. ■■'•_> ■•/.-; ■•.--:■
The Grand Jury yesterday indicted Susie B.
Martin for murder. She killed her husband,
John F. Martin, and was acquitted by the Cor
oner's jury.
Mrs. Browning, the mother of the murdered
babe found in a vacant lot last week, has made
an additional statement, more directly impli
cating Flynn.
Mrs. Booth-Tucker and party will arrive in
Oakland to-day and begin a series of meetings
in the Tabernacle. They come to San Fran
cis co to-morrow. _£____
Under the auspices of the California Camera '
Club Joaquin Miller addressed a crowded as
semblage at Metropolitan Temple last even- i
ing on '•The Sierras."
The Burling- -no Polo Club is matched to
meet the Riverside cracks at San Jose on the ;
7th and at Burlinpame on the 9th of May for j
the coast championship.
The Pacific Torpedo Company, which will
deal in torpedoes for the protection of this and
other harbors on the Pacific Coast, has filed
articles of incorporation.
The demurrer to Van R. Paterson's amended
opposition to the Fair will of the 21st was
partially argued before Judge Slack yesterday
and continued for a week.
James H. ix>ng, late prosecuting attorney in
the Police Court, is seriously ill from the
effects of a severe hemorrhage which occurred
or. the street Thursday night.
The San Francisco Schuetzen Verein has laid
aside the German flag, and will make its first
appearance with the California and American
flags at Its thirty-seventh May festival.
From present indications the Valley road as
soon as it reaches Merced will be in shat)e to
handle freight between that point and Stock
ton. It is expected to reach Merced in about
six weeks. .*_fl___H____[
E. W.Thurman of the Typographical Union
was elected secretary of the Labor Council
last night because of the compulsary resigna
tion of E. P. Burman, whose union had with
drawn from the council. ' :- •'.. r :
The Manufacturers' and Producers' Associa
tion has sent resolutions to Washington heart
ily indorsing the proposed bill in Congress for
the establishment of a Government depart
ment of commerce and manufacture.
The influence wielded by the Eleventh Ward
Improvement Club in the Mission has acted as
an incentive to other sectional clubs to form a
union of clubs for improvement purposes in
heretofore neglected localities throughout the
City. k
Presidents of four American fire insurance
companies are in San Francisco looking into
the causes of the rate war which has been in
progress for nearly two years. An attempt will
be made to iorce the organization of a new
compact on rates.
Isabella H. Layng has filed a cross-complaint
against Robert J. Layng, who is suing her for
divorce, She asks for a divorce herself on the
round of failure to provide, and she wants
100 a month alimony for herself and the sup
port of her children.
Mrs. S. V. Johnson, wife of Colonel Johnson,
special pension examiner, was run down by a
Turk-street electric car yesterday afternoon.
The car was provided with no fender, but a
straight board, which mangled her right limb
cruelly. She will be a cripple for life. • .
E. D. Wilber, arrested for embezzlement for
holding onto a?7B note, says he was entrapped
into Attorney Collier's office and threatened
with a knife in order to get him to make a vio
lent demonstration. His former partner is
accused of being the instigator of the assault.
Louis Sternberg, convicted of stuffing the
voting register in Senator Mahony's Forty
second Assembly District, was sentenced
again to San Quentin for three years, and was
immediately taken across the bay. Proceed
ings are stayed in the other case until the
present sentence shall have expired.
ILLNESS OF JAMES H. LONG.
The Well-Known Attorney Has Two
Severe Attacks of Hemorrhage.
' James H. Long, the well-known attor
ney, and formerly prosecuting officer - ; in
the Police Court, is seriously § ill at the
residence of his attending physician. Dr.
Taylor. Late on Thursday night he was
seized with an attack of hemorrhage on
the street and Was by his friends taken to
the Baldwin Hotel, where -he remained
over night and , until yesterday forenoon,
when he left for the house of a friend.* y
Not feeling any perceptible improve
ment he placed himself under the care of
his physician.
Another attack seized him last night,
not as : severe as the ; former, but still
left him very weak and somewhat dis
heartened as to his chances to pull
through. He attributes his illness to over
exertion in arguing a case in court on
Thursday. , :,
'At 12 o'clock last night he felt slightly
improved and his physician has -hopes
of his recovery unless a more severe
attack should come on, which would in
his present prostrated condition still lur
cher weaken him. .
M Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde " To-Night.
A performance of Robert Louis Steven
son's psychological study, "Dr. Jekyll and Mr.-
Hyde," will be given for the only time 'by
Richard Mansfield during his present engage
ment at the Baldwin Theater to-night.
WILL SOON BE
IN OPERATION.
Freight to Be Moved on
the Valley Road in
Six Weeks.
RATES YET UNDECIDED.
Traffic Manager Moss Has Made
a Thorough Inspection of
the Line.
BOXCARS RUN LIKE COACHES.
When Merced Is Reached the Road
Will Be Able to Handle All the
Business Offered.
In six weeks from date, barring acci
dents or other untoward . circumstances,
the Valley road will De prepared to carry
freight between Stockton and Merced,
though the carriage of passengers will in
all probability be deferred for some time
after that date.
Traffic Manager John" Moss returned
from his tour of inspection of the com
pleted portion of the road Thursday night
and found things in a most satisfactory
condition. He went from Stockton as far
as the Merced River, and was gone about
four days, having left the City on Sunday
night. He traveled over the line in a
freightcar, as the road has not yet received
any of the passenger coaches which are to
comprise part of its equipment. Mr. Moss
said that he was both gratified and sur
prised to find how smoothly the car ran.
Its motion, be added, was as smooth as
that of an ordinary passenger coach.
"I thiuk I can now say approximately
when we shall be able to begin business
over our road," said Mr. Moss, after con
cluding his appreciative remarks on the
thorough manner in which the road-bad
been constructed. W
"We are now at work on the bridge
across the Merced River. This will take
about three weeks to complete, and we
will then have about three miles and a
half of track to lay to the town of Merced
from the river. We calculate that all this
work will be finished in about six weeks
and the road placed in such a condition as
to permit of the prompt and satisfactory
moving of all the traffic that will be offered.
We will thus be in ample time to move
the wheat crop from the lower valley
points. •
"Our rolling-stock is being continually
increased and our facilities six weeks from
now will enable us to go into the field feel
ing assured of being amply provided for
the work we shall endeavor to perform.
"No rates will be announced until we
are fully prepared to begin hauling freight.
This is a matter that will require consid- j
I erable care, for while our rates as first put j
' into effect will no doubt be changed with j
i the increase in our mileage and the growth i
j of our business, we yet desire to make |
! them such that as few changes as possible j
will be necessary, as stable rates are an
important factor to the farmer as well as
to the merchant, and in fact to all who
ship goods." "-/•:.'••'• .*..*
This determination of the Valley road
to begin the actual business of transporta- !
tion about the first week in June will no j
doubt prove a eratifying surprise to the
people along the route between Stockton \
and Mercea, as it had previously been j
stated that the road would not be in shape i
for business before the latter part of July i
or the first part of August. The change of :
plan is due, however^ to the unexpected
rapidity with which Chief Engineer
Storey has pushed the work of construc
tion to the Merced, no less than two miles
of track being laid a day for ten censecu- I
tive days during the period just before
reaching the Merced River. ■'*,■•? * .* \
This entire project, vast as it is, was al
most magical .in its development Its
birth dates back but little more than a
year, and was almost simultaneous with
the conception of the enterprise. The first
preliminary meeting for the construction !
of a road into the heart of tne San Joaquin i
Valley was held on January 22, 1895.. The I
original idea was to raise $350,000 as a fund j
with which to start the. construction of
the road, but Claus Spreckels, taking a
broad and liberal view of the situation,
changed the entire original plan of those
who were instrumental in calling the
meeting by offering to subscribe $500,000 if
the fund to be raised was fixed at $3,000,
--000. A committee was appointed at this
meeting, with the result that it was decided
to incorporate a company with a capital !
stock of $6,000,000, with the understanding I
J that operations should' be commenced as !
soon as $2,000,000 worth of stock had been
subscribed.' A meeting to receive sub
scriptions was arranged for, part of the
call for the assemblage reading as follows:
The proposition is to make it the people's
road, owned by the people and operated in the
interests of the people, and it is to you ns a
part of the people that we turn for assistance.
This meeting took place on January 29,
and on the first day $1,025,000 had "been
subscribed, Claus Snreckels signing for
$500,000. John D. Spreckels for $100,000
and Adolph B. Spreckels for $100,000.
Alvinza Hayward and W. F. Whittier
each put his name down for $50,000. ' On
February 8 the $2,000,000 mark was
reached and passed.
On February 20 the first general meeting
of stockholders was held, those in attend
ance representing more than $100,000,000.'
At this time the subscriptions had reached
$2,248,000. Incorporation was effected on
February 25, this honor having been rele
gated to Claus Spreckels, W. F. Whittier,
Charles Holbrook, John T. Doyle and
E. F. Preston. In the articles of incor
poration provision was made for a road
estimated to be 350 miles long, extending
from San Francisco to or near Bakersfield.
Clans Spreckels was elected president,
W. F. hittier first; vice-president and
Robert Watt second vice-president. On
March 5, 1895, Alexander Mackie was
elected secretary, and on the day follow
ing W. B. Storey Jr. was elected chief en
gineer. . A week later terminal facilities
were secured in this City at China Basin
through Legislative enactment, and on
March 11 the first bids for material were
sent out. Since then , there, has been no
cessation in the work of construction.
.. Among the most important features of
the stock trust certificate, and one which
bears on ? the question of rates, is the fol
lowing provision:
Said corporation shall so operate said road
that the basis for freights and fares shall be
the lowest rates of charge which will yield
sufficient revenue .to the company to pay for
the proper maintenance, operation and better
ment of said road, together with proper pro
vision for. the payment of interest upon any
bonded indebtedness, if any there be, together
with the creation of a sinking fund therefor,
as reauircd by law; also for the creation of a
surplus fund for the use of said road, and the
payment to' the stockholders of a sum not to
exceed 6 per cent per year, upon the capital
stock actually paid into said corporation.
The Williams Case.
- The demurrer to the indictment :of Customs
Inspector Williams was argued before Judge
Morrow In": the . United ' States ? District Court
yesterday. Attorney Coogan appeared for the
THE BAN FKAirciSCO GALL, SATURDAY. APRIL 25, 1896.
defendant and Assistant 5 District Attorney
Slestlnger represented the Government. Judg
ment was reserved. -fi i%tjtij -„ \x\\ A: >■ ■ ■
THE ARMY LEADER.
Mrs. Booth-Tucker and Party Will Ar
rive in Oakland To-Day and in '
This City To-Morrow. , ; V
Mrs. Booth-Tucker passed through the
City yesterday on her 'way to San? Jose,
where she held meetings last night. She
will return to Oakland to-morrow evening,
where meetings are, to.- be : held in_ the
Tabernacle. 'On the way north r . the party
will stop at San Quentin and hold servic es
in the prison.
To-morrow the first of a series of monster
meetings will be, held in Metropolitan
Temple. A great revival in the ranks of
the Salvation Army is anticipated; *
Traveling with Mrs. Booth-Tucker are
Major Alice Lewis, who 'figures in the ca
pacity of private secretary, and also Major
Fritz Malon, the sweet singer who accom
panied General Booth on nis Western
tour. The party will co north from here, :
and probably return East over the North- j
crn Pacific. " - » . • ■ ■'■-".: '■'&£<
LECTURE FOR CHARITY.
Key. Peter C. Yorke Will Lecture for
the Benefit of the Catholic
y ,"'. ■;': Ladies' Aid Society.
. On Tuesday evening, May 5, the Rev.
Father Yorke will lecture in Metropolitan
Temple, on Fifth street, for the relief fund
of the Catholic Ladies' Aid Society. | The
subject will be announced in all the daily
papers early next week. It is earnestly
hoped that every one interested in, the
cause of charity will attend this lecture. '.':
The Catholic Ladies' Aid Society has
always been foremost in all public good
work and would like to continue to do so,
but owing to the great drain on the treas
ury of the society during the winter
months the dispensing of charity must in
a measure be discontinued/ unless the
friends of the unfortunate poor will render
every possible assistance. "; '"*•*- -
TicKets for this. lecture may be secured
at the office of the grand secretary, room
75, Donohue building, corner of Market
and Taylor streets, from 11 to 4:30 o'clock
daily, or from any of the members of the
organization. ■■' ■■■ ■
TO MAKE A NEW TORPEDO
Moves With Terrific Speed Be
neath the Surface of the
Water.
A Strong Company Formed for the
Protection of this Har
bor.
The Pacific Torpedo and Supply Com
pany, an organization to make, repair,
bay and sell torpedoes, both stationary
and movable, has filed articles of incor-
poratlon. The torpedoes to be dealt in are
to be for the protection of San Francisco
harbor and the Pacific Coast. The direc
tors of the company are C. F. MacDermott
of Oakland, Peter Dean of San Francisco,
George H. Mendell of San Francisco, F. M
Close of Oakland and Charles Bone of San
Francisco.
The capital stock of the corporation is
$1,000,000, $250 of which has been sub
scribed. . ' A'-'.'A
Colonel George H. Mendell, U. 8. A., re
tired, who was seen at his home last even-
ing, said that at present it could not be
said definitely where the proposed plant
for building the torpedoes would be estab
lished or how extensive it would be. , He
remarked: , -
"There is little to be said now other
than that the company has incorporated.
The magnitude of the plant will depend
altogether on the success of the torpedo,
which can only be determined by actual
experiment. Yes, we are building a
machine, and I believe that it will prove
successful. I cannot say when we will be
ready to make a practical test."
Replying to other inquiries Colonel
i Mendell indicated that the new torpedo
i would be guided from the shore to strike
; a ship within a distance of two miles.
The torpedo in traversing that distance
would be invisible beneath the surface of
the water. No sign of the destroyer's
| approach would be given. .*. The explosive
force of 700 pounds of dynamite would
sink the largest cruiser or battle-ship
afloat. ' ' 'y;z ,yyu?y!-y. :;.■''
Should the torpedo prove to be as
t effective as the , inventors expect there is
! no doubt that* the company- will secure
? orders for their construction from the
J United States, and perhaps from Russia
j and other foreign countries.
The fact that Colonel Mendell, who has
served so long in .'the';. United States en
gineer corps, and whose judgment of de
structive inventions would only be formed
after careful and intelligent study, has be
come identified with the manufacture, is
regarded as _ significant, leading well-ad
; vised men to believe that a very important
j step has been taken in the direction oi
harbor defense. Colonel Mendeii is not
the man to be carried away with a pretty
scheme on paper. There "is surely some
thing in the invention of this submarine
agent of warfare that is simple and practi
cal. Should a torpedo go straight to the
object at which it is aimed, and then ex
plode at the right time, ironclad fleets
would be useless for harbor attacks.
THE DEACON HIGHWAYMAN.
David Oldham On His Way to Ukiah
for a New Trial.
David Oldham, better known as "Dea
con," who was sontenced to twelve years
in Folsom for stage-robbery in Mendocino
County, was brought to the Central Police
Station jby Deputy Sheriff Hatch last
night. . * •
The . Supreme Court has granted the
"Deacon" a new trial, and he will be taken
to Ukiah this morning. | The trial will be
held In Judge McGarvey's court.
Oldham * was . arrested ; last \ July with a
man nan#d Snyder for holding up a Lake
port stage. Snyder was sentenced to eight
years and Oldham to twelve. ,
Oldham's friends have been assiduous in
their;' efforts to secure a- new; trial, and
were eventually successful.' {
•Oldham was a deacon in the Baptist
Church of Ukiah and held a high social
position in the town..; When he arrived at
the Central Station he had his Bible and
byranal under his arm. l Pious to the last,
he praised God that the publicans were
still alive and bad a chance for heaven.
What's In a Name?
When the San Francisco News Letter
began their series of views, one of which ac
companies that bright journal every ; Sat
urday, a proper title was necessary. Their
selection of "Picturesque San Francisco"
was most ' appropriate. y_ The views are not
only picturesque, but give a splendid' idea
of the City. The tenth plate accompanies
to-day's News Letter, and even now* those
issued make a nucleus for a lovely album.
The literary portion of that paper to-day
scintillates with brillancy. y
Stepchildren' Contesting;.
The stepchildren of Helen M. Good are con
testing her will on the ground that the i prop
erty she left came 1 to' her /from her, husband,
their father. Good left a will- in which he did
not mention the children by his first wife and
his j property was ; distributed ~- to ; the estate of
Mrs. Good, for she had died before his estate
had been settled up. & She left her estate to her
own . children,' and i her i stepchildren p want -a
share. The estate is worth nearly $75,000.
CRIPPLED A
TURK-STREET CAR
Mrs. S. V. Johnson Crushed
by Turing's Favorite
Fender.
PINNED UNDER THE CAR
The - Victim Wedged to the
/-V* Ground by the Board
Protector.
SHE IS PERMANENTLY INJURED
Dr. Ragen, the Attending Physician,
x "' Declares She Will Be Lame
y'- Through Life.
ji Mrs. V. N. Johnson, wife of Special Pen
sion Examiner V. N. Johnson, was run
down by a Turk-street electric-car of the
Market-street Railway System yesterday
afternoon, and as a result the physician in
attendance, Dr. D. P. Ragen,*; says she
must inevitably be a cripple for life." \ The
circumstances are particulary significant
as proving the utter inefficiency of the
so-called straight-board "fender," which
Mr. Vining declares to be the most practi
tical he has yet tried.
It was about 4:30 yesterday afternoon
when the accident occurred. Mrs. John
son, who lives at 612 Van Ness avenue,
had been making a purchase at j the ; meat
market on Turk street, just west of Van
Vess avenue. It is not ordinaryly danger
ous to cross the thoroughfare at that point,
and Mrs. Johnson, without looking about
particularly for any approaching vehicles,
started for the fruit-stall opposite.
She had made a number of purchases
from the stores in the vicinity, and as a
result her arms were full of bundles,
which, with the umbrella she was carry
ing, required all her attention. As a result
she did not notice the eastbound car until
just as she reached the far side of the
track. Then the startling alarm of the
jingling bell filled her with consternation.
Looking up she saw the green monster
bearing down on her at a frightful
speed. For a moment she was paralyzed
with fear. The horror of her situation
caused her to lose all presence of mind,
and in her confusion she turned and
started again across the track. By this
time the motorman was trying his best to
stop the car, but the momentum with
which the electric-cars rush along between
crossings is not to be checked in a mo
ment, and the unfortunate lady was
hurled to the ground.
The grating which , is supposed to pro
tect the front part of the car passed over
her body and the straight board fender
caught her in its grasp and she was
dragged cruelly along under its crushing
weight until the car was finally stopped.
Even then the poor woman', agony was
not at an end. The board 'had caught
her right leg and pinned her to • the
ground. Efforts to extricate her caused
excruciating pain, and -.at . the suggestion
of the employes the " motor was reversed
•■ii' 1 the car was set in motion backward.
The agonizing shrieks.'of the victim in
stantly showed the futility ot this scheme.
The cries of the lady and, the efforts of
the car employes and the passengers to
relieve •her had by this time- attracted
quite a crowd. A* pile of lumber fortu
nately was near and a suggestion to pry
up the car was. put into immediate effect
and the sufferer was thus released. Word
was sent to the Receiving Hospital and an
ambulance was sent to convey the injured
lady to her home, which was only about a
block distant. When the matter was re
ported to the railway company's head
quarters they sent Dr. C. W. Card, one of
the company's staff, to ascertain the
extent of Mrs. Johnson's injury. A cur-,
sory examination convinced the doctor
that . the injuries - were . very _ serious.
Colonel Johnson was then notified and Dr.
Ragen was summoned;? 1 Mrs.' Johnson's
injuries were found; to consist of an ob
lique fracture of the right fermur, injury
to • the right knee and contusions of the
face and right hand. -..., --"---;
"Mrs. Johnson's injuries are very ser
ious," said Dr. Ragen last evening, after
dressing: the broken limb. "Though we
have just set her leg she will undoubtedly
be a cripple for lite; The fracture is of
such a nature that the muscles will con
tract, and the leg will necessarily shorten."
. Mrs. Johnson was in great agony last
evening, and it will be several weeks be
fore she will be able to leave her bed.
EAGER TO RAISE RATES
Presidents of Four American
Insurance Companies in
This City.
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Possibility of the Plan to Abolish
S General Agencies Causes Much
.Uneasiness.
Presidents of four American fire insur
ance companies are now in San Francisco.
They are all said" to be making a close in
vestigation of •■ the demoralized local situa
tion, with the evident purpose of discov
ering just where the fire insurance business
is at. Several general managers and local
agents are in the same frame of mind
wondering where they, are at for a revo
lution, or something like it. is almost ex
pected to burst upon them at any time.
It; was common talk "on the street"
yesterday that the head officers were pre
paring to force the organization of a board
in San Francisco to maintain a standard
tariff of fire insurance rates. — ? ' A. :
Among the prominent insurance men in
town' are J. D.* Brown, president of the
Connecticut Company; Presidents v Snow
and Mitchell, of the Home and 'Phoenix
companies; the president of a Philadel
phia corporation; J. J." McDonald, general
manager of ; the: Continental's Western
office in Chicago, and his secretary, George'
E. Kline. Their presence,* coupled with :
recent,- developments, has caused- the in
surance -men to guess and think a great
deal. .' The ■ Home j. and j Phoenix men are
said to be merely making? an annual visit,
out do, not; intend making any change in
the office; managed by Mr. Magill, who,
with the Continental people,' did the most
to br.ak" *up ~ the ~ old Pacific Insurance
Union and prevent the formation of a
new combine. ; # A: ~A~ik
The contracts were signed yesterday be
tween J. D. Maxwell and the Continental
Company giving him the local field after
May 1, on- "which date the San Francisco
general office will be abolished and all busi
ness of the company, on the Pacific Coast
will be transacted through : Chicago. ?, The
company i will retain all its agents, how
ever, on this coast and appoint others in
places not previously represented. 1 ytA:: :'-.
This does ? not mean that the ; fighting.
company will now unite with the rest on a
schedule of rates. -'
"On the contrary," remarked J. D. Max
well, "we shall fight' for "business stronger
than ever before. My instruction regard
ing the board is, 'Do not join any board if
the non-intercourse rule is to be enforced
or incorporated in the by-laws. ' "
r: The Phoenix of Brooklyn, now in the of
fice of Brown, Craig ; & Co., will after the
general agency is abolished go to Craig,
who will then become its local agent.
.This, plan *of withdrawing general con
trol of coast business from San Francisco
is viewed with misgivings by more than
one general manager, and by several in
surance clerks and brokers as well. It may
prove a complete success, because it will
obviate outlay in the salary of the general
manager, office rent, incidental expenses
and salaries of the office staff. Besides, it
will give the home office a new power over
rates, since the local agents are more easily
handled than general managers who have
full control. Ihe possibility of its adop
tion in other offices has created the un
easiness which ;is . apparent in insurance
circles. ?. . ■;.->,
THREE YEARS FOR DAISY
The Woman Given a Light Sentence by
Judge Wallace— Her Plea for
Mercy.
Daisy Brown, or Daisy Cohen, was given
a light sentence by Judge Wallace yester
day. Tnat is, it was considered light by
her attorneys and herself. • She was sent
to the penitentiary for three years, when
the statute says she could have gone for
fifteen. 7 ■: -. - •c.tr«>/*>'-:- ; "'- W-- -.
The defendant was convicted of burglary
in the first degree for having entered the
room of William ridge, on invitation
it is true, but with the intention of I rob
bing him. j She stole $60, which was after
ward found sewed into oije of her sleeves.
She is the first woman to be convicted of
burglary in the first degree • in this State.
Sentence was passed upon her yesterday
morning by Judge Wallace, who denied a
motion for* a new trial, and listened with
patience' to a plea' for mercy from the
woman's attorney. It was urged that she
was new to crime and was under the influ
ence of liquor when she committed the
theft. She is the daughter of well-known
people in Baltimore.
MRS. MARTIN INDICTED
Grand Jury Holds That the
Killing of Her Husband
Was Murder.
Dr. Stahle of the Hospital and : Con
tractor Greenebaum Visit
the Jury.
The Grand Jury met yesterday after
noon and indicted Susan B. Martin for the
murder of her husband, John F. Martin,
on March 30 last, 'ihe witnesses examined
by the jury were Dr. J. J. Fitzgibbon,
Minnie Lee, Fred Frey and Etta Mc-
Dcrmott. ..-:yAA^: K vA
A number of witnesses, directed by Law
yer E. P. Cole, told the Grand Jury about
the killing of Marrs, who was beaten so
badly during the recent strike of lathers,
that he died from the. effects of the in
juried inflicted upon him. The witnesses
in this case held that the Police Courts
and the newspapers ; stood in so much awe
of the power of .trades unions that strikers
might kill a man and beat others almost
to . death without fear of punishment or
public protest. yjy'i .;'._*-, \,\> ."...i, -
Another case, growing out of the strike
was heard by the jury. No indictment in
either investigation was fpund yesterday.
It was ascertained that the jury cannot
get direct testimony regarding the assault
on Marrs. . From the stories i told it ap
peared v that the victim was . a veteran
soldier, a worthy workman and a non
union man. It was demanded of him
that he should quit his job, which he re
fused to do as he had a family to support.
When he so refused he was assaulted by
ruffians and beaten so badly that he died.
The witnesses did not testify that he was
assaulted by union men. In fact the tes
timony did not clearly state who the, as
sailants were. In Judge Low's court one
of the gang was held . for manslaughter.
At the time of the assault the facts were
published. The Grand Jury will thoroughly
investigate the matter.
Dr. Stahle, superintendent of the City
and County Hospital, does not like. the
unceremonious' manner in which the
Grand Jury visited his institution some
days ago, and he is not at all pleased with
the style, and freedom with which The
Call has commented on the visit. He
courteously sought to enlighten the mem
bers of the Grand Jury yesterday in regard
to supplies, prices and incidents connected
with management of the hospital, but
the jury manifesting- indifference to the
degree discourtesy, kept him waiting until
4 o'clock. Dr. Stable could not remain
longer, and so had to go without the op
portunity of presenting his own side of the
case. - :s ■•'■•'.-.' ■./.■■■ '.--•.' ■' ; -A.-ifiM':
Dr. Stahle explained to a Call reporter
that the average attendance of patients at
the hospital was 360 and the per capita for
their maintenance about the lowest in the
United States." The allowance of money
for the support of the institution was not
sufficient. Many articles on the schedule
supplied by contractors cost * more this
year than last. For example, last year
beef cost $4 21 ; j this year it is $6 65. Last
year soft coal was supplied at $5 40 j per
ton; now the charge is $7 74 per ton for
hard coal.' *
Another thing that riles the superin
tendent is the » refusal of Supervisor King
to sign requisitions , for . butter and eggs.
Kirshman & Co have a contract to supply
eggs at '20% cents a dozen, and Mau, Sadler
& Co. have the contract to furnish butter
at 15J_ cents - a pound. ■', King, it is said,
gives no reason for refusing to sign the
requisition, but is always ready to send to
the . . hospital a full delegation from the
First Ward. /.• yyy
About the training school for nurses Dr.
Stahle says it was established four years
ago. * Some ten or twelve are on the pay
roll as /attendants at $10 a month, while
ten are in the probation class without pay.
Complaint is made that knowledge of
the Grand Jury's visit was : conveyed . in
.advance to Weaver of the* Aln?shou3e and
"concealed from • Superintendent Stahle of
the hospital. Again, it is said of Commo
dore O'Connor of the jury that- he refused
to do more than look in at the door of the
engine-room and utterly refused to inspect
the laundry.- .-v. vy <■. ;;: ; v v
The Pacific Marine Supply Company has
the- contract for supplying the hospital
and Almshouse with . sugar.' Mr. Greene
baum. representing that. company, visited
the Grand Jury yesterday andy brought
forth from his overcoat pocket a sample of
the sugar supplied. 1 It was explained that
the ? allowance > lor sugar is light, and that
the' steward of the hospital, Mr. Robert-,
son, wanted a grade containing the great
est strength ?in sweetness.: The grade is
known as "sugar-house.!': It is an unre
fined' sugar, said ?to contain a marvelous
amount of saccharine matter, wholly free
from rice, stareh s and V other foreign sub
stances. Mr. Robertsop, an old caterer of
the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, se
lected this particular grade of brown sugar
on account of- its far-reaching capacity to
impart sweetness to coffee and tea. ■■■■?■_ y
: Dr. Stahle explained that? sugar darkens
in contact with moisture, and that?: the
iquid from spoons made the: sugar in the
bowls ; black. r When i, the Grand Jury saw
the sugar it was black. *
•i, Commodore O'Connor avers that it is no
secret — not even a Grand Jury secret that
the sugar was' black and unfit for human
use. 1 Moreover, he resents tbe imputation
that he refused to inspect the laundry at
the hospital. \ ,; y - ■.., ■-•..::-.- ■•
Mr. Greenebaum avers that he is willing
to supply the same sugar to the hospital
.'"'■'Ay'';';.' "A NEW' TO-DAT. y Afiy ■
'^jg@Bß*%k " Pure and Sure."
''-^■*. Baking I^W_>ER_. : '
Manufactured originally by Cleveland Brothers, Albany, N. V.,
yy'yAi now by the Cleveland Baking Powder Company, New York.
has been used by American housewives for twenty-five
years, and those who have used it longest praise it most.
Receipt book free. Send stamp and address. Cleveland Baking Powder Co., New York. **
that the Almshouse gets. The change in
the su^ar was made to oblige the hospital
steward. '
Speaking of the payroll of $2500 a month,
Dr. Stahle says the positions were created
and salaries paid by the Board of Health.
AN ENGINEER'S WOES.
Sued by His Wife's Aunt for a Board
Bill for His Spouse.
Justice of the Peace Carroll had an inter
esting case to decide yesterday when a
husband was sued by his wife's aunt for the
maintenance of his spouse for two months.
Several months ago Joseph Moninger, a
marine engineer, wedded the pretty niece
of Mary A. Turner, and for a time the
relations of the pair were those of turtle
doves, but dissensions finally crept in and
Mrs. Moninger became dissatisfied with a
husband who was much of his time at
sea, and left his bed and board and went
to reside with her aunt.
After she had remained there two
months the aunt sued Moninger for $50
for board of her niece.
The plaintiff claimed that the defendant
had agreed to. pay the board at the rate of
$25 per month, and, that though the
amount sued for had been demanded, the
engineer refused to liquidate. Moninger
in his? defense denied that he had guar
anteed nis wife's keep for more than a
week. ■?.'.'. A'- .:'';..:■ '- y' ;- ■ '•,
Justice Carroll took the matter under
advisement in order to give the pair a
chance to patch up their differences and
resume the relations of man and wife.
Died From His Injuries.
Jens W. Sondrup, aged 42 years and a native
of Denmark, who was run over by a Kearny,
street car six months asro, died from the ef
fects of his injuries at his residence, 10
Steiner street, yesterday morning. The body
was removed to the Morgue and an inquest
will be held.
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SOME FEATURES
. OF THE .
SUNDAY CALL.
April 26, 1896.
The Story of a Hero, \?A":
FROM THE FRENCH OF GEORGES REWARD.
Tumacacori Mission as It Is To-Day.
.. Overboard in the Indian Ocean,
A LEAF FROM A SEAMAN'S LOO.
Courtirie Under Difficulties,
A STORY WITH A MORAL.
To Thwart the Frost. , .• .
VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS TO HORTICUL-
.;.,■ "',-•;>;.; TURISTS.
CJnivarsality of Being:,
THE VIEWS OF A THEOSOPHIST.
Those Insufferable Players of Whist,
' BY W. C. MORROW.
An Explorer's Adventures In New
Guinea.
How Two San Francisco Women
y Vv* ; Achieved Fame in Japan.
Typical ' Scenes Along the Water
Front.
Novelties in the Realms of Science,
':?!•? Literature and Art.
New Books Intelligently Reviewed.
The Latest Fashion Gossip for Women
and Men. . ?J;
What Is Going On in Sooiety.
Many Other Good Things May Be
Found in the "Sunday Call."
It Can Be Bought Wherever News-
papers Are Sold. '■iyyAyAy-AA:
"'THE CALL* SPEAKS FOR ALL."
s
■•-':-* NEW TO-DAY-AMUSEMENTS.
TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE
Mbs. J-BNESTisfB Kkei.ixo, Proprietor <_. Manager
TO-XIOST
— -A POSITIVE TRIUMPH I^—
J__ THE SECOND EDITION
I-i Of the Brilliant Spectacular Extravaganza,
%i "BLUE BEARD 1"
__3 , New Songs, Ballets, Specialties.
S. THE "CHEVALIER" MEDLEY
3FI * OF COSTER SONGS. >
X) The Favobite Medley of Negbo Aibs.
• The Wondrous Transformation Dances,
"RAYS OF LIGHT."
Popular Prices— and 50c. ..".?■
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR DRILL
. GIVEN IN AID OF THE
Masonic Wilis' & Orphans' Home
BY
Golden Gate Commandery No. 16, K. T„
;•/ at.
MECHANICS' PAVILION
ON
SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 25TH.
Admission, 50 Cents.
NEW TO-DAT— AMUSEMENTS.
WS THEATERS
AT THE I Second and Last
BALDWIN.j Week But One!
RICHARD MANSFIELD
. And His New York Garrick Theater Stock Ca
Z__C____ l I*X3>J'Z33E3 *-X , O-_D____."_2T
» PRINCE KARL."
TO-NIGHT
"DR. JEKYLL AND MX. HIDE."
Monday, April 27— Last week of Mr. Mansfield.
Monday, Tuesday and Saturday Evenings, "A Pa- -
• rislan Romance" : Wednesday, "The Story of
Rodion, the Student"; -Thursday, ''Beau Brim-
mell" ; Friday (only performance), "The Scarlet
letter." Seats for all remaining performances
now ready at box-office.
rliYS.WiuiA The Always Welcome
California. | Comedian,
ROLAND REED
And His Company under the direction of __ B.
JACK, presenting the Seasonable Satire,
"THE POLITICIAN,"
THE WOMAN'S PLANK.
A POSITIVE HIT!
"If the country needs saving, why, all we've got
to do is to save it."— General Josiah Umber.
rRICDLAnaCR.GOTTLOi3 *»_o^ri M rwttttM • • •
600 LAUGHS by Actual Count— The Comedian
EZRA KENDALL,
''_ ———In His Funniest of Flays. ■
"A- FAIR. OIF" 2SLXX3JS."
Supported by a splendid Company of Flayers,
SPECIAL !
MONDAY -EVENING NEXT—
XS.XV-<3__R.X>___|
The Ureal Spanish Violinist.
Assisted by M. AMIE LACUAUME. the Pianist:
MB. WILLIAM H. KEITH, Barytone,
AND A GRAND ORCHESTRA — -
Of Forty selected Musicians.
MR. H. J. STEWART Conductor
MR. JOHN MARQUABDT Concert-master
Prices— soc. 75c. 81, Sl 50 and *2.
Note— At the Thursday evening concert, by re-
quest, Mr. Donald de V. Uraham will be the vocalist.
ALCAZAR
MATlsEE— Prices To-Day : 25c, 15c, Iflc.
MRS. AUZERAIS HOYTE,
HEREWARD HOYTE and the Company In
"EVERYBODY'S FRIEND" and
. "THE SETTING SUN."
The Event of the Season 1
Night Prices— Best seats.. 1.60 c. 35c, 25c, 15c, 10c.
Monday— "JJY SON-IN-LAW. "
MOROSCO'S
GRAND OPERA-HOUSE.
The Handsomest Family Theater In America.
WALTER MOROSCO, Sole Lessee and Manager
THIS EVENING- AT EIGHT,
Initial Production of the Great Comedy-Drama,
"SPECIAL DELIVERY!"
NEW I Songs ! Dances ! I ,_„„_.
x, *- w I Character Sketches! | NEW
Evexixo PBtcKi— 2se an* 533.
Family Circle and Gallery. 10c.
Usual Matinees Saturday and Sunday.
ORPHEUM. ~~
O'FarreU Street. Between Stock-on an. Pa v»i_
Matinee To-Day (Saturday), April; 25.
Parquet, any seat, 25c; Balcony, any seat, 10c:
Children, 10c, any part.
HOPKINS' RAISOCEAXIC COMPAM! .
Tbe Greatest Traveling Vaudeville
• Organization in the World.
THE ROSSOWS,
THE NAMEDOS.
APOLLO. HORACE BENNERS,
SHARP AND FLAT,
FORD AND FRANCIS.
TOM MACK, THK EVANS,
CLAYTON, JENKINS and JASPER,
g-XJXjC3-OR, A.
SUTT*O_BATHS_
REMEMBER, THE
MONSTER MAYDAY FESTIVAL!
INTERESTING PROGRAMME ALL DAY 1
A BEAUTIFUL QUEEN! MAGNIFICENT
FLORAL DECORATIONS.'
ONE THOUSAND CHILDREN IN GRAND
MARCH AND FANCY DANCES!
Admission, 10c. . Children, sc. :
SUTRO BATHS.
GRAND MAYDAY FESTIVAL!
All children wishing to take part call at Scottish
Hall, Larkin and Grove streets.
SHOOT THE CHUTES
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
TO-MORROW (SUSDAY) AFTERJOOI.
Balloon Ascension and Parachute
Drop by MISS ESSIE VIOLA,
Princess of the Air.
ADMISSION (Adults) 10 CENTS.
CHILDREN— 6c: CHUTES, __,
Ladles— Chutes. Weekday Afternoons, be
RACINGI RACINGI RACINGI
__£___&
CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB.
WINTER MEETING- ■
Beginning Thursday,, April 16th,
BAY DISTRICT TRACK.
Racing Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday end Saturday. Rain or Shine. •
FIVE OR MORE RACES EACH DAY.
Races start at 2 :00 p. m. sharp.
McAllister and Geary street cars pass the ate *
R. B. MILROY. * THOS. H. WILLIAMS JR.,. ?
Secretary. * . ■ President. . '
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PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS.; y
EL CAMPOS
THE POPULAR BAY RESORT,
Now Open Every Sunday During the Season.
. Music, Dancing,* Bowling, Boating, Fishing and
other amusements. Refreshments at city prices.
Fare, round trip, 25c; children 15c; including ad'
mission to tbe grounds.
THE STEAMER UKIAH
Will leave Tibnron Ferry 10:30 a. it.; 12:10 r.u.,
'_ and 4r. m. Returning leave EI Campo 11:15
_.. it., 1, 3 and 5 f. m.
TO-MORROW — SUNDAY,
'HAYWARDS PARK,
Between 12 and 5 P. 31.,
A CHOICE MUSICAL PROGRAMME
Will Be Rendered by an Orchestra of Talented
SOLOISTS.
.The Oakland, San Leandro and Haywards Eleo- .
trio Railway, Consolidated.' connects with every
broad-gauge local at Fruitvale station. Take ferry
at foot of Market > street, leaving on every even
hour and hall hour. *
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