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SATURDAY JUNE 13, 1896
AMUSEMENTS.
Baldwin T "In Mizzoura."
California THEATEK--"The Home Secretary,"
Monday evening, June 15.
Columbia i heater- "Brother John."
Morocco's Oikra-Housk— "Brother Against
Brother. '
Tivoli OPKRA-HorsF— "Lorraine.
Oh High-Class Vaudeville.
rover's AICA7AR. — 'The Little Detective,"
The Emporium.— Concert to-night by the Em-
porium Orchestra.
sm-tro Uatanr Island- Bathing and Perform-
trices.
(Shoot the Cm-Tics— Daily at Halght street, one
tlock east of the Park.
PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS.
Excursion- and Picnic— To Glen Ellen, Wed-
nesday. June 17.
AUCTION SALES.
By B. Basch— This day (Saturday), Groceries, at
IS6I Folsom street, at 11 o'clock. . /
By Frank W. Butterfiki/d — This ' day
(Saturday), Furniture, at 2488 Market street, at
11 o'clock.
'By Easton & Kldeidok- day (Saturday),
General Machinery and Commission Business, at
46 Fremont street, at 12 o'clock.
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
"Fair, with brisk winds," is the forecast for
to-day.
The $2500 estate of Frit« Brettscheider was
bequeathed to his wife.
Misi Margaret Clavin was tendered a benefit
last night at the Dew Auditorium.
T. W. Leydecker's homing pigeons won the
championship race from Ashland, Or.
Judge Slack yesterday awarded the custody
of tne Marceau child to Mrs. Herbert Hall.
The Bicycle Board of Trade last evening de
cided to abandon the wheel track at Central
I'arK.
Gustin Louis Kaeding committed suicide last
ni'-'ln by taking a dose of laudanum and
strychnine.
William Martin, formerly an officer in the
Industrial Army, has been arrested for steal
ing a bicycle.
The Master Bakers' Protective Association
will hold a grand excursion and picnic at
Schuetzen Pork next Thursday.
The Grand Jury met yesterday and resolved
to hold a special session next Monday evening
to consiier the coming tax levy.
Seven Chinese were convicted in the United
States District Court yesterday of violating tne
Caminetti act governing hydraulic mining.
Superintendent of Streets Ashworth has dis
charged over a hundred men in his depart
ment because of a lack of funds to pay tnem.
Charles J. Miller, who is in the undertaking
business, was knocked down by a Jones-street
cable-car last evening and seriously injured.
Undergraduates' day was observed at the
Girls' High School yesterday afternoon with a
unique and interesting programme of ex
ercises. »
Judge Murphy yesterday permitted the
name of the Lick Old Ladies' Home to be
changed to "University Mound Old Ladies'
Home,"
A very enjoyable and successful entertain
ment was given last evening at the Young
Women's Christian Association Home on
O'Farrell street
Arrangements were made by the Bicycle
Board of Trade last evening to offer prizes for
bt-^t turnouts in the bicycle parade to take
place July 25.
F. W. Harnish asked that his case be trans
ferred out of Justice Kerrigan's court yester
day under tne mistaken impression that the
Justice was a Cathoiic.
When the National Republican Convention
at St. Louis has nominated a President the
Continental League of this City will turn out
strong to ratify its action.
Samuel Vallenu, an old printer and ex-
Supervisor, died yesterday. He will be buried
to-morrow under the auspices of King Solomon
Lodge No. 260, F. and A. ML
Frank H. Vaslit, the librarian of the Acad
emy of Sciences, died in this City yesterday
morning. The funeral will take place from
Native Sons' Hall to-morrow.
Mrs. Catherine Jakooleff of 229J4 Sixth
street was taJjen to the Receiving Hospital last
tvening suffering from the effects of treatment
at the hands of Dr. S. P. Hall.
The Fourth of July committee has issued an
invitation to the merchants to be present at a
meeting on June 16 to discuss the plans of the
patriotic celebration next month.
Louis Schmidt yesterday swore to several
warrants for the arrest of Southern Pacific em
ployes, who, he said, tried to force him to sign
a statement ir the May Quill case.
Two Deputy Bheriffs were after Cattle King
White all day yesterday to arrest him, but
were unsuccessful. His wife's attorneys think
he intends bringing in the insanity plea.
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children yesterday located 15-year-old Ivy
topher, who ian away from her home in Dixon
a month ago, in a Fourth-street lodging-house.
District Attorney Barnes yesterday moved
that Judge Wallace dismiss the Siebe perjury
case. His action was a great surprise ana will
be passed upon by Judge Wallace next Wednes
day.
The Buckley delegation to the State Conven
tion last night indorsed Senator White for
President of the United States and arranged to
go to Sacramento on a special train to leave at
2 :30 P. M. Monday. ,
Judee Seawell yesterday decided against the
plaintiff in the case of Justice of the Peace
Groezinger vs. the Election Commissioners, to
restrain them holding an election for Justices
of the Peace in 1896.
The Native Sons of Vermont enjoyed them
selves last night at Odd Fellows' Hall. There
were literary and musical selections and danc
ing. The Bunker Hill picnic will be held next
Wednesday at Glen Ellen.
Little Willie Hovan, who waß yesterday given
into the charge of the Boys' and Girls' Aid So
ciety, said he ran away from his home in Los
Angeles because his stepfather, "Rhodie"
O'Connor, persisted in maltreating him.
A reception will be given this evening to J.
H. Pratt and his wiie at 920 Sacramento street
by the Occidental Board of Missions. Mrs.
Prat^is a cousin of President Clevelaud and
is on her way back to Honolulu witn her hus
band.
Mrs. Isabelle H. Offutt of Sonoma County
claims she is a daughter of the late P. B. Hew
lett of this City, and yesterday petitioned the
Superior Court to revoke the probate of her
father's will. There is about $150,000 in
volved
The Farmers' Summer School will convene
in second annual session, under the auspices
of the State Grange, in the Santa Cruz Moun
tains on the 6th of next month. All the com
mittees have been appointed and the pro
gramme arranged.
Jacob S. Coxey, the famous leader of the
Commonweal Army, spoke under the auspices
of the Populist party at Metropolitan Hall
last evening. He scored both the old parties
and argued in favor of paper money and non
interest-bearing bonds.
Milk Inspector Dockery yesterday swore out
warrants for the arrest of John Nuse of the San
Bruno dairy and the following .restaurant pro
prietors, who are accused of selling impure
milk; B. C. Bronson, 161 Ninth street; John
( laussen, 145 Fifth street, and E. Stewart &
Co., 24 Mason street.
As soon as the water in Galveston harbor
will accommodate steamers of the Morgan line
the Southern Pacific will be extended from
Houston to the Texas gulf port to connect
with steamers that will be placed on the route
between New York and Galveston, and Texas
and Pacific Coast business will be routed over
the new line.
AS A SAILOR.
Essie Viola Will Hake a Balloon As
cension From the Chutes To-Day.
The improvements at the Chutes are ad
vancing rapidly, but to-day work will be
suspended and the grounds thrown open
afternoon and evening.
For the benefit of the men from the
man-of-war Philadelphia, who have a
" musical drill at the park. Essie Viola,
dressed as a sailor-boy, will make a balloon
ascension and parachute drop, leavine the
grounds a half-past 4. This is the first as
cension to be made since Emil Markeberg
met with his accident.-
The grounds will b« brilliantly illumi
nated after dark and to-morrow the Chutes
will be opened from 10 A. M. to 11 P. M.
Every child attending to-day will be
presented with a souvenir Japanese kite.
St. Louis I>«*legrate» Dined.
Tie niebt prior to their departure a large
contingent of the St. Louis delegation
dined at the Cafe Zinkand. The occasion
was a thoroughly enjoyable one in every
respect.
RAISED OUT OF
HER OOZY BED
Work Ceased When the
Blairmore's Stern
Swung Clear.
FIRST TRY A SUCCESS.
The Pumps Worked Splendidly
and Raised- the Hull
Nearly a Foot.
CAPTAIN BURNS IS CONFIDENT
Extra Precautions Taken— A Fur
ther Attempt to Be Made
To-Day.
The feasibility of raising the Blairmore
was demonstrated yesterday. The methods
inaugurated by Captain Burns, who rep
resents Lloyds, and Captain Whitelaw,
the wrecker, were proven to be on the
right lines, and although a supposed mis
hap prevented the completion of the
work, there is no doubt now but what it
will be successfully accomplished in the
end.
The air pump was at worK for two hours
and the water pumps took a continuous
\ stream out of the hold for an hour and a
■ half. The stern of the vessel rose half a
: foot out of the mud and the entire hull
j moved in its oozey bed. At 8:45 A. M.
! everybody was exultant, as it seemed a
| certainty that the work would succeed.
| Suddenly there was a collapse and Captain
Burns at once surmised that a leak had
I occurred in the hull somewhere and that
; work for the day would have to cease.
I Divers were sent down again to repair
': dama es and when they were through
i tiiey reported that everything was air
| tight. The stern will be weighted with
sand, all the pumps overhauled during the
night and another attempt made this
morning.
At 7 a. m. yesterday everything was in
readiness for the test. It was really only
a "test," as Captain Whitelaw called it,
because the hose leading to the air engine
on the wrecker to the hull of the sunken
ship and the pumps had not been tried
I since they were placed in position. The
I air pump worked without a hitch and did
splendid work, out the water pumps got
choked again and again and in consequence
Captain Whitelaw was kept constantly on
| the jump.
On the hull of the Blairmore and
I between the timbers erected to hold the
I leverage tanks were a 12-inch and a 6-inch
I centrifugal pump and also an 8-inch out
side pack plunger. It wa? some time
before the plunger would work, but once
it started the water poured forth in
! volumes. All kinds of garbage was thrown
out and a close watch was kept. One of
the pumps cloeged persistently, and Cap
tain Whitelaw remarked, "There is some
thing solid in the way."
"Do you think it is the body of one of
the d. ad sailors?" was asked, and Captain
I Whitelaw answered while shaking his
j head, "it might be the remains of one of
! the poor fellow. Nothing but something
{ yielding could choke that pump up so ef
; fectively. "
When all the pumps were going the
scene in Mission Bay was a pretty, one.
The steam went up in clouds from the
stern of the Whitelaw, while on the bow,
watching the work of the Catalina, were
Captain Andrews of the Cromdale, Cap
tain Caw of the sunken ship and Captain
j Burns. Plyine between the wreck and the
! wrecker were several boats and on the hull
of the sunken vessel were at least a dozen
men attending the pumps. The exhaust
steam from the latter almost hid the
superstructure from view, while the "blow
off" from the Catalina and Whitehiw's
boilers created a noise that made ordinary
conversation impossible.
The tide had turned and was running in
i when the Blairmore began to lift. "Let
her come," said Captain Burns. "We will
raise her clear of the mud and then let her
| back again. To-morrow morning it will
be easy work to get her where we want
her." The words were hardly out of his
I mouth before the hitch came, and all work
: had to be stopped. Burns took it in a
philosophical manner and remarkea :
"Well, it's nothing more than I expected.
j Rome wasn't built in a day, you know.
! Some of the packing has given way, and
i the water is pouring in as fast as we pump
{it out. When slact water comes we will
| send down the divers and repair damages.
; We know the weak points, and now I
i think we can confidently predict that the
i Blairmore will be In shallow wat^r inside
I of twenty-four hours."
Captain Whitelaw and all his assistants
j have worked hard and faithfully on the
| job, and the hope is generally expressed
that they may be successful. Captain
Whitelaw is equally as Confident as Cap
tain Burns as to the outcome.
MISS CRAVANS BENEFIT.
The Young Actress Plays g 'jrron-Frou"
at the New Auditorium.
A number of Miss Margaret Craven's
friends were present last night at the New
Auditorium to see her play "Frou-Frou."
The performance was a benefit to the j
young actress, and on that account every
one entered into the spirit of the affair
without expecting too much.
As the frivolous Frou-Frou Miss Craven
bore the burden of the play on her own
shoulders. She was gushing, girlish and
inconsequent enough to make an ideal
I Frou-Frou, but she showed a lack of the
feathery touch aud the Gallic chic which
the part requires. In fact. Miss Craven's
forte lies more in modern comedy roles,
with a touch of earnestness and sentiment
in them.
Frou-Frou is an ambitious undertaking
for a young actress to essay, and it speaks
: well for her powers that she acquitted
j herself so well.
As for the rest of the cast, the per- j
formers had not for the most part been
chosen with reerard to their fitness for the
roles. James M. Ward was satisfactory as
the Baron de Catnbri, and Miss Eleanor I
Gallagher, a debutante, made a very pleas- !
ing impression as Pauline, the maid; she
was graceful, natural and unassuming.
Another debutant was Master Enos, an
infant of tender years, who looked scared
at the glare of the footlights, but who
wisely turned his head away from them,
and who quite captured the sympathies of I
the audience by his pretty behavior.
WILL VISIT SACRAMENTO.
The lroqnols Braves Are to Take an
Outing Next Monday.
The members of the Iroquois will leave
this City Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock
for Sacramento. That evening they will
install the newly elected officers of the
Iroquois Club in the Capital City.
The regular meeting of the local asso
; ciation was held last night in Pythian
j Hall, Charles Gildea presiding and D. J.
Gordan officiating as secretary. H. L.
Bienfield, F. L. Gift, William Abbott ana
A. Fibush were ejected to membership.
W. H. Stradley and J. M. Keller were
called upon and addressed the meeting.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1896.
The Attempt to Raise the Blairmore Yesterday Was a Partial Success. The Stern Came Up Nearly
an Inch and Then Owing to a Hitch Work Was Stopped for the Day. The Above Sketch Shows
All the Wrecking Pumps at Work Forcing the Water Out of the Hull of the Sunken Vessel.
COXEY'S IDEAS
ABOUT FINANCE
He Tells Why the Govern
ment Should Make More
Money.
CAUSE OF THE PANIC.
Not Tariff Repeal, but Toe
Little Circulating Cur
rency.
GROVER THE ONE DEMOCRAT.
The Commonwealer Says Cleveland
Is the Whole Party and He Is
a Conspirator.
Jacob S. Coxey, late leader of the Army
of the Commonweal, gave his views of the
financial question at Metropolitan Temple
j last evening. It took over two hours for
him to complete his address, although he
spoke with remarkable rapidity, appar
! ently never stopping to take breath or col
i lect his thoughts. Jtlis argument was in
| terspersed liberally with anecdotes, which
were new, and were told very cleverly.
E. M. Wardell, chairman of the Populist
State Central Committee, introduced the
! speaker, whom he welcomed on behalf of
| the Populists of the State, in a brief speech
of eulogy. Mr. Coxey said, in part:
It is necessary for the American people to as
semble together to discuss the greatest ques
j tion which has ever been before them, just the
! same as physicians gather in consultation
I when the patient is very low with a dangerous
! disease. We tind the shelves of your mer
i chants overflowing with the necessaries of life,
| aud yet there are thousands in our land suf
fering for the want of these necessaries and
; only one barrier between them, and that is
money. Then is this not a diseased condition
in our country?
In thespring of '93 there was $1 .000,000.000
of actual money in the pockets of the people.
Tlu re was $45,000,000 more of credit money.
Then England p.aced $108,000,000 of securi
ties on the market, turned them into gold and
| commenced to witiidraw it. Then the Eastern
■ newspapers commenced to write editorials to
j the effect that the withdrawal of gold would
J ruin all the banks in the country. This
frightened the people, and they rushed to the
banks and withdrew their accounts. The
! manuiacturer took his paper to the banks, but
j they said they must protect their depositors,
I and they would not discount it.
Then the manufacturer was forced to close
! down his works. That is exactly the way in
| which the panic of '93 was brought about,
and it was simply because of a conspiracy
■ among the gold bugs of Wall street.
The speaker here told of a firm in Mas
; silon which had been compelled to is ue
| notes, or yeilow-ftacks, as he called them,
|of its own. These yellow-backs passed in
the community the same as money for
most purposes. This, he claimed, was
made necessary, because Congress had not
issued sufficient money. He continued:
How did it operate against the mechanic? If
he went to pay the taxes on his home the Col
lector would refuse to take it. He would have
to get a discount, a shave, a restriction of its
actual value simply because Congress had re
fused to do its duty. How does it operate
against the mechanic's family? His wife goes
Into a store to purchase groceries with one of
these $1 yellow backs. The grocer refuses to
do business with her unless she buys a full
dollar's worth of goods because he will not
I give her currency in chanpe for a note upon
j which he must wait for payment.
What was the issue the Eepublicnn party
went before the people on in 1894, aud on
which McKinley would like to go before the
people this year? They-said the panic was '.he
result of the fear of the repeal of the tariff.
Was it because of the fear of the tariff that
Russell & Co. were forced to issue yellow
backs? Certainly not. The tariff had abso
lutely nothing to do with It. When the money
famine was at its height what was the very
first act of the Democratic party? When I say
the Democratic party I refer to Grover Cleve
land, because he is the entire Democratic party
to-day.
He was calling Congress together at the dic
tates of the powers of Wall street to repeal the
only law that was furnishing any relief at all—
the* purchasing clause of the Sherman bill.
That law was repealed in the interest of the
gold gamblers ot Wall street. Why? Because
I they wanted the Government to be prevented
| from making money. They had their agent,
! Grover Cleveland, for he has ceased to be the
agent of the American people, call Congress
together for this purpose.
How did Cleveland use his immense patron
age in forwarding this purpose ? Take the
! case of BrecKinridge of Arkansas, not Mr.
Breckinridge of Kentucky. Breckinridne voted
for the repeal of the purchasing clause, con
trary to the express mandate of the people of
his State. They recalled him, and what did
Grover do ? He gave him one of the greatest
foreign missions, and last week Breckinridge
in his knickerbockers was helping to put the
I crown on the Czar of Russia. Every one who
has a thimbleful of sense ought to know by
this time that the lenders of the Republican
j party, as well as the Democratic party, are op
posed to the use of silver as money.
My friends, it is you people who elected
those people to office. You believed in them
and they betra\ed you. That was their fault.
If, after they have betrayed you, you elect them
again, and again they betray you, that Is your
fault, and yours only.
John Sherman said in debate on the repeal
of the purchasing clause: "Repeal this law,
and in ten days the skies will clear and every
wheel will be turning." My friends, hns every
wheel been turning in California? It has not,
and John Sherman knew It would not when he
made that statement.
What is it that fixes prices? The demand for
goods. Put the people all in employment and
they are in a position to consume, and up will
go the prices.
The speaker devoted considerable time
to an explanation of the non-interest bear
ing bond bill. He claimed that this bill
furnished the panacea for the present labor
troubles and would allow each community
to own its streetcar lines, its water and
lighting plants and to provide all needed
improvements. He also spoke in favor of
Government ownership of railways.
I was introduced recently to a railroad mag
nate, and the gentleman introducing me said,
"Mr. Coxey advocates the Government owner
ship of railroads." The railroad magnate
swelled out and said, "Why, Mr. Coxey, the
Government cannot run»the railroads.' "Is
that so? I asked. "Then why is it that when
ever the railroads get into trouble the com
panies call on the Government to get in and
run them?"
I want to say a word to my laboring friends.
You may join all the labor organizations in
the world, but as long as there are 4,000,000
men on the outside you will never succeed.
As long as their children are wailing for bread
they will take your places at 50 cents a day, if
need be. The only place that is left for the
people of this country to strike is at the ballot
box.
We demand the free coinage of silver at
the ratio of 10 to 1, without any reference to
any other country on earth. But don't let
them persuade you that free coinage of silver
will be a remedy. It will only be a relief. It
would only introduce about $80,000,000.
They say it Is not the Government that makes
money. Suppose you try to make some and
see if it doesn't land you where I was when
they said 1 got on that sacred grass.
Coxey closed his speech with an account
of the famous "petition in boots," gener
ally known as the Coxey Army. He said
lie thought he would take a petition they
couldn't pigeonhole. They jailed it. He
found they had a place for everything that
came down there.
J. M. Reynolds, the well-known sinele
taxer, asked several questions from the
body of the audience, but Mr. Coxey
evaded any direct reply.
«
OPEN LETTER TO COXEY.
Pointed Questions Asked by a Be
liever In the Single Tax.
Sir: Owing to the arbitrary ruling of the
chairman at your meeting last night, I did not
get the opportunity to ask one more question
which I would be pleased if you will answer.
And, since the close of a two-hours speech is
not favorable for due deliberation or hardly
fair fair to ihe speaker, I will here repeat the
two questions I did ask, and add the one I was
not allowed to ask, hoping you will, after rest
and deliberation, answer them without eva
sion.
Since the only economic result of public im
provements is to raise the value oi land and
consequently rent, why will not your plan to
pay for such improvements by taxing all the
people, including the large majority who do
not own and as well as those who do, result
only to the benefit of landowners?
And, granting your answer to be true, that
"all the people would share in the general
prosperity to ensue," if the landowners, by
reason of the increase of land values, charge it
all up in rent, who will come out ahead, the
rent-payers or the rent-gatherers — tenants or
landlords?
In the confusion that followed I did not hear
your answer — very few did — but I did hear you
say, "We are going to abolish interest."
The question I desired to ask is: How will
an increase of land values and rents abolish
interest ? James S. Reynolds.
405 Montgomery street.
ALMSHOUSE CROWDED.
More Inmates There Now Than the In
stitution Can Comfortably Ac
commodate.
Dr. Conlan, resident physician of the Alms
house, made a visit to the Mayor's office yes-
I terday and appealed to Secretary Taylor
! Rogers to cease sending more indigents to '
| the institution until the present crowded con- !
| dition is relieved.
He stated that while the capacity of the
' place was 887 inmntee there were already 802
| there, and that any more would seriously
craui(> the institution. Mr. Rogers stated to i
[ the physician that under the law the deserving •
I poor who had no other place to go must be j
i sent to the Almshouse, and he would be com- |
pelled to go on issuing permits. He advised i
an appeal to the Supervisors for more accom
modations.
A STEPFATHER ACCUSED
Reason Given by Willie Horan for Run
' ning Away From His lios
Angeles Home.
Willie Horan, aged 13, who ran away
from his home in Los Angeles last Friday
and arrived in this City yesterday, tells a
strange tale of cruelty alleged to have
been committed by his stepfather, which
is corroborated by his sister, living on
Franklin street, who brought him up to
Secretary Hoibrook for advice as to wha^
should be done with him.
According to the youthful wanderer
his stepfather, "Rhodie" O'Connor, who
works at odd times as a farmhand on the
ranches contiguous to Los Angeles, has
oftentimes cruelly maltreated him with
out other provocation than the whim of a
violent and morose disposition. The re
sult is that he has been forced, so he and
his sister say, to run away from home.
Hitherto, however, he has remained in
Los Angeles and would take advantage of
the occasion of his stepfather's absence
while working on some ranch to come
home and stay with his mother.
The last time he ran away, it is said, M.
V. Wright, one of toe officers of a Los An
geles humane society, admonished his
stepfather that in case lie beat the boy
again he would be placed under arrest.
The boy seems naturally bright, though
he has evidently had little schooling, mid
expresses h:mself as willing to work. He
"beat" his way hereby riding the brake
beam and his clothing on arrival was in a
sadly dilapidated condition, while his
shoes were almost worn to pieces.
He was placed in the Boys' and Girls'
Aid Society Home, where he will be prop
erly cared for.
Fractured His Ribs.
I G. T. Mackey, a peddler from Stockton, met
| with a serious accident yesterday on Eighth
j and Howard streets. Wnile riding on a flour
wagon he collided with another vehicle and
was thrown to the ground. One of the wagons
ran over his body, fracturing several ribs nnd
cutting his scalp. At the Receiving Hospital
it was found that he also sustained internal in
juries.
Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria.
ASHWORTH LETS
OUT MANY MEN
Over One Hundred Street
Laborers Are Dis
charged.
SHARP RETRENCHMENT.
Street Department Funds Were
About to Become Ex
hausted.
BRODERICK'S TIMELY WARNING
Heavy Expenditures During the Early
Part of the Year Have Left the
. Superintendent Short.
Superintendent of Streets Thomas Ash«
worth has, within the past week, dis
charged more than 100 of his men who
were employed in paving and repairing
the public streets, in a desperate attempt
to keep within the appropriation allowed
him by law and to avoid the unpleasant
experience of having the salary demands
of his men held out by Auditor Brodericfe
because of a lack of funds to pay them.
Soon after Auditor BrodericK sounded
the first note of warning that the funds
over which he keeps watch must not be
overdrawn Superintendent Ashworth be
gan preparations for retrenchment, and
chose to start with his large number of
street laborers. A force of men would
have been laid off on the Ist day of the
month, but there were a number of
streets undergoing the process of paving
that could not well be left half finished in
the face of the protests of property-own
ers, and it was not until the sth inst. that
orders were given to let the men out and
stop the improvements.
As many of the workmen were men of
family the wholesale discharge caused no
little feeling, but under the circumstances
there was noti.ing else for the superin
tendent to do, his lavish expenditures dur
ing the early portion of the year having
so reduced the funds of the Street Depart
ment that to have carried the force on the
payroll for the remainder of the month,
or until the next tax levy is made would
have been to create a heavy overdraft,
something that the Auditor would have
] refused to allow. It is estimated that with
I the $200 to $250 per day saving the depart
i ment will make in this manner and with
! close figuring in other quarters, the super
intendent will be able to show a clean bill
of health when the time for the payment
of his monthly bills arrives.
Ii is probable that Mr. Ashworth will
urge this very shortage in his funds a
I reason why Ins demand for over $1,500,000
for the next fiscal year should be acceded
to by the Board of Supervisors. It is just
about as probable thai, if the members of
the board have taken pains to notice the
labored attempts of many of the cobble
stone artists of the department to prevent
themselves from perspiring while at work
on the streets they will cut that same de
mand down to about what it was for the
year now closing.
The Street Committee of the Board of
Supervisors was given some points at its
Thursday meeting that will probably be of
assistance in making up Mr. Ashworth's
appropriation.
Joseph Shearer, president of the Cali
fornia Paying Company, appeared before
the committee and charged the Superin
tendent with showing partiality to cer
tain contractors, with allowing jobs to be
iin'shed after work had been stopped aud
condemned ' by the street expert of the
board, and with permitting specifications
to be violated in many instances.
POLICE COURT ACCOUNTS.
£Xpert Dunn of the Grand Jury Telia of
Irregularities in the Clerks' Books.
The Finance Committee of the Board of
Supervisors listened to more explanations
from the clerks of the Police Courts
yesterday after Expert Dunn of the Grand
Jury had read voluminous reports on the
muddled condition in which he had found
some of their accounts. Clerk Morgen
stern of Judge Conlan's court was the
only one given a clean bill of health.
Their statements were in the most part
received favorably, and the committee de
cided to have its own expert look into the
matter and report before coming to any
conclusion.
Broke Up the Meeting.
For some time past various religious bodies
have been holding open-air meetings on Mason
and Market streets to the great annoyance of a
number of saloon-keepers and their patrons.
On Thursday evening a number of members of
the Mission Gospel brancli were preaching and
singing, when several young fellows from a
saloon near by broke into the assemblage and
caused a stampede. In the melee one of the
preachers was struck in the face, and the
meeting broke up in confusion. Yesterday
warrants were sworn out for the arrest of John
J. Madden, a horseman, and Arthur Gallagher,
a druggist. Madden was charged with battery
and Gallagher with disturbing a religious
meeting.
NEW ROUTE TO
ATLANTIC PORTS
Huntington's Plan to Make
Galveston a Great
Entrepot.
NEW ORLEANS A LOSER.
Steamers to Run Direct to the
Texas Gulf Port From New
York.
EFFECT OF THE NEW PROJECT.
Will Cheapen Transportation and
Make the Southern Pacific More
Powerful Than Ever.
With Galveston a deep-water harbor,
which it soon will be, a radical change in
the transportation of freight between the
Atlantic and Pacific seaboards will be in
augurated by the Southern Pacific Com
pany, as Galveston will be made the
entrepot for all business destined for
Texas and the Pacific Coast from the At
lantic seaboard, and will also be the gate
way for business originating in the Lone
Star State and on the Pacific Coast
destined foi the Eastern border of the
continent.
This statement is made on the authority
of J. C. Stubbs, traffic manager of the
Southern Pacific Company.
At the present time all this traffic moves
by way of New Orleans, being brought to
that port from New York on Huntington's
steamers of the Morgan line and carried
thence over the Southern Pacific Railroad.
The proposed departure of the Southern
Pacific, therefore, means that New Orleans
is to lose considerable of h*r present
volume of commerce and that Galveston
is to spring into great prominence as a sea
port and commercial center.
There is now between nineteen and
twenty feet of water in the harbor of Gal
veston, and when the work ill progress
gives a depth of over twenty-two feet the
Southern Pacific will begin to run its line
of steamers between New York and Gal
veston direct and independently of those
now runnint: into New Orleans. This
will increase the water haul as compared
with that betweeu New York and New
Orleans by about 400 miles and will re
duce the rail haul by 311 miles. While
there may be no actual gain in time the
longer water haul via. Galveston will re
duce somewhat the cost of transportation
and lower rates may therefore possibly be
made.
It has been pointed out by a railroad
man that this route will give the Sunset
route more advantages than it has ever be
fore possessed in fighting tne Panama
rouce or any other transcontinental com
bination of railroads.
No rails of the Southern Pacific enter
Galveston to-day, but when the Morgan
line steamers enter that port it is stated
on good authority the Southern Pacific
will soon be running its trains over its
own rails. The nearest point on the
Southern Pacific Railroad to Galveston
now is Houston, about fifty miles distant,
and what freight is carried into Galveston
is moved over the line of the Gulf, Colo
rado and Santa Fe f m Houston. But
with the largely mci eased traffic that
would naturally follow the introduction of
tne Morgan steamers into Galveston, it
would be a paying proposition for the
Southern Pacific to construct a branch of
its own from Houston to Galveston.
SEW TO-DAT.
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CLEVELAND
Stands for all that can be desired in the
HIGHEST-GRADE Bicycles.
PRICE $100.
CRESCENT
Stands for the BEST 575 Bicycle In the
market. -:\r '
OUR HIGH- BICYCLES, '96
model, at 847.50, are appreciated
and selling rapidly.
BOYS' AND MISSES' WHEELS
At $35, $40 and $50.
SECOND-HAND WHEELS
At $15, $20, $25. $30 and $35. .
CASH OR INSTALLMENTS.
LEAYITT& BILL,
303 LARKII ST., S. P.
1112 BROADWAY, OAKL4KD.
NEW TO-DAY— AMUSEMENTS.
SHOOT THE CHUTES
_,
This Afternoon and Evening Free Parachutes to
Children.
fTHIS AFTERNOON AT 4:30, .,
3AILOR-BOY BALLOON
-. ASCENSION. .
Sunday Balloon Ascension, Afternoon
and Night, by
GEORGE WESTON.
Admission— Adults, 10c; Children, sc. ■
PRESIDIO ATHLETIC GROUNDS.
SUNDAY, June 14, at 2:30 p.m.
NEW TO-DAT.
Children who vibrate
all through their grow-
ing years between
health and sickness,
children who are pale
and peevish, thin and
weak, children who
never seem to grow
right, whose develop-
ment is retarded, whom
food does not seem to
nourish, should take
Scott's Emulsion, of
Cod-liver Oil and Hy-
pophosphites* It con-
tains the very essence
of nourishment most
needed when vitality is
low*
Consumptives find
new hope in it and thin
and emaciated adults
always gain flesh and
strength after taking it*
It is a pleasant and
oaiatable food*
NEW AMUSEMENTS.
AL HAYMAN & CO.'S THEATERS.
LAST 2 TIMES
Baldwin
" * TO-NIGHT.
The Distinguished Comedian,
3ST.A.T O. GOODWIN
Ana His >up«rt> Company
In an I- iabor&t» Prod action of
"TINT MIZZOUH.A!"
By Augustus ihoinaa, Ksq., Author of " Alabama."
NEXT Week— 2d and Lust of NAT C.GOODWIN.
The great comedy success. t<y Henry (.iuy Carlelon.
Monday. June 22, MB. JOHN DItEW.
AT THE NEXT
CALIFORNIA MONIIA^NIGHT,
Star Cast DRAMATIC STOCK CO.,
Under the direction of L. K. stockwell.
Presenting the Latest Lyceum Theater success,
"THE HOME SKCBETAKY."
Seats Now Selling:.
Prices— lsc. 25c, 35c. oOc, 75c.
S^
C^gy^ /\Lt/A^/\h!
Matinee To-day. First Appearance of
AMY LEE FRANK DOANE
In the Great Comedy Drama Success,
"THE LITTLE DETECTIVE!"
NEW COMPANY. A GREAT CAST.
Amy Lee and Frank Doane in Four Great Special-
ties. Great Scenic Display. The Baden Lake and
I Boat House. The struggle on the House Tops.
i Mansion in Belgravia. Thames Street In Winter,
AIA^IMiS wkdesday, Saturday 11.) SUNNY!
MATINEE PRICES— IOc, 15c and 25c.
Nisrht Prices— lOc, 15c, 25c, 35c, sOc
The Sale Indicates a Turnaway.
rRICDLAnOtHGOTTIOD ft c»- ux>a am rwiAOlW •• •
LADIES' I THIS
DAY | AFTERNOON,
And then only two more performances of
BROTHER JOHN
I THE FRAWTEY~~COMPANY.
I Next Monday-"THE CHARITY BALL," the
j greatest of them all.
TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE
Mia Jb.u.N Justin KuKi.i.vn, Proprietor i.Uaaajjr
THE TALK OF THE TOWN.
KVERY EVENING.
The Greatest Musical Triumph of the
■-.: '■'•■"■' Season.
Delllnger's Melodious Romantic Comic Opera
T-jOFtFt-A-lItTIE
'•A STORY OP COURT AND CAMP."
A Perfect Production in Every Detail.
MONDAY EVENING JUNE 23.
OUR SUMMER SPECTACLE.
"THE TRIP TO THE MOON!"
Popular Prices— 2sc and sOc.
MOROSCO'S
GRAND OPERA-HOUSE.
The Handsomest Family Theater in America.
WALTER MOKOaCQ, Sola Lessee and Managac
THIS KVKMNt- AT KlfiHT,
INITIAL PRODUCTION IN THIS CITY—
Of Frank Harvey's Latest Success,
BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER!
An Interesting Story of To-day.
Full of Action, Humor and Pathos.
Xvrs-ixn Pbicbj— 2Bo ana Mo.
Family Circle and Gallery. 10a
Usual Matinees Saturday and Sonets?.
tn . — .
O'Farrell Street, Between Stockton and Powell.
Matinee To-Day (Saturday), June 13.
Parquet, any seat, 25c;" Balcony, any seat, 10c;
• . ' Children, 10c, any part.
Edison's Latest Wonder, The
VITASOOFE !
Marvel of the 19th Century.
HAVES and POST. ■ LMA HERZOO,
TAPINTA.
\ 24 ALL STAK AKTISTS— 24
SUTRO_BATHS.
Grand Aqnatic ami Athletic Exhibition !
. CANOE 'RACE!
■ Tub and Float Racing. Australian TOM THUMB,
the Famous Water Clown, Saturday and Sun-
day Afternoon and Evening. Jane 13 and 14.
Grand .Electric Display Every Evening.
GENERAL ADMISSION—,
Adult". lOc — - Children. So.
PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS.
GRAND PICNIC
Of the Hunker Hill Association and the
Sons of Vermont
At Glen Ellen, Wednesday, June 17,
Anniversary ot the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Boat? leave Tlburon Ferry at 9 A. M., returning
leave Glen Ellen at SP. M. Trains stop at San
Rafael both ways.
■ Blum's Band will accompany the excursionist*.
Tickets for round trip $1. Children under 12
years 7>oc. For sale at the ferry on the morning of
the picnic.
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