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12 DANIEL, MARKHAM AND MOSES How M. A. Gunst Was Ap pointed to the Office of Police Commissioner. IOEIS WAGERED AM LOST. Large Sums of Money Hazarded That Estee Would Be Elected Governor of California. IVSRIMS UB RESIGIATM. The Ex-Governor Reluctantly Con sented to Appoint for Burns a Democratic Sport. Moses Gunst, Police Commissioner, has caused the statement to be corrected so lar as General Barnes is involved that he called tbe turn as to counsel to defend Figel as soon as he heard that Lees was in terested in the case. It will not be neces sary, therefore, for the eenerai to hire Me tropolitan Hall to review the history of Gunst's appointment to the office of Po lice Commissioner. No doubt a large audience would assem ble to lisien to a discourse on that topic, as tne public of California was surprised and stunned when Governor Markham appointed Gunst to succeed D. M. Burns. Indeed the selection of Burns for the office was a stunner, but that was accounted for on'.tbe ground that Burns was in some sense the manager of Markham's political fortunes. When Burns resigned and com pelled tne Governor to apj oint a P< mo cratic sport to the office, the people and the politicians of San Francisco were durafounded. Tbe mystery of the transaction has never been revealed. No light has yet penetrated tbe darkness of the secret. Common rumor accredits Maurice Schmit t and Christopher Buckley, as two men out side of the nrincipais. who know the true history of tlie d -al. It is well known that Marie ham besitatetf, but linally yielded to the importunities of Burns and made the appointment. The qupstion was asked a thousand times: ''Where did Gunst get bis influ ence with Burns?" There is a story to the effect that Burns, shortly afier the nomination of Estee for Governor, placed in the hands of Gunst ?30,000 'o wager that Estee would be elecied. The sum was increased when a combination of Democrats was formed to down Budd in San Francisco. The combine decided to down Burns by defeating Estee, and so Colonel Burns was left in a bole to make good his obligations to Gunst. According to the story Gunst consented to a settlement satisfactory to Burns pro vided the latter would resign the oiti.e of Police Commissioner and induce Murk univ co appoint Gunst to fill the vacancy. Marram hesitated. Objections to Gunst on jimr".; grounds had nothinc to do with ilie !i«>.-itaiion ; but Markham was a Re -1 üblica:!, and a< men go a fairly good party man, hence be did not want to close his i>oii:ical career by the appoint ment of a well-known Democrat to an important place. Burns found some way to overcome the Governor's scruples, and Gunst himsjli helped a little by saying that he ha i renounced his allegiance to tbe Democratic party. According to the story told by one who claims to have the truth from the inside that is the way Gunst got on the Board of Police Commissioners. DOINGS OF PUGILISTS. Choynski Will Soou Be Here— Ziegler'* Opinion of Lavigne and AValcott. Some of Joe Choynski's friends expeded to see the great tighter last evening, but according to latent intelligence from the East the California heavy-weight will not arrive until to-morrow evening. There is talk of matching him against Goddard, as the people who patronize fistic sport have no desire to see Sharkey in the ring again. Owen Ziegkr, who is matched to fight George Green next month, will train at San Rafuel. Speaking of Lavigne, Ziegler says vbat he- is of the opinion that La vigne can whip any man in the world at 133 pounds and that he will have his money on him when he fights Walcott. "I saw the Lavigne and Walcott fight at Mespeth," said Ziegler, "and Lavigne made the black feilow quit, and that's no lie. The menwei-hed 133 pounds, and not 131% pounds, as was stated in the papers. 1 was looking at them when they weighed in. If I am successful in my tight with Green I will challenge Lavigne to fight at the light-weight limit. 1 think 'Scaldy Bill' Quinn can whip any man of his wpight in the country." Ziejrler may be a great fighter, but he kpow> he cannot right strong at Lavigne's lighting weight, so a challenge to Lavigne sounds fooli-h on the part oi Ziegler. Manager Gibbs of the National Club is feeling sore on account of his dismissal from the customs service. It was unex pected, and he attributes his discharge to the enmity of some alleged friends. He will, however, manage the affairs of the National Clutj, and expects to "pull off" a j:reat contest next month. Joe Goddard is expected to arrive on Thursday evening. KEW TO-DAY. Itching, scaly, bleeding palms, ghapcless nails, and painful noger ends, pimples, blackheads, oily, mothy ekin, dry, thin, and falling hair, itch- ing, scaly Fcalps, all yield quickly to warm baths with Cuticcra Soap, and gentle anointings with CtrricusA (ointment;, the great ekin cure. In «old throughout the world. Potteb Dbdo and Ch*h. Cosr.. 6olel»ropi.. Bo»ton. __ , A —_«_»'« or " How to Produce Soft, White H«nd»," free. itching mm^uss^. EARLE GOT MONEY FOR MESSAGES Coined Money From the Occult Warblings From the Skies. MEDIUMS DEVELOPED TO ORDER. Charles Webber Was Made to Believe That Spirits Hovered O'er Him. SLATES Urn KLONDIKE PRICES. How a Spurious Madium Cultivated a "Harvest Eo.l" and Departed With Gold. If all reports in spiritualistic circles are true Edward K. Earle, "Independent MRS. RENEE PERRIER AND SOME OF MEDIUM EARLE'S MESSAGES FROM BEULAH-LAND slate-writer and platform test medium, " | whose meteoric career recently terminated i ! in this city, reaped a rich harvest during j bis sojourn. Earle said he was going to Klonditce. | Some who have been figuring on what lie [ "panned out" by drifting into the ex- \ diequers of the credulous in San Fran- i cisio say he had a bonanza here. Though Earle advertised that "all mani festations were in full gaslight on an open stage" several of his transactions are just now beginning to come to light, for it is said that for ways that were dark and tricks that were vain Eaile was on the crest of the wave every time. The money-making medium's advent in San Francisco was announced by the j following advertisement, which appeared in the newspapers some months ago: American and European Tour. the great KAKLE, Independent Slate-Writer and Platform Test Medium. All Manifestations in Full Gaslight on an Open Stage. Address 330 Ellis street, San Francisco. After enthusing the multitude at his public meetings it was Earle's custom to invite tiie faithful few to his l.dgines. Here the mysteries of the occult were said to be unveiled in such a manner as to con vince all that millions of spiritual crea tures walk the earth. Thin never dreamed of in the pbiiosop v of Horaiio were said to materialize at 330 Ellis 'street: Ana the sequel shows tnat the medium did cause h.s visitors to produce lor his use a large quantity of the yellow metal. It is said that when Earle came to San Francisco t:e had in his possession a book known as "The Harvest Register," which contained the names of several hundred persons of both sexes who were known to be eager to hear from their grand-parents and other deceased relatives, i'eople with such desires, who also have money and who believe .in mediums who can call spirits from the vasty deep, are Known to spurious mediums as members of the "harvest roll." It, was in the society of such good citizens that Earle is said to bave achieved his success. One of the fair women among many who suffered and who still tarry on this side of Jordan to mourn over their losses is Mrs. Rer.ee Perrier, who purchased a number of slates covered with messages alleged to be from Indians whose wigwams and carap-hres lie beyond the. stars. The extent of the lady's losses is vari ously estimated by different adjusters at from *500 to $5000. Mrs. Terrier X vs she is not encaged in issuing bulletins as to her losses. One of the many who knew E irle well says he sold the lady more than 500 slates at an average of about $5 per elate, xne oigaer-pnced message* trom the. Und THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1897. of shadows were embellished with oil portraits of Indian chieftains. It was nearly always some of the noble rpd men wh.i spoke to ide lady through Kane's mediutnship. Another anxious inquirer was Charles Weboer, a thrifty ciear-deaier of pood re put-; who lived at 1525}^ Mission btreet. Jiarle soon learned thai Webber's great ambition in life was to be a goo.l medium, so he agreed to teach the ambitious cigar man all tbo secrets and intricacies ol the craft, assuring the victim that there was a band of spirits aroun<i him at all limes. Earle assured Wetiber that Indian chiefs hovered o'er him during the busy hours oi the day and through the silent watches j of me night. Tne cigar man soon began to take les sons at so much per lesson. Earle re ported progress, but feared there would be a collision between the spiritual forces, hostile hands of wh;ch fought for suprem acy, some hovering over Weuber, some over Earle. To avoid hostilities it was finally agreed that Webber was to have a fmr opportunity to coach his band alone. Eirle vacated the rooms, saying he way going to tbe races. Hia confederates and Webber made an afternoon of it. The confederates||hled in during the ] alternoon, pretending to be tanners in ' search of spiritual light. Webuer pro- ; duced a clean s.ate, as Bart* had in- j structed him to do, placed it on a btool under the table and awaited <levelop ments. There was a painful delay, during which the visitor expressed ereat ;ear that the performance was a fraud. In a few minutes, however, he got a me-sa.-e from his grandmother, opened his eyes with surprise, paid a fee of if 10 and sent other visitors, wiio in turn had satisfactory -it tings. This was a great surprise to the new medium, who now began to feel his ! power. Karle soon got his fee ot $>X) for developing the new medium. It is said that Webber only lately discovered that his Visitors were all s euht-of-hard men and th.v the wonderful messages from their dead ancestors were written by themselves at Earle's suggestion. Tnere are rumors that Weboer loaned Earle nearly $2000 before he went to Klon dike, pan of which the medium agreed to invest for his pupil in such places as the Indians should suggest. One of the g eat advertising dodecs of the medium was to u>e the fact that em inent reople visited him. He reported, that one of his best customers was Specia Treasury Agent Moore, who, he sai<i, had received from the spirit world many valu able points regarding various smuggling operations in this district. The story of Moore's visits was often told by the me dium, and he used all tho facts bearing upon the visits in such a way as to impress the listener with the gravity of that per sonage's sittings. During the Franco-German war the French lost about 24,000 men froiu small pox. Youthful Safe* Crackers Who Were Arrested in the Act of Burglarizing a Grain Barn* TWO YOUTHFUL SAFE-CRACKERS Lewis Gilson and Thomas Burns Begin a Career of Crime. Arrested While Operating in Mission-Street Hay and Grain Office, They Had a Complete Set of Tools and a Copy of the "Life of Jesse James," the Bandit. Lewis Gilson and Thomas Burns two boys living on West Mission sireet, as a result of reading dime-novel literature are now In the City Prison with two charges of burglary aeainst them. The attention of Policeman Porter was attracted about 2 o'clock yesterday morn ing by an unusual noise in the hay and grain barn of K. Bullerdick, 1(350 Mission street. He proceeded to make an investi gation ana his >uspicions that something was wrong were strengthened when he saw tue office door open and two candle lights burning in the office. <tiUon was standing in front of the safe, ihe outer door of which had been forced open with a crowbar that lay at his feet. Gilson was attempting to force open the inner door of the safe when Porter's foot steps made him desist. Gilson was promptly handcuffed and Porter went in search of Burns. He found him hiding behind a bale of hay, and he was soon handcuffed to Gilson. The boys had a in scellaneous collec tion of tools and other article? for their operations. They had two crowbirs, a liatchet, hammer, monkey-wrench, saw, lile and "jimmy," which Porter took l>o«se>sion of. When searched at the Seventeenth street station a dime novel, "The Life of Jcs«e Jamps," the notorious bandit, was found in Gilson's pocket, and he admitted having read a number of similar perni cious book-. J. fcchulken, hay and grain dealer, 1630 Mission street. discovered yesterday morning that his office had been entered during the night by forcing off tne pad iocK Jrom the rear door. The doors of the safe had b>ert forced open with a crowbar, but ttiere was. fortunately, no money lor t.'ie robber?. The telephona box, smashed into meces, fny on the floor. Scbuiken accompanied Policeman Por ter 10 the Citj Prison and the boys ad mitted that tbe\- had visited his place be fore going to Bulierdick's a;ni intended to Carry on their operations nightly and ul timately branch out into higher lines, emulating ihfir hero, Jesse Juraes. Their first venture was made Sunday night, when they broke iuto a vacant house at 7 Bono street and stole a quan tiry of lead ripe. (Jil«on is 16 years of age and Burns is a year younger. Gilaon has a bad reputa tion and the police say he escaped ironi one of the public institution?. Ho has been re«',-ntly going around with a ped dler. Burns is a quiet-looking boy. For some t«me lie was a casnboy at the Em porium. PACIFIC-UNION WILL NOT MOVE The Club Resolves to Re main in the House Near Union Square. Van Ness Avenue Scheme Ec- scinded and Postponed at a Meeting Last Night. Numerous Kesignations and Signs a Great Eevolt Caused Such Action to Be Taken. After all the talk by the progressive members of the Pacific- Union Club about moving out to Van Ne?s avenue and building a modern clubhouse of great ar chitectural beauty and interior conven ience the club, at a special meeting )a?t evening, re.-cinded all that bad been done in the advancement of the enterprise and indefinitely postj o:ied the whole subject. The indications are that the club will extend the ien«eof the premises on Union square now occupied and endeavor to render the o d home agreeable to all the members of the fold. The course which the club last night in dorsed was caused in a measure by numer ous resignations and signs that the de sertions would be still more formidable if the Van Ness avenue scheme was carried out. The meeting last night was attended by about one hundred members. It was calied on a petition presented to the board oft rustees by members who believed that the club had made a mistake in deciding to move. A. Chesebrough, the president of the institution, presided. Afier the session he said that there was no discus sion on the proposition to rescind. The sentiment of the club was at once ex pressed in favor of postponing for an in definite time the whole subject matter. In the expectation of |>urchasing land and building a commodious structure bonds of the club to the amount of $250,000 had been au horized and subscribed for by member.". Two sites were open for purchase — one at the corner of Bush street and Van Ness avenue and the other at the corner ot Sutter street and the avenue. The price demanded for the land was not excessive. The influence which caused the rescind ing was exerted by men who weie in favoi of a ilowntown location. They tiaw notice in effect tuat they would establish an other club if the avenue measure was forced, hence the advocates of the so called progress ye scheme decided to yield for the sake of maintaining the full strength of the organization. It is ex pectea that several of the old members who recently resigned will now ask to be reinstated as the danger of moving is past. HE BEFRIENDED A WIDOW. E. R. Dnndiy. a Printer, Arreiited for Threats Against L. H. t os- E. R. Orrasby, a printer, occupied a cell in the California-street station last night, having been arrested at the instance of L. H. Cosper, who charges him with having made threats against his life. There is a little story back of the arrest in which a pretty, liaxen-haired widow, the former wife of Copper, and another woman who is Mrs. Cosper No. 2 figure. Ornisby. who is the friend of the pretty widow, claims that he is the victim of a conspiracy on tlie part of Mr. Cosper and his second wife, because of his (Ormsby's) friendship for the widow. The widow is a young woman wiio is something of a beauty. She was divorced from Cosper several years ago, since which time she has assumed her maiden name of Daisy E. Dewey. At the time of her di vorce sue was given th» custody of her little girl nn<l Cosper was ordered to pay tier $15 a month as alimony. Cosper failed to tay, and there is now s26o of it unpaid. Cosper remarried a short time ago and appeared to bemoredetermined than ever not to pay his first wife any alimony, so claims the widow. A week ago she got an order from Judge Belshaw directing Cosper to pay the money. The widow gave the paper to her friend Ormsby to serve and this is supposed to be the reason why the war rant was sworn out against him, as he de clares ti-at he never had a word with Cosner. The widow stated last night that she was jumped upon a few nights ago by Mrs. Cosper and her two sisters when she went to Cosper's house to serve the paper on him. A Deputy Sheriff was with her, but he seems to have been unable to pre vent a fight. Yesterday Mrs. Cosper swore to a com plaint charging Daisy Ddwey with bat tery. <"osper was out of town, so that his story of the family row could not bo learned. FROM PORTLAND TO JAPAN. Four Stenmiihlps to Constitute a. New Trans- Pacific Service. Beginning Sunday, October 31, a new steamship service will be inaugurated from Portland, Or., to Yokohama and Kobe, Japan; and Shanghai and Hong kong, China. The line will be ran in connection with the Oregon Railway and Navigation Com pany. Three steamships will constitute the service— the Braemar, the Mogul and the Pel, can. They will leave Portland in the order named approximately every three weeks, beginning with the last day of the menth. On September 21 the Braemer sailed from Honekong. and is expecied at Port land about the 21st inst. The«e steamers will call at Shanghai only when inducement offers, and during the tea season — from May until Decem ber—they will stop at Amoy and at Foo chow coming this way. but only when sufficient freight is offered to make it profitable. Although a time-table bas just been issued its reservations of chances and postponements are so general that nt this time the asrency in this city at 6SO Market street doen not care to announce itself for fear of being prematurely besieged for rates and further information, whic > at present cannot be furnished here. By name the new trans-Pacific service is the Northern Pacific Steamship Com pany. Portland line. The Keneral agents are Dowdell, Onrl-le A Co. at Portland, Or.; Tacoma. Wash.; Victoria. B. C. ; Yo kohama and Kobe. Jaran ; Shanghai, Foo chow and liongkonp. China; Colombo, Ceylon, and London, England. Sacramento Land Company. Articles of incorporation of the Sacramento County Lana Company of the City and County of San Francisco were filed in the office of the county Cle k yesterday. The capital stock is fixed at $25,000. of which $1000 has been su'fcribed by each of the following-named Bentirmen: Jobn \V Butler, J. D. McKec L R. Dempster, H. Z. Btnchart and E. R D— tlH To Care a Cold Jn On* Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Drug -1 gists reiund Ute money U it tails to care, 25c. * H-.\. KEW TO-DAT-DRT GOOD*. BLACK GOODS DEPARTMENT. Special Sale — O3J* IMPORTED BLACK SERGESI 50-inch Black English Serge . . . SOC Yd. Black English Storm Serge (42 inches wide) 6Oc Yd. 47-inch Black English Cheviot Serge. 75c Yd. Black French Twill Serge .• (44 inches wide) 50c Yd. 51-inch Black Diagonal Serge 75c Yd. << Genuine Black English Twills (52 inches wide) 75c Yd. 48-inch Black Worsted Serge, mohair fi^sh Si.OO Yd. Black Iron-frame Serge (50 inches wide) S I .25 Yd. 58-inch Black Rainproof Serge. $ | .25 Yd. Genuine English Clay Serges, fast black, 50 and 54 inches wide— sl.ol), $1.50 and $2.00 per yard. Extra. Heavy IMaltes. The above goods are especially suited for the present season, and the attention of our customers is directed to this sale. &JE223 OUR T^7-m"I>OX7V X>IS3E»Ij << A."»". ■v 111. 113, 115. 117, 119, 121 POST 61hbbi. THAT IONE SCHOOL ROW. Trustee Tyrrell Says Superin tendent O'Brien Wants to Be a Czar, And Got the Secretary of State to Be His Phonograph for Complaints. Dr. Fred D. Tyrrell of Sacramento, one of the three trustees of the lone Indus trial School, the management and condi tion of which have very recently been 3trongly condemned by Secretary of State Brown, arrived in the city yesterday and is staying at the Grnna Hotel. He declares that the Secretary of State went up to lone, was there one day, lent his ear to thecumplaininc superintendent and came back to Sacramento as his pho nograph, giving vent to the superintend ent's side of tho story, which is founded mainly en lhe plea that he cannot run the institution properly because he is pow erless to discharge incompetent or insub ordinate employes maintained in their po sition* by the trustees. "O'Brien, tne superintendent," said Dr. Tyrreli when interviewed yesterday, "is ab olutely free to .iischarge whom he pleases. Only six of s-onie !ony em ployes were put there by the trustees, and the others are all O'Brien's friends. Mr. | Mflddix of Modesto hs three appointees j i here and I have three. Bui I told O'Brien that if the men 1 put there were j not satisfactory to him to remove tnem. One of tnem is this Captain Hawk, over j whom the trouble arose. O'Brien told I me that Hawk was the finest disciplinarian in the institution and the right man for the place. "The trouble is O'Brien allowed the i boys of the school to dictate to him whom he should discbarge. "One of the formerinmates of the school came to me on the street a short time ago and told me that Captain Hawk was to be discharged because he could give some in formation very derogatory to the school. Hawk had, under Superintendent O'Brien's personal instruction and obser vation, severely flogged a boy until, to avoid turther punishment, be confessed to stealing a waich that bad really been stolen by another boy. "When 1 heard of the contemplat-jd dis charge of Captain Hawk for improper \ conduct I telephoned 10 O'Brien and sug- ! gested that he re am the man in some capacity until an investigation could be made, and then, as he did not seem in clined to h^ed my advice, I communicated wltii Mr. Madilox and he .sent word to O'Brien suggesting that Hawk be not al lowed to depart until an investigation could be hail. Then O'iJrien, with two XEW TO-DAT. The only genuine Hunyadi Water. RunyadiJanos BEST NATURAL APERIENT WATER Prescribed ami approved for 31 years by all the medical authorities for CONSTI- PATION, DYSPEPSIA. TORPIDITY OF THE LIVEK. HEMORRHOIDS, as weH as for all kindred ailments resulting from ndiscretion in diet. " The prototype of all Bitter Wat? rs." Lancet, "Speedy, sure, gentle." B\ itithMcrticalJoumal CAUTION : See that the label bears the signature of the firm Andreas Saxlehner. thirds of the board suggesting such a cour>e, followed the advice. 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