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The morning call., 1892-03-29

looked ike DOtQiU2 SO
much as a pat of prize butter, and informed
me that was holding $4,000 worth Of gold.
995% degrees pure.
lis the gold which goes abroad sent in
these bricks or tars?" l asked.
mo; it was formerly sent that way. but
now it is shipped as coin. The silver. how
ever, goes in big bars like these" and the
chief pointed to pile of silver heaped on
the floor in bars, each weighing about 20
pounds and worth nearly $1,000. If you
are about here much you must have seen
truckloads Of them going down to the
docks"
"What! In open trucks, without being
boxed up?"
''Oh, yes; silver bullion is usually shipped
just as you see it. Two or three men go
who drives those trucks understands his
business. He is one of the characters of
the sireet-John Barley. You should see
him."
Half An hour later I was talking with a
man who has been trusted with gold enough
to build the Tower of Babel; in fact. cal
culate from what he himself tells me that
during the thirty odd years he has monopo-
LIKED the business. John Barkley has trucked
SO, 000, 000, 900 worth of gold, which is three
times the entire amounted estimated to be
owned by all the nations of the earth.
Barley is gruff, grizzly. weather-beaten
fellow, about 90, and in spite OF his years 1t
would be hard to find three men in Wall
and year out his stand is at the corner of
Broad street and Exchange place. where
slate hanging TO rusty nall. with dis
reputable-looklng pencil, would scarcely
lead one to suppose that John Barkley q
Son" were accustomed to handle more gold
and silver annually than all the princes and
potentates living pat together.
what do you call fair load of gold?" l
asked
ION, from s., 100000 TO s.. 10000 900 worth.
cd in
a day."
''How many of you guard each load?''
Three or fOur-twO OF my men aud one
or two representing the owners. We always
go armed, but have never had to do-any
shooting"
The gold is received from the treasury in
Wall street in canvas bags containing 5000
each, in eagles, double eagles or half eagles,
the proportion in shipment of say $4,000
being 40 bags of double eagles, 40 bags OF
eagles and 20 bags of half eagles. These bags
each Of which weighs 26S. 10 Troy ounces are
loaded into Barkley's trucks and driven by
him to the clearinghouse which is sending
them away. Then the gold is counted and
packed III kegs, with ten of the 5000 bags to
each keg These are hoped up securely,
sealed with the firms private seal and again
put upon the trucks to be carried to the
steamer. The entire amount is first insured
for its full value. the rate being about one
eighth OF per cent. The steamship Conf
panies charge about the same for carrying
the precious load.
Now let us imagine Barley with his ten
bags of gold, each about the size of an oyster
keg. weighing nearly a ton, arrived at the
gaDgplank OF the steamer. The captain and
purser are there ready 10 receive him, and
give receipts for ''ten packages, contents
supposed to be gold" Barkley drives away,
his responsibility being over when that of
the purser begins. for it is usually the purser
or third officer who takes charge of the
treasure while it is at sea-
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COURT NOTES.

general calendar OF cases was called by
Judge CARRIER.
w. S. Wood talked for another day In the Hale
Norcross mining case.
Judge CARRIER has set the trial OF the Ran k In
divorce case for tue 18th prox.
The estates of Peter n. and John s. Hanna,
minor heirs of Peter n. Hanna, have been ap.
praised at SCI ,49S 81 aud SCI. 623 %.
Judge Levy has ordered Ia the divorce case OF
Philip Hart vs. Rachel Hart that the custody of
ibe child remain III the plaintiff until the further
order OF the court.
Tie application OF District Engineer Wills for
writ oil mandate directing Auditor Smiley 10
sign MS salary warrant was argued before Judge
Sanderson and taken under advisement
Lenormand Brothers, grocers. have been sued
by FERDINAND Ritter, minor, to recover CON-
mensurate pecuniary damages, having been run
0yer on January by one Of their teams aud
had his scalp torn and cut
The California Academy OF Sciences has sued the
BaDkeIy Guarantee Loan and Investment Com
pany for restitution Of the ofce ia room % OF lis
building, to recover 500 for unpaid rent for Feb.
ruary aud March OF this year aud that It's lease
be declared forfeited.
Inc Supreme Court remanded for a new trial
the case OF .. ii. Dilwood, sentenced I'm Fresno
Sounly 10 three years IMPRISONMENT at San
quentin Tor having stolen cali In May, 1 $50.
Inc new tflai was granted on the ground of
errors committed by the trial Judge In The nd.
mission OF certain evidence
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Sour Grapes.

The envy shown by other baking powder man.
ufacturers of the great prestige of the Royal Baking
Powder is not at all surprising.
For thirty years the Royal has been the stan
dard for purity and strength in baking powders and
has been placed at the head by every board of
official examiners-whether State or National
The Royal Baking Powder Company controls its
own cream of tartar factory and the processes for
making the only absolutely pure cream of tartar;
1t sends its product to millions of homes all over
the world supplies the Army and Navy, the great
transatlantic steamers, the finest hotels and res
taurants, and is recommended by the best chefs
and authorities cuisine in every land Its sale
Is larger than that Of all other cream of tartar bak
ing powders combined it has more friends among
housekeepers than any other similar article.
These facts are bitterness to the makers Of the
inferior baking powders; hence their advertise
ments. filed with malice. envy and falsehood.
against the Royal.
Consumers recognize case OF :" sour grapes
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A COSTLY EXPERIENCE.
Widow McGiffin Had to Pay $1,000 for
Her Ignorance of the Law.


The petty criminal is shut out by the law
from pleading ignorance of the law as de-
Tense. and the civil litigant is supposed to
have a knowledge Of the forms and demands
OF the Law, yet legal luminary of the
Superior Court bench may render wrong
decision, the Supreme Court may reverse
him. and the honest widow. who is made the
subject of this legal battledore and shuttle
cock game and has to pay $1,000 for her ex-
pereuce, has no redress.
This state of facts was brought out yes
terday before Judge Hunt in the trial of the
case Of Andrew Smith VS.. Margaret Nc
Giffin on mechanics lien for S8S for the
laying of concrete stone sidewalk Mrs.
MeGiffin is widow, and with her children
owns piece OF property on the north side
OF Fulton street, east of Octavia. They de-
cided TO build, and entered into an agree
ment with a contractor to pay him $1,000 TO
do what was required.
This contractor was paid every cent under
the agreement, but dishonesty neglected to
pay the labOrers and material mep under
him to the number of some twenty and
they came In with their various claims and
demanded foreclosure on Mrs. McGifin's
property. Judge Wallace tried the fore
closure proceedings and held that the con-
tract was worthless, because of the error in
the description Of the property, which, al
though it placed 1t in the right block, gave its
metes and bounds incorrectly, because it
started at the wrong initial point
Relying on the correctness Of this de-
cision and anxious. of course, to save her
property. Mrs. McGiffin compromised with
these laborers and material men and to
satisfy them paid $1,000 or more above her
contract price of $500 In the meantime
the case was taken to the Supreme Court.
and that august tribunal decided that the
error in the description did not invalidate
the contract but all this was too late to
benefit the widow, who had satisfied these
claims for which the contractor was respon-
Sihle.
Smiths claim was one Of the twenty, but
his attorney had neglected to prosecute 1t
or present it, and so he prosecuted it him
self yesterday. He was nonsuted, however,
on the authority of the later decision of the
Supfeme Court.
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ACCUSED OF BURGLARY.
A Young Molder Arrested on serio,
Charge.

A Young Molder Arrested on Serious
Charge.
james Mcconnell, young ironmolder re-
siding at 300 Minna street, was arrested last
night on suspicion of having burglarized
two rooms at 633 Jessie street two weeks
age
l. Young and George Sauer reside at 633
Jessie street, and their rooms we're entered
and two suits of clothes, an overcoat and
other articles of wearing apparel stolen.
Iney suspected Mcconnell, but could not
have him watched. as he left for Santa
Cruz the day after the burglary. Mcconnell
returned last night, and Sauer went with a
police officer to his residence and accused
him Of the crime. Mcconnell denied ii, but
was identified by pawnbroker at 1906
Howard street as the man who had sold him
IounR'e oYercoat for 81 q
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Ir,. A.
he considered that she A'""u'' a. s.reeter.
would feel especial interest In the event. In
his letter the old man says:
First, as you stand In front and look nj
the building, the door that went in mt ia
clear to the left of the building, and / went
up to the third floor. took my place at the
center window in the east end of the build
ing Tor in the end of your left as you face IT'D.
L am sending enc OF my cabinet photo
graphs with this, so they can have a
picture OF the first Union soldier that
entered the building. OF course, was not
alone. but was at the head of the line
when we were marched from the cars to
the prison, so in that way / was first to
enter 1t. You can bet l was glad to put a
brick wall between me and the mob that
was gathered there in the street. tell YOU
the bricks and stones fell about as fast as
the bullets at Bull Run. for we were the
first lot of "Yanks" the folks had seen.
There were twenty sailors but no soldiers
In the building.
When stepped in there was big lam
tern-jawed cuss, with long blue frock and
musket in his hands, and he said:
lou go upstairs right smart or I'll shoot
YOU" ''
= saws, "Well, be darned," but cot I'M
the stairs just the same, aud met the same
salute on the second door. We went up to
the third and last floor. and then sat down
by the window In the only chair there was
In the room, and that was the floor.
LATEST SHIPPING INTELIIGENCE.
Domestic Ports.
SAN PEDRO-Arrived Mar 2S-Schr Comet From,
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R0MER'S BOND FOUND.

Judge Joachimsen VIII Take No More
Chances in the Future.
Judge Joachmsen's bench is ornamen ted
with a receipt-book. lie no longer turns
over bonds to the clerk Of the court without
receiving q receipt. This innovation was
occasioned by the rumpus caused by the
disappearance of the bond of Carl Romer In
the sum OF $500 The bond was unearthed
yesterday morning In dusty pigeon h ole.
In future the Judge will take no chances in
reference to the officer of the court into
whose possession bonds pass. When the
Romer bond disappeared Judge Joachimsen
declared that he had handed IL to the clerk,
but the latter remembered nothing OF the
kind.
Romer Is charged with obtaining money
under false pretenses from Walter Mande.
The bond upon which he secured his release
was considered ''gilt edged," the sureties
being Charles Nathan and William
Schmaltz, men OF considerable means.
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Newspaper-Th Thieves.

-Four young newspaper-thieves were ar
rested by Corporal AVIAN and Officer Tom
Mahoney yesterday morning on East street.
The boys said their names were James
talas Happy Brown. William (alias Tough
Squirrel Fleming. Andrew (alias smile r.
Desmond, and John (aiia, Messenger) Muir
ray. The lads see regular hangers-on along
the city mont aud will steal whatever they
can lay their hands on. Yesterday morn
ing they watched an ola paper-carricr named
Moore who supplies the newssta nds ct the
ferry. and when Moore had his back turned
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MIsCELLANEous.
ONE ENJOYS

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy Of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in Soc
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIe syrup CO.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE, KY. NEW YORK. N.Y.
n AaT -
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PERSONAL NOTES.

c. M. Speitzer, a banker Of Boston, Is at
the Palace.
b. +. Gray, Woodland attorney-at-law.
Is Quartered ut the Grand.
A. T.: Brown, a capitalist of Marguerite.
Mich, is at the California.
Gilbert Tompkins the San Lean ro horse
man. was In the city yesterday.
w. j. Peall, a large property-owner of
Bethlehem, is staying at the Palace.
The morning call., 1892-03-29

Volunteer Infantry. He
was captured al the first
battle of Bull Run. July
81. 1861, and entered
Libby Prison July %.
He was excha nged jan
uary 3, 1868.
Mr.. Strester has a
niece In Chicago, Mrs.
Fred FL. Patee, and he a
few days ago sent her
his portrait and a de-
scrlptlon of Libby Pris-
on as he remembered II.
AS she was in the same
city In which the old
Dris0n ia nnw Iocasad
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Ledger or Gusat9

A hair-splitting point OF law was ad-
vanced yesterday before Justice of the
Peace Low and taken under advisement In
the case of Edward Herman vs.. the Grand
Pacific hotel Company to recover s35 for
baggage lost, stolen or strayed from his
room at Montgomery's Hotel on December
rs. 1891. The point was that Herman is not
guest aud Montgomery not Liable as an
innkeeper. because Herman only roomed
there. ate elsewhere. and therefore was only
n LEDGER
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tesian wells, will be dotted with small ISL
ands and bOrdered with treas and ferns.
There will also be cascade on the eastern
slope of Strawberry Hill. fed by the reser-
voir on top. from which there will be clear
Waterfowl will also be introduced, and
boats will be provided as soon as the appro-
DriatiOn will allow
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ROKN.

TICKNOR-In this city, March o. 1892 TO the
wife of E. C. Tieknor, q son.
TREULiEB-in this city. March 49, 1892, to the
wife OF Frank L. Treulieb daughter.
DERHAM-In this city. March IA, 1892, Co the
wife OF w. Derham, a son.
GAFFKE-In this city. March IL. 1892 to the wife
or T. Gaffke daughter.
BR )PHY-In this city. March o. 1892 to&he wife
OF Charles j. Broply. daughter.
DoLAN-In this city March e. 1892, to the wife
OF Joseph f. Da2au son
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To Deal I'm Mines.

The Mexican Zaragosa and Hidalgo Col
and Silver Mining Company has been incor-
porated to deal In this State and Mexico In
mines and their appurtenances; capital
e. ID. Middiekauff, X. F. May, Terence
MastersoD, G. II. Chambers. of this city,
and 3. r. Norton Of Sonora. Mexico.
The morning call., 1892-03-29

Magnolia restaurant on East street, In one
of the boxes Of which the tired trooper
fell asleep, aud when he woke up the
newly made acquaintance and 1926 hard
earned money were gone. Miller was tried
Yesterday for grand larceny. and the jury
found him guilty" This verdict some W hat
puzzled Judge Finn, and, after consulting
the law. the jury were further instructed
and then returned the proper verdict,
''Guilty of grand larceny"
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identified in the BIorgue.

The body Of the Chinese who died In the
Receiving Hospital on Sunday night after
being brought there from Stockton street.
where he was found in an unconscious con
dition, was tidentiied as Wong Kai Ming.
He was Christianized Chinese, and leaves
a widow and two children. He was not
thrown out by friends, as first supposed,
put lett his house TO go to Oakland on bust
ness. An autopsy showed that death re.
suited from hydrapericarditis
The morning call., 1892-03-29
A MYSTERY SOLVED.
Hacker, the Candyman, Found
Drowned at Mare Island.
Temporary Insanity Caused Him to Wander
Away and to Sack His
Death.

nj. Hacker, who for eighteen years was
engaged in the candy business in this city,
left here on January 10 to purchase store
In Fresno. He succeeded in becoming the
proprietor OF a store owned formerly by the
Trumbuli brothers in the City of Raisins,
and after getting the business we'll started
concluded to make trip to San Francisco
to attend to his interests here, which during
MS absence were taken care Of by his wife
On February q, at $3.50 A. NJ, Hacker
left tie residence Of his sister, Mrs. j.
Homan. in Fresno. to take the early morn
ing train for this city. and from that hour
on he has never been seen by any one that
knew him.
DISAPPEARED.
He completely disappeared, and there was
absolutely no elew to his whereabouts until
last Sunday. when his heartbroken wife
identified the effects of drowned man.
whose body was washed ashore by the
waves at Mare Island on Thursday, in the
Coroner's Office at Benicia as being those of
her missing husband
Mrs. Hacker told CALL reporter her
sad story yesterday:
Ever since Mr.. Hackers mysterious dis
appearance" said she, Il have closely
watched every cew that may lead to his
recovery. i scanned the newspapers closely
every day, and when l saw an item which
referred TO unknown people l Immediately
followed Ii up. A few weeks ago | went to
the Agnews Asylum for the Insane because
had heard that they had patient up there
whose identity was not known. But when
when / came there | was disappointed. as
the man bore no resemblance to my hus-
band"
ION Friday morning." continued the little
widow, Il read in The CALLS dispatches
that the body of an unknown man had been
washed ashore at Mare Island, and imme-
diately decided to 60 to Benicia and see the
Coroner Of Solano County about the case.
II went over on Sunday and found that
the body had been buried, but a necktie, a
watch, q peDknile and q ring were shown
dead, and | at once recognized them as being
the belongings of Mr.. Hacker"
A PREVIOUS ATTEMPT.
Mrs. Hacker also stated that she has re-
liable information that her husband had
made an attempt TO commit suicide on Tues
day last in Vallejo, and that ne was at that
time prevented from carrying his intention
into effect by some fishermen who dragged
him out of the water.
The only reason Mrs. Hacker can assign
for Hackers strange behavior since he left
Fresno. and for his final determination to
Kill himself, is that lie was temporarily in
sane. HE was kind and loving husband
aud father and had no financial troubles"
said she, and he must have been Crazy 10
act as he did,
Hacker was native of b lden, Germany,
and came to this city some 10 years ago from
New Orleans. His widow is native daugh-
ter, and was before her marriage Miss Jane
Kiehl.
There are three children besides the heart
broken widow to mourn Hackers death.
The morning call., 1892-03-29
Judemen, satiafiad.

A satisfied judgment was fled yesterday
in the case Of the People of the State versus
the American Sugar Refinery Company, &C
knowledging the payment of $4,000 to Attor.
ney.General Hart as the judgment entered
In January, 1880, by Judge Wallace as a
fne In the proceedings to forfeit Its charter
on account OF having entered the combine a.
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HE HEADED THE LINE.

The First Union Prisoner Who Entered
Libby Prison.
The first Union soldier who entered Libby
Prison Is now a resident of Holyoke, Mass,
where he is engaged in the paper-making
business. His name is Philander A Streeter.
formerly of Company C. Second Vermont
The morning call., 1892-03-29
HIS AIM WAS BAD.
Peter johnson Takes q Shot at Alice
Hunter.

Peter JohnsOn Takes q Shot at Alice
Hunter.
Peter Johnson, stalwart Norwegian
who captained q tug-of-war team in one of
the late contests, entered a saloon at 63S
Sacramento street last night and fred
shot at waitress named Alice Hunter.
Fortunately for Alice, Johnson's aim was
bad. and the shot took effect in the ceiling
Before johnson could shoot again Officer
Adams arrested him and at the City Prison
charged him with assault with q deadly
weapon.
Johnson resides in the same lodging-house
as Alice and on several occasions has shown
that he was infatuated with her. Alice
scorned johnson. nevertheless, and it is
supposed that in his drunken condition he
decided to kill her and then commit suicide.
The morning call., 1892-03-29
O SICK so LONG.

@. W. HoDKINs, Postmaster at East
Lamoine Me. writes that Mrs. Kelly's
son, who had been confined to bed four
teen months with an Abscess, has been
cured sound and well by Swift's Spe-
1cifc. The boy is fourteen years old, ,
lives next door to me, and know the
statement to be true.
s. s. 8. has wonderful effect on
children, and should be given to every
weak and debilifated child. Send for Z
our book on the Blood and Skin.
SWIFT Specific Co, Atlanta, Ga.
3ale ly saTuTh :
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been sent from New
York to Europe since
the 10Th of last month.
In order to learn how it
is shipped. l called at
the assay office in Wall
street. There | expert
enced a new and pleas
urable sensation when
the white-haired. kind
faced chief of the estab-
lishment laid In my hand
a yellow brick. which
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Church Lunch-

The young ladies Of the Lewis Band,
connected with the Howard Presbyterian
Church on Mission street, will give lunch
In the chapel adjoining the church this
morning, from IL TO / 80 o'clock.
The morning call., 1892-03-29
An Incomplete Verdict.

James McCudden. private Of Troop K.
Fourth Cavalry. arrived In the city on the
9th ult, and the frst person whom he met
was George Miller. The latter plotted him
about the water front and finally to the
The morning call., 1892-03-29
WIN Go Back to Her Father.

The charge OF vagrancy against Lulu
George, with whom Thomas Cohen was
living when he was arrested for failing to
provide for his wife and child, was dis
missed by Judge Rix yesterday. The un-
fortunate girl will be sent back to her father
in Idaho
The morning call., 1892-03-29

The annual report OF the State Board of
horticulture fer 1891 has just been issued.
1t will be sent free on application to Secre-
tary Lelonz, and contains large amount
OF Information as to new varieties of fruit
and the propagatiDg and caring for fruit
trees.
The morning call., 1892-03-29
The Park Lake.

The lake now in course OF construction In
the park Will cover about 10 acres, and will
have circumference Of nearly mile. 1t
will be filed with water pumped from ar
The morning call., 1892-03-29

they walked of with q bundle containing IS
copies OF The MORNING CALL. The young
thieves took the papers OF to the warships
Yorktown and Pensacola and disposed of
them. They were arrested when they came
ashore and charged with petty larceny.
The morning call., 1892-03-29
SHIPPING GOLD DUST.

A Tesmster Who Has Handled Six Bill
lions of Dollars.
The expectation Of the precious metals Is
something of mystery to most people. says
the New York Herald. No less than seven
tons of solid American gold-which would
be the weight of 80 Grover Clevelands-has
The morning call., 1892-03-29
Club Omcers,

The Racquet Club elected the following
officers for the ensuing term: c. II. Cav
anangh, president; 7. j. Kearny. yice-pres-
ident; +. j. Mitchell, recording secretary:
w. Long. financial secretary; j. s, Sui.
liyan. treasurer; j. j. Sullivan, marshal.
The morning call., 1892-03-29
A Biahen,a Apn..l.

At the close Of mass In the Russo Greek
Church, on Sunday last. Bishop Nichols
drew attention to the sufferings Of the Rus
sian peasantry and appealed for assistacue
In their behalf,