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The morning call., 1892-07-23
TOOK A FATAL POTION.
Suicide OF Fred Ritter by the "Rough on
Rats Route.

Suicide OF Fred Ritter by the "Rough on
Rats Route.
Policeman Dalton was summoned to the
saloon and grocery store at "a Jessie street
ABOUT $3.50 O'Clock yesterday afternoon to
remove young man supposed to be suffer
ing from poison. The young man, who was
apparently about 25 years old, sat in chair
near the bar and moaned piteOusly In the
patrol-wagon the sufferer was removed to
the Receiving Hospital 1t was nearly 4
o'clock when he reached there, and he
uttered few words with considerable diff
Guilty. In answer to questions he said he
had taken quarter of a box of 'Rougb on
Rats at O'Clock in the morning. The
usual remedies were promptly applied, but
he sank rapidly. In answer TO further Ques-
tlons he said that his name was Frederick
Ritter; that he had worked for Langley 81
Mlchaels, wholesale druggists; that he lived
at San Leandr0, and that his father was an
assayer at the mint.
why did you take the poison?" was
asked.
I'm so tired" he muttered feebly; "don't
MAKE me talk, for can scarcely breathe"
Those were his last words An hour later
he was dead, and his body lay on a slab at
the Morgue.
Steward Trewin of the hospital tele-
phOned to the Mint and the answer came
back that Mr.. Ritter left for San Leandro
al y CIOCk' 1HIOTtuatlOD OF Ms son Geatl
was then telephoned to Mr.. Ritter at San
Leandro. a a
A. V. Ritter Of San Leandro, the father
OF the young suicide, called at the Morgue
last night and Identified the remains of his
son. tie knew no reason why the young
man should have taken his life, but said
that he was subject To fits OF dependency.
The suicide was % years old aud was un-
married. After the inquest, which will be
neld this morning, the remains will be
taken to San i4eandro for interment
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The Zealandla.

with the best grace in the world, and issued
the following invitation to the citizens of
Astoria: The tender-hearted citizens of
Astoria are hereby cordially invited tn at
tend hop given on board the steamer Hay
tian Republic this evening" in return for
their kindness In rendering us the freedom
of the bay and the use of the beautiful red
flag now floating from our masthead"
The refusal of Congress to grant Ameri-
can registry TO the China, now chartered by
the Pacific Mail line, has thrown damp
euer on the homes of those who wanted TO
see the Zealandia transferred to American
register. Her sister-ship, the Australia,
now flies the stars aad stripes but the
change was authorized In view of the fact
that about S300,0 was expended on her in
alterations and repairs. There is so little
hope OF revival in the Honolulu and
colonial trade that the Oceanic Company
would not feel at all authorized TO expend
any such sum on the Zealanda, which is
now lying up at SauSalito. The only pros-
pect OF change in the situation lies in the
scheme for building extensive sugar refin-
cries on the Hawaiian Islands. so as to give
the refners the benefit of cheap labor on
the spot and enable them to compete with
the tree sugar produced in Hong Kong by
coolie labor. If such retneries are built on
Maui and the other sugar islands the
chances would be very favorable for the
Zealandia being put into service.
The latest charters reported are:
British ship Dnndonald. 21f5 tons, wheat
to Cork, United Kingdom, Havre, Antwerp
or Dunkirk, 81 5s 3d-ehartered by q. w.
MeN-ar.
British ship Liverpool, $500 tons. wheat
to Cork, United Kingdom, Havre, Antwerp
or DunKirk, 81 5s-chartered by G. w. Nc
Near.
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PERSONAL NOTES.

o. NJ. Welburn Of Gilroy Is in the city.
r. II. Jacobs of Fresno is quartered at the
Occidental.
DIR. j. F. Cristal OF Santa Cruz Is at the
California.
Jesse d. Carr of Salinas is in town and at
the Palace.
Charles II. Lux and wife of San Jose are
at the Grand.
c. p. Rector OF Nevada City is domiciled
at the Baldwin.
E. w. Fogg of Oroyills is in the city.
He is at the Grand.
w. FL. Hatton. an attorney Of Modesto, is
a guest of the Lick.
Charles King, Hanford grain-buyer, Is
registered at the Lick.
Professor 3. l.. Ryder of San Jose Is In
town. lie is at the Grand.
j. Nj. Reuck Of the Bakersfield, Califor
man is ouartered at the Grand.
Assemblyman Mattlock of Tehama Is
spending few days III the city.
z. j. Woodward of Fresno was amono
the arrivals at the Palace yesterday.
n. ID. Rideout of Marysville returned vae-
terday from the East He and his wi fe are
al the California
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A Kemarkable PIctnre.

Paris letter says that one OF the most
notable pictures of the year is NJ. Jean
Beraud's Descent from the Cross" COM
panion piece to his extraordinarily startling
Danqueting scene of the last Salon. The
Gloss Is raised on sidehill just above the
gloomy horrors OF a great manufacturing
town, the chimneys OF whose factories are
even now Deiching forth the coal smoke
aud grlmy air That ill the scene. Clustering
around the figure of the Christ. which has
just been removed from the cross. is group
OF modern men and women, the philosopher
anu tne academlcian in their afternoon
dress, the Magdalen of the bOuleyartis here
sneeling repentant. the shock-haired work
man with his heart full OF anarchy and
hatred as he shakes his fist at the city of
belehlng chimneys there below
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LURED 10 RUIN.
Two Little Girls in the Hands Of a Brace
Of RS seals.

Two Little Girls in the Hands Of Brace
Of Rascals.
Officer w. A. Dawes yesterday afternoon
rescued two little girls, Clara Webster, 13
years old. and Mora Tucker, II years old,
from a brace of Iascals named Lee and
Lambert, who bad planned their ruin. The
girls we're found In a room at 50 Fourth
street by the policeman.
The Webster girl lives at 307 Hyde street
her father is drummer. Her companion
lives az 1151 Mission street, and has fire.
quently appeared bef re tile publ in chid'5
parts al The Baldwin and Alci zar theaters
Yesterday afternoon, according 10 the
story OF the Webster girl. who IS now in
the City Prison, she and young Miss Tucker
left their homes 10 purchase a hat for the
latter. Miss Tucker induced her TO go into
shoest0re at 767 Market street where thew
met Lee and Lambert. The place is near
the Cremorne Iheater. Miss Tucker. so
says Miss Webster, said that the store was
owned by her uncle. but when they got in
side said 1t was owned by friend of her
mothers. The girls were taken into a back
room and beer WAS bought and drank by
both. The Webster girl says that the last
glass OF beer given her had peculiar taste
and she would not drink H.
From the shOestore they were taken In the
room on Fourth street, where tney were
tracked by the officers, who took them into
custody. The men were not in the room
when the policemen arrived. 1t is sup
posed that they escaped through a window.
The Tucker girl was taken homo by her
mother and Miss Webster was held that
she might identify the scoundrels who tried
10 lure her 10 ruin.
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SOME QUEER FISH.
Differences Between Those That Swim In
Shallow or Deep Water.
IOufs RannhIFc

DlucfeDces between Ahose Ghat Swim In
Shallow or Deep Water.
ST. Louis Republic.
Though no sharp line of separate can be
drawn, marine fish are roughly divided for
convenience into three categories. Shore
fish, those which habituslly frequent coast
lines, and rarely, If ever, descend to
greater depth than 800 fathoms; pelagic
fishes, those which inhabit the open sea,
and the curious deep-sea forms. which live
at an enormous depth and sport around
where the influence of light and surface
temperature are never felt. Heilprin tells
us that the first class, the shore fishes, is
composed of about $500 species Their
northern range extends TO or even beyond
the thirty-third parallel of latitude. Even
this is a strange and unaccountable freak in
the tinny deniZen IF the deep, for in the
southern hemisphere they are not known to
go beyond the sixtieth parallel. In the diff
ferent zones these fishes are largely identi-
cal in both the Atlantic and the Pacific
basins, as we'll as on the opposite sides of
these great ocean Sinks"
Tropical waters, as one would naturally
suppose, produce n greater abundance and
wider range OF forms than those of TEMPER
ate regions. The same may also be said of
the reefs In the Indian ocean, In the near
vicinity OF which may be found greater
number OF species and a wider diversity in
form than in the whole of the Atlantic
haSin
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MEXICO ON THE SCREEN.
Humorous illustrated Lecture i'm
Metropolitan Temple.
Mr. JOhnstoue's Hour or So in Mexieo"-One
Hundred and Two Choice Photographs.
Hint on Buying Opals.

There was not vacant seat In the Me-
trOp0ltan Temple last evening at the twenty
sixth illustrated lecture given under the
auspi ces of the California Camera Club.
The lecturer was T. Med. Johnstone, 8
resident Of San Mateo. His theme was
IAN Hour or So in Mexico"
Mr.. JOhnstone spieed his very instructive
paper literally with wit and humor. The
audience caught On" before he had turned
over half dozen pages, and then hardly
missed a laugh. Mr.. JobnStone sharpened
their sense of humOr and prepared them for
all the funny things he said by speaking
them in Mark Twain drawl. One hundred
and two slides, all of them very superior
photographs, were thrown on the screen by
an optical lantern managed by T. p. An
drews. These views included most stimu-
latng variety Of Mexican scenery. There
were street groups. catheurals, market
places, gardens, groves. monuments. canals,
tombs, fountains, bridges, haciendas, sugar
milis, rallroaf stations, bull-hg1ting pens,
caves, gardens, statuary, implements OF
hGsoaudry and many other things.
neferTlug 10 the scanty wearing apparel
OF portion Of the Mexican population, Mr
Johnstone said the fact might expIain their
foudness for sultry yictuals. IA dish of
chill con carne should serve the purpose
OF ehinchllli oyercOat, at least tempo
rarly."
Speaking OF the town of Qneretaro he
said: III was in this town that the Mexi-
can Congress ratified the treaty Of peace
with the United States in lS4S, and there,
too, that the Mexican Opals are found. aud
If a native asks you $40 or SO for one of
these milky gems offer him 80 cents. A
Mexican would probably have a fl, or
maybe two il you paid him what he asked
for his wares the first time"
The lecturer also described the divers
uses 10 which the Mexieans put the century
plant II is TO them food. drink and cloth
ing.
Some fine photographs OF the Mexican
burr0 were exhibited. OF him the lecturer
remarked: There is no auimal known to
man that Is so composed and dgnified under
difficulties, nor Que that has such an ever
lasting yeaTning fer grub, and gets so little
Of H. as this much abused burrO. The burro
Is n International creature, rarely given 10
tears The only occasion on which we
noticed any indication Of feeling among
them was at Guanajuato, when Tibbetts,
the photographer, accidentally stepped on
an arisioerailc MeXican's toe, and attempted
TO apologize IN the Spanish language; tears
rained down the cheeks OF gray-haired
old burro that stood near by, and be re-
marked something that sounded like awful
awful, aWf-"
While exhibiting n picture Of the statue
Of Columbus MT. J0hnstOne said: "Christo-
Dher didn't dress this way exactly on board
ship when he was in the discovering busi-
ness, but he was q nice man. / suppose we
all feel more or less obliged 10 him, because
if he hadn't discovered Us where would we
he now 2"
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ALONG SEA and SHORE.
The Whaleback c. w. WetmOre
Returns In a New Rig.
The Alameda Leaves for Honolulu and Sydney.
Bay Fishermen in a Bad Way-A
Dangerous Crossing.

Those who find leisure to-day to repair to
Beale-street wharf will see the whalsback
steamer Charles w. Wetmore strangely
transmogrifed. She arrived at o'clock
last evening, and all along the city front, as
she passed down to her dock. arose excla-
nations, "Why, what's the matter with the
Wetmore?"
The chief alteration Is the setting up on
the whaleback's deck of five masts, each 4S
feet high. The lower ends of the masts do
not 60 through the upper deck, but are
keyed into turrets, which rise about four
feet from the deck. and the general impress
sion is that of five rockets standing on end.
with the sticks upward. The turrets are
painted red.
Another change has been made in the
Wetmore by the fixing amidships Of water
tank of 500 tons capacity. When this re-
ceptacle Is exhausted Of water ii is filed
with coal. The WetmOr re brought down
2200 tons of coal from Nanaimo and is full
to the matches. She came down in 90 hours,
and averaged IL knots on the way down in
splendid weather. James Griffths, agent
OF the ship at Port Townsend, came down
on her with his family. TIE alterations la
the Wetmore were made at Everett. Wash,
the masts being put in TO satisfy the insuT-
ance people In the event OF the machinery
breaking down while The steamer was at
sea. The sails are fore staysail. anG five
leg-of-muttOn sails. The combined effects
of these would hardly drive the craft knot
an hour, but they would serve to steady her
In seaway till assistance could be obtained.
The sails were not bent on the trip down.
The salvage suit against the vessel has been
settled by the payment OF $4,000.
The Oceanic COmpany's, steamer Ala
media, Captain Ii. G. Morse. sailed for Hon
olulu and Australia yesterday afternoon
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TRADES COUNCIL.
The Homestead Troubles Considered by
the Federation.

the Federation.
The Council OF Federated Trades met last
evening in the new quarters at 1859 Mission
street. President Macarthur occupied the
chair
A printed circular purporting to come
from the Iron and Steel Workers Union of
Pennsylvania was read in which an appeal
was made TO all trades-union men to assist
the strikers at Homestead financially. 1t
set forth that, owing to the recent battle
with the Pinkerton men. there were widows
and orphans 10 care for. and that they were
in want; also that the strikers themselves
were IN need of aid 10 help them win their
fight,
The reading Of the circular provoked con.
siderable discussion. The fact that It was
printed and was not signed by any member
of the Amelgamated Iron and Steel Work
efs' Union and bore no seal caused some of
the delegates TO think that 1t was not
genuine.
It was at last decided to send tie circular
TO President GOmpeTs Of the American Fed
Grafton OF Labor and get his Endorsement of
It's genuineness. The general sentiment
was that if the Homestead strikers needed
assistance the federation would gladly aid
them.
A communication was read from the
Brotherhood of Carpenters asking that the
Federation appoint committee to take
eOtlt JUN AClihi kOWhEu dSSiSAliiH Tie men
out on strike at Homestead. j. ID. Condor,
j. Nugent and Edward Hurth were ap-
pointed to act as such committee.
letter was read from Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation Of
Labor, asking all unions To send delegates to
the convention to be held in Indianapolis
September u for the purpose of taking
some action regarding existing strike
troubles.
The delegate from the Sailors Union
called the councils attention 10 the fact that
the Pacific Mail Steamship Company has
brought over on the steamer City of Peking
large number of extra Chinese seamen,
aud that 1t was currently reported on the
water front that these Chinese were for the
new steamer Peru. These Chinese, the del
egate said, were not registered at the Gus
tom-house or the Chinese Bureau. No ac-
ton was taken in the matter.
c. Ii. johnson of the Typographical
Union was elected to fill vacaucy-on the
executive committee. Other routine busi-
ness was transacted and the council ad-
l0urned.
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knows, that if the Southern Pacific had any
faith in its title outside of body of Off
cials it can bribe, it would rush to court and
hold every inch
The Board OF Trade knows that the peO-
pie of akland do not want q compromise.
They want Justice; they want return OF
the whole of the stolen property; not part
of il.
They do not want to compound q felony.
The Southern Pacific boasts that II VIII
keep the issue in the court for Is years. Fer
haps IL may, possibly IL may not. III may
not Own the courts more than one year. j..
The people are about to resume control OF
the local government
j. q. Eastland. president of the Oakland
Gaslight and Heat Company, said yester-
day that his company had been falsely
placed in the attitude of defiance to the
peoples interests. As matter OF tact,- ne
was not opposed TO the people in the water
front controversy. 1t the city's title to the
water front was a good one, 1t ought TO have
the property.
As Tor the closed streets. Mr.. Eastland
said that il the City Council ordered them
to be opened his company would cheerfuly
obey the dctum, but that he would hold
that both Grove and Jefferson streets ter
minated at First street and did not run to
the water front.
"Our company has been in actual posses
sion of its property lying south of First
street in this city for the past Is years.
said he. "By expending large sums Of
money 1t has reclaimed what was before
untenable ground and has erected large end
costly buildings on the land. We have IN
no way obstrueted or interfered with the
purposes for which the land was intended.
zone OF the conditions of our purchase
was, il is true, that the land should not be
used by a competing railroad, but am told
that the Wafer Front Company has stood
ready for some time to strike out that clause
in the deed; and it is likely that we shall
have il done"
As matter OF fact the Oakland Gaslight
Company and Its dOings cut no figure in the
case.
What the people want to remedy is that
great fraud fixed upon them by Horace w.
Carpenter and perpetrated by the railroads
Water Front Company.
Carpenter" saws New York eOrre-
spondent, has concluded that the warm
weather is a little too much sfor him. He is
now occupying his beautiful icountry seat at
Galway, some 10 miles from Saratoga,
where, reclining in his easy chair upon his
The morning call., 1892-07-23
THE CITY'S BONDS.
How the Municipal Indebtedness Has
Decreased In Twelve Months.

How the Municipal Indebtedness Has
Decreased IN Twelve Months.
Auditor Smiley Is engaged in the compila
tion of his report for the past fiscal year.
SO far he has completed the statement of
the bonded Indebtedness OF the city. 1t
shows that during the year bonds amount
Ing to S25S, 900 have been redeemed and can
celed They were as follows: Central Pa
cfc Railroad, $1,000; Western Pacific
Railroad, $1,000; City Hall construction,
$4,000; hospital, $4,000. The hospital
bond account is closed out altogether Dur
ing the year S4S570 In Dupont-street widen
ing bonds, bearing interest at 7 per cent,
were redeemed and Cancelled.
The total amount of bonds outstanding is
10000; the total amount in the sinking
fund for the payment of the same is S617,-
O22 46, thus showing that the total net debt
of the city is but S502,9 "a.
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GRAB-AIL CARPENTER
Frauds Perpetuated by His
Successors.
BIG RENTS LOST TO OAKLAND.
iii Because She Does Not Claim and
Take Her Own.
The Oakland Water Front Company Col.
lettS Rents on Property in
Public Streets.

How many thousands Of dollars are kept
from the Oakland City treasury every year
by the Water Front Company?
That would be an interesting thing TO
know.
An expert In such matters Is making
quiet investigation Of the enormity Of the
steal.
II he should ascertain the amount and
should be kind enough to furnish it to the
public, with such details as he can learn, II
would make an interesting chapter In the
history Cf the great waterfront grab.
The yearly steal lies chiefly in rents.
The city ought TO be collecting thousands
of dollars a month from leases of water
front property.
How much does it actually collect?
Nothing.
And 1t let's the Oakland Water Front
The morning call., 1892-07-23

one varying between fixed limits The
water seal shown in the drawing Is de-
signed to prevent gases from passing into
the soil, and the hap-valve to prevent the
discharge of sewage into the ground The
device is placed right and left, alternately,
so as 10 drain the ground each side of the
sewer more perfectly. They are arranged
as near together as local conditions seem
to require.
This method of removing ground or sub
soil water is said by the inventor to be
superior to tile drains with open joints or
any other method where the passages for
the water to enter the pipe are liable to be
stopped with earth or where earth may
enter the pipe and clog it.
The morning call., 1892-07-23
MARRIED..

ON-PETTERSON-In this city, July I6,
1892, by the Rev. c. VI. EsbOrn. August Johnson
aud Mary Peterson, both OF Oakland.
BURMAN-E%GLUND-In this city, July al, 1892
by the Rev. {. VI. ESbj IN, Lars F. Burman and
Mary Engund. both OF san Francisco.
PERMAR-HUBBARD-In this city. July 19, 1892,
by the Rev. J. p. Dickson, WOOlman Permar and
Grace Hubbard both of San Francisco.
BURCHARD- GRIDLEY-In this city, July 19.
1892. by the Rev. DR.. Csc Charles L. Eurchard
and Minnie A. Gridley, both OF san Francisco
BERNICK-BROWN-In Oakland, July 81, 1892
by The Rev. george Walk. Charles c. Berwick of
Oakland and Annie +. Brown OF san Francisco.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Mission san Jose July
20 S92, by the Rev. L. Caraher. Xavier F. Mehr-
mann OF Sunol aud Mary Lyons OF IrviBgtOn.
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attached TO the back fin one of the alumi-
mum tags furnished by DR.. w. NJ. Haines
OF Ellsworth, and with which so of the sal
mon were marked during the spawning sea-
son OF 1890 Although exposed to the water
Tor about Is months. the tag ana silver wire
with which it was fastened to the fin were
but slightly tarnished and the number was
plainly discernible. A reference to the list
of tagged salmon which Dr. Haines has
showed that the salmon had grown an inch
in length and about pound in weight since
haif rod
The morning call., 1892-07-23
Mrs. PrIce,s EniIinu

The divorce case of Thomas II. Price
against Ida Mary Price was submitted to
Judge Trout yesterday by the referee who
took the testimony in the matter. The
parties were married in Sacramento April
ID, 1859. frlce, who is tailOr's cutter,
testified that soon after their only child was
born his vile began drinking heavily and
acted otherwise in manner which no conld
not tolerate. She would often take the
child. little girl. around the saloons
which she used to FREQUENT
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His "PuiI" Again Working.

Frank McManus, the ex-political king of
the Poirero. appeared before Judge Rix
yesterday to answer charges OF vulgar
language and drunkenness, which grew out
OF his disorderly conduct while being ex-
aminod In Department Of the Police Court
on charge of forgery. On motion of Prose
cutting Attorney Nicholson the charge OF
drunkenness was dismissed. McManus was
then allowed to plead guilty to the charge
OF vulgar language and to pay fine of So.
The morning call., 1892-07-23
Mortgaged Church Pron.r,v

The Emanuel Church OF the Evangelical
Association of North America has petit
toned the Superior Cout for leave to
mortgage its property on the south side of
Twelfth street, southeast from Market.
Ihe sum OF $500 has been borrowed on 1t
IRON the German Bank, and it is desired
now 10 consolidate the mortgages at less
rate OF interest, to do which Mrs. Magia-
lena lis, widow. Is willing to let the church
nave 5000 for four wears at per cent
The morning call., 1892-07-23
Stnla Fra,n E.harn,an

For several weeks past complaints have
been received BY the harbor police of dep
relations committed on the fishing boats at
FisDermen's wharf. Boats have been cut
adrift, blocks and falls cut, and in one case
a fisherman had so pounds of fish, the re-
suit oil three days toll, stolen from him.
Early yesterday morning one of the fisher
men caught George rrumbull in the act OF