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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-09
CINCHING THE PUBLIC.
How Oakland Passengers Are
Treated.
The Many Indignities Showered Upon Them
by the Southern Pacific
Monopoly.

THE half has not been told even yet"
said an Oaklapder to a CALL reporter
apropos of the mention made in yesterdays
CALL Of the ferry service
4" am glad" continued the speaker.
"that The CALL has taken the matter up,
for the papers on our side Of the bay are
sngularly silent about It. 1t is not merely
the danger to life and limb that constitutes
the great cause Of complaint against the
system that prevails on that line but the
wholesale, consummate insolence of the
monopoly that has got cinch on the people
and knows it.
Why, look at those Sits in the wall on
the San Francisco side, through which 400
or 900 people have TO pass in single file 10
get to the boat. II isn't necessary to wait
for the hoOdlum crowd on Sundays. just
60 down there any weekday at g. $50 or
o'clock and see the jam of business men and
women struggling to get through those
doors, It's almost as much as your lie is
worth sometimes to attempt it, L have seen
that mass souirming through the narrow
passages for fully five minutes after time
for the boat to start, and then the door
would be shut and people who had been
unable TO get through would miss the boat,
for nc other reason than that there was no
door for them to pass through in time. The
company saves the pay of TWO men, / sur
pose, by making the same doorkeepers do
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THE CHILDREN'S FRIEND.
Regular Monthly Report of SecTeta
G. Il. Hallmark

Regular Monthly Report of Secretary
c. Il. HoIbrook.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Society for tie Prevention Of Cruelty to
Children was held yesterday.
Henry Oppenheimer. H G. Plat, W. s.
McMurtey, j. D. W. Allen and John NJ.
Allen were elected to membership.
Secretary HolbroOk announced the re-
ceipt Of $50 for annual dues and then read
his monthly report, from which it appeared
that "A compla nts, involving 12S children,
were recorded during the month of March.
OF these 20 cases were investigated and 90
prosecuted. Convictions were secured in 10
instances. I cases were dismissed and are
still pending. There were 76 children re-
lieved. q placed in institutions and l in a
family. OF those placed in institutions 8
were sent to the Youths Directory. ! to the
Boys and Girls Aid Society, TO st. JOseph's
Infant Asylum, to the Protestant Orphan
Asylum, to the Girls Directory, to the
Nursery for Homeless Children and to
Whittier School,
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+. s. M IDENTIFIED.
The Deceased wos Frederick 8. Martin
OF Santa Cruz.

OF SANTA NTNZ.
The body of the young man who died in
the Receiving Hospital Thursday morning
after having been taken there from 7S3
Market street in ALI unconscious condition,
was identified last night as Frederick s.
Martin of Santa Cruz.
Yesterday afternoon several friends and
relatives identified the remains as those OF
James TObln, brother of the notorious
''Skive," who is al present serving a term
in the House OF Correction.
Emil Augustine y. W. Brown and Rob
ert Wagner, all of Santa Cruz, viewed the
body in the Morgue last night and Identified
il as Martins. They also identified the
clothes he had worn.
They say that he came to this city few
weeks ago, and was working In an Oakland
planing-nlll as an engineer up TO lew days
before his death.
Martin was 26 years of age and has ia
brother named VIII, who is a well-kno wn
jockey, and mother residing on the beach
near Santa Cruz Mrs. Martin was teie-
graphed for by tile Morgue officials.
a peculiar feature of the case is the fact
of nothing being found in Martins clothing
by which TO identify him. He went To the
clearinghouse at 7S3 Market street with
chum and hired a room. Early in the morn
ing this chum came running out Of the room
aud told tile landledy that his companion
was dying. He left the house and has not
been seen since. Martin was lying in an
unconscious condition on the bed with all
his clothes on. No money. letters or val
uables were found on his person. If Martin
had not had his initials. IF ). N. " tattOoed
on his arm his friends would have never
visited the MOrgue to identify hi body and
il would have been buried in the potters'
fol-
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SEEKING IMPROVEMENTS.
The Observation-Disclosures Club Want
Engine and Schoolhouse.

The Observation-Disclosures Club Want an
Engine and Schoolhouse.
The property-owner on Seventeenth
street. between Douglass and Ashbury. or.
gained about month ago to get change
OF grade on that portion of Seventeenth
street mentioned. and succeeded so well that
II has embroidered them TO ask for more.
At last nights meeting they decided to petl-
tim tie Beard of Supervisors for better ire
protection. The district within Castro, Six
teenth, Ashbury and Twentieth street is alb
solutely without projections, and they will
ask Tor an engine some where within Ii.
They also feel the need of better school
facilities and decided TO petition the Board
OF Education for an e.ght-room school in the
same neighborheod Both petitions will be
presented 10 the respective boards at once.
When the notices of change of grade
were posted by the Superintendent of Streets
along Seventeenth street yesterday 1t was
found by the property-owners that 1t read
from the easterly line of Clara avenue" In
stead OF from the westerly line OF Douglass
street." as they petitoned The club at
once suspected a job by the enemies of the
change and appointed committee to 60 De-
fore the Supervisors and have the error cor
rected
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A BUNGLING OPERATOR.
He Attempts to Obtain Gods on a Fore
Order.

Jacob Sidleman, young f0rger made a
bungling effort 10 obtain a small amount Of
goods on forged order yesterday after
noon and was arrested by Officer Charles
ton.
Sidleman entered Baker & Hamilton's
store at the corner of Pine and Market
street, and approaching a clerk presented
an order in the following words:
Baker 6 HdmiltOH-DEAR SIRs: Please send
me Tour dozen reuknlycs. Something that will
show up nicely. G. l.. RowILIS
As soon as the clerk read the order he
became suspicious, as he was familiar with
ROwilin's orders. He instructed another
clerk to telephone 10 the Central Station
for an officer. while he wrapped up the
goods aud kept Sidleman in conversation
Before Sldleman knew what had been
done. Officer Charleston was leading him 10
a patrol wagon. Charleston knew him of
old as a petty forger. and wasted no time
making an investigation before lie placed
him under arrest.
Sidleman was arrested some time ago In
this city on warrant from Nevada. While
an officer was taking him TO that place he
jumped from the train and was seriously
in iuEeu,
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main, " hich was to have taken place at
D.eyes' in the afternoon. was postponed In
definitely on account of at anticipated visit
from the Sheriff. That official did 60 out to
see Dieves later and witnessed an i'm
promptu race, which was gotten up TO take
the place of the main.
AT the Board OF Health last night DR..
Wooisey's reappointment was read. He
has been connected with the Health De
partment for the past twelve years. Health
Officer Dunn called attention to the various
miasmatic pools existing in different parts
of the city. due TO the bad condition and in
efficient flushing Of the main lake sewer.
a verdict of suicide was rendered last
evening in the case OF John S. Bowden, the
barber who hanged himself ia the City
Prison "Wednesday night.
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BADLY TANGLED.
4 Laundry-WaEon, Horse and Driver
Piled All in Heap.

Laundry-WaEon, Horse and Driver
Piled All in Heap.
The horse. wagon and driver of the New
Washington laundry. l.. Durand proprie-
tor. created scene Ia front of the Baldwin
Theater. about 80 o'clock last night, by
fumbling one on top of the other ina promis-
cuous heap on the pavement. The driver had
lost his bearings and got the horse in such
q fHrried condition that she reared and fell,
smashing everything in her way. The shock
10 tie wagon threw the driver TO one side,
where he landed squarely on his head on
the pavement He lay like log till picked
up by policeman a few seconds later. and
but for his drunken condition the fall would
surely have killed him. He was unable to
tell whether be was the proprietor of the
laundry or meteiy an employe. IL took the
tojJcenoah and half dozen bystanders five
Miputes or more TO gEtangle the outfit and
feS it 10 niQxing condition again.
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=. M. > 7 J.

That's the Doctors signet. You have
confidence in yours, have you not Ask
him if your health wouldn't be better if
you drank pure cocoa instead of tea or
coffee, that rack the nerves and ruin the
stomach. Ask him if your babies
wouldn't be better for it, too. Ask him
whether chemicals used in foreign cocoas
are not dangerous. Ask him whether
cocoa made here in your midst must not
be purer than when made thousands of
miles away. Ask him these things and
then buy Ghirardelh's breakfast"
Cocoa and see for yourself the result.
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that decision will not be bitterly
fought by the company. II means too
much for them to let it pass If thero is
any power in heaven, earth or hades to set
it aside. II will be cold day for the
Southern Pacific when the people begin TO
think they have any rights the company is
bound to respect.
IL have a Communication ticket for which
pay So month. just about double what it
ought TO be. That ticket reads: Good for
one round trip, daily, without stopover, be-
tween San Francisco and Oakland or Ala
media Some time ago / went out On the
narrow-gauge train, and on returning took
the broad-gauge. 1t was in the evening A
conductor approached, and, my commuta-
tiOn ticket being good for trip to the city.
L handed IL out. He was about TO pass on,
when
"'Where are you going?' he asked
"'Oakland.' l inadvertently replied
Ten cents. please
"'But have ticket persisted.
But your ticket is for San Francisco
"'Well, what difference does it make to
the railroad company il am willing to ex-
pend ticket that would take me to San
Francisco in going a third of tile distance
That ticket isn't good between Oakland
and Alameda
"'But you go through Oakland to get to
San Francisco from Alameda
The fare is 10 cents was the only
reply, and l paid my 10 cents, got off the
train at First and Broadway, and took tie
electric car home; but am still trying to
figure out why a ticket that is good for 10
miles isn't equally good for three over the
same route.
'You see, | ought to have lied-told the
man | was going TO San Francisco and then
got off a. Broadway. That's the way to
work that"
1t looked like pretty tough experience
for free and Independent American citizen
to endure, but people who ara in a cinch
find they can put up with good deal that is
tough. A cinch is wonderful producer of
peace and harmony.
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Capital Stock Subscribed.

Rosenthal Bros. & Co. have incor-
porated to make. buy and sell boots and
shoes within the State of Oregon. The
directors are: Solomon and Moses Sond-
heimer, Hermann Frankel and Isaac L.
and Meyer Rosenthal, all of this city The
capital and subscribed stock is So, 900, the
Rosenth ais owning each 81 and Moses
Sondheimer % Of the 800 shares
Incorporation has been hal of the Stevens
Fruitcase Company, to deal in foreign
and domestic patents relating TO the pack
ing of fruit. Capital and subscribed stock
$500, 900. Directors-George W. Van Hoyen-
beTgh. +. ID. COltle. George w. Stevens,
Frank Frisbee and w. III. Gilbert, the first
named holding 40 $50 of the 80 600 shares
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Eothersome Cattle.

The complaint Of the South San Francisco
Improvement Club made to the Supervisors
against the driving Of cattle through the
streets OF Butchertown was before the
Health and Police Committee yesterday.
Upon the representation that the butchers
were negotiating with the Southern Pacific
Company to take the cattle to the Kentucky
street corral. If rates could be made salts
factory, definite action was deferred tenn
porarily.
d new police signal-box, stationed at the
corner OF Point Lobos and First avenues, is
to be recommended
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Optical Company at 81 Kcarny street.
Officer tombstone, who was on duty at the
time, stated last evening that on the morn
at 8 10 o'clock, and at that time no crime
had been committed. He walked TO the end
OF his beat and when he passed by there
again half an hour later he discovered the
broken glass In the show-window. He re-
ported the fact within a few minutes to
Captain Douglass, and sent a messenger for
the proprietor of the store, but could not
find him, so he watched the place until
o'clock, when the clerks came and took
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-09
Two Forgers in the Tolls.

Richard Cummings and another man.
whose name is not at present known, were
arrested yesterday at San Rafael in the act
OF passing worthless checks on the Pacific
Bank. Cummings swallowed one of the
checks the moment the officer approached
him. He gave the name. of q number of
responsible citizens In San Francisco who
would youch for his responsibility, but they
denied all knowledge of him.
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Dtmfnished Capfe.1

a certificate has been filed with the
County Clerk showing that at meeting OF
the stockholders Of the Anglo Nevada AS
surance Company. held on the 23d of Feb
ruary, Its capital stock Of $500, 600 in 5000
shares was diminished to 500. 600 in POGO
shares, also OF the par value Of SlQ0 each.
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BORN.

MAXoN-In this city. April Z. 1892. to the wife of
G. Maxon daughter OF A. SCHUYLER OF Oakland
daughter
WOLFE-In this city, April T. 1892, to the wife OF
A. W olfe, son.
KAELBER-In this city, April Z, 1892. to the wife
OF William Kaelber, a daughter.
EOMAtNE-In this city. April 4, 1892. to the wife
OF william Romano, son.
MOoRE-In this city. April 2. 1892 to the wife of
Edward A. Moore, a daughter.
PEABODY-At Vacavlie. SOlano County. April 3 ),
1892, to the wife or q. f. Peabody. son.
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BIRTHS MARRIAGES DEATHS.

birth, marriage aud death notices sent by mali
Will not be inserted. They must be handed In at
either of the publication Offices and be Endorsed
with the name and residence OF persons authorized
10 have the same published
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State Beard OF Trade

The State Board Of Trade will hold its
regular monthly meeting on Tuesday next
in horticultural Hall. and during the after
noon will Inspect the basement of the new
Croker building to determine its suitability
for the exhibit rooms
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PALACE HOTEL.

THE PALACE HOTEL OCCUPIES AN ENTIRE
i block in the center of San Francisco IL "a ths
model hotel OF the world. Fire and earthuuaks
proof. Has niue elevators. Every room Is larya
light and airy. The ventilation is perfect bath
and closet adjoin every room. All rooms are easy
of access from broad. light corridors The centraJ
court Illuminated by electric light, its immenSs
glass roof broad balconies. carriage-way and tronI
cal plants, features hitherto unknown In Ameri-
can hotels Guests entertained on either the Ameri
can European plan. The restaurant IS the finest
In the city, Secure rooms in advance by tee xra,h-
ing. THE ALACE HOTEL.
LIST u San Francisco. Cal.
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LATEST SHIFTING INTELLIGENCE,

Movements of Transatlantic Steamers.
STETrIN-Arrived Apr S-Stmr Hecla. from
New York.
RIO DE JANEIRO-Arrived apr S-U Stmr
Seguranca, from New York.
NEW YORk-Arrived Apr S-Stmr Hermann I'm
bremen: stmr Rhaetia. from Ham hurg
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PROPOSALS Fer SCHOOL BOOKS.

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION,
" New City Hail. San Francisco March II. 1S92
IN accordance with resolutions adopted by tbs
Board of Education, and In compliance with the
law. sealed proposals will be received open
sion OF the Board OF Education. New City Hail. on
WEDNESDAY,, May II, 1892, from TO $3.50
O'clock for supplying the pupils in the public
schools OF this city and county with suitable high
school textbooks in the following branches:
AnCient Nations and Greece History OF the Roman
People; Medieval aud Modern History; Civil Gov
ernment in the United States; Introduction to the
etudy of Chemistry; Cicero; Age of Fable: Zoology,
and introductory Latin, also Song Books for tbs
Grammar and Primary grades.
1t is proposed 10 change or readopt TEXTBOOKS on
the foregoing subjects
All bids must be for four years; must state this
book or books offered. and must be accompanied by
q sample of each book offered.
Bidders must give the wholesale price 10 dealers
of each book and also The retail price OF each book
In san Francisco
Bidders are required to state on what terms. Ia
the event of their bids being accepted, t'oY will
substitute such books for those now In use by
pupils.
Successful bidders must sign contract and file
good and sufficient bond In such amount as may be-
designated by the Board OF Education
The board reserves the right 20 reject any or all
bids any portion of any bid, rs the public good
may require.
Tue parties to whom contracts awarded will
be required prior TO at the time OF eIeeltlon OF
the contracts, TO pay cost OF advertising.
mrI2t I'd GEORGE BEANSTON. Secretary
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o6ieer Johnstonc's Statement.
In. RESPONSE - The published account of
&c busgisfy ., she store Of The Califoruis
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mr2 II weSa
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WUMAN KOBDED.
Mrs. Mitchell was in the Police Court
yesterday and testified as TO her being
robbed by George w. Sheldon and James
Curran one night about a month ago at
West Oakland, They were both held in
$1,000 bali to answer in the Superior Court.
THE COCK FIGHT POSTPONED.
1t was learned last night that cooking
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-03-18

pose of fixing up some plall for raising
Hennepin connty's contribution 70 the
worlds fair fund. When c. McC.
Reeve went to Europe, or started
a few days ago, he was in such
hurry to be afloat or the briny
deep that he utterly neglected to put
this matter in Shape. When the com
mission met in ST. Paul last week it
found that nearly all the counties of
the state had arranged to pay certain
proportion of the needed $780, 200, but
that Hennepin was lacking. The
money had been pledged by Henne-
pin county men verbally, but there
was nothing to show for it so that
the commission conld 20 ahead and
get the money. Hennepin county's
share is trife less than $4,000. Prof.
o. V. TouSley took the matter i'll hand
and promised to see th.t the money was
forthcoming. He asked the Business
Mems union 10 do something. YeSter-
day the union appointed +. Nj. john
son. W. Nj. Regan, S. G. Gale, /. Z.
Seeley. r. e. Haywood and G. X. Chute
a committee to attend to the mat
ter. The committee held meeting
after adjournment of the union and
talked it over. No action was taken
but it is expected that it will be sett ed
at another meeting of the committee to
be held today. The plan that will prob
ably be adopted is this: The commit
tee will go to the men who have pledgeI
themselves for the fund and get them to
20 OIL the note for the full amount COM
ing from Hennepin county. The note
can be deposited i'll some bank, GER
titicate of deposit issued. and then the
commission can draw against it.
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-03-18
BOOM ISLAND AGAIN.
More Claimants to the Property
Begin District Court Actions.

A term of the district court without a
Boom island case Of some kind would
be anything but complete. The April
term proposes to be as complete and
interesting as the terms buried in the
dear dead days, and therefore, has a
Boom island litigation. This time JEFF
ferson ii. Saunders and James Nj. Nue.
are the plaintiffs, and the Minneapolis
Investment company. E. w. Backus &
Co. and Nelson Tenny & Co. the defend
ants. The plaintiffs claim that they
own Boom island, and that the defend
ants took possession Of it without their
consent MAY 1889. The defendants have
been ordered on several occasions TO va
cate, the complaint alleges, but pay no
attention to these orders. 1t is asked,
in addition to an eJectment, that the de-
PENDANTS be made to pay $4,000 year
rent for the time they have occupied the
island.
lt will be remembered that the plant
ifs asked the court some time ago for
permission to perpetuate the testimony
of two witnesses who know that they
Saunders and True-are the owners of
the island. Permission was granted and
the testimony Of one. i'll the shape OF an
affidavit, was filed in the district court
about three. weeks ago. Saunders and
True are confident that the testimony OF
these two witnesses will Substantiate
their title to the island. This testimony
will be submitted when the above case
10 triad
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-03-18
ADJUSTMENTS.

Only three more opportunities re-
main in which to witness the Little
Mavericks" at the Grand. The audi
ences are growing larger at each per-
formance, which testifies to Miss Nit
chell's popularity with theater goers.
Next week, at the Grand opera house,
commencing on Monday, The Power of
the Press will be produced. 1t is said
to be extremely interesting and splen-
didly portrayed. 1t teaches lesson in
human nature which appeals to the
hearts of the audience.
1.-TWO Old Cronies," drew a large
house last evening. Heffernan, Wilson,
Deaves and Bloodgood were at their
best and the audience was enthusiastic
in its reception of this quartette of fun
makers. Only three more performances
of the skit will be given, tonight, to-
morrow afternoon and night.
A large sale of seats for the "Danger
SgnaP' engagement the coming week,
demonstrates the fact that the local
theatre goers still admire realistic
drama. 1t offers as its stage features Il
railroad scene which is said to be very
exciting. Among the members OF the
company is included MIR. Paul Dresser,
the heavy weight comedian and popu-
lar song writer.
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-03-18
Reum Gets $4,000.

The case of Frederick Reum against
The City of Minneapolis in the United
States court, terminated yesterday after
a trial lasting week. The case was
given to the jury at 2 o'clock. At 4:3O
O'Clock verdict of $500 for Reuml WIS
returned. A stay of forty-two days was
asked by City Attorney Russell and
it was granted. Reum sued for $4,000.
The Reum case is replaced by the case
of Andrew Koneck against The North
ern Pacific Company. Koneck sues for
$4,000 for personal injuries. Heswas
was crossing the Northern Pacific
tracks at First street and Seventeenth
avenue north on Aug. 10, 1891, when a
train ran into him and cut off portion
of his right foot and inflicted other in
jurieS. KOneck claims that one train
was going at the rate of twenty miles
per hour and that the engineer failed to
give the proper crossing signals. r.