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The morning call., 1892-06-23
WILL NOT DIRE TO DO 1T.

4 Threat o. the DireLeepers That Shoes
the Weakness Of Their Side.
The diyekeepers do not like the action
taken BIZ the Musicians Union fayoring the
side of decency in the fight now going on.
Wen head 'em of. " said Montgomery
avenue melCdeon proprietor when he heard
that the musicians were arrayed on the
side Of the citizens. Wen organize q
movement 10 bounce them from every place
in the city where liquor is sold and hire non
union men,"
The melodeon proprietor went TO Ned
Foster OF the Bella Union and asked him
10 help along the movement.
Not q bit Of it, said Foster. "Pm no
SuRday-schO0l uperinteDdent. as You know,
but those fellows are IN the right and
won't interfere with them"
Foster went out in front Of the Bella
Union, where all his musicians were as
sembled.
Il want to say 10 you gentlemen" said
he, that any action your union may take on
any question, makes no difference to me.
What you do IN your union is your business
and not mine"
The meiOdeOn-keeper heard and went away
dscomforted.
'IIl get somebody in. anyway" said he.
he went to half a dozen other variety
thrater, muslc-hall and dive men.
1T would be cutting our own throats, ="
said tbs first one. "The citizens and The
CALL would be after Us worse than ever"
IL don't pay to fight unions" said the
next. Their members might want a glass Of
beer now and again, and they wouldn't come
near US"
Slim sympathy al around was found by
tie protector OF the union breaking scheme
A lew Of the diYekeepers said they would
Ike TO 90 into the movement, but it would
hardly pay. Some Of them are using the
movement as a threat to prevent the MI
scians' Union from taking further action
against them.
A CALL reporter talked with large num-
Der Of tile dive prOprIctOrs on the subject
All stated that they had no intention OF
joining any movement for dischaTging men,
bers Of the Musicians Union.
The morning call., 1892-06-23
TAXING DOWN.

The Dire Proprietors Are Seized With a
SpGSm Of Virtue.
Any going into the San Francisco dives
Of an evening just now will find them much
changed from what they were three months
ago
Objectionable features are eliminated from
Tie stage performances TO a great extent,
and even the programmes though they con-
tiEue TO be attractive" are not nearly so
loud as formerly.
The fate Of the Cremorne has had most
salutary eject upon the oiYe-keepers They
all assert their readiness to run decent
houses, and say they will do anything
If the Citizens League will only stop its
crusade.
"a few months more of this sort OF thing
VIII drive Us all ont Of business" said a
e-keeper yesterday. "Times are changed
for us-awfuliy changed"
Of course nobody believes In their prom
ises TO be good.
I'VE will only stop this crusade" said a
prominent member of the league Yesterday.
when We shall have seen San Francisco
purified from these horrible pest-holes.
Promises? OF course, we will not take
their promises. We can in no way afford b
temporlZe with the evil. The league is not
organized for child's play. 1t is organized
LOT business As our public officers do not
seem Wiling to grasp this great evil by the
thIoat' we are doing 1t ourselves"
The morning call., 1892-06-23
INTO HE SLOT.
= Young Man Who Threw Money TO the



Birds.
He was drunk-and dressed up.
There could be no reasonable doubt OF
either one Of these propositions, though his
jig was hardly Of the athletic sort that
leaves the head in the morning two sizes
too large for its owner, a9d his garments
did not bear upon them tae sign aad impress
of a swell iailors. Neither for that matter
were his trousers creased. nor was his tie
OF the latest fashionable color.
Somehow he had accumulated pOcketful
OF nlckels, and il was clearly apparent that
he bad more money than lie knew what TO
do with. There was nothing OF the craving
for selfish cratihcation either in the way
that he disposed Of his surplus wealth. In
fact he bad a way of throwing money TO the
bITdS-foT gaWns are birds after fashion
that carried ones thoughts, uncOnsciOusly,
TO the stories told of the piincely eXtraya-
gance of "C0al-oil johnny"
Anyway The yuInE man had accumu-
lated tie nickes and with his jag they
burdeued him too heavily as he hall-walked,
haif-stagReIed along the sunny lie Of
lower Montgomery street late yesterday
afternoon For moment he stood IN
steadily upon the edge OF the walk, seem
lnely TO get his equilibrium adjusted to the
moving life OF the street Then he gave a
serlesOf sharp whistles, such as one uses to
call iayorite dog, AID IN an instant he had
gathered about him a score Ol street gamiDs,
newsbuYS, messenger-boyS and boys with
no visible occupation Such.aS are 10 be found
on the street in plenty ~ that hour of the
day. With drunken gravity he drew out u
nickel. whistled again 10 concentrate the
attention Of the BOYS anu then tossed Tie
com hIsn INTO the air.
In an instant there was a wild Scram ole
and tie air was filled with arms and yclls,
and legs. and hats. and bits Of indeserib-
able youthful anatomy and newspapers and
things, aud out o; il all there emerged ii
writing mass 81 boys who were some little
time Ia getting themselves diSentanged,
even after one VI the more fortunate Aad Sc
cured the coin.
The young man with money started to-
/ ward Market street, and the boys went
! along. They knew when they had good
thing. AMI at Intervals Of about p feet
, tie scramble for nickels was reoealed,
! while men and women Of all degrees lined
ne on the other side of the way TO watch
the unusual performance.
The young man cared n1thing for the
spectators. II Is even doubtful Whether he
saw them, tie vision Of men in his con-
d!tlUn being limited. He kept his boys in
train until he reached tie corner Of Post
street. and there he gathered them for one
final scramble. Eagerly they watched him
as lie Tipped the coin high in air, and then
there Was mad rush, needless Of teams and
passing cars Under cover Of u the young
man with the jag boarded POSt-stTeei car.
and tie boys saw hlW no more. Neither, for
that matter, did they seek the last coin
thrown. There had been SKINNER Of metal
as u Whiricd through the air, and then rs
the boys rushed toward Il the nickel dropped
into the slyt-the cable slot. that IS
The morning call., 1892-06-23
'L6OAOTdt
A ballad by W. A. Burgsr-SymphOnic poem
BY T. FTancheschini.

Prologue illism bOIl warrior, betrothed to
LeOnOra, has departed for the that was being
fought on the fields OF Bohemia between King
Frederick and the Empress of Austria,
3. Part I-LeUnora being without news OF her
young lover, is melting with tears; but peace has
armies, adorned with the peaceful myrtle. came
back proud and bold to their homes. Leonora
questions them. Nobody knows anything about
her William
10 Part II-Leonora is alone in her room, over
wheimed with grief. There. from afar Is heard
the gallop OF horse. A Knight approaches-the
door sWings-it IS William
William invites Leonora to ride with him TO the
nuptiai room. LeonOra heStates. attempts 10 re-
sist Nanquished by her love she yields. She
adorns herself, mounts the warhorse OF William.
The horse resumes It's gailop.
Suddenly there heard funeral songs. A lurid
fash lights the space 1t is chorus Of skeletons
bearing a bier
The music describes the vhirwind Of the Oh osts
around the couple. SIM rashly galoping.
There Is another appsrltiOn. II is iivld, turbu-
lent crowd, obscenely dancing around a gibDet
William orders them 70 keep of and 70 move
about in merry dance as they are approaching
the nuptiaI bed The crowd Iushes madly around
the running couple
The catastrophe is near. William, with full speed
dashes against solid iron gate. At a stroke OF
his whip the bars cTackle and are shattered. The
doors, put out OF their hinges, fall The wind
Kisses amidst the graves.
Then the helmet OF " Titan Is torn aSunder and
piece by piece. clashes down. His barren head is
skull and, before the terrified LeonOrs. there
srises skeleton with scythe in one hand and in
the other a clepeidra, the image OF death. lt Is
the ghost OF William, slain on the fields of war.
II. "Grand Musical advertisement" Wernthai
Air and variations for carioBet barytone
cornet aud piccolo (irst time).
IL, Laughing Polka. .....,.........,,...Co Conrad
The morning call., 1892-06-23
RAILS And Ties.
President Manvei's Objects Con.
sidered PrOblematical.
officers Of the League of Progress in Confer
ence With Manager Leeds Of the
Traffic Association.

President Manveps presence in this city
Is causing much talk among railroad people.
His statements made to a CALL reporter,
published yesterday. were read and dis
cussed in every railroad office III the city.
Few men could be found who believed
that Mr.. MARVEL was sincere when he said
that his company had no intention to ex-
tend its lines to San Francisco just now.
The very fact of his being in continued
communication since his arrival with people
interested in competing railroad schemes
cOntradicts much Of what he said to the re-
porter.
Some Of the officers of the California
League of Progress were in conference with
Manager Leeds of the Traffic Association
yesterday afternoon. The consultation con-
tnued for several hours and was for the
purpose of obtaining such information as
may be made useful by the league in for
mulating its plan of action. Mr.. Leeds.
although his association has nothing TO do
with the young business mems new Organi-
cation, gladly gave the delegation that
called on him all the data and advice they
desired and assured them of the good VIII
Of the Traffic Association in the work the
league outlined.
V. Shively, the San Jose merchant,
who lodged a complaint against all the rail-
road companies in the State with the Rail
road Commissioners, which demands
sweeping reduction Of fares and freight
rates, 10 said to be repentant, and he how is
reported as wishing lie never had taken the
step he has.
For reasons best known to Mr.. Shively
himself the latter does not court nOtOriety.
and he is now as anxious to drop the role Of
public accuser as he was month ago 10
assume it.
The San Francisco posts of the Grand
Army, together with the department COM
mander and the Veteran Guard, will leave
July on special train for the reunion.
which will be held in Carson City on July
l. The rate made by the Southern Pacific
for the occasion will be S11 80 for the round
trip.
The Northern Pacific and Union Pacific
have made one-way fare the standard for
a trip to Helena. Mont, from San Fran
cisco and return, to people intending TO
make the trip during the mining congress,
which will open on July r.
The morning call., 1892-06-23
SAVED BY A GALE.
The PetnIuma Remedy for RattlesDake
Bite.

Petaluma Courier.
L. Q. Percival. who bought the Maxwell
place, 10 Vallejo Township, few months
ago, has a sou Rodney, better known as
Doc" IA years of age, who had narrow
escape from death last Friday.
While searching in a blackberry hedge
back Of the barn for a ball which younger
brother had thrown. Rodney was bitten be-
tween the first and second joints of the mid
die fuger Of the left hand by a large rattle
snake that boasted eight rattles and but
ton. While its fanGs were still planted in
his finger Rodney caught the reptile tightly
around its throat with the other hand and
trampled it to death. which was done in
moment Then, prompted by quick in
spiration, he rushed into the barn where
stood a calf that he was In the habit of
feeding. and, placing the wounded finger In
its mouth the calf, as usual. proceeded to
suck at 1t vigorously and extracted all the
poison.
Rodney was urged TO supplement this
with the much-vaunted specific, cOpious
dTaught of-whsky. but being member Of
the l. q. g. L. and pledged 10 total absti-
hence. he peremptorially refused. And on
the early train Monday morning as usual,
he went over TO San Francisco to prosecute
his medical studies, bearing the rattles as a
trophy and apparently none the worse for
his encounter with the deadly reptile. But
the calf did not survive the ordeal
The morning call., 1892-06-23
Caught win Bis Plumber.

Early Yesterday morning Officer II. ellis
was walking along Jones street when he
noticed a young man with bundle under
his arm hurryng along and keeping in the
shadow Of the buildings, evidently trying
to dc himself as much as possible.
CHS started toward the man, who at once
ran. After a short chase the officer over
hauled the fugitive, and. upon opening the
bundle he carried, found il contained lot
Of bottled liquors and cigars. Later is was
discovered that the goods bad been stolen
from the restaurant OF N. /. MilcOyich at
SO Larkin street. Al the City Prison the
young man, who gave the name of Edward
Williams, was booked for burglary, and
when searched a bunch Of skeleton keys
was found in his pGCket
The morning call., 1892-06-23
In TWO COURTS.
Jury-Briber Squires' Struggle to Get Out
of the Meshes of the Law.

Jury-BTiber Squtres' Struggle to Get out
of the Meshes of the Law.
J. y. SQuires, who is accused Of embra-
Gerry IN endeaYorng to SIX" jury In Judge
Sanderson's department while he was on
the regular jury panel, appeared before
Judge Murphy yesterday. and through his
attorney, John ID. Whaley, inteTpOsed de-
muIrer to the Indictment against him. In
his demurrer be sets forth IL rea-
sons why he should not be tried
for his ffense. The principal objection
was that the indictment was net specific in
stating the olIense for which he was 10 be
tried.
After the reading Of the demurrer, At tor
ney Whaley asked that Sduues be- allowed
10 withdraw his plea Of not guilty, and In
place thereof substitute the demurrer
Judge Murphy overruled the demurrer at
once, saying that the points contained there
in had been gone over in tile cases OF jury
fXers O'Brien and Eaton. The court then
added that he would take up the trial of
Squires' case to-day at 10 A. NJ. as he had
previously appointed,
Squifes next appeared with his wife be-
fore Judge Slack to contest the application
of Mrs. ID. A. Phillips 10 revoke the adop-
ton by him Of her grandchlld, Alice o.
Decio. A IS his attorney was busy prepar-
ing for the trial before Judge Murphy, this
matter went over until Saturday. The
grandmother AYERS that when Squires
adopted the child he committed perjury by
swearing that the parents were dead when
he knew that the father was living.
The morning call., 1892-06-23
RAILROAD NOTES.
Excursionists and Campers the Principal
Travellers Now.

Excursionists and Campers the Principal
Travellers Now.
Excursions and camping trips to points
within 70 miles Of San Francisco. north,
south or east, are now the only business Of
any Importance done at the local ticket
Offices. The Yosemite, the Santa Cruz
Mountains, Monterey and Southern Cali
fornia, together with the glens and springs
along the Russian River country, are the
favorite in that line.
Lake Tahoe has, so far. not been as
largely patToDized as in former seasons, the
weather up to this week having been too
cold. Yesterday, however. letter arrived
from A. Lawrence, The well-kn0wn Lake
Tahoe enthusiast, which announces that
the weather IS now the finest Imaginable
and the temperature 81 in the shade. MI
Lawrence writes TO Sam Miller Of Yosemite
fame that Dan Burns caught 20 trout on
Saturday, and that the streams are fun Of
fish, begging people to catch them.
+. W. THOMPSON, The travelling passen-
ger agent Of the Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific road, arrived Yesterday from Los
Angeles, where he has his headquarters.
The morning call., 1892-06-23
GIeeson Accused of Fraud.

GleesOn & Sellinger have been sued for
1922 IA in the Justice Court and j. G.. Cad
man asks that James Gleeson be adjudged
guilty Of fraud, The Triumph Distillery
Company sold them liquors in August and
November, 1891, on the approximations that
GleeS0n owned the property at the south
west corner of Fourth and Bluxome streets.
Since then SeliDger assigned his interest to
Gleeson and The latter sold his Washington
Hotel for 5000 and left the State, though
having promised TO call at the Office of the
distillery COMPANY and settle ND.
The morning call., 1892-06-23
LENA ROSTERS DEATH.
The Coroner's Jury Find She Died Fro


The Coroner's Jury Find She Died From
Malpractice.
The CorOner's jury in the case Of Lena
Roster, the married woman who died at
l2C0 Kearny street on the 10Th inst, re-
turned a verdict yesterday of death due to
malpractice at the hands of parties I'M
known.
The autopsy, so the surgeon performing
ii says, left no room for doubt as to the
cause Of the wOman's death, but her rela-
tiYes strenuously deny the charge and say
that there was no cause for an operation Of
any sort.
Detective Rogers. who has been on the
case, says that the parties guilty of perform
ing the operation have completely covered
their tracks. and that under the circunl-
stances, with the relatives of the woman
against the theory OF murder, he has been
unable TO do ANYTHING
The morning call., 1892-06-23
FIRST CONE FIRST SERVED.
Clara Bellies Jewelry Must BE sold T.
Satisfy Creditors.

Clara Bellies Jewelry Must BE sold to
Satisfy Creditors.
When Seneca Swain, on his way East,
was arrested ia October, 1885, for embezzie-
meHt there was found IN his possession a
quantity of j.weiry which he said was given
him ly Mrs. Clara Belle Mcdonald This
ewclry consisted OF a gold necklace having
o5 diamonds; TWO gold bracelets, each haY-
I.g - 81 AN Onds a crescent pin with "a dia-
N ouCs; TIVE gold earrings With II diamonds
and a sapphire each; three gold shirtstuds
each with a diamond; a gold cpa pin set
witt diam EOS, rubleS and S1uphiTes.
She had purchased the jeYelTy from ShTeye
& Co. Without authority Of her husband.
bat he subsequently paid $1,000 therefor.
Il. Il. Mcdonald Jr. claimed that the prop
eTty Was his, but creditors attached il as
community property while il was in the
keeping OF the Chief Of Police. After 1t
had come into the hands Of the Sheriff, who
is sill the pOsseSs0T Swain was convicted
OF grand larceny and sent 10 San Quentin
prison, where he now il, having been unable
10 obtain pardon. On appeal the supreme
Court sustained the conviction and sentence.
This practically established that the JewelTy
was stolen and tlTat il was tlo property #
Mcdonald. Ine Sheriff then brought Suli
TO determine " DO owned the jeWelry.
The matter was decided By Judge Wal
lace yesterday. lie held that folio Ming the
decision of the Supreme Court he must find
that Lyman Green, the first attaching cred
itOT Of Mcdonald, 5 emitted TO recover It's
claim, which aggregates S14, S04, with inter
est from November ., 1850. The Sheriff was
ordered TO sell the property and that the
proceeds be applied 10 the satisfaction of
that claim. Among the attaching creditors
were the Pacific Bank. D. SamuelS, Raphael
Neili and the California Furniture Com
pany. Green was assignee OF the bank and
Ganuats
The morning call., 1892-06-23
DR.. LIndlex,s Reform Idea.

The Superintendent of the Whittier Re-
form School, DR.. Walter Lindley, passed
through this city yesterday on his way to
attend the national conference of Charities
and Correction ct Denver. lie will read q
State Reform Schools BE Penal or Educa-
tional?" His contention will be that all
the prison features should be abolished, as
at Whittier's. Or. Lindley saysithe next
Legislature will be asked to eliminate the
words reform" and "for juvenile offenders"
from the title by which the Whittier institu-
ton is now legally DESIGNATED.
The morning call., 1892-06-23
Iicnnsnd To Marry.
Licenses to marry were issued yesterday

Licenses to marry were Issued yesterday
to:
James +. Eseudero and Kate Lewis 22-19
Albert ii. Geffney and Gertrude Zrpf 22-IG
Edward j. COakley and Nellie DrummOnd
21-1S.
James z. Nash and Laura 4. Bates, 22-2I
George w. Stirling aud Nellie Birch, 22-1S.
Rudolph Amdefegg and Cecilia Baumann,
1875.
Henry 2. W. Andersen and Lena Wilde, 24-18
Thomas j. Brlekett and Bessie L. Oswald,
3l-24.
29-26.
Pierre Lomett and Anna Lnjeroth, 24-28.
Frank Quinn ana Mary Z. Curry. 24-19.
The morning call., 1892-06-23
To Facilitate fabrication.

Articles OF incorporation have been filed
Of the Finch Automatic OH Cup Company
with an authorized capital Of 100000 and
$4,000 subscribed The directors are
J. Q. Finch, Thomas J. Bowers and G. II.
NJ Curry Of this city, Thomas N. Nosler Of
Berkeley and James A. johnson of Irwin
wood, Napa County. N0sler holds 2S,050
shares and Finch 50, 40 OF the par value Of
81 each. The residue OF %, 600 shares is set
apart as a working capital and when the
corporation is seli-gustaining in that event
whatever Of said 25000 shares remains IN
The morning call., 1892-06-23
Very Technical,

Martin de Canes had been cited by Judge
CARRIER for contempt in dsobeying the in
junction in the case Of the National Brew
ing Company against Albert Thurman and
others forbidding certain acts in connec-
ton with a boycott De Canes disobeyed
the citation to appear yesterday morning,
but came into court in the afternoon and
pleaded that the original citation served
upon him was not addressed to him, but to
name sounding like his. He was re-
quired to make defense to the contempt
charge on Friday.
The morning call., 1892-06-23
Careless Railroad Work.

Yesterday morning a lady who resides at
Sl3 Hyde street was crossing Larkln street
at the southwest corner of Geary when she
felt sharp pain on the calf Of one of her
legs. She discovered that she had been
struck by a c0bble carelessly thrown by one
OF the workmen engaged in repairing the
Geary-street road. The lady, who was as
sisted to her home, summoned physician,
who discovered that she had sustained q
very severe confusion.
The morning call., 1892-06-23

the National Cash Register Company,
which asks for damages for the infringe
ment of the patent they hold as asSigneps
from James Riuy and John Birch, the
inventors OF the cash register. The plaintiff
also asks for an injunction to restrain the
defendant from further manufacture or sale
of the device ard a declaration by him
showing the sum OF his profits arising from
the sales OF the cash register claimed to be
an Infringement
The morning call., 1892-06-23

matter of the srt brought by the Licensed
Taxpayers Union against the Mayor and
the board to enjoin the passage of an order
amending section of subdivision of the
act of the Legislature for the equalization
of the collection Of licenses, and also any
interference with the rights of the Police
Commissioners to grant licenses under the
said act. The case comes up in the Supe-
rior Court in 10 days.
The morning call., 1892-06-23
A FATAL FIRE.
An Insane ChInaman Burned to Death in
His Room.

His Room.
A still alarm at S:25 o'clock yesterday
sent No. 5 engine and Truck to the
Chinese lodging house at 7261a Pacific street.
where they found one of the rooms in the
house abiaZe.
In the room was All Bi, an insane
Chinese, who was dragged out of the flames
most horribly burned The screams Of the
Celestial were heartrending as he was hur-
riedy carried to the patr0l-wagon and
taken to the Receiving Hospital, where
later in the day he died from his injuries.
just how All III SET his room on fire could
not be learned, but it is supposed that he
was smoking opium, and being crazy, he,
while under the influence Of the drug, over
turned lamp standing near the bed on
which he was sleeping and thus set fire to
the bedclothes.
The fire in the room was quickly extln-
OuiShed
The morning call., 1892-06-23
PRESSING THEli Hard.
The Citizens League StirS Up
Public Officials.
IT EiY K0MIiATE i TICKET.
Futile Movement Among the Diye,EeeperS
to HarraSS the Musicians
Union.
IT ElY IONIllTE 4 TICKET.

By dilly-dallying with the proposed meas
ure to close the dives the Supervisors have
warmed up the Citizens League to a fight
ing pitch. The league members are con-
sidering a plan for nominating a local
ticket, and will doubtless do so, if they do
not get relief from the present Board of
Supervisors.
A futile movement has been undertaken
among the dive-keepers to organize for the
discharge Of such Of the members Of the
Musicians Union who are in their employ.
The movement fell fat, as most of the dive
keepers did not favor it.
The dive-keepeTs have tanned down their
stage performances quite generally. This
spaSm Of virtue viii not deceive the citi-
zeRs. however as they expected something
Of the sort CLOSE the dives." is still
their cry