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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-07-11
PERSONAL NOTES.

Joseph Enright OF San Jose is at the Lick.
General Montgomery Of Chico is in the
city.
w. A. Kearney of Salinas is stopping at
the Grand.
John Thorpe of Placervilleis in town and
at the Lick.
Thomas Flint Jr. of San Benito is guest
at the Grand.
w. r. Spaulding and wife of Truckee are
at the Grand.
Judge f. NJ. Ross of Los Angeles Is regis
tered at the Palace.
n. f.. Chapman of Red Bluff is in the city
He is at the Palace.
Hon. Hiram Knowles Of Mssoula, Mont,
is a guest of the Palace.
III. q. Otis of the Los Angeles Times Is
CHARTERED at the Palace.
r. p. Ashton of San Diego registered yes
terday at the Occidental.
Z. Il. Marks of Santa Barbara is in the
city. He is at the Baldwin.
A. l.. Sink. the Petaluma merchant, is
registered az the Occidental.
4. b. Price. editor of the Orovile Mer-
curry, Is stopping at the Grand.
c. II. Phillips of San Luis Obispo is
among the guests at the Palace.
!. @. Cannon, the famous Mormon poll
tican OF Utah, is at thePalace with party
of friends.
Wliliam Deekman, the railroad Commits
si0ner, is down from Sacramento. lie is at
the Grand.
Hon. John Frizzell OF Nashville, Tenn.
with his wife, is in the city, and contem-
plates making tour of the prominent To-
calities in California. Judge Frizzall is the
grand secretary of Masons OF his State, a
leading member Of the /. o. OF, a past
supreme master workman and for many
years chairman of the Ommittee OF laws
of the Supreme Lodge of the A O. IT w
He will visit Unity Lodge, A. o. u. w, at
Odd Fellows Hall next Tuesday evening.
and be the recipient of fraternal courtesies
during his stay.
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AT THE WORGUE.
Searching Inquiry to BE Made-BuriaI
Arrangem

A searching Inquiry to BE Made-BuriaI
Arrangements.
Five bodies Of the victims of the explosion
are lying at in the Oakland morgue. Three
are the remains Of white men and two are
Cinnamon. The last body 10 be added to
the CHASTITY collection vas brought in yes
terday morning. 1t was that OF Fung
ShaDg. His cue was twisted around his
neck. his left lee drawn up and the flesh Of
hls shoulders and one side cooked black
tung ShaEg's body was found at IL O'clock
last night under the ruins of the nIter-room.
The funeral of John Bowe viii be neld at
the Catholic church IN Berkeley tomorrow
morning His Inflated white companions
VIII be buried from Evers' undertaking es-
adjustment at O'Clock tomorrow after
noon. The Chinese dead will be turned
over TO their countrymen after the inquest
TO be buried, as in the case of the white
victims. at the expense Of the Judson-
Shepard Company.
The inquest will begin at o'clock this
afternoon, and may occupy several days. as
all the employes are TO be summoned .Coro.
ner Evers VIII summon his jury this morn
ing. lie intends. he says, to institute a
thorough investigation Of the causes of the
explosion. His principal difficulty however.
ID eliclting any information pointing to the
Immediate or direct cause lies in the fact
that the lips OF the only men who knew how
Tue explosion occurred are scaled in death.
The five mute Witnesses are lying in the
Morgue. and the Coroner, so far as he has
already made diligent personal inquiry has
been unable to find anybody connected with
the powder-miIls who can give him the
slightest information as to what any of These
men were doing when the catastrophe came.
The three white men killed were known
10 be exceedingly careful workmen and
highly skilled in their craft. The utmost
confidence was therefore placed in them.
Zach was an expert in his own special
pfaheh OF powder manufacturing. Owing
10 the specially IaZai deus character of their
morK ,neir hours were very short. The av-
,hasse , b'ne OF their daily employment was
sHlee nouIs. Beginning nj s O'Clock in the
morning they generally quit work at II
their noon hour nv iii'o "i'ei
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IT LOCKS LIKE ARSON.
Mrs. Cohen Walks Away While
Her House Is Burning.
Oil Had Been Poured Upon the Bed and a
Match Applied in Two Close.s-The
Marshal Notified.

What looks to the practical eye of Cap
tain White of the Erie Petrol like clear
case of arson occurred at 439 Minna street
at 80 o'clock last night. The house is a
double two-story frame. one-half of which
is occupied by the owner of the building,
Patrick Mc1ammany. The other half Is
occupied as a clearinghouse by Mrs. Leo
Cohen, who has two or three dodgers and
several children.
AT 8 O'Clock, while the moonlight was
trying its best TO get between the two rows of
houses that stand on either side Of the mar
row street, Mrs. Cohen decided that walk
was the very thing required to complete
the happiness of herself and family. The
lights in the house were extinguished above
and below. and the Cohens appeared upon
the sidewalk.
They were about to start upon their
moonlight pilgrimage when man who was
passing upon the other side OF the street
noticed something unusual in the upper
story OF the building, aud at the same time
he smelled something unusual in the atmos-
phere. What he saw and smelled was
smoke. IL apparently filled the upper
room, and was gently curling cut under the
sashes Of the windows.
He halted Mrs. Cohen and informed her
that the house was on fire. Mrs. Cohen
went In and remained for a few minutes
while her informant gave an alarm. Two
male dodgers who bad come out with the
landlady when she started out for her walk
had disappeared when she again emerged
from the burning building.
A few streams from chemical engine ex-
tingushed the flames, aud the captain of
the fire patrol who had heard the story of
Mrs. Cohen's departure from the building set
out TO ascertain the cause Of the fire. Mrs
Cohen said she knew nothing whatever
about the matter, and appeared to be deeply
distressed because her furniture and silk
dresses had been spoiled.
The captain found that the fire had been
started simultaneously in two closets, each
in different room. and in bed upon which
oil had been spilled. He also found that the
owner of the house was lying dangerously
i'll in his part Of the building, separated
by thin partition from the Cohens' rooms.
He was convinced that the rooms had been
purpOsely set on fire and seemed to think
that the COhenS knew more about it than
they were willing to tell His suspicious
were strengthened by the discovery that the
lodgng-hOuse Keepers furniture was in
sared for $780, and by the further discov-
erv that when the firemen tried TO enter the
house they found the doors locked. The
damage apparently amounts to about $500
The Fire Marshal was informed of the
rather suspicious state of the circumstances
attending the fire and will make a thorough
investigation at once.
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Raa has many tools.

Rsa has many tools.
g. o. Shiyely, the president of the Cham
beF of Commerce. is one OF them.
Ii was Shively who made the famous COM
plant 10 the Railroad Commission, asking
for reduction in rates in order that Rea
might slave off the Traffic Association.
Shoriridge is lot exactly a tool. He is
partner
And then comes in the Southern Pacife's
interest.
'Rea and the railroad run the town." has
been the plant Of the people for years.
They have run the Supervisors.
They have run the City Council.
They have even run the School Board
II there has been any chance for Doodle
the boss and his men have scented Il and
made the most OF II
Butthe bitter day of retributlon is com.
ing.
The respectable Republicans Of Santa
Clara County have spoken.
ReA must 90.
He sees the handwriting on the wall, but
he tries to deceive himself into the belief
that he can hold his own.
In past years be has not confined his boss
ism 10 one party.
When lie could not handle the Repub-
licans as he wilIed he went over to the
Democrats and put them under his rule.
Now he is trying TO combine the disrepu-
table elements of both parties and defea t
the respectable Republicans.
He will combine without any trouble. but
a bigger combination will be ready to over
throw him.
The decent San Jose Republicans have
arisen as one man, and they will make the
Rea-Shortridge.S hiyely railroad crowd very
sick before they get through with them.
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SATURDAYS EXPLOSION.
Thousands of People Visit FleE-
ings Point.
Only Five Men Killed In All-Preparations
for the Inquest and Funerals Of
the Victims.

The ruins of the exploded giant powder
mills at Flemings Point were visited by
several thousand people yesterday. That
is. a great multitude directed their march
toward the ruins, but were stopped shor.
just this side Of the blackened mass OF
wreckage.
The Southern Pacific Company, in antici-
patton OF the increased travel. put on two
extra special trains and gathered surplus
shekels out of the disaster. The curiosity
of thous ands of people in this city 10 see for
themselves the havoc made by the awful
explosion was intense. Every ferry-boat
from early in the morning until late in the
afternoon was crowded with people, four
ffths of whom carried Berkeley round-irip
tickets.
No topic was more widely discussed in
this city than the catastrophe itself. 1t was
the one theme OF conversation on the
streets, in the streetcars and wherever two
or more persons were seen together. There
was general interchange of personal ex-
periences. Every body felt the shock and
was more or less startled by its severity,
and everybody had either a fact or theory
to contribute to the general fund of ill.,
formation.
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REA IND HIS GANG.
HOto They Haze Manipulated Things in Il
Citu of San jose.

Hotc They Haze Manipulated Things ia the
City Of San Jose.
Rea and his pals began their attack on
the treasures Of the city and county in 1881.
Rea formed an alliance with Charles NJ.
Shortridge. Tom Kennedy, J. Y. Kelly and
James Kennedy.
OF the four, Shortridge has found the al
lance most profitable.
All that Kelly has got out of 1t has been
the seeretaryship OF the Railroad Commits
sion, which Rea gave him.
Rea and Shortridge were the most sue
cessful.
They have made a good deal out Of the
management.
How much, nobody knows.
The first operations were In the School
Department
This department was used as a means of
dispensing patronage and positions to
friends and others whom they could use in
their political business.
The ring waxed strong and became very
braZen.
1t worked primaries and set up dummies
on the various tickets, SO as to secure the
election of its friends.
/, got hold of the City Council.
1t secured control OF the Board OF Super
visOrs Of the county.
ne gan jose mercury, eQlte0 at that time
oy j. j. Owen. attacked the ringsters.
II became apparent 10 Rea that he would
need an organ.
The Times was purchased and run in the
Interest of the ring. The whole gang was
assessed for this purpose and many of the
teachers and 1anItors in the school depart
ment had to contribute to the fund for the
organ.
Shortridge was made editor
He began at once to defend the interests
OF the gang.
Soon afterward the seboolteachers, who
were not salaried like bank presidents, be-
gan to protest
They exposed the newspaper assessment
scheme and other vllainies.
Inc pubic became enraged and there
were warm times In San Jose. Daniel Bo
hen, one Of San Jose's most respected citi
Gems, being shot down in the streets by
james Kennedy. one Of Rea's leutenants
as one OF the results Of the affair."
A city election was soon afterward held
and In IL the gang met Its first defeat Bel
Owen sold the Mercury to Shortridge anc
others and 1t became the organ OF the gang
One OF the first things that the Rea paper
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THE DEADLY CORKSCREW.
Useful Weapon That Did Gre
Ia M. L. u

useful Weapon That Did Great
Damage TO Frank Roche.
The corkscrew. never before considered
q candidate for distinction as a deadly
weapon, has leaped into prominence like q
dark horse from a nominating convention.
Inc weapon was welded with dlsast rous
effect last night upon the head and
shoulders of Frank Roche during fracas
In Clementina street.
Roche lives at 343 Clementina street. and
is now out on bail on three charges of fell
ony. He became involved in n row with
several h0odlums, among whom were
j. Mckie. j. Daley and James Ryan. Nc
kte had large cOrkscrew in his hand and
nearly beat the life out of Roche with the
instrument. Roche fell bleeding and groan-
ing TO the ground, where he was picked up
by Sergeant Spillane and sent to the Re-
ceiving Hospital.
All the members of the gang escaped cap
ture except the three whose names are
given above. MCKEE was booked at the
City Prison for making an assault with a
deadly weapon. Daley and Ryan were held
for disturbing the peace and the injured
man was detained as a witness.
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FLAGS AT HALF-MAsT.

Feeling OF Great Depression In the Town
of West Berkeley.
Flags were displayed at half-mast in West
Berkeley yesterday, where Bowe. Dickie-
son ard Geburtig were all well known and
well liked. Bowe lived In the town, but
the other two resided at Flemings Point
West Berkeley is inhabited chiefly by
mechanics and laboring men, and the dis
aster has had quite depressing effect upon
Toe little town. There is not only genuine
grief over the uniimely fate of the unfor;u-
nate victims, but someiconsiderable uneasi-
ness over me prospect that large number
because OF damage done to factories i'm the
vicinity, In which the mac hinery had been
destroyed by the concussion. The Stand
ard Soap Works, the planning mills and many
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k0T|CE-.-RElL ESTATE ROLL.

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
" Supervisors of the City and County OF San Fran
CISCO New City Hall building, second floor, July s.
1892
Public notice is hereby given. in accordance with
section No. 1854 or the Political Code that the AS
sessment Book of the City and County OF San Fran
cisco FOR the fiscal year 1892 has been completed
and delivered me, Clerk of the Board OF Suner-
visors. and Will be open for examination In Office
from O'Clock A. NJ. to o'ooeS p. NJ, and that sal
Board OF Supervisors met to examine the Assess
ment Book and equsltze the assessment of property
therein TUESDAY EVENING, July 5, 1892, at 7 30
o'clock and will continue Ia session from time to
time until the business OF equal cation presented to
them disposed Of bat not later than the 18th day
of July. 1885,.
Applications for correction of assessment OF real
estate and improvements are required t. be verified
by oath.
Public notice Is hereby given that In accordance
with sections 1897 and 1899 of the Political Code
the Military Roll has been completed delivered
over TO me, ana is now open for examination and
correction, as provided by law.
iy6 til JNo. A. RUSSELL, Cierx
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OLD HOUSES BURNED.

Several Buildings Damaged by Fire in
the Latin Quarter.
AT 10:45 o'clock last night fire broke out
at 1910 Dupont street, in the bakery owned
By Eugene Don and +. Gueniu The flames
worked their way through the dry walls of
the building with a rapidity that startled
the grief-stricken owners, and in a few
minutes several small buildings in Varennes
alley were blazing. An alarm was rung in
from box 9, but the fremen were unable TO
get control of the flames until damage to
the amount of $1,000 had been done.
The buildings which were damaged by
the flames spreading from the bakery were
occupied by Simon Nanny, J. Il. CavieZcl,
4. Paganini and :. Fefrare.
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TWO LIVES I'm DANGER.
An UnmanageabIe Horse Causes q Com
motion Market Street.

An UnmanageabIe Horse Causes q Conn
motion on Market Street.
Two persons had narrow escape from
death owing to the antics OF a fractions
horse on Market street, near Fourth. yester-
day evening. Edward Sullivan of 793 Bry-
ant street and Il companion had been out
for drive to the Park. and on their return
drove up Market street The horse became
heightened at something and plunged about,
wildly throwing Sullivan out Of the buggy
upon the axle. Mrs. Mary Evans, who was
about TO board ear, was Knocked down by
the frantic animal and badly bruised, aud
but for the timely arrival OF Policeman
WOilweber, who caught the horse by the
Telns and held IL. would have been killed
under its feet.
Sullivan was also extricated from his
dangerous position, and taken 10 his home
more frightened than hurt. Mrs. Evans
was taken TO her home on Everett street,
near Third, and excepting some severe
bruises and Commissions is thought not to be
seriously i'm iurpd
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RALsToN's WATCH FACTORY.

A Noted Relic OF tho Dead Bankers En-
terPrise Nearly Wrecked.
One of the greatest wrecks in West Berke
ley is the large building erected many wears
ago for watch mandatory. 1t was one
OF the late William c. Ralston's net en-
teTprises to promote an industrial era on
this coast. 1t was in operation for time
and turned out a number OF watches but
was closed soon after Mr.. Ralston's death.
IL was then operated as a boot and shoe
mandatory by the Wentwortbs, but that.
too, after a season, closed down, and the
big building has been vacant ever since
Hardly pane of glass now stands whole
IN the big building and the entire structure
is badly wrecked
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Weynesky's Way.

An argument upon political matters which
was being held yesterday afternoon between
Nicholas Weynesky aud Joseph Flanagan
ended rather abruptly and much to Flanna-
gan's discontinue. 1t occurred on the cor
ner OF Clara and Ritch streets and when
Flanagan apparently had the best Of 1t
Weynesky drew out a formidable ing
pistol and began to flourish It, Flanaa gan
at once conceded that Weynesky. had the
best OF the argument aud ran away. Wey-
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THE ALPINE ARRIVES.
Narrow Escape of the Schooner From
Destruction.

The schooner Alpine came over from
Flemings Point yesterday morning and tied
up at Green-stTeet wharf. Captain Lang
said that lie was ashore when the crash
sounded After the first explosion a num-
Der Of Chinese came rushing down the
wharf and wanted to go aboard his schooner
to get out Of harms way. They assured
the captain that there WAS more fire coming
Ii came too with We geance.
The final explosion Frustrated all on the
wharf and blew in the Apine's cabin-doors.
Lang lost no time in getting out. Timbers
and chunks OF twisted lead and iron fell all
about the schooner and on the wharf, and
some OF the burning spliDters set the sui
phur on the dock fire. The schooner by
the means OF her donkey-engine kedeed out
into the stream. Captain Lang said that
the damage to the vessel would not exceed
$50 or $50.
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superintendent Roller Saws the Employees

Superintendent Roller Saws the Employees
Are Accounted For.
Mr.. Roller, the superintendent Of the
Juds0n- Shep ard Giant Powder Works, was
in Colfax yesterday morning when the dis
aster occurred. He arrived yesterday after
noon and Immediately began to 20 over the
list Of employees and ascertain their where
abouts. Yesterday afternoon he informed
Coroner Evers that he need look for no
more casualties. AS he had every man ac-
counted for. The total loss, he said, in
killed is represented by the FIVE bodies now
at the morgue. He promised to bring all
the survivors as witnesses at the inquest
this afternoon.
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A Boom I'm Glass.

This Will be good week for Oakland
GLACIERS and glass-dealers. Many windows
In the city were demolished by the powder
explosion, and the same sort of damage in
berkeley and other suburbs will give them
large amount of business The leading
hrm OF the city has already advanced the
price OF rlate glass 80 per cent in anticipa-
tion OF the boom. The damage to glass at
ne university building will amount to
siooo. ana ike amount will be required to
repair the loss at the Deaf. Dnmh and
blnd Asylum and at Peralta Hall SEM
mary. The estimate of the damage in Oak.
land Is placed al S25, 600.
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w no Owns Them

Detectives Dillon and Crockett yesterday
arrested Harry Mcbride, alias DonneIIy
and charged him with petty larceny at the
Sonthern station. Mcbride. who is well
his possession carpenters handaY nd
tapeline. ana as he could not exniain
where he got them he was arrested. The
articles are at Chef Crowley's Office await
Ing a claimant.
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A GitagtIy Eloat.

There was considerable excitement on
the steamer San Rafael yesterday on the Q
o'clock trip from Sausalito. One of the
passengers saw what he thought was the
trunk OF human being floating i'm the
water on this side OF Alcatraz. The head
had been entirely blown off. and all that
was visible to the naked eye was one arm
and leg. Captain Mackenzie said that he
heard several of the passengers talking OK
the Heating remains, but he had not seen
them - 49,
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The steamer Sunol left for Vallejo at noon
yesterday, and will come down on her regu-
lar trip this morning. She remained AZ the
wharf at Feming's point all night PLAYING
several streams on the burning sulphur. 1t
was AFTER midnight when the last spark
came over TO the city and discharged her
Vallejo freight Yesterday morning the
up freight was put ON board, aud She left Mt
noon. 1t is estimated that che saved nearly
So, 900 worth OF property.
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Gleason knocks Ont Davi,

BURLINGTON, Iowa, July 10.-Gipsy Glea-
son oi England knocked out Jack Davis of
fortiand, Or, In IL rounds on an island
near TINS city early this morning. Five
ounce gloves were used, and Marouis of
SneensDerry rules governed the contest.
Inc hight was for $3.50 and was exciting
throughout
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Domestics.
REDUCED TO

30 yards for S1-BLACK CALICO, good quail.
tty value &c yard.
&c yard-FANCY PLAID SUITINGS. double
fold, SO inches wide actual value l21@c yard.
S13c yard-3500 yards SWANS DOWN FLAN-
NELETTES. excellent quality. reduced from
121ac yard.
IOc "A yard-BLEACHED CRASH. 20 inches
wide extra good quality, reduced from yards
tor 81
I213c a yard - 1900 yards SEA ISLAND
ZEPHYRS fine texture beautiful light and
dark piaids, checks aud stripes, reduced from
zoe yard.
csc each - BLEACHED DAMASK TOWELS.
knottrd fringe, 23x47 inches, fancy cOlored or
plain white borders, actual value oUc each.
CSC each-TURKEY-RED COVERS, SKA size,
good quality, actual value 81 each.
soc each-TURKEY-RED COVERS 12x4 size,
good quality. actual value 81 40 each.
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