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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-03-18
AGAIN IN TROUBLE.
NJ. M. Coffey, the Lawyer, Arrested
for Larceny.

NJ. M. Coffey, the Lawyer, Arrested
for Larceny.
Yesterday morning NJ. NJ Coffey, the
well-known Police Court attorney, was ar
rested by Detective Dillon on charge OF
petty larceny upon instructions from Chief
Crowley. Cnffey's offense was taking and
secreting two bolts of cloth held as evil
dence in case in which he is attorney for
the defendant
On February % the tailor shop of II. S.
Bridge 81 Co., 622 Market street. was en-
tered by burglars and large amO unit of
cloth stolen. On March Detectives Dillon
and Crockett arrested James Bowlin, alias
Smith, James Daily aud Fred Gold berg at 702
California street In their room were
found six bolts of the cloth valued at 500.
Yesterday Coffey appeared as the attorney
for Bowln and Attorney Mack for the
other two.
charge Of burglary, and when the detectives
at the cluse of the case went TO return the
bolts Of cloth to their rightfu owners two
of the bolts were found missing. After
nunt the cloth was found in desk IN the
Office Of the Assistant Prosecuting Attor-
Dey, adjoining the courtroom. COifey had
been seen footing with the cloth during the
trial, and was at once suspected OF having
hlddenit, but vehemen;lv denied the charge;
but finally, when the officers began a Sys-
tematic search for the missing property,
Coffey went out and found it for them,
Cotfey claimed the whole thing was joke,
but just the same he was held uLder $3.50
bonds to answer the charge Of petty larceny.
lie has been arrested before for embezzle-
meat and for compromising a felony. but
was acquitted.
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SAVE THE BOYS.
A Heavy Blow at the Dive
Pool Tables.
Secretary Holbrook Petitions the SUI
pervisors to Pass a Law That
VIII Wipe Them Out.

Yesterday Secretary Holbrook Of the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children lodged with the Board OF Super
visors the following petition, which will
come up for consideration at the meeting
on Monday next:
SAN FRANCISCO. March IL, 1893
Your petitioner respectfully shows that lie is
the secretary OF the California Society fort
Prevention OF Cruelty to Children.
hat our city Is Infested with saloons or
bllilatd-rOoms, known as temperance billiard
halls, where boys OF all ages cOngregate and
play billiards and pool and squaBder their little
earnings, or, II not fortunate enough to be en-
pl0yed, seal from tbeir parents some one else
tie nickel which they have 10 possess in order TO
be allowed 10 enter the game or even the resort,
because II they do not engage Iii the game
or baYe Dickels to spend they are not wanted
by The husky bTutes who make their living In
such distepUiable way
Wherefore your petitioner prays that YOUR
honorable board pass a law 10 do away with
such places, and takes the liberty of presenting
the following, which, If II becomes a law Will
close all such places in the near future and thew
Will become things OF the past:
IL shall be unlawful within the city and county
OF san francisco Tor any proprietor Keeper bar.
tender, clerk or any other person having the
charge or control OF any saloon barroom hi.
lafd-room or poOlroom, or OF any other public
place or hall, open TO public view, to permit any
person under The age OF Is years of age TO play
or engage IN or b. present at any game of btl-
lafds, pocketpOOl, pinpOol or of cards and II
shall likewise be unlawful for any person under
the age OF is years 10 play or engage In or he
present at any game OF billiards, pOckeipool pin
pool or cards IN any public place or hall open to
pubuc view within The said city and county OF
San Francisco. C. b. HoLBRoofS.
There is very little doubt from the senti-
ment already uniformly expressed that the
Board OF Supervisors viii frame a law in
accordance with the petition,
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HORSE AND RATA.
Development of the Latest
Local Fad.
Many Emulators OF Gentleman George
Are Meeting With Varied Success
With Rope and Saddle.

Gentleman George has introduced fad
to the public.
lie will be remembered as the scout and
Indian-hunter, cowboy and RATA expert who
has been giving exhibitions of his skill
around the water front.
To be able 10 throw O rope and ride a
bronco are certainly great accomplish
ments when one is delving into the pleas
ures to be found only On the great'western
plains.
George is certainly an adept, and every
small boy and young man who has seen him
at work is now trying to emulate his ex-
ample.
The cowboy craze first developed among
the youth of the Mission.
There is horse-market at the corner Of
Valencia and Thirteenth streets.
1t consists of vacant lot, On one corner
of which is built shed to afford shelter
from storms for the six or eight horses, or
excuses therefor, confined within tue in
closure.
One day last week during the proprietor's
absence dozen or more young men made
descent upon the saleyaId, captured the
horses and the solitary sad-eyed mule,
whose only excuse for living seems 10 be in
the fact that he has not strength enough to
die, and al once inaugurated grand tour
nameut.
One old white horse could not or would
not move an inch when mounted. He knew
his business.
The Others cavorted around the lot depos-
itng their riders almost at will. One lad Of
IA chung TO his mount with 4 tenaclty
worthy of a better cause.
he, on account of superior horsemanship,
was selected to ride Old Tom, the mule.
What a time he had! That mule Just
seemed to bunch up his back, wiggle his
ears little, bray and off went the boy.
The mule knew trick or two and after
throwing the boy in heap up against the
fence he wandered back to his accustomed
stand, aud with a meek, far-away look in
his eye, scanned the adjacent hills, rumi-
mating on the ingratitude OF man and the
visions of green fields in sight.
The whole species Of the genus small boy
Is, 1t seems, trying to get bronco to ride.
Another phase of the case, and one threat
enlng 10 work disaster, not only to pedes-
TRANS but to the manipulators of the riatas.
is the nuisances now about the streets las
SONG everything from a pretty girl to a
lamppOst
tall silk hat is shining mark for these
fends.
Dogs, horses, everything, in fact
HE chickens that are sent in from the
country dare not protrude their heads above
the Stats OF their cages for fear of having
their neeks wrung off.
The police are endeayoring to stop the
nuisance, but Gentleman George seems such
bright example to follow that the under
taking Is 1raugat with much difficulty.
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NO MORE BITERS.
A Sure Cure for Troublesome

horses.
How many people are there that are COM
PEELED to jump aside when walking near
the curbstone on account Of the Wei business
of some of the many horses standing on our
streets?
Hundreds do so every day, to say the
least but 1t remained for a seedy individual
who rejoiees in the possession Of the name
of Julius Cesar Womble TO invent, or
rather conceive. plan by which the sour
tempered horse can be broken of his inor-
dinate desire 10 eat every one coming near
him.
Womble was patrolling Market street YES
terday afternoon when a horse suddenly
reached out and proceeded to make tatlers
Of MS coat sleeve.
'I'll fix you" said the unfortunate owner
OF the coat.
Womble kept his word.
He not only fixed that horse but a number
OF others similarly inclined, and II is safe to
say they will not attempt to bite any one
again.
Going into a restaurant Womble procured
quantity of red pepper. This he sprinkIed
freely on his coat sleeve.
Of course II made him snepZe and the bip
tears chased one another ftfully down his
cheeks. but he was bent on getting even
with mat morse, so what did he think of a
few extra tears.
As he passed the sullen animal he brushed
his loaded arm close to him. Instinctiyelv
the horse grabbed it, but that was all he
did do.
Could he only have expressed the ideas
that must have chased one another through
his benlghted mind after he got hold of tina I
peppered sleeve, what story he could tell.
AS II was all he could do was to loll out
his tongue and sneeze.
After Womble had succeeded in entrap-
ping five horses he leaned no against a
lamp-post and laughed until he actually
cried.
They are sneeziug yet. Oh, but this is
good What a public benefactor am
How the people will thank mel / viii
never stop until l have doped every mean
horse in the town." he remarked as he gave
a parting sneeze and started off down
Third street.
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TWO OF A KIND.
Samples of Mayor EIlert's
Correspondence.
A Merchant in the Holy Land Wants
Him to Collect Debts - A
Voluminous Epistle.

1t Is not merely the peripatet!c crank
who annOys Mayor Ebert with requests
for impossible fayors, from an opinion on q
patent up TO a place for friend in the
United States treasury.
The Mayor is to some extent guarded
from these intruders by the vigilance of
his messenger and secretary but the episto-
larry hend is not so easily shaken off.
A look of blank despair stole over Mr..
Ellerts countenance yesterday as Secretary
Newman graYely handed to him two letters
for peIusai.
One of these letters was in French, the
other in German. The latter covered
fourteen pages of foOlscap paper, closely
written on both sides, and would easily ill
four columns Of a newspaper.
1t was a wild rhapsodical composition,
winding up with an extract from a hymn.
The writer had forgotten to sign it or to
furnish an address to which it could be
returned, and the Mayor decided that life
was tco short to attempt to peruse it.
The French letter was business dOcu-
ment and furnished good Illustration of
oriental ignorance OF the American system
of popular government and the limitation of
official duties.
1t was written by Auguste Rochais,
merchant of Jerusalem, Palestine. and was
addressed to The Hon. Lord Mayor of this
city, San Francisco, Ca"
MT. hoSnalS informed Mayor Ebert that
year ago, at the request of c. A. Doe ring
of the Catholic Publishing Society of this
city, ne sent a consignment of small articles
made from the wood of trees growing on
the Mount of Olives. The dill for these
was 939 francs about 5000 and he drew on
the consignee for the amount He received
two letters from DOeriug, one stating that
the amount would be paid in six months,
the other that he would settle when the
goods were sold.
This did not suit Rochais at all, and he
was still more indignant when the bank
notified him that the draft had been
dishonored. aud called Cd him to pay Sc
francs costs.
Rochais concluded by calling on the
Mayor to compel payment of the bill, which
had now been due whole year. He also
complained that Miss X f. Hammad of this
city owes his 81 francs for goods ordered,
and wished her, also, to be compelled to
paw.
When THE CALL reporter had translated
the letter for the Mayors benefit the latter
laughingly said that he supposed he wonld
have to add cOllectorship on commission
TO his official duties.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-03-18
THREE KIDS IN A SACK.
A Fish-PeddIer With a Barley SacE
AmuSes Crowd.

A Fish-PeddIer With a Barley Sack
Amuses Crowd.
'See here! What have you got in that
saekP"
The question was asked by big police
man out in the Mission yesterday of a little
weary faced fsh-peddler, who carried a
basket Of fish on his arm and barley sack
slung over his shoulder.
What had attracted the attention of the
officer and lot of pedestrians was the
piteOus cries which seemed to come from the
barley sack, and the tossing about of the
bag as If 1t contained something which was
suffering.
ITS a baby!" exclaimed a motherly look
Ing woman In the crowd, which began to
cast OminOus Chances at the fisll-veuder, who
was evidently at a loss 10 understand why
lie was attracting so much attention.
Come now, old man, open that sack.
Get move on, will you" said the police
man impatiently.
"Eh? What you want ?" asked the peddler.
not understanding what was wanted.
The hOrrd old wretch Maybe he has
stolen some ones baby, and the poor thing
is being smotbered to DEATH"
Hes kidnaperl"
MAKE him open the sack"
Such was the general drift of the rather
uncOmplimentary remarks of the crowd, and
the policeman getting somewhat excited as
the cries from the sack became weaker,
stuck his fingers through hole and ripped
the sack open.
The crowd was too much surprised for a
moment or two TO make any noise, then
there was loud burst Of laughter. because
the contents of the sack-three white kids
no sooner found themselves at liberty than
they improved the opportunity and took 10
their heels, leaving the old fish peddler
gesticulstng wildly aud trying to make the
policeman understand foreign aynraeSinne
The officer was disguised aud looked
savage.
The small boys were happy and guyed him
unmerciful ly,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-03-18
SCHOOL APPOINTMENTS.
The New Set of Rules Which Will
Interest Teachers.

Interest Teachers.
The Board of Education has adopted a
series OF resolutions providing that the
March and summer vacations for the
present year shall remain unchanged.
The following are the new rules regulating
the appointment of teachers:
1. After July 1 Of each year the hrst six
vacancies occurring IN the substitute class shall
be filled by appointment from tic graduates OF
the normal department Of the Girls High School
Of that year, lie selections 10 be mad by tile
special committee hereinafter designated from
the twelve who graduate with the highest per
centage.
2. competitive examination shall be held of
graduates OF The city Normal School exclusive of
the graduating class OF the current year, and out
OF the number OF those applying the twelve who
shall, upon sucn examination, be found 10 be the
best qualified shall be deemed to be entitled to
be appointed teachers.
g. The eighteen so selected shall be appointed
teachers In this department TO Ill the first
eighleen vacancies that may occur IN each year
l. IL further vacancies occur. and l. becomes
necessary to appoint other teachers in The de-
partment, such appointments shall be made in
Inc manner at present. provided; but DO one
shall be appointed teacher in the schools Of
this city who IS not graduate OF some Normal
School, or other institution OF learning of equal
or higher rank. with regular diploma there.
from, or VINO shau not have had at least one
years successful practice 10 teaching In primary
or grammar schools, and holding first-grade Ger
tIhcates.
8. The competitive examination above referred
10 shall De held before a committee consisting
Of tile Superintendent Of Schools of the city,
and not less than five members OF tile faculty OF
the University Of California. The president of
tpis board shall be, and is hereby authorized and
Instructed TO arrange with The faculty OF tile
University OF California for holding such exam
nations upon terms and conditions agreed upon
between them.
The semi-annual examination for teach
ers' certificates will be held in Comm ercial
Hall beginning Tuesday next at O'clock
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-03-18
To TAP BLUE LAKES.
A Scheme by Which Many Interior
Cities VIII Get Water.

certificate OF bonded indebtedness has
been filed with the County Clerk of Alameda
County by corporation having Offices In
this city, and whose aim it is to supply
water to the interior counties on scale
hitherto undreamed of.
The Blue Lakes, which it is proposed to
tap, are in Alpine and AmadOr counties,
and can supply 10000, 600 gallons every
twenty-fonr hours of the purest kind OF
water. Every town in Amador County is
now supplied from this source, and its canal
is within forty miles Of Stockton.
There is abundance OF water for irriga-
tion aud for mining purposes, and, il is also
believed, for furnishing electric power. 1t
Is rumored that the company also intends to
supply Oakland with water.
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named in the viii, was also appointed to
act in that capacity, his bond beng in the
SUM Of $4,000.
One clause in the will has oecasioned
some comment.
Heazelton & GoOdfellow are appointed
dren."
The dash is drawn over very palpable
erasure. 1t Is to bes supposed that the
words persons and' were originally writ
Ten, and ms their erasure can make no diff
ference In the legal meaning of the SEN
tenee 1t Is hard to understand why 1t was
done.
The estate is worth nearly 81 100000.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-03-18
Rotten Pine Sewers.

Engineers Manson and Grunsky of the
Sewer Commissioners are accommodating
quite an interesting collection of rotten
sewer pipes dug up in all parts of the city.
In many cases the walls of the pipe. instead
OF being one-twelfth OF the interior
diameter, are one-twentieth, or even less,
and are composed of worthless material.
Specimens Of the new sewer pipes, as APP
proved by the commission, certainly CON-
pare very favorably with the fragments of
the old ones.
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OCEAN STEAMSHIPS.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP en-

THROUGH LINE TO NEW YORK VIA PANAMA
i Steamers VIII sail at on the 9TH. .o,z
lin ana 70 Ia OF each month, calling at szf4sSs2
Nbrlous ports OF Mexico aud Central Am erica
Though line saiings-March 70, IS Aeapu. co:
April o, IS. San Juan; April Is, S. City Of New
York.
NoTE-When the sailing day falls on Sunday
steamer Will be dispatched the following Monday.
WAY LINE To MEXICAN AND CENTRAL
AMERICAN PORTS AND PANAMA.
Steamers leave San Francisco at noon on the 81
ana 18TH OF each month calling at various Mexican
and Cen tTal American ports.
way Line saliings-SS Colon, March Isl S. San
Jose, April 3.
JAPAN AND CHINA LINE.
FOR UkOHAMA AND HONGK Nc
meeting at Yokohama with steamers for Shanz-
hal. and at HonEkong for East Indies Straits ETC.
ats
SIS city OF Peking. Thursday, April 49, at JPN
IS. China, tuesday, April -, at Pm
IS. Peru. Saturday. May Is. at P n
Round-trip tickets TO Yokohama and return at re-
duced rates.
For freight or passage apply at the ONCE corner
First and BTanuau streets.
Branch Of1cc-2O2 Front street.
ALEXANDER CEN TER Genar4i
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-03-18
"OFF WITH THEIR HEADS"
The Edict of the King of Masiona-
land, South Africa,

Major A. R. Calhoun. retired army
o fficer, but now one of the directors of the
American Press Association, arrived in this
city yesterday on the Alameda. Major
Calhoun is also a member of the Lotus and
Press clubs Of New York. For the last
eleven months he has been travelling in
Japan, China, Africa, India and Australia.
establishing agencies Of the enterprise he
represents.
When seen last night he stated that be
had spent the last two months in Samoa,
and found things there to be in a very un-
satisfactory condition. The natives were
very hostile TO the Germans and leaned
toward the Americans and English, although
they could not always tell the difference be-
tween the two nations, as both spoke the
English language. He said that Rober:
Louis Stevenson, the author, had been very
sick and had left the islands for Australia
Cd a short trip.
Major Calhoun stated that the most inter
estlng land he visited was Mashonaand, in
Southern africa, the King of which had
issued an ediet prohibiting the Importation
of tobacco and ntoxicants. and sentencing
anybody caught using them TO immediate
decapitatiOn.
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The Lot of the peacemaker.

Bridget O'Conuor, whose husband is en-
ployed at the California Wire Works, and
who resides at 1893 Francisco street, was
taken TO the Receiving Hospital yesterday
with her forehead laid opeu by a cash
reaching to the bone The wound was in
tlicted with a pitcher by a neighbor named
Michael Shea. who had visited the O'Cou-
nor mansion for the purpose of giving Mr..
O'COnnoF beating on ST. Patrick's day.
Mrs. O'COnnor feels her injuries the more
keenly as she was endeavoring to act the
part of r neacemaker
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TRICKY TURNER.
The Talented Real Estate Dealer
Petition i'm Court.

The motion of j. F. Turner, the financial
genius, to dissolve the attachment recently
elapped on his property in Fresno County
by l.. 5. Megginson, one of his creditors.
was heard in Judge CARRIERS court yester-
day morning.
The defendant presented afIidavits set
ting up the technical defense that the loans
were already amply secured by collateral
and that there was no occasion for the
attachment
The plaintiffs were given twenty-four
hours to amend their counter affidRyits. and
tie further hearing of the motion was con-
tlnued Tor two weeks. Turner, who has lived
10 California for only eight years, has appar-
emily made good use of his time. He is
said to have borrowed large sums of money
from prominent local capitalists on WORTH
less securities. and has also carried on a
curious system of Quadruplex land sales,
dispOsing of the same property to several
parties in succession.
he is said TO be worth nearly half a
million.
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The School Census.

The enumeration OF children in this city
between the ages Of 3 and II years will be
commenced on April u, and will keep over
forty field deputies busy for two weeks.
The census is taken month earlier THAI
usual. as many children leave town IN May.
The deputies will be appointed at the next
meeting OF the Board OF Education.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-03-18
PkGIFIG COAST STEAMSHIP Gn.

DIsPAICH STEAMERS FROM SAN SEA.
u Francisco for ports in Alaska , A. " Hfs
Is, 80.
For british Columbia and Puget Sound ports.
every Friday.
For Eureka Humboldt Bay, Wednesdays, An.
For Santa Ana Los Angeles and all way ports
every fourth and fftb day, g A. ".
Ter San Diego, stopping only at Los Angeles
kHntn Barbara and San Luis Obispo, every fourth
End tith day at IL A. u.
For Ports in Mexico. first OF each month.
Ticket Orice-Paiace Hotel, New Monty 0mery3s.
GCODALL. PERKINS & co, General Agents.
81 san raurtseo
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The Ursuline Academy.

within the beautiful grounds situated at
the corner OF Tenth and Il streets. IN Santa
Rosa. is splendid building that at one time
was occupied by the Campbelites. 1t is
now occupied by the Ursuline Sisters. who
are conducting therein an academy for
young ladies'. The work OF the young ladies
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-03-18
Strict as to Smnoo.linn

A few days ago large seizure of opium
was made on the collier San Benito, and to
prevent any more smuggling the owners
have discharged the entire force of men
employed in the freroom. They say that IL
any more OF the drug is ever found on
board they will begin at the head of the
list and discharge everybody.
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only. which was sold for . cents. At the
fos al Union Conference, held in July,
1891, in Vienna, it was decided that ali
countries IN the Postal Union should be
allowed to make the same kind of card for
use between one country and another.
Yesterday these cards were placed on sale
IN this city. The price charged is 4 cents
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Mrs. TreadweII,s Estate

Judge Coffey appointed Attorney Good
fellow one Of the guardians of the persons
and estates of the four children of Mabel
Ireadwell Yesterday, pursuant to the re-
quest contained in the will OF the decedent.
George Heazeltou, the other guardian
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of this institution was exhibited at the
school exhibit recently held in the Meshanics'
Pavilion, aud it was highly commended.
The sisters who lave charge OF the academy
reached Santa Rosa from ST. Martins, Ohio,
in 1880, and have devoted much time to edu-
cational matters