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The morning call., 1893-03-11
SMALL TALES OF A BIG CITY.
The estate Of Pierre V. Merle has been up-

The estate of Pierre V. Merle has been ap-
praised al SlS5, 1873
Berry Marks and Marcus Newfield have sued
Harry T. Oppenheimer and J. H. BagCs for dis.
solution OF the co-parlnership in the California
Concrete Company.
The application OF NJ. W. Fox against Alyinza
hayward ct al, In the Hale and NOTcross suit TO
restrain them from transferring their property
mas Deeh dismissed. The defendants have fed
sufficient bonds.
:, benjamin Hastings of the firm of Coulson s.
IN insolvency with Liabilities at $500 and assets
$1,000. Most of the money is owing in San
francisco Tor drugs and liquors.
Jen hee, the Chinese who was shot by mis-.
take IN "A highlander row on Monday will he ne.
moved TO the Pesthouse tomorrow. His condi-
uon IS unchanged, aud there is no provision for
ms reception In the City and County Hospital.
Mrs. George Reed. wife OF the ex- Dlstrict At
t0rney, was stirring CRATE fire yesterday when
her dress caught fire, and she was only saved
tIom flghtiul death by the efforts of her
broiher-iD-law, Thomas Crawford, who threw
Dis coat about her and extingulshed the flames
John F. NeubOf has sued the san francisco
savings Union as sole owner Of deposits of
$3.50 9S standing In the name of his WIFE Rose
Neuhon, deceased, on the ground that Rose
Neuhoh was never at any time owner OF the
money aud had during her lifetime been served
by MIN with notice 10 that effect.
NJ. f. Tausick Of the firm OF NJ. E Tausick q
Co., Galveston, Tex, has suec Leo Zauder OF
TINS city Tor Sl147 Is, moneys expended at his
instance and request The suit grows cut Of a
payment claimed to have been made by the
plaintiff on defendants behalf to the Latin and
Rand Powder Company, In the State OF New
York, under duress. the money having been col
lected by the defendant
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PERSONAL NOTES.

DR.. W. F. Arnold, U. S. N. is at the
Baldwin.
Howard Gage of the United States navy
is at the Occidental.
T. w. O'Ntel, Sheriff of Sacramento
County, is at the Grand.
n. w. Griswold, a real estate man of
Kenwood, is at the Lick.
Professor Earl Barnes Of Palo Alto is in
the city and at the Grand.
J. F. Parsons, mining man Of Tuscarora,
has rooms AT the California.
DR.. G. b. Putnam and family of this city
have taken nD their residence al the Cali
fornia.
j. c. Flicklnger, weIl-known fruit man
of Santa Clara County. is a guest at the
Palace.
Thomas Purdie and party OF Philadel-
phia eXcursionlsts arrived at the Palace
yesterday.
George w. Sill is at the Palace. MIR. Sill
Is well-known capitalist and real estate
man OF Watsonville.
Fred Roth. diamond dealer and ieweler
from Maiden lane. New York, registered at
the Palace yesterday.
james Frazier of Fresno is registered at
the California from that city, where he is
well known as an extensive fruit-raiser.
B. Cussick, Chico merchant, arrived in
the city Yesterday, and went to the Grand
Hotel, where he expects to stay for a few
days.
d. r. Vaughn Of Oregon arrived in San
francisco to-day to assume control Of the
business Of the Oregon Pacific and William
cite Valley and Coast Railroad.
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MUST BE PAID FOR.
The City's Liability for Shag Rock
Undeniable.

The City's Liability for Shag Rock
Undeniable.
The Supreme Court has handed down its
decision on the appeal of the city and county
from the judgment Of $4,000 in favor of A.
w. Won Schmidt, who sold Shag Rock to the
city for Pesthouse site.
The ground Of the decision is that no bond
on appeal was ever filed and that a county
officer is not exempted from filing the bond
by reason OF the provision of section 1865 of
the Code Of Civil Procedure.
At the meeting Of the Health and Police
Committee of the Board of Supervisors yes
terday AdOlph SutrO attended and handed
to the committee the foregoing decision.
He suggested that the rock was an excel
lent site for n pesthouse, and a causeway
could be easily built to it. The Partridge
House, in South San Francisco, was also a
good site, bat too costly.
Mayor Ebert asked If Mr.. Sutro's advo-
cacy Of the site was not based on the fact
that certain interests would not be affected
by It.
MIR. Sutro replied that this might be so,
but the isolation Of the rock was a para
mount advantage.
deputatOn of property-owners from
the district in which it had been proposed
10 erect the PesthOuse attended and
watched the proceedings with interest.
The committee decided 10 take the matter
under Amusement
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BACK TO THE HOSPITAL.
First Mate Cook Was Turned Loose
Too Soon.

Too Soon.
Frederick Cook, the first officer of the
steamship Arago. was more seriously Injured
than at first supposed, and, after being dis
charged, was again taken to the Receiving
Hospital yesterday afterG Don in a dangerous
condition. Steward Beckhusen had allowed
him to leave contrary to the surgeons
orders.
Cook is evidently badly hurt. Thursday
night be visited friends in the Mission, and
later returned to the vessel. He later went
uptown and visited several saloons, in one
OF which he met a man giving the name of
Bob" O'Harrell, with whom he had
quarrel
Cook left the place and walked in the
direction of the ship. He reached the cor
ner OF Stockton and O'FarTell streets when
O'Harrell attacked him with a club, and
struck him several times over the head.
The noise of the fracas attracted the police,
who arrested O'Harrell and had the injured
man taken to the Receiving Hospital.
Cook was delirious from drink and the
effects OF the blow, and it took two officers
to hold him.
DR.. Deane found that he was suffering
from lacerated scalp wound and a posi-
BILE fracture Of the skull, and had him put 10
bed. Cook appeared to recover, and early
yesterday morning requested to be allowed
TO return to his ship.
DR.. Deane refused the required permits
sion on the ground that Cook might have
sustained a dangerous head injury, and
re tired. Despite that fact Cook managed
10 induce Night Steward Beckhusen to let
him 20, and he was registered as discharged
at 6 30 o'clock by the latter on the books.
Cook finally reached the water front and
wandered aimlessly about for some hours
That he was irrational was evident to the
bystanders, as he several times attempted
to Jump from the wharf into the bay, and
but for the timely interference OF those
watching him would have succeeded.
At the suggestion of the purser of the
vessel Cook was taken aboard the ship and
carefully watched.
About noon Cook again became violent
and finally fell unconscious TO tie deck in
a it. The officers of the ship became
alarmed and summoned the patrol wagon,
and the injured man was for the second
time taken to the Receiving Hospital for
treatment.
Cook lay quietly on the cot last night
having recovered consciousness.
To a CALL reporter he stated that he
recOlected nothing that transpired after
leaving the hospital until he WOKE up there
I'm bed,
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THE LABOR COUNCIL.
The Bakers Want One Day of Rest
in Seven.

The Bakers Want One Day of Rest
in Seven.
The regular meeting of the San Francisco
Labor Council was held last night. and the
usual routine business was attended to.
A proposition sent to the council to the
effect that Messrs. Rich and Wolf would
get up dance in the Pavilion for the bene-
lit OF the unemployed of this city and keep
only 80 per cent of the receipts for their
trouble, leaving 20 per cent for the council
to use for the unemployed. was refused, as
many Of the delegates thought that the
dance would result in a loss to the council.
The American section of the socialistic
labor party applied for admission To the
council. and the application was referred to
the committee on organization.
The secretary was Instructed to send
copy OF the constitution and bylaws TO all
unions that are not represented in the
council.
The Bakers Union of this city are circn-
latlng petition 10 he sent to the Bnard of
Supervisors, 80 the effect that 1t pass law
against any bread being delivered between
II O'Clock midnight Of Saturday and the
same hour ON Sunday; thus allowing them
one day each week for resi-
member requese Il at the council
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sparlng n o effort &c snatch another victory
from the GRANTEES, syho are likely lot Of
players that will take hard beating. The
teams will line up as follows:
Granites-Goal, Patterson; backs. Craig
and Murphy; halfbacks. Barrie, Gourley
and Cook; forwards, Mcclellan, Patterson,
Mclaughlin, Given and Voss; linesman,
2. MeKeown.
Rovers-Goal. E. SlOman; backs, P. Fl.
Humphreys and Meherin forwards, Wicks,
Clegg. Truman, Smith and James; lines
man. A. Webster. Referee-William C.
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Alameda.

The mass-meeting which was to have
taken place last evening to indorse the nomi-
uees of the Tucker Fail convention was
postponed until week from this evening.
The members of the Ladies' Annex have
presented to the Alameda Bicycle and Attn
letic Club handsome banner.
Charles Tallmer, a youth, pleaded guilty
to chicken stealing yesterday and will be
sentenced this morning. He will probably
be sent to some refOrmatOry institution.
The sum Of 500 was Melted by the per-
Torrance Of Patience" by an amateur
company and it will be given to the free
library to 90 toward establishing musical
shelf. The society will soon commence re-
hearsals of "Mikado"
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Van Ness Avenue Extension,

The long-deayed extension of Van Ness
avenue is about to be commenced in earnest.
This is result Of the fact that E. ". Burr
has finally Withdrawn his opposition to the
plan.
Already $4,000. half of the whole amount
due him, has been paid over to MIR. Burr.
There is some question, however. as to how
the remainder is to be raised, and Horace
G. Platt is acting against the pro p0sal to
raise il by assessment. on the ground that
such policy would incur great expense and
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TELL-TALE VOTES.
Light Thrown on the Date of the
Frauds

Judge Hebbard decided yesterday to
grant the request of Contestant Read that
the ballots Of the Sixth Precinct OF the
Thirty-sixth District be counted.
Mr.. Snllivan's reason for desiring this
was that during the recount in Judge
Stacks court a snap tally was kept, and it
was then agreed between Glynu and Read
that Glynn had been defrauded of forty-two
votes, and if the same result should now APP
pear it would prove that the tampering was
done prior 20 that recount
When all the ballots were counted it was
found that Glynn had gain Of only twenty
four.
1t is true there are also several doubled
against Read. but Mr.. Sullivan claims that
this was dane for the purpose of diverting
suspicion.
Read has now abandoned his contest. 1t
has cost him about S160, exclusive of attor-
news fees
During the afternoon the Grand Jury
took the matter of the frauds in hand, and
examined several witnesses, among whom
were Judge Hebbard and Assistant Regis
trar Feeney. and one Kurtz, a Ioeksmith.
The investigation viii be vigorously
pushed.
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Berkeley.

Notwithstanding the rain yesterday, Nam
ager E. NJ. Wolf led the university baseball
nine against the professional force of Colonel
Robinson. In the evening the University
Club sphere-whirlers occupied b xes at
Macdonough's Theater
This playing college team with profess
s'Onals is new policy on the coast, but the
plan is followed by Harvard, Yale and
others CT the great Eastern colleges. of
yearly opening up the season with games
against professionals. in order TO obtain the
haru rubbing necessary TO bring out the
strength of team.
This morning E. NJ. Wolf, 'e4. Edwin
Mays, 'e3 and Walter Henry, '93, meet a
committee from Stanford in San Francisco
TO arrange for an Intercollegiate baseball
match and plan the union of a track ath-
ietic contest IN an intercollegiate field day
this spring
Last Wednesday evening the Young people
OF the Unitarian Church met at Tie resi-
dence OF Miss Blood and formed a social
club The club will meet at Miss Brehm's,
on Blake street. next Friday evening.
The people of Lorin are beginning to feel
extremely impatient over the non-compIe-
ton OF the south main line sewer. Until
TINS sewer IS completed the town has no
adequate system of drainage, and must
necessarily remain in an unhealthy cOndi-
ton. The original contract was taken at
too small sum, S1500O to do the work in a
proper manner. ana the company, after
dragging the work along several months,
gave up the contract. The California Bridge
Company has offered to complete the work
on condition of an extension of the time to
forty days. The Trustees, at their last
meeting, expressed themselves in favor of
granting the company's request when the
matter comes up for action at the next
meeting.
Lorlnites object to the granting of the
work to the company on those terms, as
they are certain inferior work will be eces-
sary to build the sewer for the sum specified.
The Peoples party held a nesting in
PYthian Hall last evening.
ii. w. Taylor. proprietor Of the West
Berkeley undergrad. and Town Clerk c.
Ii. Spear are at Sacramento for q few DAYS.
The morning call., 1893-03-11
SoIdier's Garments Identified.

The soldiers coat and cap found Oh Va
llejo-street wharf last Wednesday morning
Rave been identified as the property of
Corporal George Wunderich OF Battery E,
Fifth Artillery. stationed Mt Alcatraz lie
Was last seen on Tuesday night, when he
attended the theater with Sergeant Felgen-
treff, and at the time of parting from the
latter was slightly under the influence of
LIQUOR. BIS friends fear foul play.
The morning call., 1893-03-11
BROKE THE CIVIL-SERYlCE LAW.
A Federal Official and His Deputies
Indicted in Kentucky.


LOUISVILLE. March 10.-Accordng to
the finding OF the Grand Jury, Collector
Scott and deputies furnished the Repub-
lican party in the last Presidential cam
paign with startling amount of the sinews
OF war. The assessments of the force of
gaugers, storekeepers and clerks were
simply terrific.
The Grand jury was dismissed by Judge
Barr yesterday afternoon. Before members
were discharged. however. they handed in
four indictments, two against Collector
Scott and one each against Deputies Shaw
and Filey. The first Indictment against the
Collector Is for the violation of the civil
service laws in assessing for campaign pur-
poses and the second for aiding and abet-
ting certain men in defrauding the Govern
ments.
NJ. t. Riley and W. 2. Shaw were also in
dleted on numerous counts for aiding aud
aoettlng In assessing and collecting assess
menls In violation Of tho civi-seryice laws.
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Hosierv at Auction prices.

MEMS heavy seamless socks 3 cents pair;
Shaker socks, four pairs for 20 cents; British
socks, 10 cents per pair: seamless socks. Ian
col0fs. 10 cents per pair; naiuta wool socks, 20
nts Der pair. Great assignee sale at l.. V.
MeIle's, successor TO the old / Y L, corner
heaIBy ana Commercial streets.
The morning call., 1893-03-11
FOOTBALL.
Players Who VIII Churn Up Mud


The association game at Central Park TO-
morrow will bring the Rover and Granite
teams together in competition for the Hill
bert trophy. This should prove pretty
even game, and judging from the showing
which both teams made against the Ran
gers the GRANTEES ought 10 be slightly inIthe
lead. The RoYers will strengthen their
team by playing Humphreys, formerly Of
the Wanderers. at halfback, and intend
The morning call., 1893-03-11
Entnre Naccinatinns

1.-THE Vaccinations of the Future" was
the subject of the fifth OF the series of Lane
lectures at the Cooper Medical Institute
last night, delivered by DR.. j. o. Hirsch-
fielder
The morning call., 1893-03-11

NOTHING of medicinal or harmful nature en-
tiers into the imposition of Whites Yucatan Gum
but on the contrary, every Ingredient is beneficial
TO the human system.
The morning call., 1893-03-11
Mackay,s Condition.

John W. Mackay is far upon the road to
good health He said last night that he
did not feel his wound
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pass resolutions cundemning the proposed
treaty between Russia and the United States,
on the ground that it was hurtful to labor.
The morning call., 1893-03-11

Schools Close Monday.
II has been decided to close all the publI.
schools in the city for the spring vacation
during next week
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The effect of the harassing legislation Of
former Boards of Supervisors on the seeu-
rites Of the Spring Valley Water Company
has been most marked. Every man who
has observed the quotations of the bonds
and stocks cannot have failed to nnie their
steady decline. Four years ago. before the
Buckley "clnch" ordinance was passed, the
stock, which was then selling at los, COM
menced to fall, and at this time is quoted
but little above go The 6 per cent bonds
were then held firmly at 123-4-5, but at this
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WAR MUST COME.
Brazil Ready to Fight Par
aguay.
A GUNBOAT AT ASUNCION.
How the Largest Republic in South
America Replied to Demand
From the Smallest.
A GUNBOAT AT AsUNcIoN.
Special to THE MoRNINe CALL.

VALPARAISO, March GA conflict be-
tween Brazil and Paraguay seems now to
be inevitable. A dispatch from Asuncion
says that the Brazilian monitor AlagOas has
arrived at that city and that she may begin
a commandment at any moment. The
trouble between the two republics began
several days ago. Some officers of Bra
lillian gunboat, which was lying off the city,
got into controversy with the local au-
thorlties and criticisms of the most insulting
character were made by the naval officers,
which so incensed the authorities of Asun-
cion that an apology was demanded. When
the commander of the gunboat received the
demand fOr an apology he cleared the decks
OF his vessel and began ombarding the city
No great damage was done, but the Para
guayan Government sent q demand to the
Brazilian authorities in Rio de Janeiro for
an apology. This demand has been fol-
lowed by the arrival Of the Alagoas, and it
Is now believed that conflict is inevitable.
Conflicting reports come to-day from Rio
Grande do Sui, Brazil. 4 correspondent in
Artigas reports that the revolutionary lead
ers are not al all discouraged. He says that
they have now 10000 men in their ranks
and only need equipment to make their
force large enough to overwhelm any army
which the National Government may send
against them.
The report OF the killing of Colonel
Malta, whose troops butchered 100 reyolu-
tIonisls several days ago, is denied.
General Ttellos, who has command Of 500
men, sent from Rio Janeiro by the national
Government, is reported to have invaded
Uruguay TO punish its citizens for aiding
the revolutionists. His troops are said to
have committed many outrages upon the
citizens of Uruguay.
dispatch from Herald's cOrrespon-
dent in MJnteyideo says that Slvira Mar
tins, one of the leaders OF the revolution
In Rio Grande do Sui. who is now residing
in that city, has reported to the police that
he has discovered plot to assassinate him
He says that three soldiers in the employ
OF Governor Castillo have arrived in Mon
tevideo to kill him, and the police are now
searching for these men.
The revolution in Catamarca, Argentia,
has not been suppressed, and disorders are
reported from nearly all de partments of
that State,
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WEBB ON HIS TRAVELS.
The Start of the Party Made from New
XnrL

NEW York, March 29.-Dr W. Seward
Webb, president of the Wagner Palace Car
Company started to-day on a continental
trip which is TANNED TO cover a large area
OF territory. 1t was the intention to leave
New York on Saturday, but the death of
Colonel Elliott +. Shepard on Friday rem
dered postponement Of the trip necessary.
The party consists of DR.. and Mrs. Webb
and their three oldest children, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hartman Jr., William A. Potter,
James Lawrence or Groton, Mass, Julian
Keane OF New York and M-. ami Mrs
Francis Edgerton Webb ]. S. Aspinwau
will join the party at Chicago. A locom0-
tive and six cars comprise the train. 1t is
proposed to Visit points in Mexico, thence
proceeding northward to Vancouver, b. C.
1t will be leisurely jauni and VIII occupy
from two to three months. The party will
possibly cruise in the North Pacific Ocean
and return over the Canadian Pacific and
Great Northern railroads taking in the
Worlds Fair at Chicago on the way back
to New York
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COAST GOSSIP.
A Board That Will Not Survey the
Monterey

~
Monterey.
WASHINGTON, March GA board con-
sisting of Captain Matthews, Chief Engi-
neer Farmer and Naval Cons tructor Taylor
has been appointed TO visit the Mare Island
(Cal) Navy-yard and make general ex-
animation into The condition and workings
of the yard, with view to ascertaniDg
what if any improvements are necessary.
The board will not survey the Monterey.
Lieutenant Prime of the New York Navy
yard, Lieutenant Bull of the New London
yard, and Lieutenant Winslow of Wash
ington have been assigned TO the United
States ship Alliance, relieving three officers
of the same grade. The latter have not been
assigned yet.
1t has been decided to appoint Colonel
Mendell, Major w. 81. Heuer and L'euten-
ant Colonel ". H. H. Benyaurd as the
Government Engineering Commission to
supervise hydraulic mining in California
under the Csminetti bill and to report from
time 10 time on river improvements.
Alva Udell has withdrawn his appeal
from the decision of the Commissioner OF
the General Land Office rejecting his appli-
cation to contest the desert land entries of
c. Conrad, Henry Baker, r. B. Lane and
w. H. Miller in Vsalia, California district.
In the case of Anna Hagen, involving the
purchase of land in the La Grsnde or
district under the act Of March g. 1885, the
Secretary decided in favor of the homestead
entry OF the lady, thus reversing the ruling
of the Commissioner of the General Land
Office.
The Secretary sustained the Commits
sioner in deciding that certain land in
volved in the contest of the State of
Oregon against S. Z. Sloan was swampy in
character and that the fling therefore of
Sloan should be held for cancellation.
Clarence r. Kempf of Oakland and F. E.
Clark of San Francisco are registered at the
Ebbitt House.
California pensions; Original - C. NJ.
Hastings. George n. Devoe, Henry Grail,
NJ. Kirkland, Ed O'Sullivah, A. D. Dean.
r. Nugent. Milton Smith. Thomas Brimson,
A. w. Curdy. Additionai-Amos Dennis,
Thomas Yeron. Original widows-Ellen
Bell, minor of William Ii. Waterhouse,
r. J. Corbetf.
Oregon: Original = Cyrus S. Marquis,
j. Wilkinson. Andrew Ryan. Reissued-
August Carl. Original widow - Honora
Collins,
Washington: Original = Mahlon Hol-
comb, Levi Owens. Additional-Alex Nc
AlpiD, Horace Morrison. Original widow
Ellen Gocduoe
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FOUND IN A BOTTLE.
An Alleged Message From the
Lost Naronic.
She Is Said to Have Struck an Ice
berg on the Night of Feb
ruary 10 Last.
Special to THE MoRN1Ne CALL.

NORFOLK, Va, March 2s.-William John
son, winter walchman at Ocean View, Va,
near the mouth of Chesapeake Bay. this
morning picked up on the beach at that
place champagne bottle with several corks
tied about its neck and with a letter in
closed giving alleged information of the
sinking of the White Star steamship
Naronic. 1t reads:
1850 A. NJ. Feb. 10, steamship Naronic,
White Star line, at sea.
ITO who picks this up: Report when you
find this to our agents, if not heard of be-
fore, that our ship is fast sinking beneath
the waves, and it is such a storm that we
can never live in the small boats. One boat
has already gone with her human cargo
below. God let all of us live through this We
were struck by an iceberg in binding
snowstorm and fOated two hours. Now il
is 20 A. NJ. by MY watch and the great
ships deck is level with the sea. Report
to the agents at Broadway, New York. NJ.
Kerser & Co. Good-hY all.
John OLSON, Cattleman"
LONG BRANCH, n. j., March 29.-John
Brown to-day shot strange pigeon that
was among his flock. Upon its leg was
found small silver band bearing the fol-
lowing: In n. Is. 311." 1t is thought that
the bird WAS from the lost steamer Naronic.