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The morning call., 1893-09-22

Capdevielle. proprietor of the Newton,
thought he could detect the smell of gas
in the hallway on the second floor. Call
ing to his brother, Felix. he told him to
go ana see if anything was wrong The
boy searched the secOnd flor, where the
ador was strong. but could find nothing.
He then proceeded to the top floor, where
GerSon's room is located, and found the
smell very strong.
He tried several rooms that appeared all
right and then opened the door of 81
The room was full of gas. and lying
stretched at full length in the bed, with
the clothes neatly pulled up over him. was
GeTsOn, frothiHg AT the mouth. His left
arm was outstretched. grasping the foot
board of the bed. he having gone TO bed
with his head toward the foot and directly
under the ga>-jet, which was turned on
full. On his throat lay poultice of raw
onions, the fumes of which impregnated
the room. HIS clothes were hang ng, care
fully arranged. on the hooks on the wall
HIS shoes, with the stockings pushed in-
side, were standing side by side near the
fireplace. The keyhole in the door had
been plugged up with piece of cloth, and
the only window in the room closed tightly
and locked. On the mantel close beside
the bed was paper sack of onions, half
bottle of wine, dagger, a number of dime
novels and package OF unpaid Chinese
lottery tickets. On making the discovery
Felix rushed TO the window, and after I'M
locking II threw 1t open. He then called
his brother and Informed him Of what he
had found.
In the same house lives Henry Muller 2
bartender in Bottle Koenig's saloon and
friend of Gerson. Capdevlelle raped on
The morning call., 1893-09-22
MARKET-STREET CLUB.
The History of the Efforts to Change
the Grades.

the GRADES.
The MarkeI-slreet Improvement Club
held special meeting last night to receive
report from the committee which was
appointed at a previous meeting to get
data and give history of former efforts
of the Market-street property west
of Valencia street TO have the grades of
that thoroughfare changed and the hill
lowered.
Some discussion occurred over certain
portions of the report where the Spring
Valley Water Company was accused of
opposing and eoverily retarding the efforts
of the taxpayers To change the grades.
While it was admitted that Spring Valley
and the Southern Pacific were together
opposing the project, still it was not lest
to antagOniZe the water corporation,
which owns large strip of frontage on
Market street, and which might, it was
feared, use its influence TO prevent other
taxpayers owning frontage from signing
the petition asking the Supervisors to
order the change.
1t Was decided to have the report modi-
fed in that reference to the water com
pany's opposition be eXpunged, but the
railr ads action against the improvement
will be left in the report.
Several other minor changes were or
dered before the report can be adopted.
This data is TO be published for the infur-
nation of the taxpayers throughout the
citV
The morning call., 1893-09-22
DIVE-KEERERS ARRESTED.
Imprisoned for Violating the State
Penal Code

Vincent Trapani, Joseph Hayes. Dome
nico Dematei and Harry Monroe. who
keep dives along Kearny street, were ar
rested yesterday on charges of violating
sections sos and 306 of the Penal Code of
California. which make it unlawful TO sell
LIQUOR in places where women are en-
ployed as mattresses or actors. TTapani
keeps the Montana, HAYES and Dematei
the Eureka Music Hall and Munroe con-
ducts the Marble Palace. They were bailed
out Immediately their names were entered
upon the prison register, their bonds being
set at $500 for each charge. Hayes and
Dematei had three argos against them
aud had to deposit $500 ball In conse-
Quence Tor each.
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ganize q branch of the Law and Order
League. They also voted amid cheers In
favor of impeaching Cleveland and against
extending the time for registering. The
speakers were j. H. Jones and Mr.. Wheeler
of Oakland, Denis Kearney. G. w. Fox.
II. Warfed and Barnaby Dougherty of
San Francisco. Another meeting will be
held in the same place next Thursday
night for permanent organiza ton.
Ten Cents the Rate.
All the railroad officials did not believe
that il was lust the thing 10 reduce the
rate on the Southern Pacific ferry system,
but it was finally determined to do so.
On Wednesday evening all was not har-
mony in the railroad camp on the redue-
tion proposition.
The trouble in the Fourth and Townsend
streets office was that MeSsrS. Moore and
Martin, Southern Pacific lawyers. Division
Superintendent Wider and Colonel
Crocker were opposed to a reduction of
the rate, while young Mr.. Huntington, Mr..
Stubs and Mr.. Towne favored it. Just
how a compromise was reached is not
known. but certain it is that the fare will
be reduced.
witnesses for Matheny.
Sheriff McKillican could not summon
himself as n witness in the Ma heny case,
and yesterday he stepped down out of
office while Coroner Evrrs took his posi-
LlUD anu SHENtu Il ouUpOud Oh Ilill 10 dO-
pear in Judge Henshaw's court next Mon
dav morning.
Other witnesses we're summoned in the
same case as follows: Colonel Mon oe,
John Brunson, 1.-The Masher"; Jailers
Gilligan and Lane, Charles Stewart, Chief
of Police Schoffer, Officer McKeeGan, Cap
tain Levy, Mr.. Prill and Judge Ogden.
She Got Her Divorce.
Hannah Kellv was granted a divorce
from c. ". Kelly By Judge Ellsworth yes
terday on the ground of extreme cruelty.
The case was conducted behind closed
doors. The parties were married in 1874
and have had no children. Mrs. Kelly said
her husband was very abusive to her, hav-
ing been in the habit of alling her vile
names and inflicting bodily injury.
Did Not Do 1t.
Max NJ. Levy of Mastic court declares
that the accusation Of his wife that he was
in the habit of taking her hoes from her
and then locking her out of his home s
stated by her when she obtained a search
warrant to recover certain property she
claimed was made without foundation in
fact
A deed has been recorded conveying Pc
terhof to Hyrun J. Poulson by his brother,
Count Peter PnuIson.
Tim Kennedy pleaded not guilty TO the
charge IF violating the ambliug laws in
The Police Court yeste rday. He Will he
tried by a jury on Deem Der g. He gave
500 cash bail.
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WITHOUT A CREW.
The Wellington's Men Are
Discharged.
Dunsmuir & Son Are Tired Of
Notoriety Caused by Opium
Smuggling.

r. Dunsmuir & Sons have arrived at the
conclusion that they have had enough
notoriety on account of the operations of
smugglers on board of their vessels and
have discharged all hands on the collier
Wellington. on board of which los tins of
opium were seized last Wednesday night
IL was hard blow to the men and came
upon them very Unexpectedly. Only two
of the vessels crew were on board at the
time of the trouble on Pacifc-street wharf
and the remainder Of the crew think
it is rather unfair that they should have TO
stand the con sequenceS of the misdoiDgs
of others.
IAN fremen. oilers and sailors have
been discharged" said one of the Yelling
toms officers yesterday. 1--WE could not
fasten the crime upon any particular man.
in fact we could get no clew to the deed
from any IF them, so we thought it best to
let them all CO."
Although little has been said about it,
numerous vessels docking frequently at
wharves in the vicinity of Pacific and
Jackson streets have been suspected of
carrying opium. and it is an open ques-
tiOn as 10 whether the crews of these
crafts are In all eases the guilty ones.
One thing has been definitely aseertained,
and that is that there are several boatmen
along the front who are not actively en-
gagged in the business of bGat-hring who
are suspected by the Revenue Depart
ment.
The discharge OF the crew Of the Well
iDgton is evidence that the owners of yes
sells are determined TO aid the authorities
in suppressing the illicit opium traffic. and
The dismissal Of the employees of other
coast vessels may be looked for.
II don't think there was a man on
board of the Wellington in the employ oil
her engineering department that ever had
a chance to do any smuggling Mt Victoria
or here" said an ex-fireDan of that vessel
yesterday. THE guilty party is, in my
opinion. one of the sailors, and think
time will prove what / say TO be correct u
The morning call., 1893-09-22
TWO ASPHYXIATED
An Attempted Suicide
and an Accident.
DR.. w. PICKERING'S MISHAP
Joseph Gerson, Dive-Frequenter,
Quarrels With His distress and
Resolves to Die.

Two cases of asphyxiation by gas oc-
Cured within fifty feet of one another at
the corner of Broadway and Stockton
street yesterday morning. the discovery of
both being made at almost the same
moment and both victims being taken
away 10 the same patrol wagon. If there
was any difference in time of discovery it
was in favor of Joseph Gerson, a broken
down sport, who was found in room 81
in the Newton House unconscious and in IA
dying condition. The other case was DIR.
w. Pickering, an Englishman, who owns
drugstore at 1882 Stockton street,
almost opposite the Newton House. Both
men will recover.
The circumstances surrounding the Ger
son case point 10 an attempted suicide.
Alto o'clock yesterday morning Germaen
The morning call., 1893-09-22
ALAMEDA.

City Engineer PoyZer has just completed
a map of the proposed extension of Buena
Vista avenue westerly from Seventh to
Fifth street. E. B. Mastic has undertake en-
the task to open up this thoroughtare with
out expense BY obtaining deeds from the
owners of the land for right of way.
Constable's Vacation.
Constable Morris, who is ou vacation
IN Humboldt County, was struck on the
head by a timber falling from the top of u
new building ia Eureka and seriously in
jured. He is con fined to his bed ana under
the care of physician.
Man md Wheel Hurt.
Sam Platania by hard work saved s165
and purchased pneumatic safety, and of
late he has been accustomed to jump on
his wheel and hold on 10 the end of the
DarrOw-gauge train for speedy power He
struck big rock. He was thrown off and
hurt and his new wheel was made a
wreck.
Driving Club.
The Gentlemen's Driving Club of Ala
NJ eda will hold its first race at the Melrose
track tomorrow afternoon. The follow
ing persons have entered their horses
DR.. Hamilton. r. R. Lomax. Fl. p. Mo-
real, l. l.. Borden, Judge Ellsworth, AL
Cohen, Al Hewitt. Frank Beck, John VII
son, r. A. Pickett, H. Cutie and Buck
Ward.
To Reduce the Force.
Trustee Randolph is very DESTROYS of
reduci, Ike police force OF the city of
Alameda from twelve members to six.
He is of the opinion that six men can do
the We TX OF the entire force as 1t now
stands.
Bay Farm Island Road.
The Beard of Trustees will attempt to
get assistance from San Leandro 10 con-
struct the Bay Farm Island ruad. The
City Clerk will communicate with the
Town Board at once on this matter. which
is Of much Importance to Alameda.
The morning call., 1893-09-22
SPORTING NEWS.
A Reunion of WheeImen at San
JOse-Cosgrave as a Boxer.

JOSE-(OSXTdFE dS a DOACls
The Olympic Clubs Cycling Annex met
last evening and decided upon holding a
big meeting at San Jose on the 9Th Of De-
tober for the purpose OF having spin
from the Garden City to Haywards. 1t
Will be reunion Of clubs and gala time
Is anticipated
On the 18th the AGNES will have a
ROAD race over the San LeandrO triangle
winch II - expected will be quite an inter-
Csting affair.
- The great event of the season will take
place at sacramento on 0ctober2 1t will
be race meet at the fair grounds under
the auspices Of the Capital CITY Wheel
men. The events will be omen To all
riders of the Stare, and as the prizes will
be exceptionally fine a very large entry
from the various clubs is expected.
The Acme Athletic Club of Oakland ia
making preparations for a grand evenings
entertainment on the 18Th of October
Wrestling Instructor a. Lean has matched
Andrews and Philips to wrestle at 14O
pounds for 500 trophy.
The Olympic Club athletes will have an
opportunity of showing the improvement
they have made in practice on Sunday, as
special racing events have been announced
by the athletic committee for that day.
Among the promising pupils Professor
Watson of the OLYMPIC Club is reaching
fstcuffs is John O'Hara Cosgrave.
1bc plOlcoeol odJ tildb me JouIHdllSL Is
one of the improving kind, and that in a
few months he will asst nish some of the
gentlemen who have signifed their inteD-
ton of sweeping the street with his anat-
omy at the first meeting. Archie Treat,
who, by the way is tolerablY handy man
with the miItens. had try-out with Cos
grave few days ago, and to his great
surprise, the apparently delicate young
man with a limited supply OF muscle
punched him all over the arena. CosgraVe
rs happy in the thought that in future he
will not need a protector. as with good
knowledge of the manly art and the ability
to apply it successfully. he can we'll attend
to the wants Of those who are looking for
bis scalp.
The morning call., 1893-09-22
SEE &! |!

The Singer Manufacturing
Company's Four Great Exhi-
bits at the Worlds Fair. The
magnificent white and gold
pavilion in Machinery Hall
contains 1874 machines, no two
alike, showing all kinds of
manufactures, from the widest
inch-thick rubber belt to sew
ing in the thumb of a dainty
silk glove.
In the Leather Building are
two other large exhibits, illus
trating over sixty-eight pro-
cesses in shoe and leather
work. The Family Sewing
Machine Exhibit in the East
Gallery, Manufactures Build
ing, contains over loco square
feet of floor space. The first
floor is devoted to Family Sew
ing Machines. The second
floor is exclusively art work
suite of three rooms-a mod
ern reception hall, Henry
VIII dining room and a XIX
century bed chamber, are lit
orally crowded with tapestry
pictures, curtains, point laces,
ETC., ETC., all made with the
Singer Sewing Machine, with
out attachments.
THE SINGER MANIC. CO.,
OFFICES EVERYWHERE.
San Francisco Office,
~ POST STREET.
lsA1 ~ weFr&Wy
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down without speaking to any one.
Finally the bartender asked him what was
wrong and he replied that be had had a
quarrel with Minnie. He sat around the
place until about o'clock, when ne took "A
hand in game of penDy-ante. losing a few
dollars. He arose from the table about IL
O'Clock in an angry mood, saying that no
one was his friend.
He went from there 10 the Music Hall,
where ne remained till after IL. During
this visit he had another quarrel win
The morning call., 1893-09-22
+ CARL WUTTKE.
A European Artist Making California
sketches

During the last few months San Fran
cisco has registered quite a number of
names of prominent artists who have Wis
tied this coast after arranging their affairs
at the exhibition in Chicago. John Ferry.
the Hungarian landscape painter, aud
The morning call., 1893-09-22
CHIC, GRACE
AND BEAUTY.

Those swell Double
Breasted OverCoatS have
taken the good dresSers
by storm. They are new
ideas in regard to the
DoubIe-Breasted Overgdr-
ments, representing the
very SWEETEST London
styles, as we'll as some of
our own, patterned after
those Garments that will
be worn by the swell
dressers of New York.
The coIorings are truly
handsome, being mainly
of the conservative order,
neatness and richness be-
ing the prime favOriteS
for the season of %.
Many of these handsome
Garments will be found
on sale To-Day, at $500.
The better grades are
shown at $40, SIS, $50,
SIS, $40 and S42.5o. A big
assortment is shown at
The morning call., 1893-09-22
CpOSSll2l'S Specific Mixture

With this remedy persons can cure themselves
without the least exposure. change of diet.
change in app ,ication to business. The medicine
contains nothing that is OF the least Injury TO the
constitution. ASK your druggist for it. Price 81 q
bottle. ao4 FrTu ~
The morning call., 1893-09-22
THAT WOULD
TICKLE YOUR
VANITY, AND
CAUSE YOU TO
FEEL FLAT
TERED.

We have received moth
ing but fIattering notices
from the press and from
the people on our new
Fall OvercOats.
We have received flat
tering notices from every
one that has seen these
Garments. While we're
not vain, nor have they
caused our heads TO be
swollen abnormally large,
still we feel proud over
the result and reward of
our untiring efforts to
please.
These Garments are I'M
usually pretty being full of
The morning call., 1893-09-22
WTight'S IndianVGgGtabIG Pills

Are acknowledged by thousands OF persons who
have used them for over forty years to cure
SICK HEADACHE. G1DDINESS, CONSTIPAss
TloN. Torpid Liver, Weak Stomach, Pimplss.
ana purify the blood. nod Frru Iy
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-05-03

These calculations were made especially for THE
BERLIN H. WRIGHT. G
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-05-03

h1sphoric acid available. Take
nagdwood ashes and apply to my
SIP grand you never could tell where
they aSiS2t. Take super-phosphate of
line IN he form of Charleston rock burnt
and you could cover the land and never
tell where it went unless you use a liberal
amount OF nitrogen with it. Take those
poor'lands and apply your mineral ele-
ments and you will get different results.
For these reasons we want to be cautious
in taking lessons from each other, and
await the value OF experiments to know
whether those experiments are parallel
cases. A neighbor OF mine wished to try
the value Of this soft phosphate. He
tried it and it wasn't worth anything to
him. 1t might be proof to one that the
phosphate was not Of any use, and to
another man it proves that the land had
all the phosphate that it needed. The
only way that you can try soft phos-
phate is to put it on a grove and see
whether it is any good or not. In trying
our experiments in this matter of phos-
plate and in making up our formulas
for phOsphates, we not only want tocon
slider the wants of tree. but we want to
cons der how far those wants are already
supplied by nature in the soil. In the
matter of making fertilizers of trash and
those kind of things, we are in the habit
OF estimating their value just simply by
the three fertilizing elements contained
in them, disregarding the other points.
There a:n other points that are Of very
great value, and that is the shading OF
the ground. This we get by muck. But
the san idea holds good when the
ground is covered with anything and
shaded from the sun. The Massachusetts
Experimental Station gave us an analy-
sis of oak leaves, and they make a COM
mercial value of it worth $3 so per ton :,
and in my estimation they are worth
more for the shade they will give to the
ground. They pull the soil together,
they become an absorbent, and when we
apply the fertilizers they serve to retain
duU Keep IuCA Until ChO SOiA " 80
take them up. They have double value
as a commercial fertilizer and also for
their mechanical elements of holding it
until the soil takes it up.
HAML1N: What percent. potash do you
use?
ADAMS: I have no rule. My first
application is that of nitrogen until l
get the desired color, and as long as l
have got the desired color and growth l
use very little nitrogen and potash. If
at any time the color fades | make it up
by an application of nitrogen again. do
not believe in fertilizer by any cast iron
rules, but giving those ingredients which
the habit of the growth and the color OF
the tree indicate that they want. [
apply the most of my fertilzing in the
fall-in October and November. Inever
discovered that plants were particular
where they got the fertilizing qualities,
if they get it. Most of my fertilizing is
done now in the way OF salts which can
be used without stirring the soil.
HARVEY: want to say that upon my
grove there has never been a particle OF
commercial fertilizer put until this
wear. This is the first that have put
Lovo n 1>rotku ooOd OrOuo
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save from $5 to $40 per ton.
HEAlY: That is all right, but there is
one thing that I am convinced of in my
observations of the past. l cannot see
in my grove but one way of careful fer
tilizing, and that is the way the Presi-
dent says. have been through the muck
business, and did like Col. Harvey,
went off and bought some commercial
fertilizers. l saw that my trees were
failing in color, and followed them up
with ammonia to see that they were get
ting the color back, and then I watched
them to see if I was going to get the
fruit, and this year I found that [ had
as much as 1 wanted, and followed it
up this year with potash and phosphor-
ic acid. If my fruit is thin skinned and
hard and CLASSY, a thorough spraying is
tried, and if the orange is heavy [ am
sati sfed that have got all the pot ash L
want I do not want any more, and
the harder the orange is, the thinner
the skin, and the more juice it has in
proportion to tie pulp the m ere certain
I am that have got all the phosphoric
acid I want. If it has tendency to turn
black around the stem, | am satisfied
that have got enough ammonia, and
then let it alone. L think there lies
the keynote of the fertilizer question.
think if the orange grower would 60 to
the house from which he purchased his
what proportion he wants it and have
it made up to suit himself, and use il
as he needs it that he would have
much better results.
HAMLIN: Why is it that some men
keep on raising pumpkins?
HEALY: The difficulty is that the
Lord didn't give them what He did some
others. They lack the brain.
SWINGLE: It occurs to me that il
might be we'll to state the way the Ger
mans do. They use oats or some croI
like that, and lay out about a dozer
plats and put nothing but ammonia or
one, nothing but potash on another, etc
Then they watch the results. BY thai
method they can tell in year what the
soil has and what it does not contain
For instance, if the land has plenty oil
potash, the plat that they put potash
on would give no better yield than the
others, and this would show that the
soil has plenty of potash on it. be-
lieve the time will come in Florida when
we will want to know what to fertilize
our groves with, and we will test several
places in our grove and tell what it con-
tains. This is much more reliable to
nv mind than the chemical analyses.
These are complex problems that need
yet to be solved.
HAMLIN: A great many of our orange
growers keep their land perfectly clean,
and great many use purely chemical
fertilizers and nothing else. In your
opinion what would be the result in
time on the grove and the land :?
SwINGLE: AS that is such a Compli-
Gated matter I would not want to ex-
press rny opinion without the actual ex-
periments to back me. The plan that l
was trying to get at was to get some
plan that would show what the results
would be. The oats would show in a
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And giving entire satisfaction in every cas-
Where one goes Others soon follow.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-07-29
The Presidents Programme.

The World is enabled to announe'
authoritatiyely the immediate policy
Of President Cleveland in regard u
the approaching special session
Briefly, il will be as follows:
First-silver reform, by the abso
luts and unqualified repeal OF Tia,
Sherman law.
Second-Silver reform, to be prose
cuted 10 accordance with the pledges
Of the party as soon as Out not be
forel the finances Of the country are
upon n stable basis.
Cleveland is annoyed and exasper.
ated at the unexpected interference
with his tariff reform plans, but he Is
not discouraged. From information
at his command, Cleveland has no
doubt that his policy will be adopted
by the House. after reasonable dis.
cussion. II is in the Senate that
trouble win come
What will follow the repeal is a
matter that will not be injected into
the present igbt il the Administra-
ton has its way. That further iinan.
cial legislation will be needed tue
President considers probable, but
what It's nature shall be is a matter
Of future determination York
World.