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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04
A FATAL LOG RAFT
Willie Vincent Drowned
Under 1t.
His Body Was Recovered Stockton
Traffic by River Increasing Greatly.
The Seamen's Institute.

Reckless boys who insist on playing up
on the floating piles anchored in RATS off
section B of the seawall were taught sad
lesson yesterday morning.
A fad named Willie Vincent. who re-
sided with his parents near the foot of
Powell street, was playing on one of the
log RATS. 1t separated, letting him fall
between the logs into the bay. The tide
drifted the logs together over the little fell
lows head, and he was drowned like a rat
in cage.
A man named Jesse O'Connell, who
made every attempt TO reach and save the
boy, succeeded In recovering the body.
Young Vincent had torn all the finger
nails off his right hand in endeavoring to
wrench the piles apart in his death strug-
gle. The dead boy was u years nf age.
His parents took charge of his body after
the Coroner was notified.
The foreman of the dredger engaged in
work on the ferry slip al Oakland mole
was badly crushed between two loose
piles yesterday afternoon. The injured
man was taken tn Oakland
Whitney & Co.'S opposition ferry made
several trips to Oakland yesterday, but
regular service will not commence till to-
morrow.
If the railroad company does OF take
notion to reduce freight rates TO Stockton
pretty soon all the merchandise shipments
for that city will be carried by water.
Business by the river route has been
steadily increasing for months until now
it has reached that bulk that it is almost
impossible to carry it all by steamer.
Both navigation companies operating
steamers on the San Joaquin have been
obliged recently to increase their facilities
and still the freight piles in and over
crowds them
The newly fitted steamer T. C. Walker
of the California Navigation Company is
now working in fine shape. making excel
lent time. Her new machinery works
perfectly.
Extra boats are now run 10 Stockton on
Monday, Wednesday and Friday of each
week. Extra trips are also made to ac-
commodate passengers on Sunday.
Good use was made of the new rooms of
the Seaman'S Institute yesterday. All
day long sailors and apprentices visited
the place, expressing themselves as well
pleased with the result OF Rev. Mr.. Fell's
labOTS In their behalf.
The State of California came down from
the Union IIon Works. The hole in her
side, caused by coiliding with the Whites
boro. has been repaired. and the California
is as sound as ever.
People have been wondering what the
ship 4. c. Potter is carrying 10000 feet of
lumber to La Paz, Lower California, for.
1t is said the timbers are for the purpose
OF constructing mining mill. the property
of an English syndicate.
Captain Frederick Arff has been ap-
pointed master of the schooner Ivy, and
Captain Wetzei Of the schooner Mary
Eta.
The schooner Robert Levers has on
board for Honolulu freight valued at
$4,000. 1t includes 1000 pounds of
tobacco, 1915 GALLONS wine, 100 barrels
salmon. 1900 bundles shingles, IT'S barrels
-four, so tons fish Guano, 2,000 pounds of
beans and 354 centals barley.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04
GAS COMMITTEES DILEMMA.
Solved by Putting Out the Lights
and Reducing the Bills.

The Street Light Committee of the Board
OF Supervisors is hard up and does not pro.
pose to run in debt and let the next board
pay its bills.
That is why last Thursday and Friday
evenings the gas ard electric lights all
over The city were turned off
Under the contract with the gas COM
panies and electric light companies three
nights in each month. at the full of the
moon, lights are not turned on. This
makes saving of nearly 5000 night to
the city. and in April the chairman of the
Gas Committee of the Board of Super
visors, Mr.. Reis, arranged with the COM
panes that in April, May and June for
eleven additional nights the lights should
not be turned on.
This will make a saving to the city of
some $4,000 and prevent deficit in the
street hight fund to be made up next year,
Mr.. Refs said yesterday that he hoped
to make some arrangements to shut off the
lights in July. August and September for
nine nights. As all these nights are near
the full Of the moon and in summertime
very little Inconvenience will ensue from
the want of the lights.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04
CHEATED OF HIS SHARE.
Fresh Allegations in the Macdonald
Will Contest.

A suit was filed yesterday in the Supe-
rior Court by Duncan Macdonald against
d. A. Macdonald and Cameron II. King.
This is not the first suit that has been
filed between the parties. but in the COM
plant filed yesterday defendants are
charged with gross betrayal of confidence.
Duncan Macdonald is brother Of the
late c. E. S. Macdonald, lover whose estate
there has been much litigation. Plaintiff
claims that in consequence of Admins
traitor Pennies denial of the partnership
alleged 10 exist between himself and his
dead brother. and further>in consequence
of the appearance of a claimant in tue boy
Henry Macdonald. he has been much re-
duced in mind, body and pocket He has
also had to borrow money to live on.
Macd onald further claims that he was
induced to assign and par, with his claim
in the estate by false representations on
the part of D. a. Macdonald. from whom
he has borrowed money. and King. the
other defendant.
On the other hand, the defendants assert
that plaintiff obtained large sums of money
from them, in consideration of which he
made the assignment quoredsand that ac-
counts stand even on this score.
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seem to diminish the number of visitors OIL

seem to diminish the nun Der of visitors or
their questions.
''How many exhibits have yoN got here? ?"
asked one overgrown youth with ote-
book.
MIR. burden looked earnestly at the
Qnesti0Der ami pointed to the thermom-
and we'll ga round together and count
With weak but hospitable wave of the
hand over the entire floor. which was COW
cred with cases.
Below State Mining Bureau Chemist
Johnston. was trying to reduce some
refractory ore by the heat of the sun III
order to save gas and blowpipe.
His genial face glowed with delight as
he estimated the economy this weather
would prove TO the State should his exper-
iment succead. When last seen he feared
that frequent Interruptions might have
spoiled fair test. the doctor having often
been called away to other mysterious
chemical experiments.
Secretary Lelong of the horticultural
Commission and Pest Inspector Graw
were struggling with WORK. Mr.. Graw
says pests eat more in hot weather than in
cool. He has to keep his nursery in grub,
and thus could sympathize with the hun
dreds of cooks sizzling over red hot stoves
all over the city.
Its bad enough in the Offices" said the
big Scotchman, "but wonder if people
ever think of the bakers underground, ave
and the women folks in the thousands of
kitchens all over town-they are the ones
who catch it 70
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04
ROASTED IN OFFICES.
A Perspiring Trip Round the State
Departments.


Round the headquarters of the CO minis
sions and other State centers of business
on Saturdays there is always an air OF
lauguid inertia to be noted. The officials
virtually close up at n DON or o'clock, and
merely put in the afternoon winding up
loose ends.
But yesterday the languid air was
changed to positive exhaustion. All win
dows and doors were wide open. Shirt
sleeves were in order, aud many secre-
taries looked as if they would like 10 sit
down 'n their bones"
Good weather for grapes" was sug-
gestad at the Vitcultural Commission.
mo grapes in San Francisco" grunted
Secretary Scott, peelng off another gar
ment. morosely. Let them keep this sort
of thing for the interior. or send it here
how to deal with it. Has that girl gone?
Guess I'll take off my shirt"
Instead of the cool breeze usual about
P. NJ. gentle slroccO or monsoon blew
steadily down Market street, diminishing
the icemen's blocks being delivered at III
the great restaurants and driving people
into every available resort to resupply the
moisture licked up by the scorching breath
without.
Lotia's Fountain was besicged all day.
DIR. Cogswell in bronze and stone received
many grateful chances, which ought to
have repaid him had he known OF them.
The only complaint was that there were
too few sources of good, cool drinking
water The dogs and horses would have
been glad OF few more troughs set in
central locations, those before saloons and
grocery stores being not in ell cases dssr-
able.
Up in the Mining Bureau Curator Dnr-
den Wilted under the heat. which did not
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04
COOLER TODAY.
The Weather Bureau Explains Yes
terday'S Hot Wave.


At 2 o'clock the temperature was regis
tered at 80. an unusual heat this early in
the year.
At the Weather Bureau 1t was learned
that San Francisco was not the only place
experiencing hot wave, but that the belt
of high temperature extended from the ex-
treme points of Northern California to and
through Arizona.
The belt commenced at point little
north of Red Blnff ard extended to Tucson,
being confined to the Sacramento and San
Joaquin valleys, Southern California and
Arizona.
Al San Francisco the maximum temper
ature was 90 degrees. the highest expert
enced up TO the 81 of June since 1871
There have been higher temperatures later
in the month in several years during that
period
AT Sacramento the temperature reached
90, at Red Bluff 81, Fresno 98, Los Angeles
IS, Yuma, AriZ., ITO.
In June last year the highest point
reached was 73 During the same month
in 1891 it reached 100, the highest ever re-
corded here.
The Weather Bureau promises for to-
day fair and cooler weather The high
pressure which caused Yesterdays hot
wave is moving eastward, and when tie
winds become variable the temperature
ALWAYS falls
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04
WENT SKYWARD.
The Nevada Block Elevator Would
Not Stop.

Yesterday evening, while the engineer of
the Nevada block was running the elevator
In the building. he met with a startling
experience.
He was In the cage alone and started for
The second floor. but upon reaching that
floor the elevator refused to stop. He
grasped the guiderope firmly. but the ma
chinery refused to stop. and the cage pro-
cee1ed upward at lively gait.
When the top of the elevator-shaft was
reached there was crash and the cast
iron grating cover to the cage fell in upon
the engineer. The car remained station
airy and the engineer was quickly assisted
out. His hands were severely cut by the
rope, which he lad attempted to hold, but
otherwise lie was uninjured.
AS the machinery which runs the ele-
yator was recently put in and thoroughly
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04
Real Estate Notes.

Sol Getz and Brother of IS Post street
report the following sales last week: Lot
50x120. east line of Th!rty-sixth avenue,
$50 north of K street, for 5000; 5Ox1GO,
south line of R street. 80 :6 west of Twenty
ninth avenue, for $500; 25x120, east line of
Twenty-third avenue, 200 south of K
street. for $500; 50Y12O, east line of Thirty
sixth avenue, $50 north of D street, for
500; 5Ox100 on s0ntheasterly line of
Vienna avenue, 200 northeasterly from
Persia avenue. for 5000.
Jacob Heyman's sales for week: Lot on
corner of Douglass and Alvarado streets.
$500; lot east line Hoffman street, 50 IS
south of Alvarado street, 25x9O, $3.50, In
the Heyman Tract; two lots COlum bia
Heights. $500; 2 lots block 1868, outside
lands, $500; and lots, Alvin Tract. Oak
land S14OO.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04

got up and tried to ne sSogn' mo-. c9of'
raise the ndow. He
pulled, pushed and pounded, but the sash
was nailed and he could not move it. He
swore a little to himself. and settled down
to the task of keeping his forehead dry.
A stout lady came in and sat behind
him, puffed good deal and looked dis
tressed. She, too, made spasmodic at
tempts to raise the window without sue
cess and scarcely had the train pulled out
from the station when she keeled over in q
dead faint.
1t took four men to get her to the car
door, where she was soon revived with
fresh air.
The whole car was in tumult by this
time and word from leader would have
caused every window in the coach to have
been broken. s
BY this time Center Street was reached
and the woman was helped off the train.
Every car in the train was close and H.
smelling and passengers could scarcely
breathe without going out on the plat
form.
Railroad officials, when asked. why the
windows of local trains were fastened
down, replied that it was done to "prevent
accidents"
As somebody is likely to be suffocated or
poisoned by foul gases generated in the
Southern Pacihc's rolling lighthouses the
logic OF their answer is not apparent.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04
A Forger Caught.

G. G. Collins, who follows the occupa-
tions Of druggist. collector and private
detective, was arrested yesterday by De.
tective Siivey on charge OF forgery. He
went to the store of Brandt & Co., 139
Montgomery street. and purchased suit
of clothes valued at $50. He presented an
order bearing the Office stamp of George
g. Shadhnrne Jr, real estate agent, 313
Montgomery street. to the effect that Col
Inns was clerk in his employ and holding
himself responsible for the amount. The
order was forged, hence the arrest. 1t is
said that Collins has victimized other mer-
chants by the same process.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04

=, d1Ty Fd7y LlLEtdTl
of years past. had the goes out 10 battle.
windows Of local trains
fastened down so that they cannot be
raised. On hot days the coaches become
so close and foul that the sweltering Oak
lander Is nearly suffocated in making a
trip from Twenty-thlrd avenue to Oak
land Pier.
In spite of the warm weather crowds left
Oakland and Alameda yesterday from
early morn to late in the afternoon to come
to the city.
As each ferry-boat turned loose its per-
spring passengers at the foot of Market
street sundry remarks could be heard by
bystanders which told that Oakland was
on the fight about something.
A lady was heard to say in an angry
tone: Il think 1t is a perfect outrage! Is
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04

complaints were in the morning. The
cars were overcrowded and the doorways
jammed with people.
On the 9:25 o'clock trip from Oakland to
the city lady tainted and had to be carr ed
ont on the platform before she could be
revived. The crowd in the car threatened
TO b eak every window in the coach and
would have done so had cooler counseIs
not prevailed.
To ascertain the condition Of the atmos-
phere and degree Of heat in coaches of the
Oakland local CALL reporter went over
the line in the afternoon.
That the Oakanders were righteously
indignant and that the local trains were
more badly ventilated than the hold of
deep-water ship WAS evident the moment a
coach was entered.
1t was comparatively cool under the big
shed of the mole, but the interior of the
Oakland local smelt like Chinese steerage.
and was as hot as a furnace. "Whew !!
how close" calculated every body as they
entered.
'Can you open that window, please ?"
asked delicate-looking woman holding
baby.
Il cannon. madam; IL is fastened" an
swered the gentleman next to her, after a
vain attempt to raise the sash.
Smash in the glass;" cried belligerent-
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04
PCIICEERS'
HEADQUARTERS!

Eastern Sugar-cured Hams. per fb........,,.,,l5c
Devied Ham or Potted Tongue per can. sc. 1Oc
2-lb cans Chicken or Turkey, per can. CSC
lib cans Armour's Corned Beef, per can .1Oc
lib cans best Lunch Tongue. per can. soc
Best OK Tongue, large cans ACKNOWLEDGEMENT SOC
Best French Sardines, key openers..2 cans for 25c
Glover Leaf HOLSTERS, per Observation-Disclosures. Csc
Telescope BASKETS. zoe, SOC, ACC, soc, soc each
Best quality Shawl Straps, each. zoe
Sweet Cucumber Pickles, per quart 2Oc
Spanish Queen Olives, per quart. ............3O soc
Spanish Queen Olives per bottle. ............2p c
r Raspberry. Strawberry or Lemon Syrups, per
oottie. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 2Oc
Liebie's Extract of Beef, ZOE 25c
3-lb cans whole Pineapple. ..................20 c
Glib cans Snider's Assorted Soups .....,,...25c
lib cans Assorted Walters ..........,.......EOc
SID cans High Tea Crackers. ..................45c
Cuttings New Jelly. in glass, per dozen. .....S1
large BIB cans Baked Beans. ..............25c
American Biscuit. Company's Soda Crackers,
Large jars China Ginger, per jar soc
cans Highlsnd or St Charles Cream. Csc
Extra choice Table Butter, per roll. ...,..... 35c
Mild California Cream Cheese. per lb...... .lOc
lO0-lb sack best GranC1ated Sugar. Is
10O-ib sack best New Orleans Rice. rs
6O-lb sack Patent Roller Flour .95c
50-lb sack best American Salt 35c
26-ib sack best-Roed Oats 81
30-lb sack best Rolled Wheat.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04

Opener 7 r6m owe the SeTOednt Wfthnnn,
top section of cream. otter a refreshin u bath.
In the afternoon there Jees very comfortable.
was good circulation of fresh air. and il
wasn't so bad on the shady side of the
street. 1t wasn't SO very hot at any time
of the day, but the suddenness of the
wave made it seem worse than it really
was. Folks were not prepared for it.
though it came on gradually enough and
was preceded by night of more than
usual mildness.
just how hot 1t was nobody knew ex-
cept the weather man. for everybody was
too busy to look at the thermometers. In
Chicago, when it is hot or cold-and it il
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04
Railroad Change.

John M. Smith, who has bees connected
with the Union Pacific Company and Ore
gon Railway and Navigation Company for
the last seven years. has resigned as chief
clerk oil the same to accept the position of
general agent of the Great Northern Rail-
way Company, which has completed its
line to Seattle. Wash, and has direct COM
munication with San Francisco by the
Pacific Coast Steamship Company's
steamers.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04

he thought he needed il
and would have taken
it even if it had be en-
warmer than it was.
Some small boys in
the Mission took refuge
from the suns beaming
rays in the interior of
ar icecream freezer, but
when they had eaten up
all the icecream about
them they found the
atmosphere a little too
close and had to seek
the outside. Three of
them were so distended
by the amount Of ice
cream eaten that they
could be liberated only
by employing a can
0nanRr IN ram owe tho
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04

Working hard. Ike The men-folks crowd
that, on hot day. ed out on the platform
and kept auy draft from circulating
through the cars. The heat actually be-
came unbearable. The thermometer stood
"a in the shade in the town and must have
reached about 105 in the cars.
There was not the slightest zephyr stir
ring in the streets and the hot sun sbone
down on the cars, transforming every
rolling streetcar into a dollhouse of about
the same temperature as the east end of
the park conservatory. wherein survive
the most delicate of tropical plants.
The reporter moved from one car to an
other. and although the train was By no
means crowded, owing it to being an off
hour for travel, everybody was complain
ing. Men and women were grum bling and
making vain efforts to raise the windows.
"Why don't you have those windows
fixed so they can be raised ?" asked The
CALL man OF the conductor. Il don't
know, sir" be answered. 1.-THE company
sees fit 10 have them fastened, so fastened
thew are"
Nearly three times as many people came
toward San Francisco on the return trip
as had gone from the city to Oakland On
the IN tram
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04

looking man sitting op-
posite, who looked as
II lie was on the point
OF putting his big
brown fist through the
Objectionable pane.
"Oh, please do not
make trouble on my
account" pleaded the
woman with the baby.
II will go down near
the door,"
The train pulled out
and started up the mole.
A cool breeze from the
bay helped people to
keep good-natured for a
few momen is, but when
the Point station was
reached grumb bling be-
gan again.
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1T WAS NOT COLD.
No Cases of FrOst-Bitten
Toes Reported.
THE WEATHER WAS MILD.
How the Signal Service Man Ac-
counts For the Hot Wave
of Yesterday.
THE WEATHER WAS MILD.

The mercury in the local thermometer
yesterday was not as low as it has been
known to go in this city. Neither was il
as cold here yesterday as il sometimes is al
the north pole or Whereabouts.
AS matter of cold truth-if that ex-
preston may be used discussing hot
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04

The s s, make garment off, and goes
""0''0' nun about his business as
though nothing had occurred. Once in
while tenderfoot from back East comes
along and inquiries if this is hot enough.
or something like that.
Then there Is a new arrival at the morgue
and the usual funeral the next day. So
things go along smoothly here, no III after
what the thermometer or the weather
clerk says.
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light yesterday Will
need no corroborative proof. He lett his
oyercoat at home when he started out, and
as a rule left his coat unbuttoned.
The tepid man was in his glory, IN o
need of going out into the country for
summer weather." he said. and he looked
as contented and as happy in his summer
costume as another man would who was
just departing for his vacation.
Even the genus tramp. who believes in
the minimum use of water for other than
sailing purposes, took a bath yesterday.
And THE CALL artist was present when
one of these came hurriedly out Of the salt
water at the North Beach pier, gathered
MP his cast-off garments and made speedy
exit from the scene, with harbor patrol
man good second.
1t was too hot for the policeman to run
far, so the tramp reached the rear end Of
the lumber pile in safety. and by this time
is doubtless properly clothed-at least
from a tramp's standpoint.
a careful lookout was kept yesterday in
all the wide-awake newspaper offices for
cases of justifiable homicide induced by
the foolish victims inquiry:
rs 1t not enough tor You today"
1t is known to a certainty that the Ques-
ton was asked several times during the
noon hour. but so far as can be ascer-
tanned the violence done upon these occa-
siOns was not mortal in its consequences.
The natatoriums and salt bathing
esta hlishment5 did a rushing business all
day, and at high tide all the inha bitants of
Alameda, or as many of them as could find
their last years bathing suits took dip in
the briny surf.
Sergeant Whitman took bath early in
the forAnnnn. He said
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mostly one or the other,
If not both in the same
day-the chief occupa-
tion Of everybody who
goes out of doors is 10
look at the thermome-
ter and talk about how
cold or hot it Is.
But a little thing like
yesterday doesn't phase
the average San Fran
clscan. He knows it
won't getvery hot here.
for it never does, and
he has no fear OF sun
stroke, for there is al
ways some salt air stir
ring even on the hottest
days.
So he just unbuttons
his vest, or leaves that
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04

The reporter selected
a coach in the center of
the train and entered.
The air within wa s
tainted with an odOr
II Ike an uncovered
s will-cart. People
passed through this car
holding their noses and
sought other resting
places. The next car
was not so bad, bnt
still smellei strong
enough to be suggestive
of old clothes and Chi
nese washh0uses.
A man with a valise,
perspiring like a de-
fective boiler. SAT down
near the door. He put
his valise on the seat.