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The morning call., 1894-03-15

their way when they came to arrest Tyr
rell.
'Oh, they all had lanterns" said the
witness,
Who were in the house at the time?"
Jim Woods, Miles Tracy. Terence
Tracy, little Dick and John Tyrrell."
When did Terence Tracy 90 to bed?''
About O'Clock"
Mrs. DOYLE then said that Tracy had
lalr hair. little or no mustache aud WAS
about % years old. All the sailors had a
drink OF liquor that night but the witness
had not drunk more than usual. She was
accustomed TO take glass now and then.
No liquor was sold ia the house now as
her license had been revoked. She under
stood that had been done because of the
explosion. She was sure 1t was not be-
cause Of any disorderly conduct that had
taken place at her house. a recess was
then taken
On resuming, c. B. Delaney was called
TO testify as TO Tvrrelrs exemplary char.
aeter. and his example was followed by
Patrlck CnrrigaB, president of the Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
august Seaman, an APPLY named sailor,
testified that he knew the witness Losson
very well, and that his eyesight was very
bad.
c. F. Martin. a reporter, was called to
testify TO something, but was excused
until to-day.
Frank p. Hughes identified the records
at the Coronor's office.
Inc next witness was James Doyle,
proprietor of the Dublin Exchange" and
husband of Mrs. Doyle. Mr.. Doyle pro-
ceeded in his own original way 10 throw
a little light into the somewhat dull pro-
ceedlngs. His testimony was substan-
TALLY the same as that given by his vile,
although he had distinctly peculiar way
n n
ally disturbed the gravity of the specta-
tors, and even of counsel.
Doyle was questioned regarding the
light of the moon," with view to ascer-
tanning what sort of night it was when
the catastrophe occurred.
Have you ever been out IN your back
yard on a moonlight night?" was asked.
II don't know How could be able to
tell thing like that?"
You're sure Tyrrell went to bed at 8
O'Clock that night?"
THAT'S what be did,"
Now, as to Graham. Had lie been drink
ing at your bar before the explosion?"
Two or three bottles of whisky-at my
expense"
Amy beer?"
mo. sir; he would not drink beer; he
was too heightened for that"
when was the first time you saw Gra-
ham?"
The hrst time l set eyes on him was that
night at my bar-to my grief"
do you know why your license was
revoked? ?"
Because of the explosion, heard. They
said Tyrrell over here was dynamiter. y
Court then adjourned until this morning
Thomas White, whom the defense regard
as most important witness, will bc
brought from the City and County Hospi
Dital, where be is laid up with inflamma
tory rheumatism. Meanwhile, the witnes,
Graham will remain in custody of tht
Sheriff.
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HANDSOME NEW QUARTERS.
The San Francisco Verein to
March With the Times.
POPULAR ORGANIZATION.
Eminent Merchants Are Among the
Members of this Strong Ger
man Athletic Club.

The elegant furniture and fixtures of the
San Francisco Verein are about to be re-
moved from the old home of the club at
Grant avenue and Suffer street to 800
Geary street. formerly occupied by the
Union League Club. This will be only a
temporary residence of the vereiD, for
next fall the old club will enter its elegant
new building in course of construction at
Post and LeavenwOrth streets.
Tie San Francisco Verein is a time-hon-
ored institution and numbers among its
members many very wealthy merchants.
Its present principal officers are: Colonel
NJ. III. Hecht. president; Charles Kohler,
vice-presdent: ]. Marx. secretary; Louis
Sloss, treasurer.
The verein was organized October IS,
1853 and is therefore now in its forty-hrst
year. 1t is the oldest social organization
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AN OLD EYESORE,
Removal of an Offense to
the Mission.
The Fence About Woodward's Gar
dens, an Old Landmark, in
Course of Demolition.

An eyesore to the Mission for more than
Joshua Z. Whittier, the contractor. began
yesterday the tearing down of the high
fence on the Valencia-stree side of Wood
wards Gardens.
Residents of the Mission district have
long felt that this tall, unsightly fence
was an injury to their section Of the city.
They regard its removal with great salts
faction.
The removal marks a great change in
the Mission. The fence though unsightly,
was a landmark. Within the Enclosure
early San Francisco saw many a great
event. Woodward's Gardens was the
great place for an outing within the city
before the superior attractions of Golden
Gate Park began to draw away its patrons.
Woodward's Gardens occupied little
more than two blocks of land. extending
from Mission to Valencia streets. 1t was
first the home Of Z. b. Woodward, where
he had accumulated a great variety Of Gu
rios as private collection. During the
war times the properly was opened to the
public, fee being charged and the profits
going TO the Sanitary Commission.
The attendance was so large that it was
decided to convert the grounds into e pub
lie resort This was done. New features
and attractions were added. The menag-
erie. the aviary and the aquarium were
we'll maintained. A pavilion, in which
theatrical performances. roller-skating al
the time IF the first craze and other novel
ties were introduced, added TO the re-
sources of the place.
After Woodward's death the property
began to run down. Finally, after ten
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Ex-Minister Coombs Had
Something to Say.
IMPRISONED IN JAPAN.
Mrs. Doyle Says That TyrreII
Had Gone to Bed.
AWAKENED BY THE EXPLOSION.
Attorney HaskeD's Endeavor to
Show That the Case Is One
of Mistaken Identity.
AWAKENED BY THE EXPLOSION.

To the casual visitor at the trial Of John
Tyrrell for the murder of Edward Muir
ply by means of dynamite explosion in
front of Curtin's clearinghouse on Sep
TENDER % last. it would seem as though
the person on trial were not Tyrrell but
w. II. Graham, the chief witness for the
prosecution.
Graham is kept in custody all the time.
and strenuous efforts are being made by
the defense 10 show that Graham's charac-
ter has in the past been so utterly vile that
his evidence is not worthy of credence.
When court resumed yesterday morning
Attorney Haskell moved to strike out the
evidence of Morrison. Price, Cleary, Ger
man and Syme. The motion was denied,
and then Haskell made short opening
speech Tor the defense, in which he SAID
be expected to show that the author of the
dynamite outrage was not the prisoner al
the bar, but the witness, Graham.
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ONLY FUNDS FOR A FEW.
The Number of Men Employed at
the Park Is Small.


The falling off in the subscriptions tot
ward the relief fund is already being fell
in numerous destitute families, where abb
solute want of bread has until now been
kept away by the work supplied by the
relief committee.
Only 200 new tickets were issued yester-
day and 500 men were laid off. To-day
there are only 45O laborers in the park.
Many men who had slips emitting them TO
tickets yesterday did not receive them on
account of the necessity for outstanding
the comparatively small sum that remains
in the treasury. The bitter dsappoint-
ment of these unlucky applicants was
something painful to witness.
The following cash subscriptions were
received yesterday by Treasurer Daniel
Meyer:
Chamber OF Commerce - James G.
Fair, sic; Button. Bell Co., $40; Cert.
Schloss 81 Co., $40; James b. Chase. $40;
w. b. Chapman, $40; A. Chesehrough,
SO; P. B. Cromwall, $40; c. f. Croker.
$40; Cunningham, Curtiss 81 WEIGH. $40; j
f. Cunningham, So; Horace Davis, SO;
Peter Dean, SIG; l.. P. began, So; De la
Montanya, $40; A. Gerberding. $40;
Ghirarde hi & Sons. SO; Giryin. Baldwin
& Eyre, SO; Milton Andrews. $40; John
Dobeer, $40; John Metcalt, SO; d.
Meyer, SO; Albert Miller. $40; Miller.
Schloss g. Scott. SO; Montealegre & Co.,
$40; Charles Nelson, SO; Deputy j. n.
Knowles (for Chamber of Commercel $40.
Other subscriptions were: Cash. 81 II. r.
Browne, Oakland, S., Total amount re-
ceived, $6S,776 20; balance on hand, SILL
3OS o.
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NOT A MERCHANT.
A Chinese Restaurant Keeper May
Be Deported.

United States Court Commissioner Haa.
cock made a recommendation on his in
depreciation of the McCreary act yester-
day which may raise vigorous opposition
among Chinese who are not laborers and
do not buy and sell goods as merchants.
jew Ming, a Chinese, claiming to be a
merchant, being q partner in III Wo d Co.,
Sacramento. was arrested under the Nc
Creary act, II being found that the firm
kept a restaurant and lodging-house.
The Commissioner found that as such they
were not merchants and Jew Ming could
not take The protection of the act In its re-
lations toward merchants. Sc he recon-
mended to the District Court that the de-
PENDANT be deported To China.
The question will be raised before Judge
Morrow as tn whether Ming is merchant,
and as this will be a test case legal fight
is exDacted
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ATHLETIC NEWS.
The Next Championship Games
Olympic Boxing Tournament.

olympic Boxing 0urnament.
The Midwnter Fair athletic programme
for March 81 is: 100-yard maiden race,
220-yard handicap. 440-yard handicap
S8o-yard handicap. 22O-yard hurdle-race,
running broad jump. high jump. pole
vault for height, putting 16-pound shot,
100-yard three-legged race. Entries will
close on the oath inst. with Secretary
Kennedy at Olympic Club.
The Olympic Club boxing tournament
will commence on Thursday, the 22d inst,
and entries will close on next Saturday
evening. A large number of Olympians
and admirers of boxing are anxious that
the boxing committee should give special
prizes for meetings between Spanger and
Gilbert, lightwegh;s, and Donahue aud
Carter, welter-weighis. These men are
anxious to meet again in the presence of
good judges TO decide the question Of su-
premacy.
There will be handball contests at the
Olympic grounds on Sunday between
Olympic and Reliance Club players, and
on Monday the Olympic players Will jour-
ney to Oakland TO meet the Acme boys III
their own court.
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of its kind in the State, and that il is still
lusty and prosperous is shown by the fact
of its being able to build for its own uses
such splendid clubhouse as will be the
one which in few months will be ready
for occupancy.
The constitution of the club names as a
prerequisite to membership the ability of
the applicant to sneak German and IL is
therefore practically German club,
though this rule regarding eligibility is
no longer strictly enforced. The organi-
cation is non-sectarian and the main in
tent of its originators seems TO have been
simpl to establish a club for German
speaking men of leisure. Itsnem bership
is limited to 275 and at present the roll
shows $50 members, some OF whom are
charter members.
President Hecht was the prime mover
in the undertaking which is about to give
the club a home which will be equal in APP
pointments and furnishing to any clubs in
the country. He proposed that the men,
bers raise fund by voluntary subscriptions
for this purpose and the suggestion was
readily carried out.
The new building, which is now half
finished, will cost when completed the
round sum of 100000. 1t will be three
story structure of granite, brick and sand
stone. The base of the building will be
in bush-hammered granite, the basement
walls up to the window stills of the first
floor to be faced with form bricks of two
inch groove and buff color. The window
sill course will be in light colored sand
stone. The whole of both fronts will be
faced with light-colOred Roman brick. The
interior will be flushed in the finest GODS.
One of the main features OF the interior
will be an immense dance hall 81 feet 6
inches in height to be used for entertain
ments which the club gives to its mem bers
and their families.
Every known clubhouse convenience will
be provided, and in all res ects the new
home OF the verein will be an ideal struc-
ture unsurpassed in elegance and equip
ments,
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PACIFIC BANK REPORT.
Prospect of a Dividend Being Soon
Declared

Declared.
The February report upon the affairs of
the Pacific Bank has been presented to
p Presiding Judge Hebbard. The report in-
cludes all receipts and disbursements from
November 8, 1883, to February %. 1894.
An Indebtedness of S123. 900 owed by the
Cedar River Coal Company of Washington
is in process of recovery, judgment hav-
ing been obtained against the mine. Lands
may be recovered from the John Brown
Colony to reimburse the bank for S27S. COO
loaned. Total losses are supposed in the
cases of the California Investment Com
pany. owing $50, $50; Matthew Gage of
Riverside, who owes S95, 356; the Cali
fornia Publishing Company and the San
Francisco Printing Company, the aggrega.
iion of whose indebtedness amounts to
S48, 600. r. II. Mcdonald Jr. owes S51, OO0
cies for $4,000. which have not yet been
assigned.
Attorney General w. II. II. Hart owes
500, 423 in notes. besides an overdraft of
$3.50. Against this the bank holds an
assigned mortgage on lands in Monterey,
against which there are now six torecos-
ure suits pending There is also a note
of Florence Blythe for $4,000 against
Harris overdraft.
Minor receipts are acknowledged as fol-
lows: From w. j. Richie on his note,
$500; Joseph Kirk. $50; Cleveland 81 Hill,
$1,000; Morgan Hill. note. $1,000; W. e.
Decker. 500; W. A. Backus, notes, S497;
c. NJ. Shortridge, interest, S33; j. NJ.
Roihschild, overdrsft, $1,000; Joseph Kirk,
notes, $500: j. III. Trout. note and in
terest, $1,000.
Up 10 February % creditors have filed
claims amounting to S543.016. The Com
missioners have on hand S62, 45S, also
$4,000 under attachment by the Sheriff
1t Is stated that when they get S1SO,0O0 on
hand 1t will be found possible to declare
per cent dividend.
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TO SUCCEED MAYS.
DR.. Younger Is the Man
Selected.
Chosen by the Board of Health as
Resident Physician at the
County Hospital.

DIR. Alexander J. Younger succeeds DR..
Arthur 81. Mays tomorrow as resident
physician at the City and County Hospital.
DR.. Mays has been at the hospital for
something more than two years. having
been elected for the position in January,
1892. His retirement. a voluntary one, is
due TO the fact that he is shortly to be
married to Miss Gussie Stonesifer, the
daughter of Mrs. A. q. StoDesifer Of 1o16
Tenth street, Oakland. and his wish to
give up hospital practice and to establish
a practice of his own in this city.
His successor, DR.. A. j. Younger. was
chosen by unanimous vote of the Board
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DIR. J. ]. LEEK'S LETTERS.
Coroner Hughes Obtains Two, Which
Were Sent TO Napa.

v II
Were Sent TO Napa.
Coroner Hughes has returned from
Napa, bringing with him two letters sent
by DR.. j. j. Leek to Miss Aldersley. The
first is mere note, which runs as follows !:
SAN FRANCISCO. February 4.
To Mss Alice Atdersiey, NGpd: Come 10 San
Francisco Monday morning. Business.
DR.. j. j. LEEK.
The second shows that the doctor. al
though the proprietor of dental college,
sometimes tripped in his spelling, and did
not have the old rhyme repeating the days
suit with his brother having been set for
February 80. The letter is as follows:
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. %, '94
Dear Alice: thought would drop you few
lines tonight. may receive note from you
IN the morning. | am feeling well as usual
The WEATHER is nice aud tonight slightly cold
] was out TO court the next morning q. w. L..
was there. All that was said was that the case
set for ] p. NJ. on Friday. Feb. 80, '94, Of this
Office last night for about II o'clock. They
only hinted on the subject. l have not herd
any more. So will wait until see you good by
DIR. j. j. LEEK.
The chemist is still at work in the en-
deavOr to discover the nature of the poison
which caused the death of Miss Aldersley
DIR. J. j. Leek has been removed 10 the
residence of his brother, Ira Y. Leek, %
Clinton Park. He is reported now as
quite out of danger, and with the excep-
ton that his feet are so badly blistered
that be can hardly walk, almost a well
man,
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CANCELLED BONDS.
Judge Joachimsen Objects to Sure
ties Accepted by Judge Campbell.

tiSS f1S$SplS0 ny SdASO SnhhpO~
Kittie Farley and Mamie Fitzgerald
were arrested week ago en- the charge of
robbiDg a stranger from Sacramento of
$40 in saloon on Third street. Mamie
held him while Kittie pulled off his boot
and extracted the money from his stock
ing, where he kept it. Then the old man
yelled for help and the bartender threw
him out. They were released on $1,000
bonds each. accepted by Judge Campbell.
Judge Joachimseu. 10 whose court the
cases were assigned, ordered the women
into custody yesterday, and MADE a fur
Their order that the bonds be cancelled.
The reason OF the Judges action was
that he was not satisfied with one of the
bondsmen. They are Henry A. Rather,
proprietor of the Carroll House on Sixth
Street. and William S. O'Brien, 135 Larkin
street. The Judge learned, through the
Sherff's office. that Rather did not own
any real interest in the Carroll House, and
that his other property exempt from exc
cution was not sufficient to make him good
upon criminal bonds to the amount of
$4,000
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years of decadence, it was decided to sell
the animals, exhibits and various attrac-
tions of the place. This was done at pu b.
lie auction In 1892, most of the animals
and the curios going for fraction of what
they had cost. Some time after the sale OF
the personal property. the Superior Court
ordered division of the realty among the
Woodward heirs-R. B. Woodward, the
son, Mrs. SAW d. % Mnr Gis p Ell nuich-
daughters.
1t is the intention to cut the unopened
streets through the property and remove
all vestige. of the use TO which it has been
put. When this is completed the tract
will afford some of the finest building sites
in the Mission.
Contractor Whittier. who secured all the
glass cases on the property for the modest
sum of $50, will pile up the fence after its
removal and, with the other odds and ends
which have been secured, open a junk
shop.
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A Good Radiance

j. d. Roberts, the dashing confidence
operator, who pleaded guilty to the charge
of vagrancy aud had his case postponed
till yesterday on condition that meantime
he would leave the State. was called In
Judge Joachimsen's court, but did not
appear. 1t is believed that he left for the
East on Tuesday night, but il not and he
is again found in the city he will get six
months in Jail. Roberts is The man who.
with the assistance of a well-known gam
bier, tried to swindle q wealthy Young
widow in Berkeley, who was infatuated
with him. out of $4,000
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The Divorce Court.

from w. K. Mcknight Oh the ground OF
willful neglect. The wife retains custody
of minor child.
On the ground of extreme cruelty Kath-
crime Rimmer is awarded divorce from
Henry Rimmer, with custody of three
minor children.
Judge Murphy has granted Ellen c. Mel
son divorce from Edward n. Nelson on
the ground Of extreme cruelty. The Gus
touy of TWO minor children is awarded 10
the wife. with $50 month alimony and
$40 cnnnSal fees.
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l think we will be able to get some sort
of settlement soon. Ii Anderson, how
ever, does not do the right thing we will
fight him. fhe association has given US
full authority to 60 ahead"
No new attachments have been issued
against the band. Mr.. Phinney has a
number of circulars and programmes
printed in different parts of the country
which he shows. On these his name ap-
pears ahead of Anderson's, who is named
as merely manager. These he holds show
tn the latter acknowledged his prece-
oence, and he feels confident that if the
case does 60 TO court he will win.
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NO AGREEMENT YET.
Director Phinney and Manager An
derson Negotiating.

A conference was held yesterday after
noon in John A. Wright's office between
Director PhiDney Of the Iowa State band
and his attorney and o. S. Anderson.
Nothing definite resulted from it. The
indications are, according TO Attorney
Wright. that some sort of a settlement
will be arrived at. 1--WE are DESTROYS of
acting fair in this matter" he said to a
reporter of THE CALL yesterday.
'.ohinney could restrain the band from
playing at all, but he will not do so. He
does not want TO damage it in any way.
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Police Commissioners.

The Board Of Police Commissioners held
brief session last night. Martin Tahaney,
special at the Palace Hotel. and George f.
McGreevy, special in the Mission, had
their warrants Cancelled. Tahaney pre-
ferred taking parties of tourists through
Chinatown to patrolling his beat, and
McGreevy got drunk while on duty. The
hearing of the charges against Policemen
Field and Mahoney, who were engaged in
q scrap in saloon on d street, was again
postponed till Monday night, owing to the
absence OF material witnesses.
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The Leek Libel Case.

Judge Low yesterday examined G. w.
Leek, who is charged with criminal libel
Dy his brother, who supplied the city with
the recent sensation. The defendant was
held in $500 bail to appear before the
Cunarinr Conrt
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Army and Navy League.

A very enthusiastic meeting Of Camp
No. 1, Army and Navy Republican League,
Gncorpora; was held last evening,
Colonel A. Greasy presiding. Several
spec ches were made. manifesting q great
interest in the coming election and the de-
termination was expressed by all present
TO prosecute vigorous campaign.
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of the bullets hit All Wong. Chinese.
Edward Partridge saw the affair and ran
after Daniel. who TUNED upon him. pre-
scented his rifle and tnTea eneu 10 shoot if
he attempted TO lay hand upon him.
Partridge notified the police and the bold
bad boy was arrested.
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Chinese Convicts Remanded.

All Now, alias Chung All Now, Chinese
convicts who have been in the State prison
for burglary, pleaded guilty before Judge
Morrow 10 the charge that they had been
convicted of felony. They were arrested
under the McCrsary act, and have been
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Daniel and His Rifle.

Daniel Bonner. boy IL years of age,
was arrested yesterday afternoon at the
Potrero and has two charges of assault
with deadly weapon booked against him
at the City Prison. He was amusing him.
self by firing from parlor rife and one
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Spoiled the Game.

Sergeant Spiilane and posse last night
arrested All Puck. All Wee and All Gee
for violating the law against lotteries.
They aud their OUTFIT were secured in a
back room at 723 Dupont street.
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ordered deported to China. There are
three Chinese at present in the County
Jail waiting to be sent to China on the
next steamer.
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j. ]. Evans, Stationer and Printer,
Has largely increased his stock OF commercial
stationery and facilities for printing and book
binding at the old stand, 400 California street,
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BERTE LING's inventions for fitting the eye
have not YET been equaIed. 427 Kearny street.
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The Interrupted Tine shors the portion OF the fence
demolished yesterddyl