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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-23
AN INVENTORS LUCK.
A. b. Bowers Makes a Conqueripg Trip
Through the United States and
Guards His Rights.

A. B. Bowers, inventor and patentee of
the hydraulic system of dredging and of
numerous machines and devices for dredg-
ing under that system, has just returned
from successful business trip through
the Eastern States and is again domiciled
at his old headquarters, the Palace Hotel.
About year ago Mr.. Bowers patents
were sustained by Judge McKenna OF the
United States Circuit Court in a suit
against A. w. Won Schmidt and perma-
nent injunctions awarded against further
infringement.
Immediately thereafter Mr.. Bowers
started for the Eastern States to look after
his interests there. He found that during
the six years in which he was prosecuting
bis suit against Won Schmidt in order to
establish his patent contractors through
out the Eastern States had adopted and
were using his inventions, some in the
exact form and others in slightly modified
forms. Mr.. Bowers succeeded in settling
with some of these infringers and brought
suit against others. He has made seven
compromises in all and received large
sums of money therefor. the most notable
one being that of the Hydraulic Dredging
Company of Philadelphia.
The exact terms of the settlement have
not been made public, but this much is
delivered their entire dredging plant, val
ned at 5000, 600, to the Blowers Hydraulic
Dredging Company" and assigned to Mr..
Bowers all the Won Schmidt patents for
their territory east of the Rocky Noun
tains, being the patents under which they
had been operating.
After this settlement Mr.. Bowers visited
Galveston and the southern coast of Texas,
looking after contracts, then went north
to Boston, along the line of the New Jer-
sey ship canal and the Cape Cod ship
canal, on which work will soon begin. He
visited st. Louis to look after the Govern
ment work on the Mississippi, and then
stopped at Chicago, where he commenced
suit for 100000 against the contracting
firm of Heldmaier & Neu, who, under the
of Linden w. Bates, had in
fringed the patents on the drainage canal.
Mr.. Bowers will remain here only about
a month, during which time he will be
busily engaged, night and day. finishing
up his infringement suits pending against
the San Francisco Bridge Company and the
Pacific Coast Dredging and Reclamation
Company. After that he will depart for
the East to take charge of his interests in
the Bowers Hydraulic Dredging Company
at Philadelphia, which company is now
operating three dredgers in the Schuylkill
River. Mr.. Bowers will be accompanied
by his attorney, John III. Miller.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-23
WANT A STATE CHEMIST
The Board of Health Addresses a Com
municatiOn to Governor Budd on
This Important Matter.

This Important Matter.
The Board of Health, through Secretary
Godchaux, addressed the following letter
to Governor Budd yesterday:
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 81, 1895.
To His ErcelleHcy the Governor Of the State of
California, Sacramento, CQL: The existence of
pure-food law in this State, and the fact that
the attorney for the Board of Health for the
City and County OF San Francisco has advised
the board that 1t has the power to make the
expenditures and appoint the officers neces-
sary to carry out that law. afford the board
an excellent opportunity to accomplish one OF
the main objects OF board of health The
extent of our power in this behalf makes it in
cumbent on the board to guard against its
abuse, and we certainly desire to fulfill our
official duties with the least burden TO the
public.
sity of chemical analysis of foods and liquids
thought TO be adulterated, and for such proper
analyses costly equipment must be had.
Under these circumstances we have thought
that possibly the University of California,
which has a splendid equipment, might
become the means of making these analyses at
cost not exceeding 500 per month, thereby
saving the great cost of double equip
Relnstein OF the University of California, this
board has been in communication with the
president OF the University of California and
the professor OF chemistry, William B. Rising,
and as a result has concluded that its best plan
in this regard is to request your cooperation,
feeling sure that thereby the public interest
will be best ana most quickly subserved. l am,
Governor, your very obedient servant,
EDWARD GODCHAUX,
Secretary of the Board.
By order of the board at an executive session
held November 20, 1885
The Board of Health is determined to
enforce the pure-food law, provided 1t can
secure the proper backing.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-23
meats for export to see that they are prod
ucts of healthy CATTLE

meats for export to see that they are prod
ucts of healthy cattle.
James A. Riley is one of these ap-
pointees, and Colonel Baker, bureau or
ganizer of the Department of Agriculture,
has just installed him in his office. The
order for inspection will not go into effect
before January.
After New Years it will be the business
OF the inspectors to examine all cattle
before slaughter for the foreign markets,
condemning such as show symptoms of
any disease. The prepared meats are TO be
properly tagged, showing that they are fit
for export, and unless SO tagged no clear
ance will be issued.
Mr.. Riley is popular young man about
the Mission district and is familiar with
stock. He was born there twenty-five
years ago and graduated from the Cogs-
well Polytechnic College. His home has
been on fifteenth street, near Howard.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-23
AGAINST THE POOLROOMS,
The New Ordinance Will Again
Go Before the Super
ViSorS.
Judiciary and Health and Police Com
mitteeS Vote in Favor of
the Measure.

The poolroom ordinance favored by the
Grand Jury will again be presented to the
Board of Supervisors on Monday next,
after a second consideration in COM
mittee.
On last Monday, after having been
favorably reported on by the Judiciary
Committee, it was referred back to the
Joint Health and Police and . Judiciary
committees.
When the matter came up yesterday it
was championed by Supervisors Spreckles
and Dimond, who strongly urged its
adoption.
This order should pass" said the
former, because every good citizen de-
sires its adoption and because it will sup
press the poolrooms - these so-called
commission houses where so many young
men are ruined. These places are patron
lied largely by boys, clerks and others,
who cannot afford to lose their money.
Their losses often lead them to steal from
their employers and become fugitives from
justice.
the poolrooms this will be obviated, for
they cannot leave their desks and go to the
tracks and will not be able to play the
races
Supervisor Dimond spoke in much the
same strain.
SAT present" he said, "the City is filled
up with poolrooms, which in my iudg-
ment should be suppressed. The corpora
ton controlling the racetrack pays 5000
week in salaries, and over sixty men,
many of them having large families find
employment there. Racing here stimu-
lates the business of raising fine horses
and it brings money into California.
Races cannot be run and have the pool
rooms run downtown. People gamble
there and do not come out to see the
races. The gate money is necessary to the
prosperity of the enterprise, and if you de-
prive the track management of this reve-
nue. you aid in strangling the industry of
which we speak.
Supervisor Taylor also favored the order,
saying that he was ready to vote for any
. legitimate measure that would bring
money into the State.
Supervisor King took the side of the
poolrooms and said that if bookmaking
was allowed in one portion of the City and
County it should in others. His argu-
ments were apparently somewhat mixed,
but it made little difference, for when the
4 question of favoring or rejecting the order
was put to vote Supervisor bunker was
the only one who voted with him. the
voices Of Supervisors Dimond, Spreckeis,
Taylor, Morgenstern and Benjamin being
IN faver of the measure.
The order goes back TO the board in ex-
aetly the same form as originally proposed,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-23
The Station on Eddy Street to Be
Abolished for Lack of
Support.
WAS A COMPROMISE MEASURE
Underwriters Decide to Maintain One
Station in Modified Form
Downtown.

The Fire Patrol of San Francisco was cut
in two yesterday at a meeting OF the City
underwriters, held at the corner OF Califor-
MIA and Battery streets. There was not
money enough to support two stations, so
the house at Eddy and Polk streets had to
be abolished, leaving only the central es-
Enlistment on Jessie street, near Second.
Even the main house had to be handled
without gloves, for the income from insur-
ance companies was not sufficient to MAIN
tain it in old form.
AT the meeting yesterday almost every
insurance Office in the City was repre-
sented. Charles A. Laton presided. Many
different views were taken of the situation
by those present Resolutions for and
against contrlDut ing toward maintenance
of the patrol were submitted, and finally
an am ended resolution was adopted. By
a vote it was decided to maintain the pa
troll in a modified form, which was left
with the board OF directors TO determine.
The motion involved the discontinuance of
No. station, which has done admirable
service throughout the Western Addition
and Mission In saving millions worth of
property from damage by fire and water,
and frequently, by reaching the fire first,
extinguishing the flames with small chem
ical machines.
1t was further decided that expenses of
No. / station on Jessie street would have
TO be reduced, and on the new basis thus
obtained the patrol could be maintained,
providing number of offices, represent
ing 80 per cent of the premium income for
1894 on San Francisco business, would
guarantee support. This was carried by a
large majority.
A motion providing for new district, to
be determined by the directors, was passed,
and in future the patrol will respond to
alarms confined to business districts.
The directors will meet some day next
week to take action on the questions pre-
scented to them.
After the meeting Secretary Rudolph
Herold Jr. estimated that the offices assur-
ing their support represented 95 per cent
of the premium income of 1894, 5 per cent
more than would be needed to maintain
one station.
The change for the worse has resulted
from the recent rate war among local in
surance agencies.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-23
His Unfortunate Young Widow
Lies Heart-Broken in
Jail.
DID HE KILL FRANK MURRAY +?
While in the Shadow of Death He
indicates the Mother of His
Child.

William Massey is dead. The bullet fired
into his head by his wife Thursday even
ing was taken from him in the autopsy
room of the Morgue yesterday morning.
The unfortunate woman has acknowledged
that she did the shooting, and she is now
behind prison bars, held there on formal
charge OF murder.
Still it is almost positive assurance
that Mrs. Nellie Massey will be released
from Imprisonment upon her first appear
ance before court.
The officers of the police and the detec-
tives who have investigated the case not
to speak of Chief Crowley and Captain
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-23
At 65S Market Street, Opp. Palace Hotel.
PRoBATE SALE:

-
Estate of Joseph W. Dagger, Deceased.
n. f. corner of Jones and Jackson sts.; compris-
ing vacant lot on N Il. corner of Jones and Jackson
SITS residences Nos. 1902 1904. 1906 l5O6Is and
1903 Jones St, and 1924, 1926 and 1928 Jackson
ST.; being residences and one vacant lot: present
rents, $205-50: one vacant, S45; total rental,
dences in good condition; Powell and Hyde street
cables: Will be sold entirety; do not fail to
anime this property; large corner property. 140x
1874 feet. Terms-Cash; subject to approval OF
the Superior Court-Probate Department.
Also, for Same Account
S. line (No 21) of Bernard. 100 feet Z. of Jones
ST., bet. Pacific and Broadway: comfortable house
of rooms; rents for $17 now vacant; street btu
minized: elegant car accom- modatons; examine
this; lot 23x60 feet. Terms-Cash: subject to APP
provalof the Superior Court-Probate Department.
Golden Gate Park-Residence Lot
N. line of Grove, 125 feet w. of Baker st. this
elegant residence lot is all ready for building;
blocks only from the Golden Gate Park; fine To-
cation for gentleman's home; several car lines
lot 25x137:6 feet.
Pacific observation-disclosures Corner.
n. W. corner Clay and Baker sts this choice
residence corner should be examined by any gen
tleman desiring an elegant location for family
nome; car facilities not exceled grand corner lot,
81 :3x10O feet
PresidiO MISUNDERSTANDING Lots.
S. w. corner of Jackson and Maple sts.; who de-
sires TO live in this unequaled location Marine
view pure air. near the Presdio Reservation: ex-
ami ne these lots for home; Sacramentostreet
and to-be Pacitc-avenue cables corner lot 50 :24x
117:9 feet Inside lot adjoining, 81 :1Ox117 % feet.
Downtown French Flats.
n. w. line (Nos 112 to 1141s) of Welsh, 40 feet
S. w. OF Fourth ST. (bet Bryant and Brannan sts.l;
Improvements consist of French flats of and 3
rooms: full rents, $54 street bituminized lot 25x
rs feet.
Mission French Flats.
s. line (No. 1879 of Valley, IT'S feet f. of Church
ST; Improvements 2-story bay-wndowed build
ing OF French flats OF roon1s each; San Fran
cisco and San Mateo and Mission-street electric
roads: lot 27x114 feet.
Western Addition Residence Lots.
+. line of Cook, so feet s. OF Geary ST.; 2 resi-
dence lots all ready for building; must be sold:
only $50 feet from Geary- street cable; fine chance
for a Spectator or builder, or person wanting to
build a home; lot 25x120 feet.
EASTON, ELDRIDGE & CO.,
63S Market street. AuctioneerS.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-23
AN OLD LADY'S COIN.
Edward Sacher Arrested on a Charge of
Taking 1t.

Taking 1t.
Edward Sacher, employed as ianitor in
the Luning building, was arrested yester-
day on grand larceny charge preferred
by Mrs. Dorothea Burgen, living at 1913
Vallejo street.
According to the statement of Mrs. Bur-
gen, who is 81 years old, she met Sachen
some eight or nine weeks ago and imme-
diately conceived great fancy for him.
A few days ago Mrs. Burger visited
glass of wine. She says that in few mo-
ments she became violently ill., and that
while in this condition Sachen induced
her to execute power of attorney. With
this document in his possession the de-
fendant proceeded to the German Bank
and had transferred to his account 1919 in
cash, in addition to $500 in notes.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-23
colonel and other officers of that regiment.
The officers attending the banquet were:

Brigadier-Generel R. II. Warfeld, Colonel H.
P. Bush, Lieutenant-Colonel N. T. James,
Lieutenant-Colonel G. II. Croker, Lieutenant
Colonel G. r. Burdick, Major c. Jansen, Major
sutllffe, j. f. Eggert, j. W. Dumbrell, F. P.
Schafer, ]. A. Mango, &. Filmer, F. F: Knorp;
Lieutenants Il. G. Eisen, B. B. Sturdivant, J..
Goodsen, W. Burdick, II. e. Curzans, F. w.
Sparrowe, A. D. Ramm, j. Ritter, E. j. Bunk
all, a. C. Adler, H. f. Christie.
The menu cards were beautiful in design,
and on each was inscribed in hand-painted
lettering the name of the officer for whom
it was designed. Music and clever speeches
came in the regular order of festivities.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-23
SAVINGS BANKS TO DECREASE DIVIDENDS.

and if passed will have the effect of abolish
ing all pool-selling outside the racetracks.
A majority of the board are believed to
be in favor of it, and its advocates ex-
pect to have the poolrooms closed as soon
as the police can do the work intended by
the ordinance
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-23
SOLDIERS BANQUET.

Complimentary Affair Given by Lieu
tenant Colonel G. I'll. CrOcker.
The banquet-hall of the California Hotel
was beautifully decorated with flags last
evening and a gallant band of National
Guard officers graced the festal board. A
mplmentary dinner was being given by
G. H. Crocker, the newly elected lieuten-
ant-colonel of the First Infantry, to the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-23
GOLD STAYING At HOME.
Phenomenally Big Coinage at
the Mint During the
Year.
Bankers Say 1t Would Not Pay to Ship
the Yellow Metal at the Pres.
emf Exchange.

If the rate of coinage continues at the
United States Mint as it has been going
on for the year this will be red-letter
year for California. Already nearly 500
COO 900 of gold has been coined since Janu-
airy 1, and before next New Years the
amount will probably go over s24, OOo,0 600.
There has been also about $l,500,000 of
silver coined. Following are Superinten-
dent Daggett's figures:
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-23
Charged with Embezzlement.

Nathan Hines, giving his occupation as
clerk, was booked at the Central station last
night charged with embezzling $175 from
Lemle e. Co., liquor-dealers, corner Third and
Howard streets Nose Augenblick made a
similar charge against the young man, while
him with passing forged order for 200 cigars.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-23

The battle OF BeIahoe is famous in Irish
history as a spelling OF the spoilers. Two
chleftains, O'Neill and O'Donnell, had
made a thieving excursion into neighbor-
ing territory and were returning with their
plumber, when they met an English force,
and after brief and feeble resistance ran
away, leaving their booty in the hands Of
the English.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-23
TO INSPECT MEAT.
James A. Riley Appointed by Secretary
of Agriculture Morton.

Some time ago a dispatch came from
Washington announcing the appointment
by Secretary of Agriculture Morton of two
meat inspectors for this port. Their duty
will be to examine carefully the prepared
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-23

The printing ink used on tie Bank of
England notes is make from naphtha
smoke. 1t was formerly manufactured
from grape-stone charcoal.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-23
DIR. Brodie Dead in Honolulu.

DR.. John Brodie, who was in San Francisco
only short time ago, died in Honolulu of
hemorrhage at the base of the brain on the
evening OF November 2.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-23
SOCIAL
LIFE

Dictates the utmost nicely of express
sion and department. In your corre-
spondence to be certain you are using
the correct thing in Papers your selec-
ton should be made in our Department
of Stationery, where we make spe-
cialty of the
FINEST WRITING MATERIALS,
Visiting Cards, Wedding Invitations
and Announcements engraved, and
Monograms and Crests engraved and
embossed in the latest and most
stylish manner.
All the latest STYLES in
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-23
A Grand Mexican Concert.

grand concert and ball for the benefit of
the sufferers in the hurricane on the Mexican
coast viii he given this evening in Golden
Gate Hall by the Mexican Ladies' Circle ana
Club Porfirio Diaz. The following interesting
programme will be presented:
Overture. por la orquesta, baJo Ia direction
del Senior L. Mojica "In Sunny Spain" George
Schluffarth), cantsdo por la Senorita Angela
Graz leila Arrillaga. "El Tigre de Bengala'
(Juguete Comico por Ramon Valladares Sa-
vedra), personal es-Dolores, Sonora j. X. de
Gallardo; Tomaso, Senorita Berta de Gallardo !;
Don Leon, Senior +. CarranZa; Zeferino, Senior
G. Escorza. Chicago Hussars (Sancho), pot
pourri of Spanish dances (Sanchol. ejecutado
por ell Alhambra Club, bajo la direction del
Senior +. Sancho; ''Manzanillo" (Danza),
bailada por la Seporita Enriqueta Silver ell
Senior Alfredo. Soria; (d) polacca "Mignon"
(Thomas) % ara "RigOletto' (Verdi), cantado
por Ia Senorita Carolina Beschierl; ''Los
Ratos" (Jota) bailada por los Ninos Francisco,
clos Marineros," cantado por las Senoritas
Maria Rhanr. Enriqueta Silver, Erlinda Silver,
Sonoras NJ. G. de Romo, c. A. de Ybarra y
Elena de Bernal
gigantic specimen of the Arctic rh-
noceros has lately been discovered frozen
up in an iceberg which stranded at the
Lena Delta. This specimen was seven
feet taller than the largest variety of the
rhinoceros of to-day, ana was armed with
two nose horns, the shortest of which was
three feet and two inches in length. The
animal doubtless belonged to an antedi-
luvian species of rhinoceri, and his I'M
mense size gives some idea of the enor-
nous and terrible beasts which inhabited
this planet in the days when the earth
was young" The creatures body was en-
tirely covered with very long thick hair,
which proves that the Arctic regions were
his natural habitat.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-23
FINEST WRITING MATERIALS,
LEATHER GOODS

Consisting of Novel Covers, Magazine
Covers, Sermon Covers, Music Rolls,
Writing Tablets, PortfoliosA Compan-
ions, Travelling Sets, Shaving Sets, etc.
More than $50 different styles of Purses
and Combination Pocket-books for La
dies and Gentlemen. Sterling Silver
and Gold Corners mounted to order.
Fine assortment OF Valises in alligator
and grained feathers. Make your selec-
tons now while the assortment is COM
nlete
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-23
A new DEPARTURE.

A NEW DEPARTURE.
We have just added full line of I'm
ported and Domestic Perfumes, Soaps,
Powders and Toilet Articles, and would
be pleased to have you call and inspect
this department. as tits one of the most
complete in the city. Special Values
in Sachet Powders and Atomizers.
WHY NOT
LET US DO YOUR PRINTING?
We CLAIM to do BETTER WORK for
LESS MONEY than any other house IN
the city. Get our prices before order
ing elsewhere and be convinced.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-23

The Board of Health, through Secretary
Godchaux, addressed the following letter
to Governor Budd Yesterday: