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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-23

that the industry is thriving ana is as
tiourishing, if not more extensive, than
ever before, would indicate that the
bribery. if Ennis tells the truth, is I'M
abated.
There have been many unpleasant
things said about the present Board of
Fish Commissioners-assertions that pri-
vate waters have been stocked for private
pleasure with the State fish, and that sort
OF thing, but these charges pale into in
significance beside the fact that hundreds
OF men are destroying tons of fish daily,
openly marketing the contraband mer-
chandlse, and that no steps are taken to
prevent it.
1t is easy enough to find these Chinese
who are violating the laws of the State
Ihelr hshlng camps extend along the bay
shore from below Redwood City on the
south to where the tidewaters flow in the
Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers, and
their fishing junks, with their awkward
looking square rigging, can be seen at
most any hour of the day passing between
the hshlng grounds and the camps.
The Chinese who are DESTROYING the
small and young fish are known as shrimp
fishers, and they operate principally along
the shoals and mud flats. Each camp is a
small village by Itself and in many there
are number of Chinese women and
children.
A CALL reporter and an artist visited the
shrimp-fishers' camp, on the McNear
ranch at Point Pedro, five miles northeast
of San Rafael. This camp is one of the
largest of its kind upon the bay and the
shanties, wharves. drying-stands and dry
ing grounds extend along the shore for
nearly mile.
The first spectacle presented upon enter
ing the larger gathering of houses was
about ten stands upon which small fish
were being cured in the sun.
Tiny founders, tomcod, smelt and perch
were in greatest abundance. Upon these
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-23

the bay tons of small fish are dried daily
on stands, and the sturgeon lines and
other forbidden gear are visible to any
body that passes that way.
The Fish Commission may explain why
this is permitted.
John Ennis used to be Deputy Fish
Commissioner. He says, and has said
openly and frequently, that the Chinese
fishermen paid tribute to the officers
charged with SURPRISING their unlawful
methods. AS long as the tribute was forth
coming those who paid were given i'm
munity from arrest, and so extensive is
the traffic that whole villages are thriving
entirely on the profits of this unlawful in
dustTy.
Ennis will not say who is now receiving
the tribute of the Cinnamon, but the fact
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-23

The law in endeavoring to protect young
and small fish emphatically provides that
when they are accidentally taken thew
must be returned to the water at once, and
alive. The use of the shrimp net m axes
this almost impossible, even if the fisher
men were disposed to observe the laws,
which they are not. As soon as the net is
drawn with its load of squirming freight it
is emptied into the hold of the Junk.
When the hold is full the fisher. 20 to the
camp, where most of the small fish are re-
moved. sailed and placed on the driving
stands to cure. The shrimps and the re-
mainder of the fish are dumped into boil.
ers and cooked. The flesh of the youno
flsh IS cooked to jelly. Then the whole
mess is spread upon the drying-ground
which is rolled hard. These drvin..
grounds often cover an acre or two
When the shrimps are dry they are mt
into small threshing-machine. which
removes the shells. The meat is nack.d
in sacks for food and the shrimp shells and
the substance of the small fish is packed in
sacks and sent to China for fertilizing nur.
poses.
The shrlmp-catching season is nearly
over, for the winter rains prevent the dry
ing OF shrimps and small fish.
Some idea of the destruction of small
fish may be had when the size of the feet
is considered. At the Point Pedro fishing
camp There are about thirty junks and $50
Chinese employed. 1t is nothing uncom.
mon for these junks to be filed twice
day with shrimps and small fish. DURING
the season nearly every steame ia kes tie
CHINA tons OF dried shrimps, dried fish and
fertllizing material. The output of every
chinese flshlng camp on the bay is as pro
Dortionately great as that of the Point
PEDRO camp.
The peculiar feature of the whole busi.
ness is the boldness with which Chinese
nshers pursue their business of CATCHING
ana drying young fish. No attempt tic
keep their business secret is made. Over
doO dry1ng-stands, all loaded with small
nsh OF various kinds were exposed. while
at one place about mile from McNear's
house half an acre CT ground was covered
with baby herring and smelr.
For time the Chinese fishers Maid Int
little attention to the representatives of
IHE CALL, until the artist set his camera
lor picture. Then the Chinese began to
suspect that their lawbreaking was being
mace az subject OF inquiry and got uneasy.
mere was no chance for them to make
away with the contents of 100 driving
stands, but several did run behind their
h1 Ti 10 hlde other evidences of gnilt.
Ihey were hiding number of sturgeon
HOOKS and lines, articles of destruction ex-
pressly prohibited by law. No fish ever
stfuck one OF these contrivances and lived.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-23

as dynamite. The meshes are so small that
no fish can escape them. Even board
nails have been found in these affairs. In
shape the shrimp net resent les a large
funnel. The small end is made of closely
woven threads. An ordinary shrimp net
is about forty feet long and twenty-five to
thirty across the mouth. The top of the
net when in the water is buoyed by corks,
and the lower lip of the mouth is kept on
the bottom OF the bay by means of lead
sinkers. The net is either anchored in a
current or dragged by those in the boats.
In either case no fish caught, either large
or small, ever escapes. But few are taken
from the water alive, for the weight of sew
eral hundred pounds of shrimps kill the
most of the fish in the pocket or small end
of the net.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-23
APPARENTLY LICENSED To VIOLATE THE LAW

games and tan games that paid for police
protection" were not interfered with,
while those who did not pay the secret tax
to the police sergeant were promptly shut
up and the owners and customers stoutly
prosecuted. The same condition of affairs
existed in ''the tenderloin' and the money
demanded of the wretched women came up
in evidence at more than one investigation.
The police said they could not close the
gambling joints because they were run in
secret and all appro aches to them were
guarded.
There is not even that excuse in the
matter of the illegal fishing, for all around
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-23
The MURRAY 8 Ready Casea.

Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald appointed
Thomas G. Kierulff special counsel yesterday
to prosecute Employment Agents Murray &
Ready for obtaining money under false pre-
lenses.
The cases against Murray e. Ready were con-
tinued by Police Judge Campbell yesterday
until next Tuesday.
Mr.. Fitzgerald is determined to push the
matter against the accused.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-23
Probate Court Notes.

]. B. Fargo. administrator of the Cornelius
King estate, over which there is q contest
rendered his first annual account yesterday
He has received $21S 1913 81 and paid out
$27, oil 81.
Ignatz Reitch left a $4,000 estate and no will.
His relations are nearly all in Bohemia
( The Albert J. Lewis will was admitted to
probate yesterday. Mrs. Lewis is the execu-
triX.
The Kate Lincoln will has been appraised at
S14,53l 80.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-23
A Mining Incorporation.

The Clara Gold-mining Company was incor-
porated yesterday with a capital stock of
scribed: Francis H. Coy and Henry Harris of
Grizzly Flat, Ell Dorado County $3.50. 600
each; Elmer E. Simpson of San Jose, $1,000:
Charles NJ. Cross and William NJ. Abbott OF
this City, $500 each. -
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-23
The Thomas Bell Debts.

Creditors of the Thomas Bell estate have ne.
titioned for the sale of property to pay the
debts. The executors have 1878 500. the
debts amount to $3.50, SIT 81 with interest OF
family allowance. Judge Coffey has ordered a
hearing on Tuesday, November 26.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-23

Chinese fishermen-not all the Chinese
fishermen, for every once in while one or
two go into the business and find them
selves charged before a court and fined,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-23
BLACK GOODS
DEPARTMENT!
ANOTHER LARGE SHIPMENT!

We take pleasure in announcing the arrival another
large shipment of NEW BLACK DRESS FABRICS and
HIGH NOVELTIES comprising very latest and most
elegant Paris styles for Fall Ladies are cordially
invited TO call and examine this stock of goods
in point of value and elegance of style in
America.
so pieces BLACK FIGURED MonAIRs lin a variety
VI desighs) 75C yard
l75 pieces BLACK FRENCH cHEvIoT (assortedl, AZ
to 81 inches in width SIOO ward
IS pieces 52-INCH BLACK FRENCH BURR CLOTH
S100 yard
90 pieces BLACK FRENCH BOUcLE goods full 4s
inches wide) SI.25 yard
20 pieces 46-INCH BLACK FRENCH MOHAIR CHEv-
IOi S125
80 pieces BLACK FRENCH FANCY MoHAIRs, in a
variety of choice designs S1.5O yard
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-23

while right beside them hundreds of other
Cinnamon ply the same illegal industry
unmolested.
1t used to be in Chinatown that lottery
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-23
An inquest will be held tomorrow.

SAVE little and get sicb-wear Jaros Hygienic
Underwear and keep well. It's the underdress of
protection. Morgan Bros, 229 Montgomery St.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-23

ATTORNEYS use Blackstone Bank Stock Legal
Pads. Your eyes will be relieved and last
longer. The leading stationers keep Bank
Stock Dads
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-23
The letter to her cousins read as follows

The number of my husbands grave is 81, tier
2, Cyress Lawn Cemetery. With respects,
NELLIE GREEN.
The letter to her cousins read as follows:
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. IL, 1895.
Dear Johnny and Nellie: Please forgive and
don't think hard of me for what have done.
1 could not stand it any longer. 1 am broken
hearted and crazy with grief and would not die
among strangers.
You both will forgive me, and may God bless
you both and your family. You have both
Take good care of my darling's picture for my
sake.
Johnny, please see that I am buried with
jim, If you possibly can.
Give my earnings to Tricksey. Forgive your
broken-hearted cousin. Johnny, see that my
Door old father sees me buried. If possible tell
him tried TO see, but could not.
NELLIE GREEN.
An inquest will be held tomorrow.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-23
Arnold's Trial for EmbezzIement.

The Louis E. Arnold ENLIGHTENMENT case was
resumed in Judge Wallace's court yesterday.
Crittenden Thornton is associated with Mr..
Black as counsel for the people, and Carroll
COOK is defending the prisoner. Testimony
was given by James A Thompson, Fletcher F.
Ryer, George G. Carroll, James A. Mcguire and
NJ; >. James. Mr.. Cook made a motion to dis
miss the prisoner for lack of evidence, and the
motion was denied
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-23

THE health of most women and men is in the
underwear they wear. Jaros Hygienic Under
wear-'nough said. Morgan Bros, 229 Montgy'%
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-23

The cold preventer health-keeper. Jaros Nv.
gienic Underwear. Morgan Bros, 229 Montg'y.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-23
MOTEL

We will also exhibit week an elegant collection of
Black Silk and Mohair Novelties, Black Silk and
Mofair Crepons and Black Pure Mofair BoucIes
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-23

JARos Hygienic Underwear is one underwear
tnae is comfortable, absorbs moisture, keeps
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-23

FUR CAPE SALE.
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good sweep, satin lined. ............ do
BALTIC SEAL FUR CAPE, fine quail
ity, "a inches deep, good sweep, nO5n
satin lined ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ,MH
CHINA SEAL FUR CAPE, fine quail
. iiy 81 ii Inches deep extra big sweep 1880
CHINA SEAL FUR CAPE, trimmed
IS Si's ss s5ssE TnDs' an round very $500
sss; sil round, p insss. long good 5000
szST + 'Rshss long BY rs S22so
SPRING HEADS, in Coney Flee
from 5S 81 SEA- rs H'as' M.''en. price. $l4Oo
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-23

Take an exquisite lace curtain and hang
it awkwardly and its charm is lost. We
don't charge anything to hang ours and
hang them correctly too.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-14

the Turkish arms, ammunition and pris-
oners in their hands
IL is reported that further changes in the
ministry are impending.
Paris, Nov. 13-The Turkish embassy
mere has sent a communication to the Pa
us press protesting against the statements
made IN the newspapers which describe
the situation in Turkey as being grave in
the extreme. The state of affairs reported,
the ambassador says in his note, does not
exist.
Rome, Nov. 13-The government has or
dered that five ships of the eastern MedI-
lerranean squadron shall join the British
squadron In eastern waters in any move
ment necessary for the protection of Eu-
ropeans in case grave events should arise
The commander of the squadron, Vice AQ-
miral Accini, is instructed to act in con-
cert with the admiral of the British hee5
The vessels ordered to Join the British
squadron are the iron clads Reumberto,
Andrea, Doria, Strumboli and Etruria
Berlin, Nov. 1S.-A dispatch to the CO.
logne Gazette from ConstantinOple SAYS
the revolt in ZeitOun is spreading fast and
that no turkish reinforcements have not
yet arrived there.
its correspondent in Constantinople says
all of the Christian and Armenian teacn-
ers between Erzeroum and Trebizond
have been massacred.
Vienna, Nov 13-Advices have been re-
ceived here that the long-existing enmity
between the Mohammedans and the Miri-
dites in Albania has again taken the form
or active hostilitles. The Mridites are
Catholics. At one time all the Albanians
We're Christians, but after their country
had been conquered by the Turks a large
part OF them were converted TO Mohamme-
danism. The dispatches received say that
several battles have recently been fought
and that the losses on both sides have
been heavy. -Four battalions of Turkish
troops have been dispatched from Sou
tar tar and Uskub TO the scene of the con-
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SPANISH SUCCESSES.
sOIdiery SIN Reported Defeating
Numerically Larger Forces.

Havana. Nov. 13-Gen. Martinez Cam
pos reports from Santa Clara that Gen.
Garcia Above, with fifty government
troops. has repulsed, after a hard fight,
a numerically superior force of rebels un-
der command OF the leader Maceo, which
attempted to cross the railroad line be-
tween Jucaro and Moron. in the province
of Puerto Principe The rebels lost heav-
ily. The government loss was three killed
and ten wounded, including one officer.
Gen. Martinez Campos also reported
that the rebel leader NOval with six or
his followers, has surrendered TO the gov
eTnment officers at Puerto Principe.
Gen. Serran Altomro reports that while
ieadlng "a convoy en- route for Guiamaro.
he met a band OF rebels under the iusur-
gent leader Rodriguez at Las Minas. The
rebels We're attempting to intercept the
convoy He attacked the rebels and re-
pulsed them with a loss of five killed. in
cluding the leaders Antonio Carmerat and
Aurelio PedrOso, and fourteen wounded.
The government had three wounded, one
of them an officer.
Key West. Fla, Nov. 13.-Private ad-
vices received in this city state that
Maxine Gomez and Antonio Maceo are
in Las Villas district, the former with
1000 and the latter with $500 men. Gen.
Campos Is concentrating all his forces,
about 1900 men, with four generals, with
the intention Of giving the insurgents
battle which is expected momentarlly
A cablegram published in the Key West
Herald this afternoon dated Havana,
Nov. l3, stating that Col. Sandoval, on
the 9Th. captured 500 insurgents near San
Juan de Manaca, caused quite a furry
among the Cuban population, and crowds
fiOcked TO the docks on the arrival Of
the Olivette from Havana to learn the
particulars. Several passengers on be-
ing interviewed denied that any insur-
gents had been captured at Manaca
They stated however, that a battle had
been fought by Col. SandOval at the
above named place. and after an hours s
lighting the insurgents were driven back
TO the woods leaving five dead on the
field The troops lost one killed and sew
on vOltnIad
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-14
INJURY OF THE TEXAS.
A Court Martial Sure to BE Held 10
Fix the Blame.

Washington, Nov. 13.-Secretary Her
bert says the department has made pub
lie all the information it has in its pos
session about the injuries to the battle
ship Texas, and there is nothing to add at
present. other officials decline to com
ment on the matter. As a matter of fact,
the Southern Associated Press accounts
of yesterday left nothing more to be told
until the full extent of the trouble is de-
termined, the responsibility placed and
the remedy decided upon. 1t is customary
to appoint court of inquiry to investi-
gate an occurrence of so grave a charac-
ter, as was done when the cruiser COlum-
bias bottom was bent in, when she was
steaming down the Delaware, and as was
again resorted to after her mishap in the
Southampton dock. A court martial re-
suited in the latter case, which found
Capt. Sumner guilty of negligence, and in
consequence he was relieved of his com
mand. No steps in this direction have
yet been taken in the case of the Texas,
but it is not seen how a court of inquiry
can be avoided. The opinion is expressed
that private ship yards would have de-
clined to build the ship without material
alterations to strengthen the framework
and that the department, if 1t had called
for bids from private contractors, would
have discovered the futility of attempt
ing to construct so large an armored ves-
sci within the $4,000 limit fixed by con-
greSs.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-14
BAYARD AT DUNDEE.
He is Given the Freedom of the City
and Makes Three Speeches.

and Makes Three Speeches.
Edinburgh, Nov. 13.-United States Am
bassador Thomas F. Bayard was the re-
cipient of the freedom of the city of
Dundee this forenoon. Mr.. Bayard deliv-
cred an address upon the subject: Inter
national comfy, founded upon interna-
tional courtesy, based upon international
obligations"
There was no real conflict, he said, be-
tween Great Britain and America. Mr..
Bayard said he desired that there should
be a clear understanding between the
United States and Great Britain. He
wished he said that every country in
time of peace would do every possible
good without going to the extent of self
injury and in time of war no more harm
than was needful for self-protection.
Mr.. Bayard also made a speech at the
opening of the Dundee art exhibition,
upon 4The Refining Influences of Art"
and afterward delivered an address before
the chamber of commerce. In the course of
his remarks he said that the United States
would not be strengthened by any mis-
fortune which might oVertake Great Brit
ain as it had been shown that the sue
cess of one depended u1On the success Of
the other. He expressed the hope that
the merchants of Dundee would find an
increasing market in America, and said
that as an emissary of peace and good
will he was here to prevent any misun-
derstanding between the two great peo-
pies.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-14
HOLMES NEW TRIAL.
The Application of His Attorneys
Now on File.

Philadelphia. Nov. 13-Formal applica-
tion for "a new trial for Herman w. Mud
gett, alias II. II. Holmes, recently con-
victed of the murder of Benjamin f.
Pitezel was to-day filed in the quarter
sessions court. The document was pre-
sented by Lawyers Samuel p. Rotan and
William A. Shoemaker, and the court
will hear argument on Monday next
Fifteen reasons why a new trial should
be granted are given, the first three al
leging that the verdict Is against the evil
denee. The fourth asserts that new mat
ter has been discovered since the trial
and declares: THAT the district attor-
ney in his opening speech made state
ments which were not proven, and which
related TO other crimes which could not
be part Of the evidence. and they We're
Of such a terrible nature that their eff
feet on the jurors was of necessity SO
averse to the defendant that It was I'M
possible for them 10 decide purely on the
evidence In this case.
1t is urged that the district attorney in
his closing address mentioned the death
OF the children and the finding OF their
dead bodies, and II is claimed that the
court erred in several particulars specl-
InI
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-14
A FLOOD IN FRANCE.
The River MOseIIe Rises Nine Feet
and Leaps It's Banks.

Paris, Nov. 13.-Rain has fallen in tor
rents for two days in the departments of
Muerthe-et-Moselle and Vosges and vicin-
ity, and in consequence the river Moselle
has risen nine feet overfiowing its banks
and flooding the town of Epinal, in the
department of Vosges and doing i'm
mense damage to property 1t is reported
that the eastern canal dyke has burst and
the water flowing through a break sixty
yards long, has flooded the towns of Fon-
tenoy lie Chateue and Veyouz, in the de-
partment of Vosges- The river Muerthe
has also risen and flooded the town of Lu-
nenville and the surrounding country in
the department of -Moselle.
The water in all of the submerged districts
is now gradually subsiding. No loss of life
is FeDOrted.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-14
Tuo Trrinmen KiIIed.

wheeling, W. Va, Nov. 13.-Charles
Ernest conductor on the first section Of
the northbound freight train on the Cleve-
land. Lorraine and Wheeling railway, and
his ffagman, John Davis were instantly
killed at Warwick, o., shortly after mid
night The first section was lying on the
main track waiting for orders when the
second section crashed into the caboOse
where Ernest and Davis were asleep. kill
ing them instantly and mangling their
bodies N a terrible manner.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-14
HEALY AND THE IRISH PARTY.
The Council of the Federation Dis
cusses His Position.

Dublin. Nov. 13-A meeting of the coun-
Gil Of the Irish National federation was
held here this afternoon, 10 members. in
cluding sixty members Of the Irish delega-
tion to the House of Commons, being pres
ent. The object of the meeting was to con-
the Irish party. An appeal submitted by
a Healyite member to admit reporters
was rejected after IL had been debated
for an hour.
The meeting continued for several hours
and the debate was extremely heated
A Limerick delegate. Mr.. Lindon. moved
Messrs. Healy, OConnor and Fox, mem
bers of parliament, and Murphy and
Mooney. An amendment by Sir Thomas
Edmunds member of parliament for West
Kerry, in the nature of a compromise, re-
placing the executive by a joint commit
tee was negatived, 48 to A. and Mr.. Lin
dons motion was carried, AZ to 40.