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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-24
A. PAGE BROWN IS BLUE.
The Ferry Depot Architect
Hates to Talk About His
Work.
HE WANTS TIME FOR THOUGHT
Will Need About a Year In Which
to Prepare His Ex-
planation.

< A, Page Brown, architect of the States
depot foundations at the foot of Market
street, is preparing thunder in the contro-
versy now pending between Engineer How
ard c. Holmes and Detective G. }. Still
well. Mr.. Brown announced yesterday
afternoon that he would take ample time
in preparing for his part of the explosion,
and that before he took part in the pyro-
technics he would consult the Harbor Com
n4issioners and such other persons as he
thought would be proper under the circum-
stances.
II prepared the plans and specifications
for the depot and ferry piers here IN my
Office, )" Mr.. Brown said yesterday. And
I was paid for my services by order OF the
Harbor Commissioners.
''Who wants to see Mr.. Brown" he
asked, when first accosted in his office. He
was in the act of folding and unfolding
large sheets of drawing paper bearing the
perspectives of ferry piers that are to be
or have been, or ought to be.
When told that the caller was repor-
ter, Mr.. Brown said:
"Weli, sir; Mr.. Brown is not in to-day
probably he will not be in to reporters and
other inquisitive persons for two or three
DAYS to come Mr.. Brown isn't ready.
Besides there was enough in the papers
this morning to do for some time. No, Mr..
Brown is out"
"When will you be in, Mr.. Brown"
asked the reporter, readily identifying the
gentleman to whom he was speaking.
This abrupt and unexpected question
seemed to amuse the architect, who had
thus far played the incognito act. He
dropped the plans which he held in his
hands and gave his black mustache Wig
orous twist on each SIDE. After a mo-
ment's pause he said:
al will not be interviewed to-day-posi-
lively mott
"When will you be interviewed on the
subject of waterfront work in general and
ferry piers in Particular"
"Not for day or two. shall first have
a consultation with the Harbor Commits
sioners; then will prepare a statement for
publication, he replied, as he made an
other lunge with both hands after more
pictures of prospective ferry piers and
foundations.
"Did you prepare the plans and specif-
cations for the ferry piers?" was asked.
eyes, 1 did. 1t was all done here in my
office"
land you were paid for that work ?''
Eyes; certainly replied Mr.. Brown,
with series of beaming smiles. THE
Rarbor Commissioners ordered my bills
paid"
''Did you superintend the work in gen.
eral?"
Excuse me. 1 have no more to say on
the subject at present. Come in some
other day and I may talk more freely to
you on this subject"
After this remark Mr.. Brown disap-
peared within his private office, and all
efforts to make him reappear were futile.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-24
SPARF'S SECOND TRIAL.
A Tilt Between a Witness and
the Attorney for the
Defense.
The Governments Mainstay Con-
tradictS His Previous
Testimony.

There was quite little scene in the case
of Herman Sparf, charged with murder, in
the United States Circuit Court yesterday.
Henry Green was on the stand and as ne
contradicted himself in one or two impor-
tant particulars Attorney Smith for the de-
tense got very angry with him and for a
time there was lively interchange of
words.
Sparf, Hanson, st. Clair and Green were
all arrested in Tahiti for the murder of
Mate NJ. Fitzgerald of the American bark
Hesper while on voyage from Newcastle,
n. S. W., to Honolulu. They were trans
ferred to San Francisco and on their ar
rival here Green turned States evidence.
During the cross-examinationS Smith at
tempted to show that Green was London
waif who had been picked up and sent to
reform school. From the latter place he
graduated into training-ship and there
learned navigation. All these points
Green admitted OIL the previous trial, but
yesterday he denied positively that he
knew anything about navigation. He in
sisted that Attorney Smith had insulted
him on the previous trial and said he was
now going to stand up for his rights.
In answer to various questions, he de-
scribed the murder of Mate Fitzgerald and
gave all the particulars of the oft-told
story. The attempt to kill Captain Solder
gren and secure his wife was failure:
Green told how the order to send hand
forward to bring "the old man up from
the cabin" was given, and how no one re-
sponded.
what were you going to do with the
old man when you got him on deckT' was
asked.
"Well, don't know. We might have
asked him to have waltz" was the flip
pant reply.
A few minutes later Green got angry be-
cause he said Smith was pushing him"
because he had turned States evidence,
and almost in the same breath he swore
that he did not know what States evi
dence meant. The theory OF the defense
is that Green was the only man in the
forecastle who understood navigation, and
that he was the leader of the mutiny which
resulted in the death of Mate Fitzgerald.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-24
DIDN'T STOP THE FLUE.
Judge Be1cher Issues an Order on
the Sheriff Without
Effect.

Sheriff Whelan presented himself before
the City Hall Commission at its meeting
yesterday morning with document signed
by Judge Belcher ordering him to stop up
the fues which are supposed to ventilate
his courtroom, but which instead he says,
carry up impure air from the basement
and form a menace to his health and that
of the officials of his court.
Mayor Sutro was inclined to think the
complaint of the Judge was good and that
it was of the first importance to do away
with Notwithstanding nuisances. He said
that he had discovered only few days ago
q deposit OF some eighty cubic yards of
filth near his Office that percolated through
the walls. He thought the sanitary sys-
tenn of the hall should be looked into, and
that the man who planted the heating
apparatus in the sub-basement should be
sent to jail.
City Attorney Creswell remarked that
the tlues from the basement opened into
his Office and he had never seen any i'll
effects result He had noticed, he said,
that persons newly elected to office were
prone to develop fad notions on the health
question. Judge Belcher, he said, had no
right to order the Sheriff to make changes
in the architectural arrangements of the
building. The commission would attend
to that.
Superintendent Mellus volunteered to
conduct the Mayor on a tour of inspection
through the sub-basement, which he con-
scented to, and in the meantime the hues
into Judge Belcher's court remain as they
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-24
FAIR AND THE LICK TRUST.
Special Authority Asked for the Pay
ment of 100000.

Charles NJ. Plum, Edwin B. Mastick and
George Schonewald, as surviving trustees
of the James Lick trust, have petitioned
the Probate Court in the matter OF the
estate of James Graham Fair for an order
authorizing the special administrators to
pay out of the estate 100000 on account of
promissory note and mortgage executed
September II, 1894. The mortgage is on
property on Montgomery and Suffer
streets, including the Lick Hotel valued at
100000.
The petitioners state that the money is
all ready for payment, and that the late
Senator intended to pay it before his death.
They declare that in view of the fact that
already two wills have been filed there is
likely to be considerable delay before the
estate can be distributed, and that, there
fore, they are obliged by the exigencies of
winding up their trust to ask for the
authorization in question.
The matter of the contest of the Fair
will, as regards the course of procedure as
to the precedence of wills to be considered,
was to have been taken up yesterday, but
on the motion of Attorney Pierson, who
alleged the'enforced absence of Attorney
Carrot McErnerny, engaged in the Heath
case, it was continued to Friday afternoon
next
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-24
AFRAID OF HIS LIFE.
willard Newell Wants David Rivers
of the Emmett Company
Arrested.

Willard Newell, the well-known actor, is
afraid of his life. He appeared in Judge
Campbell's court yesterday afternoon and
swore out warrant for the arrest of David
Rivers, another Thespian, on the charge Of
threats to kill.
Rivers is member of the ]. K. Emmett
Company now playing at Stockwell's. On
Monday night Newell was III Emmet's
dressing-room at the theater, when Rivers
entered and threatened that he would be
the means of making Newell "shuffle off
this mortal coil" He tried hard to carry
his threat into effect, but was prevented
by Emmett. For few minutes there was
q scene of great excitement among the
players and attaches of the theater.
II have befriended this man Rivers, !"
said Newell, when applying for the war,
rant, "for the past six or seven years aad
got his present employment for him. /
have known his wifes family for several
years. She is a beautiful woman, highly
accomplished and much superior to Rivers
in every way. Her parents strongly OPP
posed the marriage, but she was young and
foolish. She is playing with a company
in Chicago and has obtained separation
from him. This has made him respondent
and when in his cups he loses his head.
He blames me for his wife obtaining a
separation from him. but | had nothing to
do with it. He is dangerous man and l
am afraid of my life"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-24

above the ground, height which makes it
useless. Then, too, with the fender placed
far under the car the motorman has six
or eight feet more in which to bring his
car to standstill before the fender strikes
the body. This is factor which needs to
be practically illustrated, as it was yester-
day, before it is fully appreciated.
the ground for more than two feet, while,
II the guard had been at the extreme end
OF the car, even had it been possible to
build it close enough to the ground to
catch the dummy, it would have bounded
1t along for ten feet or more
There were present at the trial yester-
day Supervisors Hirsch, bunker, Morgen-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-24
YOSEMITE OPEN.
Governor Budd Will Spend His Summer
Vacation in the Valley.

Vacation in the Valley.
Galen Clark, the guardian of the Yo-
semitic Valley, has sent an interesting re-
port to Commissioner John F. Sheehan, in
which he states that the carriage roads in
the valley have been put in order and
cleared OF the distractions left by the
winter storms. Cascade avenue is also
safe for travel. The new Pohono bridge
that crosses the MERGED River at the lower
end of the valley is finished. The old
structure was swept away by torrents a
year ago. The trails to Yosemite and
Nevada falls are now open, as well as the
trail to Glacier Point. The Stoneman and
Sentinel hotels are open for the summer.
On the 1st of June the Commissioners will
visit the valley, accompanied by Governor
Budd.
The Governor will spend his vacation in
the valley, and has promised himself the
pleasure of hunting and fishing there dur
ing the entire month of June. His pres
ence will, no doubt, attract many of his
friends to the same resort, and the hotel
keepers are preparing for several grand
balls and parties at the hotels.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-24

the truck In itself, however, there is suf-
ficient elasticity for all practical purposes.
In the car which was being tested were
two fearfully and wonderfully made dunn
mics, "man" and "boy." The "boy"
was tried first He was laid upon the track
entirely between the rails and the car was
run toward him at full speed. Just as it
reached him the current was thrown off
and the brakes put on tight. The dummy
was picked up on the rubber edge of the
screen and was carried along for two or
three feet until the car was stopped. Had
fender fen i struck the dummy It would have
undoubtedly thrown the obstruction up on
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-24

from the crowd may prove of value to him,
for every inventor in the Mission was there
to see and to criticize.
The fender tested is a concave steel
screen placed just in front of the wheels of
the car. 1t curves down from just below
the bottom of the car until it runs nearly
parallel with the ground and not more
than two inches above it. On its forward
edge is a strip of rubber about six inches
wide, which, upon the least pressure, is
borne down until it sweeps the ground.
Under this are a number of little rollers
should it be weighted down until it touches
the pavement. The screen projects about
eight inches beyond the wheels and the
rails and is bolted rigidly to the frame of
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-24

the track, all of which was sufficient to
induce people to run from all directions to
see what had happened. AS consequence
the test was witnessed by some hundreds
of people.
The fender being tested yesterday is the
result of experience and the hundreds OF
suggestions regarding the matter which
have come to the railroad people from
every source. E. P. Vining, superintend-
ent of the street railroad system, was there
to explain and describe the fender, and the
number of suggestions which he received
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-24

S25, 41O. The will dominates Garrett Burke
executor and leaves him $1,000; gives to de-
cedent's sister, Julia Robinson, $500; to
brother, John Herman, $4,000; Rev. Fat her
Casey. pastor of st. Peters Church of this
city. 5000: Rev. Father Lyons of the same
church $500; to the executor, $500 to pre-
serve and beautify testatrix's plot at Holy
Cross Cemetery; TO ST. Peters Church.
$10O; to J. C. 0'Connor, undertaken, for
funeral expenses, $50.
The residue is given in equal shares to
John Herman, Julia Robinson, Thomas
Peter Robinson, Hannah Marian Leonard,
Mary Christina Robinson, Margaret Bowen
and Miss Julia Robinson or their survivors
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-24
LOVE AND POISON.
The Strange Case of Two Bay View
Fishermen.

The Strange Case of Two Bay View
Fishermen.
Vincenz Castaguta, accompanied by his
wife, called upon Warrant Clerk Graham
of Judge Joachimsen's court yesterday and
swore out a warrant for the arrest of G.
Bichiani on the charge of attempting to
kill.
Castaguta and Bichiani are fishermen at
Bay View, South San Francisco. Bichiani
fell in love with Castaguta'a wife and in
duced her to poison her husband so that he
could marry her. She was afraid to do so,
and Bichiani, on Monday, put some arsenic
in Castaguta's coffee.
Castaguta swallowed portion of the
coffee, when his wife, in repentant mood,
told him what Bichiani had done, and that
he had advised her to poison him. The
husband forgave her, and after recovering
from his scare went in search of Bichiani
but did not find him. The police are now
hunting for him.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-24
SPRINGER IN POVERTY.
Worth Millions Once, but Now a Lum
ber-Yard LabOrer.

Worth Millions Once, but Now a Lum-
BERNARD Laborer.
Jason Springer, an old-time resident of
this city and at one time the wealthiest
aumber-dealer in the State, was brought
from Dunsmuir as witness by the United
States Marshal yesterday. He was sum-
moned to appear in one of the counterfeit
ing cases now before the United States
courts, but sent back word that he had no
money with which to pay transportation.
A process had therefore to be issued and
placed in the hands of Marshal Baldwin
to secure his attendance.
Springer's lumber-yards used to be on
Front street, and on three different occa-
sions they were burned down. AS there
was no insurance, the disasters ruined
him. Finally he moved to Dunsmuir,
and was working in a undergrad for a
living when the Marshal summoned him
to appear in San Francisco.
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to the fat fender, and would have carried it

to the fat fender and would have carried it
along clear of the ground.
The "boy" was tried once more, and
then the imam" was laid out with his legs
across the rail- In each case the car was
so nearly at standstill when the fender
struck that the dummies were carried
along the ground by the edge of the fender,
butin no case were they allowed to roll
under the screen or near the wheels.
The knowing ones in the crowd found
fault with the fact that the guard was so
far under the body of the car, but the rea-
son for this is apparent. The essential fea-
ture of any guard must be an ability to run
close to the ground, otherwise 1t will prove
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-24

many of the clerks have not been classified
according to the ideas of the Secretary of
the Treasury, and this work Special Ex-
aminer Laidlaw will undertake The sys-
TEN in the internal revenue office is almost
perfect During the rush and worry of
filing the internal revenue tax returns
there was not a single complaint, as the
Collector and his chief deputy were on
hand at all hours
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-24
STREET RAILWAY GUARDS,
A New One Was Tried YeSter-
day on West Mission
Street.
1T SEEMED TO WORK WELL,
Several of the Supervisors Were
on Hand to See the
Test.

There was great excitement along West
Mission street yesterday afternoon when
the Supervisors were witnessing test of
a new fender for electric cars. There was
a crowd, car stopped for suspiciously
long time, and dummy man" lying on
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-24

An attachment was levied yesterday by
Sheriff Whelan against Henry Lachman and
Others owning grocery-store at the corner of
Pine and Broderick streets, to recover upon a
judgment of $1061 80 secured by w. S. Morgan
in recent suit.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-24

more dangerous than helpful, by rolling
is expected to be protection, and placing
him Just in front of the wheels. If the
guard was placed at the end of the car
body the oscillation of the car when rum
ming rapidly would make it necessary to
have the lower edges six or eight inches
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-24
SPECIAL EXAMINER LAIDLAW.
He VIII Classify the Men in the In
ternal Revenue Dep.rtment

'erhai revenue Department.
Special Examiner Laidlaw Of the treasury
IS IN San francisco. While he is here he
VIII make an informal investigation of the
internal revenue office and will classify the
9mployes.. Since Collector Welburn and
affairs everything has run like clockwork
In the internal revenue department. Still.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-24
MRS. JoHNsoN's WILL.

The Bulk of the Estate Goes to Her
Relatives.
The will of Margaret Johnson, who died
on the 18th inst, was filed for probate yes
terday. The value of the estate is about
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-24
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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-09-13

The iatchstrlng OF the Gazette will
hang on the outside tonight to all OF
It's friends and patrons, It invites
them one and ali, with special invi-
ilon to its lady friends, to attend
an Informal reception to be held at Its
onice this evening between s and 10
o'clock. In honor OF the passing OF the
1900 mark by the circulation OF the
Daily Gazette, Since this announce
ment was made Tuesday morning tho
figures have grown larger every day.
The supremacy OF Fort Worth Ms n
railroad center and distributing point
FOR all north Texas Is by no other fact
50 eoncluslvely established rs In this:
That It possesses morning newspaper
with daily circulation exceeding a.
300 copies That Is Fort worth's tri-
umph as well as triumph for the Ga
sette. It is triumph for n type of
journalism that Is not ashamed to own
that It's thoughts and aspirations clus-
ter around and about Texas.
We will be glad to see all OF our
friends tonight and to have them take
look at the Gazette In Its home,