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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20
THE FOURTH AT STOCKTON,
A Day That Will Be Devoted to
AQuaticS, Athletics and
Cycling.
Tug Of - War Contests Between
Teams Composed of Men Of
All Nations.

The citizens of Stockton do not propose
to be outdone by their sister cities IL the
way of amusement and general festivities
on the Fourth of July. A grand athletic
and water carnival will be features Of
pleasure and interest to the thousands
who will attend the celebration in that
city.
The citizens committee and the Stock.
ton Athletic Association have joined hand:
and the celebration will be of an athletic
character as well as grand water carnival
In the evening of July 8, in Stockton s
handsome pavilion, there will be an inter
national tug-of-war contest, in which
teams representing Canada, England,
America, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Scot
land and Denmark will participate, the
finals to be pulled off at the feld-day
games.
On the morning of the Fourth, after the
arrival of steamers from San Francisco
crowds will assemble on the banks of the
river to witness aquatic sports. Stockton
claims to have the finest watercourse for
boat-racing in California. The water is as
smooth as glass at all times, and the course
which has been surveyed 1.-TWO miles with
turn, is SO laid out that spectators on
the banks will have a clear view of the
races from start to finish.
The races will consist of senior four
cared barge, a junior four-oared barge
with cups for both first and second place
in each event; single-scull race fol-
seniors and a singlescull race for juniors
with gold and silver medals for first and
second place respectively. Already the
various clubs in San Francisco are in
training for the races. The South End
senior crew, winners of the coast cham.
pionship of 1694-95, will undoubtedly row
in the senior race. The Olympics will
probably enter their champion junior
crew, and it is expected that the Acmes
Ariels, Pioneers and Dolphins will enter
crews in both races.
Among the single-scullers it is probable
that Frank Duplissea of the South Ends,
Frank Butler of Stockton and Len Haus-
sler of the Dolphins will meet.
The citizens committee also intend to
have the old-time professional oarsmen
show that they have not forgotten how to
handle the spoons. Henry Peterson,
Charlie Long, Bill Growney and Jack
Dunphy will probably row in the profess
sional shell race. In the barge race the
famous crew, Dan Dougherty, Bob Nc
Dowell, Billy Thomas and George Duplis-
professional crew.
sports under the sanction of the P. A. A.
will take place at Goodwater Grove, at
which handsome gold and silver medals
will be offered. The list of events is as
follows:
1OO-yard dash; 22O-yard dash; 44O-yard
dash; 120-yard hurdle; putting 16-pound
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20
A HUGE MEMORIAL.
Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald's Pro.
posed Petition for Japanese
Restriction Act.

Although the japanese cody labor in
vestigation has been practically con-
cluded Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald
does not propose that the matter shall be
dropped When he started out to look
into the cheap labor question it was not
with the idea of being able to deport cool
les, or even convict Japanese contractors
who have been importing coolies from
Japan and Victoria, but rather to gather
statistics on which to base memorial to
Congress to pass restriction act that will
shut Jap laborers out of the State. He has
secured the data to show that Japs are be-
ing brought into the State on contracts
either written or implied, that cheap cody
laborers are crowding white laborers out
of the field, and that thousads of Japs are
being employed, while thousands of white
men are idle and in want These facts will
be arranged within few days. Mr.. Fitz-
gerald will at once circulate petition for
signatures along the entire coast. He will
have these petitions in all the prominent
places in the larger cities and in every
newspaper office in the interior towns.
When Congress meets Mr.. Fitzgerald ex-
poets to present more signatures for a Jap
anese restriction act than were presented
against the railroad refunding bill.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20
MISSION IMPROVEMENTS,
Some of the Many New Build
ingS Going Up in That
Neigh borhood.
A Club Organized for Better Sewers
and a Boulevard Along Pre-
Clta Avenue.

The Mission and south side of San Fran
cisco generally is experiencing marked
revival in real estate values. This is
caused by the extension of streetcar lines,
the promise of better streets, the forma-
ton and activity of improvement clubs
and the erection of new buildings, most of
which are to be pretty dwelling-hou
Among those now in course of erection
are:
A two-story frame dwelling at Seven
tenth and Capp streets. The owner is
Margaret L. Mcnamara. The building is
to cost 1920.
a residence on Brannan street, adjoining
the Church of st. Rose. 1t will cost $780,
The owner is Rev. D. Nugent.
frame dwelling at Fourteenth street
and Julian avenue, belonging to Mrs.
Bridget Costello. 1t is to cost $17oO.
one-story frame, containing three
dwellings, on Mission street and West
avenue, belonging to c. A. Clinton. 1t is
to cost $3.50.
store is being put under his house at
Eighteenth and Guerrero streets by Judge
HOrnb blower.
A cottage is being built on Chattanooga
street by M. Bannon.
ST. Lukes Hospital, at Twenty-eighth
and Valencia streets, is to be enlarged.
Michael Dolan Is building two five-room
cottages at Nineteenth and Hartford
streets. They are to cost $4,000.
Martin Johnson is putting up $4,000
twostory dwelling at Twenty-fourth and
Utah streets.
The California Saw Works are to put up
building on their property at 213 Mission
street which is to cost 1904 so.
The Precita Improvement Club was or
ganized last Saturday evening. It's pur-
pose is to get better sewers and boule-
ward along Precita avenue and Twenty
seventh street.
Through the courtesy of the Mission
Journal the following matters of interest
to those living in the Mission have been
obtained:
Borromean Council No. 1919, Young
Mems Institute held its semi-annual cleo
ton Monday night. N. J. Hoey was
chosen as president; R. ]. Dowdall, first
vice-president, and P. F. Dillon, second
vice president
Rev. W. s. Bovard, pastor of the Trinity
address on Saturday evening, June Is, be-
fore the Epworth League on ''The Verbal
Felicities and Intensities of the Book of
Job" The lecture was given in the
church and was largely attended by mem
bers OF the congregation as well as by the
league.
The Trinity auxiliary of the Women's
Home Missionary Society held its annual
service on Sunday evening at Trinity
Church, corner Sixteenth and Market
streets. Rev. Mr.. Bovard preached brief
sermon on the necessity Of upholding the
Civic Federation in its work against the
practical politicians. The reading of the
reports of officers, addresses on the work
of the society and music made up the re-
mainder of the evenings programme.
mock trial, with Rev. John Martin of
Grace Church as Judge, is to be given by
the Epworth League at Trinity Church on
Friday evening, June %. There will be an
excellent musical programme as well and
a small admission fee will be charged.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20
MERCHANTS WHO INQUIRE
They Doubt the Begging
Methods of the Army of
Heaven at Hand.
Its Captain Insists That 1t Must
Be Voluntarily Sup
ported.

For some years the charitable of the City
have been contributing to the support OF
the Army of Heaven at Hand. Re-
Gently it has developed that the activity OF
this organization has interfered with the
usefulness of institutions intended to
ameliorate the condition of the poor, and
friction has ensued.
Since the Cooperative Commonwealth
has taken charge of the Free Labor Bureau
of the State, at 215 Sansome street, 290O
men have enrolled their names among
those anxious to get employment. A few
hundred have been put to work. There is
promise of work for several hundred more.
There are many, though, who have no
hope of immediate employment. What is
worse, they are actually suffering for the
necessities of life. An attempt mas been
made to help these men. Mrs M. e.
Simonds, one of the directors of the Co.
operative Commonwealth, has devoted
herself to the success of the new labor
bureau. Her sister, Mrs. Rose Meachem,
is also prominently identified with the
work.
Everywhere we went" said Mrs.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20
GRASSHOPPERS At WORK.
The Pests Are Stripping Vine-
yards at NovatO in Marin
County.
MATCHED BY HOT WEATHER
Fat on It-Their Advance
Unchecked.

The vineyards and orchards in Marin
County are threatened with destruction by
swarms of grasshoppers that have made
their appearance in that section since Sun
day. The present hot spell of weather
seems to have Matched the pests by the
millions. AT Novato they are advancing
upon the vineyards in swarms, and their
course is marked by barren ground and
bare grapevines. Every spear of green
grass and every leaf is devoured by the
advancing columns.
The first appearance of this pest was on
the old De Long property, now owned by
the Novato Land Company. r. D. Hatch,
the foreman of the ranch, fastened to San
Francisco yesterday to consult with Mr..
Pitcher OF the California State Board OF
Trade and Mr.. Lelong of the State Board
of Horticulture and learn whether any
thing can be done to exterminate the ad-
vancing foe.
He brought with him grape vine that
had been stripped of every particle of leaf
and green bark. On Sunday it was in full
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

foliage and covered with young grapes.
Now nothing but the fibrous and woody
parts remain. Mr.. Hatch is sorely troubled,
as the pests have attacked a beautiful
vineyard that covers 100 acres, and he has
every cause to fear that the other vine
yards on the property as we'll as those in
the county will be destroyed before any
thing can be done.
He said that the grasshoppers are still
very young and their wings have not come
out yet, but they get there just the same.
He first noticed them on Monday. They
were travelling by millions down from the
pasture lands. The front of the column
was as straight as the alignment of COM
pany of soldiers and extended for half a
mile or more.
They were headed for the green vine
ress. The little pests were, and are, SO
thick that people and stock walking along
crush the hoppers at every step.
They fell upon the first row of vines in
the 1O0-acre tract, which they destroyed in
very short time. Then the next row fell
victim. A noticeable feature is that the
hoppers clean up one row of vines before
attacking another. The first to appear
have increased alarmingly in size. and
their appetites and destructive ability has
increased correspondingly. The numbers
are rapidly increasing, and now the hop.
pers vary from a kernel of wheat to the
tip of a lead pencil in size. They give
promise of very large growth.
AS soon as their wings come out it is be-
lieved they will rise and spread over all
the vineyards and orchards in that To-
cality. Mr.. Hatch has hunted in the hills
to find where they come from and has con.
Guided that the grasshopper eggs are
Matching all over the pasture lands. II the
hot weather continues for a few DAYS
longer it is feared that enough will be
brought into life to cause great decrease
in the size of the crops. Those already in
existence will cause much damage.
The extinction of the grasshopper ap-
pears almost out of the question. Several
years ago, when this pest destroyed the
crops in various parts of the State, innu
merable experiments were made in this di
rectlon, but all to no practical purpose
Tar, coal oil, bitches and heavy smoke
proved too expensive. Spraying with pari;
green in quantities sufficient TO DESTROY
grasshoppers also destroyed the fruit and
vines.
Before Mr.. Hatch left the vineyards he
had his men mix large quantity of paris
green into flour paste. This paste was
spread on boards the entire length Of the
vineyard between two rows of vines
When the young grasshoppers reached the
board they stopped just long enough to
eat all the paste, poison and all, and then
attacked the next row of grapevines.
"Kill them? Not much," said Mr.
Hatch. ''The stuff seemed to sharpen
their appetites, and they attacked the next
row of vines with renewed vigor."
1t has been several years since grasshop-
pers have swarmed in Marin County, and
their appearance now is regarded with
alarm by the people having growing crops
in that section.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20
NEW TO-DAY.
WHY v ASTB Time?
1t Is Folly to Experiment With the
Many Plans advertised.
Common-Sense VIII Dictate That
the Copeland System, Which Eff
fects Permanent Cures, Is the True
One-$5 Month, Medicines In
Guided.

1t is pure folly to experiment with the
variety of plans advertised as "sure cures"
for catarrh and other chronic diseases when it
is known for positive fact that there is one
system, and one only, which is invariably sue
cessful and brings about permanent cure.
This is known as the Copeland system. The
people of this Coast have known it for years,
since Drs. Copeland, Neal and VIM have been
established here. 1t is system that applies
through local and constitutional treatment,
with medicines specially adapted To each indl-
vidual case. 1t has nothing to do with ''cures"
or remedies" which suggest quackery in
their very name. 1t is a thorough scientific
system of treatment, clean, wholesome, sooth-
ing, mild and effective. 1t has cured thousands
OF sufferers, and is curing thousands every
year.
What good does il do a sufferer to have some
physician, by the use of powerful drugs, de-
stroy the mucus membrane or put the disease
to sleep? AS soon as the effect of the drug has
passed away the suffering returns. "and the
last state OF that man was worse than the first"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

Simonds yesterday, 1--WE found that we had
been preceded by the soldiers of the Army
of Heaven at Hand. Who they were no
body knew. They only knew that the men
claimed to belong to a religious organiza-
ton, and the merchants helped them"
The complaints of Mrs. Simonds have
been REINFORCED by hewholesale merchants
along Front, Davis and Battery streets. A
representative OF the commission firm of
A. Levy g. Co. of Washington and Davis
streets was among the directors.
"rd like to know who these fellows are,
anyhow" he said. "They drive down
here in their soldier clothes with rattle
trap OF wagon and ask us to give them
something. They are polite enough and
tell us they want the things for the Army
of Heaven at Hand. If / have had any
thing handy, a box of apples that may not
keep long, a sack of potatoes that has
ripped open and lost part of its contents,
or anything else that is not in the best
| marketable trim l have told them to take
it along.
"Other firms along the street have done
the same thing. They have got enough to
keep a good-sized army alive, but have
| never heard any more of the army, and |
have been wondering whether or not we
have been imposed on. It looks to me as
if they were lot of healthy beggars who
are getting an easy living off our generos-
Ivy without WORKING 1Or 1t.
"If this is so | think it is time to cry
quits. There are too many worthy unem-
ployed men in the city who are anxious to
work for us to be able to support in luxury
crowd of lazy men who will not work
| merely because they are lazy and have the
effrontery to demand good living of the
| world
The Army of Heaven at Hand, which
has caused all this disturbance, is situated
IN, or h,tx,, ,-L@
Ninth. The army is under the control OF
General Stephen Maybell and Mrs. Mary
Maybell, his wife, and consists of about a
dozen persons.
The land upon which they live is a part
of the grant made to the railroad by the
State. On it are number OF ramshackle
buildings in which the "army'' is housed.
Here they live, having been given long
lease at a nominal figure, and it is here the
supplies are brought that come from the
contributors to General Maybells diminu-
tive host.
At present General Maybell is at work
on a chapel. He hopes to have it COM
pleted in about ten days. He is working
on it with one of his soldiers.
''The Bible says a man should give up a
tenth of his goods to the church, said
General Maybell. "But there is no 10 pei
cent religion. We believe man should
give up everything. his life, his soul, his
body. Then he can hope to be pure and
good and being without sin to live forever
For you can readily understand" he said
"that in heaven there is no DEATH"
General Maybell seemed averse to telling
of the begging tours of the soldiers of his
"army." He insisted that the army was
kept up as was any other church by volun-
tary contributions, and it was through
these that he expected to live without labor
to the end of time.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20
TESTING HEAVY LOCOMOTIVES.
Two Big Freight Engines on the Steep
Central Pacific Grade.

Superintendent Fillmore received re-
port yesterday concerning engines 201o and
POLL, which are being worked together to
haul heavy freight across the Sierra Ne
yadas. These two engines, the largest
freight engines owned by the railroad COM
pany, weigh eighty-fve tons, and the train
The engines had been worked singly,
but this is the first time they have been
used together to haul freight train. The
test is severe one, it being over the Cen
trail Pacific, between Sacramento and
Rocklin, the steepest grade in the system
The report received was to the effect that
the engines worked well, and the train was
making from twelve to fourteen miles an
hour between stations
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20
AN INTERESTING SUIT.
1t VIII Have a Bearing on the LA
bility of the Colima'S
Owners

a very interesting suit is now in progress
in the United States District Court before
Judge Hawley. The greatest admiralty
lawyers in the State are engaged in the
trial of the case, and the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company is watching the out
come with peculiar interest. In the case
of the Colima the Mail Company is almost
in the same position as the defendant at
bar.
The suit in question is entitled "The
cargo-owners of the steamer Emily and
the administrators of the estate of Charles
Robinson OF Marshtield, Or, VS.. Albert
Never and Others" Milton Andres and
Nathan H. Frank appear for the plaintiffs,
and Charles Page and G. p Eels for the
defendants, that is the owners of the
steamer Emily.
In the latter part of 1893 the Emily.
laden with a cargo of general merchan-
disc and full passenger list, sailed from
this port for Coos Bay. On the way up
the coast Captain Roberts espied the
steamer Bawnmore hard and fast on a
rock. He went to her assistance, pulled
her off the rock and into place of safety
near Caspar. Several tugs were sent from
the City TO assist the Bawnmore, but Cap
tain Roberts would not let go and elected
TO tow the collier into port. This he did
successfully.
On arriving mere ROBERTS left the ship
and Captain T. W. Lucas went out in
charge. During this second attempt to
reach her destination the Emily was lost
and Charles Robinson of Marshfield lost
his life
In their answer to the complaint the
owners of the Emily pleaded that the yes
sci was lost through peril of the sea, f" and
also that they were liable for no damages
further than the value of the wreckage re-
covered In fact they said to the plaintiffs
III the suit: Take whatever is left of the
Emily and her cargo, for that is all you
will ever get out of u.s."
In his argument before Judge Hawley
Yesterday, Nathan Frank held that the
Emily was unseaworthy at the inception
of the voyage, and furthermore cited
authorities to show that the owners could
not limit their liability.
"If the Emily was unseaworthy owing
to poor storage of cargo or if the captain in
charge was not competent man." said
Frank, then my clients are entitled to
damages in the amount prayed for"
Another point raised by the plaintiffs in
the.case is the fact that the Emily deviated
from the regular course in order to tow
the Bawnmore into San Francisco, in spite
of the fact that there were couple of tugs
in attendance ready to perform like
service.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

by the wreck of the Colima. and offers to
surrender to the court for the benefit OF
those having claims against the company
It's interest in the wrecked vessel and
freight money earned in her last fatal
voyage.
Samuel III. Lyman was to-day appointed
trustee to receive the transfer of interest
and hold it for the benefit of creditors who
might prove their claims. The court d.
rected that an order be made commanding
all persons claiming damages by reason OF
the wreck to present their claims to Com
missioner Thomas Alexander on or before
October l next.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20
ACROSS THE SANTA MARIA.
A Massive Steel Bridge to Be Finished
This Week for the Southern
Pacific Railway.

The long steel bridge across the Santa
Maria River at Guadalupe, Santa Barbara
County, will be finished this week by the
Southern Pacific contractors. When COM
pleted this bridge will rank among the
best of its kind on the Pacific Coast,
though it is not regarded by Chief Engi-
neer Hood Of the Southern Pacific con-
struction department as particularly
striking bit of engineering.
The railway down the coast has been
completed 10 Guadalupe, and grading is
now being done further south in Santa
Barbara County. Building this bridge has
been rather slow work and it delayed con-
struction of the line quite good deal. Just
as soon as it is all together and trains can
run across the river, which will be in about
two weeks from now the construction
trains will go to the front with material,
and track laying will then be resumed.
The gap below is a matter of something
like fifty miles which will not take long to
cover, provided the railway company de-
termines to push the work. This how
ever is doubtful question at present, and
the railroad officials will not say how soon
trains may run down the coast line to Los
Angeles.
The Santa Maria bridge has seven spans
$50 feet each in width, resting on solid
piers OF masonry The sixth span was put
into its place yesterday and the force of
builders are raising and moving the last
link in the massive chain of steel trusses
up to where it shall stand upon the piers.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20
PASSING FICTITIOUS CHECKS.
The Preliminary Examination of j. G
Davis Commenced.

The Preliminary Examination of j. G.
Davis Commenced.
The preliminary examination of J. G.
Davis of Rochester, N. Y, on the charge of
felony in passing fictitious check was
commenced before Judge Joachimsen yes
terday morning.
The case was that of Jacob Macowsky.
jeweler, oil Kearny street, who sold Davis
gold watch and other articles and re-
ceived in payment a draft on the "Ameri-
can Exchange Bank, New York, for $500.
Macowsky was placed on the witness
stand. AS he did not sell the articles but
one of his clerks. the case was continued
till this morning, so as to have the clerk in
attendance.
The defendant was represented by Attor-
ney Frank NJ. Stone. and an argument
took place between him and Prosecuting
Attorney Dare as to proving that the
American Exchange Bank OF New York"
only existed in Davis Imagination. The
Prosecuting Attorney promised to have
proof that there is no such bank in New
York.