The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-26

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on Jackson street. While was in this state
was taken into the police forehead pull
with General John Nelson Geary-but the sys-
TEN was so bad that left and went to mining"
'What was wrong with the system?" asked
the reporter.
"Oh, lots. I was detailed off to watch the
ruins after the fire and arrested man for pick
ing up purse of Mexican money that had
been melted by the fire. 1 met the captain
near the station and, after learning the cause
of the arrest, he pocketed the money and
had to let my man go.
There was old stoop on my beat where
used to sit and rest it was the time when the
thieves had a mania for Mexican blankets.
Ny friend gave a tramp a suit of clothes and
he sat down in my corner and went to sleep
He never woke again, for they mistook him for
me and cut his throat. l had seen the clothes
and my friend and / were mourning each
others loss for two or three days afterward un-
til we met"
alt is very important that the SUI
pervising architect should come out
here" said Colonel John P. Irish yes
terday. "Mr. Aiken is New Yorker, and
it is necessary that he should understand
the differences in planning of the new Post
Office building and location of the rooms from
what would be suitable In the East, made
necessary by the differences in climate. The
new City Hall was designed by an architect
from Albany, who placed the courtrooms in
the north side. where they are practically I'M
tenable. The same faults exist in the interior
arrangements of the Appraisers building,
where the courtrooms are all placed in the
very worst part of the building that could be
chosen. When a new Judge is appointed here
his doctors warn him that he must get as much
sunlight and air on the outside as possible, or
his days will be shortened.
$50 L say it is very desirable that Mr.. Aiken
should come out here and understand this, so
that he will not put all the best rooms on the
north side. They must be arranged so as to
get as much sunshine and air as possible.
ain the East they habitually put the rooms
on the north side as much as possible to get
away from the intense heat of summer. The
usefulness of the new Postoffice building and
the healthfulness of its construction for occu-
pancy will be greatly served by this personal
inspection of our climate Hence his visit will
be of the highest Importance and value. His
coming here shows determination to make
the building credit to the City and the Gov
eminent"
Richard Willoughby, who discovered the
"Silent City, in Alaska, arrived here yesterday
to arrange for the sale of some mining prop
eTly. Ninety miles nOTln Juneau Is q gIaCler
with face 800 feet high. 1t was at this place
that the professor thought he saw the mysteri-
GUS white city of beautiful design, an account
OF which has been published in almost every
paper in the country. He was standing near
the glacier when an indistinct figure in the
water attracted his attention He returned to
the spot the next DAY, and there far below the
water he saw the buildings of an ancient city.
Several weeks later he returned with a CON-
panion, who took photographs of the alleged
city. Negatives OF these are on sale at Juneau
to this day.
Willoughby never saw locomotive until his
arrival in Seattle last week. He came to Cali
fornia in early days and was north at the time
OF the Frazer River excitement, and since then
has spent most of his time in Alaska.
The professor" as he is called, is mighty
hunter, and has been in several Indian fights.
Some thirty-fve years ago he placed in bank
in British Columbia $4,000, and has never
drawn cent OF principal or interest since.
Money is OF little object to him. He lives at
Juneau, in q small two-room cabin on Carrolps
wharf
"No, l brought no prisoner down for San
Quentin this time" said George S. Mckenzie,
Sheriff OF Napa County, yesterday at the
Grand. 81 have done my share, / think. Dur
ing the seven years have been in office about
prison from my county,"
"Must be pretty tough community up your
way said one of his callers.
"No, not at all. Nearly all these men were
from the outside ard did not belong in Napa
But the reason why we have been sending
such large number to prison is not that there
is more crime in that county than in others
but that a larger proportion of them are cap
tured and convicted. Take the stage-robbers,
for instance. There have been three stage
robberies in the county since l have been
Sheriff, and all the robbers have been captured
except one, who was killed. These men, Buck
English, Mooney, Burk, Breckenridge and
another have been sent to prison. Stage
robbers generally locate in places where they
can get away safely, and don't think we shall
be troubled much with them for while"
81 have just returned from Oakland where I
heard some strange talk" said Colonel K B.
Brown yesterday. 81 heard merchant COM
planning that the recent Davie ferry was not OF
benefit to the people of Oakland He says that
1t is because OF the railroad company's irrita-
ton over losses resulting from reductions in
ferry rates that gates have been put on the
local trains. By this means people are him
dered from getting on or off the local trains at
ease, and consequently passengers go right
through to San Francisco instead OF dropping
off at way-stations to do their trading. He
considers that the people of Oakland have been
hurt instead of benefited by the experiment
INDUCED in by the promoters of the late Davie |
ferry. But there may be no logic in such talk ]