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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-09
STATE CROP PROSPECTS,
GrasshopperS Again Working
Damage in Several
Sections.
Appearance of the Army Worm In
Ell Dorado and Yuba
Counties.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, July S.-Director
Barwick of the California weekly weather
and crop service summarizes as follows for
the past week:
The average temperature for the week
ending July was: For Eureka Sc degrees,
Independence "a, Los Angeles GO, Red
Bluff "a, Sacramento 20, San Francisco IS,
San Luis Obispo 60 and San Diego Ga. AS
compared with the normal temperature
there is a heat deficiency at points named
except Eureka, which reports an excess of
heat of one degree. The deficiencies at
other stations are as follows: Fresno 4
degrees, Los Angeles 3, Red Bluff 5, Sacra-
mento and San Diego 3, while San Fran
cisco reports normal conditions to have
prevailed.
There we're a few sprinkles during the
Fourth of July In the Sacramento Valley
and in portions of the coast counties, but
no damage was done. as the amount pre-
clpitated was too small.
Harvesting is in full blast, but the yield
is not good Grasshoppers are damaging
crops, etc., along the foothills of the Liver
more Valley and in the foothill regions of
Upper Sonoma County.
Fruit is beginning to come in quite
freely, and the canneries and drlers are
getting in proper shape to handle it as fast
as it may arrive. 1t is generally reported
that peaches will be a pretty good crop,
both in quantity and quality, but most
other fruits will be rather short in yield,
although the quality is reported as being
unusually good and the fruit of a larger
size.
Beans are doing only fairly well as yet,
while hops are slowly advancing toward
MATURITY
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-09
Not Amaious to Secure a Murderer.

Los ANGELES, CAL, July s.-The
Chief of Police has refused to send for
Giovanni Carrazi, recently captured at
Newark, N. j., who murdered Roy Ken
ner, colored blacksmith, last December
In this city, and Sheriff Burr declines to
send for him unless he is instructed to do
so by the Board of Supervisors. Unles.
the Sheriff receives such instructions the
murderer will likely go free.
NEWARK, N. j., July S.-A plea OF
not guilty was entered by Juan Carazzi,
the Italian who was arrested in this city
charged with numbering young colored
blacksmith in Los Angeles, Cal, recently.
The plea he entered was to charge Of
atrocious assault and battery committed
on Donald Scarpone.
The latter was stabbed in five places at
Is South Canal street and fingered for
several months in the hospital. Carazzi
was indicted by the December term of the
court in 1893. He fed and while in Cali
fornia committed the murder. When they
get through with him here he will be sent
to the Golden Gate State.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-09
EIGHT DEAD CHINAMEN,
Their Bodies Found Floating
in the Waters of the
San Joaquin.
FOUGHT TO TAKE HIS LIFE
More Than the Usual Interest Mani
tested In the Chautauqua
Proceedings.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, July Stirred Of
life, its trials, hardships and privations, a
young girl walked down to the banks OF
China Slough in this city this afternoon
and ended the battle by deliberately throw
ing herself into the water
few short minutes before she took the
fatal plunge she was observed in the vicin-
lty of the water by j. G. Asher, as he drove
by III his delivery wagon, and her actions
evidently aroused his suspicious, as when
he returned up | street he jumped from
the wagon and investigated as to her
whereabouts and discovered her body float
ing just beneath the surface of the water,
a short distance from shore.
He Immediately notified the Coroner,
who removed the body to the Morgue.
The girl is total stranger in this city as
far as can be learn ed. She was petite in
stature, had reddish hair, was evidently
about 26 years of age, and was dressed in a
blue polka-dot skirt, with short waist.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-09
LIVELY PACIFIC GROVE.
1t Is Daily attracting Large Numbers of
ChdutauquG Delegates.

ChdutauqpG Delegates.
PACIFIC GROVE, CAL, July S.-Every
train seems to bring in new delegates for
the Chautauqua assembly. All the ITO
Lett signs have disappeared from the cot
tages, and the little city of the pines is
brim full of people. For several years
Chautauqua has quoted down, but this
year it has revived more than ever.
At the concert last evening there were
about 100 people present, making the
largest attendance ever witnessed at AS
sembly Hall. Every one has entered into
the work with life, and every day there is
something outside to break the monotony
of lectures, classes, etc.
Miss Whitaker delivered one OF the best
lectures on scientific cooking this morn
ing. This department, which has gener-
orally been attended mostly by ladies' has
interested many of the men, and now they
are as equally represented as the women.
At forum hour, DR.. C. Annette Buckell
of Oakland interested a large crowd on
Manual Training in the Public Schools of
San Francisco" She spoke largely of their
benefit and progress.
DR.. Gunsaulus lectured at $3.50 P. NJ. on
1.-THE Religious Influences of the Poetry of
the Nineteenth Century,"
The round table Mt P. NJ. was led by
James Clement Ambrose.
Tonight DR.. Gunsaulus delivers his last
lecture on Phillips Brooks.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-09
FATAL FALL NEAR FRESNO.
Phillip II. Decker Plunges
From a Water-Tank Fifty
Feet High.
While Partly Intoxicated He At
tempted to Walk Upon a
Narrow Rail.

FRESNO. CAL. July s.-Phillip H.
Decker died here this afternoon from the
effects of fall from water tank fifty feet
high. Decker was at Clovis. a small town
near Fresno, and assembled the farmhouse
to take down some Fourth of July deco
rations.
He had been drinking. and as he began
to climb up the tower he invited the
crowd to watch him walk the railing
around the tank.
In spite of the circumstances of the
crowd he began to walk the narrow rail
ing. A man drove by in a cart and Decker
shouted down, Look out or I'll jump into
your cart"
While looking at the moving object he
lost his balance and the crowd below saw
him fall to the hard pavement.
He received severe internal injuries, and
his leg and thigh were broken. Decke :
was brought to this city, where he died
after having been unconscious twenty-four
hours. He was unmarried, but has rela-
tiyes in the East.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-09
ARZONA'S BAD MILITIA,
Company F to Be DiSbanded
for DESERVING From a
Parade.
Composed of Spanish-Speakin
Citizens-Court-M Martial for
the Officers.

PHOENIX, ARIz., July S.-Adjutant-
General Schwartz, National Guard of Ari-
IONA, tomorrow will issue an order dis
banding Company F, First Infantry, sta
toned at Tucson. A general court-mar-
tial has been ordered upon the officers and
the non-commissioned officers who, prior
to dishonorable discharge, have been re-
duced to the ranks. The company has
been known as the Mexican company of
the regiment. mainly composed of Spanish
speaking citizens. Its offense consisted in
leaving the parade on the Fourth of July
for the stated reason of their preference to
be in the line of march OF bicycle club.
An order will at once be issued at head
quarters forbidding the enlistment of any
person who cannot speak, read and write
the English language
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-09
JUST LIKE ACTUAL WAR,
Aid-de-Camp Bell Tells WHAT
the Regulars Will Do at
Monterey.
Colonel Bush Would Like HIS hesi-
ment to Go Into Camp
There, Too.

Lieutenant j. F. Bell, aid-de-camp TO
Brigadier-General Forsyth of the Depart
ment of the Pacific, returned from Mon
terey Yesterday, where he had been COM
pletine the arrangements for the encamp-
ment of seven companies of the First
United States Infantry, troops b and g OF
the Fourth United States Cavalry and
LIGHT Ratterv D of the Fifth. United States
Artillery He said:
Our command will go into camp there about
tho 18th and remain there probably for
month The camp will be just opposite the
Hotel del Monte. -,
ing Technically, it will be instruction in the
minor tactics of war. . .
OF course you know the d1stlncton pe PEI ven
the terms "strategy," "grand tactics ana
s.minor tactics" Our command Delng 50
small the minor tactics is all we can properly
attend to. ....oo
advance and rear guards passage OF denies ana
all of that class of maneuyers. We shaL nave
some blank ammunition with us ana thougn
we shall not have any of what are commonly
known as "shem battles" yet there Will DC
much that will be of spectacular nature
much that will appear Ike Teai war on 0iber aSd
experience something OF the smell OF gun
powder. . va, soo in
real war smoke is an important item. An
enemy may be in acknowledgements IN
some woods. YOU know Well, in real war IL IS
smoke which betrays the presence OF any snch
ambush and we intend to approach as near 10
real war as the size of our command ana per-
sonal safety will allow. ..,,,
Don't think, however, that our mep VIII
blaze away ut each other at q few yards dls,
lance. That would hardly occur In war, ana
will therefore not have any place on our pro-
gramme.
The science of war is q progressive SCIENCE
like any other, and it must keep abreast OF the
times the same as everything else, consequent,
ly tactics are always being improved upon, ana
weapons, like machinery, are the products or
advanced inventive genius. 1t would never 40
for US to face an enemy with the same weapons
and tactics as were used during the war OF
thirty years ago.
The general devoted himself very ass1duously
to these new tactics at Fort Riley, Kansas, last
year, and proposes to have them practically
demonstrated as far as possible with what as
sistanCe the Government gives u.s.
Colonel Bush of the First Regiment Tin
fantry) of the National Guard was present
while Lieutenant Bell was talking, and OBJ
served that his regiment might go INTO
camp at Monterey also if Governor Budd
and the Board of Location did not muster
it out of the service. Companies G and It
would start first. 1t would cost the regl-
ment about $4,000, he thought, if it was the
sole bearer of the expense.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-09
FIGHT FOR A SLAVE GIRL,
HabeaS Corpus Proceedings
Are. Begun in the Case
of All 500.
The Traffic In Which He, Charley
All Him and Little Pete Are
Implicated.

A fight is to be made in Judge Trout 8
court for the possession OF the Chinese
slave girl, All 500, who was rescued from
den OIL Church alley by Miss Williams
of the Methodist Episcopal Chinese Mis-
sion and the officers of the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
The services of Attorney Abraham T..
Barnett have been secured, and yesterday
Charley Hung of s0715 Clay street, the
notorious highlander, opium-dealer and
ex-convict, applied for writ of habeas
corpus, alleging that the girl was being
unlawfully detained by Miss Williams at
the mission.
Miss Williams had already anticipated
some such move and had therefore re-
quested Secretary c. B. Holbrook of the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals to act as her attorney. The two
prevention of cruelty societies usually
work together along humane lines. The
writ was issued and made returnable to-
day.
Hung is one of the most notorious char
ago he was serving sentence for man.
slaughter. Since then he has been
a terror to Chinese merchants be-
cause of his organized system of
blackmail. Inquiry at the Chinese
consular Office elected the information
that he was mo good" and is under the
official stigma. The consular authorities
and officers of the Six Companies init
mated that tho reputable Chinese in this
City would breathe easier if Mr.. Hung
would change his residence to some other
city. He lives with the old bag, Dab Pa
Tsin, who keeps the notorious Church
alley den-a woman who had been in that
kind of business for the past fifteen years.
Just why no attempt has ever been made
to have him deported as an ex-convict
is an enigma which respectable Chinese
think would prove improbable to discuss.
Hung himself is somewhat of boaster.
He says he has plenty of money and when
it comes to fighting case in the courts
that he has the wherewith to do it.
Withal he apes mild manners, however,
and feels that he can accomplish more by
politeness and subtlety, aided by effective
pecuniary pressure, than by talking too
much. All that can be got out of him is
that 1t takes money to defray the expenses
of litigation and he has it.
His real business is concealed under a
show of selling an opium habit cure. For
years he, Kwan All Him, who is unfavor-
ably known in Los Angeles, Fresno and
Bakersfield, and Fong Ching. or Little
Pete, were identified with various phases
of Monaghan crookedness. These three
worthless are said to be more than a match
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-09
AMONG THE UNIONS.
Labor ID ay Celebration Being Discussed
Union Carpenters Rapidly Increas-
ing in Number.


So far, not much has been done by the
labor organizations toward the celebration
of Labor day, which is the first Monday in
September, but the matter is now begin
ming to be a subject of discussion in the
unions.
The Labor Council has committee APP
pointed to look after it, and there will
proba bly, be report of some kind made at
next Friday nights meeting. 1t is the
general sentiment of organized labor that
as big turnout as possible should be
made.
The subject of Labor day came up at the
meeting of the Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners No. 483 last night. After a
number of suggestions were made it was
finally referred to the three delegates to
the district council Messrs. r. b. Ingle, NJ.
Doyal and c. F. Schad, who are to bring
the celebration before that body.
Since the agitation begun by the union
carpenters at the Turk-street Temple on
April II nearly 500 non-union carpenters
have joined the local brotherhoods. Start
ing with membership OF 80 Brotherhood
No. 483 has taken in 232 additional men,
bers. There were 33 initiated last night
and the applications of so more were acted
upon.
Brotherhood No. %, which meets at
Pythian Castle on Friday nights, started
with much larger membership and has
increased it about $50 more.
The Coast Seamen's Union last night
formulated plan of defense for such OF
the four sailors of the barkentine Arago,
John Bradley, Phillip H. Olsen, Robert
Robertson and Morris Hansen, now in the
County Jail, as are members Of the union.
These four sailors are charged by Cap
tain Perry with refusal to obey his COM
mands. When the ship was at Astoria,
Or. the men left her without asking for
their pay. Captain Perry had them inn
prisoned at Astoria for sixteen days until
the vessel sailed, when they were taken
aboard. They said they did not want to
work on the vessel and refused to do any
thing when ordered to take hand. Their
cases are to be heard by United States
Commissioner Heacock tomorrow.
Secretary Andrew Furuseth of the union
said last night that it was a question
whether seamen could be forced into in
voluntary servitude in the coast trade or
be permitted to choose their own ships and
masters.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-09
SANTA BARBARA TEACHERS
Announcement of the SeleC-
tons Made by the School
Trustees.
Remain the Same as Last
Year,

SANTA BARBARA, CAL, July S.-The
city Board of School Trustees tonight
held the second meeting of the school
year. After con sidering the question in
caucus as to the appointment of teachers
the board met in open session and an
nounced the election of the following
teachers:
Superintendent of the city schools and
principal of the High School, Professor c.
Y. Roop; professor OF sciences, James A.
Dodge; professor of languages, William A.
Wilson; professor of English, Miss Emma
Squires; professor of modern languages,
William Zimmerman; principal First
Ward School, E. E. Dana; principal Third
Ward School, Laura E. Warner; principal
Fourth Ward School, Anna Faulding;
principal Fifth Ward School, William Y.
Barnum.
The teachers of grades elected are ::
Hortense Levy, frankie Metcalf, S. A.
Winchester, Annie Hosmer, Sara Kratzer,
Mamie V. Lehner, Kate c: Higgins, Gussie
Carter, Mrs. S. G. Kelsey, Dorcas
Wheelock, Mrs. A. I. Halls, Mrs. J. H.
Summers, Gertrude Owens, Edith Cheney,
Clara Diehl, Lille LenoIr, Gertrude Lee
land, Mrs. Duke Wright, Belle Pyle.
The teachers appointed are the same as
last year, with the exception of W. v.
Barnum, transferred from principal of the
first ward to principal of the fifth ward
L. E. Dana succeeding him in the first
ward. w. V. Barnum succeeds Miss Dur
gin, who was not elected. In grade teach
ers Miss S. A. Winchester succeeds Miss
Dora NJ. Selover, who resigned, and Mrs.
j. H. Summers takes the place of Emma
Edmondson, not elected.
The board elected janitors as follows
First ward school, Daniel Hill; third ward
school, John H. Williams; fourth ward
school, a. B. Caldwell; fifth ward school,
Samuel Sickle.
Miss Rose Everitt has been appointed
provisional teacher of the third ward, the
appointment being conditional Oh funds
in the treasury being sufficient to pay her
salary. Miss Mary Diehl has been elected
substitute teacher.
Salaries will remain the same as last
year, with the probable exception of that
OF the professor of modern languages.
The board has not determined what will
be the salary of the professor named, and
has left the matter for subsequent meet
ing of the board.
After discussing the question of improv-
ing the present school buildings and con-
sidering the erection of a High School
building, the board adjourned without
date.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-09
SELMA MOURNS A DEATH,
The Wife of Rev. L. G. Sanford
SuCCumbS to Typhoid
Fever.
He Is Also Down With the Same
Dread Disease-His Condition
Hopeless.

SELMA, CAL, July s.-Mrs. L. c. San
ford, wife of the rector of st. Lukes and
St. MichaePs missions, died here to-day of
typhoid fever after an illness of several
weeks Funeral services were held in the
church tonight. The body will be sent
TO Bristol, Rhode Island, for interment.
Rev. L. c. Sanford is also Frustrated
with the same dread disease and his death
is hourly expected.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sanford were married three
years ago at Bristol, Rhode Island, and
came at once to this charge. They have
done grand work in building UP the mis-
sions of st. Luke at Selma and St. Michael
at Fowler. A church has been built at the
latter place. and the number of communi-
cants in both missions has been more than
doubled.
This visitation is peculiarly sad, as Rev
Mr.. and Mrs. Sanford were about to start
for a visit to their Eastern home when
stricken down. Not alone among Episco
palians is there sorrow; there are mourn
ers in every household in Selma and Fow-
Ter.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-09
Il MARYSVILLE TRAGEDY.
Il Young Mans Determined and Succes
f4tI Effort at Suicide.

Il Young Mans determined and Success
fftl Effort at Suicide.
MARYSVILLE, CAL, July 8.-Harry
Wallis, % years of age, fought for the privi-
lege of committing suicide on Sunday even
ing and gained the victory. Wallis was
employed on the farm of Charles En-
grasser near Nicolaus. On several occa-
sions he had made the statement that life
had no charms for him. On the evening
mentioned he produced phial containing
an ounce and half of carbolic acid, and
in the presence of Mrs. Engrasser and her
daughter, expressed his intention of max
ing himself corpse. Both of the ladies
struggled to secure the bottle, but the
young man succeeded in tearing himself
away and swallowed the fatal contents.
Wallis was native of New York, and has
relatives in San Francisco. His funeral
will take place tomorrow.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-09
SAN DEG o,S AGED COUPLE.

They Celebrate the Occasion of Their Sir-
tieth Marriage Anniversary.
SAN DIEGO, CAL, July s.-Mr. and
Mrs. C. K. Smith yesterday afternoon cele-
brated their sixtieth wedding anniversary
at their residence, some twenty descend
ants and relatives residing here being pres
ent. The couple were married in Yer
mont July, 1885, and came to San Diego in
1876 from Monmouth, H., where Smith
had been proprietor of a newspaper. He
retired from active work several years ago.
Both he and his wife are mentally vigor-
Gus and in good health. A poem written
for the occasion by Mrs. Smith was read
during the festivities.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-09
Seeking a Market for on.

LOS ANGELES, CAL. July 8.-The
proposition to pipe oil from Los Angeles
to Redondo for shipment from there to
San Francisco is about to meet with active
competition from the oil men of Santa
Paula and Newhall, the Union Oil Com
pany and the Pacific Oil Company of those
places having under consideration the
shipping of oil from Hueneme to the bay
city by barges. The oil product here now
exceeds the local needs, and determined
effort will be made to find an outlet where
it can be marketed prohtably.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-09
Robbed the Phenir Postoffce.

PHOENIX, AR1z., July s.-Wilsey f.
Peck, extra carrier at the Phoenix Post
Office, was arrested to-day for robbery of
the local postal funds. His peculatiods
have extended over period of four
months and are understood to exceed
500. He has confessed to Postmaster
Thomas, and marked coins were found in
his pockets
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-09
SANTA CRUZ CRIMINALS,
Four of Them Arraigned on
Serious Charges Yes
terday.
Death OF One of the Most Promi-
nent Portuguese Citizens
of the County.

SANTA CRUZ, CAL, July 8.-Four men
were arraigned on criminal charges in the
Superior Court this morning and informa-
ton filed against them. They were Joe
Rodriguez, known as "Black Joe," on a
charge OF murder for kicking William Ben
son to death; William Jackson, on the
charge of felony for the abduction of Kate
Fillmore girl IA years of age from her
home at Corralitos, and john Davenport
and Joe Connors for grand larceny. The
last two are pickpockets, arrested during
carnival week. They win all plead in the
Superior Court Friday morning.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-09
Los ANGELES BRIDES,
Charges Against the
Superintendent of
Streets.
A COMMITTEE REPORTS.
1t Fails to State Any Definite
or Satisfactory Con-
Clusion.
FURTHER PROBING DESIRED.
The Significant Statement Made
by a Local Dealer In Hard
ware.
A COMMITTEE REPORTS.
FURTHER PROBING DESIRED.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, July s.-The COM
mittee appointed to investigate the bribery
charges brought against Street Superin-
tendent Howard by Councilman Kingery
made report to-day at the regular meet
ing OF the Council The conclusion AZ
rived at was that it was matter of veracity
between the men named
The committee, through Mr.. Stockwell,
desired to probe the matter further, if any
method could be suggested by the Council
men.
Mr.. Kingery answered it was his wish
that the matter be sifted to the bottom, as
his integrity was at stake that the charges
had been made without malice for the good
OF the community. He expressed the be-
lief that the people had already rendered
their decision, and demanded full inves-
tigation by the Council of the Street Su-
perintendent's department, believing that
1t would not be safe to have man of How
ards standing at the head of any depart
nent of the city government.
On motion the report of the committee
was received.
An evening paper prints some serious
charges against Howard and the peculiar
administration of the affairs of his office.
A member of a prominent hardware
firm, when asked whether his house had
been offered patronage by the Street Su-
perintendent's Office for consideration,
would not deny it, but replied: "If l am
summoned before the investigating COM
mittee will tell what I know about the
matter under oath, but will not talk for
publication in the newspapers"
1t is generally believed Towards Office
will be thoroughly investigated.