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The San Francisco call., 1895-10-11
THE STATE FRUIT-GROWERS.

Active Preparations for the November
Convention in Sacramento.
The following self-explanatory letter was
received yesterday by B. NJ. Lelong relative
to holding the November convention of
the State Frult-growers Association in
Sacramento.
SACRAMENTO, CAL, Oct 9, 1895.
B. III. Letong, Secretary State Board of Aori-
cutture-DEAg SIR Your valued communica-
ton, addressed to Mayor B. U. Steinman. OF the
9Th inst, relative to Fruitgrowers' Convention
to meet here from 5th to 9Th of November was
duly received and read this morning during a
session OF the directors of the Chamber of Com
merce, of which he is g member and also chair
man of reception committee. and / am re-
quested to say TO you that this committee will
make proper arrangements for the reception of
the convention. And with this in view kindly
advise about the number that may be expected
and all will be done possible to make the
esteemed visitors feel that they are appre.
ciated.
The committee of which J. o. Coleman is a
prominent member will attend TO all details.
Any communications addressed to this cham-
Der will be appreciated and turned over to
Mayor Steinman's active committe Respect
inny yours. JAMES l. FELTRR,
Secretary Sacramento Chamber of Commerce.
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TO RESTRICT WHEELING,
Park Commissioners to Be
Petitioned in Favor of
Drivers.
Horsemen Claim That Cyclists Are
Taking More Than Belongs
to Them.

At their next meeting the Golden Gate
Park Commissioners will be asked to pass
upon petition requesting them 10 pro-
hibit the use of the main drives in the
park by wheelmen on Sundays.
The matter was started by the move
ment OF the wheeimen to gain even greater
privileges than they now enjoy, and
emanated from drivers who use the main
park roads on Sundays to exercise their
animals and drive for pleasure.
Frank Dixon, an insurance man, is one
OF those who are circulating the petition.
and ne has thus lar obtained nearly 200
signatures to it.
1t has gone so far" he said yesterday
'that those who drive in the park for
pleasure seem to have few rights these
Gays, and L, for one, will ask the Park
commissioners to assist US in getting what
is due us. Great punches OF wheelmen
come on the drives at fast pace and
nave on more than one occasion been COM
pelleo 10 drlve up on to the lawns to pre-
vent running over some one or have nv
horse ran away and injure himself. +
know OF several men who have had their
animals run away through the fault of
wheeImen.
81 am not opposed to wheeling and rec
oghize that IL must be given place on our
highways, but l think that it shouId he
subject 10 certain restrictions. Last SIM
day at least fifty cyclists belonging to a
road club met me on the road, and I was
actually compelled to bring my horse to a
standstIil to allow them to pass, and then
he was SO frightened at their bells and pav
ribbons that he trembIed in every lim6 as
they passed on both sides.
The petition that | am circulating now
contains almost 200 names, and EXPECT TO
get many more before the time Tor the
next meeting OF the Commissioners. We
want the main drive to ourselves on Sum
day, so that We can drive with our families
in safety; and we shall agitate the matter
until our end is attained or we see the
hopelessness OF our going any further"
The wheelmen laugh at the proposition
and say that the privileges they now enjoy
must be made larger, much less curtailed.
The bicyclists will be represented at the
meeting of the Commissioners to present
their side of the case.
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good lodgings and were eating three meals
a day.
Mr.. Fitzgerald received several letters
from the girls he sent to Fresno. One
writer said: 1--WE have met with the great
est kindness from every one connected
with the Bonner establishment"
The same writer stated, however, that
the wages were very low, and but few of
the inexperienced hands from San Fran
cisco made more than so cents day. She
said that the towE was overstocked with
raisin-packers, who refused to work for the
prices offered, and she advises that no
more girls be sent to Fresno.
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HALF MUST COME DOWN
PoWelI-Street Wharf Is Almost
Useless for Shipping
Purposes.
Commissioners Bassett, Brown and
Alexander Awarded the Various
Contracts.

One-half of Powell-street wharf is to be
torn down, and the piles and timbers
stored away as old lumber. The pier is
597 feet long, and the Harbor Commits
sioners decided at a meeting held yester-
day to cut off 297 feet. The matter had
evidently been discussed fully ON various
occasions by Commissioners Colnon, Cole
and Chadbourne, because the necessary
motion was made and passed as q matter
OF course. Thus, a menace to navigation
and source of constant expense to the
State will be done away with.
Just what figures the actual loss will
reach no one seems ready to guess at, but
it is safe to say that when the outer end
Of the wharf is torn down and slowed
away the Board OF Harbor Commissioners
will only have the lumber to show for an
expenditure of about $4,000 or $4,000
Added to that will be the cost of tearing
down the wharf and putting it away, and
the repiling of the outer end of the re-
naming portion.
Powell-street wharf was built about two
years ago under the regime of Commits.
sioners Bassett, Brown and Alexander
Bassett was opposed TO the work, but
Brown and Alexander advocated it in
season and out of season. Tney con-
tended that the lumber companies would
use it all the year round and that other
wharves which were overcrowded would
be very much relieved by its construction
The wharf, very much to the surprise oi
ship-captains and ship-owners, was built
at cost to the State of about $35, 900. II
was fiat failure from the start and has
been very rarely used since that time ex
cept by fishermen and crab-catchers
Every day it is lined with boys and men
who seem to have nothing else to do but
fish.
In talking about the matter President
Celnon said I've have been contem-
plating cutting the wharf down 200 feet fol
some time, but finally came to our en-
gineer's way of thinking and decided tc
leave only 300 feet standing. As it is al
present the wharf is useless and menace
TO navigation. Before coming to any con,
clusion | talked the. matter over with Sen
ator Perkins and Professor Davidson, ano
they both said the wharf should never
have been built-certainly not 597 feet ou
in that portion of the bay. 1t is directly
in the way of incoming steamers, anC
coasters and small craft have to make {
long detour in order to get past it. Thu
tide runs like milirace through th,
wharf. and in any kind of rough weathe
1t is dangerous for vessels to be at it. A
the shore end it is not so bad, but IatterlV
we cannot get vessels to lie at the cute
end at all. In consequence we came t.
the conclusion that it would be better t.
tear portion OF the structure down."
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A HUGE MINING SCHEME.
Nevada County Properties to
Be Supplied With Elec-
trical Power.
A BIG SAVING Is EXPECTED.
The Current VIII Probably Be
Turned On Not Later Than
November 1.

For months past company of San
Franciscans, headed by William NJ Pier
son, D. B. Davidson, G. A. Grow and E. J..
de Saba, have been quietly engineering a
mining scheme in Nevada County, which
promises to be of vital importance not
only TO that Immediate section but to the
State at large. At an expense of many
thousands of dollars these gentlemen
have caused to be constructed a dam
across South Yuba River at point some
four miles from Nevada City. Three miles
below this electrical machinery has been
erected capable of generating 5000 horse
power, or more than enough to operate all
the mines in the Nevada City and Grass
Valley districts.
Probably the most interesting feature
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separate estate, held in trust by the hus-
band
DR.. lyman denied the allegation; but be-
fore the case came to trial he died, as de-
clared by the court, and his executor con-
tinued the defense.
The lower court found that three-fifths
of the purchase price OF the land was de-
rived from the income from Mrs. lyman s
separate property, lyman acting as her
agent and trustee. and Judgment in that
proportion was given for the woman's
children.
The Supreme Court holds that the evi-
dence does not show that DR.. lyman used
his wife's money as alleged, or that the
property was held in trust for Mrs. lyman,
and the Superior Court judgment is re-
versed.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-11
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Two Hosemen Dismissed and a Ti1ler-
man Fined Ten Days Pay.


man Fined Ten Days Pay.
The Fire Commissioners met yesterday
afternoon, and heard charges against three
members of the department. David G..
Bartnett, hoseman of engine 8, for neglect
of duty and drunkenness, and John Little
field for neglect of duty. were dismissed
from the department. William f. Otto,
tillerman of truck 5, was fined ten days
pey for being quarrelsome in the truck
house. James Maglone was appointed
truckman of truck 6, and the resignation
of Nicholas Kennedy, e1traman of engine
8, was accepted.
Colonel Viregault, Major Kerbs and
Captain Cordier of the French army, as.
signed to duty in the Fire Battalion of
Paris, were introduced to the Commits
sioners by NJ. Posseli, the French
Consul, who acted as interpreter.
The visitors complimented the Commits
| sioners on the efficiency of the department,
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Groceries for the blind Asylum.

Fred II. Dingle, assistant secretary of the
Manufacturers and Producers Association,
has written a letter to the secretary of the
Home for Adult Blind of Oakland to express
the thanks of the association that the society,"
in its call for bids for groceries for the home
has specified that many of the articles must be
OF California manufacture.
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legislation and consequently ultra wires.
A continuance was granted till Saturday,
October 19.
Another warrant for keeping open on
Labor day was issued yesterday against l..
P. Lippert, barber, of 4 Post street. The
complaining witness in this case is
Thomas Faulkner of 224 Fourth street.
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The Story of Bad Treatment Denied by
Several Girls.

On several occasions recently dispatches
have been received from Fresno stating
that the forty-five women and girls sent to
the raisin-packing establishments in that
city received unkind treatment at the
hands of their employers.
One of the party, who returned. yester-
day on account of Ill health, stated to
Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald that the
story sent from Fresno was without foun-
dation. She said that all girls, with few
exceptions, went to work and were salts
fed with their situations. They found
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-11
Ira p. Rankin's Estate.

Ira P. Rankin left no will, and yesterday ap-
plication for letters of administration on the
estate was made by ]. E. La Rue. The heirs
Cooper of Iowa, sister, and several nephews
and nieces. The value of the estate Is not
known.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-11
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

before Morrow, Judge.1
United States VS.. James Sylvester; passing
counterfeit coin; continued for the term
United States vs. Robert Hayes; raising
United States Government notes; transferred
to the Southern District.
For to-day:
United States VS.. George Short; passing coun-
terfeit coin; to be set for trial.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-11
seven Years for Burglary.

Thomas Kelly, alias O'Neil, the burglar
caught in the house at 1924 California street.
pleaded guilty yesterday and Judge Bahrs sen.
fenced him to San Quentin for seven years.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-11
THE BARRIERS ACT.
Its Constitutionality to Be Tested in
the Case of r. T. Brodek.

the Case OF Il. 7. Brodek.
The constitutionality of the BARRIERS
act passed at the last session of the
Legislature is to be tested. Attorney
Henry E. Highton appeared in Judge
Lows cous. yesterday for r. T. Brodek,
barber, of Powell street, who was ar
rested Wednesday for keeping his shop
open Monday, Labor day. He asked for a
continuance, as he intended to fight the
act on the ground that it was special
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-11
UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT.

before Hawley, Judge.J
Bowdoin College ct al. VS.. James P. and Fred
erick A. Merritt ct al. on trial.
For to-day:
Same case.
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ADJUSTMENTS.

ADJUSTMENTS.
BALDWIN THEATER--" Trilby."
COLUMBIA THEAT ER-" Robin Hood"
MoRosCo's OPERA the Sewing
Machine Girl"
9IVoLI OPFRA-HoUsE-"La Traviata-"
CRPHEUN-High- Class Vaudeville.
growers ALCAzAR.-" My Son-in-Law.
MECHANICS PAvILToN.-Farewell performance
OF Fritz Soheel, Saturday, october 1S
BAY DISTRICT TRACK.-Races.
STATE BOARD OF TRADE EXHIBIT-5To Market
tireet. below Second. Open daily. Ad mission free
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RAIsIN-PAoKERs' TROUBLES.

Same case.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-24

K was enc q Efe's H.tle Ironies ira; TIA
choir SANG Perfect Love" Just ABOUT as
the divorced husband paced down the aisle
Reco.4e..
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THE 0MAHAC0NGRESS
Meeting of the Delegates of
the Trans-M
MORE THAN 500 LOOKED FOR.
To Consider the Welfare of the Great
West, the Nicaragua Canal, Irri-
cation, Railroad Rates. Etc.

TIE men who make the West, or a rep
resent2tive portion OF them az least. are
10 gather AT Omaha on Monday, Novem-
Der =. The occasion is 70 be the annual
meeting Of the trans-Miss.sssppi congress.
From 600 ID 1.e1o delegates are expected
10 attend. but there may be more. Thir-
teen thousand invitations hsve been sent
cut. and as the interest in these sessions
has been growing each year, the attend
ance this time may be a record breaker
The object of the ongress is the welfare
OF the West. OF course, this embraces a
diversity OF interests. but il IS this very
feature which gives to the congress IT'S
breadth OF purpose Political subjects are
always frowned upon and sectional feel
ing IS not encouraged.
The subjects 70 be discussed at the COM
ing congress are those which all the West
is vitality interested in.
Traas-Ml ssissippi freight rates and DIS
examinations In the same directly affect
every citizen on the sunset side of the big
river. This topic viii probably call forth
some suggestions as TO reforms. and the
resolutions which may be adopted VIII be
brought to the attention of ongress.
The subject OF rail and water commune
cations between Western cities and the
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Ex-Pres.dent Harry r Whitmore. OF St
Louis. who presided over the sessions
last year, stsil takes an active interest in
Tire work. ard is expected 70 be present
IN Omaha.
Gov. Stone, OF Missouri. viii also try
20 be there. He has attended almost ey-
cry congress since It's organization. and
usually has some valuable suggestions 70
max
L y. LleweIling. the Populist ex-goy-
ernor OF Kansas, IS one Of the vice presi-
dents OF the congress. as IS John +.
Richards. OF Montana.
The secretary OF the congress IS Milton
q. Butterfield, Of Portland. Or, who has
spent much time in completing the ar
rangements for the session. He believes
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. should be rep
resented at Washington City during the
sessions OF the national congress 10 see
that the resolutions passed by his organ
izaton are properly pushed.
Congressman Bryant, OF Nebraska. that
eloquent exponent Of free silver, viii PROB
ably De a delegate again this year. At the
last session ne was prominent as a cham
p!on Of the white metal.
When the congress meets, on November
.. ii VIII be called 70 order by Chairman
Cannon. After the reading Of the m:nutes
or last years meeting. the first business
will be the Introduction of resolutions.
There are generally a small cart load OF
these. They are read by a clerk with
sound and ~tireless lungs. and then they
are referred. After this the various COM
mittees report. and then W or three days
are devoted to discussing important top
les, such as the silver question, irriga-
ton and the Nicaragua canal. The clos
ing business win be to elect a new chair
man and choose a time and place for the
next congress.
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I he japanese Intend TO Develop China.

New York Evening Post.
The mill-owners in linda are greatly
alarmed at the prospect of japanese in
dustrial opposition IN China. 'Manufac-
turing supremacy" says the Bomha Ca
zette. lis not an inalienab,e property; it.
can be transferred from one country TO
another. We recently made reference 10
the fact hat one Of the Chinese viceroys
has erected not only a great cotton mill
covering six acres, but iron and steel
works on an immense scale. What one
viceroy has done on his own Initiative the
japanese propose TO do Systematically
throughout China" The territorial amhi-
tons OF Japan in regard TO China have
for the moment received a check. But
the industrial exploitation of China forms
a fixed principle in Japan's
programme. They believe that they can
command in China a cheaper and more
Disciplined labor than can be obtained eith-
or in Europe or in india. When the latest
mall left Bombay. swo Japanese missions
of Inquiry from the C~ott0n-Sptnnerss As
ISOLATION and the chamber Of at
oky were at Shanghai, with instructions
is travel inland and 10 report on localities
for erecting cotton mills 40 be worked by
Chinese labor, but under japanese SUI
pervision and with japanese capital. Mean
while, Japan has determined to supply her
WI wants. 1t Is stated That only one
fourth OF her requirements are now im-
ported, as against 81 per cent. six years
ago. Since the date, now four years ago.
SAYS the Bombay Gazette, when the for
e.gn mill managers all received notice ona
day that their services would no longer
be required after tho expiry Of the no.
tice. not a single man OF Western birth
has been engaged in the cotton mills. and
the half-milion-odd sp!nd.es at work are
entirely under Indigenous direction. There
are 2.ia miles of railway open and 400
miles more under construction; but the
foreign assistance in their working
that of a solitary Scotchman, whose
ties to the country have been strengthened
by his marrying a japanese girl" Even
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THE SEATTLE PosTINTELLIGENcER SUNDAY. NOVEMBER "a. 1895.

cracy. The yseuuess saw Il. by an enor-
nous majority. 20 esect d oUd-r1ou-aed
professional agltatcr % be h~urgo-aster,
but the emperor calmly draws his pen over
the agitztors name ard tells thel 10 Try
again. Nor is this display OF divine rtgat
limited % Vienaess uses The whole
theory Of parliamentary government n
Austria has been frankly set aside, =
Count BaGeni and his ministerial associ-
ates not only have 70 seats Ia parliament
ave ex-of1c.o, but began their duties by
telling the relchsrath blunIy that < Il
passed adverse votes no attention would
be paid 20 them. Curi0usly nough his
~hsgh-han6ed departure seems 70 be taken
not amiss. even by the re3chsrath. which
yesterday gave 20 Badeni hfty-four maJ7T-
ity in support OF his attitude on the burgo-
master question. In Austria. indeed, as
in England. nothing else : so apparent
AMONG the people as the desire 10 have a
government which governs without ask
ing questions and shows q odd front Alike
TO domestic debating societies and TO the
foreign neny al the gate.
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m.7 ref7rpsf. To our surprise he was
sIgr1 and had q basket on his arm and
. +gr IN hfs hand. The basket conIafn@1
yueaf brad. pickles. pie ard otrer eood
fnfngs. and thu jug held cider. lie piASA
them before Us and said:
Boys. I don't know who 10 are l So
never can Up tina I ever saw 70. Tae
,arrh fur yo' f. now about over. and
reckon yo'd better move slowly On ~ %
morTeg."
N.Y." was asked -.
u nsv no enemies on Thanksgiving day"
~ replied a. he uncovered MS h@aa- b
r,aea. I've got a son who = q solder. VAL
he in the hands OF his enemies on tais DAY
] should hope fur them 70 tFeat Elm as !
treat 20.
aw1ll you give IA your manner
flames williamson. and my boy Ar
named Georget lie was home on furlougo
a few days ago. Dgt has gone back 70 me
rrt.oa pen. ! sban't see 20 agin- Jest
leave the hssket and 11g ALONGSIDE ths
tree. and III get EN- ion1orrer- GOOD
luck 10 70.
we saf there staring into each others
.ares ard never thanked him nor said
~good-bye. We could not speak for sever
al minutes after the sounds OF his foot
ssens had died out OF our ears. IL was
his Eon-hls colder boy-we had encoun-
tered on the highway and kilied-1is sou
lying dead I'm a shallow grave In the Tor
est \ fer miles away We mad slain MS
only child perhaps, and he repaid us "lth
food and suceor and kind words, No
man touched food or drink. NO man feit
hunger or fhsrst. We sat there Tor an
hour. silent and conscieree-strtcken ana
even fearful and then We got up and NOV
81 away on our Journey and made no halt
for miles and miles. Long weeks afIer
that two ragged. starving aud wounded
Union prisoners entered the fedeFAi lines
,n sreuuevaee. but only two. The other
4bree Of our marty were dead on the noun
fains or IN the ~vaiiey-dead without Dur
ial Fate had demanded three lives Tor
one.
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We have -msfn-ls~t right a,cag taat ere
reSkv ReeuaH-su~ are uogoa4stS-Esg-
lao CoGCcr tGeml
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~nme Promincnt nelegmtss.

Tie gentleman wno = . preside AZ The
coming congress 9 George =. Cannon.
He has been for years a leading spirit IN
t-e Mormon church and Is one % the best
known men IN the West He was elected
president Of the congress ~ 81 Louis
last year. What ne does not know about
irrigation is hardly worth knowing.
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This VIII surely BE- acceptable at Christ
mas 20 \ gentleman. provided ne has a
beard: Outside ~ tho tissue paper thnt
s. - he used is a sheet Of nar,hmaot-tks
paPer upon which is written in indeiihie
ink ana large letters that whtch tho
owner IS supposed to deSire-"A Clean
shave Above this is a smaller cover
OF ccru silk folded over ana laced down
each side with an olive green cord. which
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n the ~arsenals. with their rsnss
o. arm q PRECISION, only Two
europeans now remain. wAile - as
ing trace 1as passed entirely sssS-
hands q japanese shippers ana 49, 49,
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s. tied st the te~n4aati,a 50 ioers ana
ends. ere batter being trs~I with POM
Yens- SG0fiar p'uHAsns are across tie
e8ee ga front end unen trs portion are
cieverly gathered t2e Shaving utensils
rihton Is draw tar1GgA the shaving ua-
par ard the cyetets ~ tse case aaIfsnr
the paper. making 3 l>ca ey wa.ch tha
Yvctty h2lfrr ui1y - SUSPENDED Waite
tissue psser s .a Eeai taste. tat c1>roL
cucs may re u~c1 = a.s rcA
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Ilarel3 Frederic in New York Times
L. Vienna one may witness a Spectacle
caIplc.s .eyscS.ol 10 ms6GsvAl au.o-