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The San Francisco call., 1896-03-06
SPARROW NOT A GYPSY,
The Mantle of Authority Falls
Upon the Shoulders of
His Son.
The Dead Chief Forsook Country and
Friends for His Gypsy
Bride.

The little gypsy cam p on Fifteenth street
is in mourning.
Romany stoicism is not proof against
the loss Of the patriarch and leading spirit
of the tribe, who lies on sable bier in the
most pretentious tent of the settlement.
Even George Sparrow. next to the eldest
son of the dead chief, to whom all turn for
counsel, could not restrain his tears as he
talked of the dead man.
1t Is understood that unless the oldest
member of the family, Richard Sparrow.
who lives i'll New York, consents to come
West and assume those duties the mantle
of authority will fall upon the shoulders
of George.
Thus far all efforts to communicate with
Richard have been fruitless.
Mrs. Sparrow. the widow. went to Oak
land yesterday to make such business ar
rangements as were necessary for the
funeral. Friends and relatives watched d
with the dead.
1t was a romantic story that Mrs. Bath
sheba Warton of San Jose, daughter of
the dead chief, tells OF her fathers life.
my father was not gypsy" she said
between her sobs. "He was an educated
man, and at several times in his life was
wealthy. He was mate on an English ves-
sci running between Liverpool and New
York, and on one of the voyages he met
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Ingalls, yesterday and two men were in
jured.
The foremast was old and rotten and an
attempt was made to instep it When
the stays were loosened it fell and crushed
the life out of James Groves, rigger, who
lived on Vicksburg street, near Twenty
fourth.
The accident was a peculiar one and
was due in great measure to the rotten
ness of the mast. J. ]. Hairside, who had
charge of the work, had the shears with
which the spar was to be instepped erect
ed early in the day. The task was con-
sidered risky one, bur very little precau-
ton was taken TO guard against an acci-
dent.
When everything was ready Gus Mali
trus, employed by Hairside as rigger,
was sent aIoft to adjust the stays in order
that the mast might be unloosened at the
bottom. He made his way rapidly up the
mast while crowd on the wharf and sew
eral people on the vessels deck watched
his progress. Among the people on the
deck was Groves.
When Malitrus was almost at the end of
his climb the stays gave way and the mast
fell with crash. The rigger realized his
danger in an instant and sprang from the
foremast into the rigging of the main
mast. He lost his hold, however, and fell
to the deck, sustaining severe confusion
of the side and an abrasion OF the leg. He
was taken to the Receiving Hospital and
treated, after which he went to his home
in East Berkeley.
Groves saw the mast coming and tried
to get away, but was pinned to the deck
before he could make his escape. His
back and both legs were broken and he
died a few minutes after having been ex-
tricated. His body was taken to the
Morgue.
In its course the mast smashed one of
the boats into splinters and crashed
through the after deckhouse. Mate a. b.
Anderson was in the cabin and had mar
row escape. He had resigned his position
and was packing his belongings prepara.
tory to going ashore. He had just put on
his hat when the mast crushed through
the cabin and Knocked 1t off his head and
gave him severe scalp wound. He was
attended to at an adjoining drugstore, and
after getting his things ashore went away
congratulating himself on his narrow
escape.
The Ingalls, seems to have been in very
hard luck of late. 1t is not long ago that
she arrived here from Mexican ports very
short of provisions. When off the Farall-
ones all that there was left aboard was
some flour and brackish water, and on
that the crew had been subsisting for over
a week. When she was docked it was
discovered that her masts were dryrotted
and would have to be replaced before the
schooner could sail on another voyage.
While this was being done the fatality
Occurred
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WITH BRONZED NATIVES
DR.. g. A. LIE Fron's Self-Sacrificins
Work at Delhi for the Moham-
medans and HindoOs.

DR.. g. A. Le Fron's Self-Sacrificing
Work at Delhi for the Moham-
medans and Hindoos.
DR.. G. A. LIE From of Cam bridge Univer-
slty, England, who has been seventeen
years at Delhi, Northern India, engaged
in educational and religious work, is at the
Occidental.
He arrived yesterday on the Australia,
broken in health, and is going home to re-
cuperate.
''There are forty Of US over there he
said, "including six bachelors. We carry
on general religious and educational
work in Delhi and in different parts OF
Northern India. We also have q large
hospital which we have recently COM
pleted at Delhi and have en- extensive
medical work, which is carried on by
women.
~ have labored SO long and so arduously
that now my health is broken. had to
give it up in October last and shall stay
in England till recover.
The Mohammedans and Hindoos have
quit the fighting which they carried on so
viciously some months ago, but they hate
each other just as bad as ever. They are
also about as superstitious as formerly. 1t
is hard to get them out of it. Still, our
people are getting along as we'll as could
be expected in the educational and reli-
gious work. Take it all together, we are
very we'll pleased"
DR.. LIE From will only be here few days.
He is anxious to get back to his home,
from which he has been absent so many
wears.
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church organization was effected with
thirty members and Sunday-school num-

church organization was effected with
thirty members and a Sunday-school num-
bering over fifty pupils.
About six months ago Mr.. Wallace con-
sidered that the time was ripe to take ac-
building OF it's own. An enthusiastic
meeting was held in Pioneer Hall and
temporary organization was effected for
the raising OF funds. Rey. George Wal
lace was unanimously chosen to be presi-
dent, E. e. Cunningham was made vice.
president and George R. Sheath treasurer.
The new society adopted resolutions
pledging itself to raise funds for building an
Episcopalian church in South San Fran
cisco. and W. J. Martin, r. X. Patchell and
Charles Johnson volunteered to be COM
mittee to collect funds. Ever since the or
ganization there has been great amount
of enthusiasm in the little town over its
proposed church. All denominations lent
helping hand and subscriptions came
pouring in at such rate that enough
money has now been subscribed to defray
the expenses of building.
The South San Francisco Land and I'm
provement Company has donated a lot so
feet by 140 feet at the corner of Grand
and Spruce avenues, ON condition that
the trustees build. The title deeds will be
delivered over as soon as the church is
completed. The same company has also
donated the sum OF $3.50 toward the build
ing fund. George R. Sheath, w. J. Mar
tin and Herbert B. Maggs have been
elected trustees and the building, when
completed, will be held in their name.
The plans adopted resemble in general
effect the chapel at Cypress Lawn, but
there will be less stone in the building.
The length of the church will be so feet,
its breadth 36 feet and its altitude from the
floor to the roof Of the main building 40
feet.
At the side will be q spire, which will
rise to a considerably higher altitude.
The church will be placed in the middle Of
the lot. There will be two entrances, with
drive at the south side leading to Grand
avenue. Near the north entrance. some
little distance from the church, will be a
carriage shed for stabling the buggies Of
the faithful who live at distance from
the church. The carriage shed will be 1Sx
so feet.
Wood and stone are to be the materials
used in the construction, and it is ex-
pected that the building will cost from
1920 to $500, though if more money comes
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my mother, who was coming to America
with her parents. Though she was little
more than a child, he fell in love with
her, and shortly after they arrived in New
York.
"My mother soon tired of the confne-
ment of city life. She longed for gypsy
freedom and persuaded my father to join
her. in wandering with her tribe. They
had a handsome home just out OF New
York, but she was never contented there
when they spent few months there in
the interim of their travels. He lost that
with other Of his property through specu-
lation. He gave up business and all the
ties of the life he was used to to please my
mother. and they lived thus for forty
years. Mother was the first gypsy who
came TO California, and was the first born
here"
William Sparrow was member of the
Church of England. W. A. M. Breck,
associate rector of the Church of st. John
the Evangelist, was with him when he
died and will conduct the burial service.
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in South San Francisco. 1t will be an un
pretentious but pretty building, resem-
bling IN general outlines the chapel at Cy-
press Lawn.
For several years past efforts have been
made by different denominations to arouse
enough popular interest in the spiritual
needs of the town to result in q church
being built, but Rev. George Wallace of st.
Margaret's School. San Mateo, is the
clergyman who has finally succeeded in
getting together the funds and making ar
rangements for erecting the first church
building within the limits of the town OF
South San Francisco.
Some months ago Mr.. Wallace was ap-
pointed by Bishop Nichols tofcarry on q
mission in South San Francisco. Services
were held in Pioneer Hall, and before long
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-06
PATIENCE REWARDED.

Mrs. Susan Coon After Nearly Months
Siege is Arrested.
Mrs. Susan Coon, 927 Howard street,
who in July last was sentenced In the Po-
lice Court to six months imprisonment for
cruelty to Elmer Johnston, boy living
with her, has given the officers of the So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children considerable trouble.
She appealed to the Superior Court from
the sentence. and Oh February 10 the
judgment of the lower court was affirmed.
She was out on appeal bonds, and when
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-06
GERRIT LANsINGs WILL.

His Estate Left to His Widow and
His Mother.
The will of the late Gerrit L. Lansing,
comptroller of the Southern Pacific Com
pany was filed for probate yesterday. His
estate is valued at over $40, 600. 1t is sup
posed to be worth over 100000.
He leaves a lot on Ninth street to his
mother, Mary r. Lansing, and lot on
Pacific avenue to his wife, Mabel e. Lam
sing. The remainder of his property, he
directs, shall be given to his wife and his
mother, one.half to each.
The will Is dated June 81, 1890. The
executors are Edward c. Wright, James
OBJ. Gum and ]. Otto Heppner.
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judgment was given she hurried home
and defied the officers to take her out.
Since then the officers have adopted all
sorts OF devices to get her to leave the
house, but she was too wary to be caught.
Yesterday afternoon Officer McMurray and
Holbrook were gladdened by the sight Of
her leaving the house, and they immedi-
ately pounced upon her and took her to
the City Prison. She will now have to
serve her six months sentence.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-06

in than is anticipated the church will be
made more costly.
South San Francisco has q population OF
675 inhabitants and there is considerable
interest in the community over the first
church in the town. At present the Rev.
George Wallace is in the East, but work
will be commenced on the building I'M
mediately he returns.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-06
"The Ninety and Nine"

Ira D. Sankey will. by special request. sing
his famous hymn, 1.-THE Ninety and Nine,"
this evening in the hall OF the Young Mems
Christian Association. The service and re-
ception to be rendered Mr.. Sankey and George
C. Stebbins this evening will be open free to
the public and commences promptly at 8
O'Clock. Several City pastors will be present
and participate in the meeting.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-06
ADJUSTMENTS.

ADJUSTMENTS.
BALDWIN THEATER.-" King Lear"
CALIFORNIA THEATER-Marsck
COLUMBIA IEEATER-"A Railroad Ticket
MoRoscos oPERA-HoUsE The Midnight
Flood
1ivOLr oPERA-HoUsE.-"Rlp Van Wrinkle"
CRPHEUM.-H High-Class Vaudeville.
growers AICAzAR-"B Bohemian Gill;
THE AUDIToRIUM-Corne of Jones and Eddy
streets-Somnolency Thursday evening" March
u, Materna and Ondricek
MECHANICS PAvILIoN-Bcycle Tournament.
SHOOT THE CHurFs-Daily at Haight street
one block east Of the Park.
PACIFIC COAST JOCKEY CLUB.-Races.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-06
AUCTION SALES.


BY WILLIAM j. DINGEE-Saturday, March z
Oakland and Alameda Real Estate. at salesrooms
$50 and 462 Eighth street, Oakland, at ? O'Clock.
BY THos- MAGEE-Saturday, March Z, Real
Estate at salesroonl, Montgomery street. at IL
o'clock.
BY VoN RHEIN Co. Tuesday, March 10,
Real Estate, at Salesroom, 513 California street.
o i12 O'Clock.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-06
FAsTIDIOUs ORR.

e 10 OIVeH Chango OF Vu6rt0rs
to the Alameda County
Jail.
Charles w. Orr made successful plea
before the United States District Court
yesterday, asking that his quarters be
changed from the County Jail In this CITY
to the Alameda Jail. Orr is one of the
most cruel second mates who have ever
sailed into port. On March 4 he was sem
fenced to one months imprisonment for
nearly beating to death a sailor named
J. w. Smith.
In his plea Orr claimed that the local
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-06

Jail was filed with filth and murderers,
neither of which he cared to mingle with.
Then again he claimed his health was
being seriously impaired by the bad
sewerage.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-06
FOR CHARTER
THE STEAM TUG BARCLAY GOLDEN,

Formerly called Katie O'Neil,
pected TO arrive here about March To- This steamer
is fitted with cabin berths for five passengers,
messroom and necessary accessories; carries fuel
for fifteen days constant steaming. Being . safe
and comfortable seaooat is well adapted for private
excursions to Alaska and other distant points.
Engagement solicited for towing, excursions OF
passenger service.
PACIFIC MARINE SUPPLY COMPANY,
2o4-2oe caliiornia;st
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California Psychical Society.

DR.. David Starr Jordan will lecture at Golden
Gate Hall, Sutter street, this evening. ct 8
o'clock Subject, "The Evolution Of Mind
Tickets 25 cents.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-06
South San Francisco Is About
to Build Itself a
Church.
FIRST IN THE COMMUNITY
At Present the Town Has No Place of
Worship-Tasteful Plans Are
Accepted.

Work will be commenced in the course
of the next few weeks on the first church
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-06
James Groves, a Rigger, Met
Sudden Death on the John
N. Ingalls,.
WATCHES A CoMRADE AT WORK
The Stays Gave Way and the Stick
Fell, Making a General Havoc
of Things.

Through somebody's carelessness one
life was sacrificed on the schooner John n.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-06

Vodka, sort of whisky made in Rus
sia, exceeds in alcoholic strength that of
any other whisky.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-06
TRUSTEES" GET DRUNK.

occurred.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-13

influences behind the business as 1t ex-
lists in relation to both countries is too
strong to turn down. The Grand Trunk
Railway Of Canada and the Chicago &
Grand Trunk of the United States are
one and the same company. They do
very large business from Eastern Can
ada to Manitoba and British Columbia
The merchandise is in bond in transit
neapolis, ST. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie
in connection with the Canadian Pacific
to points in the Eastern states, this
business all being handled in: bond in
transit through Canada. Again, in
many instances, in business originating
in Eastern Canada the Grand Trunk
hauls the properly as far as Detroit and
hands it over to the Chicago & Grand
Trunk, which hauls it to Chicago. 1t is
then given to one of the several lines
out Of Chicago, the Chicago, Milwaukee
q st. Paul, the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy or Wisconsin Central who get
a haul at 1T to Minnesota transfer, and
is then given to the Northern Pacific or
|; Great Northern. This traffic is very
important, the Northern Pacific alone
having handled last year matter of
between 100000 and 100000 bushels
OF wheat in transit through the United
States via Duluth and Minnesota trans
fer for shipment to Eastern Canada or
export via Newport News. With these
powerful influences being brought to.
bear on congress it is thought there
will be no change in the attitude of
affairs.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-13
NOT AFRAID OF WAGNER.
Conductor Seibert Introduces His
Friends to Tannhauser.


A dip into the beauties of Wagner's
'Tannhauser," the spirited overture to
Rossini's william Tell" and a double
number for the muted strings were
among the good things given yesterday
afternoon at Conover hall, for the
delectation of the patrons of the fifth
of the Seibert concerts. The audience
which was larger than at any previous
concert, listened to the numbers on the
programme and showed unusual dis
elimination in it's applause. While the
programme embraced several more
than ordinarily classical compositions
none was more enthusiastically re-
ceived than the double number, which
embraced dainty pastorale by Kist-
Ter, with it's delicate shading and ex-
preston, and that gem of Czibulka' s,
Loves Dream After the Ball. dreamy
and sensuous in its rhythm, and deli
cious in its execution with muted yio-
Inns.
Percy Churchill was down for a bari
tone solo and sang with good effect the
stirring Toreador's song from Car
men," Mr.. Churchill sings with con-
siderable dramatic expression, and in
response to a we'll merited encore gave
Brown October Ale''' from Robin
Hood" in which number he was heard
to better advantage. The other soloist
was Hermann Stein, who was for some
time trombonista in the Metropolitan
opera house He played a fantasia
with variations by Parlow, and was
accompanied by the full orchestra. A
stately march by Lecocgh, Massenet's
overture 'Phedre," the brilliant will
liam Tell' overture, and the excerpts
from 'Tannhauser,' rounded out what
was perhaps the best programme thus
far given this season, and which con-
cluded with a chara cteristic concert
waltz written by Strauss.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-13

ing for the machinery, and Ellis was
aiding him in getting the figures he
wanted Mr.. Dupreu had his plan IN
his hand and was standing directly in
front of the switchboard, with Ellis
alongside of him. Ellis had q folding
carpenters rule, bound with brass,
which he used in making the meas
urementS required
While they were making the measurements
the electricity was cut eff from the board
upon which they were working, but the rest
of the machinery in the neighborhood was IN
full operation. AS long as Mr.. Ellis kept his
rule horizontal there were no effects from
its use, but when he began to make vertical
measurements he allowed one end of the ruler
to fall against the switchboard. This made a
connection, and in a moment there was a
flash, and the two men were struck. They
received a severe shock and were burned
to his home in a darkened room for five days,
and Mr.. Ellis was similarly restrained for
two days.
Both men are now at work. Mr.. Dupreu
is under thirty, and he never had any
trouble with his eyes, but now he says the
trouble with his eyes, but now he says they
trouble him continually.
II was always possessed Of good eyesight,"
said Mr.. Dupreu yesterday My eyes were
always remarkably far-sighted, though never
so much as to require correction. Since l
got the shock, however, they have bothered
me greatly. They become tired quickly, the
vision Is not as clear. and have a constant
pam III tne nedd, just over Ihe eyes, WHICH
makes me think that the shock must have
had some effect upon the optic nerve. My
eyes have bothered me so much that l shall
have to consult an oculist.'
Mr.. Ellis is man in the neighborhood Of
sixty years He has worn glasses for some
years nearly all the time, and always TO
read by. His eyes were not suffering from
any deformity, but only from the weakness
that comes with age.
Since the shock. however, Mr.. Ellis has
discarded the glasses, and he now says that
hl -aI1
the glasses that were before a necessity to
him now not needed.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-13
BAD FREIGHT BLOCKADE.
Milwaukee Yards Full of Flour and
Other Freight.

Word was received in ST. Paul yes
terday by local freight man that
there is a seriously congested condition
Of freight traffic at Milwaukee. At the
present time, according to railway Off
Gals there are 1,500 cars of flour and
freight in Milwaukee awaiting ship
ment across the lake, and the Wiscon-
sin Central freight officials have noti-
fled that lines agents and connections
at ST. Paul that the Central could not
receive any more freight for the Grand
Haven or T. & P. NJ. lines until further
orders. The Wisconsin Central reported
1872 cars of flour received for the F. &
p. M. which the line is unable to take,
and in all the Central has in Milwaukee
and strung along it's line between here
and Milwaukee, about 500 cars of flour
for the two lake lines, which have been
waiting to cross the lake for from one
week to six weeks. a conservative es-
innate places the time it will take, un-
der existing circumstances, to move
the accumulation of -four and feed now
in the Cream City consigned to the lake
lines, at fully two months.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-13
t. p. o,coNNoR on VENEZUELA.
He Hopes There VIII Be No Such
Thing as War.

He Hopes There VIII Be No Such
Thing as War.
NEW YORK, Jan. ia World spe-
cial from London says: MIR. Stead
writes to the World correspondent in
wiling him to a meeting to arrange for
concerted expression of the Christian
and fraternal sentiment of both ma
tons Practically the first expression
of opinion by member Of the McCar-
thyite Irish party as to the present con-
| troVerSy between Great Britain and the
United States, and the Irish attitude in
case of hostilities, is from T. p. O'Con-
nor, M. P, editor of the London Sun.
He writes: My attention has been call
ed, by letters and extracts from Amer
lean papers, to passage in leading
article in the Sun which has been
cabled to America, suggesting that the
Southern States would not join with
those of the North in case Of a collision
with Great Britain. l was absent from
London for some days during the heat
Of the controversy and did not even see
the passage which has been attributed
to my paper until after it had been sent
back to me from America. IL L had
seen the extract l would not have per-
mitted it's appearance, as it is not only
entirely contrary to my own knoWl-
edge of American sentiment, but also
calculated to wound American feeling,
and is/in direct conflict with general
instructions which L gave as to the
friendliness and courtesy Of the atti-
tude of my paper to the United States.
MY views with regard to the deplor-
able misunderstanding between the
United States and Great Britain are
set forth in my own words in the is
sues Of the Weekly Sun for Dec. ~ and
20, 1895, and Jan. 5, 1896. These articles,
while condemning war between the
two great countries as unnecessary,
and therefore a crime against them
and against civilization, advocated the
utmost concession compatible with hon
or by the government of Great Britain
to the government of; the United States.
Furthermore, instead of taking the
view in the extract attributed to me,
I strenuously warned the statesmen of
England that in defending the Mon
roe doctrine Mr.. Cleveland had beside
him the United American people. l
have had to make it rule to refuse
answering personal attacks, but it
would be unbecoming in me to allow
my friends in the United States to be
misled by an incorrect statement into
a belief that the respect and warm af-
lection I have always entertained and
so often expressed for the institutions
of the people Of the United States has
changed or abated.'