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The San Francisco call., 1896-08-15
The Humanity-Filled Buildings
Where Walls Are Totter-
ing to Fall.
HING KEGS voTIvE OFFERING.
In the Foul N xious Breeding Places
of the Microbes of
Pestilence.

The eternal unhallowed and unheaIth-
full condition of Chinatown has been de-
scribed until the oft-repeated description
has grown insuffrably dreary; yet official
visitors always find within that vile terri
tory new features, new shades of filth and
unhealthfulness. The Chinaman, prince
of uncleanliness as he is and thriving un-
der conditions the most unfavorabie to
life, is constantly producing new evi-
dences of the fact that he is difficult to
DESTROY He is either a salamander or a
cat, or both. He seems to worry along
quite well with his circulation filled with
the noxious fumes of opium and of the
mephitic poisons of his domestic cesspool.
Death appears to be unable to kill him
with the deadly carbonic vapors and the
Board of Health appears to be unable to
cleanse or remove him.
Yesterday a large number of visitors
"did" Chinatown and their inspectiOn
was probably deeper and more thorough
than that of the ordinary tourist. They
dipped down into noisome places, tracked
through narrow passages filled with smoke
and darkness, CROPPED in underground
caverns dank with the humidity of leaking
sewers or with sewage that never pos
sessed an outlet and in all these unspeak-
able spots they found men, woman and
children-the 1nvincible Chinese whose
habitat is place where oxygen is at a
minimum.
The party consisted of Health Officer
Loyelace, Police Commissioner Tobin.
Chief OF Police Crowley, Fire Chief Sulli.
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which shall compose the convention.
IheY are empowered also to fix The time
and place OF the convention.
Nv at the campaign committee will do
ABOUT the comingtmunicipa convention
do not know. There is a difference of
opinion among those that have met
one proposition is that the general COM
mlttee shall transform itself into muni-
clpdi convention. Another one is that the
campaign committee shall add by appoint
ment 10 sucn a convention from 100 to 200
members at large. A third idea is tnat
the campaign committee shall appoint a
convention of about 300. Still another is
TO hold primaries and elect delegates from
the districts and some at large.
Il personally favor the plan of appoint-
ing smaller convention of about 800 of
the best and most representative Demo-
Gratis that can be selected. 1 favor that
plan because l think the conventlon
would be most free from the influence and
control of Sam Rainey. If ticket were
nominated under the influences of Ra1nev
it could not be elected, in my opinion.
"As to Buckley, he cuts no figure in
this calculation. / don't think Mr.. BUCK
ley will be able to do anything more than
TO nominate an Independent ticket. the
candidates of which must go on the ballot
as independents.
'As to the IDEA OF holding primary, /
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-15
NEW IoRB Times SOLD.
The Paper Auctioned of to a WeoItht
Organization.

The Paper Auctiomed of to Wealthy
Organization.
NEW YORK, NY, Aug. 14.-The good
will, plant, franchises, trademarks, copy
rights. assets and effects of the New York
Times Publishing Company were sold at
public auction at the New York Real
Estate rooms yesterday. Spencer Trask,
chairman of the reorganization commit
tee, who represents all the creditors and
nearly all of the stockholders of the Times,
was the only bidder. The paper was
knocked down to him for $4,000 and the
value of the book accounts, which amount
to $63, 900. The sale was merely legal
process to vest the new company with the
titles. The company will probably take
possession Monday, when it is expected
the courts will confirm the sale.
Adolph S. Ochs of Chattanooga will be
publisher and general manager under the
new organization and Charles Miller
will continue as editor, The new organi-
cation has a million-dolIar stock and q
million dollars of bonds.
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A Free Coinage Club.

A free coinage of silver club was
formed last evening by citizens of the
Forty-second Assembly District at Turn
ers' Hall. Resolutions indorsing Bryan
and Seawall and free silver were adopted.
The secretary was instructed to make ap-
plication to join the proposed associa-
ton of free coinage of silver clubs.
Great enthusiasm was shown throughout
the meeting and the silver tongued orators
received great applause. The following
officers were elected: James Humphrey,
president; John j. MCGOWAN, first vice
president; L. Carl Spelling, second vice
president; Henry Clarke, secretary; Fleet
f. Strother. treasurer; executive COM
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employees of the department have been
striving for years past.
When Chief David Scannell of the de-
partment died ne left in his will fund of
$1,000 for medals for the fremen of the de-
partment, the interest to be devoted each
year to buying appropriate decorations for
those whose deeds during each year war
ranted the presentations of such em BILE ms.
Up to the present time no single act of
any fireman has entitled him to the honor
and thus the medal that Wills is to re-
ceive will be the first provided out of the
fund.
When the catastrophe at Fifth street
and Mint avenue occurred, Wills with his
men was the first to arrive on the ground
and he rendered heroic service in rescuing
women from the shattered building, re-
peatedly risking his life to place them out
of harms way before the tottering walls
fell with the debris that threatened TO sac
rlfice more lives.
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Pepper and the one or two others who
manage to keep the upper hand on the
main deck, don't propose to risk anything
at primary election, and their only hope
OF controlling the CONVEX ton is in appoint
ing it themselves. There are not many
people who doubt that Sam Rainey and
Ed Lanlgan will control the convention,
so far as nominations for Supervisors and
patronage offices go. at least, but McNab
and Topper have an idea that they will be
able to keep the majority out of Rainey' s
hands.
The scheme of appointing the conven-
tlon Is an especially raw" one under the
present circumstances, but it is justified
by the plea that it wouldn't be safe to
convention, and that body of wisely
selected men would name much better
tIcket. The history of even municipal
democracy does not present anywhere as
Violent departure from time-hOnored
party principles and methods.
There was a primary in 1892 at which a
general committee was elected. In 1894
Chairman Max Pepper was afraid OF a
primary, and the general committee ap-
year. AT this convention Chairman
Eugene Deuprey appointed the 'Deuprey
committee" and arbitrarily assigned 1t
powers not provided by the convention.
1t was forgotten for year and nalf and
then resuscitated. The Watkins COM
mittee, named by McNab and one or two
others, was appointed to act with it, and
the two committees appointed new
general committee at the time OF
the rupture of the old organiza-
ton. A second general committee slected
at farcical primary, but wholly named
by MeNab an6 Sullivan, was chosen and
now exists.
1t has a campaign committee of abso-
lutte powers appointed by Chairman Sulli-
van on the advice of three or four on the
inside" of things. Now a second ap-
pointed convention. with a long ancestry
of appointed powers, is to be named. II
! is expected TO nominate James ID. Phelan
| for Mayor, while the Buckleyites will
name DR.. James l. Stanton.
''We have not yet determined any
method which shall govern the selection
or the time of the municipal convention, y
was as far as Chairman Sullivan would &c
yesterday in discussing the future.
Max Pepper was more frank in describ-
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livan, District Engineer O'Shaughnessy,
Drs. Morse, Hart, Williamson, Fitzgibbon
and Secretary Godcheaux of the Board OF
Health, Inspectors Davis. Keeney, Sulli-
Fay, Officer ButterwOrth and several news
paper people. As the party went
from place to place, conveyed by the po-
lice officer, the Chinese in the streets and
in their unsavory abodes stood with their
hands under their bIouses and stared with
characteristic stolidity. Not man ex-
pressed an objection to the official intru-
sion, but one woman asked What aw ?''
with an angry rising infection on the
close Of the query that snapped like
firecracker. At 110412 Stockton street the
party dlved down in malodorous base
ment and came out in sort of open space
in the center of the block. The visitors
might have gone further, but found their
progress stopped by high brick wall that
is tottering for a fall. That building
swarms with tenants. The owner OF the
property has braced the wall with few
timbers, frall support OF the great weight
bearing against them. The entire place is
filthy, and has practically no sewer for the
drainage OF its sinks and closets. 1t is
owned by the "Bottle" Koenig estate.
At 842 Jackson street is another old vii
famous rookery containing several shoe
making establishment The yard is a
sort OF tannery and leather-drying place
The visitors vent through Bartlett alley
and inspected the systems of little kitch-
ems built like swallow nests high up on
the walls, just abreast of the windows.
These frail structures are attached to the
walls by the enterprising tenants who add
more space to their rooms by so doing.
Cooper alley, a small passage, leading
from Jackson street, above Kearny, was
next entered. For unadulterated foulness
Cooper alley is '.peach." Among the
refuse and rubbish neaps, the accumula-
tions of years, a lot of family fish were
driving. In an old building, half unroofed
and ruined, band of fearless rats foraged
for scraps of food, and several lean dirty
cats slept in the gloom and dust and cob
webs that filled the place.
The palace Hotel" is big rookery at
100 Jackson street. 1t was named after
the huge Market-street caravansary be-
cause OF Its square court In the center of
the building, and that court is almost the
vilest spot in Chinatown. Not even the
slightest regard is there paid to sanitary
regulations. Additional structures have
been erected here and there for the ac-
commodation of tenants. Chief Sullivan
has been patiently waiting for years to
see the place catch fire that he can get an
opportunity to clear out that ward.
The old Globe Hotel, once a handsome
structure, but now the reeking place of
all manner OF odorous things, was in
spected. 1t is place where a pestilence
could breed and devastate the land.
Down in a darksome basement at 7O5
Pacific street is the second hand estab-
llshment OF Hing kee. Among the heaps
of old traps that Hing Kee buys and sells
stood his family, watching the visitors.
Several little children. on the approach of
the strangers, disappeared in the black
gloom of the farther part of their cellar
home. On table stood row of little
grease lamps burning before the picture Of
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-15

membership in the Association of Free
Coinage of Silver Clubs.
At meeting of the Prosperity Free
Coinage OF silver Club of the Twenty y-ninth
Assembly District, held at Irish American
Hall, the following officers were elected:
President, Thomas Marrish; first vice.
president, Tim Regan; second vice-pre
dent, James Connolly, secretary, James
Eagan; treasurer, Charles Wilson. Execu-
i've committee-James Hoev, Caleb Rack
lift, Martin Bates, Michael Mccarthy and
William Collins.
One hundred and twenty-five members
signed the roll. Application was made
for membership in the proposed Associa-
ton of Democratic Free Coinage of Silver
Clubs
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Anchorea at Port Los angeles.

PORT Los ANGELES, CAL, Aug. 10
The Drumcliff, one of the largest sailing
vessels that ever touched at ports along
this coast. is now lying at the big wharf.
The vessel is square-rigged. four-master.
$500 tons burden. The cabin arrange
ments and tinishings are ,neautiful and
tasty, and in some of the features OF the
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-15
SHELTER ISLAND FIRE.
MGnhanset House Damaged TO the ES'
. tent of S2OO,OOO

GREENPORT, L. l., Aug. 4.-Fire
was discovered in the laundry of the
Manhanset House, Shelter Island, yester-
day morning. The fire spread to the
eDgine-rooms, thence to the kitchen and
dining-hall, and the original building,
despite the efforts of the firemen, was de-
stroyed. Had it not been for the Green's
port department the whole hotel would
have gone, with many OF the cottages.
Several of the fremen were overcome by
heat and smoke, but no lives are believed
to have been lost. The loss will be about
500 0OO
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Castle.
The Queen OF England was not behind
hand in hospitality toward the Boston
corps, and their visit to Windsor Castle
will be reckoned among the most pleasant
and most memorable of their experiences
Her Majesty's cordial welcome, the an
cient castle, the exquisite grounds, mill
tary pageants and a brilliant company
combined to please them, while the royal
rejection in the Orangery, spread and
served by the royal footmen in their scar
let liveries, could not have been better ar
ranged. The buffet was loaded with every
thing that was seasonable, nice and cold.
Champagne corks popped by the dozen at
a time. Those who were in the secret OF
the royal brown sherry tried it in spite OF
the time of day. There were gallons OF
Apolinaris, and what was generally de-
clared the best clared cup ever brewed
At Windsor Castle the smell of tobacco
is virtually profane, but the visitors,
lounging out into the open air. began to
smoke. no one saying them nay, and the
delighted Bostonians on their return to
London were at no pains to conceal the
pleasure which they had derived from
their visit to Windsor.-Daily Chronicle,
9th July, 1896.
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am opposed to it because it is impossible
to hold primary at which the voters may
obtain a fair and honest result. When
ever the Legislature passes bill legaliz-
ing a postal primary or some other which
guarantees security 1 shall be in favor of
primary elections"
ALI around the local Democratic tangle
becomes daily more complicated and un-
certain, with the prospect that the decent
Democrats at large will repudiate any
ticket or tickets which grow out of it.
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ing the situation and prospects of the
Junta municipal convention.
81 don't consider it the Junta faction
it is the regularly organized and the
recognized Democratic party of San Fran
CISCO" he said.
Under the form of organization the
campaign committee of twenty have
under the constitution full power to deter
mine the plan, with full power to act, as
to how delegates 20 the municipal conven-
ton shall be appointed, selected or
elected, and the number of delegates
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-15
In the Forty-Fourih.

Some voters of the Forty-fcurth Assem-.
bly, District met last night at Reimer's
Hall, corner of Broadway and Jones street,
and organized Bryan free-silver club.
One hundred and fifteen members signed
the roll. Following were elected Off
GERS: Charles w. Pope, president; Fritz
Bode and ]. F. Kelly. vice. presidents; G.
HI. Brunette, secretary; Rudolph Reimer,
treasurer; F. H. Schmaling, sergeant-at-
arms; executive committee-F. Bode, r.
ReimeT, ]. D. Sweeney, II. A. Ferguson,
Ed McAyoy.
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CITY AND COUNTY
CREDITORS.

ITO ALL CREDITORS OF THE CITY AND
i County of san Francisco whose legitimate
claims upon the Treasurer have not been paid.
A meeting of such creditors of the City and
County of San Francisco will be held at the rooms
of the Board of Trade No. 202 Market street. on
NJ ONDAY, 4 ugust II. at 2:30 NJ The meeting
is called for the purpose of presenting and receiv
ing suggestions of new methods OF satisfying the
demands of the creditors of the city. The outline
of a new plan of action will be presented for their
approva,. Every creditor should be present.
Claims should not be abandoned as long there
is a shred of hope for their satisfaction.
The chairman will report the resulSs OF late
proceedings taken bs his order.
J. p. lie COUNT, Chairman.
uan Francisco, August 10, 1885,
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decorations they are on the scale of those
of an ocean steamship. The Drumcliff
came from London with a cargo OF cement
and general merchandise
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Fire at NetpcastIe.

NEWCASTLE, CAL, Aug. 14.-Fire this
afternoon destroyed the dwelling OF H.
Kellogg, outside the fire limits. The loss
in house and furniture is $3.50; insurance,
$780,
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mittee-John ]. Kelly, William Loyeioy,
p. Meisner. p. Kane and E. H. Hayes
com mittee osi ss.tlission-J. Cathcart, II.
Taylor and Walter J. Burke.
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Windstorn. at Noaales.

NOGALES, ARIz., Aug. IA wind and
rain storm struck Nogales this evening.
1t lasted only a few minutes, a few shacks
being blown down.
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Physical strength is highly rated in
Switzerland. In several cantons the GUS
tom still prevails OF holding wrestling
matches. The champions taking part in
these athletic sports belong to the most
diverse ranks in the social scale.
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CREDITORS MEETING.

A meeting of the creditors of the CITY and
County of San Francisco will be held at the rooms
of the Board of Trace MONDAY Y, August II lSQ6
ut 2:S0 p n. H. l. SMITH, Secretary
Please bring statement OF your account
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The First Medal Provided Out
of the Fund Left by the
Chief.
PRESENTATION ON THURSDAY.
Saving the Lives of Women Entities
the Engineer to the Long
Coveted Honor.

John Wills, district engineer of the Fire
Department, will be the recipient on
Thursday next OF an honor for which the
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-15

The Boston Artil1 rymen at Windors
Easf1a
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-09-17

City and County.
ATTEMPTED ROBBERY.
John Towne Of Manchester Assaulted. Tues.
day Night-The Particulars.

An attempt at robbery and perhaps
murder was made in the town of Man
chester. about 6 o'clock, Tuesday night
John Towne, who is employed by Mary
Hawkes. on her farm, had Just finished
his milking when some one hit him
with a club of wood.
The assailant was not satisfied with
giving Towne one crack, but gave him
three in quick succession, and knocked
him down.
Towne hollered with all his might so
the assailant was scared and decamped
Towne says he knows the man. The
man who was assaulted is pensioner
and had considerable money on his per-
son when the affair occurred
1t is said that Towne's assailant was
seen at Granite Hill, HallowelI
Wednesday evening.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-09-17
UNDER 5000 BONDS.
The Hamiltons Will Await Grand jury's Ac.
ti0n at This Term.

VIII, Al and Jack Hamilton appeared
before Recorder Goddard in the munj-
cipal court, Wednesday morning
charged with assault and battery or
Howard Gilley The trouble. it is al
iesed, occurred at the North End lat,
Monday afternoon.
Probable cause was found and
Recorder Goddard placed the respond
ents under 5000 bonds to await the ac-
ton of the grand jury at this term OF
court f. w. Whitehouse appeared fo,
the defence
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-09-17
Mrs. Hunt Not a Candidate.
itors Kennebec journal:

Editors kennebec journal.
lnotice in your issue of September Is
tAat my name has been mentioned n,
d possible candidate" at the comina
election. for the office of president o
tie state Federation of Women's Clubs
desire to say in public what | hay,
aheady said in private to those VIII,
nave communicated with me concern
ing the matter, that my ambition doe:
rot lead me to seek the office. and thai
oould not at present sufficiently com.
mana my time to accept the position i
II came to me unsought. | shall not
under any circumstances, be a candi,
date for the Office named
Respectfully yours.
ANNA SARGENT HUNT.
Augusta, Sept. IS.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-09-17
ST,T1AUEfSSI2REH2AE8 STTUS2E21E 8VSYAGSsS| :

Can't Fool the Men Of Maine. Sir.
From Kittery Point to Quoddy Head is
one immense rejoicing
one universal grin of joy. one thought
that all are voicing.
well haint we Socked it to 'em good -
and made it mighty plain. sir.
You can't pass off no silver bricks upon
the men of Maine, sir
-Biddeford Journal.
They are talking about Maine all
over the country.
The dead bury the dead and the
Plum Trust lies unmentioned.
That even half dozen Democratic
representatives is said to be made up
of good fellows. If so they will be
lonely only when they think of their
party.
Next winter not one of them would
swap political emoluments with Hon
Arthur Sewall
The partridges' last week of liberty
to go about undisturbed.
Two Portland boys, one II and the
ether 10 years OF age, attempted to
break into a restaurant in that city
Tuesday night. Probably they had ar
rived at the conclusion that the plu-
tocratic restaurant keeper mad no
moral right to have in his possession
candy he couldn't eat while they had
none they could eat.
The fireworks left over from July 4
are no drug on the market The deal
ers will have to lay in a new stock for
November.
If the Bucksport Eagle doesn attempt
to fly too high right away we suspect it
has a bright future.
Lewiston Journal The result of
Mondays election is just what every
body expected" said Chairman Hughes
day. Is it? Chairman Hughes evil
IDENTIFY did not expect just that, last
Friday, when he said to a Boston
Herald reporter: II notice that some
enthusiastic Republican speakers claim
10000 majority, but such claims are
made by men who have very little
knowledge of the real situation. Such
figures have no real foundation. The
more conservative men of that party
are making no such assertions"
Editor Patten not only got hand
reelected but he also got n
bouquet, a large and elegant one it
was. with the compliments of the Re
publican city committee. Accompany
ing the bouquet was a congratulatory
letter in which the committee takes
occasion to remark: Your election
yesterday was a great personal tri- |
umph and a splendid tribute to your
sterling honesty. integrity and ability. |
A victory which you may well feel
proud of and one to which you can al
ways look back with pride and salts
faction"
Our Winthrop correspondent notes
what he considers a remarkable cir |
these days; three large
families of boys. II in all, within a dis
lance of two and a half miles on the
Readfield road in that town. How the
fathers of so years ago would have
laughed at the thought OF anything re-
in that! Why II in one family |
was no rare occurrence.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-09-17
Railroads and Steamboats,.
MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD.
ARRAmaEuEnT Of TRAINS m EFFECT
JUNE q, 1885.
Passenger trains leave AuRusta a faa.
THROUGH TRAINa

Passenger trains leave Ausvsta a ii.
lows:
THROUGH TRAINa.
GOING WEST-e2s A NJ. for Lewiston.
Rockland, Portland. Boston and Non.
treal; 9.45 A. M. and LBS (10.1O Sunday
only Tor main line points.) express for
iBrunswick, Lewiston, Pennington, Phil.
Ups, Rangeley. Rockland. Portland ana
Boston, connecting for White Mountain
FONTS and Quebec; 305 and $50 p. II.
f9r iS r. Brunswick. Bath, Portland. Boston;
for for Lewiston. Bath, Portland and Bos-
ton; l50 A: M. Portland and Boston.
GOING EAST-1.45 A. NJ. (niRht az.
pressl for Skowhegan, Belfast. Bangor.
st. Stephen, ST. John and Arooefook
county; 2.55 A. NJ. Bangor, Bar Harbor.
Old Town. and Bangor & Aroostook Rail.
road: Moosehead via Dexter; $40 A. NJ.
Tor Waterville and Skowhegan: 235 p. Nj
express daily. for Bangor and Bar Har.
North Anson. Bingham, Skowhegan, Bel
fast. Bangor. Old Town and Mattawam.
keag: 7ls P. NJ, for Waterville; sis "a
NJ, Sundays only for Waterville and
The Night Pullman Train going East at
1.45 A. NJ, going West at l1.00 p. NJ, runs
every night Sunday included. connecting
Tor ana from Lewiston, but not to SkOw.
hegan on Monday mornings, or to Bel.
fast, Dexter of beyond Bangor, Except
Ing to Bar Harbor) Sunday mornings.
The day train going West at 3.O5 p. NJ.
and East at 2. 55 A. NJ and 2. IS P. NJ, run
daily, Sunday included, between Boa.
ton, Lewiston. Bath. Bangor and Bar
Harbor.
ACCOMMODATION TRAINS.
South Gardiner to AuRuata