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The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-01-29
Poli,s Wonderland Theater.

The great Amann continues to mys- tify all who see him at Poli's Wonder land theater in his wonderful imperson- ations of eminent public men, The wonder is how he is able to so control the muscles of his face as to copy the exact features, even to the wrinkles, of the eminent men he portrays. It must have required naturally flexible facial muscles and years of training in their control to enable Amann to produce such marvelously life-like impersona- . tions of the subjects he illustrates. It is like looking at the originals to see his impersonation of Iii Hung Chang, General Grant Gladstone, Bismarck, Cleveland, Harrison and the others in his repertory. To succeed him next week Manager Poli has secured Mile. F'leurette and the four Fleurs- -de-Lis; the ladies quintet, who are creating such a sensation in New York at the present time with their unique danc- ing.
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ENTERTAINMENTS ITS.
Hyperion. Brian Boru is coming.
 CHEVALIER.


 Chevalier and his company of en- tertainers Will be at the Hyperion next Monday evening under the manage ment of Charles Frohman. Chevalier is not old, nor is he Frenchman, as his name might indicate. He was born in 1862 at Noting Hall, England, of French and Welsh parentage, which contained within it's ancestry dash of Irish blood. Before he was ten years of age he made public appearance in the Prince of Wales theater, giving limitations of music hall celebrities, and subsequently, he made tour of Eng land with the Kendals. He had de- veloped into marvellous imitator of the coster-the American huckster-and surrounded him with pathos which has brought him close to the heart of the people of this great republic. Sale of seats now open.
 PARLOR MATCH.
 big house will greet Evans & Hoey and Anna Held, under the direc- tion of Florence ziegfeld, jr., in "A Parlor Match at the Hyperion on Tuesday evening next. Mile. Held is the famed Parisian chanteuse, who has electrified her auditors throughout the entire country. She is described as a very beautiful woman, with one of the finest of figures and voice that charms all hearers. Sale of seats opens tomorrow.
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LATEST FAIR HAYEs NEWS
oHcial Visit to Columbia Castle-Tb. storm and the Oyster Reinstatement 

Official Visit to Columbia CautIa-Th
 storm and the Oyster Reinstatement
 News.
 Grand Chief Parrott of Rrideanort paid an official visit to Columbia castle, K. G. E. on Wednesday eyen- ing. There was a large attendance of members, and they were congratulated by the grand chief upon the fine condi- ton of their lodge. After the session refreshments were served. The lodge IS only four years old, has about 100 members and sS50 in the treasury.
 Theopilus Eaton, one of the incorpo- rators of the Consumers Gas company. speaks encouragingly of the prospects Of the new company. It is to be a Fair Haven concern so far as the location of the plant is concerned.
 The Fortnightly club met this week at the home of Mrs. W. w. Kelsey on Exchange street. There were quota tions from Emerson, after which Mrs. E. A. Bacon read paper on Alexander I, and Mrs. A. J. Boyer read a paper on the Napoleonic Invasion Mrs. J. E. oi HoliS iSetO d paper on NlcnOldS l, Administration and Reforms.
 Work on the drawbridge piers was suspended yesterday on account of the storm.
 The people of the Montowese church gathered on Wednesday evening to welcome their new pastor Rev. MT. Dutton
 At the meeting held at the Baptist church Wednesday evening, Rev. Dr. Sage and Rev. J. B. Lemon, who were conducting the services, were assisted by Rev. Dr. Poteat and Rev. Mr Eos ter. Rev. MT. Lemon will conduct his last service this evening.
 Albert Zuber of Montowese recently punctured his wrist by falling from a load of hay.
 Yesterdays storm prevented the oys- ter boats from going down the harbor, but the stock on hand was sufficient to fill orders.
 The holding of a morning session in the schools was a surprise, and the at tendance was light. No afternoon ses- sion was held. As it was the biggest snowstorm since the blizzard the
 
 der the circumstances. The Fair Ha- ven and Westvile road got out its two big snow ploughs early, running them all day and keeping it's long tracks in very good condition.
 Many of the walks were not cleared until evening, and in such cases the people walked along the cleared rail- road tracks.
 William Gage, formerly chief engin- ger of the New Haven Street Railway company returned from Lakeville yes- terday. He has been away on account of his health, which has been poor of late, but he is now much improved. He has received an offer to superin- tend the electrical department in a large New York building at salary of $2, 300 per annuam, and will go down shortly to see about it.
 The friends of Robert O. Eaton of Montowese are congratulating him up- on his prospective appointment as as- sistant dairy commissioner.
 Conductor Fahey ran the legislative special on Wednesday in place of Con- ductor Merriman, who was called away.
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The current receipts for the year, in cluding the state appropriation and the amounts drawn from the Clifford, Mar cit, and English funds, were $46,664.12, and the current expenses were $52, .69, leaving a deficit of s5,95057. Compared with the corresponding figures for 1895 the receipts were greater by S1, ,234. F, the expenses were less by $213.52, and the deficit was less by s1,557.66. As is usual the deficit met by the income from the general and free-bed funds, and by the hospital Sunday collections, but these items appear only in the accounts of the treasurer. The hospital Sunday collections thus far received by the treasurer in 1897 are $1,S1665, and are less by s7951 than they were at the time of the annual meeting last year.
 These collections are never all re- ceived before July. The total amount received last year was s2,26176 The balance of cash on hand after paying all bills was $4,4S7.06. The only sub stantial additions to our invested funds during the year were $200 given by the late Dr. D. c. Leavenworth, and S1, ,195 received from the residuary legatees of Mrs. Ellen M Gifford's estate and invested with the Clifford fund, No. 3. Under the head of repairs and i'm provements" several things were done which merit special mention. Rubber tires were put on the ambulance at a cost of s100. The exterior of the ad- ministration building was repaired, scraped and painted at cost of sS50, the expense being borne by lady who las always been one of the most gen. e ous friends of the institution. The rezuIt of the work has been to great Iy improve the appearance of our old est building. New copper sinks set in slate were placed in the pantries of the Clifford wards at a cost of S4S. Wi. es were stretched across the dome of the chapel in order to improve the acoustic properties of the room; the expense for this being $61.13.
 The sum of Ss63.S5 was expended for
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H H. & CRESCENT

The January issue of the Hillhouse High
 School Crescent made it's appearance yes numbers: ''Mount HOlyoke College" Eliza beth R. Andrea, 94; illustrated with half tone engraving "Vanity of Yanities," l" Charles NJ DeForest, 97. "A Virginia Spectre" G. Stanley Arnold. '9S. '"rhe Brothers" Ethel s. Frisby. '99. Girls De- partment: Editorial. 'Sam's Hittite," Ethel Booth, '99 ''The Meeting of the Years, '' Marguerite Welles, '99. ''Ninety-six and Ninety-seven." (poem.) Sarah G. Noble '9S.
 A special design has been introduced on the cover, and 8 new style of paper Is used.
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NO NEW TREATY WITH SPAIN

London, Jan. 2S.-A dispatch from Madrid to the Central News says that Premier Canovas has made a formal denial that any negotiations for a new commercial treaty between Spain and the United States are in progress, as has been alleged.
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willie-.'M Mamma, what does 'blood' relations mean?" Mamma-"It means near relations, Willie." Willie (after a thoughtful pause) mamma, you and papa must be the bloodiest re- Iations Pye got"-Chips
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MRS. JAMES c. FLOOD DEAD.

San Francisco, Jan. 2S.-Mrs Mary E. Flood, the widow of the famous bonanza king and lti-millionaire, James c. Flood, died in this city last night after an illness of only two days.
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OHIO RIVER CLOSED

Louisville, Ky, Jan. 2S.-The heavy ice in the Ohio has caused a total sus- pension of navigation. All the upper and lower boats have tied up in the canal
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work in an entirely satisfactory man ner.
 CHARLES RAY PALMER, CHARLES E. GRAVES. WILLIAM G. DAGGETT,
 Prudential Committee New Haven, Conn.,, January 2S, 1897.
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RADIATORS ENTERTAINMENT.
Occurs To-Night at Warner Hall
 Hillhouse High School.


 Hillhouse High School.
 At Warner hall tonight occurs the entertainment by the Radiators of Hillhouse High school. Tickets have sold rapidly and the affair promises to be most successful The second part of the program consists of a pantomime entitled Will O. the Wisp of the Haunt ed Inn,'' for which the cast of charac- ters is as follows:
 Parrot. .H. E, Jones Francis. Celestine Marguerite. e...................F. Phillips ODreOn. ...A. Philips Will-o' the -Wisp.. HVanBuren The first part of the evening will be given over to a musical, in which the H. H. S. Banjo and Mandolin club will take part. Other selections will be by the Girls Glee club of H. H. s. and MT. Madison w. Smith of Bridgeport, a so- loist who has earned for himself posi- tion of prominence in musical circles
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-24


A careful examination was made of the
catch by Mr.. Gould, but ne did not think
that the amount of small and young fish
would warrant taking the fishers into GUS
tody for vic ating the small mesh law or
the law relative TO killing young FISH. OF
necessity some of these must be killed In
the pursuit of shrimp fishing. One after
another of these boats was overhauled
and the same condition of affairs was
found and no arrests were made for the
reason given.
One thing was clearly demonstrated and
that was that the most of the young fish
live in greater mum bers in the San Pablo
end of the bay, having come to life near
the mouth of the Sacramento River, and
some OF the largest fisheries are located in
those waters. Hence there the destrnc-
ton OF the small fish, as well as the
shrimp is the greatest. This was shown
by the raid made by the Commissioner
and his deputy on last Wednesday, when
they caught five men and the boat and
nets in the San Pablo Bay. The captured
Junk was FLIED TO the guards and at least
90 per cent of the catch was small and
young fish. The Chinese were taken 10
San Rafael and charged with illegally de-
stroying young fish, and at last accounts
they were still in Jail.
For a time al least it is not likely that
the Chinese will lay themselves liable to
be arrested in that part of the bay. They
fully understand the disadvantage that
they labor under in the way of killing small
fish. for in their bag net the Jam is so
great that no small fish can live long
enough to reach the surface, and, as
stated, there is no use in throwing them
back into the water. 1t is afe to say that
they Will not do anyfishing. More than this
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two months of the fiscal year." be con-
tinued, "there is certain to be another
large deficit. While the expenditures are
necessarily heavy during the months of
July and August, they nave been largely
added to by the wholesale appointment of
teachers to positions in evening schools
The board has modified the rule governing
the size OF classes, so that now teacher
can be appointed for every fifteen pupils
but some of the teachers recently APP
pointed do not have even that number in
their classes.
Director Ragan ad mitted at one meet
ing that he was responsible for these ap-
pointments. l am informed. and will in
vesti ate the truth of the charge, that GER
tain of these appointees are totally un-
qualified for the positions they hold. and
ii. my information proves correct | shall
not hesitate to ventiate the matter thor
oughIy."
Superintendent We bster is indignant at
the treatment accorded him bv certain
member of the board at Wednesday
nights meeting, and charges the chair
man, Waller, with refusing to give him
an oppor unity TO answer the accusations
made against him by Ragau and others.
The Sup rinIendent also discussed the APP
propriation made for the department by
the Supervisors. and said that 81, 200, 900
would be sufficient 10 run the depart tment
on were it not for the deficiency created
by the last board.
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used for the boiling. with coarse salt
added in large quantities. Alter boiling
the shrimps are spread upon the ground
to dry. Being sufficiently dried they are
swept together and rolled thoroughly
with heavy cleated rollers, which break
the shells from the meat. Then comes
long process of Sitting, beating and pick
ing, and, last, running through the fam
ning-mill. The fishermen get 8 cents
pound for the product.
But what of the fish, The larger ones are
taken out and dried, but the little fellows
go in with the shrimp. The result is that
after the boiling rolling and beating is
all over the meat OF the small fry Is rem
dered almost to dust. This is scraped
up with the shells OF the shrimp, and
bagged for export to China to be used for
fertiIizing purposes. Thus hundreds of
thousands of tons and perhaps more, of
the food fishes of the bay are sent
to far-away China for the sole purpose of
manuring Chinaman's garden. 1t is no
wonder that the inny tribe OF these waters
is being rapidly exte minated, and the
Fish Commissioners have decided that it
is high time that this wanton waste is
stopped.
For the next few days, or perhaps weeks,
nothing more will done, for the fishers are
now scared. Besides the Quinnat is going
up the river to look after the salmon and
sturgeon fishers, who persist in violating
the law by catching fish out of season and
with illegal fishing tackle.
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For the past three or four days the Fish
and Game Commissioner trim little
gasoline launch Quinnat has been scout
ing around the bay and making things
lively for the Chinese shrimp-ishers, who
Tor years have been violating the laws of
the State IN destroying thousands of tons
of small and young fish. Already five
Monaghan fish-killers have been landed in
Jail and the work is by no means COM
plete, and before the raiding business is
over many more are likely to be placed
in the same unpleasant position.
The last run OF the Quinnat was made
yesterday to the lower bay. and on board
were the newly appointed Commissioners
Charles B. Gould of Alameda, John H.
Davis, one of the liveliest patrol deputies
on the bay, the regular crew and the CALL
representative and artist. The launch
was headed for Hunters Point. close to
which there is a camp of Chinese shrimp
fishers. When near the drydock the out
lines of mum Der of fishing-boat could
be made out in the haze of the lower bay,
but the marine-glass showed that the
men were not then drawing in their nets,
so a short stay under the shadow of the
wharf was necessary. While waiting for
the proper time 10 make the run Com
missioner Gould explained the reason for
the pre- sent course OF action, and Ill dong
so gave much valua bic information rela-
tive to the terrible destruction OF all
kinds of living creatures in the bay.
The question arose whether these small
fish are worthy of special protection as
against the interests of the shrimp in
dustry, and this question was practically
left to Professor Jordan of the Stanford
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the Committee on Finance of the Board of
Education on the twenty-sixth day of May
last ana, strange 10 say 1t appears affirma-
lively by the minutes of the board OF that
date that our good friend, Director Armer,
voted in favor of this appropriation.
Relative TO the ex!ravaganI statement that
Director Walters estimate OF the required out
lay for the department was $l000,000 be-
yond all reason l simply submit mat both
Boards OF Supervisors only reduced the es1i-
mate OF the board, which Was 81 467 ,15S 81,
to 81 200 000
Considering the other structures contained
in said article relative to the honesty and in
tegrity o t the members OF the board l am con-
tent to pass Them by in silence, but with this
one word tor myself and the other members of
the board for whom assume responsibilit ty to
speak. We now ready, and have always
been ready, to court the fullest investigation
OF each aud every one OF our officisl acts, and
we are satisfied tnat when they are brought
into the full light of day the Yilifcation
and abuse now unjustly heaped upon our
heads viii be resolved in to eommendation and
that the responsibility for all the stir and ex-
element that has recently taken place III the
affairs of the School Department will be fixed
a. the door of those where it belongs. Very
respectfully yours, SAM L. WALLER
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abundant i'm San Pablo Bay
near the mouth of the river.


In another part of his report Mr.. Sco-
field said: The young of this fish (smelt)
we're taken in enormous nnm bers, COM
prising in bulk one-Quarter to two-ffths
of the entire CATCH" Many OF the market
fishers have, for conve enience, chosen to
call the young Of the smelt white bait"
and say they are not food fish, but the
decision of the scientist sent out by Pro-
fessor Jordan places he case in a different
light and shows that one OF the best food
fish on this coast, the smelt, is being
ruthlessly DESTROYED and sent to China for
no other purpose that to fertilize the soil
of that country, as shown in other parts
OF his report.
This condition of affairs caused the
Commissioner, to decide that it was time
to call q halt, and at once steps were
taken to that end. 1t was found that the
Chinese fishers, and all others for that
matter could be reached by the followin e
section of the fish and game laws, which
reads:
Section $50. Every person who shall cast
extend, set, use, or continue, or who shall as
sist in casting, extending, using, or contin-
uing Chinese shrimp or bag net or net OF
similar character for the catching of fish in
the waters of this S ate is guilty OF a
misdemeanor and is punishable by fine of
not less than 800 or by imprisonment in the
County Jail in the county in which the con-
viction shall be had. and not less than fifty
days, or by both su ch fine and imprisonment.
In speaking of the matter, Com missioner
Alexander L. Vogelsang said: ''We have
some first-class deputies. and yet we know
that the law is being violated every day,
especially the law relating to the catching
of small Try. This we are determined to
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University, who delegated Il. B. Scoheld
to investigate the case. Last Apri Mr..
Scofield began his labors and recently he
made his report to the Commissioners.
His report caused a great surprise on
three polnts-the enormous quantities of
shrimps taken every year, their possi-
bility of determination and the great
destruction of small and young fish made
necessary by The very nature of the busi-
ness. An extract from his summarized
report gives startling figures, as here
shown:
The average catch per day at
fFe San Rafael fishery during
the last two weeks in July was
seventy baskets, each basket
weighing about ninety pounds,
making in all $500 pounds.
The average number of boats
out each day was seven.
making in all II daily catch of
IA. 100 pounds.
For fifteen days this number
is swelIed 66E,JOO pounds. One
half of this consisted of small
fish, principally Of the follow
ing species SneIt, California
anchOvy, midshipman and
scuIpin.
The small sneIf, about lie
to . He inches long. were very
abundant, making Mp over
One-fOurth of the entire catch.
The estimated amount of these
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FALLS FISH," SAYS JOHN CF4INANIAN.
The Determined Pot Stop the Wanon Destruction
of the Small Fry Of the Bay

they will warn, or have already warned,
their friends on the bay that the Com
missioners' launch is out on raid among
the Chinese. Their systems OF warning
are several A fire lighted on a hilltop at
night, a cloud of smoke or a flag on pole
in the daytime-these serve 10 tell the
men of the other camps that there is dan
ger, d warning that never goes unheedeo.
Around this bay there are twenty-nlne
shrimp fishing camps. / Gated as follows:
San Pedro Point twelve, Hunters Point i've.
Newark one, near Burlingame four and at
San Pablo five. In these are employed
about 140 men, actually engaged IN hsh-
ing, and any mum ber of packers, drlers,
cleaners, etc. These camps are really viii
lagos and sometimes there are several VII
lagos com bined, or a number OF camps
stretched along the shore together. On
the way back, after the run down the bay,
a stop or two were made to permit OF an ex-
animation of these little Asiatic commu-
mites. In all every body was busy-some
mending nets others packing shrlmps and
others preparing for the next days en-
ployment. The nets attracted particular
attention. Each net is about twenty feet
across the mouth and narrows quickly
into narrow bag about forty feet long.
The end is open so that the contents can
be easily let out by untying stout
cord, which holds the lower opening
closed. Near the mouth of the net
it grad ually grows smaller until the
last half the mesh is less than half an
inch Each boat operates from twenty 10
thirty nets, which are set on the bottom
of the channel with their mouths against
the current. Nothing escapes the fine
meshes The shrlmps are brought ashore
and boiled in open vats. Salt water Is
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stop, if there is any possible way OF do
ing it,
With the advent of Mr.. Gould the
matter was taken upin earnest, and hence
the raids, for all the Commissioners are
thoroughly in accord with the movement.
By the time the story bad reached this
point Deputy D avis, VINO had been watch
ing the fishing boats down the bay, cried
that it was time to make move as the Chi
nese were pulling in their nets, and if
there were any small or young fish taken
the best time 10 find IL out was while the
nets were being hauled in. The new State
launch made quick run to where the boats
were Inoored and Davis lost no time IN
getting aboard with line. The scene
presented on the Chinese junk astonished
even the deputy and the crew of the COM
mission The Chinese shrimp boat was of
the ordinary Chinese pattern, and was
about forty feet long by ten feet beam and
had a hold oil about seven feet in depth.l 1t
carried 30-foot mast and typical Chinese
sail The crew was made up of five men.
They were pulling up the bag nets, about
TWENTY-FIVE in number. and with every
haul up came from 200 TO 500 pounds of
shrimp.
So great was the weight that the fisher
men were obliged TO get it inboard with a
tackle and fall attached to the mast. Even
by the time the launch arrived the huge
hold was two-thirds full of wigcling,
squirming shrimps and some small fish.
1t was at once clearly seen that the fig
ures of Mr.. Scotield did noi apaly TO this
part of the bay, he having made most OF
his observations among the fishers of San
Pablo Bay, where the shrimps are not so
plentiful as in the lower bay. If his gem
eraI estimate of the catch had been multi
piled by two he would have been nearer