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The San Francisco call., 1897-02-05
SWInDLED BY 4
SMART DRUMMER
Victor S. Wolf of New York
Dealt in Worthless
Drafts.
Got His Friends to. Indorse Them
and They Had TO Pay the
Amounts.
He Is Wantei in Fresno, and Will
Have to Answer 10 Three Charges
in This City.

Victor S. Wolf, a travelling salesman
from New York. has apparently long
term in the penitentiary staring him in
the face.
Eleven years ago Wolf, while in this
City, made the acquaintance of Benjamin
Lewis, who is an attorney in the Mills
building. They became quite friendly,
and one Saturday afternoon, just before
the banks closed for the day, Wolf called
at Lewis office and asked him as a favor
to lndorse a draft for $3.50 on a New York
bank, as he wanted the money badly.
Lewis willingly did So and the draft was
presented at the Bank of California and
paid. The draft was returned dishonored,
and Lewis swore out a warrant for VOLTS
arrest, but Wolf had fed.
Wolf returned to the City recently, as
Lewis met him on the street on the
morning of the 26th of January. Lewis
hastened to Judge Joachimsen's court
and swore out warrant for VOLTS arrest
on the charge of obtaining money by false
pretenses, but Wolf had taken alarm at
Lewis recognition of him and departed
i il hurry from the City.
Before he fed he succeeded in securing
$500 from two confding friends. While
mere he had taken his meals at the Occi-
dental restaurant, 327 Bush street. where
he became friendly with Joseph Munier,
the proprietor, and Gustave Peltzer, a
wine growers agent, whose office is at 525
Front street, and he made bad use of their
friendship.
On January 26, after Lewis had recog-
niZed him, Wolf went to Peltzer's Office
and told him he was in immediate need of
funds. He produced a draft on New
York hQn n r nd aakad peltZar to in0OrSo If
just as a matter of torm- PeltZer, like
Lewis, was willing to obiige him, and
wrote his name on the back of the draft.
Wolf then called upon Munier and told
him That he was leaving the City Tor q
few days, and asked, as he owed few
dollars for meals, if Munier would indorse
a draft for $3.50 on New York bank. He
said he could get it cashed and pay
Munier the small amounts he owed him.
Munier Endorsed the draft, but he did not
see Wolf again.
Both drafts were cashed at the Bank
of California and Peltzer and Munler
were considerably surprised when they
were notified day or two ago by the Ban
of California that the drafts had been dis
honored.
Yesterday morning a dispatch was pub
lished in the papers from Los Angeles that
Wolf had been arrested there on Wednes-
day on telegram from Fresno, where he
was wanted for securing the lnuorsement
OF Fresno Iiquor-dealer to worthless
New \ ork draft for 500, and that he would
be taken to Fresno for trial.
Peltzer read the dispatch in the papers
ard yesterday afternoon he swore 10 a
complaint in Judge Joachimsen's S court for
Woli's arrest on the charge OF obtaining
money by false pretenses. Munier will
also swear to a complaint to-day, and
when VOLTS preliminary examination Is
concluded in EraSnn he will be brought
here to answer to the three charges against
him.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-05
GUN, OAR AND ROD.
University Boat Club Will Have a
Regatta-EncinaI Gun Club
Election.

Election.
The rowing annex of the University of
California will hold a regatta on the 9th
inst, on Sessions Basin, Alameda. and it
is said that the Alameda Boating Club
will follow the example in Aprfl. The
programme will consist of barge and skiff
races, and if the weather be favorable it
is expected that some fast time will be
made, as some of the oarsmen are now in
good condition.
Professor Miebling of the OIym pic Club
is figuring upon the holding of another
wrestling tournament in the near future.
He says that among his pupils there are
many clever wres:lers who will certainly
enter for the next contests.
The Olympic Gun Club is already pre-
pairing for the inaugural opening of the
seasons trap-shooting. New traps, new
grounds and new men will be seen at the
opening shoot, which will be held shortly
after the close of the season for the shoot
ing of game birds.
The EncinaI Gun Club held its first
meeting of the season at Birds Point, Ala
meda, last Monday evening. The follow
ing officers were elected for the ensuing
year: J. Ii. Walker. president; d. Fulzer,
vice president; H. Dunshee. secretary; f.
Schultz, captain; J. H. Walker II. Bet
ten, ID. A. doyt, directors. Ihe club
grounds at Birds Point are being hand
somely fitted up for the season, and will
be in readiness for the opening shoot,
which will be held on February 2S. This
club was organized last year, and has in
that short time developed many good
shooters, two of the mem bers having won
the novice medal last year. The club
starts out with twenty-five mem bers, and
it is expected the roll will be greatly in
creased during the season. The regular
club shoots will be held on the second and
fourth Sundays of each month.
Intelligence from Sacramento states
that the Senate Committee on Forestry,
Fish and Game decided Wednesday to re-
port to the Senate the Assembly bill FIX
ing the close season for salmon and trout
without the proposed amendments. This
is blow against closing the season for
catching trout until May L.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-05
INTERNATIONAL TUG-OF-WAR.

Contracts for the Respective Teams
Signed by the Captains Last Night.
The captains of the various teams which
will compete at the great international
tug Of war to be held in the Mechanics
Pavilion, February q, Assem- bled in d. R.
McNeill's Office, 1889 Market street, last
night and signed the contracts for their
respective teams.
One and all reported great progress in
training, and stated that their respective
teams will have better men and be in
be tier condition on the 9th than on any
previous occasion.
Quite a number of side bets were made
respecting the positions in which par
ticular teams would finish in the tourna-
ment, and from the enthusiasm displayed
throughout the proceedings it is evident
that the men will give good account of
themselves when the pistol is fired.
: The teams represented were as follows
America, Captain Buckley; Ireland, Cap
tain James Hardnedy; Scotland, Captain
S. McGregor; Germany, Captain Schilling
Italy, Captain Joseph Merani; Norway,
Captain John c. johnson; Sweden, Cap
tain a. NJ. Planck; Denmark, Captain
Neils Larsen; France, Captain Frank
Barbe; Canada, Captain George Duplessy.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-05
ton printing from several different mega

ton printing from several different mega
tives. Three different negatives were
used to produce a picture of Tamalpais.
The mountain itself was from one ne a.
tive. The fore ground had been accidentally
broken ana the foreground from another
negative was taken, while the clouds were
from still another, the whole producing a
very beautifuI result.
A great number of prints were shown,
demonstrating the fact that with little
practice even an amateur can elimina te
certain objects from the resulting print
and put others in their stead, in order to
produce effects not obtained in the origi-
nal.
One in particular spoken of by Mr..
Lance was photograph of an engine in
San Francisco, and by combination print
ing placing that engine in its position in
the halls OF Stanford University.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-05
JUNIOR ORDER DAY,
Programme of the Celebration to Be
Held in This City on the Evening
of the 2Hd.

Programme of the Celebration to Be
Held in This City on the Evening
of the 2.d.
The committee of arrangements having
charge OF the celebration of the Junior
Order of American Mechanics day. which
falls on the anniversary of Washington's 8
birthday, held a meeting in Shiels build
ing last Wednesday night, and John
klien, chairman, and Calvin Ewing re-
ceived the reports of the several sub-com
mittees. These show an unusual enthu-
siasm in the work, and it is an evidence
that the celebration will be memorable
one.
The Daughters of Liberty, who have
charge of the celebration to be held In this
City in the evening, reported good success
in the sale of tickets, and they declared
that al who attend the entertainment and
dance in Golden Gate Hall will have an
opportunity 10 taste Martha Washington
cake and Mollie Pitcher coffee. The pro-
gramme decided upon is as follows: A
thirty minute address on the life of
George Washington; song, America" by
the audience; comedy presented by the
Starr King Dramatic Club; song, Flag of
Liberty; comic duet, by Junior brothers
and then dancing.
From Oakland came report that
Grand Marshal Henry P. Dalton is work
ing like Trojan to the end that the ceIe-
bration may be a complete success" II
was announced that the National Guard,
the Venetian Fire Com pany, uniformed
fraternal societies, the Uniform Rank of
the Juniors, the American Home Guard
and the Daughters of Liberty will take a
place in line during the parade. Boys of
the public schools Will parade with Wash
ington hatchets and the schoolgirls with
American flags.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-05
CALIFORN|ANS IN
THE TRANSVAAL
What American Enterprise
Is Doing in South
Africa.
Mining Methods Revolutionized
by Natives of the Golden
State.
Martin Haurwitz, Mile. Trebelli'S
Manager, Tells of Their Success
in the Dark Con tinent.

Martin Haurwitz of the great London
firm of concert managers, Vert 81 Haur-
WITT, is in this City, having recently come
from South Africa, where he met all or
nearly all the Callfornians. who have done
so much toward the development of the
rem arkable mineral resources of the
TTansvaal.
Mr.. Haurwitz is keen observer and is
enthusiastic in his praises of the work
that Californians have done in the Dark
Continent.
American brains and enterprise" he
said at the Bohemian Club last evening,
shave revolutionIzed the mining industry
of South Africa.
previous to the advent of such en-
engineers and experts as John H. Ham
mond and others the fate OF the wonder
full Transvaal was in the hands of English
army officers and others, who knew really
very little of practical mining and the
country did not develop nearly as fast as
its resources warranted. When the Amer
leans took hold, however, there was
cnanGe. They introduced new methods
and ideas and the monthly output of the
mines about Johannesburg is now over
10000 ounces per month or about 81 ,000,
600. This is exclusive of the diamond,
OSJTlCn 1e6tutT, WOOL ana Oller industries,
that yield an enormous sum monthly.
Americans are gradually working into
all these lines and making their intelli-
gence felt in all directions. South Africa
is deficient in the production of cereals,
machinery and other things that America
is noted for, and l understand that Cali
fornia is sending these products to Africa
in large quantities.
at seems to me that steamship line
between San Francisco and South African
ports would pay well, and marvel that it
has not already been established"
Mr.. Haurwitz also spoke in the highest
terms of Herman Jennings. Charles Con-
nor, Robert Williams, Thomas Main and
other Californians who have cast their
fortunes in the Transvaal and said that
all were doing wonders for the develop
ment of the country.
The concert director comes to San Fran
cisco on tour of the world as the man.
ager of Mile. Antonette Trebelli, the
famous singer, who will appear at the
California Theater on the 9th inst. Be-
ginning an American tour in San Fran
cisco is an innovation, and in case success
attends her efforts the proteges of Vert &
Haurwitz will lin future start from San
Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-05
Mr., GOODMAN WILL
SEE ABOUT RATES
Not in a Hurry to Cut for
Men Who Will Go to
Nevada.
Looks Upon Talk of Thousands
From the East as a Sort
of Jolly"
He Will Finally Decide Ab1ut the
Rates for the Fight When Stuart
Gets Here.

Relative to the fixing of a rate from the
East and coast to the Corbett- Fitzsim-
mons fight in Nevada General Passenger
Agent Goodman of the Southern Pacific
SAID yesterday that nothing would be
done until Stuart arrived here. Stuart
left Dallas on Wednesday for Carson.
He will be a day or two in Nevada and
then is expected to come direct to San
Francisco.
Mr.. Goodman rather deprecated the
talk that had been made regarding the
great crowd alleged to be getting ready to
come from the East to witness the battle
Some of these people have been send
ing US kilograms. making great claims
and wanting low rates." he said. Zone
of these dispatches said $1,000 people
would come b re. Such talk is being
made by people who know nothing of the
conditions.
~ asked how these people were going
to get there. They can't all 60 in a day,
and they won't start three or four days
ahead. They'll say they haven't time to
take from business that way, and they
won't have.
''Tbe fact is there won't be 5000 people,
let alone 1900. who will come from the
East how would even that many get to
Reno or Carson in day and be cared for Z?
All the hotels and restaurants couldn't
accommodate them. But besides the
Eastern people, look at those who would
attend from different places In Nevada
and from here and other places on the
Pacific Coast"
Mr.. Goodman intimated he did not be-
lieve over 500 or 900 persons would come
from the East to see the battle. The big
crowd he thought would be local and
from the coast. Talking further of the
rate from the East, he said:
I'VE have been thinking of giving our
regular round-trip rate, good for months,
or something like that Holders could
come and see the contest and then come
on to the coast and stay as long as they
liked. The round-trip rate from Chicago.
good for that length of time, ls $11O. How
ever, we shall see when Stuart gets here
what we will do. We DO not know vet
which town the fight will be held at nor
what it is intended to charge for tickets to
the fight.
when we know these details we can
hgure more definitely. No, l don't thin K
the matter OF the passenger rates will
come before the Transcontinentai Asso.
cation. There is no meeting between this
| and the fight, anyway"
Mr.. Goodman was considerably amused
at the cartoon in The CALL yesterday, re-
published from a Pittsburg paper, and
representing the Eastern idea of the Ne
Veoa Legislature, and portraying the leg
isiators heavily equipped with revolvers.
shotguns, boxlng-gioves, and fierce mus
taches and long hair. He said it very
| 1alrly represented the Eastern idea OF
most OF the Legislatures in the West.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-05
The Fire Department..

The Fire Commissioners met yesterday after.
noon, when M. Fitzhenry, driver of truck 3.
was fined three days pay for leaving his team
unhitched and unattended while out eyer
c1sing them. Eight horses were condemned
as unfit Tor service from various causes The
engine 10, and +. c. Hartman, hoseman of en-
gine 20, were accepted aud Benjamin Law
renee, driver of engine 26, was retired on tha
pension list. William o. Connor was appoint
ed driver of engine 20, Frank Sullivan truck
man of truck 4, and J. Mitchell hoseman of
engine 20,
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-05
DRAWING OF DOGS.
Preparatory to the Coursing at Ingle
side Next Sunday

preparatory to the COursing at In gle-
side Next Sunday.
The following is the drawing of dogs for
next Sundays coursing at 1ngleside:
Buffers Susie VS.. Bartel & Rosseter's Bran
den belle. NJ. Welch's Tipperary VS.. Gallagher's
Hazel Bartel Il Rosseter's Ben Hur VS.. Cronin
d MeDona DIS Skyball, Bartel & Rosseter's
Said Pasha VS.. Tracey's Speed, NJ. WEIGHS Fox
hall VS.. Gibson & Moore's Molly Bawn smart's
Seminole VS.. Cuper ton Kennels Lady Camp
bell, Bartel & Rosseters Kitty Scott VS. Shields
snow olrd, Napa Kennels Belle VS.. Dillon &
Riley's Queen B, Cohen's Highland Mary VS..
Kerrigan's st. Lawrence, Miramonte Kennels
sam VS. Seggerson's White Chief, Dillon d
Prizes-$60, $50, $50.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-05
Miss vaslet and Miss Barry will assist the

HOsieSS IN receiving
Among those who will take part are
many well-known entertainers. The vo-
caiists will be Miss Graham, Miss Isabel
Kerr, Miss Irella Van Pelt, Miss Clarke
and Miss Rofmann. In the instrumental
numbers will appear Miss Featherstone,
pianist; Miss Maud Noble, from bone Miss
Annie Troill, guitar, and Miss Gruenha-
gen, violinist. The elocutionists will be
Mrs. Kayhin, Miss Hattie Vance Martin,
Miss Luce and MISS NJ. Featherstone
Mrs. Mariner Campbell's alto quartet will
also assist,
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-05
Deatb. and Births in January.

The monthly mortuary report to the Board of
Health shows that the deaths in the City for
the last month numbered 613-males 3S2,
females 231. There were SO violent Deaths So
deaths from cancer, 81 ftom consumption, 27
apoplexy, % bronchitis and II heart disease.
The deaths Tor the corresponding month in
1896 numbered only 493. The births last
month in the City and County numbered 5S1.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-05
A MATINEE MUSICALE.

1T Will Be Given To-Morrow in Com
plimenr to Miss De Yelling.
A matinee musicale will be given by the
Women's Christian Temperance Union.
in compliment to Miss de Yelling, at the
residence of Mrs. Frank J. French. 1917
Jackson street, from to 6 o'clock, to-
morrow. Mrs. Luce, president of the
Women's Christian Temperance Union,
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-05
AT THE CAMERA CLUB.
Professor Lange Continues His Remarks
Photography

Last evening the California Camera
Club had its regular semi-monthly demon
stration. Professor o. V. Lange conuin-
ued his remarks on modelling negatives in
order to give artistic effects in photop
raphy. The demonstration of ten days
ago was in the minds of the mem bers and
the result was very large and enthusias.
tic audience.
Mr.. Lange enlarged upon his plan OF
printing from broken negatives and also
upon the multiple printing or com bina-
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-05

Criminal Cases Dscided.

Several criminal cases were disposed of in
Judge Wallace's court yesterday. H. v. Mar
vim pleaded guilty to burglary in the second
degree. In the case of Thomas Thompson
charged with grand larceny, the jury failed to
agree. James Burns, accused OF burglary, was
acquitted by the jury.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-05
Drink Caused His Death.

The body of Thomas Hansen, sailor, who
recently signed with the schooner Mary and
Ida, was ished out of the bay at Howard-s treet
wharf yesterday. Hansen was drunk on the
previous evening, and it is presumed that he
stumbled overheard while searching for his
boat.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-05
He Blew Ont the Ca

Dick willets, an Indian from the Govern
ment reservation at Round Valley is guest
at the Ahlborn House, and on retiring Wednes
day night he blew out the gas. He was found
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-05
Le Conte Reception Postponed.

The reception rendered by the University of
California to Professor and Mrs. Joseph LIE
Conte in celebration of their golden wedding
at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art, has
been postponed to Thursday evening, Feb
ruary 1S
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-05

Rich golddelds have just been discovered
by Government surveyors on the east
coast OF Siberia, bordering on the sea of
Okhotsk.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-05
CrOSSnlal' S Specific MlXtUp1'

With tnis remedy persons can cure thern,eIxes
without the least exposure, change or diet or
change in application TO business The medicine
contains nothing that Is of he least injury TO the
constitu ton. Askyour druggist for it Plice, 81
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-05

THEY are peers i'll their profession-binding
or printing. The MysellR Rollins Co., % Clay
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-05

Yesterday morning in an unconscious condi
ton and taken to the Receiving Hos pitaI
where he soon recovered and was able to re-
turn to the hotel
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-05

JEwELRy store 5 and7 Third street. removed to
303 Kearny street.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-11-05

The "ialnine in India" is now
mentioned by the Popocrats almost
as often DO Clio .'crilns u IS.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-11-05
Destroyed Property:

Sunday evening was Halloween.
but the small bows, and no doubt
some Of the larger ones, observed the
occasion Saturday evening instead.
If the bows who were out that night
had contented themselves with the
usual Halloween pranks, such as
overturning outhOuses, changing
signs, gates, etc, their acts would
have been taken as jokes, but some
Of them went 50 far MS to wnn.Only
destroy valuable property and no
doubt II they can be apprehended.
will be dealt with severely. The
gang that operated IN the eastern
part Of the city seemed especially in
clined toward destroying property,
and at the residences Of l: E. Staples
and DR.. N. w. Chance the damage
done was considerable. Buggy
cushions and curtains were cut and
ruined and parts Of the vehicles we're
carried AWAY and cannot De found.
Such acts are far from being Jokes
and the perpetrators deserve severe
punishment. .-e<
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-11-05
FIX THEIR OWN DATE.
Minneapolis Saw Mill Men Say
When to Close Their
BOOmS. 81

The Minneapolis Times quotes
lumberman Of that city in regard to
the Journals claims that Mr.,
Weyerlaeuser caused the saw mill u
that city to shut down earlier than
their owners wanted them to. The
lum herman said: r. ~
"Mr. Weyerhaeuser conldn't dictate
when the boom would shut do wn II
he wished. While it Ia true that the
W.ycrhaeuser interest controls the
stock Of the boom company the boom
Is opened and closed by Il commit tee
elected every spring. They say when
the boom shall close. The COM
mittt-e this year is composed Of H
C.. Akeley. Howard DeLaittre and
W. H. II. Day. They ordered the
boom closed Nov.1. That is about
the ordinary date for closing. II
takes about two weeks to clrun mp
the river after the boom Closes
and that brings the seasons saving
up to Nov. Is. tits exceptional for the
In m berlnen to he able to work any
later than that. The closing his year
ia unsatisfactory to none bus u few
who see themselves short OF logs and
think they could saw n few no e.
Thev may consider this I'M
fortunate but next spring II they get,
as they probably will, 50 q thousand
more for lumber they wont feel 80
bad about 1t. I doA't believe that
nnder the charter OF the boom com.
pany MIR. Weyerh',enser had any
more control of the closing than you
rave, but If ne had control and had
given this order should consider 1t
another illustration Of his superior
Ten tonic Astll teneSS.' o.s.-l
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-11-05

G.. A. Towne is an intellectual
giant, and the jackasses that are
occasion. ally found bl aging a t him ire
doing so for lack Of human intelli'
..ancp, only.''-Sauk Rapids Free
Press. ,.. r.,
Giant Towne puzzles some human
beings with his talks about the
crime of India upon one the hand,
and the famine of rs upon the other.
and the price Of silver and wheat
palpitating between. Then when
one begins to believe one Of TOwne's
great natural laws. the "Ginnt' il
forced to admit that it has been re.
pealed. Towne is Giant all right,
but there are benn-stalks growing
IN 70 bis castle. lie can be rcuchcd.
He is not q north pole.