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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-02-21

the faint of weakness, are fitting lamps
for such sublime face, and the wavy
hair and beard of a beautiful brownish
tint serve TO complete a head which has,
perhaps, never been surpassed by the art
OF California. The drapery of the tunic is
natural, yet striking In its beautiful sim
plcity. Mr.. Harrington has illuminated
the breast inside the outer garment with
the effigence from the divine heart, and
this conception has enabled him to do
some magnificent work in light and
shade. The right hand especially is wor-
thy OF notice in this regard. The longer
the picture is beheld the more its many
beauties become manifest.
The grand posing and rich coloring COM
bine to make one of the best religious
works ever painted on this coast. Mr..
Harrington is facile princeps in this line
In California. Religious subjects have
always been his successes. At the time
be painted the altar piece and four panels
In st. Francis Church that work was pro-
nounced the best OF its kind in America
he has continued to uphold his fame in
this field. The present picture caused
much comment among our San Francisco
artists, who all visited the studio to view
the painting before being removed to st.
Roses. The universal verdict of those
who have seen the picture is that Harring-
ton has surpassed himself.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-02-21
THE RISE Of
THOMAS GORTON
From a Callboy He Becomes
a Prosperous Fruit
Grower.
His Crop This Year at Fenryn
Will Net Him at Least
$4,000.
Didn't Know Anything About Ranch.
ing When He Regan-His Three
Vars Experience.

Thomas G0rton, a young man who five
years ago left his native town of Liver
pool, England, and who was for several
months up to three years ago one of the
cailboys at the Grand Hotel here, is down
from Penryn, having made handsome
sum in the fruit business. What he
has done should cause many young men
in this City to do little thinking.
When Gorton left here three years ago
he had no knowledge whatever of the
fruit business or of farm life. He went to
work on fruit ranch Tor 81 25 day for
year, with the idea OF learning the busi-
ness. The second year he and partner
ed twenty acres, about half of which
was in bearing fruit of different kinds,
and paid S175 rent for it. Besides the
rent, they paid $122 50 for water and some
$40 for feed for horse thew had, besides
living expenses. 1t was poor year, but
they kept out of debt.
The second year Mr.. Gorton rented ten
acres on his own account. The rent cost
$500. 1t was not a good year, put he
gathered about 800 boxes of mixed fruits
and got along.
This year he has branched out and
leased thirty-one acres. The ranch is
about one mile from Penryn, and he pays
as rent 10 cents for every box of fruit he
gets. The owner of the, ranch furnishes
the necessary implements and horses and
Gorton pays for all the labor that is neces-
sary TO assist him and foots all the living
expenses, as well as the bill for water.
which in this case " i'll be $3.50.
This is crackerjack year for fruit in
the Penryn district, and ii is estimated the
product on this ranch will be fully 1900
boxes. If it turns out that way, and 1t
looks as though it could not fail, Mr.. Cor
ton will net fully $4,000 for the years work.
"The fruit consists of cherries, pears and
peaches" said Mr.. Gorton, land l esti-
mate The yield will be fully 1900 boxes. A
box of fruit can be raised for 20 cents, an
average box. 1t would be hard year, in
deed, that fruit would not bring 40 cents a
box. Fifty cents is low enough, and | es-
innate that as the average of this years
price.
"At that, after paying 10 cents box as
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-02-21
A TWIN-SCREW STEAMER.
Colonel Crocker's Proposed Craft to
Gross the Fay in twenty
Minutes.

First Vice-President c. f. Crocker OF the
Southern Pacific aid yesterday that he
lid not know whether new twin-screw
steamer TO cross the bay in twenty min
utes would be built. 1t was under con-
temptation and had been for some time
but before anything was done the plans
would first have to be submitted 10 the
board of directors.
81 rather think we will build such a
boat" he continued, but it is i'll the fu-
ture. Ii We were to do so we would have
to make good many changes at the Oak
land mole. at present all the trains come
in on the south side and then switch
around to the north. With new steamer
changes would have to be made to suit
the travel. But all this is in the air. Ii
is yet too early 10 say what will be done,
for as l have stated the plans OF the
steamer have not yet been submitted to
the directors"
1t is probable that the steamer will be
built, but it is question of when. The
Union Iron Works, it is stated, Will at the
night time submiI bid on il.
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ST. ROSES IS ENRICHED
A Magnificent Painting of the
Divine Savior" in the
Sanctuary.
The Work IF Art Has Excited the
Eost Favor able Comment Among
Local ConnoiSseurs.

ST. Roses Church, on Brannan street.
was enriched during the week by mag
nitcent work Of art-a large oil painting
of 1.-The Divine Savior" by the religious
painter, Joseph A. Harrington. AS. the
painting is to be hung within the sanctu-
arv and 10 be viewed from all parts of the
church Mr.. Harrington painted the figure
of Christ of heroic proportions.
Viewed from near or far its beauties are
most striking. On one OF his superb
translucent backgrounds the artist has
placed his subject so that the figure seems
almost in relief. He has given the Savior
an appearance truly ideal-perfrct manli-
ness without any baser admix; uIe il
lumined in every feature by the divine.
Ii is just such a head as one would ex-
pect to find on the canvas of an Italian
artist of the period of supremacy. The
eyes, tender, earnest, solicitous. without
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themselves at the Donohoe building,
while Mrs. Holmes walked at her usual
gait along the south side.
Just as she re ached the southeast corner
of Sixth and Market All Jim glided out of
the door of a millinery store. Mrs.
Holmes maze a signal to the two officers
and they rushed across the street. She
had jumped aside as All Jim made a lurch
for her cheek. He evidently thought
something was wrong, as he turned and
walked hurriedly down Sixth street. The
officers soon overlook him and placed him
under arrest.
They took him back to where Mrs.
Holmes was standing and she identified
him as the kisser. To her indignant ques-
tons as to why he had insulted her, he
only replied mo sable" On the way to
the Southern station All Jim offered to
officers think that he works in a Junk
store on Howard street and he had prob
ably met Mrs. Holmes while going to his
work, as he always went down Sixth
street.
Mrs. Holmes was seen last night. She
disilkes the notoriety caused by All Jim s
arrest, but did not hesitate to talk on the
subject
The first occasion" she said, "the re-
pulsive-iooking creature kissed me was
little over three weeks ago. | had got
TO the corner of Taylor and Market streets,
when some man kissed me on the cheek.
There were two or three men passing at
the time and l did not know which one
Kissed me. | was annoyed, but did not
pay much atten ton to it.
Next morning the same thing hap
nened, and so it went on till finally took
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-02-21
T0G-UF-WAR.
A Challenge From British Columbia.
Pictures of Anchormen.

A Challenge From British Columbia.
Pictures of Anchormen.
The members of the ten local teams
organized for the big tug-of-war tourna-
ment next Saturday are much wrought
up over bold challenge of team of rope
pullers OF Victoria, B. c., which received
general notoriety through the press. 1t
surprises the local celebrities in the robust
sport, who marvel at the audacity of this
claim for championship emanating from a
team never before heard of.
The ten anchormen of the teams to COM
pete at the Mechanics Pavilion were
photographed in group and their pictures
Will be found elsewhere in this issue. The
illustration offers a poor opportunity,
however, by which to Judge the men as to
physique and muscle. They should be
seen personally, when a glance will con-
vince the most critical of their eminent
fitness for the tremendous tests of strength
they are required to Withstand.
The indications all point to the success
OF the coming tournament, comment on
which Is heard throughout the City, not
outstanding the intensity OF interest in
the big hslic event al Carson; besides it Is
expected that large contingent of East
ern sports will enjoy the novelty of wit
Messing the tournament.
Judge James A. CampbelPs willingness
to off1ciate as referee pleases all the teams.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-02-21
SHE WAS KISSED
BY 4 CHINAMAN
Mrs. Fl. B. Holmes Perse-
cuted for Weeks by
All Jim.
Every Morning He Met Her and
Bestowed a Kiss on Her
Cheek.
She Finally Complained to the Police
and He Was Arrested Yester.
day Morning.

All Jim, a repulsive-looking Chinese,
about 45 years of age, has earned the dis
tinction of being a kisser, and his amorous
propensity will likely land him in the
County Jail.
He was arrested yesterday morning by
Policemen Ryan and O'Dea on Sixth
street, near Market, and booked at the
Southern station on a charge of battery.
Soon afterward he was released on 5000
bonds.
The complaining witness against him is
Mrs. H. B. Holmes, a quiet-spoken little
woman about % years of age, living at
1923 Market street. She is employed at
the Baldwin Hotel laundry.
All Jim has been annoying her for the
past three or four weeks by jumping I'M
expectedly in front of her every morning
at Taylor and Market streets while on her
way to work, and kissing her on the
cheek. No word was spoken, and after
An jim had snatched the kiss he walked
hurriedly across Market street and down
Sixth.
Mrs. Holmes leaves her home every
morning shortly alter 6 O'Clock, so that
darkness favored An Jim IN his osculRtory
aspirations. He did not step boldly up to
the lady, throw his arms round her and
of the Donohoe building like a snake, and
bestowed his kiss upon her cheek before
she was aware of his presence.
An Jim is not dressed in the costume of
his countTymen. He wears a sack coat,
SLOUGH hat. vest and trousers. and his
queue is wound round the back of his head
IN a knot. At first Mrs. Holmes did not
know who had insulted her, and 1T was
not for three or four mornings that she
was aware of the fact 1t as Chinese.
She told her co-workers in the laundry
and they advised her TO take a club with
her and use it upon her insuIter. She
shrank from adopting such a drastic
measure. as it would bring her into
notoriety, but after the annoyance became
unbearable, she adopted another sugges-
ton, and informed Policeman John Null
lin, who reported the case to Captain
Spillane.
Ryan and O'Dea were detailed on the
case, and Friday night they called upon
Mrs. Holmes. II WAS arranged that they
should meet her at Ninth and Market
streets Yesterday morning and she was to
point All Jim out 10 them.
Fer two or three mornings Mrs. Holmes
had walked along the south side of Mar
ket street instead of the north thinking
that All Jim would not discover the
change,so Ryan and O'Dea walked swiftly
along the north side and stationed
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rent and 20 cents as the cost of growing,
there is 90 cents left as profit, or in round
figures $4,000.
All Things considered, l am very we'll
satisfied with The fruit business. l am
glad L got out of the City and into some
thing where l am independent. l had it
pretty rough for a while. My partner and
did our own cooking when we were to-
gether, and l did it the next year, but now
pay my board. When l was baching l
lived in a cabin on the ranch.
II am down here now to see some of the
com mission houses in regard to market
ing my crop. l think San Francisco
ought to be the direct market for the
fruit L take four inches of water and pay
Tor the water monthly during the fruit
season."
Mr.. Gorton will be here for several days.
He Is at the Grand. He has grown brown
as berry and says be is hard as iron
from the healthful work in the open air.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-02-21
BURGLARY Is CHARGED.
james Lee, an Ex-Convict, Is Again i
the Tolls.

James Lee, an Ex-Convict, Is Again in
the Tolls.
James Lee, an ex-convict, was arrested
last evening by Detective Cody and booked
at the City Prison on the charge of burg
larry. Other charges will be preferred
against him.
Lee was released short time ago from
the House of Correction after serving a
SIX months term for petty larceny, and a
few nights later he broke into the residence
OF Benjamin Hughes, Stevenson and
Nineteenth streets, and stole a lot of
leweiry. He also broke into the residence
OF John Sullivan, Chapultepec street and
Cortland avenue, and stole gold watch
and chain, several rings and locket.
The stolen property was sold by Lee to
pawnbroker on Market street. The chain
was solid gold, and Cody found yesterday
that 1t had been melted. He intends to
proceed against the pawnbroker.
Lee is painter, and was engaged at his
trade on the Girls High School building
when lot of articles belonging to the
pupils and teachers were stolen, and Cody
thinks Lee was the thief.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-02-21
RED MEN TO CELEBRATE.
There Will Be a Gathering of the Tribes
of This City in Odd Fellows
Hall o-MorTow Night,

The Improved Order of Red Men being
patriotic as well as a beneficiary or
ganization, will do its share tomorrow in
the matter of observing the anniversary of
the birth of George Washington. The
celebration will be in the nature of grand
ball in Odd Fellows Hail, given by the
tribes in this City under the auspices OF
Modoc Tribe No. 81. The committee of
arrangements has been at work for some
time TO make this one of the finest events
ever given by the order in this CITY. 1t is
expected that Great Sachem ]. Sims of
Nevada City will be present and deliver
short address of patriotic character. All
the great chiefs and past chiefs, resident
in this City, have signitied their intention
to be present.
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1t is said that the Irish language is
dying out. Ten years ago GA, ZOO people
spoke Irish only. In 1891 there were
$4,000. In 1881 there were Ss5, 600 who
could speak Irish and English, and last
year there were only 642 900.
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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-02-21
NEW TO-DAY.

Tie advantage of
a policeman over .
burglar is that the Of
fcer has the law or
his side. Health has
the same advantage
over disease. The
Law of Nature is for
people to be healthy.
When they are sick,
Nature helps to cure
them. Natures law
is the guide for cur
ing sick people.
There is no way but
Natures way. What
the doctors call many
different diseas e 8
Nature cures in one
way; by nourishing
the whole body with
1t II
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-02-21
STANDARD QUALITIES.
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TELEPHONE GRANT 1a4.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-16

at police headquarters for aid. As
II CHANGED Chief McDermott
had pointed Dean out to Detective Scully
some two weeks ago. telling him his name
and saying that he might be wanted. When
the detectives were instructed to look out
for him, the chiefs word to Detective
Seully came in handy, and that officer
picked him up soon after being told to
keep an eye out for him. Raburn will re-
turn to Augusta with his prisoner to-day.
When the recorder opens court this
morning Albert Owens will answer to the
charge of striking a negro on the street,
the assaulted having made complaint to
an officer of the treatment he experienced
at Owens hands.
Hattie Washington and Annie Grogan,
a twain of colored women, who are
charged with the reprehensible offense of
fighting on the street, will also face the
recorder, and tell how the other one
started ii.
William Monroe, a diminutive darkey of
10 years standing in the community, win
answer for having struck a playmate on
the head with a bone
Clara Walker and Belle Turner, both coll
ored, are charged with an offense that is
usually reserved for the other sex, ours
ing and abusing on the street Those who
were subjected to Belle and Clara's TRADES
had them arrested for delivering them.
Orange Edmunds, also colored is docketed
for a similar offense against the feelings
of Sarah Bright, colored.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-16
TWO STABBED AND ONE MAY DIE.
william Pollard Arrested For n Sup
posed Fatal Assault.

Two stabbing ARRAYS occurred on the
western side OF the city last night at
about the same time and within a short
distance of each other.
James II. Wilson, a 16-year-old negro
boy. was stabbed in the right breast by
William Pollard, another negro boy Of
about the same age. The stabblng oc-
CURED in front of Guilmaruns stable on
West Broad street about o'clock. The
boy who did the stabblng disappeared in
the darkness. There were several wit
nesses, but mono of them knew the name
of the stabber. They thought the weapon
used was an ice pick, and the appearance
of the wound seemed to corrobOrate this
idea The wounded boy was taken TO DR..
Norton's office. DR.. Norton applied CO.
caine to the wound and advised that the
boy be taken TO the hospital. The police
ambulance was telephoned for and the
boy taken to the Georgia inirmary. Pol
lard was afterWard arrested by Detective
Scully
Perhaps half an hour after the first
stabbing a pistol shot was heard in the
same neighborhood. little later Philip
Dixon, who works at Huff's pharmacy,
at West Broad street and Oglethorpe ave
streaming down his face. He explained
the shooting by saying that he had been
stabbed in the face by another boy and
had then shot at the boy who stabbed
him.
DR.. Norton was sent for and found that
the left temporal artery had been severed.
lie took the boy to his office and ligated
the artery, with the assistance of his son,
DIR. George Norton. The name of the boy
who did the cutting was not known in this
case, but Dixon said his assailant worked
at Shaffers bakery on Jefferson street,
and that he was a short, stout negro, very
black.
The stabbing occurred on Jefferson
street. in front of Mills drug store. II
seems that the two negroes had had
difficulty some time before Dixon claims
that the other negro came up to him on
jefferson street and renewed the difficulty.
He turned to walk away, he said, when
he was stabbed in the face, the force of
the blow knocking him down. When he
regained his feet his assallant was rum
ming, bot inc pulled out d pistol and fired
one shot.
From the meager descriptions furnished
the stabbng might have been done by
the same party in both instances Pol
lard who stabbed Wilson, in front Of
Guilmartin's stables. is said by witnesses
to have begun the difficulty and after be
ing separated from Wilson to have re-
turned to the attack and stabbed him in
the breast Wilson's wound apparently
penetrated the right lung, in which case it
may prove serious.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-16
CHAIRMAN MOTIFS RULING,
1t May Have a Bearing on the Menu
OriaI Day Road Race.

OriaI Day Road Race.
A recent ruling of Chairman Albert Mott
of the racing board of the League of
American Wheelmen, may have a bearing
on the road race to be run on the Augusta
road Memorial day.
Heretofore road races have not been I'M
der the ruling of the league, and it was
not necessary TO obtain a sanction for
them or for the riders to obtain permits to
ride. There was no distinction between
professionals and amateurs. and riders in
both classes could compete. According
to Chairman Motifs latest bulletin, how
ever. road races will hereafter be run
under the protection of the league, and
amateurs will not be allowed to compete
with professionals Mr.. Frank Williams
has written to Chairman Mott in regard
to the matter, so that everything will be
clear, and there will be no misunder-.
standing.
If Chairman Mott holds to his original
opinion, which he doubtless will, many of
the local professionals will be debarred
from the race; or the race will have to be
run as a professional and amateurs de-
barred, but the former course is more
likely.
The lines dividing the amateur and pro-
fessional classes now are very closely
drawn, and there are a number of riders
in Savannah who. although, they may not
be declared professionals, are in a position
TO be put upon the professional list at any
time.
According to the rules now existing, a
rider who in any way is connected with a
cycle agency, no matter in what capacity,
is Obliged to ride as a professional. Some
riders seem to think that to be a profess
sional it is necessary to ride for money or
be paid money, but this is not the case. 1t
will be seen that there are a number of
riders in Savannah who are liable to be
placed in the professional ranks.
The entries for the road race are COM
ing in rapidly and Mr.. Frank Williams al
ready has a number of names. Nearly
every fast man. besides a number who
think they are fast, are in training, and
the roads can be seen filled with them
any afternoon. The entry list will be
closed April "a, so as to give time to fix
the handicaps.