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The San Francisco call., 1898-04-20
VAS THERE
 COLLISION ]? City May Have Lost Val uable Land by Negli-
 gence or Design.
Twenty Thousand Dollars in Property Involved in
 a Lawsuit.
There May Be Sensational Investi- cation of the Matter by
 tho Board.

It may not be many days before the Board of Supervisors will be in the midst of sensational investigation. The fuse that may lead to the expected explosion was lighted yesterday oy the judiciary committee of the board, when it adopted the following report to be submitted to the Supervisors on Monday next:
 In the communication of the City and County Attorney of April II. 1898, in reference to Mis- sion Creek and Channel street land this officer reports that prior to the rendition of the judg- ment in favor of the city and county in the case of the city and county of San Francisco vs. John Center ct al, the city lost a part of said lands in the case of James w. Good win Joseph Sheerer and the city and county of San Francisco.
 Tn this case the plaintiff, Goodwin, obtained a Judgment against the defendants which di- vested the city of all title to the land described in the complaint in that action. This case was tried in the Superior Court by of my pre- taken to the Supreme Court by me after I be- came City and County Attorney.
 After the most elaborate arguments the Supreme Court affirmed the Judgment of the Superior Court on the ground that the city had shown title to the land m the trial before the Superior Court saving that however good the title of the city might have been she had failed to put 1t in evidence on the trial in the Superior Court and must take the con- sequences of that failure.
 This recital naturally occasions some surprise and the reasons for the singular action in not putting the title of the city and county to the
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-20
ROYAL ARCH MASONS.
Officers of the Grand Body Elected for the Ensuing Year-The
 Degree Exemplified.

The Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of the State of California met yesterday in annual session in the Masonic Temple, Grand High Priest w. Frank Pierce presiding
 There was a full representation of the grand officers, past grands and represen- tatives.
 The report of the grand high priest. grand secretary and finance committee were presented and referred to appro- priate committees. That occupied the morning session, and an adjournment was taken until half-past 1 o'clock in the af ternoon. At that time the following named were elected grand officers for the ensuing year:
 Eli Tucker Blackmer of San Diego grand high priest; Florin Leslie Jones of Pasadena, deputy grand high priest; Eduard Richard Hedges of Stockton grand king; Samuel Hopkins Wagner grand scribe; Franklin Ii. Day of San Francisco, grand treasurer; and Thomas Hubbard Caswell. grand secretary. These officers and the appointed officers will he installed this morning.
 Later in the afternoon there was an ay- emplification before the grand body of the Royal Arch degree by Grand Tecturar Thomas Hubbard Caswer after wbicb the grand body adjourned until this morn ing.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-20
San FranCisCo's Apportionment Cut Down by the New
 Order.
FRANK H. GOULD AN ACTIVE AGENT
Much Speculation as to Who Is to Benefit by the Democratic
 Throat-Cutting.

The friends of Congressman Mcguire have just awakened to the fact that they have been made the victims of a piece of political strategy that bids fair to rob their standard bearer of the chance of realizing his ambition to se- cure the nomination for Governor on the Democratic ticket.
 Even this is not the worst of the sit uation. These same friends unwitting- ly permitted themselves to be made parties to their own undoing. circum- stance that adds much bitterness to the pill they will be forced to swallow.
 It was at Saturdays meeting of the Democratic State Central Committee that the strategicmove was executed. So inoffensive did it appear on the surface and so quietly and naturally was it un- folded before the unseeing eyes of the astute politicians against whom its hid den shaft was directed that not one dis senting voice was raised against it. It was presented in the form of the fol- lowing resolution offered by Frank H. Gould:
 Resolved, That the basis of repre- sentation in the next Democratic State Convention be fixed at one for each county and one for each 200 votes or major fraction thereof cast for William J. Bryan at the last general election.
 The resolution was adopted without a dissenting vote, no apparent signiff- canoe being attached to the fact that Gould is himself a prospective candi- hn of ha of Io State ticket. Since Saturday, however, a great light has flooded the minds of the good Democrats, who have de- clared themselves to be for Mcguire first last and all the time. It has been borne in upon them that there was a very definite purpose in the mind of the framer of the resolution when he fixed the basis of representation on the vote for Bryan instead of the vote for Budd
 Even the kindergarten politicians know that Bryan's vote in the State outside of San Francisco was much larger than that received by Budd. They also know that Budd received more votes in this city than did the de- feated candidate for President. It is also well known that Mcguire is very popular in San Francisco and that this popularity does not extend to other portions of the State, because, among other things, of the statesman's views on the single tax question. All of these things were considered by the framer of the resolution introduced by MT. Gould. By means of the new ba- sis of county representation the voting strength of the convention is increased by I'll votes over what 1t would have
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-20
MUST PAY 4
 HEAVY FINE The Cooks of the Klana- ath Lumber Company
 Mulcted.
Judge Morrow Taxes Them More Than One Thousand
 Dollars for Contempt.
An Order of Court Must Be Obeved Even if the Order Is Declared
 to Be Erroneous.

The Cooks, the father and two sons. who constitute the guiding spirits of the Klamath River Lumber and Improvement Company, learned from the lips of United States Circuit Judge Morrow yesterday that it is a serious thing to disobey an or der of court, even by the advice of an at- torney.
 That part of the lesson which appeals to them with most force Is the imposition of
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-20
Dr. Rosenau and Captain McGregor of the Venus
 at Outs.
Dr.. Jordan and Custom House Officer Shepnan Have
 War of Words.
Arrival of tho Penelope With Gold Hunters En Route for Kotzebue
 Sound.

The Pacific Mail Company's steamer Newport arrived from Panama and way ports yesterday with eleven cabin and twelve steerage passengers and $11S,1a3 in treasure Dr. Jordan, who was acting as United States quarantine officer, and Boarding Officer Shepman had passage at-arms. AS soon as he boarded the steamer the quarantine officer said to Shepman: By whose authority are you
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-20
Sudden Death

August Eichhorn died suddenly yesterday at his room at 6S6 Clay street and the body was taken to the Morgue. He had been sick for causes.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-20
Special Notice.

To those troubled with itching scalp, dandruff and falling hair, cut this out and mail to Smith Bros, Fresno. Cal who will send free sample of Smith,s e Dandruff Pomade, which is for sale by all druggists.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-20
FORMATION DEMOCRATIC CLUBS

yTHE Democratic voters will assemble in the | several Assembly Districts THIS CWED- NESDAY) EVENING at 8 o'clock for club organization and nomination for members of the General Committee in the following places 2Sth District-Drews Hall 121 New Montgomery st. gath District-Metropolitan Hall dower) 9th and Jessie sts. 30th District-100S Howard st. 31st District-Teutonia Hall. Howard st. between 9th and 10th 32d District-NE. corner Grammar and 3d sts 33d Distrct-Mannerbund Hall cor 24th and Potrero ave, South San Francisco 34th Dstrict-Mission Turner Hall 18th st., between Valencia and Guerrero. 35th District-24th and Mission sts. 36th District Roando Hall. 2Sth and Church sts. 37th Dis trict-Mowry's Hall Laguna and Grove sts. 38th Dfstrict-Powers Hall, Pierce and Turk s,s. 39th Distrlct-Saratoga Hall. S14 Geary st. 4Oth District-Franklin Hall. Bush and Fill mere sts. fist District-SW. corner of Hilbert and Hyde sts.- 42d District-Turner Hall. BIO O Farrell st. 43d District-Apollo Hall, S10 Pa cific street. 44th District-Washington Square Hall. Stockton and Union sts. 45th District Garibaldi Hall. 330 Broadway.
 P. J. BARNEY, Chairman General Committee Democratic
 Party.
 J. F. McGOvERN, Secretary
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-20
False Imprisonment Alleged

Yonetaro Tku.noto commenced suit yester- day against G. T. Marsh to recover sl0 Ooo for alleged false imprisonment He alleges that the defendant unwarrantedly had him arrested and detained for eighteen hours.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-20

J. J. O'BRIEN & CO.,. Murphy Bldg, Mkt. & Jones. sell STANDARD" shirts'
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-20
BOUND FOR THE KLONDIKE.

a h mouth o w t D n he pd n
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-20
THE CITY IS DELIGHTED WITH THE Cinematographic ife-Moving Enactment of
 THE PASSION PLAY

Every Afternoon and Evening at 3:15 and s:90. at the Y. M. c. A. Auditorium. Admission. 25c. Children, 15c.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-20
FL CAMPO.
SHERMAN. CLAY s co. HALL.

Return Engagement. Evenings of April 26 and 27. Matinees April % and 30. LITTLE PA LOMA SCHRAMM. This dainty little Swear unparalleled in the musical world. Sale of seats begins Monday morning at o'clock Prices, 5ec and si. Children, 25c.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-04
FATAL CONTACT
WITH LIVE WIRE
Two Men EIectrocuted
at Honolulu.
ONE WAS A SAN FRANCISCAN
AWFUL DEATH OF THOMAS
HANNAH.
Goes to Assist a Stricken Native
Hackman and Is Himself
Killed by the Elec-
trio Current.
ONE WAS A SAN FRANCISCAN
AWFUL DEATH OF THOMAS
HANNAH.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

VICTORIA, Nov. 3.-Honolulu adj
vices received to-day tell of the cleo
trocution of Thomas Hannah of San
francisco, a member of Company 1,
New York Engineers, and a native
hackman, and the narrow escape from
death of Private Gertz Of San Fran
cisco on the night of October o.
Hannah and Gertz were in a carriage
on their way to camp. The night was
dark and stormy. In the heart of the
city their journey was INSTRUCTED by
a horse lying in the street near a de-
serted hack. Near by the body of a
man was seen. Alighting, Hannah
placed his hands on the body to lift it.
He was trtcken dead instantly by a
current of about 1000 volts Gertz
placed his hand on Hannah and he was
hurled to the ground. A fireman seized
him by the shoes and pulled him away
from the deadly current, saving his
life. The electric current came from a
live wire that had fallen to the street
Hannah was a native of Tennessee
and a pressman by trade He worked
for several years on the San Francisco
papers. At the outbreak of the war
he enlisted in the Third Battalion,
Second Volunteer Engineers
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-04
REACHING FOR TRADE
IN NEW POSSESSIONS
Elaborate System of Transportation
Is Being Arranged by Vari-
0J1S CornnanieS

CHICAGO, Nov. 3.-Much interest has
been shown throughout the West among
the business and travelling public as to
the recently acquired territory in the
West Indies. 1t seems that the transpor-
tation companies have been actively at
work to establish direct connection from
the West, as well as from the East, for
Santiago, Havana and Porto Rico, and
their plans in this line have been ad-
vanced so far as to enable them to an
nounce at least a part of their arrange
ments for reaching these places from
Chicago and the entire West.
There are two steamships weekly con-
Meeting Port Tampa with Havana. After
December l the service will be increased
Direct connections with Port Tampa from
Chicago and the West will be made over
the Chicago and Eastern Illinois and
Louisville and Nashville, the plant sys-
tenn of railroads, connecting with the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad at
Montgomery, Alabama. Through sleepers
and direct connections will be made with
made with the steamship line
It is contemplated that arrangements
will be made with the various steamship
companies at Havana to establish dur
ing the winter a regular line of steam-
ships, running between Havana, Santiago,
Porto Rico and Kingston, Jamaica. Def
mite arrangements have not been made
is being formed for a regular steamship
service touching these points. There will
be railroad connection between Havana
and Cienfuegos. From there regular
steamship lines will soon be put In ope-
ration.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-04

river by polling boat is difficult and
dangerous.
The principal tributaries of the river
now located and being prospected are
Walkers Fork with its tributaries Poker.
9e eRney ye and NILS be TBsrr
Mosquito Fork with its tributaries, Chick
en- and Eagle Creeks. Napoleon and nd
Franklin Creeks, North Fork with its
tributaries, Joe DAVIS, Bonanza, Hutchi-
son or Holton, Bullion, Mammoth or Ar
kansas, Comet, Eureka and State Creek,
q Brien, Dome and Liberty Creek
A pay streak forty feet wide has been
located on Walker Fork, running from
3 to so cents a pan. Ground sluicing this
summer realized one to two ounces TO
the man, according to the depth of the
gravel.
dorado this does not sound over-invit-
ing, but, nevertheless, great numbers are
leaving Dawson for these diggings, be-
lieving that these little more than sur
bedrock. Boundary Creek flows into the
Yukon near, the boundary line, on the
first time last winter, and gold being
found, was staked its entire length.
On nearly all the creeks the size of the
will be done throughout this wide terri
tory during the winter and the develop
ments. of next springs cleanup will be
1 left Dawson with the Seattle No. 8.
Captain D4 Puy on August 2S. and re-
at ClIcIe lily While she went INTO
the flats and recovered a barge she had
left there, and returned here with her.
Captain Barrington's little steamer
Aquilla, which he tried to get over the
pass last winter and failed, and winch he
took back to Dyea and started on Its long
journey around by the ocean and the
mouth of the river, arrived up on the day
that the captains body was sent up the
river on its way out to Seattle for burial.
The Tyrrell, Campbell, Oil City, Seattle
and Lightning also arrived, and the
Susie on her second trip. The Clara left
a barge in the flats and on this barge
were the freight and outfits of nearly all
her passengers. Some of the passengers
were landed here in destitute circum-
stances. The steamer has gone into the
upper river trade, her owners fearing to
return to American territory lest she
should be seized, and the passengers APP
pear to be helpless in the matter.
The Boston and Alaska Company's two
steamers, Governor Pingree and Phillip
Low, which have with them the supplies
for the Canadian military post at Fort
Selkirk, arrived Sunday evening. the 18th.
AT Rampant City, away down at Minook,
the Government officers on board took
the boat, put a new captain in charge and
sent a committee up the river to secure
a third boat to come to their rescue. The
committee leased the Seattle for $50 900
and returned down the river. The Seat
tie has not yet returned. She has In
charge the Chicago" the barge having
on board the military supplies. The
weather is still open, but even the up
river boats are advertising their last
open to navigation only few days more. |
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-04
SYDNEY CONFEDERATION
BURNS TWENTY MILLS
Thousand Lives Lost in the Great
Fire That Recently Swept
HankoU China.

VICTORIA, Nov. 3.-The steamer Aor-
angt, which arrived to-day from Aus
tralia, via Honolulu, brings news of a
large fire at Sydney on October s, which
destroyed twenty large mills and intiict-
ed a heavy loss of property.
Drought and hot winds have played
havoc with the Australian wheat fields.
The Commissioner of Agriculture says
there will not be enough wheat for local
demand.
Labor day, October u, was generally OBJ
served in New Zealand. Coal miners and
other laborers made such a strong repre-
sentation that the enactment of an eight
hour law is expected.
Later reports from the conflagration at
Hankow, China, say that 10000 houses
were destroyed and thousand people
killed and burned to death. 1t Is stated
that the Fiji Government has Withdrawn
the subsidy of G1500 a year to the Can
adam Australian line.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-04
SAW PULVERlZED GLASS
PUT IN THE P0RRIDGE
Sensational Testimony of Servant
Girl at Mrs. Sanderson's
Examination

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. Nov BIN
the examination of Mrs. Rodolphus San
derson, accused of the murder of her hus-
band, Marie Robertson, the servant girl
whose disclosures brought about the ar
rest, was again placed on the stand to-
day and was cross-examined by Lawyer
Crosby.
The witness said that Mrs Sanoerson
did not secrete the pulverized glass which
she had prepared to put in the porridge,
but left it so that her husband could find
1t IL he tried. She said the glass was
ground in a cellar and was brought up In
the condition in which it was fed to Mr..
Sanderson and placed On a soup dish IN
the coal range, where 1t remained all day.
She said she saw the glass put in the oat-
meal next morning.
The examination was adjourned until
November %, when Miss Roberson's tes-
timony will be completed, and DR.. Pres
colt of the University of Michigan will
testify as to whether glass was found in
the stomach of Mr.. Sanderson at the
chemical ANALYSIS,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-04
u. S. CONSUL GENERAL
GOLDSCHMIDT DEAD
Succumbs to Lingering Illness at
His Post in Berlin-His Home
in Milwaukee.

BERLIN, Nov. 81. Goldschmidt. the
United States Consul General here, died
last evening. He had been in ill-health
for some time.
CHICAGO, Nov. 3.-Julius Goldschmidt
was appointed Consul General to Berlin
last year. His home was In Milwaukee,
where he was in business. During the
Harrison administration he was Consul
General in Vienna, his term ending in
1893. He returned to Milwaukee and re-
ests at that time. He came to the United
States thirty. years ago from Germany.
setting in n m d wnefe he quickly
of that city. In 1884 he participated ac-
lively in the national campaign, when
James @. Blaine was q candidate for the
Presidency. In 1888 he was chosen one of
the Electors from Wisconsin on the Re
publican ticket and as q member of the
Electoral College cast his vote for Harri-
son. He was appointed soon after to be
Consul General to Austria.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-04
H. LOCKWOOD HEWITT
DIES OF APPENDICITIS
Was Manager for Charles F'rohman
and Well Known in Theatri-
cal Circles

NEW YORK. Nov. 3-H. lockwood
Hewitt, widely known in theatrical cir
ces all over the country as H. Rock
wood, Charles Frohmans general bust
ness manager, died from appendicitis last
night at the San Reno
Mr.. Rockwood,s start in the theatrical
business was made more than twelve
years ago as a manager Of road com
panies. He was connected In this capac-
ity with the "Esmeralda," young Mrs
Winthrop and HELD by the Enemy
companies.
When Mr.. Frohman established his
stock company at what Is now Proctors
Twenty-third-stre Theater, he made Mr..
lockwood his general business mana
ger, a position which the latter has re-
tanned ever since and which has grown
to be one of the greatest responsibility,
as Mr. Frohmans enterprises have in
creased in number and extent.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-04
Shot by a Highwayman.

SPOKANE, Nov. 3.-Ex-Councilman Da-
wilson was shot by q masked highway
man on a Ross Park car tonight. He will
recover. Three masked men boarded the
car. One held UP the motorman another
stood on the rear platform and the third
ordered the passengers to throw up their
hands Davidson sprang at the robber
and beat him over the head with an UNI
brella. The robber fred and the three
highwaymen jumped off the car and es-
caped in the darkness. The bullet went
within an inch of Mr.. Davidsons heart.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-04
monument to Dead Volunteers.

LOS ANGELES, Nov "a plah is on
foot here to raise S30, 900 with which to
erect a monument in oDe of the city parks
in memory of the twenty members of the
Seventh Regiment of California Volun-
teers who died while the regiment was in
members of the regiment and the officers
are Interested and propose. to give an ex-
hfhftion drill as a means of raising por-
ton of the sum.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-04
WRECKED NEAR KENNETH.
Freight Train on the Oregon Line
Badly Damaged.

REDDING, Nov. "A south-bound
freight train was badly wrecked tonight
two miles this side of Kennett. The en-
CINE and six cars left the track and piled
up in a confused mass of wreckage- one
the trainnen escaped uninjured. Spread
ing of the rails was the cause. The Ore
gon express, which should. reach San
Francisco in the morning, Will De delayed
twelve or fourteen hours.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-04
Hunter Fatally Wounded.

SALINAS, Nov. 3.-Joseph Kelly, aged
"a, was fatally wounded while hunting
near here to-day. While riding in
wagon his gun slipped from the vehicle
and was discharged. The charge struck
him in the breast. The wound is very
large and the doctors extracted therefrom
a brass coat button, the gun wad some
shot and pieces of clothing. Some wad-
ding entered the lung. The young man
was a member of Troop G, National
Guard, and a son of Peter Kelly, a prom
inent rancher of Salinas Valley.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-04
Bold Robbery at San Diego.

SAN DIEGO, Nov. "a remarkably
bold robbery was committed early this
evening, the victim being George Nc
Nealy son of ex-Judge McNealy, we'll
known lawyer of this city. At about 8
O'Clock Young McNealy went to his
fathers office. and was confronted by
hobo. who struck him a singing. blow on
the head. rendering him unconscious. NC
Neaiv had on his person about S3S, which
the hobo escaped with, and has not yet
bean cantIIred.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-04
DENVER sTREETcAR DEAL.
An Effort to Consolidate Cable and
Electric Lines.

DENVER. Nov. 3.-David H Moffatt.
the millionaire banker, is trying to con-
solidate city cable and tramway electric
street railway lines of this city. Several
weeks ago an effort was made to get a
new franchise for the cable but the Mayor
vetoed the measure and the company at
once went into the hands of a receiver.
Mr. Moffatt is now in New York endeay-
oring to finance the scheme. There are
six street railways in Denver, of which
three are operated by electricity, one by
electricity and steam, one by cable cleo
tricity and horse power. and one by horse
power.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-04
Rounding Up Cattle Thieves.

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 3--Sheriff Burr
believes that he has found an organized
band of cattle thieves at the old San Ga
briel Mission and butcher named Harry
T., FIournoy of the Mission has been ar
rested. The Sheriff is in quest of several
others whose names are not known. They
have been stealing cattle. it is alleged,
arounG the San Gabriel Valley for several
months and selling the meat after killing
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-04
LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

TRANSATLANTIC STEAMERS
NEW YORK-Sailed Nov 3-Stmr Weimar
for Bremen.
QUEENSTOWN-Saile Nov a-Stmr Cata-
lonia, for Boston, stmr Majestic, for New York.
GENOA-Sailed Nov 3-Stmr Aller. for New
York.
PHILADELPHIA - Arrived Nov 3 = Stmr
Italia, from Liverpool
BALTIMORE-Arrived Nov 3-stmr Munchen,
from Bremen.
HAMBURG Arrived Nov S-stmr Phoenicia.
from New York