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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-03
Governor Slated to Succeed Perkins
in the United States Senate.
Major Mclaughlin Is Not in the Confidence Of the New
Alliance How the Secrets Of the Combine
We're DiynIged to U. S. Grant.

were not excited until he went south TO
attend the Free Harbor celebration.
Some facts were then brought to his
knowledge that opened his eyes. Even
then he was not convinced, but after
conference with L. S. Grant, which took
place in this city one day last week, the
Senator dismissed all doubt as to the
alliance between Gage and Burns.
The secret as to the compact by which
Case is to succeed Perkins must have
been divulged by some one high in the
councils of the Southern Pacific. The
fact that Senator Perkins received an
invitation to the recent banquet does
not signify that he is in the confidence
Of Huntington and Herrin in political
matters. 1t is known that L. S. Grant
has powerful friends in the East, and
word from New York may have been
flashed over the wire.
The assertion that Major Mclaughlin
has not been taken into the confidence
of Gage and Burns viii not create in
tense surprise. The Major is rated as
good man for certain lines of work.
He is exceptionally good TO amuse big
public men who come to California Tor
recreation and Intellectual rest. 1t is
not certain that Hervey Lindley has
been taken into camp. While he is re-
garded as clever on the surface, he is
rated as deficient in depth.
The Grant men throughout the State
maintain an organization, and propose
TO be ready to meet any scheme to elect
Burns in extra session of the Legila-
ture. Their main hope now is that the
United States Senate will not seat Mr..
Quay of Pennsylvania.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-03
KILLING OF SEALS
STILL CONTINUES
POINT REYES HERD PICKED OFF
ONE AT a TIME.
Many Half Grown Animals Attempt
to Reach the Old Rookeries
Only to Be Sent to Their
Death.

The killing of the sea lions at the Point
Reyes rOokeries is still going on merrily.
Yesterday Deputy Al Wilson telephoned
to Secretary ]. 2. Babcock that he is find
ing enough of these fish killers at the
point to keep him busy for day or so,
although the herd has been scattered from
the rocks upon which they used TO bask
unmolested. The fusillade of Monday
was Jar to their nerves, from which they
have not recovered, but many are anxious
to get back, and consequently they fall
victims of the rifles when they start out
on tours to prospect their old home. In
order to make things interesting Mr.. Will
son says that he has constructed rock
blind at the nearest point to the ''roOst
ing place, from which he blazes away at
all that come along that way. 1t is GER
tain that in this way he Will greatly re-
duce the herd.
AS stated in The Call yesterday, the
rOOkerieS proper are inaccessible from
any point except the water. and there IS
but little inducement for one to approach
the seal Lodges from the ocean side. On
most of the tides the currents run toward
the rookeries from the south through
deep channel close to the foot of the high
cliffs. Nearly all of the providers approach
their old home through this channel, and
as they near the rocks it is their habit to
frequently rise to the surface to watch
for dangerous intruders and to see if any
Of their kind have been successful in get
ting back. The result is a short, sharp
report that is carried landWard by the
gale. which always blows against the face
Of the cliff, and the seal rolls over dead
with a bullet through its head.
Mr.. Wilson's account of recent devel
opments is that the older seals are too
clever to poke their heads into this dan
ger. but the half-grown animals, driven
from the larger breeding rookeries by the
male monarchs of the herds, are compelled
to seek some place for resting, and they
run risks that in most cases prove fatal
These younger fellows are just as greedy
fish killers as any, and their destruction
is of as much Importance as any. So far
It is difficult to tell exactly the number
Of sea lions killed, but with the $50
slain two months ago and what have been
shot in the present expedition it is safe
to say that 1t VIII reach 50o. and the game
Wilson Will likely keep banging away for
a daV or so longer.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-03
COMPETITION FOR PULLMAN.
Wagner sleepers to Come West on
New York Central Routings.

The cut made by President Jim Hill
of the Great Northern on sleeping car
rates from Missouri River points is to be
not the only competition that Mr.. Pull
man and his porters are to have in the
intermittent snooze business westward.
The Vanderbilt people, operating the New
York Central line and routing through to
this city, Los Angeles and Portland, have
announced that after the middle of the
month they will operate through sleepers
to the West.
AS the New York Central hauls nothing
but Wagner sleeperS the conclusion is
that the palacelike Wagner is to enter the
Western field on Vanderbilt routings at
least, and railroad men are looking to the
near breaking up of the cinch that the
Southern Pacific and friendly lines have
had for so long on sleeping car accommo-
dationS
It has been fact for months past that
unless an eaStbound traveller was routed
over the Southern Pacific system or over
lines in which that line participated
largest in profits 1t has been impossible
to get at call choice sections or state
rooms on Pullman sleepers. These roads
have been permitted to chart in advance
all decent accommodations, ana unless
person cared to sleep over the WheelS or
wait tedious length for vacancy he
vas conpeIled TO so change his routing
that the Southern Pacific got its DIVISION.
Rv the system in vogue in the Pullman
offices these roads were permitted to chart
and hold up to within forty-eight hours
Of leaving time every section and state
room on eastbound trains, practically
creating a premium on accommodations
and giving them leverage on Eastern rout-
ING not held by other lines.
TIba invasion of the Wagner will likely
MT stop to such practices and may in
time result i'm a reduction in the rate
charged al present for being bunkoed out
of a nights sleep by an untipped porter.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-03
NORTHERN LINES
CAPTURE COAST
BOUND FREIGHT
Local Merchants Lose
Their Fight.
REDUCED RATES OFFERED
BARS ARE DOWN TO A FLOOD
OF EASTERN COMPETITION.
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
Go Back on the Agreed Sched-
ule on Less Than Car
load Lots.
REDUCED RATES OFFERED
BARS ARE DOWN TO A FLOOD
OF EASTERN COMPETITION.

The big hardware and grocery jobbers
of the East are again free to send their
men and their goods into the West to
enter into active and ruinous competition
with the wholesalers on this side of the
Rockies.
The bars that for nearly year have
held out Eastern dealers from Pacific
Coast territory were let down on Monday
by the Great Northern and Northern Pa
ciic railroads by the adoption of a de-
creased tariff on less than carload lots of
freight of mixed classifications
In an exclusive story in The Call on
Friday last it was stated that the mer-
chants of this city had been given the tip
that the two big northern roads were
about to throw down the agreement en-
tered into by them last Nav with the
other transcontinental lines that met in
Milwaukee at that time. They pledged
themselves to a higher rate on less than
carload lots on westbound freight and by
doing so lifted the unjust burden of East
ern competition from the shoulders of
coast merchants. 1t was further told
that the merchants here had every reason
to believe that their information was au-
thentic and that, working upon that be-
lief, the different associations were hold
ing almost daily meetings to discuss
plans for holding off the threatened in
vasion.
Their agents were in constant commu-
Elcation with the influential jObbers in
Seattle and Tacoma, and with different
correspondents in the north, and a few
days ago a concerted move was made on
the two roads. To no avail, however. The
big firms of the East swung, too, great
power, and yesterday the reduced sched-
ule went into effect
When the Transcontinental Traffic Blu
reau met in Milwaukee last May 1t al
vided freight into five classes and on less
than carload lots raised the rate on clasS
! from 50 30 to 81; on class 2 from Y 10 10
| 81 so: on class from 81 to 81 80: on class
q from 81 20 TO 81 80, and on class from
81 60 to 81 Co. a schedule that effectually
shut out the Eastern firms.
1t prevented the retailer ana small Jop-
Der on the coast putting in his orders to
the Eastern firms and the coast whole
salers of a consequence got the business
that was Justly due them,
The schedule adopted Monday ny the
northern roads is by no means the ola
rate but another just as pad. IL Jumps
freight now running under schedules OF
from 81 20 to SO the hundred pounds INTO
q general rate of 81 so. Under II the
Eastern dealers may mix cargo of pis-
tolls or other high freight with a con
sipnment of tinpiate or other shelf goods
and shin the stuff in under the one rate
Of a dollar and half hundred.
/ Although the merchants. or TINS city
deny that the new rate will have any local
! appIication or influence. the matter was
| Considered of sufficient Importance to
warrant a number of them holding a
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-03
J. S. INGALLS,. President OF the
Co-operatiYe Brotherhood.

is the formation of new branches of the
order in this State. He has already APP
pointed Joseph Asbury Johnson State or
ganizer and the first steps toward or
panization will be taken at meeting to
be held next Saturday night Then the
plan will be explained to the public and
the PROSECUTING will begin
The method of operation is through
fraternal body, but this has reference
only to the social side of the plan. The
real idea is embodied in the colonies to be
formed whenever it is found possible or
profitable to it's members. On the thou
sand acres now in the hands of the Broth
erhood it is hoped to establish a wooden
mill. The sheep will be raised on the
ground by members of the order, the wool
will be carded and spun in the mill on the
farm. and the work will be done by men,
hers of the order, and it will be taken to
market in a vessel belonging to the order
and manned by members.
That is only a start, however, but 1t
serves to show what the plan contem-
plates. The order is divided into two
classes of membership-the resident and
the nonresident. The resident are those
who are on the farms and who do the
work; the nonresident are those who be-
long to the order and pay monthly due
for the purpose, and who at the end of
ten years are entitled to place in the fac
tories of the Brotherhood and support for
themselves and their families. 1t is one of
the rules of the organization that when
member has kept himself in good stand
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-03
AN INCORPORATED CLUB.
The Sunnyside Hall and Improve
ment Association Organized
Under State Law.

1t is the intention of the members of
the Sunnyside Hall and Improvement As
ISOLATION to bring their organization I'M
der the dignity of corporate body. With
this object in view articles of incorpora-
ton will be filed with the County Clerk
as soon as they are drawn by the at
torney of the baby organization. The sum
of $1,000 is set down being the working
capital of the corporation. OF this amount
$205 has already been listed by the follow
ing members. who will constitute the first
board of directors: w. A. Merrill CHAIR
mani, Gustave Schnee, A. II. Ewell, A.
f. Schneider, II. p. Hanson, John Bar
rett. William =. Pell, Peter Quinn, John
Stammer and John A. Johnson.
One of the first acts of the corporation
will be to build it's own hall. which had
been decided on at the first meeting held.
The place selected for this site is on Sun
nyside avenue, near Acadia street, and
but two blocks from the San Francisco
and San Mateo electric car line.
This Improvement club previous to it's
incorporation, did considerable for the
progress Of the Sunnyside district 1t
took leading part in the sewer agitation,
which has for its object the constructing
of a leading outlet from Ocean View to
the Mission Bay, following the course Of
Islais Creek bed This and bringing to the
notice Of the City Hall officials the neces-
sity of schoolhouse and perfection
against fire in the section represented by
IT have been the means of drawing Off
cial eyes to this promising suburban part
of San Francisco.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-03

meeting yesterday afternoon and adj
iourning TO the Southern Pacific offices
for consultation with Mr.. Stubbs, au-
thOrity on freight matters no matter how
intricate. There the question was talked
over pro and con, and as a result of it
the merchants here have no fear that the
Southern Pacific or southern systems will
follow the lead of the other lines
The question resolves itself for the pres
ent into a proposition concerning solely
the dealers in Seattle, Tacoma, Portland
and Spokane, but the business men of
those towns have stood so stanchly with
the local merchants in their fight that the
local dealers will now stand with them
and if the combined influence carries the
weight expected it will not be long be-
fore the Great Northern and Northern
Pacific will be again swung into the line
of opposition to Eastern competition.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-03

Hoffman was at the Palace saloon.
They will be defendants in the poker
cases when they are called for trial.
Klein was arrested last January by
Policeman DAILY for begging, and got
thirty days in Jail. The police give
him a bad character.
Judge Conlan, in sentencing the two
men yesterday. said they ought to be
ashamed of themselves. They were
both able-bodied men, but instead of
working for an honest living they pre-
ferred to impose upon charitable peo-
pie by begging and to spend the money
they received at the poker tables. 1t
was frauds like them that prevented
many charitably inclined people from
helping the really deserving poor, and
he would give them the full limit the
law allowed him. If the police had
placed a charge of vagrancy against
them, which should have been done, he
would have given them the extra six
months each.
Both Klein and Hoffman claimed
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-03

" HERE is not in the minds Of the
leading politicians OF California
the slightest doubt that Cover
nor Gage desires to appoint L.
NJ. Burns United States Senator
for California and that he will make
the appointment il the Senate admits
to q seat Matt Quay Of Pennsylvania.
Recent events convince Senator
George c. Perkins and L. s. Grant Jr.
that an alliance has been formed be
tween Governor Gage and Colonel
Burns which contemplates the caEdi-
Gacy Of the Governor to succeed Per
kins in the Senate four years hence.
While the supporters Of L. :. Grant
at Sacramento last winter knew that
Gage was openly hostile to Grant they
old not suspect that the avOwed hos
tility had a deeper significance than
the desire Of the executive to promote
the political fortunes IF Dan Burns.
War was not declared on all who es-
poused the cause of Grant. Senator
Perkins was. however, sharply criti-
cised for appointing a man like Colonel
J. p. Jackson to the Office of Collector
of the Port The point was advanced
Federal Office. contributed not one dol
lar TO the Republican State Central
Committee In reply 10 these COM
ments Colonel Jackson remarked that
he contributed TO the campaign, but did
not give to the committee as he de-
sired his contribution to go where his
confidence was repOsed.
There was a fixed opinion at Sacra
mento that Perkins was favorable to
Grant as the election Of the San Diego
man would satisfy the south and leave
the field clear for the election of a
northern man TO i'll the next vacancy
IN the Senate. In this manner Perkins
expected to smooth the way for his own
reelection.
AS explained to The Call, the alliance
Of Gage and Burns for Senatorial
hOnOrs does not embrace Major Nc
Laughlin. chairman Of the Republican
State Central Committee. 1t is asserted
that the Major has not been advised Of
the deal Senator Perkins suspicious
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-03
THE
GOSPEL OF THE
BROTHERHOOD
Mission of J. S. ingalls,
to T his City.

There are a thousand acres Of land up in
Washington which is peopled by the mem
bers of the Cooperative Brotherhood. They
clear the land themselves, they will run
the sawmill which will cut up the timber
they fall and they have already stab
lished a cigar factory, which is adding
materially to the wealth of the little COM
munity they are rapidly forming Mem
bers are being enlisted from all over the
country, and they have grown in number
from the beginning of February, when
the scheme was launched, until now,
when they number over 1000.
The president of the Brotherhood is now
in the city,. S. Ingalls-and his mission
n.-~-n-N-a- ~-H-~-3->a-A n
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-03
c. L. A. S. Bazaar a Success.

The Catholic Ladies' Aid bazaar. which
closes on Saturday night. is now an as
sured success. Mrs. NJ. Deane, who is the
president of the society. so announces.
There was another large crowd in attend
ance last evening and the booths, voting
contests and auctioneers did a lively bust
ness. One of the features of the evening
was the singing Of Miss Julia Sullivan,
the well-known contraito. Mrs. Deane
said last night that no attempt was being
made toward giving a long musical pro-
gramme for the reason that il interfered
with the business of the bazaar
The ladies Of the society are deeply
grateful to their many friends and the
public generally who by their generosity
have contributed to the success of the
bazaar. The lunchroom as usual did a
large business. The indications are that
the crowd will continue to attend the
bazaar until 1t closes.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-03

and in that way the time checks will be
of equal value.
There is much more to the plan, but the
underlying principle is one that aims to
secure for the laborer the greatest return
for the labor he eXpends. The plan is in
its infancy and the farm in Washington
is the only one so far established, but if
it prove successful others will be estab
lished as the growth of the members war
rants.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-03
Nickel-in-the-slot Cases.

Eleven cases of saloon-keepers, charged
with having nickel-in-the-slot machines
on their premises, were called before act
inc Police Judge GroeZinger yesterday.
Tbe arrests were made some months ago
and the Judge suggested that the de-
PENDANTS should plead guilty and he would
infiict a nominal fine. Prosecuting Attor-
nev Carpenter objected to such propo-
sition. but the Judge continued the cases
til tomorrow to enable the defendants
10 come to an understanding and promise
not to use the machines again.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-03

ing for ten years the order is bound to
take care Of him and give him a chance
to earn his own living, whatever hap
pens.
For compensation the plan provides that
all the working members shall receive
time checks, the value of which will be
determined by the income of the colony.
The bylaws contemplate such an equali-
cation of work and hours that one occu-
patton will be as desirable as another
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-03

WULIUS KLEIN and Herman Hoff-
man, two of the gang of poker
players arrested during the raid
- a week ago last Monday night
appeared before Judge Conlan
yesterday and were each sentenced to
six months in the County Jail for be-
ing professional beggars. Klein, who
is 81 years of age, burst into tears
when receiving his sentence and was
led from the courtroom in a lachry
NOSE condition. They were arrested
last Thursday morning at McAllister
and Buchanan streets by Policemen
Cullinan and Geiman, who had
watched them going from house to
house begging for money or clothes.
The money they received and the
money obtained for clothing which
they sold to secondhand dealers was
utilized in playing poker at the resorts
on Market street. They were so en-
gagged when the police raided the re-
sorts last week. Klein was among the
men arrested at the Metropole and
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-03
The Pool Selling Cases.

When the pool-selling .caseofH. L. Jones
was called in acting Police Judge Groez-
inger's Court yesterday Attorney Ach,
true to his promise filed an affidavit ask
ing that the Sheriff should serve the
venire owing to prejudice on the part of
the police, but Prosecuting Attorney Car
penter objected and the Judge sustained
him The police viii serve the venire and
the case viii be tried next Saturday after
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-03
Cnnnterfeiter Arrested

Maurice Lucas has been arrested in Sc
attic by Secret Service Detective Hazen
Of that district on suspicion of being a
partner OF G.. NJ. Long now awaiting
trial in the Federal courts In this CITY
for making and passing counterfeit five
dollan pieces. He will be brought to this
city for trial.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-03

The best bicycle and bath enamels. also
floor and house paints, cheap in artists
material department at Sanborn & Wallis,
TAI Market street.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-03

that they were forced to beg in the
first instance, as they lost all their
money at the poker tables. They got
so infatuated with the game that they
lost all desire for work and hoped to
always win back the money they had
lost with the money they got by beg
ging. They had a regular system and
had a list in their pockets of the
houses they had called at, so that they
would not make mistake in going the
second time with probably different
story.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-03

'Pegamoid'' gold, latest. best. perfect paint.
sample bottle 25c. Pegamoid, SO Chronicle bldre
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-03
ADVERTISEMENTS.
DRESS GOODS!
EXTRAORDINARY OFFERING f.!

On Tuesday, Mau 3D. We will place On sale
our entire stock of GENUINE FRENCH ETA
MINES and GRENADINES at about On6-third
former prices.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-03

49, Cleveland bicycles, $40 and $50; '99'
Crescents. s35. Leayitt & Bill. 300 Larkin.'
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-03

All of the above EXAMINES and GRENADINES.
We have in Blacks Also
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-03

THERE is not in the minds Of the
leading politicians Of California
the slightest doubt that Cover