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The San Francisco call., 1899-05-18
sTADFR's HOME BURNED.
A Defective Chimney Destroys Two
Houses on Wilder Street.

The fire alarm from box 5T (Chenery
and Diamond at 12:45 p. m. yesterday
was for fire at the residence of Chris
Stader, president of the West of Castro
Street Improvement Club, at 90 Wilder
street. In consequence of the high wind
that blew in through the creek ravine
of Glen Park, together with the distance
from the nearest engine-house. the home
joining house, which was owned BIZ him.
but occupied as a residence by John
Hermann, was partly burned. To add to
the other miSfortunes attending the fire
there was a scarcity of water in the
neighborhood. and it was with difficulty
that the firemen were enabled to force
ii TO the desired object
The buildings were insured for Sl400
which amount does not nearly cover the
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-18
SEAMEN WILL
MAKE TROUBLE
FOR A SERGEANT
Coast Union Makes a
Complaint.
MAY COST BUNNER HIS STAR
ACCUSED OF CONDUCT UNBE-
COMING AN OFFICER.
Chief Lees Unwillingly Receives the
Affidavit, but New One Will
Be Filed With Police
Commissioners.
MAY COST BUNNER HIS STAR
ACCUSED OF CONDUCT UNBE-
COMING AN OFFICER.

Andrew Furuseth. secretary of the
Sailors Union of the Pacific, and Edward
Rosenberg, secretary of the Labor Coun-
Gil and business manager of the Coast
Seamen's Journal, filed an affidavit last
night with Chief of Police Lees, charging
Sergeant Stephen Bunner of the harbor
police with unofficerlike conduct. The
charge may cause Sergeant Bunner to
lose his star.
The affidavit recites that on May II in
formation was received by the union that
some sailors wanted to leave the schooner
Ellen A, then lying off Meiggs wharf.
Accordingly a committee composed of
three members of the union-John Pear
son, A. Ekman and NJ. Crowell-put out
In small boat to inquire into the matter.
Whlle they Were parleyIng with the
mate Sergeant Bunner came alongside in
the police boat. According TO the affi-
daVlts flled, Bunner wanted TO know what
the trouble was. Upon being informed,
he asked the mate if the three men were
wanted on board. The mate said they
We're not and Bunner, it is alleged, began
to abuse, them in forcible terms. II is
charged he told the mate to throw them
overheard and shoot hole through their
boat II they did not leave in hurry.
Upon PEARSON demonstrating with him, it
is stated, Bunner threatened ito smash
his face in and to do other bodily harm.
The men thereupon got back in the boat
and pulled away.
In discussing the affair last night Mr..
present the affidavit TO the Police Com
missioners, but as they did not meet last
night we filed it with Chief Lees be-
lieving that would do as well. We were
soon undeceived, however, for Chief Lees
gave US scant satisfaction He very un-
willingly received the affidavit and ad-
vised US to take the matter to the courts.
He said we had no business to bring it
to him or the Commissioners He seemed
to think sailor has no right to quit a
vessel when he wants to. However, we
will prepare new affidavit and present
it to the Commissioners at their next
meeting, and they may listen to our COM
plant
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-18


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The San Francisco call., 1899-05-18
Hotop Must Answer.

Frederick Hotop, the conductor on the
California street line who had vitrioI
thrown in his face by Maggie Magee
Monday, appeared before Judge Graham
yesterday on the charge of betrayal un-
der the promise of marriage He was
represented by Attorney j. n E. Wilson,
who asked for a continuance till May %,
which was granted.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-18
r. IL Plummer,s Will.

The will of Richard H. Pummer, who
died April %, has been filed for probate.
The estate of the deceased consists of real
and personal property valued at over
$40 ,000 To his brother, Benjamin T. Plum
mer. the deceased leaves $40 month dur
ing that brothers life; to his sister, Ann
F. Pepperd $1,000; the residue is devised
to the testator's widow Belle H. Plum
mer who is named as eXecutriX TO serve
without bonds
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-18
Tn the Divorce Court.

DEGREES Of divorce have been granted
Lillian Nolan from David Nolan on the
ground of extreme cruelty; Mary Bates
from Harry Bates on the ground of de-
sertion, and Mary Z. Havens from Ed
ward S. Havens on the grounds of intem
perance and failure to provide Suits for
divorce have been filed by Helen Williams
against John c. Williams, for failure to
provide, and by Byron |. Taylor against
Sarah TAYLOR for desertion.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-18
Treasurer Truman Mandamused.

Joseph P. Stevens, stenographer of
Judge Cooks court, has taken the advice
tempt proceedings and yesterday filed
petition in the Superior Court for a writ
of mandamus to compel Treasurer l. j.
Truman to cash his demands upon the
treasury for the sum of s117, for labor
performed The case has been assigned to
Judge Cook for hearing.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-18
The Jury Disagreed.

Albert Bierwirth, who on November 20
last killed Arthur Brown with club in
the Globe House, SEQ Howard street, will
again stand trial. Yesterday afternoon
the jury, after being out all night, an
3ounced that it was impossible to agree
upon a verdict. Six stood for conviction
while six were for justifiable homicide
The jury was then discharged by Judge
Lawlor. The case will again be set for
trial
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-18
NEW TYPO OFFICERS.
Fl. Gibb Made President of Union
Mum Der 81.

Typographical Urion No. q held an
election yesterday with the following re-
suit:
President. H. Glib; first vice president, T. H.
Arnold: second vice president H z. Sleeper:
secretary..H L. White; recorder. W. j. French:
delegates to International typographical Union,
= F. Hawkes. j. T. Houston; delegates to
Labor Council T. II. Arnold, NJ. Monohan, c.
Il. Parker J. K. Phillips; sergeant at arms
George L. Taylor.
Three hundred and three votes were
east.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-18

Jennie Eicher a well-dressed young
woman, walked into the office of the Chief
of Police yesterday and asked to see her
parents. whom she designated as the
King and Queen. When questioned. the
woman said that her mother and father
had been arrested for betraying God and
she was anxious to see them. Convinced
that the visitor was mentally deranged
Chief Lees ordered her locked up in the
detention ward of the Receiving Hospital
pending an examination as to her sanity.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-18
A Murderous Cripple.

Joseph Burns, a mendicant who has
lost the use of both legs. appeared be-
fore Judge Mogan yesterday to answer
a charge of assault with a deadly weapon
in trying to cut S. J. Sims. 149 Fifth
street. with a knife. He agreed to plead
guilty to battery and the Judge convicted
him and sentenced him to three months
in the County Jail
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-18

a Nihilist who went to Siberia to
rescue his father from prison writes
up his thrilling experience and pub
fishes the photographs he took, in
next Sundays Call.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-18
THOSE WHO

far as to intimate that they had already
received instructions from their chief to
deny all of the charges made or if they
did not. they might consider their en-
ployment at an end. If such instructions
have been given and they are obeyed
the Supervisors will have to look to some
other source for the information they
need to substantiate the charges.
1t is said by those who pretend to
know that men whose salaries are fixed
at $50 a month are required to surrender
$50 month in order to retain their posi-
tions. Men whose salaries are $100 a
month are forced to pay $25. and those
who get $75 month surrender $15 every
pay day. The same ratio is said TO be
maintained as regards the salaries of day
laborers.
Pegamoid" gold, latest best, perfect paint:
sample bottle 25c. Pegamoid. 63 Chronicle bldg
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-18
FATHER CLARK
WILL ARRIVE FOR
THE OPENING
State Convention to
Meet Tonight.
JUNIOR CHORUS IS FILLED
MAYOR SNOW TO WELCOME EN-
DEAvoRERs.
The Opening Session Will Be Devoted
Largely to Greetings to
the Thousands of
Delegates.
MAYOR SNOW TO WELCOME EN-
DEAVORERS.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
90S Broadway, May IT,
RENO, New, May II. 4

RENO, New, May II. )
F. A. Webster, Oakland: i
Dear Sir: If no accident hap
pens, will arrive in Oakland
at STA p. m. Thursday. Yours
faithfully,
FRANCIS E. CLARK.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-18
OF THE
Hallucination of a Woman.

rangements are reported by the various
committees as being complete.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-18

Advances made on furniture and pianos. with
or without removal ]. Noonan, 1017-1023 Mission
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-18

Genuine Buckeye Mowers. the best
Hooker & Co. San Francisco
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-18

'Pegamoid" gold, latest, best, perfect paint:
ample bottle Csc. Pegamoid. SO Chronicle bldg"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-17
THE EARL'S Pun: SHORT STORY OF THE DAY.

mems viking, "the men used to sing il
off Cape Coast years agone. / know it
Be he a black man, a white, or q
brown ~
His daughter came up on deck anc
her fresh voice Joined in with her faith
ers The skipper, unable to restrain
his sympathic feelings, joined in with q
roar that might have served for ar
amateur syren's. When the next verse
began
Then up came shark with his ug-
ly fin
a voice was heard joining in from the
sea. The countess swept away like a
wrathful Zenobia. The hands nearest
were obliged to look over the bulwarks
to hide their grinning faces.
Below, the countess, almost speech
less with disgust, said aloud:
And some person actually Joined in
from the water"
The highly polished steward, think
ing to improve the occasion, remarked;
II think it was the dock in his new
rater"
1.-THE world is coming to an end said
the countess, solemnly.
In the afternoon in the Squadron
Garden the countess was consoling her
self with the thought that her gown
was exquisite and that her companion
was a royal highness. The r. H. was
hardly sympathetic. Still, she remark
ed:
Fancy her singing that! Why. it's
what the sailors call a 'chanty' It's
quite good fun when you're hauling IT.
a dinghy
Tho lady of Quentin Durward shud
dered. albeit the words were spoken by
a possible future empress. why. my
boys sing the very thing; so do the
girls and with a smile, perhaps a
Slight suggestion of blush, Il don't
know but what I have done ii my
self. l once told the poor car, VIII )
was SO fond of doing feats of strength.
how this kind of singing helped. And,
dear Lady Quentin, it is liberty, l
know, but don't you think that you are
just little hard on poor Eveline and
that dear little John Ranlan-he's four
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hest of figures. She stood exactly feet
IN and what, with her ringing laugh,
which was frequent, and her lnches,
which were many, she did to certain
extent "perVade the place, as so SAID
the countess
"She took to the water" so her faith
er said. "like a duck; and do you know,
Smith"-the earl was chatting with his
skipper-"that girl knows the channel
chart as well as any master going. she
took that one-rater of hers through the
overland route to Dover In good deal
more than a capful of wind, / can tell
you. And what an ear she's gotl Do
YOU remember how she caught the
sound of the Dungeness syren? And
didn't she win the small boat cup at
Shoreham? Yet l never saw girl bet
fer gowned when she chooses to be. -
Lady Eveline," said the honest skip
per. sis a stun" and then stopped
short, and added "a fine young lady"
Her father would not have been the
least offended If the honest seaman had
quite finished the first piece of the YER
nacular of the vulgate.
Alas! the countess had another source
of grief Her daughter was blighted
with a peculiar mania for singing ma
rine ballads The earl was particular
ly partial, like all good sailors and
gentlemen, too, to Wrapping old
stairs" and Tom Bowling" But fa-
ellis deseensus, the frank, pretty Eve
line like some other yachting sports
women, was not. above taking up with
some time honored "chanty" by the
aid OF which many mainsail has to
be hoisted. The countess, one luckless
day, had caught her daughter singing
to herself:
I once knew a captain who didn't know
his name.
Heigh no! etc.
The peeress almost flew, only was too
stout to fly; almost rushed, only was
too dlgnitied to rush, to her noble hus-
band
''That dreadful girl sings the most
dreadful songs!-a sort of horrid
grooming, something about blowing a
man down"
''Bless my SOUL" said the old yacts-
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-17

In every way it was a success save in
carrying fuel and conserving supplies
of power. Unlike the up-to-date auto
Mr. Cores machine was oper-
ated by steam. Mr.. Amsden was boy
of 10 when he first saw this unique
road carriage in 1910, and there are liv-
ing today but few men, either in Brat
tleboro or elsewhere that have the least
recollection of it,
Mr. Gore" said Mr.. Amsden, was
a mechanical genius. He conceived the
plan of his road carriage and carried it
out to a successful conclusion before
learned the principle on which locomo-
tives are constructed.
From the drawing you will get fair
notion of what Mr.. Cores automobile
was like. 1t will be observed that a
sprocket and chain were used as at the
present day. The engine was double
cylindered and the wheels iron-tired
and about the size and strength of
grocery-wagon wheels of today.
There was a balance wheel on the
shaft Of the engine, the special func-
ton of which was retaining power. The
hubs were of iron, the spokes of wood.
"On a level road this machine would
make Is miles an hour, but 1t was i'm
because of the inability to store suffi-
cient fuel on the carriage. Coal was
then almost unknown for fire purposes
in these parts, and Mr.. Gore had to
rely on wood and charcoal What has
become of his curious forerunner of
the latter-day automobile, ] do not
know. nor were the few people 1 met
on my last visit to Brattleboro, who
Mr.. Cores experiments, able
to enlighten me. 1t would be valuable
curio for a mechanical museum If it
could be found, on account of the strik-
ing resemblance of many of its parts
to what most people believe to be in
ventions of comparatively recent years.
1.-The fact, too, that 1t was substan-
TALLY the first automobile ever con-
structed in America, and that its con-
struction antedates the locomotive in
most instances here. would certainly
lend great additional interest to the
machine.
I'm early life had an idea of road
carriage myself, but the introduction
of steam railroads led me to drop 1t,
as I thought it would not be feasible
under the circumstances.
1.-THE sprocket wheel in Mr.. Cores
machine was about Is feet in diameter
and was made of steel. The hind axle
was run in a box as locomotives now
are. while the forward axle revolved
on the shaft.
'It is my impression that the same
principle is used on the automobiles of
today which makes the credit due Mr..
Gore all the greater.
Some time after l preached my idea
of a road carriage, or automobile, one
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-17

'On this occasion it so happened that
Lord Ashburton was sitting about mid
way on the deck in direct line that OBJ
structed the view of the two pilots.
Capt. Peck saw him, and clouds gath
cred on his brow. He went up to the
noble lord while everybody stood
aghast, and grabbing him roughly by
the shoulder, informed him that he
would have to get out of the way pretty
dashed quickly. The lord proved to be
good sort of fellow and complied
without a word.
"'Do you know who that man was
that you ordered aside so peremptor-
ily?' some one asked the captain.
" No, and 1 don't care a rap an
swered the captain.
"'Why, that was. the famous Lord
IAshburton, who came over here to draw
up treaty as British representative,
with the United States.
"'What do you suppose 1 care if he
was. He was interfering with me in
the discharge of my duty. l wouldn't
care if he was the president of the
United States; and by the head of the
immortal Confucius, if he didn't fall
in with my views, would have chucked
him into the river
'These Springfield and Hartford
boats for which John Gore the auto
mobile pioneer, made the engines, were
owned by C. w. Chaplin, a former pres
ident of the Boston and Albany rail-
road"
Mr. Amsden is 8 skilful engineer and
builder of engines himself, although
since the war he has been engaged in
the grocery business in this city. He
has led life of adventure and has
travelled over a great portion of the
world. He knows all the old engineers
in this vicinity and many in other parts
of the country. He was a personal
friend of William Hovey, the first en-
gineer to run on the road between Bos-
ton and Worcester.
1t is a matter of pride to him, too,
that he rode in the cab of the first
engine that went over the Connecticut
River road. In after years, while in
Cuba, Mr.. Amsden ran across an en-
gineer who was a pioneer on the road
that connected Hartford and Spring
field.
It's better than reading a book to
hear Mr.. Amsden talk Of South Ameri-
ca. He knows that continent better
than most of the gentlemen with high
sounding college degrees tackled on to
their names who make the Biographies
used in the schools.
Not only has Mr.. Amsden been all
through Latin America, he has also
worked as practical man on early
South American railroads.
He was engaged with two others in
the construction of the engine of the
sloop- of-war Mohegan, now at Mare
of wood and built on lines somewhat
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-17
. MILLIONS OF LOGS.
Packed and Welded Into Solid Jam
for Two Miles.

GGNCu anu WSiOCu lTlIO q OOilO JdHl
for Two Miles.
Two miles, of logs-logs packed and
damned as closely as they can be and
not be welded together; logs driven into
tangled mass by the terrific force
with which they were shot down on the
flood of the Big Blackfoot this spring;
logs piled endwise, crosswise, length
wise, at all angles and in all positions;
logs stripped in many instances Of their
bark by the fearful force that brought
them down the stream; logs heaped
high on either side of the river and
piled on the banks of the stream,
crowded there by the pressure of the
mass of timber coming down behind
them; logs massed so closely that for
nearly the whole of the distance of two
miles not foot of the surface of the
river can be seen; big logs and little
logs long logs and short logs pine logs
and fir logs, tamarack logs and hem
! lock logs; logs, $4,000, 900 feet of them,
mixed UP in the veriest tangle ever seen
this is what the visitor sees at the big
| log jam above the Bonner mills this
month. 1t is sight that is well worth
| the trip from here to witness. The logs
are piled in the most fantastic shapes,
and, aside from the business point of
view, which is always interesting the
picture is one that is full of interest
even to those who have seen similar
sights before. The splendid natural
facilities afforded by the Big Black
foot river at Bonner for the storage OF
| logs, was never more fully demonstrate
ed than this season. The large amount
of crude timber that is held there has
never, even when the water. was at its
| highest and most threatening stage
been in any danger of going out. The
| big piers that dot the river in the big
| bend above the mills have never had
a bigger load tohold than they have had
| this season, but they have held it ca
tsfly and without the loss of a stick.
Some Of the piers cannot be seen. They
are buried deep beneath thousands of
feet of logs, their location being shown
only by the towering of high peaks of
roughly piled logs above the mass that
surrounds them. Two miles long is this
JAM and its depth is that of the river.
The logs are forced in so closely that
they are almost a solid mass, and they
have backed up the water to SUCH an
extent that travel along the Blackfoot
road has been almost impossible since
the jam formed. They make a solid
roadway across the river, little rough
and not passable by teams but easily
traVersed on foot.
Some of these logs have come a dis
lance of 70 miles down the river. They
have been driven through rapids and
across lakes. They have shot through
narrow races in the streams, and have
floated gracefully in the wider and
quieter portions of the stream. They
have afforded an army of men en-
ployment for months and months, and
now they lie in the river above the
mill waiting to be fioated down to the
endless, whirring saw that will trans
form them into marketable lumber No
body who sees the jam regrets that he
took the trip up the river to look at
it-Anaconda Standard.
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was actually built in Springfield that
was intended for crossing the plains.
This was long before the wild western
wilderness was invaded by the railroad
builders. The Springfield machine. how
ever, was not a success, as the builder
insisted on driving it with belts, a
method that was not practical.
Il remember Mr.. Gore well. Although
but boy of 10 when first saw him on
his odd, horseless carriage, and nearly
so years have passed in the meantime,
but it seems but yesterday. The draw
ing have given you is practically from
memory but it is faithful in every de-
tail.
Mr.. Gore was very busy man. Ex-
periments in the automobile line were
only in the way of recreation for him.
His regular business was that of engine
builder. He was the designer and build
er of the engines used on the boats that
piled between Hartford and Springfield
in the anterailroad days. recall these
boats well. Lord Ashburton, who nego-
tiated a famous treaty with this coun-
try many years ago, was once a pas
senger on the 'Agawam, commanded by
Capt. Peck, representatives of whose
family are still steamboat men on the
sound. Charles Dickens, too, 1 remem-
Der, was a passenger on one of these
boats and somewhere in his works, he
speaks of the circumstance.
81 knew Capt. Peck we'll He was a
type of the old sea dog, gruff in exter-
Tor, but with heart Of oak. There is a
funny incident connected with Lord
Ashburton's trip that will bear retell-
ing. In making the trip on this old
steamboat line it was necessary for the
boats to go over Enfield Falls. In those
times there were no pilot houses, and in
crossing the falls it was essential that
there be pilot at the bow and another
at the stern. An oar was attached to the
bow in such manner that it worked
in harmony with the rudder. To insure
safety in the perilous feat of shooting
the falls, and throw the boat quickly, it
was imperative that both pilots have
one another always in view To effect
this it was the captains duty to see that
the deck fnI. the time being WAS clearad