The San Francisco call (San Francisco, Calif.) 1895-07-12 [p 5] · 2017-12-17 · The Caxx'gexpose...
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THE POINT LOBOS TRACK. Illegal Street Railroad Work Stopped After "The Call's" Expose. THE OLD FRANCHISE VOID. Remarkable Action of the Market- Street Company In Richmond District. Richmond District inhabitants have re- cently witnessed a series of most aston- ishing phenomena. Tuesday a hundred workmen began to lay streetcar-tracks on Point Lobos ave- nue, between Twelfth and Thirteenth avenues. They dug down to the official grade, laid the sleepers, the ties, and put on a portion of the rail before the sun •went down. This was the first phenomenon. It was sudden and startling. Richmond inhabitants wondered what next, and went to bed in a state of expectancy. Wednesday morning the pang of men was reduced to less than a dozen. This was considered as strange a phenomenon as the first — the change was so sudden. Thursday morning there appeared an article in The Call calling attention to the fact that the Market-street Railway Company had no legal right to lay tracks on Point Lobos avenue. This was not in the nature of a startling phenomenon, for The Call can be depended upon to espouse the taxpayers' cause at all times and ex- pose the misdeeds of the Southern Pacific— or any other public corporation— whenever there is need for it. But what followed the publication of The Caxx'g expose — whether because of it, or in spite of it—was the most astonishing in the entire series of phenomena. Before noon a gang had been set to work with scrapers and shovels, to bury the railroad tracks already laid and restore the thor- oughfare to its old unofficial grade. It was surprising that even the Southern Pacific should so suddenly swoop down upon a public thoroughfare and seek to gobble up a right of way by force of pre- emption based upon an invalid franchise- It was surprising that even the Southern Pacific should dare attempt such a game at this late and enlightened day. It was more surprising, however, to have the big force of 100 men reduced to less than a dozen within twenty-four hours after the work had been started. Yet the force was not reduced with the in- tention of abandoning the franchise the company did not own or the work the hundred men had already per- formed. At least so much itis fair to pre- sume from the statement made by H. H. Lynch, the superintendent of construction of the Market-street Railway system, who said that the gang of men had merely been reduced because there was no desire to rush the work. It was also stated that the attorney for the Market-street road was negotiating with the Park Commissioners, who had already agreed to sign permis- sion for the road on Point Lobos avenue, and that in a day or two the section of the (defunct) franchise that required the con- sent of the Park Commissioners to the construction of the road would be secured in writingin a formal and legal way. But the most surprising thing of all was when, after the expose in The Call yes- terday morning, a «ang ol men was put to i work to bury all traces of the unlawful work of Tuesday's big gang and Wednes- day's little gang. That was the astonish- ing part of it— that the Southern Pacific should prove so amenable to public ex- posure and lay down its hand without even a struggle. Clearly the Market-street Company had no right to lay down even the block of railroad track on Point Lobos avenue that they afterward covered up. As was shown in yesterday's Call, the Supervisors granted a franchise for Point Lobot avenue to the Ocean Beach Railway Company in June, 1893. Now the Market-street Com- pany is, of course, the successor of that de- funct corporation. It was under the terms of this old franchise of 1893 that the Mar- ket-street Company attempted to steal Point Lobos avenue. But it is very clear to the non-legal mind that the franchise to the Ocean Beach Rail- way Company has lapsed and is now void and worthless. The following provisions of that enactment read very clearly and to the point: Fourth— That work to construct the railroad must be commenced within one year from the date of this ordinance, and the same must be completed within three years thereafter. Fifth—That the grantee, its successors and assigns must, within twelve months from the date of this order, expend in the construction of said railroad, or in the acquisition of prop- erty therefor, at least $10,000, and must, with- in three months thereafter, file with this board evidence of such expenditure. Sixth — Upon a failure to comply with these conditions the rights hereby granted shall cease and terminate. Nothine is more apparent than that there WAS an utter "failure to comply with these conditions," each and all of them, and that "the rights hereby granted" HAVE "ceased and terminated." "Work to construct the railroad" was NOT "commenced within one year from the date of this ordinance." The "grantee, its successors" nor "as- signs" did NOT "within twelve months From the date of this order expend in the construction of said railroad or in the acquisition of property therefor, at least ten thousand dollars," nor any other sum. Nor did the grantee or its successor file with the Supervisors any "evidence of such expenditure." In the light of these facts no present day permission of the Park Commissioners can legalize an ordinance that has ceased to jxist by its own terms. And the Southern Pacific must have known this before it sent t gang of 100 men to dig up Point Lobos ivenue and lay that single block of track. Some people think the big gang of men was put to work that single day just as a bluffto make a play in the stock market md scare the holders of the Sutro Cliff fclouse bonds. If that was the purpose of :he big gang then the purpose fell flat, for ao one was scared. Before the news had lairly spread The Call had exposed the whole plot. Whatever may have been the ulterior notive of that big gang of 100 men the real purpose of the Market-street Company was ;o steal a right of way out Point Lobos tvenue to the CliffHouse under cover of ;hat defunct franchise. Whoever doubts \u25a0hat doubts the evidence of his own senses >ecauße it is more profitable to be a "rail- •oad man." It is also in evidence that immediately ipcn The Call's expose that the old fran- thise was void the Market-street Company «ased to buildand covered up what it bad milt. / But there is that block of railroad rack, buried from human sight as it is. future explorers, in excavating Point *»b/»« avenue to the official grade, will come upon this single section of railroad track between Twelfth and Thirteenth avenues. They will wonder what that isolated link means, untouched as it is, ana having no end nor beginning. But the files of The Call will be in ex- istence then, and reference to them will disclose to these future explorers an at- tempted piece of street-stealing that will make them blush for the past, or it is to be hoped that itwill. UNKEQTJITED LOVE. Why James Godfrey, a Marine Fireman, Was Badly Beaten by Two Young Men. Thomas Tracy and Peter O'Keefe ap- peared in Judge Conlan's court yesterday to answer to a charge of assault with a deadly weapon, but the case was con- tinued, as James Godfrey, the complaining witness, was not yet able to leave the hos- pital. Godfrey was suffering from erysipelas, and a few days ago it was thought that he would die, but he was rapidly recovering yesterday and will have to answer to a charge of mayhem. The trouble arose out of Godfrey's pas- sion for Catherine Nugent, the keeper of a private boarding-house at 28 Minna street. Godfrey is a marine fireman and when in the City pressed his suit upon Miss Nugent, but she gave him no encourage- ment, as she preferred Tracy. One day last January Godfrey forced his way into Miss Nugent's room and de- manded that she should marry him at once. She refused and he threatened to kill her. Her screams brought assistance, and Godfrey was taken to the City Prison. He was fined for disturbing the peace. He left Miss Nugent alone until last Friday, when he again forced himself into her room and demanded that she should marry him. She screamed for help and Tracy and O'Keefe ran to her assistance. A fight ensuea, during which Godirey took Tracy's hand in his mouth and severely bit it. Godfrey got the worst of the fight and from a wound in the rieht arm erysip- elas set in. Godfrey claimed that Tracy and O'Keefe struck him with an ax, but this they denied. A VENUS FROM CARRARA. Rupert Schmid Has Com- pleted His California " Poppy." A Callfornlan Artist's Pictures Are Greatly Appreciated In Germany. Rupert Schmid has just returned home from a long European sojourn, most of it spent in the quarries of Carrara, where he put that newest type of beauty, the Cali- fornia Venus into pure white marble. He has also made a number of busts and medallions of California celebrities. It was seventeen years since Rupert Schmid had visited Europe before, and many things struck him on his flying visit to Munich, Paris and Vienna. In fact he does not quite know which disgusted him most, that in Southern Italy Old World customs still linger, or that in the rest of I Europe the picturesque peculiarities of i dress and speech that distinguished one | nation from another, are fast vanishing away before modern improvements. "It's like going back 2000 or 3000 years to | I go to Carrara, 'be said. "They still use ox- i teams to haul the marble, and urge the < cattle on with a goad. They prefer ft, too, for actually a railroad was built for the marble, and it is never used. I did not like it at all. That sort of life may b» picturesque, but give me American com- And then, apparently to show that there is no rose without a thorn, the sculptor expressed his regret at the loss art is sus- taining elsewhere in Europe. "All the picturesque old peasant dresses are vanish- ing, and every one is beginning to dress aliKe. You can no longer tell what country you are in from the costumes: in fact, the picturesqueness is going out of the life with modern improvements." So profoundly did Mr. Schmid appear to be impressed with this result of im- provement and rapid communication that he added, "Artists will soon have to use nothing but grays to depict the universal sameness." Munich, the sculptor considers, has ret- rograded since he was there last, but Berlin has gone forward by leaps and bounds toward a knowledge and appreciation of painting and sculpture. "There are some good artists in Munich, though," he ad- mitted; "men of many different nations who have identified themselves with the place. "One of the faremost is Toby Rosenthal. He sends very littleof his work to America, for it has a ready sale in Germany. The Empress recently bought some ol his paint- ings, and ordered more; at least that was what I heard. He only had one little can- vas unsold in his studio when I was there, and that was not quite finished. The model was a little blond-headed boy, and the painting was an exact likeness, and was full of sentiment and expression. "By the way, a man I did not see in Munich was David Neale. Some nonsense has been said about the influence 1 used upon him with regard to the Wells statue. There's not a word of truth in the rumor, which many people seem to have believed. It is true I "often saw David Neale before going to Europe, but we never once dis- cussed that statue, and in Munich I did not even see him. 1 ' Z While in Munich Rupert Schmid modeled an Indian of the North American variety, which was at once purchased by a club. "But Indians are no longer a novelty, for since Buffalo Bill traveled they are as well known over there as they are here — better, perhaps," he added. "One thing that impressed me was that the Europeans are making great strides in art, and are always seeking something original. Every little town in Germany and Italy seems to want to have its monu- ments to Emperor William and Bismark or Garibaldi, Mazzini or Cavour. There are between four and five hundred statues of Garibaldi alone. Some villages have two of them, but they are all different and all artistic. Even when they have to put up a building that is only intended to be useful (such as a railway station) there seems to be a rage to make it at the same time ornamental." "Poppy," as Rupert Schmid persists in calling his California Venus, is still at Carrara. He met with several disappoint- ments in making her. Once when the tieure began to enlarge from a block of the wliitest marble, it was found that the beautiful stone was marred with one black vein, which disfigured Poppy's right shoulder. Another partly chiseled figure also revealed a flaw "in the marble; but finally a block which revealed no imper- fections was found, and now Poppy is chiseled inmarble as white as snow. The figure will be shipped to California in the course of the next few weeks. A quantity of other work which Rupert Schmid has brought with him is still in the Cus- tom-house. The Coopers' Union. The Journeymen Coopers' Union, which has about 560 members, met last night and re- ported business, mostly winework, as fairly good. The following officers were installed: F. A. Michels, president; J. C. Peterson, vice- president; William Colbert, financial secre- tary; Conrad L. Ochs, recording secretary; H. J. Cronin, treasurer; M. Burns, marshal, end C. Tingberg, J. Belgin and J. Dunphy. trustees. A Lodging-House Attached. The lodging-house of Mrs. E. M. Tobin, at 215 Kearny street, was taken possession of yester- day by Sheriff Whelan by virtue of a writ of attachment issued to the Chicago Clock Com- pany. Mrs. Tobin, it is claimed, had purchased household goods from the firm, on which she still owes $1182. As the money was not forth- coming resort was made to the courts. THE DENTISTS' ELECTION Dr. I. W. Hays President and Dr. Russell H. Cool Vice- President. ONE LADY MEMBER'S PAPER. The Clinics and Banquet Complete a Very Busy Day of the Con- vention. The interest in the dental convention yesterday was centered in the election of officers, which resulted in the selection of the folJowing-nained persons to serve for the ensuing year : Dr. I. W. Hays of Grass Valley, presi- dent; Dr. Russell H. Cool of Oakland, first vice-president; Dr. F. W. Metcalf of Sac- ramento, second vice-president; L. Van Orden of San Francisco, third vice-presi- dent; Dr. W. Z Kine of San Francisco, re- cording secretary ; Dr. W. C. Reith, corre- sponding secretary; Dr. Thomas N. Igle- hart of San Francisco, treasurer. The election was held in the afternoon with closed doors. The rivalry for the of- fice of president began in a caucus in the corridor. The friends of Dr. Cool for the first honor in the association did most ex- cellent worK for him, but the quiet work of the Hays faction had been done in the early part of the convention. An informal vote was taken as a sort of feeler resulting Hays 28, Cool 26. Fifteen new members instantly rushed to the secretary's desk, where they deluged him taking their initiation fees and secured the privilege of voting. Six of these went to Cool and the other nine to Hays, mak- ing the vote Hay? 37, Cool 32. Dr. Cool smilingly submitted and ac- cepted second place. The only paper of the day was by Dr. C. E. McElroy of Ran Quentin, on "Children and Dentistry." The paper was so free of technical terms and so full of a vigorous defense of the little ones in the dental chair that it was received with a storm of applause. The discussion of the paper wns participated in by Drs. Marion.Ward Craig, W. J. Younger, L. Van Orden, De Crow, Mories and Metcalf. Miss McElroy is a graduate of the Uni- versity of Michigan, but has since made California her home. She was the first woman to jointhe State Dental Association. She believes in the power of personal mag- netism and genial nature in the treatment of children, as she expressed in her paper. Dr. L. L. Dunbar and Dr. Walter F. Lewis were elected at a committee meeting as delegates to the American Dental Asso- ciation, to meet at Asbury Park in August, 1896. The effort will be made by these delegates to bring the American Dental Congress to the Pacific Coast at its next succeeding meeting. The resignations of Drs. L.Bush and C. G. Bush of San Francisco, George Earl of San Diego and F. 0. Jacobs of Oaxland were offered and accepted. The dentists posed on the Mint steps at high noon for a group photograph and looked as pleasant as they knew how. The corridors were tilled with interested dentists and anxious patients at the clinic in the forenoon. Dr. A. H. Wallace of Oakland gave an exhibition of porcelain- face gold bridgewqrk, using a dummy jaw having two abutting teeth on which to hang the bridge. The process leaves the front of the inserted teeth.,Wsll exposed, while the gold support is hidden in the background. Dr. Wallace also demonstrated a speedy and perfect extirpation of pulp from the moutn of a patient, which he performed with a sharp stick of orange wood tipped with carbolic acid, after the nerve had been deadened by cocaine. Dr. J. P. Parker of Santa Cruz demon- strated that condensation could be ob- tained by hand pressure, fillingthe cavity of an eye tooth of a patient in the demon- stration. The operation of gold building, demon- strated by Dr. A. F. Merriman Jr. of Oak- land, attracted every member and visitor in the corridor. The cavity filled was a large posterior and very difficult to reach. The operation showed the different uses of three mallets, the hand, automatic and mechanical, each of which he claimed to be necessary to the particular work for which itis designed. Dr. A. H. Modes, of Alameda occupied the morning hours with a patient whose teeth required the application of various scientific instruments. During the busy operations of the dent- ists at clinics the groups of witnesses were startled by a loud wailing cry that made the nervous ones shudder, but had no effect on the dentists. A lady was losing a mouthful of teeth in the north corridor, but she was so completely under the influ- ence of nitrous oxide gas that, like one who cries in sleep, she did not know the cause. She lost her teeth and stepped out of the chair with a pleased expression and hearty thanks to Dr. Bliss for a painless operation. Dr. J. L. Asav of San Jose was tohave read a paper, but was excused owing to the lateness of the hour and the anxiety of the majority of the members to attend the banquet at Delmonico's. The banquet was the jolliest event of the convention. Covers were laid for forty of the members, who, under the guiding hand of Dr. Russell H. Cool, the new first vice- president, turned their thoughts and their speech out of the channels of dental labor and plied their teeth. The feast was of that satisfying character which dentists enjoy who believe that good living is necessary to a successful career. It was 10 o'clock when they reached the cigars and the speeches and the midnight hour had tolled before they even thought of leaving. The toasts and those responding to them are as follows: "The California State Dental Association," Dr. J. A. W. Lundborg; "The Presidentlof the California State Dental Association," Dr. Lu- thc-A. Teague; "The President-Kloct," Dr. J. W. Hayes of Grass VuHey; "The ban Francisco Dental Association," Dr. W. Z. King; "The Santa Clara Valley Dental Association," Dr. W. de Crow; "Our Papa," Dr. Max Sichel; "The New Members," Dr. A.F. Merriman Jr.; "The Old Guard," Dr. William J. Younger; silent toast, drunk standing, "First President and Those Who Are With Him"; "The Members From the Interior," Dr.A. H. Palmer of Napa; "The Pacific Stomotolosrical Gazette," Miles L. Farland; "Th* Ladies," Hon. W. C. Ballev; "The Dental Department, University of Cali- fornia," Dr. L. Van Orden; "The Dental Board of Examiners," Dr. Thomas Morffew. Itis said that there are thirteen families in New York each of which has over $500,000 invested in diamonds, j miss o. c. Mcelroy, the first woman dentist to become A MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE DENTAL ASSOCIATION. [Sketched by a " Call" artist.] DX. I. W. HATS OF GRASS VALLEY, THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE DENTAL ASSOCIATION. [Sketched by a " Call" artist.] SUTRO TAKES HIS STAND The Mayor Refuses to Turn Down Election Commis- sioner Foster. A NEAT POINT OP LAW NOW. He Says That the Action of the State Central Committee Was Illegal. Mayor Sutro has thrown the gauntlet to the Republican State Central Committee, and has refused to turn down Samuel Fos- ter, whom he appointed as one of the four Election Commissioners. His reasons for refusing to withdraw his appointee are that he thinks that he is a good man for the place; that those who condemned him did not represent the voice of the State Central Committee, and that they had no right to reject his name. The law says that the State Central Com- mittee shall have the power to accept or reject the men of their party named by the Mayor. When Mr.Foster was named P. B. Cornwall, chairman of the Republi- can State Central Committee, said that the power to accept or reject was in the hands of the executive committee of the State Central Committee, but this conclusion was found to be a hasty one. The commit- tee of the whole thought otherwise and so acted. It was soon learned that Mr.Fos- ter was persona non grata to many of the members, much to the indignation of his friends and Mayor Sutro. The Mayor, in refusing to appoint a suc- cessor to Foster, introduced a neat point of law. He says there was not a quorum present at the meeting at which Foster was rejected. There may have been a quorum present, as far as the transaction of any ordinary business is concerned, but not for action on the appointment of Elec- tion Commissioners. When acting on that question Mr. Sutro and his secretary, Tay- lor Rogers, argue the committae is a State body and must conform to the laws gov- erning such bodies. One of the laws is that a quorum must consist of a majority of the members of said body, and it is on this point that the Mayor declares that the rejection of Mr.Foster was illegal. A quorum was present as far as the State Central Committee was concerned, but not as a State body. The result will probably be an action to mandamus the Mayor to appoint another Commissioner. The protest of the executive committee of the Republican State Central Commit- tee against the Mayor's nomination of Samuel Foster as Election Commissioner was still the talk among Republicans yesterday. The proceedings were taken in execu- tive session, hence there was a general desire to know how members stood. The Call ascertained from an authentic source that the vote was recorded as fol- lows : in favor of the motion to protest — Corn- wall, Cooney, McQuaid, Kerr, Sonntag. Against the motion— Montague, Dodge, Dennery, McNab. Excused from voting — Asa R. Wells. It was supposed when the meeting was called that Mr. Cornwall favored the con- firmation of Mr. Foster, but his opinion was probably changed by the evasive an- swer to the direct question as to whether the nominee voted the Republican State ticket at the last election. When the opponents of Foster disclosed their strength in the meeting, his friends wanted an adjournment to some other day. This proposition was voted down, and also a motion to adjourn until 7 o'clock of the same day. Then it was proposed to send for Foster, but that proposition was like- wise rejected. Henry L. Dodge maintained that if Foster voted against Estee he meant by so doing to express his dislike of Dan Burns, and that the act should not be regarded as disloyalty to the parly. He classed Foster as an Independent Republican. Mr. Sonntag was afraid that the same independence might be again manifested if Foster should be chosen Election Commis- sioner, and it might be directed the second time against the next nominee of the party for Governor. Montague spoke highly of the mercantile standing of Foster, and was quite well sat- isfied that he would perform the duties of Commissioner in a proper manner. Among the candidates highly indorsed for Election Commissioner is H. S. Mar- tin,a man of means and a good Republican. His friends assert that the Republican State Central Committee would take pleas- ure in confirming his appointment. WHITE METAL CHAMPIONS. I. radius; Speakers Invited to Attend the Local Conven- tion. If systematic and persistent effort counts for anything the coming silver con- vention called to meet in this City on the 19th of August will be a largely attended and enthusiastic gathering. Letters are received daily at the offices of the Pacific Coast branch of the Ameri- can Bimetallic League from all parts of the State, showing that there is a keen in- terest on the silver question. Many of these letters contain inquiries as to the manner of forming local leagues. As a means of answering these communications promptly and comprehensively George P. Keeney, secretary for the PaciGc Coast, has had printed a circular giving full in- formation on this point. This and a copy of the constitution for the use of local leagues is forwarded in answer to each letter of inquiry, and a large number of these documents, together with the call originally issued for the convention, are also sent" to a large number of prominent citizens throughout the State each day. Special invitations have been sent to all the most prominent leaders of the East in the bimetallic movement, and it is ex- pected to have some of the best silver speakers in the country present here dur- ing the convention. Among those whom itis expected to bring out are General J. A. Williamson, General A. J. Warner, Sen- ator Blackburn, "W. J. Bryan, Senators Wolcott and Teller, and Henry Jones of Georgia. Other speakers will probably be Senator W. M. Stewart, Hon. Francis G. Newlands, Hon. J. C. Sibley, Irwin C. Stump, T. J. Clunie, John Mitchell, T. G. Phelps, Senator Jones of Nevada and United States Circuit Judge Henry Cald- well. Another measure taken by Secretary Keeney was to have stereotype plates made of the original call for the convention, which have been sent to more than 100 of the interior papers in this State. From present indications itis expected that there will be not less than 1000 regu- larly accredited delegates present at the convention, which it is proposed to have continue in session for three consecutive days, or even longer, if necessary. A committee has been appointed with instructions to wait upon the railroad peo- ple and secure half rates for delegates to tne convention. The place of meeting has not yet been decided upon, but will be shortly. It is the desire of the local executive committee to secure a hall that will not only accom- modate the delegates, but the thousands of spectators who it is expected will be at- tracted to the sessions of the convention. EXHIBITS POE ATLANTA. Fruit-Growers of Southern California Prepare for the Exposition. J. A. Gorman, who has been visiting California for the past few weeks in the interest ol the Atlanta Exposition, re- ported yesterday he had traveled through the southern part of the State and thor- oughly aroused the population of that sec- tion. An exhibit has been collected and will be shipped as soon as the building to re- ceive it is completed, which will be about the middle of August. Mr. Gorman said that the exhibit which has been secured thoroughly represented the resources of the State and was quite extensive, and if the County Supervisors should not see fit to appropriate funds from their respective treasuries to defray the expenses of the Board of Trade's exhibit, in any event the display from Southern California will be one of which the State need not be ashamed. ANOTHER OHINAMAN SHOT. Supposed to Be an Attempted Murder In Retaliation for the L.ast One. Another Chinaman was hurried to the hospital about 11:30 o'clock last night with a bullet wound clean through him. He willdie, the doctors say, for the bullet entered at the back, perforated the ab- domen and emerged through the skin just above the hip. The wounded Chinaman is Chong Wy, who works in a store on the corner or Du- pont and Washington streets. He was put- ting: the shutters on the window last night, when another Chinaman came up behind him and fired one shot. Wy threw up his hands, while his assailant fled down Trenton street and took refuge in a little room in one of the houses there. He was followed by two women from the Chinese Mission, who heard the shot. The room was afterward entered by Policeman Tannin, who arrested Mock Ey, who was in bed. Ey was taken to the California-street station and registered in the small book to await identification. It is supposed that the assault upon Wy is in revenge for the murder of the China- man in Kum Cook alley early one morning about two weeks ago. UNEMPLOYED HOPEFUL The Men Confident of Secur- ing Positions Through "The Call." Every Small Advertisement Attracts Crowds of Those Who Are Seeking Work. This City continues to be the headquar- ters of large numbers of unemployed men, which fact became evident yesterday through an advertisement in the advertis- ing columns of The Call stating that a young man was wanted to assist at keep- ing bar in a country hotel and to perform numerous minor duties. In event of any one seeking snch a posi- tion he could have the same by applying at a certain address mentioned in the adver- tisement between the hours of 12 m. and 2 p. m. Promptly at noon applicants began to make their appearance and were all re- ceived, without reference to age or color. Among the crowd were men whose appear- ance bespoke their respectability. They mingled and jostled each other in their anxiety to be first heard, as one man ex- plained that he was a firm believer in the old adage that "first come first served." White men, colored men and even Japa- nese were there, some young and well- dressed, as was required by the employer, others old and infirm, ragged and broken down in body and spirit, but just as anxious to obtain the position as their younger and more fortunate companions. It was estimated that during the given hours between 150 and 200 men paia the ofh'ce a visit in search of employment, the last one being a man who, figuratively speaking was about "at the end of his tether, if appearances are to be relied upon. "Well !" he ejaculated, "this is strange. Here, just this morning, I spent about an hour looking up the 'help wanted' column in The Call, and thought I would be sure to secure a position through the number of names that I put down in my notebook, but when I arrived at my destina- tion in each case there were from fifty to 200 men ahead of me. I guess everybody in town must take The Call, but I'll fool them to-morrow and get there before any one else, and by night 1 feel sure that I will have a position, and it will be thanks to The Call if I do, as that is the paper all the boys look to for informa- tion in regard to securing a position, as all the notices are inserted in good faith and not by money-making schemers." New California Giant Begonias. The meeting of the California Jstate Floral Society will be held July 13 in the lecture hall, Y.M. C. A. building, corner of Ellis and Mason streets. The society has outgrown its old quarters, and will hold its display of the new California begonias at the more commo- dious place. MRS. E. K. GOGGIN'S WOES. She Accuses Attorney John M. Chretien of Improper Acts. A STORY OF THREE TRUNKS. Her Husband's Clothing: Was Stolen, Too, but That Gave Her No Concern. The notorions Goggin case was recalled yesterday by the arrival of circulars signed by Mrs. Sarah W. Goggin, and stating that John M. Chretien acted under a forged power of attorney in arranging for the for- warding of her effects to Scotland; also that many articles of expensive wearing apparel were missing when the trunks arrived in bad condition and much later than she expected them. She further complained that "the three trunks were nailed up in wooden cases, with $1500 to be paid on them," and her final statement was: "Mr. Goggin's clothes were also stolen, but that does not give me any concern." These circulars were sent to Mr. Chretien and some of his friends. The purpose seemed to be the double one of accusing Chretien of fraudulent dealing and of put- ting the police on the track of the stolen goods, a list of which accompanied the peculiar document. E. K.Goggin, the husband of the lady making the complaint, was for many years • connected with the firm of Francis & Val- entine. About a year ago it was discovered he had appropriated money to the amount of $20,000 belonging to that firm. The couple escaped the clutches of the law by flight to Scotland. Chretien gave the sequel of the story last evening. He seemed not at all dis- turbed by the charge, but said, laughingly: "I was Mr. Goggin's attorney for ten years, and helped him and his wife levant, foing with them as far as Winnemucca. hey would be in San Quentin if it were not for me, but I am the loser of $4000 through my services for them. "Mrs. Goggin gave me her power of at- torney in the presence of a Mrs. Reid of 20 Wildey avenue, and when creditors at- tached their goods which were stored in the Eagle warehouse I endeavored to com- promise with them, and succeeded in doing so for $1500 of the debt of $3500. This took some time, however, and while tue Goggins left in July I was not able to get the goods away until January, when they were forwarded through the agency of the Anglo-California Bank. They were shipped oh the steamer Progreso, going via Panama, and 1 paid the freight or $46 my- self. "George W. Allen acted as my represen- tative when the packing was done, as I was confined to mv house by illness at the time, and Ralph Hoittof Baker & Hamil- ton's did the packing. "I had no intimation that all was not satisfactory until months later Alex Hey- neman, acting in Mrs. Goggin's behalf, in- quired as to tne validity or the power of attorney and I referred him to the notary public, whose books showed that it had been issued. He also got the testimony of Mrs. Reid, the witness. Itdeveloped that Mrs. Goggin had written to Frank Cleary, but after an investigation he declined to take the case, as also did Lloyd & Wood. "The story in a nutshell is that she is trying to evade the payment of the $1500 to her creditors and her only excuse is that some of her effects were missing. "Allthe papers in reference to the case are at my office and are at the disposal of The Call." COMMITTEES OP GUNNERS. Perfecting; Organization inthe California Inanimate Target Association. The new committees of the California Inanimate Target Association have been appointed by M. C. Allen, the president. They are as follows: Tournament— B. V. Kellogg, Empire Gun Club, chairman; W. J. Golcher, Olympic Club; D. Daniels, Lincoln Club; R. Liddle Jr., Nim- rod Club; A. A. Martin, Mill Valley Club; David Winders, Stockton Club; T. F. Hudson, Watsonvilie Club; Edgar Forster. Electric Club. Finance— Len D. Owens, Olympic Club, chair- man ; Henry B. Varney, Empire Club; H. Quin- ton, Lincoln Club. Membership— A. R. Crowell, Electric Club, chairman; G.Stewart, Empire Club; C. Cate, Lincoln Club; L. L.Jones, Mill Valley Club; Dr. W. M. Tholme, Nimrod Club. Appeals and grievances— P. F. E. Steiner, Nimrod Club, chairman; J. Fanning, Electric Club; A.Rodriquez, Watsonville Club; Thomas F. Kelly,- Mill valley Club; Len D. Owens, Olympic Club. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1895. 5 NEW TO-DAY-CLOTHING. Be Good To Your Boy FOR HIS SCHOOL DAY OPENING. Don't let him go back to school feeling that he is the inferior of his classmates in point of dress. It's an honest pride in a boy to wish to look well dressed and you can afford to let him feel that way if you'll come to us, the Wholesale Makers, and buy him a suit of Oregon City Cassimeres which we will sell you direct and save you at least one half on the cost of your purchase. Be good to your boy ! Wholesale Manufacturers Props. Oregon City Woolen Mills Fine Clothing For Man, Boy or Child RETAILED At Wholesale Prices 121-123 SANSOME STREET, Bet. Bush and Pine Sis. ALL BLUE SIGNS
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THE POINT LOBOS TRACK.Illegal Street Railroad Work
Stopped After "TheCall's" Expose.
THE OLD FRANCHISE VOID.
Remarkable Action of the Market-Street Company In Richmond
District.
Richmond District inhabitants have re-cently witnessed a series of most aston-ishing phenomena.
Tuesday a hundred workmen began tolay streetcar-tracks on Point Lobos ave-nue, between Twelfth and Thirteenthavenues. They dug down to the officialgrade, laid the sleepers, the ties, and puton a portion of the rail before the sun•went down. This was the first phenomenon.Itwas sudden and startling. Richmondinhabitants wondered what next, and wentto bed in a state of expectancy.
Wednesday morning the pang of menwas reduced to less than a dozen. Thiswas considered as strange a phenomenonas the first
—the change was so sudden.
Thursday morning there appeared anarticle in The Call calling attention tothe fact that the Market-street RailwayCompany had no legal right to lay trackson Point Lobos avenue. This was not inthe nature of a startling phenomenon, forThe Call can be depended upon to espousethe taxpayers' cause at all times and ex-
pose the misdeeds of the Southern Pacific—or any other public corporation— wheneverthere is need for it.
But what followed the publication ofThe Caxx'g expose
—whether because of it,
or in spite of it—was the most astonishingin the entire series of phenomena. Beforenoon a gang had been set to work withscrapers and shovels, to bury the railroadtracks already laid and restore the thor-oughfare to its old unofficial grade.
It was surprising that even the SouthernPacific should so suddenly swoop downupon a public thoroughfare and seek togobble up a right of way by force of pre-emption based upon an invalid franchise-Itwas surprising that even the SouthernPacific should dare attempt such a gameat this late and enlightened day.Itwas more surprising, however, to have
the big force of 100 men reduced to lessthan a dozen within twenty-four hoursafter the work had been started. Yet theforce was not reduced with the in-tention of abandoning the franchisethe company did not own or thework the hundred men had already per-formed. Atleast so much itis fair to pre-sume from the statement made by H. H.Lynch, the superintendent of constructionof the Market-street Railway system, whosaid that the gang of men had merely beenreduced because there was no desire torush the work. Itwas also stated that theattorney for the Market-street road wasnegotiating with the Park Commissioners,who had already agreed to sign permis-sion for the road on Point Lobos avenue,and that in a day or two the section of the(defunct) franchise that required the con-sent of the Park Commissioners to theconstruction of the road would be securedin writingin a formal and legal way.
But the most surprising thing of all waswhen, after the expose in The Call yes-terday morning, a «ang olmen was put to iwork to bury all traces of the unlawfulworkof Tuesday's big gang and Wednes-day's little gang. That was the astonish-ing part of it—that the Southern Pacificshould prove so amenable to public ex-posure and lay down its hand withouteven a struggle.
Clearly the Market-street Company hadno right to lay down even the block ofrailroad track on Point Lobos avenue thatthey afterward covered up. As was shownin yesterday's Call, the Supervisorsgranted a franchise for Point Lobotavenueto the Ocean Beach Railway Company inJune, 1893. Now the Market-street Com-pany is, of course, the successor ofthat de-funct corporation. Itwas under the termsof this old franchise of 1893 that the Mar-ket-street Company attempted to stealPoint Lobos avenue.
But it is very clear to the non-legal mindthat the franchise to the Ocean Beach Rail-way Company has lapsed and is now voidand worthless. The following provisionsof that enactment read very clearly and tothe point:
Fourth— That work to construct the railroadmust be commenced within one year from thedate of this ordinance, and the same must becompleted within three years thereafter.
Fifth—That the grantee, its successors andassigns must, within twelve months from thedate of this order, expend in the constructionof said railroad, or in the acquisition of prop-erty therefor, at least $10,000, and must, with-in three months thereafter, file withthis boardevidence ofsuch expenditure.
Sixth—
Upon a failure to comply withthese conditions the rights herebygranted shall cease and terminate.
Nothine is more apparent than thatthere WAS an utter "failure to complywith these conditions," each and all ofthem, and that "the rights hereby granted"HAVE"ceased and terminated."
"Work to construct the railroad" wasNOT "commenced within one year fromthe date of this ordinance."
The "grantee, its successors" nor "as-signs" did NOT "within twelve monthsFrom the date of this order expend in theconstruction of said railroad or in theacquisition of property therefor, at leastten thousand dollars," nor any other sum.Nor did the grantee or its successor filewith the Supervisors any "evidence of suchexpenditure."In the light of these facts nopresent day
permission of the Park Commissioners canlegalize an ordinance that has ceased tojxist by its own terms. And the SouthernPacific must have known this before itsentt gang of 100 men to dig up Point Lobosivenue and lay that single block of track.
Some people think the big gang of menwas put to work that single day just as abluffto make a play in the stock marketmd scare the holders of the Sutro Clifffclouse bonds. Ifthat was the purpose of:he big gang then the purpose fell flat, forao one was scared. Before the news hadlairly spread The Call had exposed thewhole plot.
Whatever may have been the ulteriornotive of that biggang of 100 men the realpurpose of the Market-street Company was;o steal a right of way out Point Lobostvenue to the CliffHouse under cover of;hat defunct franchise. Whoever doubts\u25a0hat doubts the evidence of his own senses>ecauße it is more profitable to be a "rail-•oad man."Itis also in evidence that immediately
ipcnThe Call's expose that the old fran-thise was void the Market-street Company«ased to buildand covered up what itbadmilt. /But there is that block of railroad
rack, buried from human sight as it is.future explorers, in excavating Point*»b/»« avenue to the official grade, will
come upon this single section of railroadtrack between Twelfth and Thirteenthavenues. They will wonder what thatisolated link means, untouched as it is,
ana having no end norbeginning.But the files of The Call will be in ex-
istence then, and reference to them willdisclose to these future explorers an at-tempted piece of street-stealing that willmake them blush for the past, or it is tobe hoped that itwill.
UNKEQTJITED LOVE.Why James Godfrey, a Marine Fireman,
Was Badly Beaten by TwoYoung Men.
Thomas Tracy and Peter O'Keefe ap-peared in Judge Conlan's court yesterdayto answer to a charge of assault with adeadly weapon, but the case was con-tinued, as James Godfrey, the complainingwitness, was not yet able to leave the hos-pital.
Godfrey was suffering from erysipelas,and a few days ago itwas thought that hewould die, but he was rapidly recoveringyesterday and will have to answer to acharge of mayhem.
The trouble arose out of Godfrey's pas-sion for Catherine Nugent, the keeper of aprivate boarding-house at 28 Minna street.Godfrey is a marine fireman and when inthe City pressed his suit upon MissNugent, but she gave him no encourage-ment, as she preferred Tracy.
One day last January Godfrey forced hisway into Miss Nugent's room and de-manded that she should marry him atonce. She refused and he threatened tokillher. Her screams brought assistance,and Godfrey was taken to the City Prison.He was fined fordisturbing the peace.
He left Miss Nugent alone until lastFriday, when he again forced himself intoher room and demanded that she shouldmarry him. She screamed for help andTracy and O'Keefe ran to her assistance.A fight ensuea, during which Godirey tookTracy's hand in his mouth and severelybit it. Godfrey got the worst of the fightand from a wound in the rieht arm erysip-elas set in. Godfrey claimed that Tracy andO'Keefe struck him with an ax, but thisthey denied.
A VENUS FROM CARRARA.Rupert Schmid Has Com-
pleted His California"Poppy."
A Callfornlan Artist's Pictures AreGreatly Appreciated In
Germany.
Rupert Schmid has just returned homefrom a long European sojourn, most of itspent in the quarries of Carrara, where heput that newest type of beauty, the Cali-fornia Venus into pure white marble. Hehas also made a number of busts andmedallions of California celebrities.
It was seventeen years since RupertSchmid had visited Europe before, andmany things struck him on his flying visitto Munich, Paris and Vienna. In fact hedoes not quite know which disgusted himmost, that in Southern Italy Old Worldcustoms still linger, or that in the rest of
IEurope the picturesque peculiarities ofidress and speech that distinguished one|nation from another, are fast vanishingaway before modern improvements.
"It's likegoing back 2000 or 3000 years to|Igo to Carrara, 'be said. "They stilluse ox-iteams to haul the marble, and urge the< cattle on witha goad. They prefer ft, too,for actually a railroad was built for themarble, and it is never used. Idid notlike it at all. That sort of life may b»picturesque, but give me American com-
And then, apparently to show that thereis no rose without a thorn, the sculptorexpressed his regret at the loss art is sus-taining elsewhere in Europe. "All thepicturesque old peasant dresses are vanish-ing, and every one is beginning to dressaliKe. Youcan no longer tell what countryyou are in from the costumes: in fact, thepicturesqueness is going out of the lifewithmodern improvements."
So profoundly did Mr. Schmid appearto be impressed with this result of im-provement and rapid communication thathe added, "Artists will soon have to usenothing but grays to depict the universalsameness."
Munich, the sculptor considers, has ret-rograded since he was there last, but Berlinhas gone forward by leaps and boundstoward a knowledge and appreciation ofpainting and sculpture. "There are somegood artists in Munich, though," he ad-mitted; "men of many different nationswho have identified themselves with theplace.
"One of the faremost is Toby Rosenthal.He sends verylittleof his work to America,for it has a ready sale in Germany. TheEmpress recently bought some olhis paint-ings, and ordered more; at least that waswhat Iheard. He only had one littlecan-vas unsold inhis studio when Iwas there,and that was not quite finished. Themodel was a little blond-headed boy, andthe painting was an exact likeness, andwas full of sentiment and expression.
"By the way, a man Idid not see inMunich was David Neale. Some nonsensehas been said about the influence 1 usedupon him with regard to the Wells statue.There's not a word of truth in the rumor,which many people seem to have believed.Itis trueI"often saw David Neale beforegoing to Europe, but we never once dis-cussed that statue, and inMunich Idid noteven see him.1
'
Z While inMunich Rupert Schmid modeledan Indian of the North American variety,which was at once purchased by a club."ButIndians are no longer a novelty, forsince Buffalo Bill traveled they are as wellknown over there as they are here
—better,
perhaps," he added."One thing that impressed me was that
the Europeans are making great strides inart, and are always seeking somethingoriginal. Every little town in Germanyand Italy seems to want to have its monu-ments to Emperor William and Bismarkor Garibaldi, Mazzini or Cavour. Thereare between four and fivehundred statuesof Garibaldi alone. Some villages havetwo of them, but they are all different andall artistic. Even when they have to putup a building that is only intended to beuseful (such as a railway station) thereseems to be a rage to make itat the sametime ornamental."
"Poppy," as Rupert Schmid persists incalling his California Venus, is still atCarrara. He met with several disappoint-ments in making her. Once when thetieure began to enlarge from a block of thewliitest marble, it was found that thebeautiful stone was marred with one blackvein, which disfigured Poppy's rightshoulder. Another partly chiseled figurealso revealed a flaw "in the marble; butfinally a block which revealed no imper-fections was found, and now Poppy ischiseled inmarble as white as snow. Thefigure will be shipped to California in thecourse of the next few weeks. A quantityof other work which Rupert Schmidhas brought with him is still in the Cus-tom-house.
The Coopers' Union.The Journeymen Coopers' Union, which has
about 560 members, met last night and re-ported business, mostly winework, as fairlygood. The following officers were installed:F. A. Michels, president; J. C. Peterson, vice-president; William Colbert, financial secre-tary; Conrad L. Ochs, recording secretary;H. J. Cronin, treasurer; M. Burns, marshal,end C. Tingberg, J. Belgin and J. Dunphy.trustees.
A Lodging-House Attached.The lodging-house of Mrs.E.M.Tobin, at 215
Kearny street, was taken possession of yester-day by Sheriff Whelan by virtue of a writ ofattachment issued to the Chicago Clock Com-pany. Mrs. Tobin, itis claimed, had purchasedhousehold goods from the firm, on which shestill owes $1182. As the money was not forth-coming resort was made to the courts.
THE DENTISTS' ELECTIONDr. I.W. Hays President and
Dr. Russell H. Cool Vice-President.
ONE LADY MEMBER'S PAPER.
The Clinics and Banquet Complete
a Very Busy Day of the Con-vention.
The interest in the dental conventionyesterday was centered in the election ofofficers, which resulted in the selection ofthe folJowing-nained persons toserve forthe ensuing year:
Dr. I.W. Hays of Grass Valley, presi-dent; Dr. Russell H.Cool of Oakland, firstvice-president; Dr. F. W. Metcalf of Sac-ramento, second vice-president; L. VanOrden of San Francisco, third vice-presi-
dent; Dr. W. Z Kineof San Francisco, re-cording secretary ;Dr. W. C. Reith, corre-sponding secretary; Dr.Thomas N. Igle-hart of San Francisco, treasurer.
The election was held in the afternoonwith closed doors. The rivalry for the of-fice of president began in a caucus in thecorridor. The friends of Dr. Cool for thefirst honor in the association did most ex-cellent worK for him, but the quiet workof the Hays faction had been done in theearly part of the convention.
Aninformal vote was taken as a sort offeeler resulting Hays 28, Cool 26.
Fifteen new members instantly rushedto the secretary's desk, where they delugedhim taking their initiation fees and securedthe privilege ofvoting. Six of these wentto Cool and the other nine to Hays, mak-ing the vote Hay? 37, Cool 32.
Dr. Cool smilingly submitted and ac-cepted second place.
The only paper of the day was by Dr. C.
E. McElroyof Ran Quentin, on "Childrenand Dentistry." The paper was so free oftechnical terms and so fullof a vigorousdefense of the little ones in the dentalchair that itwas received witha storm ofapplause. The discussion of the paperwns participated in by Drs. Marion.WardCraig, W. J. Younger, L. Van Orden, DeCrow, Mories and Metcalf.
Miss McElroy is a graduate of the Uni-versity of Michigan, but has since madeCalifornia her home. She was the firstwoman to jointhe State Dental Association.She believes in the power of personal mag-netism and genial nature in the treatmentof children, as she expressed in her paper.
Dr. L. L. Dunbar and Dr. Walter F.Lewis were elected at a committee meetingas delegates to the American Dental Asso-ciation, to meet at Asbury Park inAugust, 1896. The effort will be made bythese delegates to bring the AmericanDental Congress to the Pacific Coast at itsnext succeeding meeting.
The resignations of Drs. L.Bush and C.G. Bush of San Francisco, George Earl ofSan Diego and F. 0. Jacobs of Oaxlandwere offered and accepted.
The dentists posed on the Mintsteps at
high noon for a group photograph andlooked as pleasant as they knew how.
The corridors were tilled with interesteddentists and anxious patients at the clinicin the forenoon. Dr. A. H. Wallace ofOakland gave an exhibition of porcelain-face gold bridgewqrk, using a dummy jawhaving two abutting teeth on which tohang the bridge. The process leaves thefront of the inserted teeth.,Wsll exposed,while the gold support is hidden inthebackground.
Dr.Wallace also demonstrated a speedyand perfect extirpation of pulp from themoutn of a patient, which he performedwitha sharp stick of orange wood tippedwithcarbolic acid, after the nerve had beendeadened by cocaine.
Dr. J. P. Parker of Santa Cruz demon-strated that condensation could be ob-tained by hand pressure, fillingthe cavityof an eye tooth of a patient in the demon-stration.
The operation of gold building, demon-strated by Dr. A. F. Merriman Jr. of Oak-land, attracted every member and visitorin the corridor. The cavity filled was alarge posterior and very difficult to reach.The operation showed the different uses ofthree mallets, the hand, automatic andmechanical, each of which he claimed tobe necessary to the particular work forwhich itis designed.
Dr. A. H. Modes, of Alameda occupiedthe morning hours with a patient whoseteeth required the application of variousscientific instruments.
During the busy operations of the dent-ists at clinics the groups of witnesses werestartled by a loud wailing cry that madethe nervous ones shudder, but had noeffect on the dentists. A lady was losinga mouthful of teeth in the north corridor,but she was so completely under the influ-ence of nitrous oxide gas that, like onewho cries in sleep, she did not know thecause. She lost her teeth and stepped outof the chair with a pleased expression andhearty thanks to Dr. Bliss for a painlessoperation.
Dr. J. L.Asav of San Jose was tohaveread a paper, but was excused owing tothe lateness of the hour and the anxiety ofthe majority of the members to attend thebanquet at Delmonico's.
The banquet was the jolliest event of theconvention. Covers were laid for forty ofthe members, who, under the guiding handof Dr. Russell H.Cool, the new first vice-president, turned their thoughts and theirspeech out of the channels of dental labor
and plied their teeth. The feast was ofthat satisfying character which dentistsenjoy who believe that good living isnecessary to a successful career. Itwas 10o'clock when they reached the cigars andthe speeches and the midnight hour hadtolled before they even thought of leaving.
The toasts and those responding to themare as follows:
"The California State Dental Association,"Dr.J. A. W. Lundborg; "The Presidentlof theCalifornia State Dental Association," Dr.Lu-thc-A. Teague; "The President-Kloct," Dr. J.W. Hayes of Grass VuHey; "The ban FranciscoDental Association," Dr. W. Z. King; "TheSanta Clara ValleyDental Association," Dr.W.de Crow; "Our Papa," Dr. Max Sichel; "TheNew Members," Dr. A.F. Merriman Jr.; "TheOld Guard," Dr. William J. Younger; silenttoast, drunk standing, "First President andThose Who Are With Him"; "The MembersFrom the Interior," Dr.A. H. Palmer of Napa;"The Pacific Stomotolosrical Gazette," MilesL.Farland; "Th* Ladies," Hon. W. C. Ballev;"The Dental Department, University of Cali-fornia," Dr. L. Van Orden; "The Dental Boardof Examiners," Dr.Thomas Morffew.
Itis said that there are thirteen familiesin New York each of which has over$500,000 invested indiamonds, j
miss o. c. Mcelroy, the first woman dentist to becomeA MEMBEROF THE CALIFORNIA STATE DENTAL ASSOCIATION.
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Call" artist.]
DX. I. W. HATS OF GRASS VALLEY, THE NEW PRESIDENT OFTHE CALIFORNIA STATE DENTAL ASSOCIATION.
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Call" artist.]
SUTRO TAKES HIS STANDThe Mayor Refuses to Turn
Down Election Commis-sioner Foster.
A NEAT POINT OP LAW NOW.
He Says That the Action of theState Central Committee
Was Illegal.
Mayor Sutro has thrown the gauntlet tothe Republican State Central Committee,and has refused to turn down Samuel Fos-ter, whom he appointed as one of the fourElection Commissioners. His reasons forrefusing to withdraw his appointee arethat he thinks that he is a good man forthe place; that those who condemned himdid not represent the voice of the StateCentral Committee, and that they had noright to reject his name.
The law says that the State Central Com-mittee shall have the power to accept orreject the men of their party named by
the Mayor. When Mr.Foster was namedP. B.Cornwall, chairman of the Republi-can State Central Committee, said that thepower to accept or reject was in the handsof the executive committee of the StateCentral Committee, but this conclusionwas found to be a hasty one. The commit-tee of the whole thought otherwise and soacted. Itwas soon learned that Mr.Fos-ter was persona non grata to many of themembers, much to the indignation of hisfriends and Mayor Sutro.
The Mayor, in refusing to appoint a suc-cessor to Foster, introduced a neat pointof law. He says there was not a quorumpresent at the meeting at which Fosterwas rejected. There may have been aquorum present, as far as the transactionof any ordinary business is concerned, butnot for action on the appointment of Elec-tion Commissioners. When acting on thatquestion Mr. Sutro and his secretary, Tay-lor Rogers, argue the committae is a Statebody and must conform to the laws gov-erning such bodies. One of the laws isthat a quorum must consist of a majorityof the members of said body, and it is onthis point that the Mayor declares thatthe rejection of Mr.Foster was illegal. Aquorum was present as far as the StateCentral Committee was concerned, but notas a State body.
The result willprobably be an action tomandamus the Mayor to appoint anotherCommissioner.
The protest of the executive committeeof the Republican State Central Commit-tee against the Mayor's nomination ofSamuel Foster as Election Commissionerwas still the talk among Republicansyesterday.
The proceedings were taken in execu-tive session, hence there was a generaldesire to know how members stood.The Call ascertained from an authenticsource that the vote was recorded as fol-lows:
in favor of the motion to protest—
Corn-wall, Cooney, McQuaid, Kerr, Sonntag.
Against the motion—Montague, Dodge,Dennery, McNab.
Excused from voting—
Asa R. Wells.Itwas supposed when the meeting was
called that Mr. Cornwall favored the con-firmation of Mr. Foster, but his opinionwas probably changed by the evasive an-swer to the direct question as to whetherthe nominee voted the Republican Stateticket at the last election.
When the opponents of Foster disclosedtheir strength in the meeting, his friendswanted an adjournment to some other day.This proposition was voted down, and alsoa motion to adjourn until7 o'clock of thesame day. Then it was proposed to sendfor Foster, but that proposition was like-wise rejected.
Henry L. Dodge maintained that ifFoster voted against Estee he meant by sodoing to express his dislike of Dan Burns,and that the act should not be regardedas disloyalty to the parly. He classedFoster as an Independent Republican.
Mr.Sonntag was afraid that the sameindependence might be again manifested ifFoster should be chosen Election Commis-sioner, and itmight be directed the secondtime against the next nominee of the partyfor Governor.
Montague spoke highly of the mercantilestanding of Foster, and was quite well sat-isfied that he would perform the duties ofCommissioner in a proper manner.
Among the candidates highly indorsedfor Election Commissioner is H.S. Mar-tin,a man of means and a good Republican.His friends assert that the RepublicanState Central Committee would take pleas-ure inconfirming his appointment.
WHITE METAL CHAMPIONS.I.radius; Speakers Invited to Attend
the Local Conven-tion.
If systematic and persistent effortcounts for anything the coming silver con-vention called to meet in this City on the19th of August willbe a largely attendedand enthusiastic gathering.
Letters are received daily at the officesof the Pacific Coast branch of the Ameri-can Bimetallic League from all parts ofthe State, showing that there is a keen in-terest on the silver question. Many ofthese letters contain inquiries as to themanner of forming local leagues. As ameans of answering these communicationspromptly and comprehensively George P.Keeney, secretary for the PaciGc Coast,has had printed a circular giving full in-formation on this point. This and a copyof the constitution for the use of localleagues is forwarded in answer to eachletter of inquiry, and a large number ofthese documents, together with the calloriginally issued for the convention, arealso sent" to a large number of prominentcitizens throughout the State each day.
Special invitations have been sent to allthe most prominent leaders of the East inthe bimetallic movement, and it is ex-pected to have some of the best silverspeakers in the country present here dur-ing the convention. Among those whomitis expected to bring out are General J.A. Williamson, General A.J. Warner, Sen-ator Blackburn, "W. J. Bryan, SenatorsWolcott and Teller, and Henry Jones ofGeorgia. Other speakers willprobably beSenator W. M. Stewart, Hon. Francis G.Newlands, Hon. J. C. Sibley, Irwin C.Stump, T. J. Clunie, John Mitchell, T. G.Phelps, Senator Jones of Nevada andUnited States Circuit Judge Henry Cald-well.
Another measure taken by SecretaryKeeney was to have stereotype plates madeof the original call for the convention,which have been sent to more than 100 ofthe interior papers in this State.
From present indications itis expectedthat there willbe not less than 1000 regu-larly accredited delegates present at theconvention, which it is proposed to havecontinue in session for three consecutivedays, or even longer, ifnecessary.
A committee has been appointed withinstructions to wait upon the railroad peo-ple and secure half rates for delegates totne convention.
The place of meeting has not yet beendecided upon, but will be shortly. Itisthe desire of the local executive committeeto secure a hall that willnot only accom-modate the delegates, but the thousandsof spectators who it is expected willbe at-tracted to the sessions of the convention.
EXHIBITS POE ATLANTA.Fruit-Growers of Southern California
Prepare for the Exposition.
J. A. Gorman, who has been visitingCalifornia for the past few weeks in theinterest ol the Atlanta Exposition, re-
ported yesterday he had traveled throughthe southern part of the State and thor-oughly aroused the population of that sec-tion.
Anexhibit has been collected and willbe shipped as soon as the building to re-ceive it is completed, which willbe aboutthe middle of August.
Mr.Gorman said that the exhibit whichhas been secured thoroughly representedthe resources of the State and was quiteextensive, and if the County Supervisorsshould not see fit to appropriate fundsfrom their respective treasuries to defraythe expenses of the Board of Trade'sexhibit, in any event the display fromSouthern California will be one of whichthe State need not be ashamed.
ANOTHER OHINAMAN SHOT.Supposed to Be an Attempted Murder In
Retaliation for the L.ast One.
Another Chinaman was hurried to thehospital about 11:30 o'clock last nightwitha bullet wound clean through him.He willdie, the doctors say, for the bulletentered at the back, perforated the ab-domen and emerged through the skin justabove the hip.
The wounded Chinaman is Chong Wy,who works in a store on the corner or Du-pont and Washington streets. He was put-ting: the shutters on the window lastnight, when another Chinaman came upbehind him and fired one shot. Wy threwup his hands, while his assailant fled downTrenton street and took refuge in a littleroom inone of the houses there. He wasfollowed by two women from the ChineseMission, who heard the shot.
The room was afterward entered byPoliceman Tannin, who arrested Mock Ey,who was in bed. Ey was taken to theCalifornia-street station and registered inthe small book to await identification.Itis supposed that the assault upon Wy
is in revenge for the murder of the China-man in Kum Cook alley early one morningabout two weeks ago.
UNEMPLOYED HOPEFULThe Men Confident of Secur-
ing Positions Through"The Call."
Every Small Advertisement AttractsCrowds of Those Who Are
Seeking Work.
This City continues to be the headquar-ters of large numbers of unemployed men,which fact became evident yesterdaythrough an advertisement in the advertis-ing columns of The Call stating that ayoung man was wanted to assist at keep-ing bar ina country hotel and to performnumerous minor duties.In event of any one seeking snch a posi-
tion he could have the same by applying ata certain address mentioned in the adver-tisement between the hours of 12 m. and 2p. m.
Promptly at noon applicants began tomake their appearance and were all re-ceived, without reference to age or color.Among the crowd were men whose appear-ance bespoke their respectability. Theymingled and jostled each other in theiranxiety to be first heard, as one man ex-plained that he was a firm believer in theold adage that "first come first served."
White men, colored men and even Japa-nese were there, some young and well-dressed, as was required by the employer,others old and infirm, ragged and brokendown inbody and spirit,but just as anxiousto obtain the position as their younger andmore fortunate companions.Itwas estimated that during the given
hours between 150 and 200 men paia theofh'ce a visit in search of employment, thelast one being a man who, figurativelyspeaking was about "at the end of histether, if appearances are to be reliedupon.
"Well!"he ejaculated, "this is strange.Here, just this morning,Ispent about anhour looking up the 'help wanted' columninThe Call, and thought Iwould be sureto secure a position through the numberof names that Iput down inmy notebook,but when Iarrived at my destina-tion in each case there were fromfifty to 200 men ahead of me. Iguesseverybody in town must take The Call,but I'llfool them to-morrow and get therebefore any one else, and by night 1feelsure that Iwillhave a position, and itwillbe thanks to The Call if Ido, as that isthe paper all the boys look to for informa-tion in regard to securing a position, asall the notices are inserted in good faithand not by money-making schemers."
New California Giant Begonias.The meeting of the California Jstate Floral
Society will be held July 13 in the lecturehall, Y.M.C. A.building,corner of Ellis andMason streets. The society has outgrown itsold quarters, and will hold its display of thenew California begonias at the more commo-dious place.
MRS. E. K. GOGGIN'S WOES.She Accuses Attorney John
M.Chretien of ImproperActs.
A STORY OF THREE TRUNKS.
Her Husband's Clothing: Was Stolen,Too, but That Gave Her No
Concern.
The notorions Goggin case was recalledyesterday by the arrival of circulars signedby Mrs. Sarah W. Goggin, and stating thatJohn M. Chretien acted under a forgedpower of attorney in arranging for the for-warding of her effects to Scotland; alsothat many articles of expensive wearingapparel were missing when the trunksarrived inbad condition and much laterthan she expected them.
She further complained that "the threetrunks were nailed up in wooden cases,with$1500 to be paid on them," and herfinal statement was: "Mr. Goggin'sclothes were also stolen, but that does notgive me any concern."
These circulars were sent toMr.Chretienand some of his friends. The purposeseemed to be the double one of accusingChretien of fraudulent dealing and of put-ting the police on the track of the stolengoods, a list of which accompanied thepeculiar document.
E. K.Goggin, the husband of the ladymaking the complaint, was for many years
•connected with the firm of Francis & Val-entine. About a year ago itwas discoveredhe had appropriated money to the amountof $20,000 belonging to that firm. Thecouple escaped the clutches of the law byflight to Scotland.
Chretien gave the sequel of the storylast evening. He seemed not at all dis-turbed by the charge, but said, laughingly:"I was Mr. Goggin's attorney for tenyears, and helped him and his wife levant,foing with them as far as Winnemucca.
hey would be in San Quentin if it werenot for me, but Iam the loser of $4000through my services for them.
"Mrs. Goggin gave me her power of at-torney in the presence of a Mrs. Reid of 20Wildey avenue, and when creditors at-tached their goods which were stored inthe Eagle warehouse Iendeavored to com-promise with them, and succeeded indoing so for $1500 of the debt of $3500.This took some time, however, and whiletue Goggins left in July Iwas not able toget the goods away until January, whenthey were forwarded through the agencyof the Anglo-California Bank. They wereshipped oh the steamer Progreso, going viaPanama, and 1 paid the freight or $46 my-self.
"George W. Allen acted as my represen-tative when the packing was done, as Iwas confined to mv house by illness at thetime, and Ralph Hoittof Baker &Hamil-ton's did the packing."Ihad no intimation that all was not
satisfactory until months later Alex Hey-neman, acting in Mrs. Goggin's behalf, in-quired as to tne validity or the power ofattorney and Ireferred him to the notarypublic, whose books showed that it hadbeen issued. He also got the testimony ofMrs. Reid, the witness. Itdeveloped thatMrs. Goggin had written to Frank Cleary,but after an investigation he declined totake the case, as also did Lloyd & Wood.
"The story in a nutshell is that she istrying to evade the payment of the $1500 toher creditors and her only excuse is thatsome of her effects were missing.
"Allthe papers in reference to the caseare at my office and are at the disposal ofThe Call."
COMMITTEES OP GUNNERS.Perfecting; Organization inthe California
Inanimate Target Association.The new committees of the California
Inanimate Target Association have beenappointed by M. C. Allen, the president.They are as follows:
Tournament— B. V. Kellogg, Empire GunClub, chairman; W.J. Golcher, Olympic Club;D.Daniels, Lincoln Club; R. Liddle Jr., Nim-rod Club; A. A. Martin, Mill Valley Club;David Winders, Stockton Club; T.F. Hudson,Watsonvilie Club; Edgar Forster. Electric Club.
Finance— Len D. Owens, Olympic Club, chair-man ;Henry B.Varney, Empire Club; H.Quin-ton, Lincoln Club.
Membership— A. R. Crowell, Electric Club,chairman; G.Stewart, Empire Club; C. Cate,Lincoln Club; L.L.Jones, Mill Valley Club;Dr. W. M.Tholme, Nimrod Club.
Appeals and grievances— P. F. E. Steiner,Nimrod Club, chairman; J. Fanning, ElectricClub; A.Rodriquez, Watsonville Club; ThomasF. Kelly,-Mill valley Club; Len D. Owens,Olympic Club.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1895. 5
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