The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 6, 1895, Page 5

THE SAN FRANC1SCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1895. 5 THELR MUSIC HAY GROW MUTE, DAVID W. LORING, CONDUCTOR, RETIRES FROM THE LORING CLUB. HARD TO FIND A SUCCESSOR. Has HELD THE BATON FOR EIGH- TEEN YEARS—LEAVING FOR JAPAN. Tt is very probable that the Loring Club, which for eighteen years has charmed the ears of San Francisco with its music, may unconscious in bed with the gas turned on full. The man had intended to commit suicide, the doors and ‘windows were locked and the Keyhole in the doorhed been plugged up. Dr. Montgomery was summoned and he worked on the man for over seven hoursand then sent | him to the Receiving Hospital. Nothing was | found on his person by which he could be iden- | tified. It is thought that he cannot recover. —————— LOST HIS GRANDSON. John Krueger's First Day in California Marred by Misfortune. “I waited and waited, and he did not come,” said gray-haired John Kruegerat the Ahlborn House yesterday, “and then all through the night I tossed upon my bed and longed for my grandson to re- turn.” In yesterday’s issue of a contemporary, there appeared the following advertise- ment: NY ONE A\ Aaron Breamer plea father at the Ablborn Hotel, Grant avenue. ce of his grandson, g the disapp « morning “We arrived h 1 from Hus R in the after- noon, about 1 o’clock, Aaron asked me for a dollar to buy himself a hat. I gave him | the money, and from that moment I have DAVID W. LORING, FOUNDER OF THE CLUB THAT BEARS HIS NAME. [Reproduced from a photograph.] go out of existence entirely at the end of the present month. Tub 1 en- foundation of the has been the mu > moving spirit of t tion. On Monday Jers met as us 1, not_one evening for their t of ten of change was conducted, in lower spirits than stening to the war- weekly them bei impendin tant n the at s expressed, combined with do to whether the club could continue to exist, for ion of many “lub amlet cut out. . urged that every ow d be made not to let the organi- committee has been ap- A. Murison, to consider the ies of carrying on the club, and another committee lias beer uvimiul d to T farewe n to Mr. 1as been nim last concert of the present season, time during the present month, if possible, in order that Mr. Loring may conduct it, before he for Japan, which he will probably do early in April. as to whether the club could find another conductor were expressed by many of the members vester “Wecould not get one in 10,000 who would give his time and energies as Mr. Loring has done,” said W. A. Murison, the t “He has never spared himself any work, and has done it without comp ion. *Of course, our carrying on the club de- pends entirely upon finding another such some 3} il man as Mr. I z to condt We have not much hope he will return per- manently to cisco. His busi lies princ an, k Loring, P. Lowe, and her there. 1 the committee has reported next week, we can none of us say whether the club will continue or not.” o v his off as long as I . Loring yesterday, “but business compels me to go to Japan for an indefinite period. I see no reason though why the club should not conti as usual during my absence. If anything has been accomplished in the musical line, a great déal more iit is due to the en- ergy of the members than to my directing. S1n saying that I do not want to pose as a Uriah Heap. The good feeling that the club bas always shown to me is a little like the affection of Mary’s lamb—the lamb loved Mary because Mary loved the lamb. The club has been my hobby. “This is our eighteenth season. To think that the organization should come to an end, just because I am going away, would be a subject of regret to me. Indeed I hope that will never happen.” he following are the officers and the active members of the Loring Club: President, William Alvord; vice-president, C. nusband are irector, D. W. Loring. s Amos, J. S. 'Atherstone, Lou Blair, Salo Blum, George Bremner, Boysen, W. E. Bacheller, F.” M. Coftin, L. L. Dobles, Robert Dawson, F. Denicke, R. Foster, J. C. Fyfe, B.Franklin, James H. Graham, F. M Hus(e&. A. M. Hill, E. L. Hueter, A. Helke, W. F. Hooke, C.H. Hoeg, A.D. Hirsch, J. G. Humphrey, F. H. Hausman, E. H. Kemp, C. E. Ker, Edlfllz. C. H. Lamberto; . H. Lombard, W. A. Murison, J. J. Morris, W.'S. Mackay, C. H. Milner, J. G. Morr . H. Murphy, J. Mach: triet,William Nielsen, 1 van, George Purlenky, C. W. Platt, Robert Park, John F. Ritter, Romaine, J. D. Rug- . Stone, W. C. Stadtfeld, Dr. J. C. ichols, P 7. O’Sulli- ite period, as business | not seen him. I think it possible that he has been induced to ship on some deep- water vessel, but cannot ix cumsta sober and ind about 5 feet 6 long nose, t He is 18 years old, all, has a prominent . dark-brown hair, and wore, when he disappeared, a striped gray woolen suit, congress shoes, blue tourist cap, and a brown flannel shirt with a tie of some plain color. I did not intend to remain here long, b i till Aaron isfound. T dare not write to my wife that our grandson has, disappeared.” BIG SHIPHENT OF WINE OVER ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND GALLONS ON THE PROGRESO FOR NEW YORK. ov THE LARGEST CARGO OF SPIRITS EVER SENT ACROSS THE IsTaMUS. The Panama Steamship Company’s steamer Progreso will sail to-morrow after- noon for Panama loaded to the guards with | freight. *Among her cargo is 3600 barrels | of wine, amounting in all to 108,000 ¢ { This is the largest shipment of wine to | New York across the isthmus eve: made, { and almost the greatest amount which has | zone by sea around the horn in one ship- ment. ~ Lombard-street wharf presented a busy scene yesterday. The wharf was blocked with trucks, drays and wagons, | and barrels of wine were arriving and be- ing hoisted into the shipall da; The cargo of wine on the Pr second large shipment of that article which has gone across the isthmus, the having also taken quite a large cargo. he Panama Steamship Company has made it possible for the producers of California to send their products to the Eastern markets thin thirty days by its low rate of freights, and it is promised that quite a trade will be built up. It is evident also from the large ship- ments that there is quite a demand in the East for Californian wine. The Progreso also carries 18,000 cases of canned fruit and salmon and an immense lot of beans. The canned fruit and salmon are goods which were sold to be shipped across the continent, but the Southern Pacific raised the rate between here and NewYork and points west of the Missouri River, and the Eastern buyers refused to pay the in- creased tariff. The Progreso only arrived here on the 1st inst., and she will sail on time to-mor- row. Inless than six days she will have been discharged and loaded, and to do this the work has been rushed on her by Herriman & Mills, her stevedores. Cyrus Edson, mo., Chief of Health Department, New York, WRITES OF THE IDEAL TONIC “The most effectual ut now I will stay | [NSURANCE WAR NOW IN GOURT. ENDEAVORING TO BREAK UP A COMBINE AS A TRUST AND BOYCOTT. STRONG AFFIDAVITS READ. THE CONTINENTAL COMPANY Has LosT AGENTS AND CONSIDERA- BLE BUSINESS. The insurance companies that are mem- bers of the Board of Fire Underwriters will not be able to get rid of the restraining | order of the Circuit Court for several days at least. The hearing of the case by which Duval hopes to secure a permanent injunc- tion against the companies of the combine came up in the Circuit Cour yesterday. The statements by opposing counsel and the introduction of affidavits took up the entire day. W. 8. Duval, the complainant, was repre- sented by S. M. Shortridge. G. W. Spencer, John Cofman, N. T. James, George F. Grant and other prominent members of the Board of Fire Underwriters were in court watching the proceedings intently. Charles Page and T. C. Coogan are the at- torneys for the defendants. The proceedings showed that the com- | lainant will seek to prove coercion and oycott on the part of the defendants by compelling various agents to withdraw from the Continental Insurance Company, and also in refusing to allow insurers who patronize the Continental Company to in- sure in the board or union companies. The defendants deny that there has been any coercion or bovcott. They say they gave the agents the choice of acting as Tepresentatives of either the union or non- union companies, but did not use any force in the matter. They further main- tain that they allow insurers to elect whether they shall insure in union or non- union companies, but they use no threats toward the insurers in case the lat- hoose to patronize the non-union com- panies: The proceedings were opened by Attor- ney Shortridge, who read the bill ‘of com- | He held that the non-intercourse | plaint. rule was intended to interfere with the proper performance of the Continental’s | duties, and also to coerce it into entering the com an affidayvit of W. S. Duval, but he was_in- terrupted by Page, who drew Judge Me- Kenna's attention to a rule of the court | that compelled all affidavits to be filed with the bill of complaint. against Shortridge, and a strong argument followed. If the rule of the court had been upheld the bill of complaint would haye been unsupported, and Duval’s case would have been thrown out of court. Shortridge quoted law Shortridge started to read | McKenna ruled | and many | igantic combine, reaching all over the acific Coast and affecting the owner of every dollar’s worth of property thereon. Owing to the long distances it had been impossible to obtain all the available affi- davits, but that certainly the court would grant further time to do so in reply to new matter in the answering affidavits. The court asked what new matter was referred to, and Attorney Shortridge imme- diately pointed out the same. Upon this showing the court continued the case until next Friday, in the mean- time continuing the injunction against the combine. : A A General Primary Law. The following telegram has been sent to Hon. Frank McGowan, chairman of the Republican legx_slnuve caucus, by the com- mittee on political action of the Union League Club: In the interest of good government, which is alwi in the interest of the Revublican party, we ask passage of Assembly bills 335 and 889, respectively, so amended that election officers of cities and cities and_counties of 150,000 in- habitants need not residein precincts in which they serve. We strongly recommend a general rimary held by all parties on same day under ull supervision of law. M. Cooney, George H. Pippy, A. P. Williams, E. T. Donnelly, Wendeil Easton, J. G. Giesting, ('(;mbmillee on political action Union League Club. (GLYNN I§ THE RECORDER. HE IS DECLARED LEGALLY ELECTED TO THE POSITION, WHICH HE HoOLDS. ALLEN PERSISTS IN His DETER- MINATION TO WITHDRAW FROM THE CONTEST. James B. Allen has finally withdrawn | from his contest for the seat of Thomas J. | Glynn, and Glynn has been declared the elected Recorder. The days of grace allot- ted to Allen and his attorney, E. S. Salo- mon, to allow them to obtain more money | for the purpose of carrying on the recount | having expired, there was nothing left for | the contesting parties but to withdraw, | and this they did as gracefully as possible. | The case was kept waiting for half an | hour yesterday morning to allow Mr. | Allen time to a.pYear, At half-past 10, however, he was still absent, and then Mr. | Salomon announced that he would defi- nitely withdraw from the case. He said | he regretted exceedingly the necessity | which_impelled bim to surrender, but he prolonged delay, and con- sequently would go no further in the case. “Do you wish me to dismiss the count?”’ | asked the court. “You may so far as I am concerned,” | said Salomon. This order was then entered upon the minutes: It appearing to the court that | the Election Commissioners have decided that Thomas J. Glynn was legally elected Recorder of this city and county, and no evidence to the contrary having been pro- duced, it is therefore ordered that this con- test be dismissed and that Thomas J. Glynn be declared lawfully entitled to the office which he now holds. Comment upon the action of Mr. Allen is varied, He was expected to win, and his | wished to avoid 7 = G.WLSPENCER NT.IAMES IR o G.F GRANT IMPORTANT PERSONAGES IN THE GREAT INSURANCE SUIT IN JUDGE M’KENNA’S COURT. [Sketched yesterday for “The Call” by J. Kahler.] authorities on the question and finally won | friends cannot understand why he is will- his point, a most vital one. Judge Mec- | ing to withdraw, unless it is that he will Kenna stated, however, that in the future | gain as much as he will lose by so doing. the rule would be enforced and all affi- davits must accompany the bill of com- DR. C. Z. ELLIS CURES IT. plaint. Shortridge then introduced a number of Dr. C. Z. Ellis’ treatment of Rupture is appli- cable to either sex and cures without any de- affidavits, which went to show that mem- tention from business. He is not engaged in bers of the combine had sent notices to various agents compelling them to sur- selling trusses, but personally treats and cures all cases undertaken. render the agencies of board companies if they persisted in acting as agents for the Continental and other non-union com- panies. Assistant General Manager Bach- man of the Continental Insurance Com- pany affirmed that he had been compelled to go to great expense in Los Angeles to protect the company’s interests in that city. Shortridge read a long affidavit of W. 8. Duval, in which the latter testified to various acts of the combine to compel his agents to §ivo up the agency of hiscom- pany and alsojto compel various insurers to discontinue patronizing the Continental. Mr. James A. Box, Hettin, Trinity County, Cal,‘writes: “I suffered twelve years from & Tupture of so great & size that I could get no truss that would hold it, and the trusses were only an additional torture. My general health was impaired so much that T was unable to follow my usual occu- The affidavit set forth thatif the com- D U At TR bine was allowed toresume the operation gr“u?xec{llxc;o oor “::E::: of the non-intercourse rule, or boycott, its ment. Iapplied to Dr. business would be ruined. Ellis and after only two Page then read a long answer to the bill weeks’ treatment he ronounced me cured. afterward consulted three different physi- cians, who all agreed of complaint. It denied that there was any coercion or boycott, but admitted the existence of the non-intercourse clause, that { had no rupture. I returned home in July, and have beenla- boring hard ever since, but have had no return of the tronble. Iam able to go without any support, feel better than I have for years andsconsider myself perma- nently cured. Isincerely advise ‘any afflicted as I was to call on Dr. Ellis, for I know from which the answer stated was not designed to_interfere with the business of the plain- tiff, nor to attempt to dictate how the plaintiff should conduct his business. It admitted that agents had been given the choice to work for either the board or non- board companies. It explained that this was necessary to protect their own inter- A PLEA FOR A SHIP BOUNTY. WHAT THE INVENTOR OF THE ‘WHALEBACK THINKS OF THE MATTER. ONLY HOPE FOR COMMERCE. How THE CURIOUSLY SHAPED SHIPS ‘WERE SUGGESTED 'TO His MIND. Captain Alexander McDougall, the “whaleback” inventor, who is at the Palace, has strong sentiments upon the question of a Government bounty for American ships, and believes that it will prove to be one of the vital issues before the people at the next Presidential elec- tion. He is a ship-builder and ship-owner him- self. Many of his relatives are engaged in the same business in England, and he may truthfully be said to have been educated in the art of navigation from boyhood up. In a long conversation upon this bounty question last night the captain presented many arguments to sustain his contention that the matter was of more vital im- portance to the commercial prosperity of the nation than almost any other which now demands attention. “Statistics show us,” said he, ‘‘that we are to-day paying $220,000,000 to foreigners for carrying .our products, half of which sum at least belongs to the people of the United States, and could be retained by them if proper effort was made, while the other half might be permitted to go, asa m;nhter of politeness, to those who buy our goods. “This absorption by other countries of our freight earnings is only one of the great disadvantages of being without ships in foreign trade. There are estimated to be 260,000 commercial trayvelers in the United States, and through their efforts chiefly anything new in San Francisco to-day is introduced throughout the United States in the course of but a very few weeks. Now, this formidable, intelligent body of men who lubricate the wheels of com- merce in _the country are only awaiting an opportunity to get at foreign lands to do the same. “We are the people who first learned how to make labor-saving agricultural machinery and taught the rest of the world—to our great loss—to do the same. ‘We produced a great (%uantity of cereals and raw products now furnished by other countries, where -cheaper ocean freights and the use of the implements we first learned to make are now interfering with the prices of our raw products. “We have become a nation, in the past few years, of artisans, skilled laborers and | manufacturers to such an extent that we need an outlet for many other new inven- tions and useful products, but we have not the ships nor the commercial relations to permit them to go abroad. “The ship-owner in Great Britain and other countries becomes a commercial agent to find trade for his ship. The aver- age ship has more than ten owners, all of whom become agents in one respect or another. Because of our customs, habits and high-priced labor, as against foreign seamen and want of banking and under- writing facilities, it costs 5 per cent more to operate an American ship than it does one of English ownership; but if a bounty amounting to $2,000,000 a year, say for ten vears, was awarded to American ships in oreign trade on a_tonnage basis of work actually done, it would revolutionize present conditions. “About four years ago the Farquahar bill was introduced in Congress, ani some- thing of the same nature is what we re- quire. This bill, I believe, provided for the payment of about 20 cents a ton for every 1000 miles a cargo was carried between foreign ports and the United States. If this bill would provide $8000 a year for each 5000-ton ship $2,000,000 would pay for 250 such ships, all steam, or probably 350 steam and sail. “To create such a fleet as this would re- quire the expenditure of nearly $100,000,- 000 by the builders, all of which would be distributed exclusively among the Ameri- can people. This work would, for several years to come, be beyond the capacity of ten times as many shipyards as there are in the United States to-aay. “We lost the construction of ships when other countries learned the art of making iron ship building material. In this line we are catching up very fast and_are now very nearly equal to the requirements. Such a bill as that of which I speak would create a merchant marine whose owners and agents would reach all parts of the earth and bring about trade that no other cause would ever stimulate so quickly. “With such a trade as would naturall follow between the United States, Sout America and the Orient, no part of this country, Ibelieve, would be so favorably affected as California and the Puget Sound district.” Captain McDougall referred incidentally to the evolution of the whaleback form of vessel and said the idea was suggested to him while he was in St. Petersburg in 1874-75. At that time a cylindrical-shaped vessel was being built by a man named ‘Winans, and a similar structure had con- veyed Cleopatra's Needle from Alexandria to the bank of the Thames. ‘While he was master of the steamship Hiawatha on the Great Lakes he built a erfect model out of an old ship’s spar. R‘his was ten years before the first whale- back was launched, but the model was in almost every detail a perfect counterpart, on a small scale, of the finished structure. The_first vessel was built without any skilled labor wupon the captain’s own rounds and with his own machinery. E‘ha shipping world scoffed at his vessel, and eminent naval officials pronounced it “wrong side up” and said it would turn over, turtle-fashion, as soon as it went to sea. But the ‘pigs,”’ as they were then called, had come to stay and have long since ceased to be looked upon as an ex- periment. INSURANCE CHANGES. Non-Union Companies as City Distribut- ing Agencies. John D. Maxwell was given the agency of the Williamsburg City Fire Insurance Company yesterday by E. E. Potter, the general agent in San Francisco. This pencer, B, G. Somers, J. M. Shawham, W remedy is the geners= 8 siér, H. L. Van Winkle, C. 1. Van orden, | ous diffusible tonic Vin . E. Rimmott, L. L. Masten, Henry Hanley, 1C ¥V A. Snowgrass, W. A. Perham, R. 0. Collier, J. . Mariani.” H. Desmond, J. glansen, Robert Dawson, Ar- " thur Davis, L. B. Rixford, F. M. Goldstein, C. A. Mailed Free.: Howland. 4 & 5 Descriptive Book with Testimony and In addition to these are a number of as- . sociate members and twenty-five retired Portraits OF NOTED CELEBRITIES. Beneficial and Agreeable. Every Test Proves Reputation. Avoid Substitutions. Ask for¢Vin Mariani,® At Druggists and Fancy Grocers. MARIANI & CO., - 4B Havsemana, 62 W, 165 55., New York, active members, who are liable to be called upon to sing in cases of emergency. e e Tired of His Life. A msn,about 50 years of age, engaged & room in Monroe's lodging-house, 336 Bush street, on Monday night and immediately re- tired. About 7 o'clock yesterday morning Mr. Monroe’s attention was attracted by a strong smell of gas coming from the strémger’s room, The door was !oms open and he was found ests from the cut rates of the non-union companies, and claimed the right to choose such agents as it desired, as it was not just to themselves to retain agents who acted for the rate-cutting companies. Attorney Shortridge very clearly brought out the fact that there was a trust in exist- ence against his company, and tended to show this by producing affidavits from coast agents, the number of the affidavits being small when the expanse of territory covered was considered. v The opposing side then read answering affidavits. There is a rule in court that should the answering affidavits set up any new matter, further affidavits may be allowed. Under this rule Attorney Shortridge addressed the court, strongly stating that this was a personal experience that he can do all he promises. Mr. P. B. Tolford, who lives at 15094 Sacra- mento street, says: ‘Last May I unfortunatel acquired a rupture, which caused me mucl pain and discomfort. I consulted my family physician, who recommended Dr. C. Z. Eilis as an’ expert in such cases. I consulted him, and after a short ‘))eriod of treatment, during which I did not lose & day from work, I was cured. I now have no pain or discomfort what- ever, and do not wear any support. 1 feel very ratéful to Dr. EIlis for my cure, also to my family ph?siclu.n, who advised me to consult Dr. Ellis.” Names of patients cured will be fur- nished on application. C. Z. ELLIS. M.D. 916 Market Street, San Francisco. company is out of the compact, and its agency will more than make amends for the withdrawai of the Milwaukee Me- c}txflmics‘ Company from Agent Maxwell's office. “T have more than I can attend to,”’ said he yesterday, “with insuring risks in the Continental and the Williamsburg City. My office staff is hardly able to keep up with the work. From this it does not seem after all that the compact is having every- thing its own way.” . 0'Kell, Donnell & Co. were given the Westchester Company’s city agency yes- terday. This is a non-union company, and will fall in_for the desirable risks that O’Kell, Donnell & Co. previously placed with the Western, British American and the American of New York, compact com- panies. ———— Belasco Was Angry. Gertie Lefevre, 605 Polk street, swore out a warrant in Judge Campbell's court yesterday tor the arrest of Frederick Belasco, an elocu- tionist, on the charge of battery. She stated that she was at an_entertainment on the night of February 25. Belasco was there also and asked to escort her home. She refused,and he became angry and struck her in the face with his hand and hit her on the head with his cane. She said Belasco was & brother of the well- known playwright NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. STYLISH OUTER GARMENTS ONLY A FRACTION OF ORIGINAL COST! The immense crowds that daily attend our Annual Opening Display of New Spring Dry Goods find an additional attraction in our Great Cloak Department, where we are clearing out the balance of our winter stock at a PRODIGIOUS SACRIFICE from original cost, as witness the following Marvelous Bargains Offered To-day ! LADIES’ JACKETS. At s1.95. LADIES’ DOUBLE-BREASTED JACKETS, of diagonal twilled cloths, cheviots and beaver cloth, worth from $10 to $12 50. These are odd sizes and will be closed out at $1 95 each. At $3.50. LADIES’ DOUBLE-BREASTED JACKETS, of dark tan covert cloth, with and with- out braid trimmings; also plain vy Blue Beaver Jackets, stylishly made; worth $7 50, will be closed out at $3 50 each. At B5.00. LADIES’ DOUBLE-BREASTED THREE-QUARTER JACKETS, of black twilled ;éxevi:;lt, full sleeves, large revers and bone buttons, worth §10, will be closed out at each. LADIES’ CLOTH CAPES. LADIES’ BLACK CLOTH DOUBLE CAPES, with top cape trimmed with Balticseal, worth $12 50, will be closed out at $7 50 each. At $7.50. LADIES’ DOUBLE CAPES of medium and dark shades of tan Kersey, also seal-brown Kersey with applique trimming, worth $12 50, will be closed out at $7 50 each. LADIES’ PLUSH CAPES. At $7.50. LADIES’ PLAIN MILITARY CAPES of seal plush, lined with silk, worth $12 50, will be closed out at $7 50 each. At 51 1.50. LADIES’ THREE-Q['ARTER MILITARY CAPES of seal plush, with black mar- ten fur collar, also circular capes, with top cape trimmed with Baltic seal, lined throughout with silk, worth §17 50, will be closed out at $11 50 each. CHILDREN’S JACKETS. At S1.50. CHILDREN’S DOUBLE-BREASTED JACKETS, in tan, striped and mottled goods, with full sleeves, bone buttons, stylishly made, ranging in size from 4 to 14 years, worth $3, will be closed out at $1 50 each. MURPHY BUILDING, Marke! Streel, corner of Jones, BAIN FRANWNOISOO- CHARLES WHALD'S DIVORCE. THE GAELIC'S GREAT CARGO HE THOUGHT IT WAS BEING CON-|A BIG SHIPMENT OF BUTTER, TESTED FOR HIM, BUT HE LEATHER AND TREASURE FOR WAS WRONG. THE ORIENT. MERCHANDISE THAT ACCUMULATED HERE ON ACCOUNT OF THE Rio’s MISHAP. His ATTORNEYS COMPROMISE THE Case WithHout His AUTHORITY. Charles Whald is chasing, with fire in his eye, two men in this city whom, he says, have tried to swindle him. Oneis J.'A. Harris, an attorney, and the other is George W. Howe, who has been disbarred from practice by the Supreme Court. The trouble arose over a divorce case in which ‘Whald and his wife figured, she as plaint- iff and he as defendant. Whald lives in Benicia. A little while | ago his wife left him suddenly and came here, and the next word he received from her was a complaint in divorce and a sum- mons to uprear and defend himself in court. Whald says he hired Howe because he saw his advertisement in the paper. Howe secured Harris ostensibly to assist him, but really because he could not plead in court himself. ‘Whald rested securely at Benicia confi- dent in the ability of his attorneys, who, instead of contesting the case, arranged a compromise by which they were to receive $575, and judgment was to be rendered in Mrs. Whald’s favor. The judgment was actually entered on the court minutes, but the decree had not been signed. To re- ceive the money, Harris and Howe had to receive the authority of Whald, and they accordingly telegraphed the ambiguous question, ‘“Can we settle the case?” ‘Whald did not want to settle the case. He had been given to understand thatan answer had been filed and the case was be- | ing actively contested, so the telegram made him suspicious. Instead of answer- ing he came to the city himself and put his case into the hands of A. T. Spinnetti. Spinnetti quickly found thattthe case had been prosecuted just far enough to compel the other side to agree to a compromise and then had been dropped. He laid the facts before Judge Daingerfield, who has refused to sign the decree of divorce, and now he is going to make things warm for Harris & ficwe. He says they intended to collect the compromise money and pocket it without further ceremony. TO SAVE HIS STOCK, Solomon Hoeflich Enjoins Company. Solomon Hoeflich, as administrator of the estate of Morris Hoeflich, his brother, is suing to have the Golden Eagle Mining Company restrained from selling 10,000 shares of the stock ‘belonging to his brother’s estate, because of unpaid assess- ments. In his complaint he alleges that H. M. Levy, one of the defendant directors, was his ‘brother’s partner, and that after his death Levy fraudulently confiscated his brother’s estate. Among other items were these 10,000 shares In the company. These, the plaintiff claims, he knew noth- ing about until he was served with a notice stating that the shares would be sold un- less certain assessments upon them were aid. These assessments, he says, were a Mining | the last of Sands levied for the sole purpose of forcing the stock to a sale, and ge predicts that if sold they will be bought by Levy, upon whom he lays the blame of the whole transaction. He therefore asks that the sale be stopped by court. His injunction was granted temporarily. e e x A Dublin Club Celebration. The birthday of Robert Emmet was cele- bratedat Harmony Hall, 1159 Mission street, by the Dublin Social Club. President Flynn delivered an oration aud J. W. Reilly san “My Emmet No More.” James Brock Tecltod Emmet’s last speech, and John Nughent ren- dered “Will My Soul Pass Through Ireland on Its Way to Gos." Michael McConnell gave & comic sketch and the audience sang *“God Save Ireland.” The Occidental and Oriental steamer Gaelic sailed for China and Japan yester- day afternoon with one of the most valua- ble cargoes that ever left for the Orient. She was stocked to the full extent of her space room with flour, and the company could not accommodate the demand for room for that article. More leather than ever went away on a single vessel before s stowed away, and there was nearl; 000 poxts of b Rtter oniboandsF Oonmid erable treasure filled the vaults, there be- ing over 500 bars of refined silver, amount- ing in value to nearly $700,000. The cause of the Gaelic’s immense cargo at this time was due principally to the ac- cident to the Rio Janeiro, which struck on an unknown rock at Kagoshima. She was towed to Nagasaki and aiterward to Hong- kong, where at last accounts she was being repaired. Her accident knocked out one trip on the China route and merchandise which was to go on her had to wait for the Gaelic. The usual number of people were on the dock to see the Gaelic off, and the vessel never appeared tc better advantage as she sailed down the bay. She lay deep in the water, and with all her flags flying she looked like a_big steam yacht. The rev- enue cutter Hartley, which followed her down stream to see that no opium was dropped overboard, looked like a midget alongside of her. The Bear, with quite a party on board, accompanied the steamer over the bar. The party went out to see V. Forman and_wife, who were passengers on the Gaelic. Another passenger on the steamer was Mrs. Alexander Center, wife of General Agent Center of the Pacific Mail Company. ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL. Board of Directors Elected for the En« suing Year. The corporation of St. Luke’s Hospital held its annual meeting at 731 California street yesterday afternoon. Besides Presi- dent C. V. 8. Gibbs there were present: Bishop Nichols, J. G. Eastland, Rev. R. C. Foute, Rev. Dr. Spalding, Rev. Mr. Chet- wood, C. de Haven, Major W. B. Hooper, Colonel G. H. Mendell and Professor Welcker. 3 In his annual report President Gibbs spoke of the steady growth and prosperity of the hospital and called attention to its needs, especially a home and training- school for the nurses. He highly com- mended the good work of the nurses and physicians and suggested that a hospital gunday service be established at an early ate. The following directors were elected for the ensuing year: Bishop Nichols, C. V.8, Gibbs, Major Hooper, William Babeook, Colonel Mendell, A. N. Drown and Rev. W. H. Moreland. A committee wasappointed to draft reso- lutions of condolence over the death of J. H. Dobinson, whose place on the will be filled by W. B. Bourne. e The Wire ¥ell on Them. Emily Thomas is suing the Market-street Railroad Company and the General Electric Company for $20,000 damages. She alleges that while driving on O'Farrell street on Febru- ary 5 last a trolley-wire which was being strung up was allowed to fall upon her horse. He be- came frightened and unmanageable and she was thrown out_and received the injuries for which she asks damages. Minnie L. Kimball, wife of Frederick H. Kim- ball, was riding with Mrs. Thomas at the time and’she too was thrown out. A suit for $25,s 000 damages has been filed by her. e SALVATION Oil, the people’s liniment, is guar- anteed the best. It will cure you.