The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 9, 1895, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1895. BEGEARS MOUST KEEP OFF THE STREETS. MAYOR SUTRO SAYS THEY SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF AT ONCE THEY ARE VIOLATORS OF LAW, BUT THE POLICE HAVE GROWN TIRED. THE ALMSHOUSE IS CROWDED. TrE Law DEMANDS LICENSES, BUT Li SECURED. CcENSEs HAVE NoT BEEN | clause. He could not be shut off or silenced, and got a dime to get the food. He was watched, and seen to meet a chum at the nearest corner. to whom he lied when asked to divide. The other fellow disbelieved him, and they quarreled until a policeman moved them on. The chum then tried his hand and got a nickel. When he met his partner he lied in turn, and insisted that his attempt had been fruitless. They soon met two more street-strikers, and in the conference !all entered a general denial of having | picked up anything, proving that among this fraternity there is not even that honor that is supposed to exist among thieves. An old soldier used to work the liberal tand patriotic with the apparently frank excuse that he was on the verge of jimjams | and wanted a drink to drive away the | threatening phantoms. An ex-railroad man used to “work’’ the | streets with a nickel_in his hand. He had THE LAW IS STRONG AND CLEAR. Mayor Sutro and Chief Crowley Suppress Mendicancy. Section 29 of the general orders of the Board of Supervisors, entitled ¢To prohibit strect-begging and to restrain certain persons from appearing in streets and public places, reads’ as follows ; No person shall, cither directly or indirectly, whether by look, word, sign or deed practice begging or mendicancy in or on any of the strects, highways or thoroughfares of the city and county of San Francisco, nor in any public place. On the conviction of any person for practicing mendicancy or begging, if it shall appear that such person is without means of support and infirm and physically una- ble to earn a support and livelihood, or is, for any cause, a proper person to be main- | such person may be committed to the Almshouse. Any person who is diseased, maimed. mutilated or in any way deformed, so as to tained at the Almshous be an unsightly or disgusting object, or an streets, highways, thoroughrares or public places in this city and county, shall not therein or thercon expose himself or herself On theconviction of any person for a violation of any of the provisions of the newt preceding clawse of this section, if it shall seem proper and just, the fine and impris- onment provided for may be omitted and such person sent to the Almshouse. It is hereby made the duty of the police officers to arrest any person who shall vio- late any of the provisions of this section. Know That It Is Their Duty to improper person to be allowed in or on the to publioc view. Pity for the unfortunate beggars of the streets is well enough in its way, but it ought to take a practical turn to the ad- vantage of the unfortunates and for the re- lief of those who have to daily traverse our thoroughfares. There is in the city a feel- ing that the beggars ought to be kept in the asylums and other retreats furnished by the taxpayers and the charitably dis- posed people of the community, Mayor Sutro is strong in this opinion. The regular beggars have settled abiding places and it was possible to secure their pictures for publication. There is a migratory horde of beggars, however, that swarms about the busy part of the city after sundown that can be caught only on the fly by reporters or sketch artists. The most persisting and menacing men- | dicant which the police tolerate and the citi- zens try to shunisthecommon “striker’’— Annie Barry. [ Sketched by a ““ Call” artist.) the fellow who pushes his noxious presence literally into the face of the passer, and inflicts a woeful plaint, redo- lent with the odors of stale beer, upon the reluctant citizen, who is all the time strug- gling to escape. This beggar has no mechanical methods, no auxiliaries such as a bunch of cheap pencils, or hand-organ, or a **blind” label. He never was blown up in the mines, run over by railroad cars, nor became the father of nine children, all depending upon bim for support. He is only, nineteen times out of twenty, a vacant-lot loafer, a corner-groggery bummer, a county-farm runaway, an ex-convict, a worthless ranch- hand, a stowaway from some coasting ves- sel, or a deserter from the Goverment service, and even in the twentieth time, there exists much doubt as to his worth as an object of street charity. A great city isa magnet and draws all manner of men unto it. come, gain employment, or go. The idle and vicious ones stay, and among the care- less well-to-do metropolitans practice their profession of mean, whining, cringing mendicancy. The street “‘strikers,” those fellows who dart across the pavement and hover over their victim with their “Mister, will youkindly give me a little assistance?” petition, run together in twos or fours or | in larger squads. They live downtown in the cheap restaurants and lodging-houses | and the fair income, from their calling per- mits them to enjoy the best to be had in | the low-grade saloon. They make a life business of beggary and work industriously at that vocation. When the professional “‘striker” starts in to “work’’ a street he moves with a determination to ‘*let no man, guilty or innocent, escape.” A remunerative time for labor is about 6 o’clock in the evering, when people are going home and are either in too greata hurry to stop and parley or in too good a humor to refuse the dime or nickel asked for. A golden opportunity for the enter- prising bummer is presented when he sees a gentleman escorting a lady along the sidewalk. Not long ago a healthy specimen of this class entered the rooms of a physician near the old City Hall and pleaded for a dime, as he said he was starving. He knew that his plea if at all successful would bring him money, hence the starvation The industrious | | been discharged unjustly from his engine, he said, after an accident at Port Costa, and he lived in Oakland. Five cents more | would pay his fare home; would the gen- tleman, etc. He was always half-drunk, and was two vears getting to Oakland. | Out on Valencia street one day lately an | alleged hungry man was given a meal and 50 cents by a good but unpractical woman, |and told to saw some wood. He saw the | wood and immediately climbed over the | back fence and cleared out. Meeting an- | | other man on the sidewalk he told him | where a real, good, all-day wood-sawing | job was to be had. The new man, who was | a worthy work-hunting fellow, hurriedly | made application for that woodpile. He | was met at the back door by the woman’s angry husband, who thought it was the same old beat after more food, and kicked him from the yard. The second man spent a vagrancy term in the County Jail as a re- ward for his industrial intentions. At the ferry landing a well-dressed man calling himself McCullough earns a liveli- hood with a Southern Pacific baggage check, numbered 2076. He tells a pathetic tale of his trunk being held somewhere and shows the brass check in corroboration. Among the gullible people of this city he succeeds with his simple scheme in picking up a great many dimes. *“Any bloke ken get along in dis town,” said a professional striker in a moment of confidence and of beer to a CALL reporter. ¢“All he has to do is jest pick his mug and hang to him. Day’ll fling you a nick jest to shake you. Any fairy story will go. San Francisco 1s de best town to work west of the Missouri River. Git inand sing song an’ de box receipts is all right. Sa pardner, take a steam with me? Work w: good ter-day; struck de Stockton boat gang and de route panned out four nicks, a bitand two quarts. My pal will be in | soon an’ we'll pool our issues fer a night on ‘de C o2 Mayor Sutro is decidedly of the opinion that the maimed, the halt and blind men- dicants who haunt the streets of San Fran- ciscoand make people wretched with their apparent misery should be removed from the public thoroughfares and placed in in- stitutions where they will obtain food, clothing and proper care. “They are a nuisance and a constant vio- lation of the law,” said Mr. Sutro yester- day. *I say, by all fair means they should be suppressed. These cripples and blind beggars are unfortunates to be sure, but that is no reason why other people—par- liculurly those of a sensitive nature— should be made wretched by these sights at all the principal street corners. If ihis city is a civilized community provision should be made for these unfortunates so that they can be taken out of sight and cared for. At the present time I don’t see what can be done with them. The Alms- house is full, and besides most of these street beggars do not want to go there. They make money and prefer to lead their present mode of life. “Now, as to the Almshouse,” the Mayor continued, “that needs a thorough over- hauling. There are many persons in it who ought to be out, and there are many out who ought to be in. If those who have no business there were taken out there | would be room for the blind, crippled and | deformed creatures who are now on the streets. The city ought to make provision for all disabled and incurable persons who | have no means of support. There should | be a* home for indigent consumptives. It was only yesterday that a poor woman i came to me with her 16-year-old daughter, | who is slowly dying of the disease. She begged me to have her dau%hter sent to the City and County Hospital; I tried to do as requested, but the osg\ital authori- | ties would not_receive her. Next I tried ! the Home for Incurable Children, but with | no better result. ‘‘As regards the street beggars and blind | srteet musicians, I shall call the attention of the Chief of Police to the matter, and will request him to have the law enforced. The nuisance should be stopped.” In addition to the Supervisors’ order re- [ lating to be%ging on the streets, as pub- | lished yesterday, there is another order on | licenses which applies directly to the blind | and other mendicant street musicians who | play any kind of musical insiruments on the streets, with a view to securing alms. | This is order 15, section 21, of the Super- visors’ orders of 1889. It provides that every blind or otherwise disabled person who_desires to play any musical instru- ment on the street shall first procure a per- mit from the Mayor, and shall then pre- sent the permit to the License Collector J.mdl}my t0 him $10 for each three months, in advance, whereupon a license shall be | issucd. Violation of this order constitutés | @ misdeamor, punishable by fine or im- prisonment, or both. License Collector Lees, when questioned on the subject yesterday, said : i “None of these persons mentioned in the Cavr have licenses and therefore they are constantly violating the law and are liable to arrest. They should be suppressed, of | course, but how to do it is the vexing ques- tion. The License Collector and his depu- ties have authority to make arrests, and so have all police officers. Several arrests have been made in the past, and where a complaint for non-payment of license was submitted to a Judge of the Police Court, conviction . almost ~ invariably followed, But those people are pretty cunning, They know how to enlist sympathy and gener- ally demand a jury trial, ell, that set- tles it. Juries will not convict any of them. But notwithstanding these facts, efforts should be made to enforce the law and clear the streets of these eyesores. “It is my opinion,” added Mr. Lees, “that the best way to gain the desired re- sult would be to arrest all of these beggars under the vagrancy law and apply the enalty in as humanea manner as possible. ?think the Superintendent of Streets has authority to remove these people, if he felt s0 disposed. I know cases where ladies have been irightened by being suddenly confronted by badly deformed street beg- gars, and the results have been serious and most deplorable.” i District Attorney Barnesis of the opinion that the deformed and crippled street beg- gars in this city constitute a public ( " Mrs. Jane Shay. [Sketched by a “Call” artist] nuisance that ought to be speedily abated. He said: “I do not believe that so many of these street beggars would be tolerated in any other city in the United States. San Fran- cisco is certainly very lenient with them, and in many instances it is misplaced kindness. Some of these mendicants, I understand, are quite well-to-do financial and are in a position to retire rrom bu ness. They should be made to retir: Officially, I have nothing to do with them. The whole matter rests with the Mayor, the Board of Suyervisors, the police courts and the License Collector. The orders of the Supervisors are explicit on the subj and if they were enforced by thelpol the police courts the nuisance would soon be abated. All police officers and the License Collector and his deputies have aunthority to make arrests, and they ought | to do it.” The police assert that they have in times past tried to remove the disabled mendi- cants from the streets, but their efforts have not brought satisfactory results. On the contrary the officers have invariably received the warst of it from Police Judges and Police Court juries, Sergeant Witt- man, when asked why the Supervisors’ or- ders were not enforced and the beggars arrested, said: “The principal reason is that the officers have always got the worst of it. Arrests have been made from time to time, but conviction could not be secured. Owners of property, in front of which these men- dicants plied their vocation, came into the police courts and begged that the defend- ants be let go and left undisturbed. Other ersons, who thought they were doing Heeds of charity, also came by scores and Con McGregor. [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] interceded. Resalt—dismissal of the cases. The newspapers used to jump on us, too, and give us Hail Columbia for arresting ‘poor, crippled beggars.’ Of course this made the officers tired and wearied them of all desire to make further arrests, and thereby get more abuge. ‘“‘Suppose, for instance,’”’ continued the sergeant, ‘‘that an officer goes and arrests Henry J. Powell, the paralytic who does business by begging on Kearny street. There would be no conviction, because a score of people would come into court and intercede for him. They would raise the liveliest kind of a row, and Powell would be discharged by the court or a jury and sent begging again. Some time ago, when Judge Rix was in office, I arrested a beg- ging organ-grinder at the corner of Sutter and Kearny streets. He was arraigned in Judge Rix’s court, and was very promptly discharged. The man then turned to the Judge and said: *‘I'm afraid, your Honor, that it will do me no good to be set at liberty, because if I go back to my corner the policeman will arrest me again.’ ““‘If he does I will attend to his case,” said Judge Rix, and that settled it. I ar- rfisted no more beggais for some time after that.” Sergeant Healy said he knew of no rea- son why the disabled beggars are not ar- rested, as required by law, other than that it was a_matter of mercy on the part of the members of the Police Départment. Police Captain Douglass would like to see the streets cleared of beggars of all kinds, colors and conditions, but he does not know just how it is to be done. When in!firviewed on the subject yesterday he said : *‘It would be a good thing and a pleasant thing for San Francisco to have no more crippled and deformed mendicants on the streets—or beggars of any kind, for that matter—but it 15 no easy matter to carry the purpose into effect. The police watch these people and the beggars watch the police. Arrests are frequently made and the cripples are sent to the Almshouse. But that does no good, because they walk out and away whenever they get ready. Many more arrests could ge made, of course, but these poor unfortunates enlist the sympathy of the officers and the people in front offfwhose places of business they have located. This has the effect of making the officers and the police courts unduly lenient, and the result is that the Supervisors’ orders are to a great extent ignored. Cri%pled beggars come here from all parts of the world and make a good in- come by exhibiting their misfortunes to the generous populace.”’ The sentiment generally expressed by prominent business men, heavy taxpayers and other citizens yesterday was to the effect that the beggars ought to be taken off the streets, and that those who are un- able to care for themselves by means of legitimate employment should be placed in some eleemosynary institution and there be cared for, The Almshouse was invariably suggested by those who were sFoken to on the subject; but, as stated by the Mayor, that institution is full to over- crowding and room can be made there only by turning out those who on investigation may be found to be improper inmates. The House of Correction was frequently suggested as a place where some of the most undeserving might be put and kept at regular intervals, a measure which would probably induce some of those who have begged and hoarded until they have become small capitalists to leave this city and return to their former homes far away. It is a fact that San Francisco haslong been looked upon as a Mecca by profes- sional beggars all the world over—a place which, wing to the generosity of its people and leniency of its peace officers, would well re}my the pilgrim for his pilgrimage. Now that 0o many of them are here the question is, What shall be done with them ? The King’s Daughters’ Home for Incur- ables, at 217 Francisco street, might furnish accommodations for the blind, the maimed and the halt mendicants in this city pro- vided the a#thorities would pay a nominal sum for their maintenance. The institu- tion is designed as a home for those suffer- ing from incurable diseases other than contagious. It is open to_all religious denominations. When individuals " are able to pay a charge of from $10 to $14 a month 1s made. In cases of absolute des- titution it is free, but applications for admission must be acted upon and decided by the board of directors. The income of the home is derived from patients’ board, annual members, who pay $5a year, life members, who pay $100 on” admission, and donations and subscriptions. There are about sixty rooms in the house, but all are not furnished. The Christian Union Mission, 107 Mis- sion street, is prepared to furnish food and shelter to a number of indigents. Its ob- ject is to provide shelter and food for the destitute and to reclaim the fallen; also to provide employment to the people who are in need of work. The mission has a large Robert N. Morris. [Sketched by a *“Call” artist.] dormitory, with about 150 spring cots, and a well-appointed kitchen and laundry. Perhaps the most available means for the disposition of the helpless and destitute street beggars would be the Salvation Army, with its “Lifeboat”” and other auxil- iaries for the care of the needy, poor and led. The army has on more than one on proved itself capable of doing a at deal of material gomrwith very little money. It has been suggested that ar- rangements be made by which the Salva- tion’ Army management in_this city would take in and care for all such indigents and crivples as cannot find room in the Alms- house until such time as that institution shall be enlarged or weeded out of the in- mates which were referred to by the Mayor as not properly in that institution. There are a number of charitable organ- izations in prospective, among them being a non-sectarian home for destitute men and women, to be managed by the Daugh- ters of the Good Shepherd. There are sev- eral endowments by &)Qquest. awaiting this institution, and when it shall be estab- lished_and’ put in operation it will doubt- less afford relief to many aged mendicants who now haunt the street corners and im- portune the passer-by for stray coins. Con McGregor, whose record as a beggar was published vesterday, became angry when he read all about himself. He now has the pleasure of seeing his likeness in print. The other pictures presented here- with are the likenesses of Annie Barry, the aged Irish woman; Mrs. Jane Shay, who is 80 years old and sells matches and begs in front of the Academy of Scienees; Johanna de Spicgeleere, the withered old Belgian woman, whose post of duty is in front of the Postal Telegraph Company’s office_on Market street; and Robert M. Morris, the legless pencil-vender, whose }:lace of business is on the sidewalk in ront of the store of O’Connor, Moffatt & Co., and sometimes for a change of luck in front of the establishment of D. Sam- uels on Post stre Con McGregor, the “blind man of the ferry,” learncd ' yesterday, despite his blindness, that "his ‘‘profession” was Johanna de Spiegeleere. [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] threatened, and wished to have his side represented. Mr. McGregor insists that all these Tumors as to his dissolute life are merely the manufactures of one ‘“‘one-legged Welsh,” who resides, he says, on “Sum- mers street, between Howard and Folsom.” No such street, it may be stated, is given in the city directory. McGregor says that this villain, *‘one- legged Welsh,” has “*put up a job” on him, and has done so in the desire to secure his stand. He says that after he (McGregor) ‘‘goes off”’ Welsh ““‘comes on,”’ and that it is in the endeavor to oust him altogether from a choice location that the story of his worthlessness has been promulgated. McGregor, who appears to be sightless as far as one eye is concerned, was too much aggrieved at what he condemned as ‘‘one- lezged Welsh's scheme” to frequent his “stand” yvesterday. But he_ does not pro- pose to let the nefarious Welsh get away with his regular “‘customers.” One of the most interesting features of the story of the street beggars told in yesterday’s issue of the CALL was the his- tory of Henry J. Powell, better known as the ‘‘paralyzed old xylophone-player,” whose stand for years has been on the cor- ner of Sutter and Kearny streets. In the description of this cripple it was shown conclusively that Powell had got together some money and was in every way a fit subject to be an inmate of a home or a charitable asylum. Several details of his painful career have, however, not been published. These are details which cast a pleasant light upon the benevolence of certain citizens, while showing how lucrative the business of begging has proved in the past at choice “stands.” Perhaps the one man who knows more about Powell than any other is Charles A. Fechheimer, who keeps a store on Kearny street. It was intimated by some of Powell’s acquaintances that Powell b interest in this store, but further investiga- tion shows that the suggestion was un- founded. Therumor grew outof the chari- table interest of Mr. Fechheimer, the pro- prietor, in the welfare of the old man. It seems that Mr. Fechheimer, when he took possession of the store on Kearny street, found that Powell had for along time been in the habit of going to the store and paying in all the money he made by his begzing. Mr. Fechheimer, while recognizing the obligation of custom, was anxious that Powell should receive the full fruit of his collection. He suggested that Powell should obtain interest on his de- posits, and to that end secured for him a deposit book with the Savings Union Bank, close at hand. = Thereaiter Mr. Fechheimer received vari- ous sums from Powell. He would bring in $50 or $60, sometimes as much as $100, at intervals of a month or two. Mr. Fech- heimer would take the money in its condi- tion—in dimes and nickels—assume the trouble of counting it and then change the emount into gold from his own safe. “No matter what the discount might be for gold,” said Mr. Fechheimer yesterday, “I would invariably change the small amounts for gold and place it in the bank to Powell’s account. He hasnot paid in anything recently, but the amount he has on'hand in the bank at present is $590 or §600. George Loomis had the store be- fore me. “The old man ought to bein a home,” continued Mr. Fechheimer. ‘“He hasno right to be on the streets, and I_have tried for a long time to obtain his admission to the German Altenheim at Fruitvale and may yet succeed. “His only object, so far as I am able to ascertain it, 1s to secure admission to some such charitable institution, and had not times been hard of late he might e been able to realize his object. At any rate he ought not to be on the st s. Though a fit object of charity, he is certainly an eyesore on the public thoroughfares.” Mr. Fechheimer yesterday said: “I not only changed Powell’s money, but if he required any goods I offered to furnish the same free of charge. This the old man was unwilling to accept, so that I had to be content with selling him articles at a nominal price. Thus, if Powell wanted a pair of shoes, and would refuse to accept them as a present, I would sell them to him at $1 a pair, though the legitimate price might be $3.7 In the same way Mr. Fechheimer and hi family have taken great interest in the | Altenheim and other charitable enter-| es. Mr. Fechheimer’s brother-in-law, W. Levy, is well known in good work of this character. AFTER ELEVEN MONTHS, How THE FAMILY OF SAMUEL BUCKLEY, MACHINIST, HEARD OF HIS FATE. HE DisaPPEARED FRoM THIs CITY AND WANDERED TO ENGLAND. A letter received from Philadelphia yes- terday plunged a whole family into pro- found grief. It told of the death of a loved husband and father, while bringing no Samuel Buckley. [From & photograph.] personal message or suggesting canse for his self-destruction. Samuel Buckley, a Grand Army man 56 years old, a_skilled machinist working at the Fulton Iron Works, disappeared from this city nine months ago. He lived wish his wife and six children at 1919 Green- wich street, and apart from being subject to occasional jealous moods was an affec- tionate husband and father. At the time mentioned he left home in his working clothes, leaving half a month’s pay un- drawn and many valuable tools at the Ful- ton Iron Works. The belief of his wife was that he had gone to seek other work, and therefore she endeavored to be re- signed and wait for news. t was only yesterday, however, that she received word from George Stewart, gen- eral agent of the White Star line, with an office at Philadelphia, stating that a man named Samuel Buckley, with xap?rs iden- tifying him as her husband, had committed suicide at Cheswick, near London, Eng- land. Mr. Stewart stated that Buckley had sailed from America to England on January 23 on the Britannic, and at Liver- Eool had been arrested for insanity, but ad been subsequently discharged. {t was intimated that the accusation of insanity had Yre\'ed upon his mind, impelling him to self-destruction. Mrs. Buckley is of the opinion that her husband was on the way to discover cer- tain property in England to which he was entitled. Letters addressed to him regard- ing the “Gabriel Lupton estate” received from England since hisdisappearance help to bear out this theory. At the same time Mrs. Buckley does not know whether to believe herself a widow or not, and will apply to the Grand Army to assist her in investigating the surprising news conveyed to her yesterday. P SPONGE Fiber Gov. Blotting is best absorbent known. Mysell & Rollins, 521 Clay, sole agents,* ————— Disfigured for Life. David Llewellyn, a young man 21 years old, assistant engineer at the Fulton Iron Works, received painful injuries yesterday about the face and hands by being scalded with steam. Llewellyn was standing near a steampipe used t0 convey. steam from the boiler to the engine when the pipe suddenly became disconnected, allowing the hot steamn to cscape with great foree. efore Llewellyn couid escape the steam had scalded his face and hands until the flesh peeled off. An ambulance was called and he was conveyed to St. Mary’s Hospital, where Dr. Bailly relieved his sufferings. is injuries were pronounced not fatal. His eyes had a NATTOW escape. . ——————— Great Plate Sale. FIVE CENTS EACH FOR PURE WHITE DINNER PLATES. They won’t last long at this price. GREAT AMERICAN IMP. TEA CO.'S STORES Other lines of Crockery equally as cheap. THEY ARE PREPARING THEIR GRIPSACKS. BRIGHT KNIGHTS OF THE ROAD READY FOR THE SPRING CAMPAIGN. MEN OF BRAINS AND PUSH. A CoMMITTEE PREPARING FOR THE MipsuMMER OUTING AT SanTa CrUZ. The spring season of the drummer is | opening and the drummer is thinking of invading the country. The bold “knights | of the grip” do not cease their labors in | winter, but spring means better roads for driving, a change of fashions and a period | owned one-quarter. The compla Maxwell has full possession of property, hence a decree of the asked to place his claim as one-quarter the whole. el George H. Maxwell in his answer that shortly aiter the dissolution of firm of Mesick, Maxwell & Phelan, Waters hecame associated with the aeic ant, and R. 8. mesick, now deceased partner, which partnership continued uy ecember 1, 1891, when the defendant v drew from the firm, and that from time until December 1, 1892, Mesi Waters continued as partners, when Wa ers withdrew, leaving Mesick alone to con- duct the business until his death, May 2, 1893. It is averred that shortly after the deat! of Mesick the defendant furnished t plaintiff with a complete statement, so far as he was able, of all moneys received and disbursed by the firm, while he was member thereof, and that the plaintiff allowed to take all hooks and accounts of the firm and have them examined by an expert accountant. It is further averred that an agreement was entered into by plaintiff and defendant by which the 0oks of the firm were closed Regarding the charge of $1821 02 against defendant, 1t is averred that this included $500 which defendant had chargec nst himself for litigation services in which he was personally interested, and the sum of $1000 loaned by the firm and uncollectable, and the defendant only agreed that this PRESIDENT BARRETT AND SECRETARY BOLDEMANN. [Drawn by a “Call” artist from photographs.] | of general restocking throughout the in- terior. Sothe drummeris packing his grip- ck. The commercial traveler is the up-to- date herald of business. Under his nobby hat are brains and behind his big diamond is plenty of nerve and push. Heis an im- | portant factor of the times and occupies a | solid place in the respect of the entire | community. Several members of the Pacific Coast | Travelers’ Association were seen about the | yesterday, and_in the intervals of | ushing business” talked cheerfully of | their interesting profession. A. C. Boldemann, secretary of the asso- ciation, had the_following to say in regard to the organization: | ‘At present our membership comprises | about 300 members, but if the present rate | of increase continues, of which there is | every probability, it will not be long before our membership will double. Ten were taken into the fold at the last meeting and aiready as many more have signified their intention of joining at the next meeting. “The business of our organization, of which William J. Barrett is president, is transacted by a board of directors, which meets once a month at the Grand Hotel. At present our committees are very busy. Our entertainment committee, which is engaged on the subject of our midsummer outing at Santa Cruz, will meet next Tues- day evening at 8 o’clock at the Grand Hotel to settle the details of that event. They intend that the outing shall in every way be worthy of the commercial travelers of the coast. "Our committee on Iu\mh}u:lr- ters are doing their utmost to forward fra- ternity and sociability among members and are urging the necessity of havinga permanent place to entertain members not residing in this city. ‘““We have a very substantial treasury, and in every way we are on a rock-ribbed basis. At present our treasury contains about $8000. We aim to help ‘the needy and care for the sick, and no caseis ever overlooked. We also give a sick benefit of $500. “The organization here comprises the whole order. The Pacific Coast Commer- cial Travelers’ Association hasno branches, but takes in members from allover the coast. Our roll of members includes commercial men fromLos Angeles,Sacramento,Portland and a host of other places. Our organiza- tion brings the drummer from the metrop- olis, the drummer from the great North- west and the drummers from the citrus belt in closer touch and unites them in true fellowship, thereby better enapling them to maintain their rights and further their interests. It is the best thing ever gotten up for commercial travelers.” “The drummer deserves a great deal of consideration from the newspapers,”’ said C. B. Ellis, a prominent member of the Pacific Coast Commercial Travelers’ Asso- ciation, when interviewed in regard to that individual yesterday. ‘There are several reasons why he is entitled to the ratitude of the press. In the first place be advertises all reputable newspapers of the section through which he is passing. The commercial man always takes several apers with him on board the train or ant, as the case may be, and buysas many more while on his journey. The other oc. cupants of the car, seeing the drummer | deeply engrossed in a paper, suddenly come to the conclusion that they want a paper too. As a result the newspapers gain purchasers, readers and frequently subscribers. “Another reason is that there is not a business man in the whole country who is not reached by the commercial “traveler and his samples, and_he always has the city papers, containing the latest news, among his effecis. This in itself enhances the advertising value of the metropolitan aper, as it catches the merchant looking or country trade. “In regard to our organization on this coast, there is not a better organization of drummers than the Pacific Coast Commer- cial Fravelers’ Association in existence. ‘We have come tu stay and expect in time to unite every Pacific Coast traveling man in a common brotherhood.” e ‘Waar flavor rare can e’er compare with that of food cooked with Dr. Price’s Baking Powder. ———— ASKED FOR A SETTLEMENT. Mrs. Eleanor Weile Wants George H. Maxwell to Account for Funds. Mrs. Eleanor Weile, as executrix of the estate of Mr. Phelan, of the old firm of Mesick, Maxwell & Phelan, has brought suit to compel Maxwell to give an account of the firm’s funds and the law-library in- terest left by deceased. It is claimed that at the time of the death of James P. Phelan the firm had considerable business on hand, and that money due the firm, to which Phelan was entitled to one-quarter, was collected but never accounted for to the executrix of the estate. In May, 1893, Mesick died and Maxwell has continued the business. It is stated that the amount collected will aggregate $20,000. The law library was estimated at §15,000. Of all this Phelan sum should pe included in the balance in order that there might be a full adjust- ment of the firm’s accounts. The answer denies that at the death of J. P. Phelan the firm owned any law brary whatsoever. e aterpillars by the Ton. Thirty-six tons of caterpillars and a i large number of cocoons were destroyed in the effort to drive the pest from the young plantations of trees on Hong- kong Island. They appeared on the pi trees with which the Government is trying to reafforest the island, and lasted for two months. Stations were established where the caterpillars were received and paid for by weight. This method seems to been successful. It is estimated that 35 000,000 insects were killed.—London Public Opinion. Tonic Lapies Axp GevtrEmEs: It affords me great pleasure to call the attention of the publicto Yale’s Excelsior Hair Tonic, which is the first and only remedy known to chemistry which positivvely turns gray hair back to its original color without dye. It has gone on record that Mme. M. Yale —wonderful woman chemist—has made this most valuable of all chemical discov- eries. Mme. 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