The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 10, 1895, Page 7

| THE SAN FRANCI1SCO CALL, SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1895 Fair weather to-day. Fresh westerly winds to-day. forecast for to-day— o and vicinity: Gen- nearly stationiry tem- fresh westerly winds leainis in this eity during the past week rouse tender Madrono leaves for the Trow. McCoppin hasestablis| The Alaska Improvement Company has just completed 8 new launch. e funeral of Patrick Slevin, ex-captain of police, 100k place yvesterday. ¢ German Catholies will dedicate S ¥'s Church this morning. t. An- d States guuboat Bennington is on | Way to San Francisco from Acapuico. 2¢ Knights of St. Patrick will have their 1ual banquet at Delmonico's on the 17th arties for the valley road will | n the field by the fifst of next vJ.Q. A. Henry was given a farewell re- tion et California Hall last night by his ends. rd of Prison Commissione . but it did not eleet rd { met yes- | for Ban | morning. The Boys’ High School athletes held a very successiul field day at the Olympic grounds | yesterday. ve of Germ tal iast night from the e not succeed Ruger as at Washington favors iia street, wes tal last night for v, charged with eloping with wrned, and says he will mseli to the police. Supervisors b mes wes Men's e from for ¢ 9 14 to team defeated the ) held , on the 16th i v exercises of the German Lu- | wrch “of St. Marcus will be held this | any, died at petitioned | s frenchise | 'HOPES T0 DISCOVER { myself, but T should not be s i i i | | in the n Tenth s valued at he Baldy, iring the cases n 1 ¥ O'Kane, 3635 hushand arrested for nsch street, had v, and says she Sh en months of wh conard, who was at nk of Santa Clara with embezzling cy, hes been . A.P. Van Duzer Law Club on ) Assembly room, M “iiie New Charte mitted on payment ¢ re before the Mareh 11. at $ ng. Subiect members will e ad- cents. 1ti0; The CALL will also n 1o the esthe L all news obtainable in tsand their doings. schooner Hiram Binghem ar- iilbert Islands yesterday. She of the pr onsidera bring 25 0f the missing schooner Rob- ert W. Logan, which disappe ‘phoon on the Japanese coast several months ago. 1t is claimed th; ered that in the divo the late James G. Fi acknowledged tne r 1 illegitimate son as Lis, and that he w in the will contest. Five favorites w “‘barreled” at the k yesterday, long shots predominating. » plungers were out many thousands of dol- iars at the end of the da; The feature of the day’s card was the Flying stakes, won by Rey del Bandidos. afternoon at 3 o'clock there will bea mass-meeting for young men between the ages of 16 and 40 years at the Young Men's Chris- tian Association Auditorium, Mzson and Ellis streets. General 0. O. Howard wili speak on a speeial theme to young inen. The lawyers argued before Judge Slack yester- day on McEnerney’s motion to have a copy of the Fair will admitted for use in the hesring of the case, Judge Slack will decide the matter next Saturday, and thus settle the first vexed Question of procedure for the proposed contest. F. le, who kept the 0ld Louvre restaurant in the Phelan builsing, has petitioned the Su- serior Court to declare him insolvent. His lia- Lllilies amount to $3788% 21 and he has no sets with which to liquidate. His property was 8ll sold by the Sheriff under an attachment a few days 8go. William H. Holt, the newly appointed organ- ist of Grace Church, will, by request, give an organ recital at the close of this evening's ser- vices. The programme will include: = Offer- tory by Tours; prelude and ‘Iu ue in C minor by Bach; variations on well-known hymns; tine and march by Wely. Francisca Herrero y Carrascosa, wholivesin Madrid, Spain, has brought suit through her guardian to gnln ssession of 400 shares of Stock in the San Francisco Gaslight Company Qand 800 shares in the Spring Valley Waier Company. The stock belonged to her father, 2nd was Jeft to her when he died recently. ~ Elyira M. Stacey has brought suit against the 8. 8. Construction Company to recover $10, damages for a general shaking up and the loss of four front tgeth. She was driving along the San Jose road when her horse shied at a car which the defendant had carelessly leit on a neighboring track and she was thrown out of her buggy. on and potatoes are good and deserve | ! time I ieet her | possible by mere human means for | mathemat | problems A NEW STAR Miss O'HALLORAN, THE GIRL As- TRONOMER, WHO LIVES FOR HER WORK. SEEMS TO LEARN BY MAGIC. FaMoUs PROFESSORS ASTONISHED AT HER KNOWLEDGE — CAN TEACH THE MEN. Her great ambition,’ dson, “is to discover a variable I have been looking for one thirty rprised if Miss O’Hailoran stole a march men astronomers and found the next one that is discovered.” The professor was speaking of a woman astronomer who is a constant enigma to on the | | omy, my attention heing absorbed by the | strange half-weird surroundings, for in the | dim, mysterious light the bare room had the appearance of some medieval astrolo- ger’s magic chamber. Strange cabalistic charts covered the walls, though no doubt | they were only maps of the heavens, studded with dusk: tars, and photo- graphs of the moon’s mountains and craters. Globes, spheres and astronomical instruments were half outlined in the glozming, while the telescope, that its owner loves as if it had a heart and soul, gleamed with the last rays of light. Through the hare windows one could see the stars appearing one by one—only little | golden specks to most peovle, but worlds fraught with romance and mystery to Mi O'Halloran, and I could not help thinking { that in a darker age her devotion to these heavenly bodieswonld have cost her im- | th at the stake on the usation of dealing in witcheraft. The astronomer forgot that night had al- | most come and that the chilly air was blowing in through the open window as | she explained with a patience and enthusi asm that would have won the most wan- dering interest, why the sun has those wonderful spots that delight observers. it was like reading a romance to hear her tell of that white-heat mass of gases that we call the sun, and how the hydrogen, thrown up thousands and thousands of miles from the surface, becomes compara- i cooler and darker in the frigid realms | “Even against the sun’s surface these | jets of hydrogen look black,” she ex- | plained, “‘but the greatest heat we can pro- S AE R ROSE O'HALLORAN, THE WOMAN ASTRONOMER, AND HER PET TELESCOPE. [Sketched from life by a “Call” artist.) bushel of excessive nodesty. “She only lives to study the heaven he went on to explain, *and it is my be- ief that she absorbs her information I me sort of magic. She borrows my new scientific books and reviews, and the next hasev line in them at ber fing “I som y to my wife that she puts them under her pillow and dreams them into her brain, for how could it be woman who has never made a_specialt and has never had ar astronomy to wd puzzle ~famous omers? B tell v there are men well known in the profes- on to whom Miss O'Halloran can and s give valuable information “Do you really in that struction astron- u she does it, and ¢ that Miss 0'Halloran hvlsvs well-known men omers?” I asked in se. Professor Davidson gave a meaning smile and said guardedly: ‘“Well, I guess vou had better not say much about any of them going to her for the results of her ions. The time has not come yet like to sit publicly and learn” at a woman’s feet; but there is no doubt hout her knowing a great deal more than ¥ men who are famous, though she out her observations in her own a way that is beyond my ken alto- gether, though she always ‘gets there’ as Id myself. Now well or better than I coul > I will give you just one instance: Do you remember two ‘years ago, when they were making such a hurrah about having di covered some spots on the sun? Well, the day the news was telegraphed to San Francisco Miss O’Halloran was at onur house, and when I told her about it she said, in ber quiet little way : ““Why. professor, I noticed those spots two mor ago.” Yes; and she had not {only noticed them, but she had made charis of the spots every day they had been visible, and that is what no observa- tory in the world had been doing till a big spot attracted their attention, and then all the great astronomers claimed an original discovery. They never gave any credit to the modest little woman in_San Francisco who had forestalled them ail.” ‘When asked something about Miss O’Halloran’s history Professor Davidson said he did not know much except that she had come from Ireland some years ago to | seek her fortune in California, as she was too proud to stay at home and be depend- ent, and on her father’s death the estate was found not to be big enough to provide for all the large family of children. “‘She gives lessons,”” added the professor, “and we sometimes think she denies her- self comforts that her health requires in order to spend the money on astronomical instruments. Her face has grown very thin and pale lately, as if her health was not what it ought {o be. But what can we do?_She is as proud as Julius Casar, and | F(;r instruments are dearer to her than her ife.” It was with some trepidation that I set out to interview the woman who imbibes astronomical knowledge by magic, and is as proud as Julius Cesar. "It was difficult to find her, for so modest and retiring is Miss O’Halloran that very few people even know her address. At last, at 2023 Pine street, the comforting assurance was given that the lady not only lived there, but that she was at home. The dusk was just fallin Miss O’Halloran’s little observatory, and in the fading light a quiet, pale young woman, who was standing near the open south window arranging a large telescope, came forward and, hearing my mission, said, with a touch of soft Irish accent: “My work? Yes; if you want to know something about it I will explain how the observations are made.” And with the air of one discussing something near and dear to her heart, Miss O’Halloran began to ex- plain how she studies sun spots and vari: able stars. At first it was hard to plunge into astron- o | P as T entered | | duce spot upon them as black as mark.” s O’Halloran remembered that e the pencil-marks on will light the gas,” she but first let me show yon the ‘observatory, where I can sweep the whole heavens and she walked to the | south window ‘and pointed to a flight of wooden steps leading to the roof of a build- | ing lower than her room. She spoke quite enthusiasticaily about t a good place it was to make observa- ns, but it never seemed to strike her that | the roof might be a chilly, damp spot for a | delicate young woman to sit star-gazing ! through the long night-watcl and one only had to look at Miss O’Halloran to see that she was not at all robust. In spite of her frail appearance her pale, calm face had aconvincing charm of its own, her deep-set | gray eves were large and beautiful, though they had the far-away look that people ess who areaccustomed to gazing great tances—a Jook that sailors frequently acquire. | When the gas was lighted I asked the astonomer to show the chart she had made day by day of the sun’s spots two months | before the great observatories had noticed anything unusual. Sheexplained that ob- | servation has shown the spots to acquire | their maximum size and number every eleven years, and stated that two months before this was expected, she began to ob- serve and make daily charts, marking the | heliographic latitude of the spots that | afterward _attracted so much attention, | from the time that_they first appeared on the sun’s east limb. All the charts were there, marking the dots on the east limb, gradually increasing in size till they dis- | appeared on the west limb, and afterward ;rmp‘}earinx, in almost the same helio- graphic latitnde, but of much greater mag- | nitude, on the east limb. Tt was on | November 15, 1891, that Miss O’Halloran first observed the growing specks, and they were not seen at Greenwich till the 4th of February the following year. For three or four years Miss O'Halloran has been - intently studying variable stars, aclass of distant suns that do not keep a steady light. Day by day she makes charts of different parts of the heavens, marking those stars that seem to dwindle or to gain in brilliancy. There are two or three that she suspects of being telescopic variables; but it takes long observation, even after the speck of light has been placed under suspicion of variation, to find out what are its periods for blazing out or for diminishing. Before many months are over, however, the girl astronomer will probably have added another variable star to those already known. And in the meantime she teaches by day and studies by night, throwing into her lessons such strong interestand enthu- siasm that astronomy becomes no longer the dry bones of science, but something aglow with romance and interest. She has obtained recognition from astrono- mers on two continents, has been made an honorary member of societies into which no woman was admitted before, and yet her studies haye brought her nothing more tangible than the delight. “Does not your ambition point to a osition like the one Miss Dorothea lumpke holds?”’ I asked. Miss O’Halloran’s face lighted up at the suggestion of being able tug]ive entirely for her beloved observations. Then she shook her head and remarked with a touch of sadness: “It requires great influence to get such an appointment, and [ am not an expert in such matters. No, I expect to go on teaching.”” But looking at her frail form I could not help wondering how long she would be able to stand the strain of day and night work, all done so ardently. "When this genius is gone beyoud our ken perhaps we shall wake up to what she was, and give her honor when it is too late to be of any use to her. We can wonder now at the w:{ the seventeenth century treated Galileo, but future generations will per- haps wonder why Rose O'Halloran was not more appreciated., MARrIE EVELYN, | it was too ¢ h d, hospitably | elected for a second term, = THEY DID NOT CHOOSE A WARDEN. PRISON COMMISSIONERS MET, BUT SAID NOTHING ABOUT AN ELECTION. THE GOVERNOR MAY ASSIST. HypnoTic INFLUENCE Has Mabe TROUBLE IN SAN QUENTIN PRISON. There was no election of a Warden at n Quentin Prison when the Board of State Prison Directors met yesterday. As ‘Warden Hale’s term will expire on April 1, it was generally expected that the board would elect a successor, or probably re- elect him for the next four years. The Prison Commissioners would not scuss the subject and left earlier than usual after hastily transacting business of the month. Director Ivory said he did not know exactly how it stood. “The election was never mentioned,” he said, “and I don’t know what the board intends doing. Tkis was the regular monthly meeting, and Mr. Hale’s term of office will end on April 1. But he can hold office until re-elected or a successor is appointed.” Mr. Ivory was asked about rumors to the effect that Governor Budd may make changes in the board *‘for cause.” “Well, I've heard it d,” he replied, “‘that 1 was not legally 2 Ypmmz-d’ because my appointment was made when there was no vacancy on the board. The same thing obtains in Mr. Neff's e. Then I under- stand it is charged that some of the board supplied material to the prisons, which is a violation of the rules, and also that they traveled on railroad Either charge would be suflicient grounds for the Gov- ernor to take action, if he so wished. But I don’t know that there is any trath in them.” From a legal point of view the constitu- tion is considered so delightfully uncertain regarding appointments of prison directors or wardens that precedent may cut no figure in the Governor’s action. Governor Stoneman changed four members of the board, making it Democratic, after he took office. The only director he did not move was John Boggs. Then Governor Bartlett made no changes, but when Waterman succeeded him the board was turned upside down. Warden Shirley, who had been re- removed n weeks on the after holding office second term. His place was filled by Gen- eral McComb, who was moved by Mark- ham three years and three months later. In the summer of 1 when Stoneman changed the board to suit himself, the four deposed directors fought for six months to bring their cases into court and to regain office, having been appointed for ten years and still having some years to serve. They failed, however, as the Governor is sole judge of the cause of removal. Prison officials have not the slightest doubt that Governor Budd can pursue the course taken by Stoneman, should he wish to make chang or appointments in Folsom and San Quentin {vnson:« For although the law is apparently explicit on the point of Prison Commissioners’ pointment, there is a clause which vir- tually places them at the Governor's mercy. A full board met at San_Quentin yester- day, with Director Depue in the chair. Benjamin F. Merritt's petition for em- sloyment as guard was referred to the Warden with power to act. he California Jutemill Company asked for a loan of 200 bales of jute until the ship Miranda arrives from Calcutta. Only 1 n the prison, and the mill uses 50 to 800 bales a month. The request referred to Mr. Depue and the War- den Aletter from Dunsmuir & Sons was read asking that a new test of their coal be s in their opinion the last test sperly made. The board was satis 1 \\1(51 results of recentexperiments and lined this proposition. he Warden reported that Convicts James Lamb and Lee Brown, boys, wished to be transferred to the Preston School of Industry. Lamb had served a term i Whittier Reform School, so h dropped, but action on Brow was postponed for a month. The advisability of giving discharged convicts money to pay their fare to the counties from which they were taken discussed. It was made discretionary with the Warden to furnish convicts tickets or the equivalent in money. The Warden was instructed not to buy any more supplies for the barber-shop, and henceforth the officers must suppfy themselves with barber's materials. Bills aggregating $12,059 were ordered paid for February. Four months’ credits were restored to John Haley, a convict from San Francisco, who lost a year's credits for fighting in the prison. A convict named Lang, from Alameda, serving a term_of imprisonment for burg. lary, attempted to es Friday evening. He is unbalanced mentally and at lock-up time stole away into the large deserted furniture factory, where he was found }lylli an hour later lying on a heap of rub- bish. The warden reported he had found that Mrs. Martin, in prison for swindling a woman in Oakland out of §14,000 by hyp- notism, was responsible for all the trouble Tequest ! made by Mrs. Werner, another prisoner. Mrs. Werner killed her husband in San Francisco. Some time ago she began to act as if she were insane, and set fire to her bed about two weeks since. After that she pretended to be idiotic, eating mush with her fingers and throwing it into her mouth and upon her face, soiling the bed and her dress. Her purpose wasjio get a pardon on the grounds of insanity and then be sent to the Home for the Feeble- minded. Under close scrutiny of Dr. Mansfield, Captain Edgar, the matron and warden, she broke down and confessed she had been led by Mrs. Martin, who pos- sessed perfect mastery over her. Mrs. Martin was placed in solitary confinement for two ¢ and is now locked up in her room where she cannot come in contact with other prisoners. The board adjourned to meet at Folsom a week from to-morrow DEADLY DISEASE GERMS, Dr. Annie Williams Is Making a Life Study of their Habits and Production. Bringing up by hand the deadliest of little disease germs, studying their habits, training them carefully in the way they should go, and killing them off with neat- ness and dispatch—that is a new occupa- tion for women—and mnot so queer as it may seem at first thought, for the greatest discoveries in the science of medicine have been made in this way of late years. Bacteriology has conquered smallpox, laid diphtheria low, has won a fighting chance with consumption, and will surely take more of death’s ground out from un- der his fc -t before long. % This ivicresting figld for woman has been opene bf the appointment of Dr. Annie W. Williams to be an assistant bacteriologist in the New York City Health Departmerit. For that matter, the field has been cpen all the time, but the place this thoughtful girl has made for herself in it shows that it is suited to any other woman who has the taste and the training. Miss Williams is a shy little woman who now spends most of each day at a desk in the Health Department’s laboratory across the beautiful inclosed court in the Crim- inal Court building from the chambers in which the famous Recorder Goff metes out justice. She was found watching the con- tents of a filter dripping from a glass fun- nel into a wide-mouth flask, and contain- ing microbes enough, no doubt, to put half the population of the city into their graves. She was not in the least afraid of them, however. “The work is not as dangerous or as hard as_that of a practicing physician,” she said, ‘‘and there is nothing about it thata woman has not the strength to do. Iwon't agree, though, that a woman can manipu- late bacteria any better thana man, for when a man has had long experience in this work he acquires quite as much deli- cacy of touch as a woman. But really, please, I don’t want to talk about it, for I am very, very busy.” Williams always had a taste for medicinal study, but it was only Jately that her interest in the study of disease germs led her to decide that she would make it her life work. She studied medicine in_Leipsic and_ in fhe women’s medical college of the New York infirmary, graduating from the last named institution in 1892. She has made a specialty of anatomy, and was at once appointed assistant to the professor of pathology. Last summer she obtained permi study in the city’s bacteriolc, tory the evil microbe that causes diptheria. Her work was so thorough that she was asked to give her time to the city, continue her work and take a good place on the payrolls. She is a sweet-faced, serious- minded young woman, who is more at ease with microbes thah with newspaper folk, and who seems to be wholly absorbed in her work. She combs her dark hair straight back, dresses simply, has large, intelligent, gray eyes and moves about with a quick, springy step that betokens enthusiasm. er surroundings are conducive to the scientific spirit. ~ Microscopes of high power are stationed here am} there. Test tubes containing mysterious - looking liquids, their mouths closed with cotton batting, stand in racks on the desks; bottles range in rows on every shelf, re- torts, flasks of all shapes and sizes, beakers, capper boilers are everywhere.—Boston Globe. THEY DID NOT SHOOT CRARS FRANK IVES, THE BILLIARD CHAM- PION, AND FOUR OTHERS ON TRIAL. As THE SHAKING WaAs FOR DRINKS THE CAsEs WERE Dis- MISSED. The arrest of Frank Ives, the champion billiard-player, George Easton, the horse- man, Samuel Howard, George Britton and Edward Isaacs, in the Baldwin cafe on Friday night on a charge of playing craps caused quitea sensation among the fre- quenters of the cafe. When the cases were called in Judge Conlan’s court yesterday morning many friends of the defendants were present and watched the proceedings with interest. Policeman McGrayan, who made the ar- rest, testified that he was specially de- tailed to stop gambling. He was passing along Powell street, and happening to look through one of the windows of the cafe, he saw Britton and Howard shooting craps at atable. The ot her three were sitting at the table, He walked in and stood about ten minutes watching the play. He saw m onev changing hands and then he went outside and got Officer MacLean to go back with him. He placed the five men under arrest. McGrayan was asked by the Judge if he was familiar with the crap game. The officer gave the Judge practi\-ahn\mmtion of the fact that he knew the game well. “Was that the only gnmb ing game you could find in the city?’” asked the Judge. “It was the only one I could find that night,” replied McGrayan. You couldn’t find a gambling game with a lantern,”’ said Attorney Kowalsky, who appeared for the defendants. “The place where the defendants were seated,” said Kowalsky, “could not only be seen from the street but by every one who entered the cafe, and it is preposter- ous to assume_that they could play a crap game there. Why didn’t you arrest every one who entered the cafe?” McGrayan did not reply. The defendants all swore that they were not shooting craps, but were shaking dice for a bottle of wine. ““The prosecution has failed to establish a case,” said the Judge, “and I believe the defendants when th v they were shak- ing dice for the drin Liven'if they were not, if that is all the gambling the officers can find in the city we are getting along very well. I shall dismiss the case Champion Ives was very indignant over his arrest, and said it was the first time he had ever been in the hands of the police. THE UNITED STATES GRAND JURY Is LOOKING INTO THE ISSU- ANCE OF PASSES. JUDGE MORROW AND ATTORNEY Foore Hap QuITE A TirT ON THE SUBJECT. “Your Honor can, of course, give the Grand Jury whatever instructions you think proper; but as I have sworn to give the same body my best advice, and am in fact its legal adviser, I shall naturally do my best to expound to them what ¥ believe to be the law in whatever case may come before it.” The remarks just quoted were the wind- up of quite a little tilt between District Attorney Foote and Judge Morrow in the United States District Court yesterday. The whole matter arose over the question of the power of the Grand Jury to call witnesses. They sent a message fo Judge Morrow, and his Honor met them in open court. The foreman asked whether the body had the power to subpena a witness independ- ent of the District Attorney. The court told them that they had the power to call any one who lived within the Ninth Judicial District. It was then inti- mated that District Attorney Foote would not call a certain gentleman that the Grand Jury wanted to hear from, and it was generally understood that the witness in guestiun was C. P. Huntington. From this point the foreman branched to the interstate commerce law, and the issuance of a pass to Frank Stone by C. P. Huntington cropped up. Foote, it appears, had advised the jurors that the evidence only showed acrimeofintent ana that an in- dictment would not lie. Theljurors thought differently and wanted C. P. Huntington subpenaed. It was on this point that the tilt occurred. Judge Morrow for a time ruled against the District Attorney, but when it was shown that there was no breach of the interstate commerce law in Stone’s case he agreed that the crime was only one of intent. He then pointed out to the jury that the word ‘“‘pass’ i used in the is not act, but that any person ‘discriminating” between States was guilty. ‘When the matter had all been smoothed over District Attorney Foote said he was perlectlzwilhng to call any and all wit- nesses the Grand Jury might want to hear from, but he was not willing to put the United States to the expense of trying a man who could never be convicted. —————————— There are said to be nearly 600 orders of nobility in Europe. WiLLiax J. Florence in the “Almighty Dol- lar” is immortalized by the cigar named after his great play. ¢ WIDE SCOPE OF AN ORAL ARGUMENT. S. M. SHORTRIDGE HAS HIS FINAL SAY IN THE GREAT INSUR- | ANCE CASE. D. M. DELMAS WILL CLOSE.| NoT ONLY THE INSURANCE COM- | PANY BUT THE PEOPLE ARLC INTERESTED. Samuel M. Shortridge closed his argu- ment in the injunction proceedings of the Continental Insurance Company against the Board of Fire Underwriters of the Pa- cific Coast yesterday. It was an able effort, and United States Circuit Judge McKenna showed his appreciation of the points raised by counsel by stopping him on several occasions to ask for further in- formation on the subject. “I will ask the court,” said Mr. Short- ridge in conclusion, “to note the non- intercourse laws laid down by the de-| fendants; to pay especial attention to the | penalty that such rules impose on the in- | surer; to note the injury it inflicts upon the agents of the Continental Insurance Company, and lastly the continual dam- age it is doing to the business of the com- pany itself.” Mr. Shortridge then read a | portion of the complaint, which sets forth | that the Board up Underwriters is com- | bined to charge the property-owners 15 per | cent in excess of the rates at which the | Continental and other non-intercourse | companies are prepared to do business. He then asked for an injunction in order | that the Continental might try to break up | the monopoly and give the public com- | petitive rates. | Judge McKenna—What can be done | in regard to the agents you speak of, and | how can the court act so as to give the | insurer and the insured equal justice? Shortridge—We aim at the suspension | of tnese non-intercourse rules by means of | an injunction. This arbitrary law set up | by the Board of Underwriters is unjust to | the Continental and equally so to the | public. | Judge McKenna—Then one of the things | you would haye the court do_would be to | enjoin the writing of these letters to the | agents of the Continental Company ? | Shortridge—I would ask that they be | prohibited. ‘ Judge McKenna—You state that the de- | fendants decline to receive or place re-in- | surance from the plaintifi, and that these | board companies refuse to do business with property-owners who insure in the Continental ? Shortridge—I do, and I think a court of equity will, by proper decree, prevent this boycott. ~They assign to the prop- erty-owners as a reason for not doing so that the plaintiff company is not a | member of the board, and that they can- not therefore do business with it. Th: compact is a menace to the people; seeks to arbitrarily control the insuran business on the Pacific Coast—to create an oppressive monopoly; its object, its gur- pose is, therefore, unlawful, opposed to public policy. This court is'asked to pre- / vent the carrying into_effect of this unlaw- ful compact’s unlawful purposes. The attorney then quoted the case of a Cincinnati typographical union which at- tempted to boycott a printing office. Cir- culars were sent to all the patrons of the | latter and his business suifered a great deal. He applied for an iu?uncti(m and it was granted. Mr. Shortridge then drew the analogy between the Cincinnati c and the one at bar. In conclusion, he said: “This organization is an unlawful com- bination against public policy. It destroys competition among its members and the enforcement of its non-intercourse sec- tion the complainant is suffering irrepara ble damage and the public is great injured. If it were the people who were bringing suit in this instance. there would not be a moment’s doubt | as to the outcome, and as the inter- | ests of the people and the Continental | Insurance Company are so closely allied we trust that the result will be the same. | What form of injunction we will ask your Honor to issue we will suggest after care- fully considering the matter.” i Cgmrles Page of Page & Eells opened the | case for the Board of Underwriters. He | went over the case as presented by Mr. Shortridge, and curefulll_\' analyzed the argument in favor of an injunction. He | referred to the vast sums involved in the | case and the reputable business men who were members of the Board of Underwriters. | He insisted that no one had been coerced | into joining the ranks of the Board of Un- derwriters. It was late in the afternoon | when he concluded his address, and the | court then adjourned until to-morrow at | 11 A. ., at which hour D. M. Delmas will | close for the Continental Insurance Com pany. A MORGUE MYSTERY SOLVED. B. Bernard of Sacramento Was the Un known Suicide. | A Morgue mystery was solved yesterday. On October 26 last the body of a man was found hanging in Golden Gate Park. No one could identify the remains,so they were_photographéd and buried. Yester- day Mrs. B. Bernard of Sacramento, J. S. English, her son-in-law, and _her daughter called at the XMorgue and identified the photograph as that of the husband and father. He was a great gambler, and when he | left home to collect a debt of $2700 his wife | told him not to return home unless he brought the money with him. He must have lost the money at poker, asonly a nickel was found in his'pocket. When the thousands were gone remorse seized him, and he committed suicide. The family has spent several hundred dollars in searching for him, but only thought of visiting the Morgue yesterday | | | | i | UNTIL APRIL T To Give All an Equal Opportunity, | Dr. Ellis Will Continue the $25 Rate for a Radical Cure of Rup- ture. In announcing a rate of $25 for a radical | cure of Rupture, Dr. C. Z. Ellis intended that it | should be for a limited time only, and pro- posed withdrewing the rate on March 1. Since that date Dr. Ellis has had many inquiries from persons suffering from Rupture, who state that it was not possible for them to take advantage of the low rate before its with- drawal and requesting an extension of the time. 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