The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 11, 1895, Page 10

10 FRANCI CO CALL YH 11, 1895 [T RESTS WITH TIE LEGISLATURE, | WILL THEY GRANT THE VALLEY | RAILROAD TIDE LAND FOR A TERMINAL. | OTHER ROADS MAY USE IT.| WHAT JOEN D. SPRECKELS SAYS OF His TRIP TO SACRAMENTO IN THE CAUSE. A concession which means much to the San Joaquin Valley Railroad is now in the hands of the State Legislature for its ap- proval or rejection. It is embodied in sembly bill 709, and under it the Harbor | Commissioners are granted the power to lease fifty acres the mud flats around South San Francisco to the new railroad | fora term of fifty vears for depots, ware- | houses and other purposes which may be | necessary for the terminus of the railroad. | The bill passed to its third reading | in good shape and will come up for final passage in the Assembly to- | day. That it will pass there is hardly | room for question. It isa matter thatis| so strictly in the interest of the people that ‘ there is no room left for doubt asto how the people’s representatives will act. Claus Spreckels and his son, John D. Spreckels, were in S: mento last week doing their best in th terests of the pro- posed measure. They returned on Satur- | d both feel very confident that the ! th no opposition—or | king of the matter and the work which he had done in Sacramento, John D. Spreckels said last evening: ! “There isno denying that some members of the Legislature are opposed to the bill introduced, but they are acting in thein- terestsof the Southern Pacific Company. I am glad that there are only a few of | legislator ninst it. look at the number of poor peo- e tramping around the streets for bre There is no work for these, for I do not see how any can, with a clear conscience, vote “Wh them to do, but when the managers of the | valley road show how hundreds may be employed it is a hard-hearted legislator that will vote against a measure that will conduce to such benefits that all idle men may be employed. At the very start our valley railroad | will give work to several thousand men. | There are the mud flats where our bay | terminus will be located. They will have | to be reclaimed, with proper buiidings, wharves and other things. Such an enter- will require men of all kinds, from orer to the skilled mechanic. | “While I wasin Sacramento,”” continued Mr. Spreckels, “I saw the Governor, and he expressed himself as heartily in favor of the measure. If it passes the Legisla- ture I am sure that he will signit. Ido not think that one legislator will havethe hardihood to oppooe the measure. If he should I do not see how he could possibly look one of his poor constituents in the | face. There are many men who are seek- ing work throughout the State in order to keep alive their starving families, and these are the ones who will primarily re- ceive the benefit of the new road at the | art. s 500 as this bill passes authorizing the Board of Harbor Commissioners to lease the fifty acres of tide lands we will begin work under the advise of our engineers, | and any suggestions which our stock- holders will make will receive considera- | There is no ‘bug’in this road of We ask for no State aid, and all that | isa lease for fifty yearsof certain | 1ds. On thisland we will put up gs and other improvements, which fifty years is up will revert to the tion. tide 1 build intention of the presen cording to Mr. Spreckels, is to pool | for a number of vears—say ten or twenty—and under this agreement no one | could sell his or her stock and thus give | the Southern Pacific Company a chance to buy in and control the company’s | affair. | “This is not a rich man’s road,” said Mr. Spreckels yesterday, “because the stock- holders range from $i00 to $500,000 as to their monetary investment in the road. Tt is the first time in the history of the coun- | try that a poor man was able to buy stock in a railroad. | “There is another feature to the tide-land | grant proposition. It is not a selfish re- | stockhold- quest. If such a site is granted for ter- minal facilities any other railroad coming into the S and incorporating under our | laws may have the benefit of it. If the | Atlantic and Paci the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, the Northern Pacific, or any other road, will come through to our city they can have the privilege of this grant by incorporating under the laws of our State. | “As far as I could learn when at Sacra- | mento the majority of the members of the Legislature were inclined to stand by the | people in this matter, realizing that the great body of the people wanted the act | passed. I cannot believe that any man who has been elected to an official position | as alawmaker can be subservient to the | of 2 corporation, either the South- ific or any other body, against a position which he must know will be or the everlasting benefit of his State. I do not believe any one of them will be false to his sacred trust. “Why, to show the interest which is be- ing taken in the valley railroad, I have in my pocket an authorization to sub- scribe $25,000, which I shall do as trustee. I have not turned it over yet because I went to Sacramento and did not have the time. We have no cause to complain at all at | the people generally have taken hold of theroad project. They appreciate the objects we are striving after. We do not ask fora centin the way of financial aid from the State. All we want is the privi- lege of a terminal, which, if granted, will more than repay the State in the long run. As soon as that is granted. as it will be, T do not doubt, we will begin to improve it and make it suitable for our purposes.” Dr. Henry’s Last Service. The baptismal service and the fact thatit was the last sermon the Rev. J.Q. A. Henry would preach drew a large audience to the ! beyond the known into | almost inconceivable the way | P! Savior of mankind. Many of these were pres- ent Inst night to openly testify that they were on the Lord’s side. Robed in black, the min- ister stepped into the water and, receiving the conyerts one by one, immersed them and gave each one their buptismal name. While the ceremony wes belig performed the choir sang “Washed in the Bl of the Lamb.” “Love's Last Limit” wes the pastor’s subject, and from it he deduced many valuable lessons. AT THE OCEAN BEACH. Improvements That Ave Noticeable There at This Time. There were many who yesterday con- cluded to take a ride to the beach near the seal rocks and “ride right back,” but when they reached the ocean shore and discov- ered how pleasant it was they concluded | that they would not go back in a hurry. ! An obj ct of interest watched by the many was a dozen or more fishing smacks with their peculiar sails, a short distance from shore, the occupants being busy with seines hauling in fish, for which there is such a demand at this season of the year. The grade from Sutro Heights to the beach is being widened in some places and the road put in good condition. he rock which is blasted away is used for the purpose of }rrv]‘»uring the founda- tion for the new Clitff Hous As soon as the repairs to the road are finished work will be com 1iced on the new house. The placing along the road of a large number of iron rai the kind used on electric lines, evidence that the new Sutro road is being pushed ahead. SCIENCEANDTROE RELICION REV. JENKIN LLOYD JONES SAYS THAT BOTH STUDIES HAVE ONE PURPOSE. How SocIETY MAaYy BE RENOVATED AND Goob MoraLs RESTORED AT L2 Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones, pastor of All Souls Unitari Church of Chicago and secretary of the World’s Parliament of Religions, occupied the pulpitin the Second Unitarian Church, corner Twentieth and Capp streets, last night. Mr. Jomes is well past middle age and is a speaker of unusual power and eloquence. The church was crowded last night to such an extent that seats had to be placed in the aisles and around the pulpit platform in orderto accommodate all who came. The subject of Mr. Jone: Jontributions of Science The speaker treated the subject in a used many totake a new eat studies, and in their minds to reconcile them astwo great fac- tors working together for a common end. He spoke in part as follows: “With the growth of kno wledge there is a growth of reverence. Science enlarges the realm of morals. nilia with things strengthens the spirit. The realm we call matter is hospitable to the realm we call mind. The study of nature con- discourse was to Reli- The Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones. {From a photograph.] tributes to the religious life of man. A true understanding of this world awakens the motions and aspirations that reach the unknown. Evolution, the key that has unlocked the mysteries of the physical world, will bring religion down to earth. “There is a common origin of science and religion. Both were born out of curi- osity of mind—a desire to know causes, to account for things. This curiosity begins to show itself far below the range of hu- manity. The curiosity of the monkey is continually leading him into trouble. This curiosity called forth the crude theology of primitive man. Ghosts haunted him every- where. They were theavailable explanation of every baffling mystery. Thus rising from the simplest ancestor worship through the various stages of polytheism, religion has risen to that theism which recognizes one controlling power and one inclusive love. In the Aryan race this same curiosity has led into an inquiry of secondary causes, the study and verifica- tion of phenomena. And this is science which eventually leads, no less than | religion, to the sense of an ordered uni- | verse. The steps by which these conclu- sions are reached are very different, but both suggest an unfolding destiny to man and nature not yet completed. ““There are critical momentsin the woods as in the fortri Thousands of combina- tions in our atmosphere might happen but do not. The difference between the limits of heat and cold consistent with organic life is only about 100 degrees fahrenheit. During at least a part of the year the tem- perature must not fall below the freezing point or rise 100 degrees above it, else life ecomes extinct on the face of the earth. “Within five or six miles of this earth there isalways the death-line of cold, and still this narrow belt wherein life is alone possible, has been kept amid mighty con- tending forces throughout the wholerange of the geological record of the earth’s sur- face, which science shows us covers the eriod of 100,000,000 years. Science takes the devout man by the hand, lifts him to an erect position and places the crown of creation on his brow and bids him wear it with regal dignity. Science teaches progress. It joins hands with religion in bidding man to go for- ward. Itencourages man to believe that the long vistas of the past are uncom- pleted avenues projecting themselves into the future. “‘There is no_difficulty in finding a sci- entific foundation for the religion of sym- athy. Science finds it already beginning in the ox, the monkey and the elephant. Professor Shater calls upon us to witness a self-sacrificing sympathy beautiful to be- Liold among the much abuscd unimals, our pigs, who rally promptly at the cry of dis- tress and are willing to do battle for a shrieking comrade. . “When religion shall abandon its dual- istic world of spirit and matter, its dualis- tic theology of God and devil, and come into cosmic relations with the invisible unity that holds all in one mystery and gives room to all forms of thought, and when science will recognize the permanent province of the preacher to be the enforce- ment of the sanctions of the moral law, First Baptist Church last evening. During the revival services in Metropolitan Temple quite anumber of people declared themselves saved and professege! eir faith in Christ as the then will the marriage of religion and sci- ence be consummated, and the renovation and restoration of society may then begin with some hopes of success.” Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U.S. Gov't Report Ra al w3 ABSOLUTELY PURE Baking Powder hogel ) THE FRANKLIN DIAMOND ROBBERY. “BABY” CURTIN, WHO PUT THE PADLOCK ON THE FRONT DOOR ARRESTED. HE WAS FOUND IN STOCKTON. His AccoMpPLICE Was EDWARD WILSON, ALIAS SARGENT, AN Ex-CoNvICT. Anthony Curtin, alias “Baby,” one of the two young men who committed the daring diamond robbery at Franklin's store, 215 Grant avenue. on the night of February 10, is in the tanks at the old City Prison. Since the robbery Detective Ed Gibson has been steadily working on the case. Captain Lees was satisfied that the robbers were local men, and he got two of Frank- lin’s salesmen and the proprietor of the Olympic stables to look through the rogues’ gallery at the police headquarters to see if they could identify them. The Anthony Curtin. [Sketched by a *“Call” artist.] salesmen, on coming to “Baby’’ Curtin’s picture, were positive that he was the boy whom they saw putting the padlock on the front door and who had previously placed wire across the side door leading into Stockton place. The proprietor of the Olympic stables recognized the picture of Edward Wilson, alias Sargent, as the young man who hired the horse from him’ on the night of the robbery and the night previous. Others who saw the two_at the time of the rob- bery corroberated the identification. irculars with photographs of Wilson and Curtin were immediately sent through- out the State, as it was believed that the | two had left the ci On Thursday last Detective Gibson hap- pened to be in Stockton were looking for a boy named Walter Dun- lap of Los Angeles, who had escaped from the Whittier Reform School. That morn- ing an officer saw a boy answering his de- scription at the depot, waiting for the train to Lathrop. Assoon as the boy saw that he was being wiitched he wal confectionery-store and bought worth of candy, thinking to put the officer off the scent. "As soon as he leit the store the officer arrested him and took him to the prison. A Colt’s revolver and a box of cartridges were found in his pockets. Gibson happened to be at police head- quarters at the time, and the oficer told Edward Wilson. [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] him he had just taken in Walter Dunlap, the boy who had escaped from Whittier. Gibson went to have a look at him, and at once identified him as Curtin. The ‘‘baby” denied his identity at first, but finally gave in, and Gibson brought him to the city. Since being here he has been identified by Franklin’s salesmen and others as the boy who slipped on the padlock. It was the intention to keep his arrest secret till Wilson was captured, but it leaked out in Stockton, and Gibson ack- nowledged yesterday that the ‘“baby’’ was here and had been identified as stated. Curtin is now 19 years of age. 1In 1891 he was arrested for petty larceny, but the case was dismissed. The following year he was arrested for picking pockets, and got three years in the House of Correction. He was released on December 10, last year. Wilson, alias Sargent, is now about 21 years of age. He is an ex-convict, having served a term in San Quentin for burglary. In 1892 he was sent to the House of Correc- tion for three years for burglary. He es- caped, but was recaptured. On %ecember 17 last he again made his escape and man- aged to keep out of the way. e isa bold and dangerous criminal. ‘Wilson was seen in Stockton about the beginning of last week and left in the di- rection of Sacramento. Detective Gibson thinks he has left the State, but he does not desgair of his capture. All the diamonds stolen have been re- covered with the exception of two rings and a bracelet. It was thought that these missing ones had been among those found by A. P. McNamara, alias “Big Dutchy,” who was arrested on suspicion of being im- I\licated in the robbery and afterward re- eased from custody, but such was not the case. The “baby” may be able to explain whterlekthey are, but as yet he isnot inclined to talk. THE picture frame industry is one that Enst- ern competition cannot kill. Sanborn, Vail & Co. employ over one hundred hands constantly, making picture frames, room mouldings, cor- nice poles, and mirrors. This force enables them to turn out large quantities of goods at the lowest possible prices, and their customers are getting the benefit of them. Good lumber and all factory supplies are very cheap at present. Now is the time to patronize home industry, and buy pictures and picture frames at satisfactory prices. & e Fillmore-Street Line. A large force of men has been engaged dur- ing the past week laying the double track on the southern end of Fillmore street, to be used Che police there | by the electric line on that street. When fin- ished this will be the sixth across-town line north of Market street. STRYCHNINE OR SALTS. Mrs. Maud Howe Attempts to Poison Herself. Mrs. Mand Howe, wife of James Howe, saloon-keeper, 111 Eddy street, startled her’ husband and some customers at the bar by walking into the saloon last night and announcing that she was going to poison herself. She had a small box in her hand which contained a white substance. Before any one could prevent her she swallowed a portion of the contents and sat down pre- pared to die. She was driven to the Receiving Hospi- tal and Drs. Somers and Redding took her in hand. She did not show any symptoms of poisoning, although she said she had swallowed n b‘iuer to the taste she did not swallow it al 1. The doctors tasted the substance in the box, and were inclined to think it was epsom salts. The box bore the label of Frank 8. Kelly, druggist, 102 Eddy street. Mrs. Howe was sent home. The reason for her strange action was jealousy of her husband. She sawa woman whom he knew enter the saloon, and she followed her and alarmed everybody by tragically announcing that she was to kill herself. She is vears of age, and has been married thirteen years. She says she is a daughter of Sir Arthur Stanhope, Baronet, of London. FINE SPORT WITH THE HARES THE RUN OF THE NEW Occl- DENTAL CLUB A DECIDED SUCCESS. TwoO STAKES AT OCEAN VIEW PARK BRING OuT SOME STRONG YOUNGSTERS. The new Occidental Club had a fine day’s sport in Kerrigan's park yesterday. There were twenty dogs in the stake owned by members of the ciub, and the prizes were $10, $30, $20, and two 10-dollar prizes. The meeting was managed by the officers of the club, and a more successful one could not have been arranged. President Hull, Vice-President Perigo, Secretary Watson and Treasurer Carney attended to all details and everything went off like clockwork. John Grice was in the saddle, James Wren handled the leash, J. R. Dickson )-steward, D. Curtin han- dled the flag ). D. Roach, A. Merrill and Thomas Ford acted as field-steward: 11 through the hares ran well and th trials were all good. The winner turned up in D. D. Roach’s young dog, Gold King. This young hound is doing splendidly. He is a son of Mr. Roach ohn Mitchell, and in all his running bas proved that he | isa coming flyer. In his work vesterday he met all the good dogs and upset them in turn, nd Lady Clare. e ran singularly well, consider- ant of proper condition. Lady Clare is game and showed up well, upseft ting all opponents until she met Gold King in the final, and in that she pressed him so closely that the first conrse was an undecided, but in the second attempt he beat her easily. Coomassie ran as usual in | fine style, but in her course with Lady Clare in the third round she either broke | or injured some of her toes so badly that | when it came to close work her sone and Lady Clare beat her easily. attendance was good and betting was very brisk all day. The summary of the running 1s as fol- lows: . . Perij giellow beat P. Carney’s ion Boy s, Gold King beat J. e ‘aster and Faste Watson’s Lady Clare beat J. McCormack’s Little Ros 3 Wats Dean’s Rustic Maid beat J. Tracy’s Swede; W. e A. Merrill’s Butcher Soudan beat H. Hull's P. D. rac; b y J. T1. Perigo’s Wee Lassie beat H. Hull's John ’ Mitchell. Second round—Gold King beat Longfellow, Rambler beat Jimmy Rex, Lady Clare beat | © beéat Belmont, Wee | Rustic Maid, Cooms Lassie beat Soudsan. Third round—Gold King beat Rambler, Lady glnre beat Coomassie and Wee Lassie Tan a ye. | ‘Fourth round—Gold King beat Wee Lassie'| and Lady Clare ran a by i jold King beat Lady Clare and took first money, $40; Lady Clare $30, Wee Lassie $20, Rambler and Coomassie $10 éach. At Casserly’'s Ocean View Park there were two stakes run off. One was a puppy stake of sixteen dogs and the other an all. ages stake of eight dogs. The attendance was good. J. Grace Jr. judged and James Grace slipped. In this field there was also some good coursing, especially with the puppies. The San Jose puppy Blackbird ran won- derfully well, upsetting all opponents. Next to him was Tipperary, a Port Costa youngster, and, though defeated in the final, the latter is very likely to turn the tables on his conqueror in the future. Kilkenny Girl is also a very handsome youngstér that will be heard from before very long. Starlight is also undoubtedly a good young dog. The best conrse of the day was between the ultimate winner, Blackbird, and Pride of the Valley. The $55 in the stake was di- vided as follo F. McComb’s Blackbird, 20; J. Luce’s Tipperary, $15; S. A. Cun Starlight and j’ Sullivan’s Kil kenny Girl, $10 each. Of the eight dogs in the all-aged stake T. Hall’s Annie Laurie outclassed all and had 4 comparatively no trouble in appropriating | first prize, §12. T. Trant’s Little Beauty alsoran well, but was no match for her Merced competitor. She got second money, $8. The judging and slipping gave thor- ough satisfaction to all. ————— SAN FRANCISCO IN SHADOW. The City Plunged in Darkness During the Eclipse. The total eclipse of the moon threw San Francisco into deepest shadow about 8 o’clock last night. Because it is the time for full moon no street lamps we e lighted and the streets were intensely dark. The sky had a strange and uncanny hue as the moon hid herself behind the earth for a brief space of time. All over it wore the forbidding appearance of a gathering storm, black and menacing. Some heavy clouds hanging sulkily overhead height- ened the extraordinary effect, and flashes of distant lightning, all too_ faint to illu- mine the blackness, intensified the phen- omenon. “‘We are going to have a terrific storm with heavy rains to-night,” Yrophesied clerks of the weather who believed im- plicitly in their own judgment. But the storm did not come as expected. It was only the earth had come between sun and moon and left everything in the pitchy darkness of a lunar eclipse. TWO0 YOUNG HORSE-THIEVES, They Steal a Rig in San Jose and Drive to This City. Archie Gignac, 15 years of age, and Harvey Wernez, 11, his cousin, both of San | Jose, stole a horse and four-seated Rock- away on Saturday morning and drove to this city. The police here were notified and Xesterday the boys were arrested on San Jose avenue and Twenty-third street by Policeman McMurtry and will be sent back to San Jose. They drove from San Jose and kept it up all last night around the city. Becoming tired of driving they hitched the rig to a post in Golden Gate Park and went for a stroll, when they were arrested. McMurtry went with them to the park, but when they got there the horse and vehicle had disappeared and have not yet been found. ——————— SPONGE Fiber Gov. Blotting is best absorbent known. Mysell & Rollins, 521 Clay, sole agents.* strychnine, but finding it so | v, Longfellow, Rambler, | x beat | s Rambler ‘[ n’s Belmont beat J. Moffit's Tricks; J. | THAT CHILD OF JANES 6. FAIR. THE UNKNOWN SON WILL CONTEST FOR A PORTION OF THE ESTATE. S | HE HAS BEEN BROUGHT HERE. HISTORY OF THE INSIDE FACTS OF THE SETTLEMENT OF His BIRTH. | = | That James G. Fair Sr., deceased, had a son born out of wedlock who is likely to | come forward and, through documentary | evidence, claim a share of the estate, there | is no dispute. Whether the proviso in the | will against such claimants will stand good remains to be seen. Itis a well-known fact among the resi- dents of Virginia City that in the early ’80’s Fair had trouble with a woman, which resulted in a misunderstanding between himseif and wife. That disagreement was not the final termination of the events which led up to the ultimate divorce, but had a certain bearing upon the case. A very pretty, but innocent girl, was en- gaged by Mrs. Fair as dressmaker to pre- pare certain gowns to be used in society events in Virginia City in the latter part of 1879 and 1880. She was a stranger to the majority of the residents of the lively mining town, but had an air of attraction which won the hearts of all who came in contact with her. She had been working for the wife of the manager and principal owner of the Com- stock for some time when her employer left for a trip to San Francisco and the southern part of the State. Sufl work had been outlined to keep the seam- stress busy, and while performing the labor outlined for her by her mistress she fell to the honeyed words of her employer's husband. 1t was not long before the indiscretion on the part of the seamstress became ap- parent. She at that time had a friend who was acquainted with William Ger- | hardt, the old-time stage-driver, known as | “Curly Bill” Curly was intimately a | quainted with the man who was respon | ble for the condition of the seamstress and | who had been the representative of the | people of Nevada in the ted States | Senate. Through a mutual friend Curly learned of | the girl’s condition and the facts were made known to Fair. He (the millionaire) dele- ated Gerhardt to ‘‘square the case’’ with Miss Annie Stevens, as the woman was known. Gerhardt, who is now foreman of Bridges’ stables, 420 Post street, gave the | woman $40 with which to help herself out of { the dilemma. He reported progress to | Fair, and upon the following day received | an agreement, written by Fair, and $1500 in | cash to give the woman and secure her | signature to the document, by which Fair as to be released from all further obliga- tions. The cash was paid over and the | woman, who was enceinte, left the mining | town at once, after signing the agreement. | According to the story told by Gerhardt | Miss Stevens returned to Virginia City shortly before her confinement and asked further assistance. In this instance the diplomatic tactics of John Mackay, the bonanza king, was called upon. This gentlemen paid over to the girl a sum of money aggre; atin% $20,000, and re- Ceived a yelease from Miss Stevens of ail claims for support of herself and child for all time to come upon James G. Fair. That agreement is in the possession of Mr. Fair’s old friends. As soon as the “settlement,” as the money payment was called, had been con- cluded, Miss Stevens was taken to Sacra- mento, where a boy was born. With the §$20,000 received through John Mackay the | woman was enabled to live in comparative | ease and rear the boy well. In order to do this, it is said, she moved to Chicago, | where James G. Fair Jr., as the mother | styled him, has been educated. When the telegraphic dispatches ap- | peared in the Eastern papérs announcing the death of James G. Fair, ex-L'niles States Senator from Nevada and multi- millionaire of San Francisco, it was no surprise to ‘‘James G. Fair Jr.,”” as he had been appraised by private telegram of the Mot et proceed_at once to the Pacific Coast. He 1is now in this city, or within fifty miles of here, and will be ready to present his claim to a share in the estate at the proper time. It is proposed to present the document drawn up by Fair at the time Miss Stevens released him from further obligations, and also to cause the final agreement made between the mother of the boy and John Mackay | to be brought out. The backers of the boy have known of his existence since the day of his birth and have been in constant communication with the only parent who ever owned him be- fore the world. They now have the boy where they can produce him in courtatany time the attorneys advis The story, well known nearly twenty years aguliuou"hout California and Ne- vada, had been forgotten by the world. It was enough that Mrs. Fair had secured a legal separation from her husband and had been forgiving enough to walk with him, arm in arm. in the streets of Virginia City after being divorced. And then for nearly two decades the estate deeded to the Jurted wie was managed by Pair himself. Chere really did not seem to be much be- tween them—only in one instance—Sena- tor Fair had been proved, at least in his wife’s mind, to be false in his marital rela- tions. The matter was sedulously hushed up and so it came to be forgotten. The woman was comfortably settled for life and her little son had a fortune placed at his dis- posal. As time passed, it is said, she mar- ried and is now a respectable member of society at Sacramento. People who are familiar with the story were surprised to learn that either the boy or his mother would come out and. regard- less of consequences, make a_public tight for part of the Fair millions; but it is said that they would not think of making this fight had not their minds been_influenced by friends who lead them to believe it pos- sible to get more money than they ever dreamed of possessing. A firm of attor- neys in Sacramento has taken hold of the case and it is understood will push it with energy, as the inducements offered are known to be very considerable, How People Bothered Owen. Owen was known to all circles possessing the slightest tincture of science as the man who could reconstruct an entire extinct animal if i;ou ave him the fragment of a fossil tooth. 'Fhe public would not buy his books; but they showed their appreciation of his genius in various simple-minded fashions. All reports about the sea ser- pent were referred to him for examination. People who fancied that they had found live toads imbedded in rock or coal wrote to ask him what he thought of it. One day, just as he was setting out to keep a dinner engagement, he was detained for half an hour by a note from a stranger wanting to know whether something he had found in a sausage was or was not the tooth of a dog, and requesting an immedi- ate answer. To the credit of the sausage vender it proved to be the tooth ofa suck- ing pig. On another occasion Earl Russell, hav- ing received as a present from, President Grant what purported to be a bear ham, sent the bone for examination to Owen. One is sorry to hear that the great anato- mist at once pronounced it to be the ham bone of an ordinary pig.—The Academy. 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. DRY GOODS. NEW WASH DRE SS FABRICS! SPRING AND SUMMER 1895. This week we will open up and place on sale 50 CASES NOVELTY WASH DRESS FABRICS. The coliection isthe most complete and elaborate ever shown in this city and includes: TUFTED CREPES, GALATEA CLOTHS, CORDED ZEPHYRS, NOVELTY DUCKS, PRINTED SATEENS, OXFORD CHEVIOTS, PRINTED PERCALES, LA PAQUIN SUITINGS, DOBBY SILKS, MADRAS CLOTHS, SMLOR SUITINGS, WASH CREPONS PIGUE VENTIAGS, CRINKLED GINGHAMS. SR @A T 5 cases IMPORTED DOTTED SWISS DRESS GOODS, in an immense va- riety, with embroideries to match, Prices 25c to 75c per yard. SEIELEIEANE e 5 cases PRINTED IRISH DIMITY, full 32 inches wide, beautiful designs, 25c per yard. SAMPLES SENT FREE TO ANY ADDRESS. £ Country orders receive prompt attention. &&F Goods dellvered free in San Rafael, Sausalito, Blithedale, Mill Valley, Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley. 9 (707024 GQRPORATEU @\ i8g2. 111, 113, 115, 117, 119, 121 POST STREET. INDEX OF THE SOCIETIES THE OFFICIAL ASSESSMENTS OF THE ASSOCIATIONS FOR MARCH. COMING SESSIONS OF GRAND LODGES OFA.O0.U. W.anDI1. O.0.F. NEews Ms, ETc. Official Assessment Table. NAME. e 30 AW 404 05 06 426 27 Knights of Honor.. Royal Arcanum Workmen’s G. ¥ [Official a: 1 fraternal society will be published iree of cost LA ment notices of any legitimate in above table. Send them, with anv other matters of importance, by Friday, addressed Fraternal Society Editor MORNING CALL, Sau Francisco.] Masonic. The dedication of the new temple at Pasa- dena on the 1st was the event of the season, and was in every respect a brilliant fraternal | and social success. The attendance was im- mense, visitors being present from all of the neighboring localities, among them Henry S. Orme, P. G. M. ot Los Angeles. After the dedication Rev. J. 8. Thompson pronounced the oration, and selections by an orchestraand recitations by Tom Barnes were followed by a grand banquet served by the ladies of the Order of the Eastern Star, at which 500 guests were present. At Stockton the carpenters have been busy making the repairs occasioned by the recent fire. They are under the supervision of Jerome Robinsor, and will be pushed forward rapidly to completion. 1. 0. 0. F. Grand Master Simpson visited the lodge at Tulare on the9th. He will be at Monrovia on the the 11th, dedicate the new hall at Los Angeles on the 12th,visit Los Angeles No. 35 on the13th, and on the 15th will dedicate the new hall at San Jacinto, and be at Pico Heights Lodge on the 16th. He will continue his visitations per- severingly until the close of his term and will show a record of visitations unusual even in this jurisdiction famed for the visits of its grand masters. The city lodges just now are doing consider- able work. The reaction is teking place and the coming year will bea good one for the fraternity in this State. The Encampment Dbranch also shows improvement. Elections of representatives to the Grand Lodge will take place in all of the subordinates on the last meeting nights in this month. Golden Gate Lodge No. 204 of this city has again taken its place among those subordin- ates which contribute to the maintenance of that meritorious institution, the 0dd Fellows rary. §. ) Wyckoff, in consequence of the pressure of other ‘duties, has resigned his position as secretary of the L. 0.0.F. Hall Association, and C. F. O'Neil of Templar Lodge No. 17 has been chosen to fill the vacanc; Parker Lodge No. 124 will have an initiation on Tuesday evening. Bay City No. 71 had an initiation affd a large attendance last session. : Knights of Pythias, The quarterly report of the endowment rank makes a splendid showing; 127 sections have been organized since October; 1854 aj.)licants have been admitted, the total of the certificates issued exceeding $3,000,000. Illinoi: leads with an increase of eighteen sections, Teunes- see increases sixteen, Missouri fourteen, Wash- ington adds five and California four. A re- view of 1894 shows the establishment of 395 sections and the admission of 6700 new appli- cants, covering an_insurance of $13,000,000. The interest earnings from investments and daily balances have been, nearly $16,000, an increase of $6000 over 1893. Balances and in- vestments on December 31, 1894, were $292,. 372 22; disbursements for quarter were $196,- 000; for the entire year, .55‘110.000. A remark- | ley invited Vice-President I able feature is that not addition of menm deaths has fallen below A 0.U.W. The meMing of the past masters on Monday night was filled with interest. President Crow- thstanding the large e tha . Joy to preside; remarks by Grand Master Workman Ward, Grand Foreman Toohy, Past Grand Masters Brewer and Barnes, Dr. Daywalt, Grand Trus- tee Abrahamson, Grand Medical Examiner Mavon and others caused the session to be filled with interest. Among the matters adopted was a resolution fayoring the fixing of the maximum age of applicants for member- ship by the Supreme Lodge back to its former figure, 50 years, and it was agreed to request representatives to said supreme body to labor for that end. California_hus always been op- posed to the reduction of this age limit, which was made two years azo by the Supreme Grand Overseer Vinter was in the city week and visited a number of the city lodge: receiving the welcome alweys accorded th sterling worker. Deputy Joy will have a reunion of his dis- trict with Golden Gate Lodge on the 14th. Kuights of Honor. The Past Dictators’ and Dictators’ Asso held its regular monthly session 1 evening. There was a large atten several new names were added 10 th Tangements were periected for & reception to the grand officers and representatives to the Grand Lodge se , to be given at the Alcazar building on the evening of the 19th. The Grand Lodge af California will convene in its sixteenth annual session at the Alcazar building, in this city, on Tuesday, March 19, at 10 o' clock A. M. Yerba Buena Lodge gave a musical and lit- erary entertainment and dance at Social Hall, Aleazar building, on last Monday eve large hall w 5 their famil deli exercises were of & hig tertaining nature. he Costimed Degree team of Fortuna Lodge will be present with Occidental Lodge at B. B. Hall on the evesing of Wednesday next, at which time several candidates will be initiated. District Deputies Lawrence and Learned were ent at San Francisco Lodge last Monday evening and assisted in conferring the degree on an initiate, America Lodge held a very interesting session last Thursday evening. A petition for mem- bership was received. Grand Reporter Curry was also present and addressed the lodge. as filled S ge, he address was <, P. G. D., and all the hly creditable and en- Knights and Ladies of Honor. The grand protector and wife, Past Grand Protector J. J. Groom and other grand officers officially visited Yerba Buens Lodge, San Jose, on Wednesday evening last, where they were accorded a royal welcome. The official visits to be made for the current week are Oakland Lodge, Tuesday evening; Golden Rule Lodge, Thursday evening; Hare mony Lodge, Sacramento, Friday evening. Native Sons of the Golden West. On March 8 Grand Trustee E. W.Frost of Eureka reorganized Sebastopol Parlor No. 143 with a membership of nearly thirty. ng officers were elected and in- stalled: Val Watson, P. P.; James P. Kelly, dent; Charles Food, first vice-president; J. F. R. Janssen, second vice-president; Ben Sullivan, third vice-president; George Donner, marshal} Fred H. Luth, recording secretarvi L. V. H. How orge W, financidl secretar; Calder, treasurer; E. F. O'Leary, I. S.; Ben Es- ey, 0. 8.; , John Donner and B id Dr. Deas, surgeon. After the parlor work had been completed a banquet was served. National Union. The San Francisco Cabinet of this order met last Wednesday evening. Some very interests ing matters were discussed, among them the holding of a public entertainment in some large hall in the near tuture. President Seligman is making the rounds of the various councils, encouraging them_in their work which is growing rapidly in San Francisco. Miscellaneous. G. P.—In fraternities generally there is no appeal upon a question of order except to the body itself; a lodge sustaining or rejecting the decision of the presiding ofiicer upon the point of order settles the question. M. M.—A bill has been introduced into the Massachusetts Legislature, the purpose of which is to allow members of organizations, aying benefits at death after a membership o ve years, (o transfer their benificiary certifi- cates, with_the consent of their benificiaries and the officers of the company or order, to persons or institutions which may guarantee to provide for the care in old age of sickness of said members.