The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 14, 1895, Page 7

- THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 1895. T ...APRIL 14, 1895 (ITY NEWS IN BRIEF, 1y £3,000,000 has been subscribed to the way. alley road directors will purchase rail- s on Monday. churches to-day will observe Easter ith special musical services. Rev. Father Bradey, the Paulist priest, died vesterday at 8t. Mary’s Hospital. nford broke the two-mile bicycle Olympie Club grounds. ire Commissioners held their usual meeting yesterday afternoon. The ! !'»l; left port last week, are racing to The spur track to Golden Gate Park is used the Southern Pacific Company for hauling 10 power-houses near the park. The wills of Ellen Gallagher, P. G. Sabatie, John Callaghan, Edward Martin and Caroline Meier were filed for probate yesterday. Senator Stephen B. Elkins, at a dinner given m last night at the Union Club, said: “I'm icaragua Canal first, last and all the The University of California defeated Stan- ford University at the Olympic Club grounds in the intercollegiate field trials by a score of 67 to 45. Professor George D. Herron will preach at the Central M. E.Church to-day (Sunday) at 8Py Subjects “The Church and the Work- ingman.” estate of Flise Hahn has been sued by Hibernia Savings and Loan Society to fore- close a mortgage for $1500 on property located * bn Elgin street. Five officers of the Chinese Tailors’ Union were brought from Sacramento yesterday and booked atthe City Prison on the charge of felony embezzlement. 'he Seutheyn Pacific Company is preparing spits to copdemn land on_ its proposed bay shore road {o San Mateo, and has engineers in the field toward Baden. Rev. Dr. Herron thinks the country is on the sergeofa revolution, which can be averted ©only by the application of Christ’s teachings to ev e of daily life. steamer_Coptic will be released from yuarantine on Friday. Her officers will not be ellowed ashore while she is in port, but the cabin passengers will be landed. People living ont at the Mission are aroused over the murder of Minnie Williams. They all refuse to believe that young Durant is in any ated 1n the terrible crime. g, Mason and_Ellis o’clock, W on & subject approp: charge of faiture to provide agai ceman Peter Nauck was dismissed e Low yesterday, the complaining wit- ness, Mrs. Emma Kaiser, having failed to ap- pear in court. ervian-Montenegrin Literary and Ben- jety has sued the Greek-Russian- an Orthodo tern Church and Ben- Socie:{ for 3900, chiefly due on a sory note. prom George Lorenz, a boy employed in the ) sion Woolen Mills, had his hand badly c in the machinery yesterday, necessitating the on of two fingers at the City and Hospital. or Soult of the State University and or Marx of Stanford, the experis em- d by the Harbor Commissioners, have menced an investigstion into the work n the ferry foundation. Clerk Curry has discovered that his e made no effort to record report the estates liable to the collateral itance tax, and the school fund thereby any thousands of dollars. Calmon, proprietor of the White House, 520 Jackston' street, instantly killed Rene Le fevre at the lodging-hoi count of int macy with Mrs. Calmon. The murderer is un- der arrest and pleads seif-defense. d to be somewhat radic views. - Workingmen are p to Professor Herron. 150 to the win- the track yes- winners were Nellie™ G, and Ingomar. i1l issue this ening Mail, fssioner Col’ evoted to the lley railroad. , took the horse- on Fridey and beat his ie was black and blue. Yes- ay she swore out 8 warrant for his arrest he charge of assault with a deadly weapon. was filed in_the United States Circuit day by Margaret McNeil against eil, in which charges of conspiracy fraud were made sgainst the defendant d seversl atiorneys, who, however, deny them. Stanford University students defeated the ¢hampion students of Berkeley University in Bebate last week. The soore was evened ves- terday when the Berkeley men overthrew the Etaniord representativesin the intercollegiate feld sports. Argument in the preliminary proceedings of the Spreckels slander case as to the right of rxl intiff to answer or decline to answer certain nterrogatories as & deponent closed yesterdsy, and the question was taken under advisement by Judge Daingerfield. Captain Healy of the revenune cuttér Bear would not affirm nor deny the story that a demand had been made upon the officers to raise & fund of from $15,000 to $20,000 to defray the expenses of having the Fry pension bill pass through Congress. Mrs. Kate Hamilton, who was charged with felony embezzlement by Philip Abrams of Eeattle in getting away with part of his furm- ture and personal effects, had her case dis- missed by Judge Low sterday, as it was a maiter for the civil courts to settle. Miss Minnie Williams was brutally murdered in the Emanuel Baptist Church last Friday night. She came over from Alameda to attend & meeting of the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor and a_social at Dr. Vogel’s , but was enticed into the church to her Fred Bushnell, while intoxicated, was cross- Ing Montgamery avenue at Broadway last night when he was knocked down by & Union- sireet car. He was taken to the Recefving Hospital, where it was found that his back, ribs and arm were proken and his sealp badly lacerated. He wilf probably die. Next Friday evening the young ladies’ class in physical culture connected with the Yor Plen’s Christian Association is to give an en- fertainment in the association auditorium, Mason and EIlis streets, to consist of pyramids, tableaux, ciass drill, calisthenics, Delsarte ex- ercises, eic.; also musical aud literary exer- cises. Mrs. Marie Stinson-Lathrop, whose beautiful woice and finished singing will be remembered by all who heard her a few years since, will make her first l;}grenmn(‘e since her return from Boston at H. B. Pasmore’s concert at the Y. M. C. A. Auditorium on Friday, the 26th inst. While in Boston Mrs. Lathrop studied with Charles Adams, wbo thought hizhly of her. She will sing two new songs by Pasmore. “The performance of “Pinatore” atStockwell’s Theater, which was to have been given last night by_students of Stanford University, has been indefinitely postponed. A number of seets had been s0ld, and there was every evi- that the house would be a crowded one. cket-holders have had their money re- turned, as there is no knowing when the per- formance will be given. The postponement took place, as some of the lady singers found that other engagements would prevent them from appea: i dence i Mortgaged the Mule. Last year a colored farmer in Georgia went to a white neighbor and said: “Mass’r Johnson, I give you all $5 fer dat big-legged mule,”” referring to an animal that bad become useless iecause of some disease of the limbs and baa been turned out to die. *“What on earth do you want of that mule?” replied theowner. ‘“‘He’s too weak to work and too lame to drive more than half 2 mile at a time."” “Dat doan’t make no difference to me, boss. I wants dat critter an’ 'll give you all $5 for him.” The offer was accepted and the trade was made. A few weeks after the former owner met the purchaser in town and asked how the big-legged mule was getting on. “Fust rate, fust rate,” was the ready teply. “I done mor’gaged him for $20." And it was found to be a fact. The negro had borrowed $20 for, twelve months at 1 per cent a month and given a lien upon she lame mule as security.—Chicago Record. ————— MoxNEY makes the mare go and buys the Al- nighty-dollarCigar. % CAPTAIN- HEALY ~ SILENT, He Declines to Discuss the Assessment of Revenue Officers. A DISCONTENTED OFFICER. Will Not Affirm or Deny the Truth- fulness of the State- ments. Captain Healy of the revenue cutter Bear complaint was, bm“im me to-day by the de- fendant, and I shall represent him in the matter. The statements in the complaint as to the ofticial positions held by myself, Mr. Blair and Mr. Hinkle are all true. was Mr. McNeil’s attorney, Mr. Blair acted as referee and Mr. Hinkle mailed the copy of the complaint. But s to the conspiracy charge, that is all non- sense. There never was any Conspiracy, or, if there was, I know nothing about it. . Mc- Neil came to me and wanted me to bring suit for adivorce. He said he did not know where his wife was. I brought suit, and ne was granted a decree. Mr. Blair has one {0 attend the fiesta in Tos Angeles, and Mr. Hinkle could not be found fi\st night. Mrs. Hinkle is visiting across the bay, and during her absence the family residence is closed. M'NEIL IN SANTA CRUZ He Is Interested in the City Bank and Other Corporations. SANTA CRUZ, April 13.—In December, 1891, a young woman calling herself Miss Lou Simmons arrived at Santa Cruz, ac- was reticent when approached for an inter- | companied by a girl much younger than view on the subject of the $112 assessment, | herself, and took rooms at a fashionable alleged to have been made on the officers | hotel. She was a comely young person of in the revenue cutter service to defray the | a lively disposition. Shortly before Christ- expenses of the passage of the Frye law | mas she announced to the proprietor of the through Congress. The new law provides | hotel that a friend from San' Francisco for the rc(‘irement of revenue cutter officers | would spend Christmas with her. Promptly on a pension after a certain age, or after | on time her friend arrived. He was a they haa been in the service a given time. The Hamilton Club, which is composed of active officers in the service, was re- cently notified of an assessment of $112 | stout, florid, pompous man of middle age, who spoke with a pronounced Scottish accent. He registered as “James McNeil.” He returned to San Francisco the same to each member, and there is a howl in | day; but before going told the hotel pro- (SEARCHING AFTER TRUTH, Arguments$ Upon Relevancy of Questions in the Spreckels Suit. |A RIGHT FOR EITHER PARTY. Counsel Throw Light Upon the Law In the Matter of Depo- sitions, Judge Daingerfield was engaged almost continuously from 11 A. M. to 6 p. M. yester- | day in listening to arguments of counsel in | the preliminary proceedings in the Spreckels slander suit yesterday. In the course of the taking of depositions by the defendant, Claus Spreckels, certain obstacles had been placed in the way of full elucidation by the objection of coun- | sel of C. A. Spreckels, under interrogation, | to certain questions. The latter were argued either or altogether immaterial, ir- relevant and incompetent and it was de- cided, instead of citing the witness for con- THE RUSH AND THE BEAK. [Sketched jor the “Call” by Coulter.] theranks asa result. C. T. Shoemaker, who is treasurer of the organization, sent out the notice from Washington. This is the point that Captain Healy felt delicate about discussing.” Like the other officers interviewed he would not affirm or deny that the assess- ment had been made.” He did say, how- ever, that the officers in the service had contributed $5 each to defray the legiti- | mate expenses attending the passage of the bill. “I have heard these stories,” he said, “and they have been started by a man who should not really be in the service. This was a private matter and should havebeen kept a secret, but this person, whose name I will not mention, is discontented, and is endeavoring to in&ure the service to gain his own selfish ends. The captain wouid not express an opin- ion as to whether the $20,000 demanded would be raised by the officers, and for the good of the service thought the whole matter should be dropped. The Bear sails for Bering Sea on Monday. CHARGES OF CONSPIRACY. Sensational Suit Filed in the United States -Circuit Court. A Santa Cruz Capitalist and Dis~ trict Attorney Barnes Ac- cused. A sensational suit, entitled Margaret McNeil against James McNeil, was filed yesterday in the United States Circuit Court. In it charges of conspiracy and fraud upon a San Francisco Superior Court are madeagainst the defendant, and against District Attorney W. 8. Barnes, W. B. Blair, chief clerk to the District Attorndy, and W. S. Hinkle, a former Assistant Dis- trict Attorney. The plaintiff in the suit resides in Pittsburg, Pa., and the defendant | in Santa Cruz. The compiaint states: That the plaintiff and the defendant inter- married on July 4,1865,and lived together till November, 1865, ‘when defendant deserted plaintiff. That in March, 1890, she brought Suit for a divorce on the ground of his infidel- ity with one Louiss Simendinger, asking, also, slimony and haif the community property. | ftock. The Santa Orus Bletric Ligh | was That défendant filed an answer and cross-com- laint, alleging cruel and barbarous treatment. 'hat the case was tried by a jury and that on May 11, 1892, the plaintiff wasawarded a de- cree of divorce on the ground of desertion. That on June 10, 1893, she received a verdict for $10,950 alimohiy and counsel fees; thatthe defendant appealed the case and that the ap- peal was dismissed. That for some time subsequent to plaintiff’s desertion by defendant he lived within a few doors of her residence, 25 Fifth street, Pitts- burg;: thatin March, 1891, he was living with one Louisa Simendinger in Santa Cruz. That in November, 1891, while plaintiff’s suit for divorce was pending and while defendant wes fighting it, e brought suit for a divorce in the Superior Court of San Francisco before Judge Lawler. That in his complaint he ac- Ccused her of seying: “He is a drunkerd and was raised on a poor- farm; he has abused me; he killed his first wife; he will not provide for me; he is no good; he starved the family; he ought to get ont of Pittsburg and not disgrace the family.” That everything was done by him secretly and at the time that he was vigorously fightin; her suit in the Court of Common Pleas No. of Allegheny County, Pa.; that at that time and subsequently up to September, 1893, she wassearching vigorously for him. That at the time said James McNeil began suit his attorney was William S. Barnes, Dis- trict Attorney; that W. B. Blair, the referee, wasa clerk in Barnes' office, and that W. 8. Hinkle, who swore he mailed a copy of the complaint, was Assistant District Attorney. That said hearing before said referee wasa mockery and fraud upon the court. That such findings and decrees are the result of frand and conspiracy and false testimony, and said decree never would have been granted but for the imposition practiced upon said Superior Court aforesaid. The complaint also sets forth that the defendant owns land in Santa Cruz valued at $100,000 on the Cliff road, the Clidd-road plateau in the Bay View Tract, on Mora street and in the Mission Orchard Tract; that he owns shares in the Santa Cruz Light and Power Company, of which he is resident, to the amount of $65,000; and hat he also owns shares in the City Bank of Santa Cruz. The plaintiff prays that the decree of divorce granted the defendant be set aside and that half the property he owns in this State be awarded to plaintiff. District Attorney Barnes last night denied that there had been any conspiracy. He said: That is the McNeil case. A copy of the | - erection of a colonial residence. prietor he was so much pleased with Santa Cruz that he would return and spend a week. On his return he was accompanied by trunks of generous size, and he staid all winter. He displayed evidences of a comfortable bank ount, and was very attentive to Miss Simmons. In a few weeks the younger lady departed and McNeil’s attentions to Miss Simmons were redoubled. His plethoric pocket- book made them acceptable to the Santa Cruz society people, but before the winter was over it was remarked that the two were too intimate. McNeil claimed they were engaged, while Miss Simmons when rallied about the engagement denied it in an undecided way. Tt was said that they were only awaiting a divorce from McNeil’s wife in’ Pittsburg to marry. The Kastern wife and her six children were obstacles which McNeil eliminated in some way. The couple left here and were away for a short time. When they re- turned they registered at another hotel as Mr. and Mrs. James McNeil. They were | accepted apparently at their own valu- ation in local and summer society. Soon they purchased a villa site on the Cliff road near Phelan Park and began the hey re- mained at the hotel about a year, during which time McNeil posed as a money magnate and his wife as a society leader. e villa, which McNeil called Ruther- glen Terrace, was opened in June, 1893, with a grand reception. Since then Mr. and Mrs. McNeil have entertained exten- sively, among their guests being promi- nent people from San Francisco and rela- tives from the East. None of his children in the East _ever visited him. His oldest son is a student in Princeton College, who was severely injured recently by Being hazed. Visitors from the vicinity of Pittsburg have had little to say about Mr. and Mrs. McNeil, but it is_understood that the woman known as Mrs. McNeil and earlier as Miss Simmons was really Miss Louisa Simendinger, formerly of Pittsburg. McNeil’s commercial career here has not been a brilliant one. When he first ar- rived he represented himself as a retired capitalist, who had acquired a fortune in the iron trade in Pittsburg and had come out to California to see the country and en- joy a well-earned zest. His_financial acuteness found favor with F. A. Hihn, a local capitalist, who was largely interested in the City Bank, and McNeil was taken into that institu- tion and sold a block or so of_ preferred stock. The Santa Cruz Electric Light and planning extensive improvements. He invested a few thousand dollars in the stock of this corporation and became manager. He is now president of the company. WILL PROTECT THE LARK, The Century Club Has Become the Bird’s Defender—The City Ordi- nance. The meadow-lark is to be protected, at least in S8an Francisco. Some time ago the Cary published two or three articles show- ing the danger existing that this, the only characteristic songbird, would soon be ex- terminated if the nvages of pot-hunters were to go on unmolested. An appeal was made to some of the clubs of earnest women_that they make an effort to save the bird. The response has been prompt. The Assembly for Practical Work of*the Cen- tury Club took the matter up at once, and the ladies have been busy learning first what was possible to be done, and then the best manner of doing it. As a result of their investigations the fol- lowing ordinance has been unearthed : Order No, 2765—Prohibiting the buying, selling or offering for sale of any red-breaste: robin or brush robin or meadow-lark, between the 1st day of March and the 1st day of Oc- to’?le;l' of anclh ye‘nri‘ i e people of the city and county of Francisco do ordain as follows: i i Bection 1. Every person who in the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, shall “between the first day of March an the first day of October of each year, buy or sell or offer for sale, or have in his gouwulon any red-breasted robin or any rush robin or any meadow-lark shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Sec. 2. This order shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. In Board of Bupervisors, San Francisco, May 28, 1894. 7 After h‘:::‘x“ l:eeln p:m:uhed fivodsunceulvo lays, according to law, taken u; d b, the following vote! R P Ayes—Supervisors Goodwin, Rogers, Stanton, Kennedy, Forman, Reis, Ryan, Day. Dundon, Hinton, James, Denman, "and approved by Mayor Ellert June 1, 1894, | tempt, to leave the question of relevancy in the hands of Judge Daingerfield. Claus Spreckels, the defendant, was represented n the argument by Delmas & Short- | ridge and C. A. Spreckels, the plaintiff, by Henry Ach. Attorney Ach opened proceedings by re- ferring to the intimate character of two | guestions objected to in the deposition. He | failed to see their relevancy to the present suit for slander.. All questions bearing | upon the business relations of C. A. Spreck- els and his father his client had apswered or was willing to answer. But, vader ad- vice of counsel, hehad declined to g into particulars of his early history or of his personal expenditures after he had severed relations of a business nature with his father. This severance of business rela- tions had occurred in 1891, and since that his business had been his own concern. | Counsel referred specially to a question bearing on certain investments and their amount since he left his father’s employ in Philadelphia, and, at the court’s in- stance, confined himself at this time to that issue. [ Samuel M. Shortridge then argued that the question of the scope of an interroga- tory should enter into this question of rele- vancy. Many questions, which might at first blush appear irrelevant, were impor- tant as bearing on the merits of plaintiff's case. The interrogation had proceeded to a point when it was seemingly getting too close to the heart and conscience of plain- tiff, and he had then shielded himself be- neath the objections of his counsel. He contended that all the questions asked were material and must be answered at this stage of the case. Afterward, if any question appeared irrelevant, it might be excluded on the proper objection at the trial, but at this ctage of the proceedings before a notary they must be answered. The contention of the defendant’s at- torney, if sustained, would utterly nullify the Jaw of the State on depositions. It was not necessary for an answer to the com- plaint to be in before these questions were answered. Under such a rule a witness might decline to answer such a simple question as, *“What is your name?”’ _“Is the taking of a deposition a mere idle, vexatious thing? Not so; it serves a | wise purpose. Not only that plaintiff's conscience may be probed, but contingen- cies of death, travel and accident sanction this procedure. It is not a mere fishing for testimony. The deposition can be used by either party at_the trial, subject to all legal objections. We can put any ques- tion such as these to show the inherent lack of truth of the witness.” Mr. Shortrid‘fe quoted authorities on these points and to show the importance of a deposition. The origin of the proceed- ings was the old “bill of discovery,” to draw out from defendant, or a_probable future defendant, evidence to aid in fram- ing a new bill at law. Anything to assist plaintiff in the cause of action might be drawn from the defendant, and any testi- mony in the knowledge and kceping of plaintiff could be drawn oui of him, al- though it might expose his weakness and exhibit the inherent rottenness and cor- ruguop of his canse. 'or instance, the plaintiff, C. A. Spreck- els, has declared, in his complaint, that he was a capitalist and merchant, and that he has enjoyed a good reputation as a man of affairs. The counsel contended that his side had a right to inquire as to his reputa- tion and credit. ““This is not an idle inquiry,” concluded Mr. Shortridge, “but it is the solemn knocking at the breast of an adversary and asking him, *Are these things true?’ ~ And under an enlightened jurisprudence it is sanctioned. As Mr. Justice Brewer said, *The truth cannot harm a man" and only the truth is sought in this case.” Attorney D. M. Delmas here stated the contention of defendant. *‘We claim that when a plaintiff brings an action and we bave put in an appearance we have a right to examine a witness on any matter,” he said. After a brief recess Attorney Shortridge resumed his argument and citation of au- thorities. These questions were necessary to show that the case was wholly without merit, iniquitous in character, and would pm%erly thrown out; that defendant might either admit the publication and its truth or take another course. The questions as to plaintifi’s income might me most material. That re- garding his assets and liabilities went to the very heart of the case, and a truthful answer might show that he wasin the very quicksands of bankruptcy. All ques- tions were permitted, even if the answers showed that these accusations were ut- tered under strong, high and justifiable provocation. If a stop was placed on these answers the statute on depositions was made of no effect. Attorney Delmas then madea supple- mental re‘ply. He said the question was, ““Can a defendant to an action compel his adversary to answer questions which are possibly relevant to a case whieh has not come to trial?’” It was to the interest of both parties that these auestionsshould be answered by the plaintiff, for if there had been any obscurity in the dealings be- tween father and son no one cermin:s would be more gratified to have it cleares away and to acknowledge any wrong he had done him than the father, the man Who gave him his being. But if the plain- tiff could not brush nwnf any cloud that existed, he would certainly prefer that this investigation should be of a private nature rather than in open court. Would the rule of law sanction so desirable an end? It rested on the glaintiff to prove the language complained of to have been both false and nnfirlvilegedA The attorney then argued on the reasonableness of the ques- tions objected to. ‘I'hat as_to the plain- tiff's investments was based on the com- mon method of detecting embezzlement— the ascertaining that a suspect has lived beyond his means and so forth. The mat- ter-was ore largely of statutory construc- tion and the law placed no limitations on the questions to be answered. Attorneg Ach then closed for plaintiff. He beld that the suit was brought to effect a public vindication. He then argued on the question ofrelevancy at length. If the court decided that these questions were relevant he would say on behalf of his client: “Come on, gentlemen, and you can have it all.” He then took up the ques- tions objected to seriatim and cited au- thorities to support the objections. ‘The matter was then submitted. OVER THE RESERVATION A Proposed Drive From Sausa- lito to Point Bonita Light. Dan O’Connell Describes the Beauty and Grandeur of the Route. Perennially, even as the wild poppy comes with the spring, and the orchard trees blossom in May, arises the appeal to the paternal Government to construct a road from Sausalito to the Point Bonita lighthouse. It would be a drive of rare beauty and grandeur, affording a view of the Golden Gate and the harbor to the south and west, the ;Farallones to the northwest, and lofty Tamalpais and the Contra Costa hills to the north and east. And the total expense, some of which would be borne by the citizens of Marin County, would not exceed $2500. But the Government is obdurate, and will not build. Its engineers allege that such a thoroughfare would make the reservation too popular, and that the San Francisco hoodlum and the females of his kind would picnic there and build fires to cook their coffee, and probably set Uncle Sam’s possessions ablaze. To this the road advocates reply that the constant Sunday traffic would be in itself a protec- tion, and that the rowdy and his kind would shun contact with that respectabil- ity which owns a team or can afford to hire one at the livery stables. They point out the undeniable fact that when a body is cast up on these shores, as in the case of the wrecking steamer Samson, the Coroner is obliged to use a mustang to strap the remains on, and that the dire necessity of this indignity to the dead rests upon the shoulders of the Government, whic! to bear the burden lightly. of an accident to the men at the fog- whistle or the lighthouse, which in the handling of machinery is always to be ap- rehended, the doctor would have tofo on Korsebnck to attend the patient, an doc- tors as a rule are not anxious to take the risk of bestriding an unknown horse. General McDowell converted the Pre- sidio from a succession of barren slopes 1 seems | Also in case | SENATOR ELKINS - DINED, The Union League Club En- tertains Him at an In- formal Dinner. CONGRESSMAN JOY A GUKST. Outspoken Language on California, Railroads and the Nicaragua Canal. An informal dinner was given last night by the Union League Club to Senator Stephen B. Elkins of West Virginia and Congressman Charles F. Joy of Missouri, who are paying San Francisco a flying visit. The dinner was given in the club dining- room, and instead of the conventional ar- rangement of banquet boards there were several round tables decorated with bunches of roses and yellow-shaded can- delabra. Quite a large representation of Union League members sat down with their guests, and enjoyed themselves while an orchestra contributed pleasing music and a dainty and plenteous menu was served. Morgan W. Backus presided. He intro- duced Senator Elkins in a flattering ad- dress. Senator Elkins began by telling his hearers he was glad of an opportunity of saying a good word about San Francisco and California. He felt at home in the Union League Club, as he always does whenever he goes among Republicans, and 80 he would speak with the festive mem- bers in a familiar strain, which he did. “In California you have a world within yourselves,” he continued. “If California were cut off from the rest of the world you are still self-supporting; there is every- thing here to support life, tobe a world to itself apart. I don’t know if so much can be said for any other State in the Union. In the East we have become used to as- sociating California with the idea that it is only a gold-producing State. But I have seen her other products, and see that gold is among the Jeast considerable, and that idea has been dissipated in my mind. “After coming up here from Mexico I am convinced that California must sooner or later absorb the trade of Mexico. You aree nearer to Mexico than the Eastern centers are, and in the nature of things California must manufacture for the sister republic. This Jeads me to the proposi- tion, how is California to be made a manu- facturing State? California can raise enough fo support five millions of people. You have coal and iron in the mountaing back of you, I understand. Neither is of any use up there, but they must be brought here where people can live. A plow can be made here in_ California and sold for half what it is sold for now.” He spoke of the Nicaragua canal as the greatest work of all the ages. “With that accomplished,”” said he, “‘there is no tell- ing what is in the future for California. A gentleman asked me about the canal and I said to him, ‘As to the Nicaragua canal, you can't fix up a bill that I won’tyote for.” “T am for the Nicaragua canal first, last and all the time.” : This outspoken declaration was followed by tremendous applause, which interrupted the Senator. = 2 “The tost should hardly be considered,” he added, . **With the canal you will com- ete with Europe on its own ground. I 0ok upon the canal as an assured fact in the near future. “You ean’t keep the railroads out of California. They are banked up, assembled, at Salt Lake — 15,000 miles of railroad DANIEL O’CONNELL, BOHEMIAN AND DRAMATIST. into a beautiful gark, with well-paved, wooded avenues and acres of young plan- tations. The scenery from the opposite peninsula is of a more_impressive charac- ter. The cliffs are bold and perpendiculra and the surf majestic. The waves that fret themselves upon the sands of Bakers Beach, and the vicinity, are breakers in swaddling clothes bx com- parison with the big, white-maned mon- sters, ugnrred on by the northwest wind, to smite the iron barriers which oppose their fury. Then there are curves, where the ocean is lost sight of, and a pastoral valley, with cattle knee deep in clover, or drows- inF in the shade of the willow groves, un- folds itself, to be again succeeded by the vast stretch of sea, sometimes in a business mood, with tall-sparred ships waiting for the trim, swift pilot-boats and puffing tugs dodging here and there for some becalmed* mariner whom the currents are setting in- shore, and who is hungry for snug an- chorage. The problem of why every effort to have the road built is futile is classed with those impenetrable mysteries which have saved Arch Rock and Anita Rock from removal. ‘When some ship or steamer smashes into them in a heavy summer fog, and the har- bor's hungry maw is crammed with drowned men and women, the Govern- ment engineers will se¢ the necessity of an appropriation, and condemn them as a for- midable menace to life and commerce. DanieL O’CoNNELL. Music at the Park. The following selections will be played the band at Golden Gate Park this alternoon: March, “March of the Heavenly Twins"....... o A s Nina Duval Cfltzncon Overture, “Si ..Adam Waltzer Rondo, “Auftordering zum Tans",. W eber “Die Post in Walde”. ‘haffer honische Dich Lisat OVirture, “zan eroid dilstacds Symphonie, nvoll- Y endet). .Schubert «gchling Cumiataratata’’ (Potpourri).. ... Reckzeh #Cavallerie Charge”............. . Lueders e —— Berlin is said to be the healthiest city in the world. ———— Portland, Me., sends lobsters to Eng- land. % FuRNITURE moved at low rates by Morton Special Delivery. Phone, main, 48, - behind them—a greai reservoir that will burst and flodéd in upon you, and then the prosperity of California is assured.” Congressman Joy deliyered a humorous address, which was highly appreciated, after which the dinner party broke up. TO AID THE NEW ROAD. Soclety Ladies of Stockton Issue a Spe- cial Edition of Editor Col- mnon’s Paper. “The society ladies of Stockton have taken a novel method of raising money for the vatley railroad,” said P. A. Buell, pres- ident of the Stockton Commercial Associa- tion, yesterday. ‘‘To-morrow they will is- sue a special edition of the Stockton Mail —Harbor Commissioner Colnon’s paper— and every bit of the work necessary to get out the edition has been done by the ladies. “The law regarding the granting of franchises requires that they be adver- tised in some paper of ‘the county for ten consecutive days. There is, however, in 8an Joaquin no paper which publishes more than six regular issues in one week. To get around the difficulty, the Mail will print a Sunday edition. About the middie of the week it was suggested that it be turned over to the ladies.” Mr. Colnon was agreeable, and since then the women have worked like beavers. They have written the necessary editorials, got up special stories and, ~better yet, secured a great nungwbgr oi wddvelitisemenu.m \hisy get otb? ““What kind of a paper wi ey ou 1 do not know that I };Ight to tell, for the CaLn reaches Stockton long before our paper will be out and the CauLis widely Tead in our town. It will, however, have a specially defii‘;ed front page in photo- gravure, which_is very attractive and the spficin: features which I have seen are ex- cellent. “‘The staff which has done the work on the edition includes Mrs. A}!fln Davis, ménaging editor; Mrs. W. D. Buckley, as- sistant editor; Mrs. H. E. Williamson and Miss Hannah Grg{. reporters, and Mrs. Elsom and Mrs. Mayor MeCnil, advertis- ing solicitors. Mrs. Davis is an experi- enced newspaper woman and is known to the press as ‘The Mail’s Girl.” ” The design for the front of the edi- ® oion is a beautiful ome.. It represents : N “Progress” entering Stockton, ‘‘the gate. way of the San Joaquin,” and a map of the new railroad and several allegorical sketches are artistically introduced. The design was furnished by Mrs. P. A, Buell of Stockton. An effort is being made in Newfound- land, it is said, tol haye Canada tunnel under the Straits of Belle Isle in order to ive the island all rail communication with anada. The straits are about twelive and one-half miles wide, and it is said the land formation is favorable to the scheme. An- other plan is to_have the island railway completed to Belle Isle, and a ferry line es- tablished on the_straits to make connee~ tion with the railway for Quebec. NEW TO-DAY. PHILADELPHIA SHOE (0. STAMPED ON A SHOE MEANS STANDARD OF MERIT. 3125 RUSSETS. ‘What store leads in glving honest values to the public? Why, the Philadelphia Shoe Company, of course, and any cusiomer who ever bought an article from us will back up our statement. Our boast is that we never misrepresent an article, and we now assert that we have the most complete line of medium-priced Tan Shoes ever displayed in this city. We can fitall feet and at prices that will fit all pockets. Don't be deceived and go else- where, First call and examine our stock, and if you are not satisfied don’t buy. We have a com- lete assortment of Tan Oxfords and Southern fes, with either cloth or kid fops, pointed or square toes. We have Tan Shoes for men, women and children. We have fine shoes as well as cheap ones, but_remember that whatever you buy that you receive a better article at a I prica than you would receive from any other store. This week we are selling Ladies' Tan Oxfords, with pointed toes and tips and handturned soles for 125 That will wear well, and retail regularly for $1 75 Widths C, D and E. and §2. avs hard on their shoes, and wear them out quickly, but we have a line of Rus- set Goat Button Straight Foxed and Tipped, with Spring Heels and durable soles that we guarantee for wear, and which we will sell at the following prices. Widths, C, D and E. Child’s sizes, 7 to 10} Dlisses’ sizes, 11 to 2 We claim to sell cheaper than onr competitors and we will now prove it. This_week we are make inga special sale of Ladies’ Tan Button Shoes, Straight Foxed, Poinfed or Square Toes and Ve shaped Tips, and Pliable Soles which we will sell for B2.50. Remember we have cheaper Tan Shoes; shoes that can be retailed for $1 50 and $2. but our $2 50 line Is a leader and is made by the Siebe, Glanville Company. They are made of the Finest Tan Vil Kid, and are just as easy on the feet as a black kid shoe. Being soft and pliable they require no break- ing in. They are a bargain and retail elsewhers for $3 50 and 4. BaCountry orders solicited. E@-Send for new Illustrated Catalogue. PHILADELPHIA SHOE CO, 10 Third Street, San Franeisco. B. KATCHINSKI. Reduced toS2 per Botle Any one in Sam Franciseo using this Restorer for Gray Hair or Dandruff will receive their money in full if they are Thot Satisfied with results. e, Marchand—DEAR MADAM: At your re uest I have carefully analyzed your Gray Hair Restorer, 1n my judgment It is an effective prep: aration and will not injure the hair or the general health, I can cheerfully recommend it to your patrons. _Respectfully submitted, 'W. T. WENZELL, Analytical Chemist. This fs to certify that T am well acquainted with W. T. Wenzell, and that I consider him one 0f the abiest chemisfs in San Francisco and a gentleman of the strictest integrity. C. A. CLINTON, M.D., Ex-member of Board of Health. 1 indorse Dr. Clinton’s opinion of Professor Wen- zell. WILLIAM SEARBY, Chemist. ‘This i8 to certify that I know Professor Wenzell and know him to be correct in every detail. . H. LOGAN, Ph.G., M.D. The Antoinette Preparations are indorsed by many of our most eminent chemists and phy- sicians. This Restorer Is not a Dye, and does not stain the scalp. Samples of Creme de 1a Creme given away. MME. MARCHAND, Hair and Complexion Specialist, 121 POST STREET, ROOMS 32-36, Taber’s Entrance. Telephone 1349. Herb Sanitarium, , No. 727 Washington St., Cor. Brenham Place, above the plaza, San Francisco, Cal. Office hours 11 A. M, to 9 P. M. 1443 Linden Street, Oakland, It is now about four months since I Dear Sir: was recommended by friends to attend your sani- tarium. I had for a long time been affiicted with epilepsy and was under the care of skilled doct ‘but obtained no permanent relief until after I he herb teas procured at had sanitarium had the cal effect of bringing & complete cure. I shall most recommend you to all who are afflicted. Yours res 'ul& JENNIE FON LI PO TAI JR.’S { i }