The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 6, 1895, Page 3

s 3 . THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MAY 6, 1895. PERNSYLVANIA FIRES, Burning Forests Around Glen Haze! Destroy Property. OIL WELLS ARE IGNITED. Relief Forces Are Sent From Bradford to Battle With the Flames. ONE MAN SERIOUSLY INJURED. Fears That the Blaze W1l Cross the Clarlon River and Wipe Out the Little Town. BRADFORD, Pa., May 5.—The most de- structive forest fires known in this section for years have been raging for the past week. About 3 o’clock this morning a fire started between Glen Hazel and Keltners. Dolliver's sawmill, located between these points, was soon destroyed, together with 10,000,000 feet of lumber, an engine-house, railroad switches, sixteen cars of Jumber and coal, eight dwellings, an oil well and several thousand acres of timber land. A special train, consisting of a steamer and a large force of firemen, was sent from here to the sceneof the conflagration. The firemen were unable to do anything but rt the course of the flames. Every- thing in the woods is very dry and the leaves and jerbrush furnish abundant fuel for the blaze. The flames are going up the ide at a rapid rate and destroy- g everythingin their path. The sky is ack with a stifling smoke and the flames shoot up as high as the tops of the trees. A man had his shoulder broken and another was injured internally while jumping from one of the buildings. In | another house lay a woman who had given birth to a child twenty-four hours pre- vious. She was rescued from the flames with much difficulty and it is feared she will die from fright and exhaustion. This afternoon a second appeal was re- ceived from Glen Hazel asking more help, and thirty-five firemen with hose were sent by special train. It was feared the e was about to cross the east branch of 1e Clarion River and sweep out the town Glen Hazel. The woods along the Erie between Keitner and Bradford and it is feared the loss to oil ,000, partly A. M., she passed a large iceberg. On the same day in latitude 43.20, longitude 47.45, she passed a large number of cotton bales apparently bright and new and not long in the water. Within three-quarters of an hour forty-four bales were passed. — - MACHINISTS TO MEET. The BSixth Annwal Convention Meetss To-Day in Cincinnati. CINCINNATI, Ourto, May 5.—The sixth annual convention of the International Association of Machinists will begin here to-morrow with 100 delegates, among thez. being President McBride of the American Federation of Labor; W. B. Prescott, Pres- ident of the International Typographical Union, and G. W. Perkins, president of the Cigar-makers’ International Union. The convention, in addition to its own business, will be occupied with many ques- tions affecting labor in general. Grand Master Machinist James O’Connell is to respond to the address of welcome by Mayor Caldwell. Zooking for a Mint Suspect. VER, Coro., May 5.—United States Deputy Marshals are looking in this State for the assayer who, it is said, escaped from Carson, Nev., with $80,000 stolen from the mint. It has been learned that a man fully answering the fugitive’s description arrived at Kokomo, Colo., about five weeks ago and began investing in mining prop- erties. This man disappeared about. the time officers got on his track. —— CLARA FORD T GUILTY. E The Woman Charged With Murder Sus- tains Her Alibi. TORONTO, O~T., May 5.—The Clara Ford murder trial resulted yesterday in a verdict of not guilty. Last October young Frank Westwood was shot on his father's doorstep in Parkdale, and a mystery re- sulted as to the author of the fatal wound. Detectives followed up a clew which led to the arrest of Clara Ford, who was re- ported to have disguised herself as a man ana shot Westwood out of jealousy. The counsel for the defense brought forth evidence showing that on the night of the murder Clara Ford was at the Toronto Opera-house. The jury, after a long absence, brought in a verdict of not guilty, and Clara Ford was given her lib- erty. THREE MEN ARE KILLED, James Taylor Resists Arrest at Durant, Oklahoma, With His Gun. Officer Bohannon Returns the Fire and Kills a Spectator as Well as the Prisoner. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., May 5.—James Taylor, Dave Echols and Ed Bohannon, white men, were killed as the result of an attempt of the latter to arrest the former 20,000, no in- elton and Shawmut Railroad, sured. between Rixford and Inable timber lands have been destroyed. 1 O:l Company’s property is Junction and Riter- ing on both sides of ks. Considerable tween Gallagher | has been in progress Thursday and several Eranchol Brothers destroyed. owned b; { . wel Jackson Reaches Washington. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 5.—Asso- Jostice Howell E. Jackson of the Su- of the United States arrived > from Nashville. He expects to par- te in the proceedings to-morrow 1n ipreme Court incidental to the re- me Co the hearing of the income tax cases. J h H. Choate and his son and Hon. B. f New York, also reached the ght, presumably to take part roceed No Definite Agreement Reached Regard- ing the Julesburg Railroad. OMAHA, NeBR., May 5.—The conference held yesterday between Receivers S. H. H. Clark and Oliver W. Mink, General Man- ager Dickinson, Freight Traffic Manager J. A. Munroe and General Passenger Agent Lomax of the Union Pacific, Receiver Frank Trumbull, General Passenger Agent | Winchell and General Freight Agent Fred Wilde Jr. of the Union Pacitic, Denver and Gulf, relative to matters connected with the abandonment of the Julesburg branch, which Receiver Clark stated would go into effect on May 1 unless certain things were done by the Gulf, was terminated last evening. Nothing definite was accom- plished at the conference so far as could be learned. It is understood the whole situa- tion will be reviewed by Mr. Clark, who will take time in arriving at a conclusion as to what is best for all interested. Receiver Trumbull and his associates re- turned to Denver last night. General Passenger Agent Winchell, speaking of the many rumors in connection with abandon- ment of the Julesburg cutoff, said that Mr. Trumbull deprecated greatly the tone of the Denver papers, which were without authority to speak for him in any matters connected with the operation of the Gulf road. He stated that the editorial and local utterances had complicated matters considerably, but hoped that there would be a speedy adjustment of the differences said to exist between the companies. pideo =l MURDER AND ARSON. Horrible Crime Reported From an In- dian Territory Town. PERRY, 0. T., May 5.—Advices from Purcell, I. T., report that a terrible murder and arson was committed there ata late bour last night. George Richie is under e is accused of having murdered Mrs. Walls, Lee Freemason’s housekeeper, nx’{d of setting fire to the house to hide his crime. When the fire was discovered the building was almost enveloped in flames, but the neighbors succeeded in dragging the body of Mrs, Walls from the house. By her side lay the knife and hammer with which she had been murdered. These were secured. The evidence against Richie is only circumstanti: —_—— Engineer Salter Reinstated. NEW YORK, N. Y., hief En- gineer Salter of the Quebec Steamship Company’s steamer Orinoco arrived this morning from Bermuda. He was arrested at Bermuda on a charge of assaulting and causing the death of a fireman of his steamer on one of her late trips to Ber- muda. He was honorably acquitted by the court, and is once more at his post as chief engineer. Passed Cotton Wreckage, NEW YORK, N.Y., May 5.—The Thing- valla line steamship Norge, Captain Knud- son, which arrived this morning from Scandinavian ports, reports that on April | Hon. | near Durant, ind. T. Bohannon was read- | ing the warrant to Tayler, when the latter | suddenly drew his pistol and began firing. | Echols, who was in the house near by} ap- | peared on the scene, when he was struck | by a flying bullet and killed. | "Bohannon returned Taylor’s fire, retreat- | ing as he did o, but Taylor followed him | up until be emptied the contents of a six- | shooter, the last shot striking Bohannon | in the head and killing him. Taylor defied | any one to take him and walked 200 yards, | when he fell on the ground and died. Officer Bohannon is the third of his family to meet a violent death in the last twelve months. —- KALNOKY’S RESIGNATION. He Wanted to Let Emperor Joseph Have Free Ecclesiastic Action. VIENNA, Avstria, May 5.—Count Kal- | noky, Imperial Foreign Minister, whose | resignation was reported yesterday, re- tired to give Emperor Francis Joseph a free hand in dealing with the crisisgrow- ing out of the denunciation by the Papal Nuncio at Vienna of the Hungarian Eccle- siastical bills. The Emperor to-day gave an audience to Baron Banffy, the Hunga- rian Prime Minister. It is understood his Majesty told the Premier a satisfactory set- tlement of the crisis must be reached. Pt et Prospects for the Summer. CINCINNATI, Omro, May 5—With a general strike of the Ohio coal miners as- sured to-morrow for an indefinite period and indications for a similar condition in West Virginia soon, the manufacturers, railroads and others here are greatly con- cerned over the prospects for the summer. The river is getting so low that no relief can be expected long from Western Penn- sylvania, and the situation in the Pittsburg district is not considered much better than in Ohio. ety Fatal Accident Near Tacoma. TACOMA, Wasn., May 5.—Dr. J. A. Hall, a prominent resident and fruit- | grower of Vaughn Bay, near this city, was | instantly killed yesterday afternoon on his | farm. He was felling a large tree, when it | caughtin the branches of another tree and | stuck. In attempting to dislodge it he 1 brought it down on himself. His skull | was crushed and death was instantaneous. | Minnie Hall, the young daughter of the de- | ceased, found the body an hour later. sabe i Gresham and Hitt Improved. WASHINGTON, -D. C.. May 5. — Although having an unsatisfactory night, | Secretary Gresham was much more restful to-day, and to-night is said to be somewhat improved. The Secretary suffered some pain at times, but finds relief in sleep. Representative Hitt passed a comfortable day and his condition is said to be slightly more hopeful to-night. Representative Cogswell is reported resting comfortably. s = German Citizens Protes BERLIN, GerMaNy, May 6.—Sixty-one German cities were represented in a con- gress of commercial bodies to-day and adopted a resolution declaring that the anti-revolution bill now before the Reich- stag is aimed at restricting the freedom of sublic criticism, upon which depends the evelopment of public life, especially com- Emnal»re!ie! government, and urging the eichstag to reject the bill. et e S CHICAGO, IiL, May 5—A dispatch from Orion, Il1., to the Times says: The local bank was robbed early this morning by experts, about $5000 being secured. As nearly as can be ascertained three men were concerned in the affair, and three strangers who left town on the early train are supposed to have been the robbers. No trace of them has yet been found. b DS Suiocide While Deranged. CHICAGO, Inn., May 5—Mental de- rangement, brought on by illness and ner- vous prostration caused Mrs. Melissa Baker to commit suicide to-day by drowning her- self in a cistern. Her husband is at pres- ent in Los Angeles, Cal., ona business trip. e Rres B Sympathy for Armenians. ROME, ItaLy, May 5—The Pope has written a letter to the Armenian Patriarch at Constantinople expressing 'symgnthy with the Armenians and indorsing the ne- 30, in latitude 42.56, longitude 49.22, at 1:30 cessity of reforms in Armenia, CORINTO EVACUATED, The British Flag Hauled Down and Troops Withdrawn. CHEERS GREET THE ACT. The Flagship Does Not Leave the Harbor With the Other Vessels. No SALUTE\FOR NICARAGUA. Southern Republics WIIl Stand Together When Similar Ques~ tions Are Raised. MANAGUA, NicaraGUua, May 5—The Nicaraguan Government having, through the Salvadoran Minister] at London, ac- cepted the modified ultimatum of the British Government, the dispute between the two countries is practically at an end. As stated, orders were cabled from Lon- don to Rear-Admiral Stephenson, direct- ing him to evacuate the port to-day. The warships presented a scene of orderly bustle this morning, giving evidence that something out of the usnal course was going on. Boats passed frequently be- tween the shore and the vessels, the little midshipmen in charge wearing an air of greater importance than usual. The force originally landed by the British to hold the place was 400 blue-jackets and marines, but on Friday, when it became known the tension had become relaxed, all of them, with the exception of fifty-eight marines and their officers, were withdrawn. Shortly after the flag denoting that re- ligious services were in progress on board the warships was hauled down, the marines, who had been drawn up in front of the custom-house, were ordered to return to their ships. A few minutes later the British flag was hauled down from the Government building and soon the soil of Nicaragua was rid of the British invaders, and the long strokes of the British sailors were sweeping the heavy boats to the war- ships lying in the harbor. Hundreds of versons had assembled along the shore to see the embarkation of the marines and a cheer went up as the noses of the boats headed harborward. The warships were soon riding at short cables, but their departure was delayed by the tide, which did not serve until the aft- | erncon. It was expected the flagship would depart with the two other vessels of the fleet, but when the water was high enough on the bar to permit of the pas- sage of the vessels only the Wild Swan and the Satellite got under way and with the red ensign of the Britain snapping in the breeze stood out to sea. The flagship, the Royal Arthur, paid out cable again, and this fact was believed to confirm a report that she would salute the Nicaraguan flag when the Government re- possessed itself of the port. As has been stated in these dispatches Nicaragua has agreed to the payment of the $77,500 demanded by Great Britain for the expulsion of pro-Consul Hatch and for other alleged damages to British snbjects arising from the recent troubles in the Mosqguito reservation, but, instead of pay- ing the money at the cannon’s mouth, as the British Government originally de- manded should be done, she will pay it in London fifteen days after the last vessel of the British fleet withdraws from Corinto. There are other questions of damages to British subjects to be settled, but Nicara- gua believes if these questions are sub- mitted to an impartial commission the judgment will be rendered in her favor. Well authenticated reports, however, are that Chief Clarence, the deposed ruler of the Mosquito Reservation, who is now in Kingston, Jamaica, is the recipient of £6 per day from the British Government, and these reports do not tend to allay the popular animosity against Great Britain, it being held she would not take such an interest in Clarence if she did not have ul- terior designs regarding him. It is broadly stated Great Britain intended to restore him to his chieftainship, but to do this now she would have to despoil Nicaragua of the territory formerly ruled over by him, which a few days ago was incorpor- ated as a state and named Zelaya in honer of the President of Nicaragua. In well-informed circles it is not believed Great Britain will ever attempt tq restore Clarence under the present statutes, since should sheendeavor to do so, it is thought the United States would interfere in what would practically amount to a confiscation of territory. There is much doubt here as to what the exact attitude of the Government at Wash- ington has been. Many conflicting state- ments are made, some of which are to the effect that the United States, if her Goy- ernment protested at all against the occu- pation of Nicaraguan territory, did so in a perfunctory manner; while, on the other hand, it is claimed it was due to her efforts, in a measure under her direction, that Senor Medina, the Salva- doran Minister at London, took such a successful part in the negotiations. The action of San Salvador in guarantee- ing the payment of the indemnity, as, in fact, her course throughout the whole dis- pute, is very favorably commented upon in official circles, and it is believed an entente will be established that will lead to results beneficial to both coun- tries. It would not be at all surprising if this trouble with Great Britain should re- sult in the formation of an alliance be- tween the Central American States for de- fensive purposes. There is no denying the fact that the attitude of Great Britain in her treatment of Nicaragua and in her dealings with other small powers has caused an awakening among the Central American republics to the danger to which they are exposed by British aggres- sion. There is a strong belief here that Great Britain will never submit any ques- tion that may arise between herself and the Central American States to arbitra- tion, but she will herself sit in judgment on the question, and then proceed by force of arms to enforce her own decree. Not for years has there been such una- nimity of opinion among the Spanish American republics, and the situation may be summed up by comparing it to the flurry among a group of chickens when a hawk dashes down among them and de- spoils the flock. Great Britain has success- fully played the role of a hawk, and the flurry caused by her action shows no signs of subsidence. The Governments of all the Central American States and those of several of the S8outh American countries have tele- graphed to President Zelaya suggesting the formation of a commercial union against the products;of Great Britain and also against the transportation of Central and South American products in British bottoms. If such a union could be definitely ar- ranged and the terms put in force quite a severe blow would be dealt to British trade, and eventually the British Govern- ment would find its treatment of Nicara- gua had cost a sum of money far in excess of the smart money that she demanded from Nicaragua. PONINTOWSKI'S AMBITION, A Magazine for American Per- usal to Be Written in French. He Wants a Correspondent in This City—A Brilllant Staff. Prince Poniatowski, whose matrimonial mission a year ago interested society, has departed from the usual custom of Earls, Dukes and other nobles and has resolved to make his own living. His literary ven- ture in New York was a failure, but, noth- ing daunted, he has mada arrangements to take Paris by storm with a publication to be issued on a grand scale. To one of his friends in San Francisco he has given an intimation of what the magazine is to be like and enclosed a paragraph from the Paris Figaro heralding its advent. It will be named the Revue Franco- Americaine, and the first number is out by this time. Everybody of artistic and lit- erary fame will contribute to the Prince’s magazine., The corBs of writers consists of Tolstoi, Goncourt, Daudet, Alexandre Du- mas, Ibsen, Mirabeau, Clemencean, Mal- larme, Bourget, Barres, Hervien, Mark Twain, Alfred Capus, Hermant, Lave- dam, Mendes, Gabriel d’Annunzio, Marcel L'Heurenx, Alphonse Aliais, Gros- claude, Courteline, etc. The artists are Whistler, Hellen, Forain and other names celebrated in the Parisian artistic world. The magazine is designed for the Ameri- can public interested in the literary and artistic movements ot the Old World, and will be written altogetherin French. This sounds odd when Mark Twain is among the contributors. How Mark’s jokes will read in French must certainly excite the curiosity of the admirers of the veteran humorist. But as no exception is to be made,the fun in getting at the point of the story will be a tax upon the cleverness of even the American reader well versed in the language of politeness and diplomacy. The articles will not be long studies and reviews, but will be short and lively. This the Prince promises on his honor as a Polish nobleman. The publication, he also asserts, will be a sort of intellectual union between the new and theold continent. In order to comprehend all partsof the United | States, and _especially California, of which he entertains so many pleasant recollec- tions, he is desirous of engaging a resident correspondent from San Francisco. This is not as simple as it appears on the surface. Poniatowski does not want a Frenchman, because he wishes California affairs discussed from a California stand- point and haying the impress of the native | son. Now there are many club men and others who have a fair knowledge of French, but to come into competition with Dumas, Ibsen and Tolstoi is enough to curb the ambition of the most daring. The most likely candidates for the posi- tion of California correspondent of the Re- vue Franco-Americaine are Consul George Hall, who was educated at I'Ecole des Beaux Arts, and who speaks French like a native; ex-Senator Lynch, who learned French in Cairo, and whose accent is therefore tinged with a shade of the Egyp- tian, and Charles Josselyn, who has studied French at Woodside, 8an Mateo County, under the direction of an able tutor. The American colony in Paris hasal- ways a big Pacific Coast contingent, who would be much interested at the record of home affairs which they would receive from the San Francisco correspondent. Affairs at Burlingame, the latest weduings and betrothals, the most recent murders, defalcations and scandals would be a change from the crisp epigrams of Dumas or the sentimental essays of Clemenceau. Certain it is that some one of the above mentioned gentlemen will represent the Prince's magazine on this coast. Possibly a composite letter wonld be more ac- ceptable. The social and diplomatic by Mr. Hale, the political and reformatory by Mr. Lynch, and the sporting and artistic by Mr. Josselyn. Should Prince Hatzfeldt and Prince Colonna, stimulated by Poniatowski's example, go into business for themselves and earn an independent living, the Revue Franco-Americaine will not have been pub- lished in vain. SANG OPERA. N ITALIAN, “I1 Trovatore” Produced at Stockwell’s Theater by Amateurs. A Tenor From the Cooper Medlcal Institute—The Colony Present. The Italian Philharmonic Society added another laurel to its wreath last night by its performance of “‘Il Trovatore” at Stock- well's Theater. All the performers were amateurs, and it is impossible to help ad- miring the energy of the musical director, Professor A. Spadina, as well as that of the stage manager, D. Valerga, when one con- siders the immense difficulty of drillin, musically and histrionically a body o people who are occupied all ‘day in other avocations. Manrico was played by B.Ladd, a new recruit in the society. He isa young medical student at the Cooper College and is said to be ignorant alike of music and Italian, but nature has blessed him with & fine tenor voice, an ear ap- arently for languages, as well as for music. ghere ‘were warm arguments in the foyer over the new young tenor, many people contendin, that he was a native of Italy. Mr. Ladd showe » complete absence of training in his singing; in fact he sang “per aria,” but his fresh, un- spoiled voice was very pleasant to listen to. It is to be hoped in the interest of that rara avis, agood tenor singer, that the debutant will study serionsly and not use his voice much in opera till he has done so. * The part of the Count di Luna did not suit C. Zapelli so well as the role he recently took in “‘La Borgl nd he gave a rendering of the wicked Count last night which was as com- letely his own as if he had copyrighted it. finl l.pelll is always a satisfactory barytone, and his performance was one of the best in the opera. C. Vetalini was also good as Ferrando. ocally speaking, the ladies were not so well eqnipped by nature as the men of the company. ss Marguerite Coleman acted con anima and her singing was frequentiy applauded, and her voice as an organ is getting a little worn through being used continually in opera be- fore it has been thoroughly piaced. Her Leonora, however, was on the whole a sympathetic creation. Mrs. Cuneo McLean, who played the part of Azucena, is a triumph of artistic instinct over & lack of voice. In “Stride la Vampa ” and the scene which follows it, as well as in the Prison scene, she showed an utter absence of the pow- erful middle and low notes which of right be- Jong to Azucena, but Mrs. McLean acied the dramatic part with such intensity that she won the warmest applause. Both the soprano and the mezzo-soprano, hovever, should look a little more to their ghrnlns and guard against & tendency to breathe in the middle of a word. The chorus was & one and produced a full-round body of s The “Anvil chorus” was particularly effective, the men smiting their anvil if they were not afraid of hurt- ing them, and lifting up their arms to match. The all-round acting was good and the opera was well costumed. Among those presentin the large audience were: Messrs. Brizzolara and party, G.Calegaris, Bruni Grimaidi, Itallan Consul General, Mr. and Mrs. Almagia, Garboro ana party, Cuneo and party, Moro of La Voce, Patrizi of I'Italia, Muxgl an rty, Devoto and party, Professor Mancusi, Mr. and Mrs. Spinetti, Miss Ida rga, Dr. De Vecchi, Dr. nf, Dr. Olitno, Dr. Barsotti, Dr. Vaccari. 5 : ALL PROMISED REDUCTION Unequivocal Pledges Given by Supervisors to Lower Water Rates. IS A CAUSE OF CONTENTION, Arthur- F. Bridge Tells How the Promises Wera Given to the Non-Partisans. That the water rates cut a very prom- inent figure at all the municipal conven- tions last year will not be forgotten by those inclined politically. The matter of rates precipitated a free fight at the Dem- ocratic Convention and it entirely influ- enced the choice for Supervisors on the Republican and Non-Partisan tickets. A reduction of water rates was demanded by citizens of all classes and was promised by all parties. But many citizens now fear that the promises were made for naught. This fear is openly expressed on all sides and is coupled with terms of op- probrium for the men who are credited with the assurance of openly breaking an important pledge and sacrificing the wel- fare of their constituents for the benefit of a corporation. Among the Democrats little surprise is manifested at the turn affairs have taken. They expect SBupervisor Dimond to stand by the platform upon which he waselected. Eugene Deuprey, who presided at the Democratic convention, recounted a little of its history yesterday. His narration proves how largely the matter of water rates influenced the members of that body. In the Democratic platform as originally prepared was the following in regard to this matter: We demand a material reduction in the rates charged to the rate-payers of the City for the use and consumption of water, and we favor and approve the basis of settiement of this vexed question which wu$roposed in February last in the Board of Supervisors, nemely, that rates be fixed at such figures as will yleld to the company its running ex- penses and taxes, interest on its bonded in- debtedness and a dividend of § per cent per annum on its capital stock. We think that arrangement, in view of the certainty of the investment and the assured nature of the busi- ness of the compeany, is just, fair and equitable to all the parties in interest, and we pledge our Supervisors to adopt it as the policy of the board and as a permanent principle and eri- terion for fixing water rates. This started a terrific row that lasted two days. P.M. Wellin claimed the re- quirements were too vague. He wanted the Supervisors pledged to make a 10 per cent reduction all round. Andrew Clunie wanted the committee on platform to fix a schedule of rates. The discussion became very bitter. Clunie’s motion was voted down and Wellin, calling attention to the fact that Captain Marye, who had introduced the resolution embodied in the platform, claimed that it would effect a reduction of 16 per cent on_present rates, moved that the Supervisorial candidates be pledged to effect a reduction of 15 per cent. The resolution went through with a hurrah. _ Only one negative vote was heard. It came from a weak-lunged dele- gate from the Twenty-eighth District and Wwas not counted. Then Mr. Deuprey appointed a commit- tee of twenty-three to choose twelve super- visorial candidates. These men were of the highest character. They heard all the candidates who wanted to be chosen. Each was catechized severely. Among those who came before the committee were Messrs. Scully, Wagner and Hirsch, who are now members of the board. They all promised, if nominated, to adhere to the pledges of the platform. They were questioned particularly about the “water rate” plank, and all promised to secure the desired reduction if given a chance. But the affiliations of Scully, Wagner and Hirsch were too forbidding. They were not approved. Twelve men were picked out and agreed to by the entire com- mittee of twenty-three. Later John Degan, one of its members, was induced to present a minority report. In it eight of the original number were re- named with four new men. A compro- mise resulted in the choice of three of the four men proposed by Degan. These were the men named above. In speaking of them yesterday Mr. Deu- prey said: . “Mr, Hirsch, I think, has allowed his business affairs to influence him. As for Mr. Scully and Mr. Wagner I have no hope. They are committed to the boss in- fluence to which the&owe their nomina- tion and election. r. Dimond is all right.” r. Deuprey was not hopeful of any change in the four Democratic Supervisors. The county organization of the party is in a hopeless muddle. The influences con- trolling it are enigmatical. Even if it could be called together it would be doubt- ful how it would act, and Mr. Deuprey thought it would not take action. “There can be no doubt, though,” Mr, Deuprey said emghntica}ly, ‘“that each of the Democratic Bupervisors promised to reduce water rates 15 per cent. It was on this assurance they were ejected and this action will be expected of them.”” Senator Fay does not entertain the sarge opinion of Supervisor Scully as does Mr. Deuprey. He said last night: “I'know Scully well. He’s as straight as can be, but he’s simple. He’s perfectly honest, but he’s yielding to wicked and corrupt influences that control him. “Before election he came to me and said: ‘Mr. Fay, my boy wants me to run for Supervisor. But I'don’t wantto do it.’ I told him he was wise and advised him to keep out of the fight. But he went in and you see the result.” 5 It is said that Supervisors Taylor, Dun- ker, Hughes and Hobbs, who were elected by the combined Republican and Non- Partisan vote, have denied that they agreed to support the plank in the Non-Partisan platform promising a reduction of 10 per cent in water rates. Arthur F. Briggs, the secretary of the County Committee, is sure that they did. ““When they were chosen va the conyen- tion,” he saig {eaurday, ‘1 sent each of them a copy of the ‘Plaflorm, with a re- quest that it be signed at once. Mr. Tay- lor and Mr. Hughes complied without hes- itation. Mr. Dunker and Mr. Hobbs came down that night to object. . “They said it would be impossible to ef- fect a reduction of 10 per cent in water rates. They didn’t think such a thing should be attempted. “Mr. Magee. the chairman of the com- mittee, told them that they must agree to the platform or have their names taken off the ticket. He reminded them that it would be impossible for the campaign committee to undo the work of the con- vention. “The two gentlemen had a short confer- ence. Then they retired to a small ante- room and signed the platform before leav- ing the building.” E{r. Briggs said no answer had been re- ceived to the notice sent the four Super- visors of the pledge they were expected to keep. He hopes that the desires of his party will be complied with. THE BEATIFI0 LIFE. Rev. Mrs. Sprague Preaches on the Things That Constitute Happiness. Rev. Mrs. Lila Frost Sprague preached at the Second Unitarian Church yesterday morning on *‘The Life Beatific.” ““There are many kinds of service,” said she. ‘“He serves who creates or reveals beauty in any way. He serves who wak- ens any heart to reverence or trust, or lifts any soul above the details of the ma- terial life. ‘If I had but twoloaves I would sell one and buy hyacinths, for they would eed my soul,’ says one. This higher ser- vice of the beautiful and that material se vice which fills the lives of most of us can become equal; can both be beautiful through the spiritualizing of the material. “It is often asked, is it right to work that we may be happy, to seek blessedness, to live the life bent?gc for a reward? The question seems unneccessary. One cannot attain that life and be selfish. We cannot be happy without striving to serve, neither can we serve without being happy. Service and happiness go together; they cannot be separated; they make the life beatific.” e ———— New Yachting Rull The Council of the Long Island SBound Yachting Association has recommended that the class limits be so arranged so as to admit of only one numbered class for schooners, says ‘the New York World. Class1—All schooners over 95 feet. The other classes are the 95-foot class, 85-foot class, 75-foot class and 65-foot class. In the limits for yachts of all other rigs class 1 is for all boats over 80 feet, the other classes being the 80-foot class, 70-foot class, 60-foot class, 50-foot class, 43-foot class, 36- foot class, 80-foot class, 25-foot class, 20- foot class and 15-foot class. All these classifications are to be based on measure- ment by sailing length, while the time allowance table, it is suggested, should be based on 60 per cent of the theoretical allowance. The following recommendations were made regarding the new limits: Schooners, class 1—One _man for every two feet or fraction thereof—95-foot class, 32 ‘men; 85-foot class, 20 men; 75-foot class, 19 men; 65-foot class, 13 men. Yachts of all sizes, class 1—Three men to every five feet or fraction thereof—80-foot class, 40 men -foot class, 18 men; 60-foot class, 15 men -foot class,9 men; 36-foot class, 8 men; 30-foot class, 6 men; 25-foot class, 3 men; 20-foot class, 3 men; 15-foot class, 2 men. For open yachts, sailing with shifting ballast, fi;\:{egxian lor every three feet or fraction The starting signals are: Preparatory, blue fipeter' start, red ball; elapsed time, club flag. When'a race is started in more than one division white and blue balls to be used as starting signals for the other divis- ions. CO-OPERATIVE CHRISTIANS G. W. Wilderman Preaches on His New Scheme of Salvation. Arthur W. Dowe, the Shaker, Ex- plains the Glories of His Chosen Creed. Flour-milling, Christ’s divinity, and | social co-operation constitute a trinity of ideas upon which President G. W. Wilder- man, the originator, has based his “World’s Christian Co-operative Society.” This movement and Arthur W. Dowe’s Shaker Mission alternately used the little audi- ence-room in the Golden Rule Hall, on Mission street, yesterday. Mr. Dowe took | the forenoon turn. | Both Messrs. Wilderman and Dowe | firmly believe in the hygienic qualities of | unbolted wheat flour, but Wilderman does | not subscribe to the doctrines Mr. Dowe proparates of the doctrines of ‘“Mother Ann’’ Lee and the efficacy of ibacy as a means of redemption from original sin. Mr. Dowe waxed eloquent when he had the floor in dilating upon the glorious re- sults of celibacy. e thinks that the shakers are analogous to the followers of Chrishna Zeus in Hindoostan 2500 years B. C.; of Zules or Zhules, in Egypt, 1700 | ears B. C.; of Crite in Chaldea 1200 years | C.; of Atys in Phrygia 1170 years B. C.; of Thammuz in Syria 1160 years B. C.; of Hesus in Gaul 834 years B.C.; of Baal, “the only begotten of God,” in Pheenicia: of Indra in_ Thibet and of Bali, or Bel, in Asia, 725 years B. C.; of Mithra in Persia, 600 B. C.; of Budha Sakia in India, 590 years B. C.; of Quexal- cote in Mexico 587 years B. C.; of Prom theus in Caucasus 547 years B. C.; of Quir- inus in Rome, 506 years B. C. “And I tell 3'nu a great and wonderful truth,” he said to his audience; ‘‘some- thing you may not be able to understand— something you may not be readg to re- ceive—that the Lord Jesus Christ has been on earth again; that he came the second time in the likeness of a woman; that the Scripture which says ‘A woman shall com- pass a man’ was fulfilled something like 112 years ago in Ann Lee. “This pure and holy woman, filled with the holy spirit, set up a heavenly kingdom alongside the civil system which was in- | augurated in this country by the Revolu- | tionary War.” He has not vet secured the names of any persons, resolving to lead a life of proba- tionary single-blessedness thus far, but he depends upon the seed he has sown to bear fruit in time, | position and the first water | capacity of 150,000 gallons o or, perhaps, he is already beginning to see his mp Ly sight. At any rate, his society, as it npfieued last night, is a thing of fact—it has been organized, with officers duly elected, and was incorporated last month under the laws of this State. It is a possessor of land, too, for Mr. Wilderman stated that he and William McCrindle of Oakland have given, free of all encumbrance whatsoever, 20,000 acres of land in Lower California to the society— land which, according to him, is sitnated in the San Rafael Valley, “‘about six miles from the harbor at Ensenada,” and con- sists of a little over ‘thirty-one square miles of the old Santa Catarina grant.” What is still more, Mr. Wilderman says the land can be easily irrigated. This is the plan of organization of the ““World’s Christian Co-operative Society.” All applicants must believe in the divinity Christ, and each member must put into the investment fund $100 or its equivalent. That is all, and the names of thirty-nine members are already upon the society’s roll. The officers are: President, G. W. Wilderman; first vice-president, P. Ay- hens; second vice-president. George Rus- sell; secretary, M. E. A. Lasley; treas- urer, :R. . Roseberry; _board of trustees—Messrs. Wilderman, Russell and Lasley, William McCrindle, C. P. Cook, Rey. Jonas Bushell and Donald Munro. Rev. Jonas Bushell is the pastor of the Congregational church at Port Angeles, Wash., and Mr. Russell is a miller an millwright. The society intends, when it gets 1000 members or more, to go actively into the business, upon a thoroughly co-operative basis, of wheat-raising and " flour-milling, and the officers are not to receive any sala- ries. Of the net profits 90 per cent is to be equally distributed among the members in monthly dividends ana 10 per cent is to always go to swell the permanent invest- ment fund formed of the $100 membership subscriptions. It starts out with a gold quartz mill, a map of the region contiguous to Ensenada, an office apd $3900 in pledged subscriptions as available assets, in'addition to the land, and its ex})enses are light as yet. The quartz mill served the purpose of ocular demonstration last night, as did some hot- cakes from unbolted flour the night pre- vious, G. E. Johnson, who is enthusiastic, | having been responsible for the hotcakes. There were also two bottles of flour in sight, the smaller being filled with bolted flour to show what could be done by the Brocess which the society patented last ecember. This process is unique. By the centrifu- gal principle of the quartz mill, which is to_be adapted to the work of grinding said Mr. Wilderman, the wheat is” crushe: into powder, “and the faster it goes, the finer is the wheat ground,” was his san- guine assurance. From the quartz mill the first “‘break” is to be sucked up by an ex- haust fan and blown_ through an air sepa- rator into a bin, whence it is to pass through a flour and bran separator into the | packer. It looks easy in type. and the society has, accordingly, and in _deference to a popular notion, limited a day’s work to only eight hours for any one man, with the understanding that the man who does not work will get none of the dividends. Irrigation in Kansas. During the past week the pump which is to raise the water for the Hoffman irri- gating plant in the Smoky Hill Valley near Enterprise, Kan., has been put into has been Fump hasza water per hour and it works like a charm. It is oper- turned into the ditches. The | ated by a water wheel, which already pro- vides a iarge part of the power for a corn mill, and the water is drawn from the gmoky River just above the Hoffman mill an. Nearly 200 acres of land are under ditch and can be watered. The main ditches, which are nearly three miles long, carry a stream of water three feet deep and fonr feet wide. The pump running at its full capacity will in ten hours put fifty acres of land under one inch of water. or give it as much moisture as a heavy rainfall Ralph Hoffman, son of C.B. Hoffman | and manager of the plant, says that only | about 100 acres of the 200 under ditch wiil be put under water this season owing to the fact that in order to rent the land this season he is compelled to give renters a ‘-water guarantee,” which he does not feel like giving for so iarze an acreage in the experimental stage of the enterprise. Up- ward of fifty acres have already been “let” to renters in plats ranging from one to five | acres at $15 per acre, a water guarantee be- ing given. Each renter receives free of charge for the season the services of an ex- rienced irrigator recently from Greeley, olo. He will have the control of the water and will conduct experiments look- ing toward the success of irrigation unaer the circumstances here. The crops grown this year will be largely of an experimental nature. A large part of the ground will be planted to potatoes, cabbages, onions and celery.—Kansas City Star. ————————— Bulwer-Lytton almost adored his mother. In “What Will He Do With It?” healludes to her as “nature’s loving proxy, the Mr. Wilderman does not wait for that; watchful mother.” NEW TO-DAY—CLOTHING. Seems the people fairly revel in the downfall of the ‘““Wholesale-Retail’’ frauds. Such crowds!—such expressions of satis- faction we never had before. To give all a chance, we’ll extend the big sale tiil Sat- urday night ONLY. Entire stock of the defunct BROWNING MEF’G CO. at 50 CTS. ON THE DOLLAR. THE GREAT “BROWNING” SALE EXTENDED ONE WEEK A few more of those Men’s Stylish All- ‘Wool Suits in Cheviots and Tweeds, Sacks and Frocks, at Mel H. SUMMERFIELD & CO, 924-930 MARKET STREET. PHENOMENAL SUCCESS! Also a couple hundred of those up-to- date Overcoats in Kerseys, Cheviots and Mothers!—don’t forget that our stock of Children’s Clothing is the largest in the city. Immense variety, polite salesmen, satisfaction guaranteed. —$6.95— ltons; fashionable colors and cuts, -—$9.90—