The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 12, 1895, Page 7

y THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 12, 1895. MAY 12, 1895 CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. There were ninety-one deaths in this City during the week ending May 11. The weather forecast for to-day is coaler; westerly winds; foggy to-night. Miss Sistermans, who sang at a_recent con- gert, refused a Baron worth a hundred million rancs. _The Bench Show of the Pacific Kennel Club closed last evening after achieving a satisfac- cees SUNDAY. fair; Ross Whittaker returned from New York yesterday morning with A. J. Whiteman, the elleged forger. The 1magnificent assortment and extremely low prices make Seavey's the popular place to buy milliners. The Co-operative Commonwealth wants to secure the nse of vacant City lots for agrical- tural purposes. will be at Golden Gate Park to- playground was never in The Library Association of Central California has decided that a good class of fiction is neces- sary in a library. xcursion train for the benefit of intend- n to the Santa Cruz moun- Right Rev. Bishop Gustav Ropert, Bishop of Honolulu, will preach at the French' church at the 11 o’clock mass to-day. Harry Stewart Fonda, a young California ectist, recently had his first exhibition picture accepted &t the Paris Salon. The Camera Club cyclists will have a club run to Haywards and return to-dey. 9 o’clock boat for Fruitvale. There is due the State from this City and County the sum of $593.897 27 for taxes col- lected since December, 1894, The Fire Com oners met last night, made several appointments and transacted’ other business of a ro nature. The Olympie Baseball Club defeated the Stan- ford University nine at Central Park yesterday afternoon by & score of 15 to 11. ittee of the Cigar-makers’ Union will e cigar-stores {n this City to urge the lifornia white labor cigars. e companies are withdraw- business because of the cut has demoralized the rates. Thomss Sexton, a teamster, was prostrated Dby the heat on Jefferson square last evening and was taken to the Receiving Hospital. Committee last night decided to to the Board of Supervisors the re- . water rates previously decided Take the e annna! excursion, reunion and picnic of s v to Schuetzen Park yester- s & most successful affair in every Veva won at the Bay District track yesterday at odds of 100 to 1. The other winning horses srmandie, Captain Rees, Arnette, April la Fete was held yesterday at the g Park and proved to be a tre- as a floral festival and in the famous violinist, arrived yester- , ¥ an interview with a CALL re- discussed the subject of music in an in- ng manner. Johnson came down from Sacramento to take back Harry Sandt, who i8 with killing Grocerymen Weber and e last December. sday, May 15, 1895, at 8 P. M., a 1 in contact bromide and platino bromide work, by E.L.Gifford, wiil be given i ifornia Camera Club rooms. 5 the Retail Grocers' Protective give a picnic at Schuetzen Park— 1 outing—toward which the members g with pleasent expectancy. During the first week in May one of the most successful missions ever held in this City was rda. e annu re lookin; conducted in St. Joseph's Church. Three thousand persons received the sacrament. och Cameron, a traveling salesman, was d last night for swindling Hattie son out of $30 which she gave him to buy 1road ticket to take her to Washington. P. Vining thinks the ministers’ er sent him about fenders The new guards will be proved by the Supervis- @ ; sted as s00m 85 ap n Francisco Art Association willen- artand assist in disposing of studies ng exhibition by selling sheres for a n which these studies will be the was obtained yesterday for the ar- s L. Newport at the instance of of the Fidelity Mutual Aid \ & charge of obtaining money by George D, Herron says there should be tion of any kind, but governments ir own living. He advocates ea as the best if there must be o pass an ordinance reguln((ng bicycles on the publie streets an elling the owners of wheels lo pay a $3 se each quarter. Swedish girls blow out the gas at the can Exchange Hotel and nearly die in equence. The girls say they turned out ges, but it was on in full force when the was broken open. . Professor Nomerie, M.A., Sc.D., preach the morning sermon at , corner of California and 8tock- i lileave in the even- The California Camera Ciub, wnose mem- vere the guests of Captain Leale and his the Caroline. took an outing on the y yesterdey in search of marine views. It was 8 most successful trip. A communication has been sent to the Board of Police Commissioners by the executive committee of the Manufacturers’ Association askingithat police uniforms be made out of cloth of home manufacture. All California is ringing to-day with praise e sturdy Berkeley who defeated the eton tigers in manl . It is 2 matter de to know that our native sons are not lacking in physical prowess. F. W, Dohrmann suggests that the aim of the Haif-million Club can be accomplished by es- ishing bureaus of information in the East. lso that permanent exhibits of California roducts be maintained in connection with the ureaus. Late Friday afternoon Night Weigher Ed- ward Dunlap of the California Sugar Refinery was shot at four times by Joseph Placke, an e, who had quit the night previons be- an imaginary grievance. Noneof the shots took effect. Sheriff J. K. Lynch was bitten in the by & dog last evening in a saloon on gl 4 the corner of Howard and Fourth streets and w as taken to the Receiving Hospital, where the wound was cauterized. The bite is not considered serious. Two sisters, Miss Clara Montague and Miss Virginia Montague, will adopt the stage asa profession. They have offers from the East and will go to New York wien the season be- gins. One plays soubrette parts and the other tekes kindly to heavy roles. The young men’s meeting at the Assoclation building, Mason and Ellis streets, will be ad- dressed this afternoon at 3 o’clock by Rev. Mr. Varley in the third lecture of the series on he Curse of Manhood.” Gentlemen between 16 and 40 years invited. Seats free. According to reports of the superintendent of the Merchants' Association street-sweeping department there are no more applicants for work now than are being accommodated. Dur- ing the winter there were constantly 150 t0 250 applicants who could not gef work. The tank of & new naphtha launch exploded yesterday morning wrecking and setting fire 10 the vessel. One of the three young men on board was badly burned about the face. He inhaled the flame and may not recover. The boat was valued at $4000 and not insured. John M. Reynolds, one of the signers of the letter to Mr. Vining of the Market-street Rail- way, faid last night that each of the four 5emlemcn whose signatu: ppeared on the ocument understood its contents as well as himself. “We agreed with many things Mr. Vining told us,” he said. “But when we came to talk the matter over we saw clearly where the company and its management were at fault. The letter was carefully discussed. Each clause was considered separately. and every one of us did something toward putting it into its final shape. 1am sure the &en in the letter ere the honest opinions of each of the four signers,” C. A. Ingerson and C. A. Gore, doing business as Ingerson & Gore, have sued F. A. Farns- worth and Robert R. Hind for $175 on a me- chanic’s lien for work done ome the First Cali- fornia ard Armory d riding school on Pacific avenue, near Van Ness. Ju Hebbard bas granted an injunction to the pf:mmn re- .rnmmf the defendants from tearing out from <aid building the work referred to, pending further action by the courts, ] LIVELY CLASS DAY The Seniors of the University Entertain Their Many Friends. THE ATHLETIC TEAM CHEERED. After the Exercises an Elegant Lunch Was Spread for the Visitors. Notwithstanding the many other attrac- tions and society events which took place yesterday afternoon the largest crowd that ever assembled at the university upon a class day gathered to witness the exercises under the direction of the senior class and to enjoy the hospitality of their friends at luncheon. 1t was a day of merriment and festivity never before equaled in the history of the aniversity, which fact is no doubt largely due to the size of the senior class, it being the largest that has ever completed the course at the university, numbering in all 120 students. At 10:30 in the morning the exercises of the day coramenced with a concert given by the Fifth Regiment band of Oakland told that many strange things hud been said concerning him and his E:bit of re- jecting manuscript offered for the Univer- sity magazine, of which he is the editor, and assured that his editorials would no longer be read by the students. President Jones then read to the audi- ence a telegram stating that the Univer- sity of California athletic team had de- feated Princeton. The applause and college yells that burst forth upon this announcement fairly shook the surrounding hills, and it was some minutes before the audience settled down again and the performance allowed to con- tinue. Speaker Gray then approached the altar andpsuid that he was about to distribute a few souvenirs which would cause those who received them to long remember the occasion. Holding up a set of quotation marks suspended by a cord, he said that they would be given to the person who needed them most in order that his themes might be hereafter complete. They were given to Ray Sherman. A mirror was then held up and George Hoffman called forth to take it, being exhorted to never again be guilty of such | a thing as beholding his likeness in a look- | ing-glass. Dinwiddie was summoned and handed a bottle of soothing syrup, in or- | der that his continual troubles raay be made light by its constant use. The most laughable feature of the entire performance followed the presenting of the soothing William men in the university, wascalled forth and erine Felton, one of the shortest ladies in college. She uses the footstool whenever she sits in the library to study. A number of questions were then asked, among which was, “What use is Miss Fel- ton?” the response being, “To show that girls have intellects.”” The appropriate- WILLIANX N. FRIEND RECEIVING MISS FELTON’S FOOTSTOOL, [From a sketch made for the “Call’’ by Steele.] under the iarge oaks near the west en- trance to the college grounds, Seven se- lections were rendered, after which the crowd repaired to the library building, where a sprig of the class ivy sent from Harvard was set out. W. A. Hewlett gave the address upon the pianting of the ivy, and told of the appropriateness of the plant as being symbolic of the lasting good name which the class of ‘95 has made for itself. While the ceremonies over the ivy were being conducted, a hat-smashing rush took Fp;ce, and many an upper classman had his new plug reduced in height to a point level with his head. The hats of the seniors are the uniform black silk, and those of the juniors are the customary white campaign plugs, with a broad band of green ribbon about the crown. The canes of the newly initiated sophomores are of a dark South American | wood, with the name of the college and | class vear engraved upon the handles. At the close of the exercisesat the library building most of the guests repaired to the chapter houses of the several fraternities, in response to invitations for luncheon. Among the Greek-letter ‘irats” which entertained were the Zeta Psi, the Phi Gamma Delta, the Phi Delta Theta, the Beta Theta Pi, the Delta Kap{;m Epsilon, the Chi Phi, the Sigma Mu and the Sigma Chi. Their houses were tastily decorated with cut flowers and college colors, pre- senting an inviting appearance. At 3 0’clock the feature of the day, in the form of a Grecian spectacle, took place at the natural amphitheater back of the Me- chanics’ building. Soon after the audience became com- fortably seated on the sides of the hill the entire senior class, dressed in Grecian cos- tume and draped in gaudy colors, came mnchingin a body from North Hall to the amphitheater. Upon reaching the arena the speakers and other officers of the day seated them- selves upon the rustic benches in front of the altar, while the other members of the band of Greeks marched entirely around the outer edge of the amphitheater to the music of four doleful sounding flutes. ‘When the band of fair maidens, warriors and statesmen had reached the altar of Demeter, and had_taken their seatsin a circle George L. Jones, president of the class and master of ceremonies, arose, and in a few short sentences welcomed the andience. Turning to the Greeks who sat about him on all sides he asked if they had been faitnful in all things that they had under- taken, whether they had listened with due attention to the military lectures, whether they had ever courted in the library, whether they had endured with good grace the agonies” of Professor Putzker’s recita- tion-room, and whether their hearts were as pure and unstained as that of any fresh- man. Those to whom these questions were put answered in concert that they bad been faithful in all things and had done nothing worthy of reproach. The speaker then said tKal they should be called up one by one and respond indivi- dually to questions put to them before they could be initiated into the sacred host of Demeter. The first to be called before his Majesty was Miss Rachel Vrooman, who was ap- proved and allowed to pass on. The next was Thomas Pheby from Oak- land, who came forward to the altar chew- ing gum at a rapid rate, which caused a wave of laughter to pass over the audi- ence. Pheby was declared to be blameless and was ordered to be initiated into the priesthood. He knelt before the altar and was arrayed in the costume befitting a Enest by four young maidens, but he still ept on chewing, he next nine Greeks to be initiated into the mysteries of the great and wonderful society of Demeter were Misses Grace Sut- ton and Mabel Bradley and Messrs. Parcels, Anthony, Gibbs, Bakewell, McNoble, Colt and Gorrill. All of these were deemed worthy of much honor, although Parcels had been guilty of dancing with the same lady three times in one evening after a certain glee club concert. Kaiser wasthen brought forward and declared by the judges to be a master of the gastronomic art and unworthy of becoming a member of the dignified body. Orator De Witt H. Gray then said that there may be some among their body who have attended faithfully the professors’ Jectures, many who have gone to the library not for meditation and committed various other misdeeds, but to fully atone for their sins, they must come forward and lace a sacrifice qgon the altar before him. thile the sacrifices, consisting almost wholly of roses, were being placed upon the altar, a quartet from the Glee Club sang several oriimnl selections, stating in one of them that there is such a place known as L. 8. J. U., and thata silver cup, won from Stanford at the intercollegiate debate, sits in the library. David Bachman, who has sought many class oftices during his college career, was brought forward and assured by the orator and even the guards around the altar that he would some time have an office. Arthur Lovejoy was then called up and ness of this answer may be explained by the fact that Miss Felton will, in all | probability, be awarded the gold medal on commencement day for the highest grade of scholarship 1n her class. After the singing of a few comic songs by the Glee Club quartet President Jones | arose and with a few words concerning the | zood qualities of the class of 95 and the | fame it would bring upon the university | closed the exercises. In the evening the Glee Club gave the | commencement concert at Stile’s Hall to a ” packed house. ,:VETERAN POLICE SKETCHES. Sergeant William F. Burke, ‘“‘the guar- dian of the Mission,"” was born on March 3, 1852, in Galway County, Ireland. He ame to this country in 1868, and after | spending a few months in Massachusetts | he arrived in this city in February, 1869. In November, 1874, he was appointed a substitute on the police force, and when the substitutes were abolished on Sep- tember 25, 1878, he was placed on the regu- lar force. On September 22, 1890, he was made a sergeant. Ever since 1878 he has been stationed in the Mission, first as patrolman, then on second duty, and as sergeant, and is known to almost every man, woman and child in that widely scattered district. R G — AN UNFRIENDLY TRIOK. How Hattie Wilson Was Swindled Out of Her Money. Enoch Cameron, a traveling salesman, was booked at the City Prison last night on a warrant charging him with misde- meanor embezzlement. The complaining witness was Hattie Wilson, 4 Metcalfe place. She has been working here for some time | and desired to return to her parents, who live in Washington. She knew Cameron and met him on the street on Thursday. She told him she was going home, and he suggested to her to give him the money and he would purchase her ticket. She handed him $30. She saw him next day and he told her he had forgotten about the ticket, but he would get it for her and give it to her yes- terday. He did not turn up, and as her money was all gone she called at police headquarters and told her story to Corpo- ral Moffeth, who advised her to swear out a warrant for his arrest. The warrant was placed in the hands of two officers, who traced Cameron to Oak- land and arrested him. He had a ticket in his pocket for Los Angeles and $15. When taken to the City Prison he offered Miss Wilson the $15, but she refused to take it and will prosecute him. ————————— New Women Protest. At a regular meeting of the New Woman's Club, held May 10 at 317 Mason street, the fol- lowing resolution was adopted. Resolved, That we, 88 & club, indignantly’ protest against the action of the French Mutual Benovelent Society at their meeting held May 5, with Presi- dent Sylvian Weil, In the chair, in’ the ungallant manner in which they slurringly referred to the women of their society. ———— A New Department. Furniture moved, stored, packed and shipped at low rates by Morton Special Delivery. Only experienced men em- loyed; equipment first class. Offices, 31 &eny street and 408 Taylor street, > presented with the footstool of Miss Cath- | FOR THE LOVERS OF AAT, The Local Association to Con- duct a Happy Game of Chance. TO ENCOURAGE LOCAL TALENT. A Novel Idea of Emlle Pissls Which Will Please Admirers of the Beautiful, James D. Phelan, president, and Fred W. Zeile, Henry J. Crocker, Joseph B. Crockett, Arthur Rodgers, Henry Heyman and Horace G. Platt, directors of the San Francisco Art Association, have perfected a plan by which, it is confidently expected, genius among local artists will be en- couraged and art patrons will be enabled to secure, by a pleasing system of chance, | some of San Francisco’s most meritorious art studies. ‘This planis the result of a| year’s agitation of the matter by Emile issis, and will be utilized at the close of the spring exhibition of the Art Associa- tion on the 21st inst. The conferences of the gentlemen before mentioned crystallized yesterday in the | following circular letter and regulations, which Assistant Secretary J. R. Martin will mail to members of the Art Associa- tion and others who have an eye and ap- preciation for the beautiful: NOTICE—BOCIETY OF LOCAL ART PATRONS. There is in Paris La Soclete des Amis‘des Arts, which is organized to enable its members to acquire good pictures and at the same time to encourage art. It is proposed to organize such a soclety here under the auspices of the directors of the Art Association. Members of the Art Association who subscribe $5 as a minimum and non-members who subscribe $10 shall for each such subseription, which will be regarded as the unit, be entitled to one chance in the drawing to be made on the clos- ing night of the exhibition. If, for instance, $1 be thus subsc-ibed, the. committee pro- vided for in the rules will select pictures for that amount from the exhibition for that year, and they will be distributed to the members by lot on the closing night. By this plan the artists will find a sale for their pictures, interest in their work and the association’s exhibitions will be stimulated, and a means of patronizingart and acquiring | pictures will be brought within the means of | all. Art is a delicate and beautiful plant which | requires careful cultivetion, and it thrives pro- | ortionately. The highest development of art | as been = attained under discriminating | patronage, and in a new community this is | especially true. | Ve respectiully request you to become a sub- seriber and member of this society for the rea- sons above given. May 10, 1895. SOCIETY OF LOACL ART PATRONS OF SAN FRANCISCO. REGULATIONS. | mis ARTICLE I—The society shall be called the | «“Society of Local Art Patrons.” The object of | this soeiety shall be the encouragement of | local art by the purchase of works of local | artists, | ARTICLE II—Sec. 1. The society shall embrace | two classes of members: First, members of the art association, who shall contribute not less than §5; second, persons not members of the | art association, who shall contribute not less than $10. | Sec. 2. The object of these subscriptions shall | be to create s fund for the purchase of works of art by resident artists, exhibited in the San | Francisco Art Association’s exhibitions. These | | works shall be distributed by lotito the members | at each and every exhibition. Sec. 3. The minimum subscription shall en- title members to only one chance in the draw- ing. All members of the Society of Local Art Patrons, the first subscription having been made, may increase their chances by the pay- ment of £ for each additional chance. ARTICLE 111—First. The government of the club shal! be vested in the board of direetors of the Art Association, under whose auspices the club will exist. Second. The board of directors of the San Francisco Art Association shall appoint for each exhibition a committee for the selection of the works to be purcnased. This committee shall consist of three subscribing members of the soclety and two artists, Third. This committee shall select before the close of the exh the funds are tributed. ARTICLE IV. The works purchased will be distributed by lot limmediately after the close of the exhibition from which they are pur- chased, in the presence of the directors of the San Francisco ATt Association or the selecting committee. Three directors of the art associa- tion and two members of the committee of se- lection will constitute a quornm. ARTIcLE V—AIl funds collected ateach ex- hibition shall be upfwlled to the purchase of works at that particular exhibition. Emile Pissis, Arthur F. Mathews, Edward Bosqui, A. Page Brown, Frederick W. Zeile, committee on selection. Approved by order of the directors of the San Francisco Art Association. JaMES D. PHELAN, President. 1t is the intention of the directors of the Art Association to dispose of between $2500 and $3000 worth of shares. The amount subscribed for shares will be the | total amount of the prices demanded by the artists whose studies are chosen for the drawing b{ the directors. The Art Association will bear the expense of the preparation of the unique plan and will obtain the pecuniary benefit therefrom. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Martin secured the following subscriptions for shares in a short time, and in all’ probability the de- sired amount will be secured within a few days: James D. Phelan 5050, Henry J. Crocker 100, Loufs Sloss $100, E. W. Hopkins $100, . M. Pissis $40, J. B. Crockett $25, Arthur Rodgers $25, Horace G. Platt $25, A. Page Brown 825, Frederick W. Zeile §25, William Keith $25, Edward Bosqu! $10. RED MEN'S POWWOW. Celebration of Tammany Day After Sun- down by Warriors From Local Tribes. ‘Warriors, braves and bloods represent- ing the various local tribes of the Improved Order of Red Men assembled last night and sat down to a big powwow and feast under a certain tepee known to palefaces as “Frank’s rotisserie.” On the Red Men's sunstick, which serves as an annual cal- endar, certain notches represent historical events and personages sacred to the abo- riginal heart. The biggest notch marks May 12 and stands for Tammany day. It was the twenty-eighth annunal celebration and as is the Indian custom the feast be- gan after sundown the evening previous. Tammany (spelt also “Tamani” and “Tamina'’) was a mighty Indian sachem of the region now embraced in the eography of the whites as Maryland, New §ersey and Pennsylvania, and it was he who signed the compact of amity with the aleface who wore the broad brimmed at, William Penn. Therefore heis the patron saint of the Red Men. A committee of medicine men, of whom Geoex;fe Collins wus the tighee, had pro- vided several courses of good things to eat, includini the great American eagle Sepring chicken). These were washed lown with a mild form of firewater of two colors, known as California wines. The “hiyu wah-wah’’ was of a character- istic kind and a number of war songs and recitations were contributed by young and old bloods. H. A. Chase was the powwow chem. p: hen the calumet or pipe of peace was passed around, A. K. Stevens, the orator of the order, stepped forward and deliv- ered a eulogy upon the mighty Tammany, the toast to which he responded being “The Day, We Celebrate.” Other toasts were responded to by talks, as follows: “Qur Next Great Council,” by Past Great Sachem George W. Lovie of Red- wood City; *Live and Dead Indians,’ by Past Great Sachem Fred Brandt; “How to Capture Palefaces,” by Charles F. Burgman and “Ten Thousand Red Men in California,”” by A. Jackson. Charles H. Parish and George Collins gave vocal ns, from time to time, as ailable, the works to be dis- solos, and Peter Hoff and M. Campbell recitations. In his big talk Warrior Jackson said it was not a hard matter to have 10,000 Red Men in California within the next five ears, considering the great things the S8an oaquin Valley road, the Great Northern and the California, Oregon and Idaho rail- road, which was incorporated at Salem, Or., two weeks ago, would do to develop this State. The next great _council of the Red Men will be held in Redwood City the second Monday in August. ——————— WILL SEE NIAGARA. Francis Joseph of Battenberg Starts for Home With His Party. Prince Francis Joseph of Battenberg started on his homeward journey last night. The party accompanying him numbered fifteen people. Their trip will be made almost direct. One day will spent in Chicago. Two days are to be devoted to Niagara Falls, which the serene sight-seer considers the greatest of all America’s wonders. The party will meke the trip down the Hudson River by way of the New York Central. The Messenger-Boy Burglars. ‘W. H. Pearce, a messenger-boy, was. ar- rested on a charge of burglary by Officers Reynolds and Donovan yesterday. Pearce | and his companions are charged with loot- ing rooms in lodging-houses while the oc- cupants were absent. They secured large quantities of jewelry, and a lot of the ing goods was found on the person of Pearce and his accomplices when arrested. The other members of the gang were ar- rested several days ago, and are now in the City Prison. WILL MAKE THEIRDEBUT, Two Sisters Unknown to Theatrical Fame Will Go East. They Do Soubrette and Leading Parts and Are Sald to Be Excellent. San Francisco has produced many act- resses who have become famous through- out the country, and still a few known only to local fame. Every few weeks some young miss makes her appearance before the footlights, and her reception is either sufficiently strong to make her at once popular or of such a frigid nature as to forever kill the histrionic germ of her soul. The debut, therefore, of one member of a family is not in the least novel, but the advent of two sisters, both still of tender years, becomes a matter of more than or- dinary interest. In a few weeks Miss Clara Montague and her sister, Miss Virginia Montague, will make their bow to a San Francisco au- dience in a play to be presented by well- known amateurs. Already they have had offers from several Eastern companies and they expect to go to New York in time for the next season. At present they are un- der the care of ter A. Belasco, the well-known dramatic instructor, and those who have seen them in minor parts are confident that they will be an immediate success. The eldest sister, Miss Clara Montague, takes kindly to soubrette roles, her petite | figure, well-modulated voice and perfect form Suggesting something_lignt and airy. The sister, Miss Virginia, has just reached 17, and is of a style to suggest something heavy in the dramatic line. FAVORS THE REDUCTION, The Water Committee Recom- mends a Lowering of Rates. RAPID EXCHANGE OF WORDS. A Lively Meeting and Large Quan- titles of Spring Valley Con~ sumed. In a stuffy committee-room at the City Hall, amid sweltering heat and copious perspiration, nine members of the Board of Supervisors for two hours last night struggled with the much vexed water rate question. The preliminaries opened with a rapid exchange of shots between Captain Taylor and Supervisor King. When the mem- bers were seated Supervisor Dimond sug- gested that Supervisor Morgenstern as chairman of the Water Committee occupy the chair. The splendid proportions of the Supervisor were no sooner enthroned at the head of the table than Supervisor King moved that Supervisor Benjamin be called tothe chair. The motion rather staggered some of the members of the com- mittee, but after consuming large quanti- ties of ice-water the oragors who favored the reducting of water rates found their tongues and a flood of opinions followed. “What is this meeting for? Who called it? What are we herefor?”’ Captain Tay- lor asked these questions, looking all the time at King. “You are out of order,” said King. “I am no such thing,” said Taylor; ‘“but you are out of order,” he continued, *‘be- cause you are not in order.” King called loudly for his motion and was determined to have Benjamin for chairman. Taylor was equally determined that he should not, flllfi fora few minutes there was a deadlock. No person seemed to know what_the meeting had been ' called for, who called, or what its object was. Finally Captain Tailor said that the Wa- ter Committee had a report to make to the Board of Supervisors, and he moved that the committee be called to order at 8:30 o’clock. As it was within a few minutes of that hour the discussion quieted down and the Supervisors disposed of some more Springg'ulley on ice, while a light breeze swept through the open windows from Butchertown. 3 When the time came for the committee to meet Captain Taylor presented a report, and the visiting Supervisors who were not members of the committee were invited to join in the discussion, but they were silent. Messrs. Taylor and Diamond did most of the talking. The report was only a re- cital of the retuction in water rates made by the committee at its meeting a few evenings ago. A cut of 10 per cent was made over last year’s rate, and the com- pany suffers a loss of 6 per cent. The hydrant rate is increased from $2 50 to $5. “The rate is not radical enough for me,” said Supervisor Dimond, but I must be satisfied, I sulRwos& 1 should like to hear from the outside members, as the question is now open for discussion. Taylor said that the peorle demanded a reduction in the rate to the consumer of from 10 to 20 per cent or more. He said that the first resolution was for a reduc- tion of 5 per cent, which would reduce the income of the company about $117,000 a year. " But the committee reconsidered that resolution and fixed the reduction at about $100,000, or about 10 per cent to the people and 6 per cent to the company. . Herman Schussler said that the Spring Valley Company could not afford to make the proposed extensions, particulary to Clarendon Heights and out the Mission way, if the rates were reduced. The pro- posed extensions would take in seventy new blocks. He said that the City still owed the company $25000 for this year and $30,000 for fast on bhydrants, and if the rate is doubled there will be that increase in the deficit. The company owed on over-draits about $550,000, and the only means it had of paying this obligation was by the sale of stock. Now, if the rate was reduced by 6 per cent it would be necessary to sell shares at par and 7500 shares at 80, to which figure he thought the stock would fall. He said that the committee, by reducing CLARA MonTAGUET She is studying leading parts now, and if reports be true will probably create some- wlgat of a sensation on her first appear- ance in public. The Montague sisters are of that dark type of Sgnnish beauty so pleasing to look upon, and in which so much fire, grace and gentleness are to be found. Their friends believe they will be a success in the theatrical world, and if their private per- formances can be taken as a criterion they unquestionably will be. e ——e————— Judge Bahrs Appeased. Curtis Hillyer, associate counsel for the prosecution in the case of William Coleman, cleared his skinsxeslerday of the imputation of having inspired certain resolutions adopted Dby an organization denouncing Judge Bahrs in that case. Coleman’s was made & test case of the side-entrance ordinance, and the club in question, disapproving Judge Bahrs’ atti- tude in the matter, expressed its feelings in round terms. Attorney C.W. Cross for Cole- ‘man accused Hillyer of having procured this attack on the Judge. Yesterday, however, Hitlyer presented to the courtseveral affidavits absolving himself from all complicity in the matter, and Judge Bahrs expressed himself as entirely satisfied. The Fire Department. The Fire Commissioners last night accepted the resignations of Louis McIver and Edward Welsh ofi truck 5 and James T. Gannon of en- gine 6. Joseph Bgoon was_appointed a hose- man of engll:le ,and Alfred Van Bergen a hoseman of engine 10. Jerry Murphy of en- ine 14 was dismissed from the department for iling to respond to an alarm of fire. C. C. Keating of hook and ladder 5 was fined fifteen days' pay for being under the influence of liguor. Assistant Chief Engineer John Dougherty was granted thirty days’ leave of absence. —————— Pacific Bank Assets. The Pacific Bank is endeavoring to collect some of its assets through the Superior Court. Yesterday suits were commenced for the amounts stated against the following: Charles J. Swit, ‘3936508 £ C. Leavitt ln“;l9 Ln}el; Bigourne; ; NERirDy $1050; 3. J: MoDonald, §80,691 84 D. M. Tomblin, $4940:J. N. E. Wiléon, $935 82 John Cushing, 75. The aggregate amount sued for is $47,742 46, Similar suits for smaller individual amounts were instituted lately in the Justices’ Court. .- CLEVELAND can searcely be seen through his Emmighty Dollar (Cigar) smoke. > the rate, would hamper the fputtine in of 500 new water hydrants ordered by the Fire Department where there were small mains. These mains had to be larger and the whole improvement would have to be abandoned until such times as a new board would allow the company a just rate. A vote was then taken, and the report was favorably recommended to the Board of Sugervisors. BIRDS AS BAROMETERS. A Well-Known Writer Who Holds That They Are Not Weather Wise. In his charming book,‘‘Recent Rambles,” Dr. Charles C. Abbott gives some little at- tention to the question whether birds can realize the coming of a storm so far in ad- vance of its actual appearance as to serve observant man as a reliable barometer. Although this has been popularly believed for centuries, Dr. Abbott thinks that it has no basis in fact and voices his opinion in these words: “It needs but a short ramble in the woods and fields after a summer shower, to see how painfully destructive are mod- erate wind and rain when they rush across the country hand-in-hand. There is no more touching sight in all nature than the lowly murmured plaint of nest-birds as they contemplate, after a shower, their ruined home and drowned fledglings. “To credit a bird with weather-wisdom, and yet with no power to guard against probable danger, is to assume that it leads the terrible life of one in constant fear—a mental condition the bird’s daily life flatly contradicts. Never does the world look brighter than a few hours before some great change. Never are the birds more merry, mammals more full of g}ly et the impending storm means mischief tgnt to some extent might be averted had these happy creatures but an inkling of what was coming.” ———— At St. Paul's Mission. Services are being held every evening except Saturday at St. Paul’s Church Mission, on Mis- slon street, between Fifth and Sixth. Rev. J.H_ filenlwfll preach to-night on “The Coming" mple.” —————— CATARRE cured and no pay until cured. Treatment at office free. 925 Howardstreet. * NEW TO-DAY. THIS WEEK WE OFFER AN IMMENSE PUR= CHASE OF I.ACES! About Half Price. Point Gaze Laces, 2 5 in \\'hiEe and ecru. Normandie Laces, YARD, in cream. Point de Paris Laces, in cream. Chiffon Laces, in all colors. Black Chantilly Laces From 4 to 10 Inches Wide, Formerly Sold at 35¢, 40¢, 50¢ and 60c¢. See Display in Show Windows. IN OUR DRESS SILK DEP'T ‘We have on special sale 22-inch superior quality FRENCH NOVELTY SILKS In handsome patterns. Sale Price, $1 50 Per Yard, Formerly Sold at 82, 82 25,82 50 a Yard. These silks are taken from our regular stock and comprise this season’s latest patterns. See Display In Show Window. WASH SILKS 5000 YARDS FIGURED WASH SILKS IN CHECKS, STRIPES AND CHANGEABLE EFFECTS, At 35¢ Per Yard. CATALOGUE OF BATHING-SUITS, BICYCLE- SUITS AND SPORTING GOODS MAILED FREE TO ANY DRESS UPON APPLICATION. NEWMIAN & LEVINSON, 125, 127, 129 and 131 Kearny Street and 209 Sutter Street. KENIG'S MONSTER (CLEARANCE SALE To make room for our fine new selection of Fall Styles we will sell for the next 30 daysour immense stock of Imported French and English Shoes at the following low prices: B ANY STYLE of HERBER'S ONLY SHOES in the house for $4 00 ladies and, gents Sk 3 GENTLEMEN'S' ENGLISH _ONLY ‘WAUKENPHASTS, calf or patent leather, in any style. $5-00 SPECIAL SLIPPER SALE. THIS WEEK. 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