The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 17, 1895, Page 5

| " THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1895. WOMEN TO MEET AGAI. Enthusiasm in Their Congress Aroused Throughout the State. THE RECEPTION COMMITTEE. Parties of Earnest Women Are Coming From Several Towns in the Interior. To judge from present appearances the second annual meeting -of the Woman’s Congress . Association, ' which " opens .on Monday in Golden Gate Hall, will not only attract numerons women from San Fran- cisco and its vicinity, but-will also. be the Mecca of women from ali over the State. Mrs. George T. Gaden, the corresponding tary, while discussing the congress, said: I am in constant receipt of letters from women in every part of California. Many of these ladies ar€ coming up in parties to attend the congress, There is a large au ¥ con- gress. commitiee, - the- ladies of which will ber of the executive board, who has re- cently been ‘traveling extensively through | the State, said yesterday: I have found, all over the coast, so many women planning and preparing to come to the eongress—intellizent, thinking women. Some | of thém wwere well-to-do and could come to San Franeisco for a week without difficulty; others had to save and plan. Iwas mainly struck by the fact that women in the smaller towns Were planning to come, as if to a pilgrimage. What I'consider the great Importance of the congress is, that it will bring together that numerous and intelligent class of our citizens who would never be able to exchange ideas otherwise, Talk about immigration!- Why, I consider the congress should help immensely to promote it. Itisone thing to brag of pum- kins and another to show we have some brains, but there is more than one way of working to- ward the same end. Mrs. Stetson added that it would be the aim of the congress of ’95 to show most fully and carefully the value and influence of home life—-not as a matter of popular sentiment but as a matter of sociological fact. If Mrs. Gaden and Mrs. Stetson know how much interest the coming congress has aroused in the country, Mme. Louise Sorbier, who is also a member of the exec- utive board, is enthusiastic over the inter- est that it will excite in San Francisco. Said she: So many of our best women are d1uat looking forward with impatience to attending the con- gress, Tomy mind it will do so muc good in educating women to take an interest in the icnnn:es that are taking place in the outside world. | " Many of our mothers, for instance, think it | is' almost wrong to take an interest in munici- | pal affairs. They do not see that they are neglecting their famiiies when they are indif- ferent about having pure food and milk, good SARAH B. and’shutoff all street lights for the coming six ‘week; therefore 5 Resolved, That thls federation, representing many thousands of property-owners ard tax- payers, most earnestly protest against such ac- tion by said Board of Su warrant of law, there being suficlent money inthe street-light fund to pay for street lights, which money should not be used for any other purpose, as both the gas-light company and the electric-light company, under their exist- ing contracts with this City and County, are slone entitled to compensation from sald fund, and are ready and willing to continue to carry out the conditions of said contracts; therefore, solved, That we know it will be dangerous %o both life and limbshould ourlights be shut off, subjecting the City and County to liability of ‘actions for damages in the event of acci- dents caused by withholding the necessary lights upon streets and roadways; therefore, Resolved, That the Board of Supervisors be re- quested to reconsider their action of Monday, May 13, and continue the street lights. It was resolved to send a copy of the resolutions to the Supervisors, and also to instruct the secretary to communicate with the chairmen of the various clubs, asking them to use their influence in accordance with the resolutions. e THE DIVE ACTRESS MURDER. ° Charles S. Inman on Trial for Killing Cora Rice." Judge Wallace and a jury yesterday com- menced the trial of Charles 8. Inman, alias Rice, for the murder of his wife, Cora Rice, alias Zimmerman, alias Everett, a dive actress, on March 17 tast. Inman cut his wife’s throat at 632§ Broadway, and ran downstairs, making no secret of the deed. Afterward he claimed that he did not know what he was doing and that his rvisors as without COOPER. devote themselves to receiving visitors and giving th information or assistance the B e, and the subject could mnot discussed b the dwellers y, men must have & voice in the 0, it it is not to be one-sided. he beginning we have sought to co- with men, end we have found them 2dy indeed to co-operate with us. The ladies of the reception committee intend to decorate Golden Gate Hall with [ drainage and well-lichted streets. These are some of the subjects thet will be discussed at the coming congress. 'LET THE LIGHTS BURN. The Various Improvement Clubs Make a Vigorous Appeal to the Board of Supervisors. | { i | _The delegates of the Federation of San | Francisco Improvement Clubs held a | special meeting at 35 Eddy street last even- ing for the purpose of protesting against the action of the Board of Supervisors in Charlotte Perkins Stetson. mind was a total blank. The defense will be insanity. The jury consists of: Thomas M. Holt, Gaston E. Bacon, Robert Bragg, H. Kroe- %er, A. D. Spearman, Samuel West, George . Conant, C. M. Smith, Charles L. Hede- mark, Simon Pronty, Angus McLeod and A. J. Forbes. Thornton Woodbury ap- pears for the defense, and the prosecution 1s bemng conducted by Assistant District Attorney Black. The witnesses so far examined are: Offi- cer G. W. Russell, Deputy Coroner Tyrrell, Mrs. Mary Smith, Inman’s landlady, and Hazel Donnelly, an actress in a dive where the Rice woman had been on the night previous to the murder. She testitied that, she had noticed nothing unusoal in the conduct of the two on that occasion, INDCTMENTS DISWISSED Trial of the Railroad Strikers May Never Be Taken Up Again. President Knox and John Cassidy Allowed to Go on Thelr Own Recognizance. The 110 indictments against the Oakland and Sacramento strikers now on file in the ofice of the United States District Court will probably never be used. The caarges | against John Cassidy -and John Mayne were, in fact, test cases, and when the Government failed to secure a conviction it became almost a certainty that all the | others would be dropped. The trial of the | two strikers mentioned occupied nearly six months and cost the Government nearly $20,000. The Attorney-General has no desire for another such experience, especially as there is little or no hope of securinga conviction. The action of United States District Attorney Foote in the matter is accepted as a sure indication of the Government's intention in.the matter. From time to time strikers under indictment have gone to him and pointed out that they were act- ually in want, but dare not leave the State to look for work because of the charges hanging over them. On this showing the District Attorney at once nolle prosequied the charges against them and the men went free. Those whose indictments have been dismissed are: Runyon, Mahoney, Crandell, Riordan and Elliott, all members of the Oakland branch of the American Railway Union. Another rove in the various cases was made yesterday. H. A. Knox, president of the Sacramento branch of the union, and John Cassidy, who was tried a2 month ago, were released on their own recogni- zance. Both the men appeared before 1)is-. trict Attorney Foote ans Knox explained’ that he and Cassidy had a good chance to secure work, but they did not care about leaving the State in deference to their bondsmen. The latter were at once exon- erated and the personal bond of the strikers accepted. It is therefore pretty generally conceded that any one of the strikers now under indictment can have | the case against him dismissed if he can show that the chll’fe hanging over his head is keeping him from getting work. It is only a question of a few weeksat the out- side when all the charges will be dismissed nng the strikers’ cases taken from the cal- endar. FAIR WILL CASE DELAY. MME. LOUISE SORBIER. natural flowers and palms. They will also act as ushers, and will wear white badges, in order that visitors may know at once ‘upon whom to call, in case they require mittee consists of: Mrs. Isidore Burne, Miss Harriet Cooper, Mrs. Frances Edgerton, Mrs. Nellie B, Eynp:r, Mrs. eny information. The reception com- ' shutting off the street lights of the City for a period of six weeks in order to save money thereby toward paying other muni- cipal bills. L. A. Hayward, president of the San Bruno Road Improvement Club, presided. There was such a unanimity of opinion as to the disastrous effects of the cutting off James M. Goewey, E. M. i A Mary'W. Rincaid, Mre: Dorvills £1oby, s, | Of the lights that it did not take long to Lowenberg, Miss Alfnu Manning, Mrs. James | prepare and unanimously pass the follow- ;ie-u.(;e lz:- ,;:“s. nxle‘r. MAmA B..R. Parnell, Euz resolutions: Trving M. CScott, Mre. Elia 3 ersonts M| wysneas, The Federation of Sau Francisco Louise Humphrey:Smith, Rey. Lila F. Sprague, | [provement Clubs is informed that it is the M. J. L. Tharp, Mrs. John Yule. e L O TR e LR Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Stetson, 8 mem- | money now in.the street-light om By Stipulation the Attorneys Postpone the Contest for Two B Weeks. The matter of the contest to the wills of the late Senator Fair was yesterday laid ":lo eep her from the rashact. In her es] END OF THE ELOPEMENT, |apiteer mimehe ot s gy J. Arthur Turner Deserts Mrs. Jamieson in the City of Mexico. AN ANTE-NUPTIAL AGREEMENT. Her Husband Obtalns a Divorce In the Superior Court by Default. A default was entered in Judge Dainger- field’s court yesterday in the case of Jamieson vs. Jamieson.. < This simple proceeding is the latest link in a chain of circumstances involving a romantic elopement, and ending in the cowardly desertion by one of the parties to the elopement of a beautiful and trustful woman in a strange land. The story of the elopement from Vic- toria, B. C., in June, 1893, of Mrs. Jamie- son and John Arthur Turner to this City and their subsequent flight to Mexico City is still fresh in the mind of the publie. Luln Gertrude Jamieson is the daughter of a wealthy father residing at Port Angeles, Wash. . She married when only 16 Lochiel P. Jamieson in Jefferson County, ‘Wash., on February 7, 1885, Afterward they removed to Victoria, B, C., where the husband became fairly prosperous as a machinist and accumulated some property. One day the lovely girl-wife met J. Arthur Turner, a resident of Victoria, and her beauty inspired him with longing. Two or three chance encounters ensued, and then Turner betrayed the object of his fancy and attained a complete ascendency over her. On the night of July 19,1893, he com- elled her to accompany him, and took er in a_boat across the Strait of Juan de Fuca to Washington, and thence by steam to San Francisco. The wires were hot with messages concerning the intentions of the despairing husband to punish the betrayer of his wife, and the local press took up the hue and cry. Turner took fright and fled down the coast to Acapuleo, and thence to the City of Mexico, Jamieson came down to this city, and on July 18, 1894, commenced suit for di- vorce from his emni wife. But he has not hitherto pressed the suit, wishing to be at first convinced of her being con- trite. In the meantime, it appears from letters received from the City of Mexico, the poor woman has becn plunged into the last depths of despait. As long as John Arthur Turner’s money lasted -he was fairly kind, but it soon began to run short. Then Turner secured a position in the firm of T. S. Gore & Co., coal, coke and cement merchants, at a salary of $150 a month. That was not enough for his expensive tastes, and he had the efrontery to write to Mrs. Jamieson’s father in Port Angeles for more funds, which were supplied. All this time he kept promising mar- riage to the unhappy victim of his unhol | passion. For her, overwhelmed wit shame and' completely controlled by a stronger mind, the only hope was mar- riage. For a long time all her entreaties were set aside, although there was pros- pect of a child being born to the couple ‘within a short time. Finally by a mutual friend an expedient was found which temporarily satisfied the almost frantic desire of the poor girl to be restored to some measure of recognition by society. This was a formal agreement be- tween the pair. The Eublic records in the City of Mexico show the following unusual covenant: ANTE-NUPTIAL AGREEMENT AND AFFIDAVIT, This agreement, made and entered into this 6th day of October, A. D. 1894, by and between John Arthur Turner,now a resident ot the City of Mexico, formerly of Victoria, in the Province of British Columbia, and Lulu Ger- trude Jamieson, also now a resident of the Cit¥ of Mexico, formerly of Victoria, in the Province of British Columbia. WiTsEssETH: That the parties hereto, each being of the age of 21 years and upward, do by these presents solemnly and in good faith covenant and agree to and with each other that hereafter, 10 wit, as soon as s decree of divorce is eranted by the Superior Court of San Francisco, in the State of California, in the case of Laughlin P. Jamieson, piaintiff, vs. Lulu Gertrude Jamieson, defendant, an action for divorce having been commenced in said Superior Court and being now pending, that the said Lulu Gertrude Jamieson, being duly aalified by said decree of divorce o marry ?ne said John Arthur Turner, that they, the said parties hereto, will marry each other and become husband and wife and that such mar- {llge shall be duly solemnized according to aw. WITNESSETH, furthermore, that the parties hereto, John Arthur Turner and Lulu Ger- trude Jamieson, have by these presents each voluntarily and with full knowledge afore- thought made and entered into this agree- ment, and in further evidence of their mutual sood falth do now expressly make oath and eclare that it is their solemn purpose to faith- fully perform the same in every respect as hereinbefore set forth. Signature), JOHN ARTHUR TURNER. ignature), LULU GERTRUDE JAMIESON. Then follows a declaration by the parties that they entered into the “‘ante-nuptial agreement” voluntarily and “with the full knowledge of the requirements of the same.” To this is appended an affidavit by William J. Crittenden, Vice and Deputy Consul-Genera! of the United States at the City of Mexico, attesting the execution of the foregoing, The whole record is com- pleted by tge great official seal of the consulate. Attorney L. E. Phillips of this city, who drew up the agreement, stated last night that he was aware that it might not have a binding effect in law, but relied on_ the moral effect such a solemn undertaking would bave on Turner to do lomethini toward righting the terrible wrong he ha done. Tgat Turner was temperarily af- fected by his obligation to the womanis shown by the following letter: MEex1c0, Oct. 6, 1894. L. E. Phillips, San Franeisco, Cal.—DEAR SIR: 1 beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 21st ult., with inclosures. 1 was very glad to know that you approved of my-plan, as the first course suggested would have led to endless delay and expens Mrs. Turner and I have to-day signed Ithe ante-nuptial agreement, and had the same wit- nessed and sealed by the United States Consul- General. Iinclose the ante-nuptial agreement VT s absolutely necessary to employ co s absolutely n ploy coun- sel, ot course I am willing to do so. I'had al- ways, however, imagined that the defendant could let the case go by default. I would ask you to kindly let me know what the expense of counsel would be. I am, s you doubtless know, not in very afluent circumstances. 1 have no*, as yet, neard from Mr. Massey, but hope to do 8o shortly. Hoping to hear from you that the case will mn%e completed, I remain, yours very truly, TURNER. But this remorse on_the part of Turner was soon over. His child was born and soon died. Its mother, sick and full of regrets, demanded more of his time and attention than he cared to bestow. He LA, over by Judge Slack for two weeks, The ‘postponement is the result of a stipulation among the attorneys, and itis definitely agreed that the time within which papers in the case must be filed is extended for all ;nfieu to that day. Attorneys for Charles air state $hat the delay is desired by both sides to enable the hw&en 0 perfect their several oppositions to the different wills, Seeing the Sights. was tired of his fancy. Lulu, healthy, bright and happy, was very different from Lulu ailing, sad and suspicious. Turner's father occupied a prominent position in Victoria and was also a er in the London banking-house of Turner, Beatty & Co. He was in constant commu- nication with his son. 2 One day Turner told his wife he must go East for a short time for his health, which he said was suffering from the Mexican John Killain, a farmer from Santa Rosa, who | climate. " He declarea that he would have has been living for a few days at 715 Howard | taken his wife had she been able to travel, street, was fou on Market street early vesterday morning. was taken to the Recei Hospital, wgn was thought he was suffering from morphine poisoning. He recovered conselousness and said he went out the previous night to the Miaway Plaisance on Market street, and after Dol levEd he Rad boen drufRed. He said ng ho evi e n dru e said he lost & $20 plece and & watch. ——————— - Everybody Going To Banta Cruz Mountains witt the Round-trip tickets $1. Iro‘uols Club. Boat leaves foot of Market at 8:45 A. x. | templated suicide, sharp, in an unconscious condition | but that he would return be re it | New fore long. Ina few days he had met his father in ork and the two had taken passa on a swift Atlantic liner for Englan Once arrived in London was en- tered in the banking-house of Turner, and | Beatty & Co., and is now employed there asa k. Mrs. Jamieson, when she understood she had been , friendless and al- most penniless in a strange land, was almost distracted. tters to a friend in this city intimate that she serio -con- usly , but he: mmtm'mwunfidrmm ed. She remembered her adopted motherin the northern part of this State, and it is believed that she will soon arrive in this city en route for a temporary haven of peace, where she may forget the treach- ery and cold-blooded desertion of the man to whom she had intrusted the keeping of her life. g Probably the last chapter of ‘the elope- ment romance has yet to ge written, and if the punishment of the. man may safely be- left to his own accusing conscience it is expected that the “woman in the case” l;may yet have a happy future in store for er. THAT $60,000 PLUM. A ¢Bister” of the Late Captain Clark Now Wants It. The estate 6t Captain Clark, who is be- | lieved to have died at sed on the Dagmar, and which is valued at about $50,000, is not likely to go to the State of Californid with- out a struggle. 5 4 4 Some days.ago there appeared a claim- ant fromm Medina, Ohio, and yesterday Judge Coffey received another letter from one who claims even closer kit to the dead captain. The letter reads: % HUNTSVILLE, Ala., May 9, 1895. Administrator: Seeing in print the sad ac- count of life and death of one Captaia Freder- ick J. Clark, I wish it to be known by those in power that I am his sister. 1 was 4 years of age when he enlisted in the civil war; only saw him once aftér, and heard from him oceasionally; then lost sight alto- geiher. He was very oung at the time wher he enlisted. 1 have iis ikeness, and can prove my statement concerning him. Wishing to hear from the authorities.soon concerning him and his effects, I subscribe, 2 Mgs. 8. C. WILKES. POTRERO AND VICINITY. Brick Walls of Miller & Lux’s Butchertown Cooler Finished. Dr. Todd Wil Bring' the Rallroad- Avenue Extension Matter Up Again. The four brick walls of Miller & Lux’s cooler in Butchertown are finished, and the carpenter is proceeding with his por- tion of the work. : Erwin G. Rudolph of the firm says the “‘cooler” is somewhat of am experiment, but-he expects nothing short of success. Miller & Lux’s cattle are very richly fed on alfalfa, and the necessity of some cool- ing apparatus is apparent. ‘The cooling process is done by means of pipes filled with an hydrated ammonia, the tempera- ture being kept about 50 degrees, unlessa lower one is thought desirable. . About $23,000 will be expended on this adjunct to the slaughter-house. Mrs. Heinrich Meissner, who lives in the Bay View district on Twenty-ninth street, has been suffering with an aggravated form of hysteria ever since one of Miller & Lux’ teams collided with an electric-car on which she was riding on Kentucky street, near Nevada, last week. Her physician says he cannot yet tell to what exient she was injured. The shock she received has left her in a distressed condition. Her husband is one of a settlement of clam-diggers. The regular driver, John D. Barry, was not in charge of the team when the acci- dent occurred, Charles L. Taylor having been substituted for him while he was enjoying a short visit to Castorville. Taylor has the reputation in South San Francisco and Butchertown of being an expert with the lines, and has frequently distinguished himself with an eight-horse team along rough and muddy roads and in critical places. He manfully exonerated the motorman and conductor of the electric-car from all blame. It was clearly amishag. as one of the lead lines broke and Taylor had no way to properly manage the horses. Both of the injured horses have had-to be shot. The teamn had been a rather un- fortunate onme. While George Fairbanks was driving it, acting as a substitute for Barry about two_years ago, he was killed in a runaway. Previous to that a man named Waterman, also driving as a substi- tute, was seriously injured. An effort will be made by Dr. David B. Todd to have the matter of the extension of Railroad avenue to the Five-mile House brought again before the Boatd of Super- visors. When the petition for the exten- sion was submitted to the board, it was off- set by protests from property-owners on two blocks. Now, however, that the six months' time limit has expired, Dr. Todd proposes to EMh the project. The Market-street Railway Company would then extend its Kentucky-street and Railroad Avenue electric line to the Five- mile House, and that would give a com- lete electric railway circuit for _the otrero, South Ban Francisco and the Mis- sion. FPeople desiring to enjoy the salu- brity of the bay-side suburbs could go out via the Potrero and return via the Twenty- ninth and Mission-street line. The South San Francisco and Mission Mail is an exceptionally interesting paper, devoted to the entire southern' porbion of the City. The sons of E. B. Griffiths, an old newspsfier' man, for many years con- nected with the Detroit Free gress. con- duct thisjournalistic enterprise and cover the ground pretty well. The CALL repro- duces from it the following editorial: The Half-million Club is & good jdes and will undoubtediy be the means of benefiting San Francisco to a considerable extent, yet the first thing that should done is to make employment for the many idle workingmen who are here. Keep the workingmen at work and -hard times will be unheard of, and the population will soon reach the half-million mar< and go still higher. David W. Todd, a son of Dr. David B. Todd of South San Francisco, will finish his course at the Annapolis Naval Academy this month. He expects to be assigned to the Olympia, which is to_take the place of the Philadelphia soon at Honolulu and be- come the flagship of the Pacific squadron. Mr. Todd will enjoy the customary three months’ leave of absence. The informant of the CALL was laboring under a sliflhr. miupgnhension ‘yesterday when he alluded to the postoffice needs of South San Francisco. There is a sub- station there at Dr. M. A. McLaughlin’s store, on the corner of Rail and Eleventh avenues, which gives very good satisfaction to the people of that vicinity. There are between 500 and 600 school children in South S8an Francisco who every winter are compelled to wade through mud to reach the school, which is located on the corner of Fourteenth avenue and L street. A movement will be started to have that_portion of Fourteenth avenue, between and L streets, macadamized and lined with sidewalks. ——————— GERMAN BAPTIST CONFERENOE The First on the Coast Began Its Ses- - sion Last Night. The First German Baptist Conference on this coast opened in the little church, cor- ner of Sevenieenth and Dehone streets, last evening. Rev. W. C. Rabe of Portland, Or., preached the opening sermon from Proverbs xiv—34: “Righteousnessexalteth a nation, S nione T iing i elasmacd b 0N e visiting TS welcomd Rev. H.i. Dietz of the home church were: Rev. W. C. Rabe of Portland, Or.; Rev. Joseph Gronde of Stafford, Or.; Rev. Z. E. Kliewerizof Salem, Or.; Reyv. William Schunke of Bethany, Or', and Rev. Wil- liam Appel of Los Angeles. Pasadena and Anaheim are represented by letters. The customary church work will be taken up by the conference. It covers California and Oregon, and _as yet does not embrace “H many churches. Rev. Joseph Gronde will preach te-night. - ———— Marx Hopxixs INsTiTure oF AsT. Only one more week, Inmnm_mzma THE G- General Dimond 'T_alks.o.f Some i :of the Latest Proposed - Changes. - . COMPANIES T0 BE -REDUCED. Governor - Budd Wil Concentrate ‘and Fully Equip the Militia X Forge. : Major-General Dimond -sat -in his office at 202 Market street yesterday .aiternoon and talked of the National Guard and his hopes attending its reorganization accord ing to provisions of ‘the law enacted by the last” Legislature and. the disposition of Governor Budd, -who is commander-in- chief. % There i3 much speculation as to the pro- posed changes. - The Governor has started in to revolutionize theé. entire department, and being a wilitary officer himself, hav- ing risen from the ranks, the. belief is general: that- he will succeed in having three thoroughly equipped brigades. The reappointment of General Dimond, with additional honaors, and the appointment of Brigadier-General Warfield have been well received in military circles. *“It is the idea of the Governor to have the guard. most efficient,” said General Dimond yesterday, “‘and to that end we will co-opérate with him. He will proba- ably " réduce . the number of companies sixty or less. .The old law limited the number of companies to sixty-nine in- fantry ‘or artiltery, though we-have had seventy companies, artillery and cavalry, and fourcompaniés of the Naval Battalion. “TheNaval Battalion will probably be in- creased- to five companies, as their value was fully shown during the strike at Sac- raniento. The United States Government furnishés.the rifles aad equipment for the battalion; which is always ready for the field at the shortest notice. “The guard generally is in a lamentable state, and ‘the Governor means to givea shaking up all round. He has taken a deep interest. and exercised much care in the work of reorganization.. The Governor, himself theroughly educated to the needs of the: guard, 50: he served for yearsat Stockton and rose from the ranks through his own - eniergy and_ability, is certainly a most- competent judge as to the needs of the State in tiis respect. “Our- arms are obsolete, and we need new ones. - The men are absolutely with- out overcoats, and. should. they be called out for.service in winter they would suffer from exposure. In fact the companies are not equipped in any particular for service in the field. Now, the idea is to change the whole situation, to concentrate and im- prove the force. of companies the Governor hopes to be able to equip them from the present ap- propriation. “The Governor will also demand a more rigid examination of candidates by the ex- amining board. Each brigade has an ex- amining board of three officers. In the past officers coming before the boards with certificate of election have, it is thought, been dealt with too leniently in the matter of examination. The Governor bas taken a pronounced stand on this point. He will insist on having compe- tent and energetic officers, who will attend strictly to their duties and see that the men drill regularly. There will be no fa- voritism, but men and companies will be judged on their merits. ““Fhere will probably be a general spection, and the companies falling behind will be mustered out. In this way the number will be reduced from seventy, as at present, to under sixty. “gl‘here has been too much politics in the guard in the pastand much unnecessary strife engendered. Thus the actual work of the companies has been neglected. Now, the Governor, in whose gower everything rests, proposes to exclude all politics for work—hard, earnest, conscientious work. “In the appointment of Brigadier-Gen- eral Warfield the Governor has made a wise selection, He not oniy hasa splen- did war record, but he also served in the New York Guard, and is a man and a sol- dier of many and excellent parts. He is thorough! cquainted with the duty ora soldier, which is to obey orders under any and all circumstances.” General Warfieid will certainly be a valuable acquisition to the guard, and we will expect much from him.”’ DISCUSSED CAR FENDERS. Manager Vining Answers the Letter From the Civic Federa- tion. General Manager E. P. Vining of the Market-street Railway Company has ad- dressed a letter to the committee on safety of the Civic Federation. In the course of his letter he states that the committee has failed to distinguish the difference between a failure to comply with the law and a failure to comply with its interpretation of it. He then treats of the question of car fenders, a subject on which he has been interviewed. He states that such an npfllunce should be attached to the front of the car truck, for the reason that “‘the car body oscillates and rises and falls upon its springs much more than the car truck, and the amount of this oscilla- tion is greatest at the extreme end of the body; hence, a device attached to the iront of the car body cannot be brought as close to the pavement as can a sumilar de- vice attached to the car truck. Further- more, a car comes in every trip to some one or more points where the truck stands upon a level grade, while the front of the car body projects over a rising grade. Any device attached to the car body must be raised sufficiently high to clear the pave- ment under such circumstances, which would be more than one and a half inches, while for a guard attached to the trucks it is not necessary to make any such allow- ance. When an accident is imminent the motorman applies his brakes and the speed of the car is rapidly reduced, so that in most cases the speed at which the car ‘would be going at the time that a fender attached to the car truck reached a person lying upon the track would notexceed one-half the rate of speed at which the car ‘was moving when the front of the car body reached the same point.” Mr. Vining says further ‘that it is only because of the greater safety of the single- truck cars on the heavy grades that these are , and that it’ would have been fairer if the committee had mentioned the numerous instances where the company goes further than the law requires in its effort to protect human life and limb. 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