The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 12, 1895, Page 9

THE SAN FRAN JISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1895. THE HARRINGTON INQUEST “Murdered by Persons Un- known” the Verdict of the Coroner’s Jury, LEES AND BUCK ARE AT QUTS, Accusations Were In Order and All Hands Took the Opportunity | Glven. ‘We, the jury, find that Ellen Harring- ton, age 45 years. nativity Prince Edward Island, occupation housekeeper, single, residence 1017 Ellis street, City and County | of San Francisco, came to her death June | 1, 1895, at her residence, from cerebral | hemorrhage, and we further find that said | death was produced by assault of an un- known person or persons, between the hours of 12 » and 1:30 ». w.” The above verdict was found by the | Buck on_the train that left Broadway “Did he own a h 2 “Teop oy match factory ? ‘Was it burned down ?” “Yes, sir.” | :‘_};\’as there any insurance 2 ANO, SIr; the rates were too high, and my father carried the risk himself, In | consequence he lost everything. After the fire my father came to California and made anew start in life.” Charles S. Chamberlain of Forty-fifth streetand San Pablo avenue recollected, after some figuring, that he met Senator street, Oakland, at 1:07 . ». He fixed the time by the fact that he went to San Le- :mdr9 in the morning and had to get to the city during the afternoon. He reached Oakland from San Leandro at 12:14 p. M., went to Mr. Dennison’s office and wrote a couple of letters: walked three blocks to a restaurant, where he got his lunch, and walked back to Broadway and there | took the train. At Adeline station he saw Mr. Buck get in,and went back to the smoking-car to speak to him, as he had some fruitboxes to show him. They went on the steamer together, and all the way over discussed the packing of fruit. Captain Lees asked through the Coroner: “Did you say to Mr. Buck that the police had not subpenaed you?” “I told Fred Buck that no policeman had served a summons on me, but then I | did not know one had been left by Detec- | tive Cody.” | ‘“‘Then when you told Mr. Buck that, he served another subpena on you?” *Yes, sir.” Harriet Mary Sherwood, an artist living home 1 helped to get him to bed and re- ! mained with him until noon the nextday.” | A juror asked, “Had you any conversa- tion with him ?” “Yes, 1 had some conversation, but he appeared to be dazed. When I moved him | away from the fence he asked ‘Where are you taking me? I said ‘Home.” He looked at me a moment and then said, ‘This is not the way home.” Finally I per- suaded him to come along and got him to the house. His wife wanted to send for a doctor, but the injured man would not hear of it. Finally Miss Buck called a | physician, and he pronounced the case as | very dangerous.” John Isaac, Deputy Quarantine Officer of the Board of g{orticulture. rode from Marysville with the dead Senator and saw him leave the Sixteenth-street station about 11:45 p. M. ¥. Kano, the Japanese who was arrested ona charge of murdering Mrs, Harring- | ton, was the next witness. He described the various houses and named the streets on which he had sought lodgings. Finally he saw Miss Harrington’s sign and hada look at the room. The vrice was §9, but she offered it to him for $7. Kano oifered $6 50 and the bargain was closed. “I was given a pass-key and_know nothing more | about the matter. Ididnot u: and gave it to the man on Lar] when he asked me for it.” A juror—How long have you been in San Francisco? ‘‘About six years. I have never been out of the city except when I worked in Alameda for a short time.” Charles E. Hatch met Senator Buck be- the kev n street thing I have learned has been submitted to the Coroner, and through him to you. “That it was a murder there can be no doubt. It was a cold-blooded, deliberate a; ination, in which a woman was hacked to death and the perpetrator of the crime has so far escaped. The first blow was so heavy that it not only crushed in one side of her skull, but fractured the other side by the concussion. Immense force must have been used, so the mur- derer was a strong, able-bodied man. The first blow killed Miss Harrington, and the other wounds were only butchery, “Frank Buc w fit to moralize and I think I have a right to do the same thing. He says [ was prejudiced. I say Iwas not. I simply sought todo my duty. In the case of Mr. Chamberlain, he did” not know what train he left on until he had gone over the matter with Mr. Dennison. I rointed out this fact to Mr. Buck, and he being afraid that I would spoil his aiibi if 1 found his other witnesses to be in the same box as Chamberlain, elected to serve them himself. Mr. Chamberlain was here | when called and had the regular police subpena in his pocket. “No one regrets the death of Mr. Buck more than He held the missing link | that might have led us to the murderer, | but now we are groping in the dark. | . “Then as to those letters they were talk- | ing about. They have tried by every | means in their power to gain possession | of them, but no one save Krank Ryan of Sacramento, the attorney for Mrs. Jackson, has seen them except when they were placed in evidence here. I emphatically state that I have no preju- dice, and it would give me great pleasure to see Senator Buck’s character shining as clear as the noonday sun.” I o e {y opinion is that the inflicted with tne butt end heavy Colt revolver. The cut on the by the trigger. The jury was out twenty minutes be- fore bringing in a verdict. It exonerates Senator Buck, as his time from 12 to 1:30 P. M. has been fully accounted for. ETHICS OF CHRISTINIT, M. J. Fergusson Makes Practical Application of Doctrines. | | | Rev. The Institute of Applied Christianity Discussed Economlc Teach ings. There were ministers of various de- nominations, business men and women in- terested in philanthropic movements at the meeting of the Institute of Applied Christianity, which was held at the Third THE SIDE ARGUMENT BETWEEN BUCK AND CAPTAIN LEES, [Sketohed in the Coroner’s court yesterday for the “Cail” by Campbell.] er’s jury in the Harrington cese yes | | Thus ended the inquest into the death | of the woman who was murdered in her | home, at 1017 Ellis street, on the 1st inst. | The last day of the inquest was replete with incidents. Long before the jurors assembled Captain Lees was in evidence. | He took exception to a statement pub- | lished in an evening paper. Later in_the day he got into a contro- | versy with Frank Buck. The latter went on the stand and asserted that the head of the detective service was prejudiced, and had made up his mind that the wit- father had murdered Miss Harring- Captain Lees, contrary to his usual ton. mode of procedure, asked to be sworn and gave his testimony just gike any ordinary witness. He disproved ‘a number of Mr. Buck’s statements, and asserted that he was working for the good of the commu- nity, and that the only wish of his heart wes to bring the murderer to justice. Apart from the spat between Captain Lees and Mr. Buck there were 2 number of *‘side issues.” The principal one_was be- tween Mesdames Jackson and Ra¥‘. the sisters of Miss Harrington, and Frank Buck, the son of the dead Senator. In his eagerness to clear his father Frank sought to implicate the brother of the dead woman. He suggested questions to the Coroner which elicited the fact that the brother of the deceased was a drinking at 937 Adeline street, met Senator Buck shortly after 1 o'clock at the corner of Eighth and Adeline streets, as she was on her way home from 8an Francisco. | O. 1. Dennison remembered refreshing | Chamberlain’s memory in regard to catch- ing the train on which he met Senator Buck. Herman Muhr Jr. remembered Sendtor | Buck drawing Eichwede, Muhr & Co. for $100 between land 1:15 p. M. Edward J. Wale: California Bank, ified that a check Walter J. Freeman, a commercial tr: eler, told the circumstances surrou his finding Senator Buck leaning up ag: | and when a check in the office of | The lette: a clerk in the Anglo- | a | sworn., dated June 1 in favor of Eichwede, Muhr & | d Co. had been paid. | st | tween 2 and 3 p. M. in the building on the corner of Montgomery and Sacramento streets. This was on the 1st inst. W. Inglis of 142 Masonic avenue met | Miss Harrington at a_boarding-house on the corner of Eddy and Hyde streets and also at the Marguerite. They were friends, 1e was collecting coupons for cup contest he sent her some. gned by him and in the pos- session of the police was written on that occasion. At nis own request Captain Lees was He told all he knew_ about the ath of Miss Harrington and described the search for evidence. “From my in- vestigations,” said the captain, *‘I am con- vinced that no stranger ever committed this crime. It must have been some one famil- the count P man, and bad time and again_applied to his sisters for assistance. He and Mrs. Ray and the dead woman had had little “‘spats” over money matters, but he disap- peared a year ago and had not been heard irom since. For the asking of these questions Mrs. Ray ‘‘got even’ with Buck yesterday morning. She posted herself behind the Coroner and suggested questions which went into the early history of the dead Senator. “Who issued the blank subpenas to you?”’ Coroner Hawkins asked Buck. “Captain Lees sent them over to me by Detective Cody. I was in a little bit of a quandary and Mr. Cody said he would serve them for me if 1 so desired.” “Go right along, Mr. Buck,” said the Coroner. “From the newspapers I saw that there were letters among the dead woman’s effects written by my father. While I was positive there ~was nothing in them that could in any way connect my father with the crime, yet I thought there might be something in them that I woufil not like my mother to see. I went to Captain Lees and asked him to suppress them if there was nothing writ- ten that would advance the ends of justice. He told me he would see Chief Crowley. He did so, and came back to tell me the letters must be produced at the inquest. “I made anotger appeal. I sai Cap- tain, you have read those letters. You know their contents. If they only show that my father and Miss Harrington were on very intimate terms I cannot see that anything is to be gained by making them public.’ Captain Lees was obdurate, and the letters were read to you by myself at the instance of the Coroner. “In regard to the serving of the subpenas on the witnesses by whom 1 desired to prove an alibi, I wanted to do it myself because I thought Captain Lees had formed an opinion as to my father’s guilt and that therefore I could have more satisfaction in serving the summonses myself. Mr. Cham- berlain, whom we wanted particularly as a witness, told my brother that he had not ubpenaed. B be“"?{%w Eomd the fact that Chamberlain was not to be a witness make any dlfl’ex:— ence to you?”’ Captain Lees asked. ‘Don’t you know that he was subpenaed? Now, Mr. Buck, don’t you know that he was here yesterday 7"’ “Yes." «“Wasn’t he here Saturday ?” «I don’t know.” “Wasn't he sent out of the room on Snturdny along with the rest of the wit- nes;eu?’ 't in court then.” “I wasn . At the suggestion of Mrsl.( léent-lhy the ing questions were asked : fo!}o;v wl?ag part of Towa did your father [ » 0. P 1. DENNISON. KANO. CHARLES E. HATCH. CHARLES S. CHAMBERLAIN. WITNESSES AT THE HARRINGTON INQUEST YESTERDAY. [Sketched at the Coroner’s court by a “Call” artist.] a fence at the corner of Twelfth and Castro street. “I was on my bicycle.” said the witness, ‘‘and, seeing a crowd, I stopped. Senator Buck was in the middle of the throng and looked dazed. ‘Can I doany- thing for you, Senator? I asked. e looked at me for a moment and then said, ‘Walk to the corner with me.” I helped him to the corner and then he said, ‘Take me home,’ I got him as far as Grove street, but he did not want to get on the car. The conductor got angry and said, ‘I’ll leave you here, and you can catch the next car.” I persuaded him to wait a moment and got Mr. Buck on the dummy. 1 asked the conductor to hold him, and to make sure that he did so I rode beside the car to Adeline street. When I got him iar with the premises. Robbery was not the object as E;s and the bulk of Miss Har- rington’s jewelry was left behind. The murder was premeditated and the clothes were pulled out of the drawers and left hanging around in order to make a first- class conflagration. “I have run down ali and sundry con- nected with this case. I have had under surveillance Buck, Inglis and an_elderly gentleman named Fellows, who lives at the Marguerite. The latter came here to stay three weeks and has remained three years. He is an old man, wealihy, and never called upon Miss Harrington unless it was fo accompany another lady, a mu- tual acquaintance. Those are all the men Ican connect with this woman. Every- » ional Church last evening. In aced French woman | who is identified with Christian industrial work among her people of this City: “We are they who want to work outside as well as inside the church. If we work inside entirely we are stifled for air.” Rev. F. Flawith presided, and the speaker of the evening was Rev. M. J. Fergusson, whose topic was “Social and Economic Teachings of Jesus.” He said in part: “We believe if Christians applied the teachings of Jesus there would be neither | want nor injustice in the world. We should have the courage to follow those | teachings if they lead to revolution, and | they will do that'if applied. “‘The great all-inclusive principle enun- ciated in the New Testament is love. This | is the whole duty of man. It is the test of the true in life. Love to God and man are so interwoven that vou cannot do one without the other. We are to study so- | eiety, not to establish a new code so much as to learn to what extent the rules of society are in conformity with the law. ‘Love, says the apossle, ‘can do no wrong.' Itis wantof love that does the wrong. Another says in substance: ‘To love is to live; not to love is to die.” Love 1s as impartial as the rain and sunshine. It seeks no reward—not even gratitude. 1t 15 Christ’s aim that consciousness of the need of our neighbors will lead us to a spirit of love and helpfulness. ‘Whatso- ever ye would that men should do unto you do ye even so untothem.” This is the sum of ‘scriptural teachings as to the duty of love. Ience the principle as applied to | business means benevolence. In transact- ing business it isa man’s duty to consider the good of the other party in a bargain equally with his own. B eisaduty. It is a man’s busi- to shine as much as it is the business of a light. There are no limits as to ser- vice, except the competency of the giver and the needs, or ability to receive, of the recipient. Service where it is needed is not charity. It is justice. “Love enjoys the duty of giving con- stant and ‘willing service. Honest per- | formance is required by the law of love. He who does not give this honest service is a hypocrite. “Property is not the right of man, but man the right of property.” A greater part of our life is in relation "to property, and }'usl as that relation is right or wrong our 1ves are moral or immoral. A man who devotes his life fo_geiting on violates the law of love, righteousness, justice, the golden rule—whatever you choose to call it. We have biblical authority for calling such a man a fool. *‘Another principle I want to call your attention to is that of democracy. Do not, because of your measure of compe- tency permit no man to call you master. Such is the teaching of the Scriptures. ‘“The spirit of a man finds expression in his social life. That is the sum total of the teaching of Christ.” Rev. F. Flawith, ¥. Underwood, J.S. Clark, Rey. E. J. Dupuy, Mrs. J. T. Mc- Donald, Rev. J. E. Scott, N. Sodenberg and others shared in the general discussion of a practical nature which followed. “The law of society is that we must live selfishly or die. How shall we reverse that law ?” said one of the speakers. ‘It is the purpose of this institute to solve that problem,” was the answer. “If we cannot solve it now, we study its solu- tion.” The membership of the institute is about forty, and there have been a num- ber of applications upon which action will be taken. Rev. J. A. Cruzan will address the in- i stitute at the next meeting, on the 18th inst, on the subject of “Christianity as Applied to the Employer,”” and on the 25th inst. E. B. Dennett will speak of *Chris- tianity as Applied to the Employe.” FOX-TERRIER CLUB. The Charges Against Judge Davidson Will Not End With the Kennel Club’s Decision. The Pacific Fox-terrier Club held its first meeting last evening since the recent bench show. Nothingof any importance was transacted. The members called for action on the letter from Mr. Martin to the Pacific Kennel Club in reference to certain charges made against Judge Davidson. It will ‘be remembered that Mr. Martin’s letter was cast aside by the presiding officer of the Pacific Kennel Club at its last meeting because the writer and those whose names were included were not mem- bers of the club in question. The Fox-terrier Club proposes to have a. thorough investigation, and the matter will be brought to the attention of the American Kennel Club. Judge Davidson bas been accused by some of the exhibitors of fox-terriers at the recent bench show of having been influenced in his decisions. It is rumored that the Fox-terrier Club and St. Bernard Club will giveabench show next year, regardless of what the Pacific Kennel Club may do in the way of an ex- hibition. —_———— For a nice present choose a banquet lamp, onyx table or framed {lcture. The largest as- sortment and lowest prices at Sanborn & Vail’s, * ——— In the last five years the population of France has decreased. L BARNARD HAS RESIGNED. The Lick Astronomer Goes to Yerkes’ Observatory at Chicago. HE WILL STAY TILL OCTOBER. University Regents Consider the Plan to Charge a Small Fee for Tuition. Professor Barnard of tue Lick Observa- tory will resign his connection with the faculty of the University of California to accept the chair of astronomy at the Chi- cago University. Yesterday at the meet- ing of the regents of the Univ v of California, Professor Barnard submitted his letter of resignation. It is to take effect October 1 and reads as follows: Gentlemen: 1 herewith beg to hand you my resignation as astronomer of the Lick Obsery- atory. - I have received a call to & similar position in the Yerkes Observatory in connection with their new 40-inch telescope. The title of the position is};miussm’ of astronomy in the Uni- versity of Chicago. Asit has several times been stated in the public prints thatI nad accepted the above posi- tion, I wish to state that though the offer has been under consideration for some time, I have 1ot up to the present moment accepted it. But in the same mail with this, my resigna- tion, goes my acceptance of the position at Chicago. 1t hus been a long and bitter struggle on my part, extending over many months, to make this final decision, so attached had I become to California and its'people. It has but recently been intimated in the public papers that I was simply sending in my resignation to effect an increase of salary or to gain other favors. That my denial of this may De sufficiently emphatic I have in the same mail forwarded my acceptance of the position at Chicago, and this is final. The salary I have received at the Lick Ob- servatory for the past three years has been perfectly satisfactory to me. In thus retiring from the Lick Observatory I wish to express my sincere thanks to the regents of lKe University of California for the many acts of kindness and courtesy they have always extended to me. I shail never forget this kindness, and shall hence carry through life with me & keen sense of gratitude to them and the people of California. Especially would I beg to express my hearti- est appreciation of the kindness and considera- tion shown me throughout my connection with the Lick Observatory by Hon. T. G. Phelps, chairman of the Lick Observatory committee, whose deep interest in the welfare of this great observatory has ever been characteristic of all his actions, and whose dealings with the astronomers here have always been marked by the deepest consideration for their welfare and for the advancement of the fame of the ob- servatory. 1 beg ‘al<o to tender the same hearty appre- clation to the other members of the same com- mittee for kindness shown me. In this leaving I feel a sincere pride in hay- ing been able to add what little I could to make James Lick’s ambition a permanent and lasting fact for all time. It has been intimated in a newspaper report that besides my salary there were certain per- quisites falling to me through my position Liere. This statement is not true. My writings and lectures have always been {ree, as they should be. In return for my lec- tures 1n California [ have simply received my actual traveling expenses. I have two requests to make to the board of regents, First—I am engaged ia making certain im- portant observations—a micrometrical deter- mination of the position of the fainter satel- lites and observations of some of the more dif- ficult double stars, and of my photographic work. As this is work 1 wish t0_complete this summer, during the favorable observing weather, I beg that my resignation be per- mitted not to take place unti} October 1, 1895. Second—I have now before the Lick Ob- servatory committee a request for the publica- tion of my comet, nebular and stellar photo- raphs, made here with the Willard portrait ens, the instrument presented to the Lick Observatory by Colonel C. F. Crocker. These pictures are of extreme importance to astronomy and will be of the highest credit to the Lick Observatory. The correspondence concerning them is in the hands of the Lick Observatory committee, I beg that these pho- tographs be published before my connection with the observatory ceases, if recommended by the committee. Very respectfully, E. E. BARNARD. The report of the joint committee con- sisting of the finance and internal ad- ministrdtion committees was read before the regents of the University of California at their regular meeting yesterday. Budgets on viticulture, forestry and ex- periment stations were approved, and also a form of receipt to the James Lick trust for final payment of the third trust on the Lick Observatory. Loans amounting to $100,000 on property in this City and in Oakland were approved, and $500 appropriated to pay the expenses of a committee to visit the islands off the coast of Southern California to collect specimens for use in the scientific depart- ments of the university. A letter from the finance committee was read. It named the amount of the present deficit as $17,000. There has been nearly 100 per cent increase in attendance at the university during the last four years. The finance committee recommended the fol- lowing resolution: Owing to the large number of young men and women awaiting and demeanding admis- sion to the university the board of regents finds itself unable to provide the means re- quired to maintain the several departments of the university in an efficient and satisfactory manner, excépt resorting to the imposition of a rate of tuition; therefore, be it Resolved, That a tuition fee of $25 an academic term be required of all students, pay- able in two installments of $12 50 each at the be%innhlg of each semester; provided that the holders of the scholarships now established and the holders of seventy-five scholarships to be established, be exempt from the payment of this tuition fee. The resolution caused considerable argu- ment and resulted in a postponement of the matter until the next meeting. SAN RAFAEL. PATRIDTIS Great Preparations Are Being Made for the Fourth of July. Successful Cadets at the Academy. Bicycling All the Go—Other News. The Fourth of July committee of San Raifael, consisting of Chief Almy of the Fire Department, City Treasurer Johnson and Coroner Eden, is making great prep- arations for the proper celebration of the National holiday. Chief Almy is person- ally superintending the arrangements at the park for the picnic,and A. P. Hotaling has offered his opera-house for the literary and musical exercises. A feature of the day will be the singing of the school children. Professor Dunne hopes to make a good showing. They will sing the good oid patriotic song of the “Star-spangled Banner,” the National an- them and others dear to the American heart. Company D of the Fifth Infantry, now in camp at Petaluma, will turn out with the Fire Department in a street parade and the San Rafael Bicycle Club will join the procession on seventy-five safeties, decor- ated with the National colors. Secretary Hock is losing no time in getting up a good programme. Captain W. Elliott was not very well satisfied with the poor showing made by Company D, when it first went into camp last Saturday. Only sixteen of the boys in blue answered rollcall when the tents were to be pitched. He was in town yes- terday. drumming the stay-at-homes in line, ‘and hopes to be able to muster fifty or more for to-morrow’s reveille. At the Hotel Rafael the guests are look- NEW TO-DAY: fi/[mcorzmnflm] 937, 939, 941 Market Streat, SAN FRANCISCO. AN i, M@ML’J %’@R] h{ " EEONOMICAT Y (10000 DEM SILIKS = DRESS GOODS= FIRIE LINERS=DUCIKS- MUSILINGS = CURITATR W RIBBONSILACE [FIC, e TUIRSDAS” FJDJ\’L%EI%Q;\? ATURRY A thousands of Remnants have accumulated during the wonderful selling of the past two months, so many that it is absolutely necessary to dispose of them at once. THESE THOUSANDS UPON N EVERY DEPARTMENT YOU will find Remnants—Broken color lines, odd sizes of Under=- wear, short lengths—the last one or two of a thing, all this season’s goods and all marked down one- third to one-half their value. Come early and avoid the crowds. ing forward to the eighth annual lawn tennis tournament for the championshi of the Pacific States, which is to be hel on the 2d, 3d and 4th of next month at the courts of the hotei, the final round to be H_Iayed at2o'clock p. M. on the Fourth. he winner will be called upon to play Champion Samuel Hardy for the $200 trophy, which is to go to the player who can make a record of being champion three times, though not necessarily in suc- cession, The tournament committee consists of R..J. Whitney, D. E. Allison Jr. and Walter Magee, President A. B. Wilber- force to be the referee. Besides these éemlemen, A. A. Dewing, A. Starr-Keeler, r. John Spencer, A. J.Treat and A. E. Kaeser are officially interested as tennis enthusiasts. A grand ball on the evening of the Fourth, with the distribution of prizes on the following day, will wind up the tour- nament. The next tennis gathering will be in September. There were twelve graduates at the Mount Tamalpais Military Academy this vear, namely: H. F. Brizard of Arcaia, nk L. Smyth, Benjamin Upham and Norman Wright of San Francisco; B. C. Hatch of Vacaville, Stewart McDonald of Santa Rosa, Hudson Smythe of Stockton, Louis Simpson and EdC. Treadwell of QOakland, Edwin W.Woods ot College Park, Irvine Noble and Horace L. Sartori of S8an Rafael. Through the courtesy of the Journal the CaLy is informed that the three cadets showing the highest degree of military proficiency during the year were: Hudson Smythe of Stockton, Edwin J. Woods of College Park, and Henry F. Brizard of Arcata. At the exercises United States District Judge Morrow presented, in the name of the ladies of San Rafael, a beautiful silk banner, which little Miss Louisiana Foster carried up to the rostrum. Rev. J. W. Dinsmore of San Jose made the address to the school, a duet was sung by Miss Crosby and Miss Grace McDonald, and essays were delivered by graduates as follows: ““Artillery,” Stewart McDonald of Santa Rosa; “Mythology,” Irvine Noble of San Rafael; “The Education of the Blind,” Louis Simpson of Oakland; ‘“History of the Development of Culture,” Henry F. Brizard of Arcata, and ‘“The Crusades,” Edwin W. Weods of College Park. The exercises were held in the beautiful new stone church—the First Presbyterian— just adjoining the school and occapying the corner of iinh avenue and E street. The Mount View Hotel at Ross Valley was formally opened last Saturday by a literary and musical programme, in which Mr. and Mrs. Marriner Campbell; Alfred Wilkie, John L. Housman, John Wilson and Miss Gruenhagen, the violinist, partici- pated. There was also a_comedietta, “My Uncle’s Will,” the amusing characters of which were impersonated by Richard Ho- taling, Frank L. Matthien and Holbrook Blinn. As Miss Florence Marigold, Mr. Hotaling provoked many a good Jaugh. About 200 people were present. The hotel was the old Fisher mansion—a capacions white building of the Southern plantation style—which A. P. Hotaling has acquired and leased to Mrs. Martin Leach. He has buit an addition of sixty rooms. Among the numerous improvements in the building line Frank Johnson’s is the most conspicuous. He is just finishing an addition to his house east of the Hotel Rafael for the accommodation of his sister, Mrs. Glass. Lieutenant A. F. Fechteler has completed his new residence on Irwin street. The Mahon House has been opened up. Denis Donohoe Jr. has a new home and Lieutenant Hasson has remodeled his domicile opposite the Hotel Rafael. Dr. Frank Cornwall is putting up a residence of much artistic beauty. l\rgs. Toner is also having built & model home on Peta- luma avenue, Dr. Frank Corwall, whose office is in this city, is having an elegant and costly residence erected. At the commencement exercises of Dominican College diplomas were awarded to Misses Margaret H. Flanagan, Stella Fleming, Beatrice C. Hawkins, Elizabeth L. Kavanagh, Mary E. Randai], May A. Sullivan and Estelle Ward. Father Lagan addressed the class in a happy vein. Miss Estella Ward delivered the valedictory. Medals for mathematics, good conduct and needlework were awarded respectively to Misses Minnehan, Burke and Butler, witi special mention in mathematics of Mis: Butler, and in needlework of Miss Mce Isaacs. According to the official school-censng statisties just completed by Superintend ent Furlong, the total number of children in Marin County under 17 years of age is found to be 3772, which isa gain of 120 over last year. Of the total mentioned 2704 are over 5 years of age. Only 113 children in the entire county are foreign born. The total juvenile population of San Rafael district is 1203, a gain of 103 children. Editor Barstow of the Journal suggests the name of Rev. David Claiborne Garrett, rector of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Seattle, Wash., as a good man for Bishop of the new Protestant Episcopal diocese of Southern California. Mr. Barstow expects to go into camp at Bolinas soon. Bicycling is all the go at San Rafael. Al} the streets are in goofeondition and fairly level and there are numerous delightful roads. To macadamize its streets has cost | the city over §250,000, and nearly all the sidewalks are concrete. Among the bicycle enthusiasts are Dr. 8, M. Augustine, A. N. Boyen, Henry Peter- son, County Treasurer T. J. Fallon, W. J. Belcher and William and Peter Crane. At the last race, which was from the court- house to Fairfax, on Decoration day, b; the Bay View Wheelmen, Captain f. Schlosser won, with F. Blake second and William Robertson third. The others in the race were Roy Barney, Arthur E. Scott, George Murray, J. P, Lacerda, Stephen Eden, N. Emhoff and I. Barnum. A run was made by the Bay City Wheel« men to Sausalito last Sunday after being photographed by McMillan. James H. Wilkins, editcr of the Tocsin, is just getting around after a severe spell of sickness, during which it was necessar: for him to have three operations pcr(ormes for an abscess. He is home again from Highland Springs, Lake County. R = Amos Acknowledged It. “I understand, Uncle Amos, that you have given up preaching?”’ said the Mayor to an old colored man who had charge of a church in an American State for some years. “Yes, boss, I'se stepped aside.” “Why did you leave.”” “Wal, dar was numerous pressures brought to bear agin the old man. 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