The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 23, 1895, Page 24

24 THE SAN FRANCISCO OALt, SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 1895 MERCHANTS' ASSOCIATION, The New Board of Directors’ First Address to the Members. FLAN OF ACTION OUTLINED. Important Questions Submitted In Order to Secure Popular Opinions. At a recent meeting of the new board of directors of the Merchants’ Association it was decided that a plan of action for the ensuing year was necessary for its guid- anc umerous suggestions were made orally and in writing. In order to properly ar- range a plan Messrs. Freud and Doane were appointed as a committee to outline the work on such matters as have been de- cided. Many questions have arisen which the directors wish to submit to members of the organization and the taxpayers. To accomplish this the committee will issue the following circular and inquiries: MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION, ( Sa ANCIECO, June 22, 1895. The directors of the Merchants’ Association, wishing to formulate practical plans for their work for the year for which they have been elected, have adopted the following principles as part of their platform: 1. Encouragement of such legitimate enter- prises as will add to the prosperity ot our City and attract health, pleasure and home seekers 10 our State. 2. Co-operation with the City officials in en- forcing the laws and ordinances to advance and protect the prosperity, health and comfort of our inhabitants, and taking an active in- terest in the care of our public institutions. 3. Prompt discharge of the City’'s debts and obligations, just treatment of City creditors and employes, economy in municipal adminis- tration, liberality in appropriations for needed improvements and strict honesty in spending the amount o appropriated. Enactment and enforcement of ordinances that will give us clean and wholesome streets. To more particularly carry out the last men- tioned object the measures mentioned below will be recommended and as far as possible carried out. In addition, matters of great importance will shortiy have to be decided by the people and its mu pal officers, and in order to take the position in regard to these matters which will ully represent the wishes of our members and taxpayers we inclose alist of questions to which we esk you to give your answers, to- gether with such additional Suggestions as you may wish to make for the benefit of the Cit By promptly complying with this request you will greatly encourage the board of directors in continuing its work. For the improvement of our streets; suppres ing nuisances—To more fully prevent the tribution of hand bills in all parts of the City. To secure greater care in handling garbage, sawdust, sand and all other kinds of debris, while such substances are being hauled through the streets, To compel contractors and others making fmprovements, erecting buildings, or making Tepairs, to provide tight boxes for holding all materials that can be scattered about the streets by the wind or left thereon, such as mortar, sand, lime or similar material and pre- pare the same for use in such receptacle: To sce that the ordinance is enforced, which Tequires vecant lots to be fenced in to avoid accumulation of sand and dirt on the streets and sidewa 1 those who deposit in the street de- tever character to immediately re- move the same. To compel those who are engaged in remoy- ing debris—such as broken bricks, plaster, ete. —to dampen the same, so that no dust shall be created in the operation of removal. To cause those who remove garbage from the business districts to do so between the hours ©0f 9 P.x. and 9 A, M. of each day. ‘To compel contractors and holders of fran- chises to complete their contracts promptly on agrecd time, and to refuse all applications for extension of time, except upon satisfactory Proof that such extension is needed for reasons beyvond the control of the contractor and not for the purpose of speculation on such con- tracts or iranchises. Care and Repair of Streets—To revise speci- fications for verious kinds of streetwork so as to secure the best possible resnlts. To institute a syztem by which all contrac- tors shall be held responsible for repairs of their work for e period of five years after its completion. To carefully super tors to see that all con ood faith. '0 secure the passage of ordinances by which the City shall open and close the surface of ail streets that may be excavated by corporations, contractors or others. To prevent the use of certain streets by heavy teams and express-wagons, and to regulate the width of tire To ascertain and secure the best kinds of pavement for heavy traffic. To secure the substitution of noiseless pave- ment on streets of general traffic, of less than 8 per_cent grad, rever basalt blocks or cobbles are now in u In order to get an expression of opinion from members of the association and the taxpayers the directors attach the follow- ing questions to the circular: Shall the City hereafter accept any streets paved with cobbles, except where the steep grades actually require the same? Where cobbles (otherwise in good repair) form the present pavement,do you think the City should pay half or part of the cost, when- ever property-owners are ready to pay the bal. ence, until such time as a general system of imvrovement is adopted? When accepted streets Tequire extensive re- airs, shall the City appropriate sufficient unds to put down new, hofseless pavement (grades permitting), in place of theold pave- ment? se the work of contrac- racts are complied with ou favor expenditure of funds for the es- tablishment of boulevards in this City and con- necting the City with suburban and more dis- tant points? Which streets sk d be made available as boulevards by refusing the grant of street rail- way franchises on same? Ate you in favor of re-establishing a commis- sion to prepare. and submit plans for a perfect sewer system, including underground conauits where required? Do you favor increasing the next tax levy by a special amount for street improvement) I 0, how much? Shell the City be bonded as soon as possible for sufficient funds to improve the system of street sewers and repair such of our principal streets as are not already in good order? Are you in favor of the introduction of civil service and business methods in all municipal ;-gnsrs, thus freeing the same from party pol- cs? . Do you favor the new charter to obtain Pproper machinery for carrying out extensive plans of improvement? GOLDEN GATE AVENUE, Numerous Petitioners Ask the Board of Supervisors to Declare It a Boulevard. At the suggestion of a number of prop- erty-owners and persons engaged in* busi- ness on Golden Gate avenue Dorn & Dorn, attorneys-at-law, have prepared a petition asking that Golden Gate avenue be de- clared a boulevard, and after the signa- tures of the persons interested have been annexed it will be presented to the Board of Supervisors for them to act upon at their own discretion. Following is the petition: We, the undersigned property-owners and per- sonsengaged in business on Golden Gate avenne in the City and County of San Francisco, State of California, hereby petition your honorable board to declare said Golden Gate avenue e boulevard, thereby preventing the incon- vemence of heayy and undesirable traffic on said avenue and to the end that said avenue mey be kept in a proper and suitable condition. MUSIO INSPIRED ROWAN. Why < Coppelia” Was Played at a Colima Survivor's Benefit Concert. Members of Scheel’s orchestra mustered in force at the benefit concert to Gustave Rowan yesterday afternoon in Metropoli- tan Temple. The audience was small but select, elezant matinee millinery being much in evidence. In spite of the preponderance of ladies, there was enthusiastic applause for all the numbers of a really excellent performance. The concert concluded with the ballet music from “Coppelia,” by Leo Delibes, respecting which the singular story is told I that when Gustave Rowan was battling with the waves after the wreck of the Colima he became exhausted and sank. Although he could only have been under the water a few seconds, before rising again, as the drowning always do, when unincumbered, he had time,in his semi- unconsciousness, to hear the whole of this ballet music, with which he was famiHar, ringing in his head as if an orchestra had plaved it. On rising to the surface he felt so0 inspired by the lively strain that he was enabled to throw off his lethargy, and cling to a passing spar. As Rowan asserts that the ballet music from “Coppelia” saved his life, it was put on the programme of his benetit concert. The rest of the music, which was per- formed under Scheel’s leadership, was as follows: Funeral march of the “Symphonie Eroica’” (L. v. Beethoven); overture, “Athalia” (Mende sohn); “Celebre Largo” (Haydn); ‘“Les Pr ludes” (Fr. Liszt); overture, “Egmont” (L. v. Beethoven); “Dreams on the Ocean,” Valse (Gung’l); Pilgerchor and Lied an den Abend- stern from “Tannhauser” (Wagner). STHEEL WILL K0T PAY, But He Intends to Play His Contract at the Mechanics’ Fair. The Union Will Make an Effort to Have HIis Case Recon- . sidered. When Scheel heard on Friday that he was to be boycotted by order of the National League of Musicians, he gave vent to little expression of opinion beyond saying that the claim was an unjust one. and that he had not the money to pay. Yesterday, however, he had thought the matter over, and, sustained and fortified by the sympathy of his musicians who had railied round him at the Rowan con- cert, he expressed his ultimatum in no un- certain voice. “If I had $10,000 T would not satisfy such an unfair demand,” he exclaimed, and a chorus of voices murmured assent to there being no doubt about the injustice. “We are good union men,” added one of the violins, “‘but we intend to have this case retried.” ‘‘We consider that the local lodge is en- titled to a good deal more consideration ir the matter than the National League has given it. “They talk about the Supreme Court, but I do not see the connection,’ continned Scheel, speaking volubly in German. “If the Police Court dismisses a case does it go to the Supreme Court? Of course, it does not, and yet the local lodge, an inferlor tribunal, found that L did not owe the $1100. After that, according to legal prece- dent, the case should have been dis- missed,” On Tuesday a meeting of the loca! Musi- cians’ Union will be held in order to take steps to induce the National League to re- consider its decision. Scheel’'s men are confident that if their conductor’s side of the case had been fully represented at the National convention he would never have been condemned to- pay the amount claimed by thie men from New York. Steps will also be taken on Tuesday to | see if the boycotting, wnich should come into force on Tuesday next, cannot be sus- pended pending the attempt to obtain a reconsideration of the evidence from the National body. Scheel has obtained the contract to con- duct at the Mechanics’ Fair, and if no re- consideration can be objained he will be placed in the iml ble position of having to pay a sum which he has not got or of conducting without an orchestra. ““The contract is here,” he said_after the concert yesterday, tapping his right-hand i)ocket significantly. I shall play it, and shall do so_without paying the required demands which the Na.ional League have imposed upon me.’ e TO AN EX-CITY EDITOR. Presentation of a Silver Detail Book to A. M. Lawrence, Who Re- cently Resigned. Atmidnight the Examiner staff began to assemble at Norman’s. Even the ladies | came, ‘‘Annie Laurie,” Miss Cunningham, Mrs. Denicke—all of them, in fact. By and by the ex-City editor came—A. M. Law- rence; ‘““Andy,” as the boys know him. Somebody “steered” him in to “see a man.”” Wkat he saw surprised him— nearly all of his old associates on the Ex- aminer. Ned Hamilton had something in his hand when he stepped out to greet Andy as though he was the last person in the world expected. Then he opened out the thing in his hand and made a speech— *‘long service as City editor—diffienlt posi- tion to fill—tokens of esteem from former associates, and all that. Andy was amazed. He took the thing from Ned’s hand—a solid silver detail book, laid on a pad of sapphire blue velvet, and inscribed with allpthe names of the donors about in this shape: THE EXAMINER. 8Sax Fraxcrsco, June 16, 1895. Crry Entror, A. M. LAWRENCE. ASSISTANTS, Lathrop, Murphy. HT EDITOR, TUFTS. SPECIAL STAFF, Black, Dessler, Hamilton, Michelson, “Annie Laurle,” Ziegentuss, Hart, Off. Irwin ‘ughton . Police ad Police Cour:s -Woman's Congress ....Colima wreck -0id Hall and Morzue Outside Stations Levingston-Tum Suden Scrap .. Dr. Plouf Murder Religious Durrant Case Tingion Case alvation Army Crowley McGuire. “Friends, associates—" began Andy. His ageech was brief but pregnant. “Then there was good cheer, solid and fluid. It wasa late watch ard low jinks all in one, and the ladies enjoyed it asone of the ex- periences of a lifetime. It was after this paper went to press that “Thirty’’ was given out and Norman allowed to shut up. | This is the second time Mr. Lawrence has been City editor of the Examiner. and his recent resignation from that position, together with his expressed intention of retiring from the profession entirely, came as a great surprise to most of the news; {x:‘r writers in the City. Mr. and hfi-:. wrence will spend the summer at Santa Catalina and then sail for Honolulu, ——————— A Family Jar. GREAT AMERICAN IMPORTING TEA CO.'S Stores are selling MASON FRUIT JARS At greatly reduc 1 dozen fars, pints, in box . % e 1 dozen jars, quarts, in box. 1 dozen jars, half gallons, in box 80c VALLEY ROAD BUILDING, J.S. Wilbur Appointed Division EngineertoSuperintend Work. INSTRUCTED TO BEGIN NOW. Every Mile Lald Means a Million Dollars of New Wealth to California.; J.S. Wilbur, a son-in-Jaw of I. R. Wil- bur, right-of-way agent of the San Fran- cisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway, has been appowted division engineer, with headquarters at Stockton. It will be his duty to superintend construction of the road and perform surveying work in con- nection with certain properties on the right of way. Engineer Wilbur left for Stockton Fri- day evening with a surveying outlit and instructions to begin work allotted to him at once. He will employ three assistants in that city, who will help him in making surveys and attend to defails of receiving materials and later in various departments of construction work. “The first thing to be dome by Mr. Wil- buris to survey some property in Stock- ton which stands upon the route laid out, and will have to be purchased by the Stockton Commercial Association,” Chief Engineer Storey explained yesterday. ‘It is necessary to have special surveys of the proverty, as it will be deeded to the com- pany. As soon as that is done he will get ready for construction. The deeds will then come in without much delay. His next duty will be to stake out levels of em- bankments and receive material, which will begin pouring in in another two or three weeks. 5 “Until the road is finished to the Stanis- laus River he will remain on that division, but when construction is begun below that point he and his assistants will move into Stanislaus County. “It will take ten days to getin bids on grading, and within two weeks after I advertise for these bids the directors will lev these contracts. After that the con- tractors can have their men and materials on the ground in three or four days, all ready to begin operations.” P. A. Buell of Stockton, who all through has been a leading spirit in the Valley road enterprise as shared by the people of his city, makes a remarkable showing for the railwayv in a letter to the Daily Report, as follows: I consider that Stockton, in offering induee- ments of terminal facilities costing $100,000 and twenty-five miles of right of way through the country, in addition to_$100.000 subserip- tion to the cavital stock of the railway com. pany, has set a mark ' which for liberality will not be equaled. Large as has been the bonus Stockton is already recciving a large return on the in- vestment even before the work of construction has commenced. This iz true also of the surrounding country. Inquiries have been coming in for some time regarding lands suit- able for colonization purposes, and I under- stand that many large bodies of land have already been bought for that purpose. The building of the Valiey road has stimu- lated many enterprises that have heretofore been lagging. tance I would cite the. builaing of th s and San Jorquin Water Company's svstem of canals and flumes for irrigating 400,000 acres of land lying south and east of Stockton, the work on which 1s now being pushed to completion by the owners of large tracts of land which will be traversed by the Valley road. They realize that with cheap transportation facilities these lands will be rapidly settled up by peovle from the Western States, who are already making investigations, There {3 no question but that a great wave of prosperity will follow the line of construction of the railroad and will reach far beyond the territory immediately affected. The owners and builders of this great enter- price are deserving of the everlasting gratitude of the people of this State. This will apply especiully to the directors of the road, who are giving so much of their valuable time to the pushing forward of this enterprise. They have accomplished wonderful results in the short space of four months, as they now have everything orderea for the purpose of constraction, including the engines and cars. In a few days our people will have fulfilled their contract and the right of way from Stock- ton to the Stanislaus River will be turned over to the railway company_ ready for the graders. The energetic men who have charge of the con- struetion will lay down the ties and roils ata rate never before equaled, and every mile Jaid will mean a million dollars of new wealth to California. The following letter was addressed yes- terday' by the secretary of the Manufac- turers’ Association to Robert Watt, acting president of the Valley road, compliment- ing the directors on their action in favor of California industries: SAN Fr 18¢0, June 21, 18! Robert Watt Esq.. Acting President” San cisco and San_Joaguin Valley Railroad, DEAw Sik: Noting the article in the City press this morning in regard to the lettingof the coutract for 100 flatcars and fifty boxcars to John Hammond & Co., T desire on behalf of the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Association of California to thgnk your board of directors, through you, for the siand taken by your c pany in the matter of patronizing California manufactures, Iam, for the association, yours ¥ L. R. MEAD, secretary. n- ty— WARDS OF NEW YORK. An Average of 16,000 Persons Con- stantly in the Various Institutions. The number of persons in the charge of the Board of Charities and Correction, which the present Legislature proposes to divide into two devartments, that of char- ities and that of correction. dees not vary much from 16,000. Occasionally in wintes the figures mount higher; in summer they fall below 16,000, but that is the regular or general average. The population of New York, consisting of those in prison under conviction or awaiting trial, is much less than is popu- larly supposed. By the last report of the commissioners, it seems that the number of persons in the Tombs on April was 420, which is not a very large number for a city of 2,000,000 inhabitants. The total number of persons awaiting trial in the District Court prisons at that time was 203, a_still smaller number when it is considered that the Police Courts of New York dispose of that number of cases a day on an average, In the penitentiary on Blackwells Island at that time the total number of " prisoners was 1223, The total number of persons in custody in New York on criminal charges is less than one-tenth of one per cent of the whole population of the city. In the alms- house for indigent persons there were on Avpril 1, 2080 inmates; in the workbouse, 1477; on Randalls Island, 400 children, and in the city insane asylums, 6547 per- sons. These figures do not include per- sons in city hospitals, who are usually in- cluded as wards of the Commissioners of Charities and Correction. At the time of the last report there were 557 inmates of Bellevue, 35 of the Gouv- erneur Hospital, 34 of the Harlem Hos- pital, 31 of the Fordham Hospital, 184 of the Infants’ Hospital, 471 of the Metropoli- tan Hospital and 747 of the City Hospital. In additign to these there were 118 in- mates of the Blind Asylum, 105 of the hos- ital for incurablas and 308 of the Colored ome.—New York Sun. Special Baggage Notice. Round-trip transfer tickets on sale at re duced rates at our office oxLy. One trunk, round trip, 50 cents; single trip, 35 cents. Morton Special Delivery. 31 Geary street, 408 Taylor streetand Oakland ferry depot.* —————— A simple and effective preventive for flies is the presence of sweet cloverin a Inspect our Improved Jelly Glasses, Ice Cream and Berry Sets of 7 pieces, 25c, 85¢ and 50¢ per set. Our prices for Teas and Coftees the lowest. Buying directly from ussaves middlemen's and profits. i room. Flies have an especial objection to the plantand quickly make their escape from any place in which it is kept. e Books BouNp.—Reasonable, rapid, reliable Binding dep't. Mysell & Rollins, 521 Clay st. * A A A e P e e e NN A PN where. the summer boy happy excursions these prices. We of them. M blue, black or whity £ baraain. 5.3 lots of hard usag $125 Boys’ Waists. We’ve got an unusually nice assortment just now, to fit out or to wear here at home either. Here’s a few sample prices just to set vou thinking. You can buy Sweaters for $1, $2 and $3 elsewhere, but not the same qualitics as those we oifer at that our goods are all better than any one else’s, but in many = stances we give better qualities for the same price. OR YOUTH'S SWEATERS, rictly all wool, heav A few dozen oanly at these ex= tremely low prices. if vou want tu secure a hammock COLORED MEXICAN GRASS HAMMOCKS, full size, rope edge, reduced from $1 00 to. MEXICAN GRASS HAM with stout bralded edgs NEW TO-DAY -DRY GOODS. Use tne matl here personally. ONE THING THEY AGREE UPON. There is no choice for these ladies, when they mount their tandem. together, and if they run into a rut or rock—fall together. to buying their dry goods it’s a different proposition. stores in this city that a woman can choose from that it is really remarkable the unanimity of opinion that seems to exist that they can do better here than else= The “tandem’” which brin is lowest prices, straightforward business-like treatment, of returning goods that are not as represented. gs the crowd here dail, while on your vacation. service the same as though youcame There are so manv good v as if by one impulse, Order Departmeat Prices and But when it comes 7 and the privilege 937 , 939, 941 SAN F WOVEN CORD HAM pillows and_iron The $1 75 to 81 on his many in the country We PERCALE BLOUSE, larze saflor them than exclusive stationers CAMELLIN collar, rfied tfronts. light or £()C do. A fine line of fashionable A ark Colors, ages 3 to 8 years, and < it i e s ! San | Writing paper at popular prices LAWN BLO a nice fine quality i always on hand. light or dark colors in checks, 7rRC - stripesand dots, fine knife-pleated § ) Each box mentioned below con edge on collar and down front.... Each tains 24 sheets and 24 square 5 lr{( T WHITE LAWN BLOUSE, sailor col | envelopes to match. aia ar and _trimmed with insertion .00 1 o and “embroldéry on front. conar D1 SRR L OLox and cufls. . .. Each e 0n S Dl OF Filed 12 Sweaters. Doy o Sacanar g LunTch , don’t pretend JAPANES 4x8 inches 5x9 inches ) LEATHERE fi with leather straj 8x6x5 This is one $1-020 Each P SN '8 OR YOUTHWSWEATERS, o Pretty fancy work material for | A1 ¥ woo!, ful lashioned, . i a 3 1 fine quality, black, white, biue or 2»—— idle hours in the cuunlry_. CRrAnAL 2 ot . = Each some with vou at thes> prices. | Heaviest quality of above 83 each. FRENCH TISSUE, 100 different ———— colors range in price from. H k .--...1€ 10 Be sheet or 1 amimnocks. FANCY RAINBOW CR figure: Come early S grades. at greatly reduced 5. 0 and $3 2510 82,25 Stationery carry Hurd’s fine pape= teries, probably the most elegant made, and charge much less for 1, an extra plaih or ruled..20¢ box Bas Fancy Tissue Papers. PER, with gilt or bl ards in rotl. without fig RINKL. MOCKS, with fixtures, two ces. BAY RUM, 4 sl FLORIDA W. MALVIN 15¢ box this se; daintie ing. N ason. It kets. n and ha FINE DRESS patterns, wide, Take t0 35¢ a quire PA- S QEC 85 ack Japanese > 5, 40¢ rol). PRIMROS ated th res A ST = who appi ed their freshness SE CRIN G and beauty called them “Prim- EC soriment of colors, % yards in 4“0““ 3 o i e e _1{)(‘ it e . 2 v FRENCH ORGANDIE O 50° T'wine Bags. | ey ottt L 40 Every commuter should have one. Most T8 LUE; 1Oy nd sty Yard 1 stand ”RC convenient 10 carry packages in, pro LLAMA CLOTH, SA £ IALLIES instead o ‘O visions, etc. We hg ALES, IRISH LAWNS, PRINTS . Each ¢ each . They have got to ‘“pedal’” together, think (INCORPORATED) MARKET STREET, RANCISCO. Toilet Requisites. Cheaper than even tV%e ‘‘cut= rate’’ druggists sell them. Jaconet Duchesse. the name of a new wash fab- introduced for the first time material we ither a dimity nor See the pretty display this week in the big west window. beaut , dainty enough to please nost fastidious 5 DIMITY rag, and somebody 74 is th Rt Yard NGHAMS, 52 ul color com- C cotton, rivaling 20 Yard thin, light silk, wears i an artist cre- THE MAGDALEN ASYLUM. Inmates Preparing Trousseaus | for Some Notable Society Brides. Elegant Specimens of Embroidery and Drawn Work Done by the Girls. A number of improvements have re- centlv been made at the Magdalen Asylum since the juvenile female offenders were removed t6 the Whittier institution. The entire building without regard to the method of inmates’ commitment has been devoted to the purposes intended. The large recreation and sewing room in the western wing of the building is now used for sewing purposes exclusively. About fifty machines and operators are kept constantly at work. The sewing-room in the eastern wing, where other than the City’s inmates were kept, has been turned into a comfortable recreation-room, pro- vided with benches, chairs and tables, and made easy of access to the library. About fifty girls confined under commit- ments are employed mainly in the manu- facture of household linen, ladies’ wearing apparel and embroidery work. The chief support of the institution is derived from the allowance of $15 a month for each in- mate committed by the City. Thisin- cludes board, clothing and tuition. The work of the embroidery-room is sold and a small revenue derived from that. At present this department is rushed with work. For several weddings in high society announced for this fall the inmates are preparing dainty creations for the trousseaus of the brides, including Spanish drawn_ work in most intricate designs, each piece marked with the. monogram of the bride to be. Society ladies of the City have placed a number of orders for table” decorations for | dinners and lunches when the season again opens. One center piece for a table on which work is being done is for a ‘‘pome- granate luncheon.” The’ fruit seems to stand out in its natural state from the corners of the cloth. - Another set just completed is the seat and back piece of a | chair, in ecru silk, worked in the conven- tual design in many shades. i In addition to this the embroidery de- partment isalso en, aged on orders for table and mantel scarfs, %n le covers and a com- plete ‘set of household linen, each piece worked with initials. A lunch cloth, 7 by 10 feet in_size, in which 413 violets were embroidered, is con- sidered by the sisters to have been one of the mostintricate and beautiful pieces of work yet turned out. So true to life were the violets that when the cloth wasscented with the odor the lady for whom it was or- dered could not believe but that they were real. Among the other sets in various stages of completion are a set of straw- berry, daffodil and orchid cloths. This department is I charge of an in- mate who has been in the.asylum for thirty years and who is now known as a ‘‘con- secrated penitent.”” All the designs.pro- duced are drawn by her without a pattern, her greatest skill being shown in the de- signs for church vestmentsand altar cloths. he Sisters of Mercy in charge of the asylum are pleased at any time to show the work of the institution to visitors. Within | the past year some of the wealthy Jewish ladies of the City fhave been its best patronesses, single orders for luncheon and [ dinner cloths and table ornaments run- | | ning up into hundreds of dellars. Orders | bave also been received from various parts | of the United States, the fame of the work | of the City’s outcast girls bringing many dollars to Ban Francisco. ey TOWED BY A BIG CATFISH. | A Fisherman’s Exciting Ride on the Ohilo River. Cbarles Thompson is a fisherman who feels equal to any fish that swims. He is | proud of the strong fight he made with a | | ninety-pound cat he caughtin the river | near Tow Head Island yesterday. He caught the fish on a trot-line that he set | the night before thirty feét from shore. ‘When he went out to run his line he did not notice that anything unusual was hooked, but when he began to pull the line in he was not left long ignorant of the | fact that he had something of the nature of a whale. Hank Gordon, who was | also in the skiff, saw Thompson | {when he made the first lurch| forward. He ‘“’lowed something was | jup,”’ and sprang to his feet, thinking that | his companion was going overboard. He caught hold of Thompson’s feet with a full | {'determination that if Thompson *‘went by | the board” he would go with him. In the meantime the boat was spinning | up the river at a wonderful rate of speed, | and Thompson was lying flat on his | stomach, with the line almost cutting his hands in two. { about two miles up the river, and then turned down stream with so much sudden- ness as to almost swamp the boat. The fish kept the race up for about two miles | {down the river, and finally darted in | toward shore and toward a pile of brush. where it stopped. The skiff had been going | atsuch a rate of speed that it was run up on shore. The fish felt secure under the | brush, and *‘sulked,” so the two men began | to wrestle with the problem of how to get it out. Finally Thompson managed the thing | | by jumping into the river and seizing the fish around the body. For awhile it was difficult to tell which was the fish and which was Thompson. Gordon hud in the meantime pulled out his sealing knife, and | when the fish seemed to be on top Gordon | reached out and cut the fish in'the gills. | After that the struggle was uneven and the | flslll soon yielded.—Louisville Courier-Jour- | nal. . Bryant always thought he could write much better poetry than that contained in | his *“Thanatopsis,” which was one of his earliest. During his later days he on sev- eral occasions expressed some surprise at the preference shown by his admirers for this particular poem ‘‘when I have done so many things tter.” He beheved the translations of Homer to be the best work he ever did. 7 Tennyson would not talk about his poetry, but once intimated that he re- gurded the *‘Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington”” as containing more in- spiration than some of the others. He once said that he did not expect much of the *‘Charge of the Light Brigade,” and was agreeably surprised at its reception. —————— Pries! Pres! Macs Infallible Pile Cure. Cures all cases of blind, bleeding, itching and protruding piles, Price 50 cents. A. Mcsogle & Co., druggists, 504 Washington strect. The fish carried the skiff | | patrick finds the need of Smith’s and | experting~of the STLL HUNTING BRESSE Broker L. W. McGlauflin Wants His Partner and His Gold. Experting of the Books Con- tinues Grosser Discrepancies Are Found. As The experting of L. W. McGlauflin & Co.’s books was continued yesterday, and | discoveries were made on nearly every leaf | turned. Thes2 were of such a nature that | Bresse is wanted at the firm’s business | office on California street to explain seri- ous discrepancies that cannot otherwise be elucidated. Detectives so far have been unable to get | aclew as to the movements of the young broker after last Monday. Most people | think he took a steamer for a northern or southern coast port under an assumed name, while others believe he took the overland train for the East last Monday night. Pending the filing of the injunction suit | and petition for an accounting by his part- | ner McGlauflin, the young man had drawn $18,099 from the California Bank, leaving but $22 to hiscredit, so itis inferred that he well provided with money for as long a time as he may deem the condition of his health demands. | It will be several days before the expert will have finished his labors. Owing to the manner in which the books were mutilated the task has proved more difti- cult than was at first expected. Mr. Kirk- Bresse's presence daily. ‘‘Have you found anything to alter vonr original opinion concerning Bresse?"” was | :&sked of Mr. Collins, the receiver, yester- ayi il *No, sir,”” without hesitation. “Do you think the clerical and non- clerical discoveries you have made wounld account for Bresse’s desire to remain away 2 “I think the inference must be obvious to the public; but you can see that at Frcsent 1tis notin the strictest pronriety | or one to talk for publication. When the 00ks has been finished | % \‘;iill be i\b]e to speak with authority. | Suffice it to say that the young man is needed bn(lly.”y Yo Mr. McGlauflin had nothing to say be- yond that he was in the fight as big as | ever and intended to stay to the finish. | Louis Bresse, the special administrator | of the Fair estate, denied all knowledge of his brother’s present residence. He said, however, that he had no cause to worry about the young man and felt sure that he | would turn up all right. George A. Rankin, Mr. McGlauflin’s at- torney, had little new to offer. He repeat ed merely that he intended to unearth the | missing partner if possible and in time | have the whole affair exposed. | FSE D Saving the Colors. | From time immemorial the armies of every warlike people have set the highest value upon the standards they bore to bat- tle. To guard one’s own flag against cap- ture is the ‘pride, to capture the flag of one’s enemy the ambition of every valiant soldier. In consequence, in every war be- tween people of good military record, feats of daring performed by color bearers are honorably common. The civil war was full of such incidents. Out of very many, two or three stand as especially note- worthy. One occurred at Fredericksburg on the day when half the brigades of Meagher and Caldwell lay on the bloody slope lead- ing up to the Confederate intrenchments. Among the assaulting regiments w the Fifth New Hampshire, and it lost 186 cut of 300 men who made the charge. The survivors fell back sullenly behind a fence, within easy range of the Confederate rifle vits. Just before reaching it the last of the color guard was shot and the flag fell in the open. A captain, Purdy, instantly ran out to capture it, and as he reached it was shot through the heart. Another captain, Mur- ray, made the same attempt and was also killed, and so was a third, Moore. Several private soldiers met a like fate. The were all killed close to the flag and the dead bodies fell across one another. 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