The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 14, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JULY 14, 1895. 7 COLUMBIA THREATF IVOLT OPERA-HOUSE Open daily —Sunday. July 14. Pr PICNICS AND EXCURSION RATION. —Sunday, CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. 11 be formally 1 building will be ta Cruz yester- y were: nd Mero. Board of ntin yes- 11 meet in ze the National companies are the CaLL for the ac- tenced to six ge Campbell from the Lick rnia Pioneers, ort of the State Board of ned, and cular atten- linitto the sale of adulterated hn Logue swore out s warrant yesterday Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sinmart, is stieets,,on the charge o’ ilroad ties ad left on a notorious Chinese high- as a_merchalt, ack to China on th : pigeon shooting mateh of the Burlingane Clu X Mateo ¢ eve ing made. C: rson, traveler for & Rochester sho v ing 3 towa ¢ s t district. the Potrero and South d the pledge of the ronize home indus- round, biue labe 1 may ¥ performed this morning, ifornia’ Reports issue of Cal nger sgents travel both bert of Company uard, who died had arranged to be sworn in n at the very hour he breathed oner Fitzgerald gave the re- investigation of some swindling 1 this City. He showed hey fleece their assing through a tempor- ew laws passed by the circles. There has been Jut DO Serious Or permanent ieared. ohn Schmidt and his wife, 1508 ere arre erday on_the rin causing the death 0 Mrs. Post and Laguna sireets, by a on. n Francisco Yacat Club held a most e in the clubhouse at Sausalito nt. The yachis were covered with g and hung with Chinese lanterns in r Of the occasion. ® s wages of deep-wat b boardi. the ailors is now $20 a s say it will week is out and that before August next. ventilated cars for the leit Sacramento last night Though the early crop has prices in the East rowers. s are awaiting the decision of v Attorney as tothe validity of the deed for the site of the Home ior the iate before taking action as 1o accepting or refusing the gift of that institution. ate Labor Bureau is in possession of um Japanese labor contractors which »w how their countrymen afe instructed beforehand what representations to make to the Government officials upon arrival here. Woy, who was shot in Chinatown last ing, died in the Receivi v. Mark Tai, who was ident!fi he dying man, was boo ice say the killing grew outof rd of State Prison Directors took sterdey of certain unfa- u hus recently found notes $20,000 held by his uncle Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Com- erest a ipal now reach: The been placed in 2 1o says that his n_was divorced from her T., s few days ago. The ant in the Fourth Troop of at the Presidio. He was inled Iast year for his conduct while 1 the troop in Yosemite Valley, but ward reinstated. ill of I. 8. Goldberg, disposing of an valued at #9000, was filed for probate lay. He left one-half of his among the Pa the ' Protestant Orphan he Catholic Orphan Asylum. anining half is leit to his friend, Joseph e property o B Hievrew ral Fitzgerald yesterday exe- I delivered to A, P. Van Duzer, attor- the Church-street Improvement Club, <l documents authorizing bim to use ne of the people of the State of Califor- 1t to forfeit the fraudulent franchise v the Solid Eight to the Southern iat gentlewan 1mimnediately filed the Dissola, who was sentenced to six prisonment by Judge Joachimsen allowing a glandered fiorse 1o run ut large, been discharged upon a writ of habeas cor- secured trom the Supreme Court, The d not allege that Dissola knew the : was glandered nor thai he owned the al, and for these fatal defects the court m liberty. , & citizen of this City, has made an offer to surmount the new City Hall dome with a statue of Diogenes, with ufecmc light (instead of candle) searching for an honest man. He would find more than one in the building, says the Star; but if he were looking fora dishonest man, he would only need o shed his light on the Board of Super. visors, when, on seeing the shameless Solid KEight, he would exclaim, “Hold !—enough?” ALCAG THE WATER FRONT, Arrival of the Mexican Frigate Zaragosa From Mazat- lan. ADVANCE IN SAILORS'. WAGES. Barges Loaded With Ralls, Railroad Tles and Piles Leave for Stockton. The Mexican training frigate Zaragosa arrived from Mazatlan yesterday and anchored abreast of the Union Iron Works. She was here nine months ago to be docked and repaired, and is on a similar errand this time. She will go on the Union Iron Works’ drydock and receive a thorough overhauling. The Zaragoza is a steel bark, and was built in Havre, France, in 1891. She is 1200 tons burden, 215.9 long, 32.9 broad and 14.1deep. Her engines develop 1300 horse- power and her speed is given as 15 knots. Her armament cousists of six 43-inch breech-loaders, two 2}4-inich quick-firing 3 charges her with systematically ill-using a seven-year-old boy, James Elmer Johnson, living with her. Mrs. Coon is not disposed to give much satisfaction to the officers of the society or other inquirers, but when once before she was charged with cruelty to the boy her defense was that she had to tig hfim in a chair to keep him out of mis- chief. Mr. Wehl and other neighbors say that she not only ties him in a chair, but bru- tally whigfl him and pulls.his hair until the'child has become hali-witted. ‘Chese statements Secretary McComb is rather re- luctant to believe as, he says, the boy ap- pears bright enough. There is a story behind all this, however. On June 25, Mrs. Coon went to the society herself voluntarily, and asked that the hoy be taken off her hands. Shetold Secretary McComb the boy was the son of Captain James Johnson, formerly master of the bark W. F. Witzeman, but who is now on his Buena Vista ranch in Sonoma County. According to Mrs. Coon, the boy's mother was a young woman named Nettie Treble, who came to her place some time previous to the child’s birth, from Eureka. Captain Jobnson was a frequent visitor there, and acted mysteriously. child’s birth Tacoma, and finally tiring of her, sént her home to her grandmother's, near Ashland, Or., where she subsequently died. Mrs. Coon says further that on the night of the child’s birth Captain Johnson was After the | he took Miss Treble to| NEWLY FLEDGED DOCTORS, Graduates of the University of California Receive Their Diplomas. THERE WERE THIRTY OF THEM. A Banquet at the Palace Hotel Tendered by the Alumnt Assoclation. Thirty young ladies and gentlemen re- ceived their diplomas as graduates of the medical department of the University of | California yesterday and had conferred upon them the degree of doctor of medi- cine. The Baldwin Theater was like a fairy induced to come into the house from wnere | bower, filled with beautiful, well-dressed he was hiding, and then admitted that he was its father. Suit was once brought by Mrs. Coon against Captain Johnson for $2100 for the boy’s maintenance, but she lost it. Captain Johnson now denies Mrs. Coon'’s women, and light with perfume and flowers. From pit to dome it was draped in waving festoons of richest color and for the greater portion of the afternoon the interior resounded to the strains of music allegations as to thegboy's paternal origin, | of the masters, interpreted by Scheel and THE MEXICAN MAN.OF-WAR THAT CAME INTO PORT YESTERDAY, [Sketched by a * Call’® artist.] guns and two magazine guns. gosa was purchased from the French by the Mexican Government two years ago. The wages of sailors zoing on deep water is still $20 2 month and $40 allotment. The boarding-masters are confident, however, that the price will be $25a month before the week is out and that if the scarcity of men continues *blood-money” will be paid before August. At present there are very few men to be had, and many of those who are shipping have been refused at the ard because of some physical in- firmity. J. Langford is trying hard to get the wages up to a living rate and says he will certainly succeed. There is now over 300,000 tons of shipping on the way to this port and before the vessels get away again there is likely to be some lively traflicking in sailgrs. Uncle Sam is finding it very difficult to get men for his cruisers. The applications at the Navy-yard have been plentiful enough, but the men are either too old or are not physically perfect. In conse- quence the admiral of the fleet in the Orient has been instructed to send no more short-time men home by steamer, but to transfer them all to the Baltimore. The cruiser has been ordered home and will probably go to the Atlantic coast via the Suez canal. realistic shipwreck” will be the prin- cipal feature at El Campo to-day. The wreck will be off shore and a life-saving crew wiil fire a life-line over the sinking vessel. Part of the crew will be hauled ashore, and as the wreck is sinking other members of the crew will jump overboard and the lifesavers will launch a boat and rescue them. Itisexpected to be a very thrilling scene. Two barges loaded with rails, ties and piles for the San Joaquin Valley' Railroad | started up the river for Stockton yester- day. The tug Merren, owned by the Cali- fornia Navigation and Improvement Com- pany, had in tow the barge Planet with 650 t 10,000 railroad ties and 600 piles on board. All these vessels were gayly decorated with flags and presented a very pretty appear- ance as they passed up the harbor. There will be a miniature yacht race on Brooklyn Basin this afternoon. The prize will be'a sweepstake of $10 each and the entries are Captain John McFarland’s Mi- kado, R. Cousins’ Forty-niner, I. Murrey’s Valkyrie and W. Clark’s Seagull. The Pacific Mail Company’s steamer Rio de Janeiro sailed for Hongkong via Yokohama yesterday. She had a small | passenger list and only 1200 tons of cargo. Among the Chinese passengers were eight men deported by Collector Wise. Chung Yong Yow was one of them. He first of all atternpted to land as a merchant. Fail- ing in that, he claimed to be a native son. He again tried to land as a merchant, but during the heering it was proved that he had ho: vy mutilated another Chinesea number of years ago and bad served time San Quentin for his erime. The Pacific Mail Company is taking warning by the loss of the Colima. Nearly 800 tons of ballast was put into the City of Sydney yesterday. This will stiffen her up and make her safe inany gale that may blow on the Central American coast. The schooner Transit, which has been in the sugar trade between here and Hawaii since she was launched, is going into the coal trade. The sugar business ?mn fallen away greatly since the Eh“ms began ship- ping direct to New York. The Transit will carry coal from the Black Diamond mine to Hilo for P. B. Cornwall. The Harbor Police want an owner for twenty-five newspaper cuts of the insignia of the various friendly and benevolent lodges in San Irancisco. They were iricked up on the corner of Sacrdmento and Front streets yesterday and turned over to Captain Dunleavy. MRS, COON WAS ELUSIVE. Curious Story Told by Her of the Par- entage of the Seven-Year-0ld Boy, Johnson. Mrs. 8. W. Coon of 927 Howard street, against whom complaint has been made to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ohildren, seemed to be sipgularly elu- sive to the authorities, and efforts made to induce her to allow herself to be arrested did not for a time seem to promise much success, At the office of the society it was stated esterday, however, that ad at last chn arrested and had been permitted by Police Judge Campbell to enjoy her liberty on her own recognizance. The complaint against Mrs. Coon was made by B. Wehl of 438 Tehama street, and 1s of rails, and the barge Eclipse with | berine 87, amounting o $448,037, and un- The Zara- |and brought his wife and seven children | recently into the society’s office to cor- | roborate his denial. | | | Officer McMurray has investigated the stories of Mrs. Coon’s treatment of the boy, and has found several neighbors who are ready to testify against he: AVIONG HOME INDUSTRIES A Scow Designed for Saving Gold From River-Bottom Sand. Latest News of Contracts and Pros=- pects in Local Trade Cireles. A scow designed for saving gold from river-bottom sand has just left her moor- ings at the foot of Folsom street for work on the American River. The scow is 60 | feet long, 14 feet beam and is fitted with a | 20 horsepower stationary engine, one of the Krogh Manufacturing Company’s No. 214 centrifugal dredging pumps, two Gold ng amalgamators; manufactured by the Midas Gold-saving Machinery Company, two screens and shakers, pipe, shafting, ete. The idea is to pump the gravel from the bed of the river, run it over the shak- ers and screens, geiting rid of the coarse gravel and then passing it through the amalgamators. The plant is to be oper- ated by two men and can handle about 100 tons of material in a shift of twelve hours. The enterprise is in the hands of the Mendota Gravel Mining Company. The Pacific Builder reports the recorded contracts for the month of June as num- recorded contracts 25, aggregating $402,« 040—a total of $850,077. 2 M. O’Brien is shipping several flouring mill plants to interior points in California. The Stauffer Cherhical Cpmpan¥ is sena- a large shipment of acids to Mexico. in, fulien Sonntag, manager ot the Giant | Powder Works, reports trade as being quite lively. At the works they are now turning out upward of 300 tons of dyna- mite powder per month, The California Art Glass Company is putting in some handsome new coiored | lights for the Oberon, also two new show lamps for the old Louvre and some elegant art ¢lass forafirm in the new Spreckels building. The works of the Pelton Water-wheel Company are still running with a full force. Among recent orders are three wheels for various mines in Montana, four for hoists and electric light plants in Mex- ico, two for mines in Idaho and one fora sawmill in Oregon. The Pacific Coast Co-operative Cigar Company reports that since the adoption of the new label by the Cigar-makers’ Union and the earnest agitation in the in- | terest of home industry its trade has ma- teriully increased. The Western Manufacturing Company has a large amount of sawmilfmnchmcry work on hand, and reports business gener- ally in their line on the increase. '}he Union Gas Engine Company is run- ning its work up to full capacity on elec- tric and miulnfi plants, with prospects ahead for a very lively fall trade. Yesterday Francis Smith & Co. shipped four carloads of pipe for mining purposes to the Hagerman Mining Company, Mon- tana, ¢ The Dow Steam Pump Works report trade very lively at present in their stan- dard lines of work. They have just added to their plant a large amount of modern appliances, and are able to furnish a better pump at less cost than Kastern compe- titors. Owing to the opening of many new mines their sinking pumps have been in great demand for the past several weeks. R Teacliers’ Salaries. Teachers’ warrants for the month of June will be paid at the rooms of the Board of Edu- cation on Monday at 9 o'clock. The secretary of the board says that there is ample money in the treasury to satisfy all dcmnudPA e ——————— The Survival of the Fittest. By retaining your baggage checks until you reach San Francisco and leaving same at any of our offices you will save money in the transfer of your baggage. Trunks, 35 cents each. Morton Special Delivery, 31 Geary street, 408 Taylor street and Oakland Ferry Depot. . | lifting and’ the Scheel’s new orchestra—which means the old orchestra with very few changes. After a brilliant rendering of the over- ture to “Oberon’ Dr. Cole introduced the Right Rev. Bishop Nichols, who delivered the prayer, the faculty and graduates standing. Dr. Cole introduced to the audience J. B. Reinstein, the attorney, an alumnus of the university, known familiarly as the “Littte Giant,” who was down for an address. “May not the medical worker in the higher field,’”” he said, “gain_fuller powers by the application of that line, ‘Oh, wad some power the giftie gie us, to see our- selves as ithers see us?” To these novitiates in medicine even a faint reflex of the opinion of the world will amply excuse this tax or: their attention.” Mr. Reinstein then went on to say that the world had an idea that most of the graauates of medical colleges were too full of theoretical and had too little of practi- cal knowledge. He advised the students to try to overcome this objection by close attention, all the while bearing in mind, however, that professional work should only be judged by vprofessional methods. | Thére were three professions which he called noble, in that theirend was the up- helping of humanity. These were law, theology and medicine. Medicine gives the sound body, theology the sound heart and law gives to all free- dom of action among the contending forces of the world. Dr. John C. Spencer was introduced after the orchestra had rendered a *‘Lohengrin’ fantaisie, to deliver the valedictory address to the graduates on behalf of the faculty. “Ladies and gentlemen of the graduating class of '95,” he began, ‘‘you have now at- tained the goal for which you have- so faishfully and earnestly striven. You are about to enter now the promised land of comradeship with us as colleagues and you are now qualified to reap the reward of your studentship, and it is my pleasantand earnest duty to ask your attention to a few suggestions born of experience. I wish also to point ont to you certain fallacies and pitfalls which you must avoid.” He pointed out that the professional life of the graduates would consist largely of detail, and he assured them that one large element of =uccess is indirect ratio as the | physician gives his attention to that de- tail, his observance of babits of personal neatness. s “*Avoid anything in your habits or man- ners.”’ he continued, *‘which might give offense to the most fastidious.” Dr. Spencer then gave a short resume of | the advance of medicine within the last decade and predicted still further strides in the next, reminding his hearers that the day had passed when only gray heads wore the laurels of fame. President Cole then made a statement that there were three of the graduates who had passed satisfactorily, but had not reached the ‘:fi necessary for diplomas. These were: iss Grace Feder, Louis Dominic_ Bacigalupi and Augusta TLeon Jerome Lartigan. These, he said, would receive certificates that they had passed successful examinations and would receive diplomas as soon as the necessary time had elapsed. The graduates were then called to the stage in two divisions, presented to Presi- dent Kellogg and received their degrees and diplomas at “his hands. 'E‘hey were, including the three, yet lack- ing a few monthsof the necessary age: Louis _Dominic_ Bacigalupi, Joseph Cri- santo Badilla, William Benjamin Franklin Barbat, William James Robert Boyes, Au- ustus Frank Brown, Frank Wilburn Dud- ey, Daniel Elishe Foote Easton, Horatio Bates Emerson, Ph.G., Rose Kppinger, Adelina Minnie Feder, Grace Feder, John Joseph Flood, Robert Frederick Gray, D.D.S., William Gilbert Hay, Clarence Louis Helier, Geon}e Leo_Helms, Edward Kimball Hopkins, James Porterfield Hull, George Edward Hyde, Auguste Leon Jer- ome Lartigan, Krederick Andrew Lutz Thomas Adam McCulloch, Hammon Jonnson MacCallum, John Ernst Nast, Frederick Augustus Rinune, Mary J, San- key, Charles Joseph Schmelz, Ph.G., Ber- tram Sione, William Augustus Trafton, Albert John Viilain, Ph.G, Dr. Cole then announced that the medi- cal course hereafter would be four instead of three years, and that the faculty hoped soon, throagh the action of the last Assem- bly, to be able to receive students in_the best-equipped buildmffl for the study of medicine in this great land. Calling then upon the students to stand, he adminis- tered the Hippocratic oath, the newly fledged doctors solemnly pledging them- selves to obserye all the ethics of the pro- fession, to distinguish not between the rich and the poor in their services, keep in- | i violate the secrets of the sickroom and do the thousand and one things the honorable medical man is called upon to do. With a benediction by the Right Rev. Bishop Nichols the exercises were con- cluded, the audience remaining seated, however, at the request of Dr. Cole, to hear the closing number of Scheel’s orchestra. THE ANNUAL BANQUET. Toasts and Good Cheer in the Palace Maple Room. The Alumni Association of the Medical Department of the University and the fac- ulty met in the Maple room of the Palace Hotel after the exercises and enjoyed a banquet. After justice had been done the spread Dr. Dodge addressed the guests, dwelling at length upon the importance of each new arrival among the members of the alumni. He_closed by proposing a toast to “the melical profession,” which was responded to by Professor R. Beverly Cole, President of the American Medical Association, who in his characteristic way welcomed the graduates and chided them not to be troubled with a disease known as the swelled head. He assured them that it was generally fatal, and at times extremely contagious. B “I hope,” he said, “that you will very often save the body, but further hope you will always save your souls.”” G In conclusion he turned to ex-Executive Secretary Colnon, and on behalf of the entire medical profession of the Pacific Coast, thanked him and the Governor for all the valuable legislation which had in part been effected through them. Upon taking his seat three cheers were proposed and were given with vim. The next toast, *‘Our Graduates,” was responded to by Dr. Emerson, who, although extremely modest, evoked con- siderable laughter. Professor Williamson responded to the toast, “The Elevating Influence of Medi- cine in Municipal Reform.” The burden of the professor’s remarks was upon the fact that he knew absolutely nothing about politics and was devoted to the cause of medicine. These statements occasioned the creation of a variety of bons-mots from the end of the tables. As is the custom on all such occasions, the veteran is expected to review the past, and Dr. Pond of Napa was_ selected, being the first man in California to receive a diploma from the Medical Department of the State University. This occurred in 1865and since then the doctor had with pleasure witnessed the marvelous growth of the alumni and marked it with pleasure. In the matter of ‘‘Medical Education at Home and Abroad” Professor William Watt Kerr rose in defense of the medical profession of America, ana by statistics and an array of facts proved that home production in the line opmcdicul men was equal to the product of Europe. Of the alumnl there were present: Drs. . H. Barbet, Berndt, d’Ancona, Douge, Flesher, Kate Howard, Kugeler, H. Lagan, Le Fevre, Macdonald, Mguyer, McCone, McMurdo, E. C. Mervy, Mary Moody, Joe Oliver, Oviedo, Pond, Bwisher, Jules Simon, Mrs. Wanzer, Younger, Stirewalt, Ryfkogle, Sharp, Wilkes, McCullough, Booth, Wright, Bushnell, Tugger, Haw- kins, Crees Milton, Blake, Morrisey, John- stone, Fitzgibbon, Bude, Leland, Maguire, Petrie, Hart, The attendance was the largest ever held at an alumni dinner. THE INCENDIARY FIRES, Fire Marshal Towe Is Much Disturbed Over the Re- cent Cases. The Result of the Trials Agalnst De Winton and Ferris Com- mented Upcn. Fire Marshal Towe is a disgusted man. The decisions in the recent arson cases have upset all his plans, arrangements and ideas in matters of this kind and left him at a loss for a method of prompt action in house-burning cases where the probability of the offenders leaving the State is ap- parent. That he is still full of grit and determination is shown by his remarks upon the matter. The case against William de Winton, who was accused of burning his own build- ing, at 1141 Dolores street, and whick was decided in favor of the accused, by reason of Judge Wallace holding that it was not arson for a person to burn his own prop- erty, was the cause of the peculiar word- ing of the complaint against Joseph Ferris. In the latter case, by reason of the above decision, Ferris was only accused of setting fire to the neighboring premises, 219 Scott street, and no reference was made to the complete destruction of his own store, No. 217, At the examination of Ferris Judge Low could not agree with Marshal Towe in his claim that the injury to adjacent property by the burning of the house of the accusea constituted a crime. The evi- dence, in the opinion of the investigating officers, was almost conclusive and a con- vietion seemed assured. 8aid Marshal Towe last night: “I am completely nonplused. The decision of Judge Wallace has tied our hands in_such a manner as to make the holding and con- viction of incendiaries a very difficult matter. The evidence against the man De Winton was as strong as any I have ever had. Yet he goes free. *In getting our case against Ferris into shape we took into account the De Winton matter, and not having any doubts as to the results worded the charge against the former entirely in conformity with the statute. It says distinctly that the burn- ing of even a fence is arson, as being in- dicative of a crime, “‘Look at the evidence against the man. He was found, at 1:30 A. M., up and fully dressed, even to a white shirt, and shoes fully laced and knotted, with overalls out- side of his trousers, and his cuffs protected by those bamboo protectors worn by the Chinese. His hands and clothing clearly bore the smell of coal oil. “That Judge Wallace and Judge Low have decided as they understand the law is not to_be doubted, but it has caused us to be decidedly handicapped. I would like to ask what evidence is required? How shall we go at it to reach the incen- diary property-owner who over-insures only to déstroy? We have appealed from Judyge Wallace, and, until the Supreme Court has passed upon the matter, we can only bring matters before the Grand Jury through the District Attorney. “That we shall do this as soon as that body is in session again is quite probable. “The amendment, No. 40, to order No. 1917, that has been drafted and placed be- fore the Board of Supervisors, relative to fireproof roofs, should be more successful than the former similar proposal. A large percentage of our fires comes from defec- tive roofs. In case of asphalt roof they will be considered good provided they have three inches of gravel spread on top. “We are giving the other recent incen diary fires a_thorough investigation and have hopes of reaching the right parties.” Died From Natural Causes. Two sudden deaths were reported to the Morgue yesterday. Both were found to have been from natural causes. John Kenyon, a driver for Wells, Fargo & Co., died in a chair in the office of the United Cartiage Com- any in the Palace Hotel early in the morning. fih residence was at 721 Geary street. The Coroner gave the cause of death as heart dis- ease. The death of L. H. Perkins, a musician, liv- ing at 518 Pacific street, was reported during the afternoon.. He had been iil for a long time, but #s no physician was in attendance the Cor- oner had to take charge of the body. The de- ceased had been unable to work for a long time and the family is in very poor circumstances. e ——— CATARRH cured and no pay until cured Treatment at office frea. 925 Howard siraat.¥ GREAT STRIKE RUMORED, It Is Predicted to Take Place About the First of September. A GENERAL ORGANIZATION. Heads of the Militla and Police Departments to Discuss the Subject To-Day. Thinkers and scholars are inclined to the belief that the labor and socialistic signs of the times are most portentous. Some even goso farasto predict that this ground- swell of socialistic sentiment is soon and surely going to develop into a revolution- ary move, and that unless met in time it will sweep over the land leaving destruc- tion and ruin in its wake. This is a belief not confined in its utter- ance to private or confidential discussion, but finds expression from the public ros- trum and in the meetings of various influ- ential bodies. At the session last Tuesday of the In- stitute of Applied Christianity in the Con- gregational church on Fifteenth street, G. Gilbert Dexter said he feared a general and powerful movement among the laboring classes was pending, but that it would come to the surface in the way of local or- ganization in every State in the Union be- fore the first of August. In substantiation of this belief he cited an instance of a man eoming to him and saying that California would be among the first to organize and that he had been asked to take the leadership in the move- ment. Mr. Dexter’s informant also pre- dicted that the strike of last year would be only a ripple to the great crushing wave which was sure to sweep over the country from east to west and north and south. This belief is gaining adherents on every hand. Dr. Scott, who presiied at the meeting, said he believed a revolution was coming, but he hoped it would be a peace- able one, though if quick and sharp 1t would purify the atmosphere of unwhole- some sentiment and leave the country in a healthier and more prosperous condition. Those who have given the subject deep and earnest thought are of the opinion that the eruption will occur about the last of August or first of September; that a gen- eral strike will take place throughout the country, led by the prominent labor or- ganizations, to be followed, if successful, by a revolution of a most portentous char- acter. The authorities of this City and State, however, do not intend to be caught with their eyelids drooping. Those at the head of the State and municipal government are alive to the gravity of the occasion. They have scented the danger from afar; and with the end in view of meeting every con- tingency and taking all precautions possi- ble a meeting will be held to-day by the heads of the Police Department and the State militia. The conference will take place at the California Hotel. The possi- bilities of a great strike and its chances of success will be thoroughly canvassed, and some plan of concerted and effective action decided on in case of necessity. The de- partments of the militia will be represented as well as those of the police and City gov- ernment, and such steps will, no doubt, be taken as to place the State and City in a position to act in concert, should the emergency arise, and quell at the outset any movement which may occur. WLL B RECOISECRTED Emmanuel Church to Be Formally Rededicated To-Day. Rev. Mr. Gibson WIll Preach In the Morning and Evening—The Arrangements. Emmanuel Baptist Church is to be res consecrated and opened for divine service to-day. The building has been thoroughly repaired and renovated, and with the help of bright floral decorations has been made to look quite attractive again. The part of the church where service was held was never much injured by the investigations made by the police, and soap and water, aided by brushing and dusting, have been all that were required to renovate that part of the church. The main staircase and the corridor have been painted and papered afresh, for they were considerably damaged during the search for evidence of the crime. The police were still in charge of the building yesterday, though Dr. Gibson’s secretary explained that it was at the re- uest of the trustees and other members of the church, in order to keel; at bay curious sightseers. The ladies of the congregation were freely permitted to enter by the uardians of the law and there were num- Ec.'s of them working upon the decorations yesterday. In this occupation they were aided by young men belongiui to the church, while the pastor flitted here ahd there, superintending the arrangements. The baptistry curtain was made a mass of ferns, ivy, magnoliss and roses. Big red poppies were put all over the choir- sereen and masses of roses and other sum- mer flowers of more gorgeous hue were sprinkled round the platform, and when these arrangements were complete those who had a hand in them glanced round the church with satisfaction. It looked so clean and light that the workers found it difficult to imagine a gloomy thought con- nected with the place, much lessa tragedy. But the tragedy will be susgested to-day by the entire emptiness of the gallery. Admission to all the services is to be by ticket only, and enough tickets have been given away to pack the body of the church at each of the three services, but however dense the crowd is not a creature will be admitted upstairs. The reason given for this is that the gal- lery has a door leading to the beliry, and it is feared that the curiosity of the wor- shipers would get the better of them if they were allowed to go in such close prox- imity to this door, and that instead of singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs they would be organizing parties to steal off and explore the beliry. To keep visitors out of temptation, therefore, the gallery is to be closed. The fact is that uo one need go to the services in the morbid hope of exploring the church. Policemen, in plain clothes it is true, but armed with all the authority of the law, will be stationed about the building toaid the trustees and ushers in seeing that the strictest order and decorum are observed and that no mere sight-seeing curiosity is gratified. . Dr. Gibson will preach both morning and evening. His first text will be “The Builder Among the Ruins,”” from the eighty-ninth Esnlm, and_ his second “Broxen Ideals,” from Phillipians. The morning service will ogen with the Doxology, followed by the consecration prayer, There will be a good deal of music in the service, including a soio b U. C. Campbell. Over uwenty local astors have been invited to participate in e afternoon service. Rev. V. P. Bavnton af tha First Bantist Church, Rev. A. M. Russell of the Hamiliton-square Church, Rev. George E. Duncan, Rev. Dr. McClish and Rev. J. C. Smith will be present, and the general ex- pectation is that a number of other pastors will attend. At this service a special collettion and pledges will be taken for the church debt. Rev. Mr, Pullan's Successor. The Third Congregational Church has not yet fully decided upon Rey. F. B. Pul- lan’s successor, but it is generally believed that a call will soon be extended to Rev. M. J. Fergusson, iormerly of the First Christian Church of this City. Rev. Mr. Fergusson is very popular with the congregation of the Third Church. He is president of the Institute of Applied Christianity, which holds its meetings in one of the rooms of that church, and he has on several occasions preached in Rev. Dr. Pullan’s pulpit. A short time ago he received a call to Riverside, but refused it, }:s he did not wish to go to Southern Cali- ornia. A MILITARY SEPARATION, Lieutenant Alex T. Dean of the Fourth Cavalry Is Divorced. His Wife Secured the Decree and Also Alimony on the Ground of Desertlon. A story of considerable interest to the officers of the various army posts and par- ticularly to those at the Presidio is told in the following gathered from the records of the Buperior Court: Matilda Dean from A. T. Dean, for desertion, by Judge Murphy. Plaintiff allowed 65 a month alimony and custody of minor child. The defendant in the case was Alexander T. Dean, first lieutenant of the Fourth Troop of Cavalry stationed at the Presidio, and those who know all the inside facts of the case assert that his wife must have had great provocation before she took the above step. Mrs. Dean’s relatives are very influential people in Washington and on several occasions they helped Lieutenant Dean out of serious predicaments into which his own folly carried him. Through all his escapades his wife clung to him, but latterly she was forced to return to her relatives in the East and before her de- parture she began the divorce proceedings. Lieutenant Dean’s last escapade is a mat- ter of history. He was sent to the Yo- semite last summer in command of a com- f“ny of the Fourth. He was supposed to keep watch and ward over the reservation and see that no one broke rules laid down for the preservation of the valley. Instead of doing that, however, he got drunk, and falling in with the trumpeter of the troop they proceeded ro have a riotous time. The trumpeter sounded ‘‘boots and saddles” at 2 in the morning, and the company turned out in a hurry, wondering what was the matter. When the cause of the alarm was learned the troopers were thoroughly dis- gusted, and some of them vowed they would desert. The desertions were averted by the re. moval of Lieutenant Dean, who was sent to San Francisco underarrest. He was court- martialed at the Presidio and ordered dis- missed from the service. The order was reversed in Washington, however, and Dean is still an officer of the Fourth Cavalry. Among the charges preferred against him in regard to the Yosemite affair were that he shot the game he was supposed to protect, insulted visitors to the valley and abused his men. Mrs. Dean stayed with her husband during all the trouble, and as soon as he was reinstated she began suit for divorce. This was not Dean’s only offense. On another occasion he broke out just before his troop started on an Indian trail. This was in Idaho. 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