The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 21, 1895, Page 6

6 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JULY 21, 1895. CONSPIRACY ALLEGED AMONG SUPERVISORS, The Solid Eight to Be Brought to Bar on That Charge. SUIT YOR IMPEACHMENT. Complainant Will Have Plenty of Support From Strong Men. ERRORS IN THE DCCUMENT. Defendants Will Doubtiess Be Alded by the Law Department of the Southern, Paciflc. reis the Jaw under whi 1peact e majority It has bee = Cari, but t means any: th no strir v way, and that the City k fit of this com- 2 who bids high tthe m and other franchises in municipali- t d relative to granting franchises. ved March 23, 1 e State of C: Appr - The people of t lifornia, represented in Senate and Assembly, do act as follo Section 1. Every franchise or privilege lay telegraph or telephone wires, to construct or operate railronds 1g or upon any public street or high- v or to exerciss any other privilege whatever hereafter proposed to be granted by the Board of Supervisors, or other governing or > body of any county, city and county, city, town or district within this State, shall be granted upon the condi- tions in this act provided, and not other- The fact that an application for e orprivilege has been made 1o such Loard of Supervisors, Common Council er other governing or legisla- tive hody, together with a statement that it is propesed to grant the same, must first be advertised in one or more daily newspapers of the county, city and county, city, town or district wherein the s2ii franchise or privilege is to be exercited. Such advertisement must continue every day for at least ten days, and must commence at least thirty days before any further action of the Board of Super Common Council or other governing or legislative body. The advertisement must state the char- acter of the franchise, or privilege, pro- posed to be granted, the term of its con- tinuance, and, if a street railroad, the voute to be traversed, and the day on which tenders will be received for the same. On the day so stated the board, or other governing or legiclative body herein mentioned, must meet in open session and read the tenders, The franchise, or privilege, must then be awarded to the highest bidder ; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall affect a special privilege granted for a shorter than two years. Sec. 2. Any member of any Board of Supervisors, Common Council or other governing or legislative body of any county, city and county, eity, town, or district of this State, who, by his vote, to evect or s Common Counc legislatiz sors, violates, or attempts. to violate, the pro- | visions of this act, or any of them, shall be guiity of @ misdemeanor and of mal- feasance in ofiice and be deprived of his ofjice by the decree of a court of compe- tent jurisdiction, after trial and convie- tion. Sec. This act shall take effect im- mediately. es in the advertised by the board, which, zned to evade the it is charged, are de: law: Resolution No. 12610 (Third Series)— Whereas, Application has heen made to this Board by the Market-strect Railway Company to construct, iay down, main- tain and operate for the unexpired terms of the respective franchises heretotore granted for its line of street railroad on Diission street, Mission-street road and telegraph or new county road, as exten- sions of and adjuncts to and in connection with said line of railroad, a single or double-track street railroad, etc. This resolution means, if it means any- thing, that no one shail bid for the fran- chise but the Market-street Railway Com- pany, as it makes the franchise of no value to any but that company. It repared by the attorneys of the Market-street Railway Company, and they are men carefully selected for their intelli- gence and are paid high salaries for being clever. This advertisement is now running in the official paper. The resolution was passed at the meeting of the board on July 8. At that meeting Supervisor Taylor of- fered a substitute, which stated that the San Francisco and Ban Mateo Railway Company had also applied for this fran- chise or a part of it, and provided, in con- formity to the law governing the case, that nchise should be offered without re- strictions and awarded to the highest bidder. This intent of the substitute was care- fully explained by Mr. Taylor. It was re- jected by the votes of the Solid Eight. Then Supervisor Taylor moved to split up the omnibus franchise to give othersa chance at one of the three routes, but that was voted down by the Eight. Then Mr. Taylor moved to raise the minimum bid from $500 to $5000, but it was voted down, as were subsequent moves to fix it at $4000 and $2000. Then Taylor moved to fix a time limit so that the fayored company might be re- quired to build the road on Sunnyside avenue as well as on Ocean House road in 180 days. It was voted down by the eight votes. He moved that the limit be fixed 4t one year and then two years, explain- iug that the people stood in need of street- railway facilities and that the San Mateo road stood ready to furnish them, but every motion looking in the most remote degree toward a fulfillment of the law or of justice 1o the people was voted down, always by these eight votes. So that there is no possible question that these men intended to do what they did— force out competitors and defeat the law. Now a suit has been filed against these men, charging them for this with misde- meanor and malfeasance in office. The fectly familiar | 1g for the sale of rail- | papers will be served upon them to- | morrow. The complainant is an attorney, K. M. Smith. Mr. Smith is a man of middle age jand is said to have had considerable expe- rience, although he does not seem to be very widely known. He was a candidate on the Populist ticket in the last cam- paign for Justice of the Peace. The complaint, as filed, shows signs of evident haste in its preparations and some carelessness. These cause it to say several things that, as a complaint intendcd'to | stick, it does not intend to say. For in- stance this: That by reason ot the conditions and restric- tions mentioned in the said advertised order, snd submitted by said Market-street Railway Company its draft submitted by said com- pany with its application to said Supervisors i for their approval, one of the conditions being “to maintain and operste for the expired terms of the respective franchises heretofore granted for its line of street railrcad on Mission street.” ! The language should be, “Maintain and operate for the unexpired terms,” etc. Again it says: That the San Francisco and San Mateo Rail- way Company and all persans, companies and other corporations ere, by reason of said re- strictions and conditions and other matters | contained in said printed submission to public | competi ion for the said street railway fran- chise, prevented from bidding for the same in hat they must run their cars asadjunct to and on with the said line of the Market- eilway Company, and instead of en- ing competition, on the contrary every- thiug that can be devised or conceived to make the said franchise acceptable to any but the | Market-street Railway Company has been in- | serted in the said proposed grant. This is saying exactly the opposite thing | to what is evidently intended to be said. | It should read thus: “Everything that can be devised or conmceived to make the | said franzhise unacceptable to any but the Market-street Railway Company has been inserted,”’ etc. Now, Mr. Smith will have opposed to { him in the legal battle he has precipitated | the entire law department of the Southern | Pacific Railway Company, together with the far-reaching influence of that great | corporation. If he means to win he will have to bring into play his best resources, will have to be vigilant and be certain to both mean what he says and say what he means. He wili not be left to make this fight alone, however. What he has done is to simply bring about the issue. He has | done what was in the minds of very many | peovle to do, and his doing it is the result | of an impulse of the publicin the face of outrages and trust betrayals that have been laid bare to them when they had a right to expect integrity and honor. The bringing of such a suit has been un- der discussion for two weeks by citizens | and asociations of citizens, the question being only one of method and time. That |it would be brought immediately upon that question being settled was long ago determined. Mr, Smith settled it to his own satisfaction and brought the suit. He will now be invited to accept the as- sistance of strong men, and the question of whether a majority of the Board of Super- visors can openly defy the law and yet es- cape its penalties will be put to the test. FOR CONSPIRACY. The Civic Federation Wil Proceed Agalnst the Solid Eight on That Line. The Civic Federation will, at its meeting on Friday next, pay special attention to the alleged crookedness in the Board of { Supervisors, and will probably determine upon ging action for conspiracy. | The leading spiaits of the federation have been actively engaged in studying the groand for the past two weeks and reports will be made by them. An attorney who has been consulted will explain this proceeding as follows: “The proper method of reaching a re- calcitrant public official in the absence of action by the Grand Jury is by accusation agreeable to the provisions of section 772 of the Penal Code. “Under the procedure it is only neces- sary to prove one single act or omission constituting either nonfeasance, misfeas- anceor malfeasance in office. Indeed, mala fides is not an essential element in the establishment of the corpus delicti. ““The proceeding rests upon the absolute right of the people not only to honesty and faithful performance by officials of the duties of office, but efficient and intelligent performance of duty. “The public has just as much to fear from the stupid and the negligent as from the knave or the thief, and the object of this summary proceeding is to afford prompt relief in every case when the wheels of the government become clogged, and from what cause it matters not. “As to what will constitute a misde- meanor in office is a question as broad as the variety of circumstances and facts themselves. But any act amounting to either a nonfeasance, misfeasance or mal- feasance is clearly within the rule. “The combination known as the ‘Solid Eight' among the City Supervisors is clearly a case of malfeasance. “For a given set of men in a legislative body, and particularly when they consti- tute an absolute majority, to band together for corrupt or unlawful purposes is clearly a case of malfeasance of the most danger- ous kind. Whether the object be trading votes or trading in patronage it is equally reprehensible. “The right of the public to have their legislative officers exercise their individual discretion and intelligent judgment with independence and without personal or partisan interest is undoubted and un- qualified. “There is no form of misdemeanor in office more mischievous or more calculated to destroy the integrity of the govern- ment than the common practices of legis« lative officials to trade and barter their official votes. “The proof of the existence of a combi- nation among the Supervisors, even though it be not corrupt in the ordinary sense (for in truth the word ‘corrapt’ covers all these cases), having for its object the attainment of the personal ends of the individual members through mutual offi- cial action, without regard to the merits of the particular case, clearly establishes a misdemeanor in office, sufficient to justify removal, “‘But you may say, How can it be proved ? It is true that it is most unlikely that wit- nesses can be produced who were present when the conspiracy was formed. But does murder go unpunished because the murderer has been able to commit his crime in the absence of human spectators ? No, indeed. The rules of circumstantial evidence apply; the long series of acts speak louder than words. “The eight votes that have been solidly cast without reason and without debate to put Supervisors’ sons in office, to reward political associates and friends, to dismiss the competent without cause and without & hearing, to grant unlawful privileges and franchises, to make extortionate contracts at the public expense, and a hundred other things, prove, as our learned Federal Judges have held in recent conspiracy cases, a concert of action and the commis- sion of overt acts leading to an inevitable conclusion—establishing by an indisput- able chain of facts and circumstances an hypothesis at once conclusive and unas- sailable. 7 An action brought on this basis will give the prosecution the right to go into the acts of the accused from the time they be- gan to exercise the functions of their office and to examine all records pertaining thereto. And the people back of this movement are confident that they will be able to unearth many a crooked act even within the short reign of the Solid Eight. Speaking of the matter yesterday one of the most influential members of tae Civic Federation, and one who has taken a most active part in the subject, said: *‘There is little doubt now that we shall be able to secure the conviction of at least one of the men who have betrayed the peo- ple, and when he has been behind the bars, wedring the convict's stripes fora few months, he will be in a frame of mind that will dispose him, for the sake of ameliorat- ing his ewn condition, not only to make a confession that will expose his confeder- ates, but to give a history of the corrup- tion that has been enacted aste disclose the Judas hand that proffered the lucre which bought the betrayal of the people’s rights. ““It is the bribe-payers we are bent on reaching. To convict one of their tools now and again would not accomplish the purification of municipal government that is our object. We must reach the heart of corruption, and this we are determined to do before we get through.” George T. Gaden, who is prominently identified with the Civic Federation, was vice-president of the Constitution Club of New York City, which instituted the in- vestigation in the celebrated Broadway railway franchise bribery case. In that case it will be remembered that several Aldermen were sent to Sing Sing prison, three fled to Canada, and Jake Sharp, who | paid the bribes and secured the franchise, died in the Ludlow-street Jail while serv~ ing his sentenca. Referring to the local situation, Mr, Gaden said: “When the investigation was started in New York there was much less evidence in the hands of the prosecution than is now possessed by the Civic Federation against the Solid Eight. Once the investigation is undertaken formally and officially by the federation, I am confident that it will gather evidence rapidly, and plenty of it, from sources that are now not even taken into consideration. But they must not lag ner falter. Once the matter is taken up it stould be followed energetically and per- sistently until the corrupt officials are checkmated and punished.” O LONGER AN AMATEUR, Pretty Margaret Daly Has Joined Palmer’s New York Company. San Francisco Talent Is In Great Demand Throughout the Entire East. Miss Margaret Daly has forsaken the ranks of amateurs and to-morrow night in New York buds forth as a full-fledged pro- fessional actress. Her debutis a particu- larly auspicious one, as she has secured an engagement of forty-two weeks with A, M. Palmer to play leading parts in one of his best companies, Miss Daly is a San Francisco girl, and was one of the most popular amateur actresses in the City. She went to New York some weeks ago. San Francisco talent is much in demand in the East, however, it being said that Miss Margeret Daly. fully 90 per cent of the actors and actresses who go to New York, Chicago or other Eastern cities have little difficulty in se- curing profitable and important engage- ments. David Belasco, well known to the theatrical world of the Pacific Coast, but who is now a resident of New York, in a recent letter has this to say of Miss Daly and San Franciscans in general: Irehearsed Miss Dll‘l privately before she went with Palmer and she is nmpry great. She is considered here a remarkably clever actress. Before I knew of her coming I had filled my company for next season,and I was reluc tantly forced togive her up to Palmer. San_ Francisco people never have much trouble to secure engagements. They are nearly always in demand, which I think is complimentary to the intelligence of the whole State. . OONWAY'S NEW HOUSE. A Comfortable Place Where Hours Will Pass Swiftly and Joyously. It was twenty-five years ago when Ber- nard Conway began to show the best peo- ple of this City what perfection is in the management of the saloon business, Years came and went and his popularity grew. His last and perhaps best known place of business was Our House, at 993 Market street, which he advantageously sold a few months ago. On next Saturday he will open a new and comfortable saloon in the new building at 1023 Market street, be- tween Sixth and Seventh, which is des- tined #o increase his popularity. It is being fitted up at a large expense, and will appeal to men of critical taste. A roomy vestibule, studded with electric lights, forms a fitting entrance. The entire finish in oak gives the saloon an attractive ap- pearance. The chandeliers and other ac- cessories are of the latest pattern, and every convenience is provided for the ac- commodation of patrons that money can buy. This place, appropriately named Conway’s New House, Sestinad to im- mediate favor. ———————— Arrest of a Bunko-Steerer. A young man employed as a barber and giving the name of Clinton Clam was arrested last night on the corner of Third and Folsom streets on the charge of obtaining money un- der false pretenses. His echeme was to give bogus recommendations for various positions that he claimed to control, charging h-omfl 10 §5 for his influence. He is sup) 1o been kou?“ the man whom the police have {or and who has worked this scheme on seve: servent-giris and other persons lately. '\ LADIES' GAMBLING DEW, “No Betting Done or Permitted” atthe Crescendo Club Rooms. WOMEN WHO PLAY THE RACES. How Females in Gaudy Sllks and Flashy Gems Spend Thelr Pocket Money. ‘‘The ladies don’t lose nothin’. They're scared of betting more than & few bits of their pocket money.” The proprietor of the Crescendo Club- rooms on Ellis street threw one knee over the other and smiled derisively at the tim- orousness of womankind. He had ushered the reporter into one of the close, stuffy little rooms, whose chief article of furni- ture was a green-coyered table. He sat upon the table ana twirled a showy watch chain as he initiated his visitor into the mysteries of betting on horseraces. The rooms areabove a small tailor shop and the basement beneath is eccupied by after her inquin:fl‘y roused from the drowsiness that had followed the potations to which four empty bottles bore witness. The old woman returned in a few min- utes, panting and breathless. “What's the matter?”’ inquired the other women. & dV God! I thought it was pulled,” she said. The women laughed, but looked a little -usgiciuns and apprehensive. Soon the proprietor put his head inside the door. “Didn’t win,” he said. “Your horse came in second,’’ to the reporter. . Every one was a loser and every one left in ill-temper. As THE CALL representative was cross- ing Ellis street she saw a dozen or more of the anxious waiters leave the “respectable place” in_a great hurry, and a man who was standing on the corner said: “They must a’seen a cop. That place ought to be pulled.” ——————— THE HALF-MILLION OLUB. A Full Statement of Its Work Will Soon Be Made. The Half-million Club will soon publish an interesting report of all the work it has done as a club and by its committees since its organization. Inthe refiport will appear a statement of the club’s finances. There will also be an account of all the exercises that the club has participated in. The publication of this report, copies of which will be sent to the 200 members, will be paid for by private subscriptions and not out of the club’s funds. The offi- cers of the organization wish to have it stated that the money expended for excursions over the State to fiestas, carni- vals, ete., was not taken from the club’s !undi, but that each excursionist paid his | own expenses. This statement was made TEE WOMAN’S GAMBLING CLUB AT 11 ELLIS STREET. [Sketched by a “ Call” artist.] a saloon. A glimpse could be caught of men studying the green cards on which were printed the day’s programme at the races—the glimpse being ebtained through the half-open door that opened upon a dark hall. “Come in here,"” said the swarthy man, who proved to be the proprietor, and he showed the reporter & room where two women in gaudy silks and with a dazzling array of jewelry and a man about town were sitting at one of the green tables. In response to a plea of ignorance of the first principles of betting the visitor was ushered into another apartment, where novices might not be subjected to the gibes of the accomplished. ““Now, there’s the programme of to-day’s races,” said the instructor. ‘‘You decide which horse you want to bet on. You just guess on it. If I told you one and you lost you might try to come back on us. See?’’ The reporter saw and told him she would stake her chances on Auteuil. “How much ?” he queried. *‘The least you can bet,”” said the tyro, and nanded him a cov- eted “two bits.” He made out a card call- ing for No. 108, and told his visitor to call at 7 o’clock, after the winnings were counted, to receive a share, if any. *‘We sell tickets om commission here. There’s no bookmaking. That's nfilinst the law, you know,” he said oracularly. *‘People can come here and bet on the races any time after noon, and by 8 o’clock they can get their winnings without ever going near the racetrack. 1f they win they pay us 10 cents on the ticket, no mat- ter how much or how little that may be. If they lose we don’t get anything. That's easy enough, ain’t it?’ e was asked whether he had many lad; patrons. ‘“‘Yes, a good many, take it month in and month out; but the room I F LEYY & CO'S COMMISSION OFFICE s ELLIS . * MO BETTING DONE D! 1895 RECEIVED , ..dollars, 16 be sent oo Commission 10 Race Track at BAY DISTRICT and there placed or at track quotations, i such can there be abtained. 140 sndermiondand agreee g e o 4 1611w he premiscssa Com mon S 4T B ey S RS _§izot ron commanion 1o cre L wres o ers BRI i e e~ have reserved for them only holds four. 8o they come and make their bets, and then go shopping. “'Do respectable women come here?’’ he was asked with hesitation, in view of the visions in the next room. ‘‘Oh, yes. I don’t want no other kind,” he answered loftily. He said that iil female patrons are usually winners, “They watch a horse’s record, and when there with)lon odds, they bet, and of course they win.” This with the derisive smile again. “When a woman_bets $20 or upward she isa ‘E]nnger’ and goes to the races. ‘‘This is the only place in town where women can bet on the races, unless they go to the track,” said the proprietor Brondly. “They used to go to Corbett’s, ut that’s above a saloon and, of course, a good chance, ’d rather come to a respectable place.” € T{u business card which was obtained of Lovy & Co- 11" Eils sereets “no pesting o vy ey is 'no in; is done or permitted.” % The narrow hall was filled with men and boys anxiously awaiting the announce- ment of the winnings, when the reporter arrived with her ticket at 7 o’clock. ““Go to the last box,” said a factotum, addressing the artist and the reporter. The ‘‘last box” was locked, and with & knowing wink the factotum, who is a boy of about sixteen, led the way to the ladies’ room. *Is it full?” he asked, and a woman ed out of the room in frantic haste, snd the three remaining women looked to correct an impression that a few of the directors went oif on junketing trips at the expense of the other members. DIGGING UP THEIR DEAD Chinese Shipping the Bones of Their Relatlves to the Orient. The City and Superintendent of the Cemetery Rrofit Largely by the Custom. The annual season for the shipping of the bodies of Chinese who die in this country to the Flowery Kingdom has come around, and the removals from the City Cemetery, where the Mongolians are buried, number dozens daily. According to the custom of the Chinese it is incumbent en the friends or relatives of the dead to send their bones to their far-away homes, else when their time comes to rise they may be separated from their kin, Among the Chinese are many who make aliving by preparing the bodies for ship- ment, receiving so much for each one, and placing them in such shape that they can make the long ocean voyage safely. Some who have been long buried need little or no preparation, while the skeletons of others must be scraped and cleaned, be- cause the process of disintegration has not proceeded far enough. The graveyard presents a peculiar scene while the bodies are being disinterred, for the Chinese chatter and laugh and go about their work very much as thongh it was_an everyday matter. They look upon the burial in the City Cemetery in the light of a mere temporary arrangement and only to be done because the law de- mands it. Some 1500 bodies have been removed within the past few months, and half as many more are still to be disinterred. ‘The annual removal is quite profitable to the City, as the disinterment fund is en- riched to the extent of $10 for each body taken out. The nnfierlnteudent of the cemetery also reaps a harvest, as he receives $250 for each Chinese who desires that his bones should rest beside those of his forefathers. It is said by some that the fact that the new Board of Health is about to remove the present superintendent is in a measure responsible for the rapid movement of bodies, and also that a desire on the part of Chinese to remove their dead friends while the incumbent is in eoffice and the rates remain fixed is actuating many of the relatives of the dead Celestials. How- ever the matter may stand, Mr. Eager finds $3750 flowing into his coffers just as he is about to go out of office, and some of the sting of decapitation is removed. ————— A Noted Temperance-Worker. Rev. Jonas Bushell, pastor of the First Con- gregational Church of Port Angeles, Wash., is in California enjoying his summer’s vacation and visiting friends. He is & past grand chief templar and a member of the International Supreme Lodge of the Independent Order of Good Templars, a member of the Sons of Tem- perance and & brother of John Bushell, the grand worthy patriarch of the order in Wash- ington. Mr.” Bushell is well and favorably known by a numberof the temperance-workers of this State, and has been requesied to deliver & series of addresses in the variofs churches and halls of this City and Oakland during the two weeks commencing Monday avenln&. July 22, when he will speak in the auditorium of the Tweifth-street Christian Church, Twelfth street, near Howard, of this c‘:_m [ e the 23d inst., he Festots Chrintinn Shimh ou near De treet, visadero, and on Thursday evening, the 25th inst., he can be heard at the Bethan: ccngmuonfl Church, corner of Tunly-nmz end Bartlets streets. THE SONS OF ST, GEORGE, Thelr Grand Lodge Will Con~ vene in This City Next Tuesday. PREPARATIONS UNDER WAY. Numerous Banquets and a Grand Ball In Honor of Visiting Delegates. The sixth convention of the Pacific Coast jurisdiction of the Order ef the Sons of St. George will meet in this City next Tues- day. Preparations are being made by the lodges of San Francisco and Alameda counties to extend to the numerous dele- gates a hearty welcome. The work of this order has from its in- ception been filled with charity, good fel- lowship and progress, and while counting as eligible to membership only such per- sons as are of direct English parentage or descent, it advocates strict allegiance to such countries as its members have se- lected as their permanent homes, and dis- tinctly favors naturalization and the as- sumption of all the obligations as well as privileges conferred. The first lodge to be instituted on this coast was the Burnaby, which was organ- ized eight years ago by Charles Williams of Pennsylvania, and was followed some months later by the Pickwick. Later on the Albion of Oakland and the Derby of Alameda came into existence, and seon afterward numerous lodges sprang up all over the West. The representatives of the order in Cali- fornia number about 3000, while throu, out the United States are to be found be- tween three and four hundred lodges and nearly 50,000 members. Politics and religion are not permitted to cut any figure in the order, the objects being solely social and beneficial, sick benefits being paid and amounts set aside for cases of death. Upon_Monday evening next Pickwick Lodge No. 259, grogosu to keep open heuse at its clu uilding, 817 Mason street, when the visiting delegates will be invited to ganake of their hospitality. Burnaby Lodge, and Albion and Derby of Oakland and Alameda will joim in mak- ing the reception as pleasant and cordial a8 possible. s the delegates will come from Mon- tana, Oref‘on, Washington, Utah, Nevada and British Columbia, as well as from Cali- fornia, the programme as arranged prom- ises to ?relent mnng original and inter- esting features. A banques, speeches and a eeneral interchange of wit and good stories promise to make the time pass into the early hours. Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock the seri- ous business of the convention will com- mence. The Grand Lodge will meet in the hall of the order, at 317 Mason street, the grand officers being: Grand vresident, Rev. Jo- siah Sims of Nevada City; grand vice- president, J. W. Carlen of Oakland: grand treasurer, Charies W. Pope of San Fran- cisco; grand secretary, Edward Oliver of San Francisco; grand messenger, J. V. 8pencer of San Jose. Officers and delegates will be elected for the ensuing term, and other schemes for the general good will be gone over. The method of electing grand officers is somewhat peculiar to this association, it being the custom to have it done entirely by the past presidents of the different sub- ordinate lodges, Another, and the princi- pal banquet will take place on Tuesday evening. Invitations have been extended to numerous friendy, and a very complete literary programme has been arranged, as follows: 2 Address of welcome by the chairman, Grand Treasurer Charles W. Pope. Toast, “The Presi- dent of the United States;” response, H. Tre- goning; music, “Star-spangied Banner.” Toast, “The Queen”; response, C, T.Johns; music, “God ve the Queen.” B8ong, J. Horton. Toast, “The Supreme Lodge’’; response, Su reme President Edward Oliver. Song,Thoma: Nowlan. Toast, “The Grand Lodge of the Pa cific Coast”; response, Grand President Rev. J. Sims. Duet, Messrs. Oakes and Trow. Presenta- tion of badges to Past Grand Presidents Hutton, Pascoe, Brandon and Sims, Song, W. J. Oakes. Toast, “Scotiand response, Royal Chief of Thistle C R. Watson. Toast, phraternal Socleties”; response, Past Chief Ranger of Foresters F. MeNulty. Song, J. Horton. Toast, “The Land We Li sponse, Chief of Caledoni: Song, C. L. Trow. Toast. “The Press”; re- sponse, C. M. Shortridge. Toast, “The Ladies.” Wednesday will still see the Grand Lodge in session, after the conciusion of which many trips to the ocean, Cliff and points of interest are in contemplation and social calls will receive attention. Thursday will be taken up in pretty much the same way, and the evening will see the close of the meetings in the shape of an entertainment and grand ball at the large hall. The local British celony is quite famous for the sood quality of the musieal, literary and histrionic talent possessed by its” members, and the enter- tainment promises to possess many inter- esting and meritorious features. Mr. Pope is chairman ef the entertain- ment committee and is & very busy man ust at present. The Supreme Grand ge of the order meets in New York next October, to which the local lodges will have a full representation. — NEVADA MINES IMPROVING, Two Big Gold Deals Are Coming to the Front. R. P. Keating is down from Virginia City, and, being in touch with the mining business of the whole State of Nevada, eports that the Silver Peak mines of Esmeralda County, at present under the management of Superintendent Hanchett, are picking up at a lively rate. New ledges have been struck and the assays are much better than for some time. Another valuable gold property, the Silver Star distriet, will, in al probability, be sold to Senator Wolcott of Colorado for $600,000. Some weeks ago a delegation of mining men from Nevada, who had bonded the mines, went to Colorado for of emctln’g this sale, but, as l%xh: “;g‘::: desired to make further research in the district, the deal was held off a little lon ger. 1t is said, however, that his experts re- rt very favorably on the property, and 1t will probably ‘be disposed of at the figure named within a few days, The sale of these mines will put more life into Esmeralda County than it has en- Ve In”; re- ed for some time, notwithstanding it is about the best camp in Nevada to-day. Colonel Butherland of Candelariais ar- ranging to work the tailings of the old Nevada Queen mine by the cyanide process. The deposit is said to be very rich and holds the accumulation of very rich waste that escaped when the process of extract- ing the rich metals was not as complete as at the present day. ; ‘With the renewal of operations at these points the C.and C. Railroad will in all probability carry many miners into the country. e ROBBERY NEAR SAN JOSE. James Devine, One of the Criminals, Arrested in This City. James Devine, a well-known criminal, was arrested on Friday by Detectives Bee and Egan on Market street, and yesterday morning was taken to San Jose by Deputy Sheriff Gardiner. On the night of May 15 Devine and a companion walked into & saloon kept by Charles Neigh, about six miles north of San Jose. Devine called for drinks, and when the saloon-keeper turned round to get the liquor, a customer, who was stand- ing at the bar, was confronted with a re- volver and ordered to throw up bis hands. The saloon-keeper wheeled round and was also confronted with & revolver. The robbers took $28 from the customer and relieved Neigh of his gold watch and chain and Masonic emblem. All trace of the robbers was lost till a few days ago, when it was learned that Devine wasin this City, and his arrest followed. —_— THE CASTIRON PLEDGES, Why the Christian Endeavor Society Objects to Dea~ con Morse. Possibllity of a Discussion at the Congregational Meeting To-Night. The members of the Young Peogle‘u Society of Christian Endeavor of the First Congregational Church are looking for- ward with unusual interest to the regulgr weekly meeting which takes place this evening. Many of them believe that mat- ters out of the routine and fraught with unusual interest to themselves will occur then. The fact is there has been a little rift in the lute lately which has marred the per- fect harmony of their relations with the pastor, Rev. C. 0. Brown. Some of the young people are in favor of meekly bow- ing their heads at the meeting this even- ing and giving assent to all the wishes of the pastor for the sake of peace, but there are many others who will firmly re- fuse to yield where they believe a principle to be at stake. It is the uncertainty as to which counsel will prevail that makes every one anxious about the meeting to- niihi. 11 the irouble, so say the young people, arose out of a castiroa vow. It is part ot the constitution of Christian Endeavor societies to gledge themselves to a castiron vow, and the one taken by the young people of the First Congregational Church five years ago was ts’mt they were to attend every possible meeting of the so- ciety. Deacon I.H. Morse objected at the time to the making of any such vow, as he disapproved of pledges, but the society re- plied, “Without a pledge we are only a mock Christian Endeavor Society,” so the pledge became part of the constitution. A few months ago there was an election of officers, and Dr. C. O. Brown expressed a desire that Deacon Morse should be put on the executive committee. The society objected, as it thought the deacon might try to abolish its castiron pledge, so the young e%ple state that a compromise was effected : T. Westgate, the clerk of the church, and a great friend of Dr. Brown, was elected president, on the tacit understanding that Deacon. Morse should not be one of them. Last Sunday, however, a somewhat ex- citing meeting was held, from which every one was excluded but members. Dr. Brown announced that Deacon Morse must be put on the executive committee of the Young People’s Christian Endeavor. Several o the members objected that the time for the election of officers would not come for some months, and that there was no appa- rent reason for arbitrarily adding another to the executive committee. he pastor insisted so strongly, however, that the deacon was elected in spite of protest. Two of the most ardent church-workers, James Mason and Miss Myrtle Simpson, especially incurred the pastor’sire by their lack of desire to see Deacon Morse invested with office. “The pastor says now that they must repent,” said a member of the church yesterday. ‘“‘Now weonly cénsider that they were acting on principle, ana do not propose to see them bully-ragged. 1t is -lrvery well to talk of meekness. Our young people have kept their tempers ad- mirably, but insinuations have been made against those two which neither deserved. “The meeting last Wednesday did not heal matters at all, and the probability is that to-morrow night we will stand by what we consider to be a principle. The &r:sence of Deacon Morse on our commit- is a threat to our castiron pledge, and it is our duty to defend that.” INSPECTED THE SITE. The Afiliated Colleges Committee Looks at the Byfield Tract With Mayor Sutro. The committee appointed by the Uni- versity of California to select a site for the affiliated colleges building, for which the Legislature recently appropriated $250,000, met Mayor Sutro in his office yesterday morning and accompanied him to inspect a site which he had to offer. 3 The land comprises a tract of about eight acres lying three blocks south of the park and opposite the children’s playground. It is excellently situated for the dp_llrpose_ being convenient to the cars and in good shape for building, very little grading be- ing necessary. It is known as the Byfield Tract. Mayor Sutro owns a large amount of propegty in that neighborhood, and offered thagamf to the committee at a nominal figure in order to induce it to build in that locality. Thol)lgh not expressing any definite opinion in the matter, the committee seemea favorably impressea with the site, looking about the neighborhood carefully before returning to the City. 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