The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 16, 1895, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1895. STILL AFTER THE EIGHT, K. M. Smith Files a New Ac- cusation for Impeach- ment. DIRECT CHARGES OF FRAUD. The Wora “Extension” Relieves the Market-Street Company of the Two Per Cgnt Condition. Kire M. Smith yesterday filed in the Su- perior Conrt a second amended complaint and accusation against and for the re- moval of the Solid Eight of the Board of Supervisors. It recites the same facts as the original complaint, but presents them on new lines. In the former complaint the basis of the action was the failure on the part of the( Solid Eight to recognize the application of the San Francisco and San Mateo Railroad Company for a franchise out Sunnyside avenue to Ingleside. This, it was charged, was a failure to perform official duties, the question of revenue being an incident. The new complaint and accusation is based upon the duty of Supervisors to sell property rights of the City for the highest price obi ble. The complaint relies upon the law of March 23, L relative to the sale of fran- chises, which law provides its own penalty. The facts are alleged in such manner to show how the Solid Eight conspired to aid the Market-street Railway Company to se- cure two franchises to Ingleside under their application for one, atthe nominal price of $500, excluding all other bidders and under the guise of an “extension’ to an old franchise, leaving out the exaction of the 2 per cent on the gross receipts, which is now made a part of all franchises. o causes of action are presented in which the same facts are recited. The first is the violation of the law and the second is “‘an attempt” to violate the law. As will be remembered this law of March 23, 1893, has an equal penalty for its viola- tion and its attempted violation. The recitation of facts is much stronger in this new complaint than in the old. Stress is laid upon the fact that no street v franchises have been granted in the past five years without-the provision being inserted that 2 per cent of the gross receipts be paid to the City, and yet this franchise, or literally speaking, two franchises, are here coupled together, and, with the excuse that it 1s an “exten- ion” of a previous franchise, this pro- ision is not here exacted; that the fran- chise b however, been advertised and all the forms followed, as provided in the law of 1893, which by the w: does not mention such a thing asan ‘“‘extension.” The complaint recites: That on the said Sth day of July, 1895, the id eight members, being a majority and con- ber thereof, and each of them, did v and unlawiully violate the seid act and with a fraudulent intent and purpose to prevent any public competition against the Market-street Railway Company, a corporation in said City and County, and all and each of them did conspire aud join together for and in the interest in behalf of the said Mark ilway Company and against the public and all and each one of them, to wi G, Supervisor First Ward. S E. BENJAMIN, Supervisor Third Ward. ALPHONSE HIRSCH, Supervisor Fourth Ward. EDWARD C. HUGHES, Supervisor Sixth Ward. CHRIS DUNKER, Supervisor Seventh Ward. ALFRED W. MORGENSTERN, Super- nth Ward. EDWARD L. WAGNER, Twelfth Ward. Did recognize an application made by the said ket-street Railway Company for a fran- to construct a street railroad over a large mber of public streets in said City and County, and each-one of them did by his vote on the faid 8th day of July, 1895, at a regular open session in an open meeting of the Board of Supervisors, knowingly and unlawfully vote for and cause to be advertised the said Market- street Railway Company’s application for a f-anchise, with cond:tions and restrictions in it own favor, drafted and framed by order of sl Market-street Railway Company with the unlawful, corrupt and fraudulent object and intention of defeating the purpose and spirlt Supervisor cused Supery unlawful action as hereinbefore alleged, did legislate for and vote in the interest and be- half of the said Market-street Railway Ci peny and against the public welfare an est of the people and taxpayers of the City and County of San Francisco. Again it says: That there are several street railroad com- anies in said City and County with provisions n their franchises requiring them to pay 2 per cent of their gross earnings 1o the said City and County, and within the last five years said City and County has collected the sum of about seventeen hundred dollars ($1700) from such source as public revenue. San Francisco and -8an Mateo Rail- way Company, & corporation, now and at all times mentioned herein operates a street rail- road in said City and County and has such & provisionin its” franchise, and is one of the companies from which seid City and County has collected public revenue as hereinbefore mentioned. That the said Market-street Railway Com- pany pays no such revenue t6 the City and County of San Francisco for any street railroad franchise now owned by it, and with the inten- tion of preventing the City and County of San Francisco to exact and require it to pay as pub- lic revenue 2 per cent upon its gross earnings for the privilege of runniug and operating its cars upon the said public streets, it designedly and nulawfully caused to be inserted in the advertised notice of sale with a condition that the privilege and franchise shounld be “to con- struet, lay down, maintain and operate for the unexpired terms of the respective frarichises heretofore granted for its line of street railroad on Mission street,” asa pretended compliance with the law, and with the object ot making it appear that it is applying for no new privilege and franchise subject under the law to pay the said 2 Jper cent of the gross earnings to the City and County of San Francisco as hereinbe- fore mentioned, but as a continvance of the franchises already granted to its line of street railroad on Mission street, which is not re- quired under its franchises to pay the said mentioned percentage to the said City and County of San Francisco as public revenue. next month. Boobar js a very capabley man, and_efforts have been made among the shipping people, irrespective of politi- cal affiliation, to have him retained in the position he has so well filled. Commis- sioner Cole favors him, and it is believed that Chadbourne will not vote to reémove a Republican so worthy of reanoim.ment, especially when President Colnon has no Democrat for the place and 1s satisfied with Boobar. HAPPY JACK HARRINGTON, A Man With a Record and a Broken Leg in the Receiving Hos- pital. “Happy Jack” Harrington was walking along Washington street at an early hour yesterday morning when he stepped on a banana peel. He fell and broke both bones of his right leg. “Happy Jack” has a record. He was first known to the police here in the latter part of 1865 as an associate of well-known criminals. On January 12, 1866, he was sentenced to serve six months for petty larceny, and on November 13 one year for burglary. In 1868 he killed Billy Dwyer, a_prize-fighter, in a saloon on Jackson and Kearny streets. He was tried for murder and acquitted, as it was shown he acted in seli-defense. He went to San Diego and on September 28, 1870, got eight years for robbery. After serving his sentence he came to this C He took a religious turn and in 1 started a temperance coffee-house on California_street. He was backed up by several religious societies and did a good business. On April 21, 1883, he was sent to San Quentin for six years for robbery. His last sentence was ninety days for petty larceny on April 23, 1889. He is a native of Boston, about 56 years of age. WES D PRIPLEAGAY Will Demand Restoration of Car Service on Clayton- Strest Line. Effort to Hurt Sutro’s Gift to the Affillated Colleges Promises a Fallure: If the state of mind of the residents of that section of the City traversed by the Clayton-street electric line ‘is a safe basis upon which to form an estimate as to the outcome, there is probable failure ahead of the attempt ~of ‘the . Southern:Pacific, through . its. ‘most reliable adjunet,” the: Market-street Cable Company, to prejudice the committee that is ‘to make a selection of a site from among the various tracts offered for the Affiliated Colleges. As has been previously stated, the Mar- ket-street Cable Company has abandoned the car service on the Clayton-street end of the old Metropolitan line, in the hope that the committee will reject Mayor Sutro’s proffer of a site as being inaccessible, there being no car service. - This -at least is the belief of most persons interested in-the Affiliated Colleges site, and it is the unan- imous opinion of those citizens who live along the abandonéd line, who depended upon it for getting iA and out of the City, and who are therefore ‘in reality the chief sufferers. These are very bitter over what they term “‘being whipped over the: shoulders of one of the company’s enemies.” The various neighborhoods of Stanyan street, Clarendon Heights, etc., have been can- vassed and a meeting called, which will be held on the 24th inst., to formulate plans for making the company restore the serv- ice, or, in the failure of that, to have.the Board of Supervisors-declare the franchise forfeited. : Thomas U. Sweeney, residing at the cor- ner of Seventh avenue and J street, one-of those discriminated against by the new or- der of things, said yesterday: There are fully 300 or 400 people shut off from streetcar connections with the City byl the withdrawal of the cars from the Clayton- | street line. Of course, we can take the steam- cars and transfer at the park, but they only runonce in three-quarters of an hour, and there is no train from the City after 5:30 P. M. This is practically as good as no service at all. We were entirely satisfied with the service of the electric line, and as most of the residences in this section were built with the expectation that the line would continue to be operated s0 that we would have at least as good a ser- vice as had thus far been given us, if not im- proved upon, we teel we may be justly inaig- nant at being deprived of the service entirely There is apparently no other reason for taking off the cars than sim?ly to spite Mr. Sutro, whom they have alwaysiought on every proposition, and we @0 not propose to be made to suffer for 2 matter in which we have no ‘n- terest. We shall try to make the Market-street Company put back the cars or we shall demand that the franchise be forfeited. George Lane, anotberresident of Seventh avenue, reitergted the statement of Mr. Sweeney that it was the malice of the Southern Pacific Company toward Mayor Sutro that prompted the abandoning of he service. He said: It certainly can be for no other reason, for the road paid a dividend when under the man- agement of the Metropolitan Company, and as there are. more people living along the line now than then, it cannot be said that the cars were taken off because they didn't pay. We do not propose to stand such boys’ play, and ‘we will have that service restored or see that the franchise is forfeited and room made for Joost or some one else who wants to build lhroutfh to the ocean. Idon’t know what plan we will adopt. yet, but we will decide upona course at the meeting on the 24th. Other residents of the locality talked in similar strain, showing the community is not in a mood to tolerate the discrimin- ation any longer than it is obliged. From opinions expressed by a number of the colleges’ commitiee yesterday it is hardly believed that the discontinuance of the car service will carry much weight in the selection of the site. They appear to have no fears but there will te plenty of car service by the time the building is com- pleted. ——————— PRETTY HOME WEDDING. Christopher C. ers and Lillie A. Mocker United in Marriage. One of the social events of the season was the marriage at the residence of the bride, 725 Golden Gate avenue, yesterday afternoon, of Miss Lillie A. Mocker, young- HARBOR COMMISSIONERS. Iron Piers for the New Wharves—Chief Wharfinger Boobar for Re- appointment. It is the intention of the Board of Har- bor Commissioners when rebuilding wharves to construct them upon iron piling, which will in time make the whole dock system of the City almost indestructi- ble. The new Pacific-street pier is the in- auguration of this important water-front improvement and the change meets the approval of the Chamber of Commerce, which, at their last meeting, adopted the following resolutions: ‘WHEREAS, The Honorable Board of Harbor Commissioners have ordered the Pacific-street wharf rebuilt with iron cylinder piles filled with concrete; and whereas, the major part of the receints of the board have heretofore been expended in repairs. Resolved, That the trastees of the Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco respectfully con- gratulate the Honorable Board of Harbor Com- missioners on the adoption of & poliey of per- manent improvement, which, if persisted in, will ultimat enable them to greatly reduce charges against the shiplflng at this port. Resolved, That the poliey thus inaugurated should be steadily adhered to until every wharf op our City front shall be buili on iron piling, and only the superstructure constructed of per- ishable material. Resolved, That copies of these resolutions be forwarded the Homorable Board of Harbor Commissioners ard to his Excellency the Gov- ernor of California. It is believed along the water front that Chief Wharfinger Boobar will succeed him- self at the expiration of his official term est daughter of William Mocker, to Chris- topher C. Rivers of the firm of Rivers . Brothers. Though the spectators were confined to immediate relatives of the families, the capacity of the parlors, study and halls of the beautiful home were greatly taxed. Every apartment of the house was prettily decorated for the occasion. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. E. J. Lion of St. Stepnen’s Episcopal Church, after which the whole company sat down to an elaborate dinner. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. James L. Holland, Mr. and Mrs: Andrew Mocker, Mr. and Mrs.. Harry Rivers, Misses Nellie and Hertha Page of San Jose, Miss Anna Rivers, Mr. and Mrs. W. Mocker Jr., Thomas W. Rivers, Mrs. Noema Prussia of Oakland, Mr. and Mrs. Rubin Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mocker, Mrs. Parker, Mrs. Stevens, Mr. and Mrs: Edwin G. Olsen, Mrs. Thomson Rudolph Mocker. ne bride is a native daugnter of this City, of splendid accomplishments. She has been a prominent figure in several social functions of late and for several summer seasons among the notables at Santa Cruz. 3 Mr. Rivers is a successful young business man, being a partner in the big grocery- house at the corner of Hayes and Octavia streets. The honeymoon will be passed at Lake Tahoe, after which Mr. and Mrs. Rivers will take up their residence at 1306 Hayes street. B Silk is so cheap in Madagascar that the poorest people wear clothing made of it. YESTERDAY AT THE FAIR. Nearly Three Thousand People Visit the Mechanics’ Pa- vilion. EXHIBITS - IN .GOOD SHAPE. The Band Is One of the Big Attrac- tions While All the Displays Have a Share. Nearly 3000 people passed through the big front doors of the Mechanics’ Pavilion yesterday and last night. The unsettled condition of the exhibits of the day before and the noise of the hammer and the saw had gradually diminished in the morning, and by the time the crowds began to pour in in the afternoon there was comparative quiet, save for the rumble of the heavy wheels in machinery hall, where affairs are being speedily adjusted. All through the vast pavilion there is a sen]e(} appearance, and the exhibitors are beginning to look rested and ready to entertain the visitors. “We shall have everything in place and big_as a $1 bill up 10 a three-column folio which now bears thename of The Monthly Times. No fair was ever complete without a patent washing-machine. But no fair ever exhibited so simple, so unattractive a washing-machine as stands near the door- way of the machinery hall. The plain man who presides over and manipulates this wonderful cleanser will tell you that there is nothing like it on the market, and you are prepared to believe him when you see him slosh the clothes up and down among a bushel of little wooden balls mixed up with a plentiful supply from the borax display. The following is the musical programme for to-day: AFTERNOON. March, “Grand Triumph’ Overture, “Nabucco” Waltz, “Fstudiatina” Prayer. America Overture, “Jol ‘Waltz, “Morning Journal’ “Cocoanut Dance’ “In the Clockstore “Fest Reveille”, March, “Blunervy” Overture, “*Lustspie ‘Waltz, *‘Rosefron” Peer Gynt...... (a) “Morning”; (5) “The (c) Tempo di Mazourka, Dance’’; (d) “Dance of Imps in the Halls of the Mountain King." Clarionet solo, “‘Eureante” Waltz, “Vienna Girls” «Awakening of Spring” Fantasie, “Espagnola”. March, “Le Pere de la Victorie." . ‘Herr Fritz Scheel, musical director. Got the Worst of It. Thomas O'Hara, a clerk, went into ‘the grocery-store on: Williams'and Post streets last, THE BLOOMER GIRLS AT THE FAIR: things moving along with the smoothness of clockwork by ‘Saturday,” said Superin- tendent Smyth, ‘“and the prospectsare that even before that the exhibitors will have their wares all in place.” The'visitors seemed to be making a gen- eral review of the great hall and the hun- dreds of things displayed during the after- noon, and last night they rested-and lis- tened to the music. ‘When you first enter the doors youcatch the blare of the big horns and.the big drums, the finer tones of the smaller in- struments and see the crowds of attentive listeners in the galleries. You notice the coat of nmew paint on the gallery rail and the sunburnt decoration at the west end of the hall. Then you follow the lines of dis- plays on either side of the great pavilion amf wonder where you will start in first. But before you have made up your mind about that you meet the inevitable gum- girls, one in white and one in blue. They wear bloomers and are housed within a small inclosure, beyond which they do not venture. . You hesitate as if you had missed some- thing and turn inslincnveli' to an inspe tion of the numerous bicyc another section of the hall. There is one exhibit that is a novelty— never placed on public exhibition before —the white and shining columns of borax, which at night is illuminated by electric Beauty in One of the Candy Booths. lights. Representing as it does California industry it attracts hundreds of visitors, many of whom are not aware of itsim- portance. The exhibit is by the Pacific Coast Borax Company, whose mines are in Death Valley. When the exhibit shall be completed the process of separating the pure borax from the original stuff that comes from the mines will be illustrated. There is & pleasant surprise for you in the art gallery, where the pictures are placed in a sort of artistic disorder, distinguish- ing this exhibit from those usually seen in the art displays of other fairs and expo! tions. Solly Walters and J. Ross Martin, assisted by Mrs. Waters, have stepped out of the conventional style of placing oils in one place, water-colors in another, and so on down the line. They have grouped the pictures. much as an artist would in the studio. The effect is noticeable to even the uncritical mind. The great mass of people who visit fairs have only that love of the beautiful and artistic which pleases them for the time, and the conventional plan of hanging pictures is sometimes found tire- some. The innovation in the art display at the Mechanics’ Fair is a pleasing one, and the visitors are already noting it and com- menting favorahly. The Golden State Amateur Press Associ- ation has an exhibit that attracts a good deal of attention. On the walls and in the showcases of the booth are displayed some fifty or moresample copies of ama- teur papers edited by youthful writers in various States of the Union. In the dis- play there are twenty-five edited and pub- ished by California boys, and there are thirty-five members in the State associa- tion. One of the novelties of the exhibit ‘is the first and many subsequent issues of The Stage Coach, showing the evolution of the art from a little sheet about half as night, and, without saying a word, picked up a cheeséknife and made a slash &t the proprietor, Theodore Timm. Timm knocked him down with a_club and held him untila policeman arrived. - O'Hara was taken to_the City. Prison and pooked on the charge-of assault with a deadly weapon. STUDENTS TURN TEACHERS Many of This Year’s Stanford Graduates Will Be In- structors. Professor Davidson of Toronto Uni- verslty to Succeed Professor Symington. Professor Davidson of the department of Spanish and Krench at the Toronto University, Canada, has just been ap- Uisplave in | Pointed assistant professor of Romanic e displays In |y ouages at Stanford University, to fill | the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Assistant Professor Symington, re- cently called to the chair of Romanic lan- guages at Amherst College. 1n addition to his work at Toronto University, from which institution he was graduated, Pro- fessor Davidson spent some time in study at Leipsic. Like a great many of the Stanford professors he is a young man. Although Professor Hussey has accepted the appointment of astronomer at the Lick Observatory he will continue his cowrses in astronomy at the university until next January, when he will move to Mount Hamilton. B Information has reached the university of alarge number of this year’s graduates who have already secured good positions Teaching alone has attracted a great many. C. E. Durrell of Pasadena is now teacher of chemistry and physics at St. Matthew’s Hall, San Mateo; A.S. Miller of Normal Square, Pa., is teacher of science at Hoyt's Oak Grove School, Burlingame; Miss Cora M. Palmer of Saratoga. one of the viztorious intercollegiate debaters last year, is teach- ing in the Lowell High School, Sarm Fran- cisco; J. M. Stowell of Palo Alto is prin- cipal of a_grammar school in San Jose; Miss Kate Herrick of Sacramento is assis- tant principal of the Sacramento High School; Miss Kate Nash of Pasadena is teaching in the Pasadena public schools; Miss Lu Brimm of Williams is teacher of hysiology and gymnastics in Snell’s minary, OaklamF‘ Miss Harriet Cory of San Jose is teaching in the State Normal School at Ban Jose; %v' 8. Brown of Stock- ton is a teacher in the Stockton public schools; 8. M. Look of Prattsburg, N. M., is principal of the public ~schools at Anderson, in the Sacramento Valley; 0. P. Morton of San Francisco is principal of the public schools of Mayfield; W. C. Hazzard of Claquato, Wash., the great center rush of last season’s ’varsity, is superintendent of schools at Olympia, Wash.; C. C. Hughes of Redwood City is 8rinclpul of the Ross Valley school, Marin ounty; D. L. Arnold of Orange and W. E. Winship of San Diego are instructors in mathematics in Stanford University: E. L. Farmer of Santa Cruz is assistant in electrical engineering at Stanford Univer- sity. I;Y. R. Dray of Sacramento, a member of this year’s graduating class, was the only one of eighty students recently examined at the Harvard Medical College to be ap- pointed on the hospital medical staff for the summer. Keinasuke Otaki, one of last year’s grad- uates, and the first Japanese to receive a degree from Stanford University, is now on the Imperial Fish Bureau of Japan. ———————— Circus Parade To-Night. The Syndicate Circus will open’ to-morrow afternoon with a matinee after the magnifi- cent street parade, which will be a sight in itself well worth seeing. The noveity of a night. parade will be presented to San Fran- cisco this evening, when the hippodrome with its pageant of animals, trained horses, mag- nificently costumed riders, the clowns and the gorgeous triumphal chariots will pass through the principal streets of the Cit; e A Young Barber Drops Dead. E. O. Williams, a barber aged 23 years, dropped dead at the Sutter-street_market, cor- ner of Grant avenue, at 6:30 p. M. yesterda; Dr.J. W. Moliere pronounced his death due to & collapse from congestion and heart failure, owing to extreine debility. A brother, 8. C. wmlh‘m-, in Los Angeles was notified by tele- JUDGE MURPHY IS BETTER His Honor Is Again Able to Preside at the Durrant Trial. ALARMS FOR THE JURY-BOX. County Clerk Curry Repudiates Charges Made Against His Chlef Deputy. THE DURRANT CASE IN A MINUTE—MORE CHARGES ARE DENIED. Charges made in #n afternoon paper to the effect that the police are anxioas about the handling of the trial jury-box are denied by Captain Lees and utterly repudiated by County Clerk Curry. The reflection is cast upon his chief deputy, Harry Piper, and rumors of many days concerning the Howell, Curtis and Me- Donald cases are raked up. The trial will be resumed this morning, with Judge Murphy on the bench, his Honor having recovered sufficiently from & severe asthmatic attack to proceed with safety. 1t is an off day, even during the recess of the court, that the ever-fitful rumor does not crop up in the Durrant case. 1t is also a ve~y frigid evening of that cold off day when the same ever-fitful rumor is not tun to earth. - Yesterday was no exception to the rule, and the embryo sensation which . has been lingering in the lap of opportunity was sprung on a nauseated public, It was just as promptly exploded ere the mnight fell and now the decks are cleared for the next. In an article in the Report yesterday afternoon the statement 1s made that: . The selection of a jury for the trial of Durrant iscausing the Police Départment & greatdeal of worry, notwithstanding that Juror Brown has been retired. Captain Lees is very outspoken re- garding the situation, and says Federal officials have assured him they have positive evidence that a certain well-known Deputy County Clerk tried manipulations with the Howell jury, and even went o far as to attempt to influence the attaches of the court. Notwithstanding the notoriety the deputy received in connection with this matter, he has the entire control of the tin box in which the names of the venire- men for the Superior Court are kept; and has drawn from it the name of every man so far summoned as a venireman. The police have no hesitation in stating what their information against the deputy is, and that it is convincing to them. They aiso. say this deputy was very active in assisting in the defense of M. B. Curtis, who was tried for the murder of Patrolman Grant; but though they say County Clerk Curry himself ought to take charge of the venire box they have, 80 far as known, done nothing to remove it from its present obnoxious custody. . They say the dep- uty is payinga great deal of atiention to the Durrant case, and frequently visits the court- roem to wat¢h the drawing of names. He is paying altogether too much attention to it to suit Captain Lees. The name of the Deputy Clerk is not given in the article, but so meager an at- tempt was made to cover up his identity that County Clerk Curry immediately, upon reading it, came to the conclusion that his chief deputy, Harry Piper, was meant. He immediately called upon Cap- tain Lees and asked him if he was the authority for the statement and the chief of detectives put in an emphatic denial at once. Mr. Curry then told Captain Lees that if he had the least suspicion the trial jury box was being manipulated he was at perfect liberty to send two of his best men to 1nvestigate the matter. They could readily ascertain by comparing the original trial-jury list with the names drawn in all the courts and those still remaining in the box whether or not the names had not been properly drawn. To this Captain Lees replied that he was perfectly satisfied that the names had been properly drawn in the Durrant case; that the list was correct and that the names in the box were-all right. “T have heard some of these rumors for several days,” said County Clerk Curry to a CALL reporter last evening, ‘‘but I would not care to make any statement had not this publication npgenred. 1 will say now, in iustice to the public, Mr. Piper and my- self, that if there isany ground for these charges, if they are presented in_ proper form and the parties who have made them will authenticate what they are alleged to have said, Mr. Piper would not remain in my office five minutes. I have had a great deal of experience with Mr. Piper, and I consider him square, upright and attentive to his duties. He has the interests of the public at heart. 1 think I ought to be better able to judge of him than people who have not been brought into as close contact with him as I have. “I want to say, further, that if these Federal officials they speak of will name the Deputy County Clerk they are said to allege manipulated the Howell jury and to have influenced the attaches of the Federal court in thatdirecticn his position will be vacant in five minutes. I want the nugms of the people who make the charges, and if what they are dlleged to have said is true I would only care to point out that they are as culpable as the one they charge is, in not having brought this matter to the attention of phe proper authorities.” Meanwhile, with all these chargesand denials in the air, 125 veniremen will wake up this morning to prepare for their ap- pearance in Judge Murphy’s court to answer as to their qualifications to act as jurors in the Durrant case. His Honor has been suffering acutely since adjournment, having been visited by a particularly se- vere asthmatic attack. E[e stated last evening, however, that he thought he would be able to go on with the case with- out further interruption. ST. ANDREW'S SOOIETY. Enjoyable Celebration of the Anniver- sary of Sir Walter Scott’s Birth. 8t. Andrew’s Society last night cele- brated the one hundred and twenty-fourth anniversary of the birth of Sir Walter Scott by a literary entertainment and so- cial dance in Scottish Hall. President William Niccl was in the chair and on the platform beside him were the other officers of the society. The hall was comfortably filled. The president, after an overture. ‘‘Melo- dies of Melrose,” by Gregg’s orchestra, made a few introductory remarks appro- priate to the occasion. The literary programmme consisted of songs, recitations, quartets and a violin duet. Each number was well feceived and encores were in great demand. Alexander Smith recited “The Saxon and the Gael,” from Scott’s “Lady of the Lake,” most creditably and, in response to the applause that followed, rendered the humorous Scotch recitation, “The Broken Bowl.” The quartet, “Hail to the Chief,” was splendidly given by Miss M. Gaskill, Miss ellie Anderson, J. A. Owens and Robert Blair. The others who took part in the Kirpgramme were: Mrs. P. W. McGlade, iss L. Steffani, Miss L. Donovan,-the Misses Minnie and Millie Van Doren, John Desmond, 'Eric Francis and Robert 8. Duncan. 7 Dancing concluded a most enjoyable evening. The floor manager was William K. Birss. ————— A YOUNG WOMAN EVANGELIST. Meeting of the Congregational Women’s Home Missionary Union. The morning session of the ‘meeting of the Congregational Women’s Home, Union of California yesterday was devoted to de- votional exercises and reports from’ the thirteen churches represented. Mrs. E. 8. Williams presided. Mrs. M. L. Merritt read a paper on “Our Ideal Attainment” at the afternoon ses- sion. : A report from Miss Grace Scott of he: evangelistic labors at Hyderville and Roh- nerville was read and occasioned favorable discussion, The girl evangelist, who has been heard occasionally at San Francisco and Oakland, has been holding revival meetings in the interior towns with marked success. She is working under the aus- pices of the Congregational Home Mission- ary Society and the Sunday-school Pub- lishing Society. Mrs. Williams, the president, called at- tention to the missionary efforts of Rev. Michael Nardi among the Italians. She said he alone, excepting the recent move- ment toward organizing a mission in Los Angeles, represents Protestantism among the 150,000 {’talians of the coast. His in- teresting history was referred to, and it was stated that at one time he served as Ttalian Consul. He was engaged in busi- ness in Philadelphia at the time of his conversion, and since that time has given all his energy to the improvement of his countrymen in America. His aim is to organize churches and place Waldensian pastors in charge. e The union discussed the advisability of pledging itself to raise $100 toward the pay- ment of a debt of the National Congrega- tional Home Missionary Society, of which General 0. 0. Howard is president. THE ALASKAN GOLD FIELDS A Prospector Gives a Very Gloomy Account of Them. He Says Gold Is There, but In Too Small Quantities to Pay. A prospector who recently - went to Alaska gold seeking tells the Alaska Searchlight the following discouraging story: Gold is here, but the finest color found on the Snuke River, Idaho, would be a nugget in comparison. All this section appears to be of glacial formation and will not pay to work, excent by hydraulic process on a large scale, and even then I think the gold would go in at the head race and come out at the tail race, the par- ticles are so fine. -~ I tried to gain all the in- formation possible about these diggings before leaving Juneau and came here with the impression that they were new, a dis- covery of last year. This is not the case, as some of the men now here have been on the ground the past six years and no one has made a stake yet. There are two or three claims on Bear Creck which show coarse gold, but they are only prospects. There are nearly 200 men here, and the majority of them will leave as soon as they can do so. work at an_ advantage, but there is no hope of making wages after it goes down. The best encouragement we can get is that we may be able to make from 50 cents to a dollar a day. Resurrection Creek is the largest stream flowing into the head of Turnagain arm, being some forty miles long. The first fifteen miles have been thoroughly Yrospected. A man by the name of Miller is said to own the best claim, on which four white men and an Indian are working. The first clean-up of | the season resulted in $31 in gold, and represents twelve weeks’ work for one man, two-thirds of which, however, was dead work: Those who expect to winter here are buying provisions cheap, getting the out- fits of those who are leaving at almost any price. Bede, the discoverer of gold on Bear Creek, has an hydraulic plant at work, but it is said his first clean-up was only four ounces. He has nine men at work for him. Remains of old sluice-boxes have been found on this creek, which show con- clusively that some work was done here years ago. Across the arm twelve men from Fresno, Cal., have been prospecting. They report finding the ruins of an o]gd cabin and other signs that miners had pre- ceded them, but they found no pay dirt and have gone to the Six-mile Creek, about twelve miles from here. The miners held a meeting here a few days ago and organized a mining district and Robert Michaelson, formerly of Ju- neau, was chosen recorder. Hope is the new name for the camp. The highest E_rice ever paid for a claim here is $600. he largest amount ever taken out was $125 in four days. Several men have gone up the Kinik River to prospect, and’it is possible that before winter sets in you may receive some very good news from this sec- tion, but unless something new is struck every one of the twenty-two boats riding at anchor or lying on the beach in front of the settlement will spread their white wings and sail away. Possibly my disappoint- ment has colored this communication a little, but I have tried to give you the facts ust as they exist, and fbelievs ou will e doing any one a Kindness to dissnade him from coming here at present. ————— Receiving Hospital Stewards. The last of the changes in the Recetving Hos- pital staff took place yesterday. Robert Tre- win, the steward, and the “two assistant stew- ards, Dawson and Alexander, reticed, and Dr. Bucker, steward, and Assistant Stewards Fo- arty and Mogan filled the vacancies. Mogan s not a new hand at the business and will be & decided acquisition to the staff. Trewin, the retiring steward, has held the position with credit for five years and eight months, and during that period 34,675 cases have been treated at the hospital. The expression blackguard originally in- dicated the scullions, kitchen-boys and potwashers who brought up the rear when a great man’s household was moving from place to place. 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This Week we are selling strong, durable Pebble Grain Button School Shoes, with toe caps and sprin heels, that are guaranteed for wear and that fit an 100k well— Sizes 8 to 1015 Bizes 1110 2 But where we lead ison Southern Ties. Wehava the most complete stock of Tan-cclored and Black Kid Southern Ties on this Coast, and we are seliing them cheap. We have Ladies' Fine Dongola Kid Southern Ties, with black cloth tops, pointed toes and pointed patent leather tips and hand-turned soles, that we are selling for $s51.50 That cannot be purchased in any otherstore in thig City under $2 50. We also have Ladies’ Tan-colored Russian Calf Southern Ties, with pointed toes and tips and hand- turned soles, that we are selling for $1.850 That are better made and more stylish in_appear- ance than can be chased elsewhere for double the money. 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