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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1895. LATEST OAKLAND NEWS, The Secret of Why Assessor Dalton’s Investigation Closed Hastily. IN POLITICS THE DUMPS. Qakland’s Midnight Evil Is Rapidly Increasing—Miss Lewis’ : Death. OARLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, | . 908 Broadway, August 18. | four, .wee ago it was stated in this olamn of THE CALL that Assessor Dalton would mast cértainly be ordered to Sacra- filento to show-cause why his assessment i-Alameda County was not more hone ge used by Mr. More- yuse was satisfied. He attempted to Ar. Dalton had not taxed mort- ull value, but he had bout corporation assess- he Supervisors cut in half, ion of the same Mr. Morehouse, a s previously. is told that shows why Mr. was not carried further. Mr. a banker in San Leandro as Jqualizer. His bank carries He has mortgages on and on at least Alameda County, that ex-Assessor ough to suggest for ex- ation did not include any of those -by Mr. . Morehouse’s bank. When tigation” had gone to a certain Dalton was prepared to defend ssment with certain facts that i have given him an opportunity to You know that of your own personal o kn ze, Mr. Morehous » = % But th »> e eq er from_ this district did d to be placed in any such pre- t. It was evident that the San banker detected some straw in answers that showed which was blowing, and having sheered off the course an s anchored the whole proceeding. e who profess to know have told me iay that the State Board will se Alameda County, or if they do it be such a small raise that nobody wiil Indeed, some such action is he reason advanced for this nent is thoroughly in keeping with past political history of this county. )alton was elected for four years and not vet completed the first. It is very dent.that an attempt is to be made by railroad to ruin him politically, if pos- i The question naturally arises—is it good policy 10 do it this early in his career and risk the inevitable reaction of railroad ion, which would develop when he s before the pnblic three years’ be. only manner in which Mr. e could help this policy would be v increase the assessment of the ounfy and lay the blame on Mr. ne int 1. Jut.the . price of this coup would come y For four years the railroad and ally-the “mortgages held by the -including that of San Leandro, ould . be compelled to pay the increased e.:of taxes.” Such a game would be ardly worthi the candle and for these rea- s Mr.. Dalton’s friends feel that he has nothipg.'to fedr till his last investigation by thre Sfate Board of Equalization prior to the expirdtion of his present term. en = “iring to-the demand of the Board of ith for a garbage erematory one of the inen said this week, “The whole .. Tt would seem that the poke the truth for the divid- Councit ing line ‘between the backers and oppo- nerts of the scheme is so clearly drawn that it is exaetly parallel to the line be- ¢ pporters of the Mayor and his But while this fact would not constitute “‘a job.” as the term land politics, it does v feeling has actually crept sane person_would fear to b bage dumps. posing of the garbage great and pressing seems to be no doubt, nts before the Council, is the only method of g the quesxion which s the city’'s health. The 1 the matter is its political ot believe there is a Council- t what believes thata st and, practically, the posing of the garbage. have so expressed them- But here comes the rub. or Davie and eight of the Council have love for each other, and the eight have 1 occasions vetoed the signature execut Now comes the Board appointed mostly by Mayor and demands a crematory by ening with arrest any-scavenger who dumps. garbage within the city limits. hey.are supported by the Mayor and his Jientenant, “Old Pard’’ Bassett. Council- men Heitmann and Brosnahan also favor the scheme, and there its present support of Health, Davie nore interesting detail enters into litical farce. Ex-Chief of Police r. appears before the Council and advocates -an odorless crematory. 1f his agreement- be put in .writing that he made verbally; there would be no risk to the city the affair was an absolute success. scheme, the Board of Health argues, ehould certainly please the eight Council- men. But'the eight Councilmen take a very different view of the case. They know that Mayor Davie is a firm political friend of Mr. Schaffer’'s and has protested ve- hemently against his removal from office, and ‘they declare the Mayor is using his 3oard of Health to help Schaffer geta 00 contract for a crematory. Bassett, o course, sides with Davie; Heitman and Brosnahén are remnants of the old ring ded by the eight as political to the ma- fority gerieral principles. This is the situation.that- caused one member of the ht to say, “The whole thing is a job.” The shoeting of Miss Jennie Lewis has brought into prominence a question that bas long "been discussed sub rosa in Oak- and, but which Chief of Police Lloyd will do well to look after. Miss Lewis be- longed to that class of young women who pumber many hundreds in Oakland and who find in.this city all the quasi-moral entertainment they desire. The murder of the young girl is not the sacrifice of vir- tue to viciousness, but is rather the inevi- tavle result ef a manner of- living that exists in Oakland more liberally than in most places, ‘and in saying this I am quoting from a conversation with one of the oldest captains of police. He also said that at the. particular ball at Germania Hall attended by Miss Lewis the Satur- day night, or rather the Sunday morn- ing beiore she was shot he saw a young girl, not 16 years of age, carried off tbe floor,drunk. Now that the excitement of the murder is over and the characters of all parties have been inquired into, it would appear ‘that Muhlner was far more reputable and had far better claim on the Kimng woman's attention than had Charles iller. Miller is known as a low saloons, and it was el frequenter of \d in investigatin, - day discovered | that. byt sociates of = both sexes are not of the highest maoral caste. Muhlner had of- fered s Lewis many valuable presents woa she had accepted; he had even paid #00\ the filling of her teeth, and was, ac- cording to Mrs. Lewis’ own story, suffi- ciently intimate to' drop in last Ssturday | 4 San Francisco morning and have breakfast with them. He was a telegraph operator in good stand- ing and his greatest fault, judging from stories of friends and enemies, seemed to the be the loving of a iirl who toyed with his affections and yet kept company with an- other. Miller had no steady employment and is at present a hackdriver. hen all these facts are considered it throws an en- tirely different light on the tmsedy. ‘When Miss Lewis came to Oakland from her home in San Rafael she knew nothing of the midnight life that ended in jealousy and death. The midnight evil of Oakland is grow- ing, and growing at an alarming rate. Early morning dances and “all night” restaurants are increasing and to these latter are attributed most of the immoral- ity that those who transact business in conventional hours do not see. A police officer told me this week that from one restamant at 2 A. . he had seen a crowd of ten young girls come out with young men, all more or less under the influence of liquor. He further said that within the past five years he had krowsn every one of those girls to_have been thoroughly re- spectable. Happily these practices are confined to a very small portion of the heart of the city, but their influence is reaching out and parents can not be too strongly advised of it. One physical death is but a trifle compared to the multitude of moral deaths whose epitaphs are hearfi a in side-entrance ‘‘restaurants’ at hours of the night and morning. Another feature of this question has been brought forward by the popular use of bloomers. There are more highly re- spectable woman bicycle-riders in Oak- land than in any other city of its size. But unfortunately there is another side to the question. Nearly every night, on Bmmfw at a late hour, girls can be seen in bloomers leaping over hitching-posts and deporting themselves in a manner that is highly discreditable. The guile- 1 > ride by moonlight readily commends itself to parents, but its tendencies will bear the closest watching by those interested in the fate of young people. Stuartr W. Boota. REV. lessness of a bicyc! J. M. TAULBEE SPEAKS. | He Addresses a Large Audience in the Oakland Theater. OAELAND OFFICE SAN 908 Broadway, August 18. f The Oakland Theater on Twelith street was crowded this afternoon with a mixed audience which listened for three hours to Rev. J. M. Taulbee State® president of Kentucky, who lec- tured on “The Aims and Objects of the A. P.A.’ On the platform were G. W. Arper and State President Huddleson. Mr. Taulbee divided his lecture into three parts—education, immigration and taxation. Referring to education he de- clared that Protestant countries showed the least percentage of illiteracy. “The greatest bulwark of our liberty is the pub- lic school system, and any attempt to weaken that saps the foundation of the re- public,” said he. e speaker saw great danger to the Jand in indiscriminate immi- gration. He also thought that all church property should be taxed. At the close of Mr. Tauibee’s remarks Mr. Huddlesor . When an opportunity given the audience to ask questions, Henry Weber of Temescal mounted the platform and contradicted some of the statements made by the lec- turer. A colored quartet furnished the music and the meeting lasted from 3 p. M. to 6:15 P M Reliance Football Team. The Reliance Football Team is making some preparations already for its trip to the East. Proposals have been submitted to meet the teams of the Denver Athletic Club, the Omana Club_and the Chicago Athletic Association, The Reliance boys will leave here about October 15. It is likely a game will be arranged with the University of California team before they depart. The first game outside of the State will be played at Denver. The sec- ond will be the contest on the Omaha gridiron, and they will then proceed to Chicago. The Chicago-Reliance game of last year in San Francisco will be long re- membered. The Windy City lads are aching for a chance to redeem themselves, and tfie Reliance men are anxious to give the Chicagoans a chance to redeem them- selves. The Reliance team has hopes that they may be able to extend their trip furiher east than Chicago. If financial success is met with the team will go to New York, Philadelpiha, and return via Seattle, Tacoma and Portland. The Elks’ Monument. The large bronze elk for the Elks’ Rest in Mountain View Cemetery will not be formally dedicated before Thanksgiving day. The Rest was donated by Frank Ench, a prominent Elk, and consists of three-fourths of an acre. The large elk will rest upon a pedestal of onyx four feet by six, the same piece that did duty as a portion of the mining exhibit of the Mid- winter Fair. Beneath the pedestal is to be a vault where will be deposited the urns containing the ashes of those Elks whose bodies have been cremated. The follow- ing Elks compose the committee in charge of the Elks’ Rest plat: E. H. Benjamin, George E. de Golia, Frank Ench, Charles Ingler, James Vance, D. M. Jones, A. W. Stillwell, F. P. McFeeley and C. H. Haw- baker. The Baroteau Deed. The record of a transaction in Oakland and Alameda real estate shows that A. A. Baroteau has deeded to his wife property to the value of $10,000. Mrs. Baroteau de- clares that people were misled by the publication of the record. She says the property was her own, but that shortly after marrying Mr. Baroteau it was placed in their joint names. “1 paid my husband $500 in order to get him to deed my property back to me and I don’t want him to take the credit for giving me my own property which I had to buy back from him,” 'was Mrs. Baroteau’s indignant comment on the transaction. The New Estuary Bridge. Steps are now being taken to arrange conferences between the railroad com- pany officials, the United States engineers and ‘the Supervisors in order to arrange the preliminaries for the one bridge across the estuary which it is proposed shall be substituted for the two now in use. It is expected that some definite results will be reached in this direction within a short time, The necessity for a change of bridges has been made manifest to the Govern- ment through complaints of tugboat cap- tains and oéher navigators who carry on traffic upon the waters of the estuary east of the bridges. At the Macdonough. The only play at the Macdonough Thea- ter will be a production of *Jane’” Monday night. It has been six or seven years since this vlay was seen in Oakland, “and, judging by its record in San Francisco, it is as attractive as ever. *‘Too Much John- son” will run for the first three nights of next week. e LATE NEWS OF ALAMEDA The Hitch Over the Great Yacht Race Still in a Tangle. The Garden Fete of the Unity Circle. Pattlanl’s Plans Have Been Adopted. The hitch over the great yacht race be- tween El Sueno and the Qusen, which was was to have taken place on Saturday, August 31, has not yet been straightened. The objection was made by Captain Mor- rell of the challenging craft on behalf of his crew. He claims that he will not start if the date 1s not changed to a Sunday, as his men are emplofil in business houses e crew of the Sueno | will not sail a race on that day and that fact was announced when the date was first fixed by the regatta committee. A meeting of the regatta committee will be beld to-morrow evening, and it has been suggested that the race take place on Ad- mission day. i Commodore Leonard objects to any change in the time and has declared that the race will take place on the 31st, even if the Sueno has to go over the course alone. Itseems that El Sueno is a puzzle to the captain of the Queen, and the free- for-all race of the Encinal Yacht Club has caused him to change his mind on having a sure thing, FEl Sueno has had her bow- sprit shortened, and the double-head sails have been replaced by one j For light sails she has added a forty-foot balloon jib, an enormous spinnaker and an assort- ment of topsails. 5 A 10-inch skag, weighing over 100 pounds, has also been added. In her last speed trial she went where she was pointed and covered the course in as fast time as has ever been sailed. Her best showing was made on the windward work, which was a surprise, as in all previous races she had shown herself to be very tender in that direction. The course over which the race will be sailed has more reaching than any other kind of sailing, and much will depend upon the crews. Unity Circle Entertainment. The Unity Circle of the Unitarian Church will give a garden fete this week. The plans of A. W. Pattiani for the trans- formation of the lot at the corner of Oak street and Central avenue have received enthusiastic approval by the committee. The entrance will be at the corner of Oak street, from which eleven small tents will curve to the main tent, which will be fitted with a dancing floor. The platform for the entertainment, which will be of a pre- tentious character, is across the north end and of sufficient height to afford an unob- structed view to those in the farther end of the tent. One of the features will be a patriotic concert on Thursday evening, under the supervision of R. Frank Clarke, who formu- lated a programme of Nationai songs, bugle calls and music by drum and fife, Mr. Clark will be assisted by Mrs. F. H. McCormick, Miss Elizabeth Westgate, Mrs. William Bauerhyte and Captain Judd and J. W. Farrington. Grand Army members will be present on the stage in numbers. Among the various attractions will be drum music by Ed_Clarrage, chief musician Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, Hancock’s corps, and Fifer A. F. Abbott, Sixteenth New Hampshire Volunteers. Both of these gentlemen are connected with the Veteran Guard of California. Friday evening there will be dancing by little Dorothy Van Sicklen and Helen Hall- weil and songs by the Misses Schlingheyde and Oleta Lunt. The management is endeavoring to se- cure Mr. Hammersmith in his perform- ance of the skirt dance. On Saturday evening “The Family Album,” which was given at the Unitarian church recently, will be opened to the public, to be followed by a dance. Art League Meeting. The men’s class of the- Alameda Art League will hold its first sitting to-morrow evening. A female model has been en- gaged for the occasion. The ladies’ class will be organized Wednesday eveniug, but will not be ready to accomplish much until after the 1st of September. LATEST BERKELEY ITEMS Football Manager Lang Re- fuses to Name the Coach for This Season. Professor Howison Talks of the Lectures on Philosophy Soon to Be Given at Berkeley. BERKELEY, CaL., Aug. 18.—University of California Football Manager Herbert Lang, when seen to-day at his home in Oakland, expressed much surprise at the published report in relation tothe securing of Butterworth of Yale as coach for the coming season. He absolutely refused to make any statement for publication regard- ing the truth or falsity of the report, but said that the coach, whoever he was, would be made known after a meeting of the ath- letic executive committee. It is generally conceded about Berkeley that Butterworth isthe man, but none of the old players seem to be able to speak with any degree of certainty in relation to it Lectures by Noted Men. On Friday evening, August 80, what promises to be two of the most interesting and instructive lectures that have been given at Berkeley for a considerable length of time wiil be delivered by Professor Jo- | siabh Royce, head of the department of philosophy at Harvard, and Professor Sid- ney Mezes of Texas University. The lec- tures are to be eiven in the nature of a discussion, the topic being, “Supplements and Modifications of the Doctrine and the Argumentation of Royce’s Religious Aspect of Philosophy.” ~Professor Royce will open the discussion with an address in which he will present the supplements and modifications which he considers proper to the argument of his work on philosophy. At the conclusion of the address by E‘ro- fessor Royce, Professor Mezes will present his views on the question. This discussion is to be held in the uni- versity gymnasium and will be open to the public. ‘‘For the past year,” said Pro- fessor Howison of Berkeley yesterday, ‘“‘the Philosophical Union has been study- ing Professor Royce’s ‘Religious Aspect of Philosophy,’ and having finished it, we have invited him to Berkeley, at our own expense, to discuss it with us. * “Professor Royce,”” he continued, ‘is without doubt one of the most, 1f not the most, distinguished graduate of the uni- versity, and to have him with us for the purpose of lecturing on one of his own ublications will be an exceptional privi- ege. He comes at the request of the union and for the sole purpose of lecturing tous.” Professor Royce graduated from the University of California in 1875, receiving the degree Ph. B. Three years later Johns Hopkins University conferred upon him the degree of doctor of philosophy. For four years following 1878, he was instructor in English at Berkeley, going from here to Harvard in 1882 to accept an instructor- ship in philosophy. In 1885 he was pro- moted to the position of assistant pro- fessor and in 1892 was elected to the cEnir of phnlomghdv in the same university. Professor Sidney Menzes is chief of the philosophical department of the University ofg’l‘exas. He graduated from Berkeley in 1884. On several evenin% following the dis- cussion between Dr. Royce and Professor Menzes, debates will be held in which Dr. Joseph Le Conte and Professor Howison will take active parts. Most of these dis- cussions, however, will be restricted to members of the herkeley Philosophical Union. Professor Royce left Boston yesterday for California and will arrive here in about eight days more, it being his purpose to make several short visits while on the way. Freshman Reception Postponed. Dr. H. A. Ketchum, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley, an- nounced to-day that the proposed recep- tion which was to have been tendered to the freshman class of the university on next Tuesday evening had been in- definitely postponed. Silver is cleaned at the shops by pressin, the piece against a rapidly revolving whee! made of canton flannel in many pil%s. —————— ‘“Take no thought for the morrow"” is now understood in an entirely different manner from that in which it was intended when the King James version was pre- pared. Then the expression “to take thought’’ was universal as a synonym for auxious solicifude. WEEKLY FRATERNAL INDEX, Stockton Preparing for the Visit of the Patriarchs Militant. SEPREME PRESIDENT EMBREE. The Members of the Order of the World Will Tender Him a Re~ ception To-Night. Offioial Assessment Table, quomssos SV JOJqUINN D Jo 9ua **+ s1aqUOT £q juenbujeq X. and L. of 11, 419 420[Aug I|Aug 31 Chosen Frien 2i7/aug 1|Aug 31 A. 0. 181920(avg 1laug 28 K. of the 10234/Avg 1Sept 1 A. L. of H. 346 47 'IE;AHI‘ liA“g 31 Royal Arcanum g 1{Aug 31 [Official assessment notic any legitimate fraternal society will be published free of cost in above table. Send them, With any other matters of importance, b{ Friday, addressed Fraternal Society Editor MORNING CALL, San Francisco.] Clarence E. Embree, the supreme president of the Order of the World, will be tendered a reception on Monday evening, August 19,in Prospect Hall, I. 0. O. F. building. Members of the order and their friends are invited to be present. The supreme president bas been in this City for the past three weeks looking after tne in- terests of this order. He has had a long and successful career in many of the most promi- nent secret societies in_this country. He be- came a member of John Endicott Lodge No. 12, A. 0. U. W,, of Salem, Mass., in 1881. In 1885 he joined Star King Lodge, F. & A. M., Essex Lodge, 1. 0. 0. F., Naumkeag Tribe of Red Men and other fraternal orders. In 1887 he was elected a representative to the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, A. 0. U. W., and in the same vear was appointed a deputy grand master workman. For the next four yearshe was actively engaged in organizing lodges for the A.0.U. W., installing in that time seventy lodges, all of which are now in existence. Later he was employed by the management of the Order of the World in the capacity of manager of organizers. In March, 1893, the executive board sent him to Chicago to start the order in the West. His success was such that at the last convention of the Supreme Lodge he was elected supreme president unani- mously and placed at he head of the order in the United States. He left his home in Indianapolis, Ind., on the 12th of July, beginning his round of of- ficial visits en route for California. There are five flourishing lodges in this City and one in Osakland. President Embree will leave next week for Los Angeles to look after the business of this order in Southern Cali- fornia. While in the south he will be the guest of Mrs. Annie B. Andrews, the deputy supreme president for that district. . Andrews Lodge No. 340 reorganized and elected new officers last Wednesday evening. The following are the ofticers for the ensuing term: Captain, W. P. Dennery; past-president C.S. Harrison; president, S. L. Waller; vice-’ president, Mrs, M. A. Duke; secretary, Jonn J. Cordy: treasurer, Mrs. Helene Worms; marshal, Charles A. McFadden; guard, L. ‘Aron; sentinel, Sol Barker. This lodge was named in honor of Mrs. Annie B. Andrews of Los Angeles, and her many iriends in this City intend to make it the banner lodge of the jurisdiction. Native Sons of the Golden West, Marshall Parlor No. 176 and Santa Rosa Par- lor No. 28 consolidated Saturday evening under the name of Santa Rosa Parlor No. 28. Grand President Dunne, Grand Secretary Lunstedt and Grand Trustees Long and Garratt con- ducted the ceremonies. Past Grand President Thomas Flint Jr., Grand Trustee Frank Mattison and N. C. Briggs Jr., secretary of Fremont No. 44, were in town last week. There will shortly be & new parlor organized in Oekland. Fremont Parlor No. 44, Hollister, is having a. great revivel since the visit of the grand offi- cers. They expect to haye over a hundred members by January 1. Eden Parlor No. 113, Haywards, celebrated its eighth anniversary on the evening of August 13, 2 An official exemplification of the ritualistic work took place at Pioneer Hall last Friday evening, at which the officers of all the parlors of S8an Francisco and Alameda counties were present. The following team officiated: Past McCreerv of National Parlor G. P.; president, Frank H. Dunne, grand president;_first vice-president, J. V. Reenan, D. D. G.P.; second vice-presi- dent, Finlay Cook of Niantic Parlor No. 105; third vice-president, J. L. Geary, D. D. G. P.; marshal, L. M. Bamnan, D. D. G. B.; treasurer, H. C. Pasquale, Golden Gate 29 secretary; A. Eberhart, Golden Gate No. 29; organist, John Staude Ir., Alcalde No. 154 ; inside senti® nel, George N. Van Orden, No. 187. L 0. 0. F The annual cantonment of the Patriarchs Militant is to be held in Stockton during the month of October and also the session of the Grand Encampment. The committee at Stockton are making elaborate preparations for the reception of visiting cantons and members of theI. 0. 0. F. and propose to hold festivities as follows: Tuesday evening, October 15—Exemplifica- tion of encampment degrees. Wednesday evening—Reception of Grand Encampment and 0dd Fellows, to conclude with a social dance. Thursday afternoon—Parade at 3 o'clock. Department council at close of parade. hursday evening—Competition drill and dress parade, concluding with a grand ball. For ghe competition drill there will be: First prize, offered by encampment; second prize, silver water tankard, glven by Oakland Canton No, 11; third prize, $75 cash. The formation of Farnsworth Lodge is pro- gressing finely, and during the past week some very desirable names have been added to its charter list. The members are working with a will, and though very enthusiastic, are using a great deal of discretion in the selection of members, There are many applications from brothers holding withdrawal cards from other States. Information in regard to it may be ob- tained at the grand secretary’s office, Odd Fel- president, W. E. o. 118, D. D. lows' building, on Monday or Friday evenings. Order of Chosen Friends. Grand Councilor T. H. Selvage and Grand Recorder 8. C. Wallis visited Empire Council No. 47, Monday evening, August 12; Sunset Council No. 26, Tuesday evening, August 13, and Sacramento Council No. 96, Wednesday evening, August 14. The grand councilor will visit couneils lin the interior of the State and Nevada during the coming week. Past Grand Councilor Mrs. Henry Pavot will leave on the 19th for an extended trip througli the Eastern States and Europe. She ‘will be absent about a vear. The second entertainment and social will be glven by the United Progressive councils, un- er the auspices of H. W, Halton Council' No, 10, Thursday evening, August 22, at Social Hall, Alcazar building. An eleborate pro- gramme has been prepared. Under the direction of Instructor F.A. Tay- lor the new initiatory team are drilling twice each week. The first initiation will be held in Bocial Council No. 46, Thursday evening, August 29. A number of new features will be introduced in the floor work, which will make the ceremony very impressive. Alarge num- ber of candidates will be initiated Supreme Representative F.H. Kiefer will leave for Indianapolis on the 19th to fulfill his duties as a member of the committee on finance and accounts. A.0.0, W, Judge Robert Ferral of this City will deliver an oration at the public meeting to be held under the auspices of Brooklyn Lodge No. 3, East Oakland, Wednesday evening. Grand Foreman Vinter will also be present and ad- dress the assemblage. Golden West No. 264, Potrero, initiated 10 new members last Saturday evening, a total of 17 this month for that lodge. An increase of over 10,000 members for the year ending June 30, 1895, is reported by the supreme recorder. he jurisdiction of the State of Washington has had no assessments for deaths in the months of June or August this gelr. To-morrow evening the celebration of the twentieth anniversary of California Lodge No. 1 of Oakland will be attended by most of the Grand Lodge officers of this ju: ction, T. A, 0. D. On Tuesday evening last Go'den Star Grove No. 104 paid Hesperian Grove No. 15 a fraternal visit. A good attendance was present. After the meeting Hesperian Grove invited their yis- ltors'w acollation and an enjoyable ho ur was spent. : Norma Grove No. 5 at its last meeting had three applications and Segil Grove had one candidate and received several applications. The subordinates groves have in contempla- tion & joint pienic. Knights and Ladies of Honor, Seal Rock Lodge, Alameda, will celebrate its anniversary by a grand ball next September. The reception by West End Lodge to Grand Protector F. Kemp van Ee and Deputy Mrs. 8. Beverson on Tuesday of last week was a pleas- ant affair. A fine {itel’uy and musical pro- gramme was rendered, followed by dencing. The grand officers visited Pacific Lodge last Tuesday evening and were received by Grand Deputy Vincent. E; erkele}; Lodge gave a social on Wednesday evening that was highly enjoyable. Knights of Honor. Grand Dietator Archibald aud Grand Guide Learned and Deputies Balart and Kipps visited Occidental Lodge last Wednesday night. The Grand Dictator will visit the lodges at Napa aud Suisun during the next week. 'he Past Dictators’ Association and several of the grand officers visited Far West Lodge on the 8th inst. Several interesting addresses were made by the visitors and the degree was conferred on a candidal Independent Order of Foresters. Court Southern Heights No. 1150 will cele- brate its third anniversary by giving a grand entertainment and dance in Union-square Hall. 421 Post street, on the evening of Saturday, September 7. The different committees, under the able leadership of Chief Ranger A. Ross, are leaving nothing undone to make this at once one of the finest fraternal entertainments of the season. Equitable Aid Union, California Union No.603 will celebrate its eighth _anniversary Monday evening, August 19. All sister unions are invited to attend. There were two initiations at the last meeting. BOOKS OF UNITY LODGE Those of Secretary Levingston Being Examined by a Com~ mittee. Levingston Denies That There Is Anything Wrong In His Account With the Lodge. Those interested in the affairs of the Independent Order of B’nai B’rith have been considerably agitated during the past ten days over the report current that the books of Jacob Levingston, financial sec- retary of Unity Lodge of the order named, were being experted by a special commit- tee appointed by the president of the lodge, Emil Deutsch. Rumors even went so far as to suggest that Secretary Leving- ston was short in his accounts with the lodge, and fixed the amount of the sup- posed shortage at $4000. From one of the officers of the lodge it was learned yesterday that a week ago last Monday the committee on outstandings of the lodge, of which President Deutsch is chairman, submitted a report to the president in which attention was drawn to the fact that the outstandings were not coming in as rapidly as it was thought they should. This report also contained other information of a character which induced the president to at once sum- marily suspend Secretary Levingston from his position and to order an investigation of his books. The investisntion of the books has now been in hand for about ten days, but no rt has been made by the expert com- mittee. The action of the lodge gave rise to various surmises and rumors among the members. It was generally understood that something was wrong with the books and funds of the lodge, but no one could or would tell just where the discrepancy came in or of what it consisted. Mr. Levingston, up to about six weeks ago, was employed as bookkeeper by the firm of Rothschild & Wise, wholesale dealers in ladies’ furnishing goods. He was bookkeeper for Kothschild & ‘Wise’s predecessors—Kraker Tsrael— for about two years, and when they sold out he continued in charge of the books for several months. Edward Sonheim suc- ceeded him, and during the six months he had the handling of the books he appro- priated $5000 of Rothschild & Wise’s money 1o his own use. Sonheim was arrested on acharge of embezzlement, but escaped the penalty of his offense by repaying a por- tion of the amount. Levingston went back to the firm after Sonheim’s dismissal and continued with them uF to six weeks ago. Mr. Wise says he would bank on his integrit; Members of the lodge of which Leving- ston was the secretary admit thata dis- crepancy exists somewhere, and that it is supposed to be somewhere in the neigh- borgood of $4000. Further than that they will not go, except to say that any shortage there may be rests between the secretary and the treasurer. Mr. Green of the Columbia Cafe, who is a member of Unity Lodge, said that he had heard the report, but did not know any of the particulars beyond the fact that an investigation was being made. He ad- mitted, however, that the secretary and treasurer were severally and singly respon- sible for any irregularity. Mr. Levingston was seen at his home at 1516 O'Farrell street. He appeared very little worried over the affair.” “It is sim- ply the work of some rival who wants my position as secretary of the lodge. Ido not know anything concerning a shortage and have nothing to fear from an investi- ation.” ‘While Mr. Levingston was talking his brother-in-law, F. H. Merzbach, attorney- at-law, who ran for Superior Judge at the election last November, came in and said: “Oh, it's all rivalry trash. There is nothing in it whatever. Some one who wants Jake’s place has started this story and think they can injure him with the lodge members. We would like to find the author of the story. The investiga- tion will show nothing to Mr, Levingston’s reputation.” OUT-OF-TOWN PERSONALS, El Paso de Robles, Cal, Aug. 17.—Among those registered at Paso Robles are: L. Bare, J. M. Irvine, J. H. Flickenger, Dr. Grif- fith, J. H. Wise, H. E. Wise, George Hornage, Earnest Graves. J. L. Young, M. A. Tafft, 0. Y. Kine, J. W. Horack, Mrs. John Wise, Mrs. P. Crowley, Miss Josephine Crowley, Mrs. P. F. Morrison, A. C. Griffeth, Mrs. H. 8. Crocker, H. 8. Crocker, M. S. M M. 8. Hasland, B. Covley, L. Haskin: N. A. Juad, C. Hollister Judd, M. Hazon, P. Burns, C. A. Rice, Mrs. 7. 0. Heppner, M. Brander, 8. M. Dennis, C. C. Hopkins, H. H. Kirbey Jr,, Mrs. J. C. Levy, 8. Goldman, W. Carrothers, Mrs. Rice McCol- lough, H. E. Wicker, R. B. Collier, Mrs, H. '}hmon,ur& Thompson, O. R. Spooner, J. E. erry, strong, E. 8. Podock. santa Rose, Cal, Aug. 18.— Rev. E. Jenks of Red Bluff, who has been vis- iting his father, Judge Jenks, here, has returned home. Jackson Cossell, an attacke of the Bank of Britisk Columbia in San M. Morty, Myer, Miss Myer, J. W. Arm- Francisco, was in town Friday. Bank Commis- sioners Kilbourn and Fuller were here Friday. Mrs. Ella Hanscom of Vallejo, Mrs. C. London of Berkeley and Miss Tuttle of Willets are reg- istered at the Grand. R. A.Long, a prominent attorney of Williams, is in town. Colonel M. L. McDonald will visit the Atlanta Exposition with the Sonoma County fruit exhibit. Hon. J. C.Slatey is in Santa Rosa. Dr.and Mrs.J. W. Jesse have returned from a visit to Capi- tola. Harry Leppo has gone to Stanford to make arrangements for & term there. Three weeks ago a trinity of local nimrods, Jud; Dougherty, Rollo Leppo and his brother Frank. left for Shelter Cove, Humboldt County, on' a hunting expedition. They went via the steamer Homer, which landed them at the cove and went on her way to Coos Bay, Or., where an ac- cident befell her and so far she has not re- turned. The legal gentlemen must feel some- thing like shipwrecked sailors, as there is no postoflice at the cove. ——————— A Nickel Robbery Charge. John Lynn, 18 years of age, was arrested yes- terday afternoon by Sergesnt Parrin and Policeman Doran on_ the chnse of robbery. Two boys, Thomas an and Curtis Blcg. were walking along Eighteenth street, near ;:lencin, when Lynn snatched a nickel from 888, JOSEPH £ SHAIN GONE The Once-Wealthy Collector Disappears From the City. HIS CREDITORS LOSE $80,000. Before Leaving He Transferred His Property to His Wife and Albert Meyer. Joseph E. Shain, the collector and financial agent, has disappeared and not | a trace of him coald be found yesterday. | He left for parts unknown either Thursday | or Friday, and a host of anxious creditors | were in blissful ignorance as late as last | night that he had taken himself away from | the City. | The reason assigned for Shain’s sudden | departure was he had become so hope- lessly involved in financial transactions there was no other alternative for him un- | less he remained to face most disagreeable | music. He was threatened with arrest about eight days ago for failing to make a return of $6000 or more intrusted to him as assignee of Julius Schulken’s estate. Schulken failed two years ago, and Shain was given control as assignee, re: ceiving $6000 in cash and $10,000 in prop- erty. The creditors filed a petition two | weeks ago for an accounting. They said | hat on June 28, 1893, Shain received $2214 32, and had not accounted for it, and | they directly charged that he had used a | portion of the funds of the estate in his own business. The case was heard before | Judge Slack last Thursday week, and was | continued for ten days, the Judge stating | that unless Shain would' appear with the | money a warrant for his arrest would be issued forthwith. Though Shain was once a man of con- | siderable wealth, and that not more than | a few years ago, he had no money left to | appease the court, and those who knew him best declared yesterday that he had levanted to evade arrest. | Daniel Meyer, the banker, admitted that Shain owed him $4900 for cash loaned. | This sum has been fully secured by Shain | at the expense of other creditors, for about | his last transaction was the transfer of | property with that end in view. On August 14 Shain deeded to Albert | Meyer, nephew of Daniel Meyer, lot 24x30, | on north line of Washington street 96 feet east of Powell, the deed for which pur- ported to be given December 12, 1894. An- | other lot 100x30, on the north side of Me- Allister street, east of Laguna, was trans- | ferred the same day to Meyer, though the | deed was dated May 8, 1894. Shain trans- ferred to his wife on August 14 his home at 206 Broderick, and lot 25x107, as a gift. The deed of this property was dated May 20, 1890, over five years back, and yet it was never recorded. Shain had no other property in San Francisco and these transfers were so manipulated that cred- itors cannot touch the property. Shain lived beyond his means for some years past and became infatuated with horseracing and other enjoyment. At his office Saturday it was stated that he had left the City and it was not known whither he had gone. In addition to Elaying recklessly on the races, Shain was known as an inveterate devotee at cards, who invariably risked large sums on poker fiames andlost for- tunes over the table. He was also known as a man of sporting proclivities, in which way he squandered many thousands of dollars, even while he had to borrow large sums to keep himself from immediate ruin. Not so long ago, while in distress, he borrowed money and freely gave up his policy in_a life insurance company to se- cure the loan. Later on he endeavored to raise money upon his personal note and failed in every instance, for it was no secret that he had one too far and was at_his wits’ ends to eep out of grave legal difficulties. It was said that he had spent money belonging to his clients at cards, the races and in other foolish ways, until eventually he was unable torecoup himself. “In all{ his debts amounted to $60,000, which fact has been common talk among the collection aiencies, money brokersand some bankers who had dealings with Shain. Indeed, he is said to have confided his hopeless ‘condition to one money-lender, from whom he sought an urgent loan of some thousands, and such was the sum of his story. Money had passed through his hands like water through a sieve, and at last his indebtedness reached that amount. Shain left his wife and family behind, and they did not know where he was yes- terday. Some of his former associates said the; lieved he would surely be located and brought back to San Francisco. ¢ v (U SR, b8 R 0 S SICSHE g 737 Market Streat, San Franecisco, Cal. ’ OPPOSITE EXAMINER OFFICE. 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FOR FIVE DOLLARS And upward we will guarantee to furnish the Best Electric Belt on Earth! Buy no belt tfil yon examine Dr. Pierce’s. Pamphlet No. 2 tells all about it. Call or write for a free copy. Address \ MAGNETIC TRUSS CO. (DR. PIERCE & SON), 704 Sacramento st., 8. F. for the poor who call in person at AUCTION SALES. ‘Want Rev. H. E. Howland Pardoned. The spiritualists of this City will endeavor to secure from Governor Budd the pardon of Rev. H. E. Howland of Los Angeles, who was recently sent to San Quentin to serve & term of two years for perjury. His offense was swear- ing to a warrant for the arrest of a wealthy man named Howard for disturbing a religious meeting. The meeting disturbed was a spirit- ualistic one and the jury convicted him of Eerjnr,vlonwenlng it was a religious one. ocal spiritualists are much wrought up over the matter, and at & lecture by Dr. Robbins last night it was agreed that each believer ghould write ‘o the Governor urging How- land’s perdon. A formal petition looking toward the same end will be in readiness for signatures next Sunday evening, and it is ex- pected that all the faithful will sign it. The spiritualists state that they have their own churches chartered by the State and that they regularly ordain their ministers. SENT FREE It is a matter of vast importance t thers. The manufacturers of the GAIL. BORDEN ; EAGLE BRAND CONDENSED MILK istueapumphieeniled “INFANT HEALTILS whic neve ; NEW YORK CONDENSED MILK CO.s 35 Hodoon Street, New York, THE CLOSING-OUT SALE OF THE 2a o SOUTHER FARM WILL TAKE PLACE AT KILLIP & CO.’S SALESYARDS, Cor. Van Ness ave. and Market st., AT11 AN AUGUST 21, 1898 NCLUDES WEDNESDAY THIS SALE ‘Well-bred Colts and Fillies, Geldings, Road and General-Purpose Horses and Brood Mares. All of which will be sold in the way the Souther Farm always has sold—wlithout limit, reserve or by bidding. ALSO SOME GOOD SULKIES, CARTS AND HARNESS, And Miscellaneous Horse Staff. There will also be sold consignments from T. W. Barstow, San Jose; L. Hewlett, ©Oakland, and H. A, Mayhew, Niles. Also the Finest Road Team in San Francisco. A consignment of Draft Horses from Mr. Heory Pierce will also be sold. Catologues ready. Horses at yard Monday, Au- gust 19. KILLIP & CO.. Livestock Auctioneers, 80 Montgomery street, S. F. ;@”Wm%e@w@@flme“@@“emo@ EA & PERRINS’ L SIGNATURE printed LEA.& PERR DIDODODODIDVIVDIDIVDOIDIDIDID! I X ) ~e is now BLUE, diagonally across the OUTSIDE wrapper of every bottle of INS:SAUCE The Original and Genuine WORCESTERSHIRE, as a further pro= ' tection against all imitations. Agents for the United states, JOHN DUNCAN’S SONS’, N. Y. AR ADEDLTLIDLIVIVIVLVAVLAP VOV IV OV ORINA! in - LTV VOVOVOIVOVOVIDTOTVOIVOVOD o