The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 25, 1895, Page 22

THeOLD TIMER OF SAN FRANCISCO MEN AND EVENTS INTHE FIFTIES, - BY {ANES] € Sf0ekK “] saw in THE CALL a few days since,” said Colonel Reuben D. Strong to me, | “that Charley Gough had passed away. He was one of the men who figured in the fifties—he and his brother Harry. | They were twins. When I first knew them in 57 Harry was Inspector of Weights and Measures; that was one of the old-time offices, the duty of the officer being to ex- | amine all weights and measures annually, stamp them if they were correct, and re- ceive $250 for every impression of his name; a nice fat office it was. Later I knew them as contractors. I do not beiieve that there ever were twins who looked so much alike; they were of the same height, of the same | build, and what was more remarkable their | voices were so similar that it wase impossi- | ble to distinguish the speech of one from | that of the other. They dressed exactly | alike, black frock suits, with white vests, | and in warm wearher each wore a Panama | straw hat, made of the finest of straw, and | which cost $25 each. Each had along,‘ red, bushy beard, trimmed in exactly the | same manner; in fact, they were so much alike that rou could not tell t’other from which. What sport they used to have| with those who had dealings with them will be remembered by many old-timers. A man who had orderea work done by Harry would meet Charley and complain that the work was not being done accord- ing to contract. Charley would protest that he was not responsible, and then an | explanation was always in order. “On one occasion a canvasser for the | directory entered their office,which was on Merchant street, stated his business, and, after obtaining the name, occupation and residence of Harry, retired and entered a | room adjoining, and there saw seated at a | desk, as he supposed, the man whose name be had taken. He excused him- | self, saymng: ‘I'm c i i the airectory, but I've j “Think not,” said Ch who was at the des nk yes,’ retorted the canvasser. ‘I've just taken your name and have it in my book.” ‘Permit.me to look at your book,’ said Charley, extend- ing his hana. He took the book. examined it for a moment, and then as he returned for it was he it said: ‘Excuse me if 1 question | the correctness of your statement, but my name is not on your book. The last name you have entered is ough; thatis not my name.’ | er looked at Charley, then | around the room and saw a door that| opened into the room he had just left. He | concluded thag the man with the red | beard had come out of the other room and | was trying to amuse himself at his ex- pense. Thereupon he lost his temper and | exclaimed: ‘Whatdo you take me for;a | blamed fool? Think I'm going to stand | any of your nonsense, coming out of one | room irto another and then trying to make me believe that I haven’t taken your | name? Well, if you do you're blamed badly mistaken,” and that he slammed the door as he went out. That year the name of Charles H. Gough did not appear in_the city directory. What has become of Har: “Harry,” I informed him, died in this City on the 28th day of May 1870, the same | day that Bill Zabriskie, one oi the bright | and popular members of the bar of the | time after the consolidation of the City and County, passed away. I also told the colonel that I was acquainted with the | twins and that although I saw them | almost every day I never could be certain | as to the one or the other. On_one occa- | sion Charley became involved in a quarrel | with a man in an office at a lumber-yard on Steunart street about the quality of lum- | ber delivered and some hard words were exchanged. Charley slapped the | face of the man quarreling with him. | The lumberman rushed to the City Hall | and obtained a warrant for the arrest of the man who had slapped him. As he left the hall in company with the officer who had been detailed to serve the warrant he saw a red-bearded man on the opposite side of Merchant street. Nudging the officer and pointing with his fincer, he gaid: ‘There’syour mannow.” The offi- cer walked across the street, and, being well acquainted with the contractor, ad- dressed him familiarly. “Harry, I've gota warrant against you for battery.” arry protested, on the ground that he had not battered anyhody, but he being informed that he was the one who had been pointed out as the offender quietly submitted to arrest, and then deposited cash bail to se- cure hisipelease. When the case came up for trial the complainant told his hittle tale of woe, and positively identified the de- fendant as the man who had struck him. The more closely he was cross-examined the more positive he became that he conid not be mistaken in the man. The attorney for. the twin in court whispered to 3 man who was seated alongside of nim and he retired. In a few moments he returned with Charley, who took a chair by the side of his brother. They sat there, each chewing a quill toothpick, and faced the witness, who was requested to look at the two men and point out which one had slapped his face. The witness seemed like one dazed, but he managed after a few seconds to say that it was the one or the other who had laid handson him, but preiaced his answer with words he afterward wished he bad not spoken, for the court threatened to com- - mit him for contempt. The witness apol- ogized and_added, “Judge, I'm beat, so I think you had better dismiss this case.” There being no_legal proof, the case was dismissed and Harry drew down his bail money which was used to set’em up for the boys. “Looking from this point,” said the ‘fi)lfinel' “I see what we used to call Russian L 1t is still known by that name,” I said im. “Well, I’'m glad that they have retained some of the old names,” continued the colonel. “I walked up to the top of the hill a day or two ago, and what struck me as singular were those curious-shaped un- painted houses on the apex. It was onthe top of that hill that the first legal sentence of death was carried out—of course I mean in San Francisco.” There had been other hangings. Jenkins, Stewart, alias Berdue, Whittaker and McKenzie were strung up by the Vigi- lance Committee. But it was on that hill that the first man was hanged by order of & court. “The victim was Jose Forni, who had been a pie-baker in Jackson’s restaurant. During the early part of September, 1852, he walked out on a trail over the sandhills to a valley m the southwestern part of the county which was distinguished by two names, ‘San Sonci’and ‘Charcoal-Burner’s.’ It was in that Jocality that some Mexicans and some Frenchmen burned charcoal and b ht it to the City on mules’ backs, selli T $2 a sack, and not very large sacl #hat. Insome way Forni had be- come aware of the fact that Jose Atari, SOASTAN. ConTinues HisREMINISCENCES | Montgomery street. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 1895. him with which to try his luck at some of the gambling-houses on Sacramento or Commercial street between Montgomery and Kearny. Atari did not follow the usual trail, but took one that led to ‘Happy Valley,” which was a sandy hollow be- tween First and Fourth streets, Market and Folsom. 2 “Forni, who had been concealed behind bushes, from which he could observe the charcoal-burner leave his hut, followed him, and when they reached a place where he thought there was no one to see him, he assaulted Atari, threw him to the ground face downward, and while he was | in that position drove the blade of a lonF { knife four times into his back, after which he took his money from him. The plunging of the knife and the subsequent robbery was witnessed by John Burke, who was.one of my neighbors when I lived on Jane street near Mission. That wasa I street that ran parallel with and above Second, and which has been obliteratea by the cutting through of New “Burke, who witnessed the double crime | from the top of a knoll he was ascending, | brief speech by Forni, who reiterated that the man he had killed had robbed him of his money and that he had killed him in his endeavor to regain his property be- cause the robber had drawn a knife on bhim. Then the black cap that shut out the sunlight from the eyes of Jose Forni was put over his head, the noose was ad- justed around his neck, all amid the great- est possible silence. The spring was touched and as the body stretched the rope many in the crowd whose bravery failed them at the last moment turned away to avert the sight. “That is how the first legally executed murderer was put out of the wni‘ Many of the crowd remained until the body was cut down. By 3 o’clock in the afternoon the hill was deserted; the people had re- turned to their respective places of busi- ness and homes and before supper time the great lesson of the day had been for- otten. In the evening the gambling alls were crowded with those who us- ually patronized them, the places of amusement were filled to their utmost, and no one seemed to think that but a few hours before outraged justice had visited awful punishment on one who had taken the life of a fellow-man.”" As the colonel was finishing his account of the drums, together with the crowd that followed at a respectful distance, re- minded me of the solemn processions of the European countries. If I recollect right there was but one more such proces- sion in this City, and that was a year later, when Shephard was hanged near the Pre- sidio for tEe murder of a man named Day, with whom he had had some trouble about a young woman, Day’s daughter. Well, when the procession "had reached the top of the hill it was halted, and every one was on tiptoe watching for what was going to be done next. “The condemned sprang lightly from the grewsome seat he had occupied and took 1HE FIRST BLOMaos LUS.UwE, WORN BY MRS. COLE IN 1851. [Sketched by Colonel Strong.] was uparmed at the time, but he made up his mind to capture the murderer. He armed himself with a piece of fence rail and started after Forni, who, seeing him- self pursued, turned on Burke and told | bim e would kill ‘him if he approached. | “Youwve killed one man already, said | Burke, ‘but you'll not kill another if this | stick falls on_top of your head, and it will:| if you don’t drop that knife and submit to | arrest.” I forgot to tell you thatat the | moment that Burke came up on Forni that individual was wiping his bloody knife on the soie of one of his shoes, Well, | Burke raised the piece of wood and Forni dropped his knife, stating at the time that Atari had robbed him and that in recover- g his money he had to kill the robber, who had attacked him with a knife. “Although there was a great cry about that time of a lack of administration of law, and there was good cause for complaint, justice did not delay long with Forni, for f:e was, without delay, tried, found guilty, and on the 10th of December following the murder he paid the penalty of his crime. That day was a Friday and it is probable that in consequence of that day having been chosen for the hanging, all subse- quent executions have been set on the same day of the week. “The fact that he was to be hanged had been generally known and thousands pre- pared to attend the execution. When friends or acquaintances met on the morn- ing of the 10th, the first question asked was, ‘Going to see Joe hang?’ That hang- ing and a subsequent one were in full view of the public. The gallows had been erected on the eastern slope of the hill, about 100 yards from the summit. “Before 10 o’clock in the morning, the hill—there were 1o streets nor houses there then—was crowded with people of all classes, including women and children, the latter being taken there to impress upon their juvenile minds the horrors of punishment for crime. Many who had gone early, in order to secure a good place, took their lunch with them; others, who did not have any lunch, whiled away the time by indulging in a friendly game of cards. ‘a dollar a corner, just to make it in- teresting.” The children, tiring of waiting for the ‘awful lesson,’ played ball, marbles and tag. Had it not been for the somber gallows, with the cross beam from which hung the dangling noose, one might haye’| supposed that the people had assembled for anpicnic. At the hourof nooh the crowd was astonished to see a gang of workmen ap- vroach the gallows, and with ax and ham- mer commence to take them down. ““The first impression was that the execu- tion had been postponed and there was disappointment on every face. It was not long, however, before it became known that it had been decided to have the exhi- bition on the other side of the hill. The timbers were taken to the western slope, about 400 feet below the crest, from which point the murderer had an opportunity to see for the last time the wonderful Golden Gate. With the moving of the timbers there was a rush of the people westward, and it took all the efforts of the Marion Rifles, detailed for police duty, to keep the crowd at a proper distance from the work- men. I should judge that at that time there were not less than 10,000 people on the hill, 3 “No, I never knew th the change was made,”’ said the colonel, in answer to a question, “because I never inquired, not caring to know at the time, and afterward 1 was too husy to find out. “Shortly after 1 o’clock,” continued the colonel, “‘thiere was heard a sound of muf- fled drums, and every one on the hill turned in the direction of the sound. In a few minutes the head of a column moving up in the direction of the gallows was seen. 1t was the old California Guard, the first military company oreanized in this City. It had in charge the condemned, who was seated on his-coffin in a wagon drawn by a pair of horses. He appeared to be the most unconcerned man in that pro- cession, for he was smoking a pipe and talking with those who were uearest to him. The guard formed in a double line around the prisoner, the man who in a few minutes was to face certain death riding on his coffin, and the sound guard then hel, to strengthen the square of soldiers. e condemned in the mean- time mounted the platform and in a mo- ment was under the noose that was so soon aiso known as Rodriguez, a charcoal- burner, was to go_ to town and that he would carry several hundred doliars with to send him before his maker. “There was the reading of the death warrant, the spiritual consolation and a up his position between a file of soldiers, and accompanied by the civil officials and the clergy that was to offer him the last consolation on earth, the procession with solemn tread advanced toward the gibbet, the Marion Rifles opening the hollow square on one side for the admission of those who were entitled to enter within the reserved space. The members of the of the execution he turned from me to look at a very pretty young woman who was riding by on a bike. She was dressed in a dark-blue bloomer costume and was a perfect poem on a wheel. I believe the colonel thought so, too, for he kept hiseyes on her until her form was out of sight and Ihad to give him a nudge in the side to bring him back to the subject of our con- versation. ‘‘Yes, yes’' he said, as he turned to me. ‘“Devilish neat, en?” *‘That reminds me,”’ added the colonel, “that thaf is not the first bloomer costume T've seen in this City."” *I suppose not,” I said, “lots of them nowadays, and if you spent as much time watching every one as you did that girl in blue, you must have had your time pretty well occupied.” “That bas nothing to do with_the case,” retorted the colonel, an angry flash light- mr up his eyes. *““What I'was about to tell you was of the bloomer costume of 1851. In August of that year there ap- peared on Montgomery street, the prome- nade of the time, a woman named Cole— Mrs. 8. E. Cole—attired in pantaloons cut man fashion, and a short skirt that came down to the knees, very similar to that worn by Dr. Mary Walker in later days. Bhe was not bad looking, and I tell you now she attracted a great deal of attention wherever she went. Of course everybody stared at her, and everybody had some comment to make. The severest criticisms, however, came from her own sex, but she did not mind them evidently, for I saw her many a time on the street in her bloomer suit. She was the pioneer bloomer-cos- tume wearer of San Francisco. It makes me smile when I hear people talk about the ‘new woman’ introducing the comfort- able, sensible bloomer in this City. The first new woman was here in ‘51 and her name was Cole—put that down asan histor- ical fact.” Erxest C. Stock. WILL ATTAOK THE LAW. Assessor Siebe in a Quandary Over the Personal Property Tax. Ajsessor Siebe and Auditor Broderick have struok another snag in the new rev- enue law adopted by the last Legislature. Under that law the Assessor is required to collect taxes upon all personal property unsecured by real estate. The work was all new this vear, so the Assessor fell two months behind. His collections footed up $439,000, and he turned thatamount into the City treasury. But he did not collect all the money that was assessed, and, under the new law some people think he is responsible for thix shortage. The section provides that within five days after the Auditor has notitied the Assessor of the amount he must collect the Assessor must pay this sum into the treasury. If he fails to do so the District Attorney must begin suit agairst him and his bondsmen for the re- covery of the coin. 1t 18 provided that there shall be no defense to such a suit except that the assessment uron which the tax is due is illegal and void. e amount still due foots up $40,572. Both sides are in a quandary over the mat- ter. Of course, Assessor Siebe will fight hard before he will pay this sum out of his own pocket or allow his bondsmen to make it good A big portion of the assess- ment is due on ships, and they are at sea, beyond the Assessor’s reach. & iebe states it is utterly impossible to collect the money. The only recourse that he sees at present is to attack the legality of thelaw and have it declared un- constitutional. At present it looks as though the City officials would have to go aorough the formality of suing him for ,752. ————————— The Dupont-Street Suits. James D. Phelan and Mrs. Alice Phelan Sul- livan have filed amended complaints in the Dupont-street suits. Mr. Phelan wants to re- cover tax fo §103,833 83. Mrs. SR ivanvs leita Is 0r BOBOEL 16: KINETIC STABILITY. By ROBERT STEVENSON, C.E. FOURTH PAPHR. In the previous paper was demonstrated the fact that aitheugh a car, or any otker body, was, by its two transverse motions or movements, virtually moving in the diagonal of a parallelogram as the geomet- rical resultant of its composite motions, yet the actual cause of the motion wasnot along that diagonal resultant. The confounding of cause and effect is the most fertile source of errorin science as well as daily life, and it requires the ut- most discriminating vigilance to discover the true cause. There is always but one true cause, while there are an infinite number of falsehoods in every case. In general the most striking coincidences are taken for the true causes; so we find that if an earthquake occurs while Sambo is robbing a hencoop the impression left on Sambo’s mind is that the cause of the earthquake is in some way connected with his predatory visit. So the earlier scientists discovered that the more perfect the vacuum the higher the water would rise, and they ascribed the cause to the power of vacuum. And in the search for the cause of gravitation Newton found that the resultant force was in the direction of the radius vector join- ing the center of the planet and the sun, and he naturally concluded that the sun’s | attraction on the planet and the planet’s | attraction on the sun was the true cause of the elliptical motion of the planet. Now I find that Newton in this supposi- tion was just as much mistaken as if he, seeing a power-house situated at the end of the resultant of two transverse motions, ascribed the cause of the motion to the power-house, or the engine in the power- house, all of which we have already shown to be a gratuitous assumption merely and might or might not be the true cause. I must acknowledge that Newton’s cause of gravitation has been the orthodox doctrine in science for over 200 years, and although it is acknowledged on every hand as being a most unphilosophical doctrine, yet, as it seems to meet all the requirements of astronomy, it will be very difficult to dis- place it. Still we know that the Ptolemaic theory of the sun and stars revolving around the earth daily was an orthodox doctrine and considered equally impregnable for over 1400 years. We also know that Sir Isaac Newton’s corpuscular theory of light was also con- sidered orthodox for 150 years, and seemed to explain the numerous conditions which light could be made to undergo; and yet, because it could not explain one small dis- | crepancy, that of the fact that two rays of | light can be made to_produce darkness, it was forever relegated to the realms of in- nocuous desuetude. So the same thing will happen to the | false theory of attraction, because it can- | not explain why a projectile with hori- zontal ve!ocity in a vacuum does not fall vertically the same distance in a second as it would do if at rest. That is the rock on which -attraction will be shipwrecked. And even now the| popes and prelates of science are trembling in their shoes. They dare not test the truth of this dis- covery, although a few simple experiments in a vacuum would forever settle the matter. They prefer to talk and talk and point to what this theory has already done. But if they will make the testsI have placed before them they will not only find that the mutual attraction of matteris a delusion, but they will also find what the true cause is; and then they will perceive that the wonders which were ascribed to the fallen monarch were really due to his successor, and more and yet greater won- ders will follow when once the true cause is thoroughly known and ful]i') recognized. It is a very big subject, this of gravi- tation, to solve In a newspaper article, but as 1 have already presented the matter through the proper channels, and cannot possibly get the professors of the State Uni- versity to make a move toward the verifi- cation of this great scientific truth, I am determined to arouse public opinion on the subject ana force the university authorities .to utilize the resources of that great popular institutien in proving the truth of the matter. 1f this scientitic dogma of attraction is an error and a falsehood, why should it be taught as true science to the rising genera- tion? . If the discovery and complete verifica- tion of the true cause will give this State and the university the foremost position | in the worid of science, why should a little | effort not be made to accomplish that re- sult? 4 The experiments I have sketched out will only take two professors one month with the apparatus they have now in their laboratories to fully test the whole matter. And Ican safely say that if the Lick Observatory has brought this State some honor and renown, the complete verifica- tion of this, the greatest and most import- ant of all the constitutional principles of nature, will bring to this State and its ani- versity a thousand times more. It requires no extra expense on the gart of the university. They have both the talent and the instruments, and all that is re- quired is the willingness and the effort, to place themselves on the very highest pin- nacle of the world’s fame. Although as a_scientist it would not matter to me which university first verifies and establishes thig great scientific truth, yet I must acknowledge that it would give me great personal gratification to see Cali- fornia (the world’s baby) leading in the foremost van of science, and so becoming a land of pilgrimage to all succeeding genera- tions. We will now attempt to give a popular description of the new theory of gravita- tion: First then we prove the old theory of attraction to be wrong because we have found that the stone does not fall or is not attracted toward the center of the earth with the same force when it is moving in a line at right angles to the line of gravity; that we are certain of, and that kills the theory of attraction. Second—We find by experiment that a body in motion if struck transversely by another body in motion, so_that the first body receives an additional quantity of energy, the then resuitant motion of the first body will be curvilinear, and we can Tove that such a resultant is caused by inetic stability and the persistence of en- ergy. ’fhese are the two facts which I discovered fifteen years ago, and which I have con- cealed until now, because on them are based my inventions in aerfal locomotion, which I am now ready to bring to the notice of the world. 2 ‘There are several other important inven- tions depending on these facts,which I had hoped to perfect some years ago, but the want of opportunity has hitherto prevented me. . And as I feel age creeping on, and hav- ing all T can pasaigly do now to introduce my flying machine, I have concluded to conceal these scientific facts no longer, but offer them now to the inventors of every country to utilize them for the good of mankind. 33 . 1t is a self-evident proposition that if the persistence of energy will produce kinetic stability, and that if kinetic stability pro- duces elastic motion, the motion of th solar system being elastic. then kinetie stability is the true proximate cause ofc plnnemri motion. Now, the first problem is to proye that the persistence of energy produces kinetic stability. : - The *“‘persistence of energy” is a new are endowed with this resistance is the ex- perimental proof given in my pamphlet and which I am trying to get Professor Le Conte and other professors to verify. The mathematical proof, although not very difficult, is not quite suited for news- paper readers, but has been submitted to two mathematical professors, who will pass on it by and by. J The common-sense_proof is what I pro- pose to give here. Mathematicians may scout the idea of common-sense proof, but 99 per cent of all the causes of real life are discofvered and proven by common-sense proof. . We know that a body like a car or pro- jectile or planet moving with velocity in a straight line can be deflected at any angle from that line by means of a certain force acting along the Jine of deflection, and if the motion of the body is not altered by the force of deflection, and the deflecting force always acts at right angles to the moving or tangential force, and that if the moving and deflecting force be equal to each other, the body will move in the cir- cumference of a circle. We also know that a body may be compelled to move in the circumference of a circle, either by being attached b{\l string to the center of the circle, as Newton supposed the planets were attached to the sun by the force of at- traction; or by a circular guide, such as we see when a car on a track describes a circular curve. It is a very rare occurrence to find a body describing a curve without either of the above causes. Of course there is neither a string nor a guide in the case of the plan- ets, but Sir Isaac Newton’s imagination surplied the next best thing, which he called the invisible bond of attachment, mutual attraction, not simple attraction of the sun, but the mutual attraction of both planets and sun. The cause of such an attractive force has never been explained, and the fact that it appears to occur in the case of the magnet fiave great support to the theory until araday found that the attraction of the magnet was caused by the inductive influ- ence of elastic motion. Since then the theory of the innate force of attraction, or action at a distance, has been at a discount with the leaders of science. Of course, every natural philosopher who knows anything of the Newtonian theory of gravitation knows that if a body in mo- tion in a horizontal plane will not fall six- teen feet vertically in a vacuum during the first secona of its motion, then the New- tonian theory is a false theory. Andwhen that fact is proven, with the completeness and certainty which Professor Le Conte can prove it if he chooses by experiment, the world will then be on the tiptoe of expectancy to know what wonders the new and true theory will produce for the benetit of mankind. The new theory does not ex- plain the cause of attraction, although it explains the cause of gravitation. Gravi- tation is a fact which we have always vresent with us, but to say that attraction is the cause of gravitation is an error and a falsehood. I find it necessary to dwell on the dis- tinction and difference between gravitation and attraction, as some people think I deny the existence of gravitation. The il- lustration already given of the car moving relatively along the resultant diagonal of its two transverse momenta shows what I consider gravitation to be, and although the car virtually moves in the direction of the power-house situated on the resultant line, yet I deny that the engine in the power-house is causing that motion, be- cause I have already shown that the real cause of the resultant motion is due to the acrion of the two transverse components. Now let us see how the two tranverse components of kinetic energy and kinetic stability produce a resultant central force or guiding action to cause the planet to describe a curve. We know that when a Janet describes a circular orbit with uni- orm velocity there is no tangential force acting on the body. The whole stress is one of tension along theradiusvector. But if the planet was moving with accelerated velocity in its orbit then there would be both tangential force and tension along the radius vector acting' simultaneously. Should a planet be acted on tangential[‘_v by a constant and uniform force its orbital velocity wonld be uniformly accelerated or retarded, according as the force was posi- tive or negative, and the tension along the radius vector would increase with the square of the orbital velocity. Now to keep such a planet in its orbit, the force of attraction would have to in- crease enormously, without the mass of the sun or planet increasing one iota. In nature such accelerated motion would increase the radius vector, and Jupiter, which at one time had whirled round the sun in the same period as Mercury, now, although moving with a much greater velocity, Fas a much longer period. But if the attraction of the sun could not keep Jupiter revolving in Mercury’s orbit on account of ity accelerating orbital velocity, how, I ask, can the attraction of the sun keep it now revolving when the force of attraction decreases as the square of the distance increases? I ask Professors Bar- nard or Soule, or any other professor of astronomy to explain this attractive para- dox, in the pages of THE CALL. ROBERT STEVENSON. 2607 Fillmore street, San Francisco. 600D TEMPLARS MEET. Annual Session of the District Lodge of the Fifth District — New Officers. The district lodge of District No. 5 of the Independent Order of Good Templars held its annual session in Pythian Castle yesterday. There were present sixty-five delegates, representing nineteen different lodges. The district includes San Fran- cisco, Alameda and Contra Costa counties and Angel Island. Reports of officers, read during the day, described the order as increasing in num- bers and influence, and _all the lodges of the fifth district as being ina prosperous condition. There was also some discus- sion on the proposition of raising the per capita tax from 2 to 4 cents on each mem- ber. The object of the per capita tax is to raise money to support the central bodies. The election of officers consumed most i:i the day’s session. It resulted as fol- lows: Past district templar, William Crow- hurst of 8an Frafcisco; district templar, James G. Kennedy of San Francisco; dis- trict counsel, Charles Winchell of Vallejo; district _superintendent of juvenile work, Mrs. 8. W. Kerrigan of San Francisco; dis- trict vice-templar, Mrs. George H. Moore of Fruitvale; district treasurer, Mrs. M. M. Carpenter of San Francisco; assistant district secretary, Miss Alice E. Leilach of San Francisco; district marshal, E. F. Fintleman of San Francisco; deputy dis- trict marshal, Mrs. Ross of Aiamedn; dis- trict guard, Mrs. W. Clarke of Alameda; district sentinel, James G. Simonton of San Francisco; district messenger, J. Q. Adams of 8an E‘nncisco; district chaplain, Mrs. Irving of San Francisco; representa- tive to the Grand Lodge, Frank W. Car- penter. - The visiting delegates lunched and dined with the local members, who had long tables laid in one of the npper halls and a sumptuous, if informal, menu to set be- fore the guests. ¥ire Extinguishers on State Tugs. This morning at 9 o’clock the fire-extinguish- ing appliances of the tugs Governor Markham and the Irwin will be thoroughly tested as to their efficiency for the purposes intended. It has been alleged that they are entirely in- efficient for the work required. Harbor Com- missioner Colnon, speaking of the matter yesterday, said: “I am convinced that the charge is without foundation and that the fire- extinguishing appliances on the tugs are all term coined by me to express the force of resistance to c{an e of direction and mo- tihon simultaneonsly which a moving body shows. The simplest proof that bodies in motion that could be required for the purposes for which they are intended. It has been claimed that they cannot throw a stream 200 from pier to pier, but we they do not show even & better working force.” NEW TO-DAY. DRUGGISTS ! 1128 Marlket Street, SAN FRANCISCO, 820 S. Spring Street, 10S ANGELES. This Is No Catalina Fish Story. DESE ARE FACTS. EVERY HOUR of the Day, EVERY DAY of the Week, EVERY WEEK of the Month, EVERY MONTH of the Year. 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SWEANY without delay. He cures ‘when others fail. meE your troubles fully and frankly and effective treatment will be seni you, free from observation, to any part of the coun- . Thousands cured at home. s aauda eul e. Book entitled sent free to those describ- . - 7 orst.csyphllmgl s, Blheulmt e, i ing their tr:mblo:~ All communications ons, etc., promptly cured, leaving the system | _OrrFicE HoURs—9 4.M. to : in a pure, strong and healthful state. 8 p. M.; Sundays, 10 4. M. grz,’z_ ?n?y,nd T ADDRESS, F.L.SWEANY, M. D. - 737 Market Street, San Francisco, Cal.