The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 12, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1895. . THUKRSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1895 AMUSEMENTS. BALDWIN THEATER.—% The Masked Ball.” COLUMBIA THEATER—“The District Attorney.” MOR0SCO'S OPERA-HOUSE—“On the Rio Grande,” TIVOLY OPERA-HOUSE—“Faust.” ‘(.‘:::;::K~Blghv('laus Vandeville. IBOVER'S ArCAZAR.—“Everybody's Friend” i’(‘\?.p»;‘m];'rnf:{};' commencing Saturday evening, CIRCUS—A$ Central Park, Great Wallace Shows. 2‘},('BA.\'IC!' FAIR.—Larkin street, near Market. m;’;}'&;fi‘l:’él’ OF TRADE EXHTBIT.—575 Market , cond. Open daily. Admission free. v, leaves_Saturdays, 4 P. , 5 A.M. Ticket office, 4 . AUCTION SA BY SULLIVAN & Doy 14, horses, at CITY NEWS IN BRIEF, P.F. Dundon has commenced an action to oust the Pacific Bank directors. The Reliance Club will make an Eastern tour this fall, going as far as Chicago. Judge Hebbard has issued an injunction against blasting on Telegraph Hill. Isaac W. Bain of marriage burean fame has been refused a pardon by President Cleveland. Maud Lamont, sister of the murdered girl, was the chiel witness in the Durrant trial yes- terday. _Miss Ellen Douglas Wheaton and Rev. Wil- liam A. Brew were married at St. Luke’s Church last evening. Ada Faulk, of 1738 Lexington avenue, has been committed to the Napa Asylum by the In- sanity Commissioners. Arguments were continued in the case of . Mackay before Judge Seawell yester- Tne case will be submitted to-day. The thern Pacific Company will fight in the United States court any attempt of the Railroad Commission to cut freight rates. Charles Eggeling, a letter-cartier, bequeathed $75 to the Grand ATmy men, the money to be used to provide refreshments at his funeral. The Police Commissioners last night fined two policemen who were found asleep while on nd dismissed snother from the force. Judges and lawyers are rapidly becoming ex- perts on the bike, and the sport of wheeling is rapidly gaining in favor in the Police Depart- ment. . The police want an owner for a can of coal oil and & ham which were found near the En- terprise Brewery, where they had been planted by & thief. R. 8. Grifin, a young newspaper agent, was found asphyxisted yesterday in his room at 127 Kearny street. He' is supposed to have com- mitted suicide. The Weather Bureau forecasts for to-day: Rainy weather, cooler, with brisk to high Storm signals are displayed along the rnia coast. A 19-year-old boy signirg himself Roy Hes- sett has written to Coroner Hawkins threaten- ing to drown himself in the bay because a girl flirted with him. Alargely attended meeting of German resi- dents was held 1ast evening to ratify the plans for tival for the beuefit of the Geethe-Schil- ler Monument Fund. Adolph Flamant, formerly one of the pro- tors of THE CALL and Bulletin, died in ris on August 21. His desth was due to cer of the throat. A tnief stole twenty-two chickens belonging to A. Schuman on Third avenue early yester- dey morning and was nearly captured by Spe- cial Officer Johnston. The second annual convention of the Cali- fornia Dairy Association opened at the Cham- ber of Commerce yesterday, 6nd will continue to-day and to-morrow. The charge of assault with a deadly weapon against Frank McManus, preferred by Police- men R.J. McGrayn, was dismissed by Judge Joachimsen yesterday. The Peoples’ Home Bank has been ordered by the Bank Commissioners to call in the un- peid capital stock. The directors yesterday refused to issue the call. The Coroner’s jury yesterday found that Eamuel G. Palmer, killed on September 6 by a g wall at the old C Hall bullding, came death accidentall The charge of petty larceny against Frank derson, Customs Inspector, for stealing a [ om & Chinese, was dismissed in Judge Conlan’s Court yesterday. George W. Grayson has brought suit against Nevada land-owners for diverting the water of Humboldt River in that State from his ranch. The suit involves millions of dollars. Hemmersmith & Field, jewelers, 118 Sutter street, bave been atiached for $65,779 67 by the California Jewelry Compeny, but the &i- tachment was released within an hour. The next dividends paid by the Savings banks of this City will probably from s variety of causes be from three-fourths of one per cent to one per cent lower than the last ones. According to an order from the Secretary of Agriculture no meats will be allowed to be ex- ported aiter September 16 unless they are cer- tified to as being from cattle free from disease. H. Hansley, & boy living at 242 Clara street, had his right foot badly crushed bya hay wagon at Fiith and Mission streets yesterday morning, He was taken to the Receiving Hos- pital. The spur tracks still remain in the park, and Commissioner Rosenfeld says he does not know when they will be removed. Forty days ago he promised to have them taken up imme- diately. . Judge Angellotti of the Superior Court of Marin County, yesterday handed down & de- ion in a test case which renders the county nce regulating the closed season as to deer ineffective. The final rub in the handball match between T.F. Bonnet, amateur, and M. J. Kilgallon professional, was played in the Occidental court last night, Bonnet winning the match by five games to two. A.J. Wetzler, 106 Liedesdorff street, swore out & warrant in Judi(e Conlan’s court yes- terday for the arrest of R. H. McGill Jr., on the charge of obtaining $25 from him on March 5 by false pretenses. The Barbers’ Union hss indorsed the petition ot the Union for Practical Progress, asking the Board of Supervisors to call & epecial election on_municipal ownership of water, electric light and gas plants. The Traffic Association hasin preparationa plan _comprising its new policy in the fight for California. 1t is proposed o establish a freight- rate burean for the benefit of merchants asan adjunct io the association’s work. The Board of Education passed & resolution Jast evening providing that, in case a deficit is found in the school fund for the fiscal year, teachers must give up one-fourth of their Oc- tober salaries to make up the deficit, Nell McGonigan, 43 Natoma street, got intoa fight on Howard end Mission streets last night, end was stabbed in the abdomen by an un- known man. The wound, which was slight, was dressed ot the Receiving Hospital. ‘rank Comyns, who is charged with burg- lary and robbery, was taken before the Insan- ity Commissioners yesterday morning for ex- amination, but they deciared him perfectly sane and returned him to the City Prison. P. Baker, 441 Fifth street, had a big toe amputated at the Receiving Hospital yester- day. He was standing at Main and Market streets, when a heavy plece of iron fell from 8 wagon and lighted on the top of his foot. Charles Crane, recenily 8 candidate for the Governship of Utah, talks of the political his- tory of the Territory and teils what the Demo- cratic party has done in the way of stagnating the industries of that once prosperous State. liam Orgen, & waiter in the California ry Kitchen on Market street, had a row last night with another waiter and washit over the head with & cofide cup, inflicting & scalp wound, which was dressed at the Receiving Hospital. The suitof the Altoons Quicksilver Mining Compeny ageinst the Integral Quicksilver Min- ing Company of West Virginia is now on trial in'the United States Circuit Court. The right 1o the “Boston” water ditch in Trinity County is involved. Ernest Kelly, the man who swindled married women by pretending to get situations for their husbands, had all his cases dismissed yesterday for lack of prosecution. His wife had paid back all the money he had fraudu- lently obtained. Joha Wilson, fireman on the steamer Wash- tenaw, swore out & warrant in Judge Joachim- sen’s court yesterday for the arrest of Alfred ;“{3‘&;{(‘%“153'“’ o the charge of embezzlin, 3 gave him fo; ~keepi Which he refudes to hand over. © < P8 &2 Mrs. Mary Schorenberg, 19 G paT Moy Schorsnbers) 19, caxten strset disturbing the neighborhogd, Yesterday she was arrested for disturbing the peace, and her five children, whose ages range from four to ten years, were sent to the Youths' Directory. William Henry Theodore Durrant’s mother, in an interview had iast evening, explains the reason, as she sees it, for the prisoner's stoicism and the apparent lack of feeling which he has evinced since first accused of the mur- der of Blanche Lamont and Minuie Williams, ca c ord 0\ THE COUNTY REPUBLICANS | Last Night’s Meeting Was Har- monious and Plenty of Work Was Done, A PETITION FROM THE 4IST. The Presence of a Desire to Be Falr and Impartial Was Very Evident. Last night the Republican County Com- mittee met in Shiels building on O'Far- rell street for the purpose of considering the adoption of by-laws, the appointment of an executive commuttee, the election of a vice-chairman, a treasurer, a sergeant- at-arms and the appointment of a finance committee. Permanent organization was completed and the committee now has its work thoroughly mapped out. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Manwaring and rollcall indi- cated a good attendance of committeemen. The names of Thomas McDermott of the Twenty-ninth District and C. G. Clinch of the Forty-first were ordered added to the roll by the chair, to fill vacancies caused by the removal of Frank McManus and Leon Dennery, who did not reside in the districts they represented. After the reading of the minutes, Jesse Marks moved that that portion of the minutes referring to the removal of Den- nery be stricken from the record. Roll- call was demanded and the motion was lost. Mr. Marks then changed his vote and announced that he would move for a reconsideration at the next meeting. A motion was then made to table the matter and was lost. Another motion was made to reconsider the same at the next meet- ing, but an amendment was made that it be considered at once. This motion was carried by a rolleall vote of 12 to 3, and the motion for reconsideration, upon being put, was lost. g It was evident that the chairman and a majority of the members of the committee were bent upon being firm in regard to the residence of committeemen and that they would not recede from the original plan to operate on absolutely clean-cut lines laid down when the committee was formed. The committee appointed to draft by- laws then made its report through its chairman, J. M. Chretien. It was read first as a whole and then taken up by sec- tions. Itisas follows: The Republican County Committee of the City and County of San Francisco, California, in regular session assembled this 11th day of September, 1895, does hereby adopt the follow- ing by-laws for its government: Bection 1. The County committee shall con- sist of eighteen members &s at present constituted and such members as may here- aiter be added in accordance with the provi- sions of these by-laws. Sec. 2, The officers of the committee shall consist of & chairman, vice-chairman, secre- tary, treasurer and sergeant-at-arms, elected by the committee, and shall hold office during the term of this committee, that is until the first Monday in January, 1897, and thereafter until their successors shall have been elected and qualified. Sec. 3. Itshall be the duty of the chairman 0 call meetings and preside over them, decide all points of order and questions of parliament- ary rules, being governed by Cushing’s Man- ual. In his absence the vice-chairman shall perform the duties of chairman, The chairman shall apa»mm all committees unless otherwise rovided for and shall, also, nominate a candi- ate to fill any existing vacancy. Sec.4. The secretary shall take charge of the records of the County Committee and of all communicatious, bills or accounts addressed to the committee; he shall keep a full and accu- rate record of all proceedings of this committee and shall notify in due time every member of all meetings, regular, special and adjourned. Sec. 5. The treasurer shall receive all moneys belonging to the committee and hold the same subject to the order of the committee; allsuch orders must be signed by the chair- man of the executive committee, by the chair- mean of the finance committee and by the sec- retary. He shall file a written report at each regular meeting, showing amount of receipts and disbursements. man of the County Committee a true and full bond in the sum of five thousand dollars for the faithful performance of his duties. Sec. 6. There shall be an executive committee of eight members, which committee shall perform such duties in the management of the campaign, etc., as shall be from time to time assigned 1o them by & majority vote of mem- bers of the County Committee present and voting. Sec. 7. There shall further be & finance com- mittee of three apfointed by the chairman, whose duty it shall be to examine and report upon all bills which may be brought before the committee. They shall examine and re- port on the books and vouchers of the secre- tary and treasurer whenever ordered to doso by the chairman, or the majority vote of the members present at lng meeting. Itshall be their duty to solicit subscriptions of moneys for the support of this County Committee, and the proper carrying out of the objects for which this Couniy Committee was elected. Sec. 8. A majority of the committee shall constitute & quorum. A quorum shall be re- quired for the transaction or business buta smaller number may edjourn from time to time. Sec. 9. Vacancies shall be declared by the chairman upon the death of & member, re- moval from the district, failure to attend three consecutive meetings (unless excused by the chairman), or from euch other causes as this committee may from time to time deter- mine by & majority vote of the members present and voting. the chairman having the Sole power of naming new members to fill such vacancies or any additional members of the committee, subject to confirmation by a major- ity vote of members present and voting. Bec. 10. Unless otherwise ordered by a vote of the committee the regular meetihgs of this committee shall be held every second Thurs- day of each month at 8 P. M. Special meetings shall be called by the chairman when in his opinion the same are required, and also when any ten members of the committee request him so t do. Due notice by mail or publication in newspapers shall be given to each member of the commit- tee of all meetings. _ When special meetings are called the objects of the meeting shall be stated in the call for the same, and no business other than that stated in the call shall be transacted at such special meeting. Sec. 11. All resolutions shall be submitted in writing, snd any motion shall be submittea whenever & majority of the members present shall reguest it. ‘Sec. 13, The chairman and the secretary of the County Committee shall be ex-officio mem- bers of the executive committee, and the chair- man and the treasurer ex-officio members of the finance committee; the chairman of the County Committee having a vote in these com- mittees {n case of a tie only. . Sec. 13. It shall be the duty of this County Committee, upon the expiration of its term of office, to transfer all books, records and other Pproperty in its possession {0 its SUCCeSSOTS. Sec. 14. These by-laws, or any section thereof, shall not be amended, altered, rescinded, set aside, -repealed or ' rTevoked without ten days’ notice in writing being given in open meeting, specifying the intended action, and withouta majority vote of the members pres- ent and voting. Sec. 15. Order of business—Rollcall, reading, correcting and approving minutes, communi- cations, bills and accounts, reports of standing committes, reports of special committees, un- finished business, new business. J.M. Chretien (chairman), John Jackson, R. W. Heilmann, Cherles C. Morris and P. H Prendergast. After the adoption of the by-laws the committee proceeded to ballot for a vice- chairman. The honor attaching to the office was conferred upon J. M. Chretien unanimously. The office of treasurer was filled by the unanimous election of J. Thompson. The next in order was the selection of a sergeant-at-arms. Mr. McDermott was nominated, as was R. W. Heilmann. The latter withdrew immediately and Mr. Mc- Dermott received the full vote. The executive committee of eight a) pointed by the chair consists of J. ‘M. Chretien, R. H. Prendergast, R. W. Heil- mann, J. E. Donavan, A. Watson, C. G. Clinch, G. Bacigalupi, Al Houston. The committee on finance was also 38- ointed by the chair and consists of C. C. g{orrls, James Gately, Thomag Chandler. The $ession was prolonged by the ap- earance of Mr. Fehnemann from the Porty-first, with three petitions from over 200 of the Republican voters in that dis- trict who desired to reinstate Leon Den- | age the industry. THo shall Kive to the chatwi| 25e, due ndustry nery as thejjcommitteeman frem the Forty-first. r. Fehnemann stated that there were thirty such petitions in circula- tion and that about 1200 names in all would be signed. Vice-Chairman Chretien took the floor and said he hoped that in all fairness and justice to the Republicans of the Forty- first the petitions would be given some attention and properly disposed of. The matter was then referred to the executive committee with 1nstructions to report fully at the next meeting. There seemed to be a desire on the part of the County Committee to treat all hands fairly. At 10:30 o’clock it adjourned, to meet again October 10. SLEEPY POLIOEMENW. Two of Them Fined and One Dismissod From the Force. The Police Commissioners last night listened to the evidence against four patrol- men charged with various offenses. James J. Nybam was charged with conduct un- becoming an officer. ‘The charge was dis- missed, but he was called before the board and reprimanded. The unusual incident of three patrolmen being charged with going to sleep while on duty was witnessed last night. John Greeley was discovered asleep on his post at Twenty-second and Chattanooga streets. Evidence was given that he was addicted to drink while on duty, and he was dis- missed from the police force. W. P. Dalton was also found asleep on his post. Unlike Greeley, he pleaded guilty, and as he was shown to be a good officer and was unaccustomed to stagionary duty he was fined $50. Timothy P. Connolly was found asleep on his beat. He pleaded guilty. Evidence was given that he had been sit- ting up with his sick wife and bad been attempting to do twenty-four hours’ duty without sleep, and as he is a good officer he was only fined $20. No action was taken as to the appoint- ment of the seventy-five new men or the promotions. The Commissioners are ap- parentl{ waiting till the tax levy is ap- proved by the Mayor. ADOLPH FLAMANT DEAD A Man Well Known in This City Passes Away in Paris. His Death Followed Soon After an Operatlion for Cancer of the Throat. ‘Word has reached this City that Adolph Flamant, one of the former proprietors of THE CaLL, had passed away at his home in Paris, France. He had been suffering for some time with an affection of the throat, and on August 10 he placed himself in the hands of Dr. Paen, a specialist in throat diseases, who performed an operation. The operation developed the fact that cancer of the throat was the main cause of trouble. His subsequent condition gave promise of recovery. and his strength was returning, when a series of very hot days came in Paris. The patient was stricken with fever, complications set in, and on August 21 he breathed his last. His body was cremated in the Pere la Chaise cem- etery. The deceased was born in Sonnere, France, in 1841. He was brought up in | UTAH'S POLITICAL PHASE, Charles Crane Tells How the Republicans Captured Things. VIEWS ON THE SENATORSHIP. What Democracy Has Done for a Territory That Was Once Pros= perous and Actlve. The Territory of Utah, soon to be a State, is undergoing a very rapid change in its political phases, and within the short space of four years it has been twisted around from a very stanch Demo- cratic State to one that can almost be called a solid Republican locality. These changes were partly due to the loose meth- ods of the National Democracy, which spread suspicion throughout the land, and greatly due to the efforts of a few able Re- publicans who by concerted effort and care organized and engineered the party to the front. The actual history of the elimination and i | years a member of Congress from Utah and a man whom the people of Utah would «prefer to see represent them in the United States Senate more than any other man. Many in Utah feel that it would be a matter of poetic justice to return him to the Senate after being so unceremoniously deprived of honors justly due him when in the lower house. Arthur Brown, a promi- nent lawyer, is also a candidate. C. C. Goodwin, editor of the Salt Lake Tribune, is in the fight. Judge C.W. Bennett is another candidate, and last but not least we have Colonel Isaac Trumbo, the life- long friend of the people of Utah. “A bitter but unjust fight has been made against this gentleman by the Salt Lake Tribune, edited by C. C. Goodwin, because it is claimed that Colonel Trumbo has not been a resident of Utah for the last eight ears. That may be true, but it is a well- nown fact that during that time he has been in Washington defending the rights and the citizenship of the people of his State, and to him more than any other are the people indebted for a return of their ersonal property and the defeat of bills ooking to their disenfranchisement and for statehood. “J. F. Cannon, recent Delegate to Con- eress, has also been mentioned as one of the futare Senators, but the people of the Territory are satisfied that he has_been pushed to the front fast enough, and that there are other men equally deserving who would be much more potent for good to the State than this young man. However, whoever may be elected he will be a bi- metellist and a protectionist.’” _Mr. Crane, in his conversation on poli- tics, goes right to the heart of things and makes it very clear to the listener. He is one of the best known men in Utah, and had he more personal political fight in his father’s banking-house until, in 1861, he was put in charge of the branch house | in Paris. While in Paris he met the| daughter of J. W. Simonton, one of the | proprietors of THE CALL and Bulletin of | this City. They were married in New York in 1866. While in New York, where he had gone shortly before his marriage, Mr. Flamant formed the advertising company of Frank Kiernan and Flamant. He retired from this in 1883 and came to California, where he invested in vineyards in Napa County, and where he also planted one of the first olive orchards in the State. He wrote a treatise on olive culture and oil making which did much to encour- He retired from horti- culture in 1890 and devoted his time to French literature, achieving quite a repu- | tation asa writer and contributor to the French press. For some years he had trouble with his throat, but he believed it to be some form of catarrh until, in 1894, it grew so bad he | decided to return to France to be treated. He leaves two sons, Adolph and James. Adolph is now in Africa and does not know of his father’s aeath. James was at his father’s bedside when he died. | RAINY SEASON OPENED. The First Genuine Storm of the Yenr | Came Yesterday, Away Ahead | of Time. | The rain that began here about 3:30 p. M. yesterday broke a California weather rec- ord. It was not only the first real rain- storm of the season, but it was the earliest storm that California has seen since weather records began. It is only in oc- | casional years that the first of regular rainy season storms gets registered during September, and then it is along about the end of the month. That 3:30 p. M. rain was not the first that had fallen, for there had been light and brief showers during preceding days, but the drops that fell before yesterday after- noon were merely local showers. “Such showers are the result of local winds, tem- | peratures and air pressures getting mixed up in an_unusual way overa small terri- | tory, and they may and do occur in_July. For three weeks the weather conditions have been unusually favorable to such local showers. But the present rain Weather Forecast Official Hammon explains to be an entirely different and unrelated thing. It wasone of those big areas of low pressure that drift across the ocean to the Oregon and Washington coast during half of the year that give the Pacific Coast its rainsand 2ss on eastward across the continent. his early “low” that has opened the rainy season on the 1lth of September struck the neighborhooa of the northern State line yesterday and gave Eureka more rain than it ever had before in the whole month of September. It will get to the Rocky Mountains to-day, and the rain here will probably be over to-day. This rain is so widespread that Mr. Hammon yesterday telephoned to Fresno a warning thatdrying raisins bad better be covered up. e MUSIO AND MUSCLE MARRIED. A One-Ring Circus Engagement Con- cluded at Hackmeler’s. Last night Elvira Sansoni, the femala Bandow of Wallace Brothers’ circus, and William Goetze, for - twelve years the leader of the band, left the flapping canvas tent, went beyond the applause of the crowd and the screeching o t%e lemonade- man and were united in marriage by Pas- tor Fuendeling at Hackmeier's Hotef. The young couple are both Germans, v CITY AND COUNTY TAXES, Have the Supervisors Made Serious Errors in the Levy? MAY MAKE IT A NULLITY. Several Unwarranted Charges Agalnst the City Have Been Al~ lowed by the Board. Notwithstanding the great care which has been exercised by the Finance Com- mittee of the Board of Supervisors and the board itself, in committee of the whole, in fixing the taxlevy for the fiscal year 1895-96, several serious errors are said to have crept into their work and escaped notice, which may affect the validity of the entire levy. Everybody knows that the Supervisors have been put to great extremities in mak- ing both ends meet, by reason of a de- pleted treasury and overdrawn funds. There was a time in last year when it was decided to be a politic measure to with- hold the salaries of certain City officials and employes in order to pay demands against certain deyleted funds. The sala- ries so withheld amounted to $300,000 in the aggregate. This money was appro- priated from the revenuesof the fiscal year just ended in order to silence the com- plainings of contrac tors who had furnished supplies to the City, but who found, when too late, that there was no money in the CHARLES CRANE REVIEWS TKE HISTORY OF POLITICS IN UTAH [Sketched from life for the “ Call” by Nankivell.] turning down of the Democracy is probably better known to Charles Crane of Utah, row in this City, than any other man in the politics of that State. Mr, Crane is, however, more interested in wool-growing than anything else aside from the general prosperity of Utah, but at the last State campaign he was urged to enter the fight for Governor. He had the delegates at his back up to within forty- eight hours before the convention, but as he took no personal interest in the fight the opposition pooled a combination and he was defeated. He takes it good na- turedly and has nothing but kind words for his opponent. In speaking of the success of the Repub- lican "party and the newly nominated ticket generally, Mr. Crane says: “Previous to 1892 politics in” the State of Utah were chaotic, but in 1891 the Republi- can party organized and a two weeks’ cam- | paign was made without any material re- sult. In 1892 our efforts were beginning to tell, however, and out of the 444 delegates from the twenty-six counties we succeeded in nominating, after a two days’ political battle, a son of Apostle George Q. Cannon. This was followed by a six weeks’ cam- paign fought out on bitterly contested lines for the purpose of organization, and we succeeded in reducing a Democratic majority of over 10,000 to 2206, notwith- standing that the Democrats were well organize.d in all of the 300 precincts and an able press behind them, claiming that the old People’s party were all Demo- crats and that the party was the rightful heir_to the power and influence of the re- cently disbanded People’s party. “The Democracy, with an ample purse and a hundred speakers, found that its majority had been reduced by the Repub- licans, who ardently believed that their cause was just. +In 1893 the legislative ticket had a Re- publican majority in both branches, and in 1894, with almost the same platform and the same two contestants, Joseph L. Rawlins, Democratic, and Frank J. Can- non, Republican candidate for Congress, we succeeded in carrying twenty out of twenty-seven counties for the Re{mblicnn party and elected Mr. Cannon by 1800 ma- jority. 9 “Also in 1894, the enabling act having assed, an election for delegates to the Eanstitntionll Convention was called and the Republican party was again triumph- ant, having a majority of sixteen. After over two months jof careful and honest work a constitution was framed which we believe is the best of any State in the Union and of which the Republican party is justly proud. 2 “The campaign of 1895 will be fought out on the same lines adopted in 1892-93-94, and although the Republican and Demo- cratic parties both favor the remonetiza- tion of silver at a ratio of 16 to 1, the record of the Democratic party has been such that with_the exception of Federal office-holders it is repudiated by the rank and file of the incoming State. *So far as the recentf} nominated State ticket is concerned, I believe it to be a ood one. The head of the ticket, H. M. %Velh, is a young man and a son of one of the prominent Mormons. He is a clerk in a bank there and will make a good Gov- ernor. The nominee for Secretary of State, James T. Hammond, is a Mormon. The Anuditor, Morgan Richards, is also a Mor- mon. The Treasurer, James Chipman, is a Mormon. Superintendent of Public In- struction J. R. Park is a Mormon. The Attorney-General, A. C. Bishop, is a Gen- tile, and the nominee for Congress, Clar- ence E. Allen, is also a Gentile. The three Supreme Judges, Charles S. Zane, and the ladies of the circus, each on the manly right arm of an acrobat, witnessed the marriage. The ladies of the dressing- room presented the bride and bridegroom with a gold-mounted toilet set,and the one-ring engagement closed with a ban- quet that was attended by about fifty guests. THE FEDERAL COURTS. UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT OF AP- PEALS, Stephen J. Field, Joseph McKenna, William B. Gilbert, Erskine M, Ross, Circuit Judges. Meets September 16. UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT. [Before Joseph McKenna, Judge.] Altoona Quicksilter Mining Company vs. In- tegral Quicksilver Mining Company; on trial. dwin T. Earl vs. Robert Graham; complaint UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT. Before W. W. Morrow, Judge. ] 'United States vs. Sylvester; for trial, Bartch and J. A. Miner, are all Gentiles., “The ticket will be elected without doubt, as the people of Utah are. natural Republicans and all their interests are identified with the policy of protection. The lead and wool interests employ more men than all the other interests together. “Since the advent to power of the Na- tional Democratic party hundreds of wool- growers have been ruined, hundreds of mines have been closed and thousands of men have been thrown out of employment and a general air of stagnation pervades all her industries. The property of the State has decreased in value at least 50 per cent.’ ‘When asked regarding the Senatorial fight soon to come off in Utah Mr. Crane had the iollowu_lgl to say: “The Senatorial fight will be a hard one, as there are a number of candidates in the field. Among the most prominent spoken of to-day is George Q. Cannon, for many him his friends say that he could have almost anything in the gift of the people. He is_quite content, however, to confine himself to one business and let the Gov- ernment protect if AT THE CITY THEATERS, Last Performance of “Chris- topher Jr.” at the Bald- win Theater. A One-act Bowery Performance That Pleases Orpheum Audiences. “Christopher Jr.” was played for the last time at the Baldwin Theater by the John Drew Company yesterday evening. In spite of its guileless impossibilities, the play has a good many of the elements of success. It also depends largely upon the manner in which it is acted, and when a work is in such good hands as those of John Drew and his company this is an ad- vautage. The audience yesterday was as large as on the opening night of “‘Christopher Jr.,” and the performance was received with every sign of satisfaction. To-night “The Masked Ball” will be revived, and | to-morrow * That Imprudent Young Couple.” The Saturday atternoon and evening performances will consist of “The Butterflies’’ and “The Bauble Showp:” Pauline Hall and her company open at the Baldwin on Monday in the musical comedy, “Dorcas,” which has met with a large measure of success in the East. The Columbia Theater, “The District Attorney” is a play that affords scope to most of the people in the cast to show their powers of character-drawing. Stockwell, as the scheming political boss, and Dixey, as a quick-witted young lawyer, are two who make the most of these opportunities. Each plays his part so much to the life, in iact, that it almost ceases to be acting. The play is one that abounds in human interest, & good deal of this being sus- tained by the clever acting of Miss Margaret Craven as Helen Knight, the girl who is trying to rescue her lover from penal servitude. William G. Beach makes a telling District At- torney, and he always manages to_express his virtuous sentiments with dignity and sin- cerity without degenerating into cant. Grand Opera-House. “On the Rio Grande” continues to draw large audiences at Moresco's. The humorous ele- ment predominates in the play, and that gen- erally proves attractive, particularly in the hands of two such clever performers as Charles 8Bwaine and Julia Blanc. Even the heavy viliain is not quite 80 heavy as usual, although he melodramatically re. ceives his quietus in the last act from the man whose sister he had attempted to wrong. Hen- dcrlslon sustains the part of the other brother well. At the Orpheum. Miss Erle Remington and William E. Hines are delighting Orpheum audiences with the impersonation of a couple of “tough” roles, their act of the Bowery champion and his “rgal” being received with nightly applause. Dryden and Mitchell, the eccentric comedians, aré also popular, and among last week’s favor- ites the Farbianu troupe and Wright and O’Brien are very successful. The Tivoli. “Faust” is nearing the end of its successful run at the Tivoli. One result of its popularity is that the waltz and the “Flower Song’ are now to be heard on the street more than the latest popular song. Next week “Lucia” will be produced with Ida Valerga in the title-role. At the Circus. An enormous business is being done by the Wallace shows at Central Park. The wonder- ful feats of horsemanship and the fine collec- tion of animals have a charm for children and adults alike and in spite of the large seating capacity the circus is sometimes taxed to ac- commodate its audiences. B Bronchitis, Not Leprosy. The result of the autopsy held by Dr. Barrett on the body of the Chinese, Wing Kim, found dead at 714}¢ Commercial street, on the 8th inst., and sup) to have been a leper and to have pommeJ himself, was that acute bronchi- tis was the cause of his death. particular funds against which their de- mands were drawn, They refused then to furnish any more supplies made under their contracts. There was an impending crisis in the financial affairs of the City. Instead of boldly meeting the situation and finding a remedy for thé condition of things, which men of much experience in municipal affairs insisted was certain to present itself again in the near future, re- sort was had to the expedient, politic method referred to above. The money which belonged to the emnloyesin the City Hall was taken to pay the debts due the contractors. The board, in order to pay thisdeficiency, now provoses to pay the debts of the fiscal year 1894-95 out of the revenues of the fiscal year 1895-96. It was contended that the claims of the associated creditors of the City and County of San Francisco amounting to $210,000, could not be paid on account of the constitutional inhibition against paying the expenses of one year out of the revenues of any subsequent year, yet that is the very thing which is sought to be done under the tax levy now about to be made. The deficiency in the salary funds was and is a fictitious defi- ciency created in following out the policy of doing the most expedient thing, in- stead of following the law strictly. The Fourth of July appropriation of $3000 for July 4, 1894, is another item in the levy which is said to be in the same category. The money was appropriated if not actually paid over before the opening of the present fiscal year. The Freeholders' “election expenses is another item against which many strong legal objections can be urged, aside from the fact that these expenses were incurred in a year which is past and against which, according to the idea of the Board of Su- pervisors, no charges can be made to be paid_out of this fiscal year’s revenues. The Freeholders’ expenses are itemized in the levy at $8770. The charge for the preparation of the military roll ($1500) has no sanction in law. Itisa partof the duties of the Tax Collector to prepare the military roll. The authorization othhe board (No. 5812) which authorizes the expenditure of money for this military roll provides for an expendi- ture of $1192 83, but the item in the tax levy makes the amount to be collected in taxes to gay it $1500. This particular levy the board saysis authorized under sections 1897-1898 of the Political Code. Section 1897 of the Political Code expressly pro- vides that in the City and County of San Francisco the Tax Collector shall enroll all the inhabitants of the County subject to military duty. Section 1898 of ‘the Political Code provides a pen- alty for the neglect or refusal of the Tax Collector to perform his duties. The penalty imposed is a forfeiture of not less than $300 nor more than $1000, to be sued for in the name of the people of the State by the District Attorney. The allowance of $3000 for expenses of the Finance Committee may be a proper item in the levy, but why not inciude an allowance for the Street Committee and all of the otier committees of the board? It is possible that there may be found some good and sufficient excuse for the in- cluding of all these items in the levy and appropriation of public money, but if there is in one case any reason, or justice, or sanction of law for an infringement of the rule in reference to the disbursement of public money, why should it not apply in the case of the creditors who supplied §oods to the City, and who are yet waiting for some evidence of the intention of the Cit{ government to meet its just debts. If these appropriations are not sanc- tioned by law it is the duty of the District Attorney, under section 4001 of the Politi- cal Code, to prevent their payment, and it would naturally seem to follow that it is the duty of the District Aitorney to pre- vent the collection of money on the un- warranted order of the Board of Super- visors, particularly when the Boar Supervisors has declared its intention to fmy out the money so unwarrantably col- ected to satisfy demands which cannot be enforced by process of law. Section 4001 of the Political Code provides that when it comes to the knowledge of the District At- torney that the Board of Supervisors, without authority of law, has ordered any money paid for any purpose, it becomes his duty to commence suit in the name of the county for restraining the payment of the same, and no order of the Board of Supervisors therefor shall be necessary in order to maintain suit. There seems to be ample provision for the protection of the people against an illegal levy, and the Mayor may defeat it by a writ of prohibition if his veto of the levy is ineffectual. DIVIDENDS WILL SHRINK. Some Causes Which Will Tend to Re- duce the Interest Paid by Sav- ings Banks. There is a period of depression in store for the savings banks of the City. Itis more than probable that they will have to reduce the dividends which they have been paying, and the amount of deposits will fall off proportionately. The last dividends, paid in June, 1895, were 4 per cent on ordinary deposits and 4.80 on term deposits. When it comes to paying the second dividend for 1895, in De- cember next, it will hardly be more than 814 or 814 per cent. There are several rea- sons for this. In the first place, but few outside loans are being made, and so a_great deal of the money 18 being held for loans in the City. These are not very plentiful, and the banks are therefore carrying » larger cash bal- ance than they have had on hand fora long time. Again, rates are inlling, and where the banks formerly, obtained 7 é)er cent for loans they can now get but 6}4. As a further cause for the reduction in dividends, the increased tax rate cuts a bi, figure. Where the rate was before 4. it is now 534, or nearly 3 of 1 per cent higher than usual. Acting together these factors are almost sure to cut the divi- dends from the old figure of 4 per cent and over to 3 and 3%. “There will surely be a reduction in the dividend rate next winter,” said E.J. Le Breton, president of the French bank, last l evening, “and I look for a failing off in des positors and depositsin the months follow= ing. People will,of course,seek better invests ments, but the reduction wilf not take efs fect until the next dividend is declared in October, 1895, and until then the deposits will not be affected.” Entertainment by the Y. M, I. A full-dress rehearsal of the performance to be given Friday and Saturday evenings at the California by selected talent of the Young Men’s Institute took place last nighton the stage of that theater. The performances ara intended to raise the nucleus of a fund fora new headquarters in San Francisco. Already the sale of tickets has been so successful tha managers look forward to a large return from their venture. Judging from the dress rehearsal last evening the entertainment will be & nighly artistic and refined one, combining vaudeville with minstrels and music. e ——— The Fire Alarm. The alarm from box 294 a* 6:26 o’clock las¥ evening was occasioned by the overturning of a lighted lamp in & Chinese lodging-house a¥ 515 Dupont street. No damage was done. The burning out of a chimney in a house om Pacific street, near Kearny, caused an alarm af 7:47 P. M. from box 17, corner of Kearny an Pacific streets. - Over a Ventilator Patent. Suit for $20,000 damages for infringement of a ventilator-car patent was brought by Edwin T. Earl against Robert Graham in the United States Circult Court yesterday. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. R e e L MAYFIRN INCORP'D HEATRE 4 PROPS. LAST WEEK——LAST NIGHTS! LAST MATINEE SAT. MR. JOHN DREW — TO-NIGET — THE MASKED BALL. « T IMPRUDENT nl.d Tfl‘?.\'nu_\'(; COUPLE'4 Sat THE BUTTERFLIES'S Saturday Night—THE BAUBLE SHOP” NEXT WEEK | PAULINE HALL Honday, Sept. 16| * DORCAS.” SEATS READY TO-DAY._‘ MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theaterin America. WALTER MOROSCO. ...Sole Lesses and Manages EVERY EVENING AT EIGHT. Mark Price's Famous Comedy-Drama, 0N THE RID GRANDE" Superb Scenery ! Laughter-Moving Comedy ! EVENING PRICES—250 and 500 Famlly Circle and Gallery. 10c. Usual Matinees Saturday and Sunday. T e PRIEDLANDLR GOTTLOD & Co- LE35ES ANDMAMAGERS "+ » READ T~ PRESS THE VERDICT. Examiner—Made a big hit last night. Chronicle—An interesting and absorbing play. Call—Lots of new and refreshing material. Post—It should draw strongly through the week. Report—Will be appreciated by the masses everyw where. Bulletin—Its application wider than New York. Sce the STOCKWELL PLAYERS in “THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY.” TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE Mrs. ERNESTINE KRELING Proprietor & Manages SEASON OF GRAND ITALIAN OPERA% LAST NIGHTS—— Ot Gounod’s Immortal Opers, “FAUST.” —SATURDAY EVENING— By Special Request, IDA VALERGA AND MARTIN PACHE IN THE CAST. NEXT WEEK——— “I: T OX AV —a SEATS NOW ON SALE. Popular Prices—25¢ and 50c¢. » = GROVER’S ALCAZAR. Sale of Secared Seats Opens To-day ! ——OPENING NIGHT—— NEXT SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14) ——GALA DOUBLE BILL— EVERYBODY'S FRIEND & “A RINGER.”” Leonard Grover Jr., Jennie Kennarks Gracie Plaisted, May Noble, Fanny Warren, Charles Lothian, Hereward Hoyt and the Entire New Company. Prices—10c, 15¢, 25¢, 35c and 50ce No extra for securing. —FIRST MATINEE SUNDAY NEXT- Prices—10¢, 15¢ and 25¢. ORPHEUM. O’Farrell Street, Between Stockton and Powsll TO-N1GHT AND DURING THE WEEK, A NEW ALL-STAR SHOW! HYNES AND REMINGTON! DRYDEN AND MITCHELL! MORELAND, THOMPSON AND BUSH}§ WRIGHT AND O’BRIEN! FARBIANU TROUPE! HUGH EMMETT! CEBALLOS § EVENING PRICES—Reserved seats, 25c; Bals cony, 10c; cnalrs and Box seats, 50¢. CIRCUS TO-DAY. GREAT WALLACE SHOWS?! Now the Leading Circus and Menagerie of the Western Hemisphere. THE BEST EQUIPPED CIRCUS in the WORLD * With the Finest Horses of Any Show on Earth. Yositively the First Big Show to come across the Rocky Mountains with its Entire Equipment, And also the first to charge the same. prices West and East. ADMISSION 50¢. CHILDREN 25c. Two Shows Daily. Afternoon and Eveningy . ¥~ CENTRAL PARK. MECHANICS’ FAIR. LAST WEERK ENGAGEMENT 9F MR. AND MRS. W. E. BATES, THE TALENTED CORNET SOLOISTSI SPECIAL PROGRAMME OF MUSIC EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THURSDAY EVENING, SEPT. 12, SAILORS’ SONGS and CHANTS By SELECT CHORUS OF SEAMEN. FAIR CLOSES SATURDAY, SEPT. 14, ADMISSION: DAY—Adults, 25¢; Children, 15¢. EVENING—Adults, 50¢; Children, IB\