The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 7, 1895, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1895 5 REVIEW OF REAL ESTATE, Benefits of Irrigation and Cheap Freight Charges Discussed. TRANSACTIONS OF THE WEEK. Bullding Summary for the Month. Coming Auction Sales—Gen- eral Notes. The condition of the real estate market for the first nine months of this year indi- cates that the foundations have been laid e creation of a new prosperity under e snbstantial conditions then was ever in this community. ination of speculative activity, or reduction of it, to its proper limits ow and ions came about through the reverses of the passed depression. Men have 1 i that resources to be realized on must first be developed. Things can no prices which some time t future they may be worth. s, lots and houses must be sold for worth to- The period jon throngh which we have been s been incaleulably useful in not »ur people down to the quiet ethods of industry and pro- but in awakening them to a sense own powers. There are multi- om it has aroused to the best ex- ertions of which they are capable, with im- mense advantage to themselves and to the whole interests of this City and State. C. 8. Capp of the real estate firm of C. »p & Co. believes California must have more railroads before immigration can be induced and the settlement of the lands of the State desirably effected. In discussing | the gnestion immigration during the past week he : can be no doubt that Californiaisa dvertised Siate, but when the Eastern writes to a friend or relative in San | co or the surrounding country the truth at we excel only in climate. Thisisa railroad town, and although we are much ad of what we would have been without ern Central Pacific, we are not e settlement of ourcountry | near & half million inhab- n San Francisco as we would have been Iroad competition. Few appreciate the ood things that would follow abund- | ies of getting to local and Eastern | South and r 0 ed farming, that we hear so much t these days, will be possible only with trade arteries. Wheat has been grown is grown now on many places because it ored and kept until opportunity for cting occurred. Fine fruits are more shable, hence they must be carried to mar- ket as soon as in eor With_railrond tition freight r be reduced, re- | The Half-million Club and all other organizations should con- centrate their efforts in aid of the promoters of the San Joaquin Valley Railroad until it is connected with some Eastern road, and then turn their attention to_purely local ‘roads for Central and Northern California, as this is the only territory left tributary to San Francisco. ssue of the Real Estate Circular Magee & Sons last week the statement is made that too much has not been heard of prohibitory railroad charges, and the evil is emphasized by comparison with another. The editorial referred to reads as follows: The fall in price of country lands within the past five years, is in one, and perhaps the most important sense, a matter for congratulation rather than for regret, so long as that fall only meens the squeezing out of water which hoomers_and booms had injected into thase lands. Except in some exceptional cases, and with all circumstances of crop and_markets favorable, buyers of fruit lands could not pay the prices enrrent four to_six years ago and ce anything whatever. Now, with increased production and far lower prices for_crops, the old prices of land are sbsurdly high. They e born of pure greed on_ the part of those the »aquin Valley especially—who bought the lands for ®1 25 to 5 per acre, or who ook up immense tracts under the desert land act, which was framed to grab land on a wholesale scale. Those who bought land at 20 to 30 an acre, set a portion of it out in fruit of some as A rule, not asked as high prices they came to resell & portion of it as those who paid mere bagatelle prices for theirs. The prices heretofore asked for coun- try lands, especially fruit lands, have been a prohibitory fence, over which it was not pos- sible for prudent buyers to climb. This must change if new veople are to be brought here, populrtion increased and increased cultiva- tion is to prevail. We have heard much, but none too much, of prohibitory railroad charges. They have not been & much greater curse to the State than excessive prices for land. J.W. Burnham of the Burnham & Marsh Companv has returned home, and seems greatly elated over the return of the btusi- ness activity and opening of many factories in the East which have been closed for a long time. He sa 1 visited many Eastern citlesand wentamong the business men and into many large facto- ries, and it appears that ell through the East there is a generai picking up in all lines, and several factories that have started up have al- ready, on account of increased volume of de- mand for thelr g00ds, advanced the pay of their hands. There was one familiar feature of San Fran- cisco missing in these Eastern cities—that was the empty houses, the proportion of which, in regard to size of the city, scems much larger here, and that of course is one great factor that Ean Francisco must remedy. This wil: be done; we will have more people, more factories to give a larger population, more work and a larger consumption of home- made goods by the people living here. This will certainly take place in the near future, a large glass factory owner visited by : “You have remains of & glass plant Have your citizens give me a and I will open that plant, and 'e employment to several hundred men, but ght rates must be cheaper, and fares over your roads also, and this can only be done by more trans-continental roads, and more partic- gi?r v by competition in freightin your own ity.” This was only one talk of several similar ones I had with representative Eastern men, and I believe that San Francisco is now on the verge of a general breaking up of the quiet times, and the beginning of & new season of prosperity the opening wedge to which is the advent of the new Ban Joaquin Valley Rail- Toad. wil T. D. Gaman of Gaman & Lyon, country land dealers, is of the opinion that few can appreciate the full fruition of new Valley road. Among other things he said in speaking of its effect a few days ago: 1am loath to insinuate that we have more croakers in this City then elsewhere, but it is strange what statements men given credit for being broad-minded will make in regard to the £an Joaquin Valley road. Its building and con- sequent reduction of freight rates is considered by some as aetrimental toour home industries, ral, have been too content with the natural advantages over Eastern localities to pay atten- tion to artificial means of betterment. Now, we must dig the soil. for crops as well as for old. The question of farming has become, in ect, a serious question. No one realizes this more than the enterprising spirits of San Joa- uin County, who are just completing one of the finest and lurgest irrigating systems that the West affords.” It will furnish water to & territory as large as some of those little “Yan- kee” States, and is really a notable event in the evolution of agriculture in California. The year 1895 truly marks an epoch in the history of Stockton.” You have no idea what rejoicing even the starting of the construction trains on the new San Joaquin Valley Rail- road provoked. Of course we realize this is a proposition that will benefit the whole State. he benefits of toe Corral Hollow Railroad are more local. What we need in California is diversified farming, and this can be brought about by no less than two things—railroads and irrigation. REVIEW OF THE RECORDS. There were 106 real estate loans made during the week ending Saturday, October 5, amountiny to $260,570, as against $396,- 570 for the previous week. The principal amounts loaned were the following: By the Hibernia Savings and Loan Society for one year at G5 per cent to John McCarthy, y at the southeast corner of ster and Devisadero stres 137 :6x to Francisca E. de los Monteros de . $14,600 on property on the south side ary street, 220 west of Octavia, 76:! 120, and to August Browning % erty on the southeast corner of Pine and Lar- kin streets, 82:6x50. Another large loan was made by the German Savings and Loan Society to H. F. Emeric, ,000 for one year &t 6! per cent on_ property on the south line of Geary street, 150 east of Franklin, 97:6x120. The releases from mortgages recorded during last week numbered sixty-seven and represented $288,485, while those granted the week previous amounted to $149,145. The most important were the following: 000 on the property of David and Frances H. Wooster, on the northeast line of Mission street, northeast of Fourth, 30x160; $40, 000 on the property of J. Macdonough, at th. west corner of Howard and Fourth streets southwest 160, northwest 13 11,500 on the proper St north line of Jac west of Leavenworth, 35x13: the property of Joseph Norton,at the south- west corner of Polk and Pacific streets, 90x80, and $7000 on the property of Myron E. Eugenie Sanford,at the mnortheast corner of Washington and Webster streets, 51x80. Other releases were: By the Regents of the University of California, $60,000 on the prop- erty of Jeremiah Lynch, at_the northeast cor- ner of Taylor street and Golden Gate avenu northeast 25, northwest 77:5, north 79, wi 31, south and_southeast’ 95:714, and b; e on t ¥y J.and Michael Howard. on the north- street, 240x600. There were 127 deeds placed on record during the week, the most of which were for nominal amounts. bered nineteen, aggregating $57, those of the week previous amounted to $38 There were 104 building contracts re- corded during the month of September, representing 2 total outlay of $352,109, as against 119 contracts for August amount- ing in the aggregate to $467,849. H‘he building contracts for the first nine months of 1895 amount to $4,693,848, the largest outlay for the corresponding period of any year since 1891, which represented corded in $1,305,461. the same period footed up MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS, anction sale on Monday, the 28th day of October. William Lange of the firm of William Lange & Co. will arrive to-day from a four months’ trip abroad. Easton, Eldridge & Co. report the sale of 360 acres of the famous San Marguritta ranch for $20,000, or a little over $55 per acre. On Thursday, October 17th, the annual meeting of the Pacific Loan Association will be beld at 3 p. M., in the Mills build- ing. David Bush of the conntry department Hamilton ranch, near Red Bluft, belonging to tne Bank of Tehama County and con- sisting of 1040 acres, to a Mr. McLean of San Jose. C. A. Ruball, the English engineer, who hes been in_California for the past five weeks examining properties for a London syndicate has concluded his reports and taken his departure for home by way of Los Angeles. He sails from New York city on the 16th of October. Proposals for the construction of a sewer for Presidio Heights have been submitted to the Board of Bupervisors, the consent of the government having been secured to have it built through the military reserva- tion. The sewer will not run north to the bay, but will run in a northeasterly direc- tion from Locust to Union street, where it will follow streets to the bay. estate on Stockton street to James Kitter- man for $6000. J. G. Barker of the city department of sion of the Mission street electric cariines, and that there is quite a number of neat residences going up on the tract. Cheney street a few evenings ago was cele- brated with n‘fmcession of 300 or 400 peo ple marshaled by John MeLaughlin, an enterprising citizen of that thoroughfare. Successful attainment always stimulates to further efforts, and the remarkable suc- cess of the Fairmount Improvement Ciub in obtaining the important improvements recently made in that portion of the City has encouraged its members to undertake other projects which must add greatly to the desirability of theirneighborsfor home builders. Another factor in the improvement of the district, is the enterprise of the Castro- street Land Company, the owners of 160 acres of land, o which Baldwin & Ham- monn are agents. During the past eight months they have spent large sums of izing the streets in a portion of their hold- ings, before the placing of some 200 lots on the market. The expenditure of this amount of capi- tal in street work and the selling of lots for homes, will be a great benefit to the neigh- borhood. The advantage of these lots where the streets are complete, have at- tracted considerhble attention from home- seekers. little publication entitled Real Estate Own- ers’ l{eference Book and City Guide. It contains a map and description of the prin- cipal streets of the city, information es- pecially interesting to strangers and a couple of good articles on needed city im- provements. 0. F. von Rhein & C¢. will hold an auc- tion sale on Thursday, October 24, com- prising two trustee sales, one by order of inasmuch as it will ailow the importation less cost of Eastern goods. Los Angeles, Por land and Tacoma hLave comparatively out- stripped San Francisco in the race for commer- clal supremacy and general prosperity on ac- count of superior reilroad communication. These sre living examples near at home. The railroad that Mr. Spreckels and his enterpris- ing associates have assured the people of the great San Joaquin Valley will be the fore- runner of others which will utilize and de- velop the incomparable resources of Central &nd Northern California and bring this City the Lslf-million inhabitants so much desired. Charles C. Fisber, when interviewed in his offices on California street, said: Before the advent of the railroads the settle- ment of this great State was confined to locali. ties along the seacoastand water courses, ex- cept for the camps of the miner and ocoa- sional stock-raiser. Without the railroads we have had these conditions of settlement could have been but slightly modified, and for the present settlement and development of the extensive valleys of this State we are indebted to the sgency of 4000 miles of railroad within our border. “With adequate railroad facilities our county settlements can_be made more prosperous and populous. With better over- and communicetion San Franeisco would be in & position to be a medium of distribution to interior States and localitics and be the radi- ating point for a large foreign commerce waich the railway facilities of other coast cities tend to deflect from us. D. R. Oliver, a real estate broker of Btockton, in discussing the future pros- pects of his town and the State, in the office of the Windsor Hotel a few evenings age, satd: Eleakicnians, as well as Californiens in gene- the Savings and Loan Society, the other by order of W. J. Adams; also two pro- bate sales, with the addition of miscella- neous business and residence properties. Jacob Heyman signed a contract last Saturday for the erection of a cottage on Twenty-third street, 90 feet east of Hoff- man avenue, for William 8. Foss of the California Furniture Company. The Alta Punta Rancho, one of the most notable properties across the bay, has just been placed in the hands of Will E. Fisher & Co. for sale. The whole tract, compris- ing over 900 acres, will be offered in small tracts from one to twenty acres. It is situ- ated three miles from Berkeley, and fronts on San Pablo avenue for a mileand a third. The California and Nevada Railroad touches the property, which possesses many other conspicuous advantages. Mendell Welcker, owner of Terminal tract on the Stockton water front, reports several large cash sales during the week to San Francisco people. George W. Hopkins is meeting with flat- tering success with his Saturday night ex- cursions to Stockton. On his first trip he took seventcen people, on his second thirty-four and on his third seventy-four. During the return trip a week ago he was the recipient of resolutions of thanks from the party for the pleasant outing afforded. C. F. Moore, 935> Market street, agent for the Jackson tract on the south side of Stockton, reports that the railroad work is awakening Interest in that section of the town and encouraging property-holders to By the Hibernia Savings and Loan Society— | s G.Taylor $10,000 on the property of | corner of Twenty-fifth avenue ana D | The building contracts recorded num- | 551 while $6,874,390. Sales for the month of September | amounted to $802,313. Mortgages re- G. H. Umbsen & Co. expect to hold an | inaugurate several important and costly improvements. ol Getz & Brother report the following as recent sales: Lot 25x100, north line of R street, 32:6 feet west of Nineteenth avenue, $200; lot 50x100, north line of California street, 8276 feet east of T\vent{-lourlh avenue, $1000; lot 25x100, south line of J street, 107:6 feet east of Thirty- third avenue, $300; lot 25x120, west line of Twelfth avenue, 250 feet north of M street, $600; lot 50x120, east line of Twenty-seventh aventie, 242 feet north of C street, §700; lot 25x120, west line of Eighteenth avenue, 125 feet south of A street, $350; lot 50x120, west line of Ninth avenue, 150 feet south of L street, $900; lot 25x120, west line of 100 feet south of T.street, east line of Tenth_avenue, 125 street, 3450, and lot 25x100, S line of I street, 82:6 feet west of Eleventh aveuue, $550. IN THE HANDBALL COURTS. Two Exciting Matches Are Played at the Occidental Court. After a few weeks’ rest Coast Champion J. Harlow made his reappearance in the the San Francisco handball court yester- day in a match with J. Carroll against J. Jones, the Australian champion. He played in his usual dashing style. The | match was not concluded, cwing to dark- ness selting in. Each side won two games, and the final will be played next Sunday. Two matches that excited great interest were played at the Occidental court. One was between H. French of the Acme Club, Ozkland, T. F. Bonnet and T. Fennessy of | the Acme Club and John Purcell. It was keenly contested from start to finish, French and Bonnet winning the final game bg four aces. The other was between P. T. Donnelly, the amateur champion, and C. J. cGlynn, the heavy-weight, and Ed Maloney and L. Kenny. The two latter won the final game by three aces amid the greatest excitement. ‘Wednesday night a match will be played at the Occidental that. will attract every lover of the sport in the city. The con- testants will be the Coast Champion James Harlow, and the Denver Champion M. J. Kilgallon against Amateur Champion P. T ]gmmelly and T. F. Bonnet, The single- handed game with the soft ball between | R. Linehan and J. C. Nealon will also be decided. The event of the day at the Union court | was a_ match between Al Pennoyer and | Terry McManus, the heavy-weight cham- pion, and J. Feeney and J. Bolster, the two former winning after a close and ex- citing game. | THE INDIANS OF MEXICO Father Ferguson Says They Are Happy With Catholic Religion. Misslonaries of Hawalil Criticized for the Result of Their | Labors. | Rev. Father Ferguson, assistant rector of | yesterday morning in which he set forth his views regarding the relative conditions of natives of America under different re- | ligious surroundings. He said: | Mexico and the South American republics are the pet bete noir of the clerical Jeaders of | the A.P.A. They deplore the condition of The Superior Court has confirmed the | sale of the property of the St. Germain | J. J. O’Farrell & Co. feports the sale of | thirteen lots in their biock on the exten- | The turning on of the electric lights on | money in grading, sewering 2and macadam- | A. M. Speck & Co. have issued a neat | | those countries. The people dwelling south of | the gulf are represented as in & most uncivi- | lized state. The Mexican has never viewed | with favor the evangelical attempts put forth to decoy him from Rome. Emerson and the Test of the philosophers have pointed out that | the best way to be happy is to be content with | little. This doctrine with the evangelicals. | ~ Disinterested tourists represent the Mexicans | as the heppiest and most contented people in the warld: Have they not progressed to a as never found favor space of time? Christianity and civilization came to them less than 300 years ago. The races on this side of the gulf have enjoyed its | blessings for over 800 years. Have the races here, then, reason to boast much of their su- periority? | Ihese lecturers are fond of drawing the deadly parallel. Let us compare the state of | the South American native with that of the native of North America, where Anglo-Saxon | | Christiamity dominated. Poor Lo is fast disap- vearing from the face of the earth. In fifty | years there will not be a tradition of him left. Down in the? southern part of the continent | he is alive and developing rapidiy. He wasin a far lower stage of barbarism thi the North ‘.-\lnerlcnn Indian when the Catholic church | came to him. The majority of the Mexican | Cabinet are to-day full-blooded Indians, who, | in intelligence and ability will_compare favor- | mbly with the rulers of other countrics. Catholic colonists, indoctrinated with the | teachings of the church, have uuiformly re- | spected the rights of the native. Unbiased | Protestants willingly concede this. In speeches at the World’s Fair to the repre- sentatives of foreign nations President Palmer and Senator Sherman freely acknowledged it. The latter said: “By injustice and cruelty the | chief nations of Europe seized and held all Funs of America. Butitis due to theSpanish, French_and Portuguese people to note thai while their conquests of the native tribes of America were sometimes marked with cruelty, the native population into and among their conquerors, and have thus formed sixteen in- | dependent ‘republics, peopled chiefly by de- scendants of native American tribes, whiie the Anglo-Saxon domination resulted in the re- morseless extermination of the native tribes | Wherever our race planted its feet. | ~We might invite the maligners of everything Catholic to turn their gaze toward Haw name of missionary rouses to madness the otherwise mild and inoffensive native of those islands. There the missionaries were in full | control for nearly ninety years. What have | they done to improve the condition of the native? They bave robbed him of his Govern- ment, lands and possessions, and left him in a | far worse condition than when they found him, { He was the happy and contented possessor of his own soil before their arrival. Now his fertile lands have been wrested from him, and his Christian instructors declare him | unfit for the franchise. Why, in ail these ars of migsionary rule, was he not fitted? He was the ward of the evangelicals. Isit just in | a guardian to dispossess his ward of what rightfully belongs to him and then justify his action by Smguting ignorance and inability on the part of the ward? President Dole, Minister Thurston, nearly all of the Hawaiian Government offi- | cials are sons of missionaries. Isabella of Spain declared that her people should not remain upon the soil of the New World except as the servants and not the rulers of the natives. The restraining influ- ence of the Catholic church eventually had its effect upon the Spanish cavalier. "He was taught to recognize and acknowledge the common equality ot the native manhood. |, Honest old Dr."Johnson, as every one knows, loved Selamanca, because the professors of that | famous nnivcrsixiy (who were Catholic priests), | When asked by the Spanish generals if they could not with justice confiscate the lands of the natives, as they were pagans, returned an emphatic “No”; lfilt the natives were fash- ioned to the image of God and had s prior claim to their own soil. . That was the Christianity of the Catho- lic church, according to Father Ferguson’s | idea. He said that the Indian in conse- %\wnce rules his own country in the South, as he is the majority. The speaker added: “But what the same writer des- ignated as an unnatural state of affairs exists in Hawaii—the rule of the minority. 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Corrections can be made at_the stores of Hart- well, Mitchell & Willis, 225 Post st. (formerly Dodge’s), or 1427 Polk st. (Eureka Bazaar). * ———— It is said that the largest bar of gold ever cast was sent to the Bank of California in 1882. 1t weighed 51134 pounds. St. Patrick’s Church, preached a sermon | | wonderful"extent in a comparatively short ! of O'Farrell & Co. reports the sale of the | vet they preserved and engrafted the body of | and explain to their audiences why the very | and | A DAY OF BATTLE NEARS. The Deuprey Committes to Reorganize the Democracy at Once. TO SURELY SHUT OUT CHRIS. Watkins WIIl Enlarge the Com- mittee About Which Hot War.ls Pending. The present week comes big with mo- mentous things for the local Democratic party and gayety for. the people who can enjoy a battle between a Blind Boss and a | Junta. McNab, Rainey, Welburn and Daggett, the Big Four, re-enforced by Ed Lanigan, Samuel Braunhart and the rest of the anti- Buckley lieutenants, will proceed strongly and boldly with the reorganization of the party this week. Itis plain that the pres- ent party organization isaboutto go to smash anyway. The anti-Buckley forces, who are out to save the party from Chris in the name of decency and purity, pro- pose to create a new general committee ac- cording to some plan right away. This ancient general committee is moth- eaten and unsatisfactory all around. It has been in existence since the spring of 1892, when it was created by the unsuccess- ful Sullivan-Dwyer revolutionists, and it has long outlived its natural term of life already. That is bad for one reason, be- cauase In both wings of the party there are plenty of good Democrats, numbered with | the outs, who have long been grumbling, “Well, is this committee going to last for- ever?” and who want a chance to be on some sort of a general or county commit- tee, 20 to conventions, and generally have a “‘put in” in the party affairs. So on both sides a fresh start is wanted. The Junta finds a stronger reason for quick and decisive action in this linein the startling strength that Buckley has de- veloped in the committee. There is no telling how much he has or may soon ! swell the 154 votes Jim O’'Brien got the | other night, and if Buckley Eets amajority in the committee there will be nothing left for the other side but a clean bolt and rey- olution. So the Junta’s programme is to quickly reorganize the party by creating a new general committee of 450, by some method that will insure it to be the anti- Buckley element. The method will be the pedient. 3 On _the other hand, in the contingency that Buckley does capture the committee through force of habit or otherwise, the local governing body will just as surely be re-created Somehow. Buckley woald want anew deal for the boys and would want a committee fashioned in a more | workmanlike and finished way. Should Buckley capture the committee and pro- ceed in his masterful way to establish a new and strong party organization it is not generally pelieved that he would *‘play the hog.” Christopher is a blessed peacemaker who | has come to conciliate, allay, harmonize and unite. He doesn’t want a lot of Dem- ocrats to go off and wreck the grand old iparly, and he isn’t trying to purify the party by getting even Guvin McNab out of it. There would be quite a number of front seats and other nice things offered the Junta and its present following with his blessing. Sothere will, with smalldoubt, be another meeting of the general committee pretty | soon. ~Whichever side feels sure of a | majority will call the meeting. Atsucha | meeting, it 1s expected, the confident side | will propose a plan of reorganization to be | denounced and fiercely opposed by the other side. It might be that both the Buckley and the McNab forces would feel | confident and go into battle. Many say that should the Buckley side feel sure of a | small majority when some proposition for reorganization came along from that Deu- | prey committee or some other source, it | would be cordially welcomed by the Buck- | ley side, which might next proceed to make some slight amendments. So war, smash and new things confront the local Democracy, all because the exe- crated boss has guessed that he has lived | aown a past, thinks that he has a future, | and has come with ingenuous effrontery and brazen modesty to claim the Demo- cratic party. It 1sto be regretted that no- body in whose judgment implicit faith can be placed will say how strong Buckley is oris likely to become. The Junta people say that the Buckley forces are already disintegrating, that he is beaten, that the majority ageinst him is larger than on Wednesday night, and that he will soon be driven into the sewer, where he belongs. | Buckley men claim certain victory and wink and smile. There are a great many veople in town who do not think that | Buckley is a ‘“false alarm,” as the poli- ticians say. The anti-Buckley programme is an in- | teresting one, as far as it had been de- veloped yesterday. It is now proposed to call the Deuprey committee of twenty-five together this week and have Chairman Watkins appoint a committee of like size from among the members of the general committee, to act with it. The chairman | has not been authorized by the general committee to appoint any committee to kill it, but the chairman probably has the inherent power. A member of the Junta said yesterday that this would probably be done. That would give the Buckley side a fine chance to howlwith astonishment and indignation. : | This joint committee is to prepare a | plan ot reorgamzing the party. ‘‘Reor- | ganization” seems to be used incorrectly, | as the process is, in its ultimate nature, | simply the establishment of a new general | committee in place of one whose two years’ | term of life has expired, as should, in the regular order of things, have been done | over a year a§0. 1t is the method that is | zoing to make the war. The natural way s, of course, an open or club primary, free to all the party. The way the junta is going about it leaves wide room for protest, long war and a pretty mess. The jurisdiction of the Deuprey committee, its powers and the regularity of anything it and any arbitra- rily associated committee may do wili be sngjects of hot contention. But then all that will be incidental, though interesting. It is might and not regularity and techni- calities that is going to rule. Both sides are after ‘the works” and practical expe- diency will govern. Technicalities will be seized on and protested against as they suit factional interests. Still, the technical situation of the Deu- prey committee is a thing of timely inter- est and it promises to be made much of. In the dispute over it the junta claims that the commiitee was appointed to re- organize the party, with power to act, and it is just now declared that it will proceed to do so. Of course, incidentally there is no knowing what the committee itself may do when it gets together and how far the present leaders will influence its action. It is, however, almost solid1y anti-Buckley. The Buckley men declare that when that committee was announced on the closing night of the last municipal convention a resolution was adopted by the convention referring that committee and anything it might do wholly to the zeneral committee. Hence, they say, the committee has no jurisdiction and is subject wholly to the general committee. The McNab side is taking the position that the committee has original jurisdiction and inherent sovereignty to go ahead, and nnywng it will do so.. Whether the work of the Deu- prey or joint committee will likely be re- ferred to the general commattee is not pre- dicted. The history of the Deuprey committee, with the existing records as authority for the salient points, is as follows: About the time the delegates to the municipal convention which met at Union Hall in the latter part of September were one that appears the most certain and ex- | l selected, there was much uncertainty and speculation about the future of the gen- eral committee and some unrest. As will be remembered, preparations had been perfected for a primary to elect delegates to the State and municipal conventions and members of a new general committee of 450. At the last moment Chairman Max Popper announced that Buckley was in the field, and the upshot of the ensuing mess was that the general committee itself elected delegates to the conventions and remained in existence. The point has been raised that the gen- eral committee itself has no legal exist- ence, but its present authority proceeds from the fact that it was recognized by the State Central Committee after its term was up and from its being the de facto power. It was vaguely thought that the munici- pal convention would do something about the party organization, and it was this sitnation” and’ this feeling that brought forth the Deuprey committee. At the opening of the convention the committee on permanent organization presented its report, and in it was the following para- graph copied {esterdny from the onginal report signed by Chairman JamesfF.Smith and Secretary Crittenden Thornton: Your committee recommend and report that | all resolutions be referred to the committee on platform and resolutions without debate, e: ceptsuch as refer to the plan or organiza- tion of the party and the county and general comumittee, in respect to which a committee shall be appointed by the cheirman of the con- vention, one from each Assembly District and seven at large, to which shall be referred such resolutions. This was Chairman Deuprey’s warrant for the appointment of the committee. As the convention ran its troubled course of about two weeks there was much talk about Buckley and Rainey influences and many close consultations among the re- form forces in control of the convention. It is declared by those opposed to the Deuprey committee that the committee was plainly intended and understood to be co-existent and coterminous with the com- mittee on resolutions, and that its work ended with the convention. At any rate it was forgotten or neglected during the convention and was not an- nounced until the closing hour of the con- vention—after midnight. Mr. Deuprey arbitrarily, it isasserted, announced it as a committee on organization, ‘“with full power to act.” In accordance with Mr. Deuprey’s an- nouncement Secretary Daniel Gavigaa, who yesterday exhibjted the minutes, re- corded : The following committee, pursuant to reso- lution of the committee on platform and order of business, was appointed by Chairman Deu- prey to reorganize the Democratic party ac- cording to assembly districts, with full power to act. Peter F. Dunne pricked up his ears and backed by the fierce A. J. Clunie and sev- eral hundred howling Democrats fought | the proposition amid an awful uproar for half an hour. The caily papers next day all recorded the fact that the matter of the committee was referred to the general com- mittee. Thisis what the minutes say: Delegate Dunne called for the names of the committee appointed by the chair to reorganize the Democratic party, with full power to act. On motion of P. F. Dunne, which was duly seconded and carried, the whole matter on or- ganization was referred to the geueral com- mittee to be disposed of after the election. Dunne moved the thanks of the conven- tion to its officers and the convention ad- journed sine die. During the melee the point of no quorum was raised among & host of others. It was impossible to settle it and it was not set- tled by any rollcall. Now some of the backers of the Deuprey committee dismiss the reference to the general committee with the declaration that there was no quorum anyway. That is the interesting situation of the Deuprey committee and it will be seen that there is plenty of room for a fight if it pro- ceeds to drastric measures. DR BOWMAN'S ADDRESS, His Subject Was “Shot and Shell; or, A. P. A.ism Vindicated.” Features of the Afternoon’s Pro- gramme—A Unlon Meeting Next Sunday. A meeting was held at Metropolitan Temple yesterday afternoon under the auspices of the good citizenship commit- tee. An address was given by Rev. W. H. Bowman, who announced his subject as “Shot and Shell; or A.P. A.ism vindi- cated.” The programme printed in the regular circular of the organization was as fol- lows: Organ volunta Opening of mi “Americw Praye Contral .Henry Schutte Quitzow, chairman and audience «Anvli Choras™ Choral Society “Columbla”. Choral Soclety Address by. s H. W. Bowmsan “Battle Hymn of the Repubjic” i -Choral Society and audience The speaker of the day was introducea by H. W. Quitzow, of the good citizenship committee. Dr. Bowman said: It is rather unexpected that I am here to- day. Iwant tosay that I never have yet heard it Ilrfied as an obgleclion against a man voicing his views upon the question of American citi- zenship that he was a lawyer. doctor, mer- chant or mechanic. Some* people seem to think the vocation of & prelf'mr disqualifies him from taking part in discussing the great issues of the day. 5 Mr. Bowman related the story of the Quaker who was questioned about the biblical injunction regarding the presenta- tion of the second cheek after the first had been smitten. Upon receiving & re- sponse the questioner struck the Quaker first on one cheek, then on the other. After taking his punishment, the Quaker remarked thavthe Bible said nothing in regard to the proceedings after the cheek- smiting episode. He removed his coat and administered some sound corrections to the opposer. “In like manner,”" said Mr. Bowman, “I will remove my coat of office to handle this question.” Thereupon Mr. Bowman removed his preacher’s coat and donned a short alpaca jacket. Mr. Bowman continue I am an American, from the crown of my head to the sole of my foot. Iwish tospeak this afternoon as an American. There is an ancient adage 1o the effect that coming events cast their shadows before. To-day there is an almost universal sentiment that a mighty crisis is just before us. Dark shadows are seen creeping across the dial rluw of time. clouds loom on the political horizon. 13,000,000 soldiers pn})y up the tutteflns . Here, in the Unite dyassties of Europe Siates, there are indicatious of civil strife. Symptoms of social disorder are seen in the body politic. Insurrection is heard muttering in the street. There are elements of strife in our coun(rz that bode no good for the per- petuity of this Government. Dr. Bowman declared that the Catholic Church was the controlling element that threatened the institutions of this coun- try; that Pope Leo had said that he was thinking constantly of the United States. The speaker said he did not beheve that the object of the recent convention in Chi- cago was to organize an armed force against England, but declared that he thought the intention was to subjugate America through the power of the Catholic Church. In closing Dr. Bowman referred to the S]racnce of giving plenary indulgences, as ustrated Dy the proceedings at St. Dom- inic’s Church yesterday, the same being advertised in the morning papers, It was announced that next Sunday a union meeting of all the councils will be held, at which five-minute talks wall be allowed from each representative. —_——— The Church and the Press. On Wednesday evening, October 16, Father O’Neil will deliver a free public lecture in St. Dominic’s Church upon the subject of “The Church and the "' Father O'Neil believes that the schools and churches are not sufficient. He said yesterday: *‘We must have the press; War Over It'lmh;gu:gce is. mnu 1 mu& sy & go:é WOl r the good ly rs and a Wol for the bad daily DID'K!‘P"M | a LATE NEWS OF SOCIETY, House Parties, Garden Gather- ings and Entertainments in Prospect. ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS Whereabouts and Plans of Promi- nent Members of the Four Hundred. The engagement is announced of Miss ‘Winnie Maybell Worth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Worth, to Henry C. Stevens. The wedding will be solemnized in the near future. The engagement is announced of Miss Raye Leiser, youngest daughter of Mr.and Mrs. Albert Leiser, to George F. Frutiger. The wedding is to take place in the near future. The wedding of Mark J. Barnett and Miss_Frances Bernstein, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. Bernstein, took Pplace yester- day at the residence of the bride’s parents, Ellis street, the hour set being half- past 4 o'clock. In addition to the rela- tives of the contracting parties invitations to the ceremony and the dinner to follow it were issued to a few of their intimate friends. The bridesmaids were her little neices, the Misses Irma_and Myrrell Bern- stein, and her maid-of-honor was Miss Emma Mendelsohn. A very enjoyable garden party was given to Miss Lupe Bergin at her beautiful home, “‘Brookside,” in Mountain View, last Tues- y. Those present were: Miss S. Kelly, Misses J. and L. Etchebarne of Oakland, the Misses M. and E. Heyfron of San Francisco, the Misses Lou and Margaret Arguello of Santa Clara, Miss N. Connors, Kiies E. Peralta, Miss 8. Castroand Miss M. Castro. Layola Assembly No. 1, Y. M. C. A., will bold an entertainment and social Thurs- (XI{uy”eveniug, October 10, at Union Square all. The Primrose Social Club will give their thirteenth anniversary bali at B. B. Hall, 2L Eddy street, Saturday evening, Octo- ber 12, The Michigan Association of California will hold its monthly meeting on Monday, October 14, in the parlors of the Occidental Hotel, which will be its headquarters dur- mfithe winter. 1. Clara Catherwood has had a house party at her residence, Ladrona Villa, the party consisting of Mrs. Jessie Carr Seal, Miss Camilla Loyal, Judge and Mrs. H. S. Foote and Miss Sherrard. Jennie Catherwood, who has been g the past eighteen months with ber sister and brother-in-law, Mr, and Mrs. Ernest la Montague, returned to the coast yesterday and with her mother will reside during the winter in the Low resi- dence, corner Gough and Sutter streets. Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Hopkins will not reside at the Palace Hotel this winter, baving rented the Freeborn residence, cor- ner of Jackson and Gough streets, for the season. Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Murphy leave on Oc- tober 26 for a visit to New York and other Eastern cities, Miss Juliet Garber gave a dinner to eighteen of her friends on Friday last at her residence, Berkeley, C Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Lincoln are at the Brunswick Hotel, New York. Mrs. Malcolm Henry, formerly Miss Kate Voorhies, who has been spending the summer with her parents. Dr. and Mrs. A. H. Voorhies, leaves on Thursday for her home in Washington, D. C. She will be accompanied by her sister, Miss Mamie Voorhies, who goes to Atlanta, Ga., to rep- resent the California branch of the order | Danghters of the Revoluion. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Janin have returned to the City and sre now occupying the W. S. Teyis residence on Jackson street, which they have taken for the winter. Mrs. Austin D. Moore and Miss Frances Moore have taken the Selby resi- dence at Menlo Park for six months. Mrs. and Miss Annie Selby are in New York City. Rev. and Mrs. Charles Mason and Miss Harriet Mason leave on Wednesday next for New York. which place they will make their future home. Mrs. W. L. Merry and the Misses Merry leave on Wednesday next for New York. Miss Alice Merry will sail from that port on the 13th to England en route to Cape Town, where she will marry Mr. Ulgman. Mrs. Moses Hopkins and Mrs. E. W, Bliss leave on Sunday next for New York, where they will spend the winter season. Hon. Charles N. Felton and Charles N. Felton Jr. have taken rooms at the Savoy for the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery Currey and Miss Frances Currey have moved into the residence 1819 Octavia street, which they have taken for the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Magee will close up their home at Fruitvale and come to this city for the winter. Mme, B. Biber left for New York City on the 3d inst. and, will return about the first of November. Mrs. Fisher Ames left last week for the East. She will spend the winter in New England, New York and Florida. PLAINT OF PHILATELISTS, ‘Widespread Opposition to the Issning of Speculative Stamps. Local stamp collectors and dealers are highly elated over the latest development in the campaign which has been energeti- cally carried on for the past three years for the suppression of what are designated speculative stamps. An active part has been taken in the matter by the three local hilatelic societies and also by the two San Francisco stamp collectors’ maga- zines. Thne most flagrant instance of speculative stamp publishing was the contracts which N. F. Seebeck, president of the Hamilton Banknote Company of New York, suc- ceeded in making with Salvador, Hon- duras, Nicaragua and Ecuador, whereby the company agreed to provide a new series of postage stamps for each of these countries annually, on condition that those not consumed reverted to the company. These remainders are sold to stamp- dealers at a small fraction of their face value, and in turn are disposed of to the collectors. A special joint commmittee has been appointed by the National Philatelic So- cle!{ of the United States, and- the Philaletic Society of New York, and it has sent a petition protesting against this practice to the Presi- dent, Cabinet, postal officials and lead- ing statesmen 1n the South and Cen- tral American countries which are now parties to contracts with Mr. Seebeck or are deemed likely to come under his in- fluence. | GAIL BORDEN | "EAGLE IE])Bl‘illld ,l Has No Equal SOLD Triumph Import and Export Warehouses, 98, 100, 102 Clerkenwell road, London, E. C. ALL CLASSES OF GOODS BOUGHT AND s0ld, commissions undertaken; customers' n. terests carefully guarded; world-wide facilities can command best prices: quotatious for freight and duty to all pasts of the world. For par:iculars 83pIy 10 ERNEST A, BREMMER. secretary. N.B.—Missionary o1 private orders promptl executed and dispatched {0 any parc of the wOrld, | duty and carriage MUNYON! 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He is the same quiet, unassuming man as ever, a close student, spending his time and money in endeavoring to find some way by which he can improve the curative powers of his remedies. The services of the best medical and scientific men in the world are purchased by him yithout re- gard to cost. His object is to reach the masses, give them a line of medicines that cure disease, and at as little cost as pos- sible. How well he has succeeded thou- sands of afflicted in San Francisco can state. There is scarcely a family in the city who does not know of some person who has been cured during the past: week. Professor Munyon also believes that any physician who, knowing that certain preparations have cured hundreds of peo- ple, and after failing to give relief with his own, refuses to prescribe such because they do not belong to his school, is guilty of & great crime. RHEUMATISM CURED. Munyon’s Rheumatism Cure is guaran- teed tc cure rheumatism in any part of the body. 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