The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 8, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN F¥FRANCISCO CALL, TIjESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1895. ) 7 OCTOBER 8, 1895 AMUSEMENTS. TN THEATER.—*Trilby.” - A THEATER—Instrumental and Vocal t. BALD! PERA-HOUSE—“Bertha, the Sewing- Tivorl OPERA-HOUS! “La Traviata.” OUrPR¥UNM—HIigh-Class Vaudeville. GROVFR'S ALCAZA 4 My Son-in-La! MACDONOUGH THEATER (OAKLAND) —‘“The strate,” commencing to-night. BAY DISTRICT TRACK.—Rs pem il ETATE BOARD OF pE EXHIBIT.—575 X rirect, below Second. Open daly. Admission free. * T AUCTION SALES. By Kruze & Co. Oct. 9—Horses, venue and Market David St emy of Sci . Discontent i e among_ the members of the P ' Association. Loca bright and brief, can be found on this.p the CALL every morning. The or Sabbath observance was al goes on_this morning, en- eventh week, with the defense ard of Vallejo read a paper nce in the Euchnfiu"%eh book on soclety is not in the aries, and San Francisco has given cold reception. Horace W. Philbrook unsuccessfully at- ted tohave his disbarment decree set aside e Supreme Court yesterday. Dr. P. Brett Morgan gave the first of & series of lectures last evening in Y. M. C. A. Hail for the benefit of St. Luke’s Medical Mission. Fred Blotte of Stockton street was stabbed in the left wrist in a saloon on Second street by an unknown man &t an early hour yesterday morning. . weather predictions for San Franasco nity to-day are: Fair, except foggy at tationary temperature; brisk to high winds. ms Adjuster Byron Waters says that e are not half so many accidents on the street railways because people are getting used 10 the electric-cars. The Debris Commission yesterdgy granted the owner of the Manzanita mine, near Sweet- land, Nevada County, permission to construct an impounding dam. v two out of the six favorites won at _the T vesterday. The horses that finished in front were Navy Blue, Isabelle, Red Idle, Re- mus, Detective and Midlo. Patr k Bannon, a laborer, who was arrested ay for petit larceny, was booked at the City n yesterday on the charge of stealing & rig belonging to J. V. Button. Smith has been placed in charge of the ¢ of the Oregon Lmprovement appointment &s receiver has been afiirmed by the Federal Courtsof the three coast States. R. Moody, an undertaker's assistant, 443 Golden Gate avenue, attempted t suicide last night by shooting him- hrough the body in the presence of his ife and her mother. The two weeks’ bazaar of St. Paul's Catholic Church, at the corner of Twenty-ninth and Church str 'y \‘Swuui under favorable aus- ht.. Between 500 and 1000 per- attenda: 's last £ons were The new ctors of the Olympie Club are commencing to stir up the members, They are offering prizes for those who will introduce the greatest number of new members, and they are discharging the delinquents. The deed 1s ready, and the transfer of the Butro site for the Afiiifated Colleges will prob- ably be made to the University Regents to-day. R. Beverly Cole favors a building after the vle of the State Capitol at Sacramento. Miss Marion Virginia Nolan, the winner of the celebrated California Venus contest of two years ago, has signed a contract to go on the stage at New York this season. She will ap- pear in the leading roles in society plays. Mayor Sutro has postponed the opeming of his electric road to the beach for two weeks. ttractions are in preparation near Sutro Heights for its patrons, who will also be given othier inducements to patronize the road. The Ormondes and Golden Gates played a mateh game of baseball Sundey at Golden Gate Perk. The features of the game was the bat- tery work of T. Kelly and N. Dufty. The Or- mondes made 10 ruxs, the Golden Gates 2. The big tournament of the California Inani- mate Target Association at Oakland racetrack closes, the Olympic Gun Club carrying off the honoss for feam shooting. Over 100;&)0!!&- men took part and 2(!,000 shots were fired. The Bay District racetrack will close its gates March 1, T. H. Williams Jr. having failed to interest Eastern turf capital in the purchase of the old sporting place. The prop- Tty will be graded and 1aid out in butlaing st spany has recently {ssned new freight rates t notifying the Railroad Commission, ssioner Stanton believes that the com: tends to attack the legal standing of Members of the Coast Seamen’s Union are onfident that the recent order of the Ship- owners’ Association reducing the wages of the sailors on coasting vessels is already a dead letter, s vessels are going out with crews at the old rates. Three counterfeit half dollars made of good silver, captured a few days ago, have informed the Government of the latest idea among the counterfeiters. The profit lies in the difference between the value of the silver in the pieceand the face value, Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald is very indig- pant on eccountof the way Bonner & Co. of Fresnohave treated the torty-five womenjraisin- {mr'.x sents to them through the State’s free ebor bureau. Fitzgerald has received a dis- Emcb stating substantially that the women ad been decelved and imposed upon. TO BUILD A TEMPLE. Important Secret Meeting Held by Prominent Members of the Congre- gation Sherith Israel. Thirty prominent members of the Con- gregation Sherith Israel assembled last night at the call of President Louis Brown. The proceedings were foreshadowed in an article which appeared in Sunday morning’s Carr. It is understood that preliminary steps toward the erection of a new synagogue in the Western Addition were taken. The meeting was however, an entirely secret one, the summons to the members reading: *“To discuss import- ant matiers relative to_the welfare of the congregation.” Upon being questioned members of the committee refused to divulge what passed, one gentleman saying that the members had been bound to secrecy and it was determined that no word of their action should escape. It is thought that frequent meetings will be held in the future and that after this series of meetings are finished the matter of the new synagogue will be placed to a vote at a grand general meeting of the members of the congrega- tion Sherith Israel. ——————— BENEFIT ENTERTAINMENT. The Operetta ‘“Genevieve’ to Be Given at National Guard Hall. To-morrow evening, at the National Guard Hall, 815 Ellis street, a benefit en- tertainment will be given under the direc- tion of Miss Katherine Black, daughter of the late Colonel T. W. Black. The pro- ceeds will be used to purchase a flag for Company D of the League of the Cross Cadets. 4 The operetta ‘‘Genevieye’’ will be ren- dered by the following: <irst l:llm Migpea e iss Pianist. 4ss Julla Hefferson There will be an address by Rev. Father Yorke. * An elegant flag, which has already been urchased, will presented to Company by Miss S8adie Morrison. After the pmf"mke the remainder of the evening will be devoted to dancing, After March First the Course Will Pass Away. WILLIAMS SYNDICATE. It Failed to Combine on the Purchase of the Prop-~ erty. WILL BE CUT UP INTO LOTS. A Noted Sporting Place to Be Re- moved to Give Place to Im- provements. After March 1, 1896, the old Bay District racetrack will fade away like a dissolving mirage, and the paved streets will cut across the old course where fleeting hoofs flung flakes of mud through the wintry air and clouds of dust under the plue summer sky. The unsightly stables, hay-yards and rubbish heaps will go, to give place to the graded lot and bandsome suburban resi- dence. T, H. Williams, the racing man and les- see of the track, agreed to buy the prop- erty for §650,000. It belongs to the Charles Crocker and Leland Stanford estates and covers sixteen blocks. Williams hurried East to form a syndicate among turfmen, and at first met with considerable success in interesting capitalists of sporting tend- encies. The price was of no moment, as the bare | 768 lots are valued at $1000 each—corner lots $2000—but inquiries into the stability of a title revealed a dangerous possibility. Undera legislative enactment of 1867-68, the Board of Supervisors could extend the streets through the Bay District track at any time. he syndicate quickly melted away, and with it the perpetuity of the old racetrack. Colonel Fred Crocker said last evening when interviewed, that the track will be graded, improved and put on the market. “Mr, Williams failed to make his pro- posed deal with the East,em]?omng men, and the sale fell through. His leate will expire March 1, and the place will shut down as a racing place. “The property 18 too valuable to be used as a racetrack and there is no special re- gret upon our part that the transaction did not come off. Seven or eight hundred building lots will be made ready for occu- vancy—principally dwelling houses I im- agine. There will be considerable filling to be done in those low places on the grounds, but the neighboring sandhills will supplpthe needed soil. The pavilions, stables, barns and fencing will be removed socn after the grounds are vacated by the lessee and the work of leveling quickly commenced.” Attorney Charles H. Hubbs, who lives at Clement street and Eighth avenue and who has been the champion of the needs of Richmond District, is pleased with the passing of the racetrack. “We Richmond people have no objection to the racing, except that it was a part of the barrier which kept the tide of improve- ment and progress away from our locality. The City spreading westward came to the ridge of sandhills; upon the east side lie the cemeteries and on our side lies the Bay District track. These barriers we hope to have removed, and the racetrack is the first to go. “Of course, Williams could never have gotten the Eastern turfmen into the race- track combine, because, the locality being within the City limits, Streets would go through the course whenever the Board of Supervisors Willed it. But the horse- men would have done well to buy the Eropeny ana cut it up themselyes, for those sixteen blocks graded would be worth fully $800,000 now. With the pres- ent upward progress of yalues here they will increase from month to month. “One more big removal must take place— the cemeteries. The Masonic, Odd Fel- lows’, Laurel Hill and Calvary burial grounds are between us and the City, and the public burial place, known as the City Cemetery, west of us, is a very undesirable institution. Even sanitary reasons, strong- er than the commercial ones, call for their removal. They are far more objectiona- Ble than the racetrack. Lyingon the slope of the hills above us much of the drainage comes down into the Richmond Tract. Then we have the cemetery gas which comes up through the sand of the graves, and I tell you the odors are unmistakable. See how liable we are to an epidemic. However, it will be an excellent thing for us when the old racetrack is a thing of the ast. = “Itis reported that an effort will be made to transfer all the racing parapher- nalia of the Bay District Park_to Oakland, where Williams is interested. However, the new speed grounds at Ingleside will probably take the place of the eid course.” I THE CITY THEATERS A Big House Greets “Trilby” the First Night of the Second Week. ‘“Bertha’” at Morosco’s—Opera at the Tivoli—The Orpheum. Animal Show. The sign, “‘Standing room only,” at the door of the Baldwin Theater last night showed that “Trilby,” at the opening of its second week, was not suffering from lack of appreciation. The play in fact seems to have caught the popular fancy, for one reason doubt- less because there is material in it to suit a variety of tastes. Lovers of the weird and mystic reyel in Lackaye’s intense act- ing as Svengali; those who enjoy the op- posite extreme of flippancy and frivolity consider Martinetti’s impersonations of Zou Zou one of the chief altractions of the play, and the racy studio revels in the second act always prove highly entertain- ing. %Vith all its heterogeneity, the more one sees the play the more one realizes that it is & very skillful piece of workmanship. The hypnotic element is just used enough to be suggestive, but is never pushed to the verge of demanding too much from the imagination of the audience. “Trilby” in the hands of a less ndiciots dramatist mim ver¥ easily have ecome ridiculous, but though Potter has not made & great play of it he has succeeded in building an interesting and effective one. The Grand Opera-House. “Bertha, the Sewing-machine Girl,” which was produced -at the Grand last night,is a tranecript of life in New York, where girls work for a mere pittance, and even have that docked every week. The play is effective from a melo- dramatic standpoint, though there are certain scenes in it which the most vivid imegina- ;lun can scarcely conceive as happening in real ife. Julia Blanc is the sewing-machine girl, who is wrongfully accused of stealing and is taken before the judge, a part piayed last night by Frank Hatch. The jury pronounces her guilty, whereupon Jack Jder, an utterly impossible character, knocks down the police- men, scatters the jurymen and attacks the udge, which functionary, in a rich brogue, ears the witness, addrésses the jury, and promises the half-drunken Jack to join him in ten minutes outside. Jack. a diamond Jin the rough, was well CLOSE OF THE BAY DISTRICT RACETRACK played by Milton Nobles, who did his best to make the charactera possible one and entirely won the sympathies of the audience by the heroic way in Which he defeated the ruffians on the Texas ranch and finally established the innocence of Bertha. The melodramatically effective scenes in the play were well stage and the rest of the cast afforded good support to Milton Nobles and the sewing-machine girl. ; Alcasar Theater, A sprightly performance of “My Son-in-Law"! was given at Grover’s Alcazar last night. Hereward Hoyte, who was supposed to be on probation as to whether he was worthy to as- sume that relationship, acted dashingly as the man who had so many sweethearts that he did not know what to do. Mrs. Fanny Young seems cut out by nature for a mother-in-law of the forbidding veriety, and she played the part of an amateur detéctive on the man who- wllll;ed her daughter as though to the manner rn. The amusing com{;licnflons of the play were well carried out by the other performers, Leonard Grover made his first appearance this season as Bisbon, the dancing-master, a part with which he is already identified. Leonard Grover Jr, by his performane® of Clinton Uppers, the prospective ‘father-in-law, who could not keep out of mischief, and Miss Jennie Kennark, Miss Gracie Plaisted and Miss May Noble were pleasing enough to justify Herewerd Hoyte in_his flirtations with them, which gave such food for wrath tohis mother- in-law-elect. - At the Tivoli. “La Traviats,” which was produced at the Tivoli last night, was about the best perform- ance that has vet been given in the grand opera series—that is to say, the production approached nearer the interpretation which one is accustomed to associate with such works. Dramaticall; Iyrically, Ida persistent tremolo in her voice was less in evidence than in some of the operas in which she has recently Lgpe!red, and her sing- ing of the brindisi in the first act could be thoroughly commended. Raffael was more than good as Germont. His acting wes sincere and earnest beyond the common run of odpern acting, and his singing was agreeable and easy. Martin Pache gave & brutality to the character of Alfredo that may prove very effective for Don Jose when ‘‘Car- mef” introduces the Tivoli public to Spanish smugglers, but that was out of place in Paris, Alfredo is generally successful when played with intensity, but it is & novel rendering of the part to make him throw his hat at one of the ladies in the gambiing scene. 'n]making, and to a great extent al erga was a good Violetta, The The Orpheum, The management of the Orpheum has for its motto “We study to please,”” and it never loses an opportunity to present something that will please. One of the features last evening was the acrobatic performance of the Brothers Shrode, four in number. Their work is truly wonderful. Murnh{' and Mack, burnt-cork artists, gave a side-splitting specialty, ‘‘Skeezin’ on the Fence,” whilé Pearl Andrews, the ex- traordinary mimie, gave some clever imita- tions of prominent actors and others. John i(ggins, the renowned jumper, was, on account of illness, unable to appear, and in his stead Gilbert and Goldie appeared. Louis Fialkowski again treated the audience to that of which it does not seem to tire, thatis his imitation of animals and instruments. At the Columbia, There was a fair attendance at the Columbia Theater last evening to witness the entertain- ment given in pehalt of the German schools of this City, but it was not such an audience as the periormance and the cause deserved. There was vocal and_instrumentsl music and an exhibition of gymnastics by & number of the best athletes of the several Turner societies. Following the overture a chorus of ladies and gentlemen from the singing section of the San Francisco Turn Verein rendered in a manner that won for the singers prolonged ap- lause, “Einzug der Gaeste auf der Wartburg,”’ rom “Tannhauser.” Thirty-two young men, dressed in athletic &uits of gray, gave an exhi- bition of marching and of exercise with silver wands, every movement by the com- bined number being as that of one man. Miss Minnie Powell sang “Love Light of Her Eyes,” composed by J.W. McKenzie, who accompanied her on the piano. It is a charm- ing melody, and it was the first time it was sung in public. The Columbia Zither Club, conducted by Professor F. Fischer, gave the “Parade March,” a very fine instrumental num- ber. Then camé a class of sixteen athletes who geve a very meritorious exhibition of strength agility and grace on the horizontal and parallel bars. Mrs. H. Weiner sang “Das Ersle Lied,” and the entertainment closed with “Tho Flag of Liberty” by the San Francisco Turn Verein chorus. The participants acquitted themselves well, and their efforts were recognized by liberal ap- plause. Professor Gentry's Animals. The pony and dog show at Seventh and Mis- sion streets was well patronized last evening, and those who attended wese treated to a most interesting entertainment, during which the intelligence of animals was made manifest in a degrée heretofore unknown in San Fran- cisco. The show opened with a military march by six ponies. These animals proved t e%oad result of careful and patient training, Then the trick dogs went through their perform- snces with marvelous precision, and the clown dog not only set the children to laughing until the tears rolled down their cheeks, but excited the risibilities of the adults. The hounds gave proof of their ability to jump and leap, one of ihem running and leaping over an obstruction fourteen feet in height. Another jumped from a table to a mattress twenty-two feet distant. Another remarkable performance was by & black poodle that turned six backward somer- saults. This is said to be the most difficult trick for a dog and the most difficult to teach. The show as a whole is very entertaining. The show will continue for two weeks, per- formances being given nightly and matinees Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The Bostonians. The Bostonians will open this evening at the Columbia Theater for a limited season, the opening selection being “Robin Hood,” a charming operetta rep lete with catchy musie. —————— THE NERVES OF THE BODY. Dr. T. B. Morgan Lectures for St. Luke’s Medical Mission. The first of a series of illustrated medi- cal lectures in behalf of St. Luke’s Medical Mission was delivered last evening in Young Men’s Christian Association Hall by Dr. P. Brett Morgan. The mission was organized by Christian people. The pur- pose is to offer to the sick poor of this City medical service without charge, and make this work the medium of personal evan- gelization. Dr. Morgan’s theme last evening was “Nerve Force and How to Conserve It.”” He spoke at length upon the many wrecks of humanity who are drifting into early graves simply because they have overtaxed their nervous systems by work and dissi- pation. He said that with the business man in this age there is a rush and hurry in everything he does, and he does not give his nerves an opportunity to rest and Tecuperate. ‘When the reaction takes place the man loses his mind, or his physical system breaks down or sudden death ensues. Those who live for pleasure alone, and there are thousands of this class, the lec- turer said, meet a similar fate. In con- clusion, Dr. Morgan implored his haarers to take more time for rest from work, and not to wreck their nervous systems by dissipations of any kind. —_————— An Italian Carpenter’s Death. Giusseppe Massoletti, an Italian carpenter, 19 years of age, met a violent death early yes- terday morning by lllllnqzh’nm the roof of his father's dwelling at 2312 Taylor street. He was enslged in nf“fln‘ the house when he fell and death was instantaneous. The father reported the matter at the Morgue and waived an inquest. Our Society Blue-Book Now in Compi- . lation—Season 1895-96. 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(formerly Dodge’s), or 1427 Polk st, (Eureka Bazaar), * DEMOCRACY'S BIG BATTLE, Buckley and Anti-Buckley Forces Hastily Muster for the Fray. MOMENTOUS THURSDAY NIGHT. Both Factions to Hold Decisive Meetings Then—Talk of Vic- tory and Revolution. The Democratic war cloud rapidly thickens and the Joud noise of battle will be heard earlier than was anticipated even day before yesterday. On Thursday night the Buckley and anti-Buckley forces will be rallied in posi- tion for battle -and . each side will adopt a definite plan of action for the possession of the party organization. Then events will follow quickly. Notices of both meetings were hustled out yesterday. On that evening the Deuprey committee on organization of the party will meet in the Mills building to decide definitely how tokill the present general committee in the most expediticus way and create by any arbitrary means that seem most expe- dient 8 new.general committee which shall be solidly anti-Buckley and able to completely shut Boss Buckley and all his friends from any participation in party affairs., It is openly proclainied by the Junta that while the Deuprey committee is regular and has sovereign powers, any necessary action, however revolutionary in its method, that is necessary to com- pletely knock Buckley out will be taken for the good of the party. The Buckley faction will on the same evening muster in great strength at the Occidental Club at Bush and Btockton streets. 1t is to be a special general meet- ing of the club ‘“to consider matters of great importance to the party.” Besides a large majority of the 400 or more mem- bers of the club there will be rallied there many Democrats of influence who are not members of the club, but who are standing in with the Buckley side. At this impor- tant ralley of the Buckleyites, the first open one to be held, tke party situation will be discussed from the Buckley stand- point, enthusiasm will be stimulated, pres- tige increased and steps taken to develop that 154 strength in the general committee on last Wednesday night into a control of the committee. The meeting will be ex- pectea to give whoop and swing and con- fidence to the faction, and probably there will be resolutions and committees created. The general committee is the citadel to both sides now, and the quick tug-of-war is over its capture. It will give regularity and salvation from being revolutionists to the side that possesses it. li the Junta wins it will remain the ‘“‘regular” wing of the party, and will reorganize in its own interest. 1f the Junta loses it will set up anew organization with a title from the Deuprey committee. In that event two organizations will claim recognition of the State Central Committee. If the Buckley faction loses, it is not likely to set up any revolutionary organization. It will de- velop and assert its strength, in all proba- bility, within the party as organized and win all it can by the power and arts it possesses. So it is a life and death struggle that is on, and it will be over soon. The Deuprey committee of twenty-five was called to the meeting yesterday by Eugene N. Deuprey, who, as chairman of the last Democratic Municipal Convention, appointed it. He will call it to order for organization, and may sit with it in an advisory capacity. Gavin McNab and some of the other anti-Buckley leaders will probably be there in the same capacity. The buzz of preparation for the meeting enlivened the Occidental Hotel lobby last night. The Occidental Hotel is Mr, Mec- Nab’s residence. Many important confer- ences are held upstairs. The forces rally there for advice, and so that hostelry nat- urally became the andti-Buckley headquar- ters. Fhat is another evidence of the rise to leadership of the husthng McNab, who is the active leader of the forces and does most of the important talking. The fac- tions are both Occidentals now. A complete programme has not been prepared for the Deuprey committee, but one important thing is fully decided on. The committee will request A. A. Watkins, chairman of the general committee, to ap- point a committee of twenty-five from among the members of the general com- mittee—one from each district and seven at large—to act with the Deuprey commit- tee. Mr. Watkins will, it is said, announce this committee a day or two later. These twenty-five will be stanch anti-Buckley men and the two committees will coalesce, becoming a committee of fifty, in which the general committee, which is to die, will be represented. Another thing de- cided by the Junta 1s well understood to be that this committee of fifty will be mem- bers of the new general committee, the Deuprey committee coming into the new body and the others remaining in their ehairs while the change is made. The rest of the programme is indefinite yet. By what method the other 400 will be selected i1s not decided. The idea that the committee of fifty that is to be so soon may by the exercise of sovereign power create district organizations of anti- Buckley men where is danger of Buckley controlling the present district clubs and may direct the district clubs to elect their quotas has been advanced. Whatever the definite plan the present programme is for the fifty to grow into a new anti-Buckley county organization of the size mentioned, the present large number being deemed safest when Buckley is near., Whether the work of the Deuprey com- mittee will likely be submitted at all t5 the general committee for ratification nobody informed will say. It is a certain thing that it will not be unless the Junta is positive that it has an *“‘air-tight cinch” on a majority in the committee. While the McNabites are vigorously declaring that Buckley is losing his strength every hour and that he couldn’t now muster 100 votes in the committee they are demonstrating the sovereignty of the Deuprey committee and at the same time declaring that they will adopt any revolutionary policy that becomes necessary and expedient to down the corrupt and designing boss that is reaching for the party organiza- tion. Up at the Occidental Club they point to the hustling of the Junta, its programme and the talk of strong and if necessary revolutionary measures, as evidence that the Buckley sideis feared and that they are afraid to trust themselves to the gen- eral committee right now. The jurisdiction of the Deuprey com- mittee to go ahead and reorganize the party was strongly upheld by Gavin Mc- Nab and Samuel Braunbart at the Occi- dental Hotel last night. The facts about this cdmmittee as they appear from the ex- isting records, quoted in yesterday’s CALL, are denied by all the leading McNabers, Mr. McNab declared last night that when- ever revolutionary action became, neces- sary it would be taken, and properly so, and it wotld be approved by the State Central Committee as was the case with the successful Sullivan-Dwyer reorganizers in 1892. ' ‘When that Bullivan-Dwyer- executive committee contended with the “regular” County Committee before the State Cen- tral Committee in 1892 for recognition its plan, which included the complete shut- ting out of the Buckleyites and extraordi-, nary powers for the executive committee, was amended, curtailing those powers and providing for a primary election open to all Democrats, At that primary the reor- ganizers won a comnvlete victory and elected the general committee now to die. This precedent of the recognition of all elements of the party may, by the way, have an important bearing on the contest which the present State Central Commit- tee may possiblyshave to settle. In 1892 the “regular” organization was howling about the irregularity, etc., of the “Sutter-street Democracy,” and asking it where it got its license toreorganize the party. J. J. Dwyer, chairman of the revolution- ary organization, answered the guestion in an eloquent mass-meeting speech by de- claring: ‘I tell them we got our charter from the hand of Almighty God and the Declaration of Independence.” It is that spirit which, ingthe junta, now waits to see how these tecHhicalities about the Deuprey committe come out. Samuel Braunhart, who is more active in the fight every day, said some things at the Oecidental last night which let light into some corners, He first told this story about the Deuprey committee: “The idea of that committee, which the committee on permanent organization authorized the chairman of the convention to appoint, originated with James F. Smith, chairman of the committee of which I was a member. At that time it was evident that the general committee might fall into the hands of Buckley, who was making his influence felt. As you re- member, the primary election had been called off at the last minute by Max Pop- per, who was afraid of Buckley, and the general committee itself elected delegates to the convention and remained in existence. It was thought that propositions about the organization of the party might come up in the conven- tion, and the idea was to have a special and a strong committee to refer them to. No resolutions of that kind came up in the convention, and the committee was not announced until the last night. Now, Peter ¥. Dunne, who led in opposing it, moved to refer the work of the committee to the general committee after the election. His own resolution shows that it was un- derstood then and by his side that the committee should act in the future. Now they say the committee was only a convention committee. They say that Deuprey arbitrarily gave the commit- tee “full power to act,” but that was the understanding of the commit- tee that provided for it. Then, as to that reference to the general committee, there is no question about there being no quorum. Only a few minutes before there was a rollcall on a motion to adjourn sine die, and our men left the hall or refused to vote, with the result that ‘no quorum’ was declared. There is no question about the authority of the Deuprey committee.” Mr. Braunhart recalled some Democratic convention history, from which he de- ducted interesting political wisdom that is now timely and is being profited by the junta. “You see at that time Buckley and Rainey were busy, and the lack of organi- zation on our side gave them their oppor- tunity. The opponents of Buckley in the convention had no effective organization and the candidates were flocking to the stables. Just before the convention the situation was considered in a caucus held at the Baldwin attended by Jere Lynch, Barclay Henley, Max Popper, Christian Reis, George T. Marye, Charles Weller, mysell and others, and an organization was proposed to control the convention in opposition to Buckley and Rainey. It was voted down on the ground that we, too, would be charged with programming the convention. The result was confusion in the opposition to Buckley and HKainey. The junta never controlled the conven- tion. If we had been organized to meet the delegates the result would have been different. “The gentlemen in the present move- ment propose to act on more practical lines. In other words, they propose to ‘do politics,” though clean politics. In the event of success the workers, irrespective of former affiliations, will be taken care of. “No one proposes to set himself up in this combination as a boss. The men now in this movement are actuated by one de- sire, and for the time being have set aside all their differences to accomplish the an- nihilation of Buckley.” “What part is Rainey taking?” was asked. % *‘I have seen no evidence that Rainey is taking any active interest in the fight. The friends of Chief Sullivan are aiding him in his sincere efforts to keep the de- partment out of politics. I have no idea what Mr. Rainey will do. He has stated to several of his friends that he isout of politics. There is certainly no possibility of Buckley capturing the organization. The State Central Committee would never allow it, anyway.” For two days the report has been freely circulated in the anti-Buckley camp that on Saturday Buckley sent a representative to Stockton in an effort to capture the in- fluence of Chairman Frank H. Gould of the Btate Central Committee. The State Central Committee will of course be a final court of appeal if two local party organi- zations ensue. The anti-Buckley people assert that the committee is solid against Buckley and will never recognize any or- ganization he can influence. 1 know the status of Gould,” said Gavin McNab last night, “and he is heart- ily in accord with the anti-Buckley men. 1 discussed the situation with him not two weeks ago and I know that he will co- operate with all decent people to drive Buckley from the party.” The reformers point to Buckley’s recent record alone with confidence that it will damm him in any effort to regain power. They say- that in 1890 he delivered the party, body and soul, to Rainey and the Republican party. In 1892 the “old liners,”” the Buckley element, put up a ticket to defeat the local party and were partially successful. In the last election, it is declared, Buckley combined with Burns. They say that he is promising offices right and left now, but can carry out none of his promises, and that his fol- lowers are hanging on to a corpse. Daggett and Welburn are not openly and personally active in this fieht. Me- Nab is field marshal and they order the able district workers like Ed Lanigan, Neely Beggs, Jack Welch, Tommy Chan- dler and others to serve under him. The Fire Department power is closely nursed and greatly depended upon by the junta and Sam Ramey’s gently powe:ful influence for purity is supposed to be still strengthening the forces that are being marshaled to rid the City of a corrupt boss and save the parly to” purity. Greany, Dougherty, the red buggies and the other Fire Department influences so powerful with the “push’ are supposed to be still loyal to reform and the salvatien of the department from politics. It is not thought possible that Rainey will fool his frienas—Daggett and McNab. The Buck- ley leaders don’t say much about him, but don’t believe that there is any yawning chasm between him and Buckley. But Rainey isa mystery that we can only guess about. He is not loquacious and does not vaunt his humble laboras for po- litical purity. What he is doing, or is likely to do, can be told only by circum- stantial evidence. One may see thing! moving, and perhaps faintly hear someq thing digging, and may know that there 1s a Rainey m there, but just what it is doing will be hard to guess, beyond the probabil- ity that it is purifying something, Buckley went to Ravenswood Saturday and will not be back until to-day. To-day there will be grave consultations upstairs at the Occidental Club, and a trooping in of the lambs until midnight. Buckley’s skill at organizinga hard fight is all in play now, and the men who are doing the work he orders are heroes of many half-forgot- ten battles, who are once more getting a delightful taste of political turmoil. The Buckley forces keep still and say very little that is definite about their strength and plans. The anti-Buckley fight is a more open one with less concealed. The Buckley forces will meet a Waterloo if they do not capture the general commit- teeand presume the “‘regularity’’ of their machine, and not a trick 1s being missed. Every possible influence that the Blind Boss and his lambs know so well‘how to use is being brought into play. A hurrah is being developed, but under it is shrewd and careful seeret work. Prominent Buck- leyites claim with confidence that the gen- eral committee is theirs. The big meeting on Thursday night will be made as formid- able as possible, and every possible Demo- crat of any influence who is not a member of the club will be induced to attend. The junta rests confidently on the State committee, in the event of anything like local defeat, asserting that they alone will be recognized. Up at the Occidental Club the State Central Committee is not so fearsome a thing. They argue that if they get the present regular organization and come to oppose a contesting “reform’’ or- ganization they will be so strong an ele- ment of the party that they cannot help securing fair recognition. It will be a Presidential campaign and the country members of the committee will not court party defeat by throwing overboard an element of the party as large and strong as they will surely be. If they capture the general committee now they will be the ‘‘regulars,” they point out, and the others revolutionists. All precedents, jus- tice and the interests of the party will favor them. They point to the course of the State Central Committee with the Sul- livan-Dwyer reorganizers, who were forced to hold a primary open to the entire pariy and abide by the result, which turned out in their favor. They count on party con- siderations to offset the curse of Buckley’s rule, and are goingz contidently ahead. Buckley may be trusted to do what he can with the State committee in his own way, and he appears to have got after the chairman already. AT Buch was the alignment of the forces yesterday. ALONG THE WATER FRONT. Brock Nichols Very Nearly Lost His Life in a Boom of Logs. Arrival of the Ship Alcedo From Hongkong—Was Not Placed In Quarantine. Business was almost at a standstill on the water front yesterday. All the coast seamen religiously observed Labor day, and nearly all the wholesale houses closed up at noon. The wharfingergfand collect- ors were away from their posts, as it was a legal holiday, and the only State em- ployes who put in an appearance were the crews of the firetug, Commissioner Col- non, Chief Wharfinger Root and Assistant Chief Short. The Custom-house was closed, so that no vessels could enter or clear, and in consequence several arrivals on Sunday and yesterday had to remain in the stream. Everything will be in full swing again this morning, and the British skippers will make up the lost time. Brock Nichols, an employe of the Pa- cific Pine Lumber Company, came very near losing his life yesterday. The barge Eclipse was to load piles for the Valley road, and arrangements were made for her to take them from the lumber company’s booms on Mission flats. Nichols wént around to the booms on the barge, and when the logs were reached he jumped on them in order to make the barge fast. He missed hisfooting and fell between the logs. The barge had considerable way on, and before he could recover his footing he was crushed. Two ribs and his right arm were broken, and when the crew of the Eclipse rescued him he was more dead than alive. Nichols was removed to his home on the corner of Beale and Harrison streets, where a physician sent by the company attended bim. Heis now doing as well as can be expected in the circumstances. 'he steamer Al-Ki arrived from Seattle yesterday morning. She- was ashore on Point No Point in Puget Sound, but sus- tained no damage, and is now apparently as sound as when she sailed from here. She will be docked and an examination of her bottom made before she goes to sea again, however. Hans Jansen, a sailor on the British ship Lismore, had a narrow escape yester- day. A bucket of coal was being hoisted from the hold, and when in midair a piece about 15 pounds weight fell out and struck him on the head. It would have fractured an ordinary man’s skull, but Jansen has an extraordinary one, and the blow only incapacitated him from work for a few hours. His scalp is badly lacer- ated, but that is all that seems to be- the matter with him. ; The British. bark Alcedo arrived from Hongkong yesterday afternoon and was not quarantined. Dr. Chalmers made a rigid examination, but found that the ves- was out 73 days and that there had been no sickness durin% the voyage, so after detaining her a few hours he allowed the captain to come ashore. The Alcedo has a clean bill of health from the con- sulate at Hongkong. The crew had a lively experience after leaving port. A storm came up which soon developed into a hurricane. No headway could be made, 80 Captain Coutts ran back to Hongkong and la{) there twenty-four hours until the storm blew itself out. Six days ago the ship was agoken off the Farallones and during all that time she has been drifting about within sight of port, while the crew whistled for a breeze and the captain prayed for a tug. An_excursion ground the bay for the benefit of Engineer Skinner of the Leader is to be given on the steamer Caroline next Baturday. He is one of the most ;grnhr men on the front, and when his friends heard that he hgfl become paralyzed dur- ing a recent run of the steamer they deter- mined to do something for him. Skinner was taken sick in the engine-room, and when the Leader reached Stockton he had to be carried ashore. Captain Leale of the Caroline is engineering the benefit trip, which is sure to be a great success. A Woman'’s Sudden Demise. The sudden death of Mrs. D. Frazer of 60 Annfe street was reported at the Morgue by Mrs. Revard of 2004 Taylor street yesterday morning. 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