The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 16, 1895, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1895. IRISHMEN ARE GOING Volunteer Company Or-| ganized to Help the Insurgents. i OFFICERS ARE ELECTED. Patriotic Americans Are Asked | to Join the Move- ; ment. 1 TWENTY-SEVEN MEN ENLISTED Committees Appointed to Canvass for Funds and Secure Honest Recrults. “It is our purpose to substantially aid Cuba, and by doing this we will be m a on to strike a blow at our John Bull.” the closing words of an im- ned address delivered by P. F. Rob- n before a small body of patriotic | Irish-American citizens who came to | gether last Monday night to dis- cuss ways and means by which they couid do something to help Cuba in her gallant struggle for freedom. The meeting was held =2t 1642 Mission street | and resulted in the formation of a volun- teer company, whose ultimate aim is to go to Cuba and enlist in the ranks of the men who are making such a gallant struggle for independence. 2 For several weeks a rumor has been going the rounds that a movement was on foot to organ a filibustering expedition wgoto Cuba and assist the insureents physically and morally to obtain that free- dom for which they are now so valiantly fighting. This rumor assumed definite form on Monday night, when a score or more of determined men—Irish-American citizens—gathered mainly from the bum- bler walks of life met at the residence of Captain Robinson. These citizens who are more directly in- terested in releasing Ireland from British rule recognize that they are engaging in a most perilous undertaking, and one which may bring them into no end of trouble, but their love for independence, born in | many instances of personal suffering, renders them willing to hazard any and every thing if but a blow can be struck in freedom’s name. The meeting was called to order by Cap- | tain Robinson, who briefly outlined the purposes of the proposed organization. “As Americun citizens,” he said, “the time now seems propitious when we should again demonstrate to the world that the spirit of 76 is not dead. It was only this love for freedom and independence which won the ory at that time and this same spirit has made our country respected and feared by the civilized nations of the world. This enterprise is fraught with danger both at home and abroad, but thereis no better way in which we can show our inherent love of liberty, and our willingness to strike a blow at England when the oppor- tunity arrives. It is our purpose to sub- stantially aid Cuba, and by doing this we will be in a better position to strike a blow at our hated foe John Bull.” The speaker was followed by D. Cronin, who made an equally eloquent address, appealing to all Irish-Americans and lovers of iibertv to join in the movement. “The time has now come,” he said, ‘‘to strike a blow for freedom by helping to gain liberty for Cubans. It will ultimately aid in freeing Ireland from British thrall- dom.” Mr. Cronin, who is the instigator of the present movement,then went into de- tails concerning the plans of the volunteer company, though it was not thought proper at this time to publish their in- tended movements to the world. It may be said, however, that committees have been appointed to solicit subscriptions, which are needed to successfully carry out the programme, and to enlist such men only as are believed to be true friends of liberty. The following are the officers of the vol- unteer company who propose to assist in the fight now being made for Cuba’s free- dom: Captain, P. F. Robinson; lieuten- ant, Frank B. Lorrigan; sergeant, Ed Parker; corporal, Edward Cady; organi- zer, P. Mulvaney. So far twenty-seven men have signified their willingness to cast their fortunes with the first and only volunteer Cuban organization on the coast, | which with the officers given above makes | thirty-two men who have so farenlisted in the cau “The time is ripe for such a movement,” said Private Patrick Cummins last night, “and we believe that all liberty-loving citi- zens will respond in some way to the call, Of course it would be unwise at the present time to give out the details of our proposed work, but it is sufficient to say that it is our purpose to go to Cuba, and that, 100, as soon as possible.” Captain Robinson is engaged in the hare ness business on Mission street, and is well thought of by those who know him. He was banished from Ireland in 1867 because of his Fenian tendencies, coming direct to California. THEIR HOUSEWARMING. The See Yups Arouso the é of Chinatown. » Chinatown was wrought up to a high pitch of excitement yesterday afternoon over the firecracker display made to in- augurate the opening of the new See Yup Association headquarters at 820 Clay street. \ The See Yups have moved from their temporary rooms across the street to head- quarters that are resplendent with black | and gold and glistening chandeliers, and that boast the crowning glory of a tele- phone, a modern innovation which up to the present only the headquarters of the Six Companies has possessed, among-the various clubs and associations of China- town. The See Yup Company, which now consists of the Wing Yeongs, Shiew Hings and Hop Wons, had vowed to in- augurate its new headqiarters with such a Echoes { chart of ar earthquake. | shifted from west to southwest, T0 FIGHT FOR CUBA, never seen, and as this was considered a cartel thrown down to the boyeotted Sam Yups en extra number of police were on the festive scene to nip any rioting 1in the bud. As it began to grow dark, a dense crowd | assembled outside the new headquarters, | which were brilliantly illuminated and adorned with a brand-new yellow flag. As | many of the See Yup dignitaries as could | not crowd into the alconies sat in state | within, under the chandeliers, happy in | knowing that they were the observed of | all beholders. Just before 6 o’clock the | firecracker display began, with such deaf- | ening force that the Chinese who were Standing under the balconies fled to a re- | spectful distance, when the crowd grew ! denser—indeed for about half an houra | strong-minded, able-bodied man_ would | have found it impossible to force his way | up or down Clay street in that vicinity. was as much as the cars could do to force their way through. £ But the persecuted Sam Yups did not make any counter demonstration. They sat pensively in their stores and let the See Yups and their highbinder friends make ali the noise they pleased. e e . A “LOW” CAME NORTH. Vagrant Storm Centers Play Havoc With | San Francisco’s Weather Reports ! for Yesterday. A vagrant ‘‘low” invisible, irresponsible | and uncontrolled, has been juggling with | the weather of San Francisco in a most scandalous way. The barometer has been | drawing a line so crooked and broken that its like cannot be found in the records of | the office, while the path of the wind, if | platted upon paper, is worse than the | It was all due to | the wandering ‘“low” coming up the coast and its meeting with another “iow’’ off | the Oregon shore. The barometer started at 9 o’clock Mon- | day morning at about its normal height, and it was fairly regular until about 7in | the evening, but after that it began to kick | up the most surprising antics. Before 9 o’clock it had risen .05 of an inch, had | then dropped .10 of an inch, and was back | again at 20.77. Then it rose 1.10 of an | inch, then dropped again, then rose and | fell, but generally ascending, until yester- day morning at 11 it had reached 20.9 then it dropped to 29.85, and after wave ing a little more it took its usual steady line and stuck to it. The mark left by the indicator showed nearly 100 changes in the time from 9 o'clock Monday night until 12 o’clock yesterday. In the meantime the wind had not been | dle. It twisted about even worse than the barometer. At 9 o’clock on Monday | = it had been east, southeast, southwest, west, southwest, west again, and again | southwest. At twenty minutes Ynslw eleven, within ten minutes, the wind had | south, | southeast, sonthwest, northwest and back to west. The two record sheets when they are sent back to Washington will be curiosi- ties, for none like them have ever left the San Francisco station. They are caused by the confusion of the “low” or storm center coming up from the south and meeting another “low” traveling east- ward toward the Oregon shore, San Fran- cisco was in the interval between them, and hence the confusion of the elements and the disorderly action of the barometer | and wind gauge. TRIST WHIST CLUB. The Duplicate Game and No Stakes | Allowed—Three Hundred ¥En- | thusiasts. | The Trist Duplicate Whist Club, named | in honor of the veteran whist-piayer, N, Brose Trist, heid its initial meeting in its handsomely appointed quarters in tbe | Wenban building, at the corner of Sntter and Mason streets, last night. | There were between 250 and 300 ladies and gentlemen present and the evening was delightfully spent. The programme | passengers on the steamer on October 5. Dur- | ing the scramble for seats at dinner an alterca- tion arose between Roe and Day 8sto & seat which the latter had taken and a fight fol- lowed. After hearing the evidence the Judge dismissed the case. ‘Will Sue the Wilmerding Estate. | Harry Wheeler, through Attorneys Henley | and Costello, will file a suit in the Superior Court this morning against the executors of | the Wilmerding estate to recover $2500 on a | promissory note. Wheeler was a lifetime friend | of Wilmerding, and the latter in order to leave some slight evidence of how he regarded that fricndship executed the note payable after his death. he executors of the estate refused to recognize their liability, hence the suit brought by Mr. i Barbers’ Association. At the Barbers' Association meeting at 120 O'Farrell street last evening steps were taken looking to the rigid enforcement of the Sun- day-closing 1aw ; also to the completing of ar- rangements for the social to be given under the auspices of the association Sunday even- ing. Twenty-Two-KnotSteamers Are to Run Between Here and Stockton. Only Passengers Will Be Carrled and the Trip Will Be Made In Four Hours. The people of Stockton and the directors of the San Joaquin Valley Railroad are one in the matter of competition. respect the California Navigation and Im- provement Company is with the pro- moters of the road. body and soul. They will work in conjunction with ir, and if the present intentions are carried out pas- ngers will be able to travel from any part of the valley to San Francisco in bet- ter time than made by the Southern Pacitic | and at a saving of at least $2. The facts of the matter are simply these: | Steamers which will average 22 knots an hour are to be built by the California Navi- gation and Improvement Company. These, it is expected, will easily make the run between here and the capital of San Joaquin County in four hours. event the railroad time via Livermore will be beaten and that via Port Costa alniost equaled. The fare will only be $1, while the Southern Pacific charges $2 50. So much for competition. The new steamers are to be models of | their kind. The hull will be built of steel and all the other n};&v\lrlenmlces will be of the latest design. There will be three of them and they will be 160 feet long and of ten feet draught. They cannot be sunk any deeperin the water as that means great difficulty in navigating the waters of the morning it was due west, in fifteen min- | Sap Joaguin. If, however, the River and utes it was southeast, by 1 o’clock it was | Harbor Commission will do something northeast, and by 9 o’clock in the evening | for San Joaquin County in the matter of work on the river, the chances are that the steamers will be able to make the run in three hours and a half. The engines will be triple expansion and there will be twin_scfews. The latter wil be a necessity in making the sharp curves of the river. The first of the fleet to be built will be called Gemim, “the “Twins,” and1f the company’s expecta- tions are fulfilled she will be one of the fastest passenger steamers ever built in San Francisco, No freight will be carried on these yessels and there will be no state- rooms. All the available space will be used for the powerful machinery that is expected to send the vessels along almost as fast as & railway train. “The only question with us now is the improvement of the river,” said Superin- tendent Hugh J. Corcoran yesterday, in talking about the matter. *If the Govern- ment will deepen the river in order to make it practicable for a fast steamer to make time we will be right init. Our con- tracts call for steamers that will make twenty-two knots or better on an all-day run. With these we can easily make the trip between Stockton ana_San Francisco | in tour hours. Our run from San Fran- cisco to Stockton will take a little longer, as the conditions will not be as favorable. The railroad will make far much better time, however, and people who will travel by the Valley road will be money in pocket and get quicker service. ““The fare by the new boats will be $1, but the rate on the present steamers will In this | In that | SORRY FOR EACH OTHER, The Puritans and Mr. Buck- ley’s Men Exchange Sympathy. WHY THE BLIND BOSS SMILES. A Comparison of the Followers of the Factions—Mr. Rainey’s Pleasant Place. When the Democratic State Central Committee picks out the true Democratic party of San Francisco from the false— which is one of the things it must do be- | fore the lines of battle are drawn for the next campaign—there will be a stripping | of pretenses and a revelation of records that will be iike a foretaste of the great judgment. ‘Whether the followers of the faction of | Purity, Propriety and Popper shall be deemed the elect, or they who have been attending Mr. Buckley’s 5-o’clock beers and pink gin-and-waters, depends on‘a great many more things than resoiutions. Messrs. McNab, Braunhart and Popper say the work is cleverly done, and the party has discarded the Blind Boss utterly. “Whereis his following?” they exclaim— “a few political incurables whose offices have been taken away from them because they were unfit to fill” them—a ot of heel- ersand toughs who might have been of use to their master 1n the days of primary murders and ballot-box stuifing, but who are helpless and harmless now that the real men of the Democratic party are guarding the party’s honorable name.” The McNabers, the Braunhartoise and the ‘Popperese with the Watsonians, the | Daggetans and Denmaniacs say the Blind Boss’ fight was lost as soon as it was begun, and wonder why he persists In _continuing a losing battle instead of going back to the Ravenswood farm. But the Blind Boss—by deputy, of course, for he is like the Grand Llama now, invisible to all but those next to the throne—does not worry. “With us,” says the mouthpiece of his eminence, “is the fighting strength of the Democratic party. Who is the white- headed boy of the Democrats to-day? Jimmie Stanton, of course, whose defense of the people against the common enemy, the Southern Pacific, was made under a shower of abuse from the Puritans. Under which banner is Jimmie Stanton now? Are Charles H. Ackerman, Horace G. Platt, Georze R. B. Hayes, Tleet I. Strother and a hundred others of their class political incurables, deprived of office by their party, or do they consider them primary pirates and heelers? “‘The truth about it is that the Demo- cratic army realized that the men who prate of purity have disorganized the party and that it must have a captain of sufti- cient strength and wit to lead it on to vic- tory. That's why Buckley has come to the fore again. Buckleyphobia is not nearly as fashionable a disease as it once was. They called Columbus Bartlett a Buckley man and the same cry beat E. B. Pond out of the governorship.” How long ago 1s it when Max Popper nimself marched under Buckley’s flag and boastea that he was at Buck’s right hand ?” It may be and the Puritans say and hope that the Blind Boss has been crowded out of politics and is no longer to be consid- ered a factor in the prospective electioms, but 1t is certain he is making a lot of dis- turbance for a burned-out volcano and maybe the signsthat seem to point to a renewed activity on his part are not all fallacious. “‘Why, Buckley is simply a hard loser,’” said Gavin McNab yesterday; “‘he hates to admit that his power is gone, and so he keeps on churning. The men about him | of the better class are not with him at all. | Most of them attend the Occidental Club’s | services just for the fun of it.”’ And while the two factions are com- menting pityingly on each other’s weak- ness there is one man who is saying noth- ing at all, but who will cut a big figure in | the end. Mr.Sam Rainey seems to in- | cline toward the Puritans.” If they carry ONE OF THE STEAMERS THAT WILL BEAT RAILROAD TI.ME STOCKTON. . [Drawn from a design by a *“Call” artist.) BETWEEN SAN FRANCISCO AND was entirely informal. Miss Helen Kelle- | her delivered a number of recitations and P. J. Tormey made a short address, in which he outlined the objects and pur- oses of the club. An informal play fol- lowed and the ardent lovers of tge game lo?lt sight of everything but the game it- self. The club membership is limited to one hundred. ' There are at present sixty-five members, and twenty or more than the prescribed - number are knocking at the door for admission. The committee on organization is composed of the following ladies and gentlemen: Mrs. Henry Krebs, P. J. Tormey, R.B. Calley, A. H. Martin. Leisloas Battered a Bicyclist. Joseph Roe, steward of the T. C. Walker, ap- peared in Judge Low’s court yesterday to an- SWer to a charge of battery. The complaining witness was Fred L. Day, 1012 Devisadero display of firecrackers as Chinatown had street. He and several other bicyclists were Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U.S. Go;"t Report oal ABSOLUTELY. PURE Baking Powder not be changed. No freight will be carried on the ‘fiyers,” and there will be no state- rooms. What I mean by that is thi making the trip morning and evening in four hours, there will be no necessity for staterooms. Of course, in an urgent case we will have all the necessary conveni- ences. There will be three or four spare rooms kept always ready, and should any one be taken sick on the train or during the run to San Francisco they wiil be attended to. ‘The fare on the present line of steamers will never be raised. If the opposition was removed to-morrow we would never return to the old rate. With the new steamers, however, the time will be cut from tweive to four hours, and it will take a dollar rate to make it anything like a paying investment. “‘The upper deck will be all inclosed and the passengers will have over 100 feet of a promenade. The new boats will be some- thing like the ferry steamers, only they will ‘have no side ‘wheels. Nothing will be wanting in them, and I think that when everything is in gaod running order we will have the best service in California. ““All our plans are perfected, and just as soon as the San Joaquin Valley road is ready to run its trains we will be ready to Tun our steamers. We will give the public the’vcry best kind of service, and if we don’t succeed it won’t be our fault.” The C‘ahfomla Navigation and Improve- ment Company’s steamers are al ready nmon%| the most popular on the bay, and once the new and speedy steamers are put on Superintendent Corcoran will have all he can do to handle the traffic, him and his merry men along to their vic- tory he probably intends to swallow them. 1f the Blind Boss wins out he certainly will not be so unkind to his old partner as to deny him a share of the spoils. AfWherefore to a man up a treeit looks as i Mr. Rainey was in a very comfortable position. DR, STAHLE IN- OFFICE He Assumes Control of the City and County Hos- pital. The New Superintendent a Bellever In Discipline—Need of More Attendants. Dr. F. H. Stahle, the new superintend- ent, formally assumed charge of the City and County Hospital yesterday afternoon. | The neads of the various departments were called together in the office of the chief of the institution and there pre- sented by Dr. Titus, the retiring superin- tendent, to their new superior. Dr. Stahle said to the attendants: “I have but one request to make. ' Inall mat- ters concerning the welfare of the hospital ’ | let your communications be to me. Through me, 2s the official head, let them £0 to the public.” ! The superintendent is a young man in whose bearing there are traces of his ex- perience as a line officer in the service of the United States army. He has a kindly manner, and those interested in the in- stitution already hope much from his zeal for its welfare. . “‘A week hence I can speak much more intellizently of the needs and proposed changes in the hospital. I wiil say now, however, that any changes it may be neces- sary to make among the attendants will not be made on account of politics. Sus- pensions or removals will be made for in- competency or insubordination alone. ‘‘L can say also,” he added laughingly, *‘that one great need of the institution is a more liberal appropriation. There are 330 patients, more than should be accommo- dated here, considering the quarters, and yet there are people at the Almshouse now who belong here, if there was room for j them. *‘The annual appropriation is $80,000. It should be $150,000. I shall confer with the Board of Health asto the condition and needs of the imstitution in a short time. Ai:efi-ward changes will be made, if made at all. 5 shall probably carry forward the plans introduced by Dr. Titus, whom I regard as an excellent executive officer. “My experience an_army officer has made me a firm believer in discipline, and I shall carry out my ideas on that subject.” He already saw, he said, the necessity of an increased force of attendants. Abe e g VICTORY FOR THE NURSE. . The Board of Health Supports Miss Patton as Agalnst Dr. Titus. Exit Dr. Titus. Enter Miss Patton. That is about the situation at the City and County Hospital. The ex-superin- tendent and head nurseat the hospital held differing views on management, which fact gradually led to Dr. Titus’ de- cision that the lady was insubordinate and a fit subject for discipline. Consequently she received summary no- tice three weeks ago that suspension for an indefinite time was the penalty of her alleged lack of respect for his authority. Miss Patton laid the case before the Board of Health and received its support to the extent of an_assurance that upon the expiration of Dr. Titus’ short-lived tenure of office she should resume her duties. Dr. Stahle, the successor of Dr. Tltus, said he had been informed by Dr. Titus that the lady had been suspended, but he had not yet had time to investigate the charges. If action be taken in the matter at all it is probable it will be at the meet- ing to be held to-day. The Board of Health to a man is favor- able to Miss Patton, who resumed her duties yesterday. e ATTORNEYS use Blackstone Bank Stock Legal Pads. Your eyes will be relieved and last longer. The leading stationers keep Bank Stock pads. = A s AL R Cornelius King’s Estate. The Cornelius King inventory, filed yester- day, shows an estate of $214,671 60. There is $144,905 in the Humboldt Savings Bank 343 in the Security Savings Bank, the San Francisco Savings Union the Savings and Loan Society, and $11,243 71 in the German Savings and Loan Society. Three promissory notes of David Porter for amounts aggregating $3835 are of no value King died a year ago. His nephews, Cor- nelius, James and Daniel, and his niece’ Mary King of Seneca Falls, N. Y., are in litigation over the w i e A horseback journey from Paris to Ameriea is to be attempted by Prince Widsemky, who has already once crossed Asiaon horseback. He Proposes to cross Behring Straitin winter on the ice. You can carry the little vial of Dr. Pierce’s Pleas- ant Pellets right of your dress suit, and it will not make even a little lump. The * Pel- lets’’ are so small that 42 to 44 of them go in a vial scarcely more than an inch long, and as big round as a lead pencil. They cure con- stipation. One ‘‘ Pellet” is a laxative ; two a mild cathartic. One taken after dinner will stimu- late digestive action and palliate the effects of over-eating. They | act with gentle efficiency on stom- ach, liver and bowels. They don’t do the work themselves. They simply stimulate the natural action of the organs themselves. That is where they differ from all other pills. That is what makes them better than all other pills. You don’t become a slave to their use as with other pills, because their help lasts. Once used, they are always in favor. : CAUTION.—Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets— it's an easy name to remember. Don't let a de- ing druggist talk you into something just He makes more money on the “just as good " kind. That's why he would rather sell them. That's why you had better uot take em. For a free sample (4 to 7 doses) of “ Pleasant Pellets,” address World's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. ¥. Storms. may Come And you should protect your feet from the wet. 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