The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 18, 1895, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1895. MURDERED BY FOOTPADS, Alfred A. Neville, a Carpenter, Killed in Cold Blood in a Saloon. HE PLEADED FOR HIS LIFE. Miscreants Make Their Escape. Statement of F.G. Eickhorst, the Only Witness. The rpenter living at 1ear Steiner, wes d by two robbers in saloon of F. G. west corner of Pierce streets, at 11:10 first made an attempt to by pointing two large re- < head and demanding his yman dropped behind ped out of the back door er he heard ashot fired and the sound of a heavy body falling upon the tloor. A minute later he heard the footstey two men running down Pierce street toward the bay. When Eickhorst returned to his place he fc Neville dead on the floor, with a h bullet wound in the back of his head, and a large stream of blood flowing from the wound. The crime and its surroundings strongly resembles the style of work done by foot- pads and robbers last winter, only these two criminals were so bold that they did not taken even the precaution of con- cealing their features by masks. The crimes of last year started about this time of the season and caused great fear and uneasiness among those living in the outskirts of the City and even those who hsd to be out at night down town. The murder of Neville is about as cold- blooded as the murder of old Cornelius Stagg at the Ingleside. The story of the crime of last night is best told in the langnage of Grocer Eick- horst, who said: “‘During the evening several of my regu- lar customers were in the saloon, which, as you see, is connected with the grocery by two screen-doors. A_little before 11 k a stranger entered the saloon and glass of beer. I noticed that he i around under his slouch hat, as if E: 1p the place. “He went out after getting his drink and a little later my customers went out, cept Neville, who was reading a paper. wo soldiers came in aud bought a keg eer.and took it up the hill to O’Brien’s. “They had hardly gone before the two robbers came in, and I saw_that the larger ow was the one who had got the drink of beer fifteen minutes before. ~Neville was standing in front of the bar reading, anc¢ I was behind the bar. Asthe two men entered I saw that each had'a pistol .in his hand. The tall one said: “Throw up your hands and shell out the cash.” 1 was so astonished that I did not tak the situation, and the smaller one ‘ , be quick about it, as »d will blow your head off " dropped behind the counter and pped out of the back door. AsIdid so, roed and saw Neville still standing by When I reached the yard I hearc Neviile exclaim, ‘Don’t doit,”in a plead- ing sort of tone. Just then there was a loud report of a pistol, and something fell to the flcor. A minute later I heard the robbers running north along Pierce street toward the bay. “I ran around the neighborhood for sev- eral blocks to get some one to go back with me, for I wes badly frightened, but I could 3 When 1 went back I found poor Neville lying on the floor dead with a bullet in the back of his head.” It was half an hour after the murder was committed that the police were notified of the crime, because the store is situated in a thinly inhabited part of the City and there are no telephones within several blocks. Sergeant Donovan and a police officer went from the North End station in the patrol wagon. To them Eickhorst gave a fair description of the murderers and robbers. The fellow who first entered the place is about 5 feet 9 inches in height. is com- panion is about an inch shorter. Their features are inclined to be thin and they wore dark black suits. Both wore soft slouch hats ana each robber had a small black mustache. None of Eickhorst’s customers had ever before seen the tall fellow, who first entered the place. There is no doubt but what after “sizin up”’ the place the willains waited until they believed all the customers had gone before entering. Neville’s presence there was a surprise to them, no doubt. What took place in the barroom after the proprietor fled only the murderers know, but it is surmised that Neville seized one of the pistols and showed fight and that while he was struggling the other ruffian placed the pisto! to the back of his head and fired. Neville was a carpenter, 35years old, and had lived at 2227 Greenwich for the past two years. He was steady and industrious. The saddest feature of the tragedy is that he leaves a widow and three little chirdren, who_were dependent upon him for support. Neville was a member of the TUnited Order of Workmen. The body was taken to the Morgue. Only a few heard the fatal shot, and it is believed that no one saw the robbers in that neighborhood, which bas as_little po- lice protection as any in the City. The police were unable to do anything last night, as the murderers had time enough 10 have reached the San Mateo line before the alarm was given. POLICE ON BICYLES. Suspected Robbers Cleverly Captured by Two Young Of- ficers. Joseph Griffith and Charles Roe, two young men, were arrested early yesterday morning by Policemen Peters and Doyle and taken to the City Prison. Thomas Maloney, who lives on Post street, near Lyon, was going to his work, on the morning of Septembver 16, and when he reached the corner of Post and Baker streets he was attacked by three men. They knocked him down, kicked him ina brutal manner and robbed him of §23. They left him in an unconscious condition. He was picked upand taken to the Re- ceiving Hospital, where his wounds were attended to and he gradually recovered. Maloney was unable to give a very accu- rate description of the robbers, but meager as it was it sufficed to throw suspicion upon Griffith and Roe, which wasstrength- ened when they aisappeared. The police were notified a few days ago that two young men had been living in the brush near the City Cemetery for some weeks. They had lived on bread and milk whicl they procured from drivers of ’ wagons and milkmen in the early of the morning. % - :emen Peters and Doyle rigged themselves out in bicycle suits and started Ofiin the direction of the City Cemetery on their bicycles at an early hour yester- day morning, They saw the two dwellers in the brush getting bread from a baker’s Yagon wid not s licemen s It spect that the picylists were po- and were considerably surprised and followed them. The two men | singing “Auld Lang be charged until Maloney has an opportu- nity of identifying them. THAT PUNCH BOWL. Kate Field's Hostesses Not Members of the Pacific Coast Woman’s Press Association. A meeting of the Pacific Coast Woman's ss Association has been' called for this Willow street for the pur- D. Bovard’s lameda En- cinal, as to the propriety of using a punch bowl and its contents at a recent reception tendered to Miss Kate Field. According to the hostesses on that occa- sion it is evident that there is a misappre- hension either of the reverend gentleman’s remarks or as to the bona fide hostesses of the recept The latter was g1 7en by a majority of the regularly engagcd news paper women at work on the dailics of this City and whose names appeared as mem- bers of the reception committee in THE Carr’s account of that function. Two members of the Pacific Coast Women’s Press Association, Mrs. Lillian Plunkett Ferguson and Mrs. Florence Percy Matheson, were present, but the persions, if such they were, were mani- not directed at the association, but e hostesses on that occasion, who are in no way connected with that organiza- tion. ‘What action the association may take under the circumstances is a question as yet, evento its members. As to the news- paper women themselves, they state that they do not desire to make any reply to Dr. Bovard’s attac! THE ELKS AND THE DEARS Pleasing Entertainment for the Ladies at the Columbia Theater. One of the Unwritten Laws That Gov- ern Golden Gate Lodge of This City. The Elks of Golden Gate Lodee of this City entertained the Dears yesterday. | itisan unwritten law of this lodge of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks i | Miss Estelle Clayton, <icnorary Lein Lady. | that every year it shall give an entertain- | ment for the benefit of th> lady frienis and that is called *‘entertaining the de: Yesterday was the day selected for the en- | tertainment and the Columbia Theater the | place. From the number of people who | crowded into the theater, admission being by invitation cnly, it was apparent that every Elk had a great many ladies on his calling list. Every seat in the orchestra, dress circle and galleries was occupied and hundredsstood in the corridors. The programme was carried out success- | fully except in the numbers which were to have been given by Burt Shepard and Billy Rice, of the Haverly troupe, who | tive committee and the audience. The | stage setting was a richly furnished parlor { and across the stage there was in gold let- Annual Greeting to the Ladies.”’ | g to iliness J. O. Reis, the exalted | ruler, who was to have been the chair- man of the day, was unable to appear, and Hugo V. Schlamm was named by Leo Cooper, master of ceremonies, and i subsequently fined one dollar for failure to make a speech. Miss Estelle Clayton, | who was named honorary chairlady, was | a dignified and effective officer. Those who participated in the entertain. ment volunteering :iheir services were warmly applauded. The first number on the programme was a duet, cornet and | trombone, by the Misses Pearl and Maude | Noble. The selection was ‘“Repeat Again,”, ana they were called for a second number. Messrs. Garvey and Joseph, who were selected as police for the afternoon—the first named being presented with an in- instructed to arrest any man in the audi- | ence neglecting to watch the performers ana who flirted with the ladies, and bring them before the master of ceremonies so they could be fined. Miss Anna Shear delighted the andience by dancing “La Czarnia,” a Russian dance, in a graceful manner. A. C. Hawthorne, the basso of Haverly’s minstrels, sang two songs with much feel- ing. Miss Edna Elsmere in a monologue, “When Jack Comes Late,” gave a capital illustration of a young woman disappointed because her lover did not come on time. Miss M. Nevada Heffron, a young lady with a sweet voice, but hardly strong enough for any place but a parlor, gave “Stella,” a vocal solo. . The master of ceremonies, feeling in a fining mood, had Messrs. Fried!ander and Gottlob, proprietors of the Columbia, brouihl to the front and introduced them as ‘‘the greatest villains unhung,” after which he fined Friedlander $1 for false representation, because he had fourteen inches (of leather) to esch foot, when it was known that there were but twelve inches to a foot. Miss Clayton read a neat address on the subject of “Men’s Rights.” _She thought that so much had been said of woman's rights that it was about time some one came to the rescue of the men, for they were so helpless and there was so little they could do. True, she said, a man might be- come President of the United States, or a politician or a policeman, while the woman had all the rights to do plain sewing or take in washing. The satirical words were well received and louul*}xpplauded. In the absence of Burt Shepard Leo Cooper recited Bret Harte’s *“Novel Reader’” with good effect. Little Mildred, a bright little one, saug “I'm Your Little Sweetheart’” and then danced a fancy dance, winning well merited applause and a basket of flowers so heavy that she could scarcely carry it away. Piccirilli’s mandolin quintet gave ““Cav- alleria Rusticana” and the Press Club quartet sang “On the Bridge at Midnight.’ ‘he Ammons Clerise Trio from the Orpheum gave songs and' instrumenta music and were recalled three times. Then 2 Colonel Alfred Perrier, grand trustee, was brought in by two policemen, and on b-half of the lodge presented with a handsome gold match box as a token of the lodge’s admiration of his services. He was notified that he would be fined a dol- lar if he did not make a speech. He offered to pay rather than talk, but the offer was not accepted and he had to express his thanks. The entertainment closed by the Elks forming a aemi-circleé joiqing hands and ne.” ——————— Fell From a Tramway. When placed under arrest. They will not| Richard Linehan,a laborer in the works of | failed to attend. disappointing the execu- | HLONG THE WATER FRONT signia ofoffice a tin star a footacross—were | the San Francisco Gas Light Company in the | Potrero, fell from an elevated coal tramway yesterday morning and injured himself so | that he died two hours later. Linehan was 48 years of age. He leaves u widow ond three balf-grown children. The body was taken from his home at 704 Sierra street to the morgue. - RACING AGAIN TO-DAY. A Liberal Supply of Starters in the Dif- ferent Events. The racing card for to-day shows a boun- tiful supply of entries and some good con- tests should result. There are six events to be run off. Following is the list of starters: Firzt race, eleven-sixteenths of a mile, sell- ing—Corinne Buckingham 133, Allahabad Prince Devine 128, Leonatus 136, Little F! Long D'Or 133, Rogation 128, Sel- Second race, eleven-sixteenths of a mile, sell- ing—Josie G 133, Morgan G 130, Dorsey 132, il gelding 123, Bob Tucker 128, Misé 3: arp arrie Shaw 133, Mount Roy Third race, five-eighths of a mile, two-ye: olds—imported Endymion 99, Don Pedro 10 Little Flush filly 99, Mount M or II 108, Caliente 102, Easel 101, .J ins 99, Cor- riente 101, Walter J 102, Fireman 106, Lady Gray 103, Suffrage 99. _Fourth Tace. one mile, selling—Elmer T 101, L‘hanner 101, Schnit 04, Josephine 101, Centurion 101, Olivi Monita 101. Fifth race, eleven-sixteenths of a mile, purse ~_anmo 90, Soon ough 102, Midlo 87, Fer- ris Hartman 87, Mollle Bawn 87, Oregon Eclipse 107, Grady 90. Sixth race, one mile, selling—Duchess Mil- itas 98, Mary S 101, Montans 110, Detective 2, Happy Day 101, Fannie Lowse 98, Madam Seott 95, Hy Dy 101. rphy 1t AT PARK AND SEASHORE. The Largest Crowd of the Season Visit the Two Resorts. By far the largest crowd of the year vis- ited Golden Gate Park and the Cliff House vesterday. It was in every respect an ideal day—no fog, clouds or biting wind. The crowd at the seashore was variously estimated at from 7000 to 10,000, while the throng at the park was considerably in ex- cess of that number. Along the beach hundreds of little ckildren played with the billows on the sands. Considerable excitement was created by the appearance off the long iron pier of a shark, popularly supposea to be of the ran-eating variety. The huge fellow sported in the waves in full view of hun- dreds of interested spectators for fully half an hour, and then disappeared 8s suddenly as he came. There were not nearly enough seats round the bandstand to accommodate the thousands who wanted to hear the music. In consequence, every available grassplat within hearing distance of the band was filled with people. The driveways were thronged from morning until night with vehicles of every description, the silent steed forming a large part of the procession. Stag e The Ex-Circus Rider. Jennie Jonmes, better known as Jennie Lind, the ex circus rider, was sufficiently re- covered yesterday to leave the Receiving Hos- pital. As she was penniless and had no J. H. Banfield. friends In the City she was directed to the | Rescue Home of the Salvation Army where she expected she would be able to find Jack Fales, her Stockton friend, who promised to meet her on the atrival of the boat Saturday morning. The once-famous Jennie is broken down in health and sp Vile State of Affairs in Chanrel | Street Where Sewers Empty. The Capture of an Insane Burglar Who Had Escaped From Stockton Asylum. A horrible condition of affairs exists along Channel street, especially at the crossings of Sixth and Seventh streets. Not only do the sewers that empty their contents into the almost stagnant water of that tagoon make those localities un- inhabitable, but the old decaying tank- boats moored in the mud under the Sixth and Seventh-street bridges add their con- tribution of odor to the vile smells that characterize the place. These boats are filled by the Odorless Excavator Company and are supposed to be taken out to the deep waters of the bay—a most primitive way of cleansing a modern city—every forty-eizht hours. But as a matter of fact they are never moved and never emptied. Holes have been made in the sides of the miserable affairs and the contents permitted to escape and spread around in the mud. The residents along this pestilential lagoon, called Channel, have complained of all this, but the Board of Health has never sought to relieve them of those needless nuisances. The upper part of Channel street, except during the highest tide, is a thick, black, slimy ooze from the sewers, especially from the great Army- street sewer, which discharges a swift and constant flow onto the Channel mud flats, The tide current there is so sluggish that the sewage simfily sinks down in the shallow water to be deposited on the mud, nr:’d exposed to the air at the fall of the tide. Along the banks and on the buildings of the vicinity during a windless warm day myriads of flies, attracted by the exposed garbage, swarm and cover everything, It is safe to say that a more filthy place and a more outrageous state of affairs has never been permitted to exist in any city on the coast. And there is no possible remedy as long as three or four big sewers are allowed to discharge their contents into the open air either on the mud or into the thick, oozy, sluggish water of the lagoon. Why there is not an epidemic in that neighborhood is & thing that passes understanding. George Williams, who wus sent to San Quentin prison two years ago to servea four years’ sentence for burglary, was ar- rested on the water front yesterday by Police Ofticer Smith. Williams, upon his arrival at the penitentiary, began to simu- late insanity, and succeeded in getting transferred to the Stockton Insane Asylum. The opportunity came for an escape from that institution, ana Wilhams disappeared from the place several months ago. He was recognized bg'e Policeman Smith yes- terday, and will returned to San Quen- tin to serve out his term of impriso~ment. The Pioneer Yacht Club will meet at Eintracht Hall, 539 California street, No- vember 21, for the purpose of incorpor- ating. The steamer Exceisior arrived from the north yesterday, minus a blade which was broken from her propeller. IS THE JUNTA DEFUNCT? Congressman Maguire Delivers a Vigorous Funeral Oration. TWO VIEWS OF THE DEADLOCK. Great Joy in the Buckley Camp, and a Review of the Tricks That Failed. The beautiful Sabbath day saw joy in the camp of Buckley and sullen dicap- pointment among wh e left of the fol- lowers of the Junta “pur —now Rai- ney, Daggett and MeNab principally. That awful meeting of Saturday night clearly smashed the whole Deuprey com- mittee programme, besides setting the Junta in the light of south-of-Market tough politicians by the jobbery and tricks they tried to carry through from the start of the rollcall to turning out the gas. Buckley is greatly strengthened and the sentiment of the party en masse is for the first time coming to the front and showing itself to be in favor of a primary election regardless of the Buckley scare, which is now being kept going mainly by Rainey and Daggett. The Saturday night meeting was the universal political topic yesterday, and it and its effects \\'ercrcun\ dered wherever met. Congressman Ma- guire, who night proved his great popu party ard who took the helm of the evening when it wa abandoned to chaos, was asked yesterday what he thought of the meeting, and this is the blast that he gave the Junta: two Democrats In my opinion, the Junta last evening showed itself unfit to be trusted with the re: organization of the Demoeratic party. I was expression by the unfair- ness shown by Mr. Watkins in cariying out what was manifestly & prearranged programme of Mr. Rainey and his associates and ignoring the demands for common justice coming from the opponen he final adjournmant of the general committee. disappointed beyond If there ever was any doubt that the real surpose of the Junta was not to get rid of Buckley but to secure control of the par to Rainey and Dagzett the doubt was dispelled by their conduct at that meeting, The notice given of the mecting was suspiciously short— %0 short that a great many of the people op- posed to Mr. Raincy’s scheme did not get their notice Mr. Watkin's refusal to have the numbers of the districts announced as the rollcall pro- ceeded, according to the usual custom, was ex traordinary. His promise during thé rolleall that all errors in the roll would be corrected immedaiately after the roll was called, and his subsequentefusal T carry out that promise in the face of the admission that the roll co tained many new names which had not b approved by the general eow he names of -6 number of me i to till vacancies were not laration and claim that s e dic had been put and carried, wi ted to the cd n submitted e committee or voted upon in the state of was, to draw it Mr. Wa c 15 would not thus violate all rules of procedure end of fairness unless he was acting under some irresistable pressure, and that pressure unguestionably eame from Rainey and Daggett, who, through Mr. Wat- Kins, are seeking to get control of the party 0f ‘course Mr. laim, under the cir- cumstanc ittee was adjourned sine die is absurd. The committee is scting under a written law of the party and could not adjourn sine die, if it would, until the succes- sors of the members had been elected and qualified under the constitution; and if it could adjourn sine die, no such adjournment couid be had by theé president without being presented to the committee and setually voted upon by 1t. Mr. Watkins did not make any claim before 1 the hall that the committee had ad- journed sine die; indeed, the very last thing that Le sald, when he was preparing to depart was that he would put & motion to adjour committee to the call of the chair, but 1ot put & 100tion 10 &djourn to a specifi and place. If he had any idea that the com- mittee had adjourned sine die, why should he & motion to adjourn it to the ? After Mr. Watkins left the ha 11 Mr. Hughes stated to me that such a mo- tion had been put and carried. 1 told him that nosuch motion had been put and carried; that I had gi ose attention 1o the pro- ceedings as anybody, and_would have known of it if it had occurred. Men who will resort to such methods to secure control of & party are utterly unfit to be trusted with the party management or with any power which they can abuse. I am opposed absolutely to permitting either Buc or Ruiney to again secure control of the Demaocratic party of Sen Franelsco, and I am not willing (o turn the party over to either of them in order to escave the other. Buckley and Rainey can both be beaten if the men who are honestly opposed to their domination will firmly and ‘manfully stand forth and oppose both of them, and &i1 bosses, in & primary e tion conductéd by fair election officers. if the opponents of Buekley and R a position to reorganize the party & position to hold a fa The Junta has songht to run its programme through under the stress of terror lest Buckley get control. 11 their terror be genuine, it mentally unfits them for the work of reor- ganization; and if, as I suspect, it is not gen- uine, the mask should be torn from their false | | alarm, and their effort to make Rainey and Daggett bosses should be branded as perfidy. Of course, there are members of the Junta who honestly believe that it is necessary to make two battles for the defeat of the bosses: The first to drive Buckley outof the party with the assistance of Rainey and Daggeti, and afterward to drive Rainey and Daggett out of the party as reorganized. Such members are merely deceived by the more designing ones, who know the situation better than they do. But, independently of what we may think of the purposes of the Junta, the general com- mittee 1 the legally constituted governing body of the party, “""fi under a written con- stitution and laws, regularly adopted and ap- proved, which provide that the successors;of the general committee shall be chosen af a primary election, to be held pursuant to that written law and under the auspices of the present committee. This is the only proper course to pursue under the coustitution of the general committee and 11 accordance with the Principles and universal usages of the Demo- cratic party. Yesterday for the first time since the present local Democratic campaign opened the Occidental Ciub was a scene of life on a Sunday. All day the leaders and the followers dropped ‘in and out, crowded the rooms and gossipped in glee about the glorious battle of Saturday night, the like of which had never been seen by the oldest district veteran. The Buckleyites, little and big, were supremely bappy over their victory and they naturally flocked together for mutual congratulations and to recount the events of the Donnybrook fair that was indeed a promise of the return of good old times. < The Buckleyites sized up in full measure their victory as they saw it. It had been made plainly evident that the Junta was in a hopeless minority at the meeting and the Buckley men yesterday claimed that nearly a two-thirds vote would have buried the Junta’s Deuprey committee programme had it got before the meeting in any shape. They reviewed the events of that awful time and saw that the Junta’s people were responsible for its disgraceful festures. They sized up the popular dammnation which the Junta, or the remains of it, would receive for the jobbery, tricks and south-of-Market methods which character- ized its course. They measured the rapidly growing sentiment 1n favor of a primary inv the party, saw that new re-enforce- ments would flock to the winners, and all around they bad cause to smile and smile. The jubilation began, in fact, when the meeting was over Saturday night, and the Occidental Club was crowded until 1 A. M. On that night and yesterday the to-be- expected happered in the coming around of committecmen who had been wary of Buckley until they saw just how things stood. There is already a new rush to the Buckley fold. The Junta yesterday showed signs of dying hard. The McNabbers, the Daggett- ites and the Raineyites are taking the | stand that the general committee is ad- | Miss Grace journed sine die, and that there is nothing more to do but to let the Deuprey commit- tee go ahead with the appointment of a new general committee. They will de- clare that the meeting of next Friday nignt will be no meeting of any general committee, as there isn’t any. As thesine die adjournment consisted of Chairman ‘Watkins putting such a motion amid the uproar, calling for the ayes and not for the noes and then simply declaring to the jew about him who could hear him that the committee was adjourned, the other side doesn’t_see_ that the committee has adjourned sine die to any great extent, es- pecially as the adjournment to Friday night on the motion put by Vice-President Rothschild was carried afterward almost unanimously by the entire meeting, which approved the wisdom of Congressman Maguire. 'his was the way James O’Brien re- viewed the situation yesterday: Feeling good? Why shouldn’t we? It wasa clear victory over the Junta. It not only as- sures a primary, but it strengthens us, because & lot of weak-kneed fellows w were afraid to de with us will do so now. Whensuch fellows e Congressman Maguire getiing up aua de claring Democratic law and principle they will recognize what is right and stand up for it. Now look at_the position the Junta has out i i nd they talking about political pu- v. They had an unfair programme that they d to put through by methods that Buckley would never even be accused of. In the first anee they tried to get the best of us by having Watkins call the meeting at a few hours’ notice. Then at the meeting they tried to put through an unfair programme from start to finish. First Hughes began calling the roll without naming the districts, as is always done, so that the names couidn’t be kept track of 50 well. Then they had things fixed up 1o have the best of it with the roll. On the roll were thirteen vacancies which district clubs in ich we had majorities had filled. The cer- ficates of these members were filed with the secretary and we were entitled to have them on the roli. That was what the first kicks were about when the rollcall began. Watkins clearly deciared that when the rollcall was finished it would be corrected and we accepted that promise. Now, they had put in that roll the names of & lot of fellows elected in districts that y controlled. Ouly a few days ago four vacancies were filled in McNab's Forty-fifth District, and they were put on the list and called by Hughes that night. Just before the meeting Eddie Greaney ned similarly filled six vacancies in_bis dis trict and the names were voted for Watkins. But they proposed to shut out any of our peo- i ple. Why, six months ago two men favorable 10 us were elected to vacancies in the Thirty- ninth and the certificates filed, bat the names | are not on the roll yet. Don’t you think we had a kick, and what do you think of Watkins’ going back without a pretense at explanation in his promise 10 let the roll be corrected? Their one object was to get the committee adjournea sine die, and see how they tried to work that. They saw that they were in the minority, and so they made way with the roll and at once declared that some of our fellows took it. Great Scott! We wanted the roll then, wanted it corrected and then wanted it ealled on the question of adjourning sine die. Well, Mr. Isaacs of the Thirtieth District swears that Hughes passed it to Harry Zeman- sky, who made off with it. Their scheme was to prevent a rollcail and have Watkins declare an adjournment sine die anyhowon a viva voce vote. Watkins didn’t stand up to the programme very well, but they made frantic efforts to_carry it through. Finally, you re- member Wat put the motion shouted by Hughes, called for the ayesamid the uproar, didn’t call for the noes at all and then turne | round and said the committee was adjourned | sine die. hat's funny. He might as well have de- clared the committee adjourned sine die in his office last week. Then some of them thought to cinch the thing by turning out the gas. There's plenty of evidence as to who ordered | it done end who did it. Now, there's political purity for you. So the Junta and the Deuprey commit- tee programme lies wrecked on rocks, though there will be an effort to gather to- | gether as much as possible and make terms with it. The demand for a primary ion llvrinL Jle outside of both the Buckley {and the Junta camps has made an early | primary a certainty, and it is next to cer- ; tain that before the Friday meeting a plan for one that will be fairly sausfactory all around will be made ready for adoption. When that happens a new alignment of contesting _forces will at once appear. Buckley will have a busy week. AFTER TWENTY YEARS, Anniversary of the Second De- cade of Theosophy in America. The Source of the Wisdom-Religion Emanates From a Secret Brotherhood. Yesterday was the twentieth anniversary of what theosophists cail the present theosophical movement, and in honor of the event the president of the society on the Pacific Coast, Dr. Jerome A. Anderson, addressed a large audience at Red Men’s Hall on Post street last evening. The source of theosophy, said Dr. An- derson, emanates from a hierarchy of those who have passed through and beyond the same stages of spiritual evolution that we are now undergoing. These are the elder brothers or mahatmas. And these ad- vanced mortals have guarded the eternal secrets through all ages and preserved the true knowledge of man’s relation to the universe. From time to time some of these truths have been given out to the world by teachers who have appeared among men for that specific purpose. To the western branch of the Aryan race Plato was the first teacher of theosophy. The Platonic attempt failed because the race gave a readier ear to the more easily acquired sur- face knowledge propounded by Aristotle, which finally degenerated into epicurian- ism. ‘Then came Christ,who was, Dr. Anderson declared, a Jewish initiate of the Lodge of Elder: Brothers. He taught the true wisdom-religion, but when the Council of Nice declared that the teacher was the God then the dark ages set in and the dogma of Christianity took root. Bruno, Paracelsus and others taught the wisdom-religion, or some truths of it, yet in 1875, when Madame Blavatsky appeared in New York and the present Theosophi- cal Society was founded, the whole world was reeking in blind materialism. Dog- matic religion was di: ted and had no influence upon modern thought. Spiritu- alism had sprung up as a revulsion from gross materialism, but this never rose to the dignity of a pnilosophy. Now modern thought, after twenty years oftheosophy, is largely dominated bybthe old truths thai Lave been enunciated by and through the Theosophical Society, said the lecturer: DR. GRAHAM TO SING. The Star Witness Against Durrant an Attraction for an Emmanuel Church Concert. ~ The workers of Emmanuel Baptist Church are preparing to give an elaborate church concert to raise funds to assist in liquidating the church debt. It is to be given the evening of December 3. With & desire to make the concert as great a success as possible, and being alive to the drawing powers of a well-advertised artist, the church people have secured for that evening the services of Dr. Gilbert F. Graham, who figured so prominently in the trial of Theodore Durrant for the mur- der of Blanche Lamont. ¥ Dr. Graham's evidence against the con- demned ex-member of Emmanuel Church was among the strongest the prosecution introduced in its case against Durrant. It was be who testified that Durrant had asked for his notes of Dr. Cheney’s lecture, informing him that he (Durrant) had no such notes, and that he needed notes of that lecture to complete his alibi. Dr. Graham also testified that Durrant had asked him to take his notes to Mrs. Durrant and let her cogy them. Dr. Graham furnished one of the sensations of the trial. He is possessed of a fine voice and is an excellent vocalist. Among others who will sing at the concert are Alfred S. Eby, Miss A STAGNANT RESERVOIR. Noe Valley’s Supply Investigated by Her Bad-Water Com- mitfee. REFUSE FROM THE VILE O0ZE. The Almshouse Sewer May Contami- nate the Source for Richmond District. The water supply of Noe Valley was par- tially investigated yesterday by the com- mittee of three residents appointed for that purpose at the bad-water meeting held last Thursday night. But the exam- ination of intermediary reservoirs was enough, without seeking the distant origi- nal sources. The committee was satisfied that the condition of the water 1s grave cause for apprehension and the Board of Health will be notified so that a rigorous and ex- tended official investigation may be made. College Hill reservoir, situated near Holly Park, was visited first, for, as the man in charge expressed it,it wasthe the water supply for everything in sight, even as far as Hayes Valley. The ' committee consisted of Dr.J. B. Plymire, Health Officer A. B. Kinne and W. J.Cuthbertson, all of whom acted only in the capacity of private citizens inter- ested in the common cause of their neigh- borhood. In addition to samples of the water that will be examined later under the miscroscope, they took home a number of junk curio souvenirs raked out of the College Hill reservoir. There was a piece of old garden hose, some old bones, a sardine can, a broken medicine bottle, pieces of crockery, glass, and a sample o the thick, bluish-black mass of decaying vegetation that forms part of the unknown treasures of the deep. Ana all these things were securcd from near the water’s edge, without more extended search among the irregular bottom that is formed of small broken stones, down among whir‘hiann.re matter may lodge without the pos: ty of removal. “Tne water looks all right,” said A. B. Kinne last night, “and there is not’'much of the dirty matter on the surface, but when you get on one side of the reservoir with the wind blowing toward you over the water the smell is just like that of a stagnant pool. But the man out there says it isas good water as you can get, but I don’t agree with him in that. “He told us that the reservoir was sup- lied by the surplus from the direct main rom Crystal Springs reservoir. But when the main supply runs low the water from this College f[lll reservoir runs back to make up the deficiency. “The water isn’t fresh. It is stagnant and it smells Jike marsh water. It is like the smell that comes from Mission Bay. Itisnot a rotten smell, but a stagnant, marshy smell. It certainly is not good water to drink,and I wouldn’t useit at all if I could get any better. “The man at the reservoir told us that they were ‘blowing off’ the water every night, by opening the dydrants, and the supply was getting low in consequence. “Everybody round here says the water is worse than it has been for years, and it is getting worse every day. ““The condition of college Hill reservoir is in itself sufficient to cause the bad water we are getiing. 1 don't know what the condition of Crystal Springs reservoir is. It may be ‘bad or it may be even worse than the College Hill reservoir, and that is even worse than Lake Honda. ““We incidentally visited Lake Honda. Itis close toand just below the County Almshouse, but it” does not supply this valley. It supplies the Richmond district. The lakeis really a cemented reservoir, but the cement appears full of cracks and seams, and in piaces where it has peeled off the stone of the cement is exposed. Not fifty feet away from one of the walls is the outlet of the Almshouse sewer, higher than the bottom of the reservoir. “‘Unless both reservoir and sewer are perfectly tight there isa chance for seepage into the reservoir; and it does not look to be at all impossible. ““There is considerable sediment in sight, and the water has the appearance of curdled milk streaked through it. 1 don’t Berglund and l think that reservoir has been drained in a long time. “We got a bottleful of the water to analyze for indications of contamination from the sewer. *“Atboth places the men in charge were strangely secretive and cautious about the water, and at Lake Honda the man was indignant and denounced me for having trespassed. He claimed there were thirty- six fine muslin screens with layers of charcoal between as a filter at the outlet, but informed me that no one but an em- ploye might be allowed to see them. “The whole matier will be brought to the attention of Dr. Lovelace of the Board of Health.” It is a breach of the eleventh section of the English mines regulation act, 1889, to pay men their wages in a public-house. A Hanley man_pleaded ignorance of the law the other day and for being enlight- ened has had to pay $4L. P A Cleanse hairbrushes by shaking them through a bowl of hot water to which am- monia has been added. Rinse in cold water and set up in a draft to dry. Be careful that the back of the brush does not come 1n contact with the water. GIVEN AWAY FREE. 3 5 (ts. Worth of Crockery, Chinaware or Glasware FREE with each $1 worth of our pure ‘TEAS, COFFEES, SPICES or CO A BA 'WDER. G POWD. 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For variety of enemies nothing can begin to equal it, for from the pulpit, the press, the woman suffragists, the populists, the many *‘purity’’ parties, and goodness only knows how many other sources comes a never-ending flood of tirade that ought to “flabbergast” even a demon. But if doesn’t seem to. The arch fiend is as plainly in evidence as ever, snd there is not a particularly briiliant hope for his extinction in the immediate future. The advocates of his extinction—in all their va- riety—avow that water is the ‘‘drink alone given to us by the Supreme Being.” If so, there are times when that heavenly fluid must at any rate be used with much mod- eration. Disbelievers in this are invited to consalt Mr. K. C. Tait of Stowe, Cal. This very worthy man was afflicted by the hand of Providence with an excruciatingly pain- ful, as well as most malignant disease.’ He applied to the grand old Hudson Medical Institute, and a!though his disease was %uite dangerous he was of course cured. hey make no mistakes and no failures there. But after going back to his work, Mr. Taft was a little bit indiscreet—he drank too much water. Bat that has all been rectified now. He tells the story in the following interesting letter: STOWE, Cal., Aug. 20, 1895. Hudson Medical Institute, San Francisco, Cal. Genrleman: I am feeling fine without a sign of disease now. Last week, though, while | was working_hard, T sweat and drank a good deal of water. Then.when I uripated, I felt a coldness, but after I rested and cooled up it woula leave me. Outside of that I feel as voung as I ever did, and this s all through the skill of the physicians of the Hudson Medical Institute. I can never say enough in your praise for what vou have done for me. "L received some of your circulars, and I shall take pleasure in handing them around among friends and sufferers. Yours very truly, K. C. TAFT. Mr. Taft was a very sick man when he ap- plied for treatment, but he has found the relief that thousands of others from ail over this great country have. The files of testimony that are in possession of the management of the Hudson Medical Insti- tute is simply wonderful. Here are a few excerpts: S. M. Hooker of Los Angeles writes: “I now feel s thongh I am a cured and a well man.” ¥. Minturn of St. Louis, Mo.: “I desire to ex- press my sincere thanks for the careful and con- scientious manner in which my case has been treated by you.” E. W. Fowier of Kamele, Or., writes: “I am feeling as good now as it is possible for a man to el 3 S.'J. 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