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10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY. DECEMBER 3, 1895. ROSS REFUSES TO WAGER Says Its Acceptance Will Prove Him Neither Truthful Nor False. FATHER YOREE'S REJOINDER. Spirited Reply to the Charges Against His Church—Refers to the Last Campaign. The controversy now going on between Father Yorke and Rev. Donald M. Ros both able exponents of their particular religious beli attracting widespread attention. Below will be found Father Yorke’ oinder to the reverend gentle- man sco, Décember 1, 1895. ner—SIR: In & letter 1 in your columns, Rev. Donal Slies over his signa- e to- a challenge which you were kind gh to print after the Chronicle had re- ed it insertion. e chailenge was, in substance, that four sitions whizh occurred in a report of the Donald M. Ross’ lecture are not to be ndin any Ro lic publication. If To the which I r it should be iese_four proposi- tions are found in any Roman Cathollc publi- cation as statements of Catholic_doctrine, I agreed to pay $100 in gold coin of the United States to any charitable institution which Mr. Ross might designate. If it could not be ywn that these propositions oceurred in any ation as sta’ i he Roman Catholic publi loctrine, Mr. Ross was a w0 100 in gold coin of the to any charity which I might name The Rev. Donald M. Ross bas developed an ) to the monetary as- not, indeed, char- but he deciares it ' and from elicate nos- w. Let me llable ngodly r 1 ana elog ity and r the cause n That m of the language turf and th .’ or that it smells hors: is a matter on which & legitimate differenc of opinion may t. No doubt the‘turf ana the ring” are by-words in the mouth of the seur “and all that sevors of them is & f before h we all come 1 was given choice,I would have more hope of v standing among the “un- dignified” an “turt i h rils of the holy, * patrons of the f 1 took my stand wit ministers of the .on record his te in_my letter ._Donald FoiRe 1ted w of no other words 1 knos ize his reply to that I f fact. d certain publications, 1f th nu ristor of cal! 1 ben, is the test. The Rev.Donald M. Ross does not accept it by offering to engege in e debate on the propositions. 1 will not ac- the Rev. Donald M. Ross of being so ob- 51101 to perceive that the trutn or falsity e propositions is one thing; the fact that are taken from Roman Catholic publica- tions or not another. I have challenged Mr. Ross on_the latter question; he answers by ering to debate on the forme have al- T said that I believe in hing one thing before I take up & second. The proposi- | tions as they stand are not statements of Cath- olic teaching, but that is not the issue now. As they read they are ‘‘as false as hell,” but that i not the question before the house. When the Rev. Donald M. Ross hes undergone the test proposed as to the question of fact, I am ready to receive overtures for & discussion ou the question of theory. Let me once more put my challenge fairly and squarely before Mr. Ross, and let me_ask him for @ fair and square answer. The Rev. Donald M. Ross quoted four propositions in his speech in Metropolitan Temple. He said that these propositions were taken from Roman Catholic publications. This assertion is con- tained in the report of the speech which ap- peared in the Chronicle. It is also contained inthe report of the speech which appeared in the American Pat Even if, as his letter of November 30 seems to imply, Mr. Ross wishes to state that he did not use these quo- tarions, still he accepts the responsibility for them. He has put himself forward in that same letter as & representative of the organi- zation which has distributed these quotations broadcast as excerpts from Roman Catholic publications. If Mr. Ross wishes for a specific instance I refer him to & document distributea by his associates during the campaign of last Cendidates Nominated for s ality and Frith, as Ascertained.” On the back of this document he will find the four proposi- tions, which are there attributed to Pope Leo XIII. Now Ideny, as I have already denied, that these Fmposi!iom are contained in any Roman Catholic publication; or, in other words, I hold that they are forgeries falsely ascribed to Roman Catholic authors, and that in circulat- ing them the Rév. Donald M. Ross or hisor- ganization is guilty of circulating forgery, This is my challenge. Doe e Rev. Donald 3. Ross accept it or does he not? 1am Sorry to obgerve that H. W. Bowman displays a certain unChristian envy that Mr. Ross has cut him out. He says he has challenged all comers as far back as the 1st of November. 1 am under the 1mpression that if he refreshes his memory he will find that the exact date was the 1st of April. For the information of your readers, I might add that I have a pocketful of challenges from persons of various degrees of obscurity to debate on almost every concelv- able subject from “Rome’s Red Hand” to the “Moon Is Made of Green Cheese.”. For the partidular benefit of Mr. Bowman I might re- mark that there is £100 awaiting him in the town of Suisun for proof of the correciness ot & quotation made by him from the Catholic World of July, 1870. ould humbly suegest that he set himself right with the people of tnat town before he proceeds to drag et teils in the mud of Market street. For the benefit of all my other challengers permit me to remark that life 1s t00 short to be spent in controversies about things in general, I pre- fer “to’ deal with questions of fact whick offer some hope of a solution. This is the reason I insist on the terms of my challenge to the Rev. Doneld M. Rost. The question whether these propositions occur in Koman Catholic publica- tions or not, is nota matter which like ques- tions of religion or politics, depends on opin- jon. It is capable of a clear and satisfactory solution, and it is to obtain a clear and satis- factoty solution 1 am laboring now. Either these ‘propositions are contained in Roman Catholic publications or they are not. 1f they are, why does Mr. Ross attempt to dodge the issile and refuse to accept $100, which in these hard times will be very acceptable to the poor? This brings me back to what is apparently the fly in Mr, Ross’ ointment—the question of money. Permit me to state that I consider the deposit of cash necessary. My rcason is simple and should be satisfactory to the Rev. Donald M. Ross. In his lecture at the Metropolitan Temple he stated that pries %md not be be- lieved. He stated in particthhr—I use the American Patriot as my authority — that I would lie if the church ordered me to do so. 1f Mr. Ross believes his own statements, my words and my assertions are utterly unworthy of credence. 1n this hypothesis,” Mr. Editor, there is only one course open 10 me, und tha( urse is to back my words with money. all I may urge in support of my cinims Mr. Ross can meet me with the argu- ment that my word is unreiiable. To such an argument there is no logical reply. In Eng- land, when & man calls you a liar, the com- mon Taw allows you to thrash him in France vou send him & challenge; in America you with money. That is what I donow. Ibackmy word with money. Isay that the quotations made by Mr. Ross and cir- culated by his associations are forgeries, and clumsy forgeries at that. In support of that sssertion T put up 100. If Mr. Ross is not afraid Jet him or some of bis associates meet my offer. ‘That offer is notto be met by plati- tudes about diguity or by vociterous invita- tions to “come on.”” Money talks. Until Mr. Ross takes up this offer évery yellow poster with which your energy, Mr. Examiner, has 4ecorated the dead walls of this town will cry it cries to others, “rut up or shut truly, PETER C. YORKE. to this challenge Rev. Donald Ross writes as follows: c1sco, Decembrr 2, 1895. ; Chancetlor, Archdiocescof San I have read vour letter of Sundey with even more surprise than the one of Friday. I thought yon would be preach- ing on Sunday instead of making bets. You insist on betting_in order to prove my quota- tion incorrect. But will betting prove that? Did & bet ever prove anything? Surely you do not think the readers of the San Francisco dailies will follow you in your contentior: that & bet is necessary to decide the truth of state- men:s attributed to me? Your bet, sir, is only aside issue and has nothing to do with the truth or falsity of ny statements, or rather the statements ot Dr. Strong, but which you say are mine. 1f you wanted me to prove tocnly Rev. P. Franeisco- three persons in & room with doors shut to the public that statements were false, why did_you giv challenge to the public? You ~ should taken the ndvice of that churc s that when & man sins openiy he nly make confession. You bre it the publicinto thischallenge and when my Interview with a reporier was pub- lished in the Examiner you jumped on me sgain and said you *impugned me for forgery 1 then wrote you not your bet. Ac- ither prove me truth- atter charged, but ac- i vour challenge will. You speak of | forgery; had vou not better leave that for the | ision to show whether I am a forger or not? | E t aware that at this moment the | | Ise in the re you 1 oman Catha Church of Manitoba, with the Archbishop tt its head, is charged ‘and con- Victed of forgery in the matter of the provin- cial constitution, a forged one being substi- | tuted for the genuine in order to put in a clause favoring parochial schools? Now that this matter is before the public for proof, Ishall go ahead and keep my faith with | the public whetker or not you meet me to de- | fend your proposition or toimpugn my author- ities.” I shall prove to 300 lawyers and to 300, 000 people that my statemeuts are all true in fact and based upon Catholic authority. You may hide behind a paltry hundred-dol- lar bet, but the pile is not big enough to hide you. On the occasion named in my acceptance of your challenge, I shall be on the plagorm of the Mechanics’ Pavilion, with proofs forth- coming. You would show up better there, also, than hiding behind a placard with the glaring headlines across 1t, ““A Betting Priest.” Yours, sincer ONALD M. Ross. ONLY ONE COURSING PARK The Popular Resorts Have Finally Effected a Con- solidation. Result of the Final Runs of the Thanksgiving Stakes at Golden Gate Park. Devotees of coursing saw their last run- ning in the local parks, until the 15th inst., on Sunday. The attraction of the inter- state meet at Merced will take many of the followers of the sport to that point, and any local stakes run during the big meet would probably be poorly attended. For the present, at least, there will be | but one park conducted within easy dis- tance of San Francisco. The proprietors of the Ocean View and Golden Gate parks have joined forces and all meetings will be held at the former resort, which has been o long and successfully conducted by ugene Casserly. The new firm, Casserly & Kerrigan, will make extensive improve- ments at the park and will conduct cours- ing on a scale never before seen in this section. During the Merced meet, which he will attend, Mr. Casserly will arrange for large and frequent consignments of the famous | Merced jacks, which known to outrun the best hounds and es- cape after courses of many miles. John Grace Jr. will probably be the judge at the consolidated park, with either John Crans- ton or W. Trade at the slips and Eugene Casserly and Martin Kerrigan on the pool- | 0X. The last day at the Golden Gate park was a profitable one for the management, the crowd being large and betting of the liveliest kind. The unfinished stake carried over from Thanksgiving day was brought to a finish, West End winning from Wayfarer after a bard course. The hares were unusually fast and this gave the long-end players— ing and staying qualities of the dogs—a great advantage, and some of them quit heavy winners. Following is the result of the stake: First ties—Alameda kennel's Venture beat P. Curtis’ Pheasant Boy Second ties—M. Rogers’ Sly Boy beat P. Gor- man's Kingstone, T. McDonalds’ Lissak beat J. Quane’s Captain Morse, T. Brennan's White Chief beat J. Grace's Roll Along, Alameda kennel's Wayfarer beat Oak Grove kennel's Granuaile. P. Curtis’ West Side beat M. Tier- Boy beat Lissak, Wayfarer beat White Chief, West Side beat Venture. Fourth ties—Wayiarer beat Sly Boy, West- side a bye. Final—Westside beat Wayfarer. The additional dog consolation stake was then taken up. The long ends won with great regularity until the final when Electric, a five to two favorite went down before Tempest. Following 1s the result of the run down: . Villa kennel’s Tempest beat G. Welch’s Hana- ball, P. Gorman’s Domino beat M. Welch's Can’t Wia, J. Larkey’s True Blue beat A. Flan- nigan’s Lone r, Villa kennel’s Electric beat W. Perry’s Coomassie, T. Brennan's Rosa B beat Mission kennel’s Snowbird, T. Brennan’s Fullerton beat J. Larkey’s Spinaway, M. Kerri- gan’s Dashaway beat T. Brennan’s’ I Wonder, Ingleside kennel’s Stamhoul Queen beat F. Randolph’s Yreka. First ties—Tempest beat Domino, Electric beat True Blue, Rosa B beat Dashaway, Fuller- ton beat Stamboul Queen. Second ties—Tempest beat Rosa B, Electric beat Fullerton. Final—Tempest beat Electric. A stake, the drawing for which will take lace on Friday evening, the 13th inst., at 'vthian Castle, will be run at Ocean View parg on Sunday, the 15th inst. I e PEACE IN CHINATOWN. The Sl On Says and Wah Tengs Agree to Quit Gunning for Each Other. The bloody 8i On Says and warlike Wah Tengs have ceased hostilities and signed a truce of peace. For several weeks the members of these two societies, which are branches of the Sam Yup Company, have engaged in a serious warfare all on ac- count of an unpaid banquet bill. The first shot was fired a week ago last Friday, and ever since then the highbinders of the respective societies have been going about looking for good opportunities to decrease the population of Chinatown without being caught by the police. A week ago yester- day early in the morning two of the Si On Say men were fired upon by six of the Wah Tengs. The first shot was at very close range from a big Colt’s, and accord- ing to the single white eyewitness, 1t struck a 8i On S8ay in the abdomen and doubled him up, but he was on his feet in a moment with blood in his eye, and with his single companion soon drove the larger force of the enemy from the field. The eyewitness could not understand how a Chinaman shot in the abdomen could do such things, but he knew little of the Chinese habit of wearing coats of mail. Sergeant Davis and his men arrested one man supposed to have been engaged in this affair and determined to take vig- orous measures to put an end to the war. He calted on the Chinese Consul and got the Chinese companies’ policeman to point outsix of the Wah Teng highbinders, who were lodged in the City Prison on charges of vagrancy. This made the societies amenable fo reason, and the sergeant finally brought them together, and -after several conferences, in which the sergeant was assisted by Wong Took, a treaty of peace was signed. The row was all over a dispute about the payment for a banquet in which the members of the two societies had indnlged. They will soon celebrate the return of peace with another banquet, but the bills will probably be paid in ad- vance. have often been | mainly men with a knowledge of the breed- | i Court COUNTERFEIT COIN' CASE: Government Witnesses Shadowed by Spies for the Howell Defense. NOW SECURE FROM QUESTIONS. Judge Morrow Thwarts Efforts to Learn Evidence to Be Offered by the Prosecution. When the Howell counterfeit case was resumed in the United States District vesterday morning Samuel H. Knight, attorney for the Government, asked at once that the Gevernment’s wit- nesses be sworn and protected from fur- ther efforts on the part of the defense to learn what testimony they intended to give. He appealed to Judge Morrow to give the witnesses for the prosecution such legal security from prying questions that they might feel no hesitancy in appearing and telling what they know of the coun- and eight-twentieth cents a_day. That is to say, she was paid $5 during the term of her service, Being unable to collect any more money, she resigned her position and wrote her employer a Jetter asking him to liquidate | the wage account, After a lapse of time she received anoth- er five-dollar payment. This was followed by a second liquidation in the same amount; but subsequent applications elic- iting no response, and being unwilling to give her services for six months at the rate of sevenand one-seventh cents a duivishe Dlaced the matter in the bands of H. H. McPike for collection, and suit brought. Miss Weil says it is unpleasant to work for coolie wages, but adds that she would not have crowded her former em- ployer had he not tried to repudiate her claim. She was not working on a fixed sal- ary, but by the folio, and the labor per- formed she asserts would average over $20 a month. A MUSICIAN’S WOES. was De Wolff Hopper's Musical Director | Has Brought Suit for a Divorce From His Wife. John Thomas Hill, leader of the orches- tra of the De Wolff Hopper Company, is suing his wife, Emma, for a divorce on the ground of desertion. The defendant is better known as Jeanette St. Henry, and_she is now play- ing soubrette parts in Boston. Mrs. Hill was a chorus girl and her husband, before he married her, took herin charge and educated her voice until she became a prima douna. Professional jealousy drove —_ WITNESS MARSH. [Sketched by a * Call” artist.] terfeit transactions. Citing two witnesses | her from the De Wolff Hopper Company, he told the court that the defense had de- tectives shadowing witnesses. One man had been followed and treated to free meals in an attempt to gain his confidence and the substance of what he intended to swear to. Another witness had been so carefully cultivated that the man em- ployed by the defense had slept in the same room with him. But Knight's denunciation of such methods did not pass unnoticed by the de- fense. Campbell was on his feet before the attorney for the Government was seated. *I say,” he began, “‘that is as big a bluff as was ever perpetrated around a card-table. 1 did omprov a detective to find out who was here and what was going to be their testimony. need fear his evidence. I see nothing wrong in guarding ourselves against a sur- prise being sprung on us. No one can say that there has been any attempt to influ- ence any testimony. “They have a detective. John Court- ney is out there in the hall now, and it is well known that he is in the Government employ in this case. “The talk about threatening to roast some witnesses if they should appear on | the stand was founded omnly on my re- mark in this court.” Judge Morrow evidently took some stock in the complaint, for be ordered the Gov- ernment. witnesses to be brought in and sworn. Twenty of them responded to the rolleall, but nearly as many more were not in the immediate vicinity of the court- room at the time. The court read from written instructions his admonition to re- frain from discussing the case or their tes- timony among themselves or with other persons, and concluded with the warning that any violation would make the indi- vidual liable for contempt of court. Marsh, the member of the counterfeiting gang who turned State’s evidence to ob- | tain immunity from punishment, was put on the stand under cross-examination by Campbell. It was not long before he be- came speechlessly involved in the con- fusion of his present testimony with that given at the earlier trial two years ago, and the attorney for the defense kept per- sisting until the witness exclaimed: “I do not know how I could have said that at that trial unless it was that you had me so rattled I did not know what I was saying; youhad me nearly scared to death at that time.” The conflict was as to whether or not a certamn order for spurious money had come from Howell or from Murray, and the witness had said Murray at the earlier trial. He explained that he must have had the orders confused, as be used to be receiving orders every day. In five months, be said, he had launched upon the market between $4000 and $5000 in spu- rious money. Harris, the secret service agent of the United States treasury, was put on the stand in the afternoon. Explaining how the captures were made, he said that one afternoon, as he was watching a place on Fourth street. he saw Marsh come out with a small box under his arm. ing a man to follow him, the secret service agent walked up to Market street and boarded a downtown car and got off at New Montgomery street in time to be on hand at Wells, Fargo & Co.’s office when, a few moments later, Marsh appeared and deposited his package. which was directed to M. D. Howell, real-estate agent, Main street, Stockton. As soon as Marsh had eone Harris ob- tained possession of the box, and, making a hasty examination in a back room, found it contained counterfeit money. He then carried it to his office in the Appraisers’ building, and, examining its contents more carefully, counted forty one-dollar pieces, 180 half-dollar pieces and twenty quarter- dollar pieces. Assisted by two men he marked all the coins in the letter O in the word of in United States of America. But when he had completed the penknife markings he found that the express office was closed, so he took the package to his home, where his son and a companion helped him put additional marks on the dollars on the star between the words one and United, and on the little star near the flag on the halves and guarters, he next morning he sent the money off to its original destination, carefully wrapped up and placed in the cigar-box, as it was when he received it. He himself reached the Stockton express office a little in advance of the consignment of bright, new coin and permitted it to be placed on the delivery wagen. Some of the money was exhibited in court, and the jurors were scanning the tarnished coins eagerly in search of the telltale marks when court adjourned and put a stop to the story that will probably be continued this morning. FOR SEVEN CENTS A DAY. Miss Weil Objects to Those Wages and Sues Her Employer for $140. Miss Lillian Weil has sued Attorney N. H. Hurd for $140. She is a typewriter and objects to work- ing for seven and a half cents a day. The young woman asserts that sie is a!most the main support of her aged parents, and that she worked for her employer six months and received payment at the rate ;of two No honest man | Direct- | | and since then the dissensions, which have finally led to the snit, were de- veloped. Hill, the orchestra leader, is better known as John Thomas Hiller. PROPERTY DEFENSE CLUB Residents West of Castro Street | to Organize Against Noe Heirs. Too Many Lawyers in Evidence for a General Co-operation of Owners. After several unsuccessful attempts to organize all the property-owners on the San Miguel rancho into & defense associa- tion against the suit of the Noe heirs, the ‘West of Castro Street Improvement Club has determined to be a defense power all by itself. The club was inaugurated about a year ago and has a membership of 150 property- owners in the district indicated by its name. Next Friday evening the club members intend to hold a meeting at the corner of Twenty-third and Douglass streets to formulate a plan for the proper legal defense of their small holdings. Par- ticularly do they purpose to make an early and concerted response to the several summonses served on them by counsel for the Noe claimants. They have thought it advisable to con- centrate upon ane attorney, who shall for a nominal sum file the answers to the papers served on each individual land- bolder and see to it that none of the club members suffer through default in answer- ing the summonses within the limit of ten days from the date of service. Some mem- bers of the improvement club are favoring the employment of an attorney resident in the district. 5 The lawyer question is practically the chief cause for the absence of harmony and co-operation among the general prop- erty-owners living in the large area not embraced by this club. At a meeting held last Friday nothing was accomplished, as many of the property-owners say, because of the grest number of attorneys that were present and consumed the timein reiterated and. gratuitous advice, the bur- den ot which.was that every man ought to act for himself and secure his own attor- ney. One of the officers of the club, speaking of the situation, said yesterday: 2 “There is no other organized body in the rancho that is alive to the danger. We mean to see that none of our members shall have the titles to their holdings clouded by their neglecting the summons and allowing a default to be entered against them. As for as the merits of the suit we take no stock in the claim of the Noe heirs. The danger lies in allowing counsel for the claimants to geta judg- ment by the owner’s neglecting to make legal answer to the service of the warrant calling upon him to show cause why he should not abandon his claim. I under- stand that about fifteen owners are in de- fault already for not having noticed the summons. “There are about 6500 holdings in the rancho which has an area of 4000 acres. | The_first complaint so far drawn up for the Noe heirs contains 271 names and only 160 of them have been served with papers. More are sure to be served, but too ml"{ of the property-owners are holding bacl and unwilling to plan for a defense until they are actually served with papers. “It is & common rumor that you can settle with the Noe heirs through their at- torney for 5 per cent of the vaination of your property. All the people have to fear is in neglecting to answer when sum- moned. If they all do that promptly then they are free to unite upon subse- quent defensive measures if the suit come to trial. So far only the owners of small holdings have been served upon and out of their large numbers there is a chance for some to default and allow the heirs to have a hold on them.” A representative owner in the district east of Castro street expressed the opinion tbat there was no harmony or concerted action at the recent meetings because every petty faction seemed to suspect that another was trying to pull the wires for some particular attorney, and, as a conse- quence, the gatherings dispersed after be- coming disgusted with the verbose advice of a small army of lesser legal lights that ::illge each occasion memorable for their *‘They talked the thing to death and gave no one else a chance and people went away disgusted,”” remarked one owner. **And now, when summoned to answer the case, I, with others, intend putting it in the hands of some reputable lawyer. That's all we will do at first—simply fo conform to legal procedure and avoid a default.” FIGHT THE FUNDING BILL Mayor Sutro Calls a Mass-Meet- ing for Saturday Night. HE URGES IMMEDIATE ACTION. Congress Will Soon Be Petitioned to Foreclose on the Central Pacific. Mayor Sutro will formally announce the plan of campaign against the passage of the funding bill by Congress in a few days. The Mayor yesterday sent out invita- tions to those associated with him in the battle against the measure to a meeting at his office in the City Hall at 11 o'clock A. M. to-morrow, when the policy of the movement will be outlined. It is intended to call a mass-meeting of citizens for Sat- urday evening to publicly protest against renewing the mortgage indebtedness of the Central Pacific Railroad in any form, and, further, to urge the Government of the United States to gather in the prop- | erty. Barclay Henley, Henry E. Highton, George K. Fitch, I. J. Truman and others who are pronouncedly antagonistic to renewing the mortgage on the railroad in question have been invited to the con- ference on Wednesday. This1s the notice sent out from the Mayor’s office yesterday : SAN FRANCISCO, CAL,, Dec. 2, 1895. Dear Sir: It would give me pleasure to have you attend & preliminary meeting at the Mayor's office, New City Hall, on Wednesday next, December 4, 1895, at 11 A. M., tocall a mass-meeting at an early date for the purpose of opening a_campaign against the passage of a funding bill by Congress. The danger is imminent, and prompt action must be taken, Very truly yours, ADOLPH SUTRO. ““We must take immediate action to pre- vent the passage of the funding bill,” said | Mayor Sutro yesterday, ‘‘as I consider this the most alarming period in the history of this battle. The Central Pacific has its lobbyists, headed by John Boyd, hard at work influencing the Rewseumzivas to Congress as they arrive in Washington. I repeat that the outlook is most alarming. *“The bonded indebtedness and interest of the Central Pacific this year will amount | to over $80,000,000, a larger sum than the capital of the Bank of England. Now this vust sum the Southern Pacific wants the Congress of the United States to present toit. What an outrageous proposition! Mr. Huntington says: ‘Give us 100 years | at 2 per cent and we will be able to pay.’ Ah, that would be very nice for Mr. Hunt- | ington and the ‘octopus,’ but let us see where the Government and the people | would get off. If this Congress should | consent to such overtures, why it would mean that Huntington and his crowd | would soon gobble up everything. These men would manipulate legislation in such u manner that it would only be a short | | time until the indebtedness would be a | thing of the past. They have long heads, | have Huntington & Co., and in play- | ing for a century in which to pay their lezitimate obligations to the Government | played his star engagement with the horse- whip. He suggested to Whitney in no uncertain language that his bill had run altogether too long and must be settled without further delay. This riled Whit- ney somewhat, as he did not relish being publicly criticized for a shortcoming which | he thought could be the better settled in private. His ginger was up in a moment aund he called Holliday, so the latter al- | leges, an epithet that not usually is heard | in religious circles. | Holliday made a rush for the buggy, and, grabbing the horsewhip from the holster, applied it with much violence to the head, face and body of the unfortunate collector. It was a perfect shower of blows. Whitney threw up his hands to protect himself and remained in the buggy and took his medicine without the| slightest show of resistance. Holliday, whno seemed wild with rage, continued to wield the lash with terrific force until his brother ran up to him and wrenched the whip from his grasp. Then Whitney drove rapidly away. He was quite severely injured. The whipping was witnessed by many people, who discussed the matter long after Whitney had driven away. BABCOCK'S SHLARY PAID Young’s Suit Fails to Stop His Warrant on the Treas- ury. Auditor Broderick Will Sign Until Prevented by Injunction Pro- ceedings. Notice was served on Auditor Broderick yesterday by County Clerk Curry that suit has been begun by Charles 8. Young, the appointee of the Board of Supervisors to the position of Superintendent of Schools, to oust Madizon Babcock, the appointee of the Board of Education. It was hoped by Mr. Young’s attorney that this would stop the issuance of Mr. Babcock’s salary war- rant, but such was not the case, for Mr. Babcock received his warrant on Saturday | last, after it had been held the length of | time promised by Mr. Broderick when asked to refuse to sign by Mr. Young's attorney. “Thelaw is clear on this matter,” Mr. Broderick yesterday. “The original provision was that the | Auditor shouid not sien the warrants of an incumbent after a contest had been be- | gun until the case was settled. Later this | was amended to provide that in case the | officer had received his certificate of elec- tion the law was not to be binding on the Auditor. “Of course the attorney for Mr. Young claims that Mr. Babcock holds no certifi- cate because the Board of Education has no xight to issue one, but I am not sup- | posed to settlé that question. | ‘‘Mmr. Babcock has what purports to be a | certificate signed by the proper officers in the Board of Education, and until the courts decide that he is not entitled to the office and that the certificate is void I shall | continue to sign his warrants. Should the | said | plaintiff get out an injunction I might be | { compelled to hold them, but under the present condition of affairs I am not,” —————— Ten Years’ Imprisonment. George Puttman was sentenced to ten years' | imprisonment in the State prison by Judge Wallace vesterday for grand larceny. Putt- they are penetrating far down the avenue of time. 5 “But I have defeated them in the last two Congresses and believe that it can be | done again. Anyway [ am determined to make the effort and want the people to uphold me. When the railroad people | were defeated in the last Congress they began organizing anew and bave contin- ued to fight with a remarkable persistency. Now we are compelled to meet and do battle with a thoroughly equipped adver- sary with thousands of dollars at com- mand. “The passage of the funding bill would perpetuate the condition of slavery in which the Pacific Coast bave been for years. If we win this next fight, and I be- lieve we can, it will be a long way toward our release. Ido not think that the Re- publican party will care to shoulder the responsibility of such a measure as the funding bill. To my mind it would be | ruinous to do so. But I have faith in the class of men who have just taken their seats in Congress. They are highly intel- ligent and respectable and we can hope for justice at their hands. Therefore the peo- ple of California should take immediate action and organize Tor the campaign. It is for the purpose of organizing that I have called a meeting of a few who are deeply interested in the cause, the meeting to {;e held at my officc on Wednesday morning. We will then decide on holding- a mass-meeting to adopt a memorial to | Congress, protesting with all possible vigor | against the passage of the funding bill. | We expect to hold the meeting at Metro- | politan Hall on Saturday evening next. |~ “The arrival of Mr. Huntington in ‘Washington at this time is sufficient. It means that he is determined to make an aggressive campaign. He is a hard fighter, a dangerous enemy, and we must be on the alert for him. I have direct ad- ! vice from Washington that the Congress- | men are being solicited to favor Hunting- | ton, and there is no guestion that money will be used to corrupt those who are capable of being corrupted, and there are, no doubt, some to be found in this Con- | gress as in others. “We will probably be obliged to send a delegation on to Washington to meet the | enemy on the battle-field and distribute | literature and to work in every possible way to defeat thisattempted grand swindle of the age.” Henry E. Hightor, James F. Barry, | Mayor Sutro, Joseph Leggett,. Barclay Henley and others will deliver speeches at the mass-meeting. THE LASH ON HIS BACK, John Holliday Gives Samuel Whitney a Public Horse- whipping. ‘Whitney Called Holliday an Insulting Name and Was Soundly Drubbed. John Holliday publicly horsewhipped Samuel Whitney yesterday. The incident happened in front of Holliday’s fruit- store at 501 Haight street. It grew out of a long-standing account which Whitney contracted at the Holliday store, and though repeatedly solicited for a settle- ment the former failed to comply. He pleaded poverty-and offered other excuses, | which the proprietor of the fruit estab- lishment believed to be unreasonable, | since Whitney receives a good salary agsa | collector for a local butcher, and in addi- ! tion his mother is said to be quite wealthy. The principals of the encounter are young men and are well and favorably known in the neighborhood in which they | live. From witnesses of the affair it was learned that Whitney drove up in his buggy to Holliday's place shortly before 9 o'clock yesterday morning. He entered | the store and engaged in conversation | with the proprietor. A number of people | were about buying fruit, but they heard little of\the conversation that passed until Whitney had jumped in his buggy and. was about to drive nwnly. 7 It was then that Holliday, who is not as | parts in a natural, humane manner. man before sentence was passed made a long speech, in which hescored hisattorney, but the court called attention to the evidence given in the case, and announced it as his opinion that not only grand larceny but robbery, the original charge, had been proved. There was | also a prior conviction for petty larceny against the prisoner and so he was glven the full limit, —————— Senegambia was so called because it lay between the rivers Senecal and Gambia. FOR FOLSOM BOULEVARD. Monster Petition Sent to the Board of Supervisors Yesterday. —t WANT BITUMINOUS PAVEMENT George W. Elder Says That the Boule vard Can Be Perfectly Laid for $65,000. The property-owners along the line ot Folsom street have determined upon a new course of procedure to accomplish the building of the Folsom-street boulevard, which has- been agitated for several months past by improvement clubs and private individuals. In a monster petition sent in to the Board of Supervisors yesterday, signed by a majority of the property-owners on the thoroughfare between Steuart and Nine- teenth streets, the board is asked to have the street paved with bitumen and other- wise placed in good condition. The petition calls attention to the fact that the street is in bad condition and has been for years, and that the value of prop- erty along its line has depreciated through this state of affairs. The matter was re- ferred to the Street Committee. When the agitation for the improvement of Folsom street was begun several months ago, it was thought that by simply calling a public meeting and showing the Board of Supervisors the feeling of the people of the Southside in the matter the Super- visors would take it up and do whatever Was necessary. Many meetings were held and numerous communications sent to the board, but without result, and even a public mass- meeting failed to accomplish anything. Then the laborious task of getting the signatures of a majority of those living along the iine of the street was begun and was only accomplished after months of toil on tizle part of the solicitor:, though the main trouble lay in getting inter- views with the owners and not in convinc- ing them that the improvements are necessary. - The large amount of money in the Street Department fund for this year has led the owners to hope that the board will heed their appeal ana give the Superin- tendent of Streets the necessary orders. George W. Elder, the expert appointed to report on the copdition of streets and street repairs, has “been over the ground on Folsom street, and says that to repair the thoroughfare as 1s provosed bg the Superintendent of Streets would be to waste a large amount of good money with- out practical results. “‘Some of that cobble pavement has been down for thirty years or more,”” he said, “‘and to make the street uniform and put it in the condition desired by the property- owners, it should be entirely torn up and replaced by modern pavement. What is | the sense of throwing good money after bad and spending $25,000 to $30,000 in re- pairing that street, when $65,000, judi- | ciously and honestly expended, will put | down a perfect bituminous pavement from | Steuart street to the south line of Nine- teenth? | “1have made a careful estimate of the | cost and I know it can be done for that | amount. 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