The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 6, 1895, Page 14

14 e~ ey THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1895. FATHER YORKE WILL NAME HIS LAWYER, ev. Mr. Ross Asked to Make a Deposit and Name His Judge. GIVEN UNTIL SATURDAY. R The Catholic Champion Accepts the Offer of the “American Patriot.” THOSE ANONYMOUS LETTERS. An Inference That They Are Forgeries. | D. M. Ross’ Fears Groundless. Rev. The controversy between the Rev. Father Yorke and Rev. Mr. Ross waxes warm. In reply to the letter of the latter printed 3 in Tue CArr, which freely gives the widest scope to both sides in the di jon, the chancellor of the archdiocese of San Francisco submits the following: 4 o, Dec. 5, 1895. To the Editor of The Call—DEAR SIR: Though it has taken the combined efiorts of the Rev. Mr. Ross, the Rev. Mr. Bowman and G. A. Hubbell, “manager and secretary of the Patriot Publishing Company,” I am glad to see tnat we are “getting on.” G. A. Hubbell has none of those smiable scruples about betting which trouble the Rev. Donald M. Ross. He proposes to place in the hands of the arbitrator $100 in gold coin of the United States, to be distributed in charity, if Mr. Ross fails to substantiate his quotations. The proposition suits me admir- s the Rev. D. M. Ross. Mr.G. A. Hubbell states that_the step has been taxen “without the knowiedge aud consent of Mr. t would be t0o much to in- now that he has sk him to ap- s wrong in_him- fore, do not require from him any jon. If he makes no protest Saturday against the action of the sec- d maneger of the Patriot Publishing , I will announce the name of my and e once more that the eas Mr. Ross fac ompass proves 10 the subject at 1 have insisted “to escape my @ ¢ & deposi condition s not own biuff,” but because long experience has shown that controversial y Ross' _stripe me for the number and variety of extraneous topics which they introduce than for the number and bring to e emen to alty is 8 Sine qua non This is my sole rea- 20ss s very s ing this case. iden of a debate does not I have already told him fety in this matter, ith.” A mere debate these exce easy to produce the ts are forgeries it w 1f_these in Webst are forgeries, all s dictionary cannot bide , that this or that statement is CALL there is only one way to fon, and that way is to Now, I have no desire c the settlement of this question by bickering _about terms, places or Mr. Donald M. Ross' undertek- be to prove to the satisiaction tholic lawyers that the state- ce of them appear in Catholic Catholic doctrine. The judges, w what is meant by legal j 1prooi. The rules which govern procedure in our courts are good enough for me and therefore 1 am willing to abide by the conditions which the judges may lay do They are the persons to be comn- vinced and common-sense and common courtesy require that the conduct of the case be submitted to them. So far, Mr. Editor, I have dealt with the main estion. Please allow me a few lines to speak various err and apprehensions which aflict the soul of Mr. Ross. He says: ““We who_believe in light and lib- erty feared you would not stand by your first letter.” 1 hope that this communication re- moves his fea: His belief in light and lib- erty is evidently as groundless as his timidity. The light which shines uvon this land is not the gleam of the dark lantern in the hands of cowards, nor is the liberty we ambition that insolence which would abridge the rights of others because of conscience or creed. The Rev. Mr. Ross is indignant that I should suggest to him the manliness of standing by his word, and compares me to the Roman sol- diers who cast lots on Calvary for our Savior's clothes. Ido not think that Mr. Ross is happy in going to that spot for similitudes. People who remember Mr. Ross’ attackson the charac- ter of Catholic men and Catholic women in Metropolitan Temple will be tempted to look from him to the cross of the impenitent thief. The Rev. Mr. Ross tells us that he is a victim of threats from bloodthirsty Papists. He has received several anonymous letters and he poses in the papers with the resigned air of &.. early Christian martyr. Even if we were so bloodthirsty as Mr. Ross believes we could not afford to kill him just now. He is too valuable to us in many ways. However, the people will take Mr. Ross' anonymous letters with a grain of salt. We have t00 many specimens of threatening let- ters, like those of Mr. Ross' organization to Mayor Van Horn, to doubt whence they come. In the House of Representatives Mr. Weadock of Michigan displayed documents written by the A. P. A. and signed with the names of Catholic priests, An organization which will desl in forged encyelicals, in forged oaths, in forged guotations will not scruple to deal in forged letters. I have very little doubt in_my mind that the letters received by Rev. Ross were written by his allies if not by himself. Mr. Ross knows as well as I do that his life i in no danger, and that there is no need of him 0 come before the community whining about bullet: Canada may consider California a tate, but the men who have built up common Ith will object to be slandered by the childish apprehensions of Mr. Ross. Let Mr. Ross cease these unmanly whimperings or his friends may be compelled to hire a nurse- girl for his protection. Rey. Donald M. Ross is angry that I spoke of the fact that he is not a citizen. 1did not speak of itas a crime. He declares that if he wished to commit & crime he might have had the assistance of a Roman Catholic Irishman, 1f Mr. Ross had the slightest:conception of the dutiesof a_citizen he would have lodged that Irishman in jail. Either Mr. Ross is now con- niyinkat felor: e has said the thing that s not. I wonder, Mr. Editor, how the Rey. Donald M. Ross knew the religion of this Irishman. All Irishmen are not Roman Catholics. Could it be that Mr. Ross’ tempter was that distin- guished politician, John Y. McKane, who is now in Sing Sing,and who was then superiz tendent of a Presbyterian or Methodist § school? 1 did not charge Mr. Ross with crime when T charged him with being still an alien. But what I do cousider & crime is that such an alien should strive to abridge the liverties of a certain class of citizens who have given their blood and their treasure freely and iay- ishly to defend that flag, which nowhere in the world is treated with indignity except in Canada. As 10 Mr. Ross’ grammar, I have no desire to call further attention to his lack of acquaint- ance with the elementary rules which govern Englisn speech. Indeed, Mr. Editor, we can the | {1 find among other wonderful and strange | variations from the | wrong with the word, for he took his pen an well forgive assaults on Lindley Murray when we know our own Webster is not spared. In Mr. Ross’ letter to me, & copy of which I re- ceived last night, “Dictated toG. A. Hubbell,” usnal standard that the Rev. Donald M. Ross’ scribe spells ‘“surel: “shurly.” The “eagle eye” of the author e: dently discovered that there was somethin promptly corrected it “shurely.” It is really no wonder that the “‘Little Red Patriots” are so much in need of the “Little Red School- house.” I hope, Mr. Editor, that my proposals n_this letter will finally determine the controversy. I am anxious to benold the “State papers from every Government under the sun” and the “‘cumulative heaps” on the heads of our um- pires. 1f Mr. Ross could only produce & few of the crowned heads along with their State papers his triumph over the unfortunate Jesuits would be complete. Yours truly, PETER C. YORKE. INSPECTOR OF HOMES. The Women’s Federation to Petition Supervisors—Its Constitution i and Projects. A committee, consisting of Mrs. Rose M. French (chairman), Mrs. H. E. Brown, Mme. L. A. Sorbier, Mrs. Nellie Blessing . J. M. Brown, Mrs. P. Patter- A. Bryant, Mrs. W. B. Arnold | | vesterday afternoon for the government of | mitted for approval to the federation Mon- | to serve on boards of management of public i The law upon the subject is very clear, and and Miss E. K. Smalley, drew up a consti- tution at the W. C. T. U. headquarters the Women’s Federation for Public Good. The constitution, which will be sub- day, is as follows: Name—This organization hall be known as the Women's State Federation for Public Good. Objects—The objects shall be to agitate and secure the enforcement of all existing laws and ordinances that have been enacted for the protection of women and children; to secure the enactment of laws for the better protection of women and children; to procure the ap- pointment of women ' as inspectors and as members of Boards of Education and igate all business estab- and factories where women and ublic institu- tions where women and child are e ployed; to take up such other lines of work as shall tend to the purification of society and the betterment of its moral, economic, do- mestic and sanitary conditions. Membership—The federation shall be com- posed of women_ sent as delegates from other ganizations. Each organization shall pay $1 annually for representation. Officers—The officers of the federation shall consist of & president, two_vice-presidents, recording, corresponding and ncial secre- taries and a treasurer. These, with three addi- tional members, shall constitute the executive lishments children are employed and the 0 more than two delegates from the same organization. All officers shall be elected by ballot and shall serve for one year, or until sors are elected and qualified. ndments—This _constitution may be amended by a two-thirds vote at any regular meeting, provided notice has been given in writing and read at the previous meeting. ‘The by-laws will be drafted at a subse- quent meeting of the same committee. The committee on plan of work, com- posed of Mrs. J. M. Brown, Mrs. H. 1. Ben- son, Mme. L. A. Sorbier, M. 2. K. Oat- man and Mrs. Anna Smith, will meet at 11 A. M. to-morrow to consider an outline of immediate action. This morning a score or more members of the federation will in person present the petition for an “Inspector of Homes” to the Board of Superv The Public May Be Deprived of a Valuable Food Fish. A Protective Game Law That the Next Legislature May Have to Change. The controversy over the question as to whether the steelhead belongs to the sal- mon or trout family is still agitating a large number of people in this City and the northern part of the State. Those in this City who are mainly interested are the fish-dealers and the Fish Commissioners. Those in the north, where the majority of the fish of this variety is taken, are the fishermen who make a living by catching and selling them. A few days ago Deputy Fish Commis- sioner Babcock informed the local fish- dealers that under the law passed by the last Legislature it would be unlawful to buy or sell the steelhead trout or even bandle it, unless it was caught in tide- water with a hook and line. This was a blow to all interested in the husiness, be- cause during the run between December aud April over 1,000,000 pounds of steel- heads are sold in this State. The position taken by the Commissioners was based upon the law relating to trout and the de- cision ot Dr. David Starr Jordan, who maintains that the steelhead is a trout. reads: 632. Every person who, in the State of Cali- fornia, at any time takes or catches any trout, except with "hook and line, is guilty of a mis- demeanor. 33. Every person who takes, catchesor kills or exposes for sale or has in his possession any speckled tront, brook or salmon troutor any variety of trout, between the first day of No- vember and the first day of April in the follow- ing year, is guilty of & misdemeanor; provided, however, that steelhead trout may be possessed at any time, when taken with rod and line in tidewater. * * * The fish-dealers at once anrnounced that they would contest the question in the courts, saying that Dr. Jordan was wrong and that the steelhead is one of the varie- ties of salmon. The matter has already reached the courts in Humboldt County and resulted in the acquittai of the fisher- men who were arrested by one of the Fish Commission deputies. District Attorney L. M. Burnell of that county wrote to Mr. Babcock, stating that he was unable to produce any evidence at the trial to prove that the <teelhead is a trout, while the defense bronght testimony to prove that it is one of the saimon fam- ily. Among the latter witnesses was Dr. M’)chel, an ardent sportsman, who is well informed upon piscatorial matters. Un- less the Commissioners can send up several witnesses who are authorities upon this matter he will not be able to do anything to enforce the law in this county. The report of Dr. Jordan claims that the steelhead is, without question, a trout. He says: Comparing the steelheads with the rainbow troui I find no difference other than that the former is of much larger size and has a larger mouth, and its ceudal fin is square at tip in- stead of forked. Bnt the tail becomes less jorked and the-mouth larger with age in all species of sahmon and trout. If a rainbow iront were to reach the size of the steelhead it ought to acquire characters similar to those of the latter species. It is not at all unlikely that the steelhead is simply a rainbow trout which has descended into the sea and which has grown larger and coarser and acquired somewhat different form and habits on ac- | history and progress of medical science count of its food and its surroundings. If this Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov’t Report Yal ABSOLUTELY PURE Baking Powder | be true, the very young steelheads would not be distinguishable from the young rainbow trout, and I do not know a single structural character of any kind by which the two may be separated. 2 Yesterday Deputy Babcock was informed by one of the fish-dealers that the lawyer to whom the matter had been referred had not given his opinion, but that if he found that the law prohibits the sale of steel- heads on the grounds that they are_trout they will not contest the mafter. Under such circumstances the seat of war will be changed from this City to Humboldt County, where the fishermen do not at present fear a conviction. But even then it would be of no advantage to the dealers of this City, as the fish taken in the north will be on{y for home eonsumption. 2 The Commissioners have decided that if the law as it stands is violated in the northern counties they will send up sev- eral university professors to testify as ex- pert witnesses. The decision of this question means con- siderable to the people of this City, The steelhead in the running season is plenti- ful and cheap. This fish runs in from the sea and back again between December and April, the period for which under the law all trout are protected. ‘I'he supply of this City comes principally from the Eel, Gar- cia’and Noyo riversin Humboldt and Men- cino counties, where they are taken in nets by the hundreds. NEWLY FLEDGED DOCTORS. Students Receive Their Degrees at Cooper College. Sixty-Three Seven Ladies Among the Number and One Japanese—A Fine Even- ing's Programme. Every seat and every foot of available standing room in the auditorium of Cooper Medical College was filled last night with the relatives and friends of the sixty-three graduates of the institution, who during the evening received their cre- dentials as full-fledged doctors of medi- cine. The exercises of the evening were opened by the performance of the *‘Bridal Rose’’ overture by an orchestra under the direction of Fenton P. Foster, and which comprised among its members five young ladies, a novel departure in professional orchestras in this City. Rabbi Jacob Voorsanger foilowed with a prayer, and M Maud Noble, one of the orchestra, gave “‘The Lost Chord” as a trombone solo in a very effective manner. The degree of | doctor, of medicine was conferred on the | following graduates: Malcolm Osgood Austin, Ernest Barry, Walter Le Roy Blodgett, B. 8.; Rosa Meador Goodrich Boido, George Waldo Burgess, Edgar Omer Campbell, Allen Melyille Carpenter, Richard Henry Carter, Martha Shattuck Case, Frank Hail Church, Charles Vernon Cross, William Henry Crothers B. arence Wythe Dodge, William Raymo . Charles Alfred Dukes Mary Alice Fish, John Joreph Gallagher, B. 3 Charles Louis Garvin, A. B.; Edward Frederi Glaser, Ph.G ller Graham, D.D. Frank Pierce Gray, Lester Claude Gregory B.; Herbert Gunn, Charles Edward Hablutzel, George Arthur Benjamin Hall, D.D.S.; Fran- cis Armbrose Harlow, M. D.; Emily Graham Harrison, George Turner Hesser, Edmund En- quist Hill, Ph.G.; Clara May Holmes, James Vincent Hughes, Fisher Randall Jordan, jamin Frederick Korts, Kusel, Margaret Josepnine Mea- James McNulty, Theodore Henry hard, William Augustus Meier- alter McNap Miller, B. Sc.: John Claude Moore, Niels Magnus Nelson, James Hunt O'Connor, Amos Cameron Olmstead, Harry Partridge, Birger Peters, Walter Har- borneé Powell, Arthur Dudley Prentice, Reese Edwin Reese, Lucy Myra Ricker, Frenk Belton Ro\xhhr})n, B. Willinm Wallace Roblee, Mel- ville Erskine Rumwell, Herman Joseph | Schlageter, Walter Reese Scroegs, ey Charles Loyal Van Dyke, B. 8.; Henry Harry Seth Walters, William Hannaford Went. worth, A. B.; Walter Hocpiner Winterberg, William Watson Wymore, Stephen Wythe. Among them were seven young laaies, including Emnily Graham Harrison, the daughter of William Greer Harrison, whose appearance to receive her diploma was greeted with more than the usual amount of hand - clapping, which this happy culmination of the graduates’ ef- | forts called forth as each passed before | President L. C. Lane to bave the degree conferred upon him. There was also a Japanese among the newly launched physicians. Professor Clinton Cushing delivered the valedictory, taking occasion to review tie from its earliest stages to the present day. | The orchestra rendered Baife's “Bohe- mian Girl,” and then came the most en- tertaining feature of the evening, the ad- dress of Horace G. Platt. He opened in a humorous strain, and until he turned to the serious treatment of his theme he had his auditors almost continually passing from one convulsion of Jauzhter into an- other by his stream of wit and humor. _Rabbi Voorsanger delivered the benedic- tion, and the evening’s programme con- | &l)uded with the march, “Father of Vie- ry.” ELECTION OF OFFIC:ES. Meeting of Division No. 2 of the An- cient Order of Hibernlans. The annual election of officers of Divi- sion No. 2, A.O. H., was held at Woolf's Hall, 121 ~ew Montgomery street, on Wednesday evening last. There was a full representation of the brethren present and a good-natured but lively contest foliowed over the two tickets in the field. Following were the successful candidates: President, Bartley Lee; vice-president, Martin Tracey; recording secretary, P. J, Meeuan; financial secretarv, Daniel Shee- han; treasurer, Jeremiah Kelleher; senti- nels—Patrick McGrath and P. F. Dillon; chaplain, Rev. D. O. Crowley; physician, Dr. P. J. O'Neil; press committec—John Kenny, M. F. Donleavy and M. C. Gorham. Committees were then appointed to ar- range for the annual ball to be held on St. Patrick’s night. J.J. O’Brien,t he presi- dent of the last St. Patrick’s convention, was requested to 1ssae a call for the con- vention of 1¥96 to be held in January. The flourishing condition of the order was noted and thanks extended to Tue CALL for past favors. A council of the Irish National Alliance was temporarily organized, the pezmanent officers to be elected at the next montaly meeting. e ————— Building Trades Union, A temporary building trades union was formed last evening by the special committees representing half a dozen unions. Several months ago the matter was agitated among the members of the carpenters’, painters’, stone- cutters’ and other unions, and special commit- tees were selected 10 100k 1nto the proposition. Without exception, o far as heard, favor- sble reports were made by the committees to their respective unions, but in a number of cases the Jatter bodies have failed to take action, with the exception of the carpenters and joiners, painters and decorators, stone- cutters, sandstone-cutters and plasterers. The representatives of these bodies met last even- ing and elected P. Doyle and James Rose as temporary chairman and secreta s ool THE whole family kept well with Jaros Hy- genic underwear. Morgan Bros., 229 Montgy* —aak et et Bark Don Carlos Libeled. A libel against the Nicaraguan bark Don Carlos, owned by Nick Bichard, and of which Peter Colly is captain, was filed yesterday in the United States District Court by Mate William E'rll',lfianx second mate John Larsen, Steward Walter O’Daen and seamen Alex Bar- ton, Thomas Jeff1ies, Adrian Slolstrom, John Wolf and Henry Friedhoff for wages alleged to be due on a year's contract. The document says they were discharged at San Jose de atemala on November 28 in violation of cortract, and the libellants demand wages aggregating about $1500, . LEATHER Goops. Ladies’ purses, plain and silver-mounted, cardcases, bill-books, valises writing-tablets, traveling-sets for Christmas now on sale. BSanborn, Vail & Co. Open evenings, A > PAINTINGS FOR SEARLES, Local Artists Combine to Make a Presentation Christ- mas-Box. HORACE PLATTS : SUGGESTION. William Alvord Makes an Interesting Gift to the Art Imsti. tute. The San Francisco artists are going to the town as the Alvord collection is to- day.” BOLD CHINESE WORK. Effort Made to Land a Slave Woman by an Alleged Husband on Per- Jured Testimony. A Chinese named Dong Sin Kwai was arrested by the Federal authorities yester- _dny on Collector Wise's complaint charg- ing him with perjury. Dong swore he was the husband of a woman named ‘Wong Kuey He, a recent arrival said to have been born in this country, but the woman denied the statement. He was her petitioner in-habeas corpus proceedings without her knowledge. Dong represented that he was a member of the Spofford alley firm ot Gee On & Co. The woman was remanded. Her evidence was that she had been sold by her mother to the man for $550 as a slave. Mr. Wise considers this to have been one of the boldest attempts ever made to PAINTING BY THOMAS HILL. give a Christmas-box to Edward F. Searles | and local studios are fairly scintillating | with inspirations for putting the greatest amount of art into the smallest possible space, so that the combination Christmas- box may be a thing of beauty and a joy forever. It was Horace Platt who started the ball | rolling by suggesting to some members of | | | the Art Institute that Edward F. Searles had been doing all the giving in local art circles, and on the principle of it being | more blessea to give than to receive, it might be profitable and pleasing for the | Art Institute to bestow a Christimas offer- ing upon Mr. Searles. The result of this sugeestion is shown in the following circu- lar letter which began its tour of the studios yesterday : It has been suggested by Horace Plattand approved by members of the board of direct- ors that an invitation be extended to the artists, members of the association, to each contribute a sketch to be presented to Edward F. Searles, size of sketch not larger than 12x16 inches and not smaller than 6x9 inches, in oi], water color, pastel and ink. The following-named artists have sgreed to’ contribute: Below the circular is a long slip of paper ready for signatures. The followingartists gladly affixed their names to it yesterday: William Keith, Selina Newman, R. D. Yel- 1and, H. R. Bloomer, Lou 1. Wall, W. A. Reascr, A. F.Mathews, Emil Pissis, L.P. Latimer, Hugo | {‘uhlor. D. Robinson, Helen Hyde, Josephine | ayle: Amedee Joullin, G. Cadenasso, Mrs. | Kelly, Chiris Jorgensen, Sarah E. Bender. To-day the circular will go on its rounds ' ! would do with the woman in his custody | opinions to the contrary. land a Chinese woman on perjured testi- mony. Attorney Dibble for the man vro- tested that the Collector had no rightto 8 in the Presbyterian mission, but Mr. Wise contended that he as he thought fit, notwithstanding Some hot words Pnssed between the two, but the attorney inally withdrew from the case. Inspector Ricnard Williams arrested the Chinese. The woman will be sent back to China. She came on the steamer Peru November 24. FIRED DYNAMITE SHELLS Explosives Sent Three Miles to Sea by the Big Pneu- matic Trio. Further Tests of the Mammoth Com- pressed Air-Rifles With Satis- factory Results. The second day’s test of the three pneu- matic dynamite rifles, near Fort Point, was an exhibition of the firing of projec- tiles from the big 15-inch smoothbores. Five proof rounds were fired irom each of the guns during the forenoon, and ‘““CHINESE LANDING IN SAN FRANCISCO,” KILLS MANY OLD HORSES, “Hughey” O'Neill Slaughters More Than a Dozen Each Week. MEAT SENT TO CHINATOWN No Interfering Inmspectors Bother Because He Is Just Over the County Line. 1 slaughter twelve to fourteen horses a which is also on San Jose avenue, just across the County line, sent large quanti- ties of horse meat to Chinatown. Inthe Potrero those who were asked where de< crepit horses could be sold said, “‘Go to Ging's.” TEis place has been in the hands of Solo- mon Levy for the past six years. He said vesterday that he had never killed horses, as there was not enough in it since the authorities interfered with the sale of the carcasses. His trade was in calves and cows alone. L “But O’Neill, across the lot, will buy vour horses,”” he said. ‘“He has just started a slaughter-house, and will pay you $1 or maybe more.”’ “are there no others near here who buy old horses?” was asked. “No, I think not. McSwain, down the road, did for awhile. He gave it up, thqug,h. I guess there wasn't enough in it.” The old-horse market is particularly dull now. In the Potrero “crow-baits” are a drug on the market. There were two places on the San Bruno road where horses viered once slaughtered. Both are now closed. week,” said *‘Hughey”” O’Neill yesterday | afternoon. “I get all ‘I want, and I don't | have to pay more than §$1 for mostof | them. But in thiscase I'll give $1 50.” | Mr. O’Neill has a slaughter-house just | over the line in San Mateo County. This | puts him beyond the reach of Meat In- | spector Ben Davis, and he kills aged, worn- | out and diseased cows and decrepit horses with impunity. All of this meat is soldn the San Francisco markets. He had five carcasses hung up in his house yesterday afternoon. The thin layer of fat covering the masses of bone was of an intense yellow, that betokened the extreme age of the animals slaugh- tered. The meat of one carcass had the purplish-blue color of horse meat. Mr. O’Neillj declared it was a stag, though, and as there were five horned heads in a corner it is highly probabie he told the | truth. | A man named Levy and a Chinaman | called *“Jumbo,” whose addressis 30 Wash- | ington alley, were bargaining for the beef | and bought the lot, driving off in a wagon | marked “San Mateo Farm.” Later a sec- | ond Chinaman came to examine the meat. | “How much you charg: kill ’em some | ol’ cows for me?"” asked the Chinaman. | “Um-m, I'll do it for $1 50 a head.” “But I get ’em all bagk?” he asked. i '(‘I(Jh, yes. You take the tripe and liver | and—" I mean him meat no be “Oh, that’s all right. We're just across | THEY TURNED VERY RED, Judge Morrow Made Howell's Wife and Her Daughter Smart. Campbell’s Allusions to Harris Bring Some Words From the Bench About Conduct. In the Howell counterfeiting case yess terday in the United States District Court there was a rather sensational proceeding which came like a thunderbolt in the midst of a clear sky. During the taking of testimony Attore | ney Campbell accused Secret Service Agent Harris of nodding to the Govern ment’s witnesses while they were on the stand. “I have made no signs to witnesses,” sharply interjected the Government’s des tective as he indignantly jumped to his feet, “‘and if Mr. Campbell says I have he states what is false—"" “Order.” interrupted Judge Morrow, loudly rapping his desk. Then the court ““HUGHEY” O’NEILL’S SLAUGHTER-HOU. [Sketched by a SE, WHERE OLD HORSES ARE KILLEDa “ Call” artist.] the line in San Mateo County and the In: spector can’t touch your cows.” These cows will undoubtedly be slaugh- tered. Since the Chinaman was afraid of the seizure of the meat they must be unfit for consumption either through disease or old age. Yet tiey will go to Chinatown ! and be sold larzely to a select coterie of | white butchers and cheap restaurants, who | buy their meat of Chinese. 2 O'Neill talked “meat” to his Mongolian | customer, who took him to one side. | Finally he came forward laughing. When | asked where the ioke was O'Neill said: | Oh, our friend nere was talking abouta | joke we played on him some time ago. | We had a 1ot of old cows hung up and he said they were no good and he would not give a cent and a half a pound for'em. | ‘Then we showed him a good, fat horse we | had just killed, and passed it off on him | for a‘stag’ and he paid 3 cents for it.” Notwithstanding this, Mr. O'Neill de- clared that he did not sell any horse meat for human consumption, either in China- | town or anywhere else. In fact, from his account, it was hard to see where he would get any profit after calling for the horse, killing and skinning it, bauling the car: cass to town and paying $1 50 for it in the PAINTE again and receive the signatures of many more local artists, who say that they will | only be too glad to have an opportunity of showing their appreciation of all that Ed- | ward. I. Searles has done for the Art| Institute. | Every one is preparing to set to work on | the little pictures at once, in order that | they may be finished by the 19th inst., when Horace Platt will bear them off in | triumph to New York and present them to Mr. Searles probably on Christmas day. | In order to stimulate the imaginaticns of the artists J. Davis, the librarian of the Art Institute, who is taking the circular to 1 the artists, bears along with him a few | choice pems from a collection of sketches which William Alvord has just presented | to the Art Institute. They are little paint- inzsand drawings just about the size re- quired for the Searles pictures, but they possess a historic as well as intrinsic value. Twenty-three years ago there existed in San Francisco an organization known as | the Graphic Club, which included among | A its members most of the resident artists, as well as William Alvord, president of | the Art Association, and B. P. Avery, the secretary. Once a week the members of the Graphic Club met together, each bring- | ing a sketch, and the president of the evening was presented with the collection. When William Alvord’s turn came to pre- side, extra pains were taken with the sketches. He has kept them twenty-three years, and as they now possess a historic value he has presented them to the Art Institute. Among the Alvord collection is a bril- liant little oil painting of San Francisco Bay, by Tom Hill. Narjot, who has laid down his brush now, is_represented by an Indian on norseback; Julian Brooks, who was the idol of the student of still life at the institute twenty-three years ago, has a painting of three fishes, in which every scale is minutely represented. There is an Ttalian landscape by Virgil Williams, and W. Hahn’s picture of the landing of a group of Chinese is an interesting memo- rial of earlier days. Among the pencil sketches Cox, who has made a name now as a painter of brownies, has an early effort, representing a voung girl too late for school. There is a pretty landscape by Julian Rix, now a famous painter in New Jersey, u_nrl nearly all the other 8an Fran- clsco artists of twenty-three years ago are represented in the Alvord collection. As Wilbur A. Reaser said yesterday when speaking of the Christmas tribute to be presented to Mr. Searles, “Twenty- three years hence these pictures will have become as much a part of the history of | ton and set for instantaneous action when | at_the highest elevation of the muzzle, dummy projectiles weighing about 1150 | pounds were <ent out to sea where they | piowed into the whitecaps 2000 yards from shore. The last five shots of the morning were tests of rapidity in loading and firing and were executed in eight minutes and twenty-three scconds. In the afternoon a dummy shell prop- erly weighted was aimed at the bluff across the Golden Gate, some 3500 yards | distant, to ascertain about where an explo- sive shell might be expected to tear things up when sent from the gun at the same angle. The next shot contained a wvro- jectile loaded with 100 pounds of gun cot- it should strike. It hit the blufi about 600 feet above the water and made a large crater, about which a cloud of red dust hovered for nearly a minute. A trial shot out to sea as a test of range thirty-five degrees, sent a sand-weighted dummy projectile a distance of a little less than three miles, with a maximum loss in air pressure of abont 160 pounds. live shell loaded with dynamite and fired under the same conditions, brt set for a two-second limit after striking, plunged into the ocean nearly three miles out, and two seconds later there was a faint flutter on the surface, indicating the locality of the submarine explosion. beginning. 1 “Horse hides are low,” be said. *‘They are only worth $1 75 now. I take the meat in to Bailey, in Chinatown. He has a fer- tilizer there and he uses the carcasses. So. you sce, I don’t make much.” But don’t the Chinese buy it?” “No,” he =aid. “They’re afraid it would be seized. The entire carcass goes for fer- tilizer. Around Mr, O'Neill’s big corral wan- dered a few skeleton-like animals. They were apparently in good health, but seemed to have bardly an ounce of fat in their boay carcasses. These animals were wait- ing for the next kiliing time, which will be to-day or to-morrow One of Mr. O'Neili's neighbors is John Bracken. He keeps a saloon on San Jose avenue. +/0'Neill used to be the superintendent of a slanghter-house in Butchertown,” he said. *He has been here now only about a month. I think he’s the only one in the neighborhood who slaughters horses. “I understand that he kills a dozen or more each week. It's funny they're not seized, though. He takes ‘'em to town in broad daylight, but nobody seems to care, Of course he has them carefully covered up, but I should think the Meat Ins}aect- ors would want to know what he had for a load. “He took in six horses yesterday. He had o three-horse team to haul them, and he didn’t try to conceal anything.” At one time Ging’s slaughter-house, | “pedro,” N | SIS did some tulking. “lhere has en too much nodding in this courtroom,” he said, ‘‘and I want this conduct stopped right here. I have not noticed that Mr. Harris has done anything improper, but’* —and he looked hard at the wife of the defendant and her daughter, Mrs, Edith Green, who have all along been sitting beside Howell—I have seen otiier persons nodding and smiling in this courtina manner not commendable, and if I notice any more such conduct as has been going on here lately I will be compelled to pun- ish the offenders.”” Quite a number of new witnesses took the stand. The evidenceof Eschbach, Saf- fernill, Ives, Stein and Ladd was used to trace a counterfeit $5 bill, but Ira B. Ladd, on cross-examination, was not sure whether it was a greenback or a treasury note. There was some interesting testimony from A. S. Loewi, a Modesto saloon keeper, in whose place Howell is said to have passed a $5 bill during a game of buying the drinks with it and | receiving $4 50 in change. On the same | occasion Howell is said to have tried to | pass a $1 coin on Loewi, ®but that he re- | fused it. J. K. Love, G. R. Gravesand | Richard Broughton corroborated this. Other witnesses to show that counterfeit | coin had been passed by the defendant, | and afterward identified, were George Mar- | sel, a butcher, Herman Hintze, a musioc | teacher, Marshal R. D. Young and Deputy | Sheriffs Benjamin and Cassiday. Assistant United States Attorney Knight offered_to prove by Charles N. Thornton | that Howell passed a counterfeit hali- dollar on_him as late as September 18 of | this year, but Mr. Campbell objected, and the court took the matter under advises | ment, adjourning until Monday. | ———————— | WEAR ordinary underwear,keep your cold;weas | Jaros hygienic underwear and lose it; nealth and money saver. 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