The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 10, 1895, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1895. —_—— e e e = 5 LAWYERS LOCK RORNS Opening Skirmish in the Battle Against the Railroad. FEDERAL INTERVENTION | Government Bill Submitted and Arguments Heard in the Circuit Court. WILL PROBABLY BE ALLOWED. United States District Attorney Foote Defends His ' Position. -weights in the proceed- | ings o Southern Pacific Company | e State Railroad Commissioners | had iminary skirmish in the Unite s Circuit Court yesterday. It w f intervention and conten- tiot ad brought suit to enjoin sioners from enforcing their to reduce the freight schedule on € s operated in California. The tion adopted by the Commissioners led fora reduction of 8 per cent on 1d an average cut of 25 per cent on reight. Now the United States Government, through the Attorney-General and District Attorney, steps in with a petition of inter- vention. It is based on the ground that the proposed reduction of rates would in- terfere with its collection of the 25 per cent of the net earnings of the Central Pacific, which is a part of the Southern Pacific system, and the chances of a final settlement of the claims of the Govern- | nt would be impaired. The time of the was occupied yesterday in listening to the arguments ou the bill, and at the close ot the afternoon session the belief as expressed that Judge McKenna would obably allow the Government to inter- vene on the ground that it hasa right to protect its revenue, The Railroad Commissioners were rep- resented General Fitzgerald, Assis seneral Anderson, W. | W. Foote, Robert Y. Hayne and Attorney Daily. W. T. Herrin and J.C. Martin, for the Southern Pacific, throughout the day sat siiently behind a fortification of lawbooks. District Attorney Foote rep- resented the Federal Government. In his opening statement United States District Attorney Foote established his right to appear as the legal representative of the General Government, and then read the petition of intervention which has al- Foote, *‘to take all proper action necessary to bring about such withdrawal on the part of the Government as I have indi- cated immediately upon the Railroad Com- missioners consenting to the exemption of the Central Pacific_lines as I have sug- gested. Otherwise it will be my duty, and by this lamp only can my feet be guided, to go forward with the proceedings which I have instituted.” The Government_therefore asked to be heard on the issue in accordance with the ytxglus which it had as a mortgage cred- itor. h Mr. Foote then read the bill of interven- ion. in brief. Attorney-General Fitzgerald consumed nearly the remainaer of the day in pre- senting Jhis argument on behalf of the Railroad Commissioners, and in answer to the contentions of the United States Gov- ernment. He deplored the action of the General Government stepping in'and in- terfering with the rights of the people of California when its interests—the interests of the General Government in the premises —could not possibly be impaired in the slightest degree. He said: In connection with my associates I have carefully examined into ‘and considered this say that I am ata loss to understand why the Government of the United States should seek 10 intervene into this cese when not a particle of its interests can Le affected by the result, whatever it may be, Now I understand that the District Atterney bases his claim on section 10 of the act of May 7, 1878, entitled, “An act to alter and amend the act entitled, ‘An act to aid in the con- struction of a 'rallroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocesn, and to secure to the Government the use of i tion. It was a general statement of the | points which have already been explained bill of intervention and I am constrained to | claim to intervene on that fact. Thereisa general allegation in the bill that these rates are unreasonable and unjust, but there is no specific allegation wherein injustice is estab- lished. But the Government comes in with its sword unshesthed and makes a stab at this body, established by the constitution of the State, and then it goes further and states that two of the Railroad Commissioners were elected on a party platform pledged to & 25 per cent reduction. “Your Honor propounded certain ques- tions to me this morning,” began Attor- | ney-General _Fitzgerald after the noon re- | cess, “and I want your Honor to fully understand our position.” Tne speaker then restated the position of the Government as mortgagee of the Central Pacific from San Jose to Ogden. He laid particular stress upon the fact that the Central Pacific had only 261 miles of line in California, while the other lines connected with the Central Pacific in the Southern Pacific system had covered 758 miles in California. He contended that the bill of intervention did not show that a pound of grain had been hauled over the 261 miles of the Central Pacific from San Jose to the State line. “Suppose that the bill of intervention does not show that grain has been trans- | vorted over the 261 miles of road,” said the court, “and the original complaint shows that it had gone over this line, then the bill could be easily amended.” “The proposed bill of intervention must stand or fall by itself,”’ declared the Attor- ney-General. “The Government well knew that there | was an original bill and based its bill of in- tervention on it,”’ said the United States Attorney. The Attorney-General then went on to say that there was not an allegation in the ready appeared in full in the public press. He clearly defined the position of the | Southern Pacific Company and the Board T0 FIGHT FOR HIS SHARE, Joe de Laveaga to Demand a Fourth of a Half Million Dollars. CLAIMS TO BE LEGITIMIZED. A Long Concealed Will the Basis for a Novel and Complicated Legal Contest. The will of Jose Maria de Laveaga, which was filed a fortnight ago by A.J. M. de Laveaga, the natural son of the testator, was admitted to probate yesterday by Judge Coffey. Though the will only dis- poses of some $100 worth of personal prop- erty, whict goes to the son, A.J. M. de Laveaga, who already hasit in possession, its admission will be used as a basis for a lawsuit which will bring into contest legal points as important as those involved in the Blythe case. By the will in question Mr. de Laveaga particularly acknowledged: A. J. M. de Laveaga as his only son. This, however, is but one portion of the material that will be employed to prove the legitimation of the boy. And this legitimation is to be employed by J. J. Dwyer, young De | Laveaga’s attorney, to fmn for Mr. de Laveaga a share as one af the four remain- ing heirs of Jose Vicente de Laveaga in a half-million dollars left in the Ilatter’s estate. Young A. J. M. de Laveaga, who is bet- ter known as Joe, is now 27 years old. His history reads like a novel. at Mazatlan, Mexico, but was brought to California while a little boy by his father and put in the care of Dr. William Dohr- mann of 535 Bryant street. His father acknowledged him openly as his son and paid Dr. Dohrmann for the board and edu- cation of his son. But Mr. de Laveaga met business re- verses in 1879. He transferred the Rancho Las Aguilas, an estate of 24,000 acres in | San Benito County, to his mother, Dolores | de Laveaga, and went to Colorado, where he died the next year. Mr. de Laveaga had a brother, Jose Vi- cente de Laveaga, of whom he was very fond. This brother went to Colorado and took charge of Mr.de Laveaga’s effects, among them being the wili completing the legitimation of young Joe. This will, it is said, was secreted by Vicente, who at the same time assumed the expense ot his nephew’s education. When Vicente de Laveaga died in August, 1894, he left $1 to each of his two sisters and his brother. To “Joe” de Laveaga he left $20,000. But what was of more importance, he also left behind the will of Joe's father, Jose Maria de Laveaga, which was found among other of Vicente’s {logers, one of the executors of Vicente's will. When Jose Maria’s will was made it dis- posed of some §250,000, all of which went to Joe. This But the will gave the boy the legal right to the name he has borne all his life. Had | this will been made public by Vicente of Railroad Commissioners. The Com- ATTORNEY.GENERAL FITZGERALD MAKING HIS ARGUMENT FOR THE STATE. | when it was discovered, the boy Joe would [Sketched by a “ Call” artist.] missioners had adopted a resolution, mak- ing a horizontal reduction of 8 per cent in the freight schedule on xgmin and 25 per cent on all other articles of commerce, the reduction to go into effect as speedily as possibly on all lines of the Southern Pa- cific Company and leased connections. The Southern Pacific Company had brought suit to enjoin the Railroad Com- | missioners from making the proposed freighg-rate reduction, and it was to this that the United S:ates Government e with a bill of intervention. The Dis- Awtorney argued that as the Govern- held a mortgage on the Central Pa- | Railroad running from San Jose, in‘ State, to Ogden, in the State of Utah, under the Thurman act, passed by ress on May 7, 1878, 25 per cent of the net earnings of the road was to be paid o a sinking fund provided for in the the Government had the right to in- ervene since the threatened reduction in ht rates would jeopardize its interests its revenue and interfere with the final settlement of its claims against the road in question. ‘“‘Congress alone has the right.” continued Mr. Foote, “by reason of the United States Government possessing a lien on the Central | Pacific Railroad, 10 adjust rate matters, and the Railroad Commissioners, by their pro, reduction, would interfere with the collection of the 25 per cent of the net revenue of the | | the same for postal, military and other pur- | Eoses.’ " These acts of 1862-64 were amended | by the act of 7, 1878, relative to the con- solidation, which took in all other connecting linés under the head of the Central Pacific | Railroad Company. This act is generally known as the Thurman act. It provides that there must be paid annually into the treasury of the United States an amount ageregating 25 per cent of the Det earnings of the Toad. KNow the District Attorney must know that ha cannot intervene except against the parties bringing the suit. The railroad company i the moving party in thiscase. If it ison this section that the District Attorney intervenes | he is mistaken. tome particulars is incorrect and in others | ir1egular. | Tisere are two grounds on which the Govern- { ment intervenes. First,by the act of 1862, | commonly known as the Pacific Coast Rail- 1o itself the right to fix fares and rates. The other is based on its having a mortgage of some $45,000,000 on the Central Pacific. And now, is it not remarkable that this great Government for sixteen long years has allowed | man, and no one, he held, would accuse | him of having any other interest in the | this State Board of Railroad Commissioners to exercise its right to establish these rates and fares; and not until to-day, and when the in- terest of the Government is petty and insig- | nificant, and when only a few hundred miles I osed | of the line in this State are involved. does it | | I arise to present my personal protest to the | assume to intervene. The Government has not recognized its rights to establish rates DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOOTE TALKS [Sketched by a FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNME! “Call” artist. ] road which the Government is annually al- | lowed to protect the bondholders.” i “Do you claim it as the right of the Govern- | ment,” inquired Judge McKenna, “to resist =ny proposed reduction in_the rates or simply | an unreasonable reduction?” | “Iciaim it is our right to do both,” was the | Continuing in the same strain, Mr. Foote | d that the Railroad Commissioners bad dertaken to reduce the rates on the . Should they be decreased the value vroperty on which the United States vrlnment had a mortgage would be im- € state here and now, if your Honor }'lehw." declared the District Attorney, “‘thatif the Railroad Commissioners wxg consent to exempt the Central Pacific lin from the operation of their proposed ré- duction resolutions, then I am ready to immediately advise the Attorney-General of the United States that he permit me to filea dismissal of the bill in intervention, which, in accordance with his_previously issued instructions, | have filed in this proceeding. This being done, the railroad company and the commission may 0 on and fight out their case unhampered by any action of mine and of the Government, which it is my honor to represent. Thus’ the long and éxpensive phase of this liti- gation which it will otherwise be my duty: to conduct to the best of my ability may be avoided. “I pledge my honor,” concluded Mr.§ since the consolidation of these roads. It has no such exclusive rights. It isa fact which the complaint wiil not dispute that when this consolidation was made the Central Pacific passed entirely out of existence. Therefore under the act of 1862, under which the Gen- eral Government seeks to intervene in this case, it is entirely devoid of right and without foundation. New articles of incorporation were filed and new certificates of stock were issued. The act of 1864 or the Thurman act can have no bear- ing on the act of 1862. *‘When the Central Pacific dls:gpeured from existence, as you say,” inquired Judge Mc- Kenna, “did the rights of the Government be- come exempt, and did the oblizations of the road likewise disappear?”’ The Attorney-General said he would deal with that question as he progressed in his argument. The Central Pacific, he continued, was constructed from San Jose in this State to Ogden in Utah, and this is the line on which the Government has its lien. Now,on that original line the Government has a line of 261 miles in California. Now, the Government cleims to have the right to regulate the rates on all the line, and even if this were true and whatever may be the decision of the court, the mortgage interestsof the Government cannot be interfered with in any way whatever. 1f & men have a mortgage on a house he has no right to interfere or regulate the rents. So it is with the Government in this particular cese. Itissimply holderof & mortgage on the’| Central Pacific—an individual creditor. If the Government had the exclusive right to regulate rates then it should have based its \ This bill of intervention in | roads act, by which the Government reserves | bili to show that this proposed reduction of rates in any way affectea the Govern- ment’s interests. There was nothing to show that a pound of freight had been | transported over the Central Pacific, and he held that the bill of intervention was incomplete and the grounde insufficient on which to base a cause of action. The Judge stated that the court would not shut out the Government from inter- vening in the case if its grounds other- | wise were sufficiently established, as the bill could be amended to show that freight had been and is at the present time being | carried over the 261 miles of the Central | Pacific in California. Attorney-General | Fitzgerald here rested his argument. Be | fore taking his seat, however, he threw bouquets at United States District Attor. | ney Foote, with whom he had played as a | barefooted boy in his youth, and whom he knew to be an honorable and upright | \ | case than as an officer of the United States Government. | W.W. Foote delivered the closing argu- ment for the State. | United States Government injecting itself into | this case as the tail to the raiiroad kite. 1f the order for intervention is defective, and it un- questionably is, 1t has no rights on the records of this court. It snould be ruled out as de- fective, and then the United States Government | may file another order, but its application at this time is premature. | For sixteen years the Board of Railroad Commissioners of California_has been fixing freight rates on lines of railroaa within the State, and at no time before has its power or authority been questioned. Now the Govern- | ment of the United States suddenly comes to | the aid of this railroad corporation, which has | never paid its honest obligations 'to the ernment, and the gentlemen of the Southern Pacific Company sit silently here and there is no knowing whether they are in or out ot the case. The United States Government holds a worth- less second mortgage on the property of the | Central Pacifiz, and that is all it has for the money it advanced to the corporation with boundless genernsity. It held a first mort- gage, but returned it to the corporation. Judge McKenna here inquired of Mr. Foote 1f the United States Government dic not have an interest in the revenue of the Central Pacific under the provisions of the Thurman act, which provided for the pay- ment of 25 per cent of the earnings of the railroad in question into the treasury of | the United States, and, if so, if its interests | would not be impaired by the proposed reduction in,freight rates. Attorney Foote contended that it could | not be shown that a reduction of 8 per | cent on grain and 25 per cent on other ar- ticles of commerce of the carrying trade in California would impair the amount de- rived from the Central Pacific. Anyway, it had no more right in fixing and determining the schedule of fares and rates than the banker who held a mort- gage on a house of a citizen. Its position was that of a mortgagee. Mr. Foote ¢losed by strongly denouncing the action of the Government. ! United States District' Attorney Foote then made a spirited address to the court. in which he indignantly repudiated the charges of the attorneys for the opposition that the United States was unwarrantably thrusting itself into the case at issue. He spoke of the magnanimity of the General i Government in spanning this great conti- | nent with an iron highway and opening | up the Golden State to civilization and the world. “And the court has struck the keynote of the Government’s right to intervene,” said the United States Attorney, -‘when it based that right on the Thurman act. That act has been upheld by the United States as constitutional, and it comes with bad taste for the gentlemen here to cast slurs on the Government'’s inter- vention in this matter. Tcome here under the shield of no corporation, but simply as the rep- resentative of the United States Government, sworn to perform my duty to my God and my country, without fesr or favor. I repeat, how- ever, that if the Railroad Commissioners will consent to exempt the Central Pacifi¢ line in California from the reduced freight rate which they propose to make, I am ready to withdraw from the contest and allow the railroad cor- g:rluon and the Commissioners to fight it out tween themselves.” The District. Attorney was quite angry in refuting the imvlications made by at- torneys ou the opposite side against the spirit of the Government in taking a hand in the fight, and where Attorney-General Fitzgerald threw flowers at him he re- sponded with hot shet. The Attorney-General said that it would | have had aright to claim a share of sev- | eral miliion dollars’ worth of property. | ~“His grandmother, Dolores, died in 1882, | Her estate of over $1,000,000 was distributed | among her two sons and three daughters. | Then one of the girls died and her estate | of nearly $1.000,000 was distributed among | the two brothers and two sisters. Joe. not He was born | apers in a safety deposit box by Daniel | s property bad all disappeared. | | Mrs. Jonn M. Chretien. being legitimized, could claim no share | these estates. Then Vicente died, leaving an estate of about $1,000,000. A brother, M.'A. de La- veaga, 1228 Geary street, and two sisters, | of | I. S. Belcher, Mrs. Orlow Black, Miss Ger- 2000 varieties and represent all parts of the State. Every kind of fowl eapable of do- mestication will be on exhibition, and the exhibition will exceed in numbers and Fenenl advancement any other show of a ike kind ever held on this coast. One of the best features of the exhibition will be the presentation of several homing pigeons that will be sent out Sunda morning from Tres Pinos. The birds will be taken up to Tres Pinos by Wells, Fargo & Co.’s agent and liberated in the follow- ing order: The first lot will be reieased at 9 A. M., the second at 9:30 and the third at 9:45. These will be young birds. At 10 A. M. the old birds will be released, and all are expected to arrive in this City and ! Alameda before sundown, after which they will be placed on exhibition at the Pavilion, with the time made affixed to each bird. ! The gentlemen who will start pigeons in this race are I. W. Slydecker, Alameda; Ed Koenig, 2925 Jackson street; G. I. Marsh, Twelith avenue and Chestnut street; Otto Brewitt, Alameda. At these roosts there will be timers, and the Hydro- graphic Office of the United States will figure out the direct air line from here to Tres Pinos, 1t being 101 miles by railroad. Immediately upon their arrival here they will be taken to the Pavilion and the prizes will be distributed according to the speed made. A gold medal goes for the first prize and a silver medal for the second. The flight will be held under the auspices of the California Homing Club and the prizes will be put up by the Poultry Association. In order that the time of starting from Tres Pinos may be definitely known ar- rangements have been made to telegraph here from that point immediately upon the release of the several birds. = A record is expected on this occasion and some swift flying is looked for. SUROSIS IN A NEW HOME: The Brilliant Reception Ten- dered to Its Many Friends. San Francisco’s Elite Throng the Handsomely Decorated Apart- ments. The reception by the Sorosis Club of San Francisco, given last evening in its new rooms on Pine street, over the Cali- fornia market, was a splendid social event. The meeting-room of the club is a large one, fronting on Pine street, but it would not have been large enough to hold one- third of the many who accepted the invi- tations, each member being granted the privile.e of six cards. To make room for all, Artists Keith and Partington and Sculptor Dobbertin gave the ladies the use of their large studios, which were hand- somely decorated under the direction of Miss Mary Bates and Miss Manning. The officers_of the club are: President, Mrs. Irving M. Scott; vice-presidents— Mrs. William B. Carr, Mrs. M. R. Higgins, Mrs. G. J. Bucknall, Mrs. L S. Belcher: recording secretarv, Mrs. F. G. Sanborn; corresponding secretary, Mrs. J. A. de Greayer; treasurer, Mrs. George Law Smith; board of directors—Mrs. Irving M. Scott, Mrs. A. H. Vail, Mrs. William B. Carr, Mrs. James M. Goewey, Mrs. G. J. Bucknall, Mrs, J. A. de Greayer, Mrs. George Law Smith, Mrs. D. J. Murphy, Mrs. F. G..Sanborn, Mrs. M. J. McDonald, 3 The club was organized by Mrs. Charles Aull, Mrs. G. J. Bucknall, Mrs. William B. Carr, Mrs. John Chretien. Mrs. John Con- ness Jr., Mrs. J. A. de Greayer. Mrs. Guy Earl, Mrs. Eli Llewellyn, Mrs. F. G. San- born, Mrs. Irving M. Scott, Mrs. George | Law Smith, Mrs. J. C. Stubbs, and the | ]nl]]lm\'mg-named ladies signed the charter | roll: | Mrs. C. Aull, Mrs. E. A. Belcher, Mrs. | aldine. Bonner, Mrs. G. J. Bucknall, Mrs. | A. B. Butler, Mrs. George B. Carr, Mrs. | Mrs. J. C. Cebrian, 1801 Octavia street, | William B. Carr, Mrs. Remi Chabot, Mrs, | and Miss M. C. de Laveaga survive him. He disliked them and left them $1 each. The rest of his property, with the excep- tion of a few hundred thousand dollars of ‘personal bequests, he left to charity. There were omissions in tie will though. Because of this some $500,000 will be left to divide among the residuary heirs. Dwyer claims that Joe is one of these. He bases his claim on section 230 of the Civil Code, which reads: The father of an illegitimate child, by pub- licly acknowledging it as his own, receiving it as such, with the consent ot his wife, if he is married, into his family, and otherwise treat- ing it as if it were a legitimate child, thereby adopts it as such, and such child is thereupon deemed for ali_purposes legitimate from the time of its birth. The brothers and sisters of Vicente think Joe has no claim. They will not contest the will of Jose Maria, Joe’s father, but they will fight the boy’s claim to get a fourth of the $500,000 left in Vicente's es- tate on the ground that, even though he was_treated as a legitimate child and is g{nblic[ acknowledged as his son by Jose aria de Laveaga, the legitimacy was not completed by the marriage of the father and mother. i The Rancho Las Aguilas, which was in- herited by Vicente from his mother, was yesterday sold to A. B. McCreery for ,000. It was pit up for open competi- tion and McCreery bid $86,000 for the land. Then it was taken into court and McCreery raised his bid to $90,000 to keep out other f{mupuctive urchasers. Then Julian C. eis raised the last bid of $90,000, and Me- Creery raised again. Then Reis made the price $97,500, and then McCreery bid $98,- 000. The sale was made to him and Judge Coffey signed the order. The rancho was assessed at $150,000. PIGEONS WILL FLY. An Excellent Feature to Bo Connected ‘With the Poultry Show. The officers of the California State Poul- try Association were busy yesterday at the be 1mpossibie for them to accept the prop- osition of the Government’s representa- tive, and the court took the question nnder advisement until this morning. Mechanics’ Pavilion getting things in readiness for the third annual exhibition, ;!’hich opens to-morrow and runs to the ‘th. Altogether the entries amount to nearly | | 1 | | | | P W evening were by volunteers, and there were so many anxious to assist that the ladies were at a loss which to accept and which to courteously decline. For that reason there was no set programme. Miss Jennette Wilcox favored the as- semblage with a vocal solo, which was followed by a harp and violin duet b; John and Mrs. B. Mmarquardt. Alfre Wilkie sang “For All Eternity,’”” and other numbers followed, the volunteers in each instance being rewarded by generous ap- plause. The guests were invited to the sup];er- room and offered a most delicious colla- tion prepared by a lady of Oakland. Then came the sweet good-night and the guests sarted from the hosts after having spent a elightful evening. Among the many who thronged the rooms were: Mrs. Margaret Auglon, Mrs. Stella Walthall Belcher, Mrs, Adeline ‘Noble Belcher, Miss Sarah E. Bender, Mrs. Winifred Black, Mrs. Mary Jane Boomer, Mrs. Laura Dutton Booth, Mrs. Elizabeth Tailant Brice, Mrs. Hilda H. Bergen Brown, Mrs. Delia Juanita Brown, Mrs. Mary E. Bucknall, Mrs. Luvean_Jones_ Butler, Mrs. Austin Roper Carr, Mrs. Lizzie M. Carr, Mrs. Emilie M. Chabot, Mrs. Alice B. Chit: tenden, Mrs. Adele Brooks Chretien, Mrs. Fran- ces A. Church, Mrs. Harriet Newell Conness, Miss Helen Cowell, Mrs. Emelia_Hanchett Crocker, Mrs. Clara Boole Davis, Mrs. Jose- hine Morris de Greayer, Mrs. Rowena Hunt e Pue, Mrs. Owmira B. Dodge, Mrs. Jennie Mc- Lachlan Dunbar, Mrs. Ella Ford Earl, Mrs. Har- riet L. Eckart, Miss Martha P. Gibbs, Mrs. Kate §pencer Goevey. Mrs. Emima Gummer Grant, Mrs. Emma Gray Harrington, Mrs. Anginette Has Brouck, Mrs. Hayne, Mrs. Alice M. Higgins, Mrs. Elise C. Hittell, Mrs. Gene- vieve Hopkins, Mrs. Mary Prentice Hunting- ton, Mrs. Henriette Chabot Knight, Mrs. Carrie M. ' Landers, Mrs. Carmen Mina Elise Llewellyn, Mrs. ‘Susan_ Sroufe Loosley, Mrs. Margaret E. Madden, Mrs, Fauny McLean Manning, Mrs. Alice Booth McDonald, Mrs. Sarah Woodward Melone, Mrs. Mollie Sroufe Merrill, Miss Fanny de C. Miller, Mrs. Ida Jorane Schander Moody, Mrs. Mary ‘Anne Mur- by, Mrs. Belle 8. Rising, Mrs. Emma Hayward ose, Mrs, Elizabeth B. Sanborn, Mrs. Helen Peck Sanborn, Mrs. Irving M. Scott, Mrs. Mary Julia H, Rebecca Smith, Mrs. Emily A. P. Smith, Miss Maude Amabe! Smith, Mrs. Mary Hooker Smith, Mrs. Stella Marian Stone, Mrs. Bessie' Ellis Stow, Miss N. Nellie Stow, Mrs. Mary R. Patterson Stubbs, Mrs. Fran® setta Sumner, Mrs. Fannie E. Sweasey, Mrs. Helen Walker Tay, Mrs. Harriet Williams Vail, Mrs. Caroline B. Watson, Mrs. Elizabeth Dewey Watts, Mrs. Gertrude Josephine Woods, Mrs. Mary Baldwin Wood, Mrs. Carrie Ogier Young, Miss Jeanette Wilcox, Mrs. Lillie A. M. Birming" ham, Mrs. Sarah Carr, Miss Sarah D. Hamlin, Mr. and Mrs, Adolph 'Wigmore, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Wilson, J. M. Chretien, Charles Frolich, Miss' Frolich, Drury Melone, Dr. and Mrs. Henry Gibbons, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney M. Smith, Vanderlyn Stow, Judge D. J. Murphy, Judge C. W. Slack, Judge Hunt Jr., Judge E. A. Belcher, Mr. and Mrs. A, H. Vail, Mrs. E. Cas- well, and Mrs. Hoiland’ Smith, Mr. and’ Mrs, E. R. Church, G. H. Buckingham. W. H. Keith, Mrs. Frances Edgerfon, Mrs. Ben- ton Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Al Knight, Mrs. Wash- ington Ayer, james G. Denman, Joseph Clark, Mrs. Dillon,’ Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd, Ernest Piex- otto, T. H. Hittell, Mrs. A. S. Hallidie, Mr. and Mrs, J. Stewart, Leslie Mertin, Mr. Donald de V. Graham, Willism B. Carr, Ralph Carr, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Marks, Miss Moyle, Miss Nellie o | Moyle, Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Evans, Miss Millicent Cosgrove, William E. Erown, David Brown, Rev. Dr. Robert Mackenzie, Mrs. Van Wycke, 7.D. and Miss McGillivray. PAINTERS WILL ASSIST They Will Join the Carpenters in Every “Call-Out” in This City. Several Cheap Contractors May Have Trouble in Fulfilling Their 3 Contracts. The spirit of unionism is taking a strong hold upon the workingmen of this City, and particularly those connected with the building trades. This was manifest to a marked degree at a meeting of the Paint- ers’ and Decorators’ Union last evening. It was decided that from now on no union painter chould be allowed to work on a job where the carpenters have called out the members of their unions. Some time ago the carpen- ters and joiners made a rule that no union carpenters shall work on a building where non-union men are employed and no carpenter shall work for less than $3 a day. Asaresult a number of carpenters were called out principally because of the presence of non-union carpenters. The painters’ union made a similar rule. Now these two powerful unions have joined hands and have promised to stand shoul- der toshoulder and enforce what is known as the working-card system. This decision will no doubt prove em- barrassing to a number of contractors who have locked horns with the carpenters. A similar action will be immediately taken by the carpenters’ unions. Between the = - o THE BANQUETING - HALL AND RECEPTION . ROOM AT THE SOROSIS CLUB. John Chretien. Mrs. John Conness, Jr., Mrs. J. A. de Greayer, Mrs. Guy Earl, Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst, Mrs. John P. Jones, Mrs. Eli Llewellyn, Mrs. John Loosley, Mrs. John F. Merrill, Mrs. F. G. Sanborn, Mrs. Irving M. Scott, Mrs. J. H. Simpson, Mrs. George Law Smith, Mrs. Joun C. Stubbs, Mrs, Irwin C. Stump, Mrs. William J. Younger. The officers of the club, nearly all in full evening dress, occupied the eastern side of the meeting room and there received those who came. The guests commenced to ar- rive shortly after 9 o’clock, and nearly all the ladies were in full evening dress, though there were some in demi-toilette and a few in stylish street costumes. After an exchange of congratulations to the reception committee and words of wel- come from the latter the hum of voices wg# hushed to listen to an overture by a string_band, which was followed by “Plaisir d’Amour,” by Martini—a pleas- ing French vocalization rendered by Pro- fessor Crepaux of the Paris Grand Opera, a gentleman who bears a most remarkable resemblance to the late Alexander Dumas. His effort won for him the hearty plaudits of the audience that crowded the three rooms. The vtflg\ll numbers given during the 1 carpenters and painters the obstinate con- tractors will hayve considerable difficulty in fulfilling their contracts to get certain vieces of work finished in the specified time. For example, Contractor Camp- bell, who is building the new Cliff House, refused to recognize the carpenters’ union and is employing only non-union men. He has a good force of union painters at work on the building putting on the fin- ishing touches. Contractor Wickersham, who is building several fine engine-houses in_this City, clasned with the Carpenters’ Union with regard to men and wages. There is an- other contract for a building on Jones and Eddy streets, where all cheap non-union men are employed. To-day walking delezates will visit all of these and a few similar jobs and call out the union painters who are at work thereon. ‘The painters and decorators further de- cided that after the first Monday in March the minimum wages for painters would be $3 a day, and for paper-hangers $4 aday. After the first of January the initiation fee will be raised in this union from 25 cents to $2 50. Last evening 28 new members were initiated, making the union over 600 strong. The union now control three-quarters of the painters,in San Fran- cisco. A resolution was passed indorsing the formation of a general building trades union which will take in all of the unions in this industry. In the same resolution was the indorsement of the movement to establish a building trades headquarters. —————— . Another Nemesis for Ramirez.. As soon as Sebastian Ramirez, who is now at the City and County Hospital after hisattempt atsuicide on Saturday, has recovered, he is likely to be confronted with another charge. 8. F. 0'Malley of 512 Bush street claims that Ramirez jis the man who on July 29 last Tobbed him of a gold watch and chain, two gold rings, two gold crosses, a shamrock pin, & silk muffler and valuable papers, which he took from & box at 707 Post street. 0’Malley recovered some of the property through the means of a search warrant and declares that he has positive evidence against Ramirez as the thief. —— e Of all the classes of porcelain now col- lected, old Chinese and Japanese enjoy the greatest popularity. NEW TO-DAY. L . 2 for 25¢.—10¢c. : § and 3 for 25c. 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