The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 12, 1895, Page 13

THE SAN. FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1895. 13 MINISTERS GO ON RECORD. They Indorse the Raids of Chief Lloyd on the Gambling- Houses. NAGLE AGAIN IN CONTEMPT Tayor Davie Again Removes Obstacles From Harrison Street on the Water Front. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Fraxcisco CaLy,) )5 Bro v, Dec. 11. § e Oakland Minist ciation has an open stand in indorsing Chief of Police Lloyd in gambling dens. Rev. Dr. Coyle stated that Le had seen in TueE CALL a remark that Chief Lloyd did not have the moral back- ing he should have had in his prosecution of the gambls in this city, and beheved it would be aw ing to take some action to place the association on record regard- ing the matter. Rev. Marshall Law said he favored any- thing which had a backbone, and thought the mmisters should give their heartiest indorsement to Chief Lioyd for the work he was doing to rid the city of gambling- house: The llowing resoiution was passed: Resolved, That this Oskland Ministerial As- sociation 'plac: elf on record in the heartiest indorsement of the efforts of the Chief of Police in his attempts to suppress gambling, and that this association will do all n its power to aid him 1n every way. BEATEN BY A ROBBER. Minnie Akers Terribly Cut in Her Home by an Unknown Miscreant. OAKLAND, Car., Dec. 11.— Minnie Akers was violently assaulted in her \dging-house by an unknown man, and the assaunlt may yet prove to be a murder. According to the story of Mrs. Annie Smith, who is the only other occupant of the house at 540 Sixth street, Miss Akers attacked in the house while she was lone. M mith went out to a restau- rant and when she returned she found her roo o ransacked and heard Miss Akers roaning. On and to the door she found it locked istance in forcing it in. was found on the floor with ; from numerous wounds all She was conscious enough a masked man had entered the tacked her on the head with a > hammer was found along- the ie doctors who were re wounds on eight summoned found different parts of is not yet'certain 1e attack was robbery, as s Akers. but noth- rom Mrs. Smith’s assailant must have known the well, as the hammer used in the at for breaking coal was carried up- Miss Akers U the bosom known to t her money in and_this was lant. There is not the e robber, although the ys that there is one man who, if : ild not hesitate to do such a eed. She has furnished the police with his name and they are trying to locate him. A MINOR MATTER. Dr. Kummer’s Opinion of Rev. Mr. Law’s Patent Chalice. OAKLAND, CaL., Dec. 11.—The patent nion cup that Rev. Marshall Law ast Oakland is advocating whenever yrtunity offers caused a sharp discus- yn at the meeting of Oakiand ministers Law offered a resolution asking and Ministerial Association the Oakland Board of zate the cup's alleged npart their ideas to the min- te ate. Rev. Dr. Kummer did not lose an instant jumping to his feet. ‘‘This is not a er tor the Board of Health,” he said. I believe this matter is greatly exagger- 1. Thisidea of carrying the holy com- n to the Board of Health sho me. ve we can and should look into the ly. 1 protest strongly st the passage of any such resolu- tion If it is to be taken to the Board of ealth I desire to go on record as one who voted against it. “We have used the communion cup in the church for hundreds of years and- never yet taken any disease so farasis known, and I for one do not fear contagion from such 2 source. It isa matter of re- finement, and not one of sanitary impor- tance. I am unerly opposed to carrying this matter to the Board of Health.” Secretary Bustnell said the subject was being given attention out of all proportion to its importance, and moved that the res- olution be tabled. It was finaily agreed that the matter should be discussed at length at the next meeting of the association. IN CONTEMPT AND OUT. Judge Frick and Attorney Nagle Clash | in a Murder Trial. OAKLAND, Cavr., Dec. 11.—The Muhl- ner trial developed a second case of con- tempt against Attorney Nagle to-day, but after some lecturing and apologizing and some profuse expressions of respect for the honorable court and everybody in | it the attorney was purged of contempt and the case proceeded. The trouble arose over the evidence of Charles Miller, who stated that he was en- gaged to the murdered girl. Mr. Nagle wanted to show that Miller had taken her to questionable resorts and was not en- gaged, and in this way impeach his testi- mon 'he questions were objected to, and Nagle and District Attorney Church exchanged cpinions and Judge Frick ad- monished both. The witness only made a passing al- | sight, and Mrs. Lydia A. Prescott was re- | ion to the decoy message which Muhl- under the name of Miller, had sent to Lewis at the Newland House. Miss Moore and Professor Moore were also on the witness-stand during the after- noon, but their evidence disclosed noth- ing that was not brought out at the pre- liminary examination. 3 ‘0 far none of the strong evidence prom- d by the prosecution has been brought forward. The trial continues to-morrow morning MUST BE KEPT OPEX Another Attempt Made to Close Up Harrison Street. OAKLAND, Car.,’ Dec. 11.—Coniractor Smilie attempted to block Harrison szrget this morning by piling lumber across it. Word was at once sent to the Mayor's oftice, and a few minutes later Mr. Davie, the treet Superintendent, the Chief of Police and several officers were on the scene, and with the assistance of some of the crowd the Jumber was removed. The Mayor directed the arrangements, and when it was all over he and Mr. Smilie Lad some conversation. “Nice way to do,”’ said the Mayor, ‘‘to sneak in here when the officer was away for a few minutes. If it is done again I will have everybody arrested. “Well,” said Smilie, “if vou think you ave going to take this street just because 0 you are Mayer you are mistaken. People are getting tired of this mob rule. Itdon’t 0, ““Comes pretty near going,” said the Mayor. *“I've opened several streetsand they are all open now, if vou notice.” “People tell me you ought to be jugged | for this kind of work,” said Smilie; “but I | say ‘no’—that wouid tend to make you | pose as a martyr.” This evening a meeting of the Board of orks was held and a resolution passed directing the Street Superintendent to keep Harrison street_clear of all obstruc- | tions to deep water. Citv Attorney Peirsol | said that if the Superintendent acted on | such an order and it should be found that | the street was not public property he would jeopardize his bondsmen. The res- | olution was referred to the Council, with | the request that it be acted upon im- | mediately. Teachers and Editors. | OAKLAND, CAL., Dec. 11.—The faculty of the High School has decided_that each teacher can hold a share of Egis stock | and that no shares must be sold for three days preceding election and that each can- | didate for editor must_be oifered by Prin- cipal McChesney and have his name pub- lished three weeks before election. The his efforts to close the | cause of the meeting was over the election | of young Ketchum as editor, many think- ing e was incompetent. The teachers used all their influence to defeat him, but failed, and this called the attention of the teachers to the fact that they really had nothing to do with the management of the paper. The new amendment will be acted upon at the next meeting. | Varni’s Murder. OAKLAND, Car., Dec. 11.—The pre- liminary examination of the three Italians who have been arrested for the murder of Felice Varni will be held in Judge Clift’s court to-morrow. One of the strongest pieces of evidence hitherto procured by the prosecution is that Felice was threat- ened by some of the suspects during the present year, and that on this account Felice secured permission to carry a pistol. Seventeen Years Old. OAKLAND, Car., Dec. 11.—Lyon Post No. 8, G. A. R., celebrated its seventeenth | anniversary last night. Lyon Corps vre- sented the post with a handsome flag, which ceremony was performed by Mrs. | Eliza Shepard, president of the corps. A. P. A. Masquerade. OAKLAND, CaL., Dec. 11.—A grand A. P. A. masquerade ball will be given for the benefit i the Ame n Labor Bureau at Masonic Temple, Twelfth and Washing- ton streets, Wednesday evening. This will be the first masquerade ball given by the A. P. A.’s on this coast. In Childhood’s Realm.”” OAKLAND, CaL.,, Dec. 11.—On Friday evening there will be given an interesting entertainment at the Salvation Army cita- del, corner of Twelfth and Washington streets, in aid of the army’s rescue work. The entertainment, entitied “*An Hour in Childhood’s Realm,” will consist of 150 stereopticon views, dealing with child life. Professor Irwin of San Francisco will de- liver the lecture. HISTORY OF A DAY. Alameda County Happenings Told in Short Chapters. OAKLAND OFFICE 84X FRANCISCO CALL,) 908 Broadway, Dec. 11. § The season of the Oakland navy will end with next Saturday’s race. Next day the Reliance and the Olympic teams play a game for “charity’s sake’” at Central Park. The Oakland High School football team will <ton Saturday to play the last game ason. The Acme club is organizing a crack baseball team. The revival is being fostered by many of the old base runners. The Reliance club will entertain the visiting Butte team with & “gentlemen’s night” that will be a rare treat in athletics. La Rue of the Acmes and Maroney of the San Francisco Athletic Club will wrestle at the Oakland Athletic Club December 18. _The University Boat Club has secured an- Gther barge. There is talk of a race between the Olympic and the University crews. | The preliminery examination of John Bernal for the shooting of Dick Foley at Pleasanton will take place at that town on Friday next. The Alameda County Medical gave a reception and banquet to Dr. MacMon- acle of San Francisco last night at their rooms. C. E. Kenard, formerly collector for Dr. E. D, Curtis of East Oakland, was arrested this morning on the charge of embezzling the sum of §3 from his employer March 13. John Conlan, who lives at 634 Linden street, was given six months this morning in the Po- lice Court for battery committed upon his mother. His only exctse was that at the time he was drunk. The Reliance club is strengthening its foot- ball team in anticipation of the great game with Butté & week irom next Saturday. This promises to be one of the most sensational &on- tests of the year. One of the Blackwood has been authorized to effect & compromise with the widow, who is contesting the will, which indicates that the matter will be settled out of court. The Oakland consolidated electric line has filed a protest with the Board of Works stating that the street sweeping contractor leaves the debris on Franklin street scattered along the Tails of their track, often causing their current to ground. FATH HOME. WHTCHED The Arrival of Grandparents Saves Pastor Young From | Arrest. The Children’s, Society Again Takes | Steps to Protect Little Ones From Cruelty. ~p OrFice SAN Fraxcisco Cary,} 908 Broadway, Dec. 11. Rev. F. F. Young, the Whole Faith evangelist, conceived the idea that by moving into a sparsely settled district of | East Oakland in the hills on Twenty-first street that he had not only rid himself of | “gossiping neighbors,” but also of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, which has been on his trail for the past two months. It now seems his plans have been upset, for the children that he had abused were not without friends, who were keeping | their eyes on Mr. Young. After their re- moval the boys dropped entirely out of Osx quested to make an investigation. This was done Monday, and it was dis- covered that Mr. Young had not dispensed | with the terrible big blacksnake whip | with which he had so often chastised his | caildren, and there is some little proof | that it has not been idle since Young took | up his residence in East Oakland. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty | [ to Chilaren wouia have at once sworn out | a warrant for his arrest but for the Inct] | that the grandparents of the young chil- | dren suddenly appeared as visitors to the | household, having been brought to Oak- | | land by reading the accounts published in | Tue CALL concerning their son, the Rev. Mr. Young. They are from Washington.and for a | number of years have not seen the family, | as they were residing quite a distance | from Tacoma, where Mr. Young formerly lived. | * It is, however, surmised that the old | couple are here 10 take the children back | to Washingion with them. | Mrs. Prescott, bowever, will not relin- | quish her espioage, and Chief Lloyd has kindly offered his aid in authorizing Mrs. " Prescott in her official position to notify | the officer in Young's district to keepa | Jookout as to how affairs are going in the | Faith household, and reportif any cruelty | is practiced upon the,chiiden., Association minor heirs of the late W.C. | A HOT TAX CAMPAIGN. Wealth and Corporations Unite { to Prove a Dollar Sufficient. |TAB KEPT ON ALL OFFICERS. { ! | An Organization That Has Worked a | Partial Revolution in E Politics. 0AKLAND OFFICE SAN FrANCISCO CALL,} 908 Broadway, Dec. 11. One of the most original campaigns ever undertaken in this city is now well under way, and as its existence is due to the very heaviest taxpayers and is solely for the purpose of protecting their inter- ests it will not die for lack of support. It is an organization composed of bankers, landed proprietors, corporations | and other wealthy individuals or com- panies who are most directly interested in showing that the $1 tax-limit is sufficient | to rur the city and pay interest on all out- standing bonds. The movement is of unusual magnitude and has not yet formally organized, but it is already at work, and its line of work is carefully outlined. An analysis of the| project shows that there will be need of some of the cleverest political work ever done in this city if some of those who now pose as leaders are to hold their prestige. The proposition is one that will give Mayor Davie more fingncial backing than | any one man has ever controlled in Oak- | land. It is.in fact, an indorsement of Davie's fight for the dollar tax, and must | necessarily strengthen that official polit- ically. The object of the new organiza- tion, as outlined in an anenymous circu- | lar, 1s as follows: discussion arising out of the con troversy between the Mayor and some members of the City Council has been productive of a great dezl of careful con- | sideration on the part of taxpayers. The facts that were brought to light made it apparent that most rigid scrutiny and careful management of county and mu- nicipal affairs” would beyond doubt result in a further marked reduction of the tax rate.” The movement referred to 1s a proposed organization of the representative tax- | payers of the city and county for the pur- pose of maintaining a careful supervision | of every departmentof the city and county | government, lending aid where advisable and correcting any abuses that may be discovered. The ~organization will be strictly non-political. As before stated, the ohject is collectively to do what is the duty of each individual taxpayer—vi to keep a constant, intelligent supervision of municipal and county affa It is not vet known who will be the personnei of the organization, but it is safe to say that it will be composed of our best ci: ns. As the present non-partisan administra- tion is considered to represent ‘‘the best | element’’ in the community, and as it was desperately opposed to Mayor Davic’s dol- lar tax, it is not easy to sce how the two ‘‘best elements’’ are to be harmonized. s part of the plan that every timea penny is wanted by an official the fact shall’ be made public, and it shall be marked against him, so that when the year is ended data will be on hand to show just how much less than a dollar is neces sary to maintain the city government and how much less than $1 18 is necessary for the county. | Since George Kaufman ceased to be sec- | retary of the Board of Works he has acted as secretary to the Mayor and occasionally as city expert. For his services as expert he has oniy received the sum of $51, and for the balance of his salary he looks to the Mayor. This has given rise to the story that Mr. Kaufman has been acting as the representative of the organization referred to. There is, it is said, a guaranteed fund of $3500 with which to further the purposes of the body. As the reduction in the levy saved the taxpayers about $50,000, noother motive for providing an expert fund is necessary. | ‘BLOOMERS ARE IGNORED. Women Students of the Univer- sity Pass Over the i Subject. | { | | Banquet to Regent Reinstein—Foot. | ball Meeting Postponed. : Notes. BERKELEY, Carn, Dec. 11.— The bloomer question was not even so much as whispered at the meeting of the Asso- | ciated Women Students this afternoon, contrary to the expectations of many. It was generally believed that it would at 1east be brought up in a semi-official way, s0 as to get the consensus of opinion in re- lation to the matter in order that the sup- porters and non-supporters of the new cos- tume might know which way to turn. But nothing whatsoever was said about dress reform. This lack of consideration of the subject on the part of the co-eds is generally taken asa deathblow to bloomers as a universal attire among them. There are a few sup- | porters of the cause, however, who declare | their intention_of going according to the dictates of their own wishes and wearing the bloomer suits regardless of public opinion. | Miss McDonald was elected president of the body for the coming term, and Miss | Lillian Parker '98 secretary. | Banquet Regent Reinstein. { _BERKELEY, CAL, Dec. 11.—A. F. Mor- | rison, president of the University of Cal- fornia Alumni Association, has issued the | following notice to the members of that | body: | Governor Budd has seen fit to compliment | the Alumni Association by eppointing one of | its members to the first vacancy in_the Board | of Regents occurring in his sdministration. | As a measure of appreciation of the Governor's | compliment and as & testimonial of our regarad | for the office and the man appointed, it has | been decided that the association shall tender | a dinner to the new regent, our fellow-alumnus, J. B. Reinstein, '73. | The dinner will be given at the Palace Hotel, _%flanmucium. at 6:30 p. M., December 28, " Death of an 01 Resident. BERKELEY, CaL, Dec. 11.—Charles Starr, who for the last thirty’ years has been a familiar figure in Berkeley, died suddenly last night at his cabin on Uni- versity avenue, near California street. De- | ceased was a native of Ireland, and came to America shortly before the war. He served in Company A, Fourth Cahfornia Cavalry, and also in the Indian wars. Starr’s brother gives it as his opinion that heart disease was the cause of death, An inquest over the remains will be held to- morrow morning. Estate of Mrs. Lull. BERKELEY, CaL., Dec. 11.—The estate of Mrs. Marie Louise Lull, who died in Berkeley November 20, is divided by her will as follows: $2000 to Amelia Nye, her | | grandaaughter; $2000 in trust to E. W. | Patterson, executor of the estate, to be | used in educating Eisie Merriweather a | great-granddaughter; $100 to deceased’s son, James Lull, and. the rest of the estate, which is valued at $30,000, to be | unfair to him. divided between the two daughters of Mrs. Lull, Mrs. M. A. Platt of Berkeley and Mrs. Susan B. Pye of Glenn County. Special Eiection Ordinance. BEREKELEY, CAL., Dec. 11.—The near- est date upon which the Board of Town Trustees can pass an ordinance calling the special election for school and wharf bonds is January 3. The preliminary ordinance finally passed at the last meeting of the board must be advertised for two weeks before the other ordinance is passed. The two weeks will not be up until after the day of the next meeting, December 20, hence the matter will have to rest until January 3. Petitions are now in circula- tion for the election, such petitions being necessary to complete the legal formalities. Regent Reinstein to Speak. BERKELEY, CAL., Dec. 11.—Regent J. B. Reinstein will address the student body to-morrow afternoon at the hour set for the semi-annual inspection. The cadets in their uniforms will be lined up in close order to listen to his remarks. Lecture by a Chinese. BERKELEY, Car., Dec. 11.—Rev. Soo Hoo Nam Out, assistant pastor of the Chinese church of San Francisco, gave a lecture before a large audience at the Presbyterian church to-night on his Christian experience and reminiscences of his early life as a heathen. EXCITEMENT - SUBSIDING, The Heads of the Health Board and the School Board . Confer. Proposition to Form an Athletic Club in Alameda—Divorce Prayed For. ALAMEDA, Cavr., Dec. 11.—There has been a subsidence since yesterday in the wrath of the School Board over the utter- ances of Dr. Smith of the Health Board re- garding the presence of a certain disease among the teachers. This morning Dr. Reynolds, chairman of the Health Board, accompanied by Dr. Smith, called on Dr. Tisdale, chairman of the School Board, and was closeted with him for an hour. After the conference none of the parties would have anything to say except Dr. Smith, who declared that the whole mat- ter was now in the hands of the School Board. From this the inference is drawn that disclosures were made to the head of the School Board as to the grounds upon | which Dr. Smith based the remarks that | proved to be such a firebrand. Results are expected in a few days, and in the mean. time no more denunciatory resolutions are likely to be promulgated. Murmurs of the Tied. ALAMEDA. Car., Dec. 11.—Mrs. Mary P. Thompson wants a divorce. She used to be Mary Reichsrath, but married Wil- | liam Thompson, who now she alleges makes her life a burden. She charges tim with habitual intemperance and with hav- ing treated her cruelly. She wants to re- sume her maiden name. An Athletic Club. Dec. 11.—Dr. J. |G. Humphrey is sing the proposition of organizing an athletic club in Alameda. There is no such institution now in exist- ence, though there are residing here more than the proportionate number of athletic young men. The old Olympic Club filled, in a measure, such a want, but that 1s dead, and its meager apparatus was long ago disposed of. The Alameda Olympic Club was orgarfized by the late Arthur Nahl, and his son, Perham, was the main- stay of it for years. It drifred into the practice of getting up boxing bouts be- tween Alameda young men when boxing was the vogue, and one night the vogue was such an earnest and bloody coutest that the club fell in aisfavor with the public | and dwindled and died. School Examinations. ALAMEDA, Cav., Dec. 11.—The school examinations are now in progress. Most of the ciasses will have been examined, so that they can be dismissed next Friday for the midwinter vacation. The next term of the school will begin January 6. Wilkle Entertainment. ALAMEDA, Car., Dec. 11.—Alameda | society has subscribed to an entertainment to be given to-night by Alfred Wilkie, in which readings from Shakespeare, Dick- ens, Tennyson and Du Maurier will be exemplified by music and interspersed with solos. The subscription list is large, and embraces many of the best people of Alameda. B — ANXIOUS RAILROAD MEN. Commissioner Higgins Makes a Ruling for Assessment Insurance. OARLAND OFFICE SAN Fravoisco CALy, who are 908 Broadway, Dec. 12, Many railroad men in this city msured in the International Indemnity Company are exceedingly anxious about the standing of that corporation. Commissioner Higgins has assured them that President Dusinbury bad reported that he was in a dilemma, and that he | would bring the business to a close as speedily as possible. In & letter written to L. A. Steele, a flag- man who is insured, Mr. Hig, It was not my intention at this time to make public_contemplated action by this depart- ment, but in justice to Mr. Dusinpury, whose actions in this matter have been prompt and | honorable, I felt that the expected ruling | should not be longer delayed, as it would be I have for some time believed that the methods of dealing with the deposit required of assessment compaties, adopted by this department at the time the law was passed, were €rroneous. The coustruction I felt to be the proper one would make such a radical change in the financial statements of the companies and render it almost impossible for any company to be orgapized in the State in the future that I submitted the matter to the Aitorney- General, who is of the opinion that my con- struction is correct. I think that a company should not receive a license from the department unless the $5000 required as a deposit has been paid in by the 200 or more applicants in an equitabje pro- portion or on a basis satisfactory from an ac- tuary’s standpoint. & Further, the deposit of $£5000 cannot be con- sidered an asset in determining the solvency of a company, but as a_trust fund for a specific | purpose and not subject to the payment of claims of any character. Therefore, President Dusinbury found him- self confronted with two dilemmas. Unless he canceled the obligations of the company to him for the $5000 advanced by him at its or- gpmzuxionizw-n hopelessly insolvent. Ii he id cancel the debt then Le had to take the chances of having his license revoked on uc- count of the manner of his obtaining the de- osit funds being illegal. I understand that is counsel coincided with my views, aud that Mr. Dusinbury will be guided by them in his future course, which will be 10 protect the policy-holders against loss and bring the busi- ness to a close as speeaily as possible. President Dusinbury said last night that he had no intention of quitting and that the company was solvent. Mr. Steele said to-day that many poor people on this side of the bay had paid their dues out of small salaries and could ill afford to lose them. Recentiy one of the inspred seunt notice of sickness with a doctor’s certifi- cate, and it 1s said that the sick benefit of $10 a week was refused. The members were somewhat satisfied when the Commissioner said the business was to be wound up, but now that the president says he is going to continue, and has an agent named Harris working in the interior of the county, the members want to know how they stand and will soon forward another letter to the Cor- missioner. * e ‘Women 1n Korea are permitted to stay out till midnight, while men are required to be in the house at 8 P. M. Only married men are permitted to wear hats, Interesting Items From Important Points in Alameda County. |SNIBBED CLERK ROGERS, The Board of Health Wanted to Deal With the Mayor Direct. NOT ABLE TO MAKE ANALYSES Professor Hilgard’s Disappointing Reply to a Communication From the Health Office. The quarrel between Mavor Sutro and the other members of the Board of Health, begun at the last speciil meeting on the water question, is apparently rankling in the hearts of Drs. Hart, Morse and Fitz- gibbon, who were in attendance at that ex- citing meeting, and it came out yesterday when Taylor Rogers, the Mayor’s clerk, made his appearance in the Heaith Office. Secretary Godchaux of the Board of Health had been instructed to call a special meet- ing assoon as a reply was received from Professor Hilgard saying whether or not he zould undertake the analysis desired by the board, The reply arrived yesterday and was as follows: [Edmond Godchauz, Sccretary Board of Health— DEAR SIR: In reply to your communication of 9th conveying the inquiry on_ the part of the Board of Health “Whether I will make analysis of the waters contained 1n the reservoirs within the City limits,” I would say that it is impos- sible for me to do this work personally, be- cause of t0o great pressure of my regular du- ties, but I can have it done under my personal supervision o as to be enabled to vouch for the results. Imust add, however, that a sanitary water analysis, which is to serve as a basis for pos- sible official steps, is too delicate and critical a matter to be intrusted to a student class, as appears to be implied in the proceedings of the board as published in the morning papers and in a telephone message that. I received irom Mayor Sutro, especially if results are wanted within a short time. 1t would have to be done by an expert, and I would have to employ such a one in whose moral as well as professional qualifications I could place implicit confidence even while exercising personal supervision. Not knowing how many water samples may be implied in the work contemplated I am unable to say what the cost would be likely to be. I have in the laboratory several students who would undertake to make comparative analyses of such water, and by duplicating their work would doubtless reach correct re- sults in time. But if, as I understand, these results are desired at once, their work cannot be made cvailable. It happens unfortunately, too, that 1 have to be absent from next Saturday the greater part of next.week on a lecture tour in the south, So unless a sample were in my hands early to-morrow it would not be feasible to complete an analysis before my departure o that I could certify to it. Very respectfully yours, E. W. HILGARD. The Mayor was at once communicated with, but after hearing the contents of Professor Hilgard’s letter over the tele- | phone stated that he was too ill to attend the meeting. He said, however, that if the matter was postponed until to-day he | would be on hand. Mr. Rogers, however, called to get a copy of the letter and met a reception that was decidedly torrid. Not being able to get the copy he asked to be permitted to read the letter to the Mayor himself. “We don’t want to do business tLat way,” declared Dr. Morse. ‘“We want him here. You can’t read it over the wire to him.” “Don’t say that, sir, for I can,” retorted Rogers. “iell, we don’t propose to give-it to him in that way.” “Then base your refusal on that ground. If you want to take the buil by the horns, go ahead.” “We can transact our business without the interference of outsiders,” declared Dr. Fitzgibbon. “I'd like to know b{ what right you dictate to us what we shali or shall not do.”” “I’m not tryin’; to dictate to you.” “But you are.’ “I tell you, sir, Tam not. I came here to represent the Mayor.” *You're not a member of the Board of Health.” “I am aware of that, sir, but I came here at the Mayor’s request.” “I don’t Fnow whether you did or not.” “Well, I tell you I did.” Mr. Rogers finally withdrew and the meeting was postponed until this morning at 11 o’clock. SOME UGLY THINGS SKID, The Presence of Matt Jones Makes a Scene in the Howell Case. Attorneys for Both Sides Indulge in Caustic Allusions—Howell on the Stand. Matt Jones was the innocent cause of a ittle commotion between the attorneys in [ the Howell counterfeiting case in the ; United States District Court yesterday, | that, besides warming up the principals, was entertaining to the audience. Ina very matter-of-fact sort of way As- sistant United States District Attorney Knight had brought Jones into the court- room when the proceedings were about to begin for the day, and Jones was given a seat beside Secret Service Agent Harris. The object of this was to embarrass Howell on the stand by having the very man upon whom he had” saddled the crime on the two former trials confront him face to face. Now, Judge Morrow had made arule that all witnesses should be'excluded from tne courtroom, save Mr. Harris, who as an officer was privileged to be present all the time. Attorney Campbell saw his op- portunity, and with his stentorian voice, pitched in its most exzlted tenor, his mobile face expressing. righteous indigna- tion, and his tapered forefinger pointing emphatically at the cause, he opened thus: Your Honor, I wish to call your attention to the fact that the prosecution has seen fit to ignore a rule made by your Honor as to the exclusion of witnesses. Right here in this | very courtroom, despite your Honor's express order to the contrary,the attorney for the other side has a witness named Jones. [ ask that your Honor have the rule enforced, and that Mr. Jones be removed from the room. Mr. Knight explained mildly that he was desirous of having Jones present to assist bim 1 examining the witness, as Jones was possessed of some valuable in- formation; but Mr. Campbell reiterated his demand in & tone that was almost a treble. Mr. Knight, somewhat insinuat- ingly, remarked: Well, if the defense is afraid to face the Gov- ernment's witnesses, we have no objection to Mr. Jones withdrawing. The effect of this hot shot was to create a scene that bordered on the hysterical. Campbell and his associate, Mr. Pillsbury, both tried to talk back at Mr. Knight “at one and the same time,” as lawyers would say, and a few personal retorts were inter- jected by Mr. Knight. Some decidedly unpleasant things were said by each side about the other after the innuendo fashion. the defense accusing ‘the Government’s legal talent of persecu- tion and the representative of Mr. Foote taunting Howell's champions with undue fearfulness, and only the most pessistent use of the gavel by Judge Morrow suc- ceeded in producing order out of chaos. The court suid he would enforce the rule as to excluding witnesses, to which Mr. Knight cheerfully acquiesced, taking oc- casion to observe, however: | Howell has had two witnesses in this court- room all through this trial—his wife and daughter—but we will not ask that the rule be enforced against Mrs. Howell and Mrs. Green. Jones was removed and the examination of Howell proceeded. Howell told the story which his attor- ney bad anticipated the day previous, namely, that he unwittingly came into possession of the bad bills in question through the payment to him by Charles Murray of a debt of $40 during the latter part of March, 1892. He explained that he managed the prop- erty his wife got from her father, Captain Johnson, amounting to about $300,000; that the income in rents from it was from $800 to $1000 monthly, his wife’s bank ac- count being subject to his demands; that this bank account in 1892, at the time he was alleged to have been mixed up with the North Beach counterfeiting gang, was $25,000; that he lent Murray money, and the Jatter paid him the $40 in a saloon in Stockton. Then as to Matt Jones, he said it was Jones to whom the box of counterfeit money was sent by Marsh and Murray, and not himself. He, himself, did not know what the contents of the box were. A second boxfull for Jones he also receipted for. His evidence was that he had noth- ing to do with tne packages sent to his office tenant. Among his wife’s tenant’s were several Chinese. he said, he might have got some of the bad coins from them. In his direct examination he mentioned a mortgage of $25,000, but when cross- examined during the afternoon he ex- plained that he had borrowed more money —that he had borrowed more money to speculate upon. Asked what he meant by | “to pay my “speculation,” he replied, attorneys’ fees.”” The reason he had told Sheriff Cunningham that he had counter- feit money in his safe, he said, was because he was very much ‘‘flustered at the time of the arrest.” At adjournment both court and bar in- dulged in some pleasant moralizing about legal *humor.” conclusion that the attorneys were usunally in a worse humor in the forenoon than in the afternoon. . The new defense of Howell as to receiv- ing the bad money through Murray’s pay- ment of a debt to him is to be rebutted by a statement from Murray that he was in Stockton some time between the 1st and 10th of February, and not_during March at all; that instead of paying Howell $40 he paid him $60, that being on May 16. It is also expected to come out 1n rebuttal that Murray afterward loaned Howell | money; that Howell was finally indebted to an amount of $80 and that instead of ac- cepting that amount in good money he | chose the box of stuff which he says was intended for Matt Jones. Attorney Campbell think the trial will not take much more time. WOMEN'S MASS-MEETING Another Conference on Methods for a Wholesale Moral Fumigation. The New Movement May Be Supple- mentary Instead of Antagonistic to the Old. A mass-meeting of women will be held at Metropolitan Temple this evening to protest against the alleged prevalence of certain forms of vice in this City. The movement, it is claimed, is not antagonistic to the Women’s Federation for Public Good, but in a sense supple- mentary to it. Most of the members of the federation have been invited to be present and it is said some will partici- pate. The purpose of the mass-meeting for this evening is the same as those preceding 1t. The ladies differ as to representation, that is all. The promoters of the federa- tion insisted upon making it a delegated body, all “‘societies organized for public good’” according to the constitution of that body being entitled to representation. There was opposition to thisfrom the first, the opinion of those opposing being that the representation thus secured would not be zeneral. ‘When it was learned that mostof the societies which sent representatives were either the missionary auxiliaries of vari- ous churches of the City and vicinity or A. P. A. councils an antagonistic spirit was roused on the part of ladies whose names do not appear on any church roll on the one side and the Catholic Ladies’ Aid Society and the Young Ladies’ Insti- ‘tute on the sther. ‘When Mrs. Rose French’s candidacy for the office of president of the federation was discussed 1t developed that there was opposition to her on the ground that her avowed friendship for Durrant and his family was inconsistent with her position as an advocate for the purification of | morals. The disaffection arising from these divers causes led to vhe organization a fortnight ago of the societies known as the Women’s American Union, the Women’s American Liberal League and the Silent Workers. These organizations have called the mass-meeting for this evening. Addresses will be made by officers of these organizations and others. By a peculiar coincidence the name of one of the new organizations is, with the exception of a transposition of two words, the same as that of the American Women's Liberal League, also recently formed, with more than 1000 members, and having the following constitution: ‘We declare that liberty of conscience is not only a privilege, but a sacred right in these United States; and thet freedom of religious worship has been gnaranteed to all citizens by the constitution. ‘We assert that the experience of over a hun- dred years has demonstrated that religious in- tolerance is incompatible with the best eivil- jzation; and that persecution or_proscription ou account of race, color or creed is a menace to the country’s welfare and the country's ood g We denounce any attempt to array one class of citizens against another on the score of race, creed or color as un-American and unjust. We condemn 8s violators of the constitution those who seek, either openly or in secret, to make a religious test a qualification for any office of publie trust. We believe that no organization should be permitted to render null and void, under any pretext, the guaranties of religious liberty, contaiued in our organiclaw, and to the end that “no reiigious test should ever be required as a qualification to office or public trust un- der the United States”; and that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or ronibiting. the free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession, and that worship, without discrimination or preference, shall iorever be guaranteed in the United States, we hereby subscribe our names as members of the American Women’s Liberal League. Mrg. Susan M. Theall, who has been chie?y instrumental in organizing the lat- ter society, regrets the fact that the two have been confounded, and disclaims any knowledge of the mass-meeting movement. A conference held last evening by the committee in charge resulted in the adop- tion of the following plan and notice for this evening’s meeting: Mrs. W. E. Sharon will preside, Miss Frances Douglass will act as secretary. The meeting will be opened with the chorus, *‘America,” by the audience. The speakers will be: Mrs. erg E. Wells on *“Harmony,” Mrs. A. B. Bhepherd on “Freedom,”’” Mrs. Alma Bates on “Law Enforcement.” All women interested in our crusade against_vice are invited and will have a vote. This meeting is called for the pur- pose of admitting as members all women For all he knew, | It was the unanimous | who are not connected with churches or societies and are anxious to work with us. There will be no fees, and every woman who wishes to join will please send in her name and address on a slip of paper. A SLIPPERY PAVEMENT. Merchants on Front Street Petition for the Improvement of That Thoroughfare. The wholesale merchants on Front street, between Market and Commercial, com- plain to the Board of Supervisors that the bituminous pavement on that partof Front street named causes great hardship and injury to horses enzaged in heavy draying. The following petition is being generally signed: We, the undersigned merchants, {‘»mperty- owners, draymen and lovers of the horse do hereby petition your honorable body to give us some relief as regards the pavement on Front street, between Market and Commer- cial streets, the same being dangerous and a constant menace to life and limb of both man and beast. On damp and foggy mornings (and even | when the weather is dry) the pavement be- | | | | | | | brutes in our care. | irresistible invitation: comes so slippery that a team of horses walk- ing over it have great difficulty to keep a foot- ing. When moving more rapidly it is still more hazerdous. To start a heavy-laden wagon or truck is extremely dangerous. Many times during the duy it occurs thaé & horse is thrown down, joints dislocaled, bones broken; some- times’ éxcaping more fortunately with only 2 severe jarring from the fall. Drivers are aiso irequently hurt and badly bruised by being thrown out by the sudden stop when a horse falls. We ask that the ma ter be investigated in the interests of humax ity, and the duty we owe tqthe faithful dumb B The petition protests against the use of bitumen and suggests basalt blocks in- stead. The committee of merchants hay- ing charge of the protest is as follows: A. Lorsbach of Roun, Hencke & Lors- bach, George R. Savage of F. H. Tyler & Son and H. E. Brown, manager of the ‘Western Transfer and Storage Company. TO ENJOIN NEVADA CITY. Eleanor C. Huntington Trying to Pre- vent It From Acquiring Water ‘Works of Its Own. One of the Huntington family is endeav- oring to prevent Nevada City, in this State, from acquiring a water supply and service of its own. Eleanor C. 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