The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 13, 1895, Page 10

10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1893. POOL AND POKER INQUIRY. Grand Jury and Four Supervis- ors Talked of Suppressing Vice. ONE WITNESS WAS OBSTINATE. Supervisor Hughes Declined to Say How He Would Vote on the Pool Ordinance. Supervisors King, Benjamin, Dunker and Hughes went before the Grand Jury yes- terday afternoon. Supervisors Scully and Hirsch became weary of waiting and went downtown. Supervisor Wagner was not in the City vesterday. % Through some inadvertence in the Dis- trict Attorney’s office Supervisor Dinvend, who was heard some time ago and whose presence was not the second time re- quested, was served with a subpena yes- terday and he obeyed the summons. He broke away from the companionship of eeable company at Ingleside, and so Jost the pleasure of an engagement which promised to lead to a superbdinner in order to present himself as a witness. The first of the four Supervisors called Josepn King. He announced himself in the anteroom and in the room where the members of the jury assemble as op- posed to_ gambling in all its phases, whether in town or out on the racetrack. Supervisor Benjamin, speaking for him- self aiter his testimony had been given, said the mcmbers of the jury asked him several questions as to his view: suppression of vice generally «nd the clos- ing of the poolrooms in particular. said they did not ask_him about boodle or anything of that kind. e Supervisor Dunker was the third wit- ness called in. When he came out he said in reply to i iries that no questions were asked him concerning_ the Langdon permit and the payment of §125 in the pro ceedings. He w ked the general ques tion if he knew of any money having been raised to influence or corrupt the Board of Supervisors, and_to_all inquiries of this character he replied in the negative. The Grand Jury recognized in Mr. Du ker's manner and appearance that he was® distressed by the gravity of the accusa- tions against him and therefore di nd direct and pointed que ncerning the reports and testimony which connected him with the Langdon- Gallagher transaction. Supervisor Hugues was the fourth and last witness called. He told the Grand Jury that he Jid not know of any mouey having been used to_corruptly influence | According to the Board of Supervisors. ury did not ask him any ques- concerning the sum of $500 a month ibuted by pool-sellers to retain the ices of J. H. Dickinson. Mr. Hughes said: “They asked me how I intended to vote when the ordinance rec- ommended by the Grand Jury came up for passage in the Bourd of Suvervisors, and I declined to tell them. Don’t you think I was right in refusing to answer that ques- tion 2"’ Supervisor Hughes’ testimony was the | ble comment in the and members discussed mation as they leit the hall. ’ said one of the de: topic _of Grand Jur; it with so: “We may call him again,’ jurors. ; It is ascertained that Hughes, on being asked how he intended to vote on the ordi- nance to prevent pool-selling downtown, repliea: *I decline to answer that ques- tion under oath, as 1 may change my mind before the subject comes up for tinal ac- tion in the boara.”’ Of the four Supervisors calied yesterday, Hughes was surely regarded by the jury as the obdurate witness. He paid suf- ficient regard to the mons, however, to remain until after 5 o’clock to give his testimony, which was more consideration than Supervisors Scully and Hirsch paid to the Grand Jury. The members of the Grand Jurv were not at all surprised that the Supervisors who were cailed es witnesses cons o used to defeat the ordinance aga town pool-selling. Supervisors who are standing in with the poolroom managers and have so far held the prohibitive order 1n check are not likely to tell the Grand Jury their methods or secrets. If they can hoodwink the jury by general state- ments that they are opposed to open poker games and favor the suppression of all | kinds of vice they cannot mislead the people who read the proceedings in the Board of Supervisors and reflect that the poolrooms and open poker games are still running in full blast. If agents of the Solid Eight are col- lecting toll from the gambling-houses the Supervisors in the combine are not going t o make the Grand Jury acquainted with the facts. The charges against the management of the Fire Department, which were pre- sented a few days ago, are in the hands of 0. F. Willey, chairman of the Fire De- partment committee. It 1s asseried in the communication that more men than the law authorizes find employment in the department, and that money appropriated to maintain the service is not proverly expended. The re- port of the committee's expert, Joseph Gordon, has also been prepared. The Grand Jury adjourned to meet next Monday afternoon. At that time Thomas R. Asnworth, Superintendent of Streets, will be heard. He has expressed a desire to explain some of the transactions in his department to the members of the Grand Jury, and they have decided to give him a fair opportunity. ON THE WATER FRONT. Arrival of the Mail Company’s Steamer City of Peking From Honolulu Ahead of Time. The heavy fog that hung over the bay yesterday morning was responsible for a serious collision. The schooner Mary Etta was passing up from Fisks Mill, and when off section B of the seawall ran into the pilot-boat Bonita. The latter broke away from her moorings and the two boats drifted up with the tide. The tug Vigilant came along and separated them. Both vessels were slightly camaged. The missionary schooner Pitcairn ar- rived from the South Sea Islands last night, after an extended cruise. She left here last May. A number of natives were brought up to be educated. They will be taught the faith of the Seventh-day Ad- ventists and returned to their homes to spread the gospel. David Edgar came down from Stockton on the steamer Mary Garrett last Wednes- day nigiit and during the passage was robbed by two men and a woman of his gold watch. On his arrival he complained to Sergeant Mahoney, who placed one of the men, Fred Marlow, under arrest on a charge of grand larceny. The others es- caped. One of the men snatched the watch and passed it to the woman. The Pacific Mail steamer City of Peking arrived unexpectedly from Hong- kong via Yokohama and Henolulu last night. She made the run in a little over six days. The following is the passenger list: Captain F. Allen, C. Bossee, Reyv. E. N. Fletcher and wife, C. 8. Harrison and wife, A. E. McGlen, P. L. Neyts, Karl Stelzl, Mrs. P. H. Wheeler, Captain W. G. Bentwick, Rev. F. H. Chalfant, Bishop E. R. Hendrix, Rev. Charles Mills, F. B. Morgan, M. Prastnrskiewicz, Lieutenant J. H. Shipley, U. 8. N.; George M. Booker, Eugene Eniaigh, Rey. W. Lane and wife F. Malutin, C. A. Monkowsky, S. Rose ~ ' statement the members of | | | | others gave short addresses, in which they feld and_Henry P. Umbsen. The Peking will dock at an, early hour this morning. Everything was quiet in Hawaii when she sailed. e e WOMEN’S MASS-MEETING. Formation of the American Women’s Union for Home Missionary Work. Three much - discussed societies, the Women’s American Liberal League, the Silent Workers and the Women’s Ameri- can Union, have been amalgamated in the last-named organization. The purpose of the infant scciety is stated to be the fur- therance of the work of purifying San Francisco's moral atmosphere. Mrs. A. B. Shepherd stated that the real purpose of last evening’s poorly attended mass-meeting at Metropolitan Temple was to secure more members for the union, al- though incidentally there was much dis- cussion of the need of a more moral en- vironment than is found in many homes. Mirs. A. C. Wells spoke of the need of harmony in all reform work. Mrs. H. M. Chandler followed in the same line. Mrs. Chandler also sang *‘Last Night.” Mrs. Anna Smith contended that there could be no morality without liberty. Mrs. L. P. Moore, Mrs. Gilley and were united as to purpose but differed as to means. The union, whose full title is the Woman's American Union for Home Missionary Work. is officered by Mrs. A. B. Shepherd, president; Mrs. Alma Bates, vice-president; Mrs. Emma Rice, record- ing secretary; Miss Lillie Hughes, cor- responding secretary, and Miss Alice Hicks, treasurer, SPELLING'S NEW CHARGES Attacks Vigorously the Califor- nia Safe Deposit and Trust Company. Vice-President Williams Says That His Company Does a Bank- ing Business. At the regular monthly meeting of the directors of the defunct People’s Home Savings Bank yesterday there was read a letter from T. C. Spelling, attorney for the depositors and stockholders, declaring that the California Safe Devosit and Trust | Company had no existence as a banking corporation and cannot as such 1egally ac- cept or hold the funds of the People’s Home Savings Bank. It is merely a trust company The second point made in_the letter per- tains to the relation of the People’s Home Savings Bank and the Calhfornia Safe De- posit and Trust Company erowing out of the possession by the latter of a great number of passbooks evidencing deposits in the People’s Home Savings Bank made prior to its insolvency, the former corpora- tion claiming to be outright assignees of those clairrs from the depositors. Itap- pears that the creditors on the books of the People’s Home Savings Bank have been changed and entered in the name of the California Safe Deposit and Trust Company. “I consider it my duty and privilege to state,” writes Mr. Spelling, “that the California Safe Deposit ana Trust Company has no power to acquire any title to or ir in these pass- idenced by them under the circumstances, and that it, having no title to them, the new or changed entries in the books of the People’s Home does not authorize the People” Bank to pay nor the Calilornia and Trust Company to receive these Both these propositions rect, whether we assume that the Californ Safe Deposit and Trust Company is merely a trust company or concede that it is both a trust company and & banking corporation.” Henry Williams, vice-president of the California Safe Deposit and Trust Com- pany, says that his company does a regu- lar banking business and enjoys that right. He declares that Attorney Spelling’s posi- tion is ridiculous. MRS. JAMIESON-TURNER. She Has Returned From the Sound on the Umatilla. Mrs. Jamieson-Taylor- Turner arrived from Port Townsend on the steamer Unmatilla last night. She only remained at her home in Port Angeles for five days. While in San Francisco she was known as Mrs. Jamieson. For her trip north she assumed the name of Mrs. J. A. Taylor. and when she took passage at Port Town- send she gave the name of Mrs. J. A. Turner. From this fact the passengers on the Umatilla surmised that Mrs. Jamieson and yon,g J. Arthur Turner have entered into a ntract marriage. According to their way of thinking Turner swore to the contract before a notary public here and Mrs. Jamieson swore to it in Port Angeles and had her father for a witness. The old gentleman met her at Port Townsend and was also there 10 bid her good-by. ‘When the Umatilla docked M Jamie- son-Turner could not be found. *Look in the eaptain’s room,” said a man who was packing his valise. “Mrs. Turner has made that her headquarters during the voyage. You'll have to be very careful, however, as Captain Hunter has arranged to get the lady ashore very quietly and she will remain in seclusion ‘until everybody else is ashore.” *Is there not a Mrs. Turner on the pas- senger list?”’ the captain was asked. The captain shook his head and said, “You must ask the purser. Idon’t know the names of any of the passengers.” Mrs. Turner answered very readily to her name when spoken to. She denied the storv that was telegraphed, to the effect that she was going to England to re- join Turner. “I am_ going to Los An- reles,” said she, “‘and_there I expect to work for my living. Before going there I took a trip to the Sound to see my father. I did not go ashore at Victoria, B. C., and Home Savings I did not see Mr. Jamieson.” WANTS MORE PATRONAGE. Collector Welburn Asking for an In- crease of His Force. Internal Revenue Collector Welburn ie recommending in his report to the Com- missioner of Internai Revenue an increase of allowance for this district so that he can have his force of subordinates aug- mented by at least ten mcre appointments. The receipts of the office for this year, he said yesterday. have been $1,755,227 53, which is $181,07386 greater than the re- ceipts for last year, and he expects that with the coming year there will be an in- crease of anywhere between $300,000 and $500,000. The present allowance is $45,860, which amount covers about thirty regular sal- aried positions, the gaugers being com- pensated on a percentage basis. Speaking of this, Mr. Welburn said: ‘My district is greater in area than any otherin the United States, and_though it may rank about fourth or fifth in the mat- ter of receipts, yet the large area of terri- tory to be covered entails an enormous amount of work, for which my present force is quite inadequate. This district, extending from Sacramento to the south- lern le?undary of the State, is 700 miles ong. The Collector says he never has men enough to attend to withdrawals from wuredous!s as promptly as the trade . de- mands. ———————— Shooting for the Blind. The entire receipts of Saturday aiternoon at the ““Shooting the Chutes” will begiven to the fund for blind and deaf children. On Sunday Professor Markeberg at 12 o'clock will hang on to a parachute by his teeth, and at half-past 3 Robert Earlston will rige a bicyele attached to & parachute. Sensations are becoming at- tractive in San Francisco. EXQUISITE KERAMIC AR, Artists of the Brush and of the Burnisher Reign Bril- - liantly. CHINA SHOW IN THE PALACE' Ladies of the Keramic Art Club De- lighted With the Success of Their Exhibit. A reign of enchantment ended last even- ing in the maple room of the Palace Hotel, for the fifth annual exhibition of the Keramic Art Club was really an artistic triumph and a success. Miss Bacon, the treasurer of the club, sat thoughtfully behind a tray piled high with $5 and $10 gold pieces—the golden realization of appreciated artistic effort. “It is quite delightful,”” .nused she, “that the sunshine out of doors matches s0 well in color and abundance the pledges that artistically inclined rich folk have left behind.” “It has always stormed during our ex- hibitions, you know,” added the president, Mrs. L. L. Baker, *‘but we have had pleas- ant weather this time, and neversuch a recognition and never such crowds before.” The dozen or so tables laden with the delicately tinted and fragile Dresden and Delit of a thousand pleasingly fantastic shapes were themselves set effectively around the hall. Last year the punch-bowls ana lamps were most conspicuous, but this year ate tankards treated in ‘“‘old blue” and drink- ing cups seemed most in evidencc. Immediately to the right of the entrance was the exhibit of Miss H. D. Philip. Most noticeable in her display was a set of Napoleon beer glasses, with a tray on which was a cluster of Hops tinted most naturally. She had a dainty cup and sau- cer of royal purple, with pink roses on the sides, ana a series of small tiles with cu- pids on them painted in gray, with faint pink tints. Miss Nettie King had some choice ex- hibits. Most conspicuous was a portrait of Fannie Kemble, a copy of Thusman's “Fates” and a Delft imitation in old blue of a fisherman standing on the beach and calling across the water. Shealso had a fern vgse of blue Sevres on which was an original design of cupids. Mrs. J. S. Adams had a large jardiniere decorated with a dream of pink roses, sur- rounded with graceful tracery in wcold, and a lamp treated in rich purple with gold etching. At the same table Mrs. C. A. Hyde had a set of fishplates decorated with fish in natural colors and a plaque— a Diana study—in flesh tints and old blue. Miss Minnie Taylor had a beer set in old blue decorated in the German fashion with sketches of friars. The figures were Toad, and to what portion of it the City had a title. He signified his intention to contribute land for widening the road, but be wished to be informed first whether the City had any title thereto. also whetier other property-owners would contribute. The question was referred to the City At- torney, with instructions to examine the City’s title. The commibtee decided to grant a per- mit to the Pacific Paving Company to pave Van Ness avenue from Union to Green street. A favorable report will be made upon the plan of instructing the Oity Engineer to make profiles and recommend the grades that should be established on Onondago avenue, from Mission to Ocean avenue, and on Ocean avenue westerly to Corbett avenue. at Ingleside, at a &ost not exceed- ing $650. The petition of property-owners for per- mission to pave Green streen from Front to Battery was denied. The work of paving Sacramento street from First to Cherry was orderea sto?ped for six months because of protesis from property-owners. Daniel Kelleher was released from the contract for sidewalks at the crossing of McAllister street. It was decided to report favorably the petitition of T. worth for a temporary track for grading purposes across Six- teenth street, at San Bruno avenue, and across Seventeenth to Utah. The committee decided to give contract- ors who have begun private contracts on the streets a chance, before putting the regulations regarding private contracts into effect. The report of George W. El- der, the expert on streets, showed that a hardship would be worked on contractors if the regulations went into effect at once. He advised that the contractors be allowed until January 1 to finish the work now on hand.. Chairman Spreckels spoke in favor of the measure, which was carried without a dissenting vote. . A SAFETY CAR-COUPLER, Double Claws Jam Iato Op- posite Bozes and Catch Over Blocks. An Automatic Device Perfected to Avoid Danger in Connecting Cars by Hand. At last an old railroad employe and | engineer is confldent that he has designed a coupling that will join all sorts of rail- road cars instantly on impact and without subjecting men to the danger of the pres- ent method of link and pin coupling per- formed by hand. A model of the device shows a very simple construction by which, when two cars bump together, the opening in the coupler on one car receives the hook from the coupler of the other car and there is an instantaneous double locking, the hook on the side of each box being thrust into the opposite box and catching overa latch- j Il \ AN AUTOMATIC DOUBLE.HOOK CAR [Sketched by a \ T - COUPLING RECENTLY INVENTED BY A RAILROAD MAN FROM NEVADA. “Call” artist.] lifelike and delicate. She makes a specialty of cups and saucers and has about forty of aifferent shapes and styles of ornamentation. Mrs. Mary Herrick Cross and her sister, Miss Alice Herrick, had two tables in a corner that were laden with marvelously delicate and beautiful creations. Mrs. Cross’ specialty 1s broad washed color work from nature and Miss Herrick has an eleglsnt assortment of miniatures. A tall ale tankard, the work of Mrs. Cross, is especially commendable. It is treated in a rich brown, and on the side is the figure of an old monk drawing from a cask a flagon of ale. Miss de Valin had a dainty French clock decorated with cupids and a French tea- pot of Bevres green, besides a novelty in the way of a china writing set painted beautifully with Marie Louise violets. Mrs. Adolph Unger had some tiles in old blue, on which were Flemish household scenes which were much admired; also a large plaque decorated with a cluster of grapes. Mrs. C. A. Schurteff had some charming Dresden imitations. Mrs. 8. E. Dutton had two Delft lamps in old biue and two delicate lamps after the Dresden style. Mrs. Maude Norse,who makes a specialty of verbenas, gilly flowers and roses in decoration, had a table-top with crimson roses painted beautifully upon it. A skill- ful treatment of the middle distance in the cluster of flowers made the work natural and summery. Mrs. Root had some velx\? pretty effects in Dresden imitationsand Mrs. Effie Brown some beautifully decorated vases and plates. In the center of the room Mrs. D. W. Perley had a large pitcher and drinking- mug in soft-green tones and a difficult brown tinting, and an oddly shaped fern dish treated to give the royal Berlin effect. At the same table Mrs, 8. B. Culp had a loving-cup decoratdd with scenes from Miles Standish, *‘The Wooing,” “The Cot- tage” and “‘The Stile.” Miss Antoinette Sinnet and Miss Rich- ardson had some beautifnl traysand plates decorated with floral deeigns. Miss Sinnet’s artistic skill is attested in the excellence of her work. The speci- mens which this 8an Jose artist exhibited were highly praised by those competent to judge of this style of decorative art. Mrs. Theodore Gray had some highly artistic specimens of “Old Blue,” among which was a scene off the coast of Maine that was done admirably. Mrs. Thomas Church gnd a chocolat pot an2 loving-cup treated in royal Berlin gemgn that were besutifui and aelicately one. STREET COMMITTEE REPORTS. Widening of the Ocean House Road Cousidered by Mayor Sutro. _)d’nyor Sutro requested the Street Com- mittee of the Board of Supervisors to ascer- tain the exact width of the Ocean House like block. By this means, instead of a single cdupling, there are two connections |- forming a double guard against any possi- bility of disconnection by breakage, as has sometimes resulted from too great strain on the links in the generally used link and pin coupler. The links do occasionally give way, and that is why cars can often be seen joined also by chains asa pre- caution avainst their being separated. The recent invention has provided for such a contingency by this double grip ar- rangement. David J. Stevenson of Virginia City, Nev., is the inventor of the new coupler, which he calls the Stevenson double-hook automatic car-coupler. He is a railroad employe and Jocomotive engineer, and for eleven years has studied on the problem which he believes his present device has solved. ' In 1894 he got outa patent on an auto- matic link and pin coupler, but the master mechanjcs, having condemned the use of a link and pin connection, he set about de- visinga coupling that would be free from that objection and embrace all the advan- tages of an efficient automatic contrivance. When seen yesterday at the Grand Hotel Stevenson explained his invention. He completed it two months ago, and has just applied for a patent. The tumblers or latches on which the hooks tch are held up by the weight of extensions to the axles to which they are fastened. These axles extend beyond the box at the side and e bent down like small cranks. Aslong as they are down, the tumbler is up, and nothin, but the compléte overturning of the cars wil reverse the position of the little levers and al- low the cars to become disconnected without the interference of man. But a simple upward movement of both levers grasped with one hand throws down the blocks and the hooks have nothing to gripon. Both handles have to be elevated at once or else the disconnection is not accomvlished any more than it would be by the breaking of one of the hooks. The latches or blocks, when up in ition, hold against side projections in the box, making them doubly strong to withstand the strain irom the pull of the flat surface hool There are no springs about the apparatus. So much leeway is allowed for the entrance of the hooks that a connection may beeffected on aturnorat an upward or downward anflc with the cars forced in contact easily or with ;prt‘!;de o fa(r),lewnh no danger of cr:)ppllnilt nece: "1‘;"‘;' h‘“e 2% ssity of a cautious bumping 'y In the coupling is provided for by space beyond the blocks, in'm v';mch the hooiupcon extend when the cars are as close together as Ppossible. Such allowance has to be made in all ccunlings to allow the engine to starta long train by a communication of jerks. —_— —_—— Lecture by Professor Le Conte. Dr. Joseph Le Conte will lecture on *Philos- ophy and Its Relation to Psychology and P}ggllohn" this evening at Golden Gate Hall, 620 Sutter street, at § o'clock, under the auspices of the California Psychical Society. ——————————— A Big Mining Company. The Pioneer Gold Mining Company has filed articles of incorporation. It has a capital :;onc:eg! $2,000,000, ail of which bas been suby PRIZE POULTRY PARADE. Awards Made in Several of the Departments Yesterday Afternoon. GRAND DISPLAY OF LEGHORNS. The Entries Greatly Outnumber Those of Previous Years—In. terest Growing. The Poultry Show is on in full form. All the exhibits are in place and every coop is full. Already the judges have begun their tours of inspection and awards are being made in the various departments. The attendance yesterday was larger than that of the day before, though not up to the expectation of the management. As a general feathered turnout the show is ahead of that of last January. In number and quality of the fowl it triumphs over the efforts of the poultrymen last year, and the general verdict is'that the public should take a more active interest in the display of feathered beauties. Some of the prettiest birds in the land are to be found in the long tiers of coops which line the spacious building on four sides, and there is much to interest those who are not familiar with the scientific breeding of high-class poultry. A new feature was introduced yesterday in the exhibit of dressed poultry. On a stand arranged specially for their display were placed several dressed turkeys, ca- pons, ducks and chickens. The lower part of the standard contained an assortment of high-class eggs, including those of the Brahmas, Minorcas, Plymouth Rocks, Wy- andottes, etc. Among the exhibits which attract the most attention is that of the Belgian hares. To the casual observer they resemble the jack rabbit. Their structural development 1s similar, and the ears are fully as long as the wild hare of the mountains and plains. In the east and abropd the Belgian hares are raised for the market on a large scale. They are considered a great aelicacy among epicures and take rank with the capon. They are a beautiful ammal. Their fur is long and even, and the win- ning, docile look in their large eyes in- vites man entle hand strcke of their timid heads. They are a very timid ani- mal and become such pets that it seems a shame to raise them for the market. Some of the bucks and does weigh eighteen pounds. A family is raised every month in the year, and in the Eastern markets the full-grown hares sell all the way from $1to$3. i Including the pigeon and hare entries the number of fowl on exhibition is far ahead of last year. The fowl are 1500 in number, and the value of the prizes is $2500. The attendance during the evening showed that an increased interest is being taken in the exhibition of feathered varie- ties. During the afternoon and evening the judges were busy among the hundreds of coops, and up to closing time the fol- lowing awards had been made: Light Brahmas—Cockerels: First, James Quick; second, Thomas Robinson; third, James Quick; fourth, James Quick; fifth, Reliance Poultry Yard. Cocks: First, James Quick; second, James Quick; third, Sonoma Valley Poultry Yard; fourth, E. A. Murry; fifth, A. J. Albee. Hens: First, James Quick; second, James Quick; third, Sonoma Poultry Yard: fourth, J. A. Scholefield; fifth, A. J. Albee. Pullets: James Quick, prizes, from one to four. Dark Brahmas—Cocks—First E. H. Freeman; second, A. J. Albee. Hens— First, A. J. Albee; second and third, E. H. Freeman; fourth and fifth, A. J. Alber. Pullets—First, second, third and fourth, A.J. Albee; fifth, E. H. Freeman. Cock- erels—First and second, A. J. Alber. White Langshans—Cocks—First. second and third, A, J. Albee. Cockerels—First, second and third, A. J. Albee. Hens— First, second, third, fourth and fifth, A. J. Albee. Pullets—First, F. P. Lowell; sec- ond, third, fourth and fifth, A. J. Albee. Black Langshans—Cocks—First, A. J. Albee; second, J. A. Scholefield: third, fourth and fifth, A. J. Albee. Cockerels— First, second, third, fourth and fifth, A. J. Albee. Hens—First, second, third and fourth, A. J. Albee; fifth, J. A. Schol field. Pullets—First, J. A. Scholefiel second, F. P. Lowell; third, A.J. Albee; fourth, J. A. Scholcfield; fifth, A.J. Albee. White-faced Black Spanish—tCocks— First, second, third, fourth and fifth, Charies J. \Vrifiht. Cockerels—Third, R. O. Shiverly. Hens—First, second, third and fourth, J. Noonan; fifth, Charles A. ‘Wright. Pullets—First, R. O. Shiverly. ‘White-crested black Polish—Cockerel, 1, R. O. Shively. Hen, 1, 2, 3,4, R. O. Shively. Golden Polish—Cockerel, 1, R. O. Shiv- ely. Puilet, 1,2, 3and 4, R. O. Shively. Silver-bearded Polish—Cock, 1, R. O. Slhively. Hen—1, 2,3 and 4, R. 0. Shiv- ely. Buff Leghorns—Cock, 1, L. E. Brainard; 2, C. W. Hansen, San Mateo; 3, C. D. Pierce, ex-Mayor of Oakland; 4, A. E. Hunter; 5, C. 'W. Hansen. Cockerels, 1, A. E. Armstrong; 2, C. D. Pierce; 3, A. E. Armstrong; 4 and 5, C. W. Hansen. Pullets—1, C. D. Pierce. Hens—1 and 2, C. D. Pierce; 3, A. E. Armstrong; 4 and 5, W. Winslow. These are the prize birds of the exhibit, and the competition has given rise to much speculation. President Scholefield and the other officers of the association concede the Buff Leghorn display the finest ever seen before in one collection. The special prize of $25 for the best single display, scoring 88, was won by A. E. Armstrong. SEALERS WILL PROTEST, Attorney Riordan to Communi- cate With Secretary Carlisle. Piling Up $10 a Day Against Seized Schooners—Another in the Col- lector’s Custody. “Anothersealing schooner hasbeen seized by Collector of Customs Wise for hunting seals in that area of the Pacific Ocean known as the *‘Paris award.” This one is the Kate and Annie, owned by Captain Charles Luchens, and she is now in the custody of a special guard at Butchertown. American sealers are having a hard time of it, they think, to get on any portion of the North Pacific Ocean without running up against one or more ‘regulations,” ac- cording to the interpretationsof the Treas- ury Department. The Paris award ex- tends from this coast to the 180th meri- dian, and its southern limit is the 35th parallel of north latitnde. With a special license sealers may be permitted to hunt in the “award,”’ save during the close sea- son, but they must keep very remote from the Pribylof Islands, and according to the very latest regulations from Washington which quote section 1956 of the Revi: Statutes, white persons are not allowed to kill any fur-bearing animals in the Alas- kan waters at all. & The Canadian sealers they regard as far more fortunate in many respects. There are sixty-two schooners in the British Columbian fleet, as against a baker’s dozen in the San Francisco fleet, and their ag- gregate catch for 1895 exceeded that of the Americans by several times. It is because of this marked success which has attended the Victorians that a concerted effort is now to be made by the sealers of this port to ascertain why Col- lector Wise persists in straining every lit- tle technicality, as they say, against them. Attorney Thomas D. Riordan who has in hand the cases of the two schooners, Bow- head and Winchester, is now prepar- ing a vigorous protest to Secretary Carlisle against the manner in which his clients have been treated. Like what happened to the Kate and Annie yesterday, they were seized upon arrival here from their season’s cruise, ex cept that the customs officers did not at once board the Kate and Annie for the reason that her cargo of skins had been left at Astoria. 5 Captain Luchens’ craft wiill be tied up at an expense to her of $10 a day pending the final wi Jiing up of the ‘‘red tape’’ that usually accompanies such proceed- ings. The owners of the Bowhead and Win- chester mean to fight. When their cap- tains, W. P. Noyes and Frank Johnson, re- spectively were_taken before United States Commissioner Heacock, it was shown that they had not been guilty of any criminal intent, and the cases against them.were promptly dismissed. Their broker, William H. Thornley, tes- tified that he had gone with them to the Custom-house on December 7, 1894, to ob- tain special licenses and received the in- formation that no regulations had been received and the only blank contracts in existence at the Custom-house were for sealing in the Bering Sea. It was the understanding then that as the special licenses were unobtainable no prosecution would pe attempted. The sealing regulations for 1895 did not reach the port until January 18 and no effort had been made by the Collector to anticipate the season. On their way over to the Japan and Saghalien island coasts the two schooners caught about 170 skins seventy miles off the bay of San Francisco and a little north of the southern boundary of the award area. Captains Noyes and Johnson had not received any instructions to the con- trary. No sooner had they returned to port after their cruises, however, than their vessels and entire carzoes were seized and they were placed under arrest. The Bowhead, with 684 skins, was seized August 13, and the Winchester, with 753 skins, was tied up September 5. Since those dates a cost of $10 a day has been accumulating against each vessel, until, like a nightmare of figures, the sum of $1220 has begun to obscure the value of the Bowhead and a painful vision of $1000 makes the Winchester look small. The skins were appraised at between $9 and $10 each, though the net market price, exclusive of cost of transportation, in .he English market was only $6 84, the gross price being $8, and the owners of the Bow- nead were made to give a penal bond of $6156, that for the Winchester being $6777, before the cargoes could be withdrawn for the market. This litigation, it is said, practically forced William Bendt, the principal owner in both schooners, to the wall. The cus- toms authorities lay the blame for this, and also for Captain A. C. Suthercland’s death, on to the United States District At- torney’s office, while from the latter it is learned that it is governed by the wishes of the Collector as complaining witness in the prosecution of the libels fited by Mr. Foote soon after the seizure of the vessels. All Captain Sutherland’s money was tied up in his schooner, the Sophie Sutherland, which was the first one to be seized by the Collector, and a mortgage was hanging over him. He worried so much over the matter that it bronght on his death. In the case of the tug Hercules, charged with receiving a transfer of 170 sealskins from the Winchester just outside the heads, Judge Morrow soon dismissed the Government’s libel. All of these facts that are his purpose Mr. Riordan will communi- cate to the Treasury Department. He is acting under instructions from the owners of the Bowhead and Winchester. The per- sons interested in the two vessels are: William Bendt, Philip Barth, Joseph May, George J. McCormick, J. F. Canningham, ertinent to W. P. Noyes, Lewis B. Spear, George Fogel, Isidore Burns, G. Overton, Miss C. | Kerrigan, L. Fjord, Frederick Wilde, | James J. Doyle, Mrs. L, E. Mullen, L. Abrahams, J. J. Stayer, 8. S. Stambrough and C. D. Cook. ———— MECCA FOR WIDOWS. New York Attracts Nearly 20,000 ‘Women Who Have Lost Husbands. Have you ever been impressed by the large proportion of women, past middle | life, who appear at the public places of New York in mourning? Youn will be so impressed if you look about in the shop- ping streets and popular promenades, and in the theaters, lecture halls, libraries and cars. The new city directory gives the names of 19,560 widows, and inquiry, as far as practicable, shows that a majority of these came to the city to live after their bereay- ments. Attention was attracted to this matter by the conversation of two women in mourning, who were passengers in a Fifth-avenue stage. “Read!” said one of them who had three books in her hands. “I read nearly all of the time, and I just revel 1n books. When I had to live in that poky county town where Icouldn’t get all of the new ooks I hardly read at all. I had butlittle time for it, either; but now I read all I please and don’t have any one to say, ‘Come, it's getting late. Go to bed.”” “Well, it is a relief to be allowed to do as you please,”” said the other, “and New York is the place to do it. That’s just the reason I came here when my husband died. Now I needn’t know any one, and have nobody to tell me what to do. I can go walking or riding of to the theater and where I please, and always find something to divert me.” In one apartment-house of twenty flats in Madison avenue there live eleven wid- ows who are seeking to soften their sor- rows by the attractions of a great city.— New York Herald. i —_——————— Timely Precaution. ‘“Haye you thought about doing any Christmas shopping yet?” asked M. Hun- nimune. “No, dear,’”” was the reply, *‘it 1s a little early for such preparations, isn’t it ?"’ “M’yes. But it’s as well to take time by the forelock, you know. Have you a me$orl_ndum-book handy?” S“Yen “Well, you might jot down these little points. Here’s the brand of cigars that I prefer. They cannot by any Hpousibility be purchased at a bargain. ere is the number of slipper that I wear, and you miéht make a note of the fact that my preference in neckties is dark red, with a small black figure, also that I do not need any suspenders.”’ And she thanked him and wrote it all down, thereby saving no small share of future regrets and embarrassments.— ‘Washington Star. Articles of dress are now being exten- sively made of glass. A Venetian manu- facturer is turning out bonnets by the | | housand, the glass cloth of which they :rg:omp;)sed hgvinz the same shimmer and brilliancy of color as silk, and, what is a great advantage, being impervious to W:;tn"f{ussia there has for a_long_time ex- isted a tissue manufactured from the fiber of a peculiar filamentous stone from the Siberian mines, which by some secret pro- cess is shredded and spun into a fabric which, although soft to the touch and pliable in the extreme, is of so durable a nature that it never wears out. S e Do e MORE POWER FOR BISHOPS. Protestant Episcopal Convention Con- siders a Radical Change in Policy. A revolutionary measure, affecting the policy of the Protestant Episcopal church, has been introduced before the Diocesan Convention of Central Pennsylvania. The proposed change is in the form of a motion which advocates the transference of the choice of rectors from the vestry of the parish to the Bishop of the diocese. The custom in the church is for the vestry to call a pastor, while the Bishop has the nomination in exceptional cases only. As it now stands canon 7 oi the diocese of Central Pennsylvania provides, in accord- ance with the general law, that the vestry of every parish shall have the right of election of the rector for that narish. The proposed radical change would substitute ior ihis the following: Whenever the rectorate of any parish be- comes yacant it shall be the duty of the vestry forthwith to give notice to the blsho%o( the di- ocese, together with a statement of the support which the parish pledges itseli to pay tothe new rector. Whereupon it shall become the duty of the biskop to provide for the celebra- tion of divine serviges in said parish by tem- porary supply (two-thirds of the regular sal- ary to be paid for such service), and to fill the vacancy by appointment within ninety deys from the date of the receiptof the aforesaid no- tice. Should the bishop fail to make the ap- pointment within the prescribed time, the ves- try may elect a priest to fill the vacancy, and give due notice thereof to the ecclesiastical au- thority of the diocese. In the event of a disagreement between any parish and its rector, the same shall be referred 1o the bishop for adjustment, and his decision in the matter shall be final. The question as to whether the vestry or the Bishop shall have the right of election of rectors has already been the cause of much argument throughout the Protestant Episcopal church, and recently there has been evident a strong desire on the part of many for a change from the present sys- tem. The advocates of commission by the Bishops contend that it will to a great extent do away with the “shelving’ of many clergymen who happen for one cause or another to be without a parish, as the Bishop would, under the proposed order of things, have power to appoint them toa parish. On the other hand, the laity are inclined to be jealous of any enlargement of episcopal powers by a lessening of lay privileges. ————— ‘What Mad Him So. John—Did your wife go to the country this year? 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