The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 19, 1895, Page 8

THE SAN F RANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1895. FIGHT AT THE HAT'S DRCP. The Irish Nationalists Are Anx- ious for War With England. THEY AWAIT MARCHING ORDERS A Strong Regiment, Armed and Equipped, Can Be Organized in a Few Days. ince Uncle Sam has turned the glassy on John Bull and the young Nation % Las inaugurated the holiday season by oI iing to decorate itself with war- pai the Irish Nationalists of San Fran- cisco have unlocked the door of a long m and are shouting for d the Republic. 1anifesto of President Lyman of National Alliance, offering an 10,000 men to fight for the United t out in the press dispatches New York vesterday, had a smack out it that the Nation: relished. It the theme of discussion at the Irish ional headquarters yesterday. i 3 nevertheless se- plans. They are all anxious to fight at the drop ¥ er “‘England’s s opportunity.” A prom- i yesterday that a Irishmen, armed and own expense, could be States, ser from with on him. He is pre 11 Council of the rnest champion of ing the situation Dr. O’D o | Ireland would iays after England be- ry councy inIrcl n. It woula take could not be laid e who are residents red inany quantity. n_certain pro- cerine is produced. h a hundred | ve e, would blow | fire and burn it to the »uld be used from housetops and advar my to demoralize and board of English warships, of coal under the boilers, e boasted navy of England in men o not draw their progeny, the A. P. e able to protect Canada for on n from | lled to | 3 t is & good chance | known mode of | :we arenowina 0 st and. forcible remarks were sup- vlemented with like emphatic declarations by Thomas P. Crowley, president of the nmet Council of the Irish National Al- aptain hy. in command of ifles, and otner folliowers of ian Brotherhood. i for a fight. W B WHRL OF G, Society Enjoying Itself in a Suc- cession of Small Enter- tainments. Second Meeting of the Monday Night Club—Engagements—Events to Take Place. The week so far has been a very gay one, starting off with the second meeting of the Monday Night Dancing Class. Theattend- ance was quite fair and a great improve- ment was made in the floor. Naturally, | the dancing did not begin until 9 o'clock, | although it was expected that there would be a goodly number present by 8:30; but that is a little soon after dinner to begin dancing, and then it is a long dancing evemng from 8:30 to 12. The usual rule of stopping at 12 sharp was not observed on this occasion—why probably only one or two may know, but there was certainly some reason for keeping the guests longer than the allotted time. 5 After the dance there were several sup- ers given, one of the largest taking place at the Hotel Pleasanton. The guesis were received by the patronesses upon their ar- rival, and among them were Miss Bates, Miss Gertie Bates, Thomas_Breeze, W. ¥. Breeze, Breeze, Miss Exima Butl and Mrs. James Carolan, Miss Carolan, M mily Carolan, Miss Lizzie Carroll, Lieu- tenant Thomas G. Carson, Miss Jennie Cather- wood, W. Carrigan, iss Clement, A. W. Clement, A. A. Clark, Miss Grace Clark, | Miss Sarah Collier, Miss' Maraquita Collier, | Fred H. Coon, Lieutenrnt R.C. Croxton, Miss Emma Crockett, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Crockett. Lieutenant M. Miss Mabel C. de Boss, Mrs, iss Louisa F. Davis, George F. Davidson, {oon, K. McKee Duperu. _ Frank Findl N. Felton, Lieutenant A. & Fleming, E. R. Folger. Morton Gibbons, Miss Jessie Glascock, Miss Ella Goad, Miss Genevieve Goad, Miss Elma Graves, F. A, Greenwood, Mr.and Mrs, W. M. Gwin, 'Miss' Harriet Graham, Miss Meta Graham. Miss Alice Hager, Miss Harrington, A. P. Hayne, W. S. Hobart, Miss Hobart, Southard Hoffman, Ogden Hoffman, H. M. Holbrook, Osgood' Hooker, Miss Rose Hooper, Miss Bee Hooper, H. B. Houghton. ;irs. Paul B. Jarboe, Lieutenant John W. oy ss Kip, Miss Mary Kip. W Walter G. Landers, John Lawson, MisaLough- Borough. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Magee, Peter D. Martin, A. Macondray, Captain Marion P. Maus, W. H. Magee, Miss Edith McBean, Miss Laura McKin- siry, Latham McMullin, Fred W. M ar, Miss McNutt, Fletcher McNutt, Dr. and Mrs. W. F. McNutt, Miss McKenna, Addison Mizner, Miss Ella Morgan, the Misses Moody. George A. Newhall. o F. L. n. W. D. Page, James D. Phelan, Horace D. Pills- bury, Henry W. Poett. Mrs. George A. Pope. © G. L. Rathboue. Miss Schnealy, Lieutenant W. R. Smedberg, Miss Cora Smedberg, Miss Ethel Smith, Miss Helen Smith, Miss Bertha Smith, Colin M. Smith, Harry N. Stetson, Mrs.'W. H. Taylor, W. H. Taylor, Miss C arrie Tay Dr. Harry L. Tevis, Miss Mollie Thomaes, Miss Ethel Tompkins. an Ness. Miss Williams, Miss Hannah Williams, F. A. Wilcox, Mr. and Mrs. M. 8. Wilson, M Eleanor Wood, Miss Helen Woolworth and several others. ‘A very pfetty luncheon was given on Tuesday last at the Occidental Hotel by Miss Jessie Fillmore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Fillmore of the Southern Pacific Company, and who have resided at the Occidental Hotel for anumber of years. Covers were Jaid at the beautifully ap-| pointed table for twenty-two of Miss Fill- more's friends. The table decorations were roses, chrysanthemums and scarlet carnations. The name cards were retained | as souvenirs and were unique and hand- some. Tihey were printed on red and white moroceo kid, embossed in gold—tie name of the gnest being in raised letters, and a sprig of English holly was attached to cach. The menu was a most delicious one, and the arrangements perfect in every de- | F] | will teil. About two hours were spent at table. The music, which was heard through the entire service, was from the Preeidio. Miss Fillmore's friends were: Miss Marie McKenna, Miss Olive Holbrook, Mi nevieve Carolan, Miss Kate Salisbur Mi osephine Loughborough, Miss Mabel M Donald, Miss Lillian Finnigan, Miss Fannie Baldwin, Miss Anna Deuprey, Miss Helen Woolworth, Miss Mabel Foster, Miss Gertrude Forman, Miss Clara Huntington, Miss Rose Hooper, M Clara Heliman, s Jessie Hoop- er, Miss Sophia Plerce, Miss Eloise Dav! Marie Sibley, Miss Josephine Blackmore and Miss Marguerite Savage. Among the dinnérs given on’ Tuesday before the “Hunt Ball” at the Palace Hotel by Charles A. Baldwin was that of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Loughborough at their residence, 1100 O'Farrell street, cor- ner of Franklin. The decorations were of Christmas berries, smilax and ferns. Among those present were: and Mrs. James N. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. . Jerome, Miss Jennie Catherwood, Mr. and Miss Bee Hooper, Miss Ethel Hooper. Frank L. Owen, Miss Laura Harrington, George A. Newhall, Waiter S. Newhall, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Magee, Mr. Van Brunt, Dr. Harry L. Tevis, Miss Fannie Loughborough, Miss Marie Zane and Judge Ward McAllister. Another delightful dinner party was that given to the Misses Randol by Mr. and Mrs. J. Downey Harvey at their resi- dence, 2262 Franklimgtreet. The table was most beautifully arranged with violets and ivy. Mr.and Mrs. Harvey’s guests were : Miss Randol, Miss Mary «andol, Miss Alice Hager, Miss Daisy Van Ness, Miss Harriet Graham, Miss Mary Beil Gwin, Miss Romie Wallace, Miss Isabel Mc- Kenna, William M. Randol, Peter D. Martin, Addison Mizner, E. M. Greenway, Harry Stetson and George B. Davidson. Miss Alice Hager entertains a large number ot friends at luncheon to-day at the residence of her mother, corner of Gough and Sacramento streets. The. Christmas reception at Hoitt's 8chool at Burlingame last Saturday was a complete success. About one hundred - ople were present, who took their posi- tion upon the spacious veranda, when a class of twenty boys marched in front in double file with dumbbells and wands in band and went through a well-appointed and finely executed system of physical training under the leadership of Edwin O. Deming and Warren Smith. Lunch was then served, after which the company en- tered the tastefully decorated schoolroom, where the young gentlemen acquitted themselves in a most creditable manner. The literary entertainment consisted of vocal and instrumental music, recitations |and compositions, followed by dancing. Several ol the graduates of the school were present. A surprise party was given to Miss Emily Plumb and Mr. Calvin Swenford at Miss Plumb’s home in honor of their engag ment, and was attended by Company C in full uniform. Dancing, ging and a fancy drill were the events of the evening, and at a late hour supper was served. The engagement 1s announced of Miss Eda Natbanson and Mr. Edward Schade, a young business man of this City. The wedding will be & quiet, home affair, and take place at the residence of the bride’s mother, Mrs. D. L. Nathanson, 811 Leavenworth street, on Sunday, the 22d of this month. Cards have been 1ssued for the wedding of Miss Carrie Bell Abbott, daughter of william Abbottof the Methodist Book De- pository, to Professor A. R. Kip of Napa College, Napa. at Central M. E. Church Thursday evening. The engagement is announced of Mr. Jake Meyer to Miss Minnie Raphael. Mr. and Mrs. Sylvian Weill returned to San Francisco on Saturday last fro o a two months’ tour of the Southern States. They have taken apartments at the Palace Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. John J. Crooks leave this afternoon for Chicago, where they will spend the Christmas holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Leon D. Stone (nee Ep- pinger) of San Francisco are at Hotel del Miss Ina Coolbrith of Oakland has been at Hotel del Coronado gathering material of historic interest to weave into verse. United States Senator J. R. McFherson | of New Jersey is at Coronado Beach and | may spend the winter. { Dr. and Mrs, E. 8. Bogert will pass the | Christmas holidays at Casa Abara, K. H. Wade's handsome residence at Coronado Beach. Miss Belle Arner of San Francisco is so- [ journing at Hotel del Coronado in com- pany with Mr. and Mrs. Morris Cohn of Los Angeles. James P. McCarthy is in Los Angeles | and Southern California on a short busi- | ness trip. { M. Grossman_of this City, after visiting | the Hawaiian Islands for six months, will | return on the 23d inst. | —————— Died in the Patrol Wagon. Frank G. Bouton, an attache of the Califor- | nia Billiard rooms, fell unconscious on Post | and Kearny streets last night. While being | removed to the Receiving Hospital in the po- | lice patrol wagon he died. It is supposed that | heart disease was the cause. Bouton was 65 | vears of age and he lived on Castro street., | hen the body was taken to the Morgue the ronor’s deputies found on the dead man's | vest a reguiar police officer’s star, a badge of | authority that no private citizen is permitted | by law t0 wear. Where he got it is & mystery. | THORNTON HFTER S The Attorney’s Suit for Services | in the Wickersham Case. | Coronado. He Wants $15,000 or a Part Thereof, | but There Is a Dispute Among i the Counsel. The case of Crittenden 'Ihornton, the attorney, against 1. G. Wickersham, the Petaluma banker, for $15,000 for services rendered, was on trizl before Judge Seawell yesterday. 1t was prolific of spicy questions and re- replies that sustained interest in the pro- ceedings, which otherwise had given | promise of being colorless. as most legal | contests are. | At yesterday’s hearing, however, Crit- | tenden Thornton, the plaintiff himself, was on the stand for a long time and came | in for a hot cross-examination from Sam- | uel M. Shortridge, who represented Mr. | Wickersham in the case. In 1891 Mr. Wickersham was a stock- | holder in the San Luis Obispo County | Bank and he brought suit against James L. Crittenden, also a stockholder and di- rector of the bank at tnat time. Various suits were subsequently brought, in which | Crittenden Thornton claims to have been | employed as counsel for Wickersham. The facts are Lippitt & Lippitt, attor- neys of Petaluma, and Henley & Swift of San Francisco were attorneys for Wicker- sham and bad a contract to be paid 5 per cent as fees of what money was recovered Barclay Henley of his own accord re. tained Thornton to assist him. Thorn- ton did act in the case, but later on wanted Wickersham to pay him. The Petaluma banker refused and Thornton abandoned the litigation, refusine to work, while the contest was kept up by the other | attorneys. In the end Thornton sued for $15,000 gervices alleged by him to have been ren- dered in the litigation, and it is this ques- tion that now confronts Judge Seawell. Thornton stated that Henley was en- titled to half the $15,000, and he himself to a half of Henley’s fee; Lipmtt & Lippitt were also entitled to $7500, of which he was to get half. In that way Thornton would get $7500. Lippitt & Lippitt denied that they had made any arrangements and claimed that | Thornton’s services were voluntary so far as they were concerned. The arrange- ments were wholly with Henley. Thornton was on the stand yesterday and kept busy finding satisfactory repiies. He will be again called for cross-examin- ation to-day. e IF you want bargains in books inspect the lot being closed out for storage charges at 747 Market street. bl | to add the meeting will close. | carried out his duty conscientiously,” | Signor Fugazi. | another tumult. | A portion of the audience had gone when HERRD HIS KING REVILED. The Italian Consul Has a Pain- ful Experience at a Meeting. FUGAZI'S HONORS RESENTED. The Consul Was Powerless to Resent Humbert’s Being Called a “Vampire.” ““It is an act of indecency that youshonld permit our institutions to be discussed thus in your presence.” “Ah! you talk like that because you are a newspaper man."” “And you actin this way because you do not know how to play the Consul.” The above fragment of dialogue is a | sample of the spirited way in which the Italian Consul, Brune Grimaldi, tried to { hold his own at a meeting 1n Garibaldi Hall at which, according to his own words from the platform, he was forced to hear “Our institutions discussed and our king insulted.” The Consul had not the leastidea that things would turn out that way when he | CALIFORNIA g The California Banner That Was Ap- 1 Plauded in Rome. | called the meeting to order last .\Iondny‘ | evening. | Theinsult and the threats were as unex- | | pected to him as to most of the people | | present, but they jarred bitterly upon the | consular nerves and it wilt take the Cava- | lier Brune Grimaldi some time to recover | his full equanimity. | The meeting at which the unexpected | | denouement occurred was an assembling | | of members of the Italian colony to hear | Signor Fugazi give an account of the honors that had been.heaped upon the California_delegation during the recent | 20th of September festivities in Rome. Over 300 people were present, and at 8:30 | 7. ». the Consul took the chair and intro- | duced the speaker, stating that he had been sent to Rome as one of the repre- sentatives of the local committee. Fugazi began an interesting account of his journey, and showed the banner which he had made as the emblem of California 1n the grand Roman procession. 4 “All aleng the streets the people, big and little, when they read on our banner ‘Delegation From San Francisco,” ap- plauded as hard as thev could.” Fugazi went on to tell how the Secretary of the Navy arranged_an appointment for the delegates with King Humbert. At this point murmurs of protest began to be heard from the audience. Two voices— those of Martinelli and Pedretti—were the most pronounced, but by the efforts of the Consul they were soothed into silence and Fugari was asked to continue. Fearing that his anditors were not relish- ing his address Sieno- Fugazi offered to retire, but Cavalier Grimaldi aroused great applause by giving a sharp harangue to the malcontents and requesting Fugazi to continue. The delegate described his pleasant interview with the King and the | kindly reception given him by the Pre- mier, Crispi, concluaing by asking the| members of the colony if they were satis- fied with the recital. | At this point a voice in the audience | cried, *“Three cheers for Fugazi!” and the | suggestion was carried out. | “You have heard the narration,” said | the Consul. “If there is nothing further “I do not think that Siznor Fugazi | cried Pedretti. *‘He was nominated a delegate by the colony and he had no | right to offend our republican and social- istic principles by going to the King and bowing before him." l “But, my dear sir,” said the Consul, “the greater part of the colony is mon- archial and King Humbert—"" His remarks were drowned at this point | in wild confusion, though the voice of | Pedretti could be heard declaimin, “The | King is the most voracious yampire in the | nation. He consumes sixteen millionsa | vear.” When silence had been secured G. Bignotti propused a vote of thanks to This motion precipitated The Consul cried above the din that he could not preside at a meeting where his King was insulted, and, descending from the platform, he went up to Lawyer Maro and the colloquy pre- riously quoted ensued. The piquant dialogua’ finished, the Con- sul. full of indignation, put on his hat and made for the door. Every one got up, some shouting, some talking, while others begged the Consul to vote for a division. | the counsel of these latter prevailed: but | when the division was finally made it was found that 300 peopie were in favor of passing a vote of thanks to Fugazi and that the opposition seemed to have melted down to Pedretti and Giorgetti. Commenting on_ this meeting I'Italia says: It was one of many attempts made by fishers in troubted waters, who would have made the same disorders if Fugazi, instead of referring to his interview with King Humbert, had tatked of socialism and anarchy. These few distarbersof yes- terday’s peace are not republicans, nor socialists nor anarchists—they are malcon- tents, devoid of good sense or honor. POLICE CHANGES. Sergeants Transferred From One Dis- trict to Another—Unfounded Charges Against an Officer. The Police Commissioners at their meet- inglast night recommended that the foilow- ing transiers of sergeants take place Decem- ber 21 at 5:30 . a.: J. F. Donovan, M. J. Conboy, B. McManus, from Company A, Captain Wittman, to Company B, Captain Spillane; J. B. Martin and H. Monaghan, from Comvany A, Captain Wittman, to Company D, Captain Gillin; E. R. Harper, from Company A, Captain Wittman, to Company C, Captain Dunlevy. Company A, Captain Wittman, will have William Price. H. H. Christiansen, J. B. Cooke and P. J. Tobin from Company B, M. O. An- derson and Gustave Wollweber from Com- pany CD and James H. Helms from Com- pany C. Policeman Edward Nettleton was dis- missed from the force for physical in- firmity and Policeman B. Griffiths was fined §25 for falling asleep while on station duty at Ocean View. Charges were made by Mrs. Cecil Romer against Policeman Henry Clancy of undue familiarity with students from the Girls’ High School and married women living on his beat between Geary and Post streets, from Steiner street to Central avenue. Chief Crowley referred the matter to Cap- tain Wittman, who detailed two sergeants to make a thorough investigation. The sergeants did so and submitted a report, which was laid before the Commissioners last night, and which stated that there was not the slightest foundation for the charges. The report stated that Mr. and Mrs. Barron who, it was alleged, saw Clancy kissing a student of the Girls’ High School. characterized it as maliciously false, and | Mr. and Mrs. Nightingale, two other wit- nesses named by Mrs. Romer, said that Clancy was the best officer that had ever been on the beat and they had nothing to say against him. ————————————— Boys’ Club Concert. A concert will be given Friday night, under the management of H. B. Pasmore, for the benefit of the Boys’ Club. Mendelssohn's “As the Hart Pants’” will be sung by sixty youth- ful voices. H.J. Stewart will be the organist and Miss Ina Griffin the pianist. WOULD BE EASILY SUNK, British Ships Could Never Pass the Big Dynamite Battery. A Shell Fired Into a Rocky Bluff Makes a Hole Thirty Feet in Diameter. Although England is recognized as hav- ing the most nowerful navy of any nation on the globe her Majesty’s warships will never enter Golden Gate harbor and lay waste to San Francisco, whatever may be the outcome of the present controversy be- tween the American and English govern- ments over the Venezuela boundary dis- pute. This much at least has been demon- strated by the recent tests of the new dy. mite battery just completed at Fort Win- field Scott. The accompanying picture shows the re- sult of a shot from one of the big dynamite guns which was fired across the narrows against the bluff between Point Diablo and Point RBonita. The shell was the smallest sized projectile used in the guns, and contained 100 pounds of nitro-glycer- ine gelatine. It wasthrown two miles and exploded against the spongy red-rock formation of the bluff, making a crater in the hillside thirty feet in diameter and six feet deep. ‘When the destruction wrought in a sub- stance offering much greater resistance to dynamite force than one of a more solid nature, like granite or the steel sides of an armored vessel, it can easily be imagined | what would become of a battie-ship upon whose decks one of these terrible engines should fall, even though it were of the smallest size used in the guns. The battery is the strongest of its kind in the world and cousists of three 15-inch dynamite guns. From them can be fired projectiles containing from 100 to 500 pounds of explosives, and so accurately can they be operated that three shells could be dropped on a v sel while it was traversing a d tance of 100 yards, provided it lived long enough to run that distance after the explosion of the first shell. The range of the battery covers the entire entrance to the harbor, each gun can be fired every ten minutes, and being an air gun, there is +| yacht’s and her ngpearance around the SEA-BISCUIT CURRENCH, { How the Crew of the Irogquois Kept Hunger From Their Doors. |A DISMAL TALE OF THE SEA. | The Usual Brutal Mate and His Ready Fist—How a Deaf Mute Took His Beating. The American ship Iroquois, Captain Taylor, arrived yesterday, 145 days from Philadetphia. Wnile off the Falkland Islands she enconntered a severe gale which blew away most of her sails. For | ten hours she struggled with the tempest | upon a lee snore and several times she lay close to breakers and sure destruction on the reef over which the awful seas broke in savage fury. The ship’s splendid sailing qualities in the wind told in her favor and | she was enabled foot by foot to beat out of danger. Around the Horn she had tem- pestuous weather, heavy gales and bitter cold. During her progress up the western coast to port she raet strong blows, and no later than last Sunday she encountered a gale that took some of the lighter canvas off her yards. The Iroquois is comparatively a new ship and one of the prettiest models that | ever came from a Bath shipyard. The lines of her run are as graceful as a decks smacks of ti of-war. But the crew tell a tale that is not nice— not as nice as their ship. There is no suggestion of the vessel's grace and { beauty in their well-rounded-out story of inhuman abuse and needless cruelty. The ‘“bucko first mate,” that barbaric genius | of the American clipper ship, lpresi(led | hard over the destinies of the Iroquois’ seamen from the day she cast off her shore lines in the city of Brotherly Love till her anchor went overboard in San | | Francisco Bay., They are an intelligent | set of young fellows, the most favorably | appearing deep-water ship's crew to a man that has entered this barbor tor years, but to quote the words of one of' their | number, they **have been in hell for five months.”” There is a uniqueness in the | details of their joint narrative that takes the forecastle history of this voyage out of the ordinary run of the eyery-day yarn of | sea-barbarism. | _ E. C. Ester is .the first mate of the | Iroquois, and according to the men he made things warm for them—so exceed- | ingly warm that the forecastle thermome- | ters went up even when the seas that | boarded them fell upon the decks to lie | there in sheets of ice. He was, however, | no respecter of persons and went from Second Mate Brown, an old man, down the line, hand over hand, to the solitary | apprentice boy, with brutal language, | kicks and blows. 3 | The following is tha forecastle log of his exploits: John Howsrd—Beaten for being twenty | minutes late in furling the main royal one | night during a gale. The bunt whip was | jammed and the men on deck were delayed in hauling up the sail. This kept Howard longer on the yard and gained him a brutal kicking when he came down on deck. 0. Larsen—Kicked on the maintopsail yard | because he couid not furl the frozen canvas quickly. Ester stood in the topmast rigging above him and ked the luckless man as he | t_:hxn'f to the swaying yard. He was badly in- ured. | "farsen and Howard—Beaten while on watch. l Larsen, who was ill from a former kicking, was ten minutes late in relieving Howard on the | lookout. When Howard came aft to report { himself relieved the mate knocked him down e tidiness of .4 man- | T f‘W/ DEADLY EFFECT OF A SHOT. [The hole blowm in the rocky hillside by dynamite battery which guards Golden Gate harbor. It is thirty feet in diameter and more than six feet deep. Wi /Afyj/ il the shell fired from one of the gunsof ths biy practically no limit to its life during proper usage. Thus it will be seen that with a plentiful sugply of ammunition in the magazines there is very little danger of British sheils ever exploding in the streets of San Francisco from being thrown from warships floating in ghe harbor. i o S T INVESTIGATING A CONTRACT. Experts to Examine the Wickersham . Fire-Engine House Job. A week or so ago interested citizens filad with the Board of Supervisors a protest against the work done on the new fire en- gine and ware houses on Francisco and Stockton streets; also against the payment of money to Contractor Wickersham until the work was performed according to the plans and specifications. The complaint sets forth that the work was done in a bungling and unworkman- like mannuer, the walls bulged and a dozen and one other points were mentioned in the protest. The protest came up before the Super- visors several days ago, and one or two of the board paid a visit to the new engine- house to make personal inspection of the work. Yesterduy in order to have on offi- cial report upon the character of the work done the Supervisors appointed H. M. Saunders, who is a practical carpenter; Architect Wilson, who made the plans, and District Engineer Shaughnessey of the Fire Department to inspect the work and report to the board as soon as possible as to the characier of the work performed. e THERE arc more leather, silver, celluloid and wood frames for cabinet, card and Paris panel pictures at Sanborn & Vail's than in all the other stores combined. Their prices are right on everything. Come and see them. Open evenings, ¥ for not coming sooner. He was soundly kicked before he succeeded in explaining the cause of | the delay. Ester then went forward and beat Larson for being late. John Steward—Beaten while on the fore- casile lookout at night. He reported a passing vessel’s lights, and some time afterward the | mate came forward and kicked him for not do- ing so. He was beaten for denying that he had %een asleep and for “arguing” with the officer. aster called Stewart’s denials “dictation,” and the lookout got more clubbing. At the same time the sea was breaking over the forecastle, and the lookout could hardly keep from being washed overboard. The man upon whom Ester constantly | vented his spleen was Joseph Jenkins, who is deaf and dumb. He is an intelh- gent sailor, and owes his affliction to an accident on shivboard several years ago. “Dummy,” as he is called, was taken in the Iroquois for a passage to this port, and was made assistant to the carpenter at $3 per month. As he cannot hear a word the only way the mate had of caliing his at- tention was by beating him. In the laconic words of one of the crew, ‘Ester would wake Dummy up by knocking him down.” The poor fellow could make 10 outery, and not daring to resist the big brute that as- sauited him, took his punishment in silence like a butchered sheep. When the mate couldn’t find some other man to club with his ever ready fists he pounced upon poor ‘‘Dummy,” and the deaf mute “caught it.”” When asked 1n writing yes- terday what he had to say he picked up a piece of board and wrote: “All that I have o say is that we have been in hell for five months.” That was the story of the dumb. Added to their daily torture was the pangs of hunger. They sold their vety clothing for food—something unknown even in the hardest ship. If a man couldn’t eat his moldy sea-biscuit he could easily find a hunery purchaser. The boat- swain and other petty officers of the ves- sel’s large crew got more to eatand of a vetter quality than the ordinary hands, and they did well in the grocery trade The food market in that famine-infested forecastle fluctuated. During bad weather, when the cook couldn’t prepare the miser- able rations of the men, biscuits or hard- tack went up. These hardiacks were so much better than the rest of the food that they were currency and always at a pre- mium. They were about thice inches in diameter and one-half inch 1n thickness and of the density of a brick. A ladle of greasy water called pea-soup could buy two hardtacks; a piece of pork wounld bring’three, a piate of beans tive and some- times seven hardtacks; a shirt, sixty hard- tacks; a pair of socks badly weather-beaten ten. “I sold my new $22 overcoat off Cape Horn when "the snow was four feet on deck,” said Howard, “for four whacks of rice and curry and ate my purchase in one meal instead of four.” “And I sold my best blanket for twenty biscuits,” said Stewart, “‘and walked the decks my watch below to keep warm.” *‘Davidson stole the cooked rice which the steward had set outside the coop for the captain’s chickens,’’ said another man, ‘“until the steward got onto the game and scattered the food around inside the coop, making it too dirty for even a hungry sailor.”” 4 So the dreary tale went on from detail to detail told by these seamen of the splendid Amcrican clipper Iroquois_from the ‘‘City of Brotherly i ove.” It is not probable that the sailors wiil make any complaint, as they say nothing will come of it—noth- ing ever does—and they would only have their trouble for their pains. T0 EXAMINE THE ASSETS, The Grangers’ Bank to Be In- vestigated by the Com- missioners. The Directors Promise to Arrange to Pay the Depositors- Very Shortly. The Grangers’ Bank directors called upon the members of the Bank Corpmis- sion in town yesterday, Messrs. Kilburn and Fuller, to talk over the affairs of the bank, A statement of the bank's affairs was presented, but it showed little chnn% from what. has already been published. The majority of the directors were at first in favor of having the bank declared in- solvent and placed in charge of the com- mission in order to avoid lawsuits and complications, but this the Commissioners did not care to do, elaiming that as far as the creditors went the bank is perfectly solvent. They determined, however, to begin a thorough investigation to-day. After talking the matter over, the direc- tors suggested that no action except mak- ing an examination be taken until after the meeting of the shareholders_is held, January 14, Daniel Meyer, who is one of the heaviest shareholders, was present at the meeting, and he, as well as the direc- tors, thought that without doubt the shareholders would at their meeting ar- :an‘ge to pay off the depositors immedi- ately. s I Colonel Fuller of the commission said last evening: ‘“There can be no question that the bank is solvent as far as all the creditors go. The securities are valued at some $1,200,000, and the liabilities to de- positors and other banks do not exceed X ‘We begin our examination into the value of these assets to-morrow, and shall look into them closely. It will take several days to get at the exact value. However, you can say that there can be no question about the depositors being paid up in full and shortly.” — The huge hotel approaching completion in the Strand and on the Thames embank- ment, in London, called the Hotel Cecil is advertised to open early next year with 1000 rooms. NOTABLE LADIES ~DEAD. Wife of the Late Chief Justice Morrison Expires From Pneumonia. WAS ONLY ILL FOUR DAYS. Mrs. Joseph Powning, Wife of the Pow- " der-Maker, Also Passes Away at the Palace. Two well-known ladies, noted for their kindness and charity, passed away at al- most the same moment at the Palace Hotel last night. One was the widow of the late Chief Jus- tiee R. M. Morrison of California, and the other was the wife of Joseph Powning ot Oakland, who made a fcrtune herein man- ufacturing powder. Mrs. Morrison has for some years been living at the Palace and at Menlo Park. At the latter place she resided most of the time with the family of Colonel E. E. Eyre, who was a long time secretary to the bonanza king, James O’Brien. The lady has been in rather feeble health for some years, but lately had been feeling better than usual. A few days ago she came up from Menlo and had taken her usual pleasant rooms at the Palace. During the recent changeable weathep she took cold, and on Saturday last became s0 ill that she was not able to venture from her rooms.. A physician was called, and he did what he could for her, but the ail- ment soon took a serious form and de- veloped into pneumonia. She passed away about 9 o’clock last night. Miss Eyre and her brother, L. L. Eyre, were at the hotel at the time and Colonel Eyre arrived a littie later. Mrs. Morrison had no children. Her estate is said to be ,worth about $100,000. No definite arrange- ments have yet been iuade for the funeral. Justice Morrison died here about eight vears ago. He was a devout Catholic, and the Very Rev. Father Prendergast, V. G., officiated at the obsequies, as will be re- membered, at St. Mary’s Cathedral, there being throngs in attendance. Mrs. Powning, who is the wife of Capi-. talist Joseph Powning and aunt of C. C. Powning of Reno, Nev., returned with her husband from Europe November24. They had been absent a year and visited the Holy Land and had taken an extended tour in England, France and Germany. They had taken rooms at the Palace for ear. Will A. Powning was with them. The lady had not been entirely well for some time and a physician was called a few days ago to attend her. Two hours before her death last night she was so well that the several relatives present were sat- isfied she would recover. It was therefore a rude shock to them and a surprise to all when she so suddenly passed away. Fell Into the Bay. James Hansen, & sailor, fell from the hurrle cane deck of a schooner at the foot of Berry street last nignt into the bay and was rescued by one of the other sailors, as he was goin; | down for the third time. In falling he hlg struck against the vessel's side and his nose was broken and his lip split open. He was taken to the Receiving Hospital and attended to by Dr. Fitzgibbon. ————— London bridge was first built with tim- ber, in the reign of Ethelred, between the years 993 and 1016. It was repaired, or rather newly built of timber in 1163. The stone bridge was begun by Henry II in 1176, and finished under King John in the year 1209. NEW TO-DA DGE Brings comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when rightly use({ The many, who live bet- ter than others and enjoy life more, with less . expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world’s best products to the needs of physical being, will attest the value to health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Figs. ; Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleas- ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect lax- ative; effectually cleansing the system dispelling colds, headaches and fevers an permanently curing co{lsglpnhon. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medieal profession because it acts on the Kid- neys, Liver and Bowels without weake ening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all druge gists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is man- ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co.only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Fxgu: and being well informed, you will noé accept any substitute if offerea. CATARRH is a LOCAL DISEASE and is the resuit of colds and sudden climatic changes. It can be cured by a pleasant remedy which is appiied di- rectly into the nosirils. Be- ing quiekly absorbed i: gves rellef at once. FLI'S CREAN BAIY B Is acknowledged to be the most thorough cure for N Y arth o' in Head and Hay Fever of all remedies. Itopens and cleansestne nasal passages, allays pain and inflammation. heals the sores, pro- tects the membrane from colds. restores the senses of tagte and smell. Price 50c. at Druggists or by il ®ELY BROTHERS, 56 Warren street, New York. gm DISEASES SWAYNE'S Arwe simple. lm:m of “Swarrw's Onerua o wikhond ., “will cure any ease of Tetter, Salg Sores, Plmples, Eryaipelas, o Boi4 by druggist, u:m vz orst cases cured In ‘book. : leago, il {08 o sssm-.m‘i'mm NEW TO-DAY. {KOHLBERG, STRAUSS & FROHMAN, 107-109 POST ST. 1220, 1222, 1224 MARKET ST. Now comes the time when the anxious husband gets the pa- per early and takes it downtown with him, 50 that his wife won't It Pays i | | To Do Your Holiday Shopping With Us. see the numerous al- luring Christmas ads. Much better for the Men folks’ pocket- books if they would allow their wives to just glance over our Sensible Present Suggestions. There is sultability and money-saving in every one of them. Christmas Suspenders. Nicest kind of a present for a man. He will think you made them your= self if you buy the hand-embroidered kind. We have largest and most varied assortment shown in city. Fine satin—metal mountings—machine em- broidered—wide range of patterns and color- ings—a third less than last season’s prices— 75¢, $1 50 and $1 75. Beautifully embroidered by hand in chenills . —Armstron; or satin _mountings—pretty: . glnsstop boes—a special lot, worth §3 and $4 50—now $2 and §3. Best made—heavy shaded silk floss hand embroidery—daintiest designs—best satin— best mountings—8$3 50, $4 and $4 8. Christmas Fan Sale. Prices Actually Cut in Half. After Xmas not many Fans sold. Must sell now or hold till next season, so here goes. Gauze or Satin Folding Fans—hand-painted or plain—wood or bone sticks—with and with- out Jace trimmings—hundreds to choose from if youcome at once—half real value—d0c, 50c, 75c, §1, 81 25 0 §3. Hand - painted Gauze ¥an — elaborately trimmed with Duchess lace—carved ivory sticks—was $10—now $5. Eridal Fan—point lace—orange blossoms— white riobons and orange blossom belt piece —was $12-10W $6. ¢ Christmas - Handkerchiefs. Two Attractive Specials. They won’t last long at these prices. G Ladies’ Oriental Lace-trimmed Handksr- —some have inseriion—only 33%sc and 50c. Gents’ Hemstitched Colored Border Silk Handkerchiefs—some navy borders, with de- signs in white—others small colorsd designs —35cwould be cheap—special at 25c. s chiefs—very dainty—patterns new—lace wide : °