The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 27, 1895, Page 8

8 T HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, e e THREBAN ERANGISCOS CALT, FRIDAY,, DEGEMBER 97,/1895. . o0 o0 o 0 el T DECEMBER 27, 1895. CHLOREN AT THE PARK, Thousands of Young Ones | Thronged the City’s Great Playground. NOISY AND HAPPY GATHERING. | and the committees who will serve on tha | occusion have not yet been arranged. They Rode the Donkeys, Drove the Goats and Ate Vast Quantities of Luncheon. Golden Gate Park belonged to the chil- | sterday. They took possession eariy, and it was not till after sundown that they left. They had ridden the donkeys and the goats | till closing time. They had patronized the merry-go-round till they broke it down. And they had eaten everything in sight till the bountiful supply of pro-| ns was exhausted. Then they started for home. They were tired, but they were happy, and their faces showed that ther all echoed the sentiments of one chubby flaxen-haired Jittle cherub who snugglea in her mother’s jap on a homeward-bound car and mur- mured: “Oh, mamma, ['se had a boofle time! want to go again to-morrow!” very! g conspired to add to the comfort. Not since the play- ground was institutea has there been a Christmas day so balmy. The warm sun- shine tempted many to go out who would not have gone for any other reason. The; went for exercise. They stayed for fu And all were amply repaid for the o The management of the festival wasin | the hands of George F. Murph ho leases | the privileges of the playground. He bad ieft nothing undone that might add to the pleasure of the little one: Special tickets were printed for the oc- | casion. There were 5000 donkey-ride tick- ets and 10,000 merry - gzo-round tickets. | These were given-out from the little ticket | office and had to be’ circulated again and | in, as there were at least 20,000 chil- | h of whom was eager to get all | the fun possible out of the holidays. Tickets were not required for the swings | and they were going all the time. The ca- | pacity of each swing, from the children’s | standpoint, was evidently about ten. | There was a Punch and Judy show. The park band was also on hand. | Out on the baseball grounds was a babel that gave an unfailing indication of the good time several hundred boys were bav- | ing. A football game, three games of base- | ball and a game of two-old-cat were going on at the same time. Every boyish seemed to be yelling at the top of lungs. The merry-go-round was the great center | of attraction. Two policemen took tickets | at the gate. They had a hard task. When the machines tartea the merry-go- round was a sight. Each horse carried from three to six passengers. The swings were all 1n mo- tion and the entire ride was made toan | | depriving all ladies of Jeisure of its hos- | | this State large numbers of families who | | members in be given at the Woman’s Christian Tem- perance Union headguarters at 132 Mc- Allister street New Year’s day. It will be a reception to the busy women of the City, end exclusive to the extent of pitalities. | Business women, members of the pro- fessions, wage-earners—in faci ail women who are self-supporting, are invited. of the women prominent in the white-ribbon organization stvle the selves working women, and it is their wish | to extend-a fraternal hand to their sister toilers in the world’s workshop and to wish them a happy New Year. Details as to the hours for the reception | | e i STATE DEVELOPMENT. | The San Francisce Committee Increased ! by Eight New Members. The State Development Company is branching cut and it is intended that its influence for the good of the State shall be feltin the ncar future. The object is to | increase the population by bringing to | will make their ho: upon the desirable anas in the interior. Also to advertise BLACK FLAG FORMOSANS Thousands of Soldiers Have Died In Trying to Conquer Them. THE DEADLY INTERIOR FEVERS. | Agent Macmillan of the Great Nippon- Yusen Line on Japan’s Recent Struggles. A. Macmillan, general agent of the great | Nippon-Yusen Kaisha, otherwise the Ja- | pan Mail Steamship Company, is at the | Palace, en route to England. The ~ippon- | lifornia products so that there will be a | great demand for the same all over the worid. To do this it was recently decided to in- crease the committee by five new active | Alameda and Los Angeles counties and three in each of the other | n counties. Yesterday the committee San Franeisco was increased by the add tion of the following new members: Wen dell Easton, John D. Spreckels, James D, Phelan, Colonel A. E. Castle, I J. Tru- | passenger Vvessels, lea Yusen is one of the largest steamship com- | panies in the world, o g over seventy | ng as many more, | and having routes of over 2,000,000 miles. Mr. Macmillan’s headquarters are at | Tokio, where he has resided for seventeen | years. His company is the outgrowth of | many other companius. It has lines to Manilla, Viadivostock, Tientsin, Shanghai and also to Caleutta via Hongkong. It | also has a local China line from Viadivos- | | to bring about this result. | Christmas Celebrated at the Altenheim be inserted after the name. Merchants will form a separate department, birth- place, residence, family name and firm name being given in each instance, In the case of partners it will be stated whether the partnership be active or silent and whether or no partnership lists have been filed. The fair sex will have a_division all to itself. In it all women residing in China- town will, so far as possible, be noted by name, birthplace and residence. Married women will be further identified by their husband’s names and places of residence, registered females by number, date and signature of the registry certificate and unregistered by photographs. Mr. Jerome is endeavoring to make his directory as complete and reliable as may be, and will use every means in his power MERRY OLD PEOPLE. With All the 014 World Ac- companiments. Jollity and feasting reigned at the Alten- heim on Christmas night. The board of directors gave a real German dinner to the twenty old folks now resident there. They also had a Christmas-tree dressed as only the Germans adorn their holiday evergreens. There were also speeches and music, and a general merrv-making. At the dinner Fritz Rosenbaum, the president of the board of directors, made a feeling speech, in which he wishea his hearers many more merry Christmases, and Dr. Paulssen, editor of the Staats-Kal- ender, spoke it a happy vein. During the evening a_ beautiful gold- | to adjourn it and since Chris Buckley got MAGUIRE'S NAMIE IS DOWN| The Buckley General Committee Enrolls Him, Anyway, at Its Last Meeting. ALL READY FOR THE PRIMARY. The Fateful Buckley-Junta Election Contest To.Night in the Iro- quois Club. The regular Democratic Central Com- mittee, as it exists since Mr. Watkins tried hold of a majority in it, held its last meet- ing in B’nai B'rith Hall last night. This is the committee, with some vacan- cies and minus the uncertain number still inthe camp of the Junta revolters, that was elected under the Sullivan-Dwyer re- organization in 1892, and which has been the local Democratic machine ever since. The new general committee will be elected at the primary to be held January 11, and there will be no occasion for the old com- headed cane was produced. It wasa pres- mittee to meet again. ~ accompaniment of cheers that drowned ‘the music of the steam-organ completely. Never before had the merry-go-round endured such a strain. It bore up nobly till nearly 4 o’clock. Then it gave wajy and on examination showed that the cir- cular iron track on which the wheels run was so badly broken that it would take three days at least to repair it. “The first lunch was served shortly after noon. The two big rooms of the pavilion bad been fitted to accommodate 400 peo- le. The Innch counter in the basement had been arranged for 100 more. Mr. Mur- phy distributed 500 lunch tickets first. Tt seemed as if the holder of each ticket wanted to get into the dining-room first. ‘When the doors opened there was such a crush that it became next to impossible to take up tickets, and many slipped in with- out surrendering their precious paste- boards. In this way some came again and again. One little girl proudly told a waitress that she bad had seven lunches. She was not to be blamed, for the lunches looked very tempting, and it was intended that all should have all they wished. | At each plate was a sandwich, a big ap- ple, & half-pound box of candy, two cook- | ss of milk and a stic | { | ies,ag f candied | popcorn. These were neat and clean and | arrang in an appet: way that was 7 surprising when the haste of considered. lo satisfy the youtbful but keen ap- petites Mr. Murphy had sixty three-gal- Jon cans of milk, 5000 sticks of popcorn, sixty-two boxes of apples, the sandwi made from 750 loaves of bread, and half-pound boxes of candy. This was not enough, though. Th milk and candy gave out about 3 o’clock | and more had to be ordered. “L want you to say that this is the best | behaved crowd of school children we have | ever handled,” said Mrs. Murphy. *“They | were all well behaved, and there was al- | most no rowdyism. If it hadn’t been for some of the mothers there would be abso- Jutely nothing in the bebavior of merrymakers to complain of.” There was perfect order on the grounds, for which Captain Thompson and his volice deserve the credit. A few tearful | youngsters lost their parer but all found | them again. The littie s were given | the preierence at the donkey and goat | stands. The little boys saw theé reason for | this and generally withdrew. | There were no rows. The nearest ap- | prozch to one was, when, late in the after- noon, an attempt was made by the police- | men at the lunchrooms to distribute some | sandwiches that had been leit over. A few youn.sters took advanutage of the | fact tbat 250 little ones were crowding | around the blue coats to make the police- men the target for pieces of buttered bread and meat. The aim of the littie fellows | was so good, and they caughi the oflicer’s | faces su olten, that the doors bad ito be closed. {BUSY WOMEN ENTERTAINED, the service is | | 0 the : The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Will Receive New Year’s Day. A somewhat novel entertainment will | bad perjared himself while on the stand. | man, 8. W. Ferguson, O. D. Baldwin, Al" | fred Bouvier. Before the increase W. M. Bunker, Da- vid Rich and D. M. Carman constituted the San Francisco branch of the committee. ALLEN ASKED PROTECTION | | | | | | | | | The Lie Passed in Justice of the Peace Kerrigan's Court. Louis Heilberg Objects Stromgly to Statements Made in an Argument. An exciting scene took place in Justice Kerrigan’s court vesterday in which the bench, bar and a witness participated. The case of Mrs. Agnes Tramplersine vs. Lonis Heilberg, in which the fair plain- tiff asks for $295 damages for being run down by the defendant’s wagon while out riding on her bicycle, was on trial. W. W. Allen represented the plaintiff, and in his argument said that Heilberg The defendant’s attorney objected to such a statement, but his protestations availed | him nothing, and tbe flood of denuncia- | ion went on. When the case had been fully presented the court gave a verdict for the defendant, spirits over lis victory, called Attorney Allen a liar. ““You are in the presence of the court.” said Mr. Allen; “perhaps yon would not dare to say that outside.” “I am going outside now,” answered Heilberg, “and I repeat that you lied when you said T perjured myself on the stand.” To make his word good Heilberg started for the door. The attorney did not see fit to foilow him, but instead called upon the court for protection from such langnage. He asked that Heilberg be called back and punished for contempt. “‘Did you call this man a liar?” said the court, when the erstwhile defendant had been brought back by his attorney. Heilber; said something which might have been either assent or denial, but Allen was not satisfied and asked that he might be made to answer under oath. On being sworn Heilberg denied having used the epithet, though the attorney strongly urged that he had, and the Justice took the matter under advisement, not having | heard the words used. Heilberg departed with a relieved look on his face, while the attorney lingered to lz'All__‘l: to his client before leaying for his office. | ! B There seems to be an imp: third term may be made of | terial. ion that a urrah ma- who, in exnberance of | g W N Some ‘Impressions of the Children’s Day at Golden Gate Park. [From sketches by a “Call’’ artist.] | tock to Hongkong, calling at intermediate points. The steamers have something over 200,000 gross tonnage. Many steamers of this line were taken by | Japan in the war with China and pressed into the service. While battles were raging on land these steamers, hastily armored and equipped with guns and other muni- | cruisers and battle-ships in bombarding various ports. Mr. Macmillan says his company is grad- ually getting these steamers back now, and | in a few months more probably all will be returned. According to the charter Japan could, during war, take these steamers at any time, and she therefore availed her- self of the privilege. “Everything has now pretty well settled down in the Orient,” said Mr. Macmillan, | “and I anticipate no more trouble. So | far as war is concerned between Russia | and Japan I think it in the highest degree improbable. “The last trouble of a war character has ended with Formosa, which at last has been brought into a pretty fair state of subjection. The treaty ceding Formosa, you know, was signed in May, but the followers of the Black Ilag in Formosa would not give in, so Japan had to send a lot of troops there. | | “These latter days of the campaign re- veal that many of them have died. The | climate of a part of Formosa is very bad. | It is hot and feverish. The natives them- | selves could stand it, but the Japanese | troops, unacclimated as they were, died | { rapidly. They continued to die til! the | losses were very heavy. | “Besides this, the Black Flag followers | were hard to subdue. They fought wick- | edly and in any and every conceivable way to win. ““Of course, when the Japanese could get | at them in the open they soon mastered | them, but it was not always they could | thus be brought into combat. They pre- | ferred to stay behind trees and rocks and | lead the soldiers into ambuscades. | “However, now substantial peace has | been reached, and I think there will be no | | more trouble. *As to the Nippon-Yusen Compa | the stock is hela by Japanese. hey | would not permit a foreigner to own any- | thing init. In reference to myself, I am going to England on a pleasure trip.” Several Japanese are with Mr. Mac- millan, among them one who is manager | of one of the branch steamship lines, Mr. | Macmillan says business is brightening in Japan and in the Orient generaliy. He | will leave for New York and London | to-day. CENSUS OF CHINATOWN. :Tho City’s Mongolian Inhabitants to Be Enrolied. Deputy Collector E. B. Jerome has in course of preparation a census of the Chi- nese quarter in this City. The work will | be exceedingly comprehensive, and some time will undoubtedly elapse before it can | be brought to completion. The Celestial directory will comprise four divisions. Oneof these will be reserved | for the children. The yellow boys and girls will be entered by name and resi- dence. If registered the number and date of the registry certificate will appear, with the name of the Collector who issued the | document. In the case of unregistered children a photograph will be employed as a means of identification, with the child’s name, | date and place of birth, and names, resi- dence and occupation of its parents. Another category will Le set apart for laborers. Name, residence and birthplace will be noted in separate columns. Those who are registered will have opposite their names the numbers and dates of their cer- | tificates, with the name of the Collector | issuing the same. In every case of unreg- | | ent for Dr. Carl Renz, the resident physi- cian, who was unable to_be present owing to the indisposition of his son. Among those present at the dinner were: | F. Rosenbaum and Miss Bertha Rosen- | baum, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Merser, Mr. and | and daughter, Mrs. Margaret Schuene- | mann, Miss Folz, Mr. and Mrs. Westhoff, tions, were engaged in connection with | Mrs. Elsie Bahls, E. L. Rose, Mr. and Mrs. | | Sohs and Professor A. Putzker. STORM-TOSSED VESSELS, Two More of Them Reached Port From Puget Sound Yesterday. The America’s Cargo Shifted and the Melancthon Lost Everything Movable. The storm that raged off the Oregon coast must have been a very heavy one, for almost every vessel that arrives hasa tale of disaster to tell. The Topgallant headed the list with the Joss of her deck- load ana her bow stove in, but vessels that have arrived since bave reported a very rough experience. The Spartan and Lou- isiana both had their cargoes shifted, and a similar experience. Some of the men on the schooner Me- lancthon had a narrow escape during the run from Grays Harbor to San Francisco. When off the Columbia River the storm wes at its worst. Antone Johnson was at the wheel and Chris Smith standing near the mainmast, when a big cross-sea came curling abcard. Johnson yelled to the men to hold on,and he himself took a firm gT1p on the spokes of the wheel. The sea took almost everything movable overboard. The spanker boom was broken and the binnacle and compass went by the board. The captain had a small compass attached was navigated to San Francisco. “I have been sailing up and down this coast for twenty years,” said Johnson yes- terday, “‘and I 'have never eancountered such a sea. There were a succession of rales from the southeast and southwest, which raised an immense cross-sea and kept our decks flooded all the time. ““When the big wave broke aboard Smith was standing near the mainmast and that was the last I saw of him until after the deck was clear. Then I saw Smith stand- ing on his head. with his legs over the starboard rail. Some of the boys ran out and got him into the forecastie before another sea broke aboard. He was almost dead and it was some time before he was brought around.” Besides breaking her spanker-boom and losing the binnncfe and compass the Me- lancthon lost the greater portion of her rail. It will cost over $500 to put her in thorough sea-going order again., The America was fourteen s making the run from Departure Bay, but only eight da s from Port Angeles. On account of the heavy weather prevailing along the coast the captain anchored for several days at the latter place. Once past Flattery, however, the southeast to southwest gales reported by other vessels were encoun- tered and the America bad a hard battle of it. Off the Columbia River, the cargo shifted and the vessel had to be put before the wind in order to repair damages. While none of the coasting fleet are over- due, still the owners are feeling very anx- lous on account of the stories of heavy | istered Chinese laborers a photograph will weather brought in by each new arrival. | Mrs. Hildebrandt, Mr. and Mre. Maures | the America, which got in last night, bad | to his watch-chain, and by it the schooner | { The meeting last night was a brief one, | and the busiess cracked through by | Chairman Joseph Rothschild related to | unfinished arrangements for the primary | election. The attendance was fairly large, | and among those present, belonging to the | committee or not, were most of the active | leaders from the Occidental Club, includ- | ing James H. O'Brien, A.T. Spotts, John | McCarthy, Thomas J. Glynn, M.J. Dono- | van, Sam Newman, Dr. Bryan, P. F. Dun- | don, E. T. Mills, Robert Boyd, Thomas J. | Ford, “Billy” Harrison and others. | Rollcall was dispensed with and the | first business was the amendment to the | constitution proposed at the last meeting | by James H. O’Brien, restoring the con- | stitutional membership to twenty-five | from each district instead of fifteen, as_it | was made in 1894 by an amendment which | never operated because no primary elec- [ tion was held under it. | Tbe only changes proposed were the sub- | stitution of “‘twenty-five’’ for *‘fifteen’’ in | two places in section 4 of article I, but | somebody discovered that ten of the | twenty-five were by the constitution to be | the five officersand the five members of | the canvassing committee of each district ;club, the rest being elected directly as | members of the general committee, and a 1 muddle arose that was finally straightened | out by the showing that theciub oflicersand | would all be rimary. Then P. | F. Dundon found that the tenclub officers | were, by the constitation, ‘‘ex-officio” | members of the general committee, and | then there was a hot discussion about | what “ex-officio” meant, during which | Robert Boyd called for Cushing’s Manual. | committeemen described | newly elected at the | It was shown that these ex-officio mem- | bers, 180 of them, had been voting right | along in the general committee for three | vears, but ex-officio was finally stricken | out and everybody felt better. M. J. Donovan, chairman of the com- miitee of twenty-five in charge of the pri- mary, designated as _the committee on supervision and arbitration, reported a total enroliment of 11,800, and the crowd and cheered. very name is there honesug ’“he said, “and this will be the st primary election ever held in San | Francisco by any party or by any wing of | any party.” He announced that James H. O'Brien, chairman of the finance committee of the primary committee, would receive from the district chairman the constitutional assessment of $2 50 on each nominee. | Dr. James I. Stanton, chairman of the | printing committee, would have ail the | ballots printed for each district, and nomi- nees were to be reported to him. On_Saturday evening the clubs of each | district will meet to nominate club officers and fmembers of the general committee. Meeting-places for the nominations were announced as follows: Twenty-eighth District, St. Nicholas Twenty-ninth, | | Hotel, 2i4 First street: Irish-American Hall; Thirtieth, Music Hall, Mission street; Thirty-first, Pheenix | Hall} Thirty-fourth, Harmony Hall; Thirty-fifth, Silk’s Hall, Precita and Mis® sion; Thir th, Polander Hall, Twenty- | eighth and Church; Thirty-seventh, Lowry’s Hall, Ivy avenue and Laguna; Thirty-eighth. Powers’ Hali, Turk and Pierce; Thirty-ninth, Justice Barry’s courtroom, new City Hall; Fortieth, | Franklin " Hall, Filimore, near Bush; Forty-first, Larkey’s Hall, Webster and Fillmore; Forty-second, Turners’ Hall, 312 0'Farreli; Forty-third, 413 Stockton. Walter Gallagher wanted the name of James G. Maguire placed on the roil of the Thirty-ninth District and moved that this important proceeding be ordered. The Thirty-ninth wanted to put Judge Maguire back in the general committee un(f’tney couldn’t if he was enrolled. Robert Boyd asked if Mr. Maguire had requested from Washington the honor and Gallagher replied that Maguire had not, but he recognized the fact that he could not enroll because he was attending to his duties as a Congressman. He knew how he stood and knew that he would have en- rolled if he had been here. Somebody else said that the Thirty-ninth wanted unani- mously and bodily to re-elect Mr. Maguire, uand his name was ordered added to the 11,800. - Then the committee adjourned. The Iroquois Club will be red-hot to- night because the annual election isto occur, and the rivalry between the Buck- ley and anti-Buckley factions, represented respectively by James J. Flynn and Cbarles Gildea, the opposing candidates for the presidency, is very keen. This is the first serious election contest the club has ever known, and along with the keen desire and effort on both sides to capture the organization there exists a general desire to repress the contest below 4 point where it would prove dangerous to the club at an important time. On a full vote the factions woula be about evenly divided, but there are sev- eral other things to help make the result uncertain. The anti-Buckleyites counted include more of the members who rarely, if ever, go to a meeting and who would be hard to get out. Flynn’s workers will make special efforts to get out every friend of his, Then there are a good many mem- bers who, like a great many local Demo- crats just now, are keeping very still while | the factional fight goes on and taking no sides. They are trimming their saifs to reach something hoped for in the future and they are very politic. A lot of these | fellows will be out of town or find it im- | | possible to get there to-night as much as they want to. Another uncertainty attends the ques- tion of whether or not members de- linquent in their dues may vote. Thecon- stitution provides that delinquents may not votes but at every preceding election this rule has been generously and frater- nally 1gnored. A majority of the _de- linquents, who owe from 50 cents to §7 50, at four-bits a month, would vote for Jim Flynn. Most of the politicians out of jobs are in the Buckley camp. At the last meeting the anti-Buckleyites were in a majority, and after a long, hot and serious'” wrangle Max Popper’'s mo- tion that the rule should be enforced at the election was carried. To - night there will be another hot time over it most likely, with passionate denunciations of the outrage in view of all precedents and the gentle and harmonious spirit so char- acteristic of the club. A number of Flynn votes will likely depend on_the outcome. This contest has much significance in connection with the factional split in the party. The president appoints the club committees, including that on resolutions, and the contro! of the club and its policy Jargely depend on to-night’s - election. This means much to either faction both in | practical advantage and in prestige. i The Children of the Swedish Lutheran Church Give a Christmas Entertain- ment in Metropolitan Temple. The children and teachers of the Swed- ish Lutheran Church, 1239 Mission street, held a ““Jul-fest,”” or Christmas festival, in Metropolitan Temple last evening. The auditorium was crowded to the doors, and the musical and literary exercises by the members of the school, rendered in Swed- ish and English, were highly entertaining. | Addresses were made by Superintendent | C. Ahlgren, Pastors A. M. Le Veau of Oak- | iand and_A. M. L. Herenins of San Jose, | also by Dr. E. Nelander, the resident pastor. Solos were prettily sung by Miss Emma Hedberg and Albin Malmsberg. The quartet, “Fosterlandet,”” was well ren- dered by Carl Hedberg, Carl Abrahamson, Oscar Johnson and Johan Johnson. A piano solo, “La Norma,” was given by Agda Anderson and a piano duet Charlotta and Maria Malmsberg. The choir, under the leadership of Professor J. L. Lindtner, sang the church hymus in | both languages in a creditable manner. AFTER THE «BIG EIGHT." The Poolroom Men of the Swell Set Under Heavy Bonds. | | Both Factions Are to Come Together | to Battle With Ordinances and the Police. The police have gone into the strong- hold of the ‘“Big Eight” and made arres:s | just as they did among the pool-sellers of the *“Belfry.” James McCann, who is managing the rooms of the late Jack Hallinan; Jere Driscoll, the former lieutenant of ‘‘Boss’’ Buckley; Harry E. Corbett, a brother of the famous Jim Corvett, champion pugi- | list of the world, and M. Levy & Co., with- out any other qualification, were all ar- rested yesterday for violating the Ellert ordinance prohibiting the selling of pools on horseraces outside of the track wher- ever they occur. If these arrests are successful in nothing | more. they at least are a proofto the *‘Bel- | fry”” pool-sellers that the *Big Eight” are | not the instigators of the present crusade against the downtown poolrooms. The police have entered into the affair with all earnestness since they arrested | and secured the conviction of George | Givens, and they propose to keep on ar- | resting each and every individual they find dealing in_pool tickets until the Supe- | rior Court renders its decislon in the Giv- | ens case. | Last evening the “Belfry’’ people met at | 11 Ellis street, and reviewea the situation. | They have plenty of money, and propose | to carry the Givens case 1o the highest | court of tue State, and the arrest of the | very men they believed were making all | the trouble for them was a source of grati- fication, because they now believe that the two downtown factions must necessarily combine and share the expense of carrying the legal battle through. On the other hand, the **Big Eight’’ are not worried a particle. They were arrested many months ago on the same charge that stands against them now. They were tried before Judge Wallace, ose decision was they were doing a legitimate commission brokers’ business. They have not made any change in their system of doing busi- ness since that time, excepting to better their telegraphic facilities, hence they throw their chests out with pride, saying: ““We're all right, because Judge Wallace | said so in his decision. If you want to catch the wrongdoers go to the ‘Belfry’; they are the men who have no connection with the racetrack, and cannot possibly do a commission business.” After all, this poolroom controversy ap- pears to be but a business entanglement between rival factions, one paying for its telegraphic service and the other taking advantage of the others’ paid-for odds. The only thing good that has come out of the excitement caused by the police is that the proprietors of the various establish- ments have realized they must no longer admit children into their institutions. If the courts would clear up many cases on their calendars a solution to the whole problem would soon be reached. C. J. O’Donnell, one of the proprietors of the “two-bit” houses on Leidesdorff streer, was again arrested yesterday. This is his second time in jeopardy, the first case being stili pending. He put up $500 boncs. The other arrested people were too busy to get bonds. In lieu of these, however, they furnished $300 cash. Express Their Thanks. The German inmates of the Almshouse were the recipients of a great many presents on Tuesday. They were brought by Mrs. Hulda Hil- debrandt,who went out in her carriage with big packages’ containing tobacco, cigars, pipes handkerchiefs, oranges, nuis and candies. She also gave each of them H1 in money. The gifts came from Mrs. I Hecht, J. Brandenstein, N. N., Mr. Horstmann, L. Saroni & o Mr. Rotns- child, Mr. Ehrenpfort, Harris & Co., Rosénshein Bros., Esberg, Bachman & Co.' end Levi Strauss & Co. ‘A letter has been sent the Ger- man papers acknowledging the kindness and expressing thanks. ———————— Restaurants Attached. The Creameric and Original Creamerie res- taurants on Market street were attached yes terday by J. J_ Kauer on assigned claims aggre- gating $2082 75, G. Guitard, the coffee manu- acturer, had & claim of $300' against the first. named and $350 against the other. Among the creditors was E. Fodero, a poultry; claims §350 for goods furnished. Lats i 1 day the attachments were reieates e i The pen is certainl ighti ehoigen y mightier than a | mian Club during their vis THE OWL STILL SERENE Resignations Do Not Ruffle the Feathers of the Wise Old Bird. MERRY CHRISTMAS GREETINGS. Union League Club’s Regular Ticket. A Big Storm Brewing Over the Election. The Owl of Bohemia should bein fine feather to-morrow night. Elaborate prep- arations have been made for the Christmas jinks, and the promise of a LOOd.tlme and peace on earth to all the guild is almost sure of fulfillment. For the first time in the history of the club Sir Henry Heyman will conduct the Christmas music. He has figured as the director of music on many occasions, but has never wielded the baton at the Christ- mas assembly. Frank Coffin, accompanied by orchestra and chorus, will sing “Noel,”’ and Tom Rickard, similarly sustained, will sing “Nazareth.” The programme embraces & bohemian song composed by Stephen W. Leach, and a lullaby by J. H. Rosewald. A tribute of respect is thus to be paid to the memory of two eminent musicians and members that recently passed away. The Christmas_high iinks, according to custom, is sired by the president, but this time the president, Horace G. Platt, has been c:lllerlpm\'n\‘ to a family reunion on he other side of the continent, and the honor of presiding is bestowed on Uncle George T. Bromley. The low jinks will be sired by Harry Dimond. Fifteen artists in burnt cork will entertain tle audience, and while the show lasts merriment will not languish. The resignation of William Greer Har- rison has cansed some little comment in bohemian circles. The general sentiment is to the effect that Mr. Harrison is a very useful and active meniber of the organiza- tion, and his resignation is regretted A member of the board of direct: aid yesterday: “Mr. Harrison’s letter has nos been acted npon. Hesimply resigns with- out stating any reason for the course, and 1do not see that the board can do any- thing else than accept his resignation. | Of course, we hope that his friends will | P! We re- ersuade him to recall the letter. gret that he has seen fit to resign.” An old member of the club who is not on the board of directors, but who is close to Mr. Harrison, said: : “Mr. Harrison, I think, would like to be president of the club,and many members feel inciined to support him for the pres- idency, but I fancy that he suspects that the present board has organized to prevent his advancement. Again, he has heard | that his criticisms on New York woula compel New Yorkersto shun the Bohe- s to this City should he be the president. No New Yorker, it is said, could enter the club during a Harrison administration without sacrificing his seli-esteem.” When it is considered that some New Yorkers in sacrificing this would have little else to surrender the force of the suggestion is not ignored. It is the general feeling among members | that what the club most needs is repose. It has figured in the press more than members like. and if perfect peace and tranquility can be maintained at the ex- pense of & few resignations their resigna- tion is a virtue. Five hundred men be- long to the organization, and many who have achieved eminence im art, literature, music and the drama have seen fit from time to time to withdraw. Some renew their fellowships while others do not. Simply expressed in paraphrase: **Some may come and some may go, but the club goes on forever.”” 5. W. Townsend of the New York Sun, an old-time member of the club, arrived Christma: and brought tidings that Harry M. Gillig and William T. Barton would get here early in January. Mr. Gillig always remembersthe club in_his travels. Some of the beautiful yet unique ornaments in the house are gifts of Mr. illig. Henry Irving sent this message the day before Christmas. PHILADELPHIA, December 24, 1895. Greer Harrison, Bohemian Club: Hearty greeting. All good wishes. Happy Christmas 1o all friends, HENRY IR o Another message of good cheer as fol- lows has been received: WASHINGTON, December 24, 1895. Merry The Bohemian Club, San Francisco: Christmas. Good health and prosperi Bohemians. MARTT LACK The little breezes in the Bohemian Club are as zephyrs to the storm that is brew- ing in the Union League. The regular ticket for the board of directors has been vosted and is scanned with the deepest concern. The names are: Samuel W. Backus, George H. Pippy, William H. Dimond, John C. Currier, Frank A. Vail, Robert A. Friedrich, Charles G. Clinch, Harry N. Gray, Dan T. Cole, Reed Jones, John J. Wirtner. The National Guard coloring on the regular ticket is not quite understood. It may mean General W. H. Dimond for president in preference to General Robert A. Friedrich, or it may mean a second term to General S. W, kus. The quiet which now reigns in the club is the calm that precedes the storm. In due time there will be opposition, and the lines will be so distinctly drawn that a member of the club voting for directors will vote his choice for president. The chances are that the contest will nar- row down to General Friedrich and Gen- eral Dimond. In a presidential campaign year the honor of serving as president of the Union League is doubly prized, so there may ve a contest of such warmth and spirit that before January 14 members ot the club from Siskiyou to San Diego may assemble in San Francisco and rally Tor their respective favorites. Always a Bully. Despite all her boasted civilization and enlightenment England is as barbarous as Persia was in its worst days. She has al- ways been a bully among weak nations, as she was with Nicaragua recently and as she is with Venezuela now. She respects nothing but force. A Yorktown was needed to teach her to pay some regard to the rights of her supposed-to-be-feeble American colonists in the latter partof the last century. When she forgot that lesson a New Orleans early in the present century renewed it. 1f she imagines the United States is feeble on the water now she will put herself in the way of learning this les- son over again.—St. Louis Globe-Demo- crat. —————— Mayor Strong will comvel Roosevelt to get his Dutch up unless present signs fail,