The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 28, 1895, Page 10

10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1895. POACHING OR POTTING This Gun Club of Colorado Obtains an In- junction AGAINST THE MALLARDS. Metropolitan Nimrods Devise a Means of Outgeneraling State Law. NEW PHASE OF THE DUCK WAR. ! How Hall McAllister and Mr. Lake Say They Were Rudely Deprived of a *Blind.” Hunters of Solano County who dwel1 in and about Benicia hold that the Suisun | marsh is the con »n hunting ground of | humanity, and that all perso without | regard to caste or coin, vrivileged to | take a shot there at a duck or a dude. When the southeaster comes the ducks | fly high and fiy low over the marshes, and | the Benicia sportsman in quest ot the | winged game halts not at the presence of | the gilt-edged city club, but roams on the marsh wherever be pleases. Occasionally encounters occur between city club mem- bers and the resident hunters, but the past records of shooting show that the casual- ties are all on the side of the city hunters. The sportsman born and bred in si the marsh likes to vary his sport by taking a shot now and then at the hunters from the metropohs. For man, Francisco the hunters of San | and have been trying s for their own special nd O to establish preserve: use, and the attempt to introduce this custom in the domain of Soclano County has caused much of the existing strife. Failing in the State courts to get a P full acknowledgment of property rights and s full measure of protection in the enjoyment of their possessions, quite a number of metropolitan nimrods organ- jzed the Ibis Gun Ciub and incorporated under the laws oi Colerado. Thus incor- porated, the club, which is in fact com- posed of Californians, is able to proceed against Benicia trespassers in the Federal courts, and will doubtless secure the as- sistance of Deputy United States Mar- shals to stand off the wide-ranging sports- men Solano County Yesterday in the Circuit Court of the United States, Ninth District, Judge Beatty granted a temporary injunction in favor of the Ibis Gun Club to restrain d Geary, David illiar eenwood, J. L. M. Wi /. Harner, Allen Hathaway L. Eaton, John Lee and John Lee Jr., members of an unincorporated association known as the Mallard Club, from trespass- ing on the premises of the Ibis Gun Club. The respondents are required to appear before the court on January 30 to show cause why they should not be permanently enjoined. Complaints and affidavits were sub- mitted by Charles P. Eells, solicitor for complainant. The affidavits, if not rich and racy, are readable, inasmuch as a number of witnesses swear to the aggress- ive activity of the Benicia hunters. James H. Brundage, steward of the Teal Club, mentions 'R. J. Sorger, Frederick English of Oakland, V. Harrier of Vallejo, Charies Dietz, Lloyd Eaton, Robert Van Norden and Donald McCrea of San Francisco and Bernard Devlin of Benicia as members of the Mallard Club. He swears that the Mallard Club is avowedly and confessedly a poaching organization, formed for the purpose of shooting upon other people’s property and in defiance of the owners’ wishes. Franz Van Peet, head keeper of the Ibis Gun Club, fires an affidavit into the con- troversy. He swears: “That on one occa- sion, when John M. Orr and N. H. Mc- Allister (one of the members of the Ibis Gun Club) were shooting on the lands de- scribed in the complaint, two men, namely, Geary and Eaton, came from the Mallard Club ark, and likewise stood within a few yards of McAllister and within gun range of Orr, and by boisterous shouting and shooting of guns droveaway and disturbed the game for several hours, for the avowed and expressed purpose of destroying the sport of said McAllister and Orr.” It is further set forth in the affidavits that John Lee of the Mallards has main- tained in the Cordelia Siough a yacht, namely, the Frolic, and has the steam launch Bob as a tender. Parties from the yacht are accused of invading the Ibis Gun Club possessions and of refusing te de- camp when ordered to leave. Affidavits of John M. Orr and M. Hall McAlister tell of instances of invasion by the Mallards. On one occasion Hall McAllister took his friend, F. B. Lake, to the marsh as guest of the Ibis Gun Club. A good, nice blind in the marsh was specially reserved by Mr. McAllister for bis guest, Mr. Lake; but to the utter , Edward Morton, A. Dalton, R. | split up so that the teachers of both insti- tutions of learning will have an average number of pupils under their care. The Board of Education is about readf' to begin work on the Sunnyside school- house, which was decided on a few days ago, but is waiting to see whether the Sunnyside Land Company will donate a lot, a matter which it is considering. Beginning with January 1 Superinten- dent 'Babeock intends to hold regular weekly meetings with the teachers of the different grades and discuss classwork and lay plans for the betterment of the educa- tional system of the department. WILL FIGHT HARD. The Poolroom Cases Continued—Indica- tions of the Defense That Will Be Introduced. The poolroom men will make a desperate effort to break the poolroom ordinance. They have engaged some of the best legal talent in the City and will die a hard death. Julius Kahn, representing Harry Corbetis James McCann, Jerry Driscoll and M. Levy, appeared in Judge Joachimson’s court and entered vlea of not guilty. Trial by jury was waived and the case con- tinued until January 2 1 In spite of the conviction of George Givens the present defendants feel con- fident of acquittal. Itis probable thata negative defense will be made. Relying ipon the law, which says it is not for the criminal to prove his innocence, but man- datory for the prosecution to establish guilt, the pool-sellers will claim that the money collected at the downtown pooi- rooms was sent to the track, and there the bets were made. The prosecution must produce evidence to the contrary. “There are a thousand ways,” said Attor- ney Kahn yesterday, “to circumvent the ordinance. I find that it is not necessary that a commission be paid. It is only nec- essary that the money be placed at the tr I it can be shown that 10 money was sent to the tra by the pool-sellers, then a conviction will follow. \ SELLER OF BID OIS Warren E. Price, Proprietor of a Market-Street Store, Ar- rested. Was Decoyed by the Postal Inspectors and Caught Using the Mails in His Business. Warren E. Price, propriefor of the Paper-covered Book store at 1203 Market street and publisher of several monthly was arrested by the Federal s yesterday for using the mails in connection with the marketing of publi- cations of a questionable character. The postal laws forbid the use of the mails for the eirculation of literature of a Postal Inspector James W. Erwin by | means of the customary decoy tactics. FPrice’s case is of the same cl as those of Solomon Levin and Isidor C. Wood, two dealers now serving sentences in the Ala- meda County Jail. The books which these men were the means of distributing for the revenue that was in the business to them were such as F. W. Broback, the Ukiah publisher, arrested Monday, pro- duced. Levin, Wood and Price were evi- dentlv all patrons of the same producer. Inspector Erwin corresponded as “I. Schwartz”’ (a dealer in cigars and books), and dated his lett ers “*Crescent City, Cal.” The mythical “I. Schwartz” asked for a list of such books as Price could supply with his quotations of prices for dealers. | second letter gave quite alist of filthy books with their prices. In his first letter Price informed Schwartz'’ that the books “would have to go by freight or express, as sach books cannot go through the mails.” He re- ceived a sum of money in a registered let- ter from ‘““Schwartz,” and also the instruc- tions, in a line by itself at the bottom of “Schwartz’s” letter, “*Sena by express.” Price sent several books, but did not heed theinstruction. He was foolish enough to send them by mail. Mr. Erwin had sent $5 to Price to pay for copies of a particularly vile work. This, Price replied, he did not have in stock at the time, but he expected to be able to accommodate his correspondent later. However, Mr. Erwin concluded he had evidence enough, so the money, upon re- uest for it, was returned in a letter which rice posted at station B. Deputy United States Marshal Moffett arrested Price at his store. The circum- stance of the “Schwartz” correspondence was recalled to bis mind, and he felt en- lightened enough to ask for a continuance so as to get time in which to prepare a de- fense. Jndge Heacock granted him until Thursday and fixed his bail at . The postal authorities feel that they haye a complete chain of evidence against Price. They will not rely upon anything but such publicationsas any jury will have to pronounce obscene, and upon these they will base their case. Price was considered tobe a very up-to- date dealer. He published a monthly magazine known as the “Book and News Dealer,” and in a recent number of it he took occasion to severely criticize the le- itimate local press for some things which rice considered improper. Price was largely instrumental in the conviction of Solomon Levin, the Stockton- street dealer. He looked upon Levin as a rival, and a very incautious one, and he sent an anonymous letter to Mr. Erwin at ;.he time containing a lot of Levin’s circu- ars. He was a very cunning man himself, but he has fallen into thetrap at last. He had a supreme contempt for the powers and methods of the Society for the Suppression of Vice. On one occasion he explained his contempt in this wise: “*Secretary Kane says®we must not put amazement of the host and the guest they found the reserved blind occupiea by the defendant McDonald and one Collins. The conclusion of the story-is thus told by Hall McAllister in his own affidavit: “8aid Collins and McDonald refused to abandon said blind or shooting stand when requested to do so and rudely and violently persisted in remaining there and shooting, excluding said Lake therefrom. That af- fiant himself went to said McDonald and Collins and expostulated with them and they refused to go away or to allow said Lake to shoot, and they persisted in re- maining there tor several hours,” It is not in the affidavit that any of the Benicia crowd said, “‘Lake shoot or give up the gun,” and furthermore is not stated what Lake and McAllister did for pleasure wheni McDonald refused to vacate the blind. Some of the Benicia people involved in this controversy and affected particularly by ¢his injunction are quite well known. Mr. Dalion is the editor of the Benicia New Era, Bernard Devlin .is a Supervisor of Solano County, E. M. Wilson was formerly - Treasurer of the county, and F. Picois pro- prietor of the Palace Hotel at Benicia. HAIGHT-STREET SCHOOL. Work Almost Completed—Will Relieve the Pressure. The completion of the new Haight- street Grammar School. which will come about in a few days, is being looked for- ward to by Superintendent of Schools Bab- cock as a solution of the present over- crowded condition of the Crocker School. The classes of the latter school will be them (the questionable books) in the win- dow. Come inside if you want to see.” e — Dr. Dio Lewis said that ankles should not be closely fitted because a ligature about the blood vessels, muscles and ten- dons must produce weakness. Cloth uppers should be worn in warm weather, because the porous texture permits evapo- ration and cools the feet. Rubbers should not be worn except under most excep- tional circumstances, because they pro- duce tenderness. Walking he regarded as a most important means of health, and he said that shoes should be such as to per- mit easy walking and good circulation. S0 long as women walk on the same earth as men, Dr Lewis said, their stockings and boots should be as thick and warm. Dr. Lewis advised that children should be allowed to run in the lglrden without shoes in summer, *‘with their little feet in lovitrt;g contact with the besom of mother earth.” . _A chance observation has made it pos- sible to express the force of a stroke of lightrning in horsepower. During a re- cent storm which passed over Germany a bolt struck a wooden uugpon in a dwell- ing, and in the too of this column were two wire nails five thirty seconds of an inch in diameter. Tie electric fluid melted the two nailsinstantly. With the largest furnace now in existence it would be impossible to melt iron in this short time. It is.calculated that the bolt was of 50,000 horsepower. ————— Fire! Fire! That Dreadful Cry Is franght with import doubly dire to the unhappy man who beholds bis dwelling or his warehouse feeding the devouring elemen: uninsured. Hap- pily most_people who can, insure—eversthing but health. Nine-tenths of us neglect the preservation of this when it is in palpable jeopardy. Incipient indigestion, liver complaint, la grippe, inaction of the kidneys and bladder and malaria are all coun- teracted by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. vile character, and Price was caught by | Price took the bait, and in his reply to a | TIME FOR THE PORTERS, Many Merchants Express Sym- pathy for the Embar- rassed Firm. AID PROFFERED IN THE EAST. Friends Rally About Porter Bros. & Co. and Promise to Lend Assistance, Throughout the entire *‘sireet” there is only sympathy expressed for Porter Bros. & Co., the commission and dried-fruit mer- chants at 315 Davis street, who closed their doors yesterday morning and intend to ask an extension of time from their cred- itors. A talk with the firms that are most largely interested revealed the fact that the extension of time would, without doubt, be granted and the firm enabled to continue business as before. “Not in years has there been such an- other failure in San Francisco,” said Frank Johnson of the Johnson-Locke Mercantile Company. “The firm of Porter Bros. & Co. is surrounded by friends both here and throughout the United States who will all do what they can to put them on their feet again. Had the firm gone to the houses they owed and asked for time I am satisfied the step they have taken would not have been found necessary. As it is, you may be sure they will get all the time they may ask for.” Mr. Runyon of McDonough & Runyon, 412 Davis street, said that all latitude com- patible with business methods would be granted the embarrassed tirm. “They will require considerable time,” he said. “‘as the kind of goods they handle cannot be marketed hastily without loss. Under any circumstances, the firm would be the best enabled to dispose of the goods because of their many connections. We know the kind of men the Porter brothers are and are willing to trust them,' Rosenberg Brothers & Co., 27 California street, said: ‘‘You will not hear a harsh word about Porter Brothers & Co. on the street. We are willing to grant them any time in reason.” This statement was echoed by Mr. Till- man of the frm of Tillman & Bendel, wholésale grocers. *We have always found them fair and square in every particular,” said he. “We will certainly agree to grant them a rea- nable extension of time.” Gray Harbor Commercial Company, h Porter Bros. & Co. purchased are large creditors. They y of the firm and saia the_\;}had . J. Smith of Smith’'s Cash Store said the Porter brothers were good men to deal with. He declared that he was not at all troubled by the account owed him and would not probably attend the meeting of the creditors. The largest creditor of the firm is the ng Company, with which Porter Bros. & Co. banked. James K. Wil- son, the president of the bank, expressed reat sympathy for the brothers Porter. e said: “There is no question as to the integrity of the men. They are held in the highest opinion and their credit has always been of the best. The trouble has been, I think, that they have made advances which they were not able to get back in time. “The officers of our bank have not had a meeting to consider the matter yet, so I cannot say as to whether the extension of time will be granted or not. But if the firm can ke us a representation that will show such a step to be advisable the request will be acceded to.” glr. Field of Field & Strong, another creditor of Porter Bros. & Co., declared that not only was he willing to give them all the time they wanted, but he was sure every firm Porter Bros. owed would feel the same way. It was not only in local circles that this feeling was general. The moruning papers of the entire country gave the news of the suspension. Before noon telegrams had been received by the em- barrassed firm from nearly every State in the Union. Some offered assistance. Some gave assurance that goods would not be sacrificed. All tenaered sympathy. The following will indicate the attitude of the Eastern connections of the house: NEW York, N. Y., Dec. 27, 1895. 1f desired, one of our firm will leave at once. Can perhaps assist you. U.H. DUDLEY & Co. PUEBLo, Colo., Dec. 27, 1895. We regret very much your misfortune. Hope spoke hix i n no doubt of time being granted. you will come out in good shape. We want to continue with you. N. C. BARWISE & Co. PITTSBURG, Pa., Dec. 27, 1895. There will be no sacrificing here. You have our earnest sympathy and good wishes. P. DUFF & Soxs. DArLAS, Tex., Dec. 27, 1895, ‘We deeply regret to learn of your trouble. If we can assist you by using extra efforts, mak- ing sales or any other way, let us know. MCCLELLAN & GRE) CHICAGO, Dee. 27, 1895, Re[fret exoeedingly your troubles. Will handle goods discreetly without sacrificing. W.8 K & Co. CHICAGO, 111, Dec. 1895, Deepest Tegret to learn of your trouble. Hope untrue. If anything I can do, command me. EpGcoMs & Co. MILWAUKEE, Wis., Dec. 27, 1895. Hope nothing serious. Will do best I can for you. W. H. STEVENS. CHICAGO, Dec. 27, 1895. Sympathy and the hope you will speedily resume expressed byall. W.S. KNIGHT & Co. Mr. Porter was not prepared yesterday to make a statement as to the assets and liabilities of the firm. He said that if the firm were given time on its heavier obliga- tions it would be able to resume business and be on as firm a footing as ever inside of six months or a year. KINDERGARTEN CHRISTMAS. The Young People of the Silver-Street Association Celebrate. On Thursday morning the children of the Silver-street kindergartens welcomed a large and enthusiastic audience to their Christmas exercises. The programme of songs and games was excellently carried out, and the little ones were radiant with happiness, as each received an armful of Christmas treasures from the heavily laden tree. Silver-street Kindergarten Association established the first kindergarten west of the Rocky Mountains and placed it in charge of Mrs. Kate Douglas Wiggin—then Miss Kate D. Smith—whose writings, to- gether with those of her sister, Miss Nora A. Smith, have made the school on Silver street famous throughout the world. The following was the programme: *‘Welcome'’; prayer. “Father, We thank rayer, “Birds and Bees and Flowers K Are the Joy Bells Ringing 7"’ caro! ristmas’’; song, “‘Merry Christmas Has Come’’; game, ‘‘Butter-making,”” Crocker class; game, “Rainbow Fairjes ame, ‘“‘Au. tumn bies,” Peabody class; finger song, “‘Merry Little Men”; song, *“Presentation Song”: recitation, selected; song, “The Won- dertul Tree”; song, “Good-by”; distribution of presents. DUPONT-STREET BONDS. The Principal Will Become Due on July 1, 1896—Money on Hand to Pay. Tne Legislature. by an act approved March 23, 1876, authorized San Francisco to issue $1,000,000 of twenty-year bonds, dl:awmg 7 per cent interest, to pay for widening Dupont street. In the courts the validity of the bonds was questioned, and much of the money collected for in- terest and redemption ‘was paid under protest. Money not paid under protest has been used from time to time in the re- demption of bonds. All the outstanding obligations of interest and principal be- come due July 1, 1896, and there 1s now 1n the treasury §950,000 to Liquidate the debt. The first ‘semi-annual payment of inter- est was made January 1, 1887, and the |. fortieth will fall due July 1, 1896. —————————— FOR WORKING WOMEN. Committees Appointed and Prepara- tions Made for the Reception. Satisfactory progress is heing made in preparation for the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union reception to working women at 132 McAllister street on New Year’s day. The hours have been set from 2 to9 P. M. in order to accommodate all who de- sire to attend. Invitations will be dis- tributed personally, as far as possible, 1000 having been already struck off for that purpose. There will be a programme consisting of music, recitations and addresses and re- freshments will be served. The reception is the plan of Mrs. J. Clifford, State superintendent of the labor department of the W. C. T. U., and Mrs. | ‘W. K. Harmish, who bas charge of the same department in this County. The reception committee will consist of the vresident and secretary of all the local unions. The Jadies acting in thatcapaci?' are: Mrs. D. J. Spencer, Mrs. L. J. Drumm, Mrs. H. H. Luse, Mrs. S. B. McCoy, Mrs. F. S. Vaslit, Mrs. C. B. Williams, Mrs. Inez Fredericks, Miss 8. M. N. Cummings, Miss N. M. Carver, Mrs. Samuel Fear, Miss Florence Colby, Mrs. | Anna Little Barry, Mrs. A. L. Jenness, | Mrs. A. W. Kerrigan, Mrs. Hodgen and | Mrs. Henrietta E. Brown. 10 PSS O THE THRF, State. Horticultural Society to| Investigate the Ways and Means Report. J. C. Shinn Finds Early Pruning Pro- | duces Better Fruit and Is | More Economical. | The State Horticultural Society has ap- pointed B. M. Leiong, B. H. Upham and | B. N. Rowley a committee to examine the report of the Congressional Committee on | Ways and Means and if anything be found therein prejudicial to the interests of Cali- | fornia to report the same to one of the representatives of the Golden State now in | Washington, with a request that such ob- | jectionable portion be either eliminated or modified, The committee will meet for such consideration to-day and telegraph the result of its deliberations to the Na- tion’s capital. This action was taken at the regular monthly meeting of the society, held at the Mills building ye sterday afternoon. S. P. Sanders read a paper on *‘Pruning the Prune.” His plan is to reduce the bearing wood and thus get large fruit and enable the tree to support it without breaking. His experience as narrated fully justified the practice. | “Early Pruning” was the subject of J. | C. Shinn’s paper, in which he advceated pruning in the summer and early fall in- stead of winter, according to the old prac- | tice. He finds the trees bear as well or | | better by such a system and the work can be done more cheaply at that time. B. Rowley gave the results of a symposium of local and Eastern fruit- traders on the relative merits of packages, boxes and sacks, the consensus of opinion being 1n favor of boxes “if honestly packed.” This led to remarks by Mr. Le- long and others strongly condemnatory of | the practice of dishonest packing. | *'The establishment of a free market in San Francisco” and_‘“Barrel-packing for California apples” will be the subjects for discussion at the next meeting, to be held | the last Friday in January. e ABOUT BATH ROOMS. Americans.\Lead the Modern World in Making Them Attractive. The modern bath room is a superfine reflection of the Roman bath, wherein a | luxurious people took their “tub’” once a week. Perhaps it was oftener, but the | parade they made over a visit to the famous public baths leads us to presume that once in seven days was as much as the majority of the populace could endure. The chappies and smart- ies—that is the members of the so-called | “‘smart set” of the period—as history re- lates, indulged in frequent bathing, and | they originated a taste for water which | eventually spread over Europe with more | or less success. But water was a scarce | commodity, and the rivers or mountain | springs were choked with ice in winter, so | it is not surprising that the baths built by | the earlly Romans fell into desuetude, even | in England, where cleanliness was in its | infancy. The Saxons, however, must have | been impressed by this trait of the crum- | bling Roman empire, for, though they“ covered up all traces of the newly con- | structed baths, they early gained a repu- | tation for ‘‘tubbing” that will survive our present day. Real lovers of the bath, however, origi- | nated in Eastern lands, where personal | cleanliness, enteringas it did into religious rites, was literally next to godliness. That pallid love of the bath developed centuries later into a passion among refined peoples. Civilization—and shall it be said the dis- covery of America?—has lent a novel aspect to this pastime of the wealthy; it has be- come a necessity with all classes. No one who can be reached is now permitted to re- main unwashed. This free and enlightened country may take credit to itself for actu- ally baving made bathing popular! Thanks to the unstinted water supply throughout our broad Ign« . there has been no need to economize, as in European countries and their crowded capitals, in the consumption of this precious element. However, the early settlers: of this coun- try may have neglected their privileges in that respect, it cannot be said of their de- scendants, who take the uttermost com- fort and deh?nt in an inheritance which has been multiplied a thousandfold. . We have only to remember the primary introduction of running water into Ameri- can residences to appreciate the influence it had on the gammrg condition of the whole community. oth London and Paris have felt the benefit, for Ameri- cans abroad so bewailed the loss of their home bathrooms that the old- fangled customs are passing away, and now houses over there are being fitted up in accordance with our ideas. The rich ¢lasses even had little knowledge of those. “improvements’’ that made the humblest house in the States a palace in point of comfort. But the world cannot stand still, and gilding the lily is an every- day performance in this age of luxury. Therefore we find men and women are no longer content with ‘“bare comforts,” but they insist on having them dressed up in the finest feathers. Take, for instance, the embeliished mod- ern bathroom; it is as much a work of art as a Dresden casket, and, indeed, with its art tiles, porcelain tubs and silver plumb- ing, it might serve as a novel piece of bric- a-brac. But this is by no means the chief attraction of the x_nodyern bathroom in the House Beautiful. ‘It js really the hydro- pathic devices by which every description of lavation may be enjoyed by the owner. Extraordinary magnificence dis- tinguishes the bathrooms in many New York abodes, but Boston's taste is con- tent with supreme elegance and does not crave a carved marble tub while there are noble receptables of immaculate white por- celamn, decorated with floral and gilded garlands, to be obtained for that purpose. They apfi-r to be quite good enough, even for angels’ use, and the silver swan faucets are so deliciously Wagnerian they lend quite an operatic air to the elaborate sur- roundings.—Boston Herald. | Meta, | Wileo: | Collier, M iss Cannavan, ) bel Macaonald Miss Voorbies and Mis: rimwood; E. M Henry Dutton, Alex Baldw | Gough streets, last Thursda; SOCIETY AT ITS GAYEST, Miss Hooper’s Dance at the Oc- cidental a Feature of the Week. NUMERQCUS DINNER PARTIES. Subscription Balls to Supersede Pri. vate Dances—Hegira to Del Monte * for New Year's. One of the most enjoyable dances of the season was given by Miss Rose Hooper at the Occidental on Christmas night, pre- ceded by a dinner. The parlors and halls were canvased and prettily decorated with wreaths and garlands, studded witn holly berries. The music, which was re- markably good, and the selections well chosen, was by the Presidio band. A de- licious supper was served at midnight, soon sfter which the following well-known guests departed for their homes: Miss Sallie Maynard, Miss Ethel Tompkins, Miss Mamie Polhemus, Miss Gertrude Bates, Miss Cora Smedberg, Miss Genevieve Goad, Miss Ida Gibbgns, Miss Helen Wagner, Miss Mollie Thomas, Miss Daisy Van Ness, Miss Mamie Stubbs, Miss Flora Dean, Miss Josephine Blackmore, Miss Clara Huntington, Miss Ethel Keeney, Miss Leontine Blakeman, Miss Frances Currey, Miss Juliette Tompkins, Miss Romie Waliace, Miss Mary Bell Gwin, Miss Lizzie Carroll, Miss Clem- entina Kip, Miss Mary Kip, Misses and Harriet Graham, Miss Ella Morgan, Lieutenant Charles E. Fox, U. S. N. H. B. Price, U. 8. James Clement, E. M. Greenway, Addison Mizner, Freda Greenwood, L. S. Van Winkie, Allen G. Wright, S. C. Pardee, George H. Wheaton, Walter G. Landers, Peter D. Martin, Leonard Chenery, F. McC. Van Ness, R. M. Daperu, Mr. Power, Mr. Sherman, Philip Tompkins, George B. de Long, Burbank G. Somers, Lieutenant J. W. Jayes, U. 8, A., Mr. H. B. Houghton, Lieutenant A. S. Fleming, Lieutenant W. Haan, Lieutenant F. A. ieutenant W. R.Smedberg, Lieutenant D. W. Ki:burn, Lieutenant S. McP. Ruthford, Lieutenant Thomas G. Carson and F. A. Green- wood. 2 The dancing season is to be one of subscrip- tion dances from present indications. In fact, the private dance, by which is generally un- derstood the dancing party in a private house, is coming to be & thing of the past in San Francisco just as it is in toe large Eastern cities. With few exceptions, San Francisco houses are without bellrooms or are not large enough to make & dance in their drawing- rooms enjovable. The Friday Fortnightly Club gaves its Christ- mas cotillon last evening at their usual meet- ing-place, Lunt’s Hall, ahd it proved to be one of the most enjoyable of the series. This M club was got up by » Mrs. Gordon Blanding, Mrs. Lloyd Irs erceé and one or two others lest fall. The club meets every two weeks. The affair is an early one, most of the meimbers coming not later than 9 o'clock, and after a few dances the cotillon finishes up the dancing at 11:30 oclock. All the membersand many invited guests were present at the meeting last even- ing. The cotillon was led by Miss Salisbury and Mr. Greenway. Adfter the cotillon a number of suppers were given by some of (ke lady patron- | estes. Among some of the members present were: Miss Kate Salisbury, Miss Margaret Salisbury, Miss Susie Blanding, Miss Sophia Pierc er, Miss Fillmore, Miss Gurn, s Sawy Miss vollier, Miss Ciara Huniingion, Miss Ruth McNutt, Mamie Stubbs, Miss Edith McBean, Miss Edith Preston, Miss Elsie Bow- man, Miss Ethel Tompkins, Miss Macdonald, Miss’ Dottie Ames, Miss Marguerite Sawyer, srs. Ray Macdonald, Lester Wells, F. A! Greenwood, S. C. Pardee, Walter Magee, Chauncey R. Boardman, T. G. Taylor, Lieu- tenant M. S. Davis, Miss Romie Wal- lace, Miss Gertie Carroll, Miss Hobart, Miss Jessie Hobart, Miss Fannie Baldwin. Miss Olive Holbrook, Miss Helen Wagner, Miss Edith Stubbs, Miss Davis. Miss Elofse Davis, \l\ssJO‘?rh)neLonghhur iss Marguerite Ralph Carr, Charles Mills, Llovd Baldwin, Mr. Boss, Mr. Dorr, George B. de Long, I Uppant, Ray Sherman, Jobn_ Earl, Frank King, Mr. Roeding, Lieutenant W. R. Smedberg, Mr. Sel- fridge, L. §. Van Winkle, Crittenden Van Wyck, Alfred Williams, W Hobart, Allen Wright, John W. Barnes, G. L. Rathbone, John Pome- oy, W. R. Heath, R. M. Eyre, Sidney Pringle, M. 8. Latham, H. H. Scott, Fred Magee,and & number of others. Miss Genevieve Goad gave a dinner party at the Goad resideuce, corner Washington and in honorof her schoolmate, Miss Hyde of New York,who is visiting the coast with her family. Those in- vited to meet Miss Hyde were: Miss Ella Ho- bart, Miss McNutt, Miss McBean, Miss Mary Bell Gwin, Miss Goad. Miss Aileen Goad, Os- good Hooker, Dr. Harry L. Tevis, Joseph D. Grant, E. M. Greenway, Robert M. Eyre, W. R. Heath and N. G. Kittle. Another delightful Saturdey tea was the one «iven by Mrs. John Boggs in honor of her daughter, Miss Alice Boggs, and Miss Fanny Coleman. The decarations were ‘of Christmas berries and garlands. The hours were from 4 t07. Assisting Mrs. Boggs to receive were: Miss Boggs, Miss Coleman, Miss Louise Har- rington, Miss Bertha Smith, Miss Mae Spring, Mrs. Alfred Tubbs and Miss MeNeil. Mr. and Mrs. I. W. Hellman gave adinner party last Thursday evening at their residence on Franklin streetin honor of Miss Rose Wal- ter and her fiance, Mr. A. Mertief. fiaturday seems to be an off day for enter- tainments, so the theater is always well pat- ronized on that day by the smart set. The principal incidents of this evening in addition to several theater parties will be the third of a series of dinner parties given by Mrs. George C. oardman to her sons. W. B. Wilshire, who is meking Los Angeles his permanent home, entertained about fifty of his friends in his apartments there last Sun- | day evening. Lotto was played and handsome prizes awarded, followed by an elaborate sup- r. PThe Bachelors and Benedicts will have their | leap vear cotillon on January 8 at their hall in Oakland. Quite a number of people will leave to-day for Del Monte, where they will pass the New Year. Huber's string orchiestra will play there during the holidays, having left for there to- ay. ‘lylle next meeting of the Fridav Night Club takes place on January 3 at Odd Fellows’ Hall. The Friday Fortnightly will hold its next meeting on January 8. The Century Olub will.hold s reception on New Year's day. * Mrs. Charles F. Holt gives a reception this afternoon at her home in Oskland from 4 to 7 o'clock. Mrs. Robert Howard Bennett will receive with her mother and sister, Mrs. Walter Ellis Rountree, and Miss Conner, at 2400 Fillmore street the first and second Fridays in January. Mr. and Mrs. 1gnatz Steinhart gave a iarge dinner dance to & number of friends on Friday evening at their residence on Sutter street. The guests were seated at table by 7 o'elock. After dinner dancing was enjoyed until mid- night. Huber's string orchestra played the Jatest and prettiest dance musiec. Owing to her recent accident Mrs. Joseph 8. Tobin has postponed her house party at Bur- lingame to a future time. . and Mrs. Francis J. Carolan will have a number of 1{i§nds at their cottage over the N ear holiday. %fil}’h{ny Frled{lnder is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. ‘evis at their home in Bakersfield. Miss quita Collier is visiting friends at Menlo Parl K. Mr. and Mrs. Russell J. Wilson leave for the East on Thursday, January 2. They will be -ccomp-nie‘d by Miss Louise Dutton and Miss McKinstry. L.’l!lhr:mnidence gf A. D. Splivalo, 1120 Wash- ington street, was the scene of an elegant din- ner last Sunday. The lg_]:flmmenm were com- lete in every respect. e table was beauti- ruuy decorated, and the large dining-room was transformed into & bower of beautiful blossoms. The effect of the decorations was enhanced by the delicately shaded lights from the many candelabra. The dinner was given in celebration of Mrs. Splivalo’s birthday. The guests were many and were most hospitably entertained. The menu was distinctively Italian. After thedin- ner there was music and dancing, and a beauti- ful wreath of mistletoe, suspended from the at central chandelfer ot the parlors, was guulnfiy called into lerfloe.d e Mrs. Louis Le nee Goldman) w! at home_the first er’dx:udly of each month at 20 Folsom street. 24’l'he Columbia Dancing Club has postponed its second party from Friday, December 27, to Friday evening, January 17, 1896. E. Conrich gave a theater partv on Friday night at the California Theater, and aiter the riormance the guests were driven to the ‘afe Zinkand, where feasting was in order until the wee small hours of the morning. Those invited were H. k, vindo Blankenstein, E. Conrich, and Misses E. Solo- mon, B. Conrich, F. Ashe and R. Morris. The twenty-fourth annual Christmas festival and dance of the Children's Progressive Ly- g:nglwm take place on Tuesday next, Decem- T 31 The engsgement is snpounced of G. B. Morse, son of Detective Harry N. Morse, and Miss na’ Schultz. The wedding is to take place in the near future. THE NEW GRAND JURY. It Will Be Completed Before Judge Sanderson Next Monday—Names Already Selected. Eighteen names for the new Grand Jury were selected from the thirty drawn on Thursday, and twenty-five more names were ordered drawn from the box, to be examined Monday next. The names selected yesterday were: John Landers, Herman H. Hencke, Frank R. McLennan, F. H. Rathbone, Frank Maskey, G. H. Umbsen, Con O'Connor, Arthur F. Price, Charles L. Haskell, I. M. ‘Walter, C.S. Laumeister, J.-J. McKinnon, P. F. Butler, B. F. Garrett, John F. Cline, F. A. Vail, E. C. Cheever and John J. O’Farrell. There are five of these, however, who ovject to serving, and it may be that on Monday their places will be supplied from the twenty-five names last drawn. These are: F. H. Rathbone, G. H. Umbsen, B. F. Garrett, F. A. Vail and E. C. Cheever. Those who are ordered summoned for Monday are: H. A, Hedges, 1608 Golden Gate; A. Vander Naillen, 723'Market; Ru- dolph Mohr, Flood building; Henry A. Crane, 2316 Clay; Louis Feldman Sr., 220 Front; W. A, Gould, 904 Van Ness; Al- phens Bull Jr., 3022 Clay; H. F. Fortman, 308 Market; Peter J. Tormey, 2734 Folsom; John Bermingham, 611 Chestnut; Eugene Korn, 726 Market; A. A. Wigmore, 1318 Leavenworth; Vincent T. Kingwell, 1038 Mission; J. B. Curtis, 340 Post; P. G. Mc- Bean, 2311 Pacific; Robert J. Mercer, 515 California; Prentiss Selby, Miils building; Jacob Martinstein, Pacific and Battery; James H. Deering, 423 Bager; T. P. Payne, 1409 Sutter; Sol Wangenheim, 1714 Bush; ‘Wendell Easton, 638 Market; Edward Mal- ley, 526 Oak; William Fillmore, 424 San- some, and William Cluff, 1916 Vallejo. CANADA'S WAR EQUIPMENT. No Forts, No Gunboats, No Heavy Guns and Only 2000 Regular Troops. That England, during the last half cen- tury, has regarded the possibility of a war with the United States as exceedingly re- mote, is shown by her somewhat conspic- uous neglect of measures for Canadian de- fense. Canada has nearly 4000 miles of boundary lines between herself and the United States, 2000 of which, at least, is but a geographical line, and yet there is not a fortification or even a military post on all that vast extent. Nor has the mother country ever felt the need of such defense or made the first move to pro- vide it. Canada would indeed be at the mercy of the great country, in the event of hostili- ties. There are only two fortifications in all of Britain’s Atlantic domain, and but one on the shores of the Pacific. The two on the Atlantic are a small fort at St. John, New Brunswick, and a great fortification and dockyard at Halifax. Both of these were designed and are maintained against possibilities of attack from other antici- pated foes than the United States. The same may be said of Esquimalt on the Pa- cific. That, too, is a naval station for the convenience and protection of England’s naval power in those waters, England is equally indfferent to the pos- sibilities of United States aggression in Dominion. More than twenty-four years ago she reduced her imperial strength to 2000 men, these forming for the most part the garrison at Halifax. It has been kept at that minimum ever since. But Canada maintains at her own ex- pense a respectabie force of militia, aggre- gating in 1884 something like 34,000 men in active training. The Canadian militia is divided into two classifications—the ac- tive and the reserve. The active force embraces the land and marine militia, but the latter has liftle more than an existence on paper. In ifact, there is no _organization at all at present. The land militia comprises one brigade (fifteen batteries), of field artilery; five battalions, nine companies of garrison artillery, two companies of engineers, and i two battalions, six companies of in- The permanent corps, combined with which are shcools of instruction, con- sist of the Royal Canadian I)mfoons (two troops), Royal Canadian Artillery (three batteries), and the Royal Canadian Regi- ment of Infantry (four companies). This establishment numbers 1010 of all ranks. The officer commanding the militia is ap- pointed for five years, has during that time the rank of major-general, and must be selected from the colonels on the active list of the British army. The Dominion is divided into twelve military districts, as follows: Ontario has four. Quebec three, Nova Scotia one, New Brunswick one, Manitoba one, the Terri- tories and Keewatin one, Prince Edward Island one, and British Columbia one. Each district is commanded by a deputy adjutant-general. There is a small-arm ammunition factory in Quebec, and this, with the few regular troops and the militia, constitute the extent of Canada’s present equipment to repel invasion. ————— Hung Himself in a Barn. An unkuown man was found hanging in a barn on the Lompo Tract, off the Mission road, at 9 A. M. yesterday, by E. F. Lompo, who at once notified the Coroner’s office. Nothing was found on his person to indicate his iden- tity. He was a man of probably 45 years of age, poorly .iressed in a gray sack suit, had on gaiter shoes, and wore a black beard and very dark hair. Scarlet Fover Setlld in the Back. AN OPERATION WAS UNSUCCESS- FULLY PERFORMED. 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OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN BY THE Board of Trustees of the Town of Ukiah City, County of Mendocino, State of California, that sealed bids will be received by the said Board of Trustees up to 2 0’clock P. 3. on the second day of January, 1896, at the office of the City Clerk, at the Town Hall in said Town of Ukiah City, State and County aforesaid, for the purchase of forty (40) municipal” bonds of said Town of Ukiah Cigy (twenty of said bonds being of the denomination of $250 each and twenty of said bonds being of the denomination of $1000 each) and the said forty bonds amounting in the aggregaie to the sum of $25,000. That each of said bonds will bear interest at the rate of five per cent per annum, payable an- nually on the second day of Jannary. Said bonds of the denomination of $1000 each will be numbered consecutively from 1 to 20 in- ciusive, and said bonds of the denomination of $250 each will be numbered consecutively from 21 to 40 inclusive, and said bonds will mature and be payable as follows, to wit: Numbers 1 and 21, Januai Numbers 2 and 22, Janua 3 and 23, Janua 4 and 24, Janua; 5 and 25, Janua 6 and 26, Jauuary 7 and 27, Janua; 8 and 28! Janual Nuombers 9 and 29, Janua Numbers 10 and 30, Januas Numbers 11 and 81, Janua: 3% Numbers 16 and 36, Janua Numbers 17 and 37, Januai Numbers 18 and 38, Janua- Numbers 19 and 39, Janua; Numbers 20 and 40, Janua: 3 Said bonds will te sold to the highest bidder for 1d coin of the United States. and no sale of said nds will be made unless the amount bjd fs equal 10 the face vaiue of sald bonds bid upon. Should the bids of two or more persoas be equal in amount the board may accept thie offer of either and reject the others. Should no bid be received equ: 1 to the face value the board mav either reaaveriise or. may sell any or ail of said bonds for the face value without advertising. . The said bonds herein mentioned are issued and are 1o be sold for the pnrposes and objects se. forth in Urdinance No. 73 of said town, passed Sepiem- ber 3, 1895, determining that the public jnierest and necessity of the town of Ukiah City demand the acquisition, construction and completion of & system of sewers for s2id 10own. and also under and pursuant to Ordinances numbers 74 and 75 of said town, of the special election held on November 16, 18¢5, and an act of the Legislature of the State of California_entitled “An act authorizing the inenr- ring of Indebtedness by cities, owns and monici- pal corpor tions, incorporated under the laws ot this State, etc.,” approved March 19. 1889, (See Stat. 1889, pz. 399 el seq., and its amendments.) That sald bonds are issued and wiil be soli for the purpose of providing funds ior construciing and completing & permanent sys.em of sewers for said town of Ukiah City. "This notice is given and published as prescribed in Ordivance No. 76 of said town and as dirccted by the Board of l‘r\lszees of sald town at their meeting on December §, 1895, SAM HAINES, City Clerk of the To f Ukiah City. Dated December 10, 1895. iints L