The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 29, 1895, Page 8

8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1895. THE HIGHLAND NOBLEMAN Golf and Other Games Will In- terest Sir Charles Ross at Burlingame. JOINED HIS FRIENDS, | | HAS His Remarkable Marriage to a German Heiress and the Mysterious Separation. Sir Charles Ross, Bart., the Scottish | nobleman whose house dates back many hundreds of years and whose castles in the Highlands have long added to the pic-| turesqueness of the north of Scotland, left | for San Mateo yesterday. | The knight of the Highlands has many | friends among the English and Scotch | colonists about San Mateo and Burlingame, and he will remain with them for awhile. Sir Charles, like his famous ancestors, is no mean hand at any kind of sport. In the goli games thereabout and in the other | experience. Oxford-Cambridge race, which was un- precedenied, as a man is never sent for after ‘he was down,’ as the expression goes in the English college towns. ‘“He was married to Miss Behrnes, a i lady of vast wealth and a daughter of the senior member of the firm of Behrnes & Son, the great Hamburg bankers, and created a sensation by abruptly leaving her shortly after the wedding day. “The cause of his strange conduct has never been satisfactorily explained. Sir Charles is 26 years of age, and is reported to be very shrewd and wary, from bitter Heis said to have recently bonded a certain Rossland proposition, and proceeded to San Francisco to unload. *‘His family is well known and highly { respected in Scotland, & |A HANDSOME LAW FEE. Attorneys Langhorne and Miller to Talk in Washington for & Stake of $50,000. James P. Langhorne and John H. Miller, | attorneys, the latter until recently the partner of Morris M. Estee, left last night for Washington, D. C., to argue before the United States Supreme Court the railway | tax cases. Messrs. Langhorne and Miller are special counsel for the State of California 1n all the cases against the Southern Pacific. In every court thus far they have won their point. s In the Superior Court in this city they s SIR CHARLES ROSS, HE APPEARED AT THE PALACE. [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] amusements that may be suggested he will be able to bear a strong hand. 8ir Charles has left the care of his Center Star gold mine in British Columbia to his, essociates. The mine is ‘stocked for $500,000, but it is estimated now that there is $700.000 in sight in it, and the old pros- pectors about the mine tell the Baronet that the mine is good for millions by spring. “I don’t know whether it is or not,” said Sir Charles yesterday; *‘of course in mining, it is natural to think one is going to make a big thing, but time only can tell about that. However, the mine is certainly showing up well. It would be hard for it to appear better. “I have been at the camp of Roslyn, where the mine is, a good deal. It was very rough and wild there for a time. I| mean by that there was a regular stam- pede to the new district. It is better now. Things have got on a steadier and more desirable basis.” The coat-cf-arms of the Rosses is a curious and significant illustration of the characteristics of the family which the Baronet represents. The arms represent three lions rampant, and the crest a hand holding a garland of laurel. Two savages, ‘The 'Significant Arms of the Knight of the Highlands. [Sketched by a “Call” artist from Peerage.”] “Burke's wreathed above the head and middle with laurel, and holding clubs in their hands, complete the arms, save for the Latin motto below, “Success Nourishes Hope.” 8ir Charles has traveled much in differ- ent parts of the world, and is well in- formed both 1n regard to the governments and material resources of most countries of the globe. He'is much infatuated with California, which he thinks is scarely equaled by any other country. The nobleman dresses quietly and in ex- cellent taste. He appears more like a suc- cessful business man who is enjoying a vacation than anybody else. No doubt, Sir Charles will cause a decided flutter in the society of Burlingame and this City before he returns if be decides to remain any length of time. He is what the ladies would call hand- some. This dispatch was received from Vancou- ver Jast night in reference to the Baronet: | A former English club intimate here of | 8ir Cnarles Ross has the following to say of him: : “*8ir Charles is a lively young man and a, good fellow. His peculiar actions used to be the talk of all the fellows in tbe club. .He is a great sport and has lots of money, but not so much as he had before ne | *bucked the tiger’ in the London Stock Exchange and tried the experiment of keeping a stable of racehorses. He lost | heavily in both ventures. ‘“He isan Al all-round athlete, a crack shot and a ‘bang up’ oarsman. He rowed in the Cambridge eight as a single man and after he was married created a great deal of jealousy in the Cambridge crew by .being sent for again to row in the great | were successful and again before the Cali- fornia Supreme Court. The railroad has appealed the case a:ain to the United States Supreme Court. It will be rich pluckiug for them if they do, for some $500,000 is at stake, and as the State allows them 10 per cent their fee will be about $50,000. The case comes up at Washington Janu- ary 6. It isexpected there will be some hard fighting. HONCR AR MRS STETSO She Is to Represent California at the National Suffrage Convention. Miss Shaw and Mrs. Cott Will Hold Conventions in Every County in the State. Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Stetson, who was for a long time prominently identified with economic reform movements in California, and isnow at the Hull House, Chicago, has been invited to represent California at the National Suffrage Convention. The invitation came from Miss Susan | B. Anthony and Mrs. Rachael Foster | Avery, and the request of those ladies was | promptly indorsed by the recent conjoint action of the officers of the Woman's Congress Association, the Constitutionat Amendment Campaign Committee and the State Suffrage Association of this State, who appointed Mrs. Stetson as their rep- resentative. This convention will meet in Washing- ton on January 23 and will continue in session until the 30th. On Friday a meeting of the joint com- mittee of State Suffrags Association and the Amendment Campaign Assoclation wag held at the residence of Mrs. Sargent at 1630 Folsom street, at which it was de- cided to have Rev. Anna H. Shaw begin a course of lectures in this State very soon. So far fifteen towns in California have made applications for these lectures. Miss Anthony will come to the coast to direct the sufi‘nge forces in the spring campaizn. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Cott and Miss Shaw will hold free conventions in every county in the State. ————-— Carlyle and the Blind Boy. A correspondent sends us an interesting reminiscence of Carlyle, which shows that the “‘Sage’’—if we may use the term after Mr. Morley’s guarded eloge—had a very tender side to his nature, Some years ago our correspondent had a relative living in Devonshire whose son was totally blind and somewhat deaf. This boy became a worshiper of Carlyle. His writings were a gospel to him and he had them read to him for hours every day. Though he could never hope to see him he had a long- ing to hear his voice and feel the touch of his band. So when the Carlyle student paid a visit to London he ventured to call at Cheyne-row to bave an interview with the man who had comforted and inspired his soul. The grand old man received him with beautiful gentleness and tenderness. He talked to the boy as father to son. When the interview ‘was over the blind boy rose to leave, the venerable old prophet rose, took his hand and gently and tender- ly led him downstuirs and “put him into his cab. It was a proud moment for this blind Carlyle student, and he never ceased to cherish the memory of this visit. Very soon after the biind boy died, but he died with the light of his master in his eyes and the blessirg of one of our greatest modern prophets resting on his heart.— London Chronicle. ———— To keep fish fresh sprinkle a little salt on a very clean piece of marble or flag- stone; clean the fish thoroughly; rub a little sugar on the bone and as far asthe finger can reach, and all about the bead. Lay the fish separately on the_ stone, sprinkle a little salt over them and keep in 2 dark place. It should be soaked in water for two hours before being cooked. THE SCOTTISH NOBLEMAN AND GOLD MINER, AS | This time, if they | | win, there will be an end to it. | ment was ignored | ing at the election for colonel. NEW MUSS IN THE GUARD. 0’Connor and Tilden Cannot Be Legally Commissioned . After AlL ALL WAITING LIKE MICAWBER. Amid the Suspense the Old Organiza- tions Are Getting Private Prop- erty Together. New complications bave arisen to in- crease the muddle into which the local Na-~ tional Guard was thrown by the reorgani- | zation orders of two weeks ago. It is nowhere considered likely, or even possible, that Colonel J. C. O’Connor of the old Third will become lieutenant- colonel of the new First Regiment, or that Captain Tilden, retired, of the old First will become major of the First Battalion. The orders under which an election for cblonel of the new regiment were held a week ago Thursday night directed that at the same time the officers voting should designate their preference for lieutenant- colonels and majors, and intimated that such preferences would have weight with the Governor when he came to assign offi- cers to these commands. The orders did not so definitely state, but the natural sup- position was that the expressions of pref- erence would be confined to the three lieu- tenant-colonels, Geary, Smith and Crocker, and to the six majors of the three old regi- ments. But during the hot campaign over the colonelcy, when pulls and combinations were working fast, this supposed require- and a successful com- bination was effected by which Colonel William Macdonald was elected colonel, and by the same vote Colonel O’Connor was deciared the preference of the major- ity for lieutenant-colonel and Captain Tilden was designated as the choice for one of the three majors, the two others being Majors Drady and Huber, already serving in that capacity. Now it is pointed out that the command- er-in-chief could not commission O0’Con- nor and Tilden if he wanted to. The mili- tary law of the State provides that all field officers must be elected, and the Governor has no power to create a major outof a captain, active or retired, or anybody else and put him in command of a battali on Neither, it is almost universally conceded, can he make a colonel ont of a job a lieu- tenant-colonel and give him 2 command. So it is generally conceded that O’Connor and Tilden will get nothing but the honor of a complimentary vote. \ Had O’Connor and Tilden been actually elected the thing would have been settled. Itis thought to be a pretty certain thing that Majors Drady and Huber will be com- ssioned. The doubt as to the legality of the Governor’s action in proposing to de- tail a lieutenant-colonel and three majors to permanent commands during their un- expired terms remains as widespread as ever, the great majority of guard officers holding that it is as mnecessary to elect them as to elect the colonel. It israther expected that the Governor will say no more but permanently detail Geary, Smith or Crocker to be lieutenant-colonel of the new regiment, and thai he will simultane- ously detail one of the existing and wait- ing majors to the battalion for which Til- den was named. ' Besides these uncertainties there is that of the protest against the field officers vot- This was filed in advance of the voting. Just after the vote 1ts withdrawal was asked, but the presiding brigade officer said that it was on file and he wouldn’t give it up. It has gone on to Sacramento with the election returns and will have to be acted upon in spite of the fact that nobody now wants it to be. Ifitshould happen” to be held to have been well taken a new election for | colonel might be ordered. What the re- sult of such an election mignt be isva- riously predicted, and as new pulls and combinations would set to work, Macdon- | 2ld might win again and he might not. It is those who filed the protest who are | now most actively interested in nullifying its effects. So the whole local situation is in as big a muddle as ever or a worse one. Mac- donald will not be in command of the new regiment or anything else until he is examined and commissioned. Nobody knows who would command the local forces should occasion arise in this tran- sition period. The new regiment has been | created by general orders, but the three battalions are each under a lieutenant- colonel and a major. If there is a First | Regiment now it appears to have three lieutenant-colonels, of whom Geary is the senior, but nobody ever heard of a regi- ment having three lieutenant-colonels. 1f the guard had to be used in an emergency just now some officers would have to be ordered to get out of the way so that the soldiers could move. The armory question is as doubtful and unsettled as ever. Most of the guardsmen who are not bitter enemies of thie Nation- als think it pretty certain that two com- panies will be ordered to the Nationals’ armory on Ellis street, and that the eight other companies and the signal corps will be concentrated in the armory of the old Second at Page and Gough streets. The destruction of the old regimental organizations has set afloat many thou- sandsof doliars’ wori h of personal property belonging to the old resiments and to companies. Each regiment had furnished handsomely its regimental headquarters, and now there will be one in place of three. There are expensive carpets, furniture, fixtures, decorations and so on worth sev- eral thousand dollars. Much equipage and paraphernalia is the personal property of the old organizations. The First had about $3000 worth of camp equipage alone not belonging to the State. Official possession of surplus State prop- erty has been taken and now the officers of the old organizations are taking inven- tories of the personal property and won- dering what to do with it. When things get settled a litile, and the new regiment gets pulled into shape, portions of all this property will probably be turned over to the new regiment on some business basis and the rest will likely be sold. Old homes are being broken up and a new one started. Colonel Fairbanks, re-elected to the com- mand of the Fifth Regiment, was passed night before last by the examining board, consisting of Colonels Bush and O’Connor and Lieutenant-Colonel Geary. The Majestic and the Magnificent, our two new battle-ships and the finest in the world, take their place this week in the effective list of the navy as the first and second flagships of the channel squadron. This, now that the Royal Sovereign and the Empress of India, the present flag- ships, are about to be recommissioned and join the same flags, will become phenome- nallv strong. It will include the Majestic, 14.900 tons; the Magnificent, sister ship; the Royal Revolution, the Empress of India, the Resolution, the Repulse, each 14,150, the Blake, 9000 tons (to which the Endymion’s crew will be turned over this week); the Blenheim, her sister; the Bel- lona, 1830 tons; the Halcyon, 1070 tons, and the Speedy, 810 tons. The Magnificent and the Majestic have been both com- pleted for commission within two years, an undprecedanud feat highly creditable to the dockyards at Chat.am and Ports- mouth.—London Chronicle. Human Leopards in Sierra Leone, A correspondent in Sierra Leone writes, under date November 9: *‘The doings of the Human Leopard Society are again about to form the subject of inquiry at Sierra Leone, two members of which will be arraigned on Monday next before Chief Justice Clark on a charge of murderinga Krooman named Jack Purser. According to the evidence adduced in the Police Court, the members of this society are bound by its laws to give somebody as con- tribution to be klllef-nd eaten. In the present instance tiie prisoners are charged with killing a man, in pursuance of their vow, at Mabondo, in the Imperri country of the Sherboro district, situated within about fifty miles of Freetown. The method adopted is for members to cover them- selves with leopard skins, and then, crawl- ing on all fours, to spring upon their vic- tim and stab him in the neck with a three- pronged dagger, A medicine is then made, composed of various portions of the human body. It was only in July last that three men were convicted of a similar crime and subsequently underwent the ;_Jgtremc penalty of the law.”—London 1mes. TO SUE THE COMPANY. Damage Suit Threatened Against the Southern Pacific Owing to a Conductor’s Assault. A smt for $25,000 damages against the Southern Pacific is threatened by M. C. Merker, a wealthy resident of Kochester, N. Y., who now lies in a Portland (Or.) hospital suffering from injuries inflicted by one of the railroad company’s conduc- tors. Mr. Merker recently paid a visit to San Francisco, and early in the week purchased a ticket to Portland. On the way north Conductor Hubbard took it into his bead that Merker was traveling with a scalped ticket. This idea took possession of him when he went through the train at Port Costa. He asked Mr. Merker to write his name so that his signature could be com- pared with that on ihe ticket. Mr. Merker refused and the conductor assaulted him. It bas developed that Mr. Merker was the rightful owner of the ticket. HE COLLECTS HIS DUES Collateral Inheritage Tax From Probate Proceedings a Source of Revenue. A Handsome Showing Made in the County Clerk’s Office by C. F. Curry. With the close of the year 1895 comes also the close of the first year’s adminis- tration of the County Clerk’s office under the management of the popular and com- petent official, Charles F. Curry. It has been customary heretofore with County Clerks and other officials to create a convention boom for themselves by com- paring the increase in receivts of their of- fice during their terms as an incentive to the public to try to make the politicians and voters believe that the increase in revenue was purely and simply the earnest labors of the County Clerk or other official who succeeded in receiving more money in fees than did his predecessor. For the increase or decrease of revenue coming into the County Clerk’s hands through the exertions of the Clerk or his deputies Mr. Curry takes no credit, know- ing as he does that litigation alone brings suits and revenue to the City treasury th]rough the courts and County Clerk’s office. Yet County Clerk Curry takes both prid and pleasure in the conscientious knowl- edge and belief that he has performed his whole duty to the people of this City by turni_nfi every dollar that belongs to them by right and law into the treasury, and not permitting any money to escape thmlfih carelessness that should be paid in. is carefulness may be seen by a glance at the amount secured from wealthy estates in probate, upon which there 1s a a collateral inheritage tax. During the year 1894, and under Mr. Cur- ry’s predecessor, M. J. Healy, the sum of $19,699 was collected and paid into the treasury from this tax. . County Clerk Curry has, by his careful attention to the collection of this tax, gnid into the treasury the sum of $60,33: muuxing nine months of the present year, and in"addition to this the sum of $184,000 will go into the treasury, mak- ing in all for the year 1895 $244,000, as fsg;;nn Mr. Healy’s $19,000 for the year The regular business done in the County Clerk’s office during the past year is, how- ever, in excess of the year 1894, when com- pared with the number of suits com- menced. The following table will show the num- ber of suits commenced and the revenue received therefor:for the years of 1894-95. It will be observed by the figures for the month of July, 1894, that there were 1314 suits commenced. The increase there was from the fact that there were over 600 street assessment actions begun to enforce the payment of delinquent proverty-own- ers who refused to pay for widening streets ana other city improvements. This surplus of actions taken from the revenue of 1894 would leave an increase of actions and revenue to the credit of 1895, for none of which County Clerk Curry claims any credit. The list is as follows: 1894— Cash Paid No. Suits L}ogugenced. 21 A CALIFORNIA DRAMATIST, New York Applauds Miss Ada Lee Bascom’s Melodrama, “A Bowery Girl.” AT THE GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The “Gods” Were So Numerous That They Hung Over the Gallery. ‘Another California girl: has made a hit on the stage in the East. This time, how- ever, it is not as an actress that a native daughter has stepped into sudden fame, but as a playwright. Miss Ada Lee Bascom is the young lady over whose melodrama, ‘“The Bowery Girl,” the New York gallery boys have been howling themselves hoarse during ters prevented her from making such good terms as she might have done. 2 Miss Bascom is a bright, petite bru- nette, full of life and vivacity. She is fond of curling herself up in_a corner of the sofa or on the floor and devouring books and plays, but when she launches out into conversation she does 1t with vim and she possesses the dramatic gift of making her hearers see with her eyes. NEEDS OF THE POTRERO. Residents Agitating for a Better County Hospital and Adequate Water and Light Supplies. Residents of the Potrero, particularly in the western portion of it, are agitating for a better City and County Hospital. The hospital question came up on Friday evening at the meeting of Nuevo Potrero Improvement Ciub. It was said that the present condition of the hospital is an eye- sore to the property-owners and residents thereabout, and some discussion was had as to the possibility of the City ever put- ting up a better building in the place of the present one. Messrs. L. J. Dwyer, M. J. Hurley and others devoted themselves to the improve- ments needed by that vicinity among the speeches of the evening, particularly the necessity of a better water supply and the want of several more electric lights. As one of the speakers said: “This portion of the City has built up MISS ADA LEE BASCOM, THE CALIFORNIA PLAYWRIGHT, “A BOWERY GIRL.” [From a recent photograph.] WHO WROTE Christmas week, whilein the higher-priced parts of the house “the most vociferous enthusiasm” has prevailed, to quote the New York papers, for the critics are unani- mous in praising ‘A Bowery Girl.” The Dramatic Mirror says: ‘‘The recep- tion was most enthusiastic, and the play was a genuine success.”” The Sun’s opin- ion is that * ‘A Bowery Girl’s' sensational scene goes with dynamic power,” and the New York Herald remarks: 526. December...380 (27, to date) The holiday season evidently has a de- terrent effect in the matter of litigation. ————— THEY RAN LIKE REAL MICE Consternation Among Women Shoppers in New York. Policeman Leiber of the Jefferson Mar- ket Court. squad several days ago ar- rested Anthony Korber, 24 years old, of 150 West Sixteenth street,on a warrant that had been issued to Annie Brill, 25 years old, of 116 Eldridge street, by Magis- trate Kudlich, in Jefferson Market Court. According to Clyde E. Ames of 172 Am- sterdam avenue and M. Levy of 420 Knick- erbockér avenue, Mrs, Brill was standing in iront of Hill's store, in Sixth avenue, near Seventeenth street, selling artificial mice, when Korber, who occupies some po- sition of authority in the place, was much annoyed by her letting the mice dangle from strings in front of possible customers of the store. The two witnesses said that Korber, losing patience, ran out to the carbstone and struck the woman a violent blow in the breast. The force of the blow staggered the woman, and in trying to save herself from falling she dropped the box she was holding, which contzined over fifty artificial mice. The force of the fall released the toys, and they ran across the sidewalk so realistically that the many women shoppers that were passing were led to believe they were real, and a display of hosiery was the result. When arraigned in court Korber denied that he had struck the woman. - He said that he had only pushed her away. Ames, Levy and Mrs. Brill a1l swore that she had received a violent: blow in_the breast, and Magistrate - Kudlich fined Korber $10.— Tribune. —————— Whalebones that are bent can be straighted by being thrown into cold water for a few hours. That “The Bowery Girl” continues to throw a spell about many West Side as well as East Side hearts was demonstrated last evening by the immense audience which assembled to see her wiles exploited “l;-on the stage of the Grand Opera-house. The “gods”_ were so numerous in the gallery that they hung over the rails and made the rattan man look foolish. But it would take columns to quote the praise that the New York papers have iven Miss Bascom’s melodrama. The Fittle woman says that as she sat hidden away in the darkest corner of a stage box at the Grand Opera-house and saw the gallery boys hanging over the railings shouting, while thunders of applause came from the rest of the house and the curtain went up again and again, she was not re- joicing at her success, but was absorbed in irying to realize how it had ail come about that a little bit of a thing like herself had succeeded in being the cause of such a vast amount of noise and confusion. “The Bowery Girl” received its first met- ropolitan production at the Grand Opera- house. .It was only booked for a week, und as Clara Morris and her corapany had pre-empted the big theater Miss Bascom’s work had to depart, though it was doing the banner business of the season. It was taken over to the east cide for Chrisimas week, and as the holiday attraction at the Columbus Theater it has been repeating its successes won at the Grand Opera-house. Strange to say “A Bowery Girl’”’ is Miss Bascom’s first play. She has another drama named “A Daughter of Uncle Sam’’ in reserve, which her friends who have read it say is better than her maiden effort, but she would not show it to any managers till **A Bowery Girl” had succeeded or failed in New York. There is likely to be some competition to secure | her new play now. Miss Bascom’s friends here aw not a bit astonished at her success. They say that success is just what they ex- pected she would achieve sooner or later, but it has come to her sooner than they expected. er name, by the way, is Ada Lee Bas- com Swasey. BShe is the daughter of Ca; tain W. S. Swasey, who came here in 18 and is a well-known pioneer. “Ada,” how- ever, likes to write under her mother’s maiden name. Old Mrs. Bascom of S Jose, the grandmother of the young pl: wright, was a well-known character in the Garden City, where her word always passed for law among a large circle of friends. In- deed, not to know Mrs. Bascom in San Jose was to argue oneself unknown. Ada Lee Bascom, as she chooses to call herself, went on the stage some years ago. She plnyed a child’s part in “Miss Moulton’* with Clara Morris in this City, and afterward, when acting with Frank Mayo in New York, she became ac- quainted with the beautiful and gifted actress, Laura Don. The young women formed a warm fnenduhlx;! and Laura Don wrote a part for Ada com in her play, “A Daughter of the Nile.” Just about the time of its production poor Laura Don was stricken down with con- snmption, and Ada Bascom, abandoning the stage, wcomramed her to Europe, and nursed her till her death, which oc- curred on the Riviera. On returning to New York the Califor- nia girl put her friend’s history into novel form, and {mblmhed it under the title of “A God of Gotham.” George Gould was supposed to be very easily discernible un- der this title, particularly as he had paid marked attention to Laura Don, and gos- sip said he had been anxious to marry her. However that may be,all the copies of Ada Bascem’s book were bought up, and it (hilappured suddenly from the book- stalls. The rights of reproduction were sold for a mere song and, though a second edition was recently published under a new nathe, the authoress reaps no benefit from the present sale of her book. She has been more fortunate with “A Bowery Girl,” though her carelessness in business mat- very rapidly in the past yearor two and has now reached a point whére the lack of water and lights and a need of adequate fire and police protection are detrimental tothe further advancement of the district, besides working a hardship on the people who have already erected homes there. Petitions for the things needed have already been filed with the Board of Su- pervisors. STHIKE 4T THE BALOM The Chief Cook and Assistants Suddenly Leave Their Posts. A New Staff at Once Engaged and Very Little Inconvenience Is Caused. The chief cook and five assistants at the Baldwin Hotel are on strike. Their grievance was against Manager Stanton. He found fault with the service of the chef and that distinguished func- tionary of tne hotel immediately removed his apron and his assistants did likewise. The difference between the manager and the head cook began on Christmas day, and as time passed the breach widened, with the result that on yesterday the men left their posts. The head cook was an importation of “Lucky” Baldwin and enjoyed the reputa- tion of being thoroughly accomplished in his art. Mr. Baldwin brought him toSan Fran- cisco some twelve years ago along with a number of other cooks and placed them in his kitchen. The head cook, who received his training abroad, has remainea per- manently with the Baldwin since that time. His salary was $200 a month. An Italian chef was immediately en- gaged to succeed the retiring head of the department, and now everything is run- ning as smoothly as though nothing had happened. The head of the laundry department of the hotel was discharged a few days ago, and other changes are also in con- templation by the new management of the hotel. The bakers are trembling in an- ticipation of the ax. ““The difficulty began with Mr. Stanton’s objection to the manner in which the cooking was done.” said one of the strik- ing cooks, “and the chef got mad. The chef knew his business thoroughly and refused to be dictated to. He received his education in Berlin and Parisand then came to New York, where he was em- ployed at some of the leading hotels. Then he was engaged by Mr. Baldwin to come to this City, and has resided here ever since. Oh, he is all right. He saved his money and bought property and has a home, but the rest of us are out in the cold. Still we had to stay with our chef. ‘We have all been employed at the Baldwin for several years. “The chef never did any work. He just superintended the cooking. - On Christmas day Mr. Stanton complained of the manner in which tbe dinner had been served. The chef got mad. He said to Mr. Stanton that ‘the less said about that the better; but Mr. Stanton would not na;e“i‘t th:t'wayA He contnued to kick and the chef continued to 3 he pulled off hisapron nngdatt%?-:w 3::2 his cap. Then thi i . nll‘:nlked ont.?‘ men did the same and The managers of the Baldwin say that the strike of the cooks caused then{ very little inconvenience and the new staff is giving entire satisfaction. They declare :I::L none of the old men will be taken THE COMMITTEE ATWORK Systematic Fight Now Waged Against the So-Called Funding Bill. WASHINGTON AGENT ACTIVE. The Members of Congress Personally Requested to Vote Against the Measure. The committee of fifty having in charge the fight against Huntington’s funding bill scheme are not wasting any time in passing useless resolutions, but are h.nrd at work devising waysand means to defeat the wily railroad magnate. 3 Headquarters hav. been established in Mayor Sutro’s office in the Montgomery block, where all business relating to the funding bill will be transacted. An en~ thusiastic meeting was held Tnursd\_xy afternoon, when the situation was dis- cussed at length. Mayor Sutro stated tbat his latest ad- vices from Washington showed that Hunt- ington’s emissaries were on the battle- ground in force, and using every means in their power to make converts for their master. .They had secured practical con- trol of the Congressional machinery, and w-re spending money lavishly. “It is not by any means too late,” con- tinued the Mayor, *‘to defeat this sort of k, provided the committee will do its There is nothing to be gained by resolutions, because every moment l!ost now gives the funding bill advocates that much longer time in which to get in their corrupt work, and we all understand what that means.” ? Mayor Sutro then read a telegram which he suggested be sent to every member of Congress. This was unanimously agreed to and Secretary Nusworth was directed to act accordingly. The message was for- warded Thursday night, but will not be delivered to the Senators and Representa- tives until to-morrow morning. A gen- eral protest is entered against the passage of the so-called funding bill, and the Nation’s law-makers are further asked to ostpone action in the matter until the Pacific Coast can be heard from. The full text of the telegram will be given to- morrow. The committee, at the suggestion of Mayor Sutro, has appointed C. ¥. Perkins of New York as their Washington agent. It will be recalled that this is the gentie- man who so ably engineered the fight against the last funding bill. Charles A. Sumner, who was aiso in Washington at that time, will probably be sent on again, though until the situation is more defi- nitely understood no action will be taken in that direction. The commirttee agreed that in view of Mr. Sutro’s successful battle of last year and his perfect knowledge of the situation he was the proper person to conduct the present contest. He was given full power tu act, with instructions to call on the committee for such advice anu assistance as he thought necessary. The finance committee reported $3000 as the amount subscribed to date, of which $2000 has been paid in. Those who have been entrusted with subscription books and will receipt for such amounts as may be offered are: John M. Reynolds, C. B. Williams, Stewart Menzies, George K. Fitch, J. Richard Freud, J. C. Jordan, E. A. Phelps, Max Popper and I. J. Truman. “The committee is doing ail it possibly can to defeat this iniguitous measure,” said J. M. Reynolds vesterday, ‘“‘and while the railroad “apparently has the upper band now, I honestly think we will suc- ceed in beating them. Our agent at Wash- ington, C. F. Perkins, is thoroughly posted on tne subjeci, and with the assis ance that can be rendered from this end of the line, should certainly be able to makea good showing. “There are some people who think that to fight the Southern Pacific successfull is hopeless. That is a mistaken idea. All along the line they have shown signs of weakening, and it only requires, in my opinion, a few more hard licks to break loose their grip from California’s throat. In any event we shall not leave it to cer- tain Congressmen to say that they did not understand the feeling on this coast or they would have voted differently. The situation will be made clear to them, then if they vote for the corporation their motives will be rezdily understood.” McGarrahan’s Mantle. Samuel Chester Reed, the son of his father, who commanded the American pri- vateer General Armstrong, which per- formed marvelously effective work during the War of 1812, is daily seen haunting the corridors at both ends of the Capitol; says the Washington Times. His tall, gaunt figure, long iron-gray hair, aided by cer- tain peculiarities of dress, makes him a picturesque and noticeable personage in the usual throng of lobbyists. The mantle of Uncle Biliy McGarrahan has fallen upon Mr. Reed, who has a claim of greater antiquity, but less value, than the genial Californian.. For four score years the fatherand son have been striving to secure compensation for the destruction of the General Armstrong. Aftera struggle lasting balf a century an ‘appropriation was made and a partial adjudication effected. Of the sum set apart something like $14,000 remained, arid Mr. Reed de- sires to have this turned over to him for eervices of various kinds performed in securing a settlement of the claim. The funds in dispute are held by the Secretary of Stete. ————— In Algeria there is a river of ink. In the upper -part of its course it flows through beds of decaying moss, in the lower part through a stratum «f iron ore, and thus, through the combination of the two, its waters acquire very nearly the _coior and something.of the taste-of black ink. NEW TO-DAY. FOR GRIP Languor. 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