The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 10, 1896, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1896. ENEWS Reorganization of the Ore- gon Railway and Navi- gation Company. PORTLANDLAT REPORT OF W. W. COTTON. Result of the Committee Confer- ence in New York Satis- factory. WM. GREER HARRISON'S VIEWS. Expatiates at Length on the uties and Advantages of San Francisco. one of the leading attorneys | of the Oregon Railway and | Company, who has just re- | ned from New York, where a confer- of the reorganization committee has | in progress for several days, states plan of reorganization has vigation been tically decided upon whereby it is ht that the Oregon Railway and Company’s affairs can be | out six months a new | organized ectors | The plan of the new zement is known to be sfactory to t nion Pa- cific and the Oregon Railway and Navig older: angement tion stockholders and Cotton sta €I e reol w s that the r fifty years. d so that nates in ten r cent of the pre- \ idends by the by when the com- rantee to be indemnity com- cement n hasn the common ry ¥ ayment of 20 per cent W. GREER HARRISON'S VIEWS. He Taiks Floguently of San Francisco’s | Brauties and Advantages. P LAND. Ok, 3 9. — William | Gre 1cisco’s scholerly an extenc i nitting him- rts of the Bay City's ison talks enthusiastically ot 1 of San Francisco, who, he s are bevond compare. enof San F ation, 10 the w( of coin. inters and art- of the true fic Coast a uild up on the shall be t Venice and roman nswer to a ¢ to what his nwas of San Francisco's morals, Harrison said, that into con- tion the City’s cosmopolitan charac- ter, climate, continental humors, and its liet, Las a moral standara an any other city in the United ““It may be said that an excess of sun- and an exceedingly rigid morality r myself I prefer do digested olive, nd an abundant »wn by a plenteous- u will find, as a conditions obtain, d are beautiful; id is rich, and that arenot rigid. You will find n love with music their phases. You enerous, : and nature, ex- 10t subject to any logmas. that t conventia men. as wi will find pec treme “Itis an excee bohemian town. Suppose that a little sin pops up its head here and there, suppose that love is not always in irons, and s e that cham- pagne flows very free Well, only to say there are a few weeds t is in the blissful Arcadian garden where the pro- on of rich and beautiful fic obscures the rank undergrowth.” CHARITY OF CATHOLICS. Good Work of St. Vincent’s Society Among the Poor Irrespective of Creed or Race. The particular couneil, or central com- mittee of St. Vincent de Paul’s Society, met last night in an assembly hall at St, Mary’s Cathedral. The councils of ail parishes in 8an Francisco wererepresented and much enthusiasm was manifested in the proceedings. Several clergymen, mem- bers of the charitable society, were pres- ent and participated 1n the discussions. John M. Burnett occupied the chair. The question which called out the live- liest and longest debate was thatof divia- inz o bequest amone the several branches or councils. Richard Carroll left the so- some money, of which $4500 was in the treasury awaiting distribution. B Several of the delegates vresent argued or of distributing the money in equal to the councils, but this proposition th vigorous objection from other of the house, where a pro rata basis upheld with cohsiderable spirit. After prolonged discussion the meeting decided to divide the bequest on a pro rate cstimate of the reports of the last ar from parish conncils, and by that s the large and populous parishes will receive qnite hanasome_sums for dis- tribution among their deserving poor with- out reterence to creed or race. Reports for the month of December were read from nine parish councils, showing that a great deal of charitable work was done in that time, as follows: St. Patrick’s—Families relieved during the month, 30; persons in same, 120; Visits made, 90. K senditures—Groceries, $124 50; coal, ‘and 'shoes, $8; clathing mdries, $4 75. "amilies relieved, 6; per- visits mede, 9. Expendi- amilics relieved, 14; persons in sits made, Cxpenditure: 5; meal tic conl, £5 cash, 45, sacred Heart—Families relieved, 6; persons 1. Expenditures— coal, $5; rent, $5; | cannot recover, so The disease is cancer of the stomach, as { many months. | Officers Chosen in This City Yes- | were elected by the | lientenant grand commander. 1894; first tures—Groceries, 9 05; meats, $14; meal 430; rent, $4; clothing, relieved, 12; persons e, 15. Expenditur bread tickets, $1; conl . 3 amilies relieved, 5; persons in 5; visits made, 12. Expenditures— chariiable purposes in cash and grocer- milies relie s made, 27 : meat, $18 0; persons in penditures conl, $3 b ved, 1 E 53 Families relieved, 12; persons . Expenditures— kets, 75 2 meal ti oRl, 50 cents cash, § All this zood work has been done by members of the St. Vincent de Paul Soci- ety without reward of any kind and with- out the aid of salaried officers. — e -~ GOVERNOR JONES. The Malignant Cancer Is Liable to Carry Him Away at Any Moment. Jones of Nevada, who L at the Palace Hotel, physicians state. inchanged yesterday. Governor John is lying near dex His condition w was admitted by his physicians and as was toid in these columns yesterday. The Governor has made his will. Sena- tor Williams drew it up, and it was signed in the presence of the Governor's private secretary, John G. Hanson, and others. Governor Jones’ two children arrived from Nevada sterday morning. There have been many inquiries as to the Governor's condition. He has the best attention, but bis demise is regarded as likely to occur at any time. it is seid all his property will go to his W T'he Governor has been in ill-health for He came to this City early the fall, thinking be might get relief by hange of climate. He knew his disease stomach trouble, but did not till lately w it was cancerous in character. He expected over a month ago to be able in a fi iays to return to Nevada. He was feelin: temporarily better. Im- mediately afterward he had a relapse, and he has neéver fully recovered from it. All he was able to do was to come down from his room for an hour or two at a time. SCOTTISH RITE ELECTION, terday by the California Consistory. Charles L. J. W. Pierce of Oakland Is the Grand Master—The An- nual Banquct. At the annual session held yesterday 1n Masonic Tempie the following officers and Consistory Mas- of the Royal Secret, thirty-second re=, of the Ancient and Accepted Scot- | Rite of Freemasonry, in and for the ters de sh Charles Lewis Parker, Past Grand Master of Grand Consistory, Elected Grand | Minister of State. State of California, the officers to serve for the ensuing yea Charles L. J. W. Pierce of Oakland, grand master, 5 Lask of San Francisco, grand prior. Penrce of Oakland, grand preceptor, Wagner of San’ Francisco, grand Charles constable. Louis Meyer of San Francisco, grand admiral. Charles L. Patton of San Francisco, grand minister of state. Columbus Waterhouse grand chancellor. of San Francisco, Charles E. Gillett of Oakland, grand almoner. George J. Hobe of San Francisco, grand regis- trar. Lippman Sachs of San Francisco, grand keeper seals and archives. Samuel W. Levy of San Francisco. grand treasurer. George Patterson of Oakland. grand primate. Joh Shetteriey of San Francisco, grand “monie nig of San Francisco, grand expert. Damien E. Fortin of Oakland, grand assistant expert. August L. Ott of Onkland, grand beausenifer, Theddeus B. Kent of San Francisco, grand bearer battle-flag. Albert H. Merritt of Oakland, grand master of guards. Jucob Z. Davis of San Fraucisco, grand cham- berlain. Zacl ilpin of Oakland, grand steward. John Williams of Oakland, grand aid-de- { camp. Joha d’Aarcy of San Francisco, grand tyler. Mr. Pierce, who was elected grand master, is 40 years old, a native of Pennsylvania. Auv Oakiand he has been venerable master of the Lodge of Perfec- tion, fourteenth degree; wise master of Charles L. Pierce, Grand Master. Chapter St. Croix, eighteenth degree; and commander of the Council of Kadosh, thirtieth degree. He has served in the State body as fol- lows: Grand beausenifer, 1890; grand master of ceremonies, 1891.95 second lieutenant grand commander, 1895. DEATH KND STORM AT SEA, The Story of the Cruiser Balti- more’s Voyage From Yokohama. TEN DAYS IN A FURIOUS GALE. One Officer Lost Overboard and An- other Crushed to Death Against a Gun. ASTORTA, Or., Jan. 9.—Advices by the steamer Rhosina, which arrived from Yo- sohama via Honolulu to-day, tell of the terrific experience of the cruiser Baltimore from December 6 to 9 in a typhoon in the China Sea. The barometer ranged all around 28.65, and the officers report the worst weather ever experienced. She ad- vanced not over a mile an hour for three days. Boatswain’s Mate Jessen was washed overboard and lost. Carpenter Cooper was thrown against one of the big guns and | killed. Seven of the crew were seriously sage, butdid not hesitate when speaking of the cool courage and excelient behavior of the crew while looking their doom, as they thought, squarely in the face. Equally warm were they in their praise of the cruiser which stood the test so well. The following officers are accredited to the Baltimore: B.F. Day, captain; H. O. Rittenhouse, W. A. Marshall, F. H. Hoimes, A. E. Culvee, A. D. Hall, C. M. Fahs, lieutenants; G. N. Ha: ward, W. H. Buek, L. H. Everhard, énsigns; Scot, chief engineer; D. A.Smith, paymas- J. A. Hawke, medical inspecior; T. C. Prince, first lieutenant U. 8. M. C.; W. H. L. Reamy, chaplein; A. Hartrath, assistant en- ginee; W. McElroy. passed assistant en- gineer; A. Moritz, passed assistant engineer; A. Farenbolt, assistant surgeons O, . Broom. pay clerk; J.'Cooper, carpenier; C. B. Magra® eT, gunner. Car;fimer Cooper, who died in the Hon- olulu Hospital of his injuries, was a native of New Jersey and firstentered the United States naval service in June, 1870, receiv- ing his papers as a warrant officer after an examination before a board of naval con- structors. He was detailed to the Balti- more August, 1893. Boatswain’s mate Jessen was a naval apprentice and a native of New York. The United States protected cruiser Balti- | more was built by Cramp & Sons, Philadel- phia, her keel having been laid in 1857. She is 377 feet 6 inches in_length, same as the Philadelphia; breadth of beam, 48 feet 6 inches: drait, 20 feet 6 inches; dis- placenient, 4600 tons. Her engines are horizontal, triple expansion, with twin screws; carries 1140 tons of coal; horse- | power, 10.064, with a speed of 19.6 knots. Her main battery consists of four 8-inch breech-loading rifles and six 6-inch breech- ‘SELEY ADMITS HIS GULLT, The Defaulting Clerk of the Russ House Makes a Written Confession. HE TOOK ALL THE MONEY. His Career in Becoming a Bigamist While Disguised by a Black Beard. Jules Callundan of Morse's detective agency arrived here from San Jose yester- day, having in custody A. W. Seley, who, on October 29, while clerk at the Russ | House, robbed the safe of $2650. " Colonel J. 8. Young of the hotel, who had gone down the evening before to iden- tify him, returned on the same train. Seley was at once placed in a cell in the City Prison. ‘While intimating at first that he was only responsibie for part of the money, the remainder having, as he said, been taken [From a photograph.] THE UNITED CRUISER BALTIMORE. but not fatally injured. slight damages were done to the vessel. The engines worked to perfection, and never once getting out of repair during the entire struggle. Considering the weight above the water line the Baltimore behaved admijrably, ana her officers have anly words of praise for her. When the | Rhosina left Honolulu the Baltimore ex- | pected to sail for San Francisco on January | 6. She was twenty days from Yokohama | to Honolulu, | By the brig W. G. Irwin, Captain Wil- liams, which arrived yesterday, 14 days | from Honoluly, is learned the full particu- lars of the stormy voyage of the Baltimore | from Yokohama to that port. | A few more deep rolls and Uncle Sam | would have had one less cruiser on his | navy list, for the Baltimore would have | been at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.” This was the reportof the crew of the | Baltimore given out when the big war | vessel arrivea in Honolulu Monday, De- cember 23, after a stormy passage of twenty days from Yokohama. Poor Boatswain’s Mate dashed overboard by a heavy sea witbout a moment’s warning,” said a petty officer, “and Carpentef Cooper was thrown against an 8-inch rifle and crushed to death. *“The big cruiser was flung around on | the billows like a feather. Hardly a man, from the main deck to the fireroom, es- caped without more or less bumps and | bruises. It was awful.”” | The story of the cruirer’s struggle with the terrible gale fully tests the seagoing | qualities of the new nayy. She left Yoko- | hama December 3, and when three days | out struck one of the hardest gales ever | encountered at sea. The barometer | suddenly dropped down, and in a few | minutes the sea was thundering against | Jessen was her steel sides like ponderous battering- | rams. Everything was made snug fore and aft. The_ battery was secured for storm, and the battle-doors tightly closed. The great mass of metal was “tossed like a cork,” in the words of one of the officers, and occasionally the seas would come aboard and wash_turough the passages of superstructure like a furious flood. Down in the engine-rooms the motion of the vessel’s plunging was not so apparent as up above, but the machinists on the plat- form and the firemen feeding the furnaces were often pitched from their stations by the spring and heave of the great hull. Boatswain’s Mate Jessen, while engaged in securing the lashings of a boat that was breaking loose, was lifted from his place on the rail and washed overboard by an unusually wild sea that swept across the decks. He disappeared in an instant and was never seen again. 1 The constant jerking of the rifles | in their fastenings worked the heavy pieces loose and some of them had to be low. Several of the boats were badly | wrecked by the seas and a number of the crew were more or less injured by being thrown by the waves against the stee] walls and partitions of the upper works. The gale finally moderated only to spring up again more fierce than ever, and | for six days the great cruiser strugsled with the seas. She was fighting her battle over again. The batches, battery, boats and everything movable were relashed and secured for a second siege. During this blow Carpenter Isaac Coojer was thrown against a gun and crushed. His skull was fractured, several bones broken and otherwise fearfully injured. The battered officer never regained con- sciousness, but died in the hospital at Honolulu the day after the vessel’s ar- rival at that port. During the gales all the fires were lighted and the full strength of the Balti- more’s steam capacity tested. With all this great power no perceptibie headway could be maae—she could only be kept bow on to the sea. But her behavior was | magnificent, and, notwithstanding the deep, dangerous rolls which often laid her rlech vertical to the surface of the furious ocean, notonce did she slip from the control of her people. She obeyed her heim like a yachtin a ten-knot breeze and rode the surges like a big white swan. When the cruiser came into Honolulu harbor, on the sunny afternoon of Decem- ber 23, her battered and bedraggled up- pearance told the story of a terrible strug- gle with an Asiatic gale, even before the Last night the thirty second degree was conferred on fifteen persons from various parts of the State, and then the annual banquet was held. accounts of their twelve days and nights of storm were given. Captain Day nnf his officers were somewhat reticent regarding the startling details of their perilous pas- removed and the machine-guns placed be- | | pounder rapid fire guus, two 3-pounders and two 1-pounders, four 37-m. hkiss guns and two Gatlings. She cost $ 5,000, and her complement is men. The Baltimore was selected by the United States_Government to carry the body of John Ericsen to his native land, | and while in Sweden the vessel was highly praised and her officers feted. She was to bave left Honolulu the 6th of this month, after coaling and repairing the damages received during the gale. MCREHOUSE BEGINS SUIT Demands $20,000 Damages From the Selby Smelting Com- pany. While Working on a Job of Painting He Was Almost Killed by De- fendant’s Machinery. An action for $20,000 damages has been brought against the Selby Smelting fand Lead Company by Attorney John E. Richards and Messrs. Delmas & Short- ridge on behalf of W. H. Morehouse, a painter, who was almost killed in the defendant’s establishment last September. Morehouse received his injuries while working in the rear of the company’s gon- eral and assay office at 416 Montgomery | street, as one of several men engaged by Contractor McCarty to paint the wood- work there. It was thelast day of the job, and soon after Morehouse had gone to work in the machine-room. A rapidly revolving shaft constituted part of the machinery, and from the shaft protruded a setscrew a quarter of an inch or more, which was invisible when the machine was in motion. As the unfortunate workman had to go very close to the shaft his clothing got wught up by the projecting screw, and he was suddenly dragged into the machine, whirled around i and dashed acainst the timbers and up- rights, until finally hurled violently to the floor. His clothing was literally torn from his body, and he was frightfully mangled, bruised and maimed, his skull'also being fractured and bis internal injuries being most excruciating. Morehouse has been under medical care and confined to his bed ever since, his wife and children hav- ing been deprived of the necessaries of life nsequence. His physician says his ies are permanent. G. A. R. VETERANS, Officers of Colonel Cass Post Installed. An Open Meeting. Installation of new officers of Colonel Cass Post No. 46, G. A. R., took place at Excelsior Hall, 2319 Mi n street, Tues- day evening last. Senior Past Post Com- mander T. Curran installed the following | officers: John O'Neil, post commander; Frank J. Miller, senior vice- commander; Hugh Shields, junior vice-commander; Joun Massey, chaplain; Edwin Kelly, surgeon; T. Curren, Q. M.; J. H. Riley, 0. D.; D.J. Donlon, 0. G.; H. J. Brown, adjutant; and William A. Walker, sergeant-major. The installation Wwas open and 200 visitors atiended. The programme of entertainment embraced these numbers: Piano specialties, Mrs. Frankie Schussler; vocal solo, Miss Treakfell; variety, Miss Clara Fex; recitation, William H. Locke; piano, Miss Teresa Sullivan; song, Katie Clifford; song, Captain B. F. Hanlon; recitation, Master Walter Riley; sleigh bells, Miss Annie Rothber:; song, Thomas mmons; recitation, George W, Ar- buckle, P. P. C.; duet, Grace Curran and Calico Leahy; song and dance, Wyatt and Silver; recitation, Miss O'Neil;” piano, Misses O’Connor; duet, Ida and Florence Gramton; original oem, “The Post Meets To-night,”” Past Post Commander J. H. Riley. Two hundred guests sat down to and dancing until midnight follo: supper, wed. 5 officers and 350 | Considerable | loading rifles; secondary battery, four 6. | by some one else, he last night made a full confession. It is as follow: _Acting under instructions from Colonel J. Young to be careful and protect the coin pac ages deposited by guests of the Russ House in he safe I took three packages from the safe, with the intention of taking them home and returning them in the morning. Ou my wey home I took frequent drinks and | became intoxicated. Before reaching home I missed one of the packages and became alarmed at the consequences, 1 failed to re- turn the remaining packages. My motive in taking the packages was wholl in the interest of Colone! Young and my fail- ure to return them was from fear of the quences from one being gone. A. W. SE San Francisco, Jan. 9, 189 J. 8. Youxe, Witness: 5 THOMAS ROURKE. Seley will plead guilty to the embezzle- | ment, so he says, and will take whatever penalty is meted out to him. He is now anxious to get through with it as soon as possible. When his sentence is served he may be taken to Santa Clara County and prosecuted on two other charges. One charge is of bigamy, for though he already had a wife and two children when he decamped, he afterward met and courted Miss Ida Shields at Los Gatos, and was married to her at San Jose by Judge Maguire a month ago. He then took the name of Charles Hilareth, by which he was known at the time of his arrest. The other offense was forgery. Part of the embezzlement consisted of a certifi- cate of deposit for §1500, the remaining $1150 being in cash. When he got short of cash he forged the name of the man to whom the certificate belonged, and tried to get the money. It was this which led to the knowledge of his whereabouts. Seley, after he decamped, let his beard grow. 1t was thick and black and cov- ered his face, almost to the eyes. He wore an old slouch hat, and his friends would scarcely have recognized him. He is a machinist and was employed in a little shop in S8an Jose. He and his wife were living at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Young, brother-in-law and sister of Mrs. Seley.” The bride is but 17 years old, and was plunged in great grief when Seley was arrested. Seley, in his statement to the officers, claimed that his wife in this City was the cause of his downfall. He said she was addicted to stimulants and made his home miserable. Of course, no one believes this story about his motives for taking the money. The Pacific Assurance Company, which had insured Seley to the amount of $1000, has all along refused to pay this amount to Colonel Young. The claim was made that Seley’s guilt was not established. It is said no effort was made by the com- pany to find him, and almost none by the police, though the Jatter had:two pictures of him. Seley’s hearing will probably take place soon. McKINLEY REPUBLICANS. Forty-First Assembly District Club Protest Agalnst the Passage of the Funding Bill. At a meeting of the McKinley Repub- lican Club of the Forty-first Assembly Dis- trict, held at Pixley Hall last evening, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted ‘WHEREAS, The proposed refunding of the Pa- cific railroad debts due the Government of the United States, as proposed by C.P. Hunting- ton and his colleagues, is viewed with aversion and hostility by the people of California; therefore, be it Resolved, That the members ot this club earn- estly protest against surrendering any lien that the Government has upon the Union and Central Pacific railroads, and that the fore- closure of the mortgages held by the Govern- ment upon these roads is the only rational and just culmination of the issue between the People and the corporations; and Resolved, Thut this club indorse heartily the action of the committee of fifty who have the memorial to Congress in chargé, and will use their best endeavors to help along the good movement for the benefit of the people of this State. A REPUBLICAN MEETING. The nse- LEY. Forty-Second Assembly District Cleb Is Actively at Work. A largely attended meeting of the Forty- second Assembly District Republican Club was held at B'nai B'rith Hall, 121 Eddy street, last evening, H. V. Scott presiding. The enrolling committee reported that they would meet at 113 Turk street next ‘Wednesday evening in order to allow voters in sympathy with the principles of the Republican party to sign the roll of the club. Mr. Jewett resigned as a member of the committee and Mars Fremont Jr. was ap- pointed in his stead. The following wer appointed a finance commiitee: J. C. Skinner, O. L. Swett, J. M. Chretien, C. S. Wright and A. H. Phelps. The executive committee consists of the following: O. L. Swett, J. M. Chretien, J. C. Skinner, Dr. F. P. Muffe, H. H. Mec- i F. 8. Chadburne, H. C. Schaertzer, Vashburne, V. Creighton, Oliver Eld- ridge, Judge E. D. Sawyer, Thomas D. Riordan, A. R. Smith, F. H. Phelps and W. A. Daws. A. R. Smith was elected as delegate to the Republican executive council, the club having a membersiip of 160. C. 8. Curtis resigned as delegate to the Republican executive council and H. C. Schaertzer was elected to fill the vacancy. THE BARBERS' ASSOCIATION. Election of Officers for the Ensuing Year—The Coming Ball. The Barbers’ Association of California, formerly the Barbers’ Association of San Francisco, heid its regular semi-annual election last Tuesday evening in their Hall, Alcazar building, 120 O'Farrell street. The following officers were elected: J. Klitsch, president; H. K. Hoffman, vice- president; A. G. Wendland, recording sec- retary; H. Wahl, financial secretary; H. Scheunert, treasurer; W. H. Wilson, trus- tee; V. Malette, sergeant-at-arms, and P Hamann, employment secretary. lace at the next regular meeting, Tues- ay evening, the 14th, at 9 o'clock. All members are requestea to attend, in order to secure invitations for the grand social ball Sunday evening, the 19th. This association 1s composed of pro- prietors and journeymen. It has at pres. ent a membership of nearly 400 in good standing. A Combat That Will Be Fought Out, Either in Blood or Ink. tempt That Rankled in His Mind. Cesare Crespi is as well known in North Beach as the famous Lola Garabaldini, or Montgomery avenue itself. Fe isa knight ofthe quill, and his work in journalism in the Italian quarter. Crespi makes his voice heard in North Beach through the medium of the Mes- senger. Some of the utterances of the Messenger have led 10 a strained condition of affairs between the editor and ceriain of the readers of the paper. And the whole Italian_ colony is talking about an encounter which has resulted. Signor Giorgio Caglier:, an esteemed eniber of the Italian colony, was waiting h his two sons, Dr. Guido Caglieri and Vittorio Caglieri, for the Union-street car, when they were joined by Dr. Barsotti and Signor Splivalo. After a few friendly words of ereeting they alladjournea to the m, vermouth before dinner. Immediately after entry Signor Crespi arrived to partake also of a glass of ver- mouth. At the right of Crespi, to quote the words of L'Italia, “Signor Caglieri, in whose soul a sentiment of disdain had been growing for some time at seeing his own name and that of his son, Dr. Guido, | in the columns of the weekly Journelette, written by the above indi; coula not hold himself back from affront- ing him and venting upon him with con- temptuous and energetic words all the ful- ness of his disdain.” the rising storm of Signor Caglieri’s wrath by protesting that he had never written a word that could wound the most sensitive heart or shock the most delicate sensibility. Young Vittorio, who had been a silent spectator, suddenly seems to have reached the conclusion that his fath er's resentment needed some practica backing up. went ug to Signor Crespi and gave him a resounding slap in the face. Friends intervened and parted the com- batants in time to prevent bloodshed. Siznor Caglieri invited Signor Crespi to come forth with him, but the invitation was declined. Developments are anxiously awaited by members of the Italian colony. —————— Banquet by Stanford Parlor. Stanford Parlor No. 76, N. S. G. W., held a banquet at the New Louvre last night. It was & pronounced success. The installation of officers will take SLAPPED CRESPI'S FACE. = awmec | Signor Caglieri Expressed the Con- ! | has caused his name to become a proverb | Quilici and Tofanelli bar to take a glass of | dual (Crespi), | It seems that Crespi attemptea to calm | Without saying anything bhe | PRIVIARY LAW DECISION, The Republican County Commit- “tee Quietly Awaiting This Issue. 1 PARTY MEN WERE IN COUNCIL. | I | Held a Short and Brisk Meeting Last Evening and With Full Attendance. The Republican County Committee is at | present holding its activity in reserve until the pending primary election bill is defi- nitely settled by the Supreme Court. | Last evening the regular monthly meet- ing, owing to the uncertainty of this issue, was brief and to the point. Although noth- | ing of importance was scheduled for dis- cussion, still ali but two members were present, | The following communication was read | and laid on the table to be acted upon at | the next meeting: | | Hon. Charles W. publican Committee, cent meeting of th the Republican_executive mittee was ap Manwaring, Chairman Re- JEAR SIR:. At & Te- utive committee of puncil a sub-com- ointed to meet and confer with | the executive commitice of your body. The | secretary was directed to inform you of this fact and to arran and place ars, SIDES, ouncil. A communication was also read from the secretary and president of the Thirty- | ifth Assembly District Republican Club, | desiring that if the county committee in- tended to form a club in that district | the one already formed there would be recognized as it exists. The letter read as foilows: | Thirty-fitth 1bly District publican Club. Charles Manwaring, Chairman Republican Com- | mittee—DEAR SIR: Havin ard tbat it is the | intention. of the Republ mitt y form a Republican club_in the Thirty-fift sembly District we are desirons of calli attention of the committee to the fact that we now have and_ for several months have had a Republican club in that district. We number over 300 of the most representative men in the district, and hope that you will in forming this club disturb us as little s possible. We would respectiuily st recognize us s we nc ist, thus showing to the people of our distriet that it is your desire 10 Tecognize the better element of our par While loyal to true Republicanism, we can- not but feel that if not at_lenst partially recog- nized, there will be many in the district who will not take as active & partin the coming campaign ss they otherwise would. At the time of the organization of our club we appointed a committee 1o wait upon the County Committee. And said committee did | wait upon you, and, owing to a ruiing that none but members of the County Cammittee could speak upon the floor, and being without that you a written communication, they we unable | to obtain a hearing; but at all times we have beeu and now are 1g and desirous of working under your direction aud superyision. Hoping the above will receive your iavorable consideration, we are yours for Republicanism, V. Presid: ROBERT H. STAFFOR | J. M. Chretien, vice-chairman, said it was not the intention of the organization to conflict with any aistrict club, and that, furthermore, the commitee had not in view the organizing of any club in any trict, and would not do so until & definite plan of organization was agreed upon. Upon motion of Mr. Chretien, the letter was laid on the table to be discussed after the primary law was decided. | " If the decision of this Jaw happens be- | fore the next regular monthly meeting of the committee, then a special meeting will | be calied by the chairman as soon us that event transpire: Wanted for Grand Larceny. Mrs. Charlotte J. Crookham, 32 Fell street, ented a stora some months ago from Mrs. Emma E. Harrold. 'On September 15, while she was in the country, Mrs. Harrold notified her that the store had been entered by bur- lars and aJot of goods stolen. Anout three weeks ago Mrs. Crookham learned that Mrs. Harrold had a quantity of the property alleged to have been stolen by the burglars, and _she obtained a search warrant and found abont %145 worth of g00ds in Mrs. Harrold’s posses- sion. Yesterday she swore out a warrant for Mrs. Harrold's arrest, on the charge of grand larceny. e Fire in a Christmas Tree. The alarm sounded from box 351 at 7:30 o'clock last evening was fora fire in n three- story brick dwelling-house at 920 Montgomery eet, owned by the Davis estate, and occu- pied by J. Basellman. Lighted candies in a | Christmas tree cnused the blaze. The demage | will amount to $50. difference between ou tailers— ? A saving One Example : $10. Wholesale Props. Oregon For Man, NEW TO-DAY. Quality=- THE HIGHEST KNOWN GRADE OF CLOTHING. That’s what we carry—Suits, Overcoats, Ulsters and Trousers—all of our own make, all retailed to you at Wholesale Prices. The r prices and the Re- of ome-half to you. The Retailers’ $15 suit or overcoat—here BROWN BROS. & CO Manufacturers Woolen Mills Fine Clothing Boy or Child RETAILED At Wholesale Prices 121-123 SANSOME STREET, Bet. Bush and Pine Sts. ALL BLUE SIGNS ~