The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 25, 1896, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 25 1896. UR, BROWN AN IP30-ECCENTRIC, An Eastern Divine's Opinion | of the Afflicted Pastor. AT PLYMOUTH CHURCH. The Committee Believes That Dr. Brown Is Mentally Unbalanced. INVESTIGATION TO PROCEED. There Will Be Daily Sessions of the | Committee of Inquiry Next Week. Those who have been feeling the judicial | pulse of the committee of investigation the Brown vs. Davidson and Davidson vs. | Brown case believe that that honorable | body is, almost to a man, of the opinion | that Dr. Brown’s mental vagaries account | for his strange actions, and if he be inno- “ cent of the extreme charges against him, | that these aberrations are the cause of | some of the acts which his most ardent admirers pronounce ‘‘undeniably foolish.” | “Do you believe that Dr. Brown’s mind | is unbalanced ?”’ | One of the most conservative and con- | scientious members of the \'ummzlleej) ghed, shook his head and y re- | sponded with the rising inflec Well, perhaps not exactly.” The conservative iember looked worried. Indeed e committee seems to feel s in his position. All seem whatever may be the rest gation an unpleasant duty intervenes be tween to-day and the time when that re- It will be announced. Dr. Williams, who 1 ister who is now on t ck of public in- spection for twenty years, has said on divers occasions when the irascible pastor brought himself into public notice by some heatec , “No one knows what Brown will d Dr. Williams has a cler- i friend and former schoolmate in one tic States, and an acquaintance wn, who 15 of the same opinion. recent letter to the pastor of Plymouth h he says, “Whatever may be the s to Brown’s criminality, the be- | always eutertained of him is he is a fool. He is not well balanced. You can never | a prediction as to what he witl do, where he will break out, which way turn or turn up. His relations with the women in the case prove his utter foolishness. The man’s lack of mental balance is piti- | able. s known the min- “He is—pardon the vulgarism—badly stuck on himself. I never knew another an so much so. Coining a word to fit | his case, T should pronounce him a colos- sal ipso-eccentric.” “That’s tk rouble,” said Dr. Williams, in seeming soliloquy as he folded the let- ter. The reverend gentleman who is under fire was Teportea better yesterday, and it is expecied that he will be able to undergo | ordeal of making a statement to his of ecclesiastical peers on Monday Tne meetings of the committee | d each evening except Wednes- v, commencing Monday next, and all | be beld at Plymouth Church. The jon on Wednesday evening will be because that is the time for the weekly prayer meetings. All sessions will be secret. Rumors to the effect that Miss Overman | onfess that she was a party to the t to blackmail Dr. Brown, but weakened and withdrew from the conspiracy before its dramatic climax, are current, but have not been verified. e A NEW CLUB DEPARTURE, The University Club Is to Have Coats-of - Arms in Its Windows. Harvard and the Naval Academy’s Crests in Stained Glass. A styleof decoration which is a new departure as far as this Cigy is concerned is about to be inaugurated a% the Univer- | sity Club. This is to adorn the buiiding | with stained-glass windows, bearing the | arms of the different colleges and univer- sities in this country. | The clubhouse on Sutter street, near | Jones, has lately been enlarged and reno- | vated. Among the improvements is a large dining-room, the windows of which | afford a good field for setting in| stained-glass windows. The first two crests inserted are to be those of the Naval Academy and Harvard. Each is being made a present to the ciub by mem- bers who are graduates of the above insti- tutions. | The two gentlemen who are making the present wished the crest 10 be a surprise | to their fellow-clubmen, and on that ac- count nothing has been even whispered about the windows till now, though both are almost completed. Bruce Porter has designed and executed the windows. The Harvard crest has been carried out on its original lines, but that of the naval Academy has been modified to suit the artistic requirements of a stained-glass window. There is nothing more difficult than to represent an Ameri- can flag of limited dimensions in stained glass, but in the modified design for the Naval Academy, which will adorn the University Club, the stars are suggested against an azure background, in the flow- ing design which surrounds the arms. The centerpiece is an_anchor, and carelessly enshrouding it in its folds are the red and ! stripes of the flag, undulating 1y, 50 as to suggest ruaning water. expected that the new windows will be put in next Saturday and until then no one will be permitted to see them, except the artist and the donors, as the Harvard man and the Naval Academy man do not care to let their good deeds be seen of men till they are in a good position to let the ligbt shine through their transparency. 111l Saturday, that is for a whole week, it will therefore be considered good form in | Marshuiz and X | ingly that ow | to be brought forward. | his son, J. other colleges, not to be outdone, will come forward and donate the arms of their own alma mater. e — THE EX-GRAND JURY. Delightful Banquet at the San Fran- cisco Verein Last Night. Twelve members of the ex-Grand Jury, arrayed in evening dress, responded last evening to a subpena of this feshion: SUBPENA. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. To—: 4 You are commanded to appear 8§ an ex- grand juror of the City and County of Sun Francisco, State of Californis, at the rooms of San Francisco Verein, northeast corner Post and Leavenworth streets, on Friday, the 24th dsy of January, A. D. 1896, at 7 o'clock P. M., sharp, as a witnessand participant in the in- vestigation of a dinner. Respectiully, COMMITTEE. The members attending were: J. J. Groom (secretary), Charles M. Yflt'e's, Charles G. Clinch, Reuben Tucker, Wil- liam H. Phelps, Charles Sonntag, George H.Sanders, John A. Hammersmith, Mar- ion Leventritt, Carlos® G. Young, L. C. A.Judd. The ex-foreman, Oliver Eldridge, sent the following letter: SN FRANCISCO, Jan. 24, 1896, Leventritt : 1 regret exceed- ng to my doctor’s advice I am unable to obey the “subpena” and be present with youand the other members of the late Grand Jury this evening. Iam sure you will have a very jolly time and do full justice to the occasion, snd I trust you may all see many happy returns. With kind remembrances to yourself and all the other members. 10 whom I I 1 ent my kind regards, I OLIVER ELDRIDGE. The presiding genius of the banquet was Charles Sonntag. All the attendants made appropriate speeches responding to im- promptu tc 5 jects. Merriment was the main order bf exercises at a late hour. The table decor- ations were beautiful, while the service was excelient. A resolution to hold an- other ban t a year hence was unani- mously adopted. My Dear Mr. b LIE ELECTION FIHT, Many Men Want to Be Trustees of the Mechanics’ Institute. Five Enter the Lists in Opposition to the Seven Favoring the Pres- ent Regime. The first moves are being made in what | is expected to be one of the liveliest elec- tion contests ever known in the Mechanics’ Institute. Seven trustees are to be elected on February 25. There are twelve candi- dates in the field and the nominations are closed. ‘What might be called the regular ticket was nominated by a commitiee of the older members, mostly ex-directors and others who have long been identified with | the management of the institution and are in sympathy with the present regime. Invitations were sent out to about 150 of these, and sixty responded. They met at the Palace Hotel last month, shortly after the time for posting nominations arrived. A. 8. Hallidie refused to allow his name George Cumming again as trustee, but M. Cumming, was made one of the nominees. The others chosen as the friends of the management were Henry Root, Joseph Leggett, G. Howard Thomp- son, Oscar Lewis, George H. Wallis and g There are five men who will contest the also refused to run E. Purdy. fight with the seven of the management. | In the opposition are L. E. Phillips and P. J. Healey. They both want changes, bat they are not pulling together, as Healey supports the financial methods of | the present board of trustees, while Phil- lips declares that money has been wasted and says that an investigation would show that there has been a “‘divvy' somewhere. even more marked than that recently dis- covered in the affairs of the Harbor Com- mission. George R. Presson, a clerk with Main & Winchester, - E. P. Heald of Heald’s Business College and E. J. Vogel, | an architect, are aiso candidates. DISTRICT GRAND LODGE. Representatives to the Thirty-Third Annual Session of the Order of B’nai B'rith. The following is a list of the representa- tives to the thirty-third annual session of District Grand Lodge No. 4, 1. 0. B. B, to be held in B'nai B'rith Hall on Eddy street to-morrow : Ophir No. 21—A. L. Badt, I. N. Choynski Gabriel Cohn, M. Kalmuk, M. Kullman, Louis Levy, Marcus Levy, Abraham Lewis, Julius Platshek, William Saalburg. Pacific No. 48—Louis Enrlich. Jacob Gans, William Geist, Abe Kapian, Julius Newma; Henry Schwart, Etham No. berg, Max Hirsc! Aaron Nathan, Montefiore Kahn, H. Kaufman, Jessie E. Marks, Manheim Marks, M. J. Netfer, S. A. Senders, 8. H. Schocken. Modin_No. 42 —Isidor Brown, Sam Fly- shaker, Isanc Lacher, Marcus Mayer, Joseph Shaen, Isidore Simon, Philip Stern. Garizim No. 43—Isidor Haas, Morris Rosen- berg, Joseph Weissbein. Nevada No,52—R. T. Brodek, J. D. Cohn, Matt Levy Miriam No. 56—Isaac J. Cohn, Simon Hoch- stadter, Moses Oregon_No. Ball, D. M. Buckner, Charles Friendly, M. Goodman. Hope No. 126-1ke Brown, Harris Marks, Moritz Menassis, M. P. Stein. Columbia No. 127.—Salomon Adler, Edmund Bare, Ignatz Eppertshausen, Emin Ginzburger, Herman Lesser, Henry Newman, Simon New- man, Philip Taussig, Adolph Wolf. Orange No. 224—Sam Levi, Isaac Norton, Moses Norton. 231—M. Goldman, 8. Silver. Yosemite Paradise No. 237—Rudolph Ancker, Louls Caro. Golden Gate No. 129—I. J. Aschheim, A. Auerbach, S, Beruch, L. Bernstein, J. Davis, sancs, William Lewis, A. Lipman. California No. 163—David ‘ohen, Louis Cohen, Abraham Colman, J. L. Franklin, Louis Friedlander, Max_Goldberg, Jullus Israelsky, Morris Kochman, 8. W. Lipman, Robert Mann. Ariel No. 248—Alexander J. Hart, Louis Lin- oberg. H. Rich Wittowsk: Oakiand No. 252—J. M. Cohen, Abraham aner, Max Marcuse, George Samuels. —Benjamin Harrls, Adolph ty No. 2731 Cohnreich, H. Enkle, Kronverg, E. W. Levy, SolJ. Lévy, A. Lew L. Lipman, M.J.Lyons, S. Myrson, J. Koths: child, M. Roth, M. Warsha Zekind, Silver State No. 296. ¥ North Pacific No. 314—Lehman Blum, Jacob M. Gettert, Isador Gerwurtz, David Lipman, Marks Rybke. Cremienx No. 325—A. Glassman, Sam S, Green, Herman Gutstadt, Sandor Hoffman, Theodore Tobiss, Edward I. Wolfe. Semi-Tropic No. 341—Simon Cahen, Ben W. Edelman, M. Morris. Beattle No. 342—I. Korn, E Morgenstern. Occidentel No. 345—Harry block, Louis Cohen, Isador Simom, Sholern Silverstone, Lucius L. Solomons, Frank Sperling, Edmund Tausky, Jacob Voorsanger. Lascar No. 370—Simon Levi. Tacoma No. 406—Solomon Jacoby. Portland No. 416—Henry Blackman, Dr. J. Bloch, Sol. Blumauer, 1. N. Fleischner. Baron de Hirsch No. 420—Nosh W. Bender, ‘William Galleck. 15, - Feixotio No. 421orits Jacob, Louts ams. Abrabam Geiger No. 423—Leopold Siein. Washoe No. 450—Herman Ash, Solomon Levy. A number of the delegates have already arrived from the inlterior, and it is ex- pected that about 140 of the 150 will be in attendance. The lodge will be called to order at 10 o’clock on Sunday morning. On Tuesday the election for grand of- ficers will be beld at 2 o’clock in the after- noon. Edward I. Wolfe, of Cremieux Lodge and first vice-president, will prob- the club to entirely ignore the fact that any new windows are to be put up at all. Itis expected that when Harvard and the Naval Academy are so prettily revre- sented in the University Club the men of ably succeed President Jones, who will be- come past grand president. e The Czar's private income is about $480,- 000,000 per annum. sts on vast and varied sub- | —Albert Elkus, Jacob Gins- | Jacob Levison, Marks Levy, | No. 51—Solomon Blum, Bert | HIS WIVES: MADE WIDOWS ‘A Bigamist Escaped From the Alameda Jail to Drown at Sea. |TRIED TO SAVE THE MATE, The Boat Swamped and Edward Duffey and His Companions Lost Their Lives. The identity and history of one of the men who were drowned from the schooner Golden Shore has been ascertained. Mrs. Harry Brown, who keeps a lodging-house on Broadway, is salistied that James Conway, who lost his life while attempt- ing too save Mate Johnson, is no other than Edward Duffey, for whom the police of San Francisco and Oakland have been looking for over six months. | got a position as driver in the Fire Depart- ment. His spare time was always spent on the water front and there he courted | Mrs. Brown’s daughter and married her. | Their courtship was pleasant enough, but there was not much wedded bliss. Duffey finally conducted himself so that his wife saw less and less of Lim and at last he de- serted her. While the young fireman was away from home he was making love to a Miss Carrara, who worked in a cracker fac- tory on Broadway but lived on Tele- graph Hill took her to Oakland and was again mar- ried. He had thus two wives on his hands, and Mrs. Brown, the mother-in-law, found it out. She charged him with bigamy, but when the police came to look for him he was gone. Captain Dunleavy of the Har- bor Police finally learned” that he was slipping out of theé country on the schooner Czar. rgeant Bunner was notified, and as the vessel was being towed to sea lhe boarded her and placed Duffey under arrest. The prisoner made no defense and he was turned over to the Oakland police and was held to answer on his preliminary examination. He did not remain long in | the prison, as he and three other men awaiting trial broke jail and gotaway. Not one of them was ever recaptured and Duffey is the first one whose fate is posi- tively known. From Oakland he went to Puget Sound and crossed the border into British Celumbia. There, it is known, he got work on an English tug, but left her |and went to Port Blakeley, where he | shipped on the Golden Shore for a vovage to Australia. The police were on his trail, but he got away on the schooner beiore | they arrived. During the first part of the voyage very | heavy weather was encountered and Mate | Jonnson had to teach the “‘green hands.” | Conway, or Duffey, and another sailor | named Duffey were the only A.B.’s aboard | and on them fell the bulk of the work. ‘When Johnson went overboard they at- | tempted to lower a boat, which was | swamped, and thev were drowned. Mrs. | Brown had an interview with Captain | Henderson of the Golden Shore yesterday and from the description given and some | of the trinkets in_his kit she is perfectly | satisfied that the drowned man was her | son-in-law. | A. J. Smith to Be Arrested for | Indorsing “A. J. Smith” on a Draft. | AEEE iy | Trouble Caused Through Getting a Letter Addressed to a Man of the Same Name. A. J. Smith is being hunted for by several Deputy United States Marsbals. They want him on a charge of forgery that was sworn to yesterday before the | United States District Attorney by Thomas | P. Burns, cashier of the United States Sub- | treasury on Commercial street. Smith’s alleged crime is a peculiar one. He received through the mails in May, 1895, a draft from the United States Treas- | ury Department for $18 75. The draft was made payable to A. J. Smith, and Mr. A. J. Smith cashed it. But the A. J. Smith who got the $18 75 was not the A. J. Smith for whom the draft was intended, {and when he indorsed “A. J. Smith” on the draft he did not sign his own name | but that of the other A.J.Smith. This United States District Attorney Foote de- clares is forgery. The fact became known through the efforts of the real owner of the draft to get his money. This Mr. Smith had the saloon privileges at the Midwinter Fair. ‘When the exposition closed he had on hand a number of unused revenue stamps, He sent them on to Washington and waited to be reimbursed. A draft for $18 75 was sent him. This was given by mistake to A. J. Smith, who is in the employ of the United States Rev- enue Department. The original Smith, getting tired of waiting for his money, wrote to Washington to learn when it would be sent. He received an answer to the effect that the money had been sent him jong before in the shape of a draft on the sub-treasury in this City. Then the postal authorities were ap- pealed to. They made an exhaustive search and reported that the letter was not in their bands. At this Smith went tothe sub-treasury to inquire about his money and was informed that it had been paid to him. When he protested that he had not re- ceived it, Cashier Burns showed bim the | books where he was charged with the money. The indorsed draft had been sent on to Washington and when Smith still claimed that he had not received the money, Mr. Burns wrote to Washington for the original draft with Smith’s signa- ture. When it arrived, it was at once evi- dent that the signature was that of the A. J. 8mith employed as a customs official. “I sent for Smith when the papers ar- rived,” Mr. Burns said, “and he acknowl- edged getting the money. This was sev. eral days ago. He said the letter had been given him, and that he had tried to fina | what the Government was sending him the $18 75 for. He explained that as he had not received any satisfactory reply, he cashed the draft. "He admitted that the money was not his, and agreed to return it, but asked for time. “I told him 1 wanted the money at once to give to its proper owner. He said he didn't have it, but that he would be able to give it to me on the 24th of this month. Baut he did not turn up, so I went to the United States District Attorney, whom I had previously informed of the case, and signed a complaint drawn in accordance wisth the facts.” mitl was arrested last night and lodged in jail. & —————— Mrs. Coffey Gets Thirty Days. Mrs. Julia M. Coffey, wife of Attorney J.J Coffey, was convicted in Judge Campbell's court yesterday of disturbing the peace and sentenced to thirty days in the County Jail, A few days ago Mrs. Coffey visited the County Clerk’s office and began to berate Mrs. Brad- ford, a stepdaughter of Coffey’s. She was promptly arrested on a_ charge of disturbing the peace, the trial ending as stated above. She created a scene when sentence wi _ o Duffey was at one time a sailor and then After a short courtship he | HIS NAME NOT HIS NAMIE. | assed, declaring all sorts of vengeance againsy Fadge Camphell, assuring him that she would make his re-election impossible. She was abl Seconded by her daughter, Josie, who. compll. cated matters by falling 1uto a it of hysterta, She was only calmed when forcibly ejected from the courtroo MEN OF THE OLDEN DAYS Pioneers Celebrate the Forty-Eighth Anniversary of the Discovery of Gold. The Pioneers last night celebrated the forty-eighth anniversary of the discovery of gold in California. There was a large attendance at Pioneer Hall and an excel- lent programme was rendered. President H. N. Tilden occupied the chair and delivered a brief address. He said: We have met to commemorate the forty- eighth anniversary of the greatest event in the history of the State—the day on which James W. Marshall discovered gold at Coloma, on Sutter's property at the south fork of the American River. It was an event that electrified the civilized world and czused & flood of emigration to this const; that transformed it from its sleepy. pastoral condition to one of intense activity and development. Itrevolutionized the finan- cial condition of the whole country and di- rected all eyes to this Western coast, as if to witness the wonderful transformation there taking place. The exact date of this important discovery was a matter of CONtroversy for many years, some claiming that it occurred on the 18th or 19th of Januery,others on the present date, Jenuary 24. This contention was practically settlec by historical evidence given by John S. Hittell in his lecture before this society, Jan- uary 24, 1893, in which he showed conclu- sively that January 24, 1848, was the day on which Marshall made the find. Official action was then taken by the Society of California Pioneers and a resolution adopi- ed to the effect that thereafter the 24th of Jan- uary should be celebrated by us asone of the chief anniversaries of the State, Eastern associations of California Pioneers took similar action. and they now obserye the day by social reunions. This is our third celebration of this impor- tant event, and I trust it will be one of enjoy- ment to all present, and that Pioneers, their descendants and friends will annually assem- ble to commemorate the event that made it pos- sible for California to take her place in the frout rank of the sisterhood of States. A musical and literary programme, in- terspersed by dancing, then followed. HELP LOS WAISBROKER, The Gleaners, a Club of Work- ing Girls, Come to Her Rescue. Dr. Morse’s Series of Lectures at Ceres Hall for the Benefit of the Clyb. “Lois Waisbroker sending indecent liter- ature through the mails., The idea! No nobler woman ever lived. None ever had a higher purpose,” indignantly said Miss 0. K. Smalley, speaking of Miss Wais- broker’s recent arrest on that grouud. Miss Smalley is a brigl.t young woman who is an officer of the Gleaners’ Club, a society of working girls who have a pretty clubroom known as Ceres Hall at the home of Dr. Cora A. Morse, 621 O’Farrell street. The club has about thirty-five members, who hold meetings for profit and pleasure at their clubroom every Mon- day evening. . They prepare essays, recitations and mustc for these meetings and the heavier programmes are occasionally leavened by a jinks. The ciub aims to be progressive and it deems a study of the causes and remeaies of the social evil in the line of progression. Therefore it approves of Lois Waisbroker’'s heroic treatment of the moral disorder and has given liherally of the contents of its treasury toward her de- fense and relief. “Our treasury is small, but we give as generously as we _can_to aid good causes, and that which Lois Waisbroker espouses is certainly a ncble one. Indecent litera- ture indeed! She handles the sex ques- tion in vigorous English, and advocates | an equal standard of morality for the sexes. What is indecent about that, I should like to know.” Dr. Morse, who is the guiding spirit of the club, will inaugurate a series of lec- tures on-Monday evening for the benfit of the club. There will be ten lectures, given atintervals of two weeks. The first will be ‘“Correspondence of Brain and Body,” and the succeeding topics in their order follow: ‘‘Correspondence of Brain and Body, “Nutrition vs. Love,” ‘“The Seven Creative Principles,” “In a Nutsheli, or How to Care for the Body,” **A Talk on Phre- nology,” “A Talk on Physiognomy,’’ “The Fountain of Life, or the Fower of Sex,” *‘Man Woundertul in House Beautiful” and “Life’s Unending Gene The members of the club contemplate giving a series of entertainments for the purpose of securing money for the pur- chase of a piano. The lectures will be given with a view to completing the fur- nishing of the room. ) BOOMERMG.AEFOAT Huellmandel’s Wild Statements May Lead Him Into Trouble. His Allegations Will Be Investigated and a Charge of Perjury May Follow. Bernard Huellmandel was divorced from his wife, Caroline Huellmandel, overa year ago and since then has been supposed to be paying §15 a month alimony. He has not done so, however, and he appeared in court yesterday on an order to show cause why he should not be punished for con- tempt. He appeared in court with an affidavit, in which he stated that he paid the plaintiff herein the sum of $2000, due her upon a note and mortgage which she held upon the property described 1n her com- plaint. He also swore that his wife was in the employ of a family by the name of O'Brien, and that she was earning $30 a month. He stated further that he has been unable to follow his trade of a tailor by reason of impaired eyesight; that he is 72 years old and cannot perform other work, and that he has been compelled to seek the assistance of his children for his support; that his property has been at- tached for unpaid alimony, and that it is impossible for him to pay in compliance with the court’s orders. The court questioned the witness rather closely upon his statements in the affi- dayits, snd immediately discrepancies began to appear 1n them all. It wasshown that his wife had not worked at O'Brien’s, but bad merely been allowed to stay there out of charity with her sister, who does work at O’Brien’s. It was also shown that the $2000 which he mentions as having paid to his wife as if it had been paia as alimony was in fact paid to her long be- fore the divorce proceedings; and, again, that some property which he swore he had repeatedly offered to transfer to her is still in his name, and that he had never even mentioned it to his wife. The case is to be investigated further, and should the affidavit be proved false Huellmandel will be examined on a charge of perjury. As speaking-tubes are found not to work on the English warships, owing to the rattling of the machinery, the Admiralty has determined to try telephones, THE GRAND JURY GETS IN. An Expert Appointed to Ex- amine the County Clerk’s Office. INDICTMENT OF PETER F. LANE. Testimony of Two Girls That Were Long Kept Out of Sight of the Police. The session of the Grand Jury yesterday afternoon was prolonged until 6 o’clock. Several extended conferences were held with Assistant District Attorney Hosmer, and the information was given cut that the Grand Jury is getting ready for im- portant business. On the testimony of two little girls— Lizzie Desmond and Emma Marchand— Peter F. Lane was indicted for an attempt to commit a grievous assault on the Des- mond girl. The indictment was presented in Judge Slack’s court by seventeen of the jurors. On motion of District Attorney Barnes the bail of Lane was fixed at| $10,000. . According to the statement of Sergeant | Rourke the girls who were examined as witnesses yesterday were kept out of sight at the time Lane and his associates were arrested, and were not found until a few days ago. It is supposed that influences friendly to Lane induced some one to conceal the whereabouts of the girls. ‘Among the witnesses called yesterday were Oliver Eldridge and J. J. Groom, foreman and secretary respectively of the Grand Jury which aajourned sine die De- cember last. They were called to ren- der whatever assistance they could in an investigation of the affairs of the County Clerk’s office, which is about to be insti- tuted. The jury particularly desired the | expert’s report on this office, but the fact was disclosed that the late Grand Jury did not pursue the investigation of the County Clerk’s office beyond an examination of the amounts secured for inheritance tax. All the expert revorts made to the last Grand Jury were presented to the present one by Mr. Eldridge. | The Grand Jury committee on County Clerk and Justice’s clerk consists of C. S. Laumeister, J. J. O’Farrell and Alpheus Bull Jr. For some days they have been making inquiry regarding notary certifi- cates. The investigation proper was begun by the entire jury yesterday afternoon. | The first witness called was L. G. Carpen- | ter of the Evening Post, who has been diligently pursuing the subject since last July. He was inside for a long time, and told from the beginning the story of the iscrepancies in the return of money re- ceived on account of motary certificates from month to- month. He answered all inquiries propounded to him and was im- ressed with the belief that the Grand ury comprehended the case. When Mr. Carpenter was excused, H. F. | Morris of the County Clerk’s office, who | was recently suspended, pending the in- | vestigation, was called to the door by Mr. | Laumeister. A short varley ensued. It | was understood that Morris was willinz to testify if the Grand Jury so desired. The hour being late he was not called in. Among the spectators in the anteroom was Harry Piper, chief deputy of the County Clerk. } The jury deliberated for ahalf hour, and appointed T. E. Atkinson to make an ex- pert examination of the County Clerk’s office. Enrico Cano, after patiently waiting for three montns, managed to geta hearing before the Grand Jury yesterday. He sus- pects that a number of jewelers have con- | spired to ruin him n business, and fancies | that rich men infinence leading lawyers to | have nothing to do with his case. He fancies alsc that the Bulletin was induced to publish nis own picture to embellish a graphlc history of Jake Rudolph’s career as a lamb. Judge A. B. Treadwell was on duty again with twelve Italian witnesses, Ho wants only eleven people indicted for as- saulting his client, Martini, and claimed that the jury, pleading pressure of busi- | ness, declined to hear his case, vet heard | Cano, who wanted 200 men indicted. HORSELESS CARRIAGE RACE. The Course Will Be From Jersey City to Philadelphia. Hardly six months have elapsed since the first horseless carriage of any practical value was run through the streets of New York. Yet to-day there are a score of com- panies in this country manufacturing these vehicles, and before another six | months have gone fully fifty concerns will be placing the products of their factories on the market. Many shops which in the past have been devoted to the construction of machinery and for other purposes have gone into the new tield. : Several different methods of obtaining motive power are in vogue. Some manu- facturers make use of the electric storage battery, others of petroleum and gas en- gines. All have proved successful, and practical and economical horseless vehicles are a reality. Already a paper, the Horse- less Age, has been started to promote the newborn industry. New York in the past has been the scene of many international contests. In 1895 we had a yacht race and two sets of inter- national athletic games. This year we are to have a novel ana exceedinely interest- ing international competition—a long- distance motor vehicle race. The prepara- tions for this contest are already afoot. The movement bad its inception among the manufacturers and prospective manu- facturers of horseless carriazes, and that it will be carried to a successful end there can be no doubt. E 3 It is proposed to_have the race either in the latter part of May or early in June, when_the roads to be run over will be at their best. The course is to be laid be- tween Jersey City and Philadelphia, with the starting point in the former place. The distance between the two cities is about ninety miles. It ispossible thatthis course will not be deemed of sufficient length, and that the start and finish will be at this end, with the turning point in Philadelphia. Those interested in the con- test calculate that the distance between the cities will be covered in about four hours’ time. In order to invite entries large casn prizes will be offered. The first prize wild probably be $5000, while the second and third places will also carry good fat purses. This offer, in addition to the eclat which will be obtained by the winner, will, it is expected, attract many entries. There are about sixty companies now making motor vehicles in France, a few others in England and some in Germany. A number of these have already signified their willingness to send carriages across the ocean to compete. It is estimated that fully 100 vehicles of various makes will be entered, and that of these at least fifty will actually start. All of the Ameri- can manufacturers will be represented, since they are m-nnging,me race. The vehicle that first passes over the course will not necessarily be declared the winner. Its condition at the end of the run and the actual cost of the work done will be considered in the award. Econ- omy, durability and speed will all enter into the competition.—New York Evening Sun. A ¥ad for Collecting Jugs. An American woman of artistic tastes, who has traveled abroad a good deal, while looking about for something to col- lect that was neither spoons, teacups nor posters, hit upon the idea of gathering lit- tle jugs and mugs. Her friends soon learned of her new fad and aided her in adding to her collection. Wherever she ‘ haps two or three, until now she has over 200. None of them is over three inches long and they are in_all colors and repre- sent many piaces and_potteries—tiny am- hore from Southern Italy, Etruscan jars rom Tuscany, miniature ollas from Spain and Mexico, squat pitchers from Holland, wee quaint schooners from Germany, mugs from England and little brown jugs from everywhere. All these are strung upon a Micronesian cord und the odd orna- ment is festooned on her wall agail a background that shows up the varied col- ors to advantage and wakes the bits of earthenware and china distinctly deco- rative.—Harper’s Bazar. MIDWINTER LECTURERS To Begin at the Metropolitan Temple Before the Saa Francisco Educa- tional Union. The following Midwinter lectures will be given at the Metropolitan Temple be- fore the San Francisco Educational Union: January 27- ral Power of the Pope,” “Tem; (stereopticon views), Rev. P. J. Cummins. January 31—"Missions of California,” Bryan Ciinch. ’ February 3—“Infallibility of the Pope,” =ev- P. C. Yorke. February 4—“Some Barbarisms of the Nine- teenth Century,” Hon. F. J. Murasky. February 7—Open session by thé members of the circles February 6 Rev. P. O'Ryan. February 7 — “Reunion of Christendom,” Rey. C. A. Ramm. _ February 10 — “Religious Communities,” Rey. H. H. Wyman. February 11—<English Catholic Literature,” Rev. James McDonald. February 12—Open Sessionby the members of the circle February Frank Shea. February 14—-Church and Seripture,” Arch- bishop P. W. Riordan. ARRESTED FOR CRUELT, “Church and Civilization,” 3—“Church and Architecture,” Jacob Abrahams Placed in Prison for the Chicken Mutilation. Secretary Holbrook Points Out the Board of Health’s Negligence. Every one connected with the mutilated chickens that wére found in Clay-street market on Thursday strenuously denies being responsible for their condition. The Society tor the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals says, however, that the chickens no one has attempted to deny this, Officer Hooper yesterday arrested Jacob Abra- hams, the teamster for Jacobson & Morris, of 417 Front street, the consignees of the chickens. Charles Jacobson, it appears, came down himself from Oregon with the palace-car of chickens, and he was so proud of his charge that he had the car photographed. He affirmed yesterday that though the train was delayed by a washout, the chick- ens were in good condition when they on Wednesday evening. The society regretted the necessity of arresting Jacob Abrahams as he has al- ways seemed a humane man and has even reported cases of cruelty, but as was responsible for the packing done on ‘Wednesday night and did not attempt to deny the shocking condition of the chickens be was booked at the City Prison on the charge of cruelty to chickens. A. Fodera, who had bought a portion of the consignment, knew nothing of the state of the birds till they were delivered at his stall, where the society found them. Fodera Blames Commission Men. A. Fodera, proprietor of the San Fran- cisco market at 524 Clay street, declares that Secretary Holbrook was wrong in say- ing that the poulterer had told an em- ploye to throw injured chickens in a hole for certain purchasers. “I did not say any such thing,”’ he stated yesterday. “It was the driver of the truck on which the chickens were de- livered to me, and he has nothing to do with the market. We did not offer for sale any of: the chickens that were not in good condition. The chickens that we accepted were all right. Those that were in a poor condi- tion were rejected. *It is customary for the dealers in the to the commission-nouses all poor and sick ones, which are afterward sold to peddlers. 'Injured chickens were brought to us, but we sent them back. Dead ones were thrown by the driver into the refuse barrel at our market.” . Baker County, one of the most fertile counties in Georgia, has no railroad, tele- graph or telephone lines in its borders, and it has no newspaper. went she would pick up a[tiny jug or per- Very Rev. J. J. Prendergast. January 28—<Church and the Republic,” | Judge J. F. Sullivan. January 29—Open session by the members of the eircle: January 30—Trip Through the Holy Land” BRODERICK MAY REFUSE. River Improvement As- sessment. |CAN FIND NO LAW FOR IT. | The Finance Committee of the Board of Supervisors Approves the Demand. The California River Improvement As- sociation will probably be disappoiuted in | its hopes of receiving financial aid from the City and County of San Francisco to assist in sending its delegates to Washing- ton to urge the passage by Congress of the | bills for river improvement now before the National legislators. | The association, which represents nine- teen of the richest counties in the State, including San Francisco, at its fifth bien- nial session, held in this City recently, assessed each of the various counties from | $100 to $300, according to population and | benefits to be derived. San Francisco | County was the only one which was asked 10 vay the maximum assessment. The committee appointed to urge upon were there in a mangled condition, and as | arrived at Fourth and Townsend streets | he | market when receiving chickens to return | the Supervisors the necessity of approving the assessment promptly and forwarding { the same to Colonel H. Weinstock of Sac- ramento, the assistant secretary of the as- ! sociation, cailed on the Finance Commit- | tee of the board yesterday and argued the | matter at length. Senator G. H. Rose, chairman of the as- | sociation, and Senator J. M. Gleaves, the secretary, told the committee that the { presence of the delegation in Washington was absolutely necessa s without the strong arguments which would be brought to bear on Congress the bills were likely to {ail to pass and the State be done an aimost irrepara injury. They called attention to the fact that the necessary funds to de- fray the expenses of the delegation must be in hand at an early date and to the | action of the previous Board of Super- | visors in ordering the assessment paid for the delegution from the association that went to Washington some TS 830, The Finance Committee decided that i the assessment is just and proper and voted unanimously in favor of paying it. Thus far the committee from the asso- ciation has fared well, but when it comes to an interview with Auditor Broderick to ascertain whether he will sign the warrant for the assessment it will strike a snag and unless the members can bring some law or | convincing argument to bear to make the | watchman of the treasury see that he is justified in signing, the association will get no money from San Franeisco. “It may be that the assessment is all right and that the Supervisors havea leg. | right to order it paid,” said Mr. Broderick | vesterday, “but in the lizht of the facts as I now see them Ido not think that I would | be justified m signing the warrant. I signed it the last time it was presented to me, to be sure, but the matter was rushed | through in a hurry; I had no time to look the matter up thoroughly and I have been sorry ever since that I dia not stand the warrant up when it was handed to me for my signature. *‘As far as I can see there is no law for this appropriation. 1If it i+ paid it must come out of the urgent necessity fund and I do not believe the law will permit the urgent necessity fund to be used for this purpose. 1 shall certainly look into the matter | very carefully and unless these gentlemen | can bring some good evidence that their | assessment is perfectly legal and just the warrant will go unsigned.’’ 5 The Prudent English Sailor. The thrift of the English binejacket has been in every way helped by wise legisia- tion in the matter of naval savings banks, in the frequency of his payments and in the facilities given him when abread for remitting to his friends and dependen's at home. To these he is almost uniformly generous. 1 give some figures which show both his thrift and his generosity, or care for his family. A certain’ battle-ship in the year 1893, | with a complement of less than 500 blue- | jackets, marines and stoke: nt home by means of regular monthly allotments to relatives, dependents and iriends more | than £4700. At odd times, as they had it | to spare, they remitted a further sum of | over £900. This was generous tkrift, ex- | ercised toward others. If further in- quiries had been made it would be shown that many of the remitters and more of those who were not remitting were hoard- ing in the savings banks. 1In 1892-93 17,934 men in the navy had savings bank ac- counts open, and the total amount thus hoarded was £229,173, an_average of more than £12 per head of depositors, or per- haps nearly £4 per head of the men serv- ing. The sum actually put away this year was over £173,000.—North American | Review. 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