The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 25, 1896, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1896 THE FUNDING BILL 15 DOOMED. Mayor Sutro Jubilant at the Prospect of the Result. KENTUCKY IS TO AID US. Rising in Defense of Her Good Name She Strikes a Telling Blow, HUNTINGTON IS ON THE RUN. Must Carry His Sack to Frankfort, but It Will Not Be So Effective There. Mayor Sutro was yesterday as blithe and light-footed as a boy on the eve of a holiday. In his Montgomery-street office he swung in his revolving-chair, clapped his hand upon his leg and laughed at the cracking of small jok: A telegram trom Kentucky had affected | * the Mayor to this humor. It told of the movement in the Legislature of that State looking to the amendment of the charter of the Southern Pacific corporation of Kentucky. | He had prepared and was about to send away a telegram addressed to severa! of the leaders of the movement and Kentucky State officials. The telegram reads as fol- lows: California thanks Kentuc news in morning papers. T State has been aisgraced crimes and villainies of t entucky. Wipe out pealing charter obtaine and under false prete e blot ¥ prompl resentation ce demands it. “The fight is in such hands there that we need give ourselves no further worry abeut it,” said the Mayor. “If the Ken- Legislature takes away the com- s charter it will leave the whole nging in the air. I the effect would be— , I mean—I am not for that, but its stock and d, of course, be badly | rotten corporation h don’t know the full exter lawyer eno securities shaken. wo to her and had struck her and choked her. He is a sergeant of police and is earning §125 a month. Mrs. Monaghan wants & suitable portion of this as alimony. Mrs, Monnfihan's testimony was in pur- suance of the allegations made in the complaint, except, however, that she ad- mitted that her husband had never struck her. The defendant was then called and he told how he had called her a liar once, but it was in a moment of passion and he was sorry for having done so. He said, furthermore, that one time when he came into the house and complained of the number of flies infesting the place his wife vicked up a dish of stew from the table and threw it at him. He said, too, that his wife bhas property worth $6090 and is not in need of alimony. The case will go cn Monday. TARBOX TROUBLES. The Affairs of the Family Are Laid Aside by Judge Hunt in Hopes of FPeace. Judge Hunt played the part of a peace- maker yesterday between the various members of the Tarbox family. Mrs. Ida E. Tarbox, wife of Ben C. Tarbox, wanted her husband to support her, and as he did not do so she sucd for maintenance. The Tarboxes have been living apart for some time. They used tolivein a flat at 909 Oak street, and at 911 Oak, the flat aboye theirs, lived the father and mother of Mrs. T rbox. The hushand says the parents were always interfering in his domestic relations, and finally one day when he had a little quarrel with his wife they came in and fanned the flames to such an extent that be left the houte and refused to come back. Soon after he sent a note to his wife say- ing that he had provided a home for her | and for himself away from her parents, { and asking 1hat she come to it, but she She said she had lost all affec- n for him and did not want &o live with This letter was submitted in evidence. ge Hunt decided not to award the wife y allowance, as the husband was will- ous to take her back, conciliation possible. OVER BENSLEY TITLES, A Petition for Final Relief From Adverse Litigation Is Filed. Decree of the United States Dis- trict Court Alleged to Have Been Violated. A bill of equity, which concernsa large number of people in the Potrero, has been filed in the District Court of the United States by John Lloyd, as assignee of James Linforth, John Bensley and L. B. Bench- 1 don’t know how they could re incorporate. At any rate, I consider this | the severest blow that has been struck io this battle. 1 believe the funding bill is d—that this kiils it. I was greatly | aarmed for a time, but I think the battle | is won. Of course, we must keep up the | t with the increased vigor that this | antage enables us to do, but the enemy | is on the run. I shouldn’t wonder if | Hr gton was already at Frankfort. He will” have to transfer his sack from Washington. But he will find it different | in Kentucky. The veople thereare not to be bought in that way. The whole State | is aroused over this matter, and not only in the State Legislature but at Washing- ton will the people of Kentucky be heard. “The Sepators and Congressmen from Kentucky are among the most influential | men in Washington. They can comevery | near to swaying the vote of the entire | Southern delegation on a thing of this | kind. “When they realize how they have been made the scapegoats of this band of out- laws they wil\ never rest until they have ireed their State from the stain that has | upon it. Why, just think of it! v 1s the proudest State in the he has furnished the country more Presidents and statesmen of Na- tional repute than any other of the Union, except Virginia. ller people are high- minded and full of dignity. They are prond of the history of their State—jealous this of it. Now Southern Pac might say, by st “They asked and secured by fraud and false pretense the protection of its name to cover their plans. And under thai brave cloak they went forth to plunder and rob | the people of California, and 1n @ great measure that of all the West. Year by year they have Iaid us under an ever- increasing tribute, until the whole people here have become a race of siaves. This in the name of the people of Kentucky! Think of it! And year by year this proud name of Kentuc len in the es- teem of the people uf the West justin proportion as their burdens have grown heavy and their shackles irksome by the safe asylum it offers to the conscienceless | corporation that is resvonsible for them. | The word is in every man’s mouth as.an ssion of contempt. The Southern Pacific of Kentucky, people say — the Southern Pacific of Kentucky. “It has come to mean 4 place of refuce for robbers and blackmailers; a State that grants ready license to freebooters, from whose shelter they may sally forth and levy tribute upon the surrounding prov- inces. Thisisa race, and whata shame it is that unwillingly this proud people have been brought into contempt through- out all the West by an act which they did no doubt in good faitn. They have not been aware of this, I am sure, For no sooner have they been apprised of it than they have risen up as a unit to cor- rect it. Iam myself almost astonished, and certainly no less pleased than sur-| prised at the effect of our message to | them. Already the movement to annul | the Bouthern Pacific charter is before the State Legislature, backed by the sentiment of the people of the entire State and being pushed by some of lier strongest men. *“No, we need give ourselves no more trouble about Keantucky. She will keep Mr. Huntington busy trying to explain for some time. But the explanations of pirates long engaged at their trade do not explain. The Southern Pacific people went into Kentucky with a capital of onec million all paid, and under that condition readily secured their charter. That, how- ever, gave them the right to increase the capital stock, and right peedily they took advantage of that provision. For theorig- inal million it has now been increased to over $170,000,000. “‘How have we aroused this sentiment in Kentucky? Simply by making the people acquainted with the facts. We have been sending literature there in guantities. The little pamphlet entitled ‘The People of Kentucity Disgraced,’ swhich the CaLy has published, was sent to every newspa- per in Kentucky, besides all its officers and other prominent men. Very many of the newsnapers published it entire. The effect, it seems, was electrical. It is not safe 10 tell a citizen of Kentucky he is dis- graced. They will not snffer disgrace. They are going to redeem the proud name from disgrace. ¢ 1 repeat, this is the hardest blow that 2as been struck the funding bitl. Tt will is the State that the chemers entered, as one } ley, against Julia Ball et al. The de- endants are the Bensley heirs and also William T. Baggett, J. J. Rauer, Clinton C. Tripp and A. Everett Ball, who are ac- cused in the bill with baving conspired to thwart Assignee Lloyd in the discharge of his duties as assignee, and for the purpose of preventing him from selling any of the estate, and for the purpose of clouding the title thereto, and of compelling him to sacrifice the property at less than its real value, or to pay for the removal of an al- leged cloud on the title. Several pages of the bill in equity are devoted to a history of the celebrated Bensley lana case, how John Bensley owned the property involved in 1877 and conspired with his wife, Marian L. J. M. Bensley, and other persons to conceal his property from his assignees in bankruptcy how Bensley conveyed the land to the fic- titious De Tarentes, that were assumed names of his wife, but which are even now a nightmare upon many land titles in this City and in San_Diego. Coming down to December 7, 1893, the bill sets forth that a decree was then rendered in the United States District Court, which was a final and valid decree, binding and estopping maintain any right, title or interest in or to any of the property mentioned. “And thenceforth forever,” the bill continues, *‘the said defendants herein claiming to be the sole heirs at law of the said John Bensley, deceased, were and are estopped from asserting, maintaining, setting up or vretending to have any estate, right, title ar interest in or to said real property or in or 10 any part thereof.” It is then claimed that, notwitbstanding this binding decree, the defendants con- spired and confederated together and com- menced divers actions against Assignee Lloyd, without any order or permission of the United States District Court so to do, and in these actions falsely pretended to be sole heirs of John Bensley, and conse- quently lawful owners of the real estate in question, and that the assignee had no right or title to the lana. The defendants furthermore prayed that their alleged title be quieted as against the assignee. Simi- lar actions were also brought in the Su- perior courts of 8an Francisco and San Diego. Althoungh commenced in November, 1895, no further proceedings have been taken in either of these actions; no ser- vice of process has been made upon Mr. Lloyd, who avers that the compiaints were filed solely for the purpose of cloud- | ing the title and preventing him from sell- ing the property, but not with the bona fide intention of prosecuting the actions to judgment. The bill prays thata writ of injunction be issued Eerpemally enjoining the de- fendants, their agents or attorneys from prosecuting the actions slnn.dy begun, irom commencing any otheraction against the assignee in reference to the Bensley lands, and from pretending or asserting any right, title or interest in or to the land. A provisional injunction 1s also sought to be effective at once. In this final proceeding Mr. Lloyd and his attorneys, Pierson & Mitchell, believe there can be no room ior doubt that vexa- tious suits against the Bensley lands will soon become a memory, That would mean the absolute clearing of the title to vast tracts in S8an Diego County, large tracts in 8an Diego city, and nearly all the Potrero of 8an Franc:seo; and, not only a clearing of title, but a complete guarantee against future blackmail suits against the owners of these lands, THE ROAD PAID FAIRLY. Satisfactory Year for the Union-Street Railway Corporation, The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Presidio and Ferries Railroad Com- peny was held yesterday at the company’s ofiices, 1111 Union street. While the year was not a prosperous one for the company, still the financial state- ment was regarded as a favorable showing. The company succeeded in not only keep- ing out of debt but in paying a diyidend, and the result was so satisfactory that the stockholders passed a vote of thanks to the board of directors. ln\:n'e greater effect at Washington than all the rest that we have done. The members ;' om l\entgcky will cértainly work to de- cat the bill, ‘and will carry with them many of the other Southern members. I believe the bill is doomed."” MONAGHAN DIVORCE. Domestic Infclicities Alred Yesterday Before Judge Hunt. 'l‘!xe divoree suit of Eliza Monaghan against Hugh Monaghan was before Judge Hunt yesterday for trial, but the case was notcompleted. The complainant charged that her husband had used bad language The whole board, with George Newhall as president, was re-elected for the ensuing year, Mjzpah Annual Meeting. At the aunuel meeting of the Mizpah held Monday afternoon the following officers were chosen for the new year: Mrs. Harry Clarke, Eresldem; Mrs. W. O, Farnsworth, vice-presi- ent; Mrs. T. J. Schuyler, recording secretary Miss M, L. Elliott, corresponding secretary Mrs. B. Day, treasurer. The report of the sec- retary showed that during the last year com- mittees had made 74 visits to the needy, 26 families had been assisted and 195 garments made for different charitable institutions. The Mizpah is a cbaritable club of the Western Ad- dition and is doing & vest deal of good and is in & flourishing condition. and of defrauding his creditors and those | of the firm in which he was a partner; and ali persons claiming under John Bensley | from either asserting or. pretending to | NEWS OF THE TRANSVAAL, The Johannesburg Newspapers Upon the Rhodes-Hammond Faction. A CONFLICT AT A CONCERT. Suggestions of Difficulty Between Capital and Labor in the Afri. can Gold Fields. Johannesburg papers under date of De- cember 7, 1895, have been received in this City, and throw considerable light upon the situation which involves John Hays Hammond and other prominent Cali- fornians. The Standard and Diggers’ News (weekly edition, authorized Government Gazette for Witwatersrand) has a long article termed “The Political Situation,” which is charactenized by the following head- lines: “Outat the Simmer and Jack’’— “‘Great Gathering of Miners”—“A Smok- | ing-Concert Speech”—'R. Brown of ! Cornishmen, even Scotchmen. When we make this move we must not do soav the behest of those who suggest it. We must be careful not to be made the tools of the clique of capital- ists and the combination of monopolists. You dare not hope that the overthrow of the Gov- ernment with the help of these wili better your condition. The men who possess millions will make more millions by any subjugating of the workingmen of the Rand to their whims and desires. The papers commenting editorially upon this incident considered it a strong thrust at the Rhodes faction, for which the Johannesburg journals possess little admiration. They ridicule Rhodes’ pro- fession of friendship for the miner, and he is accused of becoming more avaricious since he became firmly established on the Rand. Getting up on a Rhodesian plat- form, Brown threw a bombshell at his former friends, who had calculated upon his being with them. The editors call for a man who wiil mediate between Johannes- burg and Pretoria, who will do justice to the Rand, who will cure the Boer of his prejudices, encouragze capital to the extent that is safe, and produce that newer repub- lic for which the circamstances call.” —_—— TO-DAY’S MASS MEETING. Friends of the Arrested Callforhlans Will Gather at the Chamber of Commerce This Afternoon. In response to the resolutions passed at the meeting of the Gold Mining Exchange on Thursday and forwarded to the Califor- nia delegation in Congress, the following telegram was received yesterday: WasHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 24, 1896. Walter Turnbuil, President Gold Mining Ez- change, San Francisco: The entire California Qelegation has signed your communication 1 “Guess HEV To RECKON WITH ME M You LL [From the Standard and Diggers' News, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.] America”—“The New Political Factor'’— ““An Unrebearsed Sensation”—“Words to | the Workingman”—*® Wure King Capital” —‘The American Attitude.” According to this report, it appears that the excitement at this meeting was due to { one R. E. Brown, an American, who made | an incendiary speech, to which John Hays | Hammond took vigorous exception. To quote from the report verbatim: At the termination of the speech, which had | sprung a surprise upon all, considering the circumstances and the sentiments of the men | sponsoring the function, Mr. John H. Ham- mond excitedly approached Mr. Brown,and a | heated altercation ensued. ~ Mr. Hammond | reproached Mr. Brown for “going against | them,” citing instances in which he alleged he had performed acts of friendship for Brown. | “Look here, Jack Hammond,” Brown re- | torted, “I've beat you in America, and I'll beat you nere. You ¢an’t play the same game of bluff on me as you attempt to play on other people. Iknow you. Iwon’tcompromise.” The altercation continued, both gentlemen getting intensely excited. The circumstances leading up to this clear-cut difference is thus reported: On Saturday evening over 1000 miners gathered in the new recreation building of the Simmer & Jack Gold Mining Company. There was to be a smoking concert. The taisons d'etre of the function were the official opening of the new recreation-room and the presentation to the departing manager, Mr. Victor R. Clement, and to Mrs. Clement, of an illuminated address and gifts of jewelry sub- scribed by the employes, itkewise to welcome | | the new manager of the company, Mr. Richard | E. Parker. The unofficial event of the evening, noton | the programme, was the debut upon the po- litical platform of R. E. Brown, lately assistant manager of the Primrose Gold Mining Com- pany, and at present consulting engineer to the ~ Research DP\'L‘onilin Syndicate. R. E. Brown, who came in e little late, was upon his entrance accorded & tumultuous reception by the assembled winers, Colonel Rhodes of the Consolidated Gold Flelds presided on a r: dais. He was su ported on the platiorm by Messrs. V. Clement, who now becomes assistant consult- ing el;f(neer of the Consolidated Gold Fields, John H. Haminond, consulting engincer to the Consolidated Gold Fields, and others. The report then gives an acconnt of the presentation ceremonies and continues | with the following: “UTOPIA (LIMITED).” AF1ER THE KIMBERLEY STYLE. After more music and harmony Mr. John H. Hammona rose, and, ynylng & (urther tribute to the Simmer and Jack personnel, said he wished to impress upon them the desirability of a Kennilworth on the property. The idea was suggested by the Right Hon, Cecil John Rhodes. sCheer! and counter cheers and cries of “No!”). He greatly and earnestly recommended the Kennilworth pro- ject. Mr. Cecil John Rhodes had said that if the Simmer and Jack Company did not care to defray the expenses he would do so trom his private pocket. [Applause.] He hoped that the men would not be so short-sighted as to misinterpret the policy. Mr. Rhodes had sug- gested the formulation of a plan on the Ken- nilworth-Kimberley })flnc(ple with the indorse- ment of the employes: the building ~of 00 streets, the erection of a. good ospital, the furnishing of good-body supply and the establishment of good schools [applause], and generally & place wherein the South African could live. Coionel Rhodes was heart and soul with them in this matter. The speech of R. E. Brown to which Hammond took exception was a tirade against the Boer Government. The speaker has a claim against the republic for £1,000,000, which makes him somewhat not in accord with the judicial depart- ment of the country. He said: 1 candidly avow that I do not love this coun- try’'s Government. JT‘D hter.‘] If the Gov- ernment hind behaved itself as it should have done I at this moment would have been sail- ing away to the United States of America. I am conpstantly at Pretoria fighting for that £1,060,000, Think of it, twenty thousand miilion swills of beer! [Loud lnu{h'er.] The other evening a noted speaker enumer- ated the grievances of this pofmlnion against the powers at Pretoria. He lm nted out wrongs unredressed, the iniquity of taxation without representation—a condition of thin, sop[»ond to the political economioal laws of all nations. He said you were toiling here without scheols for your children, no protection for yourselves and that you were leeched and fleeced by the most iniquitous and inept Government that was ever suffered to exist. I quite agree to all that, for this Government has not followed the true. lines of Republican- ism. It has diverted from that and has consti- tuted itself a select monarchy. Gentlemen, there are a thousand men here to-night repre- senting the bone and sinew of this country’s governing industry. When you make & move we shall a1l meke & move—Americans, Britons, Irishmen, Dutchmen, Frenchmsnb Germans, . and prasented it to Olney, supplementing it with our recommendation, GEORGE C. PERKINS. The meeting of the friends and sympa- thizers with the imprisoned Californians, called by the Gold Mining Exchange, will be held this afternoon at 2 o’clock in the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce. As soon as full information is obtained steps will be raken to do all that.can be done to assist the miners arrested by Presi- dent Krueger. THRASHED HIS FATHER A Depraved Boy of 15 Who Terrorizes His Whole Family. An Effort Will Be Made to Put Young Jueirolo in a Reform School, Mrs. Jueirolo of 518 Union street has a son 15 years old who is the terror not only of the neighborbood but of his own little home. He was in the habit of beating his father, who died recently, and it is only because his mother is an unusually big, powerful woman that she is able to stand off her erring offspring. Young Jueirolo will be arrested to-day on the charge of vagrancy, and strenuous efforts will be made by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children to have izim committed to the Reform School at one, “The boy makes himself a terror,” said General McComb yesterdni. “It is for just such youths as he is that the reform schools were built. He is only a boy in years, but he has all the shortcomings of a vicious man. He big and strong enough to bully every one in the house except his mother. 8he relies on her size to protect herself, which it seems his father was not able to do. The boy is a drunkard and a gambler, and he has sev- eral times been arrested for being drunk and disorderly on the street.” The mother of this precocious youth has alittle bakery, and attends industriously to business. One of her chief reasons for desiring to see her eldest son committed to a reform school is the terror he inspires 1 the younger children, as well as the pernicious example he sets them. He goes and comes as_he likes, drinks, gam- bles and otherwise improperly deports himself, according to his mother's state- ment, making her home the headquarters of his orgies. ““The last Legislature,” said General Me- Comb, ‘‘made it almost inipossible to get such a boy into the reform school. @e can arrest him on the charge of vagrane: and we hope the District Attorney will brm{; the charge before the Superior C};urt; we'll take our chances with the Judge if he does that, There is room for fifty more boys in the Ione School and if any one ought to be there he should, for without the mature judgment of an adult he is committing all the excesses of a depraved man. Besides it is dangerous to leave a boy with such criminal tendencies at large to bully and torment his family,” ——————— Bishop Goodsell’s Address. To-morrow afternoon at 3 o’clock Bishop D. A. Goodsell will deliver the address on the forty-third anniversary of the Young Men’s Christian Association at their auditorium, Mason and Ellis streets. The service will be one of special interest. There will be orches. tral music and the Knickerbocker Quartet will sing. J.J. Valentine. frulden! of the asso- ciation, will preside. The meeting is open free to the public, ladies and gentlemen, —_———— Sel topol Was Not Impregnable, For it was teken by assault, but a physique built up, a constitution fortified by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. may bid deflance to the assaults of mala- rlous disease even in localities where it is most prevalent ana malignant. Emigrants to the ague- breeding sections of the West should bear this in mind, and start with & supply. The Bitters promptly subdues dyspepsis, rheumatic and Kid- ney complaints, nervousness, constipation and bil- iousuess, WANTED--A LEGAL MARS To Solve Knotty Questions in National Guard Reorgan- ization, CONFLICTING GENERAL ORDERS, The Matter of the Armory Changes and Election of Field Officers Be- getting a Bitter Contest. The issuance from brigade headquarters of the special orders detaching Major Dorn to preside at the election for lieuten- ant-colonel and three majors of the First Infantry Regiment, N.G.C., to be held on Friday, the 31st inst., looks as if a lawyer was required to solve some of the knotty legal questions likely to arise in the anticipated merry war. On account of the delay in the issuance of the order aiter it had been called for by the officers entitled to elect, many rumors became rife asto its cause, one of which was that the order would not be issued until after the armory question had been settled, and another to enable companies having vacancies to hold elections to fill the same. Oneof the curiosities of this order reads that the election is called ‘‘in pursuance of orders from general headquarters,” and dces not specify whether it is to fill any original vacancy or one caused by resigna- tion or expiration of term. In this connection the question 1s brought forward and agitating the electors as to whether the fiela officers assigned to duty with the barttalions under general orders 17 are still on duty, such battalions having been organized “into a regiment under general orders 18, and as they have not been reiieved will they been- titled to vote at this eiection? In all orders issued since then there is no mention made as to their having been reiieved, which _can only be done in the manner prescribed by the regulationsor customs of the ser vice. Paragraph of the regulations pre- scribes: “All ofticérs will continue on duty with their commands until their suc- cessors have been appointed and qualified. * * % All officers of the National Guard will hold their offices and continue to per- form their duties untii properly relieved” ; and they thercfore must stitl be on duty from the fact that the brigade order simply states that the election is called in *‘pur- suance of orders from general headquar- ters.”” The order relerred to is probably | the letter of Adjutant-General Barrest of January 10, wherein the brigade com- mander is directed to immediately order an election for lieutenant-colonel and majors, | General orders No. 18, dated December | 9, state: “Permanent assignments of the | lieutenant-colonels and majors to duty with their respective regiments will be an- | nouniced in future orders,” and the next | order (No. 19) reads: *All field oflicers notassigned to duty in general orders No. 17 are hereby placed on waiting orders.”” | As the status of these field officers is the | same as on December 19, when they were permitted to vote at the election for colonel, and in face of the fact that such was called to the attention of the Gov- ernor, their right to vote was recognized | by virtue of the issuance of the comunis- sion to Colonel Macdonald. It is now claimed that they have the same right to note at this election, their standing being the same as officers’ would be whose term are expiring, voting at elections for their SUCCeSSOTS. In the meantime every effort is being made by the steering or campaign com- mittee of the combine, consisting of Cap- tains Cunningham, O’ Neill and Boxton, to haye the three companies of the oid Third to agree to move to the Page-street arm- ory, thus relieving Colonel Macdonald from the unpleasant necessity of endeavor- ing to enforce his regimental orders No. 3, it being shrewdly calcuiated that the other three companies remaining at Market street would then be compelied to move to the same plac- on account ot the increased expense, thus enabling the two companies of the old Second to move from Page street to the Nationals’ armory on Ellis street. It is said that one of the inducements | held out to the three companies of the old Third to move to Page street is that they would be permitted to name the lieuten- ant-colonel and one of the majors, und | thet their nominees would be supported by the combine which elected the colonel, but this pmfiositinn has thus far been un- successful, these companies having agreed with Companies B, D and L to remain at the Market-street armory at all hazards unless the entire regiment is concentrated at one place, as contemplated by the regu- lations. The Market-street companies recognize that they are unable to elect any of the field officers without the suppaort of some of the old Second officers, but they claim that they will make nomnations nevertheless, and will ask for no pledges | from their candidates. In all of these consultations and efforts at compromise the old First companies appear to be ignored, the attack being made upon the companies commanded by Captains Connolly, Fitzpatrick and War- ren. Among those announced as candidates for field officers are Major Cook, Captains Margo and Delaney and Lieutenant Robinson, but these appear to have no chance with the combine as they are un- able to bring any strength to it in the way of inducingany of thecompaniestomove, that beine one of the considerations re- quired by the combine for their support. Colonel “0’Connor, Lieutenant - Colonel Smith or Major Drady the combine would be willing to elect provided they can help them ontof the armory dilemma. It is reported that unless the committee can report a satisfactory settlement of the | i matter Captain Tilden will be elected | lieutenant-colonel and Captains Cunning- | ham, O’'Neill and Boxton as majors, the combine having at least nineteen votes, while their opponents cannot muster to exceed seventeen. If thisshould be done it would give the .old Second and the Nationals twenty-three votes in the board of officers, a majority of five. It is also stated that the three com- | anies ordered to move have addressed the | Eonrd of Location in conformity with paragraph 268 of the regulations, which | reads: ‘No company will be allowed to | locate its armory outside of the building | selected by the regimental commander | unless good cause is shown for such action, nor without permission from the | Board of Location and Organization," protesting against being ordered to move unless the entire regiment is required to locate in one armory, setting forth cogent reasons why they should be permitted to remain in the Market-street armory and asking for favorable action upon their | petition. This matter of the armory, coupled with the election for field officers and the | several bargains sought to made, appears to have degenerated into a bitter contest with but one tendency, which is to injure the Guard, and will probably cause the use | of heroic measures at general headquarters to bring the several factions to time. The Governor and adjutant-;eneral being at present in the City and having been in consultation with the other members of the Board of Location, it looks as if imme- diate action will be taken. Instead of there being any abatement of the ill feeling, which it was presumed would die outafter the election for colonel, over a month ago, it svems to be accentu- ated and increased, and constant fuel is added to the fire by the efforts to so shape matters as to leave the Nationals in the Ellis-street armory and also to obtain the removal thereto of two additional com- panies. The friends of the old First, recognizing that it has been swallowed bodily by the | Wallace in Department 6 of the Superior Second, are out in arms against the Na- tionals who deserted their comrades of the caucus and made certain the election of Colonel Macdonald, it being known that the causes which impelled them thereto were not friendliness for Macdonald, but rather to secure their own interests. When the Nationals find that they can obtain no assistance from the new colonel, who will undoubtedly be ordered to con- centrate the different portions of the regi- ment, now located in three armories, and that Companies C and G will have to re- move from their present armory and be placed upon the same footing as the other companies of the regiment, their boasted superiority will fall to the ground. This course has been strengthened by the report of the committee appointed by the adjutant-general to investigate the affairs of the Nationals, which it is claimed from the testimony submitted has re- ported that these two companies are merely tenants of an association thatowns the armory, and that the State allowances used by them were for the payment of Tents, and not in payment for the prop- erty, and that consequently they stand on the same basis as the occupants of any of the other armories, and can claim no con- sideration as the owners of the armory oc- cupied by them. INSTITUTE REQUIEM. Ignatian Council, Y. M. I, Will Attend Memorial Services in the Paulists’ Church Washington’s Birthday. In accordance with its annual custom Ignatian Council No. 35 of the Young Men’s Institute will have a solemn anni- versary mass of requiem celebrated on the morning of Washington’s birthday for the repose of the souls of all the deceased members of the Young Men's Institute. The ceremonies will take place at the church of the Paalist Fathers—old St. Mary’s, on California street—and be very impressive. An appropriate sermon wiil be preached and seiect music sung. The attendance is expected of all the relatives and friends of the deceased mem- bers. A general invitation to be in attend- ance has been issued to all the local Cath- olic societies and to Catholic young men of the City in particular. CONCT HULEYS PLEA The Notorious Jury-Briber Is Anxious to Obtain a Pardon From the Governor. Doctors Fitzzibbon and McMurdo Make a Special Visit to San Quentin. The climate of San Quentin evidently does not agree with the refined taste of J. H. Hurley. the jury-briber, who, not satis- fied with hanging the jury that disagreed in the first trial of amuel'o’ Posen,” alias Curtis, for the murder of Policeman Grant, afterwards busied himself with “fixing” the jury impaneled to try Dick McDonald, and for which he is now serv- ing his sentence at the expense of the State. Hurley, it will be remembered, after his trial and during 1t before Judge Court, feigned all manner of insane dodges | —from butting his head against the prison | walls to dissclving somp in his mouth, by | which nhe was enabled to get up a liberal supply of froth, thereby giving the im- pression of a terrible malady or dangerous madness. All this well-concocted simulation was, | however, tco transparent to the keen eye | of the experience(F Judge Wallace, who | took mno stock in the clumsy attempts of [ the jury-briber to play the insane act for the purpose of deceiving the public. Not satistied with these attempts Hur- y is still engaged in the insane drama, and the last act of himself and his friends was to have two physic.ans from this City | visit him in San Quentin and make a | thorough examination of his physical and | mental condition for the purpose of in- fluencing the Governor to grant him a pardon. Dr. G. J. Fitzgibbons, a member of the Board of Health, and Dr. J. R. McMurdo went on a special visit to San Quentin | yesterday to make a careful diagnosis of | the convict’s state of mind and digestion, and to report their findings, all of which, if favorable for his release, will be elabo- rately spread out on paper in the shape of | a recommendation to the executive for an | absolute pardon. One of Hurley’s pet schemes while in prison is to pretend to eat glass and try his digestion on fine gravel, none of whicn, in the opinion of the prison physician, Dr, Lawlor, would, if confined to Hurley's | plan, be in the least injurivus to longevity, MORE LETTER-CARRIERS. Proposed New System to Require an In- crease in the Force. The postal authorities here had not re- | ceived official notification of the proposed | house-to-house collection of mail which is announced from Washington by telegraph as about 1o be inaugurated in" this City. They say, however, that if the system is put into operation it will necessitate a very considerable increase in the number of | carriers, as the force now employed have all the work they can attend to. IV Resisted an Officer. Terrence McCabe was yesterday sentenced to one year’s imprisonment and to pay & fine of $1000 by Judge Wallace for resisting an officer, MecCabe owns asaloon and one evening two of his bibulous customers engaged in arow. 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Can %{%@;fi% candy cathartic CASCARETS sy samaric ews $10 REWARD c~eovTVoBT VDO for any case of Catarrh or Rheuma- tism we fail to cure. ‘Treatment by our own physician including medi- cine—$5 per month. ‘T'reatment by mail also. FERRY DRUG CO., 8 Markst St. | ‘NEW TO-DAY. ALL GOODY DAMAGED BY WATER During the recent heavy storm will be offered at NOMINAL PRICES with a view of immediate clear- ance. They consist in part of the following : About 185 Pairs FINE WHITE BLANKETS, 130 Pieces CANTON FLANNEL, 250 Dozen TURKISH TOWELS, AND SOME ODDMENTS. A FEW ACCOMPANYING STRONG SPECIALS! At 6 Cents a Yard. bales HEAVY BROWN MUSLIN, 38 inches wide, the 8!4c grade, slightly wet. At $1.25 a Pair. 2 cases 114 HEAVY WHITE BLANK. ETS, full size, value for §1 85. At 5 Cents a Yard. BEST GRADE STAPLE GINGHAMS— not many left now. At 45 Cents a Yard. GOOD GRADE BLEACHED IRISH LINEN TABLE DAMASK, value for 2 At 20 Cents a Yard. SMALL LOT GOOD-GRADE TURKEY- RED TABLE DAMASK, slightly wet. At $1.15 a Dozen. One lot GOOD-SIZE DINNER NAPKINS, bleached Irish linen, fast selvages, Some are slightly wet. SPECIAL—Some lots REMNANTS TA- BLE DAMASKS, etc., to beclosed out. Murphy Building, Market and Jones Strests, California Gold Flows eastward in a steady stream. It is not right. Don’t you know that there are home-made goods as good as, and better than, three-fourths of the articles you send East for? For in= stance, take the the Standard Shirts. They will easily bear com= parison with any Eastern made shirts. Neustadter Bros, §.F. R L A WO Goke! Goke! Coke! CALIFORNIA AND ENGLISH, P. A. McDONALD, 809 to 813 Folsom Street, and 300 to 400 Howard Street, from Fremont to Beale. 1 have on hand a large quantity of . F. Gas light Co's and Pacifiic Gas Improvement ' Co. Coke, which I am selling at a very low rate. Th! Coke'is suitable for Girates, Furnaces, Lauudry and Family use. I am also a direct importer of the best English and Belgian brands of Patent Coke, which | am offering at reduced rates to Foundries, Breweries, Mining Companies and the trage n lots from 1 ton t0 1000 tons. Country orders solicited. City orders delivered with promptness. Will guarantee satisfaction, as I know what will suit from an experience 0f 25 years in the business. Office 813 Folsom Street. Baj'a. Califor.nia Damiana Bitters 1s a powertul aphrodisiac and specific tonie fof the sexual and urinary organs of both sexes, and & &reat remedy for discases of the kidneys and blad- der. A great Restorative, Invigoratorand Nervine. Selis on its own Merits—no long-winded testi- montals necessary. NABER, ALFS & BRUNE, A 323 Market St., 5. F.—(Send for ts, Safe and ways 4e. for Woman's Safeguard. WILCOX SPECIFIC €O, 228 SOUTH EIGHTH ST., PHILADA., PA. NOTARY PUBLIC. HARLES H. PHILLIPS, ATTORNEY-AT- law and Notary Public, 688 Market s site Palace Hotel. " Residence, 1620 F phone 570. Residence teleplio; Pine HEALTH RESORTS. ST HELENA SANITARIUM (Formerly Rural Health Retreat) Is under strictly regular management; a quiet, homeiike place, where tralned nurses, rest cure, massage, electrical treatments, Swedish move- ments, dieting. baths, physical training, and all that 1s included In modern rational medical treat- ment, with good hotel conveniences, pure water, even temperature and Testful scenery may be obtained. Terms: HRoom, with board and Tegular treat- ment, $12 to $20 per week. Send for circular: St. Melena Sabitarium, St. Helena, Napa County, Cal. ‘Trains leave San Francisco, foot of Market st., 807 A. 3. and 4 P. A, via Vallejo Junction, reach ing St. Helena at 10:45 A. M. and 7:08 ». .