The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 28, 1896, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1896. THE ENGINE WAS TORN TO PIECES, By ~ The Damage Done the Baden Train Wreck. THE ROADBED ALL GONE Futile Efforts of the Wrecking Crew to Replace the Cars. EREAT CABLES WERE BROKEN. The Train Ran Over Much Dangerous Track Before It Was Finally Ditched. Engine 1412, which carried Engineer Jack Keyer to his death in the railroad wreck near Baden station on Sunday even- i sa twisted and shattered massof before the fatal plunge occurred, and there are evidences on each side that the water was up to the level of the track | for fully 300 yards from where the wreck | occurred. It is certain that had Engineer Keyer connected the red signal of which Fireman Gill warned him, with thought | of the torrents of water rushing along | each side of the track in plain view, he must have known that some great danger was impending. The sheets of water were | in plain view from the moment the train | passed Baden station, and the roar of the water as it rushed under andjover the track could not have been drowned by the | noise of the train. . When the wrecking crew began opera- | tions yesterday morning the first efforts | were directed to rescuing the effects of the | | trunks, valises and baskets that were { fished out were a sorry sight. Water ran from them as they were lifted on to a flat- car, and from many broken packages pro- | truded bits o1 sadly bedraggled feminine | finery. When the baggage was finally carried away, the wrecking crew began the work | of rebuilding the track so that the dam- | aged cars could be brought back to the line and sent to the shops for repairs. The | were wedged under the cars made itim- possible to move them, so that an enlirely new section of track was necessary. The earth of the embankment was so soft from the drenching it had received that it was hours before it was in condition to receive | thel(‘ars. Then a new difficulty presented itself. The mud that had settled about the cars | had fixed them fifmly in their positions, | and, tug and puff asit might, the wreck- ing engine was not able to_move them. | The smoker was first encircled with a huge catle, which was run over the derrick on the tender, end the engine put forth all its | strength. The timbers of the smoker and tender creaked and groaned and the engine snorted, but the car did not budge, and in the midst of the exertions the cable parted | like a packthread without having accom- passengers from the baggage-car, and the | { manner in which the broken rails and ties | PAINTERS THREATEN WAR, An Open Letter to the Bosses Which Plainly States the Case. | WILL BID ON ALL CONTRACTS. |Journeymen Determined to Fight if Their Demands Are Not Com- plied With. The painters, decorators and paper- hangers of this City have at last put on their war paint and last evening at their union meeting they held a regular ghost dance. The trouble is caused by the mas- ter painters or bosses paying no - attention to the demands of the men who have been endeayoring to secure better terms for their services. For several years the painters have been obliged to accept such wages and work such hours as pleased the bosses. Ac- icording to their statements they were barely able to- make a living, and their condition promised to become worse in- stead of better. At last they determined to organize for self-protection, and within the past six months their union has in- creased its membership from a few dozen t:thoo—s. majority of the painters in the ity. A month or so ago the Painters and large number of the bosses are employing sailors who want a little vacation ashore and who will worz on general house and similar jobs for very small wages. They also employ & number of young boys to do general painting, and they pay the lads as little as possible. Speaking of the warlike manifesto he said: Yes, it is warlike and we mean ft—every word and suggestion, We will stand by those who will treat us fairly, but we have arrived &t that point that we will fight those who are lm.'\iuetr to be oppressive. We can get all the stock for painting that we want, and we will underbid the bosses on any kina of work that they try to secure. It will kill the trade we well kunow, but in killing it, we will drive the bosses out of business. While the fightlasts the | public will get the benefit of better work and rices than ever before in the history of this tate. We can afford to givethe architects and | builders higher ;{frcenugea to help us secure contracts than the bosses can stand. If the | house-owner will pay 10 or 20 per cent we will | wait longer for the balances than the paintin | contractors usually wait. Moreover, we will | give better work for the money. At present the bosses cotract fo put on,’say four coats of first-ciess peint. Instead they put on only two or three coats of trashy stuff. There are very few jobs done in this C“l but what are “scamped,” and the painter who dares to betray his employer's crookedness is black- | listed’ in every shop in this City. And the | people wonder why the paint blisters, bleaches and cracks until it 1ooks like an alligator skin. If it comes to & fight we will show up the boss painters and their methods. | . Inadopting this resolution it is not with the | idea of making any money by fighllnz the bosses but of driving them out of business, so that in time a new order of contractors msy come to the front. We are not disposed to bu unfair in this matter, but it is desperation that has driven us to take this step. ‘e will again invite the bosses to meet us in our meetingand discuss' the situation. We will let them pre- sent any arguments and facts they desire, and we Wl\{ be tair in considering their words. But as the case stands now, we will fight to the bitter end.” As I said, the bosses will suffer and -the journeymen painters will suffer, but the public will be benefited. A Clever Sneak Thief. Wah Chung, tailor, 729 Washington street, reported at police headquarters last night the loss of & bolt of cloth, valued at $45. Two WRANGLED OVER SALARIES Employes of the Illegal Election Commission May Get No Money. THE MAYOR WANTS THEM PAID Broderick Criticizes Hinton's Declara- tion That Schenck Was the Reg- istrar’s Apoointee. Tangles and surprises were encountered by the Election Commissioners when they met yesterday for the first time in seven months. The trouble arose over the de- mand for their salaries by the clerks of theillegal commission. The surprise came when Registrar Hinton declared he, acting as Registrar, had appointed the men, although at the time they were appointed he was acting as chief clerk of the board which the Supreme Court ruled a few days ago had no existence. The meeting was held in Mayor Sutro’s private office. Tax Collector Block, Aud- itor Broderick and City Attorney Creswell were present to listen to a little address by the Mayor upon the circumstances that bad led to the resumption by the Com- missioners of the duties of this particular office. City Surveyor Tilton did not ap- pear. When the board got down to work Reg- THE WRECKED SAN JOSE LOCAL AS IT LAY IN THE MUD v [Sketched on the spot by a “Call” staff artist.] OF THE BADEN MARSH YESTE X i RDAY. when 1ndermined rt its weight. The ow ana the full ex- realized from led cars, The ies completely on its side, sunkin to the depth of two feet or more. rce with which it plunged off the nt must have been terrific, for ble piece on the right side, as as the cab, is shattered, and some tions lie a considerable distance from track, either thrown by the force of the carried away by the torrent pouring the track. The cowcatcher of the was found yesterday morning ized in a barbed-wire fence man y yards u the wreck. It had been broken clear off by the shock. I'he broken and splintered iop of the cab on which Fireman Gill supported his battered body, and endeavored to draw the dying engineer, lies in the mudfiat, with the signal-bell and cord still hanging toit. Fully fifty yards from the track the battered headlight sticks up out of a mud- pond, where it was carried by the water and afterward partly covered by the sedi- ment deposited by the receding flood. All about were scattered tools, oil-cans and other accessories of the locomotive, to- gether thhdponionw of the clothing of the engineer and fireman, 'Fhe engine itseif looks beyond repair. The smokestack is battered all out of sem- blance of its original shape, and the throttle and levers are twisted and bent. The main body of the machineis bent and broken about the middle, showing the boilers inside where the covering is shat- tered. The baggage-car,which as usual followed the engine, also lies on its side in the mud, battered and broken. Theroof shows where the contact with fence and telegraph posts tore the tin away and a_few charred oards indicate where the fire, that was happily quenched in its incipiency, had eaten its way through. The smoker was only saved from going completely into the mud by the interven. tion of a stout telegraph pole against which the roof rests and supports the en- tire structure. 2 The car was still standing on the inse- cure tracks when the passengers made their exit on Sunday night, but the per- sistent waters worked away at the road- bed until it too slid off into the marsh. The extent of the washout and the complete manner in which the water destroyed the roadbed was evident when daylight came yesterday and the wrecking crew got to work. The rails were gone rely with their supporting ties, all ng_ siid into the rushing waters when ght of the engine was thrown upon In some places where the rails emained they showed a decided de- on where the water haa carried the ting away evenly and the weight of the train had simply pressed the ties down to the earth. Tom an examination of the track and roadbed over which the trajn had passed for some distance before being wrecked it would seem that the engineer must have entirely underestimated the danger of the rosd. “The train had evidently passed over a number of small washouts where the ties were almost entirely unsupported 1 v plished the slightest result. Another cable from the suppiy in the wrecker was fastened on, but it also parted when the strain became great, and the car remained as unmovable as ever. By this time the rain was falling 1n torrents, and the floods that had partially subsided began to rise again and hamper the efforts of the men. An attempt was made to shovel the mud away, but the water interfered and the effort was given up. Attention was then devoted to raisingthe trucks of the smoker out of the way. This wasaccom- plished without much difficulty, but was about all that was achieved beyond repairing the roadbed. It will be several deys before the line is cleared sufficiently to permit traffic, and it is doubtful, accord- ing to the wrecking crew, whether the engine can ever be taken out of its muddy bed entire. It will probably bea fit sub- ject for the scrap people. formation of the land on the south side of the track. Directly opposite the break o sharp point of land juts out into the basin. The swift current striking this was diverted in an acute angle: toward the track, and as.tbe culyverts were inade- auate to carry off’ the water, it found ifs way over and underthe track. General Manager Kruttschnitt was busy nearly all day yesterday listening to the stories of the crews of ~the ‘trains wrecked Saturday and Sunday—the one of Saturday at Santa Claraand that of Sun- day near Baden. At the close of the da the inveatigation had net been completed, but Mr. Kruttschnitt stated assoon as all the testimony had been heard, he would make public the result of the investiga- tion. B Mrs. Cariyle. It soon became @ habit to watch for the familiar carriage, and either to welcome Mrs. Carlyle for a visit or to go with her | for a drive. She often came to me on Sun- day afternoon. One wet and dreary day I was sitting alone when the bell rang, I gladly ran to answer it, and saw a sirange gentleman standing there; but looking be- yond him, I saw the dear face smiling at me from the carriage window. Iwaseager- ly dashing forward, but was peremptorily waved back, with orders to get my bonnet ard come out. George Cooke was our companion, and in epite of the wind and rain we were all very bright and merry, Mrs. Carlyle taking my hand and holding it in hers for a great part of the time. The day she and Miss Jewsbury came I had seen Punch’s Christmas Almanac, and on its cover were likenesses of all the principal literary people, very comical and funny, with absurd doggerel couplets describing them. Among these I spied “Cariyle and Tyndall” together. Carlyle was in full Scotch costume; in one hand he carried a child’s spade and pail, and with the other he was throwing pens and ink over his sboulder, and the lines were these: Carlyle, haying finished * 'riedrich ' altogether 1s oft 10 §€arboro’ 10 spend the summer weather. Oh, how she laughed, and how delighted she was! “The first time Punch has taken any notice of him,” she said. Another time Mrs. Carlyle said, “‘There is some- thing in the carriage for you—run and Jook.” I found there a large blue china late, still bappily in my possession.— lackwood’s Magazine. The reason for the washout was the con- Decorators’ Union gave notice that on March 1 a demand would be made for $3 as the minimum for a day’s pay for eight hours’ work. Also that the working-card system would be enforced, no painter be- ing allowed o work on a job with a non- union man. Several times since, so the painters say, they have attempted to ob- tain an expression from the sses upon the subject, but the latter have paid no at- tention to the request, and it was reported they had no intention of complying with the journeymen’s demand on March 1 or any other date. This caused the union to take action, and last evening the following manifesto or open letter to the boss paint- ers was unanimously adopted: SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 27, 1896. To the Master Painters of San Francisco and Oakland—GENTLEMEN: Many attempts have | been made in the past by the journeymen | painters to elevate the condition of our trade, ut they have been failures. After mature de- | liberation we have arrived at the conclusion | that the time is w ripe for one more effort in the same direction, and we now make the following propositions: First—The working day shall be eight hours and the minimum pay {or Any portion of & dey shall be & quarter of a day’s wage. Overtime shall be at the rate of time and a half, except Sundays, which shall be rated as double time. Second—The rate of wages shall pe $3 per day. Third—The working-card system shall be put in force. This means that none but those be- longing to the Progressive Painters’ and Dec- orators’ Union of San Francisco aud Oakland or affiliated organizatious shall be employed, We have briefly outlined our demands, and in the event of your acceding to the same we Ppropose to do the following in your behalf: First—We will bind all of our members not to undertake any contracting. In the event of a member desiriug to take any contract he shall resign from the union and shall not be eligible for membership therz until the expira- tion of one year. Due notification will be given to you in such cases. Second—When the time arrives when you may decide to refuse payment of percentages, etc., to house agents aud others, or whenever you may find it neces- sary to make a stand: for obtaining contracts direct and without the intervention of build- ers or other interm:diaries, we will stand by you and support your efforts in those direc- tions, and moreover will further assist you by exposing all contractors who do not live up to their agreements and contracts as let. If, on the other hand, you refuse to comply with the foregoing demands we will at once proceed to take all the contracts we can get at whatever prices it may be necessary to make to secure the same. We will band ourselves together in firms and partnerships and offer our services to all per- sons needing the same, without reference to wages or time. ou will recognize that if such a state of affairs should come to pess your profits will be entirely eliminated, while we wiil be no worse off than the present outlook of the trade prom- ises to make us in & very short time. The necmh{ for harmonious action must be apparent to all, and we as & body stand ready t0 do our part to render the conditions of the trade as prosperous as they can be uuder the existing circumstances. ‘‘The painters have been forced to take this step,’” said one of the leading mem- bers of the union last evening. ‘‘There was one feature that will be incorporated in that letter and that that the mini- mum wages of paper-hangers shall be $4 per day of eight hours.” i The painter went on to explain afew facts concerning the condition of the journeymen in the trade, He said that under the present system the painters of this City and Oakland are not earn- ing on an average over $7 50 per week, and even at these rates some of the best workmen in the City are out of em- ployment. The reason he gave was thata middle-aged men entered his store in the afternoon and one of them got measured for a vair of trousers. While that was in _operation the other, who had thrown his overcoat on to of the bolt of cloth, picked both up and walke out, remarking to his friend that he would see him again in & few minutes. When the other had also taken his depsrture Chung missed the boltof cloth. SUTHD LI PERATED Opening of the Road Yesterday Without Any Fuss or Ceremony. Cars Running Smoothly Over the New Track and Carrying Many Passengers. The Sutro electric line was opened yes- terday morning without any ceremony. Four cars were placed on the main line and one on Eighth avenue, which is the branch line to the park. The first car left the carhouse on Cle- ment street, at 7:50 o’clock in the morn- ing, in charge of Motorman Eaward Mer- ritt, It was run to Central avenue and then made the run to the Cliff terminus. ““We started the road this morning with foyr cars on the main line on fifteen min- utes headway,’” said Superintendent E. M. Van Frank yesterday afternoon,” and we placed one car on the park branch. The service will be increased as the traffic de- mands. On Sundays and holidays we shall put on twenty-two cars, running on three minutes’ headway on the main line and two minutes on the Eighth-avenue ‘tranch. The time from Central avenue to the Cliff House has been about twenty- three minutes to-day."” The cars of the new line are painted white, with red trimmings, and trolley rods of carmine hue. Theyare of two sizes, each larger than thosein use on the Mission-street line. The new company transfers to and from the Sutter-street line at Sutter street and Central avenue. The fact that the line would be operated was announced in THE CALL yesterday, and during the day the new cars were crowded with people, who, in spite of the storm, were anxious to ride over the new road. The greater stretch of the road is over a portion of the City that is com- paratively undeveloped. The terminus at the Cliff House is & covered depot, which has an exit to the great bighway and an- other that opens into the Sutro baths. The cars ran smoothly, and there was but one mlsb&;p——l new motorman in tak- ing a car out of the carhouse succeeded in making it jump the track. No damage was done to the carand no one was in- jured. The majority of the men who were work- ing yesterday were formerly in the employ of the Sutter-street company. —————— A starch bath will aid to soften and whiten the skin. It is made by dissolving ‘half a pound of starch in water, and adding it to the bath. istrar Hinton read the minutes of the last meeting, which was held in June, 1895. Mr. Hinton wanted the performances of the men who were acting as Commission- ers under the unconstitutional law of 1895 approved and the employes paid. This aroused City Attorney Creswell. He was unwilling to consent to any such course. “I will do all I can to sustain the acts of that body till it comes in opposition to the law,” he said. “Then I will stop. The commission is declared tc have been il- legal—in fact it never existed in law. Bo none of its acts or contracts are legal, and none of its obligations are binding on the Cl&y." he City Attorney then explained that the ousted Commissioners were not de facto officers, for there was no de jure office for them to fill. Had there been a de jure office then their acts would have been binding on the City even though the Com- missioners were illegally appointed. But the de jure office was filied by the old board. So the new Commissioners had _never really been officers at all, and their appointees, therefore, could not expect any salary. “‘But,”” Mr. Hinton argued, ‘‘there has only been one commission. I was the Tegistrar of that commission, and I & pointed Mr. Schenck and Mr. Metzner. they are legally employes of the City.” “Technically, your statements may be all right,” said Mr. Cresswell; “but in fact I'm afraid you're a little off, Mr. Hinton, for I remember distinctly your coming to ‘my office with one of the recently deposed; Election Commissioners to ask me to in-| dorse all their acts, This, you will re- member, I nad to refuse to do. And the records of that Election Commission will show that both men were appointed bya special resolution, will they not?"’ Mr. Hinton admitted that this was the case. But he added that the men had done good work and earned their salaries. Mr. Creswell said he would like to see the men get their money. He thought that if the board allowed the claims they would be acting illegally and rendering their bondsmen liable for the amount. In order that some retribution might be made he was willing, though he did not know the men or their politics, to vote for a res- olution requesting the ‘Beg\snur to_put them to work and keep them at work as soon as possible. He then moved that the claim of James S. Reynolds, the clerk and messenger of the , be paid. Reynolds 'was one of their own appointees and had been continued at work. ‘fax Collector Block thought that if Reynolds _was paid all should get their money. So he wanted to amend Mr. Creswell’s motion h;hlving the claims of Chief Clerk W.T. Y. Schenck and C. F. Metzner added. “These men have been doing necessary work,’” Mayor Sutro said. “I think they should all be paid. Mr. COreswell said he was not Mr. Sutro’s legal adviser, but he assured the Mayor that his opinion would be made evident “by his vote. He then voted with Auditor Broderick against Mr. Block’s amendment. The ayor voted with Mr. Block and the amendment was lost. But Mr. Creswell’s appeal to allow Mr. Reynolds’ claim, ngout_ which there was no dispute, was ‘also lost, for Mayor Sutro vo against it in order to get more time for considera- tion, and Mr. Block voted against it be- 11 cause he was not willing to vote to pay one and not all. Mr. Hinton announced that men had been selected as officers for the coming primaries. He remarked that he ‘as- sumed the election would be held,” and supposed they would continue the prepar- ations for it. The City Attorney warned him against assuming too much. Mr. Creswell called attention to the fact that the Supreme Court would be very likely to declare the primary election law unconstitutional. For this reason, he said, he was unwilling to consent to any action requiring the ex- penditure of money, as he knew of no one who had any of it to give away unless actlon was taken on this matter. The Mayor thought that upder the cir- cumstances it would be better to adjourn, subject Yo the call of the chair, Mr. Broderick objected. He declared that he wanted no more adjournments subject to thecall of the chair. He wanted meetings held every Monday morning at 10 o’clock, and he wanied them held not in the Mayor's office, but in the office of the Registrar. This was'decided upon. Mr. Broderick yesterday gave Mr. Hin- ton six warrants for $300 éach. These were for his salary as Registrar during the six months he ‘was acting as chief clerk for the non-partisan Election Commission. Mr. Hinton also had in six claims for $250 each as chief clerk of the Election Com- mission. These will now be withdrawn. “I was also prepared to sign. Mr. Rey- nolds’ warrants and those of J. F. Ken- nedy, our messenger,’’ said Mr. Broderick. “Irecalled that they were appointed by the board and hence I did not have the power. I did not doubt that permission would be received at once. _“If Mr. Hinton persists in his declara- tion that W. T. Y. Schenck and C. F. Metz- ner were appointed by him and not by the illegal Board of Election Commissioners, he will be put in an awkward position. It will be shown then that he made his chief clerk, Peter McGlade, a Democrat, resign, | in order that he might appoint a Republi- can, Mr. Schenck, in his place. “If Mr. Hinton comes to me and insists upon the statement that Schenck and Metzner were appointed by him, acting as Registrar, I will Eave to pay their salaries. it were the chairman, Mr. Sutro. So no | It will be a queer thing, to say the least, for it is well known that Schenck did not | get the appointment till September, three | months after there was a vacancy, because | the Election Commissioners could not de- cide on whom to appoint. And besides, Mr. Hinton was not recognized as Regis- | trar at that time, but was recognized and | had presented salary claims as chief clerk | of the commission. | Mr. McGlade yesterday received a war- rant for twenty-two days’ labor performed for the Registrar in July, 1895. He has | been reappointed to his ola place by Mr. Hinton. FRUITS FROM LABRADOR. Huckleberries, Red Currants and Easp- Dberries in Plenty. In spite of latitude and Arctic current | Labrador is the home of much that is | delicious in the berry world. Three varie- | ties of blueberries, huckleberries, wild red currants, having a pungent, aromatic flavor unequaled by the cultivated varie- | ties, marshberries, raspberries, tiny white | capillaire teaberries, with a flavor like some | rare perfume, and having just a fant sug- | gestion of wintergreen; squashberries, | pearberries and curlewberries, the latter | not so grateful as the others, but a prime | favorite with the Esquimaux, who prefer it to almost any other; and_ lastly the typical Labrador fruit, which, ex- cepting a few scattering plants in Canada | and Newfoundland, is found nowhere out- | side of the peninsula—the gorgeous bake | apple. These cover the entire coast from ‘ the St. Lawrence to the Uneava. Their | besutiful geranium-like leaves struggle | with the reindeer moss upon the islands, carpet alike the low valleys and the high | hill tops, and even peep from banks of everlasting snow. Only one berry grows upon each plant, but this one makes a | most delicious mouthful. It is the size and form of a large dewberry, but the color is a bright crimson, half-ripe, and a. golden yellow at maturity. 8o delicate that it might be thought im- possible to preserve it.—Outing. | | Its taste is | an sweetly acid; it is-exceedingly juicy and | RIDDEN TO RUIN BY SMS, The Fanatic and His Unbridled Reign in the State of Kansas. MANY PEOPLE DRIVEN AWAY. Councilman McLean on the Hard Times as Brought About by Prohibition and Populism. Among the arrivals here yesterday were B. F. McLean, member of theMity Coun- cil of Wichita, Kans., and 8. R. Oliver, a leading business man of Wichita. It has grown dull in the Southern Kansas town, and they have been looking about for a new location. “There have been so many isms in Kan- sas,” said Councilman McLean, “‘that they have knocked busingss, and rendered money extremely hard to get. There was a craze a while over prohibition. Weshut off on liquor of all kinds entirely, and as the result of the movement drove large numbers of people from the State. “The foreigners went almost altogether, and people from the outside stopped com- ing in. *Then Populism had an inning, and hat the uitra-Proh ibitionists didn’t do the Populists did. I suppose they meant well. Governor Lewellyn, who went into office on the Populist wave, is a well- meaning man no doubt, but one way or ancpher before the Populists got through t2yy had injured the State. “Mrs. Lease, who lives at Wichita, gained for us much notoriety. She is not popular in her home town, but I suppose I am not teiling a secret when 1observe this. Still the lady never did me any harm, “In the old flush times Wichita had 40,- 000 people. Now it has 23,000. I suppose a good many of the 40,000 were transient, but the falling down in population, to- gether with political conditions, will give an idea how things now are there. ““Wichita is in a very rich section, and is the metropolis of a large region. It sells lar‘ze quantities of goods to Oklahoma. Still, it isn’t what it ought to be. “I am a Republican, and as such I am satisfied if we had not had prohibition, populism and other political beliefs of an impractical character thrust upon us we would have been a long way better off.”” Mr. McLean and Mr. Oliver are engaged in the lumber business in Wichita. They have visited Los Angeles and other Cali- fornia cities with the intention of making | a new location in some one of them if a | suitable opening can be found. They are | at the Occidental. | ‘he Druids. Laurel Grove initlated one candidate at its meet- inglast Friday, conferred the second degree and received one application. There was a large attendance a: the last meeting of Sigel Grove 1o witness the conferring of the third degree on two candidates. Vasco de Gama Grove at its last meeting con- ferred the degree on two candidates and the Druid’s degree on five., Two applications were re- cived. onoma Grove has purchased a lot in the ceme- tery of that city ana has expended $500 in im- provements 6n it, and will use the same for the burial of Draids.” This grove was recently pre- sented a handsome banner emblematic of the or- dec by Mrs. Olivier], the wife of the noble arch. This grove is doing remarkably welil. Voita Grove i1s making arrangements for a mas- querade ball on the 16th of February. The grand oficers have gone to Fort Bragg to institute a new grove there. On the 18th a new grove was instituted, Mendo- cino Grove. No. 105. The instituting ofiicers were A. Olno, acting N. G. A., A. Baaliern, D. G. A., J. 3! Mollison, grand secretary. The three de- grees were conferred and the officers were installed. The grove starts with a membership of twenty and the officers promise to do..le the number within a month. Jaccard, Jeweler, San Leandro, about his cure by Dr. Sanden’s of yaricoeele and weakness by that it is so, every word of it. gratitude to you and my desire to belp my NEW TO-DAY. Mmomv WHEN you are seeking a cure for some ailment that is sap- ping your very life away you naturally look for a remedy which is highly recommended by persons who have tried it. you see the testimony of some indefinite, unknown person you are skeptical as to its honesty, because you don’t know the person and you can’t take chances on somebody you never heard of. 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