The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 8, 1896, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY,’ FEBRUARY 8, 1896 KO COUNCIL FOR FOURTEEN DAYS, Delay Due to a Rule That Has Just Been Called to Notice. MRS. BROWN IN ARMS, She Has Determined to Repel Every Attack on Her Home. LETTERS FROM HER ADMIRERS; The Information Has Been Filed Charging Mrs. Davidson With Extortion. It will be fully two weeks before the council that Rer. Dr. C. O. Brown asked for on Wednesday evening last can con- vene. There is a rule of Congregationalism, which every one concerned seemed to have forgotten, which makes the delay un- avoidable. Attention was directed to it vesterday in the course of an interview with Dr. Brown, who said: I greatly regret that the council cannot meet | to-morrow, and I regret also to find that it is absolutely essential that the committee should | first maie its report to_the First Church be- fore the invitations are issued, as you wiil see by reading the law on the subject. | known as the Bay District. taken in dates, ane 1 Which Labide. o Ol hinted st facts by Mrs. A. E. Dooley Szanik, who has been charged with having repeatedly applied .objectionable words to Miss Hattie Cooper on Wednesday night, during the business meeting, denies that she committed the offense, and charges it to another, whose name, kowever, she fails to give. Exception was taken by a prominent meunrber of the church to the claim made by Mrs. Cooper that the nobler and older members of the church had voted with the opponents of Dr. Brown, and that his sup- Pport came from the newer element brought in by the pastor. This gentleman said: It has been widely circulated that the older TMembers of the church did not vote with Dr. Brown’s friends, and that his supporters were mostly.those who have come into the church recently. Who would be called the older mem- Dbers of the church and its leading supporters if not John F. Merrill and Mrs. Merrill, Charles Holbrook, Mrs. William J. Dutton, Mrs. Dr. C. B. Brown, Mr. Mrs. Folger, all of the dea- cons, and, so far as they attended the meeting, all of the trustees, and I could mention scores of others? ————— THE COUNCIL. Its Members Will Be Selected for Nomination by the Deacons This Afternoon. Only five of the deacons will be present at the meeting this afternoon in the First Congregational Church to nominate the churches which are to be invited to take part in the council to investigate the re- ports cohcerning the Rey. Dr. C. O. Brown. Thosewho will attend are D. Gilbert Dex- ter, J. H. Barnard, J. J. Vasconcellos, T. H. Hatch and A.J.Dewing. The other three deacons are out of town. Thomas Kerrisin Southern California seeking to recover his health. L. B. Benchley is now a resident of Los Angeles, and 1. H. Morse is in the East on private business. There were meetings yesterday between two or three of the deacons, but only informal discussions took place; in fact, nothing of a definite character can be done | until to-day. As the result of a canvass of the situation it is likely that not léss than ten churches will be rominaied, and as many as fifteen may receive letters-mis- sive. With only one or two exceptions the selections will be made from what is It will be the aim of the deacons to select such churches as are in every sense representative and impartial. As stated by Deacon Dext B Dr. Brown produced a copy of Rev. Dr. | Henry Martyn Dexter’s handbook of Con- | gregationalism, from which the following | excerpts are given as being peculiarly per- | tinent to the approaching session of the | council: | In ordinary cases a committee is chosen to | select and nominate to the church the'churehes to be invited, which are then accepted, and the committee instructed, in the name of the | church, to issue “letters missive” inviting them. Letters missive should be precise and com- prehensive, and no council * * * has the Ti * * * to consider any question not propounded to it. 1f it is desired that the case of one or both parties be presented before the council by legal or other counsel it is almost invariably wisest to welcome all such aid, inasmuch as light is the thing especially to be desired. * * * In examining witnesses somewhat greater free- | dom is permissible than is sanctioned by the | ich as “hearsay” evidence is ery considerable moral weight, council may be trusted, not to be led | by it. nuing, Dr. Brown said: 1t is no fault of mine that there is to be any but I am_sure it will proceed just as as possible under the laws of Congre- | astr promp gationalism. This whole situation is an anamolous one. | No charges have been filed against me, and I know of no one who is going to file any, unless it be, perhaps, Mrs. Cooper. It may become necessary for & friend of mine to draw them, and I thus become virtually my own accuser before the council. A noble woman has accused Sarah B, Cooper of a serious offense, while the one who accuses me is in_prison, where she belongs and where she has been for a period of years before. Mrs. Brown is now thoroughly aroused. She haq determined to remain sileni no longer, but 1o *eturn_blow for blow. Imayremain silent, shéisays, but she can no longer endure to do so, and she is ready to repel ;and repudiate every charge thes any one may now make that she considers concerns her home and loved ones. Since Thursday morning each mail has | brought a large number of letters to both | Dr. Brown and his wife relative to the stand taken by Mrs. Brown on that event- ful occasion. Dr. Brown, with consider- able reluctance, E:rmitled excerpts from & few of these to be made. The following is from a gentleman who occupies a foremost place in -ministerial circles in this City: Sax My Dear Dr. Brow rANCISCO, Feb. 6, 1896, Lest night was the Get- tysburg of your foes. May the Appomattox that shall bury their lost cause be near. 1 honor to your brave little wife. My wife says she would like to embrace her. From a prominent member of the First Congregational Church came this to Dr. Brown: Mrs. Cooper has provoked this war and has justified Mrs. Brown in her day evening. Mrs. Brown demeaned herself with queenly dignity, her voice and manner superb. Please present her my sympathy and my most respectful regards. Mrs. Cooper is pow somewhat engaged in cleaning her own doorsteps. Mrs. Brown was the reciplent of the fol- lowing from & gentleman of this City prominent in public life: My Dear Mrs. Brown: I wish I were ac- quainted with you, so I could take you by the hand and cougratulate you on navim;l the courage tostand up in defense of your home end loved ones. How much better every one would be if every honest, pure woman would assert her rights and turn the cold shouider to every one that attempts to sow the seeds of discord. I trust the future generations will have less Mrs. Coopers and ‘more Mrs. Browns, A gentleman of high position in the Federal service wrote as follows: Dr. Brown : 1have not been a bit surprised at the action of Sarah B. Cooper. Being out- side the pale of the church, I can express my mind with perfect freedom, and Iam frank in saying that I have regarded her as sycophant— a woman of ordinary mental caliber, petted and fawned upon, set up as & patron saint, and with a vanity for newspaper notoriety beyond that of the most ardent member of fashionable society. As for that daughter of hers—why, my dear doctor, I could tell you of an instance within the last ninety days, where the combination of Coopers forced from her position one of the brightest women in this State, the mother of three fatherless davghters (the widow of a preminent Mason, who was killed in the mines), who was struggling as only a mother can, to’ get bread for her family—just because she had the womanhood to criticize the work of Sarah B. Cooper. I have sometimes thought that the people of this City would at some time or other find out her methods. I say outon such Christianity. 1do not know Mrs. Brown, but I wish you to convey to her my warmestad- miration for her action last night. Dr. Brown paid a visit to the office of Captain Lees vesterday for the purpose of consuiting with him on certain matters pertaining to the Davidson case, but failed to find thecaptain in. What the character of the matter was that he had intended to lay before the detective Dr. Brown was un- willing to state. When asked if he would attend the meeting of the deacons this afternoon he saia he had seen none of the deacons vesterday and had not been invitea to be present, and, therefore, could not say whether he woulc be present or not. Just as the reporter was about to_leave, Irs. Brown handed him the following self-explanatory statement with a request to bave it published: Mzs. Cooper, in her repeated statements to '&‘{ publie, that her afugnm-,' Miss Hattie - ber, was insulted by & member of the ghurch eud one of Lr. Brown's supporters after the business meeting of last Wednesday evening, !orgott totell the public the occasion : . < for the “insy)] L was peined and gyieved beyond expression attie Cooper, extnphlfl:rn‘ her 1 when Miss H | Charles O. Brown that she, sai osition Wednes. | b “Itisnot to be a whitewashing counci Those which ' are selected at to-dav’s meeting will be nominated Lefore the members of the church on Wednesday night. Then those which are so selected will be sent letters-missive inviting them to take part in the council. * These invita- tions will be submitted to each church on. the following Wednesday, when the re- spective churches will decide whether or not to accept the invitation, and will also choose a lay representative if it decides to participate. The First Church will not be represented in the council. t is generally admitted by the commit- tee, however, that Dr. Brown will be given the privilege of oh{ecting to any particular church, and will also be permitted to sug- gest the name of any church ke miight wish to participate in the council. Some question has arisen as to whether the charges against Mrs. Stockton will be heard by. the approaching council. This will depend upon the action of the com- mittee which sends out the letters missive. According to the laws of the church only the matters specified in the letters-missive can be taken up. Deacon Barnard has ex- pressed himself as being opposed to con- sidering more than one case at a time, so that it is not probable that the Stockton case will be included in the subject matter of the letters-missive. Her case, it is also stated, is a matter for the church alone to decide. MRS. B DAVIDSON’S CASE. The District Attorney Yesterday Filed the Information Charg- Ing Extortion. Mrs. Mary A. Davidson was formally charged with the crime of extortion in the following information filed in Judge Heb- bard’s court yesterday afternoon: Mary A. Davidson is accused by the District Attorney by this information of the crime of felony, to wit, extortion, commitied as fol- lows: The said Mary A. Davidson, on the 22d day of Ncvember, A.'D. 1895, at the said City and County of San Francisco, State of Califor- nia, devising and intending to extort money from one Charles O.Brown, dia wilfully, un- lawfully and felonious!y and verbally make | and communicate to said Charles O. Brown & threat to impute to him_disgrace which would expose him to public hatred, contempt and ridicule, and would impeach the honesty and integrity and virtue and reputation of him, the said Charles O. Brown, to. wit: she, the said Mary A. Davidson, did | then and there, wilifully, unlawfully, and feloniously and verbally state to said Mary A. David- son was the agent for one Jane Elizabeth Bad- din, and that she, Mary Davidson, was acting for the said Jane Elizabeth Baddin, and then and there with said intent did wilfully, unlaw- ful!i}' and feloniously and verbally threaten to said Charles O. Brown that unless he, said Charles O. Brown, paid to her, said Mary A. Davidson, as the agent of saiG Jane Eliza- beth Baddin the sum of $500 and %356 a month for five years to come, saia Jane Ellzabeth Baddin would accuse and impute to id Charles O. Brown that he, the said Charles O. Brown, had main- tained wrongful relations with one Martha Overman ina lodging-house, the said Martha Overman being then an unmarried woman, and he, the said Charles O. Brown, having then & lawiul wife living, and being then and there the pestor of the First Congregational Church of the City and 'County of San F cisco, State of California, and would pub expose and publish said ‘accusation and impu- tation of ‘improper relations with said Martha Overman, and said Mary A. Davidson did then and there by means of saia threats and with the consent of said Charles O. Brown, induced by a - wrongful sense of fear, to wit: by fear induced by = said threats, willfully, unlawfully’ and feloniously obteain and extort from said Charles 0. Brown certain money, to wit, the sum of $500 ia law- ful money of the United Siates, and of the personal property of said Chatles O. i | Brown. All of wkich is contrary to the form, force and effect of the statute in such cases made and provided and against the peace and dignity of the people of the State of California. WILLIAM 8. BARNES. The case will be referred to Judge Slack w-d,ay, and will be assigned by him for trial. Walter Gallagher, the attorney for Mrs, Davidson, expressed himself as much pleased that the informaticn had been filed, and said he was anxious to bring the case to trial. He added that the calling of the Brown council would not affect his client’s case in any way. Neither he nor Mrs, Davidson will be present at the council unless invited by the ecclesiastical court. Should they be invited, the Sheriff has agreed to take Mrs. Davidson to the meetings, provided she desires to attend. Thatshe is desirous of being present is indicated by the fact that she is now engaged in preparing a statement which she desires to submit to the council. PADERE WSKI Possible Pronounciations of the Great Pianist’s Name. Paderewski is coming, and probably nexc doing the following vocal gymnastics with his name: “Ab, the divine Paderewski!” “‘Ah, the sublime Padewooski!” “Isn’t Paderesqui just wonderful?"” “Don’t you think that Paderuschy ptksy is wearing his hair a little longer than he used to?"” ‘‘Really, I would rather hear Payderyoff- ski play than I would eat or sleep. I could live.-on his music!” i “‘Actually, some people are comparin; Rubinstein with Padderheweffswitchski charge by shaking hier hand in my face, said wrathfully ] you lie! you lie! and you know you liel” Ifmy friend, in her sur- prise and anger atsuch an expression from & well-bred young lady, for the‘:nom:ntlor‘al herself.I régret it for her sake, Miss Hattie Cooper, not yet relieved, went to my husbend and repeated the charge in the same emphatic manner in the presence of & large number of friends. I have not paraded my injured feelings before the public, nor do I feel disposed to do so. I like fair play even in small matters. T'wish the tryth to be known. Iwasnot mis- Isn’t it perfectly absnra ?'’ “Pahdereffwheffschkiquiyi”—but when it gets that far lockjaw wil! undoubtedly ensue.—San Francisco Wasp. Indian criminal statistics, according to- Le Figaro, show that there is one criminal to every 274 Europeans, 509 Eurasians, 709 Hindoo Christians and 1361 Brahmins, while the proportion of Buyddhist crim- inals is only one in 3787, week the femimmne Four Hundred will be | NO MONEY FOR CHINESE, Banks and Private Capitalists Fear the Security of Chinatown, THE DECAY IN THAT QUARTER. Property There Not Considered a De- sirable Risk for Mortgages by Money-Lenders. That the Chinese quarter in San Fran- cisco has contracted and that its popula- tion has diminished remarkably within the past few years is borne out by the evidences of Chinatown’s decay in the estimation of banks and money-lenders. Tue CALL has already chronicled the decline of Chinatown, based upon statis- tics from various reliable sources, coupled with the evidenees of failure and weakness to be observed in the streets of that portion of the City. Now it comes to light that bankers no longer wish to inyest money in property lying within the boundaries of Chinatown, and that private speculators are every day refusing to accept mortgages either from Chinese property-owners or other land- lords whose real éstate isin that district. In their commercial relations the Chinese are well known to be exact, punctual in meeting their obligations and 1imbued with a characteristic solicitude of their credit. It is not distrust, therefore, that has affected the almost unani- mous decision of money-lenders. Those _keen and far-seeing men have been close students of changes in the condition of the Chinese and Chinese quarter in San Fran- cisco and have come to the conclusion that securities in that district are no longer desirable. ‘The savings banks have all but discon- tinued loaning on mortgages in Chinatown. From the presidents of most of the institu- tions it was learned yesterday that loans have been seldom if ever made on property there for some time past. The reason, it was stated in every instance,was thatrents have depreciated to an extraordinary de- gree inside the limits of the Chinese quar- ter, and property values have fallen away in a corresponding ratio. There were num- bers of stores to rent, many lodging-houses vacant, or nearly so, and wherever the Chinese vacated a house completely there was no white tenant to rent the premises, Although the number of Chinese had de- creased greatly, the area of Chinatown re- mained practically the same as in thedays of Mongohan ascendency in San Francisco. Mongols withdrew from a building on the outskirts of Chinatown, but_no other peo- le would move into it. So, in many cases, andlords offered their buildings at almost any rental 1o Chinese rather than have those premises lie hopelessly idle upon their hands. Private money-brokers told a similar story, but went even deeper. They stated that Chinese manufacturing of ~cigars, | shoes, etc., had altbutdied out completely, | the commercial prosperity of Chinatown hdd waned, and all thiscombined with the | desertion of numerous buildings in that quarter had made the business of loaning | money to Chinese quite undesirable. | The German Savings Bank, with 1ts cus- | tomary conservative view of financial matters, has almost entirely discontinued loaning money on mortgages in China- town for the reason that the population there has dwindled away and buildings once vacated by Chinese are no longer possessed of any definite value, since they will not be taken by white people. The president of another savings bank said that it was difficult to estimate prop- erty values in the Chinese quarter for the reason previously stated. “In loaning money on mortgages in Chinatown,” he said, “it has been the custom for banks to fix an_arbitrary value and loan accordingly. It was scarcely possible to place a certain fixed value on the property, for once the Chinese would leave it would not be rented by whites; and what good was it then? Now the Chinese are leaving every other week and the vacant houses are simply left vacant. Even the banks cannot fix an arbitrary value under such circumstances.” Judah Boas was one of the heaviest lend- ers of money to the Chinese, with whom he was very popular for many years. Now, | however, his financial relations with the Celestials is merely a trifle in comparison | to what it used to be. “Time was,” said Mr. Boas, “when I had over $100,000 loaned out on mortgage or notes in Chinatown, and then 1 in- | variably found the Chinese prompt and good clients. “I suppose there were a dozen Chinese in my oftice to-day looking for money, but I uad to refuse them all. Why? Because I can get better security and better use for my money elsewhere. I have not over $15,000 loaned in Chinatown at present. The banks never did do much business with the Chinese, but nowadays they are doing practically nothing. “The Chinese are going home, the old smaller, and I believe thatin ten or twenty years there won't be a handful of Chinese in San Francisco. Their quarter will then be a thing of the past.’” HE KNEW PERALTA REAVIS. Andres Sandoval, a Mexican, in Jail Charged With Conspiracy: The alleged forgeries of public records in the celebrated Peralta Reavis claim to California lands, undera Mexican grant, are still occupying the attention of the Federal authorities. ¥ Andres Sandoval, a Mexican, about 60 years of age, has been suspected of know- ing considerable about the affair, and for fear ne might decamp with his knowledge, he was arrested yesterday by order of the United States Marshal. At the County Jail a charge of conspir- acy was entered against him, and much against his will the old man was given ac- commodations in a cell at the end of the ones dying out; Chinatown is growing | upper left corridor. When seen last night Sandoval displayed much indignation at being imprisoned. 1 “1 have lived here for forly-six years,” he affirmed, in 2 voice trembling with vexation, “‘and never during all that time have I set foot inside this place. My life has been open to-all the world, and I have been able until now to say I was never suspected of anything wrong. “When the officers came to arrest me they asked me whether I knew Miguel Reavis Peralta. I said ‘Yes,’ and pro- ceeded to tell how I became acquainted with him. 3 ‘It was in 1862 that 1 first saw Peralta. He came to my restaurant on Dupont street with his family, having just arnved here from Los Angeles. “After taking dinner, heasked where he could find Jesus Noe. I told him, which was the case, that Jesus Noe had just died, and his body was awaiting burial, At his desire I went with him to the Noe resi- dence, where he offered his condolences to the family. After a short time he re- turned to my house, where he and his relatives engag-d rooms, remaining with me for four months. _ *“The Peraltas, after leaving my place, went to Mendocino and I lost sight of them. I remember hearing that the old man went to Spain .on business and died there. Inever knew Peralta the younger very well. He used to speak of havin, lands in Arizona and New Mexico, but never saw his deeds. In fact, our relations_ were never sufficiently intimate to war- rant me in questioning him as to his busi- ness affairs. “I am sure I will be released assoon as itis discoved thatIam ignorant of this whole affair, which I know of only through the newspapers. It seems very hard that 2 man of my age should be taken from his home and cast into prison simply because he happened at some timein his life ta meet a supposed criminal.”” CHURCH AND THE LAW, Relation of the American Con- stitution to Religious Bodies. The Rev. Dr. Voorsanger Makes an Elcquent Plea for Peace and Equatl Rights. A largeand appreciative auditory greeted the Rev. Dr. Voorsanger last night at Tem- ple Emanu-El. The ecloquent rabbi took for the subject of his discourse *The American Constitution Considerea in Its Relaiions With Religion.” “The fathers of our country,’ said the reverend gentieman, ‘in framing the con- stitution recognized God. The humility and at the same time dignity with which they asserted the new Anierican manhood are plainiv evidenced in every line of the unparalleled document which is the su- preme. authority in these Unjted States. They displayed humility in acknowledg- ing that they were only voicing the sent:i- ment of a new-born nation, while their at- titude of protest against oppression was dignity itself. “In” this venerable document, which every true American must regard as his *bill of rights,” we sind no mention of re- ligious beliefs and systems. A new doc- trine, little understood at the time, is pro- claimed to_ the world, but it is & civil doc- trine—the doctrine that the power to gov- ern comes from the people and should be exercised by the peopie’s representatives, chosen by the pegple themselves. There were religious controversies in those days, but with them the constitution—may God preserve it—had nothing to do. It was, and was intended to be, merely a binding civil contract between the various States, whereby the States secured to each other, and to the residents within their borders, certain civil rights and privileges. “Religious friction existed then as now, and for fear that it might develop into something yet more serious, the first amendment was added to our country’s constitution, to the effect that Congress should make no laws for the establish- ment of religion, nor impede the free.ex- ercise of religious belief and worship. It must not be thought that the framers of this amendment intended to disregard religion, They desired only to denation- alize it. A national church’ is a religious system vecognized and _u]laheld by the state to the exclusion of all other forms of religion. Where a national church is by law established other churches are merely toletated. “‘But toleration is mere courtesy. What we want in thiscountry is not religious tol- eration, but religious equality, and this is what the first amendment to the constitu- tion secures to us. Now no church or- ganization can invoke the aid of the state in order to assert its superiority over other systems of religion. By this amendment Congress took the sting’ from any possible fnture attempt at religious persecution. To be sure the constitutional amendment could not bind the State governments, but it did influence them, and little by little religious tests were discontinucd and abol- ished. 'The last State to cling to a relic of religious intolerance was New Hampshire, which in 1876 repealed its ancient statute, excluding all but Protestants from State offices. “The constitntion with all its faults, for being made by man it is nov perfect, is the greatest written instrument this world has everseen. It has joined distant and vary- ing elements into one harmonious and happy Nation. It holds all religious sys- tems in equal respect, and hoids each one of them equally responsible before the law. It wonld seem as though the framers had had a touch of prophetic spirit wnich enabled them to make religious persecu- tion in this country an impossibility. Let us ask God to fill us with the spirit of the constitution. We are all equal before God and the law. Why then should conten- tions which are a disgrace to religion and to civilization be seen among brethren? If the spirit of the constitution were un- derstood by us all as it should be under- stood, we could and would gladly beg the Almighty to bless and build upevery in- stitution, howsaever named, which might contribute to make our fellow-citizens happier and better.” ————— China has a war god to whom they have burned incense trom fime immemorial, and who has over 3000 names. GREEN BESTED NEEDHAM The Physical Culture Affair at the Auditorium Pleased the Sports. COLORED GEMS WITH FLAWS. How the Star Contestants of the Even- ing Reposed on Each Other’s Shoulders. The first events presented to San Fran- ciscans by the Nationa! Athletic Club. for the advancement of pnysical culture were in no way injurious to the manly art, par- ticularly the event between Needham and Green last night, in which the latter was victorious. This feature was one of the best ever witnessed in this City and wasa game and scientitic exhibition in which the best man was declared the victor. Good order was preserved throughout the evening, and when the exhibition was over the unanimous verdict was that ath- letic sports of the kind presented were not degenerating. The funds secured at last night’s enter- tainment will go to charity, and the men who witnessed it are satified that they got their money’s worth. The programme opened with a four-round go 'between the Black Pearl and the Black Diamond. It looked as though the Pearl had several flaws in him, and the -Diamond came out without.a cut. It was lively, but not too exciting, ending with a little advantage for the Diamond, Referee White announced that the two- round go between two kids, who answered &o the names of Lawlor'and Hogan, wasa raw. Billy Toy and John Murphy mext went up against each other in a two-round farce which wasn’t even exercise. The audience hissed them and both retired disgusted with themselves, “The next,” said Master of Ceremonies Billy Jordan after considerable delay, “will be the event of the evening.’’ Needham was the first to appear in the ring, followed in'a few minutes by Green, who seemed to befavorite. Captain Witt- man left his seat to feel of the gloves and hold up the Gignity of the law as set down by the Supervisors. L. King was selected as referee, Referee King made an announcement that a decision was necessary, but points only would count. The first round opened with Green on the defensive, but after a short parley he went into Needbam, landing his right on Needham'’s eye, bringing blood. It closed with Needham on the ropes and Green close up to him. Second round —Green playing for the stomach. Suddenly Needham ducked and Green sent in a right-hand smash on the afllicted eye and the blood returned in | qualities, good shape. Twice they clinched to avoid punishment. Round closed for Green. Third round—Needham sailed in, but lost his footing, and both men reeled to the center post, Green falling. Both re- covered and fought viciously toward the end, Needham showing up alittle groggy, with the blood flowing freely. Green was punching hard and was the aggressor. Green favorite. Fifth rcund — Both men game; many clinches, Green landing {frequently on Needham’s face and head. Needham ducked at nearly every smash. Toward the end of the round both men were deliv- ering body blows and finally rested on each other’sshoulders by frequentclinches. Closed even. 3 Fifth round—Both men cautious, spar- ring for wind. It began to look as 1if things would tame down. Needham delivered two smashes on Green’s nose, bringing the claret and jarring his head severely. It was the tamest round up to that time. Honors even. Sixth round—Needham leading well on Green's neck. Frequent clever ducking, followed by politic clinching. Green, re- covering bis nerve, began to wade in with an aspect of sincérity, and both men punched hard, getting a little nervous ana tired toward the end. Green was a little in the lead at the close. Seventh round—Opened with bard hit- ting by Needham. Green was cautious but steady, smashing after little erey with right and lefi several times. Need- bam ducked frequently, but got smashed in the stomach.” Needham went to his corner groggy and fatigued. Green was not particularly bright himself, but had the best of it. Eighth round—Both men returned to the fray red-eyed for some fun, but neither was able to do any very severe work. They hugged each other like two old friends and struck wildly for chance blows. Green floored Needham once, but Needham got up at the end of six seconds, returning with wild smashes of no weight. This kind of amusement was kept up until the close, when the referee announced that Green had won the contest on poings. Neither of the principals was hurt to speak of, and with the exception of a few scratches they were none the worse for wear. Captain Wittman and a squad of police- men, together with a number of Super- visors and prominent City officials, were interested onlookers. The captain did not regard the little affair between Green snd Needham as at all brutal, and conse- %uenfly did not exercise his authority. ¢ -closed the bar, however, as there is an ordinance against the selling of strong beverages on the premises where exhibi- tions of this nature are held. The license permitting the contest was granted by the Board of Supervisors on the representation that the proceeds, aside | from the prize of §600 allowed the victor, | were to be donated to the cause of charity. As for the Supervisors they seemed to take more than an official interest in the physical culture entertainment and at its close elbowed with the crowd of sports and offered their respective opinions as to the merits of the two men. A Despondent Tailor. Out of money-and despondent through ill health, Bernard Lighthold, a tailor, DAL BT ALBERT SUTTON'S DESIGN FOR THE AFFILTATED COLLEGES Wi i mm_ [From a pholograph.] I OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY. committed suicide yesterday afternoon by shooting himself throngh the head, in his Toom at 55114 Howard street. Lighthold came to this City from Paris 8 few yearsfago and opened a’'shop on Na- toma street, fiut ill fortune followed him and he moved to more humble quarters on Howard street, Business, however, did not greatly im- Prove, and what money he had accumu- lated before coming to this country rapidly dwindled away. The only property he had at the time of his death consisted of a cheap tailor’s outfit, a few books, which he called his library, and an assayer’s out- fit, but he evidently *had tired of seiling his property and living on the proceeds, sa he decided to kill himseif. ‘When -the body was searched at the Morgue a number of letters were found which disclosed the fact that the suicide had relatives living in New York. - A number of Panama canal bonds were also found on the body, and it is very Tobable that his loss through that specu- | ation was one of the unmefiiate causes of his suicide. A el OPERAS OF «YOUNE"” ITALY “Cavalleria Rusticana” and “I Pagliacci” at the Baldwin Theater. Mme. Thea Dorre Gives a Brilliant In- terpretation of Santuzza’s Role. The multitnde of sins in the per- | formances of ‘‘Cavalleria Rusticana” and “I Pacliacci” last night at the Baldwin were covered by Mme. Dorre’s Santuzza, | Gnille’s Canio and, one must add, the | singing of Miss Anna Lichter'as Nedda. Thea Dorre bore the whole burden of “Cavalleria Rusticana” on her s own slender shoulders. The orchestra did not keep in tune, the tenor could neither act nor sing, the choruses got at sea more | than once, and the conductor judging from the way in which he hurried the | tempos, seemed to have promised to run the opera throught on scheduled time, but with all these disadvantages to contend | against. Mme. Dorre’s magnificent inter- | retation of Santuzza saved “Cavalleria usticana,” and she alone made the | curtain fall on a storm of applause,, A more ideal Santuzza than Dorre’s it | would be 1mpossible to imagine. Nature ‘ made her of a type of good looks that artists go to Capri and Sicily to find. Lithe, dark and passionate, with the pro- file of a cameo, she looked the Sicilian girl to the life, and_the effect of her natural advantages bad been enbanced by a make- .| up which was correct to the smallest de- tail. The same cannot be said of the rest of the cast, by the way. Alfio was cor-, rectly costumed, but the chorus girls wore the headdress of the Romana,and Tur- | ridu was neatly, although not appro- riately, arrayed in the costume of a | Venitian servingman of the last century. | Dorre’s picturesque appearance, how- | ever, was one of the least of her good She sang Santuzza delighttully, | her ringing, penetrating voice fiflini me} theater without effort, and her notes being clear and true as a bell. Her phrasing was that of an artist who has an intense feel- | ing of the musical import of what she sings, and her acting could not have been more realistic, lifehke and dramatic. With voice and gesture Dorre threw her- self so completely into the role of San- tuzza that her personality seemed merged into that of the passionate, injured girl she was ortmyindg. She held her audience completely under her spelland applause was liberally show- ered upon her, but applause is only an outcome of the emotions that an actress can arouse in the individual members of her audience. Although Dorre last night showed her power to arouse plenty of handclapping a lady seated in the stalls paid hera higher compliment when she exclaimed in audible tones as the actress fell prostrate with a cry across the church steps: “‘She sends a thrill through me.” That is just what Dorre did in Sanduzza. She showed her power so to work upon the sympathies of her audience as to send a thrill through them, and the prima donna who can do that is indeed an artist. Paynie Clarke did not sing in the“Caval- leria Rusticana,’’ as advertised; his place was taken by William Stepnens. Max EBugene was a good, conscientious Alfio. Befia Tomlins infused a fair amount of coquetry into the role of Lola. orre’s art in ‘‘Cavalleria Rusticana” last night found ‘a counterpart in Guille’s performance of Canio in “I Pagliacci.”” The tenor is physically ‘and vocally ad- mirably suvited to the role, and he -threw himself into the gart with a passion and pathos that carried ali before them. His singing of “Ride Pagliaccio,” was a great iece of art. In his clown’s dress, clapping }r;is hands, mocking at the applause the rustics shower on him, poor Pagliaccio’s ing,” was rendered by Guille with most . convincing art. No wonder the audience insisted on the curtain going up again and the “Ride Pagliaccio’” being repeated. Miss Lichter sang and acted charmingly Nedda, though she had not an opportu- of exhibiting such marvelous vocali- zation as she showed as Felina the pre- vious night. Mme. Eugene was satisfactory as Silvio, and Schuster did his best with the part of Tonio. To-night “Lohengrin.” BRAVES TO BANQUET. Iroquois Club to Discuss “Family Core porations’—The Coming Annual State.Conference. The Iroqueis Ciub held its regular weekly meeting at Pythian Hall last night, routine business only being transacted. Louis Metzger, chairman of the committee on annual banquet, made a report. On motion of Mr. Popper, Delmonico’'s was unanimously agreed on. The banquet will be given February 22, and it is expected that fully fifty braves from the interior will be present. Governor Budd and other prominent Democrats are expected. Charles Wesley Reed of the literary committee said he was not prepared to make a definite report, except that he had secured the promise of George H. Cabaniss to address the club two weeks hence, the Monroe doctrine being the theme selected. Mr. Cabaniss will be allowed thirty min- utes’ opening and ten minutes’ close, the members being allowed ten minutes in which to reply. The committee, consisting of Max Pop- per, John H. Hansen and George H. Cabaniss, appointed_at the last meeting to inquire into the merits of the resolution introduced by John Heenan relative to the as | formation of private corporations, offered the following substitute: WHEREAS, There i3 a tendency on the part of families holding vast property interests in Cal- ifornia, and particularly landed interests, to themselves into private corporations, the stock of which is owned and controlled clusively by members of but one family , the manifest ‘purpose and - effec each corporate organization is to consolidate colossal fortunes in families for indefinite periods and withont the power of alienation, thereby perpetuating an aristocracy based e3 clusively upon wealth; and whereas, the said purposes and results of the *family corporate” | system are repugnant to the gemius and.op- posed to the best interests of our socisland. political institutions; Resolved, That the public good requires that steps he promptly taken to prevent by appros priate legislation the further organization of corporations of the kind mentioned; and be it further Resolved, That & committee of five be ap- pointed by the chair with jnstructions to take such action as they may think proper looking to the presentation of the nbove subject to the fext Legislature for action thereon. 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