The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 12, 1896, Page 11

, 1896. 11 OLD CITY HALL 10 RISE AGAIN, Designs Submitted by a Number of Local Archi- tects. MR.ROUSSEAU ON FLOORS A Successor to the Historic Pile to Occupy the Ancient Site. ROMANESQUE SEEMS POPULAR. Mr. Mooser Seems Not to Like the Idea of his Plans Being Pawed Over by Rivals. Some fine specimens of pen and ink drawing, elegantly framed, made the committee-foom of the Board of Super- visors ook like an architectural artroom yesterday. The Municipal Building Com- mittee of the board held a special session in the forenoon for the purpose of viewing plans and elevations for the edifice which is to occupy the site of the old City Hall. The sixteen competitors all made a very creditable suowing, some of the designs Havens & Toepke Give a Stately Tudor Finish to the Graceful Romanesque. [Sketched from the original perspective by a “Call” artist.] | in both plans arrangement was made for | the complete separation of the various | grades of prisoners. An exceedingly graceful and elegant | design was presented by W. M. Curlett. | It represents a lofty structure in the Shea & Shea Adhere to Roman Models With a Byzantine Dome Effect. [Sketched from the original perspective by a “Call” aitist.] gubmitted being elegant examples of archi- fectural skill, while the draughting was particularly deserving of notice. A stately edifice in the perpendicular Romenesque style, with a massive square tower in the center of the facade and tur- rets similar in design at the corners, is one of the ideals evolved by Messrs. Kraft, Martens & Coffey, who also exhibited a perspective in pen and ink of a second building of the Roman order with five domes, which was much admired. W. O. Banks also submitted two de- signs, one of which was somewhat severe in outline, and the other a majestic speci- men of the Norman Gothic type. The combined Roman and Ionic found an able advocate in William Mooser, who dis- plaved a design which, though plain, is classical and imposing. Another handsome perspective was handed in by Shea & Shea. Their idea is a building whose lines are purely Roman, though the treatment of the upper portion and the roof, with its tall central tower and four large domes, suggests the Byzan- tine. Frank Shea was present at the meeting and entertained the board for up- ward oi an_ honr with a detailed descrip- tion of the firm’s projected structure. In the matter of internal arrangement Mr. Shea submitted {wo plans, warmly advo- cating the first as against the second. In the first plan the City Prison, instead of occupying the basement, as recommended by the board, would be placed on the fifth floor, entirely isolated from every otler department of the building, but having the advantage of air and sunlight. Ac- cording to this plan the prisoners would have a dining-room und no food would be permitted to enter the cells. An elevator, closely barred, would transfer the prison- ers to and from the various courtrooms. Mr. Shea strongly opposed the Police Department_uging the upper floor for a driliroom. He contended that the vibra- tion caused by a large body of men march- ing in time with each other would eventu- ally work serious injury to the building. Hence he recommended that the drilling- room and officers’ quarters be located in the basement. In the second plan the prison was Jocated in.the basement accord- ing to the requirement of the board, and quaint Flemish style, with high-pitched roofs and fancifully adorned gables. Mr. Curlett in a few words called the board’s attention to some special features in his plan, one of which was a driveway into Lad another advantage, since it permitted the occupation of the present open pas- sage-way to the Morgue’ and would allow communieation - between both buildings without rendering it necessary to go out of doors. In the Receiving Hospital Mr. Curlett’s plan calls for plenty of sun and air. He would have the patients enter throngh the arched driveway to the reception-rooms in the basement, where they would receive the immediate treatment which their cases might require, after which they would be conveyed to the floor above in an clevator of sufficient size to admit a couch with its bearers. On this floor, the first, strictly speaking, would be the hospital proper, having a separate ward for worhen, with accommo- dation for a matron and female attend- ants, a dininE-room for convalescents, and spacious kitchen, besides three com- ious wards for male patients. Light would be supplied to the interior of the building through a central court- ard of sufficient area to admit the sun- ight into each side during some portion of the day. Each floor of the building would have, toward the Kearny-street front, a spacious square hall upon which the entrances to the various departments would open. Besides the elevator for the exclusive use of the Receiving Hospital Mr. Curlett would have three others—two for public use and one in a rétired part of the building for the transportation of prisoners and their custodians to and from the courts and prison. Charies M. Rousseau stood sponsor to another plan representing a Romanesque construction with a high tower. He ex- lained some advantages which he claimed or his proposal, notably the floors. He objected to Mr. Shea’s statement that drilling on the upper floors would cause a vibration injurious to the building. “I would make floors that no amount of marching would shake,” he said. “First 1 would lay a substratum of stout iron girders not too far apart. Then from girder to girder I would extend longitudi- nal vaults of concrete. The upper surface of these vanlts would be filled in with the same concrete, leveled off smooth, and above this could be laid a paving of flags ortiles; or else the floors could be finished in Portlana cement, or covered with wood, for that matter. Ishould like to know,” Norman Severity in Stone Has Charms for W. 0. Banks. (Sketched from the original perspective by a *“ Call” artist.) the building from tbe Merchant-street side, by means of which patients could be conveyed to the Receiving Hospital with- out even a momentary exposure to the weather. This covered driveway, Mr. Curlett said, The High-Pitched Roofs and Urnate Gables of the Flemish School Suit Mr. Curlett, [Sketched from the original pzrspective by a “Call” artist.) | man and J. he concluded, “what vibration there could be witn a floor like that, It would be im- pervious to sound, and just as firm as the solid bedrock. I may not know every thing, but i ani not afraid to say I know how to make a floor.” A fine specimen also in Romanesque with an occasional Tudor effect was sub- mitted by Havens & Toepke. A singularly beautiful effect is given this de- sign by a central tower of open stone work, in which lightness and strength are charmingly combined. De Pross & Meusdorffer, Knott & Behrend, John M, Curtis, H. C. Macey, Edward Kollsbroth, Laist & Bchwerd, Herrmann & BSwain, Smith & Free- C. Newman also presented plans which met with muck approving comment. Architect Smith recommended that a committtee of non-competing architects be appointed to meet whith the building committee and aid them in passing judg- ment on the plans submitted. *No, sir,” ejaculated Mr. Mooser Jr., with some warmth; *‘that plan won't work. Notevery architect would be will- ing to have his cnrelull{ drawn plans pawed over by his rivals in business. After all, architects are only human, and have human feelings. The bond which the Fainer of the award must give ought surely to be a sufficient guarantiee that the work will be well done.” h, 1didn’t mean that,” began Mr. Smith. “What did you mean, then?”’ was Mooser’s retort. **As for myself, I am personally willing that any man with clean fingers should look over my r\nns. but I object to the principle of the thing. The committee, it seems to me, are com- g:trnn,o pass judgment upon the plans fore them, and if they need expert ad- vice, they know where to look for it.” Things were commencing to become just a little warm, and the lunch hour had already struck, 87 when a gentle’ voice sounded the word ‘“‘adjourn,” the assem- bly dissolved, the committee taking the plans under advisement. Of 1000 men who marry 332 marry younger women, 579 marry women of the same age ani 89 marry older women, NS, COOPER 15 HELD BLAMELES, State Suffragists Deny the Statements of Mrs. Harland, PASS FIRM RESOLUTIONS, Dr. W. D. Williams Disclaims Any Knowledge of the Oberlin Affair, LETTERS INDORSIN G DR. BROWN. Ano'ther Rumor to the Effect That Elizabeth Jane Baddin Actually Exists. The State Suffrage and Amendment Committee resents with much bitterness the severe criticism of Mrs. Hester A. Har- land, 1 which she charges that Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper was the cause of her removal from the position of State organizer. Ata meeting held yesterday the following reso- Iution was passed: 'WHEREAS, It has been publicly statea by Mrs, Hester A. Harland, formerly in” thé employ of the State Suffrage and Amendment Campaign Association, that Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper was responsible for the loss of her position as State organizer, and wiereas, this statement is with- out foundation In fact, therefore, Resolved, That we, as officers of the joint committee, declare that neither Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper nor her daughter, Miss Harriet Coopar, had anything to do, directly or indirectly, wiih the retirement of Mrs. Harland from the work as State organizer than to participate in the unanimous vote of the members of the joint committee present. We aeprecate and deny these statements of Mrs. Harland's. LLEN C. SARGENT, President Joint Campalgn Committee, LOUISE A. SORBIER, Acting Secretary. February 11, 1896. Mrs. Cooper declined to discuss Mrs. Harland’s statement yesterday, except to refer to the resolution unanimously passed by the amendment committee. Mrs. Elizabeth Sargent, State president of the association, replying to the inquiry, “Did Mrs. Cooper persecute Mrs. Harland?” said: *‘Mrs. Cooper is a woman of high char- acter and integrity. There is no truth in the statement that she persecuted Mrs. Harland. For business reasons, which do not concern the public, Mrs. Harland re- signed from her position as manager for the association. “I regret very much,” continued Mrs. Bargent, ‘‘that the association should be brought into any connection with the Brown scandal.” Mrs. Brown is opposed to giving anony- mous correspondence or even signed let- ters bearing on the case to the public, but under the circumstances feels Bhst she is forced to. “I regret very much,” she said yesterday, “to publish such correspond- ence, but Mrs. Cooper is making such an effort to show that public sentiment is on her side I feel iv my duty to prove the con- trary. The letters here given are samples of hundreds that have come to us, and are given merely to show that my efforts to defend my home are recognized as my in- herent right.”” The letters following. were all signed, but the names are withheld for obvious reasons. The first is from this City, the writer assuring Mrs. Brown that her course is. ‘fitting, justifiable and courageous.” 8AN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8, 1896. Mrs. Dr. Brown: Kindly allow me to record my approval of your stand in regard to Mr. Brown’s troubles. It is fitting, justifiable and cnungeonu and in all respects proper that yo should confront Mrs. Cooper in her course. O" #il ladies in this State, outside even of the Christian standpoint, she should be the last tostir into the affairs of a Christien family, * * * * Shall we exhibit the colossal incon- sistence of this lady? We may relieve you, Mrs. Brown, but in all events fear not. ANOLD MERCHANT. In the next letter addressed to Dr. Brown the writer refers to Mrs. Cooper as “atype of many in your church, who do religion a deal of harm.” It runs: FRESNO, Cal., Feb. 9, 1896. Rev. Dr. C.0. Brown—DEAR STk: Permit me, a stranger to you, to say & few words, which, it they do no good, will do no harm. I believe in your mufmy. Ibelieve you are a true Chris- dan gentleman. 1 have carefully followed up your case, and 1 candidly sdmit I was very much prejudiced against you., * * * That feeling has passed away, and I now say un- hesitatingly thatIdonot think you conid do a wicked or disgraceful action. Regarding that shining light of Christianity, Mrs. Cooper, let me here remark thai ghe i8S & type of many in your churches who do religion a deal of harm, Give her rope enough and the tradi- tional eyent will occur. She prides herself that she is at all times logical, One glance at her logical thru‘hfulness is enough. She bopes you are innocent, but can prove vour guilt: Without a doubt she has no 11 will or i1 feeling against you or yours, which she shows by both words and actions— she is hounding you to death in the papers, She says you can tell a tree by its fruits. I think the fruit in this tree’s case is over-ripe— pluck such trees, root and branch, out of your orchard, as their influence is bad, contamin- ating. * * Ihopeyour friends will be true o you in every way, and keep the Christian friends of the Cooper type from killing you, for the love of Christ. Hoping for a speedy triumph, AN OLD SOLDIER AND FRIEND, A gentleman writing from Oakland says that Mrs. Cooper declared she woula ‘“‘rather be in hell with her cousin, Bob Ingersoll, than in heaven with a certain deacon of your church.” The letter isas follows: OAKLAND, Feb. 9, s Dear Mrs, Brown; 1 have bion reathosan account of your insulls at the Wednesday evening meeting from Hattie Cooper. I can- uot understand why an intelligent church and deacons will allow & woman to take such a stand as Mrs. Cooper has, There are others in the church with better judgment, but not so much impudence and gift of gab. If she makes herself like a man she ought to be treated like you would treat & man, Mrs. Cooper lett Rey. Mr. Hemphill’s church in a fuss. She made & remark that she would rather be in hell with her cousin, Bob Inger- soll, than in heaven with & certain deacon of your church, * * * I do hose Mrs. Stockton will get her eyes open and find out what adeceitful woman Mrs. Cooper is. l{ this terrible trouble end soon is the prayer of an unknown friend, A lady writing from this City urges Mrs, Brown to continue in the “same calm and dignified manner, and that in the end vic- tory will be hers.” Following is the letter: BAN FRANCISCO, Februa 3y Dear Mre, BrownT. Bonor £ud saoore you for the brave stand you have taken in the vindication of your husband aud your home. Do not falter, but go on in the caim and digni- fied manner in yhich veu demetned yourself on & former OCCAsion and eel thal victory will be yours. b Saeng Dr. Williams denies 1n toto the state- ments credited to him in regard to alleged misconduct on the part of Dr. Brown while 2 student at Oberlin College, and an after- noon paper causes him fo insinuate that the pastor of the First Congregational Church was not as innocent as the tele- gram of ex-President Fairchild wouwd seem to indicate. This fact was called to the attention of Dr. Brown last night and be immediately insisted that the reporter 0 with him to the home of the Plymouth hurch pastor and thus settle the matter. The reverend gentleman was found in the church study and without any hesitancy made the following statement: The telegram of President Fairchild should be to the ordinary mind convincing proof thet Dr. Brown’s college life was above guspicion. I am credited wit] knowlngbn.gren deal when @s & matter of fact I know absclutely nothing. I unhesitatingly say that I have no knowledge of tn{lmngdnl on the part of Dr. Brown ‘while'he was a student at Oberlin. The vastor of the First Church was much gratified at this candid statement, notthat he doubted it would be made, but because it neutralized the apparent determination of certain persons to persecute him. ...“There is one thing I want to contra- dict,” he said, *‘and it is the charge that I @t any time' made an attack on the Cath- olic sisters. Such a statement is unquali- fiedly faise. Dr. Dille and myself had an agreement not to support Mr. Henry in his attacks on the sisters, and we k in letter and spirit. I never believed in g:z’l,u sort of thing and was never ginlcy of it Miss Overman is inclined to treat lightly the statement made by Mrs. Cooper that the did not know her. The young lady says she was & member of Mrs. Cooper's Bible class for over four months, occupy- ing a front seat. On two occasions she kissed her teacher. Concerning the anonymous letters which are credited to ber, Miss Overman makes a simple denial. Bhe never wrote an anonymous lefter in her life, she declares, though the present accusation does notin theleast disturb her. Ic is not thought probable that any- thing out of the general order will occur at the prayer-meeting to-night. Dr. Brown will be present, but will take no part in the exercises unless called upon. He has promised not to occupy the pulpit again until relieved of the charges resting against him, and he considers that this promise applies to all usnal services. rs. Davidson will A be tried before Judge Bahrs, it having been assigned to bim by Presiding Judge Slack yesterday. The date of trial will be fixed next Satur- day. .?ahn Pierce, a cook lately employed at the Seattle restaurant on Fourth street, is authority for the statement that a Mrs. Jtohn Barton is the Mrs, Baddin of the story. Mrs. Barton, being asked if she was why she did not state her position, answered: “They are looking for me—let them look.” Mrs. Barton is the wife of John Barton, who is connected with the Sacramento- street mission. They have been separated —the man and wife—for some time, but were reunited a few days ago. —— e JUDGE BAHRS WILL TRY IT. Mrs. The _Information Agalnst Davidson Assigned to His Court. The information charging Mrs. Mary A. Davidson with extorting money from Dr. Brown has been assigned to Judge Bahrs for trial. Walter Hinkle, Prosecuting Attorney for Department 12, says he will call the case next Saturday and Mrs. Davidson will be arraigned at that time. He will set the case as soon as possible—the begin- ning of next week if counsel for Mrs. Da- vidson wishes—and he expects to try the case in a short time. On no account, he says, will he let any irrelevant matter come into the case. This means that the truth or falsity of Mrs. Davidson’s charges against Dr. Brown will not be inquired POLAEINS _ SLORHE Winning Tickets Cashed on a Horse That Finished Third. Their Scouts Sent Olive In a Winner and Hundreds of Dollars Were Paid Out. There was consternation in the down- town poolroom joints yesterday. They sprung a surprise on the ingleside people, and it proved a most expensive one for them. Making a round-up ot the bums, dissolute characters, ‘‘dope’’ fiends and that ilk that patronize their dens, the pro- prietors picked out a crew and each was giuen & number. If the horse down on the programme as No, 1 finished in front, why bum No. 1 was to parade in front of the grand stand, and confederates on a neigh- boring housetop wonld spot him by means of atelescopic fieldglass. It so happened that Kamsin, No. 10 on the programme, captured the opening event, but bum No. 10 and “*ex-con’’ No. 6, who had probably been getting rid of their daiiy allowance by imbibing at the bar, got their numbers mixed up, and the man representing No. 6, which was Olive, sauntered out in front of the stand, and very speedily Olive was telephoned in the rooms as a winner. The ‘‘commission joints” had laid 3 and 4 to 1 against the mare, and hundreds of dollars” worth of tickets are said to have been cashed. One room alone, it is said, paid out $800. As Kamsin won the race they will also have to pay tickets with his name on, or else resort to the old trick and inform their poor dupes that the commis- sion was not placed. As on previous days, these sharpers con- tinged in their pursuit of setiing the laws at open defiance. At 1:35 P. M. the odds, as figured by the combination on the en- tire four races, was telegraphed to Messen- er & Co. at San Jose, and that mythical rm wired the prices back to the rooms. This is where the handkerchief is placed over the eyesof justice, but the kuot is tied later on. At 1:35 the pooircoms posted the odds and jockeys on the horses starting in the opening event. Did the odas come from Ingleside? Hardly, fora price against a single horse was not chalked up in tbe Ingleside betting ring until 1:38, just three minates later. Three of the horses against which odds were low were scratched. Glaring errors were also frequent on iheir boards in respect to the jockeys marked up to ride. McHugh, a very ordinary rider, was posted to ride Kamsin, butin therace Kamsin was piloted by Cochran. The latter rider they had u on Levena C, who finished second. J. Lamley rode her in the race. The odds and jockeys in the second race were also badly contoried. Lord Chesterfield, a 30 to 1 shot on the track, had 2 to 1 laid against him. A In the third race the rooms were again ahead of the bookmakers at the track in posting their odds. Booking at Ingleside began at 3:02, while the rooms began tak- ing coin, acecording to the odds on their boards, at 3. On the three horses that got inside the most of the money, they failed to have the correct ridersin a single in- stance. Jones was up on Sir Vassar in- stead of Lamley, Donnelly on Scimitar in place of Chorn, and Doggett on Leon- ville instead of Garner. Ida Sauer, a 300 to 1 shot on the track, was held at 10 to 1, BISHOP OF SACRAMENTO, Word Arrives From Rome by Cable That He Has Been Appointed. DOUBT AS TO THE CHOSEN MAN. The “Primus Candidatus” Was Con- firmed, but Two Sets of Names Were Forwarded. It is reported that a Roman Catholic bishop for Sacramento has been chosen. and Magpie, a 100 to 1 chance, at the same short price. > The fourth was a repetition of the other race. The rooms posted their odds at 3:40, just ten minutes ahead of the Ingleside pencilers. The roows were in receipt of no scratches, money being taken on all of thestarters, Captain Spencer was scratched at 4:30, ten minutes after the race had been deeided. fie-un r & Co.’s service was still bad on the f:unh event. Boyd rode St. Brandon, but the poolrooms said Kenny was ‘o do the trick, Burmah wasa 4to 1 chance at the track, but the gamblers thought well of hihm and the “lambs’’ got but 8'to 5 against him. The jookgys and odds on the last race were alse badly jnmbled up. Out of thirty- eight jockeys posted at the racetrack, the poolroom had eighteen of them wrong, in addition to ten marked up to ride horses that were scratched. Of the five winners, the correct jockey was chalked up on but one horse. % ;. ‘ The public is fast getting an insight into the questionable metiods resorted to by these tricksters, ana many of the dens were practically deserted yesterday, ex- cept possibly gy a few miserable speci- mens of humanity, who, penniless them- selves, found a certain uncanny pleasure in seeing others fast following In their footsteps. 2 This was made known yesterday by a cablegram received by Rey. J. M. Conway from Monsignor Pick, the domestic prelate at Rome representing the German Bish- ops. Who the favored ecclesiastic is was not definitely stated. The cable reads: ROME, February 11, 1896. Rev. Conway, San Francisco: Primus candi- datus heri electus. Hodie confirmat. PICK. This-translated is: *‘The first candidate was chosen yesterday. He was confirmed to-day.” The obscurity liesin the decision as to who the ‘first candidate’’ is. Father Conway thinks that it is Father Grace of Sacramento. He admits, however, that it might mean Father McSweeney of the Church of 8t. Francis de Sales in Oakland. “Father Grace was the first choice of Bishop Manogue and also of the chapter of the northern dincese,” said Father Con- way yesterday. “Only a week before he died the Bishop sent Father Grace’s name to the Holy Father with the request that be be made his coadjutor. And upon the Bishop’s death there was not a dissenting voice to the suggestion that Father Grace be recommended to the vacant bishopric. ‘‘As is usual three names were forwarded to the College of the Propaganda. These were Father Ccleman of Marysville, ‘dignus,” or worthy; Father Lynch of Grass Valley, ‘dignior,’ or more worthy, and Father urace, ‘dignissimus,” or most worthy. Father Grace was looked upon as the logical successor to the late Bishop Manogue. He had been Bishop Man- ogue’s right-hand man, and before his death the Bishop had expressed a wish that Father Grace should succeed him. You see, Father Grace has been pastor at Sacramento for the past thirteen years, and for eight years before that was in Grass Valley. In this way he has become thoroughly acquainted with the needs of the diocese. “The College of the Propaganda consider the names forwarded. From these one is chosen and sent to the Holy Father. If he confirms the choice it stands. Other- wise a second choice is made. If it were deemed advisable a man not named by the chapter or the Archbishop might be chosen.” Father Conway’s belief that his cable told of the appointmentof Father Grace arose from the fact that Monsignor Pick knew of his interest in the Sacramento priest. He therefore argues that the “primus candidatus” would be the one he was most anxious to see receive the honor. e SACRAMENTO CONFIDENT, Citizens There Feel No Doubt That the Appointment Has Fallen to Father Grace. SACRAMENTO, CaL, Feb. 11. — The rumored appointment of the Rev. Thomas Grace to the bishopric of this diocese has created a wave of heartfelt joy among the members of the Catholic church in this city and vicinity,'and although as yet no authentic report that he in reality has received the appointment has been received in this city his adherents, who are legion, express no doubt but what the rumor will be eventually confirmed. Father Grace, as every one, Catholics and Protestantsalike, who knows him, ad- dressed him, was born in County Wexford, Ireland, in 1842. He was educated ia the THE DOCTOR’S EXAMINATION! Do you have paias in your back contin- ually ? Yes, doctor. Do you feel a sense of soreness from pressure over the kidneys? Yes, doctor. During the daytime is tke pain more se- vere? Yes, doctor. Do you rest well at night? = No, doctor. our appetite is good ? o P Yes, doctor. Your bowels regular? Yes, doctor. These pains in the back or loins fre- quently are the result of cold. Sometimes they mean the beginning of kidney trouble. You should be very careful of yourself and take the remedy regularly,asit will soon relieve you. Your kidneys will be stimulated, your liver and bowels regu- lated, and you will feel much better. You will be cured. Take this prescription and get the rem- edy from your druggist; get nothing else: R. JOY’S VEGETABLE SARSAPARILLA (one bottle) Two teaspoonfuls three (3) times : aday. private schools of his native town; he also studied under Bishop Furlong, and passed through the courses of All Hallows College, Dublin, being ordained to the priesthood in 1867. In September of that year he came to California and assumed charge of the parish at Red Bluff. He was subse- quently transferred to Grass Valley, and came to Sacramento in July,1881. Heisa man who is universaliy beloved by all who know him, and has a host of friends in all creeds and conditions of life. Inquiry at the pastoral residence to- night elicited the fact that intelligence had been received that the appointment of a Bishop had been made, but as yet they had not heard who had received the ap- pointment. Father Grace has never solicited this de- served honorand if he receives the ap- pointment it will be foreed upon him by bis host of friends who have been repre- senting his interests. Temperance Meeting. *Under the auspices of District Lodge No. 5, Independent Order of Good Templars, & tem« perance meeting will be held to-morrow even- ing, at 8 o'clock, in Ohvet Congregationsl Chiireh, corner of Seventeenth and Noe streets. Besides’a musical programme addresses will be delivered by J. W. Webb of Fresno, grand chief templar, and Mrs. E. M. North, general super- intendent of juvenile work. The meeting is free to the public. A Chinese Thief. Hung Toy, the Chinese servant of Joseph Harvey, the well-known sporting man, was booked at the City Prison yesterday on the charge of grand larceny. Hung Toy was ar- rested last Friday om suspicion of having stolen $400 from a tin box which was kept in abureau drawer in Harvey's house, on Eday street, near Taylor. The money belonged to Leopold de Meir, who is the complaining wit- ness. IN THE OLDEN TIME. A Country Where Private ¥eud Over- lapped Public Law. The oddities of Scotch history are almost inexhaustible. Ina country where privaie feud so long overlapped public law, and where about half the land was populated by an alien race with alien and primitive institutions, ‘“‘anything might happen.” Romance was at home. The citizens lived in a perpetual novel, after the manner of Louis Stevenson. As late as 1716 we have the case of the solicitor's pretty wife, who shot the captain and disappeared into a secret chamber in a country house till matters blew over. The things that usu- ally happened were slayings, revenges, abductions of girls, concealment of dis- agreeable wives, fire raising, witchcraft, diabolical possession, torture, forgery, bat- tle, murder and sudden death. Mr. Carlyle somewhere writes as if John Knox brought order among an anarchic people. In fact, the killings, the long strings of revenges and of murders, perpetrated to conceal the evidences of a previous murder (as in the Auchendrane tragedy), went merrily on, long after the Reformation. A well-known assassin could buy off the kindred of his victim (which was perfectly legal), or he could skulk till he escaped to France, or he could come to court attended by a little army, or he could bribe his Judges, or he could hold outin his own castle, or, finally, he could always escape dressed as a lady who had been visiting bim in prison. 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