The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 12, 1896, Page 8

8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1 FATHER NUGENT'S CASE IN' COURT. The Priest Alleged to Have Exercised Undue In- fluence AND PROFITED THEREBY. Mrs. Ellen Gallagher Transferred $140,000 to Him Without Receipt. HEIRS SEEK TO RECOVER. Defense Claims That the Deceased De- sired to Erect a Church in St. Rose’s Parish. The trial of the case of P. J. White, spe- cial administrator of the estate of Ellen Gallazher, deceased, against Rev. Father Denis Nugent was begun yesterday morn- ing before Judge Hunt. The suit is brought at the instance of the heirs of Thomas and Ellen Gallagher. They are Peter and James Collins, Margaret Col- lins, Hannah Kelly and James McCullom. seek to recover §140,000, which they allege that Father Nugent, by the exercise of undue influence, secured from decedent’s estate for his own benefit and of that of the clurch. Archbishop Riordan is made a party to the suit, as the church property within the diocese stands in his name as its head. Mnch interest is manifested in the case because of its peculiar charac- ter. Both sides exhausted all their chal- lenges before the jury was secured, the effort on the one side being to secure as many members of the Catholic church on the panel as they might, while the other side sought to exclude these. Henley & Costello represented the plaintiffs ‘and Garber, Boalt & Bishop and William T. Baggett represented the plaintiff and John F. Harlan certain of the individual heirs; Reddy, Campbell & Metson, Stan- Bradley and Jones & 0'Don- nts. ecured by ncon. Those jury w called were questioned by the prosecution as to whether they were interested in an society, the object of which was antagon! tic to the Roman Catholicchurch. On the other side Mr. Henley wanted to know if they had any delicacy as to sitting in the trial of a case where a priest was a party defendant. Among the talesmen who were chal- e d was B. Noble, who admitted that he was a member of the American Protec- tive Association, but declarea that that fact would have no effect uvon his judg- ment of the evidence. He was not accepted however, A Strauss said _he had read about the in the California World. He belongs to no church, he said, but his folks are Catholic. He was accepted. Following is the jury empaneled: J. R. McGuffick, G. A. Davis, Thomas A. Nunan, W. E. Lovejoy, M. H. Morris, R, Lee, B. F. White, ¥. G. Fraser, M. J. Welch Jr., M. J. Siderman, J. H. Seller, A. L. Strauss. Of tnese there are two professing mem- bers of the Catholic Church, Thomas Nu- Welch. ley opened the case for the In his address he said that plaintiffs. Thomas Gatlagher died in January, 1892, leaving an estate worth $190,000 in stocks, cash and realty. He lived near St. Mary's ital, and was on intimate terms with Denis Nugent, a Catholic priest. He nomi- nated Nugent as executor of his will with- out bonds. His wife and Kingston were also executors, but Nugent was the active Aduring the day, smilingly interested in all fluence exerted in the matter, that it was a part of her ambition to build a church in | St. Rose's parish, the name of the donor | being withheld until the dedicatory ser- vice. Father Nugent sat behind his counsel | that took place. Sister Mary Russell, lady superior of the Sisters of Mercy at St. Mary’s Hospital, was also present. She is the “sister of Loré Russell of Killowen, Lord Chief Justice of England. & The trial will be resumed this morning. CRABS AND CLAMS. An Exchange of Shell Fish for Northern and Southern Waters. Within the next few weeks the Fish Commissioners will undertake the propa- gation of two food shell fish in waters that for some reason they have never thrived in heretofore. The fishermen in San Pedro Bay, who furnish fish for Los Ange- les and neighboring towns, have never been able to net large crabs such as are found in the waters of San Francisco and Monterey bays and along the northern coast. They are very anxious to secure this shell fish and have asked the Com- missioners to send 8 lot to them for breed- ing purposes. Their wish will be granted and the Commissioners will soon send from 600 to 1000 large crabs to be planted in the waters of San Pedro Bay. The fish- ermen of Los Angeles have bad a county ordinance passed prohibiting the taking of crabs for two years. In exchange the southern county fish- ermen will send to the Commissioners large consignments of the ‘‘razor back clam that1s so abundant along the south- ern bays, but is unknown in the northern waters. These clams are delicious and are eaten on the half shell like oysters. The Commissioners will plant the razor backs in the waters of San Francisco, | Monterey and Tamales bays. Several years ago Commissioner Emeric planted a number of these clams in a slough in Contra Costa County and they have done well. There is no reason, so far as can be seen, why they will not thrive all along this ' section of the coast. The. strange | feature is thgt the two varieties of shell fish have never worked their way along the entire coast. MORE WILMERDING SITES Other Offers for the School Expected by University Regents, ~ Professor Schaeberle to Conduct the Astronomical Expedition to Japan. . The board of regents of the University of California met yesterday afternoon at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art on Nob Hill and settled what was a quantity of minor business compared with the two important matters they concluded to take | more time to decide. | The first choice of a site for the Wil- merding Industrial School wa s deferred at | the request of the committee, whichasked for further time, as it expects more sites to be offered. It wasintimated that an ex- tension might be asked on M ayor Sutro’s | offer limited to thirty days of nearly a | biock of land, but the necessity for prompt | action was emphasized, particularly asone | offer, a block in Berkeley, had been with- | drawn because of the long delay. As to the five plans for the group of | three buildings for the Afliliated Colleges | the committee in charge of their examina- | tion announced that it would be necessary | to make a more detailed and careful study of them, and that a choice would be made not later than February 19, and perhaps earlier. Then it will be in order for the board to ratify the choice. Next the State | Board, consisting of the Governor and the | Attorney-General, must concur before bids | may be advertised for. And here again, as in the site for the Wilmerding School, there is necessity for prompt action in or- der to come within the time limit, after which the State appropriation if not ex- pended lapses. J. B. Mhoon, attorney for the board, reported that he had examined the title of the land given by Mayor Sutro as a site for one among them—he did all the work| practically ‘alone. Denis had a_brother John, pastor of the church near where Gallagher lived. Thomas Gallagher left property to his wife worth $147,000. After Mr. Gallagher’s death he said that the friendship between his wife and Nu- i ased. He and his brother John er Margaret were almost her friends. Soon after her hus- death Ellen decided to sell the property, Nos. 313 and 315 Kearny street. lbe sale realized $81,500. Denis Nugent, he said, managed thesale and the money was turned over to him. Then $21,000 was realized from the sale of certain stock, and this was turned over to him for the pur- vose of building a church, In all he said that Mrs. Gailagher gave the priest’sums of money aggregating between $130,000 and $150,000. No written acknowledg- ments of any kind were made concerning these transfers. These transfers were not known by Gallagher's heirs until after Sllen Gallagher's death, and then Nugent made it known. To be sure, he had some receipts, but they are not witnessed and are in his own handwriting. One of these was written by him two or three days be- fore the death of Ellen Gallagher and while she was on her deathbed. This re- ceipt represents the transfer of no less than §30,000. These two priests and their sister, said counsel, were the only persons who knew about this, and when Father Nugent gave them the information he,did 80 as a secret. Mre. Gallagher was intense!y religious. According to Mr. Henley her house was fitted with all manner of religious decora- tion, and 1n her bedroom she had an altar, Every morning she spent_something like an hour in the chapel, and then she would spend several hours on her knees before the altar in her room, and in the evening she wonld go again to the chapel. She saw her relations only at rare intervals. She wns_dpenunous. Her monthly ex- penses did not amount to over $40. She was taken sick about a week before she died, and Margaret Nugent was her nurse and attendant during all her last illness, She died in April. During the preceding December she had conveyed a piece of gxoperv.y to Miss Nugent. Just before her eath she had parted with all her estate except $50,000, half of which was in cash and half in real estate. All the remainder she had turned over to the priest. She deeded some property to the Archbishop. She made a will leaving her relatives sev- eral bequests. She had received from the court since her husband's death $500 or $600 a month, in all amounting to about $10,000. This was put out to interest, but what it has netted is not known. Mr. Henley said the plaintiffs would show the jury that the priest’s influence, interpos- ing the claims of the church, had led Mrs. Gallagher to forget her own people, and that she had been left to herself she would have remembered her kindred. Daniel Black was the first witness called. It was he that purchased the Kearny-street roperty referred to. He said he effected e trade with Father Nugent. Mrs. Gal- hgha: turned the entire matter over 10 the pries Joseph Toner, a relative, testified to the riom and devout character of Mrs. Gal- lagher, that her house was fitted up with many religious emblems, an altar, etc. Mrs. Hugnet Dugan, 8 nurse, who had been called in on the Friday precedaing the Monday on which Mrs. Gallagher sied. testifi that Father Denis Nugent, his brother John and_his sister were there, also Sister Mary B. Russell, mother su- perior of St. Mary’s Ko;}flu A Here the trial ended for the day. The defense, it is stated, will undertake to show that Mrs, Gallagher in ail she did was alm;ly carrying out the wishes of her husban band’s and that there was no undue in- 1 the Affiliated Colleges, and that in his {'udzmem. as soon as one remaining small ien on the property shall have been can- celed the title will be perfect. He found there were three liens. But one of $6000, incorrectly quoted as $20,000, Mayor Sutro has personally agreed to assume, = Another has been avandoned through the instiga- tion of Mr. Sutro’s lawyer, and_the third will very soon be settled for good. The following degrees were conferred upon midwinter graduates of the univer- sity: From the College of Social Science the degree of bachelor of philosophy upon S. M. Ebrman, E. L. Mayberry and W. O. Smith. From the College of Natural Science the degree of bachelor of science upon F. W. Koch, the well-known athlete. Professor Schaeberle of the Lick Obser- vatory was empowered to take charge of | an expedition to Japan to observe the solar eclipse next August. The expenses of the trip have been guaranteed by a friend of the observatory, and the expedi- tion together with the establishment of the temporary station will cost the uni- versity not#ing. The expedition will leave here in June and will take along some ap- paratus from Mount Hamilton, the head of the party to be responsible for the safe return of all the instruments. Professor Schaeberle, on account of the illness of relatives, has been granted a leave of absence until March. A bill recently introduced in Congress by Wilson of New York, providing for the equipment of departments of naval en- gineering in technical colleges and uni- versities, received the approval of the board and it was decided to recommend its passage to the California delegation in Washington. The purpose of the bill is to secure increased efliciency in the naval engineering corps by providing other places of instruction than that in the naval academy at Annapolis. An officer of the engineering corps would be detailed as instructor to such college as might wish to establish a department for him. J. C. Rockwell has been appointed for one yearassociate professor of archmology, at a salary of $1400. He will assume his position on June 30 in place of Professor Richardson, on leave of absencein Rome and Athens. A. B. Pierce was granted a_leave of ab- sence from May 1 to October 1 without loss of pay, as he will be engaged in work beneficial to his department. Professor A. P. Johnson, owing to the death of his father, was granted a leave for six months. At the suggestion of Judge Wallace a vote of thanks was tendered to M, J. Mec- Cutchen, attorney for the executors of the Wflmerding estate, for his gratuitous services in going to New York and saving the university the collateral inheritance tax on the bequest. Some of Dr. Stebbins’ friends have pre- sented the university with a little larger than lifesize portrait of the Unitarian divine and it wiil be hung in the univer- sltly library. n the absence of Governor Budd Timothy Guy Phelps presided. The other members of the board present were: Dr. Rowell, Colonel C. F. Crocker, State Superintendent of Schools S. T. Black, President Keilogg of the university, Columbus Bartlett, Judge Wallace, Major B. Mhoon, President of the Qakland Union Bavings Bank Martin, President of the San Francisco Stvinil Union Miller, United States District Attorney Foote, President of the State Agricultural Soeug Chase. Speaker of the Assembly John C. Lynch, Genersl Houghton, Judge Slack, Attorney Arthur Rodgers, Attorney Rein- stein and Mr. Hallidi ——————— Liverpool has the largest total debt otl any town in England, SUSAN B, ANTHONY'S NIECE She Attends a Meeting of ths State Woman'’s Suffrage Association. ENCOURAGING LETTER READ. The Members Urged to Devote Them- selves to the Constitutional Amendment. The meeting of the State Woman's Suffrage Association, held in the parlors of Golden Gate Hall yesterday afternoon, was honored by the presence of Miss Lucy Anthony, niece of Miss Susan B. Anthony and vrivate secretary to Rev. Anna Shaw, and also by the presence of Rev. Kate Hughes of Illinois. It was one of the most enthusiastic meetings ever held by the as- sociation. Mrs. Ellen Sargent, the president, pre- sided, and after the secretary had disposed of some routine business she read the fol- lowing from the Woman’s Tribune of the 25th of last month, which called forth loud and prolonged applause: Mrs. Jennie L. Munroe, in her able address on trades unions before the January meeting of the District of Columbia Woman Suffrage Association, _recounted the action of the Knights of Labor upon a resolution sent to them from the suffrage society. Mrs. Munroe sai “This society, at a special meeting called for the purpose, appointea a committee of three members to'drait a resolution and present the same to the said convention and request its adoption. I will give theTesolution here: “Inasmuch as your organization makes no dls- tinction between men and women in the rights, duties and privileges pertaining thereto, and since your platform demands equai pay for equal work, without regard to sex, and at various times you have adopted resolutions favoring women’s po- litical enfranchisement; ““Therefore, the District Woman's Suffrage Asso- ciation respectfully urge you, in {nstructing your assemblies to direct their Cohgressmen to seoure legislation Testoring suffrage to the district, to re- quest that the demand be made for all citizens without distinction of sex.” Mrs. Dr. Brackett, Miss Gillett and the writer of this paper composed that committee. Those ladies could tell you how we were received, how the resolution was passed, in our pres- ence, without debate and by a rising vote, but it remains for me to tell you that was the first time in the history of the order such a thing was done by a general assembly. It is a very deliberate body, and it carefully looks into all questions it votes upon, but this matter of the right of women to the iranchise has been acknowledged by the majority of the order 5o long 1t needed no explanation. A letter from A. B, McGaffey, Secretar; of State, was_also read and received wit! much enthusiasm. In this the writersays: There has been nothing to regret—there is nothing to regret—in Colorado’s experience with women in politics, On the contrary there have been many gratifying results. There have been no startiing or revolution- ary changes, but as we study the situation “before” and “‘after” taking we see that there has beea a change,and that it has been in every way for the better. Women generally fake quite as deep an in- terest and active & partin politics here as_do the men, and I think Iam safe in saying that fully as large a percentage of them go to the polls and vote. 1 trust that the women of Californis will be successful in their efforts to secure that unde- nigble right of citizenship, “equality before the law,” and I know that if they do your State will be the better for it. Since Colorado has had universal suffrage there has undoubtedly been a distinct im- provement in the moral tone of politics. Woman’s influence has been felt as it could not be felt. Primaries, conventions, public meetings, elections, all have quietly and_al- most unconsciously, though none the less effec- tively, been molded by her presence—quieter, more orderly and less liable to take chances in the nomination of candidates unworthy of the fullest confidence of the people. The Rev. Mrs. Hughes spoke at some length in the cause of suffrage for women and among other things declared that it was cruel that 12,000,000 women should be deprived of those rights which belong to them, and deprived through the power of a class that is not conversant with the government of this country and its laws. She urged the women of California to work for the pronosed amendment to the constitution of this State, which, if car- ried, will give women the right which be- longs to them. Mrs, Krebs addressed the meeting on the subject of the laws of this State, fiold- ing that they are in many ways more lib- eral to women than are these of other States, but notwithstanding their liberality they will stand considerable amendment. She urged the women not to turn from the object that should occupy their attention at this time, the proposed amendment, and devote themselves exclusively to that. “Do not talk now about what you would do when you get the ballot, wait till you gelll(tl, then you may talk about what you wuldo.” She said it was no argument for those opposed to universal suffrage to say “women will not vote,” because it is a well-known fact that many men, good men, do not trouble themselves to vote. ‘Women, she said, want to vote, and when they are entitled to the franchise tneir vote will, in %ranortion, be equalto that of the men. Shealso urged that women should educate themselves as to what the ballot means. Mrs., Louise Sorbier entered into a long explanation of the law of this State so far as they affect the rights of women in prop- erty, and then told of her efforts at Sacra- mento in behalf of woman suffrage and now the legislators asked what grievance they had, and little by litile amended the law to the advantage of women. The laws of this State, while not perfect, she said, are not so bad as they are in some States, She said that at_Sacramento she saw in the legislative halls men of a character that she did not care to name as represen- tatives from this City and was told that these individuals in representing their wives represented the interests of women, and she asked, **Can such men be good fathers?” She said that if women are_al- lowed to vote they will give the people a good government. . Mrs. Emma_Gregory showed that the courts of this State bave declared that be- cause the husband does not take his wife's earnings by so doing he is supporting her, because what she earns is commun- ity property, and she cited a case in which that doctrine was held, Colone]l P. T, Dickinson of Alameda, Mrs. Johnson and several others addresse the meeting and the tone of their remarks evinced their interest in the cause. Miss Lucy Anthony, who had been a si- lent listener, was called to the platform and expressed her regret that she was un- able to address an assemblage, but sne ex- }alamed that a lady in Washington had of- ered §5 to have Nellie Bly pointed out to ‘her, and that this contribution was subse- uently appropriated as a contribution to the California cnmpmir; fund. . After the meeting Miss Anthony said that she will remain on this coast for some tume, perhaps three months, perhaps more, to arrange dates for Rev. Anna Shaw. Her aunt, she thought, would not talk much this year. She expressed her- self as very much delighted with the feel- ing manifested at the meetine. 4 FEMALE SWINDLER, Jane Simpson, Aliss Mrs, Hawley, Held to Answer for Embezzlement. The preliminary hearing of Jane Simp- son, alias Mrs. Hawley, on the charge of felony embezzlement was held before Jydge Campbell yesterday. The com- plaining witness was Mrs. Cornelia Bur- bank, 1111} Leavenworth street, who ar- Tested the defendant, on Mason street, about ten days ago and compelled her to £o to police headquarters. In October, Jane Simpson el\ftued rooms in Mrs. Burbank’s house, alleging that she was the wife of a sea captain. Bhe borrowed Mrs. Burbank’s sealskin jacket, -growing annually worse, and old anelers of and she never saw her or her jacket again till she met her on Mason street. After hearing the evidence the Judge held ihe deferdant to answer before the Superior Court 1n $3000 bonds. X There are four charges of obtaining money by faise pretenses against Jane Simpson, and the hearing was continued till February 28, ALL WORK AND NO PAY. Clerk Watson of Judge Conlan’s Court ‘Will Retire on Saturday. Ambrose Watson, as popular and effi- cient a Police Court clerk as ever held that position, will submitto the decision of Judge Troutt by retiring from office on Saturday next, “I will abpeal to the Supreme Court,” he said yesterday, “as T still believe that my contention is right. I don’t see the use, howeyer, of working here any longer and allowing’ another man to draw my salary who has never even taken the trouble to make his appearance in court for the past nine months. I was not sur- prised at the decision, but I believe it will be reversed by the higher court.” Watson was the recipient yesterday of Dumerous expressions of regret from {riends at the decision being against him, and the hope was general that his fight for vrinciple would yet be crowned with suc- cess. A. L. Morgenstern, son of Supervisor Morgenstern, will assume the duties of Police Court clerk of Judge Conlan’s court on Monday. He has been drawing the sal- ary of §200 a month regularly since his ap- pointment last April and Watson has been doing all the work. ANGLING AND SHOOTING, Result of Last Sunday’s Charge on the Fishes of Paper- Mill Creek. An Ordinance That Will Stop Fishing With Nets in Mendocino County Streams. One hundred anglers who wore sorrow and disappointment in their features re- turned on Sunday evening from Point Reyes, to which place they had journeyed in the hope of catching some of the many steelheads that were supposed to have been loafing in the deep pools of the stream be- low tide-water mark. All kinds of lures were used, but the ‘‘educated” trout of the Paper-mill would not acknowledge the presence of the most tempting bits of beautiful red roe or shrimp impaled on decorated hooks, which wore the appearance of the setting sun. John Benn, the famous dresser of trout flles,was among the aistinguished disciples of Walton who fished in vain for silvered denizens of the creek. “I cannot understand,” said Benn, **why those fish positively refused to sample some of the good things that were proffered them. Icau account for this strange con- duct on the part of the fishes in one or two ways. In the first place, they may have had a big feast on_Tomales Bay clams be- fore they entered the streams and had no appetite for nick-nacks, and, in the second place, they may have received some ir.for- mation concerning the army of anglers that was expected at the point on Sunday and held an indignation meeting ending with an unanimous promise not to sample a thing on Sunday, and they proved loyal to their pledge.’” $ Experience has demonstrated beyond argument that steelhead fishing in the tide waters of the Paper-mill Creek is ong experience contend that unless the breeding fishes are protected there will not be .ni remaining to speak of in a few vears hence, The fact that 150 rods which were handled by anglers on the Paper-mill last Sunday scored nothing at the end of the day’s trials proves conclusively that the anglers have not proven very destractive to the fishing interests of the stream. It is the nettiag that is done in Tomales Bay and the spearing that is quietly accom- plished above tide water that is destroying the sport of anglers, and unless the Fisn Commissioners, as previously stated, will detail a deputy to look after the coast streams during the months of February and March the anglers may whistle for sport when the trout-fishing season opens. A letter was received at this office yester- day from Glen Ellen which states that spearing saimon trout in the Sonoma Creek near the town of Glen Ellen is a daily pastime and that the constables are afraid (o make arrests because such a thing as arresting a man for spearing steelheads would injure their standing politically. The Fish Commissioners say that their funds are exhausted and that they cannot afford to detail a deputy permanently to watch the streams that are fished by locai Aniglers in the snglin‘f season. he Sonoma and Papermill creeks should be closely protected, as they are the principal waters.whipped by anglers dur- ing the fishing season. It is expected that the commissioners will not neglect to stock them occasionally with some of the many millions of young fishes that are now in the State hatcheries. Deputy Al Wiison and his friend Mr. Cross returned from Duncans Mills Sun- day evening, after having made another successful raid on Pennie's nets, two of which they eaptured last Thursday morn- ing near the mouth of the Russian River, “Pennie may be under the impression that Wilson js” not attending_to his busi- ness,” said Mr. Cross, “‘but I have good Teason to believe that he has changed his mind on that point, as Wilson has made four successful raids on his nets, which are now housed in Santa Rosa. Since net- nshinlg has been stopped at the mouth of the Russian River thousands of steel- heads are now spawning in the streams of Mendocino and_Sonoma counties, which were barren of fish during the years that the fishermen were allowed to net the breeding fishes at the mouth of the river.” Deputy Davis returned from Point Arena last Saturday and reports thatowing to a verbal war that has been pendmg for some time between the sportsmen and the net fishermen a local orainance has been passed, which has put & stop to fishing With nets in or above the tide waters of the Garcia, Navarro, Gualala and Little rivers. It is to be hoped that the ordinance wil! re- main in force permanently, as the rivers mentioned are among the grandest in this State for trout fishing if protected, and would be visited by hundreds of anglers from this City during the summer months if the sport was known to be good. It is to the interest of the residents of Point Arena and vicinity to cater to the sports- men and anglers of this City, who spen®| thousands of dollars during their summer vacations where they find good fishing and shooting. Among the most prominent of the dis- gusted anglers who caught more water than fish at Point Reyes last Sunday are: C. Cate, D. McMillan, R. Hewson, A. Bo- ard, C. Myrtle, L. Meyers, John Benn, J. ammi, ¥. Dolliver, A, Banker, Howard Vernon, A. Smith, G. Walker, C. Precnt, H. Battu, O. Braunsdorf, McGregor broth- ers, Ed Bosqui, E. Curley, P. Clinch, James Nelson, W. Woodruff, Thomas Nolan, Eugene O'Rourke, E. Eveth, R. Lyons, Captain Powers, F. Meyer, W. Thompson, Louis Butler, E. Cross and many others whose names were not ascer- tained. Among the sportsmen who were quail- shoonng) and returned with_ small baes were: D. Burwick, Sam Hughes, H. Golebher, F. Vernon, Rudolph and son, J. de Bngter, F. Butler, J. Pieterson and Lnglish Setter Payne. Peter Hansen, P. F. E. Steiner, Lc{xrnin and M, McNeil returned from Nieasio on Sunday evenin with a bag consistingof nine dozen quail, which, with pardonable pride, they ex- E‘:‘;:ac@ their friends when they arrived ity. { with the Roanoke. 1896. THAT TOWBOAT TROUBLE, Captain Grey of the Ship-Own- ers and Merchants’ Line Under Fire. THE DOCKING OF THE ROANOKE. A Discussion That Caused a Lively Scene Before the Harbor Commissioners. The docking of the Roanoke and the part taken in it by the Ship-owners and Mer- chants’ Towboat Company were the princi- ple matters discussed before the Harbor Commissioners yesterday. Superinten- dent Grey of the tugboats and Captain George Harvey of the Rescue had one story to tell, while Chief Wharfinger Root and Chief Assistant Short had another. F. 8. Stratton, the acting attorney, told the board that the Chief Wharfinger had full power to move a vessel whenever and wherever he pleased, so long as she was within the jurisdiction of the commission, ‘When Superintendent Grey began to argue the point President Colnon told him that while he had the interests of the port at heart he wanted the towboat owners to understand that they were only docking ships on sufferance, and that the Harbor Commissioners could stop their operations at any time. \ . The discussion was started by the read- ing of a letter from Williams, Dimond & Co., in which the attention of the board was called to the fact that the Seafarer was moved by the tug Rescue just about the time the Roanoke was nearing the dock. The Chief Wharfinger said he had notified the captain of the tugboat not to move the Seafarer, and Captain Grey said his men could receive orders from no one but himself. The captains were not allowed to take any risks and were only sent to work when the tides and other circum- stances suited. _“But you wete not asked to take any Tisk in this case,” said Commissioner Cole. “x’_&]lll Jyou were asked to do was to keep still.” Then the cross-fire began. Grey said it was the first timein hisexperience cf twenty years that he had ever known the Chief" Wharfinger to undertake the docking of a ship. Chadbourne said it was the first| time the necessity had ever arisen. Cap- | tain Harvey of the Rescue saia he had re- ceived orders to move the Seafarer at a iven time and that the order had never en rescinded. He followed his instruc- tions, and knew nothing about any trouble Chief Wharfinger Root said he was afraid of an_accident, and had sent word by his chief deputy not to move the ship. Chief Assistant Short said he bad yelled at Captain Harvey, and the latter turned his back on him. He tl.en notified the captain of the Seafarer, and the latter told him that he was master of the ship and'not of the tug. At this point matters began to get inter- esting and President Colnon had to pre- serve order. Captain Harvey denied ever having heard or seen Short, and Short re- torted that it was easy not to see or hear when one didn’t want to. “It was lucky for you,” said he, ‘‘that the Seafarer was a couple of feet away from the wharf and fiying light or eise I would have got aboard and vlaced you under arrest.” It was then that President Colnon stopped the discussion and after Superin- tendent Grey had explained that his com- pany had no intention of breaking the rules or antagonizing the commission the matter went over to next Thursday for further consideration. In the meantime all of Williams, Dimond & Co.’s ships will be handled by the Pacific Mail Company’s tug Millen Griffiths. On her arrival from the Orient the Mail company’s steamer City of Peking isto be docked for an overbauiing at Hunter's Point. The mud about the entrance has silted up and the California Drydock Com- pany want the Harbor Commissioners to dredge it out. Captain Bruce urged that it wounld be facilitating the commerce of the port to do the work and said that if the dredging was not done the company would have to dock and repair the Peking at Hong Kong, Captain Hackett also asked that the privilege be granted, but Presi- dent Colnon drew his attention to the fact that when drediin; work around the bat- tle-ship Oregon had to be done the State’s dredgers did it and the hills had not yet been paid. Commissioner Cole was in favor of the board doing the work, but Attorney Strat- ton said the State dredgers could not be employed outside of the §urisdiction of the board, nor could they be used to assist a private enterprise. “Then I move that we follow the law,”’ said Commissioner Chadbourne, and it was carried, Cole vot- ing *“No.” The question of chargine the Mare Island tug Unadilla §5 a month dockage then came up, and Chadbourne made a plea on behalf of the officers, who use the vessel to get to and from San Francisco. courteously presented a letter. Mr. Cum- ';ning./wbg ,t‘aok it, thinking it to be a Jetter of recommendation, politely asked the stranger to step inside. The strangerdid so. He was a young man of good appearance and while Mr. | Cumminf broke the envelope he felt a iendly feel m’l‘:ge lynter was written in a hand that he could not recollect, but it was written in a basinesslike way. % Mr. Cumming perused the letter in silence, the stranger looking on, blandly, the while. 2 Suddenly Mr. Cumming started so vio- lently that the stranger jumped toward | the door in alarm. A “You are a nephew of my me?‘d that graduated with me in ’81, are you? yelled Mr. Cumming in a voice that startled a patrolman on che next beat. “Y,’_ou are a relation of my dear friend, hey?"’ he con- tinued in a gradually increasing volume of tone. The stranger nodded his head energetic- | ally at each question and stuttered, “Yes, ir.? "“zhyffi'i: point Mr. Cumming’s language became incoherent slng.glis words were in- istinct and antransla e. dl‘s‘Yol:l infernal, blankety, blahk, blank, blank, get outlegf this “blankety, blank ick!"” he howled. 3 quA‘: iewh moments later silence settled down over the neighborhood of Mr. Cum- ming’s house. A solitary pedestrian on the opposite side of the street observed a black heap lying at the foot of Mr, Cum- ming’s front steps. Aftera time this heap arose and a crouching figure stole away in the darkness. That same evening soon after Mr. Cum- ming had calmed down somewhat his sister-in-law, Miss Bragg, who is a gradu- ate of Berkeley, came to him with a letter from a stranger in this City which she had | received that morning. ,‘Gcor;;e." said she, “‘only think, a dear | friend of Miss —, who graduated with us in'81-" But George had gone into another of indignation. paroxysm A BENEFIT 10 THE STATE, What J. A. Filcher Accomplished at the Recent Atlanta Fair. His Report to the State Board of | Trade Heartily Indorsed. The Finances. There was a well-attended and interest- ing meeting of the California State Board of Trade yesterday, at which the following members were present: J. 8. Emery, Mrs. M. E. Shields, C. M. | Wooster, W. H. Mills, Colonel J. P. Irish, N. W. Spaulding, B. M. Lelong, R. X. | Ryan, L.C. McAfee, J. A. Morrissey, E. | W. Maslin and I. H, Thomas, This was the first meeting held since the return of J. A. Filcher, who so success- ling growing manifest in him. | uunnf, Nerv- wonderful twitchin, tho sse) ¢ of the eyes gub;o: a:;. and other orsed by the leadingscien- _Btrengthens, Amr:rcu. entiresystem. Hudyan is Hudyan cures E‘l:leely . ge:voilg 51 Hudyan stops Emissions, Premalureness and dt;v;l'gp';: of the dis- snd restores e Inmm Pains in the o C'I loszes L0S 1 by day or 0D nightstopped i ) quickly. Over 2,000 private endorsements, The new discovery was made by the special- ists of the old famous Hudson Medical Instie tute. Itis the strongest vitalizer made, It is very power{ul, but harmiess. Learn the grand truth of health, make your- -gelf & man sgain by using the Californian remedy. You can only get it from the Huason Medical Institute. Write for free circulars. Send for testimonials and circulars free. HUDSON MEDICAL INSTITUTE, 5 Stockton St., San Franeisco, (al. TAINTED BLOOD-—Impure blood, dus to serious private disorders, carries myriads ot sore-producing germs. Then come sore throat, pimples, copper-colored spots, ulcers in mouth, old sores and falling hair. You can save a trip to Hot Springs by writing for “Blood Book” to the old physicians of the HUDSON MEDICAL INSTITUTE, Stockton, Market and Ellis Sts. LIVER—When vour liver is affected you may feel blue, melancholy, irritable and easily disconcerted. You will notice many symptoms ihat you really have and many that you really do nothave. You need a good liver regulator, and this you should take at once. You can get it from us. Write for book on liver troubles, #All About the Liver,” sent free. HUDSON MEDICAL INSTITUTE, fully carried on the California exhibit at | the late Atlanta Exposition. Much of the | time was consumed in discussing the features of the big fair and the medals and honors won by exhibitors of the Golden West. | Mr. Flicher presented along, interesting | report ot all that had been accomplished | since the exhibition proposition came up | nearly a year ago. His account of the cost i to the board of sending the exhibit to At lanta_was received with keen attention. In it Mr. Filcher says: | Ireferred to the fact that only 85400 was ayailable for the Atlanta Exposition. I am pleased to say that with the concessions pre- viously named (from the railroad) and by practicing the closest economy, where it could be done without impairing the efficiency of the work, the expenditures will not exceed that | amount. When I left California I carried with | me $1500; I subsequently drew $1500 more. | In addition to thisI received for work done | for others and from sales and salvage $211 59, and from returned freight charges $97 w,[ making the total that has come into my hands since leaving for Atlanta $3308 99. In return | for this amount I have vouchers for $2538 80, I have a record of petty expenditures on sc- | count of exposition work of $445 57 andI | have cash in hand to the amount of $38 85, | leaving a balance of $288 77 unaccounted for, | Tais balance represents the cost of living of | Mr. Johnson, the assistant, and myself durin our stay at the exposition, and incidental ex penses on the way there and return, which I | ask the board to allow. | The total cost of replenishing, packing and | loading the exhibit at this end of the line and aiter starting was $97 14. This added to $3273 14, the cost of the work at Atlanta, makes a total expenditure to date chargeable to the | Atlanta exhibit fund of $4243 28'and leaves a | balance in said fund of $1156 72. This estimate will be ample to reinstall the exhibit at the new quarters at 16 Post street, and when that work is done, as I hope | to be able to do it, the State Board of Trade | will be in better shape every way than it was | previous to going to Atlanta. and it will for its extra painsand efforts in connection with the | Atlanta Exposition have placed to its credits | as an aditional and powerful reason for its ex- | Istence and support, one of the greatest works ever performed Jor Calioruia, eiher at home or abrood, for a like amount of money. The report was received with applause and the board extended to Mr. Filchera vote of thanks for the successful manner in which he managed the entire undertak- ing. 'Great surprise was expressed that ““We'll follow the law,’” said Cole, and the matter was laid over for further considera- tion, butin the meantime the Unadilla will have to pay $5 a month dockage. The supplying of piles for use-on the front came up, and Roberts & Matison offered to furnish all the lumber required at 10 centsa foot. 8. E.Slade & Co. oifered to supply twelve-inch piles at 11 cents, fourteen-iuch at 12)¢ cents and fifteen-inch at 1334 cents, and rough Oregon pine lum- ber at $11 a thousand feet. The lumber offer was accepted, but the pile question went over to next meeting. The bill for dredging the mud from around the battle-ship Oregon was cut from $900 to $625, at the request of Captain Hackett. He showed that while the State charged him $100 a day for the use of the dredger, he only got $650 for the entire job. The ngpomtment of E. R. Swain to suc- ceed A. aga Brown, a3 architect for the new ferry building, was confirmed. A BUNKO MAN BUNKOED, ' The Intimate Friend or Relative of College Men’s Friends Outwitted. He Is Accorded a Very Warm Recep- tion at the House of George Cumming Jr. The bunko man who has recently been working financially on the fraternal feel- ings of colleze men encountered his Waterloo Monday night. He met with a genuine surprise after he had rung the bell at the residence of George Cumming Jr. of the Pacitic Improvement Company, and he sought the sidewalk when he had ended a brief interview with Mr. Cum- ming. His downward flight was after the manner of an elderly lady shooting the chutes. BSeveral of those employed at the im- ‘provement company's offices are Berkeley graduates. Mr. Cumming is a graduate, and before he left for home Monday even- ing he listened to one or two stories tola by his confreres of their losses through sym- pathy for this mythical nephew, cousin or intimate friend. Mr. Cumming went home in a thought- ful mood, cogitating, it is supposed, on the gullibility of the educated brain, soon after he had finished his dinner the door- bell rang. A gentleman stood outside and the expenses were below the amount esti- | mated. Mr. Millsand Colonel Irish stated more good had been accomplished for this State by the recent exposition than at the World’s Fair at Chicago, which cost Cali- fornia over $300,000. It was decided to rint and distribute many thousands of Mr. Filcher's report. Hundreds of these reports will be sent to inquirers in the East, as it contains a vast amount of infor- mation about California. e Every person acting as an auctioneer in England is required to take out a license, which must be renewed on the 5th of July in every 3ear. and for this license the charge is £10 annually made. NEW TO-DAY. S S In the flling of prescriptions the as perso i in the dark a8 th the chet ‘and the Contents ol the medicine, consequently has to rely on the honesty and reliabliicy of the Dro ist who dispenses tho drugs. The ority of the Druggisis of San Francisco pay & commission of 23 to 50 per cent 1o the physiclans who send their prescriptions to them. ‘This being the case, how can the Com- ‘mission st” be honest? For insiance, a physician writes a prescription for one bottle Lis- ine, W) s price 752, bottle (aectual wholesale 8c). ommission Druggis “‘divies” with the physician 25 or 50 per cent. 'r; 4 person on the outside it looks as if the Druggist was out and injured. BUT HE IS NOT. He just substitutes a vile imitation of Listerine costing 50c pergalion. Thers are, on the other hand, & re. Spectable class of physicians—and they are no- merous—who will not accept. ission from any Dr at. . This element of nhh}oflfenbn we cater and have their entire confidence, as th v take no liberties with therr res: o3, fiting commission to any dociors, The confidence in :‘; held by the public of San Francisco is proven by the fact that we dispensed over 30,000 prescriptions in 1895, a larger number than dis) od by any Stockton, Market and Ellis Sts. KIDNEY Remedies are now sought for by many men, because 5o many men live rapla h our Kidney Regulator, or better, learn some- thing about your kidneys and how to make the test. The book, “A Knowledge of Kidneys," sent free. Hindson Medical Institute Stockton, Market and Ellis Sts., BAN FRANCISCO, CAL. FURNITURE —FOR—— 4 ROOMS $80. Parlor — Silk Brocatelle, 5-Peice Sult, plush trimmed. Bedroom—7-Peice Elegant Sult, bed, bureau, washstand, two chairs, rocker and table; pile 1ows, woven wire and top mattress. Dining-Room—&-£oo: Extension Table, four Solid Ouk Chairs. Kitchen—Range, Patent Kitchen Table and twa Chalrs. EASY PAYMENTS. Houses furnished complete, clty or country, any- where on the Coast. Open evenings. M. FRIEDMAN & CO., 224 to 230 and 306 Stockton and 237 Post Street. 23 Free packing and delivery across the bay. WALL PAPER! JAS. DUFFY & CO. Have REMOVED to No. 20 Geary Street. GREAT REDUCTION TO CLOSE OUT LAST SEASON'S PATTERNS TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE NEW WINDOW SHADES! Any Color, Size or Kind. WHOLESALE—AND—RETAIL. = LIPO TAIJR : Chinese Tea and_ lerh : Sanitorium, Ro. 727 Washington St., San Francisco, Cal. oS0 Breaham Place, above e Office Hours: 9to 12, 1 tod and 3 to 7. Sun- day, 9 A. M. to 13 M. LiPo Yal Jr, son of the famous L1 Py Tal, has taken his father's business, and is, afier eleven years' study ia China. fully prepared to locate and treat all disenses. CQAL! ENICKERBEOCKER COAL CO., 522 Howard Street, Near First. COSMOPOLITAN gm:&mflé Min:, 100 and 102 Fiftn st., a N .—The most select famil; hotel L the city, ‘Board and room, 31, $1 23 and 81 50 per gay, according 1o room. Meals 25c. ' Rooms, 500 1::7& a day. Free coach to and from the botel. store ia the State. sz THE OWL DRUG CO., 1128 Marizet Street, SAN FRANCISCO. K for the coach bearing t! mopolitan Hotel: ' WAL FAREY. Drorieter NOTARY PUBLIC, HARLES H. PHILLIPS, ATTORNEY-AT C law and Notary Pubiic 638 Markor st o sits Palace Hotel. " Residence, 1620 Fell 8¢, 1e Phone 570. Residence telephone, “Plne 359L" > - -