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10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1896. GOVERNOR BUDD AND THE REGENTS, Plain Talk About the De- signs for Affiliated Colleges. COST OF THE BUILDINGS. Report of Expert Architects Sharply Criticized by the Governor. THE PLANS RECOMMENDED. Designs Presented by Krafit and Cur- lett Received Favorable Report. There was a breezy session of the Board of Regents of the University of California | at the Mark Hopkins Institute vesterday | afternoon. The business on hand which | engrossed so much attention was the re- port of consulting architects on varions plans presented far the affiliated colleges. Governor Budd presided and took an active interest in the proceedings through- out the sessions. When Secretary Bonte called the roll the following named regents | responded: The Governor, Speaker Lynch, | State Superintendent of Schools Black, C. | F. Crocker, A. S. Hallidie, T. G. Pnhelps, | George T. Marye, Columbus Bartlett, Gen- eral Houghton, J. West Martin, Albert| Miller, President Kellogg, J. B. Reinstein, Judge Slack, Regent Chase, Arthur Rodgers and J. A. Waymire. i Assoonasthe assembled regents squared | themselves at the table for business the | secretary was requested to produce the re- | port submitted by Architects Clinton Day, | Albert Pissis and Walter Mathews. The | report discusses the plans in their alpha- | betical order and presents the following conclusions: In conclusion: We consider th vations are those presented by W and they wou m We are which, i poses inte the best ele- am Curlett, carried out, would best serve the pur- | ded and would make the best and 1dings 15, without doubt, Messrs, Krafit, Martens & t. the price o of each r for, 1t equel as to gn or Mr. | cDougall’s desig ly architectural feature of sction. - also find that the buildings of Messrs. Martens & Coffey and of M ntain more than is re irculars, and that th has been thorou we do not th uld have been fulfilied in ted the probable cost of th uilding t the construction of eith 1l amount of the | ritted, T PISSIS, CLINTON DAY WALTER J. MATHEWS. The subject of cost was immediately in- troduced, which led to a discussion be- tween Attorney Mhoon of the board and Governor Budd as to whether the architect | was not bound by the law to give a suili- 1t bond to gu ntee the construction | of the buildings within the limit of cost | specified. | }“m Governor embraced the opportunity | to cite the construction of the Stockton | Free Library an exampie of a fine building completed according to cost esti- mates submitted by though other architects had proclaimed to the Stockton authorities that the work could not be done for anything like the | sum mentioned by Mr. Pelton. The figure | which “cut some ice” in this case was $50,000. In a communication to the Regents Mr. | Curlett announced that two responsible contractors had figured on his plans. One was willing to give a bond to construct the buildings for $225,000. The other esti- mated that the cost would be §242,000. J. West Martin mentioned that Albert Pissis was present and would cast some lighton the problem of cost. The Regent thought if the session was executive X Pissis might explain in detail to the board the method adopted to estimate the cos The Governor remarked that Mr. Mec: Dougall had made an estimate of cost in | detail. Regent Crocker said that it was the in- | tention that all the architects should make | careful estimates of cost. Regent Timothy Guy Phelps was anxious to go into executive session. The Governor inguired in a manner which seemed frank and ingenuous; though the language was somewhat sig- | nificant, ““Is it the custom of the board to | go into executive session?” Colonel Crocker indicated that he pre- ferred an open session if Mr. Pissis did not object. | Governor Budd—I should prefer when | discussing the question of spending public money to have the session public. For an instant there was a perceptible | change in the light of the room, caused by | a simuitaneous blush. Inaudible talk, obviously in the cause of | executive session, followed. The motion was made by Mr. Hallidie | or Mr. Martin to go into executive ses- | sion, and. being seconded by Timothy Guy | Phelps, the Governor put it. A decided majority voted in the affirmative. Mr, Crocker voted against _the motion. As the reporters, feeling that their departure would afford relief were about 10 vanish, the Governor signified that they could remain 1f Mr Pissis, the architect, did not object, and they remained. | Architect Albert Pissis did not seem to be embarrassed by the presence of news- paper people and replied distinctly to many questions addressed to him by the Governor and other regents. According 1o his explanation the committee of archi- tects did not go 1nto a detailed examina- tion of cost, but calculated from the ground space covered that decent build- ings could not be constructed for the sum | estimated—$250,000. Governor Budd referrel with evident local pride to the Stockton Free Library building as a monument of grace and beauty, and he renewed the assertion that skilled arcnitects had said that it could not be built for $50,000, yet the designing architect completed it for $30,000. From this example fresh in his mind and ob- viously impressed by a mental image of the beauuful edifice the Governorreasoned | that general opinions of architects were of no value unless sustained by detailed esti- mates of cost for wood, brick and building material of all kinds. : tegent Albert Miller believed in exact- ing from the architect whose plans shonid be accepted a sufficient bond to construct the building at a cost not to exceed the appropriation of $250,000. Architect Pelton, al- | |in | continental business west of the M | wor seneral Houghton asked Mr, Pissis how much the buildings would cost according to the estimates of the consulting architects. SR Speaking for himself, Mr. Pissis said he placed the cost at $310,000. g : To the Governor the architect said, “We knew that cheaper material than common brick would be used.” Then arose the vexed question whether Roman brick would not show stains and discolorations. The Governor asked if the regents could show any building in San Francisco constructed of brick of this de- scription which was not distigured by stains. Colonel Crocker remarked that the Roman brick in the Towne residence was not marrea by stains. 7 Governor Budd expressed his displeas- wfficiency of the report from architects. He wanted the pecified in detail. He sail T wiil not surrender my_judgment to such a re- port as this. I tell the regents now that if the plans do not meet my judgment I will not approve them when they come before me at Sacramento.” Regent Reinstein—We should have some one here to point out defects in all the That is what' I propose to have. There is no information to my mind in this report of expert architects. Why are they not here? 1 understood everything was cooked and prepared for us to eat, but I see that even the hare has not been caught. Regent Milier explained that no notice was given to the architects requesting them to be present. He moved, as a solu- tion of the question, that the secretary be requested to ask the architects if they could give bonds to complete the buildings for $250,000. General Houghton said if the consulting architects were called before the board that it would be found that they had gone far enough by cubic feet measurement, which architects employed, to find that the work cou!d not be done for $250,000. Governor Budd—I think this board has a right to ask all about the defects. This committee of expertarchitects hasthrown out two plans simply on account of cost. Mr. McDougall presented an idea in his design which escaped all notice of the committee. It was resolved, after further talk, in which Architects Krafft and Sutton partici pated in replying to questions, that the ng should adjourn until 10:30 A. M. Architects Albert Pissis, Clinton Day and Walter Mathews will be informed of this meeting with a request to attend. The Governor remained at tlie institute until evening examining the plans, par- ticularly the space for admitting light. He measured the plans with a rule and generally fortified himself with informa- tion for to-day’s session. MAY CAUSE A RATE WAR, The Southern Pacific Company’s Breach of Contract Resented. Troops Transported at Cut Rates Over the Sunset Route to Cheat Western Lines. The Western Passenger which has its headquarters at Chicago and i ch all the railways engaged in trans- sissippi are supposed to be united, is in a ferment over what some members claim to be a breach of the compact. The association was organized and has been maintained for the purpose of keep- ing up passenger rates across the contin- ent, and one of its most active members | was the Southern Pacific Comvany of Kentucky. Its aim was to have all the railways in the combine work for mutual interests that profits might be securea on | every possible occasion by thus working in harmony. A dispatch in Tue CaLL of yesterday contains the mony was a tning of the past, or in other that certain railway companies in Colorado have risen in their anger protest against the Southern Pacific of Kentuck These Chicago-Colorado lines have been | left out in the cold by Huntington and his | managers exactly as the Central Pacific has been shunned of late in the interest of the Sunset route. The trouble all came about over the trainload of sailors and soldiers which re- cently passed over the Sunset route be- tween New York and Sar Francisco. The Southern Pacific made an arrangement with an Eastern seaboard line at very | moderate terms to carry the special mili- tary trains from New York to New Or- leans via Portsmouth, and the company did the rest by taking the sailors and marines over its southern line at greatly reduced rates. Through the combination it was possible to convey the men at prices much below the Transcontinental Associa- tion standard, and at those figures a con- tract was made with the Government for the transportation of the troops. General Passenger Agent Goodman of the Southern Pacific explained vesterday that no rule of the transcontinental com- pact had been violated. Before the con- tract to transport the military was entered into, tiie president of the association was notified, and at the same time he was asked to give an opinion on the subject. | | The president replied by telegraph that | the Southern Pacific Company could make | the contract, and so it was understood that | the association had given its permission for this special case. The Chicago-Colorado lines viewed the miatter in quite another light when they learned that business, which should have | come to them.were the association’s agree- ment lived up to, had been diverted over the Southern route. A vigorous protest followed, and a meeting of the association was held in Chicago Tuesday to consider it. Representatives of the Chicago-Colorado lines demanded that nétice be served on outhern Pacific to discontinue such practices. Those roads insisted that pas- | sengers should not be taken half way round America simply to evade the asso- ciation’s rules and thereby escape from the agreement on rates. They also held that it was a clear case of violation of their rights under the compact. Business was taken from them by a’subterfuge, they say, and as the midland hnes have accordingly lost money in consequence, it is claimed by railroad men that trouble is sure to ensue, Should the tactics be repeated by the Southera Pacific, the midland roads bave announced they will break up the as- sociation and institute a war on passenger rates into California if necessary. “This is nothing more nor less than an- other instance of the Southern Pacific of Kentucky diverting business from the Central Pacific,”” said a railroad ticket agent of one of the Western roads yes- terday on the street. he special rate could not be made on -the central route without giving some of the money to the Western lines, so the Kentucky corpora- tion went to work and connived with the East Coast air line to carry troops from New York to New Orleans to connect with its own road there on a cheap basis. It was only a Southern Pacific trick to beat the association. “The other roads ought to have known better than to enter into an agreement with the Southern Pacific on any proposi- tion. Tie Southern Pacific could not keep a contract, anyhow. It will do the work and make explanations and excuses after- ward; and what are you going to do about it ?"” e o Very Awkward Indeed. This is precisely the kind of mistake & man makes it he “turns out’’ on the wrong side of the road when a vehicle comes toward him. No less absurd is the error of the individual who takes drastic medicines to relleve his liver. That organ is om the right side, and the road to its relief is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, a medicine also adapted (o the relief of dyspepsia, constipation, kidney and rheumatic ailments and malaria. Association, | information that this har- | ith a | WILL ERECT A STATUE Noble Project' of the Balfe-Moore Club in Honor of Irish Genius. DISCUSSED BY ITS PRESIDENT. | The New Literary Organization Would Like to Place a Monument in the Park. The Balfe-Moore Club, it now transpires, has a noble object in view—distant, how- ever, that prospect may be—and one which hasnot yet appeared in the preamble of the society. 1t is still as an unwritten project, although not a single member has been found whose opinions are not in entire harmony with theidea. Many of the more intensely patriotic Irishmen, who form the | leading ranks of this club, look upon the | subject with longing for its realization. For they are desirous of seeing a monu- ment in enduring bronze, a marble to per- petuate the name of the Baife-Moore Club, as well as do honor to two of their illus- trious countrymen. The project, briefly stated, is to erecta monument in Golden Gate Park to Moore | and Balfe or to Goldsmith, Grat:an or | some other great Irishman. And further | | this statue must be a work of art that | would adorn the park and be an object of | | interest to visitors of all nations. | Among those members of the club who | | are specially interested in the monument | is James D. Phelan. Mr. Phelan’s name | so associated with every movement in | San Francisco looking toward the ad. | yancement of art or adding to the beauti- fying of the City that his support and | sympathy are regarded by other members | of the club with feelings of much encour- | | agement. | "J.J.0'Brien is another leading member | | of the club who will do all he can to pro- | mote the idea of a grand monument, for he | | would like to see it a reality in the people’s | pleasure-ground as a mark of honor to his | illustrious countrymen. Rev. D. O. Crow- |ley, Thomas R. Bannerman, Jeremiah | Mahoney, Dr. O'Toole and others, all | leading “spirits of the Balfe-Moore Cluo, | | are right in line with the rest for the same | object. | | The idea has uot been formally discussod as yet, but then the Balfe-Moore Clubisa mere infant, with an auspicious beginning in the world and a brilliant literary and | | musical career before it. And so, like the development of the club itself, this monu- ment project can grow only with time. It | has been mentioned more than once, how- | ever, when members of the club met, and consequently, for all practical purposes, it bas already assumed pretty definite form. It was discussed last evening by Thomas R. Bannerman, president of the club. He | saic here is a settled conviction among | many of the members that one of the ob- jects of the Balfe-Moore Club in the near | | future is to widertake the raising of a | monument to Moore and Balfe, or Gold- smith, or some other 1llustrious Irishman. The individual, of course, is a matter to be decided by the club. We feel that the vark authorities and the people would be | pleased to see a statue toone, or, perhaps, two, of these men of genius in Golden Gate | ark, since it would be a noble ornament self and a fitting tribute from the Celtic people of this City to Celtic emi- nence in art and letters. “Just the same we would like to see | monumentsto Longfellow, Washington Ir- ving, Bryant or oiher great Americans, as these statues tend to cultivare an interest in the graces and lead men into a closer | knowledge of the accomplishments of American genius. | " “For my own part I have no doubt but that if the matter of a monument to Moore and Balfe was undertaken by the respon- | sible men of our young society it would soon be realized. From the immense au- | dience last night and from the gratifying | reception to the initial meeting of the club we find more encouragement almost than I can express, and this is enough en- couragement for us to go ahead with the ultimate idea of a noble statue to our | country’s genius. I do not speak for the | club in this matter, but my opinions upon | iv are those of many of my associates. “For a plan of action I would suggest a | s of concerts similar to what we had | last night, and_then by depositing the | money received in a fund, even though it took some years, we would in tne end have our desires accomplished. We would not aim to draw upon the generosity of the masses of our people. The club itself is | not intendea to be a popular organization. Its membership is limited to men of taste | and the ability of accomplisning the ob- | ject of the club. We propose to give balls and reunions periodically, and by keeping such a fund as many of my associates favor for a monument, the project once | undertaken, we feel sure, would inspire our people with enthusiasm in the move- ment and stimulate them to support the cause.” | _ David Costello, an active worker in the Balfe-Moore Club management, said: “I am heartily in accord with everything Mr. Bannerman says, and I would give my 1 personal services with the greatest plea: ure to carry out the grand idea. Every | Irishman should be proud to have an op- porturity of lending a hand in this pro- ject. Our German fellow-citizens have set a good example. They will have a splen- | did monument to Goethe and Schiller, and | 1 believe the cost wil! not exceed $10,000. Now, surely we can do as well as that, for | if we set about it once in the right way $10,000 or so would not be long forth- coming. IRISH SONGS AND POEMS, Brilliant First Night of the Balfe-Moore Club. The Balfe-Moore Club held a most enjoy- able epen session Tuesday night at Metro- politan Temple. A pleasant feature of the affair was a well-selected programme of Irish airs rendered by various well-known vocalists, Dr. A. E. Regensberger’s fantasia of Irish sirs on the violoncello being spe- cially deserving of mention. Midway in the concert programme Will- iam Greer Hdrrison delivered a most inter- esting lecture on “Balfe and Moore.”” “Poerry,” said Mr. Harrison, “is just one heart talking to another, and music is the same thing in another way. “Speaking generally,” he proceeded, “poetry and music, specially considered, may be taken as the evidences of a na- tion’s literary progress. The civilization of a nation is measured by its literature. The poetry and music of any nation will correspond to its literature. Indeed, poetry is the favorite child of literature, and music seems to be an evolution of the poetical faculty. In speaking, therefore, of Celtic goetry and music we must first look to Celtic literature and take its measure. *‘Owing to the desire of the Celtic race to discover and present to the world absolute proofs of its past preatness, various scholars gave to the literary universe a wealth of material, which has caused numbers of distinguished scholars to de- vote their lives to a complete and ex- haustive study of Celtic literature. But let us glance hastily at what that litera- ture comprises. We take, first, the ‘An- nals of the Four Masters,” contained in seven large quarto volumes of 4215 pages; then we have tne great vellum manuseript books belonging to Trinity College, Dublin, and to the Royal Acad- emy, such as the book of Leinster, the book of Le Cain and others, having suf- ficient material to fill nearly 12,000 pages. Other manuscripts in Trinity College and ‘N0 CLEW TOTHE ROBBERS. | ried about the loss of the money, but he is | -the three robbers. | time, but the accountant had very little to the Royal Academy have matter enough to fill ztout 40,000 pages. . “This mass of literature naturally falls into several divisions. There are tales, historic and imaginative, which refer to love, to pattles, voyages. sieges, expeal- tions, banquets, eiopements, etc. Then would follow the annals, giving us the dates of the foundations of churches and castles, the obituaries of notable person- ages, the coronations of kings, the battles of chiefs, the conquests of clans, and the ages of bards, abbots and bishops. “Following this, came the pedigrees, genealogies and martyrologies, which con- tain traditions committed to writing at a period when the ancient customs of the Celtic people were unbroken. In these ancient works was a mass of poetry which Thomas Moore translated and adapted into English verse. Michael William Balfe, delighted with these ancient songs, collected them and used them in his operatic works, notably in ‘The Bohemian Girl.” Singly and together, these two men bave done much for Celtic_ poety and music, giving each art a place in the world of song and letters.”’ The remainder of the programme was as follows: Remarks, T. R. Bannerman, president; organ selections '(Balfe), R.J. Harrison; tenor solo, “There Is a Flower” (Wallace), W. J. O'Brien; cello, “Fantasia of Irish Airs” (Pag r. A, Regensburger; contralto solo, “Silent, Moyle” (Moore), Mrs. Carroll-Nicholson; read- ing, *“A Melalogue Upon National Music” (Moore), Miss F. M. Estabrook; soprano solo, “Tho' the Last Glimpse of Erin” (Moore), Miss Millie Flynn; ish Diamonds” (Pape), Miss Florence Bu vocal quartet, *‘Come Back to Erin” (Claribel), Mrs. Carroli-Nichol- son, Miss M. Sullivan, D. Manlloyd, G. V. Wood; bass solo, “A Father's Early Love” (Wallace), harp accompaniment, G. V. Wood; narp, | “The Last Rose of Summer” (Moore), Miss M. L. Kimball; tenor solo, ‘‘Let Me Like a Soldier Fall,” by request (Wallace), D. Man- lloyd; cornet solo, “Killarney” (Balfe), A. F Black’; soprano solo, “Meeting of the Waters” (Moore), Miss M. Sullivan; violin, “The Harp That Orce Through Tara's Halls” (Moaore), J. 1. Kayton; vocal trio, “Through the World’ (Balfe), Miss M. Flynn, D. Manlloyd, . Wood; organ, “Star-spangied Banner,” R.J. Harrison; Sidney Hopecroft, accompanist. 1 The proceeds of the concert were given tofhic Risieortine Holy Family of St. Charles pari: = sh. The Man With the Sack Sup-| posed to Have Jumped on | a Passing Car. Cashier Hopkins and Accountant Hay- hurst Completely Unnerved by Their Experience. | it are of pertinent interesc. BUDD ON COL. HARRINGTON The Governor Is Not Conscience- Keeper to His Judge Advo- cate General. THE COLONEL IN KENTUCKY. Harrington of Colusa Vigorously Pleads the Railroad Cause in Ken- tucky’s Capital. Lawyer and ‘“‘Colonel” John T. Har- 1ington of Colusa is in Frankfort, Ken- tucky, opportunely so for Collis Persistent Huntington, and appears to be improving his visiting time by constituting himself a formidable champion of the Southern Pacific Company in the pending fight in the Kentucky Legislature over the bill providing for the repeal of the franchise of the Southern Pacific Company. Mr. Harrington seems to see his duty to Colusa County and to the State, whose government he represents to the extent of being judge advocate general on Governor Budd’s staff, in a defense of the benign railroad company and the charter which it managed to get from an Eastern State in which it could have no other interest, so that it might in some measure be treed from the jurisdiction of the State courts to which it was properly beholden. s Harrington first saw the light and the little red schoolhouse in the neighborhood of Frankfort, Kentucky, and since the Kentucky Legislature has convened he has appeared there for the first time in over thirty years to r-visit the scenes of his boyhood. He looms up in the Ken- tucky capital as Colonel John T. Harring- ton of California, judge advocate general on_Governor Budd’s staff. That adds weight to his eloquent and ringing words to the members of the Kentucky Legisla- 0 old limekiln, from which the drama takes it name. There, on the brink of a pit, from which flames ascend, occurs a struggle for life, in which the hero is all but thrown down to be burned alive. This melodramatic situation is one of the most applauded hits of the play. The new additions to the cast of the Grand Opera company are repeating their success of Monday night. Darrell Vinton and Miss Essie Tittel have thoroughly captured the sympathy of their audiences. The all-round performance of *“Wife for Wife” is an excellent one. The Alcazar production of “Faust” con- tinues to prove successful. Percy Hunting is thoroughly at home in the role of Mephis- topheles, and Miss Mina Gleason makes an engenuous Marguerite. Preparations are being made to present some patriotic tabieaux and National vocal and in- strumental music on the occasion of Washing- ton’s birthday. . On February 24 the Carleton Opera Company commences its season. The Tivoli production of the *Freischutz" is proving one of the most sucecessful‘perform- | ances that have been given at that house for some time. In Agatha Ida Valerga hasa con- genial role, and Kate Marchi is also well adapted to'the. part of Annie. made a decided hit as Casper, and Martin Pache is evidently more in his element as Max than be is in opera boufle 3 The clever and diversified programme at the Orpheum this week 1s being received with outward and visible manifestations of sati faction by the usual large audiences. The Pantzers’ head-balancing is considered to be one of the most popular acts on the bill, and the new monologues of Billy Carter and Car- Raffael has | NEW TO-DAY. MUNYON'S Cold and Cough Cures Promptly Effectual in Curing Grip, Colds and Coughs and a Sure Pr ventive of Pneumonia and All Lung Diseases. Colds lead to coughs, coughs to Pneu- monia and Consumption; therefore, it is all important to check a cold before it | reacnes the lungs. Munyon’s Cold Cure will positively break a cold inside of twen- ty-four hours if taken as soon as the cold manifests itself. When the cold reaches the lungs or bronchial tubes the Cough Cure should be used alternately every half hour with the Cold Cure. The Cold Cure is guaranteed to prevent pneumonis if used in tbe beginning of a cold. Pneumonia, or inflammation of the lungs, can be con- trolled by the use of these two cures. The Cough Cure positively cures bron- chitis, tickling in the throat, hoarseness, loss of voice, soreness of the chest, diffi- | culty in breathing, hacking cough and all | | roll Johnson generally win several recalls. | pulmonary diseases where the lungs are AT not too far consumed or ctovered with tubercles. [ B If you are ailing, step into the nearest 1| drugstore and geta 25-cent vial of one of Munyon’s Remedies. Nomatter what vour ase, or how many doctors have failed to cure, it will give you relief. | Personal letters to Prof. Munyon, 1505 No Identification of the Dead R ters {o Prot. ) d o C| treet hiladelphia, P answere« Burglar, Who Will Be | with free wedical advice for any disease. Buried To-Day. | Captain Lees Denies the Report That He Is Working On a New " Theory. | C. P. Maze of the firm of C. P. Maze & | Son, contractors at 68 Jessie street, callea at the Morgue yesterday and identified the | dead burglar as William Wade. a tramp | who had come from Chicago a short time | ture. The appearance in Kentucky's capital of | the judge adyocate general on Governor | Budd’s staft, while he acts as an attorney | for the railroad company and declares that | he voices the sentiments of the people of | California, is a matter concerning which | Governor Budd's 1deas of the propriety of Governor The policeso far are absolutely without a clew to the identity of the three robbers whio held up Cashier Hopkins and Ac- countant Hayhurst of the Market-street Bank on Tuesday morning and stole $3600. Detectives made all possible inquiry yesterday with a view fo ascertaining if | any one had seen the robbers leave the | bank with their booty. but without success. | It is the general belief that the man | with the sack jumped on a passing cable- i car, a5 a car passes the bank about every | thirty seconds either to or from the ferry. Alarge number of people impelled by | curiosity visited the bank yesterday and | took a morbid interest in examining the | mark made by the bullet on the top rail of the counter. President Lillis is not in the least wor- exceedingly anxions to get his eyes upon This is not the only bank in which be has a controlling inter- | est. He practically owns the Bang of | Hanford, the Bank of Lemoore and the ! Bauk of Oroville. 1 “You can say for me,” said Captain Lees | last night, “‘that the bank robbery wasa | zenuine one, and had been carcfully! | | | planned. I have known President Lillis for many years and have had business with him before. He is the great cattle king and one of the wealthiest men iu the State. I do not know the cashier or ac- countant, but Mr. Lillis told me that he had such confidence in them that he would trust them with every cent he was pos- sessed of, and that was saying a great deal.” The captain said he had no new infor- mation to give, but he was picking up all the points he could get. He had Account- ant Hayhurst with him last night for some add to what has already been published. Both cashier and accountant were some- what unnerved yesterday after they began to realize the narrow escape they had from being shot by the robbers. ! “If it had not been that the bars of the | vault were thrown out,” said Hayhurst, | been suffocated before help reached us. They tried three times after driving us into the vault to close the doors, but the bars prevented it. Then it was that we heard one of the robbers say, ‘We had bet- ter kill them.” We thought our time had come sure enough, and 1t wasa great re- lief when we heard them going away.” EMMET'S BIRTHDAY. It Will Be Celebrated by the Knight's of the Red Branch on an Ex- tensive Scale. The committee of arrangements of the Robert Emmet birthday celebration met at K. R. B. hall last night. There was a general meeting of the Knights, and it was followed by a committee meeting. There was a large turnout of the members of the society and great enthusiasm prevailed. A large number of seats have already been taken for the exercises at Metropoli- tan Hall on Wednesday evening, March 4. John F. Finerty of Chicago will be the ora- tor of the occasion and there will be Irish music and Irish songs. The committee decided last night to en- tertain the visiting lecturer by a banquet at which many of the leading {rishmen of the City will be invited to be present. There is every reason to believe ti:at the celebration will be the most successful ever held on Emmet’s birthday in San Fran- cisco. -——— WILL EMPLOY FIVE CLERKS. Registrar Hinton Preparing for the Coming Primary Election. The Board of Election Commissioners yesterday authorized Registrar Hinton to emplov five clerks to begin the work of preparing for the primary elections that take place on March 31 next. Though the decision of the Supreme Court regard- ing the cunslitmionnflty of the primary election: law has not vet. been handed down the Commissioners decided that to delay further would be to run the risk of being behind hand with the preparations. Mr. Hinton was instructed to make all haste in preparing the lists of electors from which will be chosen the names of those who will serve as election officers. He was also instructed to get the ballot boxes ready and secure polling places. A resolution was passed requesting all Ppolitical parties desiring to hoid a conven- tion under the law to send in their peti- tion to the board as required by section 2 of the primary election law before the 1st of March. ———————— Died ¥rom Natural Causes. Mamie Pease, the young woman who was taken from her home, at 42 Turk street, to the City and County Hospital on the 18th inst., supposedly suffering from the effects of a crimi- nal operation, died yesterday afternoon. The body was taken to the Morgue and an autopsy held by Dr. J. 8. Barrett. The aatopsy re- | tude on the Southern Pacific question, i Colonel Harrington. ‘‘we would have been locked up in the | vault and the probability is we would have | Budd was asked about Colonel Hnn-inlg-f ton’s railroad operations yesterday. In| bis Tepiy the Governor spoke with his | usual frankness and vigor, saying in effect | three things: That he was not before ac- quainted with Colonel Harrington’s atti- | that he did not know that he was respon- sible for Harrington’s private views on the | matter, and that he was unwilling to say | what he might or might not think or do if circumstances should bring the matter | more definitely to his attention in the| future. | “All I know about the matter is what I | have read in the papers,” said the Gov. ernor. ‘I see that Mr. Harrington states that he is there simply to visit his old home aud friends, and I knew some time ago that he intended making such a visit. It appears that while there in that way he has expressed inaividual views in a news- paper interview. ¢ “Tappointed Harrington as judge advo- cate-general because I thought him quali- | fied for the position, a good Democrat and a friend of mine. I never inquired aud | never learned his views on the railroad | question. 1donot understand that it is | my duty to inquire into a man’s religion or his views on economic and other ques- tions when I appoint him to a position, ] especially to an honorary one. I consid” | ered only his qualifications for the place | to whicn he was appointed. Now 1l am | not the keeper of his conscience or his | mind, and I do not know that I am called upon to muzzle a man holding such a posi- tion as his, in the expression of his per- sonal opinions. ‘It is not necessary for me to discuss at | all my own views on the railroad question, for everybody knows them. Iam in favor of the Government owning a railroad line | from one side of the continent to the other, and as to Mr. Harrington and his expres- sions I eannot, and_in fact would not, in- timate what stand I might take if the mat- ter were presented to me definitely in the future.” So Colonel Harrington may or may not be called down by the Governor in his ad- vocacy of the interests of the Southern Pa- | cific monopoly, while displaying in Ken- tucky his high-sounding title as a warrant for his assuming to talk to the Kentucky Legislature in behalf of the people of Cali- fornia. 1t is the Capitol, a Frankfort daily news- paper, devoted to the monopoly interests, vhich publishes a long interview with Says the article: ““In speaking of the bill now pending be- fore the Legislature for the repeal of the cnarter of the Southern Pacific Company, he says that the proposition does not meet with the approval of the people of Cali- fornia.” In his interview Colonel Harrington gives the information that “outside of a few sensational newspapers and M: Sutro ot San Francisco the proposition has few adherents,”” and he says that the opponents of the company out here are its enemies through personal reasons. This is especially the case, he asserts, with Mayor Sutro, who is after the railroad be- cause it would not estabhish a rate of 5 cents to a place he had built for his “‘private gain,”’ and who built that gigantic swindle, the Sutro tunnel. California does not suffer, Mr. Harrington testifies, and be says that it would be a stupendous piece of folly and wrong for Kentucky to repeal the Southern Pacific charter, All in all Colonel Harrington is about the ablest advocate the Southern Pacific Company has in Kentucky’s capital at this critical time, and if Collis doesn’t see that Colonel Harrington is a railroad attorney for a long time in the future there will be another case of base ingratitude to record. MIDWEEK THEATER NOTES Mme. Tavary Sings Lucia at the Baldwin—Keene’s Riche- lieu. Performance of “ Wife for Wife” at the Grand—* Freischutz” at the Tivoli. An excellent impersonation of the title role in ‘“Richelien” was given last night | by Keene at the California Theater. This actor excels more in roles requiring finesse than he does in robust, heroic parts, and his impersonation of the diplomatic cardinal is one of the best in his repertoire. The supporting company was, as usual, far from being up to the standard of the star, but, notwithstanding this lack of all- round balance, a most interesting perform- ance of ‘‘Richelien’’ was given. “Lucia di Lammermoor” was sung at the Baldwin Theater last night, with Mme. Tavary in the title role. Guille, Abram- hoff and Max Eugene were all in the cast, and a satisfactory performance of Donizetti’s melodious work was given. Katie Putnam and her company-are proving a drawing attraction at the Columbia Theater. The bright little actress is the chief attraction vealed ‘the fact that the girl had died from natural causes, of the play, but lovers of the sensational fina the excitement they seek in the scene of the LADIES & ago and who worked one day for the con- | tractor. 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