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2 8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1896 DEMOCRATS TALK, RESOLVE AND EAT, State League of Iroquois Clubs in Annual Con- ference. CAMPAIGN EKEY NOTES. Telegrams to Morgan and Goebel and Praise for Many Good Democrats. WANT HARRINGTON TO RESIGN ’ Much Good Cheer and Speech-Making | Rickét, John at the Annual Banquet in the Evening. The State League of Iroquois Clubs of California met in annual conference yes terday in the hall of the local Iroquoi club in Pythian Castle, expressed a variety a candidate for the nomination for State Superintendent of Public Instruction be- fore the last State Convention. He bears | a most remarkable resemblance to the late Biil Nye, which has increased his fame. In the large majority at least the con- ference represented the better and most interesting elements of the Democratic pariy, as does the Iroquois organization where it has been established. When Grand Sachem Raleigh Barcar had rapped to order, he said that the pending | meeting would in_a certain sense strike | the note of the coming Democratic | campaign, and that the people were taking an interest in politics tbat they had.never | taken before g 5 “There is going on,” he said, *“a propa- | gan revolutionary in character, and all | parties will consult that propaganda in heir platforms.’’ E Frank H, Buck, W. J. Bryan and Henry Sunkler were made a committee on order of business, and a_committee on resolu- | tions was appointed as follows: | Max Popper, Alexander Laidlaw, W. M. Gibson, George H. Cabanis, and James Denman. | Secretary Lawrence J. Welch found that | the conference was composed of the follow- | ing gentlemen: Iroquois Club of San Francisco—T. A. Burns, | G. H. Cabanis, James Druman, J. L. Franklin, | Charles Gildes, A. Heeser, John Heenan, Isidor J Samuel McKee, W, H. Mead, C. Wesley I A. Reynolds, C. J. Revnolds, D: A, Rottanzi. Past Grand Sachems Max Popper | ana J.J. Flynn. g Mohawk Democratic Club of San Francisco— Dr. G._W. Sichel, Otto Koeper, George H. Stout, Willimn Raubinger, John Fay, Mr. Mahoney. acaville—Frank N. Buck, Ed Foster. J. W, stilt, Ira Blum, W: P. Inglish. Martinez—C. ¥. Montgomery, R. H. Latimer, A. A. Bailey, Thomas C. Johnson. Alameda- U . T. H. Coniung, J. C. Tucker, €. Ruddoek. W. M. Gibson, Marion de Vries, J. M. T. Brittan, Thomas P. Kinch, ler. Suisun—W. J, ames J. Pfister. Vallejo—Fred Morgan, J. Downing, James A. Keys, . Riordan. RALEIGH BARCAR, THE GRAND SACHEM OF THE IROQUOIS. [From a photograph.] of Democratic sentiments, elected officers and then reconvened at Delmonico’s res- taurant to enjoy the annual banquet given egates and in honor of Washington's birtkday The confer: e did not have in it the by the local club in honor of the visiting | a \ Lodi—F. B. Cluff. San Luis Obispo—William Graves. San Rafael—R. B. London, Henry Harrison. Some resolutions were read and referred nd then an adjournment was taken. At _the beginning of the afternoon ses- sion Max Popper, chairman of tne com- mittee on resolutions, read the report of ginger that some such conierences have | the committee, Tt was applauded throuzh- bad since they began in 1555, There was a | 90t 8nd adopted with heartiness ana fair attendance and the gathering was of im- portance as being the first State conference of Democrats preliminary to the pending ipaign and expressive of present Demo- cratic sentiment in California. But while the meeting was thus of signiticant inter- estas an exponent of Democratic senti- ment it also proved of significant interest as a ression of present Democratic feelings and bopes in relation to thejcom- ing campaign. The absence of delegates many Iroquois Clubs in from all such clubs not Francisco, exhibited a est not shown in some There have been s when delegates from Los Angeles, ca from a great the State, and close to San Jack of former years tendance and hurrah. zah yesterday. Raleigh Barcar, Max Popper, the father of the State Iro- quois organization, both expressed inci- dentally, in the course of brief speeches, the general feeling that thisisa bad year for the Democratic party, but both whistled vigorous! age and goiorthne The conference, which assembled at :30 A. M. and adjourned at 5 Pp. M., with an intermission for lunceon, did in effect three things. It re-elected, with good feel- ing and applause, every last one of the grand officers, tatked for a long time about the lack of money and interest manifested by the interior organizations and ordered that the grand sachem, by person or dep- uty, should hustle about the State and wake up the sleepy Iroquais organiza- | tions, and it passed a Jot of resolutions, The resolutions were first in order and in importance. The railroad question was handled in several ways. Senator Goebel of Kentucky was thanked and congratu- lated, as was Senator Morgan of Alabama, and telegrams expressing the sense of the resolutions were ordered sent to these gen- tlemen. Strong commendation was given to Sen- ator White, Congressman Maguire and Railroad Commissioners Stanton -and La Rue for their attitude on the rail- road question. Most vigorous and striking of all was inter- | conferences | San | Diego and the north nelped to swell the at- | There was no hur- | the grand sachem, and | in the interest of cour- | unanimity. A number of hands_were cold and still when the resolution indorsing Cleveland was read as follows: Resolved, That we appreciate and approve the patriotic_efforts made by the present National administration to adjust the many pervlexing public questions presented for its consideration and actio believe that in the main th s have bzen dealt with wisely and r redounding to the credit of President Ceveland and his co- adjutors and to the good and glory of our be- loved country. i The next one went better. Even those | who were conscious of the remarkable un- lom of some of Budd’s appointments apped their hands. WHEREAS, The Hon. James H. Budd, Gov- ernor of California, and Hons. Hugh La Rue anton, members of the State Rail- ssion, are the only Democratic > present State administration e ast election; and whereas, Hon. James H. Buad, as Governor of Californih, has redecmed in every particular the pledges made to the people by him while & candidate for that high office, and most notably his pledge to bring about an honest and eeonomi- cal administration of State afiairs and & con. sequent reduction in the State tax rate, eas, Hon. Hugh La Rue and James ton, as members of the Railroad Commis after industriously and conscientiously in. vestigating the questions of railroad fares and freights, established freight rates m below those previously fixed, perfect justice as pet e various trans. portation companies and the shippers of Cali- fornia; and, though the great benefit to ac- crue to shippers of California and the public generally from this honest discharge of public duty his been temporarily staved by in- junctive process; and whereas, the office of State Labor Commissioner, from the time of its establisbment until the appointment of the 1t Commissioner, Hon. Edward L. Fitz. rald, through his untiring cfforts, insnired by & seuse of official duty and sympathy for the laboring clement, has made the State Labor Bureau one of the most eflicient agents for the relief of unemployed labor; be it Resolved, That We, as Democrats, are proud in the consciousness that the administration of Hon. James H. Budd, as Governor, has thus far been one which must ever stand_conspicuous &5 au exampie of an eflicient and honest dis- charge of & high public trust; and, Resolved, That we appreciate the fidelity to public duty which prompted the Democratic a_resolution, “earnestly requesting” J. T.- Harrington of Colusa, judge advocate- general on Governor Budd’s staff, to re- sign his commission after his bold advo- cacy of the railroad cause in the capital of Kentucky. WBesides these resolutions, others were adopted in the interest of California rivers, indorsing the administrations of Grover Cleveland and Governor Budd. and stard- ing forth in the usual terms for the inter- ests of the workingman. . Raleign car, the grand sachem, who was re-elected for his third term, is the edi- tor of the Vacaville Reporter, and is a man of rather exceptional vigor and brightness. Beside him, during tue pro- ceedings, sat Louis Metzger of this City, the vice-grand sachem, who has long puta great portion of his energy and interest into the Iroquois Club. Max Popper was there, of course, and as a past grand sachem. He has been since the foundation of the organization its most active hustler, and the present State organization is due to his past efforts. One of the most prominent participants in the proceedings was W. M. Gibson of Stock- ton, who came down with Walter Smith and_Assistant District Attorney Marion de Vries. " These gentlemer. lost no oppor- tunity of getting in their work between times 1n behalf of Stockton as the meet- ing place of the next State convention, and they said they were made glad at the encouragement they received. Chairman of the State Central Committee Frank Gould and Governor Budd were also dele- gates to the conference. Mr. Gould couldn’t come at all, and the Governor sent word that he would be down 1n time to help eat. August Keller of Marysville was there. If he bad not been it would have been tie first State conference he ever missed. Most everybody knows Keller and most everybody says sometking about him. He is an intense Democrat with various economic trimmings, is prineipal of a school of some sort at Marysville and was W. M. Gibson of Stockton. members of our State Railroad Commission, Hons. Hugh La Rue and James Stanton, to make reasonable reduction in railroad freight charges; and our gratitude to them for this faithful service 1s not lessened by the fact that, from causes beyond their control, the people of California have not as yet been enabled to reap the benefit of their aetion. . KResolved, That the Hon. Edward L. Fitzger- ald is entitled to the highest public commen- dation and to the gratitude of the many unem- Dployed who, through his official efforts, have secured lucrative employment. There was much applause by paragraphs when the following vr;grz read: 5 2 WHEREAS, Congress now has under consider- ation the settiement of the refunding ques- tion; and whereas, the people of California are vitally concerned therein; and whereas, Specials for | AINSOOKS, 26 Inches wide, 5C 1 v of small checks and plaid: S Special. . - ceeeden Yard i SATEENS, 80 inches wide, fine grade, ] 910 large assortment, fignres and st ~ pes, value 18c. 5 Special HUCK TOWELS, weave, fast selvag 6 inches, close , extra value. $1= Dozen BLEACHED FABLE D GB-nch, 4 ()C good heay patterns, value 50 Yard | LACE_CURT 5 yards by 56 @ inches, w0’ white, fishnet nov- €D | elty, the lat s ‘Special. Pair | T | i IS CCK. LADIES' HOSE-SUPPORTERS, satin C | belt, button clasp. in pink and blue 20 | oniy. Special price... © < Pair| CLOTH BRUSHES, 815 inches long O()C bristles 1 inch iong. This o P4 clean anything out. Our price & Each CURLING IR C handles. § oK ac | PLAYING CARDS C | Ced. Worth %ZK. | LAWN FMBROIDERED SCALLOPED ] O1C HANDKERCHIEFS, guipure edge. 1Zz Special price.. Each $2:8° Tair ras white and ecru, new de- $_!.tm : shesgie . Pa BICYCLE GAUNTL tor, good wearing ace and Cas- ¥ ces | $1 and $1 25 Pair SILK GLOV the “Kayser” patent finger tip, in black only, 5 and 6 b | ton. Prices.. 5 Uc and 75¢ Pair | We keep a full line of Gents’ | Walking and Riding Gloves. HALE BRO | TorRcHON LAC tnches wide, Special 5 price... dozen yards, or 5¢ yard dozenon a card, O1C | value double. -~ cesss Card 5°| | IMITATION-LE. C | BOOKS, | ror in t | COTTONEL! neh wide, rc l in biack and whi nd gray, _t ] valuesl0c. Special price. . St L 'THE NEW TO-DAY. S PSP S P S SR T T NEW STORE! The Winter Clearance Sale is over. We open the flood-gates and admit the Spring goods. This year the flood is greater than ever. With a bigger store comes bigger buying. Theflood of Dress Goods is something wonderful. We are justly recognized as the leading Dress Goods House of the Pacific Coast. Would you know the Dress Novelties of the world? Know our stock.. Would you get the best without overcharge ? Buy from our stock. Other interests fight for places and win just recognition, With a half more room than last year and nearly twice larger stock, we swing the doors wide open for Spring and invite all to examine, criticize, compare, and if in their interest, buy. Respectfully yours, c;aféizfi%ziéggévac (INCORPORATED) Opening Presentation of Novelties for Spring and Summer. . ART DENIM, 36 inches wide, assorted ©2C | BOYS' SHIRT WAIT: “Mother's e col >) 3 2 20 L) Friend,” unlaundered, made of Per- colors. Pric - 3 Yard cales, Cheviots or Flanneleties, in e . = light or dark ;o walst £\ W NEW BELT BUCKLES, just received. s, past. 250 ash Fabrlcs' Sterling Silver, from 56 (0 82 50 per Set | Bf\” 7 ":":’;';:"’“',“\',“,;.'mu“ :fl 2 ROYAL DUCHES: . 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Laces, Trimmings, P pla in yel siades, solid colors, in 1, the most popular shades of the season, laundered collars and cuifs, big sleeves. Price. e ADIES Notions, Etc. ¥ T EDi , with inser- tion to ‘mntlrh‘ the latest novelty and | washable. Pricesiange from 3% s X A -35¢ to $2 26 Yara | 50 DOZ AW a choice line rauge from | Worth Waiting For. We are advised of shipment of the New Spring ack , Suit Expect In a reasonable latest. The New York dvise your customers that the ver siown on_the Pacific Const is en route, and. more, the low prices will_surprise them.” Our nmext catalogue will show 10 pages | filustrated with these goods. N Wals ite ground witn r: yellow and green figur laundered collars and cu « {0'50¢ Yara INCORPORATED, 937, 939, 941, 043, 945 Market St. SAN FRANCISCO. the Hon. Senator Morgan of Alabama. as a member of the Senate Committee on Pacific Railroads, has rendered a signal service to the people of California, by insisting upon & thor- ough investigation of all facts bearing upon | the refunding question, | Resa d, That it our earnest w is shared with practical unanimiiy b plo of Californla, that. the morteas due from the Central Pacific Company United States be immediately foreclosed. Resolved, That we assure the distinguished and patriotic Senator from Alabama that his efforts in behalf of California in the matter of , which the peo- ebt now Sachem August Keller of Yuba City, ‘Who Controls the Democratic tion in Sutter County. | the refunding inquiry, pending in the United States Senate, have made his name blessed {hraughout the length and breadth of our | State. Resolved, That, inasmuch as ton, & member of Governor Budd misrepresenting the sentiments of the Demo- cratle party and of tlio people of Californin | generally before the Legislature of Kentuck: ) | we herewith most earnestly request that he ro. sign his commission. WitErEss, Hon, Senator Goebel introduced in the Senate of Kentucky a bill having for its gur[mse the forteiture of the charter granted y the State of Kentucky to the Southern Pa- cific Company, Resolved, That we appreciate this act of Sen- ator Gocbel, which, if successful in its pur- | pose, Will énure largely to the benefit of Cali- and in behalf of ourselves and our fel. | | T. Harring- | s staff, is now itizens generally we extend to Senator Goebel our sincere thanks therefor. Resolved, further, That we earnestly entreat the members of the Kentucky Legislature to PASS this righteous bill of Senator Goebel's, as in so doing the power for evil of the strongest and most unserupulous corporate power ever brought into legal being will be lessened, if not utterly destroyed. WHEREAS, Hon. Stephen M. White and Hon. James G. Ml(gmre have faithfully represented the people of the State of California in its fight sgainst the refunding bill; therefore be it Resotved, That the State League of Iroquois Clubs, in conference assembled, bereby indorse the actions of the Hon. Stephen M. White and. James G. Maguire in what they have done to represent the cause of the people of this State. The rest of the resolutions were as follows: . Resolved, Thatour Representatives in Congress be and they are hereby earnestly requested to put forth their most strenuous efforts in secur- Ing appropriations for the 1mprovement of the Sacramento, Feather and San Joaquin rivers and other streams of California capable of being made navigabie, to the end that these waterways may be utilized for the transporta- tion of agricultural products and freights gen- erally. Whereas, under the existing competi- tive system, the distribution and corsumption of the products of labor is dependent almost entirely upon the wage system; and whereas, every energetic workman should be able to earn suflicient for his labor to bring within the reach of himself ana family the com- forts and necessities of lifé, includini the education of his ~ children; an whereas, every reduction in wages must neces- sarily be followed by a degl’au{on in_ trade owing to the inability of the wageworkers to purchase as much of the producis of labor as ormerly, thereby necessitating & reduction in he working force subsequently, because what you cannot sell in the retail-stores will not be g:oduced in the factories; and whereas, we lieve that very much of the industrial de- Dression that has existed in our great cities Within the past few ycars has been caused by | but I beli | Demoy | Amer | months | the funding | and would do. on the wages of Jabor by cor- | repeated attack porations and _emplo brought wretchednes homes of the toiling m: loss of trade to themsely bi That we are in favor of every law- ers. who heve thereby | and squalor to the | eventually a therefore, ses, an for 1tself a f r day's wages for a fair day’s work, we deprecate the downward course of wages which brings- distress and degrada- tion to the workers and is ruinous in its effec on trade. It was decided that the secretary should sraph the substance of the relevant lutions to Senators Morgan and Goebel, | | , y ful effort ade by organized labor to maintain | | | res | aud mail copies of the proper resolutions | | | to ali officials commended, from Cleveland | to Fitzgerald. i Tnen the old officers were re-elected by | acclamation, as follows: Grand sachemi, | Raleigh Barcar; vice grand sachem, Louis | grand .secretary, Lawrence J. | | | | | | grand treasurer, John D. Fleming. < Popper nominated Raleigh Barcar s third term, saying that he was par- ticularly the man for this campaign. “I say ‘thiscampaign,’ said M. Popper, ‘‘because we enter the campaign with an appearance that seems to bear discourage- ment; but we have entered discouraging campaigns bef d I am contident that discouragement will give way to encourage- | ment before the campaign closes.” | Mr. Barcar made a very nice speech. In | the course of his remarks he said: It has been said that we have an open- ing not the most aunspicious in character, e it can be sald to-day, as will | be said of any time in the past by a stu- | dent of history, that_in the success of the | tic party lies the perpetuity of an liberty. I do not assert asa positive fact that we can win out, but 1 be- lieve that within the past three or four an uunexpectea and gratifying change of sentiment toward the Demo- cratic party has been shown.” Mr. Barcar spoke of the Monroe doctrine, ill and what the party should The treasurer started to talk about the troublein getting the dues due from the various clubs, and it brought forth a iaw that the grand sachem should visit every club in the State once a year and stir things up or send a representative, which law was moved by C. A. Reynolds. During the discussion Mr. Gibson de- clared that the San Francisco club was the only live one in the State, and that whenever Mr. Barear would come to Stockton the 300 members there would rise from the dead. Then they adjourned and thought about the banquet. PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD. Sunday Afternoon Devotions of the Calvarian Soclety in St. Mary’s Cathedral. The Calyarian Society of St. Mary’s Cathedral will conduct special devotions during the Lenten season every Sunday afternoon, in the Cathedral, at 3:30 o’clock. _These services will consist of the sta- tions or way of the cross, some remarks on the passion” of the Eavior and benediction of the blessed sacrament. The Calvarian Society was organized here a few years ago and numbers several thousand members in this City alone. It has for its object praver for the repose of the general dead, the members of the society performing privately for this pur- pose the stations of the cross, one of the most_venerable devotions in the church. Rev. Joseph F. Byrne of the Cathedral is director. pemih Sl The Czar has ordered a large painting of his marriage ceremony, with a canvas 16 feet long and 13 feet high. The painting will be done by Herr uxen, the Danish court painter. " There are to be three replicas of the work—one for Queen Vic- toria, another for the King and Queen of Denmark and the other for the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Hesse. . In England and Wales the average yield of potaloes per acre is estimated at about 64 tons; the average yieid in Scotland is rather less than six tons per acre, but in Ireland the estimates show an average yield per acre of less than four tons, against more than six tons in Great Britain, | it is rumored that the entire post wiil be by the president of the association and | himself. All this Thompson and Norton et al. well knew, and their charges in view | of this fact are a contemptible, malicious | THE LYON POST CHARGES, -2 e | { contumely upon the directors. gentlemen | | HAS A SNHP" 1N CHILE J. E. Buckley Will Get $36,000 a Year as Auditor of a Railroad. of unquestionavle respectability, who get | no compensation for their iabors except the gratitude of poor and disabled old sol- | diers—comrades 'who have fought by their | side for flag and country on bloody battle- | fields. This mean, petty action of that | sorehead post—I mean Lyon No.S—should | | cause that body to be disbanded. It has been the cause of trouble before, for a few years ago it split and many of its better | members formed Admiral Porter Post. *‘So the directors have been seen in a | state of intoxication on the home grounds, | Department Commander Charles Wilson Will Take Action To-Morrow. The Road Is About 3000 Miles Long and Reaches to All Important A COURT-MARTIAL MAY ENSUE, Points. J. E. Buckley of Spokane, son of the late have they? Well, here they are: W.C. | Director Charles H. Blinn Condemns Bl:'rn?ué\\c'l‘ilifi:,rr; 11‘- Xiutifi“i]c] . ¥II(£;} J. M. Buckley, the capitalist of the same in Strong Terms the Resolu- .. Barnett, G. W. Arbuckle, Samuel W, | C1t¥ for a long time general mauager o the Western division of the Northern Pa- ¢ Railroad, is in the City. The young man, who has been engaged in business for the last few years, is bound to Chile to draw a salary nearly as big as Backus, G. W. Strohl, and your humble servant. Doubtless they 11 be surprised | at the, beautiful character given them by | theirgood (?) comrades of Lvon Post, No. 3. | Bah! It's a waste of words to even discuss The warfare between Lyon Post No. §, G. | those fellows. R | that received by President Cleveland. A. R., of Oakland, and the directory of the | “One charge says the best rooms were | A & o i Veterans’ Home of Yountville will be the | fited up at tiie home at an expenso of $600 | He 18 to become audito e, theme of some fervent discussion at the [ BY the directors for their own use. That | and will draw a stipenc e, 2 {is simply a falsehood. The rvoms were | Or§36,000 a year. Unfortunately, however, headquarters of the department com. [empty and were prepared principally for mander to-morrow afternoon. Y i | there is a drawdown in this, and the sum v 2 b | the accommodation of the friends and re- | is shrunk by reason of the depreciation of Commander Wilson is not giving out ) oD y latives of the Inmates of the home that | 4),o vniue of Chilean silver money. any bulletins regarding his intentions, but | they might have a place to sleep when | The $3000 he will get will be equal to only | they visited the institution. Visitors can- : - 8 not be quartered in the dormitories with | $1000 in American gold. But as this means $12,000 a year anyway, and as it is not a the old_ soldiers, neither upon the com- | y mandant, so $260 was expended in bed- | bad salary, he will take it, and, for ail he room furniture ahd in making the apart- | kKnows now, may remain sorae years in Chile. ments inhabitable. . *Now the canteen or saloon complained | The railroad with which he is to be con- nected is about 3000 miles long, a length to of. Most of the old men quartered in the home are addicted to liquor, and before | most people incredible in a country gener- the canteen was established they would | ally called little. make a bee line every pension day for the It extends from lquique to Valparaiso and to all the big towns of the coast. Be- saloons outside of the grounds. “They would even carry their warrants |sides this it has many branches, each of which taps places of more or less import- to those low grogeeries that thrived upon the old soldiers’ money. There they |ance. would lie, and die in some cases by the It is only a few days since Mr. Buckley | roadside, and as they could not be con- | secured the position. It is stated that he i will be absent for some years in Chile, and ned in the home the directors did the | only thing thev could, and that was estab- | may make his home permanently there. A number of friends who have long lish the canteen, where a man could get | only so much liquor and care was taken | known him in Washington are in the City, that he did not get too much. tions. placed under arrest and courtmartialed, charged with unmilitary and unfraternal conduct. The directors lay their fingers upon the charge that they are a drunken body and bave been habitually seen on the home grounds in a state of intoxica- tion, and say said charge must be investi- gated. One member stated in an inter- view that he would resign 1f the question were not officially inquired into. Conse- quently it looks as though Lyon Post fired a magazine—possibly its own—when it adopted those inflammatory resolutions last Tuesday evening. *‘0, I knew all about those resolutions o Lyon Post,”” said Director Charles H. Blinn yesterda *‘It was the work of just seven soreheads in that body. Ex-Commandant | voted ‘aye, Thompson, whom the directory couldn’t tolerate any longer at the home because of his stubborn disobedience of orders and his miserable management of the institu- tion, has been gathering a few other mal- contents around him, awaiting an oppor- tunity to square accounts witii the board He is, or was until a few da{u ago, & mem- ber of Lincoln Post, in Oakland, and was unable to find any congenial spirits. Then he visited Lyon Post. There he found Norton, just the man he wanted, and they got up the charges. They were sprang 1in the meeting Tuesday night, and seven and the rest present, about twenty-five, were silent when tne ‘noes’ were called. 8o the ‘ayes’ had it. “There you see: seven persons are per- mitted to voice the sentiment. of 6000 members of this department. ‘“‘Norton says in THE CALL this morning that it was the intention to have the reso- lutions well introduced all over the de- partment and bring them up at the Santa Cruz encampment. As he knows, that could only be done through the depart- ment commander’s office, where the charges would be investigated, so his e: Planation is weak. Lincoln Post last Thursday night passed resolutions defend- ing the directors of the home, and D. W. C. Thompson has taken his card out pre- sumably to put it in Lyon Post. “‘I want to explain the charge tnat the treasurer of the association receives $600 a year. Colonel Currier is the nominal treasurer and is the responsible party. The clerk who keeps the pension accounts of about 300 old soldiers, also other clerical labor, is an old soldier himself, and he is allowed $50 a month for that work. Com- rade Currier is a man of means, and his work is a labor of love in the Grand Army of the Republic, and the small salary of a year is no object to him. His bond is $10,000, and there is never more than a few thousand dollars of pension money under his-control. “Itis soon placed in the savings bank: and can only be drawn on warrants signe “I could take you through all of those infamous charges and prove how jfalse they are. They are untrue from beginning toend and that will be proven in a few days, as Lyon Post will learn. Governor Budd will be asked to appomnt a commit- tee to g0 lhrough the whole place. But it is exceedingly doubtful if he will pay any attention. to Thompson, Norton, Huzzy and the other resolution writers.” FOOTBALL AT HAYWARDS. Centerville Players Wrest a Hard- Earned Victory From the Home Team. ‘Washington’s birthday was observed at Haywards by the most largely attended athletic event ever held in that vicinity. Over 2500 people assembled at the grounds of the Haywards Athletic Club, to witness the football game between the Centerville and home teams. There is considerable friendly rivalry be- tween the two organizations and the parti- sans of each were euthusiastic from the first. During the first half the Haywards team, under Captain A. Lacunha, played hard ball, and, as a result, tbe score stood at the call of time, 10 to 6 in favor of the local players. i Captain Carter of the Centerville team succeeded in rallying his men for the second half and they carried things with a rush. The Haywards team did not score in_this half, while the Centerville players gained twelve points, winning the game by a score of 18 to 10. In the evening the home team tendered the visitors a banquet. —————— All Agree. GREAT AMERICAN IMFORTING TEA CO. Sells Crockery, Chinaware, Glassware and Tinware CHEAPEST OF ALL. TRY THEM. Very Pretty Dishes. Very Cheap Prices. 52 Market street, S, F., Headquarters. BRANCH STORES EVERYWHERE, I and they have been congratulating him on the advantageous circumstances under which he will make his debut in Chile. Christian Endeavor Service at the First Baptist Church This Evening. The young people composing the Chris- tian Endeavor Society of the First Baptist Church will have charge of this evening's service. The programme which has been prepared is one of more than usual inter- est and includes some very fine musical selections, interspersed with brief ad- dresses in relation to Christian Endeavor work in this City. % Among the numbers are the following: Anthem, “*Deus Misereatur,” by the choir; remarks on year’s work of the society, J. A. Wiles, president of Goiden Gate Union; Dudley Buck’s solo, “The Pilgrimage,” by Miss Florence E. Raymond; remarks on missionary work, by Miss Minnie E. San- uist; offertory, “Lead, Kindly Light,” by nickerbocker Male Quartet; remarks on educational work, by Miss Mamie Brace; remarks on Junior Endeavor work, by Mrs. M. P. Boynton; address on G+ -+ Gate Union work, by Mr. Blackwell ; due , “In the Cross of Christ I Glory,” Mi | Fanny Denny and Mr. Larsen; words un consecration seryice, by Mr. Langford. The pastor will administer the ordi- nance of baptism during the service. ————— William E.* Curtis is authority for the statement that Jose Maceo, the Cuban gen- eral, when he was a mountain bandit ‘‘plotted the capture of John Sherman while that gentleman was making a tour though Cuba some yearsago. It was in-. tended to seize him, carry him off into the mountains and hold him for ransom, with the expectation that the Government of the United States would pay a large sum of money for his release.”