The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 1, 1896, Page 8

8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 1896. THE REPUBLICA CAMPAIGN OPENS, Brief and Important Meet- ing of the State Central Committee, A NEW PRIMARY PLAN.| Congressional Committees Willf This Year Have the Control | of Primaries. CONVENTION AT SACRAMENTO. An Unexpectedly Large Number of| Members Were on Hand From | All Over the State. The Republican State Central Committee met at 2 p. M. yesterday in Pioneer Hall,and in the course of a session lasting little more than an hour disposed of its business by adopting a call for a State convention which embodies a new plan for primary elections. | The utmost harmony was exhibited in | the proceedings of the hour. No business | not relating to the organization of the meeting and the call for the convention was brought up. But one resolution w. offered and the discussion was L £ The convention adopted a call for a | State convention and for precec primaries as reported by the executive committee, and in accordance with that call the primary elections throughout the State for delegates to the State Convention to meet in Sacramento on Ma i year be under the control and manage- ment of the respective Congressional com- mittees. The call will be this year jssued to the congressional committees ead of to county committees, as has always been the case heretofore, and it will rest with the Congressional committees to directly | supervise eleciions themselves or to issue | calls to county committees, which may then in turn proceed as usual. This innovation is the result of the word- ing of the call issued by the National Re-- publican Central Committee this year. This call apportions delegates by districts and provides for district nominating con- | ventions. As the State Convention this year will have only Presidential Electors and Congressmen to nominate, this plan is more easily carried out than it would be in a year when State officers are to be | chosen. | ne unexpected bringing forward of Congressional district commitees in this | manner was followed by some uncer-| tainty as to the status of existing com mittees, the creation of new ones where | necessary and the ways in which the plan will be put into practical operation. | The work of reviving or creating Con- | gressional district committees was begun | at once on adjournment by the State com- mitteemen representing the respective dis- tricts according to the plan adopted. | Besides this feature of the proceedings | the only other important ones were the | adoption of the Estee vote as a basis o.’i representation and the selection of Sacra- mento as the place for holding the conven- | tion. There had been considerable discus- sion throughout the State as to whether the Harrison or Estee vote should be used | as the basis for the apportionment of dele- | gates, but the adoption of the Estee vote seemed to satisfy everybody. | Sacramento had a walkover in getting the convention. The boomers for the capital city anticipated active rivalry | from San Jose and Santa Cruz and pos- | sibly Stockton, and a large delegation of | workers were on hand early, most of them appearing Friday eveniny. ‘ Among them were: H. A. McCraney, | Frank Rhodes, David Lubin, Senator E. C. Hart, Frank D. Ryan, Charles Curry, ‘W. H. Govan, L. H. Brown and Walter | Thorpe. They scou found that San Jose had & rose carnival, a railroad and some | other enterprises on its hands, and was not | very ambitious to add a State convention. They heard early that Santa Cruz would be in the field, but Santa Cruz failed to | appear with a bid, as did Stockton, so the | boomers easily got early promises of sup- port from a majority of the delegates, and | thus when the question came up in the | meeting Sacramento got it gracefully and | quickly. | The attendance was unexpectedly large for a year which brought no hustling in | the line of State politics. The members came from all parts of the State in the interest of National Republican politics, and in both the attendance and in the spirit of the members present there was an exhibition of supreme confidence in the | success of the party this year. The dele- gates present included a large number of | the oldest and best known figures in Re- | publican politics in California. | P. B. Cornwall, chairman, presided and | Assistant Secretary Jacob Steppacher was | on hand, with Frank McQuade as an as- sistant. When Cheirman Cornyall called the | meeting to order with a few words stating | the object of the meeting the rolleall fol- | lowed, showing the presence of 75 of the | 122 members. « | On motion of H. P. Sonntag a committee ! of five on vroxies was appointed by the | chair as follo H. P. Sonntag, A. W. | Kinney, Dan P. Cole, J. C. Daly and A. B. Lemmon. After a Lrief recess, during which all proxies were received and passed on by | the committee, the committee reported that all proxies submitted were approved. Thirty-three proxies were tendered and | then tue roll was callea again, showing | the presence of 108 votes. ‘The following were those present, in person or by proxy Executive committee—P. B. Cornwall, ci man; J. D. Spreckels. vice-chairman; Easton, treasurer; ppacher, ass! etary; [sanc H. Mahoney, V nair- fontague, J. . L. Dodge, 1 nery, J. J Johnson, Davi Ass R. Wel Cooney, A. Ruef, Frank McQuaid, James Mc Nab, nntag, Charles Bundschu, ail of ; A. Hayward of San Mateo, proxy to P. B. Cornwall; J. K. Doak of Stock. ton; Edward Sweeney of Redding, proxy to.F. M. Stone; A. B. Lemmon of Santa Rosa, J. C. Daly of Ventura, W. H. Chickering of Onk- land, E. C. Hart of Sacramento, R. J. Northam of Los Angele: X Alameda— . Long, E. K. Taylor, C. L. In- Elerl. W. W. Morrison, George Morrow, Guy C. ar] Alpine—W. P. Merrill,iproxy to 8. Coleman, Amador—J. B. Muir, proxy to E. C. Veorheis. Butte—F. McLaughlin, proxy to G. A. Knight. Colusa—E. W. Jones. Contra Costa—W. 5. Wells. Del Norte—John L. Childs, proxy to H. A. Mackinder. El Dorado—R. S. Raw, proxy to W. H. Brown. | Fresno—R. W. Barstow, Glenn—A. Hocheimer. | eral C Inyo—C. W. Craig. Kern—. Maude. Kings—F. A. Dodge, proxy to F. 8. Dodge. Lake—J. L. Reed. TLos Angeles—S. E. Haskell, proxy to A. W. Kinney; J. C. Rieves, proxy to A. W. Kinney; A. P. Kinney, George P. McLain, proxy to 8. A. fieldon. “Madera—L. 0. Sharp, proxy to E. F. Preston. Marin. Meriposa—J. W. Snyder, proxy to J. D. Spreckels. Mendocino—J. M. Mannon. Merced. Plumas. Riv crmlr‘—l’}mdh;rd Morse. Rhoads; F. A. Daroux, els, and J. H. Burham, an. omas Flint Jr. rdino—Joseph Brown, proxy to J. Sacramento— D. preck A. Whitn San Dieg . Long; A. C. Gassen, proxy to 8. M. Shortridge ¥ 8. Russell, Gustay Me L. 5. Cohien, William Smadeke, T. C. Du! Umbsen, v to A. J. Maslin; J. H. Dawson, C. W. Manwsring, H. G. Fairchild, F. A. Bergérot; J. ¢ roxyjto F. . Wort William_Cluff, prox; . 1. Dare; J. H. M honer, A. Ruef, John Martin. cher. . J. Barber, proxy toP. B. F. Ayer and J. F. O'Keefe, ssen and J. L. Asay. ynolds, proxy to J. D. Solano—J. L. Martin. ] Sonoma—A. B. Lemmon and J. L. Dinwiddie, v 10 A. B. Lemmon. nislaus—T. C. Hocking, proxy to J. D. el ter — M. E. Sanborne, Knight. Tehama—G. G. Kimball, proxy to N. P. Chip- man, Sprec proxy to D. E. Lane, proxy to G. A. | le. . Butler, proxyjto H. A. Mec- | at primary elections shall be: *I believe in Republican principles and indorse the Repub- lican policy, and intend to support the nomi- nees of the Republican party.” 1t is further directed that contests must be filed with the secretary of the Cengressional committee in writing, with & full statement of the ground of contest, five days preceding the meeting of the State Convention. All matters relating to such contests before the Congres- sional committee, with said committee’s deter- mination therein. must be transmitted to the secretary of the State Central Committee be- | fore noon of the 12th day of May, 1896. H. P. Sonntag at once moved the adop- tion of the report, but before the motion was put S. M. Shortridge asked for in- formation as to the scope or the meaning of that portion of the committee’s report which relates to the holdineg of Congres- sional district conventions and the man- ner of selecting delegates to such conven- tions. “Do I understand that the committees now existing in the several Congressional districts,” he said, **shall have full power and control over the selection of delegates? That is to say, taking the northern dis- trict of the State, is all power to be taken from the several counties gnd from the several conn:y committees? - Do they have aught to do, or is the whole matter in the hands of the existing Congressional com- mittee?” Judge Daly replied that the direction of the National Committee of the Republican rty of the United States was that the Jongressional district delegates shall be chosen at conventions called by the Con- gressional committee of each such dis- triet. “That puts it absolutely in the hands of the Congressional committee of the dis- trict,” added Judge Daly. *They are en- tirely independent of this State Central Committee, and may act without it. They National Committee of the United States. It provides further that if there be any Congressional district in which there te no committea aigularly organized and empowered to act the State Commit ee shall provide a committee for it by seleci- have that power deiegated to them by the | ing residents of that district to form a! men, members of this committee, be appointed toacton the committee herein proviaed for, Viz.:_J.C.Daly, A. Hayward, P. B. Cornwall, T.J. Field and General N. P. Chipman. ‘W. G. Wells of Contra Costa arose with an amendment which finally was accepted though it was found later to be clothed with uncertainty asto just what it wasand how it would practically work. His amend- ment, expressed orally, was that the mem- bers of the State committee from the sev- eral Congressional districts should select the Congressional committees for the dis- tricts which they represent. Sheldon asked that the amendment be stated again, which was done. . F. Ayer of Sunta Clara, who is one of the Supervisors of his county, and who was one of the best-known members of the committee, rose and made a brief but strong piea in behalf of home rule. “Wells is right,” he said. “We don’t want people living out of our districts ap- pointing our committees. The people of each district snould have the selection of any committees that are to rule their af- fairs, and should have something to say about their own elections. I favor Mr. Wells’ amendment.” Sheldon accepted the amendment and then Sheldon’s resolution as thus amended was accepted with one dissenting vote. Taylor of Los Angeles suggested that the State Centrai Committee should de- fine what constitutes a Congressional com- mittee ‘“now in existence.” Some such committees were appointed, he said, but there might be a dispute as to whether or not they are now in existence. No action or discussion on this point fol- lowed, howevei, and after an announce- ment of the reception at the Union League Club in the evening the committee quickly adjourned. A DG THE COMMITTEES. Representatives of Congresslonal Districts Act Amld Some Un- cartainty. Immediately aiter adjournment the o e _/' Jupce M CooNEY ofF SanFrancsce SIERRA’ = OF C.DRLY DGE J- ¥ oF VENTURA \ RY ) Frank D.Ryan OF SACRAMENTO 4 | A e o e { 5.M. SHORTRIDGE— Prominent Figures at the Meeting of the Republican State Central Committee at Pioneer Hall Yesterday. [Sketched from life by a *“Call” artist.] f. Paulson, proxy to C. F. Curry. ves, proxy to J. D. Sprecke: Yolo—W. roxy to W.T. Lessen. Yuba—D. E. Knight. The rest of the proceedings concerned entirely the call for a State convention and a primary election for the selection of 1ts members, as reported Dby the executive committee, and they were quickly ended. Upon the completion of the call of the revised roll, Chairman Cornwall announced | that the report of the executive committee would be read. He stated that the execu- tive committee had held 2 meeting that day and that the report, containing a call for a State convention and fixing the man- ner of electing delegates. had been adopted unanimously. He requested Judge Dzly to read the report, which he pr ceeded to do, prefacing the reading with a brief statement in which he said that the | plan for the primary election adopted was | 1n accordance with the call for the National Convention issued by the National Com- mittee. He read the call issued by the National Central Committee, and then the report of the executive committee, which was as follows: In accordance publican Nati representatives of the Republican party of the several States assemble in National convention f St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, the 16th day of June, 1896, at 12 k noon, for the purpose of nominating candidates for President and Vice-President of the United States, and for such other busi- ness a3 may be brought before said conventien, and in accordance with the instructions given by said National Committee at the eity of h the direction of the Re- | Washington, December 21, 1895, directing that the Congressional district delegates shall be chosen at conventions called by the Congres- sional committee of each such district in the same manner as the nomination of a repre- sentative in Congress as made in such district, provided that in any Congressional district | where there is no Reépublican Congressional committee the Republican State Committee snall appoint from the residents of such dis- trict a committee for the purpose of cailing the district convention to elect; district Jdelegates. Therefore, it is resolved by the Republican State Central Committee of California, repre- senting the Republican party of said State, that the Congressional committees of the se Jongressional districts of the State of Cali- ornia ere hereby instructed and directed to coll ngressional conventions of their re- ve Congressional districts to be held as hercinafter provided, at which two delegates all be chosen to represent each ot such dis- in the National Republican Conven- ion, to be held as aforesaid, and for the se- lection of two alternate delegates to act in case of the absence of the deleuates first chosen. The selection of the delegates to the Con- gressiona! conventions shall be under the di- rection of the Congressional committee of each distric:, and all primaries neld for the election of delegates shall be under the exclusive ma agement and control of the Congressional co) mittee, provided thet the basis of represents uor(l ¢l)lf d Congressional conventions shall be s fol E One delegate for each Assembly district within the Congressional district; one dele- gate for each 200 votes cast for the Hon. M. M. Estee, the Republican candidate for Governor in 1894, and one delegale for each fraction of 100 votes or over. It is further directed that the delegates chosen to the National Convention shall meet in State Convention at the city of on Tuesday, the 5th day of May, 1896, at 2 o'clock P. 3., to select four delegates-at-large to the National Republican Convention above men- tioned aud four alternate delegates toactin case the delegates selected be absent, and for the transaction of such other and further busi- ness as maybe brought before the said State Convention. It is further directed that the test for voters 1 Cowmmittee, that delegate | | district committee. Now, then, the call | puts it in the language of the National | Committee. It puts the power to call the | primary election for the selection of deie- | gates to the Congressicnal Convention in | the hands of the Congressional Committee | alone. They have absolute control of the | whole question so far as it reclates to the selection of two Republican delegates to the Natjonal Convention, and it provides further that the State shall be entitled to four daelegates at large, and that these must be selected by the Republican State Convention. The call provides also that the Congressional conventions shall also meet in the State Convention and select four deiegates at large.” | _Guy C, Earl of Alameda asked what Congressional districts had Congressional commitiees. | “‘Idon’t know, sir,” said Judge Daly. “I | suppose such committees were created in all the districts during the last campaign. | However, that is a matter I have nothing to do with and I do not propose to go into the details of the situation,”” The motion to adopt the report was put and carried unanimously. Then Sacramento was selected in short order as the place of Lolding the State Convention. Judge Cooney made the mo- | tion to insert the name of that city in the blank in thereport putand adopted and Avyres of Santa Clara seconded the motion, observing: “‘Sarta Clara votes for Sacra- mento on the understanding that San Jose | gets the convention two years hence.” Frank D. Ryan of Sacramento said that | the delegates would be well treated and | that the expenses of the convention would be ?aid and received applause. W. A. Kinney of Los Angeles also sec- onded the motion and then by a unan- | imous vote Sacramento won the conven- tion. | The only thing remaining to be done | was to make provision for carrying out the vrimary plan embodied in the call adopted and 8. A. Sheldon of Los Angeles arose with a type-written Tesolution proviaing that the chairman of the executive com- mittee should appoint a committee of five to create congressional committees such as contemplated in the call in districts where such committees do not exi: He ob- served that there were probably no such committees in any of the Congressional districts. Sheldon’s resolution was not fully grasped by many of the delegates and a second reading was called for. George A. Knight read the resolution again. The resolution was as follows: WHEREAS, The National Republican Commit- tee, in its call of December 14, 1895, requires that in any Congressional district where there 15 1o Republican Congressional committee the Republican State Committee shail appoint from the residents of such district a committee for the purpose of calling the district conven- tion to elact delegates; whereas, there may be in this State Congressional districts without Congressional committees: now, therefore, in Smsunnce of the instructions of the National ommittee, providing for such cases, be it Resolved, That this State Central Committee select & committee of five persons to ascertain at once if there be any Congressional district in this State where tnere is no Republican Congressional committee, and if any such there be, to proceed at ouce in the name of, and for this State Central Committee to ap- point a committee of seven persons from the residents of such district to act as a Cougres- sional committee thereof, and in whom shall be vested all of the powers and authority given mlreguhny organized committees of such dis- tricts. Resolved, That the following named gentle- delegates from several Congressional dis- tricts held short conferences in corners, and some of them took action regarding the Congressional committees of their dis- | tricts. In other districts action was post- | poned. Discussions at once arose as to the pur- port of the resolution as amended by Wells, and even the wording of his amend- ment, which had not been written out, was disputed. Nearly everybody was at once at sea. The personnel of the various | Congressional committees was largely un- known, and even their existence had been largely forgotten. The Congressional committees had not exercised very extensive functions, as they were each concerned with the campaign of but one man who generally managed his campaign to suit himself, and they had never cut much of a figure in campaign affairs. They had never been formally ad- journed or otherwise disposed of and no- ody had expected that their resurrection would ever be thought of. They had be- come latent as it were. The call adopted by the convention placed supreme power and important functions in the Congressional commit- tees. Hence there arose atonce an ‘uncertainty as to whether or not these original com- mittees of the last campaign were to be the committees to take charge of the com- ing primary or whether the members of the State Central Committee from the various districts should or could appoint new ones. It was said that in certain districts those committees were not properly cre- ated, had passed out of existence for cer- tain reasons and so on. Another point of some dispute and un- certainty was involved in the question as to whether or not Wells’ amendment as accepted without having been written out contemplated the creation of new com- mittees, the recognition of old ones or something else. However, action was taken by the repre- sentatives of most of the districts yester- day. ’l“he First District organized by electing . B. Lemmon chairman and 5 Mackinder secretary. ‘T'he matter of select- ing delegates to the Congressional conven- tion was left to the several county com- mittees, they to call the county conven- tions or to appoint at their pleasure. The following are the members of the Con- gressional Committee: Del Norte—J. L. Childs. Humboldt—]J. C. Bull and F. W. Luther. Lassen—Fred Hime. Marin—W, N. Anderson. Mendocino—J. M. Mannion. Napa—W. A. Mackinder. Shasta—J: E. Reynolds. Siskiyou—George 1. Butler. Sonoma—A. B. Lemmon and J: L. Din- widdie. Tehama—G. G, Kimball. Trinity—P. M. Paulsen. Sierra—Daniel T. Cole. These are also members of the State Cen- :{.l Committee from their respective coun- les. ‘The meml >rship of the Second District Congressional committee was largely un- known to the commitieemen from that district present yesterday. Kidder of Nevada is chairman and George P. Royster of Sacramento is secretary. The district comprises thirteen counties and the mem- bers are widely scattered. It was Jeft to the chairman and secretary to call the committee together. The committee in the Second District as created at Sacramento by the Second Con- gressional District Convention at the time of the meeting of the State Convention is as follows: Alpine, J. E. Johns and H. E. Musser; Amador, John Marchant and J. H. Lang- hart; Butte, H. C. Bell and J. W. McKee; Calaveras, J. J. Solinsky and S. C. Red- man; El Dorado, Thomas Stevenson and Charles’ A. Swisler; Inyo, T. R. Berland and B. H. Yaney; Mariposa, J. W. Snyder and N. 8. Stockton; Mono, R. P. Gould and W. T. Elliott; Nevada, E. Jamison and T. M. Walling; Placer, F. P. Tuttle and A. Narpns; Sacramento, E. C. Hart, C. T. Jones and J. J. Campbell; San Joaquin, W. C. Greene and F. C. Lane; Sutter, Eli Davis and A. H. Hewitt; Tuolumne, Thomas W. Wells and C. C. Ortega; Yuba, John L. White and 8. B. Wood; John F. Kidder, ex-officio. The Third Congressional District Con- vention met and ignored the committee appointed by Congressman Hilborn, on the ground that they were simply an au- diting committee. The following mem- bers of the State Central Committee were elected a Congressional committee in their stead: Lake—J. L. Read. Glenn—A. Hocheimer. ‘W. Jones. Yolo—W. R. Pond. Solano—J. L. Martin. Contra Costa—William 8. Wells. Alameda—Guy C. Earl, C. S. Long, E. K. Taylor, L. Inglis, V . Morrison and George Morrow. It was alleged that no Congressional committee existed in the Fourth District, and the delegates from that district held a meeting in the evening at the Baldwin Hotel for the purpose of appointing a Con- gressional committee. An executive meeting of the members of the State Central Committee for the Fourth Congressional District was held at the Baldwin Hotel last night for the pur- pose of naming the Congressional com- mittee from the Fourth District. Only Su- pervisor Hughes from the Forty-second District was absent, all the rest being pres- ent in person or by proxies. Those present were: W, Russell, Twenty-eighth District G. Melsing, rict; I. 8. Cohen, Tuir- | Twenty-ninth Di: istrict; William Smadeke, Thirty- 8. tieth first District; T. C. Duff, Thirty-second District; C. F. Curry, representing H. C. Somers, Thirty-third District; J. T. Tyr-, rell, Thirty-ninth District; J. H. Mahoney, Forty-third District; A. Ruef, Forty- fourth District, and John Martin, Forty- fifth District. The meeting wasted no time in organiz- ing. A. Ruet was made chairman and | Frank Worth secretary. Then the follow- ing Congressional committee was named | in accordance with the resolution adopted at the afternoon session of the conven- tion: General W. H. Dimond, N. J. Williams, Jacob Levi Jr., Dr. A. P. Kearney, A. Barnhard, William T. Howe and James 8. Spears, The naming of this committee precipi- tited the debate of the evening. County Clerk Curry pointed out that in two in- stances there were two men from the same district in this comrmnittee, while the water front and south of Market street had no representation. - He assured the commit- tee that he had nothing to say against any of the gentlemen proposed, as they were all good Republicans and above reproach in every way. But he thought that a lit- tle more time should be taken in the selec- tion in order that the representation should be more equitable. Senator Mahoney thought that there was no use in delaying. He was satisfied with the list as it was, he said, and he found a majority to agree with him. The meeting then adjourned. The FKifth District delegation will meet at the Hotel Vendome in San Jose next Tuesday. P. B.Cornwall is chairman and G. C. Ross of San Mateo is secretary. J. R. Willoughby of Ventura and C. H. | Reed of San Luis Obispo were the only known members of the Sixth. The other members are from Santa Cruz, Monterey, | Santa Barbara and Los Angeles. The Seventh District Congressional com- mittee was appointed at the last State Con- vention. Thompson of San Diego and Elliot of Kern are chairman and secretary respectively. PEACE AT MILL VALLEY Scenic Railway Graders Are to Be Supplied With Better Food. New Orders to the Commissary Re- store Quiet in the Laborers’ Camps. MILL VALLEY, CAL., Feb. 20.—A great change has come over the cuisine depart- ment. of the Mill Valley and Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railroad. The presl- dentof the California Construction Com- | pany haying the work of grading in charge was here yesterday and inspected the eating-houses, with the result that the cooks were ordered to serve better meals and purchase better food. Itisnow said that the commissary is to blame for the wretched fare furnished the laborers. The president told this personage that the company bore a good reputation as to the treatment of its employes, and he did not intend to have it criticized now. He said there were plenty of other commis- saries who could fill his position if he did not do better. A CaLL correspondent visited the camp of the laborers on Mount Tamalpais to- day. In this place, which is known as the Upper Camp, are housed every .night about 95 or 100 men. Half of the rough building erected is cccupied as the sleep- ing apartment of the men, while the other half is used as the kitchen and dining-rooms. The partition between the sleeping apartment and the eating depart- ment runs up only half way and the air circulates freely between the two. The bunks of the men are situated in a row, lining either side of an alieyway four feet wide. Two men sleep-in a bunk and there is an upper and lower bunk. Some of the men sleep on mattresses, others on loose straw and the rest on the hard boards. The company furnishes the place in which to sleep, but the men must supply their own badding. At this camp there are two cooks and a_ helper, who do all the work for ninety-five men. The flooring in the sleeping department and in the dining-rcoms is mother earth. When surprise was expressed at these things the visitor was assured that the ac- commocations were as good as laborers were expected to enjoy. Since the food has improved the men are better satisfiea and the work on the road is going ahead in an encouraging manner. The construction compan: hopes to have all the grading done within three rhonths, and a force of 175 men is at work. There are four camps—one at Mill Valley, another at Blythedale, one at the head of Blythedale Canyon and Upper Camp. resident J. B. Stetson of the North Pacific Coast Raiiroad was here to-day consulting with the mountain-road people as_to where the electric line wonfli ter- minate. The North Pacific Coast Railroad will run a spur track to the power-house of the mountain road, which will be situ- ated on the Cushing property, between Blythedale and Mill Valley. e — Cartoonist Spedon Coming. 8. M. Spedon of New York, who is & cartoonist and caricaturist of a good deal of reputation, will appear for the first time in San Francisco at the Young Men’s Christian Association Auditorium, Mason and Ellis streets, next Thursday evening, March 5, in one of hig unique entertainments. Cartoons and carica- tures are his specialty, and he will give a de- lightful and enjoyable entertainment. OB S S ELIXIR PADUA! At 60 years you feel like 20, ALONG THE WATER FRONT The Well Known Bark Richard III at Last Arrives in Port. WHERE IS THE XANTHIPPE? News of Disasters During Recent Storms Are Only Just Begin- ning to Arrive. After having been almost given up for lost the bark Richard III arrived in port last night twenty-seven days from Comox, B.C. She was i charge of Captain Con- nor, who has once more proved his title to the reputation he bears for skill in hand- ling a vessel. The Richard III, which was loaded with coal, encountered some heavy weather en route. One fatality marred the successful issue of her voyage. On the 11th ult. Atfred Helgersen, a seaman, a native of Norway, fell overboard and was drowned. Helgersen was 23 years of age. The Xanthippe, now out forty-seven days from San' Jose de Guatemala for Puget Sound, is also long overdue. She was in ballast and was probably caught in the same gale as the Richard III and Two Brothers, Fears are also entertained for her safety. Captain R. N. Pippy of the tvg Governor Irwin has been removed and Captain Wil- Jiam Plke put In'his place. Bippy has been twenty years in the employ of the Harbor Commissioners, and there seems to be a mystery connected with his remov- al. President Colnon is out of town, Com- missioner Cole is fully occupied with the Republican State Central Committee and Colonel Chadbourne knows nothing about the change. The matter will come up at the next meeting of the board. For some time past the Salvation Army headquarters on Oregon street have been systematically robbed. The thief could not be caught, but a man named Jerry Sullivan was suspected. Yesterday he was caught leaving the barracks with a pair of blankets ang he was at once turned over to the Harbor police. Sullivan has been fed and clothed by the army for over ajmonth, so it is likely to go hard with him. Eugene Mohns of the well-known house of Mohns & Kaltenbach was arrested yes- terday on a charge of obtaining money by false pretenses and was booked at the Harbor police slali?‘ The firm leases the building, 27-29-31 Market street and sublet the portion No. 27 to W. Woolsey for a bookstore. Since then the building next door has been pulled down and a new one is being erected. The sidewalk is con- sequently blocked and Woolsey’s occupa- tion is gone. He asserts that Mohns de- ceived him in the matter, hence the ar- rest. Mohns, however, is a man of stand- ing in the community and it is likely to go hard with Woolsey unless he can sub- stantiate his charges. The trouble on the Doric has been amicably adjusted. The white sailors re- ceived an extra month’s pay and their passage money to Liverpool and left the steamer yesterday. The vessel was then turned over to the Occidental and Oriental Company and the Chinese were put in charge of the fireroom and forecastle. The Doric will be moved to the. Mail dock and te-morrow will begin loading for Yoko- hama and Hongkong. The Pacific Coast Steamship Company’s Umatilla, which sailed yesterday, took over fifty miners for the Yukon mines with her. A couple of men anxious to reach the gold fields stowed themselves away, but were discovered before the steamer reached Fort Point. A boat was lowered, and they were put in it and set ashore. She steamer then proceeded on her way, and the two men had to walk back to San Francisco. About eighteen months ago Captain Gray of the barkentine Retriever fell over- board and was drowned. A few weeks ago a-raffie for his watch and chain and cuarms was started,and yesterday the draw- ing came off. Dan Shanaban, stevedore for W. J. Adams, was the lucky man, and he at once presented the prize to the dead captain’s 18-year-old son. It wasa graceful act on the part of Shanahan, and he now stands ‘‘aces high” with all the shipping men on the front. The big Hidalgo will be brought over from Oakland Creek to-morrow to fit out for a cruise to the Arctic. Captain Charles Gifford will take the vessel out, as Captain Len Williams has got tired of the frozen North, and has gone into the Black Diamond paint business. To Fight Noe Heir: The Mission Defense Association was organ- ized at Twentieth and Guerrero streets last night. Its purpose is to defend the property- owners against the Noe heirs. Fifty members were enrolled. John H. Grady was elected resident, John Bolger vice-president, F. W, Fulier treasurer and E. P. Van Dusen secretary. NEW TO-DAY. "2 FOR COLDS Of Many Kinds. La Grippe, Grippe, Grip or Gripper.— Known by Influenza, Catarrh, Pains and Soreness in the Head and Chest, Cough, Sore Throat, General Prostration and Fever. “77"" “knocks out” the Grip. Catarrh, Influenza, Cold in the Head,— Known by sneezing, flow of tears, dis- charge of thick yellow mucus, dropping in the throat. “77” works wonders in catarrh. 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