The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 13, 1896, Page 16

16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY MARCH 13, 1896 ’ REPUBLICAN WAR CLOUDS PASSING The Executive Committee Does Some Import- ant Things. ANOTHER CONVENTION. Resolved That Another State| Central Committee Meeting Is Necessary. A CONSTRUING OF THE CALL. meeting of the State Central Committee, which, queerly enough, held a one-hour sessfon and adjourned after doing some- thing which has brought about much con- { fusion and conflict and without doi, certain things which the State Central Committee was imperatively called upon | to do. It was shown yesterday, in support of Mr. Montague’s resolution dec‘lnrmg the powers and duties of the State Convention now called, that the call referrea only and | specifically to the selection of del- egates to the National Convention. The call declares only this to be the | purpose of the call, and only this selection of delegates to the National Convention is declared to be the duty and the purpose of ate Convention, or rather, to be en- correct, the aggregation of Congres- sioniil conventions called. It plainly ap- | peared from a_reading of the call | that the State Centrai Committee had | conferred no other powers on the State Convention, and that a second meeting of | the State Central Committee is demanded, not only by these circumstances, but by the condition into which the party has been plunged within the past few davs. The only other important action taken | at the meeting was the election of a suc- | cessor to Marcus D. Boruck, deceased, | who was, before his death, the member of the State Central Committee from the Fortieth District. This was the question that best revealed the alignment of the seventeen members of the executive committee present. At this election the Mahoney-railroad element THE FIFTH 1S SETTLED, Republicans Amicably Agree, After All, on a Congressional Committee. ANOTHER SPRECKELS VICTORY. Primary Elections in the Fifth Are Referred to the County Committees. The Republican tangle in the Fifth Dis- trict was settled yesterday and the settle- ment was a decided victory for the friends of J. D. Spreckels. The eleven members of the State Central Committee who represent the correspond- ing number of Assembly districts com- posing that Congressional district met at Redwood City in the aiternoon and named the Fifth .Congressional committee which ever favorite and popular duo, ‘Deh! con te.’ from Bellini's ‘Norma.’ was most ex- %‘li!itely sung by Mrs. Fraser and Miss arrison, whose voices blended beautifully and most perfectly. Their precision, in- tonation and phrasing were remarkable; rarely even in Italy’s great theaters can such unison be heard. Its performance was the sign of an outburst of enthusiasm, and this duo of artists were recalled again and again.” THE BANK FORGERS. They Refuse to Make Any Statement for Publication, but McCluskey Says He Is Innocent. A.H. Dean and Joseph McCluskey, the Nevada Bank forgers, felt refreshed after their night’s rest, although Dean com- plained about the discomfort of sleeping on a mattress placed on the floor and wanted a cot. Dean refused to say anything about the forgery for publication only that he would have to stand what may be brought against him. He remarked that McCluskey had nothing to do with the case, and should not have been arrested. Reuben Lloyd, the attorney for the Ne- vada Bank, and Captain Hines of the Pink- erton agency n.J’sn hour’s consultation with Captain Lees yesterday afternoon and they discussed 1he case in all its bearings. McCluskey expressed a desireon Wednes- | day night ‘to have an interview with Captain Lees, and last night the captainand cast seven votes and the Spreckels element ten votes. Sig Bettman was nominated by J. C. Daly, and the nomination was seconded The Friends of John D. Spreckels and | Decent Politics Are Again will control the political affairs of that | he were cl Victorious. The executive committee of the State Central Committee held a meeting at the rooms of the State Central Committee, 419 street, yesterday afternoon, and -tion which has great significance in to the best interests and future of irs of the Republican part, roceedings of the meeting ctory for the friends of John D. | who have joined in an effort to t & condition of political affairs - to reznlt in harmony and party was more a victory for all he Republican party in the irrespective of factions or affilia- tions, interested in seeing the political af- the party managed in the interest f ess to all elements, the highest od of the party, and in accordance with \blican precedents and principles. Those present at the meeting numbered seventeen, as follows: P. B. €ornwall, rank McQuaid, J. H. Mahoney, W. W. ue, Leon Dennery, John D. ic Upham, A. B. Lemmon, , E. C. Palmieri, Wendell . H. P. Sonntag, Judge M. Cooney, . Chickering, A. Ruef, James Mc- C. Daly. meeting was an executive one, be- at 3 p. M. and lasting for over an he first matter of importance that | e up defi ¢ was that of the mean- | e Wells amendment adopted at g of the meeting of the State Central Commit- tee a week ago last Saturday. Ex-Gov- ernor Sheldon of Los Angeles, it may be remembered, offered a lomg resolu- tion, drawn by the clique of the ex- ecutive committee, which framed the call, providing in its last paragraph that in | Congres: I districts where no Congres- sional committees existed such commit- tees shoula be created by a committee of | five named in the resolution. This com- mittee of five would have had practical control of the Republican affairs of a large | portion of the State, Mr. Wells of Contra Costa offered ver- bally an amendment providing t at in | districts where no Congressional commit- | tees existed such committees should be | created by the State Central committee- men representing those districts. After the meeting several kinds of doubts arose | as to the wording and construction Wells’ amendment cerned the ri of and one of them con- ght of the “at large” members ive committee appointed by 2 10 {rul’(iripz!h- in the selection ma committees in_the .y happened to reside. Such Iy exercised by all, who resides in | discussion yesterday | it was with practical unanimity taken to be the effect of Wells’ amendment that ouly members of the State Central Com- | ittee elected in the regular way as rep- | resentatives of the various Assembly dis- | tricts should have the right to vote on the tment of Congressional committees | tricts where such committees do not | ¢ exist. This action was taken in of harmo nst the and it was a de- spointed members of | e to participate in the selection of Congressional committees I'he next and the matter of impo; ch came up was a resolution of- - W. W. Montague. n effect it declared it to be the sense of the executive committee of the State Cen- | tral Committee that, under the call | adopted by the State Central Committee at | its meeting a week ago Saturday, the du- | s and powers of the State Convention, so culled to_convene in Sacramento, May 5, | were limited to the selection of delegates | to the Nationsl Republican Convention to | be held in St. Louis, June The resolution declared in effect that | the matters of the nomination of Presi- dential electors, the nomination of Con- gressmen from the various districts, the | nomination of a Lieutenant-Governor (1f | the necessity for such a nomination should appear in the future), the selection of a | new Staie Central Committee and other party matters shounld be provided for by the State Central Committee at another meeting, which should be held in the cora- | paratively near future. The resolutions declared that the duties | of the State Convention not provided for in the call adopted at the meeting of the State Central Committee ceased with the selection of delegates to the National Con- vention. This resolution was adopted by a nearly | unanimous vote. This action ‘does not dennitely call a second meeting of the State Central Committee. The power to call another meeting resides definitely in the chairman and in a majority of “the committee if they unite in a call fora meeting. The right and power of a major- ity of the executive committee to call a meeting of the State Central Committee, regardless of the chairman, is a matier of some doubt among leading Repubiicans. Put in the absence of a decisive construc- tion of rules and precedents it was taken generally yesterday to be practically de- cided that ‘another meeting of the State Central Committee wiil and must occur in the comparatively near future. The senti- | ment and judzment of a very large proportion 6f the leading Kepubiicans | of the City and the State has a'ready been expressed in favor of this step in the in- | terest of harmony, regularity and | party success, and the action of | the = executive committee yesterday | makes another meeting practically certain, Such a proceeding is less con- trolled always by the action of an officer or a committee than by a public sentiment, and in this case | Republican sentiment has already | been expressed in favor of another | there. | | member: disputed territory, and 1 don’t wonder the by Leon Dennery, both of whom made brief and vigorous speeches. | Then James McNab nominated Charles A. Hug in a short and well-framed address and a vote was taken. Those voting for Hug were the following: McQuaid, Sprecke Montague, Wells, Palmieri, Easton, Sonntag, Cooney, McNab, Upham Those voting for Bettman were wall. Mahoney, Dennery, Lemmon, Chick- ering, Ruef, Daly. After this action the committee ad- journed. Fourth District. The Fourth Di-trict Congressional com- mittee appointed at the snap Mahoney- K meeting met yesterday afternoon, Joseph S. Spear Jr. presiding. A commit- tee was appointed to drait a call for a primary ‘-f ion_and an address to the voters of the district. There was appointed a finance commit- tee of seven to collect funds; also a com- mittee to prepare primary election blanks. The regular Fourth district committee elected by the votes of seven of the eleven will et for organization at 2 P. M. to-day at Market street. S. Republican County Committee. The Republican County Committee met last evening and elected Charles Berlinger to the vacancy caused by the recent death | of M. J. Donovan, representative of the Fortieth District. A committee was ap- pointed to draft suitable resolutions on the death of Mr. Donovan. ar Republican County Committee. A meeting of the Republican County Committee was held last evening at Shiels Hall, on O'Farrell street. Chairman Man- waring presided and ail the members ex- cept Mr. Chanaler were present. Charles Berliner was elected to fill the vacancy in the Thirtieth Assembly Dis- the - death trict, caused by of J. E. Donovan. RETURNED FROM GUIANA. L. W. Adams’ Experience In a Land of Gold and of Raging Fevers. L. W. Adams of San Jose, who fora past has been general manager of the York and British Guiana Gol!d Mining Company in Guiana, is at the Grand. He has just returned from that wild country bordering on Venezuela and tells a story full of interest. There is lots of gold down there,” he said. “That was demonstrated to my sat- 1sfaction. The mines are on some of the British hate to give it up. I was mining in the Barima district, on the Barima River, and went down there by | way of New York. I sailed from there to | Georgetown, the capital of British Guiana, by steamer. Georgetown has 20,000 peo- ple, a quarter of whom are white and the others negroes, Indians and Portuguese. There is a strict Biitish rule everywhere. Even the negroes affect British ways. But evervthing is slow. “From Georgetown I went by steamer up the Barima River to Mount Kverard, which is a day and a half’s travel. Thence we took paddle-boats or batteaus propelled | by negroes. The riveris a large one, and is navigzable for steamers even above Mount Everard. The negroes paddled for us six days and landed us at the mines. “It is a peculiar region. I judge the min- ing district is about 100 miles square, that is its area is that great, and the ground is good all over it. The alluvial mines are rich beyond any I know of. To get down to the gold the miner has to go through from eight to ten feet of clay, and the whole country seemingly is a river bed. “It is in the rounded stones and the sand that the vold is found. It runsfrom $2 to $16 a cubic yard. I saw lotsof claims that went 16 cents a pan. Of course it is a lot of work, however, to get off this clay or adobe. “As for the quartz mines they are in the | mountains, as they are called, but the | mountains are really hills. None of them are over 250 feet above the level of the sea. These quartz properties are fine, too. They average $30 to $40 a ton. “Notwithstanding all this Iwouldn’t ad- vise Americans to go there. It is hot, fe- verish and thoroughly unheéalthy. .I buried several of my friends while there. There is lots of malaria and biliousness and many different kinds of fever. Ne- roes do most of the work. They get from fl to $1 25 a day and are very good miners. “Wild animals, birds "and reptiles abound. Thereare tigers, leopards. moun- tain lioms, boa-constrictors and other snakes and the most beautiful birds I ever saw. Thereare birds of Earndise, exqui- sit2ly colored humming-birds and you might say all the beautiful birds of the tropics. “The Guatemalan Government gave a concession to a ‘German company for an electric light works in the city, to be oper- ated by the overflow from the’ lake in the mountains. In return for this privilege the company furnishes the city of Guatemala with light free of charge. “The German company put up an excel- lent plant, all of which was imported from Berlin. “There is one good thin, Guatemalan Government. They have no Chinese question there. Chinamen are simply and positively refused a landing. Lots of them are brought down on the Pa- cific Mail steamers, but they never come ashore. This has raised the ire of the Pa- cific Mail people, and out ot revenge they have raised the freight rates to Guatemala fully 70 per cent in the last few months.’” Mr. Adams says his company, which owns both placer and quartz mines, has made money from both and a good deal of it. The average California miner, how- aver, he thinks ounght not to go down about the Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov’t Report Rl ABSOLUTELY PURE district as related to the Republican State THO BEAUTIFUL PICTURES Collection at the Mark Hopkins Art Institute Further Enriched. H. G. PLATT FOR PRESIDENT. Slated to Succeed James D. Phelan. He Is Said to Be Mr. Searles’ First Choice. The collection of paintings at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art has been en- riched by the gift of two more beautiful pictures—one painted by the celebrated | Italian artist, L. Marchetti, and the other by the French artist, Jean Aubert. The paintings arrived at the institute a few days ago, but as the frames were damaged in transportation the pictures will not be placed on exhibition until March 31 1 seted together for over an hour. | The captain said afterward that McCluas- Jean Aubert’s subject is “Love and Spring.” It represents a beautiful woman “Henry IV at Fontainebleau” — Marchetti‘s Great Canvas Which Will Soon Adorn the Mark Hopkinsg Art Institute. i 1o i i 2 l e <8 = Convention called for the purpose naming delegates to the National Conven- tion. teemen representing as many Assembly districts in this Congressional district, and in this district resides P. B. Cornwall, member-at-large of the executive commit- tee of the State Central Committee and chairman of that committee. Mr. Corn- wall on the start assumed a right to par- mitteemen from the Fifth District in the election of a Congressional committee as provided in the call, and he had further cailed and superintended the first meeting in S8an Jose Jast week and had postponed the meeting from the date to which it was adjourned on that day. Mr. Cornwall did not figure in any way in the proceedings of yesterday. He attended the meeting of the executive committee in San Francisco, which during its session ruled against the participation of committeemen-at-large in Congressional district affairs, and he was not reyrksenlerl by proxy at Redwood City. Those present at the meeting were: P. A. Bergerot, Charles Manwaring, G. H. Umbsen (by George Umbsen, proxy), John H. Dawson, H. G. Fairchild. C."A. Hug, William Cluff, San Francisco; George C. Ross, San Mateo County; S. F. Ayer, J. F. O'Keefe (by James Rea, proxy), J. L. Asay (by George Koen, proxy), Santa Clara County. The minutes of the two ings were approved. P. A. Bergerot, chairman at a former session, called the meeting to order. George C. Ross of San Mateo County acted as secretary. On motion of Rea the tem- porary officers named were elected perma- nent officers of the meeting. Chairman Bergerot statea the object of the meeting to be the election of a Con- gressional Campaign Committee, to con- sist of seven members. After- some discussion, on motion of Avyer of Santa Clara County, seconded by Manwaring of San Francisco, the follow- ing gentlemen were unanimously declared elected as the Congressional Committee of the Fifth Congrcssional District: Robert Toplitz, John E. Richards, A. L. Stetson, C. S. Laumeister, W. H. Law- rence, James Rea. William Moir. George C. Ross of San Mateo county of- fered the following motion. It was adonted as a seperate motion. although originally intended to be passed as a ‘‘rider’” to the appointment of the ‘“‘Committee of Seven” : Resolved, That it is the sense of this commit- tee that the manner and supervision of the selection of delegates to the State convention should be left in the hands of the county committees of the several counties. previous meet- he should not be bound, morally or in any other manner, by any action that this com- mittee should take. The motion was finally carried, however, by a vote of nine to twe, Rea and Ayer only voting against it. But few besides the State Central com- mitteemen concerned were present at the meeting which occurred in a room in the Courthouse. County Clerk C. F. Curry, Samuel Priest and John Martin were the only San Franciscans there besides those who were members of the State Central Committee from the Fifth District. When the committee adjourned it ad- journed to meet at 2 p. M. next Saturday in the office of John E. Richards in the Crocker building in San Francisco. A CALIFORNIA SINGER. Mrs. Grace Geib Fraser of San Francisco Highly Praised in Chicago. Another California singer is acquiring fame in the Kast. Intelligence comes that Mrs. Grace Geib Fraser, who is stndying in Chicago with Mme. Boethe of the Chi- Baking Powder | cago Conservatory of Music, has achieved marked success. The: Musical Times of that city pays this tribute to the California nightingale: *‘The grand aria, *Tu che le vanita,” from Verdi’s ‘Don Carlos,” was glononuly sung by Mrs. Grace Fraser of an Francisco, a truly dramatic soprano, vowerful and rich. She’is undeniabiy a gifted singer, and gives promise of becom- ing one of the finest artists America has ever boasted of on the Italian stage. The There are eleven State Central Commit- | ticipate in the deliberations of the com- | Rea said that 8o far as he was concerned | of | key, although not positively denying any ) strolling among the blossoms of a garden. | complicity in the forgery, led that to be | inferred. ~ The captain referred to a story | ublished in a St. Paul paper in which | McCluskey gave the name of the third man in the case who did the fine work, and | McCluskey said he had simply given the | reporter a “fill,” as he treated him in an ungenilemanly manner. The two men will be kept in the City Prison for three, or four days yet before be- ing removed to the County Jail to await their trial. HE IS STILL AT LARGE There Is Absolutely No Clew to Berthe Paradis’ Murderer. The Unfortunate Woman’s Funeral Yesterday Was Largely At. tended by Friends. Berthe Paradis, the unfortunate woman who died at the hgnds of an unknown | strangler last Friday morning, was buried | yesterday aiternoon. |~ The people of her sphere flocked about | her bier and wept. They covered the cas- | ket and they ‘illed the room with choice | flowers and floral pieces. Then, after fol- | lowing the dead one to her grave they dis- | persed. Each woman went back to dier | den. So faras the police authorities are con- cerned there is nothing new in: the case. | The murderer is still at large, and there is no immediate likelihood,that he will be ap- prehended. Cesar Chalbert, the woman’s “protec- tor,”” was the chief mourner. Among the magnificent pieces sent as tributes of affection to the deceased was one deserving of particular mention. It was a large pillow of lilies, which upon close examination displayed in violets the last sentiments expressed by Gilbert, the consumptive poet of the ¥rench revolu- tion, nearly 100 years ago. It read: Au banquet de la vie, infortune convive J'apparus un jour et je meurs; Je nrx’eura etsurla tombe ou lentement jar- ve Nul ne viendra verser des pleurs. Translatad as near as it can be into Eng- | lish, Gilbert’s sentiment is: ‘“An unfor- tunate guest at the banquet of life Iap- peared and died, and upon my grave no one will come to shed a tear.” The result of the Coroner’s inquest yes- terday resulted in a verdict to the effect that the deceased had come to her death at the hands of an unknown. WANT PRIMARIES. Republicans Thirty - Fourth of the Assembly District Want to Name Their Own Representatives, The representation to the State and Con- gressional conventions, soon to be held, was discussed at length by the executive committee of the Thirty-fourth District Republican Club last night. There were but two of the nineteen precincts of the district not reoresented, and all seemed in favor of having the delegates to the con- ventions elected at primaries. A number of speechés were made, and the following resolutions were * finally adopted by a unanimous vote: Resolved, That it is the sense of the executive commiitee of the Thirty-fourth District Re- g:lblicln Club that primary elections should held for the purpose of selecting delegates to the State and Congressional conventions. e —— Fell Over a Balcony. Mrs. Annie Donner, 105 Stockton street, last night fell over the bAlcony from the third to the second floor. She was taken to the Rmivln! Hospitel, where it was found that she. he escaped with a contusea back and an abrasion of the left arm. She is & waitress in the Seattle restaurant, 137 Fourth street. ‘[hree little winged cupids at her feet hold her gown to protect it from the dew. The canvas of the Marchetti picture is | 48x72 inches. The title of the painting is some O] sition iach wonld: lbe t art-loving citi- have a good whole ticket, at the head of laced some prominen A iti Een of ackn}:'owledxed public spirit and personal energy, but word has been passed around in confidence that Mr. Searles desires the election of Mr. Platt. The latter recently paid a visit to Mr. Searles’ home in Massachusetts, and resumed that some confidences were it is pi t sed regarding the future of the in- :fi?s:izfi? N%W. ME. Searles’ generosity tute that no ‘much for the instis 2 bas done so b bori s oyal member would think of lo!z'nrary to his slightest desire in the gov- ernment of the institution. From Mr. Seatles’ point of view he may not see the institution in the light which one obtains in San Francisco, but there is not the slightest inclination among the resident members to depart from his suggestions. A MID-LENT LECTURE. Paul B. Hay Speaks to Borromead Council of the Y. M. I. About “Ben Hur.” Borromean Council No. 129 of the Young Men’s Institute gave its friends a rare treat last nightin the shape of an illus- trated lecture by Paul B. Hay at the Mission Opera-hall. Mr. Hay took for his subject Lew Wallace’s famous book “Ben Hur, or a Tale of the Christ,”’ ana interspersed his remarks with selected readings from that fascinating work. The lecture was rendered particularly inter- esting by the large number of stereopticon views with which it was illustrated. Some of these views are veritable works of art, those representing the adoration of the wige men, the flight into Eeypt, the vision of the angels and the exciting chariot race being particularly worthy of notice. During the intermission between the various parts of the lecture a choice pro- gramme of vocal music was given, Miss Daisy Keene's rendering of Mitlard’s ‘“‘Ave Maria” and the song ‘*Weep Not, but Tell Me, Love,” being especially meritorious, as was John H, Widman’s singing of ‘‘The Holy City.”” It is understood that Mr. Hay will be asked 1o repeat his lecture 1n the near future. PRIZE 7F‘UMMBEHSHIP Rev. Anna H. Shaw and Miss Mary G. Hay Arrive To-Day. Miss Yates Described as an Attractive Young Woman of Unusual Attainments. Rev. Anna H. Shaw will arrive from the East this evening. She will be accom- panied by Miss May G. Hay, one of the managers of the prospective county suf- frage conventions. Miss Hattie B. Cooper and Miss Lucy Anthony will meet them at Sacramento. Miss Shaw will be the guest of Mrs. A. A. Sargent at 1630 Fol- som street while in the City, and Miss Hay will be at the Berkshire. Miss Susan B. Anthony is expected to arrive from the south to-morrow, and her headquarters will also be at Mrs. Sargent’s home. Miss Elizabeth Upham Yates, who will be Miss Shaw’s colaborer in holding the county conventions, will come to the State two weeks hence, and about the same time Miss Mulls, who with Miss Hay will arrange for the county conventions, is expected to join the ladies. Miss Yates is said to be one of the younzest as well as ablest and most at- tractive of the women lecturers on the American platform. She is a graduate of the Boston School of Expression and was one of the pupils of the famous teacher, Mrs. Cowell Le Moyne She wasonce a ruissionary to China and is a National lec- turer of the Woman’s Christian Temper- ance Union and the National American MISS ELIZABETH U. MARSICAND DID NOT PAY He Satisfied His Bakers With Promises for Eleven Years. NOW PLEADS THE STATUTES. A Wealthy Merchant Whose Family Ate $289 Worth of the Staff of Life. Patrizio Marsicano, millionaire and owner of the prosperous Overland Pack- ing Company, admitted in Justice Car- roil's court yesterday that he had been running a bread bill with Queviolo & Co., bakers, for eleven years—irom 1884 to 1895—without paying for the staff of life, and moreover that he did not intend to pay any of it except theamount contracted during 1894 and 1895, about $65. In 1884, when he first took unto himself a wife, Marsicano looked around for a baker to supply the family that was to come. Queviola & Co. suited him, and he instructed the firm to supply him regu- larly. When the bills were presented each quarter, or vear, as the case might be, Marsicano told them to come again when rayment would be more convenient to him, and the obliging bakers complied with his request. So confiding was the firm that the bill ran eleven years and amounted to $289 79 before the bakers decided to get their money by any means that presented. To their astonishment a peremptory de- mand for payment brought an offer of $65 asa settlement in full. Then the firm sued in the Justices’ Court. The examination of the millionaire by Attorney Splivalo, who represented the p]aimiffi was short and to the point. “What is your business?” asked the at- torney. “Capitalist,”” answered “Are you a millionaire An objection was sustained. “Please look at this bill of bread from 1884 to December, 1895, of which you have a copy. and say if it 1s correct,” said Mr. Splivalo. “Yes, it is correct.” “You and yaur wife and your children got\!hat bread and ate it?” “Yes.” “Then why don’t you pay thebill, which amounts only to $289 79 in eleven years?” “Because ording to the law I am obliged mdp only for two yearsand I have offered $65 in full.” “Then you mean to say that these poor bakers must stand the price of nine years’ bread for yourself and your family, free gratis, for nothing, because they took your word that you would pay. You are wealthy and yet you play the baby act,” said Aftorney Splivalo with some spirit. “I don’t know,” was all the capitalist | would reply. | _The casewas then submitted and Justice | Carroll gave a verdict for the plaintifts for | $65, saying that the statute of limitations operated against all but two years of the time specitied in the bill. The bakers gave notice that they would appeal the case to the Superior Court. r. Marsicano. An Unsubpenaed Witness. The most important witnessin the Heyden. feldt case yesterday was Mrs. Lottie Roberts. She came unsubpensed. She had seen the ac- counts of the trial in the papersand thougnt she could do Mrs. Heydenfeldt some good. Her testimony was to the effect that she had visited Mrs. Heydenfeldt in the Russ House in the fifties and she had been introduced (o Judge Heydenfeldt as Mrs. Heydeniedi,s hus- and. NEW TO-DAY. MONEY SAVING PRICES YATES. “Henry IV at Fontainebleau Before the Tournament.” It formerly held a con- spicuous place in the original Mark Hop- kins collection and went from this City with other art treasures to the Great Bar- rington house. The painting represents a courtly throng of many titled personages richly arrayed. There are knights and ladies- of honor, heralds, musicians and vages. The artist has eiven the closest at- tention' to detail ir the handling of the draperies, and the figures are so gronped and placed that the whole scene is effec- tive. The picture was painted in 1878 and first exhibited in Italy. The annual election for directors of the San Francisco Art Association will take place at the institute March 31. The an- nual meeting will be held the evening of that day and the newly elected directors will then elect one of the members of the board to be president. 1t is hinted that the present board of di- rectors will a {mint a nominating com- mittee favorable to the aspirations of Horace Platt for the presidency. Mr. Platt’ssecond term as president of the Bo- hemian Club will expire early in April, and should there be any slip in the art school slate, there might be what the statesmen call an interregnum in Mr. Platt’s career as president. Many of the members of the San Fran- cisco Art Association have expressed an opinion in favor of a resolute management of affairs at the insticution. There is at present no head or guiding spirit in the five or six teachers employed. It is ac- knowledged that there should be central authority there, Many desire that a | director of superior ability should be ap- pointed to manage the teaching depart- ments of the institution. As for president of theassociation one of the members recently observed: “The in- stitution does need at its head a man of firm executive ability, yet a popular and progressive citizen who would seek to mterpret in the highest degree the mission and purpose of the generous endowment. r. Yhelan has certainly displayed ability, liberality and public spirit in his administration, but his case is exceptional. There is danger that the association will get back into the old routine of passing around the presidency as sweet incense to the dilettante of the 1Plc£flc-Union Club. This year we might Suffrage Assoctation. Her lectures include the following subjects: “Fashionable Thinking,” “As It Was,” “China and the Chinese” (with costume). ““A Horoscope,” “Chrictopher Columbus,” “Le- gends of the Rhine,” “The Copflict of the Mod- ern Hercules,” “Temperance Lessons of the Century,” “Truth Stranger Than Fiction,” ‘Our Mission,” “The Home and the State,” “What We Are Coming To,” ‘Progress vs. Prejudice.” THE SUTRO BATHS. Elaborate Athletic Programme to Fol- low Liierary Exercises. The programme for the opening of the Sutro Baths to-morrow afternoon will begin with literary exercises at 2 o’clock. At 3 o’clock the baths will be thrown open to all swimmers. Cassasa’s California Exposition band will give a concert both in the afternoon and evening. At7:30 o'clock the athletic exhibition by the Olympic Club will begin. The pro- gramme is as follows: Triple bars—Messrs. Beman, Leando and Rathbone. Boxing—Ed Carterand J. Mahon. V. Herr- mann will box the winner. Perch act—G. 8. Miehling and Walter Hoag. erulmg—srlro and Phillips, Armbruster and Knight, Kingston and Wand. Fencing and sword exhibition—Professor L. Tronchetand Captain Dilhan. Foils by Messrs. Ortlon and Lastreto. Tnmbllnfi—-)les"l. Cook, Toohey, Stalsman and McNally. Swimming and diving—By members of the Olympic Club. - Accused of Stealing a Watch and Coin. Charles Klinitz, formerly_proprietor of the Bee-Hive, a dive on Howard street, was ar- rested yesterday for nenllng;ogold watch and $30 in coin from Charles Boystrom, &n em- gloye of the sarket-street Cable Company. he men had been drinking together in a sa- loon at 65 Fourth street. e McDonald’s Bail Reduced. By order-of Judge Bahrs the bail on the charges against R. H. McDonald Jr. has been reduced, On the embezzlement charge it has been put at £3; and on the perjury charge #2000, ‘Carroll. 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