The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 3, 1896, Page 10

o THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1896. WANT CLEAN STREETS, The Merchants’ Association Holds Two Important Meet- ings. CONTRACTORS ARE PRESENT. San Francisco Compared With Other Cities in the Matter of Street. Sprinkling. A good-sized crowd gathered yesterday | afternoon in the assembly hall of the | Milis building at the meeting calied by the Merchants’ Association for the pur- | pose of considering the street-sprinkling | question. e Mr. Kohlberg by way of introduction | etated that when the Merchants’ Associa- | tion began the agitation in favor of clean | streets the subject of street-sprinkling was | also considered, and was made part of " its | scheme of reform. He asked for expres- | sions of opinion on the matter under con- | sideration, and said ail the association de- sired was a friendly understanding among | all parties interested to the end that some good might be accomplished. A general discussion then ensued, dur- ing which it was suggested that !he‘ sprinkling of streets and the sweeping or | lighting was a municipal function and | should be under the charge of the City; | that the laying of dust being a benefit en- joyed by the whole community, the ex- ense attendant upon that benefit should be borne by all in just proportion. Mr. Freud made the following state- ment, based upon statistics in his posses- sion: Kling the eity of st. | mly the city is | , each district | in February | ing superin- 1y by contray here k and ‘whose es Are .y season_opens March 15 and closes December 1 of each year, & period of eight and a half he cost last year averaged about is a sprinkl The ont foot. | t prinkling of St. Paulis done by | contract, the city being divided into and & separate contract let for each dis so much per 100 feet per we AVerage this year was from 2 ents per | good results have been stem. the streets of Minneapolis the direction of Street Com- s and Aldermen of each ward. ment is levied each year upon all asses- sible property abutting on the stre kled, a1 & uniform rate per front fo ward. The city usnes the water free. arts used in 189 oston giving the sprinkling for the past s it_appears that the amount 23,59 78 10 ¥37,169 in ports expended thie #mount ¥ #100,000 per annum 04,000 as the amount ex- et-sprinkling. ar sprinkling of the pub- s by the city has been adopted in 1 progressive Eastern cities, such as Philadeiphia, Cambridge, Surling- in the Western Cities of Salt Lake and a. municipalit sressiv ¥ sprinkles the streets in city in Californie, such as 10, San Jose, Fresno, Santa Teet-sprinkling of Los Angeles is let by contract, the COntractor receiving $3040 per month. There are now seventy-five | sprinkling carts doing the work, but the city of Los Angeles is already incressing this num- ber, 50 that there will shortly be 100 sprink- ling carts doing the work of sprinkling the streets of the city of Los Angeles. There are 140 miles of graded streets to sprinkle. Some are sprinkled twice a day and some only three times a week according to the condition of the reets and the amount of travel. One w z hired by the Superintendent of Streets whenever required and paid $4 per day. Mr. Freud and the other speakers’ad- vised the sprinklers to combine and hold themselves in readiness to accept con- tracts from the City the event that toe City should undertake to directly super- vise the street-sprinkling system. It was unanimously resolved that the Merchants’ Association shall use every reasonable effcrt to induce the Board of Supervisors, upon fixing the new tax levy, to make ample provision for sprinkling the streets of San Francisco uniformly and systematically. In the evening there was an important | session of the executive committee, Figures were exhibited to show that atthe | end of the current fiscal year there would | be a surplus of about $21,000 remaining of | the street-sweeping and sprinkling funa | out of the original appropriation of $150,- | bad_levied against him Bower. 000, secured largely through the efforts of | the association. None of this fund up to the present time has been used for sprinkling. It was therefore decided to petition the Board of Supervisors to have the streets sprinkled from now until the beginning of the fiscal year, so that an intellizent estimate for the purpose can be made for next year. It is estimated that if this is done, there will be left the $21,000 surplus mentioned. It is the purpose of the association to petition the Board of Supervisors to ex- pend this sum in converting some of the cobble-paved streets in the heart of the ! business section into bituminous pave- | ments. Among the streets that will be recommended for improvement in this connection are Post from Montgomery to Stockton, Geary from Kearny to Powell, Stockton from Market to Sutter. The matter of securing the economical transportation of the street sweepings to Golden Gate Park was discussed. The association’s efforts are now particularly directed to securing lots in which these | sweepings may be dumped pending their need at the park. An interesting and gratifying communi- | cation on the subject of street-sweeping was received from Colonel George E. War- ing, Commissioner of the Department of Street-cieaning of New York City. It was | in part as follow The most suggestive communication that the | Department of Street-cleaning of New York City can offer at this time is the aunouncement of the fact that it has determined, after & very careful consideration and calculation, to aban. don almost entirely the use of street sweeping- machines. 1t is found that hand-sweeping is more per- fect in its results, and that under all ordinary conditions itis atleast as cheap. This is es- pecially true wnerever there is a regular force as there is here. A force large enough to main- taina good condition in winter time, when machines cannot be used and when the streets are most used and littcred, is surely large enough to maintain a perfect condition in the warmer seasons, when alone it has been the custom to use sweeping-machines in New York City. AN INEXACT DISPATCH., John D. Hollingsworth Not Employed by the Board of Fish Commissioners. In a telegram from Ukiah published in yesterday morning’s papers, reference was made to John D. Hollingsworth as being a representative of the State Board of Fish Commissioners. The board has asked that the assertion be denied. Hollings. worth was appointed a Deputy Fisb Com- missioner on February 6, 1894, and served until April 1, 1895, when his commission was revoked. Since that date he has ngt been in the employ of the CommissionerS. -— The *“‘life tree” of Jamaica is harder to ¥ill than any other species of woody growth known to arborculturists. It continues to grow and thrive for months after being uprooted and exposed to the sun. | i m“h EN —————— Horace G. Platt, Elected President of the San Francisco Art Association Yesterday. (Drawn from a painting by Ernest Peizotto in the Bohemian Club.] WORKNEN WANT NOKE, They Complain That They Are Being Defrauded of Wages Due. The Labor Commission Intervenes in Behalf of Two of the Victims. “The public ought to know about a piece of flagrant rascality which has lat- terly been perpetrated,” remarked Deputy Labor Commissioner Dam vesterday. “On Saturday morning the cases of Ty- ler vs. Bowers and McDermott vs. Bowers will come up for hearing before Judge Groezinger. The actions are nothing but ordinary suits for payment on account of services rendered; but behind the mass of entangled legal phraseology in which all actions at law are involved lies an infini- | | | | tude of villainy which should call forth a | burst of popular indignation. “I'yler and McDermott are two out of many men who went to work under agree- ment with a man named Bowers, who has taken the contract for the demolition and removal of the old American Exchange Hotel building. After working for some days the men asked for money. A dollar or two was all that each petitioner could obtain. Demands one by one began to pour in, and when the genial rounded by an angry crowd of men seek- ing money he became flustered. prover procedure under the circumstances seemea to be the adoption of an attituae of dignified defiance. Accordingly, the next man who asked for his money was suavely advised to take his departure for the infernal regions. | I consider this the most aggravated case of swindling that has ever come be- fore this bureau,” commented Mr. Dam. | “Had 1 been consulted in a private ca- | pacity, on the street or in my home, and not in this public office, I might have urged more summary methods; but since | the matter came before me officially I | was obliged to do the next best thing. I told them to sue at once, and recom mended them to a good attorney, M McCabe of 1027 Market street, who took charge of their cases forthwith. The matters came up for hearing about a week etwo complaints, stating that he had Bowers found himself sur- | The | 0, and Bowers entered a demurrer to | not the wherewithal to pay the amount cf | the claims. To this demurrer the plain- | tiffs will make answer to-morrow. | “‘In order to release himself from the | attachments which Tyler and McDermott | put up | bonds with Oscar Lewis and J; Green as | sureties. ‘Then he told the plaintiffs they could sue or do what they pleased. The attachments had been levied upon the | debris and materials of tne old hotel. | Even before the bonds were issued ! Bowers commenced to remove the stuff to his yard. Still the material is in his cus- tody and must be heid liable for the claims of the workmen. The outcome of the suit | is looked for with much interest by the | other workmen, who have allowed Tyler | and McDermott to take the lead in order | to know what policy to follow in order to get their own wages. The Labor Uommi sion will side with the workmen, and I for one hope they will win.” PARLOR SUFFRAGISTS. They Listen to Spesches by Mrs. Sargent and Dr. Treadwell, the First ‘Woman Dentist. The regular meeting of the ‘“Eleventh Amendment Club”’ was held at 7 Van those whose names have by long associa- tion become identified with the cause of woman suffrage being present. This club was organized at the dwelling of Mme. Sorbier, 220 Van Ness avenue, and was the | first parlor suffrage club brought into ex- istence in the State. The principal events of the evening were an essay by Mrs. A. A. Sargent, president of the State Suffrage Association, and an impromptu speech by Dr. Treadwell, who is said to be the first woman dentist of the | world. Mrs. Sargent’s paper was devoted to the eleventh amendment, and dwelt at length | on the opinions expressed by prominent educators and economists in tne press as regards granting the ballot to the gentler sex. Dr. Treadwell’s words had mainly to do with the difference between women of the present and twenty years ugo. “Two decades ago,” said this lady, “the idea of a woman leading a professional life was deemed absurd. A female lawyer, preacher or physician was looked upon as a candidate for the museum. “To-day she engages in all these branches of higher labor, and has conclusively demonstrated to the male element that, although the gray matter of his cerebral organ may excel in quantity, when it comes to quality the weaker sex makes good the deficit.” It was decided to give Miss Anthony a reception at 7 Van Ness avenue the second Tuesday of this month, the reception to begin at 8 p. . Mrs. H. Lewis; the club’s | treasurer, thought the name of the body | should be changed to something less pro- saic, but the matter was temporarily iaid on the table. The next meeting will be held at Mrs. M. G. Wheeland’s, 1323 Clay street, when a new club for her district will be formed e A VERY large part of human ills are cured Mitchell's Magic Lotion. by - Ness avenue yesterday afternoon, many of | | | | { | | { | i | h G PLATT WS ELECTED President and Other Officers of the Art Association Chosen. To-Day the Mark Hopkins Institute Will Be Open to All Free of Charge. The newly elected board of directors of the San Francisco Art Association held a meeting yvesterda The directors attend- ing were: James D. Phelan, L. P. Lati- mer, Edward Bosqui, Horace G. Platt, J. C. Johnson, Henry J. Crocker, Henry Hey- man and J. D. Grant. The board organized by the election of Horace G. Platt, president; Eaward Bosqui, first vice-president; L. P. Latimer, second vice-president; J. C. Johnson, treasurer; William G. Stafford, secretary; J. R. Martin, assistant secretary. The slated programme jor the presi- dency was carried out as THE CALL pre- dicted. Mr. Phelan was placed in nomi- nation for the first office by Mr. Platt, bui declined to accept a third term. Mr. Platt was then placed 1n nomination and elected without opposition. The spring exhibition of the School of Desien will open at the Mark Hopkins In- stitute of Art April 16. Under the rule established at the sugges- tion of Mr. Searles for one free day a month at the Mark Hopkins Institute, the direc- tors designated the first Friday of each month as the day on which visitors would be admitted to the house on the hill with- out charge. To-day being the first Friday in April the doors will be open to the public, fore- noon, afternoon and evening. The doors will close at 5 ». M, for readjustment, but will be opened again at 7:30 . M. At the first free day 1200 visitors were admitted and at the second 2100, To-day is the third free day and the aitendance will propably exceed 2000, MUTOCRATS OF THE ROSES Easter, North Winds and the Nurserymen Have Stopped the War. Florists Won't Sell Choice Flowers Below the Well-Established Rates. Among the florists who have been at war over the price of flowers, and more specially roses, there is a cessation of hostilities. For in this instance man has not had the disposition of thingsall to himself. The weather had much to do with the question in the last few days, while incidentally nurserymen entered into the spirit of the occasion and said: ‘‘No flowers for men who are cutting prices of our patrons. We want no war in ours.” So the fight of roses has faded with winds from the north and an ultimatum from growers round S8an Francisco. And roses that a few days ago sold for 15 or 25 cents a dozen, that is, for a pretty, fragrant bouquet with sprays of smilax or maidenhair and glistening drops of dew that fell from a 20-cent water spray upon the petals, are now selling for 25 or 35 cents. With Easter there is an advance in prices. Lilies are rare beyond fancy, and as_for roses, they are almost doubled in price. The florists themselves do not wish to be known in a discussion of the fight. “It would only advertise the other fellow,” they say, “‘and people would. think that we were holding out for high prices. That means crowds would flock to where garden | roses are sold, and the fine hothouse va- rieties would be neglected by all but con- noisseurs.” A florist explained last night that the war ih roses was started by some small dealers when fine weather ushered in more of these blossoms than could be sold. Then the north wind blew cold, and even in the florists’ windows roses wilted and withered in one night. Garden roses suffered most, and_such as were ‘able to bear shaking and transporting became scarce. It was when this condition im- posed_itseif several dealers, without or- ganizing, complained with common ac- cord to the nurserymen that if the cut-rate fellows were supplied the rest would buy Toses elsewlhere. £ Charles Hasselbacher of Temescal, who is the Jargest grower of roses in the vicinity of San Francisco, told the cheap men he would not sell roses to them unless they tcok down their signs of cut rates. In that case they would have to denend upon open-air roses, for as Hasseibacher went other nurserymen foilowed. In one case, that of a florist on Geary street, near Kearny, there was a difference of opinion. ‘I won’t sell you rpses- until those signs of cheap flowers are taken down.” There were signs of “‘roses 15 cents and 25 cents a dozen'’ about the shops, “I'll run my own business,”” was the florist’s abrupt reply. “Run your own business,” added the nurseryman. ‘“You get none of my roses.” And now if you want the Kaiserine of vanishing beautv, the American beauties themseives, or of the few other choice roses, they cost as of old from 35 cents to $1 a dozen. "Easter demand bas done this to a large degree, for Flora must provide her best tor Eastertide. Iall the mysteries of Forestry when his HE FOUNDED FORESTAY, Thomas Lindsay on His Way to the High Court of the World. JUST ARRIVED FROM HONOLULU He Initiated King Kalakaua Into the Mysteries of the Order in This City. Thomas Lindsay, founder of the order of Korestry in the West, now of Honolulu and on his way to attend the session of the High Court of the world to be held in Dundee, Scotland, in August, is stopping in this City. Mr. Lindsay is 56 years of age, but his brown eyes, hair, mustache and good clothes do not indicate the even half cen- tury. Heisa jeweler by trade and until the fall of the royal house of Kalakaua he was jeweler to his Majesty. In fact Mr. Lindsay led the royal Kslakaua throuzh Majesty was visiting San Francisco and before he, Lindsay, had even seen Hono- lulu—which has been hisplace of residence for seventeen years. After he took up his residence in Hawaii Mr. Lindsay immedi- ately began to institute Forestry and there the King sat at his right hand regularly on lodge nights for years and eagerly im- bibed whatsoever was essential to his pro- gress and good standing in the order. Kalakaua, says Lindsay, belonged to all the orders, was a thirty-third degree Mason, and when he went to Scotland they took him aside and conferred some special and still higher honor of the order, so that he stood upon a Masonic eminence almost all his own, ‘‘I had stood high in the orderin the old country,” said Mr. Lindsay yesterday. ““When I came here I found no fellowship. I advertised a call for a meeting of men who had been in the order elsewhere, and there was quite a generous and altogether pleasing response. The result was the or- ganization of Robin Court No. 5931 in a hall on Mission street, with quite a large membership at the very beginning. It was there, almost immediately after the order was instituted here, we initiated King Kalakaua, then on his return journey from tie East. John M. Lapana, Secretary of State to the King, was also initiated. ?hnt in February, 1875. The order grew very rapidly, and in October of the same year we organized another court, Eureka No. 6140. These courts are still in existence. *“The following year we instituted Aurora Court in a hall on Kearny street, and_shortly afterward America Court in the Potrero. “The order spread rapidly, and a Sub- sidiary High Court was established having | jurisdiction over the Pacific Coast. The Subsidiary Court a!pl-oimed me deputy district chief ranger for the State of Cali- fornia with authority and instruction to institute courts throughout the State, in- itiate members and exemplify the work- ings of the order. | I held this office until I determined to | #o to Hawaii, and in 1879, for that pur- pose, tendered my resienation. ‘1 was the first chief ranger in the courts organized in this City that.I have named. In Honolulu two courts have been organ- ized, of which Kalakaua was the chief ranger o° the first, named Lunalilo No. 6600. Itis from this court that I go to England as delegate 10 the sitting of the High Court of the World. This court is slifi under the direct jurisdiction of that court. The newer court is under the jurisdiction of the Subsidiary Hifih Court | of the Pacific Coast, which will sit at| Ukish in May. A delegate from that court will attend the session.” Speaking of the order generally Mr. Lindsay said: “Of the benevolent or beneficiary orders it is the greatest in numbers. Ity courts are to be found in every lana where the English language is spoken. You will find it in South Africa, Australia, the far East, North and South. It began back in the dim past, beyond the memory of man, but in 1755 it took from the then name of Royal Foresters its pres- ent name of Ancient Order of Foresters. That was in England, whence the order with its present ritual spread over the world. Itnow has upward of a mil- lion members. ‘*As auxiliaries to the order, there is the female courts—bearing the same rela- tion to Forestry as the Rebekahs to Odd Fellowship—and the juvenile order. “In this jurisdiction the female courts— s0 called everywhere also in the world, bear the name of Companions of the Forest. Queen Victoria is a_regularly in- itiated member of the order, as is also Princess Louise. The Queen is designated as patroness of the court No. 8160, and the Princess is vice-patroness.” Mr. Lindsay wears a beautiful gold badge presented to him ‘‘as a token of es- teem from the members of Lunalilo Court, on the occasion of his twenty-fifth annivér- sary in the order.” On the reverse side of the medal is the inscription: “Initiated into Court Duna- din, A. 0. F., No. 5257, September, 1869. Founded and instituted by courts of the order to date September, 1894."" Mr. Lindsay will remain in the City afew days and then pass on to his native land. REAL ESTATE AT AUCTION. Successful Sale of Miscellaneous Prop- erty by O'Farrell & Co. The first auction sale of real estate by’ O'Farrell & Co. was held vesterday and was quite successful. H. E. Coffey, the manager of the City department of the firm, acted as auctioneer. Itwas his first experience in this capacity, but he ac- quitted himself with credit, and no one would have known but that he was a vet- eran in the business. Mr. Coffey was as- sisted by C. V. Hughes. The property offered wasa miscellaneous list and good prices were realized. The rrennse's 625 Turk street, consistinz of a lot 27:6x120 covered with a frame build- ing renting for $45 per month, sold for $7100; a lot 29x110, on the northwest cor- ner of Scott and Grove streets, sold ‘for $4300; a lot 27:6x142, on the north side of Grove street, west of Bcott, sold for $2250; a lot 25x110, on the west side of Scott street, north of Grove, brought $2550. These last three pieces were purchased by Baldwin. A lot 25x120, on the north side of Page street, west of Laguna, was purchased by J. J. Taylor for $3600; three houses, numbers 77, 79 and 81 Everett street, east of Fourth, lot 50x80, that are renting for $58 50 per month, were sold to Walter Dunphy for . A dwelling at 1229 Fulton street. with lot 23:6x112:6, was purchased by A. M. Speck for $3625. Two lots on the west side of Diamond street, each 24:8x125, were sold at $1000 and $950 respectively, the pur- chasers being W. P. Allen and’ Theodore Binner. A cottage at 2915 Sacramento street, near Devisadero, lot 23x132:7, was bought by Mrs. F. E. Nelson for $2810. Two lots on the south side of Twenty-first street, near_Church, 25:5x114, sold at $650 each, P. J. Kennedy being the purchaser. e Killed by a Cave. Thomas Maloney, a laborer residing at 2525 Post street, was accidentally killed yesterday aiternoon while engaged in moving a house from 1510 Devisadero street. Maloney, as- sisted by J. Maron, was working under six- foot embankment, when, without a moment’s warning, it caved in and buried both work- men. Maron succeeded in scrambling out, but Maloney was seriousiy injured and was unable to assist himself. Maron shoveled the dirt off the top of his friend as soon as pos- sible, but it was 100 late, as the unfortunate la- borer had smothered. The body was taken to the Morgue. Thomas Lindsay, the Man Who Founded Pacific Coast. HOME PRODUCTS CLUBS, A New Constitution and By- Laws Prepared for Them. PLEDGE OF THE MEMBERS. Clubs to Be Organized by Messrs. Sonntag, and Tacy in Bakers- field and Oakland. The special committee of the Manu!uc- turers’ and Producers’ Association, ap- pointed for the purpose of compiling a constitution and by-laws for the “‘homo products clubs” which the association de- sires to establish in the interior towns, completed its labors yesterday afternoon. Tne constitution and by-laws thus pre- pared will be submitted to the association at its next meeting, and if approved will govern the home products clubs of the State. Following are a few extracts from the proposed constitution. ARTICLE . This organization shall be known as the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Associa- tion Home Product Club No. — of ——, Cal. Article I1. The object of this club shall be to work in conjunction with the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Association of California to en- courage the manufacture and production as well as the distribution and consumption of Celifornia products; to aid the association in the collection of statistics of the manufactures and products, and to investigate and report | upon the undeveloped resources of the city of Oakland. Article III, section 1. Any person, male or female, over 15 years of age may become & the Ancient Order of Forestry on the member of this club by subscribing in tripli- OB BUCK'S FAST LETER The Successor of William Q. Judge to the Order in America. Communication Received in This City From the New Theosophical Leader. J. D. Buck, M.D., vice-president of the Theosophical Society in America, and | Who. it is confidently expected, wili succeed | to the presidency left vacant by the Jate | William Q. Judge, has issued his first document as head of the Theosophists of America. The document in question has just been received in this City. It is written in | masterly style and is a fair specimen of the literary excellence that prevails throughout all the writings of Dr. Buck. It treats directly of the death of Mr. Judge and reads as follows: To the Theosophical Society in America and its | Fraters throughout the Worid—BROTHERS: Our leader hss disappeared from the field of con- flict. With courage undaunted, with will un- conquered, with zeal unabated, with devotion undiminished—the vehicle failed. The chariot went to pieces on the field of battle and the | charioteer is lost from the sight of men. Wil liam Quan Judge has finished the work given him to do for this generation and reserving | scarcely time from his great work in which to | die has left us only memories and the record and power of his example. The influence of these has extended around the globe and will help to mold the thought of the coming century. Energy, steadfastness and devotion were the characteristics of his life, while be- neath the sometimes stern exterior, impatient at folly and triviality that wasted time and de- flected energy from work and duty, there beat a‘“warm Irish heart” as gentle as a woman’s and as tender as a child’s. Those who saw him most appreciated him most; those who knew him best loved and trusted him unre- servedly. And why all this confidence and love? Simply because he was the soul of de- votion; because he utterly sank self and sacri- ficed everything to the work he had undertaken; the spread of truth and the permanency of the T.S. There was an undercurrent in his | life like that of the deep sea, and this never ceased its flow or lost its source for an instant. His resources seemed inexhaustible, and his judgment of men and measures wonderfully exact. In ten years of veryintimate associa- tion I have never once discovered a purpose outside his beloved T. 8. Nightand day, in sickness and health, racked with pain orin the pleasant hours of social intercourse, you could detect but one only motive and aim; and when the veil of silence fell over his spoken words his busy pen ignored the pain, and sent scores of messages.and words of advice and en- couragement all over the world. I never be- fore witnessed such determination to live, such unconsciousness of possible defeat, such unwillingness to stop work. I tried last De- cember to get him to stop work and use h waning strength to regain health—but in vain. And so he worked on to the last, and only de- sisted when he eould neither walk nor stand; and when from choking cough and weariness he could scarcely lie down or sleep. He was in- deed the lion-hearted and worthy successor of his great teacher, H. P. B, feel sure that I am voicing the thought of thousands in this estimate of the character and lifework of our champion and leader. The application is plain. His lifework and sacrifice must not be in vain, his example must not be lost. “Those who are wise in spiritusl things grieve neither for the living nor for the dead.” Steadfastness, devotion and work! should be our motto, no less than the text and the sermon, on this occasion. “Deeds, not words, are what we want,” once wrote & master. Mourning and sorrow may be in all our hearts, and the gentleness and ten- derness thus engendered should only enrich and make more fruitful the soul of our own lives and the blossom and the fruit be for the healing of the nations. The century draws near its close; our annual convention is near at hand. Let us show by greater devotion, more courage and & deeper sense of brother- hood that the sacrifice of our brother, William Q. Judge, has not been in vain, but that he still lives and works in us; and so there can be no death, but transition only; no destruction, but rejuvenescence, and no defeat to him “who realizes that he is one with the Supreme Spirit.” J. D. BUCk, Vice-President T. 8. in A. The death of Mr. Judge has made it ad- visable to change the meeting-place of the National Theosophical Convention from Chicago to New York, and an order to this effect has already been promuigated by the executive committee. The date of the convention is April 26. 7 ————— Freight Agent of the Erie Dispatch. C. W. Colby has been appointed Pacific Coast freight agent of the Erie Dispatch line, with headquarters in this City. This is the first time the Erie has -been represented by a local {retght ageny, and the step was taken to better Protect its portion of the through Ireight busk: ness. Nr. Colby was formerly with the Union Pa-s cific Company. and recently was the California acent of the Armour refrigerator car line, which handles the citrus fruit crop for the East. His territory embraces from Portland to San Diego. —————— The **Cathode Ray.” A new weekly eight-page publication called the Cathode Ray made its appearance last Weduesday. It is published at 535 Clay street, and has a creditable appearance. It is diffi- cult from a perusal of the introductory edi- torial to tell just wnat its object in life is, but its editor says “it shines upon the threshhold everyday affairs with no apologies,” and the public must accept the young journal on its merits. | the owner would handsomely rem unerate | him for his honesty. | said her name was Mrs. Hastings, and J te to the following pledge: S ¢ pledge Rabscll, price and quality permitting, to give tlie preference to ariicles of California_manufacture or production in everything that I purchase or use, and will endeavor to induce others to do likewise, and us assist home industry. !hA‘rUL e IV. The go\'ernr{‘lenl of the club shall be vested in a board of directors, who shall be residents of the county of Alameda, and who shall be elected at the annual meeting of the members. Any member, male or female, twents-one years of age, in good standing in the club is eligible as a director or officer. In the by-laws are found the following provisions: The recording secretary shall transmit at least once each month a report of the work of the club to the secretary of the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Association of California. Sec. 2. At the first regular meeting of the members of the club,held in the months of January, April, July and October, the members | are to be requested to report how largely they have used home products and where they had been obliged to use imported articles give reasons for so doing, in order that the matter be inquired into by a committee appointed by the president for that purpose. Julian Sonntag and 8. H. Tacy were ap- ointed to_institute home products clubs in Oakland and Bakerstield. in the last- named town great preparations are being made for the reception of the organizers. Mr. Tacy reports that much enthusiasm is manifest in the country towns in rela- tion to the work of the home products clubs, and indications are thata goodly number of them will be organized in the near future. HEY 06K OF NGRS Mrs. Hastings, an Eastern Lady, Leaves Her Well-Filled Purse in a Car. | Gripman Martin, Who Was Means of Restoring It Was Rewarded With $1 50. the Gripman Martin of car 38 of the Califor- nia-street Cable Company made a lucky find yesterday morning, and visions of wealth took possession of his mind. After the passengers had left the car at | the corner of @'Farrell and Stockton streets, he noticed a well-filled pocket-book on the seat of the dummy. On the return trip he leit the pocketbook in the office of the company on Hyde and California | streets. On being opened it was found tocontain a check for $4000, payable to bearer, $165 |in gold and a roll of greenbacks. Martin continued his trip, fondly expecting that PICKLE FACTORY BURNED. Fire on Battery Street Causes $3000 Damages—A $10 Fire. G. Ward’s pickle factory at 919 Battery street caught fire at 4 p. M. yesterday, and within half an bour the building ha been almost totally destroyed. The adjoining properties were also badly damaged, the total loss amounting to about $3000. A coal-oil stove which was being used to heat water suddenly exploded, throwing a mass of burning oil over the floor of the factory, and in a few moments the build- ing was a msss of flames. An alarm was turned in through box 355, ana m a short time a number of streams were playing on the fire, but ow- ing to the combustible nature of the bnild- ing they did little good. The flames finally spread to B. Zolla’s boathouse at 917 and later to John Ninnery’'s lodging- house at 921 Battery street. After half an hour’s stubborn fighting the flames were under control. The loss to the pickle factory will amount to $2000, fuilv covered by insur- ance. Ninnery's loss is $1000. Tne boat- house was damaged to the extent of $100, partly covered by insurance. < z An alarm was sounded through box 63 envelope wasixuded to/him.} s tore thil 5 O7olagk, last feventig Hon. o fve aies open and to his bitter disappointment all | frame dwelling-house at 312 Clara street, it contained was $1 50. occupied by William Gordon. The expio- —_—— sjon of a coal-oil lamp caused the fire, Brigham Young would makeadinneron | which damaged the building to the extent tripe washed down with beer. of about $10. O YOU want to get rid of those torturing pains that bother D you as you arise from your bed in the morning ? Do you want relief from the always present stiffness in the back and limbs ? Do you want to feel like a bunch of springs, wiry, elas. tic and free of action, fulf of snap and vim, ready to take a hop- skip-and-jump with any of your younger friends ? In fact do you want to have your body strong and active? Then wear Dr. Sanden’s Electric Belt for ten days. It has wonderful power to | limber up the old muscles and charge them with new life—the energy of youth. So thinks old John Fallman, who is known to everybody on Bernal Heights as almost a life-long cripple from ;Rhedmatism. He lives at the corner of Kosciusco street and | Old Hickory avenue. He says Dr. Sanden’s Electric Belt is the |only thing he has been able to find in 25 years to relieve him of Rheumatism. It gives him relief within two hours after he puts it on. Under date of April 2, 1896, he makes a statement to the | effect that his Sanden Belt has proven infvaluable to him and that several of his friends who have tried it have found equally good results. D.SANDEN'S Remember the name, as there are profit by the good reputation of the Dr. sell you something you don’t want. from Pacific Grove, “there are lots of peo le who i Belts very highly.” That is what maké)s pgople wsn{)r?;ipi;)ilsx; from honest people it has cured. It cannot help being praised, for it cures. It gives into the body a stronger electrical force’ than can be got from any other electric belt made, It has a pat- ent regulator which none other has, and is warranted to last Ic)me year. Why don’t you try it? If you are sick it will ‘save yo many doctor bills. Anyway send for the book about i, y‘tfi prices, iree, or call and consult the doctor free of charge o sAa ; 632 MARKET s:.::nnn A R SO OPPOSITE PALACE HOTEL, SAN Ofice Hours—8 A. M. to 8:30 P, .: sund:yl, 10 ::l:A scIE OFFI(DIES AT — PORTLAND, 255 Washingion stset, A lady alighted from the car that fol-| lowed Martin’s, and rushing into the com- vany’s office, she excitedly asked if her pocket-book, which she had left on the seat of the dummy, had been found. She she was here on a visit from the East. She detailed the contents of the pocket- book, and to Ler great joy it was handed to her. She expressed an earnest desire to see Gripman Martin, and left something in an envelope to be given to him if she should fail to see him. She waited on the corner, and when Martin’s car pulled up on its way to O'Farrell and Stockton streets she rushed over to him and in the exuberance of her joy embraced him, at the same time thanking him profusely for being the | means of restoring her property to her. | *‘You dear, honest man,” she said, “I have not forgotten you. When you go to the office you will find something waiting for you that will show you how much I appreciate your worth.”” Then she left him and Martin saw her no more. Martin hurried to the office and the 'y others who attempt to Sanden Belt and would A correspondent writes LOS ANGELES, CAL. 204 South Broadway.