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8 MR, DEPEW ON CALIFORNIA WINE. He Says It Is to Evolve the Great Californian Fortune. ADVICE ON CHAMPAGNE Percentage of Alcohol Must Be Reduced but the Fizz Retained. STILL WINES ALL RIGHT. Was Rather Disappointed in China- town and Does Not Think Well of the Chinaman. “We are a nation of wine-drinkers— champagne-drinker The Californian who makes a light wine such as will meet the prevailing and rapidly growing demand will make the greatest Californian | fortune, a greater fortune than anv vet made and Jimited only by the resources of ineyards.” id Chau t re M. Depew last even- rned from an inspection neries of Napa Valley. He was standing under the blazing chandelier in | to-day up the Napa ley has been a very interesting one. bave seen the vineyards and wineries of France and I know that California has i in her to stop the import trade in French wines to & very marked degree. The demand,” as I say, “is for light The habit of temperance is grow- Ican remember the time when the | ken man on the street was so fre-| q ¢ ) as tob e not noteworthy. Now > is an unusual sight. To drink and psy at dinner was quite tae fashion. The man who would be guilty of such a thing at this day woul tirely. lose caste en- We drink champagne as no other tion does. Nor is it the special beverage of the rich. No fire brigade has a reunion without the opening of champagne. When a baby is christened he is toasted in cham- | pagne. No prodigal returns except to tell the story of bis ill fortunes over a small bot- tle. Everybody drinks champgne, but they insist upon it being light. Stipulat- in; to the sparkle and fizz, yet the per- centage of alcohol must be low. “Now that is what's the matter with California wine. There is too much alco- hol il is so rich that it makes gar in the graves and the sugar makes alconol. The earlier shipments of wine were especially faulty in this regard. “Now this man whom I speak of, who is to make the greatest Califorain fortune, will go a little higher up on the hillsides than the vineyards of the present are to be wine upon the market—he will give it time. When he does this his name will, r a while, b2 known everywhere, and the capacity of s vineyards will set to the limit to his income. This is ex- what I believe. s, I have made a study b 1 goabout w hisg with more wi drinkers and wine-drink- ing than most men. Iam hail fellow well ‘ met as well on the Bowery as in the up- | town clubs, and I know something about these things. Itisnot because a wine i France that it is called for, but be- e the French wines are what the Ca wines might be made. The French with their heavy duty cost $32 a e and thereabo As good wines can be set down in New York—with the | eatment I speak of—for $10 a case, can be | or $18 a ¢ and manufacturer and dealer make as much money as in hand- ling the French w We have a champ. e in the New York et at that price, but everybody knows 1t is made within the borders of the State outof & white wine and car- | bounic acid gas. Claret and white wine are made in California fally equal to that brought from Germany and France. I ex- pect to be able to say the same of Cali- fornia champagne before man s and witness the supplanting of the foreign article by the home product.” And so saying Mr. Depew took the elevator and joined the others of his party at dinner—the fact that they were waiting baving been announced. The distinguished visitors, under the ciceronage of Colonel C.F. Crocker, went up the Napa Valley as far as Calistoga yes- terday. They left the hotel shortly after 10 o’clock and in Colonel Crocker’s car, and accompanied also by A.D. Wilder, made the run first to Vallejo Junction. There they boarded the steamer Amador and were carried up the bay as far as Mare Island. No landing was made, the time being so limited, but the steamer ran on up past all the historic ships in the har- bor. Returning o South Vallejo the journey by rail was re- sumed and the more notable of the vineyards and wineries of the beautiful Napa Valley were visited. They stoppea at St. Helena, and in carriages rode to the Greystone winery and distillery, the larg- est in the State. Afterward they went to Beringer Brothers' winery and storage tunnels. Leaving the Beringers they drove to the famous Inclenook winery at Rutherford, where their special train awaited them for the return. To-day there is a long programme, to begin with a boat-ride round the bay, visiting all the points of special interest— the Union Iron Works, Fort Point, Sausa- lito, Alcatraz, Angel Island and the forts. Later there will probably be a visit to the Cliff House, and in the evening the banquet at the Union League Club. Dr. Depew alone of the party will be the guest here, as Mr. Vanderbilt and the others had previous engagements. The banquet will be held in the Maple room of the Palace Hotel. The number of plates had not been determined last evening. Colonel Stone, speaking of the arrange- ments, said: *“There will be few speeches. The dinner is dated at8, to continue to 12. That is not long enough for the 300 members of the club who can talk well and who would each of them like to make a speech. Mr. Depew would not sit at table after midnight Saturday. So the speakers will be few. Colonel Stone will be master of cere- monies and toast master. The guests will | | under the trust clause. | Paterson nominally represents twenty- | three other minor heirs in addition to Her- assemble at the clubrooms and march to the Maple room. Mr. Depew and party will attend services at Grace Episcopal Church to-morrow morning. By the way, Mr. Depew says he was rather disappointed with Chinatown. He thinks it a rather Americanized China- town, *and with the same degree that it loses its Orientalism it loses interest. He found little, hesaid. that was novel. What he saw, however, did notimpress him with the Chinaman favorably asa thing to be graited upon the country. *Living the life they do, packed together as they are, the Chinaman does not recom- mend himself to American institutions. Still, people tell me they have their place here and are necessary. I do not know. We do not have them in the East in suffi- cient numbers for them to become a factor, and 1 do not know about it.” AN EASTERN CRACK BEATEN. Louis Hasshagen Wins the Swimming Match With C. J. Waters. In the swimming tournament at the Sutro Baths Thursday evening the great event was the special race between Louis Hasshagen, the local expert, and C. J, ‘Waters, the crack of the Imperial Swim- ming Club of New York, the distance be- ing seventy-five yards. It was won by Hasshagen, who "beat his opponent by three seconds. Waters led at the start and up to within ten yards of the finish, when Hasshagen spurted, took the lead and won, much to _the surprise and gratification of his friends. The other races were as follows: Fifty yards—P. Ames first, Charles Turner | second. " Time, 37 seconds. Quarter mile, open to all amateurs under 16 years—. E. Utiles first, J. E. 0'Counor second. H. Armstrong was awarded first prize and Earl Steward second for fancy swim- ming. LEMNGSTON SURE TO Wi Peculiar Status of the Cele-| brated Fair Will Case Frem a Legal Standpoint. | | | | | There Is No One Left to Protest thei Probate of the Cravem or Pencil Document. As the Fair will case now stands it has | resolved itself into an apparently simple and, so far as the heirs are concerned, sat- | isfactory situation, which leaves the will | of September 24, 1894, better known as the | Craven pencil will, in a position where there is no one to assail or contest it, and incidentally, this will leave Dr. Mark | Levingston, one of the executors named in | the Craven will, absolutely in control of | the situation. When the casecame up yesterday, Judge Slack, on the request of Judge Paterson, representing Herman Oelrichs Jr., pro- posed a continuance, and after some iittle | demur on the part of Mr. Delmas, one of | counsel for Dr. Levingston, the case was | postponed until Friday next. If Judge Slack’s rulings are correct—and there is at present no question as to their being so—no one will be in position to con- test the Craven will when it is presented for probate. When the attorneys for Mr. Gocdfellow, named as a trustee in the will of Sevtem- ber 21, 1884, argued and won their point that only persons in interest could contest the first will ihisbarred Dr. Levingston from making appearance in that connec- tion. But, at the same time, it prevented any but persons in interest from contest- ing the later will, should that be offered for proba e. At the time this ruling was made by Judge Slack it was thought by the attor- neys for Mr. Goodfellow that the earlier will would be the first to be tested, but the turn of the cards which brings the Craven | will first before the court makes the ruling obtained by Pierson & Mitchell a decided and powerfal boomerang for these attor- neys, as their client now has no standing | in court when the Craven will is up for probate. el as So far as Mrs. Oelrichs, Virginia Fair and Charles F are concerned, they are al- ready on record in an unmistakable man- ner as being in favor of and believing in | the absolute validity and eenuineness of the Craven will, so thev will scarcely ap- | pear as contestants to this will. And when Judge Slack declared the trust clause of the earlier will void it took away the standingof Herman Oelrichs Jr., one of the minors who would have taken Although Judge man Oelrichs Jr., it has been admtted tbat their interests have been eliminated from the case, having become merged in those of Herman Oélrichs by pre-arrangement. Thus it will be seen that there will be | | actually no one to oppose the probate of the Craven will, when that instrument is presented to Judge Slack and a jury. And this ontcome will be a complete victory for | { Dr. Livingston, whose case is in the hands | | of the law tirm of Delmas & Shortridge. i ————— | THE BOY WAS NOT SHOT. How General Sherman's Son Gave In- | formation to the Enemy. i During the last week the Rev. Father | Thomas Ewing Sherman of St. Louis had | | been conducting a mission at St. Patrick’s | Church, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. On Monday | afternoon he tendered a reception to sev- | enty veterans of the Civil War, and in con- | versation told them this story: Duringthe | war he was a ‘“‘camp-follower,” going in when about J8 years old and remaining | with his father, General William T. Sher- ! man, until the close of the struggle. At } Black River, on the march from Atlanta | to the sea, a Confederate was sent under a | flag of truce to Sherman’s headquarters. | Arriving he found the general absent, but young Thomas was there and inclined to | be communicative when taken upon the | knee of the Confederate. Drawn into conversation, he bluntly re- marked: “Why, father can whip you fel- lows every time.” On being interrogated as to how and why he could whip them | the boy proceeded to give detailed in- formation. ‘‘Father has 50,000 men and so mary cannon; just so many foot and so | many horse soldiers. He has just exactly so many men, foot and horse, and so many cannon at another place.”” The boy did not neglect to_state that the Northern troops were well off for provisions, ana how and where they could get them when they wanted them, General Sherman, after the Confeder- ate’s departure, learned of the conversa- tion. Why,” said he, “you young traitor. Tnere is nothing for it but that you must be court-martialed, and you will probably be shot.” The boy was ot | skot, but he was told of the rules and usages of armed forces when at war.—Ohi- cago Inter Ocean. ————— She Was Revenged. An old lady once had a cat of which she was very fond. One day she missed her pet, and, on making inquiries, she. heard that one of her neighbors had killed it. . She bought some mousetraps, and, hav- ing caught some fifty mice alive, put them into a large box, which she took to the un- suspecting neighvor. He, thinking it was quite safe, took it in. When he opened it he was horrified to see a swarm of mice scatter all over his place, while at the bottom of the box he found a note containing these words: “You killed my cat, and now I have the honor and pleasure of sending you a few of my mice."’—Spare Moments. | | i | | { ! { [ 1 | nesting. The snakes approach a nestto | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1896 CALIFORNINS' BATTLERS, Jon Van Denburgh Has Been Thoroughly Investigating the Snake. PECULIAR CHARACTERISTICS. There Are Five Distinct Species Found Among the Hills and Valleys.. John Van Denburgh, curator of the de- partment of herpetology of the Academy of Sciences, lately returned from an ex- pedition through the southern part of California, has found rive different species of rattlesnakes in this State. “The commonest of these,” said he yes- terday, “is the Crotalus Lucifer, most gen- erally known as the Pacific rattlesnake. This species is found in our coast range all the way from Oregon to San Diego Coun- ty. Itisalso found on the western side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and in fa- vorable situations in the San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys. It does not occurin the desert region at all, but is usually more abundant where chaparral abounds and in rocky districts, where it may find | States Grand Jury did not returna true biil against Willlams, the accused customs inspec- tor, as was expected. The indictment has beon prepared, however, snd the report of the Grand Jury will be made on Tuesday. The case has excited much interest in Federal circles. WILL REMAIN OPEN, Supervisors Decline to Order the City Cemetery Closed. The Health and Police Committee of the Board of Supervisors placed on file yesterday the petition of the Richmond district residents who want the City Ceme- tery closed. This is equivalent to refusing to act on the matter, and in fact the mem- bers of the committee expressed them- selves in favor of letting the cemetery re- main as it is for the present. Charles H, Hubbs, presidentof the Rich- mond District Property-owners' Associa- tion, appeared before the committee and urged that all resolutions by which grants of plats in the cemetery to benevolent so- cieties were made be repealed. He said the cemetery was detrimentel to surround- ing pro{\erty. and that it wasalso a menace to public health. He said he did not de- sire, however, that the burial of the City’s indigent dead should be prohibited. The committee decided that it had no power to discriminate in the matter, and that the cemetery could only close when all burials were prohibited in” the City and County. ——————————— Stolen Bicycles Recovered. Lagt Wednesday night Clarence Engle stole two bicycles from the residence of Mrs. Sutton, 116 Turk street, and after a day spent in the tanks he broke down, confessing that he had sold the wheels to Charles Newall, who claims to be the agent of the Fenton Wheel Company. The detectives paid a visit to Newall's place and found that person hard at work repairin one of the stolen wheels. The other had al- ready been painted and was so altered in ap- CHOSEN FRIENDS, THESE Delegates to the Grand Council of California That Will Meet Here. 8UMS PAID OUT FOR BENEFITS. How the Organization Has Grown in Seventeen Years—Number of Councils in the State. The Grand Council of the Order of Chosen Friends, California jurisdiction, will convene in 0dd Fellows’ Hall in this City on the 14th inst. The following is a list of the present grand officers and of the delegates from the various councils to the grand bod; Placer No. 1, A. B. Frisbie; Concord No. 2, Mrs. M. H. Brickwedel; Marysville No. 3, Lizzie Davidson and M. ; Marin No. 6, J. Lucas; American No. 7, J. C. Bernstein and M. Morals; Pacific No. 8, E. M. Morgan, 8. M. Kase and B. B. Newman; Alcazar No. 11, Alex McPherson; Ocean Gem’ No, 12, C. N. Wilson; Samaritan No. 13, J. A. Steinbach; Home No. 14, James L. Homer; Acorn No. 15, Mrs. M.'E. Richards; Washington No. 16, Joseph H. ‘Krueger; Fidelity No. 17, H. H. Hurd; Montezuma No. 18, Caroline Widmeyer; Oak- 1and No. 20, John Thompson; Sebastopol No. 21, E. E. Miller; Vallejo No. 22, Olive H. | Prominent Grand Officers of the Order of Chosen Friends — T. H. Selvege; Grand Councilor ; M. Boechm, Grand Assistant Councilor, and S. C. Wallis, Grand Recorder. [Reproduced from photographs.] protection from its enemies, ! never grows very large; it rarely exceeds | three feet in length., It is usually quite | dark-colored, so much xo, in fact, that it is | often known as the ‘black rattiesneke.’ In San Diego County, in the moist coast region, the largest rattler of California abounds in uncomfortable numbers. This is the Western diamond rattlesnake. or as he is scientifically named the Crotalus atrox ruver. This species sometimes at- tains a length of five and six feet, with a body as_big around as one of Corbett's arms. He is not, however, so ferocious as his name implies. He isinclined to slug- gishness, and would rather sneak off igno- miniously than engage in open warfare. But woe to him who corners one of these gentry. Their bite is certain and horrible death. In appearance they are of a light buif and brown color, with scales tipped with white and their tail is white crossed with regular black bars. Their head is flat and about the size of a silver doliar. “On the desert of San Diego County there occurs very rarely another large rat- tlesnake known as Mitchell's rattlesnake, or Crotalus Mitchellii. The skin of this species is pepper and salt, with white underneath, the general white appear- ance in the sunlight giving it the name of | the white rattlesnake. The real home of | this species is in Lower California, but it is | found farther mnorth, and chiefly in the Colorado Valley. “Two other species are found in the desert portion of the State. one of which lives in the higher localities, the other down on the aesert proper. Both of these species are very formidable, and never | hesitate to stand for their rights on the slightest provocation. The orne living on | the desert mountains, the tiger rattlesnake, | or Crotelus tigris, is somewhat fa_stranger to the herpetologist, vwing to the inaccessi- ble regions he inhabits, and to his skulk- ing nocturnal instincts. In this as well as in ferocity, and in color, he resembles his namesake, the tiger, and waits until dark- ness has settied over the barren wastes of his infernal domain before he glides out on his expeditions of slaughter. “The otber species that lives in the | lower levels is the most remarkable of all | his family. He enjoys the convenient facalty of moving sideways. This pecu- liar characteristic has given him the name of the ‘side-winder.” He is also called, because of two pyramidal horns, one over each eye, the ‘horned viper, or Crotalus ceraster.” It is said that the flank move- ments practiced by this tactician amon, reptiles greatly aid him in the capture o% bis prey. “As a rule, rattlesnakes are more in- clined to save their poison than to use it. The secretion is not so rapid as that of the saliva in the human mouth. In fact, a rattlesnake can bite poisonously but two or three times in quick succession. ‘“There is no truth to the theory of snake mesmerism,” continued Mr. Van Den- burgh. “The foundation of this idea lies on two facts—first, that snakes are largely abroad in the spring time, when birds are | This variety gratify their fondness for eggs; the old birds "hover around simply from anxiety and affection for their young. Agan,an animal bitten by a snake lives for several minutes afterward, and it floundersaround in a dazed, helpless sort of way from the effect of the poison. “The most peculiar feature about the rattlesnake 18 the rattle. Popular super- | stition has it that the rattle increases by one segment a year, but the fact is that when the rattle starts a small button forms at the end of the tail; this is before the birth of the snake. Afterward a segment is added whenever the reptile sheds its skin, which takes place at irregular in- tervals, varying in length in different snakes. The length of these periods may | be six months or a year. Also the rattle | I is worn by being dragged across rocks and | segments fall off, so it is absolutely im- possible to judge accurately of their age j by counting the rattles. ‘‘Several theories have been advanced for the necessity of the rattle. It is used for frightening off larger animals, and, perhaps, chiefly as a call in the mating season. ‘‘Rattlesnakes are really the only poison- ous reptiles in tnis State, the only excep- tion being the little coral snake, which is found only in the desert near Death Val- ley. Theother kinds of snakes found in the interior vnllezs are perfectly harmless and are of vast benefit to farmers, killin, ac they do_rodents and other smail ani- mals that injure plants and trees. **Arizona, which contains more snakes than any other State in the Union, has two more species of rattlers than Califor- nia.” The Williams Case. There was no session of the United States THEY: MAY SUE OAKLAND, | instead of opening the doors and windows | pearance as to look like another wheel, and evidence was found indicating that Newall had been conducting an extensive business in u g_stolen wheels. He was arrested and | charged with receiving stolen property. Engle will ‘be called upon to answer to a grand lar- ceny charge. Fire Underwriters Blame the De- | partment Chief for Heavy Losses. Alleged Blunder in Handling the Con- flagration—Did Not Ventilate Moran’s Store. A meeting of underwriters interested in the Moran fire at Eleventh and Broadway, Oakland, was held yesterday in this City. One indignant underwriter raised the question whether a suit could not lie | against the city of Oakland for what he called the ‘‘destractive incompetence on the part of the Fire Department.” A committee was appointed to take charge of the adjustment of the loss, and | | 1 it was understood that the suit would de- pend on what would be done by the com- mittee in settlement. One of the underwriters, who suffered | heavily through the Moran fire, stated | that the fire originated in a paintstore | three doors south. The Commissioners | nad just discharged their ecompetent fire | Chief and put in a young man who was inexperienced. When the firemen ex- | tingunished the flames in Moran’s store, | to let out the destructive smoke, he pre- vented the owners from ventilating their own premises, and as a consequence the | Moran clothing stock was damaged fully 50 per cent more than it would have been were the smoke permitted to escape. Alired Stillman, manager of the {Fire |1 Underwriters’ Association of the North- | west, arrived here yesterday from Port- land, Or., and immediately called a meet- ing of the parent board. The local man- | W agers met in the afternoon at Battery and | y California streets. It appears the Northwestern association is going to pieces. Walla Walla’s local board resiened recently from the Fire Un- rwriters of the Pacific, just as San ‘rancisco did a little more than a year | ago, and that menaced the surrounding | N, cities. Affairs had come to such a critica point that Manager Stillman was obliged to hasten to San Francisco and take prompt action. A What took place at the meeting was ob- served as a strict secret by the underwrit- ers, though it was learned they reviewed the situation and discussed at length some plan to save the association in the North- west. Other meetings must be held before the question can be settled. This is said to be the first sign of weak- ness among fire insurance men in the Northwest, as never before was there a break or arate war among them. Rates | up there have been upheld by local agents | and fielimen despite the wild cutting of managers in San Francisco. — In Search of a Grip. John M. Allen of Mississippi, the hu- morist of the House of Representatives, was moving up the street with a serious k on his face and unusual energy in his pace, according to the Washington D'\s&?tch. “Where are you going, Jobn?’ asked George M. Wendling, the lecturer, who eh;[nced”to meet him. 4 Jooki 1 r. Allen. stopping and looking gravely at Mr. Wendling, replied: : “Iam on my way to the meeting of the Democratic Congressional Committee.” _**You look it,”" commented Mr. Wend- :img’._ “What is your committee going to 0? Mr. Allen drew a long breath and said: “We are Roing to devise ways and means to get a fresh grip on the confidence of the people.”—Washington Post. e Some few years ago a shepherd boy placed a sleéper on the railway line be- tween Brighton and Falmer, with the re- sult that a train was thrown off the rails. | Celia N | Merritt No. 141, George F. Cornis] Hodgkinson; Yreka No. 28, Ed H. Schofield; Woodland No. 24, D. Crane; Live Oak No. 25, Luther; Sunset No. 26, Mrs. L. Leffle 27, Mrs. E. L. Coy; Downieville N Mrs. L. L. Luther; Visalta No. 31, J. B. 0'Con ner; Hetch Hetehy No. 32, J. W. Purdy and C. H. Burden; Sierra’ Butte . 33, Mre. K. Du- bourdier; Olive Branch N Forest No. 83, J. O. Jones; Juanita Mrs. Jennie Heims; San Bernardino N / Mrs. E. " enicia No. 39, F. P. Bauer: 40, Mrs. A. Lusk; Protection Rottenberg; Mendocino No. Stone; Plamas No. 44, Mrs. J. F. TUklah No. 45, Empire No. 47, M. Tanzer; Athens N Lloyd; Evans No. 52, Lain; Linden 53, S1 . 34, R. G. H'iuman; ; Eclectie No. 55, 0. 56, Mrs. A. Boehm; North Knight; Golden Gate Harris; Oriental No. 63, 8. Oberdener; 0. 64, J. H. Sturges; Friendship No, E. R. Tiel and F. H. Keifer: Teutonia No. Mrs. Rosa Koehler; Surprise No. 67, E. Berg; Placer No. 68, J. Fulton; Unfou_No.69, A EPerry; Cape Horn No. 70, J. Kuenzly} Berkeley No, 72, M. C.Dean: Mountain No. 73, George H. Burnham; Cove: 74, Celia A. Hulbert: Forgu V4 len; Meadow Lake No. 7 K Snowflake No. 77, Mrs. E. Pearce: Ione No, 78, George F. Mack; Olive No. 79, Mrs. M. Beer- man; Jackson No. 80, John Strible; Creek No. 81, James Boyd; Guardian C. W. Sonneman and C. Bennett; C No. 91, A. W. Swanfeldt; San Diego No. Blockman; Magnolia No. 94, W. M s cramento No. 96, D. J. Hartley, Mrs. E. C. Gorman, Mrs. I. March, W. R, Campbell; Napa No. 97, R. B. Phillips; Star No. 99, Daniel | Halloran, N. Butlock; Enterprise No. 102, Sarah C. Barber; Fairmount 103, Hosea Osgood ; Martha ington W. H. Savage; Bertha No. 110, A. Reynolds; Grass Valley . 115, C. Lon Nevada N C. Sukeforth Alice No. 118, & Getehell; Eagle No, 120, Frank D. Sherman; No. 121, C. F. Eckhart; Mountain Vale No. 123, Mrs. M. A. Jones; Watsonville No. 124; F. J. Lennard; Rainbow No. 125, Lizzie Morse and William England; Monterey No. 126, J. Shultz Jr.: Santa Rosa No. 131, Mrs. K. T. Hayward; Solano No. 132, M; Fergu- Sunol No. 135, D. H. Behrend No. . H. A 36, Dr. R. Markell; Grace No. 138, William hristie; Enu Kennedy No. 140, N. F. 3 No. 146, Albert Meyer; Pheenix No. 152, 3 M. F. O'Brien; Oakleaf No. 155, J. H. Henn: Corning No. 161, M. Lown; Prosperity No. 162 W.X. Finch; Sonoma Valley No 168 Mrs. Litzens; Laurel No. 171, 8. Karsky; Willo No. 175, Cyrus McMath; Triumph No. 77, _S.' Ehrman; Corinthian No. 178, 179, R. Paulson; Ger- Nord No 181, Mrs. No. 182, Th. 'atterson; Angels Harbor View No. Laura R. Brown; Bradford No. 190, Mrs. Whittock; Standard No. 191, Mrs. M. A. Bor- land; Contra Costa No. 192, Fred Wolf: Los Angeles No. 193, M. G. Fordham; Pasadena No. 197, W. 8, Lacy. ' State Nevada—Comstock No. 1, Mrs. Jennie Pratt, F. Beck; Riverside 0.2, F. R. Williams; Grmsby No. 6, W. H. Doan’; Unity No. 7, J. F. MecDonald; Gold Hill No. 8,Mrs. G. E. Barton; Rose No. 9, George YO\Infi. T. H. Selvage, grand councilor; M. Boehm, grand assistant councilor; W. H. Pratt, grand vice-councilor; 8. C. Wallis, grana recorder; Miss Clara McDonald, grand treasurer; Mrs. M. L. Grohs, grand prelete; Miss K. Browne, grand marshal; Mrs, Clara'J. Sweeney, grand warden; Mrs. 8. Krueger, grand gnaid; H. B. M. Miller, grand sentry; grand trustees—Dr. P. Me(llrgukl.. Caro, Day; past grand ) councilors—H. W. Hutton, C. M. Arnold, Judge J. Fulweiler, A. B. Banborn, Thomas O'Brien, Mrs. A. E. Payot. The order was organized at Indianapo- lis, Ind., on the 28th day of May, 1879, with a smell membership. At this time the membership exceeds 30,000. During the time of its existence it has peid 5115 death benefits amounting in the aggregate to $9,410,592 24; 28 old age dis- ability certificates, that is, where members attain the age of 75, amounting to $47,012, and 668 disability certificates amounting to $593,730, making a grand total paid out n&p‘ totl"ebrunry 29 of this year of $10,051,. 2 The Grand Council of California was in- stituted on the 17th of May, 1881, and in the past few months a number of new councils have been organized in this State. These were Ocean Gem No. 12 at Pesca- dero, Acorn No. 15 at Oakland, Juanita No. 36 at Oakland, Rose No. 97 at Love- locks, and one at Salinas, There are now 149 councils in the State and more than 800 in the United States. The headquar- ters of the order are at Indianapolis. It is said that there is no hope of the re- covery of the heir presumptive of the Aus- trian throne, the Archduke Franz Ferdi- nand of Esté. His disease proves to be cancer of the throat and of the worst pos- sible form. One year later to a day—almost to a min- ute—that same youth was struck by light- ning and instantly killed within a couple of miles of the spot at which the accident couris yesterday, and consequently the United I occurred. M. Emile Duclaux, who was recently a; inted director of the Pasteur Institu n Paris, was Pasteur’s oldest collaborator and had held the post of subdirector under him since the foundation of the institute. NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. BUSSSCSUPUPEES oo d O OO0 C.O00C'00 000000000000 COCLCOROCCOCOAC000CC00000CCTC OC 1 MORNIN MORNING SALES. THE SALE CLOSES A rlle will hold anotherdof ou?r popular morning sales. ave you ever attended one see wr):at crowds a list of really good bargains attract. you’ll attend every one og them thereafter. 0 encourage morning trading. MARKET STREET. and particularly so at our SPECIAL G UNTIL NOON If not come around and We do_this IT PAYS TO TRADE ON T 12 0°CLOCK SHARP. Easter Hats, admiration at church o compiete a tasty sprin; e ¥ choice at FIVE DOLLARS apiece. Y see for yourself. CHECKED NAINSOOKS, 5c yard. Five different sizes of solid and broken checked designs, a sheer firm cloth, worth 10c & yard. Just the thing for children’s dresses, guimpes and aprons. LADIES’ WRAPPERS, 95¢c each. A lot selected from our various lines worked in stock to sell at $175 and $150 each. Made of French Percales, Twilled Cloths and other materials. dium and dark colorings. Lined waists, full fronts and watteau plaited backs. All sizes. SILK STRIPED CHALLIES, 15¢ yard. Another lot of them in light-col- ored grounds, the daintiest floral and set designs, broad and narrow stripes of silk. ated a furor. QILCLOTH TABLE COVERS, 25c each. table oilcloth; same as is Not representation of the Brooklyn Bridge or World’s Fair, Some 1 yards, others 114 yards. at 50c and 65¢ apiece heretofore. LA CIGALE FACE POWDER, 25c a box. The regular price is 35c¢, but to make it worth while tryin - to those who have not yet used it we will sell one box to a customer during this sale for 25¢. It comes 1n four colors—white, flesh, pink and cream. All daintily perfumed. SIS HE- In order to lighten the great rush for Trimmed Hats that will surely take place during the afternoon and evening, we will place in the parlors at 90'clock one hundred Trimmed Hats, embracing all styles, colors and shapes, trimmed specially for this occasion. They are jaunty shapes and will call forth lots of n Easter SBunday; will do service for theater wear and costume for the street for months afterward. The Ringing of the Gong a Light, me- | The last lot cre- | usually sold by the yard—but fin- | ished art table covers—each one a | They soid | Our New Spring Catalogue will ba ready sarly next week. Send in your name and address for one. i $5.00 Apiece. Your our color is among them. Come and t 12 o’Clock Closes the Sale. SUITS, $5.00 each. Made of Black and Navy Blue Cloths. Jacket cut in the new blazer shape with braid trimmings and pearl button ornamentation on the reveres, full ripple back, skirt cut very fuoll, falling in plaits all around, fined throughout and finished at the bottom with vel- | LADIES’ | ‘ veteen binding. All sizes. | LADIES’ LISLE VESTS, | 29c each. | Genuine Lisle thread, in_black only. High neck and long slceves, finished at neck with drawn rib- | bons, silk front piece and pearl | butions. All sizes. Regular price | 50c each. SURAH SILKS, 39¢c yard. Over forty different colorings in the regular 75¢ and 50c qualities; light shades for fancy work and durk shades for waists and dress trimmings. Come early for these. LADIES’ HOSE, 3 pairs for 50c. Best Maco colton yarn, fast black dye and unbleached feet. Our regular 25¢ Stockings, but to make the sale interesting we'll give you an extra pair with each "50c worth, LADIES’ LEATHER BELTS, 10c each. All colors, styles and shapes, some straight, others bodices. They were sold heretofore as high as §1 and $1 25 apiece. During the morning sale any of them at 10c apiece. $@000-00000000000000000000000000000000000PPERNEOINNERNDNNDINEOIDDDLEDOE i 00000 Sant FREE for the asking. COROPROE ®PHPPOPLEODRPODOE OOPDDDLOOEE 0-0-0-00-00-00-0-00 fi%fi?zm%?myep o & e Mowze » e GRENT VELDGIY WANTED Powder Tests of Big Rifled Cannon and Mortars at Presidio. Uncle Sam Demands the Highest Speed Known, and a Californian Reaches It. Uncle Sam requires that the powder for powerful enough to send a projectile at the rate of 2000 feet a second, and yesterday several tests were made near Fort Point with the recently mounted 12-inch rifled cannon and the new 12-inch breech-loading rifled mortars to determine the power of some new powder submitted as a sample for an order of 15,000 pounds that the Government purposes to place where the requirements sh ail have been satisfied. The United States has demanded a velocity several greater than that required by any other Government. standard was raised that some ingenious Yankee would find a way to reach it, for up to that time no one had produced an explosive within several hundred feet of the 2000 mark. Outside of the United States Germany has attained the greatest velocity from “explosives, but her maxi- mum was 200 or 300 feet less than the American standard. It was not a Yankee, but a young Cali fornian and a graduate of the State Un inventing tbe proper powder. William C. Peyton, a son-in-law of Dupont, the great powder king, has already submitted pow- der to the Government which has not only met the requirements for the 5, 6, 8 and 13 inch guns, but has established world’s ree- ords with them. Yesterday’s test of the mammoth 12- inch breech-loading ritle was with 45 pounds of *‘brown prismatic'’ powder, made by Mr. Peyton at the works near Santa Cruz. A solid cast-iron 1000-pound projectile was fired through two wire screens, set 100 fest apart, and placed a few hundred feet from the muzzle. The great gun was discharged by elec- tricity, an insulated wire having been trailed some distance to the rear and con- nected with a small battery. There was a terrific bang and a mighty “whoof,”” accompanied by a peculiar trem- ulous aerial concussion and suction that about the shins, and before the great white cloud could ve blown from the muzzle by the stro:g sea breeze. another dense cloud, but of reddish hue,burst out from near the water's edge of the precipitous bluff far across on the Marin County shore. The balf-ton of iron had'struck, and the spectators stood for a moment longer with their mouths open, though the necessity for that precaution against deafness was no longer necessary. Each screen was'formed of a continuons wire connecting inone of the under- ground vaults with a small magnet, and making & complete circuit. From each magnet was suspended a metal rod, and simuitaneously with the destruction of the screen the circuit was broken and the rod was allewed tofall. By a nice little device, consisting of knife-blade scratches registered on the falling rod, the velocity for the 100 feet between the screen was computed from the interval between the scratches. The result indicated that the projectile was going at the rate of 19.73 feet a sccond, twelve feet below the 15-foot al- lowauce permitted by the Government, Peyton only ok notes of the result that he might make some change in his secret formula for the powder. The breech pressure com!: cempression of three litt. ?u!ed from the ders adjusted i e copper cylin- n the breech plate showed 41,250 pounds where the Government re- quired a force of 37,000 pounds. Five shots were fired during the after- some of his best rifled cannon sball be | bhundred feet a second | It was said at the time the | versity, that proved most successful in ! seemed to affect the immediate spectators | | mortar battery of sixteen pieces. Seventy miles out to sea, the approximate results velocity and 29,000 pounds breech pressure, | and 27,500 pounds pressure. | | mass of iren could be plainly distinguished utes, there would be a spout of water per- | semi-circumference was really 45 seconds, | be known until to-day, the velocity in the coast stations, and afterward located on a | B e { | pupils for the early examination, and, hav- | noon from mortars *13” and ‘15" of the pounds of the same kind of powder nurlea | 800-pound projectiles of solid iron five | announced by Lieutenant Lissack, who had charge of the tests, being 1050 feet where the r:guiuments for the 12-inch | mortars call for only 1020 feet a second The mortars were tilted upat an angle of 45 degrees, and the four-foot slug-shaped | during the first few seconds of its flight. Then, after a time that seemed to be min- | baps fifty feet high far out in the ocean. { The actual time of passage through the In two of the mortars ‘‘black hexagonal’ | powder was used, but the results will not case of the mortars being obtained from the point of contact as reported from two | map of squares into which the ocean out- side the heads is platted. | The Shape of the Earth. A country schoolmaster was coaching ing before him the junior class in geog- rapby, he asked: s “-Car any little boy or girl tell me the { shape of the earth?"” To this there was no answer. { . ''Oh, dear me,” said he, ‘‘this is sad! | Well, I'll give you a token to mind it. What is the shape of this snuff-box in my hand ?” *‘Square, sir,”’ replied all. es, but on the Sabbath day, when I change my clothes, I change this snuff- | hox for a round one. Will you mind that | for a token?”’ Examignion day came, and the class was called. ‘“‘Can any little boy or girl tell me the shape of the earth?” | ., Every hand was extended, every head | thrown back ana every eye flashed with | excitement. | Onelittle fellow was singled out with a | *You, my little fellow, telF us.” | s and square all the pare Moments. “Round on Sunda; rest o' the week !"— | ST When Wordsworth was made poet lau- reate he had to borrow Samuel Rogers’ | dress coat to go to court in, and, strangely enough, when laureate honors fell on Tennyson, he, too, borrowed Rogers’ very coat for the same purpose. ———— 8 Mrs. Porter of Hillsboro, Or., announces | in the local newspaper that r umbrella | was changed at the Congregational Church | two Sundays, and, although she got a bet- | ter umbrelia, she woutd be glad to change back agai NEW TO-DAY. SIMPLICITY - ITSELF The crank-shaft of Columbias—m o st portant ofa in its simplicity and strength. No nuts to catch trousers or M one piece. ' Instantly taken apart. M: . bicycle run easier. Foundpz“ ox:k e Let us _expl: like if'y3n oyl 2taIoBRe fro you