The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 12, 1896, Page 6

6 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, APRIL 12, 1896. ] ond. Perhaps finished an orainary third. | On the strength of his good showing Dun- | garven was installed a 4 to 5 choice for the | second heat, and in a hard drive beat | Tonino out a nose. In the run-off the | black horse, who was now a 1 to anme& | | easily disposed of Tonino at the end, an Captured the Rich Ormonde {tosE sie D v S {lengths. Stake From the Prohibitive | fom" Grifin's Kentucky Derhy candi- 7 ‘da(c, Sir Vassar, disposed of his fiel Cho:ce Pepper. the mile and & sixteenth handicap most | impressively. Starting an 8 to 5 favorite | he made all'of the running, and splendidly | rated by Piggott, passed the judges iwo | lengths” in advance of St. Lee, who came | with a fine showing of soeed at the end, | taking the place from Service by half a | lengt. 3 1 Tor thamm§leha!;g threej!urlfingb:&?:gl- ir Vass i Im- cap, Sir Reel held swayin the i Ditiyasiay oo s Hand cap‘ m | nn‘c‘km down from twos to 8 to 5, but the pressively — Adolph Spreckels | handicapper was altogether too liberal in First in an Exciting Drive, A RARE DAY OF SPORT. | allo:ting weight on the old sulker and he | ran unplaced. Templemore took the five | hurdles in fronf, but tired when pressed | by Silverado and gave up the lead. The | Corrigan *lepper”’ seemed to hold the race In the way of divertisementsa greater | safe, but in the last tew yards was passed card was never offered than the one fur- | and beaten out handily by April,a3to1 nished the race-going public at Ingleside E!‘mncs in the betting, ridden by W. vesterday. Undoubtedly the big surprise | Clancy. P . The last race at seven furlongs, decided of the present racing season occurred. |, 4o selling conditions, mrni:gned one of | With but two starters in the rich Ormonde | thio prottiest contests of the day. Five stake over a distance of three miles the 1| gtarted in the race and all of the starters to 6 favorite Pepper had to acknowledge | were accorded good support. When the defeat. His conqueror was the stout- | horses were called, Unity, at 11to 5, had a hearted Cadmaus, c‘;\rr ng the red, white‘ hit call, with Adolph Spreckels a heay- and blue colors of A. B. Snreckels, whose | Uy-becked second choice. Goodwin II, Bor DHING oOIoM Ol A Dok SRS | who opened at twos, receded to 3tol. ne race in the Spreckels handicap, | Goodwin 11 took the lead turning into by Lissak, ared him 10 the hearts | the back stretch, and swinging into the straight for the wire was half a length in | front of Service, followed by Mosier and | Adolph_Spreckels. The latter colt soon | passed Mosier, and joining the two leaders the trio had a ding-dong battle ‘o the wire. Slaughter, on Adolph Spreckels, rode a grand race and got his horse past the wire half a length in front of Bervice, of returning | With Goodwin II third, the same distance of Cadmus was con. | further away. et allonl v iout Track axd Paddock Items. g8 hoferont to ”“3 Fifteen pencilers handled the com in the mount on Pepper, | the ring yesterday. oted the son of Fiood.| Bookmaker Harry Hoffman left for anxious to cut out a | Chicago last evening. et ;’:“:(‘,‘ “l:i' :g: | The distance of the gentlemen’s race on iere Cochran iwagined that | Tuesday will be one mile. The entries eup the brown | With their riders are as follows: Nellie u hood end takethe |G, J. Stein; Moss Terry, F. skinner; »m the wi | Monita, M. Schwartz; San_Marco, H. Forsland; Logan, W. B. 8ink Jr.; Service, W. 8. Hobart and Little Frank, Mr. Mec- Creery. The sixth race on the programme for Monday will be a four furlong dash for | maiden two-year-olds, under the follow- ing conditions: The winner to be sold for §200. If entered for less, two pounds allowed for each $100 down to $200. Beaten horses not liable to claim. En- tries will close at the track at 9 a. M. ocal race the third event of the original entries Cadmus the only ones left in to Under the condi- carried 106 pounds at1to 6. Open- day. tions ot the and the books held h race Pepper fo 1 the veyed, when to4';tol,a is odds en, however, to be urging their or les bumfing the finish, in which st best, and he passea at chee an easy win- 1us came out { Pepper, insti- t :!(‘\Cl’dln% to the himself the foul was ion was the signal seering from the d collected around the the victory was a most A Military Escort Ordered. The First Infantry, N. G.C., has been ordered | to act s an escort to_the body of the late Goy- ernor Jones of Nevada. The regiment will as- semble at the Page-street armory, and march from thers to the Golden Gate undertaking arlors at 2429 Mission street, where they will orm an escort for the remains on their way to | the Southern Pacific depot. — At Bush-Street Temple. dash for two- | The ladies’ council, lately organized at Bush- 8 to 5 favorite, | street temple, will hold a regular meeting Mon- ning and | a. re George | o me was a very lengthy one, o'clock before the last race I'he attendance was large, heat racing was a de- ovation. The favorites two of them reaching ects for which the council & such as to commend it to the ladies of all sections. A special fund for specific charity missed going ] T will be instituted. Allare cordially requested U a half selling | {'ho protant. g ked down from 50 to 15 to | S . o 1 by ( :;\ Y F)AOJHQ, IE«II(hG Arrested for Cruelty to Animals. L within less than a furlong | joeepn La Fague was driving & horse this st, when he was passed | ;;orning near Battery and California streets when the animal fell and ruptured itself. It was abandoned oy the owner, who was imme- diately arrested by W. H. Hooper, assistant secretary of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. was the five snd a ce. Tonino was made and captured the first| A white buzzard was lately shot in who had ap- | Texas havinye on its neck a bell marked ride, a close sec- | “*1860" and “Ralls County, Missouri.” —_— “THE CALL” RACING CHART. ixty-ninth dey he Pacific Coast Jockey Club's Winter Meeting, 1895-96. Ingleside < Track, Saturday, April i1, 1806, Weather fine. Track good. " & 1(.(}“ ¥ Four furiongs; selling; two-vear-olds; purse 8400, T I - Betting, 1 | s y Fin. ’ Jockeys. | Bettlng, ‘ 1% J g-é 75 2 52 | 3% 4 7-2 | a1 I8 15 jos ey 50 100 40 s H 5 150 2 b 5 2 9 60 200 Siarted with gate. Won bandily. Winuer, EI Primero stable’s b. £, by imp. Martenhurst-Vanda. t T ']““1 SECOND RACE—One and a balf miles; selling; three-vearolds and up; . parse £400. conditions; Betting Jockeys. -3 1 ..108 114 |Cochran 109 24" IC. Sioan. 100 100 100 - 105 d 101 ers 84 Started Won bandily Time, 2:40. 1002 THIND Racr 002, ances: vaive Index. | Horse, age, wei 10172111 108! 1 ; 3% | s iz ena] [fes ] es | 428 | a3 18] g fifiG 56 e T el T0(3, FOURTH BaC T o = Bottiog. Tudex Hor st % | » ‘ % | str. | Fio ¥ ) Dungarven . 771 |21 |18 Tonino ; 1113 | 36 s |e, |2 | 4 EGHIE IR 1 8 6 s | Fin 3h | Wl sy 2 111 |1%|8 '3 5 ner, L. Ezell's bik. b., by Hindoo-imp. Calphurnia. Time, 1'( ‘('4 FIFTH RACE—One and a sixteenth miles; three-yenr-olds and op: handicap; purse 8400, Index.| Horse,age, welght. | St Betting, Op. CL Start 1sed. Won essily. Winner, H.T. Griflin’s b. ., by Sir Dixon-Vassar. Time, 1:4914. 1 5 SIXTH RACE-One and three-eighths miles over five hurdies; four- : - 1005. SXTa Race ig es; four-yearoldsand up; handi. Index. | Morse, age, weight. | st| st % st | P Elockeyx g;‘”'&t 946 April, a 955 | iiv-rado, a... 935 as5 s 955 978 |Ad. Spreckels. 8..101, 2 Sh | &h 868 [Service a3 3] 43 | 81 ks 1 2 ’ 11 3| s H 5! 1n | 314 roSay ¢riving.” Winner, E. Corrigan's b. c,, by Longfellow-Jennle Treacy me, 1:2 : G W, WILDERMAN'S DEAL The World’s Christian Co-opera- tive Presideat at Nevada City. SOME RICH MINES IN BOND. A Peculiar Social Transaction—Re- pudiating One Society for Ano‘her. A meeting of the World's Christian Co- operative Society took place at Golden Rule Hall on Mission street, near Sixth, last evening, and President G. W. Wilder- man of the concern was discussed in terms not complimentary. It appears that the society recently pur- chased the Cleveland mine, situated on the Yuba River, eight and a half miles from Nevada City, from John and J. R. Tilton. The two parties entered into a contract whereby the corporation was to pay the Tiltons $25,000, the former to work the mine, setting aside 40 per cent of its earnings as payment for the property. The society then sent Wilderman as an expert to examine the purchase. He was also to pay the taxes on the property, which were due. He reported that the Tiltons had no title to the mine nor to two others which they ciaimed, and as they were common property he located all three in the name of the corporation. He then proposed to extend the World’s Christian Co-operative Society to Nevadaa City and said he would appoint five resi- dent directors there if the same number of the original eleven in this City would re. sign. e also proposed that the society would buy his claim of 31,000 acres of land in Lower California, payingin stock which would be assigned to him. By this means, it is alleged, he weuld be able to control the corporation and its property. < The directors here refused todo so in very sirong terms. Wilderman then cut loose from the World’s Christian, etc., etc., and started a new society 1n Nevada City called the People’s Co-operative Invest- ment Association, with a capital of four mines representing untold millions out- side of nis Lower California acres. There are many details of this Napoleonic co-operative campaign, but this is the history of the affair in a nutshell. Now the Tiltons want their property back, and the society wrestled with the intricate problem last evening. John Til- den was present and told his plaintive story of Wilderman’s ways, and the di- rectors present concurred with him in his unfavorable estimation of their president’s character. They still consider Wilderman their agent, and all the mines which he has become possessed of as the property of the World’s Christian Co-operative So- ciety ticn has no entity. Attorney Collier, who was called in for legal advice, informed them that the Cleveland mine was their property by vir- tue of the contract; also that Tilton could only recover the other mines by a suit of ejection against Wilderman. These gloomy tidings aifected the luckless iton, and bhis estimation of World’s Christian Co-operative eoncerns sank still lower. The society itself is not disposed to sur- render any of the mines, but claims them all, as Wilderman is their president and accredited agent. Wilderman, however, repudiates them and their pretensions, and claims the mines. Tilton is indeed between the devil and the deep sea. An effort will be made by the society to prosecute Wilderman on a criminal charge, it being alleged that he sold stock certifi- cates of the corporation, appropriating the procceds to his own use. Attorney Collier wiil be sent to Nevada City to col- lect evidence of Wilderman’s ~peculiar business methods and to examine the property. The members of the society stated last evening that they will return the Cleveland mine to Tilton—when they get it from Wilderman and his new asso- ciation, but they will keep the other two mmes. This does not suit Tilton, who cannot see why Wilderman should jump his claims. He says the mines are worth $3,000,000. YOUTHFUL ATHLETES. The Boys of the Lowell High School Hold a Field Day for Record- Makers. The promising athletes of the San Fran- cisco Boys’ High Bchool, that may a few years hence become some of the university record-makers of the coast, held a field day vesterday_ afternoon in the Olympic Club’s grounds, that have recently been restored to usefulness after bemng long ob- structed by a landslide. The weather was cold and raw, and the verformances were not of the record- smashing kind, but the events were well contested, in spite of the climatic handi- cap. It was a contest to determine the indi- viduals best fitted to represent tne school in the coming fieldday of the Academic Amateur Association, composed of all the preparatory schools near San Francisco Bay, and it also decided the class cham- pionship of the Lowell High School. The senior, middle and junior classes entered men for ints, first place in an event counting five, second three, and third oxne. The class of '96 won sixty-eight points; the class of '97 wasa close second with fifty points; and the lowest class, naturally made up of younger boys, had twenty-two points credited to ‘98. The rival partisans were well represented in the grand stand, where a large number of their girl sympathisers sat, and with them, shivered, but still looked eagerly on at the exhibitions of speed and agility. Following are the events with the order in which the participants came out, and the figures for first place 100-yard dash—Drum '97, Taber '96, Choyn- ki '97; 11 1-5 sec. 1le run—Shaw '96, Cutler '98; 3 min. sce. vard hurdles—Taber '96, Drum ’'97, rick '96; 21 1-5 sec. : dashDrum '97, Wolt '96, Marrock 6 23 sec. 440-vard run—Choynski *97, Titus 96, Cul- len '96; 1 min. 2 2.5 sec. Mile walk—Walsh '97, Aitken '96, 8. Karfe '96; 8 min, 3 35 sec., establishing & new High School record and beating the previous record by 1 min. 2-5 sec. dash—Drum '97, Taber '96; 36 4-5 220-yar sec. 3 Mile bicycle—Russ '98, Bonifield ’98; (Ro- dm;;h 98 fell); 6 min. 6 sec. 230-yard hurdles—Taber '96, Bretherick '96; sec. S0-yard run—Shaw '96, Duncan '08, Aitken '96; 2 min. 23 3-5 sec. High jump—Drum '97, Moeller '97, Mont. gomery '93; 5 ft. 21n., equaling the record. Broad jump—Dram ’97, Taber '96, Mont- gon;:ry '08; 19 ft. 7 in., breaking the record y 12 in. Lopgund shotput—FHam 108, O'Connor 196, Welt '96; 32 ft. 11 n., breakiug the record by t. 11 in. Pole vault—Waller '97, Walsn '97; S1t. 6 in., equaling the record. 16-pound hammer-throw—Taber 96, 0’Con- nor '96, Ham '08; 72ft. 7 in., establishing & record. Cla: relay mile race (six men from each Class)—'96 won from "97 by 100 yauds. | R Rossland’s Gold Output. SEATTLE, Wass., April 1L.—A special from Rossland, B. C., places the output of gola for 1896 from the Trail Creek District upon the basis of the present operating force at $4,000,000, as against 51.5£,e000 for 1895. Itis estimated that there are 5000 people 1n the district. e Fire at Sissons. SISSONS, CAL., April 11.—Fire brokeput here this evening and before the flames were under control two hotels and a num- ber of other buildings were I8id in roins. and that the Nevada City institu- | NEW ga«*mw**www*m& SILKS. 4 Some splendid values to be placed on sale to-morrow to Keep things «a-hustling.”” See them— every one of them. Silk Dimities—35c a Yard. Something new for waists and full costumes, much preferable to the cotton wash goods, evening and street colorings. Black Brocades—75c a Yard. New stylish designs and splendid quality, se¢ figures, brocades and ‘fgquards on Gros-Grain, Gros ae ndres and Taffeta grounds, Good | value at §1 a yard. | Fancy Silks—$1.00 a Yard. As we stated a short time ago, “‘Our leading price’’ this season. No such silks else vhere for a dollar. For waists, fu { costumes and trimmings we can give you exquisite combina- tions of colorings in Dresdens, Pom- padours, Orientals, Brocades and Stripes in floral effects, clusters, sprays and set designs. For linings a_choice collection of striped de- signs and for evening wear the dain- That’s the way it is with faces. Why is it? What's things. doubly pleasant. we name them pretty low. MAZE” is. shelrshrriacjrsirabrehrnhreiachrsirsiedstrshishinhrcirsrshishrhrstaniacirehrafrnirefrsirafrniasirsirsioiacirele 04 HUSTLING AND BUSTLING in San Francisco and merchants go around with gloomy times and the scarcer the money the more the effort should be. We don’t sit down on top of a case, bemoan the times and wait for a stray customer. That’s the old-time way of doing We're up and «-hustling,” give bargains, show the new fashionable things at prices that people can pay and keep our departments “bustling” day in and day out. keeps everybody in good humor, both the customers and the clerks, and that’s what makes trading at our establishment Price is the main incentive, though, and Come and see what “THE NEW _— TO-DAY. us. People say things are dull the reason ? The harder the It CLOAKS. Some Special Values from the most ¢ Hustling and Bustling Department in the City. Beaded Velour Capes—$5 each Another shipment just received. Fol- low the description, every word of it & fact: 180 inches in thé sweep, 19 inches long, falling in ripple pleats over the shoulder, elaborately trimmed in black jet beads, lined all through with changeable silk, finished at collar with tiest colorings in Brocaded Satin Duchesse. We are “hustlers” for good value in dollar silks. DRESS GOODS. Spring Plaids—50c a Yard. Some very choice styles in gray, tan, mode and beige grounds, illuminatea with cross stripes of colored silk for different colorings. Black Goods—50c a Yard. No such values for the money out- side of this department. Striped Crepons, Momie Crepons, Checked Crepons, Plain and Figured Mo- hairs, Jacquards, Lusters, Serges, Henriettas, Albatrosses and many other favorite weaves, the values of which speak volumes ior us. Fancy Suitings—75c a Yard. On Monday we will place on sale a line of Imported Novelty Silk and ‘Wool Mixtures, Genuine Scotch Cheviots and English Tailor Suit- ings in a large variety of styles and colorings. All bright new effects, that couldn’t be told from materials at twice the price. NOVELTY PATTERY SUITS. ‘We have just received by express some exquisite single Dress Patterns | in silk and Mohair Crepons, Dres. | den Suitings and Silk and Wool Mixtures. Eachone different. The | rices range from $10 to $20 apiece. ?{ you want style and exclusiveness, see them. | a satin-edge net ruche and chiffon bow at the neck. How does that sound for & cape? Come. and see them and Jouwil just grab like the others have ona. Silk Lined Jackets—$8.50 each Also a surprise. They're made of the new tan-colored English Kersey Cloth, box front, standing collar, Bishop sleeves, finished with cuffs, three stitched seams and Van Dyke points, studded with small pearl buttons on back, front buttons with a fly and orna. mented with six large handsome pearl buttons, three-quarters lined with silk, a most stylish and jaunty coat that would easily command $12 50 were we disposed to ask it. CHILDREN'S JACKETS. Our assortment of Reefersin all the new cloths is beyord description. Every color, every style, and at prices from $1 to 215 apiece. Our Children’s Depart- ment is head and sholders shead of any in the City. Special values in sizes 4 to 10, at $2 50 and 5. MILLINERY. This department has made wonderful strides under the new management this seeson. Seems as though all the ladies in the city wanted to get their hats here. A special feature with us Dnow_is fine stylish TRIMMED HATS for $5, §7 50 and $10. They're nicer by 1ar than double the price would have bought in former seasons. Our desiguers are fully in touch with the latest Parisian productions, and you would be doing vourself and your purse en in- SUITS. The Finest Class of Tailor Work Done to Special Order, Our Prices Are Right. Ladies’ Suits, $5.00 Each. Perfect miracles, nothing short of it. One style is made of Black and Navy Blue Ladies’ Cloth. Blager Jackets with new style Slashed Smlor Collars and Six- gored Skirts. The other is made of some material in the same colors. New style Blazer Jecket, trimmed with Braid and Pearl Buttons on the Reveres. Larpe Bleeves and Full Ripple Back. Full- gored Skirts lined throughout and bound with Velveteen. All sizes in both styles. Ladies’ Tailor Suits, $15 Each | Made of fancy Mottled Imported Cheviots. Jackets cut in_the new single-breasted square-shape fronts, with ripple backs, | fancy Novelty Collar and turned-back Cuffs, trimmed with Gilt Tinsel, Mixed Braid and ornamented with Dresden Buttons. The Skirts are extra full- flowing shape, lined ail through with rustle percaline and finished at bottom with velveteen binding. The Jackets are lined all through with fancy silk, and the entire suit finished in first-class tatlor work. Stanley Waists, 75¢ Each. A large line of those popular waists in & multitude of patterns that are always | found at $1, $1 25 and $1 50 apiece. A | large buy as a Job enables us to place | them before you at this price. All sizes on hand. | TRIMMINGS. New Bpangled and Beaded effects, half inch wide at 15¢, 20¢, and 250 a yard. New Persian and Spangled effects, 1-inch wide 2t 75¢ & yard. High Grade Novelties in brilliantly Span- gled Point Venise Batiste Borderings, 2 inches wide at $125 a yard; 3 inches “-x.xs at§150; 4 inches wide at 8225 a yard. Butter Color Laces, new designs, 2-inch at5c; 3-inch at 10c and 4-inch at 20c & justice not to interview them. yard! Scmburger@. 1 1 0 o o O T R N AN N A | always changing—new things are arriving each day and each day’s styles are more charming. Novelties at 15c a Yard. New Duck Suitings, 7 1=-2¢ Yard. Scotch Zephyrs, 8 1-3c Yard. i WASH GOGDS. Like the April skies our stock is All fresh, crisp and new, just opened and s inviting as a Christ- mas dinner—Dotted Swisses in light blue, pink, nile, maize and the new linen color; new Dimities in bro- caded effects; new Lawns in floral effects; new Organdies in Dresden and Persian printings; Dotted Bishop Lawns in dainty spring de- signs, and a new line of Revered Dimities in all the new colorings. The handsomest styles yet pro- duced. French Organdies—30c a Yard The same exquisite patterns that you see marked at 50c a yard in the downtown credit stores. You can save 20c a yard by buying them of us and paying the cash. Won't it be worth while? 100 pieces of them, mostly light colors, but a fair sprinkling of the new linen shade and medium grounds among them. They're the regular 10¢ kind. All the new designs in small and large check plaids. The recent tumble in prices back East where they grow enables us to name this price for the best 124c qualities. LINENS. Attention, housekeepers! If you have a: jpare coin invest it here, Cream ble Damask, all pure flax. 60 inches wide, ten different designs, pgood value at 55¢ a vard, on sale at 32¢. Silver-bleached Damask, 62 inches wide, new patterns, value at 65c, on sale at 39¢c & yard. Cream Damask Towels, 39 inches long by 19 inches wide, value for $2 25 doz., on sale at $1 50 a doz. DRAPERIES. Nottingham Lace Curtains, 54 inches wide, 3} vards long, value at $2 25 a pair, on sale at $1 50. Chenille Portieres, with double- knotted fringes and dadoes top and bottom, ali colors, value at $3 a pair, on sale at $1 95 a pair. Chenille Table Covers, with heavy knotted fringes all around, 4-4 size at 30c and 6-4 size at 95c, both of extra value. Our Spring and Summer Catalogue is now at your command. Sent free to any section of the coast. Send us your name and addiess for one. el ot 2 i sfssfuifocfossfusfssfosfossofscfosfo oo fssfs s o 0-0-0-0-0-O dsifssfirfucissfsafssisfuctssfsscls s csefssfosf vl STREET LIFE IN ENGLAND Monsignor Nugent Draws Pic- tures of the Waifs of English Cities. DEFENDS THE UNFORTUNATES. A Large Audience in Metropolitan Hall Entertained by the Emi- nent Priest, Monsignor Nugent, the eminent English prest, told a wonderful story last night in Metropolitan Hall, and those who heard the venerableand picturesque visitor were profoundly impressed by his eloguence, touched by his pathos and entertained be- yond expression by his humor. It was a wonderful story—*The Waifs and Strays; Pictures of Street Life in Eng- land”—and one that fermed an entertain- ment long to be remembered. Metropolitan Hall could not bave con- tained a dozen more people. Admittance was free and the fame of the Monsignor attracted an immense throng, so that after the last seat was occupied fully a thousand persons packed the aisles, leaving no place in the whole interior vacant. Nor was the platform reserved, for anxious men and women pressed against it on both sides and found standing-room there. H. 8. Foote, United States District At- torney, presided. In a happy speech he introduced Monsignor Nugent, who was overwhelmed with applause. The entire | audience applauded, then stood and | cheered for the grand old clergyman. It was some time before the Monsignor found an opportunity to speak, and then he told the audience that its greeting was a noble recognition of his efforts in the cause of humanity. He said there was no | better place to study mankind than within the walls of a prison. As chaplain of the Liverpool prison that fact was impressed on him. Once he met a young man—a youth of 21—with a face that did not be- speak a bad heart. Here was a likely sub- ject for reform. “Try your hand on the kids, mir,” ex- | cli ed this prisoner. *‘Talk to them and they will never see the inside of a stone jug.” “Prevention is better thought the chaplain, the thought. . He said there were 100,000 boys and girls in London and 25,000 in Liverpool—dirty, naked, shoeless children; nobody’s chil- dren, desolate and homeless wanderers without a heart to love or a hand to guide them.” Inthem talent and genius was | runmnfi to waste in the gutter, and with care and education they would equal the talent and genius of the upper ten thou- sand. Pictures of street life were given to prove this assertion. The monsignor agoke 10 two urchins on the streets, tiny | shoeblacks. cannt shine your boots, sir,” one lad . ‘’Isfather is a chimbley sweep, knows nothing about shining, sir, Put your toot on my block, sir, and I'll | shine your bloomin’ boot for nothin’, sir.” The shoe was shined. ‘I’ll shine *‘Now, sir,”’ added the boy, the other boot for a penny, si The begger boys with their plaintive tales were described—father dead, mother sick, etc.—and the Monsignor said more likely the father was atsea and themother than cure,” and he acted upon drunk. *Don’t be angry at him if he lies to you,” pleaded the speaker. “He's no- | body’s child; what does he know; what | can he know ?”’ This led to a_description of the young | girls, the ballad-singers of English “cities, of whom a most pathetic picture was drawn and the words burst from the speaker: Oh, 1t is pitiful, In a great cityful, Friend she had none. Here the picture was realistic to ful degree, and the sadness of it all, as told by the Monsignor, brought tears to many an eye in the ?nrge audience. In concluding, Mgr. Nugent pleaded with his hearers to work for the waiis and outeasts of society, regardless of creed, and in the interest of humanity. AN ANGEL ISLAND EPISODE. The Smack Martie Wrecked on the Shoals—Rescued by Soldiers. An incident of interest almost amount- ing to a mild excitement varied the usual uneventful quiet of the military post at Angel Island yesterday afternoon. A fishing smack hovered near the whart as though trying to make a landing. As boats are not aliowed to land without permission, a corporal of the gaard went down to warn it off. But though com- maunds are potent on the shore they were idle when directed to the wind, which was blowing stronE in shore. While attempt. ing to jibe, the boat stranded upon the beach, where the rapidly ebbing tide bade fair to leave it. The vessel was the Martie, manned by one boy of about 15 years, and was bring- ing another boy to join some friends pic- nicking on the'island. The officer of the day was notitied, and after viewing the | wreck he sent for thirty or forty soidiers and some ropes. Two old ropes were first brought, tied together and made fast to the stern and then carried out on the wharf, Twenty brawny soldier boys heaved, the little rope gave way and ten brawny bluecoats measured their lengths. The big rope was then tried aloue. Once more they heaved. *‘All ready; together; heave!" C-c-crack. Another break, but this found the soldiers guarded. Then a brand new rope was made fast, this time to the bow. | The water had now gone down so as| barely to lap the smack, and the keel was | well imbedded in the sand. But once more, all being ready, the signal was given. The new rope held, and presently | the smack was in “'E water. Once afloat the momentum of the swell carried the boat into the wharf, and everybody looked to see the mainmast broken as the crait shot under the landing. But willing hands outstretched broke the shock, and, with much advice, the sailor lad was sent on his way rejoicing. SEATTLE DIVORCE SUIT. Affidavits Accusing Mrs. Dawson of Drunk- enness During the Los Angeles Fiesta. SEATTLE, Wasx., April 11.—Two sensa- | tional affidavits favoring the plaintiff were | tiled to-day in the divorce case of Dr. L. R. Dawson ugainst his wife, Mamie C. Daw- son. The affiants are George Kinsey and his wife, Lottie Kinsey, of Los Angeles. Mrs. Kinsey (formerly Lottie Evans) was from 1893 to 1895 Mrs. Dawson's maid. Kinsey’s affidavit sets forth that Mrs. Dawson was drunk during the flower car- nival in Los Angeles in 1 In the affi- davit of Mrs. Kinsey, Colonel W. J. Fife,a tragedian of Tacoma, is implicated, as is also Charles Esplin Jr. of this city and Messrs. Esterbrook and Clement of Ala-| meda and Oakland, respectively. In 1864 a national collegs for deaf mutes was founded at Washington. | was no such thing as society or commu- AS TO PROPERTY IN LAKD Verdict Against Private Owner- ship at the Y. M. C. A. Debate. LIVELY ECONOMIC DISCUSSION. J. F. Leicester and A. H. Santorn Take Opposite Sides on the Question. The Single Taxers, or at least the single- tax idea, gained a victory in the debate last evening at the Young Men’s Christian Association, The subject was, “Is Prop- erty in Land Any More Justifiable Than Property in Human Beings?” and the de- bate was held by and under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A. Literary and Debating Society There was a large and interested audi- ence present, the debate was spirited and the verdict rendered by vote at the close of the evening was against private prop- | erty in land, at least in so far as the system can be maintained in logie. The affirmative was maintained by J. F. Leicester, the president of the society, while the negative was championed by A. H. Sanborn. The contestants came pre- pared with all the weapons of polemical warfare—books, manuscripts and pencils— and they were all brought into play. Leicester said that after man’s liberty the right of possessing property is num. bered among his dearest prerogatives, and that, while it was impossible for savages | al is still impracticable for nomadic tribes to enjoy this right, as soon as tribes | came together into communities they | found that their happiness depended | largely upon the degree of security which | they possessed of reaping the rewards of their cultivation of the soil. *Of course, it may be argued,” said he, | *‘that the right of holding lands keeps | others from enjoying the producis f that | land, but the same argument would also | anly to personal property of all kinds, | If land-holdinz were as wrong as slaves holding its results would be as disastrous, Who will say they are?” Sanborn, in reply, stated that the most peculiar thing in connection with the question at issue was that the proponents of landholding never cared to argue the question. Taking up thearguments of Leicester, he said that in primitiye times a man worked by himself and for himself, and that there n‘ngr ;:neres “The very statement made by my op- ponent.”” said he, ‘‘that a ma!{ his pn right to what he has produced by his own labor is a refutation of his own argument. What man can say ‘I have produced a single square foot” of land by my in- custry?’ * Every ?ecl of land that ex- ists to-day existed long before my oppo- nent made his entry into this vale of tears. ¢ argument that a man who culti- vates a rosebush and produces a beautifal rose hasa rignt to the piece of land on which it was produced for generations to come is an argument that has filled the coffers of the Rothschilds, the Goulds and the Huntingtons. Itisan argument that | ful. has caused men to cowmmit suicide for lack of bread with which to soothe tie pangs o] bhunger, and has filled the land with jhieves and beggars. “We want freedom. but we don’t want the kind of freedom that was given the man who was taken to the center of the Atlantic ocean, dropped in and told he had liberty to swim ashore. Ve are not h\m]tlng for that kind of liberty.” |Laugh- ter. *‘And, now,”” said the speaker in conclu- sion, ‘let me state that tgera is no greater crimea mancan commit to-day than to :llue:tion the condition of the social fabric. t was 0 in the case of Christ, of Luther and of John Brown. Reformers to-day need expect no other treatment. Truly, for the ‘New Man’ there is no God in Israel.’’ The affirmative then reviewed the an- swers of the negative, and said that as the audience seemed t0 acree with the nega- tive as regards slavery they might go to Africa and sell themselves into bondage for the fun of it. A vote was then taken with the result that a large majority -u%poned the nega- tive. The guestion was then thrown open to the house. —e SIGHTED A WATERSPOUT, Unusual Phenomenon Witnessed by the Crew of the Chilean Ship Republic. Passed in Close Proximity to a Whirl. ing Cloud Extending From Sky to Sea. PORT TOWNSEND, Wasg., April 11.— Captain Lerish of the Chilean ship Re- public, arriving this morning from Iquique, brought into the branch Hydrographic Office the first report ever made here of an experience with a waterspout on the Pze cific Ocean. A waterspout was sighted by the vessel at 11:50 o’clock on the morning of Mareh 25 in latitude 35 deg. 30 min. and longitude 131 deg. 43 min. The first indie cation of the storm was a squall, which struck the vessel suddenly and increased in fary every moment. Soon afterward a strange-looking cloud was noticed some | miles distant. The men aboard the vessel kept a sharp watch on the cloud, and they describe its development as both grand and wonder- rst it was merely a tiny black speck, which rapidly developed into a ¢one-shaped affair, with the vortex point- ing downward. The cloud seemed to lower until it met the water and then, as. suming the appearance of an hour-glass, it whirled the water high into tne air, the phenomenon being sccompanied by a dull rumbling sound simiiar to that of a pass- ing train. hen it dawned upon the captain and crew that they were uncomfortably near a waterspout, with the wird blowingin fitful gusts, they lost no time in crowding on all sail and getting away from the dangerous vicinity. Just how long the waterspout lasted no one on board is prepared to say, although that evening, when the sun went down, it was still plainly visible. . Shipmasters here say that waterspouts in the vicinity mentioned are of Very rare occurrence. 3 —_— Royalty at Fenice. VENICE, Iravy, April 11.—Emperor Villiam and Empress Augusta arrived here this evening on the German Imperial yacht Hohenzollern. Kip, Humbert and Queen Margherita bonrdesf the yachtand exchanged cordial greetings. ter the Emperor and Empress landed and visited the King and Queen, i . dnp‘iu.dAQ een, Much enthusiasm