The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 14, 1896, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY. APRIL 14, 1896 SOCIAL SEATTLE IN A FERMENT, 0ld Animosities Aroused by the Dawson Divorce Scandal. GENERAL CARR SCORED. He Is Accused by Colonel Fife| of Having Manufactured Testimony. MILITIA FIGHT IS REOPENED. The Tacoman Siys H's Enemy I{s De- faming a Woman to Settle a Gruigs. SEATTLE, W1 April 13.—The Daw: lis growing. A sensa a statement acoma, a man ate and military cir- s extensively men filed in the Dawson v Lottie Evans (now Mrs. made by ( who stands Fife's v) of Los Angeles. t Colonel Fife had one day [acoma, taken sylum at Steilacoom for their return showed more courtesies and with her than was a pleasu her a gre took mor leges er for b to do. e has just been apprised of the affida- a public statement he bead of the State itia and is a man high in politic i circles in t is trying to rum him. Carr is counsel for Dr. Dawson and a personal friend of the latter. Fifea that Carr has taken advantage of an Lim in order to ew: between them. Fife says: “The inspiration of that affidavir, as far as it refers to myself, is personal spite on the part of General Carr, whom I regard ersonal enemy. The cause of rr's animosity and hatred of ty to injure n up a personal matter Gene me is a part of the trouble in the National Guard, f long standing, but which bas in ied away since Adjutant O was Jeg! ted out of office. In the cted and persistent fight that was n the late adjutant- general of the National Guard I bad a part, and in the efforts I made to have O’'Brien romoved from the office, and other ste est of the State militia, I was bitterly op- (then colonel) Carr. It was his frien p for O'Brien thatled him to work assiduously for his re-election from time to time, and in this he fonnd myself and my friends opposed to him. In this way General Carr came to regard me in the way he does, and I have heard from various sources pressed a desire to do me up. “Iam not surprised at his attempt to cover me with pitch by dragging my name into this affair hout the least warrant. I have known Mrs. Dawson some time and have alw regarded her as a perfect lad. respect. She certainly con- nce and I have of he n tells about my meeting her and Mrs. Dawson at the office of Captain How- ell is false in every particular. I never saw Mrs. Dawson at his office and never left Miss Evans in the office with Captain Howell while I took a walk with Mrs. Dawson. There was nothing in my asso- ciation with Mrs. Dawson that can in the least manner be construed as not perfectly prover and honorable. *I remember the time Mrs. Dawson, ac- companied by her servant, came to the hotel in the summer of 1834. They occu- pied room No.1 at the Fife Hotel, and there was nothing in the conduct of Mrs. D: on that was not ladylike during her stay in the house. They expressed a de- sire to see the insane asylum at Steila- coom, and as I was a trustee of the hospi- tal at that time they wanted me to take them out to the place. I did so, and as Ty reason to think we boarded the cable-car, it was merely a | chance that I saw Captain Howell in the street and asked him to accompany us. He did so. After returning to the city I left them, asking the captain to accom- pany the ladies to their hotel. That was the last I saw of them that evening. “The story that, on another occasion, I met Mrs. Dawson at the office of Captain Howell and went out walking with her 1 brand as a falsehood. Iam thoroughly satisfied that the affidavit was written in the office of General Carr in Seattle and sent to Mrs. Kinsey to sign.” The motion of Dr. Dawson for a modifi- cation of the order r ng him to pay his wife $400 in alimony came uv in the Su- perior Court to-day and was denied. Daw- son alleged that his wife was spending money in order to get witnesses out of the red particularly to the Los les witnesses. Dr. Dawson made affi- davit that he had letters in his possession showing that Mrs. Dawson was trying to get Lottie Evansout of the way, and be- lieves that she bhas succeeded. Judge Bumes found that there was no such proof and deniea the motion. TRAGEDY NEAR AHWARNEE Rancher William McGusk Shot and Killed by Richard McGoon. The Murderer a Former Asylum In. mate Who Was Believed to Be Harmless. MADERA, Car., April 13.—A telegram was received here Saturday night by Sheriff West{all, stating that William McGusk had been shot and killed near Ahwahnee by Richard McGoon. The mes- sage called for the Sheriff and Coroner Payne to come up at once. Both gentle- men left yesterday morning for the scene of the shooting. Coroner Payne held au inquest there yesterday afternoon or this morning, but so far only meager partic- nlars have been received. McGusk was out looking after cattle, and rode up to McGoon’s cabin, which is on a ranch known as the old Crouch place, It was | I took in the inter- | that he has ex-| If as such whenever in my | The story the Evans | 'a few miles from Ahwalnee. McGoon was alone in his cabin, and when McGusk rode up he stepped to the door with a shotgun. Without 8 word of warning he raised the gun to his shoulder and fired. | McGusk, who was at close range, dro[?ped dead. Word was sent to Constable Lara- more at Fresno Flats, and he hastened to Ahwahnee and placed McGoon under arrest. Richard McGoon is a man about 45 years of age snd has lived in Jhat country for a number of years. Some years ago he lost his reason and was taken to the insane asylum at Stockton. He was confined there about two years. It was believed that he had recovered, so he was permitted to go to his home 1n the mountains. Since that time be has been noticed to act queer- {ly and at times showed symptoms of the return of the malady. He was not be- lieved to be at all dangerous, however, as he always appeared harmless. Tilliam MecGusk, the murdered man, | wus about 30 years old. He had lived in the Whiterock district for a number of years, owning many cattie. He bore the reputation of being a quiet and peaceable mar. McGusk was a brother of “Jack’ McGusk, who was shot and seriously wounded in a difficulty with W. H. Wells near Madera a few years ago. ity STATE FAIR FEATURES. Agricultural Directors Decide Upon a Two Weeks' Meeting—Many Entries in Prospect, SACRAMENTO, Cavn., April 13.—The regular April meeting of the State Board of Agricultural Directors was held to-day. Director Chase was re-elected president, and the following State Fair committees wereappointed : Premium list—Land, Cox, Delong, Matthews and Flickenger: speed programme — Wilson, Terry, Boggs, | Mackey and Gird. After considerable discussion it was agreed that the time of the fair should be xtended one week, from September 1 to 9 inclusive. This move has long been the pet scheme of Director Land, and means an increase to the revenues of this city of at least §100,000 outside money. As’ the prospective entries at the track are far more numerous than last year it is ex- pected that the speed programme will be even better than in 1895, CYCLES AND PAVEMENTS, Complete Organization of the Cycle Board of Trade. | | l | | i | | Will Bend Its Energies Market Street and | the Park. | | i | The Cycle Board of Trade of San Fran- | cisco held a special meeting last night for | the election of officers and a board of di- | rectors. | The determined stand for rendering the | riding of the wheel more enjoyable in this City by the widely beneficent method of | improving the City’s thoroughtares, both in the matter of repairs and better light- | ning, was prominently manifest through- | out the whole proceedings. Chairman T. H. B, Varney opening the meeting took occason to compliment the committee consisting of K. C. Buckle- | ton, J. 8. Conwell and W. B. Bryan ap- jointel to formulate a constitution and by-laws; also the committee whose duty it was to look into the legal side of paving | Market screet, those of the commuttee be- | ing J. M. Hamilton and L. Devaney. R. C. Lenney, acting in the absence of | Mr. Joyce as secretary, then read the names of the firms which had signed the | constitution since the previous meeting. | They are as follows: Fred W. Vaughnn, C. F. Marwedell, Boston Woven Hose and Rubber§Company (by E. E. Buckleton), Frederick A. Brand, E. D. Page, C. F. Andrews, John E. Klein, Alex” Yeoman, | Watters & Davies, Clipyer Bicycle Com- pany, Edwin Mohrig, Roberts & Saunders, Overman Wheel Company, Leavitt & Bill, William Norman, C. W. Cunningham, | Perkins Cycle Company, Majestic Bicycle | Enrlnpany, C. W. Simpson and C. L. Has- kell. 1 W. R. Wheeler, chairman of the com- | mittee appointed to interview bicycle | dealers, reported thata large number had | signified their intention of joining the as- [ sociation. | _ The following communication from the | Merchants’ Association was read: To the Cycle Board of Trade of San Francisco— GENTLEMEN: The Merchants' Association bids vour newly organized board greeting to the public-spirited work of securing improved pavements, better roads and attractive boule- vards for the City and County of San Francisco. Assurances of the encouragement and co- bperation of the Merchants' Association in your worthy efforts have been given already to the committees of your board, who personally called upon the officers of this association. The board of directors desires, furthermore, to extend a cordial invitation to the members of your board 1o avail themselves of all the privileges of the association, including the use of its offices and library in tbe Mills building. One of the cardinal principles of the Mer- chants’ Assoclation is the improvement of the highwi of San Francisco. Correct drainage, clean streets, noiseless pavements, adequate illumination’ and beautiiul boulévards are | among the most potent factors of municipal ;rozress. No city on earth has ever attained a igh degree of permenent prosperity without these fundamental requisites. It is most gratify ness the recent awakening of the citizens of San Francisco to the vical significance of these questions in the present and future welfare of our City. It re- quires only the concerted action of ihe people to bring about these beneficent results and our metropolis in the vanguard of the pro- | gressive and prosperous cities of the world. | Bincerely yours, — MERCHANTS' ASSOCTATION, (By F. W. Dohrmann, President.) J. Rica. FREUD, Secretary. W. B. Bryan said that when the club was instigated it was announced that it was to be the club’s policy to affiliate with all those organizations working for the same end and that the above communi- cation had been received without any so- licitetion on the club’s part whatever. It was resolved that the secretary be in- | structed to draft a suitable reply to the Merchants’ Association, expressing the club's appreciation for the courtesy ten- | dered by the merchants, Toe following were elected directors: Thomas H. B. Varney, W. V. Bryan, J. S. Conwell, R. L. Lennie, L. Devaney, E. E. Buckleton, J. H. Brunnings, W. R. Wheeler, W. J. Kenny, J. M. Hamiiton, Edwin Mokrig, P. H.'Bernays, H. C. Johnson. The vote was made, on motion, unant- to Repaving Lighting | | mous. The hoard elected the following officers: J. 8. Conwell, president; T. H. B. Varney, Vice-president; James M. Hamilton, sec- retary; J, H. Brunnings, treasurer. A committee of publicity was ap- pointed, consisting of L. Devaney, W. B. Bryan and Edwin Mohrig; committee on olitical action—W. J. Kenny, W. R. Wheeler and T. H. B. Varney; committee to interview Park Commissioners on the lighting of the park—W. B. Bryan, L. De- vaney, J. M. Himilton, W. R. Wheeler, J. H. Brunnings and T. H. B. Varney. Death of an Uld Negro. John Demby, an old colored man, for twenty- one years janitor in the Risdon Iron Works, dropped dead last evening at 6 o'clock, on tne corner of Beale and Market streets. Demby had just alighted from a Valencia-street car when he reeled and fell to the sidewalk. He was cariied to the 1ron works, where it was found that he was dead. The Coroner was | notified and the body was removed to the | Morgue. The fact that Demby fell to the ground immediately aiter alighting from the car led many to believe thata sudden lurch had thrown the old man to the pavement and caused his death. This is not believed to be a fact, however, as no bruises were found on the body and it is presumed that death resulted from natural causes. e o TAKE to the country Mitchell’s Magic Lotion. Cures sunburn, insect bites and sprains. * TOURISTS ARRIVE AT LOS ANGELES Eastern Hotel Men Reach the City Late at Night. ARE MET AT BARSTOW. Reception Committees Greet the Strangers and Bid Them Welcome. FLOWERS FOR THE LADIES Coaches Appropriately Decorated With Blossems From Southern Gardens. LOS ANGELES, CaL., April 14.—It was midnight before the last of the three spe- cial trains bearing the delegates to the seventeenth annual convention of the Hotel Men’s Mutual Benefit Association reached Los Angeles. They were due here six hours earlier, but the snowstorm in Arizona delayed them. A gpecial train containing the reception committee of the Southern California Hotel Association left Los Afgeles Grande station at 7:30 o'clock inthe morning for Barstow to meet and welcome the visitors. At Raymond bas- kets of flowers for the ladies and bouton- nieres for the men were received from the Raymond gardens, and at Pasadena streamers of smilax and flowers for deco- rating the cars were taken on. The reception committee was made up as follows: San Diego—George W. Lynch and Miss Kendall; Los Angeles—A. C. Bilicke, ¥. O. Johnson and wife, Thomas Pascoe, H. W. Chase and wife and Charles H. Smith; Coronado— E. 8. Babcock; Riverside—Senator Streetor; Santa Bar- bara—Walter Raymond and wife; San Francisco—General R. H. Warfield, B. Soule and wife and daughter, J. C. Kirk- patrick, Charles Montgomery and O. B Stanton; Pasadena—J. H. Holmes, G. ‘Wharton James and Miss Farnsworth. Representatives of the Southern California Railroad Company and the Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies, who ex- tended to the visitors the courtesies of their respective lines, were also aboard the train. The San Diego City Guard band was taken along to discourse music. A royal welcome was extended to the 400 excursionists, and the ride from Barstow to this city was exceedingly pleasant after the tedious journey through mountains and desert. Owing to the deiay in arriving the reception at the Westminister Hotel last evening had to be abandoned. Most of the delegates will re- main in the cars until morning. The programme for to-day includes the opening of the convention at 10 A. ». and a car ride about the city. At 1:15 . w. the visitors will come together on Judge Silent’s lawn, at the corner of jAdams and Figueroa streets, where an open air lunch will be served. A carriage drive through the city will follow, and a train Jeaves at 6:30 p. M. for Santa Monica, where a hop at the Hotel Arcadia will round out the day’s pleasure. - — RECEIVED AT BARSTOW. California Flowers Presented Eastern Visitors. BARSTOW, Car., April 13,—The Chi- cago hotel men’s special left for Los An- gelesat 9 o’clock. It carries a party 125 strong, with everybody well and happy. Itisa very heavy train, comprising the Pullman sleepers Acestes, Anchises, So- crates, Zetes and Euripides, and two din- ing cars and a baggage van. The following members of the reception committee ac- company it: A. C. Bilicke, Captain Thomas Pascoe, S. Wharton James, Charles Montgomery, Miss Kendall and Miss Farnsworth, escorted by H. K. Gregory, assistant general passenger agent of the Southern California Railroad. The second train, bearing members of the Hotel Men’s Mutual Benefit Associa- tion to Los Angeles, left at 11 o’clock, after having been duly decorated with flowers, The ladies and gentlemen aboard were supplied with an abundance of the fragrant blossoms. Simson Ford is cap- tain of the train, which is made up of bag- gage, buffet and diningcars, and the palace sleepers, St. James, Horatio, Hun. gary, Columbine and Narcissus. Here the train was placed in charge of the following members of the reception com- mittee: E. 8. Babcock, Captain J. C. Kirk- patrick, J. H. Holmes, O. B. Stanton, Mrs, E.J. Davis and Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Chase, accompanied by Mr. Hibbard of the South- ern Califorma road. This train is from New York City and carries seventy people —twenty-seven ladies and forty-three gen- tlemen. The third section of the excursion left Barstow soon after the second. There are eighty-four persons on the train, compris- ing the New England delegation, , with G. H. Bowker as captain. The train consists of three Wagner sleepers—the Wildwood, Tagus and Radcliffi—and Wagner baggage, buffet and dining cars. At Barstow the reception committee’s car, San Vicente, was attached to the New England train, and badges, souvenir itin- eraries and flowers were distributed throughout the train. A special car from Denver will probably arrive to-morrow, and that party, together with those who previously came in, will bring the number present up to 350. The New England train came near meet- ing with disaster in the Raton pass. The coupling between the engine and coaches varted and the train started to run back down the grade, the automatic air brakes failing to work. The hand brakes were quickly applied, however, and all danger averted. BAY ASSOCIATICN MEETS. The Brown Investigating Committee Formally Files Its Report. SAN LORENZO, CALn., April 13.—The Bay Association held its regular quarterly meeting in the Christian Union Church, this city, to-day. With the exception of Dr. McLean, Dr. Mooar, Dr. Pond, Rev. H. H. Wikoff and Dr. C. O. Brown, the latter still claiming fellowship, every member of the association was present. Rev. J. H. Strong of Sunol was elected moderator and Rev. G. T. McCallom of San Lorenzo scribe for the ensuing year. Rey. W. . Tubb of San Francisco, the retiring seribe, at the request of Mr. Me- Callom filled that office to-day, however. The regular literary programme com- menced with & well-timed paper on Jud- / to the son’s “Ministry of the Spirit,” by Rev. O. W. Lucas of the Fourth Congregational Church, Oakland. . This was_followed by an eloguent sermon, delivered by the Rev. J. D. Foster of Lorin. At the afternoon session Rev. A. K. Crawford of Oakland delivered a learned exezesis of Luke. Dr. W. D. Williams of San Francisco subwmitted a report in regard to Dr. Brown’s case, saying that no decis- ion had been reached, which was unan- imously adopted. When the joint committee appointed at the request of Dr. Brown ended its labors in January last without securing a state- ment from the accused pastor it was given out on what appeared to pe good au- thority that the committee had been utterly unable to get Brown to make an explanation, except in his own peculiar way. Dr. Williams was seen immediately after the adjonram-nt of the Bay Associa- tion and asked about the matter. “Yes, it is true that Dr. Brown refused to make a statement to the joint commit- tee, except in his own way,” he said. “Brown said he would only make an oral explanation, but we insisted on his reduc- ing anything he cared to reveal to writing. If we could haye employed a stenographer it would have been different. It is an easy matter to say one thing now and three or four months hence deny that he ever said it. “The joint committee did not care to take such chances, and so thought it best to adjourn. Dr. Brown would probably have fared better had he agreed to do as we wished.” Rl S WILL MEET TO-DAY. The Bay Conferenée to Go Into Ses- sion at Berkeley—Foreshad- owing the Proceedings. The Bay Conference will meet at Perke- ley to-duy. Promptly at 1:30 o’clock Mod- erator McLean will rap for order, and then the great Brown scandal will be gone over again. There is considerable diversity of opin- ion as to the strength Pastor Brown will develop in the conference. It is generally conceded that at least three of the San Francisco members will support him. Foster of Lorin is also known to be his friend, and it is expected that other mem- bers from the country will come to his rescue. Dr. McLean of Oakland will lead the fight against the convicted pastor. Asa prominent member of the conference ex- pressed it yesterday: ‘It is a struggle be- tween McLean and Brown, and it is not thought possible that the latter can saved himself with such an able antagonist to deal with.” The Bulletin of last night contained a letter from Frankhn L. Lord, at present living in Detroit, but formerly publisher of a paper in Kalamazoo, Mr. Lord uses rather vigorous language, saying that on one occasion he called Brown a “willful liar” and accused him of breaking one of the statutes of Michigan. The trouble be- tween Lord and Brown grew out of an ar- ticle published in the paver conducted by the former reflecting seriously on the char- acter of the minister. AT THE CITY THEATERS, Richard Mansfield Warmly Re- ceived in “Beau Brummell” at the Baldwin., Richard Mansfield made a nice choice by opening bis season at the Baldwin Thea- ter last night with *‘Beau Brummell.” The title role is about the most popular imper- sonation in Maunsfield’s repertory. As for the play, one would will:ngly see it twice or even oy the luxury of be- ing geuninely touched and interested in a way which very few one-character plays possess the power of moving and inter- esting. . Mansfield's acting has lost none of its power to charm. After the ranting and declaiming of actors of the older school, his quiet, natural, human characterization of Beau Brummell comes with a sense of infinite peace and truth. Mansfield’s art never fr a moment flags from the first scene, when the foppish leader of fashion sits betore his mirror, powder-puff in hand, till the supreme moment, when he falls dead of slow starvation in his miserable Calais lodging. Throughout the whole performance there is not one strained effect nor meretricious bit of play, nothing that fails to confirm the theater-goers’ own observation of life. In “Beau Brummell” Mansfield shows the gradual purifying and refining of a character in the furnace of suffering. The fop who turrs with horror from a bill that smells of peppermint”’ finds he has a heart and that for the sake of the woman he loves he can make sacrifices and can suffer, even to death, in silence rather than take advantage of Mariana's generous spirit of unselfish- ness. The beaun's affectation that arouses laughter in the earlier scenes 1s tinged with touching pathos in the last act, when the foppish sayings are used asa veil to hide gaunt poverty. Through all these complex expressions of feeling Mans- field manages to convey the} true inward- ness of the beau’s mind and heart, with- out overstepping the limits of the ordinary conventionalities of life. The supporting company has not changed to any considerable extent. It did 1ts work last night in a thoroughly satisfactory manner. Miss Jennie Eus- tice is a new-comer to the ranks of the Mansfield troupe, and she played her part of Mrs. St. Aubyn gracefully and easily, with the added advantage of looking charming. Miss Beatrice Cameron, who played "her old role of Mariana Vincent, looks somewhat tired and worn. She scarcely has an opportunity of show- ing her mettle in the character, but she won considerable appluuse as well as flow- ers, The beau’s valet was most ably played by A. G. Andrews; W. N. Griftith was good as Vincent and Joseph Weaver, Orrin Johnson and Edmund Lyons were all thoroughly at home in their parts. The audience was a large and fashion- able one and it showed considerable en- thusiasm. Miss Johnstone Bennett was good in the littie role of the maid, and Mrs. Charles Gaglor was excellent as the French lodging-house keeper. The Grand Opera-House, A very nervous, high-strung play is “Michael Strogofi,” yetitis alwaysa favorite. Itssen- sationalism is pure and legitimate, while its openings for good acting and elaborate scenic effects are many, The play, as presented at the Grand Opera-house, is certainly worth see- ing. Darrell Vinton makes the title role a brilliant feature. Perhaps he has just a slight tendency to rant, but as he has {o speak for the most part in a tone sufficiently loud to be heard above the sound of shot and bursting shells, some elevation of the voice is doubtless the “hing. Julia Bianc, as the hero’s mother, aids him most efliciently, her methods being artistic and natural, that is, if one can judge how a mother would act amid the dreadiui trials to which Strogoff’s parent was subjected. Eugene Moore, as Ivan Ogareff, a disgracea Russian officer, traitor and thorough-going vil- lain, Fred Butler as the Czar, aud Hugh Ward and Charles W. Swain as the two newspaper correspondents are all good in their several arts, while E. J. Holden, as the Tartar chief, s quite the beau ideal of a barbarin despot. Another exacting and well-sustained part is that of Sangarre, the gypsy woman, to which Miss Lisle Leigh gives & very splrited and able interpretation. At the Aloazar. Josephine Gassman has & chance to shine in the title role of “Cad the ;Tomboy,” and she shines bevond a doubt. A good house greeted her last night, and though the play isa well- worn one it was weil received. Leonard Gro- ver Jr. as Tom Ward, the gasman, and Leonard Grover Sr. as the villain are both good, while Gordon Foster as & park tramp makes & dar- liug hobo. May Noblo as Emma Distrow, the adventuress, makes her part a very strong one. The other parts are, s a rule, well taken. Sinee the ‘continuous show” venture was abandoned audiences at the Aleazar hiave been growing steadily and indications point to better times for the Moresque home of the drama, now that the variety performances have finished once and for all. THERE'LL BE VIM AT THE PRIMARY, Healthy Republican Rival- ries in Seme of the Districts. PURELY LOCAL CONTESTS A Big Vote Will Be Polled for Convention Delegates To- Morrow. THE KELLY-MAHONEY “PUSH.” 1t Will Have Free Beer and Full Swing at Martin & Jerry’s Rump Pri- mary To-Day. There was vim in the preparations for the Republican primary of to-morrow which went forward yesterday at Repub- lican headquarters and in the eighteen districts. At 1 o'clock to-morrow afternoon the ballots which will show whom the Repub- lican voters of San Francisco want to rep- resent them in the selection of delegates to the National convention will begin to fall at the polling-places, and will continue to fall until 7 ». ». Although nothing but the selection of delegates to St. Louis is to be the work of the Congressional and State conventions on May 5, the keen interest being taken by all elements of the party promises that a very heavy vote will be polled, while the safeguards provided by the County Com- mittee, the policy which John D. Spreck- els has used every effort to enforce, and the fact that reputable Republicans are in control, guarantee that the election will be a clean one, giving an equal show to all elements and that the ballots will be hon- estly counted. The list of election officers who will con- duct the election at the polling-places named in the official election call pub- lished elsewhere in this paper was not completed last night and will not be offi- cially announced until to-day. The tickets which are being printed by the County Committee will likewise be given out to-day. In a great majority of the districts all elements in the party have agreed upon one set of candidates. In four or five districts rival tickets will be in the field | and the ones receiving the most votes will appear to be the best tickets. There will likely be contests in the Thirty-fourth Thirty-fifth, Thirty-sixth and Thirty- seventh districts and possibly in one or two others. In no case has any opposition to the leadership of John D. Spreckels arisen as a cause of contest, and in all cases the rival sets of candidates are equally friendly to him and equally appreciative of the ae- cency, fairness, honesty and ability shown in his policy. The contests which will be fought out at the polls to-morrow all con- cern districtrivalries, and none are o bit- ter as to present the danger of any splits in the ranks when the primary is over or to create sores inimical to party interests. The voters of the various districts are to select convention delegates to-morrow. 8Ix, eight or nine delegates have not in all cases been named to the satisfaction of everybody. Some clubs, some active workers, some old Republicans and some young ones have felt here and there that they have not received their proper share of recognition or that they could name better representatives of the district, and so have put up sets of delegates of their own. That is the situation as to all the contests. 1n all these cases the only hand which John D. Speckels has taken has been to conciliate and harmon- ize as far as possible, by endeavoring to get all elements to agree to a division of rep- resentation in thedistrict delegation. One of the active contests will be settled at the Thirty-seventh district polls. There the first tickets named bore the names of A. J. Raisch, Fred Eggers, C. 0. Burton, James Alva Watt, J. H. Gray, J. E. Field, George A. Wentworth and John Hegger. Then an opposing element put in the tield the following ticket: P. B. Cornwall, Dr. F. W. Harris, J. E. Field, Dr. R. 0O’Connell, William G. Long, 8. 8. Morton, Judge Waldheimer and E. L. Cook. The friends of this ticket will hold a meeting at Mowry’s Hall this evening in its interest. Judge M. Cooney, chairman of the Re- publican Executive Council, is interested in the affairs of his district, and the expo- sition he gave last evening of the situation in that district applies in a broad way to most of the other contests. “The thirty-seventh district contest,” he declared, ‘‘is purely 2 matter of senti- ment and is not a fight against any person. Both sides are supporters of Mr. Spreckels and the contest isavholly a dis- trict affair. Those who have put the second ticket in the field feel that there are older Republicans in the district who should have been placed on the ticket for deiegates to the State convention, and the contest grows out of that feeling. I have been trying for two or three days with others to bring about a compromise, but to-day it appears to be a settled fact that there will be two tickets. “These contests, however, only do good in many cases. It is often impossible for all, even among friends, to agree on the same candidate, for so many have aspira- tions to participate in the affairs of the party and go to conventions or have friends whom they want to see successful in that way. It brings out all elements of the party, creates more interest in primary elections and better results follow.” In the Fortieth District it appeared for a. time that County Committeman Jesse Marks and others had succeeded 1n har- monizing things to the satisfaction of everybody, but things have broken out again and the Republican wxecutive Coun- cil Club has put in the field a rival ticket. This contest, like the otuers, is wholly a district matter. The club named met in Hamilton Hall last night with L. M. Allen in the chair and indorsed the following ticket: A. A. Brown, C. B. Sessions, James Spanton, H. A. Callendar, Cor- nelius Holmes, 8. C. Irving, M. A. Lee, Archie Mackillop, R. L. Thomas. In the Thirty-fourth District, repre- sented in the County Committee by John Jackson, the following ticket has been nominated by the Republican Executive Council Club: J. K. C. Hobbs, George Welaer, 8. L. Lent, Harry Beasley, Henry Buttner, Ed Smith, Cord Wetjen, Ed Eustace. Kelly and Mahoney’s rump primary in the Fourth District will bring steam beer this afternoon to the gang, which Martin Kelly will herd from district to district. Martin and Jerry are keeping up their effort to break in somewhere and get hold of something to trade, and lacking the assistance of any proposition of the decent element of the party they are depending | on the *‘push” and on a vote as large as it is thought proper and convenient to create by stuffing. Martin Kelly’s gang now includes quite a large number of what used to be known as ‘“‘Buckley Repub- licans.” However, few leading and active Repub- licans could be found gbout town yester- day who knew just when the Kelly- Mahoney primary was to be held or who | had given it enougn consideration to ena- ble them to express an opinion about it. At Republican headquarters yesterday the little side primary was seldom even mentioned or inquired about, and the ar- rangements for the regular primary under the auspices of the Republican County Committee, which is being supported by the mass of the party, and all of its active and solid elements, have gone ahead with a total ignoring of Martin Kelly and Jerry Mahoney. William H. Rickard, whose face in former campaigns has been familiar at the assistant secretary’s desk at Republican headquarters, has taken his zccustomed position, and greets old friends at 850 Mar- ket street. The Howard Club will hold one of its big fortnightly meetings at Pythian Castle to- night. Democratic Night. Both the Junta and the Buckley Demo- cratic general committees will meet on Thursday evening, the former in Pioneer Hall and the latter in Odd Fellows’ Hall. At Pioneer Hall the respective strength of the Rainey-Daggett people and McNab- Lenigan-Sullivan combination will be tested in what promises to be a stormy fight. The Buckleyites will start the ball rolling toward the State convention. At the Orpheum. The Orpheum has & number of new acts this week from last week’s performers. The Nawns appeared in & new and amusing comedietta, “‘The Broken Pledges,”” showing the shortcom- ings and comical sorrows of & man who is run- mng for the office of alderman. Rosie Rendel added some good new char- | acterizations to her dances. Segommer won the usual amount of np&\_lsu!e for his accom- Fllshcd ventriloguism. Elena Leila, the sing- ng doll, gave new songs. La Belle Carmen added new steps to her terpsichorean perform- ances on the wire. At the Tivoli, Crowds still flock to see ““Bluebeard,” which | is having a very successful run. Ferris Hart- mann is as funny an Ibrahim as one might wish to see, and the rest of the company do | g00d work. The ballets are a great attraction, | some new features having been introduced | which render them exceedingly effective. Mr. Fest's beautiful scenery provides a fine setting for the brilliant tableaus which form a strik- ing feature of the extravaganza. At the Columbia, “Pudd’'nhead Wilson” has taken with the public, and last night opened what promises to be enother very successful week. The quaint yet historieal s correet costumes, the graceful, effective scenery, and the thoionghly good act: — YR NEW TO-DAY. w ! [Y S Are the new ideas in STAND-. | ARD Percale and Outing Shirts | o shown this season for the first| time. Ask your dealer to show | them to you. This mark is on | every genuine “Standard’— ’ | Neustadter Bros., Ilirs., S. F. e ing combine to render the play most enjoy- ble. Frank Mayo is as dryly humorous as ever, and his support seems for the most urt worthy of aiding such & masier actor. piece will continue during the week. Oalifornia Theater. The Dailey company opened its second week at the California Theater last night in “The Night Clerk” to alarge audience. The jokes and songs of the farce-comedy were as much applauded as ever. NEW TO-DAY. Children whovibrate 'all through their grow- ing years between health and sickness, chfdren who are pale and peevish, thin and weak, children who never seem to grow right, whose develop- ment is retarded, whom food does not seem to nourish, should take Scott’s Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil and Hy- pophosphites. It con- tains the vety essence of nourishment most needed when vitality is low. Consumptives find 'new hope in it and thin and emaciated adults always gain flesh and strength after taking it. It is a pleasant and valatable food. PHILAI]ELPHIA SHOE CL STAMPED ON A SHOE MEANS STANDARD OF MERIT. DoYouRideaWheel 1 50 we can sell you the best BICYCLE SHOES in this city. We are the agents for C. 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