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10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1896 ALL FAVOR THE THREE-CENT FARE Railroad Are Commissioners in Favor of a Lower Rate. STATE REPORTS WANTED Getting the Question Before the Supreme Court for a Decision. POINT LOBOS MASS- MEETING. The Improvem:nt C ubs Are Strongly Unanimcus fir the Two and a Helf Cent Rate. The action of the Railroad Commission at the meeting of Tuesday afternoon in adopting a resolution calling upon all the street railroad companies of the State to We simply want to hear the Supreme Court tell us whether the Railroad Commission can regulate streetcar fares or not. Then | we will learn all about the business of the | Santa Rosa, Marysville and San Bernar- dino streetcars, if we care to do so. How- ever, we are not settling the fares of any | of the transportation companies except the Market-street. “This going to the Attorney-General for advice and to the street-car companies for reports appears to be giving t.e Market- | street Railway the benefit of the doubt. For heaven's sake. give the people the | benefit of a doubt sometime! Let us con- | clude just this once that the peovle deserve some rights, and act on -that assumption. | The Market-street Railway Company is | more merciless in its methods than its sister-cuttlefish, the Southern Pacitic. It | has gobbled up whole streets, paying not | one cent for the privileze. It has snatched all the entrances to Golden Gate Park, and | if a resident of San Francisco wishes a | little fresh air in that_great recreation | ground he must pay tribute first to that tyrannous corporation. 1t has grabbed all the competing lines, except the Sutro, Sutter and Presidio, and practically owns all the passenger transportation business | of the Cit Should it gobble up the Sut- | ter where would Sutro be ? Now suppose the fare was cut to 3 or cents, you would see three .persons riding where only one does at present. Suppose the railroad company sold tickets ten for 25 cents wouldn’t everybody be riding in the cars? Let the ‘company knock out the transfers if the public can get two rides for the nickel or for the 6 | cents. Since the action of the commission last Tuesday the Ashbury Heights people are more determined than ever that the obli- gations due from the railroad company to the public shall be kept. They realize that the Market-street Company is simply a branch of the Southern Paci ompany | and that the two have everything in com- mon. The Railroad Commission seems to be in doubt on the street-railroad question. “There are other interests owned and Chairman George R. Fletcher Calling the Richmond District Mas: -Meeting to Order. [Sketched by a ““Call” artist.] make reports regarding their respective business, does not quite meet the desires of the Ashbury Heights Improvement Chub. They are the fathers of the now general movement in favor of the street- car fare reduction to 3centsand for that purpose called upon the Railroad Com- mission to consider the matter. Atiorney Andrew J. Clunie of the club, in present- ing the petition of his clients, cited the attention of the Commissiorers to the fact that the constitution of the State empow- ered them to regulate the freights and fares of all transportation companies, not- withstanding a subsequent Legislature at- tempted to limit the scope of their consti- tutional authority by excepting street railroads from their jurisdiction. Mr. Clunie, in his argument, requested the Raiiroad Commission to proceed di- rectly through a few preliminaries to the reduction of streetcar fares from 5 to cents. The refusal of the Market-street Railway Company 1o obey the order of the Commission would take the question | to the Supreme Court, where the constita- tibnality of said order wonld be tested. Railroad Commissioner La Rue was of the opinion that the constitution of 1879 zave them authority over all transporta- tion companies, wliether in ecity or coun- try, notwithstanding the fact that the Legislature of 1880 excepted street rail- roads in its attempt to define the powers of the constitutional enactment. He was also of the opinion that the best and quickest method should be adopted to bring the matter before the Supreme Court. “1f that body decides eventually that the law of 1830 Is unconstitutional,” said Mr. La Rue, ‘‘then we will have the right to regulate the fares of street railroads and I will favor an immediate investiga- tion of their reasonableness to determine whether in justice to the public they should be reduced. While I believe a streetcar corporation should receive a fair interest on its investment, I can also readily understand that the public hasa right to demand from it reasonable trans- portation charges.” The discussion ended by the adoption of a resolution offered by Commissioner Stanton calling upon all the street rail- roads in the State to submit reports to the commission by tnhe 31st of next month. The Commissioner stated that the pur- pose of the resolution was to gain correct information regarding the reasonableness of fares, and also should any company re- fuse to make such report the commission can test its authority in the courts. A resolution_was also adopted asking the Attorney-General for an opinion on the authority of the commission in the matter, 1o be given not later than May 31. “While I believe that the commission really desires te deal justly in this matter,” said Mr. Clunie yesterday, ‘I think the better way would “have been to go directiy ahead taking testimony ir view of reduc- ing the fares. Oi course, the Southern Pacific-Market-street Company—or what- ever it may be called--would have refused to come down. from the nickel, and by mandamus the whole thing would go be- fore the Supreme Court, That body would have decided, and the Federal courts would have been bound by that decision. Now the Market-street Railway Com- pany, which, as everybody knows, will deny the right of the Railroad Commission to make any inquiries into their books, accounts or business. They will simply pay no attention to the order and the case will go into the court—not the Supreme Court. There it may stay for years, and where is the immediate relief that the Ashbury people pray for? We want this matter settled just as soon as possible and that can only be done by a direct appeal to the Supreme Court, by the Commis- sion going ahead under the presumption that it has the right to regulate streetcar fares. Then let the Market-street Railway Company enjoin the commission from cu{zmz out its order to reduce the fares. Ve don’t care whether the streetcars of Santa Rosa, Marysville or San Bernar- dino can stand a reduction, because that does not go to the meat of the matter; neither do we want to learn whether the Market-street Company will send in its re- vort or not, because we know it/will not. | operated by the Southern Pacitic Company over which the Comissioners have abso- lute jurisdiction. One of these is the regulation of charges in_the Pullman cars and the Wells, Fargo & Co.’s express. We | intend to bring these matters to the atter | tion of the commission. They are cer | tainly all transportation companies and | Railroad Commission has never taken them in hand. Moreover the action of | the commission against rates of the outhern Pacific Company has never really gone into effect. The only order | ever passed was the 8 per cent reduction | in grain rates. e | “We do not intend to stop in this matter j until the Market-street Railway Company | complies with the conditions of the fran- | chises granted it to run cars over all | portions of the routes of such franchises | and remove the unpleasant surroundings of its tranfer system.”’ RICHMOND AROUSED: Fire and Police Protection Wanted. A Federation of the Clubs. A mass-meeting under the auspices of | the Point Lobos Imvrovement Club was | held in Richmond district last evening, for the purpose of advocating cheaper and better streetcar service and more fire pro- tection. The meeting was called to order by Chairman George R. Fletcher, who stated the object of the zathering. “In the matter of car fares,” he said, | “the club will advocate the 234 cents reduc- | tion, and as Richmond is never backwara | where there is any work in improvement | to be done, the Point Lobos Club will be | found going ahead. | “The question is, Can we better afford to | pay 214 cents for two rides and take our | time or the 5 cents and be limited as to when and where we take the rides? Now, in regard to the fare and the two trans: ters there are comparatively few who use so many transfers. In fact there are not more than 20 percent of the patrons of the streetcars who use transfers at all, Many object to the 3-cent proposition, as that would bring copper coins into circulation, and we haven’t got down to the single: cent basis yet. ‘‘The transfers socner or later will dis- appear anyhow, as the railroad companies are not obliged to give them, and those corporations are not in the habit of giving things away to any great extent. Some of them have been stopped already. ( heard a car employe say that the Market-street Company was in favor of a reduction. Then, I say, in heaven’s name give us the }'eduction, for that is what we are yearning or. “I have.heard that the wages of the car employes wiil go down with the fares. How the corporations love to appeal to the workingmen when they are driven into a corner. There will be no such cut in wages, as there is an old law which says they cannot be put lower than 21 cents a trip, I believe. There will be more pas- sengers to carry at 2)¢ cents a fare, and more cars to accommodate them."” S. N. Darbee, president of the Richmond District Improvement Association, said that the club was in favor of 2}4 cents, but not 3 cents. Dr. Rottanzi of the South Side Improve- ment Club stated that his locality would get all itasked for in the way of improve- ment, because the residents fought for it. “I think it about time,” said he, “'that the taxpayers, and not the taxeaters, should rule this City."” J. H. Dever of the Presidio Heights Im- provement Club advocated the 24 cents reduction. Secretary Maloney of the Richmond District Improvement Club made a motion that all the clubs of the City send five delegates each to meet the officers of the Point Lobos Club to take steps to form a federation of clubs. It was adopted, and the first Wednesday evening in May was chosen for the meeting. Maloney also offered the following reso- lution: WHEREAS, Daring the disastrous fire of Sunday evening, April 12, in this district two homes were laid in ashesand made desolate on account of the poor fire facilities and worse mode of giv- ing fire alarms, and, whereas, the shocking death of an innocent babe and the maiming Jrincipally due to the fact that there is no po. ice officer on duty at nightin that portion of the district to give an alarm, and that the keys to the fire-alarm boxesare hard to obtain, as at that time causing a delay of nearly half an hour betore an alarm Was giyen or before assistance arrived, be it Resolved, That we petition the Board of Su- pervisors 'to provide an engine for the outer portion of the district and also for more fire- alarm boxes, and that keys be furnished to three or four property-owners living near each box; and also that a mounted police officer be detailed for night duty in the district west of Twelfth avenue. Resolved, That we extend to the bereaved pe- rents of the innocent victim of that unfortu- nate occurrence our earnest sympathy, and that we also appeal to all Richmond residents 10 aid and assist us in makiug our homes and iamilles secure by day or night, and make im- possible in this district the repetition of the unfortunate affairs of April 12. Resolved, That we believe that the Board of Supervisors,Fire and Police Commissioners will rant our réquest when our needs are stated; e it Resolved, That a copy cf these resolutions be forwarded to each body. Quite an animated discussion took place over the fire facilities of the district and the difficulties of zetting engines over the badly paved streets, especially during night alarms. s J. H. Dever, who is foreman of Engine 26, said that it was dangerous to drive at a rapid rate through unlighted and unim- proved streets. It was the sense of the meeting that the district must have more alarm-boxes and a general improyement of the fire system throughout the locality. Months ago the Fire Commissioners had been ed for such simple things as more boxes and keys and no heed had been paid to their request. They also wanted better police protection, but so far had not been abie to obtain it. ; After all the questions had been dis- cussed at leneth the meeting adjourned. PLAYED WIIZE_ EUCHAE: Delightful Card-Party Given by Mrs. Wells on Tuesday Evening. Mr. and Mrs. Asa R. Wells entertained their friends at a charming card party at their residence, 2118 Pacilic avenue, on Tuesday evening. All the rooms on the ground floor were placed at the disposal of the guests and elaborately decorated with choice roses. The players were ranged at seven tables and a closely contested game ensued. Vainty prizes were awarded the victors Mesdames F. L. Whitney and James Stew- art and Dr. D’Ancona and Dr. Jones. After the game there was an eiaborate supper and music and speechmaking. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Sloss gave a theater party to sixty of their young friends, fol- Iowed by an elaborate supper at their resi- dence on Van Ness avente. LA The party attended the Baldwin The- ater, and after enjoying Mansfield in his incomparable rendition of ‘Bean Brum- | mell,’” repaired for supper to the Sloss resi- denc: g Here elaborate vreparations were made for the reception of the guests, the draw- ing-room, corridor, dining-hall and supper table being handsomely decorated with | choice flowers. g Mrs. Dunn and the Misses Dunn will give a tea this afternoon at their home on Hyde street. The hours are from 4 to 6 One hundred and fifty invitations have beer issued for the occasion. Mrs. Dunn and the Misses Dunn leave on the 1st of May for a luropean visit. Mrs. A. N. Drown has issued cards for a re ception on Saturday afternoon at ber r dence, 2550 Jacksou street. The nuptials of Miss Masten, daughter of N, K. Masten, and Mr. Ewell will be celebrated this evening at the residence of the brtde’s father on Clay street. James V. Coleman has taken the Gregory cottage at Sausalito for the summer. Mr.and Mrs. W. D. O’Kane leit on Tuesday for a trip to Southern Californie. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Vail havecome over from Alameda and have taken the residence, 2718 Webster stree The Misses Goad have returned from their trip to Paso Robles. This evening at Native Sons' Hall the South End Rowing Club of this City will hold their first reception and entertainment in three years. An elaborate programme has been arranged | and the proceeds of the affair will be use successfully carry off their regatta at Campo on May 30. Following is the programme, which repre- sents the very best talent in the City: William J. O’Brien, solos; eccompanied Finne, barytone solos, 10 xl tenor; Jack Catheart, comi by J.'Cooney; W. W. and William J. Wallick in specialties George Hammersmith, skirt dance; Miss Aunie Rooney, soprano; Miss Tighe, pianist, and Miss Georgiana accompan ist. F Company, lawaiian sextet, in native songs and dances of Sandwich Islands; the Poly. technic Mandolin and Guitar Club in selec tions, and a sketch by Frisco's favorites be rt and Goldie. The event of the evening will be the three- round boxing match between Robert Mo~ Arthur and George Green (Young Corbett), who is matched to_fight Owen Ziegler at Mechan- ics’ Pavilion May 1. A burlesque boxing mateh will also be given by members of the Acme Club of Oskland, and dancing will conclude the entertainment. On Friday evening, the 10th of April, Miss Birdie Samuel was the recipient of very plessant birthday party, given her by her parents at their residence, 313 Golden Gate avenue. The parlors were decorated in roses and ferns. The evening was passed in games, songs and recitations. Dancing was kept up until midnight, when the guests repaired to the dining-room, where a repast was served. Among those ‘present were: Mr.and Mrs. L. Meyer, the Misses Gladys Meyer, Adcle Levy, Ray Wilson, Hattie Joseph, Carrie Mor- ris, Gertie Berliner, Annie Harris J}!(‘rlhn Mendelsohn, Carrie Le Emma and Carrie Meyer, lict Son, Belle Jacobs, Mattie Jacobson, Eva cdman, Ella Mosher, Lena Edwards, Kittie Aaron, Jennie Cook, Bessie Levy, Marie Levy, Rose and Nettie Morris, Fannie Cohn, Hattie Brownstone, Clara Plout, Sophie Leipsic, Selina and Sophie Newman, Etta Sendman, Huldah and Beckie Green, Jennie and Carrie Coh. Belle Gensler, Messrs. Joe Weiss, Jake Lev, Emil Cohn, Martin and Jake Meyer, Jesse Platt, Rudolph_Altschul, Clarence Badtf, Mike Spiro, Wilbert Wolff, Robert Nordmean, Leon Gans, Abe Whitehead, Ben and Leon Joseph, Abe Jackson, Lonis Bernstein, Sam and Henry Goldstone, Melville Lehman, Jake Cohn, Ben Jacobs, Herman Sternberg, Harry Aaron, Ralph Davis, Leon Mornis, Leon Blankenstein, Seymour Goldsmith, Joe Berliner, Loms Men" delsohn, Harry Breitstein, Max Moses, Al ired Schmulian, George Appel, Sol and Alfred Behm, Sol. Fistier, Louis Moyer, Sam Goidbers, Arthur Josselyn and others. Arecelplinn to the members of Agua Pura Social Club was tendered by the president last Saturday evening at 619 Powell street. The Tooms were tastefully decorated for the occa- sion, it being the club’s first anniversary. The talent of the club manifested itself in the fore- part of the evening in the nature of solos, citations and musical selections, aiter whii followed ~social games and dancing till the carly morning hours. At midnight the guests repaired 10 the dining parlors, where & Tiberal collation was served. Those present wer s Sadie Burke, Miss Julia Benfield. Miss Bertie Wallace, Miss Hat- tie Krieger, Miss Nellie Krieger, Miss Isabel Lewls, Mrs, Florence Fawcett, Miss Agnes Aitchison, Miss: May Duplissea, Miss Dolores Davis, and \ Groat, Harry Simard, George Bohm, Gerard J. Wils, 'Jesse L. Fawcett, Harry M. Burke, William Hart, O. Walter Spalding, James 8. Lockie and Albert E. Ogg. A surpriseparty wes tendered last Wednes. day evening to Mr. and Mrs. T W. Armsirong at their residence, 12 Liberty street, in honor of the twenty-fourth anniversary of their wed- ding-day. Among the guests present were the following: Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Harris, Mr. and Mrs. N. Scheeline, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Coles, Mr.and Mrs. C. A. Worth, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Armstrong, Miss Mary Chabot, Mrs. R. G. Cox, Mrs. Hattie B. Steele, Miss Georgia Cousins, Miss Edith Cousins, Miss May W. Armstrong, Miss Emma B. Armstrong, Ernest R Swan, Robert T. Swan, Mnster Percy E. Armstrong and Master Tom Sidney Armstrong. Supper was served at 11 o’clock, and arter a delightiul evening the party broke up in the early hours of the morninf. A very brilliant Easter party among the Swedes in this City was the one given Satur- day evening, April 4, by Mr. and Mrs. john nderson, 347 Alvarado street. Music, songs and dancing were the principal enjoyments during the evening. Arthur Thomas en- tertained the guests by telling funny stories, A very fine supper “a la Suede” was served late in the evening. Among those present were: Mr. and Mrs. John Person, Mr. and Mrs, Charles Engstrom, Mr. and Mrs. Nordstrom, Mr. and Mrs. Lambert Gisslow, Mr. and Mrs, George Moran, Mr. and Mrs. joachimsen, Ar- thur Thomas, Messrs, Silvey, Sanderson, Gren- leap, Strom and Ahlberg. e s - burns and many similar miseries PrLES, and subsequent death oi anaged lady was | quickly relieved by Mitchell’s Magic Lotion, * ALL FINE CHORUS SINGERS The Mormon Taberpacle Choir Gives an Excellent Concert. FIRST TIME IN THIS CITY. In Technigue and Bilance the Body of Sweet S'ngers Created a Favorable Impression. An artistic success was scored by the Mormon Tabernacle choir in Metropoli- tan Temple last night. The public | heartily applauded the visitors from Utah and in several instances induced them to break through their commendable reserve in the matter ot encores. The organ:zation brings a number of soloists, but its real strength lies in the choir itself. The large body of singers shows the effects of long and regular choral practice, which isan absolute requi- site to success in choral singing. '}'inc parts are evenly balanced and the voices pleasant in timbre, with a good round volume of tone in the forte passages, | The shading was very satisfactory, | though the listeners would not have had to strain their ears even if the piano pas- sages had been a little softer. As for the attack, it was excellent, par- ticularly in the opera work. In the Mor- | mon hymns there was a slight tendency to | slor, but this was evidently done ud-, visedly, in order to enhance the ecclesias- tical character of the music. The final chorus in the “Traviata,” which was the gem of the whole concert, was sung with splendid attack, as well as with crispness and aramatic expression, while the volume of sound was full, penetrating and sweet. In this number Miss Lizzie Thomas Ed- ward did excellent solo work. Judging from last night the Mormon | States left Oakland pier last evening and 8. C. Wallace, San Francisco; grand treas urer, Miss Clara MeDonaid, San Francisco ; grand marshal, C. J. Sweeney, San Fran - cisco; grand prelate, Miss Kate Brome, San Francisco, and the following Supreme representatives: T, H. Selvage, Eureka: W. H. Savage, San Pedro; H. B, M. Mil- ler, Alameda, and these from San Fran- cisco, H. W. Hatton, E. I. Wolfe, Thomas O’Brien, A. B. Sanborn. At to-day’s session the following officers will be elected: Grand warden, grand guard, grand sentinel and trustee. per capita tax matter will also come up for tinal action. There was a reception to the grand lodge officers and delegates tendered by the local councils last night at the Native Sons’ Hall, which was largely attended. A literary and musical programme made things enjoyable -uring the early part of the evening and a social dance whiled away the later hours. FLINT'S NEW MAILCARS, Railway Postal Clerks to Be Housed in Pullman-Like Coaches. Designed by the Division Superintend- ent and Hs Assistant—Ready for Service. One of the finest mailcars in the United is speeding toward Ogden over the Central Pacifie. Itis a pity that so handsome a Diece of rolling stock should have only the numer- ical title 4068 inscribed on its side. It would seem that the beauty and luxury merited a more poetic title. However Uncle Sam’s mail service officials lay no claim to poetic fancy, no matter how many effusions of that nature are handled under their direc- tion daily, so 4068 was the gilded inscrip- tion on the glossy sideof the car that is making its first trip. It o ed with five d ton, Ohio, three days ago and stood in the vards until yesterday. uplicates from Day- choir possesses remarkable versatility, for | ~ The new cars were designed chiefly by Samuel Flint, superintendent of the Paci- | FLINT'S NEW MAILCAR. it performs opera, oratorio and Mormon | hymns. The last named may be very in- | téresting in the Tabernacle, but they seemed dreary and dirge-likein the ears of gentiles as concert music. The way in | which hymns were rendered showed people | that the choir must be capable of doing ex- cellent oratorio work and one was tempted | to wonder why the singers had not come | afield prepared to give oratorios in their entirety, when their remarkably good ren- dering of the “Traviata” chorus revealed | them in anew and unexpected light, tor there is a very wide step from the Solemn strains of a Mormon hymn to the tuneful sparkling music of “La ‘I'raviata.” It had been intended to end the pro- | gramme with the ‘‘Hallelujah” chorus, | but the organ at Metropolitan Temple was | found to be so out of repair that the con- ductor, Evan Stephens, very wisely de- | cided to dispense with' its sery The great chorus from “The Messiah” was | therefore abandoned, and the “Trayiata’ | chorus substituted in its place. The companiment of a piano instead of the or- gan roust have been a drawback to the choir, but it is stated that by to-night the | organ will have been repaired. Several of the Mormon hymns were written by E. Stephens, the conauctor of | the choir. The “Mother’s Lullaby,” wiich | the ladies’ chorus sang, was by the same | composer. and the iadies kept well to- | gether in the number and sang sweetly, but they were unaccompanied and there was a tendency to flatten. A male chorus | sunlg La Moth’s “Breezes of the Night” well, Nellie Bruce Pugsley, the soprano who | did most work, is possessed of an exaui- | sitely sweet and flexible liquid soprano | voice, though her selections were not cal- culated to show off its best qualities. The miserere sceue from ‘“Il Trovatore,” for instance, demands dramatic soprano, and though Miss Pugsley sang the music with remarkable sweetness, something in the style of the waltz from ‘Mirella,” or an aria for light soprano by Rossini or Bel- lini would have displayed her unusual vo- cal powers to better advantage. The tenor, George D). Pyper, was very satisfactory in the “Trovatore.” R. Easton, another tenor, sang * Annie Laurie” with rather an overdose of ex- pression; he was heard to much better ad- vantage in the quartet from ‘‘Rigoletto,” the other artists in the number being Miss Edward, Miss Allison and_H. S. En- all of whom sang well. Willard E. Weihe is a satisfactory violinist, though he was scarcely able to compete with the technical difficulties of Krnst’s “Airs Hon- grois.” As an encore he played a “Ber- ceuse’’ by Sauret. To-night’s concert promises to be un- usually interesting on account of the pre- ponderance of operatic music. The pro- gramme is as follows: THURSDAY, APRIL 16. Soldiers’ chorus (Faust). ...Gounod Choir, Trio, “Attilla”. ......... Verdi Miss Mabel s 8. Ashworth, per, Thom: H. 8. Ensign. Prisoners’ chorus, “The (lorious Songs of Freedom” (Blodwen). Parry (This was one of the Contest NUMbers ay the Sait Lake Eisteddfod, w tended by 30,000 people. ‘I'he first pri $500 was awarded this Recltation, iss Mand May Babeoc! th chorus, wedding music (Lohen- Wagner Organ solo grin) Tenor solo, So e George D. Pyp Sextet and chorus, “Lucia’. X\'eln‘io(. Druce Pugsley, Bi Spir . Donizetti ~Donizetel s an’ Allison, n, J. D. Spencer, Ashworth and choir. tasia Appassionata”..Vienxtemps 5 aston, H. 8. Ensigi I Violin solo, ** Willard E. Weibe. Polonaise and chorus, “Noble Chief” (Life to the Czar). o Glinka | 3.3, nes (organ) and choir, Meyerbeer ). Contralto solo, “The Prophet”. £ Bessie Dean Allison. Male chorus, “The Sound of War” (Blodwen: . Parry Soprano solo, B ... Verdi Lizzie Thomas ‘‘Hallelujah Chorus’ .Handel Contraltos — Misses Edna Dwyer, Mabel Cooper, Ida Pratt, Herma Tyler and Eva Mus- ser. Tenors—Messrs. Easton, Pyper, Ashworth and S. Winters; Mr. Ensign, barytone, Bassos—Messrs. Spencer, Peterson and Chris- topherson, with full choir. CHOSEN FRIENDS' OFFICERS. Boehm of San Francisco Elected Grand Councilor. At the meeting of the Grand Lodge of Chosen Friends yesterday the only busi- ness of importance transacted was the election of the following officers: Grand councilor, M. Boehm, San Francisco; grand assistant councilor, C. W. H. Pratt, Virginia City, Nev.; grand vice-councilor, | superscription. fic Coast division of the m: H. Lewis, the assistant While the United States ment prescribes the plan of the frame- | work of its cars, it leaves to the division | superintendent and his aides the designs of the intertor ana the adantation of the structure and size to the needs of the road. | The specimen of the half dozen addi- | tions to the train service, which is on | the road to-day, is 68 feet in length from platform to platiorm, and 9 feet in width. | It is 64 feet 4 inches in length from the | front to the rear vestibule and its weight 85,300 pounds. It has the same running- gear used in Pullmans and has the same | metallic framework, backed by rubber | about the doors. It is twice as heavy as | the mailcars formerly used on this line | and offers the same resistance as a Pull- man. The advantage of this as a precaution against loss of lite in a disaster is obvious, nce the mailcar is always next the en- zine and receives the brunt of the force in a collision. The new cars are lighted by means of three Pintsch gaslight tanks, each having a capacity of 57 cubic feet. The ten lights | thus furnished make it possible to de- | cipher the faintest lines in a-slovenly | The wood employed in | the interior furnishings of the car is cherry | and the effect is neat and pleasing. From the heavy floor of seasoned oal with iron above and below, to the ap; ances for cooking the basty meal of the | clerks, the car is complete in its provisions ! for safety ana facility, and is simply de- | signed to carry its share of the 30,000 vounds of mail that crosses the desert every day. The letter-boxes have wire bottoms, hus enabling the distributor to seeata glance whether in the long rows of boxes one letter may remain. Further facility is obtained by larger boxes for the accom- modation of tne larger envelopes, and boxes ranged along the floor for the re- ception of packages of letters, No feature of the new caris more ac- ceptable to the employes than Dewitt's cinder-guard, which is attached to the opening through which the mail is thrown, and affords complete protection for the eyes of the clerk. Hall’s lock safe occupies a convenient nook, and is a safe receptacle for registered goods. The clerk in charge who took the car out ail service, and | superintendent. Postoflice Depart- | NEW TO-DAY. SAVED BY HIS WIFE A Canadian Ttfi the Story of His Rescue, ! Forty-Five Years of Nerve-De- stroying Bondage—His Declining Years Can Now Be Passed in Happiness and Comfort. The } 20000C OWO@MMWWWWWOOWWWWWWO |is William C. Dubois, one of the oldest | and most_reliabie employes on the divis- | ion. He has seen twenty-five consecutive | years of service on the coast. | A number of postoffice officials made an ]‘ { inspection of the car during the afternoon. B b A Little Literary Story, It may be true, and it may not, says | the New York un, but the story goes | that when Mrs. Francés Hodgson Bur- | nett’s “Through me Administration’ was meandering its way through the Century Magazine, she one day appeared | in the editor's office with her last in-| staliment of copy. * Look here, i Burnett,” said the editor, *‘vou haven’t ended this thing )Ifl[\’)!l)‘, I hope. Be- ceuse, if yvou have, it’s absolutely fatal, vyou know. The only thing you can do | with such a set of characters is to kill ’em all off. every one of ’em, right and left.” | “But,” said Mrs. Burnett, “that’s ?\m‘ what I've done. I've ended it happily.” “Then youw'll have to write it over,” said | the editor, “and kill ’em all oft. I tell you, it's the only way to make such a book | popular.”” So poor Mrs. Burnett had to go | to work and write ber last chapters all | over again, so_that the characters would | be “killed off,” and the book become | popular. | - RS = Eragg’s Pony Colonel. ‘ Bragg used to ecall Joseph Wheeler his *‘Pony Colonel.”” Referring to the battle | \ of Shiloh Colonel George C. Garner, | Bragg’s adjutant-general, said: “When | Prentiss and Wallace's division were | pressing upon and driving back Chalmer’s | brigade, Bragg, Hardee and Beauregard were on an elevation and saw the advance | of the Federal line. 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In Poyntz & Co.’s drugstore on Williams street | yesterday was discussed the remarkable de- | iverance of George Gaffield, a promipent | farmer and one ot the oldest settlers of o | Charles District, when he himself entered the | store. Hisstep was firm and elastic, his eye | bright, his bearing that of manly vigor, so that | the reporter hesitated 10 ask if he had just | Dbeen released trom a terrible bondage, but Mr. | ; Gaflield was only too pleased to tell his story for the good of humanity: *Yes, I am glad to | telk of it, because it may lead those who are tobacco-spitting and smoking their lives away tofind a cure in No-To-Bac. 1 was a heavy user of tobacco for over forty-five years, an in- veterate smoker and chewer, using a frightful amount oi tobacco and spending so much money that it was ruinous 10 me_finaneially. Not only this, but the habit was_disgusting io all T came in contact with. Did I try to stop? 1 should say so; dozens of times, but I had be- come such a slave to the weed that I couldn’t live without it. A year ago Poyntz recom- mended No-To-Bac t0 me and my wife urged me to try it and so I bought a box. From the day I took & No-To-Bac tablet I have not tested tobacco. Tused three boxes of No-To-Bac and was not only cured of the tobacco habit, but re- gained my healtn and sirenrth and was bene- fited in more ways than one. The truth is that No-To-Bac made a new man of me.” Druggist Poyntz, who had listened to this wonderful story, said: The Sterling Remedy Company of Chieago, New York and Montreal are so fair and square that it’s a pleasure to do business | with them. They authorize every druggest to sell No-To-Bac under the absolute guarantee that if three boxes fail to eure any case of the tocacco habit the money will be refunded, and they refund it too.” Get the booklet “Don’t Tobacco-Spit and Smoke Your Life Away.” ¥ree sample and written guarantec mailed for E. R. Tiel, Sacramento; grand recorder, | thensking, San Rafael to San Francisco. | WEEK DA . 7:50, 9:10, 11:10 A. w.; 12:45, 3:40, 5:10 P. 3. Saturdays—. &t 1:55 p. 3. and 6:35 P. s BUNDAYS—7:35, 9 5:00, 6:25 P. M. Between San Frunclsco and Schuetzen Park same schedule as above. Leave Arrive ) Sen Francisco. }‘;;‘i'l"f," San Francisco. | E 1596, 5 i WERK | SUN- 5 WEEK Davs, | pays, | Vestinaiion. s | Dava | 50 AM|7:50 AM| Novato, | AM| 8:40 au | 30 Py |9:30 Ax| Petaiuma, | X 1010 A | 5:10 rx|5:00 Py Santa Rosa.| P 6:15 Py Fulton, | i | 7:30 Ax Windsor, 10:10 ax Healdsburg, 1 i Geyserville, ! ! 8:30 P |7:30 AM| Cloverdale. | 7:30 px| 6:15 px T Tieta, ' Hopland & 7:80 AM| 7:30 Ax| Ukiah. T80 Ax| ] |7:30 A3 | Guerneville. 3:30 | | 7:30 AM|7:30 AM| Sonoma 6:10 Px/5:00 P3| and | | Glen Eilen. 780 An 730 AM| o [T0:30 Ax|10:10 ax | 8:30 a|5:00 pa| Sebastopol. | Tgios Ly 615 b Stages connect at Cloverdale for the Geysers. ! Stages connect at Pieta for iighland Sprin Kelseyville, Lakeport. ¥ Tz Stages connect at Ukiah for Vichy Springs, Blas Lakes, Laurel Dell. Upper Lake, Booneville, Green- 10:40 AM| 8:40 A | 6:06 Px| 6:15 px Saturday to Monday round-trip tickets at reduced rates. On Sundays round-trip tickets to all polnts pe- yond San Rafacl at half rates. Ticket Offices, 650 Market st., Chronicle building. H, C. WHITING, R.X. RYAN, Gen. Manager, Gon. Pass. Agenty | nnder Harvey's management. A for Morning. P for Afternoon. SANFRANCISOO & NORTH PA- | e85 B it RAILROAD Trains leave from and arrive &t Market-Street Ferry. SANTA FE EXPRESS Extratrivs | 7o Chicago via A. & P. Direct Line » 11:10 A, M.; 1:40, 3:40, | Leaves every day at 5 P. M., carrylng Pullman Palace Sleepers and Tourist & via Kansas City without change. eepers 1o Chicage Aunex cars for Denver and St. Louls, CHICAGO LIMITED, From Los Angeles to Chicago. Solid_Vestibule Train Daily, with Dining-cars, . Connecting traing leave San Francisco st 9 A. . and 5 .M. daily. The best railway from California to the East, New ralls, new ties: 0o dusi: interesting sceneryy and good meals in Harvey’s dining-roem or dinings Ticket Office—644 Market Stroet, - Chronicle Sallding, NORTH PACIFIC (OAST RAILRMBA Via Sausalito Ferry) | ¥rom San ;‘mnrls‘co.cu..nm ncing March 29, 1896 KDAYS. San Rafael — 7:00, »g: A M. 41145, 3120, 4:15, ael on Monda, by nes LTS kit SUNDAYS. ey and San Ratael E IURL2:30.5 1150, %515, +4:00, M. EXira trip to Sangalitost TUR to Nen Qu s o 2aill Vatleg o **13100 W For Mill Valley “9:15 10:16, 11 5:18, %6:00, & i Extra trips for San aays and Suturdays at nd 5, !ox; Mil 5 1 3. Trains markea * P.3. does not run - Uppe THROUGH 1 wood, Mendocino City. Fort Brage, Westport, | 1:45 P. M. weekdayso oy L BAINS, . Cahto, Willetts, Calpella, Pomo, Potter Valley, o..: | B:00 a. ::ifi"f‘ Cazadero und way stations Day's, Lively’s, Gravelly Valley, Harris, ~Scoila | 9 undays—pojgy g, ud Way stations. | and Eureka. e ROIRE Reyes ana way sistions vl‘l. PHILLIPS, A7+ N taw and Notary Pubiic, 635 Marar o site Palace Hotel, 6 Fellsi. Telephione, ‘1‘33;35":::;? e 1420