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4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1896. (N OLD FIGRT IN THE HOUSE Managers of the National Soldiers’ Home in Hot Water. TO OUST THE GOVERNOR. Colonel Smith Is Charged With Being “a Vomiting, Crawl- ing Drunk.” ¥LUE'S BITTER ARRAIGNMENT. A Keeley Cure at One End of the Insti- tution and a Beer Saloon at the Other. SHINGTON, D. C., April 15.—The old fight against the re-election of General ‘W. B. Franklin as a member of the board of managers of the National Soldiers’ Home and against the retention of Colonel A. J. Smith as governor of the home at Leavenworth, Kans., was renewed in the House to-day, occupying nearly ail of the session, and will rage until 3 o'clock to- morrow. It came on when Hulil, shair- man of the Committee on Military affairs, called up the joint resolution reported from that committee providing for the election of Generals Franklin and G. W. Steele, representatives from Indiana, to succeed themselves as members of the board; of General T. J. Henderson, an ex- member of Congress from Illinois, to suc- ceed General Jonn C. Black, ex-Commis- of Pensions, and of General G. L. ine, to succeed General Fessen- ame State. Kansas moved to strike out the name of General Franklin and insert that of General 0. O. Howard, and there- upon addressed the House for two hours. He bitterly arraigned General Franklin’s ministration as president of the board of managers, aeclaring that he was virtually the board, dominating its policy and ac- He charged, he said, from the record, General Franklin was either grossly negligent, grossly incompetent or was not honest. He held that he was responsible for the retention in office of Colonel Smith, whom he accused of drunkenness, frequent and continued up to the present time— ‘‘vomiting, crawling drunk”—and of bru- tality to the inmates of the home under his charge. General Franklin and Colonel Smith were defended by General Curtis (R.) of New York, a member of the Commiitee on Military Affairs; Poole (R.) of New York and He (R.) of Connecticut, and these officials and the board of managers by General G. W. Steele (R.) of Indiana, a member of the board. Mahon (R.) of Pennslvania proposed an amendment to the joint resolution provid- ing fora Congressional investigation of the charges of drunkenness and brutality against Colonel Smith, the officer to be re- the board of managers should rity of the committee find the charges to be well founded. Blue (R.) of Kansas desired to discuss the resolution in order that he might pre- sent affidavits charging General Franklin and his man Smith, for whom he was responsible, with brutal and oppressive treatment of inmates of the Leavenworth home. He thought that the House would hear what he had to say in behalf of the 2000 Kansas veterans incarcerated in that home. Hull had suggested that the debate be limited to two hours, but after Blue’ state- ment he said that he would consent that it go on without limitation at present. Before beginning the discussion Blue moved that the name of General Franklin be stricken out of the joint resolution and that of the *‘splendid soldier and noble Christian, General O. 0. Howard,” be in- serted. It had been charged, he said, that his opposition to Franklin and Smith was based upon personal grounds. This he denied, saying that his fight against them was born of a desire only to relieve the men from the oppression of the drunken and brutal governor and secure for them treatment as should be accorded to men who gave their best services in de- fense of their country, and he proposed, he said, to lay bare the facts, let the con- sequences be what they might. He de- c d that Smith, the governor, had been drunk a hundred times—*vomiting, crawl- ing drunk.” Steele (R.) of Indiana did not know this and did not believe it, as he was the head of the National Keeley League. Blue said he wasin the Keeley League for profit, and asserted that what most veople did not know about these homes would fill a very large volume. Blue then read affidavits, letters and telegrams, approving his fight against Franklin and Smith, and to show that Smith was at the present time, or in the very recent past, indulging in intoxicating liquors. Blue read from the report of the in- spector-general, which showed that the beer saloon in the home paid a profit in the last fiscal year of over §13,000. Reply- inz to questions as to whether he had any charge to make against General Franklin’s personel character, Blue said that Frank- lin was either grossly negligent, grossly incompetent or not honest, and that he had in his hands Government funds that ought to be paid over to the treasury. In connection with this last statement, Blue asserted that when Congress sepa- rated the officers of president and treas- urer of the board, which Franklin then held, he (Franklin) took up his man Fri- day and made him treasurer, and he (Franklin) controlled the funds of the board as he formerly did. Morse of Massachusetts desired to know if the matters complained of at thehome were not due to the existence of a beerhall in connection with the institution, and if this ought not firsy to be shut up. *Yes, and it is needed,” exclaimed Blue, “‘also to shut up the mouth of the beer- guzzler who presides over it.” Curtis of New York, reviewing Blue's ar- raignment of Governor Smith, General Franklin and, indirectly, the board of managers, explained that there was given to the selection of the new members all the dignity and deliberation that would attach to the election of a President of the United States. General Franklin, he said, had been for a long time a member of the board. The charges against him were old and had been thoroughly investigated, He regretted {8s to the time when that the report of the officers making the investigation had not been laid before the House. General Steele (R.) of Indiana followed General Curtis. He asked if the House was to destroy the reputatious of as‘gx-)od soldiers as ever did battle for the L-mo_u and throw them to the winds because it won't hear but one side of the case. All these charges had been investigated by the board of managers and sup-committees of the board. While discussing the matter of the beer saloons at the homes Steele was asked by Milnes (R.) of Michigan if it were the policy of the managers to run a saloon at one end of the home and a Keeley cure at the other. Steele replied that it was the policy to manage the home for the best interests of the inmates. The practical question was whether the homes should have the profits of the beer sales or the saloons outside, where the old soldier was not only made drunk but robbed. The experience at Marion, his own residence place, showed that the policy of letting the saloons out- side have the trade was not to the advan- tage of the home. Mahon (R.) of Pennsylvania ofierGQ an additional section to the joint resolution, providing for an investigation of the charges of drunkenness and brutality against Colonel Smith by a joint Con- gressional commission; if the charges be sustsined by a majority of that commis- sion, the board of managers to be directed to remove hiin from his position. Blue said he would reserve a point of order against that amendment. On motion of Hullthe House at 5 o’clock adjourned until to-morrow, an agreement having been reached between him and Blue that the vote on the joint resolution should be taken at 3 o’clock. e e SENATE PROCEEDINGS., The Dupont Election Case Still Unsettled. Bills and Resolutions Passed. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 15.—It was made pretty clear from an incidental re- mark in the Senate to-day that the pre- diction as to an early adjourninent of Congress is not likely to be verified. The slowly moving Dupont election case had been taken up and Gray of Delaware was in the act of beginming an argument against the right of Mr. Dupont when the chairman of the Committee on Appropri- ations (Allison of Iowa) made an inquiry the election case would probably come to a vote. Mitchell of Oregon, chairman of the Committee on Privileges and Elections, said that there were at least half a dozen more speeches to be made upon it, and that therefore he could not fix any time for the vote, al- though he was very anxious to have the case disposed of. He consented to let the matter g0 over when Gray should have finished his speech, so as to make way for the Indian appropriution bill, the naval appropria- tion bill and Peffer's resolution for an in- vestigation of the recent bond issues. “That practically means,” Gorman in- terposed, “that the Dupont case is not to be disposed of until after the 1st of June.” Bills were passed as follows: Senate bill for the protection and preservation of burial-places of soldiers and sailors of the war of 1812; House joint resolution rela- tive to the medals of honor awarded under the joint resolution of 1862 and 1863; amending the act providing for the vrotection of the salmon-fisheries of Alaska; to provide for the private sale of public lands in Missouri; regulating the incorporation of medical and dental col- leges in the District of Columbia; joint resolution authorizing the wearing of a rosette or knot of ribbon in lieu of medals of honorawarded by the acts of 1862 and 1863, Gray occupied over three hoursin the presentation of the case against Dupont’s claim to the vacant seat from the State of Delaware, and had not finished his speech when the Senate, at 5:30 p. M., after an executive session, adjourned until to- morrow. — IN EXECUTIVE bsESSION. Treaty Between the United States and Great Britain Ratified, WASHINGTON, D. C., April 15.—After adiscussion of little more than half an hour the Senate this afternoon in execu- tive session ratified the treaty between the United States and Great Britain providing for the appointment of a commission to assess the damages alleged to have been sustained by Canadian sealers whose ves- sels were seized by the Government of the United States for alleged illegal sealing. The treaty provides that each Government shall appoint one commissioner, and if they cannot agree the Presideut of the Swiss Republic is to select a third. The commission as provided for in the original treaty was to sit at Vancouver, but an amendment was inserted that the commission shall also be allowed to sit in San Francisco. The only other amendment of an im- portant nature—and even that is said to be unimportant—is the expunging of the word “award” from the text of the con- vention where reference is made to the proceedings of the Paris tribunal, this Government contending that the Paris tribunal did noc make any award on the question of damages, that it went even further and refused to consider that ques- tion at all. Otherwise the treatyis as signed by Sir Julian Pauncefote and Sec- retary Olney. ‘When Senator 8herman called it up this afternoon, there was a disposition on the part of some of the Senators to postoone action until the return to the Senate of Senator Morgan, but this was deemed to be impracticable, owing to the uncertainty as to when Morgan would be able to re- sume his duties. Sherman notified the Senate that the State Department was exceedingly anxious to have the matter disposed of at the earliest opportunity, and he further stated that if the Senate intended to ratify the convention at all, it might as well be done now as at any other time, and thus obliterate the idea that was held by some that this Government was trifling with the subject. Briefly he explained the pro- visions of the treaty. Pugh of Alabama, although he favored the treaty, thought it would be better to await the return of Mr. Morgan. Other Senators appeared to be content to accept the judgment of the Committee on Foreign Relations, The text of the convention was then read at length, but little attention being paid to it the Senators, other than mem- bers of the committee, occupying the time in writing letters. Mr. Sherman indicated the character of the amendments and then moved the ratification of the instrument as amended. The ratification was agreed to without the formality of a vote, and witha unanimity that was unexplained. Mr. Sherman frowned down a suggestion to re- move the injunction of secrzcy from the treaty, and it will be printed and filed away among the secret archives of the Senate. —_— Death of a Portland Educator., PORTLAND, Or.. April 15—Mary B. Rodney, principal of St. Helen’s Hall, and a well-known ~educator throughout' the Northwest, died this morning from g stroke of paralysis last night, SINTA ROSA'S FLORAL COURT, Mrs. Burris Announces the Attendants of the Queen. SAN FRANCISCO HONORED Miss Suza Crooks Chosen as Maid of Homor to Her Majesty. LADIES-IN-WAITING SELECTED. The Fairest Buds of a Half-Dozen Cities Will Surround the Win- some Ruler, SANTA ROSA, Car., April 15.—Mrs. L. W. Burris, Queen of the Rose Carnival, made public this evening some of her ar- rangements for the parade. The plans mapped out by the Queen contemplate a spectacle of unusual elegance, and will more than fulfill the expectations of her friends, who declared all along that should Mrs, Burris be selected Queen she and her retinue would surpass all previous efforts in this line. The attendants of the Queen will include one maid of honor, nine ladies in waiting and eight pages in Fauntleroy suits. During the parade the Queen and her attendaunts will ride upon a magniticent float, which will be constructed after de- signs furnished by her Majesty. Lt will be drawn by six coal-block horses. The Queen’s maid of honor will be Miss Suza Crooks of San Francisco, the beauti- ful niece of William T. Baggett. The ladies 1n waiting selected by Mrs, Burris are from San Francisco, Oakland and Sonoma County towns, including Sonoma, Sebastopol, Petaluma, Healds- burg and Cloverdale. From Cloverdale will come Miss Lena Brush, daughter of the president of the Cloverdale Bank. She is a decided brunette, and one of the most beautiful young ladies in the citrus belt. From Sonoma the carnival is to have Miss Bertha Campbell a beautiful and stately blonde, and one of the belles of that historic town. Petaluma will send two of her fair- est daughters to add to the beauty of the carnlyal, in the persons of Miss Dacy Fair- banks and Miss Henrietta Cantell. These young ladies are daughters of two of Peta- luma’s most prominent citizens, and are both of the blonde type. Miss Anna Me- Lain of Healdsburg, a petite blonde of winsome manners, will represent Santa Rosa's northern neighbors, whose proud- est boast is of her lovely maids and matrons. MissSadie McMullen, the chosen of Sebastopol, is a charming brunette, and a popular favorite in the society of social Sebastopol. From Oakland will come Miss Caroline Frear, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Frear and a sister of Mrs. E. F. Woodward of this city. Miss Frear is a graceful demi-blonde, whose beauty is enhanced by charming manners. She is well known in Santa Rosa society. From her own town, her Royal High- ness has made a most happy selection of three young ladies. They are Miss Edith Brooks, a dauchter of Elmont Brooks; Miss Kate Lewis, a daughter of Postmas- ter George Lewis, and Miss Lilhe Hill, Miss Brooks is a dark-eyed brunette of medium height. Miss Lewis is a tall, slender and graceful blonde and Miss Hill is a petite demi-blonde—and any further attempt to describe these three flowers from Santa Rosa’s beauty-garden would be a waste of words. FRESNO CONTEMPT CASE. Lawyer Grady Fined for Assailing Judge Carter—Must Pay or Go to Jail. FRESNO, CaL., April 15—W. D. Grady, a former District Attorney of this county and erstwhile Democratic politician of considerable note, has been having several tilts of late with Judge Carter of the Supe- rior Court here. Two days ago the Judge took exception to some sarcastic flings of the doughty lawyer and fined him $10 for contempt. Grady responded with more insulting remarks, when Judge Carter raised the fine to $50. This was no new experience for Grady, who neither paid the fine'nor attention to the court. The Judge informed Grady that he would give him until to-day to pay the fine or g0 to jail for thirty days. When the contempt proceedings came up 1n court this morning Grady asked the court to dismiss the case. The Judge was inexorable, however, and informed Grady that neither the fine nor any part of it would be remitted, but that it must be paid in full, with the alternative of his being the guest of the Sheriff. Ten days’ extension was given in order to allow Grady to choose between the two alterna- tives. e TROUBLE NEAR SPOKANE. Cattlemen and Sheepmen Will Tight for a Strip of Range. SPOKANE, WasH., April 15.—Trouble that promises to be of a serious nature has broken out among the cattlemen and sheepmen over the possession of a rich strip of range lying within the counties of Spokane, Adams, Lincoln and Whitman, The strip is known as a resort of cattle- thieves and other desperate men. The cattlemen recently organized to drive the sheep-owners from the range, and the lat- ter promised to leave. To-day word came that the sheep-owners had also organized to resist being driyen off, and their herds were still on the strip. Twenty armed and mounted cattlemer started for the scene, Bloodshed 1s inevitable when the factions come together. el Wedding Bells at Oakmead. SANTA ROSA, CAL., April 15.—John ©, Dornin and Miss Anna K. Neff of Everett, ‘Wash., were united in marriage to-day at noon. The ceremony was performed at Oak- mead, near Fulton, the beautiful country home of the groom’s father. Only the inti- mate friends of the contracting parties were present. After the weddingireuklast the couple boarded the afternoon train for Oakland, where they will reside. ———— Auburn Wants the School. AUBURN, CaL., April 15.—The Auburn Board of Trade has petitioned State Uni- versity regents {o locate the Wilmerding School of Industrial Arts at Auburn, A bandsome vuilding and frounds, the best climate on earth, practical lessons in farm- ing and {fruit-growing, cheap water-power and a location on the main line of a rail- road are among the arguments used by the Auburnites, . 7 NEW TO-DAY—CLOTHING. Limited fizm. “=OHO-G=~ Z?zursday, .firz’a’ay and S aturday Orousers! Some awlully swell OCrousers for men, (n| Warsfeds, in neat| stripes, cleverly Im'—? lored, a? i S/.50. Raphracl’s ( fncarparm‘ed), Che Frisco Boys. 333 What are the swell tailors showing in real swell suitings for r.s;ur/'ny? Che RBlue and RBlack Cheviots. So are we in double and single breasted sacks, real smart and clever garments, clev-| erly taidored. Ghurs- day, .;‘71'12{@/ and Sat- Raphael’s G Fncorporated), Chat Big Kearny Street Store. §888 Some remarkably bright and dressy Suits in Scotches and those right fashionable Blue and Black lheavy :Ye;yes, n cutaways, single and double breas?- ed sacks. Owice seven is the price for ‘em| ‘round town. Zf/mrs-( day, fria'ay and Sat- urday at S7.00. Raphael’s (Fncorporated, ), 9, 77, 718, 15 Kearny Street. Owo Cntire .Qm'ldin_y:. §888 I lay-out a? Oen Dollars that’s a stag- Gre very prettiest and dress-~ gerer, a stunner. lest of garments, in the very highest class fab- rics--other stores’ 520 and 878 suits. Facts, you know--we only ad- Churs~ day, frz’day and Sat- urday at 870.00. Raphrael’s ( .Zwarparaled) 2 RBig in fiv'ez;yMin_y RBut Price. vertise facts. AN JOSE BANKER DEAD, James A. Clayton, a Pioneer of the Golden State, Passes Away. His Demise the Result of Injuries Susta‘ned in a Runaway Acci- dent a Year Ago. SAN JOSE, CarL., April 15.—James A. Clayton, one of the most promment citi- | zens of this city, died at the residence of | his daughter, Mrs. Carroll W. Gates, in Los Angeles, at 3:30 o’clock this morning. His death resulted from an injury received in a runaway accident in May, 1894, in which he suffered a bad fracture of his left arm. Last July he was obliged -to have the arm amputated at the shoulder, and he never fully recovered from the shock of the operation. Mr. Clayton was born in Derbyshire, England, in 1831. In 1839 he came to America with his parents, who settled in | Wisconsin, In 1850 Mr. Clayton, in com- pany with his brother, Joel Clayton, crossed the plains to California and arrived in San Jose on August 25, 1850. He re- mained here until February, 1851, when he went to Placerville and engaged in minin - until November of the same year, when he went to Australia and followed mining. Tn August, 1852, Mr. Clayton returned to California, residing for a short period in | Stockton, but came again to Santa Clara County in January, 1853, being employed as clerk in Santa Clara until he perma- nently settled in San Jose in 1859. Here he purchased a photographic galiery lo- cated on Santa Clara street, near Market, removing later to Spring’s Corner. This establishment Mr. Clayton conducted about thirteen years. In 1861 he was elected County ~Cierk of Santa Clara County and he was re-elected in 1863. In 1867 he established a real-estate office, con- tinuing in that business to the present date. Acfew months ago he was elected president of the First National Bank. Mr. Clayton was married to Miss Anna L. Thompson, a native of Indiana, in 1860, and is survived by her. Seven children resulted from their marriage, as follows: Mary E., wife of C. W. Gates of Los An- geles; Fdward W. and Willis 8., partners of their father in the real estate business; John J., also connected with the real estate business; Grace Elizabeth, who died in infancy, and Ethel, Willis and Florence Clayton. Mr. Clayton was a large property-owner, and leaves an estate valued at over $400,- 000. He was a member of San Jose Lodge No. 10, F. and A. M., also a member of the Methodist Episcopsl church since 1857, 2nd a trustee of the University of the Pa- cific; was a lay delegate to the Methodist Episcopal general conference in New York | vention at Chicago in 1888. | if the prisoner is in a suitable condition of in 1888, He was a stanch Republican and one cf the alternate delezates for the State at large to the National Republican Con- His pbody will be brought to this city Friday evening. e, SACRAMENTO’S MURDERER. Physicians Are Passing Upon the Sanity of Simon Ratan. SACRAMETO, CAr., April 15.—The trial of Simon Ratan was this morning con- tinued until to-morrow, and in the mean- time a jury was empaneled to determine mind to proceed with his defense. Dur- ing the investigation this evening Dr. Hoisholt, assistant physician at the Stock- ton Insane Asylum, testified that he could not positively pronounce Ratan insane, but from all indications he considered him so, Hoisholt detailed the reasons on ich he based his opinion, and the in- vestigation was continued until 11 o’clock to-morrow. e Santa Cruz’s Fatal Accident. SANTA CRUZ, Car., April 15.—Bert Waterman, the young man who was in- jured in a runaway yesterday, died this morning shortly after daylight. There was no chance for his recovery, judging from the fracture of the skull. It was con- sidered remarkable that he lived aslong as he did, for when he was picked up after the accident it was believed that he was already dead. The funeral will occur to- morrow afternoon. et S SANTA BARBARA SENSATION. Seamen of the Cruiser Philadeiphia Ar- rested for Drugging Two Girls. SANTA BARBARA, Carn., April 15.— An arrest of a highly sensational charac- ter was made here yesterday, when J. M. Ramsay and James Collins, seamen at- tached to the flagship Philadelphia, were taken into custody, charzed with an at- tempt to poison two girls, Alice True and Sarah Calderon, waitresses in a State- street restaurant. When the merry tars marched down the street yesterday on pa- rade in their icecream uniforms the girls stepped into the street and identified themn as the men who had attempted to drug them. The sailors weresermitled to pro- ceed down the wharf and to return to the ship, where they were afterward arrested at the instance of the local authorities. They were not permitted to give bail, and spent an_uncomfortable night in the county jail. Upon' their examination in the Police Court to-day Ramsay was discharged, the evidence being refarded as insufficient to hold him, but Collins was retained in cus- tody. Although local officers were permitted to o aboard the ship and make this arrest, some nice questions of jurisdiction bid fair to arise out of the affair, for it has gener- ally been conceded that & battle-ship was subject to naval rule only, and never to civic authority. BASEBALL AT STANFORD, Juniors and Freshmen to Contest | With the Seniors and Sophomores. | The Best Talent of the University on the Teams—Class-Book Officers Chosen. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CAr., April 15.—On Friday next, which is to be a holi- day, the juniors and freshmen will match a-picked nine against a combination of seniors and sophomores. All the best players in colleze will take part, and the match will be one of the most interesting seen on the diamond here for many a day. Asa general rule these interclass games evoke far more enthusiasm than matches with outside athletes or preparatory school nines. The players will line up as follows: '98, '98. Jeit: McLaine (capt. Position. C “First base. Strote econd base. Wigh 'hird base Taylor. hortstop Stansberg. “Left field. James. -Center fieid. Lendrum’ -Right field... " Montgomery The class of '98 has held -ts election of annual class-book officers, and a hot cam- Eaign ended as follows: Editor-in-chief, ". V. Keesling; business manager, F. M. Ayer; associates—W. H. Irwin, Charles S. Dole, W. M. McNeil, Walker and Miner Mackintosh, Barnheisel, Haskell. After all arrangements had apparenily been made for a collecting expedition to Kamchatka the enterprise has fallen through and Stanford may be unable to send a party to that little-known portion of Siberia for some tiue to come. Dr. Jor- daan was endeavoring to arrange for the passage of two students and paraphernalia on one of the sealing vessels, but no satis- factory terms could be reached. Timothy Hopkins had kindly consented to pay tlie cost of the expedition, but matters are all off now, with no prospect of a visit to Kam- chatka. Expeditions will be sent out, however. during the summer to various points along the Pacific Coast. e SANTA ROSA EXAMINATION, John Mize, the Would-Be Suicide, Is De- clared Insane. SANTA ROSA, CAr., April 15.—The sec- ond examination of John Mize, ona charge of insanity, was held here to-day. Mize | was declared insane a few aays ago, but the Judge refused to sign the commitment, as Mize bad & charge of criminal assault pending against him in this county, and ‘Was at the time out of $5000 bail. Drs. M. M. Shearer, J. W. Clark, F. H. McNee! of this city, District Attorney Bell and At-| torney Colwell of Napa County and Dr. Gardner of the Napa Insane Asylum were present during the inquiry. From the testimony it was shown that Mize had made no less than five attempts to commit suicide, his latest effort in that line being made on Saturday last, when he swallowed a dose of morphine. T'woyears ago the demented man shot himself in the forehead and has carried the bullet ever ince. His relatives say that since that time he has been more than usually vio- lent, requiring constant watching. On this showing the Napa County officials were satisfied as to the insanity of the une fortunate man. The criminal charges will be dismissed and Mize will be sent to an asylum. e SEEK WESTERN HUSBANDS. Scheme to Send Unmarried Women to Western Canada. VANCOUVER, B. C., April 15.—The Mayor of Vancouver has received a queer letter from Toronto, written 1n the inter- ests of the young women in Toronto and other Eastern Canadian cities. In this unique epistle the writer states that, ac- cording to statistics, there is a shortage in the female population in the Northwess territories and British Columbia amount- ing to about 40,000, and there is in Eastern Canada a corresponding overplus of un- married women. In oraer to equalize matters, it is proposed to send young women of good health ana moral charace ter west, to be distributed where the de- mand is greatest, and for this purpose i is sought to establish a home at Vancouver for the reception and distribution of the young demoiselles for British Columbia, R T FRESNO LEAP-YEAR SOCIAL. Ladies of the Eastern Star Entertain a Masonic Temple. FRESNO, Cav., April 15.—The Ladies of the Eastern Star of this city gavea very delightful leap-year social at Masonio Temple this evening. The programme consisted in part of a mandolin and piano duet by Mrs. Levy and her son Herbert; arecitation by Miss Sadie Dealy; vocal solo, by Ed White; a dialogue between the Misses Cameron and Stephens; instrue- mental solo, by Professor Moses Mendel. sohn Meyers. There were dancing and card-playing during the evening. Comic shadow pictures were cast upon the wall by members in costume. A part of the proceeds will be donated to the fund for the home for the widows and orphans of deceased Masons of the State, to be erected near Decoto, in Alameda County. T e Portland Gambling Dens Close — PORTLAND, Or., April 15.—For the first time in years every gambling-house in this city is closed. Not a single game is running, and gamblers are leaving town. Between two factionsof political parties the gamblers seem to have been getting the worst of it. Their houses have been repeatedly raided, and municipal re- form leagues have secured the conyiction and fining of ali gambling-house mana- ZEIS,