The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 17, 1896, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1896 A McNAB-LANIGAN REGIME BEGINS The Rainey-Daggett Side Defeated and a Cinch Played. SULLIVAN IS THE KING. The “Inside” Captures the Junta and Packs All Power Into One Ruler, HOW HARNEY SAVED JIM BUDD The Buckleyites Make a Great Silver Play for the State Con- vention. The Rainey-Daggett people were knocked out in a big meeting of the Junta’s Demo- cratic general committee in Pioneer Hali last night. The vote was 197 to 138, with the Rainey- ites in the shortend. Then the McNab- Lanigan-Sullivan combination easily put through a programme, which gives the entire management of everything, includ- ing primaries and the naming of election officers, into the bands of Chairman Sulli- van. Thereisno furtaer use for the gen- eral committee, and its members will have little to say in tue future. The Raineyites can be shut out everywhere, and now Lani- n can get all he wants of what the Mc- Nab coterie will be able to win. This was brought about by the adoption of a constitution which provided that the rman shall appointa campaign com- ee, which is given absolute power. e Raineyi es were given even a the constitution before the meet- It was agreed upon by McNab, Sul- an, Hassett and Lanigan at a conference in H tt’s office last Saturday night. It t night and put through. neide’” had hustied hard to get its er, but the Rameyites had Quite & number of were away, several, including Eddie Greany, being at the prize-fight. On the floor Senator C. S. Arms and | J. A. Fenton led the defeated faction, while Gavin McNab and Frank P. Hughes hustled about, marshaling the anti-Rain- v election was called for May to elect State convention delegates, the nary to be wholly run by the cam- paign committee, which Sullivan is to ap- point. The meeting was long and warm, but the programme was forced through with- out bioodshed. Sam Braunhart sat at the rear and made three or four motions intended to chuck the programme through with expe- dition, the first one being that the roll- call be dispensed with, but the Raineyites rose in wrath, and the roll was called vern, while John Cun- secretary of C. A. Buck- now assistant secretary, kept tally. Frank P. Hughes bobbed up quickly at the end of the rollcall with a motion that the report of the committee on constitu- tion and by-laws be read. J. A. Fenton wanted the delegation from the Forty-jourth which had been agreed upon as a compromise seated first, bolding that the Forty-fourthn was entitled to a voice in adopting the constitution. He gotina pomnt of order, which the chair- man overruled, and hs appealed from the decision of the chair, evoking the first roar of applause. Braunbart from the rear fired forth a motion to lay the appeal on the table, and when a rollcall was de- manded on the motion the test vote of the meeting was begun. The progress of the rollcail was watched anxiously and when it was announced that the motion was carried by 197 to 138 the M ers cheered and flushed with vietor) 1at vote took the heart out of the Ruineyites and a number went to the prize fight or for drin The constitution was McGovern. But few of the delegates had seen it. When Fenton the day before asked McNab for the privilege of reading the fateful document McNab replied, “Oh, you will understand it at & glance.” ““Well, we’d like to Lave the glance,” re- plied Fenton unavailingly. -The constitution is brief and simple and imposes no_fetters on the all-powerful chairman. It provides for alotof com- mittees to be appomnted by the chairman including a campaign committee and a grieveance committee. The campaign committee is to ‘‘manage all preliminary campaign work for the interest of the party.” Under the head of conventions it is provided that no office-holder—municipal, State or Federal—shall be eligible to mem- bership. This is intended to shut the Mint and Fire Department people out of con- ventions. The constitution may be amended by a majority vote of the whole committee, thus making it necessary for the Rainey element to win 226 votes to change things around. The chairman is given a club to preside at meetings with in the shape of a provi- sion that he may impose a fine of not to exceed $5 on anv_Democrat who gets un- ruly duringmeetings. Hughes moved the adoption of the in- strument as a whole at once. Fenton wanted to take up section by sec- tion the document that had been read but once. Eugene N. Deuprey appealed to Fenton to lei the process be expedited by con- fining discussion to the one section which opposition was likely. C. A. Reynolds urged that no man conld vote inteiligently on a constitution and by-laws after hearing it read once, and he moved as. an amendment_that 500 copies be printed and that it be laid over until the next_meeting. - Ex-Senator Mead supported this and in- tfiuired what the great hurry was. Then ‘rank P. Hughes, who helped get up the document, made a fiery speech in favor of cracking things through while the major- ity stood right. “I undeistand every section,” he de- clared, and the Raineyites groaned. “There is but one issue here and it is understood. It should be met now and without flinch- ing. Our purpose is to rid San Francisco of a set of corrupt bosses. Delay 1s wanted 80 _that a few more members of the com- mittee mnay be reached. This matter must be met now. The previous question shut off debate, and a rollcall was demanded on Reynolds’ amendment that 500 copies be printed. It was lost by a vote of 115 to 210, and then the constiiution was adoptea by a big and triumphant chorus of ayes to a few weak noes from the defeated Raineyites. ¥ The rest of the programme quickly fol- lowed. M. C. Hassetf, who has receritly become active with McNab, Lanigan and Sullivan, and who wants to name a public official that he can be attorney for, offered a resolution caliing a primary election on May 29 for the selection of delegates to the Btate Convention. Thisisallthe provision made in-the resolution, other than that the campaign committee shall go_ahead and’ hold it, with full power in every- thing. Fenton moved an amendment that elec- read by Secretary tion officers be chosen by the district clubs, instead of all being appointed by Sulli- van's campaign committee, but_the chair- man ruled that such a proposition as that was in conflict with the constitution and hence not in order. C. 8. Arms wanted to know if the cam- paign committee was to appoint all elec- uon officers and found that it was. C Hassett, in reply, said: ‘The campaign committee to be appointed by the chair- man is to_manage the whole thing, fix the number of delegates and so on. Itis sup- vosed that tbe chairman is able and honest and will do that which is for the interests of the party; that he will ap- point capable and honest men to exercise this power. Now, gentlemen, is not that fair? [Laughter.] The chairman should have this powerand this committee should be like the President’s Cabinet and co- operate with him. Power should not be put into the hands of irresponsible people of the districts. I expect that this com- mittee will decide what to do and do it.” There were groans, and a member from the Twenty-eighth said in_disgust, “Well, that’s a good piece of gall.” ‘‘Does this contemplate that the cam- paign committee shall conduct this pri- mary and elect delegates without con- sulting this body?’” inquired Clitus Barbour in amazement. “That's just it,”” said Hassett. Then Senator Arms came down to the front and maae his eloquent protest. 5 “It is said that the purpose of this movement is to shake the bosses out of their shoes, and when they are shaken out their shoes should be thrown away that other bosses may not step into them,” he declared with Lanigan, McNab and Sullivan in his mind. **We don’t want to put through a skin game here. If there is to be a cinch primary with no rep- resentation for the minority it will bring defeat. I ask that the minority be given a chance to at least look on and see if their votes are counted.” “This centralization of power is danger- ous. No boss ever rose to power except by such centralization of power in a com- miitee which he could control. Such a committee as is provided for here will be more harsh and iniguitous than any boss that ever lived.” Hassett said something, and some sar- castic ruffian_in the rear sang out, *I rise to a point of order. The chairman has full power, and you have mno right to speak.” “This resolution is very complimentary to this committee,” said C. A. Reynolds. “It is introduced becanse you are not honest enough to conduct a primary.” The chairman shut him up and made the announcement that the minority would be given some representation. Then the resolution was adopted. The battle being won, the Forty-fourth row was settled by a vote to seat the com- promise delegation agreed upon in the district the other night. That was all but the row over Jim Budd. Charles Wesley Reed started it by getting in some resolutions referring to the long- standing opposition of the party to rail- road funding bills and calling upon | Governor Budd to voice the sen- timenis of the people of California to Congress and_to render active support to Semator White and Congress- man Maguire in their battle with the pending funding measure. Also to aid toe people of Los Angeles in their battle for a harbor with the Southern Pacific | Company. Not all caught the main point. It was | late, everybody wanted to go, and when Reed said, “I” desire to talk to you about five minutes on this great question,”’ the audience groancd in dismay., But Reed went on, “‘These resolutions,” he said, “‘call upon Governor Budd to redeem his ante-election pledges in this matter. Ido not mean to say that Governor Buad isin the railroad camp, as has been said in some papers, {but T do say that since election no word | bas passed his lips in opposition to what in the campaign he declared night and day he would fight.” *Isthis an impeachment of Governor Budd or a resolution? It is out of order,”” shouted Frank P. Hughes, fiercely. A hubbub began and in the midst of it as port warden, rushed to the front and to the Governor’s rescue. He pulled from his pocket some resolu- tions, which he happened somehow to have with him, and offered them as a | substitute, “‘without the impeachment of the Governor of California,” he observed. Theresolutions opposed the funding bill, |and in_behalf of "the general committee | urged Congress to defeat the pending | measure. White and Maguire were in- dorsed and the Democratic county commiftees of the State were asked to take similar action. “‘Governor Budd has fulfilled every promise he has made to the people of this State,” declared Harney loudly from the | platiorm, and-I sm snrprised 1o see & member of this committee present resolu- tions here which impeach the integrity of | Honest Jim Budd.” The substitute was quickly adopted, and the weary committee quickly adjourned and broke for the door at 11:30 ». M. e BUCKLEYITES AT WORK. They Adopt Strong Silver and Antl- Funding Resolutions and Elect an Executive Committee, Everything went through smoothly at the gathering of the Buckley hosts last night in Odd Fellows’ Hall. There was not even a dissenting vote to any of the numerous propositions which were put to a ballot more as a formality than as a mat- ter to test the wishes of the members of the general committee. ‘What was considered a master stroke in the struggle to defeat the Junta delegation before the Democratic State Convention at Sacramento was the adoption of the reso- lutions by Andrew J. Clunie favoring free- silver coinage and opposing all measures providing for the refunding of the debt of the Central Pacific and other railroads. The principal business of the session was the selection of an executive committee of ninety, which is to have charge of the ap- proaching primaries and of the campaign generally. Nearly all the members of the Buckley general committee of 450" were present when Chairman Joseph Roihschild called the committee to order. Rollcall was dis- pensed with, and after the reading and ap- proval of the minutes of the last meeting Andrew J. Clunie presented the follow- ing resolution in favor of silverand against any refunding measure, his appearance being greeted with enthusiastic applause: Resolved, That we, the general committee of the Democratic party of the City and County of San Francisco, do hereby declare that the paramount issue at this time in the United States is indisputably the money question; and believing that the people of the United States are the greatest and most enlightened of any on earth, we declare ourselves to be in favor of adistinctly American financial system. We ere unalterably Opposed to_tne single gold standard, and demand the immediate return to the constitutional standard of gold and silyer, by the restoration by this Governmedt, independent of any lorelgn power, of the un- restricted coinage of both gold and silver into standard money at the ratio. of 16 to 1 and upon terms of exact equality, as they existed prior to 1873, and we hereby demand the in- sertion of & plank in the Democratic platform of the State of California and of the United States, ih accordance with this declaration. Resolved, That we as members of the general committee of the Democratic party of the City and County of San Francisco, voicing the sen- timent of thé Democracy of said City and County, do hereby declare that we are in favor of compelling the Central Pacific Railroad Compan, and all other corporations, to dis- charge their honest obligations to the Govern- ment in like manuer as private individuals are compelled to discharge their obligations 10 one another. That we denounce the so-called equities of the Southern Pacific Company, which have been voiced by members of that corporation and its hirelings for more than twenty years in the State, as a stupendous fraud, and de- mand the ll}s&nlgn in “‘l‘?csuu ln? Nlflo’nlbl ‘atforms of the Democratic party of pianks in EODBOHIIIOQ with this declaration. It also provides that all candidates for delegates to the Democratic State Conven- tion pledge themselves to secure the inser- tion of & silver plank in both the State and National Democratic - platforms, to secure a plank in the same‘ platforms opposing refunding, and Dpot to vote Major Harney, wha kas an appointment | for any person as delegate to the National Convention who does not agree to en- deavor to secure the insertion of the lanks mentioned in the National plat- ?orm. and who will not vote_for the nomi- nation of silver men as President and Vice-President in the National Conven- tion. Speaking to the resolutions, Mr. Clunie said that there were acknowledged dis- agreements in the local Democracy, and that the men opposed to this committee were not working in the interests of the party. He denounced the Federal officers appointed by Cleveland as being seli-seek- g and endeavoring to_further only their own interests, even if disruption was the result. He referred to the recent action of the Democratic State Central Committee in recognizing the Junta as being an insult not only to the Buckley committee, but to the whole Democracy of the State. He concluded by saying that if the reso- lutions were adopted the delegates who were pledged as outlined therein would be sure of recognition when they went to the State Convention. The resolutions were unanimously adopted. . T.J. Ford introduced a resolution, which was unanimously adopted, declaring against the proposed funding bill, de- nouncing the methods of the Southern Pacific Company in endeavoring to have such a measure passed, and thanking Sen- ator Stephen M. White and Congressman James G. Maguire on behalf of the Demo- cratic party of San Francisco for their “loyal fight against California railroad monopolies,” M. J. Donovan introduced a resolution changing the basis of apportionment so as to have it conform, as explained, to the long-established rule of the Democratic party of California. The present basis of apportionment of delegates to the State Convention is eight delegates for each of the eighteen Assembly districts and seven- teen at large, to be selected in any man- ner the general committee may deem best, the total number assigned to San Fran- cisco being 161. Unaer the Donovan sug- gestion the apportionment is to be based on the vote cast for Governor Budd, one delegate for each 200 voters or fraction thereof in excess of 100 as follows, leaving one delegate to be elected at large: Twenty-eighth Assembly District—Num- ber of delegates, 9; Twenty-ninth, 10; Thirtieth, 10; Thirty-first, 10; Thirty-sec- ond, 9; Thirty-third, 8; Thirty-fourth, 10; Thirty-fifth, 6; Thirty-sixth, 11; Thirty- seventh, 11; Thirty-eighth, 9: Thirty- ninth, 9: Fortieth, 9; Forty-first, 9; Forty- second, 7; Forty-third, 8; Forty-fourth, 8; Forty-fifth, 7. " Total, 160. This was adopted, and it wasdecided to make nominations for delegates to the State Convention on May 16, and to hold the election for the same on May 28, be- tween the hours of 6 and 10:30 », . A. F. Armstrong introduced & resolu- tion, which was adopted, requesting dis- trict committees to send to the secretary at once the places for enrollment in the various districts on April 29 and 30 and May1and 2. The constitution was amended so as to have the executive committee comprise ninety members, five from each Assembly district, one to be appointed from each district by the president of the general committee and the other four from each district by the respective district members of the general committee. By the same amendment the former campaign and grievance committees were abolished. Re- cess was taken for the selection of the members of the executive committee by the various districts after Chairman Rothschild named the following as his appointments to that committee: Twenty-eighth District—Lawrence Buckley. Twenty-ninth District—Thomas Gibney. Thirtieth District—Alexander Greggains. Thirty-first District—James H. O'Brien. Thirty-second District—H. B. Goecken. Thirty-third District—John O’Brien. i fourth District—T. J. Gailagher. Thirty-fifth District—Lawrence J. Dolan, Thirty-sixth Distric: B. Thirty-seventh District—J. Thirty-eighth Distri Thirty-ninth District—Thomas J. Ford. Fortieth District—Thomas J. Glynn. F irst District—R. C. Mattingly, i T. Mills: muel Newman. Charles McCarthy. A.T. Spotts. seleotions by the districts were as follows: Twenty-eighth—P. J. Ryan, Charles Raffold, Martin Hearney, Thomas Howard. Twenty-ninth—Maurice Kerwin, Robert Bro- i omes F. Eagan, R. H. Shaniy, Thirtieth—J. F. Sweeney, John Doyle, E. Isaacs, P. J. Creegan. Thirty-first—T.E. Tracey, C.J.Harrigan, J. W. Crome, R. L. Barry. Thirty-second—Peter Donnelly, John Magee, H. Zimmerman, P. F. Dundon. Thirty-third—J. J. Donovan, Daniel Reardon, James Flynn, Jeremiah Toomey. Thirty-fourth—W. D. McCarthy, J. M. Sulli- van, J. Sheehan, T. J. Clancy, Thirty-fifth—William Bell, John Windrow, M. Kiernan. . McGrath, T. McLaughlin, . G. . Burns. Thirty-seventh—Frank K. Foley, Harry ‘I. Mulerevy, John O’Shen, Harry M. Kelly. Thirty-ninth—Frank Malloye, P. Cuhaghnn, John McCarthy, Godfrey Fisier. Fortieth—J. 'B. McIntyre, T. B. McGinnis, John Kerwin, John T. Bénnett. Forty-second—Lawrence Kelly, P, F. McCar- llli)_', Lawrence Harnett, William F. Humphrey. orty-third—M. Fallon, R. C. Scott, C. A. Rey- nolds, A. M. Armstrong. rorty-fourth—H. R. Elor!on, George F, Calla- han, John D. Sweeney, James A. Devoto. Forty-fifth—G. A. Casey, J. J. Phillips, Will- iam J. Fitzgerald, Arthur E. Forcade. The Thirty-eighth and the Forty-first districts will’ elect their members on Sat- urddy next. In addition to the members thus selected the officers of the general committee are also ex-officio members of the executive committee. These are as follows: Joseph Rothschild, president; James O’Connor, vice-president; D, M. Gavigan, secretary; J. 1. Twohig, corre- sponding secretary; Samuel Newman, treasurer; L. J. Conlon, sergeant-at-arms. After speeches by Reel B.Terry and others the committee adjourned. — FOREST FIRES RAGING. Several Massachusetts Villages Are in Great Danger of Total Destruction, SANDWICH, Mass., April 16.—The for- est fire is still raging fiercely all around tae town and is gaining great headway in spite of the efforts of the large force of tfighters who are making heroic efforts to check it. Forestdale, one of the villages of Sand- wich, was this morning entirely sur- rounded by fire. Judging from the direc- tion the fire is takinT at present several of the houses in the village of East Sandwich may receive a scorching at least. At the other end of the fire in the west- ern part of the town the flames have ap- proached to within a few miles of the boundary lines, and are making very rapid progress. Itis mere guesswork to try te form any idea as to when the fire will be checked. Itis spreading in every direc- tion. Old men who have lived here all their lives say they never saw such a con- flagration before, and the loss of woodland will be greater by far than ever before. Word was received this afternoon that the summer residence of Dr. Wesselhoeit, in Sandwich, has been burned. The resi- dence of James Lowell also caught fire, but the flames were extinguished. John Tumelty, ——— Hot Weather in Chicago. CH1CAGO, Inn, April 16.—The tem- perature in Chicago to-day at 3 p. M. was 84 deg. above zero. This heat has not been exceeded for tiis time of the year in the history of the local weather bureau. In two years only—1893 and 1894—was the same temperature recorded. The indica- tions are that the weather will be cooler to-morrow. For several days it has been unusually bot and windy. ——————— Denied by Authortties. LONDON, Exc., April 16.—The state- ment published in the Daily News this morning that the Government is to send 10,000 British troops to the Soudan in the autumn for the purpose of recon uering that territory, is denied by the Govern- ment authorif A VERY Mitchell’s rge part of human ills are cured by agic Lotion. . AN UNPLEDGED DELEGATION, Opinions Expressed by Many Well-Known Repub- licans. AGAINST INSTRUCTION. Delegates Should Be Free to Exercise Their Judg- ment. THE MISTAKES OF THE PAST. Men of High Character and Personal Influence Should Go to St. Louis. The editorial article in THE Cavrr, en- titled “An Unpledeed Delegation,” was widely read yesterday and freely discussed by Republicans. Judgingfrom individual expressions of opinion last evening, THE CaLy reflected the sentiment of alarge majority of leading men of the party. David Bush said: “It is better thata delegation should go to St. Louis un- pledged. Unquestionably California Re- publicans, by a large majority, prefer the nomination of McKinley, and it might be well for the convention at Sacramento to express that preference without instruct- ing the delegates to vote for him. Some margin should be left for the delegates to deliberate. Conditions now unforeseen may occur and a delegation shoula be allowed to exercise its judgment for the interests of the State. Califorma comes early on the call of the roll of States.” Henry Clement remarked that his per- sonal preferences were for Allison, whom he regarded as a statesman in the true sense of the word—a man whose strength, ability and influence had long been recog- nized by the leading men of both the po- litical parties. As much ashe preferred Allison he believed that California should send to the St. Louis convention an un- pledged delegation. He maintained that a pledged delegation, instructed to cast its vote for one candidate, went to a conven- tion shorn of all influence. In politics the unexpected frequently happens, and to keep in line with changing conditions the delegates should be left free to caucus among themselves and cast the weight of their influence in the direction which promised the greatest services to the Repub- lican cause, and the greatest good to the Pacific Coast. M. H. Weed said: “The delegation from California should certainly go unpledged. What is the sense of tying up the dele- gates with instructions to vote for any one man? Let them go to St. Louis, talk with other delegations and form opinions as to what they should do after :heyinve care- fully studied the situation. tied-up delegation can swing no influence.” Judge Waymire, who is an outspoken McKinley man and is leading the Ohio candidate’s fight in California, said: It is my opinion that the Republican con- vention should instruct the delegates from this State to vote for McKinley. He is surely the first choice of California Re- publicans, and I believe that he will be nominated on the first ballot.” F. W. Van Sicklen believed that the dei- egation should be left free to exercise 1ts judgment and exert an influence for the benefit of the State. He said: *“‘A dele- gation going to a convention pledged to support one candidate is at the start de- prived of strength. The California dele- gates should be left free to form an aili- ance with other State delegations from the Pacific Coast. If all the Pacific Coast delegations could unite a powerful force might be exerted for the benefit of the in- terests of this region.”” William Sproule remarked: “It should be accepted bevond question at the outset that all the candidates mentioned are rep- resentative men of the highest character, and that each one is worthy to fiil the office of President. Therefore the delegates from California to the St. Lonis convention should be unhampered by pledges. They should be allowed to exercise their judg- ment, and be left free to confer with other delegations and grasp every advantage presented for the benefit of the State.’” George T. Bromley expressed his opinion in this sentence: “I think the California delegation to the St. Louis convention should be instructed to vote for McKin- ley.” Henry K. Field said: “I am opposed to pledging delegates. They ought not to be tied up with instructions to support any particular candidate. The proper thing to do is to send to St. Louis men of high character, good judgment and individual influence. When they get there let them judge for themselves what course they should pursue to promote party success and gain advantages for the State they represent. Why, the little State of Ver- mont wields greater influence than Cali- fornia in National affairs. Her best men are sent to conventions and they are per- mitted a margin for the exercise of a judgment which can only be correctly formed by immediate obsarvation.” Frank Reynolds was convinced that the sentiment of Republicans in California favored the nomination of McKinley, but he said: “Iam not in favor of pledging the delegation. No one can tell now what will bappen at St. Louis. The party at present seems strong enough to elect any good candidate, but .conditions may change and it may become necessary to study the availability of a candidate. California Republicans have made mis- takes in the past by pledging the delega- tions for favorite candidates. Let us have a delegation of able men and trust to their judgment.” THE M'CREERY BLOCK SOLD. Disposed Of at Auction by Baldwin & Hammond for Good Prices. A large crowd was in attendance yester- day at the auction-rooms of Baldwin & Hammond, where that firm disposed of the McCreery block, bounded by MecAllis- ter, Baker and Lyon streets and Golden Gate avenue, for a total of $78,550. The prices realized were considered very good-and Mr. McCreery is well satisfied with the result. The bidding was lvely, and the thirty-seven lots were sold within a little more than an hour. - The following is a list of the lots sold, with the names of the purchasers: The first lot offered was lot 10, being: the corner of Baker and McAllister streets, 87:6x96:10}¢ feet. After a short and spirited bidding the lot was finally knocked down to Albert Joseph, at the price of $2300. The adjoining lots, 9 and 8, fronting on Baker street, each 25x96:10] feet, were sold to D. R. McNeill for $2050 each. Frank Robb was the next pur- chaser and took lot 7, fronting on Baker street, 25x121:10}¢ feet in size, 87:6 north of McAllister, at $2350. The adjoining lot, No. 6, same size, fronting on Baker street, was sold to J. Watts for §2350. Lot 5, 25x 121:10}4, on Baker street, 112:6 west of Golden Gate avenue, was g;rchned by William H. Patterson for $2350. Lot 4, on Baker street, 25x110:6, with improvements consisting of small cottege, was sold to J. Jacquemet for $2525. Lot 3, on Baker street, 62:6 south of Golden Gate avenue, 25x 96:1014 feet in size, was sold for $2000 to H. J. Brady. A. L. Morgenstern bought the lot adjoining on the north, same size, at 1975. On the southwest corner of Baker street and Golden Gate avenue, 37:6x96:1014 feet 1 _size, was bought by M. McGovern for $3800. Lot 11, fronting on McAllister street, 96 feet west of Baker, 25x87:6, was urchased by H. J. Brady for $2100. Three ots on McAllister street, each 25x137:6, west of Baker street, being lots 12, 13 and 14, were sold to Frank Robb, P. M. Sulli- van and Mrs. John Slater, at the price of $2275 each. JohnJ. Mahoney was the next purchaser and took fourlots on McAllis- ter street, 196:1034 feet west of Baker, each 25x137:6, at $2100 each. Lot 20, fronting on McAllister street, 25x100 feet in size, 50 feet east of wLyon, was sold to M. A. Reardon for $1925. Lot 19, on McAllister street, east of Lyon, 25x100, was sold to- W. J. Simpson for $1950. - Lot 21, on McAl- lister street, 25 feet east of Liyon, 25x100, was sold for $1950 to James D. Mahoney. The northwest corner of McAllister and Lyon streets, being lot 22, 25x100 feet in size, was sold to Leopold Hirsch for $3025. Lot 23, on Lyon street, 100 feet north of McAllister, 25x100, was sold to E. R. Myrick for $1775. H. J. Brady was the next purchaser and took lot 28 fronting on Lyon street, 25 feet south of Golden Gate avenue, 25x100 feet in size, at $1650. Four lots on Lyon street, each 25x100, were sold to P. J. Martin for §1625 each. The south- east corner of Lyon streetandjGolden Gate avenue, 25x100 feet in size, was sold for $2400 to Joseph Jacquemet. Lots 30 and 31, fronting on GoldenGate avenue, 100 east of Lyon street, each 25x137:6, were sold to Mrs. Honera Torpey for $1650 each. . Pollock bought lot 32 on Golden Gate avenue, 150 east of Lyon street, 25x 137:6, for $1675. Lots 33 and 34, each 25x 137:6, fronting on Golden Gate avenue, east of Lyon street, were sold_to G.F. W. Fahrenkrug at $1675 each. Lot 25, front- ing on Golden Gate avenue, west of Baker street, 25x137:6, was sold to S. A. Born for $1675. Lot 36, on Golden Gate avenue, west of Baker street, 25x137:6, was pur- chased by H. J. Brady for $1700. Lot 37, 25x100, fronting on Gelden Gate avenue, 96:1035 west of Baker street, was scld to S. G. Scovern for §i600. TOM SHARKEY A WINNER Choynski Failed to Stop the Sailor in an Eight-Round Bout. The Police Stopped the Coatest in the First Round, Choynski Bzing Disabled. A large crowd witnessed the eight-round glove contest between Tom Sharkey and Joe Choynski last evening at the People’s Palace Theater. At 10 o'clock exactly Tom Sharkey and his attendants, Danny Needham and Tim McGrath, pu' in an appearance. Sharkey looked in fine condition, but was drawn down considerably in flesh. His eyes looked dull from a course of hard train- ing. He snid that he felt “O K,” and would fight for his life. Joe Choyski with his football bangs soon followed. He was looked after by Ed Graney and J. Carkeek. Joe wore s confident look and smiled when the Jarge audience gave him a hearty reception. Some argument resulted as regards a decision in case the contest should be stopped by the police before the end of the eighth round. The contestants finally decided to leave the question at issue to the option of the referee, Albert King, who was mutually chosen to referee the match. After the referee had cautioned the box- ers not to resort to foul fighting he gave the signal to the time-keepers and time was called for the first round. The condi- tions were that to win the long end of the vurse Choynski had to stop Sharkey in eizht rounds. The sailor looked anxious as he met his opponent in the center of the ring. Joe immediately assumed the aggressive part and sailed in to knock the nose off Sharkey’s handsome face. The latter, un- der instructions from “Spider” Kelly, one of 'his attendants, played a defensive game and backed away from the hard-hitting Joseph. Nearing the end of the round Choynski cornered the sailor in the southeast end of the ring and a rally resulted. Sharkey re- ceived a stiff upper cut from Joe’s right in the chin.and in an attempt to get away from further damage he smashed at Choynski with his left and missed. The blow was instantly followed by an upper-cut, but Sharkey struck wild, and being close up-to his opponent, he struck Choynski in the groin. The receiver doubledup like a jack-knife in pain, and his second, Eddie Graney, ran to his as- sistance. ) . The attendants of Sharkey then jumped into the ring and pnndemonium_reisned for a*few minutes. ‘ Finally, Captain Bird- sall took a hand in the dispute and or- dered everybody, excepting the contest- ants, outside the ropes. Choynski evidently received a hard and painful blow which he acknowledged was unintentional on the part of his opponent. The spectators were growing impatient and anxious as to the result, but when Choynski rose from his seat and signified to the referee by a motion of his hand tbat he was ready to proceed, a wild cheer shook the rafters of the old building. The rounds up to the finish were almost a repetition. Sharkey was satisfied to re- main on the defensive, expecting thereby to win the decision. Choynski tried vari- ous moves to draw his opponent out, but the sailor did not attempt to play an ag- ressive part until the last round, when e mixed matters up with Joseph. From the second to the seventh rounds Choyinski fre%uenfly caught Sharkey on the neck with left-handers and the sailor ‘was sent on all fours at least a dozen times,, but the fact that he was always on the re- treat when /hit by Joseph the blows were not.of the punishing kind. The contest proved beyond dobbt that to stop a fighter who battles on_the de- fensive in a limited round-contest is a con- tract which few pugilists can successfully accomplish, especially if the aggressor is physically the equal of his opponent. In the eighth and last round Choynski made a desperate attemgt to drop his punishing right on Sharkey’s jaw. He closed in upon the sailor and hot " fighting at close quarters resulied. - Sharkey dro .on his knees several times to avoid being knocked out, and for this mark of cowardice he was hooted by the supporters of fair fighting. As the round was drawing to a close the sailor mixed things up with his opponent and in a rally that followed he landed a few stiff blows on Choynski’s neck. The latrer was hitting wild when some person shouted ‘‘time.”” SR i The seconds of the ;;Ziihsu jumped into the ring and separa the contestants. Referee King announced that as Choynski failed to stop his opponent 1n eight rounds he awarded Ehe contest to Tom Sharkey. The betting last evening closed with Choynski a favorite at $10 to $8. The gen- eral opinion after the fight was that if Sharkey had not run away from his oppo- nent Choynski would have won the con- test. Neither of the pugilists bore any marks of punishment. 11 : DELEGATES WHO SLIPPED N MuD. Many of Kelly and Ma- honey’s Tools Feel Just Like That. THOUSANDS OF FRAUDS. More Than Seven Thousand Stuffers’ Ballots Are Their Warrants. SOME WILL SLIDE OUT OF IT. They Do Not Relish Bending Low That Martin Kelly and Jerry Mahoney May Rise. The delegation from Martin Kelly and J. H. Mahoney which is expected to knock at the doors of the Republican State Con- vention hall on May5 will be largely a proxy delegation, and it will also be short a few votes. The majority of the sixty-five who have been named by Kelly and Mahoney as the ones they are to play in an effort to lay hold of some scraps of local political power are feeling a little as though they had slipped in the mud and aidn’t know just what to do about it. They are not telling people that they were elected by 7643 of the Republican votes'in the Fourth Congressional Dis- trict. The big vote is not being paraded. The delegates comprise two classes of men. Some of them are small professional poli- ticians whose lives are passed holding or seeking little patronage jobs, who are al- ways allied with some district boss and who stand in with the ‘“push.” Others are politically respectable as politics go, and have suffered their names to be used because of personal friendship or in pay- ment of political debts. Some of the “push” element may be really proud of those 7643 votes, 7343 of which represent the stuffing of the ballot- boxes and returns. But s majority of the others turn shamed from the world’s stuff- ing record. Knowing that on last Tues- day every one of the eleven polling-places ‘was practically deserted all day; that not 300 legitimate votes were cast in the ag- gregate; that the few members of the push who attended to the repeating were not industrious enough to provide a re- spectably laree vote, and that when the polls closed a few hundred extra votes were delhiberately and openly tallied in each district, they rather shrink from ap- pearing in the highest council of the party with the most stupendous primary fraud in munieipal history as their warrant, and with two such infamous tricksters as Kelly and Mahoney as their creators and SpONSOIs. Many of them, too, do not just like the idea of bending low their shoulders that Martin Kelly, Jerry Mahoney and those who herd with them may mount thereon and surmount the wall of political de- cency which now guards the party and the City’s official affairs from their cor- rupting and dangerous power. So it is that many of the delegates are scratching their heads, hinting about re- signing or expecting to be unable to go to Sacramento. Kelly and Mahoney will in- duce as many as possible of tnese to keep quiet and let their proxies be used. William Offermann of the Thirty-first District, who is a grocer at Tenth and Howard streets, says that he did not care to make known at present why he con- sented to his name being used. He does not expect, however, to go to Sacramento when the State Convention meets. Mr. Offermann said yesterday he had the ut- most confidence in John D. Spreckels as a leader of the party, and was sure that Mr. Spreckels deserved the support of good citizens.’ Henry McClure, another so-called dele- gate from the Thirty-first Assembly Dis- trict, has rooms for his family in Mr. Offermann’s house, although McClurs is in fact a resident of Sacramento. He for- merly resided in this City and was em- ployed by the Central Pacific as head watchman. Lou Brown, Secretary of State, gave him a job in the Capitol grounds. The Legislature makes liberal appropriations every session to keep the Capitol grounds in trim, and the Secretary of State is entitled to give out some of the pie. McClure came down from Sacra- mento a few days ago and remained in the City over night. He got himself on Jere Mahoney’s ticket, and perhaps got the promise of a few proxies to distribute as bis friends should desire., The Kelly-Mahoney list of delegates con- tains the names of many who were for- merly employed in various departments of the City or State government and the Bouthern Pacific Railroad. G. W. Bay- reuther was a plumbing inspector, F. A. Koegel was a health inspector, G. W. Pratt was'a deputy under Sheriff Laumeis. ter. These, like others, owed their patron- age jobs to Martin Kelly. ‘W. Michelsen, elected on the “blanket ticket” from the Thirty-ninth District, used to be & Democrat. He is proprietor of the livery stable on Ellis street, near Larkin, and through Supervisor King re- ceived the contract for keeping two of the police patrol wagons in his stable. So he was willing to reciprocate. R. G. Falk, an- other nominee, is well remembered as Ray Falk of the Registrar's office, and long one of Mahoney’s political friends. Dr. Joseph Artigues, whose name ap- peared on the Mahoney ticket under a blde pencil mark, declared yesteraay that he knew nothing about the matter till told by a friend that he was a nominee from the Forty-fourth Assembly District. In- stantly he cailed A. Ruef by telephone. “What does this mean ?” “That’s all right, doctor. with us?”’ “‘No, sir. - You stand with yourself. I'1l have nothing to do witk this ticket. I don’t belong to your faction. I won't have my name on that ticket.” p Bang! and the telephone shook. The doctor’s name was scratched. N. Ferrogiaro is a retired vegetable gar- dener, who was asked to run on the Kelly- Mahoney ticket. He answered “all right,” and his friends say he did not know what the ticket meant. So long as it was a Re- publican ticket he thought it was “all right.” In the Forty-fifth District Joe King's henchmen comprised the delegates. John Hayes was appointed on' the Harbor po- lice through King's influence with Har- You stand bor Commissioner Chadbourne. Joseph Spohn was appointed gardener of the plaza by King in the Board of Supervisors. Thomas B. O'Brien lives in the Interna- tional Hotel, and acts as adviser to the Supervisor of the First Ward, who is his overruling Providence, having put him in one of the Police courts as a clerk. The Mahoney-Kelly delegates, calling themselves the Fourth Republican Con- gressional delegation, held a méeting in the Flood building last evening. It was called to order by §oseph S. SpearJr., who was afterward chosen permanent chairman of the so-called delegation. Briefspeeches were made by A. Ruef, H. L Kowalsky and T. B. O’Brien. On the motion to effect a permanent or- ganization Kowalsky nominated Spear for chairman, and Mahoney nominated Abra- ham Ruef for vice-chairman and Bernard and James McCabe and M. J. Dolan for sergeants-at-arms. These were all elected unanimously. On motion of Senator Mahoney a recess was taken to prepare nominations for chairman of the district delegations, which, upon reconvening, were named as follows: Twenty-eighth District, Jacob Lewis; Twen- ty-ninth, George Keefe; Thirtieth, M. W. Coffey; Thirty-first, William Asmussen’; Thi inth, R. G. Faik; -second, Charles J. Gavin; Forty-third, I. I. Kowalsky} Forty-tourth, J. Browell; Forty-fiith, Thomas B. O'Brien. At this juncture a motion was made to exclude newspaper reporters, which was unanimously adopted and the balance of ihe proceedings were conducted as a star- chamber. —————— DISAPPEARED IN CHICAGO. S. B. Hibben, a Prominent Resident of Los Angeles, Suddenly Drops Out of Sight. CHICAGO, ILL, April 16.—S. B. Hib- ben, a prominent and wealthy citizen of Los Angeles, Cal., dropped out of sight in Chicago to-day and the efforts of a dozen detectives to fina him have proved un- availing, Mr. Hibben is manager of the Arizona Sandstone Company of Santa Ana, Cal., and with his wife lives at 345 South Hill street, Los Angeles. The company of which Mr. Hibben is manager and a large stockholder is one of the largest concerns in California, and has furnished the stone for nearly all the public buildings in tho State. Last December Mr. Hibben underwent a surgical operation and sin ce has acted strangely. He was taken to San Fran- cisco for medical treatment, but as he did not improve it was decided to bring him ta Chicago. This morning he arrived in the city accompanied by his wife and sister and secured rooms at the Metropolitan Hotel. Soon after their arrival at the hotel Mr, Hibben ssid he would go to the barber- shop underneath the hotel and get shaved, As he did not return in an hour his wife became anxious and went to look for him. She learned that a man answering her husband’s description had been shaved in the barber-shop and had returned later, apparently confused, and inquired where Lis hotel was. Mrs. Hibben reported the disappearance of her husband. A dozen detectives were at once detailed to search for the missing man. All the depots and hotels were visited, but no trace of him has been found up to mid- night. Mrs. Hibben is certain her husband has either been murdered or has committed suicide. —————— Defeated the Dervishes. LONDON, Exa., April 16.—The Daily News will to-morrow publish a dispatcn from Cairo saying tbat Colonel Lloyd, commanding at Suakim, has had an en- gagement with and defeated the Der- vishes. The details of the fight are not known. —————— Condition of the Czarewitch. NICE, Fraxce, April 16,—Reports are in circulaticn that the condition of the Czare- witch, who is visiting here for the benefit of bis health, has become seriously worse, These reports have been denied, but they are persistently reaffirmed. ——— Abyssinians Are Beaten, ROME, Iravy, April 16.—Tt is reported here that the Italian forces have defeated the Abyssinians at Adigrat. A Turia })nper states this evening that a telegram rom General Mazza to his family says he has entered Adigrat. Whisper, fair one! Thy beauty will soon” wane and wither un- less you I!:td and_fertilize its source. 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