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6 THE SAN FRANCISC O CALL, SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 1896. SLAVES SEARED WITH HOT IRONS, While the Stars and Stripes Floated Gayly Over- Head. THE CITY’S OLD SHAME. Cooly Women Imported Regu- larly by Perjury for Immorality. THEIR PRICE HAS ADVANCED. Because It Costs More to Guild the Corrupt Path Through Which They Enter the Country. The interview with Miss Culbertson and Miss D. M. Cameron, of the Presbyterian Chinese Mission, published in last Tues- day’s CALL concerning the importation of and traffic in Chinese woman slaves for an immoral purpose has been made the sub- ject of much comment among people of the opinion that California should not be made the dumping-ground for Asiatic serfs and criminals. T'he fact that even under the rigid exclu- sion laws now in vogue this traffic is being continued, and that the gates of the Cus- tom bouse have been thrown wide open to the admission of disreputable Chinese women, has occasioned surprise among that portion of the public not conversant with the chameleon qualities of the law “and the chameleon-like manner in which the law is colored to suit the requirements of the occasion. tev. Dr. F. J. Masters, superintendent of the Methodist Chinese Mission at 916 ‘Washington street, knows as much about the influence of gold in bringing about those changeable hues as any other man in this State, He has been connected with the mission for many yearsandis a Chinese scholar of more thun ordinary attainments. The opinion of such a man, one who has intently studied this problem for years and years, is certainly entitled to much weight. Hence, a remark which he made to a CaLL reporter yesterday to the effect that it is easier fora lewd woman to pass through the Custom-house than it 15 for a merchant’s wife must be regarded as of grave significance. ‘Why should it be easier for the immoral cooly slave, whose calling may be read in her face, in her manner of dressing her hairand in her conversation, and which may be suspected in her unbound fest, to and upon the shores of California than it should be for the small-footed and lady- like wife of the honest merchant who stands inside the Golden Gate to receive her? Mr. Masters’ explanation was simple, A strict compliance with the letter of the law discriminated in favorof the unworthy and against the worthy. When Timothy Guy Phelps was Collector of the Port he followed out the letter of the law strictly, The cooly woman backed with a money | valueand by a powerful ring of slave- owners and immigration brokers had all the forms of the law strictly complied with. The necessary papers were all in order and straight upon their faces. The forgeries were cleverly executed, the per- jured witnesses, white and Chinese, were bandy, the story which the woman was to tell to the effect that she was born in San Francisco and that So-and-So, who lived here-and-there, was her husband, had been carefully committed to memory, and in the whole of the proceea- ings not one flaw was tobe found. So that the officials had no alternative but to let her enter with a grin upon her face. No pains of this kina were taken with the respectable woman coming here be- cause she had aright to return to this country. She had not coolie brokers at her back, no interpreters on frendly terms with the brokers’ ring, no money value whatever. Upon the appearance of the least flaw in ber papers or the least irreg- ularity in the proceedings under which she essayed to land she was turned back to China to make the attempt again when- ever her husband couid send the passage money and have papers prepared that would stand the test of official scenting. Mr. Phelps could not be blamed for this.” He was carrying out the law as he understood it and he treated all comers alike, “But,” added Mr. Masters, “if I were the Collector and a woman came to me with bound feet and told me that she was the wife of 2 merchant 1 would admit her without any further evidence.” Mr. Masters explained his strange dec- laration as follows: In China a bound- foot woman is a lady. “Bound feet,” or “hittle feet,” as they are known to Cauca- sians, are not a mark of caste, as is gener- " ally believed. They are rather a mark of virtue and respectability. There is one of these “bound-foot” women in almost every Chinese family, high or low, rich or poor. The mother says, “I wili make this child a ‘bound-foot’ and she shall be a laay.” The child’s feet are contracted, she is kept at home with her mother day and night, and because of her fashionable deformity she cannot do any menial work, but must be waited upon as a real lady. When she arrives of age she is married to some man who can afford to have alady for a wife and to hire servants to wait upon her. On the other hand, it must not be taken for granted that because a woman has large or unbound fest she belongs, neces- sarily, to the immoral class. All that may be said of her is that she may be one of that class, while no “little foot” woman belongs to that class at all. Mr. Masters’ experience had been, he - said, that the general run of United States District Attorneys at this port were very vigilant for a year or two and then lapsed again into original sin, as he quaintly put it. *‘It is like beating the gir to try and do anything with them,” he continued. *I have had much to contend with also from official sympathy in behalf of the cause of the slave brokers. I have had lawyersand court officers argue with me that this kind of immigration was a necessary evil, and that without them there would be great danger to our homes from those wild beasts from the Orient.” The courts did not exercise a wise dis- crimination on the side of morality. it had often occuried, in the course of his, his ten years’ experience, affer baving res- cued one of these miserable slaves, that “some shyster lawyer’ would | with a grin of unbelief, translates it. { dure of some of the courts the statements | interpreters of strict integrity. | knew that it was openly boasted in China- | town by the Chinese brokers-that women apply for a writ of habeas corpus for the restitution .to her owners of some girl manifestly and unmistakably un- der age. He had known this to be the case in the matter of a girl who could not have been more than 13 or 14 years old. The girl is produced before Judge Levi. “How old are you?"” he asks the girl. The interpreter makes the inquiry, and, “I am 21 years old.”’ ““Where do you want to go?’ asks Judge Levi. . “Rack to the brothel.” “Well, go,”’ says the Judge, and she goes. After this graphic description Mr. Mas- ters resumed: ‘‘Acccording to the proce- of the giri are taken as.the truth with re- gard to her age, and in the absence of any other testimony to the contrary, and the Judge accepts the statement and sends her back to hell. . We have to talk plainly about those things, and there is great harm done by benevolent societies paint- ing things couleur de rose.” Mr. Masters expressed the opinion that another great difficulty met with in en- forcing the law was the lack of Chinese Many of them in the past were too friendly with the slave-itiporting ring, and it was the general impression in Chinatown that the interpreters used to engineer the women through the Custom-house. There was no doubt in his mind that money is used in landing the women. He can be landed here from Hongkong at the rate of $1200 .apiece. The fact that a Chinese girl 10 years old can be bought in China for $200, and that the same girl at 12 or 14 can be sold at from $2000 to $3000 in Chinatown was cited as an evidence BANKS GAINS A" FRIEND. Mooser & Mooser to Get the Contract for the Dipso- maniacs’ Home. THE RESULT OF A COMPROMISE Now Supervisor Wagner Will Change His Vote on the Municipal Building. As a result of the action of the Health and Police Committee of the Board of Su- pervisors Friday the vote for the de- signs for the new municipal building will probably stand Shea & Shea 6, W. O. Banks 6, when the matter is again brought up for the consideration of the board. Supervisor Wagner is evidently a friend of Mooser & Mooser, who have made bids for both the mucicipal building and the Home for Dipsomaniacs. When the mat- ter came up before the board he made a persistent fight for the firm, and when the matter was postponed announced that he was in the fight to stay. Later, when the municipal building fight wasin full swing, he cast his vote for his friends, causing the vote to stand Shea & Shea 6, Banks 5 and Mooser & Mooser 1. The matter was put to a vote half a dozen times, but the friends of the three ) =R 1 = ] The Design by W. O. Banks That Will Probably Be Accepted for the New Municipal Building. =i ll that much money was required to land them here. Several girls, 12 vears old, rescued from vile dens, have been brought to the mis- sion, and seven years ago a girl between 11 and 12 years of age was rescued who told of a whip hanging on the wall as a reminder that if she failed to obey the im- moral behests of her mistress and earn money for her she would be whipped un- mercifully. Before the establishments of the Metho- dist and Presbyterian missions in this City great cruelties were perpetrated upon the unfortunate slaves. They were taken into & rocm, divested ot every particle of clothing, placed on the auction block and sola to the highest bidder. For the most trivial causes they were beaten black and blue with whips and bamboo rods, and even seared with redhot irons. To these unfortunates the missions were a haven of refuge, but with the advent of the missions and the exposures that were made by reason thereof the slave-masters changed their tactics, and the rod, the lash and the searing«iron were laid aside. Kindness took the place of cruelty, not be- cause any feeling of humanity or of pity had entered the brutal Mongolian heart, but because they would lose all their slaves if the system of cruelty was not re- placed by one which would keep the ig- norant chattels contented with their lot. A pseudo husband appeared ana some kind of 8 mock ceremony was performed. Then she became interested in the glamour of a life which transcended every- thing that she had ever experienced in China in her life as a cooly. She was loaded: with cheap jewelry and fine clothes and was well fed and allowed to go to the theater. Hence they became contented with their lot, for they had no conscience. They had not been reared to look upon that kind of a life as evil, “Nearly all the Chinese girls who come here are the products of the brothel,” con- tinued the missionary. ‘“Theyjhave always lived in that debasing environinent; it is an improvement, physically and sensu- ally, upon their former lot and they do not care to come to the missions. They will swear to whatever their masters desire. Some of them have been brought to the mission, have pretended to reform, have been married to good husbands and have deliberately and from choice gone back to the life of shame. Others have reformed for good ana are in Christian families, a credit to the missions and to the kind Christians who have taken charge of them,” Mr. Masters could see no remedy under the existing order of things. The great majority of women arriving from China were of the prohibited class. There should surely be some means of punishing the perjurers and their aiders and abettors, but much detective work would be re- quired. If the police could or would en- force the vagrancy act against the women now here the evil would be very much mitigated and the demand for new im- portations would be lessened. But Mr. Masters did not know whether this was practicable. GASTRONOMY AND GENIUS. Rossini never ate any breakfast, and frivolous critics say this is why he never wrote any serious music. At a banquet given by Napoleon IIT Rossini ate twice of the Italian spaghetti and demolished his portions with gusto. Napoleon III had a “porcine’ side to his nature. He was rather a glutton and the pictorial promiscuity of fiis salon quite horrified the Americans who enjoyed his hospitality. Charles Reade could not be induced to taste mackerel. He shirked beef, never tasted soup, beer and fatty dishes, ‘He was fond of mutton and baked apples. He hnlt’adum dxet into evening dress for dinner. atti_detests great joints and affects dainty French dishes, vjvhus her wine cel- lars are the wonder and envy of connois- seurs. Her husband, Nicolini, is some- thing of a cook and can concoct fine dishes. —Chicago Record. firms stood firm and the result was a deadlock. On Friday the question of awarding the contract for furnishing plans for the Home for Dipsomaniacs came u and the committee decided to recommen that it should be awarded to Mooser & Mooser. 2 It is understood that this result was just what would satisfy Supervisor Wag- ner and that he will now join forces with the Banks men who helped dut his friends and vote for Banks. One of the Shea forces is expected to fall into line and the coast will be clear for Banks to get the desirable contract for erecting the Kearney-street building. The committee will recommend that Mooser & Moose: be given fifteen days to submit plans for the erection of a building to cost not more than $25,000. HOTEL ARRIVALS. GRAND HOTEL. L Roberts, Chicago J F Maro, Reno F A Wisberg, Maine H F Keller, Maine T P Boker, Mich Mrs R R Maro, Reno E L Brown, Sacramento Miss J Jaquith, Concord E A Moody, Gold Run B M Goodal, Concord resno H Lanch, Sitka Mrs A Parker, San Jose H Richardson, Yarmouth 8t R B Barter, Or Mrs T Flint, San Jose C F Nyark, Deadwood C Stevenson,Sacramento Mrs L Craven, Wash T Westherson, Mich Mrs PChrest, San Jose H G Turner, Modesto Mrs A Peterson,San Jose L F Callett, Salt Lake J E Morse & w, Fresno A P Smith, Salt Lake A S Davis &1, Mt View A Cummings, Salt Lake E Field, Salt Lake Miss Davis, Mt View J P Cunningha: W P Cunningham, N Y Mrs C Felt, Eurek Mrs R Sweeney, £ureka Mrs Coleman, Eureka Mrs R Gidding, Seatile Miss Thompson, Redwood Miss Hall, Redwood T Solunbiall. Sacramento 8 P Durat, Trinity G W Sutherland, St Louis M Wadsworth, Newton H H Blake, Ariz Mrs Kirker, San Jose W S Wymouth, Amador J D Bancroft, St Louis L H Allen, Worcester I W Phillips, Amora T Phillips, Amora T G Akers & 1, Truckee PALACE HOTEL. Mrs F B Reece, Conn Mrs Z W Waldrone, Mich Mion Mrs H Van Dusen, Minn W Francis. New York D O Mills, New York Huston, Cleveland B J Diefendorf, N Y on Seyridgey, N Y G_H Mousing, Loulsville Voorhies, NewYork H C Hayes, Stockton Emanuel,New York Mrs H E Chapman, N ¥ E Robinson, Manitoba J C Weaver, Keokuk R Hillyar, Hartford MrsA R Hillyer,Hartfora ary B Hillyer,Hartford Lucy T Hillyer, Hartford G Pratt, Boston 3irs' L G Pratt, Boston Mrs F H Scott, Boston Miss MacDonald, Boston ¥ W Thayer, Boston R S Moffett, Erle Mrs R § Moftet, Erie E Webster, Buffalo Mrs Webster, Boffalo Mrs M Griffith, Buffalo MrsAK Prescott,Helena Mrs H L Luke, Helena W M Stillman, Berkeley Mrs C W Leach, Oakland F Jacobs, Portland Mrs Hardenburg, St Paul Dr Ware, Brooklyn BALDWIN HOTEL, J N Mattoon, Belvedere G O Westcott, N ¥ A Mowry & wf, Alameda F Ellis, Oakland R D Bronson, N Y E C Heard, Eureka, R W Porter, Mankato Wm R Nieper, Detrolt M Eldridge, Rochester W B Stewart, Placerville E Williams, Placerville F Buckrens, Bakersfield Mrs A Bass, Redding D M. Flusgerald, Chicago Mrs Redding, Ohio © J 0lroo, Benicla W O Watson, 8 Clara C Whitthorne & w?, Cal J M Shute, Mare Island C Perry & wi, N Y H Roberts'& wf, Sacto O F Giles, Oshkosh J S Smith, New York H Brown, New York Miss H Smith, Chicago B Jordan, Chlcago NEW WESTERN HOTEL. ‘Tom Reilly, Chicago J W John, Chic: Baflunro, Dutch Gulch W O Nefl 4 @b img ez J Peterson, Colo JF Mcl thlin, N Y WG Rainer&w, NY RAChoaguette, Montreal G Waghorn, Calgary H C Schofield, Ind M J Furraday, RN T B Wentworth&w,Nebr Dr E B&mni clfllc:‘od y 0} W,y T ery 101 n; n Capt B F Tilton, Alaska NS e Before a Thunder-Storm. The important bearing upon bodily health of the electrical conditions of the atmosphere has received much attention lately. Asevidence of this, there is cited by physicians that tendency to headache, irritability and general mal expe- i SILKS. A stranger in our department vesterday asked if we were the only store in the city that kept silks—it really looked that way— but after it had been explained that we were the only store in the city that SOLD SILKS AT SUCH 'PRICES, the rush was easily understood. These are the sort of prices we name : full 26 inches wide; not the At 256. kind thatis made of ramie and filled with clay, such s is usually sold at this price, but _absolutely pure silk worth every cent of 40¢ & yard. 1 0, Silks in the daintiest color- '2Y* ings, handsome designs, em- bellished with seli-colored and contrast- ing stripes, much better and wider than the regular 75¢ and $1 values. At 750 grounds, with satin’ stripes * and figures of light, contrast- ing colors,such as pink, light blue,lemon, navy and moss. ‘A rich noveltyenda most ax«iuhne material of evening wear, worth $1 25, Pure Silk Shantung Pongees; Dresden and Pompadour Evening Taffetas, white RNp Our famous Gros de Londres 90, fancyJacquards and Brocades in a new line ef patterns, just received by express. This is the same silk that had such a run with usa few weeks ago, and the same as others sell at$layard, DRESS G00DS, This is the place for them. This is the place for right prices and the right kind. Novelty Suitings, 50c a Yard. The line et this price includes French, German and English Fancies, Bilk-fin- ished Lusters, Silk and Wool Mixtures, Scotch Cheviots and American all-wool Fancies in a great many weaves. Among them will be found goods worth fully 75¢ and $1. Fancy Dress Goods, 75c a Yd. Eome new effects just added at this price makes the line unusually attractive. It is almost impossible to describe them all. Most prominently among them will be found French Coverts, Lizard Suit- ings, Spring Boucles, Hairlines, Sail- cloths, Solid and Fancy Checks, Silk and Wool ‘Mixtures, and an_endless variety of lénptmed Fancies worth up to$1 25 & yard. Etamine Crepons, 50c a Yard. A special offering {n a new Sumumer-weight Black Fabric. Besides being the height of style, they are dressy end serviceable, and the equal in value of any ever sold at 85¢ a yard. Silk Stripped Challies, 25¢ Yd. New Patterns, new Printings, new Colors. The Sheer Cotton Materials now s0 much in demand have created a great deal of call for these old-time favorites, Our line at 25¢ a yard is very choice, AR SALAATANA MRV ALATANAN AR AN R LA A T L e e ST O A T A AT 00 AL A A S ARRTR LRI i NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS- THE PLAGE accessible, yet they willingly and come to us just the same for that too. and see if you can guess the r« [ 9 § People seem to know it. ©60000-00000000000000000000 The crowds in our store yesterday. easily proved that with so many other places keeping the same variety of goods and selling them “on credit” there must be some reason why the people come to us and pay SPOT CASH | 8 for what they buy. Some folks say our location is notvery Just give these points a little consideration at our prices, and they’ll help you solve it. one’s pocket you touch a very sensitive chord—that’s where we aim, only we try to leave a little balance there as the difference between other people’s prices and ours. T0 TRADE! invest a nickel in carfare ; there must be some reason Read our list, look In touching 'eason. A speclal value that can- LADIES’ SUITS. At $7.50. fi&?:;“"fi';‘:"eg:l;g"hg:i Coats Suits meade of cheviot serge. The Jackets are full ripple back with large sieeves and lined with percaline. The skirts are extra wide, full flaring shape and lined all through with rustle percaline. At thesame price we also show a line of all wool, fancy invisible checked suits in gray and tan ades of same general style and appearance the plain blue and black. You could not -imo.ch any one of them elsewhere under $12 apiece. LADIES’ BICYCLE SUITS We are headquarters for these goods. We carry a full assortment of them in serges cheviots, fancy mixtures and corduroys ready mede and make them to special measure at particularly low prices. Our bloomers are the prettiest snapes to be had. A special line of bloomers made of twilled Melton cloth at $1 50 each. Ladies’ Shirt Waists. Grass Linens in natural colors, i pink and light blue. plain *® chambrays in all the new dainty colorings piped with white, plaid and checked percales, some having adjustable and-seperable collars, and hundreds of fancy styles, all made with yoke back and very full bishop sleeves. At l 50 geous Persian designs with the $ . * new style collars and bishop sleeves; also the latest conceits in fancy dimity, lawns, zephyrs and percales, all made in strictly ‘‘up to date” fashion. Our Novelty Waists at $2 and $2 50 apiece_are worth spe- cial mention. If you want THE things for & heap less money ihan you'll be asked down- town, come out to us. At $1 00 pers, embracing calicoes, Per- *VVe cales, ginghams, twilled blacks and other materials, all made with full fronts and watteau backs lined to the waist, sizes 82 to 44. Among these are wrap- ers that occupied dignified positions in our §1 75 and $1 50 lines. A collection of the most gor- A collection of Ladies’ Wrap- Ladies’ Box Coats, cut new At $5 style, with extra large sleeves *YVe and ‘velvet collars, all slzes, iu tans, navy blue and black. exclusive designs, made of & At $g'0 ® medjum_weight _cloth, 1n shades of tan, navy blue and black, orna- mented with fancy strapwork, Persian trimming and ribbon {:ow with streamers, y ® Kersey cloth, in shades of tan, red and black, ornamented with fancy graduated strapwork and trimmed with miniature pearl buttons. Thisis a strictly Ladies’ Capes, in new and The “Trilby” Cape, a decided tailor-made garment and appeals strongly to 1 those of refined and elegant taste. At $10.0 small ripple Ladies’ Tan Jackets, made b of imported Melton cloth, trimmed with large and genfl buttons and velvet collar, full ack and large sleeves, all sizes. *YVe shape, plaited back, lined all through with tancy Persian silk and or- namented in front with eight lovely Louis XVL buttons. Itis a swell, stylish and serv- iceable garment. with deep sailor collars, trimmed with fancy white braid and orna- mented in the front with six gilt buttons. Colors red and navy blue, Sizes2,4 and 6 years. navy blues, All sizes from 4 1014 years at the same price. Our novelties in Children’s Jackets and Capes from $2 50 to §5 are guite out of the ordinary, while those from $7 to $15 are marvels of ‘beauty. We pay particular attention to garments for the litile people. Ladies’ fine Tan Kersey Juck- A special line of Children’s Children’s Fancy Reefer Jack. send us your name and address. terior point on the Pacific Coast. Our new Spring and Summer Catalogue is out. 1f you want a copy, We send it free of charge to any in= 0-0-0-0-000 00-000-000-000-00-00-00-00000 YT T TN YT ST SPPSAT PTSITT NT SN PSP OOSITRIIE DOMESTICS. This,department is located down= stairs in the lightest, airiest and roomiest basement salesroom on the Coast. Our choice styles and the prices we name keep it crowd= ed and sociable all the time. | Fancy Dimities, 5c a yard. feces of them in white and colored o™ fancy striped_desigms; exact fac-similes of the real English goods. i iDuck Suitings, 7ic a yard. lain Sail Cloth weaves in fancy ! ggsrgd and striped patterns. W ould be | ®&great bargain at 10c. | Scotch Zephyrs, 8ic a yard. Not the ordinary coarse American Ging- | hams offered special around the city 8t | 10c s yard, but the fine sheer evenly woven “Zephyrs, for which the canny Scotchman is so famed; all fast and washable colors, in the daintlest plaid checked and striped designs. New Wash Goods, 15¢ a yard. Just opened, fresh from the manufactu- Ters’ whirring looms, not seen in the city before. We unpacked them. Among them are Lece Striped Dimities, fine Or- gandies in_Persian and Dresden effects. Fancy Corded Dimities in shaded colors, Satin Striped Masalias, new Marbleized and Revered Dimities, fine Herringbone Dimities, White Ground Dotted Swisse in pretty spring effects and a large vi riety of the popular Linen colors in Lawns, Jaconets, Dimities and Swisses in fancy effects and plain colors. - LINENS. On Monday we place on sale some special values just received. | At $l .0 A @ozen pieces of 72-inch silver bleached _Tabls Linen of the best Belfast | and Billefeld manufacture. &re worth $1.25 and $1.50 & yard. These goods At e Y Oy ey Y Y T YT AT T PRI 10 pieces Checked Glass Linen, worth at lowest 834¢ & yard. 50 dozen full 3/ size bleached Napkins, in new patterns, worth $2.50. 40 dozen Cream Damask | - At §1 B D Towels with red border; At $2'00 lar<e size, 45x24 inches. Would be a bargain at $3.00 a dozen. At $2.75 i | Never sold under 35¢ 25 dozen hemstitched Bird's Eye Huck Towels W colored borders. apiece. MILLINERY. The newest, the choicest, the prettiest and the lowest in price, consistent with the quality of the goods'and the class of work, in the city. Cheap Mllinery is not good at any price but good Mil- linery CHEAP cannot be talked about too mucd., Thav's the kind we sell. Come 1" and get acquainted with our depart- | ment under its new management. AT S YTy YTy Y AT T Y B Y CALIFORNIA'S NATIVE SONS They Will Hold Their Next Grand Parlor in San Luis Obispo. CONTEST FOR GRAND ORATOR. The Different Parlors That Entitled to Representation and the Delegates Chosen. Are The Native Sons of the Golden West will hold their next Grand Parlor in San Luis Obispo on the 27th inst., and it will be in session for nearly a week. A num- ber of the delegates will leave during the early part of the week to enable them to witness the fiesta in the lower country. There appears to be but one office on which the delegates will make a strong contest, and that is the office of grand orator, now held by W. M. Conley of Ma- dera Parlor. There area number of can- didates for the office, among the number Frank Mattison of Santa Cruz, Louis F. Byington of this City, B. A. Meserve of Los Angeles and Frank L. Coombs of Napa. Henry C. Gesford of Napa Parlor is in the line of promotion to succeed Frank H. Dunne as grand president. 4 number of the parlors have neglected to send in the list of cheir delegates, and many of the delegates do not present their credentials until the morning of the first session. The following is a list of the par- lors entitled to representation and the delegates whose names have been re- ceived. Quite a number of delegates were in this City yesterday, and all presented themselves at the new hall on Mason street to inspect it: California No. 1, San Francisco—John F. Morse, James P, P, Dockery, Harry Lachman, W. nnon. W. D, Shes, Leon Dennery. Sacramento No. 3—Thomas G. Ellers, A. E. Miller, C. N. Post, Thomas Fox. plarysville No. 6—P. J, de Ley, Murat F. rown. Stockton No. 7—George E. Catts, W. B. Nut- r, H. R. McNoble. Placerville No. 9—Poe McKee, D. G, Carr. Pacific No. 10—James D. Phelan, D. L. Fitz- gerald, Joseph K. Hawkins, Humboldt No, 14, Eureka—L. F. Peter, Ar. thur W, Hill. Amador No. 17— rienced by many persons just previous to a thunder-storm. In this connection it has been said that among the conditions pre- disposing to sunstroke in India, tnere has been noticed the geclflint conditions of the air, in which the hairs of a horse’s tail re- gel each other, in which the hairs of the ead stand on end, and in which a man exposed to its influence becomes irritable, headachy and restless without knowing exactly what is the matter with him. Various observers have remarked, also, that a thunder-storm is often preceded by an increased frequency of cases of heat apoplexy. The precise cause of this phe- nomenon has, however, not been deter- mined.—New York Tribune. —_——— Lotta is accredited with owning valuable real estate in every large city in the United States. She is the wealthiest wo- man in the profession, and although she could live as elaborately as desired with her enormous income she lives plainly and | is an; g but extravagant. Her mother and herself are as shrewd a pair of finan- ciers in petticoats as exisi. Visalia No, 19— Arcate No. 20—J. B. Tilley, 8. J. Titlow. Chico No. 21—W. C. Smith, A. Abrahams. Sen Jose No. 22—T, C. Hogan, S. L. Worden, Yonemite No. 55 Merced—A. T. Hyde osemite No. 24, Merced—A. T. 7 Fresno No. 25—L. W. Moultrie, G. C. Free- man. Daémuet No. 26, Sacramento—J. H. Pond, E. E. uden, Santa Rosa No. 28—W. E. Bagley, J. M. Laughlin, Golden Gate No. 20, San Franclsco—D. Wil- son, C. J. Fitzgibbons, W. A. King, Woodland No. 303, Leathers 7., E. B. Hay- ward. Excelsior No. 81, Jackson—J. 8. Gabarini, J, F. Davis, Generai Winn No. 82, Antioch—. Ione No. 33—R. H. Bagley: Mission No. 38, S8an kFrancisco—A. L, Karl, J. Porcher, E. F. Bert, J. A. Black. Solano No. 89, Suisun—J. J. Pfister. Biker No. 13, i meeand T, o1 er No, eld—1 H. Glenn. Tulare No. 43—, 3 Fremont No. 44—John Tatham, D. McClos- 0y, I!« Angeles No. 45—A. Ramish, E. C. Schna- Alameda No. 47—F, 0. Shuman, J, . G Plymoush No. £8—§, E. Dlvu.u' e San Francisco No. 49—Frank Marini, Louis H. Powelson, George A. Glover. Oakland No. 50—A. J. Allen, H. N. Gard, George C. Gard. £ El Dorado No. 52, San Francisco—C. H. Mass, Joseph M. Cummings, Fred Koster. St. Helena No. 53- Gridley No. 54—J. F. Schaeffer. Yuba No. 53, Smartsville, Yuba County—J. H. McQuaid. 2 Hydranlic No. 56, Nevada City—D. E. Mor- . L. 8. Calkins, W. E. Johnston. den’ Fleece, Forbestown, Butte County— F_Q{mu No. 58, Grass Valley—A. F. Brady, J. . Robinson. ‘Auburn No. 59—L. L. Chamberlain, W. J ay. Dixon No. 60—W. Z. McBride. Los 0sos No. 61, San Luis Obispo—J. B. Blake, J. F. Fielder. Napa No. 62—F. L. Coombs, E. L. Webber, Silver Star No. 63, Lincoln—J. J. Reeves. . 65—E, McCabe, C. M. Cassin. Redwood No. 66, Redwood City—G. P. Hull, F. W. Glennan. Calaveras No. 67, San Andreas—Edward Casey. Lha’coln No. 72, 8an Francisco—George H. D. Dryden, L. K. Hagenkamp, W. J. McCreery. Invincible No. 74, Anaheim— —. Stanford No. 76, San Francisco—D. C. Martin, E. J. Casey, J. H. Mangels, R. J. Meir. Vallejo No, 77—J. F. Deininger, G. A. Berg- well, Friendship No. 78, Camptonville, Yuba County—R. C. Groves. Prince No. 80, Angels Camp— —. Gilroy No. 81—J. H, Bruen. Palo ‘Alto No. 82, San Jose—W. H. Carmei- chel, B. A. Harrington. Granite No. 58, Folsom—1J. E. Burke. Yerba Buena No. 84, San Francisco—Fred W. Lees, H. G. Richards. Sierra No. 85, Forest Hill, Placer County— W. E. Klaner. McLane No. 86, Calistoga— —. Mt. Bailey No. 87, We«verville—R. W, Stiller. Golden Star No. 88, Alton, Humboldt County —Grant Clark, Benicia No. 89— —. Santa Cruz No. 90—W. C. Hoffman, R. H. Pringle, M. Besse. ~ Georgetown No. 91— —, Downieville No. 92—J. C. Latrielle. Ferndale No. 93—D. A, Francis. Golden Nugget No. 94, Sierra City— —, Beaside No. 95, Halfmoon Bay— —, Las Positas No. 96, Livermore—A. W. Feilder, . E. Horton. Santa Lucia No. 97, Salinas—J. J. Wyatt, P. E. Zabala. Meridian No. 98, Nord, Butte County, —. Lassen No. 99, Susanville—C. E. Emerson. Mount Diablo, Martinez—A. E. Dunkel, J. J, McMahon. Glen Ellen No, 102—Robert P. Hill. Silver Tip No. 103, Vacaville—F. Haas. Bay City No. 104, San Francisco—H. G. W. Dinkelspiel, E. W. Levy. Niantic No. 105, 8an cisco—J.B. Keenan, M. G. Owens. Courtland No. 106—W. A. Johnston. Ban Diego No. 108—8. J, 8ill, T. J. Dowell. Ramona No. 109, Angeles—Frank Sa- bichi, E. A. Meserve. Arrowhead No. 110, San Bernardino—W. D, Wagner. 3 Sonoma No. 111—F. T. Duhring. Eden No. 113, Haywards—N. A. McCoughy, George A. Oakes. Cabrillo No. 114, Ventura—Julian Cerf,jA. F. Maulhardt. San Lucas No, 115, —. Santa Barbara No. 116—W. B. Cope, E. M, urke. National No. 118, San_Francisco—D, E. Mur- den, F. P. Wehe, F. L. McNalley. Eagle No. 119, Cloverdale— —. Piedmont No. 120, Oakland—George Baker, G. E. de Golia, J. A. Bosquet. Columbis No. 121, San Francisco—J. R. owell. Nimpo No, 123——. Los Gatos No. 124—N. G. Rogers, Mountain No. 126, Dutch Flat—P. I. Joice. Wisteria No. 127. Alvarado—G. Beebe. Nafopui, Lompoc—L. B. Elkins. Madera No, 130—J. C. Roberts. Quincy No. 181——. Gabilan No. 132, Castroville—M. M. Silva. Sconchin No. 134, Alturas— —. Hesperian No. 137, San Francisco—W. A, Monahan, F. G. Norman, Hornitos No. 138—J. A. Adair. Chispa No. 139, Calaveras County— —, Central No. 140, Walnut Creek—J. L. Geary. Inyo No. 141, Bishop Creek— —. ¥ Oskdale No. 142— —. Sebastopol No. 143—L. N. H. Howell. Tuolumne No. 144, Sonora—D. M. Ortega, ‘Harry Harivig. Alcatraz No. 145, San Francisco—J, L. Galla- EEEicyon No. 146, Alameds—W. F. Chi zlcyon No. ameda—W. F. man, L A Phillips. " Ln S Ketrocs, Ban iiguel, 8en Luls Obis n guel, l County—Walter J, Thompson. o Brooklyn No. 151, East Oakland—E. §. R P. W, Wather s Cambria No. 152—Solon Mayfield. Alcalde, San Francisco, ~No. ‘154—R. T. Browne, R. Andreyws, J. Devoto. Yontockett No. 156, Crescent City—J. P. Crawford. South 8an Francisco No, 157—Louis Monner- man, Thomas F. Stack. Sea Point No. 158, Sausalito— —, Lower Lake No, 159— —. Sequoia No. 160—R. D. Barton, Robert M. Martland. Teka No. 161, Yreka—E. W. Howell. Winter No, 163—A. W. North. Mayfield No. 166—F. G. Wetzel. Altamont, Occidental, Sonoma County—F. F, illiamson, Rodlands No. 168 . vashington No. 169, Centerville, Alameda County—3, D. Norris, ¢, 5. Haton Byron No. 170—J. A. Kennedy. Mariposa No. 171— —. Fern Grove No. 172, Sonoma Connty— ——, Keystone, Amador—T. M. Church, T. O'Rourke. Leemore No. 175~ ——, Obseryatory, San Jose—L. J. Chapman, C. M. Wooster. Esparto No. 17924, M. Schulte, ’ range No. 180, Pleasant Grove, Yuba County—W. W. Decker. X Golden Anchor No. 182, County—Andrew Johnson, Nicasio No. 185— —., Hueneme No. 184— —, Menlo No. 185—George E. Russell. Tracy No. 186k, C. Steinmetz. recita No. » 8an Francisco—C. H. Neikiyon N 188, B skiyou No. 188, Fort Jones—G. F. McBride. Liberty . No. 193, Sawyers Bar, Siskiyou County— —. 194, E. s, , Gibsonville, Sierra Presidio No. T ihers No. 195, Onkiand. ens No. 195, Oakland—B. F. : Lorona No, 196——.Q e Following is a list of the grand officers; Jo D. 8proul of Chico Purlgr No. 21, pas't 5rnnd president; Frank H. Dunne of ‘olumbia Parlor No, 121, grand resident; Henry C. Gesford of Napa Parlor No. 62, grand vice-president; Henry Lunstedt of California Parlor No. 1, grand secretary; Henry 8. Martin of Stanford Parlor No. 76, grand treasurer; George D. Clark of Pacific Parlor No. 10, grand lecturer; W. M. Conley of Madera Parlor No. 130, grand orator; William Henderson of Sacramento Parlor No. 3, grand marshal; George N. Van Orden of Precita Parlor No.187, grand inside sentinel; C. O. Dunbar of Santa Rosa Parlor No. 28, grand outside sentinel; Lewis F. Byington of Niantic Parlor No, éor% ch;m‘naw Fn&n)k Mattison of Santa z Parlor No. secretary; Rod W. Church of Oakland Parlor No. 0. Percy V. Long of Eden Parlor No. 113, J. E. Prewett of Auburn Parlor No. 59, R. C. Rust of Ex- celsior Parlor No. 31, Milton_D. Garratt of Mission Parlor No. 38, prand trustees. —— San Francisco—E. —— King Menelek of Abyssinia rejoices in a icturesuue in state to have ¢s to excess in French s palace a center red paint. better half who is a most woman. Sheisfond of dabblin affairs, and if she is not allowes her way she indul, wine and makes Menelek’; of disturbance colored by GRANT ON MONROE DOCTRINE. Extreme Measures to Overthrow Maxi- milian Advocated. An unpublished letter from General Grant upon the Monroe doctrine has been found among the records of the War De- partment, says the ‘Washington corre- spondent of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. It was written to President Andrew John- son some time before this Government de- | manded. the withdrawal of French troops from Mexico. General Grant, as the letter shows, was in favor of extreme measures to overthrow Maximilian and to sustain the republican cause in Mexico. The let- | ter, which is of Fanicu]ar interest at this time, reads as follows: T GALENA, ILL, Sept. 21, 1865, His Ezxcellency, A. Johnson, President: Seven weeks’ absence from Washington and free in- tercourse with all parties and classes of people have conviuced me that there is but one opinion as to the duty of the United States to. ward Mexico, or rather the usurpers in that country. "All agree that, besides a yielding of the long-proclaimed Monroe doctrine, non- | intervention in Mexican affairs will lead to an | extensive and bloody war hereafter, or a yield- ing of territory now possessed by us. .To let the empire of Maximilian be estab- lished on onr frontier is to permit an enemy to establish himself who, Yl require a large standing army to watch. will be at points remote from’ supplios and therefore expensive to keep. | The trade of an _empire will be lost to our commerce, and Americans instead of being the most favored people of the world through- out the length and breadth of this continent, will be scoffed and laughed at by their adjoin- ing neighbors, both north and south—the people of the’Briush provinces and Mexico, revious communications have given my views on our duty in the matter here spoken of, 50 that it is not necessary thatIshonid treat the subject at any length now. Conver- sations with you have convinced me that you think about it as I do, otherwise I should never huve taken the liberty of writing in this manner. 1have had the opportunity of mingling more intimately with all classes of ;ommun(illy thlbrjl m& Executive can possibly ave, and my object is to give you the be: o what I have heard expressed.. nent I would have no hesitation in recommend- ing that notice be given the French that for. eign troops must be withdrawn from the con. tinent and the people left free to govern them. selves in their own way. I would openly sall on credit to the Government of Mexico ail thy ammunition and clothing they want, and aid them with officers to command troops. In -fine, I would take such measures as would se- cure the suprémacy of the republican Govern. m;)lxlt in Mexlcoi“ P ope you will excuse me for the free ma; ner in which I address you. I but spssk sy honest convictions, and then with the full be. lief that a terrible sirife in this country is to be averted by prompt action in this matter with Mexico. U. 8. GrANT, Lieutenant-General, ——— Military stations A husband and wife who died within a day of each other, after having just passed the age of 80 years, were buri together in West Bridgeton, Me., a few days ago. NEW TO-DAY. 3000 MILES! CAN YOU RID WHICH E IT? ARE YOU ON A RAM WILL MAKE YOUROFRXENDSG BLER? FIN REEN WiITH BNy’ ENIRS More Rambler Offers:! FOR FULL DETAILS OF OFFERS No§. 1, 2,3, 4and 5 SEE g2 OFFER NO. 6—Every Rider wh n 2 D BICYCLE fitted with 0‘."2" iR ber 1, 1896, will be presented with a H Bhave & I with a BEAUTIFUL SOUV; NIR. RAMSBLER OFFER NO. 7—Every rid ho MAKE OF BICYYELE efl'fl:d "::: ber 1, 1896, will be presented MORE OFFERS NEXT THOS. H.B. VARNEY RAMBLER BICLORAMA, Market, Tenth and Steven- son sts., S, F., tal mileage of 3000 miles on a + TIRES between April 1 o DSOME VALVA.B‘}JS SD’;}""‘E%QL"BE-m total mileage of 3000 TIRES botween April 1 and Decouy WEEK———WATCH]I