The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 19, 1896, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 1896. SAVED FROM A MADMAN Mrs. Edward I Mahoney Bru- tally Beaten With a Black- thorn Stick. RESCUED BY HER ATTORNEY. Her Husband Now Occupies a Padded Cell in the Receiving Hos. pital. Edward I. Mahoney, wholesale liguor- merchant, 31 Fourth street, was taken to the Receiving Hospital last night in the patrol wagon by Policeman Irvine and placed in a padded cell. Four years ago Mahoney married a rich widow, several years his senior, and since then, it is declared, he has been neglecting his business, contenting himself with liv- ing upon the income of his wife's prop- erty. For the past two years he has been drinking heavily and in his drunken moods his wife suffered. Yesterday after- noon Colonel J.J. O'Byrne, who is Mrs. Muhoney’s legal adviser, went to her resi. | dence, 412 Taylor street, as he had heard there had been trouble in the house. Just as he entered the servant ran against him iqnd implored him to save her mistress’ ife. Colonel O’Byrne ran to Mrs. Mahoney's room and a sight met his eyes that stirred his blood. Mahoney was beating his wife brutally with a blackthorn stick ana she was stretched on the floor covered from head to feet with blood. Her face was beaten almost to a jelly and her eyes were biackened and swollen. The colonel sprang upon Mahoney and a desperate struggle ensued for possession of the blackthorn. Mahoney 1n his maddened state seemed to be possessed of a giant's strength, but the colonel succeeded in wresting the stick from him. He held bim till assistance arrived and Mahoney was put under restraint. Dr. Albert J. Noble of Powell sireet, the family physician, was summoned and he attended to the injured woman. Her in- j , although severe, are not necessarily juries fatal. Colonel O’Byrne hastened to police head- quarters and after consulting with Captain Healy it was arranked that Dr. Noble should swear out a warrant before Judge Daingerfield for Mahoney’s arrest on the ground of alcohotic insanity. The doctor did so and Irvine was giver the warrant to serve. He isa powerful man, but he had all he could do to put the handcuffs on Mahoney and take him to the hospital. He fought all the way to get away from Irvine, and at the hospital it required sev- eral men to put him in the padded cell. Mahoney was at one time prominently dentified with the politics of the Demo- cratic party, and held a high position in the Young Men's Institute. His bibulous tendencies had the effect of making him lose prestige in the political field, and he was quietly dropped from the Institute. He wiil be taken before the Insanity Commissioners to-morrow morning. it would appear that she heeled to & consider- able extent, hut not sufficient to cause anxiety to her master or to the majority of the masters of ships Iving in the vicinity. " No serious feeling of alarm as to the vessel's stability was felt among the members of the crew, although some of them had discussed the matter among themselves in nd"aking man- ner. On the 9th day of April, 1895, the vessel had on board fifteen hands all told, including the master. Atabout 4 o’clock in the morning very severe weather was experienced, with heavy squalls, the vessel heeling considerably at that time, B The weather moderated slightly after this and at 6 A. M. the men turned 1o, the fonowms members of the crew being taken into the hol by the first mate and set to work chipping the ship’s side: T. Ludgate, first mate; D. McDonald, second mate; William Melville, third mate; Henry Clark, A. B.; Albert Fowell, Roland Siegle, Hamilton Bell, John Pope, Stuart Marwick and Victor Bannehr, apprentices. The carpenter, James Watson, and Samuel Kenny, steward, were about the decks. H. Lynstrand, A. B.. night watchman, was in his bunk, and T. Rennepaum was in the sailroom on deck. At6:45 A. M. a heavy shifting squall struck the ship and she capsized and sank. The master was on deck at the time and he and eight of his crew were picked up, some oft the hull and some from the ship’s boat which bad beemtowing astern, by boats from the British ships British Yeoman and Cromdale Which werelying in the vicinity. The follow- ing men were drowned: T. Ludgate, chief mate; Henry Clark, A. B.; Roland “Siegle, apprentice; Samuel Kenny, steward; H. Lynstrand, A. B.,and T.Renne- baum, A, B, The court having regard to the eircum- stances above stated find as follows: That the master appears to have been justi- fied in considering his ship 1o be properly stiffened with the amountof ballast, coal and water that was in her, as he had commanded the Blairmore for two and & half years, during which time she had frequently been in ballast at other ports, lying in exposed positions with less stiffening than was in her at the time ot ALASKAN MINERS RETURN Others Who Want to Tempt Fortune Will Leave on the Albion. MANY TALES OF DESTITUTION. Cooks Inlet Is Frozem In, and Men Who Went Up Early Have Not Made a Cent. A serious state of affairs reigns in Alaska., Sitka and Juneau are known to be overflowing with miners wko cannot start for the gold fields on account of the ice and snow on the hills, and now comes | the news that Cooks Inlet is frozen and | that the miners who went up early are suffering great hardships. Provisions are plentiful, but the Prices charged are ex- orbitant. Some of the men are destitute and not one has taken enough gold to pa: for a second-class passage to Puget Sound, much less San Francisco. The gold fields, as a rule, are said to be a miserable apol- ogy for an El Dorado, and hundreds of | with no gold they are enlightenin weeks ago for < Alaska deceived their {riends. They declare that the story that they went to seek for gold was untrue. Now that they have returned about six months before they were expected ll’;d their friends by telling that they merely went for their health. This morning the bark Excelsior re- turned ana seventeen disappointed people returned on boara of her. They are al- most unanimous in saying that they took their mining implements by way of a joke and that it was purely a "hygienic' trip. What part patent mining apparatus and winter clothing played in a pleasure tripis ! not explained. Among _the Oaklanders who came back was R. H. Wise Sr. “I went up not to stay to mine, but in the hope that my health would be benefited by the voyzge. Most of those who returned had inten: to go into the mines, but the managers de- cided that they did not need so many hands and let them out. They were afraid the food supply might run short. The party were getting along well and were in good spirits when we left. *‘On the way up one party chartered the steamer General Canby at Seattie, but when we left Cooks Inlet she had not ar- rived. They were waiting for her, and 1 heard since that an accident happened to her. “The cargo of the Excelsior was dis- charged upon a spit in the inlet and they have a large building erected there. When the Canby arrives she will carry the freight from this spit around to a place near where the mining is to take place, The spit is about 125 miles away. “Our party never intended going to the Their mining is to be done on Six-mile Creek, Union Creek and Res- i < z A The Steam Schooner Albion Starting for Cooks Inlet Loaded to the Gunwales With Cargo and Pro- U WS EXONERATED The Blairmore Court of Inquiry Concluded Its Work Yesterday. | Tripping on H:r Own Chain Dur-. ing a Heavy Gale Was the Cause of the Accident. The Blairmore inquiry before Vice- Consul Moore was concluded yesterday. W. B. Goodrum, superintendent of the refinery dock, testified that he put 250 tons of ballast into the ship. He was positive | that fully this weight of rock and dirt was ‘t used. Captain Langford of the British ship Inveresk stated that his ship was about 500 yards from the Blairmore when the accident occurred. He had noticed that ship the Sunday previous, April 9, and saw that she remained upright when head on to the wind, but when athwart the tide bad a fairish amount of heel. “The Blairmore didn’t appear to lack stability.” said the witness. “If my ship bad acted as that vessel did I would not have felt satistied, because the Inveresk is & very stiff ship. Iwas in the Ascalon, a composite sbip, which was very cranky. £he used to lay over quite as much when Bhe was heavily laden as when she was loaded with light cargoes. I consider in * such a gale as we had April 9 that if a ship was athwart the tide she would be in dan- ger. Iintended to get my ship away from the wharf that morning, and the tu; was_alongside, but seeing how it blew made all fast again. “I think the cause of the Blairmore dis- aster was her running ahead of the chain, lrip%ing on it athwart the tide. I lay near the Blairmore in the harbor of Newcastle when we had several strong gales. She was in about the same condition as I could see, and she behaved very well.” The court then went into a considera- tion of the testimony. Summing up the .8worn statements of the witnesses, it was seen that with the exception of Second Mate McDonald of the unfortunate ves- sel and Henry Matson of the ship Vere- jean all had testified to the exoneration of Captain Caw. : Xll of the masters of different vessels who had been eye-witnesses of the catastrophe had sworn that there was no ground upon which to censure the master of the Juckless Blairmore. While some of her crew had spoken nmonf themselves of her action in the strong winds that blew | over Mission Bay, they did not consider that there was any real danger, and neither they nor anybody had -noiun to Captain Caw. McDonala testitied that he had had trouble with his commander. The following is the verdict of the court of inguiry : Findinug and order of a naval court held at the British Consulate-General at San Fran- ¢isco on the 16th, 17th and 18th days of April, 1896, to investigate the circumstances attend- ing the capsizing and sinking of the British ship Blairmore of Glasgow, official number 102629, when anchored in the bay of San Francisco, on the 9th of April, 1896, whereby loss of life ensued, and to investigate the cause of such capsizing ‘and sinking and to inquire into the conduct of the muster ana crew. The Blsirmore was o steel velxel,sh!prl&(ed, of 1767 tons burden registered tonnage, oficial number 102629, built in 1898 and belonging 10 the port of Glasgow. It appears from the evidence given before this courl that she arrived safely with & cargo of coal, which she diseharged at this port; that she took on board 250 long tons of bnf‘lul. consisting of earth and stones, and had on board in addition to that about forty tons of coal and about nineteen tons of water; that the ballast was placed in the lower hold at each side of the tanks and mainmast, and leveled down to the satisiaction of the 1aster; that the coal was in ihe lower forepeak, and that the water-tanks were situated in the lower bold abaft the mainmust; that the vessel —proceeded (o Mission Bay, in . the barbor of San Franclsco, = and the casuality, and that as for as the evidence shows there was no serious feeling of alarm among the members of the crew regarding the ship’s stability, although several of them had | discussed the matter in & jesting manner | among themselves. They made no complaint to any in suthority, and the master was to- tally unaware that any such feeling existed, | with two exceptions. | The evidence of the master and the officers of | ships lying in the vicinity of the Blairmore | shows that there was no feeling of alarm | among them regarding the vessel's condition. The court regards it as an important circum- stance that the men happened to be at work in the hold that morning, but sees no reason to attribute blame to the master, as he did not give any orders as to what duties they should | perform, and as the weather had moderated somewhat before they went below, the squall that capsized the ship was quite unexpected. In the opinion of thiscourt the casualty was caused by the vessel being struck by a heavy squall while riding ahead of her anchor, forc- ing the ship across her cable, wnich tightened with the heavy strain and caused her to swing across the tide. This movement brought the wind on her beam,and the combination of vhese three forces acting together effected the disaster. The expenses of this court, fixed at£18 7s 94, are approved. Dated et San Francisco the 18th day of April, 1896. “The court exonerated Captain Caw,” said Consul Moore yesterday, ‘‘because under the testunony it could not do other- wise. Most all the eyewitnesses of the accident testified that the vessel surged ahead over her chain and tripped on it broadside into the wind when it blew the strongest. If soe could have swung a few feet farther around she might have recov- ered. This was most unfortunate, and hence the terrible casualty. Second Mate McDonald showed some_ personal feeling against his captain, and Mate Matson was | aboard another ship. None of the crew of | the Blairmore were afraid of the rocking of their vessel, but joked about it.” THEY ARE AFTER KING Chairman of the Hospital Com- mittee Charged With Neg- lect of Duty. Said to Have Refused to Sign Requi- sitions for Supplies and Patients Are Suffering. There will be filed before the Board of Supervisors to-morrow a statement from Superintendent Stahie of the City and County Hospital and Steward George F. Robinson, charging Supervisor King, chairman of the Hospital Committee, with so neglecting his duty as to place the hospital and its officers in a most embar- rassing position. The superintendent and the steward yesterday visited the office of the Board of Health and made complaint, and after- ward visited the Mafor. and under advice will lay their complaint before the board. They say that Supervisor King has for two weeks past refused to sign any of the requisitions for food, so that the steward has been compelled to beg supplies from the merchants upon a promise to get a requisition later. ‘“The merchants have been very indul. gent,” said Steward Robinson last night, “'as we would have been completely out o necessary lup[illel and the patients would be suffering. I have seen Supervisor Kin, repeatedly and explained the situation to him 10 no effect. I have to seck him in his barroom, and he makes capital before the ward heelers by whom he is sur- rounded by blutling me off. *The toughs gm him on the back and cry, ‘Good boy, Joe," when he bawls out that he is not going to sign the requisition, and their approval seems to be sufficient to warrant _bim in n!lown_n%.tha patients to suffer. I shall go to his barroom no more, but we will bring the matter before the Board of Supervisors.” ¢ g | await all. visions and 105 Miners Aboard. [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] miners are only awaiting the opportunity to return home. The news from the inlet should cer- tainly discourage those who intend trying their fortunein the far north. The coun- try is overrun with prospectors, and in some instances the suffering of the ad- venturers is heartrending. Starvation faces many who have forced their way into the interior, and misery and privation The steam schooner Excelsior, Captain J. F. Higgins, arrived direct from Cooks Inlet yesterday. The passengers were: Thomas Fleming, Alfred Corenue, C. H. Bullock, J. C. Wilson, Louis Satter, S. Hankerson, J. E, La Shelle, John Lavig- noui, Phillip Rinasso, Thomas Walker, J. ‘W. Holm, Joseph Cater and H. C. Pende. Nearly all of these are men who had enough of Alaska mining and had enough money to pay their way home. *‘Cooks Inlet is not crowded with ice,” said one of the miners yesterday, “but ‘it is cold enough to make a stove a necessity. When a man has to hug a stove all day there is not much chance for mining. A% Kachemak, where many of the miners are camped, Iixe thermometer occasionally dropped to40 deg. below zero. Ice is a foot thick over some properties, and the mass that covers all the reefs is under yards of snow. My advice to those con- templating a mining venture to Alaska is, ‘Don’t.’ The steam-schooner Excelsior is the ves- sel that took a party of Oakland enthusi- asts to Cooks Inlet. Prior to their de{mr- ture they refused to reveal their destina- tion. On March 11 the steamer sailed from Mission-street wharf, and some of the miners who went out on her returned on her yesterday. The first point reached was Sitka, and the run was without inci- dent. On March 29 another start was made, and heavy southeast gales were en- countered, The vessel was not well fitted to encounter them, as the cabins were crowded, the holds overtliowing and the decks littered with lumber, while a num- ber of horses were penned up forward. The weather turned extremely cold, and four of the horses died from the exposure. On the 3d inst. the Excelsior reached Kachemak, in Turnagani’arm. Coal Point was frozen over and all the lighters were frozen in. Captain Higgins says the weatber was fine, but all the miners as- sert that it was the worst ever experienced in Alaska and that no such thing as “fine weather'’ is ever prevalent in Alaska. As the lighters wers frozen in some method of landing the men and their belongings had to be resorted to. Ralts were made out of the lumber and on these everything was ferried ashore. There were no heayy winds and no snow, so the landing was comparatively easy. After getting rid of her cargo the Excel- sior sailed again for San Francisco on the 10th inst. and made a good run of seven and a half days to this port. A letter re- ceived by her says: “Do not come up here, Itisalla fable about the richness of the mines. Starvation and miser; threaten all the men who came here vmi a bare traveling allowance of coin.”’ in spite of all these discouraging re- ports the steam-schooner Albion 1s listed to sail this morning for Cooks Inlet with 105 miners, five of whom bhave their families with them. Friday last the in- spectors of hulls and boilers limited the number of passengers to efihty-four but since then extra accommodations have been put 1n and the horses and cattie will not be taken. Those of the part{ who cannot get away on the Albion will go on the Sophia Sutherland, which will sail Monday or Tuesday. The Albion is loaded down to the gun- wales, and if anything like rough weather is experienced the passengers will have a hard time of it. As it is there is not five feet of space in which they can move about, as every inch of deck room is taken up with coal, bay, lumber and provisions. hl’nny of the men do not like the manner in which the vessel is loaded down, but will take their chances sooner than lose the money they have paid for their passage. ST A CHANGE OF HEART. Returned Alaskan Fortune-Hunters Say They Went for Their Health. In 1765 the Abbe le Pee ostablished a anchored there on the 8th of March, 1896; that while lying there she experienced more or less bad weather at various times, and school at Paris for the benefit of the deaf and dumb. OAKLAND OrFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, $08 Broadway, April 18, The Oaklanders who left here a few urrection Creek. I understand the men who were returned received their pay, but there was some dissatisfac- tion among them on account of being dis- charged so quickly.” The news from Cooks Inlet is very dis- couraging. Starvation and misery ‘await miners who are forced into the interior. Although provisions are not scarce, prices are high. The season is a terribly cold one, and hundreds of miners are preparing to return. At Cooks Inlet the water is free of ice, but in the small bays and arms the ice is thick. Turnagain Arm and the upper inlet are frozen in, and the miners at the former place are reported to be suf- fering greatly from the rigor of the cli- mate and have not secured enough gold to pay for a second-class ticket from Sitka to Seattle, At the present time there are from 300 10 400 penniless men in Juneau. When a vessel departs for the north scores of these unfortunates congregate on the whart begging for deadhead passage. The Cooks Inlet region is being discarded by experi- enced miners, but the district is literally swarming with prospectors. Very few men have so far succeeded in crossing the pass into the Yukon fields owing to the severe weather. Three hundred miners, bound for the Yukon, are snowed in at the base of the divide between Cooks In- let and the Yukon. Within the next few weeks it is ex- pected that several other parties who have gone north for their health will re- tprfl improved in physique, but not finan- cially. — GIVEN A HEARTY WELCOME Alameda County Endeavorers Honor National Treasurer William Shaw. Shown Points of Interest About the City and Tendered a Rousing Reception. OARLAND OFFICE SAN FrANcIsco CaLr, 908 Broadway, April 18. } The Christian Endeavorers of Alameda County turned out in large numbers to- night to pay their respects to William Shaw, the world-wide known and honored treasurer of the United Society from Boston. He arrived in “the city this morning at 10:14 direct from Oregon, and was me: by County President S. W. Con- den and A. R. Waters, who conducted him to the residence of J. T. Gardiner, 524 Jones street, where he was allowed to rest. After lunch he was driven about the city by William N. Gardiner and shown the various points of interest. He expressed the greatest admiration for the floral dis- play in the residence districts,and expressed a desire to take cuttings of the roses home with him. He was entertained at dinner, together with a few of the prominent Endeavorers, by C. F. Baker, after which he attended the reception, County President Seymor W. Conden presided at the mass-meeting, and Rey. Mr. Campbell made the address of wel- come. Mr. Shaw, who has a very pleasing personality, was greeted with the Chautau- qua saiute as he atose to speak. He ac- knowledged the warm greetings extended him, and told of his trip across the con- tinent, up into British Columbia and then down the coast, and of thedelightful meet- ings held along the line. He referred to the great gathering to be held in Washing- ton in July, and expressed the hope that all would go well that the Endeavorers of the world could come to California in 1897, His reference to ‘‘California in ’97" was reeted with an outburst of enthusiasm hat showed the desire of the Endeavorers of this county who have once been disap- inted. At the close of his remarks an informal receguon was held, and hundreds met and shook his hands. ———————— In many countries in Europe boring the ears is believed to be a sovereign cure for sore eyes. WO DID THE COURTING? Fred Stuart Adams’ Wife Denies She Beguiled Him to Wedlock. A VERY KNOWING YOUNG MAN The Youthful Bridegroom Declared to Have a Liberal Edueation in Worldly Ways. “Mrs. N. Day, otherwise known as Nita Potter, still otherwise known as J. Isabelle Potter, and now calling herself Mrs. Fred Stuart Adams,” filed an answer with the County Clerk of Alameda County yester- day to the suit brought for annulment of marriage by James C. Adams for Fred Stuart Adams, & minor. The answer is a decidedly aggressive document. The de- fendant, by her attcrneys, A. Heynemann ana A. A. Moore, has not hesitated in making denials as sweeping as were the charges in the complaint and in capping the whole with specific counter charges of marital inconstancy on the part of the plaintiff, Fred Stuart Adams. The defendant finds cause for denial in the very outset of the complaint. She says she never has been known as Mrs. N. Day. J. Isabelle Potter she declares is her maiden name and “Nita” is a pet name given her by her family., The only evi- dence she claims to have of the majority of the ‘plaintiff is that she heara him make oath to the statement that he was 21 years of age on or before July 30, 1895. On that date the parties to this action mar- ried in Contra Costa County. Whether this was with the consent of Fred’s grand- mother or any of his brothers Nita does not pretend to know, nor does she know whether these parties then had control of ber bethrothed’s person. She does know, however, that there was no fraud on her part in the transaction. Mrs. Adams does not put much faith in her husband's physical and mental weakness, The allegations of the com- plaint that Fred had, when about 12 years of age, received an injury which resulted in his being much confined and in retard- ing his physical and mental growth, she emphatically denies. She admits that he was prevented from attending school for a few months, but declares that he has at- tended various schools and colleges in California, and is more than ordinarily in- telligent; is fully alive to all the affairs of life; is ordinarily well educated, and has enjoyed experiences far beyond the ordi- nary experiences of any young man his own age not possessed of wealth and means to thoroughly satisfy and cater to all hiswants and wishes without restraint. In the matter of experience the plaintiff is throughout credited with being particu- larly well blessed, though the complaint alleged he was simple as a child. In this regard the defendant alleges the plaintiff “has had the experience of men double his | age and has run the gantlet and knows all theills and vices that flesh is heir to, and has had all the experiences of life, not only common to young men of his age, but common to young men of this age.” If he hasn’t found any occupation she says 1t is because he didn’t want any. There is also a serions difference of opin- ion as to which of the twain commenced and prosecuted the courtship. The plain- tiff asserted that the fair one had taken the aggressive from the start. She had sought an introduction, had followed him up persistently and had urged him to wed. Her persistence conquered and he suc- cumbed. The defendant’s story is remarkably similar, with the leading characters trans- posed. He it was who was persistent and she was coy. But he conquered. Their statements also clash painfully in regard to the wine suppers. He claimed she ad- vocated this form of entertainment. This she indignantly denies and says it was at the plaintiff’s suggestion that they had wine, and she continuously urged him not to drink so much, asit wou!d make himill, Nita says if Fred didn’t know all about her past 1t was his own fault. She re- peatedly tried to tell him her history, but he refused to listen, insisting that he wanted only her and aid’t care anything about her previous misfortunes. Her alleged story of an unfortunate marriage with Charles Day, or Clarence Day, she declares an airy fabric of the Adams imagination. Asa matter of fact, she says Adams was the first and only man to whom she had ever been married. The statement is also styled as false that she had to pay all the expenses of bngfiy rides and wine dinners. She says that the plaintiff often had money to pay for their excursions. She admits plaintiff some- times pawned her ;ewelry and clothing to raise the “needful,” but this, she declares, was at his infipormnlty, end not at her suggestion, e always promised to pay the next day. The circumstances of their visit to Mar- tinez and their mbse%uent marriage there are related. Here they lived together as man and wife after the ceremony, itisal- leged, as well as at numerous hotels &t San Francisco. - It was while at the latter that they visited the questionable resorts of which Adams alleged previous ignorance. His wife says she was the one who was un- sophisticated, and Adams seemed remark- nbfy well acquainted ,with the surround- inge and attendants. < While they were thus enjoying them- selves Fred Yen their room at one of the hotels, saying he would return in a few minutes. He neglected his engagement and has not returned yet. The allegations of the defendant’s previ- ous immorality cause her to wax indig- nant. After denying specifically the charges of profligacy she declares the alle- gations in the complaint are ‘‘outrageous, scandalous, conceived by the plaintiff, born of hisimagination, and simply placea in the said complaint for the wanton pur- ose of needlessly harassing the said de- }’enannt." Thereis a cross-complaint attached to the answer, and in this Fred Stuart Adams is charged with having on three specitic occasions violated his marital ob- ligations. On one occasion he is charged with having lived openly and notoriously with a woman whose name is unknown. A decree of divorce is asked, and that the plaintiff be compelled to Juy a sum into court for the expenses and counsel fee of this action. Permanent alimony is also asked for. The attorney for the defend- ant will, next Monday, ask that the plain- tiff be com pelled to pay $5000 into court. A vigorous opposition is looked for. HOME INDUSTRY FAIR. Manufacturers’ Association and Mechan- ics’ Institute to Discuss Plans. There is every reason to believe that San Francisco will have a home industry fair this year. Several months ago the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Associa- tion endeavored to secure the Mechanics’ Pavilion for that purpose, but the trustees of the institute declared that the times would not wariant holding two large fairs in one year and they had better look out for the iuterests of the Mechanics’ Insti- tute annual fair first. This decision caused ——————————————————————————————————————— the Manufacturers’ Association to discuss the advisability of erecting another large payilion and holding a fair of its own. Since the recent election in the institute new members have been seated in the board of trustees who do not seem to be so antagonistic to the association as the old board. Now efforts are being made to make arrangements to hold a joint fair of the two organizations and a strictly home- product fair is contemplated. With a view of reaching this end the association has appointed as a committee J. W. Kerr, A. Sbarboro, L. R. Mead and 8. Tracy, who will confer with a committee from | the institute composed of G. Howard, Oscar Lewis and George R. Presson. These conference committees will meet to-mor- row, Monday, at 4 o’clock and discuss terms on which a home industry fair can be arranged. While the Manufacturers’ Association js willing that the institute shall make all it can out of the fair it will insist that all of the goods exhibited must be of California manufacture. Many mem- bers of the association state that they are pngfled to make very extensive exhibits if the proposed fair is to be of strictly home products, MISSION CLUBS UNITE, The Improvement Union Organ- ized, With J. D. Phelan as President. The Railroad Company to Commence on Folsom Street Monday Morning. A central and permanent improvement organization of the Eleventh Ward, other- wise known as the Mission District, has been established. Through this organiza- tion the wants of the entire district will hereafter be attended to. It will be known as the Mission Improvement Union, and into which the various sectional clubs heretofore existing will be merged or their representatives accepted. } This central union will look after ‘the interests of any and every portion of the Eleventh Ward when its attention is drawn to the necessities of the location and the wants of its residents. With this system a proper representa- tion can be made to the Supervisors and other co-ordinate municipal bodies for what is desired. This plan,it is thought, will give greater weight and influence to the movement than is usual where a few isolated citizens appear from an outside section asking for something of merely local benefit. With a central union, backed by half of the City’s population, and two-thirds of its area, governing bodies will, it is ex- pected, be loth to refuse to accede to what may be a legitimate and fair claim of 1ts people. Sectional clubs in _outside territory, like Ocean View and South San Francisco, may, if desirable, consolidate with or send delegates to this improvement union. A meeting of the executive committee of the Mission Improvement Union was held at the office of J. D. Phelan, on Market street, a few days ago, at which were pres- ent James D. Phelan, John Bolger, J. H. Grady, Daniel Kelly, George Walcom, George L. Center, F. W. Van Reynegom, J. K. 8. Hobbs, William Metzner, A. P. Van Duzer, A. B. Maguire and John A. Lennon. An_organization was effected at the meeting by the election of James D. Phelan, president; F. W. Van Reynegom, vice- president; George Walcom, secretary and treasurer. On motion of Judge Van Reynegom, the following committee was appointed to make investigations and report upon the matter of procuring the two Jewish Ceme- tery blocks at the Mission for a public park and to ascertain the feasibility of making Dolores street a boulevard: J. K. 8. Hobbs, John D. Daly, Goorge Walcom, D. A. Hulse, Danjel Kelly, John H. Grady and F. W. Van Reynegom. A committee to take charge of the mat- ter of procuring a High School at the Mis- sion and to ascertain and report upon the necessary procedure therefor was ap- pointed, consisting of George L. Center, A. B. Maguire, William Metzner, A. P. Van Dugzer, yjohn A. Lennon, John Bolger and John H. Grady. ‘I'hese committees were instructed to make their reports in_ writing at the next meeting of the executive committee to be held on the 1st day of next month. It was resolved that the regular meet- ings of the executive committee be held on the first and third Fridays of each month at 4:30 P, x. at the office of James D. Phelan in the Phelan building. Also that the president may call a special meet- ing of the committee wheneyer he shall deem it necessary or expedient. A sub-committee on the Mission High School was afterward organized for work by choosing John H. Grady chairman with power to ada thereto such members of the union as he mifht deem proper. The merit of Dolores street as a boule- vard was discussed. 1t was stated that the street has a width of 120 feet between curbs, with a width of twenty-one feet for sidewalks, 1t was suggested to reduce the side- walks to fifteen feet, which would be the same as those of Montgomery street, and add what is taken off to the width of the street. This would afford a ten-foot strip in the center of the street on which shade trees could be planted, leaving forty feet on either side for roadway, - : The question of grade was discussed, but it was ascertained from Judge Van Reynegom that the highest point, which is at Twenty-first street, is only a 12 per cent grade—none too steep, it was claimed. for the purposes of a pleasure drive. It was also stated that inasmuch as this street is not yet paved the expense will fall on the abutting property-owners and not on the taxpayers in general. Its ad- vantages to the residents of the Mission, it was stated, would be incalculable as a means of reaching Golden Gate Park or the Western Addition, as it leads from 'll‘hirtieth street to Market in a straight ine, . The Improvement Union will take steps at no distant day to ask the Supervisors to establish a police station somewherein the vicinity of the Mission road. The people of that section with those of Sunnyside and Fairmount demand a station and, as some of the residents in Fairmount claim, a fire engine also. The Folsom-street boulevard is about to be pushed to completion at once. Super- intendent H. H. Lynch of the construction department of the Market-street Railroad system will put a gang of men to work to- morrow morning to lay the track for the electric line. He expects to have the work finished inside of thirty days. Conse- quently by the first of June the cars will be humming along the new boulevard from the bay to Twenty-ninth street. The Supervisors have given A. B. Maguire, the chairman of tbis boulevard, reason to hope that the entire street will be fixed from end to end, thus making it a continuous boulevard. E The Noe Defense Club being organized for a separate object, will not consolidate with the union, but its mentbers will co- operate in everything that appertains to the welfare of the Mission. NEW TO-DAY. 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