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16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1896. THE DELEGATES 10 3T, LOUES Should Go to the National Convention Un- pledged. REPUBLICANS’' OPINIONS. Instructed Delegations Have No Influence in Party Councils. THE PRINCIPLE IS WRONG. Sentiments Distinctly Expressed by Many Leading Republicans of California. The sentiment among leading Republi- cans of California, so far as it can be ascertained by impartial interviews, is largely in favor of sending an unpledged deiegation to the National Conventioa at 8t. Louis. William H. Crocker had definite views on the subject of pledging delegations. He said: “I am against the vprinciple of in- structing delegates how tovote. Our dele- gates to the St. Louis National Convention should be permitted to form a judgment of what should be done after they get there and look over the field. Events may occur and conditions change materially between the time that our State Conven- tion meets at Sacramento ana the assem- bling of the National Convention in June. Itis my opinion that the delegates should be left free to tske advantage of any opportunity presented whereby they can benefit the State. A delegation bound and hampered with a pledge to support only one candidate cannot command in- | fluence. It is practically divested of power at the outset.” F. 8. Chadbourne, whose political sa- gacity is scarcely questioned, said: “This thing of pledging the delegates 1snon- sense. It is all well enough forour infalli- ble and know-it-ali talkers here in Califor- | nia to shout that there is only one candi- date for President in the field and that if the Calffornia delegates are not pledged to swing their votes for that man that all chance of State recognition by the next administration will be gone, but the talk is fallacy. [t may turn out when the con- vention meets at Louis that there are other candidates. ssuming that Califor- nia is pledged to vote for McKinley, then. Why our delegates are not con —not noticed. Other delegates s fornia delegatesare tied up; nouse w 2 any time or giving anything in that direc- | tion. They can’t change if they want to, £0 if recognltion is to be offered let us give | it elsewhere and derive scme good out of | it.” What if there should be a break from McKinley to some other candidate despite the predictions of our local lights who now have the whole proceedings of the conven- tion so cleverly mapped out, wouldn’t our pledged delegation be in a fix? Tie up our delegates for McKinley and tip our hand before we go to St. Louis and we get nothing from McKinley because he has| our delegates already pledged. If some other candidate succeeds we cannot get in line with the successful combination because we are tied up with pledges to McKinley. The delegation ought not to be pledged. Nothing can be gained by instructions and very much may be lost. Wedon’t know it all out here in Califor- nia.” Arthur F. Price said: “I am in favor of sending to St. Louis an intelligent delega- tion of unpledged men and of trusting to their intelligence and patriotism. No one can foretell what changes may take place in public opinion throughout the country before the convention meets at St. Louis.” Charles D. Haven said: “I do not take an active absorbing interest in all political questions, but on thisquestion of pledging delegations I am firmly convinced that our delegates to the St. Louis convention should not be instructed. We should send men to the convention who are capable of fprming sound judgment after taking in the situation.” D. J. Staples, who was a delegate to the National Republican Convention at Chi- cago which nominated Mr. Lincoln for the | Presidency, and who presented to that convention Fremont's letter declining to be a candidate, was interviewed. He said: “I am heartily in favor of an uninstructed delegation. No one can tell now what will happen in St. Lous, but on principle 1 am opposed now as I was in 1860 to hampering a delegation with pledges. Then there was a strong feeling in the California State Convention that the vote ot California should be cast for Mr. Seward. So many leading men of the party refused to acknowledge that there was any other available candidate that the delegation was about to be instructed fer Seward. I opposed the instruction snd indicated that I wounld not consent to goif pledged in advance tc a course which might not be found advisable when the representatives of the great party as- sembled in convention. The delegation went unpledged, but in deference to home sentiment the delegates who in their hearts had recognized Mr. Lincoln as the winner and the right man for the place, did cast their first ballots for Mr. Seward. The principle of pledging a delegation is | | | fectly free and acting in harmony, an alli- { do not want »cKinley nominated.” { Donald, a prominent merchant of San | judicial and unbiased choices, and if all wrong. The interests of the country to be considered by a National Convention are vast and varied. Conditions which are not contemplated now may arise when the leaders of the party meet at St. Louis and exchange views.” Lieutenant-Governor Thomas Flint Jr. said: “The delegates to the National Re- publican Convention should, in my judg- ment, go there unpledged. A pledgea delegation is without influence. It can do nothing to gain any advantage to the State which it represents. Its influence is disposed of before it gets to the conven- tion. Of course 1 hold that our delegates should act as a unit, and being left per- ance of great adyantages might be made.” Samuel McMurtre, the railroad builder Wwho has had wide experience in Eastern conventions, frankly expressed the opinion that a delegation bound and hampered with instructions to vote for one candi- date cuts a very small figure indeed in a National Convention. ‘‘I hear men talkingatthe Union League Club that McKinley is as good as nomi- nated. I heard the same kind of talk four years ago, and won $500 from a man who knew, as he thought, just what the con- vention would do. There is no certainty that the convention at St. Louis will nominate McKinley. Thisisa big coun- try and the Republican party is a great party and when the leaders get together and study up the whole sitnation and ex- amined the meriis and availibility of each candieate it may be deemed wise to nomi- nate some ctner candidate. The Cali- fornia delegates ought not to be tied up and set aside, so_that they cannot confer with representatives from other sections of the country. Mr. Chadbourne says if the delegation is to be pledged we might as well send a messenger to cast the votes.” Paris Kilburn is decidedly in favor of the convention at Sacramento adopting & resolution requiring the delegates to the St. Louis convention to act as a unit and use all honorable means to secure the nomination of McKinley. Mr. Kilburn said: “Letany one study the history of the unpledged Califorma delegation at the Minneapolis; convention four years ago. Our delegates were divided into three factions. There was ne instruction or con- cert of action, so no influence was exerted and no_ laurels were gained. Now, the convention at Sacramento should instruct our delegates to act as a unit that would be equivalent to an instruction for McKin- ley, ior already a sufficient number of McKinley district delegates have been practically chosen to constitutea majority of the whole delegation from this State. “It is the duty, I take of it, of the State Convention to ascertain the sentiments and desires of the Re- publicans of California, and to see that expression is given at St. Louis to such sentiments and desires. The dele- gates wiil go there to represent the Repub- licans of California. 1f you study the subject closely you will find the opposi- tion to pledging comes from those who Alfred Bouvier said: “I want the dele- gation to act as a unit.” Vanaerlynn Stow said: “The delegation ought not to be pledged to support any | candidate. The members should have the right to be gnided by their own wisdom when the convention meets at St. Louis.” g SHOULD NOT BE PLEDGED. Wisdom of Not Restricting the California | Delegation. | WASHINGTON, D. C., April 23.—“Cali- fornia Republicans are perplexed not a little over the question as to whether or | not they will send an instructed delega- | tion to St. Louis,” remarked L. C. Mec- Francisco, at Wiliard’s. | “I believe they will decide to send an unpledged contingent. There is more | real logic in that than in any other course | and all States that have elected delegates | thus far would have done wisely, it seems to me, had they adopted similar tactics of letting their representatives go free- | handed. The Republicans of California are not really antagonistic to any probable | condidates. Each leader has of course a | personal following, and there is doubtless no other State in the Union where ad- herents are so equally divided among can- | didates for the nomination. “If they send an unpledged delegation it will be distinctly understood tnat it does not mean antagonism to any leading can- didate. The delegates will be free to make States had gone the same the prospects for a harmonious convention would have been better.” A SIX-MINUTE VERDICT, Bayard Saville Found Guilty of Forging Large Checks. A Clumsy Attempt to Forge Mammy | Pleasant’s Sigpature Proved Most Disastrous. After deliberating but six minutes last evening the jury that has heard the evi- dence against Bayard Saville, accused of forging Mammy Pleasant’s name to | checks, returned a verdict of ‘‘guilty as charged.” He will be sentenced in a week or two. The trial was resumed in Department 11 of the Superior Court yesterday morning. Saville’s main defense was that he had re- ceived the checks from the hands of Mammy Pleasant, who manages Mrs. Bell’s business, and, Mammy being sick, it became necessary for the court to con- vene at that aged colored lady’s bedside. ‘When the Judge, jury, stenographer and attorneys were assembled about her bedside in the Bell residence, 1661 Octavia street, she answered the pertinent questions of the attorneys in a direct and forcible man- ner. ‘I never gave Mr. Saville a check for $650 or one for $75. I deny that I ever tried to break up any relationship existing between Saville and Mrs, Bell, and also that I knew of any relationship existing between them. The checks were not signed by me, and therefore must be a forgery. I have known Mr. Saville for some time, and knew that he was man- aging Mrs. Bell's ranch, near Glen Ellen, but he had not been in her employ for three or four months prior to the time the — NEW TO-DAY. 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I saw UTICURA REMEDIES; checks were purpor to have been signed by me.” The court was in session at Mammy’s bedside less than fifteen minutes, bnt during that time the old lady convinced many of her hearers that she had nothing to do with the checks on which Saville had raised his hundreds. Mammy has been in poor health for several weeks past, and the taking of the deposition yesterday proved quite a severe strain. Mrs. Bell’s testimony to the effect that no checks of the amount specified had been authorized by her was rully cor- roborated. SOCIALISTS' MEETINGS. A Serles of Public Meetings Will Begin in Metropolitan Temple Soon. The Society of American Socialists, which has been holding a series of public meetings in Kohler & Chase Hall on O'Farrell street, has finished the course of lectures. In a few weeks it will begin another series of public meetings, but on | a much larger scale, in Metropolitan Tem- ple or some other commodious hall. An cffort will then be made to increase the membersnip of the society. The con- dition of membership is belief in public DID BLYTHE LEAVE A WILL? Another Sensation Sprung In the Celebrated Case. DEMAND ON W.H. H. HART Papers to'Be Filed To-Day to Compel Him to Probate a Copy. INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS. Colonel Kowalsky Says That G:neral Hart Agreed to Pay Mrs. Carr $5000. The Blythe case, so prolific in gypsies, heirs, #candals and sensations, was be- lieved to bave been quietly laid on the shelf when the property was turned over to Florence Blythe-Hinkley, but this be- lief was unfounded, for the Blythe case has a lively faculty of resurrecting itself, and always with a jolly ghost or two to keep it company. The first aftermath sensation was noted in THE CALL a day or two ago when men- tion was made of an attachment suit be- gun by T, 1. Bergin against the Blythe estate to recover $15,000, alleged to have been advanced to Florence Blythe by Law- yer Bergin during the progress of the will contest. Yesterday a bigger sensation than any of the others was sprung by Attorneys E. J. Pringle, H. B. M. Miller and Mr. Wat- son, when they called upon General W. H. H. Hart and made a demand that he should file for probate a purported copy of | a will of Thomas H. Blythe, said copy being in the possession of Mrs. Carr, a client of the lawyers already mentioned. Mrs. Carr claimed $5000, which, according to the terms of the cony of the will, was a legacy from Blythe to her husband. Gen- eral Hart refused to treat with the lawyers or their client, and they went away, after having notified General Hart that they would begin proceedings against him to- day. Colonel H. I. Kowalsky, who had been intinately connected with the Blythe case, was seen by a CALL man last night at his apartment in the Baldwin Hotel, and made a statement to the following effect: “Early in the proceedings in the Blythe estate some persons, whose names I do not now remewmber, claimed to be in pos- session of the will of Thomas H. Blythe. Ex-Superior Judge T. K. Wilson, since sel for those perties, the principal one of whom was a woman. They produced what purported to be a copy of the will, but which on its face was not such, it be- ing made up of scraps of information which they found floating about in | the newspapers. The attorneys for the estate, Messrs. Garber, Boalt & Bishop, General Hart, myself and others looked Into thie matter and found that there was nothing in it; that the pretended €Opy Was no copy at all, buta fraud, like all of the others that were harassing the estate at that time. “Right here, General Hart did one of the most foolish things imaginable. He allowed Judge Wilson to persuade him to agree to pay the woman $25 or $30 per month until a sum amounting to $5000 | bad been paid off. We advised General Hart not to do anything of the kind, but judge Wilson succeeded in influencing him todo so. There is absolutely noth- mg in this woman’s claim, and we dis- missed it as we did scores of others. It had been reported that Blythe’s will had been found, and General Hart had offered $100,000 to the person who would | produce it; and when he went to Los An- | geles to see those people he found that | they had only a pretended copy.’’ General Hart’s version, as given last night, Colonel Kowalsky. The general flatly de- nied ever having paid the woman a cent. He said: “Lamey and Wilson looked into the matter and found that there was nothing in it. These people claimed that they could produce a copy of the will, but they did not do so.” I knew as soon as I set my eyes on it that it was a fraud. They | claimed to have the original will, but I made up my mind that it was a myth and had nothing to do with it. The same con- clusion was also reached by Mr. Boalt and the rest of my associates. it was then that we sent to Mr. Estee, with the re- quest that he should undertake to probate it. He investigated the matter and came to the conclusion that there was nothing init. I know nothing of any payments having been made to the woman. ““Mrs. Carr has authorized her attorneys to bring suit, alleging that I should have probated the copy of the will, and ber at- torneys to-day demanded $5000 from me, that b-ing the amount which was purported to have been bequeathed to her husband by Blythe in the copy of the will. I told them to go ahead and file all the suits they wanted. “It will be remembered that early in the contest there was a well-defined impres- sion that Blythe had left a will, and I offered a certain amount cf money to the person who would produce it, but it was never produced.” PROGRESSIVE SEATTLE. Chief Sullivan Asked to Propound Questions to Help the Civil Service Commission. Chief Sullivan of the Fire Department received a communication yesterday which is causing him much mental perturbation. It was from A. H. Grant, secretary of the Seattle Civil Service Commission, and in it the chief was requested to propound five or ten questions, with the object of testing the know'edge of applicants for the office of chief engineer of the Seattle Fire Department.” he chief turned the communication over to Sccretar{ Maxwell, who yesterday confessed that he was at a loss to know what questions to suggest. He and the chief will have a consuitation to-day and may arrive at & happy solution of the dif- ficixlzy. If not, they will ask for other help. —————— Sued on a Burned Note. Judge Hunt has rendered judgment for the ownership of the means of production and distribution. defendant in the case of Frank Seligman differs materially from that of | | siade by Mrs. Loutse B, Dutt to secure a loan of | The Public Will Be Allowed to Visit | Grounds Committee of the Board of Edu- | completed Dudley C. Stone schoolhouse | The Stone School is builton lines different dead, came up from Los Angeles as coun- | that amount. The note, he said, was burned when his hotise at 426 Green strest caught fire and he was suing for its value from Mrs. Mc- Leod. mg«inugh:er of Mrs. Duff and aaminis- ratigx of her estate. Judge Huntheld that Selighan had not made out a case. NEVADA EDITORS HERE. A Large Party of the Sagebrush News- Paper Men Arrive in the City. A party of Nevada journalists, who have been making an excursion to Sacramento, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles and ogher points in California, arrived bere last night and are at the Occidentsl. Among the editors are Sam Davis of the Carson Appeal, J. E. McKinnon of the Virginia City Enterprise and several other wellknown newspaper men. They report having had a very enjoyable time at the floral show at Santa Barbara and also at Los Angeles. They saw on Wednesday the great parade at Los Angeles and were shown many courtesies by the Press Club, as they had been at Sacramento by the California Press Association. . ““The editors will visit several points of interest here to-day in a body, and will then separate, some starting for home this evening and others remaining for a week or so.” This was what W. W. Booher of the Elko Independent said lust evening. “This is the first excursion we have ever had. Qur organization is known as the Nevada Press Association. It was organized last September.” s E. D. Kelly of the Reno Journal is the president; W. W. Booher, vice-president; Allen C. Bragg of the Reno Gazette, secre- tary and treasurer. The trip was planned by Mr. Bragg, who has attended to the details The full list of the editors is as McKinnon, editor of the Virginia City Enterprise, and Mrs. McKinnon; Al- len’C. Bragg, editor of the Reno Gazette; W. W. Booher, editor and_proprietor of the Elko Independent; P. L. Booher, Sa- vannah, Mo.; M. 8. Riddle, Elko, editor of the Tidings, Deeth, Nev., and Mrs. Rid- dle; E. D. Kelly, editor of the Reno Jour- nal, and ) Kelly, Miss Kelly and Miss Webster; R. C. Blossom, editor of the Cen- tral Nevadan, Battle Mountain, and Miss Blossom, and N. A. Hummel, editor of the Wadsworth Dispatck; C. Sproule, edi- tor and proprietor of the Elko Free Press, and Mrs. S‘n‘oule; Sam Davis of the Car- son Appeal and Mrs. Davis; George R. Vardy, Deeth Tidin, Isaac Olcovich, Carson Weekly, and E. D. Parkinson of the Carson Tribune. WD JFTER h TEACHER Completion of the New Dudley C. Stone School Build- ing. 'y the Schoolhouse To-Morrow and Sunday. On Monday next the Buildings ana cation will make its final visit to the now on Haight and Lott streets, with a view of testing the heating apparatus of thein- | stitution and formulating the report on which will depend the acceptance or non- acceptance of the building by the board. from any other under the control of the San Francisco School Department, all of the classrooms being on the sunny side and so arranged that the health-giving light | reaches them at all times during school | hours. The corridors and rooms that are little used are on the shady side. The | building is one of the handsomest yet | erected by the department and is a matter | of much pride to the residents of the neighborhood of Haight and Lott streets. | The cost of the building complete, in- cluding the heating and ventilating's tem, was $27,000. ‘This money was derived from the rentals of the Market and Fifth- street property, formerly under the con- | trol of the Board of Supervisors but now controlled by the Board of Education. The building is colonial in style, with classical details of the Greek-Ionic order, which is considered appropriate for the architecture of an educational institution. The new school will be open for the in- spection of the public Saturday and Sun- day, April 25 and 26. Dudley C. Stone, after whom the school is named, was a special teacher of elemen- tary science, and was killed by an electric- car on December 1,1895. Mr. Stone was elected a teacher of the public schools in this City in July, 1873, after Laving taught a few yearsin the private schools of Oak- land and Berkeley. 2 He was appointed Deputy Superinten- dent by H. %\L Bolander in 1875, rea: peinted by A. L. Mann in 1877 and by J. W. Taylor in 1880. At the expiration of Superintendent Taylor's term in 1883 Mr. Stone was elected teacher of science in the Girly' High School. As Deputy Superintendent Mr. Stone was a judicious adviser of teachers, a fre- quent and welcome visitor to their classes and excellent examiner or the schools, under the former system of periodic writ- ten examinations, directed by the Super- intendent. As a teacher he had_ a bright, active mind, a vast store of information, a pro- digious memory, a clear style, a ready exposition, a warm sympathy with his pu- pils and a youthful freshness of feeling and manner that remained his most striking characteristic to the end of his life. THE FAIR WILL CASE. Attorneys for the Daughters Demur to Mr. Paterson’s Third Amended Opposition. The attorneys for Virginia Fair and Mrs. Oelrichs filed their demurrer yesterday to the third amended opposition of Van R. Paterson to the Fair will of the 24th on the several grounds that have been recited in the previous demurrers and some new ones; that Mr. Paterson, as representing the minor heirs, has no legal capacity to make the contest; that the facts presented are insufficient to form a ground of con- test; that there is made an improper joinder of the parties; that the petition is defective, in that it does not show that the interests are different under the two wills; that the court had no power to ap- point Mr. Paterson as counsel for the chil- dren, and, finally that the statement that there had been a republication of the will of the 21st on November 26 was not sup- ported by any statement of facts. The demurrer will be argued this after- noon before Judge Slack. e AGAIN IN TROUBLE. John McGaughey, Who Killed Dr. Plouf, on Trial for For- gery. J. E. McGaughey, who was acquitted of the murder of Dr. John E. Plouf only a short time ago, is now being tried before Judge Wallace on a charge of forgery. McGaughey is accused of forging the names of geveral property-owners on Grove street, between Broderick und Lyon, to a contract for street work. McGaughey does not deny that some of the names are forgeries. but he claims he did not forge them. The witnesses against him are the property-owners whose names were fraudu- lently put upon the contract. 0dd Fello Entertainment. The Oad Fellows' literary and social enter- tainment which was to have taken place last evening was postponed to Wednesday even- against Mrs. Jessie McLeod. He sued for the | \N8: APril 29. on account of the storm value of & $500 mote which he claimed Wfll;z:fl:‘l?:l&s ‘Eckeu dated April 23 will be m& HOSPITAL FUNDS BEING WATCHED, Result of the Grand Jury's Recent and Sudden Raid. SUGAR BELOW STANDARD Filthy Floors That Aroused the Curiosity of the Mem- bers. EXPENDITURES QUESTIONED. A Recommendation May Be Made That the Nurses’ Training Class Be Abolished. The manner in which the funds appro- priated for the maintenance of the City and County Hospital are expended will form the subject of an investigation by the Grand Jury during the next few weeks, and a number of witnesses have already been called to testify as to the condition of the institution, and particularly as to the food tnat is served to the inmates. In its recent communication to the Board of Health, the Grand Jury stated that it had found much mismanagement in the institution and that the subject would be more fully treated in a second letter, the brevity of the first communica- tion preciuding any extended explanation. Since then the jury hasdecided to go even more deeply into the matter. The decision to investigate has been brought about by the things seen during the recent sudden and unexpected visit of the jurymen to the City and County insti- tution. The trip had been kepi an abso- lute secret by the members, and, the offi- cials at the City and County Hospital were as much surprised as was Superin- tendent Weaver of the Almshouse when a line of carriages drew up before the gates and nineteen grand jurymen stepped out and, without further ceremony, began an inspection of the building and grounds, scattering in all directions, so that no preparations could be made for their re- ception in any of the depariments, “The wisdom of this course,” said one of the jurymen yesterday, ‘‘was manifested by what we found in all directions at the nospital—filth, carelessness and misman- agement. We were amazed that the place was not even clean whencleanliness is one of the greatest needs in a place where sick people are confined and battling for Lealth or even life. “The floors, walls, and even the tables, were, in some instances, filthy, showing an utter want of attention on the part of the officials. [t would seem to me that with the amount of money appropriated for this institution it could at least be kept clean, and it is this phase of the mat- ter that we will investizate particularly. One thing that struck us forcibly was the quality of the sugar served at the inmates’ tables. It wasalmost black, showing that it was entirely unrefined and not fit for the use of sick men. *‘The Supervisors’ specifications, when in- viting bids for supplies, call for a good quality of sugar, as well as other supplies, and yet they do not reach the hospital. The superintendent was asked about the matter, and replied that if the contractor did not send good sugar he could not help it. It would seem to me that it was his duty to report that he was not getting what the contract calls for, if he inspects supplies as close by as he claims to, and as he should. “Then comes one of the most important matters that has reached our ears. We understand that a polyclinic of young women, who are studying to become nurses, is kept at the hospital, and that all members are fed and kept at the expense of the City and County. ““They are supposed to assist in caring for the patients, but while novices amount to very little as help, and when they attain any degree of proficiency, they obtain cer- tificates to that effect and leave to earn good salaries, *“The money expended to keep these thirty or forty' women would hire a few good nurses and leave enough to pay for scrub- bing dirty floors occasionally. It is prob- able that we will make some strong recom- mendations on these lines.” BAY CITY CLUB WINS. The Trouble Over the Relay Race De- cided in Its Favor After a Long Discussion. A special meeting of the California As- sociated Cycling Clubs was held last even- ing at the Olympic Club toadjust the dif- ficulties that have arisen since the great 100-mile relay race on Sunday, April 12. There was a large attendance at the meeting, delegates being present from the Acme Club Wheelmen, Alameda Cyclers, Bay City Wheelmen, California Cycling Club, Cary Bicycle Club, Crescent Athletic Club, Diamond Cycling Club, Garden City Cyclers, Golden Gate Cycling Club, Im- perial Cycling, Liberty Cycling Club, Oly: éyic Club Wheelmen, Olympic Cyclers, Pathfinder Bicycle Club, Reliance Club Wheelmen, Santa Rosa Wheelmen, San Francisco Road Club, Triangle Wheelmen, San Jose Road Club. The only two clubs not represented were the Crescent Road Club and Waverley Cycling Club. " The entire evening was spent in discuss- ing the disqualitication of the Bay City Wheelmen for improperly passing the re- lay packet at the end of the sixth station. A lgreat many witnesses and aflidavits were presented upon this question, and by a vote of 45 to 2 it was decided to over- rule the referee’s decision and disallow the protest. The other question presented was whether Kraft and Williamson, who rode two relays for the Bay City’s, had been members of that club for 60 days prior to the race, a rule of the association requir- ing this. The Bay City Wheeimen easily proved this to the satisfaction of the dele- gates, and that question was settled. Upon motion, it was unanimously de- cided to award the race and trophy to the Bay City Wheelmen. 5 {ha contest upon the disqualification and protests were Xresuuted by 5. G. Tompkins, vice-president of the Garden City Cyclers, and aefended by F. H. Ker- rigan, president of the Bay City Wheel- men, and J. F. Coffey, president of the Olympic Cyclers. Some feeling was shown on both sides during the controversy, and the evidence at times was contradictory, hut the result reached finally satisfied every one, and the meeting ended at mid- night with pleasant words and congratu- iatory speeches. ———— Ladies' Southern ties, $1 45, all shades, every toe. Ryan & Ryan, 10 Mongomery avenue, * NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. WE BUY DIRECT FROM THE MAKERS IN GER- MANY. WE PAY CASH FOR MENSE QUANTITIES. LINES UP TO DATE. NOTION HAPPENINGS. You will find below mention of | late arrivals in Belts, Buckles, Ribbons, Veilings, Patterns, Shirt Sets. Gloves, etc., etc. Glance down the column for your need. NEW VEILINGS—Some dainty conceits in "96 Veiling, plain and dotted, assorted colors and black. Prices, 25c to 50c Yard A new line of DRESDEN RIBBON just arrived, all colors. 40 we will sell at 30c yard, No. at 40c yard and No. 60 at 50c yard. NEW SPANGLED BELTS—The swellest thing in belts for shirt waists, all shades. Price, 65c Each | NEW ENAMELED BUCKLES, exquisitely jeweled and studded, very elaborate and very swell. | Prices, 65c and 75¢ Each | SHIRT WAIST SETS—The new- | est are here, enameled, sterling and gilt, every kind any one | would wang, all sets complete for any waist. Prices, From 15c to $1.50 Set | GENTS* BICYCLE GLOVES— You can better afford glovesthan | unnecessary discomfort, all sizes, one clasp, English reds and browns, lambskin. We sell these kind for 50c Pair | | [ ® best, and ‘he ® OUR SELLING IS BRISK, OUR® © CHIL COPEEOEEEIEDEOPEEEEEEE THAT THE HOSIERY & VALUES AT ARE THE BEST IN SAN FRANCISCO ? ®9 9 2 HOSIERY HAPPENINGS. Hard to find better than the best is cur kind always. e have the b-st «quipped hosiery department in town. Our customers tell us that, CHILDREN’S D MIS 3 COTTON HO! made of fin maco yarn, narrow-ribbed, high- spliced heels and double soles and toes, sizes 5 to 9. Our Price, 25c Pair DREN'S ~AND MISSES’ COTTON HOSE, heav, quality, fine maco narrow or wideribbed, bigh-spliced heels and double soles and toes, sizes 5 to 9, fast plack and tan shades. Our Price, 33lc Pair BOYS’ BLACK COTTON HOSE, extra heavy quality, narro ribbed, seamless, fast black, s1 6 to 10 s Our Price, 15¢ Pair BOYS’' BLACK COTTON HOSE, made of heayy miaco yarn, wide, narrow and’ corduroy ribbed, spliced heels and toes, sizes 6 0 Our Price, 25¢ Pair LADIES’ BLACK COTTON HOSE, made of fine maco yarn, plain or Richelieu ribbed,” high-spliced heels, double sole and toes, also black with white foot. Our Price is 25¢ Pair LADIES' TAN COTTON HOSE, made of fine maco yarn, either plain or Richelieu ribbed, high- spliced heels and double soles and toes. Our Price is 25c Pair LADIES FRENCH LISLE HOSE, tra fine quality, plain or Riche- 1 ribbed, in fast black and tan shades, double toes and high- liced heels, a high-grade stock- Our Price is 33lc Pair. LADIES' FRENCH LISLE HOSE, silk finished, extra fine quality, plain and five styles of ribbed, high-spliced heels and double toes. Our Price is 50c Pair INCORPORATED, HALE BROS OO0 IOOIOOO! OO E505000505059555088 937-945 °s Market. ©®) Whisper, fair one! Thy beauty will soon wane and wither un- less you feed and fertilize its source. For this there's nothing like good Cocoa—and therve is none so pure, fresh, strong and nourishing as « Ghirardelli’s » M Take no substitute. 30 cups, 25c. 4 I’O‘lfll"l""fll‘lflfl\fl; PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY. | BUY DIRECT FRON THE MANUFACTURER. R E E R E R EEEEE N ] 2o ssassaa S8 N L ~7 % ROSE CARNIVALS a==AND A=ee VENETIAN WATER CARNIVAL will swell the great tide of merry. | making to sweep over the State this | season. SANTA ROSA CARNIVAL Is Programmed for April 30, May 1 and 2. The charming City of Roses is very much at home with this favored flower, and her pride in its exhibi- tion is surpassed only by bher amazing wealth of roses. SAN MATEO COUNTY'S ROSE CARNIVAL is to be held at Redwood City on the DATES NAMED ABOVE, and it will be abundantly proven that San Mateo knows all about roses. |SANTA CRUZ VENETIAN | WATER CARNIVAL is announced for June 17 to 20, in. ive. Mere mention brings vivid ctions of last season’s brilliant event, to be completely eclipsed this vear, itis said. Thousands will won- der how. 11 be REDUCED RATES *'}s.,, the Southern Pacific Company for sil these brilliant events. Arrangeyour vacation programmes accordingly and call on theagents for particulars C > Q REFINED BAR IRO $1.75 base ANGLE IRO 2.15 flat | BAND IRO 2.00-/.54 L} Round Edge 2.10 flat | Toe 4 Plow « German Hammered ¢ Pick o Machinery « Spring Cold Rolled Finished Shafting.. Terms :—Cash. JUDS0 THE DEIMEL Linen-Mesh Underwear Healthy. Comfortable, Cleanly, Durable. FOR SALE AT THE STORE OF The Deiel Linen-Nesh System Company, 111 Montgomery St., Opp. Occidental Hotel. base | 5 F. 0. B. Cars or Steamer. N WFPG. 0. | FRANCISCO. IRON BEDS, BRASS BEDS, | FOLDING BEDS ‘Wire and Hair Mat- tresses, Reclining Chairs, Wheel Chairs, Commodes, Back Rests ‘W. A. SCHROCE, S THE VERY EESY ONE To EXAMINE your eves and fit them to Spectacles and Eye- glasses with instruments of his own invention, whose superiority has not been equaled. My $uor cess has been due to the merits of my wWork. Oftice Hours—12 to 4 P. 3. THESUCCESS OF THE SEASON THE LADIES' GRILL ROOM —OF THE— PALAGE HOTEL, DIRECT ENTRANCE FROM MARKET ST. OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT. (%4 ” s PRIVATE DISPENSARY. PECTALTY—DISEASES OF MEN, INCLUD- ing ull forms of Blood, Skin and Nervous Dis- eases. Over 20 years’ experience. Book sent frec. Patients cored at Home. Termsreasonable. Office Hour 10 8:3) evenings. Sundays, 10to 1%, Consultation free und sacredly confiden tial. Call, or address P. ROSCOE MeNULTY. M. D., 26% Kearny Strect, San Francisco. Cal. w Montgomer NEY, ander Gran botel, S. ¥. COSMOPOLITAN, Onpomegs. Mint, 100 and 102 Fifth st, San ZFrancisco, Cal.—The most select family hotel in the city. Board pax day, according 10 room. M 0o 1,51 25 and 81 50 oo e ls Joc. " Rooms, and 75¢ & day. F) ach to and from the hotel 00k 10r th Coneh posting Lpa pame Of tho. Cox mopolitan Hotel. WM. FAHEY, Proprielon. A laxative refreshing fos fruit lnl(‘nl!& very agreeable to take. CONSTIPATION hemorrhoids, bile, 1oss of appetite, gastric and intestinal troubles and headache arising from them. E. GRILLON, 33 Rue des Archives, Paris Beld by all Druggisia. TAMAR INDIEN GRILLON 4