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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 1896. THE DEBUT OF CONSUL TUCKER, Oakland’s Welcome to the Famous Female Sal- vationist, TALKS OF PATRIOTISM. Members of the Army Know No Ruler Except Ged and the Redeemer. ALL FLAGS TO THEM ALIKE. A Touching Reference Made to the Rebellious Act of the Speaker’s Brother. OagLAND OFFICE Sax FrANCISCO CALL,) 908 Broadway. April 25, | Consul Booth-Tucker made her debut to an Oakland audience to-night at the Mills Tabernacle. There was not so large a crowd as was expected, but it was attrib- uted by Major pel to the fact that Mrs, Booth-Tucker will hold three meetings to- morrow. Mrs. Booth-Tucker was accompanied to the platform by jor Keppel, Staff Cap- tain Thomas, Staff Captain MclIntyre, Major Milen, Ensign Reid, Staff Captain McFee and many officers from the San Francisco and Oakland corps. The large barn-like building was made very presentable by the liberal use of bunting and flags. The platform looked very attractive and a lectern draped with National colors was in the center. Major Keppel introduced the Consul to the audience in a few words, and then handed over to her the conduct of the meeting. Mrs. Booth-Tucker’'s approach to the lecture was the signal for prolonged ap- plause, which was repeated when the Major called for a volley. The big drum played a considerable part in the firing of the volley, and when quiet was restored the Consul said: “I have not been long in this country, but I intend to be as good an A merican as I know how. I madeup my mind that I would not delay coming out hereany more | than possible, and I am here to-night and am highly gratified at the welcome ac- corded me. I feit somewhat the parting from my husband to take this long trip in & strange country, but I have felt at home since the day I landed in New York, and I feel 2t nome to-night.” Major Alice I , private secretary to Mrs. "Booth-T er, spoke shortly about her work among the soldiers and sailors, and prison-gate work. She also sang very sweetly “Oh, Wondrous Love.” Mrs.” Booth-Tucker followed with her address. ‘‘Daring the past few months,” she said, “we have had need of all the strength that we could d from our Divine Master. In my capacity as an of- ficial in London I have seep all sides of | our great work. I have mingled with the ereat and the poor, the thoughtless and the earnest, and I have felt that to God | alone is due the praise so often accorded to the Salvation Army. We are merely his servants and have no wil! of our own. Bometimes I am asked, Will not this or that calamity prove the downfall of the Balvation Army? I say, No.. If our God is at the helm it does not matter who is in | the boat. We shall in his name overcome all the assaults of our enemies. No mat- ter who leads us here, no matter what dis- sensions may arise, we are still God’s army and not our own. *“Wherever I have been in this country I have been surprised at the welcome that I have met with. One of the reasons why I love the Salvation Army is for the work it has done in this country. My husbana has been up to the City Hall and will be a | citizen as soon as possible, I may be con- ceited, but that, I believe, is an American | failing. I call my husband three-fourths of our family union. Well, then, three- fourths of us has started in to be natur- alized and the other quarter will soon follow. “The Salvation Army makes universal love. It matters not what country we may be in. Sometimes we are told it is a mis. take for us not to stay in one country, but this is not so, ’ | “Qur_standard is that which was raised by Christ on Calvary. The army loves all eople. It is[national in its aaaptation, ecause its people adapt themselves to all conditions. Salvationists must be read: at a moment’s notice to go anywhere. If they are not they are not fulfilling their high office. We are so mixed that it is impossible after a few years to tell whether .| ness meeting at the Tabernacle to-morrow morning and general noon and evening. DOINGS OF PYTHIANS. Oakland Knights Confer Several De- grees on Pilgrims—Social Events. OAKLAND, CAL,, April 25.—At its Castle Hall, Twelfth and Franklin streets, on the evening of April 17, Oakland Lodge I‘:o. 103 elevated Page Davis to the Esquire rank in its usual impressive manner, and aided by its unparalleled team, using ail their latest innovations for illustrating the lessons of the rank, raised to the Knlg}:t rank Esquires Joseph Gilman and Davis. As usual with the conventions of this lodge the hall was thronged, and delega- tions from every sister lodge of the order in Oakland and Alameda County were among those assembled. Our brethren in San Francisco were ably represented by members of lvanhoe, Golden Gate, Bay City, and the stalwart form of the chan- cellor commander of Mars, the United States military lodge, loomed up conspicu- ously among them. J The social feature connected with the Oakland Lodge, known as Alameda Coun- cil No. 1, Order of the Grand Orient, which, owing to the unavoidable amount of rank work incumbent upon the lodge this term, has been in_abeyance for some time, was revived again last Friday night after the close of the lodge convention, when the council was called to order by the grand padishah, A. V. O'Neill, who with the assistance of his efficient corps of officers conferred this most impressive degree on several pilgrims for Oriental honors. Projessor J. N. Bonham, the musical di- rector, arranged a special number for the occasion, entitled the “Grand A. r. March,” the rendition of which by the talented orchestra over which he wields the baton being voted a pronounced suc- cess by the assembled princes. i Live Oak Lodge No. 17 at its last session acted upon one application for reinstall- ment. This lodge is now drilling up a team to confer the kni.ht rank in ampii- fied form. 2 Captain W. H. H. Hussey of Piedmont | Lodge attended the annual encampment of the Grand Army at Santa Cruz last week. ol The entertainment and social given by | Alameda Lodge No. 49 on last Friday night proved a complete success from start to finish. Delegations were present from nearly every lodge in Oakland who, from | the cordial reception they met with ere | the festivities were ended, voted that the | members of Alameda Lodge No. 49 werea setof jolly good fellows. DEDICATING A CHURCH The New First Presbyterian Will Be Consacrated Next Sunday. mgeetings in theafter- ‘ St. Mark’s Day Celebratedi—One Body | From the Blairmore Re- covered. BERKELEY, Car., April 25.—Carpet- | Iayers have given the finishing touches to | the new First Presbyterian Church, at the corner of Allston way and Atherton street, and the building will be dedicated on Sun- | day, May 3. The Rev. Dr. H. C. Minton of 8an Anselmo Theological Seminary and | the Rev. Robert Mackenzie, D.D., of San i Francisco will be among the speakers. | | The new church has been in course of construction for over six months, and is one of the most beautiful structures in Berkeley. The cost of the building was about $20,000. According to the present plansof the trustees of the church, the old building will be used for a Sunday-sehool room. Firemen May Unite. BERKELEY, CaL, April 25 —The | Peralta Fire Company of South Berkeley has made a proposal that the various | organizations of firemen in the town unite and elect a chief fireman for the whole of | Berkeley. The companies of volunteers | now in the town are wholly separate, and | it is thought that they will be in a posi- | tion to do more efficient work in case of a | conflagration requiring the efforts of all companies, if they have a common chief. | A meeting of the companies for the pur- | pose of electing a head fireman will proba- | Ely be held in the near future. St. Mark’s Celebration. BERKELEY, Car., April 25—The mem- bers of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church held a | celebration to-day in honorof St. Mark, | after whom the church ana parish were | named. Special services were held in the | morning and afternoon, and this evening | there was a service. with music by the | new vested choir and sermon by the rec- tor. The latter has made a suggestion hat St. Mark’s day be hereafter made a day of special observance, and 1t will be one of the great daysof the year in the future. Lecture on Guatemala. BERKELEY, Car., April 25.—Dr. Gus- tav Eisen lectured last evening in the physics room, South Hall of the university, |on ‘“Ancient .and Modern Guatemala.” | The lecture was excellently illustrated with stereopticon views, Dr. Eisen has ! made several trips to Central American we are Indian or Irish, English or Ameri- | states under the auspices of the California can. Haa any one pitied me in my In- dian hut Ishould have smiled. A'man need not be made a European before Gox saves nim. Nationality cuts no figure in heaven and it cuts no figure in su%vuiun. “We are not wanting to Anglicize the Balyation Army. Itisnot true. The S: vation Army agency 1s no more English than it is Indian. In America it is an American agency. It seeks the salvation of the American people. We merely ask to be your servants for Christ’s sake.” We have officers in this country whose only desire is to be your servants. " Aimost the greater part have been bronght up on American soil, and the thousands of sol- diers who have been saved in this country are Americans. There does not seem to be much room for the fear that we are at- tempting to Anglicize the Salvaticn Army. “That is another reason why I love it. ‘We are not attempting to make an English army or an American any more than we are attempting to make an American an Indian. Any man can become a Salva- tionist under the stars and stripes and fol- low the bauner of the army, only because we are after everybody. We are not pick- ing our recraits. We are serving God un- der the stars and_stripes as zealously, as earnestly and with as much honesty of purpose as though_any other flag waved over our homes. We are an American army in every sense of the word, and Sal- vationists are as loyal to their country as any class of people to be found.” he following portion of Mrs. Booth- Tucker's address was delivered with a manifest effort, and while she was labor- ing under au emotion that was almost vainful to the audience: “You will, of course, expect me to say something about one thing. It is ex- tremely painful to me. Till it came upon us our family had never been divided. There are fourteen of us, with those we have married, and there never was a break till mg‘ brother severed his connection with the army. We were taught from our school life that the supreme pinnacle of usefulness was to fill a place in the Balva- tion Army. “Though frequently separated by miles e have always remained a united family. Since this great trouble first arose I can assure you that all that wisdom could die- tate or love could conceive has been done to bring about a reconciliation, Not an unkina word has been uttered, but every- thing that we could do has been done to heal the breach. I still believe and hope and pray that a reconciliation will | Academy of Sciences, and hisaddress con- | tained much interesting information con- cerning the natural history, archaology and present conditions of Guatemala. One Body Recovered. BERKELEY, CaL., April 25.—John Ker- ber of West Berkeley discovered a corpse, badly decomfmseq,on the beach at West Berkeley early this morning. The remains were taken to the morgue and have been identified as those of one of the sailors of the ili-fated Blairmore, which was lost in the bay during a squall last week. Leap Year Party. BERKELEY, CaL, April 25.—A leap year party was given last n?ht in_Ameri- can Hail by the young lady students of the Berkeley High School. Miss Edna Wyckoff was_floor manager, and Miss Ruby Morse, Miss Stella West and Miss Edith Huddart constituted the invitation committee. Music by the Blind. BERKELEY, CAL, April 25—A musi- cale was given Friday at the State In- stitution for the Deaf and Dumb and Blind. Several selections were rendered bg Alfred Wilkie ana by Miss Gussie Mast, the blind soprano, and other pupils of the institution. “Love for Love’ Finances. BERKELEY, CaL, April 2, — The proceeds of the two productions of “Love for Love,” to be divided between the Athletic Association and the English de- partment library of the university, amount to $20 40. Nevada Visitors. BERKELEY, Car., April 25.—A num- ber of students from the University of Nevada were among the visitors attracted by the intercollegiate Stanford-Berkeley field-day and debate, which took place to-day. Summer School. BERKELEY, Can, Apnl 2.—Dr. Alexander, instructor in physics at the State University, will conduct a summer school in physics during the coming vaca- tion, from June 19 to August 1. —————— A Gypsy’s Funeral. An old Igymy woman who died near Slough in England asked to have her be- longings destroyed. Her son first shot and buried her horse, then burned the van in which she had lived, throwing the articles into the flames. A bystander offered to buy the harness, but the man refused to sell it at any price, saying that he would be scorned brought about and that my brother wil] | return, and will be made still more usefu] in the future than he has been in the past.’, Mrs. Booth-Tucker wiil conduct a holi_ THE SHORT-HAIRS CARRY THE DAY, Enthusiastic County Con- vention Held by the Populists. DENISON FOR CHAIRMAN The Younger Element Prove to Have a Majority of the Seats. DELEGATES FOR SACRAMENTO. They Will Not Go in Teams, but Will Unwillingly Pay Fare to a Corporation. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FraNcIsco CALL,) 8 Broadway, April 25, | As the result of acaucus the younger element of the People’s party seated their Aul!{ln, ‘with W. Gregory snd Charles Gilman as alternates. Forty-seventh District—M. J. Manson and Green Majors: alternates, E. A, Allen and Leo Robinson. 2 Fort, -eighth District—L. M. Frick and John Hopkirk; alternate, G. W. Butner. Forty-ninth distri T. Hale and Dr. J. U. Oberg; alternate, I. V. Wheeler. Fiftieth district—J. B. Randolph, J. McSwain; alternate, B. K. Low Fifty-first district—N. T. Whiting, Dr. Childs; alternates, M. L. Gray and J. L. Ford. At large—A. A, Denison, E. M. Gibson, T. K. Loewe, 1. F. Ford, A. T. Dewey. R. E. Bush, Burdette Cornell and J. M. Moore were elected members of the State Central Committee and are ex-officio dele- gates to the State Convention. The followinz report of the committee on resolutions was unanimously adopted: The Peoples’ Party Convention assembled at Oakland this 25th day of April, 1896, extend greetings to our fellow-citizens of this State and our Nation, ana with consternation and alarm point to the awfully depressed condi- tion of our common country and urge and plead that one and all cast aside all prejudice and partisanship and investigate impartially the causes of this state of things, It is a grim and ghastly fact and not a theory that confronts us. We invoke the calm delibération of the citizens and patriots, and bewail the blindness of the partisan. Ciyic liberty and frredom can only continue to live where the industrial and finanecial freedom exists. The system that permitted a single black slave made it possible for four million black slaves Lo struggle under galling chains. A financisl and industrial system that permits one single industrial and finun- cial slave has meade it possible for 70,000,000 financial industrial slaves to exist in'this for- mer land of the free. The report then demands direct legisla- tion and denounces the action of Congress in demonetizing silver, and concludes: We therefore demand the free and unlimited coinage of both gold and siiver in our mints at the ratio of 16 to 1. without regard to the wish or conspiracy of any other nation on earth. We further indorse the Omaha platform in an entirety. We bitterly lunreservealy Fcondemn Huntington’s Pacific Raiiroad funding steal, and every other steal consummated or con. templated oy him, and We assert as our firm conviction that there is no other possible or and by ail the tribe. The old woman’s little grandson threw in a piece of bread she had given him, saying, *“We shall never want for brea y more.”” Adna A. Denison, the New Populist Leader, Who Presided at Yesterday’s County Convention. i (From @ photograph.] candidate as chairman of to-day’s county convention. The effortthat wasoriginaily vlanned by the old-timers to make a fight in behaif of Aaron A. Bretz as presiding officer was abandoned, and Adna A. Denison was elected unanimously to that position. A test of the strength of the two wings was made when the election for a per- manent secretary took place. The younger element, or “short-Lairs,” nominated W. H. Chapman, and the *long-hairs’’ put up L. M. Frick, ex-messenger of the Police | Department. Chapman received fifty-two votes and Frick forty-two, and they were declared secretary and assistant, respec- tively. When Chairman Moore of the County Committee called the convention there was an almost complete attendance, and it was the most enthusiastic Populist gather- ing yet held in Alameda County. In the natural order of things, Mayor Davie should have been the presiding officer, but his Honor has not been in perfect har- mony with the County Committee for a long time, and he was not seen at the con- vention. Commissioner Peirsol of the Board of Works paid the hall a visit, but took no active part in the proceedings. The most noticeable feature of the con- vention was the sudden springing into prominence of Adera A. Denison,who vre- sided. For several years he has been on the outside edge of politics and occasio n- ally has made an active move, but it was not supposed that his strength was suffi- cient to enable him to become the recog- nized leader of his party. Two years ago he ran for Supervisor on the Populist ticket and he has also served a termas library trustee, but he was elected to that office rather by the Non-Partisans than by the Populists. He isa newspaper reporter and a prominent member of the Insti tute of Applied Christianity. He will prob- ably make a scron§ fight to capture a superyisorship next November. &:airmnn eniton made a very short opening speech. He said: “Thisisnota time for words, but a time for action. Little by little the People’s party made progress at the first, but now it is going ahead by rapid strides. The personnel of this convention is evidence of the stability of the party in this county. To continue making progress we must work together in harmony, and I trust that our delibera- tions will be characterized by a singleness of purpose. The best of good-fell>wship should prevail at our councils. We see on all sides the old }mmes tottering to their fall because of internal dissensions, and we must see to it that we do not follow suit. TH® chairman named the following com- mittees: Credentials—William Gregory, J. M. Moore, E. 8. Broadwater Jr., W, R. Batten, A. Hoenisch, J.C. Butner, On_order of business—W. M. Brown, Dr. Al- len, W‘.]J. Donovan, Ed Maguire, B. K. Lowe, Instead of having a long recess while the committees were preparing their reports the chairman called E. M. Wardell, chair- man of the Populist State Central Com- mittee, to the platform, and the gentle- man told of the great progress made by the party in the southern part of the State. It was originally intended that the dele- gates -hougd go to Sacramento in teams rather than patronize a corporation, but this idea has been abandoned, but the speakers will make a few addresses en route. The ufluker said that the only is- sue to-day is the money question, and it is abwluteelx necessary that the campaign be conducted along these lines. The district conventions met and chose their delegates, which were all ratified by the convention. They are as follows: Forty-sixth District—W. W. Brcwn and J. D, proper solution under heaven of the railroad question except the Government operation and control thereof, GREEN MAJORS, J. C. BROWN, ROBERT *TUART, L. FucH. WILLIAM GREGORY, T. T. FUEHSTAD, HISTORY OF A DAY. Alameda County Happenings Told in Short Chapters. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, 908 Broadway, April 25. Charles McCleverty, while exercising & team of eolts this afternoon, was thrown out on Peralta street and badly injured. Manuel Pastor, the prisoner who escaped from the town Iock<u&az Pleasanton February 20, isin jail again. e was found yesterday in Centerville, . James Turner, arrested on six different warrants for alleged embezzlement, was yester- day released on an order of Justice Clift, beil being g iven. Mrs. Ann Callahan, a resident of this city for thirty years, died Thursday night, aged 70 years. The funeral was neld from McCarthy’s parlors at 1:30 this afternoon. The sale of the reserved seats in the grand stand for the Fabiola fete on Mayday will commence Monday morning at 9 o’clock. Seats will be reserved for 75 cents. Judge Greene hasset Monday, the 25th day of May, a8 the date for hearing the petiton of Jane C. King, executrix of the will of Samael B. K She wishes to sell the real estate left by her husband. A tramp was struck by the Stockton train near Livermore last evening, his jaw and left arm being broken and scalp badly lacerated. At last accounts he was still ative, butin a dangerous condition. Major E. A.Sherman will deliver a lecture on Thursday evening before Council No. 2, A. P. A, in 0dd Fellows’ Hall, East Oakland. An n meeting of the council will be held and all interested are invited. Judge Ogden and a jury yesterday reversed the decision of the Justices” Court in the case of Craver vs. Maristany. The transaction was a dispute concerning %80 worth of furniture and judgment was finally given for de- fendant. The Supreme Court has affirmed the judg- ments in the Superior Court in favor of several sub-contractors, laborers and material men in lien suits against Joseph Macdonough for work done and material furnished in the con- struction of the Macdonough Theater. T. Yamato, a Japanese who was convicted of smuggling 47 dozen silk handkerchiefs into the harbor of San Francisco, and sentenced for one year, was taken to the County Jail last evening, where Sheriff White will attend to his wants for the next twelve months. Joseph Stelder Jr. of Onkland and Angelina A. Weeks of Massachusetts have petitioned for the probate of the will of Cordelia M. Atchin- son, deceased. The estate is valued at $9000, consisting of personal property and a half in- térest in & market business in San Francisco, Next Monday night at 6 o’clock county taxes will become delinquent. With a view to evoiding the penalty for delinquency lines of people hugged the cashier’s desk in the Tax Collector’s office to-day. Up to iast night there ran:,l::ed $100,000 in county taxes 1o be gath- ered in, Cut No Figure With Him. A once famous Scotch Judge, the Lord Justice Clerk Hope, was extremely par- tial 10 eating raw turnips, and when tak- ing country walks frequently strayed into a turnip field for that purpose. Being one day surprised by a farmer—into whose field he had gone—in the act of eating a pur- loined turnip, he was somewhat rudely or- dered out. “Sir,” said the Judge, with all the di x:i}y I‘xeDcould ;ssume. and it was not a little, “Do you know who Iam? I am the Lord Justice Clerk.” e “You may be onybody’s clerk ye like,” replied the farmer; ‘‘ccme oot among my neaps’ (turnips). Hats are said to have been first seen about the year 1400, at which time they became of use for country wear, riding, etc. F. Daniel .relates that when Charles II made his public entry into Rouen in 1449, he had on a hat lined with red velvet and surmounted with a pluma or tuft of feathers. 15 VEHFETAES BOGED 0 1 o Sales Oaklanders Will Figure in a Grand Burro Race at the Fabiola Fete. STORES ASKED TO DECORATE. Entries for the Floral Parade Insure a More Gorgeous Procession Than That of Last Year. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,} ‘908 Broadway, April 25. The Fabiola fete committee sent out re- quests to-day to every merchant on the leading thoroughfares asking that they make a concerted action to advertise the May-day fiesta. The request says; May day having been st apart for a great floral festival to be participated in by the citi- zens of Oskland and Alameda County and vis- iting friends, it has been suggested that an atiractive feature prior to the event would be to decorate the show-windows of your place of business with flowers—at least & bouquet or two, or some other decoration suitable to the oceasion—each day during the coming week, Will you kindly follow the suggestion and decorate your windows with a fresh bouquet each day? The ladies and this committee will greatly appreciate your compliance with this Tequest. The latest attraction to be added to the list which is already long and interesting is a burro race by gentlemen well known in Oakland and the interior of the county. Owing to obvious reasons the entries for this attraction will not close till the morn- ing of the fete. Mayor Davie, Eason Adams, Major Howe, A. A. Bretz, W. H. Friend Jr., Major Sherman and Frank Leach have been invited to enter, and an- other batch of invitations will be sent out on Monday. Last year this feature was promised, but was eliminated at the last moment. This will not be the case this time and the committee promises a first. class race. The exhibition of the State University track athletic team will be held imme- diately aiter the burro race. This will be the last appearance of the athletes before they leave on their Eastern tour. Richard Mansfield has been invited to be one of the Lndges of the floral parade. R. M. Weich, secretary of the racing board of the League of American W heel- men, has consented to_be referee of the bicycle races, The entries closed last night and there will be over 100 competitors. The wheelmen’s festival will be com- menced on April 29 with a lantern parade in charge of Captain Swain of the Acme ‘Wheelmen. There will be over 1000 wheel- men in line-and three trophies will be the ‘prizes. The first will go to the club making the best appearance in line, the second will be iven to the visiting club havinz the argest number of riders in the parade and the third prize to the Alame County club having the best turnout. The grand stand, to accommodate 2500 reserved-ticket holders, was completed to- day, and another stand is being erected to seat 2000 more. As soon as the rain ceases work on the racetrack will be begun, and the committee assures riders that it will be in perfect shape for the races. Entries for the floral parade closed to-night and are greatly in excess of the number who entered last vear. END OF THE CONFERENCE, Sheldon Kellogg Delivers the Closing Address Before the Unitarians. Enciral Yacht Club Visits Tiburon. Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper to Visit Alameda. ALAMEDA, CaL., April 25.—After the simple ordination service in th e Unitarian church last night Mr. Shelaon G. Kellogg delivered a short platform address. The topic chosen was: *“The Reason for the Faith that Is in Him.” He claimed that the underlying principles of a Unitarian were a sincere beliéf in God, the triumph of good over evil, and the immortality of the soul. Hence superstition and fear had no holding-ground in the mind, and no discovery nor new law of science could be made that would at any time weaken or destroy the creed of a Unitarian. He was always, and must ever be, a student of all things in, above and around him, and must keep himself abreast with the times and his environmenf. In Unitarianism character is above creeds, and the church has always beer the center of the enno- bling and refining influences that affect civilized life. One of the results of this training and schooling is shown by the fact thatinall movements for the good of the common weal the Unitarian bas ever been in the van. Omit from American literature and American tradition all that Unitarianism has done and how different would the American Nation be to-day. Such names as Horace Mann, Daniel Webster, Doro- thea Yates and John Quincy Adams were used to emphasize the contention. In concluding Mr. Kellogg hazarded the opinion that if the future of California could be presaged from the progressin Unitarianism made in the last decade our State would be a happy combination of Greece with its learning and the constant stern determination to do one’s duty of New England. z Unfortunately the Rev. Horatio Steb- bins was absent, and the meeting closed with “Channing’s Unity Hymn” and the benediction, pronounced by Rev. C. W. Wendte. A Runaway. ALAMEDA, Car., April 25.—J. L. Bor- den, the well-known secretary to the water works, had an exciting quarter of an hour this afternoon. He was driving a high-tempered thoroughbred trotter in his sulky when she chose to takeit into her head to boit. Mr. Borden threw himself out at the corner of Santa Clara avenue and Park street, and landed all right. The mare continued on her mad flight down the avenue, running into a telephone pole and two stationary teams, till further on she struck a wagon and smashed the sulky into pieces and bruised herself consider- ably. Personal Items. ALAMEDA, Car., April 25.—The two parlors of the N. 8. G. W. send delegutes to-morrow to San Luis Obispo to the meet- ing of the Grand Parlor. J. H. Glas and F. 0. Schuman will represent Alameda Parlor and J. C. Bates and L. C. Phillips Halycon Parlor. 3 = Rev. F. H, Maar of Niles will preach in the Congregational church to-morrow at both services. It is publicly stated that T. G. Daniells, editor of the city official paper, will at- tend the State Republican Convention as proxy for one of EF K. Taylor's nominees. The Alameda Cyciers, under Captain Dodd, have postponed the club run ar- ranged for to-morrow. . The Encinal Yacht Club will be repre- sented at the o ninfi‘ seascn of the Co- rinthian Yacht Club, Tiburon. Thisafter- m the El Sueno, under Commodore nard; Volante, under W. L. Pattiani, Caprice, under Captain Hanley, and the Natalie, under N. T. James, started out to beat their way across the bay. Mrs. Barah B, Cooper will deliver a L H. BURD, AUCTIONEER, Office and Warehouse, 211 Larkin St., Fine Dry Storage. WILL SELL MONDAY. April 27, 11 4. 3., the elegant furniture of private residence, 1305 Golden Gate ave., magnificent mantel mirrors, parlor, bedroom, dining-room and kitchen furniture. Everything hew and elegant. Sale positive on account of immediate departure. L H. BURD, Auctioneer. GRAND AUCTION SALE, WEDNESDAY. Maguificent Parlor and Chamber Furniture, Rich Folding Beds, Carpets, elegant Dining-room Furniture, etc., contained in 40 rooms, 708 Sut- ter st., cor. Taylor. FRANK W. BUTTERFIELD, Auctioneer, 19 Montgomery st. lecture under the Aus{Fioes of the Political Equality Club next Thursday evening in the G. A. R. Hall. JUDSON WORKS AFIRE. Slight Damage Done by a Blaze With a Mysterious Origin. OAKLAND, CAx., April 25.—Fire broke out at the Judson Manufacturing Com- pany’s works at Emeryville to-night at 5:30 o’clock. As the men had not yet all left the premises streams of water were soon turned on, and after an hour’s work the blaze was extinguished with a loss pf about $500, fully covered by insurance. The fire started in the bridge works and destroyed the roof and some patent fenc- ing stored there, and also damaged the machinery slightly. No cause can be as- signed for the blaze, as there had been no fire where it started for a couple of days. MISTERY OF A MURDER, Reason Why the Case Against Ghirardelli Was Dropped Suddenly. Much New Evidence Has Come to Light and an Arrest Is Ex- pected Soon. OARLAND OFFIcE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, 908 Broadway, April 25. § Two months ago Felice Varni was found on the hillside near San Leandro with several charges of shot 1n him. He went out hunting with a party of friends, they all separated and went different ways, and no one thought any more of Varni until some one driving along the road found his corpse riddled with shot. Anexamination showed that at least four charzes had been shot at the murdered man, any one of ‘which might have proved fatal. The Sheriff’s office worked on the case, and as aresult of their labor thres men were arrested and charged with murder. Yesterday they were discharged in the Superior Court, as the prosecution did not have sufficient evidence to warrant pro- ceeding with the case. This course was decided upon not only because it was very evident that Ghirardelli, the man on trial, knew nothing about the murder, but because the District Attorneyv’s office is working in another direction. The new clew tends to incriminate aman Tesiding within a short distance of where Varni’s'dead body was found. The details of the new evidence are being kept secret, but enough has been told to make it plain that before long another arrest will be made. A theory has also been advanced that Varm was” shot by Phil Crowley, the ban- dit, who mistook "him for a deputy sheriif. The footprints are said to be of the pecu- liar shape of the boots Crowley was known to wear, and the cartridge-cases found near the dead body were of the same make as those stolen by Crowley from Allen’s gunstore at Haywards. As the cartridges are of a brand used very com- monly, no importance is attached to the story by the Sheriff’s office. The case is as much of a mystery as ever to the public, but within a few daysitis expected con- siderable light will be thrown on the hill- side tragedy. WAS FROM BUTTE. Identity of the Man Who Created the Scene in the First Unitarian Church. OAKLAND, Carn., April 25.—The man who flourished a revolver and terrorized the worshipers at the First Unitarian Church last Sunday morning is Lee Roy Pickering of Honcut, Butte County. To- day Cuief of Police Lloyd received the fol- lowing letter from a Butte County officer: ““In a conversation with Mrs. H. B. Pick- ering to-day she told me a few facts con- cerning her son, Lee Roy, and seemed to wish that, should the charge of disturbing the peace be dismissed against him, he be sent to an insane asyium, and, to use her language, ‘It would be better for him to be sent to an insane asylum away from home than for us to send him, for, should he ever come back, he could not blame us.”’ “‘He left here with $15 in money and a 88-caliber Smith revolver. He said he intended to buy some new clothes in Yuba City. She says he wrote the letter which appeared in the Chronicle, but did not post it until he made up his mind to leave here, and perhaps that accounts for it not reachbing its proper destination until last Saturday night. His mother tried to get him to let her read the letter, but his re- marks were : ‘Mother, if I wanted yon to read it I would ask you.’ He wrote four or five letters before he could make up his mind which one to send. He burned the others up. ‘I was talking to his brother to-day and he thinks he may come to his right ‘mind and try to get out of the trouble some way and escape going in for a few days, but his parents are very anxious to have him put in "af,n asylum, where he will be treated well. ——— RAT ENGINEERING. Instance Wherein a Swmall Army of Them Succeeded. A curious case of rat engineering oc- curred some years ago in Brussels, show- ing great ingenuity and calculation on the part of the rodents as well as their system of discipline. A new meat market had been built on the Place street quay, and, though it was surrounded by water, the butchers, who did not appreciate rats, laid their plans to exclude the whole tribe and nation, and in case ti.ey should reach the stands they resolved to head off their march by mak- ing the posts in their stalls unscalable by rats. This they effected by covering the posts with zinc, and the butchers, look- ing at the shining surface of! metal, chuckled at their victory. But they reckoned without their host. The rats got the meat. A watchman posted in the market called a butcher who came early on the scene, to witness the method. On a stall hung two quarters of beef and a leg of mutton. The rats spied them, and found them unapproachable. A general call for the nation at large was evidently sounded, as the rats came flock- ing in, and an old rat seemed to take com- mand. There were enough projections and ine- qualities to enable them to reach the table of the stand; but how to scale the zine- covered joists was the task for the engineer J. C. MUTHER, AUCTIONEER, WILL SELL TO-MORROW, MONDAY, April 27, 1896, commencing at 2 P. ., sharp, the New York Kitchen Restaurant at 7387 Market st., bet. Third and Fourth. This s one of the finest and most compleie restaurantson the Paclfic Coast, and must be sold on uccount of other business. This place has been fisted up ot an ex- pense of $12,000, and the fixtures include 100 bevel P ate mirrors, 30 solid oak tables, 110 oak Vienna chairs, 200 yds. of inlaid linoléum, elegant oak counters, and all the fixtures necessary in a first- class dining- renchranges, 1 steam heater and broiler, with ‘urns and all kinds of kitchen utensiis; a baker's oven that was built at the cost of 30)0." This place has done a thriving and suc- ceasiul business for over 4 years. Don’t miss this opportunity of buying a first-class establishment at st an astonlshingly low price. J. C. MUTHER. Auctioneer, corps to decide. Their plan was soon formed. The rat army moved up in solid mass, the stout fellow in front. On these climbed smaller and smaller specimens, till a little rat-mountain rose. Then some of the rats, who evidently be- longed to some rat-circus or athletic so- ciety, climbed to the summit, and one raised himself on his hind legs, resting his forelegs against the zine; then another climbed up his back, and, taking post on his shoulder, assumea the same attitude; rat after rat ascended the Jacob's ladder, till at last one reached the crossbeam and scampered along it. A whole regiment followed and the meat was attacked, the engineers evidently aiming to drop down what they could for the benefit of the army. The lookers-on, however, were not dis- posed to let them go too far, and with all their engineering skill the rat army had to leave the field. The whole operation sbowed a remarkable degree of calculation, a system of discipline and a ready carry- ing out of plans, which seems impossible without language as a means of imparting the directions and wishes of the com- mander. —————————— TO MAKE A GOOD KITE. Practical Directions by an Expert for the Benefit of Boys. The Board of Park Commissioners, in instituting a day at Genessee Valley Park to be known as “Kite-flying day,”” has evi- dently made itself solid with the small boys of Rochester, if the statements of several fathers are to be credited. One father of several sturdy youngsters re- marked, yesterday, that it required a lot of moral suasion and the promise of sev- eral pennies to purchase kite cord, to keep his juniors from beginning the construc- tion of their kites instead of attending Sunday-school, and one anxious mother was' heard to remark that she had already been compelled to promise her boy a jack- knife with which to manufacture his flier. “The boys have always been discouraged in such innocent pleasure as kite-flving, because of the many trees and fear of being *shagged’ by a ‘copper,’ *’ said one man who takes an unusual interest in the young ras- cals yesterday. “Supposing they don’t make one the first time that will sail out of sight, they wili learn something about the importance of symmetry and, while they are whittling and pasting and littering the floor, tley won’t be in some mischief. If there is any man in this city that would growl because his boy wants a few pennies with which to buy the necessary mate- rials, he had ought to be ducked in the river until the water softens his heart.” 1t is the inteation of the committee hav- ing the planin charge to keep the boys posted by announcement in the public schools, and every boy who wants to fly a kite, whether it is made of silk or brown paver, will be given his chance to fly it in the park on the day to be decided upon. For the benefit of the boys who have tried in vain to get their kite to ‘‘raise” when there was a wind that seemingly ought to ‘‘take her out of sight,” the fol- lowing pointers from an expert kite-flier y ‘There is only one way to learn the practical art of kite-flying, and that is to begin and do the thing yourself, with many mishaps and disappointments at the outset. To send up a kite in a very light wind, reel out 200 yards or so of cord in a convenient open space, leaving kite and cord on the ground until ready to start. Then, by taking the cord at the extrewe distance from the kite, begin to run with it, and so get the kite quickly into the up- per air currents, which are always stirring more than thoseat the surface. Itissome- times necessary to run for a considerable distance before the kite reaches a sustain- ing current; but a real kite enthusiast will not mind taking troubl:; indeed, he had better abandon the whole business if he does. It is worth noting that a kite may be kept up indefinitely, as long as the flier is \vilrinz to run with the cord at the rate of about five miles an hour. “There should be two strings, never more, fastened to the upright stick at its lower end, and at the point of crossing, the upper length being about one-third of the lower one, and the two being adiusted so that, when taut, the kite makes an angle about 20 degrees with the ground, which means that, if the kite goes up almost straight overhead, the string makes an angle oi about 70 degrees with the ground.” In the building of kites the same author- ity says: “Itis much better for amateurs to begin with a kite designed to fly in strong winds, as itis a long and delicate task to manage the variety with extra wide cross-stick, meant for ascension in calms. The two sticks which form the skeleton should be of eq‘l:al length, say 6 feet, and should cross each other at right aneles at a point on the upright stick 18 per cent of its length below the top. This point of crossing is of great importance. In a 6- foot kite the two sticks, equal in length, should cross at about 13 inches from the top of the upright stick, and the same pro- portion shoul§ be obseryed for kites of other dimensions. “At the point of crossing the sticks should be lightly notched and_strongly bound together with twine tied in knots. Driving a nail or screw through the sticks, to bind them, weakens the frame at the Eoint of greatest strain. The two sticks aving been fastened firmly together, the kite will present a convex or bulging sur- face to the wind. It might be imagined that concave surface to the wind would be better, buf, it has invariably proved that, with a concave surface, the kite receives too much of the breeze ana becomes quite nncontrollable. The amount of spring that must be given the cross piece isin propor- tion to its length; the rule being to spring the cross-stick by means of a cord joining tie two ends like a bow, until the perpen- dicular between the point of juncture of the two sticks and the center of the cord is equal to one-tenth of the length of the cross-stick. *It is of the first importance to keep the two halves of the kite on the right and left of the upright stick perfectly symmetrical. It often happens in bending the cross-stick that owing to the differences in the fiber and elasticity of the wood one side bends more than the other, with the result that the two halves present different curves and consequently unequal wind areas. To off- set this difficulty and to strengthen the skeleton, it is best to add a bracing-stick at the back of the cross-stick, a piece about a fourth the length of the cross-stick itself and of the same width and thickness. If the two halves of the kite are already quite symmetrical, place the bracing stick with its centér directiy even with the point of juncture of the two large sticks, its ends being fastened with twine on the cross- stick, about nine inches on either side of the crossing point. But if one-half of the cross-stick shows a greater bend than the other, place the longer arm of the bracing piece toward the side that bends the most, thus presenting a greater leverage against the wind on that side than on the other, and so equalizing things.” 1t is hardly necessary to nqus-t that boys and other beginners will not and could not deal with kites in this elaborate and scientific fashion. Most boys have, however, a father or uncle who will delight to make them such a kite as he used to fly, and to buy the twine.—Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.