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10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1%96. FOOTE CONCLUDES HIS ARGUMENT, The Government Closes Its Case in the Railroad Suit. STATE RIGHTS DISCUSSED Legislative Acts Relied On to| Defeat the Railroad Com- mission. ADJOURNMENT UNTIL TUESDAY “This Great Government of the United States Is Contending for Prifciple, Sir.” | In the United States Circuit Court ves- terday, District Attorney Foote, after talk- ing all day on the intervention of the Government in the case of the Southern Pacitic against the State Board of Railroad Commissioners, closed his argument. He spoke as follows: “If the court please, it is not necessary, [ “This great Government of the United States is contending for principle and not for gold,” declared District Attor- ney Foote. [Sketched by @ “Call” artist.} perliaps, to advert to the fact which is so patent to all men, and especially to those who have either listened to the arguments or read them as printed, that there rerhaps mever, in the history of judi- cature been a case which has been more ably argued by distinguished counsel than this case has been upon the part of the Railroad Commission. And from the fact that the Attorney-General and Judge Hayne are gentlemen who have always been my friends, and for whom I ente: tain the highest respect and affection, it is Lardly necessary for me to pay them any fulsome compliments as to the method in which they have presented this case to the court. But it is certainly a source of gratitication to all those concerned that this great case has been presented with so much ability and ingenuity and so much of that pure instinct of gentility which belongs to the first-class lawyer. 'We are, if the court please, to be congratulated upon this fact, “‘The truth is, in view of the fact that at this time, when this great debt to the Government of the United States, by means of which this National highway of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific, and all the lines which entered into that scheme at that time, were inaugurated by the Government, being considered from the standpoint of a National highway, and the time having come when the vast debt which is due from” that road is about to matu in view of the fact that the security by which the Congress of the United States in its wisdom, by its various acts from 1 to 1 attempted and en- deavored to st 0 the Government of the United E the nent of this debt by the sinking fund has proved abor- tive, has not turned out as expectations seemed to warrant; and in view of the fact that this great question as to the set- tlement of all these facis has been precipi- tated by that and by tne decision of this court, indorsed by “the unanimous bench of the Supreme Court of the United States, that there was no lisbility upon stock- holders, it became a matter of the most momeuntous importance to the Govern- ment of the United States.” Mr. Foote then paid his respects to the court, referring particularly to the ‘'pa- tience and clear mind” which Juage Mc- Kenna had brought to bear upon all ques- tions coming before him. ‘It is very important for us to consider in the outset what has actually been done by way of legisiation by this body of Rail- | rosad Commissioners,” continued the Dis- trict Attorney. “It seems 1o me that we bave but to turn 10 what_are termed, and which I am willing to admit for the sake of argument are, their legislative acts to find that there can be butone consfruction placed upon that. 1 can see no difference whatever as to the scope and effect of these legislative acts with 1espect 1o the 8 per cent reduction on grain rates and the 25 per cent reduction as to all other mat- ters.” E Mr. Foote went over the ground of the resolution, which declared that the trans- portation rates of the Southern Pacific and its leased lines were unjust to the shippers of the State and that an average reduction of 25 per cent should be made on the rates in force since December, 1894. He aefinea the position of the Pacific roads toward the United States and the lien the latter has on the former. ‘The whole history of this Railroad Com- mission shows from the time when these pledges were attempted to be exacted as o one of the Commissioners, who says he did not make it, and the other of whom admits he did—from the time that polit- ical policy was inaugurated by the con- vention of one of the great parties of this State, until the time when it was crystal- lized and consolidated into the language of this legislative act, there could e no conclusion that a sound lawyer could arrive at other than that the Board of Railroad Commissioners meant exactly what they said, and then | was to come here to meet the declared issue, that these gentlemen had undertaken to regulate a corporation called the Southern Pacific Company, which bad leased these lines, and valid leased lives, including the Cen- ific i i upon which this Railroad Cemmission claimed the right and jurisdiction to reduce rates. Mr. Foote argued that in view of the fact | should have some chance for repsyment. that the Government had a lien on this property for money advanced it was not legal to cripple agencies of the Government by acts which impair the obligation of a contract. He said that any such action was against_the constitution of the Gov- ernment. The Railraod Commission. in- sisted that nothing was involved in the case but the grain rates, and upan that theory had attempted to minimize the e of the suit. & 5‘(‘glr‘r Foote contended that the case in- volved the 25 per cent reduction as well as the 8 per cent reduction. 2 The resolution showed that !he_Commls— sioners decided on an absolute 25 per cent reduction, and _that, too. without any ex- press qualification or condition. 8 “What the Government insists npon is to preserve intact its rates under the Thur- man act, and whether the reduction threatened in this case is much or smail it presents a strong case for equitable in- terposition of this court. It is no answer to the principle involved that tbe loss of of a few thousand dollars only will he'snl- fered by the Government. 1f the State can reduce this sinking fund to the extent of $3000 then it may and probably will pro- ceed to extinguish the fund altogether. Mr. Ha Does not the act of the State say ubject to the laws of the State?” District Attorney Foote--Yes; but the whole act must be taken, together with reference to what was then being done. There was nothing granted by the State of California to this corporation but the mere skeleton right to be a corporation, and here was the natural purpose of Con- gress endeavoring by this legislation to make a great National road and to fur- nish the sinews of by which it should be built and to give security to the rest of the people of the United States that they The court—Do you consider in (hve course of your argument Judge Hayne's contention that these acts must all be viewed with reference to the right of Con- gress to regulate interstate commerce and the right of the State to regulate interstate commerce. Mr, Foote—I say that is a false quantity. I say there is nothing in the view which I take that involves the question of inter- state commerce at all. The court—Then you do considerall the elements of Judge Hayne's contention. Mr. Foote—I consider it in that light, yes; that is the view I take of it. Then followed a long argument between the court snd the District Attorney over the question of State rights. At 2:30 o'clock Mr. Foote finished his argument, after which conrt sdi‘uumed until Tues- day morning at 11 o’clock. DEATH OF E. 0, LEERM, A Prominent Nevadan Succumbs to the Dreaded Miner's Consumption. His Ambition Was to Help the Real Workers of the Country—An Honorable Career. Hon. Eric O. Leermo, familiarly known among his friends as “Aleck” Leermo, for many years a prominent citizen of Ne- vada, died in this City recently, his mal- ady being miner's consumption, an insidi- ous and much-dreaded disease of those who to1l to develop the mineral resources of the country. A few weeks ago Mr. Leermo came to | this City, desiring to improve his health, vet scarcely daring to hope that the change of climate would be of material benefit. He seemed to realize that the doom of death was pending, for he knew the nature of his disease and spoke of it calmly as one of the frequent consequences that may befall the brave-hearted men who delve in the depths of the great gold and silver mines of Nevada and California. One of Mr. Leermo’s last remarks was that those who thus risk their lives in the vitiated atmosphere of the mines, in addi- tion to the ever-threatening accidents, were certainly entitled to all the compen- sation_that they ever r h view Mr. Leermo Is sustained by men as John Mackay, the late Senator Fair, the late Senator Hearst, Colonel E. D. Boyle, D. B. Lyman, R. P. Keating and in fact all the prominent mining engineers and superintendents ever kmown on the Pacific Coast. Mr. Leermo was born in Norway, Sep- tember 1, 1842, and came to the United States early in life with his father and mother and settled in Wisconsin. He left the family roof while a young boy and came to the Patific Coastin 1860. "After prospecting for gold in several mining camps he drifted over to Nevada and The Late Hon. E. O. Leermo. located in Gold Hill in 1864, where he was active in the organization of the Miners’ Union of Lyon and Storey counties. He was president of the Gold Hill Union and at one time represented Storey County in the Legislature. A man of some inventive genius Mr. Leermo spent considerable time and money in that direction, but never rea!- ized anything from his inventions. They were considered meritorious, but he lacked the means to develop his plans. It was one of Mr. Leermo’s ambitions to ameliorate the condition of the real work- ers of the country, and in this direction he bent his energies to securing an amend- ment to the constitution of Nevada in the interest of organized labor unions. He was frequently prominent in political affairs, and it 'is said that at one time he was offered the appointment as Lieuten- ant-Governor of Nevada by the late Gov- ernor C. C. Stevenson, The funeral seryices were condncted by the Knights of Pythias, of which order Mr. Leermo was an honored member. At the grave, in addition to the touchine cere- monies of the Pythians, there was singing by a select choir, and an_address was de- livered by Hon. George H. Morrison, who paid an appropriate tribute to the high character and honorable career of the de- ceased. He was buried in Cypress Lawn Cemetery on April 20th. —————— The Bush Robbery. The preliminary examination of Hannah Landridge, charged with robbing Felix Bush, & farmer from Vaneouver, B. C., of $390, was held before Judge Joachimsen esterday. No new facts were elicitedand the yud e reserved his decision till to-day. This was the woman who was the means ot throwing suspicion upon Policeman Rourke by telling a messen- ger boy that she had money to aivide with nim, but the Police Commissioners exonerated Rourke from complicity in any dishonorable trunsaction, NO LONGER A SANCTUARY, The Old Howard Presbyterian Church Sold for a Ware- house. HISTORY OF ITS VICISSITUDES. Little Carpen!er-sizop in 1850 That Grew to Be a Mission-Street Landmark. The old Howard Presbyterian Church that has been a familiar landmark on Mis- sion street for thirty-one years has passed into other hands to become a sort of ma- chine-shop and warehouse. While the sale has not vet been made public, 1t is privately asserted by members of the church that Thomas Day & Co. are the purchasers of that part of the prop- erty on which the church building stanas —78 feet front by 115 feet deep—and the price agreed upon was $600 a front foot. There still remains unsold twenty-two feet front, comprising that part of tue lot devoted to the old chapel. When that shall have been soid the proceeds will be turned over to the building fund of the eighty men, and nearly every man owns the horse that he rides. The horses are not half broken-down livery plugs of all conditions and ages, but are active and superb steeds. The troopers are first-class young men of ilecounty, and many of them can ride like Comanches, The First Brigade of the National Guard has two troops of cavalry—thisone at Salinas and the other at Los Angeles. AMONG 4L FRIENDS. Funeral Servicen Over the Remains of Colonel Wiiliam Barnes. The funeral services over the remains of Colonel William Barnes were held yester- day aiternoon under the auspices of the Society of California Pioneers in their hall on Fourth street. John F. Pinkham, marshal of the society, read the usual services, supplementing them with a short address, the main feat- ure of which was: ‘‘There is another of us gone to the great beyond. 1Itis unnecessary for me to dwell upon his life and his manhood, for he was & pioneer, and, like all who have gone be- fore him, he had the virile traits of the hardy men who built this great State.” Rev. Dr. Case officiated at the religious ceremony. ‘The remains were removed to the under- taking establishment, whence they will be shipped this morning at 7 o’clock to Peta- luma for interment. Among those present to pay the last re- spects to their friend and old pioneer were: Collector of the Port John H. Wise, ex-Collector of the Port Thomas Shannon, William Dormer, Count Robson. George Treat, Joseph Stewart, Gus Me! Mike Smith, J. E. Day, John Crawford, Ernest Hacquette, John Vreeland, Charles Gildea, Hon. Thomas H. Eggers, Frank H. Powell’ The O1d Howard Presbyterian Church, a Mission.Street Landmark, That After Thirty-One Years Is to Be Abandoned and Sold for Commercial Purposes. congregation’s new quarters, consisting at | John Greer, Hon. James H. Lawrence, present of a large chapel near the pan- | Jack Rice, Frank W. Marston and George will be ready for ocenpancy in about two months, Meanwhile the congregation will probably continue to hold services in the old building, although the organ has already been removed. Church is one of trying vicissitudes, fol- and vigor into a declining hope. W. L. Palmer, a member of the congre- gation for the last forty-four years, as the oldest member of the church 1s in a posi- tion to review its record. It was on the 19th of May, 1850, he said, that the first Sunday-school was held in an old carpenter-shop on Mission street, near Second, in a district then known as Happy Valley. That was the nucleus of the chuxch itself, which was organized on the 15th of September of the same year with the Rev. Samuel H. Willey as its first pastor. On May 1, 1864, the Rev. Mr. Willey was succeeded in the pulpit by the Rev. W. W. Martin, and he in turn was fc lowed by the Reyv. H. Brodt. In Avril, 1865, the celebrated H. M. Scudder, D.D., became the pastor, and ome of the earliest events in his successful labor during six years was the move made in 1865 into the new church on Mission street, the build- ing that bas now ended its usefulness as a place of worship and has been sold lot and all for barely more than the building cost. The original lot for the church had been given by W.D. M. Howard, an old pio- neer, after whom Howard street was named and in whose honor the church re- tained its name even after it was moved from Howard street. In 1867 the membership had grown to 361 from fifteen communicants in 1851, and the Sabbath-school enrollment was 400. Following the Rev. Mr, Scudder came the Revs. H. S. Carpenter and A. 8. Fiske, and during their administrations the financial depression came and left its gloomy shadow upon the church. The great declinre ot values precipitated the congregation deep into debt, and in order to avoid publicity the church property was voluntarily turned over to the mortgagees, and when the Rev. Dr. Robert Macken- zie took charge of affairs in 1880 the church was actually renting the property it for- merly owned. Through bis efforts’and the more prosperous times of 1880 and 1381 the congregation was able to regmch_lu the property and had nesrly paid for it when in 1886 Dr. Mackenzie was succeeded by the Rey. M. N. Cornelius. The late Dr. Hanson Irwin wasalso pastor and pre- ceded the incumbent, the Rev. F. R. Farrar. 5 Three great turning points made the his- tory of the church—one in 1886 under Evangelist A. B, Earle, another in 1880 un- der Evangelist Dwight L. Moody, and the third in 1892 under the Rev. B. Fay Mills, and each time there were large additions to the membership of the church. It was often remarked that the building was unusually p! T with a spire so generally considered a dis- tinctive feature of Presbyterian archi- teeture. Mr. Palmer explains that there were three considerations at the time for this: the fear of earthquakes, the addi- tional expense of a spire and new ideas in architecture. FIRST-CLASS TROOPERS. National Guard Cavalry Company of Salinas May Parade Here on July 4. A. W. Barrett, adjutant-general of Cali- fornia, and J. Wallace Diss, major and in- spector of the First Brigade, N. G. C., re- turned from Salinas yesterday.. They inspected Captain Burke's troop of cav- alry at that place and speak in the highest terms of the efliciency of the organization. General Farrett talks of bringing the Balinas troopers to San Francisco on July 4 next, just to give the people of the me- tropolis an opportunity of seeing what kind of a cavalry company the National Guard can turn out. Major Diss says that the troop numbers handle entrance to the park, and which | Covey. The history of Howavd Presbyterian | lowed by remarkable revivals, each one of | which was a timely infusion of new life | in, and particularly so | ‘THECONSUL ON THE MEND Favorable Report as to the Con- dition of Mrs. Booth- Tucker. Scenes of Enthusiasm at Last Night's Salvation Mee'ing in Metro- politan Temple. Consul Mrs. Booth-Tucker is in a fair way to recover from her recent severe ill- ness. When a man from THE CALL made inquiries at her ,rooms at 1141 Market street the nurse said her mistress was resting easily, and according to the pre- diction of the physicians would soon be able to be on her feet again. ‘“‘Praise the Lord! Hallelujah!” cried a thousand voices, as Major Alice Lewis, the consul’s secretary, announced that the lady was improving in health. ‘‘Yes, praise the Lord,” continued the lady major, “‘though still contined to her bed, Mrs. Booth-Tucker is getting better. All her engagements have been postnon ed for a week, in which time we hope to have her among us, well and strong, and able to fight the battle against Satan for the world’s salvation.”” | A strong chorus of ‘“Hallelujahs,” “‘Amens” and loud drum-beats greeted this announcement, after which Major Lewis continued : “We have telegraphed to Commander Booth-Tucker, asking him to come to his | wife's aid, so we will have them both with us, and we have every reason to hope for a | pentecostal season. Brigadier Keppel's child will be dedicated to the service of the army as soon as the commander comes, and we ‘hope others may follow our dear brigadier's example in thus devoting his little one to the labor of salvation.” Another burst of hallelujahs and a can- nonade of drum-beats welcomed this in- telligence. Staff Captain Mclntyre opened the de- votional exercises with_a song, being fol- lowed by Mrs. Ensign Bull, who led in prayer. Captain Michael Flaherty, an ex-Cath- olic, then related his experience. He said he was first attracted to the army by the resonant drum, and having attended a few meetings, made up his mind to cast in his | lot with the organization. Two_brothers, who were sent after him to bring him back to his old faith, also went over to the army, and one of them, Captain John Flaherty, gave his experience. . A strong and impassicned appeal to the impenitent wss delivered by Captain Marian Evans, who is in charge of the Salvation Army dive at the intersection of Sacramento and Kearny streets. “Gathering up the Gems From the Slums'’ was the refrain of a song given b, Captain Fanuie Fields, and she sang it well, the piano accompaniment by Mre, Minnie Burchard adding much to the effectiveness of the rendering. Major Lewis gave some interesting pages from her experience in_India, calling par- ticular attention to the conversion of a fire-worshiper in Bomoay. She dwelt earnestly upon the necessity for a special exercise of divine power within the soul as a requisite of renrconvenion. The San Francisco, Sacrameuto and Charioteer bands, composed entirely of Salvationists, gave a well-rendered fan- tasia of popular hymn tunes, with varia- tions, after which Major Fritz Malan, an Italian convert, spoke at some length on the value of time and the need of repent- ance. He drew a striking word-picture of toe last judgment, and in response to bis urgent and repeated calls six persons pre- sented = themselves at the ‘“mourners’ bench’” to be prayed for, Much enthu- siasm was manifestea ard the meeting was voted a splendid success. RATES ON GREEN FRUITS Those for the Coming Season Have Been Announced on Shipments East. REGULATIONS TO BE IN FORCE. Ventilated Cars Likely to Have Advan- tages in the Matter of Time Over Refrigerators. Although the season for shipping green deciduous fraits East from California does not begin until the end of May, the rates and regulations regarding such shipments have already been decided upon. They are as follows: IN PACKAGES OR IN CARS HAVING FIXED OR TRANSIENT CRATES FOR SAME. |1 carloads of not less than 20, s Kates in cents per 100 1 4q | From shipping points| onthe Southern Cal; = 2 fornia Railway a 2 =5 Pacific system of| ® 23 the Southern Pacific| B £3 Company as provid-| = 5-9 €a below to 3 B3 <3 g8 (e | 3 Denver, Colorado| Springs, Puebio, Trinidaa, Council| Bluffs, Omaha. Kan- { sas City, Galveston, | Houston' and Anioni 125 200 St. Louis Orleans " 126 215 Chicago, St. Paul and| Minneapol el ey 225 New \"nrk, N.Y. (Jer-! i sey City delivery),| Philadeiphia, Pa., :’I’lzl Buftalo, . 150 250 Boston, Mass 156 56 To intermediate points, or points common with those named above, rates by freight train will be the same. Shipments must be released. In case such release is not given, or the conditions named herein are not fuily complied with. the regu- lar rate provided by the Western classification will be charged. The Union Pacific system notifies all parties that it will only take daily by its passenger train No. 8 not exceeding three carloads of fruit, and that it will not take by its passenger- train No. 2 any. The Atchison system, for itsline via Grend Junction, will take daily by its passenger trains not 1o exceed two cars per train. The Rio Grande Western ilway and its eastward connecting lines, viz.: the Denver atd Rio Grande, Burlington and Rock Island Toutes, Missouri Pacific Railway, the Atchison route via Grand Junction, under restrictions as to the number of cars for latter as indicated above, hereby mnotify all interested that they will take daily by the through passenger truins from Ogden sny number of cars, re- frigerator or other, bit only when same are equipped with passenger-car trucks and air- brakes, charging for refrigerator-cars their proportion of 25 per cent additional to tne rates provided herein for service by approxi- mate passenger-train time. The carlond rates named above will apply only on shipments from one consignor at one shipping point, consigned and to be delivered to one consignee at one destination. Cars will not be allowed to be stopped in transit at any intermediate poiut to complete loading or to partly unload. Rates named above apply from fruit.shi ping pointson the Southern California Rail- way and only from main iine fruit-shipping points on the Southern Pacific Company’s Pacific system. The only green fruit that will go forward earlier than the eénd of May is the cherry— that is, the early varieties, and_ the quan- tity of these will depend largely on the weather. If it remains cool there will be comparatively few early shipments, as the weather now prevalent hasa tendency to make the fruit grow rather than ripen. It was explained at the office of the Southern Pacific Company that shipments in ventilated cars of that company and its connecting Jines will move under this tariff. Shipments in refrigerator cars of the refrigerator companies having contracts for the moving of deciduous fruits will pe moved under rates arranged with the re- frigerator companies, who make un addl- tional charge for the icing and care of the fruit in transit over and above the rates fixed by the carriers. 1ln ventilated cars the minimum weignt will be 20,000 pounds and in refrigerator cars 24,000 pounds. The companies that will do business this season in the refrigerating of California deciduous fruits in transit are the Conti- nental Fruit Company, the Fruit-growers’ Express, the Santa Fe Fruit Refrigerator Line, the California Fruit Transportation Company and the Goodell California Fruit Line. Shipments in refrigerators will not be handled by passenger trains, because under the regulations governing the movements of fruit on passenglr trains it is required that the cars shall be equipped for passen- ger service; that is, shall have passenger couplers, air_signals, and generally con- form to the Master Carbuilder’s rules for passenger trains, and refrigerator cars are not so supplied. Ventilated fruit cars furnished by the carriers can run in passenger trains when such cars are equipped for passenger sery- ice, and such cars can be furnished as a rule on the requisition of shippers. SUCLISTS MAY DY A Street Parade and Demonstra- tion Will Be Held This Evening. Followed by a Big Mass-Meeting in Metropolitan Temple—Programme of Exercises. The socialists all over the civilized world will to-day (Mayday) hold a grand demonstration. This day was selected a long time ago by the socialists in the Old World as an oc- casion for the workingman to take a holi- day and rest. In other words, the opening of the spring, the bursting into life of trees and buds and flowers, is a fit occasion for the man who labors to throw aside care and free himself from the fetters of toil. Socialists, who really come up from the ranks of the employed, took this view of the occasion, and thus May 1 has become not only tne laboring man’s day all over the world, but the socialists’ day as well. That it will be observed in this City has been stated in TrE CaLL, but the principal features and exercises will take place in the evening. This matter was placed in the hands of a committee of arrangements, consisting of H. Warnicke, Theodore Lynch, John Lutz, Henry Rosenblongh and H. Balender. Letters 1nviting all laborers and unions to parcicipate in the exercises and parade were sent recently, and many have an- swered that they will assist in making a rand event in the early histor of social- ism in San Francisco. At 7 o'clock this evening all of the so- cialist branches and the labor unions will assemble at the neadquarters at 115 Turk street and form into a procession. The socialists in the line will be the Americen, Liberty, French, Jewish, German, Italian and Scandinavian branches of the Social- ist Labor party of this City and the Oak- land branch. "There will also be delegates from San Jose, Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento, Stockton nnseVentnu, _The local trades 1nions which have sig- nified their intention to parade are the Woodworkers, Barbers’ Association of San Francisco, Fraternity of Hotel and Restau- rant Employes, Bakers’ Union No. 24 and | the Confectionery Bakers’ Union. ! The procession will start about 7:30 | o’clock and march down Turk street to Market, to Third and Market, where the | countermarch will be made back o Metro- | gclimn Temple. The procession will be eaded by a band, and over the column will float the red flag of thesocialists. The latter disclaim that the crimson banner is | an emblem of blood, violence and anarchy, | and say it is the emblem of peace and uni- | versal ‘brotherhood. Hence its universal adoption. On arriving at the Metropolitan Temple | P. Ross Martin will assume charge of the | meeting, officiate as chairman and de- liver the address of welcome. After this the Social Mannerchor wili render popular airs. This will be followed by a recitation by George Aspden. The first speaker will be James Andrew, and his subject will be the ‘“Mayday Cele- bration.” A violin solo and a song by Miss Martha Aspden will follow. The next will be an address by Paul Grott- | kau, who will give way to the musical trio, Professors Dietz, Selo and Parnelle. One of the most brilliant speakers in the | cause of universal brotherhood is Miss | Jane A. Roulston. She will make a spir- | ited address upon the principles to whicl: | she is so greatly attached—socialism, its aims and objects. E. T. Kingsley, another earnest worker in the cause, will also oc- | cupy the platform. The conclusion of the | programme will be more music by the So- | cial Mannerchor. It is expected that Met- ropolitan Temple will be filled to the doors. | | —————— DR. DOVER, BUCOANEER. He Discovered Selkirk, Sacked Guaya- quil, and Invented Dover’'s Powder. Not many persons who have taken a | Dover’s powder have any idea of the ro- mantic career of the man who gave his name to the preparation. Professor Osler | of Johns Hopkins University, in a paper | puvlished in the Lancet, tells his story. | Thomas Dover was born in Warwick- shire about 1660, and after studying at Cambridge, and with the famous Dr. Bydenham, settled down at Bristol, for centuries the home port for adventurers, privateers and slave traders. He was| nearly 50 when he joined in a commercial | and piratical venture with a number of | Bristol merchants. Two ships, the Duke | and the Duchess, were fitled out for a | voyage to the south seas, from which Wil- | liam Dampier, the circumnavigator of the | world, had brought wonderful tales of | Spanish riches. ~ Dampier, who had | come to erief in his last expedition | to those regions, was taken along as | pilot, while Dover went as third in com- mand of Captain Rogers, and appears in his narrative ax Captain Dover. The e: pedition was memorable for two events. On February 1, 1709, the ships arrived off the island of Juan Fernandez and Captain Dover, who was sent ashore in the pin- | nace, brought back with him to the ship a | couple of days later a man clad in goat | skins, who had been left on the isiand tour | years and a half before. This was Alexan- L der Selkirk, the original Kobinson Crusoe. | Later the expedition sailed up the South | American coast and found what it was | seeking in the two cities of Guyaquil, | which it attacked and sacked. Dover led | the van and cured the sailors of the plague which broke out after the capture of the | cities. After cruising in the Pacific for another two years for the Spanish treas ure ships they returned to England in 1711, having collected plunder to the value of $850,000. Dover's share made him n | wealthy man and left him free to wander about the world for some years. | He settled down in London as a phy- | sician in 1731, carrying into his practice | the pugnacious habits of his buccaneer’s | life. To attract public attention he pub lished his book, “The Ancient Physician’s | Legacy to His Country; being what he has collected himseli in’ forty-nine years’ of practice designed for the private families.” The book ran through eight editions, the last apparently being published in 1771. On pzage 13, on the sec- tion on gout, is given the formula for his famous powder: *‘Take opium one ounce; saltpeter and tartar vitriolated each fcur ounces; ipe- cacuanha one ounce. Put the saltpeter and tartar into a redhot mortar, stirring with a spoon until they have done flaming. Then powder them very fine, after that slice in your opium, grind them to a pow- der and then mix the other powders with these. Dose, from forty to sixty or sey- enty grains in a glass of white wine posset going to bed, covering up warm and drink- ing a quart or three pints of the posset; drink while sweating.”” The publication of the book made a great noise and brought Dover into many quar- rels with his fellow - practitioners, who treated him as a quack. as they did Syden. ham for that matter. He carried on a bit- ter war against apothecaries, too, and died in 1742. His powder is stitl in the British pharmacopeei; ——————— A statement just published shows that | of the 188,277,000 tons of coal which !he‘ mines of the United Kingdom yielded du ing the year 1894, no less than 42,687,000 | tons were disposed of to the foreigner. | This was by far the largest coal exporta. tion of which any country could boast, and it was the result of a process of steady development. —_————— Miss Lydia_Tilton, who died last week in Hanover, N. H., at the age of 89, had been a member of the College Church of that place and a constant attendant at the services for seventy-four years. use of all | HE WILL NOT COME BACK President Sylvain Weill's Res- ignation Was Given Forever. FRENCH SOCIETY TROUBLES. A General Meeting Will Have to Be Called Scon to Nominate New Candidates. The resignation of Sylvain We_il]. as president of the Societe Francaise de Bienfaisance Mutuelle, followed by those of ten out of fifteen directors of that insti- tution at its meeting Wednesday night, has thrown the French colony into a fever of excitement. i President Weill has held that offics seven times, and thrice he has been vice- president. These honorary offices and the fact that he was a member of the board of directors of the society as far back as 1867, have educated the 4000 members of the society in the State to believe (l»m: without him at the heim, the whole thing woulid go to pieces. THE CALL in yesterday’s issue gave an exclusive account of how Mr. Weill and the ten directors came to resign their port- folios. Yesterday two of the only four directors m fifteen who did not resign were clqseted with Mr. Weill pleading with him, in be- half of the Frenchmen of this State, to withdraw his resignation. These gentlemen were full of assurances that the other directors would follow Mr. I's example in going back into the ty as they had in quitting it. 2 These gentlemen were Messrs. Lemoine and Becqueraz, and they were joined by P. A. Bergerot, one of the men who re- signed but who declared that he had done it in 2 moment of excitement, believing it the best policy, but who would withdraw his resignation. It is well understood that, in addition to Mr. Bergerpt’s resignation, those of Messrs. Fogothey and Carraine are to be withdrawn. 50 It is not unlikely that Secretary J. Deschamps will also go back into the fold, for the simple reason that without him the remaining directors, who are new in their office, can hardly get along without his aid. He reserves his right, however, 0 retire as soon as the interests of the society will be sure of protection. Sylvain Weill was seen at his place of business yesterday afternoon. He was flushed with the excitement of standing off his friends and advisers, who wishes him to again sssume the reins of the society. “I cannot accede to these requests, as flatterine as they are,” he said. ‘I re- signed out of principle, not trom a spirit of anger. “The cause of it is plain: Drs. Brigham and Boyd have served gratis and with the most satisiaciory results for the society during many years. To not re-elect them | was an affront the committee never should have inflicted upon men to whom they are morally indebted—capable men, who have been of inestimable benefit to our organ- zation. I as presiagent of the society re- signed because I did not want to lend my backing to this fanx pas. 1 regret that my resignation was followed by those of ten other directors, especially that some of those who resigned were votess in favor of Drs. De Marville and Mayer, as against Drs. Brigham and Boyd. “‘These directors, as I told them at the time, should have had the courage of their actions, and, having secured the election of De Marville and Mayer, they should have stood by their guns and not sur- rendered. | “The only thing to do now with the | society is ta call 2 general meeting, which I will do in a day or so, that candidates may be presented for election to take the places of the directors who have resigned. will not allow my name to be placed be- fore the meeting. “Ihave got enough of the whole thing, and will not again have anything to do with the executive end of the society until those fractious elements in it can see that they cannot conduct the institution as well as did the old board.” Itis likely that the general assembly :iu be called for two weeks from next Sun- ay. Dr. Bourgognon de Marville, the newly | elected surgeon, stated last evening that | he would make no changes in the person- nel of the hospital, and that it was not likely that any but very minor positions vould be shaken upabit. The cursory observation he has had of the ¥rench Hospital has impressed him with the opin- ion that it would be nard to betier its ser- vice. Mastin’s Suit Filed. J. F. Mastin has filed his promised suit against the Harbor Commission. He prays for an injunction from proceeding under the con- iract allowinfi the stone from the Colusa q ries to be used, and he asks that tb- cont be annulled and that the commission be pelled to use Oregon stone. tried before Judge Siack. m- The case will be NEW TO-DAY. WEAK MEN A great many men go to work in the morning feeling more like going to bed. Others start in all right, but feel like quitting about 4 o’clock in the afternoon. “That’s the way I felt. 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