The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 16, 1896, Page 7

.MAY 186, 1896 BATURDAY AMUSEMENTS. BALDWIN TEEATER.—“The Strange Adventures of Miss Brown.” Ca11FoRNTA THEATER—Primrose and West's Minstrels, COLUMBIA THEATER—*“Faust.” jLonosco’s OFERA-Hovsk—+The Cross Roads of 1:v0L1 OrERa-Hous.—«Fra Diavolo’ OxPHEUM—High-Class Vaudeville. SUTRO CONEY ISLAND—Bathing and Perform- ances. CENTRAL PARK.—Bleycle Races. BLATR PARK (Oakland).—Balloon «ud l'arachute Jump, May 17. SHOOT THE CHEUTES—Daily i Halght street, one block east of the Park. BAY DISTRICT TRAcK—Races to-day. PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS. _Ho! For THk SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS.—The First Anniversary Excursion and F mily Pienic of the Union Printers' Mutual Aid Society will be keid on Thursday, May 21, at Glenwood Park 17 XCURSION TO Russiax River—Sunday, May Ascension EL_ CaMpo—Music, Dancing, Boating, Fishing, every Sunday. AUCTION SALES. BY F. T. KEELE Oriental Curios at 419 Kearny street, at 2 P. BY Gro. F. LaMsoN—This day (Saturday), niture, at 613 Geary street, 11 o'clock. By 8. BASCH—This day (Saturday), Market street. Also, Ci d and Miss‘on at 7 P Al and Clzarettes, at 19 lddy street, at 1 o'cy BY K. S. SPEAR & day ( Show Cases, at 31 Sutter st., at 12 0'clock. (Saturday), BY WiLLiau J. D1 —This day Feal Feate, ht Way and Telegraph avenue, Berkele lock. By EASTON & FLDRInGr.—Tuesday, May 18, Real Estate, at 638 Market street, at 12 o'clock. BY O'FARRELL & Cc May 25, Real Estate, at 11 Montgom 0 P. M. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. Fair, Saturday; warmer—Alexander G. Mc- Adie, local forecast official. George W. Nugle, pioneer and Bohemisn, was buried yesterday afternoon. The total exvenses of the Durrant trial have been figured by the District Attorney at $16,- 128. Cars will carry passengers from the Mission to a rt of Kearny street on and after Mon- day noxt. Visalia orchardists have found that the lib- eral use of water prevents damage by frost to rowing crops. Members of the Italian colony will tender a batquet to Dr. Pescia to celebrate his appoint- ment to the consulate. Maxime Elliott, the leading lady of the Fraw- ley compnny, saysshe entertains no thought at'ali of getting & divorce. No definite action was taken yesterday for the adoption of convention rates by the Trans- continental Passenger Association. George H. Thomas Post. G. A. R., hasap- pointed & committee to make suitable arrange- ments for Memorial day celebration. The gentlemen’s sodality of St. Ignatius Church entertained a large andience at liter- ary and musical exercises last night. I'wo of the More heirs have filed a sensa- tional petition to'have John F. More removed from the administration of the estate. J. F. Flynn, the accused father and murderer of Baby Browning, was acquitted by Judge Low erday afternoon without argument. Blacksmith Herold on the San Bruno road tied Thomas Reynolds to & post and forced him to reveal the names of his confederates in & burglary. The San Francisco Labor Union held a meet- ing last night at 1159 Mission street, &t which the fundiug bill was denounced and the single- tax issue raised. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1896. BROWN'S CHURCH WILL BE SOLD, Fifteen Members Have Ab- solute Control of the Property. PEWS VOTE, NOT MEN. Debts Have Piled Up to About Six Thousand Five Hundred Dollars. TRUSTEES TIRED OF PAYING. The New Edifice Will Be Smaller and on the Corner of Van Ness Avenue and Sutter Street. The First Congregational Church—the church with a history; the church made famous by the eloquence and the efforts of that good old man, Dr. Stone,when China- town on one side ana the green blinds of Dupont street on the other shocked his well-to-do congregation; the church so suddenly deserted by the flighty Dr. Bar- rows; the church which, through its late pastor, had an unchristian wrangle over the pessimistic utterances of Dr. Herron; the church torn by a dramatic scandal, with impurity, blackmail and anonymous letters as the furniture of the stage—isto be wiped off the face of the earth, and the rich tones of the organ and the prayers of the faithful are to ascend from & site with- out a history, good or bad, for a new church is to arise on that aristocratic boulevard, Van Ness avenue. On Wednesday of next week Judge Slack of the Superior Court will order the property to be sold on a petition filed by the trustees and a majority of the pew- ownefs. The petition asking for the order has been filed by the trustees—W. F. Whittier, Henry L. Dodge, Johin F. Mer- rill, Edward Coleman, W.J. Dutton and I. F. Morse—and is in accordance with the following provisions of the constitu- tion of the society: Article XII, section 1—In the declsion of any question that may arise concerning the dis- posal by sale or otherwise of the real estate or buildings belonging to this society, only those of its members shall be allowed to vote who are owners of pews in the church edifice, each | | | blessing of God there is a grand future before pew being entitled to only one vote,and in | case there are several owners of a pew the vote of said pew may be cast s a majority in inter- | est of sald owners shall decide. Section 2—TIn all other matters pertaining to the business of the society every member thereof shall be entitled to & vote, but in no weetheart, Viking, Wandering Nun of | , Peru, Myrtle H, Senator Bland and { am Pinkerton were the winners at Bay | erday. een persons have absolute control of the ongregational Church property and it I be sold next week. The new site will be on Sutter and Van Ness avenue, The formality of ejecting P. L. Weaver as Euperintendent of the Almshouse was gone through yesterday and Edwara Reddy, the Tew sppointee, is Now in chr vge. The Supreme Court has _inted & rehearing in th t the Treasurer of Los olving the validity of an onds for street improvements. The Supervisors have answered the petition Of L. V. Merle fora writof manudste compelling them to award him the garbage franchise, an in ans 2 they compare the bids made. sanbartz, bookkeeper of the Brew- e, committed suicide yesterday. n poor hesith and his wife becsme sly ill a few days ago. Both circum- | sused his suicide. g of the California State Pre sociation yesterday, there was dance of the wholesale liquor-de: orts of officers were received and offi the ensuing year elected. sreme Court has denied the petiilon aring in the case of Burling against | vlands, the suit involving $400,000 ad- | 1o Willism C. Ralston when he was dent of the Bank of California. meeting of the Continental League last ¢ht 148 members were enrolled, showing | ntbusiasm in the prospects of a grand | an ralification as soon as the St. | | couvention names the next President of ted States. W. Keliy, administrator of the late James | ¥. Kerr's estate, has announced the sale of the der and Sportsman to Bertha H. Gold- for $25 over the chattel morigage which Le ho'ds on it. In future it will be run by Judson J. Moore and William G. Lang. 1e anuusl report of the State Board of Rail-, d Commissioners is ready for submission to nor Budd and will be in the hands of the iua few days. All the important rs that have come before the commission ration during the past year are y dealt with. THE SUPERVISORS ANSWER, Comparison Between the Bids on the Garbage Fianchise. The Supervisors have answered the pe- tiiion of L. V. Merle for a writ of mandate compelling them to award the garbage frauchise to him, and in answering they do a little figuring. They say there are 90,000,000 pounds of earbage gathered from the City every year, and this without counting tin cans and old iron. This amount makes 100,000 cu- bic yards, which at 20 cents a cubic yard, which the franchise allows to be charged, gives a yearly income of $36,000 or $1,800,- G0 for the full term of the franchise, Merle’s;bid is but $5560. o On the other hand the Supervisors say that with the same figuring the Sharon bid would give the City a total of $73,800, and with the growth of the City they be- lieve it would amount to over $350,000. For | this reason the Supervisors say they award- ed the franchise to the Sharon bidders. LIQUOR MEN MEET. The Course of President Edoff Heartlly Approved. At the meeting of the members of the California State Protective Association there was a large attendance of the whole- sale liquor dealers, the business before the meeting being tbe presentation of the re- ports of the officers and the election of officers for the ensuing year. President J. P. Edoff ‘was re-elected and his course during the past yearin hisener- getic efforts to secure a proper interpreta- tion of the side-entrance ordinance and the privilege of having licences to saloons and retail liquor merchants submitted to the assoclation for its recommendation or condemnation was heartily approved. Winfield Scott was also re-elected secre- tary of the association. ———— San Francisco Nursery. The lady menagers of the San Francisco Nursery for Homeless Children will give a luncheon for the benefit of that institution in the old Young Men's Christisn Association buildiug, 232 Sutter street, May 21 and 22. The luncheon will be served between the event shall any member who has neglected or failed to pay pew rents or taxes when called upon to do so be permitted & voice in its de- liberations until he has paid the same In full. The roll of the church members con- tains 900 names. The sale will be made at the imperative and not-to-be-denied re- quest of a majority of six trustees and twenty-two pew-owners, one of which (Trustee Whittier) owns three pews and will have three votes. Hence four trustees and eleven pew-owners, making fifteen persons in all, have closed one of the bnest chureh builaings in the State and will succeed in haviug the property sold despite the protests of the remainder of the 900 members sbould they be inclined to_protest. The reasons why the trustees have de- cided to take this action are said to be various. Members who insisted upon the resignation of Rev. C. O. Brown say that the trustees are actuated by spite and tue rule or ruin policy which they charce constitutes the most salient charac- teristic of Dr. Brown and his stanchest supporters. The trustees, on the other hand, say that the church has not been { paying expenses, for lo, these many years, | and they have beeu paying the deficien out of their personal funds until the in- debtedness has reached about §6500. They do not wish to swell the debt, there being no prospect in sight for its reduction, and they saw no other way left open for them but to lock the doors through which the fair and intellectual Mattie, the pious and venerable corset-maker | Mrs. Davidson, | and the giddy Mrs. Stockton, were wont to | enter for spiritual consolation from the eloquent lips of its pastor, A CaLL reporter yisited L. H. Clement, secretary of the Congregational Church | I requested an in- | Bociety, yesterday, an spection of the list of the twenty-two pew- owners. “I have not the list,” replied the secre- tary sadly. ‘*Are vou not the secretary, and is not the list a part of the records in your pos- session ?" was asked. “Well,” replied Mr. Clement. not the list for publication.” That was all that the secretary would say. Thisunaccountable and unnecessary display of secrecy is commented upon very unfavorably by the church members. They say that if "everything is regular and hon- est why should not the secretary be will- ing to let the sunlight shine through the stained-glass windows of the historic church? Why cover a business transac- | tion in which 900 members are interestea with the mantle of darkness? But under the law of the church the 900 members cannot do anything to pre- vent the sule. One of the leading oppo- nents of the Dr. Brown methods said vesterday that if, say, half of the members should sign a protest and file it in Judge Slack’s court the Judge would forbid the sale; but no concerted action has been tagen, and there is but little doubt that the proparty will go under the hammer. One of the trustees, who declined to allow his name to be used, said that several persons who signed the petition calling for Dr. Brown's resignation had not attended services in the church since 1877, and many had not attended since 1885 and 1886. He said that the church expenses, estimating the pastor’s salary at $5000, were $12,000 a year; but that, owing to the so-called hard times during the past few years, there had been each year a deficiency, which had to be made up out of the private fortunes of the trustees. 3 The church building was completed in 1872 at 2 cost of $113,000. The lot cost $35,000. The property is now valued by the trustees at $150,000, most of this being in the land, the building heing practically worthless to the buyer except for church purposes. It has a seating capacity of 1500, and this is deemed too large for the congregation. The site said to be selected by the trustees is on the corner of Van Ness avenue and Sutter street, and the building which they propose to erect will have a seating capacity of 1000. Deacon Dexter denounces as u willful and atrocious lie the statement in a morn- ing paper that he expects a $5000 commis- sion our of the sale. Deacon Morse sealed the statement in the can of silence and scornfully refused to make any statement whatever in relation thereto. The Pacific, the organ of the Congre- famanul Church in this City, has the fol- hoursof 11 and 2 o’clock for the modest sum of 25 cents. e v . The Vatican is one of the coldest valaces ir Rome, because of its immense size— 1100 rooms. . owing to say: Church and Society In this City have peti- tioned the court to allow tnem to sell the pre erty of that church, corner of Post and Mason streets. They have also closed the church to pmm‘ng. Sabbath-school, Christian Endeavor “I bave | { Protestant church edifice In _the City. | over $100,000. | will be conspicuously silent. | Sanderson, Charics J. King. | Scandal,” etc. “Pleasure’s Wand” The officers of the First Congregational | is fuil ¢ tical Thomas P. Harris. THREE DIRECTORS OF THE WHOLESALE MERCHANTS' N A. A. Hooper, President. Charles J. King, Sccretary. NTH ANNUAL PICNIC. and everything else. This is a very sudden | and singular proceeding. Six years ago this | church was paying its minister a salary of | #6000. The current income fully paid all ex- | How is it that in so shorta time its have decided to close the church and selt it? There has been little change in popu- lation in the past six years. Businesshascome a little nearer the church, and its members have drifted very slowly westward. It is sald that the church is constantly running into debt and cannot be made to pay expenses in its present localit sbyterian Church, on the same & expenses, and has a surplus in v. At this very time there is & plan on foot by a part of the First Church and others to hire & hall near by at a rent of over $100 a month and employ Rev. Dr. C. O. Brown to conduct services. The expenses can- not be less than five to six_thousand dollars per annum. That does not look as though it were impossible to sustain services in the First Church. Out in the * stern Addition” churches are swarming; our own and other denominations are largely and well repre- sented, while around the present locality there is an immense population, never more than at_‘prvseu!, with very few church privi- leges. This is the largest and most beautiful It cost It is needed whereit is and ought to be kept open. It has a very large and fespectable membership in its owi neighbor- 00d. Then why couple with the proposition to sell it the order at once to closa its doors and stop all services? A wise sale, if it were to be sold, could not be made in a week or a month, and a new building couid not be provided in many months. Shall its people in the meantime be sllowed to scatter and ideutify themselves with othe: churches? We venture to say that never before in the history of Congregational | churches in our country has such an unwises| mode of procedure been attempted. Our | trustees are good men and have given their | money freely to carry on this church. but now | we think they are making & bad mistake. In | some ways the church bas been very badly | handled in the past six years. Let it beopened | again with reduced expenses and with the itin its present locality. The Ladies’ Aid Society held a meeting | yesterday afternoon and decided to pre- | | sent Dr. Brown with a purse of $300. | _ The friends of Dr. Brown intend engae- | ing a hall at an early date and selecting | him to hold services for them. It will not be an independent Congregational Churcen, | they say, but merely a place of worship | | for the members and others until the new | building sball have been erected. MERCHANTS 60 ARG, They Will To-Day Invade Niles Canyon by Whole- sale. Arrived at Their Attractive Destina- tion They Will Enjoy the Mys- tic Veila Veila. To-day the majority of the wholesale | houses will be closed. The narrow, cobble- | stoned streets between the water front and Montgomery street will wear a mournful | ana deserted air. Shutters will be closed, and the merry roll of the loaded trolley For the wholesale merchants will be gamboling in the green fastnesses of Niles Canyon, whither they have been called to | participate in the ninth merchants’ picnic and the great “Veila Veila.” What the latter means will not be fully known until to-aay, but everything points to an un- usually elaborate mystery. Following are the officers of the organi- zation and members of the working com- mittees: President, A. A. Hooper. Vice-presiden ts—Thomas H. Browne, George A. Kohn, Emil A. Engelberg, Frank . John- son, Sol Ehrman, Frank E. gnnhnm. Thomas i A. W. Maigs, Mor- .'B. Wellman be Mertif, A. Ven- 'akefield Baker, George " C. Pennell, G. M. Pond. Secretary, Charles J. King. Treasurer, J. A. Folger. Committee on trausportation and grounds. Thomas J. Harris (chairman), A. F. Baumgart- ner, W. A. Lieber. Committee on finance and subscription—A. A. Banz (chairman), W. E. Wicker, W. W. Committee on closing up—! chairman), A. M. Baumgartner, Frank Harrold, Julius Wolff, Committee on music—Isidor Seiler (chair- man), Fred Dallam, G. K. Lucy. Committee on games—Jjohn Short Jr. (chair- man), P. J. Kennedy, Samuer O. Mever, Igo, Philip Tefler, il Engelber, Etlenbach, Thomas Irvine, James Horace Howard, W. M. Russell, Hugh John: Ed Pond, D. Davis, W. M. Briso, J. Mc Carthy, J. W. Fernsworth, Fred Codington. Committee on prizes—R. M. Dupern (chair- man), Frank Davidson, George W Eeawn. Carl Wolback, James H. Hurrold, Mark Ezekiel, H, C. Caseboit. 2 Floor committee—Geoige W. Lamb (chair- man), H. W. M. Sandbech, M. Goldsmith, R. Luhman, Charles F. Sage, C. M. Bredhoff, R, M. Duperu, Newton B. Coghill, Arthur Mau, 0. Johuson, William L. B. Mills, L. k. Levy. Anditing . committee—M. H. Weed, E. A, Engelberg, J. Wolft. ————— SHAM BATTLE SUNDAY, Platoons af the City Guard to Meet in Conflict. The great sham battle which has been the talk of the National Guard of this City and also of the regular army for a month past, will take place to-morrow near Ingle- side. The participants in the battle will be the first and second platoons of Company B, City Guard, First Regiment, N. G. C. The first platoon will be under command of Lieutenant Sturdevant and the second under Lientenant Ramm. United States army officers will accompany each platoon. Army officers will also act as juages. It is the intention for each piatoon to leave the armory at different times and approach the battlefield by different routes. The platoons will take with them cooking utensils, and rations will be served to each man, a la regular army. After the battle the com an{ will en- gage in sillouette shooting, kneeling, lying down and standing. Captain Filmer is determined to keep his company in the lead both in a military sense and a social way. 3 —_————— The Leader of Them All This week’s San Francisco News Letter deals editorially with the following topics: “The True Democratic Policy,” “The McKinley Boom. Will Shrink,” “Trades Unionism and the Rail- road,” “The United States of Great Britain,” “The Woman's Cougress,’ “The Almshouse = depart: is full of charming dramatical talk apn.(; ::nr-itni} cism, and & poem on the “New Woman” ap- peurs over the name of Howard Sutherland. 'he “Picturesque San Francisco” serfes still continues, and is one of the be<t features ever started by & weekly journal in this City, * THE BEER WAR 1S NOW BEGUN. The Association Has Re- fused to Recognize the Union. IT IS A CASE OF FIGHT Labor Organizations Will Use Their 0!d Weapon, the Boycott. ONE BREWERY IS BELECTEDI It Will Probably Result in a Cheap- | B-er Competition —Internal Differences. The Brewers’ Association decided at a | meeting yesterday to give the Brewery | Workmens’ Ugion no recognition in the present strained relations. They had dis- cussed the question at previous sessions, | and hoped to arrive at some amicable ad- justment. It seems, however, that such | a solution of the difficulty is now out of | question, since the brewers themselves | concluded 1o make a stand against the de- manas of the union. Yesterday was the day for the brewers’ | annual session, but after they had met in | their rooms in the Flood building they promptly switched off to the burning ques- tion of ‘war upon their union employes. The customary business of the yearly | meeting was laid aside temporarily. The | meeting was held behind closed doors. ‘With but one or two exceptions every memberof the associaton was present and | sat the meeting out for more than three hours. After the meeting adjourned Secretary Adolph Mohr said he was too tired to give information regarding the proceedings. | He had a typewritten document in his | hand. “There is the whole of it,” he said, hold- ing up the paper; *‘but it is too late now to make copies of it. I want this to be published in the Sunday papers, and I am | going to lock it up in the safe over night. I want to geta few more signatures to it to-morrow. Then all the members’ names | will be on it and the paper will be ready to publish.” ““What is it all about?” “I don’t wish to say. To-morrow is time enough.” “Did you take action on the Manufac- turers’ Association resolutions that ap- peared in this morning’s papers?” “They were not discussed.” *‘A brewer stated to-day that these reso- lutions were not welcome to the brewers. What is your opinion?” | “That’s not so; any help for us against | the union would be welcome.” “What action was taken on the commu- nieation from the Brewery Workmen's Union?” “They simply asked for a conference, but there was nothing to confer about.” “Have you decided on any course re- | garding the union?” ““We won't recognize the union.” A member of the association discussed | the manufacturers’ resolutions with evi- dent feeling. ‘“These resolutions,” he said, ‘‘were unasked by us and were unwelcome, too, because that might prejudice the ami- cable settlement of our case with the union. We are members of the Manufac- turers’ Association, but we never received a notice of vesterday’s meeting, nor were we represented at it. I believe that no brewers were present. As the question involved in these resolutions is still under discussion” (it was then early in the day and before the brewers met) ‘it was un- timely to adopt such measures. I can as- sure you none of the brewers took a hand in it. Any comment on the subject now might be prejudicial to a friendly settle- ment All the brewers wanted was to effect an arrangement with the men with- oui trouble.” A. McLaughlin, vice-president of the National Brewery Company and a member of the association, did not care to discuss what had taken place in the meeting, but finally he was induced to talk, and he gave the substance of the contents of the mysterious document that Secretary Mohr was so careful to putinto the safe. Mec- Laughlin in substance said: The whole afternoon was devoted to the con- sideration of this matter. It was discussed from every pofn: of view, neariy every man present ing part in it. A resolution was drawn up stating the position of the nesooin. tion, to the effect that its members would re- tuse 1o concede to the demand of the Trades Councii; that they would not instruct their employes to join any union, but that they would pay wages on a basis as heretofore, considered to be as high or higher than the average for similar work paid in the Eastern cities. The schedule of wages runs as follows: Cel- larmen $18, maltsters $17 and washhouse men $15. Foremen of departments receive more than this. The wages of the washhouse men are said to be the lowest paid any men in any brewery in the ecity. There were about eighteen members of the association present, representing every brew. ery in the City, and every one of them voted for the adoption of the resolution. Another member of the assaciotion threw some light upon what took place in the meeting, and the subject was of such a character that the brewers as a whole do | not care to e it made public. The rea- son is that it would unveil an internal | dissatisfaction that has existed for a long time past. It seems, from what could be learned, that the maltuouse members of the association should not sell malt for less than what it cost the brewers to pro- duce it. In this City are half a dozen commission malthouses that sell to a large number of brewers. A part of the brewers of this City make their own malt. The latter pay their maltsters from $18 to $22 a week, while the malthouse people hire non-union men from $9 to §15. " Because of the difference in the cost of production they sell their malt for $1 60 per 100 pounds, or about 15 to 25 cents less than the prewers can pro- duce it. 1he brewers who make malt de- clare this to be unfair in an association that is in reality a pool. Moreover, itisa direct violation of the agreement on the part of the malthouse men. When this subject was brought up in the meeting it started a long-pent-u storm. The meeting became so |mpicaE 0 it was stated, that the malthouse men acknowledged that in a measure they had been guilty of violating the agreement in reducing the price of malt. When the break bezan malt was selling at $180 and $190 per hundred, end the malthouse men said that while it would not be possible to jump the price back to the old figures they would raise the price of their product as high as the custom would stand. In speaking of the association’s methods, the brewer related how the little Columbia Brewery on Clementina street was forced to join the pool. This brewery was re- cently started, and it has no facility for making its own malt. The proprietors were given to understand,that unless they ioined the association they could not pur- chase any malt from the commission malt- houses, all of which belong to the associa- tion. « From what could be learned, the malt difficulty is not yet straightened out to the satisfaction of all interested. Secretary Joseph Walters of the Brewery Workmen's Union took the news of the association’s decision good naturedly. He said that the decision leaves but one thing to do—fight, and the battle will be bitter. In the first place the union's treasury is in & good condition, and will be used for strike purposes. The case, in fact, is in the h:mr;s of the San Francisco Trades Council, but the decision of its | Special committee was practically arrived at before the request was made of the asso- ciation. The plan outlined is this: One of the breweries of the association, & brewery that is patronized by working and conse- quently the trades union classes, will be | boyeotted at once wherever its product is soid. The brewery to be hoycotted has been selected, but the name thereof will not be made known for several days. The union has several other weapons to use which will be explained ‘later. All boycotted beer will be at once replaced by a brewer who has promised to stand by the union in its fight. The Brewery Workmen's Union is backed up by the Trades- Council and the Building Trades Council. No doubt the Trades and Labor Alliance will take a hand in the battle. Werd was received yesterday from E. Kurzenknabe and C. F. Bechtold, the secretaries of the National Union of United Brewery Workmen at St. Louis, stating that the fight of local union No. 7is the National Union’s fight, and the latter will Ielp all in its pawer. It is most likely that this fight will re- sult n a cheap beer war among the brew- ers. MONUMENT O GRANT, Colonel Fred Declines to Dis- cuss the Convict Scan- dal. The Eldest Son Appreciates San Francisco’s Esteem for His Father’s Memory. The demolition of the convict-made monument to the memory of General Grant in Golden Gate Park bas: caused a general feeling of satisfaction with the vublic in general, and Granite-cutters’ Union in particular. The fact that con- victs at Folsom have fashioned and dressed the stone for the monument of one of the greatest men of the age was first made public by THE CALL, and at once the Grant monument committee began to correct the mistake it had made. Something like $16,000 subscribed by the citizens has been lying idle for the past three years and this will without doubt be used to defray the expenses of having the stone dressed by free men. The pub- lic bas contributed the money to this end and it will mnsist that the monument shall be a tribute to the memory of General Grant. To what other use could the money subscribed be put? At the present time all members of the family of the late President are out of the State. News of the monument scandal was telegraphed to the East, which re- sulted in the following dispatch to Tur Cary last night: NEW YORK, N. Y., May 15.—Colonel Fred D. Grant, son of the late General Grant, was seen to-day by a representa- tive of THE CALL and asked to exprees an opinion upon the employment of convict labor in the preparation of the foundation- stones for the Golden Gate Park statue of his illustrious father which is to be erected in San Francisco. He said: *‘Greatly do I appreciate the kindness and goodwill of the people ot San Francisco in honoring the memory of my father with a statue, but I must abso- lutely dzcline to discuss or offer any sug- gestions as to the manner in which the tribute shall be paid; it would be highly improper for me to do_so. I fee! grateful to the people of San Francisco for their remembrance of my father, and 1 will not enter into a discussion of any action they have taken in the matter.” R e — The Trades Uniom An informal meeting of the paper-hangers ‘was held last evening at 115 Turk street, with a view of establishing a union of their own. These tradesmen are at present & part of the Painters’ Union. A committee consisting of J. W. Rose, Charles Doyle, L. Taylor, Al Cheve- rier and C. E. Easting was ngpohued to canvass the shops and report if the majority of the craft is in favor of unionizing. The subject will be discussed further at the meeting of the Painters’ Union. ‘The Shinvslers’ Union will hold a social and smoker next Friday evening at 115 Turk street. -_—-— - e Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. HEROLD'S QUEER USE OF A ROPE, Tied a Boy to a Beam in the Barn to Make Him Confess. REYNOLDS’ STORY TOLD. He Was Suspected of Breaking Into a House and Stealing Money. FIVE PISTOL SHOTS MISSED. Under Pressure of Hemp Reynolds Said to Have Named His Pals in Crime. * Thomas Reynolds, the boy burglar, so called, If he tells the truth is likely to change his position from defendant to vrosecutor. Up to the 17th of March the boy was in the service of Charles Herold, a black- smith at the corner of San Bruno road and Army street. The shop was entered by burglars on the night of the 17th and loated of some tools. Herold suspected Reynoids of having some connection with the robbery and dismissed him. A few days later the boy was arrested for petty larceny for having stolen from a candy vender some of his wares. Conviction followed quickly on the heels of the lad’s apprehension, and he went to the County Jail for thirty days. Herold it seems was unable to rid his mind of the suspicion that the boy had something to do with the looting ot his shop, and on Thursday evening he and two of his friends caught Reynoids while he was playing pool in a saloon ad- joining the blacksmith-shop, and took nim to the barn in the rear orlhe shop. They tried to make him confess com- plicity in the burglary of eight weeks ago, 2nd failing to extort a confession tied him ug}. €0 he says, by the neck to the arm of a harness rack. Charles Herold was seen last night in his residence at the corner of San Bruno avenue and Army street. He is an indus- trious horseshoer and wagon-maker, and told a story of persecution at the hands of burglars. Reynolds, who is about 19 yearsold, was employed by Heroid asan assistant. On March 17 or thereabouts Herold’s residence was entered by burglars and some small articles were stolen. Herold suspected Reynolds of having been concerned in the affair and discharged him on the next day. On March 29 burglars cut out a pane of glass from Herold's kitchen window and stole a lemon-squeezer and some money and jewelry. Herold’s mother, a very aged woman, was awakened by the noise and went into the kitchen, where she was seized and choked by the burglars. fi\ few nights after this burglary Henry ppold discovered two men engaged in looting the blacksmith shop. 15 i rowed a pistol of & neighbor named Wag- ner and fired five shots at the marauders, but not being a member of the Columbia Pistol Club did not succeed in hitting any of them. Herold said that he tied Reynolds around the waist and chest and that he did not tie him by the neck or string him up in any way. > William Riordan, a neighbor of Herold, saw Reynolds after he had been tied up, but could not say that the rope was around Reynolds’ neck. 32 £4% 32 Pages ‘M Pages SOME FEATURES ——OF THE— SUNDAY CALL. May 17, 1896. The Kidnaping of Master John, BY W. C. MORROW. How Mark Twain Missed Becoming a Pocket-Miner. The Spring Art Exh:bition of New York, BY VANDYKE BROWN. The Night Side of Nagasaki—Showing Some Strange Bits of Oriental Life. The King of the Pearl-Fishers. Will Shoot the Rapids—Captain Mel- lon’s Plan for Navigating the Colorado. Suggestions to Youne Athletes, BY GEORGE D. BAIRD. A Man and Yet a Child—A Remark- able Case of Arrested Develop- ment. The Story of the First Frame Struc- ture Erected in California. Levi Burr, the Crab-Man. Novelties in the Realms of Science, Literature and Art. New Books Intelligently Reviewed. The Latest Fashion Gossip for Women and Men. ‘What Is Going On in Society. Many Other Good Things May Be Found in the “Sunday Call.” It Can Be Bought Wherever News- papers Are Sold. “‘THE CALL' S8PEAKS FOR ALL." | NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. ALHAYMAN & C0'S THEATERS B AT THE N LAST %vh;mm | SALOWIN |-, THE STRANGE FOY [oFWisS Brown Last Time Sunday Night. NEXT IADA REHAN, under the man- WEEK | agement of ir. Augustin Daly. SEATS for the Entire Three Weeks NOW SELLING, Countess Guck chool For Scandal AT THE CALiFoRN PRIMROSE and WEST’S =-=-BIG MINSTRELS---= TO-NIGHT AGAIN GRAND PRIZE CAKE WALK! CASH AND VALUABLE PRIZES. All Local Talent Can Participate Free of Entry. Monday, May 18- “ATTR U TRIP Lo FRIEDLANDLR GOTTLOD & Co- Le35es ATDFAAGLRS - | TO-DAY LAST MATINEE ‘ MORRKRISON'S Famous Scenic and Dramatie Production of o FAUST” ‘Wonderful Sc Slectric and Calcinm Effects. The Marvelous ‘*Brocken’ Seene Genuine Flashes of Lightning! gic siain of Fire! 50, T5c. i and FRANK DOANE TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE MESs. ERNESTINE KR ELING, Proprietor & Manages Reserved Seats LAST NIGHTS OF ——THE BRILLIANT REVIVAL— Of Auber's Tuneful Romantic Opera, “FRA DIAVOLO " EVERY NUMBER A GEM. SEATS NOW ON SALE FOR NEXT WEEK First Time in Operatic Form, “UNCLE TOM'S CABIN!” A Great Scenic Production. Popular Prices—25c and 50c. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theater in America. WALTER MOROSCO, Sole Leasee and Manages THIS EVENING AT EIGHT, Second Week of America’s Leading Tragedian, EDMUND K. COLLIER In the Great Melodrama, “THE CROSS ROADN OF LIFE” EVENING PR 250 and 3% Family Circle and Gallerv. 10c. Usual Macinees > day and Sunday. O'Farrell Street, Bet Matinee To-Day turday), May 16. Parquet, any seat, 25c; Balcony, any seat, 10c; Children, 10c, any part. 3 T TRACTIONS! Ihroughout! ) LEWIS. YJHN W. RANSONE And 14 Celebrated Artists. CENTRAL PARK, MAY 16. Afternoon and Evening. NATIONAL CIRCUIT, L. A. W. RACE MEET. GIVEN BY THE 8, F. CYCLE RACING ASSOCIATION. All the best Riders entered for the Races. LARGEST PRIZ EVER OFFERED, Races commence at 2 o’clock in the after- noon and 8 o’clock sharp in evening. tockton and Powell. WOOD AND SHEPA FIELD > A General admission, including seat.. 25c Grand stand 50c Balcony 75¢ Box seats.. 1.00 . $ Seats on Sale at Park, 1183 Market atreet. These races will be continned every Saturday Afternoon and Evening during the Season. SHOOT THE CHUTES! Saturday & Sunday. Afternoons & Evenings. TO=DAY! Free Japanese Kites for Children. SUNDAY AFTERNOON, Sensational Ascension and Parachute Drop, New Balloon, “ Chutes.” ADMISSION...... CHILDREN, including SUTRO BATHS. GRAND BENEFIT TENDERED TO THE REAL SAITLORS oF THE—— BURNED SHIP “ REPUBLIC.” Realistic Representation Of Life on the Ocean. Saturday Afternoon and Evening, May 16 GENERAL ADMISSION: ADULTS 10c. CHILDREN 35c. GRAND CONCERT, BALLOON ASCENSION AND—— PARACHUTE JUMP, BLAIR PARK. MAY 17, 1896, By PROFESS! T EARLSTON, The King of Aeronauts and Prince of Parachute Performers. Balloon leaves the earth at 8 P. 3. Take Pledmont cars..... .... ADMISSION FREE. UKIAH EX- CURSION, TO-MORROW, May 17th. Leave via 7:80 . M. Tiburon Ferry. Tickets for round trip at ferry only $2. Children $1. No extra charge for reserved seats if secured at 333 O'Farrell st. before 10 o’clock this (Saturday) evening. Choiceof stopping at Pieta 6 hours, Hopland 5! hrs. or Ukiah 4 hrs. Grand Family Outing. Don’t missit. J. E.LOCKE, Manager. EL CAMPO, THE POPULAR BAY RESORT, Now Open Every Sunday During the Season. Music, Dancing, Bowling, Boating, Fishing and other amusements. Refreshmenis at city prices. Fare, round trip, 25¢; children 15¢; including ad- mission to the grounds. THE STEAMER UKIAH ‘Will leave Tiburon Ferry 10:30 a. ., 12:10 p. M., 2and 4 P. M. Returning leave Kl Campo 21:13 aA.x, 1, 3and 5P RACING! RACING! RACING CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB, ——WINTER MEETING— Beginning Thursday, May 14th, BAY DISTRICT TRACI% ing M X , Wed , Thursday, Gy Bt Scardey. Sain of Siie. FIVE OR MORE RACES EACH DAY. start at 2:00 P. M. sharp. McAllister and Geary street cars pass the _ate R. B. MILROY. THOS. H. WILLIAMSJR,. Secretary. Presidens.