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10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1896 WAS BLANTHER THE STRANGLER ? Chief Crowley Concurs in the Opinion That He Was Not an Amateur. WHY HE LEFT HIS VALU- ABLE MEDALS. An Experience in Blood May| Have Caused Him to Feel Secure. WAS A DESPISED DESERTER FROM HIS FLAG: Had Been Arrested in Siam, but Ex. tradition Proceedings Failed and He Disappeared. Chief Crowley agreed in so many words with the theory advanced yesterday by TrE CaLL that Joseph Blanther is an ac- complished murderer; that the bloody butchery of old Mrs. Langfeldt was not the first work of the kind by the same | hand. It was too coolly done, too well planned, and the murderer's bebavior afterward was that of a man who did not fear arrest. In other words Chief Crowley clearly in- dicates that he believes Blanther is the author of the general murders attributed vaguely to the mysterious “strangler.” It wouid be the part of a man who had committed many such caped detection to act just as he did. No one had actually seen him go into the Kleineberg house. How could he know that Mrs. Langfeldt had told the Kleinebergs ihat he was expected there that evening. Had she not done so, what was there to associate his name with the crime? Old Langfeldt had many callers, and he had always carried himself as a gentleman of wealth. What was there to direct suspicion roward him then? His plans were case. was going to San Jose with Mrs. Marks—a lady whom Dodge did not know. It is quite likely that he went to San Jose or to | some other point where news of the dis- covery of the crime could reach him. ppose the newspapers had simply heralded the perpetration of another mur- der by an unknown—another shocking murder mystery. Would it not, then, have been altogether possible that the versatile nobleman would have kept his engacement with the innc- cent Dodge at the Cafe Rovai on Monday night and taken him to some French res- taurant where they could discuss and phi- losophize upon the new murder mystery? | Blanther said: *‘T will meet you on Sun- day, perhaps, but not later than Monday | evening; but if anything shouid happen to me I will depend upon you, as my friend, to look after my tin box, with th medals that I prize more dearly than life.”” Then he disappeared. It so happened that his name was instantly brought for- ward as the suspect in this case and was in everybody’s mouth next morning. Itis not strange, then, that he did not return. The police themselves say that his flicht was the against him. For forty-eight hours after- ward, and until George Dodge had told his story of the diamond transaction, this view of the case—this security that the man felt—fully explains what has been the oddest bit of mystery in it. That is, the circumstance of Blanther's leaving those medals that he valued so highly behind him. To be sure it may be said that it would have been unsafe for him to carry them with him, as they would certainly iden- tify him. But it does not at all follow that in taking them with A4im he would have had to carry them on his person. | Had he really contemplated flight he | could have disposed of them in more than a hundred different ways that would have suggested themselves to him. For instance, while waiting for the coming of Dodge that morning, how easy it would have been to mail those medals to himself under any name at the objective point in his flight. But he left them behind, to- gether with his family papers and took the chance—promising to return. A man who had committed murder with impun- ity would have acted just so, would have grown careless of the police. It will be remembered that Blanther made a mysterious disappearance about ten weeks ago, about the time that Bertha Paridis was strangled by an unknown in St. Mary's street. He was gone about two or three weeks and returned to this City about six weeks ago. His friends knew nothing of his inten- tion to leaye nor of his whereabouts until Dodge accidentally met him on the street and Blanther expiained that he had been in- Portland. Again this man had no visible means of support at any time. He was a mystery. When Dodge and the others who have been mentioned as acquaintances first met him he had plenty of monev and boasted that he huad earned it by his pen in writ- | ing for Harper's and the Century, receiving such fabulous sums as $700 and $800 & montn for his work, while the fact is his writing is of a character not marketable anywhere, He did not work, but his finances fine- tusted. One day he was starving and the next buying French dinners. This outlines the opinion of Chief Crow- ley. In other words he believes Blanther is the strangier or the author of more than one of the mysterions murders that have shocked the community within the past few months. “I am convinced that Blanther is a man with a mania for murder,” said the Chief iast night. *‘Yon can make what you please of that conclusion. I do mnot be- lieve that that is the first crime of the kind he has committed.’ Blanther answers perfectly the descrip- tion of the sirangler as given by Irene Phillips, the Sutter-street woman who was attacked one night about a month ago, and also by Laura Petit, another woman | residing on Ellis street assauited within the following few days. 1 In lire with this theory anlso comes the | news from Austria that Blanther so far from being a nobleman in high esteem with bis Government, is even with his medals a deserter from the army. He was sentenced in contumaciam on the charge of outlawry and a yvear later was arrested in Siam, but tie extradition proceedings taken against him failed to obtain his sur- render to the Austrian authorities, who have since been ignorant of his where- abouts. At police headquarters yesterday they reported an absoiute dearth of views con- cerning the murderer of Mnr Langfeldt, murders and es- | perfect in this view of the | He told his friend Dodge that he | strongest circumstance | Officers were still busily engaged in send- 1ng out circulars descriptive of Blanther, and notice of suspects seen in various parts of the State keeps coming in, but | there was nothing definite. H Captan Lees said: **I believe in follow- ing every trail, or indication of a trail, that is reported, but I have nothinq so far that offers much encourl%emenl ooking to the capture of Blanther.” The descriptions as being sent out now are being chsnged in some slight degree | from that in the original circular. For | instance, his eyes are described as “gray”’ | instead of “‘browning gray”; his teeth are set down as simply “‘white,” not “‘white and even,” and his feet are not now said to be especially small. His teeth, nearly all those who know him agree, did not present an even line, but were worn and Lrnken. showing slight indentations. - Captain Lees has secured several copies of more recent photographs of the man, which he will also have engraved and copies sent to police authorities through- out the country. He says he is convinced that Blanther is not the man of singular | appearance that he has been represented. | “I imagine that he is a very ordinary | looking individual, distinguished, if at all, by something of a military bearing. But clothes can greatly change a man’s appearance, A tailor with a little paading can give a man a pair of square shoulders that completely change his appearance.” Captain Lees declines to express an opinion as to the whereabouts of Blan- ther—whether it be near or far; whether he is in hiding in this City, Oakland or vicinity, or whether ne has made his way out of the State. *‘It would be foolish for me to say what, in my opinion, has be- come of him, as it would be to tell just what menas and measures I am tak- ing to apprehend him. It is sufhicient for me to state that I am exerting every means in my power to overtake him."” It may be said, however, that the search | is still centered about San Jose, where, it | is thought, he may be concealed by some | of the female friends he is known to have | had in that city. George Dodge, the friend of Blanther who occupies such a peculiar place in the story of the crime, has, since be made pub- lic his full statement, fallen out of public view to avoid the persistent interviewer. Mrs. Marks, the other of the principal figures in the story, keeps to_her rooms, being still quite ill from the effects of the excitement and the narrow escape which she is convinced that she herself made. She repeats the storv of the inquiries made by Blanther concerning her own | diamonds, but denies that they excited any suspicion with her at the time. She says that Blanther never saw her dia- | monds but once or twice, as she was not | accustomed to displaying them. Fur- thermore, she always believed that | the young Austrian was well off | as he always represented bimself to De. | What caused her to wish to rid herself of | his attentions was the morbid turn of mind he exhibited; his constant talk of death and threats of suicide. She began to fear him on this account, because he | | talked so lightly of death. She expressed | to her friends the fear that he would do | something desperate. They—or one of | them—advised her not to discard him too | abruptly, as it might cause bim to do | | what he threatened. | Upon the first opportunity afterward, acting upon this advice, she advised him not to call so often as he had been doing. | Drawin< himself up in & burst of indigna- | tion he declared he would not call at all. | And he did not again. | T:at was on the 1st of May, before he | had ever spoken to Dodge abont the dia- monds that he desired to have him pawn | for Mrs. Marks. He had not told him | about his break with that lady. It was contrary to his nature to confess to any such rebuff. Neither had he ever said anvthing about | the existence of Mrs. Langfeldt while yet he was calling upon her daily and nightly. | It would seem to be clear from this that | the idea at least of this particular | diamond transaction came to Blanther | | after he had ceased calling on Mrs. Marks, and as a result of his acquaintance with Mrs. Langfeldt and the opportunity that the old woman offered him. e | BLANTHER A DESERTER. Guilty of Treason by Skulking From the Army of His Country. | LONDON, Exc., May 21.—A dispatch to a news agency from Vienna says: Joseph Blanther, the suspected mur- | derer of Mrs. Langfeldt of San Francisco, served first in the Thirty-second Austrian Infantry, and later deserted from the Eighty-fifth Hungarian Infantry while at Vienna in 1885. He was sentenced in contumacium on the charge of outlawry, and a year later was arrested in Siam, but extradition pro- ceedings failed to obtain his surrender, | and the Austrian authorities have since been ignorant of his whereabouts. Blanther claimed, according to San Francisco dispatches, to have been a lieu- | tenant in the Austrian army and to have | received at least fonr crosses and decora- | tions of knightly orders. Documents | which seem to bear out his statements were found among his effects, The most important of these was a | | highly decorated imperial order of Decem- | ber 21, 1878, conferring knightbood upon | Joseph Blanther, a first lieutenant in the | & fth Austrian Infantry. But the | Austrian War Office states that Klanther | only served in the Thirty-second Austrian | Infantry and Eighty-fifth Hungarian In- | fantry. Blanther appears to have arrivea in the | United States about ten vears ago and to have lived 1 New York, Chicago and in | various places in Fiorida before going to | San Frencisco in February last. be overwhelming. | DIRECTORS OF A CREAT CAMPAIGH, The Republican Executive Committee Assembles for the First Time. ADJOURNED TILL T0-DAY An Effort to Harmoniously Se- lect a Chairman Delays Organization. PRESTON SUDDENLY OPPOSED. Nearly All the M:mbers Are Here to Take a Hand in the Election of Officers. The new executive committee of the Republican State Central Committee got together for its initial meeting in the rooms of the State Central Committee at 419 California street yesterday afternoon. The committee transacted no business of importance during the brief session held and adjourned until 10 o'clock this morning when permanent organization will undoubtedly be effected by the elec- tion of a chairman, a secretary and an assistant secretary. This is probably the only ousiness of importance that will be taken up by the commiitiee to-day or before the meeting of the Nationsl Convention, but a great in- terest is beiag tacen in the disposition of offices by all the members of the commit- tee. The chairmanship is naturally the thing of chief importance. E. F. Preston, who who has long been prominent in State affairs of the party, had been informally agreed upon for ti:e chairmanship of the committee by a majority of the members, but yesterday a suddenly developed oppo- sition to Mr. Preston in favor of Frank McLaughlin showed itself. The opposition was considerable, but of uncertain strength, and 1t was shown during_the discussion that attended the gathering of the members. In this situa- tion a large number of the committee- men agreed that a harmonious under- standing should be reached, if possible, | and tnat an adjournment for a few hours would be the wisest step to take. It was with this understanding that the meeting was called to order by James W. Rea at the momentary suggestion of sev- eral members as ihe committeemen seated tnemselves. Nineteen of the twentv-one members were present and one of the absentees was represented by a proxy. Most of the members from Southern California and from other parts of the State arrived by forenoon trains, and the large attendance was an evidence of the energetic interest in the important work of the committee which it had been promised the carefully selected new committee would show. Those present were: John D. Spreckels, Leon Sloss, W. W. Shannon, Cornelius O’Connor, M. R. Higgins, A. Ruef, Harry N. Gray, W. A, Nicholson, Paris Kilburn, | San Francisco: E. F. Preston, San Mateo; Frank McLanghlin, Oroville; Allen B. Lemmon, Santa Rosa; James W. Rea, San Jose; M. H. Weight, Pasadena; Irving B. Dudley, 8an Diego; Frank P. Flint, H. Z. Osborne and W. F. Parker, Los Angeles; W. F. George, Sacramento. The absentees were E. K. Taylor of Ala- meda and Frank A. Miller of Pasadena. F. P. Flint of Los Angeles held the proxy of the latter. On motion of John D. Spreckels Mr. Rea was made temporary chairman, and on motion of A. Ruef Jacob Steppacher was called to act as temgornry secretary. A motion by Mr. Spreckels that the com- mittee go into executive session was op- posed by Nicholson, but it was quickly supported by Messrs. O'Connor, Lemmon and othersand it was carried. The ses- sion lasted but a few minutes and resuited in an adjournment until 10 A. x. to-day. Hervey Lindley of Los Angeles was among the number who were there as in- terested spectators, and who helped make a busy scene of gossip in the corrldor and in the committee-room. The members of the new executive com- mittee from Los Angeles, San Diego, Sac- ramento and other places speak highly of Republican prospects in their respective localities. H. Z. Gsborne of the Los Angeles Fx- press, who is a member of the executive committee and a close observer of nolitical | affaire, predicts that the Republican vote and the Republican majority in Southern | California next November will be the largest ever cast in_ that region of the State. “Should McKinley get the nomination, as I believe he will,”’ said Mr. Osborne, ‘‘the Republican majority will There are po dissen- MISS AMYE E. READE, . Miss Amye E. literary works, in cause of the little ones in the attention she has given to circus children. Mise Reade is makin, woman by birth, being wrote her first baby -tory, “Haddon Hali,”” English Parliament. appear in the London Press. however, is her first visit to America, intention of writing a history on republics studies were directed by one of the leading a *Ruby,” caused = storm of applause and criticism and sroused Subsequently she lectured in England ana Scotland, of Sawdust.”” Another book from her pen,which deai AUTHOR AND READER, Peade has made herself famous throughout the entire worla by her which she strongly appeals for children. She has taken up the X 5 workhouses and orphanages of England and has made | them subjects for her literary work. The author has derive¢ particular fame by the g her temporary residence in Oakiand. Sheisan English- a daughter of the literary family of Sir John Reade. She when she was but 7 years old. Later, her hors of London. Her first real work, the interest of the nd afterward wrote “Slaves h artists’ models, is about to w Miss Reade has traveled all over the world, but this, She is making a tour of this country with the sions to speak of in the party, and the prospects of a sweeping majority for the nominee of the St. Louis convention of Republicans are remarkably bright. Every sign indicates a great trinmyh of the party in the Presidential election.’” F. Parker, another member of the executive committee, is confident that the Republican majority south of the Te- bachapi will be exceptionally large. “Re- publicans are united and ‘enthusiastic,’” said Mr. Parker. “They arenot distracted and divided by factional controversy. If any disputes exist they are purely local and will have no bearing or effect on the National ticket. Los Angeles as a city is Republican and the party vote this year will be the largest ever polied.” Paris Kilburn of the executive commit- tee has occasion to visit all parts of the State, and is particularly well informed regarding the sentiment in the Salinas Valley. "He acrees with Messrs. Osborne and Parker that Republican prospects of victory were never brighter. The party is united, earnest and confident. P, FOR REPUBLICAN SUCCESS. The Young Men’s Republican League Begins an Actlve Career. - The Young Men’s Republican League elected officers for the ensuing year last evening in Justice Kerrigan’s courtroom and otherwise prepared to cut a leading figure in the Republican campaign. The body was organized in September last as the Young Men’s Republican Club, but was reorganized under its present name recently. The league is made up of young Republican business men who are not practical politicians, but who sre in- terested in the success of the Republican party and are ready to actively and en- thusiastically enter into the work of the campaign. The purposes of the club are declared to be the advocacy of the princi- ples of the Republican party, the encour- agement of attendance at primaries anid the protection of the purity of Republican politics. The club is ambitious to take a position at the very front of local Republican clubs. It now has a membership of 200, which will be greatly increased. This week a drill corps will be organized, and it 1s pro- posed to finely uniform the entire ciub. ermanent and attractive headquarters will soon be established down town. Meet- ings are held every Thursday evening. The following officers were elected last evening: President. Frank K. Spencer. first vice-vresident, George E. Moyniban; second vice-president, E. Bell; secre- tary, F. R. Casey; treasurer, John'Louni- 0s. The executive committee elected two weeks ago consists of E. L. McCullough, George E. Moynihan, W. E. Kemp, Cal Ewing Jr., F. E. Cordes, L. A. Bell, L. W. Dake, ¥. R. Casey, T. P. Leonard, Frank K. Spencer and J. Lounibo PROSPEJTING FOR DIAMONDS, A Famous Gem Acquired by a South African Farmer. Early in the year 1867 a traveler named O’Reilly, bound southward from the Orange River, rested himself a while at a farm in the Hope Town district. His host, one Nickerk, presently brought to his notice some nice looking stones that had been obtained from the river; and while examining this coilection of pebbles, O’Reilly pounced upon the ‘“first dia- mond.” This gem he at once took to Dr. Atherstone of Grahamstown, who pro- nounced it to be worth £500, and this sum it very soon realized. Naturally, the lucky wayfarer then hastened back to the spot where such good fortune had befallen him, but his subsequent assiduous searches were unavailing. Some two vears now elapsed without anything momentous transpiring. However, in 1869, Farmer Niekerk ac- quired from a native, for about £400 worth of stock, a larze diamond which was readily sold to a firm in Hope Town for £10,000. This famous gem was later christened, *‘The Star of South Africa”, it weighed eighty-three karats, was esti- mated to be worth £25,000 and found a final resting-place among the Countess of Dudley’s magnificent jewels. One of the most peculiar incidents in connection with the diamond fields is that, although these early discoveries were made in the neighborhood of Hope Town, no mine has ever been found there. The very natural result of the sensa- tional *‘find’’ just mentioned was a frantic rush of diggers to the district from all parts. Careful prospecting demonstrated later on that diamonds also existed on the banks of the Vaal River. Consequently barely a vear after the tinding of “The Star of South Africa” no fewer than ten thousand persons had arrived on the scene in spite of the dreary, not to say ap- palling, prospects that confronted them. Good food and pure waters were unknown at that time, while shelter from the scorching sun was mainly afforded by primitive canvas structures. Many min- ers thus succumbed to pestilence, diseace and sunstroke before they even reached the threshold of their El Dorado. At this time, however, crime was almost unknown, arily because the journey from Port B lisel el oo accomplished in rough bul- lock wagons over frightful roads and occu- pied about three weeks, at a cost of fully £50, an amount beyond the means of the lowest class of rogues. Furthermore, the cost of living was simply prodigiotis.— Strand Magazine. e e——— THE LONGEST TUNNEL. A Rallroad System Under Pikes Peak and Neighboring Mountains. *‘Colorado is going to have the longest tunnel in the world,” said Richard Jones in conversation with a St. Louis Globe- Democrat man a few days ago. ““Within a few years the Mont Cenis, 8t. Gothard and Simplon tunnels under the Alps will not compare with the one to be con- structed. “A company has undertaken to do forty-eight miies of tunneling under Pikes Peak and the territory near by. It will begin at Sunderland Creek, near Colorado City, and run in a southwesterly direction to a creek some distance bevond Inde- pendence and Victor. It is to be built for a double-track railway and have the regu- lation dimension of railway tunnels, 14 feet wide and 18 high. A branch line willleave 1be main tunnel ata point under Inde- pendence and run to Cripple Creek, placing that mining center within sixteen miles of Colorado City. The distance be- tween the two is by rail at present fifty- four miles. “The two months of the main tunnel are to have the same altitude, 6800 feet, and the grade of the tunne! will be one foot to the “hundred, enough to make it drain well. This will give the divide an alti- tude of about 7400 feet. The summit of Pikes Peak is 14,000 feet above the sea and Crisple Creek nearly 10,000. The plan in- cludes also laterals or cross tunnels at sev- eral different points. One 1s to be at or under Crystal Park and another under Camerons Cove. The longest one will cut the main line not far from Bald Mountain and run under that peak in one direction and under the summitof Pikes Peak in the other. This cross tunnel will be over fifteen miles iong. Then another tunnel is to connect this crossarm with the main line, joining the latter nearer the south and the branch on the west side of Pikes Peak. It will run under the mining camp of Gillett and not far from Grassy. “The amount needed for the tunnel work is $20,000,000. A contract now in es- crow in Coiorado City requires that the work shall be commenced within ninety days. The intention is to have forty-eight miles tunneled and the main line in oper- ation before March 1, 1906.” S . Experiments made with carrier-pigeons in connection with various European armies show that the speed of the carrier in calm weather and for ashort distance Is about 1210 yards a minute. With a very strong wind in the direction of the flight a bird has reached 1980 yards a minute. PEACE MAY YET BE RESTORED, The Parrott Building Boy- cott Likely to Be Settled. CONFERENCE PROMISED. The Meeting Will Take Place in the Emporium This Afternoon. THE OTHER TRADES UNIONS. No Fight Wiil Be Made by the Brewery Workmen Against the Enterprise Brewery. An intoresting meeting of the Building Trades Council was held last evening at was the boycott on the Parroit building and the Emporium. The nrs?llaken up was the following let- ter from the Emporium people: Ezecutive Committee of the Building Trades Council — GENTLEMEN: " Through the daily press it is learned that, without previous notice, n boycott has been placed by you on the Emporfum business enterprise because the owners ofsthe building have given their contract to a party who employs non-union men and who is otherwise objectionable to your erganization. Evidently you are not aware fhat the business firms in question have no interest in the building or its fixtures, and had no voice nor had they any right to ask to be consulted concerning this matter. You could fully as consistently piace a boy- cott on the Supreme Court of California, which will occupy the upper floor of this building, as upon the merchants who will sell goods in its [t ower floors. We assume that you have no desire to act in- dividually in a matte and we hereby respectfully invite your board 1o meet the managers of the Emporium Busi- ness Enterprise at the Emporium building to confer upon this matter at its meeting at 3 o'clock on Friday afternoon, May 22, or to ad- vise us if that time is not convenient. We aiso respectiully state that should you decline to investigate the circumstances in connection with this question or decide to maintaiu the bogeott w is intended to be an attraction to the City and a benefit to the purchasing public, that the responsibility of such unjust action will rest entirely with your organization. Very respectiully, BOARD OF MANAGERS. decided by the council to hear anything the managers of the Emporium have to say upon the subject. The two business agents, R. T. Mclvorand C. F. Schadt, with William O'Brien, Dick Behrens and F. Schutz, were appointed as quested by the Emporium people. The committee was given to understand that the entire building must be unionized, for by a resolution it was decided tbat the boycott will not be removed unless all non-union men are thrown out of the building. In addition the secretary was instructed to communicate with the San Francisco Trades Council; the San Fran- cisco Trades and Labor Alliance and all trades unions to-indorse the boycott on the Emporium and Parrott building. A special meeting of the council will be beld this evening to hear the report of the committee as to the results of the confer- ence with the Emporium people. The business agents were instructed to call out tue men at the new recreation grounds at Sixteenth and Folsom streets this morning. Blake, O'Neil & Co. prom- ised to pav their carpenters the full rate of wages, $3 a day, but it was learned that the men are still underpaid. John Graham and T. O. Arthur of Car- enters’ Union 483 and J. Connolly of the lasterers’ Union were seated as delegates. — AN EIGHT-HOUR JOB. Healy & Tibbets Will Construct the Pacific Wharf Shed on Union Time. Healy & Tibbets, the contractors, have at last agreed to work their men only eight hours in the construction of the State’s big shed on the Pacific-street wharf. For a long timo the carpenters have been watching this job, as it was announced that the contractors proposed to keep their men at work nine hours. On Tuesday the work began, and as feared, nine hours was the order. For several days Business Agent Meclvor has been interviewing the contractors and en- deavoring to induce them to reduce the time to eight hours. fruitful, for yesterday he was assured that hereafter the job will be run on eight which the principal business discussed | r of such importance, | : ithout such investiga- | tion upon an enterprise which is expected and | a committee to keep the appointment re- | His efforts_were | hours instead of nine. This information caused great satisfaction among the car- Denters. it THE BREWERY FIGHT. A Syndicate Brewery Is Probablv Selected for the Boy- cott. Within a week the Brewery Workmen'’s Union will probably announce the brew- | ery selected to be boycotted. This will be | | the first movement in the fight against the Brewers’ Protective Association for a rec- ognition of the union. It was feared by a number of brewers in | the association that the Enterprise Brew- ery would be selected as the victim by the | union. In fact, the latter had cast its eye | | upon this establishment, but several mat- | ters induced a change in the plan. L | "One of the prominent union men said last evening that a brewery has been selected, but it is not the Enterprise. The | reason the man gave is that this brewery is filled with union workmen from the lowest to the highest position, and that the proprietors have frequently manifested their friendship for the union, even in the debates of the associa- tion. Itistrue thatit hasa large trades union patronage, and there is no doubt, the union believes, that this patronage could be withdrawn in the event of a boycott, yet the idea prevailed that it | would not be fair to strike a friendly brewery by a boycott when there are seve- ral breweries in the City whose proprietors | are enemiex of the union. | It nas been rumored, also, that the Broadway brewery was slated for the boy- cott, but the union men say that this brewery bears the same friendly relation to the union as the Enterprise and the test will not be made upon it. From the present appearance it looks as | | though the brewery that hasbeen selected is one of the syndicate. A blow at one of these would have a double effect. It is believed that a boycott placed upon a brew- ery outside of the syndicate would cause | the latter to go to the front with the full | support of its wealth. But if a blow is | struck at a syndicate brewery the full sup- | port of the outside breweries is a matter of | Question with the union. | — | TRADES ALLIANCE. | | | Increased Actlivity In Organizing | the New Polltical | Party. | The Trades and Labor Alliance held its | regular weekly meeting last evening at 1159 Mission street. | William Ediin, the delegate from the | Jewish branch of the Socialist Labor party, | was seated. As there were several vacan- cies in the executive committee, the fol- | lowing were elected to fill the same: M. Wolfe, W. Edlin, J. Fisher, Felane, J. Jorgensen and H. J. Gamma. Instructions were given to the organiz- ing committee to endeavor to induce the new Paper-hangers’, Union to join the al- liance. A. William Edlin was selected as press re- porter, to give such news to the daily press as the alliance desires to have published. J. Flanagan of Butte City, Mont., de- livered a short address, in which he im- pressed upon the alliance the importance of the workingmen entering politics. Y. M. L. Open Mectings. | Borromean Council No. 129, Young Men's | Institute, s arranging for a series of open | meetings to be he!d at the Mission. Musicand recitation will be included in each evening’s programme, but the special features will be addresses on subjects of interest. The first of these affairs will be held at Mis- sion Opera Hall next Tuesday evening, on which occasion Rev. P. E. Mulligan and Frank McGlynn will speak. No admission will be charged and an invitation 1s extendea the public to attend. G Lo A Change of Name. La Societe Francaise d’Evargnes et de Pre- | voyance Mutueile, finding its name extremely | cumbersome and unwieldy and the cause of | much inconvenience, has petitioned the Su- perior Court to be allowed to chenge it to ““The French Savings Bank.” It is so known in busi- ness gircles already, the application states, and | the corporation prefers the name because it conveys the purpose of the corporation to those without a knowledge of the French tongue as well as to the sons and daughters of | | France. = | Our Duty to Cuba. | This is a world of comparative progress, | and freedom from Spain would be to Cuba a long step in advance on the high road of | | advancing civilization, says Senator Lodge | in the May Forum. The interests of hu- | manity are the controlling reasons which | demand the beneficent interposition of | the United States to bring to an end this | | savage war and give to the island peace | and independence. No great nation can | escape its responsibilities. We freely | charge England with responsibility for the hideous atrocities in Armenia. But it is the merest cant to do this if we shirk our own duty. We have a responsibility with regard to | Cuba. We cannot evade it, and if we seek to do so, sooner or later we shall pay the | penalty. But the American people, whose | sympathies are strongly with the Cubans fizhting for their liberties, will no longer suffer this_indiiference toward them to | continue. If one administration declines | to meet our national responsibilities as they should be met, there will be put in power another administration which will | neither neglect mor shun its plain duty to the United States and to the cause of free- 1 2 g . ] 2 B E] g | ki | In England there is only one place of worship to about every 4000 persons. AT THE BIER OF A BOHEMIAN, The Funeral Services of Herry D. Bige- low. SOME PATHETIC SCENES Tribute of a Lowly Newsboy Who Was Overcome by His Grief HIS POPPIES AND HIS SOBS. A Wide Circle of Friends View the Remains—*“Petey” at Rest Beside His Mother. All day Wednesday ana sall day Thurs- day there was a steady stream of visitors to the establishment of Gray & Son, under- takers. Persons of all ages and of various creeds, countries and conditions called to take a last regretful look at the deceased journalist Henry D. Bigelow. It was an uncommonly sorrowful scene and proved conclusively how dear a spot the dead Bohemian, connoisseur and epi- cure had filled in the hearts of bis numer- ous friends and associates. The obsequies, held yesterday afternoon, | were quiet and modest, with comparatively little conventionality. Pathos, not pomp, | was a distinctive feature of the funeral, the solemnity of which was not disturbed by any undue ostentation. The remains were lying in a handsome rosewood casket covered and surrounded with roses, violets, callalilies, etc. A beautiful wreath of white roses and carnations was the tribute of the San Francisco Press Club, and from rela- tives and friends came a choice lot of cut flowers of many hues and varieties. The parlors were filled with ladiesand gen- tlemen, among whom were William Keith, the artist, Fred Marriott, T. J. Flynn, Dr. Lustig, W. E. Dargie, Arthur McEwen, J. N. H. Irwin, W. F. Bogart, A. E. Gould, Roger Mayer, Emile|Cucuel, A. D. Smith, Philip Hastings, Robert Duncan Milne, Lee McGown Jr. and many other men well known in social and professional life. The widow, heavily veiled, was present with her two young sons, George and Fred, Mrs. Bayliss, her mother, and Miss Maud Bayliss of Oakland. The father and two sisters of ‘Petey’’ Bigelow resideat Samp- sons Flat and could not be notified in time to arrive in the City. His mother is dead. The Rev. Joseph Worcester, pastor of the Swedenborgian church, read the burial service and repeated the Lord’s Prayer. Then the casket was borne to the waiting hearse, and followed by mourners and friends was driven to Laurel Hill Ceme- tery, where the budy of “Petey” Bigelow was privately and sorrowfully laid to rest in the grave beside his mother. It was the intention of the Press Club to be represented by pall-bearers and to con- tribute some music, but in consequence of an oversight the idea bad to be abandoned. A patheticincident that happened yest | day morning illustrates the popularity of the deceased. A waif from the streets, a little newsboy who had known ‘‘Petey” and benefited by his generosity, came into the parlors, looked long at the face of the dead man, laid a bunch of esch- scholtzia reverently upon the casket, and, sobbing as if his heart would break, walked slowly out of the door. FOR CALIFORNIA PRODUCTS. Governor Budd Asked to Use His In- fluence Wherever Possible. The Manufacturers’ and Producers’ As- sociation is leaving no stone unturned te effect the object for which it was organ- ized, the introduction and use of Califor- nia products in preference to goods and products from the East and abroad. In order to reach the chief executive of the State upon this matter a letter was ad- dressed to him yesterday by the secretary, in which it is asked: Therefore on behalf of this association I most respectiully beg that you will request each.of the public institutions of the State of Calirornia to submit their schedules to us that We may suggest necessary changes (such changes of course to be approved by the parties in authority), and aiter the necessary changes are made that they have new schedules printed in accordance therewith. NEW TO-DAY. It is sold, too, at considered. competition. Market Street. Street. As far as the resources of the old-line butchers exists, hence no jaded or up this Western country to the means protection to yourself. of vast business resources, The woman m home industry in opposition J. . McMEROMY, Stalls 7, 8 and 9, California Market. MARK STROUSE, Bay City Market, 1138 to 1146 LEON D. STONE & ©0., 236 Sixth Street. HAMMOND & BRO., Justice Market, eye can inferior stock is foisted by them upon an u near Nixth. JOHN HAYDEN, 124 Street. e i e e G R .ONEVAST HERD. reach -no limit or bound to the nsuspecting public. prices that defy competition when quality is Patronizing the butchers who have helped build proud position it occupies It means not ealy the protection but the maintenance of healthy akes no wild guess who supports to the invasion of foreign monopoly §. SOLOMON, Grand Central Market, Market Strect, KATZ & SONS. Stalls 94 to 100, California Market. Ninth Street. 525 Seventh street. 83 and 35 Fourth | SCHRADER BROS., City Hall Market, 1342-1344 Market