The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 27, 1896, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1896. WILL DEMOCRATIC GOLDBUGS RULE? A Clise and a Fierce dight at Sacra- coming of another day. As there will un- doubtedly be a local coming together in egome shape after the convention, this is looked upon as a natural disposition of the case. The interior is not expected to look with great favor Qn the proposition of turning the local party over to McNab, Rainey and Daggett anyway. But the Federal brigade will fight for the Junte as for life, and, indeed, ail things being eq.al, the Junta would have & great advantage, as the anti-Buckley feel- ing is strong throughout the State. Many strong influences will work in relation to | been work- | this contest, as they have lon, ing. The State is being flooded with let- | ters and wires are being pulled in every gold men will control the convention even if the 161 Junta delegates bossed by McNab, Daggett and that coterie are sealed. They can’t control the County. There is no question that the rank and file of the party 1s for silver. The convention will declare for bimetallism in some style, if it does not come out flat-footedly for | free silver. “I doubt that the Junta delegation will be seated. The ‘Buckley’ cry is being used as a bugbear largely. The local fight is one of the ‘outs’ against the ‘ins,’ and the outs are in a large majority. I see that the delegates at large named by the | Junta campaign committee last night nearly all belong to the Cleveland Demnc- A HUSBAND AND HIS TWO NAMES, Mrs. Margaret Ham Sues Her Wealthy Husband the schooner Hayseed to Cocos Island some years ago in search of buried treasure. “Her allegations of cruelty I deny in toto,” he said, ~‘and all of our Stockton friends are aware of the fact that I have been an induigent—over-indulgent—hus- band. She has abused my indulgence and liberality, and before she and her medical accomplice get through with me they will find that an indulgent husband is not all indulgence.” Mrs. Ham (Viertong) was seen, but she declined to discuss her side of the case. She contented herself with the assertion that she wonld compel the telling of the whole story when the time came. NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. RGHADE GREATSPRCLAL LADIES mento. IT'S WIP, TUCK AND WAR gdxrgctxon\. The Buckleyites say little of | their work and prospects, while the Junta | people make loud and constant claims | that every delegate or leader they see or | | hear from is *‘against Buckley.” But they | | will all say that in answer to a direct question. When they come to vote with all things considered it may be a different thing. ; | 8o the anti-gold, anti-Cleveland, anti- The Local Contest Will Deter- | Dagrett forces sre sounted on to largely | nine the Greater Issue racy. “Daggett has made a host of enemies and many in_the Junta organization are afraid of McNab's securing control of the machine. For these and other reasons I do not think that 161 gold votes will be placed from San Francisco and that the views of the party will be expressed. Ala- meda County, where 1 live, will send a silver delegation, for I believe that the John P. Irish crowd will be beaten. “I believe that the gold men will con- tiol the Chicago convention because they for Divorce. And the tale is not half unfolded. RAYMOND AVILES' THREAT. Ex-Fireman of the Lost Colima Writes About Suicide. Coroner Hawkins received a letter yes- terday from & writer claiming to be Ray- mond Aviles, who was fireman on the steamer Colima, which sank May 27, 1895— a year ago to-day. The letter is as follows: QUEER TALE UNFOLDED SUMMER WALSTS! She Came Across the Plaias With Mrs. Jane Stan- make the tight for the Buckley delegation and for themselves. | Itas likely | have th i ki he tem- S SAN FRANCISCO, Cal,, May 26, 1896. That Is On. | coma"wath lghinines Sud Wit thunders | BOrsy rol and DUt 1 onesting gold del- ford. wioroner of San branclueo, cal-buix Six:| As the result of a SPECIAL SPOT CASH PUR- { almost as quickly as the convention comes | egates, e best thing for the silver men 1d. ~ It be to-morrow that I S 3 | to order. Gould’will place the Junta dele- : would be for the Democratic National Con- Tovet m,;n th‘e{Ieo.l:n.li‘:)fl&)l&;lnillonl(wrw:; CHASE AT OUR OWN I‘:IGURES we to day mal‘e_ A | gation on the temporary roll. Gould, | vention to nominate a gold man—prefera- many hardships, and now L am tired of living. | MOST OPPORTUNE OFFERING OF BARGAIN S’ A CONVENTION FORECAST, | backed by all the forces affiliated with him, | bly Cleveland. HUSBAND'S COUNTERCHARGE. |! take myown lifein the cold waters of the Strong Is the Federal Machine—Both | Financial Factions Confident of Victory. 1 | Will the California goldbugs control the State Convention when it convenes in will attempt to let the Junta delegation vote on temporary organization to elect a friendly temporary chairman who will ap- point a friendly committee on credentials. Itis solemnly promised that Secretary John Markley will never speak the first name in such a rolleall. If this programme is attempted to be | emocratic | enacted throngh the record of Donnybrook fairs is likely to be broken. | Many Buckleyites say that if this scheme should be persisted in the convention may split wide open then and there, not so “Then the free-silver paity would start out and probably make an alliance with the Populists. If the Democratic party declares for free silver aud nominates a good free-silver man, we will do what we cru to indorse him. I donot say that in that event it would be impossible to bring about & Populist nomination of the same man, but it is improbable.” Max Popper, one of the champions of go}g! had this to say about financial po 2 “It is too early to say how the State He Says His Wife Left Him and Her Child for a S«n Francisco Physician. Several days ago a complaint was filed with the County Clerk entitled Margaret RAYMOND AVILES, Ex-fireman of the Colima. The whereabouts of Ayiles could not be ascertained yesterday. Some of his friends said that he has not been well-balanced mentally since the steamer was lost. ————————— Barbers’ Union. At the last meeting of the Barbers’ Associ- ation of San Francisco the employment of musicians from the Presidio in preference to union musicians was condemned. It was de- cided to hold a mass-meeting of barbers on bay. consisting of a vast assortment of NEW AND EX- CLUSIVE STYLES AND NOVELTIES in LADIES WAISTS, comprising all the prettiest and most fashion- able materials for summer wear at the following MARVELOUSLY LOW PRICES! i i i i is i % 02 O'Farrell street to agitate the At 758 Cents. Sacramento June 167 T o e T e o e e | Dot o0 lew” counties” et st | Ham vs. Daniel T. Hom. It was the initial | aarly slosiug movement *Te commitice i | 100 dosen LADIES' SHIRT WAISTS, laundried collar and cuffs, in fancy stripes and The heavy-weights of tae Federal Bri-| who will demand fair play. But how all | delegates, but believe that the | step in an action for divorce and distribu- loukAlh‘e‘; xt‘ue 3nal|;-uhml‘. fie.s:, gsl.e:‘l\;ghvwg checks, regular price $1, will be offered at 75c. gode und the gold men ' generally who are | this will come out no man may say. silver forces will be in a minority. | tion of community property. Presttent and Hy A. Wolle and M. A: Tupionok taking an active interest in the financial | Some of the 150 votes from the rest'of | San Diego is largely for gold and ‘'ne grounds allezed were extreme | as trustees. $1.00. the State needed by the gold bugs are ex- | pected from the First Congressional Dis- trict. Ex-Congressman Geary of Sonoma is a fierce administration man and a friend | of Daggett’s. Heison his way back from I was surprised to learn that Stanislaus and Merced were not for siiver. I think toat it will be a close and a hard fight. However, if the other States keep on pledging for silver, it will have its eftect At 100 dozen LADIES’ SHIRT WAISTS, in fancy lawns and percale, perfect fit, regular price $1 25, will be offered at $1. record the party is about to make all say Most of them say so with great confi- nce. The silver Democrats are just as san- | At 81.25. 80 dozen LADIES’ FANCY DIMITY WAISTS, detachable collar, latest style, regular guine that silver will run the Sacramento | Washington and will take off his coat|on the convention, as many will price $1 50, will be offered at $1 25. convention. \\i\'lllel‘l\hl_‘kgels here. Prisoner Duec;;)r J. b;a 1lncllned ‘to foélowb the treug PS T hi N S N s | H. Wilki is force in Marin | of the party an e in wit - Which faction will rule is quite uncer- | oy i bins 18 8 _strong a ho, parl ; At S1.50. £ iy County, and its few votes are claimed by | the winning side. As to Chica, I can » - s = " p tain at the present_writing, but there are | tho poid men throdgh Wilkins, Eiliots, | only hope there will be no bolt. I want o D 0 iy " mn saliunl aaahahie NG some things that are certain enough to give long odds on. One is that if the nta delegation from San Francisco is ated it will be nip-and-tuck on the great ue that is rending the party from the Muskingum to the San Joaquin. Another certainty is that it will be the fiercest Democratic convention that ever entertained California and made political history hereabouts. The probabilities of its horrors appear really appalling. The financial question may splitit wide open and there are the indorsement of Cleye- land, the indorsement of Budd, the big contest from San Francisco involving con- trol of the local party and some other things calculated to add gore to the field of carnage. | Tue convention 1s three weeks off, ¢ out | 100 of the 600 delegates have been el ted throughout the State by sixteen coun:ies, | and the situation is just beginning to take | definite form and present tangible pros-| pects. another Michigan convention out here. | The administration whip is being well | laid on and the Federal brigade is con- | ducting a hard and persistent campaign, | with the assistance, active or passive, of the large gold element iz the Democratic | party in this State. There is little question in any observant | minds that the party in its mass is by a very great majority for silver. The silver | men would easily ruie the convention if | the 600 delegates came naturally and spontaneously from the people, represent- | ing the views of their constituents. But | there is no active silver campaign being conducted by strong leaders of wide prac- | tical influgnee: ws ~ { It is different on the otherside. The | Federal machine has been long at work. | 1t is working faster every day. The Dag- | gett-McNab-Gonld combination is the overshadowing power in the gold ranks, and Daggett is the big man of this com- bination as far as this issue goes, Chair- | man Gould peing under his control,and | his co-worker, McNab, being chiefly con- | cerned with SBan Francisco politics. Ad- ministration forces and gold men who will cao-operate are scattered all over the State, | and the Federal office-holders have no- where lost a trick that could be taken. The strength of the gold faction in the convention will hence be much greater | it is in the party. Superintendent of the Mint Daggett will d nate the gold forces at Sacramento. He is the especial representative of the ad- ministration here because he is the strong- est force. From the day he took his office he has played bis patronage power for per- sonal power. His style of doing politics is rmgless, but strong. His work has been aggressive and relentless, as has been shown chiefly in the local fight. He has quit at no rebuffs or defeats, but has cursed his enemies and tried again for all he could get. After all the shouting not long ago that the Daggett-Rainey combi- nation in the Junta was beaten it has quietly come to pass that Daggett and McNab are absolute masters of the Junta delegation that has practically been se- lected. Daggett’s scattering strength through- out the State is large and at Sacramento he will be the chief manipulating power of that wing of the party. He expects to carry through the administration pro- gramme, gain control of the State Cen- tral Committee with the assistance of Mc- Nab, Gould, Rainey and others and help turn the local machine over to McNab and Rainey. In figuring out the prospective compar- ative strength of the gold and silver con- vention forces the chief consideration is atonce the local contest. The Buckley regular general committee will send up | 161 delegates, with every man personally pledged in writing to silver. The Dageett- McNab delegation will yield at least 150 votes for gold and it is likely that not a half-dozen _silverites will be fopnd mixed up init, If the unit rule is adopted the delegation will yield a solid block of 161 votes for gold and all the rest of the pro- ramme. The 161 votes from San Francisco are likely to control the convention. If the Junta is seated and the rival thrown out, the gold faction will nced but 150 votes from all the rest of the State to have a ma- jority, as the delegates will number 600, ‘The goldbugs count on the Junta being surely recognized, and hence their confi- dence. To seat the Buckley delegation would give the silver men an overwhelming con- tiol. To divide the representation would undoubtedly give the silver faction a good majority. The local contest is thus closely bound up with the great convention issue, and the Buckleyites are as certain of at | least seating half their delegation as of the | ing down of | The silver wing. would be McAllister, ex-Sheriff Healy, now in the Mint, and others. elected from Humboldt County are sup- posed to be friends of Daggett. The sixteen counties that have chosen delegates either through conventions or | county committees are: San Diego, Orange, Ban Bernardino, 8an Luis Obispo, Kings, Stanislans, Merced, Kern, EI Dorado, Sutter, Colusa, Glenn, Siskiyon and Humboldt. There is no certain information asto | how these delegations stand. A large ma- jority of the ten from San Diego are claimed for gold. John C, Fisher, Coilec- | tor of the Port at San Diego, and Attorney Oscar A. Trippert are running the gold forces there and are strong factors. Fisher is a close friend to Senator White. The outcome of the primary election at Los Angeles will cut an important figure. The railroad is a, big element in the hot fight on down there. The delegation will robably be mixed. John T. Gaffey, Col- ector of the Port, leads the administration : | forces, but the delegation will be largely | It appears likely that there is to be | for silver. Majorities of the Merced and | Stanislaus delegations are claimed by the gold politicians who are keeving cases. Daggett will have most of the Siskiyou del- egation. The gold men expect strong reinforce- ments from Santa Clara, where Barnev | Murphy and Senator Whitehurst of Gil- roy are among the workers for that ena. A majority of the county committee and a majority of the delegation are claimed. In San Joaquin County Gould and Sena- tor Langford are prominent laborers in the yellow cause. Itis thus that the workers to save the country from the “disaster” of afree-silver victory forecast a victory at Sacrameunto. The Junta delegation and 150 or so votes besides would give it to them. Of course, the election of delegates-at-large depends on the factional control of the convention. The Daggett programme now appears to be Barney Murphy of San Jose, E. B. Pond of San Francisco and Thomas J. Geary of Sonoma. This will be a strong combination with which to effect a trade with the south. A gold yictor; ‘ongressman Maguire and W. W. Foote, along with Senator White if he should decide to enter the squabble. thoss, Alameda County 1s the field of a fierce battle between Irish, Glasscock and Fitz- gerald and the Englishes, Moffit and Lay- mance. The Irish wing is for gold and Daggett is straining himself in their be- Frank Moffit is a leader of the silver half. forces, which have the best of it just now, and the Englishes, though necessarily ad- ministration men and necessarily in the Moffit-Laymance camp against their ene- mies, several gold delegates are apt to slip into the delegation. There is yet no talk on either side of | bolting if things do not turn out right at Sacramento, but there is time for that. The goid men are thought much more likely than the silver men to take their medicine if administered. It is recognized that the plain tendency of the Democratic party throughout the country toward free silver will have its in- fluence on the State Convention. There will be 2 hot convention fight on the indorsement of Cleyeland’s financial pol; His administration wlll be easily indorsed in all other respects. How Governor Budd and his State ad- ministration forces will figure in the gen- Budd is for eral mess nobody knows. silver but he is doing no shotting about it as yet. He is anxious for an indorsement and anxious for the future, but nfs politi- cal enemies in this convention will be many and the bosses of the gold wing will be chief among them. *‘If Budd gets an indorsement he’s got to keep his nose clean,” was the way an active administration man yesterday that Budd would better kee out of the money-Cleveland fight., Bud: will show his attitude more cFenrly later, when the situation gets plainer. The number of Dy talk F tional, is remarkable. Some don't know what to say about thingzs, so badly are they mixed, and others would rather keep still for a wLila. anyway. George W. Baker, the California repre- sentative of the Bimetallic League and the head of the inchoatic independent free- silver party in this State, is a Republican otherwise, but he has probably kept closer watch on the silver issue here than any other man and his opinion about the Democratic State Convention is or interest and value. “It is my opinion that the convention will declare for free silver,” he said yes- a hard fight terday, “though there is being made against it by th brigade. 1 do 5, NEW TO-DAY. EELLIIIIIIIID DD DD DD DD DD 2] HECQCCCLLLLL 8 mWorld’s Best Natural Aperient Water unyadi ANDREAS SAXLEHNER, PROPRIETOR * Purveyor by special appointment to 4 H. M. the Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary CAUTION: None genuine without the signature of the frm “‘Andreas Saxlehner” on the label DODIDDDODIDCLLLECTCLLE v 4 CLELCCCCE g V. Five of the delegates of course means the turn- apt to bonor: Green said: ave warning t emocrats who wont olitics, local, State and even Na- not believe that the see harmony. The silver men are the only ones talking about bolting so far.” “The State Convention will declare for silver by a good majority,”said W.W.Foote. **About thirty States have declared for sil- ver and that will appeal to the convention. Iam going to the State Convention chiefly to introduce two resolutions, one declaring against the A. P. A. and the other against the funding bill. 1don’t think that there will be a bolt at Chicago, though it is hard to tell what will happen if the pawn- brokers run the convention.” Frank McCoppin, the Postmaster of San Francisco, is very shy of interviewers, but well posted Democrats ssy that he will | carry the gold banner before the campaign is over. John P. Dunn, Registrar of the Land Office, has not taken a pronounced posi- tion on the money question. He said yes- terday that he did not fuily understand the question, but he was very confident that the rank and file would accept the platiorm of the National Democratic Con- vention and that there would be no dis- ruption of the party whether gold or silver was indorsed. & Campbell P. Berry, Assistant United States Treasurer and formerly member of Congress from this State, has positive views on public questions, but he is not ready at the present time to make & public exposition of bie principles. He has kept entirely out of the local factional disputes of the party. Will 8. Green, Surveyor-General, is verv frank and outspoken in declaring that the sentiment of the Democratic party in Cali- fornia is not for_the free coinage of silver. He has prepared a financial plank, which may be put in the platform at Sacramento. Here is the plank: Resolved, That the Democratic party is in favor of bimetallism—in favor of the largest use of silver consistent with keeping gold aud silyer on & parity, and to that end is in favor of securing some international agreement as favorable as possible to the use of silver, but pending such negotiations it favors: First, the retirement from circulation of all paper money of every kind except certificates paya- ble exclusively in silver, these certificates to be issued in denominations of $1, $2, $5 and $10; second, the retirement from circulation of all gold coin under the double eagle ur $20 piece. Speaking on the subject yesterday Mr. “The adoption of this reso- lution will recognize gold as the standard and silver as the circnlating medium. The sentiment of the people of California is favorable to gold. California is not a silver State in the sense of desiring | the free coinage of silver. Some noisy talk- | ers are proclaiming for freesilver, but they do notrepresent the Democratic party. Yes, I am sure the administration of President Cleveland will be indorsed by the State Convention of the party at Sacramento and by the National Convention at Chi- cago, and I do not apprehend any disrap- tion or bolting. No other than Grover Cleveland Democrats will be sent to the Chicago convention from this State.” Colin M. Boyd, a well-known Democrat, who has served as Anditor and chairman of the Finance Committee of the Board of Supervisors, cares not a blank whether the State Convention indorses gold or siiver. H id: ‘L am so earnest as Kire Com- missioner in my desire to keep the Fire Department out of politics that I deem it wise to keep out.of politics myself. Again as a matter of fact, 1 do not understand what the free coinage of silver means, and I think T Cait should enlighten the eople of both parties as to the real mean- ing of the agitation. Now, only to-day a leading man, the president of a well- known insurance company, told me that he didn’t know anything about the sub- ject, and when he asked me what I under- stood free coinage of siuver to mean I told him that my understanding of it was that a man could take his silver to the mint, a ton or less at a time, and get it coined into silver dollars.’” Barney D. Murphy of Ban Jose said yes- terday: “It would give me pleasure to go to the National Convention if I could go uninstructed, but I would not go tied with pledges to favor the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 or 40 to 1.:fn my opinion we might as well have it 40 to 1as16tol. Iam glad that the people are coming to their senses on the money ques- tion. Our people in Caiifornia cannot affora to have the gold standard abol- ished.” RODGERS MAY DIE. Thrown From His Buggy by an Elee- tric-Car on Twenty-Third Avenue. " OAKLAND, CaL, May 26.—John W. Rodgers, entry clerk and collector for W. A. Rouse & Co. of this city, is lying at the point of death at the home of T. F. Evans on Twenty-third avenue to-night, and the attending physician holds out no hope of his recovery, as he is suffering from inter- nal injuries received about 11 o’clock when an electric-ear hit his buggy and threw him across the wheel. He had been in the store on business, and as he came out he noticed a car com- ing down the street, but as his horse was thoroughly gentie he paid no attention to it, but stepped into his hnigy. The horse for some unknown reason backed a step or two, and, as the avenue is very narrow, the rear wheel of the buggy was thrown across the track. Rodgers is only 26 years of age, and bas a wife and little girl. He has been with the firm by which he 1s employed since his marriage four years azo. He recently took out an insurance in the Woodmen of the World. Reports as to the lred of the car vary, but tgoa fact that it did not break the bn,gy oes to show that it must have been so ng ow. The motorman says be had reduced the speed as he saw the buggy, but he had no idea of the rig coming on the track. When it did he applied the brake, put it was too late to stop. MRS, HAM (VIERTONG), WHO IS SUING FOR A DIVORCE., [Drawn from a photograph.] | cruelty and the value of the property was placed at about $6000. This commonplace wording excited no special interest at the time. It now transpires, however, that the de- fendant Ham is no other than A. O. Vier- tong of Stockton, a well-known mining man and capitalist, who is estimated to be | worth balf a million dollars. | Itisdoubtful if & dozen of Viertong’s friends know that his real name is Ham. In the early days he was a theatrical man and afterward married, and assuming the maiden name of his mother has gone by it ever since. Twenty years ago, as Viertong (Ham) tells the story, he met a handsome Creole widow in Dayton, Nev. Her name was Mrs. Coddington. He was a dashing young fellow with plenty of money, and a mutnal attachment sprang up between them. They finally decided to throw in their iots with one another. Several years later they moved to Sacra- mento, and in 1891 they were made legally one, the difficuity before beinz that the handsome widow, who had been blessed | with three prior husbands, had not been properly separated from “hubby’’ No. 3 until that time. She was married to Vier- tong on Christmas night, 1891, They lived togetber happily all these years until about five months ago, when sne left her handsome home in Stockton and came to this City to place herself under the treatment of a prominent phy- sician, She came with her husband’s consent. He was loving and indulgent. The good man, so he s:yrfi ve her $3600 and a power of attorney. & was away a large portion of the time looking after his mlnin‘g interests in Tuolumne and Shasta counties of this State and also in Nevada. It was nataral that he should not want her to become embarrassed for lack of funds during his long absence, hence his trusting her with a power of attorney. Mrs. Ham (Viertong) is 50 years of age and a grandmother. In spite of her years and her some 200 pounds, the surplusage of which is not ungraceful adipose tissue, she is quite attractive. She took rooms on Mission street, not far from Fifth. Soon after her arrival in the City, so her husband says, she made the acquaintance of a young doctor. The medico seemea to be cglrmed by the buxom Mrs. Viertong (Ham), and she, being flattered at first,soon became much enamored of her attentive 0 He Taduosd ner to vay s Todg “He induced Ler to a ng-house for several hundred dollars,” said llg;r hus- band, “and he then took up his abode with her. I was not long in finding it out, and when I came down here a few days ago I made tnings warm for the young mam He moved. I have thirty days in which to answer the complaint, and with the two ood lawyers I have engaged in Stockton expect to make it warm in the neighbor- hood before I Fet through. She has left her comfortable home and our little adopted daughter, Pansy, aud seems lost to all but one thought. “Her reason for setting the amount of the community property at such a low figure in her complaint was because she thought she could secure the separation so much_easier. Already her conduct has caused me to lose nearly $100,000 in a min- ing deal.” After the legal fight is ended Mr. Vier- tong (Ham) says he will attend to another fight—that of the young medico— and make the latter sorry that he ever paid his gallant attentions to other men's wives. Mrs. Ham, as she prefers to call herself, came across the vplains in the same train with Mrs. Jane Stanford of Palo Alto. Her maiden name was Margaret Nall, Viertong is well known as the inventor of several improvements in mining ma- | chinery and was instrumental in sending | CTHILIC BROTERHOE Subject of an Address by Father Mulligan to an Open Meeting. He Points Out the Duties and Rights of the Members of the Y. ML Mission Opera Hall was well filled last night by the friendg of Borromean Coun- cil No. 129, Y. M. L, under whose auspices the first of a <eries of weekly open meet- ings was held. The exercises opened with a well-ren- dered overture on tne piano by Professor D'Arcy. R. R. Dinnigan contributed to the evening’s entertainment by singing. Father P. E. Mulligan then sddressed the assemblage on *‘Catholic Fraternity.” He said in part: “I wish to say something to the young men on the duties of fraternity and the rights of fraternity. Fraternity is a thing of Christian origin. In the days of paganism fraternity was unknown. It be- gan with the advent of Christ. With the coming of Christ men first began to real- ize the existence and value ot brotherhood and fraternal charity.” It was due to this feeling, he declared, that slavery was wiped out of existence. He proceeded as follows: “As membersof a fraternal body you hold a dignity which also carries duties. These are the times when you should be faithful to duty. These are the times when men may point their fingers at you, and you should show what manhood there is among the Cathol oung men. You should make your lives such that no one can point the finger of scorn at you, and your living example should be such as_to make those among whom you live realize that there are good principles which govern you: l\m the Catholic young man is entitled to the highest respect and honor. “Besides the duties you have you also have rights—rights most sa¢red and that should not be violated. We have the right to worship in freedom and as we deem fit."” He then referred to the labors of Cath- olics in the discovery and settlement and in the preservation of thiscountry through the Revolution andjthe Civil War. In line with this thought he continued ¢ “Is it right, then, to say that Catholics are not loyal and should not be allowed to nold public office?” He concluded by exhorting his hearers to spread the grand principles of religion, without which, he said, no country was stable and no nation safe. £ Frank McGlynn spoke of the objects of the Young Men's Institute, which, he said, was organized for the moral, social and intellectual advancement of its mem- bers. *‘Politics,” he added, ‘‘are strictly tabooed in the order, and there is nothing in the order that should preventa good American citizen from joining it.”” Miss Aznes O'Brien’s solo was followed by a humorous recitation by Dr. J. P. Mc- Carthy, who was forced to respond to an encore. Frank MeGliynn closed the enter- tainment by some of his characteristic declamation! g IRVINGTON SEMINARY. Brilllant Closing Exercises of the Young Ladies’ Academy. IRVINGTON, Can, May 26.—Curtner Seminary for Young Ladies closed its regular price $1 75, will be offered at $1 50. At S1L.7 .75, 70 dozen LADIES’ LAWN AND DIMITY SHIRT WAISTS, latest style, regular price $2, will be offered at $1 75. A 2.00. 70 dozen LADIES’ FANCY PERCALE, LAWN AND DIMITY, made in the latest style, regular price $2 25, will be offered at §2. At $2.50 and #$3.00. 60 dozen LADIES’' PERSIAN DIMITY WAISTS, detachable collar and cuffs, regular price $3 and §3 50, will be offered at $2 50 and $3. SAN FRANOISCO. . second .year’s work on the 20th inst. The closing “exercises began on Sunday, May 17, with a baccalaureate address at 11 A. M. by the Rev. R. H. Bateman of Santa Cruz. On Monday evening the young ladies gave a musical and literary recital to a crowded house and did themselves and the institu- tion much credit. The music throughout the evening and the tableau movements at the close of the programme by six young ladies deserves especial mention. The school being new, the first and only raduate was Miss Olive McGinnes of Oak- ale, Cal. The programme was as follows: Quartet, “Dance of the Demons” (Holst), Misses Fink, Hamilton, Myers and Ware: French dialogue, ‘Les Etoiles gin Filent”’ (Beranger), Misses Fink and Barclay; recita- tion, “Aunty Doleful’s Visit” (Mary Krle Dailas), Miss Lola Seeber; vocal solo, “Ah! at Length' ’tis Here” (Ferd Gumbert), Valora Mumford. “As You Like It,” act III, scene 2—act IV, scene 1 (Shakespeare)—Celia, Helene Jones; Rosalind, Eillen M. Hamilton; Orlando, Edith Jackson. Vocal solo, *‘When You are Near,” R. F. Luse; piano solo, “Ecos- saisen” (Beethoven), Bertha Luse; German soliloquy from Schiller's “Maid of Orleans,” Glen Myers: voca) solo, “Cavatina,” from opera “I" Puritani,” Miss Graham; duo, “Salut a Pesth” (Kowalski), Misses Durham and Mum- ford; tableaux movements (Anna S. Shields), Winnfe Jarvis, Ellen Majora Hamilton, Lena Phillips, Edith Jackson, Alice Fink, ielene | Jones. : 5 | The closing exercises on Tuesday after- noon were especially good. Miss Durham, Professor Edward Lada of S8an Francisco | and Miss Lena Voltz made a favorable im- | pression. Dr. J. W. Dinsmore’s address to the school was received with enthusiasm. | The following programme was presented : 1 Inyocation; violin solo, “Romanze,” op. 26 (Syendsen), Professor Edward Lada; piano solo, “Venezia e Napoli,” tarantella No. 3 | Liszt), Miss Mary Durham; address, Dr. J. W. | insmore: violin solo, “Legende,’ op. 17 (Wie- | niawski), Professor Edward Lada; vocal solo, {Theme ‘and Varlations” (Prochj, Mizs Lens oliz. e e e The tympanum covers the passage lead- ing to the interior of the ear, just asa | drumhead covers a drum. NEW_ TO-DAY. J.F,CUTTER EXTRA LA Bourbon has been a staple family and medicinal whiskey for a quarter- century. E. MARTIN & CO,, 411 Market 8t., San Francisco. 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