The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 29, 1896, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1896. 1 BAY DISTRICT 15 OBLITERATED, Its Stables and Fences Are Now Mere Wood- piles. THE WORK OF A NIGHT. Gang Plows Have Hopelessly De- stroyed the Once Famous Course. OBJECTED TO MORE RACING. Bay District People Have Forever Precluded Another Meeting on the Grounds. The directors of the Bay District track haved caused to be wiped away everything that would give use or identity to their old pleasure ground and made another race there an almost literal impossibility. ‘Wednesday the multitude that loved it beheld its final burst of gaiety and the last habitue that boarded a Geary-street car never to ride that way again tosee a race heard the sound of the axes and the grind- ing of the plows that were fast biotting the place of so many memories from the eyes | of all men. The last winner had scarcely touched the line Wednesday before a host of men were battering away at the fencesand a dozen or more gang-plows, each pulled by tenor twelve horses, were pushing their noses into the smooth track upon which money and care had been expended for years. And so the last event on old Bay District was really not the farewell handicap of the fleet steeds after all. It was the race of the plebian horde, always to be found, striving neck and neck for firewood. As soon as the boards were knocked from the fence they were ioaded into the wagons of people who were not ashamed to accept firewood free when it was offered them. The work of demolition was continued all night long, and all night long Rich- mond was filled with the noise of lumber- ing wagons. The workmen did their work well. The sun went down on a finely equipped racing ground; it saw in-the morning a grandstand and a clubhouse | standing forlornly in a new unenclosed park of San Francisco. ‘Where the racetrack was 1dng and deep furrows are now, and one may stand on the clubhouse steps and gaze unobstruct- edly down the streets that formerly abutted at the grounds. It seems that charity in the matter of fuel was not the only incentive the Bay District people had in removing evidences of a former racecourse. Two years ago Warren & Malley, contractors, signed to do the grading on the site where the course stood. A year ago they were prepered to do the work, but by ¢ monthly the California Jockey Club pre- vailed upon the contractors to extend the time until June 1. Mr. Williams endeavored to get a re- newal” of the lease for another year, but was unsuccessful. was in progress in which Warren & Malley were interested after the Jockey Club had abandoned the track. He therefore, in order to thwart the accomplishing of this rumored scheme, gave orders to Su- perintendent Fieldwick to give everybody as much lumber as they would tear down. Inteliigence of this was noised about in the neighborhood and as Wednesday after- noon wore away a crowd of fuel-bvomers were in line, ready to make the first } “There have been rumors fl around,” said Louis Lissak, “‘about bic races or some other kind of races which were going to take place there after the Bay District people had left. But we didn't take any chances at all. Whether there would have been races or not I can’t say. It was not the intention of the rectors that there should be, however. The result is that not six inches of the fence is left standing, and the track—well I guess it will take some little time and money to put the whole thing in order again. The people around there have got enough firewood for hauling it away to last them all next winter. No, you see it would hurt the standing of good racing to have cheap races there like they do in 8t. Louis. We didn’t propose anything of the kind should happen, and I don’t think it will.” ENTRIES FOR THE RACES Riders Who Will Compete at the Alpha Club’s Meet Saturday. San Francisco Cycle Dealers Reaching Out for the Australian Trade. During all of the fore part of the week entries have been coming in for the race meet of the Alpha (ladies’) Cycling Club at- Central Park Saturday afternoon and evening. The entries closed yester- day and were given to the official bandi- capper, R. A. Smyth, who has arranged the handicaps and heats of the riders as follows: Half-mile scratch, B. H. Barneg, H. W. W. F. Foster, O. C. W. Second heat— Hardy Downing, . W. Hatton, B. C. W. H. B. Freeman, B. C. \(; —A. . Bovden, R, C.W.; F. M. Byrne, L. H. F. Terrill, B C. W.; J. M. cimpbeu, Spokane; J. E. Edwards, 0. C.W. First in each heat to qualify for the final. Mile handicap, professionai: First heat—W. F. Foster, 0. C. W., 10 yards; J. M. Campbell, Epokane, 45; H. . Tersill, B.'C. W., 50; J. F. siaver, B. C.'W., 6: e Second heat—R. L Long, B. . ., 40 yards; Downin V. W. Hation, B. b AT Y 90; B.'H. w 70; F. hgbflynm, AR W, 120. Barne b . Edwards, 0. C. W., 35 yards; . L, Davis, 0. C. W., 60; Third heat— mc“x?gn’hoi:: G. 7 Russell Cushing, . 7D Fourth heat—Alla - Jones, 0. C. W., 30 yards; R. E. Dow, G. C. C., 65; W.J. Michigan, 75; H. Freeman, B. €. M. Boyden, R. C. 3 Winner of each heat to qualify for final. One-third - mile_ scratch, amatenr: First heat—P. R. Mott, R. C. W.; T. 8. Hall, B. C.W.; F. R. Haley, L. C. C.; H. Sternberg#C. C. C. | Second heat—J. R. Kenna, Acme; F. L. Day. IB.C. W.; C. D. Gooch, R.C.W.; C.Goodwin, 8. F. R, C Third heat—G. P. Fuller, 0. C. W.; R. A. tor, O C. A. H. Aimzw, Acme; F.N. Rose, 8, R. 3 Fourth heat—George Tantan, 0. C. W.; P. Lefevre, Acme; B. C. Raynaud, B.C. W.; E. Languetin, B. C, W. Fifth heat—G. A. Nissen, Acme; T.A.Grif- ¥. C. Hansen, C.C.C.; E. fths, B. c. Wi Saunders, 0. C. W. Sixth heat—C. J. Birdsall, C. C. R. Robi- son, 8. F. R. C.; C, D, BatesJr., R. . C.H, Staples, Acme. First in each hesi and seconds intwo fast- ipulated sum paid | He learned that a plan | professional: First heat— | est heats toqualify for semi-final heats. First and second in semi-finals qualify for finals. Half-mile handicap, amateur: First heat— G. A. Nissen, Acme, scratch; C. D. BatesJr., R. C. W., 20 yards; C. Goodwin, 8. F. R. C., 35} A. Scheib, unattached, 65. Secona 'hear—P. R. }Moti, R. C. W., 10 yards; B. C. Raynaud, B. C. W., 30; J. H. Otey, Acme, 45; J. A. Code Jr., 0. C. W., 50. Third heat—T. 8. Hall, B. C. W., 10 yards; A. W. Kitchen, Acme, 40; ¥. C. Hansen, C. C. C., 55: C. Stewart, unattached, 65. & Fourth 0.C W heat—George Tanta yerds; C. D. Gooch, R. C. W., 25: R. ter, C. C..C,, 50;.L. J. White, unattached, 60. Fifth heat—J. R. Kenna, Acme, 20 yards, L. E, Pels, 8. F. R. C., 357 R. Alexander, unet- tached, 45; N. Rustemeyer, unattached, 55: E. C. Barley, 1. C. C., 60. Sixth heat—T. A. G! B.C.W.;15 yards; C.J. Birdsall, C. C. C., 50; Petersen, E. C. C.,55; P. H. Rosenheim, R. 0. venth heat—F. L. D: , 25 yards; . &, Brearton, R. C. W. C., 60. ternberg, C. C. C., 5 55; F. N. Rose, S. F. A. Eighth heat—Emil Languetin, B. C. W., 40 ferds; A, H. Agnew, Acwe, 50; L. T. Wagner, . C.W., 55; J. Van Dyne, C. C. C., 60. Ninth heat—P. M. Lefevre, Acme, 25 yards; E. Saunders, I C. C., 50; E._F. Flinn, L °C. C., 60; W. C. Klotz, C. C. C., 65. First in each heat and second in fastest heat qualify for semi-finals. First and second in semi-finals qualify for final. One-mile scraich, amateur (consolation— First heat—A. G. Agnew, Acme; A. J. Sehm | Uh.; F. C. Hensen, C. F. R. Haley, L. C. C.;A. L. Holling, B. C _Second heat—. C. w. Brereton, R.C. ‘:7 C. A, 8. Joost, C.C. W. C. Klotz, C. C. H. A naud, B. C. W.; Fourth heat- Robison, gflult&r, C. Cs. C.; ]:'Y Mn((:k LC.C.; . C. W.; H. Sternberg, C. C. C. F(;flh hewaemil Lngnguetm, B.C.W.; E.C. Barley, L C. C.; C. H. Staples, Acme. 5 First and second in each heat gualify for semi-finals. First and second in semi-finals qualify for final, It must not be understood that there will be any races by women at this meet. By courtesy of the management of the grounds the day is set apartas a benefit for the Alpha Club, which is composed of alarge numoer of young ladies, mostly resident 1n the Mission, who have formed themselves into & cycling club. The meet is sanctioned by the League of American Wheelmen, and its officials will conduct the running of the events. Ladies will be | admitted free to this meet and popular prices for men will prevail. Another crack amatenr has joined the professional ranks, A. M. Bovden of the Reliance Club of Qakland. He will make his first appearance in this class at these races. | _Wilbur F. Krapp, the announcer of all | California race meets, F. C. Chandler and 8. C. Chapman left for Australia yester- day by the steamer Monowai. They went in the interests of various bicycle firms with which they are connected to make a bid for the trade of the Antipodes. ] Business has not been so brisk as it might be on the coast this spring and sey- eral of the deaiers look to Australia, Cen- tral America and the islands to dispose of | their consequent overstock. According to Champion Zimmerman when he arrived here irom Austraiia several months ago that is a good place to sell American- made bicycles, as there is a great demand for the higher gradesof wheels and the sport is indulged in by over half the popu- lation. The members of the Liberty Cycling Club wish it_stated that at no time have they entertained the idea of consolidating with the ifornia Cycling Club. The club is prospering by itself and prefers to retain its individuality. Next Sunday 0 n Beattie will lead the members on ind run. SPRING VALLEY - FISHES Th ¢ Reason Why Lake Pilar- citos Has Been Closed to Anglers. A Milkman Who Was Prevented From Making Money by the Water Company. Anglers of this City who in past years enjoyed many pleasant days’ outing on Pilarcitos Lake were much surprised a few | days ago when TuE CALL announced that the Spring Valley Water Company had decided not to open the lake to anglers this summer, The directors of the company would not state why the old favorite fishing waters 1n San Mateo County must not be whipped | this season by the devotees of the ‘‘gentle art” of fly-casting. It was surmised by some of the stock- | h olders that the directors had erdered the |lake closed because some one had reported at the office that a few of the | young muskalonge which were planted in | the lake several years aga had been seen and lj prevent their capture angling was | stoppédd for this year at least. It now transpires, however, that the | muskalonge had nothing to do with the closing of the place in question. In fact, | the *“destroyers of fishes,”” which were { planted in Lakes Pilarcitos and Merced, have not been seen since the time of their | liberation, and the presumption is that | the experiment has proven a failure, A gentleman who is in a position to speak correctly said yesterday: “In the tirst place, the keeper of Pilar- citos Luke made it a part of his business to entertain rumbers of pleasure-seekers at his house, which is situated on the margin of the 1ake, during the months when angling was permitted. “Several anglers who journeyed from this City for the purpose of enjoying a day’s trouting found, on their arrival at the lake, that the tourists and health hun- ters had taken up all of the sleeping ac- commodations, and as a consequence the fishermen bad to enjoy the nocturnal com- forts found in lounges and chairs that had seen better days. ““The company grew tired of hearing complaints from anglers who had met with disappointment at the lake, and, as a means of stopping all further annoyance on this score, it issued orders to the keep- ers of each lake that they must not enter- tain guests in future at any season of the year. This order went into effect at the opening of last year's fishing season, and is still enforced. ““When Fifield, who is the owner of sev- eral acres of land surrounded by the prop- | erty of the water comgnny, learned that Keeper Ebright had been cut off from making his annual summer’s harvest of | dollars, he immediately decided upbn erectinf a nice resort for anglers on that | part of his land which is within easy reach of Lake Pilarcitos. “Of course the information regarding E. | Fifield’s intention was immediately tele- phoned to the water company, and the directors quickly decided to block the milkman’s fishy game by a threat to sto) his teams from traveling over a road built {by the water company for its own con- | venience. “Fifield sought legal advice, and when he learned that the corporation could not Jawfully prevent his teams from going over the road which leads to his residence, he started in to erect a palace for anglers and sportsmen, but the proposed ‘little house under the hill’ did not make its ap- peapance, and in all probability it never will be seen by either milkmen or fly- casters, “The water company was bound to hold the winning hand, and, as a final means of blocking Fifield’s scheme for making easy money, it issued orders about a month ago to its keeper, Ebrigiit, not to allow any fishing on Lake Pilarcitos this season, and now you have the story of the lake. I understand that fishing on San Andreas Lake will commence on July 1.” -— A stupidly obstinate piece of litigation ‘has just been settled by the House of Com- mouns. Two Aberdeenshire land-owners uarreled over the rightto fish in the river ee, which borders their estate for 150 yards. Both admitted that the fishing was of no value, but zhox spent §$15,000 10 J have their rights decide FINE NEW CHURCH FOR DR, MINTON, Westminster Preshyterian Congregation Will Build. PLANS ARE ACCEPTED. A. Geddes, the Architect, Built the Present Church Forty Years Ago. THE DPESIGN A RENAISSANCE. It Is Expected That the Building Will Be Completed By Sep. tember. Westminster Presbyterian congregation has decided to erect a handsome church at the corner of Webster and Page streets. Plans have already been accepted and their best work in destroying fruit i‘l‘ the collaboration of tnree ce cles, sts is n spe= In their combined efforis uempto | lie their success.” The professor has found two of thege species in New Jersey, but the third seems to be wanting there. It is for this third family that he is searching. Palo Alto Against Berkeloy. BERKELEY, Cavn., May 28 —Saturday afternoon the Palo Alto and Berkeley Grammar Schools will play a game of base ball on the University of California dia- mond. WHARF DREDGING. J. P. Taylor Shows the Public Mayor Davie's Statements Are False. OAKLAND, Carn., May 27.—J. P. Taylor to-day received from Henry Nelson, master of the American uhig Columbia, that was stuck in the mud off thé city wharf on Saturday, notification that he would have to pay the expense of gfilfiln§ the ship off, ang.oi the fact that hereafter all vessel- owners would be cautious about chartering for this city until the wharf was suitably dredged. ) In commenting on this Mr. Taylor said: “Mayor Davie vetoed an ordinance pro- viding for this very dredging .on the ground that there was no need of it. Any one who has to do with ships knows hiy statement was contrary to the facts, but as the general public does not yet know how utterly unreliable most of his state- ments are, this may serve to enlighten them.” Lotteries Raided. OAKLAND, Car., May 28.—Chief Lloya made another grand swoop on the Chinese lottery joints in this city last night, and as a result eleven of the fellows who con- duct them were lodged in jail with a num- ber of charges placed against them. Big Jim’s establishment on Eighth street, near Washington, which was recently fitted up with a blind partition to prevent police in- terference, was among those raided. F THE PROPOSED WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. [Drawn from the architect's plans.) work on the building will be commenced immediately. It is expected that by the beginning of September the new church | will be ready for occupancy. The site is only a few blocks from the present church, which is on Fell street, between Octavia and Laguna. The new | building will be larger and handsomer | than the present one, however. The size of the main building will be 56 feet in width by 62:4 in deptb, but the depth will be added to considerably by a rear San- day-school building 62x44. The seating | capacity of the audience-room will be 400, with a gallery capable ot holding 225 more. | The seating capacity of the Sunday-school rooms is to be 575. The design of the building is in the renaissance style. The foundation will be of brick, with freestone for the first front and stone steps. The entire building will be covered with Queen Anne and fancy shingles, and all the windows will be of cathedral glass. ‘The leading or main en- trance roof is to be of pressed steel, some- thing entirely new on this coast. The designs into which the steelis to be pressed are exceedingly handsome and ornamen- tal, and the steel tablets, when placed in | position will be tinted and frescoed. All | the interior walls and ceilings will be tinted and frescoed. The pews wiil be of oak, and the entire,building will be lighted with electricity and heated on the latest improved methods. n the second floor there will be a pas- tor's study, with a bay-window. There are to be three large Sunday-shool rooms on the tirst floor, one of which will be large enough to be used for entertain- ments. Onthe second floor will be six Sundav-school rooms. The organ loft will be 19x20 feet, and the platform for the palpit 7x20. TEe architect of the new building is Mr. Geddes, who has designed more thah forty of the churches in this State. More than forty vears ago Archibald Geddes was one of the Presbyterians most active in orzaniz- ing Westminster church; he leased the land on which the present church stands, and was the architect of the church. For forty years he has been a member of the congregation, during twenty-seven of which he was superintendent of the Sun- day-school. - The exact sum of money to be spent on the new building is not quite definitely settled, as some of the minor details may be made more costly. Most of the re- quired amount is already collected, or cov- ered by pledged subscriptions, and there is nothing to hinder the work being com- menced immediately. Westminster Presbyterian Church bas a membership of about 250 and a new church has been talked of for some years, though it was not till Thursday night that the trastees decided to build. The pastor, Rev. Dr. Minton, left this week for Glas- gow, Scotland, where he is to read a paper before the pan-Presbyterian Coun- cil. He is expected back before the shin- gles of the new church are up. Catching Lady-Birds. BERKELEY, CaL., May 26.—Professor John B. 8mith of the New Jersey experi- ment station, whose lady-bird coliecting tour through California was announced in a recent issue of THE CALL, reached Berke- ley to-day, after a sojourn of several weeks in Southern California. He will remain in Berkeley for only a short time, after which he will i 10 catch the remainder of the $1000 worth of the scale pest-destroying insects for which he was sent to California by the State of New Jersey. ‘It has been found,” said be, “that where lady-birds do IMPROVING THE MISSION Many Substantial Buildings in Course of Construc- tion. Remarkable Activity on Folsom Street After Many Years’ Ces- sation. Activity in building circles has recom- menced in the Mission, especially that portion of the district between Folsom street and Potrero avenue, from Sixteenth to Twenty-sixth streets. This neighbor- hood, which has for years remained aimost unimproved, while in the territory farther out many new buildings have been erected, has at length taken a start, and is being rapialy filled up with structures. The paving of Folsom street, which is now going on between Fourteenth and Nineteenth, may have partially caused the extensive improvements in the neigh- borhoaod. On_the northwest corner of Sixteenth and Folsom streets a substantial three- story building, 75 by 75 feet, is being erected by John Center, the Mission capi- talist. “’han completed the lower floor will be occupied by a restaurant and a barber-shop and the two upper stories diviaed into rooms. The value of the improyements is about $10,000. alf a block away a brewery on the east side of Folsom, between Sixteenth and Seventeenth, is building a brick addi- tion. Thecost of the alterations and addi- tions will probebly reach $9000 or $10,000. In the neighborhood of Twenty-firstand Bryant streets a great. many new build- ings are springing ur. On the east side of Bryant street, south of Twenty-first, two buildings, one a seven- room residence, the other a store and flat above, are being built. On the southeast corner of Twenty-first and York a store with a five-room flat up- stairs is in course of construction. On the north side of Twenty-first street, between Hampshire and Potrero avenue, an eight-room residence for F. W. Banks, {0 cost $2000, and at the farther end of the same block a $1600 building, is going up. On the opposite side of the street H. C. Anderson is building a neat cottage. Twocottages are being finished on Hamp- shire street, between Twenty-first and Twenty-second. Two other cottages are being built on the same block. Besides these several large buildings are being erected a few blocks farther out. On the south side of Twenty-fourth street, west of Folsom, a $7000 building, store with flats above, is rising n%ldly. A block farther out, on the northwest corner of Twenty-fifth and Folsom r‘metu, a large building, consisting of thrée stores and tive flats, is being built at a cost of $11,000. Such activity in bnilflmfi.ch-fln is ex- tremely encof ng to Mission residents. When the Noe litigation shall have been settled and the present clotid removed from property west of Valencia street a corre- sponding series of improvements will prob- ably take place in that neighborhood, and the Mission should enter upon an era of unexampled progress. The German army uses 157,000,000 blank cartridges a year, ot SCHOOL MEDALS - MUST SOON €0, No More Souvenirs for Bright Girls and ¢ Boys. A SOURCE OF JEALOUSY. The Bridge and Denman Prizes Wiil Not Be Used Next Term. PRINCIPALS PERTINENT VIEWS A Luxury for Few—An Injury to Many—The Pupil at the Foot of the Class. It has been virtually determined by the educational Solons that the medals, which for so many years past have been awarded to the public school children up- on their gradnation from the grammar grades in recognition of excellence in scholarship and deportment, are more harmful than beneficial. At the end of the term these glittering souvenirs that, with their blue ribbon attachments, have been worn so proudly by so many bright and well behaved boys and girls will be in use no longer. They are doomed and will soon be only a recollection of past days. Pride is not the sole feeling associated with these medals, for their distribution as ex- perience shows has been provocative also of many heartaches and jealousies. Conformably to instructions from the Board of Education, Superintendent Bab- cock recently sent a circular letter to primary, gremmar and high school prin- cipals, ‘inquiring: “In your judgment is the presentation of medalsadvantageous?’’ The answers received thus far from a score of principals, including several of the rep- Tesentative schools, are emphatically in the negative. “I am firmly of the opinion,” says Wil- liam H. Edwards of the Crocker Grammar that the distribution of medals for scholar- ship and deportment is an unalloyed evil, and for one I wish the Board of Education r\\'nuld find some means of abolishing the | nuisance. “Those who win the medals are those from whom no effort is necessary. Often the most deserving do not get them. Often they are the cause of jealousy and hard feeling. Often the recipients obtain them by cheating and sharp practice. Often those who do get them place no value upon them.” “I do not,” writes James T. Hamilton of the Lincoln Grammar, “regard medals as a proper incentive to study. Few pupils work for them after the firsi two or three | months, The rest of the class drops out of the race. Those that do work for medals are tbe bright pupils, who need no such stimulus. No matter how fairly awarded, there are always some pupils, and often a few parents, dissatisfied.” Miss Clara M. Johnston of the Fair- mount Primary thus tersely and strongly | expresses her views: “If medals are to be distributed, the number should be increased, giving the | pupils who bave made great improvement |an equal chance with those who are naturally bright or whose home sarround- ings are such that they have every ad- vadtage. In my own neighborhood some of the brightest children come from homes where parents are unable to read or write, where no daily paper 18 taken and where there are few if any books in the house. Such pupils deserve medals before those ranking higher.” Elisha Brooks of the Girls’ High, A. Herbst of the South Cosmopolitan Gram- mar, Albert Lyser of the John Swett Grammar, T. B. White of the Washington Grammar, Miss E. E. Stincen of the Whit- Potrero Primary, Miss Mary A. Scherer of the Garfield Primary, Miss Caroline B. Barlow of the Irving Primary and Mrs. Lizzie K. Burke of the Columbia Grammar all disbelieve in the advisability of medals. The system of medal distribution finds an out-and-out advocate in W. W. Stone of the South San Francisco Primary, who says: 1 believe in the medal system. Like all other stimulants, medals should be given on the prescription or competent mental doctors. * i “'If there are men or women or children whose powers of mind or body do not Elow best under the motive energy of ealthfnl emulation I have never met them. Medals properly mixed and purely administered stir the sluggish blood and 1mpart activity to the halting bramn.” Miss Agnes M. Manning of the Webster Primary and_Mrs. Sarah J. Mann of the Hawthorne Primary also think that the ‘medals should be retained and distributed impartially. Superintendent Babcock says that medals gratify the vride of a few at the expense of the many, and should accord- ingly be discontinued. The pupil at the foot of his class ie, he holds, entitled to the utmost respect if he be im earnest in his desire to learn and will, in the long run, be likely to come out a winner. The Bridge medals are for all deserving boys graduating from the grammar grades, and the Derman medals are for the girl firuuuntes of the Denman School only. ndividual medal funds have also been cr?]nteld by several of the leading grammar schools. PAMPAS PLUMES. California Ornaments That Are Likely to Be Used in the Coming Campaign. A new industry is springing up in this State that few people have recognized— the raising of pampas plumes. The plumes are of great value in Europe for ornamental purposes, and at one time large quantities were shipped there, prin- cipally from the southern part of the State. The trade was killed by a lot of scheming middle-men and speculators, who were not satisfied with fair protits. Secretary J. A. Filcher of the State Board of Trade has become interested in these ornamental plumes, and with a view of making them generally popular and thereby fostering a California industry has written the following letter: Frank McLaughlin, Oroville, Cal.—MY Dflo&:: As you ug aware, the raising of pas plumes is an industry thatis confined mu country almost exclusively to Califor- nia. In 1891 we exported nearly three million lumes. The market has been mainly in rope, owing to & lack of appreciation of this decorative product in this country. Some Re- publican organizations have adopted them as an emblem of their order since the days of Blaine. More particularly the National Re- ublican e, the California Republican Retlve. the Union League Club of Fran- cisco and the Union League Club of New York. It is within the power of the delegation from this State to the National Republican Couven- tion to give a great impetus to the demand for this c.fs!ornh product by & discreet use of them at the National Repablican Convention, and to this end I ask your co-operation. 'l'he( are raised largely for export in Southern Cali- fornia, and all Californians should co-operate heartily in advancing a California industry or creating interest in a California uct. N e ler, 'y il donate sufficient piames for the use of the California and otaer Pacific Coast delegations, provided 1t is agreeable for them to accept them. She at the same time go on to St. Louis with a large supply or send them with some trusted agent for the use of the deie- f'm and others at that convention. Her idea s that they should not be displayed asa Me- Kinley Klnme. but held back by the delegates until the nomination is made and then brought out promptly by the Californians as candidate's plume of victory. In this way, when all are waving and hurrahing for the man who has been successful, sll will want plumes to indicate their enthusiasm, and the demand, as you can imsgine, will be immense. Subsequently, at the instance of our people, they can be used in ‘plundes and other demon- strations, and in this way, by setting an ex- ample and using a little discretion in their introduction, our delegates, besides partici- pltlns in the nomination of a Presidential candidate, ;nay work a great good for Cali- fornia in another line. If you think well of this idea please let me know what you can do, as the-head of the Republican purl{ in this State, toward carry- ing it out. My interest, of course, is that of the Btate Board of Trade, which aims at all times and by all legitimate methods to be alive to the advancement of California and California’s interests. Xours very truly, etc., . A, FILCHER, Secretary and Manager. SPEAKER REED WAS OBSTINATE. The Speaker Said He Refused Because Kem of Nebraska Would Object. WASHINGTON, D. C, May 28.—On Wednesday Johnson had an interview with Speaker Reed, asking that he permit the mineral lands bill to be called up and voted on by the House. After consider- able discussion, in which Jobnson urged this with great earnestness and as being demanded by California, the Speaker re- fused to agree to the request. Johnson then asked Senators White and Perkins of California and Mitchell of Oregon and the California and Oregon Congressmen to meet him this morning at 11:30 o’clock and together see Reed and iry to change his decision. Accordingly this forenoon Senators White, Perkins and Mitchell and Representatives Johnson, Barham, Hilborn and McLachlan of Cali- fornia and Ellis of Oregon called upon the Speaker and had quite an animaged and exceedingly interesting interview with him. They presented anew the request to allow the mineral lands bill to be called up in the House. He was not asked to favor the bill or to assist in' its passage, but simply to allow Ellis to bring it upin the House, as he Lad been directed to do by the Public Land Commissioner. Senators Mitche!l, White and Perkins and Representatives Johnson and Ellis did most of the talking to the Speaker. Reed peremptorily, refused to agree to recognize Ellis or any one else to report the bill, and refused to agree to allow any motion to be made in regard toit. He stated that Representative Kem of Ne- braska, who has been blocking legislation by objecting to the presentation of meas- ures, would object to the bill being con- sidered even if ne allowed Ellis to call it up. Johnson asked Reed whether he would call the bill up if Kem could be induced to withdraw his objection. The Speaker re- fused so to agree. tier Primary, Miss H. M. Fairchild of the | Reed, during the course of the dis- cussion, said be understood the bill was in favor of the railroads in California, to which Senator White responded: “Good God, do you suppose I would bz here in favor of the bill if such was the case ?” Senator Mitchell made a very strong appeal to Reed for recognition, saying that the pill was favored by the united Congres- sional delegation of Oregon and California, and that he had secured the amendment in. the Senate including Oregon because the bill was a good one and his people wanted it, and with no idea that it would militate against the success of the bill, and he most urgently requested Reed to allow Ellis to call the bill up. ‘When Reed refused, saying he did not see how he could do it, Senator Mitchell grew unparliamentary and profane. 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