The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 7, 1896, Page 8

THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, S 7, 1896. NAVAL VICTORY OF THE SCOTTS, The Unequaled Record of the Battle-Ship Oregon Celebrated. RECEPTION AND DANCE. Honors Tendered by the Mechan- ics’ Institute of This City. UNION IRON WORKS LAUDED. Thousands of People Make the Occa- sion a Fitting Tribute to the Establishment. More than 2000 people gathered in the Mechanics’ Pavilion last night to partici- pate in the reception to the Union Iron ‘Works tendered by the Mechanics’ Insti- tute in honor of the great mechanical vic- to: hieved in the battleship Oregon. ch guest as he passed the door was presented with & handsome souvenir of the occasion in the shape of an engraving of the Oregon at full speed on a card 639 inches, to which was attached the printed programme of the evening’s exercises. A band opened the evening’s exercises owning was impossible ship-building was improbable. George Mortis, chief engineer of the Union Iron Wooks, slpoke of the prideof bimself and his fellow-workers in the latest and greatest product of their handi- craft, and paid a special tribute to the hundred and more men who went with the Oregon on her trial trip and aided to make that event the success it proved. In conclusion he presented a plaque fif- teen inches square, commemorative of the Oregon’s trial trip, to Mrs. Irving M. Scott, and another similar one to Mrs. Henry T. Bcott. In the center of each plaque is a picture of the Oregon plowing the deév. Above this is inscribed the words, “Record of 16.791 knots,” and be- low on the one presented to Mrs. L M. Scott are the words, “The men who built the United States ship Oregon present their compliments to Mrs. Irving M. Scott in commemoration of May 14, 1896.” The only change in the one presented to the wife of Henry T. Scott is in the name contained in the latter inscription, Mrs. Irving M. Scott received the souvenir in person, but Mrs. Henry T. Scott was ab- sent in New York with her husband. During the entire evening, after the firing of the first salute, the ladies in the audience were startled by the firing of guns and the shrill piping of whistles at irregular intervals. @ Among those_in the grand stand were the following: Eugene C. Ward, Miss Kit- tie Brennan, William Donald, Miss Mary Polack, M. J. Haley, wife and son, K. | Pengeley, H. Jocalt, Miss H. Perlet, Mrs. M. H. Heinch, M. A. Jason, Miss Mar- chand, Mr. and Mrs. M. Johnson, Mrs. R. Murray, Mrs. G. Cuming, E. Penez, W. B. Bedgeley, C. G. Norris, G. Alexander, E. R. Poett, C. A. Greentield, Mr. and Mrs, C. Merithew, Mr.and Mrs. W. J. H. White, Mrs. Graus, Miss, Graus, George Cummings, Bryan Jackson, Mrs, George ‘W. Wimmer, George B. Crawford, M. Car- rillo (Consul for Guatemala), P. T, Denny, Mrs. D. M. Lawrence, A. B. John- son, George W. Scott, A. T.Schuster, John T. Scott, R. P. Doolan, G. W. Wimmer, C. Howard, P. J. Haley, ‘F. Formhals, George R. Presson, 8. W. Grossbeck, U. 8. A., Robert Forsyth, A, K. Coney, Consul- Geueral for Mexico, R. D. Faulkner, James Dickie, W. A. Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Scott, Professor. Davidson, George W. Dickle, M. O. Lewis, E. A. Denicke, Charles M. Pium, Mrs. A. Frisse, Miss Dora Bose, Mrs. P. Bar- Y, Charles- F. Potts, Miss M. Ryan, Judson Craig, Miss Louise A. L oS50 SV g e 5 0 IR 183 Gx 02 :‘fv mile of Two Oil Paintings Presented by the Employes of the Umion Iron Works to Mrs. Irving M. Scott and Mrs, Henry T. Scott on Behalf of the Men Who Built the Oregon. Painted by E. Penze. dley comprising selections from “Our ns,” “Red, White and Blue,” “Hail Columbia,” “Washington’s March,” “‘America,” “American Hymn,” “The Land of Washington,” ‘Star-spangled Banner” and “Yaukee Doodle.” E: A. Denicke, president of the Mechan- ute, hanics of the Union Iron Works, and me paid a tribute to their skill and energy as He re- shown in the battle-ship Oregon. d to the prevaili added that that‘cry was d 14th of May when the Or Barbara made her remarkable record of «ing he presented to the Union Iron Works a laurel wreath, which he ex- plained was em of the victory gained by that ment over its comnpetitors all over the world in the con- strue of the Oregon. G. W. Wimmer pted the wreath on behalf of the donee, and returned a few fitting words of th: A salute of twenty-five guns was then fired from the platiorm in the center of the Pavilion, on which the officers of the institute and the special guests were seated, While this fusillade was still in progress the t began Walston’s “Grand Nauti- cal Medl of songs of th , compris- ing selections of “The Tar's Farewell * “Dublin Bay,” “By the Sad Sea > on the Ocean Wave,” “Our Jack’s Come Home ' “Sailing,”” “On Board the Ore- Rocked in the Cradie of the Deep” The Knickerbocker Quartet—D. M. Law- rence, R. P. Evans, D. P. Crane and L. A. Larsen—sang the **Tar’s Song,” adapted to the occasion by the insertion of the name of the Oregon in the appropriate places. Asan enccre they rendered “Saily i Our Alley.” Oscar Lewis, trustee of the Mechanics’ Institute and president of the Builders’ Exchange, congratulated the employes of the Union Iron Works on the great achieve- ment they placed to the credit of the Pa- citic Coast by constructing the battle-skip Orewon, the fastest ship of her kind in the world. . He callea attention to the fact that the Union lron Works, since its establish- ment, has drawn $9,000,000 from the treas- ury of the United States, which amount has been distributed among the mechan- ics and others connected with and doing business with the Union Iron Works. The history of the Union Iron Works was reviewed from its establishment to the present day, showing its steady growth in every direction. Ieving M, Scott, in responding to the ad- dress of Mr. Lew:s, said: “I thank you all for this grand and glorious tribute to the Union Iron Works and the mechanics who had a hand in the construction of the battie-ship Oregon, the peer of any vessel of her kind in the waters of the earth. “Every attemvt on the part of Ban Francisco to aid in the constructing of a navy for the country now meets not onl with respectiul attention but with plaud): its,”’ He spoke of the Charleston, the firstborn of the establishment of wnich he is the head, and the San Francisco, which was the first warship whose hull and engines were the design of American mechanics and whose shalts were made 1in the United Btates. The Monterey was referred to as one of the best ships afloat in any part of the world. ‘Next came the Olympia,” he contended, ‘‘with her record of 22.15.” [Applause.] “Then came the grandest and best of all—the mighty Oregon—carrying a bat- tery which is unequeled in the world. They have heavier ships, with 2000 tons more displacement, but none with so powerful a battery."” Incidentally he paid a tributs to Mel- ville Nixon, a young Virginian, born since the war, who designed the vessel, and de- clared that with such talentavailable from among the youth of the land, this country had nothing to fear from future foss. Con- tinuing, he said : “For thirty-six years, to my knowledge, the Union Iron Works has kept in its em- ploy an army of men and never missed a payment for 28 much as fifteen minutes. And better than all that is the army of skilled mechanics who are being trained inyour City and who wiil go forth to con- quer the world.” George W, Dickie spoke of the necessity of preserving and extending commerce and of the importance of ships in this con- nection, He referred to the disadvantages ship-building is Jaboring nnder by reason of hardships that are imyposed on ship- owners. Among other temedies he advo- addressed himself to the| | | h Catlin’s “American Overture,’ a | Williams, Clyde A. Cross, Percy G.Me- Donala, John Cosgrove, K. Dickie, George W. Dickie Jr., Fred H. Dingle, Mr. and Mrs. 8. H. Tacey, W. G. Dodd, Mrs. J. Lameraunx and daughter, J. R. Savory. Dancing closed the evening’s celebra- tion of one of the greatest naval victories ever achieved in times of peace. GIRL GRADUATES PROTEST Will Give an Entertainment Regardless of the Board of Education. Hurl Defiance at Their Superiors Because They Think the Inter. ference Unwarranted. There is a clash between the graduates of the Horace Mann School and the Board of Education. It all came about over the stand taken by the:board, through the | principal, in the matter of the annual en- tertainment incident to the gradudting exercises. Some days ago the senior class was in- formed by the teachers that no entertain- ment would be permitted this year; it took up too much time, and all that sort of thing, and in addition to this the board did not wish it. Of course the sweet girl graduates entered an immediate and vig- orous protest. They pointed ont the fact that such a course was' entirely without precedent, and consequently was not to be thought of for a moment. The teachers were appealed to, argued with and threatened by turns, but without avail. Then the graduates held an indig- nation meeting, at which all sorts of se- vere things were said ana a resolution was passed to hurl defiance at the powers that be. Beyeral meetings followed in quick succession, resulting finally in a deter- mination to give an entertainment which would outshine the efforts of previous graduating classes. Miss Alice Hagerman, Miss Vida C. French and Miss Olive Truette were the leaders in the movement, and they set about at once to secure the best talent pos- sible. Several professionais volunteered their services, assuring a-successful affair. The following is the programme as ar- ranged: Overture, orchestra; baccalaureate, Vida C. French; vocal selection, '96 classes; recite- tion, Lucile V. Wall; trio, Jennie Williams, Jeannette Patridge, Gertrude A. Holmes; char- acter sketch, Ed Hevelkee; overture, orchestra; class pmpheur (by Jean G. V. Oliver), read by Lucile V. Wall; whistling solo, Miss Olive Truette; ce, Edith MacBrolly; cornet solo, Master Wilie Dewey; tambourine dance, Misses Kittie and Anna Roberts; piano duet, Gertrude Grady and Addie Gilfether; recita- tion, Rae Iryin; tableau, poem dedicated to '96ers (by Hayes C. French, M.D.),-read by Vida C. French; grand march, led by Jean G. V. Oliver and Rae Irvin. One of the features of the evening will be an original poem by Dr. H. C. French, dedicated to the graduating class of 1896. The entertainment will be held at Native Sons’ Hall on Valencia street, June 19, afid‘promiul to be a lively and enjoyable affair, SLASHED “WITH A RAZOR John Higgins Commits a Marderous Assault Upon John Donovan, a Fellow-Lodger. John Higgins and John Donovan havé been rooming at 2§89 Fifteenth street. They have frequently quarreléd, and last night the quarrel was more than usually vitter. e Donovan went outside and sat on the steps, and while there Higgin: belfifid bim and slashed glfima g‘l‘zwl;'d:g cheeks and on the back of the neck with a 1azor, Donovan was taken to the German Hospital, where his wounds were stitched and dressed, They were deep, but not dangerous. Sergeant Perrin and mounted Police- men Winzler and Carson arrested Hig- ins and took him to the hospital, where onoyan identified him as the man who ‘cut him, He was then taken to the Seven- teenth-street station and booked on the charge of assauit to murder. 2 ——————— Files! Piles! Mac's Infallible Pile Cure. Cures all cases of blind, bleeding, itching and protruding Price 50c. A. McBogle A iles. cated lower taxes. He said where ship- ‘&_co., drusgisu,%oi Washington street. § MITCHELL OF THE SOUTH ON GAFFEY, Leaders of the Fierce Los Angeles Factions Are Here. GAFFEY IS “GRAFTING.” Mitchell Tells of the “Corrupt Purity Crowd” and of Gaf fey’s Schemes: HOT SHOT FOR GAVIN M'NAB. Chairman Mott of the National Silver Union Settles a Ca ifornia Rivalry. The Los Angeles County Democratic fight, which is even fiercer than the riot in Alameda County, is in San Francisco now. At least the chief leaders of the two fac- tions—the *Jong-hairs” and the ‘“short- hairs,” the “purity’”’ and the “trinity” crowds—are at the Palace Hotel talking politics with politicians. They are John T. Gaffey, Collector of Customs at Los Angeles and the Daggett of the southern Federal brigade, and Attorney John W. Mitchell, who is talked of for Congress and who has led the Santa Monica end of the harbor fight down there. The distinguished gentlemen are the op- posite poles of tbe battery that is in opera- tion down there. They represent the Fed- eral brigade and the anti-Federal brigade elements; gold and silver, San Pedro and Santa Monica, the ins and the outs and the opposite shores of a boiling Tophet. At the State Convention they will lead the two parts of asundered Los Angeles County delegation. Perhaps they repre- sent the Buckley and anti-Buckley, Dag- gett and anti-Daggett sympathiesof the Los Angeles Democracy. It it was known what John T. Gaffey will do or try to doat the convention it could be told whether Gaffey will be for the Buckleyites or for the Junta. It will not make any difference to Gaffey, and all will depend on wnich combination is the most profitable to pla¥. Gaffey is part of the Federal brigade and must be ranged with Daggett where ad- ministration interests are concerned. He is no enemy to Daggett and he has been in close consultation with Daggett and McNab, which same proceeding has small gignificance, of course. Gaffey wants to make his friend and the anthor of his appointment a delegate at large. But that will be no trick. White is the only Southern man mentioned and it will not require any particular combina- tions with Geary, Pond and Murphy, the gold candidates, or with Foote end Maguire, the leadine silver candidates up here. The Buckleyites have indorsed White and there is no open opposition to him in the Junta. But Gaffey and his friends wined and dined Chris Buckley and took him to Santa Monica, when the latter was in Los Angeles not long ago, though they turned around and shouted that the other faction was for Buckley. Gaffey talks politics with the Buckleyites just as confi- dentially as with McNab and Daggett. Mitchell is openiy against the Junta, and especially against McNab. The Los Angeles County convention will not be held until Saturday next, the 13th inst., but the prospects are that the Mitchell faction will win two-thirds of the delega- tion and that their votes will oppose hand- ing the local party over to McNab, Rainey and Daggett. Gaffey is making every effort to prevent Mitcheil's election as a delegate and the fight will be a hot and close one. Mr. Mitchell talked yesterday about the fierce and uncompromising struggle in his own county and the prospects ofme State Convention. Mr. Mitchell’s information about Mr. Gaffey and the opposition na- turally has a value of its own through the fact that he is not prejudiced in their favor. “I have taken little hand in the Los Aungeles fight,”” said Mr. Mitchell, “turough my absence in Washington for six weeks just prior to the primary elec- tion. I am now up here on professional business before the Supreme Court. “From my latest advices I am able to say that 25 to 30 of the 39 delegates from Los Anceles County will be our friends, and they will be for silver. I am advised that George 8. Patton, the Gaffey- Herald-Purity candidate for chair- man of the County Convention, will be beaten. My judgment is that, in view of the bittcr contest, an im- partial man, not identitied with either faction, will be chosen, and that it will likely be General George Merrill of Po- mona. The breach which has existed so long appears to have widened, and the fight in the convention will be a hot one. “The Federal brigade through Gaffey and his friends have made §renr. efforts to capture the delegation. They colonized precincts and elected somé county conven- tion delegates thereby. My precinct, be- tween Los Angeles and Santa Monica, is a small one. It has never yielded more than eight or ten Democratic votes. When I got home and went to the poles late in the afternoon I saw a wagon load ot Mexicans which Gaffey had sent out to capture the precinct. They cast twenty-seven votes and won the precinet. This is the ‘purity’ crov}v;d, which we have dubbed the ‘purity push. “They set up the ‘Buckley!’ cr{ against us and tried to fasten the Buckley and railroad collars on our necks. But when Buckley was down there Gaffey and his friends took him to Santa Monica and Gaffey gave him a banquet at his home. I have vet to meet Buckley, and neither I nor my friends had nnything to do with Buckley when he was thiere. “But Gaffey will not_get much of the delegation. Collector ise said to mé@ yesterday that he expected a solid gold delegation from Los Angeles County. The Federai brigade down there had been ex- pected to deliver Log Angeles County to the Federal brigade here. But there will be silver men even among Gaffey’s dele- qn(es which he and the Herald can’t hold. What stand Gaffey wiil take I don’t know. He is acting under .administration orders, but at the same tims must act with Sena- tor White, wio caused his appointment, and who i3 sup, t0_be a silver man.’ Mr. Mitchell was asked what he thought Gaffey would play for at Sacramento and he replied: “He will be first interested in the future Senatorial fortunes of White. He hopes by having a majority of the Los Angeles County delegation to control the nomina- tion for Congress in that district. To this end he will doubtless try to get Patton nominated again and to effect a combina- tion with the Populists. “Gaffey is_further interested in BSan Pedro. e, Patton and othiers are inter- estetl in lands down there and bave heen fighting that harbor battle for years. They. have got planks into county cenvention piatforms favorable to Ban Pedro and will try to get the State convention to indorse San Pedro as the last one aid, though I don’t know what a State convention has to do with naval harbor sites. ‘‘He appears to be here making combi- nations and is smart. enoug{: to piay both ends against the middle. Yesterday he was in close consultation with McNab and to-day he was with James H. O’Brien and other so-called Buckleyites. He will, of course, pull somebody’s political leg. “The opposition to the Federal machine throughout the State appears to be very strong and this will cut a big figure in the convention. The Federal brigade Is against & ‘disappointed majority.’ SRS “I think that the convention will make a great mistake if it elects Gould as chair- man. Heis wholly biased and is a partner of the Daggutt-M{Nlb crowd. If these fellows get their 161 votes on the roll and vote for the tempotrary chairman and on their own contest they may elect him and carry through their-programme, but it will be a sorry day for the party when tbey do. The country delegates should have a candidate for chairman, and elect one .who Will be impartial and act for the best interest of the whoie party. “‘All the anti-Gaffey people from my county will be against the petty bosses up Lere Iike McNab and his crowd. I think that the petty tricks played by MeNab, like his turning out the gas, subport the judgment of Congressman Maguire that the Junta is not the legal local committee, if I were in the convention I would not be willing to give McNab and his crowd half a vote, ‘‘As to this local fight I think the coun- try delegates ought to be impartial and hear the evidence. If this matter is taken u{; the convention should declare for some plan to settle the differences and for the election of a new County Committe at a fair primary, held under impartial au- spices or under guarantees of fairness. Such a plan I tried to present to the State Central Committee, but Gould, who was cracking throngh McNab’s programme, ehut it out. It appears plain to me that in San Francisco a small minority of ,the party, led by McNab, is tryinF to control t. "The Democratic principle that the majority should rule should not be lost sight of.” When Mr. Mitchell was asked if he would be a delegate to the StategConven- tion he said: “I do not know. Perhaps the County Committee will elect me, unless Gaffey gets through a resolution that no member of the County Committee may be a dele- gate. I shail not be at the convention and I shall do nothing to secure election.” Yesterday Railroud Commissioner James I. Stanton, chairman of the Buckley State convention delegation, notitiea Congress- man Maguire of his nomination at the Fourth District convention held night before last. The following reply was re- ceived from Washington yesterday : James 1. Stanton, San Francisco: Telegram announcing my nomination received. Tender my sincere thanks to the delegates. FRE U SILVER MEN AT WAR. Mott Recognlizes Baker, and Pepper and Udell Wil Get Up a Contest. The independent free-silver forces in this State have split. Two machines seek to control the incipient orzanization. The size and the importance of this muss depends on the extent to which the incboate silver party organizes after its National Conventicn in St. Louis, which is not apt to do more than indorse satis- factory candidates in the Democratic or Populist parties, or in both. The free-silver movement created all sorts of organizations during the year or two in which it had to get outside of party lines to swing itseif. There was first the American Bi-metallic League, or- ganized at Salt Take, of which A. J. War- ner was chairman, This and two other organizations merged into the American Bimetallic Union organized at Washington, January 22 last, with A: J. Warner as president. Early last year Enoch Pepper of Los Angeles, Alva Udell and some others got up a silver party at Los Angeles. ast August a State silver convention was held in this City under the lead of George W. Baker, who became National Committeeman for California in the ex- ecutive committe of the American Bime- tallic Union, formed in Washington last January asstated. Baker had thus become the representa- tive of the National organization here. There was also createdlast August a State Executive Committee of three, composed of George W. Baker, Thomas J. Clunie and Alexaader Majors, the last being now out of the State. Some time ago Baker, in accordance with instructions from Washington, issued a call for mass-meetings of free-silver men by Senatorial districts, to be held on June 15, through- cut the State, for the' selection of delegates to the National Silver Conven- tion at St. Louis. Some delegates at large were to be appointed by the State execu- tive committee and the delegation was to become a State Central Committee after the National Convention. - ““The other day the forgotten Pepper or- ganization bobted into view at Los An* eles. Pepper had received a letter from Jhairman l’;ott which he construed into a recognition of his organization as the State silver machine, At the same time Alva Udell blossomed out in Montgomery strest as secretary of the “State Executive Committee of the American Bimetallic Party” and as di- rector of a big excursion to.the National Convention. There was thén issued a State call of Pepper’s own. A It ordered conventions by Supervisorial districts July 4 and Congressional conven- tions July 7, and recommended that tne delegates chosen under Baker’s call be con- firmed if apportioned accordiag to Pep- per’s call, Pepper and Udell thus began a play to capture the organization. Baker wired to Mott and yesterday received a telegram recognizing him and his call completely. Mott also wired to Udell to the same effect. This means that Baker’'s delegation and authonty is recognized by tne National Executive Committee. But yesterday Mr. Udell wrote to Chair- man Mott declaring that Baker was a rail- road man, that the people would not tol- low him, and declaring that a contesting delegation would be sent to the National Convention. The tempest will not amount to a great deal, however it turns out. Mr. Baker yesterday addressed the following communication to Tug CALL: BAN FrAXCISCO, June 6, 1896, EDITOR CALL—Dear Sir: What purported to be & press dispatch from Los Angeles appeared in THE CALL under date of the 4(h inst., to the effect that the officers of the Bimetallic Union in this State had been changed by the National committee, and that one Enoch Pepper of Los Angeles hud been appointed by J. J. Mott, who is chairman of the National, Exccutive tom- mittee, to the position of chairman of the com- mittee in this State. In response to a tele- gram of inquiry to Mr. lfim, Ireceived to-day the following reply: W ASHINGTON, D. C. June 5, 1896. @. W. Baker, Mills Building, San Franciséo, Cal.* Bimetallists of California will fecognize only official_call for Senatorial aistrict conventions June 16 1ssued by G, W. Walker, chairman 3.3, 0T The rmn assuming o represent the execu tive ofticers of the bimetallists in this State, bhave issued calls for conventions differing from thoss issued from these herdquarters, and in order to correct the effect of these bogus calls among your readers, I shall esteem it an especial favor if you wnfmsen this communi- cation in SUNDAY'S CALL Very sincerely, . W. BAKER, Chairman American Bimetallic Union for Cati- fornia. Alva Udell’s self-explanatory letter of explanation, warning and defiance to_the chairman of the National Committee is as follows: . AN FrANCISCO, Cal., June 6, 1896. Hon. J. J. Mott, Washington, D. O.—DEAR Sir: Iam this day in receipt of your telegram stat- ing that the “official call an conventions in ;s;e,noxm districts June 15 must be acqui % - This call was signed by G. W. Baker, as chair- man of the AMGHeAR Bimetalllc League, & non-political organization, whose membersate as liable to vote for one parly as another, re- gardless of the free coinsge issue. In the call of the American Bimetallic nflrw, & copy of which is in transit to you, “it is rec- ommended that the delegates chosen under the call of the chairman of the Bimetallic un{ue be contirmed,” provided the delegate: 20 elected be apportioned to the Congressiona districts pursusnt to the instructions of your commitiée. You will tnerefore observe that the call for conventions in the Senatorial dis- A tricis has heretofore been acquiesced in by our committee, of which Hon. Enoch Pepper is chairman. In further reply will state that our call for Congressional district conventions cannot be withdrawn with any deceéncy and self-respcct in the personnel of our committee. It may 8s well be understood that in this community and State it is generally believed that Mr. Baker is_associated to & greater or less extent with the law department of the Southern Pa- cific Company, of which C. P. Huntington is presideut. Mr. Baker reserves to himself and his com- mittee a right to appoint a number of our del- egates to the National Convention, and the delegates receiving credentials under his call are 10 be ex-officio a State Central Committee during the campaign. The most influential member of the commitiee thatappoints th2se delegates has announced himself a Democratic candidate for Congress, and the secretary who attests their call isa delegate to the Populist National Convention. This unholy alliance proposes to appoint delegates and committee- men to control county and district conventions that will undoubtedly have anti-funding reso- lutions to consider. We hold your letter, dated May 22, in which you say to Mr. Pepper: *You are chairman of ih® State Committee in authority over the State, and have the power to name the com- mittees provisionally for the Congressional districts, and to order the work.” Under this order we are acting; but in our call we waive the appointment of committees provisionnllly and urge the peoplo to arouse themsclyes, hold county and district conventions, and pass upon the character of every delegate that may be -gpolmed at the instigation of the managers of the Southern Pacific Company. We had your authority to order the work after you were isul]y advised of the delay in organizing the tate. We shall proceed wiih the task and, if need be in any questionable case, appeal to the Na- tional Convention. It may as well be under- stood that in this State the demand jor the free, coinage of silver is only equaled by the d termination of the people that Mr. Huntington shall pay the debts he owes our Government without waiting until the “Great Judgment Day.”” The action of our National Convention will determine whether we are to carry Cali- fornia for the free coinage of silver or not. Re- spectfully, ALvA UDELL, Becretary of the American Bimetallic Party. A TEREDO-PROCF PILE, The Harbor Commissioners Have Discovered One at Last. Found to B: Intact After Being Ten Years in Use in the Bay. The records in the office of the Board of Harbor Commissioners present an iuter- esting history of the effords made by it to discover a teredo-proof pile. It has sought long and earnestly for such a PRETTY MARIE MILLARD, The Daughter of the Famous Song-Writer Talks of Her Coming Dzbut. She Will Sing in Opera for the First Time in This City To- Morrow. Many people in this City remember Harrison B. Millard, the well-known song- writer, who resided here for some time, with his two pretty daughters. Florence married George B. Goodman and settled down at Napa, and Marie went Fast about four years ago with her father. Since that time Marie has blos- somed out into & promising young prima donna, and to-morrow she will make her San Francisco debut at the Tivoli in *‘Lor- raine.”” She isa bright, unaffected girl, with dark eyes, bronze hair and those clear-cut features which make a better stage appearance than any amount of doll- Jike prettiness. Miss Millard has a will and determination of ner own. She has pushed herself to the front rapidly in her profession, but she does not propose tore- main where she 1s; grand opera is_ her as- piration, and she is working now in order to return to Paris and continue her studies, to make her deoutatthe Opera Comique. 3 “‘People have been warning me so-about California colds that I feel nervous and want to secure a throat specialist right away,” she said yesterday. *“When I was here before I heard nothing about colds. You know I am anxious to make a good appearance, for we lived here so long that 1 feel half a Californian. “Did my father compose any songs here? Yes, 1 remember Helen Jackson’s book made such a deep impression on him that he sat down and wrote the words and music of ‘Ramona.’ He always workea quickly when a subject took possession of him, and he was deeply touched by the story of ‘Ramona.’ ” & Miss Millard still wears mourning for for fdther. She lost him last September, and the loss was more to her than to most daughters, for they had been constant and sympathetic companions. When she first joined the De Wolf Hopper Comvnn’g and made her first stage debut in “Wang” Harrison B. Millard was always with her and accompanied her when the company went on a tour. Aftera few months the song-writer's health grew too feeble to ad- mit of his traveling and Marie at once device, but invariably the claims made by | gave up the stage an settled forrtm win- On the Left Is a Section of an Ordinary Fir Pile Down Two Years, and on the Right Is a Section of a Teredo-Proof Pile Down Nine and a Half Years. [Drawn from the sections now on exhibition at the office of the State Board of Harbor Commissioners.] invéntors of so-called teredo-proof piles have, when put to a practical test, been “found to be of little or no value. It would appear, however, thatan exception to the long list of failures has been made, and the board seems to be of the opinion that it has at last found a pile that will withstand the ravages of the voracious teredo. Its worth has been demonstrated, as will be seen from the accompanying il- lustration made from sections of piling now on exhibition in the office of the Harbor Commissioners. The section shown on the rignt is a portion of an or- dinary fir pile driven in section 2 of the seawall in April, 1894, while on the left is shown a portion of the teredo-prooi pile driven in October, 1386, both of which were located within a short distance of each other. They were both taken up in April, 1896. The common pile was so badly damaged by the inroads of the teredo after nnvinfi been down but two ears' that, when laid on the wharf, it {l‘oke in two with its own weight. The teredo-proof pile, which had been driven for nine years and six months, was found to be nearly or quite as sound as when it was first driven. Its form of construction is simple. In the center is a piece of tim- ber six inches square, about which are se- cured strips or boards secured alternately at right angles to each other until the roper thickness of diameter for the vile Eas been reached. In building the pile the central core is first smeared with a preservative compound made of either asphaltum coal tar or some similar sub- stance that prevents ‘the decay of wood. The strips are then nailed on opposite sides of the core, being first coated with the preservative compound. The outer surface of the completed pile is protected by an exterior coating or layer of the pre- servative compound. A pile like this, that is absolutely teredo- proof, as a practical test has demonstrated the one in question to be, will effect a vast ‘saving in the maintenance of the wharves and docks along the water front. The Sultan of Turkey has & mania for collecting carriages. He has nearly 500 of them, and often loses half an hour before deciding in whicth one he will ride, ter in New York, where she sang at Dr. Parkhurst’s church. When summer came on-the father and daughter wentto Paris,where Marie studied with Professor Trabedello, with whom Emma Kames is now passing operas. The professor said if she would stay a vear he would guarantee her a debut at the Opera Comique, but a year in Paris, with a lesson every day, means a small fortune, so the end of the summer found Miss Millard back in New York ready to resume her du- ties at Dr. Parkhurst's church. Speaking of 4 éhe Parisian teachers yesterday she said: i * Americans flock to Marchesi, but when you come to think of it, there is a great disadvantage attached to her school. Marchesi gives lessons In classes, and after being present for two or three hours, you find that individually you have not had fifteen minutes’ teaching to yourself. You want a long, long time to make real pro- gress at that rate.” Last summer Miss Millard went to Bos- ton to create a part in the “Sphynx,” a comic opera, in which she made an imme- diate hit. She afterward toured with the *‘Sphynx” organization, and attracted at- tention wherever she appeared. A num- ber of dramatic critics bave .predicted success for her in the higher walks of opera, to which she aspires. In making “excelsior” her motto, Marie Millard believes that she is carrying out the wishes of her father, who loved music for its own sake, and who wrote songs which bave been sung all over the worli. If an international copyright for American songs. had existed, Millard would have been arich marn. *‘Waiting” and “When the Tide Comes In'’ are known aund sun in every village and hamlet in England, but their trans-Atlantic popularity never brought a cent to the comnoser, who died a poor man. He was rich in friends, how- ever, and there are many of them who take a keen interest in his daughter’s San Francisco debut to-morrow. —————— A new material for the makin, s has been found in turh:‘y.bnn‘e:’ 'l?gg:: bones are said to make the most perfect stems imaginable. T! e substanceis light, pm-'obm slnd.k ::inm tl;;opr;emn of the teeth. Bmoke drawn t| bone is cool and sweet. e th.’ L NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. X Clear Cutting In the price of all goods in the store has been made, t them quickly out of the way of the carpenters and s s ing our alterations. These workmen are a necessary evil. We wouldn’t have them around only we must have the room and the light the alterations will giveus. 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