The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 17, 1896, Page 9

THE - SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1896. 9 WHEELMEN WILL FIGHT RAILROADS, The Assistance of the Legis- lature Will Be De- manded. NO CHARGE ON BICYCLES Pattern Taken After the Deter- mined Cyclists of New York City. A BILL IS NCW BEING DRAWN. Chief Consu! Frank H. Kerrigan's View on the Final Outcome of the Matter. ¥iw Chief Consul Frank H. Kerrigan of the North California Division League of American Wheelmen took the first steps yesterday in a great movement that will resalt in a bitter fight before the next Legislature to force the Southern Pacific Railroad Company to place bicycles on the same footing as baggage and to treat them accordingly. It has long been the inten- tion of the league representatives to de- mand what the wheelmen deem to be their rights in the matter, and the subject was brought to a sudden focus on Satur- night last when an important meeting was held at the Reliance Club in Oakland. At that gathering a letter from Chief Consul Monoghan of the Southern Cali- fornia Division was raad in which the writer, addressing Chief Consul Kerrigan, stated that he had been credibly informed that the Southern Pacific Company was about to put into effect a charge on all bicycles carried on its lines between no matter what points. Chier Consul Kerrigan advocated im- mediate action by the division, saying that there was no time like the present, while politics were boiling, for fighting such a measure, and showing the strength of the league to defeat laws calculated to work hardships on the cyclists. It was agreed by the representative wheelmen present thatany such regula- tion by ¢he company must be fought tooth and nail, and Consul Kerrigan was em- powered to take such immediate steps as would lead to the desired results. The league has sixty-five local repre- sentatives under the jurisciction of the division in the various towns of Northern California, and to each of these Consul Kerrigan addressed bimself yesterday. He called attention to the statement that the railroad company was about to im- pose a charge for the transportation of bicyeles and to the fact that the influence of the wheelmen, if properly and imme- diately exested, could easily defeat such a vroject by having the Legislature pass a Jaw placing bicycles on the same plane as baggage and no other. % Each of the local consuls and repre- sentatives was asked to see the member of the Legisiature from his locality, person- ally if possible, and urge upon him the necessity of such a law to protect the rights of the whee!lmen. All were cau- tioned not to let the matter drop with one effort, but to keep at it persistently until the Legislature has acted in accordance with the wishes of the division, and as most of the local consuls are men of busi- ness and affairs their influence is expected to be feit at once. “We will win this fight on its merits, just as the New York wheelmen won theirs on the same subject,” said Chief Consut Kerrigan yesterday after admit- ting that the movement was on foot. “We did not care to have this matter made public just vet, but as long as it is out we may as well go ahead. “The present regulations of the com- pany, while they may be satisfactory to the majority of S8an Francisco wheelmen, are not so to the division. Some time ago the company made a regulation that all wheels carried to and from San Francisco and interior towns within a certain radius should travel free, while those transported between two 1nterior towns—Sacramento and Stockton, for instance—must pay a tax of 25 cents. As I said before, San Francisco wheelmen might be satisfied with this, inasmuch as they have nothing to pay, but the Northern California Di- vision 1s not run for San Francisco alone, and we are bound to protect our interior members from what appears to be unjust discrimination. “On the top of this comes the rumor that within a short time the thousands of bicycles that travel in and out of San Francisco weekly by train must pay just as our interior brothers do. “‘This, of course, is notto be tolerated, and I do not think that it will be. “The passage of the Armstrong bill by the New York Legislature is an evidence of what the wheeling interest will do. The cyclists of New York State were com- pelled to pay for the transportation of their wheels for even short distances, and rebelled. They had a bill drawn making it necessary for the railroad companies to accept wheels as baggage, and passed it through the Legislature without a hitch in spite of the vast railroad influence arrayed against it. “It was predicted that Governor Morton would not sign it, but he did it and no doubt some hundreds of telegrams from consuls and wheelmen all over the coun- try had something to do withk the prompt- ness with which he affixed his signature. “Chauncey Depew, the railroad mag- nate was in California when the bill was signed and immediately on hisreturn to New York announced that he would fight the legality of vhe measure. [am told that he could not be elected pound- master of New York aiter the antagonism he has engendered among the wheelmen. “Qur committee on rights and privil- eges acting with the transportation com- mittee 1s now drafting a bill on the lines of the Armstrong bill and every member of the Legislature will be familiar with it before he gzoes to Sacramento for the next session.” HIS HONOR BUNKOED. Judge Campbell the Victim of a Very Old Trick. Judge Campbell was feeling very sore vesterday morning and he would like to xnow the man who was the cause of 1t. “] have been bunkoed out of a dollar,” said the Judge, as he stroked his whiskers, “Itisn’t for the value of it, but-I hate to be piayed for a hayseed ana I ought to have known better. Western Hotel last night that a mes- senger would call with an important let- ter for me and to pay the messenger a dollar and he would pay itin the morning. The letter came and the messenger got the dollar. “The lettes was handed to me this morning and I paid the dollar. On open- ing the letter I found it was written in a disguised hand and offered to sell me a lot in Berkeley cheap. It was signed J. M. Cassidy. Itisan old bunko game and I ml%]l“ have known better. I guess they will have the laugh on me.” LOST IN A BIG CITY. Unfortunate Predicament of Irving Markwart, a Bright Boy From Ophir, Placer County. Irving Markwart, a bright boy 11 years of age, is in the City Prison, and the police are making every effort to find his friends. He is an orphan and had been employed on Mrs. M. Geach’s ranch at Ophir, Placer County. His elder brother, Arthur, is a pupil in the California School of Mechanical Arts, which is ciosed for the vacation. Last week Arthur wrote Mrs. Geach to send Irving to the City either Saturday or Sun- day last, as he was going on a vacation to Jackson, Amador County, and he would be at the Oakland mole to meet him. Irving arrived Monday night and his brother was not there. He waited at the mole till the last boat and crossed over to tlie City. He told a policeman at the ferry of his plight and the officer took him to the Harbor police station and later sent him in the patrol wagon to the City Prison. irving did not know his brother’s ad- dress and, though he has friends in Oak- land, yet he does not know their address | either. Captain Kobinson has made him | as comfortable as possible in the prison. JUDGE HUNT FREES HEALY His Marriage Contract With Lucretia Carpenter Is Annulled. {Both Parties to the Ceremony Are Either in Hawaii or on the Way There. Judge Hunt yesterday annulled the maz- riage contract between Frederick A. Healy, son of Captain Healy, late of the revenue | service, and Lucretia May Carpenter. So ends a romance that began in the wine- cup and ended in a divorce court. Young Healy was a few months ago studying law in the offices of Henley & of absence for a few days in order to show | the strangers about the City. Healyisa | convivial chap, and so evidently are his | friends, for it was testified vesterday that all were more or less intoxicated during the stay of the Chicagoans. On Friday evening, March 27 of this year, Healy became acquainted with Lu- cretia €arpenter. Healy was intoxicated, and soon pro- posed that Miss Carpenter accompany him on the rounds of the town. | sented, and the two left in a carriage. Nothing more was seen of them until early next morning, when they announced that they had been married. They haa in some manner secured a marriage license and were joined in wedlock about 11 o’clock. Healy became repentant as soon as ne and sought the adyice of his friend, Barc- lay Henley. He told Henley the story and expressed a desire to be sent on a sea voyage. enley secured passage for Healy on a barkentine bound for Hawaii and then brought suit for the annuilment of the marriage. The wife made no objection, so Judge Hunt, after hearing the testi- mony of several witnesses, annulled the marriage. in Honolulu or on her way there to see Healy. .~ THEY ARE DISCOVERED. 8. N. Wood & Co. and the Columbian ‘Woolen Mills Are Identical. HeTetofore the proprietors of the Co- lumbian Woolen Mills have not deemed it necessary to couple their firm name with their establishment, for the reason that they have bu1li up a reputation to be envied simply under the name of the Columbian Woolen Mills. But the rule that successfu! business enterprises al- ways find imitators or would-be imitators found no exception in this case, and at- tempts have been made to infringe upon their name by woula-be rivals. In order to protect the public they bave deemed it advisable to couple the firm name of S. N. Wood & Co. with that of the Columbian Woolen Mills. The two are identical, are one and the same insti- tution and always have been, and their statement to this effect is nothing more nor less than an announcement to the public that S. N. Wood & Co., the mem- bers of which are 8. N. Wood, M. Wood, B. Wood and A. L. Peyser, are proprie- tors of the widely known and popular Columbian Woolen Mills. This institution is strictly a home indus- try. Itisup to date in all its methods and it produces first-class ultra-fashiona- ble men’s clothing made to order for the most reasonable prices. The Market-street store (No. 541) has just been remodeled and is now better ar- ranged than ever to transact the large vol- ume of bueiness which 8. N. Wood & Co. enjoy. They have only one branch store in the City, and that is located at 211 Montgomery street, and all who wish to avail thems>lves of the advantages in prices, quality and workmanship, which this house oifers to its patrons should carefully note the streets and numbers of these two stores. —— - BUILDING AT THE MISSION, on Valencla Street. A substantial three-story building is soon to be put up on the west side of Va- lencia sireet beiween Twenty-first and Hill, A small old-fashioned cottage which has stood on the lot for years has been moved away, and work on” the new building will now be commen ced. Martens & Coffey, the architects, have submitted plans to John W. Salter, the owner, and bids are now being received. The building, whica will consist of a store on the ground floor and fiats above, will be modernly equipped, and is expected to cost in the heighborbood of $9000. —————— A Match Causes Death. Ellen O’Keefe, the 2!¢-year-old daughter of Michael O'Keefe, 1122 Harrison sireet, died from burns received Thursday last. The little child, with her brother and two neighboring the boys struck a match, accidentally. g- niting the hay. Before O'Keefe's child could escape she received burns which finall; Suited in her death. i —— Given Six Months Each. The seven Chinese, Ah Young, Ah Shaw, Ah Jim, Ah Cling, Ah Ling, Ah Hung and Ah Sing, convicted in the United States District Court on Friday last, of violating the Cami- ninetti act, regulating hydraulic mining, were sentenced to six monihs in the Alameda County jail. e A New Mining Company. The Larch Mining Company was yesterday incorporated by Samuel L. Lent, John F. Hin- richs, E. M. Atwood, George T. Ruddick and W, D. Chambers. The capital stock is $1,000,- 000, of which $500 has been paid in. LoANd on watches, jewelry, silverware, at Uncle “Some one telephoned to the New | Harris', 15 Grant avenue, Costello. He one day received a letter from | a couple of Chicago friends who were about | to visit S8an Francisco, and secured a leave | She con- | at became sober, and at once left his bride | It is said that Lucretia Carpenter is now | FAIR TEACHERS OF THE FUTURE, ! A Hundred Girls Graduated From the Normal School. MUSIC AND ESSAYS. Original Illustrative Motion Songs by the Stu- dents GIRLS SALUTE OLD GLORY. An Address by State Superintendent S. T. Black—The Distributicn of Diplomas. Youth and beauty, wit and wisdom were well and worthily represented last evening in the zuditorium of the Girls’ High School, where the girlsof the San Francisco Normal School, a hundred strong, were holding their graduating ex- ercises. Toe smiling young graduates, future teachers, occupied seats upon the stage, which was picturesquely decorated with palms, ferns and. umbrella plants, sup- plied from the greenhouse of the Girls' High School, and the lower floor and gal- lery were filled with an attentive audience of some fifteen hundred iadies and gentle- men. After a musical prelude, “To Thee, O Country,” original essays were read by Cecelia Friedlander on “The Story of a Life,” Martha Carew on “Our Standard,” Belle Kincaid on *‘Bad Boys,” Theresa Sharkey on “The Alpha and Omega.” These papers evinced much common-sense and literary culture ana reflected credit upon therr teachers as well as the students, The following original kindergarten songs, realistically and gracefully illus- | trated by the class with typical motions, were next given, to the great delight of the audience: “The Boat Sail,” words by Clara Baker; “The Herdsman's Song,” words and music by Addie Casamayou; “The Blacksmith,” class of 1894; *The 01d Mil],” words and music by Blanche Fairweather; “Calling the Cows,” words by Alicia Campbeli; “‘Slumber Song,” words by Ethel Kennedy; “Haying Song,” words by Isabel Evans. “The Baker’s Song,” by Rebe McFeely; The Skaters,”” by Louise Crocker; “The Man in tihe Moon,” by Josephine Kelly. and “Sowing Seeds,” by Dora Walters were also among the original contributions of the students, but the time did not per- mit them to be sung, though all were | equally meritorious. At the concinsion of the Kinaergarten | singing, the girls rose, and repeating the | school vpledge of loyalty, gracefully sa- | luted the handsome American flag which | drooped from its tall staff at the foot of | the stage, and feelingly sang “The Star- | spangled Banner.” Samuel T. Black, State Superintendent of Public lnstruction, in a brief but forci- ble address, complimented the school and gave the graduates some timely advice upon the responsibilities they were as- | suming in entering into the ranks of the professional teachers. The diplomas were then presented to the graduates by Super- intendent Babcock and the exercises were concluded with the singing of the National | anthem, “America.” | Miss Laura T. Fowler, the prin¢ipal of ! the San Francisco Normal School and the | worthy successor of the late James G. ‘ Kennedy, has good reason to be proud of | her girls. Since its establishment in | 1876 1400 female teachers in round | numbers have been graduated from this | school, and many of them are now teach- | ing successfully in the public schools in | varioussections of the State. Miss Fowler, i a graduate of Parker College, New York, came to California in 1862, and for the last | thirty years has been in continuous ser- | vice in the San Francisco School De- | partment. | Samuel T. Black, who was elected in | 1894 as State Superintendent of Public In- | struction, succeeding Professor J. W. | Anderson, is widely known by the school- | teachers of California, who recognize him | as a progressive, conscientious educator. i —— | | LINCOLN SCHOOL. The Biggest Institution of its Kind in the United States. The biggest school of its class in the |, United States is the Lincoln Evening | 8chool of San Francisco. 1t has been | established since 1861 and for the last | eleven years its principal has been A. H. | MacDonald. It has some 1600 students of nearly all ages and nationalities enrolied. At the closing exercises, held last right in Oda Fellows’ Hall, the graduates re- ceived their diplomas from Deputy School Superintendent Charles B. Stone. Follow- ing is a list of the medal winners: Denman medal pupils—Vincent Genevieve | Francis, Florence Ready, Elizabeth M. Phillips. Bridge medal pupils—G. R. Morgan, W. Stark, R. Crothers, J. H. Tiedemen, J. E. Caruey, G. G. Bakofsky, R. E. Hancock, H. Collor, G. | F. Johannsen, J.J. Griffin, T. E. Brandon, G. E. Krueger, D. Kleinmann, H. J. Thomas, T. E. Eccles. Appended is the programme: Overture, Schillerbund band; declamation, “On Board the Cumberland,” Thomas Bran- don; declamation, “General Scott and the | Veteran,” Miss May Greggains; vocal solo, R. | J. Wright; essay, “The Beuefits of the Lincoln Evening School,” G. R. Morgan; violin duet, Professor A. A. Soloman and Mrs. L. D. Mac- Donald; declamation, “Captain Molly,” Miss Ella Mansfield; vocal s0lo, R. E. Dolan; essay, “The Days of Chivalry,” Richard P, Henshall. Director Charles A, Murdock presided. Director Henderson made a brief address, and the literary exercises were concluded with the salutation to the American flag and the conferring of the medals. Then | there was a social dance. Cogeidiis e, MEDAL WINNERS. Bright Boys and Girls of the Wash- ington Evening School. The closing exercises of the Washington Evening School, of which Miss P. M. Nolan is principal, took place last night at California Hall, Director Thomas R. Knox presiding. After an overture by the orchestra came a class poem by Georgiana Williams; a corpet solo, “Young America,” by Louis Ortion; a recitation, ‘‘Nathan Hale, or the Martyr Spy,” by Robert Dunphy; a vocal solo, “*Only Me,” by May Hill; an oration, “To Be or Nov To Be, fa 1 i by Lawrence F. , from Faure; song, “Good Night,”by the gradu- ates, Dirsctor A. Comte then presented ‘the plomas and Director C. A. Clinton handed around tnhe medals, which were won by the following weil-bebaved and scholarly boys snd girls: Olga Gerisch, Lawrence F. Faure, Frank L. Maino, Wil- liam Harrison, Thomas McKeyitt, Harrie Wright Gilban and B. A. Louis. ————rr Pacific Heights School, Following is the programme of exercises which took place yesterday at the Pacific Heights Grammar School: Song, “Sweet Vale of Rest,”” by the gradu ates; reminiscences of Scott day, Longfel- low day; song, “A Wish for the Moun- tains,” by the graduates; reminiscences of Burns day; song, ‘“Blow, Bugle, Blow” (with cornet), Ly the graduates; reminiscences of Shakespeare Day; selection, by Pacific Helghts Orchestr: recitation, “The Builders,” by the graduates; address, by Buperintendent M. Babcock; distribution of diplomas w Class of ’'96; distribution of medals; song, “Auld Lang Lyne.” 24 Gk Hamilton School Graduates. Foliowing is the list of the graduates of the Hamilton Grammar School: Lottie Andrews, Sarah Baker, Mary Baptista, Ernestine Basch, Sadie Brock, Annie Brady, Frorence Benjamin, Fred Barkman, Ida Gil- Jesple, Verna Harrison, Elsie Harris, Frieda Hauser, Zita Hastings, Eugenma Hoey, George Hays, Heory Haake, Irving Brock, Arthur Brown, Ethel Clarke, Ruth Clarke, Sylvia Coblentz, Alice Cook, Anna Crowe, Walter Callender, Fannie de Boom, Liilian Dow, Millie Kaskell, Minnie Kruse, David Kosmins| Alired Krafft, Elmer Krafft, Evelyn Lesser, Pearl Levin, Juliet Levy, Henriette Lacoste, Albert Leweer, Grace Duncan, Eva Donald, Clara Frankel, Charles Flammer, Flossie Gordon, Rose Gra- ham, May Goldman, Henri Levy, Adolph Levit, Lester Levingston, Edna MacFadyen, Gertrude Mayers, Lillian Moore, .Rose Morris, Nellie Morris, Emma Mamlock, Myrle Morton, Anna Meyer, Ray McKenney, Willie Morris, Lulu Wegener, Erna Wicker, Eva Walcom, Ma- bel Watts, Tlieodose Watson, Jessie Zacharias, Joseph Murphy, th Nicholls, Etta Parsons, Mary O’Connoll, Melville Owen, Sam Oppen- heim, Louise Pon, Tillie Peters, Otto Paulsen, Charles Pauson, Lillian Morrison, Margaret Roche, George Ross, Henry Rogers, Josephine Seavey, Lottie Shoenberg, Caroline Stevenson, Rex Shaw, Granville Stewart, LesterScheeline, Edith Trewaras, William Vorrath, Irwin Jewell. NANSEN'S POLAR EXPEDITION, The Explorer Likely to Pay for an “Un- equaled Latitude”” With His Life, . The continuing interes#of the unsolved polar mystery has been strikingly illus- trated by the eagerness with which the press of the world has caught at every word that seems to indicate the success and safety of the brave Norwegian in his dangerous drift-voyage toward the north pole. Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, born in 1861, be- came fanfous by crossing, first of all men, the inland ice of Greenland in 1888 from Umivik, 64 deg. 45> min. north, on the east coast, to Kangersunek fiora, fifty miles south of Godthaab. Later he conceived a novel and dangerous plan for polar work. Ignoring the accepted rules of ice naviga- tion—of avoiding besetment and following the protected Fee of land masses — he decided to put his ship into the ice to the mnorth of the New Sibe- rian Islands, whence he believed that he wounid be carried by ocean cur- rents across the pole to ‘the Spitzber- en Sea. His steamer, Fram, 125 feet ong, with an oak hull 30 inches thick and sheathed with greenheart, was built so as to rise under ice pressure, as Le claimed. The crew of twelve was pro- visioned for five years, though he ex- pected, by a drift of a little over two miles per day, to reach the Atlantic in two years. No explorer of experience in- dorsed the plan; but with undaunted courage Nansen sailed on June 24, 1893, and, entering the Sea of Kara, was Jast seen to the east of Nova Zembla in Sep- tember, 1893. He visited neither the Tatmur peninsula nor the New Siberian Islands, as events have since shown. February 13, 1896, a aispatch from Ir- kutsk, on the authority of Konchnareff, an | agent of Nansen, stated that the explorer, having reached land-masses at the north pole, was now returning. Two days later a dispatch from Archangel confirmed the first report in general terws only. From the bepinning no credit was given to these dispatches by any American Arctic_explorer or student. Melville, Schutze, Dall and the writer were strenuous in disbeiief, but the story was credited by scoresof people both in Europe and this country, who did not find it pe- culiar that a story from tlie center of Asia was confirmed from the north of Eurove, nor were surprised that such news came from the Siberian Ocean in midwinter. Throngh the Norwegian press Nansen’s relatives announce their disbelief i this rumor. As to the drift relics found on the west coast of Greenland, which were relied on by Nansen as practical proof that his theory of a.drift voyage was correct, it may be said that Melville, the man best gnnlifled to speak about the Jeannette, enied at, the time their genuineness, and endeayored without avail to haye them brought to this country. The writer pub- licly called Nansen’s attention to tnis question, which for the first time seems to have created doubts in his mind. Nan- sen made efforts to find_the relics for v. r- 1fication, but they had disappeared in toto. ‘While Nansen’s journey is exceedingly dangerous it wounld not be astonishing if he was able to return from his ship, if it was lost south of 81 deg. north, to the Asiatic coast, but if he really approached te north pole, as is possible, before his vessel was destroyed, it is safe to say that he will pay for an unequaled latitude with his lris and carry the secret of his well-earned success to his grave.—National Geographic Magazine. Young Diiraeli. Young Disraeli’'s follies on board the "Hermes are of a_piece with his and his companions’ conduct here two years ago. They are quite a byword at Corfu, the names of Disraeli, Clay and Meredith being never mentioned but to be laughed at. They apologized for being too late for dinner because the scenery of the island did not enable them to think of such things; accepted with besitation an invi- tation to one of the regimental messes, saying it was a trying thing todineata mess; avowed their utier inability to dine in anything but a large room, and, with 8ir Frederick Adam, who lives at what is called the Palace, behaved as if they thought their host was a very insignificent erson indeed compared with themselves. 1T, Cln{ (Disraeli?) wore long ringlets down his cheeks and was dressed in a conmiplete suit of blue lined with velvet, with blue battons and blue spurs. Being asked by Sir Frederick what men deserved who drank port wine, he repliec deserve to be sent to Encland. the Life of Sir John Franklin. e The One Man Barras Praises. Almost the only man who is praised thronghout the book (Barras’ Memoirs) is a man who by universal assent deserved the praise that he receives—Marshal Le- febyre. Duc de Dantzic, the husband in the well-known play (ummxgh perhaps nat in real life) of ‘‘Mme. Sans-Gegpe.”” Barras never names him without speaking of his courtesy, real goodness and perfect up- rightness of character, and this even at a time when he was bolding the highest of- fice under Napoleon, and. faithfully sery- ing one who to Barras was not only the usurper, but the deadly personal foe. Bar- ras had much occasion for gratitude to Le- febvre, and with so A man as Barras this might haye been expected to secure his hatred, had he thought Lefebvre worth it, but the Duc de Dantzic, as is well known, was not an elg and he had the tact never to write to Barras without tell- ing him how much he continued to feel the iuvariable kindness which in the days of the Directorate he himself had received ¢ Director.—London Athenmum, TIRURON WILL ENTERTAIN ALL Active Preparations for an 0ld-Fashioned Clam- bake. TO BOOM THEIR TOWN. Ample Accommedations Will Be Made for All Who May Come. CULINARY IXPERTS SECURED. A G:nuine Down-East Clam.Baker Will Be the Presiding Gznius at the Pi's The citizens of Tiburon are making elab- orate preparations for a great celebration to be held there on Sunday, July 5. The celebration will be a genuine old-fash- ioned down-East clam-bake, and, judging by the arrangements being made, will ex- cel anything of tne kind ever given on the coast and compare favorably with the fa- mous bakes of Rhode Island. The bulisbead breakfasts at Sausalito bhave made the town so popular that the enterprising Tiburon people, not to be outdone in generosity and progressive- ness, have been quietly making prepara- tions for the feast. The beach between the railroad company’s landing and the Corinthiap Yacht Club’s house is now be- ing cleared and made ready for the event, which will be a memorable onein the town annals. Rock and seaweed are be- ing gathered for the pits in which the clams, ham, corn, chickens and corned beef will be roasted. The committée having the affair in charge have met with encouraging suc- cess in raiging the necessary funds, and ample preparations will be made to ac- commodate all who come. Upon the beach will be built 480 feet of tables, which will be loaded with all manner of good things. Barnes, a roted clam-baker from Rhode Island. 'Barney Gallindo, who has the proud aistinction of being the first white native boru citizen of California, besides a wide fame among epicures as a specialist on barbecues and bull's-head break!asts, will have charge of the meats and vege- tables. Besides good things to eat, thére will also be drinkables, furnished by the people of San Jose. Everything wjll be free for all and the citizens of Tiburon extend a general invi- tation to everybody to come and partake of the feast. In addition to the banquet there will alss be boat-races in the after- noon, most interesting of which wilt be a two-mile ladies’ race, in which crews from Tiburon, Sausalito, Oakland, Alameda and San Franciseo will compete. A prize of $50 wilt go to the winning crew and $25 to the crew coming in second. Tne)ru will also be swimming reces in Tiburon cove. The railroad company will run special locals ior the occasion, which will be an- | nounced later on. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. A DIME OF 1892—J. A. M., City. A dime of 1892 coined in this is worth just 10 cents. PERPETUAL MoTIoN—J. K., City. No reward or premium 18 offered for the discovery of per- petual motfon. Liquor Law—M., City. The State of Maine was the first to pass & prohibitory liquor law, That was in 1846, City. Leland Stan- ce, Itaky, March 13, You ford dr. 1884, at the age of N—J. D, M., City. Benjamin Harri- resident of the United States, was born at North Bend, Ohio, August 20, 1833, SPECIE PAYMENT—J, B. McH., Dayton, Nev. On the 14th of July, 1875, Congress ordered ment contracts, to take effect January 1, 1879, VALLEY RAILROAD—H. S., City. Alexander Mackie is the secretary of the San Joaquin company will, so far as is known at this time, remain iu San Francisco. FoURTH-STREET FIRE—W. T., Cherokee, Tuol- umne County, Cal. In round numbers the loss by the fire that on the night of the 27th of last June destroyed a great deal of property on Fourth, Eifth, Bryant, Welsh, Freelon and Bluxome streets was $350,000. Boxps—C. E. R., Waterloo, Cal. The bonds payable at the plessure of the Government were the 3 per cents, §305,529,000; 4)¢ per cents, $250.000,000, redeemabie Sepiember 1, 1891, 'and ¥737,620,700 of refunding certifi: cates redeemable July 1, 1907. ToprEDO-BOAT—J. B. C., 8an Miguel Camp, Cal. It is claimed that the fastest time ever made by a torpedo-boat was that- maae by the British vessel Hornet. During a-three hours’ trial in an_estuary of the Thames the average speed per hour was found to be 27.628 knots. LETTER-CARRIER—H. G. H., City. If you wish to become a letter-carrier you will have to make application to the postal authorities for the necessary blanks to enable you to undergo an examination under the civil-service rules. Such blanks can be obtained from the secre- tary to the postmaster. FruiT TREES—A. G. A., City. A fruit crop growing on trees on & homestead is considered part of the homestead. In the case of Horgan vs. Amrick, reported in 62 Cal., 401, it is held that grain which was harvested from iends constituting & homestead (lands which before the declaration were community property) is not as such exempt from execution. NEW YOrk Riors—S. M., Pico Heights, Los Angeles, Cal. The New York riots alluded to in your communication occurred between the 13th and the 17th of July, 1863. The infor. mation asked for is not obtainable in this City, for the reason that the file of the paper you name is not to be had here. You will have to write to that paper for the data asked. A DrIver's RiGuT—W. T., Cherokee, Tuol- umne County, Cal. The driver ot a stage car- rying the United States mail is bound by the same law that governs other electors on elec- tion day. He can vote only in the precinct in which ne claims his residence and in which he has been registered. He cannot vote atany precinet on the line over which he drives. FRACTIONAL CURRENCY—G. C., Oakland, Cal. Of the fractional currency issued by the United States Government those of the de- nomination of 25 c2nts with perforated edges like postage-stamps, new and crisp, are worth 50 ogggts;‘ nxo-e‘: the same denomination with straight cut edges are worth 50 per cent X : known s the remium, and those that ai gemndan. with *25” on worth $2 50. MCKINLEY'S ANCESTRY. — W, R., Philo, .Cal. William McKinley is Scotch-Irish by descent. His ancestors immigrated to this country early enough to have sons who took part in the War of the Revolution. His ancestors came from His grand- stinguished ‘Scotland more than 200 years ago. father, Daniel McKinley, was di for gallantry at Braudywine, Ger: Monmouth,” His father was an iron man The clam pits will be in charge of S. R. | the resumption of specie payment of Govern- | Valley Railroad. The business office of the | ntown and wiee | turer, who died in 1892, at the age of 83. His maother is siill living at Canton, Ohio. His family moved from Pennsylvania to Ohin in 1814. When 16 years of age he united with | the Methodist Episcopal chureh. * CHAMBEE OF ComMERCE—J. T. R., Santa Cruz, Cal. The president of the Chamber of Com- merce of 8an Franeisco is Hugh Craig and the secretary is W. L. Merry. The pl’ESld'fint of the Board of Trade is A. A."Watkins and the secre- tery is H. L. Smiu CITIZENSHIP—J. S., City. A foreigner who de- sires to declare his intentfon of becoming a citizen of the United States can make applica- tion to any department of the Superior Court. | He does not require any witnesses and no charge is made. [ he should desire to obtain | his first papers in the United States District Court or United States Circuit Court he will be charged & small fee. | DIRECTORS—M. F., City. The Civil Code of this State provides that the directors of an in- corporated association shall not be less than | five and not more than eleven, but that the | same may ve increased or diminished by a vote of the majority of the stockholders or mem- | bers to not less than five nor more than eleven. | A quorum shall be that number that the directors may decide upon. MINING Laws—P. E.W., Kelsey, Kern County, Cal. To vote at an election for a recorder of & | mining district the elector must be either a | citizen or one who has declared his intention | of becoming such. There is no fixed time for | the opening of the polls. Time is optional. | The eiectors appoint the board that controls | the etection. If the election has been set for & certain day the recorder has no authority to change the day. i A NoTE ON SUNDAY—A. 8., City. As thereis no Sunday law in this State a note given on Sunday is legal. There is no decision in this State affecting the legality of & note given on a legal holiday. A man who would borrow money from another on alegal holiday and then seek to repudiate the obligation on the ground that the transaction took place on a dies non is no better than a common thief, and he ought to be behind the bers. SWITZERLAND — Subscriber, City. The lan- guage spoken in Switzerland at this time is the German, Frenci, Italian ana Romansch. In- vestigation has led to the discovery of traces of the Gaelic language spoken by people of Southern Europe, and there is some evidence that it was sposen in Italy. France, Switzer- Iand, Spain and Portugsl, but when and how long since people in tiie countries named ceased using that languege is not known. PERSPIRATION OF THE FEET—S., Sacramento, cal. ¢ following is given for what it is wortk: “Seven ounces of carbonate of magne- sia, two ounces of powdered calcined alum, | seven ounces of orris root (gowdered) and one- half drachm of powdered cloves, all well mixed, makes a powder that will absorb exces- sive perspiration of the feet.” To correet an offensive smell of the feet, “bathe them in a weak solution of permanganate of potassa, one scruple of the salt to eight ounces of water.” LEAP YEAR—J. B. M., City. The question as to 1900 not being & lenp year has been answered several times. The rule is not, as you suppose, that every one hundretn year shall ve divisible by four, but that it shail be divisible by 400, in order tobe & leap year. gorian calendar, established in 1582, ever since known as the new style, was so arranged that of the hundredth years to come, only the four hundredth years were to be bissex- tile or leap years, huving 366 days. The year 1600 was the first. =] Biep LiMe—A. 8., Virginia City, Nev. The | following is given as a recipe for making bird | lime: Boil the middle bark of the holly seven | or eight hours in water; drain it and lay it in | heaps in the groupd _covered with stones for | two or three weeKs till reduced to a mucilage; beat this in & mortar, wash it in rain water and knead it till free from extraneous matter; put it into earihen pots and in four or five days it will be ready for use. An inferfor kind is made by boiling linseed oil for some hours untl it becames & viscid paste. CHRISTENTN Subseriber, Alvarado, Cal. The { father, as the head of the family, has the con- | i trol of his child, ard has the right tosay in what faith it shall be brought up, uniess bound by some moral obligation prior to the | birtn of the child to bring it up in & particular faith. If persons haviug charge of the child should without author during the absence of the motber and without the knowledge of the father, take the child to a churchand i haye it christened, the father need not recog- nize such act, and may have the child chris- tetied by such name as he may desireit to | have. EosTox’s MAyor—J. R., City. The Mayor of Boston whose name -was O’Brien was Hugh O’Brien, who held the office in 1884, 1885, 1886 and 1887. He was born in Ireland in 1827, July 13. ‘When but 5 years of age he was brought to the United States. He re- | ceived Lis early education in the public | schools, graduating from the grammar school | that stocd on Fort Hill, famous in the history | | of Massachusetts. He learned the art of | printing, and in time founded the Shipping and Commercial List. He became identifie with politics and his services as Alderman and Mayor covered a period of eleven years. FITZSIMMONS AND MAHER—J. ., City. The first fight between Robert Fitzsimmons and Peler Maher took place in New Orleans, March 2, 1892. This was a mateh for a purse of £10,- 000, offered by the Olympie Club of that eity, $1000 to zo to the loser. John Duffy was the Fitzsimmons' seconds were Jimmy | ynski and Alec Greggaius and | Maher's were Billy Madden, Gus Tuthill and Jack Fallon. The timekeepers were: for Fitzsimmonus, George R. Clark; tor Maher, P. J. Donohue; and for the ciub, R. M. Frank. Fitzsimmons scored first biood and first knock- down in the first round. Maher was knocked | out in the twelfth round. o | SUPERVISORS—J. MeD., City. The consolida- tion act of 1856, under which San Francisco first hed a Board of Supervisors, declares that the term of Supervisors shall be two years, and that has been the term ever since. The | idea that Supervisors were at one time elected for one year only probably arises irom the fact that in 1866 the law was changed so that at the annual election half of the Supervisors should be elected for two years and at the following election the other half, and under that law the odd numbered wards elected Supervisors one year and the next year the numbered wards elected their represen- and thatcontinued until the law was 10 what it is now.. 3 HEALD'S Business College, 24 Post St., San Francisco. HE LEADING COMMERCIAL SCHOOL west of Chleago. Bookkeeping, penmanship, business practice, shorthana (Piuman, Graham, Eclectic), typewriting, telegraphy, modern lan- guages, £nglish branches and everything pertain- ing to a business education rapialy taught. 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