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4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1896. GLENDALE MINER SADLY MANGLED, Pitiful Result of Andrew| Benson's Loyalty to His | Employer. ‘ TORN BY AN EXPLOSION. Premature Discharge of a Salute on the Birthday of a Mine | Superintendent. LOSES BOTH ARMS AND AN EYE | | e | His Body Denuded and Shockingly | Bruised, but Doctors Say He i Will Live. PORTLAND, Or., June 26.—Andrew | Benson, a miner, was horribly mangled at Glendale, a small mining camp on the Southern Pacific Railroad, last night. Yesterday was the birthday of Colonel | Taylor, superintendent of the Victory mine, and Benson proposed to discharge several shots of giant powder as a salute in honor of the occasion. The other men | demurred, fearing that Colonel Taylor | would not appreciate the demonstration. Benson insisted, however, and pro- curing the cartridges, caps and fuse started off alone for the sta- tion. Thirty minutes iater Benson’s mangled body was picked up near the rail- road track by trainhands and the man the unfortunate miner had intended to salute. The giant powder had exploded pre- maturely. Benson was covered with blood and blackened by powder, smoke and dust. Both of his arms were blown off above the wrists, his right eye was hang- ing from its socket, and his body, stripped of clothing by the force of the explosion, was dotted by small wounds. On an 1mprovised litter the wounded man was carried to the Victory mine and | a surgeon was summoned from Roseburg, twelve miles distant. On his arrival he amputated Benson’s arms and removed his right eye, and after making the pa- tient as comfortable as possible gave orders that be be brought to the Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland. Benson arrived on this morning’s train, his wounds being redressed by the hospi- | tal surgeons, who gave every promise of | the miner’s ultimate recovery. i | PORTLAND MILLS BURNED Fire Destroys Property on the| North Side Valued at $300,000. Two Hundred Workingmen Are| Thrown Out of Employment by | the Conflagration. PORTLAND, Or., June 26.—-A firebroke | out in the engine-power room of Weidler's | lumbering-mills in the north part of the city this afternoon. It started in a hot box, and in five minutes the structure was & mass of flames. The entire fire de- | partment from the East and West sides was summoned, but nothing was saved beyond the finishing-shed, the office build- ing and 3,000,000 feet of lumber lying west of the railway track. The loss is $300,000. When the fire first got under full head- way a light westerly breeze was stirring, thus threatening the entire north part of | the city. Fortunately in a few minutes | the wind veered about, arresting an in- calculably disastrous fire. | Immediately after the alarm was sounded four employes of the mill were forced to leap from the roof of the burn- | ing miil into the river to escape being | burnea todeath. One of them. Ben Ervine, | was seriously injured about the head and | face by falling timbers. | A half hour later Carson’s large planing | mill was swept away; not a vestige of it | remains standing. It is estimatea there is not more than $60,000 insurance to cover | the whole loss. The fire throws out of em- | ployment 200 men whose monthly pay amounted to $10,000. The Weidler mill was built in 1872 by the late Ben Holliday as an adjanct to the | Oregon and California Railroad, which he | at that time controlled. For the past three | years it has been in the hands of & re- ceiver. e WOMAN’S NIGHT IN VISALIA. Eleventh Amendment Champions Ad- dress a Large Gathering. VISALIA, CaL., June 26.—Courthouse | Park was elaborately decorated and il- | luminated to-night, and for several hours it was thronged by Visalia’s best people. 1t was woman’s night, and hundreds of both sexes had gathered to indorse the ef- | forts of those who are working to have added to the constitution of California an eleventh amendment. The meeting opened with a song by the Choral Bociety of twelve voices, followed by prayer by Rev. Peter Colvin. The pres- ident, Mrs, Merritt, mtroduced ex-Mayor D. M. Adams, who delivered a weli- worded address. J. W. Thomas spoke abi great length in favor of equal suffrage, | and Miss Manchester of Tulare, a woman of pleasing address, pleaded eloquently | for the rights of the wives and mothers of | the land. | Attorney B. F. Roth made the speech of | the evening, and soon had the audience | in an enthusiastic mood and the best of humor. Mrs. Merritt asked for a rising | vote on the auestion of equal suffrage, and | when the ‘ayes”” had responded chal: lenged any man on the negative side t arise and give a reason why woman shoul, not have the ballot. No one accepted the invitation. | [ \ | | | ———. HANGED AT MARSHFIELD. Carl Awbrecht Dies for the Murder of His Wife. | MARSHFIELD, O=r., June 26.— Carl| Aubrecht was hanged in‘the jailyard here at a few minutes past 10 o’clock to-day. The execution was witnessed by only | those legally entitled to be present. Au- brecht’s neck wes broken and life was ex- tinct in a few seconds. The crime for which Aubrecht died was | the brutal murder of his wife last Japu- ary. The woman had supported bim by | taking in washing, and when she faited to procure money for him he killed her. S e Regulars Camp at Monterey. MONTEREY, Can, June 26.—Compa- nies Dand F of the Presidio, which left Ban Francisco on June1 for the Yosemite | offered to come ashore on Monday night | the warships. Valley, arrived at Monterey to-day and pitched camp near the Hotel del Monte, The companies are under the command of Major McCrey. They had reached Ma- dera en route to the valley, when they were instructed to march to Monterey to attend the celebration on July 7 com- memorative of the raising of the flag by Commodore Sloat. 70 DRILL THE HESERVES, Lieutenant- Commander Ingersoll Will Give Orders on Shorve. SANTA CRUZ, Car, June 26.—Lieu- tenant-Commander Ingersoll of the flag- ship Philadelphia has been so well pleased with the earnestness of the Fourth Gun Division Naval Battalion, N. G. C., of this city in the practice drills aboard the Philadelphia and Monadnock that he has and give the members instructions in | the physical culture drill, which, as given by the Philadelphia men, has attracted much attention here and at San Fran- cisco. The Santa Cruz Nayal Reserve feel hifhly complimented by the offer, as it will be | the first time the drill has been taught to men on shore. The officers and men of the Naval Re- serve are oraered aboard the Monadnock | on Tuesday morning at 7 o’clock for a cruise at sea. That will be their last visit to the warships, and the full strength of the division will be represented. Lieuten- ant Morey, in command of this division, says the members have evinced the high- est appreciation of the considerable ad- vantages accorded them by the officers of —_— Floods Near Albuguerque, ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., June 26.— Rain fell heavily in the mountains east of this city late yesterday afternoon, and torrents ten feet in depth came down sev- eral canyons toward the city. Just above the city water is moving over the Banta Fe | railroad track three feet deep, and several | arroyos and acequias are running pank full. Washouts along the track are feared, but Division Superintendent Hurley is here in case of trouble. This is the first }"Jamfall in this country since last Decem- er. SANTA CRUEMS ~FETED Admiral Beardslee Entertains Landsmen and Ladies on the Monadnock. Invited Guests Dance and Make Merry on a Prettily Decorated Battle-Ship. SANTA CRUZ, CaL., June 26.—O0n board the Monadnock this afternoon Admiral Beardslee and his 'officers formally re- ceived the citizens of Santa Cruz, and a fortunate few participated in a dance on the decks. Nearly all of the 200 cards sent out for the affair were responded to, | and every one was royally entertained. During the past two weeks the officers of the warships have been the petted lions of local society; social honors and pleasures have been heaped upon them. To-day the San:a Cruzans were fully repaid tor their | hospitality. | Cards to to-day's affair were eagerly sought for, but they were sparingly and carefully extended, and the result was the most exclusive and delightful affair that | Santa Cruz has seen in years. Guests | began to arrive at the monitor fully hali | an hour before the appointed time, 3 o’clock. The bay, from the dock to the | boats, was dotted by small craft of every | description. Aboard the warship Admiral Beardslee, surrounded by the officers of his staff, re- | ceived the folk who cameand turnea them | LOS ANGELES, LOS ANGELES ROBBERS' PLOT, Destruction of Big Blocks Planned by Tunneling Cracksmen, MEANT DEATH TO MANY. Business Houses to Have Been Blown Up to Conceal Their Crime, POLICE FORCE IS CENSURED. Knew of the Intended Raid Weeks Ago, but Allowed the Gang to Escape. CAL,, June 26.—The sensation of the hour here is the discovery of the bold attempt by safe-crackers to plunder the .money vaults of the First National Bank by tunneling to them from the cellar of a neighboring room, In making public their find of a few days ago the authorities have brought upon their own heads a torrent of censure from citizens, who accuse the police and detec- tive forces of incompetency for having allowed the tununelers to escape after learning that they were at work. The officials are consoling themselves in the knowledge that they have suspect Stephens under arrest, but few believe Stephens belonged to the gang. Stephens is being closely guarded by tho police, who will not permit him to talk to any one save his lawyer. These desperadoes not only contem- plated the robbery of the bank, but in- tended to conceal all traces of the burglary, it is now believed, by blowing up the build- ings in that vicinity. They had thirty- one sticks of giant powder, three boxes of percussion caps and 200 feet of fuse. It was their purpose, had they succeeded in looting the vaults, to lay the fuse and then touch it off, which would have demolished the entire block and certainly caused the death of many people. In the opinion of some of the shrewdest detectives, the escaped robbers are part of the notorious “Jimmy’ Hope's gang of bank-robbers. Captain Harris says he warned Presi- dent Elliott four weeks ago that an at- tempt would be made to rob his bank. Now the wonder is why the tunnelers got away, when the local sleuths, as they claim, *‘knew all about it weeks ago.” The Express to-night, commenting on the alleged incompetency of the police, says: The bungling and clumsy efforts of the police and detectives particularly were topics of conversation about town to-day, Some of the officials pronounce their coarse and ama- teur work as the very embodiment of incom- petency and imbecility. By their own state- ments it appears that the officers did not try | to effect an arrest until long after the burg- lars had got away, and then when they bad failed they placed the blame on others. The | fact of an attempted robbery and burglary over to the handsof a hospitable recep- | tion squad. | The deck of the boat was exquisitely | decorated with ferns and blossoms and | every flag and naval trapping to be found | aboard. Punch, ices, delicate cakes, | sandwiches and other light delicacies | were served in abundance. The superb | music of, the Philadelphia’s band and the absolute calm of the pay made of the danc- | ing more than a passing pleasare. | Tt was after 6 o’clock when the guest- laden boats put back to the dock with a | happy crowd at peace with themselves and the American navy. TS A Killed at on. WOODLAND, Car, June 26.— B. N.| Brown of Knights Landing received a dis- | patch stating that his fatner, H. S, Brown, had been horribly mangled and killed by a freight train early this mornine at Sis- son. The particulars of the accident are meager, but it is presumed that the elder | Brown was at Sisson loading stock #gr ! shipment from his Modoc County r:®:h when the accidentoccurred. ‘‘Hi’’ Brown, as he was known, had resided in Yolo County from, 1850 to 1880, when he re- moved to Modoc County. Ee anige et o Murder at Monitor. YUMA, Ariz., June 26.—Monitor, a min- ing camp twenty miles from Yuma, was the scene of a eowardly assassination this | morning. Sam Lee, a Chinese storekeeper at that place, was murdered by an un- known person. He was found dead, his skull crushed with the flai side of an ax, which was lying near by stained with blood. The wmotive for the deed is uncer- tain, but the most commonly accepted theory is that Lee was killed for his money. e Stanislaus Water Rates Lowered. MODESTO, Car., June 26.—The water- rate case, which has been before the Board of Supervisors here for three days, was decided this afternoon, the Supervisors establishing a lower rate to be charged by | the Kings River and San Joaguin River Cana! and Irrigating Company for water used by West Side iarmers, who have been obtaining their supply from the old Miller & Lux canal. A 50-cent cut was made on all rates. 2o gt ot Steamers to Cooks Inlet. SEATTLE, WasH.,, June 26.—The Ore- gon Improvement Company has dis- patched Frank E. Burns to Cooks Inlet, | with a view to tbe establishment of a per- | manent steamship line between this city and the inlet. BSeptember 1. The first vessel will sail on Ll o Monticello Firebug Convicted. NAPA, CaL., June 26.—A jury last night returned a verdict of guilty in the case of Michael Cody, charged with arson. He was formerly employed in the Peacock Hotel at Monticello. pon being dis- harged about two weeks ago he attempted to burn the place. Calispell Valley Flooded. SPOKANE, Wasmy, June 26, — Pend d’Oreille River has overflowed its banks, flooding the entire Calispell Valley, and spreading ruin and disaster to settlers for twenty miles. The loss of cattle 1s heavy and crops will be an entire loss. B Cloverdale Graduat, CLOVERDALE, CAL., June 26.—Union Hall was crowded to the doors last night by an audience gathered to enjoy the commencement exercises of the Ciover- dale Union High Scbool. A number of San Francisco and Oakland people who are speading the summer in this vicinity were present. The graduates this year are Miss Adah Williams, Miss Elizabeth Markell and Charles Corley. — THE unjailed People’s Bank robbers are day flayed in Barry's Star, to . was known to the Express ten days 2go, and only at the earnest solicitatlon of officials was the story kept secret in order that some of the culprits might be captured. District Attorney Donnell said to-day: “If what is published in the morning papers is all that the police claim to know apout the matter all 1 have to say is that they know about one-fifth of the facts.” According to reliable information five men were implicated in the scheme, some of whom are well known to the Sheriff's office. A Deputy Sheziff met one of the ringleaders, who is well known to him, about ten days ago and held a conversa- tion with him. il SBE EXCELS MME, PATTIL Home-Coming of Miss ¥aw, the Califor- nia Nightingale. LOS ANGELES, CaL, June 26.—Miss Ellen beach Yaw, the young woman with the highest voice tones in the world, has returned to this city. Miss Yaw left here some years ago to study and has met with phenomenal success, Her high tones go up an octave higher than those of Patti and her voice is of notable sweetness. Miss Yaw spoke of the training of her wonderful voice, saying that her highest tones were not cultivated by any special method or master, and that in the devel- | oping of her medium tones the highest | came with ease. Constant and faithful | study and practice is her motto. When | asked as to her appearing here she said: *‘I have as yet set no time for an appear- | ance here, being at home for a vacation | and rest. My studying since leaving here | has been done in Boston, New York, Paris and London. I have not been home for four years.” Seatta iy Expert Lewis Wins a Point. LOS ANGELES, CAL, June 26. Supreme Court has granted a re hearing in | the case of Thomas A. Lewis of this city vs. the State Controller, which is a pro- | ceeding in mandamus to compel the Con- troller to audit the warrant of Lewis, who has been, since June, 1895, expert for the | State Board of Examiners on a salary of | $2000 a year and traveling expenses. i‘he | Controller refused to issue a warrant for Lewis’ salary, on the ground that the law made no provision iorit. The Supreme Court sustained this view, but had just granted a rehearing en banc. e Passing.of a Pioneer. LOS ANGELES, Car., June 26.—Don Antonio Cuyas Ribot, one of the few re- maining men who figured prominently in Los Angeles in the early days, died last evenlng in the arms of his wife at the Columbia Hotel on South Broadway. 84N BERNARDINO'S MYSTERYX. Futlle Search for the Body of Missing C. A. Wingfield. SAN BERNARDINO, CaL, June 26.— That C. A. Wingfield is aead seems eertain now. Judge Otis, :n whose mines Wing- field had recently been working, has re- ceived a letter which indicates that Wing- field had determined to end his earthly existence. After some directions about business affairs Wingfield penned the sentence, “I intend to cross the Styx this even- ing.” In another portion of the letter Wingfield wrote: “It may be a long time before my remains are found.” In a note to the landlord of the hotel where he had been stopping he wrote: “Iintend tocross the great divide this evening.” The last seen of Wingfield was when he got off the Harlem motor. Yesterday and to-day parties have been out searching the foothilis and the wash of the Santa Ana Kiver, but Wingfield’s bady has not been found. Wingfield was a native of England. He came to San Bernardino several years ago and was reputed tobe wealthy. He in- vested largely in real estate and built the motor line to Harlem Springs. All his in- vestments proved unprofitable. For a time he received remittances from Eng- land, but they ceased some months ago. Wingfield was a man' of education and personally popular with everybody. s S SEATTLE MAN'S DISCOVERY. Nitro-Glycerine Fired From a Cannon Without Danger to the Gunners. SEATTLE, Wass,, June 26.—The Chi- nese Government, through its San Fran- cisco Consul, is investigating a new ex- plosive invented by ex-Police Commis- sioner Manning of this city. Manning claims he has a process where- by nitro-glycerine may be fired from a cannon without danger to those doing the firing. He asserts that he has fired nitro- glycerine from a shotgun at three stumps, and that the stumps were demolished by the explosion. Nitro-glycerine can be dis- charged through the medium of a cannon with proportionately greater results, Senator Equire recently brought the matter to the aitention of the United States Government, and the Chinese Gov- ernment has authorized Ching Gee Hee of Seattle to deal with Manning. — - SANTA ROSA COMMENCEMENT. Twenty-Nine TYoung People Graduate From the High School. SANTA ROSA, CAn., June 26,—The commencement exercises of the Santa Rosa High School were held in the Athen- @um to-night. Twenty-nine young peo- ple graduated and the exercises were of unusual merit. Diplomus were pre- sented by R. C. Moodey, president of the Board ct Education, to Frank Anderson, Reuben Berry, Bessie Bizzini, Walter Body, Ed Bremner, H-tty Claypool, John Coghlan, Kate Connolly, James Craig, Al- heus Eveleth, Bessie French, Herbert rates, Ben Hall, Edyth Hoag, Flors Klaus, Allen B. Lemmon Jr,, Gertrude Long- more, Kate Meyer, Ida Moodey, Frank Mulgrew, Olney Pedigo, Theodore Prince, Jessie Robertson, Lester Seawell, Louis BSeawell, John Steele, Lucien 8. Sweet, Allison Ware, William Wirt. PACIFIC GROVE'S GUESTS Women of the Summer School Discuss the Growth of Crime. Planning Methods to Protect the Home From the Sccurge of Vicious Influences. PACIFIC GROVE, Car., June 26.—The school of methods of the Woman’s Chris- tian Temperance Union held an afternoon session, at which an able address on “Penology'’ was delivered by Mrs. A. B, Gove of Oakland. She gave some alarm- ing statistics of crime taken from the United States Census Bureau, showing that while in 1850 there was one prisoner to 3000 people, there was now one prisoner to every 500, not to speak of the criminal element not incarcerated, which is a con- tinual menace to society. The prisons, she said, were filled with young men, not always from the siums, but often from good families, who have fallen first into bad company, then into bad habits, and then into crime and the prisons. The guestion was: Whose boys should fill the prisons? Saloons, brew- eries and distilleries were multiplying. These were the mills which manufactured criminals, What should be done with these mills? Many young men were drawn into crime through the low standard of social purity that prevailed, and some through ignor- ance. It was a grave question, What should be done for these {‘uung men? What care shouid be given the convicted prisoner? What should be done with the discharged criminals? What could be done for women convicts when dis- charged? The difficulties 1n the way of their reform were discussed and many practical suggestions made. A symposium on press work was given, bringing out much of interest. One speaker advanced the thought that we were all responsible for the influence of the papers we paid for. One woman told of haying stopped a morning paper in her family be- cause of its attitude on reform measures, and invested the cost of it in reform pa- pers and periodicals instead. The value of the printed page was duly enlarged upon and full credit given to the effect of newspapers which l%nd been friendly to reforms. Miss Severance delivered a popular lecture to-night. A reception will be given to the women in attendance at the school of methods at El Carmelo Hotel to-morrow evening. Many ltrlngen from all parts of the country are here. D mg s HAS NOT LIVED IN PASADENA. Butcher Dunham of Campbells Not the Bigamist of Four Years Ago, PASADENA, CaL, June 26.—No cre- dence is given the report sent from Pasa- dena to the effect that James C. Dunbam, the Campbells butcher, was once a resi- dent of this city. The statément that Dun- ham is the man who married Pearl Bal- lard here four y ears ago and was found to have been a bigamist when he deserted her scon afterward, is denied by M.S. Ballard, a brother of the deserted woman. John C. Dunham was the bigamist’s name. When the county was startled by the news of the Campbells murder. Mr, Ballard, noting the similarity of names, sent for victures of the butcher. When they arrived he was at once enabied to state positively that the Campbells Dun- ham was not the one who wronged his sister. B 2 N B BUXING CAN DIaN MINES, English Capital Pouring Into the Cari- boo Couniry. VANCOUVER, B. June 26.—Former British West Australian investors are send- ing millions of dollars to British Columbia for investment. They are tumbling over one another to get the best propositions. Yesterday a mine in Yale, assaying not much over $3 to the ton, was sold to the West Australia Mining Company of Lon- don, Eng., for $100,000, and $100,000 was offered for the Lillocet mine, near Van- couver, that had been bought a month before for $30,000. In the past month hundreds of thou- sands of Knglish pounds hav ne into the historic Cariboo. The Britishers will not look at claims unless big prices are asked for them. Tney will then tak. them or leave them alone, according to the ad- vice of their experts, who receive as a reward for being honest a salary as high as $100 a day. Five thousand almost penniless pros- pectors are looking for gold in the Koote- nai country. They hang on until their "tx;ub stake' is gone, then make room for others. S il Shipping Haywards Fruit. HAYWARDS, Can, June 26.— The fruit-growers will hegin to ship apricots East to-morrow, on account of the low prices offered by the canneries. Last year the canners went to the growers, but this year they are waiting for the growers to offer their frait to them. It is the inten- tion to sbip the fruiv East every Saturday. | SHE APPRECIATES MAN'S JUSTICE Women Ratify Suffrage Planks in Party Platforms. A ROUSING MEETING. C. M. Shortridge Speaks on Behalf of the Republicans of the State. MAGUIRE FOR THE DEMOCRATS Cator Represents Populism—Brilliant Ladies in E'oquent and Pointed Addresses. At the ratification meeting last night of the woman’s suffrage plank for the State constitution Metropolitan Temple was crowded even into the aisles. The faces rose in terraces to the ceiling. All were interesting and interested, and being mostly women,were, of course, handsome. Men were also very largely in evidence and they were interested, too. There were plenty of flowers and color, and more enthusiasm. The twentieth century woman is rapidly acquiring political ways. She knows how to apolaud, and the meeting last night proved that she is also learning the cam- paign yell. All eyes were turned tothe atage. There sat the president of the meeting, the ven- erable and revered Susan B. Anthony, and upon her right hand and upon her leit were other wo man suffrage leaders of Na- tional and State reputation. Among others on the ptatform, in addi- tion to the speakers, were Mr. and Mrs. James Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Ken- nedy, Mr. nndy Mrs, Aylett, Mr. and Mrs. 8. W. Holladay, Major and Mrs. Grosbeck, Captain and Mrs, Krebs, K.J. Willatts, Miss Norris, Mrs. Norton, Judge and Mrs. _Murphy, Miss Mar§ Crowley, Mrs. Nellie ‘i écovnlle, John Jay Scoville, Charles H. Blion, George T. Bromley, Mrs. T. V. Oator, A. W. Thompson, Carle- ton H. Johnson, Mrs. Arthur D. Thomson," A. B. Kinne, E. M. Wardall, Mr. and Mrs. George D. Gillespie, Mr. and Mrs. Aylett R. Cotton, Mre. E. 0. Smith, Major Kyle, Frank McGovern, Ea Kingsley, Gen- eraland Mrs. W, 8, Green, Mrs. Ida C. Haz- lett of Colorado, Addie L. Ballou, presi- dent of the Woman's State Republican Club; and Elizabeth Sloper. Mrs. Sargent, president of the State Woman’s Suffrage Association, callea the meeting to order, congratulated the audi- ence on its large numbers and introduced | Miss Anthony, president of the Natioral Woman’s Suifrage Association, as the president of the occasion. Miss Anthony said she accepted the chairmanshipof so grand a meeting and occasion with pleas- ure. She said that never in its history had the outlook of the cause of woman’s suf- frage been so full of promise. wever be- fore were woman-suffrage planks in the latforms of all the parties. She zave the Ylepublicfln party credit for being the first to indorse it, and that meant that the party would work for it. Then she thanked in turn the Peopie’s and Prohibition parties of the State. She said even the action of the Demccratic party was a long step forward. *“We bave bad Tresolutions fail in many other States,”’ she said, “but we have the great State of California with us. So we have asked you to meet and rejoice with us to-night.” Miss Anthony was roundly applanded, and so were all the speakers. The audirnce arose to its feet and joined in the singing of ‘‘America,” led by the great pipe organ. Miss Anthony introduced as the next speaker the Rev. W. R. Goodwin as the representative of the Probibition party. He said that par’'y was the first to indorse ! woman's suffrage. ¥ “New converts see which way the tide is running, and they are coming along with it. They must do so ii they want the offices,”” he said, indulging in a little pleasantry. “All the old parties will be courting the women as well as the Irish and the Germans, for their votes. The victory for woman's suffrage is sure to come, We who are young expect to live till we see on the statutes of every State a law declaring that a woman is as good as aman.” Miss Mollie Connor, editor of an Oak- land paper, in a short address said that the new plank for the constitution meant the introduction of a new element in the government of the State, The American woman was about to play ner just partin lil “It is the women of the West who ought to begin this movement, We are espe- cially fond of the men of our own State, and &auicularly of native sons. How can the West be helped in the hard times?”’ sie inquired. ‘'Let the men put in their platform equality for women. A man to make his home and business more pros- erous must make his nation prosperous. t us try a new policy, even if it is the silver policy; but above ail let us have the influence of women in government,” E. L. Kingsley, for the socialistic labor party, said in an energetic speech that since its beginning that party has had woman’s suffrage. One of its cardinal principles was equality, “We demand equal rights for all and special privileges for none,” he said, “‘and that is why we demand the ballot for woman."” Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper, president of the Campaign Association, said: “Many gentleman friends have asked me why I bave taken up woman’s suf- frage. Because the logic of my experience has shown here that I cannot do my dnty to this commonwealth unless I have the ballot.” Miss Mabel Holbrook here entertained the audience with a violin solo. Thomas V. Cator spoke for the Popu- lists. “I am for woman’s suffrage,” he said. *‘Woman should have a voice in the land. The woman has the same oppor- tunity to form public opinion that man has, and as laws are but public opinions she should be given her full opportunity in making them. The grand ideai, the divine ideal, will be quicker realized with the equal ri hts of the sexes, and to that declaration do I stand forever faithful.” Mrs. Nellie Holbrook Blinn, referrinfi to their National president, said that, like Grant, she would fight it out, if it took all summer, for enfranchisement of women. **When I say that we shall achieve a vic- tory in November, I mean that we shall if the men of the old parties stana by the Elu{ormu of their parties, all of which ave indorsed equal enfranchisement, with one exception.’’ In introducing Charles M. Bhortridge Miss Anthony said: “THE CALL speaks for all, and, of course, for women.” His speech was well received and frequently interrupted by applause. Mr. Shortridge spoke substantially as follows: “‘What is more natural than that the Republican party should once more de- clare for liverty? It was the first to de- clare for liberty, it was born fighting for liverty, and, my friends, I am proud it is my privilege to stand before you in favor of the principle of women’s right to vote. “I am not insensible of the fact,”” he con- tinued, “‘that I am here to speak for my party—that party which I followed long before I even knew why, with my father in Indiana and Iowa, when he was making acampaign for Lincoln. It was there I had the privilege with a baby’s hand to call a meeting to order while my father pleaded for liberty, for that saint and martyr, the liberator of a million slaves, Avbraham Lincoln. I have followed itever since. *I appear here to-night,’” Mr. Short- ridge said, “to pledge the Republican party, so far as my voice and influence go, in favor of woman'’s suffrage. It has been said of me that I was the first. to declare for this movement in a great metropolitan newspaper. I do not claim any credit for that. It was high time that some news- paper came out for 1t. It was not done to popularize my newspaper. 1 have heard that it has been said it would not ve popular, but it has been popular. If the Republican party did not declare for it as a matter of principle, and not to catch votes, I would not be here to spesk for it. “The Democratic pariy,”’ he declared, “gbsolutely disgraced itself when it re- fused to allow the debate of woman’s suf. frage on the floor of the State Convention. The speaker paid a tribute to Judge Ma- guire on his fidehity to the cause of women, and said he was unpurchased and unpur- chasable in bis stand for the cause in and outside the Democratic convention. The only fault he could find with Maguire was that he is a Democrat, E Continuing, he said: “My friends, we want to carry this campaign. I want my mother, wife and sister to have votes, ) and he facetiously added that he might | HUSH have three votes in the coming election. “ I indorse the move- ment in the interest of purity and of liberty of conscience. Every church in California should make it its business to have meetings in favor of woman’s suf- | frage. I believe that the Methodist Gen- eral Corference finally voted to admit | women. Few women were there, and they declined to vote. Itis high time all the churches made this their cause. The church of California should take up this | question. I appeal to the great church | element of California, and I have a right | to—to stand up for the constitutional | HUSH Quit your com-= plainings; cease your gloomy fore= bodings. Remem- ber there is a power to solace you in your distresses and to make a good bitof a man out of your now HUSH HUSH HUSH weak, immature body. 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You are deny- ing her a right which she is entitled to. *'[ believe the people of the State of Cali- | fornia will carry this amendment,” Mr.; Shortridge said. “In the name of this great State, which is great in everything, and should be greater in morals, I pledge you I will stand by you to success or defeat.” Amid the prolonged applause that fol- | lowed Mr. Shortridge was presented with | a large bouquet of California blossoms. Miss Elizabeth Yates of Maine, who has spoken in fifty out of the fifty-seven coun- ties of this State, said that conservative | Eastern colleges are opening theirdoors to | women. ‘‘The Democratic party is a little old-fashioned,” she said, ‘‘but there are men in it of mind and thought, and our Democratic friends will save the day if it is a close election, but it is not going to be a close election. We shail have 60,000 mflurity." She received a bouquet. on. james G. Maguire spoke as a Democrat. Hecongratulated the woman's suffrage movement on the grand demon- | stration and meeting of the evening. “I| regret I am not here to speak for the Dem- ocratic party, but I am here to speak as a Democrat, because I believe in its principies. The convention deemed the woman’s suffrage plank inexpedient, but a good body of Democrats will do their duty on the amendment. No man or woman has a right to rule another—they | are equal. There is no denying that the | principle of the ballot for man apolies equally to woman. I shail supportamend- ment No. XI. Experience proves its ex- pediency. I believe your cause will tri- umph.’” Senator McGowan of Humboldt County made an excellent speech, in which he said with woman’s suffrage the State | pould have better institations and better } aws. Rev. Anna Shaw received an ovation | when she was introduced. 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