The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 1, 1896, Page 16

16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1896. HIS WHITE HAT WAS A H0ODOO, D. J. McCarty Files a Petition in Insol- vency. FOR TWENTY THOUSAND Has Not a Dollar With Which to Reimburse His Cred- itors. PRIDE CAME BEFORE A FALL End of a Bitter Struggle With Fate ‘Which Continued Through Many Years. “The King is dead! live the | King!” He was not a real king and is not really dead, but he is deceased financially, which fate all men acknowiedge is almost as un- welcome as the advent of the reaper. During his financial life he was “king of Long | | | | the turf” and proudly wore his letters- patent on the lapel of his vest. ‘“White | Hat I’ he was surnamed McCarty; | founder of a house of cards, progenitor of a line of sportsmen, owner of an Ameri- can derby-winner, friend of a psuedo lord | of England’stealm. Who knew him not? | Ceriainly nobody who is anybody in the | world of sport. And now he is a dead one. For years he battled against fate. He paid no man his due excepting the hard-hearted but astute one who obtained spot-cash for | goods delivered. Judgments he feared | not. Shenff's officers were as children in his hands. His silvery speech coined gold for him and his Irish wit cajoled dollars, as if by magic, from the pockets of all manner of men. ! But all things must have an end. Inan | unguarded moment Dan proclaimed bim- self the owner of a coach, presented to | him by his titled friend. | McCarty’s lips had hardly uttered the words before an army of his creditors were on their way to the Sheriff’s office to attach the only valuable McCarty asset heard of in years. Within a day the polished sur- face of the ““Meteor’’ couid hardly be seen for the attachments plastered on it. Dan at once hedged, but aias, too late. A visible asset had been discovered, and the cries of clamoring creditors rose so loud that he was forced into bankruptcy, and yesterday D.J. McCarty’s name appeared on a petition in insolvency. The horseman acknowledges that he owes $21,762, and is equally frank in stat- ing that his assets are well represented by | a cipher. The principal creditor men- | tioned is the Bank of California, from | wbich institution McCarty borrowed $3000 on a promissory note. The transaction took place so long ago that the exact date is forgotten, but Dan confidently states that it was in '91 or | ’92. J. W. Bradbury is a creditor to the extent of $1560, for which he obtained | judgment. Another judgment for $1500 is | heid by J. E. Shain. | Irwin C. Stump loaned the petitioner $3500 on a promissory note which has | never been taken up. Gilbert Tompkins parted with $6000 for a similar bit of paper. C. H. King also accepted a written prom- ise to pay in lieu of $2500. Smaller sums amounting to about $3500 are aiso men- tioned. All that McCarty claims to own is about $300 worth of furniture in his home on Harrison street, waich is exempt from execution. —_— CONSUL SERRA ARRIVES, Prominent Italians of This City Welcome Grimaldi’s Successor. Regarded as One of the Brightest Men in the Italian Consular Service. Chevalier Avocato Carlo Philip Serra, the newly appointed Italian Consul-Gen- eral in this City, arrived last night from the East with his wife, and registered at the Occidental. He was met at the tram by a committee composed of the follow- ing gentlemen: Dr. Joseph Pescia, who has been acting Consul for the past three weeks, Dr. G. Cagliero, ex-Senator Pal- ——————————————— mieri, Chevalier G. Calegaris, president of the Italian Chamber of Commerce. Chevalier Serrais a comparatively young man, being about 40 years of age, and isa native of Genos. He has held the posi- tion of First Vice-Consul at Philadelphia, and was appointed to the consulate in this City while on a vacation trip to Rome. It was intended to appoint him to the consulate of New Orleans, but the position of Consul at San Francisco becoming va- cant, he was appointed to that position. Chevalier Serra and his wife, who is an American lady from Baltimore, will re- side at the Occidental Hotel. The new Consul is considered one of the brightest and ablest men in the Italian consuiar service. In the local consulate | he succeeds Chevalier Bruni Grimaldi, who left twenty-two days ago for Guate- mala. Since his departure Dr. Pescia has occupied the pesition of acting Consul. Chevalier Serra will take his seat as Con- sul this morning, and will enter upon his consular duties at the old _headquarters of the Italian Consul at Washington and Battery streets, in the same building with the Italian Chamber of Commerce. THE ENDEAVORERS. Exhibition of Professor Kelchner's Model Last Evening for the Ben- efit of the Organization. A novel and most interesting entertain- ment came off at Calvary Presbyterian Church, at the corner of Powell and Geary streets, last evening. It was the exhibi- tion of a beautiful miniature of the Mosaic tabernacle as carried by the Israelites in their wanderings through the wilderness. The model faithfully represents its orig- inal, and is said to have been constructed at an outlay of §15,000. Gold and silver, silk and costly linen were plentifully used in 1ts construction, and some of the pre- cious utensils and rugs were made in Pal- estine. The mode! contains 1700 pieces and weighs 1200 pounds. Back of the Tabernacle stands a large painting of Mount Sinai, the great peak lining out in bold relief, and on the plain at its base are the tents of Israel. The whole structure is about one-eleventh the size of the original. It is the work of Professor J. W. Kelch- ner, who lectures upon the history of the first Jewish temple of worship. e is ex- hibiting the model throughout the State for the purpose of raising money to pay the expenses of the National Convention of the Christian Endeavor Society, which will meet in Sun Francisco next year. After the exhibition the Endeavorers held a meeting ana & number of speeches were made by members of the society upon the future work of the organization. The National Convention next year, which would bring a large body of the member- ship of the order to this City and the ex- penses of that gathering must be met. The meeting was an enthusiastic one, and many pledged their personal assistance to the cause. GAY BOBBY MITCHELL. | He Will Be Given a “Send-Off ” by His Numerous Friends. “The Father of Frisco’s Orphans” Met With a Szvere Accident and Will Be Cared For. The Olympic Club boys, joined by the Bay City Wheeimen, Oiympic Cyclers, Stanford and Mission parlors; N.8.G. W., the Y. M. L. and the members of the Cor- inthian Yacht Club, will give “Bob” Mitchell a great ‘‘send-off’”” to-night at Na- tive Sons’ Hall, on Mason street. *Bob’’ Mitchell is known just as well by | the title of the “Chinese prima donna,” | whose shrill notes, clever dialect and ele- gant Chinese costumes have been heard and seen on every stage in this City where verformances have been given for chari- table purposes. As chief end-man of the Olympic Club minstrels, he contributed his share of mirth to the peovle who paid in their money for the benefit of the Children’s Hospital. Insome other role he did as much for other deserving causes, and, =o it has been for years, until good-natured “Bob’ has been saddled with the sobriquet of ““Father of Frisco’s Orphans.” “Bob” met with an accident some time ago and the send-off alluded to is simply paving the way to the hospital, where he is to be operated upon. He fell down a rickety flight of stairs when he and a remainder of a relief com- mittee of Good Samaritans were taking provisions to a sick mother and dying child, and be injured his spine. The artists who will assist to-night in making enough money for the “Father of Frisco’s Orphans’ to go and be cut up by the doctors are: Miss Don Cann, late ot the Jerry Com- vany; Pearl Ladd, the child prodigy and piano virtuoso; James Swinnerton, char- coal sketches; Balfian Quartet (Flood, Orcott, Hamburger and Duncan); W. H. Hallett and Ben Tarbox, barytones; Billy Hynes, Alex Rosborough and Jack Cath- cart, comedians. As a wind-up, George Green, better known as “Young Corbett,’” the champion welter-weight of the Pacific Coast, will spar three rounds with Jack Seidman of Boston. QOne feature which shows the popularity of “Bob’" Mitchell and how he has en- deared himself to everybody is that the Musicians’ Union has broken one of its cardinal rules and J. M. Blanchard will be leader of an orchestra playing purely for friendship. WILL SHARE HIS BOOKS Garret McEnerney Engaged to has maintained its reputation for 75 years as the most efficacious remedy for all com- plaints of the stomach. Soothing in action, it quickly banishes pain of every nature; stimu- lating effect, it greatly benefits the system without reac- tion. Keep it by you in case of emergency. Ask for Fred Brown's. Sold everywhere. FEED BROWN 00., Philadelphia. in Miss Elizabeth Hogan. The Attorney’s Prospective Bride Well Known Here and in Napa. Garret McEnerney, one of San Fran- cisco’s brightest and most successful at- torneys, is soon to take unto himself a wife. The story of Mr. McEnerney’s en- gagement to Miss Eiizabeth Hogan of 700 Jones street has been whispered among the frienas of the young Feople for some time, but it was not until the last few days that rumors of an early marriage transpired. At Mr. McEnerney’s residence it was declared that the time and place of the ceremony have not yet been decided upon, but it is known that it will be a matter of a few weeks only. The prospeciive bride, although at pres- ent a resident of this City, is well known in Napa, where she previously resided. Her relatives are prominent in hat local- ity, ?nd Miss Ello an w.finne of tlxe most popular young ladies in Napa society. ¥ fi‘: McEnerney is well known sgchlly in this City, but he is better known as a briltiant and aggressive member of the bar. His work as counsel of the Fair ex- ecutors has lately bronght him promi- nently before the public, though his_pre- vious successes a general practitioner had already made him one of the best known members of the local bar. ———————— Weissich’s Will. The will of William O. Weissich was yester- day admitted to probate. His widow, Caroline Weissich, was appointed administratrix of the property, which is worth $30,000. OANEL DEFOE JR PASSES AWAY, He Was the Great-Great- Great-Grandson of the Novelist. ARRIVED SIX WEEKS AGO Last of Four Brothers, All of Whom Bore the Same Given Name. DISLIKED “ROBINSON CRUSOE.” Read the Book %nce, but Greatly Preferred the Works of Cap- tain Marryatt. Daniel Defoe Jr., the great-great-great- | grandson of the creator of that fanciful | character Robinson Crusoe, is dead. The last male descendant of a race made famous by reason of the stirring trials and privations encountered by the monarch of was given it. that, for the second boy was called Daniel Defoe Defoe. And still the name went on, for the third son was christened Daniel Defoe. The spectacle of three living brothers bearing almost the same name was a re- markable one. However, they died in their early childhood and the family titie was again in jeopardy, as the remaining three children were giris. In theirold age a fourth son was born to the Defoes, and he was given the name of his great-great- great-grandfather, oi his father and of his dead brothers. Daniel Defoe—many times—Jr., being left an orphan at an early age, was edu- cated at the celebrated ‘‘Bluecoat School” at Christ’s Hospital, London. He re- ceived the warrant of an apprentice in the merchant service, and visited this port in the British ship Prior Hill in 1890. Dur- ing his five or six years of sea life young Defoe has been in many parts of the world, and has become personally known to the readers of his celebrated ancestor wherever the English language is spoken. “The press, both In England and abroad, have written me up pretty thor- oughly,” said he to a CALL reporter a day or two after his arrival. ‘A year or two ago, when I-ame home, I saw on London Bridge a big handbill stating that Daniel Defoe, the grandson of the great novelist, like Robinson Crusoe, had returned from foreign lands and would appear in some entertainment. Some shrewd fellow was evidently faking my name for his show. *1 once visited 3an Juan Fernandez Island, and while ashore on that almost barren place tried to understand what my great-great-great-grand-dad found in Alex- ander Selkirk’s adventures to inspire the Robinson Crusoe yarn. I read the book once, and I can’t say that I admired it much. No, that novel didn’t send me to sea. Caprain Marryatt did that for me. His characters are much more to my taste than ‘Man Friday’ and the goats and parrots of my relative. *‘Chopping out canoes from tree-trunks and raising fielas of barlev from a few seeds is hardly to my taste. I would Nor did the effort stop af.l VSITED HAN AND MEKINLEY Delegate Spear Tells of His Political Pilgrim- age East. TALKED WITH LEADERS. | Protection’s Champion Was Con- fident of the Nomination on- First Ballot. 1 SILVER WILL CUT NO FIGURE. J D. Spreckels, Delegate at Large, and Samuel M. Shortridge Return Home. Joseph S. Spear, who returned from his political pilgrimage to Mark Hanna at| Cleveland, Willism McKinley at Canton, Ohio, and the Republican Convention at St. Louis Monday night, was enjoying the | congratuiations of his numerous political DANIEL DEFOE JR. AS HE APPEARED ON HIS ARRIVAL IN | ( THIS CITY. the sea-girt isle, along with his man Fri- day, passed away at the Receiving Hos- pital yesterday morning at 1 o’clock. Defoe’s principsl trouble was consump- tion, though he might have lived to a fair ace, but for his love of strong drink. He arrived here April 10 as an apprentice boy on board the British ship Bass Rock. He liked San Francisco, and at the first op- portunity left his ship. Since that time he has been known as John Harris. I Under the latter name he was carried to the Receiving Hospital Monday after- noor, death relieving his sufferings some hours later. At the Mo?ue yesterday afternoon he was identified by James Hunter and Charles Rogers as Daniel De- foe, the ex-apprentice boy. The young sailor was 20 years of age and the lart scion of the family whose name was made illustrious by the great political writer and novelist. So anxious was his father, who was also christened Daniel, to perpetuate the name that the olaest son rather read ‘Peter Simple,” ‘Midshipman Easy’and ‘Jacob Faithful.” However, it isn’t quite in good taste and is rather a family disloyalty for Defoe Jr. to speak of Defoe Sr. in this style.” Young Defoe is said to have rich rela- tives in England. They were notified of his death by the British Consul of this port yesterday. Fractured His Nose. James Kidd, a jockey at the Ingleside race- track, has been seized with the pugilistic feyer. Last night he put on the gloves to have a friendly set-to with a friend, and the friend punched him o hard on thie nose chat he ractured it. Kidd went to the Receiving Hospital and Dr. Fitzgibbon put his nose in shape again. —— Morchants’ Association. The Merchants’ Association has just issued its new official list of members, showing that the present membership of the organization embraces 534 of the leading buriness firms of San Francisco. This shows an increase during the past year of 320 members. %fl,f/{;“w,( Zrecekh 7&-\/ s ol o G epbm Moy it ok J%——u ne £~ feal g5k o 1Ml Bt gt Defoe’s Opinion of Robinson Crusoe, Written by Himself on the Back of a FPhotograph Presented to Tom Gregory. and business friends at his office all day yesterday, and when seen at the Palace Hotel last night was recuperating from the fatigue of the dsy in the comforts of his room. ‘What most impressed on his return, he said, was the way 1n which his Democratic friends of downtown-—his business neigh- bors—greeted him and promised him their support for McKinley &nd protection. Briefly he outlined his joarneyings while away, his wife being his close com- panion everywhere. “When we left here,” he said, ‘‘we went direct to Cleveland, Ohio. While we were there Mrs. Spear and myseli were eater- tained at the home of Mr. Hanna. When Mr. McKinley heara we were there he sent a telegram asking us to come and visit him at his home in Canton. So we went down and remained with him two days. “‘Politics were only talked of in a gen- eral way at both tne home of Hanna and of McKinley. Weknew at that time from the statistics that we had that McKinley would be nominated on the first ballot, though we did not look for so large a ma- jority as he subsequently received. ““We discussed the monetary situation of course, for that subject was discussed everywhere we went, and our talk ended in favor of a plank exactly like the one that now appears in the platiorm of the Republican National Convention. “From Canton we went on to St. Louis, 80 as to be there when the National Com- mittee met, because we wanted to see about our contest. We were successful, as was telegraphed out here at the time— that is, Mr. Kowalsky and myself were seated, ‘“‘As far as the silver question iscon- cerned.” said Mr. Gear, “‘I don’t think it will affect the election of McKinley in the least. 1 have talked with prominent peo- le all the way from Cleveland to San rancisco, and as the results of these con- versations I think the silver question is only a dodge of the Democrats to try to beat McKinley and protection, as they have found that a free-trade fight woula be a sure losing proposition. “Colorado, in particular, and all the sil- ver States are of course for silver, but their course is actuated by pure selfishness. This State will be for McKinley as sure as the sun rises. Caliiornia is not a silver State in any sense of the word, and I find that the more the question is discussed the more people see the illogicality of a double standard. “I stopped in Colorado Springs on my way West and met several of the promi- nent people of that place. They assured me tuat El Paso County, Colo., the county in which are located Colorado Springs, Manitou S})rlng: and Cripple Creek, will go for McKinley. 1 found any quantity of men there who wore McKinley buttons, NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. e BLACK NOVELTY DRESS GOODS! EXTRAORDINARY REDUCTIONS IN PRICES PRICES throughout and we invite special lowing items: 15 BLACK NOVELTY 12 BLACK NOVELTY 9 BLACK NOVELTY sesens 14 BLACK NOVELTY SEE OUR SHO Our patrons are informed that we have made EXTRAORDINARY REDUCTIONS IN our FRENCH AND ENGLISH BLACK -GOODS DEPARTMENTS attention to the fol= FRENCH CREPON DRESS PATTERNS...........$10.50 each Reduced from $17.50. FRENCH CREPON and ETAMINE DRESS PATTERNS..... 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When Igot home tnere was no one to greet me tut the coloréd porter.’ ‘‘After the convention we remained in 8. Louis a couple of days to see the ruins in the cvclone district. It was a horrible sight. Blocks on blocks of brick and stone buildings razed flat to the ground as if they had been made of cardboard. We spent a whole day going through the dis- trict. “Thence we returned home in easy sta, stopping at Kansas City, Denver, Colorado Springs, Manitou Springs and Sait Lake. ' We also went to the top of | Pikes Feak. “All Denver is nearly insane on the sil- ver proposition, yet I noticed that siiver was very scarce there. 1 bought some cigars and tendsred a $10 bill in payment, and the man had to send out for silver to make the change. This suggested an idea to me. I asked my wife to take a walk | with medown Sixteenth street, the main artery of the retail section. We entered thirty-six stores and tried in each to get silver in exchange for a $10 bill. In only two places could we be accommodated. From this I judge that even the silver- maniacs are averse to the actual use of silver in large quantities as a medium of commercial exchange. “If there is a sincere desire to appreci- ate the value of silver 1ts vociferous friends | should seek to have all bank notes under | the denomination of $10 withdrawn. This | would create a demand for silver that | would quickly absorb ali the builion now lying idle and useless in the vaults of the treasury and cause the price of the white metal to go up with a jump.” John D. Spreckels, one of the California delegates at largejto the Republican Na- tional Convention, returned home last night. He was too wearied by his long railroad ride to talk of his experiencesand impressions while away. Samuel M. Shortridge returned in com- pany with Mr. Spreckels, and he, too, was too fatigued to be interviewed His Bonds Forfeited. Levi R. 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