The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 4, 1896, Page 16

16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1896. DECORATIVE ART IN THREE COLORS, Merchants Show Patriot- ism and Business En- terprise. HEROES AND OLD GLORY Many Attractive Combinations in Fiags and Bunt- ing. THE TOWN'S METAMORPHOSIS. Leading Firms Assist Nobly in Deck- ing the City in Holiday Attire. The decorations on the store fronts of the leading mercantile firms on Thursday were but an earnest of what would be done in that line on the National holiday. The few buntings and flags that yesterday morning flapped in the wind have been multiplied infinitely, and now Market and Kearny streets present an appearance of tri-colored finery seldom excelled. Kaphaels have spared no effort in mak- ing the front of their building as attract- ive in a patriotic seuse as the ingenuity of their decorative artists conld devise. The three flag-poles on the top of the building are laden with square and triangular “Old Glories.” Across the facade of the build- ing red, white and biue bunting is stretched, and on this are placed pictures of Revolutionary heroes. Pendants over the entrance hang and form three flags, while streamers flutter from all parts of the front. Sloane has arranged the carpets in_his windows so that the red, white and blue appear first to the eye, and has decorated the doorway with bunting, surmounted by the National shield. THE CaLL business office has, by the abundance of its decorations, given the keynote to the patriotic principles of the paper whose commercial department it represents. The scaffolding that did such efficient service during the recent Repub- lican Convention was left standing that it might be further honored in assisting to celebrate the natal day of the Nation. The screen that bore the first news of the future President’s nomination n«w bears on a tricolor background the Declaration of Independence, the document that made the Presidential candidates of this coun- try possible. f Davis Brothers have concentrated their decorations to the entrance of their store. A large circle inclosing a star in which isa portrait of Washington is above the door, while on either side the tricolor bunting is draped. The City of Paris has combined the colors of France and America artistically. Above the Geary-street entrance is a shield bearing the motto, *‘Liberte, Equal- ite, Fraiernite’ Noian Brothers have placed velvet slippers in their windows of the three colors and have arranged streamers with pretty effect. Summerfield has confined himself to the stars and stripes and Sanborn & Vail have decorated a window with beautiful effect containing the famous pictures that bear on the warlike scenes that have made the history of this country. J. O’'Brien & Co.'s large store is re- solendant with flag-bunting and the pic- tures of America’s martial heroes. New- man & Levison and Roos Bros. have used bunting with good effect and the Wonder millinery store has charmingly fixed up its windows with patriotically dressed forms and tastefully arranged tricolor ribbons. The Chicago Clothing Co. has covered its store with flags and bunting. 1n read justing the formation last even- ing an addition was made to the advance division asfollows: Battalion from United States ship Charleston, Lieutenant White, U. 8. N., commanding; Adjutant Lieutenant Wil- liams, U. S, N.; first company marines, Lieutenant Newman commanding; sec- ond company, Lieutenant Simms com- manding; third company, Lieutenant McDonald commanding. Waiter H. Woods was added to the lisc of chief aids and L. G. Schroeder to grand marshal’s aids. To the fifth division the Supervisors in carriages were assigned a place. To the ninth division wasadded a float— wire cable from California Wire Works, drawn by fifty horses. A POSTAUMOUS HONOR. The Late A. Page Brown Awarded Em- inence for His Work. Official advices have just been received here that among Californians who received awards at the World’s Fair in 1893 was the late A. Page Brown of this City, the archi- tect who designed the California State building and who supervised its construc- tion at Chicago. At the time this building was generally regarded as the most unique and attractive of any of the State build- ings, and this fact is now emphas:zed by the receipt of a medal and diploma awarded to the late architect. The diploma reads thus: *“The United States of America, by act of their Congress, have authorized the World’s Columbian Com- mission at the International Exhibition held in the city of Chicago, State of Illi- nois, in the year 1893, to decree a medal for specific merit, upon the finding of a board of international judges, to A. Page Brown, San Francisco, California. Award —For originality, use of iocal themes and successful composition.” The members of the California World’s Fair Commission under whose auspices ti:e exhibit from this State was made at Chicago, have bad kept a careful record of awards to exhibitors from other States so faras could be learned, and up to the NEW TO-DAY. ONLY CURE FOR PIPLES It is so because it strikes at the cause 0. the ngd. Jrritated, Inflamed, Stuggish, ot Overworked PORE. Sold throughout the world. PoTTER DRUG AND CHEN- 1AL Corrouaiox, Sole Proprietors, Baston. 83 ““How to Preveat Pimples,” 64 pages, illus., free. present no other State in the Union has received an award for its building. The official records of several of the most im- portant States, such as New York, Massa- chusetts and others, are at hand, and not one of them has a medal or diploma to its credit. This is considered as an especial compliment to California, as there was considerable rivalry among the States in the effort to make each building original and attractive. e 1llinois expended on her building nearly $300,000; Pennsylvania, $250,000; and New York, $225,000; while Califorma expended less than $100, AFTER THE COIN. Mary Crump of Massachusetts Seeks the Wealth Left by the Late Lucy Goodspeed. Mary E. Crump of Medford, Mass., filed a suit in the United States Circuit Court yesterday against the heirs of Lucy Cor- delia Goodspeed, who died in this City March 7 last, leaving an estate valued at $125,000. The defendants are Riland C. Goodspeed, Annie A. Stanford, William E. Stanford, Jennie M, Snowgrass, Robert E. Snowgrass, Orville C. P. Goodspeed, Richard Charles Goodspeed, Florence Norine Goodspeed, Daniel Sullivan and Frank Meyers, the last two being trustees under a will made by the deceased De- cember 6, 1894. In the instrument just named Anna A. Stanford, Orville C. P. Goodspeed and Jennie M. Srowgrass are given the sum of $500. The residue of the property, amount- ing to considerably over $100,000, is left to Meyers and Sullivan in trust for the mimor defendants. ‘The will was offered for pro- bate, but the three first-named beneficiaries filed a protest alleging that Lucy Cordelia Goodspeed was of unsound mind and in addition to this nad been unduly in- fluenced. The property under litigation is located in Butte and Glenn counties. Mary A. Crump now comes forward POSTERS 10 HELP ENDEAVORERS, of Beautiful Specimens Illustrative Art Are Enlisted. UP-TO-DATE DESIGNS. Five Thousand Copies Sent Oa to Washington to Do Missionary Work. OTHER LITERATURE IS SENT. The Big Convention Will Be Held on the 8th—California’s Strong Claim. As handsome a bit of poster-work as has ever been produced in the United States, iand one replete with artistic merit, poetic The drawing is the work of Artist Bull of the Sunset Puoto and Eugraving Com- pany. Attention is called by a few quoted lines to the historic fact that the cross was seen in Monterey nearly a score of years pefore the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers on Plymouth Kock. It was carried by the Spanish soldiers, who had invaded Alta California from the south. RETAIL L.QU R-DEALERS. List of New Officers I-lected at a Meet- ing of the Association Last Evening. The Pacific Coast Retail Liquor-dealers’ and Barkeepers' Protective Association met last evening at Justice of the Peace G. C. Groezinger's courtroom and elected the following officers: President, J. W. Buchanan; first vice-presi. dent, Johu D. Feldermann; second vice-presi dent, Frederick Wittie; secretary, C. Meyer financial secretary, Fenstermacher; Executive _ commiitee — E. _ Louterback, Charies Johnson. E. Carlson, C. 5 Andrew J. Person, Thomas Abbott, Timothy Reegan, Fred Nobmann, E. A. Riley, William Coughlin, Charies Engeleke, H. Nicthhurdt, James Walsh, Fred Lieb, Charles Coben, g. Lubrmann, C. J. Jjohuson; attorney, A. Treadwell; sergean rms, Dan McCarthy. THE CHUTES’ REOPENING. A Wonderful Observance of the Fourth on Haight Street To-Day. The elaborate improvements at the chutes are at last completed, and at 9 o’clock this morning the cars will begin to glide around the 3300-foot scenic railway, the haunted swing will commence to mys- tify, the boats slide down the chutes and the trolley, merry-go-round and donkeys | prepare for business. At 2 o’clock the first performance will | be given in the big casino. | There is a Russian court orchestra that i has kept New York entranced for six THE POSTER WHICH WILL BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE EASTERN STATES. with the claim that she is the owner in fee simple of all the property named in the will and asks a judgment’in her favor. The claimant alleges that she acauired this property by deed from Charles F. Hanlon, who had securea the same from Lucy Cordelia Goodspeed, she having come into possession through the death of a relative, Anna A. Platt, in February, 1893. Attorney McEnerney representsthe Eastern claimant. “THE CALL” SERENADED The San Francisco Letter-Carriers Show Their Appreciation in a Pub- lic Manner. The office of THE CarLL received a visit last evening from the San Fran- cisco letter-carriers that bespoke their sentiments in appreciation of this paper’s course in recommending those trust- worthy employes of the Government to the consideration of the public at their annual pienic to-day at Schuetzen Park. In speaking a kind word for the boys 1n gray THE CALL only voiced the sentiments of the entire community. ——— Austrian-Slavonian Club. A meeting of the Austr; Slavonian-Ameri- can Republican Club was held Thursday at 135 Seventh street. The following additional officers were elected: M. Radulovich, second vice-president; B. J. Kusich, corresponding secretary; and Gaspar Josich, sergeant-at- arms. Twenty-six new members signed the roll. Several members made very spirited and appropriate remarks in regard to the late St. Louis convention and their pletform adopted for the coming National campaign. Every member present pledged himself to support McKinley uig his protection. The elub pro- poses to hold s mass-meeting in the near futere. —————— St. Joseph’s Church. The Feast of Saints Peter ana Paul will be celebrated at St, Joseph’s Church, Tenth and Howard streets, next Sunday, July 5. There will be a solemn high mass at 10:30 A. u., rendered by a special choir. The sermon on the occasion will be preached by the Very Rev. Joseph A. Selinger, D. D., president of 8t. Francis’ University, Milwaukee, Wis. imagery and historic significance, is that designed as campaign literature at Wash- ington, D. C., to aid in the work of secur- ing the Christian Endeavor C onvention of 1897 for 8an Francisco. It is entirely the work of local talent and enterprise, not the least remarkable feature of its production being the fact that it was first thought of a week ago. | cejved, the drawings made, the plates etched, the printing, which comprised three-color runs through the press, was the 5000 copies were carefully packed and shipped. This expedition was necessary in order to have them arrive in time to be properly distributed. They were shipped yesterday evening and the session of the Christian Endeaver Convention will open at Wash- ington on the 8th instant. With these were also shipped 50,000 handsomely-printed pamphlets of thirty- | two puges each, containing interesting in- formation relative to the attractions of the Golden State. The folders, pamphlets and about thirty- five cases of other literature depicting California’s manifold charms were the contributions of the Southern Pacific Com- pany to the iocal Christian Endeavor com- mittee which has in charge the work of securing the 1897 convention for this City. Three tents, with an aggregate uenling capacity of 45,000 people, will be occupies by the convention delegates and these ele- gant posters wiil be hung in the tents, in hotels, churches and places where dele- gates are apt to gather. The 50,000 pamphieis will be distributed to the delegates when they are handed the officiul programme, so that no field will be left uncultivated that may contribate to victory for SBan Francisco. * In ‘the poster is shown the first sys- tematic Christian Endeavor on the Pacific Coast, viz.: the Carm el Mission, then Cal- ifornia is represented by a bear, the Cali- fornia poppy in its natural hue, and the setting sun, The coloring is bold and brilliant, and is a combination of but three hues, red, blue and yellow. Within this brief time the design was con- | completed, and while the ink was still wet | months; Sissieretta Jones, the ‘‘Black Patti,”” who has been singing abroad for the past year; Virginia Aragon, the high- est salaried wire-walker in the world, and Professor Fred Macart’s baboon, dog and | monkey circus. The Mario- Dunham fam- | ily of six will have a splendid chance for | their aerial acts, as the building is sixty- | five feet high. | In the evening the entertainment will be repeated, and in addition there will be | @ beautiful display of water fireworks on | the lake. There will be accommodations for 10,000 spectators. ‘FOR THE LADIES. The Continental League Decides on De- voting One Night of Each Month to Their Entertainment, The Continental League held a brief meeting last evening, owing to the prox- imity of the National holiday. The evening was devoted to political speeches, which boomed McKinley, and to the splendid programie prepared by the entertainment committee, consisting of Dr. B. F. Fleming, A. E. Grossman, Leon E. Jones, John Gilson and Thomas E. Maher. 3 Ex-Editor Berges spoke on the pre-emi- | nence of the Republican party, and recited the Declaration of Independence. George Lewis snoke on the necessity of an im- mediate organization of the drill corps, 1 and it was decided to form the brigade az | soon as possible for the campaign. This | will undoubtedly make a fine showing, as | already over 1200 members have signed the | roll of the league. | The league also decided to change its | present quarters on Larkin street to quar- | ters more commodious at Saratoga Hall. On (akinf possession of this hall a ladies’ night wili be inaugurated and an enter- | tainment will be given on the 17th of this , month. This feature will be made per- manent. Among other speakers were Hon. A. A. Louderback and Amos Currier. It was owing to the m%fihfl of Mr. Currier that the ladies’ nigh ture was adopted. | SCATHING WORDS FOR HARMON The Charged With Inter- ested Supineness. STONE AND HIS PASS. Attention Again Pointedly Called to the Failure to Prose- cute Huntington. SOME NEW EVIDENCE OUTLINED District Attorney Foote 2nd the President A!so C-me Under the Lash of Invective. Oue of the boldest and most scathing communications ever #idressed to a Cabinet officer of the United States is that forwarded by George W. Monteith yester- day to Attorney-General Judson Harmon. It not only takes to task the official addressed, but his local representative, United States District Attorney H. S. Foote, C. P. Huntington and the Presi- dent of the United States. The letter fol- lows in full and exp!ains itself: Cal., July 3, 1896. Hon. Judson Harmon, Attorney-General United States, Washington, D. U.—MY DEAR S1r: Some six months have now intervened since I addressed you upon the subject of the case of Collis P. Huntington, charged with the com- mission of a crime against the laws of the United States. My letter at that time was written for the purpose of urging you to em- loy special counsel to take charge of the case gecnuse the United States Distriet Attorney here would not do his duty in the gremuem This appeal was made to you upon the theory that you would, as an honorable man and an efficient officer of the Government, exercise your authority toward securing an honest prosecution of a criminal whose crime was so strongly apparent. Under recent action of Congress your office controls the prosecuting arm of the Govern- ment, and you are, therelore, responsibie per- sonally in matters of this kind when it 18 once called to your attention. The utter failure of the Government of the United States to prosecute this man, who has for years openli and contemptuously disre- garded the law, isas scandalous as it is dis- graceful and it is certainly high time some- thing was done. The irrefragible evidence of this man’s guilt is in the possession of your department. He has boldly stated in the pub- lic press that he “did not care a tuppence’ about the case, and it begins to look as though his confidence in the determination of the Government not to prosecute the case is well founded. You must bear in mind, sir, that the main | evidence in this case was all sworn testimony, produced in a courtof justice in the actual trial of a case at a time when your department was moving heaven and earth to convict two poor strikers under & law intended to reach trusts and monopolies, and there is, therefore, no excuse for this miscarriage of justice. The Juage of the United States District Court himself brought this matter to the at- tention of the Grand Jury, and his good work in that direction has been nullified by the nolle prosequi of your representative in this City. It is true that the United States cour: in New York has held the indictment defective in failing to show any use of the pass, but it is also true that the actual use of the pass on an interstate trip was lcumllg shown in evidence in the strikers’ case, which has made it the duty of your department to frame a new in- diciment; and, more than that, we have se- cured evidence of two other actual uses of the pass, which was stated to you in my former letter. In reply to my former letter you answered me with the suggestion that I was rather hasty in speaking as 1 did 10 one who wasa stranger to me personally. You will please bear in mind that my correspondence with you is wholly impersonal, and that I am treat- ing you simply in your official and not in your Frlvue capacity, that I am simply endeavor- ng to see that justice may be done. If you are derelict in theé performance of your duties I shall not hesitate to say so, because I have the right of a citizen to insist upon your doing your duty, and that I certainly do and shall continue to do as far as the circumstances of the case render it essential. 1 am one of those who believe that the Gov- ernment should deal lnirl{ and justly without regard to the condition of the man’s pocket- book. The present administration has shown itself only too willing to prosecute poor men upon partisan, ex parte and unverifiea state- | ments of interested parties, and it seems to me | that it ought to be equally prompt to act in the plain case of this man Huntington, partious larly when it involves the commission of one of the least of the crimes with which he has been publicly charged. On the other hand the administration con. sumes five months and spends £30,000 in try- ing to show that a simple dissgreement be- tween workingmen ana their employer was the kind of conspiracy that Congress meantto punish when the trust and monopoly act of 1890 was passed, and yet when the interstate commerce laws are boldli'. even contemptu. ously, violated by & weaithy rogue who has systematically and persistently robbed the people and the Governwent out of millions upon millions, you will not even-go to the small expense of emElDylngzpvclll counsel to prosecute him in the case where your own representatives will not act; and, indeed, gostill further and will not permit any other Counsel, even without expense to the Gov- ernment, in the way of compensation, to prosecute & man for the commission of the crime, the evidence of which has been given in open court, and has, by the Judge of that court, been judicially declared sufficient to warrant indictment and prosecution. There iS no escape from the logic of the situation. There is no excuse that can be of- fered even in mitigation of the measure of just censure that should be visited upon the heaa of the man who is respounsible for such dis- graceful unwillingness and inactivity. Were Congress to do its duty, the officers who thus stand between this criminal and his just desserts would be promptly impeached. In your answer to my former letter you told me you would write the District Attorney and have the matter attended to. And what has been the result? I have waited for six months and yet not only has nothing been done, but the Federal authorides of this part of the world seem to regard the whole matter as a piece of ancient history, wholly unnecessary to further consider. Your efforts with the District Attorney here have certainly borne but little fruit, and it may be well for me to call your attention to what Las been done, After the District Attorney received your in- structions, whatever they were, he made no effort to see me or to get hola of the evidence concermng the two other uses of the your attention was drawn to; he simply sought out Mr. Stone and, asI was informed, secured from him a statement to the effect that Sione had not nsed the pass in question the two trips referred to but had secured trip pusses from the late A. N. Towne, who, being now deceased, could not be prosecuted—this, too, in view of the fact that Mr. Stone swore in open court that he had received these annuai passes regu- Iarly and continuously for ten years as the per- sonal favor of C. P. Huntington. He also testi- fied before the Grand Jury that he received this passabout the 10th of January. All of this testimony he gave, by the way, at the time when Mr. Towne was inconveniently alive and subject to prosecution. In addition to ' this, you must recollect that the conductors’ rec- ords show conclusively that the pass wasan annual pass that was issued by C. P. Hunting- ton. Your de‘)zlrlmnnt you will see, with all these facts plainly before it, accepted these un- unverified statements of Stone as against his former sworn testimony and the other evi- dence of the case to which I referred vou to. But even assuming that Stone's last state- ment swere true, it would not relieve Mr. Huntington from liability. As you are well aware, not_only would Mr. Towne. if he gave the pass, be personally liable, but his act in that case would be the sct of his corporation, entucky, ou the Southern Pacific Company of which would then be criminally respousible, and under the decisions of the United States courts the directors are the persons upon whom the punishment is visited, when the corparatio.. is the criminal. So that if Mr. Stone’s last statement be true, you wouid not only be able to bag Mr. Huntinugton, but you would also be able to reach the other eight Attorney-General Is E of ass that | directors, as well as impose a heavy fine upon the corporation. all of which you have neg- lected to do. In your reoly to my letter, in speaking of Mr. Foote’s action in intervening in the Rail- road Commission case, you stated that it has been done withont authority, and that you would iook into it. But I notice your looking | intoit did not stop District Attorney Foote’s | strange proceedings, which accrue only to | the benefit of the raiiroad company, and was | in no wise in the interest of either the people jor the Government, The asserted theory of | the intervention was that the Governmeni se- curity would be jeopardized by the grain rates being cut down so that the iarmers could make a litlle more upon their wheat; and does it not seem strange that the Department of Justice has only recently waked up to the fact that the Government had a security in that quarter that was susceptible of injury During the thirty years the Southern Pacific has existed in its various forms the Govern- ment has been apparently wholly indifterent to what was going on, and its officers have un- hesitatingly aliowed the railroad highbinder: to despoll the Central Pacific of almost every thing it had of any value, or which wouid accrue to tue Goveriiment by way of security. Indeed, the sworn officers of the Government have sat by supinely ‘sna never before made even the slightest effort to protect the secur- ity of the Government. Indeed this gives much color to Mr. Hunt- ington’s statement that he “did not care a tup- pence,” for he has learned by long experience | to have so little fear of the Federal Govern- ment or its laws that the very idea of any ' se having the audacity to seek to have uim punished for a crime was so manifestiy absurd that he had no reason to “care & tuppence.” But I am not disposed tocharge your depart- ment with being wholly 1dle, or being subject | to perennial ennui. A matter came up last winter which shows that your department is not wholly deficient in finding means to pro- i secute people when there is sufficient incen- tive. only wish to draw your attention to the “‘hot stove’ .incident, which grew out of the splendid fight the Honorable Mayor ofSan Fraucisco has been making to prevent these railroad bandits from retaining the plunaer that they have wrongfuily obtained. In the course of that fight 1 believe Mayor Butro mailed to the different members of the House an innocent little cartoon labeled Humtington would not steal a red-hot stov This was too much. The vials of Govern- ment wrath at once opened and the tinuders of official indignation were aroused until & veritable cyclone was created. You took the matter up, 1 am informed, and gravely de- cided that the laws of the United States had been violated, just as your vpredecessor did when a couple of overgrown boys let the steam out of a locomotive and deciared it & con- cy. The matter was held to be clearly and because libelous unmailable, ving been mailed was a violation of the statute. The District Attorney here did not hesitate to declare that Mayor Sutro should be punished: that the fact that he was woalthy made no difference; that he proposed to do his duty in the premises, “Fiat justicia ruat c@lum,” and the Governmen: building was shaken to its very foundation. Such a flagrant violation of the laws must be punished. The very idea that any man could so libel the lar- cenous instincts or abilities of Collis P, Hunt- ington or even intimate that he would leave a stove, and a red-hot one at that, unscathed,was 100 much. It was the iast straw that broke the camel’s back. To think that the Mayor of San Fran- cisco had the audacity to intimate that he would stop at a stove, and a red-hot one at | that, was not to be tolerated for a moment, The man should be prosecuted! he should be punished! he ought to be hanged for treason! He had openly proclaimed that Mr. Hunting- ton had bribed Congressmen and nothing was said; but when he intimated that this old reprobate was so losing his faculties that he wouid stop at red-hot stoves, an insult had been inflicted that required all the avenging powers of the American Depsrtment of Justice toresent! Thus we haye the great record of your de- partment in this behali. A couple of “strikers, without injury to the locomotive, let off the steam and drew the fire,and they were charged with conspiracy under the laws that had been intended, put which proved ineffectual, to reach the trusts and monopolies, and are made to stand five months’ trial at heavy expense. The Mayor of San Francisco is” threatened with prosecution for simply intimating that this man Huntington had not enough larcen- ous inclination or ability to enable him to ab- stract a red-hot stove. On the other hand the great monopoly that has wrecked and ruined the happiness and rosperity of a whole State with 1,250,000 nhabitants is allowed to obtain the active as- sistance of your department, and when the people of that commonwealth are endeavoring to secure some relief from the exactions of their corporate oppressor in the reduction of { their freights, your department comes in just at the momeut most calculated to aid ‘the monopoly and to injure the people. You have one kind of law for the rich and another for the poor. When the corporation claims that its rights are iniringed, your department comes promptly to its rescue. When the peo- ple_cry out that the same monopoly have robbed the Government, you sit still'and do nothing. When the great corporation tries to grind its workingmen and they refuse to sub- mit, you come to the former’s assistance with injunctions and prosecutions. You call out the regular army and shoot men down. You aid their oppressors to prosecute them. You conyict them long before yov have heard the evidence. But when the “interests” of the great cor- poration are involved somehow your depart- ment is never able to find any way to either determine their guiltor secure their punish- ment. Therefore whatis the use of lellingg‘ml to do your duty; you have not done it and do not intend to doit. The only thing left to do is to secure your impeachment, and that, no matter how plain the case might be, would with this Congress be a futile effort. The Frcscnt Congress and administration all float n the same boat. Whether your master, the great American Belshazzar, as he now sits at | his last feast, has or has notread the hand- writing on the wall, I know not. Butitis there, and you all have been weighed and been found wanting, and if I mistake not when come the ides of Novembor the great American people will voice their terrible indignation at the scandals of the last four years in a manner that will leave no uncertainty, even in the minds of those whose thick hides seem most impervious to the ery of misery that resuits from the most damnable misrule that ever dis- | graced civilization. Respectfully yours, JEORGE W. MON1EITH, CELEBRHTETHER RELEAS Two Vagrant Women Badly Cut an Inoffensive Vegetable- Peddler. They Were Joined in Their Orgie of Blood and Beer by James 3 Smith. Mary Rowe and Mary Morgan, two women who were sent to the County Jail for vagrancy thirty days ago, were liberated yesterday morning and started in to cele- brate the event. They were joined in their spree by James Smith, an ex-guard at the prison. As they marched down San Jose road they encountered an ltalian vegetable ven- dor driving his wagon and assaulted him with rocks. The Rowe woman climbed up on the front wheel and tried to drag tbe driver off hisseat. When he resisted she drew a | knife and slashed his left arm. The frightencd peddler jumped off and ran for his lile. He reported the case to Captain Gillen | at the Seventeenth-street station and Offi- cers Fitzgerald, Biackman and Edner were sent out. In the meantime, before the trio could be reached, Mary Rowe plunged her knife several times into one of the horses at- tacheq to the wagon. Subsequently, Smith and the two women uried to take charge of the New York Dairy, where tbey met their match. The workmen there beat Smith quite teverely and gave Mary Rowe a whipping likewise, The policemen took the three hilarious beings into custody and, charged Mary Rowe with assault with a deadly weapon. Mary Morgan and James Smith were charzed with drunkenness and disturbing the peace. United Undertakers, The shareholders of the United Undertakers’ Association at their annual meeting, held ;rnm:?uy evening, July 2, elected the follow- ng directors to serve for the ensui 3 M. Kelly, C. J. McGlnness, William u'li.y‘?;fii Iin, J. J. Brady, Joseph’Kelly, P.J. McEltoy and Ed McLaughlin. The directors el-cted the foilowing officers: M. Kelly, presidont; }\H;ll:g;lmlaughhn. vice-president; Charles . 'y secretary; 3 e ry; Peter R. Hansen, Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. MORE CLIPPERS AROUND THE HORN. Flint & Co. of New York About to Establish a New Line. SHIPS IN GOOD DEMAND. Sugar and Oil Traffic Cause a Dearth in Sailing Tonnage. A CHECK ON THROUGH RATES. Merchants and Shippers Inclined to Cordially Welcome the East- ern Enterprise. Flint & Co., larce ship-owners and ship- ping and commission merchants of New York City, will within a few weeks be operating a regular line of clippers around Cape Horn and will thenceforward be one of the important factors in transcone tinental freight rates. All the details of the project have not yet been arranged, but J. F. Chapman & Co. of this City, who are to be the local representatives of the new water competi- tor of the Southern Pacific and other iranscontinental lines, state that in about ten days, or a fortnight at the farthest, all the facts in connection with the project will be given to the public. ; By the merchants and shippers of this City the matter meets with the heartiest weicome and many have already promised substantial support to the Flint line. Mr. Chapman, while feeling iree to ad- mit that the line was to be established, re- fused to go into particulats as to rates, number of vessels to be employed or the frequency with which the clippers would be despatched. He contented himself with the broad and significant assertion that Flint & Co. were large ship-owners, had plenty of vessels at present at their immedigte disposal and would put on as many vessels as the demands of the busi- ness might require. That this new enterprise should be es- tablisned at this time has occasioned much comment and speculation. Never before in the history of the transportation world have rates between the Pacific and Atlan- tic seaboards been =0 low, and shipments at this season of the year are always at their minimum. From a gentleman well informed on the local os well as the general shipping situa- tion a palpable reason for the entry of the Flint line at the present time was ob- tained. The rate on kerosene oil to Japan has recently advanced from 12 to 18 cents per case, and this increase of 50 per cent on the freight of this kind of cargo has drawn many vessels into that traffic that had formerly kept cut of it. Another fact that had diminished the available tonnage between New York and San Francisco is the chartering of about fifteen vessels by J. D. Spreckels & Co. for moving the sugar crop from the Hawaiian Islands. This unusual tax on the ordinary sail- 1ng tonnage has opened the route around the Horn for the newcomers, it is argued, with a chance ior them to get a larg share of business—much more than they would have been able to secure under normal circumstances. \ It is admitted that there is not much money, if any, in carrying freight around the Southern American continent for 30 cents_per 100 pounds or $6 per ton, as is now done by the sailing vessels, and even on the Panama route for East-bound freight, but on the other hand 1t is argned that Flint & Co. see a more promising future ahead, and are simply utilizing the present opporturity to geta grip on the situation. Every transportation influence is now at work seeking to bring about an advance in rates, and the indications, among railroad men and shippers, are said to point to a near consummation of this object. 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