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16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1896. WAR ON BOODLERS 10 BE DECLARED Grand Jury May No Longer Parley With Super- visors. READY FOR A FIGHT. Corrupt Influence in the Reduc- tion of Assessments Suspected. WIDE SEARCH FOR PROOF. Managers of Favored Corporations May Be Compelled to Produce Books and Vouchers. The metal in the composition of the present Grand Jury will be tested to-day. The question will be submitted whether the jury shall adjourn acknowledging failure and defeat in its efforts to bring about a fair assessment of corporate prop- erty, or whether it shall renew the strug- gle and bring into action all the power with which the law invests the Grand Jury. Among members of the Grand Jury the conduct of Bupervisors in reducing the as- sessments of the Spring Valley Water Company, the Gas and Electric Light com- panies and the Market-street Railway Company has excited more indignation than surprise. They were surprised, how- ever, at the action of the board in placing the valuation millions lower than the As- sessor fixed it. In face of the Grand Jury’s plain showing that the Assessor’s return was $11,000,000 beiow a fair valua- tion, according to the system employed to ascertain the value of personal property owned by individuals, the Supervisors not only declined to make the increase, but found reasons to excuse themselyes for re- ducing the assessments far below the val- uation returned by the Assessor. In the Grand Jury there is an element favoring adiournment. The jurors so minded proféss to be weary of the struggle for reform. They feel that lhe{ have done their duty in pointing out to the Board of Supervisors the extravagance in municipal estimates and the deficiency in personal property assessments. They hold, more- over, that if corrupt influences exist proof of the corruption cannot be ascertained, at least such proof asthe law requires for the finding of an indictment or accusation. Another and a stronger element of the Grand Jury favors a battle to tne finish. In the beginning of the agitation for municipal reform, lower taxes and equal assessment the representatives of this ele- ment in the jury resolved to employ all the tact, persuasion and moral influence at their command to accomplish their purpose. They argued that it was their duty to submit all the facts to the Snl;:er- visors and to thus end they employed Ex- pert Horace D. Dunn to put the factsand figures on paper. They have had in mind from the start the purpose 1o use the ex- treme power conferred by the law should the plan of argument and conciliation fail. They hold, therefore, that an ad- journment at this time—a wind-up by a simple report of the facts and conclusions to Judge Slack—would make the Grand Jury a laughing-stock in the eyes of the community. Several conferences were held last even- ing. The advice was sought of well- known, resolute men who served on the Wallace-Henley Grand Jury, whose dis- closures caused Boss Buckley to flee the country and impelled a gang of smaller boodlers to ran for cover. It was practi- cally resolved last night by several grand jurors to oppose adjournment and enforce heroic measures. It is known that Judge Slack is in sympathy with the effort to ex- pose boodlers. He is not in any haste to exercise his perogative of impaneling an- other Grand Jury right away. One of the members of the Wallace Grand Jury whose advice was. sought last night said to a CALL reporter: “I told the members of the Grand Jury with whom I conversed that they could not indict a Supervisor on hearsay or rumor that he had been corruptly influenced. Proof must be had. While the jury cannot in- dict without reasonable proof of guilt it has imm ense power to search for proof. *A committee of the Grand Jury, prop- erly authorized, can go to-morrow to the office of the Spring Valley Water Com- pany or the Market-street Railway Com- pany, for example, and take the books of the carswounun for examination by the Grand Jury's expert. The power of the Grand Jury to examine persons and papers in search of proof isunlimited. 1 hear that two or three Supervisors have been doing a little business on their own ac- count and I believe the present Grand Jury is advised of this fact. “Mr. Dunn, the expert now employed, was the expert of the Wallace Grand Jury. Yes, to-morrow the Jur{ will determine what line of action will be pursued. I understand they have consulted an_ at- torney and do intend to go after boodlers without mercy or restraint. The mem- bers of this Grand jury ought to be able to call out the man by name whose busi- ness it is to corrupt Supervisors and courts in the interest of corporations. I hear that an effort, and a vigorous one, is to be made to expose and punish the ‘guilty. The Grand Jury has all the power re- quired. What is now demandea is a de- termined and inlelligent exercise of that power.”” The session of the Grand Jury to-day may be exciting. Fierce and angry speeches may be made and a veritable wrangle precipitated, so in the end no conclusion will be Teached. So many grand juries dissolve in that fashion that something of the kind is expected to occur again. On the other hand, the discussion may be conducted in whispers with a double-riveted injunction of secrecy. The result of the deliberations may not be —_— ey NEW TO-DAY. For Children’s Skin scalp, and hair, nothing in the whole world is 80 cleansing, purifying, and beautifying as CUTICURA SOAP rest and sweetest for toflet, bath, and nursery. P ror distressing facial eruptions, irritations of the scalp, dry, thin. and fulling hair, red, rou hands, chafings, inflammations, and simpie baby Tashes and blemishes, it is wonderful. Sold throughout orld. Sale greater than the com. na-guuzm;&::r'-mu yT7ER Davo axp JSaxr. Sgle Fropey ‘Bouton. U b~ made known until managers, bookkeepers, secretaries and agents of local corpora- tions are called as witnesses and ordered to produce books and records. When the Grand Jury adjourned last week a review of municipal estimates had been concluded. The expert was directed to put the recommendations of the jury in proper form for transmission to the Board of Supervisors. 1t is understood that County Clerk Curry and License Collector Lees will be heard by the jury at the session this afternoon. RESISTED EXPULSION. Joseph von Arx Is Held to Have Been Unduly Put Out of the San Frau- cisco Grutli Verein, The judgment of the lower court against the defendant society has been affirmed by the Supreme Court in the case of Joseph von Arx vs. The San Francisco Grutli Verein. Von Arx had been fined and ex- pelled from the soclety for having used some vizorous !anguage during & meeting, at which matters concerning the society were beingdiscussed. He had already paid into the organization about $1 in moneyv. Considering his expulsion un- just, Von Arx had recourse to the law for redress, which he ootained, his punish- ment being chbaracterized as ‘“lacking in the essential elements of fairness, zood faith and candor.” This view of the case was also taken by Justice McFariand, Justices Henshaw and Temple concarring in his opinion. —————— Big Damage Suit. 0. Erickson and Agnes Erickson have sued the Board of State Harbor Commissioners, the Thompson Bridge Company and the Southern Pacific Company for $25,500 damages for in- jurles sustained by Mrs. Agnes Erickson by reason of falling over a stringer left lying in the covered passageway at the Market-street ferry landing on Sepiember 16, 1895. The assageway was then in course of construction. rs. Erickson’s arm was broken and she was otherwise injured. BETWEEN MORROW AND GERBERDING Lively Contest for President of the Produce Ex- change. THE ELECTION TO-DAY. An Independent Ticket Put Up to Make the Race More Spirited. MORROW TAIES A LITTLE. Partisans of Each Ticket Say They ‘Will Wipe Up the Floor With the Other. The annual election of the San Fran- cisco Produce Exchange will be held this morning from 10 to 12 o’clock. There are two tickets in the field, called the “reg- ular’’ and the ‘‘independent” tickets. The panyand J. K. Wilson and S. B. Biddle, as- signees of that firm, for an accounting of 5°°d! placed in the hands of Porter Bros. for isposal. Tt 0,000 is d iy pmnumvn claimed that $1 ue A STRANGE CASE. Peculiar Suspicion Against G. A. Dona~ hue and Joseph Twyeth, Two Respectable Young Men. One of the most extraordinary cases of Tobbery the police have had to deal with is that chargea against G. A. Donahue and Joseph Twyeth. ponlhue and Twyeth called at the City Prison about 3 o’clock yesterday morning and asked Sergeant Shields to lock up a man they had with them on a charge of “drunk.” The man’s face was covered with blood, and he was very drunk. He was taken inside, and Donatue and Twyeth, who were also under the influ- ence of liquor, went away. Tte man said he was John Smith, an English commercial traveler out of a job. When being searencd he said he had been knocked down and robbed, but he did not know by whom. Donahue ard Twyeth had told where they had found Smith, and Policeman Sylvester was sent to tie ssloon on Eighth street, as they said they were 5oing back there. They were arrested and on being searched a nickel watch and a cigar-cutter belonging to Smith werejfound in Twyeth’s geockeu, 80 they were charged with rob- TY. They are both respectable young men and their friends are indignant over their arrest. Twyeth said that Smith gave him the nickel watch and the cigar-cutter. They met Smith in a saloon on Park ave- nue and thq&y got into an argument with him on the difference between republican and monarchical governments. They had several drinks together and Smith got so drunk that he fell, cutting his face. As Smith could not tell where he lived they took him to the City Prison. 4. GERBERDING. THE TWO CANDIDATES FOR GEORGE P. MORROW. PRESIDENT OF THE SAN FRANCISCO PRODUCE EXCHANGE. THEIR BUSINESS BOOMED For Sixteen Years M. Scheyer & Co. More Than Doubled Their Money. Now One Partner Accuses the Other of Appropriating $75,000 to His Own Use. There is a pretty profit in the furnishing goods business, if the complaint filed by Maurice Rosenthal, praying for a dis- solution of partnership of the firm of M. Scheyer & Brother, is to be believed. Rosenthal and BSallus Scheyer began business in 1880 with a capital stock of $10,000, and are now the possessors of a stock of goods worth over $40,000, and the profits of the business in the meantime are said to have been over $100,000. In addition to this, Scheyer isalleged to have overdrawn his account about $75,000, all of which represents a net earning of over $200,000 in sixteen years, or an investment of only $10,000. Originally Rosenthal put $1500 into the business, and was allotted a fourth of the profits. This arrangement continued for two years, at the end of which time the partnership contract was changed by mutual consent and the junior partner allowed a third of the profits. Again, in 1890, it was found necessary to change the basis of division of the earnings. This time Rosenthal was placed on an equal footing with Scheyer ana awarded half the profits. Scheyer had control of the firm’s books all the time, and Rosenthal was t0o busy making money to inquire how much he meade; but he now regrets that he did not devote a little time to watching the book- keeping process. The complaint alleges that out of the $75,000 applied to his own use Scheyer purchased real estate at 920, 922 and 924 Fulton street worth $40,000: seven buildings at Twenty-fourth and Myrtie streets, Oakland, worth $6000; property at Twenty-fourth and Market streets, Oakland, valued at $6000, and 105 shares of building and loan association stock valued at fw,ooo. He also loaned $2000 on a mortgag: on Schaefer Grove property, in Marin County. Rosenthal recently demanded an ac- counting, but it was refused, wherefore he the partnership may be dissoly- receiver may be appointed, that an accounting may be had,that the plaintiff may be declared to have an equal interest with the defendant in the property named in the complaint, that the defendant be restrained from interfering with the debts, money and effects of the partnership and that the property of the firm be sold, and, after payment of the debis, the surplus be divided between the plaintiff and de- fendant. Judge Murphy appointed William G. Cousins receiver and fixed his bond at $10,000. ———————— Town Rivalry. “‘Interested in a trolley company ?” asked a stranger in a little interior town of a man who been expatiating upon its merits. “Not a cent’s worth,”” replied the advo- cate of the overhead wire., 5 “Live here?’ asked the stranger next. __“Noton f'out life. I wouldn’t live here if you would give me the whole town.” “But_you're working mighty hard for something. What is it%" 3 The trolley advocate looked around to see that no one was in hearing distance, and then drew the stranger up in the shadow of a buiiding, “I'll tell you how it mum,” he said. ’:I'ile stran er&romiud. “I'm employed by a rival town to get the trolley in here.” The other town gn been trying for three years to get the lead in population, and has made up its mind that the only hope is iu killing off some of the people here. That’s why I'm trying ? 1zu'oduce the troiley. BSee?”’—Chicago 0s 1 1f you'll keep The will of Daniel Giovannin: was yester- day admitted to probate. Eugene Cadenasso and Louis Gendotti were appoin! Glovannin left s §83,000 catate. <= CXoCuOT heads of the tickets are different, and that is where the fight is, but some other names are on both tickets. The “‘régular” ticket is as follows: For directors—George P. Morrow, presi- dent; H. Eppinger, vice-president; James Hogg, treasurer; Harvey C. Somers, Jo- seph Rosenberg, A. Pallies, W. B. Chap- man and W. H. Wright. For commitiee on appeals—R. B. For- man, John R. Cross, E. C. Evans, A. Ger- berding and H. Dutard. The *‘independent” ticket is as follows: For directors—A. Gerberding, president; H. Eppinger, vice-president; James Hogg, treasurer; H. A, Mayhew, joseph Rosen- berg, A. 8. Moseley, Paul Keyser, S. Ans- pacher and Henry C. Eliis. For committee on appeals—R. B. For- man, John R. Cross, E. W. Ferguson, 8. Sweet and A. Schwabacher. There is no personal feeling in the con- test between Messrs. Morrow and Gerber- ding, but there is a lively canvass goingon between the “pushers” of each ticket. Each side vows that it alone is in the fight | and that it will wipe up the floor with the other side. No member could be found who expressed any dissatisiaction with the Morrow administration. Broker Cutter is looked upon as the “‘founder” of the opposition or “‘independ- ent ticket.”” He said yesterday afternoon: “I do not see why they call me the founder of it. I am interested in its suc- cess, and that’s about all I have to do witi it. No, there isn’t any feeling atall. We just put it up in order to have some oppo- sition and make the election livelier.” Mr. Gerberding was out of the Cily yes- terday afternoon and could not be seen. Mr. Morrow was seen at his place of business. He said: “I do not know any- thing about the opposition ticket, or the chances for the election of the ticket [am on. If I were running for director I might take a more active part in the can- vass, but I consider it undignified for a man running for president to solicit votes. Mr. Gerberding and I are the best of friends and there is no feeling between us. I do not just understand why he is running against me. If you want any more information seesome of my friends.” One of these friends was seen.. He said : ‘‘Morrow has been a hard worker. While the late Eresident, H. A. Holcomb, was ill, he took his Ehcn. and for two_months after his death has been filling the office of president. The most that can be said against Morrow is that he is a littie hot- headed and arbitrary some times, but he has done good work for the exchange. He is entitled to the office by courtesy and right of succession. The fact is that whnile Mr. Gerberding is a very capable and excellent gentleman, and a friend of mine, the independent ticket is not backed 1n this election by the best element of the exchange.”’ NORMAL SCHOOL DIPLOMAS, Do County Boards of Education Wish to Boycott San Francisco. 1t is hard to tell what County Boards of Education will do. Tkeir occasional re- fusal to recognize San Francisco teachers’ Babcock, who has addressed the following self-explanatory letter to the County Su- perintendents of Schools: Ladies and Gentlemen: Will you kindly in- form me at your convenience, whether you recognize San Francisco certificates or not; and whether you grant certificates on the san Francisco Normal School diplomas, In this connection permit me to say that in order to enter the San Francisco Normal School it is necessary for a student to have graduated from a High School, or to pass an examination covering a High School course. I believe the San Francisco Normal School is the only one in California that requires this preparation be- fore entering it. Tho course in the Normal School comprises history and science of education, methods of teaching the different brauches, psychology, school 1aw of California and a thorough course in music and drawing, in addition to which the students spend three months in_teaching and in observation in the San Francisco 8choo It is difficult for me to understand why county boards of education do not grant cer- tificates to graduates of this Normal School when recommended by the Superintendent of Bchools. 1f we are to understand that some of the counties wish to boycott San_Francisco in this matter please say Board oi Examiners the law to nolders county of Californie, and will continue to do 80, b;el‘e':ln tlhn ""a'f h‘?; ‘-n-y in which wa‘ cau T 0 e profession teaching in nupsnu. o5 s s . For an Accounting. C. Roexer has sued D. H. Porter and A. W. Porter of the firm of Forter Brothersand Com, certificates hus annoyed Superintendent | $3479 55. ENEMIES OF CRUELTY Their Efforts in Aid of Ill-Used Brutes Meet With Suc- cess. Annual Meeting of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The offices and reception-room of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was crowded yesterday afternoon at the annual meeting of the board of trustees and directors. President J. Z. Davis occupied the chair and in his open- ing address gave a most encoursging re- sume of the society’s work during the past year. Mr, Davis was unhappily obliged to turn the meeting over to the care of the vice-president owing to the serious iilness of his mother, Mr. Cole, however, made a splendid presiding of- ficer and wielded the gavel as though to the manner born. In the report of Secretary Holbrook for the year just concluded are found the fol- lowing items: Cases reported, 3471; investigated, 3357; prosecuted, 274; relieved without prosecu- tion, 3083; malicious or trifling complaints, 112; disabled animals killed, 125; number of animals involved, 10,539; taken from work by reason of disability, 2123; re- lieved, 8227: sent to Animals’ Home, 101; value of animals removed in ambulance, $4790; convictions secured, 191. Among the cases of cruelty noted were instances where horses had been driven to death, their jaws broken, their tougues cut out by the roots, their eyes gouged out, their flanks slashed with swords, and otherwise tortured in ways too horrible to be described. Among the other animals relieved were 127 dogs, twenty-one cats, six rats, four monkeys, three bears an one lobster, who came to an untimely end by being boiled alive. During the year sixty-five new members qualified, making the total present mem- bership 497. Tne financial statement noted the en- couraging balance on hand of $13,618 40. Among the receipts mention is mad- of a legacy of $4750 from the Wilmerding es- tote. The largest sum disbursed was for salaries, $2964 50. The poundkeeper’s annual report noted 5450 dogs caught, 4466 of which were killed ; 698 cows and horses, 288 of which went to the “‘boneyard,” wuerever that may be. The pound seems to be sound financially, having a cash valance on hand of $660 96. The fees collected at the pound amounted to $4580 05, and the sums received from the City and County Treasury to $4589 05. The principal disbursements were: Sala- ries, 55, and current expemses, . Drs. O'Rourke and Jacobsen, the veter- inary surgeons of the society, and F. A. Osbourne, the poundkeeper. were tendered 8 vote of thanks for their efficient services. Tne following board of trustees was elected to serve during the ensuing year: J. Z. Davis, president; N. P. Cole, vice- {pndem. and John P. Jackson, A. H. issak, O. Waterhouse, J. 8. Hutchinson, Luman Wadham, Frank B. Gibson, C. S. Crittenden, H. E. Holmes, Frank A. Vail, Max Stein, J. H. Mangels, Theodore G. Gruenhagen and Martin Stevens. New Corporations. The Nevada Drayage and Freight Company was incorporated yesterday by J. H. Creely, §. Kurtz, Augustus Biedenback, A. M. Hepburn and Thomas Bolger. The capital stock is $5000, of which t&o has been paid up. John Scharfl, Churles Scharff, Julius Schroth, Ella Scharff and Emil Metz have incorporated the Maison de 1'Opera Company, with a capital stock of $10,000, of which $500 has been paid up. The St. Hubert Tonic Port Com; corporated with tock: which $100,050 :.u;.’i‘d“:p'. ———————a—— Property Overlooked. William J. Belcher has petitioned for letters of administration, with will annexed, on the m-l:r;u‘ywe;uu of Lewls Cunningham, who ed in and whose estate was long ago PR nemY el il vt ‘est WAS D .J&m in 'hu. msnno y has been dlleovnt:d i 2d that William J was in- 000, of it is desire appointed o take charge of it GENERAL EZETA ON HIS METTLE. He Issues a Manifesto “ Anent the Jimenez Incident. DOESN’T MINCE WORDS. Prieto Alvarez and Consul Cal- deron Handled With- out Gloves. A STORMY SCENE IN PARIS. The Ex-President Believes He the Victim of Deep-Laid Political Plots. Is General Carlos Ezeta, ex-President of Balvador, whose contretemps of last Tues- day with Don Pedro Jimenez in the dining-room of the Hotel Marechal Niel created such a flutter in local Spanish- Americal social circles, does not seem to relish the idea of suffering in silence. He has prepared a manifesto for publication in the next issue of the Revista del Pa- cifico, of which the following is an abridged translation: Since I left my native land on account of po- litical affairs, which need not now be men- tioned, I have been followed by atrocicus cal- umnies, by shameiess lies and by intrigue and have been injured on every hand. These evil forces have been set on foot and subsidized by General Gutierez and his Cabi- net, who, by means of & most ignoble and in- famous campaign of dietribe are vainly en- desvoring to ruin my reputation before my compatriots and friends. 1had determined, through respeet for my- self and out of consideration for society, to let silence be my only answer to these unclean attack: d absurd inventions, engendered by rancor and stimulated by loveof lucre; but the moment has come in which I have to speak, not because the lLies against me are worth the trouble of refuting, but because they may deceive the confiding natures of persons who do’ not know me, or who are absent, for they say that caiumny is like coal— when it does not soil it smuts. Referring to the Spanish paper El Comercio, published in this city, which Ezeta terms “a shameful sheet,” he says: In its issue of Sat- urday, the 18th instant, it published a lying and most abusive farrago against me, in which, after showering insults upon me on account of the Jimenez incident, it maliciously perverted the truth, distorted facts, and, in passing, made a defense of the poor devil who served as the pliant instrument of my enemies. This unhappy man iustigated by an individual who is the official and officious agent here of Gen- eral Gutierez, might have had the intention of assassinating me, but on coming into my pres- ence he trembled so that he could hardly take out his pistol, and though I was unarmed my serenity seemed to perturb him completely, us the many persons who were present can attest. 1t is then the nost ridiculous error to suppose that this little fellow spat upon me. As for the instrument itseli—that is to say, Jimenez—I never knew him, even by sight, in Salvador or in any other place; and since he was not an acquaintance of mine, what motive can he have had in attacking me? Continuing, Ezeta says he did have the mis- fortune to know Prieto Alvarez, to whom, he says, he gave wenerous aid and protection when he was in abject poverty. He termed him “a malevolent individual, who now aims his poisoned shaft against me in his unworthy sheet. If I were to look into the vocabulary which he uses in order to %Mn food for his family it would be difficult, if not impossible, for me to find a word with which to st atize him. Prieto Alvarez, the same man who now, like the serpent, stings the breast which in other days was his refuge from misery, was s favorite of mine at the commencement of my admiuistration ” He removed Alvarez in disgrace for cause, he says, but afterward he appealed to his brother, General Antonio Ezeta, and, “by means of eatreaties and false, honeyed words, made him believe that it wouid be well to tound & newspaper in Mexico for the purpose of refuting the calumnies and insults whici that republic were being cast upon the politi- cal refugees of Salvador in Guatemala. ““General Antonio Ezets, who at that time was Minister of War, judged it prudent to listen to the artful libeler, and more on ac- count of compassion for his family than tor any other reason, and in obedience to his generous impulses, he gave mone and provided {ree passage for Alvarez.” In exico Alvarez is sald to have soon founded a paper in which Ezeta claims to have been smothered with exaggerated tributes until he felt called upon to order an investigation into the matter. He found that the treasury of Salvador was maintaining the aper and Ezeta says that he commanded the mmediate suspension of the subsidy for Alvarez's paper. He says some tart things about the pub- lisher of El Comercio and, continuing, says: The great Quintana says that every one tries to make firewood out of the oak that has been riven by a thunderbolt. And I, now that I am fallen and in exile, find myself surrounded by braggarts, anxious to give me the coup de race. But I have no right to compiain. thers than I have trodden this same path, meeting the same difficulties atevery step. This is not the first scandal in which my enemies have sought to entangie me. In Paris an individul named Robert Alvarez offered me an insult, for which 1 chastised him. He did not dare 1o expose his life by returning 1o my presence. But why should I waste time narrating the unworthy machinations of which I have been the object? I had determined to ignore these petty, despicable efforts of {mpotent revenge, but since I see that there is a deep conspirac; against me, when General Gutierrez, degrad- ing the official rank of which he 50 proud, has the impudence to subsidize vile 'and insolent sheets for _insulting me and maki: a mockery of me, he himself distributing the indecent publications among the people of Salvador, to the great detriment of my honor, I find myself obliged 1n-du& 1o state the facts as they are, in order that the shaft of calumny, like & two-edged sword, may return upon the cowards who brandish it against me. Iextend an invitation to the bullying boast- ers who behind my back address me by every opprobrious epithet, hopning thereby to gain friendship and coin from General Gutierrez. Why will you not be decent men? Why can mn not meet me face to face with equal arms? ou fear that I wili kill you? Don’t be afrald; perhaps you may be the winner. In conclusion, I should remark that this Calderon, to whom my defamer refers, is not simply Consul of Salvador in San Fraucisco, but also an agent picked out from among my worst enemies. In 1890, when he was surgeon of the division com- manded by General Villavicencio, he went over to the enemy with the smbulance and outfit. The war having ended, and Saivador being victorious, Calderon took advantage of the general amnesty proclaimed by the Gov- ernment, but hardly had he returned to Salva- dor when he became entangled in political conspiracies. It was not thought proper to punish him according to the rigors of the law, 80 he was exiled from the country. These facts may throw some light upon the reason why Gutiérrez has thrown these two in- dividuals in m{ way. The public, my friends and the Central American Society of San Fran. cisco shall pass juagment upon my enemies. Socialist Labor Party. The State executive committee of the Social- ist Labor party met last evening at the Turk- street Temple, H. F. Sahlender in the chair. The nominee for Lieutenant-Governor, James Andrew, was present and a to s at the meetings scheduled by the committee through the State. The committee considered the recommendations of the convention to in- suuurate meetings for the spread of socialism in the interior, and at last night's meeting the committee accepted the offer of one of the members to s} from the soclalist van that is at Petaluma. Theodore Lynch volunteered to leave for Petaluma on Wednesday, and the committee will supply him with literature and give instructions o organize branches. if suffi- cient adherents can be secured. The need of a paper during the co: cussed and laid over Fell Through a Skylight. Charles Edwards, a boy 12 years of age, liv- ing at 284 Sixth street, while playing on the roof of his father’s barn yesterday morning, fell through a light to the floor, a distance of about twenty feet. He was taken to the Re- ceiving Hospital, where it was found that he was cut about the head and face and was pos- sibly injured internally. FIRE IN A CLOTEING-STORE, E. Frank & Son’s Establishment Nar- rowly Escapes Destruction. E. Frank & Son’s clothing establish- ment, 535 Kearny street, narrowly escaped destruction by fire last evening. A passer-by noticed flames among a stock of clothing in the rear of the establishment at 9 o’clock. An alarm was sounded from box 206. When the department arrived the flames had gained considerable head- way and the stock of goods was thor- oughly soaked before the fire was extin- guished. Itis estimated that the damage will amount to about $1000, which loss is covered by insurance. REPUBLICAN INDORSEMENTS. A District Club Elects Officers and Makes Recommendations for Office. A meeting of the Twenty-eighth Assem- bly District Republican Club was held in Drews Hall last evening. Speeches were made by Captain James Maulroy, J. T. Car- roll, G. C. Groezingerand Thomas O’Brien. The following officers were elected: J. T. Carroll, president; Aueust Vogel, re- cording secretary; John Hale, correspond- ing secretary; Barney Conlon, treasurer; J. K. Prior, sergeant-at-arms. The foilowing indorsements were made unanimously: Thomas B. O'Brien for Coungress, Fourth Congressional District; Bernard Ward ior Senator, Seventeenth Senatorial District; Peter Quinn for As- sembly, Twentieth Assembly District; for Police Judges, James A. Campbell and g. C. Groezinger, present Justice of the eace. INTHE LABOR UNIDNS, The Shingler Question Again Agitating the Building Trades. Stone-Cutters Want All Work Fin- ished in This City—]. Leary’s Benefit. The troublesome Shinglers’ Union ques- tion is again agitating the unions con- nected with the Building Trades Council. Some time ago the Shinglers’ Union sent delegates to the council, but representa- tion was denied them on account of a protest from the Carpenters’ unions. The objection was that the shinglers should not be considered as a union, as their vo- cation interfered with that of carpenter- g The question was put to a vote at a mass-meeting and settled by the shinglers being denied recognition and a resolution to treat all members of that crait as non- union laborers. However, the shingiers would not down at this bidding and on several occasions the differences caused a litule friction. Again the question has been raised whether the Shinglers’ Union shall be recognized and Carpenters’ and Joiners’ unions 483 and 304 considered the matter last evening. Special called meetings will be held soon by the carpenters to decide the vexatious question. Final action will have to be taken by the council. At the meetiug of the Carpenters’ and Joiners’ Union No. 483 last evening, it was decided to hold a specially called meeting 10 consider changes in the working rules for recommendation to the National Con- vention which will be held in Cleveland, Ohio, in a month or so. The stone-cutters’ unions of this City will soon begin an agitation of the matter of inducing coniractors to have their material shipped to San Francisco in the rough and dressed here. At present nearly all the stone building contractors are having all the work done at the quar- ries and shipping the dressed stone to this City. The local stone-cutters are opposed to this system, and claim as they spend their money in this City the work should be done here. The Coopers’ Union will tainment and ball in B'nai Saturday night for the benefit of John Leary, one of their members, who is now a cripple for life. Leary ran a splinter into his wrist, and blood-poisoning set in, making it necessary to amputate is right hand. A second operation was necessary, and four inches of his forearm was re- cently removed. Leary has a wife and four young children, and the Coopers’ Union wants to do all possible to aid the unfortunate member. The Itonmolders’ Union met last even- ing and the picnic committee reported that the picnic held on Sunday at Sunset Park cleared $300 aiter all expenses were paid. A vote of thanks was extended to all who donated prizes and contributed otherwise to the success of the affair. NEY'S EXECUTION. Absurd Attempts to Prove That Marshal Ney Escaped to Ameri ‘A Family Record of Ney's Execution,” written by Mme. Campan, is contributed to the July Century by a relative of this lady, George Clinton Genet of Greenbush, N. Y. Mr. Genet, in a preparatory note, says: An absurd attempt has been made recently to prove in a published volume that Ney was not shot in 1815, but escaped to America and became & schoolmaster in North Carolina, where he lately died. An alleged facsimile of his writing is given in the book, as well as one of the writings of the old French cavalryman who, it is alleged, when drunk on a certain occasion, declared himself to be the Duke of Elchin- gen. The writing which is claimed is the genuine writing of the marshal seems doubtful when compared with that known to be his, and the assumed similarity be- tween that and the writing of the old French soldier of North Carolina is incon- ceivable. It is absurd to suppose that Ney shoutd have proclaimed himself to be the Duke of Eichingen, sinee at the time of his execution he was Prince of Mos- kowa, and no longer Duke of Elchingen. It is impossible that, as asserted 1in the book referred to, Ney should have con- sented to the subterfuge of being shot at by muskets charged with powder alone, and, after falling and pretending to be ould have suffered himself to be into exile in a strange land. At the battle of Waterloo Ney vainly songht death wherever the battle was fiercest. ‘With an army of 60,000 men still left he capitulated under the walls of Paris, upon condition of general amnuesty of offenses, both civil and military. These terms were basely violated, and to satisfy the clamor of the returned aristocrats of the old regime Ney was executed. Welling- | ton could have prevented this crime after the condemnation of the chamber of peers, but did not, for reasons best known te himself. Ney was offered an oppor- tunity to escape, but refused. He asked :l!i‘; soldiers to fire at his heart, and they Moveover at the time when it is claimed that Ney was concealing himself in North Carolina Joseph Bonaparte was living at Bordentown and his house and his fortune would have been at Ney’s disposal. More- over, after the fall of the Bourbons there would have been no reason why Ney should not have returned to France. In 1832 Eugene Ney, his third son, visited the United States and went to the house of bis kindsman Genet, who resided on the Hudson, near Albany, but never heard of this all Duke of Elchingen. It is use- less to follow these absurdities further. No&h buried in Pere la Chaise at Paris Wwith two of his sons and his brother-in- law Gamot. A plain slab marks the place. the spot whers he was executed stand: -sons a monument erected by the French Gov- ernment. 2 —_——————— A PROHIBITION CHANGE. Meeting of the State Committee Changed to San Francisco. An official notice to the members of the State Central Committee of the Prohibi- tion party of the State of California has been issued by Vice-President Geor_ge D Kellogg, changing the place of meeting of that committee from San Jose, as per the call of July 2 inst., to the W.C. % L) Y headqaarters, 132 McAllister street, July 22 inst., at 2 0’clock in the afternoon. Mr. Kellogg says: *“I report that we desire a full ccmmiitee meeting at this time, and those who cannot make it con- venient to attend will please communicate with C. A. Tupper, secretary, box 114, San ose, Cal.” 2 ! The reason assigned for the change in the place of meeting is that San Francisco is thought to be loyal to the Pittsburg convention as between that and the bolters. —————————— A Free Silver Meeting. An enthusiastic meeting of the Ingleside Free Silver Club was held last night at Carl- Hall, Ingleside. A resolution was adopted indorsing sil candidates advocating the Tree colnage of silver. Twenty new names were added to the club’s roster. Another meeting will be held next Saturday evening. e e—————— Run Over at the Cliff. D. I. Toomey, chief cook of the Brooklyn Hotel, went to the Cliff House yesterday, and went to sleep on the electric car track, near the baths. A car passed over both legs, nearly severing them from his body. He was taken to the Receiving Hospital. Both legs had to be amputated. His recovery is doubtful. ———————— An Outing for Asylum Girla. Sister Stanislaus Roche says that owing to the kindness of Superintendent Vining of the Market-street Railway Company the giris of the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum can_have anouting to the park, the Mission or North Beach during their vacation. ————— According to a musical journal there are in London at this moment 244,000 females who are learning musie. . 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