The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 20, 1896, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1896. B e e e e e e e et e e e e e e A e MATTIE OVERMAN WAS ON SHORT RATIONS, A Possible Explanation of Her Confession of Guilt. SHE WAS DESERTED BY DR. BROWN. His Financial Support With- drawn From Her About a Month Ago. SHELVED FOR TEE NEXT FOUR MONTHS. The Bay Conference Will Not Take the Matter Up Until the Regu- lar Meeting oa Dec. 8. Mattie Overman’s frank and full confes- sion of her improper relations with Dr. C. O. Brown, the deposed Congregational minister, was the talk of the entire church world and half of that ouiside the sanc- tuaries yesterday, the general feeling, particularly among Congregationalists, being of relief that the question of Brown’s guilt or innocence had at last been settled. The general opinion seems to be that Miss Overman is ‘‘getting even’ with the doctor because the financial support that he accorded her up to a month ago was withdrawn and she was left to shift for herself. Mrs. Tunnell says that since that time she has been on short rations. Those who are interested in the matter are still bothered by two questions, one being inregard to the names that Miss Overman mentions in connection with the case, and the other where Brown got the money to send Mattie since being de- prived of his church. Itis known that he. has been in straitened circumstances for several months, and yetup toa month sgo he was making regular remittances to his ex-charmer. Who furnished this money ? Rev. W. W. Scudder of Alameda is authority for the statement that Miss Overman’s confession is safely put away and will not see the light of day until De- “In the meantime,”” be said, *“the inves- tigation with a view to piacing in regular and authentic shape all of the evidence that will be presented at that meeting bhas been left to a committee consisting of Dr. McLesn and Dr. Mooar of Oakland. Dr. Sink of Stockton and myself. “We will look closely into everything connected with the case and have every- thing in readiness for the meeting of De- cember 8. Dr. Brown will be cited to de- fend himself, and if he does not do so suc- cessfully expulsion from the church will | s portion.” Tunnel! isat present 1n Oakiand and the confeasion of Mattie Overman was not 8 surprise to her, as she was aware that]it was sent to Dr. McLean, although not ad- vised of its contents till after it was re- cerved. “The real secret of the whole affair 13 that Mattie is now converted and is a gooa Christian girl,” said Mrs. Tunnell this afternoor. ‘‘She felt that she could not carnty the load on her conscience any longer, and she has just made aclean breast of it. I did not know one-haif of what I know now, and I am surprised at many of the infamous things done by Dr. Brown. Iam in constant communication with Mattie, and I have also heard from her mother. Mattie’s mother thinks that the matter should not have been revived, but her child thinks differently and so do L “I really cannot tell whether I met Dr. McLean after he received the confession or he met me. We were hunting each other and we came together. There have been several conferences between a few of the pastors and myself, but no formal meeting. It is the opinion of usall that her confession shall not be made public at this time, although personally I would be in favor of having it made public as there is nothing to fear. *‘It is purely a matter of conscience with the poor girl as she has no feeling of malice toward any one. Poor Mattie .is on short. rations and Brown is apparently doing well, and it is the basest kind of ingrati- tude on his part not to do something for her. BShe isin 2 beautiful frame of mind now and wishes to live a night life, but un- til she can get something to do she must have enough to eat and Dr. Brown should not be so ungrateful. “The matter will be again taken before the Bay Conference, and Mattie and I will both make affidavits; but Mattie will not come here personatly to testify. She has gone through enough and is now with good friends. Mattie always manages to make friends with the better class of peo- ple, and she has done so in Los Angel and it would be a pity for her to break up the nice connection she has in that city. “I now feel that it is my mission to see that Dr. Brown is not allowed 10 preach. He has found out by this time that Mattie and I cannot be transported about like boxes of dry goods, and Mattie has some claim that should be respected. I feel the *burden laid upon me to prevent such a wicked man from attempting to teach morals and religion ‘to any one, and I shall discharge my duty to the best of my ability. Mattie shall be cared for. “Now regarding Mattie's confession, It is absolutely true. Of course, the greater part of it has been known to me right along, but there was much that was a sur- prise to me. Confidential as Mattie and 1 have always been she had not told me everything in her 'desire to shield Dr. Brown, but now she has omitted nothing. I did not suggest to her to write to Dr. McLean, but I approved of it when I knew of her intention. Dr. Brown is guilty of everything with which he was charged, and he stands before me now a2 much biacker man than he ever did before. “It must not be said that Mattie is in- fluenced by spite because Dr. Brown stopped her remittance, because such is not true. Mattie is acting from the purest of motives, and I know well how the poor child feels. Her remittances stopved about & month before she wrote that letter, and since that time she has been on short rations. “The pastors will meet again shortly, and by that time Mattie's affidavit may have arrived, ana steps wili be taken to permanently expel Dr. Brown.” When seen this afternoon Dr. McLean was reading the account of the letter pub- lished in to-day’s Carr. He said: “Iam very much pleased with the story as you have published it. I was in favor of giv- ing the letter to the press, but others ob- jected, so I refrained. The letter was re- ceived by me on the 7th of the month, baving been written the day before in Los Angeles. i “f called a meeting of the members of the council that I could reach and laid the matter before them. I told them that 1 was in favor of giving it to the public through the press, but that I would abide by their decision. I then showed them the letter, and after some discussion they overwhelminely voted not to let the press know anything about it or its contents. I am very much surprised to know that it has become public matter. [ assure you that the letter will not be given out for pubtication, and any purported letter pub- lished will not be the Mattie Overman letter that was sent to me.”” A member of the council who had read and reread the letter of Mattie’s and is in a position to speak, but preferred not to have his name mentioned oxing to Dr. Brown’s friends who insist on trying to injure every one who believes a word of the charges against him, had this to say regarding the letter: “The statements in the letter are gen- eral in character. It was a closely written letter of ten pages of ordinary letter paver. The general supposition that the Tunnell- Overman letters had not been changed but were true proves to be correct, accord- ing to Miss Overman’s last letter. She makes no mention of any time or place where improper relations were wain- tamned, but is positive in the statement that such relations existed. “The letter is personal and not in anv form to be made public. There are some things not vital and there are some state- ments in detail that would not be nice to turn out. The terms used are very mod- est, and on the whole the face of it bears the impression of sincerity on the part of the writer. Of course it is not believed by all of the late council members, but it will be given considerable attention. *S8o far as I have been able to follow them, Mrs. Tunnell’s confession and this last letter of Mattie’s are entirely in har- mony with each other. Mrs. Tunnell goes more into detail on some subjects than Miss Overman, but both cover the same ground. ‘The letter carries out the theory sug- gested to the minds of the minority of the late council by the testimony then pre- sented. There is hardly a deviation from any pointin the conclusion reached by them at that time. ““It is of some importance to know that this letter was mailed on the 6th and reached Oakland on the 7th. Mrs. Tun- nell’s confession was published on that day, which proves that neither had en- tered into an understanding as to what should be said. Mrs. Tunnell told us that she had an idea that Mattie would write Dr. McLean. “‘These two statements made by Mrs. Tunnell and Miss Overman will be re- duced to affidavits and filed as a basis of a complaint charging Rev. Charles O. Brown with adultery. He was simply suspended from the ministry by the council because his character was under a cloud, which he was unable to remove to the satisfaction of the council. Now a charge of adultery will be filed and he will be given an oppor- tunity to disprove it. If it stands and he fails to disprove the char:e he will be found guilty. The conference will then take action by absolutely expelling him from the ministry, which will entirely re- move his ministerial standing. At present it is simply in abeyance by our former ac- tion. There will be no meeting held at the present time, but when the affidavits are prepared and filed the conference will take action. What may transpire at that time is too farin thedistance to think of or talk about.” ailirisgl s o THE OPPOSITION’S COUP. A Formal Demand on the Trustees WIill Be Made for the Reopening of the First Church. A coup of ecclesiastical diplomacy is about to be played by the “opposition” wing of the First Congregational Society which seems not to have been thought of by the late pastor’s friends. A committee of members in good standing will wait upon the trustees to-day and make a formal demand that the church building be opened for the holding of a prayer- meeting next Wednesday night. This move, if successful, will place the opposi- tion in possession, so to speak, of the fieid. The plan was arranged at a private meeting last night. The aevotional exer- cises which preceded the business meeting were led by the Rev. Dr. Warren, who read that portion of the Gospel of St. John comniencing, ‘“‘Let not your hearts be troubled.” In a brief, informal com- mentary he dwelt upon the necessity for harmony and peace in the church, and expressed a hope that it might be brought about. The hymn, ‘‘Blest be the Tie That Binds Our Hearts in Christian Love,” was sung, and Mrs. Cooper made a few re- marks suggested by the evening’s lesson. Others spoke and prayed, and the gather- ing, which numbered about twenty per- sons, united in singing the hymn, “‘My Faith Looks Up to Thee.” Then the business meeting commenced. The grounds of the present controversy between the two factions of church mem- bers were gome over, and many were the plans suggested. All the proposed bits of finesse seemed to have some drawback, until an astute member of the conclave said: ““We know, or ought to know, that Con- gregational law requires the church trus- tees to open the building for religious ser- vices when such opening may be formally demanded by three church members in good standing.” A momentary hush greated these weighty words. Here was the long- sought lead which would force the ad- versary’s hand. As this fact dawned upon the minds of those present a mur- mur of applause made itself heard, and measures were forthwith devised for car- rying the plan into effect. Meanwhile the subscription list men- tioned in Tuesday’s CaLL will start on its rounds to-day. The document wili con- ajnt of four or five lines, in which the signers will promise to contribute in pew rents or donations the amounts set oppo- site their names. Its real object will be the ascertainment of the opposition’s numerical and financial power. “The plan of demanding that the church be opened seems to me a good one,” ob- served one of the leading lights of the opposition after the meeticg had closed. “Once intrenched in the church, we will be able to extend the hand of cordial invi- tation to the Sutter street people, which I hope they will accept. Itis true they in- vited us to their meetings, and we did not go; but the case was different. We had remained, and still remain, faithfal to the church. They chose to stand by an un- frocked and degraded pastor, and even now are ausyed in rebellion against the larger and better portion of the member- ship. “We could not in decency and con- science fraternize with them in their schismatical antics; but charity com- mands us to invite them once more into the house of the Lord, whither, let us hope, they will repair without delay to re- pent and bewail thewr folly in sackcloth and ashes.”” Meanwhile the pastor’s friends would seem to have a deeper game on the tapis. Though aware of the proposed measure, thus far they only smile and refuse to show their cards. P o T MATTIE IS SILENT. She Is In Los Angeles and Says She Will Not Talk. LOS ANGELES, CaL., Aug. 19.—Miss Mattie Overman, whose alleged intimacy with Rev. Charles O. Brown, late pastor of the First Congregational Church at San Francisco, is living a quiet and retired life at the Florence Home, corner of Santee and Seventeenth streets, this city. institution is one of the many Florence Crittenton homes in the United States founded by Charles N. Crittenton, who is now holding a series of uniou meetings in this city. Miss Overman has been in this home for some time, and has taken great interest in a relizious life. For several evenings she has been attending the revival meetings conducted by Evangelist Crittenton. The institution which has been utilized by Miss Overman for some weeks here is practically a rescue home for wayward girls who are supposed not to havereached the age of discretion, and is managed by Mrs. M. R. Hilbish. The matron is Miss Adeline M. Liliie. The home was visited this evening by a CaLL correspondent in quest of acon- firmation of the alleged confession of criminal intimacy with Dr. Brown, said to have been contained in a letter of many pages addressed to Rev. J. K. McLean of Oakland. Miss Overman was at the Crittenton meeting and would not talk. In a con- versation with Miss Lillie, the matron, it was learned that no one at the home knew anything of any pablication of any al’eged letter of confession. The dispatch purporting to contain the confession was shown to Miss Lillie, who said it was ail news to her. She acknowledged, however, that Miss Overman had often aliuded to a great sor- row that was on her mind, and Miss Lillie conceded that the alleged confession wus a good explanation for' these observations of Miss Overman. Miss Lillie did not deny that she knew of the written confession to Dr. McLean, but seemea greatly surprised that it bad been given to the press. She said Miss Overman had turned over a new leaf, and was goiag to devote herself to religion and piety. A second call laterin the evening elicited the response that Miss Mattie was at the home, but would see no one connected with the press, that she was sick and tired of notoriety, and only wished to be left alone in peace. Miss Lillie’s manner, however, left no doubt in the correspondent’s mind that she knew all about the confession, and that it was genwne in all essential par- ticulars. CENTRAL PARK RACES. Entries and Handicaps for the Bicycle Meet Next Saturday. A great deal of interest has been awak- ened among the wheelmen over the cycle race meet to be held at the Central Park track next Saturday afternoon, and the match race on that day between W. A. Terrill of the Bay City Wheelmen and Allan N. Jones of the Olympic Club Wheelmen has created no end of discus- sion. The entries for lhe different events cap events were at once turned over to R. A, Smyth, the official handicapper of the League of American Wheelmen. The complete entry-list, with handicaps, is as follows: One_mile handicap, heat, W. A. Terrill, B. C, W.. scrach; C. L. Da- vis, 0. C. W., 25 vards; R. E. Dow, 0. C,, 50 yards; A. M. Boyden, 85 yards;second beat, A.N. Jones, 0. C. W.,scratch; H. K. Terrill, B. ,30 yards; J. E.'Edwards, O. C., 45 yards; D. E.’ Whitman, 0. C. W., 55 iyards; A. H. Rabe, Un., 120 yards. Mile handicsp, amateur—First heat; J. E. Wing. 0. C. W., scrateh; E. E. Languetin, B. C, 4 ©C. D. Gooch, R. A. C., 35 yards; C. C. C., 80 E.R. Wil R A.C., 85 yards; #.B. Williams, Un., B 00 yards. Second heat—P. R. Mott, R. A. C., 20 yards; W. J. Bell, 0. C, W., 35 yards; H. Ten Bosch, C. C. W. 60 yards; F. T. Jordan, R. A.C., 80 yards, C. Langley, Un., C. C. C., 90 yards. Third heat—G. W. Tantau, 0. C. W.. scratch; professionals—First C.C. w., 30 yards; Pels, 8. F.R.C.,75 yards; W.B. Plumb, R. A. C., 80 yards; C.S. Richetson, unattached, 85 yards; F. Hansen, €. C. C., 90 yard Fourth heat—J. Hirsch, C. C. W., 20 yards; P. M. Lefevre, Acme, 35 yards; J. S. Brereton, R.A. C., 50 yards; H. Sternberg, C. C. C., 7! yards; C. F. Lemmon, 0. C. W., 80 yards; Sam Perry, unattached, 80 yards. Fifth heat—S. B.'Vincent, B. C. W., 25 vards; . A. Deacon, R. A. C.,50 yards; F. E. dolph, 0. C., 70 yards; R. A. Coulter, C. 75 yards; J. A. Code, O.C. W., 90 yards; E. U. C., 90 yards. Saunders, P. Three mile, scratch, amateur: First heat— C. D. Gooch, A. C.; H.'W. Squires, Acme; G. W. Theisen, C. C. C.; E. Tantau, 0. ¢. Second ‘heat—C. F. Lemmon, 0. C. W.; W. Lietch, C. C. W.; L. E. Pels, 8. F. R. C.; J. §. Brereton, R. A. C.; R. A. Coulter, C. C. C. Third hest—8. B. Vincent, B. C. W.: J. E. Wing, 0. C. W.; F. Handen, C. C. C.; F.T. Jor- dan, R. A. C.; E. Saunders, P. U. C. Fourih heat—P. R. Mott, R. A. C. C. C. W.; P. M. Lefevre, Acme; J. A. W.; C. J. Birdsall, C.C. U, Fifth heat—P. A. Deacon, R. A. C.; W. J. ) Bell, 0. C. Ten Bosch, C. C.W.; F. E. Rudolph, O, Perry, Un. Sixth heat—E. E. Languetin, B. C. W.; H. ternberg; C. C. C.; J. R. ; gmmb' 1'%’A. ¢ : B bexenm, Acme; W. B, One-mile match race, best two in heats, between W. A. Terrill, Bay c‘nhz;‘\'fi::gf men, and Allan N. Jones, Olympic Club Wheel- men. The pacing for the match race will be done by R. B. Dow of the Garden City Cyclers and J. E. Edwards of the Olympie Club Wheelmen, both crack professional riders. The men will ride mile heats, the winner of two out of three to get a purse of $300. On either form or past perform- ance it will be hard to say which has the best of the match, and between the club- mates of the racers opinion seems to be about equally divided, each having an equal number of supporters. It will be noted with surprise by those who have followed the racing game in this State that A. M. Boyden has not entered from any club in the professicnal race. Boyden is a member of the Reliance Club, but it is understood he is about to leave that organization and join one on this gde of the bay—either the Olympic or Bay Jity. Eiydwin 8. Stoddard, of the Bay. City ‘Wheelmen, is in in the City. He started about a month agoto go to Mex- ico, intending to continue from there to Central and South America, but found it cheaper to return here and take the steamer for those points. F. C. Chandler, S. G. Chapman and W. F. Knapp, connected with the cycle trade of this City, who left for the antipodes about.two months ago, have been s;ndxng in large orders for wheels. Chandler is expected back on the Monowai to-day or to-morrow, and the others may come at the same time. What they will have to say about the trade there will be of in- tense interest to the dealers of this City, some of whom are overstocked and would weicome the opportunity to shir to a for- markes insknow : This |- closed y esterday, ana those for the handi- | 80 yards; A. Theisen, | H. W. Squires, Acme, 15 yards; Walter Lictch, | TIGHT MONEY STOPS ALL WORK, Colonel Crocker Talks of the Present Financial Situation. FEELING OF INVESTORS. American Securities Being Put on the Market by Euro- pean Capitalists, ITS EFFECT ON RAILROADS. Much-Needed Extensions and Improve- ments Must Be Delayed for the Present. American securities of all kinds are practically unmarketable “in the great money and tinancial centers of the world, owing to the agitstion in favor of the free coinage of silver that has been in progress in the United States for several years and which resulted in the adoption of a free silver platform by the Democratic Na- tional Convention and the nomination of W. J. Bryan on that platform. This is the snbstance of a statement made yesterday by Colonel Charles F. Crocker, who just returned to San Fran- cisco after a three months’ absence, spent on the Continent, in London and in New York, partly on pleasure, partly on busi- ness. Mr. Crocker’s three children, Mary, Templeton and Jennie, had been attend- ing school in Paris in order to receive tuition in French, and one of the objects of the Colonel’s journey was to bring them home. Mrs. Eastman, the grarnd- mother of the children, who had the care of them while they attended the Paris school, aiso returned with Mr. Crocker, The Freach course of tuition was com- pleted by the three children, and in Sep- tember, Mary, the cidest, who is 15 years of age, will go East to finish her education. In speaking of his trip Mr. Crocker said: “] went to France to get the children, who had been in school theretwo years, and while waiting for the schools to close 1 made the tour of Northern Europe, trav- eling through Scandinavia and the Neth- erlands. Then I spent two weeks in Lon- don and one week in New York. “‘Everywhere in this country I noticed a general suspension of business owing to the agitation of the silver question, and in Europe there are no investments being made in American securities. We cannot sell any of our securities here, in New York, in London or in Europe. We find evi- dences of American securities in general being put upon the market and all such investments being withdrawn from this country. “The indisposition of the European capitalist to invest 1n any kind of securi- ties offered by Americans, or those inter- ested in American enterprises, has pre- vented the sale of a long line of our bonds that would have insured the construction of projected lines and the completion of the coast line long axo. But we cannot build railroads if we do not sell bonds, and the market will not absorb our bonds or the bonds of any other American rail- road or enterprise. That is what forced the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, the Northern Pacific and the Union Pacific railroads into the hands of receivers. “We cannot continue to invest money. in the construction of new lines uniess we sell bonds, and this uncertainty and the probability of the interest as well as the principal of bonds kvem%I paid in 53-cent dollars prevents people here and abroad from investing in them. “Now, I do not want to be understood as saying that the adoption of a silver plat- form and the nomination of Bryan on that platform by the Democrats is the cause of this umidity on the part of the capitalists, for that would not be correct; it is this agitation in reference to silver which has been going on for several years, and which has produced an uncertainty in the financial situation of the United | States. ““The class of people with whom we deal in borrowing money has never thought that the American people seriously con- templated the repudiation of contracts payable in gold, so as to take advantage of the difference between the value of the gold and the silver doilar in the market. | But they are now made to feel that this is possible by the combination of the Democrats and Populist parties for Bryan 5 and the plaiform on which he was nomi- nated.” “Will this state of affairs also affect street-railway extensions and improve- ments in this City ?” was asked. *Why, certainly. We authorized the issue of $18,000,000 worth of bonds on a blanket mortgage of all the lines of the Market-street lgailwny Company. Ten million dollars’ worth” of these were nsed to replace the old 6 per cent bonds of the various roads, and between $3,000,000 and $4,000,000 were sold and the proceeds used in the construction of new lines and the improvement of old ones. You know, we have recently built the Secona and Bry- ant street road, the Mission-street, Fourth- lsitraet, Fillmore and Devisadero street nes. “We have still between $4,000,000 and $5,000,000 worth of these bonas in the treasury to be sold for the purpose of build- ing new linesand making further improve- ments. ‘‘Among the things to be done are the conversion of the Post-street cable-line and the Montgomery-street horsecar line into an electric system, and the construction of a belt line about twenty miles lone. This would take in the present Haight- street line, the Park and Ocean line after its conversion into an electric line, a new electric line along the beach and then to a junction with the Mission-street road, and the Mission-street line back to the ferry. “*All our men, who have until very lately been employed in building new street lines and converting the old ones into electric roads, have been laid off and will not be B;n to work again until after the election. ‘e cannot continue to invest gold when our earnings are to be silver at a discount of 47 per cent. “Now take the short bay shoreline be- tween here and San Bruno, which has been in contemplation for some time. This is an improvement which we want to under- take very much, but the present line must continue in use until the present situation changes. “The interests of the people of Cali- fornia are more directly in the line of maintaining the present financial volicy of the Government than any other State in the Union.” TELEGRAPH RATES CUT. The Western Union Makes Re- ductions for Its Mes- sages. Charges Reductd From 40 to 25 Cents in Certain Parts of California for Ten Words. ‘The Western Union Telegraph Com- pany has decided to reduce its ratesto a large number of points in California and Nevada on its dispatches. This will be pleasant news to the numerous patrons of the Western Union Company whose busi- ness occupies the telegraph wires all the vear round. Thereductions are to be gen- eral, within certain limits,.and will ap- parently meet tbe rates now charged by the telephone company. Ip California the change will be effective within points as far east as Auburn, Placer County, north as far as Ukiah and Chico, and Soledad on the south coast. 1n the San Joaquin Valley the reduction will ap- ply as far south as Merced and Firebaugh on the east and west sides respectively. The standing rate within those points hags been reduced from 40 cents to 25 cents for ten words. Such towns as Colusa, Col- fax Marysville and otherimportant points will recaive the benefit of the reduction in both directions of the telegraph service. In Nevada the old rate of 50 cents for ten words has been cut down to40 cents, and it will include Virginia City, Reno, Mound House, Gold Hill, Franklin, Carson and Candelaria. The reduction is to go into effect at once. No particular reason is assigned for the cut other_than that it is the policy of the Western Union Company to reduce rates wherever practicable. A NEW WINDOW. It Can Be Cleaned on Both Sides ¥From Within the Room. Dean & Williams, architects of this City, hav- lately invented and patented a safety window that appears to be far superior to any that have been used in the building trade. Itisnot only burglar-proof, dust- proof and provided with a neat screen at- tachment, but each sash swings in on hinges clear of its frame. By this simple arrangement the glass can be cleaned on both sides without danger. Nor is this the sum total of the virtues of the new inveniion. The sashes are hinged to a piece of wood that slides up and down the frame. When the cleaner, standing on the floor inside of the room, finishes the lower window he pushes it up and araws the upper one down within reach. The lock will fasten one or both sashes in such a manner that they can- not possibly,be opened from without. The importance of a window that can be handled from wit,in a room in buildings that lift their succeeding stories hundreds of feet high cannot be overestimated. L 2207 0 I | / é / / 4 e THE NEW WINDOW, 9 7 ; / i E / A ? / i Y A 4 7 i f BUCKLEY'S MEN FOR LAWMAKERS, A Legislative Ticket Will Be Named by This Fac- tion To-Night. FACTIONS WILL FIGHT. Two Complete Democratic Local Tickets Will Be Put Forth in the Local Field. THE COURTS WILL SETTLE IT. Some L-gislative Nominees Who Will Compose the First Local Ticket to Be Namad. To-nicht the Buckleyites will make their nominations for the Legislature at meet- ings of the district clubs of the faction throughout the City. and this will be the first irrevocable move in the bitter fight between the two wings of the local party. When rival tickets are put up between two political foctions, compromise and harmony are next to impossible, and these legislative nominations which will be made to-night will be a sort of clincher on the promise that there is no possibility of compromise between the factions and that the battle will be fought with long knives to the end. The legislative ticket of the Buckleyites will thus within twenty-four hours be plumped into the local political situation with the rival Junta legislative ticket to follow at some time and by some process not vet determined. If the early bird always really got the worm and if the early worm was never run over by the milk wagon, the Buckleyites would seem to be certain of success. They have several conceded advantages. They will be first in the field; the last mother’s son of them believes that th« Supbreme Court will give them the party heading, and then their political institution flour- ishes just now like a large number of green bay trees under the kind and highiy inspiring beams of Chris Buckley’s con- stant presence. The Buckieyites will name their full municipal ticket on September 3, and that is only about two weeks off, so that things Democratic are about to become very in- teresting. The Buckleyites are kindly hurrying things so that the State Supreme Court may early end the public suspense as to whether the local Democratic party be- longs to Chris Buckley or to the firm of Rainey, Lanigan, McNab and Daegett. The issue will be settled only in the courts, and the Buckleyites will push the nasty local mess under the noses of the Supreme Court Justices at the earliest vossible mo- ment. On September 4 the municipal ticket wiil be presented to Registrar Hinton, with some sort of a demand that he accept it as the regular local Democratic_ticket. Mr. Hinton, being affihated with the Junta, will refuse, and a writ of man-| damus, praying that he be directed and so on, will be immediately asked of the Su- reme Court. The Junta, which is not ooking earnestly for any court decisions, will be forced to oppose the prayer, and then the case will come before the Su- preme Court on matters of law and fact, one of which will be theissue asto whether the turning out of the gas in Metropolitan Hall constituted an adjournment sine die of the old organization. The Buckleyites, by Senator M. J. Dono- van, chairman of the executive committee, have appointed the committee of atto neys which will fight this political case in the courts. These attorneys, who will mass their knowledge of constitutional law, their perspicacity and so forth. are: Peter F. Dunne, Joseph Rothschild, Henry Ach, Mr. Friedenrich of Napthaly, Frie- denrich & Ackerman, Horace G. Platt, ‘W. F. Humphrey, Carl T. Spelling and Lincoln E. Savage. Gavin McNab, Max Popper, W. P. Sulli- van and the rest of the Junta leaders pooh-pooh at the case, but the Buckley- ites are really exuberant in their confi- dence, and the case will be a very inter- esting one as well as an important one in the field of political jurisprudence. Itis now generally conceded on both sides that the court case will alone settle the issue; that the victorious faction will become the local party regardless of the attitude of the State Central Committee and that the defeated faction will simply have to quit and getin behind the other one on the best patronage and other terms that can be secured when the time for this play gets around. The Buckleyites will put forth their municipal ticket on September 3, the Junta will hold its convention within two weeks thereafter, and the two rival local Democratic tickets will be in the field be- fore the decision by the Supreme Court arrives. Then the defeated faction will become a rump independent organiza- tion, which every practical politician will desert like certain animals do ships in the process of sinking. That will bea very amusing mess, and 1t seems now certain to come. The way mnng aspirants for office are now trying to be happy while | both dear charmers are near is already highly entertaining. To-night the Buckleyites will name their choices for eighteen Assemblymen and five Senators, who will help make the com- ing Legislature which is to represent a free and enlightened people in the process of making and butchering laws for a great cor:monwealth. ‘fo start in with the Twenty-eighth Dis- trict there is not the slightest doubt that Lawrence J. Conlan will be named for the Assembly to-night. He is a personal fa- vorite of Mr. Buckley’s, has no opposition that amounts to nnylhing. is good-look- ing, is popular with the boys of all fac- tions down in the Twenty-eighth, is ser- geant-at-arms of the executive committee, and his lusty presence has often at pri- mary and other eleciions in the Twenty- eighth preserved the political rights of the dominant element of Democracy there. the secreiary of the general committee, Las been the conceded candidate. “Dan”’ Gavigan is a university gradu- ate, a yonng polirician of experience and is so popular and so close to the sources of influence that nobody has actively com- peted with him for the nomination. Last night, however, it was repcrted that Mr. Gavigan had about concluded to drop out of the race on accouut of an ambition for something else. In that case Thomas Burke will likely get the persimmon. In the Thirty-second District, H. Zim- merman, president of the district club, and James Mooney are rivals for the As- sembly nomination. In the Nineteenth Senatorial District, Jobn O’Brien, the butcher; and William T. Bell, secretary of the executive com- mitiee, are looking for the nomination. John McCarthy, who was elected to the Assembly two years ago from tke Thirty- fifth district, wants to go back, and in the Thirty-seventh Harry Mulcreavy, sec- retary of the club and of a Native Sons parlor, is an aspirant. In the Twenty-first Senatorial District Harry N. Kelly and John T. O'Shea are rivals for the Buckley nomination. Percy Goldstone would like to represent the Thirty-eighth in the Assemt d in the Thirty-ninth Lee Bennett ilar aspirauons. Henry M. Ow Forty-first, ex-Assembiyman_E. y nolds and R. W. Lee in the Forty-second and Gabriel Nathar in the Forty-fourth are other aspirants for the Assembly. There are others lookinz for legislative honors on the Buckley side and the Junta provides almost as large a crop. On the legislative as well as the municipal ticket two rival sets of candi- dates are promised, and what will be done about it ail depends on the future. WANT FOREIGH TRADE Merchants Who Wish to Increase the City’s Bus.- ness. A Circular Letter Asking Subscrip- tions Seat to Those Interested. The merchants of this City have decided to make aunited and aggressive move- ment to secure foreign commerce, and to this end the great mercantile and manu- facturing oOrganizations of the City have appointed committees and arranged fora campaign of progress. The following circular tells its own story. In brief it means that the Bureau of For- eign Commerce will raise the sum of $15,- 000, to be used in exploiting new fields of foreign commerce and meeting changed conditions. The great cities of the East have already moved in this direction, and the step San Francisco is taking has be- come an absolute necessity. The move- ment in the interest of foreign commerce affects the whole community. Every owner of business property is more or less inter- ested in the success of the new enterprise, and itis confidently expected that these men, as indirect beneficiaries of the en- larged trade, will join with the merchants in subscribing to the foreign commerce fund. The foreign commerce movement is really a public affair: SAN FrANCISCO, August 20, 1896. Dear Sirs:—A committee was recently named to consider the ways and means for develop- ing the fory commerce of San Francisco, and the pos~ibilities of this undertaking have been considered and fully discussed ata num- bar of meet It is the sense of the entire committee that & united, earnest and aggressive effort must be made to induce our foreign neighbors, especi- ally the countries of the Pacific Ocean, to trade with San Fraucisco. This is not a pioneer movement. On the all the leading commercial centers of the United States have promptly responded to tne new demands for the tields, and are sending representetives to China, Ja- Australia and Central and Socuth These commercial embessies have been favorabiy received and confident reports bave been returned. If San Francisco is to maintain its commer- cial rank and position among the great cities of the United States and meet the demands of modern commerce, we must enlarge the boun- daries of our trade and boldly face the keen competition in busine complish these ends and purposes financial aid. the sinews of commerce as well &s war, must be secured. It has heen decided that . fund of $15,000 be raised. This amount must be subscribed, sub- scriptions to be paid quarterly, the money to be disbursed by the committee working under the direction of the Chamber of Commerce, the Board of Trade aud the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Association. Representatives are to be sent from this City to foreign ports from which, in the judgment of the committee, the best results may be se- cured in thé development and extension of our commerce. A Tepresentative of the committee, which hes taken the title of ‘Bureau of Foreign Commerce,” will wait upon you at an early date (immediately if requested) and will ex- plain the purposes and scope of the bureau and ask your financial support and friendly interest. Respectfully, etc. The circalar is signed by all the mems« bers of the Bureau of Foreign Commerce. ——————— Mechanics’ Institute Classes. The Mechanics’ Institute has made arranges ments to reopen next month its classes in frees hand drawing, mechanicai drawing and elec- tricity. The following instructors will be in ckarge: Freehand drawing, L. P. Litmer; me- chanical drawing, Gustav Dehrnd; electricity, Elmer E. Former, assistant in the electrical department of Stanfora University, of which he is a graduate. The vacancy in the board of directors of the Mechanics’ Institute has not yet been filled. Napa’s Cannery Is Humming. NAPA, Can., Aug. 19.—Larger orders than ever before have been received at the Napa cannery. In consequence 225 hands are pledged to a day of eighteen hours. The output is 6000 to 10.000 cans per day. OUGH on the face— that is what the sarsa« parillas and iodide of potassium — mixed — are. When you want a good sarsaparilla that will cure coni-st pation, liver complaint and affections of the kidneys take Over in the Twenty-ninth, on the other side of Third street, James Meagher, Thomas Morrish and Maurice Kerwin are aspirants. In caseslike this the judgment of Mr. Bueklui and other wise aud patri- otic leaders of the party as to who would represent the pan{ and the people with the most ability and dignity mainly decide the nominations, but these decisions are not apt to pe announced, except by the final ballot at the club meeting, and so prophecies are as uncertain in the Twenty- ninth asin a number of other districts where small hordes of citizens are am- bitious to make laws for California. The two districts just named make w the Seventeenth Senatorial District, whic is one of the five to elect this year. Thomas Egan of the Twenty-ninth is the conceded winner of the nomination, though Law- rence Buckley of the Twenty-eizhth has much strength and works hard. John Rafferty would like the nomination, too. In the Thirtieth Bernard Conway is the probable nominee, according to political gossip, and in the Thirty-first Joseph Keating appears to have the inside track. The Thi first District is combinea with the Thirty-ninth as a Senatorial dis- trict and for some time D. M. Gaviganm, WEAK MEN CURED AS IF BY MAGIC. Victims of Lost Manheod should send at once fn!l'“:.hoohnk full' mmanly Vifl:!" is easily, quickly .and permanently es . No man suffering from ess can af- I mely a pomely fevles it and tone are imparte n of the body. (sealed) free toany man onaj proofs ERIE MEDICAL CQ., BUFFALO,N.Y.