The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 20, 1896, Page 8

SOCIALISTS IN PUBLIC PROTEST. An Enthusiastic Mass-Meet- ing Held at Metropoli- tan Temple. ARRESTS DENOUNCED. Audience Cheers a Declaration in Favor of Continuing Street Meetings. POLICE ARE NOT TO BLAME. They Simply Obzyed the Orders of Monopolists Opposed to Social- istic Principles. The auditorium of Metropolitan Temple was crowded last evening and the gallery reasonably well filled in answer to the call of the Socialist Labor party, to enter pro- test against the recent arrests of the speakers of that party on the streets. G. B. Benham presided and cailed the meeting to order. Mr. Benham said: “For several years the most outrageous arrests of street speakers have been made in this City. Itis ior the purpose of call- ing your attention to these outrageous ar- rests and of giving expression to our con- demnation of them and of setting up our rights under the constitution of the United States that we have come together here. A few evenings ago a speaker at the co! ner of Sixth and Folsom streets was dis- cussing before a small crowd some of the most absorbing questions of the time. A voliceman heard it above the swash of steam beer and arrested the speaker. Other men similarly engaged have been arrested on the water front and others taken from their homes on Sunday morn- ing. We feel that it is time that we should make a protest. Members of the Free Press Defense Asscciation and members of the Trade and Labor Alliance. have of- fered to lend us their aid.” Miss Aspben,accompanying herself on the violin, sang “The Song That Reached My Heart,” which was loudly encored. George Aspben, one of the men who were ar- rested on the street for speaking, gave a recitation from Pope’s *‘Essay on Man.” George Speed, one of the men under arrest, was introduced and said: “I will .not speak to you on the legal phases of the case, as 1 know nothing of it. What I know is that the constitution of this coun- | try guarantees to every American citizen the right of free speech. Every other party 1s granted every privilege in this re- gard. Merchants ring bells and beat pans | to attract customers into their stores and | there is no protest. In Rnode Islana I notice that the officials take particalar | pains to arrest the single taxers. Here they single out the Socialists. The police force is employed to see that the law is observed. “The fact is they are the first to break the law. I wish to say asone who was | arrested that I propose to speak on the street; it is the duty or every man to do it. [Applause.] On that Saturday night at Seventh and Market streets, when we were getting ready to erect our platform, a policeman came along and asked us what i we were going to do there, and before he | got his answer he said we had better move on. I told him we were going to meet right there. He said, ‘We’ll see,” and he ran away and in a few minutes the patrol | wagon came along and hustled us to the lockup. But we are going to speak again, | and speak again on the street. It is in- sult to injury to tell us to hire a hall. We have no money. They won’t let us work and earn money and we can’t hire a hall. “The police are a lot of blackmailers. At a meeting the other night a lady heard a policeman say: ‘Here comes the bomb-throwers.” She said: ‘If there are any bombs to be thrown it is you and the likes of you who will throw them.’ No, my friends, the public-street meetings of the Socialist Labor party will continue.” [Applause.] Chairman Benham next introduced G. Haskell, the attorney who is engaged in the defense of the men arrested.” He said he was not a Socialist, but was in the haif- way house—a Populist. He declared he was going to win this case—there was no doubtefit. He had all the law—and more than that, the constitution—on his side. He did not believe the police officers were to be condemned individually; they were wage-earners and brave men, and were in making these arrests simply doing what they were ordered to do. As for Chief Crowley, he also, he said, was an honest man "ana a wagesearner, and in | orderin: his men to make the arrests he | was simply doing what he himself had been ordered to do by the millionaires who own the whole outfit. i The speaker read the constitution guar- | anteeing free speech at all times and places, and forbidding forever the enact- | ment of any law restraining, limiting or abridging that right. He also read the | City ordinance touching the subject, re- | quiring men to “‘move on’’ when'at any time they obstruct traffic, “except it be a public meeting.” The speaker said the information under which the arrests had been made had de- clared that the gatherings which the men were addressing were not “public meet- ings.”” This, he said, was too ridiculous to dwell upon. [Laughter.] The fact is, when the people assemble to express their | sentiments upon any subject the Market- street cars must stop and wait if they are in the way. [Applause.] The police say they would not interfere if the meetings were held at some Rlaoe where it woulid | not interfere with other people. Well, the police nor anybody else have to be con- sulted as to where public meetings ara to be held. Ifit wasfield in a loit, where, possibly, it wouid not interfere, it would then not be a public meeting. | Laughter.] “We had to bring_ suit against the offic cers,’”” said the speaker, ‘‘because we could not get at the real power behind them. ‘We will _convict the policemen, and then dsk the Judge to fine them four bits, just as a lesson, teaching them not to interfere again with the peovle when gathered in public meeting. “Just watch the papers to-morrow and see how we do ’em up.” [Applause.] Chairman Benham now announced that street meetings would be continued, as follows, “until the doctrines of the Social- ist Labor party should be adopted in the United States or until the socialists haa ell died off’: Monday evening, at Pine and K streets. Tuesday evening, at Sixth and Folsom streets. (Wednesday evening, at Fourth and Howard streets. Thursday evening, at Ninth and Howara streets. Thursday evening, at Sixth and Folsom streets. .Friday evening, at Page and Market streets, Saturday evening, Seventh and Market streets. [Applaase.] . Sundsy evening, at Market street and Grant avenue. Indoor meetings will be heid on Sunday afternoon at 909 Market street; Wednes- day evening in the Temple on Turk street, and Thursday evening at 970 Folsom street. The chairman now called upon James H. Barry, who, he said, had promised to address the meeting, but voices from near the door said that Mr. Barry had gone out. E. T. Kingsley followed in a long speech, which drifted along the lines of socialistic coctrines. The speaker suid nothing could be said these times that did nov touch upon politics—all questions were political ; this question was particularly a volitical one. The following resolution was adopted with a tiger: WHEREAS, The recent arrest of street speak- ers has become common and continuous, con- trary to all fundamental and just law, we, the citizens of San Francisco, in mass-meeting as- sembled, nereby Resolve That we denounce as outrageous and unlawful the above-mentioned arrests and ex- press our detestation of the continued judicial acts in arraigning, convicting and sentencing innocent persons illegally interfered with while exercising their constitutional right of free speech. All persons sympathizing with the op- position to the arrests were invited to be vresent at the hearing in Judge Conlan’s court this morning at 11 o’clock. pu ACENOWLEDGED HER SHAME. Suit for Divorce by a Husband Whose Wife Boasts of Her Wrongdoing. Three months ago Oscar ¥. Bernard, a conductor of the Mission-street electric line, tried to kill 8. A. Erwin, a motor- man of the San Mateo Eiectric Railway. He shot at Erwin as he sat in a Mission- street restaurant, but failed to inflict a serious wound. Bernard claimed that his intended victim had alienated the affec- tions of his wife, who was employed as a typewriter by the Revere Rubber Com- pany. Yesterday Bernard filed a suit for divorce, alleging infidelity on the part or Mae W. Bernard, and naming Erwin as -respondent. coBeh{’nd the suit there 1s a tale of shame- lessness that is not often evidenced by even a thoroughly depraved woman, After the encounter between her husband and her companion in crime, Mrs. Bernard refused to live with the former, although he was willing to forgive her indiscretions. She left her home, lost her position, and has since written to her husband :c_knon‘ledz- ing her shame and advising him to geta divorce. In her letter Mrs. Bernard not only acknowledged having been unduly inti- mate with Erwin, but told him of other times and places at which she had dis- honored him, and gave him the names of her companions. Bernard has taken his wife's advice and made application for a divorce. ABOUT THE NEW CHARTER John M. Reynolds Expresses Himself in an Open Letter. It Should Not Be Accepted Simply Be- cause the City Government Is Bad. The following communication anent the new charter has been submitted for pub- lication by John M, Reynolds: Every citizen should thoughtfully consider laws that are presented to him for acceptance or rejection. The proposed new charter is now one of the mos; important issues before the peogle of this City. 1t should not be accepted as & good thing simply beeause the City gov- ernment is not now satisfactory and it should be rejected if it, in itself, is bad, Frank McCoppin very recently clearly out- lined the methods adopted in medieval times of selecting officers for towns. He said in his speech before the Richmond District Improve- ment Club: “Anacceptable system of town gov- ernment was practiced in a way that we might upon oceasion imitate with profit 1o ourselves. Upon an appointed day each vear the electors of towns were summoned by the tolling of bells 1o & place of meeting where they elected their officers to serye one year. If at any time the representatives so chosen happened to go wrong the bell rang out again, and the recalci- trant megistrates were deposed and their sue- cessors chosen upon the spot.” The above description of a simple and effec- tive manuer of controlling public servants is a vivid exposition of what we (who oppose the new charter) want for San Francisco. We want a charter that will enable the people to discharge officers who prove unworthy of the trust imposed in them. The proposed new charter does not give the people any right to depose bad men who mav get into office, and the experience of all American cities demon- strates that mayors, aldermen and megistrates | go wrong under charters similar to .he rne proposed here. The public good is made sec- ondary to corporate greed in allour eities, and the advocates of the new charter cannot au- thenticate their false promises of good gov- ernment from it. They give no precedents where good'government has resulted in any city from similar charters, while we have guoted the highest authorities, who disprove of the system incorporated in the proposed charter. Mr. Frank McCoppin quotes from Lecky's “Democracy and Liberty”: ¢There can be no question that one of the most prolific sources of official corruption and incompetency lies in the multiplication of elective offices.” Mr. McCoppin selected & very unfortunate authority, since it is well known that Lecky declares against a government of the people, claiming that popular government is a iallure, and in support of his coxutention he cites the many instances of fiagrant corruption in American cities. Itis to be expected that the conclusions of & cynic would be opposed to the ideas of & iree peorle. Such is the author- ity used to lead the people into & scheme for the overthrowing of their dearly bought lib- erties. Undoubted!y the sentence quoted ispartially correct. The oppouents of the proposed charter acquiesce in the proposition of curtailing the number of candidates for office upon the bal- lots. Most of us agree that because of this men who are incompetent and possibly un- worthy are likely to succeed. We do not ar- gue that more men should be elected in order to gét good governmeant, but we do insist that all those who are elected shall be always sub- ject to discharge oy the people when they go wrong. The men who are eiected under tge | new charter can be just as corrupt as men who are now elected, and the charter gives the peo- ple no redress. To prove that the mayors, supervisors, etc., are likely to be corrupted under the néw char- ter, we need not go outside of the volume quoted (Lecky), who porirays the venality of American officials. To prove further thut the system found in the proposed charter is not effective, let me quote Leslie's Weekly of July 23,1896, which shows how similar charters aré operating. Itsays: “Itis stated by one of our newspapers that in a single week recently the trol.ey cars of Brooklyn violated the eity ordinances more than 600 times. Itis added that these corporations pay no sort of atten- tion to the ordinances; * * > and this, in fact, may be said of similar companies in'all our large cities. * * * The Corporations are coming to own most of our municipalities. * * * As & rule, no municipal administra- tion undertakes to enforce existing laws against these defiant corporations.” 5o it seems the system which Mr. McCoppin attempts to defend is discredited by the testi- mony of his own authority, who declares the cities are corrupt, and by a conservative jour. nal which isin & position to know the condi- tion of effairs in the larger eities. Tt wonld be difficult to bring stronger proof in tavor of our contention that one of the things needed is that the officials shall truly be made responsible to the people ana that the people shall have the power to depose the men Wwho are unsatisfactory. Itis because the pro- posed charter is based upon the contrary prin- ciple of one-man power (irresponsible as we have now) that the charter is opposed. We also point to private corporations, and contend that they show that wheuever the private corporation is dominated by one man ora few men then the interest of the average stockholder is unsafe. So it would be with San Fraucisco, One-man power or representa. tive power when not subject to the power of dismissal cannot be trusted, and it is one of the faults of the proposed charter that it con- i&ins no such proyisions; and it is made al. most impossible to change it by the terms of the State constitutio foriN M, REYNOLDS. ——— Plaint of the Shoeman. “Talk about the street railways losi the advent of the bicycle,” 'ssy:.nni‘h:{ salesman, *I think it is the shoe manu- facturers. Of course, there is & aemand for bicycle shoes, and that practically opens a new market; but it must be limited market when it is considered that one peir of such shoes will outlast three pairs of ordinary foot-coverings, not be. cause the shoes are better, but because they are not subjected to the scufflin wear of the others. People ride to an from their work all the time now where they {ormefl{ walked, or on bad days roae in the cars. 1f a person wants to go around the corner he will got on his wheel instead of walking, as he once did. It is these thousands of steps that he zaves that save the shoes and make the shoeman’s heart sad,—New York Tribune.” ST 20, 1896. THIRTY HOURS 10 NEW YORK An Airship of Aluminum Which Will Accom- plish That Feat. WHAT THE MAKER SAYS Rendered Buoyant With Hydrs- gen Gas It Will foar Aloft. DRIVEN WITH A PROPELLER. Wings and a Tail Will Heip to Steer It Against Contrary Winds and Enable It to Land Safely. The Atlantic and Pacific Aerial Naviga- tion Company has been incorporated to navigate the air and to carry mail, freight and passengers between San Francisco and New York in thirty hours. The capital stock of the company is fixed at $1,000,000 or $1 a share, to make it popular. The inventor, Dr. C. A. Smith of this City, is the president; I. J. Tru- man, vice-president; Edward Foster, treasurer; M. A, Terry, secretary, and G. T. Gaden. These constitute the board of directors. Dr. Smith strdied the flight of sesgulls for a long time before he conceived the idea of his machine. The motive power will be gasoline or electricity working a rear vertical propeller and a pair of wings. The body of the airship will be of alumi- num and will be rendered buoyant by an air-tight chamber of hydrogen gas. The ’machine, as the illustration shows. will have a conical bow and a cylindrical body. It is claimed by the inventor that the ship will have a velocity of 100 miles an hour 1n a calm or 40 miles against an av- erage wind. It will be anchored to the ground, snd it will be so buoyant that The Aluyminum Airship Shortly to Be Built in This City. grimage into the mystic rites created from the Onristian crusaders of the time of Constantine. - The red council chamber of Golden Gate Asylum, on Sutter street, was bril- liant with emblems, banners and trap- pings appropriate to the -occasion, and the officers and Knights were in full uni- form, adding splendor to the beautiful surroundings. Golden Gate Commandery opened for the transaction of business, aiter which Cali- fornia and Qakland commanderies ar- rived and were welcomed with knightl courtesy. When all were nssemblpd‘Eml- nent Grand Commander Trobridge H. ‘Ward, accompanied by his staff, number- ing about a dozen officers in_brilliant uni- forms, was received, and in the subsequent proceedings occupied & prominent posi- tion. The beautiful and impressive work, which was divided into three sections, was then commenced, the first part being as- signed to Oakland Comfnandery under Eminent Edward H. Morgan. California Commandery took up the second part and was in charge of Eminent E. C. Martin, while Eminent C. H. Murphy with Golden Gate Commandery finished the work. It was & most unusual proceeding for three bodies to thus work at one time, but the results proved most favorabie, asthe mem- bers of each commandery carefully noted the work of the others, and as all were placed on their mettle the esprit de corps that prevailed produced a character of work seldom seen, the ritual being letter perfect and the efforts of all contributing to make the ceremonies throughout dis- tinguished for the superior manner in which they were rendered. ‘When the feast was announced as being ready the Red Knights marched with Jmilitary tread to the banquet hall, where, with the courtesy that distinguishes every trueknight, the members of the Golden Gate Commaundery remained standing until every guest had been comfortably seated, and when this was done nearly 400 knights were gathered around the tables, During the feast, which was as dainty as Epicurus himself could have de- sired, and which was accompanied by generous libations of Roderer and other vintages, addresses were made and toasts offered and responded to in bright and sparkliug words. Eminent Commander urphy of Golden Gate welcomed' with warm phrases and in a knightly manner the guests from California and Oskland commanderies, to which Very Eminent Reuben H. Lloyd, deputy grand master of the Grand Encampment of the United States, responded, paying a high tribute tqg Templar Masonry, its noble aims and the great good it had accomplished by exalting the character of every true knight. 8ir George D. Metcalf, deputy grand com- mander of California and_ Mayor Davie of Oakland, Captain Martin Jones and others followed with remarks, and it was long after the hour of midnight before the banquet and toasting came to an end. The officers of Golden Gate Com- mandery, who so lavishly entertained their visiting fraters, are: Sir Charles Henry Murphy, E. C.; Sir Jonathan Morf- few Peel, G.; Sir Charles Lewis Patton, C. G.; Sir Robert Ash, P.; 8ir John Gil- Rear View of the Airship, Showing Rudder, Wings and Propeller. when the anchor is cast off the ship will rise. Similarly in descending, it will not sink of its own weignt, but will be driven to the earth by the power of the propeller, and can land as lightly as a feather. The machine will be furnished with a tail like that of a dove, which will guide the vessel in rising and falling. It will weigh 2000 pounds, and will carry 4000 pounds net freight. 3 Work will be begun at once upon the construction of the new airship. It will be built in this City. KNIGHT TEMPLARS FEAST California and Oakland Fraters Help Golden Gate Confer the Red Cross. Prominent Officials Lend Their Pres- ence and Help to Make the Oc- casion a Notable One Bomething that never before happened in the history of Templar Masonry in S8an Francisco took place in the asylum of Golden Gats Commandery No. 16 on Mon- day evening. In response to & courteous invitation of Golden Gate Commandery the fraters of California Commandery No. 1 and Oak- land Commandery No. 11 assembled to the number of more than 100, and with about twice that many Sir Knights belong- ing to Golden Gate Commandery partici- pated with the latter in conferring the order of the Red Cross on three “*Zerubba- bels” who had passed the necessary pro- bationary period as exalted Masons,which | admiited of their commencing a new pil- son, 8. W.; Sir Robert McMillan, J. W.; Sir Herman Julias Sadler, fr.; Sir Wil- liam Thomas Fonda, R.; Sir Thomas Kirkpatrick, 8. B.; Sir Christian Hellwig, 8. B.; Sir Joseph Claybaugh Campbell, ., and Sir Henry Smilh, 8. Among those present were: Sir Knights Frank W. Sumner, W. O. Gould, Hiram T. Graves, Dr. R. Beverly Cole, N. W. Spaulding, A. 8. Hubbard, Frank Mar- chand, ¥rank W, Cushing, Dr.J. H. Todd, F. D. Hardie, H. C. Hubbard, W. R. Jost, Charles Bone, Walter C. Campbell, W. R. Jones, Charles M. Plum, Robert Smilie, W. E. Price, William F. Pierce, Joseph Hume, Walter N. Brunt, Philip D. Code, Thaddeus B. Kent, Sir E. C. Hare, W. R. Parnell, J. G. Spalding and E. DeK. Townsend. e ——— DEATH OF H. C. FORD. Was a Member of an International Fish Commission. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 19—H. C. Fora, president of the Pennsylvania Fish Commission, died yesterday in Philadel- phia, where he was born in 1834. From boyhood Ford was an enthusiastic angler, and traveled all over the country in search of his favorite sport. He was appointed a member of the Rennsylvania Commission in 1887, ana was its president until he died. He was also a member of th International commissions of America and Canada, a inted to effect an adjustment of the dif- ferences in the fishery laws of the two countries, Ll Al A Thorough Suicide. HOT SPRINGS, Amk., Aug. 19.—John C. Williams, a visitor to the city from Elkhorn, Mont., committed suicide yester- day by stabbing himself several times in the region of the heart with a small pocket- knife and then jumping head foremost down a well, breaking his neck. There is no cause assigned for theact. He came to this city only four days ago, and had shown no signs of dupondam:‘{. It is un- derstood that he leaves a widow and five ¢hildren ay Elkhorn, ENDEAVORERS WILL MEET ONCE MORE Another Gathering Planned to Boom the Coming Convention. IS SET FOR TO-MORROW. Great Enthusiasm Being Shown Among the Local So- cieties. REPORTS FROM WASHINGTON. Speakers Will Tell of Their Expe- riences at the Last Eastern Meeting. The TUnited Society of Christian En- deavor, with a membership of over two and a half millions, will hold iis next annual international convention in San Lester B. Smith, Who Will Preside at the Mass-Meeting. Francisco next July. Such was the news which the delegates to the International Christian Endeavor Convencion held at Washington, D. C., last month, brought back to the Golden Gate Union of Chris- tian Endeavor. The Endeavorers of San Francisco and Oakland held one mass-meeting to cele- brate the bringing of tne great convention West on August 6, in the Central M. E. Church, and the enthusiasm which was manifest there gave full evidence of the intense interest which the Endeavorers have in the coming convention. As all the delegates attending the Wash- ington convention have Row returned, arrangements have been made to hold a still larger mass-meeting to accommodate the hundreds who were unable to attend the previous one and to give the Endeavor- ers a chance to hear reports from the dele~ ! gates who ha ve since returned. Great _preparations are being made by Lester B. Smith, the chairman of the mass-meeting, to have this the largest and best meeting which the Endeavorers have held. The mass-meeting will be held at Ply- mouth Congregational Church to-morrow evening at 7:45 o'clock and will be under the auspices of the Young People’s So- ciety of Plymouth Church. One of the special features of the evening will bean address on “San Francisco, '97,’" by J. 8. Webster, vice-chairman of the conven- tion committes of '97. Mr. Webster will tell what will have to be done in the way of preparing for this convention and what the convention will do for the City. Rev. William Rader, pastor of the Third Congregational Church, will give a bright address on the Washington convention under the_title of “Washington Sparks.” Rolla V. Watt, the chairman of the '97 convention committee, to whom much of the credit is due for bringing the conven- tion West, will tell briefly how the Wash- ington convention committee took care of the vast numbers who attended and how San Francisco won the convention. An- other rerort of the Washington conven- tion will be given under the title of “‘Washington Impressions.” Dr. E. E. Kelly, who will deliver the latter address, is an ex-president of the California En- deavor Urion, and has doue much toward {‘nlung the funds for the coming conven- on. The mass-meeting will close with a con- secration_address by the Rev. W. D. Wil- liams, D.D., pastor of Plymouth Congre- gational Church. The Christian Endeavorers both in Oak- land and Ban Francisco are fully alive to the work which is before them in the way of preparing for the convention. The Golden Gate Union of Christian Kndeavor has pledged $5000 of the $25.000 guarantee which was necessary in order to bring the convention out here. Each society in the union has been assessed its share of the $5000, and already many of the docieties have paid to Charles Whitney, the treas- urer of the union, large portions of their to raiee $4000 for the convention, $1500 of which will be kept to be used as a special fund foran Oakland day in the convention. Dubois 1s Shut Out. BALT LAKE, Uran, Aug. 18.—A special to the Herald from Boise, Idaho, says: To-night there is weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth in the ranks of the silver Bo%nblio-n-. It was caused by the action of the Democratic convention, by a vote of 108 to 31, instructing the conference com- mittee on fusion to deal exclusively with the Populists. This shuts Dubois and his following of Republican bolters out. The conference committee will meet in the morning. pledges. The Oakland Endeavorers have promised |’ SAUSALITO WILL BE IN THE SWIM A Mammoth Floating Bath- ing-House Contem- plated. LOCATED ON THE FRONT Many Eastern Capitalists Are Interested in the Scheme. THE CARNIVAL IS BOOMING. Voting Contest Goes on Merrily With Miss Amjornson in the Lead. A big scheme is rumored about the water front of Sausalito. Lieutenant-Colonel William St. Paul Seitz, the former lessee of the Sausalito Hotel, is in the East inter- esting Eastern capitalists in building an immense floating bathhouse in front of Sausalito. Colonel Seitz is forming a stock company of Eastern capitalists. This proposition has been in quiet agitation for over a year. Itisnow coming to a head. Colonel Seitz will return to Sausalitoina few weeks. The plans have already been drawn up. The floating bathing resort will consist of hot ar:d cold water baths, a restaurant and theater combined, making Sausalito ghe pleasure resort parexcellence of the Pacific Coast. The plans have already been drawn up and are in the possession of Lieutenant- Colonel Seitz. e 2 It is stated that everything will be on a grand scale and be superior toanything on this coast. The building already planned wiil be flanked by four high towers and the architecture will be the modern Gothic. Lieutenant - Colonel Seitz, who will return in a few weeks, was last year the lessee of the Sausalito Hotel. He held an important position in the last Miawinter Fair, and from there went to Montreal, Canada, where he held a like responsible osition in an exposition in that city. rom that city he went on to Eastern cities and has got Eastern capitalists in- terested in the construction of an elabor- ate bathhouse near Sausalito. The location of the floating bathhouse is stated as being between the Pacific and San Francisco Yactit clubhouses on the Sausalito Bay Land Company’s property. For three weeks the Sausalito Electric Light Company, under the proprietorship of T. J. Frost and Tom Scully, has been in fall blast. Fifty houses on the hill are illuminated by incandescent lamps. The company is stretching wires as rapidly as possible. 2 It is proposed to have during the carni- val the legend *‘Sausalito”’ suspended near the depot composed of at least 250 electric lights. zTha plant has been adjudged as the most complete on the Pacific Coast for its size. Enough power is generated there to supply all the house and street illumina- tion of Sausalito. Fifty houses on the hill are already il- luminatea by incandescent lights, and orders are out for 100 more. The dynamo was got from the Fort Wayne Electric Light Complrg and the ower engine from A. L. Fish & Co. This fl an 85 horse-power engine. Itis expected that at least fifty lights will be erected for the illumination of the streets of Sausalito on the hill and down on the front. 4 When this is accomplished Sausalito will be visible like a brilliant constellation of stars from all the bay cities. The carnival preparations are progress- ing rapidly and successtully. Nothing definite will be determined, however, be- fore the meeting on next Monday night, when the committees will report. General Dickinson states that there is much money in sicht—enough to make the carnival an assured thing. Commodore Bruce says that everything on the bay at the festivity will be splen- didly illuminated. Nothing, bowever, will be definitely decided until the meet- ing on Monday night. 3 %he voting for the carnival queen is go- ing on merrily. The record stands as fol- lows: Miss L. Amjornson 129, Miss K. Becker 125, Miss R. Miller 89, Miss Licht- enstein 80, Miss K. Forman 57. Yesterday afternoon it was doubtful if anything would transpire at the trial of William Cohen, arrested as being a seller of pools under the management of Har. rison & Co. Commission Broker or Poolseller Har- rison eaid yesterday: “l am not a pool- seller; I am a commission broker. My fight will be on these grounds. I receive a b per cent commission from every buyer, and a commission from the Bookmakers’ Club of New York. [do notrun a pool- room—simply a commission house, and I am licensed assuch. The money made here does not remain with me, but gues to the East to the parties who employ me. I am the ffrst man to_run an estabiishment of this kind on the Pacific Coast, and I do not come under the poolroom Irun a legitimate poolroom business. The case against William Cohen will be prosecuted .by A. Silva, prosecuting at- torney, and the defense wiil be represented by James W. Cochran, ex-District Attor- ney of Marin Cuumly. A. Silva said: I shall try this case under Penal Code section 32, making it utterly immaterial whether a person is agent or proprietor of a poolroom, so long as he =ells pools on a race or aids or abets a hazard on an event.”’ A Judge Pottrell of Mill Valley will try the case in question. The case is designated as “People versus ‘W. Cohen,” and was instigated on a ticket bought by Marshal Creed. Marshal Creed sayvs he bought the ticket for $1 10 and lost on the proposition. This was about the 1st of July. Monday the trustees passed an ordinance forbidding the purchasing of pools. *““The irustees have put too much upon me,” said Marshal Creed. *Itisa very difficult matter to decide who are poolse{lers and who are simply visitors, Consequently I have made no arrests. I notified all pool- buvyers tl if they continued to buy I would arrest them thirty minutes after notitication. But I was unable to find any who bought after my warnin, In the meantime Harrison’s poolroom or commission-house goes on at full blast and unmolested. Harrison says if de- feated in the courts at Sausalito he will immediately appeal to the Supreme Court and there is sure of victory. “I shall continue to ran here,” said he. ‘‘as long as I wish—as Jong, in fact,as I can make money. I know it, because I have the law on my side. Iam nota pooiroom man, simply A commission broker." —_— — DID NOT HEAL THE BREACH., One Wing of the Kansas Prohibit i Puts Up a Ticket. s TOPEKA, Kaxs., Aug. 19.—The Na- tional party in State Convention yesterday nominated the following ticket: Chief Justice, J. R. Silvers, Topeka; Governor, Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria, | Henry Douthitt, Hiawatha; Lieutenant. Governor, E. Clark, Olathe; Secretary of State, T. S. Walters, Belleville; Attorney- General, Mrs. Lucia O. Case, Topeka; Auditor, Levi Belknap, Pittsburg; Treas. urer, James Murray, Baldwin; State Superintendent, C. H. McClerkin, Clay Center. An attempt was made to heal the breach between the two wings of the Prohibitionists by ndminating the Prohi- bition State ticket, but this was defeated. The fight between the two factions of the party came up over the nomination of a candidate for Congressman at large. The fusionists wanted Rev. J. D. 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