The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 5, 1896, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1896. DEMOCRATS WOULD SAVE DEMOCRACY The Palmer and Buckner Ticket Cordially Wel- comed. WHAT THEY SAY OF IT N The Enthusiasm May Put an Electoral Ticket in the Field Here. EASY TO GET THE PETITION. The Sound-Money League Opens Head- quarters Ready for an Aggres- sive Campaign. The scund-money Democrats here are greatly pleased over the work of the Na- tional Convention at Indianapolis. The ticket and the platform have won their hearty admiration and indorsement, and the high character of the men and principles put forth encourage and strengthen them in their stand for what they believe to be true Democracy and against the anarchistic platform of the Chicago convention. The quiet enthusiasm which has fol- lowed the adjournment of the Indianap- olis convention has already resulted in a proposition, favored by Jere Lynch and other leading anti-Bryan Democrats, to put a Palmerand Buckner electoral ticket in the fieid in California. As the sound-money Democracy cannot use the party name on the ballot it would be necessary to file with the Secretary of State a petition bearing the names of 3 per cent of the voters of the State. It is pointed out that while there are many more that the required 8000 in the Demo- cratic party who are ready to support the true-biue Democracy there are thousands in other pariies who would readily sign the petition, so that with an organized effort throughout the State the necessary petition counld be soon prepared with com- paratively little trouble. The proposition is expected to take shape within two or three days. The Sound-money Democratic League grows rapidly in membership, and next week it will fully enter on its cam- paign activity. Headquarters have been opened in the Mills building, the litera- ture committee is getting r.ady to dis- tribute sound-money literatare and the finance committee is easily securing funds in both large snd small amounts. All sub-committees will report at a meeting of the executive committee which will be held atthe headquarters next Monday afternoon. Captain James M. McDonald, an old- line Democrat, is heartily in accord with the principles expressed in the resoiu- tions of the Indianapolis convention. Speaking yesterday on the subject he said : ‘It 1s the duty of Democrats to preserve the organizatidn of the party and contend for the principles which have always been cherished by true Demoerats. The con- vention of Chicago tried to capture the party at Chicago, but failed. e shall now take possession of the stolen goods.” Jeremiah Lynch is of the opinion that the sound-money Democrats in California should place an electoral ticket in the fieild. He is confident that the requisite number of voters would sign the petition which the act known as the Australian ballot law requires. “This will be a subject for serious con- siderauon,” said Mr. Lynch. “In my judgment it seems the right course to pursue in order to preserve and perpet- uate true Democratic organizgtion. I heartily approve of the nominations and the resolutions of the Indianapolis con- vention. The pumber of Democrats en- tertaining the same opinion is consider- able. They have firmiy resolved to op- pose the election of Bryan.” Samuel G. Murphy, president of the First National Bank, is a sound-money Democrat of the old school. When asked yesterday for an expression of his views on the action of the Indianapolis conven- tion he said: “I was born and bred a Democrat and am still a Democrat. Iam not an an- archist or agitator and cannot support Bryan. I am satisfied with the nomina- tion of General Palmer and General Buck- ner. regard them as representative Democrats who are worthy of the party’s support.” E. B. Pond is convinced that it is the duty of Democrats to support the nom- inees of the Indianapolis convention. He is not sure that Palmer and Buckner eiec- tors should be nominated in this State, but be is firmly of the opinion that Demo- crats should organize to prevent the elec- tion of Bryan. He said: ““A vigorous campaign should be made on behalf of sound money. I hear that positive assurances were given at Indi- anapolis that three Southern States may be counted on to cast their electoral votes for Palmer and Buckner. “Yon will find,” said Mr. Pond, “many Democrats who do_not care to be quoted, but who are vet in sympathy with the purposes of the sound-money convention at Indianapolis. They will exercise t:eir }udgm?:t as to the best course to be fol- owed. They desire to preserve the or- anization of the party on the true lines of lemocratic principles, and will therefore strive for the defeat of Bryan.” Lloyd Tevis admitted tuat he had very strong views on the sound-money ques- tion and the Indianapolis convention, but he did not want to express his views for publication. Commodore I. Gutte was of the opinion that Democrats who voted for Palmer and Buckner would assist in the election of Bryan. Bernard D. Murphy believed that Dem- ocrats who desired the defeat of Bryan and tne trivmph of <ound money should vote directiy for McKinley, but "did not indicate that he would follow this course. 2L UL M In the Thirty-Second. The “Equal Rights"” Silver Club of the Thirty-second D! ct opened the cam- palgn with a grand rally in its hall, corner Third and Brannan streets, last evening. Patrick O'Donnell, the president, opened the meeting with an address, after which the Hon. James G. Maguire spoke at length upon tie silver question and the funding bill. Clytus Barbour followed with an explanation of 16 10 3, and Walter Gallagher and Joseph E. O'Donnell also ably addressed the members. Many new members joined the club, which gives the Thirty-second District the strongest silver ciub in the City. The officers are: Patrick O’Donnell, president; Jeremiah Leary, vice-president; Thomas Burke, treasurer; Stephen Feeney, secre- tary. The club will meet on the first and third Tuesday eveninzs of each month. A M R.Y C AmBAKE. It Will Be Held Sunday Next at Tib- uron. An old-fashioned Rhode Island clam- bake and bullshead breakfast will be held in Tiburon on Sunday next. Quantities of the toothsome bivalves wiil be prepared i~ vhe most palatable manner, and & num- ber of avens have been built in order that the bulls’ heads may be cooked in the true traditional manner. The citizens who have the affair in charge are determined that it will be the most successful one of its kind ever held on the coast. The officials of the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad have extended a nelping hand, and with- out doubt the enterprise will prove a suc- cess. Very little publicity was accorded Tibu- ron’s initial clambake, which was given two months ago, but notwithstanding that fact fully 800 people were in attend- ance, and all enjoyed a merry day. THE FLITTING OF ACRES. Williams H. E. F. Defends Miss Morton as Being Above Reproach. In regard to a rumored elopement par- ticipated in by R. T. Acres and Miss Mor- ton, a bookkeeper, the following statement is self-explanatory: Mr. Williams of the firm of Acres & Williams states that the young lady mentioned has been in their employ for the past ten years, without ever taking a day's vacation. She isa most highly respected, refined and dignified per- son,who will be simply shocked and pros trated by reason of such & sensational and en- tirely groundless rumor. She_is the sole sup- port of a widowed mother and could not and would not leave her in such a plight if for no other consideration than that she required her support. Business being dull the young lady was urged to take a vacation, and on the going away of Acres we wrote her to return, she still being considered all the time in our enploy. She replied she would be here in a few days. We are in receipt of weekly letters from her, as our business often requires us to write her in reference to matiers. She was not aware of Acres leaving until we wrote her, but she, like all his acquaintances, was not surprised, for he has talked nothing but Mexico for years. As to Acres,on account of his wife suing him for divorce for striking her, he took the opporiunity of leaving on a business trip, tak- ing with him samples of goods from various houses, He preferred to allow the case (o go by default rather than fight it. We received several letters from him in Mexico and irom the young lady, who is over 300 miles from Acres’ present abode. The interview stated as being held with Williams was by some stranger asking_questions through the telephone, to whom Mr. Williams stated he preferred not to discuss the matter through a public telephone with a hali dozen strangers in his office, but would gladly furnish party with all the infor- mation he desired if he would call. Insteadof calling the paper came out as shown. H. E. F. WILLIANMS, FUSON K0T WORKIG Well-Laid Plans of Wily Demo- crats Ganging Agley Very Fast. Probability That Both Rogers and Vann Wil Be Turned With Their Faces Toward the Wall, C. A. Barlow, Populist nominee from the Sixth District, is spending his time in Chairman Wardall’s office in consuitation with members of his party, who are ad- vising him not to withdraw unless his withdrawal be accompanied by a pledge of the fusion committee that he will be made the fusion candidate. It had been given out that Mr. Barlow was not one of the recalcitrants and that bis withdrawal was in the hands of the committee, but that it was conditional. Mr. Barlow said yrsterday that this re- port is not true and that his withdrawal is unconditional like the rest. Mr. Barlow is in receipt of a notifica- tion from the committee on speakers of Labor day from the Federated Trades ask- ing him to speak at their celebration next Monday at Los A ngeles as their candi- date for Congress from the Sixth Dis- trict. All things to the contrary it would seem that the Sixth District nominee will be a Populist, notwithstanding the prophecy that all nominees who refuse to withdraw wiu_be turned down. In other words the fusion committee will not be able to fuse, so far as the Sixth District is concerned. It will not be able to fuse in the First, nor the Second, nor the Third, nor the Fifth, nor the Seventh. Monteith, Mc- Glashan, Vann, Kelly and Maddox wiil not be turned down. The conference committee has no legal right to «eclare their places vacant. Neither have the State Central Committees. The fusion is turning into a fizzle. Much work is being done underground by the wily Democrats looking toward the displacing of J. Taylor Rogers and the substitution of James H. Barry, a Demo- crat and editor of the Star. The manip- ulators of the fusion believe that Barry would be a much stronger candidate than Rogers, the latter being extremely unpop- ular with a very large class of citizens in his district. Besides that, Barry is 2 Democrat, which is about the most potent reason why he should be made the fusion candidate. The members of the Populist State Cea- tral Committee had been led to believe that the Third District won!d be given to Vann, the Populist candidate, but since the war-horse of the Democracy, Warren B. English, has been made the nominee it is likely that Vann will be turned down for English. Should this be done, there will be considerable dissatisfaction among Vann’s friends, and they may insist on his remaining in the fight, notwithstand- ing the candidacy of Mr. English. George W. onteith, People’s party nominee from the First District, denies the reports that he has withdrawn or that heintends to do so. Hesays that he is be- ing hounded by the Southern Pacific ('om- pany; that he is a poor man and cannot atford to make as vigorous a campaign as he would wish, but that his henor and his pledges to his constituents are at stake and that he will remain in the fight at all hazards. The fusion committes is evidently dis- heartened at the failure of its work, and there is a feeling that at its meeting this afternoon it wili decide not to do anything surther in the matter. It may, however, put up 1ts ticket, as stated by THE CALL & week ago, consisting of six Democrats and one Populist. e A CHINAMAN SHOT. Lou Look the Victim of a Highbinder's Revolver. There was more highbinder shooting in Chinatown shortly after 12 o’clock this morning, and as a result Lou Look is lying in the Receiving Hospital, with a dangerous bullet wound in his neck. He was in the basement of 825 Wash- ington street when some one on the side- walk took two shots at him. One struck a table and glanced over into the wall and the other struck Look near the ear and came out at his jaw. The man who'did the shooting was seen by the gathering crowd to run into the doorway of a house across the street, and since then, although police officers and Chinese specials have hunted assiduously for him, he has not been heard of, Look was a member of the Sam Yaps, but_was, so far as is known, not a_high- binder. He is not well known in China- town and is supposed to be a new comer. His assailant is supposed to bea Bo Leong Tong man. The cause of the shooting is not known. 4 ——————— Alameda Boys rlit. ALAMEDA, CaL., Sept. 4.—Gus Schroe- der, an Alamrda boy of 17 years, together with Charles Bell, another iad living close by him on Broadway, have mysteriously disappeared. Mrs, Schroeder says that Gus left last Wednesduy, and where he has gone with the Bell youth no one knows. Their parents are greatly exercised at their disappearance, as no reason can be as- signed for it. n RAINEY'S END OF THE LOCAL GAME Gavin McNab Has Lost His Grip on the Junta Organization. THE STABLEMAN WON IT Three Factions Will Do Prac- tical Politics in Sam’s Convention. WILL BE A MESS OF BOSSES, The Buckley Platform Will Play the Bicyclists, the Dollar Limit and Religion. Sam Rainey, with one finger on the side of his nose, says nothing of the demon- stration of his mastery of the Junta organ- ization and of its near-by convention, afforded by the outcome of the long and hot meeiing of the campaign committee night before last. That meeting was a highly interesting little event in municipal politics. It showed how completely Gavin McNab has been repudiated by a controlling element in the anti-Buckley local Democracy, and how insignificant there is the strength of the very few who have been trying to keep things out of Rainey’'s hands and” be bosses themselves. The Junta organization has reached the stage where actual convention business must be done, and it is shown, more piainly than before, that Rainey and Lanigan will run the convention, though they will have to trade with some smaller bosses instead of having autocratic swing as Buckley has in the other faction. That meeting of the cam paign committee was a great surprise to Gavin McNab, Chairman Sullivan and Sam Braunhart. CLairman Sullivan first introduced a reso- Iution carrying out the McNab programme of appointing 200 delegates at large to be added to the 450 members of the General Committee to form the municipal con- vention. His scheme also provided that the sev- enty members of the General Commit- tee’ who are ineligible to sit in the convention because they hold poiitical jobs, should appoint substitutes, bat their appointments must be approved by the campaign committee. By this plan Mc- Nab wanted to shut out substitutes dis- tasteful to him. Then P.J. Harney, the Port Warden, who has never affiliated with the Rainey end, caused the first sensation by vigor- ously denouncing the resolution, declar- ing that it was in_the intere-t of the one- man power that he and many others ob- jected to. He also denounced the plan of meaking ineligihle members submit their proxies to a majority of the committee as a gross injustice. ihrne)"s open _and unexpected rebel- lion against Boss McNab caused McNab to grit his teeth, Braunbart to wipe his head and Sullivan to turn pale, Harney moved an amendment that 100 delegates at large be appointed. This was the distinctively Rainey programme. The significance of the number of delegates to be appointed by each member of the commiitee was that the appointees woula change fac- tional majorities in various districts, and thus change the control of the district dele ations in the matter of legislative nominations and other things. Then Rainey would rather have a small num- ber to hold in controi than a large one, and 100 votes is a big thing in a conven tion where factions are pretty evenly di- vided. R. L. Mann, who is an attorney in Con- gressman Maguire’s office and interested in Maguire’s possibilities as United States Senator, introduced as a third amendment the proposition of the *‘anarcnists,” as the independent seven in the committee have been styled, which was that 140 be the number. The vote on this amendment was 10 to 10, and by the constitution fourteen of the twenty votes were required to pass a con- vention measure. Harney’s amendment received but four votes and the original motion was supported by a minority. Then the tug-of-war began and Jasted tntil after midnight, when the compro- wise on 150 was reached. The votes had a signiticance that man: are puzzling over. Captain mmmel who was bought up with a place in the minta few weeks ago, and whose vote is controllod by Daggett, voted with McNab and against the Raineyites. This is taken as one of several indications that McNab is quietly working the legislative game on the Junta end in the interest of Daggett’s Senatorial aspirations, as the dictation of several legisiative nominations was in- volved in the programme at issue. Harpey voted against the McNab programme clear through. The voting also exnibited the third fa tion in the committee, the *‘anarchist: or independents, as an organized element, standing solidly together from first to last. These eight middle-of-the-road fel- lows hold the balance of power between McNab’s minority and the Rainey-Lani- gan minorty. They are strongly against McNab, and while they are doing practical politics for themselves they are known, or at least several of them are known, to be ready to do politics with Rainey and Lani- gan in their own interests, as they have alreadr been doing. ‘The coming Junta municipal convention will not cut a very big figure in the local campaign owing to the smaliness of the Jun}- faction in the local party, but such as it is it will be worked by Sam Rainey and Ed Lanigan with juticious combina- tions with bosses hostile to McNab. The Bush-street stables are already showing ante-convention life as the dis- trict politicians float there to talk busi ness with Sam. o L THE BUCKLEY PLATFORM. Bloyclists, Municipal Ownership, Dollar Limit and the A. P. A, The platform committee of the Buckley municipal convention held a long session” at the party headquarters on Ellis street last night and Icft unfinished the platform which will be offered to the convention to- night after another session of the com- mittee of which Dr. James L Stanton is chairman. Representatives of the organized bicy- clists appeared before the committee and it was decided that one plank should declare in favor of a State law classing bicycles as baggage. Street improvements will also be demanded. The platform will be very strong for the dollar imit and for judicious economy in municipal affairs while favoring public im- provements to exactly the right extent. Another prominent feature will be a plank declaring in favor of the municipal owner- ship of the water supply. J. 8. Reynolds appeared in favor of a single-tax proposi. tion, which the committee will pass by. It was decided to declare no stand on the charter. The anti-A. P, A plank will be a strong one. P The committee on order of business. of which James H. O'Brien is chairman, de- cided on the usual precedence of nomina- tions and in favor of the appointment of a committee of eighteen to recommend nominees for school directors, and a simi. lar committee on nominations ior the judicial offices. It was decided not to recommend & committee on Supervisors. FOR hOM -aAD. SHOES. Manufacturers and Producers to Co- operate With the Workmen. A meeting of the Pacific Coast Shoe- workers’ Union was held last night, a special open meeting called for the pur- pose of obtaining an exoression from the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Associa- tion with regard to getting that associa- tion to co-operate with the shoemakers in securing preference for home-made foot- wear. In response to this call Julian Sonntag, manager, and S. H. Tracy, president of the association, were present. In his opening remarks President Mc- Kintrick briefly stated the object of the meeting and the desire of the union to re- store, as far as possible, the standing of the shoemakers on the coast and particu- larly in this City. At present there are not 300 men employed in this branch of labor, whereas some years ago there were over 1000. Manager Sonntag spoke of the desire of the Manufacturzrs’ and Producers’ Asso- ciation to assist in every way the men em- ployed in trade. Similar words of encour- agement were spoken by President Tracy, who urged the shoemakers to set a good example by purchasing no Eastern goods themselves. “It invariably happens,” said he, “that the verv men w o make the greatest noise about imported goods are the first to make the purchase.” A vote of thanks was tendered the two gentlemen for the interest they had taken in the cause of home labor. A motion was made by J. Clark and carried that the Manufacturers’ and Pro- ducers’ trade mark be placed on ali foot- wear made by the union. COMPLETIAG THE HLL Annual Report of the Commis- sioners Almost Ready. The Roof Will Pobab'y Be in Place by January 1—Total Cost, So Far, $5,407,083 The annual report of the City Hall Com- missioners, which is now in preparation by Becretary J.J. McCarthy, will give some interesting figures relating to the cost of the City’s big office building, and will put at rest the fears of the taxpayers who apprehend that they will be called upon to furnish more money for the com- pletion of the building. Mr. McCarthy figures that up to date the hall has cost the City $5,407,083, and that when the roof and dome are completed there will still be $37,000 left in the fund to puy salaries and incidentals for the ensu- ing year. These figures are based on a presump- tion that the Commiiss:oners will accept the lowest bid among those that have just been opened for the construction of tue roof. This bid is $129,788. 1t is estimated that if po hitches occur and no extensions of time are granted the contractors the roof will be in place by January 1 next, and that the hall will be g:nclically completed. In relation to this cretary McCarthy says: *The commlnioLn are endravoring, with the greatest devotioni to economy in expenditures, to adjust plans for neces- sary work and purchase of mauterials to finally complete the new City Hall with funds now at their disposal within the bri-fest period practicable.”” The following figures relating to the funds during the fiscal year ending July 1 last are interesting: JI;ly.dlSDD, balance in mew City Hall From taxes fcal year 18596 Total. Total disb: Demands outstanding. 61,677 42 July 1, 1896, balance In new City Hall fund...... ceenescaeees e $378,208 48 WOMAN SUFFRAGE PICHIC Susan B. Anthony and Rev. A Shaw at Leona Heights on Admission Day. $178,910 55 328,550 66 ALAMEDA, Cav., Sept. 4.—The Ala- meda Woman’s Suffrage Associat on held its annual meeting this afternoon in Lin- derman Opera-house. The officers elected for the next year were: Mrs. Olive Bab- cock, president; Mrs. Green Majors, vice- president; Mrs! M. E. Auderton, financial secretary; Mrs. W. C. Forde, correspond- g secretary; Mrs. Cubery, treasurer; Mrs. McKennie, Mre. Metzger and Mrs, Eiliot, auditors; Mrs. H. H. Todd and Mrs, Fiala, delegates to the county con- vention, Mrs. Olive Babcock received word that she had been honored by being appointed one of the delegates froin Ala- meda County to the State convention that meets in October. The members discussed the arrange- ments for the great picnic at Leona Heights on Admission day to be given by the woman suffrage associations around the bay. It was also stated that Mr. Rank had granted the exclusive right of the grounds to the promoters of the picnie, and was doing everything to promote the comfort and convenience of the public. The speakers that day are to include the Rev. Anna Shaw, Miss Susan B. Anthony, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, if she does not go to Stockton, Miss Mollie E. Connors, Judge M. A. Hanly and Colonel George Babcock. The mem- bers of the Aiameda Women’s Suffrage Association will meet at 11 A. M. on Wednesday and act as escort to Miss Susan B. Anthony. Young Eohemians. ALAMEDA, CaAL, Sept. 4 —Tw0 young- sters from San Francisco wended their way into this ci_tly by the last train yester- day morning. They were met by Officer Moebus, who recognized they were stran- ers and wanted 10 know who they were. hey gave their names as William Weich and Robert Parker and said they were go- ing home. They were taken to the police station for further inguiry and they haa hardly got within the doors of the police station when Welch recounized his uncle and knew he would soon be founa out. It turned out that the ragamuffins, whose ages are 13 and 16 respectively, had stolen $20 fram their parents, seen the prize-fight in San Francisco and then came over to Alameda in sesrch of the circus. When searched all the money found on them was $6 55; the remainder had been enjoyed. The youngsters we:e taken home yesterday and received a good trouncing from their parents. All for the Love of Liquor. ALAMEDA, CaAv.,8ept. 4.—Charles Lam- bert, better known by his sobriguer of Clam-chowder Charlie, has placed himself within the pale of law. He was lounging about Marten & Crowe’s livery-stable this morning, when his bibulous propensities caused him to make off with a demijohn out of Grocer Quade’s delivery-wagon. Dave Marten saw him do the deed aud telephoned to the police, who'soon ar- rested him. Obarlie later found out that it was vinegar he had taken and not ‘whisky. LOCAL CHEFS TAKE THEIR OWN MENU They Desert Their Kitchens for the Banquet Board. EVERYTHING FRENCH. Celebrating the Twentieth Anni- versary of the Asso- ciation. A VEGETARIAN’S POEM. Discussed in a Beautiful Bower Fes. tooned With Carrots, Turnips and Cabbages. The disciples of Vatel, the King of cooks, he who drove a skewer through his vitals because he served Louis X(V with a cold sauce, met last evening and reveled in all those dainties which epicures love so well. It was the twentieth anniversary of the founding of the Societe Culinaire Cos- mopolite de Secours Mutuels de San Fran- cisco. and a couple of score of chefs gathered about the festive board at the Nevada restaurant at 417 Pine street. Judging from the assemblage the Maison Riche, Marchand’s, Tortoni, Delmonico’s, Jack’s, Bergez, Campi's, Occidental, Paiace, Baidwin, Lick aud other caravan- saries must have been lacking in chefs, for the heads of the culinary departmentin these places mentioned were all present in dress suits, John Loupy and his brother Noel of the Nevada restaurant were not exactly the hosts, each chef having provided some masterpiece from his own cuisine. But the two brothers acted asdirector-generals, and the delightful menu was partitioned out by them with the decorum to which its daintiness was entitled. Following is the menu: Soclete Culinaire Cosmopolite de Secours Mutuels, des, F., Cal 4 Septembre, 1896. MENTU. Huitres de I'Est sur coqullle. POTTAGE. Consomme & la Printaniere. Sauterne— HORS-D'EUVEES. Beurre., Radis. Salade Mayonnaise. Cactet Rouge— Sauclsson. Olives. P0880. Bass raye boullli, a la St.- Laurent. Petites pommes de terre Hollandaise, ENTREES, Filet de Beeuf pique aux champigoons. Vip Francais— LEGUMES. Pettis Pois la Francaise. Haricots verts sautes. BOTL Poulet ae graln farci au cresson. Salade de Romaine a I'Estragon. Champagne— DESSERT. Gateaux assortis. Fromage Camembert. Cate et Cognac. Among the celebrated chefs present were, first, the officers of the society, which is & benevolent onme: President Camille Roy, Vice-President Jacques Schmaltz, Secretary Frederick Blondesu, Vice-Sec- retary G. Artaud, Treasurer Jules Four- quet, Vice-Treasurer Augusie Faure. Glace Vanille. Fruits Trustees—Leopold izon, Jacques Schmaltz, Camille Rnfi and Keeper of the Archives Philemond Rodeillat. The members of the association present outside of the officers were: Victor Ar- douin, Edouard Benard, Murius Bercrand, Panl Debauge, Jean-Marie Legouanec, Auguste Faure, Jules Fourquet, Charles Grell, Leon Largente, Leopold Ligon, Pierre Epinat, Auguste Loyez, Picrre Macouillard, Victor Pedrotta, Camille Roy, Philemond Rodeiilat, Jacques ent the fund has an income of $30 a month, and with the accession of new members the association is receiving, it is expected that this sum will soon be increased to $40 a month, or $400 a year, and that be- fore long two or three free scholarships may be successfully maintained. NO FRIVATE DETECTIVE The Registrar Must Hunt Supposed Stuffers With One of His Clerks. City and County Attorney Creswell’s ! scheme of having a private detective em- ployed to assist the Registrar in ferreting out supposed stuffers was put to sleep at the meeting of the Election Commission- ers yesterday, when Auditor Broderick and Tax Collector Block refused to vote in favor of the measure. The Tax Coulector said that he was not in favor of private detectives and that they were abont as likely to be as honest as the stuffers. He thought that some of the Registrar’s clerks could do the stuffer- hunting all right, and as Mr. Broderick sided with him the motion to appoint a Lawkshaw was lost. The following names were stricken from | the register—some because they had been proven to have registered illegally and others because they kad failed to answer citations to appear and prove their right to vote: Albert Williams, who had regis- tered from the Harbor Police siation. | Joseph L. Gerstle, registered from the Russ House; no such person was known there. Joseph Wilkins, 325 Pacific street; Albert T. Nyer, 7 Grant avenue; Dav William Burgin, 219 Grant avenue; Sam- | uel E. Buckmer, 937 Pacific street; Eiton Gerdy, 521 Pacific; Stephen Turner, 904 Kearny; holas kellet, 905 Kearry. CAPTURED A WHALE. La st Specimen Ever Killed on the Coast Taken Near Pesca- dero. Word was received in this City yester- day that one of the whaling crews which haves been searching in the vicinity of Pigeon Point since the 23d of August had caught a whale. Two whaling crews were taken to the vicinity by the excursion steamer Queen. The excursionists re- mained in the vicinity only one day, but the whalers stayed in their small boats, coming ashore each night. According to the dispatch the whale was cantured by John Gavin's crew, and in the struggle a boat was smashed and one man was dan- gerously wounded. The whale is reported to be eighty feet long and fourteen feet wide, the largest ever caught off the coas A tug was sent to the scene of the cap ture last night and the whale will proba- bly reach bere this aiternoon. Theexcu sion managers say that if they can pro- cure the shears of the Union Iron Works to lift the carcass on a barge it will be on exhibition Sund —_—————— Determined te Die. Charles Moore, a man about 50 years of age, who says he lives at Fourth and Jessie streets, jumped into the bay at the foot of Taylor street. He was rescued by a boastman and taken to the Receiving Hospital, none the worse for his ducking. He says he will makesa gglKer job of it to-day, as he is determined to ie. —————— Cuba has a coast line of 2200 miles, and 200 ports. RELAY PACKET IN' OHIO One of the Couriers Disabled in the Night When Near Chicago. The Time Across the Continent Will Be About Twelve Days aad Twenty Hours. The San Francisco Examiner’s and New York Journal's bicycle relay packet ar- rived in Chicago at 5 o'clock yesterday morning. The packet was then fourteen hours behind the schedunie time as the schedule is read at this end of the route. An accident happened to Courier Cap- tain Crawford nesr Turner, a few miles west of Chicago. In speeding along in the darkness he was tbrown from his wheel. In the fall his collar-bone was broken. His companion, Cummines, rendered all the assistance possible and endeavored to get his disabled comrade sheltered in a farmhouse, but the farmer, whose slumber was disturbed, declined to receive com- pany at that hour of the night. Cum- mings rode on alone to Turner, the next relay station. The watchers at the Postoffice in Chi- | cago waited anxiously from 3 until 5 o’clock in the morning for the incoming courier. Once in the city the conditions were favorable for high speed. The streets were clear of traffic and some swift run- ning was made. The night superintendent at the Post- office signed at 5:06. Forty-five minutes later the packet was at Kensington, fitteen miles distant. F. Hovey and C. P. Root wheeled to Hammond, eight miles, in thirty minutes. Tue Indiana wheelmen taking the packet did fine work. A wonde1ful feat was performed yester- day by N. E. Kimball, who rode from Kendallville to Butler, over newly plowed roads, twenty-one and a half miles, in 1 hour and 4 minutes. C. H. Walfort and Georga Hammond were iisted for a record rrial from Perrys- buarg to Woodville, tw'nty miles. Dispatcies to the Examiner from To- ledo last night reported courier arrivals at Bryan 7:30° . M., Wauseon 9:27 p. M. and De!ta 10:12 p. M. The packet was expected at Toledo at midnight., It was to be carried from Rat- tiesnake Corner to Toledo (ten miles) by \Yllhlm G. Alexander, a courier 57 years old, The packet should be in Cleveiand to- day. he schedule calls for arrival in New York Sunday afternoon, but the in- dications are that the terminal station will not be reached until Monday morning. From the present outlook itappears that the winning time across the continent from San Francisco to New York will be about twelve days and twenty hours. kel A Dying From Starvation. Philip Lima, a man about 40 years of age, went to 917 Pacific street about two weeks ago and asked for something to eat and some- where to sleep. He got & meal and was told he could sleep in the outhouse all night, but wouid have to go away in the mornlng. Last rught he was jound in the outhouse apparently dring from starvation, and was taken to the Receiving Hospital. He was too weak to talk. THE SUONDAY CALL. Sctimaltz, Julien Tieulie, Frederick Blon- | /24 deau, Jules Vigouroux. Tue association departed this year from its usual elaboration of set pieces and allowed its genius to lean principally to quaint pieces-montes consisting soleiy of vegetables, The entire hall was decorared with cabbages, carrots and greens, mam- moth pyramids taking up space at each corner and cleverly arranged bunches of turnips, radishes and the like next to each guest. [t was truly apparent from all outward appearances that the ruling spirit of the present occasion was a con- firmed vege:arian, for, instead of the meaty idea which has heretofore been so much in evidence at ihese anniversaries, the cabbage and carrot, the radish and other vegeiabies were to the forein great abundance and in elaborate display. FOR WORTHY STUDENTS Inducements Offered to Gradu- ates of the Girls’ High Scheol. A New Free Scholarship Established at the University of California After they were dismissed yesterday afternoon the students of the Giris’ High School, some 500 strong, assembled in the auditorium. Miss Shirley Hayes took the chair and explained that the purpose of the gather- ing was the completion of an organization alredy begun, in the interest of the school and its graduates. A young lady, arecent graduate, she said, was now com- pleting her education at the University of California. For the opportunity to do so she was indebted to the aid of her former schoolmaster, and now it was proposed to establish and maintain & permanent free scholarship at the university for the bene- fit of deserving graduates of the school. In the constitution and bv-laws, subse- quently adopted, the name taken was the Association of the Girls’ High School Scholarship Fund, and the aimsof the or- ganization were formally declared to be “the coilection and maintenance of a fund to be useu to assist a graduafe or gradu- ates in her or their studiesat the Uni- versity of Oalifornia.” The foliowing officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Miss Shirley Hayes; vice-presidents, Miss Blanche Clark, Miss Penelope Standart and Miss Laura Denson; financial and recording secretary, Mercie Pacheco; treasurer, Mrs, Mary J. Mayborn ; director, Miss Frances Hodgkinson. The two ladies last named are teachers. Each gir! belongine to the association ledges herself to contribute not less than E) cents a year, payable monthly. The sum of $250, in $25 monthly installments, #1l1 be paid annually for the maintenance of the schoiarship. Principal Elisha Brooks and all of the teachers are in sympathy with this frater- nal enterprise of the girls, and will do what they can to formulate it. At pres- THE GREAT FAMILY NEWSPAPER OF THE PACIFIC COAST. “TWO VERSIONS OF ONE GREAT BEAR STORY. SAN FRANCISCO'S BARRIERS AGAINST ORIENTAL PLAGUES. THE SEAT OF CIVILIZATION IS MOVING TO THE PACIFIC COAST. PRODUCING ANIMAL LIFE BY MEANS OF ELECTRICITY. IN THE QUAINT OLD LAND OF DUNES AND DITCHES. NEW THINGS. THINGS OF HUMAN INTEREST. STRANGE THINGS, PICTURESQUE THINGS, 00D LITERATURE. “THE CALL” SPEAKS FOR ALL