The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 9, 1896, Page 11

SOLDIERS" HOME TROUBLE REOPENED Veteran Thomas Files New Charges as a Citi- Zen. SEVERAL ALLEGATIONS. At a Former Inquiry They Were Declared to Be Un- founded. ARE BEING INVESTIGATED Have Been Referred by the State Board of Examiners to the Secretary ot State. OAgLAND Orrice BaN Francisco CALL,} 908 Broadway, Sept. 8. The trouble over the Soldiers’ Home at Youniville has broken out again, and an- other long list of alleged defections has beenypresented to the State Board of Ex- aminers. A few months ago Lyon Post broughta lot of charges against the management of the bome, and after an official inquiry the charges were declared to be unfounded and the post was suspended for ninety days or making public the charges before they had been submitted to the depart- ment commander. This time no post has taken the respon- sibility of attacking the management of the home, but they have been framed by one of the best-known veterans of Oak- land, W. R. Thomas of Appomatox Post. He makes the charges, however, in his private capacity s a citizen. The communication filed with the State Board of Examiners is lengthy, but the following extracts express briefly the na- ture of the charges: Your petitioner, upon his information and belief, Tepresents that, for more than five years last past, the funds and moneys 5o ap- ropriated for said home, as aforesaid, have Poeh and are being, from time to time, by the board of directors of the Veterans' Home As- sociation, a private corporation (which said board has assumed the sole and exclusive con- trol, management and appiication of said moneys, and the whole thereof) diverted and misapplied, to wit: The sum of $3000,or more, has been and is being used and applied annually to ihe aymentof salaries of officers of the Veterans’ Home Association and for office rents and in- cidental expenses incurred by said officers in the City and County of 8an Francisco and that allof the offices and the principal place of business of said Veterans’ Home Association, a corporation, have always been and are located at and in said City and County of San Fran- cisco except the commandant and medical director of saia home, whose offices are lo- cated at said home. That & lsrge percentage of said appropria- tions have been and are being misapplied and diverted by said board of directors annually in this: Said funds have been and are being used In improvements and bulldings upon the grounds of said home and in paying up def. ciences and losses occasloned by said board and its officers in their mismanagement and misapplication of said funds. That said Veterans’ Home Association is and foralong time has been engaged in conduct- ing snd running in its corporate name a sa- loon upon the grounds of said home and in the immediate vicinity thereof, in which liquors and beverages in common use in loons are sold and dispensed to the inmates said home and others at a large profitto the as- soctation; that the proceeds of said saloon and the business thereof, and also a large amount of money derived quarterly from pen- sions paid by the Government to the inmates of said home, are paid to and deposited with the so-called treasurer of said Veterans’ Home Association, and the said moneys derived from said saloon business and by said association used and appropri d as its directors see fit; that saia treasurer is under no bond or under- taking tor the safe keeping of said moneys de- rived from said saloon or from said pensions or any part thereof. The petitioner concludes by asking Gov- ernor Budd, who is president of the Btate Board of E'xnminers, to order a thorough investigation. The charges were read before the board and referred to the Secretary of State in order that they might be investigated. Public Improvements. OAKLAND, CaL., Sept. 8.—The joint committees from the Board of Trade, Merchants’ Exchange and Good-roads Association, and consisting of Messrs. John A. Britton, J. P. Taylor, W. V. Witcher, M. J. Keller, Seth Mann, Georg‘c Roeth, J. F. W. Schost, D. C. Brown, F. Sinclair, E. C. Sessions, D. Edwards Col- lins and A. D. Pryal, met last evening at the gas company’s office and organized by selecting Mr. Burton chairman. The committee is to consicer park and street improvements, but it will probably become a permanent organization, with regular dates for meeting, when subjects of general interest connected with the de- velopment of the city will be discussed. School Funds. OAKLAND, CaL, Sept. 8.—County Su- perintendent of tchools J. P. Garlick pre- sented to the Supervisors this morning the following estimate of the minimum amount of county school money needed for the ensuing year as required, by sec- tion 1617 of the Political Code of the State: “Estimated number of teachers 451, at per teacher, $215,500. Minimum amount to be raised by county tax: Num- ber of census children 28,491, at $6 each, $170,946. 1t is therefore my estimate that $170,946 is the minimum amount of school money to be raised by the county tax for the ensuing year.”’ Officers Elected. QAKLAND, CaL., Sept. 8.—The annual meeting of the West Ozkland Home was held yesterday,when the following officers were chosen: President, Mrs. William H. Crocker; vice-president, Mrs. J. P. Ames; treasurer, Mrs. William Kirk; correspond- ing secretary, Mrs. J. M. Hinkle; record- ing secretary, Mrs. J. Alex Campbell; physician, Dr. Van Kirk; board of man- agers—Mrs. L. A.‘Wormwood, Mrs, J. C. ichards, Mrs. A. A. White, Mrs. C. W, Kinsey, Mrs. O. C. Wheeler, Mrs. Park Fellows, Mrs. H. B, Miller, Mrs. Burbank, Mrs. G. W. Armes, Mrs. A, A, Jacobs and Miss Grace Leroy. Short Holographie Will. OAKLAND, CAL., Sept. 8.—One of the shortest nolographic wills ever presented for probate in this county was that of Mrs. M. A. Kelly, presentea to-day by Mamie A. Grimm,. Itread: w8 Y oroby willand be. elly, do herel will-ane qx{é-gl'g ni‘yngaugmz:, Mrs. C. W. Grimm, nee Mamie A. Kelly, all my real and reonal property. Mgs. M. A. Keury, A Canc and a Warrant. OAKLAND, Cavn, Sept. 8.—Pedro de Almeida filed a remarkable communica- tion with Prosecuting Attorney Melvin this afternoon. Almeida isan officer of the Portuguese Fiscal Guard and was formerly Chief of Police of Lisbon. He is a personal friend of Father Gloria of the Portuguese Catholic Church, and Father Gloria lent him his valuable An- tonio Pereira, who is a tailor, melda, circulated the story that Almeids who is editor of a Portuguese paper, h: stolen the priesi’s cane, and now the dividuals. editor wants His enemy arrested. Both men_are of considerable prominence in the Poriuguese colony, and the affair has caused quite a sensation. A warrant for the tailor has not yet been issued. As a Mark of Respect. OAKLAND, CaL., Sept. 8.—The body of Hugh Wilson, who was drowned at Antioch yesterday, was recovered this afterncon and arrived in Oakland to- night on the Stockton local. On account of the sad event Oakland Parlor, N. S. G. W., has abandoned its official trip to Stockton, and those who go will go as in- Sanitary District. OAKLAND, CAv., Sept. 8.—A petition was presented to the Supervisors to-day lg _thirty-eight residents of the Leona eights district requesting that the neces- sary steps be taken to form a sanitary dis- trict east of the Fruitvale sanitary dis- tricts. A protest signed by three men was presented, and the whole thing went over until Mr. Talcott could be present. + Chief Badenoch. OAKLAND, Carn., Sept. 8.—Chief of Police J. J. Badenoch of Chicago and wife arrived in the city last evening and went to the Santa Cruz Mountains this morn- ing tobe with a_son, who is lyh;&therv seriously ill. He is a personal nd of ex-Mayor W. R. Davis and will likely visit him before he returns to Chicago. MORNING BLAZE. Chief Fair Quite Positive That it Was of Incendiary Origin. OAKLAND, Cav., Sept. 8.—Smoke was discovered issuing from George Cashmore’s hardware-store on Broadway this morning about 1:80 o'clock. A still alarm was turned in, and when the department arrived the front door was forced. The store was filled with smoke as well as the piano warerooms above. The fire was lo- cated in the basement, where paints are stored. Some very heavy sacks saturated with oil were found between some oil cases. The blaze would have broken out igla short time more and spread to the oil. The store was the scene of 8 good sized conflagration last April, when the damage reached $50,000, mostly from water and the oily smoke. The fire was then sup- posed to have been due to spontaneous combustion, but Ohief Fair is very emphatic in his declarations that this time it was incendiary. Mr. Cashmore said he was at home and in bed when some | one aroused him saying his store was on fire again. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1896. Interesting News Items From Alameda County. LAKE MERRITT A THING OF BEAUTY Artist Yelland Submits a Plan to the City Council. ISLANDS AND BRIDGES. With Driveways and Grass Plats It Would Resemble a Parisian Boulevard. GENERAL DEMAND FOR A PARK Board of Trade and West Oakland Improvement Club Are Interested in the Proj:ct. OAxLAND OrrIcE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, 908 Broadway, Sept. 8. l’ R. D. Yelland, the artist, has submitted to the City Council and the Board of Trade an artistic plan for beautifying Lake Merritt. The immediate importance of doing something that will materially add to Oakland’s attractions as a place of resi- dence has been brought forward by the Board of Trade, the West Oakland Im- provement Club and the City Council, and it is probable that the new tax levy will include an appropriation for the public park, though the details and loca- tion of such have not yet been determined. Mr. Yelland’s idea is clearly set forth in UR!VG CANYADA — TaEer | Lake Merritt, According SueGesTED Pran FoR THE. ARTISTIC IMPROVEMENT the strongest sentiment against the rush of yesterday was expressed. n conversation with one of the head professors to-day, it Wwas learned that a fiuietm was about to be put by the presi- ent on daylight rushing within the uni- versity reservation. “The faculty here,” said he, “are very lenient with the stu- dents. In fact,they are the most lenient of any of the faculties in the first ten uni- versities in America. We do not wish to come down hard on the students, but we shall be forced to do so01if the scenes of yesterday noon are reproduced.’” Distinguished Visitors Coming, BERKELEY, CaL., Sept. 8—The Uni- versity of California will be visited in a few days by a committee of four distin- guished Eastern professors, who are mal ing an extended tour of the United Stat in the interest of National parks, The committee consists of Professor C. 8. Sar- gent, director of the Arnold arboretum of Harvard University and Editor of Garden and Forest; Professor William H. Brewer, head of the department of agriculture at Yale, and formerly a member of the Cali- fornia Geological Survey; Gifford Pinchot, forester of Vanderbilt’s Biltmore estate in North Carolina, and Dr. Arnold Hague, a di:finguhhoa astern professor of for- estry. This committee was appointed by =ct of the last session of Congress on the recom- mendation of the National Academy of Bcience for the purpose of ascertaining the condition of the various National forest reservations, and to makea report which would lead to an act intended for the more careful preservation of these for- ests. They have aiready visited Montana, Idaho, Washington end Oregon and are now visiting California. er visiting Berkeley they will go the Yosemite and and then switch to the Bequoia and other small National parks of the 8 Hayne After the Judgeship, BERKELEY, CAL., Sept. 8.—~Town At- torney Brewton A. Hayne, U. C.’83, is out for the Democratic nomination for Superior Judge of Alameda County. He for the 26th. Armory Hall has been ens:xeg“ed 00 the occasion and will be profusel. ‘with flags and banners. 4 A mass-meeting will be held under the auspices of the Republican State Central Com- mittee, on the 26th inst., at the Tabernacle. . avis, S. M. Shortridge and others will address the meeting, which will be pre- sided over by Victor H. Metcalf. There are over 800 unvaccinated pupils in “Ilr:erkaley ublic schools, according to re- Tect last night by the Board of Edu- cation, submitted by Princlpals Waterman and Warnicke, and show_that nearly 500 of the pupils who have not been vaccinated are in East Berkeley. Mrs. Alice P. Carr, who came to this city from Guerneville a month ago to take the hristian Science treatment under F. J. Fluno, died at the latter’s residence, 1319 Grove street, this morning. As the latter was deprived of his license as a physician some tim he cannot sign the death cer- OO0 RACES PROMISED Alameda Horsemen Join the National Association of Trotters. I A Pioneer’s Funeral—The Woman's Suffrage Picnic—An Evening of 01d Songs. ALAMEDA, Oar, Bept. 8.—The Ala- meda Driving Association 18 now a mem- ber of the National association and will have tbeir first meet under the new con- ditions on Saturday, September 26, and if it is found impossible to finish on that day the following Saturday will be used. The races and number of entries at this time Ve \n.u ‘;“' K Ay iy D BRIDGE FROM OAK AND, LAKE ST, TO ADAM S PT. =l ISLANDS FROM THE ST. DAM 484 THE 4 i2 to the Plans Submitted to the City Council and Oakland Board of Trade by R. D. Yelland, the Well-Known Artist. JONQUN 15 BEPENTANT ‘Will Atone for the Past by Stock- ing Fruitvale Heights With Pheasants. Numbers of the Handsome Birds Are Now on the Way From His Brother’s Farm in Oregon. OAKLAND OrrIcE BAN FRANCISCO Cu.u} 908 Broadway, Sept. 8. Joaquin Miller has decided to add a pheasantry to his home at Oakiand Heights. For along time Mr. Miller has been anxious to do something for Oakland. It is an act of repentance on his part for | past sins. | A few months ago Joaquin Miller said many things about this city of which its residents did not approve. Among other things the poet of the Heights compared its progress to that of the snail. All of this hurt, and Mr. Miller was replied to in language which was not at all poeuic to the man of hexameters and petameters. Now 1t is reported that he has relented, and he has contracted with his brother, George M. Miller, of Eugene, Or., to ship him enough pheasants to make this part jof the county look more ornamental. Seventeen beautiful Chinese pheasants are now on the way, and Joaquin Miller will turn them loose'on his place. It is partic- ularly requested that no one should shoot them or molest them, as they will soon, if left alone, scatter all over the hills an be a very acceptable addition to the birds of the redwoods. The birds already on the way are about half grown and are healthy specimens of the Chinese pheasant. More will be sent as soon as they can becaughtand shipped. ——————— New Time Card. OAKLAND, CAL.,, Sept. 8.—The South- en Pacific Com any, figuring to make faster time and better connections, is at work on a time card for the Sunset route, It is to go into effect the 20th inst. The southern overland, which now leaves here at 5 p. M. will leave at 9 A. ., and the Los Angeles express, which leaves at 9 A. ., will leave at 5 ». M. The time of arrival of the southern overiand will be changed from 10:15 A. M. t04:45 P. M.. and of ih- Los Angeles express from P M to 10:15 A, M. e The average watch is composed of 175 different pieces, comprising upward of 2400 separate and distinct operations in its manufacture. The balance makes 18,000 beats or vibrations per hour, 12,960,080 in thirty days, 157,680,000 in one year, It travels 856894 miles in one year. l a large plan which he has prepared and submitted for the debate of those having the matter in charge. He calls it “An Artist’s ‘Suggestions for the Improvement of the Lake in Oakland.” These improvements involve: The purchase of several acres on Adams Point for a small park. A change in the line of the boulevard to the rear of this park. The construction of three small islands and three bridges (for pedestrians only). The widening of the Twelfth-street dam and Twelith street irom Oak street to First avenne, with carriage way and grass plats similar to a Parisian boulevard. The purchase of & small park on the east boulevard and one on the Wwest at the new bridge. Foints to be filled out into the lake for tree- planting. No mention is made by Mr. Yelland ot the cost ot the sugpested improve- ments, but the surrounding property- owners, who would be the first to reap the benefit, will undoubtedly accord the pro- ject substantial encouragement. Lake Merritt and the Piedmont Baths on the north form one of the prettiest scenic pictures in the county, and with the simple, yet artistic, suggestions of Mr. Yelland the district could be made re- markably attractive. THEY FROWN ON RUSHES Censure for Co-Eds Who Carried Water to the Wounded Students. Four Eastern Professors Visiting the State in the Interest of National Parks. BERKELEY, CAv., Sept. 8, —Daylight “rushes’ on the Berkeley campus similar to the one which took place yesterday aft- ernoon will probably never occur again. The professors have frowned on the prac- tice, the college daily has condemned the performance as semi-barbaric, and the university community at large has taken up the matter as a topic for fireside dis- cussion. The freshmen and sophomores who were the contestants in the midday melee received the condemnation of the faculty at their meeting yesterday, for cntfini recitations and -n‘n’glng in {iimr. derly conduct on the campus. But worst of all the co-eds who participated in the affair to the extent of cutting loose the bound and carrying water to and comfort- ing the wounded, received the greatest dis- approbation. '.Fha university daily came out with a lengthy oduomi' this morning, in which ] is the brother of ex-Judge R. Y. Hayne of the Supreme Court and is at the present time one of the trustees of the State In- stitute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind in Berkeley. Three Small Fire BERKELEY, CAL., Sept. 8.—About 1 o’clock to-day the Metcalf Cyclery took fire from a pile of oil-soaked cloths in the workshop in which a cigarette had been dropped. The biaze was extin- guished before much damage was done. Last evening at about 6 o’clock a fire at Derby and Grove streets destroyed about six tons of hay. A fire broke out in the barn of Mrs, Robinson on Blake street yesterday after- noon, and the building was destroyed. Vaccination to Go On. BERKELEY, CAL., Sept. 8.—The Board of Education at the meeting last night, settied once for all the much-vexed gues- tion of vaccination in the public schools of Berkeley. Health Officer Rowell was au- thorized to proceed with his work. It was decided to permit ‘fflpl]l who have not been vaccinated to defer doing 80 until vacation, if desirable. Dr, Rowell expressed the desire that, where possible, the family physician be employed. Oth- erwise, he will do the work free of cost. Must Learn Vertical Writing, BERKELEY, CAL., Sept. 8.—Hereatter the pupils of the prl:nlrfi grades in the Berkeley public schools will be taught the California system of vertical writing, rather than the old system which has been in srlctim for 80 many years. Only three grades will be taught the new system this year. From year to year the higher grades will be taught. e HISTORY OF A DAY. Alameda County ppenin Brief Chapters. To-morrow, September 9, being a legal 31, the conx'll Ind all ov;m:y offices '.u}"{‘; g% Told in The executive committes of the North Oak- land Improvement Club has issued a call for a meeting in Goiden West Hall to-morrow even- g. The Alameda Republican drill co; hold a meeting Saturday night o m’fl::l: rangements for the county convention, which assembles on September 1. The Alert baseball team of Alameda will leave for Los Angeles on Thursday to take part in the final games of the tournament. It will travel in a special train. Mrs. A. F. Trahan and children, wife of eral Yardmaster Trahan of Oskland, hey turned home after a month’s visit to Consta. ble C. W. Long and wife of Truckee. i Thirty-five or more members of Alameda Parlor and twenty-five of Halcyon Parlor, N. 8. G. W., left by boat and train to-day for the 9th of September celeoration at Stockton, Andrew Root, alias Raymond, alias N¢ alias Wi Ib:' ‘‘assayer’ lfla‘l-ll nld.bhrfifi trio, is now walking the streets of Oakland temporarily a free men, having given bonds in the sum of The Alameda Republicans are alread; ginning to make mfi-nfionl for the nmn’ 1':' county convention, to be held in that city on l are: Time race, indefinite number; 3:00 mixed race for trotters and pacers, seyen entries; 2:40 trotting race, nine entries; 2:35 pacing race, four entries; 2:27 trot- ting race, three entries; 2:25 pacing race, three entries. A *'‘cooling-off” shed is also to be built upon the track. Evening of 014 Songs. ALAMEDA, CaL., Sept. 8.—The King’s Daughters of the First Congregational Church have arranged the following pro- gramme for their “Evening of Old Song,” which takes place in the church parlors Thursday evening: Male quartet, “Robin Adair’ (arranged by Dud] %m). Plymouth gmrtet e 10 “The Bloom Is on the E" (Bishop); “Mary of Argyle” (Nelson), D. Crandail; character sketch, “Was She Justified” (Halli- day), Miss Anne Kavanaugh; solo, “When Stars Are in the Quiet Skies,” Miss Mary Jack- »0n; character sketch, “Jane O’Shea’s Opinion of Hamlet” (Schumacher), Miss Anne Kava- naugh; male quartet, “Nellle Was a Lady” gw»emm, lymouth gbartet; solo, “The ills of God (Nevin), S, Homer Henley; read- ing (selected), Miss Anne Kavanaugh; solo, “The Ivy Green” (Boz), C. L. ParentJr.; char- acter sketch, “Mrs. Brown at the Play,” Miss Anne Kavanaugh. Henry Wyman’s Condition. ALAMEDA, CaL., Sept. 8. —Henry Wy- man, who was injured so seriously by a “buffing machine” in San Francisco last Thursday, is not expected to live until morning. He is at the sanitarium, under the care of Dr. Reynolds, who declares the case hopeless, He is being cared for by the Masons, of whose society he is a mem- ber in_high standing. He recently came from Red Bluff, and has resided at 1238 Park street. A Sad Holiday. ALAMEDA, CaL., Sept. 8.—The funeral of the late A. B. Barber, the pioneer Post- master, who died yesterday morning, will be held from the family residence, 1321 High street, to-morrow morning at 11 o’clock instead of Thursday, as announced. This was the famlly’s desire at first, but at the request of the Society of California Pioneers it was set for Thursday in order that they miih: attend, Later the date was changed back to Wednesday. The pioneers will not attend in a body. He Is Identified. ALAMEDA,CaL,, Sept.8.—Ah Tim, who ‘was badly beaten by highbinders Saturdav night, to-day identified Ah Sam, who was arrested witgin an hour after the affair, and swore to two complaints, charging him with assault to murder and assault with a deadly weapon. The examination of Ah Sam will be set on Thursday. No Business To-Day. 3 A, CaL, Sept. 8.—Admission day will be observed by the city officials as a holiday. _All of the offices in the City Hall will be closed, be the schools, library and banks. The toffice will be open on the Sunday schedule and make onedelivery, Chiefof Police Rogers is in Stockton with the Native Sons. Woman Suffrage Picnic. ALAMEDA, CAL, Septe 8.—To-morrow | tion are: 23 (Admission day) will be observed as a grand rally day by the Woman Suffragists. All of the Eastern speakers now on the coast, including Miss 8haw, Miss Anthony. Miss E. Hay and Miss Mollie Conners and Dr. Kellogg-Lane of Oakland will attend the picnie which has been arranged for at Leona Heights. All have an invi- tation to take their basket and spend a day in the country. THE NEW BATTLE-SHIPS. An Interesting Question Arises in Relation to the Awarding of Contracts for Their Construction, NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 8.—A Tribune special from Washington says: An inter- esting legal question hasarisen in relation to the construction. of the recent act of Congress authorizing the building of turee new battle-ships. Four firms have made application to the Navy Department for copies of plans of the vessels. These are the Cramps, the Newport News Company, the Bath Iron Works and the Union Iron Works of San Francisco. The question which has come up is how many vessels can be built on the Pacific Coast. The law which authorizes the con- struction of these vessels provides that no more than two are to be built by any one Erivnu firm or navy-yard. This is hela y some of those to mean that if a Pacific Coast firm bid for the three ships is the lowest that company cannot get the con- tract for more than two. In other words, that the bid for one of these vessels, al- though less in amount than that of an Eastern establishment, would have to be rejected under the law. The reverse opinion is entertained by some naval officers, who say that the lowest responsible bidder, if & private con- cern, may be authorized to build all the vessels. No special attention is given to that part of the act which relates to the construction of vessels in navy yards, as this is & matter that the Secretary of the Navy can regulate in case he finds it necessary to divide the work among the different stations. Another clause of the appropriation act reads that one of the ships may ve built on the Pacific Coast, provided the addi- tional cost to the Government 1s not greater than 4 per cent. But this clause says: ‘“‘One, ana not more than one ship, may be constructed on the Pacific Coast.” To ore not versed in legal technicalities, this would seem to be explicit in prohibit- ing an award to the Union Iron Works, for example, of a contract for two or three of the ships. Yet it is contended by some officials that, taking the clause referred to in connection with other provisions of the act, a different construction can be placed upon it. The question involved isone of much interest to shipbuilders, of course. It is now under consideration at the Navy De- partment, and a decision will be made before the contracts are entered into by tbe Government, possibly before the bids, recently called for by Secretary Herbert, are opened. —_———— SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Found- ing of the Center of Sience. WASBHINGTON, Sept. 8. — Yesterday was the fiftieth anniversary of the found- ing of the Smithsonian Institution and the first time in- fifty years that there had been no annual meeting of the Board of Regents. The omission was due to the ab- sence from the United States of Secretary Langley and the death yesterday evening of Dr. George Brown Goode, the acting ex- ecutive officer of this greatest of scientific establishments in the United States. The curators and assistauts of the Smithsonian and the National Museum, however, met this morning and appointed a committee to prepare resolutions for adoption before the funeral of Professor Goode to-morrow afternoon, which they decidea to attend in a body. r. Goode was engaged at the time of his death on a history of the fifty years’ accomplishments of the institution, which he joined in 1873, The regents of the Smithsonian Institu- The President of the United States (ex-officio), Chief Justice Fuller, Vice-President Stevenson, Senators Mor- rill of Vermont, Cullom of llinois and Gray of Delaware, Representatives Wheeler of Alabama, Hitt of Illinois and Adams Jr. of Pennsylvania and ex-Senator J. B. Henderson, Professor J. B. Angell of Michigan, Andrew D. White of New York, ‘William Preston Johnston of North Caro- lina, Gardner G. Hubbard of Washington, D. C., and Postmaster-General Wilson. S BRILLIANT MILITARY WEDDING. The Homeymoon Will Be Spent on the Pacific Coast. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 8, —Miss Carolyn Morrow of this city and Lieuten- ant John Lewis Chamberlain will be mar- ried Wednesday at Narragansett Pier. It will be a brilliant military affair. Miss Mar- raret Prescott, half sister of the bride, will be maid of honor. The best man will be Captamn Allen of Governors Island. Miss Morrow’s gown will be of white satin, trimmed with rare old lace, which was first worn by her mother. The maid of honor will' wear gray and white taffeta silk. A wedding breakfast will be served afier the ceremony at the summer villa of the Rev. Mr. Prescott. Lieutenant and Mrs. Chamberlain will depart immedi- ately upon their wedding journey to the Pacific Coast. e gt A FATHER'S VENGEANCE. Stabs to Death the Betrayer of His Crip- pled Daughter. RICMOND, Va., Sept. 8.—A terrible tragedy wss enacted early to-night on Broad street, the principal retail business thoroughfare of the city. James E. Wimmer, aged 46, a native of Wythe County and a blacksmith working at the Richmond Locomotive Works, stabbed and killed 8. G. Thatheimer, son of -Charles Thatheimer, a well-known liquor merchant. he cause of the homicide was the al- leged betrayal of Wimmer's partially paralyzed daughter by young Thatheimer. ‘Wimmer,who was hunting for Thatheimer, came up with him on the street, caught hold of him and after stabbinz bim in three places threw him off. Thatheimer walked about half a block and then fell dead. Wimmer sought a policeman and surrendered himself. sty i he Succesaful Cadet Candidates. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 8. —Among the candidates who have passed success- ful examinations into the Naval Academy as cadets are: F. J. Hellweg, Baltimore; Abraham C. Howard, Annapolis; Charles P. Train, son of Commaunder C. J. Train, United States navy; Robert Menner, Pennsylvania: W. R. Wortman, Montana; Robert Merritt, Utah; Scott M. Thomp- son, Florida; Charles T. Wood, New Jer- sey; A. Abernathy, Texas; Luke W¥i ht, Tennessee; L. Noa, Tennessee; P. D. Dearborn, Virginia; Frank Berrien, Iowa; George F. Blair, Michigan; John Rhue, Indiana; Walter N. Vernon, Mich- igan: 8. W. Bryant, Pennsylvania; P. J. F. Mann, New York; Hayne Ellis,Georgia, —_— . Death of a Prominent Divine. ALBANY, N. Y., Sept. 8.—The Rev. Philip Phelps, D. D., one of the most prominent clergymen of the Reformed (Dutch) Church, died yesterday at the resi- dence of his sister in this city. He was called in 1859 to the principalship of the Holland Academy in Michigan, which in 1869 was incorporated as Hope College, of which Dr. Phelps became the first presi- dent, and he held that office until his resignation in 1878. S A Yellow Fever in Cuba. WASHINGTON, D: C., Sept. 8.—The malignancy of "yeliow fever in Cuba is in- creasing with the advance of the season, and the disease in a most dreadful type is now playing havoc with the unacclimated Auction Sales GE0. F. LAMSON, AUCTIONEER. Offce—410 Kearny St. ANOTHER GREAT SALE THURSDAY. TO-MORROW, Thursday... September 10, 1896, At 110'clock A. M., on the premises, 810 HAIGHT STREHRT, I WILL SELL THE Entl;;v Magnificent Parlor, Chamber, Iining-room, Library and Hall FURNITORDE, 72 PRISING.... Grand Upright Pi plendid Upholstery: im- ported Bronzes: costly works of Art; valuable zs: Royal, Wilton, Body Velvet and Body splendid collection of magnifi- s. includin Paintin, B m_Encycloped! " new Singer Sewing Machine: Haviland, J.emogs and Dresden China; with all the other costly arti- ‘erms cash in . N._Auctioneer. Spanish troops, according to special re. ports received from the sanitary inspect- ors of the United States Marine Hospital Service. These show 71 deaths in Havana for the week ended August 21, 51 of these being in the military hospital, at which 122 new cases were under treatment, 22 in Matanzas, the same number in Santiago, 25 at Sagualagrande, with 190 cases and similar conditions in all other sections where the Spanish forces are massed. e e Ex-Senator Fayne Dying. CLEVELAND, 0., Sept. 8.—The vener- able ex-Senator Henry B. Payne is dying at his residence on Buclid avenue. He is the victim of paralysis, and it will be marvel if at his age, nearly 86, he recove: E - Modern Troj: OAKLAND, CaL., Sept. 8.—Articles of incorporation have been filed by the Supreme Lodge of the Order of Modern Trojans with County Clerk Jordan. It is & new fraternal secret society for beneficial and protective purposes. The orizinators of the order and only members so far are: Hon. 8. G. Hilborn, H. P. Dalton, J. W. Evans, F. K. Mott, B. A. Rabe, E. M. Long and W. L. Bartlett, who are also the- di- rectors or trustees for the first year. e ————————————————— et ments of Trans-Atlantic Ste NEW YORK—Arrived Sept S8—Simr Wilhelm IT, from Genoa and Gibraltar. GIBRALTAR—Arrived out Sept 7 ROTTERDAM—Arrived out Sept 7 Kalser dam. ANTWERP—Arrived out Sept 7—Stmr Southe wark. Stmr Westernland for New York. BREME N—Arrived Sept 7—Stmr Weimar. SOUTHAMPT Sailed Sept S—simr York, tor New York. CHERBOURG—Salled Sept 8—Stmr Aller, for New York. New D‘l". Gibbon’s Dispensary, 625 KEARNY ST. Established ) in 1854 for the treatment of Private Diseases, Lost Manhood. Debility or fisease wearing on bodyand mindand 8 Skin Diseases. The doctor cureswhen #i otbersfail. Try him. Charges low. JERES Curesguaranteed. Callorwrite, ancisca. Dr. 3. ¥. ABBON. Box 1957. Sau I, OCEAN TRAVEL. PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP COMPA TEAMERS WILL SAIL FROM Broadway wharf, San Francisco, as. follows: For Mary Tsland, Loring, Wrangel, Juneau, Kil- lsuco and Sitka (Alaska), at 9 A. i, Sept. 11,28, © Victoria and Vancouver (B. C.), Port Town: send, Seattle, Tacoma, Everett, nacortes and New Wratcom (Bellingham Bay, Wash.), 8 4. M. Bept. 1, 6, 11, 18, 21, 28, after, connecting at R., at Tacoma with N.'Ry,, at Port Tow: For liureka, Arca'a Dboldt B Alaska steamers. d Flelds Landing (Hum. y) Sir. Pomona 2 P. M., Sept. 2, 6, 10, 14, 6, 30. &nd every fourth day thereafter. o Cruz. Monterey, San Simeon, Port IHarford (San Luls Obispo), Gaviots, Barbara, Ventura, Hoeneme, San Pedro, Edst San Pedro (Los Angcles) ‘and Newport, &1 9 4. . 8ept. 4, 8,13, 16, 20, 24, 28, and overy fourth day thereafter. For San Diego, stopping only at Port Harrord (San Luls Oblspo), ~anta Barbara, Port Los An- reles, Redondo (Los An a. 3. 'Sept. 2,6, 10, 14, 18, fourth day thereatter, For linsecads, San Jose del Cabo, Mazatlan, La Paz and Guaymas (Mexico), steamer Orizabs, 10 4.2 25th of each month. Ticket office, Palace Hotel, 4 New Montgomery street. GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Gen'l Agents, 10 Market st.. San Francisos. O R. & IN. ASTORIA AND PORTLAND, $6 Second Class, $12 First Class, MEALS AND BERTHS INCLUDED, Columbia salls.......... A 186, 28, y Swate of California salis. pa 2 BGPL o 15‘" ", Aug. 31, 81, Sept. 10, 50, 30 From Spear-st. Whart (Pler 24) at 10 o, 3. GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Genl. Supts, HONOLULU F. ¥. CONNOR, General Age: 0 51 S.S. AUSTRALIA. aty 630 Market street S. 8 ALAMEDA salls via HONOLULU and :7UCKILANDMK SYDNEY, Thursday, September . &t 2 2. M. 8 8. AUSTRALIA for HONOLULU only, Tues- day, September 22, at10A.M. Special party rates. Lineto COOLGARDIE, Aust., and CAPETOWN, South Africs. J. D. SPRECKELS & BROS. CO., Agents, 114 Montgomery strest Frelght Office, 327 Market st., San Francisco. COMPAGNIE GENERAL TRANSATLANTIQUR French Line to Havre. OMPANY'S PIER (NEW),42 NORTH River, foot of Morton st. Travelers by this line avoid both transit by English rallway and the discomfort of crossing the chaanel in asmall les) and Newport, 11 26, 80 and every CEANIC S.S. CO. DAYS TO boat. New YOrg to Alexandria, Egyps Via Parly first-cinss $160: second-class, $116. LA TOURAI LA GASCO LA BRETAG LA OHAMPAG. LA TOURAINE G~ For turther particulars apply to A.FORGE S gent, No. 8, Bowling Green, New York. J. F. FUGAZI & CO. Agents, 5 Montgomery avenue, San Francisco, WHITE STAR LINE. United States and Royal Mall Steamers BETWEEN New York, Queenstown & Liverpool, SAITING EVERY WEEK. ABIN,$60 AND UPWARD, ACCORD- ing to steamer and accommodations selected; second cabin, $42 50 and 84/ 0; Majesiic and Teutonic. Steerage Tickets from England, Lre- land, Scotland, Sweden, Norway end Denmark through to San Francisco at lowest rates. Ticke! salling dates and cabin plans may be procu from W, H. AVERY, Pacific Mail Dock, or at the General Office 0f the Company, 613 Market street, under Grand Hotel. G. W. FLETCHER, ‘General Agent for Pacific Coast. ROYAL NAIL STEAH PACKET COMPANY, TEAMERS LEAVE ASPINWALL Sionalghtiy for the West Indles and Q-. Southampton, calling en route &t Cerbours, France, and Plymouth to land passengers. Through bilis of 1ading, in connection With the Pacitic Mall S. S. Co., Issuéd for frelght and treas- e to direct ports in England and Germany. Through tckets from San Erancisco to Plymoutty Cherbourg, Sonthampion, First-olass; e class, $9' For further particnlars ap 12 PARROTT & CO,, Agents, 208 Calitornia ate STOCKTON_STEAMERS Leave Pier No. 38, Washington At 6 P. 3L Daily. Iroighc recelved up 05 £ 8@~ Accommodations Reserved by Telephons. The only line making through rates on Valley Rosdfrelght: o A MERS: T. C. Walker, J. D. Peters, Mary Garratt, City of Stockton. Telephone Main 805. Cai Nav. and Imp. 0o U.S. NAVI-YARD, MARR ISLAND, VALLEJO, *Benicia, *Port Costa, *Creckett and *Valona. STR. MONTICELLO, Dally 10:30 4. 3c,, 4:00 ». M. _ (Saturdays $%10:30 4. ), 3:30 ». . Sundays 8 P. M. only. and landing, Pler 2, o8%. Telephons Black ATCH BROM *4 and 8 ». x: trips only. ** Excursion trip. _Gives 5 hours at Navy-yard. FOR SANJOSE, LOS GATOS & SANTA (RUZ STEAMER ALVISO LEAVES PIER 1 DAILY at10A. M. (Sundays excepted); Alviso daily at Tr. % (Saturdays excepted). ight and senger. Deiween San Francisco and Al m;msu:m 78c. Clay st Pier 1 qa?,