The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 13, 1896, Page 16

16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, SEPIEMBER 13, 1896. GOLD DEMOCRATS NAME ELECTORS They Will Go Into the Cam- paign to Maintain an Organization. THEY WANT MXINLEY ELECTORS. But They Look to the Control of the Next National Con- vention. SIMPLY MEANS ANARCHY, BRYANISM They Have No Doubt That Sound Money Will Win in No. vember. . The Sound Money Democratic League held an enthusiastic meeting in Assembly Hall, Milis building, last evening, at which it was not only determined that electors should be nominated in accord- ance with the Indianapolis platform and nominees, but they nominated those elec- tors. Following are the nominees: Clay W. Taylor, Shasta County. William ¥. Detert, Amador County. James K. O'Brien, Yuba County. John Rosenfeld, San Francisco. John Heenan, San Francisco. Charles Anderson, Santa Barbara. John Roth, Tulare County. J. J. Valentine, Alameda County. ‘William J. Hunsacker, Los Angeles. Messrs. Jere Lynch, Elliott McAllister and John Heenan were named asa com- mittee to notify the nominees and to at- tend to other business incident thereto. The work of securing the signatures of the three per cent of the total number of the voters of the State—about 9000 in ali— necessary under the law, to enable the league to get the names on the voting lists, will be pushed with vigor. President Edward R. Taylor explained the necessity of speedy action. Addresses were made by a number of well-known and influential Democrats, tke discussion being provoked by a resolution offered by Jere Lynch favoring the nomi- nation of electors. E. B. Pond led away by opposing the resolution. He 'said it was a big under- taking to put the nominees in the field. He thought it was the duty of every Dem- ocrat who was opposed to anarchy and Bryanism to vote for the man who couid defea: them—and that was William Mec- Kinley. For one he saia he favored that cause rather than diverting votes into a channel that served no real purpose. If the league determined otherwise, however, he would join with it in whatever in its wisdom it undertook. A. A. Watkins spoke in the same te nor. “I have asked a great many sound-money Democrats what they think about it,”” he said, “‘and they are all opposed to inde- pendent action. They think that they should place their votes where they will do the most gooa. They think it a square issue and that we should meet it squarely.” John Heenan said: “T have been watch- ing events lately very closely. I have been reading sixteen newspapers every day and the information I gain makes me certain of the election of McKinley and the defeat of Bryan whatever we may do. What is the purpose of this movement of sound-money Democrats? It is to gain control of the next National Democratic convention. When Bryanism has been defeated the sound-money men will stand as the regular Democracy. I am, there- fore, in favor of placinga ticketin the field and maintaining an organization.” Isadore Jacobs said: “It is our pur- pose not only to maintain the integrity of our party, but to take votes away from Bryan. By giving the old-line Dem- ocrats somebody to vote for we prevent many who would refuse, perhaps, to vote for McKinley, casting their votes in pure desperation for Bryan.” Secretary McAllister said tbat it ap- peared from the correspondence he had regeived that there was a demand on the part of Democrats in the interior “that we should set up a ticket; they want some one to vote for. The sound-money Demo- crats who have already made up their minds to vote for McKinley will vote for him anyway, and a ticket should be sup- plied for those who have not so far made up their minds.” Mr. Runcie said he agreed in this view. The Democrats who have determined to vote for McKinley will still vote for him, and a sound-money Democratic ticket will afford a refuge for the others and prevent them from being swept off their feet at the last minute. Clay W. Taylor, who said he felt a little delicacy in speaking here, a8 he had just dropped in from Shasta County, made a strong little speech along the same lines. He said that the Democratic party in Cali- fornia is full of men who are opposed to supporting anarchy as it is represented by Bryan, but there were many who might hesitate to vote a Republican ticket, These should pe provided with a ticket that would prevent their yielding to any temptation to vote the Bryan ticket. Crittenden Thornton, Richard Bayne, Marcus Rosenthal, Jere Lynch and others made speeches along the same lines. Letters were read from a number of sound-money Democrats from all parts of the State. The following, offered by Jere Lynch, was adopted : Resolved, That the Sound Money Democratic League of California forthwith nominate an electoral ticket to be voted for at the election of November 3, 1896, in support of the plat. form of the National Democratic party, adopted atits convention at Indianapolis, and of the 1o minees of that convention, General John M Palmer and General Simon B. Buckner. The following was also adopted: Resolved, That the Sound Money Democratic League of California hereby indorses and rati- fies the platform of the National Democratic arty adopted in the convention of September 3, 1896, at Indianapolis; that this league recoguizes 1n that piatform the declarations of true Democracy; the declarations of men whose highest aim is their country’s good; the declarations that reafirm the doctrines taught by Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson and Grover Cleveland, and that remind us that the Democratic party should always be one to place principle above expediency. The meeting adjourned to meet at the call of the chair. D En Route to Los Angeles. John J. McCarthy, supposed to be the head ©of the gang that attempted to rob the First Na- : § tional Bank of Los Angeles iast June, is now cn his way to that city to be tried for the crime. Detective Bradisn left the City Prison with him in the patrol-wagon in time w0 catch last evening’s irain. He was accompanie across the bay by Detective Graham and Police- man Bamuels. McCarthy was honored with an Oregon boot &s & precaution sgainstany attempt Lo escape. AN INJUNCTION ASKED. The Merchants’ Association Has Ap- pealed to the Board of Super- visors. The resolutions recently passed by the Merchants’ Association in refer nce to the raise in property valuations by the State Board of Equalization were transmitted to the Board of Supervisors yesterday, and were at once transmitted to City and County Attorney Creswell for an opinion on the issues involved. The association asks that the board take all legal measures possible to prevent the raise from being put into effect, and that if possible an injunction be served on the Btate Equalizers to prevent their action from yoing into effect. LECTURES IN FRENCH. A Series of Five Under the Auspices of the Channing Auxiliary. Under the auspices of the Channing Auxiliary a course of five French iectures will be given in the parlors of the First Unitarian Church, corner Geary and Franklin streets, on sunccessive Thursday afternoons by Rev. Edward J. Dupuy from Lyces Condorcet, gra‘uate of the Acade- mie de Paris, Universite de France. The dates and subjects are as follows: September 17, Rome de Zola et Saracinesca de Crawford; September 24, idvlle Tragique de Paul Bourgei; Octover 1, La Petite Paroisse, Alphonse Daudet; October 8, les romanciers francaise a sensation; October 15, Un Poete deticat, Jean Aicard. d’ N AN EARLY FIRST 0 MAY An 0ld Man's Birth Twelve Hundred and Four Months Ago. HE IS G. E. D. DIAMOND, The Last Scion of an Illustrious and Long-Lived American Family. IT CAME IN THE MAYFLOWER. Continental Ethan Allen, the Hero of Ticonderoga, Was One of That Race. G. E. D. Diamond of 3154 Ellis street was born at Plymouth, Mass., May 1. At first glance it appears that Mr. Diamond Twenty-five cents will be the charge of | is a very young traveler to have spanned L 7Z LI\ 1, fpr il | Q[ G. E D. DIAMOND, a Descendant of the Mayflower Party and a Grandnephew of Ethan Allen. He Was Born in Plymouth, Mass,, May 1, 1796. admission to a single lecture and $1, paid in advance, will entitle to admission for the entire course. Apulicants should send their names and addresses to Mrs. Oryille D. Baldwin, 3700 Washington strest. BUILDINGS 10 BE RAZED More Chinatown Structures Un- der the Ban of the Health Board. Accommodations for Tnsane Patients to Be Furnished at Once. At its meeting yesterday the Board of Health condemned and ordered torn down the following buildings that had been re- ported as a menace to the public health by the Health Officer: The three-story wooden building at 10 Brooklyn place, a one-story wooden struc- ture at 8 Card alley, the tvo-story wooden building at 10 Card alley, the one-story wooden building at 710 and 712 Stockton street, the two-story wooden building at 325 and 3827 Vallejo street, the two-story wooden building at 801 Stockton street, and the two-story wooden building at 928 Clav street. A communication was received from the agents of the owners of the Old Globe Hotel, asking that the action of the board be rescinded, in so far as the tearing out of the interior is concerned. It was stated that the place would be remodeled and renovated. The board compromised by ordering the inmates to vacate, but simply closing the building instead of tearing out the interior, as was intended. J.-H. Hollister of San Luis Obispo sent an inquiry to the board as to whether dairy products from herds in outside counties that had not been subjected to the tuberculin test would be excluded from the City. He said a Government in- spector named J. C. Price was inspecting herds in that county and be wanted to know if his certificate would be accepted. Price is not known to the local board. The communication was referred to the milk committee o f the board. Superior Judge Hebbard appeared be- fore the board to urge that accommoda- tions be provided for insane patients in the Receiving Hospital at once. He wanted the $500 recently appropriated by the Board of Supervisors spent at once, because he thought that if this fund was judiciously expended the Supervisors would be more willing to appropriate more money. The board took Judge Hebbard's view of the matter and ordered that the im- provements be made at once. SPECIAL MEETING. The Board of Supervisors Will Consider the Valuation Fixed by State Equalizers. John A. Russell, Clerk of the Board of Bupervisors, received a telephone message yesterday from Muyor Sutro, who is now on his ranch at Calistoga, instructing him o call a special meeting of the Board for Monday to consider the action of the State Board of Ef}uulintion in_raising the total valuation of San Francisco 20 per cent over the gmount fixed by the local board. The Mayor will cut his vacation short in order to preside over the session, and wiil probably have more legal opinions to advance to bear out his theory that the State Board exceeded its authority in do- ing as it did. ——— Apcock’s fall opening, 1896, Wednesday, September 16, and following days. Latest im. portation of hats, bonnets and novelties in millinery, direct from Europe; erate, 10 Kearny street. Prlcelmo.u-l‘ the continent from sea to sea in some- thing over four months, and yet th’s tour- ist, albeit older and a little more worn than on the day he started out, is seem- ingly fitted for more miles ana years and is as sound as his mineral namesake. But at a second and a closer glance much over that time has gone by since Mr. Diamond walked away from his birthplace. Just 300 times four months with over four months yet to add will nearer mark the flight of time from that long ago *“first o' May.” Washington was going out of his second .Presidential term and Tennessee was entering the Union ot States. Tie name “Democrat” had just been applied by the Federalists to the Republican party as a term of con- tempt. The first census had been taken and the subject of article was one of about 4.000,000, and by a coincidence the reve- nues of the young republic was about the same number of dollars. This is a leaf from the contemporaneous bistory of G. E. D. Dismond’s birth, over 1200 months ago. in 1817, being just 21, he voted for James Monroe, in 1825 for John Quincy Adams, in 1829 for Juckson and in 1841 for General Harrison. In 1889 he voted for the second Harrison. He continued to cast his ballot for victorious Presidential candidates till_he got down to 1860, when he voted for Breckinridge. However, he lected the amount of money sned for from the proceeds of the trust, but nzflec!ed to deposit it in bank in the name of the trust. As it was mingled with his personai account it was necessary to get an order of court to pay It. CAUGET ON THE WING. Joseph Breeze Is Taken From High Life and Will Be Sent Back to Engtand. Becretary Charles P, Welch of the So- clety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children has put a stop to the brilliant career of Joseph Breeze, alias John Brown, an English lad who was commencing a gilded life in a Dupont-street resort. Breeze, who is only 16 years old, deserted from the British ship Afghanistan about six weeks ago and hied himself to the de- lectable haunt already referred to, where, under the able tuition of male and female tutors, he was rapidly developing into ‘‘one of de boys.” Ofticers McMurray and Holbrook ar- rested the youngster last nightand Mr. Welch had him placed in a private insti- tution for the time being. As soon as possible the boy will be sent back to his home in Liverpool. e .- GRUENBERG A BENEDICT. Marriage of a Well-Known Local Cham- Pagne Manufacturer. The marriage of Arthur Gruenberg, gen- eral manager of the Golden Gate Cham- pagne Company, and Margot Heuerman, which took place a few days ago, has cre- ated quite a furor among the Jewish resi- dents of this City, and the young couple have been the recipients of many con- gratulations. The bandsome home that Mr. Gruen- | berg furnished at 210 Douglas street pre- vious to the ceremony, before Judge Groezinger, has been the scene of many a merry party since the marriage. The groom is prominent in commercial circles and his bride is also well known, FLINT'S GREAT RECOAD Nearly Half a Billion Letters and Parcels Handled Dur- ing the Year. Record of Clerks Is One Error in Every Twenty Thousand Pack- ages Handled. Buperintendent Flint has made public the work done in his division, the eighth, during the fiscal year ending June 30 last. The lateness of the informa- tion does not in any way detract from its importance and general usefulness. The eighth division is composed of the following States and Territories: Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, California, Nevada, Ore- gon, Utah and Washington, During the months ending June 30 mails were being carried on 12,292 miles of railroad in this division, postal clerks being employed on 11,217 miles. The remainder, including 74.5 miles of electric lines, was covered by means of closed pouches. The rolling stock of railway postoffice lines consisted of thirty whole cars in use and three in re- serve, ninety apariment cars in use and twenty-five in reserve, making a total of 148 used in the division. These cars were operated on sixty lines, 236 clerks being employed in the distribution of the mails. In addition to this there were nine steamboat lines, employing ten clerks. making 266 clerks in actual service. Those at work on railroad lines traveled 8,446.564 miles, and those on steamboat lines 333,- | 980 miles. Together they handled and dis- tributed 468,778,800 pieces of mail matter. They also received, receipted for, recorded | and properly dispatched 752.301 registerea { puckages and cases and 79,873 through registered pouches and sacks. Of ti.e total number of pieces of mail matter handled, 468,778,800, only 24,523 errors were re- corded. From this it appears that for each errgr made 19,115 letters and parcels were correctly disiributed. During the fiscal year there were 485 ex- aminations by permanent clerks. At the-e examinations 528,300 cards repre- senting letters were distributed; of these 523,208, or 99.03 per cent, were distributed correctly. There were 109 examinations of pro- bationary clerks, during which 80,228 cards were distributed ; 78,869, or 98.36 per cent of which were handled correctly. Combining these two classes, it is ascer- tained that the aggregaie number of ex- aminations was 594; of ecards handled, 608,528, of which 602,077, or 98.93 per cent, were distributed correctly. 1 WROTE BURNING WORDS OF LOVE e Letters From Ferdinand E. Parker to Margaret Bryant. LOVELORN BOOKKEEPER He Swore She Was His Guiding Star, His Own True Love, His Darling Wife. NOW HIS PASSION HAS COOLED. She Swore to a Complaint Yesterday Chareging H'm With Betrayal Under Marriage Promise. Margaret Bryant, a buxom cook 29 years of age, swore to acomplaintin Judge Con- lan’s court yesterday char:ing Ferdinand E. Parker with betrayal nnder promise of marriage. Parker is 33 years of age, living at 314 Sixth street, and is a bookkeeper for Charles Mattheas, cigar manufacturer, 406 Sixth street. According to Miss Bryant, she met Parker in November, 1893, and on Christmas day that year he proposed mar- riage to her and she accepted him. On April 3, 1894, they went to live together without the formality of procuring a li- cense and being made man and wife by the duly accredited authorities. They continued in that relation until May 1 of this year, and Parker was in the habit of introducing her as his wife. On October 13, 1894, while she was away from him, he wrote her a long letter, which concluded as follows ‘But, my star is gone from me forever; aye, for evermore, I feel. I shali perhaps see you no more; it makes me weep to think; it breaks my beart; a thousand kisses to vou, my own, my love, my darling wife. (Signed) Ferdie.” ‘In another letter he wrote: “You are gone away, far away, but the memory of your sweet smile still lingers with me. I wish I could see you again and again and again, to hold you in my arms, to kiss you, to caress yon and to tell you how much I love you. But, why, oh, why, should L tell you this, wien you do not love me? Your Ferdi They bad their usual tiffs and she would leave him for a time. Parker on these occasions sent her letters couched in the most endearing and impassioned terma. These letters she has kept, and they will be produced in court. These are samples of the burning words of love breathed in his letters to her. He wrote of her swan-like neck, her beautiful eyes. her rosy month, her lips sweeter than honey and other enamored expfes- sions that would bave melted the heart even of a D.ana. Ferdinand’s love began to grow colder and colderand final;y on May 1 he told her they must part jorever. Heleft her, butshe waited patiently in the hope that hislove for ber wouid return and he would fuifill his promise to marry her, but she waited in vain and yesterday morning she swore to a warrant for i is arrest. Parker was arrested last evening by Officer W. T. Cooney and detained at the Southern police station. He refused to discuss the case which culminated in his arrest, preferring to remain silent and brood over his troubles. Park Music To-D: The following attractive programme has been arranged for the open-air concert in Golden Gate Park to-da; +Festival Marche”. Overture, “Phedre’ Selection, Les ( loches de Corneville”. Planquette Fan.usia, ©F ta, Valse Kspagnole”. “Le Cid, 'acte et Alrs de Ballet Overture, “Z impa” “Suite Aigerienne, N « Pattrouille Francaise’ “Le Fiis ae Porthos, Defile supported “Honest Abe” the next time, | and never again failed to go to the polls every fourth year with a Repubiican ticket in his hand. The next one wiil bear the name of McKinley. Mr. Diamond was a scout and dispatch- bearer in Mexico during the invasion by the Uniied States forces, and was attached to both Scott’s and Taylor's commands. | During tne rebeliion he was Chief Govern- ment Agent, located at 8t. Louis. From bis remarkable resemblance to tue noted rebel guerrilla cuief, General Poindexter, he was often taken for that much-sought- ' for person. Once he was fired at by a whole regiment of United States troops from the distance of about 500 yards. bullets spattered into the treetops above bis head, and the leaves and twigs came down on him in a shower. ‘1 didn’t wait for the next volley,” said | he, “‘nor to0 say good-by to my friends who were b'"fmg away at me, but plunged into the bluck-bass thicket in a hurry.” When asked to what he attributed his | longevity he stated that he never drank intoxicating liquors nor used tobacco. He does not drink tea nor coffee nor eat meat. ‘'L have always been well and strong,” healthfully. I came from a temperate and long-iived race. My father died in Ala- bama at the :lge of 106 and my grand- father at ccnsiderable over 100 years. I am well and I believe tha: I shall mount far up in my second century before 1 round out my period.” The 100-year-old looks 8o hale and heart: that one instinctively feels that he will break the record of his race. The old man Dever married and thereby hangs a tale. He does not go into details. A romance of which he was a part lived and died in the dim long ago. There is a girl’s grave under the dust of the years, and—and the old man neyer married. G. E. D. Diamond comes from no un- known stock, for h mother’ I s side was one of the Cotton fam- ily of Mayflower and M chusetts fame Colonel Ethan Allen, 0 took Ticon- deroga and 1ts 800 British soldiers with eighty men and by tie “authority of Jeho- vaa and the Continental Congress,” his granduncie. Judge W. W. Allen and a minister of the same name in this State e same family. r. Diamond is now eneaged in can- Yassing for several books, one being the life of William McKinley, the coming President of the United States. —_— Dimond Trust Suit. Horace G. Platt and B. P. Oliver, trustees of the fund established by W. H. Dimond for his son, Edwin R. Dimond, and his dsughters, Eleanor 8. Jarboe and Mary G. Tobin, have brought e friendly suit against the executors of the will' of ‘V H. Dimond to recover $22,528 74. General Dimond was himself trustee of the 'und for three years before his death and col- The | said be yesterday, “because I have lived | is grandmother on his | | i NEW TO-DAY. SPECIAL SALE PRICE - $8.50. Overcoat Saie ) ijg@ flays -— We have about 350 of the handsomest All-Wool Over- coats to be had. All sizes, all colors, all lengths. Some worth $13.50; others $15 and $18. They are made in those rich shades of Blue, Black, Tan and Gray Ker- seys and Beavers. No need to pay $13.50, $15 and $18 elsewhere for the same qual- ity, but SAVE $5, $6.50 and $9.50 on an overcoat during our special sale. RS FOR OVERCOATS 34-36-3840 KEARNY ST, | will cause the organ to become NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. SPECIAL SALE OoOFr————— DRAPERY SILKS! Commencing Monday, September 14th, we will place on sale a special purchase of SIX CASES (23,000 yards) 32-INCH FINE PRINTED DRAPERY SILKS, all the latest designs and - colorings, at prices that have never been equaled in this city. 15,000 yards 32-INCH PRINTED DRAPERY SILKS, 40 different designs and colorings, Price 25¢ a Yard, 8,000 yards 32-INCH PRINTED DRAPERY SILKS, 32 different designs and colorings, Price 30¢ a Yard. The particular attention of our regular patrons is directed to this sale. ’ £ 7 18982, ‘ 5 111, 113, 115, 117, 119, 121 POST STREET. BEAUTIFUL BOOK MAILED FREE! The s 0f prolapsus are dragging or bearing-down pains in lower part of the back, tender- nom over the. ahoman Sad TeeIng OF Failncss 1o the vaging, Irriiatios of the bladder, difiiculty in walking, always painful and somelimes profuse menstruation.” Where the ut rus protrudes or hancs very low there is also consti- pation and_the iiguments and ingly relaxed. It is also the nenraigia, paipiation of the and general exnaustion to cure this drerded complaint. aggravated, especially it pes- muscies are always distress- cause of headache. dizzinwss, heart, exireme. nervousness Doctors have uiterly failed Their treatment as a rule o ly sarics and supporters are used. SOSPITA Is the only known remedy that has yet been found 1o ub- solutely and permanently cure this complaint. CAUSES. An accidental fall, taking cold near the menstrual pe- riod. or a lacerated cervix Thonsands of women sre dragging out an existence worse ihan death who, if they would only use SOSPITA could be made healthy and enjoy, all the pieasures of life. SEND FOR result that the nerv. s are so unstrung tha: & woman is un- “v‘:s:s\ HEALTH BOOK. fitted for all her duties. MAILED FREE. SOSPITA COMPANTY, 417-499 PARROT! BUILDING. SAN FRANCISCO. | Philadelphia Shoe C0. 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