The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 13, 1896, Page 10

10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1896. AN INNOCEWT BOY | 10 BE SET FREE R, Herrera in the State Prison for Another’s Crime. Petitions for Pardon and Parole Acted Upon at San Quentin. Death of a Convict Whose Sku!l Was Fractured by a San Bernar- dino Officer. | The Board of State Prison Directors met at San Quentin yesterday, and after | transacting the routine business took up | the cases of convicts who petitioned for release on parole or pardons. In the lat- ter class was Ramon Herrera, who prayed for full pardon, claiming that he wasun- justly convicted and innocent of the crime of which he was accused. The board will | recommend the Governor to grant a par- don. Herrera’s case is of more than passing interest, and the injustice to the young fellow was first made public in the col: umnsof THE Cais four weeks ago. In November, 1893, two armed men robbed a Chinaman of several dollars and a\gold watch on California and Stockton streets. lsador Baldivia and Herrera were arrested for the crime, and the Chinaman identi- fied them as the robbers. From the first Baldivia, who mude no defense. asserted that Herrera was not guilty, but he de- clined to give the name of his partner in | crime. A little later the Chinaman's watch was recovered in a pawnshop, ; where Manuel Porti llio had sold it. Portillio was arrested, but the Cninz\-i man, fearing conviction for perjury if he should change the testimony he gave ir the Police Court, still declarea that Her: rera was the second man. Even before Portillio was tried bé acknowledged to several persons that he and not Herrera was the guilty person, but to be brief, he | was acquitted and Herrera, then abont 18 years old, was sentenced to twenty years' | imprisonment, Baldivia was sentenced ; for life. Portillio went to Mexico, one of the conditions of his acquittal being that ne leave the State, and ne was killed in that country while trying to rob a train. The directors 1n reviewing the testi- mony of the trial and the evidence of the | young fellow’s innocence as developed | Since the trial. expressed their surprise | that the jury shou!d have convicted Her- i rera at all. The conduct of the Police | Court practitioners who had the three | cases was severely commented upon by[ the directors for not pringing forward the evidence they had or should have had to save the lad.” They are thoroughly satis- fied that Ramon Herrera is innocent and will ask Governor Budd to grant tne boy a full pardon. Herrera has been in prison thirty-four months, i A similar recommendation will be made | on behaif of Charles R. Hennessey, sen- tenced for twenty years for grand larceny. This man was with George Hutchinson | and several other men drinking with a | woman in San Francisco. One of the | Yarty claimed that he had been robbed of $10, and Henoessey and Hutchinson were | convicted. Long after the woman con- fessed that she got away with the money, which the accused gave her to purchase beer with, unaer the supposition that i1 was a 50-cent piece. Hutchinson was par- doned and sent to his folks in New Zea- land. Director Wilkins said if one was en- titled to go free the other was also. The directors will recommend that Gov- ernor Budd pardon Charles R. Thorne, provided the latter leaves the State. Tho while out of funds tried to black- mail Major McLaughlin. The major thinks the fellow is punished suffidiently, having served three years. The petition for parole of Redwood Day was in a measure favorably considered. | Day was convicted of stage robbery near | Ukiah and was sentenced to eight years’ | imprisonment. The testimony at the trial showed thathe ojeraied with the | Ukiah church member, Deacon Oldbam. | T ue latter 0.d hypocrite sang psalms and passed tie contributicn-box on Sunday | and robbed stages during the week. He | was sentenced to eight years in Foisom. | Day claimed that he was convicted simply | because he had worn a long coat while in the vicinity of the last robbery. The | board decided to grant his petition for parole one year irom yesterday, provided | he leads an exemplary life during ithe en- | suing twelve months in prison. Abe Adcock asked to be released on | parole. He was sentenced to fifteen years for robbery in Sonoma county. The pris- oner is at present in the hospital, very ill, and was not able to appear, but the board | decided favorably to Adcock, and may | recommend either a commutation of sen- | tence or a parole. This consideration for | the convict is because he is in very poor | nealth and has been an exceptionally well- behaved person. | Warden Hale made a report upon the case of Samuel Webb, who, on Novembver 13, was sent from San Bernardino County for burglary. Upon his arrival at the prison the turnkey, in taking his measure- | ment and description, noticed a fresh | scalp wound on the convict’s head. The convict stated that the constable who arrested him struck him a heayy blow with a large revolver. The prisoner did not complain of feeling ill for several days after reaching the prison, but later the officials noticed that he appeared dazed and stupid. He was at once sent to the hospital by Dr. Lawior, the resident phy- sician, who did all he could. for the con- vict’s comfort. The latter continued to grow worse and paralysis set in on the left side, and finnlgy he died on November 27. Dr. Lawlor held an nntopsy. and upon ex- amining the dead man’s heaa under the lacerated wouna found that his skull had been crushed, makinga hole three-quarters | of an inch in extent. The fracture was no | doubt caused by the blow of the revolver | described by Webb upon his arrival. i Warden Hale at once communicated these facts to the Sheriff of San Bernar- dino County, who arrested Constable Hickok for*manslaughter. Dr. Lawlor went to San Bernardino County in re- sponse to a request of the Sheriff, who wanted the physician's testimony in the cas2 of the constable. Warden Hale in his regulor report called attention to several matters of in- terest. One wasin relation to prisoners serving terms of imprisonment upon more than one commitment. It seems that Joseph T. Ross was sent from Merced County on _several commitments for burglary, jail-breaking, etc. Later another set of commitments ar- rived, making nine commitments in ail, but no one was for more than three years, but all would foot up about twelve years. It was not specified that one term should commence at the expiration of the one preceding, and the question was how long uncer the recent decisions of the Supreme Court and under the statutes the man can be legally beld in prison, The board thought best not to take any action in the case, but let the convict get out a writ of habeas corpus, so that the court could decide the matter 1n case he objects to serving more than the longest (tnree years) term. The warden reported the anpointment of Charles E. Alden as superintendent of the jutemill, E. F. Gilligan as foreman of the jutemiil and J. W. G'Donnell as assistant | | credits, ete. in the commissary department, all of which were confirmed by the board. Mr. Hale reported that the jutemill b recently been thoroughly renovated and is now in perfect working condition. Several changes were made in the spinning and yarn departments. At present the mill is turning out from 10,000 to 11,000 bags per day and no great efforts are being made to secure speed in that direction. There are about 1370 bales of jute on hand and 5000 more are coming. The manufactured bags on hand reach about 2,961,000, and many inquiries are being made for this class of goods. These are exclusive of 197,000 sugar bags sold and awaiting ship- ment. The prison is now more free from petty disorders than for a long time past. The recent transfer of disorderly convicts to the rock guarries at Folsom prison has | had a beneficial effect upon those left be- hind. ] Of Iate the Warden has been punishing | disorderly prisoners by shaving off their beards and mustaches, the same as when they enter the prison, in addition to the usual punishment of solitary confinement in the dungeons, ball and chain, forfeit of The forfeiture of their facial adornments has caused the convicts to be more careful in_their deportment. With the loss of their mustaches they also for- feit the privilege of writing to their rela- tives for three months. In discussing a case where credits were forieited by a prisoner, the Warden said that as the holidays approach extra care | has to be exercised to prevent outsiders from smuggling money within the prison walls. One case in particular recently at- tracted his attention. A pair of slippers was sent to a prisoner from New York. 1t turned out that the heel uf each slipper was hollow and filled with money, a part of which was found on the convict. Not Kramer & Petersen. | The warrant issued on Friday for the arrest of £. S. Adams on a charge of cbtaining money under false pretenses was not issued on the complaint of Kramer & Petersen, proprietors of the California House, 626 California street, THE ROMANCE OF A PICTURE And How Two Fond Hearts Were Affected by a Photograph. A. J. McCormick Is to Marry Cora Macy of the Vassar Quartet. A San Francisco Business Man Meets His Fate in a Young Variety Actress. Philosophers say that on little things oft en depend the fate of a lifetime, and a story which has just come to light about a fair variety actress and a local business man shows that sometimes two lifetimes are similarly affected. The heroine of the story is Miss Cora Mucy, late of the Vassar Quartet, and the hero is A. J. McCormick, the manager of a department in the Crocker business house on Post street. The little thing which has affected their lives is a picture MISS CORA MACY, Who Is to Marry A. J. McCormick. LETTER-BOXES RAIDED, Capture of a Man in the Very Act of Trying to Abstract 4 Mail. He Is Supposed to Hav> Been Engaged in a Schem: of Systematic Spoliation. For some time past complaints have been made to the postal autborities by downtown merchants that their hallway letter-boxes were being tampered with. In several cases letters were reported missing that containea money orders, and an investigation disclosed three of these money orders which had evidentiy been forged by the same hand, though the pavee was different in each case. These numerous irregularities proved a sore puzzle to the Postoffice inspectors un- til last Wednesday, when F. B. Oliver of the firm of F. B. Oliver & Co. filed a com- plaint with them. With this as a basis of operation fnspector J. W. Erwin laid out a plan for the detection and capture of the culprit. Asa resuit Simon Bendit isnow in jail charged with 1llegaily opening let- ters addressed to another. On Wednesday morning about 11:30 F. B. Oliver left his office, and as he was going out noticed two ietters in his box in the hallway. Oae of these he noted par- ticularly, as it was from his wife. He re- turned half an hour later, and seeing no letters in the box asked his clerk for his nrail. He was informed, much to his sur- prise, that there was none. He at once notified the postal authori- ties and the matier was placed in the hands of Mr. Erwin. The latter prepared two decoy letters on Thursday and placed them in Oliver’s box. One of his assistants was placed on guard. This gentleman, however, ieft his post at noon for lunch, and when he returned one of the letters was'gone. The next aay two new decoys were dropped in Oliver’s box, and at noon the former watcher was re- lieved by Mr. McCormack. Mr. McCor- mack was not on duty long before he saw a man enter the hallway in which Oliver’s box, with a number of others, was located, return to the doorway, look careiully up and down the street, close the glass .door leading into tne street and then begin fishing in the boxes with a split stick. Mr, McCormack without further delay rushed "across the street from his station and was in time to see his man drop the stick. Mec- Cormack picked up the stick and placed the suspect under arrest, though he had not succeeded in abstracting any letters. The prisoner proved to be Simon Bendit, who in August, 1894, had been arrested, tried and convicted of forgery and sen- tenced to five years’ imprisonment. He succeeded, however, in getting & new trial, in which tbe jury disagreed, and on March 20 of this year he was reieased, arter being confined in the County Jail for about one and a half years. ‘When Bendit was brought before In- spector Erwin on Friday he had a package of about a aozen pairs of ladies’ gloves in his band. He explained thattuney had been intrusted to bhim_ by a drummer named Smith to take to Nathan Goldtree, his uncle. Ap investigation disclosed the fact that the gloves had evidently been re- turned by mail as damaged to Steinberger & Kahsher and taken from that firm’s box by thée prisoner. He was examined before Commissioner Heacock yvesterday, and in aefault of $1000 bail was returned to the County Juil to await a hearing on Tuesday. The authorities believe they have the man who has been causing such serious inconvenience to the merchants by sys- tematically raiding t letter-boxes. LN e i THE King published some weeks ago in THE SUNDAY CALL, but the result of that picture has been that Mr. McCormick is about to lead Miss Macy to the altar. Sirange to suy, it was not Miss Macy’s picture that appeared in the paper, but tiat of one of the same '‘team,” as they say in variety parlance, and thereby hangs a tale. The Vassar Quartet consisted, for it ex- ists no longer, oi Miss Cora Macy, Miss Josie_Intropedi, Miss Blanche Chapman and Jo Sturgis. Jo was the manager of the ‘‘team” and he always showed a strong penchant for having things his own way. He .was thoroughly imbued with the idea that of all the fair singers Blanche Chapman was the only one that merited the name of a star, and his fiat had gone forth that only Miss Chapman should be pictured by the press. In blissful 1gnorance ot this invidious distinction made by the manager, the Or- pheum sent an attractive photograph of Miss Josie Intropedi to THE CALL several aays before the Vassar Quartet arrived from the East. The first thing Sturgis saw, on taking up the paper on the morn- ing after his arrival, was the picture of Miss Intropedi. “‘Ahal” he said, “this girl has been sending on_her picture, she imagines she is our star, I will show her she is not,” and he went down like a cyclone to the management, and gave them a é)iece of his mind, which shook the placid calm of the management to its foundations. As a sop to Cerberus the management promised Sturgis 10 move heaven and earth to get Miss Chapman’s picture in the paper next week, but as the days pro- gressed every one decided that Miss Macy would make a prettier picture, and toward the midale of the week the press agent ab- stracted Miss Macy’s picture by stealth from its piace in the case, where it hung among the other vaudeville stars, and tried to brave himself to give that for publication. The absence of the picture was at once detected by the vigilant Sturgis, and he raised such trouble about it that the ma; agement decided that henceforth the Vas- sar Quartet should go pictureless as far as it was concerned. Cora Macy and Josie Intropedi never heard the end of the pic- ture grievance, though. There were wranglings and jealousies and bickerings about it every day, and at last, aiter the “‘team” bad played out its engagement here and had gone to Los Angeles, the mutual indignation which had first been engendered by the publication of the pic- ture reached such a pitch that the mem- bers of the Vassar Quartet could no longer appear on the same stage in harmony. Stiurgis shook the dust of Los Angeles off his feet, declaring that he no longer wanted to be manager for a team which defied him in the matter of getting pic- tures in the papers. Cora Macy and Josie Intropedi replied tearfully that they had nothing to do with it, but they were nev- ertheless left 1n Los Angeles to shift for themselves, with nothing to f#ll back on but a nttle ready money and their ward- robes. In this dilemma they made up their minds to return to San Francisco and rehearse a new act as *he Vassarduet. Directiy after their return here Miss Cora Macy met A. J. McCormick, to whom she had been introduced during the days of theVassar Quartet. The acquaint- ance which had been interrupted by the tour to Los Angeles was renewed with such ardor on the gentieman’s r-art that the pair are now engaged and will shortly be married. Miss Cora Macy says that if it had not been for the picture there never would have been trouvle in the Vassar Quartet, and if there had not been trouble the quartet would have gone East trom Los Angeles, ana if it had goue KEast she would not have met A. J. McCor- mick azain, which s equivalent to saying that she is about to be married, entirely on account of ti.e picture. Miss Josie Intropedi has joined the Tivoli forces, and will appear in “Jack and the Beanstalk.” ¥or Christmas. The following appeal is self-explanatory: 01 Pills 1s Beécham's—BEECHAM'S 1The seventy-two children gathered together in the San Francisco Nursery for Homeless Children again appesl to the generosity of their many friends and ask their assistance to make joyous the coming Christmas holidays. Dounations of money, bedding, clothing, tood or gifts for the Christmas-tree will be most gratefully received at 2118 Pacific avenue, or at the nursery, 570 Harrison street, any time before noon December 24, 1896. The nursery receives, shelters and maintains all aban- doned children, regardless of seX, nationality or religion. Respectfully yours, SUSIE WELLS, 2118 Pacific avenue, president Girls’ Auxili- ary. P.S.—All donations should be marked with the name and address of the donor, in order that they may receive proper acknowl- edgment. SENATOR LUCHSINGER. Heo Says That Economy Will Be the Keynote at the Coming Session of the Legislature. J. J. Luchsinger, Republican State Senator-elect from Solano County, came down from Vallejo last evening on a business trip. Incidentally he spoke of the work that was in hand for the next Legislature, He reports that the sentiment of the people of the interior is in favor of a more economical administration of the State and county governments, and their repre- sentatives in the Senate and the Assem- bly will be asked to introduce bills or amendments for the purpose of bringing about that desirable condition of affairs. The agriculturists of California are not the only ones who have suffered by the stress of falling prices during the past year. The storekeepers, mechanics and artisans in the interior bave suffered equally with them, and as their incomes, precarious at best, have been scaled down, they think it no more than right that State and county officers should be scaled down also and that taxes should be de- creased in every possible way. Tae next thing in importance before the coming session will be the adoption of a new primary election law. The wrang- lings, the ballot-box stuffing and other diseraceful episodes of primary elections must he done away with. It is proposed to have all parties hold their primaries on the same day and in the same booths and ail the names of the aelegates or can- didates be voted for on one ballot, just as at a rezular election. Several Californian inventions of voting- machines will be examined by the mem- bers with an idea of adopting a simple and comparatively inexpengsive one. —————————— OALIFORNIA SALMON EGGS. Twenty-Six Millions Being Exported From Battle Creek Station. The United States Fish Commission’s new station at Battle Creek, Tehama County, will close this week for the sea- son, after having proved itself the most successiul salmon-producing station ever established by the Government. The out- put of eggs is 100 per cent greater than that of any other station. This week and next week it will have shipped Kast, to Europe and to different places on this coas! 26,000,000 Sacramento River salmon eggs. The United States Fish Commission car No, 3 is now on its way east with 5,000,000 of these eggs, to be hatched and planted in the Susquehanna and Hudson rivers and the different New England rivers tributary to the Atlantic, the inten- tion of the National commission being to make a determined effort to grow Sacra- mento River salmon 1n Atlantic waters. The same car also carried a case contain- ing 100,000 eggs that are to be forwarded to the Freach Government and hatched atone of its stations on_the river Seine, and another case containing 50,000 eggs consigned to the German Government. This week the commission will forward 3,000,000 eggs from Battle Creek station to Clackamas station, in Oregon; 2,000,000 more to the United States Fish Commis- sion’s station at Baira, Cal., and 15,000,000 10 the California Fish Commission’s sta- tion at Sisson. ‘The commission confidently claims that the Battle Creek station, when properly equipped, is capable of producing 50,000,000 salmon eggs annually. It will endeavor to obtain an appropriation from the pres- ent Congress sufficient to provide such equipment as may be necessary to prnvida\ for the possibilities of the station. ——————— FOR WESTMINSTER OHUROH. Dramatic and Musical Recital to Be Given Next Tuesday. There will be a grand dramatic and mu- sical recital at the Young Men’s Christian Association auditorium next Tuesday evening for the benefit of the new Presby- terian church, on the corner of Page and ‘Webster streets. The feature will be a dramatic reading by Elizabeth Strong Worthington, who will give the thrilling story of ‘‘Reuben Heath” in three parts. The story is full of dramatic interest and is specially adapted to elicit all the genius of the elocutionist. Her faculty in delineating the humorous side of buman nature will be demonstrated in her reading of “‘Aunt Mehalay and the Britishers.” Mrs. Worthington will be assisted by the California Quartet, Miss E'la McCloskey, soloist, and Miss Hattie Lenocre, pianist. All in all, a specially attractive entertain- ment is looked for. The affair has been arranged by the la- dies of the church, led by Mrs. C. 8. Capp, Mrs. R. B. Milroy and Mrs. E. L. Fisher. A LONELY SPOT TO DIE. James Gill Found at Bakers Beach Suffering From Knife Wounds. The employes of the life-saving station at Bakers beach found an old man on Fri- day, in the brush near the station, suffer- ing from six jagged knife wounds in the neck and two in the left wrist. He had evidently attempted suicide, his intention being to sever the jugular vein. When taken to the Receiving Hospital he gave his name as James Gill and his place of residence 3006 Steiner street. His wounds were dressed by Doctors Weil and Bunnell. Although it was obvious that the old man had attempted suicide from illness and dqundency he persisted in his state- ment that another man had done the cutting and then placed the knife in his left hand, leaving him to die. ———— Arrested for Burglary. George Moore was arrested Friday morn- ing on complaint of Thomas Daly, who resides on Sixth street, and booked at the Southern Ppolice station on a charge of burglary. Daly alleges that Moore entered his room and stole a package of clothing, sn alarm clock and sev- eral trinkets of little value. When Moore was arrested the stolen property was found in his poesession, which will be used as evidence agsinst him. Its New Officers. The Cosmopolitan Culinary Society has elected the following officers: Auguste Loyez, president; Paul Debauge, vice-president; Auguste Faure, secretary; Charles Grell, vice- s:cretary; Jules Pourguet, treasurer; Julien Tieulie, vice-treasurer; Leon Largente, archi- vist; trusiees—Paul Debauge, Camiile Roy and Leopold Ligon. —_———— e — NEW TO-DATY. Nearly all first-class grocers sell Old Grist Mill Wheat Coffee. If yours doesn’t, enter a protest. He can easily procure it from his wholesaler. % You ought to try it, because it is delicious and healthful. thE.R & WRIGHTINGTON, HAMEL'S APPEAL WAS T0 DEATH Dissatisfied With a Court’s Decison He Took His Life. Romantic Agreement Which Was Not Good at Law. Despondent at the Prospective Loss of His Propsrty He Turned On the Gas. Joseph Hamel, aged 58 committed suicide at his resiaence, 3422 Eighteenth street, Friday night. Judge Seawell recently de- cided a suit adversely to Hamel, and it is undoubtedly this fact which caused his despondency. The suit disclosed a romantic story. For years Hamel and Miss Margaret Buckmaster had lived together. On her death she left all her property by Jdeed of gift to Hamel. Her brother, John Buck- master, sought to have the deed annulled. According to the plaintiff Hamel had used artifices of all kinds, includingdrugs calculated to affect the mind, to mold Miss Buckmaster to his will in the dis- position of her property. This Hamel denied. The case was in charge of At- torney Nowlin, the amount involved being about $6000. ““We had been friends from childhood,” said Joseph Hamel in speaking of Mar- garet Buckmaster, ‘‘and as, years went by and it seemed that neither of us waslikely to wed we agreed to live together as brother and sister, and we did.”” Such was the testimony which Joseph Hamel gave before Judge Seawell in an action hrou'fht by John ‘Buckmaster, a brother of Margaret, to have a deed in which his deceased sister had granted all her earthly effects to Hamel set aside. Judge Seawell evidently did not con- sider the agreement sufficient considera- tion and he sustained the action. By the terms of the agreement under which Miss Buckmaster and Hamel dwelt under the same roof, each was to bequeath to the other all property of which he or she was possessed at the time of death and the survivor was to pay all funeral ex- penses. Hamel lived up to the latter por- tion of the agreement as Miss Buckmaster bad to the former, He paid the funeral expenses of his friend and caused a monument to be erected over her grave. The decision of Judge SBeawall gave him littie hope of re- imbursement and his title to the house in which he lived was destroyed. He had a little other property, a house and !ot on Mission street, but not of sufficient value to keep him in comfortable circumstances. He was alone and he could see but one refuge—death. The means by which he ended his life were the same as the deadly agency in the double tragedy of the day before. He in- dited a long, rambling letter, setting forth the details of his troubles, to his sfi’sler, Mrs. Frank Langan of Gold Hill, ev. the gas and apparently stood waiting for the deadly stupor. Joseph Cruza, a friend of Hamel, called at the Eighteenth-street residence yester- day morning. He knocked at the door and rcceived no answer. Then he thought he detected the odor of gas. He hastened to a police station and secured the services of Officer W.J. Dodge, who broke open the door. Stretched out at full length, Curza beheld the body of his friend. The romance was over. WOMEN OF ’96 BAZAAR. A Sale of Work to Aid the Children’s Home - Finding Society of California. A bazaar will be given next Wednesday, Thdrsday, Friday and Saturday at 420 Sut- ter street by the Women of ’96 in aid of the Children’s Home-finding Society. It is stated that only the money value will be asked for articles, which will include dolls, fancy work, art and all sorts of things which can be utilized for Christ- mas presents. The booth will include a conundrum art gallery, a candy-store and a refreshment booth, as well as a table of fortune, palmistry, ete. The feature of Saturday afternoon will be an exhibition of the modern ark. This is merely a 10-cent market basket, but it will contain one of the helpless infants for whom the Children’s Home-finding So- ciety finds homes. The child will be on exhibition on its way to its new home, and will hold its reception from 2till5P. M. Children will be admitted free of charge, but are asked not to forget some donation, The Women of '96 is a club organized for study, seli-improvement and charita- ble purposes. —————— ATHLETIOS IN THE ARMY. Preparaticns for a Great Field Day at the Presidio. Athletic contests in the army are becom- ing popular and engaging alike the atten- tion of commissioned officers and enlisted men. The recent athletic sports at the Presidio, in which the Third Artillery and First Infantry contended for honors and prizes, stimulat:d so much interest in army circles that steps have been taken to provide a contest in which all the troops in the Department of California may par- ticipate. At army headquarters in the Phelan bujlding to-morrow afternoon a board of officers will convene to consider the sub- ject. The officers composing the board are: Captain James 8. Pettit, First Infan- try; First Lieutenant John M. Neall, Fourth Cavalry; First Lieutenant R. C. Croxton, First Infantry, and First Lieu- tenunts Eugene T. Wilson and William G. Haan, Third Artillery. The order concerning the board ema- nates from General Forsyth, the depart- ment commander. Measures will be taken to procure prizes of a character to invite active competition. The board will prob- ably hold sessions for several days, and on the Presidio field. The co-operation of public-spirited eiti- zens of San Francisco, especially in the work of providing prizes, will be wel- comed. It 1sunderstood that cash prizes will not be offered, but articles for the adornment of company quarters, or trophies which may be defended by or- ganizations, will be acceptable. ————— Testimon Concert. At the auditorium of the Young Men’s Christian Association to-morrow evening a testimontal concert to W, H. Holt, the organist and choirmaster of Grace Episcopalian Church, will be given. It is under the direction of Frank Coffin, the well-known tenor. Bernard Moilenhauer is down for two violin solos, and Dr. Tom Hill will vary the musical portion with a recitation. The Press Club quartet and the Grace Church cholr will render several glees and choruses, and 1. Homer Henley, barytone, and Frank Coffin some of their fa- vorite solos. 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