The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 15, 1897, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1897. CRIMINAL CHARGES IN THE FAIR CASE Ex-Notary James J. Cooney in Custody on a Charge of Perjury. All the Parties Making the Fight for Mrs. Craven May Be Arrested. | Charles L. Fair Becomes Aggressive‘; and Interest in the Fair Litigation | Takes a New Spurt. | | Ex-Notary J. J. Cooney was arrested yesterday morning on a charge of perjury. | The charge is based upon his deposition | in the Craven ejectment suit, in which he declared that James G. Fair personally appeared before him to certify to the Craven deeds on September 27, 1894, and | that be (Cooney) made out the certificates | and attacLed them to the deeds on that day. The arrest did not come as a surprise to those who have followed the ramifications | of the “Fair will case,” tor the attorneys | for the heirs have hinted frequently of their intention to make such a move, Cooney himself declares he was not sur- prised, as he was given to understand that something of the kind was in the air. The warrant was issued Wednesday evening by Judge Carroll Cook. It was turned over to Captain Lees, who detailed Detectives Seymour and | Revnolds. They served it upon Cooney at 8 o’clock yesterday morning. He was | taken to the City Prison, and at 10 o’clock | before Judge Cook, who read the long | complaint and advised him of his rights. The matter then went over until 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Cooney not being repre- sented by counsel. In the afternoon At- torney Patrick Reddy appeared for Cooney, and W. W. Foote was present on behalf of Nettie R. Craven—to look after her inter- | ests. Judge Cooney, the father of James J. Cooney, was also present. District Attorney Barnes represented the eople, supported by Attorneys Knight & | Heggarty and Reuben Lioyd. Mr, Reddy stated to the court that he was not familiar with the circumstances, | aad with this consideration the case was | carried over until Monday morning at 11 | o'clock. The bail was reduced from $10, 000, #s named in tie warrant, to $5000, | and later in the day it was furnished. | The complaint on which the warrant was issued was drawn up by District At- | ney Barnes and sworn to by Charles L. o long story of the Fair liti- Nettie R. Craven sought to lish her right and title to the two | pieces of property, one located on an- | some and Pine streets and the other on | Mission and Eleventh streets, by present- | ing two deeds purporting to bave been | made in her favor by James G. Fair. At- | tached to these deeds were certificates of ment bearing the signature | tamp of James J. Cooney as notary public and the date of the alleged acknowledgment, September 27, 1894 | The deposition of Notary Cooney in the suits in ejectment brought by Mrs. Craven | to recover possession of the property was | y Charles W. ! taken pefore Notary Public Smyth, December 11, 1896, and afterward | Decemper 21, 18%. Cooney in both in stances, it is set lorth, swore that Senator | Fair did personally appear before him on | the of September, 1394, and as | he, Cooney, made out and signed the two certificates of acknowledgment which were attached to the deeds, he, Cooney, | “well knowing this statement to be false and untrue, did willfully commit perjury.” | The deposition taken December 21 was | conducted by George A. Knight in the offices of Knight & Heggariy. The wit- ness was questioned minutely, and- over | and over again, as to the p: used in making these ceruificates, where he purchased it. and why he hai pur- chased it when at the time he bad other blank certificates wherein his name was printed. The witness could not tell at what sta- | tionery store he bad bought the blanks | but said that he frequentiy used bianks other than those having his name printed | in them, upon bis patron’s request. The | lower edgzes of the certificates were | clipped off. Tle witness was asked why | he did this and his answer was that they were too wide to conform to the size of | legal cap and that he clipped them to| make them conform. | These are the points upon which, it is | understood, tie prosecution for perjury is based. It is alleged by the attorneys for the heirs and for the estate that the answers do not meet the facts; that the certificates are really not as wide as legal | cap by fully an inch, and that clipping | the lower edges would certainiy not help | the matter. The real purpose of clipping | the lower edges, they say, was to cut off | the name of the printer of the blank and the number of the issue, that carries with it the date of the issue. They claim to have discovered the identity of the printer and the date of the | issue through the water mark in the paper, which first disciosed the manu- facturer of the paper. They claim to be able to prove that the paper was notin | existence at the time that Cooney swears he used it as a certificate of acknowledg- | ment, September 27, 1894, They claim to | have vroof of all this. T Expensive experts have been working over the deeds for months at the in- stance of Charles L.Fair and his attor- neys, and it is from them that the lawyers | claimed to have received their cue in these particulars, but they say they will be able to make out their case without the aid of experts. District Attorney Barnes claims to have | every confidence in the case as siated. He bas prepared two other complaints, charg- ing perjury, based upon Cooney’s com- plainis ugainst Charles Fair for damages. Fair, it wili be remembered, declared | the deeds to_be forgeries and in a news- | paper interview charged Cooney with per- jury. Cooney then brought suit for damages tor this alleged slander, in which he repeated the statement as 10 his having made the certificates on the date named. These affidavits form the basis for the other two charges of perjury. Mr. Cooney was complacency itself yesterduy through all these circum- stances. “I was not surprised at my arrest,”” he | said. “I have understood there was some- thing in the wind for some time. I saw the detectives pass the house last evening, and 1mmediately surmised what was up. I don’t understand why they have delayed so long, however. This firsy deposition was taken six or seven months ago. The second deposition was taken about two or three weeks ago. I testihed | to the same thing in regard to the appear- ance of Senator Fair before me in the sec- ond deposition as I did in the first. “I can't see,” he contiuued, *why they should prefer such a charge against me at this time, seeing that the case is set for two weeks hence. I can see no other cause for my arrest than to injure me and my reputation. The last deposition was taken merely for the purpose of covering the second deposition, and there is no ex- cuse in 50 much delay and in letting so long a time intervene in preferring the charges.against me. I still geiterate the matter in both depositions.’ Mr. Cooney was released on_bonds fur- nished by his mother, Mrs. M. Cooney, | Mrs. and Jobn Higgins. Higgins owns a hotel on Broadway, between Sansome and Bat- tery. Itis broadly hinted that other arrests will follow between this and_the date of the trial of the ejectment suits two weeks hence. It is claimed by attorneys in the case that all the parues in interest and all the principal witnesses in those suits will be arrested, including Elizabeth Haskins, Stephen R. berts, George E. Williams and John G. Ro Haskins, Mre. Craven's friend, they say will be charged with perjnry and uttering a forgery. She has testitied that she saw Senator Fair hand the deeds to Mrs. Craven; that she was present when Senator Fair wrote the pencil will, and asked him if he had made provisions in it for Mrs. Craven; that he drew from his pocket the deeds, saying, ‘I have provided for her in another way. On this testimony it is the plan of the attorneys for the heirs to prosecute Mrs. Haskins for perjury on this testimony and also for “‘utiering a forgery’’—that s, of accrediting a paper knowing it to be a forgery. : Stephen R. Roberts is the confidential friend of and has power of attorney irom Mrs. Craven. He and George R. Wil- liams, attorney, put the deeds on record | and for that they are to be prosecuted for | “utrering a forgery.” Jobn G. Barker is a new fhgure in the play. Heis said to have assisted the others in various ways and he may be prosecuted for conspiracy. It 1s also hioted that there is a plan to finally arrest Mrs. Craven—so that all the par- ties contending for the validity of the Craven deeds will very likely be under bonds to answer some charges hanging over them in the criminal court when the contest for the property which Mrs, Craven cleims is her own, through gift from Senator Fair, shall come on for trial. Captain Lees, while speaking with con- fidence of the proof in the Cooney case, said yesterday: “So faras I know there are no more warrants to be issued and the whole affair should rest where 1t is.” THE S P, AFTER DIGHITY Be All the Other Raiiroads to Left Lonesome in the Cold. A Chinese Embassy of Sixty High and Accredited O.ficials Due Here in a Few Weeks. In a few weeks there'is to leave Hong- kong a distinguished company of sixty high Chinese officials, draped in yellow gowns and decorated with nodding feathers of various but not less variegated degzree than the imperial peaccck plumes. This embassy, its feet encased in gondola- s.aped shoes, its figures willowy in flow- ng silken robes and kowtowing right and left on land and sea, is coming to take possession of the Celestial quarters main- tained at Washington, D. C., to represent the power of the Chinese empire and the dignity of the Manchu dynasty. There will be a great retinue of servants, body-guards, secretaries, cooks, hair- dressers and chopsticks, all of whom must also be trapsported to Washington to grace the incoming of William McKiuley, the advance agent of prosperity, in the ear of the kowtowing high officiais. This is said to be a plan of Mark Hanna’s. ‘The present representative of the Manchu dynasty at Washington is to take his turn as Embassador at the court of St. Peters- burg to hagele with Nicholas as to the number of square miles of China that is to be added to thelarge section of Oriental earth over which the Czur is still Czar. Nicholas may learn a trick or two in railroad transportation manipulation for use on the great Siberian hine, when it is spiked into Vladivostock, by a pleasant little competition that is now going on among American rai‘roads for the honor and protit of carrying the distinguished Chinese delegation from San Francisco to Clevelandville, McKinley County, D. C, As to particular information Nicholas may get it by applying to Li Hung Chang anid sner Ollis: P Yav(ington. Iate ot Washington, D. C., asa Calilornia. Some time ago the Southern Pacific and the Central Pacific railroads, and the Eastern lines running out of Ogden, united in the establishment and maintenance of a harmonious oriental azency at Yoko- hama, in the Flowery Kingdom. T. D. McKuy, an experienced railroad agent, was made chief of the oriental bureau, the object of which is to turn the tide of passenger and freight traffic to America via San Frencisco and the California coast much irom via Brindisi and the Suez Capal as possible, and more from the Union Pacific, Northern Pacific, Great Northern and Canadian Pacificlines to the north, and on the Columbia River and Puget Sound. Mr. McKay, who is stationed at Yoko- hama, with fransportation on anvthing and everything that floats on the Yellow Sea, is awate of the approaching trip of this imposing array of Chinese officials and is doing his best to route them in ac- cordance with the general plan so that all the railroads will secure a share of the re- ceipte. It was intimated yesterday, and quite accurately, that the expense of the trip of this embassy from Hongkong to Washington, D. C., including first-class sleepiug-car and other accommodations from Sen Francisco, will be fully $10,000, which is a neat sum to pick up any day, even by a railroad. It transpired yesterday that the elusive Southern Pacific Company has gone on a stiil hunt for this $10,000 bag of business. The aim is to route the Chinese embassy over the ‘‘Sunset Limited’’ from San Fran- cisco to New Orleans. This would not | only be a considerable advertisement for the “Sunset Limited” through the em- bassy traveling in state, but Mr. Hunt- ington’s active agents would be abie to turn into the Huntington coffers almost the entire $10,000. Of course the Southern Pacific would not plunge scross the narrow iron bridge between the hea’quarters of its two roads at Market and Montgomery streets to pro- test against the share it might receive going to its present master. The howl would come from the Eastern fines run- ning out of Utah. They would not get a cent. The consequence may be tran:con- tinental passenger agreement eruptions of a seismic nature, Furthermore, the Southern Pacific has sent a special Chinese emissary to act as the envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary from Messrs. Mills, Good- men and Huntington to the court of Pe- king to route the embassy via the “Sunsec Limited.”” Mr. Huntington is said to have a powerful friend and ally within the sacred precincts of the Manchu court. Recalling Li Hung Chang’s recent visit to this country and that notable interview Mr. Huntington had with bim in New York it is not so difficult as an_ algebraic problem to guess whose peacock feather it is at Peking that bows low beiore the throna for Huntington. Li Hung Chang cordially invited Mr. Huntington to come over to China, join him in & bowl of rice and buiid a fow rail- roads to develop the Celestial wiiderness. Mr. Huntington is reported to have re- plied to Li that he would come, and io have made him a present of an up-to-date New York companion coffin for use at the time they might be buried side by side. — Another Chinese Club. The Pioneer Chinese Merchants' Club has been incorporated for the purpose of supply- ing rooms for reading and other sociul pleas- ures to the members of the club. The in- corporators are: Lew Ling, Lew Koou, Lew Way, Chew Yen, Lee On. — For business men or country merchants the Russ House is tise best place in 8. F.* KERRIGAN TO BE PRESIDING JUSTICE A New Combinatiofi That Has Broken the Deadlock. Groezinger and Cook Will Each Have Eight Months in the Place. Barry and C-rroll Were Not Consulted in the Matter and Are Out in the Ccld. Frank H. Kerrigan will be elected Pre- siding Justice of the Peace to-day by the votes of himself and two of his confreres, with whom the honors of the next two years are to be divided. The presiding justiceship is usually a bone of contention, and this has proven to be the case since the recent election. Fach of the Jusiices desired the extra title and pay for himself, and as a result there was a deadlock for some little time. Of course Justice Carroll being a Demo- crat and his four fellow Justices Republi- cans was not considered in the matter, though his vote would have been accept- Frank H. Kerrigan, Who Will Be Elected Presiding Justice To-Day. able to one candidate had the combination fallen right. Several efforts were made to get the Justices to azree on a division of the two vears 10 which they have just been elected, but no progress was made because one Justice insisted on voting for himse!f and for no one else, while another wanted the first term in the office and would not give way. Thus the matter hung fire until yester- day, when Justice Groezinger, who i3 now ng Justice, and Justices Cook and Kerrigan settled the difference by putting their beads together and apportioning the two years among themselves. According to the plans of the combina- tion Justice Kerrigan willat once be elect- ed to the presiding chair, which he will hold for eight months, and will be followed by Justice Cook, who will be the incum- bent for u like period. Justice Groezinger will take the last eight monthe of the term. By this combination Justice Barry, the fourth Republican Justice, is left out in the cold. He says he is not bothered about the matter because the position is not worth a contest YOUNGEST OF LITIGANTS. A Babe of Eighteen Months a Plaintiff in & Case Before the Supreme Court. The question of how young a litigant may fizure in proccedings before the Su- preme Court has probably just been made manifest in the case of David Cunningham against the Los Angeles Railway Com- pany. David Cunningham, in the lan- guage of a decision handed down in the Supreme Court yesterday, ‘‘was an infant of 13 months,”" This probably beats the age record in litigation before the highest judicial tribunal of tbis State. Little David toddled on the track of the Los Angeles Railway Company’s electric line and was knocked down and injured by the cars. ‘‘He brought this action,” so went the decision, ‘'to recover damages for the in- jury, alleging neglizence by defendant in running over him. From a judgment in his iavor, and an order denying defend- ant’s motion for & new trial, the latter appeals.” he Supreme Court has ordered that a new trial shall be had by reason of errors in the vroceedings in the trial court. There were several errors. One was the cuarging by the trial Judge to the jury *‘that tbe law does not require parents to keep an attendant with their young chil- dren, and that they are not required to shut’ them up. While, abstractly speak- ing, these things are periectly true, such precautions are necessary, under any given circumstances, to constitute ordinar; care for the safety of their children, witl which parents are charged, 1s one of fact for the jury and not for the court to deter- mine as a matter of law.” 8o little David, at the age of a little more than 18 months, will once more appear in court to try to secure damages, asa liticant for having been run over by an electric car which was operated by a new hand, who had been on the line only twelve days. e — BOLCE'S PLAN GROWS. Many Ministers Want to Ald in Inde- pendent Church Work, The Cosmopolitan church, just estab- lished by Rev. Harold Bolce, for some years a well-known newspaper reporter, will begin services at Metropolitan Tem- ple on Sunday night. Rev. G. B. Allen of Oakland, formerly an Episcopal rector at Carson City, has offered to affiliate with the new o1ganiza- tion, and stands ready to organize branches on the coast. The purposes of the church were yester- day set forih in a printed card. The car- dinal principles are aunounced to be: *The establishment of a new Christian so- ciety which shall be without limitin, creed or ordinances,” and the *‘promul- gation of the simple doctrines of Jesus Carist, divested of formalism and the sub- tleties of theolog ———————— ¥ire Department. The Fire Commissioners met yesterday after- noon end appoiuted H. F. Batiingly hoseman of engine 13 and Charles 0'Mailey hoseman of engine 31. The resignations of George Ma- losey of engine 31 and Timothy Fiyun of truck 4 were accepted. William P. Deianey of eugine 28 was fined three days' psy for neglect of duty; Richard Allen, driver of chemical en- gine 1, three days’ pay for kicking one of his trorses, and Frank Gillespie and James J. 0'Connor of truck 7 ten days’ pay for disturb- ing the peace in their engine-house on New Year's morning. GIVEN A RESPITE. Mrs. Ellen Morton’s Home Will Not Be Disturbed for at Least a Week. Mrs. Ellen Morton, whose little home on Fremont street, between Bryant and Har- rison, was ordered removed by the Super- intendent of Streets, gained a respite be- fore the Street Committee of the Board of Bupervisors yesterday. Mrs. Morton is a soldier’s widow, and her case has been taken up by the Grand Army of the Republic. A committee of five from James A. Gar- fiela Post, headed by General Salomon, waited on the committee and_asked that Mrs. Morton be granted time to find a new home. General Salomon addressed ihe com- mittee at some length, stating that it would be a long time before the street was cat through and that consideration should be st.own the aged woman. Supervisor Sheehan moved that the matter be laid over for a week for investi- gation, and the motion was carried after it had been amended to provide for a sus- pension of the order to the Superintend- ent of Streets until the matter can be settled. JOE GET ORDAINED. Bothany Congregationsl Church Added a Chinese Minister to the Fold. Joe Get, a full-blooded C.inaman, re- ceived the rites of ordination at the hands of the ministers of the Congregational creed at Bethany Church last night. In addition to the m mbers of the con- gregation there were about 100 of the Rev. Joe’s counirymen present, accompanied by & haif dozen lady teachers, who are en- gaged in the Sabbath-school work in the church where Joe received his Christian instructions. The following ministers were present and officiated at the service: Rev. G. R. Kendell, Dr. G, C. Adams, Rev. George Mooar, Rev. G. K. McLean, Rev.Gee Gam, who acted as interpreter, and the Rev. Joseph Rowell. A venediclion was pro- nounced by the Rev. Joe Get in good Eng- lisn, with a few words in his native tongue to his associates from the Flowery Kingdom. 13The Rev. Joe Get will labor among his own people in this City. h CICLING DISSENSION Exhibition R ders Not Wanted at the Bicycle Meet To- Morrow. McFarland and Downing’s Off'r to Ride at the L A. W. Benefit Not Accepted. Floyd A. McFarland and Hardy Down- ing, the crack professional racers of the Garden City Cyclers, may nave their pride a trifle shaken when they receive to-day a neatly worded note apiece siating that owing to the already lengthy programme arrangea for the League of American Wheeimen's benefit meet at the Velo- drome\ to-morrow afterncon their kind offers to ride an exhibition mile and hLalf milé must be declined, with thanks, of course. And thereby hangs a tale. When 1t was decided to hold this meet nearly all the racing men came forward and freely volunteered their services. They were glad of an opportunity to assist such a worthy cause as the L. A. W., which was continually fighting for th interests. There were a few exceptio Ziegler pleaded lack of condition; Harry Terrill held back, claiming be expected to give up the racing game; McFarland did not like short races, and so on, but finally, with the exception of Zie:ler, McFarland and Downing, all the professionals on the coast entered. Chapman will have to come down from Napa and Jones and Whitman up from San Jose, but they willingly agreed to come and pay their own expenses. Then McFarland and Downing stepped in and said to help the meet along they would each ride an exhibition. Where- upon the local professional racing contin- gent arose with a howi of dissension. Who were these men who would not enter the actual competitions, but were willing to exhibit hemseives? Were they such stars in the cycle racing firmament? Nay | Nay! If there was any exhibition riding 10 be done there were better known men than they to do it, in fact it was even in- sinuated tbat the San Joseans offered their services for the base motive of ad- r | vertising themselves and the wheels they |1 rode at the instigation, mayhap, of some | shrewd dealer or luckless trainer. At any rate the management has decided that the programme is already too long, that the public cares littie for exhibition rides, and while they wonld be glad to bave MoFarland and Downing enter the competitiop events they would not con- sider their propositions of an exhibition. McFarland’s trouble in Southern Califos- | nia recently with Champion Waiter Foster | is said to have slightly influenced this de- cision, as he has made himself somewhat unpopular in consequence. 'he local men are also grimbling over another Ban Jose worry. Tne Garden City Cyclers will also bave a benefit meet, to take vlace Friday afternoon, January 22, and have been soliciting the aid of the local clubs. This was promised provid- ing the G. C. C.’s sent their men Lere to help the league meet to-morrow. were asked to send Ziegler, but him to make his first appearance at their meet. McFarland and Downing having been declined “with thunks,” the only man they are sending is D. E. Whitman. They have not sent one amateur rider as far as the entry lists disclose. The local clubs believe in reciprocity, and fail to see why they should send twenty or thirty racing men and officials and bhalf a hun- dred or more spectators to San Jose when the latter place sends but one rider here and an uncertain number of spectators. This feeling is growing in strength, and unless a goodly number of Sun Jose spectators come up to-morrow there will be a large falling off in the local men’s enthusiasm for the San Jose meet. The advance sale of seats for the league meet to-morrow has been large and a big crowd will attend. There is & long pro- gramme of interesting events to be run off and the races will start promptly at 2 o'clock in consequence. The Cycle Board gf Trade has taken two boxes for its mem- 218, The Olympic Cyclers will hold a meet- ing at their clubrooms on Post street this evening at 8 o’clock. Nominations for officers for the ensuing year will be made and arrangements completed for several interesting outings in the near future. As this is the lirst regular meeting 1n several months members are particularly re- quested to attend *by President Joseph F. Coffey. . E. Stoddard of the Bay City Wheel- men is back from his trip to Los Angeles. George E. Dixon, the popular Vie.odrome announcer, returned from S-‘:nmenw yesterday for a short rest from his legis- lating duties, ————— Johnson Held, Ellis Free. William Ellis and William J. Johuson, who were recently arrested in the Mission by the police for passing and possessing counterfeit money, were before United States Commis- sioner’ Heacock yesterdey. Ellis was dis- charged because the evidence was notsuffi- cient to convict. Johnson, however, was held for trial. He had all of the counterieit money at the time of arrest. Things look rather dark for Johnson. Two years ago he was arrested on asimilar charge, but escaped punishment. | HEALTH OFFIERS MEAN BUSINESS Proposed Legislative Bills Sweeping in Their Nature. First to Be Submitted to the Industrial Council for Indorsement. Some of the Provisions. Will M k- the Position of Health Official No Sinecure. Inability to carrv out the methods it thonght best for the proper sanitary con- ditions has long been a thorn in the side of the Beard of Health of this City and County. This theme has been a favorite morsel and on the 11th inst. crystallized in the form of three bills for submission to the Legislature. Next Saturday afternoon these pro- posed bills will be placed before the Council of Associated Industries of Cali- fornia with the expectation of their being indorsed. They will then be sent to Sac- ramento and their adoption urged upon the members of the Legislature. An idea of their sweeping nature and the importance that will be vested in the position of the Board of Health in case these bills become laws may be gieaned from a brief summary of them. The longest and most important of the measure proposed is entitled, “An act to promote the public health and to prohibit aqi@ prejudicial thereto.” Section 1 provides that no person, firm, cor- poration, etc., shall do anything prejudicial to the public health, or fail fo do auything in the way of mitigating a known danger, Section 2 empowers the Board of Health to define what is dangerous to the public healta and what constitutes an omission of duty. section 3 provides that no keeper of a hotel, lodging-house, or any place at which food is s0ld, shall offer as food anything unwhole- some. Section 4 states that no article of food shall be offered as such labeied under a false name, or represented to be of a quality which it18 not. séetion 5 provides that no teacher, manager, board, or anybody connected with & public o private scnool, of any public or private build- ing where human beings may assemble, shall do anything or make any omission which may endanger the lives of those so assembled. Section 6 provides that no owner, keeper or teuant of any buildingshall allow anything to remain or anything to happen dungerous to the life of human being. Section 7 is a strong provision. It isnoth- ing more or less than that no water shall be druvk from any well except under and pur- sfiant to the conditions of & permit in writing us obtained from the Board ol Heaith of such Section 8 provides that a sanitary code shall be formulated by the adoption of certain 1ules by the Board of Health of a city of over 25,000 inhabitants within ninety davs of the prssage of the proposed act. Section 9 provides for _the publication of the code, and that & violation of any of its pro- visions or amendments shall conatitute s mis- demeanor for each day’s offense. The next act is entitled, “An act to con- fer powers upon the Boards of Health of municipalities and counties in the State.” 1ts provisions, which follow, are short but devisive: Scction 1 provides that the Board of Health of every municipality or county shall have power to.compel the attendance of witnesses to testify on Infractions of sanitary iaws. Section 2 regulates the manner of issuing subpeni Section 3 provides that if any person, when subpenaed, fails to attend or refyses to an- swer any questions, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and each refusal shall con- stitute a separate offense. The last proposed actis entitled, “An act to confer further powers upon the Boards of Health of the municipalities and counties of this State.” It is almost without limitation. Section 1 proviaes that the Boara of Health of & county or municipality shall have the same powers in legislating upon sanitary mat- ters as the Board of Supervisors or Common Council to declare certain acts crimes and to prescribe the punishment therefor. Section 2 provides how these acts shall be passed. The third and last section states that in case any conflict shall arise or exist between ordinances adopted by the Common Council or Board ot Supervisors and_the Board of Health the law of the latter shall prevail. RICH GIFT ACKNOWLEDGED The Protection and Relief Soclety Receives Money From the Pear- sons Estate. The annual meeting of the San Francisco Ladies’ Protective and Relief Society took place in the parlors of the Orphans’ Home yesterday afternoon. Rev. Dr. Stebbius opened the meeting with a prayer. There areat the present time 237 children in the home. One hundred of them attend the public schools, ana the remaining number are taught in classes at the insti- tution. Only one death has occurred in the last five years. Miss A. W. Beaver, treasurer, read the aunuai report on finances, mentioning the receipt of $11,000 from the Pearsons es- tate, according to the recent decision of the Supreme Court. Mrs. P. B. Cormyall, corresponding sec- retary, acknowledged all gifts, attentions and courtesies to the children of the home during the year. Much is needed in the way of alteration at th» home, but the ladies hope to be able to extend the improvements in the near future. The following officers were elected for the year: Mrs. George Barstow, president; Mrs. 8. W. Dennis, vice-president; Miss Alice Brown, re- cording secrciary; Mrs. P. B.Corawall, cor- responding secrétary; Mis-'A. W. Benver, tress- urer; manugers for 1896—Mrs, L. S. Adams, Mrs. George Barstow, ) George W. Bowers, Charles Clayton, Mrs. N. P. Cole, Mrs. P. B. Cornwall, Mrs. 'S, W. Dennis, Mrs. J. H. Fiint, Miss Teen Goodall, Mrs. Moses Hopkins, Miss Kate F. Hutchinson, Mrs. N. G. Kittle, Miss Isabel Lowry, Mrs. John Morton, Mrs. W. Mayo Newhall. Mrs. Le Roy Nichol, Mrs. E. B. Pond, Mrs. J. R. Sims, Mrs. A. P. Talbot, Mrs. H. P. Wakelee, Mrs. 'C. 5. Wright; honorary manager, Mrs, L. Aigeltinger; trustees for 1897—Henry L. Dodge, Horace Davis, J. S. Hutchinson, C. F. Crocker, J. B. Crockett. o — WILL ATTEND THE OARNIVAL Eastern Organizations Which Are Pre- paring to Come Here. Charles S. Hoyt, secretary of the com- mittee of the Cleveland Grays of Cleve- land, Ohio, has written to the carnival committee saying that the company has taken immediate action upon the invita- tion to attend the Carnival of the Golden Gate. The chairman appointed a com- mittee, consisting of Major W. F. Reese, Quartermaster W. W. Hay ward, President F. B. Skeels, Sergeant Charles S. Hoyt and Corporal H. P. Sheepe. This com- mittes has been instructed to procure rates and consider the niost feasible plans to bring about the proposed trip and re- port to the organization the result of their efforts on the first Monday in_April. The “‘Old Guard” of New York, one of the most prominent military and social organizations of veterans of the war, has been invited to attend the carnival. Emil | L. Phillips, an old San Franciscan, has | been delegated to extend the invitation | immediately. Inquiries regarding the meeting to be held at the California Hotel to-night were numerots at the headquarters yesterday. The prospects of a largeattendance of the representatives of the organizations and business men generally are considered ex- ceilent by the carnival committee. The new programme outlined by Direc- tor Friedlander will be presented to the public for the first time. It contains a number of striking features which promise to make carnival week the most noted one in the history of S8an Francisco. - ————— A GRAND CONQERT. It Will Be Given To-Morrow by the Channing Auxiliary. A grand concert will be given by the Channing Auxiliary to-morrow afternoon at tve First Unitarian Church, corner of Franklin and Geary streets. The pro- gramme will be as follows: Sonata for piano and violin, C minor, opus 45—allegro molto es appassionato, ellégretio expressivo alla Romanza, allegro animeto | (Grieg), Miss Bacon and Guilio Minetti; “Herr Heiurich”’ (C. Loews), “Der Erlkeenig” (Schu- bert), Anton Schott; ors | Concert” (Callaerts), Dr. n_Airs” (Wieniswski), Guilio act of ‘Tannhauser” (Wagner)— | introduction, Wolfram; (b) “Pilgrim’s | “Prayer,” Elisabeth; 8 (@ Chorus,” organ; \Ee H (@) “Evening Star,’ Wolfram; (¢) “Narration,’ Tannhauser. e Arrest of a Pool-Seller. John Flynn, proprietor of the poolrcom at | 862 Mission street, was arraigned yesterday before Judge Campbell. The prosecution pro- | | poses to show tha: Flynn permits lads under | 15 years of ageto gamble in his house, on races held cither at Ingleside or Berkeley. The trial was set for next Tuesday, | Late yesterday afernoon another warrant | was issued by Judge Joachimsen for the arrest | of John Doe Boyer, who is interested with Flynnin the Mission-street resort. NEW TO-DAY. AND FU SPECIALS FOR FRI SIX AND **/x00 DOLLARS. EIGHT & **/100 DOLLARS. reserved for country orders. OUR GREAT CLOAK style of this season, like cut ; Boucle or Kerseys; all wool; finish ; finished with mohair braid and olives ; velvet collar slashed; a good $12.50 Jacket. like trimmed ; elegant styles; greens, tans, biues, blacks. Jackets that are worth $20 t0 $30 each. SATURDAY, We guarantee these SPECIALS to be absolutely as advertised, and if you look at them you will acknowledge it. e S R e L B S o KELLY & LIEBE R SALE! DAY & SATURDAY, JACKETS, blues and blacks, finest high silky SPECIAL FOR 2 DAYS— $6.95. ELEGANT FITTING JACKETS, cut; embroidered and fur- some silk-lined; very YOUR CHOICE FRIDAY AND $8.45. “'wenty-=five of each Y Cloak and Suit House, 120 Kearny St. | | | | | | | | | | DUFFY'S PURE WHISK] NN MEDICINAL USE NO FUSEL OIL Winter’s Piercing Winds have no Terrors for those who Use it. A grand family remedy. Refuse substitutes offered by Druggist or Grocer. Pamphlet sentby . DUFFY MALT WHISKEY CO., Rochester, N. Y. BEST TREATHENT 7"\ DR. GOOK OFFICE HOURS: and 2t0 B I Electricity Given When Advisable. 11 you are afflicted do not rely too much upon the recuperative powers of nature, Lose no time in getting back your health. A little medicine now will do more good than a whole drugstore by and by. DR. COOK CURES Al functional dis. e €88¢8 Of tho Heart, Cungs, Liver, Stomach, Kidneys, Bladder and Urinary Organs. Chronie Catarrh and DR. COOK CURES Git"3fimenta of the Eye, Ear, Brain, Nosc and Throat. DR. COOK CURES All Blood and Skin e, Discases aud Piles, Fistula, Rheumaiism and Rupture. | DR. COOK CURES Gonorrhe: Stricture. Gleet, yphilis, Varicocele, Hydrocele and all other sexual de- formities, discases and disabiiities. DR. COOK CURES T‘nsr menhood and long train of dis- Ing Drains, Impoter 0 Sleplessness, ashiulness, Despondency, Stu- | pidity, Loss of Ambition, Unficaess for Pleas | ure, Studx, Business or age, and other | signs of Physical, Mental and Sexual Weak- DR. COOK CURES Erexy form of - Falling or Di Tof the Womb, Painful, Irregular, Scanty or Profuse Menses, Periodi- cal Headache, Leucorrhaes, Nervousiiess, teria and other distressing ailments peculfar to women. JRES by mail. Therefore, DR. COOK CURES \1ii'it sou cannot call. A vaiuable book, devoted to diseases of men, free upon application. Address DOCTOR COOK, 865 Market Street, San Francisco, Cal. (OPPOSITE BALDWIN HOTEL). | 3 § -, Qranye o) i W o\)?g?‘ OF THE AGR LY NEDCH Which is an external and {nternal somedy without an equal, NOT A NEW PREPARATION, BUT ONE THAT HAS STOOD THE TeST OF OVER A QUARTER OF A CENTHRY. Thousands of persons all over the United States gratefully praise Dr. Mar- tin’s Pain Curer and are never without it. The Curer fs free from all injurious and poisonous properties, and is en- tirely vegetable in its composition. It tones up and strengthens the system, purifies the blood, expels bad matter from the organs of the body generally, promotes digestion, regulates the appe tite and secure: healthy state of the system and its various functions. Taken occasionally as a preventive of diseas it keeps the mind cheerful and happy by promoting healthfal aetion of the skin, heart, lungs, stomach, panoreas, bowels, Iixer, kidneys, bladder, spleen, spinal c?umn, and the whole nervous system. It is also especially always WOMAN’S FRIEND, and is unequaled FOR THE PREVENTION AKD GURE —O0F— Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Pains in General, Bowel Complaints, Dys- pepsia, Dysentsry, Cholera Mor- bus, Diphtheria, Sore Throat, Pneumonia, Diibetes, Nervous Complaints, Disease of the Stom- ach and Bowols Generally, Liver Complaints, Iidnoy Complaints, Selatica, Lumbugo, Colds, Coughs, Local and General Debility, Hoad- ache, Earache, Toothache, Sick- nessinStomach Backache, Burns, Swellings, Boils, Sores, Ulcers, Colic, Cramps, Sprains, Friises, ‘calds, Wounds, Costiveness, In- digestiom, Skin Discases, Exces- sive Itchings and many other complaints too numerous to name here. In a word, the great Pain Curer of the Age is an unequaled family remedy. Price: 25¢, 5Cc, $1.00 per Bottle, L _CALLISCH, Wholesale Agzent for the Pacific Coast, Ssn Jose, Cal. 006890904090 0030098909DCCIVIDVIDII B4 D0PIBHD9D¢ 099900008309 00008400909000089009040¢ V0630 DV BBILB0DVVSDOBED OO0 @ For sale by all droggists. The trade supplied by Redington & Co., Mack & Co. and Langley & Michi Francisco. Market St., 8. F, Gl Y