The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 10, 1897, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1897 THOUSANDS WILL COME D. Leubrie on the Growing Interest Among the | Endeavorers. ANXIOUS. HeE S0 | ALL THE EAST IS NOWE | | He Thinks From 40,000 to 55,000 | People Will Attend the | Meeting. T | SOME WILL LOCATE HERE PER-| MANENTLY. | | e ( Elderly Pecple Who Want to Escape | the Cold—Leubric Here to Look Up Various Details, David Leubrie. a representative of the Christian Endezvorer, a Chicago paper with something over 100,000 circulation, is here ompanied by his son, and is at the He has come to California to look up details in reference to the climate, the cost of living and to delve into the various subjects of interest to the Christian En- deavor people and their friends. -He esti- | mates that from 40,000 to 55,000 people | will come here to attend the convention, which meets on July 7 and lasis for six day He says the interest in the convention is growing greatly. Everybody seems to | want to come to California, The recent intensely cold weather has intensified the | desire. Notonly do many of the peopie want to come and see tne State, but some of them are thinking of staying if they can nd suitable locations within their means. specially do the people who have grown d feel the need of spending their deciin- ind days under softer and more genial skies, The Endeavorer newspaper has a plan ts own tosend from 3000 to 4000 vis- here. The round-trip rate fur- nished by the raiiroad from Chicago, St Louis and contiguous places is $51. From | points east of that the rate is one fare for the round trip. | Mr. Leubrie says this will put it within | the means of a vast number of people to come here. They have been wanting to | come for a long time and now is their op- | portunity. | Not only will the Endeavorers come, but their friends and a great many others will take advantage of the rates. He says that as several months are given for the trip they can start a month or two before the convention and will have full opportunity to investigate the various interests of the | State and see its various beauties. Mr. Leubrie lived in California for some time about thirty years ago, so he is better in- formed than the casual visitor. He has already been in the State about seven weeks and has been at Los Angeles and other places. He believes that the num- ber from such States as Obio, Indians, Tilinois, Iowa, Missouri and surrounding ac of | members | States of the Union, and inducing those | 'PRINTERS SPEAK FOR THE CALL. The resolutions adopted by the Typographical Union at its meeting January 22 have been published in the Paci resolutions in no uncertain terms condemn fic Union Printer, the official journal of the union. The the resolutions passed by a so-called mass- meeting as being vituperative and an attempt toserve a master hand, and the union protests against and condemns any such attempt to injure the San Francisco CALL. In conclusion a high compliment is paid to the proprietor of THE CALL. The resolutions are as follows: WHEREAS, At a meeting of the working men and women re- cently held in the Turk-street Temple to consider certain measures pertaining to the interests of labor now pending before the Legisla- | ture, resolutionrs were presented and adopted condemning the .San Francisco *““Call” that savored more of temper and spite than deliber- ation; and whereas, said resolutions were so printed in conjunction with a report of the State Labor Convention as to mislead the public into believing that that bod union deprecates any covert effort on than ng wron for no other r to give space to those ha con to pre: i :nt on me. Fran RESOLVED, That San Francisco Typographi of public importance | mass-mecting of working men and women, led by one evidently hav- |ing an ohject of his own or a mission to perform, has had the hardi- | hood and effrontery to propose resolutions condemnatory to the San isco **Call” as an enemy of labor; therefore be it was a party thereto; and whereas, this on the part of any body of work- ing men and women to injure the business of the employers of our because they are generous enough gs to right or arguments pro and and whereas, said 1 Union No. 21 only sees vituperation and an attempt to serve a master hand in the resolutions passed by said mass-meeting of working men and women, and with which neither the State Labor Convention nor Labor Coun- cil had any connection; and RESOLVED, That we earnestly spirit of said mass-meeting that ancisco with an “Call”; and appeal to injure and publicly protest against the suggested the placarding of San the said San Francisco RESOLVED, That this union condemns any andall attempts to boycott or otherwise injure any newspaper under the jurisdiction of San Francisco Typographical Union for personal interssts or political advancement; and RESOLVED, That we publicly proclaim, from the standpoint of close business relations, that the proprietor of the & | *“Call” is not only j an Francis 0 t, and a large employer of our members, but is all that could be desired as an employer. W. B. BENOIST, Secretary. in pomnting out the noteworthy features | that have made California one of the great | who are sighing for balmier skies and | more inviting -conditions to locate ia this | peerless commonwealth. “In the matter of hotel accommoda- | tions there will necessarily be an over- | flow, and it will be advisable to provide | fora large portion of the Endeavorers | among the private homes of the citizens. | “‘Aside from its vast moral and religious | | influences the Christian Endeavorers will | exert a potent power in the uplifting of | depressed commercial conditions, for while they are tenacious of their noble or- | zanization and the elevation of | thei members to the attributes of personal “ betterment, they are likewise tenacious of | their duties as citizens in promoting the | public welfare and their own business in- terests by laboring in common for the | good of all. | “The Cbristian Endeavorer of Chicago | bas, in view of the intense interest mani- | fested in the coming annual convention, | delegated to me the important duty of de- | «cribing in soms of its forthcoming issues ifornia asitis from every standpoint | of observation.” Speaking for himself aud the paper of which bhe is the staff correspondent, he | said: “The purpose will not alone be to bring | members and their friends here, but to | keep them here by picturing the many at- tractions of California.” | Mr. Leubrie will give special attention to | the hotel facilities and the rates, as well as the hundreds of other features of inter- est to visitors. He thinks the City ought | | | DAVID LEUBRIE of the Chicago Christian Endeavorer, Who Is | Here in Connection With the Forthcoming Great Convention, (Sketched from iife by a “Call” artist.] commonwealths will be three times as! many as from the East, though the repre- sentation from there will in his judgment | be good. “One of my objects in coming thus early,” said Mr. Leubrie, “is 1o try 10 in- auce as many of the Endeavorers as possi- | ble to visit San Francisco, neighboring cities and the charming health resorts at least sixty days earlier than now antici- | pated. | “The cheap rate of $51 for the round trip from Chicago and similar Eastern | points will induce thousands of Christian | Endeavorers to attend this convention, in | addition to the army of zealous citizens, | who have to a large extent signified their | intention of making this notable and | pleasurable journey. “The fund of $25,000 subscribed by the public-spirited citizens of San Francisco and the further assurance that everything will be dcne to provde for the comfort and pleasure of visiting members has aroused a spirit of commendabie pride in determining which State shall bring to San Francisco the largest number of En- deavorers. “It is not beyond the bounds of a con- servative estimate to figure up from 40,000 to 55,000 members as the sum total of visitors, including, of course, the friends and ardent supporters of those who are identified with this praiseworthy move- ment. The Cnoristian Endeavorer, reazh- ing @s it does a half million readers throughout the country, will not be remiss | ish paper, Nationalist Patriot and Zion, of ordinari'y to be equal to entertaining 100,- 000 visitors. WILL FOUND A COLONY. About 125 Families of Russian Jews to Locate on Lands in the Salinas Valley. M. Ephriam Deinard, editor of the Jew- Kearny, N. J., is in the City. He has come West in the interest of a Jewish ccl- ony, and negotiations are in progress for large tracts of land in the Salinas Valley. About 125 families are expected from New York and vicinity of Pniladel phia, most of them being from the latter place. Several years ago Baron Hirsch in- terested himsell in locating a large num- ber of families of Russian Jews in this country, and the expense of bringing the families to California will, it is stated, be borne out of a fund yet reserved by ‘the Hirsch estate. The families have been about ten years in the United States. It was the original desire 1o secure 160 acres of land for each family and locate the families on the same tract, but it is now conceded that so much desirable land in a body will probably be hard to obtain. It is expected that many of the settlers can homestead their lands, but where they cannot do so they will be assisted in mak- ing purchases at'as low a cost as possibl Plans are also on foot looking to the assist- ance of the colonists in the way of farm stock end implements. Some of the col- onists are already in California. | himself. NORTH HALL WAS NEARLY AFLAME A Streetcar Current Flashed Over Telephone Wires. Spiro Sareentich, a Student, faved One of the College Buildings. He Was Badly Burned in the Face by the Pent.Up Elec- tricity. BERKELEY, CaL, Feb. 9. What might have proved to be a serious disaster, resulting in the electrocuting of a Berke- ley student and the destruction of one of the university buildings, took place at about 1 o'clock to-day. But for tne pres- ence of mind and umely action of Spiro Sargentich, a member of the junior class, old North Hall might have been in ashes to-night. As matters resulted, the hero of the nour escaped, considerably fright- ened, with a deep burn on the cheek; a quantity of books belonging to the stu- dents’ co-operative store were scorched and nearly all the telephonesin the neigh- borhood were burned out. A ruvaway team in the course of their plunge through the streets ran againsta telephone pole on Allster way with their heavy rock wagon and broke off the cross- bar which holds the insulators, letting the telephone wire fall on the wires of the electric street car line. Instantly there occurred a flash and a hissing in the main office and in the house of every telephone owner on the line. In most cases the utility of the phones was com- pletely destroyed, the current having been =0 strong that the mechanical de. vices in them for preventing just such accidents were of little use. Both the | telephones at the offize of the regents and the one at the co-operative store were ruined. It was during the wild excitement which followed that Sargentich imperiled He was the only one in the store at the time of the accident, and | hearing the hissing and crackling noise made by the wires rushed to see what was the trouble. Knowing that if something was not done at once the building wounid catch on fire, and that by loosing the hook the circuit would be completed and thus avert further dangerous troubie, he reached for it. In so doing he was hit in the face by a stream of electricity, besi les receiving a heavy stroke of the bottled 1 ligktning. For a time he was dazed, but, regaining his senses, he saw what a nar- row escape he had had, and how he had saved the building from ruin. Ralph Marshall, manager of the co-op- erative siore, stated to-night that if some one had not been present when tke acci- dent to the telephone occurred, the build- ing would have surely caught on fire, North Hall is a wooden siructure, and is as dry as a tinder-box, so that if a fire once gained headvay there is no knowing how it would result. At the time of the trouble there were about 300 students in the building, who had just entered to tend their first recitation of the afternoon. DIED ON THE STREET. Sudden End of Frederick Hellmuth, a Merchant of Callahans. Frederick Hellmuth, a merchant of Cal- lahans, Calaveras County, died suadenl on Mission street yesterday morning. l{e arrived in this City with his wife on Mon- day evening and put up at the Baldwin, Yesterday they started out to visit a sister of the deceased, who lives at 1013 Mission street, and when near the house Mr. Hellmuth suddenly placed his hand over his heart and fell to the sidewalk. By the time he was carried into hi ter's home he was dead, The Coroner was notified and ook charge of the re- mains. Death was found to have been from heart disease. —————— Judge Slack Eulogized. Eulogistic resolutions of regret at the retire- ment of Judge Charles W. Siack were adopted by the senfor class of the Hastings College of the Law, snd after being finely engrossed Were presented to the retiring professor. The resolutions were signed by the committee and the members of the class, and_ arc intendea a8 a mark of esteem in which he 1s held. —————— THEY make a specialty of Bank Stock paper: it hus the water-mark. Mysell-Rollins, 22 Clay* A GIFT FROM THE HOMEOPATHS Hahnemann College Ten- dered to University Regents. Established Many Years and Free From Debt It Wou'd Be Annexed. Regents Favorable and Will Arrang: Terms—Other University Busi- ness Transacted. The Hahnemann Hospital College of San Francisco was yesterday, by its di- rectors and stockholders, offered to the University of California for an affiliated branch of the great State institution of learning. 1t is tne chief exponent on this coast of the homeopathic school; it has been in continu and regular operation as a medical college for the last thirteen year: it has graduated over a hundred physi- cians, and it is entirely free from debt. Had a vote been taken at once yester- day afternoon, when the proposition was made to the Board of Regents then in session in the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art, the Homeopathic Medical College would have undoubtedly been accepted then and thero as a valuable acquisition o the university, for all the regentsap- *peared pleased at the offer and favorable to the praver for the afliliation. Pursu- ant, however, to the custom in such mat- ters a committee, consisting of Regents Crocker, Hallidie and Wallace, was ap- vointed to examine Into the status of the college, to decide upon the termsof affilia- tior and to report back to the board at its next meeting. The proposition of affiliating a home- opathic college 18 in itself considered a most signiticant move, as heretofore the allopathic school has held full sway in the State University and has in conse- quence enjoyed an officisl recognition that the homeopathic school has not had. Three of the largest Siate universiti the University of Michigan, the Univer- sity of Iowa and the University of Minne- sota—have already officially recognized the importance of homeopathy and have a homeopathic department and an ailo- pawic department in their college of medicine. At Boston University only homeopathy is taught in the college of medicine. The offer was made to the Regents by Dr. George H. Martin on bebalf of the college and of a number of very promi- nent wealthy citizens who are patrons of homeopathy. Aside from the usual routine forms there was not a great deal of other busi- ness before the meeting. The finance committee’s recommenda- tion for the payment to Architects Krafft, Martens and Coffey of 2} per cent of the amount of the appropriation for the affiliated colleges buildings was adopted by a unanimous vote. A. B. Saph was appointed assistant in mechanical drawing at Berkeley for six months at a salary of $75 a month. A lithographic stone was ordered made, from which will be printed the new Latin form of certificate to be issued to persons upon whom the degree of doctor of philosophy. The committee on iegislation reported that all biils relative to and calenlated to benefit the universily, now before the Legislature, arelikely to become laws. Ex-Steriff Robert McKillican of Ala- meda County was appointed superinten- dent of construction for the affiliated col- leges buildings at a monthly salary of | $150. The formal offer of the Hahnemann Hospital College was made in the follow- ing manner: To the Honorable Board of Regents of the Uni- versity of California—GENTLEMEN: We, tne undersigued airectors and stockholders of the Hahnemann Hospital College of San Fran- cisco, having been appointed & special com. mittee by the board of directors of the said | institution to present to yonr honorable body a petition praying for the affiliation of the Hahnemann Hospital Coliege oi San Francisco with the University of California, thereby forming & homeopathic department of the university, do hereby ask that such prayer may be granted. The Hahnemann Hospital College of San Frencisco was incorporated in 1881 and threw open its doors to students in June, 1884, since which time it has given a regular course of lectures each year in all branches of medicine and surgery. There have been graduated from said institution students and there are at present twenty-seven students in the various classes. The college has always demanded s high standard ot education from its graduates. It required three full yesrs of study in the col- Jege from its beginning, and was, with the medical department of the University of Cali- iornia, the first to demand a full four years' course of study in the college a8 a compul-ory Icquirement for gradustion. The college though not endowed, is wholly free from de There are in the State of _Californis. in actual practice to-day, about 2300 licensed phys cians of all schools, of which number, by act- ual count, 465 are of the homeopathi¢ school, about one-fiitn of the whole number. As the patrons of homeopathy are among the well-t0-do class of citizens and not so much among the masses as the patrons of other schools of practice it is undoubtedly a fact that such patrons pay at least one-third of the taxes of the State. Because we believe it to be for the best in- terests of the Hahnemann Hospital College of San Francisco, for homeopathy on the Pacific Coast, for the large number of citizens and taxpeyers of this State who do now or who may in the future employ homeopathic phy- sicians that the said college should be under the protection of the State University, and 8150 because we believe it to be for the i terests of the University of California, great university, that thére be a homeopa ic deparfment connected with it, we do therefore pray that the Hahuemann Hospital College of San Francisco may become afliliated with the University ot California. Hoping thatonr prayer may be granted by your hpnorable body we are, very respectfully, J. A. Albertson, M.D., president of the board ot directors; A. C. Peterson, dean of the faculty; C. B. Currier, M.D.; George H. Palmer, .D.; William Boericke, M.I James 'W. Ward, M.D.; C. L.Tisdale, M George H. Martin, M.D. We take pleasure to append by permission the following names of representative citizens and taxpayers, who ere also patrons of home- opathy, and who are in full sympathy with this petition: Louis Sloss, Horace Davis, Isaac Requa, Irving M . W. Oliver Eldridge, E. R. Lilienthal John Taylor, F. W. C. Van FI . Al Garoutte, P. N. Lilientbal, E. Judge E.'A. Belcher, P. W. Ames pin, Symmes, J, J. 0'Brien, Barclay He: ley, Frank W H. Hart. % wEROUGH TO KEEP HER" Quackenbush Tells of What He Heard on the Lounge. 1. L. Davis, Charles R. Bishop, Doaty, J: O'B- Gun, Judge Judee Seawell and the attorneys in the case of Quackenbush against Quacken- bush completed the taking of the testi- mony of the defendant, Thomas M. Quack- :nbush, at his residence yesterday morn- ng. The venerable defendant was too feeble to appear in court. He denied in toto he had ever signed the marriage con- tract or the acknowledgment of the mar- the university shall confer | riage. In this regard he is disputed by many witnesses, but he fells back on the statement that he never intended to sign any such document, and leaves the infer- ence that if he did so he was deceived as to the character of the paper to which he was appending his signature. In the interesting testimony offered by the old man, who is worth $750,000 and objects to paying $500 a mounth alimony to the lady who claims to be his wife by contract, appears the following: Mr. Pringle—During your iliness in the Washington-street house did you ever over- hear any conversation about yourself and Mrs. Abbott and one of her sons? Mr. Quackenbush—Yes, sir. “'State what it was and how you came to hear it.” “Well. I was lying on the lounge and they thought I was asleep.” But the latter part of this statement was ordered stricken out, because the wit- ness had no right to say what the lady and her son thought, because quite naturally he could not tell exactly what they thought, so the lawyer took another tack: Mr. Pringle—Well, what did they say? The witness —Well, the son said to the mother, “W. u expect to me ke out of this? expect to make enough me all my lif; “‘Wfiat son was th: Then foliowed a long discussion by the attorneys as 1o admissibility of a conver- sation at which it was alleged that Mrs. Abbott-Quackenbush confessed that she was not married to the defendant. At length it was allowed and Attorney Foote asked: Will you please state what was said on or about the 17th of May, 1893, by Mr. Pringle or yourself or Mrs. Atbolt in reference 108 marriage or a marriage contract? 1 wes sitting in the room and these parties were there and Mr. Pringle came in and said to me: “Mr. Quackenbush, arc you a married man?” and 1 says, *No, sir.” He turned around to Mrs. Abbott and he says: ““Mrs. Abbott, are you married to Mr. Quack: enbush?” She said, “'No, sir.” He repeated it to her and she said that we were not married. G:orge Jones and Eli Pullin testified that they knew the plaintiff in this case as Mrs. Abbott and never as Mrs., Quacken- bush. Further testimony will be taken at 10 o'clock this morning, and as usual there will bea big nltenganca of old men and women who seem to feel a personal in- terestin this marital litigation wherein the lady admits that she ix 55 years of age the alleged bridegroom is said to be ng 76.” VALLEY ROAD CONTRACTS Grading for Thirty Miles South of Fresno Will Begin Immediately. Track Will B at Hanford in June and Bakersfi:ld Soms Time in the Fa'l. “The first jump in the long extension ot the Valley railroad from Fresno to Bakers- field was taken yesterday afternoon by the directors of the progressive competi- tor of the Southern Pacific, the San Fran- cisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad Company. A large gang of men will be put to work in three or four days making grade to the well-established and enter- prising town of Hanford, and as rapidiy as the leveled earth will permit cro@sties and rails will follow it up. This is what the board of directors authoriz'd at a meeting yesterday and as was outlined in yesterday's Carrn. The total expenaiture will be about $200,000. The contract for thirty miles of grade was ordered let by the board to Grant Bros. of Alameda County, who bhave an office in this City. The price was so much percubicyard, and will amoant to between $30,000 and $40,000. 1in letting the con- truct to Grant bros. the directors have a precedent for the kind of grading they may expect. The firm did most of the grading for the road from Stockton to Fresno. The distance ifrom Fresno to Hanford is about thirty miles. For a number of reasons the line will not be completed as soon as has been expected down the valley into either Haniord or Bakersfield. Chiet Engineer Storey will make a trip down to Fresno soon. He said yesierday .that they hoped to have trains running into Hanford early in June, and into Bakersfield when, as James Whit- comb Riley sa; “‘thefrostis on the pump- kin and the foader’s in the suock”—Oc- tober or Novem ber. The rails will be the latest steel pattern, 624 pounds to the yard, which is consid- ercd a beavy rail. siderable mileage of the Southern Pacifie is said to be laid with a 60-pound rail. No time limit will be put into the con- tract. Chief Engineer Storey said they have an understanding with the contrac- tors that the work will be proceeded with as rapidly as the railroad company desires. There will be no grade on the extension heavier than fifteen feet to the mile. Be- tween Hanford and Fresno are a number of streams. The largest bridge will be across Kings River. This bridge will consist of two spans of 100 feet each, with several feet of ap- proaches of trestle and embankment. The bridge will be of wood and iron and the spans will be what is known as the Howe truss. The bridge will cost about $15,000. The contract for it will be let soon. The removal from Stockton to Fresno of Division Superintendent A. D. McFariand next Monday to superintend the exten- sion work creates a vacancy in the Stock- ton division. The directors yesterday approved the appointment of Assistant inglaeer A. D. Schindler as division su- perintendent and engineer. Mr. Schindier was promoted from the chief engineer's office. He has gone to Stockton. President Claus Spreckels is in the East. CARRIED 00T S Wik The Hinckley Funeral Services Were Extremely Simple. Boiy of Florence Blyih--Hinckley's Husband Laid at Rest at Moun- tain View. ‘With simple ceremonies the funeral of Frederick W. Hinckley, the late husband of Florence Blythe-Hinckley, was held from the family residence, 1221 California street, yesterday afternoon. The services began at 10 o’clock and were conducted by Rev. W. H. Moreland in accordance with the Episcopal ritual. Only the immediate relatives and friends of the deceased, some twenty in number, were present, and there was no ostenta- tious display of floral emblems. At the conciusion of the services the majority of those present retired, it being nnderstood that the interment, which took place in Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, was to be strictly private. Those who followed the bady to the grave were the young widow, the immediate relatives and the six pallbearers, H. T. Gibbs, A. R. Grayson, A. M. Cummings, Charles Nich- ols, Charles E."Cornell and Joseph Spear A The cortege took the 11 o'clock ferry and the ceremonies at the grave were con- ducted in accordance with the arrange. ments that had previously been made, It had been the wish of genial “‘Fritz" Hinckley that the services over h body should be as l(ne:&;ls as possible, and his ‘wishes were carried out. 5 —————— JEWELRY store, 5 and 7 Third street, removed to 803 Kearny street. NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS PRINT ED DRESS FABRICS! — 15 97— We take pleasure in announcing the arrival of 85 cases NEW WASH DRESS GOODS. The French Printed ass Organdies, includes : French ortment Printed Challies, Irish Printed Dimities, French Printed Sateens, French Printed Jaconets, Printed Tailor-made Suitings, Japanese Crepes, Printed Etamines, Printed Mulis, Printed Percales, Scotch and English Cheviots Cloths. and Madras We have also opened this week 150 dozen LADIES’ SHIRT WAISTS, in all the NEW STYLES for spring and Th Percales, summer wear. Lawns, ese waists are Mulis, in Organdies, Grass Linen and Etamines. We invite our City Pati rons to inspect the above goods at their earliest opportunity. TELEPHONE GRANT l24. 111 113, 115, 117, 119, 121 POST STREET. SCHOOL BOARD HAS MANY PLANS Radical Change in Control of Evening Schools. the Some Teachers to Go and Some New Positions to Be Provided. 1 If the Plan Carries There Will Be | Four Teachers of Physical | Cu ture Very Seoon. | The Board of Education will have a | lively time to-night. The programme is | much 1arger than usual. Itembraces the | dropping of several teachers, the plan of turning over the contrcl of the evening schools from the Committee on Classifica- tion to the Committee on Evening Schools, the reception and consideration of Aud- ator Broderick’s “*kick” concerning the architect’s fees, premiums and so on for the Mission High School, the revision of | former action concerning the school jani- tors, with, perhaps, a few other bits of work thrown 1. The board will come to- gether 2t 8 o’clock and will probably sit late. The teachers of cooking, if a secret | agreement among the members is carried out, will be dropped from their present positions. These are Miss Wiittaker, | Miss Toomy and Miss Paxton. Their | places will be declared vacant. Miss Patton | will resume ner place on ths unassigned | list. The other teachers will be out. Mr. Stockman and Mr. Eldridge, both of whom | are connected with the manual training of the children, are slated to go. There was some talk' of removing Professor Barth, teacher of physical culture, but the athletic associations of the City ral- lied so to his support that he will stay. The original proposition was to lay him off until July, until more money comes in. But this will not be carried out. In July three more teachers of physical cul- ture will be added to the department, making four in all, if the programme is not changed. Miss Tread well, who was given parmis- sion by the old board to teach the voice and physical culture during school hours, is also On the list to go. The Committee on Rules has resolved upon this. Miss Soule, who asked for one month leave of asbsence, will probably be denied. 'She is on the unassiened list. So also will Dr, Bonnell, assistant police surgeon, be re- fused leave of absence. He was a night school teacher. His move was to hold open a door by which be could step back into the department. At the meeting of the board as a committee of the whole it was resolved not to permit this. Among the minor propositions which the members are :aiking over is a pro. Posed assessment upon the pupils of the Dudley Stone school of 10 cents per capita to buy a piano. This does not meet with the sanction of the majorily, the idea being that no assessments should be per. mitted for any purpose. The idea in transferring the control of the evening schools from the Classification Commitlee to the Commitiee on Evening Schools is to give the last Dumed commit- | funds for the afflicted Indian population: tee as much jurisdictior over the evening schools as the Classification Committee has over the day schools, which will be controlled as heretofore. Since the board changed the janitors around there has been a general rallying to the support of the janitors who were to be aisplaced. Asa consequence janitors who were to be moved out still hold on. The programme may be modified som what. The seeregation off funds sug- gested by the Finance Committee is likely 1 carry with the exception of an addi- tional $1000 to the Buildings and Grounds Committee. Auditor Broderick went home early yes- terday to prepare his communication to the board, with which he will return without approval the bill of Architect Havens be- cause the contracts fpr the Mission High School exceed the estimates. The discus- sion on all these matters and others inci- dentally arising will fill up the evening, T0 AID INDIA. Committee Appointed to Raise Funds for the Plague-Stricken East. In view of the heartrending accounts of distress in India, owing to the preva- lence of plague and consequent destitu- tion, Mayor Phelan was requested by sympath.zers here and in Berkeley to take steps for alleviating the terrible needs of the natives. The Mayor was not slow to act, and yes- terday appointed the following leading citizens as a finance committee to raise Claus Spreckels, Irving M. Scott, J. . Grant, Thomas Brown, C. N Lilienthal, G. W. McNear and H. D, Ferry, secretary to the committe, —_— Seeking His Son-in-Law. The intricacies of a great city were exem« plified yesterday in the search of John Marten« son, a gunsmith of 739 Market street, for his son-in-law, W. 8. Hill, a printer. Both came bere recently from the East and neither knows the other's addre THE SAN FRANCISCO BLACK GOODS HOUSE, R®% Geary St., Near Kearny. Telephone Grant 518. Enlarging Our Facilities for the Sale of DRESS FARRICS. CLOSING OUT OUR UNDERWEAR DEPARTNENT! Imported Combination Saits, $5 and $4.50, Reduced to $2.90 Suit, Knit Combination Suits, $1.50 and §1 Reduced to 75¢ Suit, Lamb’s-wool Vests & Drawers, $1L.25and 81, Keduced to 75¢ Each. Swiss Ribbed Wool Vests, 81 and 86c, Beduced to 650 Each. Ribbed Lisle Vests, 50c ana 45c, Keduced to 350 Each. Every article in department reduced, as the ‘space is required for goods in transit. R. T. KENNEDY CONPA)