The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 21, 1897, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY FEBRU ARY 21,. 1897. UNDAY... -FEBRUARY 21, 1887 CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. Washington's birthday will be celebrated in many ways in this City. Probably occasional showers Weuther Forecaster Hammon. Wash v will be celebrated by various chure City. Mary E. McQuiddy has sued R. D. McQuiddy for divorce {or extreme crueity. Coroner Hawkins held several inquests yes- terday on casss of violent deaths, Delegates Sunday.— 5 rom the Iroqaois clubs of the State will gather in this City in conference to- morrow. Rev. Haskett Smith will deliver his last lec- ture on Egypt to-morrow evening at Golden Gate Hall The police are searching for an organized Eaug of shoplifiers who Lave been operating 2 this City. Modesto ministers o Rader representing the Eudcavorers, ect to Rev. William California Chriistisn The estate of the late Patrick Lannon, also known as Pairick Lennon, has been appraised at $16,440 79. Treast ¥ officers have arrested a Chinese f trausporting unstamped opium from this C; 10 Poriland, Or. D. O. Mills has filed for probate the will of the late Saran H. irowbridge, who recentiy ~died in this City ty Shield Bearer, Frank Jauvert, Mercutio, ¢ Cheat, Schilier and Three Forks won at eryville yesterday L D. Kloptock_has sued S. Busch and Mary Busch for $3952 24 on & prc ory note 1592, calied the jurors who con- ums wili be hanged i terstate Cours lub held its first al banquel at the Viticultural Restaurant ast nigh rcle, Ludies of the G. A. R. : Wa-hington tea in Native acsdav next. s sued D. alleged erjur H. Bryant and Cconspiracy 1n Rooney, the brother of thelate Mrs. Fair, t de hyxiation an accident 1 gt Dr. Cbarles T. McCarthy and Dr. JamesF. St have been appoiited Medical Exam- fuers by the Board of Educa 1e Cuban sympathizers are awaiting Mayor e/an’'s recovery ng & meeting of : recently appo tiee. James Lee, a convict, was arrested las evening by D e Cody and booked & City prison on the charge of burgiery. The executive comn the Golden Gate visore tapar Eastern rates to the been fixed H. Goc pr ; that final vajustment nas been made City and ( ered un ot orney Creswell has ren- pini th rd of rvisors fcern.ng t of fixing water r 8. e applieation of H. C. More to be uppointed adminisiraror of the estate of A. P. More, de- ccased, has dismissed by Judge Coffey The Im ved Order of Red Men of this ( ing observe Washingiou's b Lin Odd Fe on 1 ¢ to show hed for conte Dell twice on the nos Low’s courtroom and w ¥ general line of ments on the d avenues in estern seciion of is in contemplation in the near fu- »seph Benchmol, a sailor. was sentenced s in the County Jail vesterday for larceny and was booked oil & charge of The Yinn Yee Kong Sow. a Chinese ent society, gav annusl banque ight at which 1 uniciy nt enevo- lax ) say that t tatal day m H: B. Holmes, 1423 Matket street, her on the street. Ipprovements in the I tinde 10 Le planned. Poi nue will s00n be put 1o avenue will be ex.e Company has teen incor- P. Smith. Jumes Me- McCioskey, with & Four passengers on a Union-street ceble-car were more or less i1 iay morning the car stopping wing 1o & and in the cable A grand *-Purim” ball wi nder the rospices and for tue b ot 2 tion N z 8t 0dd F ¥ day evening, Mareh 7. The Bar Association held a baaquet last evening in honor of Judge Joseph McKenna, who is abou: 10 Assume & position it Presi dent-elect McKinley’s Capinet. The Union Paving Company has sued Mrs Ellen M. Mowry. niso known as BIA Mow r $858 19 on account of a sidewaik pstructed for the defendant The Indin Reliet Fund Committce hope: tc send 4000 tons of breadsiuf sufferers within four weeks. The nar- ter the Norwegian sieamer Eva. George H. Hopps, V. B. Allen, George W umm, Devid F. Cooper and Dayid ¥ corporated th Lehigh e Golden Butte Mining Compay, with & capital of §1,000,000. Two iamilies with women and childres evicted from their homes yesterdny Were coyu- peilud to seek shelter at o ard street, occupied by th Tne armory a1 614 Howard street, where the filted up yes tables from rough unemployed are quartered, was bend and ctric lignts were &80 put in. The Junior Order of United American Me- chanics has completed ail arrangements for 1ne evening celebration of Junior Order da: in this City. and announced the programme Harry Huff, the Chinese interpreter in the Fideral , hasresigned, having been fully exonerated from ail charges of crookedness made seainst him by the Lotorious Dick Wil- ams. \ The Glass-blowers’ Union is asking for the estoration of the McKinley tariff on glass. It s contended that the bottles manulactured here sre inily equal to those impor.ed from Europe. Meny .of the younger Greeks are training herd under the tuition of A. Pandages in an- ticipation of service. They are eager fo re- turn to Greece and serve their i1wo years’ term in the army. arles S. Bennett, manager of the tanery Bryant street, swore 10 a compisin® in Campbeli’s court yesterday charging Jeme. McNuity, n discharged employe, with assault to muraer. Elght witnesses, sailors on the ship Babcock, ate confined in tha Alameda Couniy order to insure their testimony in the ¢ First Mate David Reed, who is under arrest for crueliy to seamen. The Supreme Court yesterday decided in fa- vor of ihe people, ex relator Dents Spencer, and agaiist Aitorney George A. Knignt in his appeai to retain the office of atiorney for the Biate Board of Health. Justice of the Peace Groezinger alieges that he wes induced by sharp practice to sign a 3 judgment for & much larger sum than he had z given judgment for on the bench, and he will Tell the story next Tuesday to Judge Seawell. The general committee having in charge the matter of finding employment for the unem- ployed reports that ull pretiminaries are com- pleted for beginning work on the boulevard, Bome #1500 has been subscrived. More is needed. John Enos hss sued Kate May Dillon and Mary Ives Crocker for an_scconniing for farm. ing operations and whedt sacks suppiied on S certain lunds in San Jomquin County be- neathed 16 the deendanuts by the lat: P *McLaughlin. The amouut involved is A proposition to abolish StationJ of the Postoflice Department, on Montgomery ave- ué and Green street, has not met with favor Dy ‘the merchants and residents of that end of the City. They claim that the branch office is - 8 great’ accominodation 108 large number of people who are entitled to 88 much cons!dera- tiou at the hands of the postal authoritics rs the people of any section of the City. The Btockion-street Improvement Ciub has taken the matter in hand, &nd to-morrow, s commit- tee from this organization will call upon Pos:. ter McCoppin to protest against the re- 1 of the station. | Lofficers were | Suloon League will | | in the assembly-room, Conzregational | headquarters, Y. M. C. A. building, on | Thursday, February 25 at 2 p. m. THEY OBJECT T0 REV. MR, RAD Modesto Ministers Against| His Representing the Endeavorers. Rev. Haskett-Smith’s Last Lec- ture on Egypt to Take Piace Monday. Novelties to Be Introduced by the Saivationists in Their Wash- ington Celebratioa. The Presbyterian Ministers’ Assoriation oi Modesto bave entered a protest against Kev. William Rader representing the Christian Endeavorers of this State in the coming international convention. Another innovation will be introduced by the Salvation Army at its social expo- sition in Metropolitan Temple to-mor- row night (Washington's birthday). The sidelignts that will be represented are en- tirely a new feature of anything that has hitherto been introduced in army meet- ings. Major Winchell, in charge of the ville as fourth vice-president, vice C.J Snath, resigned. Miss Holbrook, the new deaconess, will preside over the de- partment of mercy and help during Miss Gate’s absence. On Friday evening, March 19, 1897, Dr. Case will lecture in the auditorium of his | church, under the auspices of the Bovs' | Brigade; suvject, “A Trip Around the World,” illustrated with over 225 siereop- ticon views, Admission 10 cents. Tickets on sale in a few davs. Revival meetings at Howard M. Church are to commence on Wednesday | evening, February 24. This wiil be the | third effort of this conference year. Among those who will take part in_the Washington B rthday ceiebration at Cen- tral M. E. Church are Professor H. M. | Bosworth, J. J. Morris, Washingtonian Quartet (male voices), Mandolin Ciub, | Miss Clara L Fisher, Miss Alice Wardell, Miss May Stanford and Rev. E. R. | Dille, D.D. | Rev. Dr. Jacob Nieto will lecture at the synagogue of the Congregation Beth Men- ‘ achim Streisand, 335 Minna street, to- morrow (Saturday), at 4 p. M. FORTUNATE NATIVE SON. Fred Whitney, Formerly of This City, [ | Strikes it Kich in British Columbia. ¥red Whitney, a native son of this City and the son of the founder of Whitney’s Express, has struck it rich in the British Columbia mines, and 1s on a visit to this City to purchase mining machinery for his claim, i | Two years ago he went from Portland, | Orezon, where he had been in business, | | to Revelstoke, B. C. and obtained a posi- tion on a steamer running to that point. Later he went into mining, and bought a caim from a broken-down mine r $100. Anotler c.aim was obtatned for merely grub-staking a prospector, and it is this claim that has tuined out a small bo- | nanza. | social work on the coast, is the author of the new feature introduced on Monday | night. Theimajor is a firm believer in ob- | ject lessons as a means of fot only bring- | ing out the different features of the work, but aiso of impressing the truth. ‘The sidelights at the social exposition willbe to demonstrate the army’s work here in. San Francisco. A double-decker will be run in on the platform to show the sleeping accommodations at the snelter. The Band of Love will give an exhibition | of junior work for poor children. The Labor Bureau, which will be opened that day. wiil show what it proposes to do and how men will find employment. The wood-yard will have their cuiters, while the window-cleaning company will ex- hibit their work. Probably the most in- teresting part of the meeiing will be the poor man driven 1o despair, his fumily s arving, he commits larceny, chased by the police, sent to prison, dismissed, faces a cold world, tempted, but rescued by the Knights of Hove and sent to the Golden Gate farn The graphophone will be used for the first time on the coast by the Army. | Speeches and rongs by leading cfficers will be heard, also stereopticon pictures of the “Darkest England” scheme will be thrown ou a large screen. This meeting | will be preceded by u fire parade, when | the “cherry tree’” and ‘“liberty bell’’ floats will be prominent features of the parade. ILe afternoon meeting at Congress Hall, 1139 Market street, will also be of a most | startling character, 100 little chilaren will ve bidden off atauction by Major Winch- ell, this bemne one of his remarkable meet- together with others. The panorama Burning Scdom” and “The Devil rned in Efi y,” Salvation Midway, | ve excited much curiosity ana drawn | arge crowds in Chicago, New York and | other cities, i On the third Monday in March the Anti- id an open meeting the First Baptist Church. | The Bapist churches of this City are | preparin:: for a dele ated meeting to take | place at the Y. M. C. A. building Monday, March 1. Pians for the extension of church works will be the topic of dis- cussion. The delegates of all the Sunday-school in the State w:ll hold their convent Friday evening, February 26, at the Baptist Church on Eddy street. The Womao's Home Missionary Union and the Woman's Board of Missions of Pacitic will hola s union prayer-me. 8t ing The last iecture in the special course on ypt will be given by Rev. Haskett- of London at tne Young Men’s Curistian Association auditorium, Mason and Elii- streets, Monday evening, Feb- ruary 22, Mr. Smith’s suiject will be ‘““Ihe Pyramid Builders,” onein which ali have an interest. Asin his previous lec- | tures many beautiful views will be turown upon the screen. The committee on fiel ot work for deaconesses will meet on Ménday, Febru- | . at the Y. M. C. A. at 10 o'clock | sharp. The meeting st Christian Association, the Young Men’s Mas n and Eilis at streets, this afternoon, will be addressed by N. H. Jacks, gene: secretary of the | Oulkland association, on ' Does It Pay to | Tre meeting com- o'clock and will be B Christian mences prompuiy for young mea only. Durine Lent the following clergy will | it 3 ma the afternoon nddresses at St. Luke's Episcopal Church: Mondays—Rey. H. H. Clapham, St. | James. i | Luerdays— W. W. Bolton, 8t | Mary’s, H Wednesdays—Servi, will be he:d, but without address, as the united services come on that night. Thursda,; 2ev. Ed L. Parsons, Menlo Park. Fridays—Rey. E. J. L on, St. Stephen’s. Saturdays—Services wizbout address. Thursiay i Holy Week Rev. Percy Webber will deiiver several addresses. Archdeacon Webber will also preach on Good Friaay, morning and nignt, and will conduct the three hour service in the afterno Rev. Mr. Webber will speak on Holy Satur.iay and on Easter day and Easter Monday. "His closing address wiil be made on Easter Monday night. A special meeting executive com- mittee of the Epworth League Alliance is called by President Beals for Tuesday evenicg, February 23, at the Young Men's Christian Association building, Matters of vital imyportance to the league are to be considered, thus necessitating a full at- tendance. Mecting called to order promptly at 7:30 p. . The “Festival of Seasons,” to be given on the 2d, 3d, 4th and 5th of March at | Grace M. E. Churc is tne combined effort of the Sunday-school, King’s Daugh- ters and Evowortu L ague o hquidate the debts of these societies. Supjers served each evening under the able manacement of the Ladies’ Aid Soceiety from 5:30 o'clock 10 7:30. An_interdenomirational seryice of humiliation and prayer, under the aus- ices of the Woman's Home Missionary ocicties, will be teld at Central M. E Church Thur:dav evening, F.obruary 5, Company Fofjthe Howard M. E. Church will hold 8 first target shoot to-morrow morning, February 22, at the High-street range, Alameda. Monday evening, February 22, a Wash. ingion’s birthaay entertainment will be given by the Junior League of Trinity M E. Church. The programme wiil bs in. teresting and patriotic—marches, singin music and recitation Every eveniny this week, except Satur. day, special services will be heid in the First M. E. Church, Powell street. Monday, February 22, irom 5 . . to 8:30 P. M., the Iadies of Epworth Churcl, will serve an excellent Martha Washing. ton “tea” in the church. To - morrow evening, Washington’s birthday, a **Martha Washington dinner” will be served by the ladies in the church parlors of Simp:on Memorial Church, from 5w 8 o’clock. Tnis will be xome thing superior in the line of church ain- ners. E. | The League Cabinet of Howard M. E, Church has elected Miss E. R. de Turbe- | the payment 1o m The surface croppings went eighty ounces of silver and §8 in goid, and now, at thirty feet, ore that runs 360 in zold 1o the ton has been struck. The sine is | convenient to plenty of water, and $90,000 was recently refused fora fifth interesc. A 20-stamp mill has been purchased and will be et up as soon as it can be shipped to the mine. 2 & | toa jury for final consideration. A JURY MUST HEAR THE CASE Judge Carroll Cook Denies a Motion to Dismiss | Cooney. The Decision Is Tentamount to Holding the Notary for Trial. Mrs. Craven an! the Fair Interests Preparing for the Fight on the Pencil Dee.s. The merits of the Cooney case ae to go man to obtain evidence to convict against the inability of a poor man to ontain evi- dence to defend himself. I was contrast- ing the power of the one with the weak- ness of the other,” said the lawyer. Judge Cook said possibly he had misunderstood the lawyer's argumeut, and good feeling returned. Both Mrs. Craven and the special ad- ministrators of the estate say they are ready to proceed with the big civil suit over the pencil deeds on Tuesday morning before Judge Slack. It was rumored last night that Magistrate Cook’s decision re- garding Cooney might be tiie means of postponing the othercase. Mrs. Craven’s attorneys declare tney are anxious and willing to go to trial. The Fair people are similarly emphatic in their assertions, 50 it bezins to look as if the -famous suit it finally to be a court atiraction. Specu- lation is rite concerning the time it will take to hear the case. The general belief is that it will take thres months to hear the evidence, as there are innumerable witnesses who have never yet been heard ofin connection with the case on the slute of each side. A MASONIC EVENT. Dedication of a New Scottish Rito Hall in the City of Los Angele Thomas H. Caswell, grand commander of the Supreme Council southern jaris- diction of the United States, W. Frank Judge Carroll Cook rendered a decision yester- day morning denying the motion made two weeks ago by the attorneys for the defense to dismiss the case for lack of evi- dence. Tuis is tantamount to holding the young notary for trial before the Superior Court on the charge of perjury made some time ago by Charles L. Fair. The burden | of youne Fair's complaint is that Cooney | swore falsely when he put his notarial | certificate to the famous pencil deeds o1 | Mrs. Craven certifying that the dead mil- | lionaire acknowledged the documents before him on September 27, 1804, Both sides in the famous case were well represented. Cooney’s attorneys, Patrick A. Ready, Juage S.C. Denson and W. W Foote, had seats by the young man’s sid District Attorney Barne: George A. Pierce, inspector-general for Calitornia ard Charles F. Crocker, grand master of the Knichts!Kadosh, Grand Consistory of California, and Charles L. Patton, past grand master of the Knights Kadosh of the Giand Consistoryof California,primate, left yesterday afternoon in Colonel Crocl er's private car for Los Angeles to be pres- ent on Monday in that city and take part. in the dedicatiou of the new Scottish nite hall in the Masonic Temple. Lhe ceremonies of dedication will be conducted by Thomas H. Caswell, grand commander Suprcme Council southern jurisliction of the United States; W. Frank Pierce, in<pector-zeneral for Culi- fornia; Charles F. Crocker, grand master of Kadosh, Grand Consistory o Califor- nia; Fred S. Langdon, master ot Kadosh, Occidental Consistory; C. L. Patton, past grand master Knights Kadosh oi Grand Consistory of California, primate; Arthur JUDGE CARROLL COOK READING HIS DECKION IN THE -COCNEY CASE. GROEZINGER 1S ANGRY, : The Justice of the Peac: Wil Tell a Strange Story to Judge Seaw:ll. | He Claims That H: Was Induc:d te Mist:k-nly Sicn a Judgment by Saarp Practice. Justice of the Peace Groezinger will ap- pear before Judge Seawali Tuesday moru- ing in answer to a writ of reyiew petitioned for by counsel for J. 8. Reid in his suit as assigznee for M. Friedman & Co. against Mrs. Paulive Selig. The proceedings will be enlivened by Justice Groezinger's state- ment concerning the facts in the case. The Justice says that the suit against Mre. Selig was to recover §147 alleged to be due for furniture purchased on the in staliment plan. The testimony was that Mrs. Selig had paid all but $22 90, but the claim was made thatas all the install- ments had not been paid the furniture must be returned also. The Justice gave judgment for §22¢ only. The next day the judgment was banded to the Justice to s:zn. He was busy, and supposing that the judgment was for the amount he had named on ihe bench hesigned it. The defendant showed him that be had-signed a jndgment for | $147. Then he went to the clerk of the court and had the judgment changed to $2290. This brought about the petition for a writ of review. The judgment was rendered January 19 and wa: changed on the following day. On the 30th of January Mrs. Seiig paid 29 40, and agreed to pay §22 80 more with- in thiriy-one days. This nas excited Jus tice Groezinger's wratb, 1n view of the tes- timony that Mrs. Belig had paid prior to tbe hearing before bim all but $22 90 of the face of theclaim. The transactions after the judgment are evidenced by the following: SAN FRANCISCO, Jun. 30, 18 Received from Mis. P. Selig ihe sum of 29 40, with the express understauding that the receiving of the seid sum will not {n uny munuer affect my rights under the judgment rendered in my favor in the Justice’s court of | the Cily and County of San Franciseo, action | No. 94,250, on the —day of January. 1897, | ior the Tecovery of the personal propertv de- | scribed 1n the Complain. in the said action, or | for the payment of $147, in case delivery of | the said property could not be had; and that the said puyment is 10t in any manuer to be coustrued as satisfaction or partial satisfac- of the said judgment, and I agree upon | of $22 80, if paid within | 7. thirty-one days from this date, (0 enter a com- plete satisfaction of the said judgment of record in the said court. J. 8 RED, plaintift. To this is appended the joilowing: 1 agree to the above. PAULINE SELIG. b P LS e Last Lecture by Kev. Haskett Smith Rev. Haskett Smith wili give a lecture at the Association Auditorium, Muson and Ellis streets, to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock on “The Pyramid Buiiders.” This will be the iustin the special course and will be worth herring, as it is said 10 b: the best of the scries. He will' show many besutiful views of the pyramids and of otner wonders of this land aud tell of the customs of its inhabitants. ——————— The Future of Democracy. Chairman W. H. Alvord of the Democratic State Committee will adaress the delegates to the conference of Iroquois clubs at Pythian Hull to-morrow afternoon on the “Future of the Democeratic Party in California. The pub- Lic is invited. Sl Avvaxcs mate on furnitdre and pianos with or without removal. Noousn, 1017-1073 Mission. | that | viewed | when | quainted with the miilionaire. | | attorneys declare ex Knight and Captal e prosecution. Lees were thers rret. McEnernes Ricnard V. Dey looked on for the admin- | rators The decision consumed was almost two a lengthy one, and | bours in reading. | idge Cook ovened by a reheersal of tie | w on perjury. He told the law | fie had spent two whole days reading | | | i the volnminous evidence bearing on the case. The man who was prosecuting might be rich, said the magistrate, but that was no reason why a poor man he was prosecuting should escape bein found guilty, o far as 1 am concerned the pauper and the millionaire are one and the sam to me,’’ added Judge Cook. It was necessary, he continued, on a charge of perjury, to have the testimony of two witnesses” or one witness and co roborating circumstances. Circumstan- | tial or documenary evidence alone would | not fit the case.” Judge Cook then re- | | the evidence given by Herbert Clark, the of the million aire. Clark, so the court thought, gave a satistactory nccount of the doines of the bonanza king on September 27, 1894. Clark did not rememouer that Fair v ited the young notary’s office on that day although hisevidence showed taat his em- ployer was several times in his movements within a few steps of the notary’s place of | business. Cooney himself, said the court, | corroborated this story to aceriain extent he said he was not personaliy ac- Judge Cook went on to say thar the record of the transaction in Cooney's book seemed 10 have some evidence of change of figures in the date lines. Healso thought | two Kinds of inkhad been used in the ce r- tificates on the deeds. The different witnesses from the Crocker printing-house, who were called by the prosecution to prove thal on Januasy 8, 1896, a lot of blanks contained the worus “t0 me,”” were of little value in the cuse except to recail that these bianks cou- tained man+ typographical effects. The prosecution had pointed out over sixiy of these defects in these blanks, which it ciaimed were identical with jaults in printieg in the certiticates on the pen- | cil deeds. Coorey’s attorneys had found as many “dissimilarities.” In one place on line eleven the attor- neys for the defense pointed out twenty- nine dots in a blank spuace,” said Jndge Cook, **where but twenty-eight dots were visible in the proof of the Crocker blank of Junuary 8, 1¥ For a long time this discrepancy puzzled me. I could not see how the extra dot could creep into the certificate, and 1 Was on the point of throwing ail this evidence out when by the aid of a very powerful microscope 1 | discovered just the faintest indication of this extra ‘dot In the Crocker proof. I | then examined the matrix and found that | it existed there, although imperfectly. The other discrepancies which the defendant’s t I think mey be the result of imperfections i the paper on which the proof was taken and the man- ner in which the proof wus taken.” The court then formaily denied the motion to dismiss the Foung notary, “It is not my duty to determine whether | the defendant be guilty of the crime charged, or not,” Judze Cook said in final explanation of bis finding, “This is merely a preliminary examination and I am not required i0 100k for proof. It is the existence or non-exisience of testi mony tending 1o establish probable ca for cne to believe him guilty that I am called upon to determine. Wicther such testimony prove< guilt, in other words whether it 1s to be believed, is a question for a jury to pass upon, not L. When the decision had been read At- torney Reddy ro<e in reply to the court’s reierence to the rich and poor. Reddy «aid he never contended for a moment that because n man was wealthy it was any reason why he xhould not have the | Wiilets, junior warden; Frank F. Davis, orator; Henry S. Orme, almoner; John L. Pavcovich, secretary; Simon Conradi, treasurer; Pni! S. Thompson, master of ceremonies; Isaac Alexander McMillan, vtain of tne guard. The musical direc- r wiil be Theophilus Masac. After the ceremony there will be & ban- at which John D. Spreckels will re- 14 to the toast *“The Government of he United States,” W. Frank Pierce to ttish Rite,’ nomas H. Caswell Supreme Council for the Southern diction of the United States,”’ Charles Crocker to *‘The Grand Consistory of Cali.orniu.”” Charles L. Patton to “The Grane Lodge of California,” Frank Divis to “Visiting Brethren,”” Rev. Wyllys Hall to *“Memory of the Dead,” Frank Rader to “The Muasonic Fraternity’’ and James R. Dupuy to *“Occidental Consistory.” — GOLDEN GATE CARNIVAL The per ecutive Committee Ask the Su- rs to Set Apart Some Funds. The executive committee of the Carni- val of the Golden Gate has addressed the following communication to the Board of Supervisors: To the Honorable Roard of Superviso TLEMEN: The members of the « Xecutive com- mittee of the Carnival o1 tiie Golden Gate are de irous of placing befors the mrmbers of your honorable body au application for u portion ot 1h fund setapart by Tuw for the purpose of ia ducing immigration to the City and Count Tie cxperience of other cities has demon- strated that affairs similar to the Carnival of the Golden Gate have been productive of vreat 0od to the citizens of those places. Sau Fran- co has aiways been behind the rest of ¢ ¥ o State in the presentation of her claims s a most desirable piace of residence. Support s heretofore been given to many things which did no¢ promise as much good as will the coming carnival. We, thereiore, respectfully esk your honor- able boxrd (o set apart as much of the $2500 anuually appropristed under thib law as in your judgment may seem fit. BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Hesperian Parlor of the Native Sons the Golden West intends to give an enter- tainment and party for the benefit of the carnival next Saturday evening. The members of the parlor are working assid- uously to make the affair a grand financial and social success, it S L EXAM INERS APPOINTED. Physicians Who Will Look After the Eyes of School Children. Chairman Famuel L. Waller of the Finance Committee of ihe Board of Educ: tion notified Dr. Charles F. McCarthy and Dr. James F. Smith of this City yester- day that they had been appointed on the board of medical examiners of the School Department. Their special duty will be to examine the eyes of the pupiis of the public schools to see that proper care is takan not to strain these orgaus. They will be required to make monthly reports of their investi- gations and parents will be kept posted a to the condition of their children’s eyes s0 that they may be sopplied with glasses 10 case such a measure is necessary. S i Trinity M. E. Church Wiil Enlarge. The Trinity Methodist Church is preparing to enlgzge iis church accommodations and .50 10 build & row of seven stores on one side of its elegant lot. The contract is 1o be let at ouce. The improvements in the church build- ing include a corner tower nnd surmounted by & stecple, which will greatly improve the appearance of the church front. = S Martha Washington Dinner Party. The ladies of Simpson Memo rial Methodis Episcopal Church wiil give a Martha Wash- ington dinner party in the parlors of their church at Hayes and Buchanan streets to- morrow evening ut 8 o'clock tollowed by an entertainment. The ladies will be pleased to have a goodly number of their ueighbors Two protection of the court agninst crime. ** spoke merely of the power of a wealthy Brookman, senior warden; OCharles J. present. | tee, but Ido not NEW TO-DAY. “I have used Ayer's Cherry Pec- toral in my family for twenty years, and recommend it to others for coughs and colds, and whooping cough. Have never known a single case of whooping cough that it failed to relieve and cure, when % Tvvvrwvvew » D ittt R persist in gambling, with h trouble, by a few doses of * This testimon until he changes his mind or changes his earthly residence. Singular, isn't it, how many stubborn people they might be effectually cured of cough, cold, or lung Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral 1 will be found in full in Ayer's “Curebook ” with a hundred others. Free. Address J. C. Ayer Co., Lowell, Mass. Seoff @L Gough, The man who scoffs at friendly advice to “take something for that cough,” will keep on coughing, ealth as the stake, when WAITING FOR THE MAYORS RECOVERY Cuban Committee Will Be| Called Together at That Time. | A Torp-do Inv mtor Wants ai Chance at Spanish Vessels | of War. i Professor Brown of St:nf rd Univer- s.ty Sinds a Novel F nancial Suggestion. Only the continued illness of Mayor Phelan, whose presence is desired, pre- vents the leaders of the movement in favor of Free Cuba from calling together the representative committee recently ap- pointed by the Mayor for the iurpose of arransing for a mass-meeting. It was intended to send out the notice | of meeting to-day so that the .athering could be held a: an e:rly date, but Mr. Phelan’s secretary telephoned to Secre- tary Mascherini of the Cuban sym- pathizers that the chief executive of the municipal government was still confined to his apartments and the matter was postponed. A hall centrally located will be secured and an hour set for the meet- | ing that will be convenient to all of the members of the committee. It is probable that little will be done at this preliminary meetinz beyond arrang- ing for the first mass-meeting aund receiv- ing suggestions as to the best means -of | rendering tangible aid to the struggling Cuban patriots. If all those who call at the Cuban head- quarters to offer assistance could be ac- commodated it would of necessity bea large so1p that could carry them all to the troubled isle. Men come every day wio want to shouldera rifl - and face the Span- ish armies, and they are often sorely dis- | appointed when told that it is not tne purpose of the sympathizers to send | armed men to Cuba, but rather to raise | funds to buy ammunition, medicines and | other suppiies, and still iurther to aid the | canse by showing to Concress the feeling | of the people of San Francisco regarding the struggie now going on in tue isiand. Among yesterday’s caliers was Pro- | fe-sor J. H. L Tuck, who is the inventor of a submarine torpedo system suitabie for Cuban waters. He said that, though | 73 years of age, he was ready to go at any time to Cuba to iay deatn-dealing hombs under the piacid waters of the rivers so | that the destruction of Spanish ships-of- war might be com passed. | When told that such a project was pre- | mature, and that the committee | pointed by the Mayor ‘must flcc,du] whether such a scheme was advisable, he asked leave to nttend the meeting and ad- dress the members on the subject. Letters from all parts of the State con- ] | | | | | | tinue to reach the neadquarters offering armed as well as financial aid, and many contain suggestions as to the methods to be used in raising funds. One that was received yesterdny from Professor Brown of the Leland Staniord Jr. University con- ned a novel suzestion the leaders forcibly. follows which struck The letter read as LELAND STANFORD JR. UNIVERSITY, ) CALIFORNIA, Feb. 17, 1897 '{ Chairman of Commiitee of Fufty for the Cuban League of the United States—DEAR SIR: W Mayor Phelan was rt 1his university recenti he asked me if I would serve.on yeur commi kuow whether I uave been made n member or not. I suggested to Mr Phelan a plan which he said 1 snould lay be lore your committce. It has been very weil thought of by thise to whom 1 have spoken here. It s that, instead of the usual appesl for small amounts of spot ¢.xh—i llowed by iotat forgetfulness of the cause— here be circu- iated and buunks printed 1n tue papers for it a subscription asking for A CENT A DAY FOR THE WAR, Payable monthly in advance in stamps. This is within the reach of all, and all who | sign are sure to keep interested in the work. | It is so small that if it were set off with the | proper boom almost every one would siga it, | and it would doubtless spread and be a great | factor in helping to strergthen the arm ;I n postage Cuba against Spain. Ihave justsuggested it to the league in New York. Very trulv vours, BoLTON COIT BROWN, Professor. = | Fresident Jones and Secretary Masche- rini of the sympathizers are anxiously awaiting a reply to their letter to Colonel | Ethan Allen of the New York headquar- tersinforming him of the appointment of the committee oy Mayor Phelan and ask- ing snggestions as to the best method ot organizing in this City. | It has been erroneovus'v stated in the Examiner_that Professor B. C. Brown of Stantord Univesity had been app -inted by Mayor Phelun as chairman of tne com- mittee of fitty. Mavor Phelan has not appointed a chairman, nor does he intena to directiy. Mr. Jones, President of the league in this City, states that from wotat he can | learn the Mayor's plan was to have the committee meet with the officers of the league and then appoint as chairman some gentleman sugsested by the pres- dent. The purpose in this is t the NEW TO-DAY! \ There is a queer notion going that tea is cheaper if | you buy it loose by the| pound. ®People who, think | that way forget that the best part of the tea-flavor escapes | first. . ‘ Your money back if you don’t like Sc/ulling's Best. A Schilling & Company Sau 4 arncisco | Black | Invigorator and Nervine. officers of the league, being the more familiar with the work in hand, would sugeest one who will he able to be of direct benetit to the Cuban cause, President Jones has received a letter from B. C. Brown, in which the latter states that he is organizing a branch league in behalf of Cuba at the Stanford Jr. University and another in Palo Alto. He is kept very busy holding meeiings and finding spealers, but so far he has met with good success. FIXING WATER RATES. City and County Attorney Creswell Gives the Supervisors an Opinion. City ana County Attorney Creswell has addressed a communication to the Board of Supervisors rlative-to the fixing of water rates. He finds that the law says they must be fixed in February of each year, but they can be fixed later; though in not fixing them in February the Super- visors are liable to punishment. The conctusion of his communication is as follows: The authority then to fix the rates must continue bevond the mouth of Fevruary, or mandamus would not lie to compel the per- formance of that duty. The power of the board does not lapse iu consequence ot official inaction in the month of February. Thougn the rates have not been fixed within the time vrescribed by the constitution, it is still the duty of the board to fix the rates, and if not done voluntarily the Loard may be compelled 10 perform its duty by the mandate of the court. That which may be enforced by law cannot be illegal if done voluntarily. IN ANNUAL UONFERENCE. Delegates From Ircquois Clubs of the State Will Gather Here To-Morrow. The annual conference of Lroquois clubs tor California will be held in Pythian Hall to-morrow at 10 A. M. in celebration of Washington’s birtnday. There will be a representation of many clubs by dele- gates, each club being entitled to one delegate and one for every twenty mem- bers. Lawrence J. Welch, grand secre- tary, has sent out a circular letter of invi- tation. In response to this favorable an- 1 been received yesterday from clubs outside of San Francisco as follows: Gilroy, Grass Vailey. Lodi, Marysville, Martinez, Okland, Petaluma, Redwood City, San Raiaei, Sausalito, St. Helena, Stockton, cramento, ‘ILracy, Vacaville, Vallejo, 'Alameda and San Luis Obispo. Tue delegates wtil be entertainel by the San Francisco Iroquois Club. e Melancthon’s Celebration. The German branch of the Young Men's Christian Association will hold & special ser- vice this afternoon at 3 o’clock in commemora- tion of the four hundredth anniversary of Phillp Melancthon’s birthday. Rev. F. —————— | Bowen will deliver the address and the choir of one of the German churches will sing some of the old German hymns. The admission is free and ladies as well as pentlemen are cordially fnvited to attend. The service will be heid in the German hall of the Y. M. C. A. building, corner Ellis and Mason streets. ————— A Concert Postponed. The farewell concert to Miss Katherine Black that was to have been held in Metropolitan Temple next Wednesday evening, February 24, has been postponed March 31. Miss tates that all the tickets 1or next Wednesdny are good for March 31, NEW TO-DAY. “z7,’ GRIP AND Stubborn Colds “Sevent:-seven” Cupes Both. The symptoms of La Grippe as de- seribed by phys cians are :0 like a Cold as 10 bafHe the skilled practitioner. 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