The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 27, 1897, Page 9

H H : KL AN - is not yet. THE S FRANCISCO CALL. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27 1897. BOUGHT A TOGA - WITH HIS GOLD Serious Charge Preferred Against Senator-Elect Heitfeld. Idaho Legislator Swears That He Received Money for His Vote. May Be a Scheme to Prevent the Seating of the Successful Candidate. BOISE, Ipano, Feb. 26.—Considerable excijement has been caused in political circles here by Representative Joines of Elmore County making aflidavit that he was bribed to vote for Henry Heitfeld, recently elected United States Senator by the-Idaho Legslature. The affidavit sets forth that Representative W. Y. Perkins promised Joines $250 if he wouid vote for Heilfeld, and after the election actually gavé him $1:0, the remaining $100 not having been paid. It is further deciared in the affida that C. C. Fuller promised the affiunt §: it he would vote for Heit- feld, and after Heitfeld was elected Faller ahd Heitfeld went to the Capitol Bank, drew the $200 and paid it over 10 Joines as per agreement. Jojnes says it has been his intention ht along to make this statement when e proper time should arrive. It is said that two other members of the Legisiature have made similar affidavite. The ier'nas been worked up by the Por and is said to have been enginecered from Ti the .office of a Populist atto in this city, which is a circumstance that con- fuses those who are seeking for a motive for bringing out the charges. The most generally accepted theory is that it is part of a plan to prevent the seating of Heit- feld as United States Ctarles Burrey Must Face the Law for Taking Two Pictures Owned by the Siinkeys. SAUSALITO, CAr., Feb. 26 —Art circles n Marin County w1il be treated to a bit of a surprise t. eek, for Damel Slinkey, a brother of J. Slinkey, the proprietor of El Monte Hotel, has sworn to a complaint before Recorder Josepn H. Pryor, charg- ing Charles Burrey, Iate o! Sausalito, but now a resident of San Rafael, with taking WO pictures from the Hotel Sansalito. Mr. Burrey is really not as bad a man as Mr. Siinkey would have it appear, for when he heard that Slinkey intended to bring an_action sgainst him he took the pictures from the wall which they graced and returned them, and they now occupy a dust-covered shell in the hallway of Hotel Sausalito. “The pictures are not original but, toge- gether with tne frames, they would prob- ably bring about $175 at a- forced sale. One represents Columbus at the court of Ferdinand and Isabella and the otheris a chromo in colors of a Roman chariot race. Sausalilo’'s entire maunictipal govern- ment is agitated over the affair, and Mar- shal Jobn E. Creed has the warrant in his pocket with which to surprise the unsus- pecting Burrey. Prosecuting Attorner Adolph Syiva is consulting his law books for cases bearing on the subject and Judge Pryor, before whom the case must pe ried, is drbating in his own mind whether the offense is serious enough to permit Mr. Burrey to enjoy freedom upon beil. © Mr. Barrey is known from one end of the county to the other, for he was tiie eaitér of the Herald, which, after chang- ing its headquarters to almost every town in Marin County, finaily gave up the strug- gle for exisience and . Mr. Burrey for many years lived with tie Blinke; Sausalito and became imbued with the idea that the pictures in question really belenged to him. N inkey wants his pictures, but at the same time be wants Mr. Burrey punished and that is why the Marshal of Sausalito is waiting for the art admirer to walk into the arms of the law. T iy NTA ROSA JUKOKS DISAGREE. n Fail to Keach a Verdict in Ex-Brcorder Hull’s Case. SANTA ROSA, CaL, Teb. 26.—After being locked up for twenty-four hours, the jury- in the case of the People vs. G. P. Hall was unatle to agree and was dis- charged by the court. Mr. Hall was charged with failing to account for $35 cf county money, while serving as Recorder of this county, the specific charge being but one of a series of alleged shortages. The trial lasted over two weeks, and was mest hotly contested. 1Itis sail to bave cost Sonoina County $10,000, and the end It was shown during toe trial that lour or five different persons had access to the casbbox of the Recorder while Mr. Hall was in office, and tbis fact, taken with the defendant’s excellent character, bad a great influence with the ‘jury, seven members of which had stood out for acquittal to the last. sy i - Santa Iosa Cyeling Meet. SANTA ROSA, CaL, Feb. 26. —Fine - weather and a splendid track will be two factors contributing to the succees of the race meeting here to-morrow, and fast riding is looked for. As the people of this vicinity have never before had the oppor- tunity of witnessing a bicycle contest be- tween men of national reputation, it is sale to prophesy that the capacity of the grounds will be taxed iong before the first race has been decided. The splendid weather of the past few days has afforded every opporiunity for practice, and the fiyers are 2ill in good trim for record breaking. T Sacramento Grand Jury Indictments. BACRAMENTO, Car, Feb. 26.—As- semblyman L. M. Landsborough, the al- leged defauliter, for whom three attorneys are making a strong fight, is in more trouble. The application made by his counsel for a writ of prohibition againsc the Superior Court of this county has veen denied by the Superior Courtand this morning the Grand Jury returned the five indictments against him, which had been set aside on a legal technicality. g Oakdnle-Sonora Eailway. OAKDALE, CaAL., Feb. 26.—The Sierra Railway Company of California is rash- ing the preliminary work on the proposed ratlroad from Oakdale to SBonora. Within adistance of thiriy miles already traversed -only nine property-holders remain who bave not given the ri.hit of way. As zo0n as the right of way is procured, work will be begun at Oakdale and pushed with all possible speed. — Fire at Perri. RIVERSIDE, CaL., Feb, 26.—The Nance block at Perris was burned this morning. The loss on the building is $13,000; partly insured. The principal losses are: J. E. Leeman, drugstore, $5000, insurance $2000; | for taking them | G. 8. Deline, groceries, $10,000, insurance . The FPostoffice was burned and all the mail lost. —_———— Reeception at Sacramento. SACRAMENTO, Cav., Feb. —One of the swellest receptions ever tendered in this city was given this evening at the Golden Eagle Hotel by Mrs. General Bar- rett, Mrs. William Beckman, Mrs. Sena- tor Klint, Mrs. Senator Voorheis and Mrs. Senator Stratton. The rooms were beau- tifully decorated under the artistic direc- tons of the Misses Mary and Bessie Crouch, and “the light fantastic” was tripped until the wee sma’ hours. - Waters of the Ohio iecedini. CINCINNATI, Onio, Feb. — The river is falling. At 8 o'clock to-night the news was given out at the waterworks that the gauge there showed by the slight- est margin scarcely a_quarter of an inch, & receding tide. Up to that hour from 8 P. M. the river has been stubbornly at a standstill of 61 feet 2 inches. It 1s more than likely that from now on the waters will go down rapidly. Bortigs St Ezplosion in a Coal-Laden Bari. SWANSEA, Wares, Feb. 26.—An ex- plosion occurred to-day on the British bark Kilmeny, Captain Jones, which was loaded with coal for San Francisco. The fore and main hatches were blown off ana three persons were injured. The explo- sion was due to gas that had been gen- erated by the cargo. G a Permirted to Land at attle. TACOMA, Wass., Feb. 26—Ng Kit, the Chinese merchant, is on his way to San Francisco with his wife and daughter. Collector Saunders permitted the women to land on receipt of permission from Washington granting a special dispen- sation. LIVELY AT RANDSBURG. New Discoveries Being Made There and in the Panamint and Slate Ranges. J. M. Wood, a blind musician, known in many mining camps, has returned here afier a long absence. He has just come from Randsburg, where he spent a month, and says it is an exceeaingly livaly place, and that miners and prospectors are ac- tively at work. A Mr. Crawiford found a ledge within a quarter of a mile of the town which ran $500 to the ton. He had heard. tco, that ibe Butte claim was sold for $75,000. A good deal of work is being done in the Panamint and Siate ranges. In the old Galer placer mines they are finding big nugge!s, and most of the miners are ma ing $4and $5a day. A man named Wat- kins, who hasstaried a vaudeville showina iarge tent, is doing well, and is now try- ing to engage San Francizco talent. WANTED TO BET. Matthew Ward Says He Was Ejected ¥rom Ingleside. Matthew Ward, by his attorneys John B. Gartland and John D. Whaley, has sued the Pacific Coast Jockey Club for $5000 damages for being ejected from the race- track at Ingleside on the 5th inst. Ward avers that he was attending, seeing and betting on the horseraces at 4 o’clock when he was assaulted by the corporation and was beaten with a cane and forcibly ejected from the inclosure; that he was mortified and humiliated and jeered at | and laughed at by the general public, thus causing him much menta] pain and an- guish, and he thinks he felt bad $5000 worth, together with costs of suit. AN ANGEY WOMAN'S DEED Mrs. Mattie Hagan Seriously Injures Her Husbaad, John Hagan. The Irjured Manm, to Shield H:r, Declares It Was an Ac. cident. Mrs. Mattie Hagan, young and win- some, but with sparkling eyes that tell of a ferocious temper, last night plunged a carving-knifeinto the breastof her jealous husband. Jack Hagan, devoted but suspicious, lay on a cot at the Receiving Hospital, and while the death sweatgathered on his brow and the words of the hospital phys cians that his recovery was doubtful still rung horribly in his ears, reiterated a clumsy fiction caleulated to shield the woman who had dealt the vicious blow. About 10 0'clock last evening Hagan rushed into Hyer's grocery-store, at the corner of Third and South Park streets, with the request that he be taken to & doctor. Flingineopen his coat he showed his shirt front and vest drenched in blood. He Wwas taken at onc2 to the Receiving Hospital, where he said he was playing on the sofa with the baby in his residence | at 33 South Park. He had a carving-knife in bis hand, and slipping from the sofa, he feil upon the knife. This storv he stuck to throughout a'l interrogatio: The physicians at the hospital ex: the wound, and found the left | punctured and the sorta tadly cut. He was very weak from loss of blood, and the doctors do not believe he can recover. 4bout an hour after the occurrence Mrs. Mattie Hagan, his wife, appeared at the Receiving Hospital. She had no idea of the enormity of the offense she had com- mitted, as she thought she had only given him a slight scratch. “It was all his fault,”’ was the only swer she would vouchsafe at first to quiries 2s to the nature of the husband wound Upon further questioning she admitied that she did the cutiing. “‘He was always quarreling,’” she said. ¢‘He was good to me, but he was awfully jealous. He accused me of the worst ihings you couid imagine. Last night he came home nnd I was drinking a glass of beer. He doesn’t drink, and he would have it that I was drank, “Then he commenced abusing me. He threw a chair, intending to hit me, and hit my three-year-old baby. I had leit the baby on the lounze, and he said I was neglecting it and was too lazy to get up ard take it in bed. “Then he called me an awfu! name, 1 won't allow any man to call me that, and when be came near me I just pushed him away with the cnrvin$-knil=. It will teach him a good lesson.” To the police she stated that her hus- band assauited her with a baichet, and she used the knife in seif-tefanse. Hagan is employed at an electrical es- tab.ishment on O'Farrell street. His wife, who is a woman not over 22 years of age, petite and rather pretty, was formerly a Miss Homick of San Jose. Her father is at present emploved in Onk- land. She was allowed 10 return to her home, but a policeman accompanied her to keep guard on the premises. Later, Hagan said be was chopping wood, and his wife had the carving-knife in her hand. In a playiul struggle for the knife, he #aid, he was scratched. — e — All Well on the Rattler. The schconer Eureks, which arrived last night, reported that it had spoken the schooner Rattler twenty miles off Point Reves. The Rat- tler had 118 seaiskins ou board and wished to report “all well.” e B THERE was a time when critical ale drinkers despaired of getting a bottled ale free from dregs:and sediment, 5ut t0-day they delight in the success of “Evahs,” because in 1t they see the perfection of brewing and bottling, Sber- wood & Eberwoed, Pacific Coast agents, * DYNAMITER AT NATIONAL CITY John Becker’s Liquor Store Partially Wrecked by an Explosion. Himself and Family Hurled From Their Beds and : Injured, Fiendish Werk of an Enemy Who Has Harassed the Merchant for Years. SAN DIEGO, CarL., Feb. 26.—The liquor- store owned by John J. Beckerat National City was partially wrecked by an explo- sion of dynamite at 3 o’clock this morn- ing. Becker and his wife and children, who were sleeping on the second floor, were thrown from their beds, and a son 7 years old suffered the fracture of a leg. For several years Becker has been pur- sued by a relentless enemy. Aboufayear ago an attempt was made to burn his store. Becker believes he knows who this cowardly fiend is, and it is believed he will employ detectives to run the feliow to cover. The explosion this morning wrecked the front ena of the store building, under which the dynamite had been placed. | The family slept directly overhead. When the dynamite was touched off they wers hurled from their couches and, the floor giving way, they fell with the broken tim- | bers to the first floor. Every member of | the famity was more or less injured, but the boy suffered more severely than did the others. The damage to the builaing amounted to about $1000. SUMMER FOR STANFORD Native Sons Celebrate the Elev- enth Year of Their Or- ganization. A Magnificent Scens in a Hall Artist- ically Decorat d—Hearts Won and Lost. Never before was the main hall of the Native Sons’ building more brilliant than st night, on the occasion of the eleventh anziversary ball of Stanford Parlor No. N. 8. G. W. The decoration, which was the work of A. F. Schleicher, one of the members, con- sisted chiefly of butterflies naturally rep- resented. There were also many “‘hearts,”’ typilying the hearts won and lost at Stan- ford’s brithant meetings. The idea of the decorator was the presentation of summer, with all that ma the season attractive. There was a large attendance, the ladies in rich and handsome gown The grand march was led by Harrison Houseworth, the president of the parlor, and Mrs. Harrison Houseworth, The event, in every way as great a success as any previously giveh by Stan- ford, was under the supervislon of the fol- lowing named, who composed the com- mittees: Reception—H. 8. Martin, Mier, W. A. Deane, D. C. Cariby, C. H. Stanyan, E Curun, F. H. Jung, and F. H. Eckeuroth. Floor manager, Harrison Houseworth. floor Commitiee—Dr. E. R. Bryant, Dr. W. F. Snarp, Marcus 8. Hariowe, W.H. Daly, A. P.Gianolni, C. D. Steiger, Dr. W. H. Siebers:, E. L. Head and Kussell R. Martia. The officers of the parlor for the current term are: Past president, Russell R. Martiu; president, Harrison Houseworth; first vice-president, Charles H. Stanyan; second vice-president, Charies F. Ratto; third vice-president, Joha J. McCarthy; recording secretary, Frank Deventer; fiuancial secretary, Joseph marshal,’J. W. Lewis; treasurer, Frank H. Eckenroth; trustees—D. A. Curtin, W. H. Daly; M. 8. Harloe; surgeon, E. R. Bryani, M.D.; outside sentinel, A. C. Trautvetter; in: side sentinel, M. J. O'Keefe. Among thos« present were: George J. Nolan, chairmen; R. J. Martin, J.'J. Mc- Angeio, D. A. Copsey, J. Greenberg > Cox; James S. Hawkins, 8. J. Theisn, H. Bird, Waller H. Lord, Miss Rose Herbst, Mrs. W. E. . Jones, D. A. Charles Gerlach, A. LF. Fisher, Mr, Mrs. ' Nel . Heyneman, E. J.J. Lerman, H. P. Ho 3 Sieberst, Miss Siebe ige-President George D.'Ciark, John . W. Lee, Miss Lil ie Brady, J. P.8weeny, Miss pton, Mrs. H. Thomas B. Gould, Angeio, H Lerman, Mr: M. E. Gray, H. ¥ Sweeny, Vernou Uptou, Mrs. Vernon President Harrison Housewor h, Houseworth, Miss L. Smyth, Miss M. Frederick, William G. Barr, W. G. Lee, Thomas McCauley, Herman Weiger, T. Althoi, Miss Emma Althof, Charies A. Boldeman, Mrs. C. A. Boideman, W. H. Daly, Mrs. B. Daly, E. H. Hiils, W, F. Colter, Miss Meyer, Miss Eilen Duune, Francis Kruel, Miss .\lsr%‘:en(e Seigiroth, P H. Seibei, Miss Mollie Seibel, Miss Emily Seibel, Clem Blethan, rrie Buck, Mr. aud Mrs. Joseph K. Jr., W. O'Brien, Mrs. J. W. D. L. Fitzgerald, Mr. ana Mrs. C. H. Sisnyan, Gragd Secretary Henry Lunstedt, Miss Annie Lastreto, Mr. and Mrs. J.' F. Croon, Miss Estelle Croon, W. L. Whelan, Mrs. W. L Whelau, Mrs, A, Clark, W. G. Houston, Miss Houston, Wiliiam McCarthy, Wiiliam 'J. Mathewson, George Rose, Mrs. George Rose, H. Flitiner, J, J. Dunn Jr., Mrs. Dunn, Miss Cunningham, W. B, Weg- euer, James C. Dunn, J. Diersen, Miss Ganst, L. G.'Schord, C. A. Levy, A. O. Calley. John J. Brougham, Siss M. Telkenberg, H. J. Cordes, Miss M. Hoyle, Ciarence Musto, Miss Lotta Musto, ‘Frank'Sullivan, Miss M. Harrison, Frank G. Wills, Miss Margaret Craven. J. J. Young, Dr. M. E. Rumnell, Miss Isabel Donovan. Miss Nettle Colby, E. G. Mrs. Emily Herzer, F. H. Juug, Miss M. Coon Russell Mariin, Miss Belle ler, W. F. Sawyer, Dr. J. C. Bainbridge, Mre, J. C. Bainbridge, Dr. Curtin, B. H. Lucke, R Mc- Colgan, Mr. and Mrs, George Filmer, Thomas S.enly, H. M M. Furmasn, P. §. Sanford, , Miss Martin, Robert W. Martiand, Mrs. Robert W. Fartiand, Miss Nellie Mart'and, Grand Past President F. H. Dunne, W, T. Ped W. Alexander, J. eden Jr., T. Carroll, Mrs. J. T. Rovert R. Impy, A, P. Giaunini, Mrs. A. b, Giannini, V. Tobin, Miss Carey, Miss N. Carey, kd Douthell, Miss'M. Carey, E. L. Head, Mr. E. L Head, Samusl Shaen, Mrs. 5. Shacn, J. Tobin. George H. 8. Dryaden, Mrs. George H. Dryden, Miss Kitile Tober, F.o & Surryhne, M M. Breese, Mrs. Frederick, Mr. Dollard, . Monahan, R. M. Dake, Miss Emmna Fe , Miss Agnes Cowles, C. F. O'Neil, E R. Bryant, Miss L. L. Buck, Clay ii. Beatiee, Miss’ Rose Garrity, D, O'Caflaghan, Miss M. Bhea, Miss Wall, * W onnell, Miss Lucette 0’'Connell, iss . 08y, Dr. Richards, Brown. N. K. Sharp, J. Whaicome, Miss Eva Whatcome, TLuey A. Barbichi, Mrs. Annie Algelting: er, Miss Johnston, W. D. Hynes, Mrs. A. b, Hynes, Miss Alice’ Kavanaugh, L A. Haven, Ernest C. Stock, Arthur Volkman, C. F. Ratto, Miss May Ryan, Richard J. Meyer, G. A. Chris: tenson, Miss Clara M. Byington, J. W. Lewis, Mrs. Langton, J. H. Greefkuns, ' P.J. Marten- stein, Mrs, P.J. Martenstein, Miss Maud Mar. tenstein, §. Lewald, C. H, Graham, Mrs. C, II. Graham, Miss Mande Stapleton, Miss K. Bte- man, Charles H. Bell, John J. McCarthy, M J.J."McCarthy, Miss Lettie M. Simpson, Mi G. B. Upton, A. H. Giannini, M.D., Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Grasham, Charles Carter, M. J. Hayes, Miss A. Haves, Miss Thy P. W. Jones, Miss Alice Well, Miss d C. 0. Steiger, B. tholser, F. Gonzalez, E. Gleason, 1ss Gleason, G Blake, P. St Jullien, Mrs. . Miss Luey bourguignon, J, Ellison, Mr, and drs. A. Lynch, G Stantord, Lo K- Hegentaer ynch, George Stanford, . Hagenkamp' | siiss 'Beriha Messing,” Mr. P. MoCarihy, Muhs, J. S, Scully, Miss Jennie_Beggs, George G. Williamson, Miss McColgin, James A White, M. F. Silk, William Stanford, Staniey J. Fay, Miss Fay, Miss Esielie G. Fay, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Larkins, Miss N. McIntosh, J. Mul- cabey, Miss Magzie Burns, Charles F. Vagts, Miss Lottie_Vagts, Miss Clarisse Maison, S. 8. Wilcox, Mrs. & 8 Wilecx, Miss K. Wilcox, Dr. H. D. Novie, R. Hampton, J.G. Coe, P. Dibert, W. W. Fenule, L. Schwartz. F. H. Miller, A.F.Schielcher, E.J. Coffey, William M. Fitzmaurice, Perey V. Long, A. N. Coprey, Miss M. J. Be 1, D. 0’'Conueil, J. H. Strehl. Miss L. Mahoney, Lewis J. Byington, Miss Byington, W. C. Stedifeld, Mrs. W. ¢, Stadifeld, E. C. Bertlett, Samuel Beac Aitken, Miss M. Meyer, Emile White, T." K. Reynolds, E. 0. Collg L. 8. Crackbon, [G. G. Stanford, K, Quinlan,’ M. S, Harioe, J. 'E. McElroy, H. C Wariwick, Emias Prosesk, Wil Kenped: A. C. Trauireiler, E. J. Angelo, M. ss Ella Evei aing, Bernard McEiroy, Miss Octavia Price, P. Hereman, Dr. D. D. Lustig. M:s. J. J. Young. e e ITS NAME PROPITIOUS. The Good Samaritan Mission Opened Thursday Night With an Eater- talnment and Feast, The Good Samaritan Mission was opened Thursday evening with an enter- tainment and feast. It is an institution of the local Episcopal churches and 1s located on Second street, near Folsom. At the beginuing of the exercises Rev. W. D. Kip gave an address of welcome to the church people, the clergy, the parist- ioners and the San Francisco people gen- erally who had so liberally contributed toward the building of the mission. The programme included songs by the boys' choir of thechapel, 8 hymn by the girls’ choir, a violin obligato by Mtss Ethel Smith, a song by Miss Edith Smith, a recitation by Miss McDermott and a selec- tion by Professor Beiber's Mandolin Club. The committee on arrangements was composed of the Young Ladies' Guild under the direction of Miss A. C. Bemis, The rooms will be open from 9 A. w. till 107, 3 of every day, and on Sunday and Friday evenings there will be religions exercises. The mission is composed of & chapel, occupying the most of the second story, ‘s sewing school, & boys' and a men’s reading-room, a men’sentertaining- room, a gymnasium, a kitchen, a dispen- sary and & young ladies’ guild room. PROTECTING SHIPBUILDERS Forelgn-Built Yachts Owned by Ameri- cans Must Pay Port Charges and Tonnage Taxes. The Collector of the Fort has received instructions from the Treasury Depart- ment regarding the Jaws recently passed by Congress in relation to foreign-owned and foreign-built yachts entering Ameri- can ports. Yachts belonging to the citi- zens of foreign nations that permit Ameri- can yachts to enter their harbors free of port charges and tonnage taxes will be allowed the same privilegesin American ports. All foreign-built vachts owned or char- tered by American citizens will be com- pelled 1o pay port charges and tonnage taxes when entering American ports, pro- vided that the ownership or charter rights were acquired subsequent to February 8 last, the date on which the law was passed. The act on which these regulations are based was framed for the purpose of pro- tecting American shipbuilders. TO UNINE THE FARMERS A City Club of Real Agriculturists Is Being Organized. The Farmers' Institute held its second session Wednesday in the Academy of Sciences Hall. Tbe attendance was large and the subj cts discussed were listened to with great interest. To many the idea of a gathering of farmers in a large city seems strange, but it is a fact that San Francisco boasts of a large number of farmers. They are not of the typical granger order, with suspenders fasiened to thin overalls with a fence-board nail, tut, nevertheless, they are farmers. Many of those who attend the meetings own Jarge farming properties which they man- age through an overseer, and otbers look alter their own properties and make fly- ing trips (0 their possessions several times a month 1o see that the bired men are properly caring for the livestock and pouitry, pruning the 1ruit-trees and vines and to se¢ how the cereal crops are pro- gressing. Such was the nature of the gathering last evening, ana_out of these gatherings is growing a San Francisco farmers’ club. Ata previous meeting a constitution was framed. The matter of forming the club s left in the hands of a committee, con- sisting of: H. H. Taylor, chairman; Ed- ward F. Adams, Ernst A. Denicke, Alfred Hotman, B. P. Fut, Philo D, Jewett and P. B. Cornwall. This committee reported that it recom- mended the organization of such a ciub under the constitution previously sub- mitted, and added: We recommend that all persons desiring to become members of said club be requested to hand in their names and address with $1 50 1or dues for the first six months to Vicior L. O’Brien, 402 Montgomery street, who has con- seuted to take charge of the same untilthe organizationof theclub. We recommend that the club meet for prganization at 8 . X. on Monday, April 5, at some place to be deter- mined later and announced through the press by Mr. O'Brien. About 60 people have signified their in- tention of j\t‘)imng the club and more are expected. Not only are the actual farm- owners interested in the club, but several bank officials who hold mortzages on country prorol‘fle! and real estate agents are looking into the movement. The lectures given at the institute meet- ings are particularly interesting to all who own outside lands that they are de- sitous of improving. Last evening there were two speakers, Pro.essor C. W. Wood- worth and Professor E. J. Wickson. The former delivered an interesting discourse on *“Dairy Bacte in which he described the minute organisms which muitiply in milk products. Some of these, he said, are of great value and others highly injurious and dangerous. He dwelt at length upon the relationship ol milk to typhoid fever and consumption and told of the danger of spreading these diseases in lac! fluid and its produc! Professor subject was “Grasses and Foraze Plants for California Dairymen.” Thne professor exhibited sev- eral dozen samples of good, bad and in- aifferent forage plants, natural and im- ported, that are now growing in this State, At to-night’s meeting Professor E. Hilgard and Dr. Julius Koebig will lec- ture. ———— The Merchunts’ Association. The Merchants’ Association directors re- solved yesterdsy to ask the Lezislature to amend theCivil Code to permit the lense of City lots for fifty years; to eppose Senate bill 125 and Assembly bill 276, on the ground that every application for a iranchise, under the terms of tho bills, must be published and also for other reasons; also 1o protest against Senate bill 450, relative to work on streeis and sewers, A request was received from Mayor Phelan thet tne bosrd indorse the comsti:utional smendment providing that sections 4 and 5 of Articie X1 of the constitution relating to cities and counties shall not apply to San Francisco. Mayor Phelan also requested the board to approve the act that has been intro- duced in the Legislature, enabiiug Sen Fra clsco to stmpiity and ecobomize in the special eleciion of Freeholders 10 frame & new charter. Both requests were granted, and the secre- tary was inatructed t0 sand notces of its ac- tio to the Mayor aud 10 the legislators. The bourd declded to daail in is puwer to encour- age and assist the Golden Gate Carnival. PO e Sy Two Indictment: The Grand Jury returned an indictment against Jacob L. Thurston on a charge of shooting at George H. Peitis with intent to kill. The shooting occurred on the afternoon of February 11 on San Jose avenue, An ind ctment was also returned against G. Lepisondo, cnarged with stealing o ring be. longing to Mary de Silva. TIO DEAD AND MORE DYING Horrible Condition of an Italian Family of Eight. They Ate Toadstools Instead of | Mushrooms and the Effect Was Awiu'. Four Doctors Labored in Vam fo Keep Death Away From ths Suff rers. The Basseinas, four of them, the father, mother and two children, are Iyingat death’s door from eating toadstools in- stead of mushrooms.’ Two more of the children are dead, and they are laid out on a bare table in the room next to where four doctors are try- ing to save the lives of the others. Wednesday the two little boys, the ones who are now dead, went out to the Presi- dio to gather mushrooms. They returned with a pailful, and Thursday these were cooked for the family. Before night all were down with un- doubted signs of poisoning. The children were the first to show signs of the fatal mistake. The youngest were taken with sharp pains in the stom- ach, and their faces and necks turned al- most black. Then the father was taken down and then the mother, and before yesterday morning one chila wasdead, the other was almost dead and the remainder of the family were practically dying. Bick as she was Mrs. Paratine left her house and called in a doctor and then im- plored aid from the neighbors. A Mrs, Adams who lives in the vicinity was the first she appealed to, and when Mrs. Adams reached the house a pitiful sight met her eyes. The children wers all sick in one room. The father was trying his best to help them, although he himself could hardly stand, and the two liltle curpses added a significant part of the melancholy pic- ture. Last night the mother was better, in fact practicaliy out of danger, and the father, too, was convalescent. The remaining children, however, are still in 8 most precarious condition, and the doctors are not sure that more may not join the two silent little corpseson the table. The Basseina’s live at 308 Lombard street. The father is an Italian laborer and his family is not in welkio-do cir- cumstances. The parents.are almost crazed with grief. FOR A NEW OHARTER. The Mayor Submits a Bill to Cheapen the Required Machinery. Mayor Phelan has sent the following letter to Senaters Mahoney and Stratton and Assemblyman North: Senator Straiton, Chairman Senate Committee on Elections, Senate Lhamber, Sacramento, Cal.— DEAR SIR: ' Inciosed is u dril of a bill, the object of which is 10 lessep the cost of speciat eléctious for ireeholders or for the adoption of charters for municipalities. It provides that at such elections any number less than six regular precinets may be consolidated into one, and further that the election_boards at such electious shall eonsist of two judges and two clerks oniy. It also dispenses with (he ne- cessity ot new registration by providing for the use of the precinct registers used ut the last pre- ceding general election, and also that supple- mental registration shall be had before such election, 50 &5 1o afford electors whose names do not_sppear on these registers or who may have chauged’ their Tesidence au opporiunity 10 vote at such election. As there is astrong sentiment in San Fran- clsco (the only large city in the State that has uot adopted a ireehvlders’ char.er under the new constitution) in favorof a new charter, and it is proposed to hold s freeholders’ elec. tion thisyear, 11 Js Lighly important that such a law as tne one proposed be enacted at the present session of the Legisiature. The bi.l was drawn vy Garret W. McEnerney, and it meets with the approvai of ihe Registrar, W. M. Hinton. Mr. Hiuton 1niorms me that {f it is enacted the cosi of & treeholders’ or charter election will be reduced more than half. 1 trust that the measure will be expedited. Yours very traly, JAMES D, PHELAN, AT THE CENTOURY OLUB. The Spring Exhibit.on Drawing an Ad- miring Crowd. The Century Club opened its spring ex- hibition yesterday, and the rooms were crowded with enthusiastic art-lovers, During the day an interesting pro- gramme of vocal and insirumental selec. tions was rendered. The pictures are at- tracting a great deal of attention and much favorable comment. S The City May Compromise. Buckingham & Hecht’s clam against the City and Co unty for damages for the flooding of the basement of their factory by an over- flowing sewer came up before the Judiciary Committee of the Board of Supervisors yester- day afternoon. The claim is between $9000 nd $10,000. The committee submitted a compromise on the basis of $3000, while at- torneys for the firm suggested $5000. The ent over one Week to permic of & con- ————— Attorneys in Contempt. Attorneys Murasky and 8mith sppeared be- fore the Justices of the Supreme Court yester- day afternoon, and applied for a writof habeas corpus to test the right of the lower court to puuish them for contempt. The Justices, upen the showing made, denied the motion, and to-day the attorneys will have to appear before Judge Wallace, when the judgment for contempt will be enforced. e ———— ‘Witl.Favor the Laundry Order. The ordinance proposed by Dr. Hart and recommended by the Board of Health, to pre- vent the spraying of clothes by the mouth in Chinese laundries, was considered favarably yesterday by the Health aud Police Commit- tee of the Board of Supervisors, and will te re- 1 orledd favorably at the uext meeting of the ard. ,——— The Worst Thing in the World To-morrow afternoon at 8 o'clock Rev. W. A._ Garduer will deliver an address at the Young Christian Association 1, Msson and to men only. He will speak on the unique subject, “The Worst Thing in the World.” Seats will be freo 10 all young men. kB b Fell Down a Coal Hole. James P. Gaffney, 8 law student residing at 43334 Clementina street, while wglking on the Hayes-street side of tne \St. ‘Nichoias last Cann:J fcll into a coal chute and badly signature of sprained his left wrist. He was treated at the eceiving Hospital. is on every wrapper of CASTORIA. SACRIFICE PRICES! OUR GREAT SACRIFICE SALE CLOSES TO-DAY with a grand final offering of ALL BROKEN LINES of every description at re= ductions TO FORCE THEM OUT WITHOUT FAIL! LADIES’ HANDKERCHIEFS! K a—500 dozen LADIES’ WHITE HEM-;;T—ITCHE:D HAND - EMBROIDERED OC HANDKERCHIEFS (just received), slightly imperfect, regular valus $1, $ 23 and $1 50 per dozen, will be placed on sale at 5¢ each. LACE NECKWEAR! 5()¢—YOKES OF INSERTION AND RIBEON. trimmed with Butter Lace, regu- OUC Jar price $1and $125, on saie this day at 50¢ exch. MEN’S FURNISHINGS! ¥ »—98 dozen MEN'S FANCY BORDERED HEMSTITCHED HANDKERCHIEFS, OC extra large size and in new, neat designs of fast color prints, regular price $1 20 per dozen, will be closed out at 5¢ each. 1()¢—7 dozen MEN'S, BOYS' AND LADIES’ ALL-SILK WINDSOR SCARFS, in C solid color surahs, plaid silks, Indias, ete., regular price 269, wiil be closed out at 10: each, 15¢ 62 dozen ALLSILK TECK AND rOUR-IN-HAND SCARFS, satin lined, in 2C 8 varioty of handsome colors, usually sold at 2o and 86, will be closed out at c each. KID GLOVES! 75e—1% dozen $BUTTON LENGTH MOUSQUETAIRE UNDRESSED KID OC ™ GLOVES, in dark and medium tan shades and slates, extra good value for $1 25, clearance sale price 75¢ a pai 1.00~%, dozen 8BUTTON LENGTH MOUSQUETAIRE UNDRESSED KID B GLOVES, in tan ana mode shades, extra good value for $1 50, clearance sale price $1 a pair. RIBBONS! = RIBBONS! 35¢—5;INCH ALLSILK TAFFETA SHADED RIBBOY, assorted colors, value G 50, will be closed out at S5¢ a yard. NEW SHIRT WAISTS! 5()¢—LADIES' LAUNDERED SHIRT WAISTS, “Stanley” make, detachable cole DUC lars, ascortea ratterns, will be offered at 50c each. 75¢~LADIES' LAUNDERED SHIRT WAISTS, detachable collars, latest styls OC siceve, in percaie and lawn, will be offered af 73c each. —LADIES' FANCY DIMITYAND LAWN WAISTS, in figured and striped $1.5 LADIES’ patterns, regular price $1 25, will be oftered at §1 each. |—LADIES' FIGURED LAWN AND DIMITY WAISTS, “‘Stanley” make, very stylish, regular price $1 75, will ba offered at $150 each. LADIES’ MUSLIN GOWNS! 5()¢—LADIES' MUSLIN GOWNS, lined back, yoke of tucks and insertion, will be UG oftered at 50c each. OSTRICH FEATHER BOAS! $2 00—%EAL OSTRICH FEATHER BOAS, extra value for $2 75, will be sold at . 2 each. LADIES’ OUTING SUITS! 9 4," —27 LADIES’ OUTING SUITS, consisting of double-breasted jackers and s—- skirts, slightly seiled, former price $7 50, will be closed out at $2 45 each. $4 ga-BSLADJES‘ OUTING, SUITS, consisting of jacket and skirt, slightly soiled; tue jackets areeitner box or tourist styie; former price $10, will be closed cut at $1 95 each. TO-DAY! * 1c £®~ STORE OPEN SATURDAY EVENING UNTIL TEN 0’CLOCK. 9-4 BLEACHED SHEETING, the good grade, for large beds (vlenty of it) MURPHY BUILDING, Market Steeet, Comer of Jousg San Francisco. 1 "””//// ,:’Y i /!fi/"{ g d lady residing near Sharpsburg, Ky., relates that g the local paper one day that she first saw an ipans Tabules and “that advertisement,” she says, in speaking of it, ““has indeed brought relief to me. ~ For two years I had been a constant sufferer from dyspepsia and felt that my case was beyond hope: After trying many remedies without success I had succumbed to the last- ing disease. Ripans Tabiles saved me, and only those who have been prey to painful digestive disorders and have been denied the luxuries which the table ms afford can appreciate the value of even one Ripans Tabule.” Baja California i Chichester's Lugliah Diamosd Brand. A . i AL PIL Damiana Bitters E“"l-%g!a-a-,-.m-}’ S A POWERFUL APHKODISIAC AND et e e s Eapuaes T specific.tonic for the sexual and urinary orcans ©of both sexes, and s great remedy for diseases of the kidneys and bladder. A great Resiorativa, o send Invigorator aud Nervine, Sells on its own Merits: or s 10 long-winded testimonials nece:sary. o 2 . letier. b7 rotura NASER, AL¥S & BRUNE, Agents 3 e gents, 823 Market St., S. F.—(Send for Circular) NOTARY PUBLIC. HARLES H. PHILLIPS. ATTORNEY-AT- Law and_ Notary Fublic, 638 MarRet st., oppo- site Palsce Hotel. Telephone 570, Residence Fell sireel. Telephone * Fine ” 2501 Gold NEW WESTERN HOTEL, RNY ND WASHINGTON ] Kfi‘mu-a .fu renovated. xm?aow:;: .g Eu: plan. Hooma 50c 1o $1 50 per day, 1 i S YOIy §oom. EleVALOF Fuas allnighi