The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 12, 1897, Page 9

THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1897. attempis in the past to siir up strife among the union- have always led me to believe that they were at heart opposed to union labor. Its loud-mouthed assertions of friend- ship to free labor has never fooled me, as I always think that a barking dog will never bite.” Frank Muther, a promivent cigar manufacturer, was interviewed and said: “I be- lieve the Examiner is on the downward path and that the way Is sreased for the cocasion. Like a drowning man, it catches at straws, but in my opinion nothing will J saveit. It's buying prison-made zonds while loudly chanting 1ts own praises as a triend of free labor, is a aetestable offense, but one of the least of itscrimes.” X &, J. Gilliam, proprietor of the Magnolia stables, said: *‘Of course, prison-made 200ds are made to sell and there Is really no crime in buying them, but the charge against the Examiner is notso much the buying of a lot of twine as it is of hypocrisy of which it stands convicted.” A fred Reed, foreman of the City stables, when interviewed, expressed himself in no uncertain fa-hion, saying among other thing<: “The Examiner is a convicted bood! ckmaler and toady and is too filthy to come into a white man’s house.” Ma ers spoke in a like vein, and cf the score or more asked for their opinion of the Monarch, there were none so poor as to do it reverence. Laborers of Sacramento Say Some Bitter Words. SACRAMENTO, Car., March 1.—The published statement of the Examiner's it has been posing as the hypocrisy in that for years advocate of unjon and free labor, and has been personally purchasing the product of convict-made twine for its own consumption, has created a worla of rnal in labor circles in this city, and a corre- comment on n of THE CALL in so practically upholding sses by the non-introduction of lineotype machiaes. roup of brawny iron-workers from the Southern Pacific Railroad gon a street corner for their car to come along and take them to iscussing the subject, and one of them said : erity of the Examiner whenever I read its articles but L'l tellyou what it is, boys, this shows the whole unfavorable comr spondingly favorab the union luboring ¢ This even shops while wai their homes w “I have always d favor, overhe g us of the workin vears because I was & Democrat and always felt an i settles it. Iquit. Any paper that will kick up such a and then turn around and purchase convict-made twine e of my hard-earned siuff, and for that matter, I have idea of politics, even Democratic politics, from aminer, with the sole exception of Al Murphy's “Pw taker draw can are corkers. corded a CALL representative this evening by members of the vari- P bs of te Bookbinders: Union said: niner has posed as the champion of free and union labor, and able to find that it nas, under false culors, been attaining our pport, and has so signally proven its insincerity 1n its professed in which its professions could have been proven, but cer- personal patronage to the striped laborers across the bay at 1s¢ of free and union labor in the purchase of prison- al proof of its sincer ty. pocracy on the vart of THE CALL is certainly commendable, e luborers should know who are th ir true friends and who are In fact, the labor world has found another enemy in camp.” San Quentin made twine ““The cxpose of his by as it is right that th professed frien amuel Hughes of Typographical Union No. 21 said: “Asa union man Ican do nothing else but denounce the Examiner. A paper t will so bitterly denounce the product of convict cut stone as did the min-r, when speeking of the base connccted with the Grant siatue, and then de- rately purchase convict-made twine at the expen e of union labor is no longer of the confidence‘and patronage of union laboring men.” Willism Miner, a preminent member of the Typographical Union, =aid: I have lcst a larze portion of the regard I formerly had for the Examiner and do not by any means consider it the champion of union labor, not that I am at all sur- prised at any departure it may make from its ‘professed’ principles. It haslett patriotism entirely in the shade and defers entirely to its business office, which seem- ingly wholly aictates its poi “The publication in THE CALL of the fact that it has been patronizing convict Jabor in the purchase of twine only more fully demonstrates what I claim, and that i t the Examiner bows in its policy to the aictates of its business department and he rights of the laboring classes. cares little if anything K ‘1 must give the Examiner credit, however, for being the most astute advertiser in the countrv, through its advocation of char- to the poor and afflicted. Had its professed charity been ine, it would have been done under cover, but being ‘ads’ to advance its circula- y were emblazoned so that all might comprehend how vast a fund of charity oters possessea.” in Mathens, a delegate of the Federated Trades, said: “The Examiner, to draw it mild, is decidedly inconsistent, but I have never be- ed that there was one atom of merit in the Examiner’s protestations of being the 4 of tl.e workingman. ““On the other hand we of the laboring classes fally realize that THE CALL has been vractical friend, it has fully demonstrte this fact by k eeping lineoiype machines ing-room aslong s it has; we of course fully realize that this cannot FLED FROM FQUL SCENES OF CRIME Kourias and His Family Leave Armenia for This City. They Were Fearful of Being Murdered by the Blood- thirsty Turks. The Sultan Accredited With Being the Instigator of the Reign of Horror and Bicod. Outcasts of the war, driven from their native country through fear of assassina- tion at the hands of the bloodthirsty Tarks, P. Kourias, a citizen of Armenia, bis wife, two bright-ey~d babies and a ser- vant named Vahon Ijder fled to America, arriving in this City a few days ago. The Armenian and his famiiy are at present installed in a large residence, 317 Powell street, and there, surrounded by $500,000 worth of Oriental rugs and dra- Columbus Landing, in Michigan, and Columbusvilte, in New York State. Lord Byron was once the rage in America and his reward is found in 24 towns bearing his name, either by itself or as a prefix. Bismarck is represented by 18 towns and villages. Napoleon and Kossuth are outdistanced by Bismarck, for there are but 10 Napoleons and 1 Napoleonville and 7 Kossuths. Baron Steuten’s services in the Revolution have not been forgotten, for there are 12 Steu- bens and Steubeny There is but 1 Garibaldi and 1 Shakespeare, Pennsyl- vania having the honor td own the latter. —Pittsburg Dispatch. - LINCOLN'S HAT A FOOTBALL. It Was After the Result of the Election Had Been Announced. The favorite hat worn by Abraham Lin- coln was a tall *‘stovepipe.” It had been described as a foot high, with a brim almost as wide as a Bouthern sombrero. Many anecdotes are connected with that famous tall bat. In it Mr. Lincoln carried many of his valuable papers, the briefs of his iaw cases and other documents. On the ni ht of Mr. Lincoln’s election to the Pres:dency, several ladies who had gathered at the old homestead at Spring- tield testified their glee by using the hat as a football. A few of us went over to assist Mrs. Lincoin about the supper which was to be given some gentlemen who had come in to hear the returns. It was aiter midnigtt before enough had been learned to warrant the bellef that our candidate was elected. We went nearly wild with joy and con- gratulated Mr. Lincoln mcst heartily. Some one saw the famous ‘‘stovepipe” in the ball, and seizing it threw it up to the ceiling. Another caugnt 1t, and then it went the rounds until it fell to the floor, when one gave it a kick, and then another and another gave the bat a send-off until it was so batterea that it had lost all re- always. We realize that it is financialiy detrimental to the proprietors of but we also know that in empi n: 130 printers ata time when labor-sav- nines were bein - so universally introduce { on newspapers throughou' the coast he wolf has been kept from tbe docr of many a poor family., Had THE CaLu the policy of the Examiner and Chronicle and introduced machines at the same time as they did the suffering of the printing fraternity wouid have been simply So I CaLy has practically demonstrated its friendship toward the la- boring ¢ d should be as hizhly commended for its sincerity as the Examiner should be aenounced for its hypocrisy by all the union brotherhood on the coast.” P. Welsh of the Pressmen’s Union sid: pe ly know that the aminer has by no means been the of union labor. It has demonsirated this in various way: sich have come under my personal observation, and the fact of its purchase of convict- made twine, being as it is strictly in conflict| with every union principle only serves to strengthen the various matters | which have combined in the psst to prove 1o me personally insincerity in its professions of {riendship toward the union frateruity. On the other hand, 1 know that THE CALL has stood staunchly by every un.on princ ana been a practical friend of our several unions. I am by no means surprised at ihe expose of the Examiner’s Lypocrisy, as I was fully convinced fitin the past.”” Employers of Labor Unite in Speaking In Loud Denunciation. SAN JOSE, CAr., March 1L.—The expose of the Examiner's perfidy in posing as a triend of labor e y engaged in purchasing prison-made goods is the main ¢ of conversation among workingmen in this city. This course of the Examiner is generally denounced, prominent workingmen and ae friends of labor tal a decided stand against the paper that has betrayed tke| trust placed in it by the toiling masses. . B. McNeil, proprietor of an extensive job printing establishment and an honorary member of the Typographical Union, said in an interview this evening: “Speaking as an emrloy of organized labor, and as one whose entire interests are identified with the weliare of the Pacitic Cosst, I will say that I know of no action as insidious in its clisracter, 'and| 'as/ifar-reaching in! its|/effacts’ Ws' ity Firottiing: of iabor i t purchase of prison-made goods. While I contend that pris- oners of all grades should he compelled to labor for tha public good, there is much labor that can be done by them and so many ave- nues where it can be profitably empioyed without entrenching on the rights of the law abiding. I can see no excuse for the short-sighted and utterly indefensible course pursued he preprietor of the Exami I do not wish to be understood as desiring to take part ir a labor controversy, yet as my opinion has been sought it is freely given.”’ E. Chimson, president of the local Cigar-makers’ Union, and a delegate to the national convention of that organization, said: “The press is the guide of e. When a paper poses ass friend of labor people take it on that represen- ion. “Despite the editorial statement of the Examiner, the purchase of the prison- nade twine is not a small matter. Such a course is detrimental to the interests of workingmen. Every ball of prison twine purchased by the Examiner is just so much work taken away from honest men. “The workingmen have a great battle to fight and it must have the aid of the newspapers. It is false friends in that field that cause the greatest harm.” A. S. Hale, a prominent member of San Jose Typographical Union and fore- man of a large job printing office, said: “The Examiner, like the man who carries water on both shoulders, has come to grief. It posed as the friend of the working- man, but the contract for San Quentin twine exposes its hypocrisy. “The Examiner now appears in its true Light, and the intelligent workingman will not again be hoodwinked by its shailow pretenses of friendship.” A. T. Huston, president of the Barbers’ League, said: “The Examiner’s excuse for purchasing prison-made twine is a lame one. ltisnotasmall matter. There is a great principle involved. “The purchasing of such prison-made goods as enter into competition with free labor prevents honest men from getting work. Instead of encouracing such an in- justice the Examiner should have aided the workingmen in their fight against the products of the prisons.” Disgusted With the Hypocrite, BALINAS, CaL., March 11.—The exposure of the Examiner by THE CALL has been the talk of the town since yesterday. The Examiner with its mask removed has lost the friendship of the wage-earners and manufacturers. Here is what some of the prominent laborers of our town sa E. H. Godat, mason—I have just recently stopped taking the Examiner because I was thorouguly disgusted with its hypocritical posing as the friend of labor. A paper that uses the product of convict labor in preference to the product of the honest totler ought not 1o receive the support of the workingmen. W. E. Grant, contractor and builier—The Examiner is not the workingmen's friend. No convict labor for me. THE CALL is the best friend of the wage-earner. A, T. Uncapher, carpenter~ I never regarded the Examiner as the workingman’s friend, and since its exposure in THE CALL I know now 1t is the enemy of honest labor. ‘ H. E. Bessett, caroenter—The Examiner is not the workingman’s friend. No paper that uses the prodauci of convict labor can be a friend of the wage-earner. 8. C. Pierce, brickmak-r—The patron of convict labor is no friend of the laboring T T Enos, dentist—No true American citizen will use the product of convict Jabor, and any man who patronizes convict lavor in preference to honest labor suculd be deprived of his citizenship, About twenty other prominent laborers expressed themselves of the same views, many of them Démocrats and readers of the Examiner. Nota single person in the town undertakes the defense ot the Examiner, VAHON JTER, the Armenian Who Yesterday Received Word That His Brother Had Been Sentenced to Death by the Turks. peries, silks and embroideries, they discuss the massacres in their native land. Mr. Kourias was a prominent merchant, his place of business being in Constanti- nopie, the hotbed of assassins. When he fled be took all bis belongings with him and he will dispose of them in this coun- t1y, after which he will wait for peace to succeed chaos in his own country, then he will re urn. Vahon Ijder, the servant, is the most unfortunate of the unfortunate party. When he fled he left a brother in the land of murder, and when Vahon’s absence was noticed his brother was arrested to be held as surety for his return. This the servant was informed of yester- day through a letter he received from =z friend in Constantinople who knew that he was coming to this city. The letter farther stated tha: the brother had been tried and convicted of being a revolution- ist and would be beheaded unless he in- structed Vahon to return to his home. ‘When he was asked if he would return 10 Constantinople to save his brother's life Vahon shook his head, tears cameinto bis eyes and he said: *No; thev would kill us both. me and let my brother go I would return, but they would kill us both.”’ “‘The scenes of horror that daily took place in Armenia and Constantinople can- not be aescribed in human language,” said Mrs. Konrias last evening.” They mast be seen, the awful savagery must be witnessed before the frame will tremble with fear.” In the Haskni massacre, which took place last August, brutalities were flicted on the defenseiess Armenians by the Turks that should have brought down the vengeance of the Creator on the mur- derers, “They went by night to Haskni, and robbed and murdered in an awful man- ner. One woman when ordered brought all of her jewelry and gave it to the Turks. and asked that her husband’s life be spared. She ran and threw her arms around her husband, “At that moment he received a knife- thrust in the throat, and he feil dead, his blood drenching his wife's hair and face. “One poor woman fled for her life and carried in her arms the body of her d babe. She hurried across the mountains toward the seashore and for three anys never left the littie corpsealone, finally reaching a place where she could bury her child and feel that its body was free from molestation and zould rest in peace.” The scenes in the massacre districts were heartrending. Hundreds of people wou.d seek refuge in the steel-domed churches, and there in the air made stifling by numbers chiidren would be born among the maimed and dead. Mrs. Kourias is ot the opinion that all of the massacres were directly ordered by the Sultan. She says that any Turk who takes either th - life, honor or riches of a Cnristian believes that be has favored his god and is nearer heaven, and as the Sul- tan is a consummate pagan he imagines that he has saved the souls of thousands of his people by his deeds of blood. TOWNS NAMED AFTER HEROES. Lafayette and Columbus Are Tied for the First Place. A study of American town nomencla- ture shows ciearly who have been the most admired heroes in the popular mind. Lafayette heads the list. The Postoffice Guide contains 29 places bearing the great Frenchman’s name. Gratitude to Colum- bus is reflected in 20 towns if we incliude 1f I thought they would kill | in- | semblance to its original shape. Mr. Lin- coln looked on and smiled good-naturedly at the childish performance. — Youth’s Companion. THEY ALL WAKT SORKTIG iManufacturers and Producers Desire His Leader- ship. The Association Discusses Pare Food and Convict Labor. A meeting of the board of directors of the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Asso- ciation was held in the Mills building last evening. At the outset the president stated that Mr. Green of the American Condensed Milk Company, who was a member of the association, believed that the chemist of the Board of Health had committed an error in muking an analysis of his product, and wished a committee of the body, in conjunction with a representative of the Board of Health, to visit his factory, situ- ated twelve miles from San Rafael, and see the process of condensing the milk and the kind used. All present expressed their confidence in both Mr. Green’s ‘product and the hon- est intention of the Board of Health, and in order to pive the matter the fuilest investigation Messrs. Kerr, Lewis and Jacobs were appointed & committee 1o con- fer with the Board of H-alth with regard 0 makinga trip to Mr. Green’s factory for the purpose named on Sunday next. The State Analyst will also be requested to make a chemical examination of Mr. Green's milk from any samples now in the possession of Dodge, Bweeney & Co., local agents. Mr. Sonntag then expressed his regrots that ne could not act as president for the ensuing term, despite a unanimous re- quest, on account of his private affairs monopolizing bis time. Every member arose in turn and ear- nestly requested Mr. Sonntag to reconsider his decision, their remarks being to the eff.ct that he could not be spared. At the conclusion of his remarks, which were applauded, Mr. Kerr offered & reso- lution tuat the d:rectors of Mr. Sonnta ’s company be petitioned to grant him the time necessary to retain his position as president. It was adopted unanimously. A final decision was reached that the cail for the Pure Fuod Congress be made for April 22, and that all industrial bodies and all county Boards of Health and Su- pervisors be invited to send delegates. ———— Her Mojrsty Contributes Again, LONDON, Exa., March 11.—Though the Queen has aiready contributed the sum of £500 to the India famine fund, her Majesty, upon learning that the distress in the ine-stricken courtry is likely to be vastly more widespread than at first expected, has forwarded to the Lord Mayor an additional £500 to be applied to the fund which started by the Lord Mayor some time ago. The fund has now reached the sum of £411,000. R g ALWAYS the best specs and_eyeglasses. Ber- teling Optical Company, 14-16 Kearny st, * TROUBLE AHEAD IN LA@EIHELES Large Jobs Declared Unfair by the Trades Council. Non-Union Men Are Working on the N:w Affiliated Colleges. High School, Hall of Justice, Ferry Depot and City Hall Are Also Undeér the Ban. When the spring opens there will with- out doubt be a decided improvement in the building lines that will furnish em- ployment to large numbers of working- men. The Affiliated Colleges, the ferry depot, the Hall. of Justice, the High School and perhaps the new Postoffice, to say nothingof many large and small pri- vate structures, give hope for a prosperous year in many respects. However, accompanying these bright prospects thers is also a prospect of trouble ahead. Several of the big build- ings mentioned are slready under con- struction and the clouds have begun to gather in labor circles, The first complaint was made by the Lalorers’ Protective Association at its meeting held on Wednesday evening, at which it was stated that non-union labor- ers are being employed on the Affiliated Collegee buildings. Last evening at the meeting of the Buiiding Trades Council this matter was brought up by the newly seated delegates from the Laborers’ Protective Union. Other delegaies reported the High School, Hall of Justice, ‘ferry depot ana the City Hall roofing as unfair jobs. They stated that non-union men are at work on ail of these places and that union men have little or no chance with the contractors. The latter, the delegates said, are taking advantage of the army of unemployed and unorganized wh.ch is now in the City to give the unions a fight or at least to defy the unions’ clairps lor consideration. The council, however, decided not to take any hasty action in'the premises and do anything that mizht have to be un- done or regretted later on. In order to procesd with care a committee consisting of W. M. Page, L. F. Danfortn and J. Jor- gensen was appointed to make a careful investigation, and J. T. McCann was ap- pointed as a special representative of the council to assist the committee and to in- vestigate on his own account. Mr, Mc- Cann will gather statistics upon all iabor matters pertaining to these several jobs ana make a repori next Thursday even- ing, when action will be taken by the council. The employment of non-union men on the colieges and ferry building wili be lled to ihe attention of Governor Budd and the Board of Regents by the council, and the request will be made thar work ba done by union men for union wages and on tke legal time—eight hours. The same course will be taken with reference to the High School and the Hall of Justice. While all of these proceedings will be carried on in a quiet, earnest manner they ate also signiticant. During the troubles of lastspring and summer the workmen of this City became well organized, and to-day the unions are in a better position financially and as to members than they were a year ago. Unless an amicable un- derstanding is arrived at before very long it is not unlikely that the unions will take a firm stand in demanding their rights. L3S B e THE CONTRACTORS’ SIDE, Deny Having Discharged Unlon Workmen From the Affillated Colleges Job, In yesterday’s CALL was a report of the meeting of the Laborers’ Protective Asso- ciation, at which it was stated that union men had been compelled to quii work at the Afliliated Uolleges and that it was the evident intention of the Rae Building and Contract Company, contractors, to give the preference to non-union men. H. ‘Whittle, the vice-president of the com- pany, and F. Smith, the secretary, vester- day denied that such was or is the case. Mr. Whittle said: “Tie situation is this: We prefer union men and we are paying them union wages—hodcarriers $3 a day and brick- Iayers $5. Occasionuily tbe regents and our personal friends ask us to puc some of their friends to work, and frequently we are not in a position to refuse their re- quests. When we do put such men to work we pay them what tiey are worth, even full union raes if they are wortn it. *‘Recently we put on some laborers who do not not belong to the union, and the union mer refused to work with them. Two union men quit on Tuesday morning. They are fine workmen, and we were sorry to have them leave us, for they had been with us for a long time. However, we cannot afford to compel a man to_pay $30 to be initiated into & union when he is only making from $2 to $3aday. We don’t want any trouble with the union, but wo will hire whomever we please, but we prefer union men to any others.” MITCHELL'S FINE STRCKE The Crackerjack Amateur Bi! liardist Showed His Play Last N ght. Opening of the Fourteen-Inch Balk- Line Tournament at the Occidental Hotel Parlcrs. The amateur billiard tournament for the trophies offered by the Occidental Hotel and the Brunswick Balke - Collender Company, opened last night in the rooms of the Occidental Hotel, introducing the phenomenonal player, Mitchell, to a Cali- fornia audience. Mitchell is the new “wizara” who, al- though in the amateur ranks, has shown a touch fully as delicate and accurate as Schaeffer, Vignaux, Ives and Slosson. He and Heinecke are rated as the best bil- liard-players in this City, and are put down as the scratch players in this tourna ment. - ‘The games last night were between” Burns and Thompson. the latter playing 250 points to Burns’ 1t was evident that the handicap was too heavy, as Thompson made but 224 points to Burns’ 225. Burns’ best run was 23 and Thombson's 18, and the average was Burns 4.62, Thompson 4.82, The lvsing man, having had one innine less than his opponent, made the best average, an excellent one for amastears in a 14-inch balkiine game. The second eame, between Mitchell, 300 points, and Lewix, 175 points, was simply exercise for Mitchell. He showed the ex- cellence of his work in many ways and won handily, making his score in forty- three innings with a top run of 65 and an average of 6.9, Lewis’ best run was 13 and his score 148, m;lfinliun avernkslal 3Y%. 0 e gam e b-lklgine.es will be played atthe.l4- Ben Say.or, refere —————————— ANOTHER RACE AGAINST DEATH. Robert Treat. Payne’s Heroic but Futile Effort 1o Reach Home Before His Wife Died. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 11.—Robert Treat Payne, the Boston millionaire and philanthropist, passed turough this city yesterday on his chartered train from Washington to Boston, where his wife lay dying. The train on which he traveled was composed of an engine and oue car, fur- nished by the Philadeiphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Raiiroad. The train met him at Mansass, Va., and it is said accord. ing to the terms of his agreement with the roilroad company he is to pay a big bonus for every minute chopped off the record. The rua between Washington and Grays Ferry, Pa., was coyered in 132 minutes and the run of thirty-four miles from Per- ryvilie to Wilmington was made 1n thirty minutes, Mr. Payne arrived in Jersey City at 1:05 A. M. to-day. He crossed the ferry to this city, where a carriage was in waiting, and he was | whirled away to the Grava Central Station. He reached there at 2:26 A. M., and a special train which was in waiting to take him to Boston started two minutes later, orders having bsen given to the engineer o try and beat the record. New Haven was reached at 6:54 A. M. and Boston at 8 A. M., the run having been made five minutes faster than the limited express time. The cost of the service be- tween New York and Boston was $500. Mr. Payne’s trip was all in vain, for Mrs. Payne died yesterday. The impatient iraveler received the tele- | gram while his special was speeding | through Wilmington, Del., but he kept on and reached his home as apeedily as steam could carry him DEATH OF GUSTAY SUTRO The Aged Pioneer Capitalist Passed Peace‘uily Away Last Night. Heart Failure Overtook Him in His S'xty-Ninth Year—Well Known in This City. | ! Gustav Sutro, the capitalist, died at his residence, at 1718 Pine street, last night. Heart failure was the cause of death. When he passed away he was sur- | rounded by his family, which consists of | Mr-. Therese Sutro and his children, | Charles, Helen, Olga and Emil. His | death was not unexpected, for he had | been ill for several days, and, at his ad- vanced age, the family was prepared for | the worst. | Dr. D. W. Montgomery of 1124 Sutter | street was in attendance, and was with the patient to the last. | Gustav Sutro was well and favorably known in this City. He was a cousin of ex-Mayor Adolph Sutro, with whom he was in business on several occasions. He was prominently Known at one time | as one of the promoters and owners of the | steam railroad that runs betwe-n the end | of Cal fornia street and the Cliff House. By careful management of his affairs Mr. Sutro amassed a considerable fortune, Deceased was a native of Aix la Cha- velle, Germany, and his age was 69 years 4 months and 19 days, He came to this State 1n early days and has resided most of the time in San Francisco. ———————— Fung Yung Mand’s Mission. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 1L.—The very limited Cuinese colony in Washing- | ton is somewhat excited to-night because | of the knowledge that has reached that | element of Washington society that| Fung Yung Hand, Chinese Consul-Gen- | eral, stationed at San Francisco, is in the | city. His mission is the subject of various surmises, but the fact is outside of dispute | that his idea was in_reierence to the local | “highbinder” troubles that recently ex- tended 1o fatal resulis in San Francisco. The Consul-General called upon the Chinese Minister to-day, but whatever the result of the audience was, it is shrouded in the usual Oriental mystery. —— Sawsalito. Culprit Fined. SAUSALITO, CAn, March 1L—Jens Christensen, who was founa guiity of ap- plying vulgar language to one of Sausa- lito's ladies and who made the defense that the vulgar term was the name of the tamily cat and that he was not addressing the woman but wascalling the cat, was up before Recorder Pryor to-day for sen- tence. The court fined him $20 and gave Christensen until to-morrow at 2 o’clock to pay the fine or go to jail for twenty days. e e Eva Booth Sick Unto Death, TORONTO, Oxt., March 11.—Miss Eva Booth, commander of the Salvation Army jorces in Canada, is dangerously ill and her recovery is doubtful. Three weeks ago, after service in the army temple of this city, she was sud- denly taken ill, and her condition was so serious that removal to her house was im- possible. An office in the temple was con- verted into a temporary hospital, where she still lies. OFFICIAL ARMS PROVED STRONG Men With Titles Patrioti~ cally Swing Hammers Hard. So the First Rivet in the Bat- tleship Wisconsin Was Driven In. Admirai Kirkland, G:neral Forsyth, Mayor Poe an and Hugh Craig Worked With a Wiil Patriotism inspired Mayor Phelan and several other distinguisued citizens to toil lke village blacksmiths yesterday, and several horny-handed sons of toil who stood by and waiched tae Mayor's good right arm at work and saw the drops of honest sweat dropping from the Mayor's man!y brow made admiring remarks aft- erward such as— ““Great sight that.” “Bet yer life, if my’ drove rive awhile to get his hand in he could hold up his end with the best of us.”” The occasion was interesting, being the riving of the frst rivet into the new armed battle-ship Wisconsin, which in thuree years will be ready to plow the briny main, the biggest of all Uncle Sam’s white navy. Itis just three months since work was begun on the armed battle-ship No. 9, as the Wisconsin isofficially designated, and yesterday was practically the begin- ning of the sirip’s construction. A few leading citizens had been invitea to be present and all the foreign Consuls had received invitations. The morning dress of the visitors was livened up here and there by the glitter of gilt bullion that adorned the caps and coats of cfficers from the Presidio and Angel Island. The first rives was to have been driven at 11 A. X, but it s nearly noon before the guests bad found one another it the big yard. Without any formality Irving | M. Scott led the way to the platform of rough planks erected for the occasion. It was about amidships and to reach it the guests had to pick their way through the huge iron skeleton of the ship, which towered above them and stretched out be- fore and behind, 368 feet long and nearly 63 feer wide—a disjointed skeleton, resting on wooden supporis and waiting for the first link to rivet it together. Every one crowded round to see who would take tbe first hand at the job of riveting. The Mayor smiled and leisurely drew off his natty gloves to be ready for action and the horny-handed sons of toil at this signal handed him a red-hot rivet, which he took firmly atthe end of a long pair of pincers and held it with the firm- ness and decision of a veteran, while Ad- miral W. A. Kirkland and General For- | syth took turns at beating it in with mighty strokes of the hammer. Not having had extensive experience in rivet-driving, the son of Neptune and the on of Mars hit the iron plate a great deal oftener than they hit the nail, but they worked till the drops of perspiration stood out in beads on tneir brows, and the spec- tators thurmured with satisfaction and encouragement each time they hit the nail on the head. The Mayor also took a hana, and Hugh Craigand H. T. Scott, who came in on the home stretch, com- pleted the job. As soon as the rivet was finished, the horny-handed sons of toil had their brief moment of trinmph. Admiral Kirkland and General Forsy:h, the Mayor, Hugh | Craig, H. T. Scott and all the visitors who had watched their performance stood by admiringly while the riveting zang showed how the job ought to be done with the greatest possible neatness and dispatch. Thatendet the cersmonies. There were no speeches, and all the congratulations tendered to the amateur rivet-drivers were of an informal and personal nature, but until the Wisconsin is ready to plow the billows, the tale will be told and retold at the Union lron Works, of how Admiral Kirkland, General Forsyth, Hugh Craig, H. T. Scott, and last but not least, Mayor Phelan, drove the first rivet in armed bat- tle-snip No. 9. Among those present were Constructor Capp and his assistants, Constructor Kubm and Constructor Snow, represent- ing the Government; Professor Davidson, Horace G. Piatt, Irving M. Scott and Judge W. W. Morrow. Governor Buda sent a telegram from Sacramento regrat- ting his enforced absence. The following foreign Consuls were invited : J. L. Schleiden, Francis Korbel, Wilfrid B, Chapman, Juan’ M. Luco, Fung Yung Heng, Adolto al, Rafael Gallegos, J. Simpson, Aex F. Ballen, Adolph Koseathal, Josepn Warburton, Aug Goustlaux. Miguel Carrilo, Charles T.’ Wilder, Joun T. Wright, Saburo Kuya, Alex K. Couey, P. J. Van Loben Sels, W. L. Merry, Hule, George E. P. Hall, I d. Costs Duarte, Viadimir A. Arisimovitch, Eu- stoejio Calderon, Jorge Madrilley, Henry Lund, Antoine Borel, Jose Costa. ! Kellogg Will Leave Stanford. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Car., March 11.—Professor V. L. Kellogg, one of the popular professors in the department of entomology. will go at the close of this semester to Europe for a year's study. Professor T. Kincaid will take his piace. 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