The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 26, 1897, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1897. A RONST OR THE | FACULTY Plain Words of Editor Hop- | per of the Occi- dent. 1 TROUBLE BREWING IN BERKELEY. Student Journalism Is Turned Against College Pro- {essors. IT MAY END IN A COURSE OF SUPPRLSSION. Nervy R-marks That the University Authorities Do Not Like and May Si: Upen BERKELEY, Car. March 2 Editor Hopper ('98) of the Occident sprung one more sensation in his weekly to-day, by publishing an article the system of university government at Berkeley which has aroused much discussion. The name “Rienzi” was signed to the production, which is an attack upon President Kel- logg and the faculty in general. The writer discusses affairs with singular free- dom, and it is whispered that the faculty may sit upon such methous of journalism. Among the students the matter is looked upon with varying views, but| there is a general tendency to object to sucu matter being published, anony- mously at least. “Rienz!"’ states that the university is “not so much a single in<titution as a number of separate depariments held to- cether by a common name and & common treasury. Each department head is a sort of petty sovereign suspicious of his neigh- bors, jealous of his rights and owning but scant allegiance to the central au- thority.” The chief evil arising from this state of affairs is declared 1o be that “it stands as an effectual bar to the university ever get- ting anu keeping a president of the stamp it needs.”- The nervy student writer says | further: It is an open secret that the heads of de- partments do not_want a strong hand at the helm. A man of energy and idea. at tn head of the university, possessing the con: dence of the regents, would mean an end to departmental autonomy, the 1deal to which our protessors and persistently worked, and to-day practically attained. With the position of head of department abolished. the power goiug with the position would gradually fall more and more to the president. Tt would then be to the best interest of every one to heve that position held by a strong, broad-minded, progressive, scholarly man, and all would unite toward that end. With the greater howmogeneity, that this would bring we might hope to see an end to the cliques and intrigues, plotting and counter plotting that to-day rua riot in the govern- ment of the university. As to the faculty at large the following remarks are made: A large department ought to have twoor three men of ability and reputation. But 1uis is not posible unless we once and for all give up the ides of having only one full pro- sessor in each department. If we are to have several men of equal ebility they must have equal rank. No university can hope to be- come great which having once selected its department chief is ever after debarred secui- ing another man of talent and reputation. Such a condition of affairs, dangerous for any university, is doubly dangerous for one just beginning to develop & graduate department and still saddied with department bheads obteined during and suited 10 its college days. Our present absurd system compels us to sitidly by waiting for incompetent men to grow old and retire, while the growth cf the university is retarded or perveried. The remedy f r these evils is declared to be abolition of departmenial government. THEY ASK FOR A SCHOOL. Sunnyside Kesidents Present Grievance to the Board of Education. D. H. Wyckoff, William Wilson and W. A. Hicks of the Sunnyside Improvement Club have been appointed to draft a peti- tion to the Board of Education, asking for the location of & primary school in the district. The present petition is the renewal of Their four lots, at Flood avenue and Edna street, to the Uity, having been promised that the building would be erected pefore July 1, 1896. The City accepted the land. The plans were prepared, and bids were ac- cepted last vear for the new school, but the Board of Education found that it woulu be impossible to erect the building, because there was not sufficient money 1n | the fund. The present application is made in time for both the Supervisors and the School Directors to provide in the next tax-levy sufficient funds to erect the building. In aadition to the need of a school the residents have still another cause of com- plaint, and this is the inconvenience of reaching either the San Jose or the Mis- #ion road except by a roundabout journey of over iwo miles. An outlet is desired through the market gardens, which now block traffic between Sunnyside and the Excelsior Homestead. ‘With tie railroad track of the Southern Pactfic Company running along there under a deep cut, it is thought thata bridge leading out of Bemis into Thirty- fourth street would answer the purpose and be a benefit to all concerned. —_—————— MAY QUILL'S DEATH. Fifty Thousand Dollare Damages De- manded of the Railroad Compuny. The case of Anthoay Quill against the Southern Pacific Company is on trial be- fore a jury in Judge Dainzerfield’s depart- ment of the Suverior Court. The action is to recover $50,000 damages on account of the killing of plain:if’s daugnter, May Quill, by a railroad accident. is attorney for Mr. Naphthalv, Friedenrich & Ackerman as legal representatives for the cor- poration. 2 It is noted in this connection that the railroad company has recently begun to distribute its cases among several of the legal firms of the City, insteaa of giving all the patronage to one or two men, as was formerly the rule. At s former trial of this case the jury failed to agree. The present trial Wil probably occupy a week’s time. pm Ay s a il Big Suits Against the Hoge Estate. Alicia Hoge, executrix of the estate of Wal- | also known as I ter Hoge, deceased, has been sued by Eugene “W. Long, trustee for and guardian of the 0’Connor heirs, for certain sums said to be due from the Walter Hoge estate 10 the vari- ous claimants. The sums demanded are as follows: George J. O'Connor, 15,076 69; George O’Connor Jr., $21,53711; Elizabeth 0'Connor, $14,783 31; Eizabetn 0’Conuor, nnor, $21,840 43. BIG ATHLETIC SHOW. The Y. M. C. A.to Fxceed All Previous Attempts of That Department ight. The gymnasium members of the Young Men’s Christian Association will have their turn to show what they have accom- plisned during the past few montis to- night. Thereisto be the greatestgym- nastic entertainment ever aitempted by this department, and the members have To-; | been hard at work under the direction of | Dr. H. L. Dietz, the physical director. Among the speciai numbers mi mentioned the following: The carnival of sports, which will be presented for the first time, illustrates the different athletic sports of to-day. George Baker will show nis skill with a 26-pound cannon ball, doing some very difficult feats. Adele Edns Keliogg, a little iady of 10 summers, but who can swinz Indian clubs to.per- fection, will assist Dr. Dietz, the cham- pion o! the West, in making this number aspec al leature of the evening. The ladies’ class bas a brand new fancy march, with all the turns, twists and wheels imaginable, and, not satisfied with | that, will show their controi of the Indian clubs. Statuary work by Messrs. C. Stewart and Roy White and tumbling by the *“As- sociation Akro-Quad,” consisting of Dr. H. L. Dietz, George Stewart, George Par- menter and Charles Stewart, will add to the pleasure of the programme. Besides the above there will be special work on the horizontal bar, parallel bars and rings, German horse, dumbb:Il drill by the boys’ class and leaping from the springboard. The work by the “Iliuminated Club Trio,” given for the first time on this coast, will conclude the programme. Music will be furnished by the Colum- bian Orchestra under the’ direction of Fenton P. Foster. Louis Titus has charge of the ushering, and the stage work will be managed by Dr. Dieiz, R. Horner and F. L. Shaw. A new seating arrangement has been perfected, and a clear view can be had from any part of the house. HE ADVOCATES CHANGES New and Novel Ileas of Super- intendent of Schools Webster. Claims That Tiere Are Too Many Fads Teuzght— High-School Cours> Tco Short. Superintendent of Schools Reginald H. ‘Weoster bas taken hold of the reins of government in bis new office with a firm hand and is preparing to present some im- portant measures to the consideration of the Board of Education at an early date. Mr. Webster is of the opinion that there are too many fads occupying the attention of the pupils in the primary schoo!s and that several of them snould be eliminated in order that the scholars may have more time to devote to such necessary branches as reading, writing and arithmetic. “I have been looking closely into the matter of the branches taught primary- school children,” said Mr. Webster yes- terday, “and 1 have come to the conclu- sion that some of them may be left out of their studies and never be missed. There are too many fads and too little of com- mon school studies. “For instance, sewing and cooking might be dropped, or at least curtailed, and reading and writing and arithmetic given more tme. Drawing and music are very nice accomplisnments, but I fail to see why they should occupy so much time and attention. They seem to me better suited for the leisure hours of the children when at home. I shall recom- mend to ithe board that some changes along the lines be made. ‘“‘Another matter that I shall call to the attention of the board is the length oi the high school course. I think that three years is too little and that better results would be attained if it were increased to four years. We would turn out more fin- isned pupils who would reflect greater credit on the department.” NEW POLICE STATION. The Commissioners Assign a Sergeant in Charge and Two Station Keepers. The Police Commissioners on Wednesday night assigned Sergeant John Mooney to take charge of the new station on O'Far- rell street, near Devisadero, and Police- men Joseph J. Burnett and Gregory P. Harrington to be station- keepers. The new station, a description of which appeared 1n THE CALL several weeks ago, has now been completed and made ready for cecupation. The men detailed in the district, which includes west of Steiner street to the beach, between Waller and Broadway, | will report for duty at the new station to- one which was presented about two years | P ¢! ago, when the property-owners donated | night, Sergeants Tobin and Christiansen, who have been in ths district for some time, will remain there. Tae district is in Captain Wittman’s division. The new station in regard (o its inter- nal arrangements and accommodations is a model of 1ts kind, and 1s the only one built on ground belonginz to vhe City. - CHOYNSKI AND MAHER. The Olympic Club Will Endeavor to Secure a Match for April. The Olympic Ciub directors met last evening and decided to give Howard Tay- lor, the leader of the club, full power to act with regard to the making of matches for the club’s professional fistic carnival, which will be held in Mechanics’ Pavilion some time in April. Mr. Tavlor said that he had tried every means to get Tommy Ryan of Syracuse, N. Y., Lo meet George Green, but that the Eastern fighter is evidently afraid to meet the clever Californian. To-day Mr. Taylor will wire Peter Maher and Joe Choynski regarding the amount of purse they would consent to fignt for in this City. If Choynski refuses to meet Maher an off r will be mace to Tom Sharkey, but the frierds of the latter say that the sailor has a wnolesome respect for the big right fist of the Irishman and will conse- quently demand a purse which he knows the Olympie Club, or any other club for that matter, cannot afford to give. Judg- ing from the present outlook it is almost safe to *ay that the Olympic Club will get a twenty-round go between Choynski and Maher. P W G Truce in More Estate Litigation Judge Coffey yesterday denied the motion to remove Mrat Miller, the special administrs- trix in the A. P. More estate, which seemed to please the dozen lawyers in the case, as Attor- ney Paterson remarked that for once there would be Do exception taken by opposing counsel. Attorney Mhoon begged the Oppos- ing litiganis to allow Mrs. Miller sixty days to £0 to Santa Cruz Lsland and take caro of the usiness of the estate, and it was tacitly un- derstood thata truce for two months would be allowed. —————— From One Hurd Name to Another. Jean Bouysson has applied to the Superior Court for permission 10 cbange his name to John Vauthiers, “‘because his present difficult to spell and pronounce. ——— THEY are peers iu their profession—binding or printing. The Mysell-Rollins Co., 22 Clay.* ) 2 DURRANT DID NOT MURDER WARE So Captain I. W. Lees Most Emphatically Declares. Says He Ran the Story Down Several Months Ago. He Resents the Insinuation Directed Against the Unhappy Minnie Williams. Considerable amusement was created in police circles yesterday over the reappear- ance in one of the dailies of the old yarn tbat Theodore Durraut, the convicted murderer of Blanche Lamont, was also the slayer of Eugene Ware, the hapless drug clerk who was butchered two years ago in the St. Nicholas pharmacy. This time a hirs. Norman Shaver ap- pears in the role of accuser. Many others have suffered this same nightmare before, and they caused Captain Lees and his ret- inue of Hawkshaws no end of torment and wild-goose chasing. But Mrs. Shaver’s rather overdue vision is destined to create no excitement among the bluecoats whatever. The story is taken as a joke, particularly in view of the fact that the new accuser, in relating her tale, confesses that she has absolutely no evidence of its truth and acknowledges that she can go no further than to sus- pect. *It’s all rot,”” was the blunt manner in which Captain Lees replied to & question yesterday, regarding the merits of the story. “Idon’t know this Mrs. Shaver,” ne continued, *‘and would not like to say anything that could be construed as being disrespectful. But 1t is al! nonsense, nevertheless. Had she possessed any information as to the identity of Ware's murderer, she would have come forward long ago and consulted with the police. I ran iwnat Durrant story down long ago, and I know what I am talking about when 1 say there is nothing in it. “In the first place Durrant and Ware were not acquainied, as Mrs. Shaver's story would imply. Atleastcould never secure any evidence that they knew each other, and I worked that theory out very thoroughly. “Ido not propose to pay any attention to this new—or rather, old—story at ail. It would be but a waste of time and energy, especially after the ground hasall been worked over before. Besides all this Mrs. Shaver does not really say anything. All one can make out of her statement is that sne thinks or believes Durrant had something to do with Ware’s murder, and bases the-e suspicions upon some alieged strange actions and moody spells on the part of Minnie Williams. I teil you there is nothing in it.”” Captain Lees also took exception to the ins nuation that Minnie Williams was rather too well acquainted with Ware to suit Durrant, and that the latter was prompted to murder the crippled drug- clerk by a jealous heart. The veteran criminai-catcuer says he investigated the murdered girl’s character thoroughly, and satisfied himself that a purer respectable little lady did not exist in Ssn Francisco. He pronounces the innuendo cruel and heartless. “The jealou-y theory is as ridiculous as the rest of the story.”” said the captain. “Ware was dead and buried before Dur- rant and Minnie became acquainied. Ware was murdered in December, 1894, and Miss Williams lost her life in April, 1895. She met and became acquainted with Durrant only a monti before he butchered her in that church library. So, you see, that explodes that jealousy theory.”” Mrs. Shaver Lerself seems to be rather sorry she spoke. She adheres to her sus- picions, however, but says her remarks and statements have been exaggerated. The lady says she has absolutely no tangi- ble evidence showing tnat Durrant slew ‘Ware, but she always imagined that Min- nie Williams kuew something of the de- tails or thought she did. That is all there is 1o it. Darrant takes the whole thing as a good joke. “Why, of course,” he said yester- day, "I mordered everybody. It's & won- der somebody doesn’t charge me with in- stigating the Armenian massacres. These slories make me laugn. Why, I never knew Ware in my life, much less pos- sessed a desire to slay him."” Durrant added that in his opinion Mrs. Shaver’s tale was but a revamp of the old story alieged to have been started by Sis- ter Julia. She was alleged to have said that she saw Durrant at the St. Nicholas Pharmacy on that fatal night, and the story traveled everywhere. But when brought back to its a leged source the story was flatly denied. by Sister Julia, and that put an eud to it. O0’BRIEN’S HARD LUCK, Under Bonds to Finish the New City Hall Roof, and Jailed by Judge Wallace for Doing the Work. Contractor James J. O’Brien was fined $500 and condemned to five duys’ imprison- ment in the County Jail by Judge Wallace yesterday for contempt of court. Mr. O’Brien has been engaged by the New City Hall Commissioners to put a new roof on the new City Hall, and had is men at work directly over Judge Wallace’s courtroom vesterday morning, and the hammering caused a deafening noise. His Honor irowned and Bailiff P. J. Curtis **Mr. Bailiff, go up on the root and tell the man in charge of those men that he must stop that row. There is the liberty of a human being at stake here, and the nuisance cannot be tolerated.’ Mr. Curiis went as directed, and soon returned. As he entered the courtroom, the hammers fairly thundered on the s above. Nothing could be done, a temporary rest was_given to the lawyers and the jurors. When Mr. Curtis returned Judge allace shouted above the din: , Mr. Bailiff, well 2" s he can’t stop,” returned Curtis. “What's tbai?” demanded the Judge, snatching up s pencil and fumbling for %s gl “Give me that man’s name. ‘Suppose be’s the contracter.” *Well, go fetch him,” said his Honor. L‘Go up on the roof and bring hith in ere.” Away went the bailiff again, and pres- ently returned with the contractor, Mr. O’ Brien, who grinned as he entered the judicial presence. Judge Wallace called him to the bench and in a wiisper told him the noise must cease. O'Brien re plied deferentially, but said that he was urnider bonds 1o finish 1he work as rapidly as possible and that City and County At- torney Creswell had ordered him to pro- ceed, saying that if acy Juages com- plained he was to refer them to him. “‘Well, I make the order that this noise cease right now,” insisted the Judge. *If you proceed it will be 01 il “I'll see - Mr Creswell,” O’ Brien. “I don’t care what you do,” returned his Houor. “I shall stop this uproar. There is a trial going on here and the evi dence cannot be heard; Mr. Clerk, kindly T suggested note tnat I make the order that this dis- turbance cease at once. There was no more noise during the forenoon session. but when the afternoon session began there was another interrup- tion by the workmen’s hammers. Judge Wallace again sent up and Contractor O’ Brien was brought before him and asked what he meant. The contractor said he was doing the work under the advice of City and County Attorney Creswell. Judce Wallace then found O’Brien guilty of contempt and ordered him committed |9m,;ui| for five days and to pay a fine of O'Brien expects to get a writ of habeas corpus in the Supreme Court. The court remarked thatif the workmen continued their noise he would send them to jail too. THREE “STARS” DIMMED. A Trio of Policemen Caught at a Clandestine Kepast Sus- pended. Three seductive plates of steaming, wholesome beans and three amall glasses of amber lager proved the malign agen- cies that cast desolation into the very souls of three of San Francisco's finest policemen late last Wednesday night. Officers John Rainsbury, A. E. Holmes and Dennis J. Daley went to work on Wednesday evening at 6 o'clock, light- hearted and awake to duty. Unfortu- nately, however, the paths of the three guardians of the peace crossed one an- other and at an unlucky moment about 11 o'clock, when all was silent, they met at Bush and Montgomery streets. All were hungry and all were thirsty and after a glance around the trio entered the Forum saloon in quest of refreshments. They were shortly seated at a table, their coats unbutionea and helts on the floor, enjoying their clandestine meal. The nand of misfortune was hnveflns over them, however, and just as all ba assumed a position of absolute abandon, Police Commissioner Mose Gunst and Police Captain Wittman strolled into the cafe for a cigar. The surprise was mutual, but Captain Wittman soon managed 1o pull his scat- tered thoughts together. He elcquently expostulated with his subordinates for their peculiar actions and ordered the men to the station. They went, of course, and Mr. Gunst nodded approval—he was too benevolent to give vent to his pent-up feelings by word of moutb. Yesterday Chief Crowley suspended the three offending officers pending an inves- tigation by the Police Commissioners. ‘What excuse the officers will give for eating beans between meals, however, re- mains locked in their minds. FAVORS CIVIL SERVICE: The Council of Associated In- dustries Supports That System. J A Filcher Eiected President—Manu- facturers and Producers Aiso Elect Oificers. The board of directors of the Manufac- turers’ and Producers’ Association met yesterday and elected officers for the en- suing year as follows: President, J. W. Kerr; first vice-presi- dent, M. J. Keller; second vice-president and treasurer, A. Sbarboro; third vice- president, W. F. Bowers; secretary, L. R. Mead; inanager, Oscar Lewis. The Council of Associated Industries met in the rooms of the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Association shortly after- ward, with the foliowing members pres- ent: Lastreto, Emery, Rich, Lewis, Kerr, Keller, Filcher, Jacobs, Denicke, Rowle: Julian Sonntag handed in hi8 resig tion as president and J. A. Filcher wa: elected to fill the vacancy. The question of civil service was earn- estly discussed by all present. A few were opposed, but the majority were for it A resolution was adopted against the repeal of the present law contemplated in & bill now before Congress. It wiil be forwarded to that body at once. MRS. SHEPPLER HERE. It Is Said That She Will Sue for a Legal Separation From Her Husband, It is now claimed that Mrs. Bessie Schep- pler, the bride of three duys, has revealed her presence in this City to certain sympa- thetic friends, as well as being discovered by detectives. Sne asserts still, according t0 this claim, that she married Scheppler because Lier mother insisted, and that she will not return to him. Legal papers are beine prepared, and public developments may soon follow. Mrs. Young is still of the opinion that her daughter must have met with foul play, because she herself has not been notified by the missing girl where she is. e ON THE ANOIENT BRITONS. Rev. W. D. Williams, D.D., Lectures Before the Geographical Society. Reyv. William D. Williams, D.D., lec- tured before the Geographical Society of California on the “Ancient Britons; their migrations and institutions,” at Golden Gate Hall, 625 Sutter street, Iast evening. The lecture was illustrated with stereop- ticon views. As the lecturer told of the sturdy race of men, after which one of the world's greatest nations is named, pictured their migrations and vast undertakings, and spoe of their institutions, at that ancient day marvelous in their magnitude, the stereopticon would throw the ontline of the subject on a curtain located near the Atage. ¥ feature of the lecture enabled the audience to grasp the various points with ease, and apparently augmented the'in- terestof the audience, as each striking picture was greeted with applause, ——————— Tried to Commit Sulcide. Willism Newton, a laborer, aged 25 years, shot himselt behind the right ear in Union- square Park shortly after midnight. He was taken to the Receiving Hospital, where it was found that the bullet had shot away part of his ear and lodged in his skull. The wound is not considered fatal. Newton says he game here from Chicago about two months ago, aud being unable to flud employment bought a cheap revolver and used it ordingly. e May Sell Frauchis: City end County Attorney Creswell, in re sponse to an inquiry from the Boara of Super- visors, has rendered an opinion that the statutes of 1893, authorizing the sale of fran- chises in municipalities, is constitutional. The board desires to know definitely as to the constitutionality of the act because of the ap- plication of the Market-sireet Railroad Com- pany tor a franchise over certain streis south of the park. ——————— Trouble Over a Contract. W. E. Meghill and nineteen others, owners of the American ship Wachusett, have brought ansction in admiralty in the United States Distriot Court against 8. E. Siade of the Slade Lumber Company to recover §3540, In Feb- ruary, 1896, the ship was charlered by the Slade peuvple for a trip to Ishaps, Central America, and the damages are for an alleged vioiation of the charier contract. —————————— $61d Morphine Iilegally. In Judge Cook's court yesterday a jury found Charies M. Bayly guilty of selling mor- phine without a prescription. He wiil be sen- tenced to-morrow. JmwELRY store, 57 Third, removed to 303 Kearny. Large st0ck of diamonds, watchee, 1. BLYTHE'S FORTUNE STILL IN-COURT Florence’s 'Rights to Be Tested in Wash- ington. A Claim That the Heiress Is an Alien and Therefore With- out Standing. sr Attorneys Are Confident That the Case Can Have No Standing in Court. General W. H. H. Hart has gone to Washington to look after litigation affect- ing the Blythe estate. The occasion of the attorney’s visit is the issuing of 8 writ of error by Justice Field of the Supreme Court of the United States upon the petition of the Kentucky Blythes, represented by Attorneys Chand- ler and Holiaday. It 15 believed that the action of the Chief Justice v ill for some time stay the distri- bution of the estate, but the attorneys of Florence 3Blythe-Hinckley say that the writ will soon be aismissed by the Su- preme Court, . Speaking of the matter yesterday, At- torney A. R. Cotion said: *The principal consideration is that H. T. Blythe and John W. Blythe are not relatives of Thomas H. Blythe, and con- sequently are not entitled to have any voice in the distribution of Thomas H. Blythe’s estate. This fact has been de- termined by the courts of this State. Upon the snowine that the courts of Cali- fornia have so found, the United States Supreme Court will not consider the mat- ter long. Not being relatives, these liti- gants have no more legal right to havea voice concerning Thomas H. Blytbe's es- tate than any stranger or indifferent per- son might have.” The contention of Attorney Holladay is that Florence Blythe-Hinckley is an alien, having never been in the United States until after the death of Thomas H. Biythe. They contend that the courts of California had no jurisdiction over the matter because no treaty was ever made by the United States giving Florence Blytbe-Hinckley the rights claimed. At the proper time, it is said, James W. Pearce will intervene as against Florence Blythe-Hinckley, the contention being that the Biythe Company and the claim- ant are aliens and cannot proceed under the laws of the United States. A RELIC OF ROYALTY. It Is Found in One of the Principal Churches of New York. Though few are aware of the fact mem- bers of the congregation of old St. Paul’s Church gaze every Sunday at tlie arms of the future King of England. On the can- opy of the old-fashioned pulpit, which is one of the. pepper-box style of a century ago, are the three ostrich feathers and the crown that for many generations haye constituted the arms of the Prince of Wales, the heir to Britain’s throne. feathers stand out gracefully in the center of the oak canopy. They are all carved wood, handsomely gilded, and iorm an at- tractive ornamentation to the pulpit. With these royal arms over his head the minister who officiates in St. Paul’s Church on Sunday reads the services of the Amer- ican charch. It is said that these roysl arms survived the storms of the Revolu- tionary days. An incensed mob traveled through New York City when indepen- dence had been declared, destroying every sign represeniing the monarchy from whose chains they bad cut themselves free. Nothing was regarded as being sacred by this mob. The royal arms were everywhere at that time, on the windows of stores whose pro- prietors had been proud of this means of reminding the public that at one ume they had supplird his Majesty’sships with salt pork or ardtack; on'the lamp posts at the street_corners, and swinging . from toe {ront porches of the old inns. Win- dows on which the royal symbols ap- peared were ruthlessly smashed by the mob, the lamp posts were hurled to the ground and the inns deprived of their signs in short order. It was a time when to be a client of royalty brought a man into dangerous prominence, and many wise storekeepers escaped mob violence and saved the de- stroying party the trouble of smashi their signs by doing the work them The royal arms of England were hard to find in New York City when the mob had completed its tour. Some few signs es- caped the ruin, but not for long. were smashed as soon as attention was called to their presence. The relicin St. Paul’s Church was passed unnoticed, and has survived to this day. It is certain that the mob somewhat overlookea its existence, for no respect for the sacredness of a church edifice would have deterred it from laying the pulpit in ruius had the presence ot the feathers and crown of Wales been pointed out.—New York Times. = e ANSONIA FLAGUED BY OROWS Thousands of Birds Keep Nervous Citi- zens Awake In the Early Morning. To the fact that mussels are unusually plenty on the shore at Milford, sixteen miles away, many Ansonia people at- tribute the loss of a great deal of sleep in the early morning nowadays. Upat Kin- neytown dam, about a mile above An- sonis, on the road to Seymour, is & new roosting piace for crows, and it is no exag- geration to say that thousands of them Toost there every night. Judge George.B. Clark of the Derby City Court had occa- sion to pass near there one night recently, and he says they are so thick that the trees were fairly black with them, and occasion- ally a limb would break off a tree because of its great load. Aboat 5 o’clock every morning the flock awakens, and for a few minutes the noise is deafening. Then ihe biras rise and fly southbward to the shore of the sound at Milford and Btratford, where 1hey feed on the mussels during the day. During their flight over this city they keep up their con- stant !caw! caw!’ and tired people STAkun: S curis IvHle sy, e IRLIly have to get up because the flock is so large that it takesan hour or more for it to pass. In the afternoon, about 4 o’clock, the birds begin to return, but they come in small flocks and fly higher, so that their noise is less aistarbing to nervous people. Such large flocks were er seen here- abouts before, and it is said that their presence is due to the fact that a wood on Long Island where they have been wont 1o roost was burned recently, and they have taken up new quarters.—New York Snn. In Berlin there are iron posts or stan- chions fixed in the curb at convenient dis- ked *‘baiting-place” for omni- bus or tramcar. At the: laces the pas- sengars wait and the drivers are not al- lowed to pull up at any other spot. When an omnibus approaches one of these posts,| the conductor calls out, **Halting-place!” and if a passenger wants to get out, orif y passengers are waiting to get 1n, the driver pulls up; if not, h e el For lots in beautiful Be!vedere inquire of Robert E. MoGill, agent, 405 California street. The | NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. i SPECIAL BARGAINS 19 FOR T0-DAY’S TRADE COLORED DRESS GOODS! 3571 pieces 33-INCH COVERT CLOTH, oxtra value for 50c, on special sale at 85 SILK DEPARTMENT! 75— pieces BLACK BROCADED SATIN, medium and large desigus, regular C™ vaiue $1, will be placed on sale at 75¢ a yard. a yard. s $1.002 picces BLACK BROCADED DUCHESSE SATIY, extra fine quality, . Tegular value $1 50, will be placed on sale at $1 a yard. NEW RIBBONS! lsc—S}{-INCH ALL-SILK. SATIN and GROS GRAIN RIBBON, in assorted colors, will be offered at 15ca yard. 20c—4-ISCH ALL-SILK, SATIN and GROS-GRAIN RIBBON, in assorted colors, will be offered at 20c a yard. 25c—4~-INCH ALL-SILK, BLACK SATIN and GROS-GRAIN RIBBON, value 40 S ‘will be offsred at 25¢ a yard. 5C—N02 9 ALL-SILK GROS-GRAIN RIBBON, satin edge, in assorted colors, 'l\’\ 15¢, will be closed outat 5¢ yard. LADIES® KID GLOVES! : 550—150 dozen 5 and 7 Hook BLACK KID GLOVES, regular price $1 25 and $1 50, will be placed on sale at 55¢ a pair. 75c—1l0 dozen 8BUTTON LENGTH MOUSQUETATRE UNDRESSED KID GLOVES, in dark and medium tan shades, regular price $1 25, will be offered at 75¢ a pair. $1.00—1® dozen >CLASP PIQUE KID GLOVES, in dark, medium and (an . snades, embroidered backs, will be placed on sale at $1 a pair. $1.0 —90 dozen 4-BUTTON GENUINE FRENCH KID GLOVES, embroidered backsand large buttons, dark, medium and tan shades, also black, regulsr price $1 50, will be placed on sale at $1 a pair. MEN'S AND BOYS' WEAR! 5 —l82doren MEN'S AND BOYS' FANCY BORDERED HEMSTITCHED HAND. KERCHIEFS, extra large size and in neat fancy borders, regular valuefor $1 20 a dozen, will be offered at bc each. Ioc-—Abont 82 dozen MEN’S AND BOYS' ALL-SILK TECK, FOUR-IN-HAND AND WINDSOR SCARF! closed out at 10c each. 3 offered at 30¢ each. (some slightly soiled), our regular price 25¢, will be —51dozen MEN’S AND BOYS’ UNLAUNDERED WHITE SHIRTS, made with double backs and re-enforced linen fronts, regular price 50c, will be 35¢MEN'S BEAVY UNDYED MERINO UNDERSHIRTS AND DRAWERS, irts fancy silk stifched and drawers with taped seams, regular value for c, will be offered at 35¢ each. MURPHY BUILDING, Market Street, Comer of Joneg, San Frencisco. JAMMED BETWEEN CABS, Serious Accident to Superin- tendent Rudolph on the Twelfth-Street Line. While Trying to R :place a Car the Timber Siippei and He Was Cauzht OAxLAND OrricE SAN Fraxcisco CALL.} 908 Broadway, March 25. W. F. Rudolph, the superintendent of F. M. Smith’s consolidated lines, was caught between two cars to-night and may die. The accident occurred in the center of the city at Twelfth and Wash- ington streets, and was witnessed by a iarge crowd of people. A car of the Twelfth-street line was off the track and another- car was being used to help place it on the rails. Mr. Rudolph was personally superin- tending the operation. To facilitate mat- ters, a piece of wood about four feet long was being used. It was placed in a posi- tion which it was anticipated would push the car back on the track. Rudolph stood between the cars, which ‘were just four feet apart, and gave the order to back up. The carman at once obeyed nis chief’s order, bu. the wood did not hold and the two cars flew together with the superintendent between. He was jammed 80 severely that one aashboard was broken. The cars recoiled and Rudolph, still unconscious, was picked up. He was carried to a drug- store and it was found that hislelt leg and thigh were frightfully shattered. He also received other internal injuries, the extent of which cannot be yet ascertained. I am done for; take me home before I die,”” exclaimed the sufferer as he was car- ried into the store. He was place in the patrdl wagon and taken to his home. There doctors attended Mr. Rudolph and they staied at midnight that his life need not be despaired of unless internal injuries prove worse than present inuica- tions Jead them to believe. HEART DISEASE New and Simple Treatment Advocated does the specialist attain either fame or profit, or a combination of the two. Every day one hears of some doctor or some sur- geon who has made his name by the cure of this or that disease, or by the perform- ance of this or that operation, but about many of them, in London at least, some- thing more tban a suspicion of quackery hovers. I heard the other day of some astound- ing cures due to an entirely new treat- ment of heart disease, which can hardly be passed by with the usual sbrug of the shoulders which so often attends similar details. There is no doubt that among men of our own generation, who are approaching the age of 50, the most frequent form of trouble, in this country at least, consists in & weakened or otherwise abnormal ac- tion of the heart. It i this state of thines which Dr. Thorne—the specialist in ques- tion—undertakes absolutely to cure, unless it be accompauied by some precise valvular disease. Histreatment is simplicity itself. It consists merely in the employment by the patient every day of some peculiar motions of the arms which are calcuiated to bring into activity certain sluggish portions of the circulation. Accompany- ing these physical exercises, baths are given of hot water strongly impregnated with certain salts and chaly beates. One of the most successful cures has been that of Lora Epencer, who not lonz 220 was a hopeless invalid, but who now rides daily to hounds and has resumed bis E‘l. s master of the hunt. Lord Mount- Edgecumbe also was told by twoof the leading London physicisns, when he in- sisted on having a definite answer to his question, that he had better put his house in order at once, as they could not def nitely grant him more than two months of life. Aftera few weeks of the ne: treatment he found himself in practically perfect health, and has since res mained in that pleasurable conditio A special ward in one of the London hospitals has been set spart for poor patients suffering from heart disease, to be operated upon after this method, and demonstrations of it are given to medical men thronghout the country by Dr. Thorne. The merit of thediscovery, how- ever, rests, as is so often the case in these matters, with a German professor.—Lon- don Letter. The best of the present against the best of the Baking Powder 12 against the “has beens.”