The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 11, 1897, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1897 DURRANT PRIEY A MONTH This Is to Test the Federal Law Under a New Writ. THE WRIT OF MANDAMUS | TO BE INVOKED. The State Supreme Court Wil Be Asked to Command the Execution. SOME PHASES OF THE JUGIRO CASE. Interesting Views of Attorney French, Who Represented New York in the Fight. The Attorney-General and other legal lights who have tue affairs of the State in keeping have made another move on the Jegal checker-board in the game of try- ing to hang I Governor doomed man until of the Attorney-General. Between now and the date set for the hanging it is in- tended to have another pull or two at the Jegal snarl, because the Governor and others believe that Warden Haie will hang Durrant, in spite of the Federal ap- peal, if he should be commanded 30 to do by the Supreme Court of the State. The following telegram from the Gov- ernor to THE CALL explairs why the re- prieve was granted until July ¢ has reprievea the July 9, on the advice | to be dreadea the Supreme Court of the United States may be depended upon to mitless, any i pro- and authority are almost trifling with or lack of i resent to the fuliest extent, and its power | ncerity ceedings before its bar; and while I ac-| quiesce in the assertion that the appeal from the United States Circuit Court to the United States Suprime Court acts as | visions of section 766 of Statutes of the United States, until the latter court has passed upon the appeal, 1 fail to see, the most liberal construc- tion of the question raised by defendants’ attorneys, in what manner they will jus- tify their appeals when they appear beiore the tribunal at Washington in October next. appeals absolutely frivolous and without the faintest color of merit; and I am con- fident and predict that the Sapreme Court | will, if the appeals are perfected, go so isr. as to announce their opinion without leaving the bench. “In the Kemmler case (136 U. S., 436), it was argued in behalf of the | | a stay of execution by virtue of the pro- | | | | | | | and unusual punishment within the mean- ing of the constitution,” in that the in- fliction of death by the application of ¢lectricity had been decreed in accord- ce with the State statutes. It was also urged that the sentence was repugnant to ! the constitution of the State for the same | reason. tice Fnller delivering the opinion of the court, held, among other things, that | ‘punishments are cruel whex they involve | torture or a lingering death,’ and t { the meaning of the word ‘cruel’ | constitution implied ‘something inhuman | and barbarous—something more than the | mere extinguishment of life.! As to its | being an ‘anusual’ mode of punis | it was beld that it was a matter within the | exclusive sphere of the Legisiature 1o de- | ermine; and the Legislature of the State [of New York having determined that it | did not inflict cruel and unusual punish- | ment, ana its courts having sustained | their legislstion in respect to death by | electrocution, the Supreme Court held petitioner had not been abridged nor had he been deprived of due process of | “Applying these rulings to the c tion urged in Durrant’s case that he been deprived of due process of law in large number of cited and declared a in- stances, it is not difficult to foresee that the right of the State of California to t | alleged criminals, whether the crime | felony or not, according to its own estab- lished methods will be upheld solong as it bhas not violated the broad const tional safeguards in the process of legis | lating. As for the assertion that in sen. WHY DURRANT WAé REPRIEVED. Yosemite, Cal., June 10. In view of the status of the case and the complications that mig ht arise I have deemed it best to reprieve Theodore Durrant till July 9. course, preme Court for a mand The Attorney-General pending my application to the recommended this Su- ate, in order that time may be given for a full hearing and consid- eration of the grave questions involved. JAMES H. BUDD. The meaning of this telegram is that it will not be many days now until the At- torney-General petitions Court for & writ commanding Warden Haleto hang Durrant on July 9. This petition will set forth a brief history of | the case to dute, together with the recital that the Warden has repeatedly stated that he will not comply with the sentence, fearing the conseauences pending an an- peal to the Supreme Court of the United States. Supreme Court to command the execu- tion. It will involve an interpretation of the Federal law by the Supreme Court and the Warden may hang Durrant pending the final appeal, if the State court should 80 command. Attorney George K. French, who was associated with the late General Benjamin ‘ F. Butler in_the practice of the law up to the time of General Butler'sdeath, and who represented the State of New York in a professional capacity 1n the prosecution of the Jugiro, Kemmler, Wood, Smiler and Slocum cases, commonly known as the “electrocution cases,” before the TUnited States Supreme Court, last night expressed himself as to the vrobable out- come of the Durrant and Worden cases as follows: * “There is 50 much apparent uncertainty and contrariety of opinion in respect to the status of Durrant and Worden, and the application of the Federal laws to the respective cases, that = plain, concise and careful discussion of the questions in- volved cannot fail o afford enlightenment. ‘I'he case of Jugiro (140 T. S., 291) particu- larly has been cited by the attorneys representing these two defendants, and copious extracts from the opinion of the court in that case have appeared in the newspapers. “None of the contentionsin either the Durrant or Worden case as urged by de- fendants’ attorneys can be said to be even touched upon in the Jugiro case, and | they surely cannot rely upou this seriously. Roger M. Sherman appeared in behalf of the petitioner in the Jugiro | the Supreme | This writ will therefore ask the f : 5 | tencing him to be hanged coupled with { the order that he be kept in close confine- charged that | cruel or unusual, and the theory that it is & double sentence is not worthy of serious discussion. “In the case of Ross (140 U. 453) an application was made to the Circuit Court of the United States for the North- | ern District of New York for a writ of ha- beas corpus, alleging, among cther things, that Ross had been deprived of due pro- cess of law in that he had not had the | constitutional right of trial by jury and | the precedent right of indictment in con- | formity with the laws of the United States. The petition further showed that Ross had been convicted of murder before the consular tribunal in Japan, estab- lished by law in order to carry into effect the provisions of the treaties granting extraterritorial rights in certain foreign | countries. Now, in spite of the fact that the | constitution of the United States accords to all persons charged with crime certain rights (among them the right to trial by right to establish consular courts, where'n | the accused might be proceeded azainst without information, indictment or jury and the judgment of the Circuit Court de- | nying the application for the writ of ha- | beas cornus was affirmed. “I mentioun this case inasmuch as it has been argued that the power delegated to the prosecuting officer of a county by the statutes of this State to proceed against alleged criminals on information only is a purely judicial function, and is a point not covered by the decision in the Hurtado case. Undoubtedlyin the Hurtado case this question is not raised, but the aecision | in the Ross case is proverly applicable ana justifies the conclusion that the richt to | | | | quasi - judicial function, is within the sphere of the State Legisiature, and not contrary to the provisions of the four- | teenth amendment of the constituion. “There is no doubt but that both Dur- the Revised | To speak plainly, I consider the | petitioner | | that ‘he was sentenced to undergo a cruel | The Supreme Court, Chief Jus-| that the privileges and immunities of the { ment the court erred, surely it cannot be | the punishment is either | jury) it wes heid that Corgress had the | | proceed on informatior, even if it bea | case, and in his second application for a | rant and Worden will find their tenure of writ of habeas corpus he embodied ali the | life extended for severai months to come, essential points of his first application. | but unless the Governor interieres, an im- As these questions had been already de- | probability, the correct administration of cided by the Supreme Court, November | the law will result in the execution of sen- 24, 1890, on the first’ appeal from the | tence.” judgment of the Circuit Court of the | United States for the Southern District of | New York denying an application for a " writ of habeas corpus, the Supreme Court | 1"'® Governor’s Late Words Post- administered a severe rebuke to Mr. | pone the Hanging. Sherman and peremptorily affirmed the | SACRAMENTO, Car., June 10.—The judgment of the lower court. This was, in | following message was received at the effect, an admonition that frivolous .p,‘lGDvernnr’sefiice at a late hour to-night: ——— A MIDNIGHT REPRIEVE. Durrant stays the execution of the senience of & State court, now, iherefore, b virtue of “the authority in me vested by the constitution aud laws of this Sia I, James H. Budd, Governor of the State of Caliiornin, | do hereby reprieve the sentence of the said W. | . 7" Durrant to the 9th day of July, 1897, at which time the said sentence shall be executed | unless otherwise ordered. Witness my hand and the great seal of State, | this 10th day of June, in the year of our Lord thousand eight’ hundred and uinety- | Taxes H. BUb, | Governor of the State of California. | one seven. JOOST'S PROPERTY. Prolonged Tr.alin the Attempt to Fore- close Mortgages Recovered Against Him For eight weeks Judge Belcher has been struggling with the important litigation |of Nicholas Ohlandt against Behrend Joost, in which property worth $279,108 is involved. When appealed to by the court vesterday, the attorneys in the case said that they thought they might manage to get 1n the rest of their testimony next week, but that they could not think of ending sooner. Aun interesting interchange occurred vesterday between Attorney Michael Mul- | lany on one sideand Attorney A. F.Mor- rison on the other. Mr. Morrison was for the time being on the witness-stand, and was explaining his connection with Mr. Joost 1o the earlier part of his fizancial career. In the course of the colloguy it was de- veloped that Mr. Morrison thougnt Mr. Joost was treacnerous and unreliable and that Mr. Joost had accusea Mr. Morrison of having *‘done him up. “But he took that back,” explained Mr. Morrison, “‘and at the time he did o he broke down and asked me to forgive bim.” *Did you forgive him?”’ asked Mr. Mul- { laney s, sir.” “What did he weep for? Was it because you forgave him?” “Idon't think so. I think it was be- | cause he realized that he had been guilty and that he was sorry for it.” “There was a bitter fee! ing between ot at that time. I felt pity for him and was will 10 help him all I'could. I did give considerable tilne to belping to e the company that he was try- our friendship led you to put this man in such a position that the money- lenders gobbled up all this property ?”’ [ consider that a very unjust way to | putit. I helped him to ret money when he neeaed it. He was very grateful for the money, and it was the only way that hie bad a chance of getting out of his diffi- culties. The property be had to_offer for morigage was almost all outside pieces that no bank in the City would lend money on. He thought himself fortunate a chance to negotiate the mart- He was the person who was bene- Further hearing of the case has been postponed until next Monday. OPEHS WITH BURLESQUS, The Auditorium Theater Gives a Spectacular Per- formance. | “ A addin” Mounted in Good Style With a Medley of Music. The Auditoriam Theater, at the corner of Eddy and Jones streets, opened last night under new management with a spectacular production of R. C. White's fairy burlesque “Aladdin, or the Wonder- ful Lamp,” which had been rehearsed under the personal supervision of the playwright. A large audience was present and the performance was received with plenty of | applause. The libretto had been fur- i bished up and adorned with local jokes and up-to-date *'gags,”’ and the play was given more on burlesque lines than on its last production in this City. For instance, | the Princess was played by a brawny citi- zen with a deep barytone voice, who had 10 be embraced by Aladdin in *“‘sections.”” The spectacular side of the performance had been well attended to, all the cos- tumes being fresh and bright and the scenery pretty and effective. The ballet was handsomely costumed and a few more days’ rehearsal will no doubt soon bring itinto good dancing order. Anumber of clever people appeared in the cast and performed specialties in the | festival scene at the end of the third act. | Aladdin was played by Miss Minnie Huff, aclever little contralto with a big voice, who is well known locally. She acted her role in a bright way and won repeated en- | cores for her sougs. Miss Lenore White took the part of the Spirit of the Lamp, Miss May Wells was Souchon-~. Aladdin’s mother and the other female roles were | satistactorily sustained. | R. C. White, the author of the libretto, took the amusing role of Tippo Ring, a jester. Louis Wood was the wizard and Frank de Camp the clown, Bang Gong. | He =ang a new song, “There Was a Pair | of Us," which seemed to take weil. There was quitean array of talent in the | specialty scene, but as the performance | was not over till long ater 11 0'clock some of the turns would never have been missed if thev had been omitted. The audience, however, was largely responsible for the length of the programme, as nearly every- thing was encored. “Aladdin” will run to the end of this and all next week, after which another spectacular performance will be mounted at the Auditorium. —————— LITTLE PETE'S DEATH. Trial of Chun Woon Sing, Charged With the Murder of & Bad Mun. The killing of Fong Ching, alias Littie Pete, the most notorious Chinaman in Chinatown, caused a great deal of excite- ment in Chinatown several months ago. | Chun Woon Sing is now on trial in Judge Carroll Cook’s court charged with the murder. The defense is beiny conducted by ex-Judge D. J. Murphy and Colonel T. V. Eady, and ex-Judge Robert Ferral is associated with Assisiant District Attor- ney Hosmer in the prosecution. In his opening statement Mr. Ferral an- nounced to the jury that the prosecution was prepared to prove that the killing was a case of cold-blooded murder and that peals would meet with scant ceremony. | The New York State Bar Association, not content with this, immediately took steps looking to the disbarment of Mr. Sher- man, although he was certainly acting within his strict legal rights. hints, and Jugiro was electrocuted on the 2d of July, 1891, Supreme Court had disposed of the case, “So in the Wood case (140 U. ., 286), R. J. Haire, who represented Wood, con- victed of murder in the same court, pur- sued the identical course adopted by Sherman and met the same fate. His client was equally unfortunate, though Haire threatened within twelve hours of the time fixed by the Warden (this officer being vested by law with that power) for the execution to make another aitempt to prolong his client's life. He ap- nounced later as his excuse for not cariy- ing out-his threat that he had been un- able to find a Judge to whom he might present his application, but 1t is quite possible that the ill result of Sherman’s attempt to prostitute the law in his fidelity to his client’s interests had actea as a deterrent. ‘“While bar associations are not always He took the | two months after the | 1 reprieve the sentence of W. H. T. Durrant to July 9, 1897.” Following is the reprieve in full: WHEEEAS, During the months of July, August, September, October and November, A. D. 1895, ut s ragiilar session of the Superior Court heid in and for the City and County of San Francisco in said State, W. H. T. Durrant was tried and convicted of the crime of murder and sentenced to day of February, 1806, ‘and whereas, the case was ‘wppealed to the Su. ¢ Court, “and afier & decision of said- porne affirming the judgment of the Superior Court, said W. H. 7. Durrant was sentenced 1o be executed upon the 11th of June, 1897, and whereas, said W. H. T. Durrant, under sen. tence as nforesaid, has avpeated to the United States Supreme’ Court, and whereas, the Warden of Sau Quentin, whose duty it 1 189 execute the sentence aforesaid of Superfor Court, does and wiil 10 execute the senience of demth of said W. H. T. Durrant on said 11th day of June, 1897, ‘and whereas, 1 snali spply 1y the Supreme Court of this State for a writ of mandate to compel W. E. Hale, the Warden aforesaid, 10 carry out the sentence of said court unless he be restricted by an order of the Federal courts 4 whercas, 1 am ad- vised by the Attorney-General of this State th a repr.eve is required that the said court may properly consider the said subject; and wherens, the opinion ol the said court in said proceedings wiil setue the question judicisily whether an appeal to the United States Su- preme Court in such proceedings as taken by be executed upon the 21st | there was no trutn in any suggestion of self-defense. He said that witnesses would | be produced to identify the defendant as | one of the men who fired the fatal shots. Wong Caick Cheong, Woong Loong and Wong Took testified that thay were in a barber-shop with *‘Little Pete’’ at the time of the snooting and that the mur- | dered man was being shaved at the time the murderous attack made on him. On these points they were agreed, but none of them could identify the defendant as one of the assailants of the dead man. 1t appears that there were two men in the acking party. There wasso much ex- citement that the murderers escaped be- fore they could be apprehended. It is ‘expected that the trial will last a week or more, as all the parties interested are prominent in Chinatown affairs, and a desperate struggle will be made to convict the accused. D. 8. Hutchins is relied on asa witness for tue prosecution. At the preliminary hearing of the case he identified Chun Woon Sing as one of ihe murderers. ——————— When the Mosque of St. Sofia, in Con- stantinople, was built, more than 1000 Years ago, tne ston, i in mortar mixed w; and the building has been fragrant wiih the odor ever since. REGENTS HAVE MADE New Printing Con- tract. A.J. JOHNSTON WILL CON- TEST THE AWARD. All Public Work Must Be Done in the State Printing Office. THE LABOR ;UNIONS ARE ALSO UP IN ARMS, the Job Out of an “Unfair” Establishment. The action of the Board of Regents on Tuesday in awarding a large contract for printing to a private non-union concern— Oakland—has stirred up a nasty mess in officisl circles and labor unions. A. J. Johnston, the State Printer, proposes 1o stop the work from being performed, upon the ground that all such work should be done by the State Printing Office or not at all. The labor unions, and particularly those of the typographical, bookbinding and press-work lines, have a double object, as it were, in contesting the action of the regents. In tne first place, the awarding of a special contract to the Pacific Press of Qakland is regarded as a direct slap at or- ganized labor. For years the typograph- ical and kindred unions fought the Press because it is known as a “rat’’ or unfair establishment, operated on a semi-re- | Ligious basis and employing workmen at | wages far below those established by the | unions. = Some idea of the bitterness of | this fight may be judged from the follow- ! | ing dispatch, received yesterday by State Printer Johnston: SACRAMEN10, June 1 Hon. A. J. Jolnston. Grand Hotcl, cisco: State Board of Regents nave awarded “University Register” and “Aunouncement of | Courses,” wark formerly performed by State Printing Office, 0 the Pacific Press of Onk- land, an uniair establishment, against which 1897. San_Fran- | “irades Council wiil also take action. Clarence M. Hunt, oresident Sacramento Trades Council; Willlam Miner, president Typographical Union; Joseph H. Younger, president Bookbinders’ Union; H. W. M. O, president Pressmen’s Union. The second horn upon which the union printers hang is that the work is which is a thoroughly union institution, and further, that this office must be closed on account of the Governor's veto of the Th s bitter feeling on the part of organized labor seems to have spread over the entiro the Sacramento unio; s, which is shown by night: SACRAMENTO, CaL., June 10.—The action taken by the Board of Regents of the State Un of the Pacific Press Publishing Company, the only non-union house on the coast of any prominence, for their print- ing uas aroused the indignation of many of the members having given their services free to the State to com- plete the work of printing the statute ax other work left by the Legislature after Governor Budd Killed the approvriation bill for the support of the State Printing Office, and they assert that the printing of the State University should have been given to them. In consequence they have drafted the following set of resolutions. Typographical Union No. 46's reads as follows: WHEREAS, We are informed that the Board of Regents of the University of Caltfornia, a public institution maintained by the tax- payers of the State, have mawarded the ontract for the printing of the “Uni. versity Register” and “Announcement o Courses” (work heretofore performed 1in the State Printing Office at under the supervision of the Superintendent of State Printing) to the Pacific Press Pab- lishing Company of Oakland, a notoriously unfair establishment and which has been and is & standing menace to organizea labor, as A BIG ROW Severely Criticized for the | They Cal Upon the Officials to K-ep | the Pacific Press Publishing Company of | employers paying union wages can- not compete. We believe it your | duty 10 enjoin Regents and Pacific Press in attempt v override the law, and hope you will thiwart the efforis to usurp functions of State Printer. Allied printing trades will de- ounce action of Regents to-night. Federated to be | done outside of the State Printing Office, | bill for the maintenance of that office. | State, and the first action was taken by | the following dispatches to THE CALL last | rsity in accepting the bid | the varions labor unions of this city, | Sacramento, | ( { well as to the legitimate business interests and | prosperity of California; and whereas, there, | €1 oe i exca nis ket on 0F ine Boncd of Rexenis, as he revenues of the University | of Ca.ifornia were increased by the recent | Legislature by the addition of & 1 ver cent @ valorem 1ax upon each $100 of value of the taxnble vroperty of the State, therefore be it Resolved, That Sacramento Typegraphical { Ualon No. 46 condemus the actiou of the Board of R g:uts of the University of Califor- nia in awarding, contrary to law and in the | face of the opinion of the Attorney-General recently given, (o the Pacific Press work which had neretofore been performed by union | men to a notoriousiv uniair office, thereby de- ading lab. and be it further . Fesolved, Thit we hereby appeal to all citi zens of tiis State to take cognizance of the | unwarranted and unlawful action of the | Board of Regents in taking the bread from the mouthsof union men, and we especiaily ap- | Besl o organized labor hrougnout the State to protest in vigorous terms againstsuch ac- tion. | , Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be | forwaraed to sister labor organizations and to | the press, under the s=al of tnis union. _Sacramento Printing Pressmen’s Uzion No. 60 passed the annexed: WHERE:S, It has come to our notice that the Board of Regents of the University of California at Berkele: he printing h ss Pablishe whereas, 1t is pace ¥ connected with the book and pri that this establishment is no unfair printing-house on tne empioying ouly nom-uni wages, the highest rate of wag asufficient for the support oi a fn s and intelligent peopie shouid live, and whereas, we deprecate the fact that the man ement of the greatest public educational titution in this State, the revenue for the | support uf which is supplied by the taxpayers of this great commonwenith, should consent | 10 & transaction whereby work heretotore pe- longing to intelligent Amerfcan union me- chanics should be transferred from & union | printing-house to furnish work to underpaid and inferior workmen non-union; ihereiore, | | be Resolved, That Pressmen’s | Union No. 60 denounce the action of the | Board of Regeuts as not subserving the public good or in the t of public teaching t | prefer public work being done in such places, and request all organized labur to assist in | | puttiug down such’ attempts to cripple union | workmen by depriving them of employment | as the Printing through such un-American practi ; and be | it turther | Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be | given to the public press for publication and | 8150 & Copy 10 sisteT unions. | The Bookbinders' Union has also urged | its sister unions of San Francisco to do all in their power to prevent the work being | done by this non-union establishment. In this City the news of the regents’ action has raised a hornet's ne: in the unions. On all sides the greatest indigna- tion was expressed, and arrangements | were made for special meetings to be held on the lines of tkose in Sacramento. This evening the matter will be dis- | cussed at the Trades Council, and the Typographical, Bookbinders’ and Press- men’s unions wili meet for the same pur- pose very soon. Private messages from interior cities show that their local unions will not be behind in denouncing the awarding of the contract for State work 10 the non-union printing office of Oak- land. | State Printer Johnston is not letting the | grass grow under his feet, for he quickly respond: d to the dispatch from the pres dents of tne Sacramento organizations He called upon Atworney-General Fitz erald to secure from ihat official an opin‘on as to how to proceed to stop the regents from carrying out their intentions and to stop the non-union office of Oak- | iand from beginning the worl | In view of Mr. Fitzserald’s recent | opinion that all State printing should be dore in the State Printing Office it is safe to ray that he will, in bis advice to Mr. Johnston, suggest a way by which the con- tract can be nuliified. Mr. Jobnston stated last night that for years past the university register and an- | nouncement of courses have been printed in the office over whicnh he presides. About 5000 copies, 300 to 400 pages to each bock, and about 2000 of the latter, of 80 pages, are turned out. The labor on these volumes alone at union rates is about $1200. Mr. Johnston said: *‘I will | use all honorable means to defeat the | regents in this course, and I will act as soon as I can secure an opinion from the Attorney-General *All of this trouble goes back to the Goy- ernor’s veto of the appropriation bill for $275,000 for the running of the State Print- ng Office from next July to July, 1899, which included the printing for tbe next Legislature. The office isrunning now up | to the 1st of July upon the old appropria- tion. After that there is but one thing to do—shut up shop. | “Governor Budd’s veto has practically | thrown between 150 and 200 pereons out of and many of these are women. The | Goverznior’s veto of that biil in the face of | the Attorney-General’s opinion was most extraordinary. Governor Budd said that | State 1nstitutions could use their contin- xent funds when they want anv printing done, and that.the Board of Examiners could create deficiencies when necessary. | The Attwrney-General, however, hoids that all State printing must be done in | tha State Printing Office. Under the lat- ter’s opinton I don’tsee how the Boara of Regents can take upon their shoulders tne responeibiiity of ziving out State work to private institutions.’ PRODUCERS MEET. They Take Steps to Stop the Spurious Braudy in New York. The Manufacturers’ and Producers’ As- sociation met yesterday afternoon. Oscar | Lewis reported that he had consuited i Chief Lees on the question of having hel- mets made in California, and the Chief agreed to do what he conld to that end. President Kerr yesterday wired the As- istant Secretary of the Treasury tnat the ecent shipment of spurious brandy did | not belong to the owners of a manufac- turer’s warehouse and that it should be | | held in New York. The association registered its protest against any reduction of the Dingley bill schedule on wines. | i | | il o T Prim'neat Flayers of the T " i Dry-Goods Men’s League. I$1.2 NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. AT 50c ON THE $1.00 GIGANTIC = G Lades Surts and Dress Skirds! PURCHASE Our gigantic purchase of A MANUFACTURER’S ENTIRE STOCK OF LADIES’ SUITS AND PERFECT BONANZA for ladies who are preparing for a Summer outing, as it includes ALL THE STYLES AND NOVELTIES c¢n sale at LESS THAN HALF ACTUAL GOST OF MATERIAL! —LADI er's cost § 9. $3.95 $4.9 $7.5 $9.7 $15.00 50, 0 —LADIES — LADIES’ SUIT fiy-front Jacl —LADI ; manufacturer’s cost § TO $45.00—About 40 HIGH- kind, very exclusive styles, mau $15 o §45. —LADIES' BLACK FIGURED BRILLIANTINE DRESS SKIRTS, extra wide, lined $1.9 $2.50 $2.5 and bound, manuiacturer’s cos —LADIES' COLORED DRE colors, manufacturer’s cost £, on —LAD S LINE , on sale at ). 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WLLPLY A 600D CAUSE San Francisco Dry Goods Commercial Baseball Team. ‘i i Sketches of the Men Who Will| Compete Against the J J. O'Briens. They Will Play B:ll for the Benefit of the Families of the Heroc Firemen. At a meeting of the San Francisco Dry- | goods Commercial Baseball League last | Tuesday evening Vice-President Lewen- | thal of the league made a motion that the | league play their fifteenth gams for the | benelit of the families of the brave fire-| men who lost their lives in the disas- trous fire on the morning of the 6th. The proposal, as every one knows, was hailed with delight by the members of the league, who are a particularly charitable set of young men. The onlv fault to be | found was with the length of an ordinary day, twelve hours would hardly permit of | all the teams playing on that particular day. But if a day could be extended into a week, San Francisco would have a car- nival of baseball playing that would not be forgotten for many years to come. The competing teams for the 20th will be the Newman & Levinsons and the J. J. | O'Briens. Both teams stand high. The Newmar & Levinsons have never been defeated, and the O'Briens but once. However, the O'Briens have registered a solemn vow to defeat the Newmaun & Lev- insons this time and so even things up. The game will take vlace on Sunday, the 20th, at Sixteenth and Foisom streets. | The entire gross receipts will go to the families of the heroic firemen. None of | the expenses are to be deducted. A com- | mittee of leading citizens, firemen and the press bave been invited to attend and see that all the money goes to the families. ‘The admission fee will be 25 cents. i One of the ablest team captains in the league is H. Toomey. Much ot the suc- ! cess of the N. & L. team is due to his ex- cellent tact and judgment, and also to his firmness in enforcing the necesaary dis- ciptine. He js himseif a good all-around | ball-player, though his favorite fieid is | shoristop, 1n which position he will play in the big game of June 20. Next to base- ball he prefers Swiss cheese sanawiches and steam beer. | Tom Mansfield is the N. & L. crack pitcher, and his reputation is such that many a prciession:r might be proud of it. | All vho have ever stood up against his bewildering out and in curves will readily | attest to that. He is a brother of N. & L.’s catcher, Dick Mansfield, and to their clever co-operation much of the success of the team 1s due. Itis whispered behind the counter that Tom is about to be mar- ried. Dick Mansfield, the catcher of the N. & L. team, is well known in the amateur baseball world. His quick eve and fear- less courage seldom let pass a ball there is n vossibility of stopoing. Joe Stevens, the midget mascot of & L., weighs sixty-one pounds, 1s 13 years old, and measures four and a half inches over an ordinary baseball bat, His i taent in mascoting baseball teams has lain latent in him till this season, when he blossomed forth as a full-blown ma cot. The able manner in which he has discharged the arduous duties incumbent on his onerous position has won for him the encomiums of all who know him. The picture is from a photozraph taken after he bad dispatched six large dough- nuts and a cup of coffee. The board of control of the league is composed of the following gentlemen: Gerald O'Brien of J. J. 0'Brien & Co, president; J. W. Lewenthal ot Newmian & Levinson,’ vice-president; F. 8. Owles oi Koh!berg, Strauss & Frohman, treasurer: R. W. Costello oi 0’Connor, Moffatt & Co., secretary; J. Donnelly of Hale Bros. and H. Copp of the White House. J. W. Lewenthal will manage the New- man & Levinson team and Gerald O’ Brien the J. O’Briens. Following will be the make-up of the competing team Newman & Levizson. J. 3. O’'Brien & Co. T. Mansfield Pitcher. . Mitchell ‘atcher E. Tomalty First bas ». Haggerty Second base. s Brien ~Third base. . O'Brien “Shortstop. CLert fie ight field. Jenter field 3. Mon In the neighborhood of the Bermudas the sea is extremely transparent, so that the fishermen can readily see the horns of the lobsters protruding from their hiding places in the rocks at considerable depth. To entice the crustaceans from these cran- | nies they tie a lot of snails in a ball and dangle them in front of the cautious lob- ster. When he grabs the ball they haul him up. 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