The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 26, 1897, Page 10

10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JULY 26, 189 THEY MET N ThE iy How School Directors and Politicians Compiled the Black-List. T0 “PURIFY THE DEPIRTMENT.” A Cyclery Near the Park Was the Favorite After-Dark Rendezvous, pi¢ BROTHERS NOW OUT IN FORCE. ’Ihe.y Threaten to Punch the Heads of | Some of the Directors if the De- capitation Is Attempted. | It was all hatched up out at Supervisor | Devany’s Devany's is a quiet place, away out by the park, and one of the last spots to be picked out, off-hand, as a rendezvous for ntown politicians—some of whom are in office and the others content with just puliing the strings. The sign over the front door simply proclaims the place to be a “‘cyclers’ rest,”” butit is said that the | sign inside—in the little back room—could tell another story if it had ever been tacked up. Ic was out at Devany’s that a meeting is said to have taken place one night, during which the chief topic of conversation was the annoying combination of circum- | siances that prevented the “ganz’’ which | is alleged to be in the ascendency just | now at the City Hall from placing its frienas. The outfit had made many prom- ises during the campaign, bad found thex extremely difficult of fulfillment and w: naturally in a kicking humor. do m | | If the memories of some of those who | attended this meeting serves them cor- | re the corpulent Sam Rainey presided over the little gathering, and it was Sam who, louder than anybody else, growled about the scarcity of places to either give out or—well, 2 According to the unwritten minutes of one oi the earliest of these meetings n.’ was suggested that, inasmuch as the Supervisors had traded off everything in sight, 1t was incumbert upon those who were in charge of ti.e macuine to *‘make a hole in the School Department.”” The suggestion is said to have been voted a good ome, and that was the.nucleus of what has since 1urned out to be one of the most daring polit coups that has been attempted here in years. But what is interesting the curious most just now is whether or not the “solid” contingent will dare to carry out the‘r bold programme to summarily oust a hun- dred or more school teachers on the pre- text of incompetency, in the face oi the Normal School and other ceruficates of eflici tbat they all must carry as cre- de ! be general opinion is that they will not, even though some of the men who are said to have engineered the scheme proclaim that the work of “rid- ding the School Departmeni of barnacles and cobwebs,” will go ahead accoraing to programme. The sudden and apparently unexpected *“loan, publicity given the pian which is said to have been hatched up at Devany’s seems 10 have somewhat rattled the promoters of the place-finding scheme, and few of them are willing to come out openly and discuss the situation with sincerity. Sev eral of them—the supposed ringlesders— | bad a quiet littie meeting yesterday and, | it 1« true, arcued to each other tnat, de- spite public opinion and the expose, they | would carry out their plan, anyhow. The tenor of the debate is saia to have been that, as an effort was merely being made to “‘purify the department,” a dis- cordant public ovinion should be accorded no attention. But, just the same, they were not overflowing with enthusiasm | over their own project when the meeting | broke up—that is, not enthusiastic to the outside world. They were obviously troublea, They w a: ed that such i a well-nursed and originz! job should be | nipped just when it was ripeaing into the | luscionsness of life. And then public opinion is not all that is just at this moment worrying the mem- bers of the ‘‘solid nine.” There has sud- denly developed an overproduction of big trothers, each of whom seems to have se- lected some particular School Director to trail and threaten with all sorus of tor- ment, and even bodily harm, unless his sister’s name is expuanged from the re- ported black list. And those pedagogues who are not fortunate in having big | brothers bave influential friends *and rela- t.ves who solemnly vow that “something will be domg” if any attempt is made to carry out the promi<ed pruning bee. Few of the teachers who are said to be | marked for removal by the *'solid nine” are willing todiscuss thechances of their losing their pos tions, but all say that they cannot believe the board will throw them out of empioyment in order to give javored ones pluces. At the same time they are not losing any chances of pro- tecting themselves, and all are preparing for a vigorous fichit should the majority in the board attempt to carry out the in- tentions that are ascribed toit. None are willing to be quoted as saying that the move is purely a political one, but all are firm in taat belief. Several of the teachers have prepared for trials, should the matter go that far, and will have witnesses to prove not only their ability as instructors but their efficiency as disciplinarians, Those who have taken the pains to pry into the sccrets, as lar as they could, of the “Solid Nine'’ say that in making up the roli of teachers who were to be decapi- tated on the charge of being deficient in some particular requirement the lst of ihe employed was diligently searched for those who were supposed to be just s.rug- gling nlong for a living, and therefore would be less likely to have potent friends or relatives who could come readily to their rescue. There are people in the de- partm-nt whom not even the “Solid Nine” would have the andacity to attempt to unseat. So it was clever cunning on somebody’s part wnen rocks of tuis sort were steered clear of, It is ramored that four members of the Board of Supervisors are mixed up in the schiool-board deal, and were to have been given a vroportion of the places that would be ready for distribution as soon as the propo ed vacancies were created. Those men also met with the others out at Devany’s, * Tne Board of Supervisors has to make appropriations for the School Board, ' said one of the ward politicians who bangs around the Baldwin Hotel 1ast nieht, “and why shouldn’t 1t caucus with the other fellows on the quiet and post | eral conscience had been developed sine: | the patriarchal days. Our sight as to tself as to what is needed for new schools and other mone, ling propositions? Y. M. C. A, MASS-MEETING. Rev. Dr. Adams Discussed the Devel- opment of Conscience in the Up- lifting of Humanity. The exercises at the mass-meeting at Y. M. C. A. Hall yesterday afxernn_on were interesting throughout. A spirited ser- vice of song conuucted by Edward Cole- man awakened enthusiasm. A fervent prayer was offered, and then Mr. McCoy spoke of the association of Christian young men and the purpose ol_‘ lhc} S0~ é:exy. He remarked that a special effort was about to be made to increase the membership and especially the number of associate members. Incidentally men- tion was made that the association had been criticized for not going to the prisons and stations to reclaim the sinners. The main purpose of the society, as he under- stood it, was to save young men from sin and degradation. The main work of the institution was on the line of prevention. The chief address of the meeting was detivered by Rev. Dr. Adams, pastor of the First Congregational Churen. He spoke of the word and the light and in- vested the theme with absorbiug interest. | Leading up to the idea that God has been uplifting humanity through the ages the pastor mentioned mental development in | the sense of color study. When he wasa boy people_saw only seven colors in the rainbow. Years before that time it was the common belief that there were only three colors. Now ihe children will tell you of tnirty or more shades. “You may | Tegard it as remarkable,” said the pastor, “that the Bible nowhere mentions the blue sky.” The speaker maintained that the gen- God’s reveiation had increased. The con- science of Abraham is not the conscience required to-day. The conscience of the | civilized wor'd to-day revolts against hu- man slavery ana polygamy. In speaking of conscience, Mr. Adams | said: “As a pastor I have been fre-! quently asked by members of my congre- SORRY HE MADE AIMSELE A MARK Moore, the Would-he “Gal- lery” Suicide, Expected to Recover. His Dramatic Act the Result of a Domestic Misun- derstanding, The Wife and Many Relatives Visit the Injured Man at the Hospital. George J, Moore, wnoshot}himself at a shooting gallery Saturday night, was rest- ing easily at the Receiving Hospital last evening. Dr. Frank Fitzgibbon has charge of the case, and says that if the vital membranes has been no serious trouble between her and Moore. He has alwavs been kind to her, but the gay company he had kept had grieved her and from time to time she had remonstrated with him for drink- ing so heavily, but at no time wasadi- vorce thought of by her. The evening of the shooting Mrs.” Moore had left their rooms at, 605 O’ Farrell street to visit some friends and while she was gone Moore came home and tinding her gone imagined che had left him. He became blue and downhearted and shot himself. Mrs. Moore returned to the rooms a very short time after her husband had been there. Moore wisnes to correct thie idea that he was intoxicated at the time he shot him- selt. While he admits that he had been drinking, he claims he, was fully aware of the rash act he was committing. The entire.affair appears to be more the result of a misunderstanding than of any serious difficulty between th husband and wife. Mrs. Moore was with her husband at the hospital all yesterday afternoon, and be was visited by a number of his rela- tives. PAST COMMANDER STEES. Funeral Services of the G. A. E. Con- ducted by Lincoln Post No. 1. The funeral of Major Charles J. Stees, past commander of Sedgwick Post of this City, and also of Acker Post of St. Paul, Minn., was largely attended by the officers and comrades of Lincoln Fost No.1, at their post rooms, 35 Eddy street, Sunday afternoon. Promptly at 2 o'clock Com- mander P. H. Maas convened the post and the impressive burial service of the Grand Army was carried out in due form. Colonel J. J. Lyon made the address, and members of Lincoin Relief Corps are not perforated, the wound will not assisted with appropriate vocal music. BLOOD WIPED [John Harry and Arthur Jackson Engage in a Prize-Fight. Four Gory Rounds in the Re- tired Precincts of the Presidio. No Color-Line Was Drawn and Two Hundred People Witnessed the Battle. A picturesque little spot in the midst of a miniature forest just back. of the ball | grounds at the Presidio was stained with the gore of pugilistic combatants early vesterday morning. The blood, however, wiped out a grudge of long standing, and the victor left the field of honor proud gation if Ishould do this, or if 1 thought it was wrong to dance or attera the thea- 1 retuse to advise any ters. Invariably one in respect to what he should do. 15 | will not be the conscience for any other mortal than myself. I regard it my duty | as a pastor todevelop a conscience with | an edge so keen that it wil cui. A man | knows when he sins if his conscience be developed. THE WHALES HAVE COME, the Park Increasing so Elk in ¥ast That They Must Have Another Pen. The Those who visited the Cliff House yes- terday afternoon were entertained by a | wkaie, which eamboled about on the bi Jows and ¢id some tall spouting, as if he ed to rival the seal rocks in the amount of spray sent up. He was among the earliest visitors of that kind for the season, as only iwo or three have so fa veen seen. Many sighi-seers wa'che him with curious eyes as he shot the spray into the air and occasionally leaped high | ) R0 W N S ( W, 5 | B MADE A TARGET OF HIMSELF. GEORGE J. MOORE, whose attempt in a shooting-gallery to a make a bullseye of his heart happily failed. He is now reconciled to Mrs. Moore. enough to show half his body. The gulls were following bLim in his frolics and seemed to be gathering a feast of sardines which he stunned but did not swallow. The park museurn annex will be com- pletea this week. ‘I'he atiendance for the lagt month has been 70,000. The herd of elks i-increasing so fast that a new corral is to be built on the west of Strawb rry Hill. Superiniendent McLaren thinks when the boulevard is opened from the Presidio ‘o the park it should be a block wid~, and extend from | Thirteenth to Fourteeuth avenues. Now is the time to arrange this, he says, betore the property is built up. prove a very serious one. The bullet eatered just under the beart, passed down- ward and inward, and lodged in the abdominul cavity. No symptoms of per- foration have appeared as yet, but if they do, an operation will be necessary. The | abdomen will b2 opened and the bullet located and extracted. If there is a per- foration, tne wound msay be a very dangerous one. Mr. Moore will be removed to-day to tbe home of his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Moore, corner of Hayes and Buchanan streets. Tne wife of the injured man says there A LITTLE EONE OF Mary M. Brown, the litile 12-year-old balfbreed Indian davghter of Captain Wil liam H. Brown, who a few years ago was lost in the Arctic Ocean, together with his crew of a dozen men and the schooner Mary Brown. this child is heiress to a consiaerabie part. ing to be appointed as her guurdian, The case comes up this week. CONTENTION. He leit a lurge estate, to which Several interested persons are now contest- Many floral offerings were handed in, among them a large badge of the Second Division, Sixteenth Army Corps, from his oid iriend, Colonel C. Mason Kinne. The rall-bearers coneisted of: J. J. Lyon, C. Mason Kinne, T. C. Masteller, H. W. Mortimer, H.J. Brady and R. C. Harris, and after the services “'taps’’ were sound- «d by Bugler Canham. Major Siees was one of the early com- rades of the Grand Army on this coast, and was an enthusiastic comrade of the order. He was captain of Company G, Sixth Minnesota Infantry, and major Fourty Pennsylvania Infantry. His re- mains will be sent to St. Paul for inter- ment this evening TOURISTS' CLOSE CALL A Team Bolts on Ocean Beach Boulevard and a Woman Is Run Over. A very exciting runaway took place on the ocean beach near the Park Observa- tory yesterday afternoon, and the specta- tors held their breaths for a few moments expecting a tragedy as they saw a madly frizhtened pair of horses dash down the road and four people successively hurled from the rockaway that was swinging behina. A party of Eastern visitors—Dan Milier and Frank Lowe, of St. Louis, accompa- nied by two Jadies—were outdriving a spirited team from Peter Garrity’s City Hall stables, As they approached the Cliff House on the Ocean Beach boulevard the horses were terrified by the whistle of an ap- proaching engine, and the driver lost con- trol of them. A bicycle rider caused the runaways to swerve so suddenly that the couvle on the front seat were thrown out, and the sister of the driver fell in frent of the wheels and was run over. Sne was stunned for a few moments and had a very narrow escape from death, for the wheels passed over her head. The team was now beyond all controi, as the lines were flying loose in the air. On they dashed tor a quarter of a mile, and then, making another big swerve, they threw the otker two occupants out and upset the rockaway. The second lady to fall had ber face considerably bruised. The men were not hurt. The Iady who was run over was carried to the Park Observatory, which was close to where she fell. The side of her head was much bruised, but she said she did not feel seriously hurt. Both ladies say they were nou ifrightened and felt no in- clination to jump ont of the vehicle. The team “was once owned by Talbot Clifton. The horse< escaped with a few scratches, but the vehicle was considera- bly smashed. Some bicycle-riders caughi the team after it had exhawmsted itself dragging the overturned rockaway. . —————— that he had vanquished an enemy and richer in a worldly way just $15. The beaten man—he was indeed badly beaten— was balf-carried from the scene of the battle, his eves closed and blackened, but with a feeling of content, as he had shown his friends and the world that in his form not one fiber tainted with yellow fear ex- isted. Several weeks ago John Harry, a young man who resides on Broadway, and a col- ored Jal named Arthur Jackson, the principals in yesterday’s fight, quarreled. Whether it was a woman or a more trivial objct of contention that caused the trouble no one seems willing to say. The bitter feeling grew and grew between them nevertheless, and a short time ago the friends of tle enemies decided that nothing but blood could again weld the broken chains of friendship. So ea er were the friends to witness a battle between the enemies they made up a purse of §15, which was to go to the vic- tor. The principals then went into train- ing, and a week ago both were pro- nounced by the friends to be in superb condition. Then began a search for a battle-ground. The police had to be avoided and a commitise was appointed to select aspot where the grudge could be settled and the money won without jeovardizing the liberty of combatants and spectators. Goat Island was finally decided upen, but as so many friends wanted to see the fight it would have necessitated the chariering of a steamer to carry the crowd, so the Presidio was accepted as far enougn from the police and not too far from home and medical aid, if it was required. Yesterday morning at 7 o’clock pugil- ists, seconds, rubbers, friends, acquaint- ances, hangers-on and the referee, James Donnely, gathered together out by the Presidio ball grounds. But little time was wasted; a ring was pitcned and the pugilists stepped into it, glared at each other a minute and closed in combat. A cheer rose irom 200 throats as the men sparred for an opening, and when the blood deczan to flow the crowd went aeliri- ous with delight. The men foughi, clinched, bunted and smasi.ed each other with insane frenzy for three minutes, and then they took their corners for a min- ute’s rest. The minute passed and they went at it again. About half a ininute of the second round had flown when Harry fell under the blows his enemy was raining on his head, and before he could rise the colored boy leaned over him and slugged him on the nose. A cry of foul wailed through- out the forest, and for a time a row,which might have taken the cavalry stationed at the Presidio to quell, w:s imminent, The referee finally udjusied the matter, how- ever, and the figiit continued. Another gory round was passed. and as the men faced each otherin the fourth round they were all but exbausted and fought with much les: vehemence than that which charact rized the preceding rounds. The colored lad was shrewd and played that he was getting weaker and weaker. This threw his opponent off his guard and five seconds belore the time limit of the round was up he gathered his strength together and swung a terrific blow with hisleft at the white boy. Harry saw it coming and tried to stop it, but tailed. It reached his jiw and he fell to the ground like o dead m tn. It took many minutes to bring him to, and when it was accomplith/d he was taken to his home to rest, and teil over and over the story of hisdownfa:l and how it came to pass. MAJOR STEES' FUNERAL. A Beautiful G. A. R. Service at Wash- ington Hall. The funeral of Major Charles J. Steea took place at Washington Hall at 2 p. . yesterday under the direction of Lincoln | Post, G. A.R. Captain Mass had charge of tue proceedings, and the funeral cere- monies were those usual in the order. Calonel Lyons ana C. Mason Kinne as- sisted in the ceremonies, and there was a large attendance of comrades and friends of the deceased soldier. All bore testi- mony 10 the good qualities of the sieep- ing sotdier, of his_troops of friends, en- deared to him in life by many deeds of loyalty and kindness. Major Stees had passed his sixty-third birthday and had seen many phases of life in the pioneer West. He was formerly captain of Company G, Sixth Minnesota Infantry, and tater assistant adjutant- general, department of California. He was a native of Pennsylvania, but he had lived in Minnesota and the West for many FOR PAssAGE To DAwsoN CITy $225, sailing for 8t. Michae.s August 3. For pariiculars ap- piy 201 Frontst. » » years. The body will be shipped to St. Paul for interment. 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D. 1497, at 1 orclock noon of that day, to tha bighest bdder | for ca-n 1 wonry of tbe United States on by said ¢ and subj c n by certain 0, p.¢ parcel of land and being in the City and Cou of Ca'ifor ¥ of andey d and p « pO n rsected by the easterly line of runzing thence easterly along th= Eush street one hundred - : mencing a of Bush strect Is | Sansome s.ree ortherly line B ven (137) feet and six (6) inches; thence at right augles northerly avd parallel with San- some street one hundred and thirty-seven (137) ce au Tight angies | fectand six (6) inches: cesterly and paralle: with Bush street, one hun. Pl . and six (6) inches, ad | dred and thirty-seven (137) £ ome stree. foet and six (6) inches 1o the point of commence- | ment: together witn the buildings and improve- ‘ments thereor | ™ he purchaser shail take the sald lot subject to | the rigut of John ¥. 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