The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 8, 1897, Page 15

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 1897. 15 | USEFIL LIFR - | was running rapialy down hill at the time. The little 1ellow was so full of blood, cinders and dirt at the Receiving Hospital that he was hardly recognizab'e. 3 | After having his head bandaged and the | dirt washed off he was sent home. ————— 1 For Twenty-five Years Mrs, | Pann Befriended Portu- guese Immigrants, Her Headquarters Were Known in All Places Where Her Race Lives, Many Societies and Priests Attend Her Funeral From Her Home at Haywards. OARLAND OFFICE 8aN FRANC 908 Broadway, Aug The death of Mrs. Mary M. Pann re- moves a woman who for over a quarter of a century has been a benefactor to many uese immigranis who came meda County. In many parts of the State are families that are indebted to her their first start in life in Califc is also revered in fa o CALL.) Portu A to rs. Pann cam a young customs and shed a hotel. countryfolk she marrie h with Its known, and for rity of Portu- California bave he sband she estab ter beca soon come direct to the Pann headquarters. Many of them who have come out to s here e been supplied with irecting them to Haywards, and found the place ulthough they 1d not spaak an lish sentence, From the of the deceased these have gone forth to many § e, supplied with all the nec tion to enable them to make rts astartin life largely attended and i out -in force from t towns. Rev. the mess-and riserno of of Foisom er P The fur V ather fatriel 3 W. T. Boyd, F. ph Pimentei, A. M. la na ze, L. Bernard, DRI 8. Caldar e Azoresabout i leaves a husband TEACHLRS' ANNUITY, A Decis Guve a Cold Comfort to Miss Boniface, Who Made a Test Cas. Cax 2 That —Deputy Dis- n Cburch cflicial decision upon the teachers’ an- nuity act at the request of Superintendent te-day t t will be of o ail schoolteachers. small comfort for those who expect to act of the Legislature, D) s based on the applica- be benelited by the recent fits ot t one day od paid e appli- Mr. a she was to the benefit fund and to what cation. eiigable sximum allowance i cities and counties 0 in counties ailone. Attorney Church beld that she was only entitled toa percentage of the maximum equal to such proportion of the maximum ann granted as the time > had been subject to the burdens of the bears to the period of thirty years. ad taught one day and paid $1.” The i of this service to the amount ; which she would have paid at the rate of $1 yer month for thirty years would be 1-365 of $360, or only 93 ecents per year, or between 8 and 9 cents per month. New Industry on the Water Front. OAKLAND, CaL, Aug. 7.—The steamer Corona docked at Adams whari last even- ing and unloaded 150 head ef cattle, shipped down from Humboldt. This is the first direct shipment of the kind to this city. As the vessel made the landing in good shape it is probable that it will occur oftener in the future. The fruit and produce ianded to-day reached nearly 150 tons and is the larg of the season. he increased arrivals on the water front have added greatly to the amount of labor there. The new boats have given wo'k 10 a number of people and added greatly to the commercial 1m- portance of the city. Jumped From a Runping Train. OAKLAND, C Aug. 70 — Samuel Happ, & seven-year-old schoolboy, jumped from a narrow-gauge train this afternoon and had his head cutopen. The train $50 a month rendered an | |NOT SAFE ON BROADWAY If Appropriations ow Contemplated Are Carried Out, Siid Council- | man Cuvellier. OAKLAND, CaL., Aue. Cuvellier startled the Council Commitiee on Streets last night by announcing: ““There isa parfect storm brewing on ac- | count oi the way we have started in on | appropriations, and as one of our members | has remarked, after awhile it will be un- | safe for cne of usto walk down Broadway. | We must ve careful how we handle mat- | ters.”” ¢ Continning he said Councilman “I do not desire to oppose anything Mr. Watkinson intro- duces. have generally voied for his measures ke se I believe be would not introduce ar that he does not be- lieve is Tight. tI honestly believe that | we should be more careful about these ap- propriations,” > The matter under discussion was the appropriation of $7000 for the improve- ment of Webster street, from the bridge to Tweifth street. After a lengthy dis- cussion, wherein Twelfth street, in East nd, and a North Oakland park { a prominent part, the ordinance recommended to the Councii for pas- s Eleven thousand dollars was also recommended for the improvement of Lelegraph avenue. Tim Scanlon Resigns. OAKLAND, Cat, Aug. 7.—The direc- tors of the California Improvement Com- pany were greatly surprised this morning Tim Scanlon, their efficient secre- tary, presented his resignation and in- sisted on cceptance. He stated that ess for himself and 1pany no longer. was seiected to succeed Rank as superintendent of meda Blectric line. Herron was elected vice-president Improvement Company, the Ala- Electric line and t a Railroad. No election was he dent. T position remain unti! the last Monday of the month, when the regular meeting occurs. | *F. C. Havens was the representative of the realt The other directors were Charl . Bishop, W. H. Cnicker- | ing and Herron. Christian Giving to Be Discussed. OAKLAND, Car, Aug. 7.—There is being pianned for the next county execu- tive committee meeting, to be held Au- gust 16, a mos: profitable and interesting conference upon the suvject of “Christian giving, especially in relation 10 missions.” The conference 1s to be led by M Jelle Garrette of Alameda, superintendent of teusion ¢ Christian ties in Alameda County. wino have been asked to speak are Ale | byterian cht First Prest Miss Mary W gational Chure | begins a series of | upon vital topics for Ch | ers that are bemg a nestly requested that every delegate brin notetook Crushed Between a Ton of Iron, OAKLAND, Car., 7.—Daniel An- drea and Mauuel Bapust, two laborers in the Judson Iron We had a narrow es- cave from suade ath this mornine. | They were engaged in rolling a huge 1’ | beam weighing over a ton when oneof | the beams on h 1t was being rolled slipped out of p to drop end down, As it fell it cau na, and t Congre- It is ear- t the two men between its sharp edges and aujacent beam. Au- drea’s left | :hifully grushed and lacerated. ken boues protruded for several inclies. Bantist was more for- \tunate and escaped without a broken / bone, although his flesh was were taken to the Re Both al, where Drs. Stratton, id Milton tended them ilies dependent upon them. Will Try Oace More. OAKLAND Aug. 7.—The O:di- nance and Ju Committee held a long and animated sion last evening. Before they aruse they decided uvon 4 tuberculin test ordinance which will be recommended to the Council for passage. Dr. E. J. Creely, formerly employed by the San Francisco Board of Health, was present, and attempted to fight City Vetermary Pierce, but he was quickly settled by Drs. Rucker and Dunn and | Councilman Girard, who plainly stated that no deposed officiai could come here and undermine their veterinarian. v isher, Porter Both have fam- Already Doing Business. “ OAKLAND, CaL, A perin- | tendent Bradford 6f the Pacific Coast Borax Works, in Alameaa, stated that the | New York refinery was an established | fact and that they were aiready doing business. Several men have been taken from him for the East, but all vacancies are now filled. He is very reluctant about discussing Mr. ith’s plans, - | tleman preserves th- strict: | Catholie Fai ND, CAL., Aug. 7.—The zem- new Catholic church at San Lorenzo are preparing for an elaborate fair to begin October 5. The affair is to be held in St. Joseph’s Hall. -~ Four golden weddings were celebrated | on one day recently at Anderlues, near Brussels. The whole town turned out in | honor of the occasion, they had a public | dinner and a ball and each one of tha old | peovle received the present of an arm chair. 2 RICHEST SALVATION }UNIOR IN THE COUNTRY. OAKLAND, Caw., Aug. 7—Faith Montzomery of Beulab, a little lady 5 years .of | casus belli.—Kansas City Journal. age, is a full-fledged junior offi: George and Mrs. Carrie Judd Montgomery rof the Salvation Army. She is the orly child of of Beulah and wears the full uniform of the army. Little Faith, young as she is, can give very inteliigent addresses to the little children who live in the-cottage hom parents, is old enough. All ber training is with a view @ her entering the army work es maintained at Beulah by her wealthy soon as she ce, permitting the beam | ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS. READY NOW 10 BEGTH WORK Berkeley's Tardy Register Arrives From Sacra- mento at Last. . Largest and Most Comprehen- sive Ever Issued by the State University. There Are 2211 Students on the Roll, 1470 of Whom Are at Berkeley and 741 in ‘San Francisco. I}ERK EY, Carn., Aug. 7.—The long- waited-for register of the State \/niversity for the present year’reached Berkeley to- day. For the last week the professors have been anxi)usly, almost breathlessly, awaiting its arrival, for had it not come when it did, the wheels oA the university wouid have been clogged, and. probably the doors of the institution would not have opened until a week later than an- nounced in the calendar. Such was the inforn:ation vouchsafed by university au- thorities last night. The cause.of the delay was the same old story of the State Printer. Instead of ihe work being pa:d for out of ihe annual ap- propriation for printing the money had to come from the Regents, which will mean that they will have just about $3600 less to spend on the university than it the State had doue the printing, as heretofore. The register is tue largest and most comprehensive of any that have ever been issued at Berkeley. It contains 317 octavo pagas, which is” just forty-seven more than appeared in tue last. It has several new and important 1eatures of more than mere see'ional interest. Every page has been revised, new regulations have been made and old systems dropped. For the first time have 2il the regula- tions governing undergraduate students been published. These regulations refer to admission, registration and attendance, choice of studies, change of status, course or studies, | examinations, grades of scholarship, co didons and failures, degrees and certifi- | cates, scholarships, leave of absence and honorable dismissal and discipline. The home »ddresses, giving street and number, of all the professors, instructors and assistants in the univefsity, there are are given, not including, however, .the nine'een new professors and instructors who will be sworn in next week. The names and addresses of the regents are also given. | The new regulations for graduate stu- | dents have also been published in full. | Two new scholarships are snnounced— | one from the San Francisco Girls’ High !:mld Llhe other from the Haywards High hool. | The summary of students, including | both those pursuing work at Berkeley and in the professional colleges, shows that there are at the present time 2211 on tue | university roll, as against 2047 last year at a corresponding date. Ot these, 1470 are at Berkeley and 741 in the San Francisco colleges. They are distributed through the vari- ous academic and professionai colleyes as fol ows: Academic graduate, 119; college lesters, 152; college of social sciences, 739; natural 7; agricuiture, 21; mechanics, 136; minine, 110; ecivil en- { gineering, 51; chemistry, 71. Profession- i—Mark Hopkins Institute of Art, 16 department, 152; medical colleze, 110; post gratuate, medicine, college of dentistry, 166; college of pharmacy, 95; college of veierinary science, 8. Recorder Sutton says that the announce- ment of courses is expected to arrive from the printer at any moment. Until then the students will be unabls to make out their study-cards. Studying German. BERKELEY, Cal., Aug. 7.—Professor Albin Pu.zker, head of the department oi German at the State University, declares | that the past few years have witnessed a marked growth in the popularity of Ger- | man as a study in the school< and nniver- | sities of California. *‘In 1874 there were thirty-seven young men studying Ger- man at the university,”’ said the proiessor. “To-1ay there are nearly 500 students, men and women, taking German, and in | certain of the classes the enrollment is very large. The class in Schiller, for ex- ample, numbered 122 students.’’ Will Fight More Fires. BERKELEY, CaL, Aug. 7,—The Bea- con Fire Company met last night and de- cided not to disband. A motion to dis- band was made and George Phillips, a prominent member, delivered an address severely scoring the Town Trustees and the public for poor supportof the com- pany. Trustee Maloney and County Re- corder Spear were present acd called attention to improvements in the Fire Department contemplated by the Town Board. They urged a further effort to maintain tbe organization, and a com- mittee was appointed, consisting of F. S. Rawson, George Phillips, S8amuei Fisher, J. McNamara and Paul Nichelman, to solicit public subscriptions, T Only a Gauzy Fake. BERKELEY, CAL., Aug. 7.—The story circulated by John Gazenago and Fred Munday yesterday, to the effect tunt they had discovered a gold mine in the Contra Costa hiils, has proved to be a gauzy fake. The two men in question started the story as a joke, an.i when interviewed de- clared its authentieity. In publisbing the story this morning THE CALL stated that it was belieyed 10 be unreliable. Lifting a Cow Over a Fence. Mrs. Hall of Independence and James Fletcher of the same town are neighbors. Fletcher hasa cow and Mrs. Hall hasa lot of chickens. A barbed wire fence separates the two premises, but has not so far succeeded in keeping the two families apart. Fletcher has a lot ot boxes on his place, and Mrs. Hall claims her cnickens lay in tne boxes. The chickens and rs. Hall’s boy combined have proved a bone of conten- tion for some time, but matters ap- nroached a climax yesterday when Mr. Fietcher sent a young man to the Prose- cuting Attorney’s cffice to have Mrs. Hall arrested for disturbing the peace. The chief cause for complaint on the part of Mr. Fletcher, according tothe young man, was that Mrs. Hall had deliberately, pre- meditatedly and with malice atore- thought lifted Mr. Fletcher’s cow over the barbed-wire fence into her yard on a re- cent occasion. Just how the woman puiled the cow over the fence the young man did not explain, but he declared that the fence was not broken down and that the cow was translated from one sphere of activity to anotber, against the peace and dignitv of the State. Mr. Fleicher says Mrs. Hall insisted on him removing his boxes, because ner chickens laid in them. All of the little neighborly amenities were passed over, bat when she lified the cow over t he ience he thought that was a ———————— Javanese houses in the larger cities are f one general shape, two storigs high, and puttogether with acurious method of mortising, ac which these people are adepts, not one nail being used through- out the construction of tue building, ! BOARD CF HEALTH. To Stop the Froe Distribution of Sam- ples of Medicine and Circulars. ALAMEDA, CAL., Aug.7.—Atthe meet- ing of the Board of Health last evening the matter of the promiscuous scattering of samples of patent medicine about town was taken up and discussed. Several of the members reported cases of children being taken sick from eating these sam- ples, which are tirown in ‘dooryards and pubile places, and it was decided to ask the City Trustees to pass an ordinance for- bidding such distribution in iuture. It was aiso sugzested that it would be a cood idea to prohibit the distribution of circu- lars as well, that being almost as much o! a nuisanc» as the throwing around of patent medicines. There were eighteen deathsduring July, pulmonary ¢ nsumption rtaking turee. The rate was 1.25 per 1000 on a basis of a population of 16,000, which is under rather than over the sactuality. There were twenty-one births during the month. Tne tuberculin ordinance came up for discussion, and the board decided to recommend that it be amended, so as to include all cattle from whom milk is ob- taineda for distribution in this city. Strange Delusions. ALAMEDA, CAL., Aug. 7.—Mrs. Anna Schumacher of Mound street, the divorced wile of Gottiieb Schumacher, is to be ex- amined on a charge of insani some stzange deiusion ing that she can waik on X physician is to cut open her body and give ber a new set of machinery; thatshe is to have a new pair of legs, and that she is to be remarried to her former busband on Sunday and have agift of a quarter ofa million dollars from him. Kev. F. D. Bovard to Remain, ALAMEDA, CAr, Aug. 7.—The Rev. F. D. ‘Bovard, for iour years pastor of the Park-streer Met odist Church, has been invited to remain anotber vear by the governing board of that church. This will make five years of continuous pastor- ate, which is as long as the laws of the church permit a pastor to remain in one charge. Since Mr. Bovard took charge of the church 150 new members have been added and the society has been put in a most prosverous condition. Carlsen Beaten, ALAMEDA, CavL, Aug 7. F. Carlsen was defeated by A. Rasmussen ina suit before Recorder St. Sure to-day. Carlsen collected a bill of $15 40 and another of $3 | for Rasmussen and retained the amount on the ground that he was entitled to it for services rendered. The court gave bim 10 per cent of the amount collected. Dr. J. G. Humphrey has also sued Carlsen for a similar transaction. Christian Endeavor Union. ALAMEDAg CArn., Aug. 7.—The Chris- tian Endeavor Union bela its annual meeting last evening and elected officers for the ensuing year, as follows: Mrs. J. A. Cameron, president; E. F. Burrel, vice- president; Dr. Walter Hughes, corre- sponding secretary; Charles Usinger, re- cording secretary; Miss Arnold, assistant superintendent for junior work, ¥l Sueno Is Going. ALAMEDA, CAn, Aug. 7.—The vacht El Sueno is surely going to the Klondike. So says Joseph A. Leonard, its owner. A 25-horsepower engine has been purchased and will be put in her, and she will be\pre- pared fully for the long and dangerous trip. The Cnetco will probably go 1n the spring. Notes. The Oakland Cance Club will have races on the creek to-morrow. There will be two games of baseball at- West Alameda” to-morrow—becween the Monarchs and Grand Rules apd the Acmes and Alerts. Clara Fallmer is getting ready to plead in- sanity as nn excuse for shooting her lover. This is the first ever heerd of any insauity in that famiiy. ALAMEDA, Cayl, Cricket Ciub’ will play West Alameda grounds to-mcrrow, commencing at 11:30 A. LT i S e AR BRONCO AT LARGE ALL NIGHT. Corraled in the Park Sheepfold After a Chase in the Morning. The obstreperous little bronco which started out on a wiid tear from One Hun- dred and Fifiy-fifth street and Eighth avenue on Saturday evening and dashed through the sireets of Harlem into Cen- tral Park, made a night of 1t in the park. All the available park policemen were chasing him during the night. Several bieyclists tried to follow bis trail, too. He wasseen only once between midnigt and daylight. This was near the entrance at Eighty-first street and Eighth svenue. Before this he had run all the way through the park, from One Hundred and Tenth street to the plazaat Fifty-ninth, and back again over lawns and asphalt sidewalks to the menagerie, where a glanceat the cages was sufficient to send him on agamn. He rested awhile on the east side of the park, near Seventy-ninth street, but his pursu- ers got wind of his whereabouts, and_he dashed across the park to the west side, where he spent the rest of the night. Aa hour after midnight three cowboys galloped down to the center drive with Jassoes at their saddle pummels. They nad come after the runaway from the in- closure opposite the polo grounds, start- ing as soon as they were aporised that he bad got away. They lost the trail in the park. At daybreak two of them started back for camp to get some rest and fresh horses, leaving Samuel Baleo behind in case the bronco turned up. Policeman Bagley found the bronco ap- parently asieep on the vall grouad at 6:15 o'clock in the morning. Bagley hadn’t heard tha: there wasa bronco loose, but the bronco knew there were policemen loose. The bronco got up slowly and stretched for another run. Bagley hustled over to the park stables, where -he found Mounted Policeman McNulty about to start out on post. McNulty gallopec his horse to the ball fieid and the noise at- tracted Cowboy Baleo, who was pot far away. The bronco was still disporting in the ball fisld, and the two horsemen began to close in on him, He remained quiet un- til $hey got ciose up, and then led thema chase around the field. He made the cir- cuit three times. Baleo’s mount was thed and could not keep up with Mc- Nulty’s. The policeman’s horse was too much for the bronco, too, and finally the chase was edged in the rear gate cf the ‘heapfold, and the game was up. lBaleo bad no difficulty in roping the brone» in the fold. He took him back 16 the inclo- sure of the Western Horse Association at One ‘Hundred and Fiity-filta streetand Eighth avenue.—New York Sun. s gl > Outwitting a Store Detective. A detective in a well-known retail store is engaged in the mental process of kick- ing himself whenever he thinks of a cer- tain transaction which took place last week. Ata time of day when the store was crowded, the detective, who was keep- ing a sharp lookout forevil-doers, was ap- proached by a well-dressed, intelligent- looking man, who informed him that he 4vas employed as detective in another store, and had foilowed a shoplifter from bis firm’s store to the present place, where they would find her at the glove counter stealing gloves, “‘Let her alone,” said the strange detec- tive, *‘and when she loads up I will follow ter llmme, and we can then make =z big aul.’” Consent was given to this plan, and the shoplifter stole §200 or $300 worth of goods unmolested. sen she went out, followed by the strange detective. .That was the last ever seen of the pair, and the siore de- tective wonders how on earth he was duped so easil; Phila telphia Record. P ERO S s il It is claimea that the perfume of flowers disappears as soon as tne starchin the geuls is exhausted; and it may, itis said, e restored by placing the flower in a so- Jution of sugar, when the formation of starch and the emission of fragrance will be at once resumed. Aug. 7.—The: Alameda the Bohemins at the ine game T JAGINE THEIE JOBS ARE SAFE County Officials Agree With the Decision of Judge Ballard. The Political Economy of the Last Legislature May Be Barren, Unless the Supreme Court So Decides Salaries Will Not Be Rear- ranged. OARLAND OFFicE SAN Francisco Cary,! 908 Broadway, August7. | The county officials were overjoyed to- day when thev learned that Judge Ballard of Orange County nad declared the county government bill of 187 unconstitutional so far as it related to the classification of counties for the purpose of [ixing salaries of county officials. It may seem peculiar to others, but it is a fact that there are office-holders in this county who verily believe that they are going to be re-elected next yesr and who are just as much interested in the salary proposition as though they had been ap- pointed for life. Although al! were elected Sheriff White Is Quite Satisfied to Keep Things as They Are. on an economical basis, & great fight was made against the cuts in salaries that were framed at SBacramento last spring. There was a little sympathy for the officials whose salaries were cut by the new act because the mot{ve that prompted it was more political than economical. Alameda County took the lead, as her delegation always does in reform move- ments, at the capital, and therefore the news that the legisiators had been undone was received with great interest. Of course the case will go tothe Supreme Court, but that does not chill the fervor of the county officials, who already are congratulating themselves on their re-elec- tion and enjoyment for four years of their present salaries. 5 Deputy District Attorney Lin Church wes shown the decision of Judge Ballard and said it seemed to be good law, but that it would certainly be taken to the Supreme Court. “I have not seen the whole of the decision,” he said, “but what has been Assessor Dalton Felt Like Jump ing When He Heard of It ublished has made the matter very plain. t certainly will. prevent any changes of salaries 1n this county for the next five years if upheld by the Supreme Court.”’ Assessor Datton was one of those who did not approve of having his salary changed. Auditor Whidden was another. Recorder Spear was contented 1o . let things go as they are for a few years. County;Clerk Jorden did-notseek a change, and even the Populist officials—Treasurer Sanford, Sheriff White and School Super- intendent Garlick—were not anxious to be disturbed.” But now all are of one mina, and unite in thinking that Judge EBallard of Orange County is a very bright man. HIS FLRST CASE. It Was Only a Little Pet Dog, but Its Youug Mistress Didn’t Forget Him “Lam often amused when I think of my first patient,” said a prominent doc- tor. “For days I had waited for some one te csll upon me—and he or she didn’t cail. I would go out every morning with my medicine case, as if in a8 prodigious hurry, to convey the impression that my. services were very much in demand. But I thought that people smiled when they saw me, as tiough they divined my little rtifice. Oue day when I had about given up hope there came aring at the door. ‘A patient at last,” I thought, and arranged my table as though I had been very busy among my books and papers. Then I went to the front door. Be you the doctor? id a small and looking down I beheld the owner, a golden-haired child witn bright blue eves. “I'am,’ Isaid, in answer to ber ques- tion, “ ‘Then, come quick!’ she urged breath- lessly. ¢ ‘1s it so important?’ “ ‘Indeed, it 18; he may die.” What's the trouble, my child?’ * ‘He's got something in his froat, and it's choking nim.’ * ‘I will follow you, my dear. 500 n be about it.’ * “°I followed the child to a handsome house and she led me in a side door. *‘This way,” she said, ‘he’s up in my playroom.’ “I thought this strange, but made no observation. She threw open her play- room,and there, among dolls aud other toys, was = French poodle dog, choking and gasping. “‘Can you keen my Fido from dying, Mr. Doctor?’ implored the little one. ‘i was highly indignant, but accepted the situation with the best possible grace. ‘I will try,” I answered, and, putting a hand down the blessed poodie’s throat, extracted a good-sized bone, Fido at once became easier. ‘“*Will he need any medicine?’ she asked. ¢**I think not.’ “AsI was leaving, I met her stately mother, who stared at me in surprise. ‘IT'ne child told her why 1 had calied, and the lady apologized to me for the chila’s presumption, as she called it. I answered with as good 'grace as possible, and then departed. But one's fortune may hang on a slender thread. The child was taken sick some weeks after, and insisted upon my being sent for. They resisted her; | she became worse; she wouldn’t speak to | the other doctor; I had cured her dog and | she wanted me. | *'So finaily they sent for me, ostensibly to consult with the other physician, The | family doctor was very agreeable; the girl | got better and told rybody how I had | cured her, when really she had cured her- self. Atany rate, such was the beginning of a practice which | may say with a cer- | tain pride is probably second to that en- | joyed by few doctors in the State. My little miss is now a handsome matron, with a good-sized family. I am their family physicran, and if a call comes from them you may believe I do not de- lay in answering it.”’—Detroit Free Pres: —— WHEN MR, LEWIS ENTERS, Two Doors Admit the Visitor, and the Senate Chamber Is Impressed. The character of the present Congress is J. Hamilton Lewis. He isa character not | to be comprehended all at once. He grows | upon you. It takes some time to realize | how strange he is. His extravagance of dress and’ his attitude first attract atten- | tion. When he enters the House, no | matter what is doing, every eye instinc- | We wiz tively turns toward him, like the eyesof | the audience in a theater turn to the lead- ing man when he breaks through tie throng of minor actors. Mr. Lewis visits the Senate frequently. There is nothing more dramatic than his entrance into the presence of that august body. He never by dny chance enters | through one of the side doors. The Senate may be engaged in a heated debate or deeply absorbed in a bewilder- ing schedule of the tariff bill. Suddenly a sense of something happening comes upon every one. People in the galleries look down and the interest of the Senate is arrested. Both the swinging doors of the muain entrance at the head of the center aisle, fzcing the Vice President, swing open and Mr. Lewis appears. The doors close behind him and he stands for a moment under the archway, his hat and gloves beld in one hand in front of him, and looks toward the Vice-Presi- dent with a slicht inclination of the head, as much as to say, Do not let me interrupt you. Then looks with a sweeping glance to the right and to the left, slightly inclining bis body. He then straizhtens himself up and sweeps the galleries with a glance. By this time every eye is upon him, and with the graceful, dainty steps of a dancing master, he walks over to the D:mocratic side of the chamber, greeting in the mo<t grace- ful manner imaginable each Senator who happens to be in his path to the vacant 3 ‘I saddie is of fine embossed leather, set ‘cost about $3000. seat he is making “for. His manner of greeting is to shift his hat and gloves from his right bhand to his left with a flourish, taking two steps forward, as if about to swing partners in the lanciers, and then to extend his right hand at the same time inclining his body gracefully and giving his hat a great sweep by his side, as the ideal cavalier trails his plume to the ground in bowinf to “my lady. It would be impossible for him to enter into any presence without attracting at- tention, and appareutly he has no inten- tion of trying to do so. With his fluffy hair and whiskers, both parted in the middle, he looks like some of the portraits of Captain John Smith of about the time when hLe is supposed to have excited the imagination of the im- pressionable Indian maiden. Instead of the glittering trappings of a knight, his dress is a display of the highest skill of the tailor, setting of his slender form in all its graceful lines and clinging to him with an affectionate softness. His every movement ends in a posture, and with a eentle undniation, he passes from one posture to another. His voice is music and his words flow like poetry, being being reeled cff 220 words to the minute.— Philadelphia Telegram, ————.—————— Silver-Rigged Saddls Costing $3000. *The finest and most costly saddiein America,” said J. C. Crofton, “is owned in California, where it was manufactured. Itis owned and was designed by Dixie W. Thompson, a wealthy rancher of Ventura County, whose home is in Santa Barbara. The saddle is of typical Mexican pattern, with a high pommel, well-hollowed scat and the most elaborate trappings. The work was done in Santa Barbara under Mr. Thompson’s supervision, and is such as only the Spanish could produce. The thick with siiver buttons and roseites, th pommel incased with siiver, the corners of the apron tipped with it, the stirrups faced and edged with slver half an inch thick, elaborately chased and carved. The saddletree is huna with silver rings to answer the vaquero's require- ments. The girth is woven from horses’ manes "by native artisans, and is fully eight inches broad. The reins, martin- gales and whips are composed of solld | silver in woven strands. The bridle, | reins and accessories, weighing about twelve pounds, areworth about $250 in the | value of silver coin used. Kach year Mr. Tnompson adds something to the beauty and value of the saddle, and it hasalready Galveston News. —————— At Blenheim Falace, the home of the Duke of Marlborouzh, there are said to be twenty staircases leading from the main floor to the second. i | department were needed. Auction Sales CHAS. LEVY & €0., AUCTIONEERS. Sulesrooms—1135 Marlket Stres: TO-MORROW. A Monday.. ..August 9, 1897, At 11 o’ciock A. M., On the premises, 5 765 MARKET ST., Bet. 3d and 4th, WE WILL SELL. % LODGING - HOUSE OF 24 ROOMS, +..-COMPRISING. .. Farlor Sets. Bedroom Sets, Bedd'‘ng, Carpets, Lacs Curtaing, Office Fufnicnre, Oiicloth. Wardrobes, etc, 10 be sold as a whole or in 10ts t0 Soit. CHAS. LEVY & CO.. Auctionesrs. SMOKED PIPES AT A BIE FIRE Queer Conduct of Firemen Who Refused to Obey Orders. Warden Murdoch Suspends Man for Insubordination, as Usual, Councilman Girard's Effort to Remove the Fire Ohief Produces No Result. OAKLAND OFFICE Sax Fraxcisco CALL,} 908 Broadway, Aug. 7. The trouble in the Fire Department has become so marked that there is not a sin- gle fire now that is not followed by a sus- pension for allegzed insubordination. At the Field Seminary fire the usual thing occurred, and now Virgil Dimmick is sus- pended. Dimmick declares that he is being perse- cuted by Fire Warden Murdoch because he is friendly with John Roban, who re- cently had trouble with Murdoch. At the Field fire Dimmick was told by Chief Fair to stand by with his hose, and a little la- ter Fire Warden Murdoch ordered nim to run with a hose. He did not know whom to obsy and had some words with Mur- doch, and he was suspended. Murdoch says Dimmick had been drink- ing, and Dimmick asserts that he can prove that Mardoch went to a saloona nd got a whole bottle of whisky. A Washington-street merchant, who will not permit the use of his name, was present at the Fieid fire and says the lack of diseipline is really serious. “When the fire was at its height,” he said, “I was near one of the hose companies and the men just stood still and exchanged carses and oaths with their superiors. I heard one man receive an order and he told his foreman to wait till he had fin- ished rolling a cigareite. Several others hinted that they would 2o to work when ey felt like it, and I must say tnat I never saw such work in my life. *This was going on while the fire was making rapid headway in the roof, and at a time when the very best efforts of the While the fire- men were quarreling a woman was lower- ing a chiid out 0i a window in a blanket." A meetine of the Fire and Water Com- mitee of thé" City Council was held last night and Councilman Giiard’s resolution was brought up requesting the Commis- sioners to charge ihe heada of the Fire De- partment. Councilman Earl said the board had made so many promises and broken them that it would be useless to expect anything from them, and on his advice the marter was not acted upon. Mrs. Lease’s Little Tiff With Lewelling. Mrs. Lease was waiting in the office of the railroad board, and while so doing she told this story: 'Lewelling woul!dn’t have anything to do with me for a long time after I turned my back upon him in Representative Hail. Of course 1don’t blame him. Idid treat him shabbily. “‘The Supreme Conrt had just decided the ouster case in my favor. Lewelling was blue with defeat and, therefore, peni- tent. A Populist convention was in ses- sion in Representative Hall, and there was a sort of a iove feast in progress. “Everybody was feeling good and grow- ing enthusiastic, so Lewelling thonght 1t wonld be a good time to make up with me. “I was standing by a window talking | with a friend, when Lewelling approached and held out his hand. *¢4Lei’s be friends,’ he said. I thought of how Leweliing had persecuted me, and could not forgive him then. I drew back a step, pl: ¢:d my hands behind my back, and said with all the scorn and contempt I could put into my voice: ‘The hand of Douglass is his own.” “I turned and walkel away, leaving Tewelling with his hand still outstretched. 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