The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 18, 1897, Page 8

8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1897. TS OPENING THE THIRTIETA First Night of the . Me- chanics’ Fair Drew a Big Crowd. Pure-Food Enthusiasts Came in With a Brass Band and Dockery. Auspicious Start of the Exhibit of California’s Manufactures and | Produocts. The Columbia Theater was filled to over- flowing yesterday afterncon with the mul- titude who came to witness the opening scenes of the great Mechanics’ Institute fair. The programme was ar elatorate | one and well rendered from start to finish. Rogers' military band made its debut in San Francisco and was enthusiastically received. The exercises opened with Berlioz’s “Roman Carnival” by the band, after which President Denicke made an ad- dress, of which the following is a brief ex- tract: Ladies and gentiemen: It is my pleasant duty to welcome you to the thirtieth indus- trial exposition of the Mechanics’ Institute. I hope you will agree with me that each exposi- 1100 15 &n improvement on the last. ! On this occasion, in compliance with & reso- lution passed at a late congress in this City, our chief feature will be an exhibition of pure 100 . 'he Board of Health has undertaken an in- spection of foods, with & view to extinguish the trade in spurious foods. This was a wise idea. The prosperity of this State depends largely on the excelience and purity of the arricles produed here for sale at home and abroad, and, as this is & food-producing State, upon the excel and purity of our food products especially. We want to perfect our processes so that the words “Made in Califor- nia” shail be, all the worid over, & guaranty of quality, purity and generai excellence. | Iam sorry to have to say 1o you that the suc- | cessive Mcchanics' Institute fairs, while | demonstrating the development of the State as a producer, have not illustrated a cor- responding progress in manufactures. This | has been due to various causes, one of which is the high price of coal. 1 am happy toex- press to you my hope that this drawback is | likely to be removed ; what steam has been to | the nineteenth century eleciricity will be to the twentieth, and I look forward to the time when, instead of brinzing coal from the mines, it will be converted on the spot into an electric fluid, which will be conducted by wires o the cities and villages, there to be used for power, light and heat This was followed by the following numbers: Soprano solo, *‘Dream of Love” (Hepburn); tasie, “Hunt in the Black For ' (Voel- ker). Synopsis: Dawn of the day, 5 o’clock; chimes in tue distance; the assemoly; arrival | at the blac ; the,drinking song; they scent game; the chase; Quartet, “Nightingale’’ (William | , Clara Schumann Quartet; Mrs. Don | Pardee Riggs soprano, Miss Grace 1. Davis mezzo-sopreno, Mrs. Robert W. Smith alto, | Miss Cardiyn Boyan contralto; “The Shadow of a Song” (Rae U The second part began with a cornet | solo by W. B. Rogers, after which Irving M. Scott was introduced as the orator of the day, and delivered an oration on *Labor-saving Inventions.” Mr. Bcott spoke as follows: | Man came into the world with undeveloped intellect and unskilled bands, with which to gain a nvelihood and to defend himself against his fellow and agsinst beasts of prey, | heatand celd, storm and flood. He was buta | waif, dependent upon nature for charity. But s her gits were not at all times ample to | meet his requirements for the necessaries of | life, and as securily from harm was constantly threatened by prowiing bensts, necessity stim- ulated him to invent impiements of defense and attack, as the flint, the spear and the bow | and arrow. Theinvention of these implements | mpbell Brown). was a glorious triumph fo7 intelleci—saved, | perchance, the humen race from extinction, and made man *“iord of the fowl and the brutes.” | As population increased and man’s require- | ments multiplied he supplemented the gift of nature by domesticating the cow, horse, hog, soat and cheep; invenied implements of husbandry, as the piow and harrow: also in- vented the'yoke and harness ior the ox and horse, and thereby caused them to plow the field and harrow in the sown seed. The invention of gunpowder was another | marked triumph of man over the forces of | nature. Obstacles that had hitherto seemed immovable were, by its application, instantly | burst into diminative fragments;’ fortifica- | tions that could bheve withstood the assaults | of the battering-ram and catapult indefinitely | were readily demolished, and vast armies | armed with their wonted weapous were but | chaff in presence of the gale. In consequence of the invention of gunpow- der manifold enterprises that would not have orherwise been were projected and success- fully executed. Thus, mines and quarries that otherwise | would have remained intact were worked and their material utilize 1. roadways and canals | built, sbaits sunk and u nrels driven through | mountains and under rivers. If the inven- | tion on one hand saved the labor of thousands of men, on the other hand it produced em- ployment for tens of thousands, The art of printing seems to have been prac- ticed by ‘the sncients, as evidenced by the | Roman stamp and by every Babylonian brick | and signet rinz. The first printing press in | Europe, however, was invented in the fif-| teentn century. ' Prior to this event books | were in manuscript. | As inventions multiphied, the neea of a | better motive power than that of horses and | other animals began to be sorely felt, and this | ied to the invention of the windmill and water wheel. The winds were too inconstant to afford steady employment 1o labor. The strenm or waterfall subject to the effects of drought, was very often t0o remole for its force to ve npplied to the work required to be done. In view of these disadvantages neces- sity stimu'ated man to invent the steam engine, a device susceptible of indefinite ap- plication—no task too delicate nor too mighty or 1t to sccomplish. Notwithstanding the greatefficiency of the steam engine, 11, of itseli, was found inade- quate to meet the requirementsof the prgo- ress and civilization which it hadso largely caused and fostered. To effect the objects re- quired, necessity stimulated genius to invent electrical apparatus by which messages can be conveyed at a speea ten million times as rapid as they can be by the fastest locomotive, ana light and power transmitted to points in- definitely distant from the source of energy. So that immense as have been the benefits conferred upon the world by the steam en- gine, experience demonstrates that the inven- tion of elecirical apparaius for the practical purposes of liie far transcends that of th steam engine. Itmay, perhaps, be urged that the steam engine is ihe prime motor and the electrical apparatus the secondary. That this relation obtains in certain insances 1s true. Some may cavil—rail against inventions, to the end that their introduction throws men out of employment and distracts business. 1f such be the case the inconvenience is only temporary. and the loss quickly and amply recompensed. After the applause which followed the concluding passage of the interesting ad- dress, a duet for trombones, by Balfe, was given by Mr. and Mrs, Tobin. ‘Lightly Bounding” (Danks) was then rendered by the Knickerbocker Quartet. The band followed with a march dedicated to the Mechanics’ Institute and entitled ““Thir- tieth Industrial Exposition,” This concluded the interesting exercises and the immense audience dispersed, e e THERE WAS A CROWD. The Opening Night Was Distin- guished by a Very Large Attendance. The opening night of the fair proved that there were no hard umes in San Francisco, if a large attendance at such places may be taken asan indication of prosperity. The records showed that 4243 people were in attendance, exceeding by | headed by the Letter-carriers’ band and The Passing of the Last Relic of the Days of General Vallejo in the Western Addition. The work of demolishing the old Lavillan house on the northeast corner of Green street and Van Ness l_venno was begun yesterday under the auspices of deputy Sheriffs. Mrs. Lavillan, who has occupied it for the last forty-eight years, parted company with it tearfully, but not without the persuasions of the officers of the law. At first she was for holding the fort in spite of courts and policemen, but the appearance of a force of workn{en at noon accompaniea by a mounted policeman brought about a change of miud, and the old woman took her departure quietly and peaceably. The destruction of the ancient rookery marks the going ot the last remnant of the Spanish period 1n the Western The house was originally built by Francisco Soto, the father of the aged Mrs. Lavillan, in 1848. Soto was a soldier under Vallajo at the Presidio, and, upon the arrival of the American troups in 1846, finding his ocenpation gone, he turned Work on the house was begun in 1848 with lumber that had Addition. rancher and acquired a hundred vara lot > from John Evans. been brought around the Horn in a New York schooner bound for the gold fields. It was the scene of the first celebration of the Fourth of July in San Francisco, and it was in a back room of the building that the first volunteer Fire Department was organized. From a half-way house on the road to and from the Presidio the house in turn was converted into a hospital, or at least the lower portion of it, the upper story being occupied by Soto and his family. to prevent the seepage from entering the doors the Soto casile was built on stilts. In the early fifties a strong breeze from the Golden Gate tipped it over, causing much havoc to the hospital patients. Soto turned his home right side up again with the assistance of some soldiers from the Presidio, and then to provide against further disaster from the wind he took the top story off. The place again became a hotel for a number of years until the death of Soto in 1856, when it fell under the disposition of the estate of his daughter, Mrs. Lavillan. The woman promptly converted it into a private residence. stories tloating about in those days that the place was haunted. noises at night and that shadows flitted across the morass, which is now the paved surface of Van Ness avenue. There were few houses in that neighborhood in those days, and the reputation of the Lavillan for the uncouth and mysterious, at one time had a dispiriting effect on the sale of property in the region. But neither ghosts nor the leck of neighbors could induce Mrs. Lavillan to change her home. declared destroyed her slumbers, she said were the spirits of the patients that had died in the building during its hospital In time they disappeared before the influx of population. The house and lot became a cause of litigation, and during the twenty-1wo years that courts and lawyers wrangled over the place, Mrs. Lavillan lived in her old home apparently days. oblivious to the fact that in tne end no good could come to her over the squabble. time came for the old woman to move. The awakening from her dream of a quarter of a century was rude. In pity to her old age, the owners of the property allowed her two months to move. When the time was up she asked for an extension, but about this time the Board of Health declared the house a nuisance. Now itisa wreck, and Mrs. Lavillan has been temporarily h of almost half a century in the home of her Spanish girlhood. The country about it was then a swamp, and Mrs. Lavillan told her neighbors that she heard strange In the early seventies she had deeded the ground to her daughter-in-law, but as the years rolled round she forgot that she was an alien to the house, and dozed along contentedly and dreamily. 1t was not until last April that the title to the property was finally settled in the courts and the The building was first utilized as a hotel. There were strange The uncanny spirits she oused by friends after a residence 1500 the attendance on thadlnrgesl pre- vious opening night on record. i The e‘;enl of the eveninz was the entry | of the attaches of the Board of Health, | Chief Food Inspector James P. Dockery. Mr. Dockery led the way to the Pure Food Kitcher and made a_speech, which | was heard onjy by himself on account of the oprosition noise made by the machin- ery downstairs. Then President pemcke | made a brief address. Dr. John E. Spen- cer, bacteriologist of the Board of Health, foliowed in a few words. The Knickerbocker Quartet sang a| number of selections and were enthusias- tically received by a large audience. The | Jectures on pure food topics Wwill be de- livered every afternoon at 3:30 and 4:30 P. M. by Miss 'S\\Z\i Tracey, who has charge Model K tchen. o’l;ir:evor Jame< D. Phelan, Judge Frank H. Dunne and Supervisor Julio Rot- tanzi, who acts as Mayor ad interim, nnvye | besn selected to judge the wheelmen’s | cycle contest on Friday night. “Fue board of jurors upon whom de- volved the duty of deciding which ex- hibit made the best showing and was most compietely arranged decided upon awarding the prizes as follows: Moen & Co., first prize, £100; | L econd prize, §00: Tillmann & Bendel, third pri. 80; Turkish Rug Com- pany, fourth prize, $70; James Graham & Co., fifth prize, $60. In the machinery exhibi! Joshua Hendy Machine Works, first prize, £100; Simonds Saw Company, second prize, £50. The music for to-day is as follows: AFTERNOON. Overture. *Raymonde” Thomas “Syrian Patrol _Aronson Mexican bance. .. .. eeenaea MinOZ Gems from *T'he Lady Slavey! Carv) Waltz. *«hine Own'..... Meissier Bur.csque, “The Arkansas Traveler”. W ith variations for all ipstrum Scene and br.dal chorus from “Lohengrin Reeves Solo for cora Godfrey outsc halk Rogers Patriotic Songs of All Pasquin March, Overture, Gems from “k1 Capita: Narcissus from “Winter Music” . Intermezzo, *"Cavalieria Rusticana’ Duet for crombones . ... Mr a Ba let music from “Henry VIII” (@) Gypsy dance. ) M Intermission. Sextet from “Lucla”. ... Messrs. Tobin, Tishbein, 7 and Valerga. .. W. B. Rogers Solo for cornet...... . g Excerpts from the writings of Verdl, concluding with the “Anvil Chorus.” Sketch, “*Southern Jollification,” (a scone on the 0.d plautation) Kunkel | March, “Clipper”. Hood ENJuYING THE VACANCY. Fresident McKinley Visits the Platts- burg tarracks and Is Duly Saluted. | PLATTSBURG, N. Y., Aug. 17.—Presi- dent McKinley and Secretary of War Al- ger -visited Plattsburg Barracks for the first time officially Monday. The Presiden- tial salute of twenty-one guus boomed as the President arrived on the reservation. Vice-President Hobart and Quartermaster- General Weeks and ladies of the Presiden- tial party, including Mrs. McKinley, were present. After a regimental parade the party lunched at the residence of Colonel Cline and participated in a briel recep- tion. The Presidential party, excepting Mr. and Mrs. McKinley, visited the golf liuks in the afternoon, when Vice-Pres:- dent Hobart took his first lessons in the game. Secretary Bliss and Postmaster-General Cary arrived in the evening. They were with the President several hours. Thurs- day the President will go to Troy to at- tend the meeting of the Army of the Potomac. He will return Friday night and remain until Monday, when he goes to Buffalo to attend the Grand Army en- campment. Both the President and Mrs. McKinley are delighte! with their visit here, and have already expressed the intention of coming again next year. The President was the recipient to-day from Colonel John Martin of Plattsburg of a handsome oai ruler made from wood of the Royal Savage, the ship used by Benedict Arnold, which sank off Valcour Island, in front of the Hotel Champlain, in America’s first naval conflict with Great Britain, October 12, 1776. The wood was in the water over a bundred years. Colonel Martin also pre- sented Hobart witn a gavel made from the me wood. which he will use at the open- ing session of the Senate. - Female frogs have no voice; only the males can sing. DOCRERY WAS DISCHARGED Decision of U, 8. Commis- sioner Heacock in the Brandy Case. He Was Acting Conscientiously in the Performance of His Duty, But He Had No Right to Interfere With Goods in Custody of Cus- toms Officers, Lawyer Joseph Dunne spoke for six hours yesterday before Commissioner Heacock in behalf of his chient James P. Dockery, Chief Food Inspector for the Board of Health of this City. Mr. Dunne accused ex-Collector John H. Wise of neglecting his duty when he failed to con- fiscate and destroy the adulterated brandy. They were illezitimate goods, not made | according to the formula aeposited with the Naval Officer. The trademarks were changed in defiance of law and honesty. Mr. Dunne argued and quoted many authorities to prove that a permit must be obtained before goods may be removed from a bonded warehouse, and that the Jaw was plain that the signature of the Naval Officer was inaispensable If the Collector had wrongfully thrown the brandy abroad, it becarze an outlaw and was, therefore, beyond the reach of the governmental protection, The speaker also quoted from a decision of Justice Field of the Suvreme Court of the United States to the effect that when a commodity became putrescent or dis- eased it ceased to be an article of com- merce. He argued also and cited authori- ties to show that when a State decreed that the use of aicoholic liquors was dan- gerous 10 the public health and morals there was no conflict with the constitu- tional rights of the citizen. In answer to the contention of Deputy United States Attorney Schlessinger that the adulterated brandy could not injuri- ously affect the health of the peopie of California because it was to be shipped abroad, Mr. Dunne said that the pure food law of California pronbibited the manufacture of adulterated articles of consumption for food ordrink, and that the Supreme Court had decided thata State had a right to prohibit and to pre- vent the manufacture and sale of adul- terated food and drink. The State also bad aright to impose penalties for a vio- lation of the law. The aim of the speaker was to show that the Collector of the Port was knowingly and willfully violating the State law by aiding and apetting in the manufacture of adulterated hiquors. Mr. Dunne closed his argument by say- ing tbat Inspecior Dockery's conduct was hopest and fair and that of a man en- deavoring to perform what he believed to be his duty. His motives were good, and this fact was conceded by the Govern- ment. In every step he took he acted as an officer of the Board of Health, and made prominent the fact that he was such an officer and was acting as such ana not as an individual. The Deputy United States Attorney re- plied that if the courts sanctioned Dock- ery’s action in the matter he would have the right to go into the Custom-house to- morrow aund destroy any goods which in his opinion may be adulterated or unfit for food. “Let us have the question determined whether he has that right.” Judge Heacock in rendering his decision said: I agree with the prosecution upon the general questions involvel in this case. This has been a quesuon of an officer proclaiming himself as such and admittediy acting 1n an honest conscien- tious discharge of his duty. I feel thatin such a case, a person acting as a public ofticer under such circumstances and in the best of faith, the only problem would be whether such officer should be charged with criminality. This manufaciured rectified brsndy was not, In my opinion, outiawed, as is coatended for by the defendant’s counsel. It was in the | custody of officers of the Government who were entitled to its custody, and whose duty it'was to see that it was shipped at the time the health officer entered and bored the holes in the barrel. “If the officer can claim that because of ! omissions and irregularities the goods | were outlawed such determination would zive him supervisory control in every instance over the Government officers, | and I cannot fora momentapprove of that doctrine. “That the State can exercise police powers fully with regard to all things within her terntorial limits there can be | i But these goods were under nion of the Unitea States, and were marked, and the defendant must have known that they were so marked for shipment to London. There- fore he knew that they were intended to be consumed outside the State. These poods, compounded of fifteen barrels of California grape brandy and 100 barrels of spirits, were not shown to be deleterious to or to endanger the public_health so as to bring them within the rule that they ceased to be commercial. “I think that the testimony fairly shows that Dockery knew that the goods | | were in bond. He talked with the cus- toms officers about them. So far as the main case is concerned, aside from the main question of criminality under the circumstances of the case, my findings are all in favor of the Government. But when it comes to the question of crimin- | abity, Mr. Dockery, being a public officer | and acting consclentiously in the dis- charge of his duties, proclaiming himself to be the health officer and believing that he had a right to do this act, I don’t | think that it implies criminality suffi- cient for me to nold him. and "I shall therefore discharge him. I don’t think that there is any danger that Mr. Dockery will attempt to repeat this thing.” REDISTRICTING IN KANSAS., | A Complication That May Send Ingalls Back (o Congres. WICHITA, Kaxns, Aug. 17.—A compli- cation has arisen in Kansas that may send the iridescent statesman, John J. Ingalls, back to Congress. By the recent State apportionment Congressman Brod- erick of the old First District and Con- | gressman Curtis of the old Fourth are thrown into the new First, which em- braces the big towns of Atchison, Leaven- worth and Topeka, and is the most im- portant district politically in the State. Broderick and Curtis are the only Repub- | lican Congressmen from Kansas, and un- der the new apportionment the Firstis the only Republican district in the Stata, Both seek renomination, and W. J. Ba of Nehama County 1s also a candidate. Each of the candidates carries about the same strength; neither enough to secure bis nomination. Atchison Gounty, the home of Ingails, holds the balance of power, and the belief gains ground daily that Ingalls will pe sent from the First District to the lower nouse. The First District is the home of Cy Le- land, Ingalls, Senator Lucien Baker, ex- Governor Morrill and ex-Chief Justice Martin, whom Broderick and Uurtis slaughtered in the last State convention. All these have already been drawn into the fight, which will be one of the hard- est fought battles in the history of the State. —————— KANSAS WOMEN A5 JURORS. Their Eligibility to Be ZTested in the Courts. WICHITA, Kaxs, Aug. 17.—The lia- bility of Kansas women to jury service is A new question which the courts wiil be called upon to decide. At Fort Scott, in Bourbon County, when the regular and additional jury panels for the September term of the district court of that county were drawn, it was found that the names of three prominent women of Fort Scott were among the list of jurors. The women whose names were drawn are Mrs. A. Kaufman, wife of Sigmund Kauiman, grocer; Mrs. A. M. Douglass, wife of Charles Douglass, mine operator, and Mrs. M. E. Ross, wife of C. Ross, real estate broker. The names were furnished the County Clerk by the Mayer, who took | them from the 1897 tax-rolls. The women own proverty and pay taxes and ilneir names were drawn in the same manrer as men’s names. On the tax-rolls their names appesar without the prefix *‘Mrs.” The State law provides that all taxpay- ers are eligible for jury service, and as women are electors in municipal elec- tions in Kansas it is believed they are : ehigible. Prominent attorneys who have investizated the subject say the women will have to serve unless excused by the 1} court. —_————— Aotor Charles Compton Dead. LONDON, Excraxp, Aug. 17.—Charles | Compton, the noted actor, is de: SHE SAW THE DISPOTED DEEDS An Important Witness for Mrs, Craven Gives Her Evidence. Mrs. Purcell Says the Documents Had Acknowledgments At- tached to Them, Lawyer Noewburgh Essays to Break Down the Evidence Given by Judge John R, Aitken. One of Mrs. Nettie R. Craven’s most im- portant witnesses was put upon the stand during yesterday’s session of the suit over the validity of the deeds the lady defend- ant says Senator Fair gave her not long before his death. This witness was Mrs. Carrie Pureell, a widow who lives at 1630 Howard street. She is a modiste by occupation, and testi- fied that during the past few years she had done a great deal of sewing for Mrs. Craven. The point of her evidence wus that in December, 1894, while she was fit- ting a dress on Mrs. Craven, some papers fell out of the defendant’s waist. Mrs. Craven permitted the witness to see the documents aiter first exacting from hera promise that she would say nothing about the matter to any one. “What were those vapers?’ asked At- torney Ruef of the defense. ‘Theyv were deeds, written in lead pen- , anc were acknowiedged.”’ The disputed pencil deeds were then produced and Mrs, Purceil identified them as being the papers she had seen. Mr. Wheeler conducted the cross-exam- ination and was relentless in his hand- ling of the witness, He started in by put- ting [her through a course of sprouts cal- culated to test hermemory. He elicited the fact that thelady kept a set of books which served to refresh her mind consid- erably as to thedates of various transac- tions. She thought her accounts would show when she did work for Mrs. Craven. At the request of the attorneys for the plaintiffs the court instructed Mrs. Pur- cell to bring her books into court as soon as convenient that they might be in- spected. In answer to further questions asked by Wheeler, Mrs. Purcell said that to the best of her recollection Mrs. Craven was living at the Occidental Hotel when she first worked for her. After that she was employed by the defendant at her Sutter- street residexce, later at the California Hotel, the California-sireet home, Mrs, Haskins' house and lastly at Mrs. Cra- ven's Guerrero-street residence. Mrs. Purcell said she bad read portions of Mrs. Craven’s deposition in the news- papers, but had not seen the document it- self. She denied that she had been coached by Mrs. Craven regarding her evidence, and denied that she knew Mar- ci | tin Kelly. “Where did you lunch to-day ?’’ asked Wheeler. “At the Grotto,’”’ she replied. “With Mr. Ruef and Martin Kelly 7" “Idon’t know Mariin Kelly. If he was there I did not know it.”’ “Did you talk over your testimony with Mr. Ruef?” *Yes, somewhat.” “What was said by you and him?" An objection headed this off and Wheeler took up another line. He pressed the witness closely regarding her ability to remember so distincily about staying all night with Mrs, Craven on September 23, 1894. She said sne was positive, be- cause she sent a note out to Mes. Craven’s school the following day. When the cross-examination closed Ruef asked Mrs. Purcell if she xnew that she had been tracked by detectives when she went to lunch. She said she did not. Ruef recalled the occasion when the witness saw the deeds and asked what was said at that time. “I made the remark,” she said, ‘‘that the documents must be pretty valuable, judging from the care she was taking of them. She said they were vaiuable; that they were deeds to over $1,000,000 worth of property. Then she said if I would not say anything about it she would let me see them. I then opened the deeds and looked at them.” Mrs. Purcell was excused and Ruef of- fared in evidence the papers in the suit of Mary Kidd vs. C. 8. Bartlett. This was for the purpose of corroboratinz Bartlett’s testimony that he saw Fair in Notary Cooney’s office on September 27, 1894. Bartlett said that on that day his time o answer in this suit was about to expire and be went into the office where Cooney’s desk was_iocated in order to arrange for an extension of time. The papers showed that he was correct as to the date of ex- piration. Adolphus 8. Newburgh, an attorney, was the next witness. He was called for the purpose of corroborating Mrs, Craven’s statement that she showed her deeds to Judge John R. Aitken in February, 1895, and also to break down the story of Ait- ken that hedid not see the documents until July of last year. In response to Ruef he said he had a desk in Aitken’s office in February and remembered having seen Mr: Craven there with Aitken about the middle of that month, The cross-examination of Newburgh fur- nished a lot of amusement for the lobby. The mgment he was asked where he was born Newburgh proceeded to rattle off the story of his life with such rapidity that the narrative resembled the explosion cf a pack of firecrackers. He told about his various vocations and in answer to Mr. Wheeler admitted that he had been a rested once for burglary and once for lar- ceny. He explained that both of these arrests grew out of business transactions and both cases were dismissed on their preliminary hearings. The burglary charge wes the outcome of his advising a client to take possession of a horse he claimed and through assisting the client in the act. Both of them were arrested. The other scrape was when he held on to some cloth he had undertaken to sell be- cause his commission had not been paid. The witness acknowledged being very friendly with Attorney Ruet of the de- fense, but said he had not talked with him u great deal about the evidence he was to give in this case. FRATERNAL DEPARTMENT. Loyal Rebekah Lodge Has a Good Time in Honor of & Visit by the Presi- dent of the Assembly. Loyal Rebekan Lodge was visited last Mon- day night by Mrs. Miuerva J. Karsner, pre dent of the assembly of California, and was greeted with a welcome that was characteris tic of theenthusiasm that prevails in that lodge. There were present as many es could crowd into Welcome Hall in the Odd Fellows' building, and among the number were; Mrs. Mary E. Donoho, secretary of the assembly; Miss F. Alberta Littlefield, deputy for district No.7; Deputy Mrs. Durning of d strict No, 5, Grand Secretary George T. Shaw, Past Grand Master J. H. Simpson, Asssistau*® Grand Secre- tary U. 8. G. Cl fford, Pas. District Grand Mas- ter Jackson of Oakland, and the officers of Oriental Lodge. There was work in initiation, and the noble grand, Miss Lilion B. McFarland, who pre. | - of sided, and the conductor, Miss Minerva Van Dorn, who guided the several candidates through the degree, are members of the lodge by virtue of the law of the Sovereign Grand Lodge which makes eligible to the Rebekah lodges ali unmarried women of the required age and of good moral character. After the work was closed there was an en- teriainment gotten up by the committee on entertainment, of which Mrs. F. W. Warren was the chairman, and she is entitied to special credit for having devised a novel and attractive programme. This was in the shape of the letter K, in honor of the president, Mrs. Karsner, and on the face it bore the words “Kommander Karsner Kindly Komes,” while on the reverse was “‘Kompauy komes; kandi- date: kompliments; Karsver komments konversation; kake; kookies; koffee; kw! drilles.” During the evening Mrs. Karsner, in “kom- menting” on the “karachter’” of the work she had witnessed, paid the lodge a very high “kompliment” for the excelleuce of that work, and returned her sincere thanks for the re- ception she received, adding, “I ‘kannot kom- piain’ of the want of atiention shown me this evening.” At the close of the programme there wasserved to all a collation. and it was haif-past 12 before the merry party broke up. Next Monday night Loyal Rebekah Lodge will give an apron and necktie party in Wel- come Hall, on which occasion a good pro- gramme will be offered, and it isexpected that there will be considerable fun. Mission Chapter, Order of Eastern Star. For some time past the members of Mission Chapter, U. D., of the Order of the Eastern Star, had under discussion a proposition to have a “children’s night,” and after a time a committee was appointed, and such a night was nad last Saturday in the chapter hall at Sixteenth and Valencia streets. All business that could be postponed was laid over and at8:30 o’clock the doors wera ovened to the little ones, who were out in full force—from the sweet-faced cherub in long clothes in its grandpa’s arms to the sedate miss who has reached the proud moment in her life when she can tell how much “two times seven is’”’ Out of doors the wind had the chill of winter, but inside of old Mission Lodge Hall was like a bower in spring. The grim walls were covered with a profusion of iragrant flowers, nestling in ferns, while on the floor there was a bewildering mass of sailor sulits, knicks:bockers, curls, dainty dresses, sashes, rosy cheeks and bright eyes. To the oider persons it presented an idea of & chilaren’s paradise. For the nonce the little ones were the wards of the chapter, and when one of the visitors asked whcse children they were the reply given was: “For this night they are not yours, nor mine, but they are the littie angels of Mission Chapter.”” Mr. Ordway, acting as master of ceremonies, announced & programme that had been prepared,and it was one that was much enjoyed. All'the numbers, which included music; songs and recitations, were by tue children, and the evening is one that will long be remembered. At the close of the programme there was lemonade and cakes for the children and the adults. ————— “Growth of the Proletariat.” Mark Bartlett delivered a lecture before Karl Marx branch of the Socialist Labor party, 905); Folsom street, last night on tne “Growth of the Prolétariat.”’ The meeting was well attended. James Taylor Rogers will speak on *“Political Evolution” to-night before Liberty Branch in the Temple, 117 Turk street. BELASGO TALKS OF GASSAWAY He Tells Wherein His Play Resembles the Latter's “Dandy Fifth.” Freely Admits That Both Plays Have Music, Actors, Soldiers and Lovers, David Belasco, the well-known play- wright, laughed last nicht when he dis- cussed the claim of Frank H. Gassaway to the effect that ‘The Heart of Mary- lana” was taken wholly or in part from “The Dandy Fifth,” by Gassaway. “I nave never bad the honor of seeing Mr. Gassaway’s play,” said Mr. Belasco, “though he says I was here wnen it was produced some years ago. never heard much about it, though some- body told me once that there were some points in common between Mr. Gassa- way's masterpiece and my ‘Heart of Maryland.’ *1f I remember there are soldiers in his play. The sameis true of mine. Hisstage characters fall in love and use the Eng- lish language to express their emotions. I admit that my charactersin this play are guilty of the same weakness. An- other strong point 1s that there are a few shots fired in both plays and there are fifes and drums in both. “Really, life is too short to pay atten- tion to all the queer people who try to make me believe they wrote my play. If Ilistened to all tnese harmless cranks who spring up like mushrooms slong my path I would not have time to produce plays. Every townis full of them, butthis is the first newspaper man who has been so rash and wholesule in his claims. If he wrote the play why has he not come after me ?lor his royalties and damages long ago?”’ “Mr. Belasco is very modest over the great success of his play and he says a suit for damages by Mr. Gassaway would be very comical and might furnish him con- siderable amusement. Mr. Belasco has ideas of his own about originality. He says ke has read in the works of Kmerson that originality does not consist in weaving eloquence from one’s head, as a spider weaves a web from its bowels, but in opening one’s eyes and using in a reasonabie way all the harvests of ages past. The New York playwright snys he has been indebted to l{l the playwrights of the world, from Shakespeare to Gassaway. Ee says he humbly uncovers his head to all of them, and if there isa court that will equitably determine where the genius of Gassaway quits and his humble efforis begin he will try to pay the judgmentand ask the many audiences who have ap- plauded the play to render to Cwsar the things that are his. In conclusion the author of the success- ful “Heart of Maryland’’ paid a high tribute to the genius of Mrs. Carter. He said: “Sheis a wonderful acress, a nat- ural and powerful interpreter of emotion, and if Mr. Gassaway takes the play from me and claims zll the credit of its success, I hope he will still retain Mrs. Carter an d give some of the credit to her and the com- pany. Of course, if he wrote it all, or the striking parts, as he has claimed, he ought to recognize the fact that it has been well interpreted by the good people I am now allowing to put on his production.’” —~———— Santa Ynez Valley Crops. SANTA BARBARA, Can. Aug. 17.— Santa Ynez Valley is enjoying a vlethora of grain and grsin buyers. At Los Olivos the large warehouses and platforms are piled high with bags of grain, and along the line of the Narrow-zauge Railroad are stack after stack of cereals. Shippers are laboring under the disadvanta e of not being able to obtain cars; consequently the grain is movingout s owly. The prices beinz paid in the Sania Ynez Valley are: W heat $132 to $135 per 100 pounds, | Chevalier burley $1 12, and common barley 87 cents. CASTORIA For Infants and Children, o 0 e 2o i 4 L. Really, I have | N STOCK IS BOOMING A Grand Military Tourna- ment Projected for the Ninth. [ General Alger May Attend. Troops From All Over the Coast. “Lincoln Day” at the Fair—Walter Morosco's Patriotism. Notes. President Stone has been rusticating in tne wilds of Shasta during the past month and arrived back in time to attend the very successiul demonstration atthe Temple on Saturday last. A general revival of interest in the league’s list of enterprises may now be expected. A very elaborate tournament at the Presidio was projecled last night at the residence of the president. Colonel George Stone, Charles B. Perkins and Lieutenant Roudiez formed the consult- ing party and started the ball. General Shafter has very kindly offered every faciiity in his power and the zffair will eclipse anything ever before offered on the reservation. Troops from all parts of the Coast will be represented and prizes of great value will stimulate the men. A prominent dJeature will be a cavalry charge of fifty mounted men on each op- posing side. As the dav selected—Admis- sion day—is a State holiday there will undoubtedly be an immense crowd. Private advices from Washington hint at the coming of General Alger, the Sec- retary of War, in time to participate in the affair. The families of the general and of President Stone are old-time friends in wayback Michigap davs, and hence there would be a pleasant reunion should the genial Secretary decide to make the journey. Another event is to be the *‘Lincoln day” at the Mechanics’ Fair. A number of very attractive special features are being now arranged. Lincoln Post of the Grand Army of the Republic will take a hand and see that the day will be one of excep- tional interest. The leciure of General Barnes on *Lin« cdln” and the concert to be given by the Knickerbocker quartet are also on the tapis. Walter Morosco of the Morosco Opera- house is a great admirer of Abraham Lin- coln; hence, having received a letter irom W. W. Stone, notifying the gentleman in question that the league would like to have his support, he wrote to Mr. Stone, in answer, tendering the league a grand benefit at some time in the near future and inclosing a check, together with the following list, which includes every mem- ber in his company: ‘Walter Morosco. Harry Morosco, Oliver Morosco, Leslie Morosco, L. H. Bishop, Albert Meyer, F. McDermid, R. J. Brown, E. Peters, Frank Kiefer, James S, Smith, Louis Imhaus, George Nicholls, Fred J. Butler, Maud Edna Hall, John J. Pierson, Lorena Atwood, Lyllian Atwcod, Irma R. Fitch, Fred Fairbank, M. Liniere, Arline Wyatr, F. Weber, Chiarles L. Goring, Mortimer Snow, Landers Stevens, E. Martinez, Max A. Nelson, Thomas Walsh, J. Nolting, Robert Allan, A. Munoz, Alice Timmins, F. D, Ford, 8. F. Cole, Virginia Allen, George Delmer, William R. Whorf, William Richardson, H. Pohley, George W. Taylor, C. Dohring, George Bell, J. 8. Cannon, Bert Morrison, S. B. Melbye, Thomas H. Andrews, Aaron H. Powers Jr., George Morris, H. Schloth, Paal Moderson, A. ¥ord, William O’Kane, Louis Belmour, William T. Breen, Charles 'W. Blake, John C. Childs. Certificates of membership have been issued to the above corrs and they are proud of their connection with the Lincoln League. The executive board of the league is very much encouraged by the outlook and purpose making preparations for an early start in the work of commencing the work. On Friday last Mayor Phelan ana President Stone had a conference over the question of the most appropriate design. Nothing definite was agreed upon, but 1t is understood that a further consultation will be held this week. Charles W. Gor- don, the chairman of the commiitee on designs, will have the matter in hand and has had submitted to him a number of artistic designs from Eastern artists. There will be a meeting of the executive board at the Occidenta! parlers tc-morrow night, and several imporiant committ=es will be appointed to push tue events along on parallel lines. e Stepped Uff a Flying Train. ATLANTA, GA, Aug 17.—The aged wife of Colonel W. L. Scruggs, former United States Minister to Venezuela, while traveling on a train with her busband and daughter SBaturday, opened a door of the vest.bule car, mistaking it for the toilet- room door, stepped out and fell from the train, which was going at forty miles an hour. She was not missed for some time, when ber husband got a special train went back and found bis wife unconscions by the track. Her condition is precarious. 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