The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 29, 1898, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1898. CHECKS ON YOSEMITE ACCOUNT Muddle Discussed at a Special Meeting of the Board. Letter From JohnF. Shee- han Stating That All Bills Are Paid. Governor Budd Requests the Bank to Submit a State- ment. FOR FUTURE SAFEGUARDS Hereaflter All Checks Must Be Coun- tersigned by One Member of the Finance Committee. A special meeting of the Board of Yosemite Valley Commissioners was held yesterday afternoon at 310 Pine street to consider the accounts of John F. Sheehan, the former secretary ana treasurer of the board. Governor Budd, president of the commission, presided at the session. Commissioners Clinch, Givens, Goldberg, Foote and Kinney were present. W. W. Foote, addressing the chair, made a statement concerning the con- dition of the books when the new sec- retary, Mr. Lermen, received the docu- ments. Reference was made to the number of claims marked paid which were not liquidated at the time the en- tries of payment were made on the books. In the course of his remarks Mr. Foote said: “Mr. Sheehan has refused to sur- render his bank book showing the checks drawn on account of the Yosem- ite Commission. We have no means of ascertaining how many bills are un- paid and how many are paid. My judgment is that it is his duty to come here and explain everything. He is treating the commission in a degree of insolence that ought not to be toler- ated.” A. H. Washburne of the Yosemite stage Company was asked if his bill ad been paid, and he replied in the firmative, ating that the checks received last Saturday. The 1tement was made that Breyfogle's t had been paid since the last meet- ing the committee that investigated encral Sheehan’s accounts. f Commissioner ad the following . 28, 1898, Yosemite Maripc I beg to submit, e exists In t rove: the first place, fund placed In ith which to pay claims against “omm| , every claim of which ge or which the having been pai n latter method act e ve: - cancel n bank indicate. The books show all receipts and expenditures t s his receipt that he Yosemite voucher of the Yosemite tmes, experted, s well, and and that the neys in nd 1 ad no further contre ote insisted that the fror Sheehan was a false- he Commn oner submitted a aining eighty-two items al- the board of which there was ecord of payment. The aggregate the iist approximates $6000. Commissioner remarked: “The claims may have been paid since we institut- ed the investigation. Perhaps Sheehan obtained the money from his rich and influential relativ Commissioner mission was entitled to a full state- ment from the bank of all the transac- tions connected with the commission. Governor Budd therefore dictated and signed the following notice to the bank: SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23, 1598. To_the Columbian Banking Company, San Francisco, Cal.: You are hereby notified that all checks, yapers, booke and Accounts in the possession of your bank to the credit of the Yosemite Commissioners, or the secretary or treasurer of sald Yosemite Commission, no matter by what name such secretary or treasurer m known, is the property of the Board of missioners to Manage the Y. ite Valley a riposa this commission, cr of or treasurer hereof, to any per- T further requested to make a state- the account of this commission, its or treasurer, with your bank irom 1L 189, to the present time. A resoluticn was adopted directing the finance committee of the commis- sion—Givens, Kinney and Clinch—to make an examination of the accounts and obtain from the State Controller a statement of all moneys received on account of leases and privileges. The resolution authorizes the committee to _employ an expert. Governor Budd made the explanation that me bills back in 1895 had not been paid because one year the sum of $11,000 was expended when only an ex- penditure of $3500 was authorized. The money was expended for repairs, but none of the tr actions. took place during the administration of General Sheehan. His predecessor in office kept the books then. At the suggestion of Commissioner Givens the rule was adopted that here- after all checks drawn by the secre- | tary on account of thé commission niust be countersigned by one meniber of the finance committee. All the mon L y received from the State is to be ited to the credit of the commis- m. The Governor instructed the sec- tary to keep ledger accounts of all oneys received and disbursed. Commissioner Kinney called up the atter of the lease to Coffman & Kinne, but the board decided to defer consideration of the subject until Feb- h ¢ ! that the holders of the lease had been coliecting more money than they were entitled to recelve. | Commissioner Foote insisted that General Sheehan should be requested to attend the meeting next Thursday. The Governor replied: “I will ap- point Commissioner Foote a committee | of one to bring General Shechan here | at_that time.” Mr. Foote declined to serve. — TO RESTRAIN CLUNIE. Foreign Insurance Companies Ask to Have the Act of 1885 De- clared Null and Void. United States Marshal Baldwin yester- day made his return of service of sum- mons on Insurance Commissioner An-| drew J. Clunle in a suit brought by thirty-four foreign fire insurance com- panies. The complaint recites that the | $ 3 companfes have each pald the $20 fee for| [t Will Contain at Least certificates as required by law, which certificates authorize the companies to Three New Charges of Malfeasance. NOT YET DONE WITH WELBURN Grand Jury at Work Upon Another In- dictment. | do business in this State. It sets up that the act of the Legislature of 188 requir- | ing the payment of 1 per cent of all premiums each yvear to countles and cities and counties by fire fnsurance com- | panies not organized under the laws of California, but doing business therein, | and providing for the disposition of such | premiums, is in violation of the constitu- | tion of the State of Californta. It is alzo | | alleged that none of the complainants have pald any of the percentages requir- | ed by the act, and if the act were valid | there would be now due and payable from | them the sum of $278.000. | | _The complaint asks that the act of 185 | BUT WHERE IS THE MAN? | be declared null'and void, and that the | | Insurance Commissioner be enjoined and | restrained from proceeding against the complainants. | T.°C. Coogan, Wilson & Wilson, John Garber and W. 8. Goodfellow are coun- sel for the companies. ! e None of the Old Matter Will Be Used in the Pro- ceedings. Only a Faint Clew to the Where- abouts of the Ex-Revenue i Collector. | | Notwithstanding the silence of the United States Grand Jury it has been | an open secret that the Government has not dropped the prosecution of ex- | Internal Revenue Collector Osca M. | ~ NORE I CHARGE | Welburn. The acquittal of Mr. Wel- The Pound Again in the Hands | burn on an indictment containing of the Munieci- | forty-three distinct and separate 5 | charges of embezzlement was a severe | pality. disappointment to the prosecution, for the case had been well prepared and ably presented to the jury by the United States Attorney’s office. Im- Control Taken From the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. that an effort be made to have the min- eral exhibit at the Nechanics’ Pavilion sent there if possible. The several coun- ties of the State also will be asked to send a display of their products. A. A. Watkins, chairman, was instruct- ed to appoint one member apiece from the Chamber of Commerce, Merchants’ Asso- clation, Manufacturers’' and Producers' Association, Board of Trade of San Fran- cisco, State Board of Trade, Miners’ Asso- clation, Board of Managers of the Miners’ Falr and the San Francisco County Min- ers’ Association, to form a committee to take charge of the matter. The com- mittee will be named to-day, and will on Monday next appear before the Supervis- ors to ask for an appropriation. —_———— CORTLAND-AVENUE CLUB. A New Organization Formed at the Base of Bernal Heights. The residents and property-owners on Cortland avenue and Folsom street have organized an improvement club for that section of the Bernal Heights dis- trict. The formation of this club, judging from the exigency of the many wants of the families residing there, is a neces- sity, as up to the present time little or no improvements have been made for that portion of the city. The Spring Valley Water Company, although the Cortland reservoir is within a stone's throw of the resident section, has failed | to run_ a serviceable main to any por- tion of the settlement. As a conse- quence the people are virtually without a supply of fresh water. The families must depend on pumps to furnish their gn:mes with the necessary drinking uid. Another source of inconvenience felt by the people is the difficulty in getting to and from the city, Or to the Mission proper. One mile must be traveled to reach the Mission street line, while the Folsom street line at Precita avenue is only three blocks distant, but it might as well be three miles 80 far as they are concerned, as the street is not cut through. It is one of the additional ob- Jects the club has in view, to have the street cars continue from Ripley street | to_Crescent avenue. The Street Committee of the Board of Supervisors was generous enough to pay the district an official visit last week and on the representations made to it by the executivé committee of the club, the City and County Surveyor was instructed to make a Survey of the ground and also form an estimate of the ible expense of grading and paving | the three bloc Taking advantage of the presence of | the city's representatives in the section the executive committee did not neglect to have the need of some protection against fire pointed out. It was shown | that the nearest engine and hose cart | to the place are located at Twenty- | sixth and Valencia streets, fully two | DEMOCRATS MAY TRY A LOVE FEAST Preparing for a Meet- ing of the State Cen- tral Committee. Resolutions Touching Ha- waiian Annexation Not to Be Considered. Loyal and Active Members of the Committee Will Not Be Dropped for Delinquency. AN EARLY CONVENTION. Sacramento Making = Vigorous Effort to Gain the Prize—The Claims of Los Angeles. The meeting of the Democratic State Central Committee at the California Hotel to-day will be largely attended. Many prominent Democrats came to the city yesterday. Last evening W. H. Alford of Tulare, chairman of the committee; Frank Gould of Stockton, John Markley, Isadore Alexander and Peter Shiels of Sacramento, A. Cam- inetti of Amador, Gavin McNab and Judge Lawler of this city, together with other Democrats, discussed the proposed meeting and exchanged cam- inquiry Into the management of the pub- | lic pound yesterday, and after due delib- | eration decided to recommend that the management of the institution be taken | out of the hands of the Society for the| Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and | The | ldberg said the com- | that Fred A. Osborn, poundmaster under the old regime, be returned to his posi- tion. The action of the committee is based on a large number of complaints that have been recelved regarding the treatment of animals that have been impounded dur- ing the last few weeks. Secretary Holbrook of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, in discussing the action of the committee of the Supervisors recommending his re- moval as poundkeeper, said: “This whole matter is due to my re- fusal to recognize orders from members of the board to release impounded ani- mals without the payment of fees. Ever since my appointment, sixty days ago, they have been trying to trump up some excuse for removing me. As a matter of fact they do not want the society to have charge of the pound, and I have been told by several people, among them one Supervisor, that my removal as poundkeeper was only a question of time. “Since 1 have been in charge I have received numerous orders from membe of the board for the release of animal but have invariably refused to recogniz them, until last week, when the society met and passed a resolution instructing me to release animals on orders from Supervisors and to charge the fee to ‘the society, £0 the city would not sustain financial loss. “To show how absurd is the cnarge that we are not properly performing our work, I will state that last month we im- pounded 1165 dogs—more than double tne number ever impounded before in a sin- gle month. Then. too, the assertion that the pound is unfit to Keep an animal in is just as ridiculous. I keep one man now who does nothing but keep the place clean, and the animals are well cared for. As I said before, the committee is simply fishing for an ex pound out of t! | MEET AGAIN | The Matter of Public Utilities Under Considera- tion. I have hardly been able | but I | }lmporz-nt Provisions Adopted Con- cerning the Granting of | Franchises. | The Boara of Frecholders elected to frame a new charter for the city met again yesterday afternoon and spent con- siderable time in discussing the manner in which street raflroad franchises may be | awarded in the event of the charter being | adopted. It was finally decided to limit all franchises to twenty-five years and to | award them to the highest bidder who, | in addition to his bid, guaranteed to the city 2 per cent of the gross receipts of the first five vears, 4 per cent for the next ten years and 5 per cent for the last ten The sum thus obtained will be for eet Department. s also decided to have the Super- visors advertise annually for all goods and materials required for the city's use; the contracts to be let to the lowest bid- der. In the event of some article not ad- vertised for in the original bids being afterward needed the Supervisors will be required to award the contract for fur- | years. nishing it by a system of competitive bidding. A section Introduced by Dr. An- derson empowering the Supervisors to set aside $25,000 to be used in sinking artesian | wells to supply the public buildings with water was referred to the legislative com- mittee for consideration. | . Another provision, introduced by A. W, | Thompson, providing that the eighteen Supervisors to be elected under the char- | ter be elected In the odd numbered years was referred to the same committee. On motion of P. H. McCarthy, it was | decided to incorporate a section in the | charter providing that the letting of franchises for heat, power, light, tele- | phonic and tclegraphic service be award- {ed to the highest bidder, in the same as raliroau franchises. —_————— i Divorce Suits Flied. Edward Estrada has commenced suit against his wife, Cora Estrada, for a di- vorce on the ground of desertion. | William W. Stover has filed sult for a | divorce from his wife, Ella M. Stover, on | the ground of desertion. Joseph L. Warren has a&?lled for a ai- vorce from Annie May Warren on the ground of cruelty. Josephine Gron has applied for a di- vorce from Edward Charles Gron on the ground of desertion. Julia Henderick {s the last on the list | of applicants for divorce and alleges that her husband, Lyman Henderick, has failed to provide for her. —_———— In the Divorce Courts. Teresa Wall has been granted a di- vorce from Edward Wall on the ground of desertion. manner O'Brien’s Patent Spring, best and easi- est riding buggy made. Rubber or steel ruary 3. The Commissioner intimated tires. O'Brien & Sons, Golden Gate ave- nue and Polk street. . P ea ‘That Is What It Is Claimed the California Navigation Company's Arroyv Will Be. “The fastest vessel on the Pacific Coast,” is what Hugh Cochrane, superintendent of the California Naviga- says its new boat for the Stockton route will be. speed of twenty-two knots an hour, and will make the run from Stockton to San Francisco in five hours. to run in connection with the San Joaquin Valley Railroad, and will carry nothing but tion and Improvement Company, freight. The new boat is to be called t will have less beam and will be a few inclosed with glass. | the safety and comfort of the passen The only stopping place on the river will be at Antioch, and there the delay will only be a few minutes. Owing to the number of turns in the river for the first ten miles out of Stockton, the steamer will only go at hailf speed, but from that time on she will be rushed to San Francisco under full steam. She will be something like the T. C. Walker and J. D. Peters, but Amidships and on the saloon deck there will be a large snace This will be luxuriously fitted up as a social hall, and in it passengers can sit or lounge and get a view of the magnificent scenery through which the boat passes on her way up and own the river. State- rooms will be provided for about 300 passengers, and the steamer will be lighted throughout by electricity. will be fitted with the latest device in s he Arrow. feet shorter. gers. | boat, there will be no difficulty in her making the round trip each day. The only vessels on the coast that will be able to approach the Arrow in speed are the Portland River boats. They average twenty knots an hour, but the new boat will be their equal in luxurious fitting up and their superku: in speed. The engines for the Arrow are being built by the Fulton Iron Works and the hull is being constructed by the California Navigation and Improvement Company. The vessel will be launched the latter part of next month, i arly % 1 trip in M am steering gear, and will have every appliance on board that will tend to It is expected that the Arrow will make two trips a day. Leaving San | Francisco in the morning, she will reach Stockton early in the afternoon, and three or four hours later will start | back for San Francisco and be ready for the return trip the following morning. She is to have a guaranteed She is passengers and through She Owing to the great speed of the mediately after the acquittal Special Revenue Agent Thrasher began gath- ment on new charges, it béing deemed unwise to bring up any of the counts | on which Welburn had been acquitted because his counsel could plead once in jeopardy. Miss Cornell, who work- ed for a while in Welburn’s office, and | | Miss Nellie O'Brien were examined be- | fore the Grand Jury several weeks | ago and they told about their having signed vouchers for certain amounts when they received lesser sums from | Welburn. | Several other witnesses were exam- ined as to similar transactions, and af- ter all the testimony had been gati- ered there was, and it still continues, a long period of delay. Week after week passed by and no report came from the | jury. ‘Then it leaked out that there was a hitch, and that it had been caused by a disagreement between Special Agent Thrasher and the United States Attorney’s office as to the man- ner or matter of the indictment to be submitted to the jury. The matter | was kept very secret, and both the | special agent and the United State, | Attorney’s office declined to be inter- | viewed on the subject. | It became known yesterday, how- | ever, that an agreement had been | reached by all the elements of the pros- ecution and that the indictment would | be presented to the jury next Tuesday at the regular meeting, and that it would be acted upon favorably o the Government in all probability. Where Welburn is remains unknown to the prosecution. There is no doubt in their of the way and concealing his present place of abode. About a week ago the authorities learned that a letter had been received in the city by a friend of the ex-Collector, the letter being dated on December 29, and postmarked January 10. It had been mailed at Welburn’s old home in Amarillo, Texas. THE - OMA@HA EXPOSITION, Steps Taken to Have California Products Properly Repre- sented There Next June. A meeting of representatives from the Board of Trade, Chamber of Commerce and Merchants’ Association was held yes- terday afternoon to make arrangements to have California properly represented at the Trans-Mississipp! International Ex- position which will open at Omaha next June. It was the sense of the meeting ering testimony for a second indict- | minds that he is purposely keeping out | | miles distant. This condition is equal | to no protection at all, as in case of a | fire there is no possibility of extinguish- ing it until it consumes what it attacks. The meeting Wednesday was well at- tended. There were over 15) property- owners present besides others who live |in the = neighborhood and they all evinced a lively interest in the meeting. On the organization of the club one week ago the following officers were | elected: Charles Thornberg, president: J. Johansen, vice-president; M. Bogue, | treasurer; D. McDonald, financial secretary; W. Bell, recording secretary J. Frederick, sergeant-at-arm xec tive committee; Fred Newbert, M. C. n, C. Ahlgren, John Lennon, and V. Wrenn. el STAG HIGH JINKS. The OId Friends Celebrate Their Fortieth Anniversary as in Days Gone By. The orginal Old Friends organization, formed in this city in 1858, held fits | fortieth anniversary at Norman Hall, on | Bush_street, last night. It was a ‘“high jinks” of the real old sort. Pipes made from California wood and tobacco were only permitted used on the occasion. It was a ploneer gathering and there was plenty to eat and drink for all who came. —_———————— The Wasp This Week. In this week's Wasp the public, and the members of the National Guard partic larly, will find in the “Plain Talk to Pub- lic Characters” an address to Major- General N. T. James, which i{s worthy of consideration. However, this.is not the only striking feature of this most inter- esting weekly journal. In the “Under the X Ray” department the medical profes- sion will find something entitled to its attention. And the musical criticisms of Professor A. Lucchesi will be read with | appreciation. The society gossip, the financial review and the “Old Mald's Diary” are all bright and readable as usual. Two full pages of half-tone illus- trations of the Jubilee day parade and a page picturing the launching of the Jap- anese cruiser Chitose, besides half-tones of a number of persons and things of the moment brighten the Wasp's pages. New features are the colored cartoons, which, by the way, are exceptionally clever, and the ‘“Photo Phrenological Studies,” the first. of which appear in this week's is- nuc‘;x"l‘he ‘Wasp shows improvement every we @ Boy Missing. Antonio Alvarez, a 19-year-old boy, liv-, ing at 721% Broadway, is missing from his home. He had been working at the Union Iron Works, and not been seen since yesterday morning at 6 o'clock, when 'he left home for work. As the young fellow has always been very steady, his mother and sister fear that something has happened to him. palgn reminiscences. Chairman Alford, Gould, Caminetti and Markley expressed the opinion that the committee would not enter- tain any resolutions relating to the annexation of Hawali, and it was | thought to be doubtful whether any one would offer to introduce the sub- ject. John Markley upserved that it had never been the policy of the com- mittee to adopt resolutions asserting the principles of the party. He fan- cied that questions of party declara- tion on public affairs could safely be | left to the judgment of the State con- | vention. Messrs. Alford, Gould and Caminetti expressed similar views. A caucus of the leaders of the party was held yesterday afternoon and various subjects were discussed. In regard to annexation the fact was cited that the party as represented in Congress was against the measure, and that a Democratic national ad- ministration had taken strong grounds against the policy of annexing the islands. In view, therefore, ot the known posi- tion of the party on the subject it was determined that it would be unwise to entertain a resolution on the subject in the State Committee. The chair- man, Mr. Alford, announced that if such resolution were offered he would at once rule it out of order. In regard to the delinquent list and the proposition to drop a large number of the committeemen who had not paid their assessments, it was the judgment of the caucus that harsh measures should not be enforced. Members of the committee on the delinquent list who were loyal and active workers during the last campaign will doubt- less .be reinstated. Others who were indifferent to party success and neg- lected the interests of the party will be dropped. It is known to members of the State Committee that E. L. Fitzgerald, who draws down a salary as Labor Com- missioner of California, but whose real business is that of lobbyist in the in- terest of Hawailan annexation, has been buzzing about for several weeks to get members of the committee to vote for a resolution instructing United States Senator White to support an- nexation. Mr. Fitzgerald was at the California Hotel last evening, but had nothing ta say in favor of his pet measure. He found early in the day vesterday that the mission in which he had engaged was not popular with members of the committee. It was obvious to the Labor Commis- sioner yesterday that his influence in | the unanimous support of the party was very slight since he could not get a member of the committee to present a resolution which he has been carrying around for the last fortnight. When the committee ad- Jjourns to-day he may deem it wise to return to the office of Labor Commis- sioner and see whether he cannot find something there in the line of official duty to engage his time and energies. Measured by ordinary standards ke is a flat failure as a lobbyist for annexu- tion, but measured by his lack of use- fulness as a Labor Commissioner some distinction may apply to him as a lob- byist. % In an interview published at twilight Fitzgerald spoke of having had proxies tendered to him for use in the commit- tee meeting to-day. It was said by leading Democrats last night that one of the first rules to be established to- day would be one limiting the use of proxies to members of the State Com- mittee. The Labor Commissioner ig not a member of the State Commit- tee. The chances are that the committee to-day will not consider the place or time for holding the next State conven- tion of the party. Sacramento is mak- ing a vigorous effort to secure the prize, and a committee of interested citizens from the capital caucused at the Pal- ace Hotel last night on the subject. Pressure may be brought to bear to persuade members of the committee to take up the matter at this meeting. It was mentionéd in the general talk of committeemen at the California Hotel last night that a half-way promise was made four years ago, when Sacra- mento was chosen as the meeting place, ;hat Los Angeles should have.the next urn. The new primary election law will engage the attention of the committee in the session to-day. Steps may be taken to authorize counsel to represent the party in court. The indications are that the party will hold an early convention this yea LABOR'S WANTS 1N TIE CILRTER Resolutions to Be Presented to the New Free- holders. The Labor Council Holds Its Semi- Annual Election of Officers. Organized labor wants a new charter for the city and county of San Fran- cisco, and is determined to use every possible method to get not only a new charter, but one in which the working- man will receive a fair recognition. The labor council a few weeks ago ap- pointed a committee to draft a set of resolutions for presentation to the new Board of Freeholders, and last night the committee reported as follows: The committee on charter recommended that the following features are especially desirable | in framing the char‘er: 1. Maximum hours and minimum wages on all public work: adopted by the charter con- vention, to which be added: The minfmum of skilled labor, the latter term to mean to be the ruling nbers of trades unions, union rate. 2. All public work to be done by the city and county, and the abolition of the contract sys- tem. Public ownership of public utilities, strect cars, gas, electric lights, water, etc., existing lities to be acquired by the city and county upon the expiration of their franchises or con- | tracts. 4. Initiative and referendum upon any or all ordinances upon petition of 10 per cent of the votes cast at the last preceding election. 5. Power of submitting amendments to the charter on petition of 15 per ceut of the votes cast at the last general election. 6. Free books for pupils of public schools. 7. All public officers at present elective t. remain so. A Board of Superviso enough to permit of the selection of &l commissions from its members. S. We would also recommend that the elec- tion commissioners be requested to eubmit the charter to the people at a general election, so as to give every citizen an untrammeled oppor- o large public | tunity to cast his vote. If these clauses are inserted in the new charter, parti arly _those referring to the initiative and referendum and the control of public utilities, it will receive the trades unions affiliated with the Labor Council, while if they are not recognized all the forces of organized labor will combine to defeat the new document. The regular semi-annual election of of- ! ficers was_held last night. resulting as follows: President, J. Hili; vice-presi- dent, M. Davis: recording and corre sponding secretary, Ed Rosenberg: finan- cial secretary. J.” Walter: treasurer, J. | Halk; sergeant-at-arms, W. Dove; execu- tive committee, W. Macarthur, J. Hill, J. K. Phillips. W. Meares, M. Davis, James F. McAuliffe. J. Hall organizing com- mittee, W. Macarthur, Ch. Schuppert, C. S. Coolidge. S. L. Robbins, William_Kane; law and legislative committee, W. C. Ackerman, F. Borgel, C. E. Hawkes, James Hennigan, A. Furuseth; trustees, ‘W. Daley, W. B. Benoist, Theo. P. Fluhr. The Musicians’ Union reported that the Lybeck Cycle Skating Rink. located on Howard street, was employing a non- union band, and that the proprietor had refused to change to union musicians on the ground that the non-union men were cheaper and he did not think a change would materially affect hi§ receipts. The matter was placed in the hands of the executive committee, and the attention of all affillated unions will be called to the matter. —_—— Girl Graduates’ Concert. A very successful concert was given by the class of '98 of the Sacred Heart Pre- sentation Convent last evening. The girl graduates, with the assistance of several young members of the Order of the Holy Cross, rendered the second act of “Oli- vett Miss M. Cavanaugh as Olivette and Miss M. B. Mulcare as the Countess, being especially good. The rls were assisted by F. Michaelena, J. Marquardt, Mrs. J. Sexton Hutton, Mrs. L. Walsh, Mrs. G. R. Cole and Jacob Mueller. Mrs. J. Sexton Hutton, wife of H. W. Hutton, the lawyer, who was for several years a very popular operatic singer known as Inez gexmn. was the favorite of the evening. She opened the concert with Mascagnl's “Ave Maria,” and was three times encored. The concert was_under the manage- ment of Mme. Inez Fabbri Mueller. —_——————————— Sergeant Shea Makes a Rald. Sergeant Shea and his posse made an- other raid on the - Chinese clubs last evening, and succeeded -in capturing about fifty gamblers. Two clubs were entered by the officers—one at 62916 Jack- son street, and the other at 817% Wash- ington. Galloway and Morton gained ad- mission to the rooms by disguising them- selves as Chinamen, and, besides the men, captured the two fantan outfits, and about $75 was taken. —————— To Dedicate a New Hall. A meeting of the Sodality of St. Aloy- sius will be held to-morrow at 8 o’clock in the assembly room of the French church, on Bush street. In addition to the ordinary routine work an installa- tion of new members will be held. After the enrollment of these members ‘the beautifu! hall, which is to be the future headquarters of the sodality, will be dedicated. ’ THE FICKLE FAIR FLED FROM HIM Swiftwater Bill’s Wife Refused to Live With Him. Says Her Husband Loved Sister Better Than Herself. The Painful Story of an Alaskan Miner and Two San Fran- cisco Women. WIFE NOT EMPTY-HANDED Has Valuable Mining Property in the North and $10,000 Worth of Stock. After braving the rigors of an Arctic winter and successfully navigating the swift swirling waters of the fearful ‘White Horse rapids, Swiftwater Bill, King of the Klondike by the grace of luck, husband through the kindness of Miss Gracie Bush, otherwise known as Miss Gracie La Moore, prospective de- fendant in a divorce case through the frailty of human nature, and philoso- pher by his own statements, has come to grief in the gently running waters of matrimony. The story of Mr. Rapid Water, whose Christian name is William C. Gates, has already been published in the daily papers ad nauseam. First he became celebrated as the owner of untold mtl- lions of gold that lay hidden in his claims along the banks of the Bonanza. Secondly he jumped into fame as the man who offered Miss Gussie La Moore, the actress, a coal-oil can containing fifty thousand dollars’ worth of gold dust to marry him. Thirdly he was made the subject of newspaper con- gratulations upon the refusal of the aforesaid lady to share his lot. Fourth- ly he sprung into prominence again by marrying Gracie, the sister of his first love, after a week's acquaintance, and now he reaches the climax of his me- teor-like career by falling in love, his wife claims, with still another branch of the same bush, by name Nelly, who resides at the family manshion on Bryant street; and being in a fair way to become the defendant in the divorce proceedings that his irate spouse has re- tained Attorney Henry E. Monroe to institute. For a week past rumors and counter rumors have been floating around the corridors of the Baldwin Hotel con- cerning the marital difficulties in the Gates family. These rumors were per- sistently denied by all the parties con- cerned in the matter until last Wednes- day night, when Mrs. Gates, after a stormy scene in her apartments, pack- ed up her clothes and left, vowing that she would continue no longer as the obedient wife of a man who loved her sister better than herself. She went down and took her abode at her moth- er’s home, on Bryant street, refusing all overtures of a conciliatory nature from the abandoned Bill, and yester- day she visited her attorney, with the result already set forth. Mr. Bill was seen last evening in his apartments at the Baldwin, and inter- viewed concerning his trouble. “Yes,” said Gates, “I guess you are right*about there being some trouble between Gracie and myself. She has gone down to a lawyer fellow and re- tained him to do something or other, but what, I don’t know. May be she's going to try to get a divorce, but in di- vorce suits they have to serve some kind of papers or other, don’t they? Well, I haven’t had any papers of any kind, yet. What was the trouble? Well, Gracie never said right out and out what she was kicking at, but,” with a self-satisflel smile, “she was jealous of her sister Nellie. You see, I used to josh her considerable, so last Wedneday night she got up and waltzed out of this room, and she ain’t been back since.” “Have you seen her since?” “Lord, yes. I was with her all to- night. Where? Oh, I met her by ap- pointment in the office of my attorneys, Reddy, Campbell & Metson, and we had an interview for about an hour.” “Was it a pleasant one, Mr. Gates?” “Well, I don’t know what you call pleasant, but we passed about an hour and she hugged me all the time, so I guess that wasn’t so bad, was it?” “Did you come to any agreement?” “None in particular, excepting Gracie told me to wait a week and see if T loved her or not before doing anything, so I guess may be I will. She can in- stitute all the divorce proceedings or any other game she wants. I don’t know whether I'll fight it or not until I find out what she wants a divorce for, if she wants it at all. But if T do fight- it I can beat her at every turn of the road on any sort of a proposi- tion.” “Well, are there any property con- siderations likely to come up? Have you made anything over to your wife, Mr. Gates?” “Yes, I have given her about $10,008 in Alaskan property and about $10,000 worth of stock in my company. Oh, I always treated her well!” “pon’t you rather regret your some- what unusual experiences with San Francisgo femininity?"” “No, 1 don’t regret a thing. T have got nothing to regret, noway,” which pleasant statement, accompanied by a charming smile which shone through the clouds of tobacco like the rising sun in a fog, conciuded the interview. 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