The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 15, 1898, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1898. could not explain without documents, which were no longer in his possession. This statement caused a sensation ln‘ court, and M. Laborie demanded that the Advocate-Geheral compel the wit- The Advocate-General wer. i rti v sisted Finally M. Bertillon, who pers | in not answering questions, left the| witness-stand amid considerable up-| i cing: ‘‘And that | roar, M. Laborie remarking: is the man upon whose evidence Drey- fus was convicted.” | M. Teyssonnieres, another handwrit- | art, testified to identifying the | ing expert, handwrit of lhe_hnrdeareau as t’l}:zf‘ of Dreyfus. He added that the | simile had been blurr o as to mnkeI it resemble BEsterhazy’s. £ Later the witness created a sensa | A : ey- tion by testifying that friends of Drhzd! ed s s, i d s had approached him an gfl‘med that it might be worth 100,000} to 200,000 franc he moderated his ews favorably to Dreyfus. i “;I\TST:\ sniere implicated Crepleux hen he Janin, the handwriting expert, W insinuated that the friends of Dreytt’u?‘ were ready to bribe the experls, ldl | under severe Cr -examination he ad- | mitted that the only foundation for the insinuation was his personal i:nprels—‘ sion and that nc bribe had actual y‘ been offered to him. i | M. Trarieux, former Minister of Jus-| tice. threw such suspicion upon all the | evidence given by M. Teyssoniere that | the latter left the bar much discredited. | At the opening of the hearing to-day, M. Laborie made an impassioned per- sonal statement, refuting allegations of La Libre Parole that he was of Ger- man origin and his wife a Jewess. M. Laborie admitted that his wife was English, but denied that she was a Jewe As for himself, he said he was | Rheims, and that his father nchman, employed on |l\e‘ , who had been deco- easte raily rat vith the Legion of Honor and congratulated by General de !}ois-; deffres for services rendered in 1870. his absurd evi- ng a fantastic dia- shrieks of M. Bertillon 1ce, while displ am, aanid continuous d aughter. 3 3 After fruitle efforts to obtain in- telligible testimory from this witness Laborie turned to the jury and “The whole case against Drey- stands before yvou They had him and the bordereau { The remaining evidence was rather uninteresting. The testimony of M. | Trarieux and the cross-examination of | M. Teyssoniere elicited that the latter | was dismissed from the office of an ex- | pert in the war office because he was suspected of enabling the Matin to| publish the bordereau. M. Te: niere went to the War Office for an explana- | tion, but w threatened with ar t if . Moreover, he was dis—; m the post of expert to a| civi] tribunal for the offense of over- charging a client. Altogether the day was rather fa- vorable for M. Zola. It is rumored that hort from Judge Bertulus, who has inquiring into recent developments been in the Dreyfus case, will be produced and read in court to-morrow, dealing | with unpublished letters of Count F erhazy. It is likely to cause a sens: this.afternoon and .conference. It ap- n the present yunt of illness M. Leblond, employed | and his illness was tening letters he re- ceived, a significant indication of the outside influence brought to bear on the jury. M. Laborie’s wife w wife of the fi i Before the e trial who retired a contract s formerly the born in Australia, t and has played certs in England. | , one of the experts, read a | gummary of his report, which held that the borderean might have been written v either Dreyfus or Esterhazy. | The crowd outside the court was| much calmer to-day. M. Papillaud, editor of TLa Libre ., has challenged M. Jauroz, the | list leader, to a duel, owing to a quarrel that has grown out of the Zola trial. COUNT ESTERHAZY’S | DIRE PREDICTIONS. Says if Dreyfus Were to Return to| France the Jews Would Be | Massacred. | NEW YORK, Feb. 14—A morning | paper prints on interview with Count Esterhazy, in which he makes this pre- diction: _ “If Dreyfus w ever to set foot in France ag: there would be one hundred thousand corpses of Jews on the soil. If Zola is acquitted there will be a revolution in Paris. People will put me at their head in a massa- cre of the Jew SHE WANTED TO DIE. Margaret Bry:;nt Throws Herself in Front of an Electric Car. While suffering from the effects of an overindulgence in liquor Margaret Bry- ant, a middle-aged woman, last night attempted to commit suicide by throwing | herself in front of a car at Mission and Eighth streets. Fortunately the motor- man stopped the car in time to save her | 1 The woman was immediately ar- | rested and subsequently taken to the Re- ceiving Hospital, where she was placed in a padded cell. Mrs. Bryant lives at the House, at 1169 Mission street. day she and her husband were ejected | from the house because they refused to | ay the rent. Bryant, it is claimed, after | eing ejected threatened to return and | kill the proprietor. The latter informed | Captain "Spillane. and he detailed Offi- cers Tracey and Tillman to arrest Bryant in case he attempted to carry his threat into_execution. While they were standing in_front of the lodging-house waiting for Bryant to appear the latter's wife came along the street. Evidently thinking that they in- tended to arrest her, the unfortunate woman rushed into the street and threw herself in front of a moving car. ——— ROBBERS IN THE MISSION. Coin and Liquor Procured at the Pistol’s Point. Two men entered the grocery-store of William Beckman, on the corner of Sixth and Bryant streets last evening and, without parley, presented a revolver at his head. Beckman held up his hands and was ordered to turn his face to the wall. When he turned his eyes round he found the robbers gone, as was also a bottle of choice schnapps. G. Monnier, liquor-dealer, 1152 Howard street, was also a sufferer by thieves last night. A man came into his store and asked for change for a $20 gold piece, | While the change was being counted he | snatched a purse in the hands of Mon. | nier and disappeared in the darkness. The fellow secured $1, by his bold trick. Both cases were reported to the police who expect to land the three robbers il Jail to-day. P —————— THE RATIONS INCREASED. Bergeant Wolf Detailed to Supervise the Feeding of Prisoners. Chief Lees is determined that in future the prisoners confined in the City Prison shall have sufficient to eat. Yesterday he specially detalled Sergeant Wolf to visit the prison durlni meal hours and personally supervise the giving out of rations. The prisoners confined in cell 27 were sgreeably surprised when Sergeant Wolf, accompanied by the prison cook, walked down the main corridor, the cook carry- ing in his arms an abundance of food. Wolf saw that the prisoners got suf- ficient to eat, much to their delight. After the men were fed the cook was focked up in the kitchen so as to prevent Mariposa | Last Sun- | DAROUX DEFIES |BRALY NOT T0 CHIEF DWYER| - BE PROSECUTED Spared by Los Angeles’ League for Better Government. One Gambling Hall Re- mains Open in Sac- ramento. Escapes Punishment for the Discounting of School ‘Warrants. Head of the Pollce Department Says It Shall Be Closed. Attorneys of the Organization Submit a L:gal Opinfon in His Favor. | Pools on the Races Sold Despite the Recent Order of Mayor Land. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, Feb. 14—The mettle of Sacramento’s new Chief of Police | has been put to the test, and the result | of the first assay shows material well | tempered, vigorous, and with a ring to it which harbors evil to wrongdoers. There is not a gambling den running in the town, except one, and whether that falls under the legal interdiction or not i{s a question. But whatever may be the technical exemption claim- ed by Frank Daroux, proprietor of the pool rooms in the old Capitol Hotel, Chief Dwyer is determined to carry out the spirit and intent of the ordinance under which he has closed all of the other games. In speaking of the war now being waged against the gambling fraternity, Chief Dwyer made the fol- lowing statement to the representative of The Call: “I am determined that this place of Daroux’'s shall be closed with the rest of them. In the first place it is un- | fair to those who have obeyed my or- der and closed their places, to permit Mr. Daroux to continue. Of course Mr. Daroux is a man with much experience in avoiding the penalties of the law and frustrating thé attempts of law oftii- | cers in the performance of their duty. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 14.—The session of the School Directors to-night was a fruitful one. The League for Better City Government filed a communication announcing that that organization had | declded not to prosecute Director J. H. | Braly, the banker, who in his capacity as custodian of funds discounted claims against the School Department, which, as a School Director, he had assisted in creating and approving. The communication is made from the league in the shape of a letter from Rev. Burt Estes Howard, as chalrman of the Municipal Reform Committee of that body. Rev. Mr. Howard says that the committee had submitted the mat- | ter of prosecuting Director Braly | to its attorneys, H. T. Lee and W. J. | Hunsaher, and that those gentle- | men had given advice to the effect that the charges could not be sustained, as Mr. Braly had not committed any act which would warrant his removal from the board, and that a criminal prosecu- tion against him would not hold. The opinion of the attorneys of the | league was filed with the board. It is to the effect that the transactions in question, in which the Braly bank en- gaged, and out of which it obtained a beneflt, were not contracts made by the | Board of Education, as the individuals had performed their respective con- | concentrados in Cuba and the progress | But while he has been successtul in the | past in openly disobeying the municipal ordinances, he will find his future road tracts, their labor had been accepted and the claims allowed, and that the contracts were, therefore, at an end; a hard one to travel as long as I am | that Mr. Braly's bank had an interest Chief of Police.” |in a fully executed contract and that, ‘When asked what would be his pro- | therefore, Mr. Braly had not violated cedure ‘in the mnext move against the law, which provides that no mem- Daroux, Chief Dwyer said: | ber shall be interested in a contract “I do not think it best to disclose my | pending its execution, but he can be in- plans, but you can rest assured that I ! terested in the proceeds of such con- will be successful in the long run. I|tract after its execution. Nothing was have something up my sleeve which |done with the communication. It was will come as a surprise to Mr. Daroux | simply filed. and I do not think he will be prepared | At the last meeting of the board, N. for it. So far as closing the doors of his | 8" Averill was elected secretary. To- place against my officers is concerned, | njght Secretary H. G. Johnson declined you may depend upon it, that when I|to give up the office, on the ground that get ready to enter the place there will | hjg successor had not been legally cho- | to tole | convenience of those who destre to go | be no failure on my part. I have given | no order to any officer to enter the | place, but should I do so, an entrance | will be effected should it require the force. 7 first plan will be to dispose of the gang of touts which hangs arouna the Capitol Hotel and in the neighbor- hood of Seventh and K streets. A | more disreputable aggregation it would be difficult to find, and I do not propose | e their presence any longer in the vicinity of one of the principal | quarters in the city. Women and chil- dren are often required to pass on the other side of the street in order to avoid the crowd of pool room touts, fiends and crooks who hang the Capitol Hotel corner. 1| have given notice to bag the entire bunch and compel them to answer the | penalty for vagrancy. “I have entered upon this crusade against the lawless elements infesting Sacramento with the determination to | succeed in ridding the city of them by a proper enforcement of the municipal ordinances.” Frank Daroux, in speaking of the sit- uation, said: “In the first place I am violating no law or ordinance. My place of business is in Yolo County, where there are no restraints against pool-selling. It is true that I am the lessee of the Capitol Pool Rooms, but no tickets are sold there, and while there may appear to be, as a matter of fact there is no bet- ting done in the room.” | When asked about the posting of | odds Mr. Daroux said: ‘ “Of course, I write the odds on the blackboard, but that is done for the | over to Yolo later on and play books, which are open there. “No, sir,” said he, continuing, “I am violating no law, and stand in defiance | of no one. I respect the authority of | the Mayor of this city and that of the Chief of Police. I have always treated | them with the utmost courtesy, and | shall continue to do so.” “Why are your doors closed to the police?” was asked. “Because the police have no right to enter my place of business as long as 1 am creating no disturbance or break- ing no law. You as a private citizen | could close your home to the entrance of some prying policeman, and I have | the same right, for this is my home, as I sleep here.” “Could a bet be made in these rooms | on a race?”’ “Of course it could, but no tickets are sold there. Any man can make a bet if he chooses, and I know of no law which prohibits it.” “Do you intend to maintain your present position against the Chief?” “As I sald before, I do not consider that I am standing out against the Chief.” ““Well, will you obey his orders and close your place of business?” v “No; he has no more right to close me out than he has to close that drug store across the wa “He says that he has. “Well, he is wrong.” So it is that the fight is on, and whether the Chief or Daroux will win depends upon events of the future. City Attorney de Ligne is out of the city, but it is generally uncerstood that he has some doubts aboit the status of Mr. Daroux’s “p'ace of business.” All of the other gaines in the city have closed in earnest, and the proprietors seem to be taking the new order of things with wonderful complacency. No great opposition has been registered from any quarter, and the probabilities are that none will be made, as it was well understood from the beginning that Mayor Land was opposed to and would not favor “an open town.” Mayor Land in speaking of the situation said: “Let the results of my orders speak for me.” my Columbus’ Descendants Are Paupers. MADRID, Feb. 14.—A Spanish newspa- per announces that the last two descend- ants of Christopher Columbus are now occupants of a poor house at Cadiz. R Death of an Old Sailor. James Long, a retired sea captain, after spending an evening at the skating rinik at Third and Howard streets last night, walked outside and fell on the sidewalk. He was put in a patrol wagon and hurried to the Receiving Hospital, but dfed before reaching it. Death was due to heart fail- ure. Long has been a resident of this city for many years and had a host of him from importuning the unfortunate wrisaners for money for “extra” dishes. | men and along the water front. friends, particularly among seafaring sen under a section of the city charter which provides that the appointive of- | ficers shall hold during the pleasure of the appointing power. The reformers | on the board had no charges to pre- | fer against Johnson's competency or | honesty. They simply wanted the place for another man. To-night A. M. Bragg entered the | board as the duly elected member from the Seventh Ward. A motion declar- | ing N. S. Averill the dully elected sec- retary of the board was lost by a tie vote, Director Bragg declining to vote. Then Director. Webb moved that H. G. Johnson be declared secretary of the board, which was carried by 5 to 4, Director Bragg voting with the ma- PLACED 1N & FALSE LICHT BV A FOOL Continued from First Page. of justice, the State Department has taken steps to place in the hands of Senor Canalejas, to whom the letter was addressed, the epistle written by Senor Dupuy de Lome which led to the resignation of the Minister. The transaction is explained in the follow- ing brief statement given out to-night by the State Department: ‘“Recognizing that the legal owner- ship of the De Lome letter is in Mr. Canalejas, and his agent and attor- ney, Mr. Carlisle, having proper au- thority to recelve the same, the letter was delivered to him to-day.” As explained in this statement, Mr. Carlisle was fully authorized to ap- ply for and receive the letter, having the cabled authorization from Senor Canalejas. In the view of the State Department the Jetter was a stolen document, and, like any other piece of property, it should, upon ap- plication, be delivered to its rightful owner. There was no other course left open, for, in the United States, as in all other countries having a code of laws, a letter becomes the sole prop- erty of the person to whom it is ad- dressed immediately after it starts on its way from the sender. Even the latter cannot obtain possession of it without the consent of the person ad- dressed; the limit of his powers legally being in certain cases to stop the de- livery of the paper. This letter has, besides, already completely served all of the uses for which it might have been applied by our Government, and there are in existence facsimile copies of the paper that are so surely authen- tigated as to leave no legal doubt of their accuracy. There now remains only the closing chapter of the incident to be written, for the end is already in sight. Not- withstanding all that has been said in the press about demands on Spain for apologies or retractions of the dis- agreeable things said by Senor Dupuy de Lome in his letter, it can be posi- tively stated that at no time since the publication of the letter has the State Department taken any such course. Instead it has relied entirely upon the sense of propriety of the Spanish Government to do all that was proper and needful to wipe out the un< pleasant impression produced by these statements, and it can now be said that this course has been fully justi- fled and that the Spanish Cabinet, now being aware of the full text of the letter, is expected within a day or two to make such disclaimer of the letter as is required by the circumstances. To-night the State Department re- ceived official notice from ‘Madrid of the selection of Senor Lois Polo-Ber- nabe to succeed De Lome. CONGRESS AND THE CUBAN QUESTION. Allen’s Amendment to the Consular Bill Shelved, and a Resolution of Inquiry. | WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—During the | { navy will herea short open session of the Senate two phases of the Cuban question were ad- verted to briefly. The amendment of Allen of Nebraska to the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill recog- nizing the belligerency of the Cuban insurgents was reported adversely by the Foreign Relations Committee, not, as Morgan explained, on the merits of the amendment, but because the com- mittee did not approve of tacking such legislation to appropriation bills. Mor- gan's resolution calling upon the Pres- ident for the reports of United States Consuls In Cuba and for information as to whether any agent of the auton- omous Government in Cuba had been accredited to this Government and rec- ognlized by it was adopted without dis- sent. Morgan reported from the Committee on Forelgn Relations the amendment to the d:})lumnuc and consular appropriation b offered by Senator Allen of §ebras_n‘a. recognizing the belligerency of Cuba. i nz report, which was quite long, states t ) the Benate had already acted on this mat; ter and was still of the same opinion an would be glad to have the House Coffiu. erate in securing a recognition of bellig- erency. In connection with the report Morgan sald a word of explanation was necessary. Tt had occurred during his membership of the committee that it had been necpfii sary to place upon an appropriation :)h a matter of the kind suggested 13; 13 proposed amendment. ‘The report, sal e, ‘makes no suggestion as to the mer! :18 of theproposition containéd in the amend- ment. It does, however, regard this as an inopportune manner of taking up the sub- | ject. The effect of the report is to have the amendment lie on the table, and the St‘lnal\ltor who offered it Lll‘m"e)n)ml‘l;;s the rivilege of calling it up at any time. LT a5 not ke’ aaded Morgan, to go further at this time into a matter which, is llkefllf' deeply to stir the public mlnb, especlally as, later in the day, the sub- ject may again come up, in which event I shall have something to say upon it. In response to an inquiry by Allen as to the status of the amendment, and :he’ 'ef fect upon it of the report, Morgan sald “It is a favorable report as to the merit of the amendment and an unfavorable gm ,as to tacking it on the appropriation A resolution of Morgan of Alabama was passed, calling for consular reports re- garding affairs in Cuba, and inquiring whether or not this Government had rec- | ognized the autonomous Government of Cuba and authorized the negotiation of & reciprocity treaty. 3 Considerable unnecessary _excitement was caused among the members of the House to-day by the rumor, broadly cir- culated before the House convened that | fmportant action relative to Cuba was to | be taken. It turned out to be simply a resolution of inquiry unanimously report- ed by the Forelgn Affairs Committee last | week callling on the State Department for information as to the condition of the | made in Spain’s effort to induce the Cu-| bans to accept autonomy. The resolution | was adopted without division. AROUSED BY THE EXPOSE INTHE CALL Continued from First Page. ernment. They expect to be able very soon to turn out one thousand pounds per working day, or twice that amount by working nights also. The Duponts have not met with as much success. The magazines of our ships are desti- tute of this improved powder and these companies will be kept busy to supply the demands of the navy. It is esti- mated that for target practice alone our r require annually half a million dollars worth of powder.” The Call eorrespondent to-day inter- viewed an officer of the American Ord- nance Company, whose headquarters gton. He said that the defective shrapnel was not sold to the Government by his company, but by the old Hotchkiss company before the consolidation. It appears that the American Ordnance Company is noth- ing more than an ammunition “trust,” which was organized in Washington in January, 1896, with its central office in ‘Washington. It is a consolidation of the Hotchkiss Company, the Driggs- Schroeder Company, in which the Cramp Bros. are interested, makers of rapid-firing guns; the Pratt-Whitney Company of Providence, the American Projectile Company of Lynn, Mass., makers of ammunition, and that com- pany also has a torpedo manufactory at Bridgeport, Conn. They also seem to co-operate with the Maxim Gun Company of London, as their cffice is situated just across the street from the ‘War Department, in the same building with that of the Maxim Company. It also appears that the stockholders in the Bethlehem, Pa., works, which furnish to the Government the steel forgings for monster naval guns, are large stockholders in the American Ordnance Company, and that the lat- ter company, through the agency of powerful influence here, manages to se- cure contracts for all kinds of guns and ammunition. Dr. Richard Gatling, inventor of the world-known Gatling gun, some time ago perfected a process for casting big guns in one piece. He claimed that the hoop and band guns were worthless after they had been fired a few times. He even went so far as to declare that after a few shots the joints became loose. Whether this was an exaggera- tion or not, Dr. Gatling was supported by some eminent experts in his claim that the life of a hoop and band gun was of short duration considering its enormous cost. After many years of study he perfected a process by which he believed that a big gun could be cast in one piece and he vainly en- deavored to get the ordnance bureaus of the two departments to recommend to Congress that an appropriation be passed for experimenting. He failed in this and alleged that it was because the Bethlehem and Watervliet forging companies had too strong a pull with the war and navy ordnance bureaus. Dr. Gatling, however, finally secured his appropriation and is making his experiments at Cleveland, O. It has also been a matter of much comment in Washington that two calibers of arms are employed for the infantry and the marines of the navv. instead of having one caliber for both, so that the arms and ammunition would be interchange- able in emergency. This is another matter that Congressman Hilborn will endeavor to have Congress investigate. Union Park Land Company Sued. George J. McCormick filed suit yester- day against the Union Park Land Com- pany to recover $50,000 damages for al- leged breach of contract. The plaintiff alleges that the defendant is the owner of the Union Coursing Park Association, and that that urgnnluthm at present oc- cupies lands in San Mateo County which were leased by McCormick from the Union Park Land Company prior to the incorporation of the Unlon Park Cours- ing Association. The plaintiff claims that the defendant disregarded the lease and unlawfully gave it into the possession of the Union ~Coursing Park Assoclation and jn consequence he has been damaged to the extent of the sum for which he sues. ‘Want Another Test. G. and A. J. Tucker presented a pro- test to the Board of Supervisors yester- day, stating that a fender they had of- fered in the competition just closed had not been giv a fair test, and asking that another trial be allowed them. Sanctuary Society Will Meet. A meeting of the Sanctuary Society of the Frenchchurch wlllbe‘hfltl:exl S“nflbtty morning at 10 o’clock in the assembly room on Bush street. It will be held for the purpose of enroliing new members in the soclety. 3 o2 SALE OF THE KANSAS PACIFIC The Senators Want to Redeem the First Mortgages. Claim the Government Would Lose Heavily According to Present Plans. Information Sought as to the Pro- posed Steps to Protect the Federal Interests. Bpecial Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, Feb. 14. In the Senate to-day Harris of Kan- sas introduced a resolution with refer- ence to the latest phase of the Kansas Pacific sale. He said in connection with the resolution that the reason for its presentation at this time was that the Attorney-General had informed him less than a week ago that he proposed to redeem the first mortgage bonds of the Kansas Pacific and have a receiver appointed for the road. ‘“We were surprised yesterday,” said Harris, ‘‘to learn that the Attorney- General had declded to abandon his ex- pressed plan of redeeming the first mortgage bonds of the Kansas Pacific and having the receiver appointed for the road. By this deal, if it be true that it has been entered into, the Gov- Srnment would lose $6,624,107 interest ue.” The resolution was as follows: ‘ Resolved, That the Attorney-Gendral is directed to inform the Senate if he has authorized the abandonment of his ex- pressed intentfon to redeem the first | mortgage bonds issued by the Union Pa- cific Railroad Company, eastern division, now the Kansas Pacific division, of the Union Pacific Rallway, and to ask for a postponement of the’ sale thereof and for the appointment of a receiver there- of in_the interests of the Government of the United States, and also if he has authorized an agreement by which said property is to be sold for the face value of the subsidy bonds, resulting in a loss to the Government of the amount of $6,624,107, and if the Government has agreed not to be a bidder at said sale. Chandler objected to present consid- eration, and the resolution went over until to-morrow. Allen called up his resolution relating to the free and unrestricted coinage of standard silver dollars without delay and without waiting for the consent of foreign nations, and submitted some re- marks upon it. He reviewed at length the currency legislation of the past and maintained that silver, as the money of the constitution, ought to be received at the mints on equality with gold. e GERMANY’S DISCRIMINATION. The House Adopts a Resolution Ask- ing for Correspondence. WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—In the House to-day Quigg (R.) of New York, a mem- ber of the Foreign Affairs Committee, called up a resolution reported from the Foreign Affairs Committee, calling upon the Secretary of State, if not incom- patible with the public interest, to trans- mit to the House the correspondence re- lating to the discrimination of the Ger. man Government against the importation of American beef, fruit and horses. This was adopted without division. After adopting a modification of the -u 0] SUYSE ‘UONN[OSAL UBQN,) SWEIIIM formation concerning the state of af- fairs on the troubled island, the House proceeded to the consideration of Dis- trict of Columbia business. HAS SUCCEEDED DR. WALK. Rev. Henry E. Cooke, the New Pas- tor of Trinity, Will Assume Charge To-Day. Rev. Henry E.Cooke, who has succeeded Dr. Walk in the pastorate of Trinity Church, whose coming has been looked forward to for some time past, arrived last evening on the overland and is at the Occidental. Dr. Cooke, who is a son of Jay Cooke, the famous Philadelphia banker who nego- tiated the sale of bonds for the Federal Government during the war, was born in Philadelphia in 1857. After a preparatory course of study in the schools of his na- tive city he entered Princeton and gradu- ated with high honors. From Princeton he returned to Philadelphia, where he entered the Philadelphia Divinity School to study for the ministry, and from where, after his ordination, he was ap- ointed to take charge of the Church of t. Paul Aramingo. There he remained three years, and then he left for Grace Church at Manchester, N. H., whence he comes to San Francisco, after twelve years of service. His wife and family came with him and are at the Occidental, where they will re- main for the next ¢wo or three months. Then they expect to move into a house of their own somewhere in the vicinity of the church. Dr. Cooke will preach his first sermon here at the morning service on Sunday nex —_——————— Trouble Over a Hat. A girl’s hat will cause Judge Campbell some worry to-day, as he will Lave to listen to the stories of a large number of people. The hat is sald to belong to Alice Itsell, a pupil at the Hamilton Grammar School, and it is alleged that it was stolen from her on January 3. She now clajims that the hat {s in the possession of Mrs. Kelly, 1723 Eddy street, and her brother got a search warrant from Judge Camg 1l yesterday. Alice's father is a teacher and has had con- siderable trouble with the department. Curious Oase of Libel. M. Josephsen, a druggist on Unilon street, was arrested yesterday on a charge of criminal libel. The complaint was_sworn to in Judge Campbell's court by W. D. Wesenburg, a rival druggist. T{le alleged libel was pasted on Joseph- sen’s window and it consisted of a news- aper clipping giving the names of the Srugslats arrested for selling the bogus liver pills, and written underneath the words, ‘‘Wesenberg sells bogus drugs. I don” Josephsen was released on bonds. ———— Surrendered Himself. Charley Dean, the Chinese who mur- dered Yit Sing with a Chinese dagger, surrendered himself to the police early yesterday morning and was booked at the City Prisen on a charge of murder. He was instructed and arraigned in Judge Joachimsen's court and the case was continued till Thursday. He admits the crime and seems to feel proud of it. —_—— REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. Women never really kiss each other, They both know it is only an imitation. The average girl will never admit that she likes to see a man in his shirt sleeves, No man cares much for etiquette when it is a warm day and he has got a porous plaster on. The man a woman likes best is the one who knows when to say nothing and just pat her hand. A man is never really proud of his whiskers till he takes to wearing his mustache longer than his beard. Nobody should ever get married. If a man_isn't good-looking enough his wife will look at other men, and if he is good- looking he will look at other women.— New York Press. REPUBLICANS ARE ORGANIZED Congressional Campaign Committee Is Now in the Field. Work to Be Done in Order to Win the Coming Fight. For the Third Time Joseph W. Bab= cock of Wisconsin Is the Chairman. Special Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, Feb. 14. The Republican Congressional cam- paign committee met to-night in the lobby of the House, with twenty-seven members present, and after forming its organization entered into a brief dis- | cussion of party issues. Representative | Joseph W. Babcock of Wisconsin, for the third time was honored with the chairmanship of the committee. In accepting the honor, Chairman Babcock expressed his appreciation of the tribute paid him, said it should be | borne in mind that there is a strong fight before the party and pledged his best efforts in carrying out his part of the contest. Representative Pearson of North Carolina nominated Representative John Simpkins of Massachusetts for vice chairman, to succeed Representa- tive Apsley of Massachusetts, who was not re-elected to this Congress. Mr. Simpson declined the nomination in favor of Representative James Shear- man of New York, who was elected. Representative David H. Mercer of Nebraska was nominated by Represen- tative Loudenslager of New Jersey for re-election as secretary, but he, too, declined, and nominated instead Repre- sentative Jesse Overstreet of Indiana. The latter was elected. Colonel W. B. Thompson of this city was then elected treasurer. A motion was carried authorizing Chairman Babcock to appoint an ex- ecutive committee at a future date, he to both select the members and de- termine the number. This executive committee was authorized to fill any vacancies in the general committee which might be caused by death or resignation, thirty days' notice to the State delegation affected being made a condition precedent. : There were several informal speeches. General Grosvenor referred to the Maine election, which is to follow that fof Oregon, but said its significance paled before Oregon, on account of the latter’s precedence in date. Representative Hilborn of California made a short address, in which he claimed that protection had accom- plished much for California and the country in general and because it was an assured fact the party should devote considerable attention to it. Senator Shoup of Idaho said his sec- tion of the country would do everything possible to give a Republican majority in the next Congress, but he conceded that the sentiment of Idaho was for bi- metallism. Quinn Will Contest. A jury has been inpaneled to hear the contest of the relatives o. James Quinn to the application of Annie ¥cMahon for the admittance of Quinn's last will to robate. Annfe McMahon, th¢ proponent, s a sister of the testator atd was be- queathed the bulk of his estate. 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Dur- | ing the eévening seventy of the visitors filed applications to become members of the camp. The affair was under the di- rection of J. L. Geary Jr., C. W. Bell and A J& ‘Weinert, the committee of arrange- ments. —_——— FOR A LABOR FUND. the Freeholders. There was a fairly large attendance at the mass meeting of the unemployed men and women of this city in Metropoli- tan Temple last night. J. K. Phillips presided. The speaker of the evening, George Lafayette, appealed [eioteiatatatatetetatatetatetetulagutetatatal 3 & ANNUAL Clearance Sa'» S, & C. CUMP, Art Store, 118 Geary Street. 207% Discount ——ON— Pictures, Statuary, Ornaments, Crockery, Glassware, Elc. 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The resolution also called upon Labor Commissioner Fitz- gerald, asking him to use his personal and officlal means to further the interest of the unemployed. —_———— OLYMPIC GUN CLUB. It Gives a Successful Entertainment at Native Sons’ Hall. The Olympic Gun Club gave a pleasing entertainment at Native Sons’ Hall last night to a fair audience. The programme consisted of comic selections by Thomas gg ert, Richard I. Whelan and W. T. obson, followed b; the comedietta, “What Tears Will Do,” in which the characters were cleverly sustained by Al- fred A. Borlini. Willlam G. Ogilvie, Wil- liam A. Wallace, Miss Elsla A. Duncan and Miss Mae Roberson. The stage was under the direction of A. W. Jones. Danc- ing followed the performance. 'ghe present officers of the club are: President, H. H. White; corresponding secretary, M. C. Allen; financial secre- tary, C. F. Grant; treasurer, A. A. Bor- lini; Captain, L. D. Owens; directors, C. W. HibHard, E. T. Allen, C. A. Haight and W. J. Golcher. 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