The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 16, 1898, Page 9

- Masonic ~ Temple, THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1898. ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS. WILL BURN THE EVIDENCE Mattie’s Sensation Will Be ‘ Blotted Out For- " ever. | | | | Many Apologies Said to Be| Now Due to Rev. Dr. McLean. | Frem e | Those Who Called Him a Viper Have a Duty Yet to Per- form. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, S Broadway, Feb. 15. When Rev. Dr. J. K. McLean returns from Boston, where he is at present, ! C. O. Brown scandal will end with ttle bo , if the majority of the rence Committee has its way. terday at Chi- ction Lean stor for ve ive vears. McLean's study Is the cele- brated affidavit of Mattie Overman that the doctor has protected so carefully 1 ver a year. It is id to be a con- ing document, but its contents w be made known for the com: ing now vindicated, the condemning so that it can never be heard ain. tter clause of the r terday at Chicago vir tee, T have burned solution rticu- T ying to the Bay Con s a clear apology for the the Chicago Cont ce in into its membership a man w under suspension of a co-ordinate asso- ciation. ‘“WhenDr.McLean returns [ r of the First Charch to-day, “there s apologies made to him. 3 being heard in Oakla; Lean was assailed most me 1ld not shamefully persecuted t was actually called g0. Now that the 1 straightened out s a duty to pe Dr. McLean will not & £ probably t home and son the apol- ogles from o six months ago hissed at hir MILE-LIMIT LAW ENFORCED Berkeley Cigar - Dealers Ar- rested for Seliing Intoxi- cating Liquors. The Offenders to Be Prosecut:=d Under the State Vigorously Law. Feb. 15.—Marshal e a raid on a numb ores this ternoon Jake Mohr, E. E. verall and Charles Schu- were arrested for seliing intoxicat- liquor in violation of limit Mohr and Overall are pro- in which beer and amounts were found. rested Rich- BERKELE ard Lloyd m: cigar an m ing stores him for half dozen bottles of 1 For some > past ing’ in Berkeley a con- of beer said to be non- int that iolated, st night Trustees. stores in K xception, whil bus H timate illeg; ating quors. s rry on gamb- great extent, but enough to lead young men to bad hab- its. In view of the fact that the pro- prietors of the places mentioned do not live within t law, it becomes the duty of your honorable board to take some action toward suppressing the evil.” President Richards em the ne- cessity of immediately suppressing the evil, and after_consultation_with Trus- tees Hoff and Frame of the License Com- mittee, to-day's action was decided upon. —_——— Emeryville Water Rates. OAKLAND, Feb. .—The Town Trus- tees of Emeryv ill meet to-morrc night to fix the w t suing year. 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Write to Thomas Slater, 178 Kalamazoo, Mich., and the information will be mailed in a plain, sealed envelope. | the face of the open statements made | | as to how the Grand Jury came to take | | 8an Francisco, where he was very well SWIFIWATER IS AMBITIOUS Will Try to Beat the Re-| lief Train to Dawson City. v Meantime His Lovely Home| in Oakland Is De- serted. Banker Henshaw Satisfied That Mr. | Is Man of Honor. Gates a Oakland Office San Francisco Call, | 908 Broadway, Feb. 15. | Mr. Gates, perhaps better known as “Swiftwater Bill,” has undertaken a rernment relief swiftwater n City s dogs will contract to beat the G expedition to the Klondike. declares he can get to Daw first, and is confident that b beat Uncle Sa In' a few days Mr >s will return to Oakland and the amer he hasbeen East to purchase will come around ‘the Horn and will be here in plenty of time to ¥ t the mouth of the Yukon when es will not wait e intends to go a load of pro- and have a depotbuilt receive the cargo of his es is a determined fellow,” Will Henshaw of this who sold Swiftwater his $25,000 ‘and when he undertakes a pro- sure that he will carry will organize an expedi- city, nen north with him. He | look after them and guarantee them work afte they arrive there. He that if he can get a supply of goods Dawson v ahead of the Govern- =nt train he can do a good thing and can be depended upon to get there. shall have our steamer out here by iddle of May and it will at once aded and sent north. the time the cargo gets up the € Mr. Gates (Banker Henshaw never says ‘Swiftwater’) will have gone the pass and erected our depot. > have made inquiry and find that Gates stands very high in Alaska. man tells us that he has loaned him large sums at times without the scratch of a pen, and you know that is even more than an Oakland” banker would dc and Mr. Henshaw smiled. There is some curiosity as to what Mr. Gates will do with his beautiful Oakland mansion. He bought it before the honeymoon was at its zenith, and mainly because Mrs. Swiftwater thought it would be pleasant to have a >nce on this aristocratic side of the Now the Gates’ troubles are so d sified that society does not know whether to congratulate itself or not. One thing is now regarded as certain, and that is, that when Mr. Gates gave out that he was worth $1,800,000, he did not underestimate his assets. to One WATER RATES. The Trustees Decide That They Shall Remain the Same as wast | Year. TEDA, Feb. 15—The City Trustees AL met as a committee of the whole last evening to discuss the matter of water rates. The trustees evinced no dispo- sition to lower the r: paid by private sumer: although an argument was T to show that such a reduction might be made and still leave the com- ny a good rate of interest on its in- stment. The manager of the com- ny asked that the price paid by the v for fire hydrants be increased. He alleged that during the past eleven years had put into its plant had taken out, a 4 t had been put reat expense by the damage done to pipes from electrolysis. ~He also that out of the 2700 consumers in : were 1900 who last month | as much as $1 each for the over company $11 h its said the city thei did not pay water. | The matter was discussed fully and fin- ally the trustees refused to raise the rate paid by the city or reduce that paid | consumers, adopting the same sched- - as last year. This calls for 30 cents per 1000 gallons to private parties, $1 min- fmum; for street sprinkling, 15 cents per | 1000 gallons; flush tanks, $1, and hydrants, | $1. These figures give quite general sat- isfaction. e e DEATH OF BROTHER CIANAN. For Forty Years a Christian Brother and a Prominent Educator. OAKLAND, Feb. I5.—Brother Cianan of the Christian Brothers, a man well and favorably known throughout the State and_in East, passed away yesterday | at St. Mary's College, where he had been teaching for a number of years. His| as expected, as he had been fall- | ¢ for several months. ed was known in the world | riffin, and was born in County | nd, 64 years ago. He came to the age of 18, and soon after- 1 became a member of the Christian hers. He held most of the prominent | jons of the order during his religious | or. He came to California in 1868, be- | ing among the first of his order to reach | the State. Before starting he held the po- | sition of professor of mathematics in | ck Hill College and in Massachusetts | ege. In 1874 he opened Sacred Heart | ege as its first president. Later he | pal in the Sacramento In- several times director of , Mrs. H. Crane, and a of Ban Fran- sco, to mourn b Requiem mass and funeral ser £ be held at the college Thursday morning at 9 o’clock. —_——— | TO INVESTIGATE HARBOURNE. | The Grand Jury Will Visit Alameda and Look Into the Library Matter. ALAMEDA, Feb. 15.—The Grand Jury | has decided at last tq investigate the Harbourne matter, and will visit Ala-| meda on Thursday for that purpose. Con- siderable wonder has been expressed that no officfal investigation has ever been | made and no criminal charges filed in | nept = of forgery and rascality on the ‘part of the ex-librarfan. It has seemed to be the business of no one in particular to do this, and there is considerable curiosity ’!‘Ip the matter and who is responsible | or_it. Expert Davis, who has heen at work on the library books for some time, will have compleied his task by that time, | and his report will give the Grand Jury | some basis for operations. i Alameda News Notes. ALAMEDA, Feb. 15.—Captain Kimball C. Bldredge of this city died last night at his home, 1541 Benton street: He was 76 years old and a native of Massachu- setts. He was formerly a resident of | known. Jonn Perry was arrested to-day on complaint of his brother on the charge of assaulting his own niece, a little ehild, The charge is allofea to have grown out of a family dispute, and s strenuously denied by the accused. (i sl B, To Cure a Cold In One Day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. An druggists refund the money if it falls to cure. 2. The genuine bas L. B. Q. on each tablet. YOUNG SHARKEY | McMahon got the decision, ALAMEDATS NOT S0 SLOW Seems to Have Worked Effectively on Mr. Alger. | Many Big Changes Are Now Contemplated in the Harbor. | The Hope for the Tidal Canal Not So Dim as It Was a Month i Ago. | { Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Feb. 15. | There is much doubt regarding the future of the harbor east of Webster- street bridge and the Alamedans are congratulating themselves that they have obtained a partial victory. Cer- tain it is that the prospects are not s0 good as they were three months ago for the completion of the Oakland har- bor before anything is done with the tidal canal. | Apparently the War Department, if | it has not changed its mind, is at least taking more time to think. Only a small portion of the money available | is to be spent in the near future, and now comes the startling intelligence that the improvements east of the bridges, tidal canal and all, will not be taken up until Congress decides what shall be done. There is a big difference between the specifications as they were sent to Washington, and as they returned. All that related to East Oakland had been cut out and only a reduced portion of the work west of the bridges was left | in. The bids that are now asked will be opened on March 10, and call for the removal of enough mud to deepen the channel to twenty feet. The bids will be opened by Major Heuer, who is in charge of the work, Colonel Suter, of | course being general supervisor of all | harbor improvements on the coast. Now the question has arisen, Why | these changes from the recommenda- tion of Colonel Suter? The money was appropriated by Congress some time ago and is now available t> the amount of $666,000, not more than 25 per cent to | be expended in one year. The work out- lined in the specifications on which bids are now asked will not cost nearly one vear's maximum allowance, and it is very evident that the hopes of the Oak- land advocates have received a setback, while Alameda’s continued protest ap- pears to have had some effect on Secre- tary Alger. | | | | W. Boutwell Dunlap. BERKELEY, Feb. 15.—The sophomore class at the university elected W. Bout- well Dunlap to edit the Blue and Gold next year. The newly elected editor of the college annual has taken a prominent part in the history of the class. He wi elected temporary chairman of the cla when it entered college, was a member of the freshman glee committee and the sophomore hop committee. He is a member of the Philosophical Union and is exchange editor. of the college dally. Irwin J. Muma was unanimously chosen business manager of the annual, | BESTS GIFEORD The San Francisco Boy Puts the Vallejo Pugilist to Sleep. Lively Contests Held at the Reliance Club's Gentlemen’s Night. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 910 Broadway, Feb. 1. A large audience enjoyed the Reliance Club's gentlemen's night this evening. The entertainment opened with a selec- tion by the club orchestra. Following this were the preliminaries, which were un- usually good. The first preliminary was a three-round go between Jake Baumgarten and John Dalton, followed by another three-round go between Lon Agnews and Charles Tye. Then Tommy Ryan and Henry Baker boxed three very scientific rounds. Billy Jordan acted as master of ceremonies. The first of the main events was a four- round go between Dick Condon and Jack McMahon of San Francisco. Frank Ce- reni acted as referee. The first round was very tame, the second and remain- ing rounds were all in favor of McMa- A on. Condon seemed to become very tired. The next event was an eight-round go between Martie McCue of New York and Yank Savi of Vailejo. McCue weighed 125 unds and was seconded by Henry Ba- er, Jack Jeffries and Dewitt Van Court. Savage weighed 133 and was seconded by Jack Burns, Jim Lewis and Jim Casey. Billy Hughes acted as referee. The first round was rather tame. In the second round McCue landed several good punches on Savage's jaw, heart and stomach without any return. Savage did not seem to be able to land on McCue. The third, fourth and remaining rounds were McCue, who all_ve uch in favor o pum:h:X é:va.ge when and wherever he wanted. The referee, of course, gave | wife of the late Vallejo and John Irwin, better known as Young Sharkey, of San Francisco. Lon Agnew officiated as referee. From the moment the gong sounded they went at it hammer and tongs, give and take, re- gardless of any science whatever. In the second round Sharkey caught Gifford a left jab on the chin and put him to sleep. It ‘'was announced that Martie McCue | would fight Jimmy Lawler at the Re- liance Club within two weeks. The Reliance Baseball Club will play the C. J. Heeseman Club at Central Park next Sunday for the benefit of James Ar- lett, who recently met with an accident. —_———————— A. D. WILDEX'S FUNERAL. A Special Train and Boat Will Be Run for Those Who Attend. OAKLAND, Feb. 16.—The services over the remains of the late A. D. Wilder will be held at the First Congregational Chureh to-morrow at 11 o'clock. Rev. C. R. Brown will officiate and a male quar- tet from San Fraucisco will furnish 4he music. There will be fifteen honorary pallbearers, ten from the Southern Pa- cific officers, and five personal friends. The casket-bearers will be selected from the oldest engineers and conductors of the division over which Mr. Wilder has been so long superintendent. Interment will take Pl“e at Cypress Lawn Cemetery, San Mateo County. A special train will carry the party from this city to the cemetery via Peralta street slip and the ferry steamer Tran- | sit. . The cars will be the regular fun- eral cars of the cemetery. No change will be necessary for the trip. Telegrams of condolence have been re- ceived by the stricken family from C. P. Huntington, General Manager I¥futt- schnitt and other officials of the road. Milton Wilder, the aged father of the deceased, is confined to his bed with an attack similar to that suffered by his son. He will be unable to attend the funeral and is corzidered to be in a dan- gerous condition. He is 86 years of age, a fact which malkes his illness the more critical. Mrs. Wilder is prostrated from the shock of her husband’s death and is un- der the ph an's care. —_—————— Beginning of the Trouble. OAKLAND, Feb. 15.—Josiah P. Ames was the only witness to-day in the suit of his sister against« him to recover rafl- road bonds. for him in his youth, and in her old age he had been asked to care for her prop- erty. He then went into detail regarding the various sums of money he had re. ceived. He said the letter referred to in the complaint was one from his wife to her son, Iverett, in which she stated that she and her daughter were in arrears to the Ebell Society and would be sus- pended if it were not paid. She asked him to take $10 from the rent money and pay the dues. She had declared that his wife was teaching Everett to steal. angered him person_said anything wrong about wife and children she was lying. She | clenched her tist and cried, “You are a liar—a —a_liar!” He apologized in the evening. The rents referred to were his, he said, and not Mrs. Harris'. The case will be continued to-morrow. —_—e——— Death of Mrs. A. J. Gregg. OAKTLAND, Feb. 15.—Mrs. A. J. Gregg, andidate for Lieuten- ant-Governor, died at her residence, 935 Grove street, this morning. She had been alling for some months, but it was not thought that her sickness would termi- /nate fatally. Mr. and Mrs. Gregg came to California in 155, and are well known, he having been a contractor and builder here. Besides her husband, Mrs. Gregg leaves four daughters. They are: Mrs. Frank Lash, Robert Robertson, Miss Martha and Miss Grace D. Gregg. Mr. Gregg was absent from home at the time of his wife's death, but was on his way home, arriving two hours too late to see her alive. —————— Berkeley News Notes. BERKE Feb. 15.—A baseball game between the staffs will be played on the university campus next Friday morning at 11:15. The student journalists of the college daily want a chance to even athletic honors with the Occident team, who defeated them in a football game last fall. Melville Dozier 'S will lead the college Y. M. C. A. to-morrow afternoon at Stiles Hall. His subject will be “Paul's Con- version.' The Sunset Telephone Company has of- fered to furnish Berkeley with a fire- alarm system of thirty telephones in dif- ferent parts of the town, for $60 a month. The company agrees also to connect each of the 230 subscribers in Berkeley with the alarm system. LEGALITY OF THE “SMALL BOOK” To Be Tested in a Suit Filed Against the City by Albert L. Myers. Plaintiff Alleges That He Was Tlle- gally Imprisoned and Slandered by Detectjves. The legality of the police “small book” and the right of detectives and patrolmen to arrest*without a warrant and imprison on suspicion will be tested in a suit filed vesterday by Albert L. Myers against the city, the Chief of Police, Detectives Ryan and O'Dea, and various prison keepers, captains and sergeants. He wishes to re- cover $20,000 damages for illegal imprison- ment and slander. Myers was arrested on the 13th ult., by Ryan and O'Dea, it is alleged under or- ders issued by Chief Lees, and he was detained in the “tanks" of the City Prison on suspicion of having held up and robbed ‘William Pettit, a laborer, on the night of December 26, 1897. The plaintiff alleges that he is innocent of the crime charged to him and his ar- rest was without warrant of law; that he was forced into a cell occupfed by four notorious criminals, and was detained | there from 9:30 a. m. until 8 p. m. on Jan- uary 13 last, when he was released; that while he was incarcerated Ryan and O'Dea referred to him as a ‘“‘crook’ and a forger who had committed the crime of robbery. By reason of his imprisonment and the remarks of the detectives Myers claims he has been damaged to the extent of $20,000 and he asks for a judgment in that amount. He told how she had cared | Occident and Californian | “ TALK T00 MUCH" SAYS CROCKER He Complains of an Interview but Can- not Correct It. - Trouble Over His Criti- cism of the Wine- makers’ Association. | An Explanation of Why He Said It “Bunkoed” Mrs. Kohler Demanded. HE HAS NONE TO GIVE. Offered a Chance to Make a State- ment, Mr. Crocker Only Asks That He Be “Set Right.” Henry J. Crocker, president of the California Wine Makers' Corporation, talks too much.” He has himself said 80, and events now occurring give to | his words confirmation sure as proofs | of Holy Writ. In fact the war between | the California Wine Makers' Corpora- | tion and the California Wine Associa- | tion is developing incidents which will | be interesting to a large number of people not directly concerned in the | issues of the fight. It was in connec- | tion with one of these that Mr. Crocker | | made his admission of talking too much, and now finding himself in trouble is trying to get out of it by writing too much. ‘The matter is pertinent to the news | of the day by reason of the following letter: San Francisco, Feb. 9, 1898, H. J. Crocker, | 508 California Street. William Thomas Esq.—Dear Sir: Your favor of February 9 to hand enclosing one from you to The Call of February 5. The first letter 1 had from you I de- livered to The Call representative and have not seen it since. 1 will say in all fairness that the printed article in The Call, to which the Wine Assoclation took offense, did them an in- Justice, as well as myself, and this was \ficknowledgcd by Mr. Burke in your of- ce. | I now say that I did not use the words | attributed to me by The Call, nor in the sense of the article are my well-known views represented. I could not Dossiblfi have known what took place between Mrs. Kohler and the association in their business deals, nor | would I be able to state as a fact that she had been bunkded into receiving 4,000,000 of stock in a 3,000,000 corporation, | as stated by The Call. As I told you, I am perfectly willing to have you proceed against me in the matter if The Call does not care to cor- rect the publication as it seemed willing to do at the time. Yours very truly, HENRY J. CROCKER. It will be seen that the letter refers to an article published in The Call of January 27, which contained an inter- view with Mr. Crocker on the subject of the controversy between the Wine Makers’ Corporation and the Califor- nia Wine Association. In the inter- view certain statements were made which the Association regarded as of- fensive and they called upon Mr. Crocker for an explanation. When the attorneys of the Wine Makers’ Association demanded of Mr. Crocker an explanation of his state- ments in the interview concerning Mrs. Kohler, he set about trying to put him- self right, and with that object asked the manager of The Call to straighten the matter out in the paper. Mr, Crocker was informed that if The Call had misquoted him it would gladly make the correction necessary to do him justice. He was requested to point out in the printed interview any- thing which he had not said, but this he would not do. He was told that if he desired to make a statement The Call would publish it. He said that he had no statement to make. All that could be gained from him in that interview was_ that he wished The Call to set him right and get him out of the trouble the pub- lished interview had brought upon him. It was in that conversation he said, “I have talked too much.” At the close of the conversation with the manager of The Call, Mr. Crocker was told to call at the editorial rooms and consult with the city editor and the reporter with whom he had had the interview, being assured that if he could or would point out to them any part of the printed interview that did him an injustice or misrepresented him a correction would be made. He visited the editorial rooms and conferred with those gentlemen, but to them, as to the manager, he declined to make a statement in the paper over his own signature, nor would he assert that any portion of the published in- terview was essentially different from what he had said. He stated that he would like to have a portion of it cor- rected, but would not say it contained anything he had not said, nor would he make the correction himself. Here again his only explanation was “I McCue the decision. The last event of the mning was an eight-round go between Bllly Gifford of NEW PRESIDENT FOR THE SEMINARY. OAKLAND, Feb. 15—~With the visit of General Booth to the coast there will be many changes in the Salvation Army on the coast. One of the most important will be the appointment of Adjutant and Mrs. Finn to be in charge of the Men’s Theological Seminary and Training School in this city. This is the institution where all the male officers on trained, and is a very responsible position. Adjutant Finn has come here from Denver and is an old and successful officer. The retiring officers, Staff Captain and Mrs. Mezryweather, have been instrumental in building up the coast are the army work to a marked degree and go from here to Stockton. Auction Salcs EMIL COHN, Auctioneer. Otfice warerooms, 785 Mission st.; tel. Clay 47; $4000 of Stationery, Periodicals and School Sup~ lies. I will sell THIS DAY (WEDNESDAY), ursday and Friday, February 16, 17 and 1S, 1598, at 11 each day, at 713 LARKIN STREET, theentire stock contained in the above store, formerly belonging to Mr. Eintracht. This stock consists of everything appertaining to a first-class store, also one National cash resis- ter, nickel-plated showcases, counters, shelv- .ing, etc Also FFIDAY, February 18, 1888, at No. Ciive avenue, I will sell at 2 p. m., on account of Mr. Eintracht's deyarture for the Fast, the | elegant and costly furniture of the above resi- | dence. N. B.—The showcases, register and fixtures will be sold on Thursday, at 12 o'clock. Also onc fine horse and buggy will be ~old at the same time. For particulars see Chronicie. EMIL COHN, Auctioneer. 2 talked too much.”” He evidently de- sired The Call to get him out of a scrape of his own making by contra- dicting for him a statement which he | would not contradict himself. : In his tortuous efforts at escaping from the responsibility for his words Mr. Crocker has brought Mr. Hugh M. | Burke of The Call into the, controversy | without any reason at all. Mr. Burke; was not the reporter who interviewed Mr. Crocker, and accordingly could not | and did not know whether he had been | correctly reported or not. Mr. Burkei is at present out of the city, but his an- | swer to the statements concerning him | in Mr. Crocker’s letter is made in the | following telegram: | HOTEL CORONADO, Cal.,, Feb. 15.—1 never told Henry Crocker, or any other one, that The Call did the Wine Associa- tion Injustice. I did not wrife and have | not read the article complained of. When directed by The Call to see Thomas, the lawyer, I went to the law office with Mr. | Crocker, who went there to square him- felf and simply remarked fhat If The Call had misquoted any one it would see the matter straight. HUGH M. BURKE. The Call takes no partisan view of | the unfortunate controversy between the Wine Makers’ Corporation and the | California Wine Association. It would like to see the two bodies working to- gether in harmony for the welfare of that important industry of the State, and has therefore an interest in bring- | ing about a settlement of their differ- ences, but no interest whatever in thelir contests. It sought the interview with Mr. Crocker for no other object than of obtaining -information concerning the outlook for wine prices. That in- formation it desired for the instruction of the general public, as the subject is one of considerable importance to a large number of people. Neither the city editor of The Call nor the reporter sent out on the detail knew anything about the Kohler case. Mr. Crocker was not asked anything about it. He volunteered the informa- tion and gave it as an essential portion of his interview, because he made it the basis of his argument that the affairs of the association have been ‘“steadily on the decline.” To have omitted it from the interview would have been to remove the whole foundation of many of his most important state- ments. The Call has given Mr. Crocker every opportunity to set himself right. It has offered to correct anything which he would expressly assert to have been in error in the report of his talk. It has offered to publish any statement he would make on the subject. He has declined both offers, and has given no | explanation except to say “I have| talked too much.” Now he has taken to writing letters which make the mat- ter worse. He that talks too much gets 1 one foot in it and has trouble, but he | that writes too much gets in it with | both feet and is lost. | LON AGNEW’S PRESTIGE. ‘Will Be Tested To-Morrow Before the Acme Club in Oakland. OAKLAND, Feb. 15—The Acme Club has arranged for some lively boxing at its gymnasium to-morrow evening, and | some skillful talent will be on hand. The | most interesting match will probably be | that between Lon Agnew and Joe Kane | of San Francisco. For some time past it has been the general opinion that Ag- JOE KANE, Who Will Test Lon Agnew. new's days as a fighter were over, but his friends deny this and assert that he will bear out their confidence in him to- morrow night. Kane is acknowledged to be a good subject for Lon to meet. Fred Muller will also meet Kid Parker of Boston. Muller is the youngster who had a_very lively go at the exposition with Charlie Tye. ane and Agnew are to meet for six rounds at catch weights, and Muller and Parker are to fight eight rounds. There will also be some good prelimin- aries between some lively amateurs. PHILANTHROPIC WOMEN LACKING Mrs. Zliza Wolfenden’s Unfav- orable Comparison of Oakland. Officers and Directors Elected, Re- ports Read and Luncheon Served. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Feb. 16. The Young Woman's Christian Asso- ciation celebrated its twenty-first anni- versary to-day in its home on Frank- lin street. The following board of direc- tors was elected: Mrs. P. D. Browne, Mrs. Willlam Gregory, Mrs. D. W. C. Gregory, Miss E. Wolfenden, Miss C. J. Bacon, Mrs, W. A. H. Graves, Mrs. W. E. Sharon, Mrs. J. P. Ames, Mrs. Anson Barstow, Mrs. 8. G. Chamberlain and Mrs. J. M. Hinkle. The following officers were re-elected: President, Mrs. P. D. Browne; recording secretary, Mrs. Eliza Wolfenden; financial secretary, Miss C. ‘Bacon; treasurer, Mrs. anson Barstow. ‘Mrs. Wolfenden, the secretary, in mak- ing her annual report, unghsdsed the fact that the ladies of Oakland did not u,a organization the support that they should. She compared the work in this city with that of CAmbr!d{n, Mass., a place a little under in population. Last year, with the membership at $1, the in- come in the East was last year, and $77 in this city. This the secretary held to be a slur u nmoodnmootts city and one that ld not be allow: to remain. She said Oakland was mnot a AUCTION SALE. Thoroughbreds in Training PROPERTY OF Py o MESSRS. BURNS & WATERHOUSE Comprising CASPAR, ALMA, COCEMZA, LOS- SETTE, BURMAH, COCINA, B. & W., OSRIQ 1L, GLACIER, SALSBURY 1I, BLITZ, MA- LAY, PRINCE BLAZES, BULLETIN, SING :‘LING" MISTLETON, SYBARIS (late Thorpe), c., a PUBLIC AUCTION AT 12 M, ON SATURDAY, February 19, 1898, AT OAKLAND RACETRACK. Catalogues ready. KILLIP & CO., Auctioneers, San Francisc to philanthropic enterprises, such as sup- porting a home where girls, homeless and parentless, may go and be cared for and given healthy environments. There are 106 young women in the homa paying their way, which makes the homa self-supporting. The employment bureau has given work to 113 young women and found homes for five during the year past. Three of the annual members have died during the year. The donors to tha institution during the past year were Mr. and Mrs. Anson Barstow, Gas Light and Heat Company., Mrs. J. P. Ames, Mrs. E. Hutchison, Mr: , Mrs. R. Bec! Irs. A. W, Gaskill, Mrs. A. C, Wil liam_Gregory, Mrs. J. a Mrs, J. M. Page, Mrs. H. Burbank, TTiss McClure, Miss McLellan. Mrs. J. Moir, Miss Violet Wakefield, Miss Davis, Mrs. ‘W. A. Jacobs, Mrs. Reese B. Thompson and Mrs. William Kirk. The treasurer reported receipts from boarders, $3964 30; legacy from Mrs, H. G. Noyes, $1500; annual membership fees, $77; year book. $73. The total disburse- ments were $4%4650. Of this 33146 35 was for household expenses, $600 for salary of matron and secretary; $208 for papering and tinting, $14265 for taxes and $157 28 for new carpets. The new year finds them with $1007 94 on hand, which is over $800 more than they had a vear ago. A luncheon was served and the afters noon spent in a social way, Mrs. Browns gave some views gathered in the East and was followed by Miss Eriery, Miss E. M. Holbrook and Miss Cozier. Dr.Gibhon’s Dispensary, 625 KEARNY ST. Established in 1854 for the treatment of Private Diseases, Lost M Ly disease viearing on bodyand mindand Skin Diseases. 'I'he doctor cureswhen othersfail. Try him. Charges low. Cures . aaranteed. Callorwrite, + Bex 1937, San Fraocisco. PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP COMPANY The New and Elegant Steamship COTTAGE CITY ‘WILL SAIL FROM BROADWAY WHARF SATURDAY =~ - FEB. 19, 4 P. M. FOR JUNEAU, DOUGLAS ISLAND, SITKA, MARY ISLAND, KETCHIKAN, LORING, WRANGEL AND KILLISNOO, VIA SEATTLE. (Passengers for Dyea and Skaguay trans- ferred at Juneau to Steamer Wolcott.) The Magnificent 3000-ton Iron Steamship AUSTRALIA ‘WILL SAIL FROM BROADWAY WHARF | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2 P. M. FOR SKAGUAY, DYEA, JU AU DOUGLAS ISLAND, ALASKA, VIA SEATTLE. Passengers booked through on this steamer without transfer. Fine passenger accommoda- tione. Plenty of room for dogs. TICKET OFFICE—4 New Montgomery strest, Palace Hotel. GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Gen. Agts. 10 Market st., San Francisco. PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP CO. Steamers Broadway wharf, San Francisco, as follows: For ports in Alaska, 10 a. m.. Feb. 2%, and every fifth day thereafter. For Victoria, Vancouver (B. C.), Port Town. send, Seattle, Tacoma, Everett, Anacortes and AND leave Ne2w Whateom (Bellingha: y, Wash.), 10 a. m., Feb. 5, 10, ) 2, and every fifth day thereafter, connes Seattle with com- pany's steamers for Alaska and G. N. Ry., at _ Elcomn with N. P. Ry, at Vancouver with (Humboldt Bay), Feb. 13, 19, 25, M: . P. Ry. For Furexa mer, 10 a. m. , %5, Marel 21, 97, and every sixth day thereafter. For' Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Sim yucos, Port Harford (8an Luls Obisp ota, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Huene: Pedro, East San Pedro (Los Angeles) Newport, 9 a. m., Feb. 2, 6, 10, 14 18, and every fourth day thereafter. For San Diego, stopping only at Port Har. Obispo), Sant ford (San Luls Obispo) 2 ra, ‘Port Tos and Redondo (Los Angeles), 11 12. 16, 20, 2, 28, and every For Ensenada, alens Bay, San Jose del Mazatlan, Altata. La Paz, Santa Ro. uaymas (Mex.) 10 a. m.. March 8, 3, and 2d of each month thereafter, ¢ company reserves the right to changs without previous notice steamers, sailing dates and_honrs of sailing. TICKET OFFICE—Palace Hotel, 4 New ‘Montgomery st. GOODALL, PERKINS & CO.. Gen. Agts., 10 Market st., San Francisco. THE 0. R. & N. CO0. DISPATCH FAST STEAMERS T0O PORTLAND From Spear-street Whart at 10 a. m. #12 First Class Including Bertn PARE o8 ime o Hoahs SCHEDULE OF SATLINGS: State of California Jan. 23, Columbia... B Through tickets and through Eastern points. Rates and folders upon appli« cation toF. F. CONNOR, General Agent, 630 Market streec. GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., s. for HONOLULU only, B party rat @%lnd AUCKLAND for SYDNEY, Wednesday, _ Superintendents. 8. AUSTRALIA, ‘Thursday, February 17, at 2 Di"m. Special The 8.S. MARTPOSA sails via HONOLULU Compagnie Generale Transatlantique. French Line to Havre. steamer Ho- h 3, 9, 18, 3 210 Feb. 7, 17, 27 baggage to all PR m&'fim"n’afl.‘.‘nflnm e., n Francisco. STOCKTON STEAMERS Leave Pier No. 8, Washington St., at 3 . FREIGHT RECELVED UF TO 5:30 P. M. Accommodations reserved el s %" m‘%l“':‘t:ikht rates to all points on the LS b Mein 806 Cal. Nav. and Impt. Co. lacking in noble women who are given