The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 13, 1898, Page 11

) THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 189S. 11 WGLAUFLIN VILL OUIT BUSINESS Well.Known Broker Crowded to the, W all. Fails Again Under Pres- sure of Other People’s Hard Luck. Other Brokers Surprised at the Unexpected Col- lapse. NOBODY ELSE AFFECTED. Prospects That Creditors Will Paid in Full After Some Delay. Be L. W. McGlauflin, one of the best- known grain merchants of the city, who failed some years ago, yesterday an- discussion of the matter of transportation on the railroads of freights to and from the East. The agsoclation some time ago prepared a schedule of some of the arti- cles that can be shipped from the East to this coast at a much less rate than they can be sent from this coast to the East. Some of the directors were not in favor of having this sheet published, fearing { that it might offend the railroad people and that such a fight properly belongs to the hardware men and jobbers. Others thought that the whole people and par- ticularly the members should be in- formed of the inequality, so-that concert- ed action could be taken to rectify matte F L. Brown, who represented the asso- cialion at the recent convention of rail- road men in Monterey, told of his efforts in the interests of better dealings for the Western manufacturers and shippers. He sald that he believes that the Southern Pacific Company would do much better for the people of this coast, but in the convention it was not all-powerful and the stern roads’ representatives were working hard in the interests of the Eastern manufacturers, with plenty of money and influence at their backs. —_—e—— Working for Better Roads. The board of directors of the Good Roads League of California met yester- , and the secretary reported that there are now twenty-five organized leagues in as many counties in the State. It was de- cided that the league will give its as- sistance, support and influence at the next Legislature to all of the road laws ed through both houses of the Legislature and which were vetoed by Governor Budd. It will have plenty of friends at Sacramento who will resurrect the old measures. The directors decided to send the brightest of the members of its many branch leagues to the supes visorial convention that is to be held in Napa on May 17, to work in the interest of better roads in the country. B e The Scott Will Contest. The trial of the contest over the pro- bating of the will.of the late Mrs. Angelia R. Scott, who left a valuable estate but practically disinherited her husband, resumed yesterday before Judge Coffe: The contestants closed their case and the beneficiaries under the will ed for a | judgment of non-suit, claiming that the evidence adduced did not show that the | | testatrix was of unsound mind at the the We Announces That H: Has VHISKY OF LOW PROOF [S SEIZED Several Saloon Men Paralyzed by an Agent’s Visit. Special Revenue Agent Towne Mows Down a Wide Swath. How Amateur Rectiflers Were Caught Napping by a Stranger. VERY EXPENSIVE WATER They Put Spring Valley Into Bonded Stamped Barrels and All the Li-, quor May Be Confiscated. REGENTS TAKEN BY SURPRISE Professor Schaeberle Resigns From the Observatory. Board Declinegs to Accept, but Givesthe Professor a Long Leave. Star-Gazer Keeler, the Son of a Pioneer, Is Going to Mount Hamilton. SAN JOSE REAL ESTATE. Foreclosure of a' Mortgage to Se- cure Money Loaned by the University. ; smooth-faced yourg man, with a guileless expression of countenance and with the suave manners of an Easterner, | walked into the California saloon, kept | by A. M. Fink, on the corner of Pins and | Market streets last Monday morning and | asked for a glass of whisky. | | | | | | | ] | I-Known Grain Merchant, Who Been Forced to the Wall. | nounced that he would be forced to sus- pend business again. He is closing up his affairs and says he hopes to be able to arrange matters in a way satisfac- tory to his creditors. It is not known just'how deeply in- volved the grain merchant is, though he says he thinks he will be able to ar- range matters in such a way as to sat- isfy his c He say ers have become temporarily embar- rassed and could not respond to his call for money. As he was dealing as a commission man this trouble, which led to the present dif- ficulty. The announcement of the financial difficulties of Mr. McGlauflin caused a al of surprise on the street, as well known that he had been long on the market, Laving bought a large amount of wheat and barley which he is not known to have sold. McGlauflin gained considerable no- toriety three years ago when there was a great deal of excitement over what was known as the Fair wheat deal, an attempt to corner the wheat market of the State. He was at that time a part- ner of E. A. Bresse, who is still in bu: ness, being one of the heaviest deale on the floor of the exchange. Bresse has had no connection with McGlauflin for three years, as the men disagreed about business methods. It was generally understood at the time of the great deal that McGlauflin handled it. All of the grain in the warehouses at Port Costa was bought up and held. The entire supply held by the four largest firms in this State Sppinger & Co., McNear, Balfour Guthrie & Co., Baldwin, Girvin & Ey bought up, as well as every f wheat available. a vested about six millions of dollars in the deal and purchased more than two hundred thousand = tons' of wheat. The wheat was held until the market went to $1 80, but as Fair had built it to that price himself he could not find buyers and was forced to let it go at a heavy loss. It is the general opinion that the fail- ure of McGlauflin is for reasons known chiefly to himself and not affecting the general market. From all indicatiohs the failure will not affect others and there will be little suffering in the local field as a result. HOME INDUSTRIES HAMPERED. Railroad Rates and Bad Laws Handi- cap Western Manufacturers. The Manufacturers’ and Producers’ As- sociation now has a president. A. Shar- boro took compassion upon the president- less organization and consented to accept all of the honors and some of the labor that goes with the position, for the mem- bers had promised to relieve its presiding officer of some of the work that has here- lnf‘_uh gone with the office. This action took place at the meeting held yesterday, Manager Oscar Lewis of the adverse decision of Judge Wallace in the pure-food case that was before him several days ago. That decision prace tically makes the law inoperative for a year, or until it can be modified by the next Legislature. Upon the suggestion of J. W. Kerr it was decided to hold formed the b pure- { food meeting before long, the meeting to | be composed of the members of the asso.. clation, the Board of Health and Attorney Dunne, who represented the people in the recent’ case mentioned, to Sce what, if anything, can be done in making use of the law as it stands. Considerable time was consumed In the litors, if he is given time. | some of his heaviest custom- | involved him in | 7 | time she had the will drawn. Judge Coffey denied the motion and directed the pro- ponents to introduce their testimony. THE NOTTEST DAY - OF LOCAL RECORD | It Was the Warmest for This Time of the Year Ever ‘; Known. | fThe Spell Likely to Continue, With | No | Prospect of Any Rain. ‘ The officlal records of /the Weather | | Bureau show that yesterday was the hottest day upon record for any corre- | sponding day of the same time of the | ar ever known in the city of San Fran- co, the thermometer registering at 1| o'clock yesterday afternoon §7.7 degrees. | | This was the highest point reached dur- | ing the day. Ol Sol arose early yesterday morning, | wiped his cyes, rolled up his sleeves and | let it be generally known among the less fiery satellites of the solar system that | he was out for business. He softly whistled to himself the suggestive re- frain about there being “A Hot Time in | | the O1d Town To-Night,” and immediately [ began to pay his respects to terra firma in no uncertain way. As a result there a sudden and decided rise in mer- | cury, and the stock of the North Amer- i Consolidated Thermometer Com- ed, tock a general upward D. The summer girl made a blushing debut, and the seashore shirtwaist and hat were | to be seen unon the st in all their | glory. The nien of business sweltered in | | their offices, eyed the thermometer with | boiling indignation and ki the office | | | boy busy rushing the “growler.” The pedestrians sought the shady side of the streets and exchanged hopel but sym- pathetic glances, realizing that a com- mon misery is lessened by the knowl- edge “‘that there are other: Down at the Weather Bureau the fore- caster was busy recording hot things from all over the State. At 5 o'clock in | the morning the thermometer stood at 66 | degrees, at 8 o'clock it was a half degree | cooler, and there was a general hope that the warm spell was breaking, but it proved to be only one of Sol's bluffs, for at 10 o'clock it was 76 degrees. An hour later it had climbed up another degree,' and at noon the thermometer stood at an | even 80 degrees. Then things began to | get warm in earnest, for at 1 o’clock there | ame the record-breaking $7.7 degrees. At | 20 o’clock it was $5.7 and at 3:%) o'clock | | it was 86.8 degrees. At present there are no indications of ! a “change. It may be cooler in the city | this afternoon if there is a fog. The re- | ports from all over the State indicate | the warm weather is generally prevailing, | with no rain._ There was a very light fall | of rain at Yuma yesterday,” but not | | enough to do any ‘good. The weather | here to-day will be as warm as yester- day, with the prospects of even a greater rise in the mercury. On April 14, 1888, (}mre‘ was 88 degrees registered In the city. The high northern pressure is still pre- vailing with a slight depression gathering | along "the northern half of the Pacific slope. There is no prospect for rain. ——————— RING & BAKER, 1302 Market street, sell “STANDARD" shirts. ® | after a swift glance at tnhe barrel. | and I'm a speciai internal revenue ag | the nine barre | stamps_cerutying | action | a boom in ‘‘Straight goods,” he added, with a wink | characteristic of a connoisseur. Mr. Fink smiled and affectionately patted a fat barrel with his right hand while he held the glass in his ieft. | | | Vo some fine stuff here,” e sald; | | | | | | only two days out of the United States bonded warehouse. See the stamps? | Pure from the distillery. No better goods in town.” The young man became deeply inter- | ested. “Yes, sne's stamped all right,” he said, “The whisky is all right, too,” he added, as he slowly and critically drained the glass, which had received sotc of the contents of the barrel. “But it seems to me that not 166 proot.’ | Nobody could drink whisky that| strong,” commented the saloon man. *lt has befn mixed with a little Spring Valley y the way,” inquired the young man, “have you any more of that stum? 1t's fine whisky.” ‘I have nine barrels more down in the cellar.” “Then I'll go down and see thej the stranger. My name is R. k. said Town . 1 have business with thuse barreis ve ing the Government siamp.” He showed his autnority, and was ushered into the o where he found s I Government had been taken direcuy out of bond and that the | contents were spirits of so much proof. The contents were tested in the usual way, and Special Agent Towne announced that he would s ¢ the lot of ten barri :xplained tnat Government interna tamps and marks meant what they said, and that it was a violation of law, pumshavle by connscation of the goods, for any person to dilute or other- wi tamper with the conten of the barrels while said contents remained in the barre They could be drawn otf into a demijohn or any oid receptacle and Spri d, but not_in the original packag Mr. Fink had no li- rev a re . wrrels were seized to await the | of Internal Revenue Coliector | Lynch and the authorities at Washington. Mr. Fink said yesterday he w aware that he was violating any regu tion of the Inte nue Departme that he had been in the saloon busi for only two months and was not formed as to the Federal laws regulating | his business. He had made a similar ex- planation to Mr. Lynch, and hoped that | ne would be let off with a fine instead of | being so severely punished as the con- fiscation of ten barrels of whisky would certainly do. It was the custom of the department to be lenient in ca: where the accused showed, as in this :, an absence of malicious intent. The smooth-faced young man went | ewhere, and seized barrels of whisky the score. He caught one barrel in the blishment of an old-timer a block be- low and left a trail of desolated saloon- keepers up Market strebt and into Larkin. By this time the saloon men in other parts of the city were in a state of pani the news having been carried to them o the beardless raider, and there was quite ie five and ten gallon dem john business to get. the below-proof whisky out of the original packages. But Mr. Towne changed his tactics ye: terday, and left for the Los Angeles | country, where, if rumor is to be believed, the whisky is as weak as a one-lunged cat. Mr. Lynch has submitted a report of Mr, Towne's campaign to the department in Washington, and has also transmitted the offers of compromise made by trembling and repentant victims. | All eyes are now turned on Los Angeles. | POOLROOMS MUST CLOSE. The Merchants’ Association Taking Active Steps Against the Evil. The Merchants’ Association is thor- oughly in earnest in the matter of clos- ing the pool rooms in this city, as shown by resolutions passed at a meeting of the board yesterday. At a special meeting held several days ago the manager, Mr. King, was instructed to ascertain the lo- cation of every such place and the names of the owners of the property and those who conduct that class of business. King | made his report a strong resolution, of which the following is a part, which was assed: Whereas, The existence of said pool rooms is demoralizing to the whole com- munity and is tending to corrupt the clerks and employes of the merchants and other business men of San Fran cisco, and whereas, the Merchants’ Asso- ciation has determined to close said pool rooms, if it is possible to do soj~there- fore, be it “Fesolved, That the attorney of the Merchants’ Association is directed to in- form the owners and tenants of the prem- ises used as pool rooms to close the same s such within thirty (30) days from April 15, 1898, and in the event any owner, agent or tenant declines to comply with this request, the attorney is authorized to proceed legally against them in order to carry out the intents and purposes of this association, and be it further “Resolved, That a copy of these reso- lutions be furnished to the owners, agents and tenants of said pool rooms.” Now that the matter has been placed in the hands of Attorney J. R. Freud, it is believed that the poolsellers will take the hint and cease operations without making much trouble. The owners of the property on which such business is con- ducted are not likely to throw much op- position in the way of the movement of reform if they think the association will bring them into unpleasant notoriety in the event of their neglect to comply with the merchants’ demand. The directors believe that within_a month every pool room will be closed without the neces- sity of resorting to legal measures. —_—————— A New Bank Incorporated. The Covina Valley Bank of Los An- geles County has notified the Bank Com- missioners of its incorporation. It has a capital of $25,000. This is 'the first bank to incorporate for a long time. e ‘ToCure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All drug- sts refund the % it 1t fails to cure. 25c. 'he genuine has Q. on each tablet., t; SS | in- | reading arose and read the following mo- the | O A regular séssion of the regents of the State University was held at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art yesterday. The names of the new regents, A. B. Spreck- els and James D. Phelan, were called by the secretary when the board convened in the forenoon. Shortly after the session began Mayor Phelan took his seat. The reading of the report of the finance com- mittee was temporarily suspended to give Mr. Hallidie an opportunity to in- troduce Mr. Phelan to the board. The Mayor bowed his acknowledgment and took his seat. Mr. Spreckels, who suc- ceeds C. M. Chase, did not attend the session yesterday. The regents allowed some bills for ad- vertising and other expenses in connec- tion with a foreclosure of mortgage. It appears that the university has fore- closed on improved property in the city of San Jose. The individual to whom the money was loaned was not able to pay the sum of $00,000, hence the regen closed the mortgage on his pre finan, premise ed to J. M. ses. ce committee reported that the Snyder. UKIAH'S HANDSOME STRUCTURE. The Stately New Administration Building Designed as an Annex to the Mendocino Asylum for the Insane. [OXOXOICIOJOOXOIOXOLOOXOXOYOIOI0IO) The State Board of Trustees for the control of State asylums for the insane has adopted plans and specifications for the erection of an administration building for the Mendocino Asylum at Ukiah, for which the last Legislature appropriated $60,000. The style of architecture adopted is Romanesque, of a somewhat modified form, and the material to be used in the construction of the exterior will be red pressed brick with red sandstone trimmings. The handsome structure when completed will have a general elevation of fifty-eight feet, a frontage of (CJOIOXOIO] one hundred and thirty feet and a depth of seventy-two feet, the whole being surmounted by a tower one ® hundred and twenty feet high. ® Of the three floors into which the building is divided the first will be devoted to the offices of the in- ® stitution, a reception room, room for the board of managers and a general dining room. The second floor ® is to be used exclusively for the living apartments of the physicians and their families, the third floor be- ® ing utilized as a day room and dormitory for patients. ® The plans and specifications adopted were those submitted by Cunningham Brothers of Oakland, who ® estimate the cost of construction to be $56,000. ® The members of the board are: A. W. Foster of San Francisco, Senator Seawell of Mendocino, Dr. M. & Gardner, surgeon of the Southern Pacific Company; J. C. Ruddock and J. T. White of Ukiah. ® @@@@@C’)@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@3@@@@@@@@@@@@@@g blamed if the specifications were faulty, as he did not prepare them. After some s fore- | time had been taken up in questioning the colonel, the matter was referred to the committee on buildings and grounds. J. K. Moffitt’s donation of $100, to be at 115 Sutter street had been | used in purchasing books for the library, was then taken up and Regent Slack The endowment fund of the university | offered a resolution ..anking him for the $1,941,00 son be re: Tt now two million m A big depreciation e might, how- yesterday to go into e West Martin ho w direct the hence mselves. utive s presiding reporte ents had n the s to re- ¥ the roomn st was discus gested, and hat sev- a for an inci compensation, definite action was taken on the budget. President Kellogz sprung a_surprise at the atternoon session by reading a com- munication from I” or Scnaeberie, in which he re stronomer in the Lick Observat he sa wever much the pecple of California may misconstrue the act noble itution whos 1 intr your care, 1 can’only say that afier fairly on- Eiderin y_ reetnt position as a rival didate for the directurship—made unavi throwgh Dr. Holden's resignation—m: judgment unhesitatingly decides that tiere is but one straightforward course lelt open for me to With best wishes for the future of the Uni- | tion. versity b/ in_ particular the Lick Observatory, its past director, its new di- I or nd all the stronomers who are or bhave been connected with the same, I hereby resign n position as astronomer in the Lick Ob: , the resignation to take eff on the day of expiration of my term of o a cting director of the Lick Ol 5 incerely, J. M. SCHA X Regent Denicke at the conclusion of it tion, which was unanimously adapted: I beg to move, firs the president of the university exp: to' Professor Schaeberle our high appreciation of his valuable services to nd our great reluctance to consider the resignation of one who has added so much to the reputation of our great obs it Professor Schacberle be s resignation; third, that his untir- ing efforts on behalf of the observatory are atefully acknowledged, and that in view of the fact’ that during a'service of nearly ten | years he has not applied for an extended leave of absence eclipse year, excepting when in charge of the expedition, leave of absence of ona with full pay, be offered him for rest Slack \fraid Prafessor Schaeberle 0 sensitive about this matter e may be induced to wi E ation. I hope for the good or the university that he will do so.” Chairman Phelps then read a commun- ication from acting Director Schaeberle in which he informed_the board that on Sunday morning last Mr. Perrine discov- ered another comet, breaking the record for consecutive discoveries of that na- ture by the same observatory; and, that all the comets since October, 1896, six in had been discovered at the Lick servatory by Mr. Perrine. Mr. Phelps said he was pleased to remark that it gave him great pleasure to hear this and that Mr. Perrine deserved great credit for the result of his observation. He sug- gested that the communication be spread upon the minutes, which was adopted. Professor Kellogg informed the regents that he had notified Professor Keeler of his_appointment by letter and telegram and that the latter had asked for two weeks' time to accept, as his university had offered him flattering terms to stay. He then read a formal letter of accept- ance from the well-known astronomer, in which he thanks the regents for the honor they have done him and giving as- surances that he will conduct the obser- vatory in a manner that will keep up its high Treputation, and that he leaves Al- legheny with the best wishes of every- body; also stating that his resignation as director of the Allegheny Observatory takes effect on the last day of April. and that he expects to be at Mount Hamil- ton by June 1. In concluding he sa; “In case the people of California are di posed o regard me as an outsider, T must remind them that my father was a forty- niner.” The communication was placed on_file. Professor Edwin J. James, a well- known Eastern scholar, ‘Was invited by the president of the university to deliver an address on commencement day, May 12. The invitation was accepted. The question of allowing Lieutenant Cloman permission to occupy one of the cottages on the university grounds with- out charge created some discussion, and was laid over for consideration at the special meeting ‘to be held next Tuesday. As a question has been raised as to whether & student who desires to take two degrees should make two deposits, the matter was referred to a special com- m{}tte? for lt;}:lec(slor‘;. . rofessor Sharwood asked to be allowe to take his departure early in April, stag ing in his letter that he had completed his work for that month. It was agreed that he be given his April salary in full having faithfully attended to his duties. Rabbi Voorsanger in a communication informed the board that he took pleasure in being able to present to the university 1000 volumes of Semitic literature. The works are of the rarest description, many having been printed in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The donor will be thanked for his valuable gift. Curtis H. Lindley, well known as an ex- ponent of mining jurisprudence, has been asked by Professor Willlam Carey Jones to deliver a series of mining lectures at the university, which he will do without compensation. As the plumbing in the gymnasium has caused a great deal of unfavorable com- ment, Colonel McKillican was invited be- fore the board to make a statement. In his judgment he thought a better plan could have been adopted in putting in the sewers, but as he was only there to see that the specifications were properly car- ried out by the contractor, and as he had accepted the work, he could not be thdraw | nts a setback in their | reference to an a made his usual motion | aros fon. J. | of bul did not | this will amount to n [t wis announced at the | Joseph Earls were accepted. 1 sed, as | e of | zer ark | gift, which was unanimously carried. Diring the reading of the report of the committee on grounds and buildings in litional extension of the mining laboratory, Mrs. Phebe Hearst w0 offered to defray the expense ding the additional equipment. As 1y $12,000, her offer pplause. £ T. F. Sedgwick and was received with The resignations A communication was received from Mayor Phelan, as chairman of the citi- committee on site for the Wilmerd- ing School of Industrial Training, in which he reported that ..e deed to the tract had been flled with the regents. A list of the donors accor-panied the.letter, nd on motion the contents of bo... were spread on the minutes and a suitable In his letter to the | acknowledgment will be made to the don- ors. Regent Phelan was then appointed a member of tne Wilmerding School and Tny retiring from the | library committees, in place of Regent sted to | Marye. Regent Reinstein read a communication to the board from the Alaska Commercial Company. in which they offered the uni- | versity their priceless collection of curios | | | gathered in the northern zone, and which is second oniy to the Smithsonian collec- On motion, Mr. Reinstein was di- rected to draw up resolutions thanking the company for its valuable gift. The board then adjourned, but wiil meet | on Tuesday next to consider the budget for 1898 and 1899. PREPARING FOR THE PRIMARY. Democratic Campaign Committee Se- lects Places for Enrollment. The campaign committee of the local Democracy met at its headquarters in the Baldwin Hotel last night, Major P. J. Harney in the chair. After considerable discussion it was decided to have en- rollment in each of the several Assembly districts next Thursday, Friday and Sat- urday nights. The enrollment will be held under the auspices of a committee of three men in each district, to be ap- pointed by the chairman of the general committee, with the provision that no member of the committee shall be a mem- ber of the present general committes. The names of the enrolling committees will be announced to-night by Major Har- ney. Inasmuch several of the As- sembly districts cover a large amount of territory it was deemed advisable in some instances to select more than one enroll- ing place in the districts. The following is & list of the enrolling places: Twenty-eighth—Drew's Hall, 121 New Mont- Bty minth—Howard street, between Fourth and Howard court. Thirtieth—1008 Howard street. Thirty-first—April 14, 200 Eighth street; April 15, Ninth and Minda streets; April 16, 312’ Ninth econd—April 1, 99 April 15, Bryant and Zoe streets; Kentucky and Solano streets. Thirty-third—April 11, Twenty-second and Folsom; April 15, Fourtéenth avenue and Ken- tucky street; April 16, Twenty-second and Ten- nessge_streets. Thirty-fourth—Harmony Hall, Mission street, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth, on April Bryant street; April 16, 14 and 15; Native Sons' Hall, Seventeenth street, on April 16. Thirty-fitth — Mission and Twenty-fourth streets. Thirty-sixth—April 14, Nineteenth and Cas- tro_streets; April 15, Rolando Hall, Twenty- eighth and Church streets; April 16, Sickles avenue, opposite depot at Ocean View. Thirty-seventh—April 14, Webster and Waller streets; April 15, Haight and Stanyan streets; April 18, 1922 Market street. ‘hirty-eighth—April 14, 611 McAllister street; April 15 and 16, 1502 Turk street. hirty-ninth—Saratoga Hall, 814 Geary street. Fortleth—Franklin Hall, Fillmore street, be- tween Sutter and Bush. Forty-first—April 14, Hyde and Union streets April 15, 3109 Buchanan street; April 16, Val® lejo and Polk streets. Forty-second—April 14 and 15, 310 O'Farrell street: April 16, Pacific and Leavenworth streets. Forty-third—620 Bush street. Forty-fourth—Washington-square Hall, Stock- ton and Union streets. Forty-fifth—330 Broadway. The clubs will meet on the 20th inst. at places to be hereafter designated to or- ganize by the election of a chairman and secretary. On °the following Monday night the members of the new general committee will be cted. —————— DOG-OWNERS AT WAR. Suspension of the Pacific Mastiff Club—E. J. Bull Wil: Not Judge Greyhounds. The San Francisco Kennel Club will have “a few hummers” out against it this year. The club will hold its annual bench show in May, and it expects to meet with the same flattering success that crowned its efforts last season not- withstanding the slings and arrows that are being aimed at it by some of the disgruntled kennel men. The following letter to The Call from J. P. Norman, secretary of ‘the Pacific Mastiff Club, is self-explanatory: BELMONT, April 11, 188, Editor of The Call: The néws has just been received by the directors of the Pacific Mas- tiff Club of their suspension by the American Kennel Club. ' The reason assigned for this action is the issuance of an official invitation by the club to the clubs on "~ coast to join a convention for the purpose of discussing’ the advisability of prompt secession from the American Kennel Club. Of course this overt act of rebellion was not to be tolerated by the powers that be, but the suspension must of necessity fall to the ground in view of the ing by the Pacific Ma:-:iff Club of the oftending resolution on Saturday last, as pub- lished exclusively in The Call on Sunday. In this connection, it will be of Interest to the preamble print and resolutions, whereby the resolution In favor of secession was re- | developed will be strong enough td hurt the scinded, viz.: ‘‘Whereas, this club has re- | show. Last. year one of the most influential ceived from the ‘secretary of the American | clubs on [ t absolutely boycotted the Kennel Club the assurance that the Pacific | show, vet the number of dogs fancied by this Mastift Club letters were duly communicated | same y club, exhibited by outside own- to the rules committee of the American Ken- | ers, the number shown when the rel Club, and as — are now informed, were show w d by the club, and so it will thereby treated In the manner customary With | be thi i E such letters; and whereas, this club was mis- | cisco Clul led by the omission from the Kennel Ga- | W. D zette's official report of any mention of such : known gentl reference to the rules committee; and whereas, | a judge well n the world this club regrets that its letters were not read | over. The che of such by such men in open meeting, in support of Captain C. B. | should of itself be s iclent guarantee of the Knocker's re: tion, notwithstanding that the | jude bility nd integrity. Fran- same were in the pe n of the rules com- cisco Bench Show will be , all the mittee, yet In view of the explanation. ten- | greater for the pe and spiteful opp fon to dered by the secretary of the Ameri it. Yours truly, J. P. NORMAN. nel Club, be it resolved that the Ps tiff Club accept tne explanation of Mr. A. F B. J. Bull, the popular coursing judge Vredenbergh, the secretary of the Amer of Union Coursing Park, has positively Kennel Club, and heret ind_the ry - | informed The ( t he cannot accept tion referring to the Americap Kennel Club, | the invitation to judge grevhounds at the passed at the monthly meeting held The opposition to the San Francisco Bench show by one of the local fox terrier men is but a futile repetition in another form of last ar’s attempted obstruction. There is no doubt | h 10.”° | San said T I Tthough judge coursing to the sat h he mso Show Mr. Bull be able to action of the ¥ prove a rank of grey- t ns of the led h, he m ilure so far as the jud that the malcontent ill have the support of ] ng those breeders who ara never satisfien uniess | hounds on the bench is concerned. The they have the control of ‘everything in sient | San Francisco Kennel Club must select but there is no prospect that the Oppflflll!fln; some other person to judge greyhounds. ADVERTISEMENTS. + B+84E4 BB+ R4 R4 R+ E+E+ ] + n 4 + + m + a [ ] + -3 + L] -] + -] = + + ] + -] o+ a + 5 a + a + ] + + ;] + a + ] + H + ] + H -+ a i Your money back if your purchase doesn’t suit, and everything kept in repair one year free. SN.W00DsCo 718 MARKET ST., S.F.