The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 13, 1898, Page 12

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, ¥RIDAY, MAY 13, 1898. MORE MONEY HOSE unfortunates left fatherless or husbandless who know mnot the comforts of life will soon be pro- vided with a cheerful home. The tide of prosperity still flows on at the Mechanics’ Festival, and each day and night sees thousands of friends of the poor congregated within the walls of the festal hall Last evening the largest crowd that has visited the fete was present and an excellent pro- gramme was rendered. The booths that are now attracting the most attention are those of Ivy Chapter, California Commandery No. 1 and the Postoffice. California Com- mandery's contains a handsomely dec- orated refreshment parlor and a gay little theater. The booth is in charge of Mrs. Logan, Mrs. Dorn and Mrs. Batkin, and in an energetic way they are piling up the coin for the home fund. The Postoffice is one of the most handsome booths in the Pavilion. Ladies robed in white, bearing white doves on their heads, go forth from this booth and reap a harvest of coin that will go far toward comforting the poor. The booth is a true representation of a | postoffice. A street lamp and mail box are the most prominent features in the | foreground, and behind this is the| office. A train of cars apparently run- | ning at full speed and a ship in the dis- tance plowing the seas complete a handsome picture. A handsome organ presented by Kohler & Chase is the attraction at Ivy Chapter. All of the ladles are anxious to obtain the organ, and a rushing business in raffle tickets is in consequence being done. King Solomon’s booth is also one of | the most popular spots in the pavilion. | There the wheels of fortune turn mer- rily away on their mission of mercy, each turn bringing in its gold, and on the east side many attractions are clustered which will be raffled at the close of the fair. Among the most strik- ing is a hat valued at $50, which was placed at the disposal of the manage- ment of the festival by Mrs. Alma Keith. The hat takes the eye of the la- dies and is bringing in its full share of | the fund. The programme rendered yesterda ! tracted the audience; Some Workers in the Cause and Orphan. afternoon and evening was exception- ally good. The music and dancing at- but the feature fi MASONS COFFERS. of the Widow of the evening was a chorus of 100 male voices, assisted by the audience. When the chorus was concluded the audience | manifested .its appreciation of the effort of the 100 male singers, assisted by itself, with a storm of applause. Following is to-day's programme: AFTERNOON. Overture, ‘‘Zamj .Herold “*Darkies’ Patro] _Lansing Selection, “‘Luct; Donnizett = ~Songs of S« Selection, “Wizard of t! March, ‘“/Golden Jubilee", edicated to Past G Jacob H. Neff. EVENING. Bennett's Band. George Director. Overture, o Exhibition drill by t Commandery No. 1, Knights Templar. R. P. Hurlbut commanding. “Songs’” . . Cappo By Address, ““Our FI y Hon. W. H. Cornet duet, “'Rally Round the Stephen Foster. L. Barn Howard Sraribat loward and Ed Hurlbut. il By the Ladies' California Drill Y Patriotic dri| O T e e L s s e R e R el SRS S RSN NN N NN SRR NN R RN NN URRRRRERRRUNURNRRE OUR GIGANTIC CONSOLIDATION SALE BEGINS SATURDAY, MAY 14, Entire Los Angeles Stock Shipped Here for Clearance AS PER THE FOLLOWING LETTER: Corps. Waltz, ““Wizard of the Nile' Herbert A Kansas Two-Step'..... Pryor 01N 4. OBRIEN Gems from the ‘"Writings of Godfrey | “California Commandery March' Bennett National anthem, ‘*America’" Chorus’ by the Audience. —_————————— THE IROQUOIS HONORED. ShaE v The Name of the Patrol-Boat Fearless - Changed at the Request of the Club. The name of the tug Fearless, that was purchased by the Navy Department a few weeks ago to be converted into a patrol-boat, has been changed to Iroquofs. | The change was made at the request of the Iroquois Club, and in acknowledg- ment of the honor given that organiza- tion the members of the club propose to | present the vessel with a silver service. The managers of the Tivoli Opera House have volunteered to give a benefit per- formance to assist in raising funds for that purpose on Monday evening next. The opera on the boards for that even- ing is “Ship Ahoy.” Many new features wfil be introduced into the play, and among them will be a naval battle scene between American and Spanish vessels. —_———————— Last of the Lane Lectures. Dr.Albert Abrams will deliver the last of the Lane lectures for the year this even- ing at Cooper Medlical College. ‘“‘What the | X Ray Has Done for Medicine in the Past | Year” will be his subject. The lecture | will be illustrated. 0T JURORS OW, BIT ANGRY ME) Judge Belcher Issues| a Terse Order of Dismissal. Consigns the Members of| the Grand Jury to Pri- vate Life. an They . Hold Indignation Meeting in Their Old Rooms. CHARGES AGAINST DUNNE. Barnes and His Assistant Accused of Impeding the School Investigation. The Grand Jury, of which the public had been led to expect so much, no longer exists. In response to the citation issued by Superior Judge Belcher, the members as- sembled in his courtroom at 2:30 o’clock | yesterday afternoon, and Judge Belcher asked Foreman Gerberding if he had any report to make. Upon the latter reply- ing that he had none, the Judge read the following terse order of dismissal: In the Superior Court of the State of Call- fornia, in and for the City and County of San Francisco—In re Grand Jury Gentlemen of the Grand Jury: The law re- quires that two Grand Juries be impaneled In a y in each year, and the rule of the court is to impanel the first Grand Jury of the year at about.this time and the second Grand Jury some time in the latter part of the year, according to exigencies. You were im- | paneled in the month of December, 1897, and the time has now arrived to draw and impanel a new Grand Jury. For these reasons, and for other reasons actory to the court, you are now discharged without day. BELCHER, Presiding Judge. A, May 12, As soon as the Judge had concluded, James O'Brien, a member of the late Grand Jury, arose: “If your Honor please,” be began, but got no further, for the Judge Interrupted sharply: “I do not care to hear anything from you, sir.” That ended the court proceedings. The members flled out and went to their old rooms, where they held an indignation meeting, at which Judge Belcher, Dis- trict Attorney Barnes and his assistant, Joseph Dunne, came in for a round of abuse. O'Brien was accorded the privi- lege of first addressing his associat O'Brien was chairman of the Harbor In- vestigating Committee, and he took oc- casion to say that the ferry depot scan- dal had never been placed before him for investigation. He wanted to ask Judge Belcher if certaln statements at- tributed to him in an evening paper were true, but the Judge had seen fit to de- cline to listen to him. O'Brien denfed the assertions and was backed up by his as- sociates. A. B. Truman made a hot speech, dis- tributing his attention equally between Judge Belcher, District Attorney Barnes and stant’ Dunne. He said Barnes and even the Judge had failed to furnish certain information the Grand Jury asked for, and the District Attorney “‘was rep- resented by a drunkard.” Witnesses had been frightened by misrepresentations and had been given to understand that they would not be protected. Every time the school case had been taken up some trivial affair had been crowded in to block the {nvestigation. “We know that influence brought to bear on every member of this body to stop this investigation,” he said. “Why is it we could not carry it on? Be- cause we were discouraged by the obsta- cles placed in our way by the District At- office, which tried to prevent it by every means. The member of this Grand Jury was called a blackguard by a politician of this town, and It was Judge Belcher's duty to punish the of- fender, but he failed to do so. We de- layed action on the ferry scandal in order to have Barnes assist us personally, but he refused to do so. John Daly sald: ‘““The members of this Grand Jury have worked hard and ear- ‘nesllg;, but they were handicapped, first, by the foreman, who was anxious not t0 serve and always In a_hurry to get away, and, second, by the District Attor- ney's office. Barnes has disappointed us regea.!edl}', while the Board orEd\mn- tion has had 'an attorney present at our has been went to Judge Belcher and sald: ‘The boys are in a hole and we must get them out. The push is up against it hard. Dunne has not been honest and never will be. I don’'t know how honest Beicher has been in this matter. “During the investigation into _the school scandal a gentleman—as good as any in San Francisco—came to me and asked what we W ing to do Inspectors O'Brien and Swift. I told him I did not know, but it would probably go pretty hard with them both. Then this man said: ‘Don't be too hard on O'Brien. He is a good fellow and under instructions. He ha has to do as ‘e 1S told to hold his posi- tion.’ I replied that the best O'Brien to save himself would be to go before the Grand Jury and tell everything W & S he knew, giving the names of the guilty parties Wnd everything else in connection with the aff “O’'Brien nd agreed with me, and id he would e O'Brien to do as I sugge: believe O'Brien would have come forward with a full confession had we been allowed to go on.” Speeches In a similar vein were made Messrs. Warfleld, Minnie, Bauer, ear and others, after 2 broke up. Last evening H. A. Hedger, a member | of the deposed Grand Jury'aid chairman of the Street Department Committee, gave the result of his investigation into the affairs of that office. With the aid of an expert he had gone over the work of reconstructing the lé-inch iron-stone pipe sewer in Baker street, from Fran- cisco to the bay, a distance of five biocks, The work was begun last January and completed in April. The material used cost $336 16 and the labor $4181, not includ- ing the wages of an expert for four months at $4 a day. The sewer cost the city $ a foot, which would have been suf- ficient to build a brick sewer 3x5 feet, complete. What puzzled Mr. Hedger most was the large number of brickiayers and hod- carriers employed in constructing a pipe sewer. For i bruary the pay- , four and five brick- ! i a total of forty-eight days at $ a day, and about the same number of hodcarriers at 3 a day were on the roll. Many other jobs of a similar nature were investigafed, and Mr, Hedger was preparing a report to the full jury when it was dismissed. i Sy sy LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX. Grand Italian Opera Sung by the Ziliani Musical Society. The Bush Street Theater waked from its long slumber last night to listen to Doni- zettl’s “Linda di Chamounix.” The the- ater was filled with people fond of Itallan opera and proud of the Ziliani Musical So- clety. There were flowers for the favor- ites and liberal rounds of applause. Mrs. Evelyn Winant Dickey, who played the title role, has a very true, sweet soprano. Miss Lilllan Wilson's voice is unusually full and strong, and musical, and she sang the famous contralto role charmingly. Alfred Borlini has ability as an actor. His Antonio was particular- ly_pleasing. The celebrated soprano aria in the first act, the duet between Antonio and the prefect, and the prayer finale were among the best numbers of the opera. The chorus of fifty voices is well trained and effective, and s unique among operatic choruses for its fresh, pretty faces and unhackneyed Interest in and enthusiasm for things musical and histrionic. There is good material in Professor Ziliani’s soclety, which does credit to his train- ng. There are some members of the “Linda di Chamounix” cast who are al- most strong enough artistically to quit the amateur's chrysalis, Persistent study and serious devotion to music would transform these, in _time, into free- winged, professional butterflies. — e SHORT ON GRAIN BAGS. Limited Demn;:d at San Quentin by the Farmers. James H. Wilkins, of the State Board of Prison Directors, has made some in- teresting calculations regarding the loss to California by reason of the present dry season. Speaking on' this topic yes- terday he remarked: *“At this season of the vear in ordinary times orders are lodged at the San Quentin jute mills for 35,000,000 grain bags, but the orders re- celved up to the present do not call for more than 3,000,000 bags. This shows a falling off of 32,000,000 bags. Calculating that each sack holds grain to the value of $2, it may be figured readily that is a prospective decline gmounting to $64,000,- 000 fn wheat alone.” Mr. Wilkins figures ~that there are losses in other than the wheat crop, and mentions a falling off in the orchard products, in live stock and in other lines of farm industry. The product of the mines will fall below the mormal output in consequence of the scant supply of water. —_—————— BONDSMEN MUST PAY. Judgment by De‘f‘a;urltr Against the Sureties on the Bonds of Coun- terfeiter Curverson. United States Distriet Judge de Haven vesterday ordered judgment by default in the case of the United States vs. W. A. Dawes, A. W. Robinson and A. W. Cur- verson for $2500, being the bonds on which Curverson was released from custody after his indictment by the United States Grand Jury for passing counterfeit half dollars in Eureka, Humboldt County. An execution will be levied at once on the property of the bondsmen. is 18 the case in which the bondsmen filed a demurrer, alleging that Alexander Canbell Jr., an ntmrne’y. had by means of false representations induced them to meetlngrs) from start to finish in the per- :on of m’mfle.I iéle protflcted them In ev- way an ame Dunne more than era Belcher. I have reason to believe he go on Curverson's bonds, he being a stranger to them. The demurrer was g;rerruled and they will be called upon pay. FACATIONS ARE NOT T0 1S LIKING Huntington a Believer in Continuous Labor. He Tells of the Cost of “Explaining” to Leg- islators. Reasons for Charging Vast Sums to the Contingent Fund. HOW TO REACH THE TIMID A Profitable Deal in Fuel That Was Not in Accordancs With Law. C. P. Huntington is a firm bellever in the efficiency of long and continued la- bor. He thinks vacations are the in- ventions of lazy men, and should have no place in the lives of men of affairs. While waiting for the beginning of his examination before Commissioner Heacock yesterday Uncle Collis was moved to refer to the subject of vaca- tions. He delivered himself in this wise: “‘One of our men came into my office to-day and asked for a vacation. He sald he had been working steadily for seven years and had not had so much as two weeks’ vacation during that pe- riod. I told him I had been hard at work for sixty-three years and had never had a fortnight’s vacation dur- ing that time. I could not see that he had any cause for complaint.” ‘What the other man thought is not of record. During the afternoon Judge Hayne secured some valuable information from the witness regarding the manner in which great corporations influence legislative bodies, the cost of this deli- cate work being charged to contingent expenses. Other matters having par- ‘ticular reference to the manner in which the affairs of the Central Pa- cific Railroad Company have been con- ducted at the expense of the public and the great profit of the witness and his associates were touched upon, but Huntington's faulty memory prevented him from going into detalls. “Is it not a fact,” asked Judge Hayne, “that in the original contract between the Central Pacific Railroad and Wells, Fargo & Co.’s Express Company there was a clause in which the railroad agreed not to engage in the express business and not to employ any other express company for a period of ten years?” “I believe there was some such agree- ment. We promised to protect them against other companies engaged in the same line of business whenever we could do so legally. We never under- took to do anything illegal.” Judge Hayne then attempted to get some information regarding the finances of the Contract and Finance Company. “The late Senator Stanford testified before the Pacific Rallroad Commission that at the time of the completion of the Central Pacific Rallroad tke Con- tract and Finance Company owed se' eral millions of dollars. Is that true “That is very indefinite. It is my im- pression that the company owed some- thing more than seven million. I am not sure about the amount, but that is my impression. 1 kept the memoran- dum in my hat, and the exact flgures have slipped my mind now.” “I suppose the books of the Contract and Finance Company would have con- tained the information if thev had not been destroyed, would they not?"” *Possibly they would. I am not sure as to that. As to the books be- ing destroyed, I know nothing about that. I never saw them. The nearest I ever came to seeing them was several years after the business of the company had been closed. We wanted to clear out the room where the books were kept and Hopkins suggested that the easiest method of getting rid of the books would be to burn them. But 1 do not know whether his suggestion | was carried into effect. As far as I am | concerned I wish they were still in ex-| istence. I should like to see them and | I should like for you to have a look at | them.” | “Don’t you think those books are still | in existence?” “I don't know, I'm sure. If they are, I have been unable to locate them. I| wish I were sure about it.” Huntington admitted that the Con- | tract and Finance Company recelved for the work of building the Central | Pacific all of the Government subsidy | and all of the bonds and stock of the road, and at the time of the comple- tion of the work the road owed thecon- | struction company somethingmore than $6,000,000. The latter debt was liqui- dated, he said, by the issuance to the construction company of bonds on the land grant to the amount of $7,000,000. He also said that the work of building the road was hurried to completion be- cause of a desire to accommodate the people of California and secure a great- er volume of trade for San Francisco, and not for the purpose of getting | hands on as much of the Government | subsidy as possible. | “Does the Rocky Mountain Coal Com- | pany supply the Central Pacific Southern Pacific roads with coal?” “It supplies the Central Pacific and | occasionally the Southern Pacific.” | “What s your connection with the | coal company?”’ “I am one of the stockholders in the company.” “You are also a director of the Cen- | tral Pacific road and president of the | Southern Pacific, are you not?" “Then how do you reconcile your acts with that section of the constitution of the State of California which says ‘No president, director, officer, agent or i employe of any raiflroad or canal com- pany shall be interested, directly or in- directly, in the furnishing of material or supplies to such company’ "’? ‘“Well, that don't seem to be very definite, and I never pald much atten- tion to it. At any rate, I did sell fuel to the roads, and {f there was anything to be made out of it I made it.” Huntington related at some length how it was necessary to spend consid- erable sums of money each year in or- der to properly “explain” things to members of legislative bodies. He said | it was frequently necesary to hire the | constituents of Congressmen and Sen- ators to do such “explaining,” because it was Impossible for strangers to ap- proach sufficiently near to allow of con- fidential intercourse, Y “Some men,” he said, “are very care- ful of their reputations, and that is per- {ecgly right. It may be that their repu- tations are somewhat tender and wil nct stand much bruising. A great deal of money used to be paid out here for this purpose, but I put a stop to that some years ago,’” This admission regarding the use of m(m‘:?' in San Prancisco and California aftorded an excellent opportunity for a line of examination that would be pro- ductive of some information_of real local interest. Had he heen asked to tell, the witness would no doubt have given the inside history of how thousands of dollars of hush money had been transferred from the treasury of the rallroad company to the coffers of a certain San Franclsco newspaper that makes a specialty of pa- rading its virtues before the eyes of fh. rubllc. The witness would also have re- nred{ no doubt, how this same newspaper had for years levied blackmail on the cor- poration. It is quite possible that some information might have been gained re- garding the sums that have in the past been expended in corrupting courts and the State Legislature. But §udge Hayne allowed the opportunity to pass, whether | intentionally or otherwise did not appear, At any rate the opportunity was one of a hundred similar ones that iave come up during the present examination without, apparently attracting the attention of the able gentlemen who are conducting the inquiry. The examination will be continued to-day. LOVE'S DREAM SHATTERED. Mrs. G. E. Hubbard Wants J. E. Tib- betts Arrested for Embezzlement. A warrant was {ssued yesterday by g“ldtge L;‘)w for the arrest of J. E. Tib- etts, a horseman who has been living at the Baldwin Hotel, on a charge of felony er%l;‘uzlemelln. ¢ complaining witness is Mrs. G. E. Hubbard, fifl Market street. She alleges that she fell in love with Tibbetts and on or about May 2 gave him some money and her diamond ring, valued at $200, and 1d watch, valued at $100, for safe keep- ng. She now alleges that Tibbetts has arproprlated the money and articles to his own use and intends to leave the city. —_—— Sutro Receives His Commission. Charles W. Sutro was awarded judg- ment for $1598 against Easton, Eldridge & Co. yesterday by a jury in Judge Hunt's court. Sutro claimed the money was due him as commission for selling the Mont- gomery block property. The suit was twice tried Before, and the juries were unable to agree on'a verdict. S IV 0 - R TTRY Left a Valuable Estate. Margaret V. Loughran has applied for letters of administration on a $10,000 estate left by her husband, Thomas ghran, who dled on the 5th inst. s Try our §1 Eyeglasses. 710 Market & 11 Geary. £ =2 LR EER LR e 3 8 8 £ 8 2 8 £ 3 $ £ 8 8 8 8 8 £ 8 e 4 8 8 £ k4 8 8 8 8 8 B 8 8 8 8 8 8 s 8 e e & 8 3 8 8 i 8 o E Ed * 4 154 o 8 & e 18 e s 8 8 53 e 4 Fd e 8 o e 4 [ g & 2 ROTHECHILD BUILDING s romans avarey wew vous Cnsuine we 10 s # I oo 2l % Ponctlor § %o/,&&t%&dfx—w :j%é/m v é"@&ofl/ z@/eflwg J. J. OBrien & Co. IMPORTERS OF -—-DRY GOODS— NOTIONS AND FANCY GOCDS | 203-207 W. SPPING BT. Los Argetes, Cal ;ZWWMW fi/m/%w : = mt’é’ffifflm A = s 4 s BOIE ol i it -l acievw s g o i g e Vs g8 ERERR R R R A A R L SAMES O'BRIEN - MURPHY BUILDING . Lr ik 7 ’ NNRUN URUUUNVRU{IQIIUVLVIWLLINRRINVIVRLYII LUQQIVVQLLS &8 < 8 8 $ >3 51 Vs IMMENSE SHIPMENTS of the above goods are daily arriving and will be ready for sale Saturday morning at CUTS IN PRICES that make them J THE BIGGEST BARCAINS EVER OFFERED | Don’t Miss This (ireat Sale. Market, Jones and McAllister Sts., San Francisco. STORE OPEN UNTIL 10 0'CLOCK - SATURDAY EVENING. R R R R R R R R R L ] RN RS E S RN R R R R N R N R R N RN R R RN NN BR NS RED MEN AR 10 CELEBRATE Wi ill Turn Out in the Fourth of July Parade One Thou- sand Strong. To Honor the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Founding of the Order. The Improved Order of Red Men of San Francisco and Alameda and their aux- {liary, the ladies’ branch, known as the Daughters of Pocahontas, are making ar- rangements for a grand celebration on the Fourth of July in bonor of this being the jubilee year of the order, it having been in existence fifty years. A short time since, at the instance of Montezuma Tribe No. 77 of this city, a call was issued for a convention of dele- gates from the tribes and councils of this city and those of Alameda County for the purpose of making arrangements for the celebration, and there was a good attendance at the meeting. A number of committees, each to perform certain functions in order to bring about the general result, were appointed, the fol- lowing named composing the general committee: C. F.Burgman, Mrs. Annie E. Bishop, H. T. Hutt, W. J. Robinson, At a subsequent meeting it was decided that the celebration should be a division of the Fourth of July parade and to be composed entirely of memuers.of the or- der. From present indications, based on promises made in tribes and councils, it is expected that the division will have in it 1000 Red Men. There will be floats on which will be presented historical scenes of the history of the North Amer- | Frederick Brandt. costumes, representing warrfors and chiefs, and in addition the members of the order will parade wearing the attrac- tive regalia. he members of the coun- cfls will not only add to the attractiveness of the parade by their presence, but they will make a grand-display at the ball to gle 1?1\'en in the evening in Native Sons’ al sachem of the reservation of California, has invited Robert T. Daniel of Griffin, Ga., the great incohonee of the order, to visit California in time to take part in the celebration. —_——— BOAT SIGHTED BOTTOM TUP. Bark S. C. Allen Sees a Derelict Thirty-six Miles West of Point Reyes. The bark S. C. Allen, which arrived at this port yesterday sugar laden from Honolulu, reports sighting a boat bottom up about thirty-six miles west of Point Reyes. It was 2 o’clock Thursday morn- ing when the lookout discerned the boat drifting close to the bark. As near as he could make out the derelict was be- tween twenty and thirty feet long, about eight feet beam and was painted either black or brown. The description fits one of the many fishing smacks that ply their trade in these waters, and although the fishermen have not as yet reported any of their number as missing it is highly Frobable that another accident has befallen one or more of them and the poor unfortu- nates have gone the way of many of ‘their companions. No further information was obtainable from the Allen, as she kept her course and the upturned hoat passed on and finally disappeared from view. ———————— Benefits of Being a Pauper. Lee Wong, a Chinese convicted a few days ago of selling a box of unstamped cigars, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge de Haven. Malvern M. Foote made a plea for mercy on behalf of the Mongol, who, be said, ‘Wwas a poor man without money to pay his counsel, and who was ignorant of the ican Indians. There will be a company of about one hundred members in Indian complicated system of American internal I'we‘l‘ma ll.w;y The court remarked that there was no minimum punishment in such cases. The statute prescribed a maximum penalty only, a fine of $50 or imprisonment until paid. This sentence would make of the prisoner an inmate of the City Prison for life were it not that the law allows a defendant in such cases to take the oath of a pauper, which will set him at liberty after thirty days’ im- F. A. Whipple of Fort Bragg, the great | Prisonment. ADVERTISEMENTS. 'EUROPE HAS TROUBLES ENOUGH OF HER OWN, washing her soiled linen, without in- terfering in our 1ittle scrap. You will find you have troubles enough of your own, too, if you take yoursoiledlinen toa poor laundry. Be on the safe side and bring it here, where we take special pains to render it beautiful in color and perfect in finish. United States Laundry Office, 1004 Market street. Telephone South 420,