The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 5, 1898, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 1898. MEN WHO ARE FIT FOR THE ARMY {villans Do Shine in the Recruil- ing Office. They All Want to Go, but a Rule’s a Rule. in the Armuy. Not Always 7, |4 [ * %X R HEFRFEEXFRA R R ARERRR L FXF R R R RL R XXX LR RRHRFRERERHRE A RS E R %N WHAT IS TO BE SEEN BEHIND THE SCREEN AT THE RECRUITING OFFICE. HRARFERBE R R R RN LR R RRRERXE R XL XL AL FERRETRERRRERNRHRFERSRR * BY ALICE RIX. * * * * * the sere of the army limit, passed in at the door-high with hope and passed out ngain leaving hope behind, for a rule’s a rule in the army. Some. of them took their warning first from the private at the door, and each the civilian’s awkwardness under review and that air of conscious guilt which marks man under examination for good | or evil, for murder, lire insurance, jury | duty or the army. Woman misses this | sense of shame, whatever it springs SCOTS PREPARING FOR A GRAND CELEBRATION THERE WILL BE A RALLYING OF CLANS AT SHELL MOUND. Merry Games for the Jovial and the Soothing Music of Highland Pipes for the Nervous and Weary. For some time past the members of the games committee of the Scottish Thistle Club have been busy perfecting arrange- ments for the sixteenth grand annual gathering and games, which will take place at Shell Mound Park, on Monday, July” 4. On Thursday evening last the committee met and received reports from the various sub-committees. were ordered to be sent to officials in both city and societies situated In this city d kindred societies erior, besides to all parties who had favored the club in the past. It was also decided that all soldiers so- journing in San Francisco, as well as all persons appearing in highland costume, would be admitted to the park free of charge, 4 band and a corps of Highland and y in the | Irish pipers were engaged to furnish the music for the occasion prizes, it was decided, should be up T 0 th It - standard of last year, and cash will | be paid to the suc 1 etitors in | all the events exc art for | amateurs, who will & arded elegant | and costly gold and silver meda | The following clansmen were appointed | on the reception committee, to assist | Chieftain Andrew Ross in entertaining | the club’s guests: Hugh Fr: der Nicholson, James Niven, Alex: Sharp, P. A, F.'K Hylanin Dun James R. Watson, icolm McLe John Smith, John 'Braid, David You W. D. Chalmers, A. Carlis] lock, Alexander 'Cleland, Neil Thomas _Christie, Robert Poll frey Dawson and Richard F. Peter Riddle was selected ger and Alexander Young | As official starter, John Don: | chosen. an, ng, David Pol- Campbell, ock, God: Wilson. | —————— PREPARING THE IRISH FAIR. Work on Famous Buildings and Pretty Booths for the Exhibi- tion Now Under Way. The executive committee of the Celtic Union having charge of the proposed Irish failr, which is to be heid in Me- chanics’ Pavillon in August, is greatly encouraged at the willingness of mer- chants and manufacturers to exhibit on the occasion. Among the firms who have taken space are: Messrs. Tillmann & Ben- del, Spohn-Patrick Company, Aunt Je- from, and looks the better for it. “Where's your character?” asked the leutenant of a man standing miserably | on one foot. The foot came down as the rest of the man straightened up. “T don't know,” he answered, smiling | foolishly. | “Your certificate of character,”” ex- plained the lieutenant. “Didn’t you bring one? You've got to have a character, you | | know.” The smile went out suddenly. “I don’t know,” said the volunteer, ‘“‘where I could get a character. I'm a stranger here. Couldn’t you take me on trial?"” The officer shook his head and passed It'Is Hard to Refuse the Pat- riotic and Spirited Youngsters. No More Drummer Boys Are Taken Nowadaus by | Uncle Sam. | on. The volunteer plucked his sleeve The man wi the chest of a general timidly. walked thoughifully | “Perhaps vou could advise me where to The hardest ones to turn off, | Bet one?"” he sald. “I'd like to go to the handsome corporal, “are the youngsters. front.” Th is They want to | The corporal followed his superior officer | fight, I think they'd make good {In the march. Both eved the men closely | fighters, too. And I tell you they're dis- |as they asked preliminary questions. ' appointed when they ean't go.” Sometimes, even when these were an- “Do you want a drummer?’ sald & swered glibly enough, a man was left i at his | standing against the wall. There was The corp his something else for which | military eye was looking. Away went the chosen few, two and | three at a time, in the wake of the army 1P | men, to be tested from top to toe for the service of their country. the practice irummer?” said the corporai. quize “What would we want a drums: From behind the tall screen came to drum,” answered the boy. | strange, inarticulate, monotonous cries, laughed outright. sometimes followed by sharper re- he said. “I suppose wex | torts — the calls of the ear test given by the officer from the farthest cor- drawing a deem ner of the apartment and answered by the | man under examination as he happened | |to hear _them or not—the un-| red, put his hand holy sound of fingers drubbing against ’ the corporal on the boy's shoulder and turned him around slowly, flesh, the quick expostulation of men | “I meant we'd want a drummer to dram indignant at the accusation of ill-|if we wanted a drummer at all. Do you health, the swishing about of garments, 2 the clattering of footwear on the boarded said the boy, quickly. I can he hesitated and , inde: en’t a doubt of it, my boy, but >t is there are no more drummers in floor, a rustle and a step at the corner he colored—rtvery of the screen, and the man who went in | to his examination in the pleasant fears| ‘I | of uncertainty comes out a soldier or not a soldier, according to his physical army. The Twenty-third Regiment, desarts. i the last drummer boy our history Many were accepted yesterday and | will ever hear of. It's the bugle now, you know The boy stood staring at him. The eager light faded slowly out of his eves. It was a pity to see it go. The corporal gave his shoulder a little shake. “Go home and learn the bugle, lad,” he sald kindly. many more were turned aw: no critic, it seems, like his Government. Eyes that are good enough to see friends with will not do to sight a foe, ears that are attuned to the pipes of peace are not keen enough for the trumpets of war, hands that may gulde the plow or the pen | Sald are not fitted to the sword, and legs that | ‘Thank you, s have loitered easlly enough along the | Keeping his lips vays of peace cannot march to war—to | ST ne nmhlpng of other troubles which a| At the door two old people walted for: = | o come out. The man Stood Wi g Tt go. fdltierioe, ap WOk be | B Ot tacies e vers b soldlering, to discover that he owns | and courage both in his face, and his son— “Chest?” repeated one of the indignant | vou could see that he was their son— refected to a crowd of sympathizers. | favored him but he had his mother's “Look at that for an expansion! I'll bet She stood close to her husband and i eotil take i B ta ot 4 cape her hands were clasped “That's all right,” said a fellow-suf- sir,” answered the stead, boy, “Thank you, € tight together. nor courage on her face There was neither pride only a terrible, ferer. “They turned me off on one of | joving a The father spoke first. my legs.” He regarded them fondly. “It| ‘“‘Well he sald, Hare you golng? s a good enough leg for the artil-| Theb ed straight up at him. “No, sl S father, caid_quietly. “They don’t lery. ; L W » v b want drummers in the army. Wntdo you el by thial His mother caught at his hand with a “Why?" explained the rejected leg. “T| itia quick c Hartur et e passed in the -artillery last week. I only | then, and face. came down to this shop because I heard | “I'm sorry, dear,” she said, “for your the Eighteenth was going first.”” | sake.” Pancake Company, H. 8. Crocker . Morgan & Co., Pim Brothers, Rich- California_Art Glass Co. and other wel mima O known corpor During the coming week twenty work- men, under the direction of C. D. Robin- son, the well-known painter of California enes, and W. M. Campbell n_artist in the structure adjoining the which has been rented for that All the interior decorations of r will be prepared there, so as to ¢ for the opening on August 20, will be a “‘Blarney Casllf’,"fi “Tara Limerick race scene, “Rocky Road Lakes of Killarney, Irish Parliament, Sir Waliter Ra- tation and other structures booths, which will cost over Ty Hall,’ | to Dublin,” Houses of leigh’s 1 and prett £3000. A committee wil 1 be appointed to.collect orical_reli 1d paintings of an Irish tur So many collectors have sig- nified their willingness to exhibit thej collections, and it is expected that it will be one of the finest loan exhibitions ever arranged in this city. At the meeting of the Celtic Union last Thursday evening the resignation of Colonel Barry was accepted, as he will leave with his regiment for Manila within a short time. Jeremiah Deasy was elect- ed to fill the vacancy. He has proved one of the best workers in the undertaking and will devote further time and energy to the project. e ———————— Rublu: holidays in Hono- er city in the world. hi There are more lylu than any otl architect, will build booths and paint | PREDICTED NORTHER ! |THE SECOND DAY OF THE| WARM WAVE A SCORCHER. | Forecaster Hammon Says It Will Be | Cooler To-day in This City. Citizens Will Rejoice. The norther which was predicted for vesterday was a mild one, but neverthe- | less It was an uncomfortably hot day. The heat was more exhausting than is usually the case, as there was 34 per cent of moisture in the atmosphere. At about 2 o'clock the highest temperature of the day was recorded by the thermometer, which showed about 88 degrees. Forecaster Hammon says that it will be cooler in this city this afternoon, but in the interfor it will be warmer than it | was here yesterday. In his general fore- | cast he says Sunday will be fair with fresh northerly, shifting to westerl winds on the coast. He does not B.ntk‘?: pate that any damage to the ecrops or fruit will result from the warm wave. Rain has fallen throughout the region between the Rocky Mountains and the Missouri River. It i8 more than likely v Ve his that this warm spell will be fnllnv\f’,d t evening by a heavy fog,as sut'!) is gene- rally the case after three days of ex- tremely hot weather. — e—— Mrs. Meinan Succumbs. Mrs. Freda Meinan, of 217 Minna street, died in the German Hospital l;‘f Carb(;llc i oisoning last night. On the evening fig‘g[;‘;’y 26 shf was playing cards with her husband and sister-in-iaw, when she arose from the table and taking a bolfle'of carbolic acld from the closet, swallowed a portion of the contents. The only ex- planation her friends can give is that she raised the bottle to her lips in jest, thll}k- ing it was corked. It was open, however, and she had taken the deadly drug be- fore she was fully aware of what she was doing. e Injured While on Duty. The Board of Fire Commissioners re-| uested the Supervisors to award Daniel gl. Sewell, foreman of Engine 30, 330 for joss of a month’s time by reason of his injury which.was received while attend- ng a fire. ; 'the same body instructed the Mayor to sell nine horses belonging to the Fire De- partment that have outlived their use- fulness, and to turn the money received for them into the city and county treas- ury. —_—————— Dresden’s new central railroad station, which has been six years in building, has been opened for general traffic. had become and decided that she could receive care at some institution for the injured and advised the removal SphE RS | of the little one to the Children’s Hospi- | tal. A hack was called in the afternoon FOUR-YEAR-OLD LOTTIE OLMOS and the baby ced in it. The doctor ac~ companied the patient and ministered to DIES FROM FIRE. | hor bieeds, but before the hospital was reached the baby was past all suffering. The body was not taken to the Morgue, as the case was purely accidental an inquest will be held,” the father having signed a waiver. 3 —_————————— Treasurer Widber’s Case. The arraignment of Treasurer Widber was continued by Judge Cook yesterday morning until next Saturday. How long the defaulting Treasurer will rely on | technical defense remains to be seen. A | demurrer to the original indictment Is | still pending, and as two new Indictmen S Pvently flea against him it is pro able that they will be taken up one at a time in the same manner in order to de- lay the case as long as possible. —_—ee——— Drinks Carbolic Acid. SAN JOSE, June 4—August Boecklen, a native of Germany and 40 years of age, committed suieide this afternoon by drink- ing the contents of a bottle of carbolic acid. He was employed as a cellarman at the Fredericksburg brewery, and for ffiath :‘geggld ndhleeC Mersar ter homs the past week has been on & drunken When he visited the child yesterday he| debauch. her condition {BURNED TO DEATH ; BEFORE HER HOME i Her Clothing Became Ignited While She Was Playing With Matches on the Street. While playing with matches Friday afternoon Lottie Olmos the four-year- | old daughter of Samuel Olmos, a shoe- | maker living at 4’2 Vallejo street, in some way ignited her clothing, and she was so severely burned that she died yesterday afternoon from her injuries and the shock attending them. There were a number of children play- ing with the little girl on Vallejo street, between Montgomery and Kearny, at the time of the accident, and when they added their screams to the agonized shrieks of the child neighbors were at- tracted to the scene and extinguished the flames. The little sufferer was carried to her home, where Dr. Leland was called to attend to her injuries. She was badly burned about the limbs and body and probably inhaled some of the fire. The physician relieved the suffering as much