The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 18, 1898, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1898. T NG'S BRIGADE FOR THE PHILIPPINES Regular Artillery and Vol- unteer Infantry Go on the Third Fleet. Cheering Welcome Given by San Francisco to the First Tenn- essee Regiment. Major General Merritt, U. S. A.,, were not named, as the latter knew spent nearly two hours yesterday at Camp Merritt in consultation with jor General Otis in regard to clos- p the details ot the third Manila dition, and later in the day he ssued an order to General Otis desig- ting the troops that are to compose the brigade, which will be command- ed by Brigadier General King. The order names the troops as fol- lows: The two battalions of the Idaho Volunteers; the Thirteenth Minnesota Regiment of Volunteer In- fantry; two battalions North Dakota Volunteers; the Seventh California Regiment of Volunteers; the Wyo- ming Battalion of Volunteers, and two batteries—G and L—of the Third United States Artillery, commanded by Captain Benjamin 1i. Randolph and Captain William E. Birkhimer, respectively. These troops will be transported by the steamers Morgan that h the departure of the third fleet their turn is not far distant. General Merritt and his staff may | boat first and as the guns of the troops sail with this expedition. He has had | appeared the Iowa band struck up the matter under consideration for | "L The cheer that went up from some little time, and as he is very anx- | ¢iVilians and soldiers has seldom been fous to depart he is making every ef- | airs that he | He will probably make public | At least all the | fort can go. his ion to-day. peditionary officers at army head- quarters are expecting it, and are ac- ingly getting everything in readi- for embarkation. ajor R. E. Thompson, chief signal officer of the expeditionary forces, will sail with General Merritt, and is now to so arrange h preparing to take his departure at an | hour's notice. The signal corps is yet lacking in its required quota of expert | terta telegraph operators, who will perform | men had fairly mutinied against being | an important part in the conquest and | forced to eat any more—decorated the | Fif- | brave fellows with garlands of flowe government of the Philippines. teen are coming from St. Paul, to be followed by others from other Eastern HEONCE WORE THE GRAY COLONEL WILLIAM C. SMITH of the First Tennessee Volunteer Infantry. City, City of Para, Ohio, India‘ma and Valencia, all of which are being put in readiness for the reception of the men as rapidly as possible, under the direction of Major Long, the depot quartermester, who is rushing the coal and supplies on board in the ex: pectation of having this work com- pleted by next Wecnesday. The ex- act date of sailing has not yet been fixed, but it will probably be not later than the end of next week. The commissary officers of the va- rious commands have been instructed to report to Colonel Baldwin, chief commissary, what supplies are neces- sary to be taken on board the trans- ports. When the news of the assign- ment of the troops for this expedition became known in Camp Merritt there was general rejoicing, both among the officers and men. Everybody bright- ened up at omnce, and intense enthu- slasm prevalled, even among those wha | cities. Major Thompson will leave an officer in San Francisco to enlist men for the corps and forward them, to- | gether with necessary supplies, to Ma- | nila. Major General Otis will arrange the detalls of the fourth expedition, and will probably remain here until all the troops are embarked. It is hoped to accomplish this on or before July 1. Bk Sols SAN FRANCISCO FALLS TO TENNESSEE’S TROOPS The Soldiers From the South Cap- ture the Gity Without a Struggle. To the strains of “Dixle” the First Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, carrying proudly aloft “Old Glory,” marched off the ferryboat at the foot of Market street yesterday morning amid the wildest enthusiasm that has greeted any body of troops yet. It was the West's welcome .0 the South, and as the intrepld Southern legion answered cheer for cheer tears dimmed many an eye at the unlooked for demonstration of brotherly love. It was more than a mere greeting to an incoming regiment. It was a tribute of affection from a liberty loving peo- ple for their brave brothers of a distant State. Commuters forgot their business affairs and lingered at the depot to join in the demonstration; women and children found their fluttering hand- kerchiefs such a feeble means of ex- pressing their feelings that they joined in the hurrahing with all the vim of their lungs. The magnificent band of the Fifty- first JTowa—the finest at Camp Merritt— offered its services to the ladies of the Red Cross Society for the occasion, a' compliment the officers and men from | Tennessee keenly appreciated and ex- | pressed their appreciation by heartily | cheering ev ry selection played. | The regiment crossed talions, the first arriving at 6:45 a. m. and the other two following at inter- vals of half an hour. The regular pas- sengers were permitted to pass off the equaled. The boys in blue had heard | of the noble work of the Red Cros y and were anticipating some of a reception upon their arrival in San ancisco, but the greeting L} re- ceived was beyond anything they had dreamed of. Proudly they marched out to the pier where arms were stacked and accoutrements unslung and before they had time to cease wondering what it was all about the band struck up “Marching Through Georgia” and the | | | | | whoop | loud and piercing. | responded men entered the dining-room, the | Buests of San Francisco’s band of { heroic women. While they ate the band | played several selections for their en- nment and the ladies—after the | While t were yet in the hall “Dixie” rang out again followed by another ~reat cheer and the second battalion marched into the depot. Then there was more cheering, in which the Tennesseeans were the principal per- dining They were escorted | into the dining hall and were at once | taken in hand by their hostesses. Colonel Smith and his field and staff officers, who came over with the sec- ond battalion, were made captives by a score of pretty girls who hardly gave them a chance t tites so eager were they to transform the warriors into animated flower gar- Finally a detachment of Grand men charged and effected the rescue of the gallant old colonel and stood guard around him until he was called forth by his subordinates to ex- | press the thanks of his command to its entertainers. This he did in an ad- dress brimming with patriotism and the crowd in the dining hall and the greater throng outside cheered him to the echo. | For the third time “Dixie” started the crowd toward the ferry slip and soon the third battalion marched up and stacked arms. Their reception was ¢ repetition of that accorded the othe and when the last man had been f and adorned J. B. Stetson mounted a table and called on the men from Ten- nessee to give three cheers for Pr the bay by bat- | ficers have to go out on the fourth expedition. Every member is anxious to get to the front at the earliest possible moment and all it needs 1s its equipment to make it one of the most effective regi- ments in the whole volunteer service. It is a finely drilled command and has seen some hard service, having sup- pressed the Cold Creek strikes in the East Tennessee Mountains in 1892, a campalign that lasted for many weeks, during which time the men were often under heavy fi —_— GENERAL MERRITT’S PLAN The Commanding Officer De- cides to Sail With the Next Expedition. Something has happened to cause a rush of preparation for the third Manila expe- dition. The activity at headquarters of the Department of the Pacific is such that non-combatants notice that the staff of- their hands full of business. ¥ Jjor General Merritt will the Philippines along with the next expeditionary for It was under- stood at headquarters yesterday that he had made up his mind to go with the next Officers of his staff begin to take ir personal affairs, so that be able to leave at an hour's that M 5 laty dispatches from Admiral Dewey report that the native troops sur- round Manila and that the surrender of i vy take place at any time. The from Spain that Spanish A fleet Manila before the om Cadiz ila har- adiz fleet going up Jjudging , 1t 18 t the Spanish flee Vi against future Spa 4 ate to predict th ok ‘€helter in_som will island harbor and Ates transports. San Francisco or anywhere = country wants to hasten Gen- s departure from our shores, is obvious, nevertheless, that : will increase the perils Monterey, the Charles- ps under Géneral Ander- | give Admiral Dewey a re-enforce- t will enable him to stand off the but he might not be able to eral Merr but the f: formers. T.e first battalion cheered the | prevent Spanish cruisers from prowling | 1adies of the Red Cross and then rushed | around near the entrance of Manila Bay. cer their comrades a 11 | General ritt, in his_capacity of G out to cheer rhvexr comrades and tell e 1l of the Philippine Islands, them what was in store for them. The ¢ e som@what embarrassed if he | second battalion answered with chee . and the better part of his army at hle to go there himself . The cruiser 0 with- ble, un- ahead of anila and not be ations . leaving ow weeks . to get miral, er pass al, be able to de- three fast - AT CAMP MERRITT. Recruits for the and Volunteer of Arrival Regular Organizations. dent McKinley. Twelve hundred throats | sent up a shout, the like of which has | never before been heard in the Golden | State. As it rose clear and ear-splitting men who wore the biue a third of cen- tury ago started involuntarily, for again they heard the cry that often | they had heard on the battle fields of | years gone by, the cry that warned | them of the coming of the foe with re- sistless force and fury. Calls for vocal volleys for Dewey, for | a | sampson, for Hobson and heroes brought forth that same thrilling and then Colonel Smith took Mr. Stetson’s place and called upon hi men to give three cheers for the ladies of the Red Cross Society. The call w to with a shout, be likened to a scream, louder more thr: ling, more piercing than all that had preceded it. That yell—the famous old rebel vell—has made many a Saxon | foeman quail in the past; if it ever rings out over the forests and glades of the distant Philippines it will rout the Spanish hosts without firing a shot. San Francisco's door swings wide to the sons of Tennessee. There was one member of the regi- ment who made a greater hit with the people than even Colonel Smith. That was “Zeke,” the mascot.. “Zeke"” diminutive warrior of 13 years, who has been formally adopted by the com- mand. His home is in Nashville, where his parents reside. ‘Zeke, the other a camp follower of the First Tennes- see for three years, and is a general favorite with officers and men, mainly | because of his ready wit and hi: perior musical abilities. A player “Zek superior, even among professionals, would be hard to find. He is an expert drummer and picks the banjo and thrums, drums or blows a half dozen other instruments. ‘Zeke” traveled across the continent in the colonel's car and was a constant sourc of entertainment to the officers His mother gave her consent to his accom- panying the regiment and ‘Zeke"” will go_through to Manila with it, for he is only happy when with “the boys.” When the Third Battalion landed at the ferry one of the companies brought over a prisoner in the person of the col- ored porter of one of the Puliman cars in the section. The regiment drew two months’ pay the day it left Nash- ville and the men were hurried on board the cars without being given an opportunity to spend a cent of the $35.- 000 they had burning holes in their pockets. Some of the boys developed a thirst as arid as the desert they crossed in Nevada, but as they were under strict military discipline they had no chance to get past the guards when the train stopped and soak up their throats. . In their distress the oc- cupants of the car pressed the porter into service and at Reno he loaded up with several pocket flasks. He was caught in attempting to smuggle the supplies into the car and was kept in close confinement all the rest of the trip. It was intended to take him out to camp and court-martial him, but word was telegraphed to the superin- tendent of the Puilman Company in this city, who met Colonel Smith at the ferry and finally secured the porter's release, much to that dusky indivia- ual's happiness. The regiment formed in lines soon af- ter 9 o'clock and, preceded by the Towa band, started out to camp. Market street was alive with people who cheer- ed the troops to the echo. Factory whistles were turned loose, firecrackers popped all along the line, while the cannon in the Claus Spreckels building boomed out a thunder- ous welcome. Camp was reached shortly before nodbn and the Ten- nesseeans were given another rous- ing reception by their comrades in arms as they marched to the lot for- merly occupied by the First Colorado. Tents were pitched and by night the command was comfortably settied. All the requisitions for quartermaster stores and ordnance were turned into | t whose other name is Carsey, has been | o The fur of Private Orville R. Knight, Co entieth Kansas Regime terday after- noon. The laid in the Na- tic Cem the Presidio by his comrades. regiment accompanied their last resting place. s were simple but wonder- ive. s of Albert Fergus, Company the re it ; Kansas, who died on the same < will_be sent to his hor er, Kan., for inter- ant Kimball, with 19 recruits y € for the Utah Cav- y and reported to third United States Infan- its rolls, the regi- equipped up to the All of its excess will general recruiting service. Colonel Ovenshine is expecting in a few RERRBVRBR nHRR® WARLIKE WILLIE. 1 note that Willie R. Hearst of this Examiner-Journal has arm- ed, manned and equipped the Sucaneer for war and offers his personal ser to the Govern- ment. 1 have expected this for some time. With the large and 2 % % % 2R % =2 % %8 &8 8 & % & % «® % % nRuB from Dallas, Tex., and = promiscuous collection of old battle axes and siége guns he has surrounded himself with, I could see no other way of utiliz- ing them unless he spiked them and threw them overboard. —If the enemy ever boards that craft God help them and keep them days 20 recruit upon their arri over to the gene v The q tion of horse ritt has been one that but it seems now to 1 fully adju Office: al will be turned at Camp Mer- vould not down, e been success- r Department. ate mounts were hip them home or s t ordered to either them over to the department for cavalry use. A wall went up and the matter went before the department, which yesterday ordered that the horses must be shipped home at the expense of Theit owners or sold naccording to the riginal orde: on Bl of inspection composed of Cap- tain Murray, Captain Devol and Lieu- tenant Martin will sit this morning to re- ceive all offers gnd Inspect all horses. The First South Dakotas were paid oft yesterday. Weeks of Des Moines arrived S at the camp of the Fiftv-first oW ects to proceed with the regiment to Manila as nurse. Miss Weeks volunteers her services and travels at her own expense. e 2 AT TORT 'POINTY Sixth Infantry Battalion Placed on Duty at the High- Power-Guns. Commencing with last Thursday night the guards of the Third United States Ar- tillery at Fort «oint were withdrawn and their places taken by those from the four companies of the Sixth California. Majors Gus G. Grant and R. K. Whitmore are with the companies, but the former being the senior officer is in command. The volunteers are all un.er Major Kin- zie of the Third United States Artillery, who is exceedingly well liked by all the officers and men of the Sixth. The health of the volunteers is good, and they like their néw location much better than the old camp ground at the terminus of the Union street cable line. The air is much purer and exhilarating, and the boys have more of a get-up about them as a result. ‘Although the boys of the Sixth are be- ginning to feel that there is no probabil- ity of their being gent to the front, still they are mflkm§ the best of the situa- tion and are behaving themselves ad- irably. mMajt&s Grant and Whitmore are pains- taking in seeing that the men under them are well treated in every respect, and this feeling for the welfare of the scldiers is reciprocated by the latter in a high de- Bl e Third Artillery band fs used by the the Government a month ago, and the regiment exoects to be equioped in tima | battalion of the Sixth California Infantry ‘tvn;mt Colonel Fife, will be the first to pointe, daily. The battalion mounts 35 men at guard, and the sentry line extends clear around the fortifications. Ball cartridges have been issued, and the sentries are in- structed to fire upon anybody who ap- roaches the line who cannot give a sat- sfactory account of himself. e e DR. POTTER HONORED. The Physician Presented With a Sword and Pistol by College Students. In the presence of nearly 300 students of the medical department of the University of California, Dr. Samuel O. L. Potter was presented with a beautiful sword and serviceable Colt's revolvér for service in Manila. The presentation of these ar- ticles was a great surprige to the recipi- ent, and was made still greater by the presence of the faculty of the college. Dr. Potter some weeks ago severed his connection with the college to accept a billet of surgeon in the volunteer army. That his action was viewed with approval by his fellow members was shown yes- terday. He was invited to appear at the college yesterday morning, and on his arrival, he was escorted to the classroom by Dr. Winslow Anderson, and followed by other well-known physicians. As soon as the door leading to the classroom was thrown open the students arose in a body and cheered lustily. Dr. Potter was sur- prised with the reception, but was non- plused when Dr. Hodgehead stepped for- ward and in a speech filled with patriotic sentiment and encomium, he presentea the weapons to the doctor. In a voice quivering with emotion and joy Dr. Pot ter neatly responded, causing more en- thusiasm " to fill the hall. Dr. Potter is well known to geople in this_city as superintendent of the Home for Inebriates, but he is widely celebrated throughout the United States and Eng- land as the autnor of several splendid medical works. He is entitled to the de- grees of A. M., M. D., and is a member of the Royal College of Physiclans of London. This is not the first time he has been in the army. When 16 years of age he enlisted and participated in many bat- tles of the civil war. - WILL DO GUARD DUTY. The Washington Volunteers Preparing to Take Charge of the Bay Posts. The Washington Volunteers, who have been ordered elsewhere from Fontana Barracks, will not move for three or four at Fort Point parade and guard mount | for San Francisco with all the recruits needed. The patriotic letter carriers of Station F, Sacramento and Fillmore streets, ves- terday morning flung a handsome new flag to the breeze over their quarters and accompanied the ceremony with appro- priate and cleverly conceived exercises, after the fashion of letter-carriers. The flag was bought by general subscription through the efforts of Superintendent Ty- ler's clerk, Ed Sawyer and Carriers Fee- ney, Locke and Hodnel, After the reci tation of a patriotic selection by Super- intendent Tyler, the colors were raised midst a burst of cheers and fire crackers, and the carriers of Station F returned to their sacks and daily rounds with the happy consciousness of having about the handsomest stand of colors that graces any station in the cit: THE NATIONAL CELEBRATION. The Executive Committee Is Deter- mined to Live Within the Appropriation. ganized, and that it will probably affiliate with the council. | _The Musicians’ Union reports that it | has been unable to induce the Danish socleties to cancel the contract with the non-union band engaged to play at their coming picnie. | ——————— | LAWLER’S RIFLE 1 MEANT MISCHIEF | A DESPERATE MAN IN THE MIS- SION HOLDS A POSSE AT BAY. | ST | He Was Finally Cowed and Tamely ! Submitted to Ar- | rest. ‘What came near being another Mission tragedy was fortunately averted yester- day afternoon by the courage of a posse : of police officers from the Seventeenth- . i Ot’r;‘:l;’;;‘;}&:e°:l;’:"§s‘i ;"fg;";eagg“&‘: | street station. In this case the antagonist | i V: vel tter cussed matters of finance for over two | 2f tho Pollce was as well if not betfer | armed than was Murderer hours. It Is the determination of the| gnot the late Lieutenant Burke, committee to remain within the $3000 ab- | The trouble, which had its origin propriation of the Supervisors and not | i, the domestic quarrels of a family solicit outside subscriptions.. |named Lawler, came near ending in The committee decided to allow $500 for | bloodshed at the - residence - of the a pyrotechnic display on the grounds op- | family at 245 Seventeenth street, near posite the Chutes. The managers of the | Potrero avenue, yesterday afternoon, when Cél(;xlt‘?s and thfh ra";%d om}:mrs “]'“l. in| Police Officer George Farreli was sent by a on, contribute to the fund. b fates e The regatta committee was voted $s0| Lieutenant Price to serve on Lawrenca | Lawler a warrant which had been sworn to be spent in the purchase of medals. Estimates of the expenses to be in-|out by his brother Joseph for disturbing curred by the several sub-committees were received and it is believed that the celebration can be conducted in a proper manner with the money appropriated by the city. The heaviest expense to be in- curred will be that of music, and on mo- tion of Fred Raabe, chairman of the mu- gic committee, it was decided that none but union musicians be employed. —_————— A ROUSING CAMPFIRE. Anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill Observed in an Enthu- siastic Manner. The anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill was celebrated last evening by the veterans of the war of 1861-65 of Lincoln Post No. 1 and Garfield Post No. 34, De- partment of California and Nevada,Grand Army of 'the Republic. The celebration was in the form of a campfire tendered to the young volunteers of 1898, and was held in B'nai B'rith Hall, 121 Eddy street. days. The Second Battalion, under Lieu- Thg chairman of the committee was C. leave, having been assigned to duty at | Angel Island. The First Battalion, under | Major Weisenberger, will take its depart- | {ure a day or two later and go into camp | at the Presidio. Notwithstanding this as- | signment to guard duty, the Washington Volupteers still entertain hopes of being sent 'to Manila. They are asjl Vvery anx- ious to go to the front, and should they be kept ‘ljure they will be greatly disap- The regiment is to be recruited to its full strength as rafildh' as_possible, two recruiting details having been sent to Washington to visit the most important towns in that State. The officers of the two battallons of the Washington Volunteers spent yesterday morning in visiting the Union Iron Works and viewing the ships in course of con- struction there. e S PATRIOTIC HELPERS . Claus Spreckels Sends a Hand- some Check to the Society. Work with the Society of the Patriotic Home Helpers is progressing rapidly and most encouragingly; meetings are held daily at the headquarters in the Occident- al Hotel and numerous. applications for istance are received by the ladies of the society, showing the urgent necessity of helping those whose only support has been taken away by the departure of hus- bands and brothers to Manila. Yesterday the promoters of the society were delighted to receive the following letter from Claus Spreckels: SAN FRANCISCO, June 13, 1838. Hester Harland, Soclety Patriotic I=me Helpers, San Francisco, Cal.—Dear Madam: Inclosed you will find check for $1000, which you will please accept as a token of my appre- ciation of the splendid work your soclety is accomplishing. Yours very truiy, CLAUS SPRECKELS. The contributions up to date are as fol- lows: Horace HIll, $25; Major Hoog;r‘ $25; George_Grannis, §5; Colonel M. H. H B. R. Hecht, $i0; General T. H. L. Daimant, $1; Hermann Eppinger, $15; George W. Gibbs, $25; Jesse Lilienthal, Judge Van R. Paterson, $20; Miss Grace Hec! $1; Mrs. Merritt H. Weed, $2: Mrs. Luth Holton, §6; Claus Spreckels, $1000; M. J. Wal $100; F. H. Woods, $100; Wiillam Thompson, £ Mrs. A. Goodman, $10; Mrs. A. S. Park, 3 Mrs. Willlam Ashburner, $10; Mrs. Theodore Lilienthal, $5; S. W. Rosenstock, §25. R ORDERED TO EMBARK. Batteries G and L, Third U. S. Artillery, Preparing to Go Aboard the Para. Batteries G and L of the Third United States Artillery, having been assigned to duty in the Philippines, have been ordered to be in readiness to embark on the City of Para by next Wednesday. An interesting event in the way of mili- tary attraction will be the guard mount music at the Presidio this morning at 11:30 by the mounted band of the Fourth United States Cavalry Regiment. The Friday afternoon concert near the residence of the Presidio post command- ant, Lieutenant Colonel Morris, attracted quife a large audience. Tt is now believed that the troops of the Fourth Cavalry, which have been ordered to join the Philippine expeditionary {orces.h will ong; gx&vl% tsl;:)‘m the Presidio e 5 m:‘fxl-loép zot the Fourth (,anu.lr arrived in San Francisco from Walla Walla at a jate hour last night. War Incidents. Twenty-five members of the First Ten- nessee Infantry had to be sent out to camp in an ambulance. I’l‘he majority are cing from measles. coé‘(‘l’l%l::\ S%nllh of the First Tennessee telegram yesterday stating Thaf the dotall Jeft behind to Tecruit the egiment up to the maxlimum had started SOLDIERS FROM THE SOUTH. Camp | the peace. When Farrell arrived at the house and | made his business known he was met by | the man for whom he had the warrant | armed with a 44-caliber rifle and a belt | about his waist with 100 cartridges se- curely in their places ready for use. | Armed in this way, he stationed himself | at the head of the 'stairway and notified | the officer that he would kill the first [man that attempted to lay a hand on. m Not desirous of being made an angel, | Farrell retired to the nearest poiice alarm | box and notified Lieutenant Price of the | situation. Price called Sergeant Blank | and Officers Feeny and Riehl, and with | the patrol-wagon dispatched them to the | scene. A hurried consultation was held | by the invading force, and it was decided | to storm the house and bring Lawler in | dead or alive. After the officers got in- ! side they pulled their pistols and dashed in, regardless of danger. The armed man '-11-: “MOOMImNERn . N y hing Tents at Merritt. Mason Kinne, who presided over the as- sembly in a very happy manner. There was quite a large attendance and much enthusiasm and merriment was caused by the very enjoyable programme, which was made up of a pleasing variety of songs, stories and addresses, all of a patriotic character, by General W. H. L. Barnes, General N. P. Chipman, General 8. Salomon, Judge H. C. Dibble, Colo- nel W. R. Smedberg and others, among whom were several officers and enlisted men from Camp Merritt. Eight long ta- bles were filled with an abundance of edibles of all kinds donated by the gener- ous merchants of San Francisco. It was a very inviting spread and was appre- clated by the guests. The Firemen's band was in attendance and discoursed patri- otic music at frequent intervals through- out the evening. —————— LABOR COUNCIL WAKING TUP. It Is Considering Plans to Materially Increase Its Usefulness. The Labor Council is at present dis- cussing ways and means to increase its income and decrease its expenses. As things stand at present the average monthly income is about $40, which is eaten up regularly by the expense roll, leaving nothing for the proverbial rainy day, and interfering with any new work which the council desires taking up, but which may require an expenditure. At present there is nothing in the treasury. Several propositions were considered, among which was that of increasing the membership roll. There are several un- affiliated unions in the city, and while the council has an organizing committee it has done very little toward bringing them in. The organizing committee will be thoroughly stirred up and a little new blood introduced. A committee from the Building Trades Coungil was admitted and brousht up the subject of the celebration of Labor day. My, McCartney outlined a plan of the two bodies holding a g‘olnl picnic at Schuet- zen Park during the day and suitable ex- ercises in some public hall at nliéu. A committee consisting of J. Hill, E. Ro- senberg, W. MacArthur, M. Davis, Carle- ton H. Johnson, E. L. Claj p and J. Wal- ter was appointed to act in conjunction with the Building Trades committee in making arrangements for the celebra- u%"i}e executive committee reported that & union of photo-engravers has been or- | still stood his ground at the head of the stairs, with his rifle pointed at the ap- proaching officers, and renewed his threa of making work for the Coroner if any the men approached him. In the mean- time his sisters came upon the scene and implored the officers not to shoot. This to a certain extent pacified their brother and gave the officers a chance to slip past him on the stairway and disarm im. Afterward he was handcuffed and thrown into the wagon and locked up on the charge of an attempt to commit murder and disturbing the peace. When questioned regarding his resisti arrest he said that his brother hax threatened to have him thrown out by the police, and he was determined to ree sist until his rights were adjusted. Since the death of the father of this family of ten children there has been con- siderable bickering and quarreling over the property left them by the old man, as he made no will. The eidest brother, Joseph, was appointed executor of the estate, and his brother claims that he has made no attempt to sell or dispose of it for the purpose of dividing it between the heirs. awrence holds a note from brother Joseph for $185, which sum wanted for the purpose of going to Klondike, so as to be away from his pleasant surroundings. —_—— WATER FOR YOUNTVILLE. The Hand Pump and Windmill Will Soon Be Things of the Past. The handpump and windmills in Yount ville will soon be things of the past, as that neat little township will have an abundant water supply before many months. The Supervisors of Napa County have just granted a franchise to J. K, Prior of this city for the purpose of run= ning mains along the county road and through the streéts of Yountville from his 40,000-gallon reservoir which stands about 5000 yards from the site of the town. In addition to this, the Supervisors have en- tered into contracts with ten parties to sprinkle the county road from Napa to Calistoga, the distance being subdivided into ten sections. Prior obtained one of the sections—that near Yountville, where he has an abundant water supply to fur- nish the entire road sprinkling, besides the supplying of the township with what may be necessar: Alice Rix With the Awkward Squad To Next Sunday’s Call. _ | el