The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 22, 1898, Page 12

12 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, \VEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1898. WISHES HE HAD NEVER COME BACK A Husband Received With Deep Regret. LIFE ONE LONG QUARREL SOME OF THE TROUBLES OF MR. AND MRS. H. DE L. PIKE. Deeply Mourned When Lost, but Received With New Hostilities and a Warrant When Found. When the husband of Mrs. Henrietta Pike mysteriously disappeared from his home a month ago the lady was much disturbed and took mea her n 1g spouse. Her efforts were successful, but the fact that she had him arrested afternoon on the charge of threatening her life leads 3 the belief th turned, and he had told him she didn’t care if he never came back Harrison de Silva Pik a book keeper for the Jumper Mining Com- and lives with his wife at 1006 nento street. On the morning of S he left home after a quarrel th Mrs. Pike and N no more for nearly a month. The wife was ed at the disappe N any Her fear that he had done aw i sted in the a her prodigal against | wiey afternoon a the the tion. of a number of At one time he was g r of the Denver and at Union Pac 1t Omaha. appe compl Mr. Pi ning Pike s littie adopted She com- nothing to aving her for that he contribute r support, not even ird and lodgi of the immedi: arrest of Mr. Pike, but partie > say that he has abused h ce his return and threatened to Mr. hat in lutel case of 'S was of the op! 1 with would lose that he SOMETHING UNIQUE IN TELEPHONES AN AUTCMATIC “HELLO” THAT WILL BE WELCOMED. The Call Is Made Mechanically and No Time Is Wasted in Shout- ing at the Machine. No more shall we hear the soft voice of the “hello” girl or the plaintive sound of the phonograph sweetly murmuring “Call again, lin, ; no more shall good eitt; wear under their breath at the delays and mistakes of the present s: tem, for a new era in telephon soon dawn upon a long-suffering publi If the automatic telephone invented William F. Smith, the well-known archi- tect, is put in use in this city all this will come to pa The labor of six long years was exhibit- ed at 202 Sansome street- vesterday, and should the machine give as much sati faction fn actual use as it does experi- the inventor's be work will same as now used on having a plate on lower teley stand- proving called up the right num- are numbered from 1 to 0 is. or disconnecting button, 1 down a short space in slots. To call up & number, the buttons are pushed down in rotation to make up that number. For in- stance. your number i3 3§76, you wish to call up 1875 “Push down button marked 1 to bottom of slot, and let go; it immediately files back. Push down button 8, let go, then button 7, let b immediately in front at prov- 1873, and at central station, in n switch-board, will appear the ’r, under 3876, the number of your vour telephone is immediately the one desired. When led you hang: up the wn disconnecting but- humbers disappear, the ~onnect- fs thrown out, and any number you fre to ring up can be gotten Immedi- , without waiting for central office; often, Inutes or more. Should it u is busy, the switches on the phono- sed, v ator you are walting, and you will be plugged in and connected as soon ‘as the line is clear. Should you prefer tn ring up connecting nur can_readil pendent pos number, push down dis- mber and nroceed as before. see the suby in rezard One ber is in an inde- to calling and dis- connecting, he . who simply puts in plugs, can do infinitely more work. The new svstem, if adopted, wil away with half the number of EiNs Ny employed by the local company, one girl being able to answer many hundred more calls than at present. A corporation has been formed to handle the Invention, consisting of the following officers: James M. Allen, president: Wile Hlam . Russell, vico-presBent o ont Wik ltam F. Smith retar; it is the stockholders’ intention to give the people of this city the first ope portunity to show their approval of the liew 'phome. If they do. = spond, Mr. Smith will send it Bast rs b has already received numerous req to do so. There Is, however, a likelih that it will be introdnced here. as & mod ber of capitalists ¢ 'much pressed- with the practicability of machine. S A number can be gained in a few sec- onds, and the Milds transmitter mahes oo enunciator o perfect that one blowing into it can be heard over a mile of wire The nickel-in-the-slot machines will also be done away with, as a flat rate of §3 to $5 per month will be charged. This, Man- 2ger Charles Gore says, can be done and @ sufficient profit be mad. n e THE CRYSTAL SWIMMING BATHS. Physiclans recommend the Crygal warm sea wags" tub apd swimming baths, ND she regrets that he re- | wce of | Neither of the | Beach, 2 John Splain, sergeant-at- s, PEOPLE ARE TERRORIZED Hayes Valley Thugs Rob and Plunder. A PEDESTRIAN HELD UP. THREE YOUNG MEN WITH GUNS TAKE HIS PROPERTY. Residents Threaten to Form a Vig- ilance Committee to Do Effective Police Work. Emphatic complaints have been made | to the police recently against the noto- rious Hayes Valley gang, who have been terrorizing the residents of that neigh- borhood. The police scem powerless or | indisposed to check the depredations of | the gang, and the residents are talking of forming a vigilance committce for the purpose of doing some effective work. thi have the work of the gang, and they have | come so daring that robbery has | curred almost in broa | Su night a gel on Eighteenth and Church visiting friends on Oak street. | walking along Oak street, betwe | chanun and Webster, short o'clock, when_ three young men stepped up to him and each presented a revolv | at his head, while one of them peremp- | torfly ordered him to throw up his hands. He had no alternative and obeyed orders. Two of the footpads kept him covered the third went through his pockets, relieving him of his | gold watch and chain, $0 in gold and | 32 or $3-in silver. They then fled. The robbery was witnessed b; Ty Mr. and | Mrs. Rubin,” who keep a varlety store | on the corner of Buchanan and Oak " | streets, and Mrs. n promptly biew The victim came to | taking the police whis- went with him Buchan tr blowing the wr but it not until they street that they came acro Barry. Theé ofticer was told of ry and took the victim to the ion, where the deta v were given Lieut , but, strange to say, neithe nant nor the officer took the man's ute me. An accurate description of the thr en, but 8o f: arr The robbe: in It the same g broke into the residence of J. A. Wald- teufel, 519 Oak stree day night, and stole a gold watch a ad | | several vaiuable articles of . He| and his wife had gone downtown, and | when they returned they found ohe of rear windows open. An investig showed that burglars had been | ho and as soon as Mr. Waldteu d the full extent of his lo ascert the matter at police hvudquur»' > been numerous burglari. g the past | strong feeling of | dents, as they do do next. 1 [ FOR THE IRISH FAIR. :Meeting of the Ladies’ Auxiliary to the Executive Committee. evening at M on Parlor nteenth street, near Valencia, e I | To-morrow | Hall, Se the La their | It w > a most er affair and | the proceeds will be for the benefit of | the families left behind by the tee Many have 1 unprovided for canuse should agement. The an nts will be served. Snder the supervision of Chairman P. McCormick it will be as follows: S P. W. D ry's orchestra; 1 G A Johnsto | and L; | ger; vocal s Minnie Sulliv fessor Graeber, suitar Club. meeting of the ladies’ auxilis the executive committee of the Irish Fa al isted by Mandol was held last night at the rooms in th Phelan building with Mrs. C. B. Flan-| in the chair, and Miss Nellie Sulli- 5 hose pr t o .. anagan, Miss Nellie Sulli- . H. Mulvihill, M J. Mollo; Robert Ferral, Mrs. K. Inskee Dr. Grazer, J. H. O'Brien, Mr s Kate Tighe, Mrs. V Mrs. John Pettee, frs. F Lorigan, _Mrs. T. J. Lyons, Miss A. Ahern, Mrs. A. Kerr,| Mr: M. Edwards, Mrs. H. L. Ryan, | _ Bertrand, Mrs. L. W. Buckley | E. Frost. | lowing ladies were appointed to te charge of the booths named: B Mrs. C Robert Ferra | | Treland booth, Mis | Mis: s, J. Yo KRy (R & | Ryan; Japanese tea garden, Mrs. F. Edwards; lemonade, Mrs. F. B. Lorigan; | photographs, Mrs. L T. and; sod | water, Mrs. Frost and Miss Kate Tighe;\ | ice-cream_ ®oda_and cigars, ..rs. Dr. | Grazer; pop-corn crisps, Miss Hannah | Duffy; postoffice, Mrs. James O'Brien; | silk_looms and hanukerchiefs, Miss Am | lia Martin; photographs, Mrs. Inskee | Tara Hall 'booth, Knights of Tara. | In addftion it was announced that the | | Knights of St. Patrick, Patrick’s | | Mutual Alliance and the Martha Wesh- | | ington Circle of the Ladies’ Auxiliary | | of the A. O. H. would have large boot | With special articles, with members of | their organizations. The Dewe booth will be in charge of Mrs tee, wife of the expert accoun announced that some ve: | teles had been given a | that the loan exhibit was rapid | ing. Miss C. E. Rankin, who w | ent, notified the ladies ‘that she would | loan the fair rare articles of special in-| terest—an Irish lace cape, made by fisher | girls of Balbriggan, outside of Dublin; | necklace of Irish crystals, made by a| | Dublin lapidary 130 years ago and set in | the style of that time; horse pistol used | | in the rebellion of 1798; pair of stockings | | made for the Empre ugenie, made by | | the Balbriggan Hosiery Company, at the | | time of the first World's Fair Exhibit in | London in 1851 | It was decided to hold a general meet- | | ing of ladies interested in the fair in the Occidental Hotel in two weeks, and the | next meeting of the ladies’ executive committee will be held in the rooms at | the Pheian building on next Tuesday | evening. At the close of the meeting last night | L. W. Buckley, the manager, addressed the ladies present and urged them one and all 10 get to work with a will on the undertaking. He saw no reason why the proposed fair should not be a_success. The Irish-Americans in San Francisco should have a hall of which ali should be proud. Other nationalities had their halls in which to meet and certainly the Irish should have theirs. There were sev- eral wealthy Irish-Americans in this city who woulid, when the proper time comes, aid the movement in a substantial man- ner. Victory | John Pet-| nt. It wi si handsome ar- donations and | ALt e T | A Prosperous Club. | At a meeting of the Thirty-fourth Dis- trict Republican Club held at Thirteenth and Harrison streets last night seventy- five men signed the roll and the followin, officers were elected: P. J. Bannon, presi- dent; P. T. Brown, vice-president; James Finn, secretary; Murphy, treasurer; A | both | understanding and the men agreed signaled the clockmaster to get read McCONNELL—FOUR ROUNDS. McKeever, the Crack Easterner, Quickly Forced to Lower His Colors. RANK McCONNELL of this city bested Charley McKeever of Phil- adelphia, in four rounds of thelr intended twenty-round boxing con- test before the National Club at ‘Woodward’s Pavilion, last night. McConnell opened the eyes of his most ardent admirers, for he not only met the clever Easterner at his own game of slapping, ducking and jabbing, but he went him one better in adding a hook blow that landed on McKeever's chin and put him to sleep in short order. The evening's entertainment was well worth seeing. The preliminary bout be- tween Purcell and Jackson was a dash- ing set-to, and way above the average “curtain-raiser.” And the event of the evening was a sharp, snappy affair which kept the spectators on edge and evoked tumultuous applause at the end of each round while it lasted, in appreciation of their really clever work. It would be hard to find two men more evenly matched than McKeever and Mc- Connell, or more alike in build. They are heavily mufcled and broad-shoul- dered, with slight, tapering legs, as agile as monkeys and quick as cats. A long delay intervened between the preliminary bout and the event of - the | evening, owing to McKeever demanding | an ured purse of $800, on account of the smallness of the house. The fighters and the management finally came to an to g0 on. MecConnell entered the ring at 10 minutes YNAT WOULD RAVE BEEN-HADEBONY- JACKSON WoN, past 10 o'clock, accompanied by his sec- onds, Alec Greggains, Martin Murphy and Frank Schooler. McKeever folowed ten minutes later, esquired by Billy Akers, Billy Shannon and Paddy McGrath, Billy Jordan, master of ceremonies, in- troduced the men. McConnell received most of the applause, naturally, being a local man. Phil Wand of the Olympic Club, chosen ree o week before the fight, acted in_that capacity. an also announced that Tom Tracey had wired from New York a challenge to the winner. it then took Manager Groom half_an hour to count and gather up the $800, which he put in a satchel and deposited in Chen the referee and represen- the fighters had to recount the €0 that it was 10:45 before the fight started. The crowd b very impatient dur- ing all this v us delay, and many unkind things of Manager Croom and the ional Club were thought and said by > audience. troubles between i Club m: settled, Referee Phil Wand and the gong sounded the fighters to action. e KEEVER AND MECONNELL HAD THE PRIVELEGE OF LO0KING AT THE SATCHEL- ED DOVGH. McKeever, catlike, sprang fromhis corner which was the southwest end of the ring, and_evidently determined to make quicl work of his amateur opponent, lost no time in fiddling for an opening, but went right at his game. A feint, then out shot McKeever's left, which landed lightly on McConnell's neck, and as quick as a flash came the right, which missed the amateur’'s jaw by scarcely an inch. McConnell, realiz- ing that a fast fight and a quick ending was the order of the evening, sidestepped away from the Philadelphian, but re- turned quickly with a wicked left-hand hook, which blow was cleverly ducked by the professional. Again McKeever in- troduced a hot fire from the right and left war implements and for a few sec- onds it looked bad for California, but Mc- Connell was acting coolly and as McKee- ver got within range of his left he (Mc- Keever) received a mouth-warmer which sent his head back a few inches. Me- Connell, seeing an opening for a right swing at the jaw, sent outgthe ‘‘duke’ with a high charge of powder behind it, but the artful McKeever, as quick as a flash, ducked the blow and a clinch fol- lowed. The clever lads received quite a warm cheer from the spectators as they :‘mlked to their corners at the call of me. In the second round McKeever resumed his old tactics. His intentlon was to rat- tle the ex-amateur by fast fighting, but McConnell proved before the round was finished that he was fast also, and could return blow for blow. McKeever's right hand stops for blows that were aimed at the face were perfection. Time and again he blocked his opponent’s left when it was within a few Inches of the nasal target. McConnell was gradually gain- ing confidence and before the round end- ed he planted some hot shot under Mc- Keever's left arm. Seeing that McKeever's guard for the body was not of the best, Greggains in- structed McConnell in the third round to warm the Philadelphian’s ribs a bit, and several times the Eastern lad felt the sting of McConnell's glove. Twice Mc- Connell introduced a new shift from right < JORDAN FORGOT TOMAKE HIS ANTIQUATED ANNOUNCE- MENT ‘GENTS WiLL PLEASE REERAIN FROM SMOKING: to left and each time he caught McKeever by surprise and landed well on neck and The finish of this round was very It was give and take and body. hot. neither scored a point in advantage. All persons voted the contest up to this junc- ture as pretty an exhibition of quick and clever hand and foot work as they had ever witnessed. The fourth round settled McKeever's vy anxious to finish the gamoe as quickly as possible, and again he sailed in with quick right and left short arm punches in the hope of dazing his_opponent. Following a sharp _rally McKeever saw, as he thought, a favor- able opportunity of landing a wicked lett and he let it go like a flash, but McCon- nell, by a quick shift of his head, es-| capéd the glove, which shot past his chin, | and as McKeev | r moved in toward him | McConnell's shot out and the winning glove landed squarely on the Philadel phian’s chin and mouth. McKeever staggered and fell, the blood flowing from his mouth. He struggled, | regained his feet only to be sent down again from a right in the neck. As he was on his knees in a helpless condition McConnell rushed at him, but the police had now taken possession of the ring and Referee Wand declared McConnell the pictor amid the wildest enthusiasm imas- nable. 1 The ex-amateur is now a fitting oppo ent for any welter-weight in the coun- try, as he proved himself beyond a doubt | to_be a first-class pugilist. The princ in the prelimina entered the ri at ten minutes to 9 | o'clo It a ten-round bout be- veen two welter-weights, Frank Pur- tw v cell of Salt Lake, and Sam Tompkins, ung Peter Jackson,” THAT SAME 0LD SMILE EVERY TIME THE BLACK- EST OF THEBUCK) LANDED ON THE SKOWIET QIHE STOWY. of Denve “Jack’” Welch was chosen referee. Purcell weighed about 150 pounds and Jackson about 140. | Both men put up a good, fast fight in the opening round, hitting clean and breaking fairly. They landed some stiff unches on the body, and the darky jabbed his left repeatedly Into the white boy's face. The second and third rounds were equally interesting, the men going at each other hammer and tongs. ~They were badly winded, but neither had much the bettér of it at the end of the third. The crowd went wild in the fourth. For a time it looked as if Purcell had the darky going, but the colored boy rallied and at the end had his opponent badly rattled. Purcell was nearly gone in the ffth and could not land his blows. Jackson placed a few good straight lefts, but could not finish his' man. Purcell showed up better in the sixth round, but still took the most of the pun- ishment administered. Jackson continued to land his straight left on Purcell’s sore ace. = Purcell opened the seventh round with a terrible rush, and they roughed it t Fexher for a full minute, giving and tak- ng_ blows blindly. Purcell weakened shortly, however, and fought out the rest of the round on ‘the defensive. Jackson made Purcell think he was in a fight In the next round. He landed his straight left many times on the face, adding an occasional swing by way of variety. Purcell fought back as hard as he could, but was wild and weak. Honors were easy In the ninth, both men being very tired. A good, stiff punch on the jaw would have finished either, but neither could land the coveted blow. Purcell fouled repeatedly in the tenth, in the heat of the battle. The colored lad punished him badly and received some hard knocks himself, which, however, did not show on his ebony skin. Both men were on their feet, fighting hard, when the gong sounded the end of the tenth round. Referee Welch, after gellbera!(ng a bit, announced the fight a raw. The general opinion seemed to be that Jackson was entitied to a decision as victor on account of the aggressive fight he put up. Important Sale. Killip & Co. will sell at auction Thurs- day, at 11 a. m., at thelr salesyard, ten new buggles of different styles by order of consignee; also the entire lot of sulkles, carts, boots, harness (single and double) of all descriptions, formerly used by Wil- liam_Corbeit at the San Mateo ~Stock Farm. Much of this stock is new and all of it is in good condition. —_———— A Sporflng Paper Sold. The Breeder and Sportsman changed hands again yesterday. Mr. Moore, who recently purchased the paper, sold out his interest to Mr, Kelly, who has been on the paper for a number of years. | the e CROESUS OF THE FROZEN NORTI PeterJ. Cox, Seal Hunter and Millionaire. BRINGS A WONDROUS STORY REACHED A POINT MANY MILES NORTHWEST OF DAWSON, Claims to Have Met Survivers of Three Expeditions — Plunged From Frugality Into Ex- travagance. Peter J. Cox, the seal hunter of the frozen North, accompanied by J. G. Ber- ry, arrived in this city yesterday morn- ing from Vancouver and he tells a story of adventure and isolation in the polar re- gions full of interest and color. He has just completed a tour of the world last- ing four years. His starting point was the bleak and barren grounds of the un- visited portions of Alaska. Crossing the narrow strip of sea which divides Alas- ka from Siberia he visited that country, passing through the iceflelds of North- eastern Asia and then traveling westward until he reached Moscow. From a life of absolute frugality he was introduced to the civilization and refinements of Paris and London life. After traversing two hemispheres he is now in San Fran- cisco. He will soon leave for a brief visit to his old home among the icefloes. Cox, according to his own story, was taken when a babe in the cradle to the then unexplored Alaska. About thirty Years ago his father left Lawrence, Mass., to seek his fortune in Alaska, then re- cently annexed to the United States. The son was about two years old at that time and father and son have lived to- gether in close union from that day un- til four years ago, when the latter start- ed on his globe-trotting expedition. The last word that the son heard from his father was received a few months ago. It was that he was dying, and this is the reason why Cox will again return to his sealing station, many miles northwest of Dawson City. The life of Cox has been spent in the land of everlasting white. He says that for three decades he had not made the ac- quaintance of a white man other than the few survivors of the Greely and Peary expeditions, and he strongly as- erts that he met several of these ill- ed bands. One John Kelly of the Greely expedition has been engaged with him and his father in the occupation of | seal-hunting for many years, never re- | turning to civilized lands after being res- cued by the Coxes. Peter J. Cox, as his tale goes, has met members of the most historic of all ex- | ploring bands in the very time of their | greatest despair. He claims to have seen Nansen and his crew off the northern coast of Alaska. In his travels Cox heard Nansen lecture and he does not entertain the most flattering opinions as to Nansen's veracity in his observations on Esquimaux life, especially in regard to the purity of the marital relations among inhabitants of polar regions. Cox says that the Bsquimaux are ignorant of the institution of marriage; that a wife in the far north is a chattel that may be traded for furs. Following out his occupation as seal- | hunter Cox started from a point 80 mil. north of Dawson and established sta- tions 100 miles apart across the icefields to the most northern point, called Till- inn. Here was the destination of his ice | march. The journey was made on ledges and in boats. The large crevasses in the ice allowed the age for boats | and this mode of travel was always pre- | ferred to the journey by sledge: Cox, according to his_own is a multi-millionaire. He say ther deposited in a London bank $3,000,000 for his use while in Burope. The seals were always shipped to a station in Si- | beria_and there forwarded to Liverpool and Paris. ' The wealth of the Klondike does not appeal to Cox. He says there are greater fortunes to be made in_harpooning the | seal in the unfrequented north. ‘Take the shirt off my back and put me in the old place and I will get another fortune | in a comparatively short time,” he said. | His isolation from an English-speaking people has made Cox more of a scholar | in the Esquimaux language than in his | native tongue. Hetraveledthrough Europe | with a tutor, who, however, did not ac- | company him here. The arduous and severe life of the| frozen lands will be but a memory to the | seal-hunter. He intends to settle in civ- | flized regions after one more visit and leave the snow, the fce and the hardships of harpooning the fur seal to others. Polar expeditions are objects of ridi- cule to Cox. He says the only possible | way to reach the north pole is to estab- lish stations along the line until that much-desired place is reached. He sug- | gests his own method of travel (that by sledges and crossing the -small openings in the ice by means of boats). LULU WAS TOO FREE WITH HER RAWHIDE PAID A MESSENGER BOY WITH BLOWS FROM A WHIP. Harry Spencer Will Swear Out a War- rant for the Arrest of Mrs. Cohen. ckoning, his fa- The too free use of a rawhide whip will cause Mrs. Lulu Cohen considerable trouble, as Harry L. Spencer, who was the reciplent of the blows administered by the lady, says that he will to-day swear out a warrant for her arrest on the charge of battery. Mrs. Cohen, who lived at 116 Sixth street with her mother, was indebted to Spen- cer in the sum of $2 40, so he claims, and when he went to collect the bill yester- day evening, Instead of paying him she drew a whip from behind her dress ana struck him three times. The first two blows fell on his head, and barring the pain did no injury, but the third struck the boy on the left cheek, leaving a livia welt four inches long. Spencer is a messenger boy, and when Mrs. Cohen was living with her mother at 34 Sixth street he did a number of errands for her. About three weeks ago she moved away, owing Spencer $2 40, and left word that he should be told she had gone to San Jose. Spencer learned a day or two ago that she was still in the city, and vesterday afternoon went to her mother's ome to ask for his money. He claims that he was met at the door by a brother of the woman and kicked out of the house. % Last night Spencer went to the house at 116 Sixth street and sent a boy named Jo- seplt Cazneau up to Mrs. Cohen’s room with a note stating that he wished to see her. She sent word back for him to come up, but he refused to do so, fearing that she meant to hurt him. Mrs. Cohen finally came to the hall where Spencer was and’. according to his statement, before she reached him she made the remark, “I wonder what he wants,” and then with- out another word she began to beat him with the whip. e LTRSS Railroad Republican Club Meets. A very enthusiastic meeting of the Street Railway Men's Republican Club was held in Pythian Castle last night. The meeting was of a social nature and had the effect of making the men better acquainted with one another. There were songs and speeches by Senator Wolfe and Messrs. Mauer, Marsh, Ramsey, Manning and Miller., A set of resolutions in mem- ory of the late J. H. McCluer, a former member of the club, was adopted. paying a touching tribute to the many good traits of his character. and exprel!lnfinprofound sorrow at his loss. The club will mee in 3 Castle on the first Thursda; edch month. e et ADVERTISEMENTS. - SILKS! SILES! 4000 YARDS Printed Silks AT HALF FORMER PRICES. On to-morrow and following days we will place on sale an elegant assortment of FIGURED, BROCHE and STRIPED INDIA SILKS, all handsome designs, at ' OC Per yard. The above silks are all white and light colored grounds, in width. inches full 24 The former ‘prices were 75¢, $1.00 and §1.25 Yard. We have also received this week 100 pieces PLAIN AND CHANGEABLE TAFFETA SILKS, in all the new shades and com- binations. 9 1892, m, u3, us, 0T, 19, 121 POST STREET. WILL TELL OF THEIR GREAT LABOR RED CROSS LADIES TO HOLD A BIG MEETING. The Public Will Be Told How Money Is Being Expended by the Society. It was decided at the State Red Cross Society’s session yesterday to hold a large public meeting in Golden Gate Hall on the 30th of this month. This is done for the purpose of letting the many thousand workers in the grand cause know what the organization is doing with the large fund it has collected. 3 Reports of the varfous committees will be read showing how money has been ex- pended during the past month, and the outside world will gain a better idea ot what tremendous work weak ladies have done in aid of the boys in blue. The meeting will be enlivened by patriotic musical selections and speeches, and it is expected that many hundreds will at- tend. : Governor Richards of Wyoming visited the French Hospital yesterday to person- ally express his thanks to the hospital or the devoted care which the enlisted men from his State had received. Donations of postal cards were received from Mrs. A. K. Hardy, W. A. Scott, Miss Floy Tressel, Mrs. E. P. Hutchinson, Miss Tillinghast, Mrs. J. H. Walker and Miss Bryant with a gross of sharpened pencils. After the troops left the ferry hospital- ity rooms yesterday, the Minnesota band entertained the ladies with an interest- ing musical programme. &< the troops encamped at Lime Potnt were lying on the cold ground, the so- clety visited a number of lumber firms and got them to donate 8000 feet of lum- ber, which was sent out:to the encamp- ment. Baker & Hamilton, Hawley & Co. and Dunham, Carrigan & Co. generously donated chisels, nails, hammers _and hatchets to be used in laying the floor- ng. he local soclety’s fund is fast nea ing the $30,000 mark. Yesterday the fol- lowing subscriptions were recelved, which swelled it to $45842 6 United States Customs Civil Service Association of California, monthly sub- scription, $10; employes -of Southern Pa- cific Company (freight office), $7; Sutro Primary _ School__(additional), $4 05; San Carlos Frauen Verein, $0; John Swett Grammar School (seventh subscription), $16; Agnews Hospital for the Insane (offi- cers and attendants), $40; memberships, §21; Chicago Cigar Company (Lee -Him and Lee Sim, proprietors), $. Provisions were received at the ferry yesterday from Mrs. Bron-Blake, Miss Kincaid, Mrs. J. D. Scott, Mrs. Holland Smith, Mrs. M. H. Hecht; through Mr, Filcher, from Los Angeles, 25 boxes of lemons. There was a large sale of seats for the Red Cross Verdi concert at Sher- man & Clay's yesterday. Signor Ariuro Salvini, the great European tenor; Miss Mae Tunison, soprano, of Philadelphia, and Louis Weir, the well-known bary- tone, will appear. The concert promises to be a great success. The following additional amounts were received and acknowledged by the State society: From the Auxiliary’ Red Cross Soclety of Pleasanton, through Mrs. Det- Jen, secretary, for initiation fees, $10; for badges, $625; from the Auxiliary Red Cross Society of Sacramento, $10; from the Auxiliary Red Cross Society of ‘Woodland, for initiation fees and badges, §60; from the Calistoga Red Cross So- ciety, $. Grand total, $7520. Mrs. McKinst received the following donations yesterday for the State depart- ment: San Rafael, 70 bandages; Napa, 94 caps, 100 comfort-bags, 172 disinfectant bags; Visalia, 20 abdominal bandages, 300 Esmarch bandages; San entin, goods for the making of 28 flannelette shirts; Folsom, 5 towels, 25 caps, 20 Es- march bandages, 62 pillow ticks, 161 com- fort bags, 301 bandages; Santa Cruz, 1 box books; San Luis Obispo Cholame School, 58 comfort-bags. A game of baseball for the Red Cross will be Dl%)’ed by the Wholesale Milliners and the Fire Insurance <Companies on Saturday next, at 2:30 p. m., at Sixteenth | and Folsom streets. The Admiral Dewey Festival, which opened last evening at 1615 Post street, was a great success, $66 05 beinfinrel.l.lud The entertainment will be continued the O O S LR L R R R R R s rest of the week in the afternoon and on the evenings of Wednesd The following organizers. son, P. J. M. Cashin, R. R. Duck Galvin, M. S. Blackburn, J. Mine H Harding, T. F. Buchelder, C. H. Scanlon, . A. Dralet and H. Schubert. 3 An address prepared by August Muller, to be re tion, was unanimous and Saturday. Prentiss Smith sent one box of a dozen cans of pineapple and cks of fresh vegetables to 16 Post —_———— TO FIGHT CIVIL SERVICE. The League Pre_p;n‘gwfor Its Annual State Convention. The committee of arrangements for the coming State Civil Service League met in B'nai B'rith Hall las ported that it wa egates which will be opened at 2 p. m. on Jung convention of the Anti- night. Secretary Gallagher re- timated that 850 del- d the convention, would atte vere appointed district J. C. Carpenter, J. Hamil- o ymas Gagan, Martin . MeNill, M. D. Mailony, J. IcCoy, W. H. Robert- orge W. Monteith, D. Ayres, P. B. Gallagher, . J. H. Cosugan, E. M. ¥ J. Je d at the opening of the conven- v adopted. e Seeks an Accounting. Robert Low's Sons, limited, a corpora- tion of New York, filed suit yesterday against N. B. Greensfelder & Co., agent for the Pacific Coast, for an ac- counting. The plaintiff alleges that the defendant amounts of personal property, but refuses to ma the suit. its has received In trust large a satisfactory accounting. Hence Sudden Death. John Lavelle, a roomer in the St. George Hotel, 812 Kearny street, was discovered dead on the floor of his room yesterday forenoon, He had been under treatment for rheumatism, and his death was caused by the diseas was a member of the Cigarmakers’ Union. e 'reaching the heart. Lavelle —_————————— ++ ADVERTISEMENTS. R S R A e ON 7O MANILA! Volunteer Camp Souenir TWENTY-EIGHT LARGE PAGES OF COPYRIGHTED PHOTOGRAPHS! PRINTED ON HEAVY PLATE PAPER! COVER IN FOUR COLORS! THE FINEST HISTORICAL SOUVENIR EVER ISSUED. I R R R R R R R R R R RS No Reading Matterin the Number, All Pictures. Finest half-tones from the most recent and best photographs. Gives a complete pictorfal review of the assembling cf the troops in San Francisco, scenes in camp, marches through the streets 0 the steamship docks, views on the buy and the final departure of the trans ports for Manila: It is a publication to interest all and become more valuable by being kept. 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