The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 10, 1898, Page 16

THE SAN FR CISCO CALL, Y, JULY 10, 1898 MEAD’S FIGHT IN THE MINT TO HOLD ON Assistant Coiner Suspensio Resists His n and Will Appeal. Charged by Mr. Spotts With Misconduct and Delinquency and Recommended for Dismissal From the Service. There is trc ble at the Mint, and prospect that enough of it will to allow each of several gentle- liberal share. It all grows di- the suspension from duty hael H. Mead, T from nd he of « dves not pro- pose to maint monopoly The public yrmed of the guspension of 1, but the precise reason has been given. As the 1 s a direct bearing on the matter siven in full: Jul Hon. Frank A. Leac ed States Mir e in- int to ymitted, biner. war, the Mead intend of gauntle ion a but he doe: he opening of as pretty aged At- p an the charg; d does not con- simple ¢ 1 He iter charges charging Spotts attempt to compound a felon h hiw.self is included in the A short time ago an employe of the | Mint was arrested for stealing bullion and w Mead says Spotts and L ed to hold him re- for the shortage discovered occasion. He was asked by Spotts to resign and declined to do so. | Mead, by the way, one of the Dag- gett men whom the present administra. tion fc already in place, and who | are protected by civil service. It is| common belief that the Leach crowd does not have for these men the of affection showered upon e in by later appointment. have no bearing nd. refused to get out on re- th, E matter was renewed potts, on the author- 3 » made him a proposition to accept two wee salary and re- sign. To keep accounts straight the resignation was to be without date, and the books to show nothing of the evan- ishment of Mead from the sc the two ad expired. scheme not appealing to Mead, it was renewed by Spotts and Leach together, but the pair f: >d to convince Mead of the advisability of quitting. Then he bounced, or at least treated to sus- which is the initial stage of e bounce. Thus Yy war is on. Mead’s friends claim that the whole trouble is political, dating back to the Metropoli- tan Temple convention when Mead re- fused to shout for O’'Brien for chairman and stood up for Watkins, the admonitions of certain es who told him what he ought to Mead had done considerable in mer ¢« ADVERTISEMENTS. BABY’S AWFUL Eighteen Months Old Baby Had Rash on Shoulder for Two Years Causing Intense Suf- fering. Would Scab Over, Break Open and Be Raw. Several Doctors and Reme. dies Tried. Efforts Fruitless, Cured by CUTICURA. My sister had this rash come on her shoulder when she was about eighteen months old. It ‘was there about two years causing her intense suffering. We had several different doctors, trie everything that we could think of, and that every one could suggest without efTect- ing a cure. In spite of all we did it kept epreading. One day it would scab over and then crack open and a watery matter 0oze from it and the scabs would all fall off. It would beraw for a time, then scab over again. Bomeone recommended CUTICURA REMEDIES, ‘We immediately procured a box of CUTICURA (ointment), a cake of CUTICURA SOAP, then tried the CUTICURA RESOLVENT, and before the bottle was half gone we saw a marked change, and by the time it was gone, she was entirely cured without @ scar being left. She 18 now twelve years old, and has not had a, pimple or sign of blood trouble since. Feb. 18,’98. Miss LILLIE CHASE, Bristol, Vt. ToRTURING DisPiouRING Ecza, and every species ofitching, burning, scaly, crusted, and pimply skin and scalp diseases, with dry, thin, and falling hatr, Instantly relieved and speedily cured by warm beths with CoTi- ‘OURA BOAP. gentle anointings with CUTICURA, purest of emollient ekin cures, and mild doses of CuTiCURA RESOL- VENT, greatest of humor cures, when all elue falls. Bold thronghout the world. PorTER DRUG AND GEEM. Corr., Bole Props., Boston. o How to Every Humor,” matled free, trouble | stirred politicians for y ber ded as having » instant the letter was 1 unt- rtention | nduct the | ith Superin- | politics himself, and thought he knew his own mind. The issue will be watch- ed with particular Interest, and the promise of a raising of the gold dust at the Mint was never better. There a tale of a trick turned in the institution recently which is new and good, although it has nothing to do with the main wrangle. During a rush in June caused by the necessity of coining money for Manila twenty extra women were hired, all of them working daily from $ to 6, this being | three hours overtime as time is reck- oned in Uncle Sam’s mints. They con- | tinued until June 26, when work was nded until July 6. - Chief Adjuster 1tgomery, who adds to his other du- s that of being a mouthpiece for potts called them together the even- ing of the last day before vacation. He complimented them highly on their ser- vice. He assured them that they were the lovliest girls ever employed. Nat- urally they thought th offer of extra p vice, | Montgc paper. : hopefully formal dis: There end of the vacation sent for and put They are fillin subterfuge Spotts wages for ten day thing to enable hi: on the war. B | why the men tion on REFUNDING WAS NOT | v for their At the conclusion of t handed to each a pie opened each document it was a h the instance to this. the women were in their old places. e now. I stop; and a neat | their aved some- Uncle Sam to carry the women wonder | ved the same va [ DEEMED EXPEDIENT! p;!umv.\ E. Tucker, ex-United States Ap- BIG SCHEME FOR A NEW HA- WAIIAN BOND ISSUE. | | New York Financiers Sent Repre- sentatives to Honolulu, but They Failed to Carry Out the Programme. | Henry Pearson, representing the Ed- ward C. Jones Company of New York, and ‘W. Stanton, representing a syndicate of | New York financiers, have just returned | from Honolulu, where they were engaged | st business venture, which, how- | . An attempt | was ma induce Hawailan govern- t to refund the bond issue of $4,000,000 akaua. ally issued for m under the dynasty of K These bonds were origi twenty years with the option of pay- | ment at the expl n of the tenth year. | The bonds dre six and a half per cent. As soon as the issue was made Lon- sorbed the bond considered very have lapsed and little | don financiers | investment w | The first ten ye a prelude to an At the | deleg: as the | vesterday from his wife, T trong. | ] has been done to call in the bonds. For this reason the syndicates, which both Pearson and Stanton represent, sent them to negotlate for the refunding of this bonded debt. They offered to advance the $4,000,000 and to pay a premium of $400,- 000 if the Hawaiian government would ac- cept their terms. In addition to this they proposed to lend $750,000 to call in a late issue of bonds. The terms of the New York financiers demanded the control of a new bond issue for twenty years at the rate of 4% per cent interest per annum. The Hawailan Legislature passed a bill for a new issue, but the conditions impos- ed were so unfavorable for the New Yorkers that they refused to accept un- 18ss an amendment was made. Pearson and Stanton evidently represent financiers who saw an opportunity to place big sums of money for a profitable rate of interest on secure investments. It logks as if annexation was foreseen and & venture was floated on the strength of t. The failure of the mission of the two agents is charged Indirectly to the fervor of the annexation spirit. ad the refund- Ing of the Kalakaua issue been obtained these bonds would have become United States securities upon annexation. A PREMATURE BLAST BKINGS INSTANT DEATH A QUARRYMAN HURLED INTO ETERNITY. Was Affixing a Fuse When the Ex- plosion Occurred—His Body Terribly Mangled. Another life was lost yesterday through the premature discharge of a blast. The accident occurred in a quarry at South | San Francisco, and the man killed was | Foreman Burns. | It was about 4 o’clock in the afternoon | that the explosion took place. A large | | body of rock in the side of the quarry | that he @id not wish to be a State Central was drilled for the purpose of rending | it and Burns, who was in charge of that part of the work, was preparing the | blast. He had placed the deadly explo- | sive within the hole, and was about to attach the fuse when, by some unknown cause, the charge went off, and the un- fortunate man was hurled a distance of 100 yards. He must have been instantly s nearly every bone in his body s broken and he was terribly mangled. he deceas ed was formerly in'the e ploy of Gray Bros. of this city, and al- bore the reputation of being a care- | nd conscientious workman. —_——— POPULIST DELEGATES. Vacancies in E}K;City;s Representa- tion to the State Convention Filled Up. The executive committee of the Peo- ple’s party met last night to appoint del- egates for the vacancies in the list of the State convention at At the last meeting of the committee the executive committee s empowered to flll all such vacancies curring by the inability of the members elected to attend. T. V. Cator was se- lected vice E. A. .Street, Carleton H. Johnson vice T. H. Hatch, T. H. Porter i H. O'Hea. This will give the an- a voice in the convention. R Iliness of Ex-Appraiser Tucker. ates for Sacramento. ci er of this port, is confined to his bed by siclkness at the residence of his wite's mother, Mrs. Bourn Sr., 2030 Broadw his retirement from office last Ox Mr. Tucker has shown signs of He was able to look after his up to a month ago, wh came and he was comp and Duri; shown signs of and | attending him hope to be able to remove him to St. Helena shortly. e A Wise Resolution. Phillp McGovern, 147 Cook street, was arrested Friday night for betraying Lena Rebstock, 1814 Central avenue, under | promise of marriage. A night's reflection tober overwork. irt in prison made him resolve to marry the | n application made to orth for the necessary license, as McGovern is only 20 3 of age, but he soon obtained his | father's consent and the marriage took | place. The case was dismissed in the | Police Court. s e Sues for a Divorce. Willlam H. Toomy fiied suit for divorce iza M. Toomy. | > plaintiff alleges cruelty as a cause | of action. and Yan SN SNSRI $t i f {0 LAWY S \\\\"\\‘ A\ SN leu Commissioner, 2392829895888535858 PROFESSOR ;IDSF.PH LE CONTE, Who His Friends Believe Will Be Appointed a Yosemite Val- The friends of Professor Joseph Le Conte of the State University expect that within the next few days he will be appointed a member of the Yo- semite and Marlposa Big Tree Commissioners, to succeed Max Goldberg, The members of the Sierra Club have been working hard and assiduously to secure the place for Professor Le Conte, and they are confident that their efforts will be crowned with succes: an indication of his intentions, but Professor Le Conte's friends that he will be the successor of Commissioner Goldberg. that the appointment will be made within the next three or four days. RERRERREARRRRNNNERUARRRRUURRRREERRRE <3 = 3 2 %8 The Goverror has not yet given 8 believe % It is thought & % & | | declared that the party in that county to- | of-the-road-men—were POPULISTS DO NOT ADMIRE EACH OTHER The Party Said to Be Controlled by Political Boodlers. Bretz of Alameda Decl of the Democracy for Fusion Purposes. : The Populists of Alameda County have not a very good opinion of themselves. Some of their leaders have the worst kind of opinion of Populism such as it.is to- day. In the county convention held at Grand Army Hall yesterday three-quar- ters of the many hours the session lasted were passed in quarreling and in heaping ridicule upon themselves. | M. D. Hougham, a delegate from the | Forty-elghth Assembly District, openly day 1s being run by a gang of boodlers and office-hunters who have no regard whatever for the principles of the party they profess to serve. Ex-Assemblyman Bretz openly declared Committee man, because as such he would be assessed probably which would be equivalent to a donation to the Demo- cratic party. The two factions—fusionists and middle- about evenly di- vided, with perhaps a spare vote or two in | SCHARLIE WHITE LED THE FUSIONISTS favor of the fuslonists. F. J. Gregory led the Maguire fusion faction, while A. A. | concluding as foilows: Bretz championed Populism. These two men are both edito | ach Issues a weck- | Iy paper, and the battie between them | lasted through several ballots. The real | test of the strength of the two factions came with the election of State Central | Committeeman. J. L. Moore and Douglas | Fowler were elected on the first ballot. The choice of the third man lay between | Gregory, Bretz and B. F lhoun. Two or thres ballots were taken without a choice, and then Bretz withdrew. No notice was taken of his withdrawal, and | > battle continued till a motion was en- and carried to drop the lowest man of the three (Calhoun), Another bal- lot was taken, but before it was counted Bretz positively withdrew. There was an idea prevalent that he had been beaten, and the friends of Gregory evidently wanted to have it known, so they forced | the counting of the ballot, and 1t was | found that Gregory had obtained just one | vote more than was necessar: The fusionists elected D. T. m to 4 choice. | Fowler chair- ery possible advantage was tuken to provoke a debate. John Gelder, even after a recess had been proposed, asked permis- sion to address the delegates and to con- demn the manner in which a certain fac- tlon had demoralized the party and deliv- | ered it to the Democrats. After a few | moments of vivid oratory condemning the fusionists, Mr. Gelder sat down. M. 5 Hougham fired some redhot shot at_the | fusionists, and his ideas were shared by most of the oider element In the conven- on. Charley White, son of the Sheriff, was a stanch supporter of the fusion people and with him were most of the younger element, including Attorney Meyer and J. Aubrey Jones. | Mr. Meyver was fortified in his attack | against Bretz with an extract from Mr. Bretz's paper, which read: ‘Notwith- standing the supreme and bitter contempt in which the writer holds the Republican party, he will In the event of fusion sup- port” it by ballot and pen. He will do JUsSTICE NOMINATION » o everything in his power to defeat fusion.” Mr. Bretz declared that he still harbored the sentiments and_that anybody who wanted to join the Democrats could do £0 and renounce playing the game of Pop- ulistic hypocrisy, J. W. Dutton was on hand distributing gome of his clever little poems. One or two of the compositions of the ex-deputy sheriff contained merit enough to suggest that Mr. Dutton could put his talent to l!;e\‘.'.el' use than practicing itinerant popu- sm. Samuel Heller, the largest Popullst—cor- Eorenl!y-—ln the county was on the floor, ut the atmosphere was so warm that he did not make a single speech. In this re- spect he was unique in the convention. *ternate. ares It to Be a Branch *‘Old Pard” Bassett-had very little to say; in fact Mr. Bassett Is not so much of & speaker &s a writer, and Populists in conventions, especiaily in Alameda Coun- ty, have not patience enough to listen to writings. George Toyne, the silver cham- pion from Haywards, who has lived in this_county many years, but still retains his Yorkshire dialect, was one of the sec- _retaries and was so engrossed with his work that he did not realize until the con- vention had adjourned that he had not made half the speeches he has prepared since the last county convention. M. D. Hougham spoke at some length on a motion to curtall the number of county committeemen at large. He declared that a large committee was not ne ry and was cumbersome. Then Mr. Hougham launched out. He declared that boodlers and selfish people had come into the party and had disorganized it for their own per- sonal ends. He charged that these were willing to do anything for any vided "they could serve thems Huu¥hum sald many bitter things against the fusion section of the party, but men- tioned no names, although his descriptions were so detailed that those on the floor must have had an inkling of the identity of the delegates to whom he referred. W. R. Batten also saw a very blue fu- ture for the party. He declared that there were only a few of them left and that they were so divided among themselves | that the smaller and gmore efficient the county committee, the better it would be for all concerned. The county committee, as elected by the different Assembly districts, is as follows: District—George Toyne, G. W. P. Nelson, M. R. Lyle, Mr. Van District—G. R. Reld, N. J. n, J. Aubrey Jones, J. E. Taylor, R. B. Distric chth J. Gr A. M. Stoddard, P. B. gory, C. White, J. D. Shep- Forty-ninth District—Robert Steuart, F. T. e, 'W. R. Batten, Dr. V. Oberg, X ftieth District—Dr. Hessel, A. Hoenisch, B. C. Allyn, Mr. Grimmins, J. Nichols. Fifty-first District—A. C. Kruger, J. C. Ea- tey, M. L. Gray, J. L. Palinbaum, J. M. Dovle, At Large—D. F. Fowler, J. M. Moore, O. M. Sanford, W. M. Cubery, Charles Husband, Dan Stuar n Major The resolutions were In accordance with the Populistic doctrine of initiative and referendum, and declared for a more gen- eral expression of the popular will re- garding laws and all public questions, rey We advocate peace through the success of erican arms f= the pi 3 neri- n war that is being w of the downtrodden people of unhapi d we sincerely hope parpetual lterably condemn the issue Ly this Government in times of elther peace war, wnd that all e tra_and extraordinar: of this Gov- ernment y of full legal tend Government pa- Cuba, e S The delegates elected to the Sacrame: to convention, to meet next Tuesday, ar xth District—G. W. Kraft, Dr. A. W. Gregory, Livermore. ADVERTISEMENTS. THREE SPECIAL ARGAINS] During the entire month of July, and prio to our semi-annual stock-taking, we will offer SPECIAL BARGAINS in all our departments. This week we have placed on sale the fFollowing extraordinary cheap lines : 75 pieces Double-width Novelty DRESS GOODS, in BAYA- DERES, CHECKS, STRIPES, PLAIDS and MIXTURES, all 4 this season’s importations. Price, 25¢ Yard. Former prices 50c, 60c and 75¢ yard. 600 pleces best quality DOMET TENNIS FLANNEL, all hand- some styles, in PLAIDS, colors, all new goods. STRIPES, CHECKS and plain Price, 75c Yard. Regular value 10¢ yard. 50 pairs TAPESTRY PORTIERES, with extra heavy fringes, full 3 yards in length. colors: REDS, OLIVES, il v They are in the following BLUES, BROWNS and MYRTLE. Price, $3.00 Pair. Regular value $4.50 pair. NOTE.—We have also received and will place on sale this week three cases best quality COTTON COVERT CLOTHS, and a large shipment of extra quality WHITE CORDED ENGLISH PIQUES. s 1892, m, u3, us, uz, 19, . £ ¢ 121 POST STREET. OLD PARD BASSETT AS5URED THE CONVENTION NOT EXCITED . [ = THAT HE WA S W Forty-seventh District—Green Majors, G. R. Read and John Aubrey Jones. 3 Forty-eighth District—Charles White, J. M. Baseett and F. J. Gregory. X Forty-ninth District—J. U: W R Batten, Robert Stewart. Fitteth District—Dr. R."Hesse, Sam Heller Ally and B. C ¥ Calhoun, Dr. A. T. Fifty-first District—B. F. Sk Childs, Burdette Cornell; J. L. Palinbaum, al- Oberg, At large—A. A. Bretz and D. T. Fowler. The County Central Committee ‘drgan- ized last evening with D. Fowler as chalrman, and Burdette Cornell secre- tary. An effort was made to have the delegates to the State Convention in- structed to support Fusion and Maguire, but it did not succeed. COLLECTED IN THE CORRIDORS J. Prager of Seattle is at the Baldwin. W. H. Harlow of Tulare is at the Grand. Jacob Neft of Colfax is stopping at the Palace. Dr. W. A. Gaston, wife and child are at the Grand. J. A. Rice of Ventura is staying at the Occidental. T. J. Nichols of Auburn is registered at the Palace. Herman Haenssler, wife and family are at the Grand. Percy Davis and wife of Coulterville are at the Grand. H. T. Poindexter of Palo Alto is a guest at the Palace. ‘W. A. Chapman of Colusa is stopping at the Baldwin. Edward R. Swain has gone to San Ra- fael for the season. L. C. Jones and wife of Santa Rosa are staying at the Russ. A. C. Bush, Sheriff of Bierra County, is stopping at the Russ. 0000000000 Everybody o O knows Billle Whit- o SHE WISHED o tier, so a descrip- o SHE HAD otlon of his per- © sonal appearance g NOT SPOKEN. ols unnecessary; 0000000 OO ODbut as there are a number of young men in town who bear the same name, it will be well to make sure of the identity and mention that it is Billle | gentleman jockey his reputation is unstained and immac- ulate. He has been everything from a to a bantam-weight leader of soclety—at least, the people who | who pass him on the street and do not know just who he is place him in one or | the other of those categories of male hu- manity. But not many days since he was grossly insulted, and the passions of fury and anger that were generated in his breast in consequence are not yet purged. Mr. Whittier is proud of many of his pos- sessions, but there is one who is dearer | to him t the fabled treasures of the Arabian Nights' tales, and that is his wife. This is evidenced by the unfaltering acquiescence of the husband in regard to the wife’s dressmaking bills. Mrs. Whit- tier has been passing a great portion of her time at the fashionable modistes’ of late, and Mr. Whittier, wishing to see her on important business, and not finding her at home, started out one afternoon last week in the direction of the modiste’s establishment. Upon reaching the place he knocked at the door, which was almost fmmediately opened. A woman, with all the insignia of her occupation about her, the measure thrown around her neck, with its dangling ends in front, and in her right hand dangerous - looking shears, which she opened and closed in a menac- | ing manner, stood before him. Billle was about to give utterance to a few choice thoughts preparatory to an inquiry for his wife, but he was deprived of this fling at eloquence. The modiste was abrupt, and, with withering emphasis, she said: “Who are you? I didn't ring for a mes- senger-boy. And now Mrs. Whittier patronizes another modiste. H. E. Barber, a capitalist of Stockton, is staying at the Grand. E. H. Raymond and wife of Colusa are stopping at the California. T. M. Brown of Eureka, Sheriff of Hum- boldt County, is at the Russ. Walter R. Kirkham and G. H. Shaw of Montana are staying at the Russ. Major and Mrs. F. W. Hess, son and daughter, are registered at the Occlden- tal. T. F. Fitzgerald, Paclfic Coast passen- ger agent of the Texas and Paclfic road, is stopping at the Occidental. S. K. Hooper, traffic manager of the Denver and Rio Grande, and wife arrived last night from Denver and are stopping at the Occidental. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, July 9.—John F. Har- court of San Francisco is at the Ven- ‘dome; A. B. Bowers of San Francisco is at the Imperial. Supervisors Sit as Equalizers. The Board of Supervisors met yesterday as a Board of Equalization to pass upon the application made by property-owners who asked for a reduction of the assess- ment levied by Assessor Siebe. All of the applications came from property-owners who have been assessed from $500 to $5000. In a few instances the reductions asked for were allowed, but fully 9 per cent of the original assessments were allowed to stand. No complaints have thus far been recelved from the corporations, and but few if any protests will be made. The Supervisors will meet again to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock to pass upon the applications not heard yesterday. = lee o - Threats Against Life. Frank Raymond, saloon-keeper, 520 Pa- cific street, swore to a complaint in Judge Mogan's court yesterday for the arrest of his partner, Constantino Maria de Mendonca, on a charge of threats to kill. The two partners have not been on friendly terms for some time, and about a month ago De Mendonca was arrested on a similar charge, but the case was dismissed. Since then he has renewed his threats. —_————— Ladies' taflor-made suits: latest designs; we give credit. M. Rothschild, 211 Sutter, 7. € & T. e R Charged With Larceny. Two young men, giving their names as John Kelly and Willlam Biban, were ar- rested last evening and charged with ‘Whittler, the short. Asa man about town | grand larceny. Several days ago they | rented 2 horse and wagon valued at $100 i | from J. Morsehead, a stable-keeper at 16 CI: street, ostensibly for the purpose | of going into the peddling business. After leaving the stable the men drove to Slo | cum’s livery stable on Golden Gate av- where they sold the horse and for $30. evening they were picked up on Howard street by Police Officer Riordan | and taken to the City Prison. ADVERTISEMENTS. OASH OR LITTLE-AT-A-TIMB. s o ODD PIECES o Xt Are not at all out of our line. Taks the above 1y for example. in oak oaly. Combined comfort with elegance is shown in our stock st all times. < QUR PRICES LOWER THAN CASH HOUBES. % J. NOONAN, o Complete House-Furnisher, & 1017 to 1023 MISSION ST., o Above Sixth. o Phone South 14 Open Evenings. 308 306 308 £0¢ 508 308 0 308 306 0F 308 108 108 200 2 L WHY! Here are .qme reasons . hy you should buy your Eye-Glasses or Spec- tacles from us: We have perfect facilities. We have a large stock to select from. ‘We give the Lest and quickest service. 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