The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 17, 1898, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JULY 17, 1898. A CLASH OF AUTHORITY AMONG THE GENERALS HE following order—short, concise and apparently fraught with un- welcome significance—caused a wailing and a gnashing of teeth at Camp Merritt yesterday after- noon in the ranks of the troops which, up to that hour, had confidently ex- pected to sail in the next few days for Manila: Headquarters Independent Division, Eighth Army Corps, Camp Mer- ritt, San Francisco, Cal., July 16, 1898. Special Orders No. 6. 6. Special orders issued from these headquarters July 15, 1898, di- recting the preparation in packing of all goods and effects for transfet to steamer Pennsylvania and Rio de Ja- nerio, are hereby revoked. By command of Brigadier General Miller. S. W. BELFORD, Assistant Adjutant General, U. S. Volunteers. .rs revoked In so few words 1 on Friday by Brigadier er. They directed the com- rs of the different troops 1ced to sail to immedi- their camp equipment alre ately | ab g order was accompanied by r To the, officers to | wh 1s directed it meant only one | xpedition ¥ off; ¢ red or mething 1al importance had transpired to e troops mnot ne ary. 2 wildest sort was rife. looking to the wrong quar- ons, howev and as it W re ex ating the im- s San Fran- which the prema- g R It It w of the order A\ sh not it was simply Major General Me ) insisting upon exercising the | atives of his rank 1 thereby hangs a tale of no small or General Otis set front he left spect s with Brigadier General Mil g the next expedi- practi- | se instructions | his chief Brigadi ral Miller | aused to be issued the or- General Miller | od that he was to occupy the ative position to General Mer- 1 by Major General Merritt. abused of tt caught the eye of | am. demanded an explana- s given along the lines stated above. It was not satisfactory, | and General Miller was pointedly told | that ther ter all orders would issue from General Merriam’s headauarters, or t his orde and he was further | to revcke 1 orders issued ye: } to reissue them from the | new foun head of authority. | In consequence General Miller's or- der ~as revoked and in its place the nding | ssed to the comn irst Montan ruits was rnia re issued: Ca Headquarters Independent Division, Eighth Ar ritt, San F 1898. Special Orders No. 6. 9. Pursuant to instructions from | major general commanding the De- partment of California, the com- | manding officer First Montana United States Volunteers will with- out delay place his regiment in condition to embark on the steam- er Pennsylvania, designated to pro- ceed to the Philippine Islands. All heavy baggage of every kind, except such as is absolutely neces- sary for the maintqnance of his camp, will be packed and sent to the steamer Pennsylvania, now at | Pier No. 7, Oceanic dock, to be placed | aboard said steamer not later than 8 o'clock p. m. Sunday, July 17, 1898. He will break camp and march his troops to the steamer Pennsylvania with the balance of the baggage be- | longing to his command, arriving at| the dock of said steamer for embark- ation not later than 10 o’clock a. m. Monday, July 18, 1898. By command of Brigadier General Miller. S. W. BELFORD, Assistant Adjutant General, U. 8. Volunteers. y Corps, Camp Mer- ncisco, Cal., July 16, | are issued as yet for the | » but it is officially stated on Wednesday at 10 ning. The two bat- outh Dakota, under will break camp on that > M from 1 Frost, Brigadier General Otis £ ally decided yesterday to use the Rio as his flagship. > EIGHTH CALIFORNIA. Rev. Oliver C. Miller of San Francisco Selected as the Regimental Chaplain. P BARRETT, Sather Station, July tion of a chaplain for the rnfa United States Voiur s made to-day by Cawonel | There were over forty applicants, the Methodists centering on Mr. Pettes of San Jose. The chofce, hewever, was the Rev. Oliver C. Miller of 240¢ Bush street, San Francisco, pastor of the Church of the Holy Spirit in that city. The new chaplain is a Lutheran and a very spiritual ma fan men of the regiment recelved the news with de- light, as many know him and all predict that he will be a very popular addition to the regimental staff. He will' rank as a captain, drawing the same pay. The Citizens' Committee of Oakland an- nounces the recelept of sufficient funas for the stand of colors for the regiment. T who contributed for the purpose R. M. Fitzgerald, Edson F. Adams, San Leandro and Haywerds flway Company, P. E. Bowles, 8. B. MocKee, E. B! . P. H. Remfllard, . 4. ayton Jr., C. A. Bon, Jion, tratton, H. A. Tubbs, G. R. Lukens, as Rickard, R. M. Mein, . Mor- J. Knowles, Charles 'W. Kellogs, Thom row, H C. 0. G. Miller, Dr. D. D. Crowley, CI E D. Kennedy. E. M. Herrick, Wallace fyv- erson and Thomas Crellin, The presentation will take place Tues- day afternoon at 4:30, the parade ground just west of the camp. The regi- ment was paraded this afternoon in a dress rehearsal with the view of being s idea just|§ | will | Army Corps, will relieve 0000000000000 000 O o ] at Manila. Red Cross Ald. arrangements and list of ushers: Carrle Creigh Thierbach, Mrs Steinbach, Mi Greene, Miss Mary The ushers are: Danfelds, W. E. Conner, H. Mulcrevy, R. D. Barton and L. Bannan. Tickets 25 cents; children 10 cents. The Native Daughters would ltke cakes, morning, July 21 ernoon. President, Miss Ida M. recording s sing. ©000000000000000000000000000O00000 00000000000 0000000000000 00 OUR GIRLS WILL REMEMBER OUR BOYS Native Daughters’ Red Cross Aid to Make the Benefit Drill at the Pavilion a Success. The benefit drill to take place at Mechanics’ Pavillon Thursday evening, July 21, {s designed to raise funds to send to the California Volunteers now The affair is under the management of the Native Daughters’ The following names have been added to the committee of Committee of arrangements—Mrs. Theodore Lunstedt, Mrs. C. A. Boldeman, Mrs. L. A. Carlie, Mrs. E. reigh, Miss Ma Frank Mills, Miss Birdie Mayer, Mrs. T. Foley, Meyer, Mrs. C. A. Kapp, Miss J. Stark, Miss A. Hinck, Mrs. R. D. Barton, Miss K. Harney, Mrs. D. Danields, Mrs. A. Mocker, Mrs. J. D. Ralph, Miss M. Kline, Miss M. McCarty, Miss M. B. Wilkin and Miss Lilly O. Richeling. Henry Lunstedt, Dr. G. Van Orden, C. A. Boideman, H. D. Lansing, Ed Carlie, Theodore Lunstedt, seph K. Hawkins, F. Z. McCarty, H. F. Morton, J. J. Grief, Frank Mills, D. Doorkeepers—L. P. Powelson and J. Henning. Box office—W. Wobber and Ed Wobber. read, fruit and flowers sent to Mechanics’ The Native Daughters’ Red Cross Aid Is composed of 150 Native Daughters of the Golden West. They meet every Tuesday evening. Their headquarters are at Native Sons’ building. The ladies sew every afi Kervan; vice president, Mrs. Frank Mills; cretary, Miss Ellza D. Keith; financial dore Lunstedt; treasurer, Miss M. B. Wilkin. The Press Club quartet and a quartet from the Seventh Regiment will Music will be discoursed by the Seventh Regiment band. OOOOQOOOOOOOOOOOOO 00000000000QO0000O chairman; Miss Menke, Mrs. J. J. Grief, Mrs.'J. A. ary Waters, Miss Mattie Farris, Mrs. Miss L. Meyer, Miss J. Gustave Gunzendorfer, Jo- Lew Mayer, T. Foley, H. Boetfeld, to have donations of home-made Pavillon on Thursday secretary, Mrs. Theo- 000000000000 0000000000000000000000 000000000000 O the old Eighth flag bi ted o and presented it to out to the regiment esented C the proper company—I of Grass \:é_\le,\ The ceremony requires the band an e? cort company to parade before the Jest- ment formed in extended order and re turn to the rear of the colonel’s position. The regiment salutes and the colfzr 'a{e:‘; geant takes his position with the colo company. The band and escort then pru; ceeds to the -sxu'emlgl 1;:1 Fg Lh;z(;ghqjg}x‘xe and across the fiel n the ar. ] company falls out at its proper lpusll’\'log and wheels into its place, while t xg "x‘:d continues on to lh?l elx(\‘«me right al takes its accustomed place. 3 Company H, Captain L. E. Lyon, “(‘z; Redding. was arrested and sent to ¢ guard house in a body to-day by a sen 1’7?: on the guard line. The rules ull?v\ “‘[ur\ anfes to be marched out of the Lz\n}é} f drill in charge of an officer and officers and pass parties, but first sergeants mus have passes for themselves and ;n{’r 43 The company, unarmed, had bee marched out by ‘an officer, Who left It in charge of the first sergeant, with in:.lr\xn: to read the articles of war to the men. On their return the 3\‘!‘(4?&11.[ at- tempted to take the company _flnm (;Lamvf',' regardless of the guard. A bayonet, ho r\i ever, halted the command, and the Fud‘s'. ordered the whole company undey‘ar?x_ and sent them to the guard house. Ex- pla; fons were made and LB[)(}MH L 31!.'5 summoned, He indorsed the :vrgled.‘ % Words and the company were released. Hereafter this company will keep a com | missioned officer with it when outside the » without arms. 3 M he. scheme of Colonel Henshaw drain the camp of surface water by m of wells sunk to a sand or gravel st has not proved successful, and the camp be connected with the Frult\gP sewer system. This will be done at once, before any trouble arises over the water from the faucets and kitchens. . The dress parade and guard mount to- day will be the only duty require of the men. This takes place at 4:30 o'clock. Many of the men wili attend di- Vine services at the various churches in o ning. lhTht p{\mfd detail to-night consists of Captain C. L. E. Wenk, Company F, of- ficer of the day- Lieutenant Al V. Stock- da Company C, officer of the Kuard.'m\d Lieutenant F. A. Marriott, Company H, super officer of the guard. EIGHTH ARMY CORPS. to Orders From the War Depart- ment Assigning Captaim James G. Blaine to Duty. Lieutenant Charles E. Harden, Eight- eenth Infantry, has been detailed as a special inspector to look into the recently | condemned bacon of the First Montana commissary. epeiel bursuant to instructions from the al Dipiriment, commanding general Second J t vision Elg Brigade, Independen Sslon e 3. Blaine, acting adjutant general, from :m:;v“i‘-l"len his brigade in time to enable | him to embark with the next expedition. Sn being_relieved, Captain Blaine will re‘p«rx‘rtu‘:gsrsgmner General H. G. Otls, T. 8. V., for assignment to steamer an accommodation. e ; command Brigadier General Miller, o SC:‘\JML'EL W. gELFORD, A. A G ] jtah Cavalry -ulled its tent pins frfl;ll::‘ tlfxe inhospitable sands of C:\mg Merritt yesterday morning and Clut[e‘;‘rz away to the new camp at the Presidlo. The officers of the troop are blu? over their detachment from _expeaitionary forces, but they are finding some conso- jation in the prospect of a jaunt to e Yosemite Valley. Acting Hospital Wood will accompany Sehon, assistant adjutant States Volnnteers, who is to_Chicago. h rate and _the sick list are on l};‘:-}i\;‘m‘\;lit Camp Merritt. There are four deaths to chronicie since the records closed on Friday night. Private .. Rod- gers, Company L, Fifty-first JTowa, die B TThe Tathe Hospital after an operation for appendicitis. Private krank A. Camp. Company C, First Montana, is dead fro pleurisy. Private Albert Stowell. Com- any B, Seventh California, and Private Hardy Shull, Company M, Eighteenth Infantry, are dead from pneumonia. =~ At the field hospital there were 175 sic when the books were balanced last night. The working corps‘1 of the hospital now hers 180 enlisted men. H%Trfl:\m“(qox‘ who has been on duty at the field hospital, has been orderel to re- join his regiment the First South Dakota Volunteers, for duty on the traniport Rio de Janeiro, which sails on Wednesday morning. )r. Henry Page, whose compeient work at the field horpital has won the esteem of his superiors and has put him in Jing of preferment, will to-day be ordercd to duty on the transport Pennsylvania. Dr. Page will be responsible for the heaith of the troops of Montana and the First Cali- nin_recruits. O eon T . Stacker of the First Ten- nessee has been detached from his regl- ment and assigned to temporary duty with the field hospital. Dr. Ladd, who has been on temporary duty with field hospital forces, is asslgned to the St. Paul. Steward Eugene G. Captain John L. eneral, United n poor health, et CALIFORNIA HOSPITALITY. Tennessee Ladies Prdsent Sou- venirs to the Christian En- deavor Delegates From the Golden State. A tew evenings ago at Nashville, Tenn., where the Christian Endeavorers Nation- al Convention was In session, a rally was held in the Moore Memorial Church, which was the headquarters of the Cali- fornia delegates, and an interesting feat- ure of the gathering was the presenta- tion to the Californians of some beautl- ful souvenirs from the representative women of Tennessee. To the ladies they able to receive the new colors in proper etyle. Company G of Alameda, wl{h he resented Dresden cups and saucers tied red and white ribbon, the Christian En- deavor colors, and the gentlemen given the regulation Endeavor pins ;sm ver. These souvenirs were given as a token of the appreclation of the kindly treat}x?ent received by the First Tennes- ?sffia,es‘mem from the people of Cali- Mrs. H. F. Beaumont, in the following | graceful words, made the nresentxlnan: Friends from California, the garden spot of patriotism and kindly deeds, we as Tennesseans, as wives, mothers ' and Sisters of soldiers, greet you and bid you :_irhenrly Wwelcome to the home of the First ennessee Reglment. The people of Four ‘ali- State have endear very ot ed the very name g atitud you, the representatives of thgu!; fair gtmlt?, and in every way do we desire 3;1)ur Visit a pleasure. You zelltgsn;l#;: the latchstring is always on the outside 0 Tennesseeans in your State, and we present you this evening with 'these 1it. tle souvenirs of vour visit to Nashviile ty Eemlnd You in the future that Tennessoe 0¢S Dot hang the latchstring on the out. side to Californians; she spreads wide open her doors and steps across | the threshold to greet them. May God's riop o5t blessings be yours, and when the tap. estry of each life is woven and the Maa- tenrodl%li_eimltl {rom the loom may - these § 0 our boys be wover | Ess::}r:ln pattern that he shall Say Wen S JLeward you not with stlver, - C. Gilbert of San Franclsco seen the First Tennessee Rvgt'm‘:g? h:: sponded on behalf of California. SR S e SEVENTH CALIFORNIA. A Volunteer Wants to Know Why the Regiment Is Ignored. Editor Call: It was with a f 3 t eeling o (‘hngr!n that we of the Seventh rpag lr: The Call this morning that in all proba- bility no more troops would to the Philippines. By oraerel Why hasn’t the Seventh ? Zone? This i the question that is on the lips of e\'er; enlisted man, and one that is not an. swered. It will be remembered that the Seventh was the second regiment incamp preceded only half an hour by the First. and every day since we have drilled hard and consclentiously., Yet, in maki; the expeditions, efficlencs o oot b\% % shx{“]” Sethe ney seems to cut e think we can demonstrate that are as well drilled, officered and equipped as any regiment of volunteers in the country, and certainly there must be an- other reason—a hidden one—for our con- tnually being turned down, and it is the more %"‘e“lm;t tjo have this' reason with- e ust as comfortable ho: and gave up just as lucrative posit(on:nfz enlist as did the more favored Eastern regiments that are brought clear across the continent to make up expeditions fopr the seat of war. We are Just as ardent and patriotic, and certainly as eager {o take an active part as they, and feol leeply hurt and disappointed at not he- ing given what wi chance. we conslder an equal Twice we have been sn::dhwe WO‘I’fld embark, en our ordered to stay at ho would seem to lndicntey that l::)el’;l:mcrl fluence was at work to our undoing. Thel situation is most discouraging to us, but as men and soldlers we will once mope choke down our disa; pointment and cheer our departing comrades on their. way, and continue to perform our duty as it is laid for us, but 1300 enlisted men in the Sev- enth will wonder, and, perhaps, an inter- ested public also, why we are elected to remain indefinitely at Camg Merritt. R Camp Merritt, July 16, lmAR SRS it fe i glven to under- and at the elev- THE PRESIDIO CAMP. Health of the New York Troops—New Guns for the Alger Battery. The Presidio has again in some de; assumed the proportions and nppea.ra;::: of its former glory, as far as the en- campment of the volunteer forces {8 con- cerned. The advent of the First New York on Friday and the troop of Utah cavalry vesterday has added materially to the strength of the forces now upon the res- ervation. The removal of these two com- mands from Camp Merritt to the Prestdio means an Increase of nearly 1500 men in the troops now at the latter place. There was a large crowd out. yesterday to in- spect the camp of the New York boys. It is pitched with beautiful alignment on the ground formerly occupled by the two battalions of the Sixth Cali ornla Regiment and Fourteenth United States Infantry. The officers’ tents are Opposite the company streets, while just across the main roadway of the Presidie and upon tllar:éxr)?eotth@!l nules from it, are the ual ‘olonel Barb §r}‘dl IEE C::z er and his fleld eutenant onel Stacpol charge of the camp yeutex:%:y. ‘(’:‘:fion’e’} Barber remaining in town at the Palace Hotel. He was feeling somewhat indis- e city to recuper- posed,Nso r]emnllrl:r.-dtm t! ate. early all of the men w Vv their nbert(y Yesterday, and lheyel;?m :1:1’1 vantage of the opportunity to visit the city, many of them taking in the sights of Chinatown. To-day the lines of discipline will- be drawn very closely, and to-mor- row the daily drills with dress parade will be inaugurated. The health of the regi- ment is excellent. There {8 not a single man in the hos%tal. The only soldie nfn— capacitated is Private Warner of Com- peny A, who IS In the French Hospital with a fractured kneecap as the muft of a fall from the baifnge car after the regiment reached Oakland. One very no- ticeable fact about the New York boys is the high rerrd that they have for their officers, and especfally i this true of Colonel Barber, whom the men idolize. ‘rh?- swear by their chief, and they are loud in singing his pralses for having the regiment removed from Camp Merritt. 1l the officers of the New York regi- ment through the courtesy of the officers at the Presidio have been put up at the Officers’ Club. Lieutenant Colonel Stac- pole and twelve other officers were enter- tained last night at the club at dinner by Colonel Morris and the members of the Presidio Club. 2 The Utah Cavalry, under the command of Lieutenant Smith, moved their camp from Camp Merritt to the Presidio vester- day. The ‘r‘)o? arrived at the Presidio about 8 o'clock In the afternoon and went into camp adjoining the troop of Nevada cavalry. Those two troops are located Just south of the brick barracks, which gre in the rear of the commandant’s of- ce. The Wyoming, “Alger,” Light Battery s to exchange its four 8-inch muzzle- loading guns for an equal number of 3.2 breech-loading rifles. The War Depart- ment has ordered Colonel Babbitt at Be- nicia Arsenal to furnish these guns to the Alger battery, and they will probably be sent over this week. The Sutro Baths will be turned over to the New York Regiment one morning this week. The entire regiment will march to the baths and enjoy the luxury of a plunge in salt water. b ilae B DESERVED PROMOTION. Honors Gained by Officers Who Were Recently Stationed in This City. Many officers of the United States army recently stationed in San Francisco have galned recognition and promotion since the beginning of the present war. Gen- eral Shafter, who was ordered from the command of the Department of Califor- nia to the front, is now a major general, and has just received through the Presi- dent the profound thanks of the Ameri- can people for his brilliant achievements at Santlago. Day before yesterday the announcement came by wire from Wash- ington that Samuel B. M. Young, for- merly of the Fourth Cavalry at the Pre- sidio, had been promoted from brigadier to major general, Accounts from the front report that General Sam Young was in the thickest of the fight at El Caney. A rich widow of San Francisco, who at one time thought of allowing a friend to indicate to Colonel Young that an army career would not be contrary to her in- clinations, may now regret that she did not authorize the negotiations. ‘William M. Graham, who was formerly colonel of the Fifth United States Artil- lery and post commander at the Presidio, now holds the rank of major general, and is on the list to take a prominent part in the next campaign against the enemy. John D. .ailey, formerly lleutenant of the Fifth United States Artillery, has been promoted to major and adjutant general in the staff corps. Major Miley is also one of the Commissioners ap- pointed to fix the terms for the capitula- tion of the Spanish army at Santlago. Men in and out of the army who are acquainted with Major Miley are de- lighted to Hear of ‘his advancement, be- cause he is a courteous gentleman and a worthy soldier. While he was on duty as adjutant at the Presidio and aid at ae-artment headquarters in this city he did not put on insufferable airs of ex- clusive high mightiness. — TENNESSEE MIX-UP. A Hatchet Used on the Head of Private Neal—A Short- age of Sugar. A good bit of excitement wasoccasioned last evening by exaggerated accounts of a mix-up that occurred between two men of Company G of the First Tennessee Volunteers. A scarcity of sugar occa- sioned the quarrel which, fortunately, was attended by no serfous consequences. Sugar ran short in Company G yesterday and at supper time a number of the men went to Quartermaster's Sergeant R. C. Wortham and demanded it of him. ‘Wortham replied that the supply was exhausted. rivate James Neal insisted that there should be sugar and a quarrel was on in a minute. After a short ex- change of epitiets Sergeant Wortham | seized a hatchet and struck Neal on the | right side of the head, knocking him down. Wortham ran to his quarters and his tent was surrounded by a guard armed to repel a threatened attack by Neal's | friends. Neal was carried to the hospital in a semi-consclous condition. A hasty exam- ination disclosed no greater injury than a bruised head and he was returned to his quarters. Sergeant Wortham was ordered to his quarters. —_—— Catholie Truth Society. The following report was submitted to the executive council of the Catholic | Truth Soclety at its, regular meeting and unanimously approved: I have examined the books kept at the Cath- olic Truth Soclety tent at Camp Merritt and find that while Mrs. Susan M. Theall was in charge of the ladles’ department, that is up to July 3, the total receipts wero $647 §0. O this amount $371 was expended for stamps and | $115 5 for various things necessary for the work, such as badges, rubber stamps, milk, bread, stationery, lamp’ chimneys and the like. The balance, $160, was turned over to me at the office at various times, as the vouchers attest. I take this opportunity of congratulatnig Mr Theall on the accuracy with which her counts were kept and on the prudenge and sconomy she showed in managing the limited funds at her disposal and in making a little 80 such a long way. 1 hereby tender her my personal thanks and the thanks of the executive council of the Catholic Truth Soclety for the great zeal, the wonderful energy and the supreme disinterest- edness with which she worked for the good of the soldiers and the honor of the cause. | I regret exceedingly that she has resigned from the position in which she was placed and | in which she did so much. PETER C. YORKE. ERR CAMP M heads of the many departments. Jows: “The President, Washington, tration. mortality, entirely unnecessary. 1y encamped for eight weeks. 000000000000000000000000000 ITT CONDEMNED President McKinleg Asked by the Chamber of Commerce to Remove the Soldiers to the Presidio. The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce has been very successful in obtaining from the officials at Washington such favors and concessions as its members belleved would be for the general public good. The natural in- ference is that it never makes a frivolous or unjust demand upon atlon by the Washington officials was addressed to the President by the head of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday condition of Camp Merritt. The telegram to President McKinley is as fol- o o o the o The last matter presented for consider- 0O | o relative to the unsanitary O SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July 16, 1898. D. C.: Camp Merritt in San Francisco has been condemned by our Board of Supervisors because of its unsanitary condition, protested against by the neighbors; is a blot upon the adminis- The ladies of the Red Cross are heartbroken at the increasing The New York Regiment, just arrived, would not accept quarters there and is now camped at the Presidio, where there are fifteen hundred and forty acres available instead of forty acres at Camp Merritt, upon which over six thousand men have been continuous- The sand is thoroughly saturated with sew- age and drainage from this large number of United States volunteers. you in the cause of humanity compel the removal of this disgraceful con- dition of affairs? If you will authorize the expenditure and give us author- ity this Chamber will undertake within seven days to sewer and supply with fresh water the Presidio grounds. “President Chamber of Commerce, San Francisco.” ©0000000000000000000O0O0D0O0DO0DO0DODO000O00O00O win HUGH CRAIG, O000D0O0000D0000000000 LICENSE COLLECTORS AS POLICE T. F.Bonnet Obliged to Do Lees’ Work. DEPUTIES ARREST GUIDES NEGLECT TO TAKE THE UNLI- CENSED INTO CUSTODY. The Head of the Department Respon- sible for the Neglect, as He Declares the Ordinance Unconstitutional. \ The old clash between the venerable head of the police department and the Li- cense Collector’s office was renewed last night by Collector Bonnet sending two of his deputies up into Chinatown to make arrests of guides who were violating the lcense law under the eyes of the police, who, acting under instructions from their superior, refuse to take into custody the bunko steerers who palm themselves off on the unsuspecting tourists and rob them of their shekels. Deputy Collectors R. P. Barton and E. G. Faulkner made a trip to Dupont street early in the evening and before they had been in Chinatown long had suc- ceeded in arresting Hugo Huebner, Irving May and Thomas Langan for violating the license order and Louls Nathan for peddling without a license. The collectors will continue in the work which rightly belongs to the police until they succeed in ridding Chinatown of the bogus guides. The ordinance levying a small license on all Chinatown gufdss was declared uncon- stitutional by the eminent jurist and clev- er thief catcher and leader of parades I. W. Lees, and he has steadily refused to make any arrests under the order. Re- uests, pleas and prayers from Collector nnet addressed to Judge s have been without avall. With but few excep- tlons the regular Jouce cers have made no arrests, aithough the violation of the ordinance is flagrant. Mr. Bonnet as nl:mll¥l become disgusted with the ac- tions of the senile chief and b deter- mined that the city shall ve ths li- censes due from the guides has placed his deputies at work which (hedm!lce depart- ment is paid to do. If the Grand Jury in logking‘ nto the expenses of the Collect- or's office complain that ar: too the; large, Mr. Bonnet will explain ¥:ow in or-| der to collect the license he is compelled to employ deputies to do the labor which should be done by Chief Lees’ underlings. Every arrest the license collector and Eis deputies have made for violation of the | license order has resuited in a conviction. According to his Honor, Chief Lees, the ordinance is unconstitutional. If the opinion of this self-degreed doctor of laws is correct every judge who has convicted an unlicensed ide is in error—but the convictions still go on. Independence of Mexico. The members of the local Mexican col- ony are making active preparations for the coming celebration of the eighty- eighth anniversary of the freedom of Mex- ico from the grasp and tyranny of Spain. The affair will be celebrated in grana style on September ¥ with literary ex- ercises, a grand ball and a parade througn the principal streets in the evening. The following 1is the committee charge of the affair: Hon. A. K. Cy Consul General of Mexico, hoforary dent; A. Tejeda, president; A. E. vice president; A. de la Torre Jr., tary: A. Gutlerrez, assistant secretary; E. Ybarra, treasurer; executive commit- tee, Mrs. L. Gosch, Miss M. Villa, F, Carranza, R. G. del Palacio, J. Mendoa, V. Medina, C. Mersich, H. Rojo, L. Guar~ dia, P. Espinoza, C. Baez, F. Rodrigues, A. Montero. —_——e—— Mortgage Ordered Foreclosed. Judge Seawell vesterday ordered that & mortgage of $56,16515 on the Young Men's Christian Assoclation building be foreclosed. The mortgage is held by the German Savings and Loan Soclety, and in addition a judgment against the assocla- tion for $41,000 is held by the contractors who erected the building. The savings society was adked to bring a friendly suit to foreclose the mortgage, as there is a clause in the articles of incorporation or the institution' which prohibits a mort gage belng placed 'on the property in the name of the assoclation. It {s the pur- pose of the association to procure a new mortgage in the name of a member of the assoclation at a lower rate of interest than is now being paid. —_———— The Columbia Libeled. A libel was flled in the District Court yesterday morning by John F. Colstrup, H. A. Richardson, et als., owners of the schooner J. Eppin ainst the steam- ship Columblnpgor%ag‘m e Epplrggl was run down by the Columbia on June 21 during a heméy fog, and her owners claim that the Columbia was to blame for the accident and . have accordingly brought suit for the full value of 515 vessel and personal property of the crew. —_————— Divorce Suits Filed. Catherine Alice Gifford filed sult yes- terday for divorce from Charles Gifford. As a cause of action the plaintiff alleges failure “}rlgfo“l“- Josephine Geautet in ‘oney, Tesi- cott, secro- applied m a diyorce from Antonio Gg.ntet. all elty as a complaint. St e G OF INTEREST TO BUYERS. Purchasers’ Guide to Responsible Merchants, Manufacturers, Brokers, Im- porters, Wholesale Traders, Jobbers, CATALOGUES AND PRICE LISTS In Corresponding T"ith Any of the Follcw! ART GLASS. California Art Glass, Bending and Cutting Works, 103.105 Mission St., cor. Spear. Embossing. Staining, Bevéling Won. Schroeder, Pres. Telephone Main 868. ART WARE AND ANTIQUE FURNITURE. THE P. ROSSI CO., @rtistic Furniture and @rt Ware Importers, 117 SUTTER STREET. ARTIFICIAL LIMBS. MENZO SPRING Ererrictor, Send, for meas- ure blanks. U. S. Commis- sion, 9 Geary st.. S. F. | ARTISTIC FURNITURE. FINK & SCHINDLER, E5cfs 25,50 S 9 Fittings, 1309 st. Telephone South 267. AUCTIONEERS. 5 Ko eoees KILLIP & C0- " 32 ancinco. BAKERY AND CONFECTIONERY. WM. SCHOENING Shipping trade supplied. : ) €39 Broadway street. BATHING SUITS. 5. 3? wmws Post St. Upstairs. Near Kearny Bt., ARTRRS BATHING SUITS, SWEATERS. PERFECT-FITTING Silk, Woolen and Linen Mesh Underwear. Insurance and Real Estate Agents. MAILED ON “APPLICATION. ing Firms Please Mentlon *The Call.'” EYES EXAMINED. BERTELING OPTICAL COMPANY, Sclentific Opticians and Manufacturers of Optical Goods, 14 and 16 Kearny street. FIRE INSURANCE. EDWARD BROWN & SON, 407-409 Montgomery st. Capital Represente over $14,000,000 FRESH AND SALT MEATS. JAS. BOYES & C0,, &P alemss FLOUR. Flour Mills. J. Martenstein & Co. S.W. cor. Battery c}fliu: HARDWARE. PALACE Hardware Co., Importers & Dealers in Hardware, 603 Market. Tel. Main 752. HARNESS AND VEHICLES. LEIBOLD HARNESS CO., 211 Larkin st., 8. F. Wholesale and Retail Manufacturers of all kinds of Harness and dealers in Buggles, Carts, etc. If you want bargains call or write IRON FOUNDERS. Western Foundry, Morton & Hedley, Props.. 234 Fremont St. Castings of Every De- scription Made to Order. Tel. Blnc!( 50S5. JEWELERS. W. K. VANDERSLICE CO. OLD AND SILVER SMITHS, 13 Sutter 8t., San Francisco. Telephone Matn 917. MARINE INSURANCE. SWISS, MARINE INSURANCE COMPANIES. Combined Capital, $4,000,000. SYZ & CO., Agents, 301 California st. NATIONAL BELTING. f Belti da | L. P. DEGEN, J'anfesirer. ofox 107" tis- jon St., cor. Spear. Telephone Main 562. Agent for Rubber Belting and Packing. BICYCLES. 98 Model Cleveland Bicycles 50, $65 and $75. Crescents, in Men's f;ldl ;.onrdlis‘ 2335 Becor;d-hnnd ‘Wheels, $10 and up. LEAVITT & BILL, 303 Larkin street. BOILER MAKERS. W. J. Brady's Patent DETACHABLE MUD DRUM for Steam Boilers, Manufactured by EUREKA BOILER WORKS| W. J. BRADY. Proprietor. Special Attention Paid to Repairs and Bhip Work. Office and Works—113-115 MISSION STREET Telephone Main 5045. BOOKS AND STATIONERY. THE SAN FRANCISCO NEWS COMPANY, 342 to 350 Geary Street, Above Powell, Periodicals, Books and Stationery. BOOKBINDERS. J. B, MCINTYRE, 253" Ettmnrcraiot street: COAL, COKE AND PIG IRON. J. C. WILSON & CO., 900 BATTERY STREET. Telephone Main 1864. COPPERSMITH. Joseph Fox, Supt. H. Blyth, Mgr. C. W. Smith, Ship Plumbing, Steamboat 'and Ship Work a Specialty, 16and 18 | Wnshinggon St. Telephone, Main 5641, | CORSETS, WAISTS AND UNDERWEAR. JUIPOISE WAIBTS. Mrs.M.H.OBER & CO. o580y ot el Bosigor i DENTIST. DR. C. W. RICHARDS, & *&5tns earny. DRAYAGE. McNAB & t?lM‘LTHfl en, Mercantile Warehouse, Siun!l);iergS Davis St. and Corner Fifth and Bluxome Sts. Telephone, Main 1872. DRUGGISTS (WHOLESALE). REDI“GTUN & c Secondand Steven. son Sts. Tel. Main 4 MATTRESSES AND IRON BEDS. THE BERNHARD Mattress Co.. 642 Mission st. Telephone Main 1674. OPTICAL GOODS. ’r LUNDY Headquart: for fine Jewelry and - s full 18-k. dding R}ng!, 43 PAPER DEALERS. wILLAMETT PULP AND PAPER CO., 722 Montgomery Street. PIANOS. The Oldest Firm and Largest Stock. PIANO and MUSIC STORE, KOHLER & CHASE, 28 and 30 O’Farrell St. A corps of expert tuners and reparers. PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES. KODAKAzercy: [Reloading, developing, print- ing. T. P. Andrews, 109 Montgomery. REAL ESTATE. G. H. UMBSEN & CO.. LEAL ESTATE. RENT COLLECTORS. General Auctioneers. 14 Montgomery st. STATIONER AND PRINTER. Tegeariie D AR TRIDGE 22555 SEWING MACHINI—ES. $ DOMESTICY frmminentri e (ackios fo near Sixth. SOAP. THE HICKS-JUDD CO.. TAILOR 7AND l;lP()RTER- w0 %640, o0 CHAS BLISS. 51852 B30, Idg.. 4th Floor. TARTAR WORKS, CALlFoRNIA TARTAR WORKS, G. De LATOUR, Manager. Office 318 Front Street, San Francisco. TYPE FOUNDERS. ACIFIC States Typs Foundry. successors to Hawks & Shattuck. The Howe Industry House, 608 Clay st. WAGONS AND TRUCKS. HENRY B. SCHINDLER, manufacturer of carriages, buggies, etc.; repairing done in first-class style at fair prices for good work. 123 Spear st.; tel. Main 295. WAREHOUSEMEN. THE HASLETT WAREHOUSE CO., Forwarding Agents and Public Welghers. General Storage. Free and Grain Warehouses. General office, 210 California st. Tel. Main 1914 Printers, Book- 23 First st om————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— i ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. | WASHINGTON VOLUNTEERS—G. M., City. The Washington volunteers at the Presidlo were pald within the past ten | days. & STATES IN THE UNION—H. A. T,.; Sunol Glen, Cal. There are at this time | forty-five States in the Union. Thirteen original and thirty-two admitted. DEPOSITS BY GAS CONSUMERS—W. B., City. It has been held in the case of James against the gas company that the company_cannot demand a deposit from | an intending consumer of gas. GERMANY AND RUSSIA—L. J. B., Camp Merritt, City. The naval streng of Germany, including all kinds of ves- gels, subsidized vessels included, is 264, | and the number of men is 21513, while | Russia has 373 vessels and 40,532 men. REVENUE STAMP—C. R. of C., Berke- ley, Cal. As your communication does not designate the color of the revenue | stamp you write about it is impossible to give its value. There were several is- sues of 5-cent revenue stamps during the Civil War period. T | RELIGIOUS BELIEF—A. S, St(\r:k!cm.§ Cal. The biographies that have been published are silent as to the religion of each of the parties named in your com- munication, consequently at this time the information cannot be given. If in the near future this department can obtain the information asked for, it will be fur- nished. ADOPTED CHILD—C. R. of C., Berke- ley, Cal. A child that is adopted accord- ing to the laws of the State of California occuples toward the adopting party pre- cisely the same relation that a natural child does. In the matter of allowing such a child to inherit or the matter of disinheriting such a child, the same rules govern as do In the case of a natural child. AN ANCHOR—A. O. 8, City. When an anchor is let go from the ship's side the crown first strikes the ground; it then falls over in such a manner that one end of the stock rests upon the ground, and the subsequent movements of the ship and the cable cause one or the other of the flukes—it matters not which—to dig vertically into the ground and maintain a firm hold. On the firmness of this grip depends the safe anchorage of the ship. If the anchor should break its hold in the ground £nd not take a fresh hold, the ship would go adrift. CHOLERA CURE—A. J., City. There are any number of cures that are recom- mended for cholera. C. F. Cochran of St. Joseph, Mo., Representative from the Fourth District of that State, declares that he has had considerable experience in the treatment of cholera and that he found the following a sure cure, and rec ommended its use to the Missouri re; ments if they went to Cuba or the Phj ippines: Two parts of tincture of rhu- barb, two parts of spirits of camphor, one | art tincture of oplum. Dose, teaspoonful, | hat, he says, will check any case of gripes. —_——e——— X Music in the Park. To-day the Park Band will render the follow- ing: Patriotic, “‘Hall Columbia’............. Ovlrl_ufi symphonie, ‘A Concert ood™ ... in OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST WASHINGTON, July 16.—The Treasury Department to-day commlissioned Fred A. Sprague and Miss Amy Ceeil, respect- ively, as Superintendent of Printing and counter of stamps on bank checks under the war revenue bill. Both will be sta- tioned at San Francisco. Pacific Coast pensions have been grant- ed as follows: California: Original—Alonzo B. Swart- out, St. Helena, $6. Restoration and in- crease—Joshua Stewart, dead, San Jose, $8 to $12. Original widows, et M. Stewart, San Jose, $3; specia uly 8, minor of Anderson Carr, Los Angeles, $10, Oregon: Original—Chester F. Fowler, St. Helena, $8; special, July 8, Thomas Preston, Denmark, $12. Original widow, etc.—Mariam Pickett, Can; ville, $8. —_————— Couldn’t Find His Father. ‘Willie Herman, aged 11 years, arrived in this city last night from Eureka, Hum- boldt County, expecting to meet his father at the depot. As he could not find his parent the boy sought a policeman, who, after listening to his story, took him to the City Prison, where he was given a place to slor‘Y, The boy says his father works in a lumber rard, the exact lo- cation of which he is unable to give, ST e A Vallejoan Falls From a Car. OAKLAND, July 16.—Richard Curtis of Vallejo was brought to the Receivin Hospital in Oakland to-night = wg fering from a broken thigh. Ha was on his way from Vallejo to San Francisco and was standing on the plat form of the rear car. The train rounded a sharp curve and Curtis was thrown off the platform, his thigh broken, and he also received numerous severe cuts and bruises. e ———————————————————— ADVERTISEMENTS. 245 DOCTOR SW HE RESTORES LOST VIGOR AND vitality to weak men. Organs of the body which have been weakened through disease, overwork, excesses or indiscretions are restored to perfect | health and strength through his new and original system of treat RUPLURE curedbyhisnewmel?::; without knife, truss or detention from work, a inless, sure and perma; cure. ARCOCELS, phydrcn’cxsfl‘t swelling and tenderness of the glsnd§ treated witii unfailing success. €. - giou~ biood poissu in a_nyool?'xncs stages thoroughly eradicated from the system. L:a@ies will receive spedal attention for -'l their many ailments. WRITE if you cannot call. No charge for advice by mail. He will also send you a valuable book, “Guide to Health,” free of charge. Address F. L. SWEANE. M. D., 737 Market street, San » Cal.