The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 23, 1898, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1898. SOUTH DAKOTA SOLDIERS AND GENERAL H. G. OTIS SAIL TO-DAY LEAVING FOR MANILA. RIGADIER GENERAL HARRI-| SON GRAY OTIS, accompanied | and | by his superb staff of youne capable officers, went aboard the ship Rio Janeiro yesterday, but rly this morn- | e with Major | will return to dry land e ing to hold a con General Merriam, ¢ nding the De- partment of ( fornia. The Depart-| ment commander will impart to Gen- | eral Otis the customary instructions and suggestions and then express the | wish that the Brigadler and his men | have a delightful voyage to the n of the interview eturn to the ship. sailing hour 1s but little over- prevent the that hour. »uth Dakota | teers sail on the Rio ate command of Col- Frost . Third Battalion will the St. Paul next week. LS SOUTH DAKOTA MEN. f the unc Two Battalions March From Camp Merr.tt and Embark on the Rio Janeiro. Colonel Frost, with the Sec and Third Battalions of the First South Da- | kota Regiment, hed forth from Camp | Merritt at § o' ves y morning, | and by noon had his men carefully stowed away aboard the Rlo ving at the Pacific Mall dock to the dock was old ¢ excepting that tt cheers and farewe as th r this day ma men from lonel Frost e of march, d in The a to Cen- street o Market t to the Mafl dock, | Stover is now in | First Battalion of the | He will sail with his | St. Paul on the 28th Col 1 orn dropped out Otis into the and Colonel Frost ta regiment. It seems knocked out the par: s ooms to secure | age, and this accommodations | Colonel Frost certain state General Mer- a second lleutenant had his quarters by direction of Colonel Frost ins ed on 1ts under the original order issued or General Merriam, and after a carried his point and sus- ity of his rank. 1 to Colonel Frost t to Major " Maj t order reassigning the quarters was issued by Adjutant Edward Murphy with- s, but atement made The ot not provoke any bad feel- | T EIGHTH CALIFORNIA, Nine Hundred Springfield Rifles | Received by the Regiment. Target Practice Ordered. | ther Station, July ps are being taken the regiment out on tar- Some of the best rifle shots members of the regiment e officers want to get all of the miliar with their guns before they S to use them in battle. Something like 800 new Springfield rifles were re- celved to-day by Quartermaster Lieuten- t Heller, and the: The will be issued to the en at once. captains have been or- to pick out all of thelr good shots and report them to regimental headquar- | t while the untried are to be taken | out for target practice | The various companies of the regiment have an average of about 1500 rounds of | Phil fixed ammunit. ailable target work. on which is a for The Alame; A range near th hat | man | Captain H. Ford, Company K, | officer of the | gu | and formerly e St tewens | FIRST SOUTH DAKOTA VOLUNTEERS Photo by COLONEL FROS Route From Camp Merritt tu‘ the Mail Dock to T E Hodson. ON POST STREET, mbark on the Steamship Rio Janeiro. CROSSING STOCKTON, EN looking over their men with the view of forming glee clubs. fine musicians in he various c mpz and it is {n'[l?\'ml several good glee be form These will be set against each other and a friendly spirit of rivalry started between them. Company B now has a fine quartet, Company H a glee and also a string instrument club. With all tal available it is expected that y; able enj during the time the regime whether here or in far-aw evenings will be The miserably poor telephone ice ac- corded at the camp has given rise to,the discussion of the advisability of ge telegraphic wire put in for regimental ted of: da. Lieutenant. W X mith, Company L. Marysville, officer of the guard, and Lieutenant J. G. Estep, Company H, Redding, super-officer of the | service. The guard detail to-night cons William 8. Green, ex-Surveyor General editor of the was among the visitors at camp during | the day. Judge Gellick, a prominent attorney of | Siskivou, who h H of Redding, v United States District Attorne S. Foote, was the guest of his son. tenant ¥andell Foote, Company D, Rafael. s two sons in Company sited them to-da s HE IS NEEDED HERE. Major Ruhlen Will Not Sail on the City of Rio Janeiro This Morning. Major Ruhlen, quartermaster of the ex- peditionary forces, will not sail lippines this morning on the City of Rlo Janeiro, as General Merriam has de- | Bay Farm Island has been secured and in | cided that his services are at present « short time a company will use it cach | e o anerepthan g ATl Majoy STl they Eat ‘the necbessty prackie oy | Eetic and efficlent. master of transport a hey will be instructed in | has done e P h s et long distance firing at the target. Only | 1 mon® palpipuense amount of =W 15 about twenty out of each 100 have rifie records in the compant being unknown quantities all the others | on the St. Paul before the end of nes matters sufficiently to allow him to ai 1 week. ¥ The officers of the regiment have been | The troops that were designated to sail | There are some very | ing a | Colusa_Sun, | for the | | on the St. Paul are the Third Battalion of the First Dakota, recruits for s and the Thirteenth detachment of the having been found is somewhat too a it | that | large for | being Th eventh California | hope {o be as- | The Arizona will nial, which has been twice ed, again been offered as a port, and has n been examined. Teport of the examining board has been forwarded to Washington by Major | ‘l,vulk'- the depot quartermaster, who is | not at liberty to state the conclusions ar- | rived at by the board. | The City of Peking was chartered for | seventy days, with the understanding | that if she was mnot returned to her T lar run at the expiration of that | period she was to be employed by the | Government for another seventy days. In c she does not return here in time { to resume regular service she will there- fore very likely make another frip as a ort to Manila. — e TROOPS AT THE PRESIDIO. Brigadier General M. P. Miller Takes Command of the Post. Lieutenant Colonel Louis T. Morris formally resigned from the service of the army at 11 o'clock yesterday morning, when he turned over the Presldio to Brigadier General Marcus P. Miller, who | will have temporary command. There was no formality or cerémony attendant upon the transfer of the post. General Miller and Colonel Morris met in the office of the latter, and the necessary papers were signed by the former officer sting for all the Government prop- erty of the pi In less than twenty | minutes the nsfer had been made, and | Colonel Morris’ responsibility as an offi- 1s at an end and General Miller med command. He will make no changes in the military government of the Presidlo. Colonel Morris does not as yet know where he will reside. He may move to Washington, D. C., or he may make his home in one of the towns along the coast. “olonel Barber of the First New York ble to be out yester. He visited for a short while, expressed perfectly satl with the rything was running. Colonel Barber could not say just when his regi- ment would leave for Honolulu, but the probable date of its departure will be the last of this month or the first of next. It is now settled that the New York boy will do garrison duty at Honolulu. Cap- tain_Charles Hitchcock, Company H, confined in the post hospital with a bad case of pleurisy. The general health of the regiment is excellent, with the ex- ception of a number of bad colds. The recruits of the Utah Light Battery broke camp at the Presidio yesterday morning at 8 o’clock, and were marched to the Rio Janeiro by Lieutenant L. F. Foster of the South Dakota Volunteers. Twenty-two new cases were brought into the division hospital yesterday. They were mostly measles and mumps. These cases, with those already in the hospital, make a total of 202 cases that have been or are at present being treated by Major Owen. Private Lewls, Sixth California Regi- ment, who is in the post hospital with pneumonia, s not expected to recover. His condition is such that his death seems only the matter of a few hours. Mrs, H. A. Clarke, the wife of Licuten- ant Clarke, Wyoming (Alger) Light Bat- tery, arrived in the city vesterday morn- ing for a brief visit to her husband. The concert by the Fourth States Cavalry band, which is the band of the Presidio post, drew an exceedingly Jarge crowd yesterday afternoon. The concert was at 3 o'clock, under the di- rection of Chief Musician Wiluam 8. Lit- tleton, Fourth Cavalry. Six numbers were rendered by the band in a highly artistic manner. Guard mount, which held at the post every morning at 10:30 o'clock, is proving a ceremony of great interest to the citizens of San Francisco, large numbers of whom go out every morning to witness it. prasssees Sttt Harbor Mines May Remain. No action has yet been taken by Major Heuer, of the engineer corps, in charge of | the San Francisco harbor mines, in re-‘ gard to removing the explosives that have been placed in the bay under his super- vision. “I have received no instructions in regard to removal of the mines,” said Major Heuer yesterday, “and, therefore, shall proceed to finish the work which I was ordered to do. The war {s not yet ended.” EIGHTH ARMY CORPS. Efforts to Collect Alimony From a California Recruit—Brigade Court Martial Ordered. Since the 20th of the month searching | inquiries have been made at Camp Merritt | for Private George Aubertin, a recruit of the First California Volunteers. The in- quiries were instigated by the divorced wife of Aubertin, who is shy two months’ alimony. Mrs. Aubertin, who ‘s_in_destitute cir- cumstances, brought her troubles before the Humane Society. The soclety re- ported the matter to General Merriam, who sent down, through General Miler, rigadier General King Instructi Scyul‘(‘:l Ii\ubealln out. = e esterday General King reported bacl t‘har“Aub;r!!n had sailed on the Pennsyl‘f van! and was Ve vay 1 yRnit a now well on his way to An effort was made to put a garnish- ment on the pay of the recaleltrant Ats bertin, but 1t was found that such meas- res were imposs | ures. possible under the military | Haversacks and_canteens were issued sterday to Nebrask: T ‘_Ffiu“&y the Nebraska and Colorado The remaining battalion of South Da- kota Volunteers does not propose ?0{ sail to Manila without a band. The boys purchased an outfit of guitars and man- | doling, and Jf thelr initial performance es any: ng they lost thi v the regimental band feft. oo .n8 When | Lieutenant Colonel Barnett of the Penn- | sylvania recruits, Captain Perry and | Lieutenant Mileham have been detailed | as a board of survey to stralghten out the badly tangled accounts of Quarter- | master Lieutenant L. C. Smith, Twen- tleth Kansas, resigned. The 'retiring & | moth Commission tent which O0000UO00O00000000000000D00OCO00000 THE HONOLULU GARRISON. for the Hawalilan Islands. under his command the teer Engineers. Major Langfitt. General Merriam. whose services will, buildings and doing other work post. 000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000 00000VO000 Colonel Barber, Who Is to Be the Commandant, Will Probably Be Made a Brigadier General. It 1s very likely that Colonel Barber, of the First New York Regiment of Volunteers, who is to be commandant of the new military post at Hono- lulu, will soon be made a brigadier general, probably before his departure In addition to his own regiment, he will have Hawaiin and the Third Battalion of the Second Regiment of United States Volun- This battalion of engineers numbers about 400 men, and Has been stationed for some weeks at the Presidio. The order assigning the battalion to duty at Honolulu came from the ‘War Department yesterday, and was made upon the recommendation of It will sail with the first detachment of the New York regiment and will at once be put at work upon arrival in new post. The command iscomposedof Company 1 of Denver, Company K of Salt Lake, Company L of SanFrancisco and Company M of The colonel of the regiment, Willard Young, is in Chicago, where the regi- mental headquarters and the First and Second battalion: General Merriam has ordered the purchase and shipment of lumber necessary for the Honolulu post. Among the New Yorkers are several architects, clvil engineers, carpenters, painters and mechanics of all kinds, no doubt, be called into requisition incidental to the establishment of the Captain Philip Lydig of New York, who was recently appointed chief purchasing agent at Honolulu, arrived in the reported for duty to General Merriam. vice two months, and was transferred from Ci he will find plenty to do for a few months, as a great are to be made for the military post that is to be established there. Cap- tain Lydig is a well-known New York soclety man, and had the honor of performing the duty of groomsman at Clarence Mackay's wedding. 0000000000000 00000C000O0000 troops, numbering over 500 men, It is in command of preparing the Portland, Or. are located. in erecting the vy yesterday morning and He has been in the volunteer ser- hickamaugs: At Honolulu y purchases 000000000000 C O0OO0000000000000C00000000Q00000 quartermaster has State and Federal property badly mixed. Provost Sergeant Devine has been de- | tached from that office and Sergeant John McEwen of the First Tennessee has been detailed in his place. John Albert, a chief musician of the First Tennessee, has applied for a dis- charge on rather unusual grounds. He confesses that he s incompetent to fill his position and desires his release for at reason. thA’n' general court-martial has been or- dered for the second brigade, and Colonel | Church, William C. Smith of the First Tennessee | has been named as president. - Military Orders. Captain Fred L. Martin, of the volun- teer signal corps, is assigned as assistant to the chief signal officer of the Depart- ment of California, with station in San Francisco. i Acting Assistant Surgeon M. M. Walker will report to Captain Isaac P. Ware, as- sistant surgeon, as assistant in examin- 1 ecruits. " &aptain Charles B. Staats, of the First New York Volunteers, has been detailed as recruiting officer for his regiment in this city. Instruction in signaling at posts in this harbor will be under the supervision of the | signal officer of the Department of Cali- fornia. Signal classes will be formed at each post. The commanding officer of each post will detail one officer and at Jeast four enlisted men from each volun- tecer company or battery ) ceive instruction under the supervision of the signal officer, at such hours as may be designated by the commanding offi- cer of each post. One thoroughly instruct- ed man will be detalled dally from each regular organization at each post where such organizations are serving, to act as sistant instructors. HT;’A!: following named enlisted men of the volunteer signal corps will report as in- dicated opposite their respective names Sergeant S. L. Burgin, to military head- quarters, upon his discharge from the French Hospital. Corporal J. W. Billings, to the com- manding officer, detachment of recruits, Twenty-third Infantry, at Camp Merritt. First-class Private J. T. Ahern, to the commanding officer, Fort Baker, for duty at that station. First-class Private Willlam L. Carlton, to the commanding officer, Presidio, for | such duty as he may be able to perform, pending action on certificate of disabllity submitted in his case. Christian Commission. The evangelistic meetings conducted by Evangelist Crittenton at Camp Barrett, Oakland, have been eminently successful; the tent crowded every night, and much interest manifested. Mr. Crittenton will be at Camp Merritt next week for four or five days, and will probably speak at the Mothers’ Club headquarters Tuesday and Wednesday nights, and in the mam- it is ex- cted will be erected so as to t: ?(:;-first Jowa Regiment, Seventh Cali- fornla and the remaining battalions of the who will re- | ake in the | South Dakotas. The tent for the New York Regiment was erected yesterday and will be occupied to-day. Further do- nations received to date are: Morris Wenk, Stockton, $1; First Presbyterian Santa_Barbara, $20 60; Central Presbyterian Church, Salinas City, $1 50; further returns from Tennessce Regiment drill, $32. For the Red Cross. The Sons and Daught-vs of St. George have secured Union Square Hall for the evening of the 3d of August, on which oc- casjon there will be a grand literary en- tertainment and ball, given by the mem- bers of these organizations, for the bene- fit of the Red Cross Society. .susic will be furnished by the band of the First Regiment of Tennessee Volunteers. The affair will be presented under the direc- tion of the following named Daughters of St. George, who constitute the committee of arrangemen Mr: Witts, Mrs. | za J. Williams, M A. Brierly, Mrs. G. Muhlner and Mrs. Clack. - Catholic Truth Society. There will be a grand musical and lit- erary entertainment given to aid the Catholic Truth Society in carrying on its good work among the boys in blue, at Turn Verein Hall, Eighteenth street, above Valencia, on Friday evening, July The young mana the Misses Ella and Eva McCloskey, are working very hard to make this a success, and no effort is being omitted on their part. They are getting up a very select programme, Which will be followed by dancing. Tick- cents; children under 12 years 10 ets cents. e N Off to Honoluiu Next Week. Admiral Miller, who was to have start- ed for Honolulu on Wednesday, will not be able to sail until next week owing to delay in getting the cruiser Philadelphia ready for the trip. The Philadelphia will be ready Monday, and will then come down from Mare Island and anchor in the stream to await the orders of Ad- miral Miller. —— e War Incidents. The Native Daughters’ Red Cross Aid wish to thank the many friends of the Seventh California Volunteers for their very generous donation, on Thursday, July 21, at Mechanics’ Pavilion, and to make special mention of the kindness of the following friends: San Bruno Dairy, Baden Farm, E ole, H. Burheinie, Ninth-street Creamery, Hancock Bros., Francis, Valentine & Co., Schmidt Label and Lithographing Company, Julius Ga- briel, Mrs. W Leake, McVicker & Broderick, Wilferts' Green Valley Dairy, s. Roos Dunshee, Mrs. Butt, Mrs. S. Bo seorge W. Farhner, Mrs. liam Cluff & Co., Haas M H. 8. Goldman, Bros., A. Schilling & Co., S. H. Taylor, Hoger Bros., Swain Bros., Wetmore Bros., yd Wil Heineiche Bros., Mau, Sadler Charles Thierbach & Co., Mrs. Thode, Mrs. Dodge, Mrs. Storror, Mr. Pratt, O'Connor Bros., Mrs. Bee, and all the Native Sons and Natlve Daughters. & Co., AMERICANTZING SPANIMI LANDS Anglo-Saxon Blood Wanted. Is WORK OF THE CUBAN LEAGUE ; YANEKEE FAMILIES MUST POPU- LATE ISLES OF THE SEAS. Modern Civilization to Supersede the Ignorance and Misrule of Spain’s Bad Ad- ministration. E. M scherini, president of the 1 Cuban-American League, has re- ce 1 several letters from New York X iarters which show that the Junta b a broad view of the situation, 8 is the result of the present and the United Americanizing of olonial possessions of Spain. tter is from Henry Baldwin, | American history in the Li- | ana, 260 Crown street, New thes of loyalty, and | of the new America. interesting extract: | tates entered into the | the American people | n Congress declared that were solely to give free- to Cuba, but almost the s the naval battle an wer side of the world, and placing under the care of the American na- 110,000,000 of people in 2000 islands of the Sur’_little of humanity was un- Jubtedly &ood, iod Almighty's plan of and human dom is undoubtedly better. It is his hand that has done s thing, and it remains for us to accept the ponsibiiity, to ¢ our appreciation of his 1d to be ready and wili- 1s our duty, to ald our n ilization, the e liberty we ourselves possess. ve it becomes the duty of the Ameri- cople to overrun.all these islands, and by doing make them American A Cuba with its range of hills running through the whole length from east to west ought to 14 under a modern sysf same might be sa Vith dis ures all over the new land, be the most lovely places for home creation and as points of res . As certain that 1 from India, so it and Americans are to pros 6lon of these forelgn lan It is designed to make the of sanitatic Philippines T g whole ter, and God has chosen the American people to ‘do it Accompanying the letter to Mr. Masche- rini is a cl ing world bet- ular by the national organiz. committee of . New York City. & he following All our members agree that, whether we de- sire it or not, the responsibility for the future of all the different lands th are coming under our n and Is being placed by fundan Tnde ation ation of no more emigr countri tal for ¥ for th the American of to-day. Philippines, Cuba. Porto the Ladrones, Carolines and the Islands are an almost unknown “ountry. ven the ( u‘-.\ln_nml Porto Ricans that have been driven by ish misrule from iaese dsl. and are living among us are almost st o us. Out of this comes the suggestion ¢ day’s work for the Cuban American 1 It 18 to org: possible ino- ment an em ns and under Amerfcan auspic o Rico, Phil ippine and other ing the Ha- w ns. That the league shall gather at 'ts hes guarters all the avaflable Inforn these to u; ] the facts o invest and for i cessful caree; NEW TIMBER LANDS. The President Has Enlarged the Southern Forest Reservation. President McKinley has evidently made wital 0 or ta 1s to work out c- | & careful study of the subject of forestry on the Pacific Coast and concluded that in the preservation of timber lies the future of the West. Several times since he has been at the head of national af- fairs he has taken out of the public do- main _large tracts of land, which he has added to the forest reservations. In dis. cussing this matter with several of the resentatives of this State, the Presi- dent h: said that he knows that once the lands of the State are stripped of their timber the Western slope will be as bar- ren as that of Peru and the South Ameri- can countries. It is well known that wherever the forests are thickest the rains fall most freely and the adjacent country is sure of an abundance of water for crops. He proposes to do all in his power to preserve the timber of the West. In keeping with this policy, he has set aside a number of new tracts recently for forest purposes. The latest enlarges the Pine Mountain and Zaca Lake forest res- ervation in the southern part of the State. The President’s proclamation has just been recelved by Syrveyor General Gleaves in this city. The reservation be- fore being enlarged comprised 1,159,000 be ome of the healthiest places in the whole acres, and the addition increases it by . | 507,000 acres, E i d the Cuban-American | . The bulk of the addition is eastern end of the original, and it ms the connecting link with_the abriel forest reservation. This makes a complete chain of reservations, extending along the Coast Range Moun- tains from the southern part of San Luis | Obispo County to the middle of San Diego ‘ounty. These reservations, in their or- | [ Pine Mountain and Zaca Lake, | briel, San Bernardino and San acinto. It is learned that in the very near future | the President will set aside several more timber tracts in the eastern and north- | ea s of the State, but the exact | s are not now known. This taking from the public domain of so much land | is likely to bring the lieu-land settlers to | the front. There were quite a number of | settlers on the Government lands recently withdrawn for forest reservations, and, of | course, these will be looking all over the State for desirable places on which to locate age ——————————— GOLDEN GATE LODGE WINS. Judge Seawcll Declares It a Legally Incorporated Organization. Golden Gate Lodge No. 6 of the Benev- olent Protective Order of Elks secured a victory in Judge Seawell's court yester- day. A decision was handed in the suit of the people in the relation of Lewis C. Weatherly against the lodge, which was brought some time ago to terminate the existence of the corporate powers of the organization on the contention that it} was never legally incorporated. Judge Seawell held, howeyer, that the lodge was legally incorporated under section 594 of the Code, which ‘Is specially applicable to all fraternal organizations. The suit was the culmination of a con- tention which occurred several years ago and resulted in the lodge being expelled from the National Order of Elks. The charter of Golden Gate Lodge was trans- cials of the national or- an Francisco Lodge. ‘Golden Gate Lodge was not to be outdone, however, and in order to give it legal existence ar- ticles of incorporation were filed. Judge Seawell has determined that, notwith- standing the fact that the national order does not recognize Golden Gate Lodge, it a legally incorporated body and enti- d to all the benefits thereof. —_—— Estates in Probate. Margaret T. Lord has petitioned for letters of administration on the estate of John Tobin, who died in this city on the is tle 13th ipst., leaving an estate valued at about S Binora -J. Jackman applied vesterday for letters of administration upon the estate of her brother, Charles H. Robinson, who died at Honolulu a short time ago, leaving property valued at $550. ——————— Dr. Shrady, president Red Cross Society, writes about the chances of our soldiers in war, in next Sunday’s Call. NEW CYCLING WONDER.| CHAMPION FRANK GIBSON PECK. Y his performances at Sacramento on July 4, TFrank Gibson Peck stamped himself as the most prom- ising amateur cyclist on the coast. Without any of the care that a crack racing man should have had he met and defeated John E. Wing, the champion of the coast, and others. There seemed no 1limit to his speed, as he sailed away from his opponents without apparent effort. The new cycling wonder was born in Yuba City, and is not yet 18 years of age. He grauated with honors from the Marysville High School last month. He took to cycling three years since and proved a natural rider, soon showing that he was possessed of a remarkable turn of speed. It was not long until his fame had spread beyond his own district. The prominent clubs of this city, eager to strengthen their racing teams, soon made overtures to him. He cast his fortunes with the Bay City ‘Wheelmen and has ever since sported the Maltese cross of that organization. He has raced with varying success, but par- ticularly distinguished himself in the an- nual 100-mile relay race. He rode the] fastest ten miles in the race. His most notable performance was the reduction of the half-mile coast record on May 30. The trial was made on the Marysville track, which was far from being fast. He covered the distance in 57 seconds, a | clever performance. With ordinary op- portunities for competition it is thought that Peck would rank with the great riders, both amateur and professional, who have made names for themselves on the race path in this State. POLHEMUS CASE j ADJUDICATED JUDGE SEAWELL DECIDES IN DEFENDANT’S FAVOR. The Claim Lacked Merit and the Statute of Limitations Had Run Against the Plaintiff. A decision In the case of Charles R. Polhemus against Antonio Borel, executor | of the estate of Charles Moyne, was handed down by Judge Seawell yester- day. The suit was brought for an ac- counting of the transfer by Polhemus to Moyne in June, 1869, of 4365 shares of the stock of the San Francisco and San Jose Ralilroad Company, standing in the names of Donohue, Newhall & Polhemus. At a subsequent date another transfer of 500 shares of stock was made, for which ' Moyne advanced Polhemus $: . Many years later, when Moyne was still alive, however, Polhemus brought suit | and alleged that a satisfactory settlement | had never been effected, and that the transfer of the stock was brought about by fraud and misrepresentation. Since that time the case has been constantly | before the courts, and was finally sub- mitted about five months ago. Many of San Francisco's most brilliant attorneys appeared in the action, which involved several hundred thousand dollars, ing the long trial the books and docu. ments of Donohue, Newhall & Polhemus and those of the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad Company were produced in court, and many days were occupied in their examination. " From the facts gathered by the musty volumes the court ‘ound its decision. It was held that the argument of plain- tiff’s counsel to the effect that the trans- fer had been made to facilitate business was inconsistent with the allegation that it had been obtained by fraud. The evi- dence in the case also pointed to the fact that a complete settlement had been reached by the parties as far back as 1867; that Moyne held certain notes signed by Polhemus, and that on receipt of the shares of stock at the time of the trans- fer he gave them up. Afterward, in order he paid Polhemus $20,000 and closed the account. The decision concluded with the statement that even in event there w merit_in the complaint the case was barred by the statutes of limitation, and a dismissal of the action was ordered en- tered. FORESTERS' RELIEF. A Permanent Organization Effected. Contributions Are Coming In. The rellef association of the Foresters of America and the Companions of the Forest of America, organized to wud Forester soldiers and dependents of such, has elected the following permanent of- ficers: Mrs. A. B. McLouth, president; Mrs. E. A. Carah and Mrs. L. Atwood, vice-presidents; E. P. Figel, treasurer; Mrs. E. W. Haughy, secretary; Julius L. Wildey, assistant secretary. At the meeting last night a set of laws were adopted and a distinctive button for the use of members. A booth will be erected at the Presidio camp for the benefit of the soldiers, and as soon as it can be ascertained what is needed for the soldiers it will be furnished. The manage- ment of the Baldwin Hotel has furnished the executive committee a room in the hotel free of charge and the Foresters’ Hall Association has also furnished a hall free for the general meetings. The courts and orders of the order have contributed to the general funds quite freely and contributions are still coming in. — e In the Divorce Courts. Mary E. Ruhling was granted a divorce from Frederick W. E. Ruhling yesterday by Judge Hebbard on the ground of ex- treme cruelty. The action for divorce in- stituted by Mrs. Ruhling some time ago was heard by Judge Belcher on the 16th inst., but a divorce was denied the 1iti- gants. The order made by Judge Belcher was subsequently set aside and the case was again heard yesterday. New evi- dence was admitted and a stipulation was filed by the unhappy couple, with the re- sult that a decree was granted. Latterma Berrella was granted a di- vorce from Pietro Berrella on the ground of cruelty. Emily Popper has filed suit for a di- vorce.from A. H. Popper. As a cause of nfélon the plaintiff alleges faflure to pro- vide. Louisa Sablicich asks for a divorce from Achilles Sablicich on the ground of cruelty. Sanford H. Andrew has applied for a divorce from his wife, Kate Andrew. The plaintiff alleges desertion as a cause of complaint. —_———— Another Youthful Soldier. ‘Waldo Wakeman Emerson wanted to be a soldier, and accordingly enlisted in Company F, Seventh California Volun- teers, under command of Captain Rey- nolds. His maternal grandmother, Mrs. M. L. Wakemar, looked at the matter in that further utisat;l.on might be avoided, a different light, and has sworn out a writ of habeas corpus to have the boy breugnt into court, alleging that he is under age and, as hi§ parents are now in Yokohama. She is his legal guardian. The case will be heard in the United States Distriot Coure by Judge Beatty on Monday. ADVERTISEMENTS. TUMOR EXPELLED. Unqualified Success of Lydia H. ' Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Mrs. EL1ZABETE WHEELOCK, Magno. lia, Iowa, in the following letter de- scribes her recovery from a very crii- cal condition: ‘“ DEAR MR3. PINkEAM:—I have been taking your Vegetuble Compound, acd amnow ready to sound its praises. It has done won- ders for me in relieving me of a tumor. ‘‘ My health has been poor forthree years. Change of life ‘was working upon me. 1 was very much bloated and was a bur- den to myself. Was troubled with smothering spells, also palpitation of the heart and that bearing-down feel. ing, and could not be on my feet much. “I was growing worse all the time, until I took your medicine. “After taking three boxes of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Lozenges, the tumor passed from me. “My health has been better ever since, can now walk quite a distance and am troubled no more with palpita- tion of the heart or bloating. Irec- ommend your medicine to all safferers from female trouties.” It is hardly rensonable to suppose that any one can doubt the efficiency of Mrs. Pinkham's methods and medi- cine in the face of the tromendous vel- ume of testimoay.