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THE SAN FRANCISCC CALL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1898. SHE STRUCK "WEATHER H00Do* Fassi Was Despair. Mile. in THE STORM THAT FAILED LIGHTS, MUSIC, SCENERY, ALL DROPPED ON HER. The Famous Russian Fantastic Dan- seuse Suspected She Was the Victim of a Con- spiracy. to an inclemency in the *proper- weather and a combination of ofr- tances over which no one seems to had any control Mlle. Fassi, the nparoled Russian fantastic danseuse,” 1 not finish her “turn” last evening at lhambra Theater. ailure of stage rain to fall in tor- d the non-appearance of lightning , accompanied by the conventional peals of thunder, which in stageland 18 oduced by shaking a piece of sheet iron, is attributed to a well-digested conspiracy on the part of the stage hands. Mile. Fas- si, who ks remarkably good Engush t d subject of the Czar, does brand Stage Manager Johnny Willlams and Stage Car- nter Simmons as the ringleaders of the ot to deprive her of fame and fortune re in the far West. Stage Manager ny Willlams and Stage Car- mong “pooh-pooh, pish-tush’ to” the accusation, and with sin- r stage “ha-has” laugh the charge of an maid. to scorn. ut, nevertheless, the bald fact remains that Mlle. Fassi's turn was consigned to oblivion, far as the Alhambra is con- v & combination of events that ight to her statement. d_this way: was billed to appear in a opyrighted electrical danc- The opening number was ate to cle dance. During this ge was to be flooded with “cloud drop” at the back vas to reek with thunder and i htning. The arrangement mbolistic and tended to convey an 1 of & woman cycler overcome in € stomary musical introduc- Fassi tripped on the stage and g and twirling about in the movements of the foreign Suddenly the lights in the or- a went out and the music stopped »rik. Mile. Fassl ceased her danc- t afterward and looked anx- rd the wings. Then she ran off to come back again a Y hen the lights and music resumed. She had no sooner got well swing of the dance when the vent out a second time and the & toward the wings on her right ald in a rather sharp voice, “If you ¢ give light how can the orchestra n the light came back and the e went merrily on, only to be inter- for a third and last time. This , however, not by a shutting off of but by the falling of a scenc which completely,_ shut off Mille. mok ond her. setting of the firmament from the s of the wondering specta- tors. The ind of a whistle preceded ing of the drop, and then Mile. a second time orated. “I won't on with my act to-night. The electri- will not properly work .he lights,” then with a little bow and the sym- hy of the audience she left the stage. :n in her dressing-room she d you ever hear of such a ? The stage manager, Mr. Wil- , and the s carpenter, Mr. Sim- b y shut off the lights and he to ruin my act. I'll . They are incensed against I demanded that they prop- arrange the stage for my act. They 11d not build a platform for my lights ape the setting in a manner neces- to produce my illusion. I com- d to the managers and they were elled to grant a few of my wishes. ade such a hit at the rehearsal last they got jealous and determined to T my turn. When I went on the stage to-night I felt they had arranged to queer the act. Subsequent events stified suspiclons. :\1y turn was liberate! ruined by them.” Here is Mr. Willlams’ story: ‘‘Absurd absurd, absurd! . I don't know how it all happeried, and as_for a conspiracy it's simple and unadulterated rot. body knows me and that settles it. t know what was the matter with —they went out by mistake, may ke a drink for all I know. The ne also fell by mistake.” Simmons, the stage carpenter, Mr. ' Willlams can explain you cannot think that, I a thing. A conspiracy? lights went out because gome one turned them out and the scene ry] dropped because some one dropped it. Now how could it be a conspiracy?” Sutherland F, Sutherland, until recent- 1y the editor of the Dally Report, who is ted in tbe electrical effects of 8 act, was Indignant over the en- tire affalr. ~ “It was outrageous,” he ex- claimed. ““There is no excuse for the man- ner in which Mile. Fassl and my inven- tions were treated b?' these stage people. They deliberately rulned one of the most beautiful stage effects ever produced.” ENIGHTS OF HONOR. Yerba BuenaiLa‘dg/e Celebrates Its Nineteenth Anniversary—Anchor Lodge Entertains Friends. Anchor Lodge of the Knights of Honor last evening gave one of its soclals to its friends in Washington Hall, and there were present as many as could find room in the large hall. There was given for the entertainment of those assembled a pro- gramme of dances with musical and liter- ary numbers between the numbers. The grand dictator, P. L. Archibald, delivered 1 The committee Yerba Buena Lodge, celebrated its nine- teenth anniversary last night in the Al- cazar building by a banquet at which one hundred covers were laid. Among those in attendance were: Grand Dictator Archibald, Grand Viee Dictator Thom- eon, Deputy Grand Dictator . Crowe, Grand Reporter Johnstone and invited guests. After the banquet there was an entertainment which _embraced a few R R R R R R R R R R L R S SUDDEN DEATH OF A MYSTIC SHRINER. ady. e s aases S R R PR R RS S e e R e T P PO UOUWTE J. . Singer of Montana, Who Left More Than $10,000 in body was dlscov‘rad by Joseph Wilson, Among the effects of the dead man were found memoranda of real es- tate and other property owned by Singer, a bank book on the Silver Bow National Bank of Montana showing a credit of $827. ter from George Stevenson, cashier of the First National Bank of Butte, Mont., calling his attention to the receipt by the bank of $1811 98, being the 25 per cent dividend on his claim of $7247 against the Merchants’ National Bank of Helena. A memorandum on the back of an envelope mentioned his will among the papers contained in it, but the will was not there. D R R R R R R R RS PR R R PR + + His Trunk. C. SINGER of Montana was found dead in his bed yester- ldlas' afternoon at 863 Mission street, with all the indica- tions of having died from a hem- orrhage. The six trunks and valises be- longing to the deceased were tak- en to the Coroner's office and opened for the purpose of taking an inventory of his personal prop- erty, if any, and the search was rewarded by the discovery of $10,- 000 worth of United States bonds, - $505 in gold coin, and fifty shares of Spring Valley Water Com- pany’s stock. Papers found in the trunks showed that the deceased had come to this State from Helena or Butte, Mont., about a year ago in bad health, and that he was a Mason of high standing, a Mys- tic Shriner and an Odd Fellow. He bhad a demit from Morning Btar Lodge No. 5 of Masons and Ridgeley Lodge of Odd Fellows. The deceased had been stopping at the Golden West Hotel up to the 7th of the present month, on which date he took a room at 863 Mission street, and had been on a spree almost continuously since that time. A bottle of gin was found {n the room when the dead son of Mrs. May Wilson, the land- There was also a let- B O S S S D S SO e s S R R R R MORE TROOPS 10 PROCEED T0 MANILA Almost All Here to Go at Once. JOY REIGNS AT THE PRESIDIO SUSPICION OF AGUINALDO A CAUSE OF ACTION. Carrying Out a Settled Policy of Gar- risoning the Islands—Efforts for Regiments Left Behind. Joy relgned suprémé among the wen.ry{ soldlers at the Presidio yesterday. Like a boit of lightning out of a clear sky came the news from Washington that nearly all the forces were to be sent di- rectly to Mantla, and when this fact was formally made known to the various reg- iments the news spread like wildfire, causing the greatest excitement and dem- onstration among the men. The following is the order directing the movements of troops from San Fran- cisco: utant General's Office, WABHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 15, 188 Commanding General, Department of Califor- nia, San Francisco; With the approval of the Acting Secretary of War the Fitty-first Iowa, Twentleth Kansas, First Tennessee, First Waehington and a -detachment of the Second Oregon Volunteer Infantry, Dow at Ban Fran- cisco, are hereby relieved from duty in the Department of California and will proceed to Manfla, Philippine lsiands, reporting upon ar- rival for duty to ghe comtma‘r;d(lnpl;hll':ncrfl ot ited States forces af . e artermasters’ department will furnish the necessary transportation, special care be- 1 taken to provide sufficlent space, and the Subeistence and medical departments’shall ar- range for ample and suitable supplies to be ‘furnished by their respective departments to insure the well being and health of the troops en_route. ajor General Miles. By commang o ORATN, Adjutant General. The first order was received by General Miller shortly after 9 o’clock in the morn- ing, and a few minutes later it was read by many hundreds upon The Call's bul- letin, which announced the good news geveral hours ahead of any of the other papers, The first dispatch was supple- mented later in the day by the following additional one: Adjutant General's Offlce, WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 19, 1858, Commanding General, Department of Califor- nia, San Francisco, Cal: With approval of the Acting Becretary of War all recruits and detachments now at San Francisco belonging to regiments now in Philippine Islands, inciud- {ng the four compantes of the Twenty-third In- fantry, are lfl(lrecuéetomfidmto dla. or_Gene: % o mfl. E(.J’. CORBIN, Adjutant General As soon as General Miller received the dispatches he immediately communicated them in the proper military manner to the varlous commanders interested, and they in turn informed their men of ‘the 0od news. The announcement of the glspatches was followed by loud and pro- longed cheering, and the bands of the Kansas, Tennessee and Jowa regiments araded through their respective camps, gollowed by the entire regiment, the men singing and cheering at-the top of their voices. The scene was one not soon for- gotten, but in the camp of the Seventh Regiment and the California Heavy Ar- tillery a radically different picture was resented. Colonel Berry and his officers fln,d nothing to ner when they were in- formed of the dispatches, but it was plainly evident that they felt keenly thelr misfortune, and from the expressions of the men there was left no doubt but that they regretted their hasty efforts in se- curing the muster out of the regiment. Major Rice of the heavy artiliery was sorely disappointed that his two batteries now here wers ‘not included in the list of those to go. He bore up manfully, however, and later in the day Gene: Miller wired the War Department recom- mending that the heavy artillery be sent words of welcome by Dictator Baker, ad- dresses by J. H. Barry, Grand Reporter Johnstone, George Vincent, 8. D. D., and the grand dictator; vocal sSolos by Megsrs. Crowe and Phinney; dramatic recitations by Daniel E, Hanlon, amusing stories hr Lew Rattler and other num- c bers, which helped to make the evening njoyable one, GRAPE-NUTS. ONE CENT A MEAL. It costs about one cent for a meal of Grape-Nuts. This food is pre-digested and furnishes in a condensed form all the nutriment necessary for the human body. It is ready for instant use, only requiring the addition of cream or milk to make a palatable and nutritious delicacy. This novelty is now on sale by our BTOORHR, 4ris iy f i hava arrived, been - Manila. His reasons for the recom- frendation are that one-third of this bat- “talion is already in Manila, and the bat- teries here are composed of the best drilled and disciplined men, and as there is little artillery in Manila the general geems to think they will be needed. The general is hopeful that the department will consider his recommendation favor- ably. Under the wording of the dis- patches General Miller and his staff are not included among those to go, and this fact was a universal source of regret mental commander. It is e that later news from on will assign him to accom- any this division, but if such should not the case, then Colonel John H. Whol- ley of the First Washington, being the senior colonel, will be in command of the froops until they arrive at Manila. General Miller and Captain Jeffery, the the ermaster of th down gflfldon headquarters in aft d had a long consultation with the of- here. e general afterward an- une that the tran:gom composing the first and third expeditions would be | the ones used to transport the present to Manila. These vessels are the Senator, Zealandla, City of o he a8 , Morgan City, Newport and vessels are now on their from ila, time they should all £ovied -8R0, SuRRlies to in -a mont Val wnd otten aboard and the troops dispatched. his is the length of time which General Miller estimates will be necessary for the embarkation of the forces now here, and judging from the experience of former ex- editions that have sailed, he has not un- erestimated the time that will be re- quired. No one seems to think that the orders received yesterday will have any effect in sto&)plng the mustering out of the Sixth and Seventh regiments. Captain Pratt stated yesterday that it would take until the first of next week to get the neces- sarf papers in shape before the Seventh could proceed to Los Angeles. The regi- ment will retain 900 of the rifles that were {ssued to them, as that was the number of old ones that they turned in to the Government. Should the Heavy Artillery be sent along with the other forces then the gar- rison duty of the Presidio will probably be done by elther the two troops of the Fourth Cavalry now here or some of the companies of the Eighth Regiment. The Elghth will no doubt be required to gar- rison Angel Island. Private John A. Ganser,gCompany C, Fifty-first Iowa Regiment, died at the Di- v{fxmn Hospital yesterday of spinal meni- gitis. WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.—It was stated at the Quartermaster General’s Depart- ment that the returning transports which have been to Manila on one trip will be used to take the troops now at San Francisco to the Philinpines. Two of these steamers, which will ac- commodate about one-half of the com- mand, are expected to arrive in a day or two. Other steamers are on their way and will be sent back as soon as loaded with troops. Four steamers will be suf- ficlent for the transportation of troops and Bup‘)llefi. It is believed that less time will be consumed by using these sports than In fitting up new vessels. et FOR THE. STATE. TROOPS. = ot A Adjutant General Barrett ‘Working for the Sixth and Seventh Regiments. Strong efforts are being put forward to induce the military authorities in Wash- ington to alow the Sixth and Seventh California Regiments a term of active service at Manfla. In regard to the Sev- enth California in particular, there is a profound feeling of sympathy for the en- listed men. The misfortunes of this reg- iment date from the hour that a certain yellow journal sought to make capital out of the disaspolntment of the men. Many of the soldiers knew that the regi- ment was being placed in a false light before the country and the army, but there seemed to be no way of clearing the organization from the taint of yellow 5“{3;1"’"‘ e following correspondence by wire between the Adjutant General of this State and the Adjutant General of the United States army is interesting: Sept. 19, 1898. Honorable Secretary of War, Washington, D. C.: Press dispatches to-day state that eight thousand troops located here are to be forward- ed to Honolulu or Manila. If such is the fact I would consider it a special favor to California it the order mustering out the Sixth and Seventh regiments be revoked and they be al- lowed to go with the expedition. —Will you kindly inform me it action in this direction 1 contemplated? A. W. BARRETT, Adjutant General. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 19, 3 Adfutant General A- W Baveetrs San Fign- cisco, Cal.: Replying to your message of Sep- tember 13th, revocation of the order directin the musterfng out of the Sixth and Seventh regiments of California Volunteers is not con- templated. H. C. CORBIN, Adjutant General. General Barrett will not permit the matter to rest here. rinciple of jus- tice to the troops of ~(,Pa.lfltornlls is in- volved and he will avail himself of the right to employ the influence of leading Californians to place all the facts before the President and the Becretary of War. - Suspicious of Aguinaldo. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 19.—Read- ers of The Call were advised by its Wash- ington correspondent more than a week ago that additional troops were to be sent to Manila. There is high author- ity for the statement that the dispatch then received from General Otis was carefully censored before bel given to the public, his urgent demand for more troops not having n made known. The ‘War Desflrtment shares the fears of General Otis that Aguinaldo’s ready ac- ?u(eacence in the request to withdraw rom Manila and his protestations ' of fealty to the American cause must be taken guardedly. WON ITS FIRST STRIKE. An Easy Victory for the Newly Or- ganized Plasterers’ Union. The newly organized Plasterers’ Union easily won its first strike yesterday and wages have accordingly been raised to $4 p;;‘ dayl Previous to the organization of this union men were working pract! for what they could get, th xe‘x?:lrlzl average being about $2 Sg per day. Satarday night the employers were given notice that the union had decided on a scale of $4 per day and none of the men would go to work Monday morning unless the wages were raised. The strike was of short duration and by 11 o’clock {estarday morning the great Jjority of the men were back at work. meeting of the union was held last it and several new members took the obli- gation and were enrolled. —_— e In the Divorce Courts. Angelo Servente was granted a divorce from Mary Servente yesterday .on the ground of desertion. Mary Gordon was -anted a divorce from Michael P. Gor- lon on the ground of extreme cruelty, H. Rosenbaum has been granted his applica- cation for a divorce from Anna sen- baum on the ground of infidelity. De- crees of divorce on the ground of deser- tion have been ted Joseph Irvin from Margaret Mni‘ nd smnk W$ . Grenkon. Mary Grenkon from Fronia plied for a divorce ging de F. E. Redmond has aj from William E. Redmond, alle sertion as a cause-of complaint. Lurline Sslt Water Baths. Bush and Larkin sts. anlnj.km.. hot 43 6gid fub boths. it sraterdirgct Srom goenn, A CHANGE IN THE PLANS OF THE DEFENSE Will Not Resort to Habeas Corpus. MRS BOTKIN WAS IN COURT GRAND JURY MAY INDICT MRS. EDWARDS. Upon the Request of the Defense Judge Cock Postpones the Hearing to the 3d of October. ‘What appears to be a sudden changs in the plans of the defense brought about another postponement of the Botkin ha- beas corpus hearing when that case came up in Judge Carroll Cook's court yester- day morning. The same reason operating, the hearing on the criminal charge pend- irnig before Police Judge Joachimsen was also postponed, October 3 being the date set in both cases. The change in the plans of the defense, if change it really was, involves a rather nice point of law, and indicates clearly the course that will hereafter be pursued by the prisoner’s defenders. For some days past Messrs. Knight, Wheeler and McGowan have allowed to freely circulate the idea that when their petition for habeas corpus came up for hearing yesterday morning they would make a hard fight for the release of their client. To lend strength to_this state- ment it was given out that Mrs. Botkin would appear in court and would person- ally assist her counsel in the first battle in "open court for her freedom. These ositive statements aroused a good bit of nterest and at the appointed hour yester- day morning Judge Cook’s court room and the corridors of the hall were densely packed with & mob of men and women, with the curious sex largely predominant, all eager for “just one look” at the well- advertised prisoner, and with, perhn.;‘) , an incidental interest in the proceeding itself. Mrs. Botkin, however, was not brought into court until after the continuance had been asked and granted. She did appear finally, upon the arm of Captain Seymour, and there was a rush that nea.rlly; the officer and his charge from their feet. Women pulled and fought for first place, and once they gained it drove. the pris- oner nearly frantic with thelr comment and heartless criticism. When ghe dis- covered that she had been brought to the court room for no other apparent reason than to satisfy the crowd she became de- Cidedlf{ angry and did not spare the head of Chief Lees in saying so. She declared the whole proceeding a farce and insisted upfi)n being immediately returned to her cel That was a matter of no easy accom- lishment. From the court room to the all door Captain Seymour had to fight his wag' through an almost impassable mob, and it was only when the iron door clanged to that he and his prisoner were rid of them. The unlooked-for continuance of the case was as much a surprise to the prose- cution as to the rank outsiders. They had made every preparation to rearrest Mrs. Botkin, as soon as she might be liberated, upon @ charge of murdering Mrs, Deano, and it {s evidently this fact that upset prearranged plans. ‘When one of the counsel was asked wh; the fight had not been made, he said: could easily have freed Mrs. abeas corpus this morning, but as she is accused of murdering two women and ar- rested upon a charge of having killed but one, her release would leave her amenable to rearrest at once upon the secomd charge. -Governor Budd's decision in the re?‘u sition matter, if it be in our favor, will make it impossible to bri her_to trial for murder, and we can ’&m effect her release by the same means that we have already resorted to, and she will then be tried In this State and upon the xr'edl\iaggd charge of mixing poison with 00 Chief Lees, however, says he will not stand for unar such plan, but that he will compel Budd to grant extradition if he has to make a little law all of his own. Armed with one of his unique construc- tions of Hawl:i/'s opinion on extradition, with a half-dozen decisions adverse to his position, he is executive citadel with the weapons of the Supreme Court, ;rovldmg that with his constructions and decisions he can con- vince the court that he ought to be al- lowed to run at large with the weapons. He has threatened the Governor with everything from a writ of mandate to the great Lees wrath, but so far without any arent result. he Delaware authorities are pushing the scheme to convene the Wilmington Grand Jury, but the full two weeks al- lowed by Governor Budd will probably haye more than elapsed before ghe case will be so straightened out that the Gov- ernor can agaln consider it. MRS. EDWARDS MAY BE INDICTED Prominent Grand Jury Men Think That She Knows More Than She Has Told. There is a growing probability that the Grand Jury will, befors no great length of time has elapsed, find an Indictment against Mrs. F. C. Edwards upon the charge of murdering Mre. John P. Dun- ning. From the beginning of the Botkin case the name of the Edwards woman has per- sistently bobbed up in one connection or another. 3 The police knew of her confessed in- timacy with John P. Dunning before it became public and at one time she es- caped arrest only by a halr's breadth. n speaking of the matter yesterday a prominent member of the Grand Jury sald: ‘“We will probably bring an indict- ment against her if we are successful in getting at three or four important facts concerning her past history. We will in- dict her not so much for the reason that we think her guilty, as that we suspect that she knows far more of the case than she has (Hld. “The woman has confessed to nearly every sin that is written in the immoral code. She has been an assoclate and cor- respondent of Dur.aing, and has not onl: admitted but boatced of her intimacy w‘ltg him, She is known to be a professional candy-maker and there are a dozen and one facts that, collectively, tend to con- nect her with’ the case, "I think there would be nothing lost \nd! indicting her and there might be a great deal gained.” ST. PATRICK’S SEMINARY. The Preparatory Theological Olass ‘Will Open To-Day With About e Botkin by filng to storm the DANGER FOR GRAIN VESSEL WD LIGHTSHP Narrow Escape of the Clan Macfarlane. MORE LUMBER RAFTS COMING TWO OF THEM NOW ON THEIR WAY FROM ASTORIA. Second Mate Olsen of the Schooner Albert Meyer Badly Beaten in a Whitehall Race by J. Barrie. Captain Lowell“came in from the light- ship yesterday and told of the narrow es- 00000000000 00000000000000000000 (1] DR. MEYERS & GO0, 0C000000000000000000000000000000000 e L If you want a new lease of life, we can give it to.you. 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V0CO0QCO00O0CQO0000D0000000C00COO0OROOD cape of the British ship Clan Macfarlane. The vessel left here with a load of wheat for Europe. She was towed outside and when a good southeast breeze was en- countered the tug let go and all sall was set. In a little while the wind fell light, and then the big Britisher began to drift. She passed the station buoy, which has been placed there to guide the lightship back to her moorings should stress of weather force her to sea, and | bore steadily down on Captain Lowell's | vessel. All was excitement on the light- | ship. The Clan Macfarlane was less than 700 feet away and a collision seemed im- | minent. The lightship was steamed up to her moorings, and just as everything was ready for a hasty departure a cur- rent caught the ship and turned her around. For two hours she continued to drift back through the Golden Gate, and | then a breeze sprang up from the west- | ward which carried the ship and her valuable cargo out to sea. Captain Lowell says there must be a | fleet of vessels kept outside by the fog. | Night and day they can hear on board the lightship the ringing of bells and the tooting of fog horns. Occasionally the | fog lies low on the water and then, here and there, can be seen the skysails of dif- ferent vessels sharply defined against the | sky, but not a sign of the lower yards and hull. On other occasions the lines of the hull can be seen and not a trace | of the spars, while yet again reither hull | nor spars can be descried, and yet the | conversation carried on by the crews of | the different vessels can be distinctly heard. Cn{ta&n Lowell says that the ex- perience of hearing voices coming from apparently nowhere is a weird one, and e men do not like it. In spite of the disaster that has over.| taken previous rafts, two more of the' structures are now on their way to San Francisco. The tug Relief and collier Pro- | gress are towing one down from Astoria | containing 8,000,000 feet of lumber in piles, | while the Rescue and Monarch are| bringing down from the same place 4,600,~ 000 feet of sawn lumber. It is the rafts of sawn timbers that have gone to pieces, and this one has been strengthened fore | and aft by two and a half inch steel ca- bles to prevent it breaking in two. People living in the coast towns are very thankful to the raft owners. Round about Point Reyes the ranchers have been enriched by about 150,000 feet of lum- ber which has come ashore there. Many a new house has been put up from this flotsam and jetsam, while old ones have been repaired. At Moss Landing neerly another 100,000 feet have drifted ashore, while Monterey and other points have been remembered. The people from Coos Bay to San Pedro have great hogec from the two rafts now on the way, but they ma; be disappointed. The steamer Czarina finished discharg- ing coal yesterday and went to Howard No. 2 to load general merchandise for Beattle and Tacoma. She was to have salled last night, but as there was over 600 tons of freight walting for her she did not get away until this morning. Owing to the fog outside and on the bay an exasperating mistake was made yes- terday fftemoon. The collier Titania was coming in from Nanaimo, B. C., and the lookout from Point Lobos mistook her for the Mall steamer Australla from Honolulu. The customs officers and the quarantine doctors went out to meet the lncomlgg vessel and a crowd of people gathered on Pacific-street wharf to wel- come their friends when the steamer docked. In about half an hour, or when the vessel was nearly up to Meiggs whart, the mistake was discovered and everybody notified. The mistake was a natural one, as nothing but the loom of the vessel could be seen through the fog. Charles J. Webster, who for nineteen years has fllled the position of clerk to the Government steamer McDowell in a manner that has made him a host of friends, has been slated for the position of “forage master” to the United States troops at Honolulu and will leave for the Paradise of the Pacific on the next steamer, Second Mate Olsen of the schooner Al- bert Meyer does not think as much of his abllities as a rower as he did last Sunday. Yesterday he issued a challenge to_all mariners to row a race to his ves- sel, which is lying off Folsom street, and back. Jim Barrie took up the challenge and the two men st in Whitehalls from Peterson’s boathouse. Olsen . for- got about the ebb tide and never looked up until he thought he was nearing the schooner. Then he discovered that the current had carried him down to Clay street. _He worked his w: back and found Barrle ‘waliting for him on the Meyer's deck. Olsen says he will léarn something about the bay of San Fran cisco before he rows another race. The pilot boat America has gone to Sausalito to be overhauled and painted. She had a narrow escape last Saturday. ‘While working her way. In.through the fog an outgoing vessel nearly ran her down. Some of the pilot boat’s standing rigging was carried away, but she was not seriously damaged. e name of the vessel that caused the trouble could not be. rtained. The Itallan bark Mario, from New- castle, N.'S. W., late the British bark Carleton, and the British ship Garsdale from Antwerf made their way into port through the fog yesterday. If dreams are of no earthly use they :t least don’t bother a man when he’s usy. Improvements in Flying Machines. Inventors are plenty who can make a machine that will rise and float in air, but the one im- provement which none has succeeded in mak- ing 1s an apparatus that will guide ‘the ma- chine through the many treacherous currents of air, In this respect humanity is fortunate in having Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which acts 8s.a safe guide by curing treacherous stomach, liver and blood dieeases, giving a good appe- tite, a strong constitution and nerves like steel. rorty Students. 8t. Patrick’'s Seminary, between Menlo Park and Palo Alto, will be formally opened this morning to receive theological students. It is expected that there will be at least forty students enter the pre- paratory class to study for the Catholic riesthood. The zvguums are all be- 'ween the ages of fifteen and eighteen ears. Father Vuibert of the Sulpician rder is president of the faculty., About ten of the students have served on the altar of St. Mary's Cathedral and have heretofore been attendants of Sacred Heart College, on the corner of Larkin and Eddy streets. 3 ——————————— DAVE NAGLE ARRESTED. Maust Answer for His Murderous As- sault Upon Policeman Barnes. OAKLAND, Sept. 18.—Dave Nagle was arrested at Seventh street and Broad- way early this morning by Officer Scan. lan. He {s wanted by the San Francisco Gibbon’s Dispensary, Dr, 625 KEARNY ST. Establisned in 1834 for the treatment of Private Diseases, Lost Man] Debility on bodya hi o we-rlnq ind mind and otbemia. fry hood. ::c{orcumwhan Curesguaranteed. 'RUPTURE. USE NO MORE IRON X or Steel Springs. RII?‘IIH retalned with ease and com and thousands radi- cally C! by DR. PIERCE’S Magnetic Elastic Truss. £ at otfice orwrite for New Pamphlet No. 1 MAGNETIC ELASTIC TRUSS CO., 620 Market st., opp- Palace Hotel, San Francisco —_—_——— WONG W00, CHINESE TEA AND HERB SANITARIUM, A Btate elghteen of article eleven..of due, fund same; ne; Tog indepted incurred in the edness it water works, whenever two-thirds of the tive bo to be county. 1 thes power. qual clal election held at lea: blication of such proposals for twenty days general circulation in such Tatified by at least three-fifths of electors voting thereon, and ap- slature as herein provided 3 county, & the qualified roved by the Le any presen Which' the several which' the her than Judges of t S Glected or appoimted: tlon; for the numl consolidation or number of deputi and for such Him tests an litical pa pate in 'E‘ [ 0 :vun.lt the PROCLAMATION. WHERE. Baliforn! Bing on the fourth dmy of January, A. ETATE OF CALIFORNIA, AT O AP R TuENT, SACRAMENTO, July 30th, 1838. AS, The Legislature of the at its thirty-second session begin- 8, i State of D. 1897, two-thirds of all the members elected to each ©of the two houses of said Leglslature voting in favor thereof, proposed the following de- scribed amendments to the Constitution of the Btate of California, to-wit: AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. (Belng Senate Oflm!lt&l;onfl Amendment No. olution to propose to the people of the oot Callfornia an amendment to_ section the Constitu- tion, in relation to revenue and taxation, by ‘which it is proposed read as Fection 18. No county, city, board of education or follow: ool to amend said section to . town, township, aistrict shall 1 eur any indebtedness or liability in any man- ner or for any purpose exceeding in any year the income and revenue provided for it for such year, without _the gssent of two-thirds of the qualified electors thereof, voting at an election to be held for that purpose, | less before, or at the time ef incurring such indebtedness, provision shall be made for the collection of an annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on such indebtedness as ! and also provision to constitute a sinking for the payment of the principal thereof on or before maturity, which shall not exceed forty years from the time of contracting the provided, County of San Francisce may at an the unpaid claims with interest materials furnished to and work done for said city and county during the forty-third -and forty-fourth fiscal years, out of the income and Tevenue of any succeedin pro- vided, that any and all claims for making, re- or for any work dons upon or airin for any material furnished for any street, alley, court, place or sidewalk, or for the con- struction of any sewer or sewers in sai and county are hereby excepted from the pro- wisions of this section claim permitted to be statute of limitations shall ngply in and provided further, alterin; in Solano County, may pay its e: however, an id by this section, no nor un- v dahs City and time pay ereon for that the vear or years; e, d city d in determining any any man- e 81«1 of its exist- construction that th electors thereof voting at an election held for hat purpose shall so- decide. Deas or Habiltty Incurred contrary to mrl:dnm- vision, with the exception hereinbefore recited, shail be void. Any indebted- AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. tion, to be known and (Being Senate Cnnn.(t;olunnfl Amendment No. A resolution proposing to the people af the Btate of California an amen stitution of the State, dment t the Con- adding 8 mew sec- b Sesignated as section peven and one-half, article eleven thereof, pro- viding for the frami Dby the inhabitants of counties of local county nm—:mant acts for their own government. The section to_read as foliow: Bection 7. posed new The inhabitants of any county may frame & county government act for their own government, relating to the matters here- fnafter specified, and consistent with and sub- ect to the Constitution and laws of this State, y causing a board of fifteen freeholders, who pare and Buch county, have been, for at least five years, q electors of such county, to be elected by the qualified elegtors of such county, at any gen- eral or specidl election, whose duty it shall be within ninety days after such election, to pre- propose a county government act for which shall be signed In dupli- cate by the members of such board, or & ma- fied rity of them, and returned, one copy thereof o the “Board 'of Supervisors or other legisla- not_two east ‘tw thirty da; Submitted to the qualified electors of county, at a general or special elegtion, and if of such guullfied e‘ltectg:l Yoting shall ratity the same, it sl ere- :35?3. submitted to the Legislature for its rejection. or approval, of alteration or amendment, a majority be publishe dy of such county, and the other copy Sent to the Recorder of Deeds of the Such proposed county government act n d in two papers of gen- eral circulation in such county, or it there be n papers, then in one only, for at nty as a whole, days, and within not less than ys after such publication it shall be such without and if ap- ved by a majority of the members elected o each house, it shall be the count: ment_act of such case become‘tr‘e arganlti law thereof and super- any existing county_ fife.me’;.amem thereof, and all special’ laws fnconsistent with such county government act. gounty government act, c £ sych & SP%uhe President ot the Board of fied by the visors or other lej d -utl;emcne setting for government act to the tion by them, sh: Sfate, the other, islative by the the be m: county, govern- and shall in such overnment act, and erti- uper- uch county, of such county, body of seal submiission of such county electors, and its ratifica- ade lnh GDEDHCA(Q am} ne in the office of the Secretary o gl ¥ after being recorded In the Dihee of the Recorder of Deeds in the county, Siong_ the archives of the county. All courts shall take judicfal notice thereof. The county amended, overnment act so ratified may be intervals of not less than tw o ears, by proposals therefor, submitted by the eg & newspaper of islative authority of the county, lified electors thereof, at a general or spe- to the forty days after the or the approval of the county government act. in ers of all boa Slected o appointed regulation, ‘boa to ‘Whene' hod he: e government act, e of th % Cavstem of count 0 n‘;e. ant fon an: Jatton ot ‘thel the matters clared hy sucl subject to any 1 the Legl: submitted deput! ‘which, and the terms for r of such officers, segregation of offices es that eachofficer shall have, ing any such county government act I e rative articie oF proposition may ted for the choice of and may be voted on separately without prejudice to others. shall be competent in all county ern- mént acts framed under the authority this section, to provide for the manner the times at which, and the terms for 1 township and county otficers Superior Court, shall the voter iven by in for their compensa- for the for the the compensation payable to each of and ‘compensation rds, and of their tes, for the manner in which, the which the election shall ' be for the constitution, and government of clerks and attaches; scribe the manner and method by mtcflonl by the people shall be con- and may in addition determine. the ver any ccun er ret) ed rection of seotl roviding for the uniformity vernments throughout iproviding for the elec- bintment of officers, and the regu- compensation, ‘shall not apply; ernment act Shall; as to any o Eald county BN above provided for and de- ‘h county government act, not be . or Emendment ture, "excer o the electors and ratified nal Torth. 4 Tikewls slat herelnabove set A resolution propost Btate of California an stitution known and Snehait, articls \erganization c"'%o of of the State, b n e} of a as follows: . The Court of o any thzee terms n pofnted ou onditions upon which electors, o nd. organizations may partiel- primary election. pted any and the same shall the Legislature as ons four -and en; amendment first in the designated ix. ura"mg cou 'The said new sec- Claims shall con- Judges of the Superior Court, Tnay be nqu-us';y the Governor to hold lar s the The Court the second Monday of November of each The Judges holding such term of court Toceive Do extra compensation therefor, shall receive their actual expenses, to be paid out of the general fund of the State treasury, The Legislature shall enact all laws necessary to_organize such court, to provide the pro= cedure thereof and to of this section. s emidan oo AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR. (Belng Assembly gonl;l,t;monnl Amendment§ o. 31. i but A resolution to propose to the people of tha State of California an amendment ix the Cone stitution of the State, amending article ele® en, by adding a new section thereto, to be knows: a8 section number five and one-half, relating ta consolidated city and county governments. £ald proposed new section to read as follows Bection B%. The provistons of sect! ns foup end five of this article shall not, nor shall any legislation passed pursuant thereto, apply to any consolidated city and county government, Dow existing or hereafter formed, which shall bave become, or shall become, organized undee ven, or secure a er under secti elght of this article, o i AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE. (Being Assembly Sonstitutional Amendment 0. 3.) A, resolution to propose to the people of ths State of California an amendment of section fifteen and section sixteen of article five of the Constitution of the State of California, by c s proposed to amend said read as follows: ey ection 15, A Lieutenant Governer shall be elected at the same time and place and in the eame manner as the Governor, and his term of office and his qualifications shall be the same, He shall be president of the Senate, but shaf only have a casting vote therein. Section 15. In case of the Impeachment of the Governor, or his removal from office, death, inability to discharge the powers and dutles of bis office, resignation or absence from the State, the powers and duties of the office shall devolve upon the Lieutenant Governor for the residue of the term, or until the disability sha.t cease. And should’the Lieutenant Governor ba impeached, displaced. resign. die or become in- capable of performing the duties of his office or be absent from the State, the president pra tempore of the Senate shall act as Governor une tl the vacancy in the office of Governor shall be fllled at the next general election whem members of the Legislature shall be chosen, or until such disability of the Lieutenant Gov- ernor ehall cease. In case of a vacancy in tha otfice of Governor for any of the reasons above Damed, and neither the Lieutenant Governoe nor the president pro tempore of ths Senats shall succeed to the powers and duties of Gov= ernor, then the powers and duties of such of< fce shall devolve upen the speaker of the As= , unf e office of Governor shall filled @t such general election. o AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX. (Being Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 38.) A resolution to propose to the le of State of Callfornia an amendment Lo sectiog six, article nine of the Constitution of the Stats of California, relating to grammar schools, oy s proposed to amend sal L ooB 4 section ta on §. The public school system shall fne clude primary and mar schools, and such high schools, evening schools, normal schools and technical schools as may be established by the Legislature or by municipal or districe authority, but the entire revenue derived from the State'school fund and the State school tax shall be applied exclusively to the support of primary and gremmar schools. ® Grammas schools ehall include schools organized in school district, or union of school districts, having more than one thousand inhabitants, i which a course of study shall be taught which ill prepare puplls to enter the agricultural, or scientific department of the sity of California. s AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN. (Belng Assembly Constitutional Amendmen$ No. 34.) A resolution to propose to the people of State of Callfornia gn amandment 15 section two of article four of the Constitution, in relas tion to sessions of the Legislature, by which I& is proposed to amend said section to read as tollows: i ctlon 2. The sessfons of the Legisla shall commence at twelve o clock maridim om the first Monday after the first day of January next succeeding the election of its membe and shall be biennial unless the Governor shalb in the interim convene the Legislature by proc- lamation. The Legislature shall then remaim in session for twenty-five days, atter which It must adjourn to some date not less than thirty nor more than sixty days from the time of ad. journment. It the two houses fail to aares Will resume theis upon a time at which the; session, the Governor shafl, by proclamation, fix a date for such reconvening, which shall b within the limits above prescribed. Upon assembling the Legislature shall compiete its session. No pay shall be allowed to members for a longer period than seventy-five days, and no bi!l shall be introduced in either house ex- cept at the first twenty-five days of the session, without the consent of three-fourths of the members_thereof. NOW, THEREFORE, Pursuant to the provi. sions of the Constitution, and an act of the Legislature of the State of California, entitied “An act to provide for the submission of pro- posed amendments to the Constitution of the State of California, to the qualified electors for their approval,”” approved March 7, A. D, 1833, the above-described proposed amendmients arg hereby published and advertised to be voted upon, by ballot, by the qualified electors of the State, at the election to be beld throughous this State on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, A. D. 1898, The said proposed amendments are to be s grately voted upon 1n manner and form as Tom ows: Each ballot used at such electfon must cone tain_ written or printed thereon the following words, whereupon the voter may express his choice as provided by lew: Amendment Number One, being_ Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 41 {Gxempting certaln claims against the ty and County of San Francisco, and the_existing indebtedness. of the City of Vallejo for the construction of its water works from the provisions of the Constitution requiring such claims to be pald from the income and reve- nues of the year in which they wers incurred). For the Amendment? Amendment Number Two, being Senate Constitutional Amendment No. (providing for framing local county- government acts by inhabitants of counties for their government). For the Amendment? b Amendment Number Three, being Sen- ate Constitutional _Amendment No. 4 (providing for the creation of a Court of Claims to determine claims against the State, and to consiet of three Superior Judges designated by the Governor to serve without extra compensation). For the Amendment? j Amendment Number Four, belng As- embly Constitutional 'Amendment 0. 81 (exempting consolidated clties and counties, organized or to be or- ed, or holding a charter un- er the Constitution, from certain leg- islation in relation’to counties). For the Amendment? Amendment Number Five, being As- sembly _ Constitutional Amendment No. 36 (relating to office of Governor, * ‘providing for succession thereto in certain cases and removing disability of Lieutenant Governor from holding other office during term), For the Amendment? i Amendment Number Six, belng Assem- bly Constitutional Amendment No. 3§ (relating to and ng Grammar. Schools). For the Amendment? Amendment Number Seven, being As- -embl( Const{lnt(ornu Amendment. No. 34 (providing for adjournment of Legisiature for not less than thi nor more than sixty days during session). For the Amendment? Yes Ne Yes No Ne police as being one of the three ruflans who murderousl: assaulted Officer Barnes In that city last Sunday. Later in the day he was turned over to Offi- cers T. J. Connell and Tom from llb"lm!l!., Ban Prancisoo, Cal ‘Witness my hapd and the Great Seal of mueuflornfis.mdumflm..a first above written. ?