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5 3 & 7 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1898. GAGE THE CHOICE OF THE VOTERS OF SANTA CRUZ Tendered a Magnifi=| cent Reception. MAKES MANY NEW FRIENDS SEASIDE CITY ALIVE WITH EN- THUSIASM, Gathering of Three Thousand Per-| sons Addressed by the Repub- | lican Gubernatorial { Nominee. | Special Dispatch to The Call. SANTA CRU Oct.” 3L.—Henry T.| Gage, Republican nominee for Gover- | nor, accompanied by the effective cam- tor, D. E. McKinlay, bc p. m. train to-day at San Fran- o for this place. Mr. Gage ar from a sick bed to keep the appoint- ments made for him by the Republican State Central Commiitee. The trip. along the bay and over the Santa Cruz Mountain: as delightful, in fact Mr. had an opportunity to rest on the here refreshed the tations enthu re assembled alighted from tk Republicans greet him. Mr. Gz s Gatos and Boulder Creek > pleasure of exchanging a many of his ardent other stations he re- n the car and shook e open window with d to get inside. The was " cordial to At led to him here the 1. GO’ lay were joined by ne nor o Santa Cruz and e 10-mOTrrow W the train arriv Gage was welco by 2d Ma Benjamin A. Plant of mittee, H. Samuel ank a Cruz the depot wed at can Ruc repre- McLaughlin, State Cen- ittee, also at the rail- ion to p 1t the major Red fire on the grounds de homee signaled t Governor. alive with | enthusiasm for Gage and Neff. A spe- cial train with 100 Republicans from Boulder ( ed shortly before-8 o'clock. Hastings” band went to the depot to escort the Boulder Republica: to the Pacific House, where C ge inlay e waliting for the proc to organize. ~Dele- ations came irom Soquel, Aptos and | Capitola and from the farms, orchards and vineyards of the surrounding cour- ¥ The _ meeting: . at Naval Reserve | Armory = was one of the largest demonstrations of a political char~ acter ever held in Santa Cruz. emblage was called ‘to order d Martin, chairman - of the c committee, who introduced R. Kirby as the presiding officer. Among yminent Republicans on the plat- were ‘. H. Galbraith, Mayor mb, James McNeil, Foster Young, C. | Lindsay, O. J. Lincoln, H. F. Kron, A. Maguire, Duncan McPherson, H. Cox, Henry Willey and F. W. Bald- | win. When the chairman uttered the words calling the attention of the vast audi- ence to the objects of the meeting all the seats of the main floor and galleries of the spacious armory were occupied and the crowd seeking to gain admis- sion.extended to the street in front of | the building. m. ple sought to s Governor of California. The introduction ‘of Henry T. Gzge was the signal for great applause long | contint on of wel- | come reminded the. standard-bearer of the great ovations which were recently | extended in Napa and Sonoma valleys and throughout the upper Sacramento region.. The enth ed that the masses rec zed.in Mr. Gage a man of the plain people who had been called to bear their standard in this campaign for good government and | prolonged prosperity. Here in Santa Cruz, as elsewhere, Mr. Gage gained friends by his modest and manly bearing and instantly won the confidence of the vast audience. Hig voice .was in fine conditic spoke for very nearly an hour without show- ing signs of fatigue. He did not ac the great demonstration as a personal,| tribute, but recognized .in the outpour- ing of the masses an expression of re- T ed devotion to the cause of which h was - the humble representative in this campaign. The Maguire assaults | on the integrity of the Republican State Convention were repelled in a manner | that evoked an appreciative response | from the assemblage. He dwelt upon | his own career in California, reminding | his hearers that his attitude toward ! railroad corporations had not changed | since he delivered a speech in Los An- | geles more than twenty years ago, when he took the position that a rail- road corporation had no right to inter- fere in the political affairs of the peo- ple. The railroad settlement question | in Congress was reviewed. -Again the | inside facts were presented to the au- | dience and the proof contained in the | pages of the Congressional Record | produced to show that Maguire as- | sented to the amendment which was now declared infamous by the fusion | leader. Reference was made to, the fact that Senators John T. Morgan, Stephen M, White and in fact all the Senators in Congress, Republicans, Democrats and Populists, voted for an amendment which Maguire denounces as_infamous. The “Little Giant’s” effort to obscure | he vital issue of single tax by shout- | railroad” was clearly explained to | e audience. Mr. Gage promised, if elected Gover- nor, to give the people of this State an honest, clean, pure and business-like administration. When he announced | that he would be elected Governor the | applause was great and prolonged. He ; spoke of the magnificent ovations of | the campaign, the great popular up- risings In support of the principles which he represented, and predicted that the Republicans on the 8th of No- | vember would achieve the grandest vic- | tory ever gained in Californfa. This ptredlctlgm Of party success evoked a storm of applause from SAADEEONC Sdlonce L P auRIReGC Mr. Gage did not remain in the ar- b mory long after he finished his 25 Bé IR0t dare o tavs: Ao getting cold. The vast audience. how- | ever, remained to hear D. E. McKinlay, the logical exponent of Republican doo. trine. Mr. McKinlay got a cordial greet- ing from the assemblage and proceeded in masterly fashion to classify the lead- | | given at this time. ing questions of the hour. He sub- mitted a proposition to the judgment of his hearers. He asked if the promises made by the Republican party in the last campaign had not been fulfilled. He asked further if the predictions of disaster and adversity which the op- position made in the campaign of 1896 had been fulfilled. He asked the au- dience if the administration of Presi- dent William MecKinley had not been beneficial to the American people, and if it was not deserving of the support | and eommendation of the nveople of California. A shout of applause testi- fied to the feeling that the national ad- | ministration was worthy of admiration and continued support. Mr. McKinlay in a lucid style ex-| plained the meaning of the balance of trade and submitted figures showing | that a low tariff had always cast the | balance against this country and at the | same time deprived American workmen | of employment. The protective tariff | turned the balance in favor of the| United States and gave employment to | the people of this country. The eras of prosperity and depression since 1832 were cited and the proposition ad- vanced that low tariffs had caused the industrial distress in every period of | national depression. | ‘A _tribute was paid to the patriotism | and wisdom of the administration, ex- emplified in the war with Spain. | people were asked to consider if 1oy- | alty to American principles and devo- tion to the country did not demand that a vote of confidence in \\'mmm‘ McKinley's administration should be The way to give ex- this feeling in California epublican cause | an overwhelm- pression to was to support the and give Gage and Neff ing majority. The audience responded to the senti- | ment with rounds of applause i Senator H. V Morehouse, one of the ablest eloquent orators in the State, ned the audience with a brief which elicited rineing re- | sponses of- approval. The hour was too Jate for anythin~ more than an appeal to the Republic: and all other good lifornia .from the citizens to protect ¢ reproach of a fusion triumph. He pre- dicted a Republican victory the mag- Hitude of which would surpass all past triumphs of the grand old party in | oo ¢ demonstration at the ar- | itest ever held in pired the Republi- with renewed zeal ht Mr. Gage a visit to ank McLaugh- the latter's residenca. The ma- | in bed and under the care of a physictan. = Mr. Gage leaves here early to-morrow ' for San Jose, where two meet- to-morrow afternoon. mernir ings will be held SAN - JOSE’S PREPARATIONS FOR GAGE’S RECEPTION SAN JOSE, Oct. 31.—The reception to be accorded Henry T. Gage, the next | Governor: of California, in this city to- morrow will be the greatest political | avent ever held in Santa Clara County and 4 direct result of the good work accomplished during the present cam- | paign under the auspices of the Re-i publican Good Government League. The Santa Clara County Republican | Club, which has charge of the affair, has recognized the importance of the| league, and given it the principal chair- | manship. The greatest harmony pre- | vails among the various factions of the Republican party, so far as the State ticket is concerned, and the demonstra- tion to-morrow will attest the united support that the sional candidates ¥ State and Congxes-; Il receive. | Messrs. E. A: Hayes, Rev. H. M. Ten- | ney and D. H. Bryant of the Good | Government League and O. A. Hale| and Senator H. V. Morehouse of the | Santa Clara County Republican Club | went to Santa Cruz this evening \oi meet Gage and escort him to this city. | With Gage are Colonel E. F. Preston | and T. B. Hutchison. The party will arrive here at $:50 to-morrow morning | by the narrow gauge. 1 It wiil be met | at the depot by a committee of promi- | nent citizens and Army _and Navy League and escorted to Hale's Hall, | where from 9:30 to 11 a reception will be tendered to old soldiers and their families. At 11 o’clock Mr. Gage will be taken to the St. James Hotel, and | there a public reception will be held till 1:30. At 3 o’clock mass meetings will be opened simultaneousiy in_ the Audito- rium and Turn Verein Hall. J. R.| Patton, vice president of the Good Gov- | ernment League, will preside at the meeting in the Auditorium and Senator | H. V. Morehouse will be chairman at| Turn Verein Hall. Mr. Gage will open | the meeting at Turn Verein Hall and Colonel Preston at the Auditorium. Hutchison will follow Gage at the for- | mer and Gage follow Preston at the Auditorium. In this manner of rota- | tion all three speakers will address both | audiences. Half-fare rates have been obtained from near by points and it is | estimated 15,000 people will be present | to welcome Gage. | Unless the utmost harmony prevailed | it would be impossible to get up such | a jollification and reception in honor of | Gage. The Good Government League, | while opposed to Rea’s county ticket, | is solid for Gage and the State and Cone onal tickets. In the systematic | canvass it has carried on the past month at no time has it failed to urge | upon the voters the election of Gage | and the entire State ticket. The same winning fight has been made for Loud, | and it is safe to say that the 2500 and more votes of the Good Government League will be cast solidly for Gage | and Loud. The league has done all| the actual work for the State and Con- | gressional tickets in Santa Clara Coun~ ty this year, and the lethargy and idle- ness of Rea's County Central Commit- tee is drawing forth much adverse com- ment. Under the banner bearing the pic- tures of Gage and Neff in front of the Good Government League headquar- ters another banner, with the words “Welcome Governor Gage,” has been strung. The Republican County Cen- | tra! Committee has made no effort to | advertise the State ticket, while the Good Government League has distrib- uted 5000 large cards with pictures of Gage, Neff, Loud and their county ticket broadcast in the city and su- burban districts, MR. GAGE PRAISED BY SENATOR WHITE REDDING, Oct. 31.—One of the largest crowds of the campaign filled Armory Hall to-night to listen to an address by Senator Stephen M. White. The speaker was Introduced by L. S. Barres, and pro- ceeded at once to a logical and dispassion- ate discussion of the merits of the two gubernatorial candidates. He spoke in the highest terms of Henry T. Gage as a man, and stated that this very evening he had recelved a telegram from Los Angeles asking his permission for use in the cam- paign of an indorsement of Gage for Code Mommissioner, made by himself several years ago, The permission was granted, “Phe distinguished speaker said that he had known Henry T. Gage for more than twenty years—knew him to be a man of great ability—and that he had no charges refer. P tening upon the candidacy . of Maguire, he reviewed the Democratic can- {date's career from boyhood to the pres- day. He carried his audience from the blacksmith’s forge to the House of Representatives, and declared that there was not a blemish in Maguire's whole rivate or political career. The Senator Ecld the ~attention of his audience throughout a speech that was distin- guished for fairness and freedom from personalities. He was enthusiasticdlly 1 applaus ent | ington, involving $40,000. | Mr. Barlow testified under oath that he | truthfulne | place: | our party out of existence | have abandoned their trip to Jericho, | owing to the European complications, BARLOW MADE DISHONEST USE OF HIS POWER He Is Exposed by J. V. Webster: TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR GRAB | SOUGHT TO MULCY JOHN C. FRE- MONT’S HEIRS. | Agreed to Put a $40,000 Claim Through Congress if Paid Twenty-Five Per Cent of the Whole. Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Oct: 31.—Congress- man Charles A. Barlow has in his cam- paign speeches of the last few days denied that he ever attempted to se-.| cure 25 per cent out of a certain land | deal he was to push through at Wash- | The following letter from J. V. Web- ster, under date of Creston, and writ- ten a few days ago, shows Barlow in his' true light. Mr. Webster was the Populist candidate for Governor four ars ago, and the letter is now printed with his consent: | CRESTON, (K‘f.] 23, 1898. J. E. Cliff, Pas Robles—Dear Sl Your favor of the 2 ., making in- | quiry relative to the ance offered by | C. A. Barlow to pass a_claim through | Congress, amounting to §40,00, in favor of John C. Fremont’s heirs, for a consid- | eration of $10,000, is before me. In reply I have to say that during our State Alli- | ance ion, held in San Miguel last October, I had a conversation with Mr. Barlow relative to the matter to which you refer. 1 had previously received a clipping from a Los Angeles paper relating to some incidents in the Brooks vs. Barlow lawsuit before the Superior Court of tha: city, which took place some time after the last general eleetion. In the clipping referred to the statement was made that had agreed to use his best endeavors to | secure a patent for some land claim in | Southern California valued at $40,000 for | consideration of 25 per_ cent of its| lue. Seriously doubting the of this statement and wish- ing to do Mr. Barlow exact justice in the premises, 1 handed him the clipping and asked for an explanation. = After care- fully reading the extract he replied in substance as follows: ““This statement is not true. My testl- | mony before the court related to an old | claim of John C. Fremont, contracted | against the Government when he was in | the State fifty years ago. The claim | amounts to $40,000, and I agreed to put it | through Congress for 2 per cent of the | amount.” This conversation took place in my room in the Levinger Hotel, and there were resent, if I remember correctly, the following named gentlemen: 8. O. Pugh of Gonzales, Robert Shetterly of Spencerville, Mark L. Landrum of Peach | Tree, P. W. Brewer of Creston, Mr. Bar- low and myself. This seemed to me a serious matter, but, considering this agreement to com- mit a crime and the testimony relating thereto largely due to his unsophisticates status, I still felt kindly toward Mr. Bar- | low, and upon subsequently receiving a letter from him, in which hé gave me the chief credit for his election, 1 answered that I had acted conscientiously in his the estimated v support, and that, under the circum- stances, would do so again. But as matters stand now, like ~circumstances can never exist this side of the River Jor- | dan, and since then the report reached | me from Omaha, through Donnelly's | paper, “The Representativ that Bar- low and Castle, conjoined with other men, holding proxies, and drawing in the aggregate public salaries amounting to | $61,000 annually, came all the way Irom | Washington and other equally distant | Wwith an eve single to sustaining | and abetting Marfon Butler as chairman | of the National Committee of the Popu- list party, when, in fact, Marion Butler had done everything in his power to fuse . or small bits | of pie and pottages skimmings for himself and the clique subject to his ruling. These unpleasant remembrances, coupled with Mr. Barlow's manifest manipulation of our Populist conven- tlon at Sacramento, and the conse- quent destruction of the Populist party in this State, have caused our passing be- yond the “parting of the ways” to which there can be no return. Yours truly, J. V. WEBSTER. THEIR VISIT TO THE HOLY LAND CURTAILED| The Emperor and Empress of Ger- many Will Not Go Down to Jericho. JERUSALEM, Oct. 31.—The Emperor and Empress of Germany are curtail- ing their visit to the Holy Land. They and it is also believed they will not go to Syria. Their Majesties this morning at- tended the consecration of the Church of the Redeemer. The ceremonies, in which the natives took a leading part, were most impressive and were marked with the greatest pomp. MAY TURN DEWN MERCIER. Another Mysterious Prisoner in the Dreyfus Case. PARIS, Oct. 31.—The criminal section of the Court of Cassation appointed counselors to-day to proceed with a supplementary inquiry into the Drey- fus case and the counsel for the Drey- fus family went to the Ministry of War for the purpose of studying the secret documents in the case. M. Lockroy, who is still acting as Minister of War, pending the installation of his succes- sor, M. de Freycinet, raised difficulties about delivering the documents and only allowed the counsel to inspect cer- tain of them. LONDON, Oct. 31.—The Paris cor- respondent of the Daily News says: “I learn that it is not at all unlikely that M. Dupuy, the new Premier, will turn his back on General Mercier. It is ru- mored that another mysterious prisoner was ‘brought to Mont Valerien prison on Saturday. Four cells there are now occupied.” —_— SIOUX IN UGLY MOOD. Young Braves Talk of Forcibly Re- moving Agent Clapp. WASHINGTON, Oct. 3L—Word has reached the Interior Department of trou- ble threatened by a band of young Sioux on the Pine Ridge Agency in South Da- kota, who are reported to have started an organized movement for the forcible re- moval of Indian Agent Clapp from the reservation. Secretary Bliss, commenting on the matter to-day, said that despite the clalms of the young braves, who threaten to take steps themselves unless the Secretala' orders the change, there is nothing on file at the department that is averse to Agent Clapp. He also states that the agent s an army officer, who is executing his duties satisfactorily, and that the question of transfer is not to be entertained. RV Polonski, the Poet, Dead. ; ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 1.—Polon- ski, the celebrated Russian poet. died yesterday. £ ~ | paign. MENTION OF GAGE | SUPERVISORS EVOKES APPLAUSE Great Demonstration at Pomona. PERKINS AND BEVERIDGE TALK CIRCUS TENT TOO SMALL FOR THE CROWD. California’s . Senator and Illinois’ Former Governor Urge Support of the McKinley Ad- ministration. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. POMONA, Oct. 31.—Until to-day the Republicans in Pomona Valley hardly believed they could so soon duplicate their great mass-meeting of ten days ago, but they succeeded beyond all ex- pectation. Henry T. Gage is far and | away the most popular man in Pomona Valley whe ever ran for a State office. He is known and loved here by hun- dreds of old-time residents, and it is easy to get up big meetings in this campaign for him for Governor. The meeting addressed here to-night by Senator George C. Perkins and by ex- Governor Beveridge of Illinois was one of the largest known here in this cam- The Pomona Opera-house has proved too small for the audiences that | attend the Republican meetings, so a large circus tent was hired for Repub- lican uses in the campaign. It was crowded to-night and hundreds of peo- ple stood without within hearing of the speakers’ voices. People came into the town fromsall parts of the valley to at- tend the meeting and long before Sena- tor Perkins and ex-Governor Beveridge arrived at the tent with the reception committee every seat there was occu- pied. Tremendous applause greeted the first mention of Gage's name and when the splendid administration of William McKinley was touched upon the audi- ence arose en masse and cheered and velled and waved hats and handkgr- chiefs. Senator Perkins dwelt upon the im- portance of this campaign to the suc- cess of the policy adopted by the Presi- dent. He to:d what the war meant for America and showed that unless Ameri- cans stand by the national administra- tion the war will have been useless. Senator Perkins praised the Repub- | lican State and Congressional tickets. He showed how notwithstanding dis- couraging climatic conditions in South- | ern California for two successive years prosperity had come into this region and was yet coming more and more. Ex-Governor Beveridge spoke upon State is-ues and dealt with Republican promises to build the Nicaragua canal. WOODMAN DENOUNCED BY A TRADES, COUNCIL Sacramento Workingmen Arraign the Democratic Nominee for State Printer. SACRAMENTO, Oct. 3L.—At a meeting of the Sacramentd Trades Council to- night the following resolutions were adopted: ‘Whereas, While the Bacramento Federated Trades Council is strictly non-partisan in its charsoter and has persistently declined to con- Stder matters of a political nature, yet It deems it to be {ts duty to protest against, con- demn and repel unjust and malicious assaults pon the character and integrity of Hon. A. J. Johnston, an lied branches of this federation; and to con- demn and censure the action of another mem- ber of this organization—E. L Woodman—in lending himself to the circulation of anony- Tobus Titerature in which such unjust and ma- liclous assauits are made; and Whereas, This council knows euch assaults to be founded in malice and untruth and deems the participation therein entirely beneath and unbecoming a member of this federation; and Whereas, The promise has been made by sald Woodman that, in case of his electipn to the office of Superintendent of State Printing, he Wil effect a saving to the State of $100,000, a year in the administration of that office, know- {og full well that in order to even attempt to fulfill said promise it would be absolutely nec- essary to reduce the wages of labor therein and thereby work a direct injury to every mem- ber of a labor union finding emplc that institution—an institution which, under its management, gives empioyment to union labor exclustvely; and , Whereas, Another anonymous circular has been put into clrculation by the agents or friends of sald E. L man, making an outrageous, indecent and dastardly assault Upon the character and virtue of the poor Working-women, who, by reason of adverse circumstances, ‘have ~been forced to support and those dependent upon them by their hands; therefore That this council recognizes in Resolved, Hon. A. J. Johnston a good citizen, a faithful public servant and a zealous friend of or- ganized labor, and repels and condemns the anonymous assaults made upon his integrity as false and malicious. Resolved, That this council hereby censures and condemns the action of E. I. Woodman, @ member of an allled branch of this organiza* tion, in his personal distribution of such anony- motis literature, and denounces it as conduct unbecoming one member of a labor union to- ward another. Resolved, That this council condemns any and every proposition tending_to reduce the scale of wages In the State Printing Office, as is evidently contemplated if the promises made by E. I. Woodman, as referred to above, are attempted to be fulfilled. Resolved, That we scorn and denounce as un- fit to assoclate with decent men and women the man or set of men who will wantonly and Itbelously endeavor to besmirch the honor and virtue of honest, hard-working, respectable women in an effort to make a point against a political opponent. Such men deserve the ut- fer contempt of the whole community. olved, That these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of this council and coples thereof furnished, under seal, to Hon. A. J. Johnston and to E. I. Woodman and to the press. REA'S COUNSEL FILES NOTICE OF APPEAL Convicted Slanderer Will Carry His Case to the State Supreme » Court. SAN JOSE, Oct. 31.—“Jim" Rea's attor- neys have filed a notice of a motion for a new trial of the slander suit brought by J. P. Jarman which a few days ago re- sulted in the boss’ conviction and a ver- dict for $1500 damages. This move on Rea’s part 1s regarded as only a bluff, in- tended to put off the case until after election. verybody belleves Rea will pay the amount of the verdict, as that would be cheaper than appealing the case, and the boss might not care to have all his testimony and his record as a poli- ticlan aired again and go before the Su- preme Court in a transcript. « The grounds on which a new trial is asked are: Irregularities in proceedings of court by which defendant was pre- vented having a fair trial; insufficiency of evidence to justify the verdict; that ver- dict is nfalnlt law, and that the court erred in its rulings and the instructions to the jury. An order was made staying proceedings until the motion for a new trial be heard. o A A Tulare Register Reopened. VISALIA, Oct. 1.—The case of William Simmons and forty-five other persons against William H. Hammond, County Clerk of Tulare, asking for an order com- elling _him to place their names on the &reat Register, their certificates having been filed fifteen days before election, was heard in the Superior Court to-da; dhy udge Judge Minor of Stanislaus County. Minor decided that the names should placed on the Register. This decislon will add about 160 names. honored member of one of the al- | GET AFTER THE TAX COLLECTOR Will’lnvestigate Block To-Day. CALL’S CHARGES QUOTED ARE MADE THE BASIS FOR PRO- CEEDINGS. Judiclary Committee Will Ascertain How He Gouged the City on Military Service Lists. The Democratic majority in the Board | of Supervisors were treated to a surprise yesterday, when a resolution was intro- duced by Supervisor Smith providing for an official investigation of The Call's charges made last week against Tax Col- lector Block. It will be recollected that this paper exposed gross irregularities in | Blo¢k's, office, showing how he had se- cured a large sum of money wrongfully from the city by enumerating among the residents liable under the laws to mili- tary service large numbers of persons who are legally exempt therefrom, taking pay forr these fraudulent lists at 5 cents per name. Since the expose it appears that several of the Supervisors, including Smith, have been busily at work securing evidence in the case, all of which tended to corrobor- ate The Call's charges. Having found guch & bad state of affairs in Block’s of- fice, it became the duty of the Supervis- ors to make an official éxamination; hence Ilhe resolution by Smith. It reads as fol- ows: Whereas, Grave charges have been freely cir- culated in the public press during the past week, serfously calling into question the repu- tation of the present Tax Collector of the City and County for official probity; and, Whereas, it has been related in a morning journal of large circulation that the said Tax Collector, in the discharge of the duty imposed upon him by sections 159 to 1898 respectively, of the Po- litical Code of the State of California, has en- rolled large numbers of citizens for military duty who are declared to be exempt from such duty by the provisions of the code heretofore quoted, to wi State officers, Federal officers, Mongolians, persons in excess of the age described in the statute, pcrsons exempt by reason of physical disqualifications: and persons who have joined the silent majority; be it Resolved, By the Board of Supervisors of the City and Count- of San Francisco that the Ju- diclary Committee be, and the same is, hereby directed to immediately inquire whether these charges have any foundation in fact, and to re- port to this board as soon as practicable the Tesult of its findings, and what action, if any, may be necessery in the premises. Resolved, That the committee have authority to send for persons and papers, and to employ such assistance as may be deemed necessary to present a proper statement of facts. ‘When the clerk closed the reading of the resolution there was a dead silence. ““Are there any objections to it?"" asked Mayor Phelan. None of the Supervisors made reply, and, according to the usual custom, tine Mayor announced the resolution passed by unanimous vote. A few moments later it was arranged that the Judiclary Committee, of which Smith is chairman, should hear the case within twenty-four hours, and notice was sent to Block and witnesses against him to appear at 10 o'clock this morning in | upervisors' committee-room for tne the Sensational . developments investigation. are promised. The Mayor’s vetoes of gas and electric bills were laid ov.r until after election. The Hartford Athletic Club was granted ermission to give a boxing exhibition at 3 dflgtlord street, between November 1 Alexander Wright, expert for the Grand Jury in the investigation of ferry-depot frauds, wak allowed $585 for his services. Considerable discussion arose over the disposition of the architects’ plans for the proposed city and county hospital. As the board had been advised that it could not build the hospital, a motion prevailed that a committee of three, consisting of Dodge, Lackmann and Sheehan, should meet the architects and ascertain just what can be done toward returning the plans. There are some persons who claim that the members of the board will be personally liable to the architects for the plans, inasmuch as the board had no au- thority to call for plans. A special insurance fund was created to be sustained by the contributions of the foreign insurance companies, which have already placed $14,000 at the disposal of the city. Some animated remarks arose over the proposition to create the fund, and Mr. Britt alleged that the $14.000 al- ready pald in was not avaflable for usé unless the special fund was created, “That is not correc exclaimed Mayor Phelan. ‘““The money is in the possession of the City Treasurer and it has been counted! A la g“ went the rounds of the room, and the Mayor looked surprised. Supervisor Devany prefented two reso- lutions, one asking for an official request to be made by the ¢ity. on California Congressmen, urging that they interest themselves in securing a government lant for San Francisco for the manu- 'acture of cannon, steel plates and other war material. The other resolution re- aquested the Mayor to confer with the State authorities so as to arrange, if pos- sible. for sending the eighteen lepers at the Pesthouse to the Hawailan Islands. The full Board of Supervisors is now in the city, Morton having returned from his prolonged Eastern trip. HIGHBINDER BULLETS FOR DR. GARDNZR ADVISED TO KEEP AWAY FROM THE MONGOLIAN QUARTER. The life of Dr. Gardner, interpreter for the Chinese Bureau, has been threatened again by the Mongolian highbinders en- gaged in importing slave girls. The doc- tor has been a thorn in the side of the coolie brokers by .his vigilarnce and fidelity to his trust. In the midst of a seething sea of corruption, with covert obstrue- tions placed in his path, he has preserved himself free from even the taint of sus- pleion. Hence he is the focus for the bitter hatred of the highbinder element, which thinks as little of killing a man as smoking a cigar. Yesterday morning a respectable China- man approached Dr. Gardner in the upper corridor of the Appraiser's buildnig and advised him to go armed, especlally when visiting Chinatown in the pursuit of his officlal duties. He said the highbind- ers had been informed that Dr. ner had been quoted in certain Washington D. C.) newspagers as having given the ectetar{ of the Treasury certain im- ortant information concerning the high- inders of San Francisco and their meth- ods, and that they were very wroth in consequence. The doctor’s friends said the highbinders had issued their usual warning to a selected victim and that he would do well to keep his eyes open when traveling in the Chinese quarter. The doctor vesterday laid_the facts be- fore the Federal officials. Fe refuses to carry arms, and the threat of assassina- tion will not force him to swerve from the path of duty or to avoid the Chinese uarter. qA meeting of the highbinder tong which thirsts for the blood of the taflors who employ non-union laborers was held Sunday night at the rooms on the corner of Jackson and Dupont streets. It was decided to raise the price on the heads of two of the men who have been marked for the assassin’s bullets. D. Wi and Chen Noon have had a price of each placed on their heads, and this raised to $600. This price has been on the heads of the two men for several months and wea put there at the same e_tha was placed on the head of Mock Foo, who was murdered last week. @’,."D.».’ FERRRREPERFPPIFRRR ”»»”””a French stupendous reductions—see the Imported French Taf- fetas—Scroll designs At 95c¢. in beautiful colorings, Novelty Brocaded Satin Duchesse, Fancy Moire V=lours, a full line of Basket Weave Plaiis, all in colors suit- able for strest wear; also Black Silk and Satin Brocades and Bayadere effects, original prices were $1.25, $1.50 and $1.75 per yard. Black Bayadere At $|.25- and Brocaded Silks, very heavy and rich, and Magnificent Black Satin Brocade Moire. Most of these were $1.75 and $2. At $I-4‘5. orted P.rinted arp Gros-Grain and Taffetas—one of the richest and most beautiful silks made—exquisite colorings for evening wear—original price was $4.35 per yard. High - grade Im- Price ... PEPPERRR VPR RV LR IR VPP PP PRI PP P TP VRV RIR TR PR BRIV CPIR PRSP IR PRI RPNV R RV RVRVVER SRR R IRV RRB VR RD PP IR IRE fice of highest grade San Francisca—a sale with- out parallel —the qualities only. On Monaay morning, at 8 o’clock, we began the most note- worthy silk sale ever held in this State; a sale wherein all pre- vious low-price silk-selling records are shattered; a sale planned to dispose of in a few days thousands of dollars’ worth of the very finest imported French Silks—a class of goods of which we have heavily overbought for two seasons. sold up to $5.75 per yard—the very richest fabrics for Street, Calling, Reception, Evening and Wedding Gowns, at less than the prices of ordinary American-made silks—many of them at less than half the cost of production. —Never before such qualities as these at Sacrifice Sale: The greatest sacri- Silks ever made in richest Silks that originally Read this partial list of magnificent fabrics themselves High-class French At $I.50- Novelty Matlasse, and Taffetas—rich new colorings, ex- clusive designs—original prices $2.50, Cholcest Import- At $2.0 : Brocade—rich colorings for evening and reception at the original price, $3.25 per yard. conne Jacquard gros-grain Chameleon effects in most evening and re:sption gowns—origi- nal price of these beautiful silks was —ALSO— Plain Colored Taffetas—27 inches wide—this season’s importations—in all of the newest colorings for street and evening wear—were an excellent value at the price marked when we received them a few weeks ago ($1.25 per vard)—much more than your money’s worth at the reduced JiE EMPORIUg and GolidenRule Bazaar. CALIFORNIA’S LARGEST—AMERICA’S GRANDEST STORE. Armures, Duchesse $3.50, $3.75 and $5.00 per yard. » ed Satin Duchesse :osmmes—-wre an exceptional value -At $3 00 Imported high- 0 e grade Moire Fa- magnificent designs and colorings for £5.75 per yard. $1.00 e e L e T e L e e e L T e e T L e LT 2 T e L e e TS L it et L] * k3 4 b4 3 v ¢ 2 - §€fi D Mtqutfiuuqquuou& PURLOINED HER RINGS DURING HER ABSENCE Bold Crime of Chinese Thief. IMPOSED ON A WOMAN REPRESENTED THAT HE WAS A LAUNDRYMAN. Detectives Looking for a Clever Mon- golian Crook—A Part of His . Plunder Is Recov- ered. The police are searching for a Chinese crook who hafsystematically entered a number of houses during the past few weeks and-stolen various articles of jew- elry and wearing apparel. Mrs. Parker, who lives at 1414 California stregt, is the latest victim. A short time ago the thieving China- man visited her residence and represented that he had been sent to get the washing of a woman who rooms in her house. Mrs. Parker went to the woman’s room, and while she was temporarily absent the Chinaman entered the house and stole three diamond rings valued at $200. The rings belonged to Mrs. Parker, but she did not miss them until several hours after the Chinaman had left. Suspecting that he had taken them Mrs. Parker notified Chief Lees, who sent Detectives Gibson and Wren to make an investigation. After obtaining a description of the thief the detectives visited Chinatown in the hope of locating him. While they were searching for the culprit they ran across the stolen rings in a pawnshop on Clay street, near Stocl.ton. The proprietor informed them that the jewelry had been pawned by & China. man, who claimed he had just arrived from Fresno, and that the rings had been given to him by a friend. Since then the thieving Mongolian has robbed a numwer of housewives in a sim- ilar manner. His scheme is to learn the name of a woman who lives in the house he is about to rob, and, approaching the landlady, he represents that she instruct- ed him to call for her washing. He car- ries on his shoulder a basket similar to the ones used by Chinese laundrymen, and when the mistress of the house leaves him to call the woman for whom he asks, he enters the place and steals whatever he can lay his hands on. In the last few weeks, it Is said, he has mnnsged to get away with at least 3500 worth of property these means. byAfl he is known to Gibson and Wren they confidently expect to arrest him in the next few days, —_— Sending Dead Chinamen Home. Within the last ten davs the Health Office has issued eighty uermits for the removal of the remains of deceased Chinamen from the Chinese burying ground in San Francisco to Peking. This extraordinary number of remov: brought ‘$800 extra revenue to the Health ?emflment. a charge of $10 being exacted or each removal permit. $ ————————— Robbed a Cigar Store. The establishment of H. Pagemann & Co. at 318 and 320 Sansome street was en- tered by burglars Sunday night and a number of cigars were taken. The clever robbers cut a piece of glass from the door, presumably with a diamond, and then removing the glass opened the door easily, as it was locked with a Yale lock. Just how much of the stock was taken the proprietor cannot say, but 1200 cigars of a new brand which the firm is manu- facturing are missing. It will require an invoice to determine {ust how many cigars were taken, but it s probable that the loss will amount to several hundred dollars. ADVERTISEMENTS. GET NEXT To one package of our Laundry work and you'll enjoy the satisfaction that comes only from work perfectly done ia finish, cleanliness snd smoothness. 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