The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 1, 1899, Page 1

The all & s VOLUME LXXXV.—N 0. 32, SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 1899—THIRTY-TWO PAGE PRICE FIVE CENTS. 800 CAR: NIVAL 0¢ NOISE USHERS N THE NEW YEAR, | finds | joy which gh the medium of horr ame epidemic in | st night, and the | vas tha for six hours otherwise respectable es and condi- | seriously at work trying m{ convince themselves in particular and | the world in ger that they were | | tir rs o of s thé the evening the machines peace dis- persistent | notic control | s, and those who vn to see and hear re- } and heard, and their i to such an extent cik Market street pre- arance of being occu- between a Mongolian | ian funeral. in San Francisco U ue, which distinction | through the peculiar and | th which the citizens | me gladness over the period of 3 somebody noise wing ex the d to © ers by a cr pied wedding and ¢ by at red the dis- | noise. Our el relations “¥lth oriental countries have evidently brought a bizarre as-| sortn al instruments of the | fivi and the: were pr to enable cele- to maintain the city’s reputation articula d tin horn—the Frisco Horn— at are purchasable on special | be can't us for a nickel and Wv oorhe € i nt and ali-pe f the evening, ominant, pre- ading nolse producers but when the wielders of these instru- of rve torture slackened in enthusiasm the melody of Chi- 1ge, cowbells, Japanese | well, any old thing that —burst forth in its | flutes, drums- “variations in the mphony, | re few and far between, for | ;e thing which does not | Franciscan on | blowing a tin tion and r that would be to the leader of In the orchestra in a Chinese theater. fact when comes to proving the ex- uberance ess by making a noise that co: no music all China- town must hi ed head in ; Y ts of San Fran- ning waned and the new approached the fun became fast | d furious and the noise increas proporticnately until it seemed as if . whole city had resolved itseif into vast voice that persisted in D to the world that something 1g. There have been other | claiming eve in San anc m celebrated just as was this one. ut it is the opinion of a perfectly unbiased onlooker who T d the stage of life where all is| nd vexation of spirit that the | celebration last night outshone, by sev- 1l points, all preceding ones. Up to 10:30 tk confined | ewalk nguish- able from the ordinary Saturday night | crowd on the street by the volume of sound which accompanied it. It rapid- ly Inc however, the side themselv into t yughfare and the new asphal pavement wa )n crowded to the car- | tracks with the pushing, jostling, stru . all intent upon doing | somethin t would bring distinction and consequent joy to the individual. Then to th which by this time had reached a point that drove strong men to the nearest saloons for nerve medi- | cine, was added the constant ringing | of 'the bells of the cable cars, as the | gripmen endeavored to force their way | through the heedless mags of excite- ment-crazed human beings. | Up and Gown the street surged the crowd, good humored.and merry ex- cept on rare ocasions, when some gang | of hoodlums would overstep the bounds | of patience and receive merited punish- ment. Everybedy was bent on having | fun at the expense of others only so far as it meant the sudden blowing of a ho shrilfehriek of a whistle in the | nearest ear. This sort of amusement | was well ived, but whenever over- | exuberance induced one of the revelers | to g0 beyond what was recognized as | legitimate fun the entire crowd hunted | out the misguided one and made him that he was alive. | On ordinary occasions boisterougness is supposed to be the especial preroga- | tive of the male six (but by long ac- cepted custom the hilarity of New Year’'s eve in San Francisco has been about evenly divided between the en- tire human family and last night was no exception to the rule. Thousands of | women and girls made up for the other 364 days when they have to keep silent | and gave full vent to their lungs | through tin. Stald matrons, who had | expected to remain cozily in some (:on-I | the city until the hands on the clocks | approached | habitants | massive buildings soon found them- with thz living venient doorway, selves swept along | when became possessed with a tin-horn |and a maddening desire to Dblow it. And blow it they did, some with hats |awry and faces red, others in a demure | ‘und shame-faced manner, but all with a look of exaltation on their counte- | ‘ nances that possibly made up.for many 'days of domestic quiet. Young girls and cld girls whose ages ranged from under 10 to over— well, over the ages where they | cease to be girls—went | along in the proud con- | stream, and before they knew how or | | sciousness that they were just as big boys as their | brothers, and they | suf- N fered the pull- » ing a hauling con- sequent upon being in a big crowd as if they liked it. Few wore anything like finery in dress or millinery, and those who did were undoubtedly sorry for it when they reached home after their annual dissipa- tion Mark treet w ne place to display studies in hilid: ns last night. Portly old gentlemen with patri- archial beards and dressed in a style that suggested the affluent heads of large families marched along with silk hats resting easily on the backs of their, heads, while their gloved hands held the omnipresent tin horn to their lips thev blew with all the joyous gladne: of their youngest grandchild. S0 it went up and down, back and | across the great commercial artery of | the mystic hour when graveyards are supposed to yawn and ghosts to walk. If that grewsome habit | had been practiced last night the in- of the other world would probably have reached the conclusion that the Angel Gabriel had been multi plied many fold and was announcing | thelast day. Just as the hands reached the top of the dial together, what an| hour earlier seemed to be the * apossible | was achieved. There was such an ac- cession to the noise that all previous .-m‘rls were as a zephyr in a gale of| Lvery steam whistle and half the bells in the steeples lent their aid to the thousands of minor forms of noise and | for ten minutes eer torturing, hair rais- | ing, brain splitting pulsations rose and | fell on the air until it seemed as if the | all-pervading sound had substance and were powerful enough to crush in the | which lined the | street. | With the passing of the hour mme; comparative quiet and then followed | soberness and the dense crowd melted | away, each individual undoubtedly satisfied that he or she had done their full duty and had let off enough sur- plus energy to prevent the violation of more fous laws for another twelve months to come. | Senate he should be punished hold-over Senator: NAVAL RESERVES TO PARADE A Good Representation Will Be at the Inaugural Ceremonies. | Wednesday next the Naval Militia will | be well represented in the inaugural pa- | rade at Sacramento. Orders are out to| have the organization attend and prepar- ations are being made to have as large | a representation as possible present. Accommodations for the men will be srepared on the Marion, so- those who | leave for Sacramento Wednesday morning | m ep on board all Tuesday night. The start will be made on the 7 a. m. boat for Oakland, so the wisdom of sling- ing a hammock on the Marion's berth deck at once becomes apparent. Lieutenant Commander T. A. Nerney who, in the absence of Captain Turner, commands the 1 Militia, has secured | two special cars to take the Naval Militia men to the capital. He has arranged for | | both transportation and subsistence for the day. The men will leave on the T o'clock ferry and will return Wednesday | évening. | The -men in line will represent the crew of the U. S. §. Marion, the Naval | Militia training ship. A good representa- | tion will be present and it-is probable | one of the Hotchkiss one-poundérs will be | manned and included in the detachment. | The men will be under command of Lieu- | tenant Commander. T. A: Nerney and | Lieutenant C.°C. Dennis, acting executive officer. : i Rt e p R S DR SURRENDERS HIS OFFICE. | Charles F. Curry Steps Out; William: E. Deane Comes In. = With the -coming: of great .number of office holders stepped | out yesterday ‘and: "hanfied’ over':their books and documents to incoming officials. Willlam E. Deane, now County Clerk, was formally installed in- his office by Chatles | Curry, who will: take his office, as. Secre- | 'ry of State Within the' next few days. | Taere -was no ¢eremony- attendant upon“ the turning over of the office. Mr. Curry | surrendered duthority and Mr. Deané ac- cepted it.. This was: all. 3 Matters have been left straight and in good condition. for thé incaming ‘County Clerk and he promises to leave’ them in the same condition; all“are of the opin- jon that me will live up:to his promise. | This morning the various attaches ap- | pointed hy Nr. Deane will. assemble in the County Clerk’s office for:instrution, | and with thegcomin~ of Tuesdav every- | thing will be In readiness to proceed. egie | . Grand Army Installation. . | Next' Tuesday evening the offi elect of James A. Garfleld Post No. and James A. Garfield Women's Refief | Corps No. 21 will be installed. - Depart- | menit Comimangder Sol Cahen will ln.\ldll] the officers of the post and Mrs. Laura | J. Robinson will perform a similar office | for the Relief Corpi. ~Géneral Edward | S. Salomon, past department commapder, | will be the new post comimander and Mrs. | | Dora H. Wilkins the incoming president of the Relief Corps. A-splendld musieal | programme will be presented between the | installations of the corps a,w post, \ ) 4id not lvaita’e to assoit tha | end that the people of the State shall the new ‘year a | ‘no jurisdiction over such matters. GEORGE 10 BE W. BAKER IS INVESTIGATED \ | OW, two years ago . car- : N ried bill 2783 in spite of | the fact that all three newspapers in the city were against it. There war the — TOW you ever saw against it. The Governor had declared against it, the people were up in arms against it, but by — we landed it, and now it is a @ law in this State. I paid \.\ ‘$500 for men. in the Sen- @_ate and $250 for men \Q\in the House. = L] [ ] [ ] ] [ ] F, B | ] L} u-N-E-N The foregoing * statement ac- credited to George’ W. Baker and pub- lished broad- cast is regard- ed by hold-over Senators as an assault upon the dignity and integrity of the Senate—a charge so grave and serious that it must bé the subject of investigation immediately on the organization of the Leg- islature. Senator H. V. Morehouse of Santa Clara was spoken to yester- day in re erence to the matter cud b he would move at the earliest moment for the ap- pointment of a committee to bring George W. Baker before the Senate. Senator Morehouse added: “Nothing less than an affidavit signed by George W. Baker—a signed and sworn statement containing an abso- lute denial of the charge in every par- ticular would induce me to withhold demand for instant inquiry. If it be | true, as Mr. Baker is reported to have said, that $500 was paid to men in the enate to pass bill it is due to the people of the State to know to whom the money was paid and by whom it was supplied. If Mr. Baker used money | to influence the votes of men in the is guilty of a felony and | There are twenty others who re- d not hotd-overs have been ele The bill could not have pas: unl some of these Senators voted for it. The charge therefore applies to men now holding seats in the Senate and cannot be set aside as applying only to those who served in the Legi lature two years ago. “The Senate can compel Mr. Baker ! and the editor of the miner, who | asserts that the charge is well founded, | to appear before the committee and | answer questions bearing upon the sub- ject. ; “I shall move at the earliest oppor- tunity for a full investigation to the wer & know whether the charge is true or in- famously false. If money was paid to pass the bill and Mr. Baker disbursed it he should be made to tell how, when anid where it was paid-and be forced to disclose thée names of the persons to whom it was paid.” / Senator Morehouse does not profess to speak for other “hold-over'” Senators, but- is confident that they will join in the-demand for a full and complete in-- vestigation.of all the f; in the case. CAUSTIC: CRITICISM : - OF 'BURNS’ RECORD MARIN COUNTY .REPUBLICANS | DENOUNCE . HIM. | Stormy Session.of the Central Com : mittee Over His Candidacy for the Senate. 2L, Dec. 3L.—The Sena- candidacy of D. M. Burns caused- 2 stormy session of the Marin County Republican - Central Committee’ -this. fternoon.” The session’ was secfet, J. H. Pryor-of Sausalito presiding and B. W. Studiey acting as sécretary. 3 After certain’ business relating -to finances had been.disposed of Captain H. A. Gorley sprang a sensation in thé’ forin of & resolution bitterly denounc- ing the candidacy of Burns and asking the Senator and .Assemblyman from ! thig district to’ refuse to-vote for hi: Attorney Thomas P. Boyd asserted his, Dbelief- that, as the nominating conven- tion had not. seen fit t¢ plédge these. efficials, it would Jook presumptuous for the county central ‘committee to try to do it at this late day, particu- larly as that body is supposed to have He believed that both the Senator and the Assemblyman from the district were conscientious men and -would follow what they believed to be the desire of SAN RAFAF tori | public record | elected Senator he can never se- |: phans their constituents. 3 A Heated tilt between Captain Gor-l ‘accidentally Killed by the discharge of Britery Scandals of Two Years Ago to Be Ventilated. The Lobbyist Will Have to Deny His Boasting or Make It Good by Exposing His Confederates. ley and Boyd followed, in which several other members joined with the lawyer. . As the adoption of the resolution was not seconded it was dropped. Later it was resurrected, minus the pledge clause. Robert Hatch of Novato took the floor as soon as ¥red Carroll had second- ed the motion to adopt on the ground that it was an un- necessary pro- ceeding. This be ing the consensus of opinion the reso- lution failed to carry. Captain Corley made a caustic speech in which he referred to Burns as an “ex-convict,” a “man with- out morals” and a “man whose Is such that it cure any needed oppropriation for the Pacific Coast, simply because of distrust of his colleagues.” There was nothing but a quiet murmur of approval at this, showing that the | committee might thinkit inadvisable to ask the Assemblyman and Senator of the district not to vote for Burns, but that so far as his candidacy is con- cerned they are opposed to it for strong reasons. The attitude of Chairman Pryor was discussed after the session with con- siderable acerbity, it being alleged that before the meeting he told several mem- bers Captain Gorley was to introduce a resolution condemning Burns' candi- dacy, asking. them to vote for the adoption of such resolution, but after the meeting -asserted that he would not have had it adopted “for a thousand dollars.” o ks THE CONTRACTORS AGREE. John F. Riley and R. P. Hurlbut Settle Troubles Out of Court. -The disagreenients.of John F. Riley and R. P. - Harlbut, two contractors, who woiked on the Masenic Widows' and Or- ' Home building.at Decoto, have been settled satisfactorily: mot only to themselves but to the trustees of the-in- stitution. .Their disputé threatened to cause several injunction suits, obstruct- ing the payment of. méney owing the sub- contractors, and was a source of general annoyance to managers -and ‘workmen alike ‘cornected .with the construetion of the home. ° The following acknowledg- ment was signed yesterday by. Riley: I, John' ¥, Riley, dé hereby scknowledge tliat T had a settlement with R. P. Hurlbut of |, all work and labor, materfals angd bills in con- with ~the' contracts of the. Mason and Orphans’ Home of Califor: at Decoto. "County . of Alameda, Califorma, from . the Incep- ‘tion to the completion of sald con- tracts, and [ do hereby certify that I am satisfied with the said accounting, and that I bave found that the dealings and transactions of R. P. Hurlbut with me In connection with asonic Widows' and Orphane’ Home have cgulur in all respects. 4 Witness :y hand this 25th day’ of December, 1898, - 3 JOHN F. RILEY, 3 : Willlam F. Gibson, Attorney for situated State of A._NEW YEAR'S TRAGEDY. Found Fatally Shot in the Head. 2 3 James Barry, who lives with his sister, Mrs. -McGuarry, at 2859 Misslon street, was found dead in the rear of the house at an early hour this morning._ A hole in the back of the head and an empty re- volver told the tale. y - Barry went' to a saloon at 2862 Mission street early in the evening and bought some whisky. -He showed & revolver. to the bartender and told him -that he had fired.it off once and would do so again. Whether he committed suicide or was James Barry The wave of the intense and all-ab- sorbing interest displayed in the com- ing Senatorial struggle and the pos- sible candidacy of Daniel Burns is spreading toward every point of the compass and is returning as an under- +weather sure. flow to the point of the approaching conflict, an influence heretofore un- accounted for; and this . influ- ence will be felt along the line of battle before a man is chosen to wear the California toga,in Washington. It is the voice of the Dem- ocratic lature No plan of individual action.has at | this early hour been mapped out but individual minds are gathering into s moving mass which will be a projection into the fight of no little weight. Irrespectivé of their choice of a cau- cus nominee, if one such be selected to bear the minority honors of his party, the individual Democratic Senators | and Assemblymen will, when the final balloting takes place vote for the | most worthy and representative candi- | date as the Republican successor of | Stephen M. White. One man has spok- en and his words voice the sentiment of his colleagues with. no uncertain sound. A i He is John Fairweather, Assembly man-elect from the Sixty-third district, | Fresno County.. The election in his dis- trict was close and the first figures re- ported T. G. Hart, Republican, as the | successful candidate, but the official re- | turns made the choice of Mr. Fair- The Assemblyman-elect is the editor of the Reedley Exponent. | Mr. Fairweather is a Democrat, but 'he‘l is a patriot first and a partisan second. | In regard to the election of a Senator | to represent California in the United. States Senate, Mr. Fairweather takes | broad and patriotic view of the contest. | In conversation .yesterday he re- marked: ¢ members of the present Legis- | his own pistol is not known. 1 “In order to 'keep in line with my | conscientious sense of public duty party I shall probably cast a compli- mentary vote on the first ballot for Hon. M. F. Tarpey. After casting this complimentary vote I shall lend my vote and support to some worthy Re- publican. I understand that one reason- ing from a purely partisan standpoint might argue that the Democrats would gain a party advantage if some un- worthy and odious Republican aspirant should be chosen by the Legislature to succeed Hon. Stephen M. White. It is my judgment that the good of the State and the honor of California should be held higher in the scale of consideration than partisan gain. “I have gone over this subject fully with my constituents and they approve of my determination to support for United States Senator a Republican candidate of character and integrity, rather than see some one selected who would be a disgrace to the State, since there is no hope of a Democratic aspirant winning the prize. They N BURNS REPUGNANT EVEN TO DEMOCRATS An Outcast From Two Great Republics, He Again Seeks Political Preferment. “He Has Been Weighed in a Balance and Found Wanting in Many Counts,” Is the Verdict of Democratic Assembly- man-Elect John Fairweather. | balance. Of course, it is the usual | thing to let opponents war it out among |themselves and joy in the thought that | the victory of the strongest faction wiil after all be a woeful defeat. In other words, that. we as Democrats, may lie back on our oars and let the Republi- | cans select, if such is to be the outcoma | of the contest, a man ‘that represents nothing but himself and the = disrepu- ‘mble influences that are striving to { boost him into place. However, I don't | imagine the legislative members- of | my political faith will stand aloof | when principle and patriotism are perishing in an unequal conflict with the forces of selfish-greed and .corrup- tion. It isn‘t American and it isn't trus Democracy. “There occasionally comes a time in the history of a party when it should sink its traditions, its arguments and its causes and rally to the accomplish- ment of the greatest good for the great- est number. Whatever the merits' and demerits of the several alleged candi- i b express the sentiment without reserv: tion that the good name of California involved in this contest and the fair | fanie: of the State in their judgment | ould be held paramount to all con- tions of political expediency. “‘For that reason,” continued the As- semblyman, “I shall not bind myself to be .guided by the decrees of a caucus. The caucus system’ is subversive of | manliness and individuality. It binds a man to perform acts contrary to his best judgment and at variance with a The caucus whips into line strong men who would. corhe out openly and declare their convictions if they were not ham- | pered and gageed by a pledge to ahide| by" the decision of a majority of those going into the secret caucus. After re: flection I made up my mind that I would not tie myself up with caucus pledges. My neighbors and friends in- dorse my views in thig respect. They tell me to go ahead and vote when th proper time comes for a clean, reputa- blé and able Republican rather than expose the State to the lasting disgrace of selecting @ man without character, conscience or ability to represent Cali- fornia in the United States Senate.’ “The Democrats of the State are| watching for the advent of the new Senator and their representatives in the coming Legislature are also peering in that direction.. A minority is an ad- dition that, when added, may destroy a % dates for Senatorial honors there is one whom, I fancy, no Democrat the State_could see step into the honored place of Senator White without feel- ing that an affliction had come upon this great State. Weighed in the bal- ance and found wanting in many counts, I.wonder that his name has ever been spoken. But such m3 to have been the case. I can only eat s an individual that the Democrutic members of the in coming L« lature may break away from custom and throw their .influence in the scale against such a corrupt and unworthy selection for United States Senator. | According to reports an outscast of two republics seeks to place himself among the august lawmakers and lawgivers of the land and. if so, it becomes the part of all parties to assist in casting him out again." Other Democrats entertain views sim- ilar to the sentiments’ expressed by Mr. Fairweather of Fresno. Two others have declared a purpose to participate | In the Senatorial contest by voting for a worthy Republican. They will not permit themselves to be tied up with caucus obligations, but on the contrary, hold aloof from the Democratic caucus if the caucus managers insist on iron- clad pledges. Election Contest Dismissed. SAN ANDREAS, Dec. 21.—The election vontest for County Ck » Auditor and Recorder of Calaveras County, brought by the incumbent, A. L. Wyllie, against his successor, James S. Jack, was dis- missed yesterday in the Superior Court by Judge Gottschalk. The Angels pre- cinct was expected to disclose many er- rors, but as they failed to materialize the contestant’s counsel moved for a dis- missal.