The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 4, 1899, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY WEDNESDAY. .JANUARY 34, 180 K;ELS. Propnetor. JOHN D. SPREC Address All Communications to'W. S. LEAKE, Manager. PUBLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts., S. F. Telephone Main 1888 EDITORIAL ROOMS 217 10 2. Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1574 THE 6AN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is served by carrlers In this city and surrounding towns for 15 cents o week. By mail $6 per year; per month €5 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL, 18 pages OAKLAND OFFICE...... NEW YORK OFFICE. ....Room 188, World Building DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE.. Riggs Houso C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE ... ..Marguette Building C.GEORGE KROGNESS, sing Representative. .One year. by mall. $i ......908 Broadway Adverti BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open until 9:30 o'tlock. 387 Hayes street, open until 930 o'clock. 621 McAllister street. open until 9:30 o'clock. €15 Larkin street. open until 9:30 oRlock. 1941 Mission street, open until 10 o'clock. 2291 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street, open untli 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street; open until 9 o'clock: 1505 Poik street, open until 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana Kentucky streets, open untii 9 o'clock. AMUSEMENTS bia—*The Mar F ret Jul Vaudeville and the Zoo. Eddy streets. Specialties. Piano Recital to-morrow night. Central Par akiand Race , January 4, at 327 Sixth st, day, January 4, at 11 o'clock, aturday, January 7, Horses and Ve- @S DAN'S A@ALLY. iness on hand of elect- hator there cannot be mistakes. a guarding aga eatened with the disgrace of a Burns. crowning his and pa- d, patron- unsavory gambler, ncompetent Lees, and e , have united me to visit upon Califor ignity and of being represented in the National Sen- ate by a man whose reputation is all for evil, who has betraye ivate confidence and public trust. To avert safe onors due ho rloins he. pc ind iner is supposed at times to be a Demo- It o give that party advice, to t Just now it is doing all it on of Burns. Its own party tenanced, the Examiner would ke to see the triumphant opposition cover itself with e. It has another object. Burns is the choice of he rafiroad. The Examiner has for a long time been cff the payroll of that institution. If it can promote the interests of Burns it aids in destroying the re- y and the influence of the Republican party, way back into the sunshine of Southern Pa- c approval, and hears, as in the glad old days, the link of corporation coin. The' Dem ¢ paper, $o called, is now advising Democrats to keep out of the Senatorial struggle. 4 have not the remotest hope of electing a Demo- ra crat, and therefore the fight, according to Examiner reasoning, is none of the The paper knows that no Democrat would be shameless enough to. actuaily support Burns, and, knowing. this, does not want to have Democratic support given to any rival of the It counsels that the votes better be wasted in behalf of some nomination ing an empty compliment. In this counsel In this appar‘em ar- a pretense, a fraud, an nates in the Burns camp, Candelarian magnate. gument there attempt to d the stupid s THE NATIVE DAUGHTERS’ the HOME, joys of New Year in g the opening and e dedication of the Native Daughters’ Home. The occasion h more than a passing festival, for the home will long remain the source and center of bene: y and helpfulness. California has had many reasons to be proud of her Native Daughters, and what they have now accom- plished in this undertaking adds another to the varied proofs that their work in the community is in every way liberal, generous and beneficial. The association is one in which co-operation and mutual helpfulness are cdried on g the best lines and produce results which'm e the emulation of all other or- ganizations among our citizens. Thé home is ed to become one of the no- * .table institutions of tt What it is now is but the “- earnest of what it will grow to be in after years. N ive Daughters from other portions of the State will find it a resting-place 2nd hom city, and to the sick who need be a‘true blessing. The institution begins its career with a‘most aus- picious new year.. The prospects so bright for- the State are equally promising to it. The committee in charge of the work who have brought it to this high degree of success deserve the general thanks of the community as well as of the members of their associ- ation, and the heartiest congratul son are theirs. hosp hosg s ministrations it will When Dan Burns wants to enjoy 2 moment of com- fort he is forced to turn to a Democratic paper. The journals of his own party make comment of a charac- ter which the Mexican can hardly fail to construe as hostile. They have called him everything printable and regret that the limitation of expression is so narrow. .~ Probably the school-teacher held up by a footpad :was not greatly alarmed. Such an experience became commonplace to any San Francisco teacher during the term of the retiring rotten Board of Education. R R TR The roar going up against the Belshaw law shows that some thrifty souls are unable to distinguish be- tween patriotism and pie. 5 Speaking of the necessity of refiring policemen on account of age, how young is old Lees, anyhow? Duckworth overlooked a fine chance for calling himself to order. e when they visit the | @ WORD TO REPUBLICANS. | HE_campaign of 1900 is already above the hori- Tzon. Everything done by the Republican party, where it has power to do, affects it for good or {ill everywhere. It won in last year’s elections by a i margin so narrow as to establish a practical -equality of chances for 1900. That equality is to be changed to a balance for or against the party during the next In\'c}\'e months. The change will be wrought by (he‘ account it makes of its stewardship to its masters, the | people. Every party act in municipal, State and na- tional administration will go to judgment. Every member of the party has its fate in his hands. The | natural growth of commerce and prevailing business; | prosperity will not offset acts of folly and crime in tle official ranks of the party in power. It is history | that the Democratic party has not secured a popular majority for a Presidential candidate who was in- dorsed by Tammany. The misrule of New York City | by that potent organization has been made known in { every corner of the country. Its disregard of decency, ;its blindness to public and private morality, its brutal | use of power, have been a curse to the party to which ‘i( professes allegiance. | When Tilden was nominated against its opposition, | and against a fight carried by John Kelly to the floor t lighting is pretty effectually broken up by it, and that | to that unreliable journal, the Major stated in a re- up it cannot take advantage of that fact to create a | moncpoly and force a price upon the city which a' rival concern is willing to gut under if granted a simi- lar privilege. The decision rests upon the broadest lines of good sense and sound public policy. Judge Seawell's ruling, however, will cost the city some money. The contract of August 16 has been de- clared void, but under a Supreme Court decision the Gas Company can collect the reasonable value of the light it has already furnished. This will undoubtedly exceed the price fixed by the contract, and until_the new Board of Supervisors makes a few agreement the treasury will suffer a littlee. But the decision is worth all it can possibly cost. Monopoly in street- is 2 resunit.that must eventually save millions to the taxpayers. MAJOR McLAUGHLIN'S POSE. F the Examiner is to be trusted, which is doubtful, Major McLaughlin has been posing at-Sacramento as the most asinine guy of the season. According cent interview that Republican success in this State | at the recent election was due entirely to the State | of the national convention, and renewed in the State | {of New York by every form of treachery and bolting, | | he carried a popular majority, and narrowly missed | being President, through a decision of the Electoral | | Commission. Cleveland was nominated in 1884 against Tam- many, which deserted him in the campaign and se- cretly threw its vote to General Butler. But he was | Jelected against the strongest man xl‘.e"oumry had to | oppose him. i He was renominated in 1838 against Tammany, and | its treachery in New York lost him that State and de- | | feated him. In 1892 the Chicago convention was held jrumil 2 o'clock in the morning by the Tammany fight | against Cleveland, and its most persuasive and im- | passioned orator held the stage down to the rollcall | | of States to pour out Tammany's embittered hatred | ! of the man, who was immediately nominated and tri- | | umphantly elected, because, in General Bragg's terse | aphorism, “the people loved him for the enemies he | had made. | This history proves that even the Democracy-re- | volt against chicane, corruption and indecency com- | mitted by a local organization in their party name, | Let no man deceive himself by believing that Repub- | lhicans are less nice in their preference for what is clean and upright, and their aversion to what is | | low, brutal and treacherous. With Quay in 2 crim- | {inal court, and Dan Burns exchanging cells in three jails for a seat in the Senate, with betrayal of the hon- est hope and nt to the seli-respect and pride of 1 l ! the people, the Republican party will go into the cam- paign of 1900 morally handicapped and a likely loser. | { We are painfully aware that it is said in California rxha: The Call, by standing against the evil influences { that seek to control the party, and by doing what it | can to install a decent regard for public opinion in the party councils, “is making Democratic politics,” | | but we deny the hard impeachment. Every Repub- lican, in private life or public office, who degrades his | | party ndorsing corruption, by electing a dis- | graced, ignorant and unfit man to the Senate, by dis- | appointing the generous confidence of the people, is making Democratic politics, not The Call. Every Republican whq does, or indorses in others, | that which affronts decency and offends cleanness, | which cannot be defended by any seli-respecting man | | or newspaper, is making Democratic politics, not The | | Call. | Every Republican paper which is silent while of- | fenses are committed, and makes offenders feel safe | through failure to expose them, is making Demo- | cratic politics. not The Call ! Can any man in the party conjure a more powerful aid to Democracy than the sale of the Senatorship, | | than the election of Burns, than the beginning of a ! legislative session by an act for which no right rea- | | son can be given, for which no apology can be con- | is(ruc!ed, for whict rty must hang its head in | shame? | We desired to see this State administration, which | n power by such a hearty vote of confidence, suc- 1 along the lines that appeal to the sentiment | which trusted it and gave it public authority. - We | | hope to see the Governor, in his poweriul and digni- | fied office, the trustee of the best sentiment among | the people, following that light and leading which | they believed themselves to be following when they | gratified his ambition. We hope to see the Repub- lican government of California look over the heads of | greed and grudge in the crowds that are seli-seeking | | at the capital to the patient, trusting, confiding and | | | ces imost elaborate and thorough surveys tions. SEAWELL'S GAS DECISION. { worthy people of the State, who want no office, but | can give it and take it away at the ballot-box, and { among them make Republican politics for Califor: | nia and the nation in 1900 and forevermore. | { 1‘ HE decision rendered by Judge Seawell in th 1Tprocecding brought to break the contract for | public lighting awarded on August 16 last to the | }Gas and Electric Company establishes several prin- | | ciples which are bound ultimately to become valuable. ‘ { For one thing, he holds that no public contract iorf | lighting with gas or electricity can be awarded by the Board of Supervisors for a longer period than on | year. For another he decides that proposals adver: | tised by the Supervisors which exclude competition are illegal, and that any contract framed under them {is void. ] { These two principles, unlike the others declared in | fth: Summerhayes suit, are basic. An illegal method | of advertising may.be corrected, or a contract voi 1{or uncertainty, or which contains errors, may be re. | drawn and made effective. But the one year limi requires a new contract to be made every season, thus | introducing frequent changes and giving the city the | benefit of whatever reduction takes ! of gas and electricity, and the deck | place in the price i aration that com- i lations of the sea- | petition cannot be excluded, no matter what the cir- | nieans of carrying out the project. | cumstances, places all bidders on an equal footing. | A recital of the facts connected with the contract | | thus expounded will show how valuable these prin- | | ciples really are. When the contract came before the | fzithful policemen he adds to the quality of dishonesty | | Supervisors for award the Mutual Electric Light | €Company offered to give the city a rate not only less than that offered by the Gas and Electric Company, ic be allowed to erect poles. It is now competing with the old company with underground conduits, the | cost of maintaining which places it on an unequal | footing. | i | concern on the ground that the Mutual Company, be- | ing unable by its own confession to supply all depart- bidder. Judge Seawell has knocked this position cold. He declares that the Supervisors have no an- | that if elected to the ‘Legislamre is Republican is absolutely and entirely | party, and all the influence of the Republican press of | mittee did it all. { counsel of Colonel Burns.’ | pean of praise for Burns. {an important service to the Republican party in 1806 | but in consideration of getting the contract it agreed‘ |to make a reduction of 25 per cent to consumers. { talk they can be kept in jail indefinitely for contempt, ! | But the company asked as a condition precedent that | The Supervisors, however, declined to grant the : l,afi missed the opportunity for a great moral up-| | privilege asked and awarded the contract to the old | lifting. | ments of the city government, was not a qualified | Central Committee; th"ag the efficiency of the com- mittee was due mainly torhimself; that while -Sena- tors and Assemblymen represent only districts, he represents the whole State; that his friend Burns is the ablest and most astute politician in the State, and Unitéd States Senate Burns would rank with such powers in the party as Hanna, Elkins, Foraker, Platt and other leaders. | On each of these themes the Major is reported to | have expatiated with all the expansiveness of a faker trying to fill space for a yellow journal. The Ex- aminer quotes him as having said: “That the present due to the labor of the State Central Committee.” The Major is thus made to ignore ali the-influence of the splendid administration of McKinley, all the ener- getic work of local leaders and the rank and file of the the State. He is'reported as claiming that his com- Again, the Major is made to say: “I have devoted my entire time, day and night, to the interests of the Republican party of California. When I was elected chairman in 1896 I found it without system of any kind whatever, and it stands to-day the most perfect political organization existing in any State west of the Mississippi. This work was accomplished prac- tically by myself and three members of the past and present committee, aided by the constant advice and The Major is then quoted as bursting forth into a | He is reported to have | said: “I am in favor of the election of Colonel Burns to the United States Senate. My reasons are many, | but the prime one is the fact that his eminent ser- | vices to the party during 1896, and particularly during | the last campaign, entitle him to this honor.” It is hardly credible that Major McLaughlin could have made such an absurd assertion as that. Bums,i as the owner of a silver mine, was a free silver man in 1806, and did nothing whatever for the election of McKinley or Republican success in that campaign. He was for a considerable part of the year in Mexico. If Major McLaughlin really said any such thing as the yellow Democratic organ attributes to him on this subject he must have meant that Burns rendered by keeping in the background on the silver question and getting out-of the country. It is enly fair tb Major McLaughlin to assume that he did notimake any of the silly assertions the Ex- aminer attributes to him. If he is really claiming at ticket and that Burns has rendered valuable service to the party, then the Major’'s head has evidently been | swollen to the size and emptiness of that of a jackass, and he is more kinds of a guy than his closest ac- quaintances have suspected THE YUBA RIVER PROBLEM. N element of attraction is to be found in the /:\ roposed scheme to divert the Yuba River| rom its course by reason of the very magni- tude of the project. Any enterprise tending to the rearrangement of nature on a large scale is more or less fascinating te progressive men. The draining of | vast swamps, the formation of deep, safe harbors in | shallow roadsteads, and the construction of canals | and artificial lakes have all found willing promoters | among energetic communities, and in most cases the | works thus performed have been highly beneficial. So natural is it for men to delight in enterprises oi} this kind, the proposed project will be favorably re- | ceived and the plans suggested for carrying it out will | e given attentive consideration. It is not, however, ne which can be wisely undertaken until after the and calcula- | The changing of the course of such a stream s the Yuba will entail the changing of many other things besides, and, while most of these changes may be beneficial, some of them may be harmiul in their operation. The benefits which are expected to flow from the completion of the enterprise are many and of great | value. It is believed it would enable hydraulic min- ng to be carried on upon a large scale, and at the ame time save the Sacramento River from filling up | | | with sediment and relieve the residents along a con- | siderable stretch of the Sacramento from the neces- | sity of constructing costly levees. Each of these re-l | sults would certainly be of vast benefit to the State, | ! and, if investigation show that the project is feasible ! t an expense not too great, the enterprise will have widespread support. As reported at present the project is too vague to ! be decisively discussed, as no estimates of cost have | been made. It is certain, however, that the expense | will be large. The public will, therefore, wait with interest for more definite reports of the ways and N i r—" Burns is trying to buy his way into the Senate, but | when he seeks to barter away the livings of a lot of | a contemptible form of meanness. However, one ; does not expect figs from thistles. 1f the witnesses to the Gallagher murder refuse to | so the balking of justice would not be a calamity de- | | void of mitigating features. The Sacramento Bee has a way of speaking its | mind. If the Burns crowd has failed to note this, it | When rogues fall out honest men are supposed to | have a chance, but with Lees and Gunst thicker than | two thieves, the public is bound to suffer. _ Perhaps Burns will recall that that other distin- thority to create a condition and then make it a pre- text for excluding competition in lighting the streets 1 ! ! : | CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. ! C. A. Hutchins and Miss L. S. Hutchins | | straining trade an: | and oppressive rates. and municipal buildings: If one company has poles I .—.—f—.—-.—.—.—.—.—.—.—.—’—H—.—.".—.—.—’.H ‘A BLACK DAY FOR CALIFORNIA. 3 The danger that is before the people of the State of California at the present time is that D. M. Burns will Senate. He is a candidate in every acceptaticn of that term. He wants the position, and he yearns after it with an intense yearning. fluence, marvelous political power, are at his back. The Bee believes it would be a black day for California it D. M. Burns should be chosen to represent her in the council halls of the nation. And we are confident that the gleat mass we do upon this subject. How can that close possibility be and heal the sores among the Burns The Bee does not know how this would lead by a great majority. complain.—Sacramento Bee. ‘Who, among those mentioned, could the opposition to Burns rally around with the best chances of a harmonious smoothing of differences, and with the best prospect of success? There is only one man peacemaker in the whole list, one man whose personality and influence could be depended upon to bind up the wounds - position could center around. And that man is Irving M. Scott. He is the only man who has not been mixed up in factional fights. He is the only one who has held aloof in recent squabbles. He is the man of all others who could patch up that wide chasm in San Francisco—a chasm which almost any other candidate would but still further extend. lieves, however, that, were it left to a vote of the people, Irving M. Scott The Legislature may vet turn to Irving M. Scott as the compromise candidate to lead it out of its difficulties. If it does the voters will not be chosen to the United States Great in- of the people of this State think as averted? opponents—one man whom that op- . Senatorial contest will end. It be- LA RUE PAYS HIS RESPECTS T0 W, H, MILLS Says He Was Tender- ed a Gold Brick. INEW BOARD TAKES OFFICE - EDSON ELECTED TO THE CHAIR- MANSHIP. | | | Clark Gives Some Significant Advice i to the Members of the Incom- | ing Railroad Com- ‘ mission. 9090006060000 0000000009 OPEN LETTER TO MR. CATOR| Hon. T. V. Cator, San Francisco, Cal.: | I am sure you will pardon me for this| seeming presumption in writing to you, | almost a total stranger, yet not whol]y; so. I read your very interesting, hon-| est and frank letter in The Call that; came yesterday, regarding your pres-‘ ent attitude politically, and the reasons for your change of base. I congratu- late —~n and I congratulate the Repub- lican party of California. Surely your ability and influence in the State will| be fraught with satisfactory results. 1 remember well your visits here and| your speeches, that had more influence | in strengthening the backbone of Pop- | ulism than all others combined. Per-| haps you will remember that you and | I had a few friendly tilts, and I can as- sure you that notwithstanding your residence in another State, your influ- ence had an overflow into Oregon that may be felt in the coming campaigns. | I hope we may have the benefit of your | ability and eloquence here. to assist in | undoing what it did on the occasions mentioned. Of course the conditions have very materially changed in the past two years and the financial ques- tion is practically out of the contest. Mr. Bryan's present attitude is not that | of a statesman, but rather that of a| politician, seeking a blind trail as an excuse for further existence. Perhaps our whole history has mot| furnished a chapter so condensed and s0 plethoric with permanent result and | | | | at the same time having a tendency to so completely wipe out troublesome false issues, and to dim party lines, as the past year. Our flag has a more | suggestive influence wherever it floats; McKinley is the President of the whole people; there are no personal or parti- | san traducers; the country seems pros- perous in every part; every nation on earth is ready to do us reverence, and | surely we have reason to expect a brightness of prosperity that shall il- luminate at least 180 degrees of the earth’s surface. Pardon this writing. Yours truly, C. B. WATSON. Ashland, Or.. Dec. 31, 1898, | | AROUND THE [ CORRIDORS| CALIFORNIA'S HALF-CENTURY CELEBRATION Committee Call for Preliminary Work. TIME TO BEGIN PREPARATIONS WAR CHANGES THE SCOPE OF THE EXPOSITION. Suggestions to Confine It to theCoun- tries of the Pacific and the Phillipine Islands. The proposition to hold a semi-centen- nial exposition to commemorate the ad- mission of California to the Union of Stat suggested by The Call last spring, g to the fore again. During the year, by reason of an active politi- cal campaign, and latterly the prospect of a continuation of the drought, no steps have been taken to promote the idea. The campaign and the drought be- ing now matters of history and the State promised a prosperous year, the expo: tion plan is to be taken up and emergetic efforts made to successfully inaugurate it Since the great show was suggested the TUnited States has concluded a success- ful war and radically changed the map in the Pacific islands and the Orient. This historical fact has naturally led to | the proposal that the exposition be made not only unique but instructive by mak ing it a demonstration of the resourc s | and products of the countries bordering E. B. Stowe of Stockton is at the Cali- | Sacramento that he is bigger than the Senate and the | fornia. | Assembly combined; that he elected the Republican | Pl';» f- Blanchet of Portland is at the 'alace. L. E.,Juston of Portland is a guest at| the Lick. C. M. Cook of Ogdeh is staying at the Occidental. George Ogden and wife of 8t. Louis are at the Lick. W. H. Cook of Bakersfleld is a guest| at the Palace. | K. F. Kraft of Chicago is registered at | the California. | H. Nelson Smith of New York is staying | at the Palace. | G. Lorrieu of Paris registered at the| Palace yesterday. { Rev. M. Coleman of Marysville is a| guest at the Lick. | Mr. and Mrs. K. Iwrhara of New York‘ are at the Palace. J. B. Overton, a capitalist of Virginia City, is at the Russ. 0. J. Woodward, a rancher of Staten Is- | land, is at the Grand. | E. W. Hamlin of Louisville, Ky., is| staying at the Grand. A. C. Johnson of Los Angeles is regis tered at the Occidental. Lester L. Moxse of Santa Barbara is a guest at the California. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ash of Berlin are registered at the Grand. | Byron E. Veatch, a wine merchant of | Chicago, is at the.Palace. | R. W. Skinner, a fruit packer of Marys- ville, is a guest at the Grand. Attorney J. F. Peck of Merced was among the arrivals at the Lick. George P. Simpson, a lumber merchant of Stockton, is at the Occidental. Miss Bradbury and two maids from Los Angeles arrived at the Palace yesterday. | I. P. McFarland of Raymond was among the arrivals at the Lick yester-| day. Robert Birnie of Honolulu, who arrived | vesterday on the Australla, is a guest at| the Grand. Mrs. Briggs with her daughters is stay- ing at the Occidental. She is from Fair- bank, Minn. —e— CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—S8enator “'hlte! arrived to-night and s at the Normandie Hotel. L. P. Schwert of Oakland is at the National Hotel. —_——— | NEW YORK, Jan. 3—Gustavus Browne and wife of San Francisco are at the | Fifth Avenue; E. H. Clarke of San Fran- | clsco is at the Netherlands; M. Gumpel of | San Francisco is at the Windsor; Mrs. | of San Francisco are at the Manhattan; | Mrs. Teresa.Sutro, Miss Sutro and Dr. L. Newman of San Francisco are at the Holland; Edmund Baker of San Fran- cisco is at the Girard. ——————— FIGHTING A TRUST. Suit Filed to Dissolve the Giant Pow- | der Company. The long-threatened suit of the People, on the relation of Attorney General W. F. Fitzgerald, instigated on the complaint of | R. W. Collins, against the Giant Powder | Company, to declare the articles of incor- poration of the defendant forfeited and for the adjudgment of a fine of $5000, was filed yesterday. In the complaint it is alleged that the defendant corporation has entered into combinations and conspiracies to form a trust for the purpose of unlawfully re-| maintaining arbitrary For these reasons | the court is asked to declare the articles | of incorporation of the company forfeited, to dissolve the corporation, to fine the of- | guished Mexican, Henley, wanted something, too, | fending company and to five fudg- | and didi’t get it 13’?&1““‘ it for costs and all uxpeue-i | sch | tha | brook, was that he had | spoken in public in this city upon the Pacific and particularly the new possessions of Uncle Sam. It is conceded that this idea properly | carried out in 1901 as a resuit of the great changes that will take place by that time would attract the attention of the whole civilized world. The war brought San Francisco inta special prominence as the gateway to the Pacific and the Orient and the publication to the world that an expo- eition with such an unequaled scope would be held here would not only at- tract universal interest but insure the fair being a great success. In order to give the proposition a proper start and crystallize some of the ideas that are now in embryo a meeting of the committee appointed by Mayor Phelan last spring has been called by Chairman Reinstein to be held at his office this afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. The attention of the members will be called to the fact that the undertaking is a stupendous one, worthy of the best efforts of the citizens of the Queen City of the Pacific, and that the time is ripe for action. It is naturally expected that there will be a good attendance of the committee and that not only will some valuable suggestions be offered but that substantial progress will be accomplished. The committee is composed of J. B. Reinstein, Mayor Phelan, Charles Bund: Baldwin, John H. Grady, Ge H. Warfield, A. A. Watkins, W o, DMx_Irls HA.MB. Sipreln:_ e,l-:s. érving M. ott, Dr. T. H. Morris, F. L. Brown, S. H. Friedlande 5 John Lackman: Dr. Charles A. Clinton, n, R. P, Doolan. A DOG HOSPITAL RAIDED. ‘W.F.Kennedy Arrested for Starving Valuahie Animals to Death. The officers of the Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Animals have broken up a dog hospital in the Mission because of the heartless manner in which the canines were treated. The place was conducted by John E. Lewis at 2125 Mar- ket street. Lewis lives at 701 Golden Gate avenue. People living near the dog hos- pital complained that the dogs were neg- lected for days at a time and the only food they had was given by those who could not bear to see-the animals dying of starvation. When Officer Waliton went to the place yesterday he found nine dogs so weak from hunger that they could hardly stand, and some of the poor beasts were eating the bodies of a couple of deagd dogs that had perished from want. Wal- ton arrested W. F. Kennedy, who it was claimed had charfie of the hospital. Lewts attempted to throw all of the blame upon Kennedy, saving that he had disposed of the hospital to him. An in- ction of the hospital pationts showed t nearly all of them were valuable an imals that had been given into Lewis care. Lewis’ excuse for his neglect, after telling several stories to Secretary Hol. done all ¥ for the dogs, but he could not xn:‘;kgoffig dog hospital pay, and so left its man- agement with Kennedy —_————— Father MacCorry’s Lecture, The initial lecture of the Y. M. I bdu- reau series will be delivered under the auspices of Ignatian Council No Metropolitan Hall on Monday eveaing, January 9, by Rev. Father MacCorry, on the subject of “Individuality.” MacCorry is a member of the ?ml?mn;!w ax;’d a rece ork, where he enjoyed the reputati being one of the most eloquempgl‘-rsg:l:é in the metropolis, and those who have been fortunate enough to hear him on the very few occasions on which - he has are aware of or his hearers In additon to the Paulist nt arrival from New the treat that is in stor Fn()(ondly levening. . ecture, a select musical programm been arranged. Tlckeup c'i: ndm?ss'll:s may be obtained from the grand secretary at the Y. M. L headquarters in the Pio- neer bullding, 2¢ Fourth street. —————— Looking for Her Husband. Mrs. Grace Kammel of Alameda visited the Morgue yesterday afiernoon and left @ description of her husband, who dis- appeared from his:home about two weeks ago. He was a man sbout 83 years of age, with gray hair, blue eves and light mustache, and was about 5 feet inches in helghL A short time after he disappeared his hat and watch were lf:und on the end of the long pier at Ala- ec 000000 al 7 Blackstock and ¢ Before retiring Ch old board toock railroad comp: treacherous cou per cent grain ra and at the same sonal position in regard He opened the proce how the Southern through the agency of ¥ tempted to sell him a gold | nection with the pending L resuited from the eff: sion to reduce gral $ per cent. He said: “It has been published that it was my fault that the pending suit was not dis- missed and the farmers thus given the benefit of the reduction in rates. I sim- ply want to say that I was ready to have the case dismissed whenever the railroad filed its proposition, as suggested by Mr. Mills.” For the evident benefit of the new mem- bers Mr. La Rue made the following sig- nificant comment on the pending suit in the United States Circuit Court regard- ing grain rate reductions: “That case if followed up to a comclu- jon in the manner it should be will, T think, establish the fact that the com- mission is authorized to make reductions in freight rates, but until that suit is carried- to a determination you will not be able to do much. I would like to see it prosecuted to a proper termination. Commissioner Clark disavowed any rect knowledge of the railroad’s offer to compromise, but intimated that such a proposition as that mentioned would have received his support. He then offered-this cage advice to the new board, voluntarily and without price: My opinion is that there way by which the commi. n can be of { some use to the people of Califor: | is, for the commission to act in | tion_ with the raiiroad. I bel 3 good could be accomplished by acting in unison. 1f a complaint comes in, take it to the railroad company.” This suggestion had the remarkable effect of electrifying Commissioner ton out of his perennial state of som lence and causing him to rejoin: “Why, under those circumstances this institu- fic Company, H. Mills, at- rick ation, which the commis-~ in the State | s only one tion might just as well be abolished.” Clark then called attention to the fact that the efforts of the commi n to reg- ulate the freight rates of the raiiroad had already cost the State about $30.000, ‘and nothing had been accomplished, and added that it did not pay to fight the railroad. Chairman La Rue corrected Clark by stating that the commission had not been fighting the railroad but that the rail- road had been fighting the commission. After briefly reviewing the work of the by d for information of the incoming and the explaining present status of matters pending before the board, Chairman La Rue, on motion of Commissioner Clark, declared the old | board adjourned sine die, and the new | board immediately met. - The members organized by electing E B. Edson chairman, W. T. Sesnon seere- tary, Peter Foley bailiff and James D. Brown stenographer. The salary of the secretary is $240 a vear, of the bailiff $1200 and of the.stenographer $500. At the afterncon session of the board it was decided ‘o0 take up the Pullman car investigation to-morrow afternoon at 1 o’clock. It was also agreed to held monthly meetings on the second Monday of each month, beginning with February. Chairman Edson was appointed a com- mittee of one to investigate the matter of the application of the Crescent City and Smith River Railroad Company to raise its rates. Dissatisfaction was expressed over the small quarters occupied as the offices bf the commission, and the secretary was in- structed to look for more commodicus ones during the week. Adjournment was taken until Thursday afternoon. WELBURN'S BONDSMEN. HEARD Judge Morrow Strikes Out the Most Important Point of Their Demurrer. The demurrer submitted by the bonds. men of Oscar M. Welburn, the default- | ing Revenue Collector, was taken up in the Circuit Court yesterday. The bonds- men claim that they canmnot legally be held as there no proof that Welburn was actually t in his accounts, what- ever shortage exists being caused by his clerk, Isaac Norton. Judge Morrow cites the case of ex-Postmaster W. J. Bryan, where a similir contention was raised and the Postmaser was held responsible for the actions of his assistants. He accord- ingly struck out th portion of the de- murrer an® the case Wwill go before the courts without it. 3 w New Bank Commissioners. The new Bank Commissioners met yess terday morning and organized by electing Bernari W. Murphy of San Jose as presi- dent. The other Commissioners are Gen- eral A. W. Barrett and John Markley of Geyserville. C. H. Dunsmoor, who has filled the position of secretary of the board for many vears, was retained as secretary of the new board. The Com- missioners directed the secretary to call for & _statement from all of the banks in the State showing their financial condi- tion at the close of business on the last ‘ay of the past year. A license was sranted to the Yokohama Specie Bank to do business in this State. 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