The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 31, 1899, Page 6

VF‘HK 7D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. JOF ications to'W. S. LEAKE, Manager. ress All Commun :;'l BLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts.. S. F. Telephone \lain 1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS Telephone Main 1874 . 15 CENTS PER WEEK. =. & cents . Including Postage: . 1.00 ed to recetve subscriptions. warded when requested. OAKLAND OFFICE.... ...908 Broadway NEW YORK OFFICE. Room 188, Worid Building DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE......... .....Riggs Houee C. C. CARLTON, Corrcspondent. .......Marquette Building rtising Representative. CHICAGO OFFICE C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advs BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, cpen untll 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open untii ck. 621 McAllister street. open untll 9:30 5 Lorkin street, open until 9:3G o'clock. Mission 941 street, corner Sixteenth. open untll 9 o'clock. 2518 open untll 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk styeet, open NW. corner Twenty-second ana pen until 9 o'clock. Mission reet, nka, the “Lady of Lions. ason and Ellls streets, Specialties. he wisest teacher that ever of justice we he workman is worthy tement whose justice is so ap- evertheless, it is not always individuals or communities. ker, after having earned by fight: situation as that the >ubli hools of this city They have periormed No objection is made of their services. It is con- due diligence and e pupils of the schools have Their pay, however, i m them for months, and they » apply to the courgs for redress. right that the innocent should be made to he consequences of the wrong of others. If elected to the Board of Education in- shonest men, who wasted the funds of chools, and then neglected to oust them from fiice when their wastefulness was known, it is upon whole city the penalty of the waste should fall. pose the burden upon the teachers, lect the School Board nor maintain it k al where to the va vith truction. ancisc compete Under our law the worker is very justly given a lien upon the product of his work as security for his the lien stands valid against all other ns whatever. The school teachers have no such n upon the revenues of the city, but the justice of their claim is as strong as that of any mechanic against the house he has helped to build. When the teacher is not paid the community is dis- graced. It is a scandal that a city so rich as San Francisco cannot or will not pay for work performed in her service.®The court in which redress has been sought ought not to make unnecessary delay in de- termining the matter. The workman is not only worthy of his hire, but is entitled to receive it before he dies either of old age or starvation. THE PRANKS OF THE WINTER. : an opportunity to say he “never saw the like.” These pranks are being played all over the Union, but with variations. In no two sections of the country are they alike in style, but all seem to be alike objectionable. NCE more old winter is playing such pranks with the weather as give the oldest inhabitant While we are receiving a halcyon season too bright and beautiful for human good the northern region of the East is being swept with frequent blizzards ,and in the South there have been heavy snow-storms|. The snow has fallen as far south as Southern Georgia and Alabama, where such occurrences are rare, and 1no doubt we shall hear later of extensive damage done to the rural industries of those sections. In the meantime the sunshine with us threatens to be as disastrous as any snow-storm could be. Just at present California would be a paradise for pic- nickers. The air is as balmy as the Maytime that poets dream of, and there are signs of the budding of flowers. It would have been a great season for midwinter rose festivals if we had prepared any. Such a season comes but rarely to any part of the world, and men of this generation are not likely to see another so beautiful, so calm, so bright in every aspect of earth and sky. If we were creatures born for frolic and for pleasure we could ask nothing bet- ter. Unfortunately, we are dependent upon hay, grain, fruit and garden truck and we need rain. We are, {herefore, hardly in a2 mood to enjoy ‘the sweet- ness of life that is around us. All we can say is that California has once more lived up to her reputation as a record-breaking State, and that in our winter there is now to be found a more idyllic charm than any other land can show wen in the glory of spring. B e — . Now the sisters, cousins and aunts of the legislators %ill all have jobs at the expense of the State. Let it not be said nothing has been accomplished this ses- sion. With all divergence of opinion there can be no doubt that this Philippine business ought to be settled without delay. It is getting tiresome. “To him that Hath shall be given,” and so a leper of this city has been afflicted with smallpox. Colorado is rapidly getting into a position to turn up its nose at the Klondike. 217 to 22| Stevenson Street | street, open untll 10 o'clock. 2291 Market | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1599 AN IMPOTENT CONCLUSION. | STRANGE spirit of the perverse seems to have } moved over the Assembly yesterday and di- | rected its action in relation to the dishonored Speaker to a most lame and impotent conclusion. Wright resigned the Speakership and the resigna- | tion was accepted, but a resolution expelling himf | from the Assembly was voted down by a large ma- | | jority. The position in which the Assembly placed | itself by the two votes is utterly untenable. If Wright | be innocent, why was he deposed from the Speaker- | ship? If he be guilty, why is he permitted to retain | his seat in the Assembly? | | Wright was not convicted of misconduct as: Steaker, but of a violation of the law as an Assem- | ! biyman. Out of his own mouth it was shown he had | expended in his campaign more money than the law | permits, more than he had sworn to in his affidavi | of election expenses. It was shown, moreover, that ' he had taken a large sum of money from a candidate | for the United States Senate under an implied pledge | | to vote for that candidate. | If conviction of such offenses be not sufficient | not justify the Assembly in deposing him from the Speakership. If such a man be fit to sit in the Assembly he is fit to preside over it. | The one satisfaction to the public is that no tolera- tion on the part of illogical and inconsistent Assemn- blymen will rehabilitate this discredited intriguer and i political jobber. He will remain in the Legislature | to vote for Dan Burns, but with that his pernicious iauivi!_\' ends. Disgraced and dishonored, he will | stay at Sacramento to be scorned by honest men so long as the Legislature s!a)’é there, but his political : career closes with the session. A TIME FOR REFLECTION. ESPECTABLE members of the Legislature | R who are tempted to follow Grove Johnson in i his crusade against a free and untrammeled press should pause to reflect that legislation con- ceived in passion, or for the purpose of meeting tem- porary conditions, always in the long run inflicts damage upon a community. An anti-cartoon bill in its nature a farce. Bills making it possible for ir- | responsible persons to harass and annoy newspapers with libel suits often cut in directions least expected. | Bills authorizing aggrieved individuals to kill news- paper men on sight are quite likely to resuit in the | death of more legislators and politicians than jour- | nalists. | These members should be reminded of the fact that ‘;the press is never responsible for legislative scandals. | If Senators and Assemblymen were honest, if they | did not sell their votes, if they did not enter into | Senatorial conspiracies. or if they were careful at all | times to maintain their honor and character, the most reckless newspaper ever published in California could | find nothing to say against them. | Two years ago the Examiner discovered that an | | infamous bill pending in the Senate was being passed ;impmperly. It charged that some members were | asking and receiving $250 apiece for voting for it. | | The Senate became highly indignant at this and im- | | mediately summoned the Examiner’s editor for con- tempt and placed some of its reporters in jail. Yet it appeared afterward that the condition was even | worse than the Examiner had pictured it. This year | The Call discovered that Speaker Wright had ob- | tained $1650 from Senatorial Candidate Grant, and that notwithstanding this bribe he had accepted a consideration from Candidate Burns and intended to | vote for him. The exposure made by this paper led to the development of a scandal which has involved many other members of the Legislature. ‘Were the newspapers responsible for these dis- closures? Did the Examiner conspire with anybody to offer $250 a vote on Assembly bill 273? Did The Call induce’ Speaker Wright to take $1650 of Mr. Grant’s money and then vote for Dan Burns? Are not the respectable and honorable members of the Legislature under obligations to both of these news- | papers for exposing the crookedness of their un- worthy colleagues? If it is newspaper license to un- cover this kind of corruption, then the more of it we have the better for honorable men and good govern- ment. Why should honest legislators vote to discipline a press which is engaged in this kind of work? Before passing any more of these bills we think the respect- able members of the Legislature should stop to re- flect a little. Eagan, it seems, is to be coupled up with Alger and share with that gentleman the benison of a glad hand from the board of investigation. This will exonerate the beef and show that the soldiers who died of eat- ing it were hasty. Possibly in the whole history of State legislation no man ever so wantonly covered himself with dis- grace as ex-Speaker Wright has done. His rascality did not even have the guidance of intelligence. THE NAVY PERSONNEL BILL. S it comes before the Senate the navy personnel fl bill has the sanction of both the line and the staff of the navy and the prestige of an over- whelming victory in the House. It is, therefore, sur- prising to learn by dispatches from Washington that, while the friends of the measure are confident the bill will be favorably acted upon by the Senate, they are fearful it will be so loaded with amendments as to materially alter its nature and injuriously affect the service. o The bill provides for a reform in the navy which has long been needed. It is the outcome of mature deliberation on the part of representatives of both branches of the navy and of civilians who have at- tentively studied the subject. It may not be satis- factory to extremists in either the staff or the line, but it is conceded by fair-minded men to be the best plan of reorganization that can be devised under ex- isting circumstances. Efforts were made in the House to have it amended in various respects, but so confident were the mem- bers of that body of the essential justness and ex- cellence of the measure as reported from the com- mittee that nearly all of the proposed amendments were rejected. The prevailing opinion has been that the bill should be enacted as devised by the men who have so carefully considered the whole subject, leav- ing the work of amending it to a time when its va- rious provisions shall have been tested in operation. The danger of the threatened amendments in the Senate is that they may lead to a prolonged discus- sion on the subject and thus prevent its passage at this session of Congress. Such a delay would amount to a serious evil, for it is high time the long-de- manded reform should be carried out, and it is par- ticularly desirable it should be so at this juncture, when the work of reorganization could be made to| | undertake to keep them out of water by force until reason for his expulsion from the Assembly they do |* | means that we are to waste armies and build navies | end only in our exhaustion and final humiliation. correspond with the promotions to be made, both in the staff and the line for services during the war. In addition to deing justice to the officers of the staff by placing them on an equality with those of the line, the bill materially augments the navy in all its branches, including the marine corps. It increases the number of officers by ninety-eight, adds to the number of higher grades and provides for retirements 0 as to make way for further promotions hereaiter. It has not been treated as a party measure, but passed the House by a majority of more than two to one, and it is to be regretted that any strong antagonism should have developed against it in the Senate. EDUCATION IN FREEDOM. l the tropical islands in the East and West Indies | until the people thereof are fitted for freedom and qualified for seli-government. We must protect them against themselves, prevent the making of mistakes and administer public authority in the midst of them until we think they are prepared. Of course this means the permanence of our sovereignty over them. | We decide that they don’t know how to swim and | T is quite the custom to declare that we must hold they learn. When our revolution closed we immediately entered upon the experiment of seli-government. We made serious mistakes and profited by finding them out. The old Confederation was a mistake. We cor- rected it by the Constitutional Union of 178. In| that constitution we compromised ourselves into further mistakes. New England shipping interests | ai that time enjoyed the profits of the slave trade. We permitted its continuance until 1808, and as a com- promise with the South gave her a three-fifths rep- resentation for her slaves in the apportionment which was the basis of representation in Congress and the Electoral College, and we treated the institution of slavery as domestic and It it stand. After the slave trade and its profits ceased by limitation and New England had no longer a stake in the institution, the introduction of the cotton gin made slave labor in the South immensely profitable, and the North had no share in it. Then began the long wrangle which ended in secession and the Civil War, which remains tc afflict us in the form of a pension list that practi- cally absorbs oar whole customs revenue, and in its financial emergency legislation, continues to torment the republic with a monetary system of misery and with policies for its remedy which threaten worse evils | than those which we endure. Besides this, the orig- inal errors and compromises of the Federal constitu- | tion, leading up to the Civil War, leit us a legacy in the shape of thirteen million negroes, who by the constitution are guaranteed a franchise which in prac- | tice we deny to them. Therefore, we have under the | flag that enormous population of blacks who are out- lawed from their solemnly guaranteed rights. It would seem that our success in seli-government, notwithstanding these mistakes, would admonish us that the only way to prepare a people for seli-govern- ment is by letting them govern themselves, not put- ting them in leading strings and holding them there. They will make mistakes. We did. They may op- press each other. We drove the Tories into the maritime provinces of Canada. They may kill each other. We are still lynching negroes. The strong may deny to the weak the exercise of their rights. We are doing it. In fine, the excuse made for taking these people and seizing their administration has no good reason in logic or morals. And beyond it all is the racial fact that they are as little fitted for our form of government as we are for theirs. If we apprentice them to Anglo-Saxon institutions their apprenticeship will have no end. Nor can we eradicate them and plant our race on the soil beneath which they are buried, for nature has made them ineradicable and has put barriers against our race in their country, which it has never passed and never can pass. § Therefore this pretense of tutelage and guidance in an imperial domination in the tropics, which will Many bad things appear in the Filipinos. They are reported to be torturing and abusing prisoners and to make Malay and not Christian warfare. They like to sack plantations and loot towns. But if all this be true they are a good people to let alone. If four centuries of Spanish rule have not driven their natural instincts out of them, how many centuries of American rule will modify it? We have not pounded nor educated the same ten- dencies out of our own Indians. We educated Little Crow, chief of the Minnesota Sioux, and ne lived in a house at Crow Wing agency, with his college diploma hanging on the wall of his library, and his daughters were seminary girls and played the piano. But when his people effected the massacre at New Ulm Little Crow laid off his broadcloth, and in his breech clout and blanket was the worst Indian in the Northwest. There is no sorcery known to us and unknown to Spain that can change the Malay mind and method. B — That chap who says he knows the éecrct of the late Keeley should have made the announcement before curious investigators had been mean enough to dig out the hidden wires and give the whole snap away. —_ It would seem that the word of some of the noto- rious crooks being taken in by the policé is as good as their bonds, but the bonds are worthless. Never- theless, the latter are occasionally accepted. While Eagan has been found g\iilty, there are al- ready hints that clemency is to be extended to him. The people of this country would like to know the reason, for they cannot imagine what it is, Telegraphic advices indicate that treason lurks in Alger’s office, but whether this is the case or not, there would be no harm in cleaning the office out. ‘Whether it is better to buy votes and confess, or to buy them and lie until black in the face, is a question which is just now of considerable interest. The chaplains of the Legislature seem to be well paid for the work they do. But think what a hopeless task is theirs. It requires nerve. Dr. O'Donnell might as well dismiss his contest. Such a course would in no way par him from running for some old thing next time. It must be said to the credit of the police that, while the crop of burglars seems to be ripe, they are harvesting it right along. The statement is made that Iloilo may have to fall. In other words, Aguinaldo needs to have several houses tumble on him. e Perhaps it is hardly necessary to state that the two men who tried to drive over a trolley car did not suc- ceed. There has been no sham about the illness of Milton Green. He has even made his associates sick. ‘The legislator whose vote is purchasable has not of late been lying down to pleasant dreams. THEY MUST PUT WIRES UNDERGROUND Harsh Words Over the Light Question. FIRST BIG FIGHT IN BOARD APPROPRIATIONS GO OVER FOR A HALF YEAR. The Proposed Expenditures for a New Police Station and Other Im- provements Will Not Be Made. The first harsh. words were spoken by | the new Supervisors yesterday. The matter came up on a vote to permit the Mutual Electrie Light Company to erect poles in the city outside of the fire | limits, The majority justified their vote | on the ground that the policy of the board | and of past boards was to place all wires | underground. The discussion which developed over the | resolution was the most acrimonious in | which the new board has up to the pres- | ent time indulged. It was precipitated late in the afternoon by Supervisor By- | ington. He wanted to know what dispo- sition had been made of the petition of | the Mutual Electric Light Company to erect poles. Supervisor Aigeltinger ex- plained that it had been received by the board and referred to the Street Commit- | tee. Owing to pressure of business ac- tion by the committee on it had been de- ferred one week. Upon this showing Supervisor Perrault | moved that it be taken from the commit- tee and considered by the board as a com- mittee of the whole. When this had been | done Supervisor Perrault moved that it be granted. This brought out the oppo- sition. Holland objected to permission | being granted to place overhead wires | When all efforts were being made to beau- | tify the city. Phelps wanted more infor- rnzéion as to what the company propoesed to do. Dr. Perrault insisted that he was there | to do what was right and fair and not to champion the cause of any company. Mr. Deasy followed in the same strain, saying | the board was only granting privileges | already enjoyed by the old company. Colling wanted ~ consideration of the | matter to lay over, as all wires should be | placed underground. He did not believe | in putting some up only to take them down again. Dr. Perrault wanted to go on record as | willing to frunl the desired permission. | He sald: “I don't like the looks of this | fight. It s a dirty fight on both sides, | and should not be considered.” Upon the vote being taken, the application of the Mutual Company was denied. Those | against it were Holland, Kaiben, Phelps, Collins, Black, Heyer and Attridge. Those favoring it were Perrault, Byington, Deasy, Lackmann and Aigeltinger. Mayor Phelan explained that under a recent decision of Judge Seawell the | board can be mandamused for refusing to grant the petition. The matter of appropriating $84,000 for various improvements was finally laid over until the end of the fiscal year, as previously recommended by the Finance Committee. Five firms bid on the pro- posed new police station in the Mission, which was to absorb $50,000 of the appro- priation. The bids were rejected and re- turned unopened. Supervisor Lackmann made a hard fight on this matter, and also | on the improvement of Joyse street, his pet hobby. He quoted figures supplied by Chief Lees, showing a saving of a year to the city if it owned the police | station. The figures he read were quickly torn to pieces by Perrault and Collins. | The former claimed that Lees forgot to reckon making stablemen out of police- men at $100 per month salary, which he claimed was being done. He said there were many things in the proposed appro- priation that would bear scrutiny. It developed that the city paid $400 for ad- vertising for bids for the police station, which amount was lost when the bids were rejected. The matter of the employment of twen- ty-five extra policemen was finally ae- feated, Supervisor Lackmann alone vot- ng in favor of it. The board decided to await the opin- | fon of City and County Attorney Lane | before taking action upon the application | of Tax Collector Sheehan for an appro- priation of 312,000, and also the payment of nine clerks employed by him when he took office. In the matter of the demand on tue treasury %resented by the San Francisco Gas and Electric Company and the Gas Improvement _Company for lighting streets and public buildings during the month of December, 188, the City and County Attorney was requested to fur- | nish the board with his opinion on the following matters: First, as to the legal interpretation of the Hon. J. M, Sea- | well's late decision in the case of William F. Summerhays vs. Willlam Broderick, | Anuditor, and as to the gropel‘ action, if | any, to be taken by the board under said decision. Second, as to tne proper action to be taken by the board in the matter of the demands on the treasury presented | by the Pacific Gas Improvement Company | and the San Francisco Gas and Electric Company for gas and electric lighting during the month of December, 1868, and as to whether or no. the board before 1tne passage of the said demands can adjust | and allow a fair and reasonable compen- | sation for the services performed without | reference to the rates or price specified | in their contracts. Third, as to whether or not the contracts executed and existing | between the city and county and the San | Francisco Gas and Electric Company and the Pacific Gas Improvement Company are valid and binding upon the city and county. It wyas resolved that no extra clerks or employes shall hereafter be employed in the public offices or departments of this city and county on and from this date except in cases where the services of ex- tra clerks or emgloyu are on examina- tion deemed to be absolutely necessary for the public interests by the Finance Committee of the board. The position of matron in the City Pris- on, now filled by Mrs. Walsh, was de- clared vacant and Mrs. Kate Cook was appointed to fill tha vacancy. Insubor- demon was charged against Mrs. Walsh by Chief Lees, who suspended her. She claimed to have a pull with the board. Frederick Hohkweg was appointed chemical expert to assist the Iinance Committee in the investigation of the gas uestion. the San Joaquin Valley Railroad was ranted permission to run its cars across gryant street to the site the company has | selected for its terminus. The resolution Dledginfi the city to raise money for the park pan andle was finally pné'"di'viso Holland is in a gquandary jupe! T overpthe furnishing of the Hall of Jus- tice. The Superior Judges declined to ac- cept the quarters offered them on the ground that the City Hall departments contain data for which they have use all the time. On the other hand Supervisor Holland holds that the courts should be near the Police Department, which has charge of the evidence in all criminal cases. It is expected that the matter will be adjusted during the week. THE STEAMBOAT ACCIDENT. More Testimony Taken by the In- B of Steam Vessels. TUnited States Local Inspectors Bolles and Bulger resumed yesterday afternoon their investigation into the cause of the sinking of the gasoline launch Willlam D by the ferry steamer Oakland. First Mate J. H. Douglass of the ferry-boat tes- tified that as soon as he saw the launch he blew the danger whistle. The launch | vant. was then about seventy feet abaft the stem on the starboard. He had often been annoyed by these little launches gettin, in the way of the steamer and darting of as suddenly as they come. J. H. Rhodes, a telegraph operator at Berkeley, testified that he was near the starboard bow. He first saw the launch just under the how of the steamer and heard the steamer blow at least three and prabably four whistles. Then, seeing that a collislon was inevitable, he ran to the ather slde of the 'sl;‘ear‘{ner mr be out of the way of any possible danger. E’nslneer Alxnflerson of the Oakland told about recelving the danger signals and blowing the whistles. The fnapacmrn will resume the investi- tion when they shall have obtained the g?‘draas of several important witnesses among the passengers. : AROUND THE CORRIDORS J. Nugent of Dublin is registered at the Palace. Rev. J. Moses of Natchez, Miss,, is at the Grand, Dr. J. L. Asay of Ban Jose Is reglstered at the Lick, Theodore Turner of Modesto is a guest at the Lick. Faston Mills of San Luls Obispo is at the Occldental. Attorney 8, N. Griffith of Fresno is a | guest at the Grand. F. W. Flint Jr. and wife of Los Angeles are guests at the Palace. United States Senator Willlam M. Stew- art of Nevada Is at the Palace. Mrs, Giibert C. Smith and Miss Smith | i of 8t. Louts are at the Occidental. Attorney .C. C. Caples of Forest Grove, ‘Wash., {s registered at the Occidental. J. G. Davis, who is interested in mines | at Juneau, Alaska, is staying at the Grand. i M. J. Canning, a prominent business man from Portland, is staying at the Oc- cluental. Mr. and Mrs. Howland Davis of New York were among the arrivals at the Pal- ace yesterday. D. R. Cameron, a prominent commis- sion merchant from Hanford, is register- ed at the Lick. Frank S. Boggs of Stockton, son of the late State Senator Boggs, arrived at the Palace yesterday afternoon. Attorney J. C. Ruddock of Ukiah, who is connected with the State asylum at that place, is a guest at the Grand. C. F. del Brooke of Bakersfield, who owns a large fruit farm near that place, is a guest at the California. ‘W. B. Gilbert of Portland, who is one of the United States Circuit Judges for the Ninth Judicial Circuit, is at the Occi- dental. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Tiffany of New York arrived on the overland last night, and have taken apartments at t..e Palace. Mr. Tiffany is one of the members of the well-known firm of jewelers of that name. He and his wife are here merely for pleasure. ———— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK NEW YORK, Jan. 30.—Mrs. H. F. Ter- rill of San Francisco is at the Sturte- D. E. Newall of San Francisco is at the Imperial. James C. Pearson and family of San Francisco are at the Neth- erland. e — CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—P. J. Hartman and William T. Shugrue of San Francisco are at Willard's. BENEATH A PALL OF SWEET VIOLETS IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES BY THE ELKS AT CYPRESS LAWN. Knights and Ladies of Honor at the Funeral of the Late S. B. Carle- ton of Town Talk. The last services for the dead were per- formed yesterday over the remains of the late §. B. Carleton, proprietor of Town Talk, a member of Doric Lodge, F. and A. M., member of Saq Francisco Lodge, Protective Benevolent Order eof Elks, past grand protector of the Knights and Ladies of Honor, and for eleven years grand secretary of that order; a member of the American Order of Foresters, member of several other orders, and ed itor of the Sentinel, the official organ of the Knights and Ladies of Honor. As already announced, Mr. Carleton died in San Jose after a long and pain- ful iliness, and after the arrangements for the last offices had been completed, the remains encased in a casket, over which was spread a pall of California vio- lets, the offering of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Bourguignon of San Jose, were taken in charge by San Jose Lodge, Free and Ac- cepted Masons, of San Jose and placed in the lofigeroom. At the Masonic Hall there was a gath- ering of the members of San Jose Lodge, F. and A. M., and members of Mistletoe and Yerba Buena lodges K. and L. of H., the mourners and a number of personai friends. As the ceremonies were not to be conducted by the Masons there was no service, but Thomas Badley, S. . Boring, W. H. Mantz, Ralph Lowe, WT;’? Clark and J. M. Horstman, of the Ma- sonic lodge, without regalia, acted as spe- cial escort to the remains, which were con- veyed to the broad-gauge train and then to Cypress Lawn Cemetery. There the re- mains were received by ‘the San Fran- cisco lodge of the Elks and a large num- ber of the Knights and Ladies of Honor representing West End, Aurora, Martha, Pacific, Golden Rule, Bay City, Star of Sonoma and Oakland lodges.” The re- mains were taken to the crematory, where the beautiful and very 1mpress¥ve ser- vices of the Elks for their dead was con- ducted by H. 8. Manning, exalted ruler; A. J. Carmany, leading knight; T. F. Bon- net, loyal knight: J. M. Odeil, lecturing knifiht: T. E. Dunne, esquire; Colonel J. R. Howell, chnfiln!n; Harrison House- worth, secretary: H. S. Hagan, treasurer and Herman Kohn, inner guard. Rev. J. A. B. Wilson of the Howard-street Meth- odist Episcopal Church offered prayer and delivered a touching discourse on the les- son taught by the death of Mr. Carleton and the ceremony of the Elks, exemplify- h:ig charity, justice, brofherly love and fidelity. uring the _service a_quartet rendered “Peace,”” “I Am Waiting.,” ‘‘Nearer, My God, to Thee” and “Good- nlqh! I Am Going Home.” The Elks as a last tribute circled around the casket and as each deposited an ivy leaf on the coffin 1id he uttered a farewell. The re- mains were then cremated. The Supreme Lodge of the Knights and Ladies of Honor was represented by Dr. American, supreme representative; the Grand Lodge by Mrs. L. J. Wheelock, grand protector; H. W. Quitzow, grand secretary: Mrs. 8. Krueger, grand chap- lain, andJda Kidder, grand sentry. There were also present Past Grand Protectors M. Berkey, A, K. Cummings, E. H. Bour- ignon and Past Protector = G. Vincent. —_—— BEHREND JOOST LOSES. He Cannot Recover From the Re- ceiver of the San Mateo Road. The Supreme Court has decided against Behrend Joost in Joost's action against Sanford Bennett, recelver of the San Mateo and San Francisco Raflway, before that Hne became the property of the pres- ent owners. Joost sued Bennett for $5000 for services rendered, said services con- sisting of giving advice in some thirty- five or more cases against t.e company and in fighting against a propositipn to annul the company’s tion to this Mr. Joost wanted $1680 for the rental of a number of lots that had been used by the company. All of these al- leged services were renderad during the eighteen months between September, 1594, and March, 1896. In the lower court Mr. Joost lost his case, the eiudge deciding that at the time mentioned he was hold- ing the position of president of the com- gm and that there were no services that e could render the receiver that he should charge for. He was as much inter- ested as any of the people who had placed him in office. This judgment was affirm- ed by the higher court, For the Orphanages. The Board of Foreign Missions will meet to-morrow afternoon at its head- quarters, 920 Sacramento street, when im- rtant matters in regard to the hanage” will be discussed. e GRAND JRY T0 INVESTIGT STRM B0k The B.onds of Edwarq | Brooks Worthless, A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE ONE OF THE SURETIES WILL B | CHARGED WITH FERJURY. The Police Will Insist That Cle of Police Courts Must Not Ac- cept Bonds in Felony Cases. | The suspicion of the Police Dep: { that the $3000 bonds accepted b | Kelly of Judge Granam’s curt | release of Edward Brook: s tralian Eddie,” the notorious pickp {last Friday night were practically wo | less, has been verified. { Bond Inspector Newman e: bonds yesterday and reported that one o | the bondsmen, M. C. Hayes, is not w About a year ago he sureties on a bond given for the reles | Margaret Stevens, and it was declars | forfeited. When the attorneys went collect on the bond they found that the roperty, 16 Lapidge street, on which | Hayes qualified, had been transferred to | his “wife, and he owned no other property. He qualified on the same property in Brooks' bond. The other bondsman is J. | McAran, who qualifies on property on Union street which is not on the assess- | ment roll. Newman says he understands | that McAran has other property in the | eity and it is p: le that a mistake was | made in descril the Union-street prop- { erty. He will inquire further on that point, |~ As a result of his i | will lay the matter e the Grand Jur; | with the object of having Hayes indicte | for perjury, and giving Clerk Kelly an opportunity of explaining his reasons for accepting such a bond. The police are satisfled that Brooks has left the city, as he knew that the three charges against him would be proved, the evidence in each case having been found in his session when arrested by Detective T. Gibson. Captain Seymour, in | case vesterday, said: “I intend to Police Judges to pass an order bonds in felony cases be accep: clerks. system was adopted in _the | bonds for the release of men ged | with a felony, and the power to do so | should not be in the hands of the clerk | of the court, but solely in hands of | the Judge, and then there would be a re- | sponsibility upon the shoulders of men who are supposed to mete out justicy “This man Brooks saw that w cornered, and it is too bad tha 1 him our efforts be frustrated by th vestigation Newman speaking of the k the “The method of accepting nds lax, anyhow. Take the case of Cass Blackman, the police officer arrested f and larceny. He got out on worthl onds_and has not since been hear John Shaughnessy, who shot \l]nwr\ a d on w less bonds, but fortunately he was a ed on a bench warrant before he town, if that was his intention.” HARRY TERRILL IS HOME. Return of ‘the Crack California ‘Wheelman. | Harry F. Terrill, one of the famous | Terrill brothers, the crack professional | bicyclists of California, returned home yestérday, after a most successful season | in the East, and spent last evening among | his friends at the Bay City Wheelmen's | clubhouse. | Terrill said he came back because all the | racing men were out here now and there | was nothing doing in the East. His best performance while away, and what stamped him as the equal if not superior of many of the Eastern cracks, was his defeat of Jay Eaton, commonly called the “indoor king.” in two straight heats of a mile match race in New York, on an indoor track, so that he practically defeated the “king” at his own game. Terrill traveled with Fournier and his gasoline tricycle for a while, pacing match races. He will ride out here if there is a chance for him. He is in splendid condi- tion. —_———— Cal. glace fruit 50c per 1b at Townsegds.* —_————— Special information supplied dally to business houses and public men bx{ the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont« gomery street. Telephone Main 142 ¢ —_————— Elected New Officers. The Ladies’ United Hebrew Benevolent Society has elected the follow~ ing officers for the ensuing term: Presi- dent. Mrs. J. 8. Oppenheimer; vice prest= dent, M M. Samuel; treasurer, Mrs, M. Ashe: secretary, Mrs. H. trustees—Mrs. M. Davidson,Mrs. L. Bren. | ner, Mrs. M. Litchenstein, Mrs. M. Si- mons, Mrs. Walderheimer, Mrs. S. Getz, Mrs. M. Friedman. During the last year | the society has relieved a thousand cases of distress, expending $3360, leaving a bal- ance in the treasury of $276 50. ——— Alaska Star Routes. 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