The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 17, 1899, Page 6

THE SA b FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY. Call ...MARCH 17, 1899 The FRIDAY JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. e N e e hddress All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. S e geinib oy Suasll s i | PUBLICATION OFFICE......Market and Third Sts., S. F. | Telephone Main 1868. | EDITORIAL RCOMS. 217 to 221 Stevenson Street Telephone in 1874. DELIVERED BY CARRIERS, 18 CENTS PER WEEK. Single Copies, 5 cents. Terms by Mall, Including Postage: DAILY CALL (including Sunday Call), one year. DAILY CALL (including Sunday Call), § months. DATLY CALL tinciuding Sunday Call), 8 months. DAILY CALL—By Single Month. EUNDAY CALL One Year. VEEKLY CALL, One Year. All postmasters are authorized to recefve subscrip Sample coples will be forwarded when requested. OAKLAND OFFICE... NEW YORK OFFICE. THE END OF THE SESSION. close. It has been a successful session in many respects. Thelinaugural admonition of the Gov- ernor touching the lucidity and simplicity of statutes had its effect, and the Governor has been at pains to aid the Legislature in the direction of his very wise and pertinent suggestion. Up to this stage economy in expenditures has not been lost sight of, and we are persuaded that a proper oversight of boards of control of the State institutions will enable the covering back into the treasury of considerable sums which it has been considered expedient to appropriate. Much of the paternal legislation proposed by some of the members has met its fate, and what remains of such propositions will probably fail to become law. The session will go to a respectable position in the legislative history of the State. In one respect it has so far been remarkable in a most respectable and praiseworthy direction, in re- fusing to make an improper selection for United States Senator. The Republican majority is respon- THE session of the Legislature is drawing to a DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative. { WASHINGTON (D. €.) OFFICE......... Wellington Hotel C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE. 3 s ..Marquette Building C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. | BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, | open untlil 9:30 o'ciock. 387 Hayes street, open until | ©:30 o'clock. 621 McAllister street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 6l5 Larkin street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission street, open untii 10 o'clock. 2291 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open untll 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street, open untli 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open untli 9 o'clock. i606 Polk street, open until ©:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana tucky streets. open untli 9 o'clock. AMUSEMENTS. . the Hero of Manila.” | Theater—Vaudeville every afternoon | is streets, Specialties. "AUCTION SALES. | ck—T0-MOrrow, at 2:30 o' clo THE CRIME AGAINST THE @ARMY. and at Santiago it is probable the beef con- tractors and such allies as they had in the War De- | 1ent thought they could disprove the statements | -al and the reports of his officers, or at convince the public that the amount of bad meat n to the whole quantity sup- ey would be virtually relieved of the If they had such hopes they pointed men in the United HEN the Court of Inquiry was appointed to investigate the charges made by General Miles t the meat supplies furnished the army at in propor put upon them. > now the most di Not only Rave all the charges of General Miles | been iined, but fa than those ed in his reports have been brought to light. One witnesses, Lieutenant Davis of the First Cav- | re beiore the court that he had found mag- ed beef. Whenasked how they got into ied they were canned there, and when ed if he did not know that in the process | ng the meat underg such heat that no f survive in it, he retorted, “I did not ts even blacker f the got further a of can: could ve. They were dead.” means that beef already rotten and condition canned The revelation of | to the specious plea of the con- i was spoiled by the heat of the nate in Southern Florida and Cuba. It proves that neat was rotten before it was packed at Chi nd that the fraud was deliberately perpetrated re- gardless of the consequences to the soldiers who were | fed with it | For an offense of that kind the punishment should i condign. The crime is almost as great s that of intentional poisoning, and no | of committing it or of conniving at it | itted to go unwhipped of justice. | with maggot ished to the army for food. ago, be prompt ar man guilty should be pe CRUELTY TO @ANIMALS. | the list of crimes there is not one more con- | l temptible than that of cruelty to animals. Some- | times a poor man, earning a | g by teaming, seems almost forced to work horses while they are | unfit, but even for such a man the law makes no ex- | ception. 1i caught, he is punished. \ A person unable to give his horse food and shel!cri has no business to have a horse. For the person who owns many horses and permits them all to suffer, un- stabled and unfed, there is not the ghost of palliation. He should be punished to the limit of the law, and, as the law does not provide for confiscation of the property, infliction of a fine and a term in prison, it is inadequate. Still, such as it is, it spould be applied | with the utmost vigor. Horseman McCarty is accused, and not for the first time, of having allowed a band of horses to so | nearly starve to death that their pitiful condition at- tracted the attention of passers-by, so that compk&int] was made, and an arrest followed. McCarty ought | to plead guilty and promise to reform. He had re- | cently bought these horses, and if he knew he would | be unable to care for them the act of buying them was in itself a wrong. He might have bought fewer horses | and devoted some of his capital to the purchase of feed. It is to be hoped that McCarty will get such a| dose of justice this time as shall tend not only to re- | form him, but to constitute of him a terrible example | to warn others addicted to similarly brutal practices. P If we invest ten millions in cleaning Havana, and, through a syndicate, lend from twelve to twenty mil- lions to the Cubans, the world may soon witness an extension of the principles of the Declaration of In- dependence through the simple operation of fore- closure. This will be an improvement on expansion by bombardment. Al ey New York authorities are about to subject a woman to electrocution. There is a limit to gallantry. The only mitigating circumstance about the case is the | sex of the prisoner, and this is offset largely by the | fact that a lot of cackling old hens are demanding of | the Governor that he commute the sentence. | ‘When people pray for rain and get hail they have no | great reasor to complain. Still, if dissatisfied with | what is sent, they would be wise next time to pray‘ jor hail. Perhaps the people of this country are callous, but | they draw the line considgrably this side of feeding - soldiers on meat and maggots. Another mob in Georgia has covered the State with | sounding of the long roll to the shouting that | vacan disgrace. There was no occasion. sible for the acts and the place in history of this Leg- ature. That majority and a Republican Governor have done well by the people in legislation. And that majority ‘has done still better by the people in its re- fusal to sadden the spirit and tarnish the fame of the State by an election of Senator that cannot be justi- fied on the very highest grounds. The Legislatu-e might have earned even moré credit as a law-making body, and yet lost it all and the credit of the Repub- lican party:too by a defiance of public opinion and public decency in the election of Burns. 1i the majority leave the seat vacant it will be a clean vacancy, and the best and most upright judgment in the State will approve it. Then the party represented the majority will get the full credit and lasting benefit of the good legislation passed and the useful economies effected, and will go into the battle royal of ¥9oo under a banner as stainless'as a star. Every Republican is inspired by the prospect of | marching to that fight with no incubus on the party, no smirch on its reputation, no folly to explain, no offense to deny or admit. Every one feels the thrill of a coming campaign which no ingenuity can turn into a defense, but which will be an attack from the an- nounces victory. The election of Burns would have made the campaign defensive and explanatory, apologetic and evasive from the start. If it had taken place what answer could any supporter of Burns make to the enemy’s charge of bad faith, promises forgot- ten, pledges broken and professions hollow and de- ceitful? oy Where in the peculiar ranks of the Burns following is the genius to answer what all men would assert if he were made Senator? As for those who last year asserted the high purpose, pure aims, exalted mis- sion and solemn faith of the party, and did it out of sincere conviction, being deceived and made false by the election of Burns, how could they be expectéd to | revamp broken pledges and make vestal again tlie party purity, destroyed by such an abuse of its power and misuse of its majority? The members of the majority in the Legislature de- sire that their work shall be justified of the people and that it shall be vindicated by the election of a Reépublican succession. The Governor does not wish the calamity to him and the thwarting of his ideals that would be involved in the election of an adverse Legislature in the middle of his term. All these evils t frown above the political hori- zon of the future will sink below it if the Republican members stand by their set purpose to leave a clean n the Senate rather than defile the seat. SUPREME COURT REFORMS. T is to be hoped that so; means of relieving the l Supreme Court may be found without exposing the t te to the expense of main- taining three Courts of Appeal and to the danger of ing additional appellate established whenever the Legislature may desire to create places for judicial aspirants. It is also desirable that sim- plicity and conciseness in legal records be secured, in conformity with suggestions already made by The 1. These reforms, this State. There is a deeper and tr portant question be: g upon the practice and upon the administration of the law that affects every State and Territory in the Union and the solution of which cannot be long postponed. Legal publications, in- ciuding reports, digests, textbooks and unclassified compilations, have become so numerous and many of them are so worthless that, even though the publica- tion mania should be checked, it is doubtful whether the efficiency of the bar and of the bench has not al- ready been impaired to a degree that calls for radical treatment. There are forty-five States in the Union, some of which have several Courts of Appeal, in addition to hundreds of courts of original jurisdiction, general, special and limited, that cover the entire range of law and equity. The Territories are proportionately sup- plied. In addition to the Supreme Court of the TUnited States and the Court of Claims, the law busi- yayers of the tribunals , are especially related to nscendently im- Wi | ness ‘within the Federal jurisdiction is transacted by Circuit Courts of Appeal, by Circuit Courts, by Dis- trict Courts and by Commissioners, so that the legiti- mzte Federal contributions to the literature of the law are alone beyond the digestive or assimilating power of the greatest mind or the greatest memory that the bar or the judiciary can produce. But owing to the laxness with which the matricula- tion of aspirants for professional life is permitted all over the United States, and excessively in California, the average quality of the bar and of the bench has been lowered, and the reports, except those of some of the higher courts, among which our own Supreme | Court is embraced, are replete with loose, prolix and conflicting opinions. There is hardly a petty question of practice that can arise upon either side of which a niass of authority, so called, cannot be arrayed, and ! in these days arguments and briefs, other than those proceeding from a select few, are largely guesses at the law, fortified by innumerable and flabby citations. In addition to the reports, which in quantity and in quality are daily invitations to apoplectic repletion, digésts are published in almost every, State, and pre- texts for legal pot-boiling are daily inventions. There is a perpetual deluge of this stuff. There is not a heading in any of the elementary treatises, such as the Commentaries of Blackstone and Kent, the works of Story, Parsons, Greenleaf, Bishop and other lai- writers of equal eminence, which is not in these days made the excuse for separate publications. The Parisian fashions are changed four times a year and criginal, artistic skill consumed to the point of ex- baustion in order to drain the pockets of rich and complaisant husbands and fathers throughout the world. Law publishers have long since accepted this example, and with new books and with new editions of old books lawyers who endeavor to maintain li- braries are sucked so dry that they are scarcely able to live, and indigestihle, weak and swashy matter ac- cumulates on their hands until their minds are as gorged and congested as their purses are empty. There are those who believe that the period has almost arrived when instructed and equipped lawyers and Judges, imbued with the essential principles of applied justice and with their reasoning faculties fully developed, will have to present and "determine every case on its intrinsic merits, and when the use of authority will practically cease. This is one of the radical changes in the administration of the law that is probably inevitable. @ MISPLACED WIT. OSEPH H. CHOATE has lorg been esteemed QJ one of the foremost forensic orators of New York and one of its wittiest after-dinner speak- ers.- As a pleader he is perhaps without an equal at the New York bar, and at the banquet board his only rival is Chauncey Depew. His appointment as Em- bassador to the court of St. James has given him an opportunity to shine in London, and he has taken ad- vantage of the first banquet given in his honor to dazzle the Britishers. The speech was witty and genial and well suited to the audience. It was received with manifestations of rapturous pleasure, the orator was repeatedly cheered, and we are told that at its close he took his seat “amid perfect thunders of applause.” So far as the immediate effect is concerned, therefore, the Embas- sudor achieved a brilliant success, and his debut in diplomacy was a genuine triumph. Unfortunately the wit of the address does not stand the test of translation from spoken words to a printed report. Americans reading the speech far away from the glow of the lights, the sound of the music, the odor of flowers, the sumptuous surroundings of the rich banquet hall, and hearing nothing of the sonorous voice of the orator, nor catching any light from his expressive countenance, will not be so well pleased with the speech as were the British banqueters. In truth Mr. Choate’s address is another evidence that what in a private citizen may pass as a pleasant wit will, when coming from an Embassador, sound like a foolish word. A diplomatist charged with the duty of representing his country abroad cannot be allowed the freedom permitted to an eloquent gen- tleman talking to his own people and familiar friends over the walnuts and the wine at home. When he takes that liberty his most genial sallies become his greatest blunders, because hardly any blunder is ever worse than that of a misplaced wit. An illustration of Mr. Choate’s mistake in this re- spect is to be found in his reference to the Venezue- lan controversy between this country and Great Yritain. On that subject our Embassador is reported to have said to the applauding banqueters: “You know on our side of the water we love occasionally to twist the lion’s tail for the mere sport of hearing him roar. Well, that time he disappointed us. He would not roar at all. He sat silent as the Sphinx, and by dint of mutual forbearance, our sober second thought aiding your sober first thought, we avoided everything but a mere war of words.” It wouild be difficult to conceive a more objection- able statement than that on the part of an American Embassador. Even Bayard never did worse. The part taken by the American Government in the Venezuelan affair was not designed to twist the lion’s tail to make him roar, but to uphold the Monroe doc- trine, one of the cardinal policies of the republic to which our people are most devoted. Nor is it cor- rect to say our sober second thought on the issue accorded with the sober first thought of Great Britain. We had no second thought on the question at all. The statements and even the tone of the Venezuelan message are as firmly approved to-day as when the document was first made public. ] Of course all understand the Embassador was joking. He was making a free and easy after-dinner speech along lines to which he has been accustomed. I¢ was a success in that respect, for it set the table in a roar, but Mr. Choate is likely to be surprised by an answering roar from this country which will not be s pleasing to his ears, and then he will learn there is no petard more dangerous to a diplomatist than a raisplaced wit. D of the Legislature of this year who was once A a Justice of the Peace, and who is known as Judge McFadden. Notwithstanding he is in the Legislature, he is a statesman; and, notwithstanding he was once a Justice of the Peace, he is judicious as well as judicial. Moreover, he is a Christian—in some respects at least—for he teaches in parables. Judge McFadden has observed that for many years past it has been the custom of philanthropical so- cieties, benevolent institutions and charitable asso- ciations of all kinds to apply to the State for money to aid them in their good work. He has also noted that the money is always given, and has come to the conclusion that the State treasury is being used as a soft snap by every kind of folks who wish to make a reputation as benefactors. Under such convictions the Judge addressed to his fellow legislators this parable: “When our forefathers, nearly a century ago, suc- ceeded in divorcing the old man State from the ven- erable Mrs. Church, I think they intended that he should live forever after in celibacy. I think they did not intend that he should get entangled with any females thereafter. But, sir, there has of late years grown up a remarkable flirtation between the old man State and the beautiful, the young—that is, compared with Mrs. Church—and the very amiable Miss Char- ity. Now, I have not anything to say against the woman. She is not a bit like the old lady Church. She is not dogmatic, she is not intolerant; she is very agreeable; she is altogether lovely, but she has one fault—she is an awful spendthrift. She wheedles all the money she can out of the old man, and she doesn’t seem to care where he gets it. If | only he can hand it over to her for the objects that are dear to her heart and close to her pride she doesn’t ask a question as to its source. Sometimes I think that she would be willing for him to commit highway robbery if he would only hand over to her the sums she asks for.” Some people think this parable wise, and some think it absurd, but all who hear it think about it one way or another. In the East it is being discussed al- most as extensively as a speech by the President, and, judging from reports ¢hat come to us, the prevailing opinion is that benevolent societies ought to prac- tice benevolence at their own expense, to some ex- ‘tent, at any rate, and that the moral of the parable is applicable to more States than Maine. s e e e *The man and woman found sleeping deeply under the benign influence of gas may be glad that they re- covered, but there are times when publicity has its aisadvantages. A PARABLE FROM MAINE. OWN in the State of Maine there is a member Builtlers are not to be permitted hereafter to blockade the walks. That pedestrians have rights will be a genuine surprise to them. We are waiting to hear some Sacramento editor According to the mortuary reports from Manila there will soon be left no Filipinos to shoot at. exclaim, “Thank God, the Legislature has adjourned.” MARCH 17, 1899 SUPERVISORS GRANT RELIEF 10 SHIPPERS Extra Men for Fourth- Street Bridge. TO AID PASSAGE OF BOATS TROLLEYS MAY FORM A NET- WORK OVER TOWN. Representatives of Merchants’ Asso. ciation and Improvement Clubs Appear Before the Street Committee. The Street Committee of the Super- visors did not require much time at its meeting yesterday to find a way out of the difficulty regarding the opening and closing of Fourth-street bridge. This aid to navigation is under the control of the Supervisors, and ship-owners have pro- tested strongly against what they claim is an injustice to them in the operation of the bridge. This is a charge made by the bridge tenders for opening that struc- ture for the passage of a vessel after dark. The captains of coasting schooners must go through the bridge when the tide serves, and object to the extra charge, which becomes considerable in the course of a month. The matter came up late in the after- noon, and Chairman Algeltinger at once recommended that two additional men be employed to take charge of the bridge at night. He did not think the board should stand in the way of the shipping inter- ests. The remaining members of the com- mittee agreed with him. The committee will report favorably on the matter at the meeting of the board on Monday, when the desired relief will, without doubt, be granted the long-suffering shipping men. The Merchants’ Association swooped d(?wn upon the committee during the afternoon, and for over an hour indulged in rhetoric and extemporaneous elo- quence. The theine was the old one, the granting of franchises to the Market- street Railway Company for the new lines on Grant avenue from Geary to ‘Bush street and thence east to Sansome, and on Taylor, between Geary and Post. Their efforts were chiefly directed, however, toward the establishment of an electric system over the following streets: Sixth street from Brannan to Market, thence across Market to Taylor, thence along Taylor to Geary, to Grant avenue; Montgomery from Market to Jackson, thence to Sansome and along Sansome to Market street; Washington stre from Montgomery to Sansome street; Post street from Market to Leavenworth street, to City Hall avenue, to Grove, to Polk, ‘to Market, across to Tenth and out Tenth to Bryant street. The second petition, if g give the Market Street Rail pany franchises on Grant €n Geary to Bush and thence twardly to Sansome street, connecting with the net- work of trolleys and tracks provided for in_the first ordinance. The third petition is for the granting of a franchise to the Market Street Railway Company for a street railroad on Taylor between Geary and Post. The 8ixth Street Improvement Associa- tion and the North Central Improvemen:z Association came into the Street Com- mittee’s sanctum hand in hand with the members of the Merchants’ Association. The petitioners took their places against the wall and President Dohrmann sct ball rolling. He spoke of the necessity for rapid transit and pictured the slow- -moving horse car traveling along Mont- and Sansome streets, a menace ore of property dent Dohrmann siness and the In closing, Pre: prayed for the realization of the desires of the petitioners and that the Market Street Railway Company be granted the franchises at once. The present petition of the association and improvement clubs differs from the preceding petition on the same matter only as to the time limits for the com- mencement and completion of the work by the Market-street Rallway Company. Instead of one year for the beginning and three years for the completion of the work the new petition fixes a time limit of six months for the comencemert and one year for the completion. General Warfield, A. Sbarboro, H. H. Taylor, Lipman Sachs, Joseph Donahue, David Rich and others addressed the committee and indorsed the petition. All sorts of improvements were prom- ised by the speakers. They said the merchants on Montgomery street would pay half the expense of bituminizing that thoroughfare from Market street to Jackson. The Supervisors present—Kal- ben, Collins, Aigeltinger, Attridge and Holland—listened attentively, and finally decided to lay the matter over for two weeks. It is hardly likely that the committee will recommend that the petition of the association be granted umless the route be changed. The opposition to the fran- chises is that the new electric lines will cut too many street corners where traffic is_extensive. The communication received from the Health Department and the Superintend- ent of Streets in regard to the abatement of cesspool nuisances on the grounds of the Affillated Colleges were considered, and a resolution was passed empowering the City Engineer to prepare plans for a gewer system for the district bounded by First, enth and Parnassus avenues and H street AROUND THE CORRIDORS. a Fresno merchant, Charles Hazard, is at the Grand. Al Harris, a mining man Tdaho, is staying at the Russ. M. L. Durbin, a land owner of Napa Junction, is at the Grand. of Boise, Phil Baer, connected with the Earl Fruit Company, is registered at the Grand. A. B. C. Denniston, passenger agent of the Great Northern Railway at Portland, Or., is at the Occidental. H. J. Osborne, United States Marshal of the Southern District, has arrived from Los Angeles and is at the Palace. Dr. H. B. I avidson, superintendent of the hospital of the Iron Mountain Copper Company at Keswick, is at the Grand. John A. Gill, Pacific Coast freight agent of the New York Central lines, left for Sacramento and.other points north last evening on business. —————— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, March 16.—W. J. Bevan of San Francisco is at the Hoffman; E. E. Howard of Los Angeles is at the Bartholdi. R Lt S “Scorching” on Bicycles. In response to a letter from Paul M. Nippert, president of the Associated Cycle Clubs, ment of the ordinance passed about three years ago for regulating the use of bi- cycles, bicycle tandems, vehicles and ma- chines of a similar character, Chief Lees yesterday sent written orders to the cap- tains of all districts in the city instruct ing them to see that the ordinance was strictly observed, particularly in regard to “scorching.” Every bicyclist violating the ordinance will be promptly arrested. —_————— Proud of His Business. L. Lyons, 41 Third street, was the com- plaining witness in a case in acting Police Judge Barry’s court yesterday, in which | he charged Emil Horner with threatening | | | complaining of the non-enforce- | to kill him. Horner came from Buffal and ll’I\Il!::hasefl a half-interest in. Lyons' business. He soon came to the conglusion that he had been swindled, as there was nothing in the store but an old anchor and a few other old pieces of iron. i Lyons alleged that when Horner d;- Spvered the contents ui'as fioro was threatened to m, no evidence “:1 at:pportethe charge the Judge dismisse e case. Lygons elaimed that during last year he did’ business amounting to over ;:]wl:i' . He sold all kinds_of property, including floating islands in Mexico and other coun- tries, and he was proud of it. —————— NATIVE SONS’ HALL. Annual Meet‘i_ng of Stockholders. Breeze in Relation to a Director. The sixth annual meeting of the stock- holders of the Native Sons’ Hall Assocla; tion was held on Tuesday, with Pres(c!en James D. Phelan in the chair. There were represented 6634 shares. . From the report of Secretary Adolph Eberhart it appeared that during the year the recelpts were $12,754 40 and the dls; bursements, which included a note © $1050 to the First National ‘Bank, were $12,619 93, leaving a balance of . $134 55. The assets of the association are $144,- §25 48 and the liabilities $134.928 show- ing an excess of assets of ! 96 98. . tad The rentals during the year amounte 0 $13,165. tAs Committee was appointed to name directors. The committee presented a list of thirty-six names, which included those who were recommended by the parlors owning stock, except one. That was Co- lumbia Parlor. Tt appeared that among those named t})‘y Pacific Parlor was A. Tschantz, but the committee ignored him and substituted W. H. Hazell of the same parlor, who had not been named. A motion by H. C. Pasquale to respect the wish of the par- for and substitute Tschantz in place o Hazell led to an animated discussion, when some one suggested that Hazcll be | “thrun out” and Tschantz ‘‘put in, but the speaker was reminded by Chairman Phelan that that was very unpariamen- tary language. A vote was then taken and the substitution was effected. Then to smooth matters over many kind things were said about Hazell and he was placed on the board to fill the vacancy that oc- curred by ‘reason of Columbia not send- ing in a name. The new board of direct- John . Grady, Henry Lun N . Stovall, Frank W Marston, Morse, W. D. Shea, Charles A. James D. Phelan, A. Tschantz, . Looney, H. U. Hunsacker, % yhmy, 'Adolph Eberhart, Thomas B. Evans, Robert Wrixson, Hen- ry J. Seitz, Willilam E. Foley, G. H. 8. Dryden, J. P. Donovan, Henry S. Martin, David C. Martin, M. J. Sheehan, Carl Henry, H. G. W. Dinkelspiel, Lewis F. Byington, W. H. Hazell, Fred G. Norman, To."Bdward P. B. Troy, O. H. Ferguson, Louis Nonnemann, S. A. White, Charles 1. Buck, Joseph B. Keenan, Henry C. Pasquale, J. S. Lyons. NOBLE WORKERS AND GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS EMANU-EL SISTERHOOD ELECTS ITS OFFICERS. The Society in a Prosperous Condi- tion, V.ith a Brilliant Record of Good Deeds. The fifth annual meeting and election of officers of the Emanu-El Sisterhood was held yesterday afternoon in the vestry room of the Temple Emanu-El on Sutter street. Preliminary to the election the various committees submitted thelir reports, showing that the charitable organization has a noble record of good deeds accomplished, with no indebtedness and $2161 in bank to its credit. The various branches of the club, the sewing class, the employment bureau, the relief committee, the Kkindergarten and the mothers’ club are all noted in pros- perous condition nd extending their sphere of usefulness. B The latest adjunct of the organization, the young men's club, known as the Mac- cabeeans, under the direct supervision of Rev. Dr. Voorsanger and Rev. Dr. Nieto, was reported in a flourishing condition, with an active membership of sixty, the result of two months' organization. At present the ladies of the Sisterhood meet at 1310 Folsom street, but the extended | scope of the charity coupled with the rapid growth of the organization will shortly make larger headquarters an ab- solute necessity. The pet scheme of the ladies is to have a club house of their own, and with this end in view an enter- tainment to start a nucleus for the build- ing will be held early in April in the mag- nificent Concordia Club rooms. There was only one ticket.in the fleld. and the following candidates were elected without a dissenting vote: Honorary president, Dr. Voorsanger: presi- dent, Mrs. P. Lilienthal; vice presidents, Mrs. J. Lowenberg, Mrs. M. Esberg, Mrs. J. Voorsanger; treasurer, Mrs. Louis Gerstle; re- cording secretary, M M. Rothchild; cor- responding secretary, Miss Victorla Lillenthal; council of administration—Mrs. Charles Col man, Mrs. J. H. Neustadter, Mrs. A. Brown, Mrs. Leon Sloss, Mrs. A. 'A. _Adler, Mrs Charles Baum, .Mrs. I W. Hellman, Mrs. liam Hass, Mrs. J. S. Ackerman, Mrs. J. Davidson, §. Anspacher, Mrs. L. Mrs. H. Wangenheim, Mrs. B. Dreys Mrs. R. Kaufman. —————————— FIGHTERS FOR MANILA. The Ninth Infantry Is Expected Here Some Time Next Week. In line with the offensive campaign re- cently inaugurated by General Otis against the insurgents it is the purpose of the War Department (o send all the avail- able regular troops to the Ph\llelnes and Jace them_ at the disposal of General tis. The Ninth Infantry is expected here next week en route to Manila. It will be closely followed by the Twenty-first In- lmmry and a portion of the Sixth Artil- ery. Lieutenant George A. Deutchmendy, First Infantry, has been ordered to Sacra- mento for recrulting duty. First Lieutenant Cecil Stewart, Fourth Cavalry, has been relieved from {empora- ry duty at the Presidio and detaliled to act as quartermaster and commissary on the transport City of Puebla. Troops B and M, Fourth Cavalry, now stationed at the Presidio, will leave some time in April for the Natlonal Parks to do_ police duty. Their places will prob- ably be iu]?nl(l‘d by a part of the Twen- ty-fourth Infantry. his regiment is composed of negroes, but is commanded by white officers. ————— i ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. | POINT RICHMOND—M., City. Point Rlchlm(mL:x in the State of California is | on the shore line about si Polles from Berkgley. = x.and & halt DARK SPOTS—C. A. S., City. The dark spots asked about result from different causes and witnout a diagnosis of each hldl;;ldunl case it would be impossible to answer. GREAT GUNS—I. B., Kern City, Cal The weight of 10-inch guns In the United States navy is 27.6 tons; 12-inch guns, 45.2 goo%;nm-mchxgum, 60.5 t(ins. There are no - uns in the nav: L’nxtedgsmtes. val ordnance of the RELIABILITY OF FIRMS—M. C., Red Bluff, Cal. This department does not vouch for the reliability of individuals or firms in the commercial world. Such 2\;3%(4;)21’;5 2?11031;111 l}]e dérecled to mercantile Bcnes. ch there are two in San A QUESTION IN MEDICINE—Querist, City. 1t you will take the trouble to go to thf tI}:ree Public Library and consult one o e many works on medici fou wil obtal A" o Tnformation wae on e subjec forn, the s 't mentioned in your FRACTIONAL - CURRENCY—N., Ro- l‘inda‘. Fresno County, Cal. A plece of ractional currency of the denom of 10 cents that is badly worn has n‘on:;.!l?l: from a collector's standpoint. This de- partment is unable to find any informa- tion relative to a 30-c Breenback. CAN AN INDIAN VOTE?--A., Fr > 2 oo ench “C“a'mp. Cal. This correspondent asks: Can a native Indian vote in California?” There is nothing in the first section of article one of the constitution of the State of California, which is on the right of suffrage, which says that a native Cali- fornia Indian shall not have the right of suffrage, but, like any other voter, he must have the qualifications that are laid down in that section. In Mendocino Coun- ty, wherd there are many Indians, the rule is that full-blood Indians owning land and half-breeds are allowed to vote, ) PROFESSF CHARCED WTH PETTY LARCEN Accused of Stealing a Camera. CARL YOUNG THE DEFENDANT HE IS RECOGNIZED AS CHARLES J. CALLAN. Served a Term in San Quentin, Mar- ried a Wealthy Widow Re- former and Was Di- vorced. rl Young of the Pn:'dfland t Emporium and Photo Jewelry Manu- g\rt:lurh)l:; Company, 97 Misslon street, surrendered himself at the City }',’flsog vesterday afternoon, as he k_md lvd‘rne that a warrant was out for his arrest on a charge of petty lfllrcen}l The complaining witness Miss Helen Schulte, 311 Poik charges the professor with camera from her on February value of $30. The professor says it is a case 0! Professor Cal in the case s street, who stealing & 28 of the denfes the charge and ¢ spite work on the part of Miss Schulte, who is a partner with him in the art and jphoto business, but wants to. go into partnership with somo one else and betray the secret of his art. He purchased the camera from George Cassie, a friend, and only $15 has been paid on account. He considers [hv;lcame‘ra. h his as Miss Schulte’s and, as 1n- g(sr\?(l:hllgd by Cassie, he has been keeping it in his possession until the full amount is paid. . 3 rofessor has a history. His real Yl!;ln}lls ig Charles J. Callan, and in 1888 he kept a saloon on Pacific street. He got himself into trouble that year by enter- ing the saloon on Stockton street Kept by Bill Price, the colored pugilist, and fli’nglng a whisky glass in Price's face. The glass struck Price on the eye and destroyed the optic. Callan was arrested and on November 26 of that year got two years in San Quentin for assault wlth"a deadly weapon. He was released July 26, 1890. During his Incarceration Callan’s hand- some face and figure attracted the atten- tion of Mrs. Higby, the wealthy widow of an ex-Congressman, who lived in Oak- land with her two daughters. She was deeply interested in the reform of crimi- nals and took a special interest in Callan. She kept a home in Oakland for reformed criminals and after his release Callan went to live at the home. The widow be- came infatuated with him and they were married. Trouble soon followed, as Cal- Jan did not treat his aged wife with the consideration due her station. In fact, it was alleged that he was in the habit of beating her and an application for divorce followed. Callan fought the di- vorce and the proceedings caused quite a sensation at the time, as there was con- siderable property involved. The wife and her daughters were successful and Callan went in search of fresh widows to conquer. Callan denied his identity in the City Prison_after his surrender, but he was recognized by several people who knew him “and_spoke to him. le has now shaved off his whiskers and looks hand- somer than ever. Cruelty to His Horses. W. T. Hooper of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals swore to a complaint yesterday in Judge Gra- ham’s_court for the arrest of ‘“White Hat" McCarty on the charge of cruelty to animals. McCarty is out of the city and the warrant could not be served yester- day. The fourteen horses taken from Seventh avenue and B street Wednesday to the pound were handed over yesterday to McCarty’s foreman. The animals were not_impounded, but taken to the pound to be properly cared for and fed. Mc- Carthy’s son declares that the ‘horses were sufficiently fed and that his father can prove the allegation. —_———————— Custom House Boilers. Collector Jackson was notified yester- day by the Secretary of the Treasury that George H. Tay & Co. of this city had been awarded the contract to furnish new boilers in the Appraisers’ building for working the elevators and other pur- poses. The contract price is $3000, and ihe boilers must be furnished within 120 days from the date of the approval of the bonds. —————————— Cal. glace fruit 50c per b at Townsend's.* —_———— Bpecial information supplied dally to business houses and public men Ly the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. ¢ N e There was a sensational performance at Fillis’ circus in Cape Town not long ago. The infant daughter of Captain Tayior was_christened in the lions' den. After Taylor had gone through the usual per- formance the party entered the cage, and the christening was duly proceeded with, the name bestowed on the infant being Africa Fillis Taylor. B “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” Has been used for fifty years by millions of mothers for their children while Teething with perfect success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays Pain, cures Wind Colic, reg- ulates the Bowels and Is the best remedy for Diarrhoeas, whether arising from teething or other causes. For sale by Druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. %ic a bottle. —_———— HOTEL DEL CORONADO—Take advantago of the round-trip tickets. Now only 360 by steamship, including fifteen days' board at hotel; longer stay, $3 per day. Apply at 4 New Montgomery st., San Francisco. —_——— Ev?r¥l bee carries his market basket round his hind legs. Any one examining the body of a bee throuih a microscope will observe that on the hind legs of tge creature there is a fringe of stiff hairs cn the surface, the hairs approaching each other at the tips, so as to form a sort of cage. This is the bee's basket, and into it, after a successful journey, he will cram enough pollen to last him for two or three days. et i e ADVERTISEMENTS. 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