The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 6, 1899, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL THUKSDAY, APRIL 6, 1899 —_—_————_—-—————T———M house ¢watching to wanted assistance. The mate and two passengers were standing by a boat and I suppose the captain’s intention was to get into it. However, about two minutes later the Chilkat was broken into kindling wood and I sup- pose the captain was Kkilled in the wreckage. ‘“‘Second Mate see if anybody Charles Clyde and three sailors were down in the hold looking after the cargo. You see, some of the stuff was liable to shift in the heavy seaway and if not attended to at once the vessel would take a list that would instantly prove fatal. While these men were nobly attending to their duty the Chilkat turned over, and I suppose they lost their lives among the shingles. “I had been four months on the Chil- kat when she started on her last trip. iid not like the Humboldt bar and stayed below when we were ng it Night or day, rain or shine, I was always either on the upper deck or on the bridge when we were passing in or out. I knew every time we crossed the bar we were taking chance: you bet I was taking as few as poss The whole thing happened in eight min- utes. From the time the first roller struck her until she was strewn in kindling wood on the bar the second hand had only time to travel eight times around its dial, so you can im- agine how quickly the whole thing hap- pened. At eight minutes to 11 last Tuesday morning there was probably not a person aboard, outside of myself, who 1 a thought of.danger, let alone death, and yet at 11 o’clock a. m. eleven of them had passed to the bourne from which no traveler returneth. It was an awful catastrophe and came with awful suddenne % densed cream, 20 boxes apples, 8 sacks tallow, 40 bundles hides and 2 bundles furs, besides a quantity of mis- cellaneous freight. Considerable of the butter and some of the condensed mik and cream has already come ashore, but the greater part of it has been carried off by the salvers. The butter, it is understood, was shipped principally by the Riverside creameries, while the milk and cream came from the factory at Loleta. The shingles were shipped from the Baird mill. The wreck now lies about a mile north of North Jetty at low tide. This morning it was high and dry. Ap- parently all the steamer's upper works had been carried away, and nothing now remains but her original low hull turned bottomside up, and out of which it is believed the machinery has dropped. Still there is a possibility that there may be a body or two be- neath these planks, and to-morrow it is the intention of the life-savers to cut make an exploration of its interior. Public sentiment here is strong that the Government should award medals to Miss Lillian Shumway, Mrs. Captain Hennig and Mrs. McLean, who, with men on the beach. Medals should be . |awarded to these three women, who at the breakers and dragged three men | trom the very jaws of death. The Standard says to-night edi- torfally : If some criminal negligence is not chargeable to the officers whose duty it was to inspect the Chilkat and see that she had proper boats, life pre- servers and other appliances for sav- ing life in e of shipwreck, then we re badly informed. The life pre- servers which came ashore were water-logged and one of them was a | good load for a man to lift. Instead of cork, the manufacturer had used tules, which absorbed water and soon became absolutely worthless in the water. Who inspected these life pre- servers ani placed the Government appreval upon them? a hole in the bottom of the hull and | Rev. P. E. Peterson, rescued the three | the risk of their own lives rushed into | THE STARBUCK WILL NOT BE A TOTAL LOSS She Has Been Got Off the Rocks. [IS ON HER WAY TO PANAMA AFTER TEMPORARY REPAIRS SHE .’ILL COME HERE. | Alaska Packers’ Association’s Flag on the Front—Repairs to the Bat- tleship Yowa Nearly ) Finished. | _The Pacific Mail | Peru arrived from | ports last Tuesday nighit, with twels | cabin and seven stecrage pas | When the Starbuck went on the unc! | ed rock near Tiger Island it | the Peru that was sent to her assist- | ance. At that time it was given | that the Starbuck would be a total Company’s steamer Panama and way ioss, but the officers of the Peru say the story was grosely exaggerated and that the SRR B 5 Such appliances Howard Smith, one of the passenger: are worse than none, and $i shomid | vessel has bein got off and will be was in his stateroom lying down when | be considered criminal negligence cn | Panama in a fow days. A hole was stove ¢ RERAGODOROMDOAMBTAEOD AT OO AR A T e i sy 3¢ / 7 $ CLYDE // ® LIGH wt Howarp A ! TNER GriIEP SMiTH; /PackwooD ' ¢ / W % p v * 74 i @ 3y B O SIS D B e S o S g : ",A i"" / X/\» - e it i |- f B e S S e e e S SCE S S S S S Y B G S O CE SRR SECRE SRS SROSSNSONPAY SIX SURVIVORS OF THE CHILKAT DISASTER WHO ARRIVED HERE YESTERDAY. the Chilkat began to go down. *“The steamer was rolling at a great rate, said he, “but I paid no attention to that as it is a customary thing on the Hum- boldt bar. When a big sea came along and flooded my cabin I thought it was | time to get out, however, so I put on a life-belt and made for my door. fagtened, so I turned to the window. The steamer was then almost lying on her side, so I had no difficulty in getting | out. Then I found Steward Bohall and together we got into the boat. The next time I go to Eureka I will go by train and stage. No more Humboldt bar in mine.” It was Assistant Engineer Clyde Lightner's watch off, so he was in his room when the ship began to go down. Seaman Black was also on duty around the deck difficulty in getting into the port boat as she lay alongside. As they pulled for the sea, however, and saw the | seas rising up like mountains, | neither of them thought his. life was | worth an hour’'s purchase. One mo- ment they were tossed away up toward heaven on the crest of a mighty billow and the next instant, like an arrow from a bow, they would shoot down into the depths. It was a perilous time and a fitting conclusion to the dangers escaped. The rescued men cannot speak too highly of Captain Bash and the crew of the North Fork. Everything possi- ble was done for them and ten minutes after they got aboard dry clothing of some sort was provided for each one. As the North Fork came alongside Mis- slon-street wharf there was an anxious crowd awaiting her. Friends and rela- tives w there and some of them broke down when their last hope was gone. Captain Anderson’s sister-in-law was among the number. His widow was at home prostrated by the news that her husband was among the miss- ing. When the sister learned that Cap- tain Anderson | was undoubtedly drowned she fainted away and had to be carried‘to a hack and sent home. A few minutes later the survivors of the Chilkat disaster started for the agent's office on California street to draw\ some of their pay and the crowd that had assembled to see them land drifted away in search of another sensation. AL T NO MORE BODIES YET RECOVERED EUREKA, April 5.—No bodies haye yet been recovered from the Chilkat. | In the opinion of the life-saving crew it is doubtful if they will ever come ashore. The beach is still covered with wreckage and valuable pieces of cargo. The cargo, which was one of the lar- gest and most valuable yet taken from this bay by her, is practically a total loss. It consisted of 435,000 shingles, 8660 feet of lumber, 106 boxes of butter, 60 cases condensed milk, 60 cases con- It was | nd neither of them had any | the part of Government officials whose duty it is to protect life and property | on ‘the seas, as far as possible, by | seeing that such cquipments are relia- | ble, to pass them and allow men to perish with one of these sodden loads around his body. Some one should | answer to the Government for this | criminal negligence, to call it no worse. \COMMENT AND NEWS OF = ACTORS AND SINGERS week with “The Serenade.” will be the last of their “‘Robin Hood” for the bill. 'The Tivoli operatic spectacle, ‘‘Beauti- ful Goldenlocks,” 18 rapidly getting into first-class shape and geems destined for a { long run. The Southwell Next week season with company at the Grand | sar,” a most creditable production. Mon- day night will witness an elaborate re- Vival of “The Queen's Lace Handker- chief.” At the Alcazar ":rhe Charity Ball” will be retired with the closing of the wee in favor of a revival of “Humbug, | | | Roland Reed comedy that was very suc- | cessful at this house last season. The California reopens on the 17th inst. with the Rays—Emma and Johnnie—in “A Hot Old Time. Marshal Wilder, Kara the juggler, and Josephine Gassman and her coon prodi- gles are big hits in a remarkably strong | Bill- at the Orpheum, Agnes Herndon and- the Eastern stock | company are pleasin Alhambra in a melodrama named “Mar- | ried, Not Mated.” The amateur Trilby dance will be re- ‘genled at the Chutes this evening. Joe, | Bally and Congo have made a Siamistic hit in vaudeville. | Opera-houge on the afternoons of April 19 and 21. The prices range from $1 to $3. week following at cut prices. ——e CHINESE GAMBLING FINES. The Police Judges Meet but Fail to Agree Upon a Uniform Course. In view of the confusion as to fines im- posed upon Chinese gamblers a meeting of the Police Judges was held yesterday be advisable to agree upon a definite course of action so that the fines would pro and con, but no agreement was reached and each Judge will inflict fines according to his own judgment. It was pointed out at the meeting that the evidence, particularly in_thHe fnnun cases, was, ae a rule, altogether lacking, and in that case it was beiter to impose & fine of $5 or $10, which would go into the city treasury, rather than impose a heavy fine and havé the case appealed and the judgment set aside by the Su- perior Court, as has been the result in numerous instances. As it was belicved that the Judges would hold office only for this year, the term of the presiding Judge was reduced to three months so that each would have | the honor, and Judge Graham will be the | presiding Judge for the next three { months. ——————— To Cuze a Cotd in One Day Tuke Laxative Bromw Quinine Tablets. All druggiats roturd the woney if It fails to cure. genuine has Lo B, Q. on each The Bostonians are making out a big | will continue all week in “The Black Hus- | the patrons of the | Sauer will give recitals at the Grand | Rosenthal plays in the same theater the | morning to discuss whether it would not | be uniform. The matter was discussed | in her bottom, but after the other com- partments had been made water-tight the Vvessel was got off and beached. The | hole was then patched up and the Sta | r):‘llck lslluhr!::d for Panama. On her arri- | yal at that point temporary repairs w. | be made and the Mepacr S | on here for a thorough overhauling. Captain George Ankers of the schooner Oceania Vance is still missing, and his | friends _have about given him up for dead. The supposition is that When mat: ing his way down Long Wharf, Oakland | to his vessel last Friday night he fell be- | tween the stringers and was drowned, | In many places Long Whart | boarded,” and order to get past the in $ome work similar to walking railroad Martin, a longshoreman, was seri- ously injured on the United States collier Brutus yvesterday. A lump of coal fell on his hand n20d crushed the middie fin- ger in such a manner that at the Har- bor ~Receivillg Hospital Dr. Himmels- bach had to amputate it. The first finger Jyas also fractured, but the doctor saved | _The repairs to the battleship Iowa are | nearly completed and the warship will | come back to her old anchorage off Fol- | som-street wharf in a day or two. From | here she will go 1o Port Orchard to go | on the drydock, after which she will pro- geed to Manla to join Admiral Dewey's et. The fish-tailed house flag of th s Packers' _Assoctation I8 seen EL"RZ’,‘? available wharf, and never before in the history of this port have o many ves- sels been loudln%or a single firm at the | same time. At ward-street wh | the barks W. W. Case and Electra, | Howard bulkhead the steamer Kadiak. | at Folsom-street wharf the ships Tw Brothers barks Nicolas Thayer and Merom Folsom bulkhead the steamers Coilis and Karluk; at Harrison bulkhead the steam- er Elsie; at Harrison-street wharf the ship_Invincible; at Steuart-street wharf the ship Indiana; at Main-street the ships Bohemia and Sintram, and Fremont-street wharf the ship Lewelly t tal of seventeen vessels, As soon as the dock room can b b~ tained the following vessels will ebe;l)n | loading: The steamers President and | Gertie Storey, the barkentthe Willie Hume and the ships St. W H. Macy. There are four Sikhs from India on the steamer Nippon Maru that the Immi- gration Commissioner does not know what to do with. They want to enter this country to peddle a lot of silk that they | have brought from China. The duty on the goods, however, will take all their available cash and more besides, and the Commissioner is afraid that when the silks are sold the Sikhs may become a public charge. Nearly every one of thesa | natives is a soldier in the British Indian | army, and the supposition is that these are deserters. One of them talks Eng- | lish and he has a discharge from tne army, but the others have nothing to are going. They are a magnificent quar- tet of men, each one being over 6 feet high and built like athietes. The German bark J. C. Pfluger got away for Liverpool yestérday. C&plgm Hoever had been down with” the grip | and on that account the vessel was de- tained in the stream since last Thursday. He was almost well again yesterday. ——————— Died of His Injuries. Louis Robohm, & teamster residing at | 112 Morris avenue, died yesterday from | the effects of injuries received a few days ago by accidentally failing out of his t wagon. He was a native of Germany. [ ars old, and left a widow and chil- Coroner Hill was convinced that Rob- ohm’s death was accidental and allowed the body to remain at the residence. No autopsy will ba held. 2 out | B D S N N D DD S S0 WP A D S SO S S S e ill then come | is not | railroad cars a foot passenger has to do | Santa Clara, Oriental and tiie | wharf | J. Morse and the bark Coryphene—a to- | icholas and W, | show whither they came or where they | SEA LIONS T BE DESTROYED BY OFFICIALS Vast Herds Injure the Fish Trade. ROOKERIES TO BE RAIDED GAME COMMISSIONERS BELIEVE IT IS NECESSARY. The Views of Commercially Interest- ed Parties Will Be Obtained at a Special Meeting to Be ,Held Soon. The State Board of Fish .and Game Commissioners are seriously contemplat- ing a raid upon the great herds of sea | lions along the coast for the purpose of reducing the number. This subject was liberally discussed at the meeting of the ‘board vesterday and the sentiment was that these animals are getting too numer- ous for the good of the fishing industry | of the co Secretary Babcock called attention to the vast number of sea lions scattered the entire length of the coast and their destructive habits. From what he can learn an able-bodied sea lion de- stroys from 100 to 200 pounds of salmon every day during the run of these fish to the spawning grounds. When the num- bers of these beasts are taken into con- sideration the loss of fish must be greater than all that is taken for the canneries and consumed in the State. Commissioner Vogelsang stated that the sea lion has no commercial value and consequently has been permitted to mul- tiply until the numbers are so great at all ‘of the rookeries that the time has come for the commission to take some ac- tion. The average weight of these ani- mals is about 1500 pounds, but there are not a few of the old males that will turn the scales at two tons. Reports from the pilots and captains of coasting vessels show that the shores north and south of here and at the Farallones are alive with the useless creatures. When the salmon, which the State and nation are propa- gating at great expense at the several hatcheries on the coast, start to run to the spawning grounds the sea lions hast- en to the bays and rivers in large num- bers nd big fellows have been Eeen as Sacramento destroyin, en fish. The fishermen o and rivers have good cause to One of the creatures will kill fish in the nets in less than five and every year they destroy every minutes hundreds of dollars’” worth of \valuable nets. When the run is omr the sea lion does not eat all of the fish he Kkills, his favorite amusement being to kill by biting a piece out of each fish and leaving the re- mainder for the seagulls. issioner Gould emphasized the if the destruction of these ani- decided upon none must be r the seal rocks, as the law s these. In order to secure a gen- nion it was decided to call a spe- cial meeting in the near future, to which will be invited all interested in the matter of the destruction of preservation of the useless sea lion. Nearly all of the promi- nent fish packers and fishermen, as well as the professors at the colleges, will be asked to be present and give their views | of the Srn]mslllon to- reduce the herds | within fifty miles of this city, barrin | those at the Clff. It is conceded that al | commercially interésted will turn their { thumbs to the ground on the proposition { and pass the sentence of death upon the | creatures that destroy such vast quanti- ties of food fish 'LABORS OF THE GRAND LODGE OF WORKMEN | IMPORTANT LAW AFFECTING SUSPENDED MEMBERS. | SR is { touched ne | mals Considerable business was transacted at vesterday’s session of the Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Work- men. There was the adoption of an amend- | ment offered by J. T. Kidd of Eureka Val- ley Lodge, which enables suspended mem- | bers to be reinstated after physical exami- nation on payment of only one assessment |in arrears and the pending assessment at ion; one to pension members who have attained the age of 70 years was defeated; one authorfzing lodges to meet but once a month if 80 de- sired was defeated; two referring to the duties of financiers notifying the grand recorders of members who have not paid on the last day of grace was rejected, as the matter is already fully covered; one on the subject of reapportioning the num- ber of representatives to the Grand Lodge was defeated; one to levy more than one assessment at a time, but not to exceed twelve in a year, with a view to accel- erate payments to beneficiaries, was re- jected; and one relative to reinstatements after final suspension, offered by Mapleden of Fort Jones Lodge, was not accepted, as the same ldea was covered by the Kidd amendment, The recommendation of the finance com- mittee that the report of the grand re- corder from pages 42 to 52, and that of the grand receiver, be adopted was carried. The action of the grand master in de- ciding against the appeal of M. Mauer- ham of Occidental Lodge in the matter of sick benefits, and of Robert Calvert against Mount Hamilton Lodge'in the matter of obtaining a withdrawal card | upon surrender of his beneficiary certifi- cate, were sustained. The appeals of J. R. Fishbeck against Harmony Lodge and Henry W. Leonard against Weaver Lodge were referred back | to the lodges, as the papers were not in proper form. The case of Butler of Sac- ramento Lodge was referred to the com- mittee on arbitration. | The committee’s report on honored dead, with a eulogy of the services of the late Past Grand Master Brewer, was adopted by a rising vote. The report of the special committee to which was referred the report of the finance committee recommended that the estimated expenses be reduced from $5000 to $6000, that the grer capita be fixed at $160 instead of $175 and that the number of special deputies be reduced to three with an allowance of $180 each, to in- clude salary and expenses, also the rec- ommendation of a committee on exten- sion was made the special order for 10:30 o'clock this morning. In the evening a numbef of the repre- sentatives accepted the invitation of Unity Lodge to be present in B. B. Hall at an_entertainment and ball, and others visited Shiels building, where the de- | gree of Honor had an exhibition of the gegrse work by the Ivy drill team and a reception to the representatives to the Degree of Honor Grand Lodge. Deg;e; of Honor. The Grand Lodge of the Degree of Honor held its initial meeting in Shasta | Hall, Native Sons’ building, yesterday | with' Mrs. Evelyn F. Mayon, grand chief of honor, in the chair. The grand offi- cers were all at their stations and thore S praat about ninety representa- | tives. The reports of the grand officers were submitted and subsequently adopted and the Grand Lodge degree was conferred on thirty-eight past chiefs of honor. _ The report of the committee on laws amending the constitution was adopted. There were a number of minor changes. The most important change is that nere- after the usher and inside and outside watch shall be appointed instead of elected. To-day the Grand Lodge will elect its officers for, the ensuing year. The reporte show that during the year ten new lodges were instituted, that there | are now forty-six lodgés in the State with a membership of 1392, as against 1344 Jast xear, X | the time of readmi: LEES DEFENDS THE COURSE OF SERGEANT PRICE That Phantom **Sack™ in Chinatown. COMMISSION DEFERS ACTION GUNST OPPOSED TO “WHITE DEVIL.” THE The Latter Pays His Respects to Esola, Who He Says, Is Quite Devoid of Brains. After an animated meeting which lasted over three hours the Police Commission- ers last evening practically exculpated Sergeant Price and his squad of corrup- tion in Chinatown. For some time past rumors of Chine: gamblers being compelled to pay tribute to the police in order to continué running their games have been circulated for the purpose of injuring Sergeant Price, so it was claimed. The whispered mutte ings of corruption reached the ears of the Police Commissioners, who ordered Chief AN MACLAR INTRODUCED T0. SAN FRANCISCO Noted Author at the California. READ FROM HIS STORIES | DRUMTOCHTY TALES PLEASED THE AUDIENCE. The Celebrated Scotch Writer-Divine | Presented by President David Starr Jordan of Stan- ford. 3 The Rev. James Watson, better known this side. of the Kirkyard as Ian| Maclaren, made his initial bow last night at the California Theater to a San Fran- cisco audience. In some respects he is disappointing, but invariably pleasantly. In others he far exceeded the expecta- | tions of his hearers, who, sad to say, were fewer than the man and the occa- sion warranted. The annalist of Drumtochty would never be taken for a preacher. He has that cut | of the jib and some of that spread of B B e e o S S SO SeCRR 2 D400 000+000+0 4020+ 00000040+ 0+0+0 IAN MACLAREN Holds a Levee at the Palace Hotel. | | Lees to make an investigation. Yester- day he notified President Tobin that he was ready to report and a meeting was called for last night. After the routine business had been transacted Commis- sloner Gunst, whose antipathy for Price dates back to over a year ago when he arrested one of Gunst's friends for ob- structing the street, arose and referred to the rumors of a ‘‘sack” in Chinatown. “If Price and his men have accepted money from the Chinese gamblers,” he remarked with an apparent show of in- dignation, “I'm in favor of dismissing them from the force. Rumors of corrup- tion among the squad in Chinatown have been current, and it behooves us to make a thorough investigation.” Gunst then had the clerk of the board read several communications from Chi- nese gamblers in which the writers de- clared that money was being used to al- low certain games to run. Chief Lees defended the course of Price and declared that the Chinese were anx- fous to get rid of him because he was inexorable in his prosecution of the law against lottery and fan-tan. Commission- ers Tobin and Alvord, after listening to the reports which were read by the Chief and which were not given to the press, | after a consultation with Commissioner Gunst, ordered the head of the Police De- partment to further continue his investi- gation and report to them at the next meeting. S During the so-called investigation, which was held with closed doors, Ser- geant Price and his squad remained in the corridor contiguous to the meeting room of the Commissioners, anxiously awaiting the verdict. Price seemed . to think that he was to be sacrificed for no other reason than that he was in the way of Lieutenant Esola, who is anxious, he ‘says, of having him relieved of duty in Chinatown. “This is a diabolical scheme to get rid of me,” he.said. ‘‘Esola, anxious to run Chinatown to suit himself, has conceived the bold plan of accusing me of accepting money from the gamblers in order to carry out hlsdpm‘ o0se. I am no pinhead oliceman, and I defy even my superiors o say that I am not thoroughly acquaint- ed with police duty. It is different with Esola, whose ambition is to be Chief of Police. “He poses as an officer far above the rank and file of the department. There is one thing f® lacks, however, which is patent to évery man in the depeartment, and that is brains. Always anxious to throw dirt on me, he walts until myself and men are out of Chinatown, and, sum- moning his officers, he picks out an easy game and with a great flourish of trum- ets raids it. Only recently he raided a ‘an-tan game and failing get the nec- essary evidence he sent for an expert who opened the safe. In it he foun about $4000, which he booked as evidence against the unfortunate Chinese who were present. The principal gamblers of Chinatown unhesitatingly declare that at a recent raid Esola was supplied with beans, such as are used in playing fan- tan, and being unable to obtain any evi- dence against the gamblers he substi- tuted the beans and arrested the gang. He hed the audacll{ to book the beans he had taken into the place as evidence agajnst the imprisoned Chinese. I don't want to tell too much, but if he drives me too hard I will tell all T know. My report, which is in the hands of the Chief of Police, clearly proves that I am inno- cent of the charge of corruption. “I do not propose to have my honesty impeached by such a man as Esola, and E gemnnd a thorough investigation. My men were present ready to testify, but for some reason the Commissioners did not conclude to call them. his matter, as far as I am concerned, will be thor- oughly sifted, and at the conclusion Esola will be shown in_his_true colors. He has injured me enough. He must quit.” When Price was told of the verdict of the Commissioners he was warmly con- ratulated by his fellow officers in whom ge is held in high esteem. —_————————— Yosemite Valley, Via Inspiration Point, now open fér tour- ists. Roads in excellent condition. Now is the time to see. Yosemite stages run datly. Sleeping car to Raymond com- mencing April 9. Office S. P, Co., 613 Mkt.* = L. = 1 Child Study Club. Professor Walter Magee of the State University will speak on /‘Physical Cul- ture” at 3 o'clock Friday 4fternoon at the Oceldental Hotel. vited 1o attend. r side whiskers so intimately connected | with Chauncey M. Depew. The smugness of feature also associated with America’s | greatest after-dinner speaker is notice- able in the make-up of the author-minis- | ter. His voice, charming naturally, is ab- solutely entrancing when he puts into it the burr one would expect who has read his tales of Scots life. It clothes the lan- guage of each character for whom it speaks with the charm of life. It com- pels tears and forces laughter. It is easily modulated and never breaks and, more than all, its possessor did not find it mecessary during the whole course of the evening, to lubricate it from the pitcher or water so largely in evidence in this country with the lecture platform. Upon President Dayid Starr Jordan of Stanford University fell the honor of in- troducing the famous reader. That he did | it feelingly and well goes without say- ing. the audience venting its approval in take on the familiar tones of his creat- ures. For the best part of two hours it listened while he read. For most of the time it was in a mild state of titillation at his humor; at intervals it laughed ou right, and then, again, it mentally blew its nose as the minister did in ““The Fig ‘With Death” to hide the welling tear In the selections chosen last evéning Dr. Watson sought to portray three traits conspictous in the Scotch character: Love of learning, secrét romance and regard of duty. _To illustrate these traits he read “The Lad of Perth” and passages from the tales dealing with “Dr. MacClur:, “Jemmy Sooter” and ‘Post ““There are only two thin, “that a Scotsman really doe ebsolute reverence. One is that belongs to pure religion; the oti pure knowledge. “To the Scotsman, a prof charged with heavenly_body Latin and mathematics and philosor “Ilka scholar is something added to th riches of a commonwealth. And so on, he read, until those who ha not read his books must have been gl they had been given this i sight in them; and those who had were and gratified how the dialect w pleasanter to hear rolling charmed lips than to contem books. from platé in h Before concluding, Dr. W. something to say generally ~abo cters ip s books. waglar e e Tked, “they sald my charact vere tos ood to Hve. In America. you ;‘e?{xlxw‘uso pers, some of which have bee forvirard»gm me, said they were not g00c enough to go into a family. That shows (hat%n this country, in point of mm_n}n_ —or its expression—your information is igher than ours.”’ ; h%r. Watson wiil give a reading at the California Theater this evening Irom others of his stories. — - —— WELCOMED THE AUTHOR. “Ian Maclaren” the Guest of the St. Andrew’s Society. Dr. Watson (Ian Maclaren) was the guest of honor at a luncheon given by the St. Andrew’s Society yesterday at noon in the mapls hall of the Palace Hotel A feature of the entertainment was the many expressions of cordial welcome. ex- tended to the distinguished tor. Among those who made addresses fev"Br. T, C. Minton, Rev. J. K. Mc- Lean, Rev. Dr, Mackenzie, Rev. Dr. John Hemphill, Professor Joseph Le Conte and Mayor Phelan. Dr. Watson responded feelingly to the pleasant words of sin- re greeting. ce’rhoie who were present at the Iuncheon were: Geotge C. Adams, Rev. Ira M. Condit, Wil- tiom K exander, | “-orge D. Cooper, William Angus, F. B. Cherington, William Alvord, William Cralg, J. E. Baker, William A. Cald- well, Charles A. Bi L. F. Cockroft, C. G. Buck, C. K. Clark, F. S. Brush, L. H. Cary, §. D, Brastow, A. Cameron, Willlam Balnares, D. Edwara Coilins, Robert Bruce, G. W. Dickie, F. A. Berkin, . V. Dennis, Rev. H. H. Bell, Rev. E. R. Dille, E. E. Van Buskirk, Rev. H. H. Dobbiné, Edward A’ Belcher, Rev. Thomas F. Day, Harry T. Creswell, Willlam Doxey, Fred A. Doane, George Davidson, Hor- ace Davis, S. H. Friedlander, A. B. Forbes, Samuel Foster, David Farquharson, E. G Frisble, A. W. Foster, George D. Gray, Rich- ard Gratto, J. 0. Griffin, Rev. J. D. Hammond, D. W. Horsburgh, Rev. John Hemphill, David Hewes, H. Hathaway, Willlam B. Har- rington, Samuel Haslett, John L. Howard, James Horsburgh Jr., David James, §. P. | Johnson, A. S. Johnson, John H. Kerr, George | T. Kiink, Pro r Joseph Le Conte, Warren H. Landén, W. §. Matthews, Dr. William B. | May, Rev. Dr. H. C. Minton, William Me- | Murray, Rev. Dr. J. K. McLean, H. M. J. | McMichael, H. J. McCoy, F. H. McConnell, George B. McDougall, Dr. J. T. McDonald, Dr. M. J. McNutt, A acDonald, Rev. Dr. E. McClish, James M Lachlan, John , C. G. Paterson, J. W. J. Ralston, E. Robbins, Arthur Alex _Ross, J. W. Richards, Don- . Smith, W. F. Southart, James Scobie, E. B. Spalding, E. P. Vining, W. R. Vickery, O. F. Von Rhein, Robert Watt, Rolla V. Watt, J. M. Whitworth. The committee that had charge of the entertainment was composed of Dr. Min- ton, Dr. Hemphill, H. McMichael, James S. Webster, James McNab, Samuel Irv- ing, D. Edward Collins, John McLaren and Andrew Wilki —_———— TO ABATE NUISANCES. The Board of Health held a special meeting last evening for the purpose of transacting accumulated routine busi- ness. A number of complaints about the un- sanitary condition of Japanese bath- houses. were read. Health Officer O'Brien stated that it was his intention to close all such bathhouses which do not comply with -the sanitary plumbing laws of the Health Department. A complaint read sance created by the existence of a ca tle corral at N street south and Thi teenth avenue south brought forth a re olution by Dr. Fitzgibbon condemning the property. The resolution was unan- imously adopted. Dr. Bazet presented a report from Dr. Kellogg in which it is shown that the beds at the City and County Hospital are a culture place for all forms of bactcria. On motion it was recommended that the Board of Supervisors be petitioned to build a sterilizer for the purpose of dis- infecting the beds in a proper manmer. Health Officer O’Brien suggested that some provision should be made by quar- antine fumigation to prevent the spread of cerebro spinal meningitis. He said the number of deatis from this di Se about the n COURT OF Judge Shipman, Circuit Court of Appeal pany’s patent. is, in view of this decisi once. We again cauti Company or its agents. upon the package and All interested are in- = E] appliances. 0906080809 loud handclappings. Then it settled back | had increased from four in October to in its seat to hear the voice of the author | fifteen in February. 'ADVERTISEMENTS. wBY.. 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