The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 20, 1899, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JUNE 20 1899 or. JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Propriet Address Al Co mmunications o W. S. LEAKE, Manager. ..M 217 to 22| Stevenson Stree FPUBLICATION OFFICE arket and Third Sts. S. F 1868. rized to receive subscriptions. rwarded when requested. Eample copie ©AKLAND OFFICE 9038 Broadway MEW YORK OFFICE Room 188, World Building GED. KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. TANDS. a no, Unton TON (. C.) OFFICE Wellington Hote) C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE C.GEORGE KROGN! Marguette Building 88, Advertising Representative, IWS STANDS. ews Co.; Hotel BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open untll clock. 639 McAllister street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Misslon street, open until 10 o'clock. 2291 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 2518 Mission street, open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh open until 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open 9:30 c'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana open until 9 o'clock. —_— street, AMUSEMENTS. Theater—Vaudeville every afternoon roer Mason and Ellis streets—Speclalties. Panorama Co., Market street, near Eighth—Bat- THE MUNICIPAL CAMPAIGN. appeara es there is some pros- municipal cam- ot be overweighted The det San Fra heries of the ra rmined sco and ilroad in legislative deadloc of the extraordinary scheme of plunder by the Iway Company, have conclusively id ¢ are safe when the rolled by its best ele- tion is con better opportunity for a T e party, each | re elements of fusion Democ- and rants and ternal policy ms of monopoly, is ypocr It is and icuous exemplar in the United ious form of the boss system. ily selected and ntative element, in the strug- into the e Th other fo ndred, arbi cpression of the committee has probability will mittee of twenty-five or of itician nctions i . in which the influence of N predominant. The motive pow: erican precedents will be supplied whose conception of American poli- ed occasions, is his own 1 has at least affected some ent in American insti- and his organ have de- v applied imperialistic he hybrid political combination that, at Sacramento, welded into a grotesque n Socialism t can be elected in San if the Republican party is true Its intelligence, ts manhood have been vindicated a have excited the admiration of the It must not fail now. It must steer of the Huntington monopoly, of Dan er corrosive and disintegrating gh sta municipal tick les and to its history. g. whose purity is in- le, 1 serve on the committee that takes I charge of the campa The nominees for r st be thoroughly repre- sentative and honest--not doctrinaires, sentimentalists but Repub 1s—such as Abraham Lin- uld have indorsed, and whose names standing constitute a perfect guarantee that ously and faithfully deliberate for the h a convention will select an irre- rom top to bottom clean, strong r support. Citizens_of this, char- rom the ranks of business men, standing industry, free m every taint of demagogism a sacrifice and not an ition, will insure to us a safe municipal govern- t under the new charter and will be invincible at polls The signs, on the whole, are not unfavorable. will hearti for and to whom officeholding is Ths ; co-operate with all the decent ele- that are now manifesting ug- eve 2 Republican victory new era in local officialism. An the “Welsh Rabbi has been following hotter pace off than on the racing track. granted a divorce. e YR All hope &f an Anglo-American alliance is at an end. The London newspapers are roasting Tod Sloan because he floored a waiter with a quart of cham- pegne. It is not to be wondered at that Mrs. Mattie Crow- ley, in making accusations against her ex-husband, Crowley, the iceman, deals with cold facts. Square; | l}r%l Northern Hotel; | and | nglish court has found that Jimmy Michael, | His wife has just been | HAVEMEYER ON TRUSTS. | | S the habit of those who oppose tariffs and other | | /:\ devices to bring artifice to the aid of man is to I accuse of selfishness all who differ with them | | they cannot complain at a retort in kind. The free | | trade press of the country has been much reireshed | and reassured by Mr. Havemeyer's testimony beforei‘ on in relation to trusts and the ef- formation and the Senate comm fect of a protective tariff upon thei perpetuation. | *Mr. Havemeyer is a Democrat of the most straitest ct. Long before he organized the sugar trust, in- deed, before he was born, his family were merchants and importers in New York, and for generations fos- tered the importers’ aversion to a tariff. Their feel- ing of seli-interest made them Democrats and free- | traders. The present head of the house is like his for- bears, a free-trader, and a believer in the employment of foreign labor to produce for the home m:\rket.‘i In view of the high tariff on sugar one would expect | him to see his own interests and to support protec- tion. But he is influenced by his interests. He owns | great sugar estates in Cuba and smarts under the de- | nial of free entry to raw sugar. The Democratic doc- | trine of free raw material and protection to the manu- | factured article fits his case exactly. He can pmducei raw sugar by cheap labor on his Cuban plantations | d if it have free access to American ports he can realize more profit than out of the present sugar dif- | ferential rate of the Dingley tariff. Desiring to secure these benefits he denounced the | tariff as the father of trusts. If his position shall help ! | the free-traders back to pawer the cry of free raw | material will be heard in the land again and the Cuban blantations will be worked for all they can produce. Mr. Havemeyer will hardly deny this description of | his interest in the tariff issue. He is also perfectly | well aware that the tariff has been an impotent factor, | if a factor at all, in the maintenance of the sugar trust. | He knows that the trust flourished under the Wilson | tariff, which admitted raw sugar free and abolished the bounty upon domestic sugar. He knows, too, that other great trusts are independent of the tariff. The Standard Oil trust has flourished under all ad- ministrations. This country is the greatest petroleum producer in the world. We have oil to export and its quality is so high and its price so low that no one to enter the field with It is a fact in | economics that a tariff on an le which is pro- | duced in surplus and is compelled to hunt a market Petroleum might us. cares abroad is absolutely without effect as well be left out of the tariff schedules, for its con- siderable importation is impossibl The whisky | trust, one of the se of the trust family, older than | dard Oil or sugar, is another illustration. It controls not only beverage whiskies, but the high- The United States is the Our We wine and alcohol proc atest producer ¢ ohol in the world. od the world. co! 1. rye and wheat export it to Europe, Asia and Airica. The fruit and potato alcohols produ d are rivals scarcely felt in world's mark The invention of smoke- less po at impulse to the alcohol | trade, and Japan. China and Russia are drawing on us for high wines to be used in that manufacture. Within the fleet of ships has taken alcohol cargoes ir ncisco to Yokoha and Vladi- vostok and to Chinese ports. The export of alcohol from Atlantic ports, to be used for the same pur- pose, has been still ] As the articles covered by the whisky trust are produced in great surplus for ex- | rt it is certain that that com ected by the tariff ination of Mr. Havemeyer's remarks discloses a singular inconsistency, for he first declared ation is entirely un- that the sugar trust was born of the tariff and closed ing that the refined sugar had practically by compl no protection at all It is quite evident that Mr. Havemeyer knows more about the refinement of sugar than the refinements of | on. economic discus e | STATE ELECTIONS THIS FALL. | the time is rapidly a HILE the Democrats are struggling hard to’ find material for a national platform and an | issue on which to challenge the administration, | approaching when in several States they will have to take the field for the elections of the | fall. Their bewilderment and confusion increase as | the dates for opening the campaigns draw nearer, and | it is now evident that in every case they will make | such a contest as they can on Idcal issues only, leaving | national affairs to be dealt with as time and chance may determine next year, In six States—Iowa, Kentuc Maryland, Massa- | chusetts, Mississippi and Ohio—Governors are to be | elected. Pennsylvania will elect a State Treasurer | and two Justices of the Supreme Court. Legisla- | tures are to be elected in several States, but the con- tests are not interesting to the general public except in | New York and Virginia. The latter State is, of | | course, sure to be carried by the Democrats, but as | | the question is to be raised in nominating conven- | tions whether Virginia Democracy favors a choice of United States Senators by direct vote of the people, the result will be watched with considerable attention | by all who are interested in the movement to that end. It is said to be the intention of the Democratic leaders in New York to poll as large a vote as pos-‘ sible this fall, for the purpose of recovering the pres- tige of the State in Democratic National Conventions, | which was lost in 1896. It is the belief of Tammany | that if it can carry the State this year it will be better able to beat Bryan next year. For that reason the | New York contest is expected to be more than ordi- rily vigorous for an off year. It will be fought, however, solely on State issues if the Democrats have | their way, for neither faction of the party has any de- sire to take a definite position on any national ques- | tion whatever. The contest in Maryland will be marked on the Democratic side mainly by a determination to recover | | control of the State for the purpose of reviving thcv | political fortunes of Gorman and putting him in a | favorable position from which to aspire to the nomi- | nation to the Presidency next year. The recent elec- | tion in Baltimore has given the Gorman stalwarts rea- | sen for hoping to carry the State, and accordingly | they will make the fight not only with ardor, but with | strong expectations of success, and as there is some “dissalisfaction in the Republican camp, it will not be | surprising if Maryland returns this fall to the Demo- | cratic fold and Gorman emerges from his enforced re- tirement to assume again the role of a Democratic | | leader. In Ohio the Republicans have already held their State convention and put a strong ticket in the field. | The old factions in the party continue to exist, butsthe antagonism between them is less keen this year than it has been for some time past. No evidence of bit- terness has been disclosed anywhere except in Cleve- land, so that all prospects point to a sweeping Repub- lican victory no matter what ticket the Democrats put up, or upon what issues they choose to make their attack. In scarcely any State will there be much in the way of national politics involved in the campaign. There will be, of course, more or less talk of free silver, but it will not be fervent nor much heeded. It is going to | | | | no adequate means of communication with the outer | world had been provided. They set about opening | | vaal is increasing every day and they have nothing to A | lies in Philadelphia in need of help who would gladly be an off year in the fullest sense of the phrase so far as larger questions are concerned, and State poli- tics will have a clear field in almost every voting dis- trict where an election takes place. THE SITUATION IN THE TRANSVAAL. ATE reports from the Transvaal encourage the L hope that, despite the fiasco of the conference at Bloemfontein, the crisis in the contest between the claims of the Outlanders and the stubbornness of the Boers may pass without an appeal to arms. The British clearly have everything to gain by pursuing a waiting policy for a time at least, and the Boers can hardly hope to derive profit from a war. The controversy presents one of the most intricate problems of conflicting rights that can be imagined. It has been said that every legal right is on the side of the Boers, but every moral right on the side of the Outlanders; and the statement sums up the situation about as accurately as can be done in a single sen- tence. | The Boers went into the Transvaal, drove out the | barbarian natives and took possession of the territory | by the right of a higher civilizatior. ‘Where savagery had been, they established law, an extensive pastoral | industry and something of agriculture, with such | primitive manufacturing as is necessary to supply the ‘ limited needs of that sort of a community. They hold their country, therefore, by the double title of con-| quest and cultivation, and being a brave as well as a stubborn race are not afraid to defend it. i The Outlanders went into the territory and found that its rich mineral resources were not developed and mines, constructing railways, erecting factories and | founding cities. Having accomplished much in the| way of adding to the wealth of the Transvaal and in- creasing the value of the property of the Boers, and finding themselves heavily taxed, they demand the franchise and admission te a participation in the government. The Boers reject the demand on the | ground that if granted the Outlanders would out-| vote the natives, take possession of the country and | annex it to British South Africa. The issue arising out of such conflicting claims is | take the position that he must get out of | IS HE READY TO RESIGN? Press Comment on the Governor's Talk A Straight Tip on the Extra - Session. NOT A HAPPY GOVERNOR In “Down the Line” column of the| Los Angeles Herald The Call’s story con- cerning Governor Gage's talk of resigning receives extended notice. says: “All this talk printed of late about the Governor’s being about to resign office is not without some foundation. I do not dream for a moment that he will resign, | but I know that he would like to, beyond | question. Any number of times has he confided to friends that had he known just what the place entailed he would never have left the enjoyment and profit of his law offices for politics and that he | would be glad to get out of it ail if he could. But he is not the man to take his | hand off the plow handles until the end | of the furrow is reached, and he is just | irascible and obstinate enough if, at the | end of his term, his enemics attempt to | The Herald | the field, to go in and be re-elected or | run for the Senate, or something of the | like. It is safe to say that he is not par- | ticularly happy as Governor, but he will stick to_the game till the last card is| down. Uncle Neff will not have the task | imposed on him of running the State ma- | chinery if Henry can live out his term, | and he is pretty hearty. | A STRAIGHT TIP. A few days ago The Call with -much positiveness that Governor Gage will call an extra session of the Legislature. The Governor made a mild denial, but it is a noteworthy fact that his partisans have since been industrious- 1y educating public sentiment up to the belfef that an extra session is actually necessary. All the circumstances indicate that The Call had a straight tip.—Wood- land Democrat. EXTRA SESSION GOSSIP.| In view of the amount of gossip con- cerning an extra session, The Call has figured up the proba It finds that a session of thirty days would cost $129,000, sixty days $379,000. No one can tell how long the session might last and consequently what would_cost; but one thing may be con- sidered certain—any good it would accor plish would not begin to pay for the ex pense. In fact, the session would do more harm than good, aside from any question of expense. The people will hope that Governor Gage will stick to his announced days $250,000, and ninety determination not to call any extra ses- | sion.—San Jose Herald. MORE DEPOSITIONS | | IN THE LUNG CASE HABITS. i | Evidence to Prove That She Drnnk,} Cursed, Fought and Abused ! Her Husband at Hand. | not one that can be determined offhand. The Out- | ILinders have as much right to enforce a higher civili- | zation on the Boers as the Boers had to enforce their | civilization on the African. Moreover, the class of | citizens in any community that pays the larger por- | tion of taxes ought to have some voice in the levying cf taxes and in their expenditure. Against all such | claims on the part of the Outlanders, however, there | stands the unquestioned right of the Boers to defend themselves from conquest by immigration as well as | from conquest by arms; and it is certain if the Out- | landers are given a share in the government, they will eventua ake possession of it altogether. | The present crisis arises from the fact that the Out- | landers have become impatient and have petitioned the British Government to compel the Transvaal Gov- ernment to grant redress for their wrongs. Thus n} question has been raised as to the extent of the Brit- ich right of interference in the affairs of the republic | and that is a question that never fails to rouse the wrath of the Boers to the utmost height. | A little imprudence on the part of either Govern- | ment would at this time precipitate a war, but for- | tunately late dispatches give assurance that no im- | prudent act is likely to be committed. The British | authorities are aware their strength in the Trans- | gain by h: action, while President Kruger must | be equally aware that he cannot stem the advancing tide of South African development by war at this time. Both Governments are, therefore, inclined to peace, and each is strong enough to hold its people back from an armed conflict | \ THE CULTIVATION OF VACANT LOTS. association in Philadelphia has been follow- ing for two years the example set by Detroit of providing gardens for the poor, out of the va- cant lots of the city; and while the experiments have not been very extensive, considering the size of Philadelphia, the results have been highly gratifying. A summary given by the Philadelphia Record of the second annual report of the association says that | last year sufficient land for 162 quarter-acre gardens was secured and given for cultivation to 140 poor families, numbering 770 persons. Although the sea- son was not a favorable one for gardening, as a result of operations there was an average yield per garden of $60. The total outlay of the association for superin- tendence, seed, tools and incidental expenses was $2266. The total value of the product of the gardens was $9700. Each dollar spent by the association in helping its beneficiaries to help themselves was thus turned into four and a quarter dollars in their hands. As was to have been expected, the gardens were not cultivated with equal industry or skill, and as a consequence the results were far from being equal. teen of the gardens yielded an average of $100 each, while a considerable number averaged a yield of only $24 each. The association justly claims that the lowest yield is better than the weeds which would otherwise have grown on the lots. The old principle that half a loaf is better than no bread applies in this as in other efforts to better the conditions of city life; and moreover, a charitable investment that re- turns upward of three hundred per cent profit after supplying the needs of many families and giving em- ployment to persons who would otherwise have been idle and exposed to the temptations of idleness, may certainly be accounted a bright success. The association is so pleased with its work that it has undertaken it on a larger scale this year. The superintendent estimates there are a thousand fami- avail themselves of such gardens if offered. It is+the hope of the association to eventually gratify the full demand. The question of vacant-lot gardening there- fore may be considered as settled favorably, so far 2s Philadelphia is concerned. It is to be noted that the work in that city has been undertaken and is managed by a private association, and not by politicians or municipal officials. Perhaps that may have had much to do with the excellent busi- ress methods of administration and the good results obtained. There is little wonder that the Spaniards fled from the charge of the Rough Riders at Santiago. One of the Rough Riders now has a job in a little Kansas town shooting waterspouts and cyclones out of the way. Governor Gage says that he will soon have dis- tributed the last plums of patronage within his gift. The State should be thankful that there is an end to every evil. Dispatches from London, reviewing the advance of American enterprise in England, contain the informa- tion that the shoes made in this country are having a walkover. _ What's the matter with Hanna now? Nothing, ap- parently. There is no strike on his line. | the complaint. tion. Fin | Dr. Lung to keep Mrs. Lung away from | warm for you.” |AROUND THE Depositions of the friends and acquaint- ances of Dr. George A. Lung are piling up and will be used by him when his action for divorce from his wife, Elizabeth Lung, comes to trial before Judge Hebbard. | Yesterday a demurrer to the plaintiff’s | complaint was overruled by Judge Heb- bard, and Mrs. Lung must now answer Issues will then be joined and the case will go to trial. After the matter of demurrer was dis- posed of depositions lately arrived from the East were opened at the request of the defendant’s attorneys. The first was that of Charles H. Rockwell of Beaufort, S. C. He deposed that he had seen M Lung at Port Royal, §. C., on several oc- casions, and dlthough she acted strangely he could not swear that she was in cated. “‘She was always vivacious said. “She might have been angry, but 1 can’t swear that she was under the in- fluence of liquor.” John Surman of the United S rine Corps at Port Royal te . Lung came to his house on ly_the witness implored his home, as he did not believe her to be a fit_associate for his wife. heard that Surman told her hus her intoxication and she approached the witness and him how much_she owed him. She drew it from her pocke sting it into his hand, said: ty marine, | I don’t owe you anything now, and you may depend upon it I will make things In conclusion the witness said that he saw Mrs. Lung drunk five times in six weeks and while In this con- | ditlon she cared nothing for her actions, | | reaching the lowest depths of abandon. | fled to the same facts as_brought out in the deposition of W. A. Mackenzie of Scroon ke, N. Y. He said that he saw the| couple at Beaufort, S. C., his attention | being called to them by the intoxication and profane language of the lady. . He afterward saw them in the train, and without warning Mrs. Lung assaulted her | husband, slapped his face, pulled his hair, dug her nails in his cheeks and wound up by throwing a bunch of wet flowers in | his face. Through it all Dr. Lung sat in deep humiliation, but never raised his hand toward the woman. Finally he was | forced to call upon the witness for pro- tection, and Mackenzie promptly quieted her by threatening her with arrest. An- | other batch of depositions will be opened in a few days. Patrick Wall tes and a new line | CORRIDORS Somers B. Fulton of Santa Rosa is at the Grand. Dr. T. A. Reables is down from the Vet. erans’ Home. { Paul M. Nippert of San Leandro is at | the California. | Bobo Radovich, a wine man of San Jose, ! is at the Occidental. | L. D. Dale, a druggist from Los Ange- | les, is at the California. « | W. M. Hollenbeck is registered at the | Lick from Pacific Grove. George P. Simpson., a lumberman frDm‘ Stockton, is at the Occidental. Senator Robert N. Bulla came up from | Los Angeles yesterday. He is at the Grand. 1 John F. Carrere, secretary of the State | Lunacy Commission, is registered at the | California from Los Angeles. —_— e———— CALIFORNIANL IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, June i9.—H. R. Cooper of San Francisco is at the Hoffman. Joseph L. Hess of San Francisco is at the Hol- land: Charles Goodale and wife of San Francisco are at the Fifth Avenue. George H. Bell of San Francisco s at the Bartholdi. Fred A. Whitmore of San Jose is at the Netherland. Miss King of San Francisco is at the Manhattan. Mrs. G.| E. Gridley of San Francisco is at the Em- pire. B CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, June 19.—Professor W. J. Hussey and wife of the Lick Observa- tory are at the Wellington. William H. Story of San Francisco, is at the St. James. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hamlin of San Francisco are in Washington visiting relatives. They will sail for Europe on July 1. —_————— THE MASONIC HOME. First Two Orphans Were Received There Last Sunday. The Masonic Widows' and Orphans’ Home at Decoto, Alameda County, is now in full operation and ready for occupancy. ‘Lhe first orphans admitted were received last Sunday by the superintendent and matron, Dr. and Mrs. Afken. The little ones are George Arthur and Cyrus Iay Needles, the 12 and § year old sons of the late A. P. Needles, who was a well-known lawyer of this city. Arrangements are be- ing made to admit six more before the close of the week. —_— Victims Want Damages. Isaac T. Hinton filed suit yesterday against the Market Street Railway Com- pany to recover $22,000 damages for per- sonal injuries sustained June 19, 1807, at Kearny and Market streets. Harvey S. Malone also asks damages in the sum of $15,000. The plaintiff alleges that on April 10 'last he was taken with an epileptic fit on an Ellis street car. While in that condition, the car having reached How- ard and Fourth streets, the motorman ordered him off the car. He was unable to respond and the conduector and ip- man deliberately threw him off, head foremost. He was severely injured in consequence, and hence asks for $15,000 damages for the brutal act of which he was the victim. had the court taken either side to have her care and custody, but ir imuch as Mrs. Crowley was her moth and might through ner baby's influ lead a more quiet life, and since the li | mine, but somebody’s else hat,” nor “Th, MRS. CROWLEY IS TO KEEP HER CHILD | ALL AGREE AS_‘TO THE LADY’S JUDGE DAINGERFIELD RENDERS A DECISION. The Father's Offer to Support His Baby in a Convent Is Not Con- sidered by the Court. The contest betw bookkeeper of the Union Ice Compan: and his former wife, Mrs. Mattie Cro ley, for the custody of their five-year-o dal{ghle!‘ was concluded before Judge Daingerfield yesterday morning. Mrs. Crowley was granted the custody of the child until the further order of the court. The parties to the action were prolific in their charges agalnst each otk nd 3 seriously it is certain that a third person would have had the care of the child for some time to come. After counsel and litigan bad concluded their battle Judge Dainger- field de the cas He said t ed that the chil practical , although aged 5 years. the court held that he b grandmother to be a proper perso one could not be aware of the matte: presented to the court, he would not change the decree and hence allowed tk child to remain with her mother. M Crowley offered to y $20 a month for maintenance of the child in nvent or a seminary, but the d to interfer —_———— { ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. MONEY TO D \\'S’Lfi'\i—(; R. M., Oak- land, C A secure way to send money to Dawson is by postal money order. GORILLA — F. M. C., City. never was a gorilla on exhibition at the Chutes of San Francisco, but (h&l”l"[ ; what was known as “The Gorilla Man, THE SENATOR—A. S.. City. steamer Senator that recently left San Francisco for Manila has not had her name changed. She does not belong to the governmen LIQUID GAS—H. C., City. As the matter of liquid gas is yet in a state of experiment this department is unable to obtain information as to the questions asked in relation to the and the flasks in which it should be contained. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIL J. B. R., City. The constitution of the Knights of Pyth- ias confines the membership of that or- der to the white race. I])‘here are no lodges of colored men in Chicago that are working under the constitution of the Knights of Pythias, CORRECT SENT not grammatical to The say, s is not mine, The phrase * ary meaning takes a pos: the end of the phrase, a body else’s hat.” e PENSIONS—Subscriber, City. s nothing known to the pension offic. as “retired army or nav officer is retired on haif p: tit to pension. If he omebody e if one word, and properly he a_pension-ar officer his widow is entitled to the amount | of such pe n .as he received, and :f there are any children, each child under the age of sixteen is entitled to $2 month, that is jn addition to the amour paid_the widow, until each child ha reached the age of teen. = ® SAN LEANDRO BAY—R. B., Alameda, Cal. There is no record of the difference | in time and tides between rort Point and | San Leandro Bay. | To obtain such the individual desirin have to make observations at fthe bay and note_the difference »ith obseérvations | | at Fort Point. The nearest point to the bay named at which observations have been taken is alameda. There high water is eighteen minutes later than at the point and low water fifty-four min- utes later. The difference in height of tide is eight-tenths of a_foot higher at Alameda tenths of a foot lower. announced | it] There | ve case (with a suffix) at | Ch pension officer”” of either the | per | the information would | tuan at Fort Point-and two- S, STANFORDS SPLEADID I O TOILeS Cancels Five Thou- sand in Bonds. PART OF BIG DEBT ERASED SOME OTHE;’—;ONDHOLDEBS EXPECTED TO FOLLOW. Directors of the Olympic Club Are Grateful and Will Show Their Appreciation to the Donor. S of the Olymple Saturday with Mrs. Jane Stan- The board of directors Club were presentc 5000 of thefr own he ford was the donor and her cancellation of the debt due her by the club was a surprise which the directory will long re- member. When the present club building was erected bonds were issued as security to the subscribers of stock. Since the issu- ance the bonded indebtedness has | mained at the same figure which it as- | sumed originally. A fair rate of interest | was paid the holders for many years, but | the financial condition of the club was such that little hope existed for the can- | cellation of the bonded indebtedness. The subscribers were chiefly the big capital- ists of San Francisco, and they put their money into the club not as an investment but rather to serve some public municipal end. James G. Fair and others of the big mining contingent subscribed freely. The stock was never put upon the market and has no marketable value. Should the bondholders determine to press the club for the payment of the money which has long become due it would of necessity force the Olympic Club out of existence. At the beginning of this year the di- rectors decided not to pay interest on a great portion of the bonded debt. The ajority of the holders gave an acqui- nce to this action of the board. There wever, who objected stren- uously to this sacrifice of their rights. The matter was finally adjusted without the necessity of the payment of the in- terest. | The generosity of Mrs. Stanford in the ation of the $5000 of the club bonds n the occasion of many encomiums > club’s board of direct- | This is the first big cancellation of Dlympic bonds since their issuance ten | were some, h vears ago. While the bonds were prac- | tically valueless—for no holder cared to force a sale of the club property—the board of directors feels deep obligations tanford. It is : generosity of Mrs. expected that many other large bond- holders will follow the course set by her. Should the Olympic Club be freed from this heavy incumbrance by such means it will bé on a strong financial basis again. Mrs. Mohrmann’s Will. will of Mrs. Catheripe E. Mohr- died on the 1Sth inst., Decedent nd personal prop- ). Annie Coffey grandchild, are for pro éd propert ity at Broad- and Kearny and lands in San 1 San Jose. A number of small harities . The re- Cahill of to Catholic ¢ he testatrix. Mrs. sidue to ‘Watertown, Mass. e [ Cal.glace fruit 50c per 1b at Townsend's.* —_———— goes Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping reau (Allen’s), 510 Mon! gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. ¢ | —————— Suit for Slander. | Suit was filed vesterday by John T. | silva through his attorney, George D. Col- | lins, against M. J. Scanlon to recover $5000 damages for slander. It is alleged by the plaintiff_that the defendant applied sev- ral indecent epithets to him without cause. Hence the suit. s e Reduced Rate to Detroit and Return Over Northern Pacific Railway. The C. E. convention will be held in Detroit y The Northern >, al route, as it was in 1897, when the conventionwas held in San Franci Over 10,000 people returned | Northern Pacific, and they were loud in the praises over the many beauties seen along the line. 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