The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 9, 1899, Page 14

14 THE SAN F RANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1899 SAN MATEO FIGHTING A 1OB OF GAMBLERS Colma Aroused in Opposition to the lnco_r&ation. | People of the County Demounce the Scheme of ihe As+. sociated Pests as an Unparalleled Qutrage Which Will Be Bitterly Resisted. is on in San Mateo | fluence to induce the Supervisors of San C zens of every clas | Mateo to adopt a resolution prohibiting 3 ssional men, arti | gambling on horse races, except within Y : a racing inclosure, in the county. | and of ho! horde of K s and gamblers who lies th andr | This victory has now proved to be a hoomerang for Buckley and his follow- ow want to do the very thing ved ers jeve e preparing to cross from this which they prevented the other gamb- ele little town of Colma, lers from doing. In the face of impend- ot it as a city ofl ing disaster to all their interests they | have united and have secured control which this craftily | of tha new coursing park near Colma. aroused is without | The land is owned by John D. Daly and From | ex-Shertff Kenney. They have leased it to Henry Schwartz, who has ai sociated with him Chris Buckley. Billy Har n, Sam Newman and R. E. de 1 evil that to San Fran- | B. Lopez. et ng the raid of the Inglesi These men do not want the park for The record of ne and | coursing, except as a blind. They want a gambling hell for wagers on the Eastern races. They want it as an establishment for all sorts of gamb- G e e et e N el o8l h for the people of » of their own, ling, but under the law of San Mateo | % id the pe hey cannot use it for that purpose. P ’ ascals who are | When Henry Schwartz wanted to erect | § & uy town, and, | a gambling pavillon in San Mateo |38 own making, do s | County he offered to pay a license of | $ es dictate. 3000 a year. Now he has a coursing i" reached a crit- | park with $600 a year license and the | g and social out- | law’s barrier. | e trade under the| Ryckley's fertile brain reasoned that | sk of g have been driven | pore was but one way out of the dif- 3 P san leaving Dbehind | qoyiy and that was to Incorporate | % 1 at sweeps throush the | oo1p a0 a town of the fifth class, give | 83 3 nto the Morgue. They have by, oo 0 the rights of gambling. So | & 1 rom pillar to post and WL | g 1oy wag hatched. Touts were sent | 4 s isalito. In to Colma to encourage the scheme and | 8 ¥ ed toward to delude the citizens into accept- ; o' lance. It was said that after the lit- The ump e town was corporated a revenue of even | Petween $30,000 and $40,000 would flow Sy. | into its coffers. 1 of the 1e did not that this 3 am would be >d officer ud in thei o hosen 3 slled by the gan S. putable or | howed how every carriage pa x through the n could be com- : d to pay a tax of $6 a y but ! ¢ did not show that this tax would filtered into the hands of gant town officer But the peopl e not de tend the ang rava- | PR AR SRR AR AR R AR R AR SR S AR S R of the town of Colma d. They re ed to | st meeting which the touts Colma’s citizens knew ey would have no voice in the g and even if they did they would have no material part to play in | the proposed election. They knew that floating vote of employes at the t neteries and a mob of roustabouts | hey | would imported to carry the| blers into power. The little town would be absolutely at the mercy of the T »m San Francisco. standing the opposition of the tt eetin ot- men be Colma the gamblers are de- ined to win They have taken the r into their own hands entire | e citizens of Colma could not be ided into co-operation and to-night ¥ propose to ask the Supervisors for privilege of a spe lection. The roposed area of vill be nd the Tble town | $ :en Holy Cross Cemetery | an and the northern line of | If the Super county. S permit Betietietiete WHY MARK THALL WON'T GO TO PARIS ARK THALL and Fred Belasco have been shaking dice. Al- though to those who know the gentlemen in question this may not seem a very surprising state- ment, there are circumstances sur- rounding this particular episode which add to it a special flavor of interest. In the first place, both the actors in the little drama, though each is gifted with a vivid imagination, tell the same story regarding it; and in the second place, the result means that Fred Belasco is to take a glorious trip to Paris, revel in the delights of the exposition and, visiting London on his way back, bring home with him a quartet of English dramatic lights to add luster to the Alcazar stock com- pany. The shaking of the dice was Belas- co's own idea. It was he who evolved the dual plan of business and pleasure and proposed it to Thall, who, being ordinarily the traveling member of the firm, assented to it with alacrity. It {s an excellent idea,” he sald, and 1 will bring home some actors who will make the Alcazar falrly scintillate. Likewise, I will bring you a necktie from Parls, Fred, plcked out with an eye single to your own I" culiar but ~ irresistible tyle of eauty.” “] prefer to buy my own necktles, returned Belasco, with acerbity, ‘‘and besides you've already b to' New it's my turn to travel now, and I'm willing to sacrifice myself for f the theater and endure all of mal de mer while you happy right here~ at the good the miser home “I ain't terse & e " declared Mark, e vou think you can trip to that superheated ho great metropolis as a you can't. That was a llment of purg: and now t something differs The theater pays the bills, so it can't mat- ‘'m the walking dele- \ciation, anyway.' » waxed so loud that peo- ter to you; nd I the outside thought Belasco aining a new soubrette, but a bright idea occurred to the proposer_of the expedition. Say, Mark, suggested, “don’t Jet's quarre] about a measly thing like a trip to Paris—let's shake for the deal.” : All right,” returned Thall, who is usually particularly fortunate when he and Belasco go out together and shake for icecream sodas, root beer, ale, pink lemonade and such and so the two got the “ma which has long been pr r their valuable curios and proceeded to_ settle the matter then and there. Each was to throw i ve times in rimage to Paris, dent of victory, 1d thr r, three, rapid s ne r{u\\'n to the trunk fac- order the finest kind of a to the in- ted subordinate who was watch- game, nd ve the letters ,ut on it artistically in several started six and e -leather trunk,” he sa tory tere ing the M. T.p e > The next throw was a deuce, then et et et et mbling, and as the incorporation of the election to be held they will do g8 ma is only a means to the end of st e. They against the earnest protest of e de- | bringing in a horde !”f fn‘r]nhm-z ;:udm:f S « ) of | ce i 5 2 | 500! siTig ost decidedly oppose 0 % ul‘ B iy cent ment in the entire county. | 4pon U ,’n,,".r:fnl‘m-”r oration, Of course : . vould have added 10| Their action will be the official inaugu- | | have heard it said that the people of t d would | ration of a reign of crime, degradation | Colma are the best judg of what affects They and death in n Mateo County. e IN BITTER PROTEST. will dr in on | 1 1ie Outrageous Scheme in | asking the ‘itizens of San Mateo Denounce b themselve appears wher agement of ment of gambling g but that consideration all dis- it is clear that the encour- gambling and the establish- ames is the real end e Call is unquestion o Ih& a good work. is on foot for I view. that point and is doin know that the scheme have heard of it before. Coroner Claude Fox sald that P Depu! 10 Ve h Unmeasured Terms. u,..n'. s no question that giving the t ir . i gamblers W th seek at Colma Un th g2 REDWOOD CITY, Sept. & —Chris < Y trick of incorporation, would i * this th ot be good enough for San Mateo Coun- rough t )te on v, the “blind white devil 0 s | ha San Mateo County. No good could rd Monday of | henchmen will not get through his A,.:,,.m,. 31;:'7\ of it. Some more :n::nhei‘s‘ rr;\l;zln“l;? ; do vote upo; r the incorporation of Co 5 ade for the Coroner, but that was besaiaies s e e e made for teht for by the public. He is P s ; & Uty opposed to incorporation. oF Fumabl| s d thugs that other coun-| "y 3. L. Ross, president of the Bank eves and | t1°S + 1f the opinion of the | an Mateo County, said that he could of the = 0 Co can influence vor any move that would lead to S e : upe “Dumnable,” | t stablishment r;f!)m;,;«]finrr;::;l:;‘:yr:::::s, W know d one prominent citizen of Redwoo & does not oppose tima ors| - etpBatically | ity oila iesen ot R oen | \1":',; 1S A o doubt that a vietory for S i | g X | amblers at Colma would have a bad ie and are fighting | hat I8 too bad for San Francisto,” | the & T e With this | aid Rev. Father Conlan of the Catholic | ot be favored by the good peopie of ¢ San Ma- | church, with fine sarcasm, “surely can.|San Mateo Coun | John Glennon ness maker, said: I 3 t Incorporate Colma 1 s0 he | know that it T been said that San ous scheme S0 put the w th 4 b gamblers { sower? s outrageous ateo County has been slow. T am g hell out of tnis i | SLRUST ARSI L 18 outraseoust Maleo or of progress (7) of the sort pro- with the San Fran- | Congresationat chuceh. rihaitaf Of the| g by the gamblers and their follow- it ongregational church, “that there could | grs. I do not think there is any one in n against the evil of | be some neutral place like the middle of | Redwood City who will favor the the gamblers were | the sea, where these gamblers could be | scheme.” T city some of them | taken to and dumped in all together. It| ‘‘There is this about it sald Judge ing of ( | would be infamous for the Supervisors of | Hannon, and all honest people in Colma oA 1 S ; a sors of | 010 pay taxes will find food for reflec- went to Sausalito and createc | thiS county to act in any way that can | {10 N0 ngidering his words, “the people nonoply of their own. shutting p the gamblers to locate themselves in up there will have to pay much larger ut several S e e R commit their nefarious acts. | taxes if Incorporation goes through. They out & r own disagreeablt {1 do not believe that they will dare to do | will still have the State and county taxes foibessshesgutcated ous s Snenttn g Nty to pay and also s town tax: fo that Mateo County rected a gambling; Still, there is a feeling manifested would also have to be added the expense lion, but Buckley had sufficient in- L”‘”fl n§ gpprohynsmn. of fear n.algm,. of pn.\}l‘relgn}n::lo n"f(}:_‘ialr i, i,l;‘(}’z:;gfly;r:’l oard of Supervisors may aid in the in- | Was one. R > th corpe 0 %t at Colma people were the corporation of Colma; and there are no | the opinion that COWME ORI Niq%ss, two opinions concerning the purpose of the proposed incorporation, which is sole- Iy to give the gamblers who hav &l driven out of the other « the bay full swing in this count T re no members of the Board of § best ones to se den of gambling games. Mr, Maar of the Redwood Con- egational church did not harhor any lusion that the honest people of Colma Iv desire to be saddled with the bur- 0 He was satisfled Rev. residing here. The full list of | that the gambl were back of the of ‘the board and their res. | scheme on foot. “I wish there was some dences are hercwith given, and it may se | neutral place” said the Rey. Mr. Maar, well for the public to bear the list in | ‘where gambiers could be taken out and E ES AOBIMOLY:S dropped into the middle of the sea. You | | P. H_ McEyoy. Menlo Park; J. H, Cole- | need have no doubt where I stand, The somsmmesww® | man, San Mateo; Howard Q. Tilton, | gamblers should not be allowed to get |l | Baden; Joseph Debenedetti, Halfmoon | into Colma.” ? .\ (§ |Bay; Jonn McCormack, Pescidero. It is recailed as a m‘u‘:(l‘er";anr:“};lesrlsorfi\'p:;; | ntil they can be personally reachee this point that when e 3 ) |F | which is not possible to-night. it 'vakllnfif o fhe some games in San Mateo County | be =aia how they will stand o this very | something more than & vear ago Rev { important matter. Y| Mr. Maar and Rev. Mr. Hester, thc pastor | “Scores of representative citizens of Red-{of the Methodist church of Redwood, pre: | wood City were interviewed to-day. Not | sented a petition asking that the pest | one was found who would say that he |should be abated. That was not the pres- e &0 thought that it would be a good th ? intrench the gambler at 1E’nlma h’;"xllsm‘ | dodge of incorporation. One or two were | found who said that perhaps the people of Colma were the best judges of their own interest in the matter of incorpora- tion. They did not know or wholly ig. nored the fact that if incorporation could = be brought about, Buckley, Schwartz, | Harrison and their gang would surely own the trustees and license all the gambling games. Not one of these who say that it would be a good thing to have gamblers and blacklegs in control of one end of the county. Every one recognized the fact that there was danger. One of the best interviews had by The | Call's representative with leading citizens was with Rev. Father John G. Conlan: “] have heard of this move to have Colma incorporated. If I were not {1l I would be out agitating against it. My opinion goes with that of all the good people of San Mateo County against BREAKFAST aggravated shape than is Nevertheles squarely_up for the sup) evil at first; came in. ¢ but the preceding Board of Supervi- ts. The evil was then in a much less 3 now threatened. members stood ression of the two others hung back, but he representative of Colma The petition had quite a only two But t ould not vote. <t of names attached to it, but nothing e o hat could have been sécured with a little longer time. Here are some extracts from the peti- : s ol ‘hieh have their significance once gald that perhaps Colma could best Judge | oM, Wl e the attitude of the good o e vas yaling to &0 on record to| papple of this section concerning the es- tablishment of gambling in the county: “In and near Colma, in the county of San Mateo, there is at present maintained and conducted the lowest and most vicious form of gambling, known as ‘pool-selling on_foreign horse races’; that these so- called ments where men, women and children are enticed in to horse races that are supposed to be de- cided In Eastern citfes. ‘pool sellers’ conduct establish- amble in small amounts on “These poolrooms are the primary ably right | #2424 20200 | | an ace, and Belasco began to sit up and take notice. Then came a four, then another four, and Belasco rolied his eyes heavenward toward the pic- tures of the stage beauties which adorn the managerial walls, and steeled his heart to suffer. An ace followed, and Belasco smiled again, but stopped abruptly when a five stared him out of countenance. “What kind of a necktie would you really prefer, Fred?" asked Mark kindly, but he desisted from his in- quiries when an ace made its unwel- come appearance, closely followed by a deuce. In all he had made thirty- seven, and Fred started in on his star engagement with a trepidation which he_valiantly concealed. “Now watch me.” he said courage- ously, “and I'll give you pointers how to play this little game'; and then he showed up a five, six, deuce and four, one after the other. “Say, Bob,” he said to_the lone spec- tator. “just telephone down to that factory ‘again and get 'em to change those initfals on that trunk to F. B., and add a grip and a_dress-suit case to the order for luck. “Don’t hurry, Bob, interposed Mark as an ace and two tr: peared; ‘‘let my order stand Ted’s” additions, and send to my taflor to start in on_ the swellest steamer togs he ever dreamed of. Another ace and a deuce met Be- lasco’s disgusted eyes, then an Inad- equate and apologetic tray. Ten of those dozen throws were gone, and he was seven behind the smiling and confident Mark. Be particular to feed the ocats while T am away, Fred,” continued the prospective winner; “the white one can’t eat anything but raw liver, you know, because he's delicate; and the other— “‘Bother take vour cats!” interrupt- ed Belasco. “Say, Mark'—ingratiat- ingly—“T'm sure to beat you, anyway, for T've only eight to make; but to save your feelings I'll give you $100 and call it square. “What's $100 to a trip to the exposi- tion with all the expenses paid?” re- turned Mark. “I'm satisfled with the show I'm getting; go ahead.” “Five twenti pleaded Belasco— “nice, new shiny’ ones, just from the mint. Tl see to it personally; 'pon my word T will.” “'Go ahead!” commanded Thall $20224%4%+4Q e 2NN N e 2ie%3e% 2500 R RN R N 42N 4% e s’ * o 9 Fd * $ * & in- etietiete e exorably, blindly trusting fickle for- tune. “T'll get more than $100 worth of fun on my trip just thinking how you are enjoying' my good luck. Hurry up, Fred.” Fred hurried cbediently, and turned up a tre rk fairly crowed. verybod® who is anybody is goin to the exposition,” he deciared 1 shall cross the continent in a private car filled with flowers, and all the Al- cazar company will g0 to the station to bid me farewell.” Bel 0 made no reply, but gathered himself for a final effort. Once, twice he raised his hand above the. table ana then tossed the fateful cube. “T guess I'll cancel all those other dates, N " he said quietly the next instant, ““for I've concluded to star by my lonely and make my in fashion's giddy capital. you didn't want, my bay, will me out wonderfuily in extras And for once in_ his life Tt no retort ready, for the number his lucky partner had turned was—six! season hat hundred help ) o ot gt s L LGNNI Ne%e® et schools wherein young boy in vidlous and immo s, the in- evitable result of which is that in a few years the innocent vouth is graduated are trained hardened criminal, who, disgraced and | dishonest, an outcast of socie is ban- | ished to State prison, a convicted felon, The followers of the poolrooms are 7 lrooms are the vicious, the weak and the immoral, and they contaminate where they - they ¢ they are tol “The clty of San Francisco, consideri v of § sco, considerin; poolrooms ulcerous sores. which wers spreading tamination throughont the clty, and the good citizens, sneouraged ho the pulpit and the press, soon had pro- hibitory legislation »d_ which ban- ished them from the confines of the city and county. It seems that the evil which San Francisco forbade is now finding en- he first county in the State.” The final clause of that petition, which was approved by a former Board of Su- pervisors of San Mateo County, serv well for the present occasion to expres: public sentiment here, which the present Board of Bupervisors must heed, and it is ore given in full as follows: : belleve that you, gentlemen, con- scious of your duty in you, wil s San Mateo Count n our protest unty being made the dump ing ground of the State for all the evil that the State contains, and will perma- nently prohibit all gambling on horse rac- ing or evils of Itke natur at is the essence of publi o here, compact and ditect, Do oc opinion The petition was read in two churches The people signed it. Then_the two cler. gymen before named, Rev. Mr. Maar and Rev. Mr. Hester, appeared _before Board of Supervisors and added burning words of protest orally to the protesta- tions made in writing. The Board of Supervisors will not meet again until the third Monday In Septem - ber. A meeting was held last Tuesday, but the Colma matter was not then brought up. It Is not certain when Buck- ley and his pals will see fit to put the matter to a vote before che Supervisors. The shape in which the proposition wi be put Is a petition asking the Supervisors to call a Sprcial election at Colma, a dis- trict of which the boundarfes are a line between Holy Cross Cemetery and thn ocean, and from ' county line, on incorporation. for the special election has yet been filed — SAN MATEO'S GREAT BURDEN. Rev. Dr. W. W. Case Calls Upon the People of the County to Defend Themselves. PACIFIC GROVE, Sept. 8.—Dr. W. W. Case, presiding elder of the San Francisco district of the California Conference, was seen to-night by a Call representative in regard to a statement he made in the an- nual report of his district to the confer- ence that San Mateo County was fast becoming the dumping ground for San Francisco's vice. "He said: “I cannot spealkt with authority on any special case. but it is certainly a fact that everything that is too vile for Francisco to stomach is pushed over the line into San Mateo County, and vice that cannot ob- tain license in the city flourishes on the other side of the line, where our young men are being debauched and our young Women are spending their money in gam- bling and vice. Vice that was run out of Ingleside is allowed in San Mateo County. and though I do not know anything of licensing racetracks, I have heard rumors that such is the case, and T do know of a large coursing park now being built there which will only be another place for wickedness_to_ flourish. Trespassing on the Forest. P. Beaudeant pleaded guilty yesterday merning in the United States District Court to a charge of pasturing sheep on the Stanislaus forest reserve. He will be sentenced on Monday. e et #% et e %N et et % 0% couragement in San Mateo County, which | always been considered sociaily the | nd the trust reposed | against | the | there to the northern | No petition | [TALIAN SCHOOL 15 DIVIDED BY A PEDAGOGIC ROW Old Teacher Starts a Rival Class. The board of directors that controls the destinies of the Italian Government School has dismissed from its staff Mr: Margherita Mosca, who for nine years officiated as principal of the institution. As a direct result of the dismissal the | school mourns the loss of over one hun- | in | fee is optional. | Ttalian King. | tion at her | c theatrical and musical financial column, humorous skits dred pay puplls, while the Italian colon boasts another school established under the direction of the discharged instructor. The Italian school flourishes after the egulation dail hool hours in the Le Conte Primary School bullding on Powell re between Jackson and Washington. An annuity of 3600 provided by the Italian Government suffices to cover the regular expenses of the school, which up to sev- eral weeks ago was presided over py a principai and a staff of three teachers. Now the newly elected president of the board, G. Almagia, adds to his many du- ties that of principal, and the staff has gained in the addition of a new teacher. The fact that the board of directors rec- ognized the old saying that “‘teachers are born, not made” is accountable for the whole trouble in the Italian school. Mrs. Mosca is a graduate of a renowned Italian university. Mrs. Therese Ghi- band; not even possess a teacher's However, the result of Mrs. labors has been §0 won- tisfactory that the_directors saw fif to commend her above the princi- pal. When the board began to compli- ment the work of Mrs. Ghibandi Mrs. Mosca began to find fault with the lady and the result was a series of petty row that became so nsive to the directors that Mrs. Mosca’s dismissal was ordered. When Mrs. Mosca found herself school- less she looked around for other worlds to conquer and decided to establish a rival Italian hool in Washington-square Hall the Bersaglieri building on Stockton street. No charge for tuition is demanded at the Government School, and a monthly Mrs. Mosca fixed the tuf- school at 50 cents per month. One hundred of her old pupils joined the *hool of the dismissed teacher and the result is the Mosca School has all the pay pupils, the Government school 150 pupils that enjoy the generosity of the good When Mrs. Mogca was re- moved from the Government School Mrs. Julta Bossi, who had been dismissed by the lady, was reinstated, and she, Mrs. Therese Ghibandi. the innocent cause of all the trouble; Mi Catherine Bongio- vanni, and Mr: . Mar: now consti- tutes the entire staff of the school. The ard of directors of the Government hool are: A. L. Bacigalupi, G. B. Cavaglia, 1 Paganin B. Scodelettl.’ N e Jggiaro, G. Grondona, B. Ratto, Mache, R. Maestretti and V. W. Monti and G. Chiappari —_—re————— The Wasp. This week’s Wasp is particularly | bright and interesting. The illustra- tions of the return of the Idaho volun- t , Filipino scenes and colors of orth Dakota troops are apt, besides being specimens of 1ss work in photo-engraving. review high- Crisp able and what is without issued in San cartoons make up doubt the best weekly Francisco. WHERE CANDIDATES MUST ' TAKE ORDERS |GAVIN McNAB IN THE MILLS BUILDING THE MAN TO SEE. ‘When the delegates to the Democratic Nominating Convention were chosen there | the announce- | was great rejol¢ing over ment that independent, untrammeled anti- boss citizens would take the reins of the party and nominate a clean ticket. At the organization of the convention anti- hoss declarations were greeted with ap- plause. When the applause subsided the delegates meekly accepted the typewrit- ten programme prepared by Gavin Me- Nab and adjourned to the call of the | chairman. | prepared practi | ready on the slate. There has been no session of the nomin- ating body since the adjournment three weeks age, but the work of preparing a Democratic ticket has been going right along all the time at the Mills building without the assistance of delegates. The clever programme which Boss McNab Aly takes the selection of candidates for Supervisors from the dele- gates and transfers the duty to a com- mittee of seven. It must be clear by this time to the boss-ridden Democratic Convention that Gavin McNab ahd Mayor Phelan sug- gested to Jasper McDonald the propriety of appointing R. V. Whiting, John F. Renault, Maurice Lowenstein, John H. Grady, Louis de F. Bartlett, P. H. Mec- Carthy and A. W. Thompson a committee to find eighteen ptable candidates for the Board of Supervisors. It is well known to insiders and outsiders that nom- inees for Mayor and Assessor are slated. To the insiders it is known that nominees for Sheriff and District Attorney are al- The rest of the pro- gramme will be furnished to the conven- | tion 1n_installments from the Mills build- The well posted disciples of reform | ing. Democracy floor to re inspiraiion. The delegates to the convention placed higher than the seventh ¢h the source of nominating the lever controlling the Democratic party | machine in the hands of Gavin McNab when they adopted a resolution giving Jasper McDonald, chairman, the power to | | appoint forty members of the Count Committee. The delegates th surrer dered themselves to McNab's dictation and must now take what he offers. As a boss he is inflexible. He will interpret the articles of capitulation to suit himself. Much sympathy is extended to unsophis- ) ticated aspirants for office who are golng | around soliciting the favor of del- egates to obtain nomination. The trained politicians who have had ex- perience in political campaigns view the spectacle with a_sense of humor. The aspirants, with the exception of a few rookies,” are posted and therefore invite signals of approval from ‘“Mc” in the Mills bullding. The uninitiated may infer that Jasper McDonald is the proper one to see, but The Call, not desiring to mis- lead good citizens who are about to offer thelr services to the public, takes this oc- casion to Indicate that Gavin McNab is the proper one to address. All those hav- ing business with the Democratic local convention should apply to him for infor- mation. He is the real. true name-blown- in-the-bottle boss. What he says goes. s S S e In Your List Of papers for Sunday reading do not fail to include the News Letter. All current toples are treated editorially, satirically, facetiously and above all entertainingly, Strange adventures in Manila of a special correspondent; the trial of General Otis; the story of an old musician’s love, and criticisms, reviews and miscellaneous matter. Ten cents. of all newsdealers. * —_—— In the Divorce Court. Jane Doherty has been granted a vorce from Archibald Doherty on the ground of extreme cruelty. Joseph E. Ownigs has sued Sadie V. Ownigs for a divoree, alleging desertion as a cause of action. 1 from Pearl Pierce on the ground of de- sertion. Suits for divorce on the ground of failure to provide have been filed by $mily E. Murphy against Thomas W, Murphy; Emma Alitzky against Frederick Alitzky, and Coral Jacques against L. O. Jacques. —_——— How to Learn Spanish in Six Weeks. At the Y. M. C. A. this afternoon at 4:30, and this evening at § o'clock, Professor W. F. Hall will give a free iecture illus- trating his natural method, a method which has made it possible for busy men and women to gain a practical working knowledge of the essentials of Spanish in a remarkably short time. Professor Hall's a great success is due largely to the skiliful | Tnanner in which he makes his meaning clear without the usc of English, thus Mmaking the learner think Spanish and speak gpnni!h from the start. . with | singularly | Silas L. Plerce asks for a_divorce | store close 1 to-day! Admission Day, store closed. Saturday : Sunday: Announcement of millinery open- ing in Sunday Call and Examiner. Showing trimmings Monday and the entire week: of fall creations in pattern hats, and novelties. SOLDIERS WERE THE SHRINERS' WELCOME GUESTS. i Y |Red Fez Aglow in § Islam Temple. —— Foote of the geant Hen Lascelle, Wyoming volunteers, Ser- v of the North Dakotas, M. Charles M. Belshaw, Hiram T. | Graves, ‘B, 1. Flint. A. W Foster: Joha ! Tonningse Acting Noble Recorder Theo Frolich, Captain George Whitman and many others. The work of the evening and the recep- tion of the men from the battlefields was one of the grandest events that has taken place under the auspices of a fraternal organization in this city in many years. —_————— T T v PR R e aa s e i Next SUNDAY’S CALL will be a marvel of beautiful illustrations —its half-tone work being es- pecially fine. | Hundreds of nobles of the Ancient Ar bic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic | Shrine embled last night in the hall of | Islam Temple, on Sutter street, for the | | double purpose of tendering a grand wel- | ‘Was Probably Poisoned No evidence of disease was discovered in the autopsy on the body of Charles Hutchinson, who died with symptoms poisoning after he had taken a patent come to Colonel Victor D. Duboce, the | o RoWoning after he had i 3 ool tc ot ey o sirstasdl || nc e scalled i Celenve o B from Manila with the First Californi } i nd to several other warriors who r — e | turned at the same time, and to help | Keith's exclusive miilinery house for sixty-seven novices in_ their journey | the finest and best. 808 Market street. * across the “hot sands” of the desert. The temple's camel, faithful Old Ben, who has served the tenspte since 1883 and | during that time has carried a great | number of nobles and novices, and a num- | ber of frisky young camels, were trotted out to form a gorgeous procession along the pathway of the devotees in their en- | deavor to solve Oriental mysteries. " The | animals, after three months’ rest, were | quite frisky, and the novices began to think that they were sure-enough rough‘ riders. | The advice to those who were anxious to | become nobles of the Mystic Shrine was | that if they had a will to make lhc)“ should do so before going through the ceremony of initiation; that If they did | not have mantelpleces at home they had better provide themselves with those use- ful ornaments in their respective homes, as they would find them very desirable LE <NCORPORATED B fl °s TO-DAY and We are the popular gr Nothing is o ers. as dining-tables tor some time to come; | gorog 08 “05 POPIAC KT N g is o ¢ r | ze | g Al prices that fhat if they could neither sing nor dance | fii? Dt Fnat 18 fQrst-cls l that they would have to nufl‘t) \l'!mrl«:s ]J_ | Spicomistdon B Sl R un Rus i suaiihe feort | Field, the potentate, or Théo Frolich, the | acting noble recorder, and that they BEST NORTHERN BUTTER 450 should be satisfied with the assuranc CREAMERY ShbtEr Pxtra value. Regular §c square. JAPAN HEAD RICE, 20 Ibs- -$1.00 that there would be nothing in the digni- | fied and elevating ceremony of induction into the mysteries of the temple that they would not cheerfully recommend to their friends, with the possible exception of the “hot sands,” and that only when they be- came overheated. They were als ed | that if they themselves got a little too much caloric they would only have to tell | the director, who would order the Nubian slaves to scatter cracked ice under their | feet to reduce the temperature. The ceremony of 1imtiation was wit- | ed by 333 nobles, all wearing red fez | PETALUMA RANCH 1563(;5(; ...25¢ ICKEYE CORN _,.s,‘(..2Uc BUGKEYE CORN MEAL, &2 CAL. SMYRNA FIGS. .. .....125¢ n caps. All the spectators declared that 1“‘ New arrival, Regular 20c Ib. | was a grand sight and that the camels | Were "upusually ively, an asservon that | MACARONI, VERMIGELLI box 200 | was not disputed by the novices | 2 { s ] The ceremony being over there were a| Spaghetti Egg Noodles. Regular 25c. to the noble re- | v words of “wel e °Col . Duboce, and the REAK- corder, Colonel Victo EAK FAST GHIRARDELLI'S °F COCOA, 20¢ Gther hobles who returned from the Phil- | - ippines. Then lhul’e was a mar h to the Regular 25c. main embly hall, where there were ar- | e med several rows of tables, which | PIGNIC Sugar.cured HAMS. ... .9 groaned under the weight of good thing: | s which had been deftly and artisticaliy Best Eastern. Rtm)}:vm 1b. N ated oponiiFhems There wereteats fori| o 18R SEIn memm i Ll A J05.Snd “every Seat was occupled. The | SOUtiTy orders filed at ehort notice and hail was artistically de in a man- her that gave the place a decidedly Ori- | Pntal air.and when all were seated the Soene ‘resented was one that was "a | thing_of beauty and a jo) while the fun | Jasted, and it can be stated that it was not until long after 1 o’clock in the morn- | T that the fun ceased. The special guests were at the head of the table in Eilitary uniforms, the nobles wore their | oz caps and the novices or newly cre- | ated nobles were at their places in full- dress sul True to the traditions of Islam, neither the members of the temple nor the | strangers within their gates were allowed %o depart until their appetites were ap- peased, for they were bidden to partake Feely ‘of the food and drink that was placed before them. The menu was Dlaborate one, and each and ev Shriner dia ample justice to the mysteries | Drepared by the chefs. Bhst Imperial Potentate Charles Flelds | Try and at present potentate of the temple presided In the capacity of toastmaster, Rhd 9§ there was no set programme he alled Tor responses to toasts as the spirit moved him. Those who responded \\'vre] Gmat Amflncafl I]flpflmfl! Tfla Gn’s %M. L. Barnes, Franklin H. Day, Reu. | z ben H. Lioyd, Colonel V. D. Duboce, I. Big Value Stores. BTORES EVERYWHERE. J-Fruman, 3. Franie, Captain Hunt of the | Taaho volunteers, Major Curry of St. v Paul, paymaster in the army: Major | doosLoniii White, Captain Geary, Licutenant | Getchell and Colonel Black of the North | Dakota volunteers; Captain J. W. F. Diss of the (‘H“;‘n rlfln ]ie%\‘}' Aru\l[ltryz Past Potentate Charles L. Patton, Major | ———————————————————————— O 0 000 0000000000000 o PALACE *#3 SGRAND HOTELS 9 SAN FRANCISCO. Connected by a covernd passageway. 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