The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 15, 1899, Page 10

RETHIL CARPET | MEN ENTER INTO \ COMBINKTION Prices Have Dropped Much Too Low. | | FIVE FIRMS IN THE DEAL S S CLAIM THEY WERE SELLING WITHOUT PROFIT. Pt Dealers Expect to Effect a Perma- nent Organization and Have Al- ready Raised the Cost of Floor Covering. SEFSPCES, Combinations among producers and trad ing with wonderful ra in Ban Francisco is manufacturers, | itrollers are form- | pidity. The latest | combination among | Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority. | Price will be back to resume work with sity this morning for Rockport, Indiana, where he will be married to Mise Edith Basye on the 27th of this month. Profes- sor Price has been connected with Stan- ford University since the fall of 1882 and now holds the rank of associate professor of zoology. The bride is a graduate of e Pauw University and a member of the the beginning of next semester. - WANDY AGAIN TEARS DOWN STEAM PIPES ® the San Rafael Courthouse and Is Almost Scalded Floods to Death. SAN RAFAEL, Dec. 14—Wesson Wandy, the Incorrigible prisoner who caused the authorities so much trouble by tearing down the steam pipes in the county bastile and making viclous as- saults on other inmates that he was ex ported to San Francisco as a “hoodoo, has returned to his old abode and 1s again up to the tricks that first brought him into public notice. Wandy's first attempt at fooling with the steam heating appar- atus resulted In his being severely scald- -]».l. but to-day’s work almost re Mis undoing, and convinced the » he is 100 large. was brought back on a charge ny, he having tried to cross the to the metropolis with & sum of that if he is not insa bay money he had abstracted from the pock- ets of Jack Hannon, the Town Marshal of Bausalito. tore down th | floo This afternoon the prisoner Kieam pipes in his cell and ole courthouse with steam. e the retall carpet men to regulate prices | An ing scene prevailed until the fires prevent competition. Five of th “'f}}‘l n banked and the steam turned TRest carpet houses of this city are in To punish the factious Wandy, Sheriff Bew com They are W. & J.| Taylor had him confined in the tanks. £ € Friedman & Sons, | This evening Jailer Alchley heard a huh Charles ricks and the California | bub in the tanks, which have solid oaken Purniture Comy ob Bt doors, and running to the spot saw ,'_‘,”f‘““'; Compa. The purpose of this | oo pguring through the cracks at the ombination is to agree on specific Prices | top and bottom of the door. He unlocked on carpets. It is claimed by the carpet | the door, but so dense a volume of steam the prices is commodity | poured out that the fires had to be banked 870 80 10w thal they unable to sell [ &nd the steam turned off again before he it R e could enter the cell. Wandy was then 4t any profit at all on account of the cOm- | gragged out unconscious and o painfully petit The wholesalers are standing in | seatded that he had to be bathed in ofi, with the retallers in this new venture. wrapped in_a wet sheet and placed in a Recently the price on Roxbury carpets | cool cell. To-morrow he will be exam- m % cents to §1 and the re- | ined by the Lunacy Commission. District g to hold fast to this Just what carpets will come under ers’ comb termined been re the near futu of a trust It organizaticn n has not is expected that 1 3 i rature as yet a some- ADVICE TO TEACHERS. Executive Committee Replies to a Circular. wing circular has been issued by the executive and legal The foll r committee FM 1 KINGERURY. F. BARTLETT. B e — Professor Price to Wed. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Dec. Pr orge C. P left th - | rendered | dicted Grand Jury at Savannah for being con- | | ernment | at we red a felony charge » sworn to by Sheri Taylor, and if the man is found to be sane he will be prosecuted for destroying rounty property. BILL INTRODUCED RECOGNIZING FILIPINOS Democratic Leaders Consult and as a Result Make Known the Party’s Policy. WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.—Two joint res- Williams of Mississippi, which are the re- sult of a consultation among a number of Democratic leaders in the House and are understood to be expreksive of their gen- eral position on the Philippines. Thefirst resolution declares the Intentiof and purpose to recognize the indep the Filipinc A sea forces, n 00 Spain to give naval and coaling | tion, and grant in perpetuity free acc to their ports Another section pledges « tance and also pledges against fore | rference or aggressi ten s, during which time the foreign affairs are | to_be under American trol The other resolution asks for infor tion relative to the conclusion of a treat with the Sultan of Jolo and provides for an inquiry by the Judiclary Committee to whether the constitutional provisions against slavery and the statutory provi- sions against polygamy apply to the Sulu people. | INDICTED CONTRACTORS SURRENDER THEMSELVES Men Charged With Being Accom- plices of Captain Carter, Who Robbed the Government. NEW YORK, Dec. 14.—D. B. Green, Col- onel J. P. Gaynor, E. H. Gaynor and Wil- liam T. Gavnor, the contractors with whom Captain Oberlin M. Carter was as- soclated in the Savannah River and the Cumberland Sound improvements, sur- this morning to United States Commissioner Shields. The men were in- last Friday by the United States friendly as- n cerned in a conspiracy by which the Gov was defrauded out of $575, Connelly, who is also a mem- Atlantic Dredging and Con- eting Company, and who was indicted he same time, Is sald to have left the country. The accused demanded an examination and the set for December 23 Colonel John 8. Gaynor and D. B. Green were placed under $2000 bonds each. Wil- llam T. Gaynor and Edward H. Gaynor u held in $10,000 bail ea Michael A ber of th t st TOO MANY WIVES. | Warrant Issued for the Arrest of H. Hartman of Oro Grande. SAN BERNARDINO: Dec. 14.—H. Hart- man of Oro Grande, who married Nancy Brown last Saturday, will be arrested to- that she was married to him thirty years o by a clergyman at Camp Cady, near Aggett, an army post, Hartman being enlisted as a b smith. Two years ago blac he drove her out of the house with an ax, telling her to leave or he would bury her. She came here, and has been working for many families’ Hartman claims he was ISSUE.... The Sunday Call’s GREAT CHRISTMAS ! Professor | @ ® 000 ©0 000000006 00690600 950606e06060000o60 olutions were introduced in the House of | Representatives to-day by Representative | | OMAHA, Dec. 14.—In the District Court | in_court. to-day Judge Scott sentenced Reverends| The City Trustees have asked Mr. Tay- | T Mackay and H. C. Herring and W. | lor to meet with them to-morrow evening | 3 - e pa = clock - 9 to the Supreme Court for & supersedus | ! i ke wrman). | morrow on a charge of bigamy. His first | MA E_STINCEN, wife has sued out & warrant, claiming | | | J. B. MUIRHEAD'S LIFE IS FAST EBBING | without foundation, for at no time was THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1899. AWAY EFORE another day has passed, if the prognosis of the physiclan is correct, J. B. Muirhead, who for nineteen years has kept the resort at Hayes and Larkin streets, will have passed this life. For the past elght years Mr. Muirhead has been suffering from a wasting disease, and from the time it first manifested itself he realized that death from its « only a matter of time. Still he took his fate philosophically, d his estate for its easy transfer to his wife, Louisa M. Muirhead, walts the end. It was thought that he would not survive Wednesday night, and he is now living practically on powerful stimulants regularly ad- ministered. Mr. Muirhead has long been known among the patrons of sculling and, in fact, all races on the water. His knowledge of oarsmen and their ability always made his places centers of Interest when any big events in this line were coming off, as it was seldom that his judgment w at fault, the sum he won on the O'Connor-Peterson race being an example of the manner in which he broke away from the talent and came out ahead. He was a member of several prominent rowing clubs in this city and even after his illness pre- vented active participation In the contests he retained his membership in the oldest, the Ploneer Rowing Club. Not long ago Mr. Muirhead said that he only wanted to live until his wife had secured judgment as the lawful devisee of the estate of the late Charles Walter Willey. A few days ago a jury in Judge Troutt's court declared the will bequeathing her the estate valid and gave judgment in her favor. Mr. Mulrhead received the news with joy, and since that time has been steadily failing. He was born June 12, 155. © 000006 9060060600 never married to her. A few years ago | was stated in the resolution passed July 3. he went on the witness stand in_the Su- | Trustee Mackie opposed allowing the | perfor Court and swore she was his wife. [ claim and stated that he contended that Both are well known as ploneer settlers, | the board had a right to remove an em- and are prominent in this county. | ploye when cause Justified it. He said - - - | they had not stated the cause in the reso- PREACHERS FINED FDR lution to spare Fisher's feelings, but the | CONTEMPT OF COURT | cause existed. He was in favor of testing | Prominent Divines of Omaha Wrote the matter in the courts. Fisher replied Mr. Mackle's remarks and a squabble a Letter Critizing the Judge's Action. 90 ©00000000-0090600006000000000000000 000090000 to was about to ensue, when Trustee Shulte moved that the matter be lald over. The motion prevafled and since that time the board has taken no action other than to file her's claims, which he has pre- sented monthly. They have been waiting for Fisher to bring suit to test the matter P. Harford to pay a fine of $200 each or be | to consider the matter. committed to jail for contempt of court bond and take an appeal, and there is no prospect of their going to jJall at least until a verdict has been rendered in the cases by the Supreme Court ise grows out of a ietter writ ding a hab\-u’s c n NEW OFFICERS | ALAMEDA, Dec. 14.—The annual meet- Ing of the Unitarian Club was held last night. Charles L. Weller declined re- by the ministers reg: the pus case involving two children election s president of the club, as he is custod. f the Home for the Friendless, - 3 for which the named gentlemen were di- | 3bout to change his residence to San rectors. Rev. Mr. Quivey, manager of the | Francisco. Professor Frank Soule was unanimously clected to succeed Mr. Wel- ler. E. J. Holt was re-elected vice presi- dent and Brainard C. Brown was again home, who was also cited to appear, has not been found within the jurisdiction of | court and it is reported he is in Council Bluffs. The preachers fined are among | chosen to fill the office of secretary-treas- the most prominent pastors in the city. | urer. The following were elected mem- — bers of the executiye board: C. C. Hughes, THREE PERISH IN - Kollmyer, Dr. H. M. Pond, £ & aylor and Dr. W. K. Scott, eport of the secretary and | as presented by Mr. Brown. © the election of officers Charles | Reynolds of San Francisco entertained the members of the club with a clever ex- | hibition of sleight-of-hand and Professor l-‘l }"n.w» rendered several selections on the violin. BURNING BUILDING Fatalities Attend the Destruction by Fire of a Dilapitated Tenement in New York. YORK, Deg. 15.—Three we burned to death and o riously injured at a fire that occurred at an early hour this morning in a dilapidated tene- ment at 300 South First street, in the Wil- llamsburg district of Brooklyn. The dead R. 65 years of age. iy —— JUSTICE EDGAR IS AGAIN A DEFENDANT D, Dec. M4.—Justice Edgar's court in Berkeley was to-day again at- tacked in an action brought by W. H. Marston to compel him to pay a collected fine of $ into the general fund of the town of Berkeley, Instead of turning the money into_the county treasury. In re- sponse to Marston's petition Judge Ells- worth this afternoon issued a writ of mandate requiring Justice Edgar to pay the money into the Berkeley town treas- ury, or show cause on December 2% why he should not do so. —_—— Both Died in Foreign Climes. < Dec. 14.—Public Adminis- Hawes to-day applied for ecial letters on the estate of Johanna scher, who died at Wolfurt, ‘Austria, NEW persons are: MRS. GOSCH MRS. SUSAN § LUKE FREEN Mrs. Goscher . found on the top floor su! body of Freen was found floor, badly burned. Mrs. Freen, the wife of Luke Freen, jumped from the second story window and broke her leg. Smyth were pcated. The n the second gt ST. ENOCH RELEASED. ASTORIA, Dec. 14.—The British saip St. och, which arrived last night from nama, was brought up from the lower harbor this morning, having been re- leased from quarantine. The St. Enoch's passage occupied 115 days, the longest on record between the isthmus and Astoria. There was absolutely no ground for all the worry over the failure of the vessel to make port, for she was merely delayel by heavy weather. The fear that er had carried off her crew # February 28 of this year, leaving real es- tate In Alameda, Los Angeles and San | Bernardino counties and elsewhere valued at about §15000. The heirs are unknown to petitioner. Administrator Hawes also filed for pro- bate to-day the will of Alphonse G. Vogel, who died in the City of Mexico, of which place decedent was a resident. The in- strument is dated February 20, 1895, and Gyulo Armeny of New York {s named as executor, but he has falled to apply for letters in this State, notwithstanding tes- tator left realty in Alameda County val- ued at several thousand dollars. The 1 there any sickness of an infectious nature »ard the ship. Ten per cent reinsuran ad been offered on her at Francii Butigln i Dedication Postponed. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, De The dedication of the new library | Kindergartens and Sunday-Schools Out December 17. AN INNOVATION IN | CHARACTER AND QUALITY. Note the Great Features: KITCHELL'S MARVELOUS MADONNA. A composite photograph of the famous beauty types of the Madonna. The most strikingly beautiful pice ture of the age. i MY FIRST LIE AND HOW | GOT OUT OF IT, by Mark Twain, THE LEAGUE OF TEN, by Madge Morris Wagner. A FAITHFUL SERVANT, by Ouida. THE KISS OF NINITO DIOS, by Hester M. Stowe. FOUND IN THE SNOW, by Mary E. Wilkins. CHRISTMAS IN CALIFORNIA BEFORE THE GRINGOS CAME. by Major Jose Ramon Pico. THE RECORD OF MY “WANDER-YEAR" by Father B S — Yorke. CHRISTMAS OF THE VET. | THE FUGITIVE'S CHRIST- ! ERANS. MAS. CHRISTMAS AT THE FAR- | STORY OF A HAUNTED ALLONES. HOUSE. THE COUNTRY CHOIR CHRISTMAS AT MANILA. CHILDREN’S GAMES FOR CHRISTMAS. e WP b e hris nse nor time has "":‘»."."s.'.f.%%y Call, December most artistic and Interesting Cl mos Issue In Am-rica. an assembly hall, which was scheduled for to-morrow afternoon, has been postponed till some time early next semester. The devisees In the will are the parents and ly:m ‘hrothen of testator, all residing in exico. —_———— F. B. Granger's Will Filed. OAKLAND, Dec. 14.—The will of Farley B. Granger, the hotel man and pioneer, who died at Alvarado on December 5, was filed for probate to-day by the son and ex- reason for changing the date was the in- ability of Mrs. Stanford to be present at the proposed date. Ordinances Invalid. WOODLAND, Dec. 14.—~The Board of A ’ ecutor, Farley B. Granger Jr.. who applies Bupervisors has concluded the work of | gEUtoE, TRFIey B CHARECr Ir.. who applies revising the county ordinances lndé:‘\nda vember 26, 1899. and the estate it dis; them to be In the condition reported by Assistant District Attorney Bruton—that is, the majority of the ordinances have not been properly passed and are there- fore invalid. oses is valued at $50,000. By its terms fl&b is bequeathed to Clarence A, Granger, eldest gon, now in Holland; $700 to Edith A. Chase, a daughter residing in San Jose, and $1000 to John B. Robbins, testator's brother-in-law. The residue goes to the | petitioning so — Dr. Beckwith Charges Malice. OAKLAND, Dec. 4.—Dr. W, M. Beck- with has sworn to a complaint In the Po- lice Court c.arging John Woodworth of Dimond with willfully running into als buggy and damaging it. e collision oc- curred in East Oakland. When Officer — - Saloon-keeper Fined. YUBA CITY, Dec. 4.—W. C. Curry, who was convicted by a jury Tuesday of run- ning a saloon at Nicolaus in violation of the prohibition ordinance, was sentenced this afternoon to pay a fine of $250. He, will appeal to the Superior Court for a new trial. 13 “California Violets,” ‘“‘Golden Popples" nd *‘California Wild Flowers,” favorite calendars for 1%0; price 50c each. For sale Kyte went to serve the warrant on Wood- worth to-day he found tne latter an In- valid and being attended by two physi- clans, and though the accused did not have the $20 Bail required, the officer by born, Vail & Co., 741 Market street.* THE CITY ATTORNEY REFUSES TO APPEAR|®** left him. Woodworth, it is sald, was tormlerly a member of the British Parlia- ment. —————— hhkkkhkkkhkhhkkhkk hkkk@ ; * Copies of The Call's great ALAMEDA, Dec. M.—City Attorney : i i fEd't' & d : Taylor has notified the City Trustees that hristmas iton, wrappe v he will not act as attorney for the defense e in the sult of A. V. Fisher against the city | and ""?d.\' for mailing, can : of Alameda for $212 60 alleged to be due:y pe obtained at all news deal- him as collector of the electric light plant. X 4 3 * Fua City’ Atigeuey “sietee ‘ae lig; catiort ers’, or at The Call business : that he advi e City stees that the clalm of Fisher for salary. 5%, as collector office. Please place your or- » a claim. reso . Tissing hlm was not lesal, because It only [ der at once, as the supply ¥ declared the office vacant and did not ill be limited. name Fisher; further, a city employe wul be hmited, * could not be removed after the beginning * of @ month except for cause, and no cause fl¥‘¥4¥¥«14¥¥¥¥¥¥¥l¥.l TRADES COUNCIL INDORSES THE INPROVEMENTS Workingmen Asked for Their Votes. ORGANIZED - LABOR ‘READY ——— PROPOSITIONS WITH APPROVAL. BYL Pubat | Committee Makes Exhaustive Rzport on the Question and Gives Un- qualified Support to the Plans. P At the meeting of the Building Trades Council held last night the following re- port was rendered: To the Bulding Trades Council—Gentlemen: Your committee to which was intrusted the furtherance of the question of the issuance of bonds for manicipal Improvements begs leave to report as follows: ‘At 'Its meeting two weeks since, the Bullding Trades Council unanimously indorsed the pfo- posed bond issues. During the interim the following unions have met and have unanimously expressed their ap- proval of the measures: Carpenters' Union No. 22, Carpenters’ Union No. 9; Carpenters' Unfon No. 482; Bricklayers' Association; Amalgamated Woodworkers No. 15; Varnishers' and Polish- ers’ No. 1; Cement Workers' Union; Painters ang Decorators’ Union No. 73; Marble Finish- ers' and Polishers' Unfon: Stairbullders’ Union; Metal Roofers' Unfon: Tile and Mantel Setters’ Union; Cornice Workers' Union: Stonecutters Union, and Derrick Workers' Union. Other unions will follow as their regular cetings are held T rganized labor as represented in the differ- ent unions is doing its utmost for the success of the measures, and it becomes the duty of every affillating member to constitute himself & committee of one to assist in this movement. Matters of such great importance should re- ceve the undivided attention of every laboring man, as no question which has ever been pre- sented to the people of San Francisco hus car- ried such general and infinite xood. The question 03 the extension of our park system is one that concerns every citizen, resi- dent and taxpayer in no small degree. The construction and operation of railroads and other transportation facilities are the m- portant factors in the increase of the population of the city, and while it 8o increases from year Yo year and hecomes the more congested, the sequirement of public space does not increase proportionately, and the time must come, if our citizens are blind to the conditions, when the absence of such pleasure grounds end places of recreation will be of manifest necessity, which necessity has not heretofore been keenly feit, owing o the rapld growth of San Francisco and the transformation of open and vacant lands into residence and business centers. These changes having occurred so gradually, the people are hardly awake to the future re- sult, and If present advantages are not accept- ed, In future little can be done at what the tofal will now cost. In 1550 San Francisco's population of 233,000 had one acre of park to every 216 persons; to- day, with a population of 3 she owns one acre of park to every 214 persons—a strong in- crease which forcibly foretells future necessi- ties. San Francisco has before her the greatest fu- ture of any city in the United States. She is the intermediate point between our great Eastern and industrial centers and the Oriental mar- ts. She s now and ever must be the open door of the great trans-Pacific trade, and must necessarily attract more attention and be the BOND MEET objective point of more travelers than any city in our Union. It is for this reason that the spirit of pro- gressiveness should be rampant. Our citizens should stop at no reasonable outlay to increase her attractiveness, as the results which natur- ally follow improvement must increase her land values in a marked degree. These are some of the reasons why the labor- ing people of San Francisco favor improve- ments which affect the welfare of every resi- and organized labor, feeling that it is dent; largely responeible for the new city government and the new organic law which controls that government, joins with all other citizens in a sincere and earnest desire that these proposed improvements be successtully accomplished. H "ART! CHRISTMAS HERALDED BY ENTERTAINMENTS EAGER TO EXTEND A WELCOME TO SANTA CLAUS. Are Preparing to Celebrate the Anniversary of the Savior. Christmas festivities have begun and the indications are that there will be an un- usual number of entertainments of that character between now and the dawn of the 25th of December. They have taken | an early start this year and the little folks are especially interested in these forerun- ners of the welcome visit from old Santa Claus. Sunday-schools and kindergar- tens are particularly busy just now in re- hearsing songs and exercises which are soon to be produced for the delectation ! of fond parents and friends. { The sick and the maimed have not been | forgotten and benefits are being arranged | 1o raise funds for the purpose of cheering the lives of the patients in the hospitals. The varfous charitabie organizations are also preparing to lighten the burdens and | for a time at least gladden the hearts of | the city’s poor. i The annual Christmas festival for the benetit of St. Mary's Cathedral Sunday- school was held Wednesday night at Gol- den Gate Hall, Sutter street, between Ma- son and Taylor. A well selected programme of vocal and musical numbers and tableaux by St Mary’'s and St. Brigld's schools and the | Sacred Heart orchestra was rendered, and | a pleasant evening's entertainment enjoy- ed. Miss M. Schaefer was accompanist for the Sunday-school children. The Ploneer Kindergarten Christmas Festival will be held in Golden Gate Hall on turday afternoon at 2 o'clock. A Christmas tree for the children will, of course, be the feature of the occasion, but the entertainment by the little ones will be both pleasing and interesting. Three schools are supported by this society, and through them a great deal of good is ac- complished. The annual Christmas festival of the Occidental and Jennfe Alice Moore Mem- orial Kindergartens will take place in Union Square Hall next Tuesday at 1:30 p. m. A special invitation to attend is ex- tended to the public. The Young Ladies’ Auxillary of the Children's Hospital has placed on sale at 18 Post street coples of Mary Hallock | Foote's book, “Little Figtree Stories,” donated to the hospital by the author. The charming collection of stories em- braced In the book include: the Almond and Fruit of the F Lamb that Couldn't J Gates on Grandfather’ ret at Grandfather at Grandfather's.” “Dream Horses,"” “An Tdaho Pienie,”” ““November in the Can- yon,” “A visit to John's Camp."” The auxiliary is composed of the follow- ing: Miss Laura Bates, president; Miss Houghton, Miss Field. Miss Drown, Miss Bertha Smith, Miss Hopkins., Miss Edna | Hopkins, Helen Thomas, Miss Carolan, Miss Genevieve Carolan, Miss Bates. Miss Gertrude Bates, Miss Morgan, Miss Therese Morgan, Miss Crockett. Miss Smedberg, Miss McBean, Miss Follls, Miss Cadwalader. Miss Hol- brook. and hirs. John F. Merriil, honorary president. A grand Christmas entertainment and ball will be glven by the Scandinavians Saratoga Hall, 8§14 Geary street, Saturday evening, December 23. e La Estrella’s Christmas. The very popular parlor La Estrella of the Native Daughters is a little early with its Christmas festivities, for it will hold its Santa Claus festival in the banquet hall of the Native Sons' buildin, 1hl o .h'rne (;m;lueehlh:;lh? tl o":t fair in charge proposes by this to ecl any of its previously given lnnuuam “The Gar- “The_Spare Miss omas, Miss functions. e princi] attraction out- side of the cancing wlfl.lbe the Christmas tree, which will illuminated with a hundred tlnl);d-l c lights, and one of the you‘:'\fl les, In the garb of Santa Claus, | distribute presents to the guests and candles to the little ones. | foreign | the inhabitants of these States. FIRST CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES. Copyright, 1899, by Seymour Eaton. GREAT AMERICAN STATESMEN. Contributors to this course: Professor Albert Bushnell Hart, Professor John Bach Me- Master, Professor Charles H. Smith, Laughlin and others. Dr. Frederic W. Speirs, Professor Andrew C. Me- IX.—JOHN JAY. BY JAMES ALBERT WOODBURN, | PH.D. The public life of John Jay brings into | review the epoch of American history from the opening of the Revolution to the beginning of Jefferson’s administration, from 1774 to 1801, a period of a little- more than a quarter of a century. In studying | Jay's career during that eventful period we see him as an advocate of independ- ence, as Minister to Spain, as a negotiator of the famous peace for independence in | 1782, as Secretary for Forelgn Affairs | from 1784 to 1789, as first Chief Justice of the United States from 1789 to 17%, as the maker of the noted “Jay treaty” of 1TH, and as Governor of New York from 17% to 1798. Throughout this great carecr, | whether he be regarded as a man, as a diplomatist, as a jurist, as a statesman, or as a publicist, Jay may confidently be | pronounced one of the noblest and ablect | public men in the annals of America. John Jay was of Dutch and Frenchl Huguenot descent. He was born in New | York City cn December 12, 1145. He grad- | uated from King's College, now Colum- bia, in 1764, and four years later, after | hard study In law, he was admitted to the | bar. Already the controversy was on which led to the American Revolution. | Jay was of a whig family. His fathers | had fled from France and Holland in Lro- | test against acts of royal prerogative | and tyranny. In 1774 Jay married a Liv- | ingston, a representative of another whig | family of prominence In America, and | thus we see that Jay's anfecedents, asso- clations and inclinations all combined to lead him (o throw himself Into the cause of American independence. Jay's con- JOHN JAY, servatism led him to seek a course which, as he thought, would most effectually unite his countrymen in resistance to Parliamentary aggressions. But when his country was once committed he com- mitted kimeelf fully to his coantry's cause. He threw himself without reserve into the Revolution and in his ardent pa- triotism he was now ready to punish with imprisonment and exile the tory who op- posed his country after his country had been drawn Into the throes of war. Sucn was Jay as a patriot of the Revolution Mission to Spain. By a secret article annexed to the famous treaty of alllance between France and the United States of 1778 a right was reserved to Spain of acceding to this treaty whenever she might think proper. Congress was anxious to strengthen our alliances. Accordingly, on Sep- tember 17, 1779, Jay was appointed as Min- ister to Spain to negotiate a treaty of al- liance, amity and commerce—that is, to induce Spain to come into the same ccla- tion with us as France had come. If his Catholic Majesty (the King of Spain) shall accede to the treaties and in concurrenca with France and the United States continue the present war with Great Britain, if he shall | obtain the Floridas from Great Britain, these 3 his Cathollc Majesty; United States shall enjoy the f of the River Mississippl into and from the sea. You are particularly to endeavor to ob- navigation | & | right to | natiorial and commercial wrongs tain_some convenient port, or ports, below the 31st degree of north latitude on the river Mississippi, free for all merchant = vessels, goods, wares and merchandise beldnging to | These words from the instructions of Congress to Jai' indicate particularly, | though only partlally, the purpose of Con- gress in this Spanish mission. A port on | the Mississippi, or the navigation of that | river to the sea, was the subject of diplo- | matic contention between us and Spain | for more than twenty years during and | following our revolution. To the Western séttlers there was no other subject of equal importance. But to the people down East the great interior seemed so vast and far away that they supposed it must | be settled only very slowly and that gen erations must pass before its commerce Franklin placated the French statesman is historic. That was a diplomatic office which Jay could not so well have per- formed. Was Jl{. who led this policy, warmly seconded by Adams, of negouating with- out the knowledge and concurrence of France, justifiable in disregarding the in- structions of Congress? Spgrks thinks not. But what If our negotiators h obeyed and accepted what France seeking? In that case we should have lost Alabama and Mississippi, the greater part of Kentucky and Tennessee, all of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinols and Wis- consin, “I apprehend,” sald Jay, “that Congress marked out that line of conduct for their own sake and not for the sake of France. The ob- Ject of that instruction was the supposed inter- est of America, and not of France; and we were directed 1o ask the advice of the French Minister because it was thought advantageous and be Congress only, therefore, has & omplain of our departure from that instruetion.” As with all great statesmen and diplo- matists, so it was with Jay—the interests of his country and the circumstances un- der which he found himself determined the course which he pursued. Secretary of Congress for Foreign Affairs. On May 7, 1784, Jay was elected by Cone gress Secretary for Forelgn Affairs. a po- sition which he held untll the inaugura- tion of the new government under the constitution, in I79. In these years he continued the negotiations with Spain touching the Mississippl and following a temporary disposition of Congre linquished, by an agreement of 1784, cer- tain rights on that river for a period of years. During these years also he did much to promote the adoption of the new constitution. Chief Justice Jay. ‘When Washington_came to the Presi- dency he offered to Jay his choice of the Federal offices — & mark of the highest honor and distine- tion. Under the new administration Jay was naturally = Federalist, as he es- pecially wished to see the estabiish- ment of a strong and durable Nation- al Government. He belleved that " strong and highly respected judiciary, as interpreter of the constitution, could do much toward this end. The first judi- clary act providing for the appointment of a Chlef Justice and five assoclate Justices was ap- proved tem- er 24, , & two days later Juf’ was appointed and con- firmed as_ the first Chief Justice “When the spotless ermine of the judi- clal rc says Daniel Webster, *fell upon John Jay, it touched nothing less spotless than it- selt.” He was an upright Judge. Dur- ing his short ser vice in this office he did much to estab- lish the dignity of the court, to "pre- serve Its tndepend- ence from legislative and executive en- croachment, and to promote its jurisdic- tion, If not to secure its supremacy, over the State Judiclary and the State governments. Jay’s Treaty. The peace treaty with Great Britaln in 1782 had never been uted. We com- Ylpined that Great Britain still held our Western posts and refused compensation for negroes carried away. Great Britain complained that we had refused to reim- burse the loyalists, and that we had put impediments in the way of the collection of British debts in America. Af the outbreak of war between France and England in 17, with our peo- ple divided as hot partisans on the issues of that war, with the republican or the French party urging our Government actively to support our former ally, there was Imminent danger of war with Eng- land. Washington sent Jay as special en- voy to negotiate for the settlement of dif- ferences. He succeeded in preserving peace with honor. He brought home a treaty which for a while was the most unpopular {n the history of American diplomacy. It caused Jay to be hanged in effigy, Hamilton to be stoned In the streets and Washington to be called “the !l?fnlher of his country,” and the digni- fled Rutledge was guilty of the Indiscre- tion of calling Jay a “fool and a knave, an utterance which cost Rutledge's cone firmation as Chief Justice to succeed Jay. Jay's treaty did not, indeed, 11 that & stronger natfon might cured, and It left our country exposed se- to which there was But it is the unmis- of history that at the time better than war, that it was probably the best that could be ob- tained, and that it stponed our second struggle with Great Britain until we were more able to endure it. Jay Becomes Governor of New York. It would cause ?rrfll political surprise to-day if the Chief Justice of the United States should resign his high office to be- e the candidate of his party for the Governorship of Illinois. No State is so imperial to-day as to command such def- erence, and the nation is so much greater in the public eye. One hundred years ago it was not so. The States were then rela- tvely higher in the affection and esteem of the people and of public men. The of- fice of Chief Justice was then not so well established nor so hlghlg appreciated. Be- fore his return from E would be intolerable where strength to resist. takable verdict 2 would be worth considering. Negotiations for Independence, 1782. | ngland Jay was nominated by the Federallsts for Gover- nor of New York. He accepted the nom- In the face of Spanish delays and eva- | slons, Jay's mission dragged its weary and fruitless way along until, in 1782, ne | was transferred to Paris to aid Franklin | and Adams in negotiations for our inde- | pendence. In these negotiations we find | ay's most brilliant and diplomatic tri- umph—a triumph most worthy of himseif | and his country, With Adams and Frank- lin he won the Ohlo Valley and our | boundary on the MIMIIMFN and tne lakes. he full story of this really bril- liant diplomacy is too long for these col- umns, and we can but indicate the ad- verse scheme which he circumvented, and | the results which, with his colleagues, he did so much to achieve. | Jay's experience at Madrid had revealed to him the animus of the Spanish and | French courts. He suspected Vergennes, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, of a willingness, if not of a design, of making a treaty detrimental to the inter- ests of America. During the early nego- tlations at Paris Franklin was sick with the gout and Adams had not yet arrived | and property should govern. ination, was elected, resigning from the bench to accept the post. During his six years of service as an executive, from 179 to 1801, he manifested the same high sense of perzonal integrity and public duty. With the incoming of Jefferson Jay re- tired from public life. He passed the re- mainder of his days on his estate in West. chester Cougty, New York, where he died on May 7, , In the eighty-fourth year of his age. The story of Jay’'s life as here related reveals the character of the man. In a country destined to republicanism, while he was a lhorou‘: republican he was not a democrat. He believed that intelligence “Those who own the country should rule it,” hi saying. But in this respect he was but | harmony with the xru} majority of the that aristocratic leaders and statesmen o age. He was a friend to the people and to gocd government. As a statesman he was of strict integrity, fearless and inde- endent in his utterances on public ques- ions; and no situation in politics or di- 2 s n plomacy was ever dermitted to vitlate his character as an honorable man. “A little good-natured wisdom,” he once said, “‘often does more in politics than much slippery craft.” He met craft and deceit from Holland; so Jay was alone with the responsibility. ‘hen Jay learned that Vergennes had sent Rayneval—a trusted agent of Ver- gennes—to England on a secret mission to urge a policy against pur claims to_the fisherles and to the vafleys of the Ohio and the Mississippi, he secretly sent Vaughan to counteract this mission and to urge upon Shelburne the poll‘? of treating independently with the United States, without the knowledge and con- currence of France, and especlally to re- sist a settlement which would deprive us of the Mississippl, would strengthen France In America, and would sow only seeds of irritation between us and Great Britain _for the future. Jay found Shel- burne ready to adopt a policy designed to encourage and widen the breach between France and her ally.. Oswald, the Brit- ish negotlator, received Instructions to consent to the treaty which Jay desired. France was subsequently astounded at the l|benll? of the terms that we had secured, and Franklin, who stood in bet- ter favor at the French court than Jay, had the delicate task of making apologies to Vergennes. The astuténess with which with the character and straightforward | conduct of a high-minded and honest man. For such a man was and without reproach. Hiase Ml Pl iranm’ Indiana University. —_—————— On account of the time neces- sary in the preparation of the Christmas edition of THE CALL, to be issued Sunday, December 17, NO ADVERTISE- MENTS for that issue will be recelved AFTER 9:30 P. M. SATURDAY, Jay, “without fear