The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 2, 1900, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATUBDAY, JUNE 2, 1900. REBELS ACTIVE, SUT MEET W SPEEDY REPULSE Bands Dispersed and Hun- dreds of Dead . Left on the Field Sepeai i One Instance Wherein Eight Ameri- e s Under Lieutenant Duncan Put Three Hundred Insur- gents: to- Flight. Press > last two E Lieute: remainder, killed 2d two men wounded Pii. We kil The exact number eres e of the rebels’ exampl ¥ the Americz and reported to Col Howze withdrew nd when the iellins prepared for reac hed - Batac 8 op arrived and the off. Their losses nded and 2 pris- ench with 120 nd killed e the town of prising. We killed and drove the balance killed in North = i= giv at wounded, into the Lrush. amer Belgika, owned g company, of which Consul at Manila, is s been fined $50,000 for block- ® 0 of rice at Hindang ents for a cargo of 1 that the practice of h the rebel at there are t Manila early Islands has t ’\}rrfl 3 im, on Leyte rty of Amer- a rowboat. ut an armed h . and when ordered them to halt disregarded and the proceeded n arty. . They er strong guard to the here the 1l prisoners. ws come: orthern Lu- o_prospectors had been mur- rrote tribesmen. The na- ie village of Santa R {nstigated the-crime and sod of the men's. money s organized parties of pros- dving Manila every. month of the hardships here is little evi- tales but t ilroad has been When the road was nitrol American engi- brakemen were in- erican wages in gold— _firemen 36 and .brake- nth. The first act of the ers was to discharge these American employes and en- who are pald, respectively, month in Mexican money. FILIPINGS BELIEVE : AGUINALDO WAS. SHOT Reprasentatives of the Insurgents Express Their Views Upon Re- cent Report From Manila. Eyiecial Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, June 1.—The Sun has the following ~ from London: Filipino repre- sentatives here express no surprise at thé report of the death of Aguindldo. Though they have recelved no confirmation of the they think the cable dispatch of vesterday probably true. They say they knew that for the last three months Aguinaldo had been in_the neighborhapd of San Miguel and San Mateo. They also Belug recognised by the suthomtiee 00" The Filipinos declare that even if the. paid Ame pai / m having found gold | h owners, who | report is true it will have no effect on the war, which wili be carried on with un- abated vigor. They say General Mas- cado. will probably succeed Aguinaldo. The only other likely candidate is General | Plo_del Pilar, a brother of General Gre- gorio del Pilar, who. was killed in the fighting in North Luzon some months ago ! | Bghting | The Filipinos admit the possibility . of | strife over the election of a successor to | Aguinaido, as the Tagals of education and those of 'Spanish divided ch party wi ern the country this ension ieanings are nts to gc may lead to di STRIKE IN KANSAS CITY BUILDING TRADES Order Follows the Lockout Declared { by the Organization of Con- | tractors. KANSAS. CITY. June | strike of all the buflding trades in Kansas effective to-morrow morning, was L — A general | | ordéred at a meeting to-night of the | Building Trades Council. It is said that | over 0% workmen will be involved. The the leckout declared the Bullders’ ntractors. The d troubles wit nced that n ted with the would be am- issued to-night ed on conven- contractors as ike order follow by b ike or workmen apr pl and shedding of blood in th on the St. ¢ was one of since the employes ,one name being added to alties, The swearing in of the.posse of 2500 citi- s to aid the Police Department is-pro- ng smoothly. up to to-night nearly e beeh engaged. organized into e force increa be incr 2 A w o Bl 2 £ P X number of ed_and more men added to them. When 1000 men en sworn In the force will be or- F nd lected to drill and | companies, BOLD RDBBER§ LOOT ! BANK IN IOWA TOWN Two Men Hold Fifty Citizens at Bay | While Their Accomplice Ss- | cures $1600. . lowa, June 1.—The safe k of Sheldahl was blown up last robbers, who secured $1600 and ter holding fifty or more citi- 3S Shortly after mid. ight a terrific explosion shook the town and immediately the inhabitants turned out to learn the cause. A glance up the in street showed the building of the | s bank to be in ruins and the tim- | ng. Fifty citize rushed to place to be met by two rifles in the of two strangers, who ordered them to halt. As the ruins burned brighter two other strangers were descried looting the wrecked safe. The crowd had brought no Weapons, The two robbers on guard ireatened death to the man who moved rom his tracks, and the helpless citizens compelied to witness the robbery of >ir savings without lifting a hand in re- istrance. When the two robbers who were looting : safe had s e they join the band of citizens held high as four robbers had WORK OF ASTRONOMERS WAS V\{!THOUT RESULT | Photographs of the Recent Eclipse | of the Sun €1id to Be Failures. Dispatch to The Call 'AGO, June 1.—The observations of ec! . taken after such elab- » preparations by the leading scien- | o _continents, are pronounced a Crew of the North- The great question the composition of the sun will be little . says he, as the result of one at the many stations in the ther it is a solid enveloped in or “whether it is all gaseous, or r both. theories are wrong, must Sr « t I THIC remain just as open a question as it has been for the past hundred years. It w! tunit the ot be until 1948 that an oppor- ill be had in America to repeat observations taken last Monday Many who took part in these expediti w 1" be gone, and the disappointment, Professor Crew, is intense. The ex- n he gives for the failure is that ruments used were too powerful. , instead of giving valuable data, in most cases left absolutely blank photo- graphic records. In the seconds during which the sun was totally eclipsed time was too precious to trust to the human eye, and all observations were photo- graphed. The development of the photo- | raphic piates, says Professor Crew, has ' een one series of disappointments, and | the work of years and months of prepara- tion is practically GRANDDAUGHTER OF QUEEN VICTORIA IN NEW YORK Princess Aribert of Anhalt Visiting America, but Traveling | Incognito. | W YO June 1.—Traveling incog- | nito and attended only by a lady in wait- ing. the Princess Aribert of Anhalt, eldest hter of her Royal Highness the ess Christiana and granddaughter of Queen Victoria, arrived in New York on the Majestic on Wednesday evening. Her is now at the Waldorf-Astoria, is registered as the Countess of where Munsterburg, and her lady in wafting as ‘raulein von' Chappins. ! t is the first visit the Princess has made | . and her éoming has been to a few personal friends of her_ mother, the Princess who before her marriage 1o i of Schleswig-Hoistein s Helena Augusta, second r of the Queen. The Princess Ari- | t here as a tourist, solely for pleas- | and has preferred_to remain incog- | nite, but as she leaves New York to-mor- | row for Washington, where she is to be re- 1 at the British legation, her iden- an scarcely be kept a secret here- CONSUL PICKERSFILL IS DANGEROUSLY ILL | = | 3 { Epecial Dispatch to The Call. SAN RAFAEL, June 1—The British | Consul General, W. C. Pickersgill, 18 ly- | | ing at his home in this city dangerously is doing as well under { e Cons | the circumstances as might be expected and _that without complications arising | Mr. Pickersgill may soon be out of dan- | ger. ! His parents believe he. wandered along the that t n: | Nick Berg Arrested. H Specfal Dispatch to The Call. SAN RAFAEL, June 1.—Nick Berg, for whom the authorities have been looking for some time, to-day surrendered him- | self to Constable Agnew. Berg is ac- | cused of disturbing the peace of Ike Elg |ana wife. Bome months ago Berg was shot and nearly killed on a yacht off Sau- | | salito, 1t was believed at the time that | | Flg shot him in some trouble over a wo- | man. Berg refused to prosecute or name his assaflant. Since then Elg and wife have moved to the brick {nrds and Berg has repeatedly annoyed them. EIg noti- fied the District Atiorney several times | that if Berg did not leave his house alone | he would kill him. Tobin Elect&l. | gpectal Dispatch to The Call. MILL VALLEY, June 1.—J. F. Tobin was elected School Trustee to-day over | nis opponent, A. L. House. The contest | was practically a test between the advo- | cates of inco; tion and their oppo- | nents. Mr. Tobin represented the “down towns,” who are it incorporas ip in the Build- | As regards riotous | The force | | Court by Judge | public. PSP DS S S S S S VENTURSOME CONVICTS ATTEMPT AN ESCAPE Prisoners at Alcatraz Work Them- selves Through a Chimney and Ship on a Float. Military Prisoners Attempt to Escape From Alecatraz. i L e ] OSEPH CAULFIELD and Michael Tracy, two military conviets now confined in a dungeon at Alcatraz Island on a bread and water diet, have | just passed through an adventure of at- | tempted escape full of desperate chances | y an utter disregard for personal safe That they did not perish in the waters of the bay was due only to the timely discovery of a guard and a and signalized b change of mind on the part of the prlson‘ breakers. This is not the first attempt made by Caulfieid and Tracy to escape paying the penalty imposed upon them for violation of army regulations. At Nagasak! the two prisoners escaped ' | tune float. from the transport Mcade and ‘‘enjoyed” | a taste of freedom for six days. ~ Half- clothed and half-fed they roamed about the hills, but were finaliy overtaken by the authorities and brought back to the ship and brought to this city. Before the Meade steamed into the Golden Gate r of convicts had planned an pe. ¢ had filed the bars of one of the p s, depend- | ing upon their ability swimmer breast the waves to a haven of lib the north beach of t pointment was their me: ire in this con- templated break for freedom. anchored near Angel Island ju and the attempt was abandoned. The last unsuccesstul venture occurred on the night of May 2. -The soldier pris- oners had been thrown into one of the cells in the island prison through which an unused chimney was built. The top of the chimney had been closed by a board capping nailed to the roof and over which ulin_covering been placed. was removed by ans of & ham- . a jimmy and a knife that had been at dusk But disap- | converted into a saw. After reaching the roof the aperture at the top of the chimney was covered with a blanket in order to conceal the light from the eyes cf the sentry. When the sentry had gone his rounds Caulfield and Tracy dropped to the ground, dodging the sentries and keep- ing well under cover until they reached the belthouse steps on the south side of the island. Here they found a board float which was moored fast. This they suc- ceeded in cutting adrift. Nothing but large shingles- was at hand, so they boarded the float, using these as paddies. Out on the dark waters of the bay the two desperate men worked thelr way with their improvised paddles and an oppor- or several hours they ex- erted every effort to work their way toward the city, but they got caught in &n eddying curfent and could make no hea Drenched to the skin, their strength spent by their arduous iabors, they were discovered by a guard at 4 a. m. just as the day was dawning. At this time they were floating hopelessiy in the swirling tide, and a few shots from Guard Jor- genfen wrought a desire on the part of the convicts to return to their prison. After a short time the two men on the float landed and were placed in a | dungeon. The Meade | | tried in Manila for 1 Caulfield was a private in Company I, Fourth United States Infantry. He was obedience of orders and sentenced to fifteen years’ imprison- ment. Later ten years of the sentence was remitted. He is oniy 21 years of age. Tracy was a member of CompanyM, Six teenth United States Infantry. convicted of assault with 1 and sentenced {o eight years. He had been in the army seventéen months and s years of age. He is a- fa 38 from Phila. MANY POSTAL CLERKS MAY BE DISMISSED Sought to Raise a Fund by Asking Contribution in Order to Influ- ence Legislation. NEW YORK, June 1.—The Times to- morrow will publish the following: In order to secure the passage of a bill in Congress known as the ‘“classification bill”" every postal clerk in New York, Chi- cago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Pitts- burg and Baltimore was asked yesterday (Friday) to give $10 out of the salary re- ceived for the month of May to be in pushing the bill. New York City alone has 1500 clerks and if ail paid they wouid contribute $15,000 to the fund, which is ex- pected to amount to at least $60,000. The clerks were assured that the bill wouid become a law by June 10 if the fund was promptly raised It was the opposition of gome of the i | | | M'GLADE’S CASEr ‘IS” SUBMITTED TO JURY The Twelve Are Locked Up for th Night After Deliberating for Several Hours. The case of the people against Peter McGlade was submitted to the jury last evening. The iwelve men who Iistened to the testimony and arguments seem to be preparing for a disagreement. They j did not return a verdict last night and | testify clerks to the payment of the sum de- | manded which caused the disclosure of the t that such a fund was being raised. According to Postmaster Van Coit this disclosure may cause the removal bf a number of men who have been actively engaged in raising the legislative fund, The national president of the clerks’ organization admitted. last that such a fund was being raised. AR : Drank Knock-Out Drops. Violet Brooks, a woman of the tender- loin, and Herbert E. Raynes, her friend, were held to answer Mogan yesterday on a charge of grand larcen: The wonfan's bonds were fixed at $2000 and Raynes’ at $4000. On the night of May 22 they met R. T. Clifton of 150 Steuart street in a postal night | dive and took him to a house on Turk fi“' knock-out drops | street, where they it in his liquor and robbed him of $35. —_—————————— Struck by a Cobblestone. Louis Radovich, living at 205 Third street, while passing Howard and Tre- mont streets yesterday afternoon was struck by a cobblestone hurled by some unknown person. The stone siruck him on the left arm, fracturing that member. Radovich visited the Receiving Hospital, where the fracture was reduced by Assist- ant Police Surgeon Morrison. e Liability of a Wife for Debt. The suit of the Samuels Lace Houso versus N. J. Brittan for $141 15, the value of goods furnished to the latter's di- vorced wife, was on trial yesterday in Justice Groezinger's court. fied that he had served notice on the Lace House not to give his former wife credit. Judge Groezinger postponed his decieion, as a similar case is before the Superior Court on appeal ————————— Death of Bernard Ryan. Word has been received here of the death at Brooklyn, N. Y., on the 2th ult., of Bernard Ryan, formerly a well-known Californian. The deceased was 62 years of age. He was a- member of local Lodge No. 65, Coopers’ Ihternational Union, and of Garfield Post, Grand Army of the Re- The interment will take place at the National Cemetery on next Sunday at 1 p. m. ——e———————— Grocer’s Son Missing. Henry Tonjas, the 11- Tonjas, a grocer at the corner of Union and Mason streets, has been missing from his home since Thursday at noon. The boy accompanied his grandmother to the ferry and did not return to his home. water front and in some manner fell into the bay and was drowned. Eont et S S Retail Grocers Will Picnic, - The Retail Grocers' Protective Union will hold its twenty-ninth annual picnic at Schuetzen Park to-morrow. Innumer- able prizes have been presented to the committee and these will be presented to holders of lucky gate checks, athletes and marksmen. There will be races of all kinds, bowling and shooting. e —e—— For St. John’s Parish. An entertainment and dance will be glven this evening for St. John's booth, ladies’ fair, in aid of St. John's Evangelist parish. The entertainment will be held in old St. Mary's College Hall and will be- gin at 8:30 p. LR Promotion for Miles. WASHINGTON, June 1.—The Senate to- | on the treasury. | i | | ttan testi- | | | | were placed under lock and key until this morning. McGlade's defense occupied but a few minutes during the afternoon. At the opening of the morning session C. S. Der- ham, T. B. McGinnis, C. Reis and D. J. Leary were called by the prosecution to as to the peregrina of a sal ary warrant, many of which, it is alleged McGlade forged prior to its -reaching the hands of the person making the demand Charles True testified that he saw ‘McGlade sign warrants heduled as Nos.. 86, §7 and S§, which it alleged were forged documents so far s the name of the claimant for salary s concerned. Charles J. Cody, detect- ive, and 1. W. Lees, e ief of Police, were called to tell the story of McGlade's arrest, The prosecution then closed. Attorney T. J. Lennon, who represents the accused, immediately called his client to the stand. McGlade briefly denied tha he had forged any documents. The cross examination was just as brief, and as fa as the evidence went the jury was in possession of the facts of the case. Attorney Wise o]p;ns-d the argument for T. J. Lennon followed for the sistant District Attorney Deuprey closed. The jury was charged, and just before 5 o'clock retired to deltb- erate on a verdict. Being unable to agree on a verdict the Jury was locked up at 10:3 o'clock last night. Judge Cook announced that unless a verdict was reached at the time of the opemni of the court this morning he would discharge the jur; The jurors are: Hall square; B. Grov enue; R. J. ence Musto, 705 Battery; E. A. Sachs, §15 Leavenworth; J. B. Williams, - 14 Fourteenth; F. E. Shafer, 3071 Twenty- third; Harry F. McGurren, 1398 Market; Frederick Dieling, 93 McAllister; John Corbett, 1014 Lombard; AdanPh Hiller, 421 Chestnut; M. E. Willis, 804 Eddy. 2121 Pacific_av- LYNCH NOT TO HANDLE REVENUES OF HAWAII Those Islands to Be Organized as a Separate District Under a Collector. Internal Revenue Collector John C. Lynch received a telegram yesterday from Internal Revenue Commissioner Wilson stating that it was not considéred practi- cable under the law to consolidate Hawali with the First California district, and that therefore an internal revenue collector for the islands will be appointed, who wili execute his bond and qualify before Junel 14 of this year. The dispatch stated also that the newly appointed collector would appoint R. N. rick as his deputy to take charge of the year-old son of J. | organization of the Hawalian Isiand dis- triet. Mr. Frick is now on his way to Honolulu_with ~ Special Revenue ent Burt M. Thomas and Gauger Driscoll. - Collector Lf'nch #8ald yesterday that he was very well pleased with the informa- tion conveyed in the telegram, as the change of the original plan of the Inter- nal Revenue Commissioner would relieve him from a heavy burden of responsibil- ity. It would be a very difficult matter, he said, for a collector in San Francisco to man; the revenue collection system of the Hawallan Islands. A Defaulting Collector. George H. Wolfe of the Building News and Review_secured a warrant from Judge Cabantsg yesterday for the arrest of Augustine mphrey, his collector, on the charge of felony embezzlement. In the complaint it is alleged that Hum- phrey is -har"t2 :‘s" ’i!fl. accounts to the amount of . peculations ex- tend over eighteen months. Custom-House Appointments. Customs Inspector H. G. Phelan was appointed by Collector Jackson yesterday as dischargl inispector in place of J. Hocking, res) . Jose ilson was reinstated as inspector in elan’s place. day agreed to amendments to the Mili- | Inspector Eager has received five months Academy bill, mgkm{‘g-;:?l byt Yeneral and Corbin a lieutenant gene: & major general leave of absence without pay, and F. A. Clark has been appointed temporarily to | fill the vacancy. island | Hancock, 928 Broderick; Clar- | BICH PLACER D TUNDRK STRIKES AT CAPE NOME Messrs. Kurtz and Smith Arrive From Northern Gold Fields. Much Development Work Had Been Done When They Left, With- Prospects for an Immense Clean-Up. e O R Speclal Dispatch to The Call. SEATTLE, June 1.—W. C. Kurts, for- merly cf San Francisto, and Norman R. Smith, deputy land sur /eyor at Nome, are the latest arrivals from Cape Nome, hav- ing reached Seattls to-night on the steamer Bertha. Mr. Kurtz and Mr. Smith left Nome on March 16, with one team of three dogs and as much provis- lons as they could carry. on foot to the Kuskoquim river, a dis- | tance of 450 miles, which they reached on April 0. On that date the ice and snow disappeared from the trail on all save the higher elevations. At the Kuskoquim the travelers gave away their dog team and sled, and cast oft thelr surplus clothing. They deter- mined to find a short cut across the coun- try over rivers and mountain ranges to the coast. They figured on coming out on & point opposite Kadiak Island. Mr. Smith had mapped out a route traversing a hitherto unknown country. The trip Invoived all kinds of hardship and suffering. The story from Nome brought by the two | travelers contains facts more interesting than any recent news received frof the new gold camp since the cicse of naviga- tion. Briefly, these are the facts related: Between 1700 and 2000 miners were at | work along the beach at Nome, for a dis- | tance of a dozen miles. The ground was | not frozen so as to prevent mining opera- tions, and the result has been that much | development work has been done, with ! prospects for an immense clean up when | the rivers melt in the spring. Prospecting | done in the tundra back of Nome Shows | that there are two and three pay streaks | down "to bedrock, at a depth of between | thirty and fifty feet. | The deepest pay streak so far has been | the richest, pans being found worth 62 | cents. Mining men who have examined { these prospects predict that the tundra | will produce enormous quantities of gold | during the coming season. | A legal snarl is to be unraveled this | summer by the lawyers reaching Cape | { Nome. More than half the richest prop- | erties on the beach and creek beds are | involved in _litigation, due to the fact | that jumpers have restaked the best claims and have sold their alleged in- | terests to innocent parties. | _Probably the most im; ortant item of | news brought by Mr. Kurtz and Mr. | Smith relates to the mining operations on | the beach at Cape Nome and nortl of | that place. Mr. Kurtz said to The Call correspondent to-night: claims, which were worked in a desultory fashion last fall, and which will yield up millions in gold during the coming s son. About four hundred miners win- tered on the beach, of which perhaps 15 per cent worked continuously. March 1 the miners began striking their tents pre- paratory to the spring and summer work. | When we left Nome there were 1700 min. | ers at work on the beach. | ““Between Cripple and Ranny Trivers | good prospects were obtained before we | Teft, ranging from $3 to $ per pan. The miners as ‘a rule have no- difficulty | working -down to bedrock, from whi | they drift, fcllowing the pay streak. 1 >rospecting on the tundra has be2n | prosecuted to a considerable extent this | winter and usually with gratifying re- sults, Back of the Trading and Transportation Company's property a big hole was sunk during the winter to a depth of forty-seven feet. | Three separate and distinct pay sir were encountered. The first ‘was four inches thick, and was found eight fcet below: the grass roots. It averages > cents to the-pan. The second pay streak was | found at a distance of about thircy-two | feet. -The pans averaged 16 cents each. | It was at bedrock at a distance of forty | seven’ feet that.the- richest pay sireak | was found. Here the pans wen | as 62 cents. The gold was found in cre | fcés In the bedrock.: Some of those who helped: sink the prospect hole declared hat this was a false bedrock x greater values would be reached by sink ling lower. This work was prosecuted be- tween January 15 and March i2. A steam | thawer was used to sink the prospect | hole. | "%Near Anvil Mountain, three miles back | of Nome, Marshall Lee and J. A. King | sunk another prospect hole through tundra. They went down thirty feet and. | encountered pay ‘dirt running from 4 |-.cents to 80 cents per pan.” Kurtz describes conditions in the camp | as promising with one exception, which is | that, owing to disputes over tities to the | best claims in the district, and including ver half of the centrally located creek claims, the work of developwent of the camp will, he says, be put back nearly a year. Two of the richest quartz strikes in | e« history of the camp are reported by "Kurtz. | _ The first find was made late in February | by a party headed by a miner named | Taylor. tive, and traveled for two days into the interior in the direction of Port Clarence. Here they found a true ledge, from which they took samples at random. These, be- { Ing assaved by Assayer Thomas of the | N. A. T. and T. Company, gave retarns | at $500 in gold to the ton. The ore is said | to be plentiful in the new district, the in 1., Guntz 8 City | find being the richest in the way of quartz | N\\| Sunday’s Call TUNE 3, 1900. How I Saved the Life of | Porfirio Diaz. | discoveries in the history of the camp. ‘Another adventurous party of TOS- | peetors left Nome in the dead of winter or the headwaters of the Ingelatulek River, which sises near the Unalaklik. | "The' prospectors were headed by two P! | miners named Jacobsen and Moon, and | the ore ran as high as $400 to the ton. In- | vestigations prosecuted by skilled miners | on the beach have revealed the existence | of what is.called a ruby sand, which, | while not profitable to work by the old | rocker, can nevertheless be handled by | large corporations with jmy roved machin- | ery and big pay derived. This ruby sand, | it is sald, extends along the whole length | of ‘the coast to Cape York. The mining | companies equipped with machinery are preparing to handle this strata of sand, which it Is said- pays from $10 to $36 per ton. UNION LABOR WINS A PARTIAL VICTORY | Myer Brothers Compromise Their Dif- ferences With the Men and Boy- cott Is Removed. The difficulty which has existed for sev- eral months between the labor unions and Meyer Brothers has at last been amicably | adjusted. ‘A compromise was signed on | May 20 and the boycott against the firm | removed. The union clonkmakers are jubi- ! Jant, more especially as M. Friedman has | also withdrawn his orders from the house of M. Simonoff pendlng a settlement of the -trouble between that firm and the labor uniouns. The boycott on-the shoe firm of G. M. Kutz & Co. has warmed up sufficiently to throw the case into court, where the right of a labor union to issue and maintain a icket notifying the public not to patron- B e Snfalr Bouse will be tested. The Labor Council has promised to stand by Secretary Rosenberg in his fight. Hence- forth all boots and shoes made by unfon shops will- carry the union stamp. g% meeting of the Journeymen Plas. terers held at 927 Market streel last night a journeyman's union was formed exclu- sive of the contractors’ association. Thir- ty-five members were initiated. D. Ahearn was elected gres_ldem and J. Garderser secretary. The unanimous sense of the meeting was _to become affillated with the Building Trades Council as soon as racticable. A motion to adjourn. until eVednle‘segny evening at the same place val 5 - PTiNe mewly organized lodge of Amalga- mated Sheet Iron and Metal Workers met in regular session at S09 Market street last nlght and witnessed the installation of its first officers. The work was done by the Cornice Makers' Union, which sent thirty men to perform the ceremonies and They traveled | “There are about twelve miles of beach | ich | North America | confer the degrees. The officers installed last night: Hugh D. de Gear, president; W. Lundy, vlce!pmldem: H. &. Street, recording secretary;. K. K. McLaughlin, findncial secretary; H W. Heutcheroft, treasurer. The roil of the new lodge was sisued by 125 men. After the Installation &rumonies last night the members of the Makers' Unton were banquets b the Sheet Iron and Metal Workers. = VETERANS TO PAY MORE HONOR TO THE OLD FLAG Resolutions Passed at the Final Meet- ing of the Memorial Day Committee. The final meeting of the Memorial day committee was held last evening. Reports from the various sub-committees were submitted ‘and itemized lists of expendi- | tures were turned in to the finance com- mittee, to bie ratified by the appointees of the city. Two resolutions were adopted, | one of particular and one of general in- terest. They are as follows: Whereas, We note with unfeigned pieasure and patriotic sympathy the action of the Cali- fornia Soclety of American Wars requiring its members to greet the Ameriean flag with u covered head whenever it is borne, as the em blem of the republic; now, therefore, be it Resolved, By the Memorial day committees of the year A. D. 1900 of the six posts of the G. A. R. of the city and county of San Fran- clsco, Cal, that as the defenders of the flag in the war for the Union from 1861 to 1865, we most heartily endorse and ratify the said pa- triotic action and agree to reverently observe | the custom. and will recommend to our posts | of the Grand Army its observance by veterans | | of our order upon all appropriate opportuni- ties and suitable occasions. Resalved.. By the representatives of the six G. A. R. posts in final meeting assembled. that | we hereby tender our sincere thanks to_all | who assisted in making Memorial ddy, | 30, 1900, a_success. and to Colone! Charles ¥ ton, grand marshal. and Comrades R. H. W fleld, Henry C. Dibble, John L. Boone, Mrs. Nellie Holbrock-Blinn, his Hopor Mayor James | D. Phelan, Hon. Frank McGowan, Cook | Caldwell, dnd last; but not least, to Comrades E. S. Salomon and J. Murray Balley, the effi- clent chairman and secretary of the gemeral committee. DOHRMANN IS AGAIN CHOSEN PRESIDENT Merchants’ Association Elects New } Officers and Takes in Twelve i New Members. | The new board cf directors of the Mer- | chants’ Association met yesterday and or- } ganized by electing the following officers | for the ensuing yea | _F. W. Dohimann, president: A. S. Baldwin, | first vice president; Joseh D. Grant, second and Frank J. Symmes, treas- | vice president, | urer | The three standing commiftees for the | {nted by President s: | ensuing year as appo | Dohrmann are as follo | Public affairs—fdward B. Pond (chairman), | Joseph D. Grant, A. J. McNicoll, Marshal Hale, | Frank J. Symmes. | Publicity and vromotion—Charles Bundschu (chajrman), Hugo D. Keil, Edward H. Mitchei Andrew M. Davis, W. P. Redington. Trade and finance—Hugo Rothschild (chair- man), Andrew M. Davis. C. S. Benedict, Frank J. Symmes, Foster P. Cole | The following twelve new members were | | elected: | | 3. 51 Babmitt, 3. Brett & Co., Chaix & Ber- | A .5 | nara; 31 7 s M. Foge, Her- bert B. Mages, G: Shiels Estate | Company, John C. Schieck. W. A. Schrock, | Schlesinger - & Beénder and Sterett Printing | | Company, making the total membership at | present 1197 3BEATEN BY HIS SON AND BROTHER-IN-LAW e | Morris Lubeck, a Pawnbroker, Has Them Arrested on a Charge of | | Battery. | Morris Lubeck, a pawnbroker, living at | 524 Golden Gate avenue, swore to com- plaints in Judge Cabaniss’ court yester- | day for the arrest of his son Adolph and his brother-in-law, Jacob Green, on the | charge of battery. They were arrested, | | and gave cash baii for thelr appearance | | in_court: 1 |- Lubeck said that some time ago he transferred his property in trust to his son and:his brother-in-law, and that since | then they have been trying to get entire possession of it._ They beat him in his | pawn shop on Sixth street Thursday | morning, and that night renewed the at-| tack at his home on Golden Gate avenue. | | They pounded him over the head with a | cane till his head and face were covered | with bibod. He went to the Receiving | Hospital and had the wounds dressed. The defendants allege that the old man was beating his wife, and when they in- terfered to protect her he showed fight. | They denied that they had defrauded him | of his property. —_———————— Boer Mass Meeting. A mass meeting will be held in Metro- | politan’ Temple ‘to-night by sympathizers | of the Boers.for the purpose of expres: m;\amgll for the brave men of the nsvaal. .- F. Tarpey will preside. eches will be delivered by Dr. i Max | { Magnus, Rev. T, Caraher, P. von Laben | | Sels. Colonel J. J. Tobin, Robert P. Tro: Thomas Pinther and - James H. Messages will also be read from promi- | nent members of the Senate and Congres | from the Boer peace envoys and from Dr. | Fredrick Muller ‘and Dr. V. J. Leyd Embassadors from the South African re- | public in Europe. | Barry 4 11 RACES CAUSE THE DOWNFALL OF . b DEWINE He Is Fifteen Thousand Dollars Short in His Accounts. —— Took Money From People’s Building and Loan Association, of Which He Was Secretary and Manager. L o S Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, June 1. The discovery that A. A. Dewing. sec- retary of the People's Building and Loan Association, was short in his accounts with the association was a great sur- prise to those who know him and are familiar with his relations and social standing. The fact that he lost the money at the races is still more surprising, for Dewing has hardly been suspected of plunging on the ponies save by a few who have seen him at the track on rare occasions. Dewing married the daughter of the late Dr. S. H. Melvin and moved in & very exclusive social set in East Oak- land. He was an expert accountant and had done experting for several promi- nent concerns with large interests. He was prominent In church and musical circles and was referred to as a model of business and personal propriety. His was a case of infatuation for the races, and his downfall is the old story of a man of high standing and otherwise irre- proachable conduct being lured to ruin. Dewing was not known as a plunger, but he was a constant attendant at the trAck, and his thefts must have been going on for a considerable period of time, for his shortage will amount to be- tween $15,000 and $0,000. Hé admits to $15,000, and the experting of his books will not be completed so that the actual shortage will be known until to-morrow night. As secretary of the Bullding and Loan Association, Dewing had the receiving of all money, though he was expected to make deposits with the Central Bank each day. But Dewing was such an ex- pert accountant that he devised a system of making his books balance, so that he was able to steal more than $15.000 with- out being detected. His clever system of hiding his shortage was stretched to the breaking point two weeks ago, when the directors asked him to submit his report. He pleaded the sickness of his mothe: in-law, the widow of the late Dr. Mel- vin, who was dying, and they gave him time for that reason” Then a small dis- crepancy was discovered, and a special meeting of the directors was hastily called a week ago, and Mr. Dewing re- signed. An expert was put to work om his books, and R. I Mould of the Fire- man's Fund Insurance Company was elected secretary. No effort has been made to arrest Dewing, and it is not likely that there be any prosecution. Either the wil money will be paid back or a compromise effected with the association. Every ef- fort has been made to hush up the story of the shortage, owing to Dewing’s prom- inent connections in Oakland. He en- joyed the complete confidence of the di- rectors of the association. It is not likely that he could have taken so much money without discovery had he not had this On the other hand, Dewing has made no effort to escape, as he could easily have done, for the directors have made no-effort to watch him. He is still at his East Oakland home. He admits that there is a shortage, but pesitively de- clines to discuss it in any way for the press, upon the ground that he does not wish to bring any more disgrace upon his family than is absolutely necessary The directors of the loan association J. W. Phillips of Grayson, Owen & wholesale butchers: F. H. Brooks, jer of the California Bank; G. B. . Gray, real estate; R. 1. Mould. Fir an's Fund Insurance Company; C. W m; A Wilkins, contractor; J. E. Johnston, car- riage manufacturer; D. E. Bortree, dep- aty City Treasurer; J. P. Garlick, prin- cipal of the Lincoln School. and A. J. Gurnett of the Union Savings Bank. All | of these are of Oakland. Petitions in Insolvency. Petitions in insolvency were filed yester- day in the United States District Court as follows: Low Hung, doing a mercan- tile business in Sonora, Tuolumne County, under the firm name of Hop Sing & Co., linbilities $6928 39, assets $1200. Robert Wescoe Theobald, a farmer residing in the town of Alameda: liabilities $6373 66, assets $2600. ary Edna Mandeville, merchant, Stockton;_[iabilities $509 77, no assets. K. Willlam Morgan, merchant, San Fran- cisco; liabilities 32371 22. no assets. pomsseihuse i s Suspected Cases of Glanders. The State Veterinarian yesterday noti- fied the Board of Supervisors that there are several cases of alleged glanders in this city, with a request that they be im- mediately investigated. | THE SUNDAY CALL A San Franciscan’s From pl for the Su: fow I Trained a By 'lie Statues in - By PHILIP | LEADS THEM ALL. They left Nome guided by a na- By A. K. CONEY. Experiences at the Paris Exposition. By COL H. 1L KOWALSKY. TRATED What the Interior of the California Head- quarters in Paris Locks Like. hs taken specially Call. Donkey t) Act. FERRIS HARTMAN. America’s Most ! /] the Park Kusewm. | Berutiful Building. Bui'ding Boats for the Navy. HICHBORN, U. S. N. BOOKS, FICTION AND “OF INTEREST TO WOMEN" : FIVE CENTS