The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 3, 1900, Page 23

i * . * * * * * © * Pages 23 10 3. SUGHD XS H: PAPKOHORON | Pages 23 10 32 % | | EPROXOR S AORO XO% LAl 2L Al SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, JUNE 3, CROCKER-HARRISON WEDDING INVITATIONS @< ¢ P N T S S U A ® 3 2 7 4 ' § [ /l(l)l(/f/ //)/1) J[&r& c@c%a wér f ¢ @ 1 rfif«e}/ e /onoartfy + . < + P * 7 pe Siresence al e rrrcerrecty et Hicer rrecce J * (2 777) /2 3 /4 -jfrzn(a} eertorn /(1)'7‘(4)07?/ ! : o :fla}\kdl}, (/Zn("ééfll’{”% % b ¢ [~ . )¢ r(/.{(z,//(j/ér levelye ciloc f | § «/4/11/1/:_ /[7/.} ‘6’/{‘(}% %, f > L § e —~ . Thearodo. Newer York o b ¢ The Invitation to the W:cding. &l R B S e = - ] ill carry bouquets of pink sweet bride’'s gown is of heavy with great simplicity. of exquisite Brussels point, most_beautiful ever seen in is of such shape that o\ | Boat for special traim will leave | p Nex York from foot of West Twenty-third Street, | Erie Ferry, at eleven a. m. The train returning woill leave Tux-do at three-thirty p. m., reaching York at four-thirty p. ease present this card at the Ferry * and to the conductor. {1 New P. m = fashi almost completely tending to the end of r this reason there on the gown, 1 after being arranged in coronet n her head it - — + re than 150 people. Weddings | pattern of the veil to the delicate tracery e Tuxedo | ©f frost on a window ps e The bridal bouquet will be of white or- of the | 4- 2 " Please present this card at M Saint Mary’s Church hursday, June th: sevwnth. ¥ : 8 natural orange blossoms, the ing forced for the occasion, and rament will be a pearl brooch, Mr. Harrison. D. O. Mills, the bride's uncle, will her away aturally with such wide connections, ding gifts are numesous and very UDOKNELL IS CIVEN DEFIANCE . LARGE CROWD TO BY DOHRMANN TELEGRAPH HILL Merchant Demands That the Fire Burns Fiercely While Lawyer Furnish Proof Engines Toil Up the of Charges. ‘ Steep Incline. h He Says He in Street ent Com- Issues Letter in W, Owns No Int Improv Dezbris in a Conflagration That Destroys One Building and Guts Another. e One of the most spectacular fires seen in n Francisco in some time destroyed the ience of G. Oppenheimer, 1402 Mont- et, last cvening. The bufldin r the summit of Telegrap car portion of it wi up- 1 on tall piles. Much difficuity the Fire Department in e and before a stream of be brought to play on the Oppenheimer residence was a ins and the dwelling of J. ining was badly gutted. ms to know how the fire enhefmer, who is a pawn- Grant avenue, and his family at the time and neighbors d The letter from M: is of a sizzling Were aw turned in an shooting from the roof of the building. In a short time the blaze lighted up_the surrounding country and the . Thousands of pecple congregated on the bluffs and narrow streets above and watched the elements of destruction at their work. From the bay and water front | the sight was particularly spectacular, it appearing as If an immense sheet of flame was shooting out of graph Hill. The fire had almost consumed the entire bullding before the horses laboring up the steep hills could draw the apparatus close | enough to be of any service. Two fire- | men—Harry Wilson of Truck 2 and John | Bmith of Truck l—were struck by falling | debris and had to be carried from the cet Improvement Company, which rts allowed to be used under and it was by sthe ma- pany that the coatract my intention to notice these the ridge of Tefe several members of the Mer- ation, of which 1 have the honor nd on whose behalf I have TRE inkiing, rep- ity of your recognized by those there would isled through the circun nany others who might be es r i they remain unchalienged. | CEOTCS S50, . 3 : quickly recovered. The total 1 now n you to produee proof of the | FECIC TR b U S o v | » n ¥ 7 e | Joss gs will approxi- E ¢ been directly or in- | 1088 on L in the City Street conpany having con- government, and 1t e 1 will hand over & raised to assist the JOLLY TIME ACROSS BAY FOR EMPLOYES t carts allowed to be tract” are econ, | joment Compuny, 1| g Tillmaan Jr. Gave His First An- r gale o ans- | nual Outing With Special Steamer Association for and a Band. 3% to the best | one hundred and thirty employes of Till- | mann & Bendel were entertained royally | by F. Tillmann Jr. yesterday. They had | a special steamer, the Caroline, to carry them across the bay, and when they reached Oakland special cars were pro- vided to take the party to Fruitvale to Mr. Tillmann's home. They also had the | Second Regiment band with them to sup- | ply them with music. =”‘%ms‘-u the first of a series of annual proofs called e publicly not sub- ours truly W. DOHRMA . s that | ings to be given by Mr. Tillmann to his o A."'YH",T” 5 :;x;ainl:: n;!m through the | :J.:,lp?uye‘s. Ai‘.noon there was an elabo- machinations of the City Street Improve- | juncheon under the trees. Then came ment | rate |a season of speechi ng. ther forms of diversion. Dinner was served toward evening. A me of fireworks brought the first outing to a successful and delightful close. A clergyman was recently hanged in | The excursionists reached the city before effigy in Bolling Springs, P because of | midnight. H. D. Loveland, the new man- his Successful fight against the granting | ager and vice president of the firm, was of of a liguor license to the village hotel. | the party. m the Supervisors issued a + sprinkling order that makes it pos- for that company to obtain the con- without fear of other bidders. games and |o | program was | FLANES KTTRACT | Two Firemen Injured by Falling alarm when they saw flames | GRAND PARLOR OF NATIVE DAUGHTERS TO MEET SOON 1 HATT\E 5. LEE SANTVIVATE PFOR SYRANY SECRETARY /" RAND SECRETARY %2 vy LAVRA J.TRAXS TANDIDATE F-0R SRANY SECRETARY SIFFURD - ELIZAN g WHO WILE BELOME V. KEITH , TANVIDATE PAST YRAND PREDIDVENT FOR VISE PREOIDENT WwWHO Wil BECOME SRAND PRESIDENT Prominent Candidates for Grand Officers. Miss Rosa Day. Eltaj ative Ralph. Los Pimientos Parlor No. Parlor of the Weaverville—Miss Santa Paula— Daughters of the Golden West will me Parlor No. T t 115, set.in Jacksol Clonbits: n. b Mrs. Flera Willard. meet.in Jackson 3 Francisco—Miss | " La Paloma Parlor No. 116, Gilroy. . Fay fou 1 on June 12. ruber Fol Peabody. n r this year an_Francisco—Mrs. During the s sion _there will be intro- duced measures looking toward a revision of the ritual, which many of the mem- jeve {s too long. A strong fight, 1, will be made to preserve it in ent congdition, as the several harges which are expressed in most elo- quent language portray the aims and the principles of the order in a manner that cannot be improved upon An effort will be made to establish a Native Daughters’ scholarship at the Uni- versity of California. an Luis Obispo will make a bid for the : on of 191, and there at want the honor . but as yet from. A propo- resentgd to have a session Parlor at some fime within Versalovich. arado—Miss Dora i upon by about 115 repre- of the subordinate rlors. In ere will be in the grand body grand offic president, Mrs. will b sentativ addition t the followi H. Mills, president, Parlor, Ferndale—Mrs. Eva 5 San Francisco— . Emma_Schofield. , Merced—Miss Mamie ren. Crescent City—Mrs. Amador—>iss Irene | f, Ei Mies Hannah Gray, « 1 Pajaro, Par J ella Finkel- M Ay i “#mapoin Parlor No. 0, Sutter Creek—Frances Vicipl, Mary Randclph San Jose Parlor No. of the Grand the next five'years in the Yosemite Val- ley, as it is believed by the promoters of 81, San Jose—Miss Tillle tha't idea that the members of the grand body will be inspired by meeting In that grand wonder of California as delegates never before have been inspired. Mrs. Cora B. Sifford will become the t P 3 and Parlor, Woo Wooal owing s the list of the repre- ero Parlor No. 82, Tracey—Miss from sixty-eight of the =ev- eight not having yet sent San Francisco—Miss . Miss Daulton. Parlor No. $4, Angels—Miss Myrtle Teants Puclor N Jackson—Mrs. Ella{.Lee. e Comimres T Matite Folgar son—Mrs. Ellah 45 est Parlor No. 85, Plymouth—Miss Clara | ceeded as grand president by Mrs. Emma Minerva Parlor N Hin Francisco—Miss | Steiner. Gett of Califia Parlor of Sacramento, who Annie Donaldson, Mizs 3 Dem; Piedmont Parlor No. 57 Oakland—Miss | Alta Parlor No. 3, San FranciscoMrs. Agnes | Amanda Hammerley, Miss Vorrath. dent. For the Iatter office there will be Thornagle. Lizzie Douglass, Mrs, Mary | La Estrella Parlor No. 89, San Franclsco— | s Julia ch, Miss Julia Vasselin. | heen named are Mrs. Ella Caminetti of back & i e Jontant:"MIs /C. HEERING lor. Mrs. Genevieve Baker of 4 n_Mra. Emma o At alia] Eutne ¥ Parlor and 1 i o Cityra. Ml | § Keith of Alta Farlor. llen, Mrs. Louisa orgentr The Pinole Parlor No. %, Pinole—Mrs. Louis P. | Brandt. lan Miguel Parlor No. 9, San Miguel—Miss past the contest was named, but it is asserted that Miss Keith has been induced to allow her name to be e R. Murray. o. Placerville. Mary Ventura Parlor No. %, Ventura—Miss s ‘ Lucas, Mrs. Nellie Copland 4 ter. & shalship for one of its delegates, and it is | two h Eehcol Parlor No. 16, Napa—Mrs. Jennie ovel Parlor No. 9, San Francisco— | said that Mrs. Alison F. Watt of Manza- Schwarz arah Osterman, Mrs. Mamfe I Brown. nomination. For the office of grand sec- | retary the friends of the incumbent, Mrs. Georgie C. Ryan. will urge her e @& _candidate ~again. Others Alameda Parlor No. a Hickman. mona Parlor No. 21, Martinez—Miss Aga 24, Los Angeles— 18, Alameda—Miss Lo- i o speranza Parlor No. 101, Volcano—Miss Clo- mma Schmitz. trustees, has been mentioned, but there is no certainty that the lady will be a candi- date, Miss Lizzie Douglass of Alta Par- lor No. 3 of this city will be named for grand treasurer uniess there should be a . Grass Valley—Mrs. . Hollister—Mrs. Miss Agnes Capo_de Oro Parlor No. Leila_ Shaw. Aloha Parlor No. 106, Oakland—Mrs, Carrie B. Landregan. eneva Parlor No. 107, Camanche—Miss Ma- Watt, Smith, Miss Anna Golden Bar Parlor No. 30, Sierra City Kate Irwin Iluhrrrv_l"‘u. Mrs. \Angelita Parlor No. &, Livermore—Miss Mol | mie C Dumy. E change by the time nomirations are made, e E. an Luisita Parlor No. 10S. San Luis Obispo— | and she will then be named for another %1 Pajaro Parlor No. Watsonville—Ms. | Miss Annes M. Lee, Mrs. Agnes McCaftrey.. | affiee. ‘There will be a number of candi- Winnie Morey, Miss Alice Leland. 1 Paso de Robles Parlor No. 109, Paso Ro- | dates for the other offices, but there are Naomi Parler No. 36, Downleville—Mrs. Car- | bles—Mrs. Phoebe F s, . 2 i s > rie L. Meroux. 1o Bandeis’ Parier 119, Sacramento—Miss | 50, TANY for these that no one is willing to Parri Parlor No. 38, Dixon—Mrs. L. Gor-| Maud Wood, Miss Zoe Johnson. ” m‘a(‘l:e a guess as to possible successful theimer. Sutter Parlor No. 111, Sacramento—Miss Win- = Tas = Cameiia Parlor No. 41, Anderson—Mre. C. C. | itred Wennedy, Miss Lizzie Halloran: " | The members of Ursula Parlor, the plo- MeMurry. Eschscholtzia Parlor No. 112, Etna Milis—Miss | Neer parior of the State. located at Jack- erra Parlor No. 42, Dutch Flat—Mrs. Julia | Rosalia J. Smith. son, and the citizens of that place have ran | _San_Andreas Parlor No. 113, San Andreas— | made extensive preparations for the re- Ruby Parlor 46, Murphys—Miss Efiie | Mrs. Martha C. Hanscom. ception of the Native Daughters. to the Kelibar. Darina_Parlor No." 14, San Francisco—Mrs. | end that their stay in the city shall be a Golden State Parlor No. 50, San Francisco— | Lucte Hammersmith, Mrs. Emma D, pleasant one. the Registrar of Voters. In 130 he was a candidate for the office of clerk of the | Supreme Court. Under Superintendent of | Streets Ambrose he cccupied a position of L O R R O O R . =~ | PETER McGLADE IS ; GUILTY OF FORGERY ? ° responsibility. It was in this office that e |® | thfi pchemeh!or making money . evolved i & what now threatens to close the doors of Convicted of Street Depart- <; @ peniientiary ‘Wpon Him. for How many | years wi only be known when judgment ment Frauds by a IS in the last charge against him has been Jury, : Z,) pronounced. - ETER W. McGLADE, at one time | TRIED THREE TIMES prominent in the councils of the & ; Democratic party, successful In | { TO END HER LIFE politics and well known as a good | J Priioo il e el B AR Suistdil Bteits of Whisky (Upon eliberatin, v v jury that sat during the many days of | ¢ Emma Dutch, a Woman of the his trial came into court shortly after 10 & B ';l‘enderloin. s 7 o'clock yesterday morning and filed a ver- | mma Dutch, a woman of the tender- diet adjudging the defendant guilty as! loin, has made three Ineffectual attempts charged. The verdict handed to the clerk ¢, to end her life while Intoxicated. Friday by the foreman of the jury reads: | afternoon she attempted to jump into the “We the jury find the defendant, P. W. | T bay from the ferry-boat Bay City, and McGlade, guilty of forgery in having ut- ¢ when the boat reached the slip she was tered, published and passed as genulne: IB“’;H into the custody of Policeman Cal- | ana true the demand described in the in- aghan. e | aictment, then and there knowing the | e e o Sreniiy same to be false and forged, as chnrgedi 8 Tope which she had made from a por- in the indictment."” . tion of her dress. e was sent to the The demand referred to bore date of :,, Becdelvmzl-lo;pllml, :vll:e;re ls)hekuo?n rerfn\u September 1, 1898, and purported to have | PETER W. McGLADE. red. ex heing taREn Dack. to prison been legally made by T. Dwyer. It con- P TS A ROGE ot Bee Twwihe by her cell and had to be put in a strait- jacket. She was taken before Judge Mo- fian yesterday morning and seemed to ave recovered from the "effects of her ppee The Judge sentenced her to serve thirty days in the County Jail. tained . _demand for $9 on the treasury | @940 000000+ @ and showed an indorsement by T. B. Mc- 4 who, as a Supervisor's clerk, | pany, real estate, 615 Leavenworth street; passed on such demands. This indors B. Willlams, 142 Fourteenth street; F. ment, it was charged, was forged by Mc- | E. Shafer, California_Milk Company, 3071 Glade, and the jury has found him guilty. | Twenty-third street; Harry F. McGurren, illis, the “push.” After eiaborate alguiueuc \ Friday afternoon the jury, on whom all | Many other charges still tand against eyes were centered, retired to deliberate | McGlade. His conviction was the-result on a verdict. A minute after the verdict | in a great measure of testimony given b; was entered yesterday Attorney T. J.|handwriting experts, who testified that ail Lennon, of the firm of Lennon & Haw- the disputed documents were the handi- kins, who represented the accused, took | work of the accused. One witness testi- an exception to the same and will take | fied that he saw McGlade sign the de- an appeal to the Supreme Court. Mr. | mands scheduled as Nos. 81, 82 and 83, and Lennon then asked that the jury be this was the strongest evidence against polled. Each juror repeated the verdict, | him. " All of these cases were continued “Guilty as charged.” The jurors were: ' | until Monday to be set for trial. Judge F. L. Guntz, secretary Gantner & Guntz | Cook will pass _sentence next Friday. Undertaking Company, 8 City Hall| Under the law McGlade inay_ be com- square; B. Graye, merchant, 2121 Pncl& I mitted to the penitentiary for from one to avenue; R. J. Hancock, real estate, fourteen years. Broderick street; Clarence Musto of the| McGlade's political career, which ended Neapolitan Paste Company, 705 Battery | on the discovery of the frauds in the street; E. A. Sachs of Martin Sachs Com- | Street Department, began in the office of street. in View of mf ma‘r;ydxgnsamlmal re- | saloon, 1398 Markgg; :‘trir‘h; ‘Fredlerictk soeerss: oS s tait ports that the jury had been tampered | Dleling, solicitor, cAllister street; with in the interest of the defendant and ! John Corbett, collector, 1014 Lombard his well-known political affiliations. M-- ' street; Adolph Hiller, ~stationery, 421 ALLEGED EMBEZZLER Glade's convictions came as a surprise te Chestnut street; M. E. $04° Eady IS BROUGHT BACK Louis With W. T. Wykes, Who ‘Was Arrested There. W. T. Wykes, who was arrested in St. tective Tom Elus. ‘Wykes was the confidential clerk of Whitney & Co., wholesale produce dealers, and is accused of having helped himself 0 belonging to his employers. “It IS suppo: he lost the money at the tacetrack. vkes went to St. Louis, where he was recognized and arrested. | | “SWEET PEA GIRL” 1N 8k EKING RICHES ISS ROSE HOLLAND, “the sweet pea girl” of the Dur- rant murder trial, is a victim of the gold fever. Yesterday when the steamer San Jose pulled out for the Nome gold- fields “the sweet pea girl” was among the most excited passen gers on her deck. That she is @ woman of impulses has long since been dem- onstrated, but whether or not a nature with this as its stronge. characteristics will win in the battle for gold remains to be scen. She says she has confidence in her luck, however, and none twho heard her questioned her belief that Dame Fortune would f her in her pursuit for riches. Miss Holland is prone to th years ago, when all San Francisco was horrified at the of the dead bodies of Blanche Lamont and Minnie Williams a vor rust fame upon herself. A ?1‘1»' discovery in Emanucl Baptist Church and- appalled when it learned that Dur- rant was the murderer, she became widely not enviably known. if When mothers drew their children around them and younger women shrank at the very mention of the name of the fiend of the belfry, Miss Holland went forth to comfort the criminal. Each day found her in court with a handful of fragrant violets, her token of gonfi- dence for Durrant, the murderer. friendship for him that it was ru she who was bearing the great expense of his trial. firmly denied throughout, hozweve: murderer was simply caprice or known. After Durrant’s execution s ity, but now the eyes of the worl So much mystery attached to her mored that it was none other than Thig y r, and whether her interest in the otherwise will probably never be she he once again- merged into obscur- d—at least this portion thereof— are again upon her and will watch with interest her fight for fortune in the land of the midnight sun. REGULATIONS FOR SANITARY CORPS OF N, G.C. How the New Organization Will Be Made Up From Companies. 'PLEA FOR BOERS " BY THE CGLLEGE OF NETHERLANDS i | Faculties of America Asked 1 to Aid the Cause of Liberty. l Report That Assistant Adjutant Gen- Anti-British Meetinig Under Direc~ | past grand president, and she will be suc- | , nita Parlor of that city will be placed in | for each brigade surgeon’s office. "% | ards and shall rank as such. who | be one hospital steward for each regiment are named for this very important office | of infantry, one hospital sergeant for each are Miss Laura J. Frakes of Amapola| pattalion and ore private for each com- Cruz Parlor No. %, Santa Cruz—Mrs, (2, Salinas—Mrs. Arfana L | W Siitne, Jiew's, Namalle Clark, P oral " Hite narme af Mibe Frasricte B | Pany, e Bomureka—Mm “Anhis} Caliveris Pariof No. 108 San Francisco |Lee sf-Woddland Eatiyriptie of the grand | | i 1 Detective Ellis Arrives From 8¢ |Infa Louis on a telegraphic warrant from this showing her speed to have city, was brovght back vesterday by De- | She is now in first-class condi eral QGeisting May Retire. Changes in First Infan- try Regiment. e eics As yet no orders have been issued for division encampment this year, and many guardsmen are inclined to the belfef now holds the position of grand vice presi- [ that none will be held until next year. Generai orders from headquarters at more than one candidate. Those who have | Sacramento have been issued providing fer regulations for the government of the Bitear Pf | sanitary corps of the National Guard, in % named 1% | accordance with the recommendation of at present grand treasurer. For some time | acting Surgeon General Colonel W. D. Me- between the first two | Carthy. These provide that the enlisted strength of the corps shall be one hospital used. Grass Valley wants the grand mar- | Sergecant for the surgeon general's office, ital sergeants for the division office and one hospital sergeant These are to perform the duties of hospital stew- There shall surgeo; troop and signal corps. Orders have been issued for target prac- | tice. These direct the proper officers to fix dates for the shoots for the months of May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December. As the orders were issued in the latter part‘of the last weeck in May the officers are in a quandary as to how to order their men to appear before the targets In that month. Under the order Major Wegener will su- pervise the shoots of Troop A, cavalry, and Captain A. A. Hanks will supervis those of the signal corps of the second brigade. Company I, infantry, recently organized at Livermore, has been officially recog- nized and designated as Company I of the Fifth Infantry. In_general order No. 5, issued from the headquarters of the First Regiment of Infantry, the following changes are noted Upon application Private John W. Cobby, Company M, First Regiment Infantry, N. G C., has been transferred to Company G, First Regiment Infantry, N. G. C. At their own request Sergeant Louis H. Anthes, Company D, and Corporal Willlam T. Beck, Company D,"are reduced to the grade of private soldier, to date May 1, 1900. Upon the recommendation of their company commander the following appointments were made in Company Sergpant Charles E. Noye: first sergednt, and Sergeant Malcolm S. McXNeill, quartermaster sergeant, vice Rivers Qdischarged amd Sonntsg reduced respectively. Upon' recommendation of the company com- ‘mander the following promotions and point- ments were made in Company D: Pri e John Kornema first sergeant, vice Meadows, dis- charged; Corporal James O. Staples, sergeant, | Vice Swan, transferred: Private Gabriel Steph- ens Jr., Bud J. O'Neill and Willlam Whitlow, sergeants, vice Flinn and Downie, discharged, and Anthes, reduced: Privates Thomas J. Ga- loni, Walter J. Roussel, Frank J. Riordan and Neptune J. Malville, corporals, vice McAlister and Cavanagh, discharged, Staples, promoted sergeant, McCarty, Beck, duced. Upon recommendation of the company com- mander the following promotions and appoint- ments ‘were made in Company H: Private Wil- flam F. Dunne appointed first sergeant. vice Holtz, discharged; Privates Timothy J. Kenny and John L. Swift, sergeants, vice Ehrempfort and_Mitchell, discharged: Privates George H. McGinerty, Edward Valent, Thomas F. Browne Lawrence Grimes, Thomas F. Wall and rals, vice Schneider, deceased, and re- and’ Jaggle, discharged, and to fill criginal vacancles respectively. Since the fissuance of previous order: nineteen men have beeri dropped from the regimental roll. nine on account of remov- her head against the stone wall of | al, three on account of death. three for the good of the service, two term expired, one | exempt and one who disappeared while the regiment of volunteers was at Manila, A new_ election in Company K of the First Infantry for captain and first lieu- | tenant has been ordered for the l4th inst. 1t is_reported that Lieutenant Colonel J. G_ Geisting. assistant adjutant general on the Se(ol:ilflrlglde staff, will retire osition. O inm Bruce has been elected captain. Asa Newell first lieutenant and F. Confer second lieutenant of Company B, Sixth ntry. he Marion. which was brought down from Mare Island last Sunday. had on board all the officers of the two local di- visions. the engineer corps and 130 enlisted men. She made an excellent run. the log been 1134 knots. tion and will be kept in the stream so she may be ready to move on short notice in case of need. says Captaln James, who declares that he feels very proud of the old ship. To-Morrow. $1 00 and $1 50 ties for 50c at Gibson's shirt store, 1204 Market street. . | tion of the Local Transvaal Com- [ mittee Is Held in Metro- | politan Temple. | S A ‘While the valiant arrey of the Transvaal is battling at the gates of Pretoria for lberty and right the movement in tk behalf in America goes on apace. A prc Boer meeting under the direction of ihe local Transvaal committee was held last evening in Metropolitan Temple. The big hali was fittingiy decorated. The stars and stripes were everywhere in_evidence, while across the forum flags of the two South Atrican republics that are nghting siae by side were draped. Judge M. Cooney, chairman of former meetings, first addressed the audience, He read 'an appeal from the faculty of the coilege of the Netherlands to the fac- ulties of the colieges of America, calling upon them to use their good offices in bringing peace again to the liberty-loving people of the dark continent. In this ap- peal the Netherlands facuity prayy for aid that will the hand of the Britons that is now “beating down” the Boers’ right to organize its powers in such form as to them shall seem most likely to at- fect their safety and happiness, that they may assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitles them. In conclusion the fac- ulty ot A w ays: ¥ iavoke with confidente your assist- ance and your support for the men of peace who have repaired to you. Assist in enlightening your people and your Gov- ernment and perhaps also t e and Government of Great Brita them the way of justice, the only way of a free nation. In 50 doing you will remain faithful to the device of your ancestor: a device which in their own language hav- ing once more become @ battie cry re- sounds this time over the blood-stained flelds of South Africa, ‘For liberty and for Justice. 3 M. F. Tarpey, chairman of the meeting, | was next introduced. Mr. Tarpey pre- ented a resolution to the gathering de- | nouncing the act of Great Britain in fore- | Ing war on the Boers and expressing sym- |gatny for the strusgling republies of uth Africa. Telegrams from Dr. Hen- rick Muller, Envoy Extraprdinary of the Orange Free State; Dr. W. J. L s and Senator B. R. Tillman, peace envoys of the South African republics: Senator W. E. Mason, and others, e 'essing sym- pathy for the Boers and congratulatng the local committee on its energetic work, | were also read. | _ T. Pinther, Colonel J. J. Tobin, Mr. Van Loben, Attorney Troy and others ad- dressed the gathering during the even'ng. Considerable money was subscribed to the Boer cause by the audience, which at the | conclusion of the addresses offered three cheers for the Transvaal, for the Orange | Free State and for liberty. ——— | BOER SYMPATHIZER IS JAILED. Tom O’Brien Arrested for Addressing a Crowd From Mint Steps. Tom O'Brien, labor agitator, peliticlan and ex-clerk of the Police Court, was ar- | rested last night and charged with dis- | turbing the peace. O’Brien attended a | meeting of the Boer sympathizers at Met- | ropolitan Temple. and as his name was | not on ‘the list of speakers he concluded to hold a meeting of his own. Taking up a position on the Mint steps he started to | harangue a small crowd which had col- | lected what he termed “British Atrocl- ies in South Africa.” | _Scarcely had he opened his mouth when ,(‘:\g'(aln Hawes, who has charge of the night guard at the Mint, acting under in- structions from Superintendent Leach, placed the irrepressible O'Brien under ar- g;st. He was at once released on cash Captain Hawes savs he was instructed by Superintendent Leach not te allow any Boer meetings to be held on the Mint steps, and in arresting O'Brien he merely cbeyed his orders. Shoeing Fire Horses. The Fire Commissioners after spending several hours Friday afternoon and yes- terday morning considering the bids and listening to the arguments of the various | bidders for the contract of shoeing the de- ganmenz horses awarded the contract to ohn O'Rourke, Golden Gate avenue. The | other bidders were James Mooney. J. F. Kennedy, Paul Friedhofer. T. Crowley, Nicholas Morrissey, Thomas McGee and E. M. Graney. Sermon by Father Yor! The feast of the Pentecost will bk cele- brated at St. Peter's Church to-day with a solemn high mass at 10:30 o’clock. Rev. Peter C. Yorke will preach the sermon.