The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 17, 1900, Page 7

. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1900. ySOUGHT DEATH WHEN CAPTURE WAS CERTAIN Murderer Miller Tried to Kill Himself When Surrounded, but His Skull Was Too Thick. B0V BURGLAR CHUGHT W HI PLUNDER Rudolph Smith Locked Up Surgical Operation KNIFE USED TO REMOVE THIEVING TENDENCIES May Restore the Brain of a Moral Degenarate to Its Normal State. . in the Tanks Pending an Investigation. In the Home Were Found Various Articles Stolen From the Residents of the Western Addition. Rudolph Smith, aged 14 years, was ar- | | rested at an early hour yesterday morn- | ing by Policemen Morris and Kissler and | | locked upon in the tanks at the City | | Prison pending an investigation. 1 Notwithstanding his tender years, Smith | is said by the police to be one of the most industrious burglars that ever operated in | this cify. Secreted in the basement of | his home, near Golden Gate Park, l)‘.e‘ | police found a miscetlaneous assortment | | of stole articles, consisting of jewelry, carpenters’ and plumbers’ tools and elec- : bells A short time ago Captain of Detectives : 5 el | ~—noliger L. THE MAN PAR WHO KILLED HIS R AND TRIED TO THE LAW BY SUI- rned hi last pt to ller t al attem; ugh . < i t nd Deputy Sherif r closed in him at the ot hat erned, to the ear and to the the brush, b rushed them 1 asanton, was summoned he thickness of FICRIULTURAL JARES IMPORT Brazil the Country From Which America Draws \ the Most Heavily. ] i China wer The Philip- % of tF 4 nuts cme gricultural exports 7 raged $20.407 y sent $13.264,000 was sugar. ted to $1.980,000 and | bristles, coffee. | hair and_ unbottled sent from G Japan se vally, silk raging $12,- | )0 and rice $584.000. 1 total was $17.717.797, 000, silk $5.270.000. . “wool | nides and skins $55.,000 and pre- plum 355,000, Rice, sugar, coffee | able olls were the other articles. | 2 Iy $17.375.950, wines w0 of which $3.907.000 the form of champagne. | kins averaged $2.460.00, wool k $1477.000, fruits and nuts| ofls 363290, including live ofl argols or wine ; a. lees $69,000 -nd‘; ates. $4.445 worth per year, x §.542,000, fruits and nuts | lemons $2,592.000 and | 7 is or wine lees $1.086,- vegetable ofls $935,000, hemp $466.000 | 1 ch $450.000. The Dutch East In-| s shipped us $14.392.46; annually, of | v $12.261.006 was paid for sugar and | B for coff Hawail's exports to averaged $12616,18, of which sugar inted to $13,172.000 xico sent us 513,600,110, made up prin- ¥ of, vegeiable fibres $5.301,000, coffee | 60, nides and skins $1.671,000, tltt|e| 7.000 and vanila beans $512,00. Canada yearly $10.149.241, ‘ncluding livestock | . wheat §1.355000. hides and_skins . hay $1077.00 and wool $832.000. be British East Indies averaged $10,078,- ¢ £ * H T had the mo; ha but did my m on made my w crept | vines, 1 owing myself away behir | to talk he managed to mumble that he inflicted the wound with intent cide. He realized that in. that he »ugh the or quick: nev. M A ng 1 hid mysel d nothing to eat or @ not dare to venture ou No one came near me n it got good and d to get away. W I sneaked out of the om ping Y and fired why I am h to R. O. Ba Baldwin man suffe e dark with the officers ds were dresed tem- the County s and refuses to further | ting of McFarland or the | last | erifft George Taylor, who took re of the murderer, | mour, after receiving various com- plaints about a lone burglar, who was| to | operating in the Western Addition, de- & £ his | tailed several of his men to arrest the| AEAND: Bohl moaRa culprit. | t‘he ten. v‘ar;\gl son lnlr Mr. aznmdz Early yesterday morning Policeman S:\': \‘:{m‘]m a\’):r"‘fi:e;& s d:‘ " Morris ‘saw young Smith acting sus-| - Qa8 fintonlo SHEROS, Semeds T8 piciously and he started after him, in- 8 8 ot | Alameda County Hospital, the subject of tending to search him. Seeing the police- | Alameda County Hosptal, the sublect of s “‘;’b"'i‘fi".‘”."‘ ?:“""‘r?’\‘_ ‘I;‘]:‘f’;h}(“: | which has ever been recorded in the his S WhEe A0 WA MOt * | tory of medical science. he C 1 o el e ouse. | who shouted to him to enter the house A5 s e ving t Tool the Frdns ] - T from a conditio s oranbed him and placed him | Which has made him a confirmed klepto- maniac, with all the evidences of complete moral degeneracy. surgical skill has been invoked and the watchful eves of half a dozen surgeons are now upon the child waiting to note the result of this extraor- dinary effort to this boy, who is the victim of a cruel r since an accident several years ago, when the lad was struck on the head by an ax falling from a bullding, the con- increasing evidences of his strange cking the boy up in the City Morris, accompanied by Policeman who was also instrumental in| running down the youthful burglar, visit- | ed his home, near First avenue, and found | |a lot of st property. The boy, er being locked up in the | tanks, confessed to having committed at |least a dozen burglaries In the vicinity of his home. To-day the police expect to Lave the plunder identified. After this is done Smith will be formally charged. xes- | j3 2 - : ; e pses and extraordinary conduct nave erday an officer was stationed in the | giVers 100 CXIEQOTOIMITY, oRCuG Aleal asement of his home to see that the | syi| has been of no avail to check the der was not removed. dy degen ting of his mind, evi- s that his son is inno- | to apply for a writ of | dec denced by his acts of extreme cruelty, by wanton thefts and destructive habits. e from custody to-day. e escaped murder or torture at tn's strange being'é hands. Although of ten- der years, the child was absolutely be- yond parental control. 'FOUR GENERATIONS AT g | SILVER WEDDING FEAST |aintery after the haurs to his head. ™ Ba- | fore that, the testimony of his parents is, | that ther hoy was unusually bright and OAKLAND, Sept. 16.—Four generations | quick-witted. !nr t}f:‘famnm u? Mr. and Mrg. Oscar F.| As he grew older the conditions became more and more unbearable. His sisters Sites were represented at the celebration [ oTe 21 more unbeatabic. oS SEtets 1d- s al _Jf- urprised by Patrick | last evening of the twenty-fifth annivers- | ous instances of his murderous tenden- at the firing gt once com- | ary of the Sites marriage. The reception | cles are recited by the griet-strickes s of ,:“" Dosse weve _at-lin hobor of the silver wedding was held | parents. . N (hm).z movable w“m:d t:s r to the scene, and when | <ot 5 5 . | Teach and strength to remove escaped the they fo iller’ with ‘the bullst n his | 3¢ the Sites Tesidence on X gl o Sfy, | boy. He was a kieptomaniac, say the d they thought that it was from one | AMOng the ¥ s omrs of | doctors, beyond any doubt, for he would r pistols. Taylor says Miller put | Sites’ mother, who is nearly % years of | giea] and hide his plunder, generally erce fight while his ammunition | age, and a two-months-old grandchild of | smashing it into worthlessness. and that Coughlin, though a man | the couple. | Having exhausted every resource at arrived. The old man changed shot for shot ate criminal, ay that Miller evidently taking to the hills back of »n. where in the tangled under- h of th wild and u yons he might have eluded pursuit i tely. On . he could have fo make his es- d ship to 1 for provisions that Milier intended some such move. McFarland's yet een claimed by Coroner+has not set the time quest. unti od 3 3 annual exports to us, sugar amoun ing to § 0, fruits and u 695 .000 and coc ). The Br st In- dies ¢ a, Ar- gentine v cotte nds (prac Colomt ,000 of agri- annual for e PP imports JOHN HiCKOX DES T THE AGE OF EGHTY ;Was the Oldest 0dd Fellow | in the State of Cali- fornia. Oakland Office S8an Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Sept. 16. Henry Hickox, the oldest Odd Fel- alifornia, died hs. He was stricken with paralysis March 2 and since that time had been confined to his bed. mo »f age, held the murderer at | sea. | any | les and grou of icultural import trade wing order: Sugar, cof- wool, sf etable 1 nut tobacco, ofls and live animals. roducts mentioned comprise in | arly 9 per cent of our total agri- n last night at his | me in this city after an illness of five | After the guests had assembled Rev. J. | K. McLean, president or the Pacific Theo- | logical Seminary, made an address of con- gratulation. Mr. and Mrs. Sites were assisted in re- celving by Mrs S. Halsey, Miss Ro- 5 Miss Vida Hinds, Miss Ger- s 3 Effie Kroll, Miss Helen ate Halsey, Miss Grace R. Scudder. \ during the evening was rendered. | Mr. Sites was for many years connect- | | ed with the First Natioral Bank and with the Central Bank of this city. He is now | | secretary and manager of _the Palace Hardware Company of San Franecisco. | and orc SPEECHESAND - SONCWILLOPEN - FOUTBALL YEA Student Demonstration to Be Held in Honor of Coach A. W. Kel ly. BERKELEY, Sept. 16—What is known | | among students as a “flerce time” will | take ce to-morrow evening in the | gvmnasium, at the rally to be held in| honor of Coach Addison W. Kelly and the opening of the football season at the| | University of California. In the afternoon | Coach Kell the football squad will | make their appearance on the grid- | | iron. Although no plans have been made for the students to meet Kelly and his men on the field, it is known that they will be there, all of them, to give the coach | and.the squad a reception such as they al- ways give at the beginning of practice. | There is no necessity .or plans on such occasions. The students always turn out. | | The rally in the gymnasium is to com- | mence at 8 o'clock. Ralph Fisher, pres| | dent of the Associated Students, will pre- side. Several prominent speakers will be | present, among them George C. Pardee, | John R. Glascock and Professor Thomas | R. Bacon. Coach Kelly will, of course, be | | called upon to say a few words. Football | | Captain C. A. Pringle and other prominent | | therein their command, the parents turned witn their psychological problem to the sur- geon's Knife. Last Tuesday the boy was sent to Su- perintendent Clark at the County Hos- pital. The case was investigated. It was decided that there might be a serious pressure upon some brain tract, which would account for the remarkable mental characteristics of the child. A scar on the hairline, above the right eve, marked where the ax had inflicted injury. Dr. Clark decided to trephine the skull. This was done a day of two ago the superintendent, assisted by Dr. Dr. McVeigh and Dr. Frank S Of the g¢onditions Superintendent said to-day: “While it is a little early to begin to ay what may result from this operation a most_extraordinary first of its kind of which I have rd in this city. The boy was not only a thoroughly ~developed - Klepto- maniac, but was lost to all moral sense. The theory is that the fracture of the skull from the ax's blow caused a depres- sion of the hone and a fl{srossure upon the brain which has caused a tissue degen- eration. Of course the psychological aspect of YOUNG MORAL DEGENRATE WHO UNDERWENT THE OPERATION. ¥ | 4% : this extraordinary case is much more dif- ficult of explanation, but it was in the hope that relief of the brain would change the current of the psychological move- ment that this operation was performed I have reason to believe that if this boy’s condrion is from a traumatic cause that the operation will be a success in its re- sults, “We found some pressure on the brain, which has been removed. The boy has suffered no immediate bad effects from the operation, and 1 feel that good will be accomplished, although some time must elapse before a final opinion can be given.” The parents of the boy are walting anx- fously for the result. Mrs. Knox said: “Before the accident Harry was a par- ticularly bright boy. He walked and talked at an unusually early age. After the injury I noticed a marked change in him mentally. He did not seem, to have the same control over himself. He be- came cruelly vindictive, and early devel- oped a mania for taking anything that did not belong to him—a kleptomania be- yond question. He delight to kill ani- mals and to torture them. His demeanor toward his brothers and sisters was inhuman. his ,eldest sister across the face with a penknife. He was then 8 years old. She carries the scar now. ““A short time ago he drew a carving knife across the face of the baby, who was only saved by my quick action. Re- cently he tried to hook out the eyes of a neighbor’s child with a fish hook.™ Ts. Knox said she arrived just in time to prévent a tragedy. Another recent oc- | currence was the boy’s attempt to choke a child to death with mud. “We have thougn said Mrs. Knox, Harry might improv but matters have grown worse and worse. I could not let him out of my sight, fearing he would do some terrible thing. Strange to say he is | passionately fond of books and literature. ris personal appearance discloses nothing unusual. “After exhausting every kind of medi- cal treatment we applied to Dr. Clark, knowing he had been successful in many | operations. I pray he may save our boy.” ATTRACTIONS AT THE PLAYHOUSES. HE BELLS,” Leopold Lewis' adapta- tion of one of the Erckmann-Chat- | rian psychological romances, will be | put on at the Columbia Theater this | evening by the Clay Clement-L. R. | Stockwell company. The role of Matthias, <o famous in the Henry Irving repertoire, | will be assumed by Mr. Clement, and the clever actor will undoubtedly do full | justice to the difficult character of the bell-haunted innkeeper. “Napoleon's Guard,” the powerful one- act drama by Dion Boucicault, will fill in the remainder of the evening, and next week *The Magistrate” will be pre-| sented. e The week’s bill at the Tivoll Opera- house will be the old favorte “Faust,” and another Verdi—*Trovatore The interest of this “Faust’ presenta- tion consists largely in the appearance of | Signor Nicolini as Mephisto, he being the only one among the present company of singers at the Tivoli who has not yet been fairly “tried out.”” Tt is said to be | Signor Nicolini's best role, and if the | promise of his performances up to date fe at all fulfilled the Mephisto part will receive a thoroughly satisfactory render- ing in the hands of Signor Nicolini. 'he favorite, Salassa, who is again in excellent form, will sing Valentine; Bar- ron Berthold will appear as Faust, and is most sympathetically ' suited; Anna Lichter has a favorite part in Mar- Olive Vail and Pearl Hickman are re- tained. & Live The eleventh serfes of Conradl's living statuary and the “Dance of All Nations’ are the Olympia’s attractions. Lk e The Chutes has three new acts for this week. Willlams and Bissell, comedy sketch artists; Matt and Wright, musical duo, and Richard Wilde, monologue come- dlan, will be seen here for the first time. The hold-overs include Baby Ruth, La Lista, mirror dancer; the lion act and new moving pictures. SIX PRETTY MAIDS ARE NOT DOING ANY TALKING OAKLAND, Sept. 16.—Whether the ac- tion of Principal J. B. McChesney of the Oakland High School in suspending the six Merry Sorority maids who disobeyed orders and bade farewell to their depart ing sister, Miss Mabel Wilcox, will be re. viewed by the Board of Education is th been worked up in the school. The half dozen young ladies, Miss Grace Davis, Miss Verina Morrow, Miss Marian Morro®, Miss Alice Lawes, Miss Pansy Perking and Miss Edna Orr, who are | under _the ban, are mute updn the sub- ject. They realize that they must have been guilty of some enormous crime— for was not the punisnment too dreadful— thirty days' suspension for each one of these preity but deflant culprits? Superintendent of Schools McClymonds XXIL GROWING DIVISION IN THE REPUB- LICAN PARTY. Immediately upon the close of the war tendencies appeared for certain sections of the Republican party to act at times with the Democrats. Strict loyalty to party ties did not prevail. So strong had this disintegrating tendency become by 1572 car we have seen | eratic party accepting the candidates nom- inated by the disaffected Repubiics The formation and consolidation of a distinct reform element in the party took place later, as a re: a series of outrageous scandals involving in some cases persons of high official rank and of long and honorable political ca reers. Mention has already been made of the most famous of these—the Credit Mo- bilfer transaction, the whisky ring frauds, the salary grab, the star route pecula- tions. For these and other delinquencies and was severely arraigned, not by its political opponents only, but by many of its own adherents. During and after the war there grew up a new em of party organization and management, designated as the ““boss sys- tem” or “machine politics.” The party gradually ceased to be the organized rep- resentative of all its member: d became the representative of only a distinet in- ner circle of party members who were in | close alliance with official patronage and with financial interests which depended upon_political action. This inner circle, called “the machine,” controlled to a large extent the whole organization, and man- aged party affairs for the benefit of the members of the machine In seifish co spiracy against the interests of the body of the party and the general public. Op- position within the party therefore took the form of criticism of specific abuses and a demand for reform of the civil ser- Vice. It was this opposition which came near electing the Democratic candidate in 1876, which resisted the third term _for Grant in 18% and elected Cleveland in 1854, Arthur’s Administration. Party distensions' persisted throughout Arthur’'s term of office to carry through Congress the civil service reform bill. Tariff reform was also brought forward for discussion. The war tariff was for the most part still in force. With the return of prosperity after re- sumption of specle payments, and the re- vival of business, the great increase of na- tional revenue from customs poured into the treasury an average surplus of $100,- 000,000 per annum. The situation com- pelled public_attention and tariff revision | was seen to be imperative. A tariff com- | mission was appointed in 1882 to recom- mend legislation, and the following year an act inaugurating very moderate tariff that in the Presidential campaign of that | the National Demo- | It of the exposure of | the party in power was held respousible | Svents strength- | |ened the reform element and enabled it | RETURN OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY TO POWER. Copyright, 1900, by Seymour Eaton. AMERICAN POLITICAL PARTIES. force upon the unsuspecting American eople the diabolical policy of absolute ree trade, which would result in the wholesale destruction of American indus- tgles, the pauperization of American la- | bor, with innumerable other frightful ills. | _The Democrats were wholly unprepared | for such a change of front on the part of their enemy. There waa hesitation, di- vided counsels, and their candidate, Gen- eral Hancock, added to the confusion by cabalistic remarks which set the country laughing. Out of this unpremeditated con- founding of the Democrats it appeared that the Republicans made gains. Never- theless, as has been mentioned, they came during Arthur's administration to recog- nize and admit the need of reforming the tari When Cleveland entered upon his ad- ministrative duties the taxes upon imports | were still furnishing a considerable sur- [ Plus of revenue, ana the new President set | himself earnestly to work to secure the necessary reduction of duties. To the | country at large the subject was present- | ed as a party issue. Opposition there was | to the President's policy from Democratic | members of Congr but the party as a whole indorsed it. It was attacked by Republican politiclans, who strenuously defended the policy of protection against the alleged destructive designs of the Anglacized free traders. Though the Democrats failed to secure legislation of any kind upon the tariff dur- ing Cleveland's first term, they did suc- ceed in making the tariff question for the time the leading political issue. gnd very distinetly a party issue. The element of opposition within the party to the reforms urged by President Cleveland grew weak- er as the discussion was continued. The President's message of 1587 was wholly devoted to a consideration of tariff que: tions, and during the session of Congress which followed two elaborate bills for re- form were brought forward. That sup- ported by the Senate was drawn by Re- publicans, and proposed alterations in the existing tariff which would strengthen its protective features. The Héuse bil. on the other hand. was a Democratic meas- ure, and was passed in the House by a strictly party vote—only four Democrats voting against it. It provided for sharp reductions in the duties, more particularly upon raw materials. ‘These two bills exactly defined the posi- tions of the two parties, and they were made the basis of the discusslong of the Presidential campaign of 15, and upon the two opposing policies respecting the tariff that battle was'fought ESSE MACY. i Towa Colle; Gathering in “Stray” Wagons. Draymen and others have been in the habit of leaving wagons on the streets in front of their stables, to the annoyance | and danger of people driving or walking, especially at nights. The Board of Pub- lic Works notified Chief Sullivan of the fact Saturday and reminded him that a One day he slashed | newest phase of the jolly row which has | eform was passed. These tariff measures :lh'fi nxrr;‘(. hnw“ ver, involve the arraying of one party against the other, nor the tri- umph of one faction in the Republican party over another. ~ Party distinctions city ordinance was being violated by own- ers of the vehicles. The Chief yesterday morning issued orders to the captains to instruct their men to look out for all such vehicles, and during the day nearly two ve y o d. In each party ex- e Eeatly e ndent clement not | dozen were driven to the Corporation . and at the | Yard, where they will be detained and to- subservient to the party wh(‘). same time a multitude of intelli; had ceased to class themselves as mem- bers of either party. The Personal Campaign of 1884. The issues growing out of the war had passed from the field of practical politics, and parties had not yet divided sharp- Iy upon new and_clearly defined issues. Hence it happened that the campaign of 1554 was gulded by personal considera- tions rather than by opposing views of | great public questions. Grover Cleveland, the Democratic can- didate, had first achieved political prom- inence as a reforming Sheriff of Buffalo, "'Y., ‘and in_1882 had been made Gov- nor 'of his State by an overwhelming | majority. His conduct of State affairs won him_the especial favor of the inde- pendent Republicans, who were beginning gent voters | day warrants will be sworn out for the | arrest of the owners. —_———— To Ame.d Charter. BERKELEY, Sept. 16.—The Town Trus- tees met last evening and instructed Town Attorney B. A. Hayne to have an amend- ment to the charter, raising the tax levy from T5 cents to $§1, ready for passage by the board. It will be submitted to the voters at the next town election. Several ambiguities of the charter will also be corrected. < UNITED STATES BRANCH. STATEMENT to_be lled “Mugwumps.” "The same class of Republicans har} —OF THE— made use of the great popularity o | e G Maine n 187 and again in 135 | CONDITION AND AFFAIRS | to break the force of the “staiwart” fac- ton, which was devoted to the candidacy — o Tl of Grant. But before the same magnetic statesman came for the third time before a Republican convention as a candidate { for the Presidential nomination he had come to personate in the eyes of the in- dependent Republicans all that was cor- rupt and dangerous in American politics. In spite of their opposition Blaine re- ceived the nomination. and his candidacy was immediately and openly repudiated by a large proportion of the Republican press and by many prominent individuals. The Republican defection greatly in- fluenced the action of the Democrats, whose convention met a few days later. It may be said that their nomination w: actically dictated by the Republican bolters. Cleveland was their choice and also the choice of a large majority of the | New York delegation, although he had LIVERPOOL and LONDON and GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY F LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, ON THE 3ST day of December, A. D. 1S9. and for the year ending on that day. made to the In- surance Commissioner of the State of Cali- fornia, pursuant to the Provisions of Sections 610 and 611 of the Political Cods, condensed as pet blank furnished by the Commitssioner. ASSETE. Real Estate owned by Compaay. -$1.985, 750 00 strong oposition from Tammany Hall Loans on Bonds and Mortgages...... 3,307,550 %0 As party issues were not made promi- | Cash Market Value of all Stocks and nent and party lines were not drawn with Bonds owned by Company. « 2.673.637 W precision, the election turned largely | Cash in Company's Office. - AT upon the personal records of the can- |Cash in Banks .. o 67007 28 didates. The final result was for some hlE:\‘Q:! a:: 1:::1“ accrued on al] ah days in doubt. The South was still solid- | Stocks a b ly Democratic: all the Northern States, | Interest due and sccrued on Bumds . . . except Connecticut, Indlana, New Jersey P;"“l :‘;"I',"‘;‘:. s o T and New York went Republican, and New | Piemi® o . SAT5 48 York was clafmed by both parties. Upon | pents due and aceru . 10,000 0 the count “#r that State the decision turn- | ite joan . D Lem @ ed and the corrected final returns gave | Perpetual Poiicy premiums due.. 92 5 to ‘the country once more a Democratic Pl;_gsldvm- e s Total ASSEtS..........cueeseeesses. 9,425,867 87 'or twenty-four ears e Democrats had been excluded Xom power and their LIABTLITIES. reinstatement was due to the action of | Losses in process of Adjustnfent or a dissatisfied faction in the opposing | In Suspense ........ o $524.990 59 party. A change of 600 votes in the single | Losses resisted, including expenses.. 30,400 00 State of New York from Cleveland to |Gross premiums onlr‘lngl.gs”mfi. Blaine would have given the Presidency | RINg one vear or less. L4 40 o Blaine and kept the Republicans in | Greiasurance 8 pev Senl-picio oo office for another term. And many thou- | ST PERRINRE TV nUFC g M EaT sands of New York Republicans were | g 8. reinsuranes pro rata......... 1,821,460 41 known to have voted for Cleveland. Amount reclaimable by the ingured ual fire insurance policies. 323.141 23 Hickox was an Odd Fellow for fifty- 3 L | guerite; Frances Graham, winning many three years. He became a member of the | 2101128 Wl 2150 be heard Jrom. The Tourels' this season, will' doubtless win | order in 1847 when he joined Friendship | Schwartz, will sit together on the main | pr&3s Slebel . 0ot 1s equally gooa. Lodge. - lodge was a small one com- | floor to kéep things lively and nolsy. The | ppoc Wit dnember the Leonora of Hifie | posed of & few men in the wilds of Wis- | Glee Club and the band will furnish the | giawart will again welcome this clever | consin who had banded together for fra- | harmony. | singer in the role. Azucena is In we ca- ternity’s sake. Down to the day of his, nAh;ngv:her the rally promises to be & paije Politini's hands, anu Russo's a4 man an ardent belfever { D¢ affair. Maurico is a delight. Ferrari will ap- in the principles of Odd Fellowship. The only lodge he ever belonged to in Cali- fornia was University Lodge No. 144 of this city, of which he was a member at the time of his death. Mr. Hickox held many offices within the order. In 1861 he was grand representa- tive from this State to the Grand Lodge which met in the East. Deceased was born in Medina, Ohio, Februa , 1820. When a youth he made his way to Michi- gan and later to Wisconsin. On Avril 1, 1850, in company with a party of adven: turesome young men, he started across to try his fortune in the Golden {e arrived in California in Sep- tember of the same year and located at Downieviile, Sierra County. He was suc- cessful and remained there until 1571. He leaves a wife, but no children. The funeral will take place Tuesday af- ternoon at 1:30 o'clock from Odd Fellows’ Hall under the auspices of University Loadge. Siriker Glven a old Badge. BERKELEY. Sept. 16.—Deputy Sheriff John W. Striker was given a diamond studded gold badge of office last night by his friends in Berkeley as a testimonial of their 1egard for him. The badge Is to replace one he lost in the irouble recently at San Lorenzo Grove, It is in the form of a shield, surmounted by a golden eagle. The presentation was made by a commit- tee com of W. H. Waste, George Schmidt and Robert Greigg. - Ten carloads of tableware, 150,000 pleces in all, were recently shipped to Sydney, New South Wales. It is the first ship- ment of American tableware to the Anti- podes, but it is to be followed by others. CELEBRATED FIFTY- FIRST ANNIVERSARY Congregation of First Baptist Church Observed the Occasion Wit Song and Prayer. The First Baptist Church of this city celebrated its fifty-first anniversary ves- terday with song and rrayer. In the| morning Dev. E. A. Woods, pastor of the church, preached the anniversary | sermon, in which he outlined the history | of the church and the events which have taken place during the past year. In part he said: ol i “The disciples were utterly disheartes | at Cheist's death, Bt his reeurractios ro assured them and his ascension filled | them with new courage, for they felt that | he was to be with them always as he had | promised. Thus they wen* forth on their | mission and ‘the Lord walned with them.’ His presence has been the center and source of power In Christianity during all the ages, and this is true to-day.” ! Durln(f the year fifty persons have been received into the church. The fallowing have been called away by death: Mrs. M. L. Latreau, Samuel B. Thompson, Mrs, 'H. K. Mitchell, Mrs. George Davis, Mrs. | M. 8. Jones, Robert 1. Evans, Mrs. A Vi¥iere hns besn ratsed for church ex- nses during the year 35016; for benevo- ence, $1412; pald on church debt, $2000, making a total of $8428. The insurance on the former building enabled the trustees to pay the old in- debtedness and _complete present church with no debt upon ft. 1 r pear as the Count di Luna, and Schuster | as Fernando. Next Sunday evening at the Califorma Theater the Azzall Grand Italian Opera Company will make its first appearance | in “Otetlo.” will be presented | on Monday, on Tuesday, on } Wednesday and the rest of | “Afda ‘Traviata, the week will be given over to repetitions of these. *ow iw At the Alcazar Theater a brand-new farce, “The Widow's Husband,” never before presented here, will be put on. A special engagement of Ada Lewls, the | “ough girl,” has been made for the ‘week, and “‘fun from rise to fall of curtain” is promised. Cegdlng | The third week of “Ship Ahoy" at the Alhambra Theater shows no diminuition of its popularity. Ferris Hartman” will sing some new topical songs anent the | political situation this weelk. The Alta Theater is to the fore this week with a deep and dark rendering of “The Bottom of the Sea.” Real divers, a sunken ship, swordfishes,| sharks and things form the mise en scéne of this thrilling dramm. Jessie Bartlett Davis is still the star attraction at the Orpheum. This excel- lent singer is in fine form, and will sing an entirely new programme this weely The Johnstone brothers, “ruling monarchs of the xylophone,” McCale and Daniels, comedians, and Ozar and Delmo, four- handed jugglers, are the new entertain- ers. These and Querita Vincent and the withdraws into a shell of deepest silence | when he is approached upon the subject. “It is no concern of mine,” quoth he. “Mr. McChesney is principal of the Oak- land High School and its discipline is in hig charge.” ¥ Principal McChesney has been enjoying a few days' respite from the annoyances of applicants for favors at his hands. returned late this evening from his sum- mer home at Mill Valley. ““Was not the punishment too severe?"' was the query put to him on his return. “T do not care to discuss the matter,’ replied McChesney. “It has been ex ploited enough. I have nothing to ex- | plain. The six girls were suspended as a matter of discipline. Those who do not | obey the orders of their superiors are always punished and that is simply what happened in this case. T do not prognse to go into the detalls of the affair, but wili state that there must be discipline in the Oakland High School as long as T am =t its head. Those who do not obey orders must take the consequences." —————— Orchards Neglected in Ireland. The proposal to start a jam factory at Drogheda brings forward ~the question, Why has fruit growing been so much neglected in Treland? The climate and soil are, as a rule, well adapted for fruit cul- ture, but it seems to have died away In- stead of having progressed. Attached to many of the old mansions and farm houses all over the country may be seen the remains of ‘what were at one time fine orchards, now scraggy, moss-grown trees, vielding a dozen or so of little, hard wooden erabs. The Trish Board of Agri- culture is going to take this matter up energetically. icago Chroniecl S other hold-overs make up the best bill the Orpheum hn: ne.n !r:r some time. Fischer's C -house presents Han- lon and i “:;‘i Pn:rll Crnlxu new features. Tunison, J. F. Veaco, SHS PRECISE SPEECH. uw"w..-' “wD?l:"} ‘t':-“xé:':&;o':“u::l Tave Somer mes in of Ml! sleep.—Bos- ton Transcript. X He | The Tariff a Leading Issue. Liability under Life Department.... 30,089 07 If the Democrats came into control of | Ail other demands against the com- the Government in 1584 without standing | pany eesesesen cersessesneane. 274519 01 for any clearly defined party issue under the leadership of Cleveland, they were| Total Liabilittes.. 34776060 0 rot long in_finding such an issue. The I traditional Democratic policy was that INCOMR. of steady, consistent opposition to a high | Net cash actually received for Fire protective tariff. The Republicans had | premiums 54,717,490 33 favored a protective tariff. as had the | Received for Whigs before them. As incident to the | Mortsases .- oo avidends 139,644 53 taxation system of the civil war a very | Received “”!""n . e | high protective tariff had been fastened | 0f Bonds. Stocks Lo P upon the country. A system of internal | gL St ORTS, 4,162 07 revenue had been created which taxed do- | Recetved from all 0 00 mestic producers heavily, and by way of compensation the dutles on " imported Total Income. 45,047,081 09 goods were made correspondingly - kigh. —_— | After the close of the war the taxes were EXPENDITUR®S. | removed from one after another of the | Net amount paid for Fire Losses (In- domestic products. while the customs du- | cluding 351S,057 83, lowses of pre- tles remained. Added to this, many of | vious Years)...........ccccoieo 19,402,452 9 the duties upon imported goods were spe- | Paid or allowed for Commiwsion cimc—:‘o m?‘ny"ee?‘tl a yn:;‘l e pound. pfi?mi‘ s } . 426,008 51 As prices declined upon the return : . Sbecie payments specic duties became rhw"!""l"mx“"'me‘lmdm @.ma | proportionately higher. Had it not been P‘urld for State, Natiomal an SR for the many other pressing questions the | , 12%% - ' Democrats = would _undoubtedly have s sz 11 e e i e upon e e Re- Expenditures.. — T | publican party. But' the reconstruc- o i g Fire. - tion of the Southern States. negro|roSSES neurred during the year...$3.392.252 41 suffrage, military rule in the South, the | refunding of Government bonds, the re- | Risks and Premiums.| Fire Risks. | Premiums. | turn to specie payments, the scandals of TR official dishonesty—all "these problems | Net “::':_W";.;’lfnm Jeft little time for either Republicans or | smsse | e e Democrats to devote to the detalls of a tariff system. ‘Even as late as 1SS0 the Democrats had not arrived at a clear apprehension of their duty as a party in respect to criti- cism of the tariff from the standpoint of the taxpayer. The party platform af that year did Indeed contain the traditional words favoring - “a tariff for revenue only,” but there is no evidence that they were meant to set forth a serious party conviction. The campaizn was proceeding upon other issues. mocrats were ar- raigning Republicans for accumulatedq party sins, and Repu'licans were de- ing chiefly upon a sentimental pre- Sentation of the “bloody shirt” issue when 1he State electlon In Miine occurred with a defeat for the Republcans by such ma- jorities as created seriius alarm. Then there was a sudden change in the t. of campaign oratory. Republcans all at once sprung the tariff question upon their ments. The Democrats were - ek PFIY (0 & dhumable piot i ks - —peemand "'.'.) oL | 6050 1 I o | Tosmse s HY W. EATON. '%‘ GEO. W. HOYT, Deputy Subscribed and sworn to_before me. this Hith day of March, 1900, Ww. . WILDEY. Notary Publie. PACIFIC DEPARTMENT, NO. 422 CALIFORNIA ST., CHARLES D. HAVEN Resi‘ent Secrstary. Weekly Call, $1 per Year