The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 15, 1900, Page 9

WEIRD TALE OF TREASURE ON BARK MELANOPE lors Swear They Saw| ¢ Mate Counting Gold | in the Cabin. Examining a Few Souve- | nir Coins. £ s er or n coin, but I 1d and corrob- n detail how of the gold they resumed he stand and he mean- search for that the taken away. WOMAN SUFFRAGISTS IN ANNUAL CONVENTION Day’s Session Devoted to Read- | ing of Papers and a Social h ering. the one by Mrs. H: gists mig part in o taking s paper and followed was commended e Gordon, M-s rkel, and Mrs, ing in the given over { the ladies, in social dis- meet w officers will be held this stmas Cheer. Benevolent Soclety festival for 150 take place on at 1 o'clock, in er street. The fair and every Preparing Chri: Is POSTUM CEREAL. | THE FRUITS | Of Coffee Drinking. ts or results, in my case, of ng, were sallow complexion, total loss of appetite, as well as eseness and sluggish circulation. very bilious and consti- | nost of the time for eight years, ne so nervous that I was unable mental labor and was fast ap- ing & condition where there would een no help for me. | convinced that if T had con- using coffee mueh longer the re- sult would have been a total mental and cal wreck. es think the all-wise Provi- after us in trouble; at any I was in despair a friend e to give up coffee entirely and m, giving the reasons why. It for me to belleve that so com- & beverage as coffee was the cause je, but 1 made the change, first trial experienced a ar improvement. My com- has improved, the nervousness well as the bilious trouble and sleeplessness, and T am completely cured f iggish circulation. In fact, I am L owe and the return to health has been directly traced to leaving off coffee and ising Postum Food Coffee. I recom- mend Postum to all coffee wrecks with- ;.{m & single reservation.”—James D. imbell, Isabella street, Northampton, Mass. gt often but an uncom- from the plexion THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, BENARD’S PLANS SUBMITTED TO THE REGENTS AND ADOPTED WITH THEIR : THANK? TO MRS. HEARST, THE DONOR T e e eiat & THE BENARD PLAN, VIEWED FROM THE BOTANICAL GARDENS AND UP UNIVERSITY AVENUE TO THE OBSERVATORY. MARKS THE CONTINUATION OF THE AVENUE. o At a meeting of the Regents of the State University held yesterday afternoon, the of Monsieur Benard, the successful n the Hearst architectural submitted to the gov- and were accepted. The pla: ay from Paris and ha aining eight what _the plan showing the hill. There with three draw- through the bot point wher. it most beauti- will make g of the Regents was for the nsidering the plans and it few minutes to decide ed were the best ere adopted uani- first written b ject of a comprehensive plan blishment of a series of bulld- ings was taken d in which she of- fers to stand th se of the competi- st talent obtainable i be brought to a consid- | cheme. Continuing, the | foot of the hill, it becomes a greensward the y work | that sweeps up the slo, to a plane that ition, the competition itself | looks far out beyond e Solacn Gate 1o nethods by which the winning | the far distant horizon, where the blue e selected from among the num- and fathoms of water and a mil. The report con- f sky meet and merge. plimentary address to | all low and solid and of ith the formal presen- 1 style. So far, however, plans to her. been only Indicated. The PORTO RICANS DESERT BOSSES More Than Thirty Purposely | Miss the Hawaiian [ | the c Mrs. Hearst briefly replied to the report of the committee s follows ion that I ac- s the completed v we_all trust Mr. Presi- your appro 1 ptance. In thus severing trustees 1 desire to em- n of their intelligent. astic work, rendered indi: llectively, and I avail myseif portunity to express my r James H. Budd, Profes- es and Regent J. B. The plans being thus finally before the board, the Regents took a few minutes to mine them and listen to comments in ation. As at last submitted to the rd of Regents the plans are not nearly 80 extensi s those by which Benard won the competition. They have all the difference between plans that would re- quire $100,000,000 to earry to successful completion and plans that may not take more than $5,00,00. The scheme is a flex- ible including as much as possible ot the natural -beauties of the location and all its physical charm, at the same time | presenting stem that may be modified in many particulars without in any man- ner destroying the general schema that 1dge. rvatory on the hill, high grounds, the view is a buildings, gorgeous fountains and spacious Through the center runs Uni- avenue, entering as a street from y into the grounds, developing at once into a grand causeway, then into a luxuriant grove, and then striking the h favor in the eyes of those | FROM THE FOOT OF THE HILL TO NEAR THE OBSERVATORY A GREEN SWARD ol | plan has not vet progressed as far as de- | tails. It is a grand conception, however, for not a tree, not a stream, not a shady nook nor picturesque corner has been sac- rificed, and all that nature has done for the gentle slope from peak to bay has been made part of the plan for the greater university. The plans having been inspected the Re- gents convened again and on motion of Regent Hellman the plans were adopted. By a subsequent motion a special commit- | tee was provided for which will fittingly express the gratitude of the Regents fcr the generosity of Mrs. Hearst which has made the whole scheme possible. The plans having been accepted, Regent Reinstein submitted a motion provisln‘ that they should not be changed in any material particular except by the consent of a majority of a board composed of the committee of award and Charles P. Mc- Kim, Professor D. Despradello, John M. Carrere and John Galen Howard, all prominent in the world of architects. The committee of award fs composed of J. § Pascal, R. Norman Shaw, Dr. Paul Wi lot, Walter Cook and J. B. Reinsteln, By the terms of the motion this board s made self-perpetuating. The motion was carried, more, however, as a sense of the present board in accepting the plans than as an action binding on successive boards. Its object is to protect as far as possible the plans as they were adopted. It is not possible to estimate how_ lon; 1t will be before the plan s adopted will be put in effect, nor even when it will be started. It will be formed round the min- ing buflding as a nucleus, however, for Mrs. Hearst will donate that building and she says she will have the men at work on it as soon as an architect can get out the working plans. This will be about | next May. At the meeting vesterday C. E. was appointed reader in history for five | months at a salary of $30 a month and lr?r. H. C. Meyer was appointed an hon- | orary ‘fellow in agriculture. It was an- | nounced by President Wheeler that at the next Charter day President Arthur T. | Hadley of Yale would deliver the address. MISTAKES THE SERGEANT FOR A RESTAURANT BEAT Steamer. ‘ The special train carrying the 118 Porto | Ricans, en route to Hawail, where they will be employed by the Hawalian Sugar Planters’ iation, arrived at Oakland Ang just before noon yes- The motley aggregation was at ed off to meet the steamer Rio Janeiro, which left her dock at 1 o’clock bound for the Hawaiian Islands, In the excitement thirty or more of the exiles became separated from the band n the boat steamed up to the take the crowd aboard many sing. This created soiae here was no holding the hty were taken aboard; -elght are now in this from Los terday were found m confusion ste but t mer. About e main rt who have not already ds of the police or some ed person are probabiy about the city. They y and it is only a question of hours before all will become charges arated from- tt trouble tryin helplessness st night when nine of were picked up at the nd Harrison streets hy tice in agon, There were four women in party. They were given a night’s loG at the City Prison. From a s learned that the boat did been_iriduced to of lu r better treatment and hig wages here. None of them ap- pear to be in a starving condition and for wanderers without & home they are a pretty happy, contented lot. Fully one- half of the thirty-elght are boys ranging | in age from eight to 15. Some of the men carried small bundles of clothing tied to | the end of a stick, which was swung over | the shoulder. These little bundles consti- tute their entire personal effects. The eighty who boarded tue steamer | | will_probably go to work immediately | upon their arrival in Hawaii. They are | to receive $2) a month, and in addition will be furnished with a living place and | all the necessities of life will be given them free. What will become of those | who remained behind is a question. on-| less arrangements can be made to hn\'ej them sent to Hawail on the next boat tne city may have to take a hand in looking after them. Indeed, it looks as If tnal | would be the case anyway, or until such time as transportation can e provided. The Porto Ricans complain of not very good treatment in their native country anl they are glad to withstand any_kind of hardship rather than remain in Porto Rico. They are not under written con- | tract with the Hawalian sugar firm and none of them was compelled to go aboard the steamer unless he chose. ‘hey now appear to be sorry that they did not join their companions. The majority of them are very poorly dressed. ] The Land of the Castanet. The members of Apollo Lodge No. 123, | 1 O. O. F., were greatiy pleased with the Jecture on_“The Land of the Castanei” | iven by Henrf' Payot last ni~ht in their odge rooms. In a delightful manner Mr. Payot carried his audience through sunny Spain. illustrating the different points of his lecture with stereopticon views. The lecture was largely attended. —_—————————— Olaf Andersen Attempts Suicide. Olat Andersen, residing at 721% Minna street, attempted to commit suicide yes- terday forenoon by stabbing himself in the right breast with the blade of an or- | Ginary penknife. He inflicted six separate wounds on his body. He was removed to the Emergency Ho-gml in the ambulance and treated by Dr. Bunnell. | even to the point of threateni " You'LL ‘AavE To OAID THE WAITER To BROPHY . - " ASERGEANT BROPHY,IN DISGUISE, ORDERS . A PORTERHOUSE » »+) PUT THE_PROICE O~ THE TOIBLE % THE. Cl-ii‘Fi ADVISES THE WAITER. o9 ER HE CANNOT EAT UNTIL MONEY. ERGEANT OF POLICE BROPHY had an experience last Thursday night that is amusing to every- body but himself. Brophy, while not a dude, has always prided him- self on being one of the best-groomed men in the department. Recently he was assigned to duty in Chinatown, and fol- lowing the example of his predecessors he resurrectad an old suit of clothes, a slouch hat and a blue flannel shirt that his father wore, and, donning them, pre- pared to do battle with the ecriminal classes of the Chinese quarter. While the Chinese looked with awe on the sudden change in the appearance of the “lttle sergeant,” as he is familiarly known, Brophy completely ignored thgm. a few of the more inquisitive with his club. Thursday night, after successfully raid- ing several ‘“joints,” Brophy shook the dice with himself to see whether he would g0 to the expense of eating a porterhouse steak or take a chance with his usual evening diet of toast and coffee. Luck was with him, and after ordering his squad_to return to their respective sta- tions Brophy went to the California Mar- ket with his mind preoccupied with the thought of the extra expense attached to g_nd ‘swell” meal that he was about to er. CHIEF OF THE CHINATOWN SQUAD IS TOLD BY A GERMAN YAIT- — HE SHOWS THE COLOR OF HIS ‘With the air of a man wh - denly come ‘Into the Bossession a3 ast riches, Brophy ordered the waiter, who was a German and a recent arrival in this ecity, to “bring on a porterhouse steak well done, smothered in onions, and a bottle of cool beer to wash it down." After sizi) up the sergeant the waliter concluded that he was a professional “beat,” and he so notified the proprietor. “Tell him that it will cost him fifty cents,” roared the latter, “and get a fillmgse of his mone{ before you serve im.” The waiter, following the instruc- tions of his employer, um!dfy approached Brophy. “I dink you was a beat,” spoke the waiter, addressing Brophy. "‘You gets no gurterhoun here ‘less you pungle up rs Angered beyond measure the * - geant” displayed his star .ndal.n.lll::::u.:sr- that could not be mistaken he ordered the waiter to serve him. The latter fear- fully admitted his mistake and apologizea to Brophy for thinking that he was a “beat,” but the sergeant was not easily nx?ened. fter finishing his meal Brophy st out to the counter to paz"tnr it, but his wrath had not yet subsided ‘'and he down a silver dollar and strode slapi out on b GETs el SOk e ) obliviaus e fac ;lfl double price for his “swell” m.esl. 1900, CUTTING YOUNG PENAL DFFENSE W. H. Mills Declares Lifs Imprisonment Should Bs Penalty. e Gt | Water and Forest Association Elects | Officers for Ensuing Year and Adjourns After a Success- ful Convention. The convention of the Water and Forest Assoclation of Callifornia terminated yes- | terday, and if the plans of the body are | carried out the future should witness a remarkable increase in the waters of the State and in the acreage of its forests. The most Interesting part of the pro- ceedings was an address by W. H. Mills, who had facts and figures at his fingers’ ends to show that unless steps were taken to prevent the cutting of timber in Cali- fornia a period of commercial depression would surely result, Mr. Mills sald in part: I have been asked to speak to you on the subject of the forests and water supply of | California, and there is pot a more vital sub- Ject before the people of our State. The de- struction of our forest lands has resulted in climatic changes and our rainfall has grown considerably less. The earth is the source of all wealth and is the true source of empire, | and agriculture is the world's foundation. When 1 was recently in Paris I was im; by the pitiful showing made by Spain, which at one time was mistress of the world, Do | you know what first started the decline of that | Breat nation? I will tell you. It was the cu! | ting of her valuable forest lands and the con- sequent decre: in_ her rainfall. Without | moisture agriculture languished and the whole fabric of commerce fell apart. In California | | we depend on sgriculture, and the conditions | at present must be changed, in that a stop | must be put to the cutting of our timber, which causes a decrease in our supply of water, &la is no longer the great ex- porter of the world, for her coal supply has diminished. That liftle country, on account of her fuel deposits, had a producing capacity of | 500,000,000 men. ‘When she finds that her coal increases in price the clp‘cllr of production | ‘will decline, for the Incre: cost of power comes out of the profits of industry. In 1890 | calculations were made that America could | supply the whole world with coal for the next | hundred- years, but a study of the statistics | for the past ten years and the increase in our population shows that in twenty-five years our coal supply will be exhausted, that is if the | ratio of increase in machinery and people con- tinues. I quots these figures to you to ask you mot to relax your efforts to secure the preservation of our forests, which are the life principle of our very existence. Not only must we protect the trees standing, but we must take steps for the planting of new forests. Germany has 38,- | 000,000 acres of forests planted by the Govern- ment, and in consequence she conserved the rainfall, increased her industries and has | advanced from a fifth-rate power to one of first rank. In twenty-five years Germany will | | ba the greatest commercial power in the world, | and it will be due to the very questions wi have discussed here for the T‘ll two days | You have no idea of the ruthless destruction | of timber in this State. Thirty-five million feet | of lumber were cut last year in the MoCloud | Valley, and this is only one instance of what | is being done in the way of brlb{1 this State to ruin. As England’s prosperity declines on account of her coal depoeits Eoomlul--ml.llar, 80 surely does ruin stare us in the face in this State because of the decline in our rainfall | due to the destruction of the forests. | At this very time nearly half a million of young trees are being cut by the vandals of | commerce, who sell them for use as Chrestmas trees. A man who cuts down one of these | young trees in order that he make a few | | cents should be sent to the penitentlary for | the rest of his life. The States of the Middle | | West are denuded of their timber and the time s coming when the Pacific Coast States will be looked to to furnish the needed supply. | ‘We need not put a stop to the cutting of all timber, but we must take such steps that for every tree which is cut another shall be planted | in its place. Let us hope that the time fs coming when California shall have the proud | record of being the great forest country of the world. | On the subject of election of officers for. the ensuing year the convention by a ris- ing vote adopted the recommendations of | the committee on nominations, with the following result: Willlam Thomas, president; T. C. Freidlan- der, secretary; F. W. W. Dohrmann, treasurer. | | Vice presidents—N. P. Chipman, Red Bluff; | L. A. Naces, Fresno; J. Ross Clark, Los An- A | dvisory council—J. D. Works, Los | Angeles; W. H. Mills, San Francisco; Henja- | min Ide Wheeler, San Francisco; R. Barcar, Vacaville; W. E. Smythe, Standish; T. J. Field, Monterey; C. M. Belshaw, Antloch; F. | 1os Angeles; E. B. Adams, Wrights: " Green, Colusa; C. W. Thomas, Wood- L C. D. Marx, Palo Alto; F. Soule, Berke- ley; W. 8. Melick, Pasadena. The following named gentlemen were appointed by the president to act as ex- | ecutive council: W. H. Beatty, A. R.| Timothy Hopkins, F. J. Symmes, E. B. Willis and A, J. Pillsbury. A reso- lution was carried that the president, sec- retary and treasurer also act as members of the executive body. | The committee on resolutions presented | a number of bills for presentation to the Legislature, which were adopted by the convention, all the bills following the line of the resolutions presented during the first day of the convention. A feature of yesterday’'s meeting was the cordial feel- | ing expressed by all the speakers in the work of the association, and the majority | of the speeches were more in the line of | seeking information as to the resolutions. | The bills adopted were for the amend- ment of the present laws governing the de- struction of forests by fire and to provide stringent measures for the detection ana | punishment of the offenders by fine and fmprisonment; for the consolidation of the foresf administration under one head un- | der the supervision of the Department of Agriculture; for the formation of an irri- gation commission of California; for the creation by the President of the United States of the Stoney Creek reservation; | for the consolidation of the work of forest | reservations, now distributed in several | departments; for securing from Congress | appropriations _of for irrigation | survey by the geological department, and | $100,000 for the Department of Agriculture for the same purpose in this State; for legislation to permit irrigation districts organized under the Wright irrigation law and which have a bonded or other indebt- ednesd to compromise and liquidate such indebtedness in any equitable manner as may be agreed upon between such dis- tricts and their creditors; for the storage of flood_waters and for the withdrawal by the Federal Government from public entry of all lands utilized for storage pur- ses; for the withdrawal of all timber finds trom private entry. and to provide for proper forest stem. On_motlon of incott of the Geolog- jcal Survey a resolution was adopted that Congress be requested to provide that res- ervoir and canal sites be withdrawn from public entry, as provided by law, by the director of the Geological Survey, and that | said sites may not be refiled upon by in- dividuals or corporations until relin- quished by said director, and that when such sites are refiled upon with the per- mission of the director of the Geological SurveLnll persons refiling on the sites shall required to give sufficlent bonds for ;he proper completion of the proposed ‘work. Congressman-elect Frank Coombs brief- 1y addressed the convention on similar lines to those expressed by Mr. Mills, and after President Thomas had thanked the convention for having re-elected him to office the convention adjourned, subject to the call of the executive committee. K Mrs. Annie Giddings’ Death. The preliminary examination of Drs. G. W. O’'Donnell and E. A. Boehm, charged with the murder of Mrs. Annie Giddings, was held befere Judgs Conlan yesterday afternoon. The witnesses examined were Miss Etta Crumbley, a cousin of the de- cedent; Mrs. Addie Keyes, 607 Van Ness avenue; William lding, 433 Golden Gate avenue; Mrs. Jennle Conway, Turk_street, Detective Edward and Dr. Leland, autopsy surgeon at the Morgue. The witnesses were not per- mitted to tell conversations they had with the decedent prior to her dearh, and with- out them the Judge admitted the case was a very weak onme. A motion to dismiss was made, and the Judge reserved his de- cision until Monday. ————— For a Cold in the Head. blets. No other medicine in the world has received such widespread and unqualified endorsement. No other medicine has such a record of cures of female troubles or such hosts of grateful friends. vy Do not be persuaded that any other medicine is just as good. Any dealer who asks you to buy something else when you go into his store purposely to buy Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, has no interest in your case. He is merely trying to sell you some- thing on which he can make a larger profit. He does not care whether you get well or not, so long as he can make a little more money out of your sickness. If he wished you well he would without hesitation hand you the medicine you ask for, and which he knows is the best woman’s medicine in the world. Follow the record of this medicine, and remember that these thousands of cures of women whose letters are constantly printed in this paper were not brought about by “something else,” But by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, The Great Woman’s Remedy for Woman’s lils. Those women who refuse to accept anything else are rewarded a hundred thousand times, for they get what they want—a cure. Moral — Stick to the medicine that you kmow is Best. - When a medicine has been successful in restoring to health more than a million women, you cannot well say without trying it, ‘I do not believe it will help me.”” If you are ill, do not hesitate to get a bot- tle of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound at once, and write Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass., for special advice. It is free and helnful. LABOR CONVENTION MEETS IN THIS CITY SHORTLY Delegates Representing the Various Unions Will Be Given Thorough Representation at the Big Meeting. e s — The California State Federation conven- such as the anti-injunction, child labor, tion, which meets in Ploneer Hall January | employment agency, employers’ lability 7, will apparently be one of the largest and most important gatherings of or- ganized labor ever assembled in the State. The initiative in this movement was ta- ken by the San Farncisco Labor Council and a committee of that body has issued & call to every eligible trade union in the State. The following is the basis of rep- resentation. The convention shall be composed of representatives of the fol- lowing specified organizations: All central labor bodies affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. All unions directly affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. All unions affillated with central bodles chartered by the American Federation of Labor. All unions affillated with the American Federation of Labor through their nation- al bodles, provided that no union be ad- mitted to this convention except it be af- filiated with the central labor body, char- tered by the American Federation of La- bor and having jurisdiction In its locality, ‘where such central brdb;; m“Ted E Central bodles shall entit] 0 two delegates each; local labor unions shall be entitled to two delegates for the first 100 members and one delegate for each suc- ceeding 100 members or major fraction thereof; providing that no union shall be entitled to more than ten delegates. Votes shall be apportioned among the representatives of local trade unions in proportion to the membership of their re- spective organizations. central bod- fes shall be entitled to two votes each. No proxies shall be permitted. The principal work of the conyention, of course, will be the formation of a perma- nent State Federation. In addition, It is expected that certain legislative measures NIPPERT'S COURT-MARTIAL NEARS ITS CONCLUSION Demurrer Is Not Sustained, Leaving Loophole for Appeal in Case of Conviction. The second session of the court-martial before which Captain Firmin M. Nippert s being tried was held in the armory, corner of Page and Gough streets, last ht m;ho demurrer submitted by the counsel for the accused, Zenas Dodge and Davis and Nathan, was not sustained, which in case of conviction furnishes good ground The brilliant record of the accused as a member of the National Guard and as a volunteer officer was submitted. the only thing in the line of defense offered. No witnesses to defend Captain Nippert's rep- utation, Ing to his counsel, were and blower system bills, which have al- ready been indorsed by a large number of local bodies, will be discussed and steps taken to secure their enactment by the Legislature. It is clalmed the sentiment already expressed by Senators and As- semblymen give assurance that the views of the convention on these matters will | meet the approval of the State law- | makers. Judging by the present outlook, strong measures will aiso be taken to thoroughly organize the workers in every section of the State, particularly in those localities which, owing, to their " isolation, have so far had no trade organization. ADVERTISEMENTS. ~ . UNDER THE MISTLETOE BOUGH, Or wherever else femininity is a consider- ation, a man must be at his best—not only as te physigue, but 2s to general “get up.” His linen above all should be beyond eriti- cism. If you bring vour soiled linen here we'll make it as white as Christmas snow, and old Santa Claus will vouch for you to the prettiest girl in town. “No saw edges.” Domestic finish for full dress shirts if you order it. UNITED STATES LAUNDRY Office 1004 Markst Street Telephone—South 420, Oakland Office—62 San Pablo Ave. —_———— DR, MEYERS &C0 1881, Consuitation g:..'_u"m or by Cures