The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 19, 1901, Page 9

CORNERS ENTIRE CROP OF PRUNES Cured Fruit Association in Full Control of the Market. e Yield Bought Up so Quickly | e Buyers Have No | EKnowledge of the | i ! | i | i | 5 | Season’ Deal. Mar. 8. —The California ( 88 s cornered the | e All prunes sociation, some have be for PRESIDENT ENTHUSIASTIC OVER THE COAST TRIP| Union Iron Works President Tells of the Interviews With the Na- tion's Chief Executive. Her CHJC AGO. rch 18 Scott rks, passed s way fron His v FAMILY OF HARRISON HEARS HIS WILL READ Document Said to Make Ample Pro- vision for the Widow and Child of President. INT In _the eral Ben- ning his ed and nds the r its exe- decedent ev ison anc there could direc- | courts. st to the Coast. | h Postoffice ounty, Wolf, J W Jordan, removed; Angeles $8. In- Angeles, $12; John Wade, : Thomas Swope, $10. Washington—Original— rett, $6. War with W." Bowne, Van i is assist in the iteers returning from the Captain Douglas Settle, ordered to San stant to Colonel chief mustering of- et { TAGAL LEADER DIOCINO ! WOUNDED AND CAPTURED | American Force Commanded by Cap- tain Shanks Fights With Panay Insurgents. h 18 —A force command- nks of the Eighteenth ntry has had an en- »wers of Diocine, Capiz Province, the rebels were | ing Diocino, were | e —— GRAPE-NTTS. 1 | HE SAD IT. . | And Every Word Was Worth a Gold Piece. Newbold, paymaster, | When an old, experienced druggist ad- | vises & man to throw medicine to the dogs nd use good common sense and the right | kind of food the advice is worth heeding. | “An old friend of mine whom I knew to be mot only a first-class druggist, but an honest m well, advised me in ¢ cure which 1 had{ long years and | rs in order to get 1l kinds and make Nuts Food.and cream, d Postum Cereal Food order my dyspepsia, for twelv in a few days a | n place. I was no w s.in the side, palpitation and pains and when night came I 2 good night's rest. 1 radaches and sour" with me for years | t 1 was a new man and im- | in health that I went | good health as I life and no healthier man 1 firmly believe. past winter I was out of and we hacC some very Those who worked h | coffec and tea and other 1d beverages were constantly | er did in my foun the be ring s every ther. sed y of the cold. 1 did not suffer | nor did I contract a bad cold | entire winter. | . lady in Pittsburg who nur-| sepsia as much as I did,‘ sufferer. She had a | went on Grape-Nuts um Cereal Food Coffee and -three pounds in less than | se lost the greenish color | : and now- her cheeks | as a school girl's, and her as a dollar, \ 1 know when | am well off and stick to Grape-Nuts'and Postum Food Coffee.” | tet | who offere | to be the richest he ever saw, a THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1901. EX-CONVICT IS HEL COOPER D FOR TRIAL Notorious Swindle r and Bigamist Is Foiled in Attempt to Lure Latest Victim to Him by Honeyed Words P IR" HARRY WESTWOOD COOP- ER, allas Dr. Ernest Moore Chad- wick, was yesterday held for trial in the Superior Court by Police Judge Fritz on a charge of having forged a telegram with intent to deceive and defraud Nora Schneider of Crockett, Cal, who was induced by the notorious ex-convict to enter into a morriage with him on February 23 last. Cooper’s col persistency were once in shown when, at the close of the court proceedings yesterday, he wrote to the & woman he had so 2 note e ely duped. With the knowledge that yra Schneider is fully cognizant of his true character, Cooper penned her a let- r, couched in most endearing terms. e woman refused to receive the hand of the court attache missive-to her, and when over the ralling of " she was standing was cast to the flocr Miss Schneider gave permision t0 a newspaper reporter to n the letter, which s addressed to Nora Chadwick,” and read as fol- ter from th the ider. g Wife: I must see you at your earliest if only for & few moments. With ¢ me, Your loving husband, Y ERNEST. his is of importance to you. 1 Cooper saw his letter thrown upon floor his ugly face grew livid and he that the missive be returned > notice was taken of his re +- .2 | | LETTER WHICH EX-CONVICT ! | COOPER WROTE YESTERDAY TO | | HIS LATEST VICTIM. i e — e — - quest and the police officers quickly put|Schneider did not marry the defendart handcuffs on his wrists and hurried him | on account of her love for him. up to the prison. Courtroom Is Crowded. The usual big crowd was present at the preliminary examination in the police court yesterday and Cooper was agaii the center of attraction. The ex-convict had lost considerable of his bravado and | his soiled collar and cuffs betrayed the end of his financial resources. Judge Fritz, after calling the case, de- cided that Nora Schneider could not tes- tify against the prisoner and that the bur- den of proof that she was not the wife of Cooper rested with the prosecution. The District Attorney’s office had hoped to introduce the evidence of Cooper's lat- est victim, and while it was shown th: Cooper was a married man in 1597, it w: not prepared to prove that he was not en- titled to enter into marriage with Nora Schneider. 4 Mre. Schneider and her daughter Mamie both testified that on the might before | Cooper trapped Nora into marriage, he had been told by Nora and her mother that no wedding would take place. On that evening Nora had returned her en- gagement ring to Cooper, the 1ing having been purchased with money obtained by fraud from the Donohoe-Kelly Bank. Mrs. Schneider also testified that her daughter Nora had on the evening of February 22 and on many previous occa- | | sions told Cooper that she would not marry him without her mother’s consent. Attorney Murphy then made a short ar- gument on behalf of the prisoner and asked for a dismissal of the case on the ground that there was no evidence to show that Nora Schneider had béen de- frauded by reason of the false telegram sent to her by Cooper. ““A woman's affections cannot be stolen or obtained_by fraud as property might be,” said Murphy, “and there is not a particle of evidence to show that Nora SETTLERS RUSH 108 HEW HOMES | Algodones Land Grant in Arizona Opened to Pioneers. Special Dispatch to The Call. TUCSON, Ariz.,, March 18 dones land grant, embracing of the richest land in the world, was opened to settlement this morning. Yes- terday the “‘sooners’” began to arrive, and they at once camped at the door of the land office. Some of them remained there twenty-four hours, never once moving rom the spot, so eager were they to se- cure the land they had chosen. The first man to file this morning when the land office was thrown open was Wil- llam ©. Harris, who made a homestead entry of 160 acres. Harris took his posi- tion at the head of what later became a formidable column and never once left it. He secured the land he wanted and gave way to the others in line. who were anx- fously pressing to place their applications file. ““rhe Algodones :;ndl as oo r;:‘;t by a special agent oi the Inte €] 5 3 nd the Tt Secretary of Agriculture says in a re 4 that it is the richest in the worid. efforts to open the grant which have made in the past were unsuccessful, but resulted in attractihg settiers who made their homes lhel;%. ?;x:g, .;nh::mlquneu R ush at the land office lasted all day, and many applications were received by mail. Attempt to Lynch an Officer. MIDDLESBORO, Ky., March 18.—Three hundred coal miners of West Pineville formed last night to lynch uty Sheriff ¥Frank McCoy of this city. who, it is al- leged, killed Vance Howard, a cousin of Berry Howard, the Goebel suspect, who is under indictment. The miners ed that a strong guard was around the jail and disbanded. been | | Cooper Held for Trial. Assistant _ District Attorney Whitinzg | submitted the case without further argu- | ment and Judge Fritz, after telling Coop- er to stand up, decided that there was ample evidence to warrant holding the prisoner for trial in the Superior Court on a charge of forging a telegram wml | intent to defraud Nora Schneider. Bail was fixed in the sum of $5000. The second charge against Cooper, that of forging a seal of a court of record, was then called, but as the prosecutién was not ready to go on with the case, it was adjourned until this afternoon at 2 o'clock. The engagement ring which Cooper | bought with money obtained by fraud is | now in the hands of Captain of Detectives { Seymour. When Nora Schnelder returned | the ring to Cooper he pawned it for $41. | though it is worth $100. “Cooper, after his | arrest, gave an order to his attorney to redeem the ring, but Captain Seymolllr t. | had already obtained possession of | Captain Colville of Crockett, who indorsel | | Cooper's bogus note, will have to reim- | burse the Donohoe-Kelly Bank the | amount of money they paid out on Coop- | er's checks and the ring will be returncd | to_Colville. Cooper's attorney claims that if Miss Schneider files suit for divorce it will be contested. The prisoner Is afraid of the testimony of his dupe and has instructed | h.s attorney to take every step to prevent | the admission of her evidence. If Nora Schneider should be granted a divorce she could then appear against the scoun- | drel who now ciaims her as his wife. As it will take some time for Nora Schneider to secure a divorce, Cooper wiil try to secure his release by a writ of habeas corpus in the next few days, as he dreads the possibility of his victim be- ing allowed to appear against him in the Superior Court. MOROCCO WUST COME TO TERMS Consul General Will Make a Demand for Settlement _of Claims, | | WASHINGTON, March 18.—The State Department is giving renewed attention to the settlement of the claims against the Government of Morocco. The claim of Marcus_ Ezagul, who was murdered at Fez in June last, has been adjusted b: the payment of $5000, but there are olhe¥‘ claims equally meritorious which have not been satisfactorily adjusted. Recenty the State Department gave these consider-. atlon, all efforts on the part of Mr. Gum- mere, the Consul General at Tangler, to adjust them having proved Ineffective. Under these circumstances a special mission, following in this respect the rrnctlce in similar events, was proposed. nstructions to this end to-day were sent to Mr. Gummere, as well as a further instruction to demand an apology for an apparent discourtesy on the part of the Grand Vizier and the Minister of Foreign Affairs in attempting to defeat the pur- pose of the State Department to dispatch a special mission to Morocco City. The armored cruiser New York, with dmiral Rogers aboard, is rapidly near ing Gibraltar with every prospect of reaching Tangier by the end of this week. take Mr. Gummere aboard and convey him to Mazargan, where the Con- sul General will disembark and 1‘1& over- land to the Moorish_capital. New York will remain at n under his orders until some sort of settlement is reached. Mr. Gummere was to-day noti- fied to this effect. e Troops for Philippines. WASHINGTON, March 18.—Telegraphic | | A | orders were sent by the War Department to-day, to varlous department ¢ nd- ers to send troops destined for the pines to San Francisco In ampie time Hiancacic. Maren %: Buros, April 1 R ¢ 5 rel u 8 0 - patrick, April 5, and n, Ap'flm lk. C CARE FOR AGED MWD DESTITUTE Sisters of the Poor Open 0ld Home of Youths’ Directory. Expect That Within a Short Time They Will Be Able to Erect House of Their Own. —_— The old home of the Youths’ Directory on Howard street, near Seventeenth, is now occupled by the “Little Sisters of ths | Poor.”” They took possession of the build- ing yesterday through the kindness of the Rev. D. O. Crowley, president of the di- rectory, and hope that within the next | two vears they will be able to buiid a | home of their own. “We arrived here last Thursday night,” | said the mother provinclal yesterday, | “and we believe that within the next few | months we will be able to make the In- stitution one that will commend itself to and receive the support of the charitably inclined of all classes. We came here without funds home. The home has been given us Father Crowley. Ve b 3 depend on the ali-wise Providence. With our personal exertions and the grace of | God we feel confident of being able to | successfully carry on the work inaugu- | rated by us in every large city in the Tnited/ States. “The/ conditions for admission to our home are simple. All that is required is that the applicants be destitute and of good moral character. They must be 80 Vears of age or over. No distinction is made regarding creed or natlonality. The sisters of the order devote themselves en- tirely to the care of the aged and destitute | poor of both sexes. We provide the | poor and destitute with food and clothirg |and in the time of sickness nurse and | watch over them. All donations of money, | food or clothing will be gratefully ac- | cepted and the prayers of the community will be daily offered for our benefactors.’ The “Litfle Sisters of the Poor” now have 283 houses established throughout the world. Forty of them are located in the United States. At present the sisters are caring for 41,000 aged, sick and destitute people. The society was founded in Brit- tany, France, sixty vears ago and there are about 1600 members in the sisterhood. Two sisters accompanied the mother pro- vincial here, and six or eight more sisters will reach here before the end of April EDWARD'S EMBASSADOR IS HISSED IN PARIS Earl Carrington, Who Is Officially Announcing the Queen’s Death, Meets With Insult. PARIS, March 18.—Earl Carrington, Special Embassador of King Edward to announce officially to the French Govern- sion of Bdward VII, arrived this after- noon at the Gare du Nord, where he was recefved by M. Crosier, Chief of the Pro- tocole, and Baron Rujoux, on behalf of President Loubet, in the waiting room of reception of the mission. A squad of in- fantry rendered honors. After the exchange of greetings the mission drove in a closed carriage to the | Hotel Riz, where Earl Carrington will re- ! main until the mission proceeds to Mad- rid on the same errand. The carriages were escorted by culrassiers. A few hisses were heard as the mission left the sta- tion and there were isolated cries along the ronte of “Vive Kruger” and “Vive les Boers.” Earl Carrington will be re- ceived at the Elysees Palace to-morrow by M. Loubet, who will give a banquet in honor of the mission in the evening. s & | General Miles Reaches Cuba. HEAVANA, March 18.—Lieutenant Gen- eral Miles, who intends to inspect the principal military posts in Cuba, arrived here to-day with his party from the Unit- ed States. | @intvimetepet el Bay and Coast Franchise Not to Be Finally Passed Until May 1. —_— Board of Works Will Supervise Tear- ing Up of Streets—Initial Step in Payment of City’s Indebtedness. s Mayor Phelan yesterday returned to the Board of Supervisors without his approval the bill granting a franchise to the Bay and Coast Railway Company to enter the city. The Mayor holds that the bill | should not have been finally passed undcr the charter until ninety days had elapsed after its introduction. The City Attorney advised that the introduction of a bill is its presentation to the board by a mem- ber of a committee thereof. The Mayor finds that the Street Committee presented the bill on January 31, 1901, without rec- ommendation, therefore the Dbill should not be finally passed and presented for the Mayor's signature until after May 1, 1901 The bill providing for the opening and tearing up of public streets by the Board of Public Works, except in the case of water and light companies, was finally passed. The ordinance provides for a schedule of fees to be charged for tearing up streets. McCarthy opposed its passage on the ground that all companies should be subject to its provisions as the charter commands. Brandenstein explained that {he Gonstitution gives the privilege of tearing up streets to water and light com- panies. A bill was passed to print providing for {he payment without interest of certain 516 diaims against the city out of the sur- plus fund under the const tutional amend- ment recently adopted. Protests against the collection of fees for the issuance of building permits were filed by the Market-street and Eureia Valley Improvement Club, the Real Es- gevelnpmant Company and the Potrero Land and Water Front Company, and referred to the Building Committee. The ordinance exempting the Grand ra-house from the provisions of the 3:”:1!« ordinance by permitting its pro- rietors to extend the brick wall separat- ng_the stage building a corru assed to print. .p'rhe Muxl:l‘ral League filed a communi- cation indorsing the action of the Police Committee in recommending that n additional policemen be added to the Police Department. The petition of th> Western dition Improvement Club, re- that the fifteen be made a pa-t d detail. was referred to the ymmittee. . on authorizing the payment m A. !chfide for exam- ng Vailey Water properties d values was passed to from the auditorium by gated iron partition was of ce Pgl"‘;e resoluti of ?fl to t f ination o print. ——— NEGROES WILL WORK ON HAWAII PLANTATIONS KNOXVILLE. ‘March 18.—A colony of 100- left Knoxville to-day for Ha- ‘wall under a year contract with the wailan Commercial and Sugar Com- Ha: was Taised R. %m.’n; ’l:nhrlkent negro, ;"ho ;"u‘q-ttmt ‘was partially successful. ment and certain other governments the | death of Queen Victoria and the acces- | the station, which was decorated for the- PROMINENT LADIES AIDING BLIND GIRL dent, Who Has 33 Musical Benefit to Be Tendered to Miss| La Barraque, a Brilliant Young Stu-| Won Many Honors s 4 MISS CHRISTINE LA BARRAQU WITH LOSS OF SIGHT, HAS WO AFTER HIGHER EDUCATION. g E, WHO, ALTHOUGH AFFLICTED N MANY HONORS AND IS STRIVING — MUSICAL benefit will be tendered to Miss Christine La Barraque, the blind singer, by a score of society ladies of S8an Francisco, who wish to ald her in her ef- fort to secure a higher education. The | musicale will be held in Sherman, Clay & | Co.’s Hall next Saturday evening. Miss La Barraque is an accomplished | young woman. Despite her affliction she { has already acquired a falr education, She is a graduate of the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb_and Blind at Berkeley, the University of California, from which institution she graduated with high hon- ors, and the an astings College of Law. She has a right to practice law, but her ambition does not stop there. She is an ious to go to Germany and study German Scott Must Explain Delay in Suit Against Tele- phone Company. A Supervisors Call Tax Collsctor to Ac- count for Not Prosecuting Liti- gation Over Unpaid Back License Taxes. LTSS The Board of Supervisors called Tax Collector Scott sharplv to account yeste - day because of the long continued delay in the prosecution of the suit against the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Com- pany to recover back license taxes. Su- pervisor McCarthy submitted a resolution, which was adopted, in which attention is directed to the fact that no progress has been made in the suit of the Tax Collector against the company, which was com- menced some months age, for amounts due for delinquent license taxes ons its nickel machines. The resolution directs the Tax Collector to furnish at once a complete history of the cases showing the date of each continuance and the reason assigned therefor and also at whose re. quest such continuance was granted. Reed presented a resolution deferring payment of demands for telephones until l\hlfh ('l‘m as the comno.ny sh:ll meet its o s regar nse taxes Shlleiofs Syming onnss e, 0,52 ted under suspension of the rules. ity Attorney Lane filed an opinion that the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Com- pany Is subject to the provisions of the charter to the opening and closing of trenches in the public streets. He holds that though the franchise granted the company gives it the rlfit to tear up streets this right cannot be regarded as a contract. The demands.for telephone service in the Health Department, which were drawn on the general fund, were rejected, as the board holds that such rervice musi be pald out of the specific appropriation therefor. The ordinance designed to prohibit the publication of lottery lists was deferred one week. The ordli ce providing for the pay- ment of a luated scale of fees for building inspection was referred to the ‘ommittee on Judiciary, Fire and 5 lar action was n with the ordinance extending the fire limits. The ordinance transferring a school lot on San Bruno avenue to the Fire Depart- ment for the purpose of erecting a fire house thereon was passed to print. The offer made by Russell L. Dunn and William C. Al to sell the ‘“‘Giant Gap Water Supply"” to the city was re- ferred to the Board of Public Works for investigation and report as to the feasi- bility of the grohct. Similar_action was taken with the offer of the Lake Tahoe and River to sell its rights for §0,000. —_— CLERGYMAN MUST SERVE A TERM FOR FORGERY INGFIELD, Ill., March . —Th Rev.J. I Marston of ‘Owensville, ind, pleaded guilty in the United States Dis- trict Court to-day to forging money orders and was sentenced to eighteen years & Chester penitentiary. Marston ha Just served &;firn ‘months for using the muhflthhn%d«nud. He fi Y represented as _authorized by ara Barton, ent of the Red Croxs for the society Shciets, e e o T i T law. funds she teaches French and Spanish in the night schools of this city. This marvelous young woman also has a | spiendid soprano Voice. For the last few | years she has béen cultivating it unde: | the instruction of Mr. Kelleher. In the concert to be given on Saturday evening she will render a number of selections. Hother Wismer. the violinist. will assist, { as will other well-known artis |~ The concert is to be given under the auspices of the following patronesses. | from whom tickets may be procured: Mrs, Horace Davis, Mrs. John Boalt, Mrs. Ig- | natz_Steinhart, Mrs. Sherwood, Mrs. T. Watson, Mrs. Phil Lil | fenthal, Mrs. Kellogg. Mrs. Rosenstirn, }Mm Delaney, Mrs. Charles Wilkinson. Mrs. C. W. Sfack, Mrs. Clinton Day and | others. B 2 ATER RATE BILL IS DEFEATED AT STORMY' SESSION OF BOARD Epring Valley Makes Futile Effort to Secure Old Water Rates. PRt RS Braunhart’s Wild Charge of Conspir- acy to Re-enact the Existing Ordinance Is Promptly Resented by Comte. e After a stormy session, which lasted exactly two hours, the water rate ordin- ance was defeated on final passage by the Board of Supervisors yesterday, though the measure was passed weeks ago. The proceedings were enliv- ened by two incidents. One of these was a wild charge of conspiracy to re-enact the existing 1ctes made by Braunhart, though he accused no one in particular, which was vigorously resented by Comte. The other was the expressed disinclina- tion of Chief Engineer Schussler of the water company to be insulted when he was charged by Brandenstein with having broken his agreement tq expend $i65,000 in laying new ma'ns. After the City Attorney's opinlon that the board has no right to compel the Spring Valley Company to lay new mains had béen read, Comte moved the refer- ence of the ordinance to the joint com- mittee on judiciary and water, with a view to secure an agreement from the corporation to grovlfle additional fire pro- tection. Braunhart objected and made an allusion to what he termed a cons, When he_was sharply callea to order by Comte. Braunhart apologized and modi- fled his charge by saying that there ap- peared to be a clearly defined conspi on the part of come one, not oa the 4 to allow, the raies to remain undisturbed on the pretext of acquiring additional fire protection. Stafford said that the City Attorney had not decided the point at is- sue. The Supreme Court, he sald, had held that the company was obliged to fur- nish sufficient water for great public ne- assage of the ordin. cessities. 2 Connor urged the P ance on the ground that it would sav $140,000 in taxes, which caused to re- mark sarcastically that the matter of fire rotection i{s of far greater importance han the saving of $140.000, Which instead of belng spent for public_improvements would probably be expended for higher salaries in the Board of Works or Health Board. Comte withdrew his motion to refer, and Brandenstein asked the representatives of the Sn!\lnf Valley Company to tell what they would do in thé way of improve- ments if the rates were allowed to stand. Referring to his offer made during the in- vestigation that the company would ex- pend $465,000 if the old rates were re-en- acted, Engineer Schussler sald that he had been coaxed into making that prom- ise by Supervisor at a_dinner in which Schussler was Reed's est. Schussler evaded the issue by claiming that the offer had not been accepted, as he had not made it to the board, havi been excluded from the caucus at whic the rates were fixed. After a great deal of parrying Schussler said: -“We will agree to fill every requirement contained in the report of Fire Chief Sulli- :?n wllt:nln ’tlbe:filxt tvgflfl-fltl ymfinro- ded the city continue to T month for each hvdrant. T N opposed the acceptance of the of- fer, as it would result in the payment of $30.000 per year for hydrants where $15.500 is being paid now, because the offer was contingent on the re-election of the iracy, t board. bin moved that the ordinance amended providing for the payment In her efforts to secure necessary | Dr. Powers, Mrs. | to print two'| SIME CONTESTS ARE EXPECTED Grand Lodge of California Knights of Honor Con- venes To-Day. 1 ——— | | Reports Will Show Great Progress Made, Both in Membership and Financial Standing. | AR { The Grana Lodge of California, Knights | 6f Honor, will meet this morning in the | Alcazar building in its nineteenth regular |ard third biennial session. The order | throughout the United States 1s composed of 61,00 members, of which about 3000 kold their membership in the fifty lodges in the various parts of California. Since the session of the previous Grand Lodge the order in this State has, so the | reports will show, dome well, both in | membership and finances. During the session this year, which will last two s, several amendments to existing | laws will be submitted, but the most im= | portant matter to come up will be the election of grand officers for the ensuing | term. The contest will be for the office of grand dictator, the candidates being | Prescott L. Archibald, the incumbent, | who has held the office for sevral terms, and Charles H. Holcomb, the grand vice | dictator. There will also be quite a con- | test for the positions of supreme repre- Somtatives. . Fwo ave to be clected. The | cendidates for the office are: Ben I Solo- | mon, M. L. Crowe, C. W. Decker and A. H. Voight. Charles F. Curry, Secretary of State, who at present Is supreme rep- resentative, will go back to the supreme body as a member of the committee on appeals and grievances, consequently he will not be a candidate for re-election. The present grand offcers are: A. H. Voight, past grand dictator; Prescol | Archibald, grand dictator; Charles H. Holcomb, grand vice dictator; Ben 1. Solomon, grand as- sistant dictator; Thomas Johnstone, grand re- porter;: F. Willlam Zehtuss, grand treasurer; G. A. Warmake, grand chaplain: C. A. Gare ', d guide; W. S. Lane, grand guard- : H. L. Farrier, grand sentinel; B. F. Joy and A. M. Macpherson, grand trustees; C. F. Curry and Maxwell L. Crowe, supreme repre- sentatives. The repre .entatives to the Grand Lodge are: Alameda—Garden City Lodge, Willlam Stmp~ son Berkeley—Center Lodge, A. E. Hart. Chico—Victory Lodge, James W. Baker; Butte Lodge, A. Kussel. Crockett—Carquinez Lodge, Patrick Luey. East Oakland—Clinton Lodge, B. F. Hobart. Fresno—Fresno Lodge, S. Grass Valley—Alph Healdsburg—Heal cott. pLo® Angeles—Los Angeles Lodge, H. W. Rea- shaw. Marysyille—Marvsville Lodge. John Ruff. Merced—Columbia Lodge, William Adams. 2 et L Monterey—C. M. Curry Lodge, Joseph Schuite Jr. apa Lodge, F. H. Epley. rth San Juan—Mizpah Lodge, Thomas Evans. Petaluma—Petaluma Lodge, J. S. Oliver. Sacramento—California Lodge, H. K. McLen- | nan. San Francisco—Ivy Lodge, George C. Berg: | Germanfa Lodge, Louls Filing: Friendship Lodge, F. A. Meyer; Charter Oak Lodge, W. A. §. Nichoison; Eureka Lodge, H. A. Callender: Yerba Buena Lodge, W. H. Howard: Norman Lodge, David Davis: Saxon Lodge, B. W. Kauf- i Union Lodge, 8. Nutting: San Fran- cisco Lodge, R. A. Lindsay: Tancred Lodge, C. W. Decker; Yosemite Lodge, C. B. Whige: Key- E. T. Minnehan: Fidelity Lodge. ; American Eagle Lodge. P. J Smith; Confidence Lodge, H. J. Lask: Far West Lodge, W. J. Thompson; Polar Star Lodge, Thomas Learned; Liberty Lodge, J. A. John- | ston; Leland Stanford Lodge. A. Morris, | San Jose—San Jose Lodg Rich. Santa Cruz—Santa Cruz Lodge, A. WI é hidden. Hoffer. n_Lodge. 8. P. Cos ‘West Berkeley—Tahoe Lodge, S. This evening there will be a banquet to the grand officers and representatives in a Powell-street dining hall. HIGHBINDERS PLOT TO MURDER POLICE Gun-Fighter Imported to Resist Raid on a San Jose Club- house. SAN JOSE, March 13.—More highbind- ers were arrested to-day by the police. It is alleged that the Hip Sing Tong had plotted to kill the first members of the police fores who entered their clubhouse. Jew How, a notorfous gun-fighter, was brought here for the purpose. As the po- licemen entered the place How was to shcot them through a thin partition. To-day Detective Pickering arrested Jew How, Gan Get and Ah See. Gan Get is president of the Hip Sings. is sald to have shot Look Long, merchant, in Ross alley. San Francisco, a few days ago. e is also charged with having been implicated in a murder hers several months ago. Chief Kidward has decided to drive out all the hllfhb_lndlrm They are to be ar- rested and prosecuted for vagrancy ¥ no graver offense can be charfed against them. Chinatown has been placed under strict police surveillance. @it O $18,500 per month for hydrants without the exaction of an agreement from the com- pany. . Brandenstein objected, and then @ Schussler with having fallen down on his promise. Schussier started to reply, when he was told to sit down by the Mayor. “I will not be insulted,” sald Schussler excitedly. “Sit down/* sald his Honor; “you are addressing the board without permission. Sit down. Schussler sat down after Brandenstein had stated that he meant no offense. At- terney Kellogg said that if Tobin's amend.- ment . were adopted the comy ‘would file a written -,-recmvnt ‘bing itgelf to expend $465.000 for water mains. Braun- hart raised the point of order that the rates had been adopted in February when the ore ce passed to print, but finally withdrew the point. Tobin's n.n:enflment was lost by the following vote: Ayes—Brandenstein, Comte, & Aneona, Fone Hotalirg, Jennings, Tobin, Wilson—8. Boxton, Braunhart, eCarthy, Reed, Stafford—9. Reéd offered a substitute allowing the company $25,000 a year for hydrants and nxlng the rates on a valuation of 320,000~ %0, but only he, Booth and McCarthy voied in favor. The original ordinance. ich pi for the payment of 350,008 per ieu' for hydrants, was '.en defeated by the following vote: inese Ayes—Boxton, Braunba, Conmor, Curtls, & Ancona. 6. Noes—Booth, Brandenstein, Comte, Fontana, He! Jennings, McCarthy, , Stafford, Tobin, Wilson—11. Braunhart changed his vote and gave notice of reconsideration. A Strong Man’s Secret. One of the men recently stated the secret of his wonderful power was perfect digestion. 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