The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 14, 1901, Page 13

COMPLIMENTS MAGNATE EWING Trades Council Extends Its Thanks to the Manager. Sk sl Recognizes Efficient Work in Settling Baseball Boy- cott. £ L5 T A e = Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, May 13. Building Trades Council of Alameda County has officially given a vote of - manager of the for his services differences to be placed upon inef The resolutions under st ed in the between the ague and the council, ies Council Ewing & tt. T s Union_has ap- d of Messrs. S » invite the co- Trades and ¥ ' 1 in the work hip roll. . will cz meeting as ter is received from the Then the perma- = 11 be_effected. County Federated Trades s now chartered unions, with fiiliated. The or- king for unions Ty Waiters' evening on street have organized wih President, Edgar Henry Happ; Hellman; record- : treasurer, acobs. Sam E. Meyer- Assoclation at Becker's SUPERVISORS PBEPAB_E FOR BUILDING TUNNEL Joint Meeting With Contra Costa Board to Inspect Site of Pro- posed Improvement. ND y 13—The Alameda sors, in conjunc- Costa County board, The project nt has been agi and the count will meet at rvisor Mitch- .d) there take ty board r make vy of the which the new work will FACULTIES HOLD ANNUAL MEETING Trofessor W. L. Cory Chosen Dean of the Faculty of the College of Mechanics. May 13.—The academic BERKELEY, facu of th al meeting this morning in building. Deans for 1901- L. Cory was chosen of Mechanics to suc- A. F. Lange, who is College of Letters, was given » act as dean of the College of uring the absence of M. All other deans were re- the new dean of the Col- v pointed assist- ersity in 18! 1898 i Licensed to Wed. v 13.—Marriage licenses unty Clerk’s oflice ersons: Sanford Oakland Divorce Suits. May Mrs. May E. obtained an order from the direciing her husband to pay her al'mony, pending the de- suit for divorce. The couple t on file in which they g for the control of a $3000 a son who died recently. Seabury has been granted rce from Arthur Seabury on the of wiliful neglect. Elizabeth Stom filed suit for divorce from George A. n on the ground of desertion. ———————————— St. Joseph’s Fair Closes. ALAMEDA, May 13.—St. Joseph's Church fair closed this evening after be- ing open two weeks. The fair has been rowded nightiy and has been a success financially The last of the articles were ictioned off this evening. ADVERTISEMENTS. DON'T HURRY! Take time to see that the label bears the signature in blue_ 7 - 0 Then you are sure you have the real OF.BEEF. BAJA CALIFORNIA Damiana Bitters | 5.2 CREAT RESIORATIVE, INVIGUKA- tor and Nervine. The most wonderful aphrodisiac and Special Tomle for the Sexual Organs, for both sepes The Mexican Remedy for Diseases of the Kid- oceys and Bladder. Sells on its own meri! NABER. ALFS & E, 223 Market it . F. which are not | University of California | HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1901. 15 D PREPARING A GRAND RECEPTION TO THE PRESIDENT Floral Canopy, Banner and Arches, Together With Banks of Blossoms, Will Make Streets Beautiful--Governor Nash to Be Guest of Honor at Luncheon at J. W. Richards’ Home 0 — £ & | | tdent win agdress tne people of Oakland, 1 had the ability to get good seats in the is to be canopied with bunting. The |stands. bright colors will begin at a pole to be| The tickets have all been disposed of and erected in the 'street and stretch to the | there are 10.000 applications that cannot roof of the speakers’ platform, spreading | be filled. These are in the Lands of the out and having somewhat the appearance | university committee that had the distri- of a fan. bution in charge and there are 10,000 dis- Business men and societies are putting | appointed people. . color on their buildings and halls as rap-| The committee that had this distribu- idly as possible. George W. Reed, Charles | tion in charge is.composed of Professors Heeseman, Senator Leavitt and J, P. Mc- | O'Neill, Magee and Soule. They made Filey compose the committee in charge of | eyery effort to have the distribution as | the decorations of Elks' Hall, on Broad- | equal as possible, but the conditions were | -— . | | | | | | | | | | 1| |1 | | [ — | wi They have agreed upon bumlnz.w' | | greenery and a picture "i" Mr} ]:\lmrflale}" | | as suitable decorations. The Hall of Rec- ACROSS THE BAY. | ords, Courthou Contra. Costa Water | Company, Union Savings Bank and other | | The official time schedule for the | |buildings have been liberally decked with | visit of President McKinley and red, u-hn’.. and blue, flags, clusters of | " srkel 2 | color, and pictures. the Ohlo party to Berkeley 800 | | "“If'everybody would decorate,” safd A. Oakland on Wednesday is as fol 8. Macdonald, chairman of the street dec- | || lows: orating committee, “we would have a gay | { | President’s Party. | city. I think everybody will fall in line, | | though before Wednesday. We were dis- | { | Leave 5. F. on the appointed in our plans by the fajlure of Arrive at mole. 8 the firm that had the contract to decorate | | ‘Arrive in Berkeley on special train. the streets to carry out its contract, and ! | f Avrive Berkeley campus. .1 m“ldx uurs‘—'l\th "nmo‘\hul("dcpz-ndent on | - Eastaiois PrestBent W e citizens to help us out. a Leave Berkeley ....... Under a Floral Canopy. ngxffflifl H'OLSE WHERE Arrive Senator Perkins' When the Presidential procession swings OVERNOR NASH OF OHIO Leave Senator Perkins’ into the city principal thoroughfare it WILL BE ENTERTAINED, Arrive High School. will pass under a floral canopy spanning | i Leave High School the wide space at Fourteenth and Bread- [+ 3 Fakve Bioaliay Whert - way, the offering of Mrs. F. M. Smith of | _ i " X Arbor Villa. such that it became almost a question of 11 Ohio Delegation. This floral piece, the principal feature | first come, first served. The applications Arrive Berkeley ............ of the decorations cn McKinley day, has | S0 outnumbered the seats to be disposed N e ey been the subject of much planning. Mrs, | Of that the task became a hopeless one. Sisechs T3 Richards’ | Smith wanted to show her patriotism in [ This committee is very much disturbed I, A drive durime the | | Some suitable way on the occasion of the by the fact that seats ured without cost Vigit Dakitha for a drive furing ithe ent’s visit and the idea that some- | {rom the university are being sold in reg- SAerDoon. distinctive in the scheme of decora- | UlAT ticket brokerage style. The commit- L | tions should be entrusted to a woman ap- | tee is unable to prevent this, and if some - = % | pealed to the commitiee. It suggested n | Secured tickets under false names with the ¥ arch. Mrs. Smith at once acquiesced and | Pject of selling them, or disposed of the AKLAND, May 13.—The indica-|cent her gardener to consult with the | Seats given them individually for a cash | tions for awhile to-day were that Oakland would fall a victim to the illness of Mrs. McKinley. The local committee was notified that somewhere an hour would have to be cut out of the day given over to Berke- ley and Oakland. t would have re- sulted in cutting all of Oakland's time out and as Oakland only has the President for an hour things looked serious for awhile. United States Senalor George C. Per- kins, Congressman Victor H. Metcalf and Edson F. Adams, chairman of the execu- tive committee, went to San Francisco to- day to see what could be done. A con- ference was held with Private Secretary Cortelyou, who has all of these arrange- ments in charge, with the result that the foregoing schedule was agreed upon and | will be closely adhered to by those in | charge in Oakland and Berkeley. It was also announced that the Ohio delegation would visit.Oakland after they had attended the Berkeley university ex- ercises. T will be driven about the | city independently - of the President's party. Oakiand is preparing to receive Presi- cent McKinley next Wednesday. It is go- | ing to show itself to the chief executive ! in its best bib and tucker. The people are | forgetting ordinary things in their zealous efforts to get houses and streets dressed, | and the regularly ordained street decora- | tion committeemen lie awake night: thinking what they will do the next day Oakland will make a creditable show- | ing, considering tne President gives it | only a very little bit of his time. The | President will not be astonished at what | he sees, but he will be pleased. The street decoration committee has, of | course, devoted 2all its energy to the down- | Ttown streets. Broadway from Fourteenth | street to the estuary, and Fourteenth street from Broadway to the High School, have been canopied with flags running across the street from building to build- ing. The already striking effect will be strengthened by the addition of streamers of red, white and blue bunting stretched at an angle from the trolley guard-wires | in the center of the streets to the poles | on either side of them. At intervals clus- ters of American flags will adorn the tops | of the trolley poles. Altogether, the effect is going to be quite pleasing. * Big Floral Banner. At Fourteenth and Washington streets the committee has arranged to have stretched across the street a floral ban- | ner. It will be 200 feet long and will con- | tain the word ‘“Welcome” in red, white | and blue imperishable flowers. On each | side of the welcoming word will be green and gold festooning stuck with red, white and blue cornflowers and carnations. The Builders’ Exchange will contribute an arch on Broadway near Tenth street, which point is a short distance from head- quarters. It will be covered with patri- otic bunting and bear the words “McKin- ley”” and “Prosperity,” with a picture of the President in the center, both sides to | be of the same design. The towers on either side will look like battlements and be surmounted by American flags. The committee from the Builders' Exchange in charge of the building consists of E. T. Leiter, chairman; J. S. ‘White, secretary; A. Kendall, V. L. Fortin, M. Carroll, W. W. Anderson, George Dixon, P. J. Walk- er, H. Drath, J. Frandsen and E. Dou- gery. Building Another Arch. At the foot of Broadway, where the President will go aboard the revenue cut- ter that will take him to San Francisco, | the Building Trades Council is building | another arch. The work on the structure is all volunteer, the workmen being C. J. Jacobs, J. A. Frates and F. E. Gam- mell. The framework will be covered with bunting and greenery. 'l‘hengourt on the Eleventh street side of the High School building, where the Pres- committee as to delails. The committee wanted the arch placed at Fourteenth and Broadway, to serve as a gateway to the downtown portion of the city as the | Presidential party came from the Perkins reception. When the man of floral orna- mentation viewed the proposed location he at once pointed out the fact that to place an arch there v-ould block the city’s electric railway traffic for two days at least as the trolley wires would have to be taken down. Hurried consultations resulted in a com- promise. A tall pole will be raised in the middle of the open space. At its top will he a great globe of ferns and blossoms, like a floral balloon held captive by great festoons of flowers and evergreens, stretched from the trolley poles at the four street corners, the whole piece thus being kept clear of the electric wires. At the intersection of ihe festoons, beneath the globe, will be wreathed the canopy of flowers and greenery. The supporting poies will be twined with floral ropes and banked with palms. Mrs. Smith has thrown open the treas- ures of the Arbor Villa gardens for the materials to be used in the canopy. “T wanted to do_it for the President,” said Mrs. Smith. “I bave been afraid that the mechanical details were going to baffle us; I can plan an outline and color scheme, but must ask to be excused from th actical part of its execution. It to be all satizfactorily arranged e now The national colors will be followed as far as possible in the selection of the flowers to be used in decorating the pillars and in constructing the festoons and canopy. From Mrs. Smith also the committee have accepted the offer of a landau and four-in-hand to be used by PresidentMc- Kinley while in Oaklan g A L COUNCIL ADJOURNS WITH TRIBUTE TO MRS. McKINLEY OAKLAND, May 13.—The City Council to-night, upon motion of Councilman C. A. Bon, adopted the following resolution: Resolved, That this Councll does adjourn to- night with the sincere hope for the speedy re- covery of Mrs. McKinley, the dear and be- loved wife of the President of the United States. The Council te-night, in committee of the whole, recommended that plans be adopted for a storm water sewer to be constructed on Adeline street from Sixty- first street to Temescal Creek. The San Pablo avenue storm water sewer scheme, from Fifty-sixth street to Temescal Creek, was eliminated. A committee composed of City Attorney Johnson, City Engineer Turner, Councilmen Bon ‘and “Ruch was appointed to handle the main sewer pro- ject through Emeryville. City Attorney Johnson has submitted a stipulation covering the proposed compro- mise on water bills to the counsel for the water company. The stipulation will not be made public until the attorneys have satisfied themselves upon its terms. The City Attorney sald he expected the docu- ment would be returned to him to-mor- ToW. COMMENCEMENT DAY TICKETS BEING SOLD Speculators Who Secured Bunches of Them Are Making ‘“Easy” Money. BERKELEY, May 13.—The tickets for the commencement day exercises of the State University have all been given out by the authorities and are now being hawked about Berkeley and sold for money to those who have been disappoint- ed. Tickets that were given out by the university authorities are now being sold for as high as § a seat, and a neat little speculation is now going on by those who return, the committ. Peruns hin ot ee of the faculty can- But seats are bein; are going up and bunches under false n; schemes are making from the President's g sold and the prices some who secured ames and by similar a nice little harvest visit to Berkeley. BERKELEY’S REC:EPTION TO PRESIDENT McKINLEY Delay in Arrival of Chief Executive Will Not Materially Change Programme. BERKELEY, May 13—President Me- Kinleys' arrival in this city Wednesday will be later than originally planned. This will make no material change in the com- mencement day programme, although the exercises will have to be hurried through in order to give time for the rest of the Pgesldeut's trip in Alameda County. By shortening the time of the e: through eliminating such events ’;i"':?; not entirely essential, the .President will be able to complete the rest of the day succeastully. . resident eeler said to-da everything had been arranged so t}}'mlflt‘}?; programme would start immediately after the arrival of the chief executive, Carriages will be in waiting for the President and his party on the arrival of their special train at Berkeley station. The chief executive will be received by President Benjamin Ide Wheeler and wiil be driven immediately to the campus. The procession will enter the university gorunds by the Center street entrance. It will proceed up the main walk under the oaks. At the football statue the pro- cessfon will turn to the right and go as far as the Dana street bridge, then will turn back across the football grounds and to the eastern entrance of the grand stand. After the exercises President McKinley will be entertained at luncheon by Presi- dent and Mrs. Wheeler at their home on Scenic avenue. He will then be driven across the university campus and along College avenue to Oakland. The three Governors who will accom- pany the President’s party will receive luncheon at different places. Governor Gage, with his wife, will go with Presi- dent McKinley to the Wheeler home. Govy- ernor Nash of Ohio will be entertained by J. W. Richards, vice president of the Ohio Society, at his residence, 2431 Chan- ning way. Governor Geer of Oregon wiil take luncheon with the university alumni in Harmon gymnasium, i The programme for the handling of the crowds will not be changed. All holders of tickets must be in their seats at 9:30 o’clock. At that time any one will be ad- mitted to the grounds. The driveway through which the President will enter the grounds will be wired off to keep the crowds back. et s R / Luncheon to Governor Nash. BERKELEY, May 13.—Governor George K. Nash of Ohio will be entertained at luncheon on Commencement day, May 15, by J. W. Richards, vice president of the Ohio Society, and wife. The luncheon will be served at the Richards home, 2431 Channing way, at 1 o’clock. According to the programme as ar- ranged at present tlhe Governor will be accompanied by his siaff and by the Con- gressmen of the Presidential party. They will arrive with the President and wiil attend the commenccment day exercises of the University of California. At the close of the exercises they will separate themselves from the Presidential party and will lunch with Mr.- Richards. At the close of the luncheon a portion of the party will visit Oakland and be driven about that eity. Besides Governor Nash and at least the ajority of his staff Mr. Richards will entertain several prominent Californians, among them Congressman Victor H. Met- calf and Congressman Frank L. Coombs. The Richards home is in one of the prettiest parts of town and close to the route President McKinley will take on the way to Oakland. The house is of recent construetion and {s one of the model residences of the college city. POLICE PLANS FOR THE BIG PARADE Officers to Be Stationed All Along the Route to Hold Crowd in Check Chief Sullivan yesterday issued the fol- lowing instructions to his captains regard- ing the parade to-day: Office of the Chief of Police.—To the company commanders: The following, orders are pro- mulgated for the visit of President McKinley. May 14—The streets through which the par- ade will pass will be roped under the direc- tion of Captain Wittman. The streets will be policed during the parade as follows: Third street and depot at Third and Town- send, under direction of Captains Spillane and Dunlevy; Market, Montgomery, Bush and Kearny streets and Van Ness avenue from Market to O'Farrell streets, under direction of \:-!Qtnm Wittman; Van Ness avenue north of O'Farrell street and reviewing stand under direction of Lieutenant Anderscn. All detalls will report at their respective posts at 3 o'clock p._m. Employes of the California Electric Light Company will be permitted to pass the lines at any point when properly identified. Street sweepers will also be allowed to work to within fifteen minutes of the arrival of the head of the column where they may be at work. For the reception in the évening at the ferry Captain Wittman will detail fifty men under command of Lieutenant Martin; Captain Spil- lane will detail twenty-five men and a ger- geant; Lieutenant Anderson will defil fifteen men and a sergeant, all of whom Will report at 7 o'clock_p. m. to Captain Dunlevy at the Harbor station. There will be a wagon dis- charging fireworks at the head of the day parade and must not be interfered with. De- tails of one officer at each of the following | points will be made, to report at their re- spective posts at 7:30 o'¢lock p. m., and to remain_there during the burning of the red fire and discharge of fireworks, as follows: Captain_Wittman—Golden Gate avenue and Market, Turk and Market, Eddy and Market, Fllis and Market, O'Farrell and Market, Geary and Market, Post and Market and Sutter and Market. Captain Spillane—Bush and Market, Pine and Market, Market street opposite Crocker bulld- ing, Market street near Call building, Market stréet near Examiner. Captain Dunlevy—Two near the ferry and two at California and Market streets. May 15i—The dedication of the Donahue foun- tain will take place at 8:3) o'clock a. m., and the space around the fountain will' be roped off and a detail of forty men will report there at 7:30 o'clock a. m., made up as follows: ‘| Captain Wittman will furnish twenty men and a sergeant, Captain Dunlevy five men, Lieuten- ant Anderson five' men and Captain Spillane ten men and a sergeant, all of whom will report to Captain Spillane at the fountain. WILLIAM P, SULLIVAN JR., Chief of Police. Honors for University Men. BERKELEY, May 13.—Alexis F. Lange of the department of English has been chosen by the acagdemic council to repre- sent the universify at the ninth semi-cen- tennial celebration of the University of Glasgow, beginning June 12. Professor C, B. Pradley will fulfill a similar missfon at ..e thousandth anni- versary of the death of King Alfred the Great at Winchester in October. President Wheeler, ex-President Kellogg and Professor Thomas Bacon will attend the two hundredth anniversary of the founding of Yale College as the repre- sentatives of the University of California. Mrs. Hearst Entertains Graduates. BERKELEY, May 13.—Mrs. Phebe A. Hearst entertained the graduates of the University of California this afternoon at a parden’ party at her Pleasanton home. Most of the class took advantage of her hospitality. To-night the men of the class held a farewell smoker. They met under the se- nior oak on the campus and marched to the different {raternity ~houses, where they were greeted with speeches and songs. NAMES FOR MONEY. Coins Have Varied Designations in Different Sections of the Country. Referring to the word “picayune,” it may not be uninteresting to give a sketch of subsidiary coinage and currency as used in the past, and the various names under which it was known. In Ohlo in 1844 and previously there was a good deal of foreign coin in circulation, mostly Spanish, with some of the old State coin- age of different States occasionally mak- ing its appearanpce. One of the most plen- tiful of these foreign coins was a piece which passed for 61, cents. In Ohio this was known as a fipenny bit, a contraction, probably, of fivepenny bit. The half dimes of American coinage were also becoming frequent at that time, and as a distine- tion between the half dime and the fipen- ny bit the former was contracted to the word “fip.”” The dime went under its law- ful name, while the old Spanish double of the fipenny bit was known as the “bit,"” and the Spanish and Mexican quarters dollars were nearly always referred to as “two bits.”” The latter term, we think, still obtains in reference to quarter dollar | American pieces in some sections. There was also a New York State “two bit” coin, as well as a “bit” of the same coinage, which was sometimes called the “York shilling.” The Plne Tree State shilling, coming from Maine, was some- times seen, but not much used. Its value was supposed to be 16 2-3 cents. The old- fashioned big copper cent of American coinage was plentiful, while occasionally an English halfpenny of copper was found floating around, generally passing on the same basis as the American copper cent. Queen Victoria’s head was shown on the English halfpenny. Later when, as a boy, I removed with mother to Illinofs, met my first stumbling blocks in money names. There the fipenny bit was the picayune, while the fip had its proper name of a half- dime, or five cents. Bu the larger coins retained the old names, as did the copper coins. ‘As near as I can learn, the term gicuyune originated with the French, who ad ‘settled St. Louis and had settlements all the way from New Orleans to St. Louis and the further Northwest, and their names for money predominated in that region. % Still later, when I i:ad strayed away (o New York State, I again encountered new names for money. There everything was based on the “shilling,” which represent- ed 12 cents. A quarter of a dollar was al- ways ‘2 shillings,” and all sums under $10 were calculated on the same basis. When I asked the price of board I was told it ranged from 16 to 30 shillings a week. The price of a suit of clothes was generally stated in shillings. That was all right for the natives, but I confess I had frequently to brush up my arithme- tle to get at what 33 shillings, 22 shillings, 17 shillings, or some other higher number amounted to, It was all clear enough when it was 2, 4 or 6 shillings, but when it got above the dollar it required some ciphering on the part of the stranger to get correct results. - The three-cent piece, originally coined in silver, came into general circulation in the North about 1850, and was later made in nickel, being coined in that metal about the same time as the nickel five- cent plece. Some time bfore the Civil War the old- fashioned copper cent was replaced at the mint with the present small copper cents and two-cent pieces. Later the first nickels were made, but almost went out of circulation during the war, and were succeeded by the fractional currency of that day, issued in 5, 10, 20 and 25 cent bills. ese were never very popular with the masses, and were looked upon by the Government as a temporary expedient. The most popular designation of them was ‘‘shinplasters,” thnufih in Memphis and some other parts of the country they were referred to as ‘“‘chicken feed.”—Gal- veston News. st SO SEES Royal Faces on British Coins, ‘When the colnage of her late Majesty Queen Victoria is supersaded by the coin- age of King Kdward the design for the reverse will be governed by the personal taste of his Majesty, who also decides as to the crown on the head. But the head must be in profile, because it must look to the right and left in alternate reigns. George 111 looked to the right, George IV to the left, Willlam IV to the right, and Queen Victoria to the left. Consequently Fdward VII will ook to the right.—Phila- delphia Telegram. 4 PLEASANT EVENTS IN OAKLAND SOCIETY Sevéral Members of the Red Cross Enter- tained at Luncheon Recently by Mrs. 1. L. Requa at Her Beautiful Home in Piedmont OAKLAND, May 13.—The closing meeting of the Hill Club took place this afternoon at the residence of Mrs. Edward M. Walsh, on Monte Vista avenue. The afternoon was a most en- joyable one, Mrs. Walsh having arranged a short but very pleasing programme with which to surprise and entertain her guests. Miss Ada Bibby, a clever elocutionist, rectted “The First Appearance.” Mrs. David Spencer read an interesting paper, entitled ““The Mount Ida Art Club—An Extravaganza.” Mrs. Sid- ney Smith’s whistling solos were unique and charmingly rendered. Mrs. Spencer is president of the Hill Club. =~ ¥ Mrs. George E. de Golla was the hostess to- day a most agreeably informal basket luncheon under the trees at Pledmont Park. During the afternoon several games of five- handed euchre were enjoyed in the clubhouse, after which tea was served. About twenty of Mrs. de Golla's young friends enjoyed the al fresco luncheon. « s . Mr. and Mrs, Thomas H. Willlams Jr. will leave Wednesday evening for a few weeks' so- journ at their country place on the MeCloud River. They will be accompanied by Mrs. Wil- liams’ mother, Mrs. Steele, and Miss Muridl Steele. On their return Mr. and Mrs. Williams will start immediately for New York to take passage on the Oceanic for Europe, where they will. make quite an extended stay. gy A meeting of the local Red Cross Soelety was held this morning m the rooms of the Oakland Club, Very little business was tran- @ i CREDITORS WANT AN EXAMINATION Contest Develops Over Captain Flemming’s Insolvency. Trustee Is Put in Charge of the Property Claimed a8 Exempt. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, May 13. Robert F. Flemming, ‘“captain” by courtesy, hail fellow well met about town and superintendent of the Sunset Tele- phone Company by occupation, is not go- ing to have his insolvency petition grant- ed without opposition. The captain sur- prised his friends a few weeks ago by fil- ing a petition in insolvency in which he declared that he owed $1,209 60, while he possessed but $350 worth of property which was exempt from execution. As Captain Flemming has been the superin- tendent of the telephone company for a great many years, and during a portion of this time was the manager as well, and during all of the time has been in receipt of the largest salary paid on this side of the bay by the people he repre- sented, some of his creditors have decided tnat it might be well for the captain to make some explanations in detail as to why he wants to become insolvent in the eyes of the law. The bearing of the captain’s petition was set for to-day before A. P. Holland, United States Commissioner in Bank- ruptcy, and George W. Reed, represent- ing Hiram A. Tubbs, the largest creditor, made an appearance in the case. Mr. Reed wanted a continuance and a trus- tee appointed and ifitimated very strongly k& an order of examination would be asked for. Mr. a note made by Captain Flemming for $518 and he wants to know something about his chances of getting the money. B. H. Griffiths was appointed trustee | for the property of the insolvent until the hearing could be had at some future date. a}l‘fie list of Captain Flemming’'s debts runs through laundry bills, gas, coal, bread, doctors’ accounts, clothing bills and all kinds of family and household expenses. The list is as follows: H. A. Tubbs, promissory note, $51s; Cascade | Laundry, $1630; New York Tea Company, §24 %; Oakland Gas, Light and Heat Company, 36 9; Pierce Hardware Company, $3 §5; Hook Bros., $9: Puget Sound Lumber Company, $ 34; C. J! Heeseman, §2645; Senram & Co., 319 Davie & Willlams, $1015; Liberty Bakery, §16 25; People’s Express Company, §7; E. R. Tutt, §1165; Dr. F. C. Stokes, $i0; Dr. E. N. 7 5 1. Reed, §231 65; A. Jonas, $13; ‘T, Hyde, $270; L. Perata, n Furniture Company, $10 50. D, Crowley, $85; L. & M. Aléexander . Taylor, $13; J. Fibush, Legally Unsexed. Margaret Bannon, 413 Cherry Mrs. street, Philadelphia, decided not long ago to have her 8-year-old son entered in Gi- rard College, if she could. Arrangements were proceeding smoothly until the col- lege authorities in the usual way exam- ined the public birth registration for evi- dence that the lad was born in Philadel- pl;&al"s. Bannon had given the date as July, 1593. But the Girard College investigator startled her by informing her that her boy was a girl. That, at least, is how the record made it out. identified the child born to Mrs. Bannon as “Mary Bannon.” Mrs. Bannon prompt- ly made affidavit that the child to which the certificate referred was a boy. Dr. Joseph Price attended her. He is a very well-known physician and a very busy doctor he has been for many years. He must have been very busy on the night when, with a scratch of his pen, he wrote “Mary Bannon” and discredited the sex of the little hoy who would enter College. G’églrodnel J.gLer! Good wrote to Dr. Price, asking him to correct his error. But the colonel got no answer. So the Board of Health passed a reso- lution asking Dr. Price in an official way to make the correction, which if not made will hamper the future of a little boy.— Philadelphia North American. e The Zebroid, a New Halfbreed. The mule, says Cosmos, partakes of the qualities of the ass and the horse. The zebra having now been domesticated, it has been mfi(ed whether we can obtain rom it an analogous half-breed. Baron de Parana has obtained one, and calls it the ‘zebrcid.” The young animal is now six months old; it is a male of a bay color with stripes similar to those of the zebra. These stripes are well marked on the neck, the head and the legs; those of the body are not visible because of the thick winter coat. The mane is black and resembles that of the zebra. The tail looks like a mule’s but has longer hair. The ears are small, with rounded points like the zebra's. The haunch is well formed, rounded and quite farge. The chest is long and high, which makes the animal " hold its hen.flodhl(h l:'decm'}ehe— quently gives a_ go E e eyes are firge and full of feeling; the nos- rils large; the lips small and much like those of Arpb horses (the mare, the hether %of this zebroid, was one-quarter Arab); the head is small; the legs muscu- lar but delicate, showing that he will be very agile; the hoofs are small, black and very hard. He is very lively but very gentle and loves to be caressed. He eats very well, not only in the stall but in ture. These facts, we are told, are g:; a communication made by the breeder to the National Acclimation Soclety, which is shortly to be presented with a set of photographs of the new creature.—Minne- apolis es. —_———— ‘Whisky makes a man stagger and chlor- oform siyalu him limp. b Tubbs is the holder of | C. E. Westover, $11; Charles | The birth certificate | | | | | | | sacted, however, as the work for which the Red Cross Society was organized is finished, or almost so, nearly all of the volunteer sol diers having returned. It is more than likely that the society will disband after its next meeting in October. There will be no surplus in the treasury, as the ladies have expended | their funds most liberally whenever necessary he annual election of officers has been de- ferred until October, in view of the contem- plated dissolution of the soclety. Several members of the Red Cross were en- tertained at luncheon recently by Mrs. I. L. Requa at her beautiful home In Piedmont. A few very interesting little talks were given, among the speakers being Mrs. Granville Ab- bott, Mrs. Requa, Mrs. Oscar Long, Mrs. C. T. Mills and Mrs. Richard T. Derby. Miss Elizabeth Scupham will be a member of the graduating class which is to honored President McKinley next Wednesday. On ay 20 Miss Scupham will leave for the Hast, accompanied by her mother, Mrs. J. R. Scup- bam, to make a tour of all the principal cities. Oakland Lodge No. 162 of the Independent Order of Good Templars gave a McKinley soctal this evening at Pythian Castle. After the rendition of an excellent programme, the floor was cleared for dancing. The programme = was as follows: Song (by members), “Friends of Temperance’'; musical _selection, the Misses Williams; recitation, John Southwick: piano_duet, the Misses Cunningham; tion, Miss Inez Scott; song, Mr. Harrington recitation, Stanley Rich: violin solo, Miss Isa- bella Cunningham: reading, Mr. Robbins; vio- Iin solo, Miss Ellen Cunningham; recita George Fitch; song (audience), ‘‘America. it @ GENERAL ALGER MAKES EXCUSES Says He Could Have Taken Aguinaldo Two Years Ago. Former Secretary of ' War Declares His Plans Were Not Followed. NEW YORK, May 14.—General Russell A. Alger, former Secretary of War; Mrs, Alger and Russell Alger Jr. are in the city and will sail to-morrow for Europe, to be gone about three mionths. General Alger's health is much better than while he was Secretary of War, but he has not entirely recovered. Much of his time abroad will be spent at Carlsbad. “I would have captured Aguinaldo two years ago if I had been allowed to follow my plans,” declared General Alger in an interview last night. ‘‘His capture broke the backbone of the insurrection. The Philippine war is now a thing of the past. “The Cuban question will not be finally settled until Cuba is a part of the United States,” continued General Alger. t should have the same status as Hawail. It wiil not be taken by force, but the in- telligent people of Cuba will ask to be- come a part of this country. When it does, values there will quadruple.” When asked how the people of the Weat regarded the mad speculation in Wall atnat during the last ten days, Alger said: “They view it very much In the same way the people in the East would regard a cyclone sweeping over the West. but hey cannot see how men will 8o lose their heads and go down to ruin. ‘“‘Speculation is a bad thing. The man who speculates and wins is ruined be- cause he is then unfitted for anything else. The unfortunate who loses is down and is never heard of again.” General Alger said he had closed out all his_timber interests on the Pacific Coast and will, upon his return, devote himself to his properties in Michigan. De‘mand for Heiresses. An item appeared in a Paris paper sev- eral weeks ago to the effect that there were several hundred marriageable maid- ens in the Indian Territory whose Indian blood made each of them the possessor of several hundred acres of land in her own right, and that the hands of these daughters of the Territory—hearts and lands included--could be had for the ask- ng. The item went the rounds of the French press, and an immediate increase in Pres- ident McKinley’s mail was noticeabie, d it all bore French postage stamps d was in the French language. Then the French mail became burdensome, and the President’s private secretary, not be- ing a master of modern languages, and good deal puzzled at the extraordinary interest that residents of the French re- in" his superior, of the pubic were displaying seut a kalf-bushel. episties to a translator. When the; back 1 plain American the secretary w: still more m; ed, but, observing that the letters i some reférence to Inc lands znd g nt letters and trans tions over to the Interlor Department, where they were dumped on Secretary Hitcheock’s desk. That official was some- what alarmed at first, imagining th complications had set in between Fran and the Indian nations, and ordered a Immediate irnvestigation by the most ev- pert talent that the department could coramand. The tesult of the inquiry has made the whole thing clear. The solution was mate- more or le: rially aided by the clipping from the Paris paper already referred to, which was inclosed in one of the letters. Acting on the suggestion of the Paris editor, a large number of French youths, not to mention numerous widowers, had written to_the President announcing their entire willingness to marry these Indian maidens cluding their lands—and bespeaking the kind offices of Mr. McKinley to secure them eligible wives.—Denver News. ———— Owe Navel Oranges to a Woman. At this season of the yea¥, when the seedless orange is accepted as a matter of course upon the daily breakfast table, it is worth while recalling that its intro- duction into the United' States was due entirely to the efforts of the Department of Agriculture, whose attention was called to it by a very observant and intelligent American woman. This woman, while traveling in the provinece of Bahia, Brauil, in 1868, observed that the oranges of that province were much superior to those roised in the United States, and mentioned this fact in a letter to the then Commis- sioner of Agriculture, a personal friend. Further correspondence resulted in an order for twelve young plants, which ar- rived in Washington safely packed in wet moss and clay. 1 the plants thrived in the department grounds, and the dis- tribution of buds began shortly afte ward, but failed to attract much attention untfl 1879, when two trees came into bear- ing_on the place of Mr. Horatio Tibbetts, at Riverside, Cal. The first crop consisted of but sixteen oranges, but the fruit was considered phenomenal in character, and these two trees have been the propagators of all the famous Riverside groves, which now have an annual output of 1,600,000 boxes of “navel” or ‘‘seedless oranges. It was doubted at first whether a seed- less fruit could be propagated to a point of profitable production. but later. when ‘he possibility was realized, Mr. Tibbetts disposed_of buds at the rate of $5 per dozen. This was a late as 1584. The revo- lution wrought in the orange production of California by the navel orange has been complete. as it has practically super- seded every other variety in the famous Hiverside dfstrict. For Some reason the navel orange does not appear to thrive in Florida, and its cultivation is consequent- ly confined almost entirely to California.— ladelphia Record.