The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 13, 1901, Page 9

BO33ES DRVEN 10 THE GORNER Appeal for Help to the Republican State Committee. Chairman Stone Consents to Issue a Call for Special Meeting. i PR~y George Stone, e Commiitee, decided last 1 for a speciel meet- Colonel chairman of the | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JULIY 13, 1901. CARNEGIE'S GIFT 15 NOT WANTED Labor Council to Op- pose Its Acceptance by City. Suggests Removal of Butcher- town as Measure of Re- taliaticn. v in San Francisco next e call for the meeting will to-day. citizens and taxpayers who in a struggle against bosses honest and efficlent local gov- in San Francisco will receive th profound regret the intelligence that w the State Committee is to be driven into the contest to help the bosses. According to the knowledge of the situation which comes to this journal Colonel Stone issues for a special meeting on the peti- he chairman and secretary of the . n sets forth that there are two bod- ies claiming the right before the Election Commission to represent the Republican the legal body. There is no excuse whatever for the in- rference of the State Committee in our flaizg, and the Republican voters of neisco will resent the intrusion at opportunit The election in- for municipal officers only. No lature or other State sen at the coming The charter, authorized by the ified by the Legislature, the power to regulate election af- 2irs in the hands of the Board of Elec tion Commissioners. There is no pretense that the Commissioners will refuse or neglect to perform the duties of that of- fice. The petition- is simply a political ick to bring the State Committee to the istance of Crimmins and Kelly. The facts as involved should be made known to Republicans in the city and throughout the entire State, For many € the Republican workingmen, mer- nd business men of the city have ar against the local bosses mest and faithful ad- When the ction law was approved they rganize without regard to factions and open a ign for gocd local government. Republican Primary League. Republican Primary League was and citizens of the party were n the organization. The re- was prompt and gratifying. The bosses, who had gained control of regu party machinery through bal- x_stuffing at the open primary last me alarmed at the force ment for good government, by violence and trickery to the formation of district clubs leaguc auspices. The old-time ds of violence faile an orgauization in every- district. ile the Bouvier county committee, its power from the municipal ation held two years ago, and the v committee, deriving its nvention held last Sep- with the Board of El a plan of apportion- s to_the approaching The State Committee is now 1o intervene to recognize one com- | effect Meanwh 1 zens and taxpayers | ving their time and energies to | e cause of honest local govern- | care whether either commit- | cognized. They care not whether | n_cons of 300 or 350 dele- y are willing to leave all such on, where the | appeal to the ip. They fancy | recognition will give them ge. Besides, they hope to gain antage of preliminary orgamza- calling the municipal convention jer. There is no shadow of right, e or good party policy in calling the Committee to interfere in the local of this city Independent anti- 2 licans in every district of the of the State protest against Colonel Stone’s Position rel Stone remarks that no one t faction will be recognized. but the chairman of the State ows that the bosses expect | rd he knows that the peti- | me from the Tilden committee, | whi nothing more nor less than the strument of corrupt bosses. The re-| organizations of the party are | not asking the State Committee to inter- | fere. The o behind the scheme expect | * 1 proxies of members who can- | he meeting, and it is expected | roxies will be voted to help the | of their dilemma. It is already ammed that Democrats shall be | under the leadership of Sam others to lend aid and com- Republican bosses at the pri- i It is the programme for t vote for Republican Twenty-eighth, Twenty- rst, Forty-fourth and For-| Two days ago the chalr- publican State Committee he suggestion of calling | ether, and now he con- e State body into loecal spect however, will spring from Anti-boss Republicans in | will redouble tiply the membership | v League. every of district their efforts to mu the eity of the Pr POSTUM CEREAL. NEW HUSBAND: Quite en Improvement on the Old. “I have been compelled to stop drink- | ng it,” T said to the friend who asked me | to strengthen up on a cup of her good | “Well,” she said, “that needn’t bother yo for I have Postum Food Coffee h which completely cured a| friend of mine of sick headaches.” T tried | r coffee and it was very good, but when tried to make it at home I was disap- pointed. I soon found that I was mot ing it correctly, but by putting in two | aspoonfuls of Postum for each | and letting it boil twenty minutes | delicious. ‘ at that time been an invalld for years, but did not know ‘my was caused by coffee drinking, o{‘ I was very fond. I immediately to feel better after leaving off cof- | using Postum, *and stuck to it.| 1 met a lady who was troubled as 1 was, and whose appearance | shocked me, for she | aciated. She exclaimed in uur-{ at my improved appearance, and | know what I had been doing. sked me if 1 had had a healer of d, “Yes, T have allowed flee to work the almost cle of curing me.” nd has been absent in Georgla and has been in wretched z been in the hospital twice T I wrote him to stop 4 try Postum, told him also it. Yesterday I received him in which he says: “I “ry much better, thanks to im. 1 sleep better, eat bet- my dear, am quite an im- d husband.” Alice L. , Balt Lake City, coffee. ok ~Crimmins county committee. This |} party, and the petitioners desire the State | Committee to recognize one of them as | and the league | ®|one delegate termed the re | Mayor Phelan’s solicitation of the pro- posed Carnegie gift to San Francisco wer: adopted ls San Francisco Labor Council amid much brief speeches. | “The resolutions were proposed by the law enthus! . aiter a. few and legislative commiftee, of -which W, Macarthur is chairman, and read as foi- lov: hereas, We learn that Andrew has offered a gift of mon S: for ‘ibrary purposes, in res letter of solicitation from | Phelan; and, ntirely gratultous on gie's part, 25 the citizens of cieco are concerned, Mayor Phelan having acted solely upcn his own responsibil- | ity and ¢ csition to the sentiments of the com: ni implied by the common ruies of propriety self-respect; therefore, be it Resolved. By an Francisco Labor Coun- cil, that the offer of Mr. Carnegie should be | respectfuily declined for the following reasons, | to wit | 1. San Francisco is not | financial aid 1 or necessary public function. | 72 The acceptance of such eid, especially | under the conditlons named by the intending in need of private £ out of any proper donor, e., that the city shall make extra- ordiaary appr jons from its own funds, Would be an | wholly unjust | unable of its own volition to. make adequate, { provision for the public needs; an admission, moreover. of the presumptuous claim of wealthy non-resident to dictate our munick policy In the acsumed name of philanthropy. | 3. The weaith which Mr. Carnegie has offered {to share with the citizens of San ncisco has been .accumnuiated largely by notorlously in his dealings with the x which may be mentioned | the “extort: for _armor- plate for United States vessels, as compared | with the prices charged by him for the same | materials sold for use on the naval vessels of foreign nations, | tive armor-plate for the naval vessels of the United States. i The wealth of Mr. Carnegie has been ac- cumulated in the main by the exereise of a cruel, heartless and degrading policy toward his employes, as witness the tragedy of Home- a 1 Governmen: 5. Any public struct =0 accumulated and o @ perpetual charge against the morals of the community as exemplifying a regard solely | for the power of weaith to the exclusion of ail consideration for the character of the donor, the manner in which his wealth has been come by and the real motives that inspire its dis- e erected with money 6. Carnegle philosophy that “to dle rich is to die disgraced” can be justified only upon the assumption of disgrace in the making of ricke equently the assumption of dis- Erace must attach equaily to those who share fn such Resolved, That we condemn the action of Mayor Phelan in soliciting financial aid in the name of the city without first consuiting the citizens through their accredited representa- | tives, the Doard of Supervisors, | of his powers and a gross breach of propriet | and that we condemn his action in forwarding | & letter of thanks to Mr. Carnegle in the name of the nublic as entirely premature and un- warranted by any public expression on the subject; and be it further Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be submitted to the Board of Supervisors of San Francisco, to each member thereof, and to the press. Adopted by the San Francisco Labor Council July 12, 1001 W. H. GOFF, President. ED ROSENBERG, Secretary. Very Much in Earnest. In addition to supporting the action of the committee it was proposed that the members should-appear before the Board of Supervisors and add their personal ap- peals to the rejection of the offer which ult of “Phe- lan’s philanthropic beggar: So earnegt were the members present to secure prompt action that debate was cut off in the shortest possible time. Retaliatory measures are to be taken sgainst the wholesale butchers and Butchertown is to be doomed. if the at- torners of ‘the council can find a legal way to accomplish this result. After Del- egate Lane of the Cooks’ and ‘Waliters’ Alllance had reported that the strike of that bedy was in a flourishing condition. with plenty of fu coming in from loc: committee relating to the attitude of the butchers was presented. The rec- ommendation that a boycott be placed on | Hammond & Brod and L. D. Stone & Co. for refusing meat to restaurants display- ing_the union card was adopted. The cooks and waiters will furnish the pickets to proclaim the “unfairness™ of these two places. “We have been looking into the matter of the continuance of Butchertown in its present condition,” sald Secretary Rosen- berg, “ard we find that its removal is possible. I think in retaliation for the ac- tion the wholesale and jobbing butchers hsve taken we should avail ourselves of legal aid to cause the removal of that ill-smelling place. It exists only through the suffrage of the people and we think we have found the way to have it re- moved.” The executive committee by a rising vote was instructed to proceed with the matter and engage such legal talent as might be necessary to carry the matter to a conclusion. At the suggestion of I. Less, secretary of Journeymen Barbers’ Union No. 148, steps were taken to make things uncom- forteble for A. Goldstein, 105 Fourth street, a former member of the union. “This man,” said Less, “boasts of be- ing able to go to barber ‘colleges’ and get all the help he wants. He tried to get it in other directions, but failed. He proposes to keep open till 10 o'clock at night and later all night, but we wiil at- tend to his case. He bpasted to-dav at headquarters that he was supported in his" action by tion.”" The request of the barbers was in- dorsed, as was also the request of the LE- holsterers’ Union for a boycott on tl California_ Lounge and Mattress Com- pany on New Montgomery street for em- ploying non-union help. It was stated that all other manufacturing upholsterers would be in hearty accord with the action. -Ironworkers Still Firm. Secretary Wisler of the Machinists' Union reported that the ironworkers were still firm and said also that all press reports about changes in the situation in the Eastern States could not be believed. He said he had information that the strike at Newport News was still on, and that reports from Cincinnatl were con- | tradicted in the following telegram: CINCINNATI, O., July 12. R. I Wisler, 927 Market street, San Fran- cisco: Pay no attention to press reports of strike being off here. Men still out and very @:termined. Keep machinists away. H. E. SCHILLING. A plea for additional financial assist- ance for the striking ironworkers was made to the council. President McCabe of the Iron Trades Council stated that it Sould take at least $20,000 a week to keep the men from breaking away from the ranks. A committee was appointed to visit the unfons to solicit further ald. The action of the Allied Printing Trades of Sacramento_in regard to the Kern County School Board In reference to the use of books other than those of the State series which was indorsed by the Allfed Printing Trades Council of San Francisco, received the support of the Labor Coun- cil. The resolution will be forwarded throughout the State. Nominations for officers closed the meeting. The-election is to be held two weeks hence. Livingston Jenks, chairman of the con- ciliatory committee endeavoring to ar- range the differences between the strik- ing ironworkers and the members'of the Metal Trades Association, had a long in- terview yesterday afternoon with Irving M. Scott of the Unjon Iron Works. T. Jenks sald his meeting was very pleas- ant and at its close announced that Mr. Scott was willing to listen to the de- mands of the ironworkers and asked that they be submitted to him in writing. Mr. Jenks also visited a number of other manufacturing and {ronworking establishments, but as the prineipal mem- ters of the places visited were out of the city little further progress ;was made. A series of resolutions denunciatory of | t night at the meeting of the | Mayor James D. | and the supplying of defec- | onated would stand &8 | the report of the ex- | the Merchants’ Associa- | i | BRIGADIER GENERAL kS | RIGADIER GENERAL M. I | LUDINGTON, quartermaster general of the United BStates army, arrived in town yesterday. ’pines to inspect the conditions of his de- partment in the islands. > | Press of business has delayed General | Ludington until three weeks after the | other staff officers, who are now on their | way to Manila, but he is going on the | same general mission—to see and report | and to be able to make suggestions for the | | improvement of his department and to correct defects and weaknesses. He will leave here on the transport Grant, which will sail on the 16th inst., and he will be in the islands about thirty day: | | “General Ludington says no definite plan | of inspection has been susgested to him, | nor will he confine himself speclally to FUNSTON TELLS OF THE FIGHT Kansan’s Report on Aguinaldo’s Capture Made Public. WASHINGTON, July 12—The War De- partment to-day made public Brigadier General Funston's report of the capture of Aguinaldo on May 2. This report pre- sented in detail all the facts relating to the capture of Aguinaldo which were made public at that time. General Funston shows that his entire plan of the expedition was submitted to the commanding general of the Depart- | ment of Northern Luzon and then ‘was sent to General MacArthur, by whom it was approved. Genefal Funston goes into details concerning the —captured corre- spondence of Aguinaldo and the use he made of Cecilio Cegismundo, who had presented himself to Lieutenant J. D. Taylor of the Twenty-fourth Infantry with letters of Aguinaldo he was to deliver to various insurgent chlefs. General Funs- {ton gives the following account of the | forged letters which were used to deceive | Aguinaldo: | On Oectober 24, 1900, while scouting in the { vicinity of Gapan, Nueva Escija, 1 had -sur- prised the insurgent chief Lacuna in his camp, and had captured among other things some writing paper which bore his headquarters’ seal. On this paper two letters were written to Aguinaldo over the carefully forged signa- ture of Lacuna. One of these letters was dated February 24, 1901, at Bulac, a place in tha mountains east of Panaranda. In it Lacuna acknowledged the receipt of Aguinaldo's let- ters of January 13 and 14 and thanked him for the confirmation of his (Lacuna’s) appointment as brigadier general, made some time pre- viously by Alejandrino. It will be remembered that the letters to Aguinaldo referred to had fallen into our hands. The letter indulged in the usual rhetoric employed by the insurgent chiefs in their correspondence and gave a glow- | ing account of the progress of the campaign from the standpoint ef Lacuna. Letters to the Insurgent. Another letter, supposedly from the same place, but dated February 23, was prepared, stating that the writer had just received a communication from Baldimero Aguinaldo, or- dering him to send one of his best companies, | under a reliable chief, to Emilio Aguinaldo in | Teabela. In accordance with these orders he was sending this force under Lieutenant Colonel | Hilario Placido. The latter, he stated, had been captured by the Americans a year ego, and after his release he had lived in Jaen, but recently had taken to the field again ‘when ordered to do so by Lacuna. This was | included in the letter, for fear that Aguinaldo | might have heard that Placido had been cap- | tured by the Americans and had taken.the oath of allegiance. The letter also stated that With Lacuna afd would accompany the columm, | These two letters were dictated by me, but were written by Segovia. We were in’ pos- session. of a_number of samples of Lacuna’s | Signature and had previouely succeeded in ex- | ecuting a_very neat forgery of his autograph I at the end of each one of the two sheets. Of the actual capture General Funston saysi— The Macabebes started up into the town and we heard & few shots followed by scattered fir- ing. We hastily crossed_the river and running up on the town found that the Macabebes were somewhat démoralized. and. firing wildly in every direction. They were gotten under con- trol with some difficulty,. Aguinaldo’s guard of about fifty armed and neatly uniformed men had been drawn up to receive the reinforce- ments, and being fired Into broke and ran, a few of them returning the fire as they Tre- | treated. ~ Azuinaldo with ‘his officers had waited in his quarters. Placido and Segovia entered the house to report thefr arrival and after a short conversation Segovia stepped out- house and ordered the Macabebes, had just come up from the river bank, to | open-fire ‘on the insurgents, who were stand- ing in line at a distance of about fifty yards. The Mecabebes were so excited and nervous that their rifie fire was very ineffective. But two of the Insurzents were killed, the re- mainder taking fiight, throwing down eighteen rifies and a thousand rounds of ammunition. The Capture of Aguinaldo. As soon as Segovia had given the order he ran back into the house And. opened fire on the officers surrounding = Aguinaldo. He wounded Villa and Hambra. The latter jumped out of the house into the river and Was not seen again. Villa, on being_wounded, surrendered, 3 did also Santiago Barcelona, ‘Aguinaldo’s treasurer. The five remaining of- ficers escaped from the house and swam the | river. Placldo seized Aguinaldo and told him he was a vrisoper of the Americans. At this juncture the Americans arrived on the scene and gave their attention to getting tbe Maca- bebes under control and protecting the pris- oners from them. One Macabebe was slightly’ ‘wounded by a gunshot wound in the foréhead. In conclusion General runston deals out praise generously to all who shared in the expedition, mentionine Captain Haz- zard, Captain Newton, Lieutenant Haz- [ /IARSHALL I LUDINGTON. He is ¢n his way to the Philip- - ‘Aguinaldo’s courfer, Cecilio Cegismundo, was | GENERAL LUDINGTON ARRIVES - ON THE WAY TO PHILIPPINES Quartermaster General Says He Has No Definite Plans as to His Work in the Islands. interisland transportation or any system of Interior transportation in the several islands. ““That will be left to private en- terprise,” he remarked last evening. Since the breaking out of the Spanish war, and in the war with the Filipinos and'the war in China, the quartermaster’s department of the army has grown to be of tremendous importance. The personnel of the corps, now that all volunteers have been discharged, is 50 per cent larger than it_was beforc ihe call to arms in 1898, while the duties have increased in greater proporticn. The transport bwsiness has become one of the biggest branches of the depariment, but General Ludington says there is no’'sentiment_in favor of making a separate department of the transport service. There has been rome suggestion that such a plan would be advisable, as the transport business has grown to equal that of scme of the biggest shipping con- cerns in the world, and its naval charac- ter makes it a class of work almost by itself. . General Ludington {s at the Palace Hotel, where he and Mrs. Ludington will remain until their departure for the isl- ands. In the meantime General Luding- ton will be taken through the Presidio —— sle=— + HEAD OF AHE QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT, UNITED STATES ARMY, THE WORK OF WHICH IN THE LAST THREE YEARS HAS TO BE OF TREMENDOU: S IMPORTANCE. e any branch of his own departmegt. He says the Government does not &ontem- plate the establishment of any system of BRYAN 15 OUT, Y3 WATTERSON Kentucky Editor Com- mends Action of the Ohioans. RPRNESCE Spectal Dispatch to The Cajl. LOUISVILLE, July 12—In an editorial with the caption ‘‘The Day Begins to| Dawn” Henry Watterson in to-day’s | Courier-Journal discussed the Ohio State Convention and the turning down of Bry- an and the Kansas City platform. He said: ““At last the Buckeye valiants are tired of sucking eggs that have no meat in| them. They realize that inflationism in all its forms is a losing card. They want to win. To win they must get together. To get together they must get away from dead issues and line up on live issues. “Mr. Bryan has had both his charce and his day. His plea for another trial will not hola water. His dictation no longer exercises any power of command. It means simply hopeless division, con- tinued defeat, ultimate ruin, Any one with half a mind can see this plainly. Hence the Ohio Democrats, in State con- vention, realizing the situation and acting upon_it, put the past, with its factions and dissensions, behind them, and choos- ing a new leader in James Kilbourne they turn their faces toward the future and to victory. This is the conduct of reason- able and sensible people, who have condi- tions but not theories to deal with, and who do not mean to go to the devil with their eyes open. “Now, as in days gone by, it is the boys in the trenches on whom the party and the country must rely. If Mr. Bryan is wise he will fall in with the rest. All that, he can do by staying out will be to sow seeds of future trouble, to disorganize and _disgruntle, and in 'the end to lose much credit that he has won. Presently the tramp of legions will be heard tread- ing down _all before it. Presently the gleam of Mauser rifles loaded with mod- ern and improved ammunition and the fixed bayonets of Democracy, unterrified and undefiled, will be seen above the hilltops. The new day has dawned. Death to fools that get in the way. SUBMIT FAIR CASE FOR DECISION BY THE COURT Attorneys Conclude Their Argument on Validity of Trust Clause Re- lating to Personalty. Counsel have finished their argument on the petiticn of Theresa A. Oelrichs, Vir- ginia Vanderbiit and Charles L. Fair for distribution to them of the personal prop- erty of the estate of the late James G. Fair. and Judge Troutt took the matter under advisement and announceq that he would hand down his decision in the case next Friday. Garret McEnerney and Robert Y. Hayne argued on behalf of the trustees, and asked the court to declare the trust clause of decedent’s will which relates to the personal propertg valid. They argued that though the Supreme Court had de- clared the trust clause invalid so far as it related to the real estate, in that it es- tablished a trust to convey, McEnerney and Hayne contended there is still a suf- ficient portion of the will remaining intact to permit of the carsying out of the tes- tator's original intentions in re to the personal property. Charles S. Heggerty and ex-Governor ‘Budd, on behalf of the petitioners, argued that in sustaining any portion of the will, now that the trust o far as the real es- tate was concerned had been declared in- valid, would in no way result in the car- rying out of the testator’s original inten- tions. The trust kad been mutilated, they said, hence must fall, there being left no fabric that couid logically be sald to in any way even express the intention of the zard and Lieutenant Mitchell, while espe- clally praising Taylor fer the discretion he showed after obtaining‘the. Aguinaldo letters. He also speaks in high praise of Commander Barry of the Vicksburg and the assistance the navy rendered him. Insurgents Fire on Cebu. MANILA, July 12.—Cebu, capital of the island of that name, is 11 frequently fired upon by the insurgents. eneral - and the bay posts, and he will be given an opportunity to inspect thoroughly the transport busines of this port. B e e e B e e e e e e e e e ] LINER aTRIKES FASTNET ROGKS Vessel Is Said to Have Narrowly HEscaped Destruction. QUEENSTOWN, July 12.—The Cork Ex- aminer to-day prints a sensational story of the narrow escape of a four-masted passenger steamer, westward bound, from being wrecked off the Fastnet rocks at 8 o’clock p. m. yesterday. The paper says the fog lifted in the mick of time to save the vessel from a fearful disaster. The lightkeepers at Fastnet were horri- fled to see a steamer from the east run- ning full on the Little Fastnet, 400 yards east-southeast. Fastnet immediately dis< charged an alarm gun, signaling danger. Before the liner could be slowed up or her engines reversed she had apparently touched the Little Fastnet rock, as she was seen to list to starboard and then to port. 9 PRINCIPAL PUTS INHER DEFENGE Directors Conclud/ the Trial of Miss M. i McKenzie. ] —_—— She Attempts to Justify the Failure of Pupils in | Examinations. The trial of Miss Margaret McKenzie, principal of the Hancock Grammar | School, against whom charges of incom- | petency have been preferred by parenis, ! was concltided yesterday before the Board | | 0f Education. Miss McKenzie was the principal witness of the day. She was | on the stand in _her own defense for a good part of the session. The trial seems | to have developed into a Sort of justifica- | tion of the course of study adopted by the | beard. The directors resent the oft-re- | peated charge that the course was in | reality responsible for the failure of 70 per cent of the pupils in the advanced | | eighth grades in the Hancock School in | the examination for entrance into the | High schools. It has been claimed that | the course is too heavy for .the pupils to digest, so the board called several teach- ers to disprove this assertion. Miss Clark, eighth grade teacher in the | Hearst Grammar School, testified that she bad little difficulty with the course, only three candidates having failed in her class. L. M. Shuck, vice principal of the Adams Cosmonolitan School, also spoke favorably of the study course. Nine pupils had failed out of thirty-six in his class. Miss McKenzie Explains. Miss McKenzie explained-as the reason | for the bad, showing made by the eighth grade pupils of her school that examina- tions were held in December, 1900, and the | more able pupils were sent to the High | School, leaving poorer ones and recruils from the seventh grade to constitute the class. A circular issued by the board was then read by the witness, in which she was | directed to put fifty-five pupils in her | classes. In order to comply with this or- | | der it was necessary to fill up the eighth grade classes with pupils who were un- | able to_handle the work prescribed. | Miss McIenzie's attorney attemuted to | have a letter introduced in evidence in | which the principal had complained of the | unfitpess of her assistant whose discipline | was bad. The letter was admitted after | the name of the delinquent had been | eliminated therefrom. Miss McKenzie de- | sired to show that it was several months | before the board would assist her in find- ing another place for her assistant. | Another reason for the failure of the | pupils was the fact that they are of for- | eign parentage, Miss McKenzie said. She | admitted that the studies ‘‘Snowbound” | and “Thanatopsis” had not been as thor- | oughly taught as they should have beea. | In the matter of report cards Miss Mec- | Kenzie had taken it for granted that the teachers had been sending them out aud | had never made inquiry about them. Class Work Was Excellent. At the afterncon session Deputy Superin- tendent of Schools Jordan testified that he { had once examined the Hancock School and found the pupils capable and the class work excellent. A similar report by the Superintendent was accepted as evi- dence. Miss N: Lastreto, Miss M. G. Sui- livan and Miss E. G. Phillips, teachers in the Hancock School, testified that Miss | McKenzie had been faithful in the supe vision of the classes and had made dail visits thereto. The first named said s had experienced a great deal of tro with the study course, but had manage pretty well. C. W. Moores, once principal of the Han. cock School, testified that two-thirds o eighth grade class were not fit for it in the beginning and that accounted for their | failure at the examination. When asked | whether he did not think Miss McKenzie | was of a nervous temperament, Moores | replied that the lady had “plenty of tem- | | i o it | per- i Madison Babcock, former Superinten- | dent of Schools, thought that Miss Me- | Kenzie was excessively nervous during his | incumbency and did not possess the neces- [ sary attributes for a principal. The board then took the matter under advisement | and‘ will render a decision in- about lwof weels. Evangelist Ross to Preach. *Rev. E. A. Ross, the evangelist: whose | earnest discourses have been attraczlngf so much attention in other parts of the | | country, will begin a series of services at | | the Peniél Missions in this city on Sunday | afternoon at_3 o'clock, when he will | preach at the Peniel Hall, 49 Third street. | On Sunday at 8 p.'m. and thereafter through the following week at 10:30 a. m. | and 8 p. m. he will preach at the Pentel | Mission, corner Pine and Kearny streets, | and_from Sunday, the 21st, through the | week he will preach at the same hours at | 14 Third street. SCANDAL OVER | of ker disappearance. | magnificent scenery, viewing - “FIXING" A CAE Police Judge Fritz Will Make a Thorough Investigation. et Peculiar Statements Made Regarding the Stella Bolman Case. il Judge Fritz is Investigating an alleged attémpt fo extort money from a woman of the red-light distriet on the strength of the assertion that a charge of grand lar- ceny against her could be *“fixed” wilh the Judge on the payment of money. There have been so many similar cases re- ported that the Judge Is determined, it satisfactory evidence is produced, 8 sus- tain the charge to make an example of the offender. Stella Bolman was arrested about two months ago.on the charge of grand lar- ceny for stealing $135 from Charles Quinn, dn ex-soldier, then living at 520 Stock- ton 'street. The woman was released om $130 cash bail, furnished by Saloon-keeper John Crowley. The case was continued from time to time, as the complaining Wwitness could not be found, but after he had given his testimon: about three weeks ago, the defendant disappeared and a bench warrant was issued for her ar- rest. The police learned Thursday morn- ing that she was in Santa Rosa, and De- tective T. B. Gibson found her there and brought her back to the city. Yesterday morring in court she made an expianation to the Judge as to the- cause She said that Abe Becker, proprietor of a saloon at 115 Eddy street, 'had_told her that I have the case “‘fixed” for $20 that some’ one w preju- dieing her case. A hanger-on at Becker’s saloon, whom she knew as “Bert,” had also made the same proposi- tion to her, but had reduc to $10. “Jack," s a friend of her roommate, had advised her to go away as things looked bad for her. Others had proffered similar advice and that was why she had gone to Santa Ros: Tre Judge was angry when he heard the statements that the case could be “fixed” with him and ordered subpenas to be issued for the attendance of Becker, “Bert” and ‘Jack,” the o’clock. The only one present was B as Bailiff Dougherty had been unable to find any trace of “Bert” or “Jack.” The woman repeated her statement but com- tradicted herself inasmuch as she. said that Becker had not said anything about “fixing”’ the case, but that “Bert” was the only one who had done so. Becker gave an emphatic denial to the statement that he had ever said anything about “fixing” the case and said that Bert Potter, a teamster, used to hang around his saloon and he might be the man referred to by the woman. Detective Gibson was instrueted to find Potter and “Jack” and bring them in, and the fur- ther investigation was continued till this morning. Special Excursion Rates to Yosemite Valley. The Big Oak Flat and Yosemite Stage Company, in conjunction with the South= ern Pacific to Oakdale, the Sierra Rallway Company to Chinese Station, have placed n salq a ticket in their office at 630 Mar- et striet, in this city, which has never before been equaled in the history of travel to Yosemite Valley. This ticket was placed on sale by the management to avor the visiting Epworthers, and at a ominal rate, which would give these vi: itors an opportunity of visiting this far- famed valley. The ticket embraces five and three- quarter days in Yosemite and two and one-quarter days en route. on a road of the Tuolum- ne grove of Big Trees without additional expense, passing over the mining grounds of old Tuolumne and numereus other at- tractions. The price of this ticket will be $40 40, including all expenses en route and hotels in valley. Every arrangement is being perfected by the stage company for the reception and entertainment of all who avail them- selves of this_iiberal rate. department of this sta charge of W. J. White, at street, who will explain all the details of this trip. and in addition the stage com- pany will have an elegant booth at the Pavilion during the session of the Ep- worth League, where information and de- scriptive circulars may be obtained. There is no dcubt but many visitors will avail themselves of this opportunity and visit the valley by this famous route. ———— Texas produces about one-third of the cotton of the country. In peach produe- | tion the State ranks next to Georgia. POINTS or EXCELLERNCE. A Few Roasons Which Are Rapidly Making Stuart’s Catarrh Tablets, thenew Catarrh cure has the following advantages over remedies. Catarrh Cure Famous. other catarrh Catarrh must be driven out of th catarrh, but simply give temporary relief which adoseof pla’ salt and water i7ill do just as well. e system, out Hughes, in command of the Visayas, re- orts progress In the task of penetrating’ e ufima of Samar and scattering the insurgents. . only a question of time when the tablet will en- First: These tablets contain no cocaine, mor- phire or any other injurious drug and are as safe and beneficial for children as for adults; 2.is 13 an important point when it IS re-called that many catarrh remedies do contain these very objectlonal ingredients. Next: Being in tablet form this remedy does not deterlorate with age, or an exposure to the air as liquid preparations invariably do. Next: The tablet form not only preserves the medicinal properties but it is so far more con- venlent to carry and to use at any time that it is tirely supersede liquid medicines as it has al- ready done in the medical department of the ‘United States army. Next:« No secret is made of the composi- tion of Stuart's Catarrh Tablets; they con- tain the active principle cf Eucalyptus bark, red gum blood root and Hydrastin, all harmless anti- septics, which, however, are death to catarrhal germs wherever found, because they eliminate them from the blood. Next: . You can not cure catarrh by local appli- catlons to the nose and throat, because these are simply local symptoms and such treatment can not possibly reach the real seat of catarrhal dis- ease whichisthe blood; for thisreason, imhalers, douches, sprays and powders nover really cure of the blood, by an internal remedy because zn internal remedy is the only kind which ean be assimilated into the blood. Stuart's Catarrh Tablets do this better than the old form of treatment because they contain every safe speclfic known to modern science In the antiseptic treatment of the disease. Next: The use of inhalers, and spraying ap. paratuses, besides being Ineffective and dis appolnting 1s expensive, whilea complets treat- ment of Stuart’s Catarrh Tablets can be had at any drug store in the United States or Canada for 50 cnts. A mother living In Charleston, Mass., the happy possessor of four children, writes: “Catarrh Tablets not only cured me of chronie nasal and throat cctzrth, but they have saved me many an anxious mght with my little ones.” Dr. J. J. Reltiger, of Covington, Ky., says:— “I suffered from catarrh in my head and throat everyfall, with stoppage of the nose and irgita- tion in the throat affecting my voles and extendlng to the stomach, eausing eatarrh of the stomach. I bought a fifly cent packags of Stuart's Catarrh Tablets at my druggft's, carried them in my pockef and used thom faithfully, and the way in which they clearsd my head and throat was certainly remariable. I had no catarrh last wintor and spring and consider my- self entiroly fres from any catarrhal trouble.”