The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 16, 1901, Page 14

14 HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JULY 16. 1901 STEPHEN T. GAGE WILL BE RETIRED BY HAYS One of the Greatest Figures History of California, the in ‘the Railroad and Political Friend of Stanford and Later Confidant of Huntington, Has Survived His Usefulness > S IrERNEN > s R K2 | VICE BY PRESIDENT CHARLES OLD-TIME EMPLOYE OF THE SOUTHERN: PACIFIC COMPANY WHO 1§ SAID TO HAVE BEEN SLATED FOR RETIREMENT FROM SER- M. HAYS. g TEPHEN T. GAGE is to be re-, tired. In a few days it is expected | that President Charles M. Hays of the Southern Pacific Company will | issue a circular to this effect. It is understood that in consideration of his long and valuable services to the great corporation he will be given a pension, | but his days of active participation in the | affairs of the railroad are at an end and | the man who, next to the big four—Stan- ford, Huntington, Crocker and Hopkins— stands pre-eminent as one of the great factors in the history of the development of the company that has wielded such a vast influence in the development of Cali- | fornia, will be relegated to private life | by the ukase of the successor of Hunt- ington. { The time was when Gage was the dic- | tator of the political fate of two States, and- his influence reached from Oregon to Texas and his power was felt in the halls of Congress at Washington. No man in the history of the Golden State and its State sister across the mountains ever wielded greater power than the qynan who is about to be retired. Legislators were bis playthings. He made and unmade | Judges. He dictated the names of Con- gressmen and United States Senators. The Governors of sovereign States were oft times made by Stephen T. Gage. { Stupendous were the political deals| made by the man who is about to go on! the retired list of the corporation of which he was once director and assistant to the | president. The personal friend of Leland Stanford, he built up the greatest politi- cal organization in the history of the West, and he made his friend first Gover- nor and then United States Senator. But in doing this he incurred the enmity of C. P. Huntington, and when Huntington assumed power he deposed Gage at once. But Gage was big enough to stand up against the president of the road, and C. P. Huntington was compelled to make friends with the man whom he had fought ‘so bitterly, and the * Dear Stephen” | letters written from New York will al- ways be an important incident in the ro- mantic history of the great railroads of | California. But it would sreem now as if Gage's time | has finally come. and he can hardly sur- vive the new deais and the new dealers. Handled Millions of Money. It is as the political manager for the Southern and Central Pacific railroads that Stephen T. Gage is best known. The position of sssistant to the president, which he held for much of his life, was created to enable him to carry on his po- litical management. How well he did it is & matter of open history, and for years Gege was the greatest single factor in the politics of California and Nevada. How much money he handled for the two com- panies during his nearly forty years of | service will never be kpown, but it will reach into the millions. And while he has | disbursed hundreds of thousands of dol- | lars for which vouchers could not be re- quired and never were required Gage is to-day a man of modest means. An un- pretentious home in Oakland and a few pleces of not very firoductlve realty con- stitute the total of his possessions. While others made fortunes through his friend- ship he is to-day a comparatively poor n. He couid have where his friends and beneficiaries made 8 dollars, vet he was most s rupulously honest _with company in dealing where there was no tracing and no ques- tions asked. Whatever may be said of Stephen T. Gage and his political moves, he could have heen worth millions to-day had he chosen so to be, and without straining the term “honesty” as it is used in_the business world of to-day. Few know this phase of the remarkable | life and character of this man. Those who knew him as a maker of political deals may be surprised to know that some of the most careful business deals ever made by the Central Pacific Rallroad Company were made by Stephen T. Gage. . Service of Forty Years. But while his work as politician is the most prominent feature of his history, Gage had some of the most difficult work connected with the Central Pacific Com- pany to perform. For nearly twenty years he bought all the coal consumed by the locomotives of the company and in that time he expended $30,000,000 for this com- modity alone. This was no easy task in the early days when every pound of coal burned had to be brought from England | and Australia, before the mines in Wash- ington and British Columbia were opened. Then coal had to be brought from half way sround the world, and it was Gage who originated the plan of ships bringing coal here in lieu of ballast and take Cal- ifcrnia wheat back. Gage has had as many | as 100 clippers on the high seas at one| time bringing coal to California for the railroad and one day forty ships rode at anchor in San Francisco Bay with car- goes to be discharged. It is no easy task | to keep a great railroad system supplied with fuel when it had to be brought from abroad. Storms may delay vessels and at one time Gage found himself with scarce- 1y three days’ supply for the system. But he_was never caught. Gage has been with the Central Pacific Railroad and its successor, the Southern Pacific Company, almost forty vears. first became connected with the Central Pacific in 1864, when the railroad sisted of twenty-eight miles of road from Sacramento to Newcastle. He was at that time runping a freight train of pack arimals from Placerville, the Hangtown of those days, to Virginia City. He was a resident of the latter place when the Comstock lode was just being opened. The Central Pacific Railroad was about to build into Nevada, which was soon to become a State. Gage had helped organ- ize the Territory of Nevada and was a power in the organization of the new State. The railroad had to build across the Sagebrush State, and Gage was put! in control of all of the politics in that section. This he handled with the great- est success until in the 70's, when Ne- vada began to wane in importance, and he was transferred to California and given control of the politics of the road for the State and nation and became as- sistant to_the president, Leland Stanford. He was director of the road for many vears, and was a member of the only executive ‘committee that the road ever had, composed, of Stanford, Huntington and Gage. T Of late vears his connection with the company ‘has been nominal because of his age and health. ROSENTHALS PECL4, M-ID§UMMER = ‘There are €0 many visitors in the city. It takes a little help from every one to entertain them, particularly in showing strangers the eights of our beautiful city. words, it means ever had an opportunity to procure fine special sale of broken lots, of the prices: This means considerable walking, the need of good shoes. small sizes and some entirs lines. both for residents and visitors; in other Neither San Francisco nor her guests footwear such as we are offering in our These are a few LADIES. Broken lotse of Ladies’ DUCED TO, Ledies’ Tan heels. REDUCED TO 50e to clcee them out. Former prices $ to $5. MEN. Men's Tan Willow Calf, double sole, Lace, Goodyear Welt and Tan Russia te fancy T5¢_to close them out Celf, single sole Lace, in the newest shapes. ot 34.00. colored Satin and Glace Kid Slippers. RE- Chrome i and Black French K14 Oxfords, French and Leather REDUCED TO $3.85. Cheap INFANTS AND CHILDREN. Infants’ apd Children's broken lots of Tan widths; sizes 5§ to 8. REDUCED TO 35 and- Black Shoes; mainly narrow made thousands | con- | T0 PUT LIGHTS IN YOSEMITE Purpose of Commission- | ers Is Declared in Open Session. They Will Not Put Colored Globes on the Tops of High Mountains. The Yosemite Commission is not going to turn the beautiful valley into a sort of Midway Plaisance on a large scale by means of rows upon rows of electric lights, white or colored, up and down the Bridal Veil Falls and around and around in bewildering circles along all the tow- ering height of El Capitan. The gentle- men of the Sierra Club, it seems, rather jumped at conclusfons. In other words, ! | they did not wait to see what the other | fellows were going to do before they con- | cluded that it was their time to say | things. | The Yosemite Commissioners are mnot | going into the show business. They are | simply considering a suggestion made by | | Commissioner Short to throw a search-) | light on Yosemite Falls, and even that is | dependent upon the final word of the Gov- J‘ernor. The Commissioners, in fact, are | only desirous that the hotels and stores | and State buildings in the valley shall be lighted by incandescent lights, as hotels | and stores and State buildings out of the Jvallcy are, and to this end is the pro- | posed installation of an electric light {plant. It all came put at the meeting of | the commission held in W. W. Foote’s | office yesterday afternoon. Governor | Gage was not present, and so Commis- | sioner Henshaw of Oakland took the | | | | | | | | | | | | | | chair. The other Commissioners present | were Foote, Short, Cluff and Kerckhoft and Engineer Corey, who has made the estimates of the cost of the installation of the proposed plant. There were some minor matters _dis- posed of before the main question of the | electric light plant was brought up. Then Engineer Corey took the floor with his plans and blueprints, and proceeded to gl;e a technical explanation of the whole scheme. Commissioner Foote Is Serious. “Before we enter upon this matter,” | said Commissioner Foote, “I want to ask Mr. Corey whether there is'anything in these proposed plans which will constitute | | a desecration of the natural beauties of | the valley. 1 want to approach this mat- !'ter in the most serious spirit.”" “There is nothing,” Corey replied. "In‘ cutting down trees to carry the pipe line from the river to the electric light plant | we have managed it so that not one per- | son in five would ever perceive that the x had been used. Nothing of the pipe line can be seen from the road. I speak risedly, for the trees have already been | cut. “You are one of the directors of the | Sterra Club, are you not?” asked Foote. | “I am, unfortunately. The pewer-house | of the plant, which is the only part of it ! that will be visible in the vailey, will be of granite. It is modeled on that at On- tario and will be a most ornamental struc- | ture, adding to rather than detracting | from the beauty of its surroundings.” | It was suggested that Architect Mat- | | thews be asked to try his hand on an original design for a power-house, by way | of getting the most beautiful structure possible, and the suggestion was adopted. | Then there was a discussion of the blue- | prints and a statement by Corey as to | where it was proposed to place the lights. There will be 700 of these in and around the hotels and cottages and State build- | ings and several hundred additional in the shops and stores and houses of the dwell- lers in the valley, for the installation of which these dwellers will pay. It is also | proposed to put up an arc light in front of the hotel, another on the iron bridge | 2nd lights on a line of poles running down | | the vailey from the light works to the ho- tels. “But that will not be to desecrate the valley?” asked Foote. No Desecraticn Intended. “Not at all,” replied Engineer Corey. There will be 100 lamps- along the line down the valley. These will be so ar- ranged that they can be cut out, or half of them can be cut out at any time. The pole line along which these lights will be | | strung will reach from the Happy Isles down to the Central Hotel. It is essen- tial to run down the road because of the necessity for cutting away tree limbs in carrying currents of high power through timber. Any cutting of this kind off the road would be a desecration.” “Well,” said Commissioner Foote, “I am in favor of this. I do not believe in waving a red light before the gentlemen who have criticized us, but 1 am getting pretty tired of being criticized by people who do not wait to find out what we are going (v do before sending us a set of res- olutions saying we are making ourselves ridiculous. And I do not propose to stand for it.” But let us not be driven by criticism | to do more_than we originally intended to do,” sald Commissioner Short. “I prefer a hotel with a bed and a bath myself,” said Foote, ‘to sleeping on a pine bough. Also, I prefer light to darkness. Lastly, T would prefer to have these gen- tiemen come up here and consult with us rather than send us such resolutions as they have without anybody to represent thfil‘?‘wnum be well,” said Commissioner Short, “to keep the light works out of sight as far as possible.” “Well, T want lights on the road said Commissioner Henshaw. “And 1,” sald Foote, “‘am tired of being jabbed in the newspapers.and in resolu- tions about things that I never intended to do. Now how about Short’s scheme for lighting the falls? I want to know | about that, and he has got to stand for it. What is _the matter with putting red, white and blue searchlights on the peaks and giving the people red, white and blue lights if they want them?” Lighting Up the Falls. The plan to light the falls of the Yo- semite, according to Engineer Corey’s es- timate, would involve an expenditure of $7000. This plan calls for the installation of a searchlight of enormous proportions, or rather of four searchlights, at Ylolnt! on the slope of Glacier Point, the lights to have adjustable lenses so that the falls ' would be lighted up from top to bottom and_for their full width, whatever that might be. The searchlights would be practically invisible from the hotels in the daytime, and the wires leading to them would also be out of sight. eir installation, therefore, would not mar the beauty of the valley, and the trail it would be necessary to buiid to put the lights in place would be a great convenience to visitors. This trail would cost $1800 addi- tional to make. The total cost of the elec- tric lighting plant for the valley, exclu- sive of the searchlight plant for illumin- ating, would be $23, This would make a grand total of expenditures of over $30,- 000, or $5000 more than the appropriation available, but as there are other funds at the disposition of the commission this con- sideration would not stand in the way. Commissioner Foote suggested, however, that as the Governor was particularly in- terested in the illumination scheme, it would be well to let that go over until he could be present. This suggestion was adopted, and then Engineer Corey was instructed to prepare specifications for bids for the electric lighting plant in the valley to be submitted to a meeting of the commission _to -be held on Monday after- noon, July 22. Among the minor matters disposed of was a letter from Dr. Keene of Philadel- phia, complaining of the dust and rocks on the road to the valley. As the com- mission had no jurisdiction over the toll road the letter was laid on the table, It was decided to turn water from the river to make a lake in the valley in the low, swampy ground about Hutchinson’s | Camp. z Guaraian Stevens was allowed to emplo: a helper at not more than $25 per mont to work in his office during four months e fa.ghe oi e photographers in the val com- plaied that Boyesen had put up a Sten, “Kodaks for rent,” at Corey’s Camp, which they said was doing business in too many places; but as Corey was will- ing the Commissioners thought the other Phutogr:pher! would better try to be a ittle enterprising on their own account. The Crystal Hot Sea Baths. ‘Tubs and swimming. Best tonic for nervous and bodily exhaustion. Bay st., near Powell. * |ELECTION COMMISSION 'VOTES TO DEFER ACTION Bosses Can Gain but Slight Advantage by Interference of Republican State Committee in Local Campaign—Citizens May Resent Intrusion by Electing Anti-Boss Delegates HE Election Commissioners met yesterday forenoon and decided to postpone actlon on the Republican petitions for apportionment until g after the meeting of the Republi- can State Central Committee. The motion to postpone was made by Commissioner Sheldon G. Kellogg, who said: “It has been brought to our attention *by one of the parties that a meeting of the State Central Committee has been called for the purpose of passing upon this matter, and as a law has been passed giving the State Committee power to act I move that the matter be postponed until next Monday."” A. Ruef, representing the Anti-boss Re- publican County Committee, made an un- answerable argument in support of the proposition that the Election Commission- ers had authority to act. He argued that the law passed by the last Legislature giving the State Committee power in the premises was unconstitutional, as the constitution of the State expressly peo- vided that the Legislature should not pass a general law concerning municipal af- fairs. The city charter, section —, Article 11, declares that all. matters pertaining to elections in the city and county shall be vested and exercised by the Board of Election Commissioners. Section 1186 of the Political Code sought to override the charter and exercise a municipal author- ity. Ruef also argued that section 1186 was a special law applying to only such po- litical parties as had State committees. ¥ It could not apply to such parties as the Non-Partisan party, which had no State Committee. That party could get its rul- ings from the Klection Commission, while the Republican party, if the pro- visions of this law were recognized as binding, would have to go to the State Committee, which was not a legal body and was responsible to nobody. Has No Authority. In concluding Mr. Ruef sail ‘Admitting that all I have said is mere breath and | not sense, section 1186 is not valid or can- not operate until a State committee has been formed under that law. It cannot be retroactive. We have never admitted that the County Committee was governed by the State Committee. They are different entities. The State Committee has no power to take away the rights of any- body. I want my cases decided by gentle- men sworn in as public officers to perform their duties fairly and not by a packed committee. I could show you that the body making this application has no legal standing If you cared to go into that mat- ter. Suppose we should not recognize the State Committee. Suppose we should not g0 before them, knowing that they have no authority to act. Then suppose they adopted the other petition. Are we bound by that?” Commissioner M. Greenblatt was not disposed to shirk responsibility. He voted against postponement. Commissioner Oliver Everett also voted against Mr. Kel- logg's motion. Commissioner A. W. Voor- sanger voted with Mr. Kellogg to post- pone. There was a tie and Commissioner Jeremiah Deasy, president of the board, cast the deciding vote in favor of a post- ponement. It is regarded as certain that the State body will recognize the Kelly-Crimmins boss committee. The special meeting was called at the suggestion of the bosses. The request for the meeting emanated from the bosses. The Election Commissioners did not advise or solicit the interference. The time for action by the Commission- ers had not arrived when the call for a meeting of the State committee was is- sued. It is the plain, simple truth that the bosses became alarmed at the popular agitation In favor of honest municipal government nnder Republican auspices and appealed to the Republican State or- ganization for help. It happens, however, that very little help can be given by the State committee. There is no such thing as an official ticket to be recognized. The space on the ticket is left blank in the party column, znd pasters bearing the terfersnce of the State Central Committeé in local affairs is to attach the pasters is- sued by the Republican Primary League, These pasters will contain the names of anti-boss Republicans. The bosses, by the assistance of the Re- publican State organization, may derive a slight advantage in preliminary organiza- tion of the municipal convention, but if good citizens are alive to a sense of their duty the convention will be so overwhelm- ingly anti-boss in sentiment the Kelly-Crimmins crowd will not.be able to resist delegates representing the honest masses of the Republican party in San Francisco. Style of Pasters. The Board of Election Commissioners yesterday adopted the following resolu- EH Resolved, Thaf all political parties and in- dividuals taking advantage of the provisions of the primary election law pertaining to the use of pasters be required to adopt a uniform color, size and type, a sample of which may be procured at the office of the Registrar. Resolved, That the attached sample, as to color, size and type, be adopted by the board, and that the names of delegates on said paster be printed in long primer capitals and small capitals, with the names a uniform distance apart, the color to be white and its size 3 6-8 inches wide. The general style of the pasters is indicated by the following: Democratic Delegates For DELEGATES to Democratic Lo- eal City and County Convention. ELECTION PRECINGT NO. | VOTE FOR 3 ONLY 1. JAMES D. PHELAN. 2. DANIEL KOSCIUSKO O'CONNELL. 3. JOHN WILSON. Republican Delegates For DELEGATES to Republican Lo- cal City and County Convention. VOTE FOR 25 ONLY 1. WM. McKINLEY. 2. HENRY GAGE. 3. IRVING M. SCOTT. ! The board appointed Willlam Harring- ton, Republican, and E. L. Forster, Dem- ofrat, to look after lodging-house registra- tlons. Republican Primary League. A meeting of the advisory committee of the Republican Primary League was held vesterday and several subjects were con- | sidered. Another meeting will be held this week and important duties will be as- signed to sub-committees. The league yes- terday issued the following address: Primary elections for the selection of dele- gates to the municipal conventions of all par- ties will be held on August 13. The delegates will nominate the Mayor and all other munieipal officers. The election will be held under the auspices of the Board of Election Commissioners and under the same regulations as general elec- tions. Every vote will be received and counted under the same safeguards as at general elec- tions. ry voter is urged to vote at the primary election. All who registered for the last elec- tion who have not moved may vote without further registration. All_who have moved since last election or who were for any reason not registered must register now. names of delegates must be attached. The | Registration closes August 3. Registration proper way for citizens to resent the in- | office open evenings until 9:30. L e e e e e e e e e IO Y ) YOUNG MEN’S INSTITUTE TO HOLD GRAND COUNCIL Preparations Being Made for Annual Session of Well-Known Cath- olic Organization. The board of management of the Young Men’s Institute met last night at its head- quarters in the Pioneer building to make preliminary arrangements for the Grand Council of the organization, which will be held in this city on Monday, August 19, and continue four days. Besides the ap- pointment of eight committees, to whom the supervision of the affair will be in- trusted, the board decided on a pro- gramme for the entertainment of the vis- iting delegates. The Grand Council will be opened on Monday morning with the celebration of high mass at some church yet to be se- lected. After mass the delegates to the number of 100 will proceed to headquar- ters, where the business session will con- vene. L. E. Mahan, grand president of the institute, will preside over the conven- tion. In the evening a reception will be tendered the delegates by the members of the Young Ladies’ Institute. On the sec- ond evening there will be a theater party at the Orpheum, for which 200 seats have already been reserved. On Wednesday evening the grand ball will take place at 0Odd Fellows’ Hall. The banquet will be held on Thursday evening, and on Friday the delegates will be taken on a trolley ride, with lunch at the Cliff House. Daniel J. O'Leary, the present vice pres- ident of the institute, is in line for pro- motion to the grand presidency and will undoubtedly be clected. For grand secre- tary the incumbent, George A. Stanley, has no opposition. The committees that will have the affairs of the Grand Gouncil in charge are as follows: —Edward B. Thomas, chairman; John 7 oy, Artiar 3. Suiivan, Dennis Barry and Jokn Doyle. Banquet—P. J. Hagan, chairman; J. Harry Pinkham and J. A. Dunleavy. Grand ball—W. Chester Keogh, chalrman; Jo- seph F. Campodonico, A. J. Donovan, M. J. Connerton and Thomas F. Ryan. Theater party—Willlam A. Breslin, chairman; C. de Andreis, Edward O'Donnell, T. J. Kinney and Robert A. Cahalan, Trolley ride—M. T. Rellly, chairman; Luke Garroll, Joseph, ¥ Campodonico, M. T. Cresa- a and G. A. van. ‘ Invitations and printing—John F. Comyns, chairman; Edward B. Thomas and P. J. Ha- n, ‘BPnll—D. E. Hayden, chalrman; W. Chester Keogh and George A. Stantey. ‘Headquarters and decorations—D. E. Hayden, chairman; C. de Andreis and W. Chester Keogh. —_—————— Andrew Johnson Killed by a Truck. Andrew Johnson, the old street sweeper who was run over-and injured on May 23 by a truck driven by W. H. Forrest, died at the German Hospital yesterday. He was a native of Finland and 53 years old. Forrest was arrested and charged with manslaughter. Superintendent Elbers in Charge. John N. Elbers, the new superintendent of the City and County Hospital, assumed charge of the institution yesterday. The superintendent now has nothing whatever to do with the medical department or the attaches thereof. This responsibility rests with Dr. Thomas D. Maher, the resident physician. As such he has full charge of the patients and the medical staff. —_————————— New Officers Elected. The Pacific Coast Horticultural Soclety elected the following officers at the meet- ing held July 1: President, H. Plath; vice president, William Eldred; financial sec- retary, F. Fick; treasurer, P. Canhape; librarian, Fred Cleis; recording and cor- responding secretary, H. H. Lillenthal. ——————————— Low Southern Pacific Rates From All| Over the West to San Francisco. Tickets on sale at all Southern Pacific stations to San_Francisco and return at low rates July 15 to 18, arriving San Fran- cisco not later than 18th. Additional dates of sale in_California only 19th and_ 20th, fichlng San Francisco by 20th. Limit ————— The love that never grows less is the love of money. GRADUATIONS IN THREE SCHOOLS ARE COMPARED Miss McKenzie, Principal of Hancock School, Submits New Evidence to Board. Miss Margaret MecKenzie, principal of the Hancock Grammar School, sent a statement to the Board of Education yes- terday in which she compares the promo- tions in the eighth grades of the Adams and Hearst schools with those of the Hancock School. Miss McKenzie seeks to show that the percentage of failures is greater in the other schools than in the ncock School. Of the sixty-nine pupils eXamined for graduation during the year 1900-01 in the Adams ten failed, three failed out of the thirty-eight in the Hearst and only one failed in the Han- cock School. After referring to the apparent decision of the board to suspend her for omitting to teach “Thanatopsis” and “Snowbound” Miss McKenzie concludes: Unless some other school shows that none of its advanced eighths failed, you will admit that the Hancock is vmng‘m lead. " Unless some other school does better than to graduate twenty-one of its pupils promoted one year ago from sev- enth grade, as was done in the Hancock, the latter surely must lead in that respect also. Wishing t& prove implicit obedlence to orders I did all I could to ‘“‘encourage the De- cember graduations,” as per your circular. I have been doirg all that I could to work out the policy of an eight-year course, for I believe | in it; but those with whom we wWere compet- ing in the recent examinations were still work- ing out a nine-year coursg The National Union. The entertainment and dance that was given last week in Odd Fellows' Hall by the National Union Social and Literary Club was attended by an- other large and fashionable audience which in the past have enjoyed these ex- cellent functions. H. Baker was the chairman of the evening, and under his direction_the following programme was presented: Selections, Sichel's Orchestra, a, “Fox Hunt- ers” (Tenn); b, idyll, “Hearts and_Flowers" (Tobani); contralto solo, Miss Grace I. Savage. Harry Walton In his original sketch, entitled ““Masked Love.” Cast: Harry Walton (Gretch- en's lover), Ah Sing, Fred Dalton; Frank Har- vey (Gretchen's father), Herman Dinkelspiel; May Forsyth (daughter), Gretchen Dinkelspiel: Greenway, "The Tramp Juggler.” Bass solo, William McDonald (late of the Bostonians): cornet solo, ‘‘Magnolia Serenade’” (Missud), H. S. Todd, with orchestral accompaniment; “Taming a Tiger,” farce in one act; characters, Charles Beeswing (a traveler in wines), J. C. O'Donnell; Chill Chutnee (a retired Bengal merchant), William G. Judge; Jacob Mutter (Chutnee's servant), Willlam M. Ogilvie. The several numbers were well received, and the committee that arranged it was highly commended. The dance which fol- lowed was kept up until midnight. e San Francisco Cabinet paid an offi- cial visit last week to Pacific Coun- cll in the Native Sons’ building. There was a large attendance and a very pleasant evening was spent. There were addresses for the g0od of the order by President J. N. Bunting of the cabinet, F. H. Hastings, the secretary, and a num- ber of members of the cabinet and of the council, after which there was an evi- dence of the hospitality of Pacific Council, which was voted ‘a good thing.” This council -has been wide awake for some time and it is striving hard to gain first place in the order in this city. During the past two weeks California Council has placed sixteen applications for membership, which have been re. ferred to appropriate committees. Verus cures piles or $50 reward. All up. to-date druzgists sell and guarantee it. * State Opticians Meet. The California State Association of Op- ticians had an interesting meeting last night at the Alcazar building. Several lectures were delivered by prominent ocu- lists, and latest appliances in the optical line were displayed. Considerable discus- sion regarding the formation of an optical commission provoked much merriment, some of the members taking the matter geriously. It was decided to postpone its organization and formation until the next meeting of the State Legislature. The matter will be discussed at the next quar- terly meeting. 2 ADVERTISEMENTS. NERVES G Miss Aseneth Brady, Cor. Sec. lllinois Woman’s Alliance. If all the tired women and all the ner- vous women, and all the women _that needed a tonic would read and heed the words of these two ladies who have spoken right to the point, how many invalids would be prevented and how many wretched lives be made happy. Peruna restores health in a normal way. Peruna puts right all the mucous mem- branes of the body, and in this way re- stores the functions of every organ. it is the stomach that is out of order, and the digestion impaired, Pe- runa quickly makes things rlgs: by | restoring the mucous membrane the stomach. - The pelvic organs are also lined with mucous membrane which in the female sex is especially liable to derangements. Peruna is an absolute specific in these cases. AVE WAY. Had Headache, Backache and Serious [Indigestion. Pe-ru-na Cured. Miss_A. Brady. Corresponding Secre- tary Illinois ' Woman’s Alliance, writes from 2%5 Indiana avenue, Chicago, Ills.: “[ast year, from continued strain in literary work, | became very much exhausted, my perves seemed to give way, and | had backache, headache and serious indigestion. ““One of my friends suggested that I try Peruna. It certainly acted like magic on my system. ““Within ten days I felt new life and | health given me, and by taking an oc- casional doss off and on when | fee/ extra tired, | keep my system in per- foct order.”’—Miss A. Brady. Mrs. Fanny Klavadatscher of Summits- ville, N. Y., writes as follows: “It is not necessary to suffer when a bad case of pelvic catarrh can be cured with two bottles of Peruna. From my own experience I can recommend it to every one. “For three months I suffered with pain in tbe back and in the region of the kid- neys, and a dull pressing sensation in the abdomen, and other symptoms of pelvio catarrh. “But after taking two bottles of Peruna I am entirely well, better than I ever was."—Mrs. Fanny Klavadatscher. Everywhere the people, especially tha women, are praising Peruna as a _remedy for all forms of catarrhal culties. Send for “Health and Beauty,” written especially for women by Dr. S. B. Hart- man, President Hartman Sanitarfum, Columbus, O. DENIES FIREMEN THEIR VAGATIONS Board Keeps Them on Duty to Carry Out Shoeing Scheme. e e AT Members of the local fire department have blended their voices in a long, sonor- ous howl at the action of the commission controlling them in putting into effect the scheme to shoe department horses in the | department stable. The effect of this| scheme is to deny summer vacations to | the men of all engine and truck compa- nies, from which men understanding the | art of shoeing a horse have been taken and detailed at the stable. In all ten companies are affected, and the denial of summer vacation to the men of thesa companies is not the worst hard- ship the scheme. has worked. In_these companies the men are even denied their usual two days a month off. All must re- main on duty continuously. When the call for horseshoers was made Chief Sul- livan selected five men to do the work. At the time several men were off on vaca- tion, but they were ordered to return to duty. Then the order went out that to the members of those companies from which horseshoers had been taken sum- mer vacations would be denied. If the action of the Board of Fire Com- missioners was actuated by necessity the members of the department say they would have no complaint, but they look upon the establishment of a horseshoeing department as a political play to even a score with J. F. Kennedy, who success- fully waged legal war against the com- | mission, knocked out the®board’s award | of the horseshoeing contract to John O'Rourke and secured a judgment declar- ing himself, the lowest bidder and entitled to_the contract. The board worried Kennedy along, how- ever, and though declared by the courts to be entitled to the contract he was given but little opportunity to profit by the court’s judgment. The charter provides for the manner in which contracts shall be let, and at the same time makes it in- cumbent, i is asserted, for the shoeing of horses to be done by contract. Notwith- standing this fact, when Kennedy finally won his fight for the contract the Com- missioners went to work and_established a horseshoeing department. Kennedy has in consequence been forced to again sue the commission, and that case is now be- fore the courts. ORIENTAL ENCAMPMENT'S SILVER ANNIVERSARY Grand Ball in Celebration at Odd Fellows’ Hall Last Night. A full dress ball was given in Odd Fel- lows' Hall last night by Oriental Encamp- ment No. 57, I. O. O. F., in celebration of the silver anniversary of its institution. The hall was filled to its dancing limit, and the many beautiful costumes of the | ladies presented a ‘charming appearance | in the brightly illuminated and tastefully decorated ballrcom. The grand march, in_which nearly 200 couples jomned, was | led by Floor Manager John Thompson and Miss Nellie Thompson. During the even- ing one of the numbers was a twilight waltz. The lights were lowered and the effect produced by the dancers moving to the sound of soft music in subdued light was very pretty. The committees that had charge of this, one of the most delightful functions ever given by this branch of Odd Fellowship, were: Arrangements—George H. Wilson, J. W. Harris, E. H. Black, John Thomp- son and C. H. Kornbeck. Reception—M. Greenebaum, W. H. Barnes, N. J. Bird, ‘W. S. Potter, Thomas Malcomson, F. M. Carson, R. C. Black, F. P. Ashworth, J. C. Howlett .and W. C. Johnson. Floor- John Thompson (manager), T. B. W. Le- land, F. Fillmore, Willlam Edwards, J. C. Stinson, R. A. Jones and C. F. O'Nelil. ————— ASPHYXTIATION CAUSES ERNEST KRAHNER'S DEATH Retires in Good Spirits and Turns Off the Gas in Careless Manner. Ernst Krahner, a well known saloon- keeper residing at 3701 Broderick street, was asphyxiated by illuminating gas last Sunday night. The discovery was made by his son Charles, who went to his room at 6:40 o'clock yesterday morning to awaken him. Mr. Krahner had retired at half-past 10 o'clock on Sunday night, such being his usual habit. He was slightly under the influence of liquor, but was not despond- ent, he being in good circumstances gnd not having any bodily or mental trouble that his relatives were aware of. Deputy Coroner Charles Meehan found the stopcock of the gas fixture partly turned on. In searching for valuables he found $53 in coin under the dead man’s pillow. The statements made by members of the family and all the circumstances surrounding the case indicate that Krah- ner’s death was the result of an accident. Mr. Krahner was a native of Germany, | 83 years old. —_————— Enights and Ladies of Honor. The officers of Oakland Lodge were in- stalled last week by Mrs. Lilllan B. Hol- comb, D. D. G. P. There were present Grand Protector Whitton, Grand Secre- tary Quitzow, Grand Guide Mrs. Frances J. Willlams, Carrie Blackmore, Mrs. H. | E. Whitton and Mrs. Quitzow of San | Francisco. i It is expected that in a short time there will be placed in the field either a grand or supreme organizer to work for the or- | der. ———— . Brutus never licked a Roman postage stamp behind its back—and Brutus was an honorable man. CAPTHIN STRONG 5 00T OF AAMY Acting Secretary of War Sanger Accepts His Resignation. ——— Putnam Bradlee Strong of New York is no longer an officer of the United States army. Complying with telegraphic in- structions from Secretary Root, Acting Secretary Sanger yesterday formally ac- cepted his resignation. Captain Strong was apprised by telegraph of the action taken and is at liberty to sail to-morrow on the Nippon Maru, the steamer upon which, it is reported, Lady Francis Hope has engaged passage. The action of the department is the closing chapter of Captain Strong’s mete- oric career in the regular army. The rea- sons which caused Secretary Root to di- rect it are known to Mr. Sanger. Facts in posse: of the department are mea- ger. It is known that late on Saturday evening Captain Strong tendered his res- ignation to Major General Young, com- manding thé Department of California; that he subsequently made full explana- tion to his superior of the causes which induced him to offer it; that these reasons were telegraphed to Secretary Root at St. Louls, and that finding them satisfac- tory, the Secretary authorized the accep- tance of the regignation. As to the reafons submitted by Captain Strong, officials of the department say that what they are is pure guesswork. They are satisfled in their own minds, of course, that they relate to the escapade in which Strong is alleged to have been in- volved with Lady Francis Hope, but they | have nothing except newspaper reports upon which to base this belief. From what the officials know of Captain Strong and his record they are confident he told the truth. In any event he gave reason sufficiently good. The Secretary is expected to forward to the department the telegraphic correspondence he had with General Young, as it will be neces- sary to complete the departmental record of Captain Strong’s service as an officer of the army. ADVERTISEMENTS. is the plan we have adopted inour tail- oring department, thus making it con- venient for any gentleman to pro- cure a perfectly cut and tailored suit, te order, in a fabric that we guarantea to give first-class service, for ONE DOLIAR A WEEKIAll B f}g%?:‘?.fis{ LD Q o &@?’”k«rm‘aow\c" \ = Z o . i) = Maxwell’s Glasses strengthen and soothe, while they relieve e e e well's Glasses cost 1-3 LESS than others. They have no superiors. Any_kind of lenses duplicated for ONE-THIRD LESS than elsewh: BE. MAXWELL opticion Room 42, Academy of Selences Building, 819 MARKET ST, 8. F. 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