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LS 1 THE SAN FRAX SCO. CALL, TUESDAY, JAN UARY 14, 1902, RESENT ACTION GOMMISSI0N Civil Service Interfer- ence Displeases Of- ficials. May Decline to Furnish List of Their Employes as Demanded. e Commission served on Sheriff Lackmann, chaux and County Clerk t a list of their appointments he commission, and the officials considering the advisability of the charter reguiring such infor- : were recently taken from n of the Civil Service Com- a decision of the Supreme 1d that the o named nd their eniployes can- ie civ rvice t n_ihe Civil Service d all examinations County Cle 4 to mination for e had al- Supreme the court should =o on would not lose au- minations for copyisits mployes. s do not take much on of the Civil Ser- t it still exerts con- rt has relieved offices from the operations of i of the char- in their respective offices on £ the Civil Service Commission. not know vet whether I will fur- the Civil Service Commission with a { amy said Sheriff mann. sent the list to the appointments,” *“§ have magine. but it jpight .be a ledgment that I _recognized risdiction over my office, which eliminated by will copsult my attorn raking action in the premises. be- CHILDREN SUED BY THEIR AGED FATHER FOR SUPPORT | Charles G. Jackson Asks Courts to Make His Offspring Give Him Aid. Charles G. Jackson is suing his chil- Charles F., Florence, Frank P. and The plaltiff, who is 62 years of alleges that he is suffering from iivelihood, and he prays the court is now residing at Bush street, was divorced from the ~d with the mother, suffering the October of this year he suf- rooms at 140 Seventh strest to last month. his release from the institution, he eges, he is unable to help himself ia way and is compeljed to depend upon e charity of friends for support. Charjes P. Jackson, one of the defen- i= general manager of the Califor- wit Canners’ Association of 203 Cel- a street, and is, according to his er's complaint, earning a salary of per month. The other son, Frank arker Jackson, holds a_responsible posi- with the Alaska Packing Assocla- d his two daughters, he still fur- eges, are regularly employed at good salaries. Jacksor the court to order his son, C. F. Jac! , to pay him $30 per month and Lis two daughters $280 per month eact ————— Fathe Yorke Addresses Gaelic League Father Yorke spoke to the people of h Beach at Washington-square Hall vening in behalf of the ye. He szdd in part: mguage of a people is the mark of Then it is lost the individual- that people is gone. Now the is in existence for the sole pur- g the Irish langusge and 'cus. ach. the school children more of and Irish history. There is no nor one that will bring people ker than language. The Irish be proud of their brogue and Gaelic t the Irish may main ds not be crushed a nation for years S S Barbers Enjoy Social. Barbers’ Protective Union of San co held its twenty-fourth anniver- entertainment at $ocial Hall, Alca- uilding. last evening. There was a attendance of members and their neing w. enjoyed until 11 en the party adjourned to the Smith, chairman; L. n, G, 'W. Lane and s of the union who were: fO. L Otto L. Smith, vice 1 ing” secretary; secret P. Roche, e, sergeant at - arms: Kleinhaue, H. Scheunért and E. “alish, Fleming and Drake of rd of Barbers’ Examiners the guests of the evening. High Mark When'perfection is reached ghest mark is touched. Hunter Whiskey is perfect in Age, Purity, Flavor. Its standard - of quality is unique, uniform, invariable. It is always best by every he offices of the Recorder, Sheriff and | s deputies only in | s ount they resent any in- | | as far as my responsi- | There would be | in giving the names | the Supreme | e Jackson, for support and mainte- | . which prevents him from earn- | plaintiff in April, 189%. The children | 10 eke out his existence as best he | 2 | roke of paralysis and was taken | ‘ounty Hospital, from which | from them, but teach it to their { . Geary street, to par- | The arrangements were | “For a White Rose”’ i ALCAZAR’S PLAY PROVES ; PLEASANTLY RIDICULOUS Shows . Author’s In- ventive Genius --- Theaters All Present Bills of Exceptional Merit This Week | LN g RICHARD GoLoen ~me Roeery Craler Susnmecs HERF is something very pleasant- ly ridiculous about “For a White ! Rose,” the new bill at the Alca- | zar. “For a White Rose” L | newest thing out in romantic | plays. It is by one Owen Davis, a former | student of Harvard. It is a story of he- rolc youth and maiden fair, together with a strong dash of the ogre element for con- | trast—quite on the order of ‘Jack the | Glant Killer” and the other nice, impos- | sible hero tales of .one’s .youth. It is | framed in the time of the thirty vears' War of the Roses—though this is quite as immaterial &s it would be to chalk out the country where the giant-killing Jack hunted his large game—and concerns an altogether attractive Irish youth's adven- Ireland for the Earl of Warwick and 15 waylaid by the villainous Sir Giles Acton and his scoundreily retainers. The first act opens with Larry’s capture by the minfons of the wicked Sir Giles. Then he is prisoned in a hut, his dispatches (pre- tended) stolen from him and he is left under a guard that deserts its duty under a fiimsy excuse or two. But tne fair | maid now appears on the scene, and Lar- is the | | | tures in England. He has dispatches from | ry_sings “On, Dear, What Can the Mat- ter Be?” to attract her attention. She | responds with another verse and then goes | to the hut to see who sings. Naturally, | she releases the hero from nis unpleasait | predicament, and he takes the usual mean | advantage of the situation and makes love to her. Then the minjons return and | the fat's in the fire. | After that it is the usual series_of hair- | | breadth escapes, with wonderful wit on | one side and marvelous stupidity on the | | other, but the hero wins out and things | | a1l come right—with a bump—at the end. But there is something pleasing about the | play, a certain freshness, buoyancy, au- | dacity, youthful absurdity that appeal. | | There'is a sparkle of genuine wit in ths lines occasionally, a good situation or |two, end in the first act at least some| | inventiveness. But the construction is | childish and the play without a semblance | | of historical reality he characters of | | Larry Kavanagh, Kitel and Rosamond | | Kent are rather well drawn, but the oth- | ers are all lay figures. Mr. Alsop was the hero and did excel- lent ‘work in the part. He had-just the right happy-go-lucky ‘accent, the dare- | deviltry and Amadis de Gaul herofcs. He deservedly won much applause. He has | a pleasing voice 'and hummed his “Oh, | Dear, What Can the Matter Be?’ with happy effect. George Osbourne did well as Kitel, and Marion Convere and Oza | Waldrop as Rosamopd Kent and her | maid Dorothy filled the bill. The play was enjoyed by a large audience. Columbia. The long-ago in things,dramatic was revived Jast night in the Columbia Thea- téer by the presentation of that sterling melodrama, “Macbeth,” in the capable |/bands of Louis James and Modjeska. | James has an excellently well-befitting Voice for the tragic and-all of that virilit that made Barry Sullivan famous in the | part. He made the most of the voice and | | the physigue and reminded old theater- goers of rugged and raspy John MeCul- | lough, but without the raspiness. The | ‘text, however, . differs - somewhat from what it was in the old days, and alas, some of the ancient Shakespearean land- marks are blue-penciled, as “I'll not act the Roman fool and die by mine own sword” with the word “Roman’’ ‘penciled out. And there were other instances of sim- | ilar elisions not to the betterment of the | text. Modjeska's Lady Mac artistic conception. It is not so as some of her successtul predecessos | played it, but it is equally effective In its | more feminine method. The play is weil | staged, with no waits between the acts to speak of. Norman Hackett plays Mac- | duff with great ecarnestness, while the | Malcolm of Thomas Coffin Cooke and the | Banquo of Wadsworth Harris are up to the standard. s an | asculine | Orpheum. The Orpheum was crowded to the door last night and the bill presented {s one of the best seen for a long time at this pop- ular resort. Kara, the juggling phenome- non, is the bright particular star and his | feats are novel and attractive. Mr. and Mrs. Gardner Crane were loudly applaud- ed for thejr charming playlet, “A Happy Pair.”” Eddle Girard and Jessie Gardner are very funny in their - sketch, “The Soubrette and the Cop.” Alf Holt creates no end of laughter with his imitations of birds and domestic animals. Arthur Buck- ner, a clever trick bicyclist; the Faust Sisters, terpsichorean artists; Jacques Inaudi, the mental phenomenon; the three Westons in their “musicalities,” and the biograph complete the excellent bill. Grand Opera-House. | The initial performance of ‘‘Claire and the Forge ‘Master” at the Grand Opera- house last night was accorded a‘hearty reception at the hands of a rather smail audjence. The play is adapted from the French and is full of action. Thrilling situations occur with perhaps too great | frequency and some of the conversations are rather long drawn out, but the com- pany appears at its best in the produc- | faction of the audience. % -+ | TWO ACTORS WHO FURNISH *ENTERTAINMENT IN “OLD JED PROUTY.” = e tion and interest is never allowed to flag. Herschel Mayall and Laura Nelson Hail occupy the roles of the leading characters, and the work of both is worthy of com- mendation. H. D. Byers has an amusing part which he filis to the eminent satis- Charles Waldron, William Bernard, Mary Bankson and Agnes Albertson are old favorites and re- ceive frequent plause. California. ichard Golden's “Old Jed Prouty,” pre- | sented this week at the California Thea- ter, is deserving of more t%an hearly sup- | port from the theater-goers of San Fran- cisco. Golden's delineation of the Yankee from the State of Maine is rendered so naturally and with so little effort that in the strong but homely scenes in which the play abounds he is made the recipient of hearty applause. Robert Craig, who im- personates Zack Wilcox, the harsh- Voiced town crier in the play, has to sup- port a make-up that is most ridiculous, but does it in such a thorough manner that he has made himself a favorite. Central. “Under the Gaslight,” an original and picturesque drama of life and love by Augustin Daly, was well received last night by a large audience at the Central | Theater. The scene is laid in New York and tno plot contains meny thrilling and dramatic situations. The play is calcu- lated to give an idea of the dark and light cide of life in the great metropolis, commencing with'tke humble “Italian or- ganist from Cork” to the belle who reigns in scciety. Tivoli. This is the last week of “Little Red Riding Hood” at the Tivoll. * The pupu- lar ‘Christmas fantasy is by far one of the prettiest and most picturesque plays that_has been put on for some time at the Tivoli. The play is especially attrac- tive to the children, and each night great numbers of the little ones are in attend- ance. Next week "“The Ameer,” the opening opera of the comic opera sea- son, wili be presented. Fischer’s Concert-House. At Fischer's Concert House a darge au- dience applauded the new programme last | night. Hines and Kimball, acrobats and gvmnasts, who conclude their exhibition with a startling breakaway ladder act, furnished a sensation, as did also Frank Ferez, a clever trapeze performer. Dora Mervin, an excellent balladist, was re- caled several times, and Mendel and Ma#k, Irish and Dutch comedians, held the house in an uproar of laughter for twenty minutes. Brady and amilton, singers and dancers; Monroe, who styles himself the ‘“lone Hottentot,” and Mille, Clarence, a novelty danseuse, completed an excellent programme. Next week this popular place of amusement will be closed for extensive alterations, after which a splendid burlesque company, direct from New York, will occupy the boards. Chutes. A large audience enjoyed the new. bill at the Chutes last night. The Valkyra Family perform many new and difficult feats of balancing, and the great Bar- rington scored a big hit with his clever imitations_of musical instruments and animals. The Mullally Sisters have pleas- ing voices and are graceful dancers. . Nel- lie Montgomery has an excellent contralto voice and responded to numerous well- earned encores with her pleasing ballads, The holdovers aré Deaves’” Manjkins and Dick Wilde in new songs. A se new moving pictures conciude a g0os gramme. ———— Everybody Is Entitled To an all-wool men's suit worth 818 for $4.65 at the bankrupt sale of the t T3 Market street, near Fourth: Pastony o pro- and well-deserved ap- | PRESEAT WAYOR WTH A GAEL Machinists Honor Ex- ecutive at Meeting of Supervisors. L] . Question of New Registration fcr Fond Election Brougkt Up. Ny The Board of Supervisors held its first | considerable inees. After the roll call nn moved a ‘suspensien of { s, and wheén it was ordered R. 1. | Wisler' in a felicitous speech presented | Mayor Schmitz,with a handsome gavel on behalf of San Francisco Machinists’ Un- ion No. 68. His Honor replied briefly, say- ing that he would always use the gavel with justice and equality. | The ‘board asked the City Attorney for | an opinion on the following Guestions arising in connection with the proposed bond {ssue for public improvements: Under the provisions or the charter, is it mandatory upon the Board of Supervisors to call a_special election at the next mesting | after the completion o publicatlon of declara- | tory ordinances, or at an adjourned meeting thereof ? Should it benecessary to call a special elec- tion for the issuance of bonds, can the election be held under the old registration of the year 1801, or must said election be held under the new registration of 19027 St. Mary’s Square Project. The ordinance declaring that public in- terest demands the acquisition of land bounded by Pine and: California streets | and St. Mary's and Grant avenues, to be known as St. Mary's square, was finally ssed, Brandenstein urged that it is an absurdity to locate a parx in that section of the city, and that the proposition has 8o little merit that it would jeopardize the passage of measures that have mert when-the people voted upon them. Wynn urged the passage of the ordinance, claim- ing that the people should judge if the proposition is an absurdity. The North Central lmprovement Asso- ciation: petitioned that the proposition to include the improvement of Telegraph Hill in the bond issue be reopened. The association advocates the construction of a tunnel from Montgomery street to the bay, instead of a short tunnel as recom- mended by the Board of Works. The Board of Works was directed to furnish complete plans and detailed state- ments of the proposed new City and County Hospital and new schoolhouses separate appraisements of the sites fo schools and plans of the new sewer sys- tem. The Board of Works was directed to furnish immediately a plan to improve the acoustic properties. of the chambers of the Board of Supervisors. The Board of Helath was requested to make monthly analyses of water used for drinking purposes in Golden Gate Park. consisting | | d'Ancona, appointed a special com- mittee on selection of a pesthouse site. The Board of Wo was directed to prepare plans for a “house telephone sys- tem” for the City and County Hospital at a cost of §750, and to invite bids for the same. The bill granting the Chutes Company & permit to erect a bridge across Tenth avenue was finally passed. The ordinance prohibiting the erection of electric poles within ten feet of a gas lamgp, and requiring that they be painted, was finally passed. : Condition of City's Finances. The Finance Committee filed a report | night session last evening and transacted | Boxton and | showing the condition of the appropria- | tions on. December 31, 1901, and the | amounts expendfid during six months. The | report shows that all demands have been | drawn in accordance with the one-twelfth | | act, with the "exception - of those for | | “maintenance of minors in non-sectarian | institutions,” the allowance for months being $3000 and the demands | drawn on the fund amounting to $3425. For printing transcripts criminal cases the- allowance for the whole year was $2500 and _the demands $333 15, the demands going directly to the Auditor from the courts. Contracts on file show that work is being done on the | streets to .the amount of $i5,911 95 and on buildings $9,345, a total of $135,259 95. The Board of W expended for maintenance $243,14683 out of an appro- priation for months of $233,615. For repairs fo streets and cleaning the same $184,773 07 was expended in six months, ‘The claim of Charl ages.in the sum of 817775, for an injury to his daughter Ethel while playing in Golden Gate Park, was' rejected, as the matter is one for judicial determination. | ler, and he held that position under each The City Attorney was requested for an opinion as to whether or not the board has -the power to cancel an arbitrary as- sessment in case the Assessor that a clerical error has been m: | recommends the cancellation. Prepares to Fix Light Rates. As a preliminary to fixing the rates to be charged to consumers for light all persons, firms and corporations furnishing light, heat or power were directed to fur- nish information as to their revenue'and expenditures and the cos: of operation of for the appoint- | their plants. | . The ordinance providin | ment of ‘a Stenographer, to take tectimony {in the investigation of light and water | rates was passed to print. . | . The ordinance adding vitrified brick to | the materials to be used in paving streets | was finally passed. { . The ordinance providihg for the repay- |ing of Valercia street at a cost of $28,300 was finally passed. | The board fixed Wednesday night, Jan- uary 20, ‘as the date for hearing the pe- tition of Russell L. Dunn to sell waier. of the Visitacion Company and the Giant Gap supply to the city The name of Primrose street was or- dered changed to Carmelita street. The Chinese Six Companies was granted permission to explode fireworks durin, the Chinese new year, from Fehruary% to February 14, 1902. The bill ‘giving the Board of Works { power to repaye unaccepted streets when In its Judgment it is necessary was finally | passed. This will enable the board to | Pave with.bitumen the roadway of Mis- slon street between Onondaga avenue and Silver avenue. Brandenstein introduced an ordinance providing for the appointment of a clerk for a period of four months at a salary of $100 per month to revise the ordinances Lo comply with the charter provision. The ordinance was passed to print. Board Decides Upon Day Sessions. ‘Brandenstein’s _ resolution fixing the nights of each Monday as the time for the Board of Supervisors to meet was defeated. Comte argued that to hold night sessions was to lower the standard of the | eity’s business and that a man was not | competent to perform his duties as Super- Yvisor at night after working at his private business, durfig the day. Comte also spoke in behalf of the clerks, who would be obliged to work overtime. Branden- stein made a plea for those Supervisors who could not devote all their time to the city’s affairs and referred to former Boards of Education, which always met at night, Comte caused a laugh when he said that the old Boards of Educatlon +‘certainly did all kinds of work at night,” but their work was restricted mainly fo ade and Wynn urged that night ses- be tried as an experiment. Braun- 's amendment to meet at 2:30 p. m. i fon vote " Booth, Braunhart, Comte, Co Eggers, Payot, Sanderson, W Son—10. ; ». Noes—Boxton, Brandenstein, Curtis, Dwyer, Lynch, MeClellan, Wynn—1. The Hayes Valley Athletic Club was ganted a permit to give an amateur box- g contest on July “ The petition the National Athletic of Club to give a boxing exhibition in Feb- rufi{y was referred to the Police Com- mittee, A petition ,was referred to the Street Committee requesting that the rd cause to be removed the wooden poled at the corner of Chenery and irtieth streets and have -iron poles substituted. | The petition states that one year ago the | poles. that hold overhead wires fell down and the street was ‘‘one mass of fire.” 'A car laden with passengers barely missed being caught by the wires. on appeal in | ratifving the recommendations of the | mittees. Mondays was carried by the following | e 7, 1844, | | | COLONEL E. B. JEROME SUMMONED BY DEA Chief Clerk and Assistant Custodian at the San Francisco Custom-Hcouse Passes Away After an lllness of Lang Duration L coaa o BARER JEROME~ CHIEF CLERK OF THE CUSTOM- HOUSE IN THIS CITY, WHO DIED IN OAKLAND. — + Busnami Prare | | | i OLONEL E. B. JEROME, chief| clerk and assistant custodian at | the San Francisco Custom-house, | died this mornirg at 12:15 o'clock | at his Qakland home, after a long | ¥ illness. Edward Baker -Jerome, for thirty-four vears . a Customsy officlal at the port| of 8an Francisco, was born ih Car- roliton, Greene County, Illinois, January His father was Theodore F. Je- Tome, a gentleman of Huguenot ancestry, | and his mother was a sister of Colonel D. Baker of California, who was killed at | the head of his command at the battle of Balls Bluff, on the Virginia side of .the Potomae, October 21, 1861, Young Jerome, who was then not guite 18 years old, was a lleutenant and aid de camp on his un- cle's staff and was close at his side when | he was struck. He caught him as he fell | and supported him in his arms as he ex- pired. | Jerome continued in active service until 1863, when he came out to California. Soon after his arrival he ‘'was appointed clerk | | in the postoffice of this city and served for es A. Hare for dam- | 4 reports | | | Mahony will keep his promise to appoint four years with entire satisfaction to his| superiors, ; In 1867 he was appointed chief clerk at the Custom-hguse by General John F.Mil- | and every successive administration from that time until his death. This was entirely due to his wonderful efficiency and entire mastery of all the details and legal minutiae of the customs service. He knew every law and every amendment relating to the service and every ruling as to construction made by | the department in Washington. In fact, he was recognized as one of the best post- ed men in the service in the whele coun- try. Little wonder, therefore, that each successive Collector found it wise and convenient to retain Jerome as his deputy. It js related that when the Democrats canfe into power and Wise was appointed Collector for San Franeisco E. W. Maslin was selected for Jerome's posiuon. Mas- | Hin called at the office and Jerome very | courteously proceeded to explain to him the muiltifarious duties that would be in- cumbent upon him and some of the things he would be expected to know. After a time Maslin asked if there was no system of indexes to which reference.could be made when any point came up to be set- tled. Jerome significantly tapped his fin- ger on his forehead and replied that there was the only index. Maslin had enough. He took his departure and Mr. Wise ten- dered the appointment again to Jerome. No official was ever more attentive to duty than E. B. Jerome. Coming, as he did in his long course of service, into con- tact with large numbers of people of all kinds and under tending to produce ill feeling, it would have been but natural if he had incurred the ill will of some. Yet the contrary was the case; always cool-headed and pleas- | ant, he won the respect. and affection of all the business public as well as his asso- clates in the office. Mr. Jerome resided in Oakland and when' his duties of the day were over was very fond of taking his recreation on his bicycle. His wife dled a short time since and his only daughter is now in the East at school. L e B e R e e =Y MAHORY IS SUBJECT TO REMOVAL | Continued From Page One. or the promise of Mahony to be made 1 good. Mahony Borrows $20. Another instance of double dealing on the part of Mahony is in the turning down of Deputy County Clerk Isidor Erb. With Erb, Mahony, one day during the campaign, visited a man named Giona- toni, who dispenses “wet’’ gocds on Sixth street, near Jesse. i n & suave manner Mahony “touched” | the Italian for a double eagle, promisin to repay the amount in a few days. Giena- toni asked Mahony if his friend Erb would be reappointed a deputy in the event of Mahony being elected. “Of course I will appomt him,* was Mahony's reply. “All right,” said Gionatoni. “If you make him one of your deputies, we will call it square about the twenty dollars. Erb is out in the cold and Glonato wonders when he will see the “twenty” | he loaned to_Mahony. | Although Mahony went on record to make W. A. Deane his chief deputy, he gave the office to Frank French, who was a shipping clerk for a down-town busi- ness firm. Attorney Reardon says that Deane chief deputy, and that by the end | of the month KFrench will be proved “in- competent, irrelevant and immaterial,” and that Deane's name will be affixed to | a salary warrant as Chief Deputy County Clerk. To Dispose of Frank French. Just what is to become of Frank French is known to worry Mahony considerably. It is asserted that Mahony relies ugo Governor Gage to heip him out and that ! the man appointed at the behest of Boss Crimmins and Manipulator William_F. Herrin will be given the position of Har- bor Commissioner in place of Rudolph Herold. The man-American Club executive committee of the Ger- will meet to-night and take action on the ‘‘turning down'" of Tolle and Mueller. The committee has notified the Republican leaders that it will | hold the “‘machine” resvonsible for the aetions of Mahony and that it will make the matter an issue in the next campaign. Mayor Schmitz Will Act. Mayor Schmitz was seen last evening after the meeting of the Board of Super- visors and was informed of the charges against Mahony as outlined above. The nlycfr in reply said: “If The Call or any one in the city will produce proofs and substantiate the charges made against Mahony I will be compelled under the charter to remove him from office. 1t I fail to do so I would be guilty of dereliction of duty and be as guilty as Mahony is alleged to be.”” “The power given to the Mayor under the charter is quite clear, and Mahony can be removed from office immediately the Mayor is given the proofs of Mahony's ®9n"chapter I. section 32, article 4, the power of the Mayor is stated as follows: ““When any officlal defalcation or willful neglect of dut{nor official misconduct shall come to his knowledge he shall suspend the delinquent officer or person from office pending an official investigation.' Sections 18 and 19 of article 17 read as lol]ov: “‘Any elected officer, except Supervisor, may be suspended 53 the Mayor and re- moved by the SuperVisors for cause; and yor for cause. The Mayor shail Y some person to discharge the du- ties of the office during the period of such suspension. “When the Mayor shall suspend any elected officer he shall immediately no- tify the Supervisors of such suspensiofi and the cause thereof. If the board is not in session he shall immediately call a session of the same in such manner as any ;})polnted officer may be removed by the y appoint shall be provided by ordinance. The Mayor shall present written charges against such suspended officer to the board and furnish a copy of the same to said officer, who shall have the right to appear with coynsel before the board in his defense. “If by an afirmative vate of not Jess than fourteen members of the Board of Bupervisors, taken by ayes and noes and ¢ntered on its record, the action of ‘the Mayor is approved, then the suspended officer shall thereby be removed from of- fice; but if the action of the Mayor is not approved, such suspended officer shall be immediately reinstated The charges made by The Call against Mahony are more than sufficient to war- rant his removal from office, and his case is covered by the sections of the charter quoted herewith. Mahony to ‘Care for Friends. Maheny last night made the followlag statement over the telephone: “I have been suffering from pleurisy, but T arh all right now. I will be down town in the morning and be at my office. I will straighten everything out. Of course I intend to take care of my friends who helped me in my fight. but every one else will be satisfled and things will come out all right. I can't say anything more over the phone.” ADVERTISEMENTS. Pears’ was the first maker of sticks of soap for shaving. Sticks in 3 sizes; shaving cakes in 3 sizes. Pears’ Soap established over 100 For Stomach Disorders. Cout and Dyspepsi VICH CELESTINS Best NATURAL Alkalinef Water %20 BROADWAY, N, Y. circumstances often | | | Detroit: C. Ty MAILROAD MEN IN GONVENTION Brotherhood Is Wel- comed to City by New Mayor. Growth and Aspirations of the Organization Are Discussed. The first general, convention of the United Brotheshood of Railway Employes | opened at the Assembly Hall in the Par- rott building yesterday with an attend- ance of about eighty members. Those present represented rallway workers in practically every line in the country. The delegates were officially welcomed to San Francisco by Mayor Schmitz and the keys of the city were turned over to them. After the examination ofcredentials the meeting was thrown open to business President George Estes of Roseburg, Or., related the history of the organiza- tion, from its origin on January 10, 1901, at Portland, Or. From a membership of ten, he said, the brotherhood had grow: to be 50,000 strong, embracing a very lar ntage of .the men employed on ths Pation's raliroads. The object of the ganization and aims for the fut Were then discussed in a general wa The afternoon was almost wholly up by the reading of the reports an ing exercises and after the electio following named committees the adjourned: Press—F. W. Forsting, J. E. Murray, Roberts. Finance—H. C. Smith, F. McCabe, Mulligan. Conbtitution and by-laws—James Hewitt, G J ¥ Daiton, W. H, French, C. V. Porter, C. H mmes, C. W. Hurlburt, J. E. Murrdy, H. B Forbes, S. K. Gignac, Joseph Shaw, J. Em- mett, H. Faulkner. - R Ritual—F, C. Grimes, W. A. Wren, G. W. Harrison, W. E. Tyrrell, D. P. Robertson, James Shaw. i Office. reports—L. O. Sill, E. C. Newell, J. ‘W. Radeliff. The following named dolegates were present: D. J. Byrne, Roseburg: C. V. Porter, Watson- ville; George s, prosident; B. A. Meyer, Ocean View: Morrill: W M. Moore, Roseburg: W. A. Wrenn, edford; David Rnh-» ert, Grants P W, Freland, Ashland: & €. Newell, Dunsmuir Gritfith, Red Bluff; W. C. Ware J. 2 Portland: Charles McCann, H, C. Smith, East L. K. Sacramento; ¢ F ¥. Gibney, Winne- Ogden; G. B. Mur- derto, Fruitvaie; W. W." Harrison, = San . h, Santa Barbara; ¥ San Francisco; L. O. Si San Jose C. Grimes, James Hewitt, Santa Cruz; H. B. Oakland: C. H. Seymes, Port Costa; J. Davis, Fresno: C. J. Jones, Butte, :\{onl H. Talmage, Denver; L. B. Monson, Salt Lake: Coffes, Albuquerque: H. H. Bunds, San : V. C. Jordan, Columbus, Ohio; . L Cincinnati; D. W. Troy, Pitts- burg: J. F. Massey, Fort Worth: C. burt, Denver; G. A. 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