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10 THEY MET IN THE NIGHT How School Directors and Politicians Compiled the Black-List. TO "PURIFY THE DEPARTMENT." A Cyclery Near the Park Was the Favorite After-Dark Rendezvous. m BROTHERS XOW OUT IS FORCE. They Threaten to Punch the Heads of Some of the Directors if the De- capitation Is Attempted. It was all hatched up out at Supervisor Devany's. Devany's is a quiet place, away out by the park, and one of the last spots to be picked out. off-hand, as a rendezvous for downtown politicians — some of whom are in office and the others content witn just pulling the strings. The sign over the front door simply proclaims the place to be a "cyclers' rest," but it i-* said that the sign inside — in the little back room — could tell another story if it had ever been tacked up. it was out at Devany's that a meeting is said to have taken place one night, during which the chief topic of conversation was the annoying combination of circum stances that prevented the "gang" which is alleged to be in the ascendency just now at the City Hall from placing its friends. The outfit had made many prom ises during the campaign, had found them extremely difficult of fulfilment and was naturally in a kicking humor. it the memories of some of those who attended this meeting serves them cor rectly the corpulent Sam Kainey presided over the little gathering, and it was Sam who, louder than anybody else, growled about the scarcity of places to either give out or — well, "loan." According to the unwritten minutes of one oi the earliest of these meetings it was suggested that, inasmuch as the Supervisors had traded off everything in sight, it was incumbent upon those who were in charge of tie machine to "make a hole in the School Department." The suggestion is said to have been voted a good one, and tbat was the nucleus of what has since turned out to be one of the most daring political coups that has been attempted here in years. But what is interesting the curious most just now is whether or not the "solid" contineent will dare to carry out the ! bold programme to summarily oust a hun dred or more school teachers on the pre text of incompetency, in the face of the formal School and other certificates of efficiency that they all must carry as cre dentials. The general opinion is that they will not, even though some of the men who are said to have eneineered the scheme proclaim that the work of "rid ding the School Department of barnacles and cobwebs," wiU go ahead according to programme. The sudden and apparently unexpected publicity gifen the plan which is said to have been hatched up at Devany's seems to have somewhat rattled the promoters of the place-finding scheme, and few of them are willing to come out openly and discuss the situation with sincerity. Sev eral of them — the supposed ringleaders — had a quiet little meeting yesterday and, it i. true, ar.ued to each other tnat, de spite public opinion and the expose, they would carry out their plan, anyhow. The tenor of the debate is saia to have been tbat, as an effort was merely being made to "purify the department," a dis cordant public opinion should be accorded no attention. But, just the same, they wire not overflowing with enthusiasm over their own project when the meeting broke up— that is, not enthusiastic to the outside world. They were obviously troubled. They were annoyed that such a well-nursed and original job should be nipped just when it was ripening into the lusciousness of life. And then public opinion is not all that is just at this moment worrying the mem bers of the "solid nine." There has sud denly developed an overproduction of big brothers, each of whom seems to have se lected some particular School Director to trail and threaten with all sorts of tor ment, and even bodily harm, unless his sister's name is expunged from tiie re ported black list. And those pedagogues who are not fortunate in having big brothers have Influential friends "and rela tives who solemnly vow that "something will be doing" if any attempt is made to carry out the t romi->e ! pruning bee. Few of the teachers who are said to be marked for removal by the "solid nine" are willing to discuss the chances of their losing their pos. tions, but all -ay that they cannot believe lie board will throw them out of employment in order to give lavored ones places. At the same time they are not losing any chances of pro tecting themselves, and all are prepaiing for a vigorous fieht should the majority in the board attempt to carry out the in tentions that are ascribed to it. None are willing to be quoted as saying that the move is' purely a political one, but all are firm in that belief. Several of the teachers have prepared for trials, should the matter go that far, and will have witnesses- to prove not only their ability as instructors but their efficiency as disciplinarians. Those who have taken the pains to pry into the secrets, as lar as they could, of the "Solid Nine" say that in making'up the roll of teachers who were to be decapi tated on the charge of being deficient in some particular requirement the list of the employed was diligently searched for those who were supposed to be just smug gling along for a living, and therefore would be less likely to have potent friends or relatives who could come readily to their rescue. There are people in the" de partment whom not even the "Solid Nine" would have the audacity to attempt to unseat. So it was clever cunning on somebody's part when rocks of this sort were steered clear of. It is rumored that four members of the Board of Supervisors are mixed up in the school-board deal, and were to have been given a Droportion of the places that would be ready for distribution as soon as the propo ed vacancies were created Those men also met with the others out at Devany's. -' The Board of Supervisors has to make appropriations for the School Board" said one of the ward politicians who bangs around, the Baldwin Hotel last night,/' amT why shouldn't it caucus with the other fellows on the quiet and post tself as to what is needed for new schools and other money-doliug propositions l Y. M. C."A. MASS-MEETING. Key. Dr. Adams Discussed the Devel opment of Conscience In the Up lifting of Humanity. The exercises at the mass-meeting at Y. M. C. A. Hall yesterday afternoon wera interesting throughout. A spirited ser vice of song conducted 'by Edward Cole man awakened enthusiasm. A fervent prayer was offered, and then Mr. McCoy spoke of the association of Christian young men and the purpose of the so ciety. He remarked that a special effort was about to be made to increase the membership and especially the number of associate members. Incidentally men tion was made that the association had been criticized for not going 10 tho prisons and stations to reclaim tne sinners. Ihe main purpose of the society, as he under stood it, was to save young men from sin and degradation. The main work of the institution was on the line of prevention. The chief address of the meeting was delivered by Rev. Dr. Adams, pastor of the First Congregational Churcn. He spoke of the word ana the light and in vested the theme with absorbing interest. Leading up to the idea that God has been uplifting humanity through the ages the pastor mentioned mental development in the sense of color study. When he was a boy people saw only seven colors in the rainbow. Years before that time it was the common belief that there were only three colors. Now the children will tell you of thirty or more shades. "You may regard it as remarkable," said the pastor, "that the Bible nowhere mentions the Dine sky." The speaker maintained that the gen eral conscience had been developed sine. the patriarchal days. Our sight as to God's revelation had increased. The con science of Abraham is not the conscience required to-day. The conscience of the civilized world to-day revolts against hu man slavery ana polygamy. In speaking of conscience. Mr. Adams said: "As a pastor I have been fre quently asked by members of my congre gation if I should do this, or if 1 thought it was wrong to dance or attend the thea ters. Invariably I refuse to advise any one in respect to what he should do. I will not be the conscience for any other mortal than myself. I regard it my duty as a pastor to develop a conscience with an edge so keen that it will cut. A man knows when he sins if his conscience be developed." -. THE WHALES HAVE COME. The Elk in the Park Increasing so Fast That They Must Have : Another Pen. Those who visited the Cliff House yes terday afternoon were entertained by a whale, which eamboled about on the bil lows and did some tall spouting, as if he wished to rival the seal rocks in the amount of spray sent up. He was among the earliest visitors of that kind for the season, as only two or three have so far been seen. M .ny sight-seers watched him with curious eye. as he shot the spray into the air and occasionally leaped high MADE A TARGET OF HIMSELF. GEORGE J. MOORE, whose attempt in a shooting-gallery to a maKe a bullseye of his heart happily failed. He Is now reconciled to Mrs. Moore. enough to show half his body. The gulls were following him in his frolics and seemed to be gathering a feast of sardines which tie stunned but did not swallow. The park museum annex will be com pleted this week. The attendance for the Inst month has been 70.000. The herd of elks i> increasing so fast that a new corral is to be built on the west of Strawb rry Hill. Superintendent McLaren thinks when the boulevard i opened from the Pr»**idio to the park it should be a block v.id *, ami extend from Thirteenth to Fourteenth avenues. Now is the time to arrange this, he says, belore the property is built up. A LITTLE EONE OF CONTENTION. Mary M. Brown, the lit lie 12-year-old haifbreed Indian daughter of Captain Wil Ham H. Brown, who a few, years ago was lost in the Arctic Ocean, together with his crew of a dozen men and the schooner * Mary. Brown. He leit a large estate, to which this child is heiress to a considerable part. Several interested persons are now contest-^ ing to be appointed as her guardian. . The case comes up this week; b. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY. JULY 26, 1807. SORRY HE MADE HIMSELF A MARK. Moore, the Would-be "Gal lery" Suicide, Expected to Recover. His Dramatic Act the Eesult of a Domestic Misun derstanding. The Wife and Many Eelatives Visit the Injured Man at the Hospital. George J, Moore, wnoshotlhimself at a shooting "gallery Saturday night, was rest ins easily at the Receiving Hospital last evening. Dr. Frank Fitzgibbon has charge of ihe case, and says that if the vital membranes are not perforated, the wound will not prove a very serious one. The bullet entered just under the heart, passed down ward and inward, and lodged in _ the abdominal cavity. No symptoms of per foration have appeared as yet, but if they do, an operation will be necessary.* The abdomen will be opened and the bullet located and extracted. If there is a per foration, t!*e wound may be a very dangerous one. Mr. Moore will be removed to-day to the home of his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Moore, corner of Hayes and Buchanan streets. The wife of the injured man says there has been no serious trouble between her and Moore. He has always been kind to her, but the gay company he bad kept had grieved her and from time to time she had remonstrated with him for drink ing so heavily, but at no time was a di vorce thought of by her. The evening of the shooting Mrs. Moore had left their rooms at. 605 O'Farrell street to visit some friends and while she was gone Moore came home and finding her gone imagined -he had left him. He became blue and downhearted and shot himself. Mrs. Moore returned to the rooms a very short time after her husband had been there. Moore wishes to correct the idea that he was intoxicated at the time he shot him self. While he admits that he had been drinking, he claims he. was fully aware of the rash act he was committing. The entire. affair appears to be more the result of a misunderstanding than of any serious difficulty Detween th. husband and wife. Mrs. .Moore was with her husband at the hospital all yesterday afternoon, and he was visited by a number of bis rela tives. PAST COMMANDER STEES. Fnneral Services of the G. A. E. Con- ducted by Lincoln Post No. 1. The funeral of Major Charles J. Stees, past commander of Sedgwick Post of this City, and also of Acker Post of St. Paul, Minn., was largely attended by the officers and comrades of Lincoln Post No. 1, at their post rooms, 35 Eddy street, Sunday afternoon. Promptly at 2 o'clock Com mander P. H. Maas convened the post and the impressive burial service of the Grand Army was carried out in due form. Colonel J. J. Lyon made tbe address, and members of Lincoln Relief Corps assisted with appropriate vocal music. Many floral; offerings were handed in, among them a large badge of the Second Division. Sixteenth-Army Corps, from bis old friend, Colonel C. Mason Kinne. The rail-bearer-* consisted of: J. J. Lyon, C. Mason Kinne, T. C. Masteller, "H. VV. Mortimer, H. J. Brady and R. C. Harris, and after the services "taps" were sound «d tiy Bugler Canham. Major Stees was one of the early com rades of the Grand Army on this coast, and was an enthusiastic comrade of the order. He was captain of Company G, Sixth Minnesota Infantry, and . major Fourth Pennsylvania Infantry. ' His re mains will be sent to St.' Paul for inter ment this evening. TOURISTS' CLOSE CALL A Team Bolts on Ocean Beach Boulevard and a Woman Is Run Over. •J A very exciting runaway took place on the ocean beach near the Park Observa tory yesterday atternoon, and the specta tors held their breaths for a few moments expecting a tragedy as they saw a madly frightened pair of horses dash down the road and four people successively hurled from '.he rockaway that was swinging behind. . A party of Eastern visitors — Dan Miller and -Frank Lowe, of St. Louis, accompa nied by two ladies were outdriving a spirited team from Peter Garrity's City Hall stables. As they approached the Cliff House on the Ocean Beach boulevard the horses were terrified by the . whistle of an ap proaching engine, and the driver lost con trol of them. : A bicycle rider caused the runaways to swerve so. suddenly that the counle on the front scat were thrown out, and the sister of the driver fell in front of the wheels and was run over. Sne was stunned for. a few moments and had a very narrow escape from death, for the wheels passed over her head. The team was now beyond all control, as the Tines were flying loose in the air. ; On they dashed ior a quarter of a mile, and then, making another bin swerve, they threw the other two occupants out and upset the rockawity. The second lady to fall had her face considerably bruised. The men were not hurt. .* The lady who was run over was carried to the Park Observatory, wliich was close .to where she fell. The side of her head was much bruised, ; but she said she did not feel seriously , hurt. Both ladies say they were not frightened and felt no in clination to jump out of the vehicle. The team was. once owned by Talbot Clifton. The horse*- escaped with a few scratches, but the vehicle was considera bly smashed. Some bicycle-riders caught the team after it bad exhausted itself dragging the overturned rockaway. For Passage to Dawson City $225,. sailing for St. Michae.s August 3. ¥01 particulars ap ply 201 Front st. • BLOOD WIPED OUT A GRUDGE John Harry and Arthur Jackson Engage in a Prize-Fight. ■ Four Gory Bounds in the Ke tired Precincts of the Presidio • No Color-Line Was Drawn and Two Hundred People Witnessed the Battle. A picturesque little spot in the midst of a miniature forest just back of the ball grounds at the Presidio was stained with the gore of pugilistic combatants early yesterday morning. The blood, however, wiped out a grudge of long standing, and the victor left the field of honor proud that be had vanquished an enemy and richer in a worldly way just $15. The beaten man — he was indeed badly beaten — was half-carried from the scene of the battle, his eyes closed and blackened, but wilh a feeling of content, as he had shown his friends and the world that in his form not one fiber tainted with yellow fear ex isted. Several weeks ago John Harry, a young man who resides on Broadway, and a col ored la 1 named Arthur Jackson, the principals in yesterday's fight, quarreled. Whether it was a woman or a more trivial objct of contention that caused the trouble no one seems willing to say. The bitter feeling grew and grew between tbem nevertheless, and a short time ago the friends oi the enemies decided that nothing but blood could again weld the broken chains of friendship. So ea er were the friends to witness a battle between the enemies they made up a purse of $15, whicb was to go to the vic tor. The principals then went into train ing, and a week ago both were pro nounced by the friends to be in superb condition. Then began a search for a battle-ground. The police had to be avoided and a committee was appointed to select aspot where the grudge could be settled and the money won without jeopardizing the liberty of combatants and spectators. Goat Island was finally decided upon, but as so many friends wanted to see the tight it would have necessitated the chartering of a steamer to carry the crowd, so the Presidio was accepted as far enough from the police and not too far from home and medical aid, if it was required. Yesterday morning at 7 o'clock pugil ists, seconds, rubbers, friends, acquaint ances, hangers-on and the referee, James Donnely, gathered together .out by the Presidio ball grounds. But little time was wasted ; a ring was pitched and the pugilists stepped into "it, glared at each other a minute and closed in combat. A cheer rose irom 200 throats as the men sparred for an opening, and when the blood began to flow the crowd went deliri ous with delight. The men fought, clinched, bunted and smas'.ed each other with insane frenzy for three minutos, and then they took their corners for a min ute's rest. The minute passed and they went at it again. About half a minute of the second round had flown when Harry fell under the blows his enemy was raining on his head, and Deiore he could rise the colored boy leaned over him and slugged him on the nose. A cry of foul wailed through out the forest, and for a time a row.which might have taken the cavalry stationed at the Presidio to quell, wis imminent. The referee, finally a.l justed the matter, how ever, and the fight continued. Another gory round was passed, and as the men faced each other in the fourth round they were all but exhausted and fought with much les< vehemence than that which charact rized the preceding rounds. The colored lad was shrewd and played that he was getting weaker and weaker. This threw his opponent off his guatd and five seconds belore the time limit of the round was up he gathered his strength together and swung a terrific blow with his left at the white boy. Harry saw it coming and tried to stop it, bat tailed. It reached his jaw and he fell to the ground like a dead m in. It took many minutes to bring him to, and when it was accomplish* d he was taken to his home to re^t, and tell over and over the story of his downfall and how it c. me to pass. MA JOE STEES' EUNEEAL. A Beautiful G. A. K. Service at Wash- ington Hall. The funeral of Major Charles J. Stee3 took place at Washington Hall at 2 p. m. yesterday under the direction of Lincoln Post, G. A. R. Captain Mass had charge of ttie proceedings, and the funeral cere monies were those usual in the order. Colonel Lyons and C. Mason Kinne as sisted in the cereh-ouies, and there was a large attendance of comrades and friends of the deceased soldier. All bore testi mony to the good qualities of the sleep ing soldier, of his troops of friends, en deared to him In life by many deeds of loyalty and kindness. .Major Stees had passed his sixty-third birthday and had seen man/ phases of life in the pioneer West. He was formerly captain of Company G. Sixth Minnesota Infantry, and later '■}. assistant ; adjutant general, department . 0f .,; California. „He was a native of Pennsylvania, but he had lived in Minnesota and the West for many years. ., The body will be shipped to St. Paul for interment. 'None of the rela tives live on this coast. • NEW TC-DAT- DRT Go^^____-__-^~-_- BLACK DRESS FABRICS _ .A-T '- EXTREMELY LOWJ-HiCES. BLACK FIGURED ENGLISH *0 Ef] MOHAIR, new designs - - ZZIZZ BLACK FIGURED ENGLISH CX % SOLIEL, 15 different styles £*&*■ BLACK FIGURED MOHAIR *7 nn ETAMINE, assorted styles - Z',lT. BLACK FRENCH NOVELTY tff) 7E. ETAMINE, stripes and figures Wild BLACK FRENCH MOHAIRS, ©*j(] Cf) plain and fancy weaves - o J„"'£^ , 3STOTE. We will also offer this week our entire stock of Novelty Black French Etamines and Grenadines, all this sea- son's importations, at greatly reduced prices. See our window display of above goods.' TELEPHONE GRANT 1 84, (Sffittteti .^s Af fid it -«»»-£S__D 111. 113, 115. 117, 119. 121 POST STKfc.fc.ib SPECIAL SAVING SALE Monday Tuesday — Wednesday Of course the "Examiner" had us supply their Klondyke expedi- tions. None can pack better for severe climates, nor better under- stand the use of hermetically sealed tins, minimum space, qual- ity, security. Coffee (Pasha Blend) lb 30c regularly 33c. All coffee. Sardines n > tin 25c j regularly 30c. None better. Cocktails (6 kind.) bottle 75c regularly $1.00. Our make- that guarantee-, pure ingtedients. Tomato Catsup bottle 15c regularly 20c. Sweet or natural. Macaroni, Italian lb. _2.c Vermicelli, Spaghetti, Letters and Numbers. Sublime Lucca Oil qt. 45c We bottle it. pt. 35c Sponges 5c to $2 1 See window. Each. ; j and on some ' — 20 discount Illustrated Catalogue Free. Just as this goes to press we are filling orders for a year's complete supply for three expeditions to Klon- dyke. Bo^MnCle- 116 ?? 7 KeHef for. Sprains. Bruise* ■___*« H__s__._ *- r « mpe ' Burns, Sunburns Back. ________ L__!______? toothache. Kbeumatism, Neu _____? ___?_2£___*___ «M__s for all bowel pains, _tek_.e» „. n -.' y . ,eDtw ' cholera moroui _£ ■icsnesa nausea, etc. All Druggist* Signature Is printed In A BLUE diagonally *jflr across tho Jl/* y OUTSIDE / 1 Jr* *•* yrapper Mq fl j^ 1/J / of every if / bottle of I a / / ho Original I _ JjJ / and Genuine) pry Worcestershire SAUCE JLa a further protection against all imitations* Agent* for tbe United State* JOHN DUNCAN'S SONS. N. V, REFEREE'S SALEOF REAL ESTATE. BY VIRTUE OF TWO DECREES OF THE Superior Court In and for the City and County i of San Francisco, Male . t California (Department | No. 10), the fits; of which decrees was made and Is dated the __d day of November, 1895, and the second of which decrees was made and Is dated I the '_!slh day of June, 1 .97, and both of which de- -1 crees were made and entered in an action pending In said Superior Court, wherein Adam Grant is plaintiff ana Daniel T. Murphy and others are de- i fendants, being case No. 49.033 In the said court, the undersign-d, who was by said court appointed I referee in said action, will sell at public auction, I at the auction-rooms of ; G. H. Imbsen & Co., M Montgomery St., In said C ty a* d County of San -rancisco. on - Thursday, the -d day of September,' A. D. 1*97 at I i- o'clock noon of that day. to tne blitbe-t b.i.ier i for ca ln lawful money of the United States. and silbj ct to confirmation by said court, all tha*. certain lo , p.ece or parcel of laud situate, Iving and being in the City and County of san Eran- ! csco, suite of Ca'ifonila, and bounded and par- I ticularly described a, follows, to wit: . I commencing at a point where the norther.y line of Bush street ls Intersected by the easterly line of Sansome s:ree.; running thence easterly along th- ' northerly line of tush btreet one hundred and * thlrtv-jeven (137) feet and six (6) Inches; theuce at rl'uhi angles northerly ai.d parallel with san- some street one hundred and thirty-seven (137) i fe.t and six (6) imhes: thence at right angles 1 westerly and parallel with Bush street, one ban- i dred and tnlrly-seven (137) feet and six (b) inches, ! and to the taa erly side of Sansorue street: aud 1 thence sou.berly along the easterly side of ban- some street, one hundred and thirty-seven (137) I feet and six (0) inches to the point of commence- j ment: together wltn the building and improve- I Sa *?he 3 thereon. shall take Ihe said lot subject to • ihe our* haser shall taka the sail lot subject to I the rigni of John F. McCauley and Henry Thorn- I ton Templeton, their heir . and assigns, to use the I brick wall along the northerly line of said lot here- ! in described a. a party wall. _ ■■■: .-■ , Terms and condition., of sale— (.ash In lawful money of the United States of America; t*n per ! 1-en: of the purchase price tobeoaid o ihe ref- | eree on the day of sale, when the lot is knocked flown to tbe purcbas-r, and the balan c on con- I firmation of said nale by said court. * _ Dated San Francisco, Cal., July 1, 1897. UUSTAVK H. U3ll-SEN, Keferee. Dr.Dotety'sKut Class of Cases Treated. THE MEDICAI. AND SURGICAL DISEASES of MEN, PRIVATE end CHJttOMC His. BABES, the ERRORS ol YOUTH. LOUT MAN- HOOD, BLOOD DISEASKS, from any cans**, KIDNEY and SKIN DISEASES, and MENTAL end PHYSICAL WEAKNESS privately, speedily and permanently cured. Thirty years* practical experience, (.onsultation free. Charges reason- able. Patients lv the country cured at home. cail or address ' • SB. XT. K. 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