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SAN MATEO FIGHTING
A MOB OF GAMBLERS
Coinia Aroused in Opposition to
the Incorporation.
People of the County Denounce the Scheme of ihe As=
sociated Pests as an Unparalleled Outrage Which
Will Be Bitterly Resisted.
A battle royal 1s on In San Mateo
County. Decent citizens of every class,
merchants, professional men, artisans,
men of families and of homes, are ar-
Inst the horde of blacklegs,
thieves, scoundrels and gamblers who
are preparing to cross from this city.
seize the little town of Colma, incor
porate it and conduct it as a city of
vice and gambling.
The agitation which this craftily
planned scheme has aroused is without
parallel in San Mateo County. From
t the county to the other ve
il pri tests are being made. San
Mateo's people do not wish the visita
tion of evil that r-.ans to San Fran
auring the raid of the Inglesida
•r. , ,-. C ord of crime and
nor, of violence and death, of
...•n! scenes and riotous living, is
too fresh for the people of San Mateo
to have one of their own. They have
united, therefore, to aid the people of
Colma in fighting the rascals who are
g literally to buy a town. and.
ye of their own making, do as
■. Icious purposes dictate.
The struggle has now reached a crit
ical stage. The thieves and social out
casts who ply their trade under the
mask of gambling have be-n driven
3an Francisco, Waving behind
them a trail that sweeps through the
and int.' the Morgue. They have
■ from pillar to post and will
have to leave Sausalito. In des
tion they have turned toward San
o, which is within easy access of
:s men and depraved women. The
• be made the dump
: f( r this human refuse, even
if 11 must be bought in the votes
son.
The people of Colma ar.^ loud in their
There is not a reputable oi
Ltive man in the town who i>
nt opposition to the pro
: in< O] poration. Time after time
have been voiced, but
they have been to no purpose. Tin
gamblers bring with them a mob
ruffians, who call meet
rightful citizens in
sentiments which
are in direct opposition to tl "se In
ma that v.tlu.- their homes, their fami
roperty.
These interlopers have called meet
ings ostensibly to obtain the sentiment
pie of the town on Incorpora
tion. The citizens of the town have not
attended because they knew that they
would have no voice in the matte:.
They have tried in other quj ters 1
relief and that is why all San M
.Is to help them. The garni
will hold another meeting to-night and
repeat their former outrage. They
wish Biir.ply to cheat the Supervisors
a belief that Colma wants in
■ ration, but they will fail in theii
6Ch< :
Thi ma do not want In
corporation. With the rights of In
onditions Dre
. bring moral pollu
tion to their very doors. They would
their children in daily dangi
di S g .-. They would ■
ruled ■ imblers and parasites of
;. would have added to
their county tax :i town tax and would
od in return. Thes
intend to light
bitterly against it. If the gamblers
out their plan th>-y will draft t<>
night i ■-' ' asking the Super-
San Mateo to call a bdi
to permit the people of <
to vote "ii the question of Incorporation,
Unless the Supervisors meet in soe
lession they will not vote on \h\<
; .. until the third Monday ol
this month. When they do vote upon
it they will know absolutely that ii
is a shameful scheme of ga
■ i thieves and
not an honest request of th<
people of Colma, Thej will know
■ •• ■ mphatlcallj
-.■■l to the ••■ and are fighting
trately against it. With this
knowledge the Supervisors of San Ma
teo can have but one '-nurse.
Th-- history of the outrageous F'-hemf
to niak-' a gambling hell out of this lit -
t ] . - town begins with tho San Fran
legislation against the evil ol
gambling. When th<' gamblers wer<
driven out of this city some <>f them
r the protecting wing of Chrlf
Buckley, went to Sausalito and create*
a. little monoply of their own. shuttins
cut several of their own ilisayrreeabl<
tribe. The defeated ones went to Sai.
Mateo County and erected a eramblini:
pavilion, but Buckley had sufficient in
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fluence to induce the Supervisors of San
Mateo to adopt a resolution prohibiting
gambling on horse races, except within
a racing inclosure, In the county.
This victory has now proved to be a
boomerang for Buckley and his follow
ers now want to do the very thing
which they prevented the other gamb
lens from doing. In the face of impend
ing disaster to all their interests they
have united and have secured control
of tha new coursing park near Colma.
The land is owned by John D. Daly and
ex-Sheriff Kenney. They have leased
it to Henry Schwartz, who has as
sociated with him Chris Buckley. Billy
Harrison, Sam Newman and K. E. de
B. Lopez.
These men do not want the park for
coursing, except as a blind. They want
it simply as a gambling hell for wagers
on the Eastern races. They want it as
an establishment for all sorts of gamb
ling, but under the law of San Mateo
they cannot use it for that purpose.
When Henry Schwartz wanted to erect
a gambling pavilion in San Mateo
County he offered to pay a license of
$3000 a year. Now he has a coursing
park with $600 a year license and the
law's barrier.
Buckley's fertile brain reasoned that
there was but one way out of the dif
ficulty and that was to incorporate
Colma as a town of the fifth class, giv
ing it all the rights of gambling. So
the plan was hatched. Touts were sent
to Colma to encourage the scheme and
to delude the citizens into its accept
ance. It was said that after the lit
tle town was incorporated a revenue of
between $30,000 and $40,000 would flow
into its coffers. The promoters of the
scheme did not say, however, that this
sum would be handled by officers
chosen and controlled by the gamblers.
They showed how every carriage pass
ing through the town could be com
pelled to pay a tax of $6 a year, but
they did not show that this tax would
be filtered into the hands of extrava- I
gant town officers.
But the people of the town of Colma i
.vere not deceived. They refused to
ittend the first meeting which the touts
lad arranged. Colma's citizens knew
:hat they would have no voice in the i
meeting and even if they did they ,
A-ould have no material part to play in
:he proposed election. They knew that
the floating vote of employes at the
c-emeteries and a mob of roustabouts
would be imported to carry the
-amblers into power. The little town
vvould be absolutely at the mercy of the i
•ascals from San Francisco.
Notwithstanding 1 the opposition of the :
leopie of Colma the gamblers are de
ermined to win. They have taken the
natter into their own hands entirely
since the citizens of Colma could not be
leludod into co-operation and to-night
hey propose to ask the Supervisors for
he privilege of a special election. The
iroposed area of the gamblers' town
a ill be between Holy Cross Cemetery
md the ocean and the northern line of
he county. If the Supervisors permit
he election to be held they will do so
i gainst the earnest protest of every de
•nt element in the entire county.
Fheir action will be the official inaugu
ration of a reign of crime, degradation
Hid death in San Mateo County.
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IN BITTER PROTEST.
citizens ol isan Mateo Denounce
the Outrageous Scheme in
Unmeasured Terms.
REDWOOD city. Sept. B.— Chris Buck
ley, the "blind white devil," and his
henchmen will not get through his scheme
for the incorporation of Colma and the
loading up of San Mateo County with all
. imbler? and thugs that other coun
ties have unloaded, if the opinion of the
people of San Mateo County can influence
the Board of Supervisors. "Damnable,"
said niie prominent citizen of Redwood
City to-day.
"What is too bad for San Francisco,"
said Rev. Father Conlan of the Catholic
church, with fine sarcasm, "surely can
not be good enough for San Mateo Coun
ty. Incorporate Colma and so put tho
gamblers into power? It is outrageous!"
"1 wish," said Rev. Mr. Maar of the
Congregational church, "that thoro could
be some neutral place like the midd!.- ol
the sea, where these gamblers coul.i be
taken to and dumped in all together. It
would be infamous for the Supervisors of
this county to act in any way that can
help the gamblers to locate themselves in
our county to commit their nefarious acts.
1 do not believe that they will dare to do
it."
Still, there Is a feeling manifested gen
erally of apprehension, of fear that the
Hoard of Supervisory may aid in the In
corporation of Colma; and there are no
two opinions concerning the purpose of
the proposed incorporation, which is sole
ly to give the gambl-rs who have been
driven out of the. other counties around
the bay full swing in this county. There
are no members of the Board of Super
visors residing here. The full list of
mnmliers of the board and their resi
.:■ es are herewith given, and It may je
well for the public to bear the list in
memory:
P. H. McEvoy. Menlo Park; J. H. Cole
mun, San Mateo; Howard Q. Tllton
Baden; Joseph Debenedetti, Halfmoon
Bay; John McCormack, Pescadero.
Intll they can be personally reached
which Is not possible to-night, it cannot
)..■ said how they will stand on this very
important matter.
Scores of representative citizens of Red- 1
WOOd City were interviewed to-day. Not
one waf found who would say that he
thought ttyat it would be a good thing to
Intrench the gamblers at Coima by the
dodge of incorporation. One or two were
found who said that perhaps the people
Ol Colma were the best Judges of their
own interest in the matter of incorpora
tion. They did not know or wholly ig
nored the fact that if incorporation could
be brought about. Buckley, Schwartz
Harrison and their gang would surely
own the trustees and license all the
gambling games. Not one of these who
said that perhaps Colma could best judge
I for Itself was willing to go on record to
! say that it would be a good thing to have
gamblfrs and blacklegs in control of one
end of the county. Every one recognized
the fact that there was danger.
One of the beat Interviews had by The
! Call's representative with leading citizens
! was with Rev. Father John Q-. Conlan
"l have heard of this move to have
Colma incorporated. If I were not 111 I
•would be out agitating against it. My
opinion goes with that of all the good
people of San Mateo County against
THE SAIST FRANCISCO CALL., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1599.
WHY MARK THALL
WONT GO TO PARIS
| -■ r ARK THALL and Fred Belaseo
' l\/l have been shaking dice. Al
* I VI though to those who know
', -L"-i- the gentlemen in question this
may not seem a very surprising state
• ment, there are circumstances sur
? rounding this particular episode which
% add to it a special flavor of Interest.
► In the first place, both the actors In
$ the little drama, though ea.cn is gifted
► with a vivid imagination, tell the
8 same story regarding It; and in the
> second place, the result means that
' Fred Belasco Is to take a glorious trip
1 to Paris, revel in the delights of the
jj* exposition and, visiting London on his
j way bark, bring home .with him a
> quartet of English dramatic lights to
add luster to the Alcazar stock com
pany.
The shaking of the dice was Belas
co's own idea. It was he who evolved
the dual plan of business and pleasure
and proposed It to Thall, who, being
ordinarily the traveling member of
the firm, assented to it with alacrity.
"It Is an excellent Idea." he said,
"and I will bring home some actors
who will make the Alcazar falrly
scintillate. likewise. I will bring you
a necktie from Paris, Fred, picked
out with an eye single to your own
peculiar but irresistible style of
beauty."
"I prefer to buy my own neckties,
returned Belasco, with acerbity, "and
besides vou'vo already been to New
York. It's my turn tn travel now,
and I'm willing to sacrifice myself for
the good of the theater and endure all
the miseries of mal de mer while you
are safe and happy right here at
home."
"1 ain't homesick." declared Mark,
tersely. "Maybe you think you can
play <">ff my trip to that superheated
furnace of a great metropolis as a
picnic, but you can't. That was a
first installment of purgatory, and
now I want something different. The
theater pays the bills, so it can't mat
ter to you; and I'm the walking dele
gate of this association, anyway."
The dispute waxed so loud that peo
ple on the outside thought Belasco
was training a new soubrette, but
Anally a bright idea occurred to the
proposer of the expedition.
"Say. Mark." lie suggested, "don't
let's quarrel about a measly thing like
a trip to Paris— let's shake for the
"All right." returned Thall, who is
usually particularly fortunate when
he and Belasco go out together and
shake for icecream sodas, root beer,
ginger ale, pink lemonade and such
things; and so the two got the "mus
cot" die which has long been pre
served among their valuable curios
and proceeded to settle the matter
then and there. Each was to throw
the die twelve times in succession,
and the one who camo out ahead on
the dozen throws should be the one to
make the pilgrimage to Paris.
Thall confident of victory, started
the game and threw four, three, .sir
and Four in rapid succession.
"Telephone down to the trunk fac
tory and order the finest kind of a
sole-leather trunk." he said to the In
terested subordinate who was watcn
i] E the name, "and have the letters
M. T. put on it artistically in several
P The next throw was a deuce, then
-ambling, and as the incorporation of
'nlm-i is only a means to the end of
inKlnahorde of gambling games
anon us I am most decidedly opposed to
he scheme of incorporation. Of course
[have heard It Bald that the people of
•olmar.ro the best judges of what affects
hemselves but that consideration all dls
ippTars when It Is clear that .the encour
agement of gambling and the estaWish-
Sent of gambling games Is the real end
n view The Call is unquestionably right
m that point and is doing a good work
[know that the scheme is on foot for I
lave heard of it before. ,«,««
Deputy Coroner Claude Fox said that
there was no question that giving the
ramblers what they seek at Colma,
trough the trick of incorporation, would
I arm San Mateo County. No good could
"ome of it. Some more business might be
made for the Coroner, but that was not
what is sought for by the public. He Is
strongly opposed to incorporation.
Dr J I-< Ross, president of the Bank
of San Mateo County, said that he could
not favor any move that would lead to
the establishment of gambling games.
lia does not oppose legitimate horse rac
ing He had no doubt that a victory for
the gamblers at Colma would have a bad
effect The Colma movement surely would
not be favored by the good people of
San Mate.) County.
John Glcnnon. harness maker said: I
know that it .has been Bald that San
Mateo County has been slow. I am not
n favor of progress (?) of the sort pro
nosed by the gamblers and their follow
ers Ido not think there is any one in
Redwood City who will favor the
SC "There is this about It." said Judge
Hannon, and all honest people in Colma
who pay taxes will find food for reflec-
on in considering his words, "the people
up there ■ will . have to pay much larger
taxes If incorporation goes through. They
will still have the State and county taxes
to pay and also a town tax: to that
would also have to be added the expense
of paving local officials." Judge Hannon
was one of the very. few who expressed
the opinion that Colma people were the
best ones to settle what they would do.
Rev Mr Maar of the Redwood Con
gregational church did not harbor any
delusion that the honest people of Colma
reaJlv desire to be saddled with the bur
den of gambling games. He was satisfied
that the gamblers were . back of the
scheme on foot. "I wish there was some
neutral place." said the Rev. Mr. Maar
"where gamblers could be taken out and
dropped into the middle of the sea. Ttou
need have no doubt where I stand. The
gamblers should not be allowed to get
'"it i?°rs»iied as a matter of history at
this point that when the gamblers were
running some games in San Mateo County
something more than a year ago Rev.
Mr?Maarand Rev. Mr. Hester the pastor
of the Methodist church of Redwood, pre
sented a petition asking that the pest
should be abated. That was not the pres
ent but the preceding Board of Supervi
sors The evil was then in a much less
aggravated shape than is now threatened
Nevertheless, only two members stood
squarely up for the suppression of the
evil at first; two others hung back but
came in. But the representative of « olma
would not vote. The petition had quite a
list of names attached to it. but nothing
like what could have been secured with a
little longer time. •
Here are some extracts from the peti
tion which have their significance once
more as showing the attitude of the good
t.eoDle of this section concerning the es
tablishment of gambling In the county:
'•In and near Colma. in the county of
San Mateo there is at present maintained
and conducted the lowest and most vicious
form of gambling, known as 'pool-selling
on foreign horse races': that these so
called 'pool sellers' conduct establish
ments where men, women and children are
enticed In to gamble in small amounts on
horse races tnat are supposed to be de
cided in Eastern cities.
"These poolrooms are the primary
an ace, and Belasco began to sit up
and take notice. Then came a four,
then another four, and Belasco rolled
his eyes heavenward toward the pic
tures of the stage beauties which
adorn the managerial waJls, and
steeled his heart to suffer. An ace
followed, and Belasco smiled again,
but stopped abruptly when a five
stared him out of countenance.
"What kind of a necktie would you
really prefer, Fred 9 " asked Mark,
kindly, but he desisted from his in
quiries when an ace marie Its unwel
come appearance, closely followed by
a deuce. In all he had" made thirty
seven, and Fred started in on his star
engagement with a trepidation which
he valiantly concealed.
"Now watch me." he said courage
ously, "and I'll give you pointers how
to play this little game"; and then he
showed up a five, six. deuce and four,
one after the other.
"Say, Bob," he said to the lone spec
tator, "just telephone down to that
factory again and get 'em to change
those initials on that trunk to F. 8.,
and add a grip and a dress-suit case
to the order for luck."
"Don't hurry. Bob." interposed
Mark as an ace and two trays ap
peared; "let my order stand with
Fred's additions, and send to my
tailor to start in on the swellest
steamer togs he ever dreamed of."
Another ace and a deuce met Be
lasoo's disgusted eyes, then an Inad
equate and apologetic tray. Ten of
those dozen throws were gone, and he
was seven behind the smiling and
confident Mark.
"Be particular to feed the cats
while I am away, Fred," continued
the prospective winner; "the white
one can't eat anything hut raw liver,
you know, because he's delicate; and
the other — "
"Bother take your cats!" interrupt
ed Belasco. "Say. Mark"—lngratiat
ingly—"l'm sure to beat you, anyway,
for I've only eight to make; but to
save your feelings I'll give you $100
and call It square."
"What's $10fi to a trip to the exposi
tion with all the expenses paid?' re
turned Mark. "I'm satisfied with the
show I'm getting; go ahead."
"Five twenties," pleaded Belasco—
"nice, new shiny ones, just from the
mint. I'll see to It personally; 'pon
my word I will."
"Go ahead!" commanded Thall in-
exorably, blindly trusting fickle for- 4
tune. "I'll get more than $100 worth
of fun on my trip just thinking how «
you are enjoying my good luck. <.•
Hurry up, Fred." a'
Fred hurried obediently, and turned m
up a trey. Mark fairly crowed. 4
•Everybody who is anybody is going ~
to the exposition." he declared! 'v •
shall cross the continent In a private ♦
car filled with flowers, and all the Al- S8
cazar company will go to the station ♦
to bid me farewell." r»
Belasco made no reply, but gathered \
himself for a linal effort. Once, twice c»
he raised his hand above the table •
and then tossed the fateful cube. *
"I guess I'll cancel all those other *"
dates, Mark." he said quietly the next ♦
instant, "for I've concluded to star by i*
my lonely and make my season iii ♦
fashion's giddy capital. That hundred ;»
you didn't want, my hoy. will help +
me out wonderfully In extras." <•
And for once in his life Thai] had \
no retort ready, for the number his f .
lucky partner had turned was— six' •?
schools wherein young boys are trained
in vicious and immoral practices, the In
evi table result of which is that in a few
years the Innocent youth is graduated a
hardened criminal, who, disgraced and
dishonest, an outcast of society, is ban
-1 -in tf l°, tftte Prison, a convicted felon.
1 ho Followers uf the noolrooms are the
vicious, the weak and the immoral and
they contaminate where they are tol
erated.
"The city of Kan Francisco, considering
poolrooms ulcerous .sores, which were
spreading contamination throughout the
city, and the good citizens, encouraged by
the pulpit and the press, soon had pro
hibitory legislation passed which ban
isned them from the confines of the city
and county. It seems that tho evil which
San Francisco forbade i* now finding en
couragement In San Mateo County which
has always been considered socially the
first county In tho State."
The final clause of that petition, which
was approved by a former Board of Su
pervisors 01 San Mateo County serves
well for the present occasion to express
public sentiment here, which the present
Board of Supervisors must heed, and it is
therefore given in full as follows:
"We believe that you, gentlemen, con
scious of your duty and the trust reposed
in yon, will sustain our protest against
San Mateo County being made the dump
ing ground of the State for all the evil
that the State contains, and will perma
nently prohibit all gambling on horse rac-
Intr or evils of liko nature."
That Is the essence of public opinion
hero, compact and direct.
The petition was read In two churches.
The people signed it. Then the two cler
gymen before named, Rev. Mr. Maar and
Rev. Mr. Hester, appeared before the
Board of Supervisors and added burning
words of protest orally to the protesta
tions made In writing.
The Board of Supervisors will not meet
again until the third Monday in Septem
ber. A mooting was held last Tuesday,
but the I'oima matter was not then
brought tip. It Is not certain when Buck
ley and his pals will see fit to put the
matter to a vote before che Supervisors.
The shape in which the proposition will
be put Is a petition asking tho Supervisors
to call a special election at Colma, a dis
trict of which tho boundaries are a lint-
between Holy Cross Cemetery and th<>
ocean, and from there to the northern
county line, on incorporation. No petition
for the special election has yet been filed
SAN MATEO'S GREAT BURDEN.
Rev. Dr. W. W. Case Calls Upon the
People of the County to
Defend Themselves.
PACIFIC GROVE, Sept. S.— Dr. W. W.
Pfi.se, presiding elder of the San Francisco
district of the California Conference, nt
seen to-night by a Call representative in
regard to a statement he made in the an
nual report of his district to the confer
ence that Pan Mateo County was fast
becoming the dumping ground fur San
Francisco's vice. He said: "I cannot
sp'-alt with authority on any special case.
but it is certainly a fact that everything
that is too vile for San Francisco to
Stomach is pushed over the line into San
Mateo County, and vice that cannot ob
tain license In the city flourishes on the
other side of the line, where our young
men are being debauched and ouf young
women are spending their money in gam
bling and vice. Vice that was run out of
Ingleside is allowed in San Mateo County,
and though I do not know anything of
licensing racetracks. I have heard rumors
that such is the case, and I do know of a
large coursing park now being built there
which will only be another place for
wickedness to flourish.
Trespassing on the Forest.
P. Beaudeant pleaded guilty yesterday
morning in the United States District
Court to a charge of pasturing sheep cr>
the Stanislaus forest reserve. He will be
Bei;t€nced on Monday.
ITALIAN SCHOOL
IS DIVIDED BY A
PEDAGOGIC ROW
Old Teacher Starts a
Rival Class.
The board of directors that controls the
destinies of the Italian Government
School hcis dismissed from its staff Mrs.
I Margherita Mosca, who for nine years
officiated as principal of the institution.
As a direct result of the dismissal the
school mourns the loss of over one hun
dred pay pupils, while the Italian colony
lM,;,sts another school established under
the direction of the discharged instructor.
The Italian school flourishes after the
regulation daily school hours in the Le
Coiite Primary School building on Powell
street, between Jackson and Washington.
I An annuity of $bw provided by the Italian
I Government sutftces to cover the regular
I expenses of the school, which up to sev
| eral weeks ago was presided over oy a
principal and a staff of three teachers.
Now the newly elected president of the
board. G. Almagia, adds to his many du
ties that of principal, and the staff has
pained in the addition of a new teacher.
The fact that the board of directors rec
j ognized the old saying that "teachers are
j born, not made" is accountable for the
whole trouble in the Italian school.
Mrs. Mosca is a graduate of a renowned
Italian university. Mrs. Theretse Ghl
; bandl does not even possess a teacher's
I certificate. However, the result of Mrs.
| Ghibandi's labors has been so won
drously satisfactory that the__ilirectors
suw fit to conipiend her above the princi
pal. When the board began to eompli
nit nt the work of Mrs. Ghibandi Mrs.
Mosca began to find fault with the lady,
! and the result was a series of petty rows
: thru became so offensive to the directors
that Mrs. Mosca's dismissal was ordered.
When Mrs. Mosca found herself school
lf-ss she looked around for other worlds to
conquer and decided to establish a rival
Italian school in Washington-square Hall
in the Bersaglieri building on Stockton
street. No charge for tuition is demanded
at the Government School, and a monthly
I foe is optional. Mrs. Mosca fixed the tui
tion at her school at 50 cents per month.
One hundred of her old pupils joined the
school of the dismissed teacher and the
1 result is the Mosca School has all the pay
: pupils, the Government school 150 pupils
that enjoy the generosity of the good
Italian King. When Mrs, Mosca was re
nioved from the Government School Mrs.
Julfa Bossi. who hnd been dismissed by
1 the lady, was reinstated, and she, with
Mrs Therese Ghibandi. the innocent cause
of all the trouble; Miss Catherine Bonglo
vanni. and Mrs. M. Marza, now consti
tutes the entire staff of the school. The
board of directors of the Government
School are: G. Almngia. A. L. Bacigalupi,
! S. Paganini. G. Ertola, G. B. Cavaglia, U
• Torre, A. Ferromarlaro. E. Scodr-letti. N.
: Ferropgiaro. <;. Grondona, J* Ratto. T?.
i Mache, R. Maestrettl and V. W. Monti
: and G. Chlappari.
The Wasp.
This week's "Wasp is particularly I
bright and interesting. The illustra
tions of the return of the Idaho volun
! teers, Filipino scenes and colors of
North Dakota troops are singularly
apt, besides being specimens of high
clasa work in photo-engraving. Crisp
theatrical and musical reviews, able j
financial column, humorous skits and
! cartoons make up what is without
! doubt the best weekly issued in San
' Francisco.
WHERE CANDIDATES
MUST TAKE ORDERS
GAVIN McNAB IN THE MILLS
BUILDING THE MAN TO SEE.
When the delegates to the Democratic
I Nominating Convention were chosen there
was great rejoicing over the announce
ment that independent, untrammeled anti
boss citizens would take the reins of the j
party and nominate a clean ticket. At
the organization of the convention anti
: boss declarations were greeted with ap
plause.. When the applause subsided the ;
delegates meekly accepted the typewrit- j
; ten programme prepared by Gavin Me-
Nab and adjourned to the call of the j
chairman.
There lias been no session of the nomin- j
ating body since the adjournment three |
weeks ago, but the work of preparing a I
Democratic ticket has been going right j
along all the time at the Mills building
Without the assistance of delegates. The
clever programme which Boss McNab
prepared practically takes the selection of
candidates for Supervisors from the dele
gates and transfers the duty to a com
mittee of seven.
It must be clear by this time to the
boss-ridden Democratic Convention that j
Gavin McNab and Mayor Phelan sug
gested to Jasper McDonald the propriety
of appointing K. V. Whiting, John F. '■
Renault, Maurice Lowenstein, John H.
Grady, Louis de F. Bartlett, P. H. .Mc-
Carthy and A. W. Thompson a committee
to find eighteen acceptable candidates for
the Bjard of Supervisors. It is well
; known to insiders and outsiders that nor
n! inees tor Mayor and Assessor are slated. j
I To the insiders it is known that nominees
for Sheriff and District Attorney are al-
I ready on the slate. The rest of the pro
i gramme will be furnished to the conven- I
tion in installments- from the Mills build- |
ing. The well posted disciples of reform
Democracy go no higher than the seventh
floor to reach the source of nominating
I inspiration. , , ..
The delegates to the convention placed
I the lever controlling the Democratic party
machine in the hands of Gavin McNab
when they adopted a resolution giving 1
I Jasper McDonald, chairman, the power to <
appoint forty members of the County !
Committee. The delegates then surren- ,
dered themselves to McNab's dictation !
and must now take what he offers. As a
> boss he is inflexible. He will interpret the
articles of capitulation to suit himself.
Much sympathy is extended to unsophis
ticated aspirants for office who are going
I around soliciting the favor of del- ;
', egates to obtain nomination. The
trained politicians who have had ex
perience in political campaigns view the
spectacle with a sense of humor. The
aspirants, with the exception of a few
"rookies," are posted and therefore invite
signals of approval from "Me" in the
Mills building. The uninitiated may Infer
that Jasper McDonald is the proper one ;
to see, but The Call, not desiring to mis
lead good citizens who are about to offer
their services to the public, takes this oc
casion to Indicate that Gavin McNab is
the proper one to address. All those hav
i ing business with the Democratic local
convention should apply to him for infor- .
i mation. He is the real, true name-blown
: in-the-bottle boss. What be says goes.
. -o .
In Your List
of paper? for Sunday reading do not fail
to include the News Letter. All current
topics are treated editorially, satirically,
facetiously and above all entertainingly.
Strange adventurrs in Manila of a special
correspondent: the trial of General Otis;
the story of an old musician's love, and
criticisms, reviews ami miscellaneous
matter. Ten cents, of all newsdealers. •
In the Divorce Court.
Jane Poherty has been granted a di
vorce from Archibald Poherty on the
ground of extreme cruelty. Joseph E.
Ownlgs r.as siu-d Sadie V. Ownigs for a
divorce, alleging- (Insertion as a cause of
action. Silas L. Pierce asks for a divorce
from Pearl Pierce on the ground of de
' sertion. Suits for divorce on the ground
of failure to provide have been filed dv
Emily E. Murphy against Thomas IV*.
Murphy; Emma Alltzky against Frederick
Alltzky, and Coral Jacques against L. O.
Jacques.
How to Learn Spanish in Six Weeks.
At the Y. M. C. A. this afternoon at 4:30,
and this evening at S o'clock, Professor
W. F. Hall will give a free lecture illus
trating his natural method, a method
which has made it possible for busy men
and women to gain a practical working
knowledge of the essentials of Spanish in
a remarkably short time. Professor Halls
groat success is due largely to the skillful
manner In which he makes his meaning
clear without the use of English, thus
making the learner think Spanish and
apeak Spanish from the start. •
Hales.
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Saturday : Admission Day, store closed.
Sunday : Announcement of millinery open-
ing in Sunday Call and Examiner.
Monday and the entire week: Showing
of fall creations in pattern hats, trimmings
and novelties.
JBt \^^^^Ooon good&s^^
935, 987, 939, 941, 943, 945, 947 Market Street.
SOLDIERS WERE
THE SHRINERS'
WELCOME GUESTS
Red Fez Aglow in
Islam Temple.
Hundreds of nobles of the Ancient Ara
bic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine assembled last night in the hall of
Islam Temple, on Sutter street, for the
double purpose of tendering a grand wel
come to Colonel Victor D. Duboce, the
recorder of the temple, who returned
from Manila with the First California,
and to several other warriors who re
turned at the same time, and to help
sixty-seven novices in their journey
across the "hot sands" of the desert.
The temple's camel, faithful Old Ben,
who has served the temple since ISS3 and
during that time has carried a great
number of nobles and novices, and a num- j
ber of frisky young camels, were trotted
out to form a gorgeous procession along
the pathway of the devotees in their en
deavor to solve Oriental mysteries. The J
animals, after three months' rest, were i
quite frisky, and the novices began to
think that they were sure-enough rough
riders.
The advice to those who were anxious to
become nobles of the Mystic Shrine waa
that if they hud a will to make they
should do so before going through the
ceremony of initiation; that if they did
not have mantelpieces at home they had
better provide themselves with those use- :
ful ornaments in their respective homes, ]
as they would find them very desirable ;
as dining-tables tor some time to come;
that if tney could neither sing nor dance :
they would have to notify Charles L,. ;
Field, the potentate, or Theo trolich, the
acting noole recorder, and that they
should be satislied with the assurance j
that there would be nothing in the digni- ;
lied and elevating cen mony of induction ;
into the mysteries of the temple that tn.y
would not cheerfully recommend to their ;
friends with the possible exception ot the
•'hot sands," and that only when they be- ■
came overheated. Tney were also advised |
that if they themselves got a little too
much caloric they would only have to tell
the director, who wiAild order the Nubian i
slaves to scatter cracked ice under their j
feet to reduce the temperature.
The ceremony ot initiation was wit- |
nesaed by 333 nobles, all wearing red tez \
caps. All the spectators declared that it
was a grand Bight and that the camels j
were unusually lively, an assertion that
was not disputed by the novices.
The ceremony being over there were a
few words of welcome to the noble re
corder, Colonel Victor O. Duboce, and the
other nobles who returned from the I nil- <
lpplnes. Then there was a march to the |
main assembly hall, where there were ar- j
ranged several rows ot tables, which
groaned under the weight of good things
which had been deftly and artistically
placed upon them. There were seats tor
400 and every seat was occupied. The
hail was artistically decorated in a man
ner that gave the place a decidedly Ori
ental air. and when all were seated the I
«cene presented was one that was "a
thing of beauty and a joy" while the fun
lasted, and it can be stated that it was
not until long after 1 o'clock in the morn
ing that the fun ceased. The special
guests were at the head of the table in j
military uniforms, the nobles wore their |
fez caps and the novices or newly ere- j
ated nobles were at their places in full
dress suits.
True to the traditions of Islam, neither
the members of the temple nor the
stranger? within their gates were allowed
to depart until th.Mr appetites were ap
peased, for they were bidden to partake
freely of the food and drink that was
placed before them. The menu was an
elaborate one. and each and every
shriner did ample justice to the mysteries
prepared by the chefs.
Past Imperial Potentate Charles Fields
and at present potentate of the temple
presided in the capacity of toastrmister,
and as there was no set programme he
called for responses to toasts as the spirit
moved him. Those who responded were
"W H L, Barnes. Franklin H. Day. Reu
ben H. Lloyd, Colonel V. D. Duboce. I.
J. Truman, J. Franie. Captain Hunt of the
Idaho volunteers. Major Curry of St.
Paul, paymaster in the army; Major
White. "Captain Geary, lieutenant
Getchell and Colonel Black of the North
Dakota volunteers; Captain J. W. F.
Diss of the California Heavy Artillery,
Past Potentate Charles T>. Patton. Major
i 6823 I
Wi SOLD IN CALIFORNIA |
:l THIS SEASON. '■
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jjflU Open ' Wed. and Sat. |
Eveniugs. ;
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Foote of the Wyoming: volunteers, Ser
pear.t Henry of the North Dakotas, M.
Lascelle, Charles M. Belshaw, Hiram T
Graves, B. T. Flint, A. W. Foster, John
Tonnlngsen. Acting Noble Recorder Theo
Frolich. Captain George Whitman and
many others.
The work of the evening and the recep
tion of the men from the battlefields waa
one of the grandest events that has taken
place under the auspices of a fraternal
organization in this city in many years.
\i Next SUNDAY'S CALL will be a
$ marvel of beautiful illustrations
?i — its half-tone work being es-
» pecially fine.
Was Probably Poisoned.
Iso evidence of disease was discovered
in the autopsy on the body of Charles
E. Hutchinson, who died with symptoms
of poisoning after he had taken a patent
medicine called "Celery of Soda." The
stomach has been reserved for chemical
anflivsis
Keith's exclusive rniilinery house for
the finest and best. 80$ Market street. •
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