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IT RESTS WITH
THE LEGISLATURE.
Will They Grant the Valley
' Railroad Tide Land for
A Terminal.
OTHER ROADS MAY USE IT.!
i
i
What John D. Spreckels Says of
His Trip to Sacramento in
the Cause.
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A concession which means much to the
San Joaquin Valley Railroad is now in the
hands of the State Legislature for its ap
proval or rejection. It is embodied in As
sembly bill 709, and under it the Harbor j
Commissioners are granted the power to
lease fifty acres of the mud fiats around 1
South San Francisco to the new railroad i
for a term of fifty years for depots, ware
houses and other purposes which may be j
necessary for the terminus of the railroad.
The bill passed to its third reading
in good shape and will come up for
final passage in the Assembly to
day. That it will pass there is hardly
room for question. It is a matter that is |
so strictly in the interest of the people that
there is no room left for doubt as to how |
the people's representatives will act.
Clans Spreckels and his son, John D.
Spreckels, were in Sacramento last week
doing their best in the interests of the pro
posed measure. They returned on Satur
day, and both feel very confident that the
measure will pass with no opposition —
very little, anyhow.
In speaking of the matter and the work
which he had done in Sacramento, John !
1). Spreckels said last evening:
"There is'no denying that some members
of the Legislature are opposed to the bill
introduced, but they are acting in the in- j
terests of the Southern Pacific Company.
I am glad that there are only a few of I
these, for I do not see how any legislator
can, with a clear conscience, vote against it.
"Why. look at the number of poor peo- '
pie who are tramping around the streets
begging for bread. There is no work for
them to do. but when the managers of the ,
valley road show how hundreds may be i
employed it is a hard-hearted legislator
that will vote against a measure that will
conduce to such benefits that all idle men
may be employed.
"At the very start our valley railroad j
will give work to several thousand men. !
There are the mud flats where our bay j
terminus will be located. They will have
to be reclaimed, with proper buildings,
wharves and other things. Such an enter
prise will require men of all kinds, from
the laborer to tne skilled mechanic.
"While I was in Sacramento," continued
Mr. Spreckels, "I saw the Governor, and
he expressed himself as heartily in favor
of the measure. If it passes the Legisla
ture I am sure that he will sign it. Ido
not think that one legislator will have the
hardihood to oppooe the measure. If he
should I do not see how he could possibly
look one of his poor constituents in the
face. There are many men who are seek
ing work throughout the State in order to
keep alive their starving families, and
these are the ones who will primarily re
ceive the benefit of the new road at the
start.
"As soon as this bill passes authorizing
the Board of Harbor Commissioners to lease
the fifty acres of tide lands we will begin
work under the advise of our engineers,
and any suggestions which our stock- |
holders will make will receive considera- i
tion. There is no 'bug' in this road of '
ours. We ask for no State aid, and all that j
we ask is a lease for fifty years of certain j
tide lands. On this land we will put up
buildings and other improvements, which I
after the fifty years is up will revert to the {
State."
The intention of the present stockhold- !
ers, according to Mr. Spreckels, is to pool !
issues for a number of years—say ten or
twenty—and under this agreement no one '
could sell his or her stock and thus give
the Southern Pacific Company a chance |
to buy in and control the company's i
affairs.
"This is not a rich man's road," said Mr. j
Spreckels yesterday, "because the stock
holders range from .SIOO to $500,000 as to
their monetary investment in the road. It
is the first time in the history of the coun
try that a poor man was able to buy stock i
in a railroad.
"There is another feature to the tide-land
grant proposition. It is not a selfish re
quest. If such a site is granted for ter
minal facilities any other railroad coming !
into the State and incorporating under our I
laws may have the benefit of it. If the j
Atlantic and Pacific, the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe. the Northern Pacific, or any
other road, will come through to our city
they can have the privilege of this grant 1
by incorporating under the laws of our
State.
"As far as I could learn when at Sacra- j
mento the majority of the members of the ;
Legislature were inclined to stand by the
people in this matter, realizing that the
great body of the people wanted the act
passed. I cannot believe that any man
who has been elected to an official position
as a lawmaker can be subservient to the
interests of a corporation, either the South- |
crn Pacific or any other body, against a !
proposition which he must know will be >
for the everlasting benefit of his State. I
do not believe any one of them will be false
to his sacred trust.
"Why, to show the interest which is be
ing taken in the valley railroad, I have in
my pocket an authorization to sub
scribe $25,000, which I shall do as
trustee. I have not turned it over
yet because I went to Sacramento
and did not have the time. We have no
cause to complain at all at the way
the people generally have taken hold
of the road project. They appreciate the
objects we are striving after. We do not
ask for a cent in the way of financial aid
from the State. All we want is the privi
lege of a terminal, which, if granted, will
more than repay the State in the long run.
As soon as that is granted, as it will be, I
do not doubt, we will begin to improve it
and make it suitable for our purposes."
I
Dr. Henry's I.ast Service.
The baptismal service and the fact that it
was the last sermon the Rev. J. Q. A. Henry
would preach drew a large audience to the
First Baptist Church last evening. During the
revival services in Metropolitan Temple quite
a number of people declared themselves saved
and professed their faith in Christ as the
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
JE-ifc TUT isSs_>>_^£?«_i* Bt\\ «r v H_BPl-->^lsf*sL
ABSOLUTELY PURE J
Savior of. mankind. Many of these were pres
ent last night to openly testify that they were
on the Lord's side. Robed in black, the min
ister stepped Into the water and, receiving the
converts one by one, immersed them and gave
each one their baptismal name. While the
ceremony was being performed the choir sang
"Washed in the Blood of the Lamb."
"Love's Last Limit" was the pastor's subject,
and from it he deduced many valuable lessons.
at the ocean beach.
Improvements That Are Noticeable
There at This Time.
There were many who yesterday con
cluded to take a ride to the beach near the
seal rocks and "ride right back," but when
they reached the ocean shore and discov
ered how pleasant it was they concluded
that they would not go back in a hurry.
An object of interest watched by the many
was a dozen or more fishing smacks with
their peculiar sails, a short distance from
shore, the occupants being busy with
seines hauling in fish, for which there is
such a demand at this season of the year.
The grade from Sutro Heights to the
beach is being widened in some places
and the road put in good condition.
The rock which is blasted away is used
for the purpose of preparing the founda
tion for the new Clin House. As soon as
the repairs to the road are finished work
will be commenced on the new house.
The placing along the road of a large
number of iron rails, the kind used on
electric lines, is evidence that the new
Sutro road is being pushed ahead.
SCIENCE AND TRUE RELIGION
Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones Says
That Both Studies Have
One Purpose.
How Society May Be Renovated
and Good Morals Restored
at Last.
Rev. ,T> akin Lloyd Jones, pastor of All
Souls Unitarian Church of Chicago and
secretary of the World's Parliament of
Religions, occupied the pulpit in the Second
Unitarian Church, corner Twentieth and
Capp streets, last night. Mr. Jones is
well past middle age and is a speaker of
unusual power and eloquence. The church
was crowded last night to such an extent
that seats had to be placed in the aisles
and around the pulpit platform in order to
accommodate all who came.
The subject of Mr. Jones' discourse was
"The Contributions of Science to Reli
gion." The speaker treated the subject in a
manner that caused many to take a new
view of the two great studies, and in their
minds to reconcile them as two great fac
tors working together for a common end.
He spoke in part as follows:
"\\ ith the growth of knowledge there is
a growth of reverence. Science enlarges
the realm of morals. Familiarity with
things strengthens the spirit. The realm
we call matter is hospitable to the realm
we call mind. The study of nature con-
The Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones.
[From a photograph.]
1 tributes to the religious life of man. A
I true understanding of this world awakens
i the motions and aspirations that reach
! beyond the known into the unknown.
! Evolution, the key that has unlocked the
! mysteries of the physical world, will bring
I religion down to earth.
"There is a common origin of science
! and religion. Both were born out of curi-
J osity of mmd — a desire to know cause-, to
I account for things. This curiosity begins
I to show itself far below the range of hu
manity. The curiosity of the monkey is
; continually leading him into trouble. This
i curiosity called forth the crude theology of
'" primitive man. Ghosts haunted him every -
i where. They were the available explanation
j of every baffling mystery. Thus rising
J from the simplest ancestor worship
j through the various stages of polytheism,
I religion has risen to that theism which
1 recognizes one controlling power and one
! inclusive love. In the Aryan race this
1 same curiosity has led into an inquiry of
j secondary causes, the study and verifica
i tion of phenomena. And this is science
! which eventually leads, no less than
religion, to the sense of an ordered uni
verse. The steps by which these conclu
sions are reached are very different, but
both suggest an unfolding destiny to man
' and nature not yet completed.
"There are critical moments in the woods
i as in the fortress. Thousands of combina
! tions in our atmosphere might happen but
Ido not. The difference between the limits
of heat and cold consistent with organic
i life is only about 100 degrees fahrenheit.
i During at least a part of the year the tem
perature must not fall below the freezing
; point or rise 100 degrees above it, else life
' becomes extinct on the face of the earth.
"Within live or six miles of this earth
j there is always the death-line of cold, and
\ still this narrow belt wherein life is alone
possible, has been kept amid mighty con
tending forces throughout the whole range
of the geological record of the earth sur
face, which science shows us covers the
almost inconceivable period of 100,000,000
\ years. Science takes the devout man by
the hand, lifts him to an erect position and
places the crown of creation on his brow
and bids him wear it with regal dignity.
Science teaches progress. It joins hands
with religion in bidding man to go for
ward. It encourages man to believe that
the long vistas of the past are uncom
pleted avenues projecting themselves into
the future.
"There is no difficulty in finding a sci
entific foundation for the religion of sym
pathy. Science finds it already beginning
in the ox, the monkey and the elephant.
i Professor Shater calls upon us to witness a
self-sacrificing sympathy beautiful to be-
J hold among the much abusfd animals, our
I pigs, who rally promptly at the cry of dis
tress and are willing to do battle for a
shrieking comrade.
"When religion shall abandon its dual
istic world of spirit and matter, its dualis
tic theology of God and devil, and come
into cosmic relations with the invisible
unity that holds all in one mystery and
gives room to all forms of thought, and
when science will recognize the permanent
province of the preacher to be the enforce
ment of the sanctions of the moral law,
then will the marriage of religion and sci
ence be consummated, and the renovation
and restoration of society may then begin
with some hopes of success."
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1895.
THE FRANKLIN
DIAMOND ROBBERY.
"Baby" Curtin, Who Put the
Padlock on the Front
Door Arrested.
HE WAS FOUND IN STOCKTON.
His Accomplice Was Edward
Wilson, Alias Sargent, an
Ex-Convict.
Anthony Curtin, alias "Baby," one of
the two young men who committed the
daring diamond robbery at Franklin's
store, 215 Grant avenue, on the night of
February 10, is in the tanks at the old City
Prison.
Since the robbery Detective Ed Gibson
has been steadily working on the case.
Captain Lees was satisfied that the robbers
were local men, and he got two of Frank
lin's salesmen and the proprietor of the
Olympic stables to look through the
rogues' gallery at the police headquarters
to see if they could identify them. The
Anthony Curtin.
[Sketched by a "Call" artist.]
salesmen, on coming to "Baby" Curtin's
picture, were positive that he was the boy
whom they saw putting the padlock on the
front door and who had previously placed
wire across the side door leading into
Stockton place.
The proprietor of the Olympic stables
recognized the picture of Edward Wilson,
alias Sargent, as the young man who hired
the horse from him on the night of the
robbery and the night previous. Others
who saw the two at the time of the rob
bery corroberated the identification.
Circulars with photographs of Wilson
and Curtin were immediately sent through
out the State, as it was believed that the
two had left the city.
On Thursday last Detective Gibson hap
pened to be in Stockton. The police there
were looking for a boy named Walter Dun
lap of Los Angeles, who had escaped from
the Whitticr Reform School. That morn
ing an officer saw a boy answering his de
scription at the depot, waiting for the
train to Lathrop. As soon as the boy saw
that he was being watched he walked to a
confectionery-store and bought 25 cents'
worth of candy, thinking to put the officer
off the scent. As soon as he left the store
the officer arrested him and took him to
the prison. A Colt's revolver and a box of
cartridges were found in his pockets.
Gibson happened to be at police head
quarters at the time, and the officer told
Edward Wilson.
{Sketched by a "Call" artist.]
him he had just taken in Walter Dunlap,
the boy who had escaped from Whittier.
Gibson went to have a look at him, and at
once identified him as Curtin. The "baby"
denied his identity at first, but finally gave
in, and Gibson brought him to the city.
Since being here he has been identified by
Franklin's salesmen and others as the boy
who slipped on the padlock.
It was the intention to keep his arrest
secret till Wilson was captured, but it
leaked out in Stockton, and Gibson ack
nowledged yesterday that the "baby" was
here and had been identified as stated.
Curtin is now 19 years of age. In 1891 he
was arrested for petty larceny, but the case
was dismissed. The* following year he was
arrested for picking pockets, and got three
years in the House of Correction. He was
released on December 10, last year.
Wilson, alias Sargent, is now about 21
years of age. He is an ex-convict, having
served a term in San Quentin for burglary.
In 1892 he was sent to the House of Correc
tion for three years for burglary. He es
caped, but was recaptured. On December
17 last he again made his escape and man
aged to keep out of the way. He is a bold
and dangerous criminal.
Wilson was seen in Stockton about the
beginning of last week and left in the di
rection of Sacramento. Detective Gibson
thinks he has left the State, but he does
not despair of his capture.
All the diamonds stolen have been re
covered with the exception of two rings
and a bracelet. It was thought that these
missing ones had been among those found
by A. P. McNamara, alias "Big Dutchy,"
who was arrested on suspicion of being im
plicated in the robbery and afterward re
leased from custody, but such was not the
case. The "baby" may be able to explain
where they are, but as yet he is not inclined
to talk. .;.- ,. Z*.
The picture frame industry is one that East
ern competition cannot kill. Sanborn, Vail &
Co. employ over one hundred hands constantly,
making picture frames, room .mouldings, cor
nice poles, and mirrors. This force enables
them to turn out large quantities of goods at
the lowest possible prices, and their customers
are getting the benefit of them. Good lumber
and all factory supplies are very cheap at
present. Now is the time to patronize home
industry, and buy pictures and picture frames
at satisfactory prices. ;-.'--•__
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Fillmore-Street Line.
A large force of men has been engaged dur
ing the past week laying the double track on
the southern end of Fillmore street, to be used
by the electric line on that street. When fin
ished this will be the sixth across- town line
north of Market street.
STRYCHNINE OK SALTS.
Mrs. Maud Howe Attempts to Poison
Herself.
Mrs. Maud Howe, wife of James Howe,
saloon-keeper, ill Eddy -Street, startled her'
husband and some customers at the bar
by walking into the saloon last night and
announcing that she was going to poison
herself.
She had a small box in her hand which
contained a white substance. Before any
one could prevent her she swallowed a
portion of the contents and sat down pre
' pared to die.
She was driven to the Receiving Hospi
tal and Drs. Somers and Redding took her
in hand. She did not show any symptoms
of poisoning, although she said she had
swallowed strychnine, but finding it so
bitter to the taste she did not swallow it
all.
The doctors tasted the substance in the
box, and were inclined to think it was
epsom salts. The box bore the label of
Frank S. Kelly, druggist, 102 Eddy street.
Mrs. Howe was sent home.
The reason for her strange action was
jealousy of her husband. She saw a woman
whom he knew enter the saloon, and she
followed her and alarmed everybody by
tragically announcing that she was to kill
herself. She is 38 years of age, and has
been married thirteen years. She says she
is a daughter of Sir Arthur Stanhope,
Baronet, of London.
FINE SPORT WITH THE HARES
The Run of the New Occi
dental Club a Decided
Success.
Two Stakes at Ocean View Park
Bring Out Some Strong
Youngsters.
The new Occidental Club had a fine
day's sport in Kerrigan's park yesterday.
There were twenty dogs in the stake
owned by members of the club, and the
prizes were $10, $30, $20, and two 10-dollar
prizes.
The meeting was managed by the officers
of the club, and a more successful one
could not have been arranged. President
Hull, Vice-President Perigo, Secretary
Watson and Treasurer Carney attended
to all details and everything went off like
clockwork. John Grace was in the saddle,
James Wren handled the leash, J. R.
Dickson was slip-steward, D. Curtin han
dled the flags; D. D. Roach, A. Merrill
and Thomas Ford acted as 'field-stewards.
All through the hares ran well and the
trials were all good. The winner turned
up in D. D. Roach's young dog, Gold King.
This young hound is doing splendidly.
He is a son of Mr. Roach's John Mitchell,
and in all his running has proved that he
is a coming fiver. In his work yesterday
he met all the good dogs and upset them
in turn, Castaway, Longfellow, Rambler,
Wee Lassie and Lady Clare.
Wee Lassie ran singularly well, consider
ing her want of proper condition. Lady
Clare is game and showed up well, upset I
ting all opponents until she met Gold
King in the final, and in that she pressed
him so closely that the first course was an
undecided, but in the second attempt he
beat her easily. Coomassie ran as usual in
fine style, but in her course with Lady
Clare in the third round she either broke
or injured some of her toes so badly that
when it came to close work her power was
gone and Lady Clare beat her easily. The
attendance was good and betting was very
brisk all day.
The summary of the running is as fol
lows :
J. 11. Perigo's Longfellow beat P. Carney's
Mission Boy; D. D. Roach's Gold King beat J.
Dean's Castaway; »T. Hurlv's Jimmy Rex beat
D. Car tin's Dolly Varden;* P. Keilly's Rambler
beat A. Merrill's Faster and Faster; G. Watson's
Lady Clare beat J. McCormack's Little Rose; <;.
Watson's Belmont beat J. Moffit's Tricks; J.
Dean's Rustic Maid beat J. Tracy's Swede; W.
Perry's Coomassie beat A. Merrill's Butcher
Boy; J. Tracy's Soudan beat 11. Hull's P. D. S. ;
J. 11. Perigo's Wee Lassie beat H. Hull's John
Mitchell.
Second round— Gold King beat Longfellow,
Rambler beat Jimmy Rex, Lady Clare beat
Rustic Maid, Coomassie beat Belmont, Wee
Lassie beat Soudan.
Third round— Gold King beat Rambler, Lady
Clare beat Coomaaaie and Wee Lassie ran a
bye.
Fourth round— Gold King beat Wee Lassie' j
and Lady Clare ran a live.
Final— Gold King beat Lady Clare and took 1
first money , $40; Lady Clare $30, Woe Lassie I
$20, Rambler and Coomassie $10 each.
At Casserly's Ocean View Park there
were two stakes run off. One was a puppy
stake of sixteen dogs and the other an all
ages stake of eight dogs. The attendance
was good.
J. Grace Jr. judged and James Grace
slipped.
ln this field there was also some good
coursing, especially with the puppies.
The San Jose puppy Blackbird ran won
derfully well, upsetting all opponents.
Next- to him was Tipperary, a Port Costa
youngster, and, though defeated in the
final, the latter is very likely to turn the
tables on his conqueror in the future.
Kilkenny Girl is also a very handsome
youngster that will be heard from before
very long. Starlight is also undoubtedly a
good young dog.
The best course of the day was between
the ultimate winner. Blackbird, and Pride
of the Valley. The $55 in the stake was di
vided as follows: F. McComb's Blackbird,
$20; J. Luce's Tipperary, $15; S. A. Cum
mings' Starlight and J. Sullivan's Kil
kenny Girl, $10 each.
Of the eight dogs in the all-aged stake T.
Hall's Annie Laurie outclassed all and had
comparatively no trouble in appropriating
first prize, $12. T. Trant's Little Beauty
also ran well, but was no match for her
Merced competitor. She got second money,
$8. The judging and slipping gave thor
ough satisfaction to all.
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SAN FRANCISCO IN SHADOW. |
The City Plunged In "Darkness During
tho -Eclipse.
The total eclipse of the moon threw San
Francisco into deepest shadow about 8
o'clock last night. Because it is the time
for full moon no street lamps we -c lighted
and the streets were intensely dark. The
sky had a strange and uncanny hue as the j
moon hid herself behind the earth for a
brief space of time. All over it wore the
forbidding appearance of a gathering
storm, black and menacing. Some heavy
clouds hanging sulkily overhead height
ened the extraordinary effect, and flashes
of distant lightning, all too faint to illu
mine the blackness, intensified the phen
omenon.
"We are going to . have a terrific storm
with heavy rains to-night," prophesied
clerks of the weather who believed im
plicitly in their own judgment.
But the storm did not come as expected.
It was only the earth had come between
sun and moon and left everything in the
pitchy darkness of a lunar eclipse.
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TWO YOUNG HOESE-THIEVES.
They Steal a Kig in San Jose and Drive
to This City.
Archie Gignac, 15 years of age, and
Harvey VVernez, 11, his cousin, both of San
Jose, stole a horse and four-seated Rock
away on Saturday morning and drove to
this city. The police here were notified
and yesterday the boys were arrested on
San Jose avenue and Twenty-third street
by Policeman MeMurtry and will be sent
back to San Jose.
They drove from San Jose and kept it up
all last night around the city. Becoming
tired of driving they hitched the rig to a
post in Golden Gate' Park and went for a
stroll, when they were arrested. McM urtry
went with them to the park, but when
they got there the horse I and vehicle had
disappeared and have not yet been found.
Sponge Fiber Gov. Blotting is best absorbent
known. Mysell & Rollins, 521 Clay, sole agents.*
THAT CHILD OF
JAMES G. FAIR.
The Unknown Son Will Contest
for a Portion of the
Estate.
HE HAS BEEN BROUGHT HERE.
History of the Inside Facts of
the Settlement of His
Birth.
That James G. Fair Pr., deceased, had a
son born out of wedlock who is likely to
come forward and, through documentary
evidence, claim a share of the estate', there
is no dispute. Whether the proviso in the
will against such claimants will stand good
remains to be seen.
It is a well-known fact among the resi
dents of Virginia City that in the early
'80's Fair had trouble with a woman, which
resulted in a misunderstanding between
himself and wife. That disagreement was
not the final termination of the events
which led up to the ultimate divorce, but
had a certain bearing upon the case.
A very pretty, but innocent girl, was en
gaged by Mrs. Fair as dressmaker to pre
pare certain gowns to be used in society
events in Virginia City in the latter part of
1879 and 1880. She was a stranger to the
majority of the residents of the lively
mining town, but had an air of attraction
which won the hearts of all who came in
contact with her. v - .
She had been working for the wife of the
manager and principal owner of the Corn
stock "for some time when her employer
left for a trip to San Francisco and the
southern part of the State. Sufficient
work had been outlined to keep the seam
stress busy, and while performing the
labor outlined for her by her mistress she
fell to the honeyed words of her employer's
husband.
It was not long before the indiscretion on
the part of the seamstress became ap
parent. She at that time had a friend
who was acquainted with William Ger
hardt, the old-time stage-driver, known as
"Curly Bill." Curly was intimately ac
quainted with the man who was responsi
ble for the condition of the seamstress and
who had been the representative of the
people of Nevada in the United States
Senate.
Through a mutual friend Curly learned of
the girl's condition and the facts were made
known to Fair. He (the millionaire) dele
fated Gerhardt to "square the case" with
Miss Annie Stevens, as the woman was
known. Gerhardt, who is now foreman of
Bridges' stables, 420 Post street, gave the
woman $40 with which to help herself out of
the dilemma. He reported progress to
Fair, and upon the following day received
an agreement, written by Fair, and $1500 in
cash to give the woman and secure her
signature to the document, by which Fair
was to be released from all further obliga
tions. The cash was paid over and the
woman, who was enceinte, left the mining
town at once, after signing the agreement.
According to the story told by Gerhardt
Miss Stevens returned to Virginia City
shortly before her confinement and asked
further assistance. In this instance the
diplomatic tactics of John Mackay, the
bonanza king, was called "upon. This
gentlemen paid over to the girl a sum
of money aggregating $20,000, and re
ceived a release from Miss Stevens of all
claims for support of herself and child for
all time to come upon James G. Fair. That
agreement is in the possession of Mr.
Fair's old friends.
As soon as the "settlement, " as the
money payment was called, had been con
cluded, miss Stevens was taken to Sacra
mento, where a boy was born. With the
$20,000 received through John Mackay the
woman was enabled to live in comparative
ease and rear the boy well. In order to do
this, it is said, she moved to Chicago,
where James G. Fair Jr., as the mother
styled him, has been educated.
When the telegraphic dispatches ap
peared in the Eastern papers announcing
the death of James G. Fair, ex-United
States Senator from Nevada and multi
millionaire of San Francisco, it was no
surprise to "James G. Fair Jr.," as he had
been appraised by private telegram of the
fact and instructed to proceed at once to
the Pacific Coast. He is now in this city,
or within fifty miles of here, and will be
ready to present his claim to a share in the
estate at the proper time. It is proposed
to present the document drawn up by
Fair at the time Miss Stevens released him
from further obligations, and also to cause
the final agreement made between the
mother of the boy and John Mackay
to be brought out.
The backers of the boy have known of
his existence since the day of his birth and
have been in constant communication with
the only parent who ever owned him be
fore the world. They now have the boy
where they can produce him in court at any
time the attorneys advise.
The story, well known nearly twenty
years ago throughout California and Ne
vada, had been forgotten by the world. It
was enough that Mrs. Fair had secured a
legal separation from her husband and had
been forgiving enough to walk with him,
arm in arm, in the streets of Virginia City
after being divorced. And then for nearly
two decades the estate deeded to the
parted wife was managed by Fair himself.
There really did not seem to be much be
tween them — only in one instance Sen
ator Fair had been proved, at least in his
wife's mind, to be false in his marital rela
tions.
The matter was sedulously hushed up
and so it came to be forgotten. The woman
was comfortably settled for life and her
little son had a fortune placed at his dis
posal. As time passed, it is said, she mar
ried and is now a respectable member of
society at Sacramento.
People who are familiar with the story
were surprised to learn that either the boy
or his mother would come out and. regard
less of consequences, make a public fight
for part of the Fair millions; but it is said
that they would not think of making this
fight hart not their minds been influenced
by friends who lead them to believe it pos
sible to get more money than they ever
dreamed of possessing. A firm of attor
neys in Sacramento has taken hold of the
case and it is understood will push it with
energy, as the inducements offered are
known to be very considerable.
How People Bothered Owen.
Owen was known to all circles possessing
the slightest tincture of science as the man
who could reconstruct an entire extinct
animal if you gave him the fragment of a
fossil tooth. The public would not buy his
books; but they showed their appreciation
of his genius in various simple-minded
fashions. All reports about the sea ser
pent were referred to him for examination.
People who fancied that they had found
live toads imbedded in rock or coal wrote
to ask him what he thought of it. One
day, just as he was setting out to keep a
dinner engagement, he was detained for
half an hour by a note from a stranger
wanting to know whether something he
had found in a sausage was or was not the
tooth of a dog, and requesting an immedi
ate answer. To the credit of the sausage
vender it proved to be the tooth of a suck
ing pig.-
On another occasion Earl Russell, hav
ing received as a present from. President
Grant what purported to be a bear ham,
sent j the bone for examination to Owen.
One is sorry to hear that the great anato
mist at once pronounced it to be the ham
bone of an ordinary pig.— The Academy.
Great Plate Sale.
FIVE CENTS EACH. FOR PURE WHITE
DINNER PLATES.
They won't last long at this price.
GREAT AMERICAN IMP. TEA CO.'S STORES
Other lines of Crockery equally as cheap.
DRY GOODS. -, -J-^-^-w.
NEW WASH
DRESS FABRICS!
. SPRING AND SUMMER
1895.
This week we will open up and place
on sale 50 CASES NOVELTY WASH
DRESS FABRICS. The collection isthe
most complete and elaborate ever
shown in this city and includes :
TUFTED CREPES, LA PAQUIY SUITIYGS,
GALATEA CLOTHS, DORRY SILKS,
CORDED ZEPHYRS, MADRAS CLOTHS,
MIYELTY DUCKS, SAILOR SMTLYGS,
PRIYTED SATEEYS, WASH CREPO.YS,
OXFORD CHEVIOTS, PIQUE YESTLYGS,
PRIYTED PERCALES, CRLYKLED GE.GHAIS.
SPECIAL—
5 cases IMPORTED DOTTED SWISS
DRESS GOODS, in an immense va-
riety, with embroideries to match,
Prices 25c to 75c per yard.
SPECIAL
5 cases PRINTED IRISH DIMITY, full
32 inches wide, beautiful designs,
25c per yard.
SAMPLES SENT FREE TO ANY ADDRESS.
MF" Country orders receive prompt attention.
£*&- Goods delivered free in San Rafael, Sausalito, Blithedale,
Mill Valley, Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley.
1892. gA^-___r
111, 113, 115, 117, 119, 121 POST STREET.
INDEX OF THE SOCIETIES.
The Official Assessments of
the Associations For
March.
Coming Sessions of Grand Lodges
of A. O. U. W. and I. O. O. F. j
News Items, Etc.
Official Assessment Table.
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A.L.ofH 331 32 33! Mar. 1 Mar. 31
A. O. U. W I 6 7 Mar. 1 Mar. 31
A. O. U.W.. Relief.. I 10 cents Mar. 1 Mar. '28
Chosen Friends 5239 Mar. 1 Mar. 31
LO. B. 3. Mar. 1 Mar. 31
I. O. B. M. End 32 Mar. 6 April 9
K. and L. of II 404 05 06 Mar. 1 Mar. 31
Knights of Honor.. 426 27 28 Mar. 1 Mar. 31
Royal Arcanum I 209 Mar. 1 Mar. 31
Workmen's U. F.A.I 7 8 9 Mar. 1 Mar. 28
[Official assessment notices of any legitimate
fraternal society will be published free of cost
in above table. Send them, with any other
matters of importance, by Friday, addressed
Fraternal Society Editor morning Call, Sau
Francisco.]
Masonic.
The dedication of the new temple at Pasa
dena on the Ist was the event of the season,
and was in every respect a brilliant fraternal |
and social success. The attendance was im
mense, visitors being present from all
of the neighboring localities, among them
Henry P. Orme, P. G. M. ot Los Angeles. After
the dedication Rev. J. S. Thompson pronounced
the oration, and selections by an orchestra and
recitations by Tom Barnes were followed by a
grand banquet served by the ladies of the
Order of the Eastern Star, at which 500 guests
were present. ■• ,'r
At Stockton the carpenters have been busy I
making the repairs occasioned by the recent
fire. They are under the supervision of Jerome
Robinson, and will be pushed forward rapidly
to completion.
I. 0. 0. F.
Grand Master Simpson visited the lodge at
Tulare on the 9th. He will be at Monrovia on the
the 11th, dedicate the new hall at Los Angeles
on the 12th,visit Los Angeles No. 35 on the 13 th,
and on the 15th will dedicate the new hall at
San Jacinto, and be at Pico Heights Lodge on
the 16th. He will continue his visitations per
severing'y until the close of his term and will
show a record of visitations unusual even in
this jurisdiction famed for the visits of its
grand masters. " >>•;
The city lodges just now are doing consider
able work. The reaction is taking place and
the coming year will be a good one for the
fraternity in this State. The Encampment
branch also shows improvement.
Elections of representatives to the Grand
Lodge will take place in all of the subordinates
on the last meeting nights in this month.
Golden Gate Lodge No. 204 of this city has
again taken its place among those subordin
ates which contribute to the maintenance of
that meritorious institution," the Odd Fellows'
library.
S. N. Wyckoff, in consequence of the pressure
of other duties, has resigned his position as
secretary of the I. O. O. F. Hall Association,
and C. F. O'Neil of Templar Lodge No. 17 has
been chosen to fill the vacancy. f
Parker Lodge No. 124 will have an initiation
on Tuesday evening.
Bay City No. 71 had an initiation an*d a large
attendance last session. >
Knights of Pythias. <
The quarterly report of the endowment rank
makes a splendid showing; 1.27 sections have!
been organized since October; 1854 applicants '
have been admitted, the total of the certificates
issued exceeding $3,000,000. Illinoi. leads
with an increase of eighteen.' sections, Tennes
see increases sixteen, Missouri fourteen, Wash
ington adds five and California four. A re
view of 1891 shows the establishment of 395
sections and the admission of 6700 new appli
cants, covering an insurance of $13,000,000.
The interest earnings : from investments and
daily balances have been] nearly $16,000, an
Increase of $6000 over 1893. Balances and in
vestments on December 31, 1894, were $292,
--372 22; disbursements fox quarter were $196,
--000; for the entire year, .SBIO,OOO. A remark
able feature Is that notwithstanding th* large
addition of the membership the number of
deaths has fallen below that of 1893.
A. 0. U. W.
The me!%lng of the past masters on Monday
night was filled with interest. President Crow
ley invited Vice-President E. F. Joy to preside;
remarks by Grand Master Workman Ward,
Grand Foreman Toohy, Past Grand Masters
Brewer and Barnes, Dr. Day wait, Grand Trus
tee Abrahamson, Grand Medical Examiner
Mavon and others caused the session to De
filled with interest. Among the matters
adopted was a resolution favoring the fixing of
the maximum age of applicants for member
ship by the Supreme Lodge back to its former
figure, 50 years, and it was agreed to request
representatives to said supreme body to labor
for that end. California has always been op
posed to the reduction of this age limit, which
was made two years ago by the Supreme Lodge.
Grand Overseer Viuter was In the city last
week and visited a number of the city lodges,
receiving the welcome always accorded this
sterling worker.
Deputy Joy will have a reunion of his dis
trict with Golden Gate Lodge on the 14th.
Knights of Honor.
The Past Dictators' and Dictators' Association
held its regular monthly session last Saturday
I evening. There was a large attendance, and
several new names were added to the roll. Ar
i rangements were perfected for a reception to
I the grand officers and representatives to the
| Grand Lodge session, to be given at the Alcazar
building on the evening of the 19th.
The Grand Lodge of California will convene
I in its sixteenth annual session at the Alcazar
building, in this city, on Tuesday, March 19,
| at 10 o'clock a. M.
Verba Buena Lodge .gave a musical and lit
| erary entertainment and dance at Social Hall,
i Alcazar building, on last Monday evening. The
1 large hall was filled by members of the lodge,
their families and friends. The address was
delivered by W. 11. Barnes, P. ... D., and all the
exercises were of a highly creditable and en
tertaining nature.
The Costumed Degree team of Fortune Lodge
will be present with Occidental Lodge at 8.8.
Hall on the evening of Wednesday next, at
which time several candidates will be initiated.
District Deputies Lawrence ami Learned were .
present at San Francisco Lodge last Monday
evening and assisted in conferring the degree
on an initiate.
America Lodge held a very Interesting session
I last Thursday evening. A petition for mem-
I bership was received. Grand Reporter Curry
was also present and addressed the lodge.
Knights and Ladies of Honor.
The grand protector and wife, Past Grand
Protector J. J. Groom and other grand officers
officially visited Verba Buena Lodge, San Jose,
on Wednesday evening last, where they were
accorded a royal welcome.
The official visits to be made for the current
week are Oakland Lodge, Tuesday evening;
Golden Rule Lodge. Thursday evening: Har
mony Lodge, Sacramento, Friday evening.
Native Sons of the Golden West.
On March 8 Grand Trustee E. W. Frost of
-Eureka reorganized Sebastopol Parlor No. 143
N. S. G. W., with a membership of nearly thirty.
The following officers were elected and in
stalled: Val Watson, P. P.; James P. Kelly,
president; Charles Food, first vice-president;
J. F. R. Janssen, second vice-president; Ben
Sullivan, third vice-president; George Dormer,
marshal; Fred H. Luth, recording secretary;
L. V. H. Howe, financial secretary; George W.
Calder, treasurer; ¥.. F. O'Leary, I. 8. ; Ben Es
pey, O. S.; E. F. O'Leary, John Dormer and
David Strauss, trustees; Dr. Deas, surgeon.
After the parlor work had been completed a
banquet was served.
National Union.
The San Francisco Cabinet of this order met
last Wednesday evening. Some very interest
ing matters were discussed, among them the
holding of a public entertainment in some
large hall in the near i tit re.
President Seligman is making the rounds of
tne various councils, encouraging them in
their work which is growing rapidly in San
Francisco. _*_
Miscellaneous.
G. P.— ln fraternities generally there is no
appeal upon a question of order except to the
body itself; a lodge sustaining or rejecting the
decision of the presiding officer upon the point
of order settles the question.
li. M.— bill has been introduced into the
Massachusetts Legislature, the purpose of
which is to allow members of organizations,
paying benefits at death after a membership of
rive years, to transfer their benificiary certifi
cates, with the consent of their beniflciaries
and the officers of the company or order, to
persons or institutions which may guarantee
to provide for the care in old age of sickness of
said members.