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CALL PRINTERS' OUTING
Three Hundred People Spend
a Pleasant Day at Camp
Taylor.
JOY AND HOSPITALITY REIGN.
Lunch Tables Setln Midair— Dancing
and Strolling: Some of the
Features.
When "time" was called at 9 o'clock yes
terday morning at the San Rafael ferry
landing about 300 ladies and gentlemen,
comprising the members of the Call'b
chapel of printers, their families and their
friends, passed through the ferry gates to
the boat en route to Camp Taylor, the
place selected for holding their fifth annual
outing. Eight cars were required to con
vey the picnickers to their destination.
The weather was warm, but this in no wise
detracted from the enjoyment of the occa
sion.
The participants were largely composed
of the familes of the printers, and each
SCENES AT THE OUTINQ OF THE "CALL" CHAPEL AT CAMP TAYLOB,
[Sketched by a "Call" artist.]
good and generous wife had provided a
basket of lunch sufficient for three families
the size of her own. Ample provision for
lighter refreshments had also been made
by the committee of arrangements. There
were beverages of beer, lemonade, soda
water and fruit offerings served out with a
most liberal hand.
It was nearly noon when Camp Taylor
was reacned, and immediately the plat
form and tables, located in the midst of
the branches of the stately redwoods on
the grounds, were taken possession of by
the different groups of pleasure-seekers.
Tablecloths were brought out and were
nearly concealed by the varied tempting
dishes that were placed upon them. Thus
hospitality and good cheer reigned for the
next hour and a half in midair. No one
need to have gone hungry or thirsty —
friend and stranger were alike invited" to
partake of the lunches spread everywhere
about the grounds.
These pleasant duties having been fin
ished the dancing pavilion became the
magnet for most of the joyous assemblage,
but others preferred the shaded walks
through the surrounding forest, or a stroll
along the creek which flows through the
grounds. The dancing was continued
throughout the afternoon, and was inter
spersed by selections rendered by the
Call Mandolin Trio, composed of C. Sta
ples, F. Fisher and E. Murphy, and also
by vocal music.
Everything went off in a most agreeable
manner and the time for taking the train
for the return trip came all too soon for
everyone. But the spirit of joviality was
not allowed to die out on the train. It was
kept alive by merry singing, in one car or
another, during the entire run to the ferry
lanaing.
The credit for the exceedingly pleasant
day spent by every one is due to the excel
lent management of the committee of ar
ranjrements, consisting of J. R. Winders
J. Phillips, R. J. Espy, C. Staples, t!
Burke, L. F. Compton, M. D. Orr, A. A
Payne, F. Hodafer and George Mitchell.
THE RIVAL JOCKEY CLUBS
Exchange of Courtesies Be
tween Thomas H. Williams
and Ed Corrigan.
The New Organization Is a Very
Wealthy One, and a Contest
Is Imminent.
Although the new track of the Pacific
Coast Jockey Club has just been outlined
there are indications that a conflict is im
minent between the organizers and the
California Jockey Club, which is headed
by Thomas H. Williams Jr. One of the
promoters of the new enterprise is Ed
Corrigan. At the time of his departure for
Chicago recently Mr. Williams was inter
viewed on the chances of the new track
making a success. At that time Mr. Wil
liams made use of language which appar
ently offended Mr. Corrigan, as the follow
ing clipping from the San Francisco
Breeder and Sportsman will show :
The following letter from Mr. Corrigan is in
dicative of the attitude of the new organiza
tion, the Pacific Coast Jockey Club, toward the
California Jockey Club. Should no compro
mise be effected or amicable arrangements
made in the meantime between these two great
racing clubs next winter will witness a rivalry
for patronage that will make the horsemen
and the race-going public think that the mil
lennium had come. Mr. Williams, thr ugh his
indomitable energy, perseverance and enter
prise, with the aid of those connected with
him, has resurrected running racing on this
coast. And while many, especially the trotting
horse contingency, think that he should
give the revivified sport a little rest (a kind of
vacation, as it were) for a part of the year to
allow it to recover from the exhaustion of such
continued labor, and fear that the strain will
be too mnch for the times and circumstances,
still much credit is due to the California
Jockey Club to make it possibte even to con
template such a track as the Pacific Coast
Jockey Club is building as a feasible business
enterprise. The new organization is one of the
wealthiest and, under good management, will
be one of the most powerful in the country.
It is to be hoped that the attractions of climate
and the class of sport offered by the two
associations will be such as to draw enough of
the best element connected with the business
outside of the State to support both clubs with
out its being too much of a drain on the sport
loving citizens here.
Chicago Racing Association)
(Hawthorne Track), }
Chicago, 111., May '23, 1895.J
Editor Breeder and Sportsman, San Francisco,
Caf.— Dear Sir: I notice in your paper the re
port of an interview with Thomas H. Williams
Jr. which strikes me as rather extraordinary.
Mr. Williams is reported as laying great stress
on the prospects of a racetrack war in San
Francisco, and outlines his plan of action in
such an event. A part of the latter is that he
will wait for the opposition to issue their pro
gramme and then "go them one better," that if
the "Corrigan syndicate" offers purses of $400
he will offer purses of $500, etc.
Now it seems to me that Mr. Williams and
Mr. Ferguson appear to be unduly excited
over the matter. A local paper quotes Mr.
Ferguson as saying that "he will die In the
last ditch with Mr. Williams. "That statement,
I think, is necessary, as no one has asked him
to forsake Mr. Williams or to accept a position
with the Pacific Coast Jockey Club. It surely
would be very ungrateful on Mr. Ferguson's
part if he should desert Mr. Williams at this or
any other time, as Mr. Williams lias parted
with some of his best friends on account of
this same Mr. Ferguson.
The Pacilic Coast Jockey Club intends simply
to give a good race meeting on a course worthy
of the City and State, and I don't see how it can
interfere with such a meeting as is now
running at the Bay District track. If Mr.
Williams desires to do so much for horse
owners of California, he might act upon the
suggestion that he throw off the death-dealing
entrance from the $200 and $300 purses,
which would give the poor owners a, chance to
get out of his debt.
As to the intention of the Pacific Coast
Jockey Club, the president has instructed the
secretary to prepare a list of twelve stakes.
These stakes will range in value from $1750 to
$5000 or upward. It is not the wish of the
Pacific Coast Jockey Club to enter into a race
track war, but its main object is to promote
and maintain tne best interests of legitimate
racing and the breeding industry of California
and the Pacific Coast. Very respectfully yours,
E. CORRIGAN.
In the meantime. Mr. Williams and his
friend 8 are making hay while the sun
shines, and placing themselves in a posi
tion to make a gallant fight when the time
for a final contest arrives.
UNWARRANTED ARREST.
Officer "Wells Will Probably Have to
Make an Explanation to Hla
Superior*).
Officer Wells of the Society for the Pre
vention of Cruelty to Children arrested
Mrs. Ellen Smith and her sister, Mrs.
Catherine Filgate, last night in the
former's house, 14 Webster street
and took them to the City Prison
in the patrol-wagon. Mrs. Smith was
charged with being drunk and disturbing
the peace and Mrs. Filgate with with dis
turbing the peace.
Both ladies protested that their arrest
was an outrage. Mrs. Smith was divorced
from her husband, H. G. Smith, a cook,
yesterday, and was awarded half of the
community property and the custody of
her three young children. Smith was
granted permission to see the children.
Her sister, Mrs. Filgate, who is the wife
of Captain H. P. Filgate, saloonkeeper,
722 Howard street, called upon her last
night to congratulate her. Smith, accom
panied by Officer Wells, called at the
house to see the children, and Wells ar
rested Mrs. Smith for being drunk.
She objected that she was not drunk and
also that she could not leave her children,
one of wnom was sick, and her sister pro
tested against the adion of the officer and
followed them to the patrol box. When
the patrol wagon arrived Mrs. Filgate was
also placed under arrest. Such was the
story they told.
Mrs. Smith did not have the appearance
of being drunk, and representations were
made to Captain Douglass to that effect.
The captain saw her and immedi
ately ordered her release on
her own recognizance. It was
pointed out that even if she had been
drunk she had a perfect right to get in that
condition in her own house. Mrs. Filgate
had previously given cash bail for her ap
pearance.
Both ladies threatened to bring the con
duct of Officer Wells to tne notice of Chief
Crowley and the Board of Police Commis
sioners. '
THE HAEBINGTON MURDER.
Witnesses Being Subpenaed for the
Inquest To-morrow.
The mystery of who murdered Miss Nel
lie Harrington at 1017 Ellis street last Sat
urday afternoon and what was the motive
Of the murderer are as far from being un
raveled as ever.
Captain Lees said last night that he had
nothing new to report. He had been busy
all day attending to the subpenaing of
witnesses for the inquest, which will com
mence to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock.
Coroner Hawkins called at police head
quarters yesterday to see the captain, but
was unsuccessful. His object was, it is
thought, to ask for the production of all
the papers now in the possession of the
captain which belonged to the murdered
woman and which the captain has so jeal
ously guarded. They will be produced at
the inquest.
A Slight Collision.
On the bay yesterday the fireboat Governor
Markhamwas struck by a tug having a vessel
in tow. The damage waa slight.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1895.
INDIANS IN CALIFORNIA
Civilizing Influences at the
Hoopa Valley Reser
vation.
TWO PONIES FOE A WIFE.
Marriage Licenses In Vogrue— How
American Names Are Be
stowed.
Captain Dougherty, U. S. A., who has
charge of the Hoopa Valley Indian Agency
in Humboldt County, of this State, was
recently in the City and gave some impor
tant facts regarding the spirit of progress
manifested by the wards of the Govern
ment in that region. Two thousand In
dians are at this agency, 1700 of whom have
been for some years living on land reserved
from sale and settlement for their use.
During the last two years fully one-half of
this number have been provided with per
manent homes by the allotment of the re
served lands to them under the provisions
of an act of Congress. The majority of the
allottees are now engaged in the improve
ment of their tracts.
The greater number of these Indians are
living on the Klamath River from the
mouth of the Trinity down to the ocean, a
distance of about fifty miles. The land
still unallotted is embraced within the
boundaries of the Hoopa Valley Indian
Reservation and consists of about 85,000
acres, only a very small portion of which
is arable or ayailable for any purpose ex
cept for the timber which stands on it and
which has no present value.
The Klamath River Indians are the
remnants of some of the tribes that for
merly occupied the country further north.
The Hoopas are of tne Apache stock, but
have lost all the Apache characteristics
except the language. Both peoples speak
English intelligently and up to the limit
of their means have adopted the habits and
customs of civilization. They are prac
tically self-sustaining and amenable to gov
ernment or management by municipal law.
On the Hoopa reservation about 800 acres
are under cultivation by the Indians, and
a wagon road is in process of construction
to a part of the reservation where about"
1000 acres more can be made available for
culture.
Two years ago a boarding-school for the
children of both tribes was established in
Hoopa Valley with a capacity for 120 chil
dren. The school is efficiently conducted.
It is the policy of the Indian "Department
to continue these schools until the Indians
can be incorporated in the civil popula
tion of the State, when their schools will
be supplemented by the public schools.
The government of these people is wholly
under the control of the agent, who de
cides upon and settles all controversies and
disputes among them, and they being en
tirely obedient and submissive, it is un
questionably the most orderly and peace
able community in the State.
It is but a very few years ago that these
people subsisted exclusively on acorns and
fish, lived in semi-subterranean abodes
without light or ventilation, and were
without any other occupation than that
necessary to procure this precarious means
of existence. Now every family lives in
a well-constructed frame house,"cultivates
enough of land for a comfortable subsist
ence and has accumulated enough of stock
and personal property to enable it to live
independently and with comfort and de
cency. In a comparatively short time the
reservation, as such, will cease to exist.
The people dwelling within the reserved
limits will then be merged into the pop
ulation of the State and brought under the
power of the law and the protection of the
courts.
It is a fact worthy of more than passing
notice that crime is almost unknown
among the Indians of this agency. CaD
tain Dougherty has served some nine
years as agent among these Indians, and
has settled all their disputes and contro
versies. During that period of time not a
single criminal offense was brought to his
knowledge. The disputes sometimes re
late to land boundaries and controversies
concerning the ownership of tools and im
plements. Four-fifths of the disputes
arise among the women and are trivial in
their nature, but of course are regarded by
the sex as of great concern. The Indians
are easily governed by the exercise of kind
ness and firmness when they fully under
stand that the agent is working to advance
their welfare.
Captain Dougherty knows every one of
the Hoopas and nearly all of the Klamaths.
Some nine years ago he gave them names
of which they are now very proud. Previous
to that time they were named for animals,
trees and streams, but each family since
then has been given some American name,
the agent using the names of army offi
cers and friends to bestow on the nameless
wards of Uncle Sam: The Indians them
selves are not slow in finding "given
names," and among the girls there are
Fannies, Julias and Sallies, in honor of the
wives of army officers. Every Indian now
appreciates the benefit of having an indi
vidual name to distinguish him on the
record of fame from other Indians. Ac
counts are kept in his name. When he
performs work his name is entered on the
payroll and he signs a receipt for money
when it is paid to him.
Just like white people, some ©f the In
dians have the knack of making money
and saving it. One of the richest men on
the reservation has $900 in the bank at
Eureka and some fifty head of horses and
as many cattle on his farm. Looking
ahead a century one may readily fancy his
descendants as rich and as proud of the
family name and possessions as any of the
present members of the New York Dutch
aristocracy of their ancestry and wealth.
Among the Indians of this reservation
marriage is by no means a failure, but, on
the contrary, is regarded as a very serious
matter. It is now the custom when young
people wed to send to the County Clerk's
office for a marriage license.
Until recently it was the fashion to ar
range the terms of alliance by verbal
agreerrient, but the necessity of legitimatiz
ing the children to secure to them property
rights by inheritance is now perceived,
hence a record of marriages. The tribes,
however, do not surrender the primitive
custom of compensating the parents for
the bride. The Indian suitor, as of yore,
must first get the consent of the girl, and
when that preliminary step is taken he is
expected to confer with the parents, who
determine how much shall be paid and
when the payment shall be made. There
is no fixed standard of value, but two
ponies, or the equivalent thereof in money,
may be regarded as the compensation in
the best circles of Indian society. A pony
for a wife, is not, however, unusual.
GOOD NEWS FOR SMITH
Exports Say the Blood May or
May Not Be From a Hu
man Being.
His Sentence Will Probably Be Com
muted to Life Imprison
ment.
Fremont Smith, the Colusa murderer,
who was to have been hanged to-day, but
was reprieved by the Governor until the
9th of August, pending certain microscopi
cal examinations, will probably escape the
death penalty after all. He certainly will
if the question of reasonable doubt is al
lowed to enter in the deliberations of the
chief executive.
Three noted experts have found ihem
selves unable at this late day to tell
whether the blood found on Smith's over
alls was human blood or that of a hog.
Smith, it will be remembered, was con
victed of murdering his two partners near
Colusa. He and the two murdered men
owned a team in common, and it was to
cain exclusive possession that he killed
them.
Their bodies were found in the river last
December, and Smith was arrested charged
with the crime. His overalls were found
covered with blood, though h« accounted
for this by saying that he had killed a hog.
The jury, however, refused to believe the
story and Smith was sentenced to be
hanged. These facts were all laid down
before Governor Bucid, who granted Smith
a few days' lease on life, ordering at the
same time that the overalls worn by the
condemned man at the time he is said to
have committed the double murder be
sent to some expert chemist. The clothing
was accordingly sent to Dr. D. W. Mont
gomery, who associated with him Dr. John
C. Spencer and Dr. Albert Abrams, two
well-known experts.
The result of their combined investiga
tions places Smith within one-thirteen
thousandth of an inch of the gallows, vet
the fact that it is no nearer means life* to
him.
One's mind can hardly grasp what is
meant by one thirteen-thousandth part of
an inch, yet there is just that difference
between the average red corpuscle of
human blood and the red corpuscle of a
hog, and it Is this inconceivable degree
that will probably allow Smith to die a
natural death.
Dr. Montgomery and his associates, in a
report mailed to the chief executive last
night, spoke substantially as follows:
In the case of Fremont Smith we are unable
to answer if the bloodstains on the overalls
were those of a human being or of a hog. This
would have been a difficult undertaking under
even the most favorable conditions, but the
lapse of time and other points to be named
hereafter render a positive opinion practically
impossible.
The red blood corpuscle of some men is
smaller than the average, approaching conse
quently those of the hog, while some corpus
cles of the hog are larger than the average, ap
proaching that of man. The difference of
diameter between the two is about one thir
teen-thousandth of an inch.
The blood in this case was dry. Those in the
habit of making examinations are aware how
delicate are blood corpuscles. We must take
these blood corpuscles and soak in some fluid
of equal density with the element from which
they camo.
To know how long to allow them to remain
in this fluid in order to reach their original
diameter was practically impossible.
As a matter of fact we were unable to find
what we could positively say was a red blood
corpuscle in spite of the fact that all are used
to examining blood at least once a week. Had
it not been for a chemical and spectroscopic
test we would not have been able to say it was
blood at all.
MES. BELINDA LAPHAME.
She Is Once More Arrested, Her Victim
Being Lizzie Husted, a Young;
Woman.
Belinda Laphame, alias Dr. Godfrey,
alias Dr. Goodwin, is once more in the
clutches of the la.w, her victim being Liz
zie Husted, a young woman who lives in
the lodging-house, 1065 Market street.
About 8 o'clock last night Policeman
ODea, while patroling his beat, was ac
costed by the landlord of the lodging
house, who informed him that the young
woman had been taken very sick.
ODea ran upstairs, and" after question
ing the young woman, rang for the patrol
wagon and had her taken to the Receiving
Hospital. She had confessed to ODea
that a criminal operation had been per
formed upon her by Mrs. Dr. Goodwin,
1317 Market street, and after placing her
in charge of Policeman Brophy, ODea
went in search of Mrs. Dr. Goodwin.
ODea found her at her rooms, 1317 Mar
ket street, which were handsomely fur
nished. He told her what he wanted her
for and she accompanied him without say
ing a word.
ODea was joined by Sergeant Hanna
and they took her to the hospital where she
was identified by Miss Husted. She was
then taken to police headquarters and Cap
tain Lees ordered her locked up pending
deveopments.
Every attention was paid to the young
woman at the hospital by Dr. Deane.
Mrs. Laphame has within the past two
years been tried for the murder of the in
fant child of Lizzie Watson, the murder of
Amelia Donnelly and the murder of Mrs.
LiJlie Staley, and each time she was ac
quitted.
STBUOK.~BT a/eLEOTRIO OAR.
Mrs. Mary Humphreys, an Old Lady,
Has Her Lee Broken.
Mrs. Mary Humphreys, an old lady 67
years of age, living at 1018 Hyde street, had
a providential escape from being mangled
by a Turk street electric car between 5
and 6 o'clock last evening.
A crowd quickly gathered and she was
picked up and taken to a neighboring
house till the ambulance was summoned.
At the hospital Dr. Redding found that
both bones of the right leg were broken be
low the knee and her ankle sprained.
She was walking north on Van Ness ave
nue, and while crossing TurK street the
car which was coming from the west
struck her on the left leg. The force of
the blow fortunately knocked her off the
track.
Mrs. Humphreys declared tnat the
motorman did not ring the bell to warn
her. Her hearing is perfect, although her
eyesight is not good.
TO SAVE MINERAL LANDS
Vigorous Action Will Be
Taken by the Miners'
Association.
NEEDED FUNDS GUARANTEED.
The Committee on Protection of
Mineral Lands States Things
Done and Needed.
The meeting of the executive committee
of the CalifoVnia Miners' Association,
called to consider the question of saving
mineral lands from being grabbed up by
the railroads under their land grants, was
held last evening in the Marble room of
the Palace Hotel. President Neff occu
pied the chair.
A. H. Iticketts, who had gone to Wash
ington to present the case of the Miners'
Association before the President, detailed
his experiences, as published in the Call
several days ago.
A communication from a committee of
the Women's Congress, which was present,
was read, asking that the miners' com
mittee adopt a resolution favoring female
suffrage. On suggestion of the chairman
the matter was referred to the convention
to meet in October.
The committee on the protection of the
mineral lands presented its report. The
principal points bearing on the question of
the evening were as follows:
Since the appointment of this committee
protests against railroad selections have been
prepared and filed in the Marysville, Los An
geles, Redding, Sacramento, San Francisco,
Independence and Visalia land districts, on
the ground that the lands embraced therein
were more valuable for mining than for agri
cultural purposes.
These protests which are made in the name of
Edward H. Benjamin, are, with one about to
be filed at Marysville, eleven in number, and
involve in round numbers 600,000 acres of
land. Protests have also been filed in the
Redding and Los Angeles land offices, on the
ground of the insufficiency of the newspaper
publication of railroad selections by townships
and ranges only in those districts.
No disposition has yet been made of any of
these protests, out if information had there
about be true, it is intended to dismiss these
protests without notice to the protestant and
patent immediately issue thereafter; this is
quite likely after the Roseburg, Oregon, pre
cedent established last April by Commissioner
Lameroux.
Should the Land Department see fit to order
hearings upon the protests upon the merits
made by Mr. Benjamin in behalf of this asso
ciation, it would be necessary to go to trial
thereon in the 6aid several land districts in
which such protests have been filed.
In default of contestation these protests will
be dismissed, as such dismissal will operate as
if no protests were ever filed, and the lands
will pnss to the railroad company as agri
cultural lands regardless ot their true char
acter.
To sustain the allegations of these protests it
will be necessary, in the opinion of this com
mittee, to expend, perhaps, large sums of
money in the procurement of legal counsel and
the necessary and proper expenses of witnesses
and incidental expenses. It does not seem
proper that the laws of the United States can
be only observed by the efforts of the people of
a mining State, but that appears to be the
present complexion of affairs.
No faUt ense of security should be indulged
in. The railroad companies are active and
persistent, and undoubtedly they are doing
everything in their power to batter down such
bulwarks as the association has succeeded in
building around the mineral lands. Much has
been done with but comparatively little outlay
of money.
C. W. Cross said that the rules of the
land office were the real cause of all the
trouble. "With these the mineral
claimant has very little chance.
He moved that the Legislative
committee be instructed to prepare
blanks for making protests and have cir
culars with instructions printed and dis
tributed to all branch associations and
that they be asked to forward protests to
Washington. This he believed would have
considerable influence.
John M. Night believed that the only
thing that would do any good, was to
continue the good work of Mr. Ricketts in
bringing the matter before the president.
" First, bear in mind," he said, "that the
Southern Pacific will do all that money
and ability can do. You cannot compete
with its army of trained servants. You
cannot support the bureaus, the law de
partment and army of servants that would
be necessary to compete with the railroad
company."
J. J. Crawford said that he had called to
see W. H. Mills of the Southern Pacific
Company, and had asked him to join the
miners in passing the committee's bill
through Congress.
"This he would not promise to do, but
he finally promised that he would agree
that if this association would appoint a
man tne Southern Pacific would appoint
another and agree that the two should
decide all disputed questions as to mineral
and non-mineral land."
The motion made by Mr. Cross was
adopted.
On motion of A. Carrigan, the chairman
was instructed to appoint a committee of
three to revise the constitution and by
laws. The following were appointed:
Tirey L. Ford, A. Carrigan and E. J.
Loftus.
The Legislative committee reported a
bill which it had prepared to be presented
to the next Congress. The principal
change from the present law was in regard
to the proof necessary to estabish mineral
claims. It provides that:
The presence of rock in place bearing gold,
silver, cinnabar, petroleum or other valuable
mineral shall be regarded as presumptive evi
dence that the land containing the same
is mineral in character; and provided
further, that in investigating the character of
land with a view to ascertaining whether it is
more valuable for mineral than for agricultnftl
purposes, evidence may be taken of the mineral
discovered or developed adjacent to such land,
proof of which shall be taken as presumptive
evidence that the land in question is mineral in
character; and provided, further, that wher
ever land is proven to be within a -well-defined
mineral belt, such land shall be deemed, pre
sumed and taken to be mineral land, unless
the contrary is proven; and provided, further,
that the provisions of this chapter shall be
liberally construed, with a view to aid tne ap
plicant in procuring title to the mineral lands
of the United States.
There was a long discussion as to means
of raising sufficient funds for carrying on
the work of the committee. Finally a
motion made by President Neff was adopt
ed, giving the Committee on the Protection
of Mineral Lands full power to act as they
may deem best and guaranteeing
them that the executive committee would
be responsible for all expenditures.
A letter was received from the Selby
Smelting and Lead Company enclosing a
check for $200. 8
OEOWN DIAMONDS.
An Excellent Performance by Amateurs
at the California Theater of
Auber's Pretty Opera.
The Ziliani Musical Society played
"The Crown Diamonds" most successfully
last night at the California Theater. All
the parts were well sustained, the
choruses were excellent, and the orchestra,
under the leadership of Professor Ziiiani,
was sympathetic and reliable.
Miss Edythe Henderson made a charm
ing Caterina. Her voice is not strong, but
it is sweet and flexible, and her florid exe
cution of "Love's Chains" won her a num
ber of "bravos."
Her acting was as successful as her sing
ing. She had plenty of abandon and was
graceful and piquante. John H. Desmond
and John A. Owens as the two lovers,
Enrico and Sebastiano, were ably fitted for
their parts.
Alfred A. Berlini played the role of the
robber chief with considerable success, and
Miss Mary McLea made a good Diana.
Charles L. Quast, G. Feris Baldwin and
John P. Murphy, the other principals,
filled their parts well.
The costuming waa pretty, and all the
members of the cast had evidently been
well-drilled in the stage-work. Miss
Henderson and Miss McLea were
literally deluged with floral tributes, and
though the tine chorus could not very well
receive these tokens of appreciation it re
ceived several curtain-calls at the end of
the second act.
Fowrth of July Committee.
The literary committee of the Fourth of July
Committee at Its meeting last night decided on
Woodward's Gardens Auditorium for the exer-
cises of the day on account of its superior
acoustic properties.
A number of communications were received
from persons desiring to take part in the lit
erary exercises, which were taken under ad
visement.
The members of the Women's Auxiliary com
mittee were in attendance and asked that
women be given a place on the programme.
Xo action was taken. The committee ad
journed to meet Saturday, June 8, at 4 p. m.
The following committees meet to-day: In
vitation aiul reception at 2 p. M., music at 4
p. M., executive at 4 p. m., parade at 5 P. M.
Held Up and Robbed.
Henry Jones, a carpenter, living at 304 Ken
tucky street, reported at the Central police
station last night that he had been held up
and robbed of his gold watch and chain. He
was on his way home, and when near his own
door two men ordered him to throw up bis
hands and one of them deftly relieved him of
his watch and chain. It was at a dark part of
the street and he could not describe either of
the men.
INFIDEL SUFFRAGE CLUB
Some Women Who Want a
Platform for Free-Think
ing Discussion.
At Their First Meeting They Hear
a Paper Denouncing
Suffrage.
The first meeting of the Free Woman's
Infidel Club of San Francisco was held
yesterday evening at 799 Market street,
where the aims and objects of the organi
zation were explained by J. A. Gillie to an
audience of thirty-four people, most of
whom were men.
Mrs. J. A. Gillie, who was the chair
man, stated that the club had fully organ
ized, but that it was not yet expedient to
name the members. She added that the
club would be bound by no parliamentary
rules, would recognize the existence
of no officers, and would present a free
platform, open to the discussion of every
subject of interest to women, without
being trammeled by a respect for persons,
institutions and religion.
J. A. Gillie in setting forth the objects
of the club said :
"The Free Woman's Club is organized
to promote education upon all points of
woman's suffrage and afford to the men a
free opportunity for showing to the world
what a fool he can be.
"We believe there ought to be at least
one club in San Francisco that maintains
a free and impartial platform, and where
all sides can feel at home. We propose to
discuss what is the matter with relieion,
for we believe it to he the origin of all the
dire calamities from which the human
race was ever known to suffer."
To show how thoroughly people of dif
ferent views would be made at home on the
new club's platform, a gentleman named
A. Appel, whose views are strenuously op
posed to puttine the ballot into women's
hands, was invited to address the as
sembly.
Mr. Appel read a long paper, wherein he
predicted the terrible consequences that
allowing women to vote would bring upon
the Nation, and he asked the audience
what would become of themselves and
their •families when quarreling women
statesmen had plunged the world into
war.
"Then the men will have to go forth and
shed their heart's blood, while the women
can only sit at home and cry."
The ladies of the club were not at all
offended at these insinuations however.
They listened with good humor, and after
ward discussed the subject, without getting
angry at all.
Miss Marguerite Saxton contributed to
the general good-wili by giving a recita
tion.
Although the new organization is a
woman's club, men are admitted to mem
bership.
License Collector tees Ke-elected.
At a meeting of the commission composed of
Mayor Sutro, Auditor Broderick and Treasurer
Widber, held yesterday, License Collector F.
W. Lees was re-elected to serve in the same
capacity for the ensuing term. Broderick and
Widber voted for Lees while Mayor Sutro nomi
nated and voted for F. A. Baldwin. The elec
tion will have to be confirmed by the Board of
Supervisors.
Only Way to Escape Microbes.
Parent— Why do you advise against my
boy Wilhe using & slate and pencil in
school.
Dabster in science— Because they are cov
ered with deadly microbes, that would un
doubtedly kill your boy if he lived long
enough. B
Parent (much impressed)— Then I sup
pose I had better get him a paper pad to do
his sums on?
Dabster in science— My dear sir, do you
want to commit deliberate murder? There
are millions of bacilli in every pace of
paper made. J r s
Parent (anxiously)— Well, how will he
do his sums then? In his mind?
Dabster m science— Worse yet. It has
been found that abstract introspective
thought over imaginary problems stimu
lates the growth of lethal bacteria in the
brain cells. If you want your Willie to
hve, you had better keep him in a room
Kune antl septic vapor.— New York
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WHEAT PROSPECTS BRIGHT
Buyers From Missouri and
Texas Now in the Local
Field.
EASTERN CROPS DAMAGED.
Reason to Believe That the Euro
pean and Western Demands
Will Be Large.
Local grain-dealers are expecting a de
cided activity in the wheat market in the
very near future. Their anticipations of
better times in this line of business are
based upon the shadows that usually pre
cede the reality.
During the past few days there have
been businesslike inquiries for wheat by
the milling men in Missouri and Texas,
who rarely look this way for their supply.
As a rule the millmen in Texas and Mis
souri receive their supply from such grain
centers as Illinois, Ohio, Indiana and Okla
homa Territory, for the reason that the
freight rates from those places are so much
lower than from other sections. Only
once, many years ago, did Texas call
upon the Pacific Coast for this class of
cereals.
The wheat crops in the Middle States
mentioned have been sadly damaged by
the cold weather, which was followed by
an excessively hot spell. This injury to
the crops caused the Southwestern mill
men to look to other lields for their sup
ply, and for some time past they have been
drawing considerable out of Oregon and
Washington.
The reason is that they got better freight
rates from the railroads running from the
extreme northwest Pacific Coast to Mis
souri and Texas than could be secured
from the Central and Southern Pacific.
Several months ago a large wheat dealer
received an inquiry for this commodity
from Misouri in which the writer inci
dently mentioned that he hoped to do
business on this coast before long as he
had been told that cheaper freight rates
from this section would soon go into
effect.
A few days ago came a small order from
the same party for about 100 tons, or about
ten carloads, which will soon be on the
way east.
During the past few days three or four
millmen from Texas have been in this City
making inquiries for wheat, and it is said
througn local dealers they are making
purchases that will soon be on their way
east by rail.
Wheat dealers, in speaking of the pros
pect of a new outlet for California wheat,
say that the present dull times are about
at "an end. Their argument is on these
lines: Chicago makes the wheat market
for the world and the prices set in Chicago
are generally accepted by the English
dealers. England is California's principal
market.
The present price of wheat in Chicago
and England is about $1 30 per hundred
: pounds, yet in this State the price is about
190 cents. The 40 cents difference lies in
the fact that all our wheat has to be sent
out in snips. At present there are few
i ships available to carry California wheat
I and the demand for tiiese freight carriers
is so strong that ship-owners all over the
world will soon send tneir vessels to this
! port.
In this way will the wheat shipping
facilities be disposed of. Again, yester
day's report shows 300,000 tons "of old
wheat on hand, which is not excessive.
The recent large holdings all over the
world have been greatly diminished, much
having been fed to cattle on account of
the low prices.
Argentine Republic, one of the largest
cheap-wheat producing centers, is turn to
pieces with rebellions, and agriculture has
been neglected. And last, but not least,
the craze for speculation in this commod
ity has about ceased.
Viewing the future from this standpoint
makes the future for California, which
grows brighter than it has been for years,
and by December better prices will be ob
tained than for nearly a quarter of a cea
tury.
Her Mania for Kunerali.
As women advance in years, it has been
noticed, a fondness for attending funerals
becomes manifest in their characteristics;
but a young woman who has this tendency
is extremely rare. Such a one, however,
told this story on herself in a little social
coterie the other day :
"I don't know why it i s," she stated,
"but I have always had a mania for fun
erals. When I was a child I never could
get past a door that had crape on it. I
would always mingle with the visitors and
go in and see the dead person, whether I
knew the family or not. The melancholy
which pervades such scenes has always
had a relish for me, I can't tell why. Not
long ago, however, I had such a peculiar
experience that my fondness for burials
has temporarily languished — perhaps I'm
cured.
"An acquaintance died, and I, of course,
arranged my Dlans to attend the funeral.
At the time, I dressed and repaired to the
church. As I was delayed a little I sat
down in a rear seat. There I heard the
hymns and the discourse, and joined
copiously in the mourning. I remember
now how I wept and wept until people
near me regarded me curiously. I was too
used up to go to the grave and went home.
At dinner my husband said :
" 'What makes your eves so red?'
" 'I have been to Mrs. ""Wilbur's funeral •
I answered.
"He looked a trifle queer, and then said:
" 'No you haven't; she isn't to be buried
until to-morrow.'"— Louisville Courier-
Journal.