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PARADE ON THE FOURTH.
Some Features of the Big Pro
cession on the Nation's
Birthday.
REVIEW ON VAN NESS AVENUE.
Committeemen Who Have Per
formed No Service to Be Stricken
- From the Roll.
The celebration of the National day this
year promises to surpass anything of the
kind ever given in this City" and in spite
of the difficulty in collecting necessary
funds, the outlook is 7 good for a display of
which San Francisco may well be proud.
The parade will be a special feature.
There are to be nine divisions at least, and
from the way acceptances are coming in
the grand marshal thinks that more will
be necessary. 77. '7;^7
The rendezvous for the procession will
be at the foot of Market street, the various
divisions forming on adjacent corners.
The squadron of police will assemble on
Drumm street.
The procession will be headed . by the
"National • colors in 'charge of a .regular
army color-guard of twelve soldiers from
the Presidio. A company of- mounted
police will come nsxt. They will be fol
lowed by a drum corps and two companies
of foot police armed with Winchester rifles
and under the command of Chief Crowley.
The grand - marshal and ,-, thirty-four
mounted aids follow, the police, and then
preceded by a band will march the United
States troops under command of Colonel
Shatter. These complete the first division,
and the others will follow in a designated
order, which, to prevent petty jealousies,
will not be made public "till the morning
of the Fourth.
The line of march will be Market street
to Montgomery, to California/to Kearny,
to Market, to Van Ness avenue, to Geary,
countermarching on Van Ness avenue.
The grand and children's stands will be
located on the west side of Van Ness ave
nue, between Turk and McAllister streets.
Between the stand.", at the intersection of
Golden Gate and Van Ness avenues, a
space will be left where the grand marshal
and his aids will review the column.
As the grand marshal's place in the
column is behind the police, a very pretty
evolution is needed to enable him to reach
the reviewing stand before the police
march by, and yet not to break the column.
This has been provided for and it will be
executed at the point furthest north on Van
Ness avenue which the column passes.
At the instant the color guard .which
heads the line begins the wheel for the
countermarch the grand marshal and his
aids will fall out of column, re-form and
gallop in line to the reviewing stand — the
band behind them, and the United States
troops will follow along after the police,
wheeling, however, for the countermarch,
so as to gain the space vacated by the mar
shal and his aids and maintain the proper
interval.
It is possible that some out-of-town
militiamen will be present to take part in
the parade. General Warneld, Colonel
('•■ bung and General Hunter held a confer
ence with the 'grand marshal yesterday
morning, at which it was agreed to order
out two country regiments to take part in
the parade.
The executive committee met during the
afternoon.
On behalf of the finance committee, Mr.'
Reichart reported . that the Market-street
Railway system had subscribed $400 and
the San Francisco and Northern Pacific
$50. Director Stetson .had | promised sub
scriptions from the California-street road
and from the North Pacific Coast' Rai
lroad. The Hobaft estate will subscribe at
least $100, and perhaps more. The Sutter
street Railway, through Robert Morrow,
absolutely refused to give a cent toward
the celebration.
The auditing committee reported the ap
proval of bills and they were ordered paid
as follows: For printing ß. H. Patrick &
Co. $9, The Creightons $45, Joseph Winter
burn <fe Co. $11 50, E. C. Hughes 19 50.
For office stationery, The Creightons, $2 95.
For services— E. Marry $14, L. C.
Cusheon $24.
On motion of Reichart it was ordered
that members of the various committees
who had not attended meetings or in any
other way been of service should be
Btricken from the rolls. This was done to
forestall any possible demand from them
for tickets to the grand stand, etc. . The
experience of former committees has been
that the members who do the least work
usually demand the most favors.
The grand marshal reported that his ap
propriation would be sufficient, except that
he would be called on to pay twenty-four
men in each of the militia bands instead
fifteen, as estimated, and that he would
have to supply the militia cavalry and ar
tillery with horses at a cost of $300.
. But few of the City officials and of the
Consuls had accepted the invitation to pa
rade and no four-in-hands' would be re
quired. MBSBI
Mr. Nounnan thought that the Mayor
should ride in a four-in-hand, . but .. Mr:
Foster said he had not replied to the invi
tation and the sense of the committee was
that any one who had or did not formally
accept the invitation should not be pro
vided for. .: - - • .
The Native Sons will bring out several
four-in-hand teams.
General Emmel-Will not • appear in the
procession. The Grand Army men say
is claim to being a veteran of the Florida
war is fraudulent.
General Warfield announces that the
union military bands will turn out and
will both carry and play their instruments.
If they should refuse to do so they will be
subject to the unpleasant consequences of
a court-martial.
The decoration committee was empow
ered to. employ men to collect funds for
the construction of the Market-street arch.
Messrs. Hammond, Reichart and Gallo
way were appointed as a committee to lo
cate the spot for setting off the fireworks.
There was some discussion as to whether
the funds collected by the press would be
available for general expenses. It was de
cided that every dime so collected must be
used for the benefit of the children exclu
tivclv. ....
The" committee will meet again this aft
ernoon. ' . „ ■ .'.
At a meeting of the music committee A.
Matthieu handed in a list of 130 musicians
whom he could furnish for the parade.
He secured a contract to furnish nine
bands, and will hire a hall next Thursday
night to demonstrate to the committee
that the men can play and to show their
Uniforms. , -
It is claimed that the trouble among the
musicians is not one of union versus non
union, but of one union against another.
The regulars are members of the Musi
cians' Mutual Protective Union. The so
called non-union men claim membership
in the American Musicians' Union, which,
they say, has a charter from the Knights
of Labor. The so-called union men will
furnish two bands— one for the literary ex
ercises and one for the fireworks.
The parade committee has closed the
contract with Herman Jahn for six floats.
The list is that published in the Cam. re
cently. ...
Rev. Anna Shaw, in acceptance of invita
tions to become a member of the executive
committee and to sneak at- the literary ex
ercises, writes as follows: 7* <7
On ray return from the south to-day I found
the very kind and courteous invitation of your
Committee to become a member of its body.
In accepting the invitation I wish to express
my sincere appreciation of your great kindness
to a stranger who has no other claim upon the.
hospitality of your city than that in. common
with all citizens of our beloved country when
visiting any part of it. .- . . - • )
I shall never forget the generous courtesy
lavished upon my dear friend, Mies Anthony,
and upon myself by San Francisco. . . .
This last Honor bestowed i upon me by your
committee is indeed highly prized. Thanking
you and the members of your committee, I am,
sincerely yours, • anna H. Shaw.
_ The following letter has been received by
Chairman Sonntag of the reception com
mittee: -'■•-,,
Monterey, Cal.. June 23, 1895.
Dear Sir: Will you be kind enough to let me
Know if your invitation includes children and
teachers outside of San Francisco. If that is
the case whom may I address for tickets and
badges. Respectfully, F. Prill, Teacher.
The entertainment committee has re
ceived additional subscriptions of sand
wiches, as follows : Page & Faher 100, Good
Fellows' Grotto 120, Lick House 200, Cali
fornia Hotel 200. Westerfeld's will send
ten dozen cookies and Mayor Sutro will
supply thirty gallons of milk.
Mile. Adrienne Truffert sent to the com
mittee-rooms yesterday $2 for the general
celebration and $2 for the children's fund.
A suitable letter was sent in acknowledg-
ment.
Last evening at a meeting of the decora
tion committee Mrs. Knell I reported that
800 electric lights for the arch on Mar
ket street can be secured for five
nights for $500, the lights to burn
till midnight on the evening of
the Fourth, and till 10:30 o'clock on the
other evenings. Mr. Code had secured
rough lumber to the amount of $100.
Chairman Worth will-meet the designer,
W. H. Hamilton, at the committee-rooms
this morning to sign the contract.
BUTCHERS ABE PATRIOTIC.
Freparing a Characteristic 1 Pageant for the
Fourth of July Parade. 77--, ,
South ' San Francisco \ and- Butchertown
intend to turn out in fine style on the
Fourth of July. There will be about
eighteen big six -horse Wagons from First
avenue alone, and not a business. of ' any
importance south of Islais Creek has sig
nified any refusal to join the parade.' The j
school children, too, will all.be tbere/SQrJ**
Some time ago President Samuel Ham
mon of the Butchers' Board of Trade se
lected as a committee. to arrange for floats
and characteristic •: turnouts Messrs. H. C. \
Birbe, John McEvoy, E. Sweeney. John
Livingston,- Louis Nonnemann, Louis Syl
vester, Bertrand " Salles, G. Pyle,7 Ernest
Zimmerman, Daniel : Harrington, Charles
Iteddy, Joseph Peterson and Matthew Mc-
Cormlck. Mr. Birbe was promptly chosen
chairman and Daniel Harrington secretary
and the arrangements began, John Liv
ingston being elected grand marshal, and
a Dig float to contain fifty-three young
ladies being decided upon. A meeting will
be held in the opera-house in the Masonic
building to-night to settle upon uniforms
and 6uch other matters as may come up.
Among the firms on First avenue which
have readily responded to the canvass of
the committee so far, promising to be well
represented in the parade, are: -v 77
Miller & Lux, Horn & Judge, A. W. Schrader,
Henry Moffatt, James McDermott, Ford & Fos,
Jacob Schoenlield, J. G. James & Co., Louis
Rosenberg, Simon Silverberg, Daniel Sylvester
& Sons, J. S. Johnson & Son, Poly, Hcilbron &
Co., James Hall and M. Brandenstein <& Co.
Elsewhere on Fifth" and Sixth avenues
and scattered over South San Francisco,
the following concerns will seize the oppor
tunity to show their patriotism :
Roth, Blum & Co.; Bayle, Lacoste & Co.;
South San Francisco Packing Company, Cali
fornia Tallow Works, Calitornla Fertilizer
WorKs, A. B. Patrick «_ Co., Martin He-he, Cali
fornia Glue Works, Legallet-Hellwig Tannery,
Norton Tanning Company; Bertrand, L— llea &
Co.; O'Doul & Peguillan, "James Beatty, Draper
& Selig and William Taafle & Co.
It was the original intention to have an
immense float particularly . characteristic
of all the different business interests of
that section, embracing in an omnibus
manner some special distinguishing
feature from each, but it has not yet been
determined whether such can be' found
practicable. This may be taken up and
discussed to-night. Grand Marshal Liv
ingston has selected as his aids H. M.
Ames Jr., Charles Robinson, Peter Sturnpf,
Lafayette Clayhurgh, Albert Blum, Fred
erick Squires, Louis Katz and William
Alvison.
Messrs. Livingston, J. McAvoy and
Frank Peterson are now busy with the
young ladies' float, which is to be in the
form -of a ' pyramid. . Miss Mamie Regan
has been chosen to represent the Goddess
of Liberty, and the other fifty-two young
ladies will represent the different States
and Territories. Their names are:
Rose MeWilliams, Mary Butcher, Eva Kno
block, Clara Wunsch, Mary Hagerty, Lucy
Donovan, Teresa Peguillan, Alice Peterson,
Nora Regan, Annie Daly, Mollie Regan, Dora
Bruning, Teresa v Haffey*^ Annie Racouillat,
Katie Regan, Mary Burns, Susie Ford, Maggie
Burke, Mary Giles, Katie Moloney, Mary
Moloney, Ella Hallinan, Maud Slater, Brea
Peguillan. Annie Rosekamp, Nellie Dolan,
Annie Lastien, Josephine Mauley, Katie Man
ley, Mary Ford, Lena Klein, Annie Waterman,
Lottie Walruth, Fannie Gill, Annie Price,
Bertha Peguillan, Blanche Peguillan, Annie
McDonough, Annie Hamer, Mamie Brady,
Julia Manning, Mary Manning, Ella Roach,
Maggie Brady, Lizzie Elliot, Alice Dierks,
Annie Godfrey, Barbara . Zimmerman, Lily
Turner, Alice Turner, Maud Harrison. Annie
Ayers. TiHBSE
The girls of the South San Francisco
school who are to occupy the two school
floats were selected at a meeting of the
girls in the opera-house yesterday after
noon, over which Miss Maude Jones pre
sided. The teachers, Miss Maguire and
Miss Hanford, had given the task of se
lection to Miss Alice Puckhaber, who re
cently graduated, Miss Maude Jones of the
ninth grade, and Miss Margaret Brennan,
who was to choose from the seventh and
eighth grades. The following will occupy
the first float:
Alice Puckhaber, Maude Jones, Mary O'Doul,
Dagmar Rasmussen, Nettie Burns. Regina Hal
linan, Emma Lang, Annie Krqth, Annie
Byrne, Annie Sullivan, Cerita Utecht, Josie
Godfrey, Maggie Flaherty, Ellie Peguillan,
Julia Regan, Annie Anderson, Josie Moloney,
Mollie Roche, -Nellie Barellles, Alice Dono
van and Lizzie Riordan. ..... 7 \ :
- And the smaller girls of the seventh and
eighth erades who will occupy the second
float will be:
Margaret . Brennan, Jennie Burns, Teresa
.Malouey, Theresa Orra, Salma Swenson, Maude
•Gerrein, Fidelia Paulus, Annie Balz, Louisa
Rosekamp, Emily Wissel, Alvina Kirns, Hattie
Heine, Sadie Swan, Katie Martinez, Nellie
Riley, Annie Lasteiu and Emma Eggers,
Each of the two wagons will be appro
priately draped and drawn by six horses
gayly caparisoned. The girls will be at
tired in white with white yachting caps,
and will wear badges in the "National colors.
The other schoolchildren will be given
an opportunity to ride downtown in the
various business turnouts, so as to be in
the parade.
All the butchers will wear a particular
uniform, and will present an imposing
spectacle. The Legallct-Ilellwig Company
will have two floats to represent the differ
ent stages of the tanning industry in this
City. Miller & Lux will have a four
horse float, with .twenty live lambs on it
and four young girls dressed in red and
white '-. to represent shepherdesses. There
will also be a commissary wagon contain
ing sandwiches and otner edibles to re
fresh the paraders.
'j. From tne Tubbs 'Cordage Company the
promise of a ■ characteristic float has been
received.
MARRIED WHEN TOO YOUNG.
Mrs. I.illie Inman Seeking to. Have Her
Union With Charles Inman
Dissolved.
Lillie M. Inman, the 18-year-old wife ,of
Charles A. Inman, is seeking to have the
matrimonial bonds between herself and
her; husband judicially severed.
» She was married in January, 1894, in'
Eureka, when under the guardianship of
her ' sister, Mattie ;• Ktansberry, who ■< knew
nothing of the marriage ; until some time
after it .was solemnized, and who had
never given her consent to the union. '
Mrs. Inman alleges that she was. under
the age of consent at the time of her mar
riage, and that, therefore, the union was
invalid. She asks, too, to - be -'allowed to
resume her maiden name of Liil'e M. Gray.
I'm All Unstrung:,
Is the remark ot many a nervous individual. Ho
or she will soon cease to talk that way after begin
ning and persisting in a course of Hojtctter'sStom-
ach Bitters. Nothing like it to rtnew strength and
appetite and good digestion. It checks the inroads
of malaria,' and remedies liver complaint, ; const
patioo. dyspepsia, rheumatism and kidney disorder..
It is to every sense a greAt household remedy,'"' ' '
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1895.
REV. ANNA SHAW'S ORATION
It Causes the Postponement of
a Long-Planned Fish
ing Excursion.
DR. FITCH SEVERELY SCORED.
The Advocates of Woman's Ad
vancement Criticize Some
of His Arguments.
. Rev. Anna Shaw ; bas succeeded in solv
ing the National problem of America, the
question with which Hon. (Trover Cleve
land has wrestled so long and so earnestly.
It is one more triumph for those seeking
the advancement of the new woman to
think that one of their advocates has been
able to give an answer to the query :
"What would you rather do or go a-fish
ing?"
Miss Shaw has decided the matter defi
nitely. She thinks she would rather de
liver a Fourth of July oration, especially
when her doing so is opposed by Dr. Fitch.
She and Susan B. Anthony returned to
San Francisco yesterday, after an extended
trip through Southern California and the
Yosemite. Miss Shaw says that stopping
to celebrate the "glorious Fourth" in San
Francisco will cause a decided break in her
plans. She had not intended to stay so
long in California and would not have per
mitted Mrs. Cooper to bring her name
forward had she known of it in advance. - .
."You see," she said, "I had made an
arrangement with a number of friends to
have them meet me at my Cape Cod
cottage on June 30. We were then to . put
in a week fishing. But since Mrs. Cooper's
request to have me put on the programme
of literary exercises for the Fourth of July
celebration was so bitterly opposed' by Dr.
Fitch, and on such peculiar grounds, I
could not withdraw and disappoint the
friends who had striven so earnestly in my
behalf.
"So, you see, my guests will have to do
without me. My secretary is at the cottage,
and they will have their lishing, but I can't
be with them."
"It would seem then," was suggested,
"that you had decided the matter of 'what
would you rather do or go a-fishing?' " -
"Oh, I decided that long ago," was the
quick response. "I'd rather go fishing.
Rut I felt as if lowed it to Mrs. Cooper and
my kind friends on the executive com
mittee of the Fourth of July celebration to
stop over."
Miss Anthony was much interested in
what her friend had to say. She inter
jected; ,
"I understand that Dr. Fitch is going to
have published bis views on the 'new
woman.' If they are in line with the ar
guments he made before the committee
his paper will excite much levity in the
Eastern States."
"Why," said Miss Sha,v, "he would take
from a woman the right to earn an honest
living. He overlooks the fact that there
are 90,000 more women than men in the
Eastern States and that such a social con
dition renders it imperative for a great
majority of these . to toil to support not
only themselves but often brothers, sisters
and a mother."
"And then," interjected Miss Anthony,
"he has the hardihood to say that the de
crease in the number of births in the East
is due to the growth of the woman's rights
movement. He overlooks the fact that
the war killed off the flower of the youth.
of the Eastern and Middle States and left
an enormous host of women to mourn the
loss of lovers- and husbands. ■■' He forgets,
too, that because of this very war many
women were forced to enter the world of
business in competition with men, since
they had no providers. It would be hard
indeed if these 'women were adjudged
guilty of a crime for doing what was
forced upon them by the loyally, patriot
ism and bravery of their loved ones."
Miss Shaw had listened interestedly to
Miss Anthony's views. She nodded a vig
orous approval of them and proceeded to
clinch the belief that Dr. Fitch was il
logical in claiming that advancement of
the position of women had caused a de
crease in the growth of population by
citing a bit of her own experience. She
said:
"Aunt Susan is right. The question of
woman's enlarging her sphere of activity
has nothing to do with the fact that there
are more births in the ' West than in the
East. The reason is that in the older
communities all the young men of superior
activity have gone West. Only those who
are not bold enough to leave home en
vironments or who lack the energy to
desire to carve out a place in a new sphere
have remained in the old homes.
"Is there any wonder then," she asked,
"that the birthrate of the West increases
and that of the East decreases year by
year?
"Why, in my little Cape Cod parish I
have officiated at over seventy weddings of
young people. In only one instance did
the newly married pair remain at home.
In that case the man was good for nothing
and had been petted and spoiled by his
mother and did what she told him. 77 v
"In the other instances the young men
had gone out to seek their fortunes as soon
as they were old enough. Most of them
had left sweethearts at home and came
back after them as soon as their means
would permit it. Now, does that look as
if woman's suffrage or the 'new woman'
had anything, to do with . the fact that
births in my parish were tenfold less fre
auent than burials?" '
Here Miss Anthony looked up with a
quiet smile and remarked:
'«■ "I think it would be a good idea to have
.Dr. Fitch canned. He is one of the last of
a once numerous class of men, and I am
sure would be viewed as a curiosity by a
large number of people. lam sure Bar
num would »not have allowed him to be at
large for any great length of time, if that
veteran showman were living now."
Miss Shaw said that she had not yet
decided upon the material to use for her
address. The past she felt was not a fit
subject for hyperbolical oratory, since to
her it was but a record of justice and petty
tyranny.
"The future is about all that is left for
me," she said thoughtfully. "And the
brightest hope . of the future is the
righting of woman's wrongs. But as that
subject is 'taboo' I must, •of course, omit
reference to it. "The result is that I find
myself occupied with a most difficult task.
Had I been requested to make a speech on
the conditions proposed, I should have
emphatically; refused. Under the circum
stances, however, I feel that I must do the
best I can. -/ !^
"I could not allow myself to deliver
those time-worn spread-eagle " platitudes
that have done service in so many Fourth
of July orations. I would be ashamed of
myself if I did not have some thought
worthy of ' communication to dwell upon.
I feel, therefore, i that in ; circumscribing
my field of subjects the men have made
one last offering to their self -conceit at my
expense." v
Both ladies have been extensively feted
in the last two weeks. At San Diego, Los
Angeles and Santa Barbara they have
been 7 picnicked, tendered receptions and
lionized. 7
"I never worked harder in my life than
in these last" six weeks," sighed Miss
Shaw; : 7 7-777 ;■'-''--:
• '"Nor I, either," echoed Miss Anthony.
"From morning till night it was excite
ment and speech-making. But I enjoyed
every minute of it." 7 .;'*';
>On the trip north a visit was made . to
Yosemite Valley. This exceeded their ex
pectations:' The falls 7 are '. particularly ■
beautiful this year, and both : ladies ' had
not expected to find, its glories so exten
sive. "■'••--,-. •--:-'• • • ■"-'■■•■
; Miss ' Anthony speaks in Oakland this
evening." On the night of I June 27 she
speaks at Metropolitan Temple. 7On July
_ Miss Shaw delivers an address. This will
be the end of their Western labors. On
July 5 both ladies will start for their
Eastern homes— Miss Anthony for Roches
ter, N. V., and Miss Shaw for Cape Cod.
A WOMAN IN CONTEMPT.
Mrs. Barrett Will Have to Fay More
Thau the Judgment or
Go to Jail.
Mr. and Mrs. M. ' Barrett are in con
tempt before Justice of the Peace Groe
zinger, and unless Mrs. Barrett pays the
$25 which that entails when the officer of
the law calls upon her this morning she
will be taken to jail. So said the ; Justice
last evening, ..„■"- 7
Mr. Barrett is an expressman, and is al
leged to own his own team or teams.
With his wife be lives at 122 Twenty-sec
ond street.- . ; 7-...
Matt Murphy, grain-dealer, has a claim
against him for $20, which he has sued for
and secured judgment, but Barrett' de
clares he has nothing upon which the sum
can be collected. He and his wife were
cited to appear in court upon an order of
examination, and neither of them obeyed
the order. .
Then another order was issued requiring
them to appear and show cause why they
should not be fined for contempt of court.
Up to last night Mr. Barrett had eluded
the service of this order. Mrs. Barrett
was found and served, but she paid no
attention to that either. So that, in de
fault of appearance, she is in contempt
and the officer will to-day place her in
jail for twelve hours unless she pays the
line and costs of $23 incidental to the
charge. In the meantime, if her. hus
band comes to her rescue he will be
served at once with the order requiring
him to show cause why he should not be
treated in like manner.
Tne order of examination upon which
they were summoned would have sub
jected—and will yet subject— to close
questioning as to their worldly goods, with
a view of discovering if they cannot pay.
the original judgement of Murphy.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
The Order Increasing the
Police Force Is Finally
* Passed.
The Entire Board Will Consider the
Financial Needs for the
Next Year.
The meeting of the Board of Supervisors
yesterday afternoon was almost everything
but exciting. The tidbit of the session was
the unopposed ; reduction in the price of
the proposed smallpox hospital by a clean
$30,000. ',:. -:.^'-K : .:
This was done by Mr. Wagner. The
Health and Police Committee, by a resolu
tion, proposed that provision be, made in
the next tax levy for a $50,000 structure.
When the matter came up Supervisor
Wagner opposed it. . He thought that a
smallpox hospital at that price was too
much of a luxury. Smallpox hospitals
were institutions that should be burned
down every once in a while, he thought,
and that $20,000 would build a sufficiently
good one.
He was seconded in this by Supervisor
Taylor, who, as chairman of the Finance
Committee, is showing some signs of wear.
He took the occasion to refer to Auditor
Broderick's estimate of the money needed
for next year. He said, the Auditor had
left large, gaping areas in his estimates,
which would have to be filled in by the
Finance Committee and the board. He
referred to the additions to the police force
and the other items which had already
been agreed upon but which were not in
the Auditor's estimates. Among them was
the salary of the Fish and I Game Warden,
entirely overlooked. He had figured up
that the Auditor's estimate fell short by
$2,000,000. Now, in view of all this, be
thought that the building of a $50,000 hos
pital which might never be needed was not
good policy. Smallpox does not thrive in
this climate, he said, and if an epidemic
occurred and we were provided with a
reasonably ample hospital additions could
be built to it. He thought a $20,000 hos
pital would serve every purpose.
So it passed, provision being made for a
hospital at the reduced price.
A resolution was introduced by Wagner
under which all the members of the board
were invited to take part in considering
the schedule of necessary expenditures for
next year. This was also adopted.
A resolution was passed granting the
right to the Fourth of July committee to
erect two reviewing stands on Van Ness
avenue for the Fourth of July parade, one
between Geary and Post and the other be
tween Post and Sutter.
Police Commissioner M. A. Gunst was
granted leave of absence from the City for
sixty days. *jpraffiljM_p_|
The Market-street Railway Company
was directed by resolution to permit cer
tain inventors of street-car fenders to ad
just their devices to cars at their own (the
inventors') expense and put them to the
test on West Mission street. '
T. J. Welsh was instructed to protect the
wall of the new Potrero School with under
pinning, as against the effect of excava
tions being carried on by adjoining
property-owners.
The basalt block paving ordinance was
sent back to the Street Committee at the
instance of Supervisor Taylor. The or
dinance provides that the ■■' rock shall no
laid on concrete. Mr. Taylor thought that
this was altogether too expensive for very
many streets over which there is com
paratively little heavy hauling. For these,
a sand foundation he thought, was good
enough. '"7 - ' 7
The order increasing the number of the
police force to 550, wit li six captains, five
lieutenants, forty-three sergeants, fifteen
detectives and twelve corporals, was passed
finally, also the order providing for an
additional fire engineer and that reducing
the width of sidewalks from ten to seven
feet on Dore street, between Ninth and
Tenth, and on Folsom and Harrison streets,
and on Putnam, between Cortland and
Jefferson.
It is an alarming fact that every baking
powder exhibited at the Chicago World's
Fair, except one made in New York, Avas
found by the examining chemists: to con
tain ammonia. : Royal Baking Powder is
absolutely' pure and contains neither am
monia nor alum.
CHICKENS AND NEIGHBORS
The Former Bring the "Latter Into the
Justice's Court.
John Crowley and his wife are the next
door neighbors of Joel Ellien and his wife
over on Louisiana street. The fence that
separates their estates is not : a high one,
and both of them keep chickens.
Naturally enough, therefore, John Crow
ley and his wife and .: Joel Ellien _nd his'
wife were, with their respective follow
ing of friends, before , Justice 'of the Peace
Groezinger yesterday? seeking to destroy,
each other. Mr. Crowley was demanding
$200 damages for the I evil i : that ■ had been
done him by the Ellien's and: the Ellien
chickens which came continually {to play
with the Crowley chickens in the Crowley'
yard.' -
Dennis Lorda was there to testify that
Mrs. Crowley ; had - called Mrs. -Ellien .; a
chicken thief, and this Mrs. Ellien stood
by as an offset ■. and provocation ■- for , the
climbing of the fence and the wringing, in
plain view, of a neck of one of the Crowley
chickens. - • •••.-■ -*77* -"-' r '.< ••:;;.■ -.;-;*-<.!
Dorn & Dorn, costly, learned and 1 digni
fied lawyers, conducted the prosecution
for Mr. ;, and . Mrs. Crowley, ; while Mr.
Ellien, who : raised ; his i chickens ) for : the
taniale industry, conducted his own ? case.
And he Avon it. „He [questioned-' Mr. and
Mrs. Crowley closely as ito the losses
sustained, and there ; was such an even
balance of HP feeling displayed -that the.
court gave judgment for the defendant.' ...
THE GRANT HAS LAPSED
Decision of the Court of Ap
peals in the Railroad
Land Case.
JUDGE ROSS IS SUSTAINED.
Seven Hundred Thousand Acres In
volved—Another Appeal to
Be Taken.
A suit involving 700,000 acres of land ia
the southern part of the State which the
Southern Pacific Railway Company has
been for years endeavoring to take unto
itself was decided in the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday. The
decision was in favor of the Government,
but the attorneys for the corporation an
nounced that they did not look upon it as
final. They asked for and were granted
permission to take the case to the United
States Supreme Court.
There are many complications and legal
technicalities involved in the suit, and it
is evident that the railroad company will
not relinquish its efforts to secure the land,
which is of immense value, until the last
link of the legal chain by which they are
striving to hold the same .is wrested from
it. . .
The . land I in dispute comes under the
grant made by Congress in 18GC to the At
lantic and Pacific Railroad as determined
by what the Government contends was
the line of; definite location. It is located
in Los Angeles and Ventura cod-ties. The
Southern Pacific Company was also* granted
700,000 acres and authorised to build a rail
road from a point of connection with the
Atlantic and Pacific road near the boun
dary line of the State to San Francisco.
Five years later the Southern Pacific Com
pany was permitted to construct its line
from a point near the Tehachapi Pass, via
Los Angeles, to the Texas and Pacific Rail
road, near the Colorado River.
In 1886 the lands granted the Atlantic
and Pacific Company were declared for
feited and ordered restored to the public
domain. The lands which were secured
by the Southern Pacific Company are
within the limits of both grants at the
place where the line of the Southern Pa
cific crosses that of the Atlantic and Pa
cific, and the question which was to be de
cided was whether the earlier grants at
tached to such lands and thus operated to ex
clude them from the grant to the Southern
Pacific Company. To decide this point the
Government sued the railroad company.
It was contended when the case came up
in the United States District Court that
no map of definite location between the
Colorado River and the Pacific Ocean was
ever filed by the Atlantic and Pacific Com
pany. Maps which were introduced by
the Atlantic and Pacific Company were de
clared fraudulent, and the Southern Pa
cific Company went bo far as to say that
the lines had never been surveyed and
marked on the ground ; also that the re
ports of the Atlantic and Pacific engineers
were false, 7
-• The repudiation of the map of the Atlan
tic and Pacific Company, and the fact that
the line of the map when located on the
ground is ' found to be an impracticable
railroad route, formed the basis of the
Southern Pacific Company's contention
that no survey had ever been made of the
line of definite location contended for by
the Government. It is upon these charges
of fraud ■ made by the Southern Pacific
Company that the decision of the court
dwells at length. :.■''•. r"7'-'
7 .The decision says: •.•',"
The Southern Pacific Company was not in
jured in any right by the alleged failure of the
Atlantic and Pacific. Company In its duty, or
by that company's want of good faith. If
fraud was practiced, it was upon the Govern
ment. If there was injury, it wag the Govern
ment that was injured. " How, then, can the
Southern Pacific Company, to whom there was
no obligation or duty, and in whom there wad
no right in respect to the matters complained
of, take advantage of the fraud alleged to have
been practiced on the Government? And upon
what principle of justice or morals can it ex
pect to mate use of a fraud practiced upon the
Government to make a case for itself against
the Government? °°f__f ""Mil.' 1 'HUMPi
At most, then, the alleged frauds in the maps
of definite location constituted a cause of for
feiture, and this gave no right of succession to
the Southern Pacific Company to the lands
liable to forfeiture. This was decided by the
Supreme Court in the case of the United States
against the Southern Pacific Company, (146 U.
S. 004). In that case it was contended by the
company that Congress intended by the acts of
July 27, . 1806, and March 3, 1871, these
lands should pass to some company to aid in
the building of a railroad, either the Atlantic
and Pacific ,or the Southern Pacific; that if
they were not applied to aid the former
company, then the latter company was
to be entitled to them ; but the court held the
contention ' erroneous. It held in eilect that
the exception out of the grant to the
latter company of the lands included
in the grant to the Atlantic and Pacific
Company was not conditional but absolute;
that If there was any breach of the conditions
of the grant to the Atlantic and Pacific Com
pany, Congress might itself take needful meas
ures: to accomplish the building of the road,
and that if the act of forfeiture had not been
passed the Atlantic and Pacific could yet con
struct its road, and, constructing it, its title to
the lands in question would become perfect. ,
No one but the grantor can raise the question
of a breach of ; a . condition subsequent. Con
gress by the act of forfeiture determined what
should become of the lands forfeited. It elect
ed that they should be restored to the public
domain, The forfeiture was not for the benefit
of the Southern Pacific; it was .not, to enlarge
its grant as ■; it stood prior to the act of for
feiture. It had given to the Southern Pacific
all that it bad agreed to in its original grant;
and now finding that the Atlantic and Pacific
was guilty of a breach of a condition subse
quent, it elected to enforce a forfeiture for that
breach and a forfeiture for its own benefit.
The decision affirming the judgment of
the lower court against the railroad com
pany sustains Judge Ross of the Southern
district, before whom the case ■; was first
tried. ;It was written by. Judge Bellinger
and coincided in by Judges Knowles and
Gilbert.; :K-7 ::v :.■■-. - ■■--; , ■ •;
FLYNN MAY RECOVER.
Thomas ' Heffernan, a Horse- Trainer,
Arrested for Stabbing Him."
Thomas Hcffernan, a horse-trainer at
the racetrack, was arrested yesterday after
noon by Policeman Freel and booked at
the City Prison on the charge of assault
with deadly weapon.
William Flynn, an ex-saloon-keeper on
D street, who was stabbed and beaten by a
gang of men on Fifth avenue and D street
on Sunday night, identified Heffernan as
one of the gang and charged him with
stabbing him. . 77.77
| Heffernan ■ admitted ' that he had some
trouble with Flynn on a former occasion,
but denied being mixed up in the attack
upon him on Sunday night. \ He supposed,
that Flynn blamed him because of their
previous trouble. •
Flynn is still in the Receiving Hospital,
but his wounds are not considered dan- ;
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THIS WEEK
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OUR C3-"R_3_A_T
SACRIFICE CLEARANCE SALE !
It will only require a glance through the following specimen -
quotations to convince any one that IT WILL PAY WELL TO
ATTEND OUR GREAT SACRIFICE CLEARANCE SALE THIS
WEEK, for the sale continues with such DEEP AND UNSPARING
CUTS IN PRICES that no matter what may be needed in the dry
goods line a choice can now be secured from THE VERY BEST
STYLES AND QUALITIES IN THE MARKET
AT ENORMOUS DISCOUNTS FROM ACTUAL VALUES!
MEN'S FURNISHINGS!
At 1 5 Cents.
95 dozen MEN'S FANCY BORDERED HEMSTITCHED JAPANESE SILK HAND* P
1 KERCHIEFS, extra large size, will be closed out at 15c each.
£y -v -\ am
75 dozen MEN'S JAPANESE ALL-SILK HANDKERCHIEFS, with large embroidered : .
initials and hemstitched borders, will be closed out at 15c each.
At IO Cents.
145 dozen MEN'S FULL-FINISHED MERINO SOCKS, in vicuna and undyed colors,
' regular price $2 50 a dozen, will be closed out at 10c a pair. (
At 3 5 Cents.
65 dozen MEN'S NEGLIGEE OVERSHIRTS, made extra large and of fine quality •'
fancy stripe duckings, extra good value for 65c, will be closed out at 35c each.
At. 35 Cents. -
42 dozen ROYS' NEGLIGEE OVERSHIRTS, made of fine quality fancy stripe . duck-
ings, good value for 65c, will be closed out at 35c each.
HOSIERY AND UNDERWEARI
At IO Cents.
CHILDREN'S FINE RIBBED BLACK COTTON HOSE, seamless, double heels and
toes, warranted fast black, will be closed out at 10c a pair; regular price $2„4Q per
dozen.
At ISJi Cents.
LADIES' BLACK COTTON HOSE, Richelieu ribbed, spliced heels and toes, Herms- j
d^rf black, will be closed out at 12 l "* pair.
At SO Cents.
LADIES' FANCY HOSE, black boot and colored Jtop combinations, spliced heela
and toes, will be closed out at 20c a pair; regular value $6 per dozen.
At 35 Cents.
LADIES' BLACK PURE MACO COTTON HOSE, extra heavy, high spliced heels and
toes, onyx fast black, will be closed out at 25c a pair; regular price 50c.
At 15 Cents.
CHILDREN'S NATURAL COLOR MERINO VESTS, PANTS AND DRAWERS,
odd sizes, will be closed out at 15c each.
At ISM Cents.
LADIES' SWISS RIBBED EGYPTIAN COTTON VESTS, low neck and short sleeves,
silk braided neck, will be closed out at 12}£c each ; regular price 25c.
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GLOVES! GLOVES!
At 50 Cents.
100 dozen LADIES' 8-BUTTON LENGTH MOUSQUETAIRE UNDRESSED KID -
GLOVES, in blue, green, red, heliotrope, purple, copper and terra cotta shades, •
regular value $1, will be closed out at 50c a pair. t
At SO Cents.
80 dozen MISSES' BIARRITZ KID GLOVES, in red, blue, slate and tan shades, reg.
ular value 75c, will be closed out at 50c a pair.
At 75 Cents.
80 dozen LADIES' 4-BUTTON KID GLOVES (large buttons), in dark and medium ''.5"-*7
tan shades, also black, regular value $ 1 25, will be closed out at 75c a pair.
At SI.OO.
50 dozen LADIES* 4-BUTTON GENUINE FRENCH KID GLOVES (buttons to match r
gloves), in tan, mode, brown, champagne and yellow shades, also black, regular
value $1 50, will be closed out at $1 a pair.
CARRIAGE PARASOLS!
At 75 Cents.
CARRIAGE PARASOLS, in Gloria silk, in black only . (lined), value 25, will be
closed out at 75c. •
SUN SHADES!
* At $1.00.
24-INCH GLORIA SILK PARASOLS, paragon frames, natural handles, value $150,
will be closed out at $1.
At 4 1.60.
24-INCH GLORIA SILK PARASOLS, paragon frames, Dresden handles, value $2, will j
be closed out at ?1 60.
500 iDOSZSESIXr
LADIES' WAISTS!
IN WHITE AND COLORED,
EXACTLY HALF PRICE!
80 dozen, Regular price $1.00, will be offered at 50c.
170 dozen, Regular price $1.00, will be offered at 50c.
70 dozen, Regular price $1.00, will be offered at 50c
50 dozen, Regular price $1.00, will be offered at 50c.
50 dozen, Regular price $1.50, will be offered at 75c
40 dozen, Regular price $1.50, will be offered at 75c
40 dozen, Regular price $1.50, will be offered at 75c 7 7*
40 dozen, Regular price $1.50, will be offered at 75c -
30 dozen, Regular price $1.50, will be offered at 75c
30 dozen; Regular price $1.50, will be offered at 75c
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