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APPLIED CHRISTIANITY.
H. J. McCoy Explains Why the
Y. M. C. A. Could Not
Harbor Herronites.
SAYS IT'S FLAWITH'S MISTAKE.
Capital Might Bo Attacked by
Some Hot-Headed Young-
Orators.
Teople interested in the new Institute of
Applied Christianity have been waiting
somewhat curiously for the return of Sec
retary H. J. McCoy of the Y. M. C. A. to
obtain an explanation of why the institute
was denied a meeting-place in the Y. M,
C. A. building after being permitted to as
semble once there.
Secretary McCoy, who returned home
yesterday, said : "The whole question has
arisen out of a misconception. Just three
weeks ago I met Rev. F. Flawith. He told
me about the new organization (he is the
new president, I believe), and added that
Tuesday was the meeting-day, and that
they would like to assemble at the Y. M. C.
A. building. I told Mr. Flawith there was
a room, and the next day, to my surprise,
he presented me with a copy of resolutions
of thanks for allowing the institute to
mate its headquarters at our place.
M My dear fellow, you are a little pre
mature,' I exclaimed, surprised at re
ceiving such resolutions. 'I only gave
you the room for one Tuesday evening; I
have not the power to give it to you per
manently.' That night I brought the
matter before our board of trustees and
they decided unanimously that it would
not' be possible to have the institute hold
ing its meetings at the Y. M. C. A. build
ing. This decision was only in accordance
with our orinciples. We admit all
evangelical chu:ches, but we have made a
record for attending to our own business,
and have nothing to do with any con
troversies.
•Now, every one knows that there is a
controversy over the teachings of Dr.
Herron. The trustees in fact said:
'There's a difference of opinion, a con
troversy, and it is better for us to have
nothing to do with it.' Personally, I have
no opinion to express, for or against Dr.
Herron's views, but I know that the in
stitute of Applied Christianity was founded
to enforce them, and that they have
aroused great controversy. Take, for in
stance, the afternoon when Dr. Herroa
spoke in our auditorium and Dr. Brown
'opposed him. That meeting was a very
stormy one, and afterward the audience
broke up into little knots and discussed
the controversy.
"Now I will put a hypothetical case.
Just suppose that the Y. M. C. A. allowed
the institute to hold its meetings in the
building and some night a hot-headed,
ungoverned fellow got up and berated
capita!, denouncing everyone who had got
a dollar. I am only putting a possible
case, but the thing might happen, and if it
did the report would go out that that son
of incendiary views was expressed at the
Young Men's Christian Association head
quarters. Now our young gentlemen are
all of high moral standing; they are a
superior class of young men altogether,
and the expression of such views coming
from the Y. M. C. A. Would place it in a
jalse light.
•So anxious have we been to avoid con
troversy thai when Dr. Pullan, represent
ing a committee of four, offered to rent
the auditorium for a series of four lec
turfs. while Dr. Herron was here, we re
fused, because there was a division in the
community over the subjects, oil which
Professor Herron intended to lecture.".
Secretary McCoy added that he had re
ceived a fetter from "the Institute oi Ap
plied Christianity, which he intenSed to
answer within the next few days. 'M
6hall haveto explain that the misconception
arose out of a mistake on the part of TZzv~
F. Fiawith. ■/ ■ '.'■ ::•■"
"The letter was a most eentlemanly one
and very temperate in its tone. It sa^dthe
Y. M. C. A. was a headquarters for all
evangelical churches and that the insti
tute was for the promulgation of gospel
truths in a practical manner. I shall have
to explain that politics, sectarian religion
and all controversial subjects are tabooed
by the Y. M. C. A. The anti-dive people
and the Civic Federation wished to hold
their meetings in our building, but we
had to refuse them, as we have bad to
refuse numerous other organizations.
When one comes to think of it, I really do
not see any reason why we should give a
room to the Institute of Applied Chris
tianity." _____________
A COUNTERFEITER FREED
The Oregon District Judge Re
fuses to Accept a Plea
of Guilty.
When Arrested a Second Time His
Honor Released Him on His
Own Recognizance.
United States Secret Service Agent of the
Treasury Harris returned from Portland,
Or., last evening, where he had been to
attend the trial of "Doc" Davenport,
charged with making and passing counter
feit money. The prosecution and its results
are among the most remarkable in the
history of the United States courts.
Davenport was arrested and pleaded
guilty, but in extenuation said he had been
inveigled into making the coin by a man
employed by Secret Service Agent Harris.
The Judge refused to accept his plea of
guilty, and later ordered the District At
torney to nolle prosequi the case. The
latter refused, and the prisoner was tried
last week. The Judge ordered a verdict of
not guilty brought in, and then the District
Attorney arrested Davenport on a second
charge. At this his Honor got angry, and
immediately released the prisoner on bis
own recognizance.
"Do you want to know something about
the remarkable trial of Counterfeiter
Davenport?" said Agent Harris last night
in response to a query. "Well, I will do
the best I can. Some months ago a man
named Wolford Reid was arrested in
Oregon City with $575 in counterfeit gold
pieces on him. lat once went to Portland
and there learned that the counterfeits
were made in the hills back of a little place
called Lebanon, but just where no one
seemed to know. "
"I employed a man named Charles
Fresh to nelp me and he finally ran "Doc"
Davenport to earth, and before the Grand
Jury he confessed that he assisted the Jen
nings boys in making the $5 counterfeits,
and told us where to find the plant.
"Those were the facts that preceded
Davenport's appearance in court. He
pleaded guilty, but said Fresh had led him
into the scrape. United States District
Judge C. B. Bellinger, who was hearing
the case, refused to accept a plea of guilty
and said: 'Sentence will not be passed at
this time. Detectives of the Gpvernment
have no right to aid in the commission of
crime. I want it understood that persons
who go about instigating crime will not
find their business successful m this
"'"That was the end of the matter at that
time but later he instructed the District
Attorney to nolle prosqui the case against
Davenport, and when the latter refused
his Honor said he would instruct the ]ury
the case came to trial last week
and the evidence showed that Davenport
had been making money and that in my
efforts to locate his manufactory 1 had
given Fresh money to buy counterfeits
from him.
"The first time Fresh went to Davenport
the latter said he had no counterfeits, but
that he would go to his forge in the moun
tains and make some. He tried to get
Billy Flaugher to go with him, but the
latter got scared and would not go. Then
Davenport said he would make them in
his own house. This he did and Fresh
bought quantities from him and turned
them over to the authorities, afterward
giving Davenport half of what he was sup
posed to have got for them. The coiner
was caught almost in the act by United
StatesJMarshal Grady and his deputies
and nllhis paraphernalia was seized.
"When caught,|Davenport said : 'So you
have got me again. Well, eight years "ago
I pleaded guilty, and got off with two
years, and I'll try the same dodge again.'
Then he told of the Jennings $soutnt in
the mountains, and said he bad helped
them on several occasions, because they
did not know how to plate their goods.
When taken to Portland, the counterfeits
found upon Wolford Reid were shown
him, and he said they had been made by
the Jennings boys and himself.
"All this was put in evidence, but when
we put the Jennings boys on the stand to
identify the money, the Judge wouldn't
admit it. District Attorney Murphy said
he wanted to show that Davenport had
been a long time in the business and had
taught others. His Honor would not listen
to the argument, and said the Government
had not made out a case, and that further
more its detectives had employed Fresh to
solicit Davenport to make the counterfeits.
"He admitted it was a crime for the pris
oner to have made counterfeits at Fresh's
instance, but that it would be against pub
lic policy to convict him. On that ground
he would not admit testimony that went
to show previous crimes on the part of the
prisoner. The Judge then ordered the
clerk to prepare a verdict and instructed
the foreman of the jury to cast the vote for
acquittal.
"This was done, but District Attorney
Murphy at once had Davenport arrested
for making counterfeit $5 pieces. This
riled his Honor, and with a great deal of
warmth he ordered the prisoner released
on his own recognizance. Turning to me
he said that the Marshal, urged on by
Secret Service Agent Harris, was attempt
ing to defeat his purposes, but that he
would see to it that they were not success
ful. Davenport, one of the most danger
ous counterfeiters in the West, was set free
and 1 came home. It was a remarkable
trial."
STRIKERS ARE NOW FREE
Federal Indictments Against
Them Have All Been
Dismissed.
Many of the Prisoners Came From
Oakland, Sacramento, Red
Bluff and This City.
The cases acrainet over 200 men accused
of complicity iv the railroad strikes of last
year were all dismissed in the United
States District Court yesterday. There
was not a greet amount of interest taken
in the proceedings, and only a few of the
men over whom the indictments hung
were present.
George W. Monteith, the attorney who
defended John Cassidy and John Mayne
through one of the. longest trials on record^"
was present to hear Judge Hawley pro
nounce his clients free men.
As soon as the court was called to order
United States District Attorney Foote
arose and read : ills instructions from the
Attorney-General in regard to the striker
cases. It was * simple statement to the
effect that, in yiew or the facts laid before
him by Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald,
he thought it would be good policy to dis
miss all the seven indictments, which cov
ered charges against over 200 men, Mr.
Foote then made a formal motion to this
effect, and Judge Haswley made the neces
sary order. Clerk Manly at once wrote
''Nolle prosequied 1 ' against "Striker case"
on his calendar, and the whole matter was
finished, : :■. .
'I am glad it has turned out in this
way," said the District Attorney. "I
recommended the dismissal of these cases
after the trial of Cassidy and Mayne, and.
being confident that that course would be
pursued sooner or later, I let it be known
1 that any one 6f the strikers who had a
chance of going to work could come to me
and I would allow him to go oil his own
recognizance. Now the whole matter is |
wiped from the calendar and I'm glad
of it."
The great railroad strike was inaugurated
on this coast a year ago last June. All the
lines of the Southern Pacific Company
■^■ere tied up and things went from bad to
worse until on July 4, 1894, a train was de
railed on a bridge near Sacramento and
two men lost their lives. From that time
on the strikers lost strength and finally a
total collapse followed.
Once things were in working order again
the troops and militia were withdrawn,
and then the wrath of the Southern Pacific
and the authorities was turned against
the strikers. Arrests were made right and
left and soon the 200 men whose cases
were dismissed yesterday were under in
dictment.
Shortly after the railroad strike cases
were dismissed in the United States courts
yesterday Labor Commissioner E. L. Fitz
gerald received a letter of thanks from the
American Railway Union No. 310, located
in Oakland. About two months ago the
railroad men who had been arrested for
conspiracy in connection with the strike
of last appealed to Mr. Fitzgerald ;
for help. They stated that their cases j
were dragging along in the United States
courts, and while such a state of affairs
existed they were unable to employ
ment, being liable to be called into court
at any time. Mr. Fitzgerald interested
himself in their behalf and after corre
sponding with the authorities in Washine
ton the cases were dismissed, and yester
day about 130 railroad men received the
news of their freedom. The letter of thanks
reads :
Dear Sir: At a regular meeting of this union
(No. 310) your letter to our worthy president,
John Forrest, stating the action you have
taken and the result of said action in having
the indictments against the American Railway
r'nion men dismissed, was read and a commit
tee was appointed to tender yon our heartfelt
thanks for the manly action that you have
taken. We appreciate it the more when we
realize that your only motive was the good and
welfare of the wage-earners.
Our thanks come to yon like the widow's. It
Is ail we have, and tnough you have other
friendg more in evidence, you can never have
any that will oe trner or appreciate more the
favor conferred on them than the members of
the Local Union No. 310, A. R. U.
H. Hoverlt, Secretary.
Among the cases dismissed were 14 from
San Francisco, 32 from Oakland, 36 from
Sacramento, 18 from Red Bluff. 8 from
Vallejo and the remainder from Palo Alto
and other places.
Charged With Burglary.
W. J. Sandborn was booked at the City Prison
yesterday by Policemen Reynolds, Donovan
and Drew on the charge of burglary. He is
charged with entering the .house of J. Neilson,
1020 Sacramento street, on June 22 and steal
ing some jewelry and money. He was seen to
enter and leave the house by some young men
who went to school with him. Sand'born is 23
years of age and has been arrested several
times before.
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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JULY 2, 1895.
VOTING AND THE PULPIT
Miss Anthony and Miss Shaw
Again Address the City
Members.
DR. GUNSATJLUS TO LECTURE.
The Presbyterian Election — Metho
dist Preachers Take a
Vacation.
The auditorium of the Young Men's
Christian Association was crowded yester
day afternoon when Miss Anthony, Miss
Shaw and the ministers of the City were
the guests of the Congregational Monday
Club. Miss Anthony commenced her ad
dress with: "Mr. Chairman and minis
ters: (How many ministers there are who
wear bonnets!) There is no reason why
the churches and schools are sneered at by
men of affairs except that they know there
is no strong voting constituency behind
them. The average boy holds his mother's
opinion in disrespect, no matter how much
he loves her. She tries to teach him that
he should shun tobacco and strong drink,
but he sees his teacher and the superin
tendent of schools using the weed, and
some one has told him that when the
Forty-seventh Congress adjourned only
one man was sober, and that was a colored
man. Hearing of these or parallel cases,
he revolves them in his youthful mind and
says, 'Mother, you don't know anything
about it; you are a woman. '« The child
cannot be expected to hold his mother's
opinion In higher respect than his father
does."
The speaker was emphatic in her state
ment that women are greatly hindered
in their natural work of education, charity
and reform by their lack of the ballot, and
said that a few unscrupulous men by their
votes can outweigh the good will and
wishes of hundreds of women.
Miss Anthony believes that there must
be a revolution of existing laws. Condi
tions must be entirely changed before
woman reaches the maximum of her use
fulness. She said : "If some of the women
don't want to vote it is because they have
not been educated to want that 'right.
Every woman in the possession of brains
and morals should want to vote."
Rev. Anna H. Shaw was introduced as
the woman who had "made politicians
squirm and ward-heelers squeal," and sLe
remarked that she found herself in more
congenial society at that moment than
of the classes named, even if she is
a woman who wants to vote. She said
that the objectors to woman suffrage use
sentiment, not arguments, in debate.
After listening to such sentimental twad
dle she declared she always felt fatigued.
"Women may say and" truly," she said,
"that the franchise will be "an added re
sponsibility, but it will also relieve women
of many heavier responsibilities." Argu
ing in this line she pronouncea the bulle
tin boards of San Francisco educators! in
vice and a disgrace to the City. Answer
ing the claim that women suffragists de
nounced the men she said such denuncia
tions came from the other side; that suf
fragists belteve the average American man
a pretty decent fellow to live with and
vote with, but the opposition claims he is
so egotistic and pigneaded that if his wife
holds other views than his he will quarrel
with her. She considered that the only
freedom lies in discussion between equals.
When one does all the ruling, the other all
the yielding, tyranny and slavery are the
resufts. She ascribed the adverse reports
on the workings of woman suffrage in
Kansas to the fact that the opposition
controls the Associated Press.
Referring to Paul's much-talked-of in
junction* to^ women she said that the op
position harps on the sayings of Paul and
Timothy, but dodges those of Christ. In
conclusion she expressed the heartiest good
will for California and its dwellers, and
said she is confident that in the election
next year the men of the State will place
women on an equality with native-born
Chinese.
Rev. James D. Eaton of Chihuahua,
Mex., will addre3S the club Monday on
Mexican missions.
MethodlHt Preachers' Meeting.
Rev. S. D. Simons read a paper on "Per
sonal Reminiscences," in which he dwelt
upon spiritual as opposed to natural ex
periences, at the Methodist preachers'
meeting yesterday.
Rev. Frank M. Day of Hillsboro, N.
Mex., made a brief address. He is spend
ing a two weeks' vacation in San Fran
cisco, and said that sixteen years ago,
when he was a boy sotting type on the
Alta, he was converted at a Methodist
preachers' meetine. He said that Sabbath
desecration is a great obstacle to effective
church work in New Mexico, and holds
the mine-owners, who require work on
their properties on that day, responsible.
Mr. Larson, pastor of the Danish-Nor
wegian church, announced that the church
building would be completed in thirty
days and that services would be held there
after that time, although the dedication
would be postponed until the return of
Bishop Goodscli, who is in New York.
The meeting adjourned until the first
Monday in August.
Presbyterian Ministerial Union.
The Presbyterian Ministerial Union
elected the following officers yesterday:
Rev. G. B. D. Stewart, president; Rev.
Duncan Munro, vice-president; Rev. James
Wood worth, secretary and treasurer. The
topic of discussion was "The coming of
the Lord." Rev. James Woodworth opened
the discussion. He said that Christ had
already come twice, in the resurrection
and the incarnation, but the kingdom of
God can be hastened by means of the secu
lar agencies of progress and the activities
of God's people.
Dr. Alexander will be the chief speaker
at the next meeting of the union.
Reception to a Chinese Physician.
A reception will be tendered to Dr. Hu
King Eng, a recent graduate of the Phila
delphia Medical College, at the Central
Methodist Episcopal Church this evening.
This Chinese lady is said to have won high
honors in her alma mater.
Lecture by Dr. Gunsaulas.
Dr. F. W. Gunsaulus, the noted Chicago
divine, will deliver a lecture at Plymouth
Congregational Church on Saturday even
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THINKS SCHEEL WILL PAY.
Secretary of the Musicians' Union Says
There Will Be No IHsaf
fections.
It has been currently reported that there
was much dissatisfaction among the mem
bers of tho Musicians' Union on account
of what many think an unjust verdict in
the case of Professor Scheel. While many
sympathize with the distinguished musi
cian, there is not the slightest probability
of a schism in the ranks of the union on
this account. They like Scheel, but they
are loyal to their pledge.
"There is not the slightest truth in the
report that Scheel will be able to obtain
thirty-two members of the union to join
him, so that he can carry out his contract
With the Mechanics' Institute," said the
secretary of the Musicians' Union yester
day. "While many feel for him deeply
they are not foolish enough to allow their
sympathy to get the better part of their
judgment. Should such a thing happen
they would find themselves in Scheel s
power, and this they realize. x ■ ,
"I think the whole matter will be settled
to-morrow by Scheel paying up what he
owes. At least that is the general feenng
here now.
"Scheel has had his agents working
among the men, endeavoring to create dis
satisfaction, but they have met with abso
lutely no encouragement. L. M. Ritzau is
the name of one of the parties and charges
were preferred against him to-day. I am
not at liberty to give the name of Scheel s
other agent yet, though I think the whole
matter will be settled to-morrow."
MAERIED OR SINGLE.
John I.Dfdahl Makes Some Contra
dictory Statements in the
Police Court,
A few days aeo a warrant was sworn out
in Judge Campbell's court for the arrest of
John Lofdahl, on the charge of betrayal
under promise of marriage. The complain
ing witness wa9 Emila Johnson, a pretty
young girl.
Lofdahl was brought from Watsonville
Sunday by Policeman Geimann and yes
terday morning appeared in court. Lof
dahl's attorney told the Judge that he was
willing to marry the girl ana she also ex
pressed her willingness. Just then a man
rose and said that Lofdahl had a wife and
family in Sweden. He announced himself
as Lotdahl's brother. When questioned by
the Judge Lofdahl denied that he was mar
ried and he and his attorney and the com
plaining witness, accompanied by an of
hcer, went to get the necessary license.
On the way Lofdahl's attorney warned
him that if hie was married and swore he
was a single man he would get himself into
more serious trouble. Thi^frightened him
and the party returned to court, where
Lofdahl confessed that he had a wife "in
Sweden.
This put a new complexion upon the
case ana Lofdahl was remanded till July 3
to enable the prosecution to make proper
inquiries as to whether he is married or
single.
ADJUSTING THE LOSSES
Fire Insurance Men Very Busy
Yesterday Getting State-
ments.
Prospective Work for Many Me-
chanlcs at the South Side
Burned District.
Yesterday was about the first day that
much of anything has been done looking
toward a rebuilding of the south side
burned district and a settlement of the
losses.
The insurance agent adjuster was abroad
in the land getting particulars and amounts
of claims, and as most of the losses were
total, there is not much trouble anticipated
in making amicable settlements.
While it is yet early in the day for many
to have decided upon definite plans, the
opinion prevails that work upon a majority
01 the buildings will be soon under way
and furnish employment for numerous
workmen.
The tenants of the western end of the
block bounded by Fourth, Fifth, Brannan
and Bluxome streets are trying to come to
some agreement with William B. Brad
bury, who leases the ground of A. B.
McCreary.
The leases of all parties have only one
year to run and as the tenants do not like
to erect buildings for so short a time, they
are trying to either cancel the present
lea u "s or get new ones for a longer term.
The controversy mar be the cause of
delaying work on this block for some time.
It is the intention of C. W. Burgen to at
once erect a three-story frame planing
mill on the site of the old one on Brannan
street, near JSifth.
George Brandelein will also put up a
two-story frame building on the same
block, to be used as a furniture factory,
and Morgan it Potter will Diit up a ma
chine and blacksmith Bhop.
A. C. Stoetzer of the Belmont Hotel and
H. Outsen, who had the feed mill adjoin
ing are willing to build again if the lease
question can be settled, as also will J. Ein
stein of the Commercial Milling Company.
Carrick, Williams & Wright, the box
men, own their own ground and will soon
have mechanics at work on their new
buildings. Their loss was very heavy,
their insurance of $14,000 only about cover
ing the outside lumber and supplies.
It is the intention of John Homman to
commence work as soon as insurance mat
ters are adjusted, and it is quite probable
that Main & Winchester, the harnessmen,
will not be lone behind him. The mem
bers of the latter firm are both in the
East, and whether they will erect a brick
or frame structure is not yet decided.
It has been customary, for some years
past, for the underwriters' organization to
contribute $1000 toward defraying the ex
pense of keeping all firemen on hand over
the Fourth of July. This year, owing to
the disruption of the Insurance Union,
this fund is being raised by subscription
among the various companies.
When a prominent insurance man was
asked yesterday whether the underwriters,
as a body, woufd take some action regard
ing the poor water supply of the south
side districts, he said that the recent rate
war made united artionon almost any sub
ject impossible. "What we also want," he
said, "is a paid fire department. With
three regular men at a fire house and the
rest scattered all over town, what else can
be expected but heavy losses at times?
The Supervisors have been appealed to
time and again over the water main ques
tion. They and the Fire Commissioners
ought to be approached by popular agi
tation."
Some of the house-renting agencies re
port plenty of \ tenants for their "to let"
houses near Fourth and Freelon ', streets.
Like the Donnybrook Fair celebrities, who,
when they saw a head hit it, many of the fire
sufferers when they saw a vacant house
entered it and made themselves at home.
One man who rented a house in the regu
lar way found- three families comfortable
and happy in the supposed vacant build
ing. . ■ .-. ■■ ' ■<■ _ ..-. • ■' . . . '■■/■ ■ -
. Fire-damaged cigars are ' being retailed
by the small boy at six for 5 cents, "war
ranted genuine Havana."
MURDER OP MOORHEAD.
Edward Magner Held to Answer Before
the Superior Court.
The preliminary examination of Edward
Magner on the charge of murder was held
before Judge Joachim sen yesterday, and
after hearing the evidence the Judge held
him to answer before the Superior Court
without bail.
On the night of June 15 Magner was in
Comiskey's saloon, 15 East street. He had
been drinking heavily and was in a quar
relsome mood. He and Pete Collins got
into a row and were going outside to
fight, when Moorhead went between them
in the character of peacemaker. Magner
plunged a knife into his abdomen and ran
out of the saloon. Moorhead was taken
to the Receiving Hospital and expired in a
few hours. Magner surrendered himself
next morning and denied knowing any
thing about the matter, but admitted that
he was so drunk that he had no recollec
tion of being in Comiskey's saloon.
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Illegally Selling Firecrackers.
' '■■ Fire • Marshal Towe went into the ".' store of
** on . Seung, 414^ O'Farrell ; street, yesterday
and purchased two packages of firecrackers for
5 ■ cents. He * astonished' the ; Chinaman by
placing him \ Ul ! de ,L arrest - He ■ drove J him to
the City Prison in hi» buggy and booked him
for s el»n? firecrackers : without ; a:; permit
£™. £«m Jh ! ? f . the F «re Department or '•
license from the License Collector. -' ' • •
AFTER JOUSTS TERRITORY
The Market-Street Railway
Company to Pierce to
the Ocean,
THE STORY OF A FRANCHISE
How a Gun Burst in the Trenches
Just Prior to the Last
Struggle.
At the last meeting of the Street Com
mittee of the Board of Supervisors a vote
was taken on the petition of the San Fran
cisco and San Mateo Railway Company
for an extension of their franchise out
Sunnyside avenue and to the ocean.
There has been nothing before this com
mittee or the board for many, many days
that has developed anything like the con
tention that this matter has. It was one
of the holdovers from the old board, which
had wrestled with the question in commit
tee, the committee reported it to the board,
the board back to the committee and, when
the tenure of their office expired, it was
still there.
Then the new board took it up and sent
it to the committee and there, week after
week, the friends and enemies of Behrend
Joost and the San Mateo Railroad have
gathered and battled until this bit of fran
chise has become as famous in the Councils
of the City and County as those old grades
on Battle Mountain.
Some very ugly things have been said in
the course of the repeated skirmishing,
and it has been a matter of wonder to those
who have watched and listened to it from
a disinterested standpoint to note all the
bitterness of opposition that was developed
by the property-owners along the line who
might have been expected to favor it, be
ing the people to be benefited.
Through it all Joost has kept an even
course, showing up regularly, and smiling
at every call of the case, supported by the
bland, unruffled tenacious eloquence of
Mullaney, his attorney, as well as the rep
resentatives of the receiver, all of whom
never grew weary in answering the most
excited and fire-eating attacks of ihe oppo
sition.
At the last meeting of the committee H.
M. Clement, by way of argument against
the petition, made a personal attacJc on
Joost, offering him and the record which
he declared he had made for not keeping
obligations, as the best reason for not grant
ing him further favors.
Joost, in a speech immediately follow
ing, kept to his text— the benefit his road
would be to the people in the region
traversed — and completely ignored the per
sona! attack upon himself, except to coolly
remark at the close that Mr. Clemant was
the paid attorney of the Market-street Rail
way Company; that he would have been
his (Joost's) attorney, perhaps, if he
(Joost) had had money enough and had
thought fit to engage him.
Mr. Clemant declared he was not the
attorney of the Market-street Railway Com
pany.
Some days ago a man who is a friend of
Joost — so it is related — and who is also on
familiar terms with the Market-street Rail
way people — the Southern Pacific Com
pany — desirous of learning just how the
wind was blowing in this matter, called
upon H. E. Huntington and said to him:
"If you have any notion of extending your
lines out that way pretty soon I will get in
and oppose the Joost petition."
Mr. Huntington looked at the gentleman
with smiling urbanity and answered, "Oh,
don't bother about that, my dear sir; we
are going to get that franchise."
This little story is run in by way of
parenthesis.
Just before the vote was taken in com
mittee, that last day, Chris Duuker, whom
Joost had confidently counted upon be
cause of assurances in private conversa
tions, left the room. Only four, therefore,
remained to vote. Of these Supervisors
Spreckels and Morgenstern voted in favor
and Hughes and Benjamin voted against.
This left the matter a tie. There could
be no report, for there was no majority.
Joost afterward expressed himself as very
much surprised at Hughes voting against
him, for, to use his own language: "At
the meeting preceding Hughes declared
himself emphatically in my favor, saying,
'Joost is all right,' and then turning and
nudging me in the ribs he said, 'Send me
some printing' — he is in the printing busi
ness, you know. Well, 1 haven't had any
printing to send him since then ; but 1
shouldn't think that would cause him to
chanße completely round against me — for,
of course, I will send him some printing."
That was all a matter of a few days ago.
Yesterday two petitions were presented
before the Board ,of Supervisors by the
Market-street Railway Company asking
for an extension of their franchise over ex
actly these lines — Sunnyside avenue and
the ocean road to the ocean — for which
Joost and the San Mateo Railway Com
pany have been arguing and pleading for
these many months. They were supported
by petitions of property-owners.
Joost, with a notion that something
might appear in the report of the Street
Committee concerning the split on the
subject, was present yesterday, this time
re-enforced by a new lawyer, Van Duzen.
Mullaney had been discarded, not for lack
of appreciation of his ability and the mel
lifluous shading of his wonderful periods,
put because he was a Democrat, and noth
ing more.
In the depths of his wonder at his own
poor progress and the constant casting
about ior some reason for it — or rather in
an effort to grasp all the reasons — it had
occurred to Joost that perhaps Mullaney's
politics had something to do with it. So
he went and hired a Republican — Van
Duzen— ami with him and his old line of
supporters and opposite to them the
little army of trie opposition, all the well
known faces, sat throughout the entire
afternoon's session.
. But no reference was made to his peti
tion in the Street Committee's report for
the reason stated, and no opportunity,
therefore, was given them to be heard.
But when the petition of the Market
street Railway Company was read it
struck the Joost camp like the sudden
bursting of one of their big guns in their
own trenches. While it did not actually
create a panic, they realized that the fight
which they thought was almost at an end
had only now begun. The petitions were
referred to the Street Committee.
A resolution providing for a new official
map of the City and $10,000 to "pay for it,
according to the desire expressed by peti
tions of many organizations of influential
citizens, was introduced by Supervisor
Hughes and was passed to print.
A resolution also permitting the Presidio
and Ferries Railroad Company to abandon
their franchise on Greenwich street, be
tween Baker and Steiner, was passed.
Durkee's resolution to organize and put
in active service two new engine com
panies, to be known as Nos. 27 and 29, was
passed through the regular course.
A new resolution increasing the police
force and the number of ofheers as pre
viously published— this despite the fact
that Auditor Broderick did not provide for
the expense of the same in his estimate —
was introduced by Benjamin, chairman of
the Health and Police Committee, and
passed to print.
Official communications were received
as follows :
Superintendent of Streets, asking that further
proceedings be omitted in putting sewers in J
street, from Eighth to Tenth avenues, and in
the crossing of J street and Ninth avenue.
Superintendent of Streets, recommending
street work as follow*: Grade, etc., Corbett
avenue, from, Clara to Douglass; grade, etc.,
Corbett avenue, from Clara to Caselli : pave
with bitumen and curb Devisadero street, be
tween Waller and Thirteenth; lay stone side
walks on Scott street, between Ellis and O'Far
rell; lav plank sidewalks on Twenty-seventh
street, Detweeu Guerrero and San Jose; lay
stone sidewalks on Valencia street, between
Twenty-filth and Twenty-tilth; lay stove side
NEW ' TO-DAT.
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120 Bloarny Street.
GIGANTIC DRESS SALE!
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DTJCK DRESSES, navy blue ground <2»0.25
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Reduced from 92.75 and 84.50. •
• DUCK DRESSES, 100 pattern 5........... C1»0.75
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Reduced from 84.00 and 85.00.
PIQUE DRESSES, finest qua1ity......... (DM .50
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Reduced from 56.00 and 89.00. •:
ALL-WOOL TAN COVERT CLOTH •■' -
DRESSES, big .sleeves, and wideffl* ft .00
skirts .....ii. ::.y.; *.-.;.-.;j©;y —;
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ALL-WOOL NAVY AND BLACK -C !
SERGE JACKET SUITS, all-linedo*7.so
-.^skirts i •••<uM : —-.
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IMPORTED SCOTCH MIXED CLOTH >':
• JACKET DRESSES, all ; wool, . gray*7.so
effects .....i; :..■::...,..:;;...- ■;..*s>:* —
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SCOTCH MIXED : CLOTH JACKET (*Q.o6:.
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Sacramento: j lay ■ stone sidewalks on ."Ber- 1
nafd -street, ' between Jones and „: Leaven
worth; pave with bitumen the crossing of
Tve.uty'-iourth and Capp; lay a sew** in Va
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stone sidewalks on the south side of Turk, near I
Van Ness avenue; lay stone sidewalks on Te- |
hania,- between Fourth and Fifth;: lay stone f
sidewalks on Vallejo, between Octayia and La
guria; lay stone sidewalks on Octavia, between ;
Vallejp. and Green; ; lay stone, sidewalks on
northwesterly angular corner of Vallejo and
Octavia; lay stone sidewalks corner of Vallejo
and Lacuna * lay stone sidewalks on Jones, be
tween Union and Filbert;;lay stone : sidewalks
corner of Green and Mason; lay stone side
walks ;on Lexington avenue, between Eigh
teenth and Nineteenth streets. ■; ;.;-'•' :V?il-;..:':
City and County Attorney Creswell, report- j
ing that the alley, from Julian avenue to ■ Cale- j
donia alley had never been dedicated as a pub- :|:
lie highway. •■'•". '■ . . :-\. - :•' .^ 3;;;. •/:; '
DR. : GOODWIN'S SERMON. }
Grand. Army Men Listen to a Patriotic .■ ■
Discourse at the California-Street .' - .
?. . 31. K. Church. - , ,•
In response to a special invitation large
delegations from all the Grand: Army;
posts assembled at the i California-street I
Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday, even-»
ing to listen to the patriotic discourse of j
Rev. Dr. Goodwin, The pulpit and chan
cel of the church were beautifully decor
ated with flowers, bunting and flags. • The
musical selections by the choir were of a
patriotic character, including the "Sword
of Bunker Hill" and the "Battle Hymn of
the Republic."
Rev. Dr. Goodwin was at his best, and,
inspired by his surroundings, delivered a
most powerful and eloquent discourse, his
theme being the "Hand of Divine Provi
dence in American, History.'' He traced
briefly the leading events from the landing
of the Pilgrim Fathers and the Revolution
ary struggle down to the termination of
the Civil War. >;-
The reverend gentleman paid a tender
tribute to the. patriotic women of the war
period, who, he said, endured more phys
ical suffering, mental anguish and heart
aches than even the men at the front. " V
The future safety of the Republic, he be
lieved, depended;; upon the l righteousness I
of the people, its foundations being the i
church and the Sabbath-school.
The patriotic utterances of the preacher
moved ■ the old soldiers deeply, many of
whom could .1 not refrain from tears and
subdued applause. ,' i „ .
DR. PIERCES GALVANIC j
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San Francisco, f Office hours: Ba. m. till 7p. it:
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(From Wellpark Brewery, Glasgow. Est'd 1760),
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Hops, can now be had in 1 to 100 case lots of four i
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FORBES BROS., Agents, •
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■Ir™ANSY PILLS!
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TION TiS^?^,CHE^,OIDDINESS, aONBTIPA.'
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remedy persons can cure themselves
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Cloak and Suit House,
120 Koarny Street.
GIGANTIC GAPE SALE!
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Keduced from 85.00 and $7.50. V.-
FINE QUALITY CLOTH CAPES, rib- • .... .
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...53. 50 t3)U— ,
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