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DR. BROWN AN
IPSO-ECCENTRIC.
An Eastern Divine's Opinion
of the Afflicted
Pastor.
AT PLYMOUTH CHURCH.
The Committee Believes That
Dr. Brown Is Mentally
Unbalanced.
INVESTIGATION TO PROCEED.
There Will Be Daily Sessions of the
Committee of Inquiry Next
Week.
Those who have been feeling the judicial
pulse of the committee of investigation in
the Brown vs. Davidson and Davidson vs.
Brown case believe that that honorable
body is, almost to a man, of the opinion
that Dr. Brown's mental vacaries account
for his strange actions, and if he be inno
cent of the extreme charges against him,
that these aberrations are the cause of
some of the acts which his most ardent
admirers pronounce "undeniably foolish."
"Do you believe that Dr. Brown's mind
is unbalanced?"
One of the most conservative and con
scientious members of the committee
sighed, shook his head and finally re
sponded with the rising inflection, "Well,
perhaps not exactly." The conservative
member looked worried. Indeed no one
on the committee seems to feel any joy
in his position. All seem to feel that
whatever may be the result of the investi
gation an unpleasant duty intervenes be
tween to-day and the time when that re
sult will be announced.
Dr. Williams, who has known the min
ister who is now on the rack of public in
spection for twenty years, has said on
divers occasions when the irascible pastor
brought himself into public notice by
some heated words, "No one knows what
Brown will do." Dr. Williams has a cler
ical friend and former schoolmate in one
of the Atlantic States, and an acquaintance
of Dr. Brown, who is of the same opinion.
In a recent letter to the pastor of Plymouth
Church he says, "Whatever may be the
opinion to Brown's criminality, the be
lief I have always entertained of him is
that he is a fool.
"He is not well balanced. You can never
hazard a prediction as to what he will do,
where be will break out, which way turn
or turn up. His relations with the women
in the case prove his utter foolishness.
The man's lack of mental balance is piti
able.
"He is— pardon the vulgarism — badly
stuck on himself. I never knew another
man so much so. Coining a word to tit
his case, T should pronounce him a colos
sal ipso-eccentric."
"That's the trouble," said Dr. Williams,
in seeming soliloquy as he folded the let
ter.
The reverend gentleman who is under
fire was reported better yesterday, and it
is expected that he will be able to undergo
the ordeal of making a statement to his
jury of ecclesiastical peers on Monday
evening. The meetings of the committee
will be held each evening except Wednes
day, commencing Monday next, and all
will be held at Plymouth Church. The
exception on Wednesday evening will be
because that is the time for the weekly
prayer meetings. All sessions will be
secret.
Rumors to the effect that Miss Overman
will confess that she was a party to the
plot to blackmail Dr. Brown, but weakened
and withdrew from the conspiracy before
its dramatic climax, are current, but have
not been verified.
A NEW CLUB DEPARTURE
The University Club Is to Have
Coats -of -Arms in Its •
Windows.
Harvard and the Naval Academy's
Crests in Stained
Glass.
A style of decoration which is a new
departure as far as this Cisv is concerned
is about to be inaugurated at the Univer
sity Club. This is to adorn the building
with stained-glass windows, bearing the
arms of the different colleges and univer
sities in this country.
The clubhouse on Sutter street, near
Jones, has lately been enlarged and reno
vated. Among the improvements is a
large dining-room, the windows of which
afford a good field for setting in
stained-glass windows. The first two
crests inserted are to be those of the
Naval Academy and Harvard. Each is
being made a present to the ciub by mem
bers who are graduates of the above insti
tutions.
The two gentlemen who are making the
present wished the crest to be a surprise
to their fellow-clubmen, and on that ac
count nothing has been even whispered
about the windows till now, though both
are almost completed.
Bruce Porter has designed and executed
the windows. The Harvard crest has been
carried out on its original lines, but that
of the in aval Academy has been modified
to suit the artistic requirements of a
stained-glass window. There is nothing
more difficult than to represent an Ameri
can flag of limited dimensions in stained
glass, but in the modified design for the
Naval Academy, which will adorn the
University Club, the stars are suggested
against an azure background, in the flow
ing design which surrounds the arms. The
centerpiece is an anchor, and carelessly
enshrouding it in its folds are the red and
white stripes of the flag, undulating
slightly, so as to suggest running water.
It expected that the new windows will
be put in next Saturday and until then no
one will be permitted to see them, except
the artist and the donors, as the Harvard
man and the Naval Academy man do not
care to let their good deeds be seen of men
till they are in a good position to let the
'r K M c s *-* ne through their transparency.
1 ill Saturday, that is for a whole week, it
v t ,"-: re "° re be considered good form" in
the club to entirely ignore the fact that
any new windows are to be put up at all.
It is expected that when Harvard and
the Naval Academy are so prettily - repre
sented in the University Club the men of
other colleges, not to be outdone, will come
forward and donate the arms of their own
alma mater. ..C"'
THE EX-GEAND JXJEY.
Delightful Kaiiquct at the '. San Fran
. Cisco A'erein "Cast Night.
Twelve members of the ex-Grand Jury,
arrayed in evening dress, responded last
evening to a subpena of this fashion :
.7 /A. '7 SUBPEXA.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
TO r :
Yon are commanded to appear as an ex
grand juror of the City and County of Sun
Francisco, State oi California, at the rooms of
San Francisco Verein, northeast corner Post
and Leavenworth streets, on Friday, the 24th
dhy of January, A. D. 1890. at 7 o'clock P. it",
sharp, as a witness and participant in the in
vestigation oi a dinner. Respectfully,
Committee.
The members attending were: J. J.
! Groom (secretary), Charles M. Yates,
Charles G. Clinch, Reuben Tucker. Wil
liam H. Phelps, Charles Sonntag. George
H. Sanders. John A. Hammersmith, Mar
ion Leventritt, Carlos; G. Young, L. C.
Marsh and N. A. Judd.
The ex-foreman, Oliver Eldridge, sent the
following letter:
San Francisco. Jan. 24, 1896.
My Pear .Mr. Uifnt-iU I regret exceed
ingly that owing to my doctor's advice I am
unable to obey the "subpena" and be present
with you and* the other members of the late
Grand" Jury this evening. lain sure you will
have a very jolly time and do full justice to the.
occasion, and I trust you may all see many
happy returns. With kind remembrances to
yourself and all the other members, to whom I
may ask you will present my kind regards, I
am yours, very truly, Oliver Eldp.idge.
The presiding genius of the banquet was
Charles Sonntag. All the attendants made
appropriate speeches responding to im
promptu toasts on vast and varied sub
jects. Merriment was the main order 6f
exercises at a late hour. The table decor
ations were beautiful, while the service
was excellent. A resolution to hold an
other banquet a year hence was unani
mously adopted.
A LIVE ELECTION FIGHT
Many Men Want to Be Trustees
of the Mechanics'
Institute.
Five Enter the Lists in Opposition to
the Seven Favoring the Pres
ent Regime.
The first moves are being made in what
is expected to be one of the liveliest elec
tion contests ever known in the Mechanics'
Institute. Seven trustees are to be elected
on February 25. There are twelve candi
dates in the field and the nominations are
closed.
What might be called the regular ticket
was nominated by a commitiee of the
older members, mostly ex-directors and
others who have long been identified with
tbe management of the institution and
are in sympathy with the present regime.
Invitations were sent out to about 150 of
these, and sixty responded. They met at
the Palace Hotel last month, shortly after
the time for posting nominations arrived.
A. S. Hallidie refused to allow his name
to be brought forward. Georee Gumming
also refused to run again as trustee, but
| his son, J. M. dimming, was made one of
the nominees. The others chosen as the
friends of the management were Henry
Boot. Joseph Leggett, G. Howard Thomp
son, Oscar Lewis, George H. Wailis and J.
E. Purdy.
There are five men who will contest the
fight with the seven of the management.
In the opposition are L. E. Phillips and
P. J. Heaiey. They both want changes,
but they are not pulling together, as i
Heaiey supports the financial methods of j
the present board of trustees, while Phil- ;
lips declares that money has been wasted
and says that an investigation would show- j
that there has been a "divvy" somewhere. I
even more marked than that recently dis- I
covered in the affairs of the Harbor Com- !
mission. George R. Presson, a clerk with j
Main & Winchester, •E. P. Heald of j
Heald's Business College and E. J. Vogel,
an architect, are also candidates.
DISTRICT GRAND LODGE.
Representatives to the Thirty-Third
Annual Session of the Order of
B'nai B'rith.
The following is a list of the representa
tives to the thirty-third annual session of
District Grand Lodge No. 4. I. 0. B. 8., to
be held in B'nai B'rith Hall on Eddy
street to-morrow :
Ophir No. 21— A. L. Badt, I. N. Chovnski,
Gabriel Cohn, M. Kalmuk, M. Kullman, Louis
Levy, Marcus Levy, Abraham Lewis, Julius
Platshek, William Saalburg.
Pacific No. 48— Louis Ehrlich. Jacob Gans,
William Gelst, Abe Kaplan, Julius Newman,
Henry Schwartz.
Etham No. 37— Albert Elkus, Jacob Gins
berg, Max Hirsch, Jacob Levlson, Marks Levy,
Aaron Nathan.
Montefiore No. 51— Solomon Blum, Bert
Kahn, H. Kaufman, Jessie E. Marks, Manheim
Marks, M. J. Netter, S. A. Sanders, S. 11.
Schocken.
Modin No. 42 — Isidor Brown, Sam Fly
shaker, Isaac Lacher, Marcus Mayer, Joseph
Shaen, Isidore Simon, Philip Stern.
Garizim No. 43— Isidor Haas, Morris Rosen
berg, Joseph Welssbein.
Nevada No. 52— R. T. Brodek, J. D. Conn,
Matt Levy.
Miriam No. 56— Isaac J. Cohn, Simon Hoch
stadter, Moses Shwab.
Oregon No. 65— M. Ball, D. M. Buckner,
Charles Friendly, M. Goodman.
Hope No. 126— Ike Brown, Harris Marks,
Moritz Menassis, M. P. Stein.
Columbia No. 127.— Salomon Adler, Edmund
Bare. Ignatz Eppertshausen, Emln Glnzburger,
Herman Lesser, Henry Newman, Simon New
man, Philip Taussig, Adolpb Wolf.
Orange No. 224— Sam Levi, Isaac Norton,
Moses Norton.
Yo-semite No. 231— M. Goldman, S. Silver.
Paradise No. 2117— Rudolph Ancker, Louis
Caro.
Golden Gate No. 129—1. J. Aschhcim, A.
I Auerbach, S. Baruch, L. Bernstein, J. Davis, S.
| Isaacs, William Lewis, A. Lipman.
j California No. 163— David Cohen, Lojui6
; Cohen, Abraham Colman, J. L. Franklin, Louis
j Friedlander, Max Goldberg, Julius Israelsky,
! Morris Kochman, S. XV. Lipman, Robert Mann.
Ariel No. 248— Alexander J. Hart, Louis Lin
oberg. H. Rich.E. Wittowsky.
! Oakland No. 252— J. M. Cohen, Abraham
Jonas, Jacob Kirshner, Max Marcuse, George
Mosbacker, George Samuels.
Carson No. 266— Benjamin Harris, Adolph
Livingston.
Unity No. 273—1. Cohnreich, . H. Enkle, A.
Kronberg, K.W.Levy, Sol J. Levy. A. Lewis,
L. Lipmun, M. J. Lyons, S. Myrson, J. Roths
child, M. Roth. V. Warshauer, S. Zekind
Silver State No. 296— M. Karsky.
North Pacific No. Lehman Blum, Jacob
M. Gettert. Isador Gerwurtz, David Lipman.
Marks Rybte.
Cremieux No. 325— A. Glassman, Sam S.
Green, Herman Guistadt. Sandor Hoffman,
Theodore Tobias, Edward I. Wolfe.
Semi-Tropic No. 341— Simon Cahen. Ben W.
Edelman, M. Morris.
Seattle No. 342—1. Korn, E Morgenstern.
Occidental No. 345— Harry .Block, Louis
Cohen, isador Simon, Sholern Silverstone,
Lucius L. Solomons, Frank Sperling, Edmund
Tausky, Jacob Voorsanger.
Lascar No. 370— Simon Levi.
- Tacoma No. 406— Solomon Jacoby.
Portland No. 416— Henry Blackman, Dr. J.
Bloch, Sol. Biumauer. I. N. Fleischner.
Baron de Hirsch No. 420— Noah W. Bender,
William Galleck. '
B. F. Peixotto No. Moritz Jacob, Louis
Hyams.
Abraham Geiger No. 423— Leopold Stein.
Washoe No. 450— Herman Ash, Solomon
Levy.
A number of the delegates have already
arrived from the interior, and it is ex
pected that about 140 of the 150 will be in
attendance. ■ '
The lodge will be called to order at 10
o'clock on Sunday morning.
On Tuesday the election for grand of
ficers will be held at 2 o'clock in the after
noon. Edward I. Wolfe, of Cremieux
Lodge and first vice-president, will prob
ably succeed President Jones, who will be
come past grand president. '-.*.
The Czar's private income is about $480,
--000,000 per annum.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 896.
HIS WIVES MADE WIDOWS
A Bigamist Escaped From the
Alameda Jail to Drown
at Sea.
TRIED TO SAVE THE MATE.
The Boat Swamped and Edward
Duffey and His Companions
Lost Their Lives.
The identity and history of one of the
men who were drowned from the schooner
Golden Shore has been ascertained. ' Mrs.
Harry Brown, who keeps a lodging-house
on Broadway, is satisfied that" James
Conway, who lost his life while attempt
ing too save Mate Johnson, is no other
than Edward Duffey, for whom the police
of San Francisco and Oakland have been
looking for over six months. 7/-
Duffey was at one time a sailor and then
got a position as driver in the Fire Depart
ment. His spare time was always spent
on the water front and there he courted
Mrs. Brown's daughter and married her.
Their courtship was pleasant enough, but
there was not much wedded bliss. Duffey
finally conducted himself so that his wife
saw less and less of him and at last he de
serted her.
While the young fireman was away
from home he was making love to a Miss
Carrara, who worked in a cracker fac
tory on Broadway but lived on Tele
graph Hill. After a short courtship he
took her to Oakland and was again mar
ried. He had thus two wives on his hands,
and Mrs. Brown, the mother-in-law, found
it out. She Charged him with bigamy, but
when the police came to look for him he
was gone. Captain Dunleavy of the Har
bor Police finally learned that he was
slipping out of the country on the schooner
Czar. Sergeant Banner was notified, and
as the vessel was being towed to sea he
boarded her and placed Duffey under
arrest. '/•;■ A '-'f'P y
The prisoner made no defense and he
was turned over to the Oakland police and
was held to answer on his preliminary
examination. He did not remain long in
the prison, as he and three other men
awaiting trial broke jail and got away.
Not one of them was ever recaptured and
Duffey is the first one whose fate is posi
tively known. From Oakland he went to
Puget Sound and crossed the border into
British Columbia. There, it is known, he
got work on an English tug, but left her
and went to Port Blakeley, where he
shipped on the Golden Shore for a voyage
to Australia. The police were on his trail,
but he got away on the schooner before
they arrived.
During the first part of the voyage very
heavy weather was encountered and Mate
Johnson had to teach the "green hands."
Conway, or Duffey, and another sailor
named Duffey were the only A.B.s aboard
and on them fell the bulk of the work.
When Johnson went overboard they at
tempted to lower a boat, which was
swamped, and they were drowned. Mrs.
Brown had an interview with Captain
Henderson of the Golden Shore yesterday
and from tne description given and some
of the trinkets in his kit she is perfectly
satisfied that the drowned man was her
son-in-law.
HIS NAME NOT HIS NAME
A. J. Smith to Be Arrested for
Indorsing "A. J. Smith"
on a Draft.
Trouble Caused Through Getting a
Letter Addressed to a Man of
the Same Name.
A. J. Smith is being hunted for by
several Deputy United Slates Marshals.
They want him on a charge of forgery
that was sworn to yesterday before the
United States District Attorney by Thomas
P. Burns, cashier of the United States Sub
treasury on Commercial street. 7. •• r .
Smith's alleged crime is a peculiar one. !
He received through the mails in May,
1895, a draft from the United States Treas- ]
ury Department for $18 75. The draft was
made payable to A. J. Smith, and Mr. A.
J. Smith cashed it. But the A. J. Smith
who got the $18 75 was not the A. J.
Smith for whom the draft was intended,
and when he indorsed "A. J. Smith" on
the draft he did not sign his own name
but that of the other A.J.Smith. This
United States District Attorney Foote de
clares is forgery.
The fact became known through the
efforts of the real owner of the draft to get
his money. This Mr. Smith had the
saloon privileges at the Midwinter Fair.
When the exposition closed he had on
hand a number of unused revenue stamps.
He sent them on to Washington and
waited to be reimbursed.
A draft for $18 75 was sent him. This
was given by mistake to A. J. Smith, who
is in the employ of the United States Rev
enue Department. The original Smith,
getting tired of waiting for his money,
wrote to Washington to learn when it
would be sent. He received an answer to
the effect that the money had been sent
I him long before in the shape of a draft on
j the sub-treasury in this City.
Then the postal authorities were ap
i pealed to. They made an exhaustive
! search and reported that the letter was not
in their bands. At this Smith went to the
sub-treasury to inquire about his money
and was informed that it had been
paid *.o him.
When he protested that he had not re
ceived it, Cashier Burns ohowed him the
| books where he was charged with the
j money. The indorsed draft had been sent
on to Washington and when Smith still
claimed that he had not received the
money, Mr. Burns wrote to Washington
for the original draft with Smith's signa
ture. ' When it arrived, it was at once evi
dent that the signature was that of tho A.
J. Smith employed as a customs official.
"I sent for Smith when the papers ar
rived," Mr. Burns said, "and he acknowl
edged getting the money. This was sev
eral days ago. He said the letter had been
given him, and that he had tried to find
what the Government was sending him
the $18 75 for. He explained that as he
had not received any satisfactory reply, he
cashed the , draft. He admitted thai the
money was not his, and agreed to return
it, but asked for time.
"I told him 1 wanted the money at once
to give to its proper owner. He said he
| didnt have it, but that he would be able
to give it to me on the 24th of this month
But he did not turn up, so I went to the
United States District Attorney, whom I
had previously Informed of the case, and
signed a complaint drawn in accordance
with the facts."
Smith was arrested last njght and
lodged in jail.
Mrs. Coffey Gets Thirty Days.
Mrs. Julia M. Coffey, wife of Attorney J.J
Coffey, was j convicted in Judge Campbell's
court yesterday of disturbing the peace and
sentenced to thirty days in the County Jail'
A few days ago Mrs. Coffey visited the County
Clerk's oflice and began to berate Mrs. Brad
lord, a stepdaughter: of Coffey's. She was
promptly arrested on a charge of disturbing
the peace, the trial. ending as stated above.
She created a scene when sentence was
passed, declaring all sorts of vengeance againsi
Judge Campbell, assuring him that she would
make his re-election impossible. She was ably
seconded by her daughter, Josie, who compli
cated matters by falling into a fit of hysteria.
She was only calmed when forcibly ejected
from the courtroom. V: c
MEN OF THE OLDEN DAYS
Pioneer* , Celebrate the Forty-Eighth
Anniversary of the Discovery
.•- • of Gold. A '7// ,
The Pioneers last night celebrated the
forty-eighth anniversary of the discovery
of gold in California. There was a large
attendance at Pioneer Hall and an excel
lent programme was rendered.
President H. N. Tilden occupied the
chair and delivered a brief address. He
said:
We have met to commemorate the forty
eighth anniversary of the greatest event in
the history of the State— the day on which
James W. Marshall discovered gold at Coloma,
on Sutter's property at the south fork of the
American River.
It was an event that electrified the civilized
world and caused a flood of emigration to this
coast; that transformed it from Its sleepy,
pastoral condition to one of intense activity
and development. It revolutionized the finan
cial condition of the whole country and di
rected all eyes to this Western coast, as if to
witness the wonderful transformation there
taking place.
The exact date of this important discovery
was a matter of controversy for many years,
some claiming that it occurred on the 18th or
19th of January, others on the present date,
January 24. This contention was practically
settled by historical evidence given by John S.
Hittell in his lecture before this society, Jan
uary 24, 1893, in which he showed conclu
sively that January 24, 1848, was the day on
which Marshall made the rind.
Official action was then taken by the Society
of California Pioneers and a resolution adopt
ed to the effect that thereafter the 24th of Jan
uary should be celebrated by us as one of the
chief anniversaries of the State.
Eastern associations of California Pioneers
took similar action, and they now observe the
day by social reunions.
This is our third celebration of this impor
tant event, and I trust it will be one of enjoy
ment to all present, and that Pioneers, their
descendants and friends will annually assem
ble to commemorate the event that made it pos
sible for California to take her place in the
front rank of the sisterhood of States.
A musical and literary programme, in
terspersed by dancing, then followed.
HELP LOIS WAISBROKER
The Gleaners, a Club of Work
ing Girls, Come to Her
Rescue.
Dr. Morse's Series of Lectures at
Ceres Hall for the Benefit
of the Club.
"Lois Waisbroker sending indecent liter
ature through the mails. The idea! No
nobler woman ever lived. None ever had
a higher purpose," indignantly said Miss
0. K. Smalley, speaking of Miss Wais
broker's recent arrest on that grouud.'
Miss Smalley is a bright young woman
who is an officer of the Gleaners' Club, a
society of working girls who have a pretty
clubroom known as Ceres Hall at the
home of Dr. Cora A. Morse, 621 O'Farrell
street. The club has about thirty-five
j members, who hold meetings for profit
j and pleasure at their clubroom every Mon
day evening. .•._''■
They prepare essays, recitations and
music for these meetings and the heavier
! programmes are occasionally leavened by
a jinks. The club aims to be progressive
and it deems a study of the causes and
remedies of the social evil in the line of
progression. Therefore it approves of Lois
Waisbroker'a heroic treatment of the
I moral disorder and has given liberally of
; the contents of its treasury toward her de
fense and relief. -AA-Ay'y/
"Our treasury is small, but we give as
generously as we can to aid good causes,
and that which Lois Waisbroker espouses
is certainly a noble one. Indecent litera
ture indeed!. She handles the sex ques
tion in vigorous English, and advocates
an equal standard of morality for the
sexes. What is indecent about that, I
should like to know." ;,. ■
Dr. Morse, who is the guiding spirit of
the club, will inaugurate a series of lec
tures on Monday evening for the benfit of
the club. There will be ten lectures, given
at intervals of two weeks. The first will
be "Correspondence of Brain and Body,"
and the succeeding topics in their order
follow:
"Correspondence of Brain and Body,"
"Nutrition vs. Love," "The Seven Creative
Principles," "In a Nutshell, or How to
Care for the Body," "A Talk on Phre
nology," "A Talk on Physiognomy," "The
Fountain of Life, or the Power of Sex,"
"Man Wonderful in House Beautiful" and
"Life's Unending Genesis." v
The members of the club contemplate
giving a series of entertainments for the
purpose of securing money for the pur
chase of a piano. The lectures will be
given with a view to completing the fur
nishing of the room.
A BOOMERANG AFFIDAVIT.
Huellmandel's Wild Statements
May Lead Him Into
Trouble.
j
His Allegations Will Be Investigated
and a Charge of Perjury
May Follow.
Bernard Huellmandel was divorced from
his wife, Caroline Huellmandel, over a year
ago and since then has been supposed to
be paying $15 a month alimony. He has
not done so, however, and he appeared in
court yesterday on an order to show cause
why he should not be punished for con
tempt. ,-;•■;. ::;..-.
He appeared in court with an affidavit,
in which he stated that he paid the
plaintiff herein the sum ,of $2000, due her
upon a note and mortgage which she held
upon the property described in her com
plaint. He also swore that his wife was
in the employ of a family by the name of
O'Brien, and that she was earning $30 a
month. He stated further that he has
been unable to follow his trade of a tailor
by reason of impaired eyesight; that he
is 72 years old and cannot perform other
work, and that he has been compelled to
seek the assistance of his children for his
support; that his property has been at
tached for unpaid alimony, and that it is
impossible for him to pay in compliance
with the court's orders. ' 4
The court questioned the witness rather
closely upon his statements in the affi
davits, and immediately discrepancies
began to appear in them all. It was shown
that his wife had not worked at O'Brien's,
but bad merely been allowed to stay there
out of charity ' with her sister, who does
work at O'Brien's. It was also shown that
the $2000 which he mentions as having
paid to his wife as if it had been paid as
alimony was in fact paid to her long be
fore the divorce proceedings; and, again,
that some property whicn he swore he had
repeatedly offered to transfer to her is still
in his name, and that he had never even
mentioned it to his wife.
The case is to be investigated further,
and should the affidavit be proved false
Huellmandel will be examined on a charge
of perjury. ■ v _ T : T/---.' : .
As speaking-tubes are found not to work
on the ■■- English warships, owing to the
rattling of the machinery, the Admiralty
has determined to try, telephones.
THE GRAND JURY GETS IN
A T" i. A •'"■• LA A T?
An Expert Appointed to Ex
amine the County Clerk's
Office.
INDICTMENT OF PETEE F.LANE.
Testimony of Two Girls That Were
Long Kept Out of Sight of
the Police.
The session of the Grand Jury yesterday
afternoon was prolonged until 6 o'clock.
Several extended conferences were held
with Assistant District Attorney Hosmer,
and the information was given out that
the Grand Jury is getting ready for im
portant business.
On the testimony of two little girls-
Lizzie Desmond and Emma Marchand —
Peter F. Lane was indicted for an attempt
to commit a grievous assault on the Des
mond girl. The indictment was presented
in Judge Slack's court by seventeen of the
jurors. On motion of District Attorney
Barnes the bail of Lane was fixed at
$10,000.
, According to the statement of Sergeant
Rourke the girls who were examined as
witnesses yesterday were kept out of sight
at the time Lane and his associates were
rested, and were not found until a few
days ago. It is supposed that influences
friendly to Lane induced some one to
conceal the whereabouts of the girls.
Among the witnesses called yesterday
were Oliver Eldridge and J. J. Groom,
foreman and secretary respectively of the
Grand Jury which adjourned sine die De
cember 24 last. They were called to ren
der whatever assistance they could in an
investigation of the affairs of the County
Clerk's ottice, which is about to be insti
tuted. The jury particularly desired the
expert's report on this office, but the fact
was disclosed that the late Grand Jury did
not pursue the investigation of the County
Clerk's office beyond an examination of the
amounts secured for inheritance tax.
All the expert reoorts made to the last
Grand Jury were presented to the present
one by Mr. Eldridge.
The Grand Jury committee on County
Clerk and Justice's clerk consists of C. S.
Laumeister, J. J. O'Farrell and Alpheus
Bull Jr. For some days they have been
making inquiry regarding notary certifi
cates. The investigation proper was begun
by the entire jury yesterday afternoon.
The first witness called was L. G. Carpen
ter of the Evening Post, who has been
diligently pursuing the subject since last
July, lie was inside for a long time, and
told from the beginning the story of the
discrepancies in the return of money re
ceived on account of notary certificates
from month. to' month. He answered all
inquiries propounded to him and was im
pressed with the belief that the Grand
Jury comprehended the case.
When Mr. Carpenter was excused, H. F.
Morris of the County Clerk's office, who
was recently suspended, pending the in
vestigation, was called to the door by Mr.
Laumeister. A short parley ensued. It
was understood that Morris was willing to
testify if the Grand Jury so desired. The
hour being late he was not called in.
Among the spectators in the anteroom
was Harry Piper, chief deputy of the
County Clerk.
The jury deliberated for a half hour, and
appointed T. E. Atkinson to make an ex
pert examination of the County Clerk's
office.' 7 */:■'■
Enrico Cano, after patiently waiting for
three months, managed to get a hearing
before the Grand Jury yesterday. He sus
pects that a number of jewelers have con
spired to ruin him in business, and fancies
that rich men influence leading lawyers to
have nothing to do with his case. He
fancies also that the Bulletin was induced
to publish his own picture to embellish a
graphic history of Jake Rudolph's career
as a lamb, j 7- : '-- 7*
Judge A. B. Tread well was on duty
again with twelve Italian witnesses. Ho
wants only eleven people indicted for as
saulting his client, Martini, and claimed
that tho jury, pleading pressure of busi
ness, declined to hear bis case, yet heard
Cano, who wanted 200 men indicted.
HORSELESS OAEEIAGE EAOE.
The Course Will Be From Jersey City
to Philadelphia.
Hardly six months have elapsed since
the first horseless carriage of any practical
value was run through the streets of New
York. Yet to-day there are a score of com
panies in this country manufacturing
these vehicles, and before another six
months have gone fully fifty concerns will
be placing the products of their factories
on the market. Many shops which in the
past have been devoted to the construction
of machinery and for other purposes have
gone into the new field.
Several different methods of obtaining
motive power arc in vogue. Some manu
facturers make use of the electric storage
battery, others of petroleum and gas en
gines. All have proved " successful,- and
practical and economical horseless vehicles
are a reality. Already a paper, the Horse
less Age, has been started to promote the
newborn industry.
New York in the past has been the scene
of many international contests. In 1895
we had a yacht race and two sets of inter
national athletic games. This year we are
to have a novel ana exceedingly interest
ing international competition— a long
distance motor vehicle race. The prepara
tions fur this contest are already afoot.
The movement had its inception among
the manufacturers and prospective manu
facturers of horseless carriages, and that it
will be carried to a successful end there
can be no doubt.
It is proposed to bave the race either in
the latter part of May or early in June,
when the roads to be run over will be at
their best. The course is to be laid be
tween Jersey City and Philadelphia, with
the starling point in the . former place.
The distance between : the two cities is
about ninety miles. It is possible that this
course will not be deemed of sufficient
length, and that the start and finish will
be at this end, with the turning point in
Philadelphia. Those interested in the con
test calculate that the distance between
the cities will be covered in about four
hours' time.
/In order to invite entries large cash
prizes will.be offered. The first prize wili
probably be $5000. while the second and
third places will also carry good fat purses.
This offer, in addition to the eclat which
will be obtained by the winner, will, it is
expected, attract many entries.
There are about sixty companies now
making motor vehicles in France, a few
others in England and some in Germany.
A number of these nave already signified
their willingness to send carriages across
the ocean to compete. - It is estimated
that fully 100 vehicles ,of various makes
will be entered, and that of these at least
fifty will actually start. All of the Ameri
can manufacturers will be presented,
since they are managing. the race.
The vehicle that first passes over the
course will not necessarily be declared tho
winner. Its condition lat the end of the
run and the actual cost of 7 the.' work done
will be considered in the award.' Econ
omy, durability and speed will all enter
into the competition.— New York Evening
Sun. $$f<si£§3l§^'7 7, T^^m.
A Fad for Collecting Jugs.
An American woman of artistic tastes,
who has traveled abroad * a good deal,
while looking about for something to col
lect that was neither spoons, teacups nor
posters, hit upon the idea of gathering lit
tle ju-»s ana mugs. Her friends soon
learned of her new fad and aided her in
adding !to i her: collection. Wherever she
went she would pick up a [tiny jug or per
haps two or three, until now "she has over
200. None of them is over three inches
long and they are in all colors and repre
sent many places and potteries — tiny am
phone from Southern Italy, Etruscan jars
from Tuscany, miniature ollas from Spain
and Mexico, squat pitchers from Holland,
wee quaint schooners from Germany,
mugs .from England and little brown jugs
from everywhere. All these are strung
upon a Micronesiancord and the odd orna
ment is festooned on her wall against a
background that shows up the varied col
ors to advantage and makes the bits of
earthenware and china distinctly deco
rative. — Harper's Bazar.
MIDWINTER LECTURERS
To Begin at the metropolitan Temple
Before the Sa:a Francisco Educa
tional Union.
The following Midwinter lectures will
be given at the Metropolitan Temple be
fore the San Francisco Educational Union:
' January 27— '"Temporal Power of the Pone,"
Very Rev. J. J. Prendergast.
January 26— "Church and the Republic,"
Judge 3. F. Sullivan.
January Open session by the members of
the circles.
January 30— Trip Through the Holy Land"
(stereopticon views), Rev. P. J. Cummins. •
January 31— "Missions of California," Bryan
Clinch. ,
February "Infallibility of the Pope," «cv-
P. C. Yorke.
February 4— "Some Barbarisms of the Nine
teenth Century," Hon. F. J. Murasky.
February 7— Open session by the members
of tne circles.
February 6'— "Church and Civilization,"
Rev. P. O'Ryan.
February 7 — "Reunion of Christendom,"
Rev. C. A. Ramm.
February 10 — "Religious Communities,"
Rev. H. 11. Wyman.
February 11— "English Catholic Literature,"
Rev. James McDonald. ■ . %•; :
February 12— Open session by the members
of the circles.
February "Church and Architecture,"
Frank Shea. SSSMSR
February 14— -Church and Scripture," Arch
bishop P. \V. Riordan.
ARRESTED FOR CRUELTY.
Jacob Abrahams Placed in
Prison for the Chicken
Mutilation.
Secretary Holbrook Points Out
the Board of Health's
Negligence.
Every one connected with the mutilated
chickens that were found in Clay-street
market on Thursday strenuously denies
j being responsible for their condition. The
Society tor the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals says, however, that the chickens
were there in a mangled condition, and as
no one has attempted to deny this, Officer
Hooper yesterday arrested Jacob Abra
hams, the teamster for Jacobson &
Morris, of 417 Front street, the consignees
of the chickens.
Charles Jacobson, it appears, came down
himself from Oregon with the palace-car
of chickens, and he was so proud of his
charge that he had the car photographed.
He affirmed yesterday that though the
train was delayed by a washout, the chick
ens were in good condition when they
arrived at Fourth and Townsend streets
on Wednesday evening.
The society regretted the necessity of
arresting Jacob Abrahams as he has al
ways seemed a humane man and has even
reported cases of cruelty, but as he
was responsible for the packing done on
Wednesday night and did not attempt to
deny the shocking condition of " the
chickens he was booked at the City Prison
on the charge of cruelty to chickens. A.
Fodera, who had bought a portion of the
consignment, knew nothing of the state
i of the birds till they were delivered at his
stall, where the society found them.
Fodera Blame* Commission Men.
A. Fodera, proprietor of the San Fran
cisco market at 524 Clay street, declares
that Secretary Holbrook was wrong in say
ing that the poulterer had told an em
ploye to throw injured chickens in a hole
for certain purchasers.
"I did , not say any such thing," he
stated yesterday. "It was the driver of
the truck on which the chickens were de
livered to me, and he has nothing to do
with the market.
''We did not offer for sale any of the
chickens that were not in good condition.
The chickens that we accepted were all
right. Those that were in a poor condi
tion were rejected.
"It is customary for the dealers in the
market when receiving chickens to return
to the commission-nouses all poor and
sick ones, which are afterward sold to
peddlers. Injured chickens were brought
to us, but we sent them back. Dead ones
were thrown by the driver into the refuse
barrel at our market."
Baker County, one of the most fertile
counties in Georgia, has no railroad, tele
graph or . telephone lines in its borders,
and it has no newspaper.
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His Signature Wanted on the
River Improvement As
sessment.
CAN FIND NO LAW FOR IT.
The Finance Committee of the Board
of Supervisors Approves the
Demand.
The California River Improvement As
sociation will probably be disappointed in
its hopes of receiving financial aid from
the City and County of San Francisco to
assist in sending its delegates to Washing
ton to urge the passage by Congress of the
! bills for river improvement now before
the National legislators.
The association, which represents nine
teen of the richest counties in the State,
including San Francisco, at its fifth bien
nial sassion, held in this City recently,
assessed each of the various counties from
$100 to $300, according to population and
benefits to be derived. San Francisco
County was the only one which was asked
to nay the maximum assessment.
The committee appointed to urge upon
the Supervisors the necessity of approving
, the assessment promptly and forwarding
j the same to Colonel 11. Weinstock ot Sac
; ramento, the assistant secretary of the as
' sociation, called on the Finance Commit
tee of the board yesterday and argued the
matter at length.
Senator G. H. Rose, chairman of the as
sociation, and Senator J. M. Cleaves, the
secretary, told, the committee that the
j presence of the delegation in Washington
was absolutely necessary, as without the
strong arguments which would be brought
to bear on Congress the bills were likely to
fail to pass and the State be done an almost
irreparable injury. They called attention
to tne fact that the necessary funds to de
fray the expenses of the delegation must
be in hand at an early date and to the
action of the previous Board of Super
visors in ordering the assessment paid for
the delegation from the association that
went to Washington some years ago.
The Finance Committee" decided that
the assessment is just and proper and
voted unanimously in favor of paying it.
Thus far the committee from the asso
ciation has fared well, but when it comes
to an interview with Auditor Broderick to
ascertain whether he will sign the warrant
for the assessment it will strike a snag and
unless the members can bring some law or
convincing argument to bear to make the
watchman of the treasury see that he is
justified in signing, the association will
get no money from San Francisco.
"It may be that the assessment is all
right and that the Supervisors have a legal
right to order it paid," said Mr. Broderick
yesterday, "but in the lisht of the facts as
I now see them Ido not think that I would
be justified m signing the warrant. I
signed it the last time it was presented to
me, to be sure, but the matter was rushed
through in a hurry; I had no time to look
the matter up thoroughly and I have been
sorry ever since that I dirt not stand the
warrant up when it was handed to me for
my signature.
"As far as I can see there is no law for
this appropriation. If it id paid it must
come out of the urgent necessity fund and
I do not believe the law will permit the
j urgent necessity fund to be used for this
purpose.
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very carefully and unless these gentlemen
can bring some good evidence that their
assessment is perfectly legal and just the
warrant will go unsigned."
The Prudent English Sailor.
Ihe thrift of the English bluejacket has
been in every way helped by wise legisla
tion in the matter of naval savings banks,
in the frequency of his payments and in
the facilities given him when abroad for
remitting to his friends and dependents at
home. To these he is almost uniformly
generous. I give some figures which show
both his thrift and his generosity, or care
lor his family.
A certain battle-ship in the year 1893,
with a complement of less than 500 blue
jackets, marines and stokers, sent home
by means of regular monthly allotments
to relatives, dependents and friends more
than £4700. At odd times, as they had it
to spare, they remitted a further sum of
over £900. This was generous thrift, ex
ercised toward others. If further in
quiries had been made it would be shown
that many of the remitters and more of
those who were not remitting were hoard
ing in the savings banks. In 1892-93 17,934
men in the navy had savings bank ac
counts open, and the total amount thus
hoarded was £229,173, an average of more
than £12 per head of depositors, or per
haps nearly £4 per head of the men serv
ing. The sum actually put away this year
was over £173,000.— North American
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