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MINERS TO HONOR THE MARTYRS.
All the Proceeds of the Great Fair on Next
Monday Will Go to Aid Sufferers
of the Maine.
A Committee of Representative Citizens Refuses to Allow
W. R. Hearst to Make a Solemn Public
Event an Advertisement
for Himself.
One of the most humane, patriotic
and popular features of the Mining
is that whereby the representa
citizens having charge of the
great exhibit have arranged that the
f next Monday shall go
la tiv ite relief of those left by
leath of the brave men who per
ished on the ill-fated Maine.
Thi measure at once struck
a responsive chord in the hearts of ap
preciative thousands, and the prospects
are that the attendance on that day
will he the largest since the festivities
a meeting of the committee hav
g the matter in charge, of which
.-. y 1.. Ford was elected chairman, it
led that all net funds are to
the Immediate aid of the families
: ge who were swept away in the
national misfortune and sor
> • '.lowing committee was ap- j
. a few days ago by Colonel |
ke to take full charge of all mat-
Ing the Maine disaster:
I Ford (chairman), Mayor James
C ptaln Oliver Eldridge, Wil
: I, Bey. Dr. Horatio St.-bhins,
H. Kelly, T.evi Strauss. Right Rev.
m ■ " 3, Adolpb Spreckels,
ger, Hon. Frank A. Leach,
es L Harrington, Mrs. Belle Con
.\. B. Becker, David Starr Jordan,!
. ]• man, W. R. Masteller, Henry i
■ . Hugh Hume (the Post), J.
■i. Neft. Emil Liess. Pro-
Martin Kellogg, A. de I.alandp,
v Berton, Dr. Joseph Pescia, John
D. Siebe, Frederick Hess (California
l'emokrat), General W. R. Shatter, U. S.
A. H. Vow, Chinese Consul-General;
ro, Hon. F. A. An-gellottl.
Irving M. Scott. Leon Sloss, Judge W. T.
Most Rev. P. W, Riordan. Rev.
Mackenzie, T. J. Parsons. George D.
'lark. William R. Davis. Mrs. Phoebe
it, Mrs. Jane L. Stanford. James B.
n, George C. Pardee.Adolph Becker,
.\. M. Lawrence (Examiner). W. S.
(The Call), M. H. de Young. A.
IHng. 11. E. Huntington. Hon. Nllea
R. A. Crothers, Henry Brunner,
T Bohen, A. Sbarbbro, P. C.
R'.ssi. J. A. Filcher. Joseph B. Coffey,
"Wlliiam M. Bunker (Report). General N.
P. Chipman, Alexander X, Coney, Hon.
W. R. Thomas and J. H. Jewett (Pioneer
Hall).
It was the sense of the meeting that
the funds raised should be given with
out delay to those who are left without
• s of support. This matter was
disposed of before any other proposi
ti n came to the surfa^.
rtly after the committee had de
rided, without a dissenting voice, that
the funds should be expended for the
bereaved while the incident was still
fresh in the minds of the people Mayor
Phelan arrived. Though he had been
named as chairman of the committee,
his delay was so great that a tem
porary chairman, Mr. Ford, was elect
ed. The Mayor did not know what the
proceedings had been, so shortly after
rived he produced a telegram from
Xev. Y<->rk Journal, that universal
rtising octopus which is ever pres
ent to do business at funerals and pub
lic disasters. The Mayor appeared as
a port of friend in court and special
pleader for the yellow sheet.
His Honor argued that the best pos- |
f slble use of the money would be for a !
monument. In prooof of his assertions
he read and argued from a telegram
from the Hearstling bulletin issued in j
New York. But the generous citizens j
of the committee would not consent to |
play third fiddle to a faking newspaper, i
and they decided that the money should \
• the relief of the living at once.
Ex-Supreme Justice Xiles Searles
made a spirited argument against the
>sition of devoting the money to
uilding of a tomb. He held that
the Idea of a monument to be built
3 hence was a sort of inhuman, j
cold and clammy proposition. He want- :
ed something that would succor those
now living and battling with the world. '
being needed while the incident '
is fresh and the sufferings of the be- !
reared kt-en.
In spite of the pleas of the Mayor
and of the machinations of yellow '
agents who bobbed in and out of the
room during the deliberations, the com
mittee declined to become auxiliary
agent? to advertise the alleged philan
thropy of W. R. Hearst and his 10 per
cent subscription agents.
It seemed tr> be the sense of the meet
'ng that the time had arrived when the
E-4STLRN sporting men who bad
Bt en Tommy Ryan polish off in
good style some of the first-class
M'e!ter-weights of the country con
j^tfjr.ri that he will make short work of
ieorge Green this evening at Wood
ward's Pavilion. At any rate, R3 r an is
a great favorite in the betting. In the
poolrooms he was selling yesterday at
2 to 1. with Green on the short end.
Several Olympic Club members are also
advertising agent should be limited to
the field of legitimate commercial oper
ations.
r.alked in their desperate purpose to
advert is- themselves at the tombs of
the martyred dead, the yellow ones
fell on their knees and swore by Allah
and by al! the gods that they would
do all in their power to help the fund
anyhow, though there were mutterings
because a good ad. had been lost and
because the committeemen had had
their eyes opened and had respected the
heroic dead rather than the journalistic
devil-fish that seeks to make every
thing advertise its unholy wares.
Th« re will, therefore, be a great day
at the fair on Monday. All the pro
ceeds will go to the suffering families
of thp dead, and it is likely that this
will call together as large a crowd as
has ever filled the pavilion. The com
CLOSING SCENES OF MINERS' DAYS.
The Acme Club of Oakland Performing Before the Visiting Miners.
Alameda and Oakland day at the Min
ing Fair yesterday proved to be a great
[ success in every way. The exhibition by
i the Acme Club of^Oakland at night was
I one of the best amateur athletic exhibi
tions ever witnessed here. The work of
Cotton and Kilbourne upon the bars was
excellent. Charles Slamberg did some
good Indian club swinging, while the tum
bling of Reed and Klnney provoked much
applause. The wrestling between Cotton
and Turner and the three-round boxing
match between Smith and Slamberg were
also good.
J. W. Jafford won the Cornish wrestling
TOMMY RYAN.
playing Ryan. They say Green has
been eating too heartily of all kinds of
food, and that his method of training
has been altogether too lax for a man
who has a heavy contract on hand.
But Green'r friends say Ryan will be
the recipient of a good drubbing, as
George has trained with a view of de
veloping lung power and strength, and
that he will enter the ring as a middle
weight and in a condition to prove that
THE SAX FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1898.
mlttee will meet again at noon to-mor
row.
In addition to this the exhibitors have
about all agreed that their exhibits
may be sold at auction at the conclu
sion of the fair, the proceeds to go to
the relief of the widows and orphans,
mothers and sisters of the deceased.
Everybody who feels that the death of
those who perished on the Maine was
a national calamity should go to the
fair, feeling that every cent expended
for the purchase of a ticket will in a
broad and generous sense be expended
for the purposes of pure patriotism.
Tickets may be obtained at The Call
business office.
Go to O'Brien & Sons for modern style,
high-grade surreys, phaetons and buggies
at low prices. Corner Golden Gate ave
nue and Polk street. •
LOWE GOT HUNGRY.
A Postal Embezzler From Massa
chusetts Pines for His Native
Dish of Pork and Beans.
Chief Inspector Munro, of the postofflee
department, swore to a complaint yester
day charging Edwin A. Lowe with em
bezzlement. Lowe was assistant post
master at Newton Center, Middlesex
County, Massachusetts. He absconded on
November 2S, 1597, with SISftO of Govern
ment funds and went on a pleasure tour
to Mexico. By the time he arrived in
Santa Clara County all his money had
disappeared and he was left stranded.
Being tired of globe-trotting on a hun
gry stomach, Lowe confessed his guilt to
a Constable at Mountain View, and told
him that he wanted to be sent home.
Lowe will be brought to this city and
examined before United States Commis
sioner Heacock, preparatory to holding
him to await the arrival of the papers
from Massachusetts.
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match, throwing Fred Trevllcox in the
fourth bout.
To-day will be the State Schoolteachers'
day and Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion Samuel T. Black will be present and
make an address, which will be responded
to by Charles L. Harrington, president of
the Board of Education.
In the single-handed drilling there were
four contestants— Joe Larkln, T. L. Cof
fey, J. J. Coan and Thomas J. Ahearn
The records made for fifteen minutes'
drilling were as follows: Coan. 18 inches-
Coffey, 17 3-16 inches; Ahearn 13 15-16
inches, and Larkin, 10 10-16 inches The
lirst prize was $100 and a gold medal, and
the second prize was $50. In the three
handed contest each of the men was
given a gold medal, valued at $25 apiece
This evening's musical programme is as
follows:
Overture. "Rlenzi 11 n- fln ,. r
Funeral march chonfn
The American Patrol .'.'".'.""Meach-ini
Solo lor trombone f Kellv Tnhin
Scenes from -The Serenade-.. .!.. Herber"
IXTEK.MISKIOX. "eroert
Ballet music from "Henry VlH"..Saint-Saens
(a) Gypsy Dance. (b) March Sootia.
Solo for cornet \\- g Rogers
Paraphrase, -Nearer My God to Thee' ".. Reaves
Grand selection. '•Mephlstopheles 1 ' Boito
March "Liberty Bell" Sousa
(By request.)
GEORGE GREEN.
when at his best the local man Is a
dangerous competitor.
However, Green's style of fighting
will be closely watched this evening,
and if he shows the least tendency to
hold back his fire it is safe to say that
in future Green will have to look else
where for an engagement, as the sport-
Ing fraternity of this city has had
about enough of good-thing fights.
Doubtless Green will. make a desper
TEACHERS DRUNK
IN THE STREETS
Disgusting Assertion S. L.
Waller Is Accused of
Having Made.
Editor Waterhouse's Serious
Charge Against the School
Director.
A Disgraceful Exhibition on a Train,
in Which He Was the Cen
tral Figure.
If the assertions of A. J. Waterhouse
be true, Samuel L. Waller is as unfit
for the position he holds as a member
of the Board of Education as a man
could well be. According to these as
sertions. Waller has known for months
of the degradation of certain teachers
in the public schools of this city, and
not only has he boasted or such knowl
edge, but he has not made the slightest
effort to have them removed, because,
he said, they had a "pull."
These teachers— two women— Waller
is alleged to have declared he had seen
drunk in the streets of San Francisco,
yet he permits then* to retain their
positions as instructors of innocent
children without so much as a word of
rebuke.
Furthermore, the conduct and con
dition of Waller himself at the time he
made the assertion were such as to
cause his permanent banishment from
the educational council chamber. But
this can best be told in the language of
Mr Waterhouse. editor of the Ex
aminer Sunday supplement.
Mr. Waterhouse furnishes weekly let
ters to several interior papers, in which
he comments on current happenings in
this city with a dash and freedom that
have earned for him a reputation as a
writer of ability. The following is part
of a letter published in the Fresno Re
publican of October 31, 1897, over Mr.
Waterhouse's sit,'r> ature . and w ith the
headlines that appeared in that paper.
Before devoting his attention to the
School Director the writer made some
timely comments on the Supervisors
and other topics, and before his signa
ture gave brief space to some other
matters, but his allegations against the
Director are given in full as follows:
A. J. W.'S WEEKLY BUDGET.
THE WANTON, WICKED, WOEFUL
CITY.
JOYS AND VIRTUES OF RURAL LIFE IN
CONTRAST.
AN INCIDENT ILLUSTRATING THE RUSULT OF
"POTHOUSING THE PUBLIC SCHOOL
SYSTEM.
And this hullaballoo about the School !
Board, which, at present, has muttered
itself into a great silence. God knows j
that board needs attention, and if ever
the majority of its members are ousted
it will be a distinct triumph for decency.
A School Board, above- all others, should !
be clean. This one is not. Stories about j
its members are whispered about the city :
—stories that I cannot repeat— but I will
tell you one, for I am prepared to prove
its truthfulness:
On a train comlntr ;;p from the south j
the other day was a memb< r of this city's i
School Board— he and his v. hisky bottle, j
As the latter became empty the former I
became full; full, loquacious* and filthily!
vainglorious. He boasted of. his corrup
tion, and he laid San Francisco's shame,
as he participated in it. lik. a map before
his hearers. Withal, he tohl how he had
seen two women teachers of San Francis
co lying drunk in the street. But he had
not reported them, lie said, because they |
had their "pull."
This fellow— a member of the School I
Board, by your leave!— is responsible for |
the school training of our children. And i
he entrusts their care to wnmen who get !
drunk and lie besotted on the streets! In
to the hand of such a creature San Fran
cisco delivers her little ones! CorruDt'
What do you think of it?
I could give this unspeakable rascal's
name. I could prove the truth of every
assertion here made.'
Scum gathers on the surface of a pool
and the water is beneath. That is what
has happened hare. What San Francisco
needs is that something shall upheave the
waters and break and scatter the scum
I did not intend thus to dwell on this
unsavory topic, and yet th-re are a thous
and things more that mitdit be said and
that need the saying. For San Francisco
is the political hub of this State, and
Fresno, Stockton, Sacramento and the
rest are but the spokes that revolve about
It. And if the hub be mtten and eaten
by the worms of politic] corruption I
submit to you that it makes little differ
ence how strong is the hickory in tho
spokes; the wheel is in poor condition
The San Francisco delegations to State
conventions — ah, well let us drop the sub
ject. A. J. AVATKRHOUSE.
ate attempt to defeat the Eastern man
as a second defeat would materially
lessen his chances for future engage
ments. The pugilists agreed to fight at
catch weights, and that is why they
have trained purposely to develop mus
cle and weight. It should be a contest
well worth going a long distance to see
It is hoped that the preliminaries will
be of short duration, as the people who
witness boxing contests are always
anxious to get home at a respectable
hour.
It is worthy of note that while Mr.
Waterhouse did not give the Director's
name in the foregoing article, he de
clared his ability to do so.
Recently a member of the Grand
Jury received anonymously a copy of
the above clipped from the paper in
which it was published. He took it to
Mr. Waterhouse, who unhesitatingly
pronounced it true in every detail, and
upon "being asked to give the nanio of
the Director referred to replied that
it was S. L. Waller. He further said
he was prepared to substantiate his
charge at any time.
As drunkenness and obscenity are
not indictable offenses the Graivl Jjry
cannot take any official action or the
charges, but when Waller is brought
to trial on the charges for which he
has already been indicted the matter
will be brought to the attontlon of the
proper authorities. It will, moreover,
form a part of the general inquiry by
the Grand Jury into the condition of
the School Department.
JUDGE LOW MAY
BE ALSO INDICTED
Justinius Olsen Says His Honor
Induced Him to Com
mit Perjury.
The Grand Jury Considers the
Charge Against John
Coldin.
Justlnius B. Olsen, the official reporter
in Judge Low's court, who was indicted
by the Grand Jury last Monday on a
charge of perjury, was granted another
hearing last night, and in his defense he
Implicated Judge Low himself, swearing
that he had been authorized by him to
swear that his accounts were correct
when he knew they were not.
As Olsen's indictment is based upon the
fact of his making a false report as to
the condition of his accounts, his accusa
tion against Low created no end of excite
ment and judicial hubbub whei» it was
made last night before the inquisitors.
The Grand Jury upon hearing his testi
mony decided to suspend judgment in the
cause until further investigation is made
of the charges against Low.
If what the ex-reporter says Is true, his
Honor's judicial head is liable to fall into
the basket along with that of his former
stenographer.
'Odwin Lewis, a straw bondsman, who
recently figured In the Coldin robbery
case, was recently indicted for perjury,
and it has just transpired that he, instead
of Coldin, was the real perpetrator of the
theft of $1000 worth of diamonds. Judge
Cook appeared In person before the Grand
Jury last night and gave evidence to the
fact.
John Coldin was arrested last Septem
ber on a charge of theft, having stolen, it
was presumed at the time, the diamonds
which have since been proved to have
never been in his possession, but had been
stolen by Lewis and disposed of by him to
Giacobi. a jeweler at 319 Kearny street,
The entire $1000 worth of diamonds were
sold for $60.
It has been proved, however, that Col
din. before his implication in the present
case, had served a term in the State
Prison for robbery, which will have a ten
dency to dissipate the impression which
has gone forth that he Is entirely Inno
cent of implication in the Lewis case.
Wanted the Insurance.
John Vasal set fire to his home In Los
Angeles and was convicted in the lower
court of that county. He appealed to the
Supreme Court, but the higher tribunal
lost no time in disposing of the appeal.
In the decision handed down yesterday
the judgment of the lower court* was sus
tained, as the testimony showed that
Vasal deliberately destroyed his house
for the Insurance money, and the appeal
was simply on technicalities.
DIED.
RIDGEWAY— In Oakland. February 24, 1898,
Annie E. Kidtreway, a native of Philadelphia,
aged 51 years 2 months and 22 days.
(ETNotlce of funeral hereafter.
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