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CQNLON MAKES
A BAD BREAK
Oil TBE STAND
Desks Purchased but
Not Delivered.
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BUG IN A SI O,OOO CONTRACT
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GRAND JURY AFTER CORRUPT
SCHOOL DIRECTORS.
«
J>r. Gedge and His Partner Went Be
fore the Inquisitors to Protest
Their Innocence Without
Being Summoned.
The Grand Jury is determined to get at
the bottom of the Board of Education
scandal, if such a thing ls possible, and
if present indications count for anything
it is more than likely that indictments
will bo found against at least two mem
bers of that body for accepting bribes
from firms furnishing supplies to the
School Department. The energy displayed
by the members of the Grand Jury in
investigating the charges of corruption
that have been made against Gedge and
Conlon has started shivers of apprehen
sion chasing up and down the spinal col
umns of that unsavory pair, while Di
rector Kemp's disgust at the manner in
which lit- was bunkoed out of what he
considered his share of the "boodle" has
been succeeded by a fear that he may
also be Indicted.
Yesterday these three worthies rushed
panic-stricken before the Grand Jury,
each for himself, to testify to his indi
vidual honesty, In their anxiety, however,
they overreached themselves. They had
not been subpenaed, and If they were in
nocent they could have trusted their fate
safely in the hands of the Grand Jury;
but reason was blinded by the knowledge
t>f their dangerous position, and they tried
a plan that may, alter all, prove their un
doing.
Their actions while waiting in the ante
room for an opportunity to be heard were
suspicious to the last degree. They sat
in one corner of the room for more than
an hour conferring in whispers that is,
i ledge and Cordon did. Kemp was there
part of the time, but his nerves were on
edge, and frequent visits to near-by dis
aries of "grocers" were necessary to
keep up his flagging courage. But Kemp
never got .- chance to protest his pureness
of art and purpose before the Inquis
itors, for by tne time that body had fin
ished with the other two it was ti p. m.,
and an adjournment was taken.
Conlon was the first to be called. He
entered the Grand Jury room with his
little story of how he had been vilified
and abused on the tip of his tongue, but
he had not been under fire five minutes
before the weakness of his defense was
apparent to the most obtuse Juryman in
the room— and the Grand Jury is com
posed of an exceptionally intelligent
body of men. Conlon's discomfiture was
caused by his reference to the purchase
from C. F. Weber & Co. of a $10,000 lot
of desks for the School Department.
What has become of JSOOO worth of these
desks Is one of the things that the Grand
Jury is desirous of knowing. Kemp was
asked the question, but claimed he did
not know. He could not tell whether the
desks had ever been received, or If re
ceived how distributed, notwithstanding
the fact that he is and was at the time !
the purchase was made chairman of the
committee on supplies. In fact, so far as
his knowledge went the desks are as com- i
pletely lost as though they had never j
existed.
Dr. Gedge was next given a chance to
clear himself and went to the task with
an assurance worthy of a better cause.
He protested solemnly that he had never
received $2000 nor any other sura as a
bribe, and sought to convince the jurors
of the absurdity of such an assumption
by quoting the price paid for the station
ery supplies, which would preclude the
possibility of the successful bidder pay
ing such a large commission. He did
not attempt to explain where the $8000
worth of desks had gone, however. Dur
ing the course of his testimony Gedge at
tributed his accusation to the animosity
of George Walker, the man to whom he
confessed the acceptance of a $2000 bribe.
In addition to the two directors several
other witnesses were examined, but their
testimony was unimportant. C. S. Bene
dict appeared to testify to the good char
acter of Dr. Gedge, although he had not
been subpenaed as a witness. J. Curtis,
tenting the firm of Payot, Upham &
Co., and C. M. Wiggins, representing the
firm of the Whitaker & Ray Company,
testified in regard to certain supplies fur
nished the department.
The Grand Jury will hold a special ses
sion this afternoon and evening to fur
ther investigate the School Department
scandal.
Bazaar of St. Brendan's Church.
Well merited success has attended St.
Brendan's Church fair which is now in
progress. The excellence of the enter
tainments given each evening has made
the fair popular with the pleasure-seek
ing public and as a result the attendance
has been large. The Inclemency of the
•weather last evening did not have the ef
fect of diminishing the attendance. The
programme was under the direction of the
Ladies of the Children of Mary booth
and the church choir booth and contained
many pleasing features. The fair is
scheduled to close to-morrow night, but
It is possible tbrtt It may be continued
several days next week.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
!1 I9OO'S - - $40 I
3 ARRIVE NOV. Ist |
J AGENTS WANTED. |
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I (3 fe^SSC a I
S BICYCLES 7?
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| OPEN EVENINGS. |
Land Scrip
And
Land Warrants
Of AH Kinds
Fop the Location of
Government
And
State Lands
Both Surveyed
And Unsurveyed.
F. A, HYDE,
4KJ. HvmU&aimn St.. »sm PrmtnUtaa
GLORIOUS CLIMATE ABDICATES
IN FAVOR OF REAL WEATHER
MANY San Franciscans believed
yesterday that it was raining.
Never were they more mistaken
in their lives. The hot wave
of last Sunday had merely
reached high heaven and made the
angels weep. Of course it would
be impopslble to force Forecaster
McAdie to admit any such thing. -
He insists that the downpour was
caused by a low temperature re
sultant from the collision of a storm
from Mexico with one from the north.
And a mighty mean low temperature
It must have been to spoil such an
angelic theory. Catch a well-bred min
imum or maximum temperature doing
anything of the sort! Never! Only
the lowest of low temperatures could
descend to such depths.
This one, at any rate, according to
McAdie, was caused primarily by the
storm from the republic to the south.
It blew up through the pepper patches
and the tamale beds at a great veloc
ity, getting hotter and hotter as it
came. It struck San Francisco in the
midribs and made it groggy. The luck
less city reeled to its corner, perspir
ing at every pore, faintly calling for
the iceman.
Out from the north there was some
thing charging for a reckoning with
the hot wave. A very Southern Pacific
of a storm, bound to bump into some
thing, was gathering from the glaciers,
and when it started it brought with It
a wave as cold as a 5 o'clock tea. The
two waves met Tuesday night, head
on, just beyond the bar. The collision
was terrific, and water was thrown all
over the adjacent ocean and Marin
County. A little of the sprinkle ar
rived here the same evening, but the
real thing came yesterday morning,
descending first in a tattoo of hall and
later descending in an air-purifying,
eewer-flushlng noonday shower.
WARDEN VACANCY AT
FOLSOM STATE PRISON
TWO REPUBLICAN APPLICANTS
FOR THE POSITION.
Directors Will Meet To-Morrow at the
Prison— Report That a Dem
ocrat Will Be Chosen.
The Board of State Prison Directors
will meet at Folsom to-morrow and con
sider the subject of selecting a Warden
to fill the vacancy caused by the death
of Charles Aull. The directors have de
cided to appoint a Democrat, holding that
a custom long established is, in effect, an
unwritten law, and that the Warden at
Folsom shall be a Democrat if the War
den at €an Quentln is a Republican.
Warden Aull, a Democrat, held office for
three terms. Owing to the favorable in
fluence of Irwin C. Stump, who was chair
man of the Republican State Central
Committee in the campaign which culmin
ated in the election of H. H. Markham as
Governor, Mr. Aull was retained in office
throughout a Republican administration.
No change, of course, was made when
Governor Budd came into power, and no
change was contemplated, so far as can
be ascertained, by the present administra-
I tion.
There are two Republican aspirants for
the wardenshlp. Ex-Sheriff Thomas Cun
ningham of San Joaquin has many strong
backers for the place. Ex-Sheriff Mark
B. Ivory of Contra Costa County ls in
; dorsed for the position by many prom
inent Republicans. The Prison Directors
have not announced the name of a Demo
crat for the place, but the announcement
will no doubt be made at the meeting to
morrow.
ST. JOSEPH LADIES' AT HOME.
Their Programme the Feature of the
Youths' Directory Fair Last
Evening.
The Youths' Directory festival continues
to be an attraction, and despite last !
nighfsdownpour the attendance was fully i
up to the average. The feature of the \
evening's programme was the "at home" I
of the ladies of St. Joseph's union booth. i
The ladies were assisted in entertaining !
their friends by a number of well-known I
amateurs, who provided a musical pro- 1
gramme of exceptional excellence. There
were numbers by Graber's Mandolin Club,
Sandy and Manlloyd, Miss Kitty Black
and H. Gallagher, and an exhibition of
fancy dancing was given by K. Broche.
This evening the ladies of the Charltv
booth will receive their friends. Mrs. < '.
Cassassa will be in charge and will be as
sisted by Mesdames Johnstone, Gallagher,
C. J. Walsh, Dinnlene Horrigan, Halpin,
Keane, Misses L. Keefe, K. Cassassa, M.
Corrigan, Dunn, Keane, A. Connelly and
L. Connelly. The musical programme will
be furnished by the Market Street Rail
way band.
There will be a reunion next Tuesday at
Native Sons' Hall of the friends of the
Youths* Directory. The comedy "Turned
Up" will be produced by students of St.
Ignatius College and members of the
Western Addition Club. A dance will fol
low, for which music will be furnished
by the League of the Cross band. The
floor committee consists of John D. Ma- '
honey, Daniel D. Ryan, Harvey Maher. j
Antolne Pilcovich, James P. Booth, Frank i
P. Haynes, George Connolly, John S. Ban- j
nerman and Eustace Culllnan.
COURT NOTES.
Frances J. Murphy Le Gonidec, wife of
Raoul Gabriel M. E. Le Gonldec, has sued
William H. Fitzhugh, Mary E. Fitzhugh,
William G. Henshaw, Willis E. Davis, the
Union Trust Company, the California Ti
tle Insurance Company and various ficti
tious defendants, to foreclose a mortgage
of $35,000, with $4527 64 Interest, on seven
teen blocks of land in the Stanford tract,
near the Park. The suit was filed by
plaintiff's counsel, Maguire & Gallagher.
"Lucky" Baldwin appeared in Judge
Megan's court yesterday to answer to the
charge of violating the fire ordinance by
erecting; a brick wall at Market and
Powell streets without obtaining the nec
essary permit, and by consent the case
was continued till to-morrow to be set
Ah Chung, who was arrested Wednes
day for expectorating In the City Hall
corridors, failed to appear in Judge Mo
fan's court yesterday when his name was
called, and the Judge declared his ball of
$5 forfeited.
St. Peter's and St. Paul's.
At St. Peter's and St. Paul's Bazaar last
evening the ladies of St. Rose's booth,
under the direction of Mrs. Maosero,
had charge of the entertainment. Mies
TIIE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1899.
It has knocked the hot wave Into
smithereens; the glorious climate of
California has become weather, and
Forecaster McAdie says it will remain
as unsettled as tailors' bills until an
other period of high temperature hap
pens along from God knows where.
The downpour has been general
throughout the State and Arizona,
while in Nevada and Utah it has been
snowing on Indians and Mormons. The
precipitation was somewhat heavier
than is usual in October, and the ac
companying cold snap might have
caused serious damage to fruit grow
ers had not Forecaster McAdie grasped
the situation as he did and sent out
warnings in ample time for growers
and dryers to protect the matured
crops.
In Arizona the downpour was even
heavier than in California, 2.32 inches
falling at Flagstaff up to 5 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. The Nevadans
and Salt Lakers are the people who
are getting it. One day they got the
warning that something was coming,
md the next day It snowed.
O'Rourke sang a contralto solo; Miss
Beronio gave a selection on the piano
and the "fan" chorus proved to be a
great attraction. St. Rose's booth was
handsomely decorated with flags on the
exterior and with cut flowers, potted
plants and bric-a-brac in the interior.
Pansies and Thought and work
produce wondrous results. Atchison
(Kans.) people take notice. "Keith's"
window, SOS Market St., Pheian building. *
Fell From a Scaffold.
Mike Hopkins, a hodcarrier, about CO
years of age, employed on a building in
course of erection on Mission street, be
tween Fourth and Fifth streets, fell from
a scaffold yesterday a distance of about
twenty feat. He was taken to the Re
ceiving Hospital, where Dr. Stephens
found that three of his ribs were- broken
and his left lung was punctured. He was
later sent to the City and County Hos
pital.
In the Divorce Court.
Emma L. Hughes has been granted a
divorce from William P. Hughes on the
MADE ATTORNEY FOR
COAST BUSINESS MEN
Attorney E. S. Pillsbury.
EBEN S. PILLSBURY will represent. in a legal capacity, the whole
salers and Jobbers and manufacturers of the Pacific Coast before the
Interstate Commerce Commission in St. Louis next month. This was
decided upon, yesterday and the vote of the Pacific Coast Traffic As
sociation's executive committee was unanimous ln the selection. The
hearing on rates, differentials and terminals will take place on November
18. Mr. Pillsbury is not supposed to know as much about rate matters as
the merchants and jobbers, and representatives of the Traffic Association
who have made a study, of rates and all that appertains to them will also
go to St. Louis. Mr. Loveland, the chairman of the Traffic Association's ex
ecutive committee, and W. R. Wheeler are certain to go. While It is true
that the decision of the Interstate Commission is final in one sense of the
word there is here a Belief that the matter may ultimately get into the
Supreme Court, of the United States in some shape. Mr. Pillsbury will
guard the legal interests of the coast. Mr. Pillsbury's selection was made
by a sub-committee and waa then ratified by the full committee. The ex
ecutive committee also named Frank Brown, representing the steel and
wire Interest, and Charles F. Tay of the George H. Tay Company as a sub
committee to visit Los Angeles and confer with the wholesalers and Job
bers and manufacturers concerning the work of organizing the business men
of the coast. |
Forecaster McAdie was not prepared
yesterday afternoon to predict the
limit of the present storm. He is of
the opinion that it will sweep to the
south and east in a few days, visiting
Texas and Louisiana with heavy rains.
ground of cruelty. Ida B. Mitchell has
sued Charles 11. Mitchell for a divorce, al
leging failure to provide as cause of ac
tion. Charles A. Jackson asks for a di
vorce from Anna W. F. Jackson on the
ground of intemperance. Su.ts for divorce
on the ground of desertion have been filed
by Willametta Hutchinson against Sterl
ing Hutchinson, Mary C. Kelly against Jo
seph Kelly, Charles L. Whitney against
Kate L. Whitney, Emlle Loupe against
Margery Loupe and An.iie E. Hagedorn
against Herman Hagedorn.
BURGLAR ARRESTED.
SAN JOSE, Oct. 12.— J. W. Durdock,
who is supposed to be an Eastern crook,
was arrested in the act of breaking into
the room of C. Mattel, in the Swiss Hotel,
this afternoon. Ho had entered the room
by means of a skeleton key and then
locked the door. Some Jewelry and a
bank book for several hundred dollars
that had been taken were found under
the bed by Officer Humburg, who made
the arrest.
Dr. George I. Drucker, dentist, has re
turned and will resume practice at 1170
Market street. •
ALL READY NOW
TOR MUNICIPAL
POLITICAL WAR
Republican Commit
tee Is Announced.
CALL FOR EARLY MEETING
GRAND RATIFICATION SATUR
DAY NIGHT.
Big Registration Indicative of Re
publican Success Large Enroll
ment in Horace Davis
Central Club.
Sheldon G. Kellogg. chairman of the
Republican local convention, yesterday
announced the appointment of the new
Republican county committee. In ac
cordance with the purpose of the conven
tion the committee consists of eighteen
members at large and four from each of
the eighteen Assembly districts. In the
selection of men to manage party affairs
In the city the chairman consulted the
wishes of the various district delegations,
thus giving the principle of local self
government the broadest recognition.
There will be a meeting of the new
county committee next Saturday evening
at the headquarters of the Horace Davis
Central Club. History building, 723 Market
street At that time the committee will
probably organize by the election of a
chairman and secretary.
The following constitute the committee:
AT LARGE.
Alfred Bonvier. Edward M. Buck
ley. John J. Daiigbney. I. B. Dal/.iel,
C. W. Gordon, Max Goldberg, Augus
tus Johnson, John McDermott, John
B. McNamara, John F. McGlynn, Lin
coln D. MncDonald, A. J. Martin,
William Metiner, George W. Pen
nington, A. B. Simmons, A. B. Tru
man, George Winner, James A. Wil
son.
DISTRICT COMMITTEEMEN.
Twenty-eighth District — William
11. Nolan, Charles L. Franklin, Harry
lioy, Charles F. Engelke.
Twenty-ninth District l.eon Sam
uels, Paul Schulz, E. 11. Lutgens, J.
Collins.
Thirtieth District — J. J. More
house, B. G. Soniers, Richard Cox,
Daniel Crane.
Thirty-first District — William Of
fernian. E. 1,. Nolan, T. J. Sullivan,
11. McMahan.
Thirty-second District Lawrence
Hoey, Thomas Duff, J. Lucy, John
Ahem.
Thirty-third District Louis Non
neinnnn, James F. Kelly, Thomas
Hnynes, James Hennessy.
Thirty-fourth District .1. K. C.
Hobbs, 11. C. Henderson, Z. T. Barber,
M. V. B. Taylor.
Thirty-fifth District — John R. Hill
man, F. W. Warren, Perry J. Smith,
Richard Herring.
Thirty-sixth — William 11.
Teigeler, Alpheus Duffee, John J.
Hore. Henry E. Holmes.
Thirty-seventh District — T. V.
Maxwell, J. F. Newford, Augustus
Tllden. James H. Humphreys.
Thirty-eighth District J. C. Zel
lerhaeh. M. A. Riordan, George 1,.
Sharp, J. C. Bnurbln.
Thirty-ninth District — T. H. Mc-
Carthy, F. D. Worth, A. A. Louder
back, J. J. Sullivan.
Fortieth District — Charles L,.
Field, Lewis G. MeMullen, I. J.
Asehheim. F. W. Meyer.
Forty-first District — Maurice
Brandt, ..nrelins E. Buckingham,
Nathan H. Frank, Samuel K. Mitch
ell.
Forty-second District —A. R.
Smith, R. H. Mowbray, I. J. Tru
man Jr.. Orlando M. Marsh.
Forty-third District — George J.
Boyne, F. G. Robrecht, John J. Curry,
Charles L. Benton.
Forty-fourth District — Dr. AY. C.
Eldenmuller, Dr. R. C. Meyers, L. A.
Rea. A. Ruef.
Forty-fifth District — Thomas R.
Evans. James Carr, W. B. Miller,
John Daley.
Republicans are preparing for the ratifi
cation meeting to-morrow evening. It
was reported in one of the dally papers
recently that the Democratic ratification
meeting would be held at Metropolitan
Hall on Saturday evening of this week,
but the Republicans have engaged the hall
for that evening, and they hold a receipt
for the prepaid rent.
No doubt Democrats will be cordially
welcomed by their fellow-citizens of Re
publican faith. Democrats could not nut
their time to better use than in listening
for a half-hour to the plain language of
that exemplary citizen the Hon. Horace
Davis.
The registration, which closed last
night, renders it certain that a very
large vote will be cast at the municipal
election. A large registration Is always
indicative of Republican success. There
is a marked change of public sentiment in
favor of Mr. Davis. Republicans who
were debating the question last week
whether they should cast another ballot
for Mr. Pheian have settled the problem
by resolving to support Mr. Davis, be
cause he is the Republican nominee and
in every other respect worthy of the in
dorsement of the people of San Francisco.
When Mayor Pheian happens to be cam
paigning in Republican districts he is
very anxious that national issues and
party topics should not he discussed In a
local contest. When addressing a Demo
cratic audience at Metropolitan Hall he
takes another view of the subject. When
he was advertised to address a Demo
cratic mass meeting in this city on August
4 The Call fancied that he would "slop
over," and therefore engaged an expert
stenographer to report his speech ver
batim. The Mayor, with the assistance
of an evening paper, is now trying to
square that speech with subsequent ut
terances, but the matter is not adjustable.
Another extract from the Mayor's Dem
ocratic speech on that occasion may in
terest Republican voters. The Mayor
said: "The old Democratic party that
came down from Jefferson has traditions
which appeal to us all. It has always
been the closest party to the people. And
when Mr. Lane says he Is surprised that
the Republican party has not at any
time inspired the confidence of the peo
ple, notwithstanding that it had with It
such men as Abraham Lincoln, he can
be easily answered when we tell him
that the personnel of the party is com
posed unfailingly— and you see it In this
city — of the men who prey upon the pub
lic revenues and avoid their share of
taxation and who subsist upon special
privileges. You can't regenerate the Re
publican party In municipal affairs for
that reason."
When Horace Davis speaks of living
national issues in which every citizen is
concerned Mayor Pheian calls him a
traitor to the charter, but shades of
Monticello, Pheian can bring out Thomas
Jefferson and the early century traditions
of the Democratic party and no one for
that challenges his loyalty to the spirit
of the new charter. In the name of con
science one may ask what Mayor Pheian
means by this Jeffersonian diversion.
The charge made by the Mayor that
the Republican party is composed unfail
ingly of men who avoid their share of
taxation was unwarranted, unjust and
untrue. Republican tax payers may re
sent it at the polls on November 7.
The enrollment of voters in the Horace
Davis Central Club Is progressing rapid
ly. The organization promises to exert
great influence in the cause of good gov
ernment.
Members of the Democratic County
Committee have been notified to attend
the Initial meeting of that body at B'nai
B'rith Hall to-night.
A Democratic ratification meeting will
be held next Monday night at Metro
politan Temple for the purpose of indors
ing the nominees of the late Democratic
convention. '
The Deane Non-Partisan Club of the
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Thirty-third District was organized on
Wednesday evening, October 11. at 1450
San Bruno avenue, with a membership
of seventy-seven. The officers elected
were: President, Fred H. Flynn, 2607
Twenty-fifth street; first vice-president,
George Conners, 2708 Twenty-fourth
street; second vice-president, Patrick
Toohey, 1452 San Bruno avenue; secre
tary, William Collins, 1457 San Bruno
avenue;, treasurer, James McGlaughlin,
1311 York street; executive committee-
Harry Magee, Peter Conley. Michael Mul
rooney, Thomas McGlaughlin, Peter Far
rington; sergeant-at-arms, Michael Mc-
Carthy.
SALASSA IS
SUBLIME AS
DON CARLOS
npHOSE who heard "Ernani" at the Ti-
THOSE who heard "Ernani" at that so
voli last night will concede that so
I far Salassa's Don Carlos, King of
Spain, was the best work this full
fledged artist has done in this city. Pos
sessing a truly royal stage presence, com
manding a kingly deportment and being
the lucky owner of a barytone the equal
of which is seldom heard on any operatic
stage, it may easily be imagined that Sa
lassa's King Carlos was a dramatic cre
ation over which the most blase music
lovers may well go into ecstasies. His solo
toward the end of the fourth act was
most assuredly a masterful vocal effort,
not alone because of the rare quality of
the voice, but also because of the care
and, may I say, science of execution. Sa
lassa's success is by no means restricted to
his vocal triumphs, but his dramatic tem
perament, his painstaking adherence to
elocutionary effect and his realistic mim
icry combine to make him a king in his
element.
While the lion's share of the success
must be accorded to Salassa, because his
is the most responsible role of the play, it
would be unfair to withhold praise from
the other artists whose assistance was
necessary to complete the performance.
Avedano had no opportunity to exhibit
the full scope of his ability until the last
act, where he showed his worth in a duet
and a trio. Anna Lichter, too, had not
very much chance to display her advan
tages and it is so much more credit to her
that she made very much of her part and
did the little with that care and polish
which mark all her operatic work. G. S.
Wanrell, after a rest of several weeks,
came once more to the front and con
vinced his listeners that his delightful
basso cantante becomes an ornament to
the cast because he knows so well how to
use it to advantage, and because his
method of singing is strictly in accord
ance with the principles of true art. His
Don Silva was exquisite.
But the grandest part of last night's
performance was the finale of the fourth
act, where the chorus showed its utmost
strength. It received five curtain calls.
Max Hirschfeld and his splendid orches
tra contributed their invaluable aid. «_nd
now I have written another eulogy orr the
Tivoli Grand Opera Company, but what
will you? It is true eulogies, when too
often repeated, become tiresome. But it
is not my fault that the Tivoli has such
an excellent company that an adverse
criticism would be defamatory. "Ernani"
will be repeated on Saturday and Sunday
evenings. This evening "Satanella" will
be repeated ALFRED METZGER.
ARGONAUTS AT PLAY.
Forty-Niners Enjoy a Reunion at
Oakland.
OAKLAND, Oct. 12.— Just fifty years
ago to-day seventy-nine argonauts, all
residents of Cayuga County. N. V.. who
had formed the Cayuga Joint Stock Com
pany, whose purpose was the Quest of
gold in the hills and rivers of the Golden
State, disembarked in San Francisco after
a stormy ocean voyage of 226 days in the
good old bark Belvldera, which facetiously
has been described by the venerable
Captain Samuel Barney as being forty
feet long, forty feet wide and forty feet
deep. So far as known there are but
ten survivors of that band and six of
these to-night celebrated the fiftieth an
niversary of the event of their disem
barkment, Timothy L. Barker, the re
tired merchant, residing at 1119 Castro
street, being the host of the occasion.
The Barker mansion was brilliantly Il
luminated and the decorations were su
perb. Over the main entrance floated a
huge silk American flag. On the banquet
table, around which the whetted appe
tites of the survivors were satiated with
the best of delicacies that money could
buy, stood a floral miniature of the bark
Belvidera and toasts were drunk to past
and present as well as the next anni-
versary.
The six surviving Argonauts were Timo
thy L. Barker, the host; William M.
Eddy the banker of Santa Barbara;
Werthing S. Lyon, who for the past forty
years has been foreman in the melting
department of the Selby Lead and Smelt
ing Works, San Francisco; Andrew J.
Haight of Alameda, formerly for years
with the old firm of Moffatt and Com
pany, the earliest coiners of San Fran
cisco, and afterward an assayer -with
Keilogg, Huston & Co., predecessors of
the present Selby Smelting Works; Dr.
William A. Grover. retired physician and
oldest of the sextet; Hiram T. Graves,
lormerly with Moffatt & Co., later in the
United States Assayer's office, San Fran
cisco Mint, and at present secretary of
the Mount Olive Cemetery Association.
They were accompanied by their wives.
The combined ages of the six argonauts
is 445 years. The other four survivors,
who have since returned to Cayuga
County, New York, and from whom
greetings were received, are Dr. Oscar,
D. Munson, dentist; Weston A. Ogaen,
retired merchant: John Choate, hard
ware dealer, and George Richardson,
furniture dealer. Among those present
to-nlght as representatives of a younger
generation were Senator George C. Per
kins, Congressman Victor Metcalf, ex-
Mayor W. R. Davis and Colonel John P.
Irish, who extended greeting to.^ the
guests of the occasion. During the In
terims between the spicy speeches, yarns
and reminescenses, . music was rendered
by Miss Annie Herrick, violinist; "Miss
Bertha Marvin, soloist, and Esta Marvin,
pianist, and the evening closed by the
company pinging "Auld Lang Syne, and
a sentiment to the next anniversary.
Each guest was presented with a sou
venir in the way of a miniature p'.ck,
shovel and pan. and each lady received a
little bucket of so-called nuggets.
Run Down by a Cable Car.
John Gerbes, a crippled cigar-dealer,
was knocked down last night by a west
bound cable car at the corner of Eighth
and Market streets, and sustained a se
vere laceration of the right cheek and a
bruised eye. Eyewitnesses claim that the
gnpman failed to ring his bell. Gerbes
was taken to the Receiving Hospital,
where hi? wounds were dressed by Dr.
Dray.
Wet Weather at the Chutes.
Nearly 2000 persons visited the Chutes
last night, despite the wet weather, and
the management, wanting to show its
appreciation, opened its larder, gave
away ice cream, candies, popcorn and
everything of an edible description. •
Registration Closes.
Registration closed last night. Up to
midnight 1451 persons had registered for
the day. and 1207 changes of residence
were recorded.
The total number of voters who regis
tered this year is 70,415, as against 62,456.
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