WORRIED OVER
DISPOSITION OF
DEAD BODIES
New Cemetery on the
County Line.
, —
"INDIGENTS" CAUSE TROUBLE
«,
CONTRACTOR VEBKONTEREN IN
A BAD SITUATION.
I
A Very Awkward Predicament Fol- ,
lows a Protest by the Creditors
of the F. E. Luty Es
tate. .
A. Verkonteren, who ha.-? the contract
to bury the city's indigent dead, is sorely
puzzled over v. difficulty he has collided |
with. Some time ago the Supervisors ;
passed a law prohibiting the further in- I
ternient of the d*-ad within the city lim
its, and before arrangements were made j
for the interment of indigents elsewhere ;
Mr. Verkonujren had accumulated about
two dozen bodies which he did not know
what to do with. While in this predica
ment he noticed an advertisement of the
sale of some lots in the Abbey Homestead j
Addition, lying on the boundary of San i
Francisco ana ban Mateo counties. He j
bid tor two lots the sum o£ »TjO, which ,
was accepted by the executrix. Without J
los., of time Mr. Verkonteren placed the i
bodies under the sod of hid recent pur- j
chase: starting ;i cemetery of his own.
he was getting ready to make additions i
to his graveyard when the matter or con- j
lirmirig the -sale of the lands, which were }
a part of the estate of F. E. Luty, came
up before Probate Judge Coffey. lhen
there was a hitch which had not been an
ticipated: Some of the creditors roi the
estate entered a protest against the sale
of the land; and In spite ot the fact that
the purchaser had marie a liberal deposit
the sale was not confirmed by the court, j
What made matters worse I was the met ,
that the court ordered the land roudvor
tiscl tor sale. This is what has tied
thing's up in a hard knot. Mr. Verkon
toren does not know whether he has the
two dozen bodies on his hands now or not.
if lie has it is a question as to whether
i r not he can disintt-r the bodies, for the
law is very strict in the matter of dis
turbing the dead. Should some one o!se
buy the. property it is very likely that tho
now purchaser will demand that the
"owner" of the bodies remove the same
without regard to whether he can do so
There is still another question that the I
unfortunate gentleman is studying over,
and that is if he can remove the bodies
without bting molested for trespassing
what can he do with them so that he will j
not suffer great loss in again disposing
i f them. At present indications Mr. Ver- I
komeren will be a lively bidder for the j
•lots when they are again on tho marktt. j
In the event of his being successful he j
hopes to induce the authorities of San j
Mateo and Pan Francisco counties to a!- ]
low him to let the Indigents remain where
they are. which may be difficult; for so
far' the lots in question are not included .
in the lands set apart for cemetery pur
poses. j
YOUNG EDITOR WEDS.
Quiet Wedding of G. H. Francis and
Miss Madge Poffenberger.
: f In
t Northern Call!
Nt high noon yesterday,
v ■ ■ - of Wood-
X;ipa
. 1 »r.
' ■
; wit
■ -a- intimati
111 spend their h
Is the daughter of
• ■ '.
-
roprl-
Enrbecue Hail or Shine.
ement
■ mittee
g the .-iii
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■ that
■• will
POSTUM CEBEAL.
A SCIENTIFIC REPORT ON
COFFEE.
Shows It Can Be Used by Some, and
Is a Poison to Others.
;
'
■ to
Rith
■
ip chronic
; : "We have
i fill Its place."
ppears the fol-
"Or.c of the highest authorities in
Materia Mediea and Therapeutics in
England says: Caffeine, which is the
stimulating part of coffee, Is In general
terms a stimulant first, and subse-
quently a paralyzant to the nerve cen-
ters in the cerebellum, medula and spi-
nal cord.
11 ']■ ses it quickens the activ-
il ten-
overs timulate
great
■ light
omnia, i
ed In
itlty it would doubtless
to man.
nds of people coffee, of
is its chemical si
Languor,
■ . • : • ation folio
system when the habit
- acquired, This is
: iscular tremor a nd
ijness, with nervoui
Ela and Insomnia; In fact, a train of de-
alls frequently not traceable
to th< • v. hich never Inebri
, .-...•■
Th< his long
and • per on the sub-
• v.-ith the statement: "Comp
similar to that of the Postum C
.; l, • f Battle Creek arc to be mvi-
i nd as benefactoi s of the
tever our personal prefer-
. let us not class these chang< b it,
ry to peculiar views and theories,
but rather as generally recognised and
, a valuable acquisition
of progress and Investigation, scientific
and philanthropic."
The rap lived by American
brain woi i th'-m to seek
• quickly and surely
■ I energi . and
c as a rule.feel the disastrous
effects of a continued use of coffee. Jt
furnish this class of people with
correct food and drink, selected and
manufactured in the most scientific
i tanner, that Postum Cereal Food Cor-
fee and Grape-Nuts have been placed
on the market. All first-class grocers
furnish these.
be cooked and eaten rain or shine. Ar
rangements have been made for the com
fort able shell erfng of 10. "f>o persona. The !
committee hay decided to charge only the
nominal sum of 35 rents admission. This
'.- more to prevent juveniles and an un- I
ruly element from crowding Into the \
grounds than it [a for a reimbursement '
'■' the promoter^ of the festival. The :
!Ue !b to be given by the federation j
to its thousands of friends In the Mission i
and elsewhere who have Indorsed the
stand taken by this organization for the (
al and continual improvement of '■
the Mission district.
BUNKO MEN IN LUCK.
William Schneider of Honolulu, the
Prosecuting Witness, Leaves
for New York.
William Schneider, the chemist from
Honolulu who was swindled out of $103
by three bunko men, Harry Walters,
Henry Roberts and James West, has gone
t" New l'ork ond the case against tho
men will probably be dismissed for
lack of prosecution.
Th. !.. en postponed from time
to tin-,.- ii. Judge Mogan a court, chiefly
at the request of the prosecution, and
when h ■•.:,■ again tailed yesterday Po
liceman GeJmann said he had ascertained
that Schneider had left the city for New
York Wednesday. Ho left a note for
ndlady of the Victoria Hotel, where
he had been stopping, .stating that his
■ ■ bad been taken from him by
gamblers and he had gone to New York,
DUt would return !n January and pay her
Attorney Mack at once asked for a dis
mlssal ol the case as there was no pros
ecuting witness, but tho Judge refused
and U till Monday, ordering a
bench warrant issued for Schneider's ar
rt-^t.
HUGH CRAIG'S BROTHER DEAD
Killed by Falling Down a Mine in
Coolgardie, West Australia.
Hugh Craig received a cablegram last
Wednesday telling him of the death by
accident of his younger brother, Thomas
humming Craig, at Coolgardie, West Aus
tralia, No details were received except
that death resulted from falling down a
mine, i he deceased was a civil engineer
And manager of mines for the New Zea
and Mine Trust of London. He was aged
in. Wednesday morning Mr. Craig re
ceived a letter at his home from his
orother In Which his brother had written
3f his good health, and he was evidently
n high spirits. When Mr. Craig reached
Ms office in this city he received tie- ca
blegram telling of his brother's sudden
leatn.
■ ♦ . — — ,
SNAPSHOTS AT
PLAY-FOLKS ON
MANY STAGES
JT is alas and alack when many a good
nay, a good actor even, tries
to wear costumes pertaining to Louis
XIV, or Louis-any-other-teenth tor
that matter. Borne of the best people at
the Grand Opera-house are making a sail
mess of it in "Nanon." But Thomas Pers
se, snowy of wig and snowy of satin, can
dangle the four corners of a lace hand
kercl iition teaches they should
i. and It's Thomas Persse who
carries the day.
Hat tie Belle Ladd is a sorry sight as
Ninon. It wouldn't be quite so bad ii' an
impudent programr c had not promised
in her ••* professional beauty." Hattie
Belle takes to ticrht.'; like a duck to water,
' and there's bound to be brisk work when
■ lays a boy. But the outward elbows
: that go along with "Forward, march!"
lion elbows, and a gauze fan is
not a( ease when shouldered Hive a bay
on.-; or cracked like a riding whip.
The buxom Miss Mi - ■ nov. This
It should be. The sif;:: of the Golden
up a vision of exactly such
a hostess »s Edith Mason renders. And
though the opportunity be less, it's better
Nanon than a poor Girofle.
• • *
It is so long since "The Masked Bali"
3i en iii town that Alcazar eudi
this w< ek ■
suap-eating
spandy new.
malysis the far<
a that wei reated
■ -
of domi stic bickei Ings. But
who i ■ er cares about such analysis? "The
Masked Bail" is funny with all the fun
t Blsboi ruld ln% i nt
. they put their h* a r. A
, laugh always slips away em ban
j when some one asks whence It cam ■. M< i t
Its own ground and greet it In its
own spirit . a Bby visitor al
late days.
w< • k's performance is an Ormonde-
Montalne partnership. stops
il nine parts, almost forgetting
He ! [enry, and Icav •
• arlyle Mo
own devices at home or abroad. But
.Mr. ■ and -Mr. Mont'aine are a
brsy team from the up of the curtain un-,
til th' down of it.
It Is ;i Becret all Mr. Ormonde's own
it chosen to show before
just how charming he really can be. Feo
ple i talking about his reserve
and repression, and he has won a aega
dmiration therefor. And
now he iiis up and i sploded every one of
id theories, and we may be
luse he fooled us or good na
ause we've got a far and away
r man than we guess* d,
H< Is a rollicking, mischievous, lem
peptuom and altogether adorable young
md as Paul Blon let. H< is the only
bov-grown-tall style that isn't half so
th( proverb would hi
:■ s ■•• ' i >r. Blondet fold
white liea -not erray even— but
big*, bold black ones. Suffice it to say
i •■ mi . i i can make even ■
■
Francis Powers has a new play, which
will soon : • re. It has a stunning
title, "Mother Earth." Also a stunning
■ for II de ils with life in the M< ■:
lean provinces. And if the play
tunning as "The First Born"
Ban Francisco Indeed a man to
be proud of, and he's a feather In the cap
imd Alcazar manugement that
ight him out.
"Ah!"
"Beauty!"
"Whew!"
It starts at the baldheaded row and rip
to the smokera against the Or
im wall. It swells toward the bal
and in caught up there and rippled
rd the stage. Mile. I,otty is re
ble for It.
There Is on about mndemols
r-\\*'; 'ir being. But we were
promised poses. There Is one pose, with
variations. Even Mile. Lotty is in danger
•■•oming monotonous so long as she
•is a mere Bcreen for mngio lantern
pictures. It is hardly fair of her to leave
all the work to the calcium man.
best of last week's performers arc
holdovers. Next week will see more
changes. Besides Mile. Lotty, a ventrilo
quist and a monologist have cOmee O me to re.
emit the . goodly ranks. Tr>m Brown.
r ties between the dark and the
daylight, partakes of tiie Intelligent of
whiteness and the real thingness of black
ness, and is therefore one of the best of
coons. He manages to be calmly serious
about his work, which makes h:m an lm
ement on recent entertainers of his
Mr. Wlnton. th« ventriloquist, is clever
enoiißh In hla way ana a spooky way it
Is Ventriloquists must be m<-*t unpleas
ant persons to have in the family if they
indulgf at home In their little eccentric
ity. This particular one's turn is too much
to mechanical dolls— it moves
slowly But he's a wonder himself.
The' T>e Page sisters begin with their
usual bunchiness, and gradually becom*
lete. It is very pleasant to sit at the
and see Just enough of their "phe
nomenal changes" to speculate upon the
! ow of the rest.
SARAH OOMSTOCK.
COURT NOTES.
rharlf-s Finnrgan, a young man who
was recently left $2600 and started in to
spend it all In liquor, was arrested on
laint of his friends on a charge of
uicy, and yesterday Judge Treadwell
i sent him to the County Jail for six
he to sober up.
Policeman W. Honn^berry secured a
; warrant from Judge Graham yesterday
<„:• the arrest of hip son Thomas. 17 years
-.•, on a charge of battery for slap
j ping his sister IJzzie on the mouth. Hen
neberrs says that the boy is beyond his
control.
A writ of habeas corpus sworn out on
I behalf of Victor Bouton, who is wanted
in Nevada for alleged cattle rustling, will
i»c- argued before Judjrc Cook this morn-
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATUKDAY, OCTOBER 21. 1899,
ffe\ts of Camp and {Transport.
THOUSANDS STILL
PRESSING ON TO
THE PHILIPPINES
Second Call Regi-
ments Coming.
SIX WILL PASS THROUGH
NUMBER OF STAFF OFFICERS TO
SAIL ON NEWPORT.
Mail Being Delayed at the Presidio
Through the Failure of Officers
to L«ave Their Addresses
Behind.
By Wednesday next. if nothing hap
pens, the last of the first ten regiments
i called for by the Government under the
. army extension bill will be on their way
; to the Philippine Islands, and by the time
they start thn regiments of the second call
that will cross the ocean from here will
! have commenced to arrive. It has been
i so from the time the first of the United
States volunteers came here. One regi
ment has followed the other so closely
that at times there has been no time to
spare between th^m, yet not one has
crowded so fast upon the heels of the one
before it as to cause trouble. There has
always been one regiment able to get out
of the way and make place for the new
comer, and it looks as if the same sys
tem will prevail lv the regiments now
heading westward.
Of the second ten, seven will leave for
the islands from this coast, six from here
and one from Portland, and three will
1 leave from the East. The Forty-first, re
'■■ cruiting at Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont,
and the Forty-third and Forty-seventh
regiments, recruiting at Camp Meade,
Pennsylvania, will be the ones to go by
way of the Suez canal. Ihey will be
taken on the transports Thomas, Logan
: and Meade, and when these vessels have
j landed their troops safely in Manila they
: will join the fleet of transports plying be
tween here and there. The Thirty-ninth,
recruiting at Fort Crook, Nebraska, Will
1 go by way of Portland, with two compa
nies of the Firty-lifth, which is being re
cruited at Fort Snelllng. Minnesota. The
1 others the Thirty-eighth, from Jefferson
: Barracks, Missouri; the Fortieth, from
Fort Riley, Kansas; the Forty-second,
: from Fort Niagara, New York; the Forty
fourth, from Fort Leavenworth. Kansas;
j the Forty-sixth, from South Framingham,
Massachusetts; .the Forty-eighth, from
Fort Thomas, Kentucky, and the l-ort>
ninth, from Jefferson Barracks, Missouri,
will all puss through here.
The Forty-sixth Is now on its way out
hpre but it has been held up to allow of
thlcourt-rnar ialins of some of its unruly
members, who are 10 be-left In'prtaonl"
a m i start for here ! to-morrow: tne
Fortieth Forty-second and Thirty-eighth
Bt Wh^'the te new y regime ts arrive here it
is Probable the regulations regarding the
. fbert* of th' men will be more strict than
I lev were before. After the going :«t>j»oh
reirfment there was always a pile "i de
mflDtive lists to hand Into the command
fng officer of the Presidio the men to
whomUheyi referred having failed tofan
iwer "the last rollcall before the transport
Failed Some of these men were honestly
fefttbehlnd and now and then some of
them turned up and were shipped on later,
DUtUbe greater number c them few of
portions pure and pimple, iiut ie\s 01
t§e?e "have been caught. While the regi
ments were encamped absence without
leave was common, but as the Presidio
close to the city this was not re
garded as anything more than a yielding
to temptation and not as a desire to leave
the service prematurely. The proxlmit,
of the returned volunteers also had its
effect partly from the stories the men told
of their experiences and partly}) cause
of the difference In the rations The army
allows to every man returned from the
,'troDi eces butler and milk in addition
to [he regular ration. The outgoing men j
did not get this and it made them dissatis
fied for many of them never took the
trouble to inquire the reason. All these
conspired to Increase the desertions, and
they finally reached over two hundred
men from ' the last few regiments that
'Joseph C. Fablsch, a private in Com
pany O of the Fourth Infantry, died at
the general hospital yesterday.
The following named officers have been
ordered to the Philippine Islands on '.h?
transport Newport: Lieutenant Colonel
Ernest A. Garfington, inspector general,
; USA accompanied by his authorized
clerk' one" messenger; Major Edward E.
Dravo commissary of subsistence, U. 8.
A accompanied by his authorized clerk;
Major George P. Bcriven. United States
Volunteer Signal Corps; Major George B.
Davis commissary of subsistence, IT. 8.
V accompanied by hip authorized clerk:
Major Samuel D. Sturgia. assistant adju
tant general. U. S. V.; Captain John Bid
die corps of engineers, U. B. A., accom
panied by one civilian .assistant.
Second Lieutenant Ethelbert L. D.
Brecklnridge, Seventh Infantry, has been
ordered to Manila to report to General
Lawton upon whose staff he has been
appointed as aid. He will sail on the
Newport.
Chaplain ThTiphilus G. Steward of the
Twenty-fifth Infantry, one of the colored
regiments, has been ordered to report for
duty with his regiment, now in the Phil
ippines. He will go on the Newport.
Major Jasper Morrison, Judge advocate,
has keen ordered to proceed with his au
thorized clerk to Manila, where he will
be assigned to duty. He will go on the
Peking.
Acting Assistant surgeons R. M. Bonar
and John R. Clark, now on duty at the
• general hospital at the Presidio, have
Been ordered to report for duty on the
transport Tartar, and upon her arrival in
Manila to the department commander.
Captain William O. ..Owen, assistant
surgeon, has been appointed sanitary In
spector of the camps at the Presidio, the
position held by Colonel Greenleaf, who
has been ordered to Manila.
The orders assigning the eight female
nurses to the Tartar for passage to Ma
nila have been altered so as to have tne
i nurses do duty during the trip.
Major John McE. Hyde, quartermaster,
1 has been ordered to proceed to Manila
on the transport Peking for duty there.
Captain Albert D. Niskern. commissary
of subslstonce. las been ordered to pro
ceed to Manila on the transport Newport.
He will take one clerk with him.
First Lieutenant Laurln L. Lawson.'
Thirty-ninth Infantry; has been ordered
to proceed to Vancouver barracks. Wash.,
to join the two companies of his com
mand being recruited there. »
Much trouble has been caused to the
adjutant's office at the Presidio by de
layed malls for officers who have not left
their addresses with the adjutant. Cnp
tain Frier, post adjutant, has requested
all officers ordered to the Presidio or only i
passing through on their way to the isl- !
I ands to leave their addresses with him. and
• whatever mall comes . for them will be
I forwarded nt once. In the present state
I of business at the post It is impossible ;
; for the adjutant to hunt up addresses of
officers who are on their way to the Phil
ippines, and when their mail comes to the
post it ha?, to be held there.
Yesterday was a time for giving and re- i
ceiving thanks and congratulations on the i
I receptions of soldiers. It started with a I
tetter from the reception committee of '
Montana, expressing appreciation ami
gratitude to the reception committee of j
San Francisco for the manner In which
the men from Montana had been treated !
' during their stay here. Then the Friends'
; and Relatives' Association sent in Its
thanks in a neat letter from Its executive
committee, and also this letter to The
Call:
SAX FRANCISCO, Oct. 19. . 1833.
; Editor of The Call, City— Dear Sir: lam re
■ «n»et»i< hi" tha afßcarm anil mam of _ ♦>>*»
Relattves' and Friends' Association of the
Volunteer Regulars to return you their sincere
thanks for the kindness you manifested in
rendering the welcome home of their boys a
success. Very respectfully.
PHILITA C. MOHUN. Secretary.
mr. bvrson".
mr. McCarthy.
mr. jacobs.
mr. brackett.
MR. 8K1T55.
MR. LEONARD.
MR. FARQTAR.
COLONEL MOROSCO.
Committee.
The Red Cross Society, for the execu
tive committee, reports having sent thir
teen men to their homes in the East at
an expense of $470 CO. The executive com
mittee at its meeting yesterday morning
appropriated $Km each to Miss Louisa C.
Knight. Miss Ida Lasswell and Mrs. M.
A. Boyson in recognition of their services
as nurses in the Philippines. All return
ng soldiers are entitled to treatment in
the Government hospitals for six months
after their discharge. Not knowing this,
i^ 0S „ , c "? have been S° in K to private
hospitals and paying for care and treat -
£ e £ . c so r! ot .y desires this privilege
to be given publicity.
A SOLDIERS' LIBRARY.
Organization Formed to Supply
Books to the Troops in the
Philippines.
The committee that will have charge of
the establishing and maintaining of the
free circulating library In the Philippines
was organized on Thursday evening at a
meeting held in the rooms of Colonel and
Mrs. Charles R. Greenleaf at the Hotel
Pleasanton. Officers were elected as fol
lows: Rabbi Jacob Vooreanger, president;
Wlllard B. Harrington, Urst vice presi
dent; Miss Anna Beaver, second vice
president; \V. S. McClure, secretary; P
N. Lllienthal. treasurer; Judge Ralph C
5*™ teon « Mrs ' W - B - "arrlngton. General
A\ illiam R. Shatter and Mrs. H. H
Halght, executive committee, to act with
the officers.
The following were appointed to act on
the committee in conjunction with the
officers:: Mrs. Fhebe Hearst Mrs. Jane
Stanford, Dr. Daviu Starr Jordan, Presi
dent Benjamin lde Wheeler. Mrs '\V R
Smedberg. James D. Phelan, Mrs. I. Low
enberg, Mrs John F. Merrill, Hugh Craig
George A. Newhall Mrs. E. W McKin
rE" 1 ffihfe O Vy^ an ; John P - M«?rlS
Mm' m Mack «?nzie and Mrs. W. 11.
The committee outlined the plan of
work and appointed committees for spe
cial lines. General Shafter offered to &e
--cure a receiving place for donated books,
and said he would communicate with
Rabbi Vooraanger on Saturday as to the
success of his endeavors. General Shafter
explained Colonel Mlley's plans as out
lined to him by the colonel in New York,
rhe colonel thought sufficient money
to carry the library along for two
years would be necessary, after which
time the Government would make pro
vision ,to sustain it, as had been done
formerly. General Shafter believed the
Government allowed $22 a month for each
company and ?11 a month for the band
He pledged his assistance in securing free
transportation for the books and also
means to have them properly packed and
Shipped. A committee will endeavor to
arrange for the transportation of the
books from different parts of the coun
try. Jney will consult with Wells, Fargo
& Co. and the different railroads
Mrs. Merrill, for the Red Cross, was ap
pointed receiving and distributing agent
for the committee. Mrs. I. LcnvenEerg
accepted the position of chairman of the
library committee, and will appoint as
sistants..
Mayor Phelan put before the committee
the last letter received by him from the
late Colonel John D. Mlley, to whom
much honor is due as the originator of
the scheme for supplying the soldiers
with proper literature to while away the
dreary hours spent under a foreign' sky
As . far as possible the original Plans of
Colonel Miley will be carried out to the
letter, with new ideas as they occur to the
committee.
Although the plans have but lately
taken definite shape, subscriptions are be
ing received by the committee, Up to date
the following moneys have been contrib
uted: The Berkeley Red Cross, of which
Mrs Greenleaf was the organiser, sub
scribed $350; the State Red Cross. $250;
Mayor Phelan, $50. and Mrs J. Greenl*af
130. The committee expects the fund to
swell rapidly now that the organization
has been effected. Those wishing to add
to it can call on the treasurer. P. N
Lllienthal.
Colonel and Mr?. Oreenleaf will leave
for Manila at the end of October, and the
committee will await suggestions from
them. In the meantime the work of col
lecting bonks and money will go on
On behalf of the soldiers stationed for
an indefinite period in a foreign land— our
boys in the Philippines— an urgent appeal
Is made to all people of the United States
to all Americans, to help In whatever way
possible to Insure the permanent estab
lishment of the free library In the Philip
pines. Those who cannot subscribe mon"y
may give hooks, properly bound that can
be bandied and distributed in a circu
lating library. The army comprises men
who have left vocations and positions of
every sort to serve under the Stars and
Stripes, so books on all subjects will be
acceptable.
A house will be hired or bought In
Manila to be used as a library building
and reading-room, where every comfort
possible will be afforded the soldiers
Branches will be established In the other
towns where soldiers are stationed so
that all may have the benefit of the gift
of the American people.
Information will be supplied to the pub
lic through The Call as soon as a receiv
ing station for books has been secured
The- hearty co-operation of the public Is
desired.
Presented With a Button.
The members of Lodge No. S. Benevo
lent and Protective Order of Elks, pre
sented Brother John Morrlsey, manager
of the Orpheum, with a very handsome
Klk's button as a token of their esteem,
at their regular meeting last evening. Mr!
Morrlsey was Informed veaterday that his
presence was requested at the' lodge in
order that he might give suggestions In
reference to the memorial services that
will take place shortly; but ft was only a
blind. As soon as the brother mnds 'his
appearance In the lodgeroorn he was
called to the chair by the exalted ruler
H. S. Manning, find presented with the
button in an appropriate speech.
Nagle Club of Foresters.
I.r.st night at the conclusion of the
meeting of Court Washington, Foresters
of America, at Klks' Hall, on Suiter
street, the friends and fellow-members of
James I/. Xagle. Republican nominee, for
Police Judge, formed a club to assist him
In the coming campaign. The following
officers were chosen: S. Schweitzer pre---
Id^nt; F. Shaben. vice president; J. D
ECagan. secretary; M. Mopps. treasurer- S
L. Hoffman, scrgeant-at-arms. The club
decided to open headquarters at room 41S
Emma Spreckels building. The meeting
adjourned to meet again upon the mil of
the president. About 110 members signed
the roll.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Many Clorgymen
Use Duffy's Pure rialt Whiskey in their
homes, and say it is a blessing to mankind.
Read the outspoken and fearless words of
Key. B. Mills, D.D. a prominent Presby-
terian minister, who recommended
Duffy's Pur © Malt Whiskey
in an article which appeared in the N.Y. Sun:
- . ..... Sleadc Center, Kans. :
Ay Dear Bro. : lour favor with the enclosed
slip is at hand. The facts are these : My wife was
an invalid for several years, and, on our physi-
cian's recommendation, used a certain preparation
with very great benefit. I received a letter in-
quiring as to its effects, to which I replied as
follows: "I am a Presbyterian clergyman, a
Doctor of Divinity, not of Medicine, but lam not
afraid to say that Duffy's Formula and Duffy's
Pure Malt \\ hiskcy are the purest and most effect-
ive preparations as medicines 1 know of, and my
experience is a large one." 1 am a temperance
nan, and never used, and would never ad vise any
man or woman to use. any intoxicant a* a bever-
age. My recommendation of Duffy's Formula
and Whiskey was made after a thorough knowl-
edge of their great value as medicines. The
statement was made deliberately and based upon-
facts, and I do not hesitate to stand by it. \ The
many temperance men who have written me on
this subject do not seem to realize that I was a
temperance man before many of them were born.
Sincerely yours, B. MILLS, D.D.
DUFFY MALT WHISKEY CO., Rochester, N.Y.
COL. LEONARD
CHARGES UPON
A HIGH COURT
Refuses to Obey Judge
De Haven.
MUST APPEAR FOR CONTEMPT
HIS TRIP TO MANILA MAY BE
DELAYED.
Court Remarked That It Was Un
heard of for a United States
Officer to Disregard a
Federal Judge.
Colonel Robert W. Leonard of the
Twenty-eighth Infantry, United States
Volunteers, is in trouble. He is up against
a Judge of th« United States District
Court, and has been cited to appear be
fore United States District Judge de Ha
ven at 9 o'clock this morning to show
cause why he should not be punished for
contempt for refusing to obey an order
of court.
On Thursday of this week Judge de Ha
ven issued a writ commanding the colonel
to produce in court at 11 o'clock yester
day morning the body of Charles Hook, a
member of Company X of the colonel's
regiment. The boy's mother, .Emilia
Hook, had obtained a writ of habeas
corpus on her alleging that Charles was
not more than 17 yearss old and that he
was her sole support. Deputy United
States Marshal Burnhum served the writ
on the colonel at the Presidio.
"The boy is here," said Colonel Leon
ard, "and he is upstairs, if you want
him you may go and get him."
"I have no authority to bring the boy,"
replied Mr. Burnham. "This writ directs
you, the colonel commanding the regi
ment, to produce the boy in court."
"1 won t bring him." said the colonel,
with the air of General Grant when he
declared that he proposed to tight on a
certain line even if it occupied the entire
summer.
When 11 o'clock came yesterday neither
the colonel nor the boy appeared in court.
An adjournment was thereupon ordered
until 2 p. m., no one In the courtroom be
lieving for an instant that the colonel
would dare remain away and defy the
power of the Federal court.
When the hour of 2 p. m. arrived every
body connected with the case was present
in court except the boy and the colonel.
Deputy Marshal Burnham was placed un
der oath and recited into the amazed and
indignant ears of justice all the details
of his meeting with the dauntless colonel
and the conversation that had taken place
on that occasion.
On the wall to the left of the judicial
seat Is hung a portrait in oil of the late
Judge Hoffman. The face of the portrait
seemed to wear an unusually stern ex
pression as the eyes of Judge de Haven
rested upon it. In a moment afterward
Judge de Haven leaned forward in his
chair and addressing: United States At
torney Coombs remarked in that slow,
deliberate and calm judicial way which is
characteristic of the Judge of the District
Court that it was an unheard of proceed
ing for a United States officer to refuse
to obey a summons from the United
States District Court.
The court then ordered a writ issued
commanding Colonel Leonard to appear
this morning at 9 o'clock and show causa
why even he should not be punished for
contempt.
About an hour after the adjournment
the boy was brought to the office of
United States Marshal Shine by a ser
geant of Company F. but the Marshal
could not receive him. He must be sur
rendered by the colonel in person.
The Twenty-eighth Regiment is booked
to sail for Manila on Monday on one of
the six transports" which will leave on
that date for the Philippines. An apology
more or less abject from the military
point of view must be made to the court
If the. colonel* wishes to «all with his com
mand to slaughter the Tagallos.
Dewey Celebration Plans.
A meeting of the Dewey celebration
committee was held last evening, Captain
E. A. I/orenzo presiding. The rain kept
most rif the chairmen of sub-committees
away and not much progress was made
In the absence of reports. The finance
committee reported that business men had
been approached and were willing- to con
tribute fund*, but no deiinite amounts had
been mentioned yet. The parade commit
tee reported that about fifty organizations
had expressed a desire to take part in the
parade. Among the organizations that
will parade are Golden Gate and Califor
nia Comir.anderies. K. T. The Invitation
committee reported that 20/hX) Invitations
to the exercises in the Pavilion will be
ready at the next meeting. The chairman
was authorized to telegraph to Admiral
1 lewey and invite him to attend the cele
bration, or. If that is not feasible, to name
some one to represent him. Secretary Mc-
Xaughton suggested and the suggestion
was adopted that the next meeting of the
committee should be held in room 27,
Flood building, ne-xt Wednesday evening.
The subject of the Dewey float for the
procession wan Informally discussed and
the chairman was Instructed to have the
plans ready to report as soon as possible.
Beception to Kansas Soldiers.
The Twentieth Kansas will leave for the
Sact several days earlier than was an
ticipated and next Tuesday evening at
Mechanics' Pavilion will probably be t.*e
last opportunity the public will have to
do honor to this fumous regiment. In
connection with the short dril! they will
give there will be a band and promenade
concert General Shaft<>r and staff will
review the troops. General Funston and
General Wholly will also be invited as
fiiests of the evening: also officers of t/ie
"nitfd States battleship lowa. Reserved
sent tickets are now on sale at Sherman,
Clay & Co.'s, corner Sutter and Kearny
£tre"ets. _______________
RECEIVERS NOT NECESSARY.
Supreme Court on Building and Loan
Association Law.
Some time ago the Attorney General,
upon the complaint of the State Commis
sioners of the Building and Loan Associa
tions, began actions against the Union
Building and Loan Association of Sacra
mento and its directors. The Commission
ers concluded after examination that the
corporation was conducting its business
in an unsafe manner, such as to make its
further proceeding hazardous to the pub
lic and to those having funds In its cus
tody. The plaintiffs asked that a re
ceiver be appointed by the court to take
charge of the corporation's business. This
was done by the lower. court and an ap
peal was taken. : ';
The Supreme Court, after reviewing the
law relating to these corporations, con
cluded that while a receiver may be ap
pointed it does not follow that one should
have been appointed under the facts of
this case. Furthermore, the State is
neither a creditor nor stockholder and has
no pecuniary interest in the association.
It is neither alleged nor found that there
has been any fraud or mismanagement on
th« part of the directors or officers or any
want of competency on their part to liqui
date the indebtedness of the institution
economically «nd In the interest of its
creditors and stockholders; and that it
was not necessary- to have appointed a
r*?colv€*r. ■ •
The order of the higher court was that
the Judgment of the lower court should
be modified as to the receiver, but In
other respects, as to straightening out the
affairs of the association, the judgment
should stand. This decision Is of no small
Importance, as It establishes the law
which must be applied to many similar
cases. It plainly shows that unless mis
management, Incompetency or fraud is
shown on the part of officers and directors
of building and loan associations the busi
ness of liquidating ought to be handled
by those in charge and not by a receiver
oimninted by the court. " "^
THE CALLS
HOME STUDY CIRCLE.
HOME SCIENCE AND HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY.
Copyright, 1899, by Seymour Eaton.
Contributors to this course: Mrs. Helen Campbell. Mrs. Margaret B. Pnrgster, Mrs.
Kate Gannett Wells, Mrs. Louise E. Hogan, Miss Anna Barrows, Mrs. Mary Roberts Smith
Miss Emily G. Balch. Miss Lucy Wheoluek and others.
I. THE HOME CONSTRUCTION".
BY HELEN CAMPBELL.
'"If men lived like men Indeed, their btfases
would t^ temples, which we shoul* hardly dare
Injure and in which it woulj make us holy to
be permitted to live. • • • I would have,
then, our ordinary dwelling houses built to ln?t.
and built to be lovely, as right and full of
pleasantness as may be, within and without,
and with such differences ns might express
each man's character and occupation and ;-art
ly his history."
In our American life, with Its perpetual
grasp for something better than its past
has known, each man may be said to
build a house to escape from rather than
to record his history. The majority pre
fer not to look backward, and the new
house enshrines no memory of the early
days of its owner, which may have been
in dug-out or log cabin or in one of the
uncompromisingly hideous little boxes
that make the suburbs of many cities.
But Ruskin, whose words open this pa
per, is as usual right in his demand that
the house of man shall be something it
seldom occurs to us to make It— a temple
wherein ordered and harmonious growth
may be a part of the dally life. The
house should be the best and utmost ex
pression of the home spirit; the best
adaptation of means to ends; the utmost
convenience and comfort for all under
its roof; the greatest ease in" necessary
work; the best space for individual as
well as family life. How is this to be
brought about? The plan is left to the
general builder— the contractor, whose
business it is to make as much show for
the money spent as brain can contrive,
and to skimp and curtail in whatever is
out of sight. Cheap building— houses
"made to sell"— is the first consideration.
Houses made to last and to improve with
age have not yet entered our thought of
construction.
At this point we see, then, certain needs
defining themselves, and we may well
group them under their distinct heads.
We are to consider
a. The individual plan.
b. Genera! sanitary aspects.
c. Materials and their handling.
d. Construction and its ethica.
In the limited space at command only
suggestions under each head can be given,
but it is hoped that the reader will gain
from them some new thought as to the
real nature of building and what it may
stand for in every human life. We have
first to consider, then,
The Individual Plan.
It will at once be insisted that there
can be no need of this, in face of the
fact that we have many books, large and
small, all devoted to the plans for all
sorts and conditions of men and their
dwelling places. There are admirable
ones to be mentioned, but this does not
affect In the slightest the discovery made,
by all who buy a house that they would
have built it quite differently at many
points. It is but very recently that the
architects' conference in one of our great
cities brought from one prominent mem
ber a recommendation that they turn
their attention to the architecture of farm
houses, and a better future thereby
awaits the farmer's wife and children,
at present compelled to live in structures
of a hideousnesK calculated to kill out
the sense of beauty as thoroughly as we
find it to be killed out in the mass of our
people.
This is one phase, and it applies to
workmen's houses of all degrees. Another
one and quite as Important is that ac
cording to the different pursuits of the
family should be the type of room of
fered them. A pair just beginning life
together may take the average flat or
small house. But presently, with chil
dren and their needs to consider, it is
found that the nursery or the living room
which must perhaps serve this purpose,
has no sun and thus is made unfit for
the growing child, whose birthright is
sunshine, and the strength and healing it
means for all. With the departure of the
old-fashioned garret, one playground for
the child, an invaluable one, since it gave
room for infinite "make-believe," vanished
also. Yet the child should have its own
play spot sacred from interference, pref
erably as remote from the other rooms as
possible, that its noise on rainy days may
not interfere with others; a place for
collections of all orders, for toys and
books and the tools the child loves to use,
and which are part of the training in use
of hand and brain together, that pres
ently we are all to know is the first es
sential of education.
All this is to be planned for, and it is
often possible to modify or alter the
formal plan of the architect and secure
this space. But the least skilled draughts
man can take pencil and paper, think out
the family needs as they have demon
strated themselves and see first how to
make a rough plan, then how to make
the available spaoe tell to the utmost for
family comfort. No matter how small the
sum, it will be better to do without a
formal parlor, we will pay, have a living
room ample and generous and put the
money saved into deadened floors and the
best finish. This matter of deadening
floors is seldom thought about, yet for the
most nervous people in Christendom it ia
an essential. "We all know the houses
where every sound is heard throughout,
and no escape for tired mother, for ailing
baby, for the invalid, if there be one, or
the patient who wants only quiet and rest
to come to strength speedily. In our
sounding-board houses this form of cure
is impossible, but it need not be. Plan,
then, to these ends, and see if there is not
an Instant gain in the conception of the
meaning of a house and what it is to
stand for in the family life.
General Sanitary Aspects.
This heading: means a volume. To un
derstand it fully there should be some
very earnest study, and the books best
adapted to this end are named in the little
bibliography accompanying this paper.
The shortest, most compact and most prac
tical is a manual prepared under the di
rection of one of the ablest of American
women, Mrs. Ellen H. Richards, professor
of chemistry in the Boston Institute of
Technology. "Home Sanitation" Is its
title, and it covers the ground for both
city and country as to the situation of the
house, its drainage and plumbing, its ven
tilation, heating and lighting, a set of
questions at the end of each delightfully
clear little chapter clinching all doubtful
points. There are many elaborate man
uals, but this and one or two others cover
all the ground and must be thoroughly
learned. A dry and well drained soil, a
house planned for as much sunshine as
possible in every room and perfect drain
age are the requisites for even the sim
plest dwelling. In the city the size of the
lot determines much. In the country it
can always be rejj^;ri"bered that it is by
no means necesswy to face the street
and that turning the house door to the
side may admit the sun to much better
advantage. Storerooms are better on the
north side for coolness, and the spare
room, less used probably than any other,
can much better dispense with the sun
than those in constant use. A little
thought over the general plan will settle
many questions of this nature.
Materials and Their Handling.
This is a matter supposed usually to be
quite beyond the comprehension of
women. Yet every woman can in a short
time learn the difference between good
and bad mortar, between seasoned and un
seasoned wood, between well laid courses
of brick and the makeshift which marks
much of the cheap building. She can
learn also what constitutes a good cellar
and good foundation, anil how a cellar
! floor should be made, with the virtue of
; cement and the value of smooth cellar
! walls. These are all phases of home sani
tation, and honest materials honestly put
together are an equal part of it. Crack
ing walls, settling and uneven floors, base
boards shrinking away and doors sagging
are due either to lack of knowledge or
lack of honesty on the builder's part. Wo
are a hasty people and kiln-dry our wood,
with no thought of the consequence. And
we are wedded to wood when all about is
another material more beautiful, more
durable and In many places less costly.
Common "rubble," the loose stone of the
neighborhood, put together with good
mortar and a course of brick here and
there, over windows, doors, etc., as fin
ish, wJli make a house beautiful to look
at, beloved of all climbing vines and pic
turesque under all conditions. Or there
may be a story of rubble and brick and
the upper portion finished in wood. But
architects — the thinking ones — urge more
and more the adoption of stone and brick
and give models within even very narrow
means.
Construction and Its Ethics.
Practically this 13 in great part included
in the heading "Materials." But there is
another point seldom thought of in the
matter of flimsy or substantial structure,
and that is the educational effect of hon
est workmanship, whether in house or its
finish and furnishing. The day for gin
gerbread work in house finish, the cheap
and most unbeautiful production of the
jigsaw, ia fast passing. Sanitation is
teaching us that smooth surfaces are not
only more healthful, since they give no
lodgment to bacteria, but are also more
beautiful. Veneers, save where wood Is of
so costly an order that it must be so used
or not at all, are also out of date. But we
still put cheap finish whenever we can,
covering half-mixed mortar in walls with
gay papers and making all out of sight
construction of the poorest quality of
wood. Our public buildings share often,
the same fate, because the sort of con
science that would not admit poor con
struction is not yet part of our teaching.
These things are to be a necessity, when
we are a little wiser, In all education, and
when that good day comes even our poli
ticians will have been so drilled in what
constitutes honest building that we shall
have a new order of homes and of public
buildings.
LI— THE HOME ENVIRONMENT.
Here again we have the possibilities of
a volume In our title, but being held rig
idly to the limits of a column or two can
only outline certain points that bear upon
all homes, whether rich or poor. In city
or country. Four phases present them
selves:
a. A new thought about building.
b. Possibilities of a back yard.
c. Building for privacy.
(1. A new phase of factory work for the horn*.
This question of the home environment
is like all the rest that bear upon ways
of living made easy or difficult by the
depth of the purse. But for the rich or
those of moderate purses there must be
first of all some sense of beauty and fit
ness or the story of their lack will be
plain to read in every line of the build
ing and its surroundings. The country
home should seem to have grown natur
ally in the spot where we find it, even
If set close among its neighbors. The
city house is limited in expression by the
narrow space upon which it stands, yet
even this, as we shall presently see, is
capable of different treatment, and is al
ready receiving it. But for every town
and village that has come to the sense
of beauty sufficiently to desire the best
arrangement and planning a harmonious
whole, it is still possible to reconstruct
at least a part of the space occupied.
The time is nearing when the smallest
settlement will be subject to building
laws laid down by competent authorities,
and every house will be planned with re
lation to its effect to the whole. Now
nnd from the beginning it has all been
chance work, and the thought of a gen
eral unity of plan and effect absolutely
unknown. Public buildings have been at
the mercy of mere contractors, and each
town has been a mere jumble of inco
herences. A change in this respect
means a change in the whole handling of
every phase of building; the growth of
the civic sense and of that sense of a
common obligation to make the most and
best of every opportunity for larger, hap
pier living. To this end a group of friends
who purpose building could easily take
counsel together, pool their resources, em
a thinking architect and start in
with a definite conception of what plan
of planting and building would produce
the best results. The very fact of hav
ing begun With this united purpose would
give a different expression to the whole.
As we do and have already done, a town,
even with the best natural advantages,
fails to show them to real advantage.
The wealthier people are planted in the
best places, and when it is presently dis
covered that parks and boulevards and
free access to a lake or river, for in
stance, are required as public needs,
every desirable foot of ground has already
been appropriated and everybody wonders
why nobody thought about it in the be
ginning.
Some thought and plan, then, Is what
all must take with them who m3ke a
country home. Suppose, however, that
one must live in a block. Even then we
are by no means so helpless as we have
believed. The great apartment houses
have shown us how much comfort can
be increased by the lessening of labor,
a common heating apparatus and plumb
ing system doing away at once with some
of the heaviest labor of the private home,
the care of fire and all the dirt and trou
ble of coal and ashes. A well-known
Brooklyn builder, Alfred White, who put
up the first model tenement houses, has
since built a block of small houses, the
first one in this country, about an open
conrt with fountains, trees and shrubs.
No millionaire's house has more perfect
finish, and building an entire block at
once the expense for each house was so
reduced as to enable the landlord to rent
them for less than the same sum charged
for individual houses. On a small city
lot there seems no chance for change.
Not long ago one of our best and most
progressive architects, Russell Sturgis,
told us in a popular magazine how to
build on a city lot so that there might
be an actual front yard planted in such
fashion, all given in detail, drawing by
drawing, that the street seemed quite put
away.
Note— Papers I, 11, 111 and IV on "The
Home Healthful and Beautiful," by Mra.
Campbell, will be continued next week.
Campaign Against Mayas.
CITY OF MEXICO, Oct. 20.— Governor
Francisco Canton of the State of Yucatan
has arrived here from New York -,ity,
where he purchased a large amount of
supplies to be used in the campaign now
being waged against the Maya Indians
in Yucatan. He and President Diaz have
had several conferences regarding the In
dian uprising and it is understood that
Governor Canton will take personal
charge of the campaign upon bis return
to Yucatan next week.
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