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I . Ladies' tailor-made suits, fur rapes, cloaks. UCredlt. M. Kothechlld. 331 Tost st. ...» On a Trip. Cfclef Postofflce Inspector Robert Munro has. g-j'ne to Arizona on business for the depa/tment. He will be away about two wetvfts. In his absence the duties of hid ottVce will be performed by.Poatofflce In ssr*uctor Erwin. Presidio Contract Awarded. The contract for the continuance of the work on th<» stone wail separating the Presldlo from the city lands of the Rich mond district has been awarded by ;he Government to EL C. Mattingly. This wall has tx>*»n in course of construction for f :m«> time, ar.d there 5t!ll remains about t'*t feet of it to be put up. Every year the Government makes an appropViation tnr carrying on the work. This year the t> mount of the appropriation was only ;."¦•¦•''>. This Is purposed to Include every thing. As the job »a-= a v«»ry small one there were only two bidders. Postoffice Clerks. The San Francisco branch of the United Postofflce Clerks' Association has elected the following officers for the. ensuing year: J. B. Burson, president; G. W. Michael. vice president; H. J. Caveney, secretary; W. E, Head, financial secretary; J. H. Donohoe_, treasurer; G. P. Feely, sergeant at-arms; J. W. Burson J. M. Donohoe, J. li. Powrr- and Dr. IS. F. Donelly, execu tive committee. PARTNERS MAY COMPROMISE. Troubles of Hilmer, BredhofE & Schulz May Bs Settled To-Day. There was a promise of, a sensational turn In tha copartnership quarrel of Hil mer, BredhofC & Schulz last night. Schulz was prepared, by advice of his counsel, George D. Collins, to descend on the prem ises on California street and arrest the members of Morse's patrol who might be found there on the ground that they were violating the injunction in favor of Schulz. But the affair took a turn that may lead to a compromise to-day. Other wise the assets of the concern and the good will under the order of Judge Daln gerfield made yesterday will be sold by John Dunker, who has been named as v commissioner by the court. -^ . William F. Schulz yesterday sent out a notice advising all parties doing business with the firm that all letters and remit tances must be sent to room 21. Crocker building, .which , is the office of Schulz's attorney. In the meantime Judge Dain gerlield made .his order that Dunker should sell the property of the concern Within nve days. Since the first proceed ings there have been propositions for a compromise. Attorney Collins said last night that a compromise might be reached to-day. Mr. Collins also said that Schulz held assets of the firm amounting to $45,000 in cash. The outcome of the entire matter may be two concerns, one headed by Schulz and the other by his present partners. SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE. features In a conventional manner, to glva regularity to x the nose, to make the eyes shapely and to give archness to the mouth. All this Lawrence did to a more or lesj extent, though happily the merit of his work rose above these minor blemishes. Being successful, Lawrence now started In on a more expensive style of living. He took a house at 24 Old Bond street. which he fitted up handsomely. Ho charged 30 guineas for a head, 60 for the half length and 120 for the full figure. In 1734 he took a house In Piccadilly and three years later he again moved, this time to Greek street. Soho. For thirty years his work went on uninterruptedly, his fame Increasing and his prices ad vancing to formidable figures. In ISM ho was charging 100 guineas for a head and 400 for a full length: but although re ceiving these large sums he waa never freefrom financial cares. The money that came in seemed to flow out in some ex traordinary way that has never been ac counted for. There had been some scan dal, rumor having connected the painter's name with that of the Princess of Wales. He had executed her portrait at Montagus House, where he had rem;tined as a guest for some time. A committee was appoint ed to examine the charge*, and their pro ceedings were known as the "delicate In vestigations." .by which, however, Law rence was fully exonerated. In ISI4 tho Prince Regent commanded him to paint a series of the princes, generals, statesmen and diplomatists of the allied armies, which now fill the Waterloo Chamber at Windsor Castle; and in April, 1814, Law rence was knighted by the Regent. It Is Interesting to note that the Ameri can Academy of Fine Arts, which had been established in New York In ISIG, two years later elected Sir Thomas Lawrence) an honorary member, in return for which he presented It with a portrait of West, the American president of the English Royal Academy. Otiier honors, perhaps of a more substantial nature, followed, for the King of France sent him In 1525 the Cross of the Legion of Honor, and he was elected to the Academies of Flor ence, Venice, Rome. Bologna, Denmark and Vienna. It was not until ISI9 that Lawrence went to Rome, then the Mecca of artists, and here he studlod for th© first time the works of the great masters in the galleries. On his return to London In March, 133>, West having died earlier In the month, he found he had been elect ed a3 his successor as president of the Royal Academy. He lived for ten years to enjoy this distinction, dying suddenly on the 7th of January, ISUO. from ossification of the heart, and he was buried In St. Pauls Cathedral by the side of Sir Joshua Reynolds. Lawrence's best remembered works are portraits of women and children, whom he drew and painted with a delicacy and grace which few men have excelled. One of his finest is of Lady Gower, with her little daughter, which now hangs at Staf ford House. This, with many others, ia widely known through engravings. He was an intimate friend of Mrs. Slddons, the great actress, whose portrait he paint ed several times, and of her niece. Fanny Kemble, whom, he also painted, and which, is one of his best canvases. Although throughout his life Lawrence showed the lack of preliminary training in an acad emic way, and one may pick flaws now and then in his drawing, he was singular ly gifted and waa a workman of a high order, with a delightful appreciation of color and an abiding sense of grace and beauty. He remains one of the notable group of the early Kr.glishmen whose Ilka Great Britain has not produced since his death. Now York City. TEN THOUSAND FOR THE FUND FROM THE WEST Gift to the Memory of Lawton. SHAFTER SENDS A CHECK COLONEL FREEMAN MAY GO ON THE TABTAR. Yesterday afternoon General Shafter sent on to Adjutant General Corbln at Washington a draft for J5434 50, the con tributions to the Lawton fund from the people of this coast. The amount men tioned does not represent the amount the contributions will finally make up, for there Is a sufficient sum reported now on its way to General Shafter to make the final total $10,121 68, and. there may be more even after that. Of this amount J3965 was secured by the efforts of the citizens' committee ; that took such a deep Interest In the matter, and 11350 Is due to the efforts of Mr. Mlchels of the firm of Greenebaura, Weil & Mlchels. The remainder Is due to the personal efforts of General Shafter. It Is considered an excellent response from the people of this coast, and General Shafter has expressed much satisfaction over the result. OAKLAND, Jan. B.— Mrs. L. a. Booth of Piedmont to-day handed over JlOO to Colonel O. F. Long for the Lawton fund. The money was raised In Oakland and following is a list of the contributors: G. W. Hume J25, Taft & Pennoyer $5. Ed son F. Adams $5, T. L. Barker »5, George C. Pardee 15, L. A. Booth $5, It. D. Fry of San Francisco $3. Anson Barstow $2 50, Heron & Holeomb $2 50. P. D. Bowles *2 50, E. P. Tay lor J2 CO, F. C. Havens $2 50, James P. Taylor 13 30. Charles W. Kellogg $2 50. A. P. Brayton J2, Willi<un J. Bowman $2, John J. Cbughlin $2, Mrs. Shafter Howard $2, William H. Friend $2, A. Hollywood %1, cash without names $15 SO. General Law ton's body is coming here on the transport Thomas, which Is report ed four days out from Manila. Prepara tions for its reception will soon be under way. but so far .but one thing has been decided upon, that Is that General Shafter himself will accompany th» body from this city to wherever the Interment will be held. The Thomas should reach here somewhere about February 1. • • • WASHINGTON, Jan. B.— The Lawton home fund is attaining noble proportions, and General Corbin is of the opinion that there is now in sight about $55,000. The contributions turned In since noon on Sat urday, or reported, amount to $18,976, mak ing the grand total at noon to-day $67,409. General Corbin says that in addition to this it is reported to him that there is a fund of $10,000 in San Franciaco and an other of $6000 in New York not yet turned In, and there is no doubt that other sums will be reported. • ¦ •_'- • t£ • Colonel Freeman of the Twenty-fourth Infantry, commandant o.f the PreslJio, will probably be one of the passengers on the Tartar when she leaves here to-mor row. There has been no order to that ef fect issued so far, but there is pretty cer tain to be one before the vessel sails. Should Colonel Freeman go on the Tar tar the command of the Presidio will de volve on Major Cowles of the Seventeenth Infantry, who 13 now in command of the casual detachment there, he being the se nior officer under Colonel Freeman. As he Is a casual officer, however. It Is not likely he will hold the position longer than, it takes to bring some other officer from elsewhere. Rumor now connects the name of Major Rucker of the Fourth Cavalry, but his assignment will probably jest upon the result of an application for a transfer and exchange sent In by him and Major Rogers of the Sixth Cavalry. Mafor Rogers was a captain In the Fourth Cav alry, and he has but recently been pro moted to be a major in the Sixth. He has been with the Fourth, however, ever since he left West Point, and wh«n he was promoted to the Sixth he immediately commenced negotiations with Mnjor Ruckerto- trade places. Major Rucker is willing, and if the change be made 1 It Is believed he will be ordered to the Pre sidio, particularly as two troops of thpf regiment,. F and G, form part or the pres ent garrison, and there is now no field of ficer.of cavalry with them. Second Lieutenant Harry B. Clark, Third Artillery, has been ordered to pro ceed to r"oi-t Baker with the detachment of Battery D now. at the Presidio. Th« order was executed yesterday. Second Lieutenant Harry L. Jame:«, Third Artil lery, who was at Fort Baker with a de tachment of. Hattery E, has been ordered FRUIT CANNERS ASK KASSON TO REDUCE DUTIES Prominent Men Sign an Appeal. ? JACOBS WILL TAKE IT EAST * PEBSONAL DISCUSSION THEN IS EXPECTED. Commissioner Kasson, the negotiator of reciprocity treaties between the United States and foreign countries, will soon re ceive a personally presented petition, in ¦which the fruit canners of the State and dealers in California canned goods have united in asking him, in negotiating trea ties with foreign countries, to give due consideration to the necessity for Increas ing the exports of California canned fruit, which the petition declares can only be done by material reductions in the tariff placed on said goods by foreign countries. This petition was in circulation among the downtown business houses yesterday and received the signatures of the follow ing in a very short time: Loula Sloss, California Canneries Company (Limited) Code-Portwood Canning Company, Cali fornia Fruit Canners' Association, Grirnth- Dunne Company, California Fruit Pre serving Company, Charles \V. Pike & Co., Field Mercantile Company, Johnson-Locke Mercantile Company, American Trading Company, Hooper & Jennings, Haas Bros, and Girvin & Kyre. Isldor Jacobs, managing director of the California Canneries Company (Limited), is circulating the petition. He is about to go to Europe, stopping at Washington on the way, whero he will seek an interview with Commissioner Kasson. The petition, In addition to the appeal made to the Com missioner, asks the members of the Cali fornia Congressional delegation "to use their very best efforts with J. A. Kasson, to the end that in all reciprocity treaties negotiated by him or about to be nego tiated with foreign countries, the Interest of California fruits may be looked after, so as to increase the business so neces sary to the future development of the Industry." The basis of these requests Is the re sertion of the fact that "the California canned fruit business Is capable of im mense expansion In foreign countries pro vided that a reasonable tariff can be placed upon the goods by foreign coun tries; and th^t the jtrade with foreign countries Is much restricted by reason of the excessive ' tariff, thereby directly in juring the Industry, as -well as directly In juring the fruit-growing Industry or the State; and that in nearly all foreign coun tries, except England, the said tariff placed on the said goods amounts to more than tlws actual value of the goods." Last year Mr. Jacobs, accompanied by Morris Marks of Newcastle, Eng., an Eng lish director of the California Canneries Company (Limited) visited Germany and looked about with a view of enlarging the market for California products abroad. Mr. Jacobs had an interview with United States Minister White at Beriln, who ad vised him to return to the United States and talk with Commissioner Kasson. This was the first intimation that Kasson waa negotiating a reciprocity treaty with Ger many. • Mr. Jacobs and Mr. Marks found the field for California fruits to be good in Germany if the duty could be reduced. Mr. Marks, who is now In this city, said yesterday to a reporter of The Call: '"Germany ought, to take as much Cali fornia canned fruit as England does. Tha people in Germany have learned to like It #md call for It. There Is some trade there for California canne/l fruit now, but nothing like what It would be if the de sired reduction In duties can be made. The duty amounts to just about the value of the goods. California has a big stake In thn matter. Last year the export of Cali fornia canned goods to Great Rrltaln amounted to $3,000,000 In rmmd figures. The German Importation would be as much If the duty Is lowered to the proper fig ure. The growth of the California canned goods trade In Great Britain indicates what can be done. Last year the total was 650,000 cases, as against 335.12S cases In IS9B and 95,817 cases in 1894. Mr. Marks will call on Commissioner Kasson with Mr. Jaoobs and the latter will present the petition of the canners for consideration. , »¦..¦-;- THE CALL'S HOME STUDY CIRCLE PAINTER IN ORDINARY TO GEORGE III. Copyright, 1889, by Seymour Eaton. THE U/ORLD'S GREAT ARTISTS. Contributors to this course: Dr. John C. Van Dyke. Dr. Russell Sturgls. Dr. A. L Frothlngham Jr.. Arthur Hoeber. Frank Fowler and others. XL— SIR THOMAS LA WHENCE. Nature seems to take pleasure In be stowing her gifts when it comes to the matter of esthetic endowments In the most capricious manner and where they are least expected. Many men have devel oped talents for artistic things whose en vironment and heredity would seem to dis bar them from ever aspiring to a lov« of the beautiful or a taste for the refined. So It v.-as with tho great Englishman Thomas Lawrence. He was tho son of an innkeeper, who wandered about from pillar to post, now In one town, then In another, never successful, and content when his little boy showed a precocious talent for drawing to set him up on tho bar and have him. at the age of 5. make charcoal sketches of th« customers. With very rare exceptions men who achieve distinction In art begin at an early age the labor which Is so Intimate a part of their lives, since, as with scarce ly any other professional men, the painter never for a moment ceases to think of his own work. In order to accomplish great things In art there are many preliminary matters to be considered, and such ques tions as technique, drawing, composition mense fancy to the young man; ha had himself, his Queen and the Princes* Amelia painted by Lawrence and lie went so far in his favoritism as to insist by a royal edict on having him made an asso ciate of the Royal Academy when he had barely attained his majority, although by the laws of the institution he was not rrally eligible until the age of 24. Three years later Lawrence was elect ed full academician and twelve month* afterward he was made painter in ordi nary to his Majesty. He waa now the most popular portratt painter that Lon don had known since the days of Van Dyck, when that prince of the brush had his studio constantly filled with the moat brilliant set of fashionables from tha King down. Unhappily, however, the pat ronage of royalty la not always an un mixed joy or entirely conducive to trua artistic advancement. The flattery that finds Its vent through the courtler"a tongue is not unlikely to percolate from the end of the painter's brush. Be sura that Lawrence did full Justice to the phys iognomy of his royal sitter and did not hesitate to smooth over hi 3 shortcomings in a physical way. Besides, it waa also the faahion at that epoch to draw the FIGHTING OVER CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA RAILWAY Attacks Made on C. H. Smith of Denver. CONTEST FOR A RAILROAD INDICATIONS THAT THE LIKE IS TO BE MADE NEGOTIABLE. > Its Value Lies in the F?ct That It Is the Only Available Entrance Into Oakland From the Uorth, Tb« four years' contest over the title to tbs California aaid Nevada Railroad came to a head in Judgtt Marrow's court yesterday afternoon by a determined at tack upon Charles H. Smith, the son of the builder of the road. An effort was i:iade to have the suit of Charles H. tSmtth against the California and Nevada Kaiiroad Company, under which the road via* thrown Into tho hands of a receiver, thrown out of court, axid en effort was mad© to hay« his «»uil In intervention in liie geiMr&l foreclosure proceedings dis inifceeu. Uoth efforts failed for the time Leiiig. but the mov« nmiks the beginning of a decided right agajast Mr. Smith, who is uuw la his home at Denver. Colo. Theru ure two suit* pending befora Judge Morrow, both of which were orig inally begun before Judge MuKenna. One ;t> liie suit of Smith against the railroad ronpany wherein he charge* thai the of l.cmJfi of the California and Nevada Ratl joad Company illegally itsued $2ju,ovj worth of bonds to tiicmselvts for their cervices as oflieiais of the road, and he t.fks iliui thtso bonds l>e declared void iUid c*nceied. The other is the suit of i:.e Ceutrai Trust Company to foreclose Sovw.Vuu worth ot bonds on the road, in c:~un:g toe JiOu.OOO wurth of bonds which .^lr. jjruuh claims are Illegal. In this suit Mr. £>mnh intervened as a bondholder, ..—.;:„ exactly the same charges in his KUii in intervention that he cid in his tnginal suit against the company. These runs have eliunbßj-e<i tUong for nearly Juur years, until a move «uj made yes terday afternoon to oust Smith from each BUIL. Attorneys Judkin and Clement, repre senting vie officials of the road and the polders of the disputed fcwu.Oiw worth of bonds, asked to have the original suit dis missed upon the ground that Mr. Smith M as a rtbident of California, and not Colo rado, and they produced several bonds fciven by Mr. iSmith wherein he declared i.imfcelf a resident of California. Z. T. Crfaipi::. representing Mr. BmiUi. presented fcii ailidavit from Mr. Smith showing that he hau never taken Citizenship in Cali lorr.m. but was a resident and citizen of Denver. The motion to dismiss the or's lxial suit was denied., but an answer will be filed. It was then discovered that the re ceiver, for the road had been appointed under the original suit and had never teen extended under the second suit of the trust company, which made the dis missal of the first cult Impossible with out jeopardizing the Interests of the i^rcperty. The same ]K>ir.t was made in the suit of the trust company, which, had It been allowed, woula have made it impos sible for C. H. Smith to have tested the validity of the $2!>0.000 worth of claimed :i:e£ai bonds. Judge Morrow held that Smith had a perfect right to Intervene, ti.nd overruled the motion. It was then charged that Charles H. Smith did not own the bonds that he rep resented in these suits, and the asser tion was made that Uaey belonged to the ?-slate of Captain Smith, instead of to j Charles H. Smith, and that the eon had I secured them as against the Interests of J Lbe other heirs. This is an ouzgrowxb .of certsa iification:. now- ptndliig lit" Ala meda County over Captain Smith's es tate. Jtsdge Morrow allowed a pleading to this effect to go '^ito the answer In the cas«. All of this means fight. Charles H. Fir.ith charges that J^'jO.O'Vt worth of 1-onds have been illegally issued, affect ing the value of the bonds he holds, 'lhe ether side charges that he does not own the bonds he holds, but secured them from his father while tho old man was Incompetent to make the transfer, tmis reducing the vaJue of the old man's es tate. It 1* evident that each side desires to secure control of the little road, which Is the only available entrance Into Oak land for any road approaching from the I liorth. as has the Santa Fe system. The j indications ere that the road is to be put i In -shape for some movt. Beat a Lame Horse. Walter Melnor, driver for the San Francisco Matzo Company, at 1240 Folsom street, was arrested yesterday by Officer \V. T. Hooper and charged with cruelty to animals. Melnor was driving a lame horse up Larkln street, beating the poor beast unmercifully at overy atop. It was jiPro^sary to remove the animal In the horse ambulance. A Robber and Forger. John L. Baggy, a longshoreman, was ar rested yesterday af^-ernoon by Policeman Knight and booked at the City Prison on charges of robbery and forgery. He Is ac cused of stealing a . check for $".0 from Nicholas Uddfoifc, cook on lightship No. 70, on the watex front, which he presented at the Sub-treasury . for . payment after forging Ijddf/olk's name to It. The money was paid to him and later the forgery was discovered., NEW STORE. NEW GOODS. SPECIAL BARGAINS! LADIES* CLOTH PLAID WAISTS, value for $2, will Ol OC be offered at Uli/3 LADIES' FANCY STRIPED SKIRTS, value for $1, will be C(| n offered at JUu LADIES' STOCK COLLARS, in all shades, will be offered |CAC A .¦ ¦ • • • . inn at r." I J!i LADIES' WRAPPERS, value for $2, will be ottered $1 flft at oIrUU LADIES' GOLF CAPES, value for $12.50, will be 0Q f|) offered at. dOi UU J.U DKlul\\\yUt 1146 Market Street, Bet. Taylor and Mason. In the Supreme Court. The January term of the State Supr<Mne Court began yesterday and the Justices have a large number of cases on the calendar to consider. This ! morniyg two habeas corpus cases will be hear.tY. One is that of Hugh Buchanan, an inmate of the asylum at Napa, who seeks his release from that institution. The other is that of Bernard Ward, who was oonvicted of embezzlement. Pending an r,ppeal of his case to the higher court Wat.<l offered bail on one charge, and now he keeks to com pel the lower court to accept bail on an other charge of the sam^ nature. The revenue of Sierra Leone for the past year reached tho sum of $558,410, the larg- est ever collected In the colony. The ex- penditure was $505,560. and the mechanical manipulation of the pigment must be settled early in the ca reer, so that the mind is left free to cope with the more important and greater at i tributes. Otherwise the man Is continu ally • hampered with distressing details and worries that preclude mastership. So, In looking over the list of the world's ' great artists, we find that most of them were well equipped at a time when mod ern men are still at the schools. Law rence drew creditably when he was 10 years old, and, although he had no in struction, he seemed to get at his results by Intuition, as It were, from the first. Later he went for^a while to the schools I at the Royal Academy, but he did not | linger long there, and it may be said that ! he practically earned his living from the I time he was 10 years of age. Thomas Lawrence was born in Bristol. England, on May 4, 1769, where his father at that time kept a hotel, although he came of people In fair social standing. But the father of the painter was a sort of ne'er do well and of a roving disposition, so that he went from Bristol to Oxford, thence to Bath, following the fashionable world, trying to find sitters for his little boy, who was considered a phenomenon with the chalks, and who drew rfnybody willing to give up a few shillings for the work. The lad was good looking and re ceived a great deal of attention, which did not turn his head, however, and he had a certain vogue even at this early period among prominent people traveling thither j for the baths or amusement. There re i mains, done at this time in colored i chalks, an old portrait of the Duches3 of Devonshire, which still hangs in Chls wlck House, In the room In which Charles Fox died. Then, as all through his career, he was a faithful worker, applying him self with great enthusiasm, and presently. In 1757, he came to London for the first ! time. He was now In his eighteenth year, and Is . described as being handsome in person, with bright eyes, regular fea tures and long, brown hair falling over his shoulders in curia. He took rooms in Leicester Fields, near Sir Joshua Rey nolds, whom he little thought he was one day to succeed as president of the Royal ( Academy. The genial Sir Joshua was very friend ly to the young man and gave him much kindly advice. "At first he was carried away by the prevailing classicism of the day, for it was a time in England when it was the fashion to dress modern heroes up In Roman togas and pose them before great columns and curtains, on marble benches or. in. the environment of the old Caesarian times. Features were painted with an aggravating regularity and lack of character that In these days It is dif ficult to account for. There was stlltedness In the pose and a pomposity that did not escape being ridiculous. This custom pre vailed as well in France and may be said to have culminated with the work of the painter David. Thus It was that Law rence's first effort was a commission to paint a picture called "Homer Reciting His Poems to the Greeks." The work was exhibited in 1791 and was not a success. The year before, however, he had exe cuted a portrait of the beautiful Miss Farren, the actress, who later married Lord Derby, and with this canvas he immediately attracted great attention among the critics of the day and the fashionable world of -London. It paved the way for many subsequent commissions, for It was the portrait of the year at the exhibltion. The opportunity was most Ta vorable for Lawrence. Gainsborough had died two years before. Sir Joshua was old and nearly blind and Romney had but a small following. The King, George 111, took an Im- KNIGHTS TEMP LA R BANQUET. Installation of Officers Is Followed by Presentations and a Dinner. San Francisco Chapter, Xo. 1, R, A. M. t held its regular installation of officers last evening at Its headquarters In the Post street Tt-mpJe. Tiie following were the officers elected and Installed for the en suing term of office: - James M. Troutt, M. E. high priest; Charles \V. Taber. E. king; Brainard N w Rowley, E. scribe; Benjamin Harris, trea-surer; Henry G. Prince, secretary; James E. Gordon, captain of the host; Charles C McDougall, principal sojourner; Thomas L. Henderson, royal arch captain; Edward J. Vogel, master third vail; Ernst A. Buchse, master second vail; Gustav Gunzendorfer, master first vail; Theodore E. Smith, organist; Edward Gilberts, guard. At the conclusion of the installation cer emonies G. H. L'mbsen,. the retiring high priest, and Secretary H. Prince were madu the recipients of uelicate compli ments from those over whom they have exercised the authority of their positions for the past year. Mr. Umbscn was pre sented with a beautiful clock by the mem bers of his chapter and a magnificent diamond-studded gold watch by his per sonal friends. Judge Troutt, the new most eminent high priest, made the pre sentation speech on behalf of the mem bers of the chapter and the address ao companylng the watch waa delivered be Edward J. Vogel, master third vail. Mr. Prince's remembrance consisted of a beautiful solid sliver dinner service and was tendered him by Thomas I* Hender son, royal arch captain, acting as spokes man fur the others. At the conclusion of the ceremonies In the temple the entire assemblage ad journed to the California Hotel., where a banquet was awaiting the Templars, the discussion of which was prolonged until far into the early hours of the morning. HONGKONG MARU ARRIVES FROM ASIATIC PORTS Passengers Landed. Ship Quarantined. HARTFORD TO HAVE HER TRIAL ? SHE WILIi GO OUTSIDE ON A CRUISE TO-MORROW. Chilean Ship Hindostan Springs a Leak and Puts in Here in Dis tress — Another Overdue Arrives — Notes. The Toyo Kisen Kalsha's steamer Hong kong Maru arrived from the Orient via Honolulu early yesterday morning. Sho brought up thirteen cabin and eight sec ond class, passengers, besides fifty-three Chinese In the steerage. Though she had neither freight nor passengers from Honolulu, she had to join the Algoa in quarantine. Quarantine Officer Kinyoun Is taking no chances and not a vessel that comes from Hawaii will be allowed to dock until every . rat aboard has been killed. The rodents are more to be feared than a man with the plague. The latter can be guarded against, but once a rat gets ashore with the bacilli there Is no telling where the disaster will end. Lung Kal Chew, the prominent Chinese revolutionist, was a passenger on board the Hongkong Maru, but stopped off at Honolulu. He had discarded his Chineso garb for Caucasian clothing and was traveling under a Japanese passport aa B. Kashibara. The bark Albert came In from Honolulu yesterday and was sent to Join the Hong kong Maru and Algoa In quarantine. The Falls of Clyde, which arrived from Hilo, was not quarantined. The Hartford was the center of attrac tion on the front yesterday. The his toric old ship looks like a yacht, and with her formidable battery of modern guns would be able to give a good ac count of herself In any company. She will probably go to sea to-morrow on a trial cruise, and on her return will fit out for the voyage to New York. Yesterday the apprentice boys were given a sail drill, and the way in which they put a full working suit of canvas on the sioop of war made the sailors on the British merchantmen give vent to many marks of approbation. The French bark General Neumayer, which it was feared had gone ashore near the Horn in the October storms, reached port early yesterday morning. The vessi-l was IS6 days out from Swansea and 29 per cent reinsurance was paid on her by the underwriters. Of the other overdues the A. G. Ropes from New York had to put Into Port Stanley with her rudder post twisted; the Musselerag from Ant werp is coming via the Cape of Good Hopt. having lost a suit of sails and had her bulwarks damaged and decks swept off the Horn; the Canrobert from Ham burg put into Valparaiso short of water; the Blackbraes from Newcastle, Eng., put Into Port Stanley with tho loss of a suit of sails and with her steering gear dam aged; the Emllie Galluie from Swansea put Into Rio de Janeiro partially dismast ed, and the Simla from Cebu for Puget Sound put into Hongkong dismasted and with her decks started. All the ships that have arrived and are now due have had a fearful time of It during Ocrober. The Oceanic steamship Company's Aus tralia sails for Honolulu to-morrow. Over eighty cabin passengers have been bookert already and freight has been refused frorr the day the vessel reached port. The Chilean ship Hlndostan came into port yesterday in distress. She sailed from Port Dlakeley for Valparaiso on De cember 8 with 1,082,606 feet of lumber, val ued at $10,772. Soon after leaving the Sound | she sprang- a leak, no Captain Walsh decided that it v.as better to put in here for an overhauling. The Hindo stan was built in 1574 and Is owned by M. B. Peede of Valparaiso. She is loaded on owner's account. to proceed to Fort Mason to form part of the garrison there. Troop O of the Sixth Cavalry, stationed at the Presidio, secured the son of Mr. Sommer, chief clerk to the post quarter master, as a recruit last week. Roy Som mer is the new soldier. He ha.s been brought up among the troops and would have joined the service long before this if his parents had not objected. He is particularly enamored of the cavalry arm. A college chum, George Hart, enlisted with him, and both are going to try for commissions. Both boys are about 19 years old. The contract of Acting Assistant Sur geon T. A. McCulloch, who is now at Be nicia, having been annulled for 111 health, he has been ordered to proceed to his home In this city. The detachment of men from the hos pital which was to be sent to Honolulu on the transport Tartar will go down there on the next mail steamer instead of on a transport, as it Is the evident inten tion of the Government not to have trans, ports put In at Honolulu until all danger of the plague has passed. The Tartar will stop at Guam Instead of at Honolulu. MOMENTS OF REST ARE PROMISED SHOP GIRLS Success Is Already in Sight of the Agitation Started by the Mothers' Union of Golden Gate. » — ¦¦ . ?. I 111 LABOR COMMISSIONER MEYERS IS STILL WAITING. California Club Joins the Crusade and Its Members Will Make Individual Appeals to the Merchants to Provide Seats for Their Female Employes. THERE Is hope for the saleslady and the shopgirl. The agitation In their behalf, started by the Moth ers' Union of Golden Gate, is spreading. Women who Interest themselves in the welfare- of their ] sex are taking hold of the matter with a de termination that cannot fall of success. The law which says that merchants em ploying female help must provide seats for their employes' use is receiving their attention. It is going to amount to some thing if the women have their way. A quiet inspection of the stores of San Fran cisco is one of the things that the crusad ers contemplate. Any proprietor who Is not treating his lady clerks as the law and humanity demand will be requested to get In line. There will be no foolishness about it. Just one polite request and the merchant who does not take the hint will learn of his mistake soon enough. It may be said to the credit of the pro prietors of most of the leading stores of the city that they have no objection to the enforcement of the law, but there are some who do not take kindly to any In novation that might add to the comfort of their employes. These are the people on whom the women have their eyes. They have chairs behind their counters, but woe to the clerk who has the temerity to rest. The eeats are for ornamental pur poses only and to make a show of com plying with the law. Girls employed In these etores dare not talk of their mis treatment. Their mouths are closed with the fear of dismissal. Their positions would be the price of their complaints. These are the women for whom the Mothers' Union has taken a stand and for the securing of whose rights the la dies of this city will lend their assistance. These are the women whom Labor Com missioner Meyers uses as the excuse for his deplorable inactivity. Mr. Meyers is waiting for complaints and he knows that these girls dare not make them. They have hoped against hope that he would some day realize his duty and perform It. In that was their only anticipation of re lief until the Mothers' Union took up the battle for them. The latter Is acting while Mr. Meyers is still waiting for complaints, although it cannot be said ho is not agitated — what about is one of the secrets of his ofllce, but It is presumed that It Is either over his own inactivity or the idea that it has been suggested that he should take a pre paratory course In the duties of a Labor Commissioner. Shopgirls will not have to complain to the women who have undertaken to help them and it will not be very long before they will be able to take a bit of rest whert they are not busy without fear of losing their positions. So much for the agitation started by the mothers of the other side of the bay. From the aspect of things It appears that their fight waa all but won when they adopted the resolutions that have attracted the attention of the women of the State, and apprised the Labor Commissioner of the fact that his duty Is not to wait but to work. The ladles, however, will not bo satisfied with their fight until they have clinched the victory.' They are going right along with their plan of campaign just as though success was not already in sight. On this side of the bay the crusade is In the hands of the California Club, one of the representative women's organizations of the State. Mrs. Lovell White, the pres ident, brought the matter up at a meeting hold yesterday afternoon. Every member warmly commended the Mothers' Union for the action It had taken and enthusias tically placed their services at the com mand of the union. For the reason that the club has In hand the preservation of Telegraph Hill It was not thought advis able to take up the shopgirl subject us a body until the efforts to save the old landmark are completed.' "We are heartily In sympathy with the movement In favor of the women clerks." said Mrs. Lovell White, "and individually our members aro going to use their Influ ence to get the merchants with whom they trade to comply with the law and provide their employes with seats for use when they aro disengaged. On the theory that with too many Irons in the fire none of them get hot, the club did not think it advisable, as a body, to agitate the mat ter. I do not think that our members will have any difficulty in bringing the mer chants around to our way of thinking." Resolutions were adopted congratulating the Mothers' Union and expressing the sentiments suggested by Mrs. White. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1900. WAR BETWEEN BILL-POSTERS ENDS AT LAST Two Rival Firms Have Consolidated. AFFECTS PROPERTY OWNERS OWENS & VARNT3Y AND SIEBE & GREEN CALL IT OFF. After Losing Barrels of Money They Conclude to Stop Fighting and Join Their Interests — A Bitter Contest. The merry w ar between the rival bill posters which has raged In this city with more or less Intensity and bitterness of feeling for the last four years has at last leen called oft. The news will be re ceived with sadness by the real estate owners who have fattened their bank ac counts with the absurdly high rentals they ha\e received for the use of vacant lots on which the rival firms desired to erect billboards. Th© struggling property owner will no longer be able to draw a $100 in come from a $13 lot, because there wilt be no more competition between the paste slinging outrits, and without this competi tion fancy rentals are impossible. The rival firms of Siebe 6c. Green and Owens & Varney have been consolidated under the name of the California Bill Posting Company, and hereafter there will be bui one brand of paste used in San Francisco, and the market value of vacant lots and old barns suitable for advertis ing purposes will suffer a serious relapse. The members of the new firm are Fred C Siebe, George 11. Siebe, J. Charles Green. Thomas 11. li. Varney and Len U. Owens. Geurge Siebe and Len Owens will be the inside men and Mr. Green will be the advertising manager, but all tive are equally interested In the business. A member of the new firm said last night that the losses of the two firms which have been consolidated during the last two years aggregated $272,w0 as the result of the ruinous rivalry that has prevailed between them. Now they have the whole lield to themselves and hope to retrieve their losses by using the a_x liberally in cutting down rents for billboards. No In crease in advertising rates is contemplat ed, notwithstanding the fact that monop olists are supposed to charge the public all that can be squeezed out of them. "We have a capital of a Quarter of a million," said the member of the firm re ferred to last night, "and our Held of operations will include San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland, Alameda, San Rafael, Petaluma and Honolulu." The light between the hill posters began four years ago when Siebe & Green en tered the field in opposition to the Cali fornia Adsigns Company. The latter com pany was rinally succe«*ded by Owens & Varney and the war continued with re newed vigor. During the last few months the competition between the rivals to se cure boards on choice lots became so fierce that enormous prices were paid until the rents exceeded the income from adver tisers. Of course such a ruinous condi tion of affairs could not long continue, and the consolidation was the natural and practically the only outcome. 9 Chamber of Commerce Election The annual election of the trustees of the Chamber of Commerce will be held to-day from 12 to 3 o'clock. After the election there ¦will be a meeting of the trustees, at which the annual report of Secretary Sr.itt will be presented. The i.qular ticket names the following «'har!es Nelson, president; Gcor?c \ Newhall, first vice president; H. F Allen' rocoad vice president; Wake-field Baker' K. H. DtmanO, A. B. Field, H. F Fort riann. William Hnn=, H. R. Mann W H Marston. Geonje W. McNear Jr.. William i;. Mlghrll. H. lloser.fcld, A. G. Towne Charles M. Yates.