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Divorce Suits Filed.
Suits for divorce were filed In the Su
perior Court yesterday by Mary H. La
coste against John F. Lacoste for de
sertion; Lena M. Pyle against George
S. Pyle for failure to provide, and Eliza
Lamb against John E. Lamb for cru
elty, • ; -7-- r; -.: - — ~~ — ¦ — --.
Insane Man With a Gun.
A man about 50 years of age slipped into
police headquarters yesterday morning
and walking up to Captain Norman said
he wanted to give himself up, as people
were 6aylng that he had plunder in his
house. He pulled a revolver out of his
pocket and remarked that he was able to
take care of himself. Norman succeeded
In getting possession of it and had the
man sent to the Insane ward in the Re
ceiving Hospital. He said his name was
Hannibal Birtram. a laborer, but he could
not tell where he lived.
New Oil Company.
Articles of Incorporation of the Palace
Oil Company were filed yesterday. The
capital stock is $1,000,000, of which $330,000
has been subscribed. The directors are
John C. Kirkpatrick, Ernst A. Denicke,
Edward P. Heald. Edward H. Steams,
John S. Bedford, L. F. Wlnchell. Laura
C. Winchell and Lewis F. Ward.
REV. V. MARSHALL LAW DIES
OF PARALYSIS IN A TEXAS TOWN
REV. V. MARSHALL, LAW. former
rector of an Episcopal church of
Oakland, died in Clarendon, Tex.,
yesterday.
Rev. Victor Marshall Law was called to
Clarendon, Tex., by the Bl3hop of that
diocese and started on his work a few
weeks ago. His family left the home in
Oakland to remain In San Francisco until
arrangements were made to join the head
of the family at Clarendon.
On April 20 Mrs. Law received a tele
gram stating that her husband had been
stricken with paralysis, and on the fol
lowing Sunday left for his bedside.
During the week daily telegrams in
formed the family of the patient's condi
tion. Each day the news was more en
couraging, until on Friday, when a change
for the worse was noted. Early yester
day morning Mrs. Law telegraphed to
her relatives the news of her husband's
death. Mr. Law was stricken with pa
ralysis about eighteen months ago, but
the stroke was of short duration, and
atter his arrival in Clarendon he wrote
that he had entirely recovered.
Deceased was a graduate of Cornell
College and also of the Hahnemann Medi
cal College of Chicago. Mrs. Law was
at her husband's bedside when he passed
away, having arrived in Clarendon two
days before his death. She immediately
left for San Francisco with the body and
will arrive here on Tuesday.
OAKLAND, April 28.— Rev. V. Marshall
Law was appointed rector of the Church
of the Advent about five years ago, first
attracting attention by the introduction
in his church of an automatic cleansing
communion chalice, taking the place of
the - individual communion cup. Later
some friction arose between the rector
and his vestry over his sermons on Chris
tian science. John J. Valentine, the pres
ident of Wells, Fargo & Co., senior war
den of the vestry and one of the largest
contributors to the church, resigned. The
vestry maintained that the financial trou
bles of their rector had much to do with
the misunderstandings which arose. Once
the Sabbath collection was attached by
a Deputy Constable for a Chinese laundry
bill owed by the rector. Several months
ago matters came to a head. The con
gregation dwindled and the large, vested
choir went on a strike. The rector was
given a vacation last October, at the end
of which he resigned. Dr. Law was also
a practitioner of medicine. He had been
In China as a missionary before he came
to Oakland.
IS LAID AWAY TO
HIS ETERNAL REST
Friends Follow the Bemains of An
drew Smith Halladie to the
Grave.
The funeral of the late Andrew Smith
Halladie was held yesterday from the
First Unitarian Church. Rev. Dr. Steb
bins, assisted by Rev. Bradford Leavttt,
presided at the impressive services. The
church waa filled with the many friends
of the family of the deceased. The di
rectors of the Mechanics' Institute, the
regents and facility of the University of
California, the trustees of the First Uni
tarian Church and the employes of the
California Wire Works, of which de
ceased was president, attended in a body
to pay their last respects to the man who
had passed away.
Dr. Stebbins briefly sketched the life of
the inventor, telling of his early strug
gles and ultimate triumph. He dwelt
upon his many noble gifts and called at
tention to the many worthy qualities that
made him a stanch, true and loving
friend. In conclusion Dr. Stebbins said:
Let m» not apeak of him now in fulsome
praise, of loose and tawdry eulogy. Let m»
not Indulge in vajrue phrase of rhetoric or
fancy, but among all men whom I "have met.
and I have met many. I know as much of men
as they are, as is common to human experi
ence; I know more of men and their manner*
and their character than ministers are com
monly supposed to know: and when I speak of
him I speak of his great humaneness, his
kindness. I never saw where the va«t sea of
his generosity washed against the shore of self
interest. For those who were dependent upcrn
him in any way. for those In whose blood
flowed a kindred strain, he was surpassingly
good. All he had was for them, all he could
do v* 3 for them, and he left a host of silent
friends who will never say a word, who will
never utter a word of his KOortness, hut in
whose hearts that kindness Iras fallen like the
gentle showers upon the thirsty earth.
Hail, faithful friend. Hail, honorable man.
Ascend to your father and to my father, to
your God ar.d to my God.
When the last words were spokon the
pallbearers — George T. Marye, P. B.
Cornwall, Colonel G. H. Mendel. Horace
Davis. C. A. Murdock, H. I^. Davis
Colonel K. A. Dtnicke. President Ide
Wheeler,. Joseph Le Conte. Judge dlack
Ossood Putnam and Colonel Wallace
took up the flower-covered casket anil
bore it to the hearse. The remains were>
interred in Laurel Hill Cemetery In the
presence of only the relatives and & lim
ited number ¦or friends
WEBSTER IS ACCUSED OF
BREACH OF CONFIDENCE
School Director Denman Says Super
intendent Informed Principal
Kilpatrick of His Threat
ened Suspension.
School Director Denman Is authority
for the statement that Superintendent
Webster has violated the confidence of
the Board of Education In having notified
Principal Kilpatrick of the Business
Evening School some weeks ago of the
board's contemplated action to suspend
him. Denman says that Kllpatrick's
wife Informed both him and his associate
on the school board, Mrs. Kincald, that
Webster had notified Kllpatrlck'a attor
neys that the accused principal was about
to be suspended, and had suggested the
immediate issuance of a restraining or
der to prevent such action. As a con
sequence Denman says that the board
was served with the injunction a few
minutes before the suspension waa to
have been made.
Superintendent Webster, when seen
last night, denied that he had violated
the confidence of the board In any par
ticular. He says that action was taken
at one of the secret conferences of the
board, and that, meeting Kilpatrick. he
felt It his duty to inform him that he
was In danger of being suspended. "Web
ster is of the opinion that the dark lan
tern proceedings , of the board are or
should be public property.
Kilpatrick. will continue In his position
until the final disposition of his case,
which will be taken up May 8.
CONVENTIONS OF
THE SEASON ARE
TOPICS OF TALK
Leading Republicans Who
May Be Chosen as
Delegates.
General Feeling of Elation Over the
Election of Speaker Alden An
derson to the Presidency
cf State LeagTie.
The ejection of Fpc-aker Alden Anderson
to the presi6< nry of the State League of
Republican Cluba gives general satisfac
tion in Sa.n Francisco. In the prolonged
Senatorial conteftt which resulted In the
choice of Hon. Thomas R. Bard to repre
sent California in the Senate of the
United States Speaker Anderson was
true to the cause of the people. He never
faltered. He never cringed. His devotion
to good principles and clean methods was
an example which kept the wavering in
line. Neither the railroad bosses nor the
touts of the racetrack were able to cor
rupt or coerce him. His promotion to
leadership of the young Republicans of
California is deserved.
The Republican Congressional Commit
tee of the Third District met yesterday.
Telegrams w. r<- received from Alamedans
at L<js Angeles requesting that no action
be taken v.ith reference to the district
convention until next Wednesday Indi
cations art* that a plan of conciliation will
be presented to the committee which will
j.rove acceptable to all the interests of
the party in that district and at the same
time confer upon the voters a right to ex
press at a primary election their choice of
delegates to the tonveMlon.
In the Second Congressional District
there are no signs of a contest for the
boaor of representing the district la the
fifteen months, we can get twenty engines
from America in four.'
In concluding the committee says to the
mechanic: "On December 18 the Man
chester Cotton Mills of New Hampshire,
employing 15.000 hands, added to the pay
roll JtjiXi.iMi per year, an increase of 10 per :
cent. Notices of 10 per cent advance in
wages are being posted gradually through
the manufacturing districts of the coun
try- Wages in almost every line of in
dustry have advanced. In many instances |
a Fecond and third advance has been i
made Flnce the beginning of the year. |
Yet there are those who within a few
months will be building bonfires, parading
the streets and shouting for some candi
date who will oppose the principles and
policies which have brought about this
unparalleled era of prosperity. Before
that time is reached we ask you to think
over the situation, not from the stand
point of a partisan but from the stand
point of your own personal interest and
advantage."
The next example is a letter addressed
to a livestock man at San Andreas, <'al.
He Is reminded that wool is selling for j
20 cents per pound, with eager buyers for
this year's clip. Three years apo it was
offered for 8 cents, with occasional takers.
Mutton sheep to-day are selling from $2 50
to $4 on the ranges. Three years ago
from $1 50 to $2 was considered a good
nrfcp
REPUBLICAN CLUB LEADERS IN THE SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
The livestock man is asked to study the
following figures: In 1836 the United
States Imported 231,000,000 pounds of for
eign wool; in 1597 350,000,000 pounds; in 1838
13'J,000,000 pounds; in 1599 100,000,000 pounds.
Were it not for the fact that there are
13,000.000 less sheep in the United States to
day than there were In 18S4, occasioned by
those In the business becoming discour
aged and quitting, the imports of ISM
would. have been much less, as a call on
the foreign product by the American man
ufacturer was necessary to supply the de
mand for manufactured woolen goods.
The letters cited in the foregoing para-
PROGRESSIVE REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION
OF THE SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
Republican National Convention. Judge
K. C. Hart of Sacramento is an accepted
favorite and no opposition to his election
will be offered. The other delegate will
be taken from the mountain region. As-
Hurance is given that either ex-Senator
E. C Voorhlfs or Senator John F. Davis
may go to Philadelphia. If both should
decline, the honor may be tendered to
Harold Power of Placer County. The last
named will not be a candidate if Voorhies
or Davis is in the tleld. .
E.- F. Preston of San Mateo may be
ohosen as one of the delegates to repre
sent the Fifth District. Ex-United States
Senator Charles N. Felton is not a candi
date to represent the district or the State
at large. There Is some talk In San Jose
of sending O. A. Hale to the National
Convention as a delegate from the Fifth.
The Fourth Congressional District Re
publican Committee will meet next
vVednenday or Thursday evening to ar
range for primaries to elect delegates to
the district convention. Candidates for
the pleasure and honor of representing
the alstrlct at Philadelphia are like an
gels' visits, few and far between. Judge
Waymire. whose law office is In the dis
trict, would attend the National Conven
tion with pleasure, but his home happens
to be in Alameda County, where nearly
all the resident adults entertain political
aspirations of one kind or another. Hence
the Judge is almost lost in the shuffle of
his neighbors.
The Democratic State Executive Com
mittee <Seth Mann, chairman) will meot
at the California Hotel to-morrow. Can
didates for delegates at large to the Kan
sas City National Convention are not
scarce. It Is regarded as certain that ex-
Senator Stephen M. White and James G.
Maeruire will ho chosen. Among others
willing to accept a commission to vote for
the nomination of Bryan are: Dr. .1. S.
Potts. W, 11, Alford. Jaeper McDonald and
Mr. Miller, who was formerly the law
Pott*. W. H. Alford. Jasper McDonald.
ex-Governor James H. Budd, Marion de
Vries and Mr. MIIW, who waa formerly
the law partner of M. M. Estee.
graphs were sent to the various localities
throughout the district. Each letter con
tained a notice to the effect that on a cer
tain night there would be a public meet
ing addressed by public speakers for the
purpose of effecting an organization of a
Republican club, the purpose of which
would be to promote the renomination and
re-election of William McKinley to the
Presidency of the United States.
The first meeting of this kind was held
at Angels Camp, in Calaveras County, on
the 6th day of February, thi3 year. Since
that meeting there have been thirty club 3
registered at the committee's headquar
ters at Sacramento, which clubs in the
main were organized by the district or
ganizer of the Republican organization of
the Second Congressional District, a few
having affiliated themselves with the new
organization, but having been established
before.
These clubs now show an enrollment of
over 3000 members, which from the first
day of their organization have been stead
ily on the increase. Each club is pro
vided with a set of by-laws similar in
every respect, save those which are nro
vided to clubs organized In cities, which
are given additional functions by virtue
of the particular work exacted In mu
nicipalities—that Is to say, experience has
Superb System
Employed to
Ascertain the
Political If tews
of Every Reg
istered Voter.
/7^KE Republican organization of
*" c Second Congressional Dis
/Y 1 trict has adopted measures and
(V I . employed means In the matter
\^~— *^j of marshaling their forces for
the great campaign of IiKX)
v.hich from a standpoint of ef
ficiency are certainly without
a parallel in the way of a similar under
tcklr.r in this or any other State. An ef
fective organization, embracing thirty vig
orous clubs, already exists. Progressive
men of character and ability are repre
cr.ted in the leadership of these clubs, as
the pictures herewith presented will mdi
C.'itP.
When It Is understood that the commit
tee, by its system of registration, will
have located every voter in the Second
Congressional District, and that record
V«ben completed will show his name, age,
occupation, postoffice address and politics,
en insight into the magnitude of the plan
will be had. It is probably the most per
fect and rational system that has been
ever suggested or adopted.
Now. the question naturally arises, how
can such a work as that be accomplished —
how can tiie integrity of such a record be
I!::- :::ta.:ne<3?
J:i the first place, at the outset of the
work, which is now rearing its comple
tion, a plan was adopted somewhat dif
ferent from the one now pursued. Under
the present system of club organization
the matter of registration has been taken
u;> through the clubs, and not only is
t:;ere a completeness, but the accuracy of
the information and data gathered is in
no manner impaired.
In order that a brief resume may be
given of the development of this work, it
Kill be necessary to go back to the orig
inal step, which was taken in the early
part of the summer of 1K33. The Great
Registers of all the counties were gath
ered together and from these registers the
names, ages, occupations and postofhee
addresses of all the voters ascertained.
This list, was in many respects defective,
for there were no means of ascertaining
the number of deatns and removals. As
b'jud as that information was gathered a
cluMsiflcaUon was nude, which separated
the voters a.s follows: Farmers, laborers,
mechanics, merchants, livestock men. pro
fessional men, iiquor dealers and saloon
keepers.
As soon as that classification was com
pltttd Utters were addressed to each
voter bearing upon and referring to mat
ters of special Interest to each class. In
other words, a line of argument was em
ployed which bore upon a personal inter
«-!-t. a personal welfare and a. personal ad
vantage.
To illustrate what is meant by this two
examples may be cited. A mechanic liv
ing at Grfdley, Cal.. is addressed by the
committee of organization. He is asked to
f?\\r his support to the present national
administration. Facts and figures are
niiimitted to convince him that h" has a
j>fTf=onal interest in the contest. The let
l«r contains this appeal to the mechanic:
"We ask you to give your support to the
present national administration. Why?
Ilrcause in so doing you are lending your
j!'.:luonce and giving your approval to noli
< i«s which are establishing the reputation
end standirrg of the American mechanic
on a higher and more prosperous plane
t han he has ever enjoyed before. Ameri
«-nn built vessels?. American built locomo
tives. American built bridges and Ameri
can machinery of every description are
now being fagerly sought by every pro
gressive ration in the world.
• • :•
"Fir Edward Parent. In a recent address
tn th*> board of directors of the Midland
Hallway Company of London, said: 'You
«ill no doubt have Been that we have
tw>ea purchasing pome engines In America.
V.i would very much prefer to purchase
J.ome-made poods, whether it be engines
cir anvthlng el«=<». if it were possible. • But,
P'r.tlemen, engines are a necessity and
T.f muEt have them, and while we cannot
E< t one engine promised In England in
Thirty Clubs Al
ready Estab
lished-Confer-
ence Conven
tion to Meet
atSacramento.
taught the necessity of giving to the clubs
maintained in the cities something In ad
dition to the ordinary work of an occa
sional campaign. With such an Idea in
view the by-laws of the city clubs, in ad
dition to the great number of committees
which are provided to country clubs, have
what is termed the committee on munici
pal legislation.
It is the duty of this committee to pro
vide reports on all situations of a political
nature as well as to gather such data aa
It can obtain pertaining to the general
field of labor. Opportunities of labor are
also reported. Matters of registration are
considered. At the same time there is no
endeavor or tendency to remove the re
sponsibility which by custom or right be
longs to the County Central Committee.
No endeavor to promote the interest of
any individual or any faction Is tolerated.
One of the conditions and exactions
made by the committee who took up the
work in response to the call of the Repub
lican State Central Committee waa that
under no circumstances ¦would it permit
the results of its labors to be directed in
such a manner as to provide any indi
vidual with a prestige, and in carrying
out the understanding it was also agreed
that when it came to- the nomination of a
Republican candidate for Congress in the-
Second District it should not fall to Sac
ramento.
But while it is true that this com
mittee has taken no Initial steps toward
securing for any man the nomination for
Congress, when the time comes for such
a nomination to be made and when it
has been made and the choice has gone
to some other locality the Congressional
committee to be appointed by the Con
gressional convention will of course be
provided with all data and all informa
tion and be given the full benefit of the
labors of this committee, which will have
covered a period of nearly a year preced
ing the nomination.
A conference convention of the clubs
will be held at Sacramento Hay 4 and 5.
The programme at this convention will ba
as follows:
Introduction of Judge E. C. Hart, chairman
of convention.
Address of welcome. Governor Henry T.
Gage.
Klectton of secretary.
Report of District Organizer Judson Brusi».
"Expansion from a Constitutional Stand
point," Hon. 11. M. Estee.
"Imperialism," General N. P. Ctlpman.
"Oriental Diplomacy," Hon. Frank I*
Coombs.
"Trusts— Their Growth and Development."
D. E. McKlnlay. San Francisco.
"Trusts — From a Commercial Standpoint."
Major H. Weinstcck.
"Trusts — From an Industrial Standpoint.'*
John A. Sheehan.
"Has the Financial Problem Been Adjust
ed T' John P. Irish.
"The Nicaragua Canal— lts Effect on th»
Commerce of California." Irving M. Scott.
"New Occasions Teach New Duties."
Thomas V. Cator.
"Interpretation. Operation. Purposes and
Effects of the Election ami Primary Laws of
the State of California." Hon. F. S. Stratton.
"Lessons of the Hour from a Business Stand
point," Henry J. Crocker.
"Club Organization as an Influence for
Good," Rev. Joslah Sims.
It is the purpose of the committee to
edit the addresses to be made at the con
vention and send them out as campaign
documents. Much interest is manifested
in the approaching convention, as the del
egates will be men constituting a new ele
ment in the political family of the Re
publican party In the Second Congres
sional District.
The task of organizing for effective
work in the Second Congressional District
was delegated to Judge E. C. Hart, sec
retary of the Republican State Executive
Committee. He appointed a committee
consisting of Daniel Kevane. M. J. Curtis,
"William M. Sims. James Whittaker, H.
D Klrcheval, Joseph M. Anderson and L.
F. Breuner. As soon as they were ap
pointed they organized themselves by
electing the following officers: M. J. Cur
tis, chairman; L. F. Breuner, vice chair
man; Joseph M. Anderson, secretary:
James "Whittaker. treasurer, and Judson
Brusie. district organizer and correspond
ing secretary.
Since their organization early In Octo
ber of last year theyhave been constantly
at work bringing about the results which
have been made apparent and above re
ferred to.
THEy LATE' REV. V. MARSHALL LAW/
Live eagles are as hard to catch aa those
on our BiFver dollars.
SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, APRIL 29,. 1900.
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