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12 SCHMITZ WILL INVESTIGATE COMMISSIONS Removals Depend Upon Result of Inquiry Instituted Refuses to Affirm or Deny Story That He Will Be head Newhalh Kayor Elect Declines to Express His Private Opinion Concerning Witt man's Appointment as Chief of Police. Mayor-elect Eugene E. Schmitz's sojourn at \\ atsonville has developed his bump of caution to the degree that he positively refuses to discuss public affairs in detail. A Cay or two after his election he did not disdain to outline" his i»olicy to The Call, but since his return from the country he uecunes io continue that particular line of discussion. .Never*, he received a (.ii.il representative v-ith courtesy yet terday ana in a general way expressed his ideas guardedly upon topics wrought to ms attention by The Oali reporter. 4 ¦\\ hat do you think of toe appointment of Captain Wittman as Chief of Police, Mr. St-Ximitz?" wat asked. -i haven't given the >.uoject any special thought," was the reply. "'1 doubt if '.ho commissioners wouia nave paid any at tention to my views in <my case." ¦jjo you mean by that that you would have given an opinion adverse to Wit: laan had you teen consiliteo. in the mat ter".'" ' :¦ .-• : "•No. 1 mean just what I say," was ths S^iaraed reply. "The appointment of a chief of Police rests with the Police commissioners i entirely, The action of that body, therefore, rr<*y be regarded as nal. 1 could not have prevented the ap pointment ¦ even had 1 uesired-to do so. What- my private opinion may be I do not care to say." "Do you think the appointment meets with the approbation of the labor un • ions?" "X cannot answer that question. No labor union has filed a protest with me relative to the matter." As to Newhall's Position. "A report is current that it is your pur pose to demand Police Commissioner New nail's resignation as soon as convenient after your Induction into office. Will you deny or affirm that rumor?" "I cannot do either at this time. Under the charter no Commissioner appointed by the Mayor may be removed except for good and sufficient cause. If any Com mission* falls to do his sworn duty I will remove him. At present I have no in tention "_o remove any one when I assume the discharge of my official duties. That course *rill be dependent upon the results of The investigations which 1 will prose cute without delay after 1 take my office," "Which commissions is it your purpose to investigate ?" "All of them," answered Mr. Schmltz decisive,}-. The Mayor-elect spoke of his trip to the country- He said he passed his time studying: the charter and particularly that portion of it which defines the duties and authority of the Mayor. The sections re lating to the streets were not neglected, for it is his intention to watch street im provements with a vigilant eye. "We i«?ed public improvements," he re sumed cheerfully. ¦•That subject has long been neglected in San Francisco. We want more and better school buildings. We want better paved streets. We want to give all classes of citizens equal benefits in this respect. One part of the city should not be improved and another neglected." "Havei you decided upon the personnel of any of your appointments?" "I ha: re not." ¦¦-;•• "Who: will you select as your private secretai y?" "I dci it know yet." The Mayor-elect remarked that his wife was not: quite well, and this brought up the ma;;ter of his failure to attend the banquet of the Merchants' Association last we«jk. "It is reported that your refusal to at tend the banquet on the. ground that your wife was ill was a mere evasion and that you feared to attend the banquet for reasons best known to yourself. Is the report Tell based?" "It ts a ridiculous assertion," re sponded the Mayor-elect warmly. "Why should ,1 fear to meet the local mer chants anywhere? It is foolish to hint at anything of the kind. The fact was that raj-w ife was too ill for me to risk leaving her for even an hour. There was no opera bouffe about the affair. I re gard my duty to my family before every thing e.se in this life. Since my return I have teen forced to refuse numerous in vitation of a social character, and why? simply because my little daughter, whom I idolize, is lying sick at this moment with pneumonia. While the little girl is now eorrvalescent I nevertheless refuse to stir fran my house until I have the as surance that my help is not required. I think more of my wife and children than of all t,i« world besides. I am *o hypo crite, whatever i else my • political * op ponents may term me. My declination to attend the merchants* banquet was based on honest grounds and that is all there is to it." • i The Mayor-elect was called to the tele phone at this juncture and the interview was closed. Mark Twain's Cousin, G. C. Clemens, of Topeka, Kan., the no- ] v^RgJ""* ted constitu- rnM^^^^ tional lawyer, JBk Al who bears so JM striking a re- semblance to w2££ l ''Js?^ Mark Twain, a. (Samuel B. Mjfj| Clemens) that 4T^ he is frequent- Ljß[_^( ly taken for the original Mark, G - C.Clemens. is a man of deep intellect and wide experience. He is con- sidered one of the foremost lawyers in this country. In a re- cent letter to the Dr. Miles Medical Co., Mr. Clemens says: • * "Personal experience and obser- vation have thoroughly satisfied me that I Dr. Miles' Nervine contains true merit, and is excellent for what it is recom- I mended." . .' : '. | Mr. Norman Waltrip, Sup. Pres. Bank- * I ers' Fraternal Society, Chicago, says: M s Pain Pills are invaluable for headache and all pain. I had been a great sufferer from headache until I learned of th% efficacy of Dr. Miles' Pain Pills. Now I always carry them and prevent recurring at- tacks by taking a pill when the symp- toms Erst appear." Sold by all Druggists. Price. 25c. per Box. - Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Jnd. SCHEME TO ALLOW YELLOW HORDES TO CROSS THE MEXICAN BORDER M. F. Tarpey and John E. Bennett Revive G'gantic Plan to Give Orientals Free Passageway to Evade Exclusion Laws, Hoping to Secure Concession for Colonizing the Southern Republic SIMULTANEOUS with the popuKr demand that the Chinese exciu sion law shall be re-enacted in or der to protect the interests of t>io workingmen of the United States, news comes from Mexico that a bold plan is being carried out in order that hordeb of Orientals may be allowed to land in this country. M. F. Tarpey, the well-known Demo cratic politician, and John E. Bennett, the attorney for Ho Vow, the Chinese Consul General, are ihe leaders in a plan which, unless immediately blocked, will flood the United States with thousands of Chinese via the border line of Mexico. In January of this year Tarpey was the president of the Pacific Charter Company, that claimed to have secured concessions from the Mexican Government to estab lish stedmship lines between Mexico and China for the purpose of colonizing the Mexican republic with 1,000,000 coolie la borers, but in reality to allow the Chi nese to slip over the Mexican borderMnto the United States. The expose of the scheme by The Call and the denial by the Mexican authorities at the time that Tarpey and his asso ciates had received any concessions, as claimed, effectually Llocked the bold scheme. When in January last Tarpey and his confreres sought to secure capital for their proposed colonization and fishing concessions in Mexico thousands of circu lars, printed in Chinese, were scattered in Chinatown and in the Oriental quarters of all large American cities. The plans of Tarpey'^ company are al most identical with the proposed conces sion, that is likely to be granted by the Congress of Mexico at any day. According to the Chinese circular issued last January Tarpey and his friends in tended to bring from China to Mexico more than 1.000,000 coolies. Just- how many were to remati- in Mexico Tarpey did not state. It is a well-known fact that the Chinese have no desire to settle In Central America or South America. The United States -l good enough for them, for Ivere are their friends and rela tives, who have made fortunes in many trades and callings. With an influx of Or entals into Mexico it would be an impossible task for the American authorities to prevent the coolies from flocking across the line into the United States. Ir fact, it would re quire an army of huge proportions to guard the border. Bait for Chinese Investors. According to trt» articles of incorpora tion filed on December 15. 19C0, in the of fice of the County Clerk the following. were interested with Tarpey in his Mexi can colonization sche-ne: » Michael F. Tarpey, Alameda; L. K. Kent well, Honolulu: Arthur B. Tarpey. Alameda; John E. Bennett, Berkeley; K. E. Harrington, Oakland. The capital stock was to be $12,500,000, divided into 500.000 shares of the par value of $25 each. The circular issued a year ago to the Chinese people in their own language told clearly the objects of the Tarpey scheme. The Chinese circular, translated Into English, Is as follows: The Pacific Charter Company propose* on be half of the Mexican Government to encourage Chineee as -well as Europeans to come to Mex ico and have special privileges. At present CHARGES JOHN H. DOLAN WITH MURDERING MOLE j Coroner's Jury Hears Evidence at In quest to Effect That He Did Stabbing. The Coroner's jury yesterday charged ; John H. Dolan with the murder of Albert i A. Mole on November 22 in front of 237 : O'Farrell street. John Peters, a bartender in the saloon j at 236 O'Farrell street, told about Mole, i Dolan and H. B. B. Chatman having had a dispute in his saloon about the payment ! for some drinks a few minutes before the i murder. Sergeant of Police Helms and i Police Patrolman Davids testified that Chatman said to them when they notified 1 him of Mole's death, "Well, if he is, ! Dolan killed him." George Zella and Willie Riley, mes senger boys, testified that they passed the ' spot where the murder was committed i and Chatman asked them what was it I that had sent them to the scene Of the ' crime. Riley saw the three men together, one ! of whom he identified as Chatman, and he I saw one fall to the ground and the other run away. The man who was at the side of Mole "when he fell was Chatman. Chatman told the same story that he had already related to the police. The i three men had been drinking and Im i mediately before the stabbing Dolan and ] Mole were a little ahead of him and got i into a dispute. Mole took off his coat and j Chatman held it. A moment afterward I Mole fell to the ground and Dolan walked : rapidly away. A charge of murder was entered against I Dolan on the orison books. Pyrography Outfits. We have fitted uv a small exhibit of burnt wood and leather which all are in vited to see. Wood and skins for burn ing and pyrography machines for the mil lion. Sanborn, .Vail & Co., 741 Market THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1901. POLITICIAN AND ATTOirw«,EY WHO ARE LEADERS IN THE MOVE MENT TO SECURE CONCESSIONS FROM THE MEXICAN GOVERN MENT, WITH OBJECT OF FLOODING STATES WITH CHINESE. there is but very little commerce between Mexico and Asia and a new steamship com pany is needed to take hold of the trade and build It up. The Pacific Charter Company of Mexico has made a contract to open a new steamship line between Mexico and China* and all goods from Mexico to China will be shipped on this line. According to concession or contract the Mex ican Government promises to give the Pacific Charter Company all rights to fish on the Mex ican coast line. This concession Includes salt fish, dried fish and shrimp and canning. To do this great fishing brsinese Chinese are de sired. These fishing grounds are good, large ' and wide. There is plenty of room for a million Chinese fishermen. There Is plenty of all kinds of fish and shrimp. Near the beach the land Is very rich and one can raise all kinds of vege tables, fruit and sugar cane and coffee. The climate is very good and warm, like that of Hongkong. The rainy season is good and does not leave the surface of the ground mushy. There Is no sickness. There is a space of 4000 miles of Pacific coast in Mexico. The president of the .company, M. F. Tar pey, has resided in Mexico about ten years. He is a friend of the Mexican President and hi? officers and knows all the fishing places. He knows all about land and water rights, having traveled several years In Mexico. Tempting Offers Are Made. The Pacific Charter Company has made- a contract with China and the Mexican Govern ment to admit free of duty for fifty years all Chinese necessaries, such as.tea, rice, etc. In one year steamships will be running between ports in Mexico and to China. There is a steamship company in this city now willing to take both fishing and ¦ exporting business. The name of the company Is the Pacific Char ter Company. Rich men from New York are in the steam ship company, but the laborers and fishermen are expected to come from China. The fisher men from China are expected to come in groups of fifteen to twenty, each group to have a foreman. The company gives the foreman license to fish and shows him where to fish. The company cannot buy t»i» fish or import Chinese goods into Mexico. Tie Chinese mer chants in San Franclßco, throufcli the foremen, do all this. All the company wants Js the freight. The rules are: NETTIE B. CRAVEN TAILS TO SECUBE NEW TRIAL Judge Troutt Refuses to Grant th-3 Motion Made by James G. Maguire'. The motion fof a new trial of Nettie R. Craven's famous suit f-sainst the Fair es tate was denied by Judge Troutt yester day. The' decision of Judge Slack, who declared the deeds pin ported to be made by James G. Fair to be forgeries, is thus sustained. The motion for anew trial of the case was made by ex-Judge James G. Ma guire. At the time the motion was mad; Mrs. Craven sought to secure a change of venue on the ground that Judge Trout 1 : was prejudiced, but her efforts were de feated, and after an argument lasting several days the motion to reopen the proceedings was submitted. The decision of Judge Troutt, renderel yesterday, practically prevents Mrs. Cra yen from again trying to secure the Mis sion street and Pine street properties, which she claims Fair deeded to her. There is nothing in the world more delight ful than a drink of good whiskey— and Jesse Moor* Is good whiskey. • WILL ' RESCUE CHlLDßEN.— Secretary White of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children has petitioned the Superior Court for letters of guardianship over the five children of Christina Everson. It is alleged that Mrs. Everson does not allow her children to attend school, but compels them to sell papers on the water front, where they are ex posed to much physical discomfort and evil influences. SIGNATURE TO DEED IS GENUINE.— In the opinion of Judge Troutt the signature of Caroline Flockart to the deed conveying a portion of the estate of Robert Bright to Ben oni Sarle is genuine, notwithstanding the testi mony to the contrary given by Eisenschimmel and Ames, handwriting experts. The court re fused to make an order Betting the deed aside yesterday. i First— Th« : fisherman must get i for v himself T. tea, , rice, i vegetables, clothing and goods from - the. foreman or Chinese merchants. The Pacific ¦ '¦¦ Charter : Company -is not after -. that r kind or :> business. ¦-¦.-»..;.¦' ¦ ;-, ',-" ; -¦¦¦ ' .¦' ' , ¦.*.¦• •A .-¦ Second— These necessaries will •be carried by the i company. The freight charges will be ¦ cheap.;- Other than ¦ the fishermen and mer * .chants will have -to pay higher. :¦¦¦¦. ¦:-* "".' " :i..v Third— When 1 the fishermen begin work they .' must -make a contract with foremen to buy :_¦¦ their implements t from . Chinese merchants. If , . -not, the contract lls broken. . '.• ¦ .<¦• . - ;; Fourth— The : Chinese merchants must buy the ;•'. salt or dried fish, besides canned fish or other wise the - foremen will take charge. Acapulco . and all other stopping places for the ships will have warehouses. Canneries will be established all along the coast and the company will have . a small steamer to visit the canneries every ; . week to take.-the dried and salt fish to Aca , pulco. • ,'¦¦ - •- ' , ./ , f<; Mexico May Give Concession. • - In .: the "Parliamentary Chronicle," is sued by the Mexican Government for this . month, appears an extended account of , the ;•; proposed' concession Ito s Tarpey and ¦ Bennett . that A the ' Minister j of -j Public I . Works, Colonization and Industry of Mex ico has recommended for passage by the . Congress of ,his country. , v - v _ , . The concession is made to Tarpey and , : ' Bennett *or to any company they may form and gives 'them the entire -fishing \ privileges of I the Mexican | coast yon • the A Pacific Ocean, contingent on .their, build- ing and operating a steamship line be - tween Mexico and China and another line for coast trade. v . . ' t-Zrr, ( , T = : . • ¦ ¦ The company, is to be free iron taxa tion of * ny : kind and is to be allowed to - land passengers anywhere on the Mexican coast which -is more than 1000 miles In ex :. te The wording of the concession enume 9 rates all that was set forth in the Chinese circular issued by Tarpey and Bennett et al. in January last. ¦ ¦_¦ nrnnrwrl A . significant a feature ¦in the proposed * concession is the one that gives the com pany two years in which to build and j operate its steamship lines. - , _ This proviso looks suspicious in the face * of the appeal by the , Chinese diplomats ¦ that the exclusion laws.be. suspended for ¦ that time "just as an experiment to see •-."-'•.• .-' . ¦ ¦ — :: — '— v how it will work." By that time Tarpey and Bennett would have their steamship lines operating and exclusion laws would fail to keep the hordes of Mongolians from crossing the border of Mexico into the United States. A prominent member of the local Mexi can colony, In • speaking of the matter, said yesterday: My country has no objection to the Chinese for' we have a large territory to fill. But our Government does not understand the Chinese as the Americans do. We possibly have about 5000 Chinese in Mexico. The Government evi dently took the tempting bait offered by Tar pey and Bennett and is likely to secure the passage of the bill by our Congress. You cannot get a Chinese to remain in Mex ico if he sees the slightest chance to get into the United States. They have their relatives in America and have heard how quickly wealth is made in this big republic. This talk of fishing privileges and canneries to be erected is simply a blind to the eyes of our Government. Of course there had to be some excuse to land hundreds of thousands of Chinese in Mexico and what more plausible than that of the fishing privileges and can neries. For one Chinese that might remain in Mexico, ninety would slip across the border into America. If this country does not wish to see a Chi nese invasion via the border line of Mexico it must take immediate steps. A friendly sug gestion by the American Government to the Mexican republic that the proposed concession to Tarpey and Bennett is objectionable would, without doubt, secure the rejection of the grant. Chinese Guarantee $1,000,000. It Is freely hinted at in certain quarters that the Chinese residents in America have guaranteed more than $1,000,000 toward the proposed plan of Tarpey and Bennett and that the money will be put up as soon as the concession is secured from the Mexican Government. With a line of steamships running from China to Mexico and with the knowledge that it Is almost impossible to guard the American-Mexican border, the Chinese are not likely to worry much as to how to evade the extension of the exclusion laws. JURY SECURED TO TRY R. Gr. WILSON FOR MURDER Trial of the Slayer of Little Maggie Hartwell Will Commence To-Day. Twelve jurymen were secured in Judge Dunne's court yesterday to try Robert G. Wilson on the charge of killing litUe Maggie Hartwell on the evening of Ju.y 4 last. Wilson is an ex-poiiceman, and he vt accused of firing a shot into a crowd of children who were playing about a bon fire near his residence, on Shipley street, between Fourth and Fifth streets. T"i3 bullet struck Maggie Hartwell, 13 years of age, who was in the crowd, ¦ and in flicted a wound whteli caused her death a few hours later. The jurymen who will determine the guilt or innocence of Wilson, who is an old man, are: David F. McGraw, Isaac L. Houser, Abram Fromberg, Martin H. Mohrdick. Eugene L. Marshall, Johann Mitau, H. O. Brower, James Farrow, C. S. Arnold, Michael Murphy, J. F. Huber and Czar T. Thompson. The trial of the case will commence thia morning at 10 o'clock in Judge Dunne s cqurt. LECKOTJBY STEALS BREAD.— William Leckouby, 22 years of age, was arrested early yesterday morning by Policeman H. L. Folsom on the charge of petty lnxceny. He had been cystematlcally stealing loaves of bread from W. A. Burns, a baker, at 201 Valencia street, and was caught in the act yesterday morning. He was In the habit of stealing five or six loaves at a time and selling them. He appeared before Judge Cabanlss yesterday and the case was continued until Saturday. DIES AFTER AN OPERATION.— Coroner Leland has reported to the police certain sus picious circumstances connected with the death of Mrs. Agnes Gallagher of 283 Clara street, who died at 5 o'clock yesterday morning in the Pacific Hospital of blood poisoning resulting from an unlawful operation performed by a woman. GEARY DOES POLITICS FOR HIS FRIENDS Partisan Commission Is Named to Represent the State. Attempt at Fusion Between Union Labor and Demo cratic Parties. Nominated to Serve California, For mer Santa Rosa Lawyer Becomes Nothing- More Than Exam iner's Mouthpiece. Thomas J. Geary, chairman of the Cal ifornia Chinese exclusion convention, ha.3 announced the committees to serve this State and coast in the broadest and most vital movement that has= ever engaged the attention of the citizens of this and sia ter coast States. One glance at the per sonnel of the commission appointed wiil disclose instantly how Thomas J. Geary, intrusted with a general and honest duty, has prostituted himself and the cause of the State on the altar of politics. Knowing full well Irom a purview of Thomas J. Geary's political career and his record in the Nome cases what was likely to happen, The Call predicted that out of his narrow-mindedness he would sacrifice the best interests of the public for the satisfaction of those who made of him their mouthpiece and their puppet during the proceedings of the convention lately concluded. Here are the names of the Commission ers of California to "Washington : Andrew Furuseth, ex-Governor James H. Budcl, Truxton Beale, James D. Phelan and Ed ward J. Livernash. All parties have by right the claim of equal representation on these commit tees, yet there is but a single Republican named among the Commissioners, against four Democrats. Truxton Beale is the single one who is not of Thomas J. Geary's own political persuasion. The commission is really an Examiner s nomination. Edward J. Livernash is an employe of the Examiner. Thomas J. Geary took the orders that issued from the Examiner building, obeying every one of its behests and declaring from the platform sentiments and opinions molded and formed by his master. So mendacious and at the same time so patent in intent are these appointments by the man who was selected to do a gen eral service for the people of the coast that there is no need of reading between the lines. Thomas J. Geary intends with his fellows to do politics at some future day and this is the means they take. It ia nothing more nor less than an attempt at fusion between the Democrats and the Union Labor party. Between them they hope to ride the horse of exclusion to fu ture political preferment. The secretary of the commissioners of California to Washington, though not of ficially named, Is to be J. McLaughl.n, sec retary of the Brotherhood of Teamsters. Geary, who has denied all lawyers who have' had Chinese for clients the privilege of speaking at the convention, has done his first partisan work for himself— Geary*, the man who has had more Chinese busi ness of a non-exclusion nature than all the rest of the attorneys who represent the Mongols. COMMISSIONERS ABE NAMED. Chairman Geary Appoints Men to Chinese Exclusion Committees. Thomas J. Geary, chairman of the Cali fornia Exclusion Convention, announces the following appointments: Commissioners of California to "Washington— Andrew Furuseth, ex-Governor James H. Budd, Truxton Beale, James D. Phelan and Edward J. Llvernash. Press committee— P. Bufflngton of the Jack son Republican. E. A. "Walcott of the Ex aminer John McNaueht of The Call, Edward F. Adams of the Chronicle, Charles punbar of the Santa Rosa. Press-Democrat. \ Additions to executive committee— A. Sbar boro George Stone, Jeremiah F. Sullivan, James H. Wllklns, Henry H. Taylor, Thomas F Barry, M. H. de Young, James H. O'Brien, Arthur G. Fisk. J. C. Kirkpatrick, George A. Ross. Eugene E. Schmitz, Ed Rosenberg. J. S. Parry, George H. Knight. VOTE ON CHINESE EXCLUSION. Merchants' Association Takes Boli of Members on Important Question. The returns from a vote of the mem bers of the Merchants' on questions pertaining to the Chinese ex clusion act are as follows: Do you favor the extension of the present Chinese exclusion act? Ayes, 425; noes, 208. Do you favor a modified Chinese exclusion act? Ayes, 243; noes, 376. Do you favor sending delegates from the Merchants' Association to the Chinese exclusion convention? Ayes. 638; noes, 91. Affirmative answers to No. 3, if pledged for Chinese exclusion act — Ayes. 11; noes, 0. Affirmative answers to No. 3, if pledged against Chinese exclusion act — Aye-, 7; noes, 0. Affirmative answers to No. 3, if pledged for modified Chinese exclusion act— Ayes, 5; noes, 0. Affirmative answers to No. 3, If pledged also for Japanese exclusion — Ayes, 1; noes, 0. Parties desire matter to be left to board of directors' discretion— Ayes, 4; noes, 0. The delegates who were appointed by the Merchants' Association to the Chi nese Exclusipn Convention, are Prank J. Symmes, Marshal Hale and Andrew M. Davis. Burglars Rob a Saloon. The saloon of Penther & Cordes on the northwest corner of Bryant and Fourth streets was entered by burglars Sunday night. Penther clpsed the establishment shortly before midnight. Several hours afterward a special policeman who passed the saloon discovered a bar which pro tected the transom In a watering trough near the saloon and commenced an Inves tigation. He found that the transom had been removed and calling two of the reg ular police officers entered the place. A slot machine had been pried open with the aid of a "jimmie" and $10 in cash taken. The register behind the bar had also been opened, but fortunately it contained but a small amount of change. Several bot tles of whisky and a quantity of tobacco was also carried away by ttje robbers. Purse-Snatcher Held. Charles Morris was held to answer be fore the Superior Court by Judge Conlan yesterday on a charge of grand larceny in $2000 bonds. Friday morning he snatch ed a purse from Mrs. Robert Thisby of Walnut Creek while she was standing at the corner of Grant avenue and Sutter street. He ran. but was captured by De tectives Harper and Armstrong. Rob Cash Register. Three thieves entered a saloon at 110 Sec ond street about 7 o'clock last evening and while two of them attacked Joe Cole man, one of the proprietors of the place, the other robbed the cash register. They only succeeded in getting a small amount of money. Coleman wag severely beaten on the head. The matter was Immedi ately reported to the police. Christmas Holidays in Mexico. Southern Pacific special train leaves San Francisco December 18, Los Angeles December 19. reaching Mexico In time lor the holiday celebrations. Round' trip San Francisco, $80; Los Angeles, $70. Person ally conducted. Dining car. Pullman sleepers. Limit 60 days. Low side trip rates. Optional Itineraries. Make reser vations 613 Market street, San Francisco, 261 South Spring street, Los Angeles. BURNS LOSES SUIT.— A jury In Judge Hunt' 8 court rendered a verdict in favor of the defendants yesterday in the suit of Isidore Burns against the Dunham, Carrlgan & Hay den Company. Burns sued the firm for $50 000 damages he claimed he sustained by being struck by a bale of oakum thrown from a gal lery by an employe of the flnp at its store. ' AJ>VEETISEME2iTTS^^^^^ ___. THE TRICK. Wj)\ TRICK may involve deceit or it may ||y be a display of peculiar skill. There H^lis deceit in some soaps, but there is none in Ivory Soap; it is a display of pecu- liar skill. It will stand any test and can be relied upon to do all that is claimed for it. i * ¦' IVORY SOAP IS 99 4 *& PER CENT. PURE. ;": -'.i . WYHIOHT IHI TTmmQCTimaAHHIE co. eiNcimi«Tt HO YOW TALKS TO UNITARIANS Chinese Exclusion Forms Subject for Long Debate. ' . The Unitarian Club listened last evening to a ' debate betwen picked orators con cerning the re-enactment of the law which excludes Chinese from, the Lnited States. The champions of continuing the present policy of exclusion were Mayor Phelan and Thomas J. Geary. The other side was taken by- Chinese Consul Ho Tow and Dr. Fryer of the University of Cali fornia. President Gregory of the Lm tarian Club presided at the debate which took place after a dinner in the Mer chants' Club rooms. Business and profes sional men listened and applauded, lber- a M*ivor Phelan opened the discussion. He said that exclusion was the settled policy oftheUmfed States ana had oeen sucxx for twenty years. At the time 01 the adoption ot tnl^urlingame treaty there was an opinion that cneap Chinese labor JrlJ* acted clearly in. obedience to the S 9 of thf peopl. Ye Cmnese ment by treaty consented to the exclusion 5 ?he Chinese from this country^ „ Thvre was ,no question that -the unitea States had power to exclude any undesir able class of immigrants. Paupers and contract labor from Europe were sent wa? whether • the Chinese were desirable shlp> . Old Slavery Spirit. The that Inspired the bringing of mmm 8111111 wmsmm. would low^the standard of civilization in '^Sl* H^Yow contended that the Jvf ln ?m 000 Chinese in the country be fore tS* tot- law ,to exclude ' them was rested 'The question was introduces by Sf P n who were speaking from soap. boxes. > An? student would know that the Chi nese in the United States came from the (Son Province; which ; had only 20.000. m inhabitants. If the exclusion law should fail •to be re-enacted the effect would be that only the Cantonese would come here. >.; | Advocates Servile i- Class. Ttte first Chinese visited the United States because they were persuaded to do so by the Union and Central Pacific railroad companies, which could not get white labor to build their railroads. When the roads were built the Chinese laborers: were turned off to find employ ment .or themselves. Ho Vow asserted t.iat if there was no exclusion act the Chinese,. could not com pete with white labor. . Every channel of fife must be filled, he said. 1 If all were rich there w would- be none to cook for them or to do their washing; •¦ ' The coun try needed the Chinese. to make it a suc cess Speaking 'of > the - non-asslmllability of the Chinese . laborers with the Cau casian, he said that it would be danger ous for this country. to try to incorporate any low element into society. , Why did England respect; the United States? Be cause they were being : undersold. China had : one-third of the _ population of the : Ho Vow insisted that Chinese exclusion would interfere with the , trade of the United • States with China. : . The Chinese were '< not without sentiment and they re sented an injury. During the recent war with Spain the clothing manufacturers of San Francisco could not "get white people to work on the clothes for the American soldiers at ; the : price they ! wished to pay. What would have become of : the soldiers if the Chinese 'r had ": not made : their clothes? .. The ¦-. clothing manufacturers would, say that .white people did not wish to work f or : a ¦ pittance. . The Chinese as laborers . filled " places that white people did 5 not want. . , ". Geary , Opposes Ho Vow. ¦ Thomas J. ; Geary attacked IHo Tow's conclusions vigorously. He said that the country .in > the > civil war . clothed i and fed 1,000.000 men • for years, , without : the aid of Chinese •or any other people. Then was carried on a, war to preserve a coun , try > based upon manhood. . Ho Vow had spoken as it might be supposed he would, for he represented a civilization ia which one class enjoyed all the luxuries and the other class served them. That was the attitude of the men who fired on Fort Sumter. Mr. Geary dwelt on the hl3- y of the United States and held that 'Iw institution of a servile class, such a? H'> Vow had suggested, could only end in disaster to this country. The trade argument Mr. Geary declared to be a sham. China had 350,000,000 peo ple steeped in poverty, who could not buy the products of American mills. Ha quoted figures to show that 30,000 white men who might take the place of 30.000 Chinese would spend more than double the value of the 3nnual exports of San Francisco to China. Dr. Fryer closed the debate. He ad mitted that the United States could ex clude whom it chose to exclude, but per haps there would be an objection if the Chinese Government should exclude Americans from China. To Raise Money for Uniforms. Company C, League of the Cross Ca dets, will give a Thanksgiving entertain rent Wednesday evening at Odd Fellow.-;' Hall. The programme will consist of a farce, "Taming a Tiger. " and a drama. "Sunset." James C. O'Donnell will direct the affair, with the assistance of a num ber of other talented young people of this city and vicinity. The affair will conclude with a dance. The proceeds will be used to purchase new uniforms. SHIP-OWNERS SUE CITY.— Oliver J. Olsey and Albert Meyer, owners of the sell -A Oliver J. Olsen and Columbia, filed suits yos terday against the city to recover the amount of taxes levied by Tax Collector Scott on the vessels. 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