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j .-.- GET J WATCH! :: A New Picture Contest FOR BOYS AND GIRLS will be announced in THE JUNIOR CJiLL TOMORROW VOLUME CVX— NO. 18 SPOTCASH FOR BABY, IS OFFER OF MRS. RIGO Wife of Gipsy Violinist Would Purchase Child of Mrs. Elizabeth Albert Hastens With Husband to Oak land to Secure Treasure, But Must Wait Rigo Willing to Buy Likely Lad and Would Make Him Musician Mrs. Katherln* Rigo, wife of the fa jnous Gipsy violinist, is ready to buy : the babr of Mm. Elizabeth Albert, the iroverty stricken German widow, who, in order to raise enough funds to pay her passage to Germany to visit -her dj-injf mother, has offered her child for tale. Negotiations Tor its purchase \u25a0were opened yesterday and the musi cian and his wife hope that today will pee them the proud possessor of a healthy baby boy. All day yesterday, the Rigos, accom panied by Dr. Cowan, a woman physi cian, hunted through Oakland in an endeavor to locate the child, and finally findlng it at the home of Mrs. Nichols, S>o6 East Twentieth street. imn»2diately fell in love with it and offered to pay Epot cash for it. For some months past Mrs. Rigo has felt that her Japanese poodle, her dia monds, maid, automobiles and paint ings were apt to pall. Yesterday, on learning of Mrs. Albert's offer. ,she ivent to her husband. "Jack." said she, "I want that baby." "All right, my dear,** said the amiable Rigo. "When do you want to start?" Trio Goes Baby Hunting Cowan was commandeered to ex amine the child to see !f it was healthy and the trio set out baby hunting. The child had been left at Mrs. Nichols* borne, but the latter had moved. Un deterred Rigo engaged a coach and, after a great deal of trouble, succeeded in locating the home. The baby wae there and ready for sale. H«> and Rigo chummed on the rpot, and while the musician and the i child explored the mysterious wheels ' of b.q. expensive gold watch, Madame Rigo, the imperious, went on a tour of Investigation through the home. •'It was a horrible place." she Bald. "Heaven knows how many children were there. Most of them were poorly dressed, the house -was bare and dismal and the dirt and filth are Indescrib able." Rigo. unacquainted with the laws of the land, was ready to pay the money for the child and obtain a. receipt. "How much?" he asked. "Seventeen dollars." said Mrs. Nich- He was going to pay the money there and then and walk off with the boy, but Mrs. Rigo Interposed, asking. If the mother could be seen. It. was then ex j.lained that the mother bad not been near the baby for three months and that before the baby could leave the liouse the bill for its board, amounting to $17, would have to be paid. Also, it would be necessary to obtain the moth er's consent. Both Rigo and his wife •were bitterly disappointed that they could not secure the child right then, but were somewhat comforted when Mrs. Nichols told them that she would tee the necessary parties and endeavor i to have the baby ready for adoption to day. Would Make Him Musician "I would like to get that boy," said TUgo, **he is a gentle fellow with large eyes. * And if I get him I will make him a musician much better than myself." "We are anxious to adopt the baby," | Mrs. Rigo, "and both of us will be tfjftremely happy if we can do so. This is my first experience In baby hunting | and it has made me heartsick. I think it is a crj'lng shame that these poor JSttle ones should be kept In such sur roundings as those I found in the home. ! Tneir clothes were torn, they were dirty and It was all I could do to keep my self-control. Ido not know If it is I any better or any worse than other In- i Ftitutlpns of it* character, but surely there are enough good people In this world who are willing to better the lives of these motherless little folk." / While making the deal for the pur- ! chase of the Albert baby Rigo called all ; the children of the home around him ' and quietly presented them with sundry nickels and, dimes. NORTHERN VETERANS' ASSOCIATION IN CAMP Old; Soldiers of State Gather in Santa Rosa [Special Dispatch to The Call] SANTA ROSA. June" 17.— The annual encampment of the . Veteraps* associa tion of northern California is in full swing here. There is a- srood attena ane^^nd others are arrivinsr dally. In ter^iif Jig programs are being arranged for trif- next 10 days. Camp. fires are held each night at which the veterans tell of their experiences. Special me morial services will be held Sunday •.ftcrnoop- The San Francisco Call. INDEX OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S NEWS TODAY TELEPHONE KEARNY S6 FRIDAY, JUNE 'IB, 1909 WEATHER CONDITIONS \u25a0VESTERDAT — Cloudy; trace of rain: m«xl mnm temperature, 58; minimum. 50. FORECAST FOR TODAY — Cloudy; . pdsslblr lipht showers la the morning; light southwest winds, changing to northwest. I'nge 15 EDITORIAL Chapters from the conrerted Chronicle. Pnge 6 Merely whitewash tor Wall itreet. P»ge« Sprinf Valley method* illustrated. Paare 6 Corporation import a moral measure. Page 8 Thicft are ruoTln g is San Diego. - Pave 8 CITY V l'orf ola cocktail, result of Press club = bar trader's t> r enius. vrili adrertise th« coming fe«tiT»l. \ . . face i Mrs. {Catherine Rigo, wife of Kypsy rio liniet. offers to buy Mrs. Elizabeth Albert's babjr. j l"«s;r 1 Coiners of dimes and quarters landed In jail after passing spurious coins In restaurant. Pace 10 Schoolgirl ag*d 16 and lover aged 18 elope and are pursued bj stem parents, who finally yield to pleadings and allow the ' pair to marry. fmm* 7 Seawall lots are leased for term of 25 rears. Page 10 Waitresses' union comes to the aid of Mrs. Laura Macdonald. i'aße 7 Grand circle, bruidesses, meets At Santa Rosa next week. . «ac«- 7 Sad tale of 3cotch terrier's death and unpaid reterinary fee. Pace 7 SUBURBAN Death of woman In Oakland call* for police inqniry.* ! \u25a0 ''.Vv^ Page 9 Presidency of People's water company In Oakland offered to Director of Mints Frank A. Ix»m-h. Page 9 School Principal Kellogg marries Jllss Kate Batchelder In Oakland. Paged dtj engineer of Alameda after 53 years will be paid for services as Indian fighter. Pace H Permanent . organization of Copa de Oro chap ter, D. A. n., In Alameda. Page 9 Elopers fignrc in dtforce. court. wife naming tall blond!?* woman as wreoker of happiness. l*n«rr S Veteran policeman fires musket of colonial warrior tn salute to 6ag. Page 9 Colleire men secure important positions after graduation from college of mining. Page X Class loan fond for needy students the largest In the history of state nnlTerslty. j Page 8 Peterson will contest drags ont family skeletons. O" ~: «*\u25a0»« =* Captain of police secures fugitive em ploye accused 'of embezilement from Iron work*. ; Paife 9 Walter Seaborn slated for position of city clerk of Berkeley onder new charter. Pace 8 COAST Friend of affinity tor realty m*o accused* of poisoning wife gires dsmaglng testimony in mnrfler trial. " - - - P«««- 3 Crocker memorial bniWinjr for Bishop Annltage orpbanaire to be dedicated In Aujru \t. Page 9 FiTe perjwns badly hurt when stige. rolls orer high bank at St. Helena. Pace 1 Fearing daughter wonld elope with soldier, father attempts suicide. . Page 8 Governor GUlett Is pleased with California exhibit at Seattle fair. . HageS New indictments are returned against . Jap anese strikers In Hawaii. I'ige3 Funeral of Mrs. Mary Tunstead, who in 1843 crossed the plains to California. Page 8 EASTERN Cardinal Gibbons is opposed to woman suffrage. Pase'l Town of Dayton, Ohio, . pays homage to the' Wright brothers. Pace 8 Company M, engineer corps, sent to San Fran cisco to 6nrvey Pacific coast. fageT Bear Admiral Schroeder wants cigarette smok ier by enll&ted men discouraged. Pace 3 Law breaker refused naturalization (or keep- j log saloon open Sundays. Pace 3 Very Her. Benjamin Brewster conserrated bishop of . Colorado. Pitee :i Mrs. Howard Gould shrinks under ordeal of bearing testimony Introduced to prove her an habitual drunkard. Page 1 FOREIGN Many lives lnet and great damage done- prop erty in Austria by thnndrestorms. P«x«- l Lillian Xordlca receives ovation from Boclety audience at farewell concert In Paris. Page 1 French merchants file protest against the listing of steel common stock on the Paris bourse. • Page I SPORTS Billy Papke will' arrive from Los Angeles this morning and Eetchel on Sunday. fuze JO Eddie Hanlon is chosen referee of the North End club's fights. Pace 10 All In readiness for the big yacht race \u25a0 be tween Presto and Mah-Pe tomorrow. . Page 10 . Chicago White Sox with Bill Burns on mound wins game from Boston. Page 10 Novel .features are . planned for ' Emery vlUe an to races. Page 11 Star athletes, will compete at Star of Sea par ish field day ' tomorrow. Page 11 Coagt Champion Melville Ixwg beateji In San Rafael courts by Alfonso Bell. Pnge 11 Seals again wield clubs on Beavers and 9 to 6 score Is chalked op. . ' Pate 10 Tod Sloan now permitted on English race tracks. . Page 1O One tally made by Angels tells story of the game. Cr-'il P«BC 10 Many changes in the hunting laws non are c ffective. '\u25a0 - ' \u25a0 Page 1 1 Thousands of spectators gather at Crown Pointy to watch auto races, which . begin today. • Page 11 Henderson - pitches sensational ball, but loses his came by. making bad throw. . . fage 10 MARINE Wireless messages herald approach of liners Marlpofta and Chlyo Mara and both vessels will be in port by daylight. i'age XT. SOCIAL . Song festival for benefit of the Hill farm will attract society to the Xagunttas country club tomorrow. . Page 8 LIGHTNING KILLS MANY AND DAMAGES PROPERTY Ten Men Die Instantly When Bolt Hits Barn VIENNA, June 17.— Oreat loss of life and damage to. property' has 'been caused in the Sanok district, by'hun derstorms. Many houses have been struck by-.' lightning; and the occu pants killed, 'in one case a \barni in which 50' persons' had sought shelter was" struck and 10 xuen were killed. ; SANA FRANCISCO, "-FRIDAY; OTNE j 18, " 1909. MRS. H. GOULD SHRINKS UNDER TRYING ORDEAL Footmen, Butlers, Maids, Wait* ers and Bellboys Called to Prove Her a Drunkard Husband's Counsel Compelled to Apologize for Using ' Term "Blackmail" in Queries NEW YORK, June 17. — The spot light of the cross 'examination con tinued to oscillate . today in the trial of r Mrs. Howard Gould's suit for sep aration from theestate at Castle Gould, the St. Regis hotel, to the farm at Blue Gap, Va., the Gould yacht and back to New York again, but except for the moments when it lingered on Dustin Farnum it never got very far away from the butler's keys to the wine cellar. There was visible an attitude on the part of the defense — which in this trial of many surprises has been curiously shifted over to what is virtually the prosecution — to prove that "Mrs. Gould was not only so frequently under the influence of intoxicants as to" fall within the rulings of Justice Dowling that she must be proved an habitual drunk ard before her husband can be justified for leaving her, but to prove that when she had been -drinking her character underwent a transformation for the worse. Wife Shrinks Under Ordeal • Delancey Nlcoll. counsel for the husband, was willing enough to ad duce testimony that, the wife was af fable when herself, if only he could bring her " good nature into contrast*, with testimony that tended to show her violent, a'buslv^e, uncertain in her motives and confused In her actions when she "was allowed to have been drinking. There was no Abatement of Mrs. \u25a0Gould's ordeal, and as the burden of reiteration crew heavier,' she shrank visibly, and a look of pain came into her eyes, as If, though she might have read or. Reen such things,.it was anew realization of them for her to hear them applied directly to herself. At other times*" ihc~ .- "smiled .broa'dlS",, shook her head in amused denial, and several times stared ,the witness out of counte nance. Procession of Servitors Only once was there a break in the pro cession of footmen, butlers, chauffeurs, maids, waiters and bellboys on whose testimony it is sought to prove Mrs. Gould an Impossible wife, and that was when N'icoll called Melville E. Chap man, a broker, who was a guest of the Goulds on the Niagara during sev eral cruises In the "year 1905. He had several times seen Mrs. Gould unde niably drunk, he testified, and, led by Nicoll, he described several alleged out breaks, with emphasis on the over bearing manner of the wife and the > efforts of the husband to' soothe and conciliate her. Suggestion of Blackmail In the effort to discredit this wit ness," Shearn drew the ugly word "black mail" from Nicoll and became so much agitated at its application to his own conduct of the case that for some mo ments he was unable' to continue his cross examination. The court ruled the use of the word offensive, and Ni coll apologized for Introducing it. As Shearn has announced that he will call 50 or more witnesses to rebut | the testimony of the defense, iT is probable that the case will continue for another week or 10 days.. To shorten it as much as possible, Justice iDowling is holding court until 6 o'clock Drunk in 1906 Andrew Frederickson, who was em ployed as night watchman at. Castle Gould from September to December, 1906, was the first witness called today. He testified that- he~ saw. Mrs. Gould under the influence of liquor, in His opinion,* November 7, 1906. "It was in the evening , and I was making the .rounds of the house," the witness said. "I noticed a r fire in the kitchen garden, near Ihe gashouse, and saw a woman coming from that direc tion. I went up to her and found it was Mrs. Gould. She said something; but I did not understand « it. I went into the kitchen garden arid found the straw afire In three - While I was putting out the fire I heard low cries in; the kitchen Vand went -in and found Mrs. Gould there.. She asked me If I was the man she. met. I, told her I was, and she wanted' me • to 'go \u25a0 and get the key to the electric alarm, but* I 'told her I could not, as I had to 'watch the place.'. Her,.; face- was ; flushed and she talked rapidly and appeared to be under the influence" of. lntoxicants." :'>. \u25a0"' The witness ; safd' he saw Mrs. . Gould again the same night and in his opinion she was intoxicated then. Experience on Yacht .. Edward Bechtold, who was , in, charge of the wines and liquors aboard Gould's yacht .Nlagara : ln,, December, 1905, when the Goulds were ; cruising "with a party of friends, testified 'that 1 ; he -saw " Mrs. Gould vintoxicatedi several ' times during the "cruise. and?ithat:.at"^diririer8 v fshe drankrmore than "any one else; ° On -one Continued Yon' Page ; -V: Column l l HENEY FLAYS CALHOUN Great Graft Trial In Final Stages 46 1 ASK YOU, as honest men, is there 1 not enough evidence here/ to » sink Patrick Calhoun to 4he bottomless pits of hell? Guilty ! Every hair of his head is guilty : Not only that,; but having been caught in one crime, he has been at the back of a dozen more to prevent ; the enforcement of the law. Ah; he would dr,ag the name of any honest man in the dust, in the sewer, in order that he might go free."— Heney.- ' FIVE BADLY HURT AS STAGE ROLLS OVER HIGH BANK Vehicle rf urns TwocSofnefsauits and Lands on Mountain Side 30 Feet rßelow' Road j Son of Chaplain at Sanitorium Jumps While Surrey Drops and /Escapes Injury ; - ST. HKL'ENA." June 1 7. — Five person 3 were "injured, • two probably fatally,">ln a stage within 100, yards of the St. Helena sanatorium this *af tier; noon. \ The stage, a three seated; surrey, which left the sanatorium V" at, 6:15 o'clock for St. Helena, plunged\oVer!a high embankment ; on . the :steeptmoun tain grade and six,; occupants; nar rowly, escaped instant death. . V ', '-' *v \ The. following" were.inJuTedf.l"; S. .S. BARJTARD,. saIes manager of:the Banitarium factory ; concussion' -of r the brain and • probable; fracture \u25a0"•of - the skull.' ; : '[.'".' " I ;\., . MRS. S. S. BARJTARD, his wife; jaw broken in three places,: right! shoulder broken,'. internal injuries; -may. : dle. \i . J. iN. DBNNISON,": driver, ;and -owner of stage line and" livery stable; -right shoulder , dislocated* ,, possible internal injuries;. will ; recover.. ".'. \u25a0' , MRS.- R..ALBORA. of San Francisco, daughter of G. ;R. Costa of /the' Swiss- : American bank;, badly , bruised. ' . .'.vjj MRS.- K.- C. - GORDON of-" Napa, a : nurse; badly bruised. GEORGE TAYIiOR, aged 12, son of Chaplain . Taylor; jumped , while the stage was overturning and escaped in jury/ although^ he. fell at least '\u25a0 30 * feet down the side of. the mountaln ; The disaster was; the most J thrilling that, ever occurred, ln this vicinity.. The stage, had "Just left the ; sana torium, when. the team became .unman ageable and plunged down the steep mountain road. First striking; a ; tree and then' a large boulder, the maddened horses became liberated just • as C the stage, tipped "down .the grade. The vehicle turned a double somer sault and landed ( on the . side of . the mountain more.than-30 feet below the road, "i \u0084' \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 '\u25a0:\u25a0\u25a0 ' - ;\u25a0.'.. \u25a0 Dr. Abbott, tlie acting chief , surgeon of theY sanatorium, was driving jin J a buggy, when . the runaway ; passed him and he narrowly missed- a serious dis aster. * Staff doctors, % nurses ; and ;: pa- tients ran to the assistance. of .thelln^ jured, who were^speedily carried to the hospital At. a. late iliour tonight, the injured were all pronounced ou t ; of ;dari •{ gerVexcept Barnard and his .wife, whose fates are still- in the balance. " ' RUSSIAN BANDITS KILL :: FAMILY: AND SERVANTS Commit , Sanguinary Deed on * Being : Refused * Sum i of Money, ."-; : • KlEV;< Russia.' June ,17.— A --band* of armed /men".; who '.visited itoday. the ; es tate of- a';- local"; land "-Holder '-and \u25a0\Wefe" refused a ; large": sum "of , money.' shot : the land r owner, , his % mother/:; three /ipeas-* ants and •a* servant? The . bandits * es-' V Francis J. Heney / in: . actioriv yesterday.' during * the Calhoun ;, trial.; QUICKER SERVICE TO POINT RICHMOND Santa Fe to Run Motor Trains^ Between Oaklafld * 'and j Present Terminal ; , [Special Dispatch to The Call] > *:. OAKLAND, June 17.— Plans . of- the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe'railroad to '\u25a0' establish -an extensive }\u25a0 local ' motor ! train • service between 'Richmond; and this .city,/ with • connections'»to : San Francisco jby way of the \ Southern I Pa- [ clfic- company local trains, \u25a0' were made ', public today. : ', \u25a0.\u25a0; ; ,-, \u0084':'. - i The -project' involves the 'use" of the recently V tested gasoline » motor-cars;, now In operation on some of the; Sout- i em Pacific -lines,? -Thirty-four -of - these cars have been ordered'fromtheeast by. the , Santa 'Fe. ; <:."•'.\u25a0 Arrangements^ have \beenf made, with the Southern; Paoinc' company iby .which; tracks will be- laid -at: Wes t' Oakland/ connectlngVwith .the Santa -Fe i line. Into that section, so that \ Sixteenth ; y street station will be made a';termlnal' for the* Santa Fe trains^ .; \*' " . * ;: ; '-» !\u25a0 The Santa .Fe < officials • also»contem plate the erection of •a • large passenger station :. at ; Sixth J and -Ohio streets i in. Richmond 'as ;\u25a0 a for its . new train ",; service into , this C, city, i It is understood .that" a' 2o minute is to be given, j that' : fast^trains ,:.will "$ be' used and ;thaf the fare 'between 'Rich-; j mond and Oakland .will. ; be,". 10 V. cents.' \ • Some; months'. "ago . Fe^se- \ cured a franchise; south In; Wood' street from Yerba Buena avenue, thence ;east In . Twentieth -to ;: the site. 'of >• its .'new/ freight depot at .-Union"- streets , The "new imotor .service \u25a0.willjprobablyvuse a. part ' of this vtrackajgre,. from .which. connect-; ing \u25a0tracks ; at the Southern Pacific Six- i teenth street: station"! willi be run. • ,; " /.Recent' announcements by} E.'-''B.'-Cal-|i vin,^"general j manager \ of !. the \u25a0 Southern Pacific rcompany.i that _ Uh'e , Harrlman \ lin'eTplana the -early -construction .] of i a \ large \u25a0 arid modern": passenger- station - at ! Sixteenth'; street Us *signlncant\in -view ofYthe : , moves > which; have i been -uncov ered ' as; to. the' Santa \u25a0!"•.; . \u25a0;/ '*" -i LOST OR FOUND ANYTHING ~*?Make if known WE CAWS through CLASSIFIED ADS CARDINAL GIBBONS AGAINST SUFFRAGE Prelate "Advises Women to? Keep Out of the Arena, or j : \u25a0 '..-. v V y Politics, EMMETTSBURG, Md.. June 17.— 1n an address toUhe; girl" graduates, of St. Jo seph's- college 'and .adademy .today \u25a0 Car dinal Gibbons declared- against' woman suffrage; saying' ln";part:_ ! •__ • ,"I: am ; entirely opposed > to. woman suffrage,' 1 not I. hate" the "women, for I; love: them and wantithem to fulfill the j mission 'for which God Intended them." If you play in the arena of poll •tics you r wiir be* covered |With its dust. If you, grasp too much you will' lose everything. ,\u25a0 , *, \ • : "Nownere* is .woman ; so .honored "as in the^United t States. l This is", largely^due to the j chivalry and . courtesy i of "• the men,' rand? if ; you '• aro protected _ by ' the male. sex, what more do. you want? .'"I '.want; to' remind you \u25a0 that . woman has a great mission Mii life. 'You should therefore ;have a deep sense of your re sponsibility in the domestic -walks of \u25a0lifeLf-Youcan not hope. to; preach: In the church, but you gain preach 'ln your homes and reach those with whom you come ; in contact in - your 'daily lives. Preach to your fathers and brothers. Woe be to " society If . it^had . to depend upon the male sex alone — it would cer tainly go to the devil." .. . ovation; for nordica^ : -at farewell concert Titled ' American- Women -Pay ,Tribute ; ;t6 f Singer \u0084 PARIS, Juno UT.-^-Mme. Lillian; Xor dica ;,gave her . ,farewelU concert -at Queen's "hall : today amid scenes { of \u25a0 ex traordinary, enthusiasm, j V \u25a0;• Americans;" in 'the-big ; audience ;, in cluded the:duchess of \u25a0Mafiboro'ugh.the duchess of Manchester. Countess'Straf ford, |Lady/ L.ister-Kave. Lady Paget. Lady? Craven and J-, P. Morgan. , "\u25a0' \u25a0When-' the singer, first appeared the entire audience, arose and: cheered^' and she . received a , memorabl* i ovation at tb'e (close '; bt [ the 'concert." ' PRICE FIVE CENTS. CASE MAY GO TO JURY BY NIGHT Moore Finishes for Defense and • Heney Argues for Rest . of the Day Famous Prosecutor Reaches Zenith of Career in Mas» terly Talk To Finish Concluding Address Today and Instructions Will Then Be Given Verdict Possible Before Mid» night or at Latest by Next Day W. RUSSELL COLE GUILTY or* not Rtrilty? Tonight, possibly, the world may know the verldict of the 12 men sworn to answer that question in the case of Patrick Calhoun, charged with offering a bribe to a supervisor. Francis J. Heney already has plunged far into the rebuttal argu ment that will bring to an end the greatest of all graft trials in local history. For five hours yesterday the rugged prosecutor stood before the jury, rounding into logical sequence the mass of evidence on which the people of the state of California will ask for the criminal conviction of a man of great wealth and high posi tion. Will Conclude Today Heney undoubtedly will conclude his .argument today. The ' court's charge to the jury is expected im mediately that Hen cy brings his sum ming up to an end. regardless of the hour of the day. By late afternoon or early evening the last appeal should be finished, the last instructions given and the jury sent into its conference room for the performance of that duty toward which every incident of the 23 long weeks of trial has tended. Logical, forceful, eloquent, fighting with every energy of body, soul and brain for the principle for which the graft prosecution has been waged for three years, Francis J. Heney yester day touched the zenith of his career as a prosecutor. Xo incident of all the chain of fact and circumstance bind ing about the defendant was too trivial or elusive to escape his mental grasp; no man so powerful or unassailable as to escape. Jhe stinging lash of his de nunciation where denunciation was tle- Heney Great Builder Into the great> and seemingly Inex tricable jumble of bald fact and minor detail which forms the body of proof against Patrick Calhoun. Heney plunged with the assurance oC absolute familiarity. Here . ox, there he selected some bit of testimony, 'seemingly In consequential -in itseir. dragged it out to dovetail with like units torn from some other part of the record, molded It into them with master skill and threw the whole before th* jury — a point established; a factor complete la the structure ' of incrlmlnation toward which he constantly; built. From the very bottom of its founda tion' Heney began tae rearing of his case. Back into bygone years of mu nicipal' history he plunged at the out set, picturing the, growth of conditions which eventually led -4o the reign of Ituef and Schmitx. 'The. old bosses o£ San Francisco were marshaled In re view — blind Chris Buckley. Sam Rainey. Phllly Crlmmlns. Martin Kelly, and with, them Tweed of New York and Butler of St. Louis. It was the expos© of a system; a system that has sapped the strength of "the bis cities. Heney did not linger long, however, over the substructure of his argument. Ha drew the *plcture with a few bold strokes./and then it faded and In 1U place was ' the vision of Ruef and Schmltz surrounded by the members of the boodling board of supervisors la Sunday night caucus. "Not Born Bad" Those, supervisors were. not born bad men, said Heney; but they_fell under the temptation offered them by the devil In human guise. And then be gan the rape of the" city.* Jointly, as he described 'the activities of the boodle board during "the months before and Immediately after the, fire, the speaker told of the plans being laid by Patrick Calhoun to convert ' the street railways of San Francisco Into a uniform over head trolley -system, and of how th« disaster presented the opportunity for which the chief .of the United Rail roads had longed. . : Heney^ explained the beginnings .of the graft prosecutions^ the reasons which forced , it into life, its motives from first to last and the bitter fight which . has - marked : Its . progress. * Tit