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DEMOCRATS FLED.
Afraid to Meet Buckley in
the Field.
HURRIEDLY SOUGHT COVER.
Their Primaries Indefinitely
Postponed.
POPPER AGAIN TO THE FRONT.
He Presides Over a Meeting of the
General Committee and Apolo
gizes for His Course.
Democratic politics, which for two weeks
past have been in a state of confusion.
took a remarkable turn last night. The
general committee met in Pioneer Ji all
and declared the primary, which was to
have been held next Monday night for the
election of members of the uew governing
body, indefinitely postponed.
It was a complete stampede. Frightened
■'by the presence, actual or supposititious, of
the blind man in the field the Democratic
manipulators threw ud their hands, as cd
Bpme uprisnn gnost of a dead and terrible
jpast, and fled their posts incontinently.
■The only semblance of order in this re
treat was its unanimity. A few, very few
of the old guard stood their ground, but
the leader and the r«st, at sight of the
'. Buckley opposition, went nellmell.
Eversince the meeting of the Slato Cen
tral Committee in tlii 3 city two months
ago Max Topper, the chairmau of the
.suite and local eon.niittees, has professed
to see the hand of Buckley In the political
movements of the party. Recently he
asked fuller powers of the general commit
tee in order to permit him to combat its
baneful influence. It was given him, and
in the midst of the work he intended to
bave done he deserted the committee he
had selected to carry out his ideas of
purification becauao he said the party was
bela haud and foot by Buckley. Then,
when the district clubs met last Tuesday
to appoint election officers for the primary
ordered by Mr. Popier and the general
committee it was discovered that a number
of the former followers of Buckley had
fseen workinE together for the purpose of
putting into the election booths his friends.
: This increased the general consternation
.■which Popper's foreboding had aroused,
:; *nd the Democrats were at sea.
. They were afraid to hold their
primary and they besought Popper, who,
• though 1)9 bad deserted the task of purifi
cation and ordered his name off the ticket,
; ; w:iß still chairman of the general com
mit'ee. To call a meeting for the purpose of
•■'•:' devising some method of salvation from
the arcti-enemy. The call was issued, and
■■', last nigilt 305 members of the body and a
: crowd of outsiders assembled iv Pioneer
: Ball.
Max Popper, who, during the afternoon,
; had had a consultation with Andy Cluuie
of the primary committee, over the situa
tion, presided.
:.'•'• Almost as soon as he had ceased rapping !
for order and crying, "Take your seats, i
: ; please." Andy Clunie was on the floor,
lie said he aesired to submit to the com
mittee the report of the primary commk
'... tee of seven, which is now better Known
as the "purity committee." There was in
stant silence, and Cluiiie read:
' ;, To the General Cotmnittee of the Democratic
■. F-arty of the City and County of San Fran
'■: ■■■ Cisco — (iEntl!..">ii:n: Your committee on pri
maries heretuture appointed beg leave to re
.jjorr aa tollows:
That since our appointment we have devoted
our eDtirn time to me purification of the club
;. rolls of ihf> T^emccratic party of this city and
;; ; . county, and la the course of the Derfonnance
'.' ot these duties we have thoroughly famtltar
; ized ourselves with tho condition of our party
iv the different districts, and believe It to be
•:•:. our duty to reuort to your committee the result
; .■' ot our investigations. We found that
V in the various di-tricts factious exist, each
.of which during the enrollment just
X: closed baa endeavored to swell the club rolls
:';•' by all means known to tne average politician,
:■'■ ana we regret to say that In their eagerness to
accomplish this purpose they nave resorted to
■what Is eointnonlj known as stuffing the rolls.
The amount of this which has been done it is
now impossible lor your committee to state
with any degree of exactness, ana we are like
wise unsble to fix the respousihility for the
«ame upon auy particular person or persons.
Your committef are of the opinion that it will
■ be impossible for us in justice to ourselves and
our party to accomplish the purpose for which
we were" appointed and secure the holding of
such primaiy lepieseutlng the legitimate j
„. voters of tne Democratic party of this city and
county between now and next Monday, the
date set for ihe holding of the primary.
In addliion to this since our appointment the
Democratic party of this city aud county has
been thrown into a state of turmoil and confu
sion by reason of the declination of Max Pop
per, the chairman of your committee, to perintt
His name to remain upon the ticket to be voted
tor at said primary and the reasons assigned by
liini for such declination. These statements
have cone out to the public, have been heralded
to the' people by the uewspai ers ot the&tate,
and Independent of the question of their truth
or falsity, have foiruea an impression
upon the public mind, which if permitted to re
main will result In the overwhelming defeat of
our party at the coming election. In the
opinion of your committee it is the imperative
duly of the Democratic party of this city and
county io i.dopt drastic measures at ouce to
stem Uie current of public opinion and show to
the people of the State that the Democratic
party of this city aud county Is owned by no
. man or men. This committee believe that the
deiernituaiion as to whai the measures shall ue
■ is a matter for consideration by the com
bined wisdom of the Democratic party
of the city and county of San Francisco,
and for that reason we determined udou and
secured a men jus of the ueueral committee of
our party. We are unanimously of opinion
that pending this conMdeiuiion and until a de
termination of these mteiests no primary elec
tion should be held, and we therefore recom
meDd that the piiinary called for Monday, July
30, 1894, Da indefinitely postponed. Kespecj
fully, Asdkkw J. Clcmi,
P. .1. HAKM.V,
Thomas K. Jlkai.y,
Thomas i J . Cusick.
As Clunie approached the close of his
■ report Popper called James O'Connor to
the chair and before the document had
Teached the platform said, "Mr. Chair
man, I move that the primary called for
next j. onday be indefinitely postponed."
There was some applause, which quickly
. subsided 'Then it was seen that Popper
proposed to maka a speech. He Mid:
"Tho events in the history of the party in
the list few days make it necessary, make
it incumbent upon me to make this mo
tion and to explain why 1 take the position
I do. I de?ire to say that I owe
an apology to the gentlemen who com
pose the committee of seven, and who have
worked so laithfully with me in carrying
out tlm dut es of the committee. Tneydid
ail that they could possibly have done. The
first tMiug they did was to endeavor to
puree the rolls of the names that had been
improperly placed thereon. Unfortunately
It has been found impossible to conclude
the labor assigned to them.
"In reference to tbo reports that have
been circulated within the last few month*
as to my utterance?, I desire to say that I
believe l wss justini'd iv asserting that
there was a concerted effort on the part of
the leaders of threw years ago to reassert
themselves i:. po wer. Ido not in any way
charge that the kiliuences at work have in
any way asser'.ed themselves in the mem
bers of the committee. How could I,
when they have set, t berxtsei ves the
task of establishing an organization that
would exert its influence for good
in this city and county? X wtli again ad
mit that I have in the past held intimate
relations with Christopher A. Buckley
and I assert that while he did at first lend
the Democratic party to success, in the
close his management was a failure ana
resulted in defeat.
"I challengs any man to state a reason
why we should abandon tho reorganized
party. Personally I have nothing against
the gentlemen, but I am uualterablv op
posed to the methods that were used."
Mr. Popper then became reminiscent.
Be relert ed to the days of his boyhood,'
when Democrats knew no difference be
tween the head of the ticket and the ivst
of i;. H« remembered, he said, when a
carriage had been drawu through the
by men, carrying Milton S.
Latham, who had beeu elected a Senator
whea yet a very young roan ; and then Mr.
Popper took occasion to combat tbe fre
quent assertion that no inau could be
elected to tbe Senate until he nad made a
vast fortune with which to buy his way in,
citing Stephen H. White as an in
stauce. He asked whether m the
history of the Fourth Congressional Dis
trict the Democrats had ever had a man in
the House to represent the district before
James G. Maguire had been elected. This
elicited apulanse, and then returning from
his little fishing excursion Max Popper
said: "Geutlenjen. we owe that election
to the Kefiirmed Democracy. I might go
on and enumerate many other cases. Then
I say are you ready to surrender what
you have attained? If I had not be
lieved that the influences of which
I have spoken were ai work I woui^ not
have acted as 1 have done. That is my
justification. I appeal to you to support
the principles for which you have con
tended and to vote for tuis motion. In
conclusion, let me say that no matter
what ihe result, i want to deny here thit
the gentlemen who said that 1 intended 10
organize any movement in opposition to
the Democratic party were authorized
to say what they did. and that no action or
mine could ever lead to that assumption."
There were then calls of "Question."
and without further debate the commit
tee proceeded to vote. The rollcall re
sulted in the indefinite, postponement ol
thn primary by a vote of 284 to 21.
The members who voted in the nega
tive were: D. J. Sullivan and Joseph Mc-
Anile of tbe Thirty-first District; George
Code of thf Thirty-third; lv>bert Boyd,
James ¥.. Kenney, K. J. Lultriuger and
John Kuoney, of tbe Thirty-fourth; John
Collins and E. C. Harriugton of the
Thirty-sixth; F. K. Foley of the Thirty
seventh; D. M. Gavigan, Samuel Coleman
and Eii Landrv, of thy Thirty-ninth; C.
J. Alurnhy, Ed Lannman and J. J. Terry,
of the Forty-tir<t; F. V. Flyun and Georgn
F. JUdford of the Forty-second ; J. J.
Waist! and Thomas Foley of the Forty
tilth.
A motion to adjourn, subject to the call
of the chair, was then carried.
The action of tee committee certainly
heads oil the Buckley movement ;o cap
ture the primary. The man in whose om
nipotence the Democrats seem to believe
cannot win if there is no contest. But the
committee has left itself in a quandary.
It may refuse to eleei its successor, but
it must elect delegates to the paity conven
tion, and how tuis is to be done, if they are
afraid to venture a primary, is a question
which none of the leaders were, lastnight,
prepared to answer. It has been proposed
to enlarge the general commitlee to the
proportions of a convention and then pro
ceed to nominate delegates, but this is
objected to on the grouuds that it is im-
Democratic. The votes cast iv the nega
tive last night were cast for tiiat reason,
with one or two exceptions. Max I'opper
admits that sucli an action is not Demo
cratic, but be sees no other way. it may,
on the ground stated, be deckled to hold
a primary later on after the roll-purging
has been completed, but at present all is
uncertainty.
J. 11. Fenton, who was opposed to the
postponement of the primary, was not
present at the meeting la^t night, and
neither he. Merle nor McDonald signed
the primary committee report.
Max Popper's rooms were filled high
with rolls and citation lists hist night and
clerks were busy trying to arrange them
iv order. They will be kept and further
purified in case there should be a primary.
All the fuss and preparation for next
Monday's voting has thus come to nauslit
and tiie Democratic party is out a pretty
j sum. And all on account of Buckley.
THE REPUBLICANS.
Alass-Meeting on Next Wednesday
Night.
The Republicans have decided to have
their big meeting which has already been
set for next Wednesday evening in the
Wigwam at Eddy aud Jones streets.
Hon. M. M. Estee will make a speech, ana
contrary to expectations he will be the
only speaker. It has been so arranged in
order that Mr. Estee may have amole, time
in which to make a comprehensive ad
dress to the vo ters on the political issues
of the day. He is now at work preparing
hi* address. He said yesterday that he
did noi care to give an outline of his in
tended remarks beforehand, further than
to say that he would discuss the principles
involved in the present campaign. Prepa
rations are in progress to make the gather
ing a nntcble event.
Assistant Secretary Steppacher of the
State Central Committee was bu«i!y en
gaged yesterday with a force of carpen'ers
and workmen in fitting tin the committee's
new headquarters at 632 Market street.
There will oe five or six rooms at the com
mand of the politicians and thoy are all
spacious. They will be made very com
fortable and convenient and will be a vast
improvement over the old quarters in the
Thurlow block.
Chairman Cornwall of the Republican
State Central Committee yesterday ap
pointed the following standing committee
authorized at the meetiDg of the committee
last Tuesday:
Campaign Committee— M. Burns (chair
mau). A. Hayward, J. D. Sprecxels, O. A. Hale,
P. B. Corawell, J. H. IWauouey, FrauK Me-
Quaid
Finance Committee— lsaac Upham (chair
man), Charles Bundscbu, W. W. Montague,
J.J. Jacobl, Wendell Kastou, Hanyl*. Sormtag,
J. J. Evans, A«* B. Wells, Kobert isoruiaii),
Jauie* McNab, E. C. Palinieri.
Keuistiatlou Conimitiee— Leon Dennery
(cuairman), J. J. Evans, Al. Cooney, A. ltuei,
\\. C. Johnson.
Committee on Literature— A. B. Lemmon
(chaiirnau). J. C. Daly, H. L. Dodi;e, Edward
Sweeney. J. K. Doak, Abraliam liuef, \V. JI.
CnicKenng,
Legal Committee— W. H. Chickerlng (chair
man). J. C. Daly, M. Cooney, E. C. Hart, Abra
ham Ruef.
Audi'tng Cotnmitiei*— Asa K. Wells (cliair
man), Isaac siliani, D. M. Buiu«. David Keir,
H. L. Dodge, J. D. hpieckels, i. B. Couiwail.
POPULISTS IN SESSION.
Nominations Made for Judges and
Justices 'of the Peace.
The PeoDie's party municipal conven
tion convened a^ain last evening at So
cialists' Hall, on Turk street, and got as
far in its proceedings as the nomiuation of
Superior and Police Judges and Just;c«3 of
! the Peace. As on preceding evenings
when the convention was in session there
was a large attendance in tue lobby, aiid a
keen interest was taken by the spectators
in all the events of the evening.
Ti:e convention was called to order by
Chairman Cimholin ai half past 8, and
after the calling of the roll two delega
tions, comoosed of thrpe members each
from the Thirty-third Assembly District,
made their appearance and asked for
representation in the convention. There
was evidently a misunderstanding in the
district and the matter was referred to the
committee on credentials.
That body, after investigatine the case,
reportpii in favor of seating J. P. Hagerty,
J. W. Patty and W. T. Patty as delegates
from the district and W. W. MuUey, T. J.
Snyder and D. J. Lynch as delegates from
the County Committee, and so harmocy
was restored.
Koine little debate eusued regarding the
manner in which nominations should be
made. According to the rules of the con
vention all persons Dlaced in nomination
should bo passed upon by tne investigat
ing committee, . and reported back to the
convention as to their qualifications.
Several delegates wanted to know
whether the committee should report back
at the meeting immediately after the one
at which the persons were named, and
whether final action should then ba taken
it; the selection of candidates.
Delegate Collier made a motion that the
investigating conimitiee mak«" a report at
the meeting following the makiog of nom
inations,* and : that candidates • be then
selected without further loss of time also
that thecommittee simply report as to
qualifications of nominees, and that
nothing bo said either for or against any,
nominee. ■
J3. J. Pye amended that no action be
taken on any nominees until nominations
THE 31OENING CALL, SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1894.
J hnd been declared closed by the conven-
I tion. No one would then be shut out. The
amendment was carried.
dominations for the Superior Judge* {
I were then declared in order. The delegates
started in by making long euloeistical
speeches", some of them nearly half an
hour in length. It was evident that under
such a mode of procedure it would string
the business out to a wearisome decree, so
a rule was adopted that all nominating
speeches should not exceed five minutes,
and seconding speeches shouid be limited
to one minute.
The following nominations for Superior
Judges were then made:
J. P. Dameron, nominated by W. B.
i Dunlan.
A. W. Thompson, nominated by C. W.
Perkins.
P. O. Chihtrom, nominated by E. B.
Collier.
George W. Fox, nominated by George D.
GiHespie.
\V. T. Baggett, nominated by J. 11.
Tinghman.
I;u met to G. Haskell, nominated by D. L.
Howard.
IL W. Mathews, nominated by W. E.
Walker.
The nominations for Police Judges were
as follows:
J. A. Campbell, nominated by C. J?.
Latimer.
E. B. Williams, nominated by J. D.
GiUesi ie.
K. M. Smith, nominated by W. E. Kellv.
F. A iiornblower. nominated by Dr. J.
I L. York.
Ttio-.nas F. Graham, nominated by W.
L. Harvey.
August Quitzow, nominated by D. W.
McNeill.
Charles G. Johnson, nominated by B. K.
Collier.
John A. Langham, nominated by G. S.
Terry.
Nominations for Justices of the Peace
came next, and the following were named :
VV. L. Thompson, nominated by J. H.
Tinghman.
Alfred Fubrman, nominated by E. J.
Ensign.
Leander Shores, nominated by ex-Judge
Thompson.
G. C. Groezinger, nominated by A. B.
Kinne.
Kenneth Williams, nominated by P. A.
Terry.
These closed the nominations for the
evening. Trey were referred to the in
vesiigating committee, and the convention
then adjjurned until next Tuesday even
ing.
At a meeting of the Populists of the
Twenty-«>ie!! h Assembly District, held at
Drew's Hall iasi evening, it was decided
to call a meet ing for next Monday evening
! at the same { iace frr tlie purpose of form
! iug a nernmn-'i.t organization of the elec
tors of that d strict.
REPUBLICAN CLUBS.
Enthusiastic Meeting in the Forty-
Second District.
The Forty-second Assembly District
Central liepublicai Club had an enthusi
i astic meeting last night at their new and
j handsomely furnished hall at 323 Taylor
street, which was thrown open for the first
time. The club is to be a permanent one,
and a cordial invitation is extended to
every Republican resident of the district
to si£U the roll, which will be open for
signatures every day.
A number of pimainent Republicans of
the district wer 1 present and made stir
ring speeches, al o «.>nite a few Democrats
signed the roll and oiedged themselves to
support the ticket from top to bottom.
The lion. H. J. willey, ex-State Sur
veyor-General during Governor Stoneman's
administration, who was present, signed
the roil and declared that henceforth he
would act with the Republican party,
which, he said, t« the party of intelli
gence hikl progression.
The Swiss Republicans organized at the
Morrow Club rooms, corner of Powell and
Union streets, last evening and elected
the following officers: L. A. Rea, presi
dent; Gr^me F. Cavalli, first vice-uresi
(!eut; M. GsaneUonK -econrt vice-president ;
S. Caiiella, treasu; ; -; William Borlini,
secretary; ex*»ffuttv< committee— Alfred
A. Boilini, L. Valse acouio, C. bganzini,
G. Lt»pori, Paul Zocr-hi, O. Booia, C. Gian
ettosii, A. Beretta, P. Paroni ; G. Carcia.
The executive committee w '" a '°'' act ° Q
naturalizatiou and registration. Patriotic
speeches were mare by the i resident, L.
A. Rea, Alex Camobell Jr. and Paul Moses,
president of tho Central Republican Club
of the Forty-fourth Assembly District.
One hundred aud eighty-four members
signed the rolls.
A CLUB PLATFORM.
Immigration Prohibited for Ten
Years by Republicans.
The executive council of Republican
clubs held a protr/acte.i secret session last
night at the Alcazar building mainly for
the purpose of formulating an address to
the public. Edw;iid Briggs presided.
As this address is ?n the nature of a
platform of the Rajrablican clubs its con
struction was necessarily slow work.
"It will go farther than the party plat
form," said Secretary J. F. Westbeimer
after the meeting adjourned. "But this
council cannot make it public for som^
time. We will have to submit it at a rati
oation meeting, where all the clubs will be
fully represented. If the address is ae
repted at that meeting it will oe printed
and distributed as our platform and also
published in the miblic press."
The question of immigration occupied a
large portion of the night. Delegates could
uol agree readily on various points, and
there were motions, amendments, substi
tutes, etc. A motion to have the term of
probation before foreigners could be ad
mitted to citizenship extended to twenty
one years was lost. Af:er prolonged dis
cussion n substitute to prohibit all immi
gration for ten years was adopted.
Delegates from the Soldiers' and Sailors'
Club were admitted to the meeting.
A leUer from the Stale Central Commit
tee asking the council to meet as a body
and attend the Republican ratification
meeting at the Wigwam on Efldy street
Wednesday night was read and acted on
favorably. The council decided to meet
at the Baldwin Hotel aud march to the
wigwam and to instruct clubs to meet at
their respective headquarters and march
to the meeting as clubs.
LABOR COUNCIL OFFICERS.
flen Who Will Manage the Local
Federation.
The Ran Francijco Labor Council held its
annual meeting last, night at Council . of Labor
Hall. 1159 Mission streef, aud elected officers
and committees for tlie ensuing year.
Delegate Andrew Furuseth of the Sailors'
Union, who returned this week iromVVashiug
tou, I>. C, reported that he had appeared b-
foro a Congressional committee aud urged the
pas-age of the maritime bills now before Con
gress looking to the amelioration of tne condi
tion of American seamen. He spoKe encourag
ingly of one ot Hie Dills which ho hopes will
become a law.
Eeports were received from the Tailors',
Fuinituie-worKers' aod Coooers' uulons to the
efiect thai th y will participate Iv : the Labor
day parade and celebration In large nunibeis,
aud with that end In view are making quite
eiaboiate preparations. -
The lolluwiUK- officers were elected by
Australian ballot: Carleton H. Johnson, presi
dent: C. A Sbafar, vice-president; £. P. Bur
inao, recording secretary; William Zaun, tinan
cial •iccrciary; John Nugent, treasurer; Thom
as Flaherty, sergeant-at-arms.
Trustees— Kick Bluiu, M. IS. Donnely, C. H.
Lutierkort.
Organizing committee— W. McArthur, M. L.
Farland, K. P. Burmau, T. F. Burns, C. A.
Shafer.
Eight hour and employment— J. ■K. .Phillips,
Louis Berg, J. D. Sctieruierhorn, : A. .Lan-strum,
Thomas Finnerty. •
Commerce and manufacturers— M. L. Farland,
A. Furuseth. William Zanu. .
Law and legislation— W. McArtbnr, A. Furu
seth, J. K. Phillips, C. A. Shafer, Nick Blum.
Ocean Excursions.
Santa Cruz and Monterey. Elegant
steamer Pomona leaves Broadway wharf
Saturday, 4 p. If. Due back Monday, sa. m.
Fare — Santa Cruz, $4; Monterey, $5.
Ticket office, 4 New Montgomery it., S. F.*
Glass at F. N. Woods &Co.'s. 51 First street.*
CHARITY'S FREAKS
Old People Who Always
Need Aid.
CLEVER ONES IN THE LOT.
A Wife Whose Husband Slept by
a Safe.
CRUTCHES AS A PRECAUTION.
Double the Usual Number of Appli
cants for Midsummer— Anxiety
for the Coming Winter.
The rooms of the Associated Charities,
on Pin 6 street, on the occasion of ihe
weekly meeting is not a place one would
recommend another to go in search of en
joyment.
But the report of the registrar is not
always an unrelieved tale of woe. The
registrar is Agues W. Flint, so accustomed
to distress in every form as it files in con
stant procession through the society's
rooms that only when she comes to tell
her trials to the board on Friday after
noous she singles out the more notable
cases. And from these the following:
A frightened and very unhappy little I
colored woman came into the office one
afternoon during the week seeking assist
ance to get back to Napa, her home, and
whera she had left the children. Her hus
baud was in jail, and she had just visited
him, having hurried down from Napa for
the purpose. Her husband had merely
been unfortunate, she said, having lallen
asleep beside an open sai« at midnight,
aud the police had arrived and arrested
him under the supposition that he was try
lug to break into it.
Her husband is William Richards, who
was arrested some nights since under
exactly the circumstances described, with
the addition of there bein(> a kit of burg
lar's tools with William at the time.
A man whose hrst name was A. Pu, and
who lives in the rear of 804% Geary street,
had been at the office frequently and in
great distress. His Dusinesa was the cut
ting aud tittiu? of dresses, but business
had been bad. ne had explained that
there was a great mystery «hroud«d be
hind the fact hat bis given name was
A. R. aud nothing more. He had followed
the fashion bis lather had set, and also in
creased the mystery by naming his chil
dren as they arrived, first A. C, then O. C,.
then 1. C and finally C. C. He said that
C. C. was dead, hut there was still A. C,
(J. C. aud 1. C. to provide for. lie was
neither a spritualist nor a Christian science
believer, but his faith took a middle course
between these two. He had been offered
cheap apartments iv the 400 block on
Clementina street, but he had learned that
a family given to drink lived ihete and he
refused to move iv— would prefer to sit on
the curbstone, himself and wife ana A. C,
I. C. and O. C rather than do so.
Mrs. Flint suggested thut h« take the
fan.ily and go to Mammy Pleasance's
farm, where she knew they would be pro
vided for, but. he said it would greatly dis
commode him to do so. She advised him
then togo to the benevolent society, but
he said that, too, would discommode nim.
She asked him to come again to-morrow,
and he said he would, although it would
discommode him.
The next most interesting ot Mrs.
Flint's visitors was J.Phillips. She con
seuied io uamo him, as v was agreed ihat
he must be a fraud. Mr. Phillips was a
young and said to be a very clever man,
who hobbled ia on cratebss. He explained
that he did not really need the crutcnes to
get around, but carried them as a precau
tion—he might need them.
He had opened a long conversation by
asking the registrar's advice as to what
class of people she thought were most
liberal, and confessed that he was making
a house to house cauvass> in search of
alms. He showed Her an elaborate direc
tory he bad prepared of the weil-io-do
people of the city, vvitii footnotes as to
their reputation for liberal giving. After
all l hia, he still had the assurance to ask
for assistance, but refused to give his ad
dress in the city.
Then there was the case of a man who
had been given friendly lessons by another
man iv the art of peddling vegetables. He
needed a burse and wagnn to set up for
himself in this line, and the registrar told
quite seriously now, when the cavalry
came homo from the war at Sacramento,
there was to be a sale of old horses and
they expected to get on" for him at the
sale for §5. The farmers' products and
wagon would be compassed in some other
such fortunate deal.
There was the case of an Englishman,
too handsome to work, and who stayed at
home and nursed the children and washed
the dishes while his wife played a piano
for money in a south-of-Market-street
dive.
The proposition was to get the woman
out of the divo instantly and find some
other provision for the family after. Some
one had counseled that as the woman was
earning a livelihood in an apparently
hones; manner she should not be dis
turbed, but rather that the husband should
be put to work by some sort of pressure
first and the woman released from the dive
afterward. The counsel was deemed wise.
With this the tone of the report took on
a more somber c»st, it saying:
"The number of applicants lor assistance
for the week was 4G— an unparalleled re
port for midsummer. Half the number
for this season of the year had been un
usual heretofore. Of these thirty-five
were entirely new cases. The reasons
given in a majority of casea for needing
assistance were: Lack of work 10. illness
G. intemperance 4, shiftlessness 5, false
addresses 4, dishonesty 2, begging habitual
3, old age .'I. no cause whatever 9.
"There are people generally inefficient,
who ar« never more than able to keeu
themselves and family fed and clothed,
and who, in the presence of such times as
these, fail entirely. We never Dad any
thing like it in the history of our char
itable work. We'll see terrible times this
winter if things do not chance."
The move to have the streets swept by
hand was a matter that gavo the hoard
much satisfaction and called forth an ex
pression of hope that there would bo
other steps in the same direction looking
to providing work for unemployed.
CRABS FOR PALO ALTO.
The University Wants One From
Clipperton Island.
Stanford University has taken a profound
interest in crabs.
It delegated a representative to call upon the
captain of the schooner Volant at Folsom
street bulkhead to Inquire whether any of
those strange creatures, such as The Call told
abour. could be secured lor preservation at tne
great school.
The CUppertoa crabs had retired tor the day,
and, being a Dit bashful at lenst, refused to be
enticed from their hidinu places In tl.e hold of
the vessel. The guano cargo nai been removed
and witu it a good part of the crab colony mat
the Volant brought to port.
The emissary of the scientists of Palo Alto
then called upon the whaiiiDner at Folmoiu
Rtreet aud endeavored to uersuade that gentle
niHti to part with an intelligent enmacnan ihat
has been trained to do tricks by the whurfnieu.
The wharfinger refused, but the agent of the
school was promised a crab later on.
The study of the crab is an Interesting one.
and the Clipperton crab especially is a creature
that has never been discussed to any great
extent by renowned scientists.
Though hard to capture the specimen for the
universily will be carefully selected, and will
lurniMU plenty of fun for the professors.
Receiving Stolen Goods.
Mrs. Emily LaGraDge. who keeps a small
stors at G3l Vallcjo street, was arrested yester
day on a warrant chaiglug her with receiving
stolen floods. The complaint was sworn to by
Mrs. .lennie baker, who lives next door, and
who alleges that she found poods valued at
SI OO that had been stolen lioni her in Mrs. L;t-
Granjre's shop. The accused storekeeper says
that she bought the articles in good laith from
the complainant's 10-year-ola daughter.
SUPERVISORS NOT SURE.
Doubt About the Board's Power Re-
garding the Water Problem.
All of the members of the Board of Super
visors by request attended a meeting ol the
Water committee yesterday to consider the
proposition to bond the city for $15,000,000 to
purchase water works ot its own. Supervisor
Uenniati, chairman or tha committee, suoke in
favor of the project, but said he would preler
that the. question be put to a vote at the next
geneial election. Supervisor Rogers raised the
point that such a step would be Illegal, aud
read from the law to show that the. question of
voting bonds must always be considered at a
speci.tl election. He said he wanted the city
tn own IU own water works, but he also wanted
the matter to be Ivindled li-«ally.
As there seemed to he some doubt about the
extent of the board's powers In the premises,
Supervisor Dundon moved that the City and
County Attorney be requested to file an opinion
ou the subject. The motion was carried and
the committee adjourned.
REALTY MARKET.
Movement Is Confined to
Small Lots.
Building Is Fairly Active Throughout
the City, as New Structures
and Records Show.
Movement in real estate in San Fran
cisco is at present confined to small trans
actions, such as transfers of residence
lots, upon which the purchasers intend
b uilding homes. But capital is showing a
remarkably timid disposition, which,
however, may be intensified by the
absence of wealthy iuvestors who spend
July in the country.
Tho fact that-capital is not seeking in
vestments in real property to any great
exteut cannot be denied. Real estate
ageuts admit that only forthe fair activity
in dwelling lots the market would be dull
iudeed, and so long as the tariff bili re
mains in its present unsettled state very
little change for the better Is expected.
The peculiar legislation in Washington
has made itself felt on San Francisco
proverty. Capitalists cannot determine
where they stand with a bill involving the
country's commerce and prosperity hang
ing over them. A change on« way or
another would give then; confidence in
which would then nave a defi
nite value, and until some conclusion is
reached a returu to former prosperity aud
the settlement of values of real as well ns
personal property are held to be improb
able.
The uncertainty has affected interest to
a small extent, savings banks hnving re
duced dividends !4 per cent and deter
mined to make a further reduction of the
same amount next term.
The macadamizing of D street along the
north side of Golden Ga;e Park was com
p!eted|this week as far west us Twenty
fourth uveuue, but twenty blocks of un
graded MUtddanea remain between the
ocean boulevard and the extreme westerly
end of the improved street. If iho .Mar
ket-street Railway Company wishes to
hold its lram-liise on this street rails must
bo laid to the beach before January 1,
159.1. As the eompaoy has shown a dis
position to extend its line westward with
out unnecessary delay by building out to
Twenty-fourth avenun bevnnd Straw
berry Hill, it may be inferred ihat
no tune will be lost in g»i:ig
still further. There is every aing
in favor of such extension. The railroad
bas a ate:un-<!uinmv lm ' skirting the park's
southern boundary along II street, and
with an open roadway on D street ii will
bind tliH people's pleasure ground between
two parallel bands of steal, virtually shut
ting it off from other companies, which
at best can only reach the park from cross
streets beyou^ Stanyao. With D street
open there will be a pleasant scenic Hue,
having tue park on one si<le and the
Golden Gate, ocean and mountains on the
other from Stauyan street to the beach.
The steam dummy already runs as far as
Twenty-fourth avenue every Sunday p*st
Strawberry Hill, and the ride has become
popular.
The effect of this improvement cannot
be other than beneficial on Richmond prop
erty, particularly that portion lying be
tween D street and Point Lobos avenue,
where quite extensive grading luis been in
progress for several weeks. If it can do
nothing else at least it ought to keep prices
up, for dwellings are certaiu iv the newly
qiened and graded district. Elsewhere
little improvement can be noted — a fact
that should inspire confidence in Rich
mond property, which even now is a net
work ot street railroads.
The competition started by Sutro with
his street railroad to the Cliff House
through Richmond has stirred up the
Market-street Railway CompaDy, who are
de enniued that Sutro shall uot have the
field to himself exclusively. Then the
prospect of cne fare to the ocean gives
further encouragement to Richmond prop
erty-owners.
Considerins the talk of more or less de
uressiou in all branches of trade and tho
statements ot fauit-nuders that San Fian
cisco is overbuilt, is encouraging to
watch the steady movement in building
business. A view from any eminence of
the city, will take in at least a dozen build
ings in course of construction. In the
Western Addition new houses are seen
frequently, aud out in the neighborhood
of Flllmore and Sutter streels whole rows
of. substantial improvements are going up.
At Hayes aud Steiner there is a boom in
buildine and the houses are handsome two
story residences. Asuhury Heights and
panhandle land is being improved with a
good class of house*, and some activity is
noticeable on the McCreery property re
cently sold> at McAllister: aud Baker by
Baldwin & Hammond. In the Mission and
other disiiiets tnere is quite as much evi
dence that »Snn Francisco is growing stead
ily aDd surely it) the .'safest direction, aud
that is the building of homes which will be
lound lo be substantial and generally in
keeping with the limos.
Plans are under preparation for sev
eral flats on Tehama street. A three-stnrv
frame business building is to 'be' erected
on the norl'ieast coiner of Yallejo and
Van Ness avenue by a patent-medicine
company.
Contracts for buildings have: been let
during the week as follows : A three-story
frame building to consist ot flats, on Tay
lor street, near Filbert, S44SO; a cottage of
five rooms on Clipper; street, near Noe,
$1500; two-story dwelling at Clay and
Cheney streets, 51660;. brick building at
southwest corner Seventh and Jessie
streets, £5000; alterations to engine-nqusa
4, $2450; to eDgine-houseo, 52193; lo engine
house 12, $1520; CO entriue-house 13, §l'-77
to truckhuuae "2, §1976; building engine
house 7, a brick structure. £8590; build
iug engine-house 26, a brick buildiDg and
slaDle, 59985; building on Sharon street,
r.ear Sixteenth, $1025; dwelling on Hey
raan Tract, uear Corbett road, S1480;
frame cottage on Twelfth avenue, near
Clement 6treet, §1775; two-story dwelling
on - Guerrero street, ■ near Twenty-fifth,
53480; cviunasium at 3300 Washington
street. Trinity School, 51275; two tene
ment* on Jjarkin street, north of Pine,
53061; moving, old building on Dolores
street, north of Tweutv-fourtb, ana erect
ing a new structure, 89891; two five-room
cottages on Fulton street, uear Lott, 52700;
two flats on Pleasant street, near Jones,
S3OS4; two flats on Nineteenth street, near
Noe, §3000; one-stnry frame on Union
street, near Scotr, $3330.
To Neutralize Ollensivene«s.
Impure breath, caused i>y bad teeth, tobacco,
spirits or catarrh, is neutralized by SOZODOST.
J is a liealt!if ul Oeautirier. ana a great luxury as a
dentifrice. 'J he repulsive breath Is by Us use ren
dered a§ fra.-rant as a rose, and coldness b/
friends or lovers will be no longer noticed.
HE SCORNS EZETA.
Salvador's Ex-President
Reviled.
ACCUSED OF MANY CRIMES.
The Ex-Vice-President Pictured
in Scathing Terms.
HIS MAD FLIGHT IN A NIGHTSHIRT
The Only Other Article of Apparel
He Wore Was a Pair of His
Mistress* Hosiery.
If the old saying holds good always that
a man's right ear always burns when an
other person is saying narsh things about
him, the fair winds which may have sped
the good ship Benniugton on its way
hither yesterday must have failed to cool
the fever in the rijjht auriculars of two
distinguished fugitives who are on board.
The persons referred to are ex-President
F.zeta of San Salvador and his brother
Antonio, and toe geutleman who scorn-
I fully repudiates them as his fellow-eountry
| tneu and pillories them us enemies of man
i kind is M. R. Trigueros, a banker of San
Salvador, who is at present in this city.
Mr. Trigueros is a fine-looking intelli
gent gentleman of Spanish descent, who
speaks English with comparative readiness
and wtio, with his father and brother, con
ducted the banking business mentioned.
He was a student at the same military
school with the present President of San
Salvador and sneaks in glowing terms of
that official's worth as a man.
There have been rumors current in the
city to the effect that Mr. Tiigueros is an
exile from his nativn land, but this the
gentleman vehemently denies He says
that he is her* on account of ill health in
his family and tnat lie will return home
in about two months. His mother, wile
and three sisters are with him.
Of Antonio Ezeta. the fugitive Vice-
President of Snn Salvador, who is at
present sheltered from his euemies by the
stars and stripes, Mr. Trigueros is so
moved by the wraih within him when he
spnaks that he unconsciously drops into
Spanish and us«s words that might be
deemed libelous in his native country.
lie says that Antonio was guilty of acts
of the i.:ost atrocious cruelty during the
revolution and cites a number of instances
in support of that statement.
"At one time," said he, "Antonio
burned 600 houses belonging to the In
dians and among the victims was an old
blind man, 72 years of age, who was cre
tnatpd in his home.
"I don't expect auything else but what
hewiMpifk a row with me when he ar
rives," said the banker, "but I am ready
for him," he ;\dded in a tone which boded
ill fnr the ex-President
"The truth is Antonio is a coward, and
he received credit for certain deeds in the
last campaign to whicn hn was not in the
least entitled. General Trungary did the
only fighting worth mentioning by the
Government forces.
•'When the Cuartel de Arlilleria in Santa
Ana was attacked by forty-three revolu
j tionists under command of President. Gu
-1 tierres, Antonio had 400 troops at his back,
besides 200 policemen in an adjoining
.cuartel. In fact, he bad a sufficient !orcn
to have overwhelmed the brave little bar.d
which bfsieged him had he been possessed
of tiiat courage which has beeu attributed
to htm by some people.
"When the attack csme Antonio made
no opposition. The testimony of tho>e
who were present shows that the Vice-
I President's courage forsook him com
pletely when an opportunity presented
itself for exercising it, and he precipi
tately fled the fort, not even taking time to
properly clothe himself, but escapiuc on
hor.-eback with only the light folds of a
nightshirt to protect him, his only other
article of apparel being a pair of bis mis
| tress' stockings."
Mr. Trigueros contends that the relative
forces of the Government and of the revo
lutionists have been .misrepresented, to
the discredit or the latter. "The largest
force the revolutionists ever had at one
time," said he, "was 2SOO men, and that
was in Santa Ana about the 16th of May.
"When the revolution first broke out the
opponents of the Govern men t had but
about 300 troops, and among these were a
dozen or mora women. The latter fougnt
with Winchesters aud several of them
were killed. They would rush into the
thickest of the unlit with their dresses
looped up aud filled with cartridges with
which tney supplied the men. These
women were of the lower class, but the
men were nearly all renresentatives of the
first families in Santa Ana.
"When the revolution started Generals
G-utierres and Regalado— the latter one of
the bravest and best — arrived in Santa
Ana from Guatemala at midnight. At 2
o'clock the attack or. the fortress was
madt*. A sergeant in the Government
forces opened the door and the forty-three
men comprising the assailing force en
tered and took- possession with but little
opposition. This General llegaladn, of
whom I sDeak, had been exiled by Ezeta
because of the part he tnok in the previous
war under Ribas. Ezeta would have shot
him, and ha was forced to flee to save his
life.
"Ezfita had on bis sidn about 1(5,000 men,
among them 2000 trained and well
equipped soldiers, but there was such an
intense and bitter feeling ag&inst the man
that lie did not know in reality who wen;
his fripuds. The truth ot the matter is
that Ezsta seized everything he could get
his hands upon. He bought a palace in
Spain for which he paid a Itirge sum, had
£200,000 on deposit in tho Bank of
England tho last of December, and is sup
posed to have acquired about £4,000,C0G in
gold during vis term of office aud to have
every dollar of it where he can lay his
bands upon it when he chooses.
"He was not foolish enoueh to keep bis
money where the uncertainties of war
oilgnt deprive him of it, but when he
secured a large sum he v. ould either buy
drafts or cargoes of coffen and indiao,
which he would send abroad and have the
amounts obtained thereon credited to his
account.
"iiis method of securing his ill-gotten
wealth was not exactly on the stand-and
| deliver order, but was equally as e&Vclive.
A case in point will illustrate. Three or
four months btfore the revolution occurred
Ezetu imprisoned a wealthy farmer, named
Ruano, aud released him ouly on the pay
ment of S">0,000. Ez°ta took ihe entire
amount, bad U credited to his account, aud,
with §40,000 of it, subsequently purchased
two shnifs of stock in tne Banco Interna
tionale of Guatemala.
"President Gutierres has jumped into
popular favor at mice by a single act, and
thatis his promise to cause the Government
duty on coffee to be taken off. This in
reality was one of the immediate causes
of the revolution. This duty was estab
lished by Ezeta and was first pliced at Si
in silver on each hundred weight. It was
men increased to $1 25 in gold and then to
S2 25. Ezata appropriated a good part ol
vie governmental revenues to his own use,
as is evident from the fact that whan he
went into office he was a poor man, unable
to pay his debts, and that notwithstanding
bis salary was but SIOOOa month, be is now
rated as a millionaire.
"Ezeta is a stupid man, and his brother,
while he makes pretensions to ability, is
only voted by his cunning.
"It is a banking rule in San Salvador
that loans shall not be made without the
names of at least two good reliable per
sons upon the paper. Antonio would draw
up a promissory note, sign it himself and
then go to som» wortny man and ask him
to indorse it. The man wouid know that
to refuse meant persecution and imprison
ment, and as his ouly alternative would
sign the note which be subsequently would
be compelled to pay.
"When he and ins troops were in flight
after their defeat they stopped in a lUtle
town between San Salvador and Santa
Ana iv which the Red Cross hospital is
located aud in which a number of his owu
wounded soldiers were inmates. By his
orders the sick and wounded men were de
prived of their blankets aud otner comforts
to supply the fugitives, while he himself
looted ihe safe of the hospital and took
therefrom between $200 ana S;i00, besides
other valuables. Wheu he arrived at Santa
Secla the International and Occidental
banks were also deprived of every dollar
he could geShis hands on. At this noint
Antonio shot down one of his own officers
when the latter was not expecting an at
tack. The officer bad remarked the deser
tion of all his men and had spoken of the
futility of future resistance.
"Before he left San Salvador President
Ezeta called upon every man whom he
thought had money and demanded aid to
t roseeute the war. By this way he col
lected about $500,000. which he now has
with him. My father-in-law contributed
?5000 of that sum, while the bank of which
I am a member was also an. unwilling sub
scriber to the amount of SGOOO."
The recollection of that SOOOO was ap
parently not a pleasant one to Mr. Tri
gueros. "This man Ezeta," continued he,
"is utterly devoid of every attribute of
manhood, and if he becomes a guest of
the hotel in which I am stopping I will
leave it. I don't know a single Salva
dorean who would tate him by the hand.
"When Ezeta fled the country he left his
wife and children Dehind him, but carried
with him a favorite horse, his solicitude
for which seemingly was far greater than
that he entertained for his family."
Of the ex-President's wife Mr. Trigueros
SDi'ke in very complimentary terms. He
declared she was an estimable, warm
hearted, generous woman who has suffered
much sorrow because of her husband's
actions.
Incidentally Mr. Trieueros nipntioned
the fact that a sister-in-law of President
Gutierres is »t present an inmate of the
Presentation Convent in this city.
Mr. Tricueros and his family occupy
several Hesant suites of rooms at the Cali
fornia Hotel.
A FORGER CAUGHT.
He Duped Business ZYien
Cleverly.
After Operating in San Francisco He
Toured the State and Vic
timized Many More.
Gustav George Sandrick, who claims to be a
woodworker, was arrested by Detectives Sey
mour and Herve yesterday morning, aud four
charges of forgery were booked against him in
the City Prison.
Saudrick's methods, wlnle not panicularly
new, liave not been extensively followed and
lie counts his victims iv this city aninii^ some
shrewd business men. His stock in trade con
sisted o( blank checks and an outlit of rubber
type. The checks used in this city were of the
Hank of California, uud he invariably drew
ihem payable to Harry Ftnkelmao, the drawer
being Edwin C. Forss. Wltu the rubber lype
he si iini nl them certified, forging the uanie of
Tbomas Brown, cashier, beneath.
Max Suirpser. jeweler, 910 Market street;
Phil Seldm-r & Co., tailors, 'J Grant avenue; Ea
Harris, out Otter ou Kearnv street, and EdLich
tensiein, pawnbroker, are among his victims.
At each oi these places dtiiing November last
Sandrick purchased small amounts of goods,
presented an alleged certified check in pay
ment, r ceived the change and departed. When
Hie mercuauts presented the checks they were
informed of their worthlessness. Liclitenstelu
iva« so mad at this at the time that U is -.ml lie
made ascen> at the bank the Moihi-'V following
his transaction wuli Baud rick. At ..uy rate ho
wag arre-ied, and now lias a suit peudiug for
$50,000 for false imprisonment.
When Sandiick h-id finished liis business
here he proceeded to make a tour of adjacent
towns, aud be blazed bin trail on the finances of
business houses in Oakland, Alameda, San 11 n
fael, San Jose and other ulaces. His ouly
change in method was the BUbfttttuMon of
Wells-Fargo checks for Bank of California.
His arrest was the result of his having re
turned to the city and attempted to pas> an-
O' her check on Kotauzi, the druc^ist. About
teu days aj;o he entered the store, made a few
.small dvi chases aud tendered a check. It was
refused and he left me place. Yesterday Mr.
Kolanzi, who lino made inquiries of the police
concerning ihe draw r of these checks, saw
him enter the tailoi-shop of A. Scnwarizkopf,
771 Mission street. He notitied headquarters
aud Detectives Seymour and Herve hurried
there. They found their man had pone, but
would return later to tiy on some clothes lie
baa ordered. 'I'ht-y waited, and he came ac
coidinc to his appointment aud was promptly
arrested.
At the Cliy Prison he made no bones about
his work and readily consented to tell the de
tpctives of his methods. He also professed a
willingness lo accompany them 10 his room at
556 Minna street. A search was made there
for his "certifying" instruments, but none were
found.
Sandrlck is about 40 years of age and claims
Chicago as his residence.
HELD FOR MANSLAUGHTER.
Motorman Johnson Held for the
Death of Henry B. Wilson.
Peter Johnson, a motorman on the San Fran
cisco and SaD Mateo electric road, was held to
the superior Conrt by Police Judge Low yester
day tor manslaughter, lie vai released on
his own recognizance. Johnson is charged
with the dfath of Henry B. Wilson. Ob the
evening of the 12ih inst., while running his car
near the House of Correction, Johnson saw a
figure ahead on the track. He had oftvn been
fooled by dummies and thought the figure
ahead was ons. He slackened the speed of the
car only a liitle and the wheels mangled the
body of VVil.sou most shockingly.
Considering .Surrender.
The San Francisco branch of the A. R. U.
met last night at Council of Labor Hail for the
avowed purpose of taking a final vote on de
claring the strike off. At a late hour they were
si ill in session and waiting for advices from the
Oakland lodge, which was In sessiou and had
the same subject under consideration. A mem
ber slated ihai the prevailing sentiment was in
favor of going baci; to wont and ending the
contest.
Judge Coffey Migrates.
The Martin will contest will be resumed Mon
day morning; next. Owing lo ihe expected re
turn of Judge Belcher, in whose courtroom
judge Ooffey has been holrlint; forHi recently, lc
lias been lound necessary to seek other quar
ters. Judge Murphy having Kindly placed his
courtroom ar. Judge Coffey's disposal the pro
ceedings will do resumed in Department 3 of
the Superior Court until further notice.
A Regatta Postponed.
Tlie Triton Swimming and Boating Club have
unanimously decided to postpone their aquatic
tournament, which was to be held at the club
house to-mork'ow. to some tuture date In Au
gust, not yet tletiuitely decided upon, so as to
give the various crews pleotly ol time to train
properly.
Society Notes.
A!ta Parlor No. 3, Native Daughters of tba
Goldeu West, will give a party this evening at
JNatlve Sons' Hall.
You need
a reliable liniment in the house and
stable. For cuts, burns, scalds,
bruises, stiff joints, etc. there's noth-
ing so healing and soothing as
Mexican
Mustang-
Liniment
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