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REINCARNATION OF A BUSH-STREET BOSS Sara Rainey Is High in the Favor of the Examiner- scheme to Send Hearst to the U. S. Senate— Phelan a Rival Assembly District Meetings To-Night to Organize Republican Clubs, Sam Rainey, once the despised boss of the Fan Francisco Democratic polit- ical machine. is now the trusted ally of the Examiner. Gavin McNab, whose praises were sung by the Examiner, is no longer exalted as an apostle of pu- rity and reform. Committeemen belonging to Jasper McDonald's band of one hundred, the five score whose authority to boss the party in San Francisco was derived from the Democratic Stat-' Central Committee, cannot understand why Gavin Mcl Stab gets the cold shoulder and Rainey the confidence of. the Ex- aminer. To account for the change of front and the reappearanoe of Rainey as con- fidential adviser of the Examiner, the story is told that "A*. R. Hearst desires to be elected United States Senator from California. The insiders know . that Hearst entertains no admiration for Mayor Phelan, and both the outsiders and insiders know that the Mayor's re- gard for Hear.-- is too slight for calcu- lation. I: is obvious to all who care to study the drift of politics under the •surface that Mayor Phelan is in train- ing for the United States Senate. He expects that the Democratic party will come day be restored to power in Cali- fornia, and that during the restoration a Senator may be chosen. Phelan has lungs, money and ambi- tion. He is not destitute of brains or lacking In self-esteem. As an all around talker and a liner-up he can hold his own with the hardiest of the rounders. Hearst does not care to in- vite a controversy with a young man possessing all these accomplishments, He add prefer to see Phelan destroy himself by getting on a high horse and riding rough shod over the regular or- ganization of the party. A sagacious politician affirms that this is the mean- ing of the Itainey-Examiner combine. Phelan is to be puffed up, lauded and heralded as a leader above the party. In the fullness of his pride he will de- mand the right to name the tick of the regular convention, and failing to obtain this prerogative will head an in- dependent movement. Hearst would be highly pleas- at th,- sight of Phelan bolting th.- conven- tion and joining th independents. A candidate for United States Senator must show a clean record of fidelity to the party. Bolters seldom win the Sen- atorial prize. Even Republicans who often treat the party lash with scorn do not forget hat D. M. Burns Joined the N. n-Partisans, and that his treach- ery gave to the Democrats the Legis- lature which elected Stephen M. White to the United States Senate. IfPhelan could be forced into the at- titude of a bolter through the smooth work of Rainey and the Examiner, Hearst would consider that a great point had been gained. It is well un- derstood that Hearst expects the Ex- aminer to secure for him a pliable dele- gation from California to the next Democratic national convention. Ru- mor has reached the Committee of One Hundred that Hearst wants a delega- tion that can be used by Boss I broker. The alliance of Rainey and the Ex- aminer is the leading topic of discussion \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0:•:\u25a0:\u25a0 .\u25a0.-'\u25a0 -\u25a0\u25a0•\u25a0 in the ranks of the Democratic push: Only eleven months ago the Examiner exhausted its resources of display type to proclaim that Rainey, the infamous, was politically dead for all time. There was more glee in the Examiner office over the political death of Rainey than the birds exhibited over the killing of Cock Robin. In big bold letters across a page of seven columns the Examiner pro- claimed •"RAINEY IS MAKING HIS DEATH STRUGGLE AT SACRA- MENTO." "M'NAB WILL HEAD THE FORCES AGAINST HIM." Again in big type running across two pages the Examiner announced: "BOSS RAINEY. CREATURE OF THE RAILROAD AND SUGAR TRUST, FIERCELY FIGHTING AGAINST A CLEAN TICKET." In the Examiner of August 20, 1898, Rainey's political obituary was thus published: THE PASSING OF SAM RAINEY, ONCE THE BOSS Sam Rainey has passed into politi- cal history. High up on the scroll of those on whom the Democracy of Cal- ifornia has stamped the mark of dis- honor his name *is inscribed. The peo- ple have kicked him into the outer darkness. He has joined his old part- ner, Buckley, in the colony of polit- ical pariahs from which no man re- turneth. The Examiner has fought Rainey- ism ever since the boss of the Bush street stable tried to put on the man- tle which had been torn from the shoulders of Buckley. It took years to overthrow that chief among* polit- ical bosses . Buckley was infamous but able; his successor was simply infamous.'" The foregoing is but a sample of a ! big lot of P-ainey roasts in the Exami- I ncr of last August. This man Rainey, i who is now the ally and confidential | adviser of the Examiner, is the same i old boss of the Bush street stable, who had tlje infamy but not the ability of Buckley. His hand is in the politics of j every Assembly district of San Fran- ! Cisco, and no name is placed on the 1 Examiner slate without the advice and i consent of the resurrected and saintly Sam. There is no question as to the identity of the boss. He is not, how- ever, doing politics at the old stand. He has moved from the Bush street stables to the Examiner office. MEETINGS TO-NIGHT. A Republican Club to Be Or- ganized in Each As- sembly District. To-night In each of the eighteen As- I sembly districts of San Francisco there will be a meeting to organize a club un- i der the auspices of the Republican Coun- : ty Committee. The meeting will be cal 1 id to-order in each district at 8 o'clock by \ the committeemen representing *.he dis- trict. It Is proposed that a permanent organization shall be effected by the elec- tion of a preside) I and secretary and an enrolling committee of five members The roll of each club will be kept open at a convenient place between the hours of 8 and 10 p. m. for six successive days sue- j ceeding the organization. Friday evening, July 28, each club will I meet to elect five delegates to an advisory ! central club, which shall be representa- tive of the district organization. The del- egates to said central club will meet and organize Wednesday, August 2, at 8 p. m. It Is the duty of every good Repub- lican of San Francisco to enroll his nam. on the regular Republican Club of his I district. A special effort should be made 1 by Republicans to attend the meeting this evening and take part in the pre* liminary organization. Good government can be obtained if 'he citizens will give time to the consideration of public af- fairs. Plainly, therefore, it is the 'duty j of Republicans who desire that the city shall be honestly and efficiently governed - to attend the meeting in their respective districts. If they remain at home, round- : ers, heelers and place seekers may gain a position of advantage at the outset of the municipal campaign. The following places of meeting have been designated by the Republican Coun- ty Committee: Twenty-plg-hth District— Loagrue of the Cross armor" . Second and Foi Som. Twenty-ninth District - Becker's Hall, 14 ' Third street. Thirtieth District—Crusaders* Hall. Pythian Castle, 909 Market street Thirty-first District—Excelsior Hall, Eighth and Folsom streets. Thirty-second District— Brannan etreet, between Sixth and Seventh. Thirty-third District—Maennerbund Hall, !\u25a0•.- trei avenue and Twenty-fourth street. Thirty-fourth District—Mission turn Varein Hall, Eighteenth street, between Valencia and Guerrero. Thirty-fifth District— Valencia street, be- tween Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth. Thirty-sixth District— Rolander'a Hall, Twen- ty-eighth and Church streets. Thirty-seventh Dinrut Mowry's Hall, Ivy avenue and Eaguna street. Thirty-eighth District 1032 Golden Gate ave- nue. —- Thirty-ninth District—Turn ".'.-rein Hall, 323 Turk street. Fortieth District—Bear Hall, Post and Fill- ' more streets. Forty-first District— Hall, Polk and j Pacific Streets. Forty-second District— Argonaut Hall, Cali- fornia an.l Hyde streets. Forty-third District— California Hall. 620 Bush rtreet. Forty-fourth District Washington-square Hall, Union street. Another Faction Organizes. The Thirty-first District Democratic Club was organized last night at Wurth- mann's Hall, 25 Tenth street. The follow- ing officers were elected: President, W. J. G. Muhl; first vice president. Sam New- mann; second vice president, Benjamin YVurthmann; financial secretary, M. J. Silva: ' recording secretary, M. Cellar- treasurer, B. Sharkey; Bergeant-at-arma', James H. Kennedy. Democrats Elect Officers. The Young Men's Democratic Club of the Seventieth Primary District met last night at Turn Verein Hall. Many new- members signed the roll. Speeches were made by Edward McCabe, Dr. Leek and M. Schultz. The following officers were elected: President, M. J. Flanagan; vice president, W. _>*. Batter sby; secretary, R. R. Porter*, treasurer. A. D. Turner; «er- geant-at-arms, X. Jansen. League Democrats Meet The Democratic Municipal League Club of the Thirty-first Assembly District held an enthusiastic meeting at Teutonia Hall ;„., evening. Speeches were made by J. J Barrett, J. P. McLaughlan and M. C. Hassett Mayor Phelan was indorsed. Forty-First District Club. The regular Democratic Club of- the Forty-first District met last night in the banquet hall of H. H. \™™s2JL™£: dence 2912 Clay street. W.J. lJoiilon oc- cupied The chair. Favorable reports were received from the precinct branches of the organization. Thirty-Second District. The Phelan Democratic Club of the Thirtv-s»cond Assembly District met in the hall at Eighteenth and Florida streets m, r.ieht to listen to an address by Charles A. Sweigert. The president, Ed Lawton. Introduced the speaker, who made an attach upon corporations, which, he Mil "stab and bleed the people at the Sfstol's point." He denounced the Buck- Invites as political pirates, and warned true Democrats not to enter into. a com- bination with corruption During his pero- ration, referring to the city, he said. "where the morning glories dwell on the hills of twilight." He was tendered a vote of thanks and the club disposed of some routine business. South Side Democrats Meet. The Twenty-ninth District Democratic Club held its regular weekly meeting last night at Baker's Hall. Addresses were made by K. Porter Ashe, Oscar Hocks and Colonel Thomas Barry. In opening his remarks Ashe stated that oefore com- InK to the meeting he received a note in- forming him that if he Bpoke at Braun- hart's meeting the rival Democratic club would get sore. The Senator said that only politeness prevented him from re- turning the note. Monument -League Active. A sub-committee of the Lincoln Monu- ment League met last night at. the office of Judge M. Cooney and ueclded to invoke the aid of the various Improvement clubs throughout the city in raising subscrip- tions for the erection of the monument. CALL'S GUESTS SPEND A DAY IN FAIRYLAND <j-j C 7 EARI.Y 7<W) school children ac- NEARLY The Call's invitation to cepted The Call's Invitation to attend the cakewalk carnival |^ [[ matinee given in their honor yesterday afternoon, and for three solid hours sat entranced with the brilliant spectacle that passed and repassed before their wandering eyes. It was as. though they had been ad- mitted to the abode of the fairies for a brief peep at the wonderful things they had been told about but never dared hope to Bee. The changing scenes, with all their gorgeous color- ing! was like a panorama and held their attention as though they had been put under hypnotic influence, but not altogether so; for at Intervals the spell was broken and the moving figures of the floor, blazing with gold and tinsel, wen greeted with sponta- neous bursts of applause, all the more complimentary because sincerely given. It was a great day for the lit- tle folks who were being entertained as the guests of The Call, and it was a great day for the juvenile artist:. who contributed to the entertain- ment as well as the grown-up pi . - fessionals. The carnival management was pre- pared to receive a big crowd, but it failed to realize the magnitude of the task it had been asked to assume. There was an early gathering in the street in front of the Pavilion long fore the hour for the opening of the doors, and the moment the portals were swung upon their hinges a rush was made for the interior that con- tinued until long after 2 o'clock. The half-dozen ticket takers on duty work- ed as they never worked before and as they hope never to have to work again. It seemed to them as though every child in the city had swooped down upon them armed with a Call coupon, and all clamorous for admis- sion to wonderland. They came' in hordes, some accom- panied by their mammas and others by their papas or elder sisters, and -ora" apparently alone, but fully con- fident of their ability to take care of themselves. By some unexplained miracle the management finally suc- ceeded In finding seats for all by the time the signal for the entry of the grand opening pageant was given Led by Miss Pearl Hickman, the chief drum major, attired in her glittering uniform and carrying a staff as a symbol of her authority, the proces- sion moved out upon the floor and the hypnotizing process was well un- der way. The king and queen in their chariot drawn by half a dozen har- lequins satisfied all doubters that they were really viewing a fairy spec- tacle, and they proceeded to settle down to a full enjoyment of the feast. Tn the center of the floor, near the entrance to the Pavilion and in full view of the audience, a large inclosure had been arranged for the competitors in the Chinese- baby show and their parents, and from the tiers of seats by which they were surrounded the group of Orientals presented a peculiarly gorgeous appearance. The little Chi- nese abies had been carefully pre- pared for the beauty test and looked as handsome and pretty as paint and cosmetics, together with splendid be- Jeweled headdresses and beautiful silk- en garments, could make them. Next were the Juvenile cakewalkers and fancy dancers. They were the center of attraction, and after the judges had made their awards the little Celestial beauties were surrounded by an admlr- ing throng of ladies from the audience, an intermission being announced to afford an opportunity for a closer In- spection of the gayly bedecked midgets. The Chinese mammas and papas were inordinately proud of the attentions showered upon their offspring, and the parents of the prize winners made no effort to conceal their delight. Six prizes were awarded, three for boys and three for girls. In addition sev- eral of the babies were selected as worthy of honorable mention. The winners of first prizes were given gold medals made in Chinatown, the suc- cessful contestants being i/oul Tow and Yung Wing. The second and third prizes consisted of jeweled headdresses for girls and Chinese caps for the boys. The juveniles were in their glory and fairly outdid themselves. Frankie Buttner. the three-year-old cokewalk- er, and little Margaret Cronin won new laurels, while Blanche Trelease and Harry Mangels gave an exhibition that was applauded to the echo. Irene Davis' Castanet dance, Lena Hall's co- covianne dance, Irene Wilson's skirt dance. Alma l'\u25a0 wen's contortion dance, Edna Honn's specialty dance, the Cu- pid dance by Daisy Belle Kormal and the Highland "fling by Adele Nelson were all enthusiastically applauded, as were others too numerous to mention. The usual professional, society and amateur cakewalks were put on and contributed their full share to the en- tertainment. Altogether The Call has every reason to' feel well satisfied with the result of its effort to afford an afternoon's en- tertainment for the school children of San Francisco, and that the latter were satisfied was amply evidenced by their actions. The evening programme was un- usually elaborate; in fact, the carnival improves, like good wine, with age. Of course, the feature of the show was the electric cake-- alk. which appears to have made a decided hit, and the three thousand people who composed the audience last night applauded it enthusiastically. It is a novelty and some fears were at first expressed that the wires which supply the currents for the lights might become detached while the dancers were going through their evolutions and spoil the effect, and tins did happen for a moment on Wednesday night but Al White, the electrician, has succeeded In arrang- ing tin batteries so that this diffi- culty has been entirely obviated. The three figures flitting gracefully across the floor ablaze with electric lights is a treat to all who admire the beau- tiful. Miss Hickman, Miss I.a Salle and Mr. Barr have received many com- mendations for the success of their latest novelty. The delsartian cakewalk and artis- tic poslngs, under the direction of Mrs. L. Honn, also caught the fancy of a large majority of the spectators, many of whom appear to i.,- just beginning to realize that a delsartian cakewalk is slightly different from a plantation cakewalk. Last evening marked the beginning of the contests for the prizes to be awarded by the carnival management, The contests are being judged by J. M. Cumming of this city, Harry C. Blair of Sacramento and L. C. Foster of Portland, Or., and the last two at least are preparing to take the first train out of town as soon as the final decisions are announced, as there are sure to be a number of bitterly disap- pointed contestants. The professionals went through the- preliminary "heat." and the judges selected live couples to compete in tie- finals to-night as fol- lows, the others being dropped: J. Walker Cole and Georgie Brown, A. F. Williams and .Miss Rosseau, Everett Brown and Miss Simmons. F. G. Till- man and lady, and Mr. McMahon and Annie Kelly. The juveniles and the society cakewalkers also had their pre- liminaries and will go on again to- night, the finals to be decided Saturday evening. This afternoon there will be another matinee for the children, the special features being a congress of juvenile cakewalkers and fancy dancers in ad- dition to the regular programme. This evening the Compaions of the Forest, twelve circles, will be in attendance and in addition to the \u25a0 championship contests the electric cakewalk and other special features will be put on. CHINESE BABY PRIZE WINNERS. THE GREAT EXCURSION TO SANTA CRUZ. Delightful Weather at the New- port of the Pacific. Excursion Passenger ' Agent Menton ! reports that the public interest in the! Santa Cruz excursion next Sunday con- I tinues unabated, the encampment of the League . of the Cross Cadets being the chief attraction. Excursionists will have" an" opportunity to witness the cadets break camp Sunday afternoon. The season at Santa Cruz is now at its height, and no more interesting spec- tacle can be witnessed than to watch the throngs of pleasure-seekers at the bathing pavilions. At this time of the year the weather at Santa Cruz is de- lightful and the event of next Sunday affords a splendid opportunity for the people of this locality to escape for one day at least the prevailing winds and fogs. Excursionists will have five hours at their disposal after their ar- rival at Santa Cruz. ;.: v Round-trip tickets ($2) are now on sale at the Grand Hotel ticket office, 013 Market street, and can also be ob- tained at the ferry ticket office on the morning of the excursion. Trains leave ferry landing, foot of Market street, at 7:4.". a. m. Returning arrive in San Francisco at 8:06 p. m. For the information of would-be ex- cursionists it can be understood that the sink near Alameda has been re- paired and trains are now running on regular time. Drunken Small Boys. Matthew Brady, Joseph .Toy and Charles Carston, small boys, were arrested yester- day-morning by Policeman McNamara on Brannan street, near Fifth, in a drunken stupor. When they recovered their senses in the City Prison they said they got the liquor from a saloon-keeper on Bryant street, but. refused to give his name. The police will endeavor to discover the sa- loon man and punish him. ; •: " ACCUSED OF THEFT. Harry Kispert, a Jeweler, ' Charged With Robbing His Employer. . Harry Kispert, a manufacturing jeweler employe- by Shreve& C 0.," wholesale deal- ers at Market and Fremont streets, was arrested last night by Detective Graham and charged at the City Prison with petty larceny.' .';' :' J ~-'- For some time past Shreve & Co. have I been missing small- quantities of gold, and suspecting that Kispert was the culprit they decided to place a watch on him. Yesterday, It is claimed, he was seen to) appropriate three small pieces of gold, and : was immediately .taken to task. Kispert j flrst claimed that he had taken the gold, intending to make it Into a ring, but \ finally admitted his guilt. On being told j that he was to be punished for the al- j leged theft Kispert asked permission to wash his hands. During the temporary absence of the men who had detected him Kispert secretly left the place. Last even- ing he was found at his home in South San Francisco and taken Into custody. 1 Kispert says the arrest is all a -mistake, and claims he will be able to establish his Innocence when the case is heard In the Police Court. Social Council's Officers. Last evening Deputy Taylor, assisted by Grand Recorder WallIs as grand marshal, ] installed the following officers of Social Council No. 46 .in Coloma Hall. Native Sons' building, for the current term- of six months: Miss K. I. Goodell, past councilor; W. M. Sullivan, councilor; ' George W. Smith, vice councilor; Mrs. K. A. Adams, Instructor; W. F. Gibson, sec- retary; A. G. Baker, assistant secretary; F. Ushaus, treasurer; Mrs. J. S. Cog-gins, prelate; Mrs. Alice Goodall. marshal; Mrs. ! J. Hanley, warden; Mrs. Minnie Drossell, guard; Mrs. S. Crouch, sentry; R. T. , Baccus, F. C. Adams and W. J. O'Shaughnessy, trustees. After the cere- monies there was an adjournment to the banquet hall, where a collation was served and there were music, songs and speeches. Rag-Time Hayes and Tamales At Kapp & Street's Tamale Grotto nightly. BAG DEALERS FORM A BIG COMBINATION Have Agreed to Corner Over Five . Million Grain Bags, The Price Has Already Advanced and May Jump Still Higher An Overdue Ship From Calcutta Complicates the Situation. f— _jHERE is every likelihood that the [price of grain bags will rise to a high figure before many 'lays have X passed. This result is in conse- quence of a combination made h> about fourteen of the large »n-P?rte"£JJ private holders, whereby over S.OW.WW bags have been cornered or set aside to w2t for a rising market. The combina- tion was forme,, two weeks ago. and th price has already advanced from one- eighth to one-fourth of a cent, the ruling rate now being 5*4 cents per bag. The agreement entered Into by Balfour Guthrie & Co.. Cutter & Moseley. Neville & Co.. S. Koshland & Co.. Ames & Har- ris, Meyer & Wilson. Girvin & Eyre and half a dozen smaller holders who have bought bags on speculation, contemplates the sale of all bags nnt so set aside. After that the latter may be sold, but only by permission of a committee appointed from, among the .balers who are in the com- bine. _ , It is a well-known fact that the. bag market has been in a demoralized cond.- tion ever since last year, when on account of the shortage in crops the dealers lost vast amounts of money and were left with large quantities of bags on their i hands. The price this year has been as low as 5 cents, which, it is claimed, is Ilower than the importing price, that is, I including interest, long storage and insur- i ance This price recently advanced to '5% cents and slowly stiffened to 5% and Ioi 4 cents. The dealers say it is to guard ; themselves against loss this season that i they have agreed to "lock up' over 5.000.- --1 000 ' bags •by temporarily withdraw ! them from sale. They disclaim any inten- Ition of forming a trust to force prices up, , but say they have simply combined as a ;measure of precaution, One large im- :porter in discussing the situation said: 1 "We have not combined to force prices i up, but only to guard against future i losses. Something has to be done, and I it was decided that the best way out of i the difficulty was to remove a certain j number of bags from the possibility of : I sale If there was any combination to I ! raise the price bags would be selling at 10 i cents each to-day." The fact remains, however, that though I there 'in? been no appreciable advance ln prices so far, there is no telling what will happen when all the "free" bags, or those not bound by the agreement, will have been sold. There is no doubt that the farmer will be called upon to pay a higher rate than he is paying now. Another circumstance that is affecting the. market to a considerable extent is the fact thai four or five million bags are on the British ship Macduff, now 162 days from Calcutta. Her destination is Portland, Or., where the demand for hags is bout to begin. No uneasiness, how- ever, is felt at her non-appearance as yet. and only 20 per cent reinsurance has been offered. The average trip is about 125 days, and should the vessel fail to materialize the bag .situation would be further complicated. A large per cent of her cargo has also been pledged by the dealers as not being for sale until all other bags are disposed of. It will require about "5.000.000 bags to move the barley and wheat crops in this State. Oregon, Washington and the con- tiguous territories, and should the Mac- duff never arrive it would mean the tak- ing up of all bags no-* on hand or in process of manufacture, with hardly enough to go around. Itthe Macduff does not come in two weeks, the price will certainly jump to 6 cents or higher. So says one of the importers who lias sub- scribed to the agreement. This he ar- gues, will place the handling of bags on a paying basis. Another feature of the bag situation is the fact that signers of the agreement are selling bags, not pledged, to outsid- ers and it is said that the latter are buy- ing them on a speculation, seeing that the price is bound to go higher, when the combine is left with the bass cov- ered by the contract. One of the biggest importers denied that there was any bag trust in the deal. . \u0084 "It is not our Intention, said tie, to raise bags to any unreasonable price. "Ac simply have come to the conclusion that we must stop selling at a loss. Ihe ar- rival of the Macduff *-"\u25a0 a e»' e . th *L.Tf}" 0 affair, and with her cargo there will be bags enough to supply the demand. I am certain that the prices will not ma- fertalH- advance. We do not want the idea to go out that we are trying to squeeze he farmers for that is not. our Inten- tion Ban sold at a further losses \u25a0:, ad it is to prevent further that we have subscribed to the agree- ment." SULLIVAN IS NOT THE MAN. I Mrs. Lecari's Recollection Was Not Good as to the Masked, Would-Be Robber. Captain Gillin and Detectives Graham and Fitzgerald, after a earetul "vvesn^ gation of all the facts surrounding the arrest of Daniel, alias "Pop" Sullivan, as being on- of the masked men who or- dered "all hands up" and did the shoot- ing at the store of Lecari on the san Kruno road on last Monday night, were compelled to turn him loose last evening. The Mission Police Department, in order to give Lecari and his wife a fair chance to identify Sullivan, had him placed among five of the trustees at the Central station yesterday. They at once identified him as being one of the masked men who entered the store. Not quite satisfied with this proof Captain Gillin instructed his detectives to make a further investi- gation of Sullivan's whereabouts on the night of the hold-up. _ Acting on these instructions Graham ' and Fitzgerald ascertained from reliable persons that Sullivan was elsewhere on ' the night in question. With this informa- tion at hand Captain Gillin ordered, the j discharge of Sullivan from custody. NAVY DIVORCE SCANDAL ENDS IN A BATTLE Thornton and Collin Mix Matters. FORMER WAS THE ASSAILANT \u2666 OBJECTION TO A QUESTION CAUSES THE TROUBLE. » \u25a0 Bailiff Cooper Kicked During the Set- to, but Separates the Princi- pals—Fine of Fifty Dol- lars Imposed. . \u25a0 r-"_-v; With the sound of hammering fists and J the splashing of gore the Lung divorce Milt, as far as the evidence is concerned, j ram- to a fitting end yesterday. From the beginning the divorce scandal of the j navy has developed dramatic scenes. A few days ago Mrs. Lung hurled herself Into the corridor outside Judge Murasky's courtroom and proceeded to batter Hen ; True, a witness in the case. Then she pro- ceeded to enact a scene which caused an j adjournment of court. Yesterday it was not the principals in the scandal but the i lawyers who made things howl, and out of it all but one lesson has been learned. | Crittenden Thornton has been made aware that it is expensive to attack opposing counsel; also that it is not safe to strike a smaller man, even though he may be | seated at the time. " •' \ '\u25a0•'\u25a0.-_ . The cross-examination of Mrs. Lung by Mr Thornton was the cause of the diffi- culty Mrs. Lung had testified that dur- Ing a visit at a certain hotel she had been Insulted on two occasions by one of the guests and said that her husband had avenged her by slapping his face. "Don't you know." said Thornton, "that the -lif- . Acuity at the hotel is simply the result of your imaginative brain?" Attorney George D. Collins, who represents Mrs. Lung objected to the question— that it was uncalled for and ungentlemanly. "What's that?" said Thornton. "The reporter will read my objection," said Mr. Collins. The reporter read the objection, and then Thornton, who was on ids feet, made a rush" at Collins, who was seated at the bar. Thornton swung a vicious blow at Collins' head, but Col- lins ducked, and the fist of his assailant just grazed his cheek. At the same time Collins' fist swung around and it crunched Into the Ups of Thornton. Thornton's head went back from the force of the blow, the blood spurted from his lips and they clinched. Over they went, the chair in which Collins was seated crushing un- der the weight of the combatants. At this point Bailiff Cooper sailed into the fight. He made a reach for Thorn- ton's collar, but the frenzied lawyer I launched out from the rear and landed one of his heels on the bailiff's right ankle. It stopped Cooper but an instant, however, and then he lifted Thornton back Into his seat, and' the battle was over judge Murasky, who had sprung from his seat at the opening of hostilities, Immediately adjudged Thornton guilty of contempt of court. Mr. Collins then arose and said that he hoped the court would' be lenient with Mr. Thornton, as he evi- dently had been actuated by uncontrolla- ble impulse. ••J don't want any excuses made for me bj Mr. Collins." said Thornton. "What I did I did with deliberation and am willing to take the consequences." Thereupon Judge Murasky. fined Thorn- ton $50, but as he did.not have the amount in his 'pocket the court granted him five days in which to procure the necessary j coin. A minute order of the action of the court was made, and the cross-examina- I tion of Mrs. Lung continued. This con- cluded the case was submitted on briefs, j All matters of fact being clear to the court, but one thing remains to be set- | tled—the matter of Dr. Lung's residence. Should it be found that under the law he has no residence In this city and county his case will fall and he will have to at- tain a residence before he can wage sue- j cessful litigation against his wife Eliza; beth for a divorce, "a vincule matrimoni. Kirn Oy Is Under Age. Judge Lawlor rendered a decision yes- terday in the case of Kirn Oy, the young girl who was rescued from a life of shame in Spofford alley a few weeks ago. Ah 'Sgun, who alleges that she is- the girl's mother swore out a writ of habeas cor- pus. After the hearing yesterday Judge Lawlor dismissed the writ and remanded the girl to the custody of the Methodist Mission. The court said that during the hearing of the writ he had been forced to listen to the most infamous perjury mi the part of the alleged mother in his ex- perience. Such perjury is seldom pre- sented in a court, he said, and if the proofs can be found the woman should be prosecuted for her crime. The decision rendered, the alleged mother set up a howl and a wail that made the corridors ring. She was finally dragged downstairs, however, placed in a hack and sent to her home. Private Windrow Must Stay. Richard Windrow, a 20-year-old private in the Thirty-fifth United States Volun- teers, was brought before United States District Judge de Haven yesterday and discharged from the army by order of the court. Windrow's guardian had him brought up on habeas corpus, and the youth has lost the opportunity of visiting the Philippines. 12 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL., FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1899. ADVERTISEMENTS. _2--4-"-- \. »* '•"•-.-"*V T_S -v-* '* *\u25a0 2\ 3*"*** > J _5 ' I \u25a0*,liP'^' * A LOVING, DAINTY WIFE Likes to see her husband arrayed in immaculate linen. We can cite man*,* cases of where wives insist on sending their linen to our laundry, and ladies are good judges of how laundry* work should be done and know a good thing when they see it. No saw* edges. The United States Laundry. Offlca 1004- Market Street. Telephone South 420. ONE week pi __H FREE '3. § Treatment and Medicine gf^^ § FOR 2 &%^ Catarrh Deafness, %im NOISES IN THE EARS _S Sss£& AND THROAT DISEASES SeT/JiM given to show the superior "~+/ ,Tt\ .- merit of my new invention §§§>' .„££_-" and ANTISEPTIC treatment; *~^ <.___\u25a0" that gives many marvelous §& -^E__l cures and so easy a child fl^ss- --_-__Bi \u25a0 can use it. In 1200 test cases <"" all CATARRHAL,patients re- "-*A {S_|'gß- > lieved and 80 per cent Deaf- *^*<j*/-^-_- :^s ness cured. Best of references Ki^*^^-?_f_g"^<y> and hundreds of endorsements. - But the best is to try It and be convinced while you can. FREE FOR ONE WEEK. Call at once or write. DR. COTTINGHAM, 632 Market St.. opp. Palace Hotel. Hours— 9-11 A. M.. 1-3 and 7-8. P. *__, ADVERTISEMENTS. ItP UII L fifl BVS fie U WITH ECZEMA Baby's Skin Red and Raw. Doc- tor's Medicine was Painful and Useless. A Stranger Advised CUTICURA. Cured in a Month, with Skin Smooth and Fair. My llttlo daughter, when six months old, broke out withEczema. 1look her toa doctor and he pronounced it " Moist Eczema," and prescribed for her. She screamed when I put the medicine on her. and I stopped using it. It was indeed very painful. Her skin was all red and raw, and moisture coming from itall the time. A perfect stranger to mo advised me to use Ccticura. remedies. I got Ccti- CT__ Soap and Cfxictrn..- (ointment), and they entirely cured her \u25a0within a month. She is twenty-three months old to-day, and her skin is like a piece of silk,and fair as a lily. Mas. E. J. KANE,815 Ohio Aye., Oct. 7, 1898. Kansas City,Kan. PIMPLES m I" -UTiCiM SOAP I commenced to get pimples and black- heads when I was fifteen years old. My face was covered. I spent about ten dollars for soaps, medicine, etc., but they never did me any good. I used CtTiccaA Soap for two weeks, the pimples and blackheads began to disappear, and itonly took three -cakes of Cn- tiocba Soap to cure my lace of those homely pimple". JOSEPH I'". CLAMER, Sept. 21, 98. 327 Court St., Elizabeth, N. J. My face was covered with a pimply, rup- Cured, a id Itching skin. Alter using Citi- cr*i"A Soap for six week-sal! t be pimples went away, my skin get! Inga ; soft as velvet. H.CROME, -J2Z Meiro"-o St., Chicago, 111. Sept. 21, 1898. Itchin-; hnr-ors. torturing, disfiguring ecrsmas, snd OTery specie; of itching, burning, ;-3.y, crusted, mnd pimply •kin sr.d *•_!;• _*e_e«, r-':lhdry, thin, «:id fill- ingl.air, Instantly relieved by wem baths with Ccn- ciea Soap, senile anointings with < [."nctm*.purest of e_o:l'rnt rkin cures, en'l mild doses or CCTICTIU lII- f-or.v_NT, tfrf-o'e.t of blood DuriSers end hemor --.--j. when a!! clac fails. Boldthronrl v.TI.J. "•••tti nDri-i '""'' '"*'• ro'.'-.tf': •' •*--• '- ' '-'\u25a0\u25a0•-•\u25a0»-. Land Scrip And Land Warrants Of All Kinds For the Location of Government tod State Lands Both Surveyed And Unsurveyed. F. A. HYDE, 415 .Mont£onn-ry St.. San Francisco.

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Page 1: 12 REINCARNATION OF A CALL'S GUESTS SPEND DEALERS … · 2017-12-18 · REINCARNATION OF A BUSH-STREETBOSS Sara Rainey Is High in the Favor of the Examiner- scheme to Send Hearst

REINCARNATION OF ABUSH-STREET BOSS

Sara Rainey Is High in the Favorof the Examiner-

scheme to Send Hearst to the U. S. Senate— Phelan aRival—Assembly District Meetings To-Night

to Organize Republican Clubs,

Sam Rainey, once the despised bossof the Fan Francisco Democratic polit-

ical machine. is now the trusted ally

of the Examiner. Gavin McNab, whosepraises were sung by the Examiner, isno longer exalted as an apostle of pu-rity and reform.

Committeemen belonging to Jasper

McDonald's band of one hundred, thefive score whose authority to boss theparty in San Francisco was derivedfrom the Democratic Stat-' CentralCommittee, cannot understand why

Gavin MclStab gets the cold shoulderand Rainey the confidence of. the Ex-aminer.

To account for the change of frontand the reappearanoe of Rainey as con-fidential adviser of the Examiner, thestory is told that "A*. R. Hearst desiresto be elected United States Senator from

California. The insiders know . thatHearst entertains no admiration forMayor Phelan, and both the outsidersand insiders know that the Mayor's re-gard for Hear.-- is too slight for calcu-lation. I: is obvious to all who careto study the drift of politics under the

•surface that Mayor Phelan is in train-ing for the United States Senate. Heexpects that the Democratic party willcome day be restored to power in Cali-fornia, and that during the restorationa Senator may be chosen.

Phelan has lungs, money and ambi-tion. He is not destitute of brains orlacking In self-esteem. As an allaround talker and a liner-up he canhold his own with the hardiest of therounders. Hearst does not care to in-vite a controversy with a young manpossessing all these accomplishments,He add prefer to see Phelan destroy

himself by getting on a high horse andriding rough shod over the regular or-ganization of the party. A sagaciouspolitician affirms that this is the mean-ing of the Itainey-Examiner combine.Phelan is to be puffed up, lauded and

heralded as a leader above the party.In the fullness of his pride he will de-

mand the right to name the tick ofthe regular convention, and failing toobtain this prerogative willhead an in-dependent movement.

Hearst would be highly pleas- atth,- sight of Phelan bolting th.- conven-tion and joining th independents. Acandidate for United States Senatormust show a clean record of fidelity tothe party. Bolters seldom win the Sen-atorial prize. Even Republicans whooften treat the party lash with scorndo not forget hat D. M. Burns Joinedthe N. n-Partisans, and that his treach-ery gave to the Democrats the Legis-

lature which elected Stephen M. Whiteto the United States Senate.IfPhelan could be forced into the at-

titude of a bolter through the smoothwork of Rainey and the Examiner,

Hearst would consider that a greatpoint had been gained. It is well un-derstood that Hearst expects the Ex-aminer to secure for him a pliable dele-gation from California to the nextDemocratic national convention. Ru-mor has reached the Committee of OneHundred that Hearst wants a delega-

tion that can be used by Boss Ibroker.The alliance of Rainey and the Ex-

aminer is the leading topic of discussion

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in the ranks of the Democratic push:Only eleven months ago the Examinerexhausted its resources of display typeto proclaim that Rainey, the infamous,was politically dead for all time. Therewas more glee in the Examiner officeover the political death of Rainey thanthe birds exhibited over the killingofCock Robin.

In big bold letters across a page ofseven columns the Examiner pro-claimed

•"RAINEY IS MAKING HISDEATH STRUGGLE AT SACRA-MENTO."

"M'NAB WILL HEAD THEFORCES AGAINST HIM."

Again in big type running across twopages the Examiner announced:

"BOSS RAINEY. CREATUREOF THE RAILROAD AND SUGARTRUST, FIERCELY FIGHTINGAGAINST A CLEAN TICKET."

In the Examiner of August 20, 1898,Rainey's political obituary was thuspublished:

THE PASSINGOF SAM RAINEY,

ONCE THE BOSSSam Rainey has passed into politi-

cal history. High up on the scroll ofthose on whom the Democracy of Cal-ifornia has stamped the mark of dis-honor his name *is inscribed. The peo-ple have kicked him into the outerdarkness. He has joined his old part-ner, Buckley, in the colony of polit-ical pariahs from which no man re-turneth.

The Examiner has fought Rainey-ism ever since the boss of the Bushstreet stable tried to put on the man-tle which had been torn from theshoulders of Buckley. Ittook yearsto overthrow that chief among* polit-ical bosses . Buckley was infamousbut able; his successor was simplyinfamous.'"

The foregoing is but a sample of a!big lot of P-ainey roasts in the Exami-Incr of last August. This man Rainey,i who is now the ally and confidential|adviser of the Examiner, is the sameiold boss of the Bush street stable, whohad tlje infamy but not the ability ofBuckley. His hand is in the politics of

j every Assembly district of San Fran-!Cisco, and no name is placed on the1 Examiner slate without the advice andiconsent of the resurrected and saintly

Sam. There is no question as to theidentity of the boss. He is not, how-ever, doing politics at the old stand.He has moved from the Bush streetstables to the Examiner office.

MEETINGS TO-NIGHT.

A Republican Club to Be Or-ganized in Each As-

sembly District.To-night In each of the eighteen As- I

sembly districts of San Francisco therewill be a meeting to organize a club un- ider the auspices of the Republican Coun- :ty Committee. The meeting willbe cal1 idto-order in each district at 8 o'clock by \the committeemen representing *.he dis-trict. It Is proposed that a permanentorganization shall be effected by the elec-tion of a preside) I and secretary and anenrolling committee of five members Theroll of each club will be kept open at aconvenient place between the hours of 8and 10 p. m. for six successive days sue- jceeding the organization.

Friday evening, July 28, each club willImeet to elect five delegates to an advisory

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central club, which shall be representa-tive of the district organization. The del-egates to said central club will meet andorganize Wednesday, August 2, at 8 p. m.It Is the duty of every good Repub-

lican of San Francisco to enroll his nam.on the regular Republican Club of his Idistrict. A special effort should be made 1by Republicans to attend the meetingthis evening and take part in the pre*liminary organization. Good governmentcan be obtained if 'he citizens will givetime to the consideration of public af-fairs. Plainly, therefore, it is the 'duty jof Republicans who desire that the cityshall be honestly and efficiently governed

-to attend the meeting in their respectivedistricts. If they remain at home, round- :

ers, heelers and place seekers may gaina position of advantage at the outset ofthe municipal campaign.

The following places of meeting havebeen designated by the Republican Coun-ty Committee:

Twenty-plg-hth District—Loagrue of the Crossarmor" . Second and FoiSom.

Twenty-ninth District-

Becker's Hall, 14'

Third street.Thirtieth District—Crusaders* Hall. Pythian

Castle, 909 Market streetThirty-first District—Excelsior Hall, Eighth

and Folsom streets.Thirty-second District— Brannan etreet,

between Sixth and Seventh.Thirty-third District—Maennerbund Hall, !\u25a0•.-

trei avenue and Twenty-fourth street.Thirty-fourth District—Mission turn Varein

Hall, Eighteenth street, between Valencia andGuerrero.

Thirty-fifth District— Valencia street, be-tween Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth.

Thirty-sixth District— Rolander'a Hall, Twen-ty-eighth and Church streets.

Thirty-seventh Dinrut Mowry's Hall, Ivyavenue and Eaguna street.

Thirty-eighth District 1032 Golden Gate ave-nue.—-

Thirty-ninth District—Turn ".'.-rein Hall, 323Turk street.

Fortieth District—Bear Hall, Post and Fill- 'more streets.Forty-first District— Hall, Polk and j

Pacific Streets.Forty-second District—Argonaut Hall, Cali-

fornia an.l Hyde streets.Forty-third District—California Hall. 620 Bush

rtreet.Forty-fourth District

—Washington-square

Hall, Union street.

Another Faction Organizes.The Thirty-first District Democratic

Club was organized last night at Wurth-mann's Hall, 25 Tenth street. The follow-ing officers were elected: President, W.J. G. Muhl; first vice president. Sam New-mann; second vice president, BenjaminYVurthmann; financial secretary, M. J.Silva:

'recording secretary, M. Cellar-

treasurer, B. Sharkey; Bergeant-at-arma',James H. Kennedy.

Democrats Elect Officers.The Young Men's Democratic Club of

the Seventieth Primary District met lastnight at Turn Verein Hall. Many new-members signed the roll. Speeches weremade by Edward McCabe, Dr. Leek andM. Schultz. The following officers wereelected: President, M. J. Flanagan; vicepresident, W. _>*. Batter sby; secretary, R.

R. Porter*, treasurer. A. D. Turner; «er-geant-at-arms, X. Jansen.

League Democrats Meet

The Democratic Municipal League Club

of the Thirty-first Assembly District held

an enthusiastic meeting at Teutonia Hall;„., evening. Speeches were made by J.J Barrett, J. P. McLaughlan and M. C.

Hassett Mayor Phelan was indorsed.

Forty-First District Club.The regular Democratic Club of- the

Forty-first District met last night in thebanquet hall of H. H. \™™s2JL™£:dence 2912 Clay street. W.J. lJoiilon oc-cupied The chair. Favorable reports werereceived from the precinct branches of

the organization.

Thirty-Second District.The Phelan Democratic Club of the

Thirtv-s»cond Assembly District met in

the hall at Eighteenth and Florida streetsm, r.ieht to listen to an address by

Charles A. Sweigert. The president, EdLawton. Introduced the speaker, whomade an attach upon corporations, which,

he Mil "stab and bleed the people at theSfstol's point." He denounced the Buck-Invites as political pirates, and warnedtrue Democrats not to enter into. a com-bination with corruption During his pero-ration, referring to the city, he said."where the morning glories dwell on the

hills of twilight." He was tendered a voteof thanks and the club disposed of someroutine business.

South Side Democrats Meet.The Twenty-ninth District Democratic

Club held its regular weekly meeting lastnight at Baker's Hall. Addresses weremade by K. Porter Ashe, Oscar Hocksand Colonel Thomas Barry. In opening

his remarks Ashe stated that oefore com-InK to the meeting he received a note in-forming him that if he Bpoke at Braun-hart's meeting the rival Democratic clubwould get sore. The Senator said thatonly politeness prevented him from re-turning the note.

Monument -League Active.A sub-committee of the Lincoln Monu-

ment League met last night at. the officeof Judge M. Cooney and ueclded to invokethe aid of the various Improvement clubsthroughout the city in raising subscrip-tions for the erection of the monument.

CALL'S GUESTS SPENDA DAY IN FAIRYLAND

<j-j C7EARI.Y 7<W) school children ac-NEARLYThe Call's invitation tocepted The Call's Invitation to

attend the cakewalk carnival|^ [[ matinee given in their honor

yesterday afternoon, and forthree solid hours sat entranced withthe brilliant spectacle that passed andrepassed before their wandering eyes.It was as. though they had been ad-mitted to the abode of the fairies fora brief peep at the wonderful thingsthey had been told about but neverdared hope to Bee. The changingscenes, with all their gorgeous color-ing! was like a panorama and heldtheir attention as though they hadbeen put under hypnotic influence,

but not altogether so; for at Intervalsthe spell was broken and the moving

figures of the floor, blazing with goldand tinsel, wen greeted with sponta-neous bursts of applause, all the morecomplimentary because sincerelygiven. It was a great day for the lit-tle folks who were being entertainedas the guests of The Call, and it wasa great day for the juvenile artist:.who contributed to the entertain-ment as well as the grown-up pi. -fessionals.

The carnival management was pre-pared to receive a big crowd, but itfailed to realize the magnitude of thetask it had been asked to assume.There was an early gathering in thestreet in front of the Pavilion long

fore the hour for the opening of thedoors, and the moment the portalswere swung upon their hinges a rushwas made for the interior that con-tinued until long after 2 o'clock. Thehalf-dozen ticket takers on duty work-ed as they never worked before andas they hope never to have to workagain. It seemed to them as thoughevery child in the city had swoopeddown upon them armed with a Callcoupon, and all clamorous for admis-sion to wonderland.

They came' in hordes, some accom-panied by their mammas and othersby their papas or elder sisters, and-ora" apparently alone, but fully con-fident of their ability to take care ofthemselves. By some unexplainedmiracle the management finally suc-ceeded In finding seats for all by thetime the signal for the entry of thegrand opening pageant was givenLed by Miss Pearl Hickman, the chiefdrum major, attired in her glitteringuniform and carrying a staff as asymbol of her authority, the proces-sion moved out upon the floor andthe hypnotizing process was well un-der way. The king and queen in theirchariot drawn by half a dozen har-lequins satisfied all doubters thatthey were really viewing a fairy spec-tacle, and they proceeded to settledown to a full enjoyment of the feast.

Tn the center of the floor, near theentrance to the Pavilion and in fullview of the audience, a large inclosurehad been arranged for the competitors

in the Chinese- baby show and theirparents, and from the tiers of seats by

which they were surrounded the group

of Orientals presented a peculiarlygorgeous appearance. The little Chi-nese abies had been carefully pre-pared for the beauty test and looked

as handsome and pretty as paint andcosmetics, together with splendid be-Jeweled headdresses and beautiful silk-en garments, could make them. Nextwere the Juvenile cakewalkers andfancy dancers. They were the center

of attraction, and after the judges hadmade their awards the little Celestialbeauties were surrounded by an admlr-

ing throng of ladies from the audience,

an intermission being announced to

afford an opportunity for a closer In-spection of the gaylybedecked midgets.

The Chinese mammas and papas wereinordinately proud of the attentionsshowered upon their offspring, and theparents of the prize winners made noeffort to conceal their delight. Sixprizes were awarded, three for boysand three for girls. In addition sev-eral of the babies were selected asworthy of honorable mention. Thewinners of first prizes were given gold

medals made in Chinatown, the suc-cessful contestants being i/oul Towand Yung Wing. The second and thirdprizes consisted of jeweled headdressesfor girls and Chinese caps for theboys.

The juveniles were in their glory andfairly outdid themselves. FrankieButtner. the three-year-old cokewalk-er, and little Margaret Cronin won newlaurels, while Blanche Trelease and

Harry Mangels gave an exhibition thatwas applauded to the echo. IreneDavis' Castanet dance, Lena Hall's co-covianne dance, Irene Wilson's skirtdance. Alma l'\u25a0 wen's contortion dance,Edna Honn's specialty dance, the Cu-pid dance by Daisy Belle Kormal andthe Highland "fling by Adele Nelsonwere all enthusiastically applauded, aswere others too numerous to mention.The usual professional, society andamateur cakewalks were put on andcontributed their full share to the en-tertainment.

Altogether The Call has every reasonto' feel well satisfied with the result ofits effort to afford an afternoon's en-tertainment for the school children ofSan Francisco, and that the latterwere satisfied was amply evidenced by

their actions.The evening programme was un-

usually elaborate; in fact, the carnivalimproves, like good wine, with age.

Of course, the feature of the show wasthe electric cake-- alk. which appearsto have made a decided hit, and thethree thousand people who composedthe audience last night applauded itenthusiastically. It is a novelty andsome fears were at first expressed thatthe wires which supply the currents

for the lights might become detached

while the dancers were going through

their evolutions and spoil the effect,

and tins did happen for a moment onWednesday night but Al White, theelectrician, has succeeded In arrang-ing tin batteries so that this diffi-culty has been entirely obviated. Thethree figures flitting gracefully acrossthe floor ablaze with electric lights

is a treat to all who admire the beau-tiful. Miss Hickman, Miss I.a Salleand Mr.Barr have received many com-mendations for the success of theirlatest novelty.

The delsartian cakewalk and artis-tic poslngs, under the direction of Mrs.L. Honn, also caught the fancy of alarge majority of the spectators, manyof whom appear to i.,- just beginning

to realize that a delsartian cakewalkis slightly different from a plantation

cakewalk.Last evening marked the beginning

of the contests for the prizes to beawarded by the carnival management,The contests are being judged by J. M.Cumming of this city, Harry C. Blairof Sacramento and L. C. Foster ofPortland, Or., and the last two atleast are preparing to take the firsttrain out of town as soon as the finaldecisions are announced, as there aresure to be a number of bitterly disap-pointed contestants. The professionalswent through the- preliminary "heat."and the judges selected live couples tocompete in tie- finals to-night as fol-lows, the others being dropped: J.Walker Cole and Georgie Brown, A. F.Williams and .Miss Rosseau, EverettBrown and Miss Simmons. F. G. Till-man and lady, and Mr. McMahon andAnnie Kelly. The juveniles and thesociety cakewalkers also had their pre-liminaries and will go on again to-night, the finals to be decided Saturdayevening.

This afternoon there will be anothermatinee for the children, the specialfeatures being a congress of juvenilecakewalkers and fancy dancers in ad-dition to the regular programme. Thisevening the Compaions of the Forest,twelve circles, will be in attendanceand in addition to the \u25a0 championshipcontests the electric cakewalk andother special features willbe put on.

CHINESE BABY PRIZE WINNERS.

THE GREAT EXCURSION TOSANTA CRUZ.

Delightful Weather at the New-port of the Pacific.

Excursion Passenger'Agent Menton !

reports that the public interest in the!Santa Cruz excursion next Sunday con- Itinues unabated, the encampment of theLeague .of the Cross Cadets being thechief attraction. Excursionists willhave" an" opportunity to witness thecadets break camp Sunday afternoon.The season at Santa Cruz is now at itsheight, and no more interesting spec-tacle can be witnessed than to watchthe throngs of pleasure-seekers at thebathing pavilions. At this time of theyear the weather at Santa Cruz is de-lightfuland the event of next Sundayaffords a splendid opportunity for thepeople of this locality to escape forone day at least the prevailing windsand fogs. Excursionists will have fivehours at their disposal after their ar-rival at Santa Cruz. ;.: v

Round-trip tickets ($2) are now onsale at the Grand Hotel ticket office,013 Market street, and can also be ob-tained at the ferry ticket office on themorning of the excursion.

Trains leave ferry landing, foot ofMarket street, at 7:4.". a. m. Returningarrive in San Francisco at 8:06 p. m.

For the information of would-be ex-cursionists it can be understood thatthe sink near Alameda has been re-paired and trains are now running onregular time.

Drunken Small Boys.Matthew Brady, Joseph .Toy and Charles

Carston, small boys, were arrested yester-day-morning by Policeman McNamara onBrannan street, near Fifth, in a drunkenstupor. When they recovered their sensesin the City Prison they said they got theliquor from a saloon-keeper on Bryantstreet, but. refused to give his name. Thepolice will endeavor to discover the sa-loon man and punish him. ;•:

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ACCUSED OF THEFT.

Harry Kispert, a Jeweler,'Charged

With Robbing His Employer.. Harry Kispert, a manufacturing jeweleremploye- by Shreve& C0.," wholesale deal-ers at Market and Fremont streets, wasarrested last night by Detective Grahamand charged at the City Prison with pettylarceny.' .';' :'J ~-'-For some time past Shreve & Co. have I

been missing small- quantities of gold, andsuspecting that Kispert was the culpritthey decided to place a watch on him.Yesterday, It is claimed, he was seen to)appropriate three small pieces of gold, and :

was immediately .taken to task. Kispert jflrst claimed that he had taken the gold,intending to make it Into a ring, but \finally admitted his guilt. On being told jthat he was to be punished for the al- jleged theft Kispert asked permission towash his hands. During the temporaryabsence of the men who had detected himKispert secretly left the place. Last even-ing he was found at his home in SouthSan Francisco and taken Into custody. 1

Kispert says the arrest is all a -mistake,and claims he will be able to establishhis Innocence when the case is heard Inthe Police Court.

Social Council's Officers.Last evening Deputy Taylor, assisted by

Grand Recorder WallIs as grand marshal, ]installed the following officers of SocialCouncil No. 46 .in Coloma Hall. NativeSons' building, for the current term- ofsix months: Miss K. I.Goodell, pastcouncilor; W. M. Sullivan, councilor;

'George W. Smith, vice councilor; Mrs. K.A. Adams, Instructor; W. F. Gibson, sec-retary; A. G. Baker, assistant secretary;F. Ushaus, treasurer; Mrs. J. S. Cog-gins,prelate; Mrs. Alice Goodall. marshal; Mrs. !

J. Hanley, warden; Mrs. Minnie Drossell,guard; Mrs. S. Crouch, sentry; R. T. ,Baccus, F. C. Adams and W. J.O'Shaughnessy, trustees. After the cere-monies there was an adjournment to thebanquet hall, where a collation wasserved and there were music, songs andspeeches.

Rag-Time Hayes and TamalesAt Kapp & Street's Tamale Grotto nightly.

BAG DEALERS FORMA BIGCOMBINATION

Have Agreed to Corner Over Five. Million Grain Bags,

The Price Has Already Advanced and May Jump StillHigher — An Overdue Ship From Calcutta

Complicates the Situation.

f—_jHERE is every likelihood that the[price of grain bags will rise to a

high figure before many 'lays have

X passed. This result is in conse-

quence of a combination made h>

about fourteen of the large »n-P?rte"£JJprivate holders, whereby over S.OW.WWbags have been cornered or set aside to

w2t for a rising market. The combina-tion was forme,, two weeks ago. and th

price has already advanced from one-

eighth to one-fourth of a cent, the ruling

rate now being 5*4 cents per bag.

The agreement entered Into by Balfour

Guthrie & Co.. Cutter & Moseley. Neville& Co.. S. Koshland & Co.. Ames & Har-

ris, Meyer & Wilson. Girvin & Eyre and

half a dozen smaller holders who have

bought bags on speculation, contemplates

the sale of all bags nnt so set aside. Afterthat the latter may be sold, but only by

permission of a committee appointed from,among the .balers who are in the com-bine. _ ,

It is a well-known fact that the. bag

market has been in a demoralized cond.-

tion ever since last year, when on accountof the shortage in crops the dealers lost

vast amounts of money and were left

with large quantities of bags on theirihands. The price this year has been aslow as 5 cents, which, it is claimed, is

Ilower than the importing price, that is,

Iincluding interest, long storage and insur-i ance This price recently advanced to'5% cents and slowly stiffened to 5% andIoi4 cents. The dealers say it is to guard; themselves against loss this season thatithey have agreed to "lock up' over 5.000.-

--1 000'

bags •by temporarily withdraw! them from sale. They disclaim any inten-Ition of forming a trust to force prices up,, but say they have simply combined as a;measure of precaution, One large im-:porter in discussing the situation said:1 "We have not combined to force prices

iup, but only to guard against futurei losses. Something has to be done, andIit was decided that the best way out ofi the difficulty was to remove a certainj number of bags from the possibility of :

Isale If there was any combination to I!raise the price bags would be selling at 10icents each to-day."

The fact remains, however, that though I

there 'in? been no appreciable advance lnprices so far, there is no telling whatwill happen when all the "free" bags, orthose not bound by the agreement, willhave been sold. There is no doubt thatthe farmer will be called upon to pay ahigher rate than he is paying now.

Another circumstance that is affectingthe. market to a considerable extent isthe fact thai four or five million bagsare on the British ship Macduff, now 162days from Calcutta. Her destination isPortland, Or., where the demand for hagsis bout to begin. No uneasiness, how-ever, is felt at her non-appearance asyet. and only 20 per cent reinsurance hasbeen offered. The average trip is about125 days, and should the vessel fail tomaterialize the bag .situation would befurther complicated. A large per cent ofher cargo has also been pledged by thedealers as not being for sale until allother bags are disposed of.

It will require about "5.000.000 bags tomove the barley and wheat crops in thisState. Oregon, Washington and the con-tiguous territories, and should the Mac-duff never arrive it would mean the tak-ing up of all bags no-* on hand or inprocess of manufacture, with hardlyenough to go around. Itthe Macduff doesnot come in two weeks, the price willcertainly jump to 6 cents or higher. Sosays one of the importers who lias sub-scribed to the agreement. This he ar-gues, will place the handling of bags ona paying basis.

Another feature of the bag situation is

the fact that signers of the agreementare selling bags, not pledged, to outsid-ers and it is said that the latter are buy-ing them on a speculation, seeing thatthe price is bound to go higher, whenthe combine is left with the bass cov-ered by the contract. One of the biggestimporters denied that there was any bag

trust in the deal. . \u0084

"It is not our Intention, said tie, to

raise bags to any unreasonable price. "Acsimply have come to the conclusion thatwe must stop selling at a loss. Ihe ar-rival of the Macduff *-"\u25a0 •ae»' e.th*L.Tf}"0affair, and with her cargo there will bebags enough to supply the demand. Iam certain that the prices will not ma-fertalH- advance. We do not want the ideato go out that we are trying to squeeze

he farmers for that is not. our Inten-tion Ban sold at a

further losses\u25a0:, ad it is to prevent furtherthat we have subscribed to the agree-

ment."

SULLIVAN IS NOT THE MAN.

I Mrs. Lecari's Recollection Was Not

Good as to the Masked, Would-BeRobber.

Captain Gillin and Detectives Graham

and Fitzgerald, after a earetul "vvesn^gation of all the facts surrounding thearrest of Daniel, alias "Pop" Sullivan,

as being on- of the masked men who or-

dered "all hands up" and did the shoot-

ing at the store of Lecari on the sanKruno road on last Monday night, werecompelled to turn him loose last evening.

The Mission Police Department, in order

to give Lecari and his wife a fair chanceto identify Sullivan, had him placedamong five of the trustees at the Centralstation yesterday. They at once identifiedhim as being one of the masked men whoentered the store. Not quite satisfiedwith this proof Captain Gillin instructed

his detectives to make a further investi-gation of Sullivan's whereabouts on thenight of the hold-up.

_Acting on these instructions Graham'

and Fitzgerald ascertained from reliablepersons that Sullivan was elsewhere on'the night in question. With this informa-tion at hand Captain Gillin ordered, the

j discharge of Sullivan from custody.

NAVY DIVORCESCANDAL ENDS

IN A BATTLEThornton and Collin

MixMatters.— —FORMER WAS THE ASSAILANT—

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BailiffCooper Kicked During the Set-

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With the sound of hammering fists and Jthe splashing of gore the Lung divorceMilt, as far as the evidence is concerned, j

ram- to a fitting end yesterday. Fromthe beginning the divorce scandal of the jnavy has developed dramatic scenes. Afew days ago Mrs. Lung hurled herselfInto the corridor outside Judge Murasky's

courtroom and proceeded to batter Hen ;True, a witness in the case. Then she pro-

ceeded to enact a scene which caused an jadjournment of court. Yesterday it was

not the principals in the scandal but the i

lawyers who made things howl, and outof it all but one lesson has been learned. |

Crittenden Thornton has been made awarethat it is expensive to attack opposingcounsel; also that it is not safe to strikea smaller man, even though he may be |seated at the time. " •'

\'\u25a0•'\u25a0.-_ .The cross-examination of Mrs. Lung by

Mr Thornton was the cause of the diffi-culty Mrs. Lung had testified that dur-Ing a visit at a certain hotel she had beenInsulted on two occasions by one of theguests and said that her husband hadavenged her by slapping his face. "Don'tyou know." said Thornton, "that the -lif- .Acuity at the hotel is simply the result ofyour imaginative brain?" AttorneyGeorge D. Collins, who represents Mrs.Lung objected to the question— that itwas uncalled for and ungentlemanly.

"What's that?" said Thornton."The reporter will read my objection,"

said Mr. Collins. The reporter read theobjection, and then Thornton, who was onids feet, made a rush" at Collins, whowas seated at the bar. Thornton swunga vicious blow at Collins' head, but Col-lins ducked, and the fist of his assailantjust grazed his cheek. At the same timeCollins' fist swung around and it crunchedInto the Ups of Thornton. Thornton'shead went back from the force of theblow, the blood spurted from his lips andthey clinched. Over they went, the chairin which Collins was seated crushing un-der the weight of the combatants.

At this point Bailiff Cooper sailed intothe fight. He made a reach for Thorn-ton's collar, • but the frenzied lawyer Ilaunched out from the rear and landedone of his heels on the bailiff's rightankle. It stopped Cooper but an instant,however, and then he lifted Thorntonback Into his seat, and' the battle wasover judge Murasky, who had sprungfrom his seat at the opening of hostilities,Immediately adjudged Thornton guilty ofcontempt of court. Mr. Collins then aroseand said that he hoped the court would'be lenient with Mr. Thornton, as he evi-dently had been actuated by uncontrolla-ble impulse.

••J don't want any excuses made for mebj Mr. Collins." said Thornton. "What Idid Idid with deliberation and am willingto take the consequences."

Thereupon Judge Murasky. fined Thorn-ton $50, but as he did.not have the amountin his 'pocket the court granted him fivedays in which to procure the necessary jcoin. A minute order of the action of the •court was made, and the cross-examina- Ition of Mrs. Lung continued. This con-cluded the case was submitted on briefs, jAll matters of fact being clear to thecourt, but one thing remains to be set- |

tled—the matter of Dr. Lung's residence.Should it be found that under the law hehas no residence In this city and county

his case will fall and he will have to at-tain a residence before he can wage sue- jcessful litigation against his wife Eliza;beth for a divorce, "a vincule matrimoni.

Kirn Oy Is Under Age.Judge Lawlor rendered a decision yes-

terday in the case of Kirn Oy, the younggirl who was rescued from a life of shamein Spofford alley a few weeks ago. Ah'Sgun, who alleges that she is- the girl's

mother swore out a writ of habeas cor-pus. After the hearing yesterday JudgeLawlor dismissed the writ and remandedthe girl to the custody of the MethodistMission. The court said that during thehearing of the writ he had been forced tolisten to the most infamous perjury mithe part of the alleged mother in his ex-perience. Such perjury is seldom pre-sented in a court, he said, and if theproofs can be found the woman shouldbe prosecuted for her crime. The decisionrendered, the alleged mother set up ahowl and a wail that made the corridorsring. She was finally dragged downstairs,however, placed in a hack and sent to herhome.

Private Windrow Must Stay.Richard Windrow, a 20-year-old private

in the Thirty-fifth United States Volun-teers, was brought before United StatesDistrict Judge de Haven yesterday anddischarged from the army by order of thecourt. Windrow's guardian had himbrought up on habeas corpus, and theyouth has lost the opportunity of visitingthe Philippines.

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