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The morning call., 1891-09-15
AFTER LESZYNSKFS SCALP.
A Rule by the Board of Education Ii
tended to Gust Him.

A Rule by the Board of Education In
tended to Gust Him.
Some two or three weeks ago School
Director Hyde proposed to the Classification
Committee, of which he is a member, the
rule that on ana after October 18th the
principals of all schools should be required
to hold first-grade certificates The propO-
sition appeared to be good one and per-
fectly harmless, so the entire committee fell
into ready accord with it. and at the follow
ing meeting of the board it was adopted.
No one appeared to suspect anything and
no objection was raised.
The only teacher~in the department that
it could affect was ISador LeSZyrski, prn-
cipal of the Day Commercial School. and
warm personal friend of Brooks, Chairman
of the Classification Committee. lie once
held a first-grade certificate. ISSUED to him
some years ago without an examination, but
was thrown out of the department by the
Stone Board about year and half or two
years ago. He does not now hold first
grade, and could not by any human posi-
Dility fit himself to acquire one within the
limit fixed By the resolution.
1t is now rumOred in the department that
certain ones in the board and out of 1t are
anxious to again GUST Leszynski, and that
the resolution referred to had that sole OBJ
ject in view.
day or two after the rule was passed
Brooks attention was called to the little
Joker" it contained. A howl of alarm and
Indignation was at once raised. Mr.. Brooks
did not propose to have his friend unseated
by any such proceedings. AS his power in
the board is too well established to question
the promulgators of the scheme instead of
resisting him vanished like thin air and
meekly acquiesced to his proposition that
the day of judgment, so to speak, be post
poned until next April. The amended date
was adopted without murmur. Mr.. Les
zynski will now have until next spring to
prepars himself for examination
The morning call., 1891-09-15
DEATH ON THE RAIL.
Moses Bcttman Run Down and
Killed by an Engine.

Moses Bettman, an aged merchant. was
run down and fatally injured by Southern
Pacific engine on Brannan street, between
Ninth and Tenth, about 8 O'Clock yesterday
morning. His office was at 121 California
street, and he was in the habit of walking
out over the railroad track to his chemical
works. He was passing along Brannan
street as usual yesterday morning when
helper engine No. 10 came around curve
on its way to help pull the San Jose train to
Ocean View.
The engine was being backed at a very
slow speed and Bettman saw it when it was
twenty yards away. Engin j. K. Hurd
did not blow his whistle, neither did Fire
man J. p. Sullivan ring the bell. They
knew that the man saw them coming, and
had plenty of time and room to step off the
track. When within about twenty feet of
Bettman the engineer slowed do wn still
more and shouted, Hey there! Look out"
Bettman evidently became confused, for
instead of stepping to one side he started to
run ahea of the engine. Finally Bettman
became frightened aud tried to jump to one
side, but he struck a freight-car on the Sid
ing and fell back on the track. II was then
too late for the engineer to stop and one OIL
the wheels passed over the unfortunate
mans chest before the engine Stacked up.
Several persons who witnessed the affair
ran up and assisted in removing the mangled
body from under the wheels.
A physician was sent for, but the injured
man died before his arrival. The remains
were removed to the Morgue, where an
autopsy showed that the ribs were crushed
in. both legs broken and the sternum frac-
ured. Bettmau was 81 years of age, ma
tive of Germany and lived at 1855 Post
street. He leaves five sons and three daugh-
ters. Engineer Hurd was arrested on
charge OF manslaughter, but released on his
own recOgniZ tnce.
He said that he did not stop the engine be
cause Bettman saw it and had plenty of
time TO get off the track. When Bettman
did jump and fall back on the track he
stopped the engine as quickly as possible,
but be was so close that one wheel passed
over the PROSTATE mans body.
Coroner GarwOOd impaneled jury, had
the body Identified and continued the in
quest until this morning.
One of the witnesses to the fatal accident
says that the whistle was not blown, but
that an electric sgnal-bell on the crossing
was ringing loudly during all the time.
The morning call., 1891-09-15
FRATERNAL NOTES.
The Oldest Past Grand Master of
the /. O. O. F. in New York.

Occidental Lodge, No. p, F. and A. NJ,
at Its called meeting last evening had work
In the I Fellowcraft degree.
Argonaut Council, No. 597, Royal Ar
canum, at its regular meeting last evening
had good attendance and very interest
ing session.
King Solomon's Lodge, No. 260. F. and A.
NJ. at its called meeting last evening had
work in the Entered Apprentice degree.
The oldest Past Grand Master of the |. o.
o. F. in the State of New York is Edwin
Wainwright, a member of Metropolitan
Lodge of New York City, who was Grand
Master in 1894.
San Francisco Chapter, No. l, Royal Arch
Masons at its meeting last evening had work
in the Mark Masters degree.
There are $50 L o. o. f. lodges in the city
of Philadelphia, and some of the charters
date as far back as 1923. There is a men-
bershp Of %, 1874 in the city.
Maher, Shalal, Hash, Baz-four Hebrew
words which the prophet Isaiah was ordered
to write upon tablet, and which were
afterward to be the name of his sOn-sig-
Nifty, make haste to the prey, fall upon the
SPOIL" aud were proguostc OF the sudden
attack Of the Assyrians. They may be said
in their Masonic use to be symbolic Of
the readiness for action which should dis
tinguish warrior.
At the sixth biennial session Of the Su-
preme Legion, Select Knights, held at Kan
sas City, Mo-, James w. Carr of Omaha,
Nebr., was elected 5. c., and William r.
Sheen OF Lawrence, Kans., S. r. ST. Louis,
No., was selected as the place of holding
the next session in September, 1898
Oriental Encampment, No. 81. l. o. o. F.,
will give literary and social entertainment
In the public hall ON Thursday evening, oath
inst.
The Grand Lodge. ]. o. o. F., of Maine
met in Portland on Tuesday, August 11tIl.
Thirteen Past Grand Masters were present.
From the Grand sjecretary's report there
are 125 lodges and 10, 43S members, gain of
781 for the year. There are 3S Rebekah
lodges Is were instituted during the Year,
with mem bership of 4044, gain of 800 for
the year. The Grand Encampment met in
the evening, and from the reports there are
as encampments with 1899 members, gain
of 81. Tie Grand Encampment has funds
haV, and ft,xra tod tiror tn
The morning call., 1891-09-15
Chinese Sent to Merion.

G. Vogel, a Mexican immigration agent in
China. arrived in the city from Hong-Kong
on Sunday. He states that he has sent a
large number of Chinese to Mexico this year
to work en- the Tehuantepec Railway, where
1000 coolies are now employed at 81 per day.
Mr. Voge says the Chinese are glad TO emf
crate TO Mexico, where, after their arrival,
they have no trouble In obtaining employ
ment among the farmers or as railroad
lnIA
The morning call., 1891-09-15
LAID TO REST.
Funeral Services Over the Remains Oi
william j. MaIIady.

william Js blhllauys
The funeral Of William j. Mallady, the
city undertaken, was held from st. Patrick's s
Church yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Father Duffy pronounced brief oratiOn.
full of consolation to the bereaved family.
The floral tributes were many and elabo-
rate. There were delegations present from
several societies, including the Grand Army
of the Republic, Molders' Union, Funeral
Directors Association, the Old Friends and
the Foresters. At the conclusion of the
services the remains we're accompanied to
Holy Cross Cemetery by a large number of
friends and the Second Regiment Band.
j. l.. Halsied of the Undertakers' Associa-
tion, d. NJ Cashn, NJ. Lane, William Dolan,
William Moore and Charles p. Gross of the
G. A. r., and j. w. Buchanan and Frank
i FaIIon
The morning call., 1891-09-15
MISSED THE MARK.
The Cogswen Schools Teacher of Sew
ing Has No Certificate.


ing Has No Certificate.
Another instance where political patron
age and favOritism in the school department
has come to grief is the case of Miss Nora
Goodman, appointed by the Board of Edu-
cation on July 10th to the position of teacher
of sewing in the Cogswell High School,
without q certificate.
According TO the rules Of the board no
one can be appointed to teach who does not
possess proper certificate. Whenever the
occasion requires it, however, the rules are
tOyed with like harmless playthngs, and
have proven in dozens of cases lately to
have no more restraining effect than If they
did not exist.
Miss Goodman was brought before the
Board OF Examiners for examination at its
last meeting and fell short of the require
ments. 1t is not publicly known who
recommended her, nor have the Directors
yet announced what they will do about it.
The morning call., 1891-09-15

pastors and laymen as means Of promoting
closer fraternal relations between the mem
bers. Revs. j. Woodwork, IL IL. Rec, H.
A. Ketchum and W. L. Smith discussed The
paper, the aforementioned clergyman NOV
ing the appointment of committee to con-
slider MIR. Weler's propOsition. Rev. James
Matthews, Rev. 0. c. Weller and j. B. Rob
erts were named for this duty
The morning call., 1891-09-15
Grand LARCENY and Forgery.

Frank Price was arrested in Salinas on
the 9th inst. on charge of stealing horse
and buggy from L. j. Hamilton of this city.
He arrived here yesterday and an addi-
tiona charge of forgery was recorded on
Price secured the horse and buggy he paid
for the rig with check on Miller IL Lux
with the forged Endorsement: Of Fl. l.. Gait.
The morning call., 1891-09-15
PRESBYTERIAN Clercymen.

At the meeting of the Presbyterian Min
isterial Union, held yesterday morning in
Howard Church, Rev. o. G. Weller read a
paper on "a Ministerial Social Union" ad-
vocating inter-denomnatlona meetings of
The morning call., 1891-09-15
NORODEUTSCHER LLOYD s. s, co.

SPREE HAvEL. LAIN, TRAAyE, SAALE,
'ALLER. ELDER, EMS WERRA, FULDA.
ELBE, KAISER WILHELM III.
New York, Southampton, Bremen The fast eI-
press steamers of this company sail every TUES
DAY, WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY. landing
passengers In Southampton in IA days less
from New York. These steamers are celebrated for
their speed and the comfort afforded passengers.
OELRICHS & CO.. Bowling Green.
ROBERT CAPELLE, Gen. Agent for Pacific Coast,
lis Montgomery ST., under Occidental Hotel. San
Francisco ia6 ly Turh
The morning call., 1891-09-15
Fell Fifteen Feet.

Suit has been brought by jeremiah Hart
against the Oriental United States Bonded
Warehouse to recover S51,200 for injuries
received by falling fifteen feet down an ele-
vatOr shaft.
The morning call., 1891-09-15
Mortality ReDorts.

The August circular of the State Board of
Health gives mortality reports from sixty-six
cities and districts. aggregating population
of 7O6,054, showing the total number of
deaths from all causes during the month TO
have been 9T5, a percentage of 1.38 per
thousand for the month, and 1856 for the
The morning call., 1891-09-15

Daily photographs of the sun taken since
1857 show conclusively that that luminary
makes a complete revolution in eleven wears.
The morning call., 1891-09-15
ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET co.

C,TEAMEES LEAVE ASPINwALL 1r,~>
. fOrtnightly for tho West Indies and EEENM
Southampton, calling route at Cher
bourg, France, and Plymouth TO land passengers
Through Bilis OF Lading, in connection with the
Pacific Mail s. s. Co.. issued for freight aud treasure
to direct ports In England and Germany.
Through tickets from San Francisco TO Plymouta,
Cherbourg, Southampton. First class. $l95; third
class Ss7 SO. For further particulars apply to
le1Utf PARkOrr& CO., Agents, 305 California So
The morning call., 1891-09-15
FOR PORTLAND & ASTORIA, 0REGO'
ANCHOR LINE.

Steamers Leave New York Every Saturday,
For Glasgow via Londonderry.
Rates for Saloon Passage $50 AND UPWARD,
according to accommodation and location of room.
Second Cabin $50. Steerage $40.
Passengers booked at through rates to or from any
city in Great Britain on the Continent,
Drafts on Lon Ton Srld at Lowest Rates.
Book OF Information, tours and sailing ISIS fIr-
nished on application TO agents.
HENDERSON BROTHERS, Bowling Green, v. Y:
or TO GEORGE w. FLETCHER, 61S Market st: or
10 T. u. MCKAY, 80 Montgomery street; or to
d. f. FUGAZI d CO., y Montgomery avenue; or
GEORGE b SEAMAN. 1913 broadway. Oakland
iYl I'm
The morning call., 1891-09-15
MISCELLANEOUS.
TO THE
! Board Of Directors
or TIE.
Cable Lines
GENTLEMEN:

] GENTLEMEN:
] We know that you
s have at all times the
interest of your en-
] ployes at heart and
! if you can render
q your men a service,
or, IN other words,
put them in the way
l of saving a few dol
lars, it would give
! you as much pleas
ure as it would give
] them. Your men are
! now paying $22 so
for their uniforms, a
3 price that leaves a
wide margin for cut
{ ting into, without Of
] fering an inf e II o 7
Z quality. We h a We
gone into the uniform
Z business on an exten-
! sive scale, and we
think land so will
J you when you see
thenl) that we have
a far neater looking
! uniform, better made
8 and trimmed than the
/ ones now used by
{ your employees, and of
l which we will guar
! antee the color, cost
! ing your men but
! S18-a difference of
8 81 90 in favor of
I your employees, with
] out receiving an in
Z ferior a ii c1 e-but
s they will receive a
J much better one. A
] saving of 81 so to
! your men is quite an
] item, as many of them
! are married men and
! have large families
z 10 support, anu every
8 dollar counts.
Hoping you will
] give this your careful
I attention, we are
/ Yours for saving,
RAPHAEL ST.
/ 433-435 and 437
] Montgomery St.,
8 COR. SACRAMENTO.
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The morning call., 1891-09-15
MISCELLANEO US.

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in SOC
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW YORK. NY
seq ThsaTut
The morning call., 1891-09-15
PolIcempn Gr,nt,s Fstote.

The Public Administrator has applied for
letters of administration on the estate Of
Alexander Grant, the policeman who was
shot and killed by NJ. b. Curtis. The es-
tate is valued at s250O. The only heir is the
father, William Grant OF Nova Scotia.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-21
FOUR MINERS SUFFOCATED.

Terrible Accident In the Black Bear, Near
Gem, Idaho.
BURKE, Idaho, Aug. 2O.-Two hundred
pounds of giant powder exploded at the
mouth of the lower tunnel of the Black
Bear mine, near here, yesterday, with ter
rible effect. -Four men were imprisoned at
breast of the drift by rock which
caved in, and were sutfocated. The
bodies of four other miners have not
vet been found, but all hope of finding
them alive has been given up. The explo-
sion was terrific, tearing up the earth and
caving in the tunnel for distance of 100
feet. At four o'clock a rsscuing party had
recovered the dead bodies of four miners,
G. McNeill, general manager, John Jense
assistant manager, Robert Blackburn and
John Barrons, miners. There are four
others missing and it is feared their
bodies were blown to atoms. Jense is
brother of one of the proprietors and Mr..
Miners union at Burke. just how the ex-
plosion occurred cannot be ascertained,
but it is supposed that lighted
candle or fire from pipe dropped
into the box containing the
powder. or on fuse, by some one passing,
was the cause. -Four cases of 200 sticks
each exploded almost simultaneously. The
Black Bear mine is located half way be-
tween Wallace and Burke on what is known
as Canyon creek, near the town of Gem.
The bodies of the men recovered were
found at distance of 150 feet from the
mouth Of the tunnel.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-21

Hanks, 2:l41l, and Margaret, 2l21S. for a
special purse OF $1,000. After scoring once
they wore sent away on even terms and
Travelled neck and neck around the turn and
into the back stretch. When we'll straight.
ened ont Nancy Hanks began to draw away
and won the heat easily by two lengths.
When the time, 2:2014, was posted, on-look-
ers could scarcely believe their eyes, for the
track was lightning fast. The second heat
was repetition Of the first, except that the
time WAS a second and a quarter faster. At
this jnncture President Mitchell announced
from the judges stnnd that Margaret was
wholly unfit to race and that Mr.. Starr had
asked permission to withdraw her. The re-
quest was granted and Doble expressed a
willingness to send Nancy Hanks against
time, but a heavy rain set in and prevented.
Hopeful stakes, trot. for three-year--olds,
two in three, in hRrneas-Belle Cassel won,
Happy Pilot second, Dashwood third,
Elsie fourth
2:24 pace, $1,000, nfnished-Richard
won the first and second heats and was dis
tanced, Jack Shiel won the third heat, Al
exander Dumas won the fourth and fifth.
2:2l pace, unfinished H. won first
and second heats, Otto w. won third and
fourth. Best time. 2:19A.
227 trot, dash race-March won, Martha
second, Scotsman third. Time, 2:25sl.
Special purse, $1,000, three in five
Nancy Hanks won both heats. Margaret
second and drawn. Best time, 2:19.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-21
Another Account.

WALLACE, Idaho, Aug. 20.-[Special. l.
VIM. JAM, superintendent, g. A. Mcneil,
Robert Blackburn, and Alex Barron were
killed yesterday at the Black Bear mine,
near Gem. From all that can be learned it
seems that box containing $50 pounds of
powder was placed on keg, in which was
lighted candle. When the explosion oo-
cured the men were in the rear tunnel,
about 900 feet long. Tons of earth and
rock were thrown down and all air out off.
Ten minutes after the explosion man
from the Frisco mine, who heard the ex-
plosion, was on the ground. He called to
the men and reply came that all were
alive. 1t took about half an hour to re-
move the Garth and when this was done the
four unfortunates we're found to have been
suffocated. There was not a mark to indi-
cate that any rock had struck them. All
were unmarried
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-21
DEMOCRATIC HEADQUARTERS.
Preliminary Work to Be Directed From
the National Capital.

the National Capital.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.-A great deal of
democratic campaign work will be done in
Washington next winter. The national
and congressional committees and the head
quarters of the association of democratic
clubs will be side by side in suite of
rooms, and all three organizations will
work together. Under this management
there will be no duplication of work. Sen
ntors German, Hill Brlce, kenna and Ran
som are certain to be frequent visitors, and
this fact will insure the attendance of the
other leaders of the party.
Lawrence Gardner, the secretary of the
association of democratic clubs, arrived
home yesterday from the meeting of the
executive committee of the association in
New York. Mr.. Gardner believes that New
York, Ohio and Iowa will elect democratic
governors. He also expects democratic
legislature in New York. There are 900
permanent clubs i'll the association with an
average of l60 members in each club. He
said yesterday: 1T is only recently that
tion i'll the south. We are now, hawever.
forming clubs in that section and making
their social features quite prominent.
This is done to offset the social
side of the alliance movement. Our
association is not centralized power
like that proposed by Mr.. Clarkson
in the league of republican clubs.
We have no cast-iron constitution and BY
laws, to which all must subscribe but we
let each club organize in the manner that
will be the most successful in the locality
where it is situated. An invasion of the
extreme northwestern states by leading
democrats is being planned by George Haz-
zard, of Washington state, who is in the
city. The itinerary of the trip Is not yet
arranged. but it is already known that the
party will start from here about the 10th or
18th of September. reaching Spokane Falls
on tho 22d, and stopping at st. Paul, Fargo,
Helena and other cities. In the party will
be senator kenna, Representative Bynum,
ex- Representative McAdoo, Chauncey +.
Black, of Pennsylvania. and Lawrence
Gardner, of this city. The tour will occupy
thirty-tWo dRys,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-21
ON MT. M'GREGOR.

Harrison Celebrates His Fifty Eighth
Birthday-scene of Grants Death.
MT. MoGREGoR, N. Y, Aug. 2O.--On the
arrival of the presidential party this after
noon the president proceeded to th9cot-
taRe of w. j. Arkell. In honor of the
president Arkell had arranged for pleas
ant birthday dinner at Hotel Balmora,
about 12O guests participating, including
Commander-in-C Chief Palmer. of the G. A.
r., Spencer Trask ard John A. Sleicher.
Shortly before five o'clock Mr.. Arkell arose
and said 1.-The president on account of
his worn lungs and throat is solictous that
this be Quaker meeting, one of unspoken
eloquence. Let me say, however, that this
being the fifty eighth birthday of the presi-
dent, we can properly extend to him the
heartiest and most sincere wishes. His aa-
ministration will be known in the here
after, not SO much as n republican admis-
istraticn as an American administration. ;"
President Harrison, in replying, said:
at was part of the covenant that this feast
should be silent one, not exactly a Quaker
meeting, rs MIR. Arkell has said because
silence there is apt to be broken by the
moving of the spirit. That is not safe for
here on spot which is historic. This
mountain has been fixed in affectionate and
revere ent memory of all our people, and
been gloritied by the death on it's summit
of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. Applause. 1t
is tit that the great spirit that has already
lifted it's fame to height unknown in
American history should take it's flight
from this mountain top. 1t has been
said that n great life went out here, but
great lives like that of Gen. Grant do not
60 ont. Cries of good, and great applause.
will ask you, in reverence and affectionate
and patriotic remembrance of that man,
who came to recover all failures in military
achievement and with his great generalship
and inflexible purpose to carry the flag Of
the republic to ultimate triumph, recalling
with reverent interest his memory to drink
toast in silence as pledge that we will
ever keep in mind his great services, and in
doing 80 perpetuate his great citizenship
and the glory of the nation he fought to
save"
This evening a literary and musical on
tertainment WAS given the president at
the Hotel Balmoral.