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The morning call., 1894-06-30
Death of Mrs. General Ord.

Mrs. Mary Mercer Ord. widow of the late
General E. o. c. Ord. died at her residence in
San Antonio. Tex, on the 18th inst. Mrs.
Ord was 65 years of age, and leaves large
circle of warm friends and family OF five
children to mourn her sad, unexpected
demise. Her children are Lieutenant
E. o. G. Ord. Tweniy-second Infantry; !;
Lieutenant j. G.. Ord, Eighteenth Infantry,
and James Ord who resides In Mexico !;
also Mrs. Lucy Mason. widow of Lieuten-
ant John Mason, and Mrs. Mollie Hatton.
Mrs. Ord was daughter of the Hon. r.
Augustus Thompson, deceased, who was
a member OF Congress from the valley of
Virginia about 1S49 and a member of the
California Land Commission appointed by
the President to examine and settle the
private land claims of the claimants from
the grants from Mexico. Upon receiving
said appointment Mr.. Thompson moved
his family from Virginia to California,
where General Ord, then a young lieuten-
ant. met and welded the handsome Miss
Thompson. They were married by Bishop
Kip. the Episcopal Bishop of California,
in 1856 Mrs. Ord on her mothers side
was connected with the Slaughters, an old
distinguished family. Her brother. Hon.
Thomas l.. Thompson. is now Minister to
Brazil. Mrs. Ord was buried from st.
Marks Episcopal Church on Sunday, the
18th inst. The remains were inferred in
the national cemetery at San Antonio
Army and Navy Register.
The morning call., 1894-06-30
THE ENDEAVORERS' PICNIC.
Arrangements for the Celebration
on the Fourth Completed.

The arrangements for the celebration of
the Fourth of July at Camp Taylor bv the
Golden Gate Christian Endsavor Union
are about completed. The committee of
arrangements has met with some formi-
dable obstacles, but has succeeded in over
coming them, so that the success of the al
fair is fully insured. An interesting pro-
gramme Of exercises. including music and
addresses on Good Citizenship" by several
able speakers, will be presented, and with
the 1000 members connected with the
union aud the 1000 belonging to the Ala
media County Union. besides their friends
and those who will attend from other
parts of the State. it is expected that the
gathering will be an unusually large one
and may possibly amount to 5000.
The voting for delegates to the inter-
national convention at Cleveland Is bro
crossing finely. and Is attended with a
good deal of interest. The candidates
voted for are: Miss Susie Hert, II. S.
Blackwell, Miss Emma Darwin, William
NJ. Abbott, b. II. Barber. George B. Lit
tlefield and O. Nj. Whitney. AS every vote
is accompanied with 10 cents, aud as the
cost of. roupd-trip ticket will secure
transportation for delegate, 1t is hoped
that enough money will be realized to send
several OF the candidates to the conven-
ton, If not the entire number.
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THE RAILROAD BLOCKADE.

1t goes without saying that the present
railroad blockade will be broken within a
few days. 1t is absurd that commerce and
travel should be interrupted merely to
vindicate the theoretical right of the cor
poration to determine what cars should
constitute its trains. As an abstract prop
OsitiOn railway company is entitled to
conduct its own business in its own way
but that right is subordinate to the higher
law-that IFS business shall be conducted
so that the company shall perform its duly
TO the public.
1t should be kept in mind that the orig
tnal demand was that Pullman cars should
not be attached to trains. In this demand
there would be involved none OF the graver
consequences that would result from a
general strike. The company could do all
Its freight business without Pullman cars
The position that DO trains should be run
except that they are made up in the regular
way is trifliBg with the public interest. AT
THIS season the movement of green fruit TO
the East is in full headway. The fruit,
being perishable. will be lost if it is de-
talned at way stations or delayed on its
journey. An unenviable responsibility
will rest on those who bring about so
Injurious a result, and the public will b old
them TO strict accountability. He who,
for the promotion of his own interests, en-
cages in warfare which inficts losses on
neutrals incurs a liability which be will
have 10 discharge in some way or other
For its own protection society is bound to
set limit on the power of individuals for
mischief.
The attitude of the Southern Pacific
Company, as defined by President c. p.
Huntington, is unbendng and uncOmprO-
missing. The men must obey orders or
send in their time. No middle course is
suggested. No concession to their views
is considered. Unconditional surrender is
the only talk that will be listened to. Surely
this is an impracticable way of dealing
With grave difficulty. Suppose the men
are wrong and the company is right, is il
wise to take so arbitrary stand and to
scOf at cOnciliation? Ia everyday life
people are all the time yielding something
Of their demands to get along smoothly
with opposing interests. That is the con-
dition Of cooperative endeRvor. Order
must, Of course. be preserved and prop
erty protected. The whole force of the
counties, the State and if necessary the
United States must be invoked 10 enforce
the law. But it is expensive work to put
armies of deputy sherffs into the field and
summon the militia. though the appeal to
force is Inevitable as a last resort. Is it
wise for the Southern Pacific to put the
PEOPLE to all this expense and trouble
merely to vindicate castiron rule Of their
own making?
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WILSON'S DEATH.
The Motorman Refuses
to Testify.
The Conductor Has Disappeared-A
Verdict of Involuntary Man.
slaughter Rendered.

Coroner Hughes concluded the inquest
into the death of Henry 3. Wilson yes
terday. Deceased was an old man of intem-
perate habits, who lay down upon the
electric road near Barney Farley's resort
late one night two weeks ago and was run
over. The motOrman stated at the time
that he saw the body on the track, but
thought it was a dummy placed there by
mischievous boys to frghten him.
Joost. the president of the road. was
present during the inquest and closely
scrutinzed the faces of his employees as
they testified. Wilson's widow and chill
dren were among the auditors. but made
no manifestation of interest In the IL
Quiry.
John Hagerman, a motorman, who was
with Peter johnson, the mOtnrmsn OF the
car on the night of Wilson's death, testI-
fed that when they struck the body he did
not know what it was. he descended ana
looked around and saw dust in front OF
the car. ''The bell was not rung." he
said, "before the accident. After L got
down to see what il was johnson SAID ne
did not know anything about 1t. L said
thought it was a dummy and II should be
taken off the track. He then backed the
Car and | rolled the body over and tolls
him it was a man. The conductor and L
removed Lh6 DOuy, i kiou 81" NV SOH-
ductor go and get glass OF whisky. do
not know where he is now. The con-
ductor was James Hurley"
Peter johnson. the mot0rman who
thought that Wilson'S body was a dummy
and allowed the car to pass over It, stated
that he was not prepared and did not de-
sire to answer questions.
Samuel s. McLenegan, SUPERINTENDENT
of the road, was called 10 the stand and
asked to tell what he knew about the
absence OF Hurley. 81 do not know where
the man is at present." he testified. HE
was discharged from the employ of tie
road with four other conductors about a
week ago. His discharge had nothing to
do with the case"
The usual charge was read to the jury
by the Coroner and the following verdict
was returned: THAT Henry b. Wilson,
aged 81 years. came to his death June 10,
1894, from hemorrhage due TO the rupture
of the aorta, aud we further find that the
hemorrhage was caused by his being accI-
dentally struck by car 229 of the San Fran
cisco and San Mateo Electric Railway
while the said II. B. Wilson was under
the influence of liquor. We fur hermOr=
charge the Dotorman In charge of car 229
with involuntary mansaughter." The
Coroner approved the verdict. and JoOst
hastened out of the office rubbing his hands
and smiling serenely
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WHARTENBY'S WILL.
His Daughter, Mrs. Mcclure, Seeks
to Set 1t Aside.

to Set 1t Aside.
A contest was filed in the Probate Court
yesterday TO the will OF the late William
WhartenbY. who died on April 9. 1898,
leaving property of the value of upward
of $4,000.
The contestant is Mrs. Hannah Mcclure
of PhiladeIphia-where the late Mr..
Whartenby resided--a daughter of the de-
ceased. WhartsnbY's will was admitted
to probate by the registrar of wills of
Philadelphia on April IL 1898. and on July
5 Of the same year Theodore B. Rand, one
of the executors. obtained from the Su-
perior Court of this city and county letters
testamentary enabling him to act.
Mrs. Mcclure seeks TO upset the will,
which was dated November l, 1890, with
cOdicils bearing date December "a, 1891
and January 80. 1898. by which the tes-
tator heQueathed his entire fortune TO the
Misses Albiona and Ann May WhartenbV.
The contestant alleges that as the de.
ceased left no widow or near relation save
| herself his only daughter, she should
have been left the entire estate. In place
of this she was excluded from the will,
and she asserts this was done through the
undue influence brought to bear upon her
father by the aforementioned legatees.
She also alleges unsoundness of mind on
the part OF the deceased.
Attorney Heynemann will represent
Mrs McClure's Interests in San Francisco.
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THE SENATE BILL REPORTED.

The Senate in committee of the whole
has reported tariff bill to the Senate. All
the Senate now has to do is to send its
pill to the House. The lower house will,
of course, refuse to accept all of the amend
ments the Senate has adopted and will pro-
pose a conference committee. There will
be good many points to consider in COM
mittee, and among them the one most
likely to give trouble is the sugar schedule
It is not probable that the House will agree
TO the Senate schedule, and a disagreement
may test the strength of the influence the
sugar trust exercised over certain Sena-
tors. The opinion generally expressed by
Washington correspondents is that the
House will allow tariff reform to wait
q while, rather than expose the party to
the popular criticisms which would GER
tainly follow the adoption of the Senate
sngar schedule. On other points the diff
ferences between the two bills are not uI-
surmountable. The greatest fight after
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PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

The widow OF Ernest Renan, who died the
other day. was a Miss Cornelie Scheffer, a niece
Of AIRY Scheffer, the uIch-French painter, who
educated her along with his own daughter
and is said to have predicted the fame of
Renan.
Professor Charles Orchardson, the Chicago
spirltuast did WELL financially speaking, when
he married his 84year- old wife at Quincy The
venerable lady died last week, leaving him a
fortune estimated at over 100000.
Admiral Revilleire of the French navy, who.
under the name Of Paul Brandon, wrote twenty
volumes about the Druds, has suddenly be-
come famous on that account. and his works
are declared to be masterpieces.
Walter Besant among other reasons for his
opposition TO woman suffrage. says that men
have TO 90 the cOnquerng, the defending and
the providing, and they ought to do The govern
ing.
Odette Tyler, who was to have been Mrs
Gould, is in Richmond, Va, anG will soon sail
for Europe. She is writing novel OF Virginlan
life. entitled. "Boss, the Virginian"
DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes has gone TO his
summer home at Beverly Farm, Mass, under
Injunction Of his physician 10 keep outlet and
beware OF casual visitors.
WoOten, the famous country place OF the
late George w. Chids, is now occupied nv
George W. Childs Drexe who purchased II
after MIR. Chid's death.
Ex-senator ingalls, is said to have gone to
New York to start magazine.
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THE MURDERED PRESIDENT.
A Requiem Mass and Memorial
Exercises TO-Morrow,

Exercises To- Morrow.
requiem mass will be solemnized a
the French Church. Notrs Dame des Vic
torres. on Bush street, at IL so A. NJ. to-
morrow, when the national funeral of NJ.
Carnot, the murdered President of the
French Republic will take place in
Paris.
The French Consul OF San Francisco has
invited the foreign consuls as well as the
commodore ana officers of the Duguay
TrOuin to attend the solemnzalioD.
The committee having the memorial
services at the Pavilion in charge has is
sued the following notice to the public:
Memorial services In honor OF NJ. Carnot. the
dead President of the French Republic, VIII be
held at thr Mechanics Pavilion on Sunday
next. July 1, at O'CLOCK in the afternoon.
Ali Frenchmen and all friends OF France are
invited by the committee TO assist at these GER
emonies.
The French colony is much touched and ac.
knowledges with deep feeling the many evi-
dences OF sympathy shown by this city at the
tragic and horrible fate that has befalen their
countrys chief magistrate, such sympathy be-
Ing both rendered 10 France In her all elton and
offered as tTibute to the memory of tn emf
nent man who has directed and watched over
her destiny with so much dignity. honor aud
success.
a fraternal invitation is also extended to the
people OF the State 10 assist at this patriotic
manifestation. organized In the name of the
French population Of San Francisco. For the
committee. DANIEL LEVY. President
Tickets are free and can be had from the
members OF the committee at the following
named places: Lafayette Hail. $50 Montgom-
cry street, from noon 10 4 O'Clock P. NJ: French
Club, 421 Post street; French Library, 3O5
Larkin street; Fir ench Benevolent Society, 6lO
jackson street.
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CAPTURED THE ROLLS.

The Examiner admits that the club rolls
have been captured by the Buckley wing
of the Democratic party. That journal
says:
The roughs who rIoted at the Republican
primaries in behalf of Colonel Burns are get
ting ready to riot at the D mocratic primaries
for Colonel Burns and Mr.. Buckley. It
begins 10 look as If the combined iniquiIies
would score triumph. The club rolls
have been stuffed 20 such an extent that all
that is necessary 10 insure the victory OF the
ex- bosses is to have men enough on hand to
vote the names.
At the Republican primaries the bosses
had men enough to vote the names. 1t
does not take many men at a primary to
carry out orders. These roughs follow
two lines of activity; one is voting often.
the other is keeping the ''other fellows"
from voting at all. The Republican
County Committee had silenced Opposi-
tion by the announcement that the COM
mittee would appoint delegates whenever
it should be convinced that the election
had not been fair. As it is not easy to
convince an average County Committee
man that IN. a contest the other party is
not wholly wrong the effect Of this asseT-
tion was to quiet opposition.
1t is now admitted that Buckley has the
Democratic primaries under his control 20
about the same extent that Colonel Burns
had the Republican primaries. This
means, in fact, that less than a tenth of
each party, and that tenth the part that IS
willing to take orders from the bosses,
elect the men who compose the ciiy's
delegation to. the State convention.
Mo,a rf da1 oF a
standing. They allow themselves to be
dictated to by the bosses in the belief that
politics is done in that way. Some think
there is no other way TO do politics. Some
do not care so that they get themselves
into the line of preferment Others again
are so anxious for the success of their
party that they do not much care how IL
succeeds.
So long as the masses of voters of both
parties permit a small minority compos ed
mainly of scalawags to elect delegates tO
State and municipal conventions, so long
men like Colonel Burns and Chrstopher
a. Buckley will handle the conventions as
they do now. 1t does not follow that every
candidate nominated by these conventions
is a bad man. He may be bad only so far as
he has surrendered his individuality to the
boss who permitted him to be selected as a
candidate. he may not approve of what the
convention does, but he is not in position
to make his disapproval of it felt. The
boss directs the proceedings of a conven.
tion as in the progress of a battle the
general-in- directs the movements oi
corps commanders and division generals
Mutiny is not punished by death, but by
political oblivion. No well-constituted
boss has any use for man whose con.
science trips him up while a battle is in
! progress.
Just al the present time there is a some.
what general inquiry if there is a way out
Of this condition of things. A law of the
| State provides way out It is way that
| involves no expense, except an exercise OF
manliness. 1t will lead to success when q
majority of voters desire that it succeed
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possible, the fact is no reason why the
time should be extended. There is an
other point for consideration. When the
Government forecloses on the Central Pa
cihc 1t will want road to the Missouri
River. Such a road will serve to correct
the schedule Of the Southern Pacific over
its southern route. and perform the same
service for any future competing road that
may be constructed. The Government
will not do transporting on a charity but
on business basis. 1t will charge all the
service is worth, and it will stand very
much in the way Of any road that, costing
$4,000 mile, tries to pay interest on bond
issued up to $40. 900 g. mile.
The morning call., 1894-06-30
SPORTING NEWS.
Officers Elected by the Tennis AS
soCiation-FootbalI i'm Oakland.


The following gentlemen have been
elected by the Pacific States Lawn Ten-
mis- Association to serve for the ensuing
year: A. B. WilberfOrce, president; A. A.
Dewing, vice-president; G. E. Stoker, Sec
retary-treasurer; tournament committee
W. II. Taylor Jr., A. j. Treat A. E. Kae-
ser. DR.. j. c. Spencer.
In the champion tournament. TO COM
meGce on Monday. ell sets will be three
out of FIVE.
The British sailors of this port, organ
ized at the Seamen's Institute, will Jour
ney to Oakland this afternoon to compete
with the Y. Nj. c. A. al association foot
ball. The mariners have met defeat every
time they have bumped into the young
Christians, but this time very fine-look-
ing set of fellows, who are old hands at
the game, have been getting into shape to
prove the everlasting invincibiiity OF the
British lion. The Y. Nj. G. a. however,
have not been beaten by any team this
season and the sailors will have TO put up
the game of their lives to win.
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A WORTHY ORGANIZATION.
The PASTORS Aid Society Effects
riuch Good in the Prisons.

riuch Good i'm the Prisons.
The Pastors Aid Society, an Organiza-
tion composed of Jewish young ladies and
gentlemen under the presidency of the
Rev. III. S. Levy of this city. was organ
lied two and half years since IN the par
lors of the Geary-street Temple, for the
purpose of visiting and aiding the un1or-
tunate Isrselites confined 10 the penal in
stitutes of the State.
Since its organization is has been ena-
bled to accomplish much of good in help
ing those who were liberated, giving funds
and clothing in sufficient quantities In
every case to enable those to start lie
under auspices which woulo nave oeen
denied them if this society had not oeen
in existence. Twenty persons have Doen
assisted at a cost of S506. and the aid has
not been entirely confined TO persons or
the Jewish faith. and the members OF Inc
society feel encouraged by the knowleuge
that not one of those assisted has found
his way back TO prison.
Warden Hale testifies as follows to the
good WORK of the society:
SAN QUENTIN, CAL, December IA, 1893.
Rabbi Of. S. LeUy President Pastors Mutual
Hid Society. San FrGnciscO-REV. AND DEAR
SIR: The list OF books purchased for the he
brew prisoners confined in this institution were
duly received a few days ago, and Will no
doubt give the unfortunate boys much pleasure.
l cannot refrain from exp esslng 10 you my
appreciation of the care exercised by you over
those OF your faitn VINO have yielded to tempLa-
tlons which have brought them behind the
bars. Through your different organizations
matters are so systemalIZed that prisoners are
visited regularly, their spiritual welfare
borne ia mind, aud when they leave
the prison walls you stand ready to
give them a helping hand, TO make them feel
that they need not be considered outcasts from
thencefOrth, and 10 give them employment. If
other denominations were 10 follow your eX-
ample In the organization OF societies 10 assist
those who have served a term in the State
prisons TO become selfsuppOTting and self-re-
specting once more. the good which would be
San Quentin the more strongly am impressed
with the great need of extended work Ia this
direction and must congratulate you that you
me with such earnest and hearty cooperation
from your people in this labor of love. Very
truly yours, w. T.. HALE, Warden.
The morning call., 1894-06-30
The Overland FLYER.

The Union Pacific is the only line running PuIl-
m AN palace sleepers and dining-cars daily. san
Francisco to Chicago without change. Time ia
Chicago only three and half days. and to New
York tour and a half DAYS.
Personally conducted tourist excursions through
to Chicago every Thursday. Upholstered tourist.
carsto Chicago daily without change
For tickets and sleeplng-car accommodations
call OF address; d. w. Hitchcock. general agent,
Montgomery St, San Francisco; or u. +. Herr
agent, 2zs South Spring St, Los Angeles, CAL
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JUNE 1894
TO COUNTRY RESORTS

!; City subscribers to THE CALL uisitinq
the country during the summer months can
haze their paper sent to them for any
period deSired-oae 1eeek or longer.
=: Orders cua be giuen to the carrier Or to
either the Branch Office, 10 Market street,
Or Business Office -525 MONTGOMERY street,
The morning call., 1894-06-30
Address to Youno Men

Tomorrow afternoon at o'clock the
address at the Young Mems Christian AS
sociation Hall, 232 Sutter street, will be
delivered by Rev. Philip Graft. an abl.
speaker. The subject will be of special
interest to young men,. No ladies ad-
mitied. Good singing under the direction
of Mr.. Dow
The morning call., 1894-06-30

Superior Court on a charge of assault with a
deadly weapon, with bonds fixed at $1,000.
He is accused of having stabbed sporting
man named Harry Williams several weeks
ago during the course of a row which oc-
Cured at the corner of OFarrell street
and Grant avenue.
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that on sugar will most likely be over free
coal and free iron. Both houses agree 10
the sacrifice of the wool and lumber in
terests, and without doubt will agree TO
whatever sacrifices may be necessary TO the
passage Of the bill
The morning call., 1894-06-30
New Processes Utilized.

In the production of Picturesque Cali
fornia' the most improved modern pro-
cesses of engraving are made use of.
That is the reason the pictures are so close
to the work OF the artist.
The morning call., 1894-06-30
Overland Route,

The Shasta Route aud Northern Pacific Rail.
road 10 points in Washington, Idaho, Montana,
the Dakotas. Minnesota. Wisconsin, Illinois
and all Eastern States IS The most comfort able
and picturesque line of all. Daily train SER
vice, with dining, Pullman Palace and up
hOlsIereG tourist cars on all trains. T. L.
STATELER. General Agent, 638 Market ST.
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Phillips, Rock Island Excursions

Leave San Francisco every Wednesday via RIO
GRANDE AMI Rock ISLAND RAILWAYS. Through
tourist sleeping to Chicago and Boston. Man.
ager and porter accompany these excursions
through to Boston. For tickets sleeping-car ac.
commodations and further Information address
CLINTON JONES, General Agent Rock Island Rail-
way, 80 Montgomery street. San Francisco