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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-05-10
Sir Robert Peel.


many people in this country, perhaps.
know who this Sir Robert Peel was.
He didn't cut much of a figure In the
worlds history; his chief claim to dis
tinction was the fact that he was the
son OF his father. There have been
other men who laid claim to being the
sons of their fathers and who. not
withstanding, died without leaving a
big hole in the world. But this Is one
of the exceptional cases. There was a
time In this worlds history when the
name of Sir Robert Peel was house
hold word in almost every land. He
was one of Englands greatest states
men; he left the impress of his poht-
| ical sagacity and his great individual,
lity indellibly stamped upon Englands
national life. He was a brainy, reso-
| lutte. and sagacious statesman. II was
he whom a witty Irishman dubbed
| "Orange PEEL because of his repress-
| i've and unpopular measures governing
the Irish people. He 1t was VINO was
so numerically scored by the great
Irish orator, Daniel O'Connell. that he
sought satisfaction in a duel which at
| forwards made him the laughing stock
of the nation for months. 1t was dur
ing his administration of Irish affairs
that O'Conneil was dragged before a
British court and prosecuted upon a
trumped-up charge of treason and con-
spiracy. He was premier of England
during several years Of his life ana
used his power with the ferocity OF a
Russian autocrat. One day In 1850 he
was thrown from his horse in Hyde
Park and killed. The man whose death
is announced in this mornings dis
matches from London was his son. The
present generation OF Peels have been
somewhat prominent in British poll
tics since 1860. One Of them only re-
Gently resigned the speakership of the
british house of commons after about
a quarter of a century's constant ser
vice In that office: another was sent to
ireland to supervise the political af-
fairs of a people whom he heartily
hated: another is q general in Britain
big army. Two other brothers have
held important public Offices. They have
nearly all been ministers of the crown.
A Chicago editor has figured 1t out
that 1t costs the Baptists an average
of s2s5 to save a soul. The Methodist
"A expend 1884 for every soul saved. the
/ Ipresbyterians $3.50 and the Congrega'
! 4 tionalists $3.50. The estimate is based
upon official statistics. the average cos'
: being obtained by dividing the tota
, church expenditures by the number OF
; conversions reported. Some of the Chi
: cago preachers are resenting the impu
tations which these statistics seem t.
Z place on the various denominations
,-fThat the good brethren should take thu
: matter seriously is the most surprising
I thing about IL.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-03
. ASSEMBLING THE NEWS.


Newspaper readers: appreciate such an ar
: rangen ent. of the news as will enable them at
ali times to:fnd invariably a particular kind
OF news in g. certain place in the paper The
= arrane ement-of the. news in the CALL accom-
(plislresthis end perfectly:
=: AS. the Pacific Coast is the first thing that
concerns Iis Il t: is assigned to the first page of
the paper. Following that comes the news of
:. the Nation and .foreign news comes next.
-. Believing that the people OF. San Francisco
are particularly interested in the news of their
own. City, and that they want it to be not only
thorough and compre hensive, but also invari-
ably assembled io.a certain place, the CALL
has selected .this page opposite. the editorial
page; on"which to publish the smaller items of
City. news every. day, and the last page on
:Nyhiehthe longer articles shall appear. In the
event that all the. shorter items cannot be
brought into. this page an announcement viii
: be made at the bottom of. the last column that
the. remainder may. be found in some other
:partof hepaper; and this course will be pur-
sued:with reference to the last page also. The
convenience of this arrangement will be ap-
parent to all the readersof the CALL.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-03
HURLEY rs SANE.
His Mental Equilibrium Has Been
Restored by the Restful Surround
ings of San Quentin.

Jury Briber William J :. Hurley took his
first nap within the Enclosed walls of San
Quentin on last Friday night. Imme-
diately after Judge Wallace had passed
sentence on Hurley the. commitment was
made out in the County Clerks Office and
he was taken direct to the San Rafael boat,
where he took passage for the rural suburb
known as Greenbrae, where the stage
connects with the train for San Quentin.
He will not go to work in the jutemill,
but will hold scullien's position in the
kitchen.
After he had his scalp shaven and
patched with sticking. plaster. over that
portion which was lacerated by his TOM
foolery in butting his head against the soft
end of brick in the County Jail, he
donned suit of striped clothing and was
conducted to his cell.
The insanity dodge by which Hurley
sought to escape his punishment was for
gotten and abandoned as soon as Judge
Wallace passed sentence. Hurley's reason
appeared to be instantly restored and he
laughed and joked with the Deputy Sheriff
who escorted him to prison, still insisting,
however, that what he said regarding the
Curtis and other juries was true. The of
ticers at the County Jail breathed more
freely on the departure of Hurley, as he
kept them in state of turmoil during his
Incarceration
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-03
LAUREL HILL CEMETERY
The Lot-Owners Elect Trustees = Nc
J.. Street Is to Be Cut Through
Soon.


AT the annual meeting of lot-owners in
laurel Hill Cemetery, held in the office of
Gunnison & Booth yesterday, four trustees
were chosen.
A. j. Gunnison, Giles Fl. Gray and W G..
Burling were selected, and J. B. Stetson
was elected to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of James G.. Fair.
: The financial statement presented showed
that the association is in good condition
and that there is money on hand, some
1900.
Mr.. Gunnison says there was nothing
said during the meeting about the propo-
sition to cut Sntter or any other street
through the cemetery. ~ know this has
been revived recently, but there is nothing
in it. The trustees will oppose any such
movement, and the lot-owners, who are
the parties most; interested, will also OPP
pose it. This cemetery was established
under the rural plan; there are no stock
holders, and not one. of the trustees re-
ceives any pay. The only ones who are paid
are the 1aborers and the secretary. ALI the
money that is collected from the sale OF
lots or otherwise is paid into the fund and
used to pay those have named. We pay
for Improvements to beautify the cemetery
grounds and keep them in order.
'sThis proposition to cut. "a street through
part where. there have been erected the
most costly monuments has been brought
to our notice, but we paid no attention
to it,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-03
BEEF AND. PORK Go UP.
The Scarcity of Cattle in the East Has
/: s Affected. the; Local. Market
; 3. -: Prices. -. =: -. - =.

+ Recently the. price of beef and mutton
has gone up two cents in the East, and this
rise has had its effect upon the California
market. : :; :. -. 5. &.
ut is. true said Mr.. Rudolph who is
CONTESTED With the firm of Miller & Lux,
in answer to a question yesterday; ''that
the rise IN beef in the East haseaused a
rise in the price OF beef in this market, but
while beef has gone UP. two cents. here
there has been a decline in the price OF
mutton. The ;for1neris caused by the fact
[ that sourcesof ::supply.for the East have
failed at this time, why.I cannot tell, but
|. / do know, that the Eastern people have
F semitic Nevada, and even to- California, for
| beef cattle. The. price of beef in Nevada,
| dressed,.i us now seven cents: How long this
will last there is no telling, but it looks as
if it would last some time.
s.The cause of the fall in the price of
mutton ON this coast:is no doubt due to
1.-The fact that those who had advanced
money. on wool have made. demand for
their money, and there has been such a
rush of mutton on the market that natur-
ally there was a drop. in price: En- a short
time grass sheep will comein and the price
will again regulate ITSELF: ~: :.
:: ct here is also scarcity in hogs in the
East, and as a result the price of hogs has
gone up there: also.".. ~.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-03
MUCH INTEREST SHOWN.
Secretary Castle of. the Half Million
. Club Overwhelmed With Letters
Fayorfng the Excursion.


Letters from all over the State are being
received by Secretary Castle of the Half
Million Club relative to the proposed citi-
zens' excursion TO Southern California.
Nearly every writer wants the excursion to
stop at the particular town in which he re-
sides and the letters are full of enthusiastic
prophecies for, the prospects of California
for 1895. ~.
The Sonoma County Horticultural So
ciety has extended an invitation for the
excursion to visit Santa Rosa and has
agreed to bear all the expenses of the trip.
The residents of that city held a mass
meeting last night to discuss and indorse
the proposition.
I'm Alameda the proposed excursion is a
chief topic of conversation, and it is said
that the flower festival in that suburb will
be SO arranged that the excursionists may
have an opportunity of visiting it.
The Finance Committee, having In
charge the question of ways and means for
the excursion, met yesterday afternoon
and made a most encouraging report.
There seems to be little doubt that the
funds necessary for the entertainment of
all visitors can easily be raised.
This afternoon at clock the Promotion
Committee of the club will assemble for an
adjourned meeting, and half an hour there
after the Citizens Committee, having in
charge the excursion matter, will hold a
conference.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-03
=ITALIAN-sWIss COLONY.
Annual Meeting of the Association and
Election of Officers.

Election of Officers.
The members of the Italian-Swiss Agri-
cultural Colony held their fourteenth an
nual meeting at the office of the corpora.
ton, 524 Montgomery street, last evening
Secretary. A. Sbarboro read his annual
report, which showed the association to
have been organized in 1881; that tract
of land consisting of 1900. acres was pur-
chased at Asst, Sonoma County, near Clio
verdale; one-half Of which has been set out
in fine varieties of wine grapes and a por-
ton in fruit trees.
Z The association has erected one of the
largest wineries in the State and its wine
has acquired wide reputation. a town is
being formed blythe: colonists, who have
already a pestoffiee, schoolhouse, railroad
station and many families. =: -, =
Directors were re- elected as follows; +.
p. C. Rossi DR.. G. ollino, "a. Merle, CT
Malni, /. Cuenin, N. j.. Fontaha, D. Pare1ii, P.
Canepa and A. Sbarbore.- =;
The board subsequently met and elected
the following officers: >,..+-'..
President. P. C. Rossi ;*vlee-p president DR.. G.
Ollino treasurer London and San Francisco
Bank (Limited) secretary, A. Sbarboro, and at
torney, d. Freldenrieh.. -:
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-03
THE PORTRAIT Of A LADY,
1t Causes a Suit Brought by
the Photographer for
Payment.
The Lady Being Wealthy and Promi-
nent the Case Causes
Flutter.

: The case. of Photographer Marceau
against Mrs Ida Neil for the recovery oil
$299 alleged to be due for photographs and
water-color portrait was to be tried in
Justice of the Peace .Groezinger's court
yesterday, but was postponed for one week
upon request of the plaintiff attorneys.
f. The bill was originally $50, hut was re-
duced to $3.50 in order to bring it within
the jurisdiction of the Justices courts.
To this account the defendant admits an
indie btedness of $45, but repudiates all the
rest, declaring that she did not order the
work.
The case when tried promises to develop
some interesting features, principally be-
cause of the prominence OF the parties in
volved as principals and of Others who will
be incidentally involved as. witnesses.
4 Mrs. Neil resides at the Palace Hotel
when in this city, where she is a very large
part of the time, and has home also at
Fresno.
Her account of the affair is this: She
saws she knew Mrs. Marcean before
she became Mrs. Marceau, and in
deed was at the wedding. Subsequently
Mrs. Marceau invited her to. come to the
Market+street gallery and have her photo
graph taken; declaring it would not cost
her cent.
She went to the gallery one Sunday and
had several negatives taken. The bill for
this was not rendered for some time, until
it was near to the limit of the time in
which. claim could be collected un-
der the law, and then bill for $40
was rendered. Afterward another bill
for 5000 more was rendered for water
color portrait of her little boy, which she
never knew anything of, she says, until
she saw it hanging in the gallery.
A number of ladies prominent in society
will be called to testify as witnesses on
both sides.
Mr.. Marceau claims that the work
was duly ordered, and that he waited pa
tiently for payment until the claim was
about to be outlawed before he brought
suit.
Marceau has retained Dunn & McPike
and Mrs. Neil Frank R. Kingwell as
counsel
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-03
CELEBRATES HER RELEASE
A Notorious Woman Sues Notorious
Man for Small Amount of
Money.

Two people of wide note In unsavory
circles were before. Justice of the. Peace
Groezinger yesterday, and for the small
sum of $14 so made public another chapter
of their peculiar careers.
DR.. Mary Goodwin, alias DR.. Belinda
Laphame, was the plaintiff, and the defend
ant was DR.. T. F. Lord.
DR.. Laphame has been in the Police
Courts several times upon charges which
have always failed to be proven; one of the
times it was for causing the death of a
Haywards girl by an unlawful operation; ;
another was for a similar operation on a
young girl south of Market street, and the
latest Eas for causing the death of a va
riety actress by the same means, and for
this she remained in. jail some time. She
was acquitted and released December %
last, and on her first promenade up Mar
ket street she met a congenial spirit, DR..
Lord.
She told the story on the stand yester-
day in the Justices Court. lie coneratu-
| lated her on her release from Jail and said
he was hungry. She said she was hungry
too, and he said he would take her up to
Westerfeld's for lunch. He did SO and
subsequently, they. went together to her
room, where they drank bottle of wine,
afterward they went. to his CDR. lord 81 Of
flee and then to Mrs. Cases house, where
they had another bottle of wine. While
here, the woman testified, he took $50 from
his pocketbook, saying he needed it, and
the three went to the California Market,
where they had oysters and porter. He re-
turned S. 80 of the money, but subse
quently refused toreturn more.
DR.. Lord told much the same story, but
said the woman gave him the money with
which to celebrate her release from Jail.
He said he knew Mrs. Goodwin, or Lap
hame, as the Gypsy Queen. After they
took Mrs. Case home they went to saloon
kept by George Fredericks, where they had
couple of pousse cafes. They met some
other women there. to whom Mrs. Goodwin
said if they got into trouble they had only
to come to her.
Mrs. Case corroborated the defendant,
saying that Mrs. Goodwin handed the
money to Lord.
Judge Groezinger gave Judgment for the
| defendant
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-03
G. p. HUNTINGToN'S CASE.
A Probable Feature of the Defense
to BE Made by the Railway
Magnate. .

James D. Yeomans of Sioux City, Iowa,
is 1.-THE Palace; He is member Of. the
Interstate Commerce Commission and is
on his way to Oregon and Washington,
where there are some matters pending
which require the attention of the board.
Mr.. Yeomans was formerly a resident of
Buffalo, y. T., but. has for several. years
made his home in Iowa. He was APP
pointed to his. present position by Presi-
dent Cleveland to succeed the late Judge
McDill.
The Indictment of C. P. Huntington is a
question which Mr.. Yeomans prefers. to re-
frain from discussing. There was one
point. however, in connection with the
case, and which will probably be point
at least ofthe plan of the defense when. the
matter: comes to trial, upon which the
Commissioner gave an opinion which is of
Importance.
:. He said that.he thought man was not
guilty of violation of the law if he simply
held pass. from one State into. another
and refrained from using it.
This is. the contention of the Southern
Pacific legal officials, and it is likely that
upon it will hinge their defense.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-03
HEROES TO BE REWARDED,
A Medal for Those Who Rescue
Children From Danger
s: or Death.
The Humane Society VIII Recognize
e.. Bravery In Behalf of Child
8 =. Life. e


+: in. the future heroism in behalf of chill
dren will be recognized in this city by the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children, and the recognition will be in
the shape of a handsome medal. ~
Secretary McComb of the society said
yesterday: "The board of directors at a
meeting some lime ago discussed the pro-
:priety. OF recognizing the sacrifices that
people sometimes make in behalf of chill
:dren. The idea was suggested by the
action of a fireman at FIRE somewhere on
TehaIna street: several months ago. | can
did was this. A house caught fire, and
when it was so enveIoped in names that it
was, positively hazardous to enter the
building the cry went up that there was a
child in the building. This fireman at the
risk of; his life rushed into THE. burning
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-03
MINISTER THURST0N HERE.
He Refuses to Discuss His Trouble With
Secretary Gresham.

Secretary Gresham.
Lorin A. Thurston, Hawaii's Minister to
the United States, reached this city yester-
day morning en- route home. He expects
to take the steamer Arawa on next Satur-
day for Hon olulu.
Regarding the late difficulty which he
had with Secretary Gresham, and which
led to- his somewhat hasty departure for
home, Mr. Thurston said that it would be
manifestly improper for him to discuss the
matter before he had made his official re-
port to his superiors. At the same time he
said that he thought he had perfect right
to discuss matters of general news relating
to Hawaii when. wherever and with whom
he pleasod.
lie claimed to have but little informa-
ton as to late developments in the East
regarding his case and said that his pri-
;vate business affairs were really more re-
sponsible for his trip home than was gen.
orally known.
AS to his future movements he had little
to say. They would be guided wholly by
developments after he reached home, he
said, but he intimated that he expected to
return to this country.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-03

$1,000 but she found they were almost
worthless. She employed Saionon to get
the money back from Kowalsky, which he
did. Solomon told her he had invested
the money on good securities, and she gave
him $3.50 more to invest. She got interest
from him, buthad never seen the securities
or got back any of the principal.
Attorney Salomon's version of the affair
is that it is purely business transaction,
and his prosecution has been actuated by
spite. Mrs; Virgil holds his note for the
amount, which, was. simply a loan. He
had: paid her heavy interest, almost as
much altogether as the principal. She
knew he did not have the money to take
up the note Just at. present, but there was
no necessity for having him arrested. He
was arrested yesterday afternoon and re-
leased on bonds :.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-03
ON sEAsH0RE= SANDS. !.
Grading ON the Cliff House Site Nearing
!. Completion-r The Firth Wheel
=. at sutro Heights. :.

s. The Firth wheel, which is being. recon
structed on the hill back of the sutre
baths, is rapidly nearing completion.
J, w. Mayes; the contractor who is erect
ing it, hopes to have the. ponderous ma
chine in order by May:1, but. it is impossi.
BILE at. present to- determine atwhat time
it will be open to the public, as the motive
power has. not yet been decided upon:
Electricity may be used, and in case it is it
will. be necessary TO wait until the Sutro
power-house is completed, which time is
indefinite.
The. building erected at the Midwinter
Fair by the citizens of Humboldt County
has been purchased by Mr.. Sutro, and is
in course of erection on the beach south OF
the Cliff House 1t is to. be used when
completed as a sanitariunl and hotel: At
tractive grounds will surround the build
ing, greatly improving the looks of that
sandy locality.
The work. of grading on the site of the
new Cliff House is rapidly nearing com
pletion. When it is finished work on the
handsome structure which is to take the
place: of the one recently; destroyed by fire
will Immediately begin:
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-03
SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.
Artists Rail at the Proposed Or
dinance on Nude Exhi-
billions.
COMMENTS FROM AUTHORITIES.
Mathews. Martin and Tilden Ex-
press Themselves in Most
ForcibIe Terms.

If the Board of: Supervisors had particu-
larry desired to have the artists of this city
around their ears in an angry swarm they
could have found no better means than the
consideration of the proposed ordinance
for the prohibition OF the exhibition of the
nude. !:
T, At: the Art School yesterday the express:
sions of disgust at the proposed ordinance
were more that fercible. There was but
one expression, although that was uttered
by a good many artists, some of them
young and some of them old, but they
could all be condensed into the one state
ment, 1T is disgustingly silly"
:, Assistant Secretary Martin viewed the
matter with com placent contempt and said !:
..''Oh, that's absurd. Such asweeping ordi-
nance as. the one proposed is definitely
and distinctly idiotie. Does Secretary
Kane expectto demolish art in San Fran
cisco? If he does, I don't know what
means he will adopt, but am sure that
the Board of Supervisors of the city of San
Francisco has entirely: too much sense to
pass any ordinance SO sweeping IN its
terms as the one proposed. Why, what
would become of art exhibitions? We
will have within a few weeks an exhibition
of the work. of the pupils ofthe Art School,
which will show the. progress of their
work during the last year. Nearly third
of the work exhibited will be nude studies,
and should any such silly ordinance 60
into effect we would be liable to prosecu-
ton. General Dimond will, I am sure, see
the matter in the same light that the
artists do. and, frankly, | have no idea that
such silly ordinance will ever be enforced
in this city,
Arthur f. Mathews is the teacher in the
life class at the Art School, and when
asked what he thought about the proposed
ordinance, said: 81 do not know who in
troduced a. resolution for such an ordi-
nance, but. will say that. whoever it was,
he was a brute with a beastly mind, pro-
yiding that the provisions of the ordinance
are so wide as to include all exhibitions
Of the nude" The nude in art is art, not
nudity in the sense recognized by the man
capable of presenting or favcring such an
ordinance"
Douglass Tilden, the deaf-mute sculp-
tor, when informed of the proposed
ordinance, put his hands up to either side
of his head, making very suggestive mo-
ton, which implied that such an idea as
the proposed ordinance conveys was both
idiotic and british. Then he, being un-
able to speak, wrote on piece of paper
81 cannot express my opinion by anything
better than that sign. Why, it is absurd.
The old civilization. of Europe, which is
the home and foster-mother of art, proves
the idiocy of any such ordinance. The
whole idea is so silly that no artist could
for moment consider it seriously"