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FALSE TO PLEDGES.
John NJ. Reynolds Thus Styles the
Committee of Fifty, and Leaves
Its Ranks

The ubiquitous funding bill" to quote
Mayor Sutro, is now causing djssension in
the ranks of the Committee OF Fifty ap-
pointed to impede the passage OF the bill
and to introduce another bill in its stead
providing for the foreclosure of the Gov
ernment mortgage on the Pacific roads.
The committees action has 50 displeased
its secretary, John NJ. Reynolds, that he
has sent in his resignation. Mr.. Reynolds
gives the reason for his action in the fol-
lowing open letter:
To the Public of San FrnncfScO-FEIIoy CITI-
ZENs: The Committee of Fifty fears to urge
upon Congress the pa ssage OF u bill for the
Government ownership OF the Pacific railroads.
While faYoring Government ownership as the
only true remedy for railroad extortion and
corruption, most OF the members have decided
that 1t Will injure the movement against the
funding bill to present that plan at this time.
large number OF the committee have taken
this view OF the situation.
l regret TO differ from those with whom
have been working upon q matter OF vital i'm
portance. | maintain, however, that the Com
mittee OF Fifty were appointe upon the author
ity OF mass meeting which resolved that we
here and now appoint q competent committee
whose duty 1t shall be to draft q suitable bill
providing for the foreclosure of the Govern
ment mortgage bonds of the Pacific railroads
and tor the transfer OF such to their rightful
owners, the people of the United States" This
resolution was accepted as an amendment by
the gentlemen who moved the original resolu-
tions and was carried unanimously. No mass
meeting OF citizens of San Francisco can be
held which will repudlate this demand and
step toward Government ownership of the Pa
citic railroads
Notwithstanding the clear and decidedly ex-
pressed wishes OF the meeting of December >
and without regarding the voice OF 200 900
voters who have petitioned Congress TO ac-
Qulre and operate the Central and Union Pa
citic railroads as a National undertaking for
the benefit of the whole people, the Committee
OF Fifty has assumed q compromising attitude
which, in my estimation, is unwarranted It's
members, who know what authority they have
10 act for the people, have no right TO accept
and hold their position unless they truly rep
resent the people and act directed by them.
In neglecting TO carry out the wishes of their
constituents they do what they condemn in
Supervisors who violate their pledges In pre-
suming 10 know what is best TO do, instead OF
following the peoples commands, they dis
credit the principles of popular government.
Such conduct upon the part OF our lawmakers
and officials has brought our Nation into
deplorable condition, and 1 must, from self
respect and from nigh regard for the voice of
the masses, refuse to be party to the COM
mittee's action, and therefore publicly resig gn
my position as member and secretary
JOHN NJ. REYNOLDS.
San Francisco, Jan. IL, 1896.
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HT HE old ironclad monitor Co
'manche - ''cheese-box," as they
call her, but the kind OF a cheese
box" that caused the loyal people
of the Nation to bless the in
ventor when the value OF Ericsson 8 con-
trivance was gloriously exeinplified in the
dark days Of the Rebellion-the monitor
Comanche, after a rest OF thirty years and
more, has once again been put in trim, and
almost any day we may expect to see the
formidable little craft come sailing down
the bay from the island.
The Comanche2 Old residents of San
Francisco remember her we'll. Her his
tory is somehow woven in with the his
tory of the City and the coast. Ask some
old pilot about the Comanche and the
smiling response would likely be, 'Why,
lad, the Comanche was the first and only
ironclad in history to be sunk by
wooden vessel" And it's all very true,
only that little explanation is necessary.
The Comanche? Why she was the fore
runner of iron vessel building in the West
the first ironclad ever seen in Pacific
waters. The material which figured in her
makeup was brought around the Horn as
the cargo of the ship Aquilla. She arrived
IN pieces and the pieces were put together
down at the foot of Third street by the
firm of Donahue, Secor & Ryan.
But then between the shipping of the
materials and the completion of the craft
came series of events that are brimful of
interest, especially now that the monitor
IS about to exhibit her turret again on the
waters III which every part of her was so
long ago baptized by immersion.
San Francisco looked eagerly forward to
the arrival of the Aquilla, and when on
the 10th of November, 1868, the big wooden
ship sailed into port no little enthusiasm
was manifested. "The heart of every loval
man in the City was made glad" declares
n newspaper of the day-and 10 wonder.
The war was raging at the time ana there
was feverish excitement on the slope.
although far removed from the scene of
conflict. San Francisco Bay was in need
of a defender of just this formidable type
to put its security beyond the question of
doubt, and the fulhllment of the Citys de-
sire was near at hand.
The Aollilla was l63 days on her Journey
She had been conveyed from New York
to point some degrees below the equator
by the United States steams ship Ina. She
had breasted aviolent gale month before
reaching her destination.
AS she glided in through the Golden
Gate and anchored in the peaceful bay it
may be supposed that her captain deemed
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Market and Taylor SITS.
THE START.

To start
n
The majority accidents from careless
are the of something the i
So
thing shphpe
hnchngstp
strap tch about the fender tits awkward
has fallen disappeared
able
every
noted the frequent accident
will
seu
him. if there O.
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I'lG Hamburger Company,
Pr0DriGtorS Of

where there was an interchange of con-
gratulatons.
Eloquent speeches were made, including
one by General W. II. l.. Barnes in which
he declared that 1.-The launching of the CO.
manche was no ordinary event and had no
ordinary significance. When this invulner-
able engine of naval warfare touched the
waters of the bay of San Francisco it
spoke az once defiance to the fleets of
france now engaged in the infamous
work OF treacherously destroying the
hoertles OF sister republic, and
sent away up toward the domin-
ions of John Bull the premontory
notice to prepare for the dread reckoning,
the peremptory balancing of accounts
which inevitably awaits the nation to
which we owe, more than TO all other
causes combined, the evils which have be-
fallen us and against which we have accum-
ulated debt of righteous hatred which we
time"
Mr.. Barnes speech reads like an utter
ance OF today. In conclusion, he offered
the sentiment:
The monitor Comanche and the flag OF our
uhlon the exponent of the idea OF National
UNITY ana the Monroe doctrine. and the en-
olem OF universal freedom.
When finally the war came to an end
and peace dawued upon the land the
Comanche went into retirement.
The Aquilla was ill-fated She was
raised; her wreck was sold; she was re-
paired at much expense and sent to sea
again, to founder at length after only a
few years OF service.
But the Comanche! She's almost as
fresh as they make them. She has had a
lazy time of it for period nearly as long
as the average human life; but if the
necessity should arise her guns may be
heard sounding and helping to swell the
battle chorus of a matchless navy in the
good cause of liberty and justice
The Government will keep the monitor
ready in case of emergency, and it is possi-
Bile that in response to proposition to be
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Sunday closing. high license and separation OF
grocery from saloon.
In their own interest we ask all dealers TO as
Sist the Brewers Protective Association IN
keeping the prices as above, and ask that the
report TO the said association any reduction In
these prices, or any concession or allowance
made 10 them.
Ii these prices are strictly adhered 10 1t viii
lessen competition and prevent discrimination.
This is radical departure from the
customs of the past and it may cause
trouble among the beer-wagon drivers.
Heretofore these employees have been
permitted to sell beer for S. so barrel
and spend 80 cents with the saloon
keeper, and 25 cents on halt barrels. In
this way they were able TO hold old
patrons and frequently obtain new Gus
toners. Hereafter they will be obliged to
pay for the beer they drink out Of their
own pockets.
A we1l-known brewer yesterday, in
speaking upon the settlement of the
troubles, said:
Although the brewers may not at present
realize the TACT still it is fact that this news,
paper notoriety has done more toward
Strengthening out these troubles than any
other factor. 1t showed what would result
from s. beer war. Drunkenness would be-
come so prevalent that the authorities would
take up the matter, and the temperance
people would have an eXcnse TO start q crusade
against beer sellers and beer producers.
While some of the m EN- bers of the association
have been dlspleased that their business
should be made public, still they all now
acknowledge that had it not been for those
articles there would have been fight which
would have proved equally disastrous TO
dealers and consumers and the public in
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the Aquilla's trials at an end, so far as CON
cerned the delivery of her cargo or this
side Of the continent; when, in fact, her
worst troubles were about 10 begin ere she
landed pound OF her freight.
The fierce southeast gale OF November,
1868, is still recalled by old-timers along
the bay. 1t set in about dusk of Saturday
Novemb ber IA, and through the night in
creased in violence until the craft on the
bay were knocked about like cockleshells
The British ship Isca dragged her anchors
and swung on to Rincon Rock. The
Aquilla, having her headlines carried off,
ran afoul of the Isca, but, her stern lines
holding, she was saved from the British
er's fate
On Sunday came a temporary lull in the
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pense. were taken up from the hold Of the
wreck. 1t was six months job. How
ever, every piece intended for the craft had
been marked, of course, and was ready TO
go into its proper place, AS soon as the
various parts of the monitor had been
brought up, they were conveyed to the
yard at the foot Of Third street, and there,
between the months of June and Novem-
Der, 1864, the work of putting the vesse
together was accomplished.
Finally, on the 18th of the latter month,
the launching took place. It is estimated
that % 600 people had gathered within the
Enclosure of the shipyard at the hour ap-
pointed for the ceremony. At :25 A. NJ,
food tide. Mr.. Ryan, the managing con-
tractor, gave the word, the blocks were
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Ahe hdlh hopkins institute or Art mas
received the following letter from Edward
F. Searles:
METHUEN, Mass, jan 8, 1896
James D. PheldR President Mark Hopkins In
stttate Of ATt, San FrGnctSco-DBAR SIR: 1 have
ordered shipped from Great Darlington pic
ture by Benjamin Constant addressed to your
institution, which on arrival please accept
with my best wishes for the welfare of the in
seltute' e' Mlshlng you the compliments OF the
season am yours, very truly, E. F. SEARLEs.
This shows that Mr.. Searles has not for
gotten the association, and that he keeps
up his frequent gifts of pictures and sculp-
| lures. Benjamin Constant is one of the
great masters of modern times, and the
picture referred to, no doubt, is an excel
lent work. as Mr.. Searles is we'll known as
conn oiseur and critic.
In the will of the late Mrs. DIR. Toland
there IS provision bequeathing to the
Mark Hopkins Institute of Art all her
sketches, the work of first-rate Eastern
artists, which were used for the illustra-
ton of her books, and also the income
from the sale of her books.
The artists portfolio which will be pre-
sented to Mr.. Searles by the San Francisco
artists as a mark of their esteem and ap-
! preclatlon is nearly ready. Several of the
gentlemen interested ID the Art Associa-
tion have subscribed $1,000 and have COM
missioned Rupert Schmid to model from
| life bust OF Mr.. Searles for the Art
Association. Mr.. Searles has been asked
| to give the sculptor sitting, and he will
no doubt comply with this complimentary
! request.
! In addition to the foregoing the Art In
! stltute IS just in receipt of some very
| costly books donated by Mr.. and Mrs. S.
?. Avery and the trustees of the Columbia
| College in New York City. One of the
most valuable OF the lot is complete eata-
1 logue OF the famous Avery Architectural
Library. This is large volume of nearly
1900 pages and one of very limited edi-
ton. 1t bears the following title-page:
| CATALOGUE OF
THE AVERY
ARCHITECTURAL
LIBRARY.
A MEMORIAL LIBRARY OF
ARCHITECTURE, ARCHAEOLOGY AND
DECORATIVE ART.
| xxx
| LIBRARY OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE
| NEW YORK: MDccCxcv
| Another very valuable contribution from
| Mr.. and Mrs. Avery is a royal folio volume
| of 1.-THE Gems of Stuart Newton, r. A -
| edited by Henry Murray, and published
| in 1912. Some of the very finest of metal
engrayings are contained in this volume,
| which is highly appreciated by the artists,
| Another book of the lot is "The Masters
OF Wood Engraving" by w. J. Linton.
Ihis IS also very valuable volume. In
! truth the Art Institute considers itself for
tunate in receiving both these highly
priced contributions. Mr.. Avery is the
brother of the Art Associations first
president, who was one time editor of the
| Bulletin.
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storm, which as night fell set in with un-
precedented violence. The Aquilla had
been moored at Hathaway's wharf during
the lull, but even there she could not
withstand the tremendous broadsides of
the mighty sen that swept in with the ap-
proach of darkness. After having so sue
eessfully run the gauntlet of Confederate
prlvateers, storms at sea and accidents,
and having. reached her destined haven,
she went down ingloriously within a
stones throw of the citv's business thor
oughfare. On Monday, at high time. there
was nearly forty feet of water over her
bow.
Divers and wreckers came on from New
York III January and the big iron pieces
slowly, and with much difficulty and ex-
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contract let to L. J. Welch. In spite OF
these facts the work was never done and
the sanitary condition of the district was
likely to suffer in consequence. The asso-
citation stated in its complaint that the
sewer in California street from Walnut
west to Maple had been built and paid for
and that the association wanted the sys-
tenn completed. 1t was also stated that by
a resolution adopted December % last the
block had been ordered paved with btu
men and that the Superintendent of
Streets should have known that the street
was not properly paved.
The board is asked to have the work
done at once.
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From a Photographic ]

knocked away, and in an instant the inn
mense weight OF the vessel sent her down
the well-oiled ways into the element
winch was to be her home. About loo per-
sons, including a number of ladies', were
ON deck, and as the vessel started an i'm
mense cheer broke from the assembl
multitude on board and on shore, while
the Ninth Infantry band struck up q loyal
air.
At the moment of her striking the water
MISS Nellie Mcguire, relative of Peter
Donahue, knocked the neck from a bottle
OF champagne, and, pouring the wine oyer
the deck at the point where the turret was
to stand, christened the harbor defender
Comanche. The launch was celebrated by
q banquet that evening at the Occidental,
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CEMETERY SEWERS.

The Laurel Hill Association Complains
to the Supervisors.
The Laurel Hill Cemetery Association
sent strong protest to the Board of
Supervisors yesterday regarding the sewer
work on California street, between Central
avenue and Walnut street.
The communication stated that by
resolution adopted December 81, 1894 q
sewer had been ordered laid in the street
between the thogoughfares named and the
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efe' on ms last trip Attention these fall Now
the saddlepad
he wears ourcoar
the cause OF fit backin "'0N
Put hands
"hen you are
your grasp upon them Do not let him
you nave TO in around
to look and see what behind
ienced
rc-car Oeains' II Foht
Never s'aiI your morse W blow the whip
manike thing of
alone a " 0'"'N your Whlp
Ii you the left side the
Inrn to the right when
-
s Be
Be the harness Theng ahead
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mace to the Navy Department the Co.
manche may be turned over to the Naval
reserve for practice purposes
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CORSEC Gov Ra-The prices range at
15c, 25c, 75c and CSC apiece and the line
includes goods that were in stock up to
81 so apiece.
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RICH CONTRIBUTIONS.
Mr. Searles and Mr.. and Mrs. Avery Send
Valuable Donations to the Art
Institute,

The Mark Hopkins Institute of Art has
received the following letter from Edward
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GOODS AL SUCH PRICES IS LIKE
PICKING MONEY UP ON THE STREET.
MUSLIN UNDERWEAR.

Never since we have been in business has
such an offering been made in our store We
have taken every garment that has been in
STOCK Longer than last season and literally cut
its price in half.
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NIGHT ROBES-At CSC apiece, plain ones
made Of gond muslin, and at 81 and 81 so
apiece, perfect dreams OF lace and embroi-
dery trimmings. including garments that
were sold up TO So so each.
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Come Early and
Avoid the Crowds.
SUIT DEPARTMENT.
AT S1.5O Each,

AL NI.SU EaEn,
About dozen Ladies' Woolen Suits of difTer-
ent colors, that were sold at four times the
price.
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DRAWE AND CHEMIsES-Ofth the
most desirable kinds, some trimmed with
lace and others with embroidery, TWO spe-
cial los of Drawers at SOC and 75c each
and Chemises at 75c. some of them were
s 20 and 81 80 apiece.
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LADIES SKIRTS-At Csc and SOC
apiece, some trimmed with lace around
the bottom, others with tucks and deep
hens, every one of them worth more than
three times the price.
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IN SILVER-PLATED wARE-We are Of
fering at 25c and SOC apiece most eyerv-
thing in the way of Picture Frames, Mir
rors and fancy articles left from the holt
days.
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DON'T MISS a SINGLE DEPART
MENT. EACH ONE HAS SPE-
CIAL OFFERINGS.
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CLOAK DEPART MEhT.

At $1.O0 Each.
A table of Lightweight Jackets and Misses
Capes, worth up TO SIS each.
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HT HE old ironclad monitor Co
'manche - "cheese-box," as they
call her, but the kind OF cheese
box" that caused the loyal people
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At $1.5O Each,

A table Of Fancy Jackets, Capes and Long
Cloth listers, that during their season
were sold up to $40 each.
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IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

IN MILLINERY-We are Offering at 81 and
IS apiece Trimmed Hats that were made
to sell at 81 80 to $12 so apiece, but they
must go before stOck-taking.
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MARKET REPORTS.
Latest Quotations From Grain an,
Live Stuck ERnfHHn

Latest Quotations From Grain and
Live stock Centcrs.
Chicago, March 19.-Wheat-Marct,
G1 1-2c: May, G}aG' 1-Sc; July. G:s 5-Sc.
Corn-Alarch, 2S lie; May, 3-4c;
September, 3l7-Sc. Oats - March,
10 1-Sc; May, 2O3-Sc; July, 20 1-2c.
Pork-March, $3.50; May, S967. Lard
March, $3.50; May, $40. Ribs
March, $5.O5; May, $500.
Minneapolis, March 10. Close
March closed, SO 5-Sc; May opening,
58 1-Sc; highest, IS 5-Sa5S 3-4c; lowest,
81 5-Sc; close, So 5-Sc; July opening,
50 3-Sc; highest, GOa60 1-Sc; lowest, 59c;
close, GOc. On track-No. l hard,
50 5-Sc No. Northern, 80 5-Sc; No.
Northern. 81 7-Sc.
Milwaukee, March 19.-Flour dull.
Wheat weak; No. 2 spring, 81 7-Sc; No.
/ Northern, G3 1-2c; May, 62 7-sc. Corn
firm but quiet; No. 3, 25 1-2c. Oats
steady; No. 2 white, 2O1-4c; No. 3
white, 10 1-2a2Oc. Barley quiet and
steady; No. 2, 81 1-2c; sample. "a LA
32c. Rye lower; No. 1, 81 3-4c. Pro-
visions lower.
st. Paul, March 10.-Receipts, 1,5OO
hogs, 250 cattle, 10 calves, 100 sheep.
Hogs-5c higher. Market active, with
good quality hogs offered. Cattle
Strong for butcher stuff. Stockers and
feeders in good demand.
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WAR IN ABYssINIA.
Il VIII BE Vigorously Pushed By the
Italians

Italians.
Rome, March 19.---A large Italian
cabinet was endorsed to-day by the
chamber of deputies unanimously vOt-
ing credit Of 14.OOO.OOO lire to con-
tinue the campaign in Abyssin!a. When
the public outside of the chamber of
deputies heard the news that the war
was to he pushed. and that the credit
asked for by the government hal been
voted unanimously, they Joined In the
cheering for the premier, and for Italy
and the soldiers. until the whole neigh
borhood was greatly excited and highly
enthusiastic.
The socialists of this city turned out
In force to-day to welcome back to
Rome and liberty the leader of their
party, Giuseppe de Felic. De Felic is
n Sicillian and was formerly a men,
ber Of the chamber OF deputies. Early
In 1894, he was arrested on the charge
of plotting with the exiled anarchist,
CypriOte, and Signor Casilli, another
deputy. a revolution, which had for
its ultimate aim the overthrow of the
monarchy. The police were out in
strong force; but no attempt was made
to interfere with the demonstration Of
the socialists. One or two black flags
were seized, but the authorities acted
in a manner calculated to avoid CIV
ing cause for an outbreak. A few ar
rests of disorderly young men were
made, and number Of windows We're
broken by the same class of people; but
the offenders belonged to the gangs of
young roughs who are always to be
found taking advantage Of all popular
demonstrations in order to cause addi-
tional disorder and commit depreda-
tions under its cover.
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WORK OF A FIEND.
AN ATROClOUS CRIME COMMITTED IN
WESTERN IOWA.
Man Assaults a Young Lady
School Teacher and Then Ties
Her to the Back Of O Horse and
Turns the Animal Loose-She IL
Finally .Rescued-A Posse IL Now
Looking for the brute.

Mitchell, s. D., March 19.-Miss Alice
Douglass, a music teacher and highly
respected young lady of Akron, Iowa,
was criminally assaulted by Il young
unknown man yesterday about 10 a.
M. near Westfield, Iowa, while making
the rounds among her country pupils
on horseback. The ficnd selected a
lonesome place in the road. sheltered
by trees, for his horrible crime, and
when bis unsuspecting victim ap-
preached. sprung to the horses head,
dragged the girl to the ground, bound
and gagged her, carried her into the
adjacent grove and ravished her, keep
ing her there until 6 p. m., when he
placed the unconscious girl in the sad
die, tied her hands around the horses
neck and turned it loose. About 6 p.
III. the people OF Akron were horritied
at seeing a horse running through
Main street with the almost lifeless
body Of the girl dragging OH the
ground, the body having slipped from
the animals back. Miss Douglass,
who is but eighteen years old, reguined
consciousness about II p. IN. and gave
a full and complete description of the
brute. Armed posses are now out
looking for him. and should he be
found he would be strung up at once.
Miss Douglass will recover.