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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-11
ecord-Breaking Round Trip of
the American Ship
ElWell.
CHANGES ON REVENUE CUTTERS
None of the Old Officers Will Go
North on the Next Annual
Cruise.

The fastest round trip on record be-
tween this port and Nanaimo was
completed yesterday. The ship Elwell
made the voyage from San Francisco
to the Sound and back again in
seventeen days, thus beating her
own time and that of the Rufus E. Wood
by forty-eight hours. The voyage is a
remarkable one, but interest is added to
the run when it is known that the vessel
took eight days in getting to San Fran
cisco, and consequently she must have
reached Vancouver Island, unloaded and
taken on cargo of coal all in nine days in
order to get away on time.
When off Point Reyes the Elwell struck
fair wind. but Captain Ryder was deter
mined to make good time so he refused the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-11
UNITARIAN BAN QUIET.
a Reception to Rev. G. III. Bachelor
the First Secretary.

Reception to Rev. G. I'll. Bachelor,
the First Secretary.
The members of the Unitarian Club last
night gave a reception to the Rev. George H.
Bachelor, Secretary of the American
Unitarian Society, at the Palace Hotel.
1t was the occasion of one OF the regular
dinners of the club. There was large
attendance. many of those present being
ladies. The general subject of discussion
was 'Srbe Forward Movement of Unita-
rianism." One of the sentiments of DR..
Fuller was printed on the back OF the
menu. 1t was as follows:
From men and women of the most diverse
beliefs there comes the expression OF new
confidence in the church, and the desire to
make II, under the law of perfect liberty, an
institution which shall satisfy the intellect,
sustain the conscience, implant the nobiest
sentiments, and give them perfect forms OF ex-
preston in the common life of man.
The speakers of the evening were the
Rev. George H. Bachelor. Rev. A. J.Welis,
Rev. c. w. Wendte, and the first president
of the club, who took the place of Horace
Davis. The Rev. DIR. Stebbins was the last
speaker. All tie addresses were in the
line of the advancement of Unitarianism,
and the evening was an enjoyable one to
every body.
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MRS, BRUNER'S PETITION.
Members of the Federation to
Appear Before the Board
of Health.
Sweating-Shops That Pay Fifty Cents
Dozen for Making
Wrappers.

Mrs. Bruner appeared before the
Woman's Federation yesterday for the
first time since her embroglio with the
authorities of the Receiving Hospital. She
urged the members to stand by her. de-
claring that she had been grossly misrep-
resented by the authorities OF the hospital
There was a little spar as to whether Mrs.
Bruner had or had not presented a written
report of the visit made by her to the
hospital. Finally 1t was found that she
had laid it on the table, and that the press
representatives had copied from it, but
that the secretary had not placed the re-
port on record. 81 did not report to Mrs.
Matheson, the chairman of our COM
mlttee," said Mrs. Bruner, because she
did not keep the appointment to come
with Mrs. Fair, Mrs. Fairchil and myself
to the hospital"
Mrs. Rose French stated that in any
case, the report was null and void, as she
ruled that all reports of committees must
first be presented to the president of those
committees, and, therefore, the report
which Mrs. Bruner had read two weeks
previously must be regarded only as her
own individual opinion. On hearing this
ruling, Mrs. Bruner framed and presented
carried in the form of a motion:
To the Honorable Board of Health of San From
cfsco-GENTLEMEN: AS the committee of in
spection OF public institutions from the
Woman's Federation was grossly misrepre-
sented in regard to their visit to the Receiving
Hospital and great injustice done, we request
your honorable board to appoint time when
you will meet the members of that committee
TO hear their report on the Receiving Hospital
After some argument Mrs. Florence
Percy Matheson agreed to accompany the
other members of the committee before
the Board of Health. Mrs. DR.. Juyne said:
San Francisco should know the public is
doing something. l came down TO saw
that the ladies on the Receiving Hospital
committee have the heartfelt thanks of
most of the physicians in San Francisco
for what it has already done. They all saw
'BravoP" The doctor modified this praise.
however, by adding that the committee
should be accompanied by some one quail
fed to distinguish between good and bad
instruments and able to tell boys from
bearded men.
Mrs. Henele remarked: 81 want to say
there are other abuses at the Receiving
Hospital awaiting investigation
In speaking of the report of the COM
mittee on sweating Mrs. French stated
that there are some shops in town Offering
81 dozen for making mems coat and
ladies wrappers. Miss Wilson added
81 am interested in sewing and can state
that there are shops in town that give fifty
cents dozen for making ladies' wrappers.b
DR.. Juyne said she knew women who
were eking out an existence by making
mems ties at 10 cents dozen.
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THE POKER-PLAYERs.
Arrangement Made for Judge Low t.
Hear Test Case.

Arrangement Made for Judge Low to
Hear Test Case.
The cases Of the poker-players arrested
on Saturday nlghtin the Cafe Royal, Con-
ways saloon, 1913 Market street, and Cook
d Gibson's ''Our House" saloon, 993 Mar
ket street, were distributed among the four
Police Courts.
Attorneys Rothchlld and Ach appeared
for the defendants and at their request it
was arranged that test case to decide the
validity of the ordinance should be heard
before Judge Low on Thursday and all the
cases were con tinued until then.
The Police Court clerks were kept busy
for hours writing out orders on the Treas
urer for the return OF the cash bail depos-
tied by each OF the defendants on Satur-
day night, as all have given bonds instead.
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rs A PRIOR CLAIM.
Status of Policy in an Insolvent Insur
ance Society.

Status of Policy in an Insolvent Insur-
ance Society.
Judge Seawell has decided in favor of
Sophia Konecka in her suit against the
Home Benefit Life Association.
The woman was beneficiary under an
insurance policy issued by the association
some time before it became insolvent.
When it did become insolvent it decided
all its property to the Mutual Benefit Life
Association, and when the policy became
due Mrs. Konecka sued to have her policy
made a lien on the property. In render
ing judgment in her favor the court stated
that the agreement to pay the policy upon
certain contingency made it prior
claim, and no transfer of property during
insolvency could release it. In cases
where the Insurance Commissioner close
up The business of such an organization
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sullivan wants His Money.

John J. Sullivan, the bond clerk in the Dis
trict Attorneys office, has sued for a writ of
mandate to compel the Auditor to sign his sal
airy demands for September, October, Novem-
Der, December and January. He was appointed
bond clerk by the Board OF Supervisors on Au-
gust 5, 1895, but the Auditor mas refused each
month to audit his salary demand for 800.
his appointment and the action of the Super
visors, first in appointing him and atterward
in ratifying the appointment and ordering his
salary paid.
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curity for mortgage of s9s, ZOO Accord
ing to the information Turner took the
deed to record it, and then forged upon its
back the certifcation of the Recorder of
Fresno County. The prosecution are try
ing to show that this was done for the pur-
pose of allowing the land to be mortgaged
several times, and they expect to prove
that it was, in fact, mortgaged four times
under similar circumstances.
Turner is the man who is so closely and
so peculiarly identified with the tangled
litigation surrounding the insolvency OF
Alfred Clarke
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RECEIVING STOLEN GOODS.
NJ. Mouret, Soda Water Manufacturer
Held on Two Charges.

The long drawn out case of M. Mouret.
soda water manufacturer, SIS Montgomery
street. charged on the complaint of P. G.
Somps, soda water manufacturer, with re-
ceiving stolen goods, was concluded before
Judge Conlan yesterday afternoon.
Mouret, it was shown by the evidence
had been buying Somps' bottles which
had been stolen by different people, and
had either broken them up and else
utilized himself or disposed of the faucets.
A private detective was employed by
Somps to watch Mouret's place, and his
arrest was the result.
The Judge after carefully reviewing the
evidence held Mouret to answer before the
Superior Court on two charges in $1,000
bonds on each charge.
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and forces it through insolvency, the court
says, the transfer is another matter, but IN
the case at bar the Insurance Commits
sioner had never interfered.
The plaintiff will get $500. There were
two intervenors in whose favor judgment
was also rendered.
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STREET swEEPINGs.

DImcuIty IN HHVIHg Ihem Hauled to
Golden Gate Park.
A few days ago John McLaren of Golden
Gate Park called upon President Dohrmann
OF the Merchants Association and con-
suited with him about the possible trans
portation of street sweeplngs from the City
to the park.
''The position is" said Mr.. Dohrmann,
yesterday, "that the people at the park
want the sweepings. the railroad refuses to
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-11
Death of a Seam an.

Alexander Wallace, a seaman who was in
jured on the Costa RIGA in the great storm
through which the ship passed on January %,
died at ST. Luke IS Hospital yesterday. He was
native of Scotland. An inquest was waived.
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TURNER ON TRIAL.

40 Accuseu OF Forging Recorder's
Certification.
The case of ]. F. Turner, charged with
forgery, was before Judge Wallace for trial
yesterday. Turner is accused of forging
upon the back of deed the name of 7. A.
Bell, Recorder of Fresno County.
The deed was made by Mrs. Lizzie r.
O'Donnell to ]. P. Frenna. and was in Sc
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-11
AUCTION SALES.

BY HEALY.-Thursday, February 49, Horses, at
Thirteenth and Harrison streets
BY SULLIVAN q DoYLE-Saturday, February To-
horses and mules at 220 Valencia street. at IL
o'clock.
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ADJUSTMENTS.

BALDWIN THEATER.-Grand Opera" MiSnon."
CALIFORNIA THEATER-"Louis HI"
COLUMBIA THEATER-""Hendrsck Hudson Jr"
MoRosco's oPERA-HoUsE-"My Partner
TIvoLI OPERA-HoUsE.-"Th Gentle Savage
CRPHEUM.-High-C Glass Vaudeville.
EEovERis AIcAzkR.-"White Slave.
SHOOT THE CHUrEs-Daily at Haight street,
one block east OF the Park
IACIFIC Coast JocEEY CLuE.-Raees.
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the expression, and after Attorney Cress-
we'll had made some pointed remarks re-
garding the spectacle of presiding officer
attempting to thwart the will of the ma
iority by refusing to do his duty in an
nouncing votes, etc., the meeting adj
journed,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-06-02
THE ToRRENs SYSTEM
or Land Tran.fer1 InauEurated in Chi
cago-Its Great Advantages.

cngO Its Great Advantages
Lincoln, Neb., State Journal: The
adoption by Cook county ILL.,, of the
Torrens system of land transfer is an
experiment that win be watched with
interest throughout the country. espe-
cially by those interested In land title
transfers, Under the Chicago plan any
property owner wishing to obtain the
advantages OF the system can submit
his title to search by the court attor-
neys, and II the title is found to be un-
Improbable the state guarantees 1t abb
solute. After the guarantee is once
made the property IL no longer trans
ferred by deed, but only on the books OF
the court of registry. and as the neces-
sity OF a separate search before eacn
transfer no longer exists, the property
can be conveyed with as little trouble,
time and expense as Il hundred shares
of stock
1t also becomes very much more
available as quick security for loan.
Under the law adopted in Chicago any
person may register his property for 81.
To get certificate he must present az
the evidence of ownership he holds
which has not been entered of record
but he Is not required to present any
abstract. A board of examiners exam
mes LIlhssA DEbOlS anu IL hAlNANA NRAAANAA
OF a majority of the board determines
the action of the registrar. During five
years everyone has an opportunity OF
contesting certificates OF registration,
but after the expiration OF that interval
the certificate is lncontestable. After
title Is once registered the owner cannot
be deprived of any Of his rights by rea-
son of another persons possession and
occupancy of the land for any period
whatsoever.
These certificates are valid proofs Of
ownership according to their face repre-
sentation In all courts. Land transfer
is a complicated thing, and In older
countries all attempts to simplify It
have been resisted by the conveyancers
for precisely the same reasons that any
trade union resists the Introduction of
improved machinery. in England,
especially, where It often costs as much
to transfer land as the land Is worth,
the lawyers and others whose living de-
pends upon this complication have
fought all suggestion OF the Torrsns
system most bitterly, and on grounds
often manIfestly selfish.
1t ought to somewhat modify any pos
slble prejudice against trade unions 10
note TINT some of the best educated and
most Intelligent persons in the COM
munity will resist progress on GROUNDS
as narrow and inherently selfish as
those of any set OF men that ever
burned power loom OF tried to keep
typesetting machines out OF the gov
eminent Offices at Washington. When
IT is a matter Of his bread and butter,
the so-called Intelligent man Is not so
Intelligent after all. There may be OBJ
iections to the Torrens system OF land
transfer, hut they can hardly be insu-
pernble ones, and It is fortunate that 81
large q. city as Chicago has undertaken
to experiment for the information and
benefit Of us all.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-06-02

Nc A-NNnANGAAN anu viz
Senator Morgan, In his caustic com
ments on the President. says with point;
Congress has practically ceased to be a
factor In ths government, except in the
case Of a veto. when the constitution
permits It to act finally by two thirds
vote. Even this function is denied when
1t Is applied to our foreign political rcia-
tons" The thrust Of the Alabama sem
ator will remind the country that 1t has
never had President who sought more
to absorb into himself all the functions
OF government.
Il am the state" expresses Mr.. cleve-
lands aspiration. He has sought to
dominate his party and through his par
~ the government and the country.
Now that his party Is not In control uf
Congress he still has an idea that things
should be otherwise and that he should
rule as before His veto OF the river
and harbor bill shows his estimate OF
himself and his privilegc-that he IS a
bigger man than Congress and that
Congress should bow obsequiously to
his better information and his higher
patriotism.
He carries the idea further and finds
himself to be not only the keeper of the
purse but the grand custodian Of the
national dignity at home and abroad.
He has caused the Cuban patriots and
their friends in this country to be har-
raised without warrant of law in their
efforts to ship from this country NUM-
lions of war. Spain says that there is
no war in Cuba and the President ac-
cepts the assurance; yet he causes the
coast to be guarded to prevent the ship
ment of supplies to the Cubans.
If state of war does not exist In
Cuba arms and ammunition are not
contraband, it is perfectly lawful to ship
them, and the executive branch Of our
government has no right to interfere.
Congress thinks that something is going
on in Cuba demanding the interference
of our government for the protection of
the rights OF Americans and that some
thing should be done in the interests of
humanity. The Spanish foreign Office
objects, resents the suggestIon-and
controls through the President Of the
United States the attitude of this coun-
try towards Cuba.
They are hard words that Senator
Morgan uses against the President
whom he helped to elect, but they are
justified by a hard situation. President
Cleveland is the kind Of President that
Senator Morgan says he is. He comes
as near as he can come to being the Kind
OF ruler they have in Russia;
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For some reason not well understood
In the markets there Is an improved de-
mand for silver for foreign use. Spain
is buying some, and there 10 belief
that France, Germany and Russia are
buying for coinage purposes. Certainly
silver is not falling. The tendency at
present is upward. How long this will
continue is something as TO which the
experts do not venture an opinion.
The higher silver goes the less free
coinage question we shall have in this
country. II 1t took a dollars worth OF
silver to make a silver dollar the silver
mine operators would not spend so
much as postage stamp TO send out a
circular in behalf of free coinage, for
the free coinage of their product would
onfer them no advantage over its sale
in the open market. If the price of sill
yer were what 1t was when Congress
passed the act of 1873, the great
crime" by which silver was "demone-
diced" the producers of silver would not
lot the government have 1t on free coin
age terms Of 16 to /. for they would lose
by that transaction. They could get
more for their silver in the open market
Nor could the political demagogues
catch the people with their claptrap
about cheap money" II silver were at
price to make the silver in silver dollar
worth hundred cents or more. Every
body would know that in the one case 1t
would be as hard TO get silver dollar
as a gold dollar. in the other case harder.
In the one case the world would be as
ready to accept silver as gold in its ex-
changes, in the other case reader.
This would be the operation of nat
ural law OF commerce Legislation
could not prevent it,as legislation can
not bring 1t about. These relative val
ues might last for week, month,
year. a century. However IL might be
il would be without regard TO legisia-
tIun. II the real ratio between the two
metals were stable legislation could
make NOE "r 1t; but then there would he
NO need OF legislation.
Legislation canno: Xix a ratio OF value
as between gold and silver any more
than 1t can fix ratio value between
silver and iron or gold and copper.
Trade fixes It's own ratios according 20
the circumstances Of the case.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-06-02

Tho Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Com
pany now haG ON sale at all It's offices
east OF the Ohio river full line OF tour
lst excursion tickets to all the lake
mountain and acashnre resorts In the
eastern and northern stntcs and In
e'Huada. Th,sc tickets nre valid for re-
turn iourany untl October u lioiorc
DECIDING urGn your gummrr outing Il
would be- won 10 consult tide Baltimore
& ONO bGul. uf "RoVte5 and Rates for
Summer TUurg." An Baltimore q ONO
Ticket agents NJ principal points have
Thorn, or they viii be sent upon receipt
OF ten cents. for postage. to Chas. q,
Soul, Ecucml passenger ngcnt, Bnlu-
more & Ohio railroad, Baltimore. Md.
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1t may be true as some persons are
confident It is, that International bimet-
alllsm would be a failure. At all events
there are many persons just rs Thought
ful and Just as honestly concerned 10
have sound currency who see In inter
national bimctaliism tho promise OF
good things.
II the great trading nutIonS OF the
world, the nations that may be said To
control she currents Of trade. would
agree to use gold and silver on equal
terms, the situation would be very DIFF
fcrent from that which would follow
free coinage OF silver by the United
States alone, for example. Europe
would make It's own exchanges In silver
as well az In gold, and so 1t would deal
with us.
II the experiment would prove dlsap-
pointing Va In this country would be no
worse of than the people In other coun-
tries. The difference between entering
Into a general agreement and going It
alone is 20 great that It should not he
hard TO appreciate 1t. Whether inter-
national bimetaliism be n scientific or
an uuscIondlc thing, II might result IN
good and certainly Is not fraught with
the certainty Of disaster M sIng!e-tani-
ed free coinage is
We could enter Into an international
agreement without running our credit.
We could not escape that calamity II
we wont Into tho free coinage OF silver
ut &c 20 /. ~ this point the difference Is
vital.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-06-02

The readers OF this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure In all its stages,
and that is catarrh. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Ca
tarrh being n constitutional disease, re-
uuires n constitutional treatment,
Halls Catnrrh Cure is taken Internal
~, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces Of the system, there
by destroying the foundation OK the dis
ease, and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and as
sistIng nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith In Its
curative powers that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that 1t
fails to cure. Send for list Of testlmoni-
ais. Address,
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists. 75c.
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representatives from a district in which
be does not reside. He may move from
the district in which he was elected and
make his residence elsewhere in the
state. and that win not forfeit him his
right to scat in the house. It is only
necessary for him to be resident Of the
state.
Whether n national convention Will
be more exactlng is the question to be
determined in the Illinois case. II the
question has ever been passed on we do
not recall II.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-06-02

This ~ modest enough and quite
enough to do the business and leave n
margin. Our impression is that there
is more OF 1t. How will this table strike
General" Garrison? lie has had a
good deal of fun pulling down General
Grovesnors Mckinley tables as they
came out from time to time. II h. is not
too busy pouring soothing lotions on his
disappointment he might try his hand Mt
smashing Senator Quay's Mckinley
table.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-06-02

Since Senator Quay got out of the
combine and perched himself comforta-
bly, well up In the front of the band
wagon he Is able to see more clearly.
For example, looking two weeks ahead
to the St. Louis convention he sees that
Mckinley will have on the first ballot at
least 40 votes, with the probability Of
others when the delegates realize that
the nomination is assured" Here Is
the Pennsylvania senator's table as 1t
appears in the Pittsburgh Dispatch,
through which he llkcs to sneak: