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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-06-16
TRIBUTE TO \ MOTHER,

Children, look in those eyes, listen
to that dear voice, notice the feeling
of a single touch bestowed upon you
bv that hand! Make much of it
while yet you have the most precious
of all good gifts-a loving mother.
Read the unfathomalble love in those
eyes, the kind anxiety of shat tone and
look, however slight your pain. In af-
ter life you may have friends, but never
win you have again the ineXpresslble
love and gentleness lavished upon you
which none but a mother bestows.
Often do | sigh in the struggles with
the hard, uncaring world for the
sweet, deep security | felt when, of an
evening, nesting on her bosom, | lis
tened to some quiet tale suitable to my
age, read in her untiring voice. Never
can | forget her sweet chances cast
upon me when | appeared asleep; never
her kiss of peace at night. Years have
passed away since we laid her beside
my father in the old church yard; yet
still her voice whispers from the grave,
and her eye watches over me, as
visit the spots long since hallowed to
the memory Of my motherhood
Macaulay.
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FREE-COINAGE REPUBLICANS.
After the Platform is Adopted Thew Will
Form Plan of Action.

St. Louis, June 15.-The arrival of
Senators Teller and Mantle has had the
effect OF reyiying interest i'm the pro-
gramme of the silver men in the Ma
tlonal convention. The silver eontin-
gent will be small, but compact, and
1T is believed, under quite perfect dis
cipline. 1t will be composed princi-
pally of the delegates from the States
of Colorado, Montana, Utah. Idaho. and
Nevada, and possibly some of the Ter
ritories. The delegations from the first
four States named are headed by the
Senators who, by their votes, refused
TO allow the Dingley tariff bill to pass
the Senate unless coupled with a pro-
vision for the free coinage of silver.
These delegates will demand a de-
claration by the convention in favor of
free coinage under the conditions pre-
vailing prior to 1873, and in case of
failure to secure this some, if not all.
of them are expected to thereafter
case to act with the convention Tt
has been an open secret for several
weeks that this would be their line of
action, but it is not known whether all
the delegates from the States win par
ticipate in this movement. 1t is be-
lIENEb bIlSIC VIII bI G*A11 ~ but W 40
they will be, if any, viii not be deta1.r
mined until the time shall come for ac-
ton. They will make their main fight
in the committee on resolutions, but
failing there, as they expect to do, will
probably carry the contest into the
convention on a minority report, which
it is supposed, will enable them to pre-
sent their case to the convention and
the country in speeches from the floor
They will also probably issue an adj
dress to the country explaining their
attitude.
After the conclusion of the Republi-
can convention the silver men will
probably meet to determine upcN a
future course.
Ex-Congressman WiiliamJ. Bryan,
the leader of the free silver wing Of
the Nebraska Democracy, was one of
to-day's arrivals. The appearance of
Mr.. Bryan in hotel corridor in con-
sultation with several Republicans
from free silver States of the far West
excited much comment.
Tn response to a question concerning
his mission, Mr.. Bryan remarked: 81
have nothing to say now, except that
these gentlemen and / will be found
next November voting the same tick
of -
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Senator Butler and family have re
turned to Sampson county to spend
the Congressional vacation.
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Cards are out for the marriage of Mr.
James r. McClenahan, of Chatham
county, who holds a position in the
Pension office here, to Miss Minnie
Gray Rothrock, in this city, June gath,
1896.
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For somehow the sea
Is just swallowing me
And there's no land to windward,
There's no land to lee;
Tell me, where am I at,
And just where / shall be,
And show me a shore l can land o
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MOTIFS DEEP LAID SCHEME.
indications That He is Working for the
Republican Party.

| Republican PARTY.
DR.. j. j. Mott is still apparently try
| ING to disorganize the Democratic
party i'm the South. He knows as well
| as ANYBODY that such a result would
make the South Republican and bring
about another rcign of corruption. In
recent circular. this expression oc-
ours: IF this convention is so organ
lied in the different States of the
organize the regular Democratic party
| i'm those State. and viii force the con-
yiction upon the politicians that they
must act independently for silver or
| go out Of politics"
There are two opinions here about
! Mott: l. That he is honestly for silver.
and has abandoned his party in order
| to carry it out in a new party: .. That
! he is Republican still, and is work
| ing for his party by pretending to
want a new party. knowing that such
| a movement if il gets a large follow
| mo viii make the South Republican.
| The New York Times saws the Repub-
! Leans pay the expenses of his Office
| hare / do not think ne is as bad as
this latter view makes him out, and
prefer to wait and see what the Iron
| DUke' is up TO.
Miss Eeuiad Sauderlin, daughter of
| DR.. G.. ". SandeiIiu. Deputy Third
Washington Normal Kindergarten IN
| stitute this week.
| Rev. ". Y. Savage. Baptist pastor at
IaFDoro and Rocky Mount, is spending
a few days here with his brother-in-
law, Mr. John g. Williams.
mere ~ couSiIeFable SkellcISm mere
ABOUT Ihe We" Aofk NoIId puDlica-
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They seem to have ruled their ton
gue.-certainly they have put a bride
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MI. VIM. +. Curtis writes to the Chi
cago Record: Senator Teller takes
very httel stock in the movement to
make MN President He admits that
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For tho cost Of a policy on your life
ike the above address,
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Raleigh, n @.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-20

ley's class; class recitation, Glow the Little
Kite Learned to Fly" Mrs. Bonelli's class:
song, "Now l Lay Me-" Alma Jourden, Alice
Bean, Pauline Vermeil, Elsie Geilfuss aud
Ethel Beam Mrs. Bonelli's class; recitation,
Jack" George Atkinson, Miss McLean's class
recitation, Liberty and Union,n Bennie
Bevis, Miss Smiths class; song, 1.-The PoppieS
and the Clover" Miss Smiths and Mrs. Will
liams' classes; recitation. 'Granny's Come to
Our House." Dwight Clark, Mrs. Williams
class two-part song, by note, Mrs. Williams
Clinton, acting president and member Board
OF Education; Hawthorne School song,
Miss Smith and Mrs. Williams classes.
Interesting closing exercises were held
also at the Fairmount Primary. Patriotic
selections were a feature and the several
songs, recitations and dialogues we're well
performed by the children who took part.
Following is list of the graduates of
the Douglas Primary;
Agnes White, Mertie Fletcher, Michael Ru-
Elise Muller, George Plevin, Mable Ordway,
Lizzie Murphy, Martha Piasecka, Rosie Soari,
Alfred Jackson. May Bauer, Laura CHS
holm, Norman Nichols, Robert Gray Fred
Pheger, Herbert Guilford, Emil Muller,
Thomas Norton, Moritz Wolff, Lester Bovyer,
Walter Scott, William Durnford, Oieyine
Plant, Lilly Akman. Henry Nichols, Viola Bal
zarina, James Hurl, Jane Hood, Annie Brown,
Emily CHASER, Richard Guldbech, Lille Schlie-
mann, Clarence Wells, Allie Finlayson, Ellen
Kenny, Mary Hurl. Charles Wright, Gertie
Bauer, Herbert Leathe and Earle Edmonds.
The programme of closing exercises in
cluding songs, dialogues, addresses, ETC.,
was pleasing and creditably carried out by
the children.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-20
DEFEATED THE RAILROAD,
Important Decision of the Court
of Appeals in Two Land
Grant Cases.
Several Million Acres Indirectly In.
volved-Poss bility of Fur
ther Litigation.

Judges McKenna, Gilbert and Hawley
of the Court of Appeals handed down an
important decision yesterday in the case
of the Southern Pacific Railway Company
against Nathaniel Bray and David r.
Brown of San Bernardino County, involv-
ing the title TO certain lands held by the
defendants. Judge Hawley delivered the
opinion of the court.
In the litigation just ended only 300
acres are involved but the principle of
law established practically settles the title
to several million acres of land hitherto
claimed by the Southern Pacific. The
suits were originally brought by the rail-
road on the ground that the defendants
held the the title in trust for the company.
The real question for decision was
whether the lands patented to Brown and
Bray passed by or were excluded from the
grant made by Congress to the Southern
Pacific Com pany under the provisions of
the ''act to incorporate the Texas Pacific
Railroad Company, and to aid in the con-
struction of its road and for other pur-
poses, which act was approved March 8,
1871.
1t seems that Brown and Bray settled
on the disputed lands IN 1873. Nine wears
prior to that time Deputy United States
Surveyor Reynolds surveyed what is
dino County, but it was never accepted by
the Government. Some years LATER one
Mimic surveyed the same property, the
results attained by him differing mater
tally from the returns made by Reynolds.
When the action against Brown and
Bray was brought, it was argued that the
western boundary of the Jurupa Rancho
should be the rock on which the title to
the disputed property should rest If the
the Reynolds survey was correct, then the
title of the railroad company could not be
disputed.
An action was accordingly Instituted in
the United States Circuit Court, the South
ern Pacific contending that no one ever
claimed that the boundary of the Jurupa
Rancho extended further west than the
west line surveyed by Reynolds The de-
tense held that Minto's survey was Off
cial, and consequently their title to the
land was from the Government and not
the railroad. The lower court held the
same opinion, whereupon the case was
carried to the Court of Appeals That
tribunal now sustains the Circuit Court
and orders a judgment to be entered in
favor of Brown and Bray, the railroad to
pay all costs.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-20
Locked His Wife Out of Doors
if She Dared to Disobey
Him.
MARRIED ONLY FOUR YEARS.
Judge Seawell Allowed Mrs. Gerdes
Alimony Pending Hearing of
Her Suit.

Judge Seawell yesterday ordered Henry
G. Gerdes to pay his wife, Alvisa A. Gerdes.
$50 month alimony, pending the trial of
suit for divorce which Mrs. Gerdes
entered on June 10. Gerdes is also COM
manded to pay his wife $40 for expenses
incurred in bringing the suit, $50 alimony
and $75 on account of her counsel fees, on
or before July l. On the day the trial of
the case begins, he must also pay her an
additional $I25 for counsel fees.
Mrs. Gerdes' complaint tells a woeful
story of domestic infelicty. Her maiden
name was Alvisa a. Patterson. On Decem-
Der %, 1892, she was married to Henry G.
Gerdes, the druggist, whose place of
business is at the corner of Pine and
kearny streets. For the past three years,
the complaint alleges, the husband has
been guilty of wiilful neglect, failure to
provide the common necessities of life,
and of cruelty.
Mrs. Gerdes claims that her husband has
violent temper which he makes no effort
to control when at home, and that he takes
fiendish delight in harassing her and hui
initiating her in the presence of others.
She says that during the past three years
the druggist has refused her permission to
leave their home at any time, and has also
refused to allow her to have any visitors,
saying that he would 'throw any visitor
out Of the house."
The complaint further recites how Mr..
Gerdes has on several occasions left his
home without informing his wife as to
where he was going and absented himself
several days much to her distress. On
one occasion he absented himself while
she lay helpless on a sick bed.
When Mrs. Gerdes saw lit to go out in
defiance of her husbands commands, she
says he locked her out of the house. On
April l, 1895, Mr.. Gerdes brought his
niece, Clara Gerdes. TO live at his home,
despite the plaintiffs protests, and there
she has resided ever since.
The last act of the whole play of cross
purposes was witnessed on May %, last,
when, the wife alleges, the compounder
of prescriptions called her vile names and
attemp mpted to strike her. Being afraid of
physical injury, she left him and applied
for a divorce
The case will come up for trial after
Judge Seawell's vacation. Gerdes has
$500 in bank, property on Castro street
and the income from the drugstore is $3.50
n month
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-20
THE BROADWAY GRAMMAR.
A Patriotic School of the Latin
Quarter.

a Patriotic school OF the Latin
Quarter.
Following is the list of graduates of the
Broadway Grammar School, presided over
by Miss Jean Parker:
Lenore Balleto, Mary Cam podonico, Amelia
Cattermole, Ina Collins. Alicia Cuenca, Eliza
beth CuneO, Lillian Dean, Constance Fisher
Susan Jordan, Rose Lercari, Lucia Moiica
Elvira Paredes, !. llian Pedrotta Romilda Ped.
rotta, Dozolina Raggio Annette Richert, Kath-
crime Ryder, TilIie Schlitter, Minnie Schreiner
Madeline Strohl, Anita Sullivan, May Turn
bad, India wilson, Louise Zueger, Claudine
Zabaldana.
Deputy Superintendent Stone presided
at the closing exercises and distributed the
diplomas, the medals being given out to
the honoraries by the principal. Following
Is the programme:
Salutation, Madeleine Stroll; songs, Drink
to Ne Only" "The Lark" Every Night"
eighth aud ninth grades; "History OF the Calen-
dar, Ina Collins; beginning of the Year."
Susan Jordan; Before and Alter the Rain
Cuenca; June" Lenore Balleto; Corn Song"
Mary Cam pOdonieo; Thou Art, o God ;" eighth
and ninth grades; End OF the Year" Con-
stance Fisher; "Our Unter," Annette Richert;
1.-TWO Winter Pictures,' Louis Zueger; songs
"B!Ow, Blow >" "Sun Smiles, ""Rosebud," )" ninth
grade; song, "Good-by to Broadway" ninth
grade.
The History of the Calendar was a
novel idea. 1t explained the meaning of
the names of the months, the signs of the
zodiac and the seasons. The story was in
prose with poetical and musical illustra-
tions. The walls of the classrooms were
literally covered with meritorious draw
lngs by the pupils in pencil, pen and ink,
charcoal and colors. A characteristic of
the Broadway Grammar, which is for girls
exclusively, is its cosmopolitan character.
Its 300 pupils include representatives of
all the Latin races, and they are especially
notable for their patriotism.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-20
BUSINESS NIGHT SCHOOL.
Its Closing Exercises Yesterday in
Odd Fellows, Har.


Director c. A. Murdoch presided last
evening at the closing exercises OF the
Business Evening School, L. C. Kilpat-
rick principal, in Odd Fellows Hall. Fol-
lowing is the programme:
Espanita waltzes, B. E S. orchestra, Professor
Z. w. Piquet leader; salutatory. Louis Miller;
quartet. "MOonlight on the Lake" D. D. Con-
molly, R. keene, r. Pontacq, William Nanker-
Wis; recitation, Clementine Schnabel; song
Charles Pinkham; banjo solo, Professor Z. w.
Pquet, Miss A. Miller accOmpanist: remarks,
Thomas r. Knox, Board of Education; selec-
lions, Professor Graeber's banjo, guitar and
mandolin class; vocal solo, Charles E. A
Creighton Miss c. Meyer accompan1st; recita-
ton, Miss H. Hoe!t; quartet, 'Aiore and
girls Of Sc; presentation of diplomas.
There was good attendance, and every
thing passed off pleasantly. The commit
tee OF arrangements was composed of:
Thomas J. Mullin, chairman; A E. Roberts,
treasurer; J. J. Clifford, James S. Irving, Will
liam F. Lannon, Don Sutherland, Harry A.
Burke. Charles A. E. Creigh ton, George D. Gill
bert, Rudolph Ruff, J. G. Morrison, William s.
Amelia F. Nelson, Christine Daily, Johanna
Meyer, Kathyrine Foley, Elma H. Kreuz Nellie
Richardson and Kate Sloan.
The students acting as a reception COM
mittee we're:
Herman Lederer, William F. Lannon, D. ].
Horgan, Robert Shord, Thomas Mulligan C..
W. de Guerre, James s. Irving, J. W. Olney,
Fred Moon. Garcia Meyer, Daisy G. O'Reilly
Eleanor Keefe, May McKillop, Belle McGann
Matilda Ducker, Eta Cassel, Martha Ososke
and John heogan.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-20
THE CORKERs' CUTTING.
Athletic Sports and Good Time OF
Bakers Beach.

Athletic Sports and a Good Time on
Bakers Beach.
The second outing of the "Corkers" was
held last Sunday at Bakers Beach, and 1t
was most successful affair.
The weather was pleasant, and the
members availed themselves of the op-
portunity of having good days hilarity.
The lunch was prepared by the royal
caterer of the Corkers, Stephen Poggie,
who was ably assisted by the stewards,
Jim Lewis, Jackson Warren and Joe Mat
teson. After lunch, of which all the
members did justice, the following games
took place:
The first on the programme was a
wrestling match between Tom Finnerty,
the heavyweight of the River Express,
and Pat Grace. Grace won first fall, and
III the excitement incident to the second
tall the contestants rolled over on the
beach until a big roller from the ocean
took all the ardor out of them. Jack
Bendevldas challenged the winner to meet
him at the next outing. The next event
was throwing the hammer, between Al
Delehanty and Sam Eldridge. which was
won by Delehanty, who beat Eldridge by
two feet. The next was a running race,
100 yards, between Winfield. Garrett,
Wllkie Michaels, O'Connell and Petsch,
Wlicu WAS won DY w like IN 1112 seconds.
The jumping match was contested by
Billy Dwyer Lewis, Poggie, Vebellen and
Petsch, and was won by Dwyer by feet.
The tug-of-war between the married and
single men was well contested and was
won by the married men. The baseball
game was won by the single men, and
their success was due to the battery work
OF Bendevdas and Lob. Score 13 to 6.
Following the games the Corkers' favo-
rites, Thomas and Brewer, sang several
duets, followed by the Corkers Quartet,
Love, Ford, Lob and Bendevidas, which
was well received, as also the Kindergar-
ten Quartet, Eddie Herbert, Boyle, Johnnie
O'Connell and Jimmie Garrett. The
Corkers started for home well pleased with
their second outing.
The following members were present:
Henry SteLing, Stephen Poggie, Thomas
Garrett, z. P. Grace, Sam Eldridge, A.
Wilkie, Thomas O'Connell, James Lewis,
Thomas Finnerty, William Love- A. Brow
er, M. Thomas, James Vebellen, William
Dwyer, J. Boyle, J. Matteson, Thomas
Ford, J. Bendevldas, E. Winfield, Jackson
Warren, P. Michaels, Henry Petsch, al
Delehanty, Jack Lob, James Garrett, E. r.
Boyle, Herb Boyle, J. O'Connell. The
next outing will be held the first Sunday
In August.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-20
REST COMES TO
JADED TEACHERS
Pupils, Too, Joyfully Hail
the Midsummer
Vacation.
VACANT sCHoOLHoUsES.
Happenings Yesterday Charac-
teristic of the End of
the Term.
FRESH BOUQUETS FOR BABCOCK
Chi dren May Now Lay Aside Books
for Six Weeks and Enjoy
Themselves.
FRESH BOUQUETS FOR BABCOCK

The midsummer vacation of the public
schools of San Francisco has come at last,
and now for period of six weeks the
thousand iaded teachers and the thirty
five thousand dlligent pupils will have an
opportunity for much-needed rest and
recreation.
The close Of the term yesterday was JOY
fully hailed in all the primary, grammar
and high schools. each OF which is now de-
serted by the teachers and children and
left to the care of the ianitors. Superin-
tendent Babeock held his usual afternoon
levee in his Office at the City Hall and was
the recipient of numerous fragrant and
beautiful bouquets brought him from
smiling lady teachers, in recognition of
his kind and courteous treatment.