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The San Francisco call., 1896-11-15
CHAR TER-MAK|NG
WILL co SLOWLY
May Take One Year to
Prepare the Instru-
ment.
Will Take Some Time to Select
the Committee of One
Hundred.
VIEWS OF F. w. D0HRMANN.
He PREPARED the Resolutions Which
Were Adopted by the Charter
Association Friday.
VIEWS OF F. W. DoHRMANN.

Mayor r-elect Phelan may not name the
committee of 100 cit tizens to take the pre-
liminary steps toward procuring a new
charter for San Francisco for some time
The probability is that he will ask several
gentlemen to assist him in making up the
committee. The main purpose in view is
20 have the committee as representative as
possible of all classes in the community.
This is the idea held by the Merchants
Association and by the Citizens Charter
Association, both of which organizations
have expressed themselves clearly on that
point. These are the facts as they are
narrated by Leading merchants.
+. w. Dohrmann, who introduced the
resolutions at the meeting OF the Citizens
Charter Association Friday night which
were adopted, and so furnished a basis Tor
future work, SAID yesterday that he was
equally surprised and gratlfed that the
meeting had adopted the resolutions so
readily. This was indicative of real
desire to provide the City with some kind
of charter, the best kind that can be
devised, in lieu of the present tattered and
dilapidated consolidation act.
Il think" said Mr.. Dohrmann last even
ing "that the steps to be taken
Will De ueilperaIe, as Tue measures
to be considered are very important and
we cannot safely make haste. l have not
ta ked with Mr.. Phe an since the meeting
of Friday night, and SO do not know what
his ideas are. He was completely sur
prised when the resolutions were presented
and adopted Friday night.
The idea of inviting all the people to
take part in the making OF the charter
was favored by the Merchants Associa-
ton There is no Other way to provide
an instrument that will meet with popu-
lar approval and that can be adopted on
any other plan. The provision tor alter
native propositions would enable the peo-
Pile, there be ng different opinions con-
cernlng any particular measure, to select
that which they prefer.
There should be. in my opinion, q
special election for freeholders during the
next fiscal year. 1t may take one year TO
prepare the charter. There must be sub
committees of the committee of one hun
dred to consider the different branches OF
the general subject, ana they may have to
hold many meetings and probably will.
1t will not do to prolong the considera-
tion o. the charter long enough to let the
interest die out, nor will IL do to make to ,
much haste. The com mittee of one hum
dred will enter upon the consideration of
the charter without being hampered in
any way-that is, they will begin from the
Leginning."
The same general views were expressed
by other gentlemen who favor the charter
anu who were pleased 10 find those who
openly OPT oseo the charter that has jus t
been rejected coming forward with assur-
ances, as they did at the meeting Friday
night, that they favor new charter. The
resolutions which were adopted by the
meeting were drawn by Mr.. Dohrmann, by
whom they were offered.
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RUSHED TO HER
FATHERS RESCUE
A Little Girl Stays the
Wrath of a Deputy
Sheriff.
George Merrick's Narrow Escape
From a Very Rough
Handling.
STRUCK BIG Jim" DEGAN.
A Fortunate Groceryman Who H d a
P.ucky Daughter to Intercede
for Him.
STRUCK BIG Jim" DEGAN.

little toddling girl scarce years of
age prevented what might have proven a
desperate battle between Deputy Sheriff
and her enraged father a few days ago,
and incidentally saved her parent from a
severe handling.
GEORGE Merrick keeps a grocery at 416
Thirteenth street, and, falling in arrears
to one of his creditors in the sum of $23,
was attached for the amount.
He acted in surly manner when Sheriff
Whelan's men came 10 take charge, but a
keeper was put in possession and the dep
uty who served the attachment returned
to the City Hail.
Merrick acted ''uglier" than ever when
the keepers companion had departed, and
the latter, fearing trouble, left the store
for a moment and went to the nearest teie-
phone, to which he was directed by Mer-
rick, to ask his office for an additional
man. He had no sooner turned his back
than Merrick discharged his clerk, lock ed
the doors and announced that any one
who tried to enter woul do so at his peril.
The telephone message reached Deputy
Jim" Degan at the Sheriff's office. and he
jumped into buggy with another deputy
and drove to the grocery.
Lace curtains partly obscured the in
terror, and before he realized that he had
a fight on his hands Merrick rushed for
ward and struck him a terrific blow on
the jaw, nearly knocking him out of the
window.
The blow sent his blood to the boiling
point, and in an instant groceryman,
deputy and lace curtains were mixed up
on the floor, both men fighting for the
upper hand.
BY this time other deputies were in the
room, and the outlook would have been
black for Merrick except for sudden in
terruption. The door of the room flew
open, revealing Merrick's wife and little
girl, both crying bitterly. The child ran
forward, crying:
Don't hurt papa! Please don't hurt
pana!'
Excited and angry as he was, Degan
stayed his hand Merrick was jerked to
his feet and stood up against the wall,
where Degan eyed him and the child al
ternately.
The child clasped her arms around one
of her fathers limbs and looked appeal
ingly at the big deputy, and that settled
all chance of further hostllities.
1t was decided to place Merrick under
arrest for his assault on Desan, but again
the little ones pleadings saved the father,
and he was allowed to go free, with a
warning never to attempt such a proceed
ing again.
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A SUCCESSFUL FAIR.

That of Sacred Heart Realized the
Handsome Sum of Nearly $I1, 900.
A Card of Thanks.
Following were the receipts from the
recent Sacred Heart fair:
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pected to follow it in the evening. Then
he went to the United States Army Head
quarters in the Phelan building.
1t was there that a CALL representative
met him. He still wears the prodigious
whiskers which marked him OF old, but
they are tinged little with gray.
Il had not been to San Francisco for
FIVE years." explained the general, $50 I
thought l would come out here. In the
old days when was stationed here knew
all about San Francisco and had no diff
Guilty in getting around, but find things
different here now.
while | came West on an inspecting
trip and inspected the offices at Leaven-
worth, Denver and other places, am par
ticularly interested in the system of
cables, which are so greatly needed to pro-
tect the harbor OF San Francisco. There
should be direct and immediate communi-
cation between all the military stations
around the bay.
Il have been trying for five years to get
the money necessary for San Francisco,
but have not got cent thus far. We
hope to get it now soon. New York, Bos-
ton and San Francisco have asked for
1000, and of this amount it is expected
San Francisco will get $4,000.
1.-The cables that were laid from Fort
Point to various points about the bay
where there are stations are old and have
rotted. In places it is impossible any
longer to Use them as means of commu-
nication. In time of danger we would
be in a very bad condition for simultane-
Gus action at the various stations In fact
instant action would be impossible.
1--WE all. hope to get this appropriation
and then new cables will be Immediately
laid.
'In Arizona and elsewhere am more
particularly interested in military tele-
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at
tn Pacific

graph lines. We are building new line
now from the town of San Bernardino, in
Arizona. to Bisbee. 1t will be sixty miles
long, and will connect with other lines
along the border of Arizona and Mexico
The obiect,of this is to quicker catch the
Indians that commit depredations there.
"As it now is the Apache and other
Indians zigzag and dodge about from one
side of the line to the other. They come
up from the Sierra Madre Mountains In
Mexico, steal and probably kill, and then
go back to the other side. And as the law
now is with Mexico we can't pursue them,
except upon what is called hot trail
$50 we want to get in such shape that We
can keep the trail hot. Then we will get
rid of these border outlaws. will go
from here to San Jose, but will return on
Monday and remain several days, and
Will then go 10 Fort Grant, Arizona, to ex-
anime into matters relative to the military
telegraph line"
Chief Signal Officer Green, in whose of
flee in the Phelan building General Greedy
was, explained the proposed laying OF the
cables in San Francisco harbor. He
said one would be laid from Fort Point to
Lime Point; another from Black Point to
Alcatraz; another from Alcatraz to Angel
Island, and one from Angel Island to Tib-
uron. The cable from Tiburon to Angel
Island is broken and has been for almost
| three months, yet, strange to say, commu-
nlcatlon Is still Kept up.
1t is accomplished. as Officer Green sets
forth, by curious appliance OF one of the
officers by means of telephones. Nothing
| like il has ever been done before, and it is
regarded as a very strange thing since it
is done through probably five or six feet
of water, the ends of the wire being that
far apart.
General Greedy is now so years old. He
served through the entire war as volun-
teer, and from 1869 to 1871 was transferred
to Omaha in the regular armv. While
there he was in the signal service. In
1881 he was in the office of the chief signal
officer of the army at Washi gton, and was
employed later as a station ins peetor and
superintendent of construction of military
telegraph lines to Texas.
Immediately following this he was as
81 ned to the command of the Lady Frank
lin Bay Expedition TO Northern Greenland.
He and his men suffered great hardship,
the general and few others being finally
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-15
CATHOLIC KNIGHTS.
Their Eighth Biennial VIII Be Held
This Week

Their Eighth Biennial viii Be Held
This Week.
The eighth biennial convention OF the
California State Council, Catholic Kn gh s
of America, will be held in the basement
of ST. Mary's Church (Pauiist), corner of
California and Dupont streets, on Novem-
Der IL and Is, commencing at A. NJ. on
the 18th inst.
The officers and delegates will assemble
al $50 A. NJ. and proceed in body to the
church to attend mass. which will be cele-
brated by Rev. Father Serda, State spirit
ual director, after which the conven ton
will be formally opened for the transac-
tion of business.
Delegates will be present from Sacra-
mento, Los Angeles, San Diego, North
Temescal. Oakland and Berkeley.
On Wednesday evening banquet will
be rendered the visiting delegates and in
vfted guests at Union-square Hall, COM
mencing at O'clock
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NEW CABLES FOR
THE C|TY'S HARBOR
General Greely Tells What
Is Being Done to Get
Them Laid.
They Will Connect All the Mill.
tary Stations About the
Great Bay.
MILITARY TELEGRAPH LINES.
The Latest Efforts to Catch Marauding
Indians A ong the Borders of
M xico

Brgadier-General A. w. Greely, the
Chief of the United States Signal Service
and famous Arctic explorer, arrived here
yesterday.
He is on an inspecting trip and is espe-
cially interested in doing all he can to
get cables laid in San Francisco harbor
from one military station to another. This
work he regards as very important.
The general has not been as far West as
this for long time. He registered at the
Palace on his arrival, but soon ordered his
baggage sent to San Jose, where he ex-
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-15

TELEPHONE GRANT ia.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-15
Got six Months Each.

John Murray and John Brady were yester-
day sentenced to six months each in the
County Jail by acting Police Judge Barry on a
charge OF petty larceny. They were arrested
cery OF John schMetsc6er Ba tterv and Fi,ssrt
street. Schwetscher stranged himself in a
cell in the San Diego Police Station few days
ago, and as h evidence was material TO the
conviction of Brady and Murray on the bur
glary charge. they were allowed to plead
guilty TO the minor charge.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-15
Promoted and anaueted.

dinner was given in the Red Room at the
Bohemian Club last evening in compliment to
Lieutenant Sydney A. Cloman, U. S. A., who
was recently promoted. The promotion sends
him TO Fort Bayard, N. Mex. The banquet was
attended by many of Mr.. Cloman's friends in
the club and by quite number of First United
States Infantry officers with whom he has long
been associated. 1t was one of the happiest
functions ever given in the Red Room Afbert
Gerberding, president of the Produce Ex-
change, had command OF the talent.
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The priest and the people gratefully
acknowledge the jealous labors of the
ladies who worked so hard to make the
fair complete success. Financially and
otherwise it was everything that could be
desired. The committee in charge of the
management succeeded in satisfying
every body, and got through with it's la
bors earning the thanks of all.
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rescued by relief expedition. General
Greedy surpassed all other explorers to
that time. ana reached the most northern.
arctic point His book, 'Three Years
OF Arctic Service" details the strange and
hazard GUS details of the cruise.
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The japanese are now getting used to
glass. AT first glass in railway carriage
window had to be smearei with streaks of
ing their heads through it.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-30
NOTIFYING N'KINLEY.
Committee Appointed by Con-
vention Calls on Him.
BIG PARADE 70 NOMINEES HONE.

Senator Thurston Makes the speech In
forming the Ohioan Of nis NomlRa-
tlon Tor President aud Major Me-
Kiniey Replies Accepting the Great
Honor BESTOWED Upon Him.
CLEVELAND. June 29--Membcrs Of
the committee appointed by the Repub-
hcan national convention at 81. Louis 90
notify William Mckinley Of his nomi.
nation Of the presidency assembled at
the Hollenden House at o o'clock this
morning After being photographed in
a group the committee, headed by Sen.
ator Thurston and NJ A. Hanna,
marched 10 the Valley railroad station
where a special train was boarded for
Canton A number Of prominent Re.
puhlicans accompanied the committee
ON the trip, making the total number Of
persons on the train about 100.
The committee reached Canton at
~ a0 The permanent reception com.
mittoe, lately organized for the cam.
paign and headed BY Judges George +.
Baldwin. William r. Day aud Henry a.
Wise, was az the depot 70 meet tho
party. Decorated tallyhos and carriages
were IN waiting In the parade werc
the Grand Army Of the Republic band,
citizens and troops Of cavalry. The
leading vehicles were occupied by
guests Citizens fell In behind and an
enormous crowd quickly gathered about
the Mckinley home where the duties Of
the committee were discharged and
where the general public had been in.
formally invited through press notices.
Senator Thurston made the address
fm the committee Of notification aud
Major Mckinley replied a. follows:
Senator Thurston and Gentlemen Of
the Notification Committee of the Re
publican Convention To beselected ~
their presidential candidate by a great
party convention. representing 20 vast a
number Of the people Of the United
States. Is a mos, distinguished honor
for which / would not conceal my high
appreciation, although deeply sensible
OF the great responsibilities of the trust
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-30

and my inability 10 bear them without
the generous and constant support ot
my fellow countrymcn. Great as Il tho
honor conferred, equally arduous and
important j. the duty imposed and In
accepting the one, | assume the other,
relying upon the patriotic devotion %
the people TO the best interests Of our
beloved country and the sustaining care
and aid Of him without whose support
all we do Is empty aud vain. should
the people raiify the choice of the great
convention for which yon speak my only
aim win be 20 promote the public good,
which IN America is always the good Of
the greatest number. the honor Of our
country and the welfare Of the people,
The questions to be settled in the ma.
tional contest this year arr as serious
and important a. any of the great gov.
ernmontal questions that have confrunt.
ed rs IA the past quarter Of the century,
They command our sober Judgment and
settlement free ircm partisan projudi,
ces and passion, beneficial TO ourselves
and hoaiting the honor and grandeur Of
the republic They touch every inter
ost Of cur common counuy. Ourindus
trial supremacy, our productive capac
ity. cur business and commercial prus
pcriiy, our labor and rs rewards. oui
national credit and currency. our pride
our financial honor and our splendit
birtlripht-the pride Of every Amen
can n-arc all pending in the campaign
and thus cvuy home in the land Is di
rccily and intimately Connected Will
their Iropcr settlement Great are thl
is,ucs involved IN 4. 4ing election
and eager aud earnest are the people 10
their right determination Our domes
tic trade mustsbe won back and on
idle working people employed In gain
ful occupations at American wages Gu
homo market must be restored 20 Il
proud rank OF first IN the world. AM
foreign trade, so procipitatoly cut on b
adverse national legislation, reopened o.
fair and equitable terms for our surplu
agricultural and manufacturing prod
ucts. Protection and reciprocity AZ
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twin measures OF true Amercan Iol.
icy and should again receive tho earnest
encouragement Of the government at
Washington. Pubic confidence must
be resumed. and me skin, the energy
and the capital Of our country find am
pie employment at home, sustained, en-.
couraged and defended against the un.
equal competition and serious disadvan.
tage with which they are now contend
ing.
The government Of the United States
must raise enough money to meet both
iis current expenses and increasing
needs. It's revenues should be 40 raised
as TO protect the material interests Of our
people. with the lighiest possible drain
upon their resources. aud maintain that
high standard Of civilization which has
distinguished our country for more than
century Of IT, existence. The income
Of the government. replete, should equal
IT, necessary and proper expenditures
A failure 20 pursue this policy has COM
PEELED the government 10 borrow money
In time Of peace, 20 sustain its credit
and pay is daily expenses. This policy
should be reversed, and that too. a.
speedily as possible Il must be appa.
rent to all, regardless Of past party ties
or affiliations, that It Is our paramount
duty 70 provide adequate revenue for
the expenses Of the government, eco
nomically and prudentally administered.
The Republican party has haotl'ore
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-30

anu tnc pennon,h nalsr cOnnnuu furuvur
equal In pprehasing and dobtpaying
power, 10 the :, - paid to any govern
ment creditor. This contest this year
will not be wagcd upon lines Of theory
and speculation. but In tho light Of 90.
we're practical experience and new and
dearly acquired knowledge
The great body Of our citizens know
what they want. and that they intend
10 have. They know for what the Re.
publican party stands and what its 70.
turn 20 power means 10 them. They
realize that the Republican party be.
lieves that our work should be done at
homs and not abroad, and everywhere
proclaim their devotion 10 the principles
of protective tariff. which, while sup.
plying adequate revenues for the gov.
ernmcnt, will restore American produc-
tion and serve the best interests Of
American labor and development. Our
appeal. therefore. Is not 10 false philos-
ophy or vain theorists, but 10 the masses
Of the American people-the plain, prac.
tical people-whom Linooln loved and
trusted and whom the Republican party
has always faithfully striven 10 serve.
The platform adopted by the Repub-
lican national convention has received
my careful consideration and has my
unqualified approval. Il isA matter Of
Qualification b me, a. am sure Il must
BE- 10 you and Republicans everywhere
and 10 all our people, that the express
sions Of Is declaration Of principles are
30 direct, clear and emphatic. They are
too plain and positive 10 leave any
chance for doubt or question as 10 their
purport and meaning But you win
not expect me 70 discuss its provisions AZ
length al this time. Il will, however,
be my duty and pleasure AZ some future
day TO make 20 and through you to the
great party you represent a more formal
acceptance Of the domination rendered.
No one could be more profoundly CRATE
ful than for the manifestations Of pub
lie confidence Of which you have 20 elo-
quently spoken.
II shall be my aim 10 attest this ap'
probation by an unsparing devotion "a
what esteem the best interests Of the
people, and in this work ask tho ooun.
ell and support Of you. gentlemen, and
Of every other friend Of the country.
The generous expressions with which
you, sir, convey the official notice Of my
nomination are highly appreciated ant
as fully reciprocated, and / thank yoJ
and your associates Of the notification
committee and the great party and con
veniion AZ whose instance you come, fol
the high and exceptional distinction be
slowed upon me
After the address by senator Thurs
ton and the response by Governor Nc
Kinley, Henry L. Smith Of Michigan
presented Major Mckinley the gave
made from log taken from the hous
In which Abraham Lincoln lived durinl
his childhood
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-30
Tragedy AMONG INDIANS.
Two Men and = Woman Ars Dead and
one Man In Jail.

one Man In Jail.
SALT LAKE CIrY. June 29.-Thrce
persons are dead and one man in jail Is
the result Of a wuman's unfaithfulness
and mans peridy.
The dead are;
Paul Ninetto, a halfbrcod. his wife
aud Took-a-Fine. Gun. a fullblood Indi.
an. The man under arrcs, Is Makos.the-
Fire. a brother Of the dead Indian. The
scene was in the Black Foot reservation.
Took-a.Fine- Gun had been paying at
tention 20 Vinoite's wife in spite Of
vinette's protests Wednesday he
caught the couple alone and took a sho,
At the Indian, who escaped unmjared,
avowing vengeance. Next day Vinette
mounted his horse 20 hunt for his miss.
ing cattle. He had not proceeded far
when two shots were heard and vi.
nette's horse came hack riderless
Took a. Fine-Gun and Makes.the- Fire
rocs mp, saying they had killed Vinotte
Then, with Mr Vinctte, the trio rod,
away. Mounted police followed and In
the morning two shots were heard IN 8
clump Of bushes. An investigation re
voalod the bodies Of Mr. Vinette ant
Took Fine. Gun. He had killed hei
BY shooting her through the head ant
himself in a like manner Makes.the
Fire was captured later and locked NJ
on the charge Of murder
Tho bodies were buried at once 9,
keep the Indians from taking the life q
I the man under arrest.
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RIOTS AND A MURDER.
paWhuska Overrun with Gamblers aud
Peddiers while rsyinr Oa O.agrs

faWhuska oNerrun with Gamblers aud
Peddiers while rayinE Oa O-agrs
PnRRY, o. r.. June g0.-Sevoal riots
and one murder Is reported from Paw
huska. Usage nation. Indian Agent H.
b. Freeman Of the Osage's is In the
midst Of the semiannual payment, aho7t
SlO0. 900. TO the members Of that tribe
Pawhuskais ovcrrun with gamblers and
whisky pedfle-r and although dozens
Of deputy mfshals are ON the ground
they have been unable to quol the dis.
turhances that constantly occur. Sat.
urday night marshals ran 100 Of them
ont Of town, and during the melee Geo.
Hsmil shot and fatally wounded John
ucan.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-30

NEW LONDON. Conn. June 29.-Jas
Romkey. aged a. shot and killed his
wife and thon committed suicide here.
unfaithfulnoss ON che part Of the wife
was given a. the cause.