The San Francisco call., 1898-02-25

One of the most humane, patriotic and popular features Of the Mining Fair is that whereby the representa- tive citizens having charge of the great exhibit have arranged that the net proceeds of next Monday shall go to the immediate relief of those left by the death of the brave men who per ished on the ill-fated Maine.
 This benign measure at once struck a responsive chord in the hearts of ap- preciative thousands, and the prospects are that the attendance on that day will be the largest since the festivities began.
 At meeting of the committee hav- ing the matter in charge, of which -!-ey L.-Ford was elected chairman, it was decided that all net funds are to gu to the immediate aid of the families uf those who were swept away in the night of national misfortune and sor- TOW.
 pointed d few days ago by Colonel Deuicke to take full charge of all mat ters affecting the Maine disaster:
 Tirey L. Ford (chairman), Mayor James D. Phelan, Captain Oliver Eldridge, Will lam AlvOrd. Rev Dr. Horatio Stebbins,
 
 William Ford Nichols, Adolph Spreckels, Rabbi EOorsanger, Hon. Frank 4. Leach, Charles L. Harrington, Mrs. Belle Con- rad A. B. Becker. David Starr Jordan, Edward Coleman. w R. Masteller. Henry S Martin. Hugh Hume (the Post, J. Deasy, Jacob H. Neff. Emil Lfess. Pro- Henry Berton, pr. Joseph Pescia,. John D. Siebe, Frederick Hess California DemokraD, General w. R.; Shafter, L. s. A.; H. Vow, Chinese COnsul-General; 714 . 1fN n IN h lnf Irving NJ. Scott, Leon SlOss, Judge w. T. Wallace. Most Rev. P. W. Riordan, Rev. Dr- Mackenzie, T. J: Parsons. George D. Clark. William R. Davis Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, Mrs. Jane L. Stanford. James B. StetsOn. George C. Pardee. Adolph Becker, A. M Lawrence (Examinerl, w. S. Schilling, H. E. Huntington. Hon. Niles Searls. R. A. Brothers, Henry Brunner, George T. Bohen, 4. Sbarboro, P. c. Rossi, J. A. Fflcher, Joseph B. Coffey. William NJ. Bunker (Report) General N. P. Chipman, Alexander k. Coney Hon. ". R. Thomas and J. H. Jewett (Pioneer HalD.
 It was the sense of the meeting that the funds raised should be given with out delay to those who are left without means of support This matter was disposed of before any other proposi- ton came to the surface.
 Shortly after the committee had de- cided, without dissenting voice, that the funds should be expended for the bereaved while the incident was still fresh in the minds of the people Mayor Phelan arrived Though he had been named as chairman of the committee, his delay was so great that a tenn pOrary chairman, Mir Ford, was elect ed The Mayor did not know what the proceedings had been. so shortly after he arrived he produced a telegram from the New York Journal, that universal -s--s.- e1t to do business at funerals and pub lie disasters. The Mayor appeared as sort of friend in court and special pleader for the yellow sheet.
 His Honor argued that the best pos Sible use of the money would be for monument. In prooof of his assertions he read and argued from a telegram from the Hearstling bulletin issued in New York. But the generous citizens of the committee would not consent to play third fiddle to a faking newspaper, and they decided that the money should go to the relief of the living at once.
 Ex-Supreme Justice Niles Searles made a spirited argument against the proposition of devoting the money to the building of a tomb He held that the Idea of a monument to be built years hence was a sort of inhuman, cold and clammy proposition. He want cd something that would succor those now living and battling with the world, relief being needed while the incident is fresh and the sufferings of the be- reaved keen.
 So in spite of the pleas of the Mayor and of the machinations of yellow agents who bobbed in and out of the room during the deliberations the com mittee declined to become auxiliary agents to advertise the alleged philan- thropy of W. R. Hearst and his 10 per cent subscription agents.
 It seemed to be the sense of the meet Ing that the time had arrived when the