THE NEW CHURCHOF ST. BRIDGET.

ItWillBe One of the Hand-somest Edifices in

the City.

ROMANESQUE IN STYLE.

Plans Now Completed and WorkWill Be Prosecuted

Vigorously.

BRICKANDGRANITE STRUCTURE

Father Cottle's Success Since He ToekCharge of the Parish Eight

Years Ago.

(hitat the corner of Van Ness avenue andBroadway, at a ]>oint commanding amagnificent view of the bay of San Fran-cisco and the green hilb of Marin Countyinthe distii'ice, a corps of artisans are atwork laying the foundation of the new St.Bridget's Church. Bhea<£ Shea, architects,

have just finished the plans for the edinoe,

and kindly furnished The Call with thefollowing perspective sketch. FrankShea will put liis best effort into thestructure, and hopes to see in it, whencompleted, an architectural triumph. Itwillbe Romanesque instyle.

Father Cottle is pastor of St. Bridget's

< hurcb. S:nce assuming charge of theparish eight years ago, he lias made re-marKable progress in his pastorate. Hesoon swept away alldebt on the old churchand has money on hand to commence thenew one, which willcost about ?T5,000.

The new church willhave a frontage ofsixty-four feet on Van Ness avenue. Thelot has a depth of 190 feet on Broadwayand I'OO feet on Van Ness avenue. The par-ochial structure will adjoin the churchand front on Van Ness. The tower tfillrise to a height of 12U teet. Itwillbe sur-mounted by a beautiful gold cross. Brickand granite w'llbe used throughout.

The foundation, which is now being laid,willbe of concrete and the basement willlie a departure from the old style. Thefloor willbe Sash with the street while thewalls willrise to a height of sixteen feet.The walls willbe brick with an outer fin-ish of granite from eight to ten inches inthickness. The basement will be the fullwidth and length of the church. It will\jp used as a hall for Sunday-school pur-r>o«'p«, social gatherings, musical andliterary entertainments, reading circles,lectures, etc.

From ti»e basement willrise the walls ofthe church proper. They willbe of brickWith terra-cotta trimmings!.

The entrance to the church will bethrough three grand arches having a spanof fifteen feet. The approach will be by6tone steps rising gradually from the side-walk and protected by balustrade's. Fromthe first ytorj" to the roof over the centeraisle the height willbe forty-five feet andthe side aisles twenty-five feet from themain floor of the church. The finish ofthe interior will be after the Italaian re-naisane. The nave willbe fifty feet wide,and the walls on either side willbe sup-ported by columns and arches handsomelycarved and ornamented.

The sanctuary will be circular in formand have a depth of thirty feet and a widthof thirty-five feet. The wall over the sanct-uary will have circular windows behindRomanesque arched colonnades. The wholearrangement of the interior willbe such asto give an unobstructed view of the altarfrom ail parts of the church.

The ceiling will be elliptical in formand free from break, so that a large paint-ing or fresco can be conveniently workedon it. Agallery willrun the full width ofthe church, as in St. Ignatius Church, andimmediately over it will be the organ-loft.The roof willbe of California slate.

Perspective View of the New St. liriJget's Catholic Church, Corner of Van Ness Avenue and Broadway, Now in Course of Construction.[Reproduced from the plans of $h>a &Shea, archi'ert;.]

WANT TO CLEAN UP.Residents of South San Francisco Ask

the Supervisor* to Kxteod theFound Limits.

There is a pronounced disposition on thepart of the residents of South San Fran-cisco to clean up the streets. A movement

to that end has been on foot for some littletime, led by Health Inspectors Kinne andDuren.

Yesterday the Castro-street Land Com-pany tiled with the Board of Health andalso "with the Board of Supervisors a peti-

tion for the extension of the Pound limits,covering the district described as follows:

Commencing at the intersection of Stan-van avenue with Thirtieth street; thencenorth on Stanyan avenue to Corhett road;thence west to San Miguel road; thencesouthwest to Ocean House road; thencesoutheast to the San Jose railroad track;thence to Thirtieth street; thence west tothe point of commencement on Stanyanavenue.It is also asked that deputies be ap-

pointed to control tins district.Complaint u made of the number of hog

ranches in the neighborhood and of tiiefact that the hogs are allowed to roam atlarire. They recommended that the hoglimits be extended so as to be bounded asfollows:

Beginning at Stanyan and Thirtieth

streets; thence west to Fowler street, toMelros-e, to Humphrey, to Spreckels ave-nue, to Edna street, to Havelock, to SanJose avenue, to Onondaga avenue, to theMission road, to Amazon avenue, toMunich street, to France avenue, to L.eGrande avenue, to Dwight street, to SanBruno road, to the county line, to the bayshore, to Lyon street.

Both petitions were referred to the Boardof Supervisors.

MECHANICS' PARADE.

The Junior Order "Will Display ItsStrength on "Washington's

Birthday.

The final arrangements for the celebra-tion of the anniversaiy of Washington'sbirthday were completed by the committeehaving the affair in hand last evening at ameeting of the Washington's birthdaycommittee of the Junior Mechanics held atB"iu.i B'rith Hall.

The parade will leave the foot of Marketstreet immediately upon the arrival of thecreek boat from Oakland, which willprob-ably be about 1:30 r.>i.

A large number of councils from the in-terior will participate, also a large delega-tion of those participating in the Oaklandparade.

The parade committee requests all lodgesand societies ihat expect to participate toreport to Grand Marshal McCord, whoseheadquarters willbe at the corner of Davisand Market streets.

Lincoln Council No. 2 will form on Eaststreet, right resting on Market.

Starr King No. 0 will form on Steuartstreet, left resting on Market.

U. S. Grant No. l'J will form on Druinmstreet, right resting on Market.

General George A.Caster No. 23, JamesMonroe No. 'J4, Paul Revere No. 28, JohnA. Logan No. 31, Henry Clay No. 34, andcouncils from Oakland and Aiameda Coun-ty, together with unasstpned societies, willform on Front street, right resting onMarket.

Z. T. Whitten has been selected as chiefof staff, and the following wiltact as aids:Charles F. Church, orderly; A. D. Els-worth, K. A. Nelson, Solomon Jacobs,G. F. Fletcher, G. E. Randolph, \V. H.Kirkham.

The grand marshal will wear red, whiteand blue sash, chief of staff red, orderlyblue, and aids white sashes.

From reports received by the committeeitis safe to predict a large turnout of theorder and various other societies.

Eminent speakers have been obtainedfor the day and evening exercises. TheMcKenzie Choral Society will furnish achorus of 200 voices in a rendition ofpatriotic song!1.

The procession will move up Marketstreet to Ninth and countermarch to OddFellows' Hall, where itwill be dismissed.

FOR Y. M.I.DAY.A Long list of Prominent Members

N.mii(i to Act as Vice-Presi-dents.

The committee of arrangements ot theVXouninan's Iusutute baa made a seiec-

tion of vice-presidents for its patriotic cel-t-bration of Institute day to-morrow inMetropolitan Hall. The" vice-presidentsare made up of past grand presidents,grand ollicers, prominent members audpriests of the order, as follows:

J. J. MeDade, J. F\ Smith, F. J. Murasky. V.J.Kieree, John Lynob, E. I.Sheehan, RichardO'Connor. D.W. Rrwin, F. J.Kane, L.L.James,W. D.Shea, I).J. O'Leary, Dr.John Galloway,F. T.Shea, J, C. O'Connor, Rev. C. E. O'Neill,Dr.J. t;. Morrissey, John O'Ponnell, J. J. Gtt-dea, O. A. S. Stanley, Charles llealy,T. B. MaGinaU. J. J. O'Brien, Dr. D.F. Itagnn. S. R. O'Keefe, K. V. Kul-Itvan, Robert Tobin, M. O'Shaunessy,P. C. Crete, M.c. Hnssett, Joseph K.O'Donneu,J. \V.Butterworth, James P. Brady, M.J. (.'tmcr-ton, J. K.Kenny, A. IS.BCagail*, K.J. O'Rourke,\\. 11. Powers, J. K. Ricbardi, T. B.' Slavin, S. I.Warren, J. j. Degan, \V. P. Johnson, W. T.\\e!ih, J. y. CallaKlinn, James P. Dockery, T.N.Brady, J. j.Bra.lv, E. J. Gallagher, .1. K.Britt, J. W. Stmnahan, M. F. Silk, CharlesMeAu'.iffe, J. M. Larroche, C. Cummin^'s,J. 11. Hoare. John Regan, Dr. W. J. Hawkins,P. J. Drtoooll,J. F. CBrlen, W. P. Delaney, J.K. Hawkins, T. P. O'Brien, 1". J. Ward.J.J.Sheehan, R. A.Miller,W. F. Ambrose, Rev. P.J. Cummins, Rev. J. E. Cottle, Rev. J. G. Con-lan, Rev. James F. Flood, Rev. Joseph 11.Gleason, R ev. J. If. McDonald, Rev. i\ S.Casey, Rev. P. O'Connell, Rev. John Brennan,Rev. P. E.Mulligan,Rev. P. Foley, Rev. M.Otis,Rev. M.P. Ryan.Rer. H.H.Wyman, Rev. P. C.orke, Rev. t. A.Dyson, Rev. Father Ferguson,Rev. 0. A.'Kainm, Rev. Philip O'Ryau, Dr.George \V. Woods. J. R. Whitaker, C. J. Carroll,I'.J. Harnev, Neil Henry, T. E. Treacy, J. C.•

pHiy, 3. V. Sullivan, J. T. (Jreany, U. I.Ma-honey, T. 11. Faiion, F. McGlynn, (i.W. }'at»-r---son, W. F. Stafford, J. K. Tevlin, SamuolHaskins, T. \V. Doyle, & J. Ruddell,>\.J. Ahem, D. J. O'CallaKhan, D. F. Shea, Dr.T. 11. Morris. J. li. Haffeii, T. J. Barry, J. V.Atitller,M. C. Haley, F. Kilduff, J. P. llerlihv,J. E. Gallaßher. M.'J. Hurley, F. J. Conn, E.D.Sullivan, James Glackin, T. S. Cronin, J'. J.O'Donnell, 11. G. Leffiuan. James Kingston,John Riley, R. E. Faxacketley, Dr. J. P.McCarthy, E. J. Coffey, N. J. HoevJ. M. Ward, Joseph A. Kelly, B. C.Church, P. M.Kinc, James 11. Kelly,pßtriekMcGee, P. E. McCarthy, D. K. Ryan, R. J. To-bin, J. J. Tobin, F. 8. Wenninger, T. F. Welch,EL E. White, E. Walsh. Daniel Sherin, R. T.Browne, John Kenny, Owen Wright, P. F.Glea-son, F. McAleer, David Goggin and ThomasDruhan.

DO NOT SPEAKAS THEY PUSS BY

M. A. Gunst and Ed Corri-gan Have Each Other

Blacklisted.

ROW OVER POOLROOMS.

The Chicago Man's Denunciationof the Police Commis-

sioner.

HE LEAVES FOR THE EAST.

Cool Heads Interfered and PreventedSerious Trouble With T. H.

Williams.

Edward Corrigan, the millionaire turf-man from Chicago, who has been a lead-ing spirit in the I'acilic Coast Jockey Club,left this City last evening to spend acouple of weeks in his old home.

During his stay here he inaugurated thefight which has been conducted so vigor-ously against the downtown Doolrooms.lie believes that these institutions are theparasites that eai away the life of horse-racing in any community, and if any par-ticular craze has settled inon him it is toclose them up. He succeeded in Chicagoeven beyond his expectation. He enlistedtne Civic Federation in his fight, and thatorganization did so well that itnot onlyclosed up the poolrooms but caused thebookies at Washington Park to quit busi-ness as well.

Inthis City Mr. Corrigan conducted thefight single-handed. He had the PacificCoast Jockey Club lease the only wire outof the Ingleside Track, and by preventingpeople Irom leaving the course until after

the fourth race he stopped touts and mes-sengers from wiring or telephoning theresults of races into town. His stringentmethods would have killed the poolroomsbut for the fact that they were able toresume business every two weeks duringthe alternating of the races when theywere held at the Bay District Track.

This was galling to Corrigan. He didnot stop to consider the asservations of theCalifornia Jockey Club managers Chat,do as they might, they were powerlessagainst news leaving the track. He over-looked the fact, the directors of the Cali-fornia Jockey Club say, that Inglesideand the old track are differently lo-cated, and that while prying eyes could beexcluded from the former there are a scoreof points of vantage from which they maybe focused on the latter.

In his anger at finding his well-laidplans frustrated every two weeks, Corriganaddressed President Thomas H. Williamsina rather scorching manner some weeksago. Neither has the coolest head onearth, and words with stinging meaningwere exchaneed. This was in the lobby jfthe Palace Hotel, where they were sur-rounded by friends, and no very great harmwas done.

But before leaving the City last nightMr. Corrigan expressed his feelings in re-gard to Police Commissioner M. A. Gunstwhen the two met in the Baldwin Hotel.

Mr. Gunst is serious and cool. He real-ized that he was lister'ng to a man whowas spurred to anger by a strong desirethat was being thwarted. In consequencehe moved away from the irate gentleman,giving him the sole occupancy of the roomin which they had met.

"Itwasn't a controversy," said Mr.Gunstto a Call reporter; "it was simply a one-sided declaration in whichItook no part.Corrigan is irrational and unreasonable.He accused me personally and as a PoliceCommissioner of standing in with thedowntown pool-sellers and of furnishingthem with the news from the Bay DistrictTrack. As a matter of fact, lam the firstman who took any steps to have the poolmen arrested. Icaused Corbett and hismen to be arrested eight times, and eighttimes more have Icaused Mission-streetpool men to be brought in by the police.

'"The manner in which Corrigan spoketo me precludes our ever meeting again ona friendly basis. He accused me of fur-nishing the news to outsiders for pay. Inthe future Ishall have nothing to do withhim or anybody else deriving revenuefrom the racetracks. Iwill only associ-ate with such men as Thomas H. Williamsor the Spreckelses, who are in for racing,pure and simple. To tell the truth, Ihave even lost interest in racing mattersand whileIam a director of the Califor-nia Jockey Club Ivery seldom attend anyof our meetings.

"Inregard to the manner in which thepoolrooms downtown get their news, Icanonly say that we have a single wire fromthe Bay District Track to the WesternUnion office. The news is sent East,whence it is very probably sent back tothis City, either by the Postal TelegraphCompany or the Western Union. We havea contract with the latter company stipu-lating that they willnot give out the racenews in this City, but we cannot possiblyprevent their eiving service from foreigncities."

PADEREWSKI'S FAREWELL.An Kxtrnordinnry Demand for Seatg for

the Kecital This Afternoon.The closing recital of the series of five

wonderful performances on the piano byPaderewski willbe given this afternoon inthe California Theater at 2:30 o'clock.

There has been almost as great a rushfor tickets for this recital as for the lirst,when all musical San Francisco was full ofexpectancy and excitement over theadvent of the celebrated artist.

The advance sale of seats showed thatFaderewski might remain here for an-other week or two and draw full housesat daily performances, for the lovers ofmusic in its highest and most sublimellights are at his feet. His final recitalpromises to be a fitting climax. The pro-gramme is one that is sure to delight theaudience, and there is every reason that

in this farewell effort Paderewski willleave in a biiize of glory.

J. F. TURNER'S MORTGAGESThey Led Him to a Quick Con-

viction on a Charge ofForgery.

He Had Affixed the Fresno County

Recorder's Signature to aDeed.

J. F. Turner, who has been on trial be-fore Judge Wallace for forgery, was foundguilty yesterday. He will be sentencednext Friday.

The evidence taken in the case showedthat Turner had be,en guilty of the oldswindle of reniortgaging land, although hehad added forgery to the swindle. Itwasthat phase of the transactions whichbrought him before the jury.

The deed upon which Turner forged theRecorder's name wns for the Simons ranch,owned by Lizzie O'Donnell. J. P. Frennaloaned Turner $8000 and was given a mort-eage deed to the property as security. Thisdeed Turner said he would have recorded,and Frenna allowed him to keep it.

Two weeks afterward Turner returnedthe deed to Frenna. Initwas a certificatesigned by T. A.Bell, Recorder of FresnoCounty, showing that the deed had beenduly recorded and giv.ing the day and dateand hour. Itwas not until March, 1893,that Frenna became aware of the forgery,and then, upon investigation he foundthat Turner had in the meantime mort-gaged the property to three others. JudahBoas, Victor Duharne and Mr. Fagan ofthe American Bank and Trust Companyhad also loaned money upon it.

The arguments and the Judge's chargeto the jury wero finished by 12 o'clock andthe jury took about ten minutes to reach averdict.

Turner is the man who is mixed up inthe insolvency proceedings which surround"Nobby" Clarke.

The Kquitable'a Financial Strength.

The annual financial statement of the Equit-able Life Assurance Society has justbeen madepublic. Even outside of its policy-holders thisstatement must create interest, es showing thefinancial strength of a company which hasover nine hundred millions of assurance inforce. The statement reports over $200,000,---000 of unexceptional assets, and a surplus ofover .?40,000,000 over all liabilities.

When we consider the magnitude and sacredcharacter of the Interests involved in the ex-istence of a great life insurancecompany.itmust give a certain satisfaction to all to knowthat the interests of the Equitable's policy-holders are protected and assured by a surplusof over $40,000,000.

Lecture on "Catholic Loyalty."Rev. \V. D. McKinnou willlecture on "Cath-

olic Loyalty"inMetropolitan Hall this even-ing. The lecture will be delivered under theauspices of the Young Men's Catholic Union.

California Psychical Society.

Professor Edward Howard Griggs of StanfordUniversity will lecture at Golden Gate Hall,Sutter street, this evening at 8 o'clock. Sub-ject: "The Scientific Study of the HigherHuman Life." Tickets 25 cents.

•

LYONS POST G. A.R.AT"FIX BAYONETS"

The Charges of Mismanage-ment at the Veter-

ans' Home

DENIED BYITS OFFICERS

They Point Out the Blunders inthe Condemning Reso-

lutions.

THE USES OF THE CANTEEN.

How the Expenditures Are Made—Re-port of the Commandant

Last Year.

The old warriors of Lyon Post No. 8,G. A. R., of Oakland, have fixed their bat-tle-stained bayonets, and their long-silentbugles are blowing sonorous sounds. Noforeign foe, however, brings the vengefulsteel from its sheath, and neither the callof menaced Venezuela nor the wail of mur-dered Armenians musters the yeteranrighting men of the Republic.

Lyon Post is decidedly in the pathwayof war nevertheless, and the object of theirwrath is the board of directors of the Sol-diers' Home at Yountville. Ata meetinglast Tuesday a set of resolutions wereadopted, as published yesterday in TheCall, strongly condemning the directoryin their present management of the homeat Yountville.

The resolutions charge extravagance onthe part of the directors, misappropriationof funds, drunkenness on the homegrounds by the officers of the institution,and the expenditure of public money forlobbying purposes.

The charges are sweeping in their tenor,even going so far as to complain that thedirectors constructed the 3ewer so that thedrainage from the home emptied into NapaCreek above Napa City, from which theresidents of that place obtained water. Itwould seem, at lirst glance, that the mem-bers of the Common Council of Napa Citywere the better judges of the seweragequestion, but the old troopers of LyonPost severely criticize their comrades inthe directory.

They ask that the Grand Army of theRepublic at the next encampment, atSanta Cruz, transfer the home to theState of California, regardless of the im-portant fact that the Mexican War veteranshave a fifthinterest in the institution andwould fight that proposition as they oncefoueht Santa Anna at Buena Vista. TheGovernor is asked to investigate thecharges and cause suit to be broughtagainst the treasurer of the Veterans'Home Association to recover all moneyspaid by the association, for services ren-dered the home while a member of saidassociation; also against the directors forallmoneys misappropriated by them.

A recresentative of The Call inter-viewed a number of G. A. R. men yester-day and heard them deny in detail thecharges. It i8 the general belief amongthe officers of the association that the reso-lutions were inspired by Comrade D. \V.C. Thompson, late commandant of thehome, who was removed by the directoryseveral weeks ago. Thompson and theboard were at sabers' point during muchof his administration, and peace was onlydeclared when he was mustered out ofoffice."Ido not know anything about the orig-

inator of the charges," said Vice-PresidentG. W. Arbuckle, "nor who he is, but he iscertainly most ignorant in Grand Armyaffairs, and especially in matters pertain-ing to the home. His mistakes are repre-hensible, because he could have easily in-formed himself.

"Now let us take the charges one by oneand discuss them. Itis untrue that oneof the directors is paid $<JOO a year for ser-vice? us treasurer of the home. Itis alsountrue that he has $20,000 pension moneyunder his control. There is $13,000 depos-ited in tbe different banks in this City oninterest for old soldiers now at the home,and the treasurer can no more controlthat money than you can. Pension moneyis not paid in bulk to the pensioners atYountville. A few dollars is given themfrom time to time, and the rest is paid tottieir families, if they have any. Whenthey leave the institution, all money dueis paid to them. The treasurer's bond isonly $10,000, itis true, but under the cir-cumstances that is considered sufficient.

"The directors maintain an officein thisCity at the following monthly figures:Oflice, $35; secretary, $150; treasurer, $50;medical examiner for admissions to thehome, about $15; total, $3000 a year. Thearticles of incorporation of the Veterans'Home Association says in the third para-graph that the principal place of businessof the corporation is in the City of SanFrancisco. Lyon Post certainly knew that.

"There is no saloon on the grounds ofthe home, unless the canteen can be calledby that name. All military posts, Ibe-lieve, maintain a canteen where liquor issold to soldiers under restri«tions that willwholly prevent intoxication. The in-mates of the institution cannot be con-fined, and the canteen is maintained toprevent those addicted to liquor from get-tinc drunk away from the grounds, wherethey cannot be taken care of. There is nodrunkenness at the Veterans' Home, Iassure you, and the sweeping charge thatdirectors can be seen ina state of intoxica-tion is as silly as it is false.

"The sewer, which is said to empty l(J,000gallons of filth into a tributary of NapaCreek, has never been complained of bythe people of Napa City. As a matter offact it empties into a dry creek ten milesfrom the city, and the contents are ab-sorbed into the soil before they reach themain stream.

"In regard to the misappropriation offunds the State and National governmentsgive us $142 86 yearly per man for tne sup-port of the home. If we can save byeconomy and good management from thatwe make much-needed improvements.Every purchase or expenditure is passedupon by the supply committee, and not abill is paid until the State Board of Ex-aminers, comprised of the Governor, theSecretary of State and the Attorney-Gen-era!, have scrutinized it. The directory isperfectly willing to have Governor Buddinvestigate at any time the affairs of theinstitution. The charges are not only un-true, unjust and unpatriotic, but theyshow a limited Knowledge of the plainfacts of the case that is unexcusable.

"Past Commander E. W. Woodward of

Lyon Post and Comrade Norton, the pres-ent commander, visited "Yountville lastyear and in their report at the Sacramentoencampment spoke in laudatory terms ofthe borne and its management.

"Comrade D. \V.C. Thompson, who wasthe commandant at the home, in his 1895report to the board, said inclosing:

The home has now more members than everbefore, the men are all well clothed, quarteredand fed, and are better behaved, more con-tented and healthier than at any previoustime.

More permanent improvements have beenmade and larger crops produced this year byfar for the money appropriated than any pre-vious year.1congratulate the board of directors on the

excellent condition of the home and the im-portant work they have accomplished the pastyear.

"So the old troopers again in fratricidalstrife are treading the pathways of war,and, to use an unmilitary term, 'some-thing is a-going to drop.'

"

VETERANS INDEFENSE.Lincoln Post Adopts Resolutions In

Support of the Directors.The following resolutions in defense of

the Yountville Home directors werepassed by Lincoln Post. No. 1,of this Citylast night, the vote being unanimous:

To the officers and members ofLincoln Pott, No.1, Department of California, Grand Army of theJicimblic— c'omkadks :

Whereas, There has appeared Inthe publicpress of this City and Oakland a set of pre-amble and resolutions setting forth indetailcharges against the management of the Veter-ans'Home at Yountville, and the misappro-priation of certain moneys appropriated bythe United States Government and the State ofCalifornia for the maintenance of that estab-lishment, said resolutions purporting to havebeen adopted at a regular meeting of Lyonlost No.8, of this department, at its regularmeeting on Tuesday even ing, the 18th inst.;and whereas, it is the belief of the undersignedthat said resolutions and charges were not illspired bya motive of furthering the best in-terests of said Veterans' Home, and were passedby Lyon Post without any investigation what-ever as to the correctness of said charges; andwhereas, it is the belief of the undersigned,from close observation, that the present man-agement of the home is careful and economi-cal, mid that the directors are, each one, indi-viduallyand collectively painstaking and eco-nomical in the expenditure of any moneyscoming into their hands, and that the pensionsof old soldiers, members of the home, are care-fullyand honestly cared for,aud that by thecan- which is exercised by the directors manyfamilies of such pensioners get the money tha"twould otherwise be squandered indissipation :and whereas, as a matter of tact, statistics willshow that the cost per capita of caring for themembers of our home at Yountville is consid-erably less than the average maintenance ofthe National homes throughout the UnitedStates, while all will admit that thev are aswellcared for and as well fed as at any of theGovernment homes. Now, therefore,

Resolved, That weexpress our confidence inthe honesty and integrity of the present boardof directors of the Veterans' Home Associationin their management of the affairsof the homeat Yountville, and in the proper expenditureof all moneys coming into their hands; and beitfurther

Jitsolvfd, That we earnestly protest againstindividual posts in this department taking upand heralding to the world things that iftruewould be best regulated at the proper time,which is before trie department encampmentof the State oi California, which meets leaathan sixty days hence; and that we ask allmembers of the Grand Army in this depart-ment, intheir different post organizations, toinsist that these promiscuous attacks againstthe institution that is nearest and dearest tothe hearts of every old soldier in this depart-ment be stopped, and that in the future postorganizations do not allow themselves to beused to express the personal spleen of indi-viduals with personal grievances to air.

H. W. Mortimer, Commander.Official: J. C. Imns, Adjutant.

MAY SMITH'S MURDERERHer First Husband Implicated

by a Mendocino DeputySheriff.

Had Often Threatened Her and WasSeen Near Her Room Shortly

Before the Murder.

A startling theory regarding the recentand mysterious murder of "Little May"Smith on Morton street has at last ap-peared through the supposed impenetrablecloud that has hitherto enveloped theidentity of her murderer. Many theorieshave been advanced and many plans laidfor the detection of the one who so quicklyand silently robbed the girlof her life, butall have been laid aside, either owing tothe lack of evidence or through the sus-pects showing conclusive proof that theywere innocent of the charge placed againstthem. Another startling theory regard-ing the crime is advanced by a Mr. Hatch,a deputy sheriff of Mendocino County.Mr. Hatch called at the California-streetpolice, station last evening and left hisstatement with the station-keeper withinstructions to forward itto Chief of De-tectives Lees.

Speaking about the case he Baid: "Icame to this City from Mendocino Countythe day after the murder of May Smith,and as Ihad practically no business to at-tend toIconcluded to witness the race3 atthe Bay District Track. Iwas a strangerin the City, and although Ihardly ex-pected to meet any one with whom Iwasacquainted, nevertheless Ikept a lookoutfor a familiar face and h'nally met a, Mr.Gould of Ukiah whom Ihad known forseveral years.

"He advanced the following theory re-garding the murder: He said he"hadknown May McDermott, the murderedpirl,for a number of months prior to herdeath. He met her and she told him thather first husband, Mr. Golden, had beencausing her serious trouble of late.

"She said that he had called upon her,and through threats and intimidationcompelled her to give to him her last dol-lar. She continued: 'I endeavored re-peatedly to compel him to stay away fromme, as Ifeared he would carry out threatswhich he hud made against my life onnumerous occasions.'

"Mr. Gould stated to me," continuedMr. Hatch, "that on the night of the mur-der, a few minutes previous to the rindingof her body, he had seen Golden in frontof her rooms on Morton street. He ap-peared to be greatly excited, and, afterglancing from side to side, he walked downthe alley and disappeared in the crowdwhich nightly hailnts these quarters.Since this time he has not been seenaround his usual resorts, and it is pre-sumed that lie has Jeft the City."

CUT UP HER DRESSES.J. G. Bennett Arrested, on the Com-

plaint of His Wife, for Battery.

J. G. Bennett, chief engineer of the Pa-cific Telegraph ana Telephone Company,was arrestad on a warrant last evening onthe charge of battery and was released on$300 bonds.

The complaining witness is his wife,ArvillaBennett. The couple live at 744\O'Farrell street. Mrs. Bennett, in swear-inp to the complaint before Judge Camp-bell, stated that her husband had beendrinking heavily of late. Wednesdaynight he went home in an intoxicatedcondition and amu>ed himself by threat-ening to kill her and cutting 'her linedresses into strips with a knife. Whenshe tried to prevent him from destroyingher dresses ne roughly pushed her awayaud threatened to use the knife upon her.

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Sells Crockery, Chinaware, Glassware andTinware

CHEAPEST OF ALL. TRY THEM.Very I'retty Dishes. Very Cheap Prices.

B'2 Market street, S. F., Headquarters.BRANCH STORES EVERYWHERE.

THE SAX FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1896.16

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It's birthday week with us.Saturday we'llbe four yearsold, and we will do a greatmany things this week thatwe shan't do next.

For instance:We'll place on sale

some of our very cleverestfine Worsted Trousers formen, cleverly tailored, inneat, genteel stripes.We won't attempt to tellyou what they sold for be-fore, but we'll tell you whatwe're going to sell themfor to-day,.

-$1.50-It's ridiculous to quote sucha small price for finetrousers, ain't it? But we'redoing it this week, as it'sbirthday week with us.

RAPHAEL'S(INCORPORATED),

THE FRISCO BOY;?,

9; 11, 13, 15 Kearny Street

PHILADELPHIA SHOE CaI STAMPED ON A SHOE

MEANS STANDARD OF MERIT.

DON'T PASS THIS BY,"VTOW IS THE TIMETO BUY CHEAP, AS WEJ-> are still blockaded by the Spreckels fence, andweare willintrto make big reductions Inthe pricesof our Shoes as an inducement loour customers.This week we are making a special drive on La-dle3' Lace Shoes. They have line lioneola KidVamps, Cloth or Kid Tops, Pointed or Medium,Square Toes and V-shaped Patent Leather Tipswith pliable soles, and we will sell them for

$2.35.They are worth at least $3, and can be guaran-

teed inevery way.

Here is a bargain, and no mistake, and I.adi.-swho wear OxfordTies should take advantage of It.Ladies' J)ongo:a Kid Oxfords, with Pointed Toes,Patent Leather Tips and FRENCH. STITCIiHEELS and Hand-Turned soles, ior

$1.35.They are easy on the feet and require no brf»k-

ing In. Widths C, Dand E. They retail regularlyfor$2 and $'2 50. •---.-';JfcS" Country orders solicited,

JKS* Send for Xew Illustrated Catalogue.Address

B. KATCHINSKI,PHILADELPHIA SHOE CO.,

1O Third Street, San Francisco.

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