The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 20, 1895, Page 12

12 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1895. IN BEEALF OF STATE INDUSTRIES, OPENING SESSION OF THE MANU- FACTURERS' CONVENTION YESTERDAY. GOVERNOR BUDD ATTENDED. ADDRESSES UPON PERTINENT ToP- | 1cs—THE WINE INDUSTRY AND OTHER MATTERS. The meeting of the Manufacturers’ Con- | vention—an event which means so much to the manufacturers of this city and the State at large—opened its session yester- day in the Chamber of Commerce rooms. In addition to the delegates which were present there was a large number of inter- ested spectators, among whom were repre- séntatives of various local trade organiz: tions. 2 ‘When the convention was called to order | | | | J AS BCENES Ax [Sketched by a -— THE MANUFACTURERS’ marks the following committees ,were ap- pointed: Credentials—H. S. Morey, Placerville; W. J. Martin, Baden; P. F. Dundon, San Francisco; 0. Moore and J. B. Crockett. s and Means—Julian Sonntag, J. F. Mer- 1ill, A. P. Brayton, Wallis Rosie and W. Palmer. Permanent Organization—Henry T. Scott, J. A. Knowles, Robert Moore, 8. Nickelsburg and George N. Pope. Resolutions—Louis Saroni, Norton ot Napa, E. A. Denicke, Oscar Lewisand C. A. Wetmore. After this preliminary business had been one through with President Hallidie de- ivered his address. It was an able review of the resources and industries of the State, and the many good points that were brought out evoked applause at different intervals: He said: The effect of this gathering” cannot be other- wise than beneficial, but if the work of trying 10 resurrect our manufactories stops with the adjournment of this convention, it will fall far short of the purpose in calling you together; and if you believe that by sustaining and stim- | the “members” of such “member” of such “class. That the members of each class appoint their own committees for the purposesof their spe- cial work, and that each class appoint one or more members as representative in the main organization. That each class n;lpolut its own committee for the preparation of papers for the State convention. ; That the selected appointees from each ciass shall collectively be known as the executive committee, which committee will meet once a month, and before which all propositions, griu\’fl&ncés and matters of interest be pre- sented. That the by-laws and constitution shall pro; erly define the duties, work and power of all committees. That the executive committee shall likewise be empowered to prepare the programme and shall arrange for the convention. That membership to this organization may be composed oi all producers, taking Webster’s definition of the word—to wit, ‘‘One who grows agricultural products or manufactures crude materials into articles of use.” s Chat all such be termed active membets. That brokers, merchants and others may be- industry be known as ulating existing_industries and by creating new ones you will bring population, progress | and prosperity to_this State the spiritof this | convention must be projected into the future | and be kept alive by an active permanent or- | ganization having an aggressive auxiliary in | every county in the State, 50 that every man, woman andchild may learn their_duty. The: must be taught local prideand State patrio Jem, and to realize the fact that they will have | & better community if they support their neigh- | bors, who by manial labor are trying to make a living by making some useful thing. | After Mr. Hallidie had spoken the report of the committee on resolutions was read. It was as follow WHEREAS, The moral and physical advance- ment of a State depends upon the active and | remunerative employment of its citizens and | ! ostering and developing of such diversi- fied industries as can_successfully maintain themselyes within the limits of this State, and | whereas recently there has been in Califor & marked diminution in the number of indus trinl establishments and in the volume of bus ness commanded by such industries as_remain in operation, and iwhereas this convention has been called for the purpose of encouraging and stimulating existing industries, whether re- Iating to the products of the soil or manufac- turing, and for the further purposes of consid- ering ways for the creating and maintaining new industries, be it therefore i Resolved, That it is the duty of each citizen having the welfare of the State at heart to | strengthen and fortify all those whose capital and labor are engaged in occupations that give | active, honest and remunerative employment | to the men and women of thisState, and to | give practical aid to such by buying and in- | ducing others to buy the productsof such em- | ployment. | Resolved, That it is the duts‘ of all private | corporations doing business under the laws and | SECBARNET CONVENTION YESTERDAY. “Call” artist.] at 2 p. M. by Hugh Craig, chairman of the | 3 5 | advisory committee, the assembly chamber was crowded. Mr. Craig said that General | ‘W. H. Dimond, president of the Chamber of Commerce, was ill and, therefore, the @uty devolved upon him of cailing the | convention to order. He then called for | nominations for temporary ehairman and | Andrew S. Hallidie was chosen for the po- | sition, he being nominated by Henry T. | Beott. Mr, Hallidie ordered the election of secretaries and L. R. Mead of the Risdon | Iron Works was chosen corresponding sec- retary and M. M. Barnet of the Journal of Commerce recording secretary. The vice- residents were: H. S. Morey, A. A. Wat- ins, M. H. Hecht, William Llewellyn and ‘W. L. Palmer. This completed the temporary organiza- tion and Hugh Craig was called upon to | deliver the address of welcome. Mr. Craig was heartily applanded as he advanced upon the platform. He referred to the ill- ness of President Dimond in fitting terms, and then went on to welcome the delegates. He referred to the proud position which | the State of California occupies to-day in | the rank of producing States, her yield of | wine, wheat, oil and wool is proverbial. Mr. éraig said: The miner has developed the precious metals | to such an extent that we are able to respond | to every appeal from Washington for hard | money—real money. Thanks to that pioneer | in manufacturing in California, William C ton, this is the one State which has neve been seduced by the financial heresy of incon- | yertible paper. In our constitution is to be found that saving clause, that bulwark of | sound finance, that gold and silver coin_only shall be a lawiul money in payment of debis. Hence our State has bécome & standing lesson in sound currency—all thanks to the miner to | whom San Francisco owes so much. Thus far | he has only scratched the grass roots. The great mother lode has been drawn from here | and there only. The best and most reliable market for the agriculturist is the local market. This is ob- | tainsble only where the population is dense end where ufsctures become s leading feature in building up the State. Witness the rowth of such cities as Detroit, St. Louis, Phila- | fiexpm., New York and Chicago. To foster manufactures we must have cheap and good food. That we have in abundance; a climate where the operative can work in comfort all the year round; our State is unsurpassed in that regard. It is claimed that the actual | money value per capita firoduccd by the agriculturist is say e actual | money value produced as the result of the em- | loyment of capital and labor by the manu- | acturer is said to be $1000, hence the ad- vantage instead of exporting a cheap article | like wheat, 8 raw product as it comes from the soil, or wool as it comes from the sheep’s back, how infinitely better it must be for the State when we can export a manufactured article worth from three to five times, aye, »_hundred | times: he value per pound of wheat. [Ap- plause.] | high | competin protection of this State, and of all State, mu- nicipal and public corporations and commis- sions, to aid and foster whatever can be pro- duced or manufactured within the State by the industry and skill of the citizens thereof, | by employing, using and purchasing such goods and articles as can be produced or manu- factured here, and giving preference to such California products as are equal in value to similar articles produced outside the limits of | this State; and to this end no privilege or fran- chise should be granted by or work done under authority of the State, or municipality therein, unless these conditions are included in all rivileges and franchises, or contracts to be one, granted by the State or such munici- ality. ‘ ¥ Re.’alved, Believing that in the developing of the industries the burdens of the people will be lightened and their wealth increased, it is the duty of the State, county and_city authori- ties to lessen the charges on all legitimate in- dustries by the reduction of the license tax on home manufactures, and by the radical reduc- tion in the charges of electric light, gas and water supplied to manufacturing establish- ments, by the abrogation of local taxation on shipping employed in transportation, by the reduction of harbor .nd’:{mn charges and other burdens on industry and commerce. Resolved, Inasmuch as_charges for transpor- tation affect and determine the price of goods, this convention urge upon the transportation companies to so adjust their tariffs as to afford a reasonable protection to home industry and | 10 enable the Pacific Coast menufacturing cen- | ters to reach poinis in the interior of the State at more fayorable rates than now exist; and it is the opinion of this convention thatextremely low freight rates between the great manufac- turing pofnts in the East and California, and reight ra‘es to and from points in the in- terior of this State, are disastrous to the inter- ests of the manufacturers, p:oducers and trans- | portation companies and to the best interests of California. Resoived, In order to enable the manufactur- ersand the producers to economically distribute the products of the labor and skill of the me- chanic, the farmer and the miner, the water- ways within tys State should De kept open to nevigation, and equal Janding facil- ities should be afforded to all at the minimum of cost; the State and the counties should pro- vide good wagon roads, and competing rail- should be encouraged and assisted. Then followed the report of the commit- tee on campaign and permanent organiza- tion, which was in substance as follows: Permanent organization is essentially a ne- cessity. That while much good may and un- doubtedly will te accomplished by an agita- tion on “the patronage and comsumption of home products and manuiactures,” sufficient | encouragement is not offered thereby to per- mit us i0 depend upon the possibilities it sug- undamental principles must needs be bodied in our bitious aims. We recommend that at least once a yeara convention be held at appointed places, at which time papers be read on each line of man- ufacture an roduce showing the advance- ment or decadence, and ofl'ergng suggestions for improvement. em- p.lat.fm"m to accomplish the am- At the conclusion of Mr. Craig’s re- We suggest that each particular industry be known by a class letter or number, and that Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov’t Report .Fk) al ) ABSOLUTELY PURE Baking Powder i x5 roads within the boundaries of this State | ests, and that other and more promising and | come members of this organization, when such broker, merchant or other handle the products of the State exclusively. That the executive committee appoint sub- committees respectively on transportation, taxes, insurance, telephone and telegraph service, water, electric and gas light service, labor, finance, legisiation, general relief, with the view of bringing the transportation com- panies into friendlier relationship with the producer and to treat with them in & common | cause, as & business proposition and_on busi- ness principles, determined, yet free from pas- sion or prejudice, in equity, good faith and honor; to present to them propositions for the future that will tend to develop our State and endeavor to obtain and merit their co-opera- tion; to endeavor to lessen taxes on manufac- tures; to reduce the costs of insurance, tele- phones, water and light; to treat with labor | when it feels itself abused; to accumulate funds for the advancement of new enterprises; 10 be properly represented in the legislatures for the purposes of general relief; to enact laws defining and making clear and limiting the re- sponsibilities of employers, We recommend & committee on general re- lief, which shall use its endeavors to maintain industries unable for the time to be self-sup- porting under such conditions as may be pro- mulgated later, and that funds for this purpose be raised and that our State Legislature be asked to assist in the undertaking under the principle that the employment of labor in legi- timate enterprises will iend to lessen the cost of maintaining our public institutions, elevate morals, develop the State and decrease crime, We disapprove of the degradation of free and honest labor in being brought into competition with convict labor. We approve of the use and employment of the products of State manu- factures in all public buildings. We recom- mend action in the matter of fuel and pray our efforts meet with success. We call attention to the abuse, by those importing Eastern merchan- dise, of our long and lenient credits, and sug- gest that & change in our system be made to | meet the customs of our Eastern competitors. We hope for & change in our banking system to meet 5«:nswrn customs, to further the devel- opment of industries. We call attention to the disadvantages of merchants carrying stocks, paying taxes, etc., as compared to the broker with his office and line of samples. We rec- ognize that distributors are valuable to us only when partial to local products, and we believe that general favor and disfavor build and destroy, and while disavowing boycotts, general diffusion of sentiment in tavor of home products will certainly manifest itself. We recommend that the various trades workmen may select a Tepresentative for each line of industry, and that such representatives meet with the executive committee at stated times for the purpose of consultation, believing, as ‘we do, that a friendly and business relation- ship should exist between labor and the em- ployer of labor, and that the best results may e obtained in such harmonious exchanee of ideas and co-operation. We believe that a branch of this organization should be estab- lished in each county of the State, with repre- sentations in the exécutive commi'ttee. We recommend co-operation with the State Board of Trade, the Hali-miliion Club and other similar institutions designed to promote population and development, that their efforts in mmns the population may be furthered by our finding satisfactory and profitable oceu- pation and employment for it. Chairman Hallidie announced the Union Iron Works extended an invi- tation to the members of the convention to take a trip around the bay in a vessel to be provided by the works. The invitation was accepted and thanks were tendered to the iron works, A day will be set here- after for the date of the excursion. At this point in the proceedings a mes- sage was received stating that Governor Budd would not be able to attend until late in the afternoon. The chairman then suggested that business be carried on until the arrival of the chief executive. Delegate P. ¥. Dundon thereupon arose to say that he thought the labor unions should have a better representation in the body. There were three delegates from the Labor Council present, but’ Mr. Dundon I thought that there should be a representa- tive from each labor organization in the city on hand in order that labor and capi- tal should work hand in hand. Delegate McGlynn did not think that | this was a feasible plan for the reason that |it would take a month to get delegates from the sixty trade unions of the city. After some discussion, it was decided that the three delegates from the Federa- tion of Labor should represent the work- ingmen of the city in the convention. ending the arrival of the Governor, Delegate A. Sbarboro introduced a paper on the wine industries of the State, which | was highly appreciated, judging by the applause. "He began by’ referring to the deprcs.s_lon in the wine industry and the formation of the California Wine-makers’ corporation. It had gained control of nine-tenths of the wine of 1893-94, and in a few months raised the price of ordinary wine from 6 cents to 1214 cents per gallon. at which latter figure 6,000,000 gallons of ‘wine have already been sold ; nng, further- more, an agreement had been entered into Wwith the principal wine-dealers in the city whereby future prices shall be Tegu- lated so as to give a fair living price to the grape-growers and wine-makers alike. Mr. Sbarboro said: The price obtained for wine by the producer and that paid by the eonsumer has boen por Teasonably duprogonmnaw. There have been instances where the producer has received 10 cents per gallon for his wine, which atter hav- ing been put up in so-called pint bottles, has been sold on the cars and in some hotels as high as %1 per bottle, thus making the con- sumer pay about $10 per gallon for an article for which the producer receives about 10 cents per gallon. Tt is the aim of this co-operative combination to do away with such unreason- able charges, and at the same time to permit only ao\tmd oand good wine to be fur- 1o the consumer; all unsoun wine will hereafter go to the distillery. i?l:lerg is Toom in this State for & very large increase of the wine industry. The 20,000,000 gallons of wine which is now produced annually as an ?:‘.fir;?nén;rms State wfuld be consumed in nd France in & single cit PO ul‘zuon of San l*l‘]rnnciscg, 7 PATIEth 1 Ibrmer years there was a prejudice agains our wines, but now the prépjm;ice lusgbeexf overcome, especially since it has been admitted by experts and juries at the United States and | foreign exhibits that our ordinary wine is far superior to that produced in Europe, and that with the exception of a few extraordinarily fine wines of ¥rance we can produce here as fine & table wine as is made in France, Italy or Spain, When Mr. Sbarboro had concluded Gov- ernor Budd entered the hall, and as he ad- vanced to the platform he was roundly applauded. He was brought forward by the chairman, who facetiously remarked that an introduction was hardly necessar: Governor Budd made a brief speech. said: Ihave been introduced as the Governor of the State, but to tell the trnth I am almost sick of being the Governor. [Laughter.] I cameto San Francisco on important business, and have been devoting my time to bills er mat- e = ters. Ihave met your Mayor and Supervisors and others, and, To tell the truth, 1 informed your committee that I was too busy even to as- tend here. But they would not have it that way, and here I am, I don’t know whatadvice Ican 51"@ you on the industrial question. I know Stockion is a great manufacturing town. [Laughter.] This State should be one of the greatest manufacturing States of the Umor:{ #nd with its manufacturers properly organizes it could compete with the world. We have iron, wood, coal, gold and silver, and, best of all, the bone and sinew to utilize these and de- velop them. I am heartily in favor of any movement which will benefit the State, and especially an industrial one like thi though & Democrat, I iavor the protection of our State industries. [Applause.] When the Governor had resumed his that | [ 4f possible, scitle the questions raised by i seat, a_motion to adjourn until 10 o’clock this morning was carried. GLACIERS OF THE SIERRAS. Professor Le Conte Talks of the Glacial Period of California. The “Glaciers of the Sierras’ was the title of a very interesting lecture delivered last night in Young Men’s Christian Asso- ciation Hall, by Professor Le Conte of the Berkeley University, to a large a\{dmnce. The lecturer, in a comprehensive man- ner, gavean account of the formation of glaciers and the condition’ in which they left the surface of the earth when heat had melted the ice. He also told of the move- ment of the earth on its axis and the varia- tion in space. He devoted considerable attention to Croll'stheory that the alteration of climates come about during a period of great eccen- tricity of the earth’s orbit, that glacial con- ditions would then supervene in that hem- isphere whose winter happens in aphelion, while the opposite hemisphere a mild cli- mate would extend up to the polar regions. He also holds that the procession of the equinoxes by changing the incidence of the seasons would revolutionize the climate over both hemispheres and cold conditions supervene, and thus in course of time that which had been the warm hemisphere would be the cold one and the reverse. He also holds that great alterations of climate would occur every 10,500 years and that the last period of eccentricity to which the ice age is believed to be due began more than 200,000 -years ago and lasted for 160,000 years. " The lecturer said that while English and European geologists accepted Croll’s theory Americans were not so ready to ac- cept it. Alfred Wallace had moditied the views of Professor Croll, and these are now accepted by many. He then devoted him- self to the glacial epoch in California, and declared that there are many magnificent evidences of that period. There are records leit by the sea, those leit by the ice, those by the river beds and those by the great lakes. On the Santa Barbara 1slands have « been found remains of the mammoth, also on the island of Santa Rosa. Along the coast are to be seen terraces at various levels, up as high as 3000 feet above the present sea level. These he cited as proof of the existence of the glaciers. He declared that the en- tire San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys had been at one time covered by a sea and that the Yosemite Valley had once buen an immense field of ice. “Glaciers, he said Jonce filled the canyons of the Sierra Ne- vadas, some of them being between forty and fifty miles long. Glaciers had also existed in the mountains back of the Uni- ersity and one of ‘them had left a terminal moraine. He spoke of the traces left by the ice and closed with a briei de- scription of the great Tuolumne glacier. I3 NOT AN AGREED CASE. HOW THE MARKET-STREET RAIL- ROAD COMPANY'S BOND SUIT STARTED. WHITTELL NEVER OFFERED TO SELL CENTRAL STOCK AT PAR VALUE. George Whittell has filed a counter affi- dayit in answer to those filed by the par- ties to the suit over the Market-street bonds, and in which they oppose his mo- tion to be allowed to file a brief in the case as amicus curiee. The affidavit throws some light upon the nature of the agreed case now before the Supreme Court. In the affidavits filed by the parties to the suit it was claimed that Whittell had offered to sell his stock in the Central Railroad Company for $10,000. This the aflidavit denies. The market value, he | admits, is about $10 a share. b it is now incumbered by the hea bonded indebt- edness of other roads which have entered the combination and has been forced down in price in consequence. When the Cen- tral Railroad entered the combination, he | avers, it was unincumbered and each share of stock was wo.th at least $100. The affi- davit continues; Affiant was willing to join in an agreed cause of action for the purpose of having the cour}, afs fiant as to the legality of the alleged consolida- tion, and for the purpose of the agreed case afiant was willing to concede that the value of the Central Railroad properties was not less than $500,000. Accordingly an agreed case Was made Up containing stch statomont as to value, and was signed by afiant and his attor- ney, and was agreed to and signed by Mr. J. E. Foulds, as the attorney representing the Mar- ket-street Railrond Company; and the plaintiff herein (the Market-street Railroad Company) amended and patched up the statement of the agreed case without the consent of affiant, and struck out the statement as to the value of the Central Railroad Company, to which its attor- ney had agreed, and inserfed therein the false and absurd statement of $140,000 “‘and up- ward.” That affiant refused to Sign or agree to the amended agreed case, containing such valuation, because he did not intend to make any such admission as to value, which would be false, and which might be used against him in the then pending suit by him against the plaintiff, should the court decide that the ques- tions involved could not be adjudicated in an agreed case. This suit, on an agreed state of facts, the affiant says in conclusion, is prejuaicing the action he has already brought to test the legality of the combination, and which is still pending, e ———— Hunting the Giraffe. The bush is horribly dense and thorny and the thorns are of such a nature that the strongest cord breeches can scarcel withstand their assaults. The old giraffe bulls, with hides nearly an inch thick, care for no thorn in the ¥otest and plunge through the armed thickets as thoug! they were black currant bushes. There is only one thing to be done—to forget the sickle thorns and follow them. The spurs go in, the gallant pony springs forward and the chase begins. It istruly headlong, Crash go the tall giants, their long necks rising and (allmg_rhyx hmically, their heads some- times bending low to escape a bough which all but scrapes the withers. It is wonderful how such monstrous game can evade branches and tack this way and that among the interruptions and obstacles of the forest. It is a tough gal- lop, but in ten minutes the hunter has driven his pony right up to the tail of the nearest bull, and from the saddle has fired his shot. He falls behind a little, then closes up and fires again. Both bullets, planted close to the root of the tail, have plowed deep into the short body of the giraffe and done their work. The painted ?mm falters, sways and then in an instant falls crashing to “earth, carrying with him in his ruin a i tout sapling. Dark chestnut of cgat (%lmost black with age upon the back), this old bull, measur- ing nineteen feet from the hoof to the tip of the false horns, forms a noble prize in- deed. As he lies there in the long yellow grass he looks surely the strangest of all survivals of the fauna of the dark ages—a priceless and pathetic relic left to the modern world by the ravages of time.— Saturday Review. e Good Advertising. SELLING PURE WHITE DINNER PLATES AT FIVE CENTS EACH. GREAT AMERICAN IMP. TEA CO.’S STORES. Other lines of Crockery equally cheap. NOT A THOUSAND FOR ALIGE EDITH. THE PRECISE TERMS OF THE AL- LEGED SETTLEMENT Now MADE PUBLIC, SHE SOLD OUT VERY CHEAP. JUDGE A. R. CarTtoNn Horps Her IRREVOCABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY. In the recent so-called settlement of the Blythe case Mrs. Alice Edith Blythe signed no less than nineteen separate deeds and papers—all for a consideration-of less than §1000. The matter was arranged by De- tective Lucas, and D. J. Sinclair, who has posed as the particular friend of Mrs. Blythe, was simply the messenger sent to notify Mr. Highton of the proceedings. The attorney who represented Mrs: Blythe in the matter was John R. Aitken, whose offices are at 402 Montgomery street. Mr. Aitken was formerly Superior Judge in San Diego County and afterward practic- ed law in that city. When on the death of her mother two years ago Mrs. Blythe visited San Diego to look after the estate, she met Mr. Aitken professionally and the acquaintance which followed led to his Judge Aitken, Alice Edith’s New Legal Adviser. employment in the present instance. ‘When questioned concerning his connec- tion with the transaction yesterday, Judge Aitken said: *Yes, I was consuited by Mrs. Blythe in respect to the settlement and I pre- sume all the advice that she has received was from me. I was not, however, asked to pass upon her standing in the Biythe case, but was required only to give an opinion on certain deeds and papers as to their being in proper legal form and also as to whether not by executing them Mrs. Blythe would render herself liable to criminal prosecution because of her former assignment of interest to an- other person. The matter was brought to my attention about two weeks afo by a gentleman whose name I shall not mention. He asked if I would object to rendering an opinion for Mrs. Blythe on certain papers relating to the Blythe estate. 1 was at first disinclined to act in the matter be- cause I knew that other attorneys had been representing her, but upon learnin; just what service was desire({)—tlmz it di not involve an opinion upon her standing in the Blythe case or any interference with that case—I consented. “‘The first paper submitted purported to be a g(roposmon from Mrs. Blythe to Mrs. Hinekley that the former should assign all her remaining interest. This proved to be in proper form and it was signed by Mrs. Blythe. Some days later other papers were submitted. They were nineteen in number and were quitclaim and grant deeds from Mrs. Blythe to Florence Blythe Hinckley, covering all the Blythe property in this State, in Oregon, in Arizona and in Mexico. Eight of the documents related to property in Mexico. They were drawn up in Spanish and were in the torm of original conveyances. *‘The others related to property in the United States, and they, with one excep- cion, were quitclaim deeds. The excep- tion referred to a mine in Arizona belong- !ngdm the estate, and that was a grant eed. *‘Another paper executed by Mrs. Blythe was an irrevocable power of attorney to dismiss all suits relating to the Blythe es- tate that may be brought hereafter in her name, whether they be brought in the United States or in the republic of Mexico. To whom was intrusted that power? To Judge Catton—Aylett R. Catton, I believe his name is. ““The consideration? Well, I do not know that I ought to divulge that, though of course Mrs. Blythe has nothing to con- ceal in the matter. It was, however, a lump sum and not an allowance. Large? Oh, no. In fact, you would be greatly sur- prised to know how small it was. 1t was considerably less than $1000.” It was learned later that the sum was between $800 and $900; also, that Detective Lucas was the mysterious visitor who first emfiloyed Mr. Aitken. i rs. Blythe’s reason for executing the pa- pers,” continued Mr. Aitken, ‘‘was a desire to avoid more worry and litigation. From my former acquaintance with herI can say that when she came to my office to sign those papers—and she was there three or four times—she was a very sick woman. ‘A published statement made last Sun- day was false. Mrs. Blythe has not aban- doned the name of Blythe nor was any agreement that she should or would do so included in those documents. “In no way and at no time has she re- ceded one iota from the stand taken by her in the beginning, that she was the wife of Thomas H. Biythe. The published state- ment to the contrary has annoyed her, and Iknow sne wishes it corrected.” Mrs, Blythe has been staying with a lady friend in the Western Addition. She feels that she has a grievance against Attorney Highton, because, as she says, she was to receive from him an allowance approximat- ing $50 a month during the proceedings, and this has not been paid since last De- cember. Detective Lucas, she says, has accom- plished his work for her and is no longer in her employ. Mr. Sinclair has talke great deal about the case, and the ladi ex- presses her opinion that he would have served her interests much better if he had held his tongue. - 3 Mr. Highton, when told last night of the character of the documents executed b, Mrs. Blythe, did not seem much alarmed, and expressed the opinion that they must hold only subject to the former transfer. A few days ago Mr. Highton, in speaking of the coming complaint in_ejuity and its charges of fraud and conspiracy, said that, attorneys John Garber, John Boalt and W. ‘W. Foote would not be made defendants in it, for he had known them for years and ‘was convinced of their integrity. FOR The assortment is t offered at BLACK FOR NOTE.--The abov exhibition in our sh sale in our store. FRENCH PRINTED CHALLIES 1895. This week we will open our new impor= tation of FRENCH PRINTED CHALLIES. he largest and most complete ever shown by us and will be Low Prices! Remarkably FRENCH CREPONS 1895. We will also display this week 7 cases BLACK FRENCH CREPONS, mense variety of styles, from $1.00 to $4.00 per yard. in an im- prices ranging e goods are now on ow-windows and on 9 GoBPQRATE ¢ i8s2. 3 111, 118, 115, 117, 119, 121 POST STREET. THE LIFE OF JESUS CHRIST. REV. FREDERICK B. PULLAN'S IN- TERESTING LECTURE ON OUR SAVIOR. THE LessoNs THAT ARe To BE DrawN FROM THE MIRACLES HEe PERFORMED. Congregational Church delivered the third of a series of lectures on the life of Christ, to | young men, Monday evening, in the lecture- Toom of the Young Men’s Christian Asso- ciation. The lecture was illustrated witha number of stereopticon views. | The lecturer declared that Christ was like us in life, but that he was without | The Rev. Fred B. Pullan. [From an engraving.} sin, and dweltat some length upon his mission upon earth and spoke of the miracles he performed, which, he said, were signs of God being with us. Drawing attention to the picture on the screen, representing Christ at the marriage feast at Cana, where water was turned into wine, he said that there Christ made manifest the naturalness of his power by the act of supplying that which was needed. This miracle, if such it can | be called, the lecturer said,is occurring every day, for the water falls from heaven, finds its way through the earth to the réots of the vines, and then ascends and finally turns into bunches of beautiful grapes, from which is extracted the juice which becomes the wine. What Christ performed was to make manifest that he alone was nature, and that this was to teach the people that he was what he as- serted. Mr. Pullan then drew attention to the other miracles with which all are familiar, and used these to prove that we should have faith in Christ. and in that faith know that we have a friend in Jesus Christ. | These miracles, the lecturer said, were for the J\\lrpose of strengthening the faith of his disciples, and Christ gave them as a sign that he had the power of God. Inan eloquent manner he then spoke of the les- sons that are to be drawn irom the acts of our Savior. The Balloon Ballast Froze. The balloon Albatross, belonging to the military in Berlin, made an_ascent last Friday in order to ascertain what effect the intense cold would have on the balloon and instruments. - The balloon sailed awa over Spandau, went over the Elbe, and, after avoyage of tea hours,came down ! ! ters the wind was from th | west; at 2000 meters there was a ¢ | calm, so that the balloou stood quite still | London News. | Rev. Frederick B. Pullan of the Third! toward 7 P. M. nearthe Baltic. At 1600 me- south-gouth- perfect for an hour over a village. It had, there- | fore, to descend to catch another wind. | The cold was so intense at the higher | points that the moist sand in the sacks was | }rozen into compact stone. Naturally the meat and other provisions were frozen hard and not fit to be used. The two Ger- | man and one Austrian officer who under- | took_the voyage suffered a great deal.— IS e The amount of gold produced last year in British Guiana was 1 ounces. 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