The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 27, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MARC 27, 1895. . @l CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: DAILY CALL—#6 per year by mall; by carrier, 15 T wee ¥ CALL—$1.50 per year. LY CALL—$1.50 per year. Eastern office of the SAN FRANCISCO 1y), Pacific States Adver- der building, Rose and Show your enterprise. Be alive to live movements. Selfishness is the enemy of the State. California expects every man to do his <duty. The people’s road must be sapported by the people. Whenever you go shopping ask for Cali- fornia goods. Confession may be good for the soul, but y for the bod The heirs r the last will of their dather as the Fairest of all. By helping your City you will not only T0ld your own but add to it. The bloviator may talk like a business man, but his money doesn’t. ead a California paper in a of progress. The only to endow a silurian with intelligence is to put a head on him. He who says thata thing is impossible is pretty sure not to want it to happen. ‘Whenever s€ aays yoi scribe to the stock of the competing and stand in with progressive men. You cannot be reminded too often of the home industries. were is something fishy about Hurley’s niession, for he admits swallowing the Get the cobblestones of silurianism out of your head and your ideas won’t be so W. R. Hearst evidently knows how to help build & city as well as to run & news- The San Joaquin road will prove one of e best investments now open to the people. ¥ in the State should try to ind of factory to work up i have an eye to the future at it through gold-bowed Gresham blunders every day he neglects to inform Cleveland that he is persora non | White Hou g to boot. China had better let Japan have a for- or two than to put herself under ban - There is 2 great deal more profit to be gained by helping the competing road than ¢ swearing at the monopoly. Cleveland is so silent we cannot help sus- ng that b ifficiency has at last 1 him too fi T utterance, is one who can s own fence and cheerily ask bor if he wants any help. public sentiment or of municipal improvement, 1to cheese it. i Li Hung Chang has lost one cheek, but he can turn the other to Japan in demand- ing indemrity and will probably do so. Now that the Governor has signed the -food bill it is feared that there will be a famine unless the law be enforced gradu- al 1 Gresham has found a way to get rid of ‘the Hawaiian Minister, but there seems to :beno immediate way for us to get rid of Gresham, Carlisle cannot succeed in extricating the administration from the bogs, but he can al least boast of having got his son out of quarantine. There is no jealousy in the work of pro- moting the competing railroad, but a gen- erous rivairy everywhere to see who can do most for it. It is reported that the responsibility for the Carson mint shortage has been shifted, but the shortage itself will probably re- main where it is, Miss Leiter says her marriage will be private and quiet, but we remember the quiet wedding of Miss Anna Gould and are prepared for the worst. According to a Brooklyn astrologer Al- bert Edward will be crowned King of England on the Fourth of July, and there- after that glorious occasion will be a British holiday. While we are getting ready for picnics amid blooming bowers Eastern people are preparing to take to the woods to get out of the way of booming floods when the ice-gorges break. It is refreshing to hear that Lambert, Oakland’s defaulting Police Clerk, who was positively seen on board a steamer bound for Honolulu, has been sending conscience money from Seattle. Tf Manitoba is seriously offended by the interference of the Canadian Government with her school svstem, she had better come into the United States where she can manage her schools to suit herself. If anything could justify the Reichstag in refusing to vote congratulations to Bis- marck on his birthday it was the speech which Bismarck has just made lauding the Emperor and ignoring the people in talking of the Empire. The Santa Rosa merchants who have been running a kind of coupon ‘attachment to their business and got into the meshes of the law by doing it, will probably agree with the Cauy hereafter that fakes and Jotteries are a poor adjunct to legitimate business. £ PUSHING THE GOOD WORK. ‘We publish this morning an elaborate editorial from the Ezaminer of yesterday, urging a popular subscription to the com- peting road. There are some minor de- fectsin its statements, particularly in that which refers to the road.as.am undertaking to build up the City ratherthan as a strictly business enterprise profitable in itself; but in the main the article is vigorous, clear and convincing, and should be read by every citizen of California. ‘We are glad to see our great contempo- rary swinging the whole of its powerful in- fluence on the side of progress in this way. It is another evidence of that harmony of sentiment and unity of interest that now vrevail in the City and have brought all enterprising elements of press and people to work together as effectively as if they had been organized for that express pur- pose. Much good will certainly result from the popular sabscription started in this way, and we have no doubt the Eraminer will have the proud satisfaction of seeing the first $10.000 subscribed in a much shorter time than was anticipated. Along with the commendation given to the Ezaminer as a newspaper, special praise and credit are due to the editor and pro- prietor, W. R. Hearst, for his pffer to add $1000 to every $10,000 subscribed at the Ezaminer office. Mr. Hearst can well afford to give that much, or even more. His property interests in the City are so large the construction of the competing road will yield him a profit in the advanced value of real estate that will easily repay all he may subscribe in that way. 1t would be a narrow judgment, however, to con- clude that this fact detracts from the worth of his offer or his usefulness to the City in making it. There are plenty of rich land- owners in the City who have subscribed nothing, and are not likely to subscribe. Had Mr. Hearst been less broad minded, less enterprising, less gifted with public spirit and the faculty of true leadership, he might have contented himselisas so many have done with talking of progress and leaving others to do the work and pay the bills. ‘We regard Mr. Hearst’s action therefore as one of the best movements of the time; second only to that of the men who under- took the enterprise at the.beginning and launched it. Now let everybody get into the swim. Roll up the subscriptions. There should be no jealousy anywhere in the work, but a generous rivalry every- where to see who can do most to advance the interests of the City and the State. A BITTER ANTAGONISM. If the CaLvL’s agitation of the subject of hydraulic mining accomplish nothing else, it will serve at least to disclose the mental attitude of the partiesdirectly in interest. ‘With regard to the miners themselves their position is simple. They are pro- hibited by law from operating their mines and are anxious to resume. Whether or not they would be willing to resume if such resumption would result in damage to the valley lands is a matter not pertinent to the issue, seeing that the power to resume does not exist. The position of the valley farmers, however—or rather of those who assume to speak for them—is more com- plex. They not only are naturally and properly unwilling that mining should be resumed if such resumption would result in damage to their lands, but seem un- yieldingly opposed to any plan or sug- gestion by which mining might be re- sumed without entailing such damage. This is the most unfortunate phase of the whole controversy. The attitude thus assumed sweeps out of consideration the possibilities of engineering skill and simply announces that the thing is impossible and therefore should not be attempted. The Colusa Sun, for instance, whose accom- plished editor was the organizer of the anti-debris movement, says: “When you once turn a mountain loose you can’t stop iton the down grade. * * * The Sun has knowledge about what can be done— about vossibilities—and the Carx has not.” The Sacramento Bee is equally clear in the expression of a similar sentiment when it declares that “no legal bondage has ever fettered the ‘mining industry’ of Califor- nia.” The sneer conveyed by the quota- tion marks inclosing “‘mining industry” is insignificant in comparison with the ignor- ing of the action of the courts in singling i out hydraulic mining for suppression by injunction. The Yuba City Farmer adopts the policy of leaving out of consideration the fact | that the CALL does not want to see hydrau- Jic mining resumed unless means be devised for disposing of the debris effectually, and assumes that resumption under any cir- cumstances would be ruinous. The Yuba City Independent goes even further. Itsays: ‘It is not the business nor the duty of the State to revive hydrau- lic mining.” Not satisfied with this, it adds: “‘There is nolaw against non-injuri- ous hydraulic mining.” This ignores the familiar fact that the injunctions sup- pressed some mines which were sending no debris to the streams. Other exchanges take the position that because attempts made to impound the debris have proved unsuccessful, even though approved by eminent engineers, therefore the solution of the problem is impossible. 1t is wholly unnecessary to analyze, com- ment upon or refute these assertions of our contemporaries—they speak with sufficient eloquence for themselves. We can only grieve at the spirit which they disclose, and must be content te hope that in good time it will pass away under the influence of the broad and generous forces that are moving forward for the development of all the wonderful stores of wealth which abound in the State. If ever there was a time when the highest manhood and patri- otism were needed, it is the present.= Bitter partisanship, a determination to remain rooted in convictions that might be over- come, a refusal to cherish hope or lend a helping hand, the erecting of tricted contributions as a barrier to possibilities of general *good, a lack of fairness and gen- erosity in dealing with the wonderful things that make California great—these sentiments, if they exist, belong to days that are gone and represent that form of obstruction which, manifested in many ways, has kept the progress of California 80 long in chains. g IT MEANS BUSINESS. It appears almost impossible to make some people understand that business and civic patriotism often run in lines exactly parallel. Almost every day there arises new evidence of a lurking belief in the public mind that sense and sentiment are always antagonistic, and that the public welfare and individual profit cannot be at- tained by the same means. Many curious illustrations of this per- versity of thought have occurred Tecently in connection with the proposed San Joa- quin road. That enterprise is one that ap- peals directly both to sense and to senti- ment. It is & legitimate business proposi- tion, and at the same time a revolt against the existing railway monopoly. Asa mat- ter of business it will be conducted so as to yield a profit to the stockholders, and as a matter of competition it will lower freight rates and benefit the community. Despite the very evident unity between the profit to the stocknolders and the benefit to the public, in the enterprise, however, there are not a few people who can see only one aspect of the project, and who, therefore, with the best intention in the world to help it, invariably injure it by ignoring the other and not less important aspect. An example of this is found in the fre. quency with which we hear people urging the construction of the road on the ground that it will benefit the public by reducing rates, while little or nothing is said of the benefits to be derived from it by the stock- holders as a business investment. The stockholders do indeed guarantee that the dividends shall not exceed six per cent per annum, and that the rates of freights and fares shall be fixed on that basis, but that is a good dividend when it is remembered that the road itself will pay all taxes and the dividend will be free from taxation. The policy of the proposed road will be to earn money for the stockholders, and it will be able to do this in competition with the existing railroad because it will have no interest to pay on a heavy indebtedness such as bur- dens the present road. The fixed charges on the new road will be comparatively light, and therefore it can hanl freight and passengers at much lower rates than the old road and still pay the proposed divi- dends. There may be sentiment at the back of the proposed road, but there is business sense at the head of it, and all who subscribe to the stock may count on recelving a good profit on the investment. A TIME TO BEGIN. In Monday’s CALL appeared a list of the manufactories of various kinds in oper- ation at Napa. For convenience in adopt- ing a suggestion that we shall now make this list is here repeated, in condensed form: The Sawyer Tanning Company, which tans glove leather and makes superior gloves for miners, smelter-workers, farmers and railroad men. The Napa woolen-mill, making all-wool flannels and blankets. Nearly two-thirds of its blankets are sent East. The Raymond & Williams glove !acmr_v,‘l which makes a patent seamless glove, sell- AROUND THE CORRIDOES. James A. Yerington, Nevada's Commissioner to the World’s Fair and also to the Midwinter Fair and who, in fact, is Nevada's coming Colonel Andrews,so far as county, State and international expositions are concerned, is down from the sagebrush plantation and is filling the corridors of the Palace Hotel with mining news. He has made some remarksble recordsasa commissioner to the various fairs. On one oc- casion, while representing Nevads in Chicago, he was desirous of recuring s concession from the director-general, and as 1t was necessary to get his work in before 3 o'clock he bethought himself and evolved a scheme which carried. It 50 happened that the office of the director- general was surrounded with & rabble of con- cessionaires, who wanted to get to hisofficial ear,and every one of them considered his or her business the most important. The crowd Wwas about nine tiers deep, and aiter surveying the jam a moment Jim, for such he prefers to ing nine-tenths of its product in the East. The McBain tannery, which tans heavy skins for soles and harness. The Enterprise planing-mill, turning out general work. The Migliavacca Wine Company, whose clarets captured a gold medal at the Paris Exposition of 1839. Carpy & Co., winery ana distillery. The Lisbon winery, famous for its sherry. The Napa Fruit Packing and Canning Company, one of the largest in the State. These are the leading institutions of Napa. They employ hundreds of oper- atives and are all prosperous. It is a remarkable fact that most of them have to seek a market in the East. This is not because the home demand for such articles is not sufficiently large to take the products, but because Californians con- sume similar articles made in the East. Let us analyze the case of the glove fac- tories. In order to compete with the manufacturers in the East they must bear the heavy expense of shipping the gloves across the continent. Thus the gloves ar- rive in the East with this addition to their cost of production. But it is profitable for the makers to ship to the East. Hence it is evident either that the cost of manufac- ture at Napa is smaller than the cost of manufacture in the East, or that the gloves are better; it makes no difference with the argument whether the one condition exists or the other. The Eastern buyer, therefore, is in a position to send these same gloves back to California consumers and sell them at a profit. Hence the Californian, no matter whether he buys these gloves so returned or gloves made in the East, is virtually paying for them an unnecessary freight charge twice across the continent. This is the smallest part of the trouble. If the gloves made at Napa were consumed hers, the money would be kept at home and turned into the general account of the State’s prosperity. 1t is time that Californians were learning business as well as patriotism. PERSONAL. Dr. A. B. Butler of Los Gatos is a guest at the Grand. Judge J. H. Craddock of Maryville is at the Grand. A. P. Halfhill, a fish-packer of Los Angeles, is at the Grand. H R.Rood of San Diego was at the Occiden- tal last night. J. A. Yerington, & mining man of Carson, Nev.,, is at the Palace. Judge R. J. Hudson of Lakeport registered at the Grand yesterday. H. Silvester of Grass Valley was a guest at the Occidental yesterday. P. A. Buell, a lumberman of Stockton, regis- tered at the Grand yesterday. A. H. Hartwell and wife of San Jose Tegis tered at the Occidental yesterday. R. M. Shackelford, proprietor of the Paso Robles Hotel, is at the Occidental. Josh C. Mogk, & commission merchant of Colusa, was at the Grand yesterday. ‘Sam N. Rucker, a prominent real estate man of San Jose, was in the city yesterday. W.D. Grady, an attorney from Fresno, was among the arrivals at the Grand yesterday. J. R. Hebbron of Salinas, an ex-member of the State Board of Equalization, was at the Grend last night. A vestibuled train bringing about fifty ex- cursionists from Pennsylvania arrived in the city yesterday. The party is at the Palace. e SPIRIT OF THE PRESS, The report that Joaquin Miller is coming home from Honolulu, escorted by a file of Ha- waiian soldiers, and threats of speedy death before his eyes, is enough to stir all Fruitvale into revolt and suggest & wild appeal to Gresham to save our poet. We have not many poets left in this country, and we cannot afford to have a single one shot down by President Dole’s musketeers.—Oakland Enquirer. The best indication that can be cited of a town’s steady progress is the real estate mar. ket. Ask owners of property within a radius of two miles of the center of the town what they desire to sell property for to-day asagainst the price they would have sold for three years ago.—Vallejo Chronicle. The Children of Chin is the appellation made by the Bee in speaking of the late Legislature, That is humorous, but a more matter of fact title would be the Sires of Sin and Sorrow.— Marysville Appeal. The reason the legislators were overlooking the meadow lark in the bill to protect song birds was that they did not know of but one kind of a “lark.”—Oakland Tribune. The Cleveland administration has given ex- cellent satisfaction—in England.—Los Angeles Times. If some policemen were entirely honest they ‘would arrest themselves.—Los Angeles Record. It begins to look as if Fair meant to leave his estate to the lawyers.—Los Angeles Record, + People who come to Yolo County for the win- ter never find it.—Woodland Mail. COMMISSIONER YERINGTON TALKS MINING WHILE WAITING FOR ANOTHER EXPOSITION. [Sketched from life for the “Call” by Nankiveu.] be cailed, wormed his thin self up to the col- ored gentleman at the door and whispered in. his ear: “Tell Director-General Davis that a gentleman wishes to see him at once on busi~ ness that concerns him personally.” The darky disappesred and returningina moment made a low salaam to Mr. Yerington and said: “Sah. De director-gen’l am waitin’ yo’ ap- pearance. Step in, sah.” After the customary salutations Jim began: “I come to see you, Mr. Davis, about setting aside the center of the Hall of Mines and mining for the mineral display from the State I repre- sent, Nevada.” Mr. Davis rose from his chair and glared at the man from the West. “The deuce you say. I thought you wished to see me onbusiness that concerned me personally and that was of the greatest importance.” “That is true,” replied Mr. Yerington, calmly. “How s0?” “Does not the success of the mineral displays concern you personally, inasmuch as it makes the success of the fair possible?” “It does, sir.” “Well,” continued Jim, with a twinkle of merriment in his eye, “that success is assured with Nevada in the center of the hall.” The director-general dropped back in his chair and a broed smile spread over his face. “Mr. Yerington, you shall have it,” and he straightway sent a message to the chief of the spece department requesting him to see that Nevada had what she wanted and anything else besides. This is the reason why Nevada, small though her display was, received such excellent facili- ties for making a creditable exhibition. Jim isback once more to the mines, which he considers his first love, and is now spending most of his time proclaiming that there is no section of the country so rich as the Silver Star district. The Comstock is a mere stringer com- pared to it, according to his ideas,and the gold of Calitornia is naught when measured be- sideit. Ye Heun Gik, late Charge d’Affairesof the Korean legetion at Washington, is at the Bald- win. He has been recalled by his Government, and is now en route home. D. P. Markey, supreme commander of the Knights of Maccabees, is at the Palace, having just come up from Los Angeles, where the order mentioned has just held its annual session. Mr. Markey resides in Port Huron, Mich., and has represented his district in Con- gress. The order, of which he is the highest official, was first organized in 1881, in Port Huron, and at the close of that year had a mem- bership of 700, all of which was confined to the State ot Michigan. Theordernow has enrolled over 182,000 members, and is the second largest fraternal beneficiary society in the country, the United Workmen alone surpassing it in membership. It is established in thirty- three States and Territories and hLas 4000 subordinate branches. ‘“The main object of the order,” said Mr. Markey last night, “is to establish a fund for distri- bution after the death of members, the beneficiaries being the widows, orphans, etc. Our order also cares for the sick, relieves dis- tress and buries the dead. We have a total and permanent disability benefit, which pays a member entitled to it one-tenth of his total Dbenefit every year, and continues these payments until the total amount has been paid. A similar provision is made for aged members who have passed 70 years. The largest benefit allowed is $3000, and we re- ceive no member over 55 years of age. In the past thirteen years we have distributed about $4,500,000 in benefits. We have a tent in this city, and several in the southern portion of the State, where our largest membership is found.” “Look at this,” said George H. Malter, the wealthy wine-grower of Fresno, yesterday, as he held up abill for two carloads of wine. “Here $159 85 is charged for freight on a shipment of wine that sells for $103007. Think of it! Fifteen per cent of the market value of our product paid for freight from Fresno to San Francisco. Itisabominable! And that, sir,” he added, “is the tax the vineyardist pays to your city.” Here he paused. A cynical smile lithis handsome features as he continued: “No,not to San Francisco. Itisa tax we pay to some of the foreign princes Who marry the daughters of our railroad magnates.” Mr. Malter i1s & man who has given political €economy much deep thought. He is & member of the Bohemian Club and a prince of good fellows, yet on his great vineyard in Fresno he has many social schemes in process of realiza- tion that would surprise his city friends could they know even an outline of them. In speak- ing of the freight charged he declared that if hehad to ship wine to San Francisco with suflicient frequency to keep & team employed, he could have sent the two carloads of wine to the city for far less than the charge made by the Southern Pacific. THE HAWAIIAN EXILES. Not many months agosome Russian convicts, guilty of offenses against persons or property, escaped from Saghalien Island and landed in Sen Francisco. They were hailed as refugees from the tyranny of Czardom and there was an effusion of public feeling and frienaship in their direction. Now nearly every ship from Hawaii brings exiles banished from that conntry. They reach us weakened by confinement and suffering in prison preceding their deportation and already one has succombed to harsh treatment and his companions in distress have held over his dust the last rites. In scarcely any case was there an accusation based upon evidence against these banished men. Many of them are American citizens, some of them gradu- ates of the schools and colleges of Cali- fornia. They were domiciled in Hawaii for business purposes and by their enterprise had contributed to the material prosperity of the country. Its Government, taking as a pretext & petty mative outbreak, arbitra- rily tore them from their homes and estates, and without confronting them with any accuser or giving them the benefit of a judicial trial, imprisoned them and exiled them with- out explanation. Some were arrested at a dis- tance from Honolulu who had not even heard of the inconsequential outbreak of the natives. Their houses and papers were rudely searched and their property and effects taken from them. Is it possible that we are insensible to such outrages upon our countrymen when we re- spond with quick feeling to wrongs not as red inflicted upon aliens and strangers? We have become notorious in the United States for rebuking the inactivity of Russian presence in the Khanates, of British rule in In- dia, of French power in Madagascar and Algiers, of Dutch domination in Java. We have made the world think that justice is.the gen- ius of American character, and that regard for the sacred rights of person and property is ear- ried by our countrymen to every zone to which they penetrate. The men now in power in Ha- wail have boasted of their American principles, of their reverence for our fiag, under which they were born, and devotion to the free insti- tutions which that standard represents. But while they make these presentions they do deeds that Russia, Great Britain, France and the Dutch would feel as & stain upon their na- tional character and their flag. Is it not necessary that we vindicate our principles by rebuking the erimes against humanity committed in their name by the per- verted tyrants of Hawaii? These exiles turn their faces to their native land and look for an expression of sympathy and tokens of support. Shall they look to their countrymen in vain? They are innocent of acts covert or overt against the vile oligarchy which rules Hawaii. Seizure and search of their effects and testi- mony extorted by torture, which would have disgraced the middle eges, failed to find the shadow of proof that they were guilty of any crime except being Americans, who were sup- posed to be loyal to the principles of freedom and fair play, which is the jewel worn by our countrymen, and for this they were banished by a Government which feels tl its tyranny has won for it the hostility of all just men and the contempt of the world. JoHN P. IRISH. SUPPOSED TO HE‘BUD;OROUB. Watts—Did you try that hot-water cure for your cold? Potts—Yes. It is simply great, too. I mixed it with a little whisky and lemon, and I never had anything slip down so easy.—Indianapolis Journal. “What would you do if a change of style should knock all your plans into a cocked hat?” “Oh, answered the milliner, blithely, “we'd put & price on it and place it in the window."— Detroit Free Press. Teacher—Why did you hit Willie Winkum with astore? Little Johnny—He—he got mad and looked as if he’'d like to hit me with something, so I jus’ chucked the stone over to him =0 he could throw it at me.—Good News. Patient (cured and leaving the hospital—to nurse)—I thank you kindly, Miss, for all your goodness; I shall never forget it! If ever there was a fallen hangel, you're one.—Punch. HEAD OF THE MACCABEES. Supreme Commander Markey Received Dby Local Members. A reception was tendered last evening at Alcazar building by Ban Francisco Tent No. 18, Knights of the Maccabees of the World, to D. P. Markey, supreme com- mander of that order, who is on a tour of the United States. The large social hall was crowded when the entertainment was begun at 8 o’clock, and all through the evening considerable enthusiasm was manifested over the event. After an overture by the orchestra Dr. A. Kahn delivered an address of welcome to the supreme commander. The audience Was entertained by Victoria Orr, who sang nicely, J. Williams, who recited pathetic and humorous sketches, and Miss Ella Dennis, with piano solos. Sugreme Commander Markey was intro- duced by Charles J.Kingina brief ad- dress, which covered various matters of importance in the order and the reason for Mr. Markey’s visit to San Francisco. The cuest of the evening talked in a fluent, convincing manner, beginning with ¢om- pliments for hisaudience and gradually in- troducing facts about the Maccabees.” He said that although the society is in its in- fancy on the Pacific Coast it has forged ahead rapidly and will be near the top be- fore many years shall havé passed. It combines social with business features in uniting a fraternal spirit with the main es- sential of life insurance, which has made it very popular in the East. The remainder of the programme was as follows: Instrumental music, Fisher, Murphy and Allen; recitation, Miss Hattie Williams; song, R. Luhman; sketch, J. White and Miss Humphrey; recitation, J. Williams; instrumental music, Miss Lit- tle; recitation, L. Rothschild. ————— A MYSTERIOUS PERSONAL. The Jeweler’s Explanations That Did Not Explain, Yesterday morning the following notice was published in the personal column of the CaLL: JOSEF AND WILLIE LEFT HOME FOR UN. known reasons: Scandinavians by birth; JOSEF is 15 years, WILLLE 12 years; any oe giving in- formation '0f their whereabouts will receive good Tew: 1189 Market st., jewelry-store. The jewelry-store at the place designated is kept by one Johansen, whose informa- tion regarding the lost “Josef and Willie” was very indefinite and to some extent mysterious. He said their father, or guar- dian, or something, was a Dr. Lundberg (or some such name), the keeper of a bath- house on Valencia street, near Twentieth. It was subsequently learned that Johan- sen’s geographical knowledge of the al- leged bathhouse was_faulty, and that even his version of the existence of the doctor was fictitious. The loquacious jeweler also stated that the police had been notified, which state- ment was found to be incorrect. Johan- sen failed to explain why the family name of the lads was omitted from the advertise- ment, and in fact neglected to explain any- thing in connection .with the case, but threw an air of mystery over every feature of the youngsters’ alleged disappearance. Leonard Grover’s Statement. Leonard Grover declares that he was inno way responsible for the debt which brought him into court. He says it was contracted by one of Rial's employes, but that to be free from the annoyance of the attachment he paid . He says that he was nnaware that an order to appear in Justice Groezinget's court had been made until ma!;ll.owlng day, when he appeared and was purged of contempt. The supplementary proceedings, he declared, were for the purpose of annoying-him. Speakers Did Not Appear. A meeting of the Union for Practical Progress was to have been held at 16 Post street last nlgt, but for some unexplained reason those Who were to have spoken failed to appear, and the many who were in attendance s| out of they hall, 5 £y hier iy iiea D M A GLIMPSE CALIFORNIA GLACIAL PERIOD THE FOURTH OF PROFESSOR LE CONTE'S LECTURES ON AN 4 INTERESTING TOPIC. How THE MOUNTAINS SHOW A REc- ORD OF THE GLACIERS—THE LAKES AND RIVERS. The fourth of the series of lectureson the glacial epoch by Professor Le Conte was delivered last night in Young Men’s Chris- tian Association Hall. < The lecturer took up the thread of his previous lecture and contended that the ice sheet which covered the country down to the California line was not connected with the independent ice mantle that covered our State. He then devoted himself to a description of the ice signs noticeable on the eastern slopes of the mountains. The country east of the Sierra Nevadas, he said, may be likened to an immense earth wave that rose to a certain point and then sud- denly seemed to break at the crest, and the traces are to be seen at this date. He de- scribed several ravines and canyons in the vicinity of Mono Lake which he asserted ;vere gf’ncial rivers that emptied into the ake. < Describing the Bloody Canyon, near Mono Pass, he said that in the middle of the canyon there exists a rock basin_ that at one time was washed out by a glacial current. Two thousand feet below there are two debris piles, 400 or 500 feet high, which abut against what must have been adam that formed the end of the lake, which the evidence shows was some 6000 feet above the present level. The professor then at length gave the result ot his observations in the wonderful canyon while tracing the glacial period. Tinen he devoted some time to a descrip- tion of the Lake Tahoe glacier, which is to be seen by the moraines on the south side of the lake as you look south from Tahoe City. Then he explained how the glacier in the midst of these moraines had formed what are known as Fallen LeafLake, Cas- cade Lake and Emerald Bay. 5 The peculiar formations in the high Sierras, the many lakes and lakelets seen from the highest peaks, he explained were the result ofthe movements of the glaciers. After this the professor explained how the river beds in California show the traces of an independent glacier. Consid- erable time was taken in describing the manner in which the rivers cut through the country to seek their base level. At the close of his very interesting lecture Professor Le Conte was loudly applauded. RATES MAY BE SUSPENDED. Insurance Managers Discuss Their Dis- agreeable Campaign. The Board of Fire Underwriters of the Pacific held a meeting yesterday, at which Judge McKenna’s decision in the case of thg Continental (non-board) Company against the compact was discussed. Strict secrecy as to what took place at the meet- ing was observed, as the managers have determined not to give away their hand until ready for action. ““It makes little difference one way or another,” said Manager Duval of the Con- tinental Company—‘“‘that is, it is not of much consequence to us what action the board may take now. In the rate war business has been cut as low as 80 per cent. We have refused risks at prices that were taken by the board managers, feeling con- | vinced they were not desiranle, and then we were getting about all the business we could write without giving chromos as premiums for policies. That's what it has virtually come to_in some cases—chromos to get business. Now, if the board of man- agers suspend rates generally they cannot very well go below 80 per cent. It makesa difference when you receive only 20 cents where you used to get a dollar.” J. D. Maxwell, city agent of the Conti- nental, stated that hiscompany had gained its point so far. The trial is yet to take place, but already the fighting company got the delay it desired in which to secure new business, and now its books are filled with desirable lines. ——— Bacox Printing Company, 508 Clay strest. * ————— STRONG hoarhound candy,15¢1b. Townsend’s.* e FrLooR PAINT and wood stains in small cans for family use in Artist’s Material Department. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Market street. = e J. F. Currer’s OLp BoURBON—This celebrated whisky for sale by all first-class druggists and grocers. Trademark—Star within a shield. * ————— CUR-IT-UP; heals wounds, burns and sores as if by magic; one application cures poison oak; it relieves pain and abates inflammation. ———————— FRENCH marginal note paper and envelopes to match, four tints—heliotrope, azure, silver gray, shell rose. The newest and most elegamt thing in fine stationery this year. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Market. - Smmoreocl The strike in Cuba is not of gigantic pro- portions. It will be attended to by Spanish troops. EVERY form o suffering has a cause. Remove the cause and the suffering will cease, Nervousness is due to poor blood. Purify the blood with Hood's Sarsaparilla and nervousness will disappear. e “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup’” Has been used over fifty years by millions of moth- ers for their children while Tecthing with perfect success. It soothes the child, softevns the gums, al- lays Pain, cures Wind Colic, regnlates the Bowels and is the best remedy for Diarrheeas, whether arising from teething or other causes. For sale by Druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. 25c a bottle. ——————— DispEL your headache, weakness, pain and sleep- lessness with PARKER'S GINGER TONIC. PARKER'S HATR BALSAX is life 10 the hair. S e ‘‘He has eaten his last rice,” say the Chi- nese when theyjwish to imply that a man’s end is near. AT OUR OFFICE AFumiture, we think, will surprise you—so complete our stock, so thoroughly modern in every detail. Roller and Flat Top Desk, Revolving Chairs, Cabiuets, etc.—we have them all. And even in this department “Our Mission-Street Prices” rule. When you go into busi- ness let usfit you out. INDIANAPOLIS FURNITURE DRY GOODS. VIEPARIN Special Sale of Silks FOR WAISTS AT 850 PER YARD. 1000 yards FANCY HIGH LUSTER SWIsg TAFFETAS, regular value §1 2 2000 yards GROS DE LONDRE tiple colorings, former price §1 AT 853 AND$ flq F’.ER YARD. 25 pieces FANCY STRIPED 8A’ UCHESSE. For Street and Reception Dresses pieces HIGH GRADE NOVELTY SILKS, SPECIAL VALUES. BLACK SILKS AND SATINS. This week we will show an immense im- portation of Paris novelti 150 vamo. EXTRA SPECIAL 25 pieces BLACK GROS DE LONDRES, regular $1 25 quality. LACE COLLARS The very latest in CREAM and BLACK SCURIAL POINT DE VENICE, IRISH POINT, BRODERIE ANGLAISE and TAMBOURED SWISS FROM $ 25 AT UPWARD. - . GYERDIER & (0, " 5. E. Cor. Geary St. and Graut Ay, S, F. VILLE“PARIS BRANCH HOUSE, 223 SOUTH BROADWAY, LOS ANGELES. RNIT 4 ROOT1S $90. Parlor—Silk Brocatelle, 5-plece suit, plush trimmed. Bedroom—7-piece Solid Oak Suit, French Bevel- plate Glass, bed, bureau, washstand. two chairs. Tocker and table; pillows, woven-wire and top mattress. Dlnlng-l{uovu—&ioob Extension Table, four Solid Oak Chairs. Kitchen—No. 7 Range, Patent Kitchen Table and two chairs, EASY PAYMENTS. Houses furnished complete, city or country, where on the coast. Open evenings. M. FRIEDHAN & CO., 224 to 230 and 306 Stockton and 237 Post Street. Freo packing and delivery across the bay. RICHMOND LOTS. $200 Cash, Balance in Five Aunual Payments. Now Is the Time to Secure Home Lots at Bottom Prices on California and Lake Streets and Eleventh and Twelfth Aves. LAKE STREET. 52:6[ 2525 |25 | 2525|2526 | 826 g P R = 120 120 2 5 - 2 ] B 5 = = - o8 Bl | R, e S L ] (8 28 >R s> 2 < & B o8 L) & o & =8 Sz RG] 218 2 |2 (> 2|2 ! Sig & |8 &3 2 B 8 S 2 120 | 120 8 | = | g | 82:6] 25 | 25_\‘25 26 25|15 | 32:6 CALIFORNIA STREET. Streets sewered and macadamized, Lots to build on. California-street cars pass. ?l:ld:: electric-cars within one block. FOR SALE BY MADISON & BURKE, 626 Market Street. COAL! cCOAL'! Brimbo.... -89 00—Half ton, Genune Coos Bay. 7 00t tom: "3 40 Black Diamond > B 599 .8 Seven Racks of Tedwood, | T A KNICKERBOCKE 2 522 Howard StrméN?lgeLtho 3 750 Mission se. . | WOBLIT Call $150 3 Veer » [ = > 2™ ! oy