The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 24, 1895, Page 8

§ S § R — 8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1895. BACK AT THE RAILROAD, Answer to Be Filed To-Day in the Famous “Stop-Over” Cases. CONSPIRACY CHARGE DENIED. Nearly Three Thousand Clalms Against the Road Under the Code. There is a big surprise in store for the employed by the in the famous Dr. Robin- son “‘stop-over’’ cases. The answer of over 300 pages will be filed by the attorneys for co-litigants by their Cator and C. M. Jen- bill of peace,” filed in equity by Southern Pacific a little while ago the against Dr. W. H. Robinson, his son, L. S. Robinson, Thomas D. Poole, C. W. Bas- sett, ex-Assemblyman Aaron Bretz, Dr. C. 'W. Loomis and Dr. Frederick Hiller, all of Alameda, and Dr. W. N. Griswold of this city and twelve other persons who were design ted by fictitious court nomencla- sked the court, it will be remem- bered, to omnibus all the “stop-over” cases into one cause of action and to en- join the defendants from going on with their cases separately. In that paper Dr. Robinson et al. were accused by the rail- road of conspiracy, and the company, ac- cordingly, prayed for a perpetual in- junction from separate proceedings and also for $5000 damages, in toto. The defendant’s answer will show the court that the separate causes of action based upon section 490 of the State Code aggregate 2869 altogether, and that the claims in all these actions, at $200 apiece, foot up over $570,000. The Southern Pa- cific attorneys thought there were only 74 such cases, so when they see the actual figures it will be something like & shock to them. The action of the Southern Pacific charg- ing Dr. Robinson the others with con- spiracy was considered a very strange one at the time, and it afforded the public some amusement. It was the first “bill of peace’” ever filed in this State. Law. saw that what the railroad was gett was to have the whole question of fusal to rec: e stop-over ered in one general controversy, and thus save itself from being made a party de- fendant to a suit every time it violated section 490 of the code. gained its point so far as getting the question before the courts, but has not obtained any advan- tage in a pecuniary sense, considering this big counter-claim of the defendants. The defendants in their answer natu- rally deny the chargeof con hat all the separate J ned by th Their a . follow it up with a motion to dissolve the temporary injunction against them which the court d pending a hearing, and in their argument upon the motion to dis- vill take the ground that the under the law, consider all one action. If, however, the court should hold that it has such jurisdic- tion, then there is the counterclaim of $570,000 to be separately apportioned the defendant hey will base on 490, and Lhe last tles tne holder thereof to e passenger cars to the station or de- diate station to the depot ated in the ticket at any nths thereafter. Anv cor- to so provide and furnish g the passage which the same nust pay to the person so poration ckets, or refusi which all concurre ,was plain enougn as 10 the stop-over rights of passen tined to Alameda and leaving the train at Oskland, and naturally each passenger refused the pas trom Oakland to Alameda to he was entitied by the ticket and u the law feels that he hasa perfect indivi end separate right of action against the rail- roed for the $200. J said: nown, unless assented to held that under ticket issued by a railroad company, upon receipt of the regular fare from ome depot to enother, holder the right to stop over atan i ate station and to resume journey at any time within six months. Accordingly the answer of the defend- ants will embrace separate schedules for each defendant, each giving a detailed statement of the particalar cause of action. the date of stop-over ticket, the station where the same was purchased, the depot of destination, the station of stop-over, the date of refusal to allow completion of ride to depot of destination, the date of filing complaint and the particular Justice’s court in which action was brought. From the grand total of 2869 separate causes of action it can be seen that each litigant has brought distinct and separate roceedings running well up into tize hun- reds. Since Dr. Robinson brought his first suit, in September, 1891, the points involved have been heard successively by Justices Brittan, Cook and Barry and perior Judges Hunt, Trout, Sewall and Murphy. In Judge Green’s court in Alameda Editor Halstead was convicted ofs criminal libel for calling Dr. Robinson and other com- plainants _ blackmailers. Twice has the controversy been decided by the State Su- preme Court, Justice McFarland being the only dissenter each time. The railroad company attempted to knock the law out entirely during the last Legis- lature in a bill, No. 882, which Speaker Lynch introduced in the House *by re- uest,”” and which was killed by Senator iggy’s expose. THE GUN AND OAR. University Rowing Club Regatta. Dangers from Poisoned Wheat. The Rowing Club of the University of California will have a gala day on Saturday on Sessions Basin, where several races will be decided among the crews of the club. The races will commence at 2:30 p. M. ‘The Empire Gun Club is making consid- erable preparation for a clay bird shoot at Alameda Point on Sunday, and the Lin- coln and _Electric Gun Clubs will hold a team shoot on the Lincoln Club grounds on the same day. George Crocker of the Country Club en- tered his kennel of English setters yester- day with the secretary of the Pacific Ken- nel Club. Mr. Crocker states that he will also have one or two of his French Griffons in the show. Some of the farmers of Moraga Valley, Bolano County, have been scattering wheat steeped in. phosphate around squirrel holes, with tge object of poisoning squir- rels. A gentleman who returned from an outing in the valley last Sunday, states that he picked up several dead quail in the vicinity of the place where the poisoned wheat had been scattered. Some men who shoot for the market are very liable to bag squirrels that have eaten the deadly grain, but as long as_they can gell the little animals in the San Francisco and Oakland markets it does not give them much concern whether the squirrels had eaten poisoned food or not. Farmers who gcatter poisoned wheat on the ground can be made to suffer, as the law is very clear on this point. The Country Club isfiguring upon a plan for the stocking of its preserve with wood- the or any intermediate station, | cock. Many sportsmen are of the opinion that the woodcock would thrive in the club’s demesne, and especially in that part of it through which meander the cool and kling waters of Bear Creek. N. Rowe, editor and manager of the American Field, is visiting Los Angeles. Mr. Rowe has been in pooriealth for some time, and he hopes that a change of clim- ate will materially-assist in building up a failing constitution. , The Olympic Gun Club is_in hopes of leasing the land through which Lagunitas Creek flows for a term of years. If it suc- ceeds it will stock the stream and stop all fishing in it for two years. FIRE DEPARTMENT AFFAIRS. Damages Asked for a Wrecked Buggy. No Money for Hydrants. At the meeting of the Fire Department Committee of the Board of Supervisors yesterday afternoon J. H. Mitchell pre- sented a claim for $50 for damage done to his buggy by chemical engine No. 2 while on its way toa fire on the 18th inst. He claimed that his horse was propery hitched on McAllister street, that the buggy was close up to the sidewalk and that the engine ran into and smashed it to the extent of the sum asked for damages. Acting Chief Engineer Dougherty said t he had been informed that Mr. Mitchell’s horse was not properly tied and thought the matter ought to be investi- gated. The matter was referred to the acting Chief to hear witnesses and report. The request of property-owners in the vicinity of Sixteenth and De Haro streets for a hydrant was laid over for action until July for want of funds. e C. M. Shortridge was granted permission to replace on the building in which the CALL office is located a portion of a firewall torn down by the firemen on the occasion of a fire in a building adjoining. = The committee approved of advertising for coal and forage for the Fire Department. FORTUNE CAME TOD LATE The Strange Disappearance of Ansel White in the Sixties. Interesting the An Officer Tells an Story Bearing on Mystery. A dispatch from Santa Cruz, under date of April 19, to the effect that the search for Ansel White, who, while staying at the St. Louis House, San Francisco, some time in the sixties, suddenly disappeared and was never heard of afterward, was pub- lished in the daily press. White was a California pioneer. He had sold his place, near Santa Cruz, for $2000 and came to the city, where all trace of him was lost, The supposition is that he was murdered for his money. His strange disappearance is recalled by reason of his ly fallen heir to a $4_\)¢l)_(\m 7 John F. Teague, chief of the Teague Detective Agency in Oakland, made some interesting statements yesterday which may lead to the unraveling of this mysteri- ous disappearance. Mr. Teague said: In the sixties my father owned a ranch in Contra C: ranch dr ta County. Iwent to work on the ing cattle and the like. One day it ary for me to g0 down near the beach s me stock which had strayed oft, and about 100 yards from the beach I came upon the body of a man which was in an ad- ed stage of decomposition. I dragged the down to the beach, and then returned for ther and the Coroner, William Baldwin. s arrived_the body was searched, dute of which was three weeks prior to the ne of the finding of the corpse, & small amount of money in one of the vest pockets and a plain_silver watch and ehain, the trousers pockets being turned out, which gives strength to the theory that he was robbed and then murdered; and an envelope, on which the address had been almost obliter- ated by the action of the salt water, but yet with close inspection the address proved to be Ansel White, St. Louis House, San Francisco. The postmark wasSanta Cruz, which showed that he had friends living 1 that eity. i The skull;of the corpse had been crushed, presumably by & blow from some blunt instu- ment, a club or sandbag, but it might have been caused from the body striking against a rock or log whiie it was 1n the water. The Coroner summoned a jury from my father’s men and held an inquest with the re- sult that a verdict of “Died from unknown causes” was found and the body was buried as an unknown on the spot where it was found. The body appeared to be that of a man be- tween the age of 43 and 50 and as this was in the fall of either 1865 or 1866, think that there can be no doubt in regard to the identity of the man &s being the same Ansel White for whom a search is now being investigated. If it were necessary 1could now go to the very spot where he is buried and exhume the re- mains if it would be of any advantage in his reidentification. PETER BOONS' HORSE. an Argument Harbor Its Description Causes Among the Police. The harbor police yesterday received no- tice that a horse and wagon belonging to Peter Boons of 153 Tehama street, had been stolen. Mr. Boons sent the following de- seription of his loss to the police, and from it very littte difficulty is apprehended in finding the lost vehicle and animal: Bay borse attached to an old express wagon. Stolen to-day. Horse had white face, No. 15,920, blue body, red running-gear. “That is the most remarkable horse I ever heard of,” said Captain Dunlevy. *The officers should have no trouble trac- ing him from his description. I have heard of blue-blooded stock, but never be- fore heard of a horse with a blue bo?’." Sergeants Avon and Mahoney had quite a dispute as to what constituted the run- ninf gear of a horse. 3 “That means his legs,” said Avon. “His legs is red.” “Not at all,” said Mahoney; “it refers to his harness. He had red reins.” “You're both wrong,” interjected Officer Eugene Harrigan. “The running gear alludes to his mane and tail. It should be his flaming gear. His hair is red.” “‘Geet off the corner, Harrigan,” said Ser- geant Mahoney, “and let that white-haired girl pass. Red hair, indade.” And the look of superior intelligence which lighted up the features of “one of the finest” made the palms in Chadbourne’s flower garden wilt. DEMURRER SUSTAINED, The Case Against J. B. Vining and J. L. Willcutt Dismissed. ‘When the case against Manager J. B. Vining and Secretary J. L. Willeutt of the Market-street Cable Company, charged on the complaint of Mayor Sutro with ille- gally tearing up O'Farrell street, between Scott and Devisadero, was called in Judge Low’s court on Tuesday of last week, At- torney Kelly, on behalf of the defendants, interposed a demurrer to the complaint. One of the main points was that the ordinance under which the charge was made could not be enforced against a cor- poration, because it provided imprison- ment onlg as the penalty and a corpora- tion could not be imprisoned. A continuance was taken till yesterday, when the Judge sustained the demurrer and dismissed the case. e Three Men Injured. An express wagon driven by J. Wilson was descending the grade on Pacific street, between Taylor and Mason, yesterday afternoon, when the team bolted. Fred Yehlof 8 Jansen street and Peter Hanoppel, two cement-layers who were in the wnf‘on, and Wilson were pitched out. Yehl had his left arm broken and Han- oppel was badly cut on the scalp. Wilson ascnggd with a slight cut on his face. Yehl and Hanoppel had their injuries attended to at the Receiving Hospital. ————— READY-FRAMED pictures, clocks, banquet- lamps and onyx tables. Best ,foodn and lowest prices, Sanborn, Vall & Co., 741 Market st. * THE FARMERS' COLUMN, Injurious Effects of Frequent Irrigation on Trees and Vines. THE TRAMP QUESTION SOLVED Hollanders Have a Labor Colony Where Those Who Are Out of Work Are Sent. The value of land depends as much upon its location as upon its productiveness. In the future we must farm more with our heads and less with our hands than we have in the past. The Dutch have worked out the tramp question to what they consider a final con- clusion. The state maintains a farm of five thousand acres, and every man ap- plying for relief is sent there to earn his living. If the man will not work he is sent to a labor colony, where he has to work; but if he shows a disposition to get ahead and learns to cultivate the soil the state rents a small farm to him, where he is left to his own resources. Here is a suggestion from the Bakers- field Californian which should be remem- bered by irrigation farmers: ‘‘Trees and vines which are irrigated fre- quently and with small quantities of water develop a tendency to keep their roots close to the surface, and in order to keep the plants in good condition frequent irrigation becomes essential. If the water be applied at wide intervals and in great abundance, so that the soil becomes saturated to a great depth, the roots are obliged to go downward in the search for moisture, and the result is a tree or vine of great drought-resisting power.” The Los Angeles Times advocates the or- ganization of growers of deciduous fruits in Southern California on the exchange plan. The paper says: The deciduous fruit industry has grown rapidly in Southern California during the past four or five years, and promises to grow still more rapidly in the near future. It has been found that such fruits as apri- cots, peaches, prunes and walnuts, when carefully cultivated and progerly attended pable of yielding almost as large its as the average orange orchard, with the additlonal advantage that they can be grown on cheaper land and that it is not necessary to wait so long for returns; also that they need not be marketed at once if prices are unfavorable, but can be dried and kept for a good market. The growers of these fruits should not wait until the yroduct is too large to be handled success- %ully, but should organize at once and meet regularly to discuss the question of mar- kets. The fruit exchange in Santa Clara County has accomplished a vast amount of ood for the growers of that section, and fias undoubtedly saved them many thou- sands of dollars. Farmers, orchardists and vineyardists should take care of refuse manure, straw, pomace, etc., and have them properly com- posted. Inorder to make the best com- post heap, one should have a cement re- ceptacle with sides about two feet high. In it should be put a layer of straw, manure, weeds, pomace, or anything and every- thing in the way of vegetable matter ex- cept woody fiber, to- a depth of about twelve inches. After it has been thor- oughly weited, a layer of land plaster (sulphate of lime) finely ground, upon which may be placed another layer of or- anic matter, covered also with plaster. ‘hen if the whole heap is covered with g0od heavy soil six or eight inches thick, the lime will aecompose the vegetable matter and retain the ammonia and moist- ure. Grape pomace and alfalfa are espe- cially good for composting. The elements in a ton of manure would cost about $3, if supplied artificially, while those contained in a ton of grape pomace could not be pur- chased for less than $10. Theoretically, one should apply as much of the expensive elements as the crops raised remove. Ifless isapplied, the soil will finally be exhausted. As there is always some loss, due to natural causes, a little more than the amount consumed by the crops should be supplied. On the basis of giving to the soil as much plant food as a crop will remove, according to the best authorities, one should apply per acre the amounts which appear in the following table when the crop is uot greater or less than the amount mentioned. Otherwise, proportionately. In this table an average is assumed con- cerning soil, climate and plants, Circum- stances are likely to alter individual cases to a very great extent, but the table will nevertheless be found approximately cor- rect. 22882 8 8 &8¢ < i e e S0k S, R e T § [fedog & & 44 g e n 28 3 - QR 5 § [22888 8 3 338% d |58 4cid 8 & E 28 3 R g g dsdle B~ - = g T & 8 23 |esdsSseE & S ©dls g2 |8s2d88 2 3 § g[8 S e i = £ = 2 £ |8883 8 3 88l e bv:mwgcw'w'aim"d £ Av8sg ¢ & 883 g.gg'% Rt 3 B8 ogdaa =5 3 €58 5 4 2 Bt AR AR £ g33 i 2 §.§.e‘?§;‘,;- 3|8 S8 ® o § e. T £ 8 S a5 R 38 & BlE 5538y 28 85 3 3¢ © EJ & = . gaggafs s ds g g88 8 3.8 B3 i::’a’em»“_"o.; §822 3 gepy 28 ZEE L E Saca i 8 £ B &5 = 85 35 3 '-154(0057)!2028& When the Grangers’ movement was started in California a number of years ago it was thought that the meetings would afford an opportunity for mutual improve- ment through the reading of papers upon special subjects and the interchange of ideas regarding methods. For various reasons, however, the practical was lost sifihl of in the promotion of parliamenta; rule and the detail of lodge work, and al- though some good was accomplished the result was far short of anticipated benefits. Recently farmers in various portions of the Btate have held farmers’ institutes, no- tably at Azusa, Perris and Tulare, and at each valuable Eapfiru were read, Farmers’ institutes for the discussion of topics relat- ing to practical husbandry are of very great va?ne 10 those who choose to avail them- selves of the benefits to be derived. The agricultural editor of the CALL wishes to be notified of contemplated meetings in Cali- fornia of this nature and will endeavor to be present. The dairyman’s magazine known as Up to Date Dairying, puglished at Chicago, says: ‘‘More than twenty years ago Mich- igan farmers had such institutes, they be- ing held in each county and addressed b, f»roieuors from the State agricultural col- eges and others. At the meetings the range of subjects was very wide. In the wheat-growing counties the subjects bore upon plowing, fertilizing, reaping and kin- dred matters, while in the fruit belt every- thing from graiting an apple-tree_to yel- Jows in peaches was the subject of valua- ble addresses. *‘A bill has been introduced into the Illi- nois Legislature appropriating $6000 to be expended in holding farmers’ institutes under the direction of the trustees of the University of 1llinois. The appropriation, while too small to enable the trusteesto do all they might like to do, is very well for a beginning. New York devotes $15,- 000 to these institutes, Wisconsin $12,000, Minnesota $10,000, and other States, like Missouri and Indiana, smaller sums. ‘‘One of the most beneficial features of these institutes is that they tend to pro- mote diversified agriculture, and by ena- bling farmers to make experiments intelli- gently they encourage variety in farm prod- ucts. With diyersified agriculture the failure of one crop is not so serious a dis- aster to the State as it is when the farmer expends his whole labor and devotes his whole farm to a single product. Cotton has kept the South poor, tobacco has made Virginia far from prosperous, and it is robable that less corn and more of other arm ’produce would have benefited Illi- nois.” There is now comparatively little land in California suitable for pasturage that is not owned by private parties, and nearly all of it is more valuable than much of the land Colorado. As a rule, cattle may be pur- chased in most any of the States named and shipped to this State more cheaply than they can be raised here. This isnot the case this year, however, extra demands in the East making cattle higher than usual. The freight being less from points east of the Sierra Nevada, most of the stock called for has been shipped from the States named. Ordinarily, however, cattle can be shipped from Arizona to points in the San Joaquin Valley for $4 per head. Here they may be fattened upon alfalfa and sold at a profit. They should be brought during the winter months, how- fever, immediately after the first frosts, and must be placed on dry feed (to give them green alfalfa at once is most disas- trous), pumpkins, beets, or similar vegeta- bles that will act asa gentle laxative, and fresh water. The last is panicnlnrlf' essen- tial, as nothing will disease unacclimated cattle quicker than impure water. After about two months on dry feed they are in proper condition for any rich food that can be provided, and the process of fattening can begin without delay or fear of disease or death from any cause. * Alfalfa will fat- ten them quickly. A sheep law was recently passed in Ne- vada compelling parties who engage in the sheep industry to pay a license of the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh classes. A man who herds 5000 sheep must pay $500 li- cense annually; for 4000 or less than 5000 he must pay $200 license; 3000 or less than 4000, $150; 2000 and less than 3000, $100; 1500 and less than 2000 shall pay $75; for 1000 and less than 1500, $25; pro- vided, that any man owning one acre of land for every two sheep he has may not pay any license. The Yerington Nevada Rustler says the law will kill the sheep industry of that State. William Moore of Lakeside, Kings County, writes to the Hanford Sentinel that if he could reach the broom manu- facturers without the intervention of mid- dlemen, and if the freight rates were lower, the raising of broom-corn would be profit- able. In 1881 he sold broom-corn for $100 per ton. Finally commission men failed to keep agreements as to prices and he stored the broom-corn at considerable cost for storage and insurance, and eventually sold for from $40 to $60 per ton. He says there is a combination which prevents the dealer from securing fair prices. The tendency in wheat is to develop smut. Farmers in California almost with- out exception bluestone their wheat prior to planting. Some claim that wheat al- most invariably becomes smutty if the seed is not bluestoned... Others never use it. Those who farm most extensively as a rule use the bluestone, while some of them say they do not know whether or not it is effective. The editor of the agricultural department of the CaLn will be glad to have readers give their views concerning the matter. E. Bartholomew of Kansas writes to the American Agriculturist concerning the hot- water treatment: The hot-water treatment of seed grain recommended in May 16 issue will certainly prevent smut in wheat and oats to a large extent. This is the result wherever it has periment stations, and in my own case I get less than half of 1 per cent of smutted oats, against 10 to 15 per cent if the seed is not treated. When you have once thoroughly treated your seed the process need not be repeated for a number of years if care is taken to keep it from being im- pregnated again. Dipping seed oats held in a basket or gunny-sack, the usual method, is a tedious job, but I treat ten bushels of seed oats for hours in this way: Bore a 1}4-inch holein the bottom of a kerosene barrel, cover with wire screen on inside, fit in a 4-inch water-tight bung 80 as not to push up screen; punch_thirty or forty quarter-imch holes in a joint of 6-inch ‘stovepipe from top to bottom (by slipping it over a round post or pole); put put into barrel oats to depth of six inches, set pipe in center of barrcl and fill oats around it to top of pipe (which will require about five bushels) raise barrel about eigh- teen inches from ground—and you are ready to apply the hot water. ave on hand twelve or fourteen gallons of water heated to 130 degrees. Pour this into the pipe until it rises to the top and covers the oats. If there is any_ inclination to swim, press them down and spread a cloth over the barrel to keep in the heat. Let stand ten minutes, then draw water off by spigot at bottom. The temperature will be found to have fallen to about 100 degrees, and should be immediately raised to 133 degrees by adding hoiling’ water. When that temperature has been secured, pour the water again into the pipe, cover as be- fore, let stand ten or twelve minutes, draw the water off, and the seed is ready to be turned out to dry. Experience ot recent years has shown conclusively that the American wool-grow- ers must pay more attention to the man- ner in which their wools are prepared for market. The increased importation of for- eign wools, in spite of higher duties, was due in a measure to the superior manner in which these foreign wools are prepared for the inspection o? the buyer. ith the duties now entirely removed the domestic grower must inevitably improve his method of preparing wool for the market. Keep out of the fleeces all dung locks, loose tags, sticks and stuff from the floor of the shearing-pen. All of these tags and refuse should be sacked separately, as also the bucks’ eeces, and sold on their merits, If dung locks adhere to the wool in shearing, either clip them off and throw away or pack them separately. The grower will get an immediate advantage in price by trying this course as well as by keeping out of his fleeces the refuse of the shearing shed. Growers are also cautioned against us'“g tar or paint in marking or branding th#ir sheep, as the paint and tar locks must be clipped off and thrown away before the wool can be used. Sulphur dips are also to be discouraged, as cgey make the wool hard to scour. In preparing your wools for market, roll up the fleece without the use of a box, keep out the tags, use a small quantity of light twine, aud you will take a very important step toward improving the opularity of American wools.—Cincinnati nquirer. An Insolvent Saloon Man. A default was ordered entered in the insoly- ency case of Frank E. Dietz, the Montgomery- street saloon man, yesterday in Judge Slack’s court. The amount of his liabilities is$2731 34. Throush his non-appearance, unless a stay is granted, the creditors will probably now pro- ceed to levy on any property to be found. - MAarK HOPKINS Institute of Art, spring exhi- bition, open daily, admission 25 cents, and Thursday evening, admission 50 cents. 3 in Utah, Wyoming, Nevada, Arizona and | been carefully tried by farmers or atex- | FOR A DOUBLE STANDARD. General A. J. Warner to Do Missionary Work on the Pacific Coast. WANT THE NATIONAL OFFICES. Pro-Silver Men Asked to Join In Electing One of Their Num~- ber President. General A. J. Warner, who was the Democratic Representative in Congress from Marietta District, Ohio, during three sessions, arrived in San Francisco to-day. He is an earnest silver advocate and his mission is to inaugurate a movement to unite the silver forces of the country. In this way he hopes to see a President and Congress elected on a bimetallic plat- form in 1896. General Warner was accompanied as far as Denver by ex-Congressman J. C. Sibley. There Mr. Sibley received telegrams call- ing him to his home in Pennsylvania. This interfered with their programme somewhat. The intention had been for Mr. Sibley and General Warner to come to this city together. Here they were to have been joined by Senator Stewart. The three were then to have madea tourof the West, going RF to Tacoma, from there into Idaho and ontana, and thence to Salt Lake City, and on through Southern and Western Colorado. On the way they would have preached their doctrine of silver. Their programme has been delayed, but will eventually be carried out. The theory propagated by General ‘Warner and his iriendsis that the count: needs a bimetallic monetary standard. This they urge will be the great issue of the campaign of 1896. “We don’t want to 'form a new party; that is, not permanently,” explaineg(}en- eral Warner last night. -‘But we must have a President and Congress pledged to the free coinage of silver in order to bring back prosperity to the country. “The gold men are now united and con- trol the political machinery. The silver men are divided among the three parties and have been opposing each other as Re- publicans, Democrats and Populists. “Why,” he exclaimed, earnestly, “the allied forcgs might as well have hoped to beat Napoleon by fighting each other as the silver men expect to gain their desires under the present state of affairs. They have been fight- ing separately too ~long. They must now be brought together. Not, mind you, | with the idea of forming a new party permanently, but with the intention of getting a President who does not owe his election to the monometallists. “If the Republican party would declare outright for free coinage we'd want noth- ing more. Such a candidate would be elected. But such a state of affairs is be- yond the bounds of possibility, as the machinery of the partyis controlled by the gold men. “The Democrats could not elect a pro- silver President if they nominated one, that is, if they nominated him asa par- tisan Democrat. Such action would cause asplit in the party that would leave it helpless. “This is not a Populistic movement either. Tt is greater and broader. Out of the 13,000,000 or 14,000,000 men who will vote in 1896 Iam confident that 9,000,000 want the free coinage of silver. Our new party would be designed only to effect fit national representation of these men.” General Warner has been president of the American Silver League since 1889. There are now seyeral thousand leagues in various parts of the country. On February 22 of this year a conference of representa- tive silver men was held in Washington and the American Bimetallic party was formed. J. C. Sibley, who as Congressman from Pennsylvania has distinguished himself on the floor by his advocacy of free coinage, was decided upon as a fitting man_for President. No man was named for Vice- President, but General Warner thinks that candidate should be a Republican from the States west of the Mississippi. General Warner goes to Sonoma County in a few days. There he will remain till the arrival of Mr. Sibley. Then meetings will be held in San Francisco, when silver leagues will be formed, the members of which will be pledged to disregard other party issues for the time being and vote for the nominees of the American Bi- metallic party for offices which control national policy. SILVER MEN MEET HIM. @General Warner Confers With Local Advocates of the White Metal. During the day a conference was held with General Warner by P. O. Chilstrom, the San Francisco committeeman of the State Silver League, and other local silver- ites, among them Alex Majors, who started the ‘‘pony express” across the plains in pioneer days, his son Green Majors, a well-known writer on silver coin- age, and Thomas V. Cator. General War- ner explained his position to the confer- ence. He remarked that he feared the Demo- cratic party would not again nominate President Cleveland. There was consid- erable irony in that observation, coming from the general, as if a fourth nomina- tion of Grover Cleveland was a consum- mation devoutly wished for by free-coinage advocates. General Warner has promised to assist Mr. Chilstrom in the selection of local committeemen for the State Silver League. 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HOME FOR THE CARE OF THE INEBRIATE (Incorporated 1863). 2000 Stockton St., §. B, Cal. A HOSPITAL FOR THE TREATMENT OF inebriety, including Alcoholism and Drag Habits and Nervous Diseases resulting therefrom: also for the temporary care and observation of persons suspected of Insanity. Terms $10 to $25 per week. Extracts from the report of the Grand Jury, filed December 8, 1894: “While not a publlo Tastiter tion, in consequence of complaints made to us by the 'press and others, thorough examination was made of the conduct of the Home of Inebriates, and as a result of our investigations we are satis- fied that the same has been and is being properly managed, The charges made to us of {mproper treatment of the patients were not sustained.” Trustees—H. J. BURNS (President), WM. MARTIN (Secretary), 1. B aaig: YER, WM. G, BAOGER, J, K. COODER, JOHN DENSMORE, J. W. - JOHN D J.W. BUTTER® For further information address The Superintendent and {ieulrlenr. Physician. Downtown office — Room 18, Mills bulding, 3 o 4:30 7, a4 aaty, 7 "o 00r, THE LATEST DESIGNs In WOOLENS.--ROR SPRING 1395, HAVE ARRIVED. H.$. BRIDGE & C0. 522 2arket, Sty i NEW TO-DAY. NOLAN BROS. SHOE CO. GIGANTIC SALE! —— TAN SHOES THIS WEEIR WE WILL PUT ON SALE 500 Pairs of Ladies’ Finest Quality TANKID BUTTON BROWN CLOTH TOPS or TAN K1D TOPS, latest style razor toe, hand-turned soles. Price this Week $3.50 per Pair. They won't last long at this price, 5o call as early 1n the week &s possible WE WILL 4150 PUT ON SALE 800 PAIRS 0t our own make LADIES' FINE TAN BUTTON, latest style pointed Piccadilly toes and new style narrow square toes. Price this week, $2.50 per Pair, All widths, all sizes, same as above, in spring heels square toes, our own make, $2.50 per Pair. LADIES’ FINE TAN LACE SHOES, New style pointed razor toes; price this week, $2.50 per Pair. ‘We will also put on sale 1000 pairs of Ladies’ Tan Oxford Ties; all prices, all styles, all sizes. Prices 73¢,1$1, $1.50, $2and $2.50 Pair. LADIES' TAN SOUTHERN TIES, $1.50, $2 and $2.50 per Pair. Extra Quality Tan Kid Oxfords or_Southern Ties, ‘Hand Turn Soles, Latest Style Razor Toes, $3 per Pair. The above Bargains can be had at all Our Branch Stores. 520 J st., Sacramento, Cal. 1053 Broadway, Oakland, Cal. 17 and 19 Santa Clara st., San Jose, Cal. ‘When you Can’t Get Fitted in Tan- Colored Shoes Elsewhere, Always Go to “Nolan’s '’ and Get Fitted There. Mail Orders filled by return ex- press. NOLAN BROS. SHOE COMPANY, PHELAN BUILDING, 812-814 Market St. TELEPHONE 5527. 1894-~- TAXES |-—-18%4 NOTICE T0 TAXPATERS ! TBE SECOND INSTALLMENT OF REAL estate taxes Is now due and payable, and will be delinquent April 29, 1895, at 6 F. M., after which 5 per cent will be added. DUPONT - STREET WIDENING ASSESS- MENT due and payable at the same time. The office will be open from 7 to 9 P. . on April 27th. Tuesday, April 284, POSITIVELY last day for receiving CHECKS. All checks received after that date will be returned and coin demanded. JAMES N. BLOCK, Tax Collector. San Francisco, April 15, 1895. 1000 ENVELOPES, $225. SEND FOR SAMPLES. PACIFIC PRINTING CO., 543 Clay Street, S. F. 'l‘hem‘nrtd-l ¢34 Qives healt! am"“ . the Sexual Orcana. Depot, 323 Market 8, 8. W, {’I’!wnim mples, Constij BEFORE ano AFTER The re m‘lfill.:-o als. A written $1.00 n sufferers are not CHE AN e e S A % ee give mone; oes box, six for $5.00, by mufl"&na for FREE circular and !uumonh'l:) “CUPIDENE™ MANHOOD RESTORED::5zwsex: tion of a famous French physician, will ‘vous or diseases of th Fainsin the Back, Seminal o Te e o1l oadet by e e il on. 18 es by day or night. P s eas of discharge, which i not checked Joads 1o Bpermaton m ok 211 the horrors of Tmpotency, CUPTDEN E oleanses tis 1h kidneys and the nrinary organs of all impurities. CUPIDENE strengthensand m‘t!o;el l-)mn‘ll vrti:ligguu. s oure y Doctors wuse nine cent o S ety er contaro e with uickl s Eenerativs orgitie such s Loot Manhnod, wissions, Nervous Debility, Drains, Vai A to Spermatorrheea ard iver, the & permanent eure, ~ Address DAVOL MEDICINE CO., P, O. Box 7, 8an Francisco, Cal, For Sale by DRUG STORF, 119 Powell street,