The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 25, 1895, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, I895.. PAGE BROWN WAS RED The Architect Confers With the Harbor Commissioners. TALK ON THE CONTRACT. The President of the Board Says the Architect Was Womanish. SPRUNG THE SPECIFICATIONS. Monthly Reports Which Showed No Progress—Attorney Ford’s Opin- ion Deferred. structure as soon as $150,000is raised on the sale of the bonds. All the bonds have been sold and Brown has drawn down $12,500 on account of the depot building. The question which is engaging the atten- | tion of the Harbor Commissioners just now is as to the remedy they may have for the money paid to Brown. 1f it be proved '.h_at the architect has violated his contract in not supervising the work then the board thinks he is not entitled to the money he has drawn. Just how that money can be collected is the question which is agitating | the Commissioners. |WHY THEY WERE RETURNING. | Captain Brunson and His Wife Snubbed by Their Noble Relatives. It has only recently been learned why Captain Jobn M. Brunson, the young Oak- lander, and his wife started so unexpectedly | and in such a hurried manner on their re- | turn trip from Germany, and why they took passage in the steerage of the ill-fated steamer Elbe instead of the cabm. Charl de Kay, the American Consul- General at Berlin, explains the matter in a letter to prominent Oakland official dated April 6, 1895. In this letter he says | that the Brunsons received nothing from the Barnekow estate. This was their first disappointment. They then found that the noble rela- tives of the young lady were inclined to be was red vesterday. | distant. In fact, they evidently snubbed wheut calied the two Californians, who thereupon de- HSeiE % | cided to leave Berlin. g method of performing | “ppen ¢4 cap the climax, Captain Brun- architect of | son was robbed on the tr: hm-ingonly nion depot | a small sum left, they evidently decided arrived at the that there | not to wait for remittances, but to buy as on ssioners with prominently was some down m: i1 been th s time | good accommodations as they could with their money and go bome. Mr. de Kay addea that he knew nothing of Mr. Brun- son’s being short of money and would ave advanced him the amount necessary for him to go dow Ac- | to secure first-class passage had it been iingly he calle ent Col- uested of him he two gentlemen were closeted e an hour. Mr. Brown defined his S INSURMNCE DEMORALIED ory to himself it was 1 en his interview make a state- g his reasons for so Mr. Brown wa nfter and he at first ment, but doing he m statement same. Whe t his que: a CavL reporter he reddened violently ashe said: “I have no desire to go into the news- papers. In fact, I have had more news- Employes of the Compact No- tified That They Will Not Be Wanted. Desperate Chances Are Taken by the Companies in Cutting Rates. paper notoriety in last few d an [ = :3‘1,\5” e it f”;‘n,‘, ‘,\“:m\,l,l ,N,ib Since rates and rules of the Msurance tior his investization of the Ccompact were suspended last Saturday, ferr; ion, to my mind in- | the local business of insurance has been spired by an enemy of Holmes, and when | Erowing more demoralized from day to day, all over it will be found that there is | As a sample of the work that is going on it ing in it. Holmesisa good man and ithoritatively stated that a policy a capable one, He is the man who super- written yesterday on the Hibernia vises the work, and it is to that I Bank building for something like the full make all my reports. alne of that costly structure at 25 cents st be done to work has to me at the spe provide that the work glanc I could ntent Iwas 1 The board not do th n of the f an nder consideration for several months, and I was only one of many who put in a bid for the place. ““fhe members of the board were all friends of mine, but when I was finally ap- pointed there was nobody more surprised than I. Since I have been the architect for the board I have dc 1 that was re- quired of me. While it is true thatthe name of Mr. Holmes is signed to the speci- : the er consulted me in en i ideas are incor- was practically the ex- Mr. Brown offered to President Colnon and which did not at all suit the latter. “Mr. Brown's explanation was woman- id Mr. Colnon. ‘His reasons were tly ‘because’ reasons. He dealt 1n generalties and kept away from the main issue. The question is *has Mr. Brown vio- lated his contract in not supervising the s not; but I think that he He kept alluding to the specifications while I tried to nail him to his contract. He aoesn’t seem to think that the contract amounts to anything. He told me that he had no understanding with the board th at appointed him as to his duties, but I asked him what that had to do with the case. He does not seem to comprehend the meaning of the contract. I told him that asa man of intelligence he should know that he must live up to the wording of his contract. The specifications cut no figure with me. They have absolutely nothing to do with the case. “‘His reasoning all through was woman- ish, and he beat about the bush and kept away from the point as far as possible. I quoted clauses of the contract to him, and aske d him to show me where he had com- plied with them. Itold him that he had never made a report to the board, as he wag directed to do. He corrected me on that point, and said that I would find monthly reports on file. Thiswas news to me and I immediately proceeded to find several of his reports. Here is a sample of them” : BAN FRAN 0, January 3, 1895 Howard C. Holmes Esq., Chicf Engineer Board of State Harbor Commissioners, 10 California street, San Francisco—DEAR STR: The San Fran- cisco Bridge Company is entitled to a payment planation which on their contract for foundation of approaches | to fer ry slips, Nos. 2,3,4,5 and 6, since their last certificate of 25 per cent of $5166 82, being the amount of work done during the month of December, 1894. and they should receive such certificate for payment from you. Yours truly, A.PAGE BROWN, Sten. M. T. “All Mr. Brown's reports are in the same vein,” continued Mr. Colnon, “and they sbowed nothing. That is not a re- port of the progress of the work and I told him so. He seemed to think that was all reguired of him. Mr. Brown has been careless in his work, to say the least, and I don’t think he would be a very good man to have charge of the construction of the union depot.” “Wi il Mr. Brown's place be declared vacant?” was asked. ‘“*As to that, I am not prepared to say,” responded Mr. Colnon. “The hoard will be guided in the matter by the report of Attorney Ford. Mr. Ford was to make his report at the meeting to-morrow, but he has asked for further time to look into the case, and his request has been granted.” Tirey L. Ford, the attorney for the board, was asked if he had come to any conclu- sion in the matter, but he declined to make public his findings until he had first re- ported to the board. It is pretty generally understood though that Mr. Ford is in harmony with theideas of the president of the Harbor Commissioners. He has found that according to the terms of the contract Mr. Brown is legally entitied to the money he has drawn. The contract recites that the architect shall draw 234 per cent on the amount necessary to expend on the super- ears, or 814 centsa y The the buildi the utmost caution is >, but against this is the zard, which must alway estims fire n ar. r three y ume into in the e cut so low, with the exception reduced to keep hat many clerks e ow of dismissal on May 1. Asthe Board of Fire Underwriters of the P: c may go out ot existence by that ifications have been served the ves of the ¢ 1 that their services will not be req iter the first of the coming month. the underwriters attempt to pre of the present tangle. ey early all the de- rable b 1cisco has been cleaned up at fizures that do not admit of 2 margin of profit according to statistics of or years, but rather make loss inevit- without into consideration t may arise in the way of fires from overinsurance. It is a matter of history with insurance men that very low rates tend te overinsurance, which in turn makes the insured careless about protect- ing their property from fire, and goes even further in tempting many te commit arson. The little town of Healdsburg loomed up large upon the stormy horizon yesterday th a notification as follows to_all insur- ce managers that it has a local board to protect its own busines: HEALDSBURG, / 2, 1895. Dear Sirs—We have organized s local board of fire underwriters and will maintain rates, and ask that you will assist us in not having your agents outside of Healdsburg coming in here and cut rates on insurance, and that you will agree not o write policies for Healdsburg and vicinity at cut rates. Yours truly, J. L. BATES, Seécretary. In spite of the rate war the managers are showing a very wise regard for the Fire Patrol, to which they will stick to the last. — s h FOR A BETTER RATE. The Railroads Are Still After the Com- i missioners for a Reclassification | of Petroleum. At a meeting of the Railroad Commis- | sioners yesterday a call for a national con- | vention of railroad commissioners in Washington, D. C., was read. The State board decided to send a representative, and on motion of Commissioner Stanton, H. M. La Rue w selected to represent Jalifornia in the convention. A letter from Robert P. Clarke, special agent of the Western Pennsylvania agency of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, Pittsburg, Pa., was read. It asked to be informed if a railroad is to be built called the Amador, Plymouth and Jackson Railway, and if it is proposed to issue bonds on the project bearing 6 per cent interest, payable half yearly in New York. The commission had heard noth- ing of this proposed line, and instructed | the secretary to make inquiries and notify | Clarke of the result of his investigation. | A communication from K. H. Wade, | general manager of the Southern Califor- nia Railway Company, was presented to | the board. Wade's letter was a reply to | a complaint made by M. M. Moulton in | regard to repairing and putting into opera- tion an abandoned line between Temecula and Oceanside. 3 | Moulton wanted to know if the South- | ern California Railway Company has not forfeited its franchise for this road. A copy of the letter was taken and sent to Moulton, who may make another reply. | The subject of reclassification of rates on ! petrolenm and its products was taken un- der consiceration. J. C. Stubbs, vice- | president of the Southern Pacitic Company, | and R. X. Ryan, general freight and pas- | senger agent of the San Francisco and | Norih Pacific Railway, were present, but | 1 little further to state than on the pre- vious meeting. Speaking of competition, | Mr. Stubbs said with regard to confi.: | *San Francisco wants the trade of the | upper San Jonn‘uin Valley and Los An- | geles wants it,” said he. “They are com- | peting for it. This whole matter is a case | of the coal men against the railroads.” | “Itis hard on the poor farmer, though,” | remarked Commissiorer La Rue. | “It is indeed,” responded Stubbs. “I | know it; T am a farmer myself.”” The secretary was instructed to ask the paint and oil companies to make state- ments on the question, and an adjourn- j ment was taken until May 22. ! The commission pays $85a month rent | for two roomsin the Chronicle building, and will have to move if the rent is not reduced to $50, the amount allowed in its | appropriation —_—————— ] THERE is an article on this market seldom | equaled and never excelled—Jesse Moore Whis- i key. Moore, Hunt & Co. guarantees its purity.” nglish companies, | THEIR PLEDGES BROKEN. The Solid Eight Soon Forgot the Promises to the People. FALSE TO PARTY PRINCIPLES. Supervisor Kingof the First Warda Shining Example of Per- version. When the last Republican municipal convention was held in this City the nominees for office on the Republican ticket went before the delegates and crowded galleries and corridors in Odd Fellows' Hall, and there most solemnly pledged their word and honor to support the Republican platiorm. In this they gave their word as men, chosen to rep- resent the people, that they would do their duty. What was this duty? It was nothing more nor less than an unending effort in face of all difficulties or obstacles to man- fully stand up for the right, to champion the cause of the people so far as it lay in the power of municipal officials and to give San Francisco a Government and a financial system that would redound to the credit of the party. How far the Supervisors nominated by that convention succeeded is seen in the latest actions of the “solid eight’’ of the Board of Supervisors. In the notorious bituminous-rock ordinance they flung de- cency to the winds with the sacred prom- ises they made at the Republican conven- tion, and in the present demoralization of the municipal service iismissal of com- petent »ublican ials, whom the “isolid 1t have supplanted with a ed assortment of politicians, many of them Democrats, these so-called Repub- lican Supervisers have acted the part of Judas so well that every honest Repub- lican in San Francisco is burning with in- dignation. It requires no further com- ment. Listen to what any Republican worthy of the name will say upon this same question, and hear a_paraphrase of the story of Judas and the pieces of silver. The solid eight has undone traditions of party and ethics of civil service by precipi- tately removing from office seven compe- tent men and appointing in their stead a mixture of Democrats, Non-Partisans, etc. The malodorous Supervisor King, from the Barbary Coast, formerly loudestand tough- est of hotel runners, a_turncoat Democrat, now hanging on with his train of rounders to the skirts of the Republican party, was a leader among the solid eight in dis- laci good Republican officials by immm ats. This is not a question of the real worth of one appointee inst another because they happen to be of different political views, hut it is a mat- ter of principle that has been engrafted on the history of both great political parties. | e Democratic Supervisors proving » their trust and removing their own ffice to fill the positions with Repub- licans. What would the good Democratsdo? But here is this one Supervisor—Joseph King from the First Ward—who was a | Democrat in the campaign before the last, | now an avowed Republican, placing his old-time Democratic friends and relatives in offices that were made vacant for that despicable purpose. Through force of very peculiar circum- stances King got into office. A turncoat without political friends among his own people, he was elected on prejudices that %mrl no foundation in fact beyond the con- temptible lies of Barbary Coast rounders, and became the Hon. Joseph King, Super- visor of the First Ward of San Francisco. The story goes back to the last cam- paign, when the CALL pointed out the error of nominating such a man as King—a fellow whose start was a pair of lusty lungs | and inordinate cheek, and who then and | now is the associate of the lowest char- acters on the Barbary C King got into the convention a strong following from his business surroundings on Kearn street, between Washingtonand Broadwa; His del tes from the Barbary Coast or rather st Ward—were Louis Schultz, a saloon-keeper on the water front. Thomas Ward, ex-prizefighter, etc., from Oregon. H. Hart, bartender for King. Thomas Chandler, ex-prizefighter. William Bendt, saloon-keeper on the water front. John Martin, owner of the bar in the no- torious Bella Union Theater. Edward Harris, known as ‘Nosey Harris,” through his friendly connection with “Sailor’” Brown. Thon O’Brien, resident of the Wind- sor Hotel, Fifth and Market streets, who moved to King’s place on the Barbara Coast for the campaign. Harry Brown, H:nown as “Horseshoe” and “Sailor’” Brown, keeper of a lodging- house on Kearny street, near Broadway, | where the advent of the electric-cars puri- | fied the street. Brown has since killed his | wife and committed suicide. Another of King’s supporters was Jack Garrett, who kept a dive on the ‘‘Coast,” and now conducts the Denver saloon on ackson street. The majority of the delegation registered from the International and New Western hotels, run by King. 1t may be remembered that one of these delegates, Mike Weiner, King’s barkeeper, | was arrested in connection with the swind- ling of an Englishman out of a large sum of money at the Cliff House, in which King himself was implicated, being one of | the participants. | Since the election King has bullied many men who did not support him. Among these is a young man employed asa prin- | ter in Stanley’s printing office, whom King beat after the style of a thorough- going rowdy and ruflian, and for which King was fined $5 in the Police Court for assault and battery. All through the campaign King and Colonel Burns of Mexico were like two peas in a pod. King could handle as rough a set of strikers as ever disgraced a primary, and appeared as a prince among “‘de gang.” On the eve of the Republican primaries he gathered 150 assorted hay- bunkers—men who sleep in hay lofts— hobos, ex-convicts, Barbary Coast toughs and i:]ng uglies, gathered them altogether jand kept them in” a cellar dive under his hotel, giving them free beer until mornin; z when they took possession of the polls 1in his vicinity. As a member of the solid eight this pe- culiar specimen of the political ruffian ap- pearsto be in his element. But the worst yet remains to be told. TO RUN TO YAQUINA BAY, The Steamer Farallon Gives Up the Fight and Retires From the Puget Sound Route. The steamer Farallon has given up the opvosition fight between here and Puget Sound. Goodall, Perkins & Co., who have for years been operating a line of steamers between here and Victoria and Puget Sound ports, have proved too heavy for the one boat, and the owners of the Faral- lon have concluded to pocket their loss. Rates for freight and passengers had been run down to ridiculously low figures, and both companies were throwing money to the birds. The Farallon has been chartered to ply between here and Yaquina Bay, connect- ing with the railroad running out of that place through Northern Oregon. e The Walker Estate. James W. Walker has petitioned the Probate j Court for letters of administration over the | of the publ NEW A% , Frut beere erZirey so7E pedl; 0207777 g’////?/dm/’ 208 Grers Takerr £ TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. (onttod 75 752 Qggrs vy atzy: b Lrme Z/a’:fl/%fg / 2281 advérzys Efiffi}f ; Sowe X7 .’@)'TJLMQ/J @7 g Veh e T1~ ‘ Tl Dz INCOR PorATEp HEATH'S FRIENDS TESTIRY They Speak Well of the Plain- tiff in the Examiner Libel Suit. A Cloud of Witnesses, Including Several Newspaper Men, Appear. Testimony closed yesterday in the libel suit of R ard 8. Heath against the E aminer. The case attracts much attention at the City Hall, and in order to accommo- date the andience expected the argument to-day will be heard in Judge courtroom, Department 3. The proceed- ings yesterday consisted -chiefly in the ex- amination of witnesses in rebuttal of the unfavorable testimony given the previous day concerning Dick Heath’s reputation. _The defense, however, opened proc ings by calling to the ‘stand a few wit- nesses. W. R. Hearst, proprietor of the Examiner, testified that he knew nothing ion of the article complaiued of until he saw it in print, and stated that he had no ill feeling toward Richard S. Heath. J. W. Fry Grand, told of the sources of his informa- tion of the affray and the manner of his re- tailing it to an ‘Examiner reporter, J. G. Baker, deputy warden at Folsom State prison, had something to say of hisfamous fights with Heath in Fresno, but was not allowed to say much. A. B. Henderson, managing editor of the Examiner, was cross-examined at length by General Barnes as to the animus of the Examiner in the Heath trials, his own interest in the McWhirter murder and Detective Stilwell’s connection with the Examiner and the celebrated Fresno trials. Hedisclaimed any personal animus against Heath, but admitted that he had consid- ered him responsible for McWhirter's death. He had recalled one reporter, T. T. Williams, because he favored | eath in his reports and general conversation. When written a retraction of the article charging Heath with being concerned in the Grand Hotel fracas. He did not believe that arti- cle had injured Heath at all in the estima- tion- of Fresno people. Andrew M. Law- rence, city editor of the Examiner, testi- fied that the articie complained of was pub- lished in good faith and as a matter of news. Mark Walser, Assistant District Attorney of Fresno at the time of the Heath frials, merely stated that the case n%ainst Heath had been dismissed because of the $35,000 expense it threatened the county with, and admitted that he had g:qhered the testimony against the repu- tion of young Heath, i Then Heath's friends marched upin a Jong line and spoke well of the young man. Most of them had come unsummoned by subpena and at Heath’s verbal request. They were: R. B. Huie, R. Harrison, W. M. Catton, J. P. Langhorn, D. W. Brown, W. H. Fitzhugh, E. W. Skelton, C. D. Wheat, C. D. Stoart, W. H. Miller, J. Gove, A. N. Drown, F. A. Berlin, Dr. J. T. Ernest. They included. merchants and professional men and were unanimous in declaring that as far s they knew Heath’s reputation for “peace, sobriety and general good conduct” was_good. Grove L. John- son, in cross.examination, tried to make them admit that Heath’s subjection to the Keelex cure argued some want of it, and that they did not know him continuously estate of Julia Blechschmidt Walker, who died ginga% 12th inst. The estate is valued at or intimately, but the attempt was not very successful. - After recalling W. R. Elliot of the Grand | waterial loss. Murphy’s | night clerk at the | he_ascertained the truth he himself had | | Hotel bar, to examine him as to conyersa- tions after the publication of the alleged libel, an adjournment was taken to this morning. A LINGUIST'S TRIALS. Difficulties That Assail the School Census Taker in the Latin Quarter. Major Ned Palmer is regularly employed by the Board of Education to collect mat rial for the school census in the Latin quarter. The major's knowledge of Span- | ish carries him through bravely, but there are times when his difficulties become envelop him asacloud. He has discov- ered that to penetrate its mysterious alleys, mews, no thoroughfares, rickety stairways and tottering piazzas, requires a large amount of fortitude. . It is the big book and the pencil that causes the trouble. The vision of the white-mustached veteran of many a terra- nned the brown-. ments of record dr: children squealing to their latter, not fearing the kidnaper, at once conclude that Major Palmer is after some sort of a tax,and hop into their apart- ments, bar the doors and pull down the blinds. 1t is sometimes almost impossible to induce the besieged to parley. “Buenos dias, senor,”’ is usually the | major's opening gun. This though given witL the true Castilian intonation does not always prevail. “Go away, I call my manna. We no { mon,”” comes from behind the parapet. Then_the census officer descends to the mixed argot, working in his mixed Span- ish here and there to show that he is really a linguist. “No wonta de mon. dron,” ete. Not_infrequently half an hour iscon- sumed before a single fortress ere the chat- Yo soy el pa- being convinced that the major is not after money, but a list of her offspring, so de- lights her that she summons the rest of her beleaguered neighbors, and the major is made happy for the nonce. He is oi- fered wine and macaroni, for the ladies, ashamed of their mistake in suspecting for | a moment that the grand gentleman was a tax-gatherer, overwielm him with the hos- pitality of the quarter, and the children swarm about him and clan.or for gifts. Sl g ART INSTITUTE CONCERT. A Musical and Gymnastic Entertain- ment at the Y. M. C. A. The first concert of the spring exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association takes place this evening at the Hopkins Insti- tute, under the direction of Henry Hey- man. The performers will be: Miss Daisy Cobn, soprano; Charles L. Parent Jr., basso; Emilio Cruelis, organist and pian- ist. A musical and gymnastic entertainment is to be given this evening by the German branch of the Y. M. C. A., at the associa- tion aditorium, corner Ellis and Mason streets. f Fire Alarms. At1:15 o'clock yesterday morning a still alarm was sent in from 91 Mission street, occu- pied by the California Drug and Spice Mill, for for a slight blaze caused by friction in a grind- ing wheel. The loss was about $25, covered by insurance. At 3:15 o'clock an alarm was sounded from box 52 for a small fire 1n a pile of coke in the yard of the San Francisco Gas Company at Howard and Beale streets. No almost insurmountable and perplexities | pin stew looming up with these imple- | heir mammies. The | | elaine comes forth. Then her delight at | COMMERCE 1S (NJURED, Stories of Injustice in Guate- mala Said to Be Greatly Exaggerated. Louls Hirsch of Castle Brothers Comments on the Case of Dr. Cross. The story about the imprisonment of an | American citizen in Guatemala, published |in yesterday’s Chronicle, has not found much credence among those who are resi- dents of or who have traveled in that republic. ouis Hirsch, manager of the foreign de- partment of Castle Bros., was seen in refer- ence to the report last evening. He was inclined to pooh-pooh the whole story as absurd. Mr. Hirsch said that he was well ac- | quainted with Guatemala, as his firm does | alarge business in coffee with that coun- try. In the course of conversation, Mr. | Hirsch remarked: “In the first place, no- body goes to Guatemala for tie benefit of his health. Not but that the climate is good, but nine-tenths of the Americans who go there have some money-making scheme on hand. “Then the remark about having pass- ports, etc., is simply ridiculous. I travel tive months in the year in that section, and I only carry my American citizenship apers. In regard to the sketching done Ey Dr. Cross, for which he claims he was |urreswd,1 can tell you that at the time this gentleman was in Guatemala the feel- ing between that country and Mexico was rather strong, and in time of war no one has the right to go sketching in the neigh- borhood of forts. Why, you would not be allowed to do that in Paris, would you? “Dr. Cross talks of having ‘been put in jail and being deprived of food. That’s all | talk. Thatis not the custom in Guate- mala. Mr. Young, the American Minis- ter, is a very energetic man and he cer- tainly would not have allowed Dr. Cross to remain 1n prison three hours if he had not been assured that there was something wrong. I know Dr. Cross and am ac- quainted with this fad of his for sketch- ing. ““Articles of that kind appearing in pub- lic print do much to injure our trade with foreign countries,” concluded Mr. Hirsch, “The commercial community of San Fran- cisco is tryving very hard to establish friend- ly relations with foreigners, and such ab- surd stories as these do not help us at all. And besices, those Americans who reside in Guatemala are bound to suffer the con- sequences. “The CArL will do San Francisco a great service by contradicting these misstate- ments. Americans can rest assured that those of them who wish to visit foreign matic representatives and consuls.” WHEAT STILL STRONG. No Admitted Release of the Two Hun- dred Thousand Tons in Store. There was no evidence,of a flurry in the wheat market yesterday, which was said to have been expected as a consequence 'of storreleasing of the 250,000 tons of wheat the ed at Port Costa and alleged to be heid byjthe administrators of the James G. Fair estate. | Neither Judge Coffey mor Judge Slack countries are well protected by our diplo- | 4 issued any orders in regard to this whea L. W. McGlauflin, who is charged with having bought the wheat for -the Fair estate and having the same under his im- mediate control at present, said: ‘‘Be- cause it is known that I bought the wheat now stored at Port Costa it isassumed that I am cognizant of the release of the same from its storage.” ““Is it a fact that vou held the warehouse receipts and intend unloading on the mar- ket shortly ?’”” Mr. McGlauflin was asked. ‘‘Haven’t the least idea,” was the redply of Mr. McGlauflin, whose eyes twinkled as thongh he took pleasure in his ignorance. “Do you know when this 250,000 tons is to be released ?”’ “I don’t know anythin and that was all that could be gained from Mr. Mc- Glauflin. Judge Slack said he knew nothing of an; release through process of law, and Ad- ministrator William M. Pierson declined to be seen or to discuss the matters of the Fair estate from any standpoint. Yesterday the wheat market was firm and showed no signs of weakening, RAILWAY TAXES PAID, Over Half a Million Dollars Disbursed by the Southern Pacific Com- pany. The last voucher for the second install ment of taxes of the Southern Pacific Com- pany was drawn yesterday, and the final gfl)‘ment in gold coin was made to the tate. The items included in the payment were on regular assessment on the Central Pa- cific and Southern Pacific railroads in Cali- fornia, as. made by the State Board of Equalization for 1894, and amounted to $265,580 85. 5 On the reassessment by the State Board of Equalization for 18%0 and 1837, the sum of $334,267 82 was paid, making a total of $599,848 67 which the railway corporation | had'to give the State. This sum was forwarded -to Sacramento | to ‘be paid into the State treasury en an order from the Controller. The further sum of $136,220 75 has been forwarded to various county seats to pay the second instaliment of taxes on assess- ment of land, station buildings, depots and other property of the company assessed by county ‘officers. This last sum, however, does not represent half the amount of taxes paid for 1894, from the fact that in many instances where county taxes ranged between $1000 and $1500 they were paid in full on the first installment. In addition thereto _taxes on all personal property were paid in full in the same manner. Gg‘l;: grand total of taxes paid is $738,- ] N Y ————— Died From His Injuries, Fred Bruswell, the laborer who was struck by & Union-street car at the corner of Mont. gomery avenne and Kearny street,Satur April 18, died at the City and County H:l];ii.t:i yesterday. The body is at the Morgue. A New Liquor Company. The Wilmerding-Loewe Company has been incorporated to deal in lquors, The capital Etg@)}},fl $3001\.‘000, gln(l {he irectors are Henri- ette Loowe, Moses Siegel, Jacques Bl M. Lewis, Leopold Siegel, 0 Joseph TAILOR-MADE SUITS ! Cheapest lace. ARMAND CAILLEAU, 46-48 Geary Street, Corner Grant Avenue. S