The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 28, 1895, Page 16

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, DAY, APRIL 28, 1895. LEASE OF CHINA BASIN, the Harbor Commission- ers’ Meeting. FINAL ACTION POSTPONED. i Mayor Sutro Guarding Against a | Combine—Commissioner Cole’s Amendment. | and settlers, for a mining company in A meeting of the Harbor Commissioner: vas held yesterday morning for the con- rati the San F ) Joaquin Valley road. John D. Spreckels was the only one | present representing the interests of the | road, Attorney Preston being out of town. | Mayor Sutro was on hand accompanied by his private secretary, Colonel Rogers, and | in addition to Harbor Commissioners Col- | non. Cole and Chadbourne there were pres- | ent Attorneys F. 8. Stratton and Tirey L. | Ford. i Commissioner Cole opened the proceed- | ings by introducing a resolution to strike | out that part of the lease which read: Also that it shall construct and have in opera- tion not less t. n 100 miles of road within vears from the d and actually use therewith as its rai The Commissioner proposed to substitute the followin ears from tne date > sand of the f which be at some and actually ction ten- tion to the amendment to the lease made by him at the last meeting. Mr. Sutro stated that while every concession should be made to the Va road he for one wanted_to prevent t competing road passi the Southern P gentlemen whc possibility of the | nto the hands of believe th the head of the road,” said Mr. Sutro, **have the interest of the project at heart, and that the rail- way will e to be acompeting one by act of theirs, but . stock may § r handsinto those of less desirab 2 Mr. Stratton that the M amendment had been boiled down and in- corporated in the lease, and read the fol- lowing extract from the instrument: Provided t ii said demised premises ing the term herein named be- o the control or dominion of Jany or corporation now hav- ng railway terminal facilities on the bay of San Francisco, then thereby and in that event | this lease shall forthwith terminate and all Tights thereun 4 Colonel Rogers, on behalf of the Mayor, stated that the provision was not strong ug e “Well said Mr. Chadbourne, “the Mayor is a member of the committee on the lease, and I move that his amendment and that of Mr. Cole be rred to the committee. In the absence of Governor Budd and Attorney Preston, we can do nothing to-day which can be considered f The committ appears, has not yet completed its work, and I think that they should be given further time. Mr. Chadbourne’s motion prevailed and the meeting then adjourned to the call of the chair. The date of the next meeting of ‘the committee was fixed for Wednesday afternoon, May 1, at 2 o'clock, in the office of . 8. Stratton in the Crocker building. INDUSTRIAL ITEMS, | A Record of the Work Done in Shop and Factory During the Week. The Alaska Packing Association of this city is operating fourteen salmon canneries in Alaska and two at Point Roberts, Wash. In transporting supplies from this city and the product of the canneries to this mar- ket the association employs twenty-four vessels, twenty-three of which have aiready sailed The sociation purchases all of its supplies, amounting to between $500,000 and $600,000, in the home market and as far as possible of California pro- | ducers. The Vulcan Iron Works has recent! completed an order fora double circula sawmill for Southern California, and has | shipped a couple of five-ton iron wagons | for hauling sugar cane in connection with | & road engine to Salvador. Itisat present | working on a number of miscellaneous orders, including an hydraulic hoisting ap- | paratus for raising and lowering the apron | of the North Pacific Railroad ferry-slip, three ammunition hoists for the Fort Point fortifications and the necessary ma- chinery—eng; , frames, gearing, etc.—for | changinga 15x24' duplex steam pump to a | power pump. | The Risdon Tron Company is shipping a large double mining hoist for a mining company at Coulterville, and has just secured the contract for a large number of | iron electric poles for the Alameda electric raiiroad. There was a marked increase of ship-| ment of silver ores to the Selby Smelting | ‘Works duri the past week. Thiscom- | pany report a greatly increased interest in mining operations.” It is now receiving | more_inquiries regarding the smelting of | ores than for many months past. | The business of the California Ink Com- | any has grown to such proportions that | t is arranging to double its capacity. It | will enter into the manufacture of rollers and other supplies for printing purposes. | The Perkins Pump and Engine Company | shipped several engines to interior points | the past week, and is completing a number | of ventilation equipments for 8an Joaquin | Valley towns. | The American Condensed Milk Com- any, whose factory is located in Marin ounty, has now had its product on the | California market for two years. The American Company now employs thirty bands at its factory. The Pelton Water Wheel Company is shipping a large electric power plant to Costa Rica, and has several wheel orders in hand for running coffee and sugar ma- chinery in various Central American Btates. It has also recently filled an order from its New York works fora 1000-horse- R_o\\'cr electric power station in Brazil. bis company has recently shipped five wheels for the new Hayward & Lane mill | in Al a and a wheel plant for an electric power station in Idaho. The Bay City Iron Works has closed a number of new contracts during the week and reports business on the 1increase. Through the efforts of the Manufacturers’ Association it now seems quite probable that the contract, amounting to about $40.000, for interior iron finishings for the Parrots building will be secured by local firms. The California Art Glass Works is manu- facturing many unique and handsome de- signs in art glass for residences and busi- ness blocks in this city. A new industry, important in engineer- ing work, has been established here. It is the manufacture of the Girard water wheel by the Girard Water Company. The Cyclops Machine Works has secured the contract from Nicolas & Spaulding for their large ice plant to be erected in Red- ding, Cal. It shipped the past week an ice and refrigerating machine to Guaymas, Mexico. L. G. Sresoyich & Co. report a_growing trade with Mexico and the Sandwich Islands. The Byron Jackson Machine Works has | | | | | Corliss engine, to force water through a (CRITICIZES MR, MORTON ‘Soma Opposition to the Call | Editor to its advancement. | pretty well represents the prevailin | Battalion gave their third annual ball and T been kept busy for the past two weeks completing and shippini to interior points a large number of self-feeding threshing machines. The Schmidt Label Company has turned out between 12,000,000 and 15,000,000 labels this year for the Alaska Packers’ Associ- ation. . The Midas Gold-saving Machinery Com- pany has just received an order for twelve Gold_King amalgamators to be shipped to the Minas del Tapo Company, Rosalio, Mexico. The shippe windmills to the 2, The Union Ma ing three 20-horsepower engines California Gas-engine Company, and one of the same make recently shipped to Merced for the Crocker-Huffman Land and Water Company. ; The Fulton Engineering and Ship- building Works have recently shipped a complete plant, consisting of a hoist, pan past week Wooden & Little have an unusually large number of Gem icultural districts. line Company is build- or the Mexico, and has under construction a ge geared hoist for a California com- ny, and two of large-size Tustin mills Bt ek ipitientioiusto i T hey sl havein 1and an order for a pumping plant with pipe twelve miles long to an_elevation of 650 feet for the Gold Cross Mining Com- pany, for which they are building a 60- stamp mill. for the Afro-American Congress. Dennis Insinuates That It Is a Scheme for a Political “Pull.” From a quarter whence it was hardly ex- WATCHING THE NEW ROAD Eastern Manufacturers Inter- ested in the Valley Railway. A CHANCE FOR LOCAL MEN. California Materlals Will Be Used in the Work as Much as Possible. The prominent Eastern manufactnrers of railway materials, including rails, tie- plates, switches, locomotives, cars and sig- nals, have begun to show a lively interest in every move made by tne directors of the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway. They are kept constantly ad- vised up to date by local representatives and have already entered into competition for almost everything needed in building and constructing the road. An extensive engineering concern of Chi- cago has sent Benjamin Reece, an engineer, out here to confer with the Valley road directors regarding tie pfites. He brought with him sections of ties into which un- protected rails have eaten in a few years; specimens of ties that had been guarded with metal plates, and also other materials, all of which make up quite an interesting exhibit of items in railroad construction. These will be studied by committees when the question of buying or rejecting tie- plates will be considered. Other large manufacturers have offered to send out representatives, but to all of them the reply was that it is yet a little pected antagonism has already met the call of the Afro-American League for an | Afro-American congress to be held in this | city next July. A. L. Dennis, who, in ad- | dition to his labors as a messenger for the | Standard Oil Company, edits a little week- | 1y paper devoted to the social and otlmr; interests of his race, is the opponent, and he insinuates that T. B. Morton, the presi- too soon, as the chief engineer and direc- tors are not yet ready to talk business. In contrast with the interest taken by Eastern men in the Valley Railway is the fact that only two local machine-shop men have called at the company’s offices at 231 Market street for information upon sup- plies. Still the local manufacturers will be given the preference, provided, of course, that their bids are moderate in comparison dent of the league, has imitated the auto- | cratic prerogatives of the Czar of Russia | in presuming to call the convention. Inj an editorial in the Budget of yesterday Mr. Dennis, after penning some allusions to | political jobs and many unpleasant refer- ences to Mr. Morton, expresses him self | thus: | “The thinking portion of the race is| agreed, perhaps, to a man, that the time is | most auspicious for holding a State con- | gress of Afro-Americans for their general good, commercially and otherwise, and to | consider and discuss plans for united ac- | tion. The State is to-day a new one and, | unlike the past, it is now the desire and | intention of every progressive man and | | woman, black or white, in California to place their State in the position in which | the greatness of its unequaled natural re- sources entitles it. But the convention to be prolific of good results must be regun- larly called by the people or their repre- | sentatives. It should be called for the | betterment of the masses, not the selfish desires of a few. Above all, it must be | non-partisan, and only political to the ex- tent necessary to the moral advancement | of the race. | Mr. Morton expressed some surprise at these strictures yesterday. He has been | four times_elected president of the Afro- | American League, was chiefly instrumental | in getting Miss Ida B. Wells to come here, | and has been popularly regarded by his | race as being very conscientiously devoted He said: | “Mr. Dennis is mistaken in thinking the | call was my own personal dictum. It was signed by all the vice-presidentsof the league, [ am pretty sure. It was neces- sa for some organization to take the | initiative step, and as the league, which was organized August 10, four years ago, enti- as issued ment of the colored race, it w from that source. “The call for a congress is more in the | nature of an invitation than anything else. | I feel that these gatherings are beneficial, ause many important questions relat” | ing to Afro-American welfare may be dis- | cussed at such a congress. | “Other races in_this country come to- | gether and organize, and I see’ no reason why we should not do the same thing. I believe that when we are organized our race will be able to secure recognition from both the political and commercial worlds, and I certainly think we are entitled to that recognition just as well as other peo- ple. Ibelieve I may say that what recog- nition we have received has been due to the Afro-American League, and hence our call for the congress.” NAVAL RESERVE BALL. Members of Company B Entertain Their Friends at the Armory on Page Street. The members of Company B of the Naval | exhibition driil at their armory, corner of Page and Gough streets, last evening. The hall was prettily decorated for the | occasion, and everything was as nautical | as could be. Flags, banners and streamers | hung from every beam and rafter, and the | balcony was one mass of bunting. Crossed oars, sabers and life-buoys were distributed about the hall in tasteful designs, and the musicians’ stand, wherein sat the mem- bers of the Fifth United States Artillery band, was a bower of beauty. Centered about a transparency bearing Captain Law- rence’s dying words, “Don’t give up the ship,” were ropes and tackles, ship lan- terns and life-preservers, shells, round shot, sabers, rifles, cutlasses, canteens and haversacks, all tastefully arranged to make a pleasing picture, A tiny model of a celebrated clipper ship was placed at one side, and the platiorm was flanked by Ij!flotchkiss xapi£fire guns and three-inch riffes. The grand march started promptly at 9 o’clock, and there was no lack of pretty faces to smile upon the gallant tars, who in their neat blouses quite outshone their civilian guests. The dances were called by strokes upon a ship’s bell instead of by traditional whistle, and at intervals during the evening there were exhibition drills in infantry and light artillery tactics. LOCAL TALENT IN DEMAND. No Trouble to Secure an Engagement ‘With Eastern Companies. That San Francisco talent is appreciated abroad is well known to all theatrical managers, an actor or actress finding little orno difficulty in securing an engagement | with the best Eastern companies. Touching on this point is the following letter, received by Belasco’s Lyceum School of Acting from David Belasco of W York: 1 find that I shall be associated with many new and important productions in the near future, and if at any time you have a young man of young woman of pronounced ability, conscientious and studious, let me know and I can place them. I am much interested in Frisco talent, and mgre(er to give it a show always. I shall produce my new play in Octo- ber, and will be able to 1‘)154;: one or two young men and young women ia that, The play Mr. Belasco is now writing is called **‘Heart of Maryland,” and is uigw be full of dramatic’ situations, pathetic scenes and well dialogued with it all. ———— Pries! PiLes! Mac's Infallible Pile Cure. Cures all cases of blind, bleeding, itching and protruding piles. _Price 50 cents. A. McBoyle & Co., druggists, 504 Washington sircet. * A with prices furnished from the East. Chief Engineer Storey and a committee from the board of directors are consider- ing switches, frogs, crossings, etc., for side- tr depots and stations. He believes that a very large number of these articles will be needed, though the exact amount cannot be determined until he first knows | how many stations and sidetracks will be laid out. “We are thinking very seriously of hav- | ing them made here,” said he. “It will be necessary that we have them to quick or- der and for that reason we will find it more satisfactory to have them turned out by local_shops just as fast as we call for them. We have the drawings and specifi- tions ready, excepting for some special ones, and all the machine men will have to do is to work from them. “I would like to see more of the ma- chine-shop men up here. It cannot do them any harm if they call and it may help out matters considerably.” Quite a large number of automatic coup- lings have been submitted by local inven- tors with a hope that the chief engineer may adopt some of them in his specifica- tions for car: A SOUTH SIDE DRIVE. A. J. Martin’s Views About Improving the Streets of San Fran- cisco. The boulevard proposition now before the public has called forth many sugges- tions. A prominent local business man, A. J. Martin, yesterday made some re- marks anent the scheme for an outlet from the Cit Mr. Martin said: Asthe CALL has been advocating good roads and drives for the public, let me advance a few points in re- gard to a_drive. Folsom street from the wharf to Fourth street is now covered with cobblestones. It would make one of the best and even the most desirable drives for an outlet in the town on account of the grades being so even from Nineteenth to Twenty-sixth streets. Covered with bituminous paving, and having only about nine blocks to put it through with bitumen, if the property- holders will only call a meeting and have this done it will be the best improvement that could be made on the south side. The south of Market street has been known as “South of Market,” but the property- owners there are going to lift it out of the dumps, and clubs are formed at the Mis- sion to make it one of the principal por- tions of the town. It is a well-known fact that the Mission warm belt is 5 to 8 degrees warmer than any other part of the town, and if the Cary will only advocate the put- ting in of bitumen along the nine blocks af cobbles it would make a vast difference in the south side. There is not a street to the | Mission that is not paved with rough blocks. Give us a good road to the Mission, for the | Mission Improvement Club like the CaLL is for improvements. GOING TO PETALUMA, Unusual Inducements Offered for the Encampment—Regimental Trophies for Superior Marksmanship. The Fifth Infantry Regiment of the National Guard will hold its annual en- campment this year at Petaluma, So the board of officers decided last night at a special meeting called by Colonel Fair- banks at the Lick House. The decision is conditional, however, and if a majority of the companies object to the location it may be rescinded. The regiment received offers from two cities for the encampment. Santa Cruz offered grounds, lights and water free and §600 in cash. This was accepted by the committee subject to approval by the board. Pending a meeting, however, San- ta_Cruz withdrew its offer and one was re- ceived from Petaluma? That city prom- ised free of charge grounds, lights, water, platforms, straw, fuel, benches, tables, cooking outfits and $150 in coin. They also offered the use of the pavilion for entertainments and ten horses for the use of the mounted officers of the regi- ment. Later Santa Cruz renewed its offer, but last night after a long discussion Peta- luma won. The round-trip fare to Petaluma is 75 cents, but it is thought that a special rate will be given which will materially lower gh;‘g’ figure. The special rate to Santa Cruz is $2. The board of officers voted to expend $100 for three trophies to be contested for at the Petaluma rifle-range during the en- campment. The regiment has $3560 which is available for camp purposes this years. ARION VEREIN ANNIVERSARY. The Members Celebrate the Day With a Grand Concert and Ball. The members of the Arion Verein cele- brated the seventh anniversary of that or- ganization last evening with a grand con- cert and bali given in the verein hall on Pine street. An excellent musical pro- ramme of seven numbers was rendered Ey members of the Arion Maennerchor and the mixed chorus, assisted by Frau Ida de Seminario and L. von der Mehden Jr., a student of the celebrated Julius Klengel, who recently arrived from Germany. The concert was no less enjoyable than the ball which followed. and the double enter- tainment brought out a goodly number of the sturdy sons and pretty daughters of the fatherland. . The committees who had charge of the arrun%emenu were: On reception—E. A. Otto, J. H. Berghausen and Dr. H. Syl- vester Jr. On supper—M. Windmiller an Oscar Dittmer. On the floor—L. H. Wald- mann and George C. Sneider. WILLIAM BALLARD'S WILL'| A Fund for a Fine Display at Bequeaths $100,000, Consisting of Property Here and in Butte City. Fouisa Kirby and Harry H. Kirby Sr. have petitioned for the admission to pro- bate of the will of William T. Ballard, who died December 11, 1893, leaving an estate of the value of $100,000, consisting of property in this city and Butte, Mont. In this city Ballard had about $53,000 on deposit in various banks and a quantity of Spring Valley stock. His other property, according to the will, consisted of realfy near Butte City; $10,000 to his credit with W. A. Clark & Bro. in Butte; mortgages for $13,000 and §5000 on property in and on a mine near Butte (gty, respectively; $10,000 in United States bonds, $2500 in money; eighty acres near Great Falls, Cas- cade County, Mont. “Iam also possessed,” says the testator, “of other odds ana ends of property which T have not enumerated.” he will bequeaths the whole of the es- tate to testator’s sister, Louisa Kirby of Omaha, and her two children, Harry Kir- by Jr.and Mattie Kirby, each to receive one-third. Louisa Kirby and her husband are nominated as execufors of the will. AGNES SCHMIDT'S SUICIDE, TheBody of the Young Woman Found in the Bay Iden- tified. She Was a Servant Girl Who Became Despondent and Pur- posely Took Her Life. The body of Agnes M. Schmidt, aged 21, was found off section 1 of the seawall yes- terday, and was taken to the Morgue, where it was identified by A. F. Smith, who once employed the girl. Miss Schmidt disappeared from 1310 Geary street April 12, She was employed there as a servant and was considered a valuable addition to the household. She Wwas a young woman of prepossessing ap- pearance and made friends wherever em- ployed, but had few acquaintances. The evening of her disappearance she visited the residence of A. F. Smith, fore- Agnes Schmidt. man of the Cazx composing-room, and at that time appeared to be in a rational state of mind, When ‘she.left she slipped & letter under the door, addressed to Mrs. Smith, which Mr. Smith found on his re- turn home. It was written in German and stated that the writer was _tired of life and intended to throw herself in the bay. The note also thanked Mrs. Smith for her kindness and instructed Mr. Smith to take charge of her effects, including $130, and in cuse the body should be recovered to have the same buried, and, after paying the expenses, send the balance to her sister in Stewartsville, DeKalb County, Mo. Mr. Smith went to 1310 Geary street and the following letter was found ainong the young woman’s effects: SAN FrANCISco, April 12, 1893. Dear Sister: 1am tired of this life. You will yet remember when 1 was with you that I have taken several times the pistol and saida I would shoot myself. Now I am serious about it, Firstly, I'have no friends, secondly, the people are never satisfied and, thirdly, I have been so spoiled at home that I am unhappy if anybody scolds me. This is the last time that you will get a letter from me. If I had only remained in St. Joseph or would have gone there, then it would have been all right. Iwould have gone there if you had written that I should return. It cannot be altered now, and so I say good night, with many greetings for your sister. AGNES SCHMIDT. The body has been turned over to an undertaker, and will be buried to-day. A CURIO FOR SHOPPERS. A Statue of Ada Rehan in Solid Silver to Be Exhibited in This City. Something in the way of a curiosity in the way of exhibitions will be presented to residents of this City to-morrow. In ‘‘The Maze,” at the corner of Market and Tay- lor streets, will be shown a solid silver statue of Ada Rehan, as “Justice.” This emblematic figure was shown at the ‘World’s Fair, Chicago, in the Montana State exhibit. Some curious figures, the result of care- ful estimates, are furnished in regard to the statue. Its total weight is four and a half tons. It contains 97,000 ounces of silver, valued at $64,800. The pedestal weighs 890 pounds, the gold therein being valued at $224,000. The cost of sculpture was $7400 and of casting $5000. The height of the statue is 9 feet 2inches. It will be in the United States only three months longer, after which it goes to Europe, its first exhibition taking place at the Bon Marche, in Paris, where it will remain for two months, after which it will visitall the principal cities of Europe. At the end of a year and a half it will be returned to Helena and placed in the Montana State Capitol. It will be on free exhibition at The Maze for two weeks, beginning April 29 and closing Saturday, May 11. The Rose Show. In Flora’s domain the acknowledged queen is the “Rose.” Sne will hold her court and re- ceive homage from 10 A.M. to 10 P. M. in the Marble and Maple rooms of the Palace Hotel May 2, 3 and 4, at the spring exhibition of the California State Floral Society. All the blos- soms of the season will be in attendance. Rare specimens will be seen, as San Francisco, Oak- land, Alameda, Berkeley, Haywards, Niles, San Lorenzo, Fruitvale, San Rafael, Menlo, Paio Alto, Belmont, Colma and Del Norte have each applied for space and will vie with each other as to which locality can produce the finest roses. ——————— Ploul’s Will. Mrs. Gertrude E. Burgess has petitioned for letters of administration on the will of Dr. John E. Plouf, who died on April 9, 1895, at _the hand of one J. D. L. McGaughey, leaving an estate valued as to its cash at $1300, the re- mainder being unestimated. E. B. Burdock is nominated by the testator and executor und Mrs. . T. Edwards, a sister of the deceased, as sole devisee and legatee. The Anh!crlhing Wwitnesses of the instrument are William C. McGregor and George D. Mahone. ———————— The Examiner Libel Suit. The memorandum of costs in the suit of Richard S. Heath against the Examiner, repre- sented by W. R. H, 1il d e Dy BaLearst, was fled yesterday sn MONEY THAT MAY BE USED. the Atlanta Expo- * . sition. STATE ASSISTANCE SOLICITED. The Board of Trade Wants Money Left From a World’s Fair Appropriation. [iThere will probably be a grand display of all the products of California at (he Ad- lanta (Ga.) exposition next fall thhoqt calling upon the county Boards of Supervi- sors for contributions for an exhibition fund. A State fund exists which, it is be- lieved, can be diverted to this purpose. Seyveral months ago O. H. )"lt_:Carth_y, representing the Atlanta exposition, vis- ited the members of the California State Board of Trade, and urged the board to make an exhibit of California prod\{cts at the Southern fair. One thing stood in thev way. The Board of Trade declined‘m sen.d on an exhibit and pay for space in addi- tion to transportation expenses. gEarly last week a letter was received from Mr. Carthy stating that the directors of the fair would give the board 5000 square feet of space free of charge. It was practically decided by several members of the board that the offer should be accepted, and the entire exhibit now at 575 Market street will be replenished, packed and sent on to Atlanta. To ac- complish this it will be necessary to de- vise means for raising a fund 1o meet the necessary expenses. J. A. Filcher, the sec- retary, suggested that each of the counties exhibiting at the Board of Trade rooms on Market street should add $100 to their an- nual contribution of $180, which would make up a fund of nearly $7000. ‘While this plan was favored another, which seems to be better, has been sug- gested by Mr. Filcher. The State Legisla- ture in 1893 made an appropriation of $2 000 for the publication of literature upon California and its resources, to be dis- tributed at the World’s Fair at Chicago. This appropriation was in no way con- nected with the $300,000 that was set apart for the use of the Californig World’s Fair Commission. A number of writers were set to work, and H. H. Markham, then the Governor, issued many thousand copies of ““The Resources of California” to the State Commissioners, About 5000 books by some misslip were not forwarded, but were stored away in a garret at the Capitol. While im}uiring for these spare copies recently, Mr. Filcher learned that only about $18,000 of the $25,000 appropriated had been spent in publishing the books, and the remainder never reverted to the general fund in the State treasury. He called upon Attorney-General W. F. Fitzgerald and asked if this money could not be used for the State exhibit at At- lanta. Hesaid: “The act appropriating the money specified that the literature should have in view the promotion of Cali- fornia industries and increasing immigra- tion. Now, this is exactly what is contem- plated by 'a creditable exhibit at the Atlanta Exposition, which will be visited by many thousands of people from all parts of the United States and the civilized world. ‘With this $6000 or $7000 we need not call upon any one for subseriptions.”” The Attorney-General promised to give the matter his attention, and further he said that he and Governor Budd would visit Mr. Filcher at the Board of Trade rooms and discuss the proposition. This meeting was to have been held yesterday, but the Sovernor was too busy. Mr. Filcher will probably meet Governor Budd to-day. Harbor Commissioner E. L. Colnon, late rivate secretary of the Governor, on hear- ing the subject discussed by Mr. Filcher and Mr. Fitzgerald, gave as his opinion that Governor Budd would favor transfer- ring the remainder of the fund to the Board of Trade for the purpose stated. The question whether it shall be so diverted must be decided by the State Board of Examiners, which is composed of Governor Budd, Attorney-General W.F. Fitzgerald and Secretary of State Brown. The Board of Examiners will meet early in the week at Sacramento. Mr. Filcher and a special committee of prominent mem- bers of the State Board of Trade will be resent and request that the $7000 be used Por an exhibit at Atlanta. It will be argued that while the money will be diverted into another channel, yet it will be for the sanie purpose as contemplated by the act of appropriation, namely the advertise- ment of the State with a view of increasing desirable immigration. Mr. Filcher states that it willrequire less than $1000 to box and pack for shipping all of the exhibits in the Market-street estab- lishment. This will leave a good sum of ;noney for arranging the exhibits at At- anta. THE CITY FINANOES. Decision of the Supreme Court Affect- ing a Similar Case. Nothing more timely could have oc- cured than the handing down of a certain decision by the Supreme Court yesterday. It was a decision of a case from Mendocino County, but bearing directly upon the present condition of the city’s creditors who claim over $200,000 as due on supplies furnished in previous fiscal years. Ac- cording to this decision, which but re- iterates former decisions on the same sub- ject, the creditors have little chance to re- cover upon a direct issue of right. According to the facts of the case im- mediately under consideration, Matthew McGowan had sued William Ford, Treas- urer of Mendocino County, which was represented as indebted to him in the sum of $454327 for work done under contract with the county in repairing the Court- house, County Jail and grounds in Ukiah City. On July 11, 1893, the Supervisors accepted the work, but the warrants for the same were not cashed, being returned by the Treasurer indorsed, “not paid for want of funds.” In December, 1893, the Treasurer refused payment of the war- rants although there were funds in the treasury. ‘There were two warrants concerned, one numbered 1746 for $2970 27, and the other, numbered 1747, for $1575, the'first being for a balance on contract and the second gor a balance on extra work. The lower court filed an opinion, holding that the respond- ents were entitled to the relief demanded as to warrant No. 1746 for $2970 27, but not as to warrant No. 1747. Afterward judg- ment was entered, making the writ per- emptory as to_the last-named warrant. From these judgments the appeals were prosecuted. The appellant contended that the indebt- edness to respondents was incurred during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893, and could only be provided out of the revenue provided for that year. According to the answer of appellant the work was com- })letedAbefom April 6, 1893, but in the May ollowing, bs agreement between the Su- pervisors and to evade the provisions of the constitution, the warrant for the liabilit, was canceled and another substituted, whereby the warrant should be paid out of the funds of the sucuedinghfiscal year. This the Supreme Court held to be with- out authority, and that therefore the lower court erred in granting a judgment on the pleadings. In the case of the other warrant no cause for refusing payment was shown. For these reasons the Supreme Court ordered the judgment involving warrant No. 1746 x-everaeds and the judgment involving war- rant No. 1747 affirmed. According to City and Countf Attorne; Creswell the Supreme Court only uphoids its established opinion that no indebted- ness can be legally incurred by any county for any succeeding fiscal year. LACES, RIBBONS ot AN Ve —=ay GLOVES! Public attention is respectfully called to our ENORMOUS and most complete STOCK of above goods. NEW LACES-- CHAMPAGNE APPLIQUE, POINT ANGLAISE, VENETIAN VANDYKE POINT, POINT d’IRLANDE, NEW EFFECTS IN CHANTILLY GUIPURE. SPECIAL--- 4 Cases NEW EMBROIDERIES in Swiss Nainsook, Cam= bric and Lawn (in both Irish Point and Guipure effects). NEW RIBBONS--- SATIN AND GROS-GRAIN RIBBONS, FANCY DRESDEN RIBBONS, BROCADED AND FANCY STRIPED R SPECIAL--- RIBBONS, IBBONS. CREPON RIBBONS 5 Cases NEW SATIN AND GROS-GRAIN RIBBONS, in all widths from No. 1} to 60 (all the very latest shades) at less than manufacturers’ prices. 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My religion has become a mnobler and greater re- ligion that stands above all limited expres- sions of worship. I reject absolutely forms that have been conceived and established in Babylonia, in Palestine, in Italy, in Spain, in t. want my religion and political opinions to be alike progressive and liberal, intended to do th‘e gren.est good to lll(“ gren(e.st numl;er. * Iam a reform Jew because twenty years of | experience have convinced me of the dis- honesty of American orthodoxy. There should | be consistency in every form of faith. There | isa respect and reverence to be yielded to every religion, provided it is honest. Ican re- | spect a Catholic if that Catholic be honest. I | can admire a Protestant if he be sincere, I | class all religions in the same category. For | that reason I could, even though I am an American, reconcile myself to orthodoxy, if it were honest in this country as abroad; but I say there is no honesty in & form which stumbles over petty rites and transgresses the principal commandments of the faith. There are men | whe are terrified because you bare your head, | and who with the greatest equanimity violate the Sabbath. There are people who are horri- fled because you widen the dietary laws, yet they do not abstain from work on the holiest of the year. hey are dishonestand inconsistent, because orthodox Judaism, as I understand it, must be for one thing or another; it must stand upon talmudical or rabbinical’ ground or not at all. | If it is not that, then it becomes the inconsist- ency denounced by Dr. Einhorn as a skeleton which robes itself ina gorgeous dress to delude | the public. His discourse was the subject of general conversation among the Israelites of the City yesterday, and there is every probabil- ity that he will be answered in the near future from the pulpit of one of the other synagogues. > Asgregprcsenting one of the least reformed of the better known congregations, Rabbi M. S. Levy of the Congregation Beth Israel was asked to express his views on the ut- terances of Rev. Dr. Voorsanger. He said: I do not see how Dr. Voorsanger can spesk | anthoritatively for his orthodox brother when he says he (Dr. Voorsanger) does not believe in the Judaism of 8000 years ago, which is based | on the revealed word of God as handed down | to Moses, and which has for its fundamental principles the ten commandments. Orthodox Judaism also possesses principles that are progressive and liberal. There is nothing in reform Judaism that orthodox Judaism does not possess. Orthodox Judaism is progressive and liberal and is intended to do as great good to the greatest number as is claimed is done by reform Judaism. It is & mistake to convey the idea that America possesses the only panacea for Judaism when ! we take into consideration that there are 7,000,000 of Jews throughout the world, 6,000,000 or more being orthodox. The best theological institutions that the world has, the greatest schoolsare the creation of the orthodox Jew; the leading philan- thropists, the men of greatest culture are or- thodox Jews. The Montefiores, the Hirsches, the Mocattas, the Goldsmiths, the leaain, Italian and French and_the eminent Jews of other countries are actively identified with orthodoxy. And as sgecimens of manly and atriotic citizens of the respective countries n which they live they are the equal of any American Jew. 1 represent a conservative orthodox congre- gation. I believe that the Jew has yet to fulfill | BEST STYLE ! the mission for which he was selected, angd that for a great number of centuries to come ortho- dox Judaism will servive. I regret, personally, very much that thére should have been any public utterances of this kind made, and that they should have a: peared in the public press. Ivery Seriously doubt, from what I know of Dr. Voorsanger, whether he used the terms published—that the orthodox Jew is dishonest and inconsistent 1n the practice of his Judaism. There is little doubt in my mind that good men are to be found in the ranks of both the reform and the orthodox Jews, and, while I do not desire to become engaged in any contro- versy regarding orthodox and reform Judaism, yet I am willing to be considered anxious to do my work as a conservative and consistent orthodox Jew. Rabbi_J. Nieto of the Congregation Sherith Israel had this to say with refer- ence to Dr. Voorsanger’s stand : I believe with him in most of the things he | said in reference to the alleged orthodox Jews. There are no orthodox Jews to be found in San Francisco. There are three small places of worship south of Market street where they ob- serve what is called the orthodox ritual, where they presarve archaie customs which have be- come meaningless to them and where the con- duct can scarcely be considered reverential. To be consistently an orthodox Jew—that is, a follower of rabbinism—one must observe to the very minutest degree the sanitary and dietary | laws, biblical and extra-biblical; must neither work nor cause work to be done on the Sab- { bath, and must faithfully adhere to all the moral and ethieal principles in the Bible and in the Talmud. The orthodox Jew too often forgets that his mere observance of custom and ceremonial and the carrying out of a few dietary regula- tions do not constitute him a Jew. A very small proportion of the pulation here is orthodox. No place of worshh‘? is ortho- dox that has, first, any instrumental music on the Sabbath: second, that has men and women seated together. I may add that there are, roperly speaking, three distinct classes of ews and Jewish congregations in San Fran- cisco. They may be divided into orthodox, conservative and reform. To which of the two former Dr. Voorsanger referred, or whether to both of them, is not clear from the published report of the'lecture, so I am not prepared at this time to take issue with hi War-Weary Joe Barnes. Joe Barnes, a well-known and much-drinking person of the water front and a victim of the old (not the new) woman, tried to_commit sui- cide by jumping into the bay from Folsom- street wharf yesterday morning. 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