The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 30, 1895, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1895. SPEGIAL NEW TO-DAYDRY GOODS. OFFER ING —oF— STYILISHEL DRESS FABRICS! Asa perusal of the following sampl e items will show, Dress Goods buy- ers are offered extraordinary inducements this week throughout our Peerless New Stock, which include: s everything imaginable in weaves, designs, colorings and effects, all offered at PRICES THAT ARE BEYOND COMPETITION. COLORED DRESS GOODS. At 25 Cents. 140 pieces 38-INCH ALL-WOOL CHEVIOTENE SCOTCH SUITING in new and staple mixtures, regular price 40c; will be offered at 25¢ a yard. At 30 Cents. 88 pieces 38-INCH FIGURED DRESS GOODS, in bright and medium colorings, value for 40c, will be offered at 30c a yard. At 35 Cents. 92 pieces 38-INCH HEAVY ALL WOOL NOVELTY SUITING, elegant designs and colorings, extra value for 50¢, will be offered at 35¢ a yard. At $1.00. 42 pieces 42-INCH FINE ALL WOOL CREPON SUITING, newest colorings, extra value for §1 50, will be offered at $1 a ya rd. At Ss1.285. 84 pieces 44-INCH SUPERB shades, good value for $1 75, w At B 26 pieces 50-INCH FINE ALL-WOOL FRE toned effects, extra value for $2, At 50 LL-WOOL FRENCH CREPON, in new and choice be offered at $1 25 a yard. 1.850C. NCH CREPONETTE, latest novelty, two- will be offered at $1 50 a yard. Cents. 72 pieces 45-INCH FINE ALL-WOOL ENGLISH NAVAL STORM SERGE at 50c At 80 Cents. 47 pieces SUPERIOR HEAVY ALL-WOOL NAVY BLUE STORM SERGE at 60c a yard. a yard. EXTRA. At 5O 5000 yards STRIPED AND CHECKED TA effects, worth 75¢, will be placed on sale at 50c a 85 Our New Illustrated Catalogue COUNTRY patrons, to whom it will be mai { TAFFETA SILK } SPECIAL. Cents. FFETA STT{K, small, neat designs, shaded d. is ready for distribution to our led free on receipt of address. | Streel, ¢ oraer of Jongs, SAN FRANCISCO. PASSENGERS MUST PAY. Railway Ticket Agents Form- ing a Local Combine on Rates. The Southern Pacific Tickets With- drawn From All the Other Offices. The local railway ticket agents met terday in the Palace Hotel, as requ by General Passenger Agent T. H. Good- | man of the Southern Pa Company. The purpose of the meeting was to form a | new association that will maintain rates on transcontinental business and put an end to cutting through five brokers, who of late have been doing a thriving trade, to the imminent demoralization of all rates. With the exception of two agents all | the railway companies were represented. The absent ones were Agent Hitcheock of | the Union Pacific and Snedaker of the| Grand Western. Agent Sanborn of the Burlington route was elected chairman, | and a rather informal discussion on me" situation began. As Messrs. Hitchcock and Snedaker | failed to participate, the agents turned | their attention from a proposition to form | an association to devising some means of having a unanimous sentiment before at- tempting to settle rates. A vote was taken on 2 motion to form | the association, and everything appeared to be harmonious, until M. M. Stern, local representative of the Canadian Pacific Company, voted in the negmive. He opposed the organization of a board, giving as his reasons that it was incon- | sistent to ask his company’s participation while two leading companies remained out. When these lines were brought in, | he said, he would vote in favor of an organization. A committee, consisting of the chairman and Agents Jories of the Rock Island, Mann of the Southern Pacific, Canfield of the Chiclgo, Milwaukee and St. Paul, Speers of the Santa Fe and Statler of the Northern Pacific, was ‘Y inted to drafta fotm of agreement for all agents to sign. The meeting adjourned subject to the call of the chair, and meanwhile agents will be asked to sign the contract binding themselves to unite, that prices of passen- | ger tickets may be maintained according to | & fixed standard. | Agent Snedaker of the Rio Grande Wes ern stated yesterday that he will join the | association, but was unable to atiend the | meeting. The Union Pacific_people are | simply biding their time and may enter| the combination. The Southern Pacific Company has sent | s circular to the local railway offices that | sold tickets on its lines notifying them that | all such tickets will be withdrawn. This ' action, it was explained, was decided on | only after the fullest deliberation as being | for the compaaxy’s best interests. The | tickets are to be transferred to the South- | ern Pacific ticket office on Market street | and will be sold there in the future. ————— Once More in Trouble. Steve Vulocivich, s hangeron around the Police Courts, was arrested yesterday on a | charge of petty larceny. The warrant for his | arrest wes sworn out on March 1 by Louis | Ricn, tailor, 504 Leavenworth street. Vulo- civich h that day been reieased from the House of Correction after servinga sentence {or forging Judge Joachimsen's name to & war- rant. He went into Rich’s store and stole a Ppair of scissors and a spool of silk. He bas kept out of the way since then, but was caught yes- terday in one of the Police Courts. e TaE Royal Baking Powder maintains its vigorous hold on the public, and is active and aggressive against the i jurious baking powders pali off on the people. In this task it is performing a work for honest and unaduliterated | products. l ure and in- | | trip to Ukiah. CUESTS FROM THESUTH, Elaborate Preparations Have Been Made for Their En- tertainment. They Will Be Generously Dined and Feted in Several Citles. In return for the generous hospitalitv shown them when on their trip through re San Joaquin Valley and Southern Cal- fornia, the Half-million Club extended an invitation to a number of the prominent citizens of those sections to visit this city and the more northern portion of the State. In accordance therewith there will arrive in this city to-day, by the 4 o’clock train, alarge party of gentlemen, among them the following named: W. C. Patterson, president of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce; Professor C. H. Keyes, president of the Pasadens Board of Trede; Captain M. J. Daniels, vice-president of the Fruit-growers' Exchange of Pasadens; General Jobn Wasson, vice-president of the Fomona Board of T E_E. Katz, representing the San Bernar hamber of Commerce; Mr. Il the newspapers of Los of all the Elliot, representing Angeles; W promine ns of Los Angeles d e Stockton Commercisl on: E. E. Harlow, a rominent citizen of Stockton; Max Meyberg, director-general of the recent Los Angeles fiesta. Immediately on their arrival they will be metat the ferry and escorted to the Palace Hotel, where they will be quartered while in this City. In the evening they will be entertained by the Union League Club, where a number of the most promi- nent business men will be asked to meet them. At 11 A. . to-morrow they will be re- ceived by the Chamber of Commerce, Board of Trade, Produce Exchange and Fruit Exchange at the rooms of the Cham- ber of Commerce. Lunch will be served them at the Merchants’ Club at about 12:30 P. M., and at 1:30 they will be taken for a drive through Golden Gate Park to Sutro Heights, where the Mayor will receive them. In the evening, under the chaper- onage of the Half-million Clab, they will attend the California Theater to see the “American Girl.” It is believed that the conclusion of the performance will find them tired 2nough to retire, and they will be permitted to do so. On Thursday morning they will have to rise early enough to catch the 7:40 train of the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad, whose guests they will be, fora ere they will fall into the hands of the citizens of that thriving town | and be shown the entertaining sights of the city and vicinity. After afew hours spent in this way they will go to Asti, where the directors of the Italian-Swiss colony will play the part of hosts. Visits will, of course, be paid to the extensive vineyards of the colony and an exploration made of its capacious wine-vauits, whose contents they will also be invited to sample. On returming southward the citizens of San Rafael will take charge of the expedition, the members of which will be entertained at a_banquet and reception in the evening. After reposing for the night in the Hotel Rafael the return | journey to San Francisco will be made. hat pleasures they will then be com- pelled to enjoy has not yet been decided upon. ————— Mechanics head the list of inventors, clergymen next. —_——— The Dinner Bell Sounds but & mockery to the dyspeptic. He hears it, of course, but his stomach does not respond to the call. He “goes through the motions” and suf- | fers afterwards for the small amount of victuals he partakes of. Hostetter's >tomach Bitters altershis condition into one of ability to eat plentifully, di- gest heartily and assimiate thoroughly. Malaria, rhumatism, constipation and billousness are con quers@ by this world-famed medicine. DEATH ON THE RIVER, Narrow Escape of the Steamer Modoc From Crashing Into a Bridge. NO HAND NEAR THE THROTTLE. Engineer Ward Fell From the Fan- tail and the Steamer Falled to Slow Down. The steamer Modoc, plying between here and Sacramento, had a narrow escape from destruction last Saturday night. For sixteen miles she ran along at full speed without a man in charge of the engine, and only the prompt action of a fireman saved the vessel from dashing into the draw- bridge, just this side of Sacramento. The Modoc is owned and operated by the Southern Pacific Company and is one of the best known vessels on the bay. Recently 2 number of changes were made in the river division, the force in the en- gineer’s department having been cut down. The Modoc and Leader formerly had three engineers each, but an economical stroke on the part of the company cut the staff down to two. The Modoc left here on Sat- urday afternoon in charge of the chief en- gineer, who held the throttle until Clarks- burg was reached. At that place the watch was changed, the enfiineer turning in and his place being taken by the assistant, Michael J. Ward. Clarksburg is the last stopping place on the river, and the steamer took the channel with a clear run for Sacramento, All went well until the lights of the Capital City loomed up through the dark- ness and the Modoc was approaching her destination. Captain Myrick, charge, headed the shore and rang to slow down. The head- way was not lessened and the pilot rang again. The steamer was dangerously near to the bank and had her course not been changed she would have smashed into the levee. Captain Myrick blew into the speak- ingtube. Three shrill whistles shrieked through the engine-room, but no sound came i:\ck to the pilot-house. Clang went the bell again and the sound echoed and reechoed through the lower portion of the vessel, while the steamer kept bounding on through the sluggish waters with the lever of her engine wide open. The wharf of the Modoc on the leyee was passed and the big drawbridge which spans the Sacramento loomed up dark and threatening just ahead and closer and closer came the heavy mass cf iron and wood, and it seemed as if the fate of the old craft was sealed. Captain Myrick pulled the bell to stop and threw the wheel L:ml over. It was a dangerous thing to do but the pilot recognized that there was about one chance in a thousand of saving the vessel unless a restraining hand was put on the throttle. The steamer, still going at a high rate of speed, began to turn, Captain Myrick's n!l\'u being to send her completely around and head down the river. She just cleared the bridge when her speed began to abate and in a few moments later the Modoc came to a full stop. The pilot almost fainted when the danger was cleared, for his nerves had been strung to the highest tension. An estigation as to the cause of the non- sponse to the bells was instituted and it was soon learned that Engineer Ward was sing. A fireman hearing the bells run into the engine-room to ascertain the trouble. He called for Ward, but re- ceiving no response jumped to the fhrotile and’ shut ol stehny: *When the boat haa come to a stop a consultation was held and it was remembered that the engineer was last seen going out on the fantail with his oilcan. Whether he was struck by the wheel or fell into the river could be only surmised. A search was made for him, but up to yesterday no trace of him could be found. hax FERRY FOUNDATION. John Duffy, Teamster for Gray Bros., Denies the Concrete Brickdust Story. On Thursday last the Chronicle pub- lished an alleged interview with a grand juror in regard to the investigation of the ferry foundation. In the interview it was stated that John Duffy, a teamster in the employ of Gray Bros., the contractors who are furnishing the concrete, had testified that he had hauled to the ferry barrels con- taining brickdust liberally sprinkled with cement. Harry Gray, one of the firm named, said yesterday afternoon that the statement in the Chronicle was a gross misrepresentation of facts. ‘““There isab- solutely not a word of truth in the story,” said Mr. Gray. “Duffy was before the Grand Juryand he has made a sworn state- ment that he did not testify to anything of the kind. Here is his affidavit to that effect’’: 'ATE OF CALIFORNIA, D COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. n Duffy, being first duly sworn, says: I have read the following statement which & pesred in the Chironicle of Thursdas, April 25, 5, to wit: “A teamster named Duffy testified that he was engaged to take 8 number of barrels of cement to the ferry. He was aware that some of the barrels contained brickdust, liberally sprinkled with cement. He believed that the brickdust was subsequently taken across the bay.” Tam the teamster named Duffy referred to in the foregoing statement. 1 testified before the Grand Jury on the investigation by that body regarding the ferry foundation. The state- ‘ment above quoted is entirely incorrect. The following are the facts: 1did not wsm{‘mu I was engaged to take a number of barrels or any cement to the ferry within the P”' three years or since the con- struction of the seawall. I have not hauled sny cement to the ferry foundation for Gray Brothers. Iknow of my own knowledge that the cement is not furnisied by Gray Brothers, but that it is furnished by the State of Cali- fornis. I have done nearly all of the cement heuling for the Gray Brothers during the past four years. At the time of the construction of the seawall, something over three yearsago, I hauled all the cement, as Gray Brothers fur- nished it,*and I can say that there was no brickdust or any material whatever mixed with cement, but it was taken from the sea- wall sheds where the cement was stored. I can further say that there never has been any mixing of cement and brickdust at the yard of Gray Brothers at Vallejo and Sansome streets, as I'have lived and slept there continu- ously for the t three years, and if there was l?iflhmg of that kind going on, I would know of it. In reference to the brickdust which has been mentioned, I wish to say that this wasall taken to the foot of Green street and shipped to Ala- meda, where, in a pulverized state, it is used in coloring ‘the exterior of the City Hall foundation. Subseribed and sworn to before me this 29th day of April, A. D., 1895. Jonx fns. Lee D. CRAIG, Notary public, in and for the City and County of San Francisco, State of California. MUST PAY THE TEACHER. The Court Defines a Kindergarten in a San e Case. Yesterday the Supreme Court decided another case in favor of a schoolteacher being paid. The happy litigantis Kathryn Sinnott, a kindergarten teacher at San Jose, and her adversary was no less formid- able a personage than J. F. Colombet, Treasurer of the Garden City. Colombet appealed from a judgment awarding a peremptory writ of mandate requiring him as Treasurer to pay a war- rant draw= on him by the Board of Educa- tion. The warrant was drawn against the “grammar and primary school fund,” con- sisting of all money levied and collected by the city for school purposes. As there was no separate tax levied and collected for kindergarten schools, the Treasurer refused to pay the warrant. he Supreme Court investigates the meaning of kinderganen, and finds that it means ‘“children’s garden.” On g authority, however, the high tribunal adds: “ ‘Children’s garden’ should b taken in its allegorical sense. The child is a plant, the school a garden. Froebel calls teachers ‘gardeners of children.’ ” Further, that the term applies to a system devise by W. A. Froebel for instruction of chil- dren of tender years. These purposes seem to the court ap- propriate for pursuit in the primary schools, and the Eindergarten is to be re- garded as a special branch of the primary schools. For these reasons it is held that the fund was properly drawn upon, and the judgment or the lower court isaffirmed. BAIL NOT REDUCED. No Chance to Elude Justice to Be Al- lowed the ‘“Green Goods’ Swindlers. The ‘“green goods” men, Frank White and John Wise, arrested by the Postoffice Inspectors for unlawfully using the mails, were before United States Commissioner Heacock yesterday, and in default of $5000 bail each, which the Commissioner fixed, they were remanded to Marshal Baldwin’s custody. Their preliminary examination is set for Friday afternoon. Maguire, who is wanted in connection with the “‘green goods” business, has not yet been caught. An effort was made to have the bail of ‘White and Wise reduced, but United States Attorney Foote strenuously objected, and Commissioner Heacock deferred to Mr. Foote’s wishes in the matter as being quite reasonable. In the past whenever an at- tempt has been made by Federal authori- ties to successfully prosecute ‘‘green goods” swindlers those” smooth workers have usually managed to cheat justice by the as- sistance of very light buif or straw bonds. Assistant Postotfice Inspector Erwin and Mr. Foote are determined that no such op- portunity shall be afforded the men now in the grasp of the law. A THIRD WIFE'S LEGACY. Calvin W. Kellogg’s Will to Be Contested by Son and Daughter. She Turns a Daughter Out of Her Dead Father’s Resi- dence. The young widow of 70-year-old Calvin W. Kellogg of the firm of J. C. Wilmerd- g & Co. is liable to have some trouble in securing the probate of her husband’s will. She married him on the 26th of February last, about a month after a divorce from his second wife, Rispa B. Kellogg. On March 7 the old man made a will giving his bride half his property and on April 12 he died. Now his daughter and a dis- inherited son are preparing to contest the will. There are several incidental points in the condition of affairs which make them interesting. The estate at stake may be worth $150,000, comprising book debts from the estate of J. C. Wilmerding to the amount of about $30,000; a residence on the corner of Devisadero and O'Farrell streets, valued at $30,000; a gold mine in Trinity County and other property. In December and January last the deceased is said to have positively declared that he intended the house for his daughter Ella, and yet last Saturday she was turned out of the house by her stepmother, the young widow, and had to take refuge in an up- town hotel. The will left half the property to the widow and half to the daughter, while it disinherited the son, merely requesting the two beneficiaries to supply him with the bare necessaries of life. The son has already expressed an intention of contest- ing the will and it is said ex-Judee Levy will act as his attorney. Yesterday the daughter, Mrs. Ella Gilroy, refiresented by Delmas & Shortridge, took the first step toward a contest by asking the Superior Court to set aside a deed conveying to the widow the O'Farrell-street house, with its farniture, on the ground that the said deed, which was executed by Calvin W. Kellogg on March 7 (the same day on which his will was executed), had been “executed under the undue influence and duress of Mary Emma Kellogg and was not and never was the voluntary act or deed of said decedent.” The suit is brought against Mary Emma Kellogg, Ed- \\-udg E. Kellogg, lgeniaruin B. Sutton, Frederick Sutton, Thomas Cole and Joseph M. Loewe, all claiming to have interest in the property. Some further light is also thrown on the probable line to be taken by the contestants by the wording of a “‘notice of lis pendens” filed in the case, where it is stated that *“Calvin W. Kellogg was at the time of executing said convey- ance of unsound mind and wholly without understanding.” Mrs. Kellogg, who before her marriage to her ancient spouse was named Mary Massey, is represented by D. P. Belknap, while Napthaly, Freidenrich & Ackerman are attorneys for the executors. They ex- pressed surprise at the threat of a contest, alleging that the daughter’s share should the will be broken would only be a third, whereas now she takes half the estate. It seems that Mrs. Gilroy, the daughter, only arrived from, London a few days be- fore her father’s death and was prepared to be friendly with the widow. Later, how- ever, she learned of the transfer by deed a few days before of the O'Farrell-street house, and her indignation led her to con- sult Delmas & Shortridge, who advised her that she had a good cause of contest. The matter of the probate of the will, which came up in Judge Coffey’s court yesterday morning, went over for one week. No contest will probably be filed until after the will is probated. SUES THE OFFICERS. Action for Damages and Contempt Pro- ceedings Against the Federal Officials. Receiver Edward Riley is making an effort to get back at the Federal authori- ties who seized the cigar and tobacco store of Mrs. Fannie Rosenthal, at 624 Market stroet, on Saturday. He began a civil suit in Judge Seawell's court yesterday for $20,- 000 damages against Internal Revenue Collector Welburn, Revenue Agent Thomas and Marshal Baldwin. Contempt proceedings have also been commenced and an order to show cause why they should not be punished for con- tempt of court was made by Judge Heb- bard. Messrs. Welburn, Thomas and Baldwin have been cited to ap Friday. Assistant District Attorney Knight says the Federal officials will simply stand upon their claim that it was & case covered by Federal jurisdiction, and that_the; were acting under instructions &s Unileg Btates officers. The attempt to establish the doctrine of State’s rights causes some amusement around the Appraiser’s build- ing, notwithstanding the well-known poli- complexion o, the gentlemen made defendants in these civil and criminal gmceediuga of the State Superior Court. he Federal authorities, t h Mr. Knight, will ask for a transfer of the cases to the United States Circuit Court as being the only proper tribunal before which they can be tried. ———————— TaE Royal Baking Powder is the great- est of the modern-time helps to perfect cooking, and ev: receipt requiring a raising ingredient should embody it. ) THIS CITY 1S THE PLACE, Railroad Men Want the Next National Republican Con- vention Here. F. A WADLEIGH'S OPINION. No Doubt That Most Satisfactory Rates From Chicago Can Be Made. “If the matter rests with the railways and the question of fare from Chicago west to San Francisco becomes pivotal in the decision then I have no doubt that the next National Republican Convencion will be held right here in San Francisco,” said F. A. Wadleigh of Salt Lake City yester- day. He is the general passenger agent of the Rio Grande Western Railway, and reached this City yesterday. “There is no doubt in my mind at all,” continued Mr. Wadleigh, “that California has a good chance to secure the conven- tion. Denver, of course, will make a fight, and possibly some of the roads that ter- minate at Denver will be satisfied if that city should get the convention, but I can say this even for the other roads, that there will be no lack of harmonious action, and even those roads ending at Denver will throw no obstacle in California’s road to success in the matter of the convention or in any other way.” ‘‘Have you any idea of what sort of rate might be fixed ?’ ‘‘Well, so far there has been nothing definite as to rate even suggested. The Southern Pacific has in a letter asked what the other roads would do in a general way and the unanimous answer was that they would all co-operate and do their best to show the Eastern people how much and what kind of country there is west of Chi- cago. The result is bound to be generally beneficial, and for that reason the railroad people of the country will not permit any small rivalries to enter into the matter. “‘So far as the rate is concerned I am sure that it will be made practically nomi- nal. I should think it most likely that— say $50 from Chicago to San Francisco and back would be the generally approved rate. That is low—nominal in fact—but it will react to the advantage of California in that it will have brought visitors who would probably not have come otherwise, and who will not fail to tell when they go home of what they have seen in tfie Golden West.” ““You favor San Francisco as a site for the convention ?” “Most decidedly. I favor California first, last and all the time. Coming out from Salt Lake City I had Colonel Isaac Trumbo as a traveling companion, and the result is that I am_as enthusiastic as he over the matter. You know we hold a constitutional election shortly in Utah, and there is no doubt that the constitu- tion as it is being prepared will be adopted. Then we will add another star to the flag. So you see anything that helps the West interests us. “By the way,” added Mr. Wadleigh, ‘“‘when that new star is added and Utah becomes a State, it is much more than likely that Colonel Trumbo will represent that State in the United States Senate. In fact his election is almost sure, and for my part I shalt be heartily glad to see him in the United States Senate.” ““When do you think the question as to railroaa rates to San Francisco will be put before the roads?”’ “That I cannot say, for it depends to some extent on the relative position of San Francisco in the fight for the convention, but as 1 said, I am sure the rate will be made satisfactory, for there is not a railroad in the West, or in the country for that matter, that would not be glad to see S8an Francisco selected. The East should be made familiar with the West, for the result could not but be good for every citizen of the United States.” Mr. Wadleigh will spend a week or ten days in California before returning to Salt Lake City. Wherever he goes it is likely that he will boom San fmncisco as the City for the next Republican National Convention. VENTILATOR FRUIT: CARS A New System for Shipping California’s Orchard Products. Trains Without Ice to Leave Daily for Chicago With Fresh Fruits. The Southern Pacific Company hasin course of construction in the East 500 ven- tilated fruit cars for shipment of orchard products from California to the East. At the same time the Union Pacific and the Chicago and Northwestern lines are each building 500 cars for the same object, These cars are so arranged that boxes of fruit can be stored in them without touch- ing each other and with free currents of air whirling through them as the train moves along. It has been satisfactorily demonstrated that this method is a suc- cess and far cheaper than the refrigerated- car process of preserving fruit on the trans- continental journey. It saves freight on ice needed in refrigerator cars and also the cost of these latter expensive vans. 1t is proposed to make thetime between Sacramento and Chicago five days. The Southern Pacific Company will make the run to Ogden in fony-fiP\f‘e ours. This service will be introduced about the middle of June. At first, until the froit shipments become heavy, two trains a week will be dispatched, but when the sea- son is full a train will leave Sacramento at midnight sharp every night with nothing but ventilated cars full of fruit for the Eastern market. If cars are not loaded promptly at midnight they will be closed, no matter how little or how much they have on board. ‘With the 1500 cars in operation between California and Chicago there will be a car- rying capacity of not less than 24,000 tons. Last year the total product of fruit was about 40,000 tons, but this year the amount will be much greater. Still the new service will afford farmers a means of shipping their fruits to remunerative markets at a cost much lower than formerly. This is practically a solution of one of the puz- zling questions that faced the fruit-growers of Northern and Central California. It zx_e- a chance to find a market for green it without risk of loss from decay on the route, and besides the wer will not have to pay for ice and hire of a re- frigerator car. The cost to the railway company being reduced, the farmer may exe_nmu.. reasonable rate on his fruit ship- m WHAT INVENTION IS. The Court of Appeals Sustains the Lower Courts in Its Defini- tion. A‘ decision was handed down by the TUnited States Circuit Court of Avpeals yes- terday which was of interest to inventors. It affirmed a decision of the lower court in the patent case of Dennis Keating against the San Francisco Bridge Company, which favored the plaintiff. o The court stands on the decisions in the ¢ similar cases of the Standard Oil Company NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. BARGAINS FOR EVERYBODY! INEW GOOoODS Resistlessly Attrac ractive Prices. The WONDERFUL VALUES that drew such crowds last week are succeeded by ANOTHER GREAT OFFERING OF BARGAINS which includes not only the following but numberless other lines of the newest and most seasonable goods all on speclal sale at PRICES THAT MEAN A GREAT SAVING T0 BUYERS. LADIES’ HANDKERCHIEFS. At B Cents Each. 600 dozen LADIES’ WHITE HEMSTITCHED SHEER LAWN HANDKERCHIEFS, embroidered in colors, and Sheer White Lawn with Valenciennes Lace edge, regu- lar price 10¢, will be placed on sale at 5¢ each. At 10O Cents Each. 500 dozen LADIES’ SHEER WHITE LAWN HANDKERCHIEFS, embroidered in colors, and White Hemstitched Sheer Lawn with Valenciennes Lace edge, regular value 20c, will be placed on sale at 10c each. At 15 Cents Hach. 400 dozen LADIES' SHEER WHITE LAWN HANDKERCHIEFS, embroidered in delicate tints, with Valenciennes Lace edge and insertion, regular price 25c and 35¢, will be placed on sale at 15¢ each. At 25 Cents Hach. 200 dozen LADIES’ SHEER WHITE LINE ered in colors, scalloped edges, regular price 7: 25¢ each. N LAWN HANDKERCHIEFS, embroid« c and $1, will be placed on sale at MEN’S FdRNlSHlNGS. At 35 56 dozen MEN’S AND BOYS’ UNLAUNDR Cents. IED SHIRTS, made of good heavy mus- lin, re-enforced, all-linen fronts, patent facings and gussets, regularly sold for 50c, will be offered at 35c. At 35 Cents. 78 dozen MEN’S AND BOYS’ TENNIS FLANNEL, Madras cloth and sateen over- shirts in a large variety of patterns, good value for 65c, will be sold at 35c¢. At 50 Cents. 36 dozen MEN’S PERCALE LAUNDRIED SHIRTS, collars and cuffs attached and warranted fast colors, good value for $1, will be sold at 50c each. At 75 24 dozen MEN’S SILK FINISH, FLESH Cents. COLOR BALBRIGGAN SHIRTS AND DRAWERS, regular price $1 each, will be offered at 75¢ each garment. LADIES’ 200 dozen LADIES’ LAUNDRIED SHIRT WAISTS. ‘WAISTS, just received, made in the latest > K styles in fancy stripes and checks, will be offered at50c, 75c, $1, $1 50, $2 50. Hrke Strest, coraep of Jones, SAIN FRANWNOISOO. vs. the Southern Pacific and the National | Cash Register Company vs. the American | Cash Register Company, and states that it is not disposed to_ disturb the judgment, althongh the validity of the particular claim of Keating involved may be consid- ered doubtful. Keating’s invention is a sewer-excavator. The appeal was based upon a contention that the lower court erred in instructing the jury in the following definition of in- vention “Invention is that which brings out of the realms of the mind something that never existed before. It may consist in the combination of old elements, the invention being in the combination. To make it so, there must be a joint action or operation of the elements—i. e., the elements must co-operate or act jointly to produce the re- sult or object of the combination, or else the assembled elements is a mere aggre- gation and is not patentable. Itis not necessary, however, that their action should be simultaneous. They may be successive.” e GUARDS NOT EFFICIENT. Verdict of a Coroner’s Jury in the Bus- well Inquest. A Coroner’s jury took occasion yester- day, at an inquest into the cause of Fred- erick Buswell's death, to criticize the guards of the Union-street cable-cars. 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