The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 2, 1895, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1895. EY CANNOT BE SEEN, ¥ 3utGus Spreckels Claims That His Damages Were Very Severe. HIS FEELINGS WERE INJURED. as to Explanatory State- Inquir me Omitted by Reporter Johnson. The inquiry into the suit for damages eckels for alleged slan- id to have been made aus Spreckels, in an inter- 1 the Examiner, was re- The plaintiff was ques- M. Shortridge, attorney Spreckels. The examination he line of questions in regard to it of the damages suffered by the These questions he had pre- v refused to answer, but was now ed to respond by an order of court. inquiry took place before Notary Public Eugene Levy. The plaintiff was represented by Attorney Henry Ach. The trend of yesterday’s question- ing seemed to be toward putting the blame wupon the shoulders of the Examiner and the reporter, Johnson. The fact was elicited that no one had ay S| The # told C. A. Spreckels and he did not know 4 L8 that the statements atiributed to his father were really made by him, nor whether the statements as printed in the E¥aminer were not qualified by explana- tions that would relieve them of the inter- g‘etanan put upon them by the complain- $. The examination was opened by Mr. Shortridge, who asked Mr. Spreckels if he stil] declined to reply to the questions which the Gourt had ruled he need not an- swer. Mr. Ach objected on the ground that the question was a direct violation of the stipulation. Mr. Ach insisted that all uestions that the defense wished repeated should be asked seriatim. “Except the questions unanswered,” he sald, “the defense has concluded the ex- aminatin. I wish to inform the witness that he s not expected to answerany ques- tions save such specific questions as the court ordered the witness to answer. Ms. Spreckels replied that he rested on instructions of the court. Mr. Short- ridge then asked: ¥ou have alleged, Mr. Spreckels, that the im- mediate result or effect of the utterance of the words “he has wasted money’’ has i in your reputation as mansager of t tion Compsny, and_you have fixed your d: age at $100,000. Will you point out whi ¥you have suffered any damage? Mr. Ach—The witness is not compelled testify as to any specific damage; special dam- eges areé not pleaded. The words spoken of the witisess in connection with his occupation are actionab {"e‘; se, taken together with the lan- aded. guage p And in connection therewith the words that “he will soon be bankrupt.” | I will therefore instruct the witness that he | need not amswer the question unless he so de- Later ugh Mr. Spreckels declined to answer. tlie guestion was repeated, and cted, the witness replied he Hawaiian Com- which company re and else- ch T held for nown to every one. The effect g that I had wasted money would, naturally refiect upon my manage- t I would not have him say 100,000 or more. Shortridge—You did not ocon | py any con- 5 his man- the use of the words, “He has y,” affected your position as man- your finger to the damage, -h _objected that his client had d, not by that expression alone, but by the additional statement, *‘He will soon be bankrupt.” Mr. Shortridge, how- ever, insisted that he wanted to know in he plaintiff considered himse!f y those particular words, and Spreckels at length answered: As I stated before, having occupied a posi- of trust for my father, no one is in a-better position to know of these things than he is. ming from my father such a statement d naturally hurt me. Iwould not have m sni it for $100,000. u have stated in your verified com- that the utterapce of these words has uséd you damage to the extent of $100,000. What ¢id you mean by that? Mr. Ach explained to the witness that M. Shortridge wanted to ascertain whether he (Mr. Spreckels) could point to any spe- cificdamage. The question was repeated and the \vfiness replied: 1 eanpat point to any epecific damage. Did if damage you to the extent of §1? An objection was interposed by Mr. Ach. He insisted that the words quoted were slanderous in themselves and there- for¢ must have damaged his client. He said that the court hai directed the wit- ness to answer that particular question gelely to permit the jury to estimate the é1tént of damages above mominal dam. sges, My, Bpreckles answered: 1t unquestionably did. How? Coming from the source it did. To whottl was it utteted? To & reporter, & Mr. Johnson. Ido notknow Ris first name nor where he is now. ‘Where was he when these words were said to have been uttered in his hearing? 1 go not know. Yoy have alleged that it was on or about the g3d gay of Mareh. Did you know that to be Tue I saw the publication of it. Byt you allege Claus Spreckels, your father, fn the presence and hearing of bisak Johnson, uttered certain words. Did you know that to be frue or did you swear to it on general prin- ciples? fknew it to be true from information and be- 1ief. of. What information? From infosmation I gathered from the Ex- sminer. 1do not know where the words were uttered. They were uttered by him. 0 you were informed ? Yes, sir. ‘Were you not informed where the interview, 1f any, took place? I believe it was at his house. And uttered merely to the reporter only ? I was not told and donot know who was present. You were told the time of the interview, were younot? 1 am not sure as to that. ‘Whe informed you about this? What is the source of yoar information on which you base & positive allegation ? Mr. Williams of the Examiner. you it was in a room where the lone ? No, & Did they tell you anything about the con- versation that isalleged to have taken place between Mr. Johnson, the reporter, and the de- fendant? = r. Mr. Williams stated that he had ascertained from the reporter, Mr. Johnson, that the words were spoken by my fater 1o im. Did you see Mr. Johnson and have him verify the statement? T did not. Have you ever talked to Mr. Johnson in re- gard to it? 1 had no interview with him either before or after filing the complaint, So that your positive aflegation was based on information received from Mr. Williams? Yes; I understood that he was Mr. Johnson’s “employer. Mr. Shortridge reverted to the fifth count of the complant, that the words “He will soon be bankrupt; he h: had damaged the plain )\ul $100,000. He then asked what damage, tneasureable by money, the plaintiff con- gidered he had suffered by them. The plaintiff'sanswer was similar to that given to the first question, that his father was in a position to know whether he was capable or otherwise of conducting the affairs of the company, and that such state- ments were unquestionably calculated to injure his credit and standing in the com- munity.” He said: As I have stated, I would not have had my g:;};alx oxol,aot&t.h“ in public and for publie print Mr. Shortridge of the answer be sive and proceed moved that this portion struck out as not respon- i ed to question the witness as to his Teputation as a business man, which Mr. Spreckels assured him had never before been assailed. He was asked, after being requested to leave the wounds inflicted to his personal feelings out of the question: Did you experience any loss of confidence on the part of your stockholders or the stock- holders in the company of which ay you were managers L) Of Which you sey y That is impossible to say. I did not go around and question them how they felt about it. The witness admitted that he had not been called on to resign from his_position as manager of the company. Neither was he aware of any movement on the part of the stockholders to remove him from the pfice. The directors, he said, had not taken any action that would injure him in a monetary sense, nor had any of hisor the company's creditors made demands upon him because of the words alleged to have been uttered by his father. He said: It will be necessary for moneys I owe to be- come due before I can be called. upon to pay them. Besides, the principal creditor is Mr. Claus Spreckels, himself. The witness said that it would be im- possible for him to state how far-reaching the utterances of his father might have af- fected his credit. Mr. Shortridge said: But you have not based this damage upon your general eredit? As I understand you claim to have been injured in respect to your office in this compan: Is that so? But the comps onducted by myself and people might be loth to extend credit so long as I remain general manager. Mr. Shortridge insisted that the com- laint was not made for injury to the in- ividual, but to_his office as general man- ager. The plaintiff, he said, would be injured in his office by the directors who placed him there and asked: Narrowing it right down, have you then been deprived of any of the emoluments of your office by the utterance of these words? Mr. Ach objected, but the witness answered : Not asyet. The directors have taken no ac- tion in the matter, and I am not aware that any movement is being contemplated by the stockholders. Mr. Shortridge asked if any one had told the ness that the words, **He has wasted money,” referred to money belonging to the stockholders. “I have had no talk with Mr. Williams on the subject,” was the answer, ‘‘bat the general interpretation I put on them was to that effect.” “But,” said Mr. Shortridge, “you allege that others placed that interpretation on the words to your injury 2’ ““I believe that others have.” The witness was asked to name some erson wio had so construed the words. e answered that no one had spoken to him about the matter, but he believed that was the interpretation that others had put on it. Mr. Shortridge uestioned Mr. Spreckels as to who besides Mr. Johnson had heard the alleged slanderous words. He replied that he had never asked whether there was any one else present or not, and Mr. Short- ridge asked : How do you reconcile that with the sjate- it in the complaint that the defendant ut- e words in the presence of other per- sons than Mr, Johnson? He certainly stated it for publication. He to a reporter, which was ‘practically g to_every one. ould Mr. Johnson as an individual, or did he, interfere with your business and you in a monetary wa ible for me 10 say. 1t any effects in the way of mone- s from the utterance of these . It is impos Have you | 1y know that I would not have had my | ther sey that for any $500,000, or more than | his Mr. Shortridge moved to strike out, as before, on the ground that it was not respons He turned to that portion of complaint in which $500,000 damage is c med for the words, **He will soon be- come bankrupt in his credit and reputation as a merchant.” Reminding the witness that he stated that this damage hada been incurred on the day the complaint was made, he asked if he had sworn to that as a matter of form or because he had suffered the damage in point of money. The witness could not specify any dam- age. He stated, however, that he consi ered his reputation in the community far exceeded that amount. The plaintiff was questioned at length in regard to what he considered damages on | account of the purported interview, and | was asked if the publication in the Exam- iner was the main cause of his complaint, To this question the plaintiff responded that he cansidered ‘his father, Claus Spreckels, to be the person directly re- sponsible for whatever injury he bad sus- tained. FLOWERS N PROFUSION The Big Rose Show in the Pal- ace Hotel Will Be Open To-Day. Exhibits by Professional and Ama- teur Florists the Best Seen Here. The California State Floral Society’s rose show in the Palace Hotel will be opened at noon to-day. The Maple and Marble halls and the reception-room will be bowers of beauty. The Marble Hall will be monopolized principally by the profes- sional florists, while Maple Hall will be given over to the amateurs. The recep- tion-room is being converted into a wilder- ness of floral decorations. The managers decided to change the decorations daily until the show closes on Saturday night. In speaking of the exhibitors, Mrs. O. D. Baldwin said: 1 of the prominent flor- ists will have their best on exhibition here and they will find themselves rivaled by the amateurs, those who devote themselves to producing fine specimens for the love of flowers. The cut flowers will be the best ever exhibited in the State. We are as- sured that the rose show will be the fad with society people for the next three days.” About seventy-five people from all over the State have promised to make exhibita and uF to last evening space was alloted to the following: Grallert & Co., Colusa; W. 8. Davis, Rose Station; John Sievers, S8an Francisco; Sunset Seed and Plant Co., San Francisco; Mrs. E. S. Crane, San Lorenzo; Charles J. Ahlborn, Ala- meda; California Junerf Co., Mills; L. J. Fenton, San Frencisco; Golden Gate Park, San Francisco; Mountain View Cemetery Co., Oak- land; Mrs., Edward Hathaway, S8an Lorenzo; Mrs. Charles 8. Chandler, San Francisco; F. W. Nunenmacher, Oskland; Mrs. James Miller, East Oakland; Mrs. George C. Ross, Belmon Mrs. Luelling, Mrs. Boden and Carl Purd Ukiah, Mrs. W. H. Weister, San Francisc Professor E. J. Wickson, Berkelq' Mrs. L. M. Hodgkins, San Francisco; Mre. M. P. McCleilan San Franciseo; Mrs. L. P. Walker, San Lorenzo Mrs. R. W. Brun, 8an Francisco; John Hender- son, San Francisco; E, Gill, Oakland; F. Lude- man, San Francisco; M. Carbone, West Berke- ley; F. Pelicano, San_Francisco; Fruit Vale Rose Co., Fruit Vale; Yokohama Garden As- sociation, Oakland; Mrs. E. T. Crane, San Lorenzo; Miss T. M. Aiken, Berkeley. During this forenoon the plants and flowers will be placed in order, but here- after the show will be open from 10 A. M. t0 10 p. m. There will be five judges, The exhibits will all be judged ay, but the announcement of the premium-winners will not be made until the last day. Ex- hibits will be judged by the percentage system. All over 80 per cent will receive first premiums and over 70 per cent will receive second premiums. he vocal and instrumental music and recitations will be special features every evening. The long-distance telephone between Paris and London has over 200 calls a day. At the rate of $2 for each call it pays. MAY UNEARTH SKELETONS, Revival of a Famous Suit Against the Late Mrs. Mabel Treadwell. WITNESSES ON THE STAND, Grave Hints of Counsel in an Inter- esting Resume of the Case. In the opening statements in the case of Charles A. Loomis against Mrs. Mabel Treadwell, now deceased, and Calvin Som- ers, yesterday, the attorney for the plaint- iff, J. B. Mhoon, dropped some grave hints as to the character of the sensational evi- dence that may be expected to be produced in that celebrated case. He said that after Mrs. Treadwell had gained possession of her husband’s estate after his death she found herself involved in a number of important lawsuits. At that time Charles Loomis was a close friend of hers and rendered her much valu- able service in her trouble, and all he did for her was inspired by friendship, Loomis receiving no compensation whatever for his services. Mrs, Treadwell at that time procured the services of a private detective named Joseph McClintock, and one day the latter made statements to her, the veracity of which were doubted, and Mr. Loomis went out to verify the reports and found that they were false. As a result the affair ended in a row between Mr. Loomis and McClintock, which culminated in Loomis shooting McClintock in the cheek, making a serious but not dangerous wound. Mr. Mhoon said that he would also show that subsequently Mrs. Treadwell made proposals to Loomis, trying to get him_ to resort to illegal means to_assist her in her litigation, which he declined to do. Cal- vin Somers was the only witness to the shooting affray, with th& exception of his wife, who was in the next room at the time, who heard but did not see the shoot- ing. These four persons only knew that the trouble had occurred, and all agreed to keep the matter guiet, and did so for a few months. When Loomis and Somers had a misunderstanding on account of certain | troubles between Mrs. Treadwell and her mother over the latter’s support, which conciuded with the facts of the shooting of McClintock by Loomis becoming public, Loomis suspected that Somers had given the facts of the shooting to the press and immediately consulted his attorney as to what steps he should take in the matter. He was advised to surrender himself and stand trial. Prior to the time of Loomis’ trial Somers made affidavit that the shooting was justi- fiable, but when the case came up in the Police Court for a preliminary hearing he declared that Loomis had been guilty of an unprovoked assault to murder Me- Clintock, and his statements bein, | corroborated by his wife, Loomis was trie |and convicted, but was granted a mew { trial and fiually acquitted. Loomis immediately commenced suit in Judge Wallace’s court for $100,000 dam- ages, but Mrs. Treadwell made application to Judge Wallace for a change of venue, as she supposed that that court was preju- | diced against her, and that the case would not get a fair and impartial trial. The attorneys for the plaintiff vigorous] opposed such a measure, but Judge Wal- lace declined to try the case, saying that he would not hear any civil case if both sides were not satisfied to have the action before him. Mrs. Treadwell’s attorneys immediately asked that it be transferred to Judge Finn’s court, but Loomis’ attor- neys would not consent, and it was finally decided to let the matter rest in abeyance until another Presiding Judge should be selected, and the case is now before Judge Daingertield and a jury, which was im- paneled yesterday. Fisher Ames and P. H. Pendergrast were examined as witnesses for ,the plaintiff, but their testimony was not of much im- portance or bearing on the case, both of them simply making statements which had come \lr before and with which the public are thoroughly conversant. James A. Watt and J. B. Mhoon have been retained as the attorneys for the plaintiff, and the defendants are repre- sented by Garber, Boalt & Bishop. METHODISTS IN COUNOIL. The District Conference Sitting at Cen- tenary Church. The district conference of the M. E. Church South met yesterday morning at 10 o’clock in Centenary Methodist Church of this City. The presiding elder, Rev. Samuel Brown, presided. Rev. W. P. Andrews was elected secretary. The following is the roll of pastors, local preachers and lay delegates composing the body. Centenary Church—Rev. R. J. Briggs, D.D., Rev. R. 8. Boyns, Rufus Cain and John Stark. Oakland—Rev. George Bfl\lgh, Rev. Robert Marshall, Samuel Stewartand C. H. Bumpas. Alameda—Rev. L. A. Green, R. B, Allen and John Cox. San Jose—Rey. John Hannon, D.D., Rev. T. 8. Burnett, Rev. A. E. Sears, Rev. William Smith, Rey. J. Gruwell, B. Campbell and P. F. Gosley. Sacramento—Rev. T. H. B. Anderson, D.D., Kev. H. W. Curran, W. H. Layson and George Irwin. Mountain View—Rey. J. W. Ray, E. G. Alex- ander and John Dale. Rev. J. M. Parker, F. E. Bur- . C. Basham. J. C. Simmons, D.D., John Evans. ev. A. W. F. Walters, G. M. d J. Greenwood. Lincoln—Rev. H. M. McKnight, Rev. J. W. Hinds, C. F. Beerman and C. M. Paine,. Wheatland—Rev. B. H. Greene, S. B. Wood and W. B. Filcher. Hollister—Rev. W. P. Andrews, Rev. A. Mar- tin, Rev. G. H. Newton, L. H. Barker and Beur Valley. Butterfield an 8. Hawkin: Gilroy—Rev. Z. J. Needham, J. H. Campbell and C. B. Crews. Berkeley—Rev. Dr. R. P. Wilson, ediior of the Pacific Methodist Advocate. The usual number of committees were appointed. The conference consumed the mominf session hearing reports from the pastoral charges. Growth and prosperity were reported from almost every district. The conference will be in session several days. Rev. Mr. Needham preached an interesting sermon in Centenary Church at night. There will also be services in the same place every night during the con- ference. OFF TOALASKA' DIGEINGS, A Party of Miners Leave for Cooks Inlet With C. D. Ladd To-Day. Rich Discoveries of Coarse Gold on Turnagan Arm, on the South Side. The disgust and disconragement of the miners who are on their way back from Alaska, having been unable to get up the Yukon River, does not seem to have had a depressing effect on others whose plans were laid fora trip to the new gold dig- gings off Cooks Inlet. A large party of miners, many of them from Fresno and quite a number from this city, leaves for Cooks Inlet under the di- rectorship of C.D. Ladd this morning. Mr. Ladd thinks that before the season is fairly open in the land of the. midnight sun there will be an influx of several hun- dred miners from California and the Terri- tories. The new diggings on Turnagan Arm, along_the southern arm of Cooks Inlet, were discovered last year by a party of fifteen miners that went up from this City.. With their discovery was also ac- uired the knowledge that by taking the gooks Inlet route to the gold ‘mines in the interior a tramp of 1500 miles could be saved over the route via the Yukon River. Trom where the miners leave the river for the diggings on Forty-mile Creek, it is necessary to make the distance of fifteen hundred miles on foot, going by the way of Lynn Canal and Juneau. 'This long trip has been a great obstacle. ~Miners could not make the trlE to the mines and back to open country the same year, and to many this is-a serious objection. No matter what the luck or success, they had to remain in that desolate region two years, All that is obviated, however, by taking the new route. Then, too, there are thought to be rich deposits of coarse gold all through the mountains north of the in- let and extending east to the old' diggings on Forty-mile creek. Mines have also been opened nlonfi the Luchitna and Knick rivers, and the old miners say the region will develop into one of the richest in the western part of Alaska. There are large fisheries along the coast and on Coofis Inlet, one of the latier being owned and operated by U. D. Ladd of 9 Third street, this city. Mr. Ladd expects to return at the close of the fishing season, but the miners who are going up with him to-day will probably remain through the winter. —_— WAR TO COME IN HAWAIL Filibustering Expeditions Pre- paring to Invade the Islands. C. W. Ashford Says That Guns May Have Gone and Men Will Follow. ‘While Sanford B. Dole, President of the Hawaiian republic, is nursing his ex- hausted brain on the island of Maui the enemies of his Government are actively at work preparing for his undeing. There is no doubt that a storm is rapidly approach- ing the island republic from the East. Threatening signs can also be seen rising from the West. Telegraphic dispatches from Port Town- send yesterday morning announced that mysterious individuals had purchased a large number of rifles and stores of ammu- nition from the gun stores in nearly all the cities and towns on Puget Sound. and that even Portland had been drawn upon. Mysterious schooners were reported to have been seen sailing the waters of the sound and rounding the northern head- lands seaward bound. It wasassumed by those who were watching the movements of the men and vessels that they were bound for Hawaii. Clarence W. Ashford, who is one of the most bitter enemies of Dole and his Gov- ernment, in speaking of the reported pur- chase and shipment of arms and ammuni- tion, last night said: ‘1t is probably true that the guns have been purchased and shipped as stated, but it is not true that the vessels are under surveillance or will be stopped before they pass the straits. In all probability they are now out on the deep blue sea, safely lost in the broad latitudes of the Pacific.” “Can the arms be landed in Hawaii without heing taken by the Government?”’ was asked. “Can they? Well, I think so.” “It’s the "easiest thing imaginable,'” he continued. ‘‘Landings can be made at forty places or more on the island of Oahu alone. The guns could be landed and hidden in half an hour if necessary. Besides, the people are now all in favor of overthrowing the Dole Government—all except Dole and his fellow office-holders. I wouldn’t be afraid to touch the snore and ask the police to help me land the forbidden goods. They are all tired of the present regime. *‘I have a letter of a late date, in which I am informed that the people are anxiously waiting for the coming of the filibusters who will relieve them. “I am told that Dole knows this, too, and he is breaking down under the strain. He has gone to the island of Maui to rest be- iausle he is suffering from an ailment of the ead. “Speaking of arms,” added Mf. Ash- ford,” there are several hundred stands of guns hidden on the island of Oahu at this moment. The guns that have pone from Puget Sound are merely re-enforcements. The men to stand behind them will soon follow.” FREIGHT RATES REDUCED. The Southern Pacific Company Becomes Very Gen- erous. Local Tariffs on Fresh Fruit Are Lowered Forty per Cent. All The Southern Pacific company decided yesterday to reduce rates of freight on fresh fruits practically 40 per cent over its rates of last year and the years before. To be sure there is a limit to the territory over which this sweeping and wholly un- solicited cut will be extended. It does not mean that rates on fresh fruit will be cheaper from California terminal points to Chicago than formerly, but it is a matter of considerable importance to orchardists in the vallefi's and foothills of CQalifornia, as it affects local freight rates and places the shippers in various districts on an equality with those at what is designated in the fruit tariff as main-line points. In the fruit tariff arrangement there are three starting points for main transcon- tinental lines from California. These are San Francisco, San Jose and Los Angeles, and from them a common rate has been, and will be, charged to Eastern commen terminal points. The same rate prevails from all Califor- nia stations along the main through lines going east from the three points desig- nated. All the branch and other lines not on the direct main routes are classed in the iruit schedule as branches. 8o, to reach a station on the main line, a local freight has to be paid by shippers of fresh fruits. For instance, shippers on the Napa or Sonoma roads have to pay a local freight to the junctions on the main line, from which places the transcontinental rate be- ins, ‘What is known as the local charge is also paid on fruit from Marysville and that district to the main through line, 8o it can be seen that the reduction of 40 per cent on this extra charge willmean a great deal to ahipgm of green fruit. The through rate, however, will not be reduced. The railroad company gives as its reason for making the reduction that the new system of transportation in ventilator cars reduces the cost, and, consequently, the producer is to share in the benefits, yic st ik Stabbed in a Saloon. John Schulz, horseshoer, 1015 Alabama street, and George Shackelton, Twenty-third street, near Harnson, had a fight in front of the saloon on Twenty-fourth and Harrison streets yesterday afternoen. Shackelton, although the taller of the two, got the worst of the Sght. About a half an hour later they again met in the saloon. They began wrang- ling, and suddenly Shackelton pulled out a kn(f. with a blade about four inches long and made a lunge at Schulz. A bystander fortun- ately seized Shackelton’s arm, otherwise Sehulz would have been acorpse. As it was the blade penetrated his chest about three inches. They were both a , and Schulz had his wound dressed at the Receiving Hos- pital. Schulz refused to prosecute Shackelton, so they were charged with disturbing the peace. A more serious charge will likely be Bx:hrhx:dflsn‘l,na ‘Sh‘lhnkal n, lnu c.»“ ordered that a thorough investigation be ‘Tmade into the matter. POSTPONED THE FAMINE. Auditor Broderick Calls the Contractors to a Show- Down. FOUND THEY WERE BLUFFING. Supplies Are on Call for at Least Two Weeks and the Scare Is Over. Auditor Broderick ‘called” the con- tractors yesterday and discovered at the showdown that they were not in the game. Before noon the Auditor could have stood on the ground floor of the rotunda and kissed his hand to the people on Market street from above the unroofed tower, such a big man did he grow immediately follow- ing his successful encounter with the con- tractors. The Auditor only did what he intimated he would do. He told the contractors that | if they declined to furnish the City with | supplies that would be a fracture of their i contracts, in the face of which he would | decline to audit their bills for April. They read in the morning papers some- thing of his intention to do this, and they were at his office early and in a body, to see about it. The Auditor anticipated a busy morning and was at his office early. Captain Thomas also looked forward to an interesting session and had gathered to- ether all the claims of the contractors and had placed them on the Auditor’s table, and Mr. Broderick was engaged in looking over them when a knock sounded on his door and there were ushered ina number of well-groomed gentlemen, who have oc- cupied a great deal of the anxious thoughts of the City Fathers during the past week or so. There were Messrs. Scott and McCord, the hay and grain merchants, A. Ebbets, Thomas Morton and P. Lynch, coal dealers; J. F. English, the potato con- tractor, representatives of the Pacific Supply Company and T. J. Parsons of the I Del Monte Mill Com pany- They were disposed to be alittle haughty at first and indignant at the mere sugges- tion which they had read in the news- papers that the Auditor might not audit the bills for goods which they had already delivered. “But you bave notified the City that you will n6t furnish any supplies to-day. That is a breach of your contract and I have no right to audit your bills if you break your contract.” ““We are required to know the condition of the treasury before furnishing supplies,”” said Parsons, “and itis admitted there is no money in it for any further supplies. ‘We don’t intend that the City shall getany further 1nto debt to us.” “Very well,” said the Auditor with ag- gravating composure. And then he added: “In the first place I don’t believe that say- ing about knowing the condition of the treasury, although I have heard it a good many times. The time to find out about the treasury is when yon make your con- tract. The contract is a clean cut affair without any provisos to it. It requires you to furnish suE;rlies through the year. f you fail to do that I will not audit your bills for April.” | There was a pause in which these con- | tractors—who for the past several days have been currying their chins a little higher than usual in their confidence that they had the City where they wanted it— looked at one another in a disgusted sort of astonishment, One of them intimated that the Auditor could be compelled to audit the bills and that his bondsmen might be held respon- sible. “Very well,” said the Auditor. “The Finance Committee has been trying to find some means of getting this matter into court. It will no doubt please them if vou Jead the way. They would prefer to be defendant anyhow Iam sure.” The contractors easily realized that he had the best of it. “If we go on furnish- ing supplies we will simply lose by it,”’ said Parsons. “Perhaps so, but a contract is a contract. I have known plenty of men who lost money by them, but who were, neverthe- less, required to complete them.” % “‘Suppose we continue to furnish supplies for, say two weeks, by which time we may get a decision in the matter from the Su- preme Court?” “All right,”” said Broderick. “Will you sign our warrants then?’’ “I may; I will let you know at that time.” ; “But if you don’t promise we stop right here.” But they didn’t. Broderick stuck close to his text and kept cool about it and grad- ually the disgusted contractors clambered down off their perch and got on to a foot- ing with him. Broderick then assured them that there would be some $30,000 in | the treasury after the payment of the April bills and that money would be coming in all right as time went on. 2 They finally agreed to go on furnishing | needed supplies for at least two weeks, an in the meantime they will do something themselves in the way of getting dpinions from the court. KELLY & LIEBES Cloak and Suit House, 120 KEARNY STREET. SHIRT WAISTS, Big Sleeves.50c, 75¢, $1.00 SILK WAISTS, 1000 Styles.$3,50, $4.00, $6.75 CLOTH CAPES, Trimmed .$3.50, $5.50, $9.50 VELVET CAPES, Silk Lined.$9, $13.50, $1s TAN JACKETS, Nobby . ...$8.50, $12.50, $15 OUTING DRESSES, New....$10, $12.50, $15 READY MADE DRESSES.$10, $11.50, $16.50 DUCK & PIQUE DRESSES.$3.50, $4.00, $5.00 IMPUREBLOD Causes Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Skin Diseases and Reduces the Tone of the Nervous System. YOU CAR PURIFYYOUR BLOOD Read What the Doctor Says About Your Blood Impurities and Begin to Assist Yourself to Get Well and Strong. 70U ARE ALWAYS COMPLAINING OF HEADACHES. Itcomeson youin the morning, at 10 o’clock in the evening, at night. You are in despair. Everything seems blue and black. Now, there is a cause for this. There is a cause for all dis- orders of humanity. A good, strong, vig- orous man or woman is in perfect order physically. Just as soon as the blood be- gins to get thin and watery, just so soon does your system show these dreadful headaches. Headaches are a sign, a symp- tom of a disordered blood supply. If the blood is poor you are quite likely to know it, especially in the head. When your blood 1s impure You have nasty pimples. Blood blotches, Vile headaches, You are nervous, You don’t sleep, You don’t feel well, Your liver becomes sluggish, Your stomach gets foul, Your tongue is badly coated, Your breath is foul, You are all run down, You are jaded. Just as soon as you purify your blood these symptoms will disappear. JOY’S VEGETABLE SARSAPARILLA is a blood purifier. It is a grand discevery. ‘When the word grand is used it is meant to convey to the mind the word wondrous. JOY’'S VEGETABLE SARSAPARILLA is really a wonderful prescription. It is a blood purifier and a laxative. Instead of driving the impurities of the blood through the pores of the skin, these impurities are caused to gently run through the proper channels of nature. You don’t need to take nasty pills, beastly iodide of potash, mercury or other mineral poisons. When a substitute is offered, when some one tries to talk you into taking something which is just as good, be sure the ‘just as good” contains no pimple - producing, blood- bleaching, corrosive poisons. Don’t be talked into buying a dollar bottle of solid extract of pimples. JOY'S WITHOUT PIMPLES. SUBSTITUTE WITH PIMPLES. Joy's for th Jaded Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparila All honest, reliable Druggists hand you a bottle of Joy’s when you ask for Joy’s Vegetable Sarsaparilla. {fully because they weaken you slowly, gradu. ally. Do not allow this waste of body to make youapoor, flabby, immature man, Health, strength and vigor is for you whether you be rich or poor. ‘The Great Hudyan is to be bad only from the Hud- son Medical Institute. This wonderful discovery ‘was made by the spacialists of the old famous Hud- son Medical Institute. It is the strongest and mest powerful vitalizer made. Itisso powerful that if is simply wonderful how harmlessitis. You can get it from nowhere but from the Hudson Medical Institute. Write for circulars and testimonials. This extraordinary Rejuvenator is the most wonderful discovery of the age. Ithas been ene dorsed by the leading sclentific men of Europe and America. ' HUDYAN Is purely vegetable. HUDYAN stops prematureness of the dis« charge in twenty days. Cures LOST MAN- HOOD, constipation, dizziness, falling sensations, nervous twitching of the eyes and other parts. Strengthens, invigorates and tones the entire system. It isascheap as any other remedy. HUDYAN cures debility, nervousness, emis- slons, and develops and restores weak organs. Pains In the back, losses by day or night stopped quickly. Over 2,000 private indorsements. Prematureness means impotency in the first stage. Itisasymptom of seminal weakness and barrenness. It can be stopped in twenty days by the use of Hudyan., Hudyan costs no more than any other remedy. Send for circulars and testimonials. TAINTED BLOOD-Impure blood due to serious private disopders carries myriads of sore- producing germs. Then comes sore throat, pimples, ccopper colored spots, ulcers in mouth, old sores and falling hair. You can save a trip to Hot Springs by writing for /Blood Book’ to the old physicians of the HUDSON MEDICAL INSTITUTE, Stockton, Market and Ellls Sta, Q@ BAN FRANCISCO, CALw : P “THRIFT IS A GOOD REVENUE.” GREAT SAVING RESULTS FROM CLEAN- LINESS AND SAPOLIO HIGHLAND SPRINGS, ON THE BORDER OF CLEAR LAKE, Iialxe County, Cal. 0 YOU ENJOY A SUPERB CLIMATE, dancing, lawn tennis, croguet, billiards? Do you like fine bathing, boating, hunting and fishing® Do you need recuperation and rest afforded by over thirfty kinds of mineral springs? Shortest stags route into Lake County. All this and more can be had at Highland Springs. New hotel. Finest dining-room north of San Franciseo. From San Francisco it costs only $8 for_the round trip, and the hotel rates are §1 50 to §2 50 per day or #10 to $16 per week. Take the S. Fy and N. P. Railway via Pieta, thence by a short, delightful stage ride. J. CRAIG, Manager. San Francisco office, 316 Montgomery st. FINSPRINGS For Rest and Recreation. This Favorite Resort Is Now Open for the Season of 1895. ERHAPS YOU HAVE HAD THE (GRIP. Nothing will so_effectually complete the cure which the doctor began and fortify you against future attacks a sojourn in the bracing climate and among the pleasant surroundings of Znn Springs. You will have all the comforts of metropolitan lite, with none of the noise, dust or worry. Speeiul telephone connection with St. Helena. 2 erms. $10 to §14 per week. Take 7:30 Southern Pacific train for St. Helenay thence by stake to Jtna Springs. Unlimited round-trip tickets, #7. For other information call at 108 Drumm st., San Francisco, or write to W. L. MITCHELL, Manager, Lidell P. O., Napa Co., Cal. SKAGGS HOT SPRINGS, SONOMA COUNTY, JOHN F. MULGREW, PROPRIETOR. CAL. NLY 415 HOURS FROM SAN FRANCISCO and but 1 hour’s staging: temperature of water deg. Fahrenheit, famous for its medicinal prop- erties; tub and plunge baths bunting and no better trout streams in the State; no fogs and an entire absence of mosquitos and other annoying insects; first-class service. Round trip from San Francisco, $5 50. Take Tiburon Ferry at 7:40 A. M. or 8:30 P, connecting with stages at Geyserville. Terms: $2aday; $12 to 814 a week. Write for circular. GEO. J. CASANOVA, Manager. GILROY HOT SPRINGS. ARE 2:20 P. M. TRAIN FROM FOURTH and Townsend streets, arrlving ai Springs at 6:30 . M. Fare $7 15 for round trip. 83~ Stage connects with 8:15 A. M. train from Third and Townsend streets. ROCP & SON, Proprietors. 0 /4 INOW OPEIN. UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT. HE GEM OF ALL RESORTS, CAZADERO Hotel and cottages, in the heart of the noma redwoods. Terminus N. P. C. R., via Sausalito ferry. Terms reason e. For particulars address C. E. WARD, Manager, Cazadero, Cal. THE GEYSERS. New Management of the Switzer= land of America. INE NEW BATHHOUSE. FREE MINERAL baths to guests. Enjoyable and healthful. Only 6 hours from San Francisco. Rates $2 50 Per Day; $12 Per Week. A. H. HILL, Manager and Lessee. VICHY SPRINGS Mendocino County, HREE MILES FROM UKIAH, THE TER- minus of the 8. F.and N. P. Rallway. Only known naturel electric water, Warm ‘‘cham- pagne” baths. Situation, location and scenery not surpassed. Terms, $12 to $14 per week. Postoffice and telephone at springs. WM. DOOLAN, Proprietor. BERTRAND HOTEL, TOCALOMA. NEW FIRST-CLASS HOTEL, CONTAIN- ing 42 rooms, handsomely furnished and fitted up with all the Jatest improvements: gas, water, large dancing-ball, billiard-rooms, croquet grounds, swings, etc.: delight?ul climate, fine trout fishing, hunting: splendid drives to Bear Valley. ete, Terms, $8 10 $12 per week: special rates to fami- iies. JOS. F. BERTRAND, Proprietor, Tocaloma, Marin County. Office, 327 Bush st., S. F. Victor W. Krauss, agent. CATIP TAYLOR S OPEN AND IN FIRST-CLASS CONDITION for the summer season. Apply CHRIS JOHN- SON, prop., Camp Taylor, or 405 Front st. SARATOGA SPRINGS, LAKE COUNTY, (AL HE HEALING POWERS OF 3 S waters are something wonderful: sulp} iron, magnesia; good fishing and huntin ss;. rates 38 per week and up- nish rooms en suite. Address J. . Bachelor P. 0., Lake County, Cal. finest trout stream in ¢ Potter Valley, Mendocino Co. irom . F.; térms $6 to $7 per week: plenty mil iresh butter and eggs; the hunting in this locality isthe best in_the State. For further particulars address JOHN DA Y, Potter Valley. “LAUREL DELL” HOTEL. AUREL DELL LAKE (FORMERLY LOWER Blue Lake): handsome new hotel vearly com- leted to meet requirements of coming season; ne bathing, boating, fishing and hunting. Address H. WAMBOLD, Laurel Dell, Bertha P. O.. Lake Co. CYPRESS LAWN FRUIT FARM. OPEN MAY 1st. Good table; home comforts. Terms reasonable. Address box 286, Napa, Cal. RIVERSXDE—ON EEL RIVER. 515 MILES from Poiter Valley, Mendocino County: round trip 80 75 from San Francisco; fishing, hunting and bathing unsurpassed; terms, $6 and $7 per week; special rates to families; excellent table. Forfurther information address T. J. GILLESPIE, [Potter Valley, Mendoncino County. DR. MCNULTY. HIS WELL-KNOWN AND RRLIABLE SPE: clallst lreate PRIVATE gz!xwrflc AND NERVOUSDISEASES OF MEN OHY o stops. Disch: : cures secret 8loed abd Skin Diseases, Nervous Debility, Impe- nesses of Manh e corrects the Secrot Errors of Youth and theie terrible effocts, Loss of Vitality, Faipitation of tho Heart, Loss of Memory, Despondency and other groubles of mind and bady. caused by the Krrors, o3 and Diseases of Boys and Men, He restores Lost Viger and Manly moves Deformities and restorss the Heslh. He also cures Diseases caused and other Polsonous Drugs. theds and s 2 are tific. He uses no patent nostrums of ready-made Dresaetions bas baven. the. disease by LLoroRsh odical treatment. His New Pamphlet on Pri- vate Diseases sent Freo to ail men Who describe their trouble. Patfents cured At Home. Terms daily: 6:30 to 8:30 evenings. Sun- ProRty ::“iz’ only._Consultation free abd 84 credly confidentiai, Call on or address P. ROSCOE McNULTY, M. D, 263 Kourny St Sn Erancisco. Cal ¢ strangers who try to you AT A O They are cappers or rs for swindling d.c;oa P er, ans y M re- to -