The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 6, 1895, Page 12

12 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MAY 6, 1%95. STELLA HUGHES MISSING. | i The Young Lady Mysteriously | Disappears From Her Home. WAS LAST SEEN ON THURSDAY. | Her Father Fears That She Com- mitted Suicide While Out of | Her Mind. | Stella Hughes, the daughter of Oaptain | William Hughes of 1914 Lexington avenue, is among the mis: Her varents and | relatives are almost distracted with grief and worry. The young lady left her home at 3 o’clock Thursday afternoon, and, after turning the corner into Twentieth street, ! she dropped from sight. Captain Hughes, who is the master of the ferry-boat Oakland, abandoned his post and, with his two sons and many friends, began a search that sofar has been discouraging and futile. The police were also called into the case, but their search has been no more successful. For the past two months Miss Hughes | bas been troubled with nervousness and ! | if she bad intended v | Nor did she wear any jewelry. | that on Fri that she had not found a man who had aroused her affection. She could not ac- count to her relatives for her insomnia, ex- | cept as a result of the derangement of her nervous system. Until hgr nerves got out of order Stella was of a jolly_disposition and a general favorite with her friends. S The description of the missing ladf' which was given to the police was as fol- lows: Five feet five inches tall, slender build, dark brown hair, 120 pounds, blue eyes. She wore & gray dress and weist with blue dots, a black fur cape that reached to the waist, black felt hat trimmed with black feathers and jet beads, and pale blue velvet lace around her neck. There are only two_special marks that would be easily noticed. She has & small mole over the right eye and one of her front teeth is filled with gold. . ‘When she left her home she did not wear her best dress or shoes, as she would iting her friends. Her purse was also left at home, but it is believed that she took a dollar from another purse on her bureau. Detective Anthony and Policeman Gra- ham spent all Saturday and yesterday in searching for the miss irl. They ex- amined the beach and cliffs_from the Pre- sidio reservation to the Cliff House and i the hills and hollows intervening. The ! only thing they could learn -that might indicate that Miss Hughes went in the direction of the ocean was from the gate- keeper at Sutro Heights, who told them iday he saw a young lady like Miss Hughes walx through the gate. She held her head down and appeared to be in grief. Thinking she was a lady he knew the gatekeeper went toward her, but when he got within a few feet of her he saw that he had made a mistake and he MISS STELLA HUGHES, WHO IS MISSING. t insomnia, and she frequently took long walks with her sisters, believing that the | resh air would be of more benefit to her than medicine. On Thursday morning Miss Stella was out walking with one of her sisters and when they returned at noon she partook of a hearty lunch and see med to be in better heaith and spirits than usual. While out in the morning she ex- pressed a desire to go out to Bakers Beach, | saying that the fresh salt breeze would do | her good. The sister wanted to postpone the trip until some day when it would be more | convenient. After lunch Miss Stella left | the house for a short time, and returned a | little before 3 o’clock. She went to her | bedroom and a few minutes later passed | out of the house, remarking that she would go out for another airing. At the time she | was dressed in a gray skirt and waist with | blue dots, and wore a fur shoulder cape. | Her hat was of black material, with jet and feather ornaments. Her sister and a neighbor saw her turn | up Twentieth street toward Valencia, and since then nothing has been seen or heard of her. The missing girl's family is at a loss to account for her disappearance, ex- cepting Captain Hughes, who said: “I believe that she is dead; that while labor- | ing under a fit of mental aberration she | went out to Bakers Beach and threw her- | self from the cliffs into the ocean. We have been among all of our friends and ac- | quaintances, but none have seen her. I did not report the case to the police until | Friday evening, and particularly requested that nothing be said of the matter for sev- eral days. “If she had become ill while out walking | and bad been taken in by some kind-heart- | ed person the notoriety of & newspaper | article would, in her nervous condition, | cause her to do the very thing I fear, com- | mit suicide.” | The search for the missing lady was not | confined to friends’ houses. Several searching parties have been scouring the | shores and country north and south of | Bakers Beach. There are two reasons for | supposing that she went in that direction. First she expressed a desire to go out| there. The second was that a conductor on one of the Sacramento-street cable-cars | noticed on Thursd: afternoon a young | lady going west answering to the descrip- | tion of Miss Hughes. She was alone, and | the conductor’s attention was attracted to | her as she appeared to" be laboring under | considerable excitement, poorly concealed. | The lady got off the car on Ninth avenue, near the station where the Bakers Beach steam train stops. The relatives found_another man, who | keeps a vegetable garden near the beach, | who says that on Friday, the day after Miss Hughes left home, he saw a young | lady dressed in gray garments walking | near the beach in company with a young | man who looked as though he might be an | actor. | Captain Hughes states that his daughter | ‘was not acquainted with any actor, except | an amateur who went East. Iy speaking | of Stella’s health one of her sisters saig\ that the young lady first became troubled | with iasomnia about three months ago. Her nervous system seemed to be gener- ally out of order, but she refused to visit | a physician, saying that fresh air was bet- ter than drugs. About two months ago | the father noticed that she was not well and told her she should do something for | her health. He purchased sulphonal pow- | ders for_her, but she took only three, as | they did not have the desired effect. Bromide was next purchasea, but after taking a couple of teaspoonfuls of the stuff this medicine was also laid aside as use- less. Allof the relatives scout the idea that Stella had a love affair. She was reared in the Mission and attended Mission Gram- mar School. Nearly all of her friends are youn, peogle with whom she attended school. While it is true the young lady had several gentlemen friends, there was no one in particular for whom she showed any s| eciarliking. She often told her sis- ters that she had no desire to marry for several years, and the principal reason was | did not speak. A little later she wen from his sight. Mounted Policeman Schaefer, who is on duty in the Richmond District, has also been put on an extensive hunt. He arched the entire district and the sand- 1ls, but to no purpose. The police in Golden Gate Park joined in the search for the girl. Every part of the park was traveled over and every grove and clun;fw of bushes was inspected. Miss Hughes used to enjoy strolling around Strawberry Hill, but from all that could be learned she had not been there of late. The search will be resumed to-day. THE COMING WOMAN. HerPast and Future Condition as Viewed ¥rom a Socialistic Stand- point. The temple at 115 Turk street was filled last evening by people interested in socialistic matters. Edel Hecht delivered & lecture on the “Origin of the Family and of Government,” which pleased the au- dience. One of the points in his address was to answer the arguments of Herbert Spencer and others, who claim thatsocialism tends toward slavery. He stated that the ques- | tion of woman’s rights is inseparable with the economic question, and time spent in trying to solve one separate from the other is time thrown away. The speaker dwelt at length upon the researches of Lewis H. Morgan, an Amer- ican writer, upon matters pertaining of rimitive man. In the times before civil- ization was known man and woman were equal. Man attended to the chase and in providing for the family, and woman was the mistress of the household. If he failed to provide she quickIK displaced him with a man who would. The first departure was when tribal relations were established. Then men dealt in cattle and banded to- gether for the protection of their property. Here was where woman was first degraded, as the acquisition of wealth was all on the male side, and the woman’s sphere was not correspondingly enlarged. In order to_protect their property and steal that belonging to the neighboring tribes & class of fighting men was neces- sary, and these in time became the aris- tocracy. In order that the propert; of the suc- | cessful males should go to their own off- spring they, by their power, placed re- strictions upon their women, and the mar- riage relationship of the present day, which Hecht says is sim li a form of slayery, is the outgrowth of those early re- strictions. The speaker drew an _imaginary picture of the time when socialism will prevail. Then the household work will be done on a gigantic Elnn, and small housekeeping will be unprofitable. The children will be cared for by society. These cares removed, women will be on an equal footing with man, and all who can, will work. The law of natural selec- tion will have full sway, because woman who will be able to earn her own living will not be obliged to contract herself into slavery and live with a man she does not love simply to get a home and some one to provide for her. — e Mrs. Hemans considered her mother as one of the most remarkable women who ever lived, and in several places in her poems and letters alludes to her. ———————— The mother of Michael Angelo was, in her way, as heroic a character as her son. He once said: ‘“Whatever a man is, he generally owes to his mother.” ——————— Samuel Johnson was not always an ex- emplary son, and late in life spoke regret- fully of one or two acts of disobedience of which he was guilty. ————— Schumann’s mother was gifted in music. Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov’t Report o) ! ABSOLUTELY Baking Powder THEY WERE SINNERS, T00. The Editors of the Blue and Gold Had Some Pre- decessors. PROF. EDWARDS ONE OF THEM. Regent Alnsworth and Governor Budd Awoke the Faculty’s Wrath In 1872. The State University rumpus, which seems to have had its foundation in the Blue and Gold annual, has brought back to the mind of a competent scrap-book fiend the good old days gone by, when the inquisitorial committee now occupied in holding an inquest over the remains of the publication were boys and ‘‘sinned to- gether.” Along in the seventies, when the book method of making light of serious things was unknown, the students prepared their assaults or: the outgoing class in the form of a small printed sheet containing what was alleged to be a resume of what the eraduates were supposed to say on the various themes they were wont to review. Even the staid and ‘demure faculty of the university to-day were not averse to mak- ing light of the dignified and conservative professors who weraengaged in pumping lasting and valuable thoughts into their heads. They even went so far as tospeak lightly of the president, Mr. Tait, whose whole life was wrapped up in an attempt, and it may be said with success, to wis- domize them. There was no gauntlet they would not throw down to the faculty and none they would not as readily take up. When ‘the graduating class of 1872 held its commencement the class of ’73 supplied a programme anticipating the theses to be delivered. It opened as follows: A Devll of a Rumpus. andlings of the College of California the auspices of the University In F— Tait’s Hall Kindly tendered for the occasion), uly, Tteenth of Wednesday, 1872. Benediction. -.......... f:mperor Norton Music by the Organs of the Board of Regents. Here we stand, the dauntless three. A finer crowd you ne'er will see. And if our pieces do seem silly, They were rehashed by Uncle Billy. Professor Kellogg is spoken of as Profes- sor Killhog, and blamed for all the bad Latin on the programme. One of the faculty, whose name was E. G. Tait, was styled Efligy Tait, yet he made no protest. The Uncle Billy was the worthy William Swinton, the author of “Rambles Among Words,” and further down the programme he is thus handled By the ¥ U without gloves: “T mustapologize for the poorness of this oration on account of the newness of the subject. This, however, is not my fault, although I am well read. The semi-peren- nial absence of Bell Lettres Swinton ‘ten thousand miles away, while enjoying his rambles among words in the classic pre- cincts of the Five Points’, all this I say, coupled with a finger I received in the National game of baseball, compelled me to be brief.” The Five Points episode mentioned means that Mr. Swinton fell among thieves in New York and was robbed. Thissame point was a touchy one to the professor of words, but he saw the wisdom of silence and made no cry. Further down the programme it reads: Oration and valedictory, Demijohn St. Mathew Whitworth on “The Tmpossibility of the Pos- sible.” 1 believe that open meetings are possible, but the Board of Regents have proved them im- possible, which recalls to my mind an original conundrum: What is the difference between a snail and the board? One makes the shell out and the other the State shell out. (Too '.hin.J Of conrse this was not suggested by the grand donation of $500 (to hire the Oakland band). I would respectfully recommend to the honorable gentlemen the propriety of ap- plying the balance of this fund for another trip to Sacramento. 1 care not now for your displeasure, but for me give my sheepskin, for I’ve been lambed long enough. So much for the board regents. The pro- gramme goes on to state that various other members of the faculty are ‘‘bald- headed skating-rink advertisements,” and a few “‘side slaps” are given to the Board of Education. All this was borne by the professors, and the young men who “putup the jobs'’ from year to year have since grown up, and behold! they are great and good men. Mark the list of gentlemen who now style the editors of §lue and Gold ‘‘red- handed rascals and maligners of good names and worthy men.” They are: Messrs. Otis, Reinstein, Newmark, Ed- wards, Budd, Woodward, Rhoda, Scott, Ainsworth, Hawkins, Wetmore and Bol- ton. Mr. Edwards is one of the faculty of the university, Mr. Ainsworth is one of the regents and Mr. Budd is Governor of the State. The restof the class of 1873 who wrote the programme for the delecta- tion of the class of 1872 are prominent lawyers all over California. In truth, they were sinners themselves, and now Mr. Edwards is on the inquisitorial board. SINGLE-TAX ADVOCATES Judge Maguire and L. M. Man- zer Expound the Theory. Free-for-All Questions at the Close. The Movement In Call- fornla. Justice Hall, 909 Market street, was filled last evening by an audience that wished to hear arguments on single tax. The chairman, J. 8. Reynolds, fn open- ing the meeting said that single tax is the foundation of the economic life of the race. 1t is more than good government and good administration. The subject of the evening was “How to Build Up the State,”” and the chairman in- troduced L. M. Manzer. . The speaker remarked that the question was not & new one. It has been asked through all the course of time. It was considered when our ancestors fought for independence. It was the guiding prin- ciple in the war to abolish slavery. “Is there any difference,” Mr. Manzer asked, ‘‘between man-owning and land-owning? In truth, land-owning is man-owning. Is it not for you to ayow the doctrine that every man should have equal opportunity on this earth to produce something for exchange? If this earth is a partof our inheritance shall we not have the use of it ?” ‘When Judge Maguire entered the hall he was greeted with the heartiest rounds of applause. Mr. Manzer condensed his re- marks to Elv. the people present an oppor- tunity to hear the distinguished advocate of the movement. Judge Maguire said in beginning his re- marks that he did, while in Congress, try to get a direct tax on land instead of the income tax. The Supreme Court has re- cently rendered a decision which holds that a tax on income from land is a tax on the value of the land. It is true that the decision will not meet with general favor. but it does im]iy a recognition of the single-tax principle. The effect of this de- cision, however, 1s to release from tax the class that levies a toll on the industries of the country. In defining the single-ux theory the speaker maintained that landjvalues rested on rental value. Everything that makes the community prosperous contributes to the value of the land. Every industrial impulse accrues to the benefit of the land- owner. 3 The levy of a tax on land and exemption of the tax on improvement would stimu- late improvement. No man living wonld hold land idle for the mere gratification of owan it. He would improve it or let it go. If he let it go somebody else would improve it. And the result would be the improvement of all available land. 1 The law of supply and demand applies to houses as well as to wheat and merchan- dise and all other products of human labor. “Mark the distinction,” said Mr. Maguire. “Land is not a product of human labor.” The g-reatest effect of the single tax would be the destruction of land monop- oly. With the idle land of this State thrown open to all who desired to occupy it how long would it take for all the unem- gloyed to find employment? We, in a tate capable of sustaining forty millions of people, are suffering from over popula- tion when less than a million and a half of people are here. he tramps, now meandering aimlessly over the country, lostto shame and man- hood, could not perhaps be reclaimed, but they were not lgways tramps. When the land of this country was free men did not become tramps. Prior to 1860 there were no tramps. Z Voice in the audience: ‘‘And no mil- lionaires.” Judge Maguire—And few millionaires. ‘“The increase in population does not in- crease wages, but it does increase the value of land. All efforts to increase population are for the purpose of adding to the value of land. Judge Maguire then spoke of the effect of free opportunities on the moral charac- ter of a community. He cited the per- centage of reform among criminals in England, where all land was taxed, and in Tasmania, where free natural opportunity was given for the occupation of the earth. In England 3 per cent reformed; in Tas: mania, 97 per cent. ‘“‘Our people have given over the solid area of the country toa small class that has become the dominant class, and the takers of tribute from ail producers of every other class.” Inyestigation made some years ago in San Francisco disclosed the fact that of all the persons engaged in business on Mar- ket street, between Second and Seventh, only three owned the business premises they occupied, and on Kearny street, be- tween Market and Broadway, only two were owners. The process of paying tribute to those who own the land is going on all over the country. We say that as the community produces the value of the land the community should take that value. We recognize that rule in every other relation of life. If one man manufactures an article of glass it belongs to him. If two men produce it the two share in its value. The virtue, e terprise and progress of the community, make the land valuable and the land should belong to the producers. *‘Never in the history of the world did a movement advance with greater rapidity than the single-tax movement is progress- ing. God means that the people shall have the land of this earth and apos- tles are preaching the gospel of single tax in all parts of the globe. Millions of sin- gle-tax documents are going out to the people of the United States and Aus- tralia. ‘It is confidently believed that with the adoption of the local option tax in New York every building in New York City, will be released from taxation. The land will be taxed on the basis of its rented value.” Judge Maguire received the closest at- tention of the audience and all reference to land monopoly and the issue of bonds evoked applause. It was the speaker’s judgment that the oppression of the people caused by the stupendous issue of bonds was but a trifle compared to the oppressing influence wrought by the monopoly in ownership of the land. Chairman Reynolds announced at the conclusion of Judge Maguire’s address that questions were free for all and the interro- gations took a range as wide as the uni- verse and far below the depths of human wisdom. One seeker of light on the single tax theory wanted to know if the Bible did not expressly sanction and commend the own- ership of slaves and chattels. Mr. Manzer said very ‘pointeuly that such a question in this period of civiliza- tion was an insult to the audience. Judge Maguire was not lured into this discussion. He vreferred that the Scriptures should be | expounded by the able clergymen of San Francisco. The meeting closed with the passing of the hat. SINGLE TAX PETITION. Many Thousand Signatures From All Over the State. The Single Tax Society are engaged in circulating the following petition through- out the State, and it appears, with consid- erable success: To the Legislature: We, the undersigned, hereby petition for the enactment of ‘such measures as may result in the collection of all public revenues—State, County, township and municipal—from the value of lands, irrespec- tive of improvements in or on it, and for the abolition of all other taxes now levied for this purpose. Signatures are coming in at headquarters all the time, and already over thirty coun- ties are represented. The total number is now over five thousand and the interest in the subject is on the increase. Within the last two months fully eighteen hundred farmers of the San Joaquin and Sacra- mento valleys have put themselves on record in favor of this plan by signing the petition. After San Francisco, the counties of Marin, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Los Angeles and Tulare take the lead in num- bers, though Fresno, Kings and Kern are well represented, as also are some of the mountain counties, as Placer, Plumas and In%‘u. his work is left almost entirely to the adherents of the single tax doctrine in each locality, and the purpose is to keep it up till the meeting of the next Legislature and to cover the whole State. Blank peti- tions are sent to any address on applica- tion to James S, Reynolds, 405 Montgom- ery street, who is president of the society. ASPHYXIATED BY GAS. Two Young Countrymen Have a Dan- gerous Experience in a Hotel. Hilda and Tilda Harkanson, from Illi- nois, had a narrow escape from asphyxia- tion at the American Exchange Hotel early yesterday morning. L¢ ' Saturday evening they arrived here from Illinois and were met at the train by a brother, who for some time past has been employed in a suburban town. The trio registered at the American Exchange and were assigned to rooms on the same floor. Peter, who, once upon a time, had an ad- venture with Santa Rosa gas himself, knowing that his sisters lacked knowledge of the modern lighting system in cities, told the young ladies all about it. He pointed out the different methods used in generating San Francisco gas and Illinois candle-light. The sisters listened attentively, after which they said good- miht and retired—blowing out the gas. About 4:30 o'clock in the morning the housekeeper, Mrs. de Freise, heard moans issuing from the room occupied by the sisters. She went for the night clerk ana together they hurried to the room. Get- ting no response to repeated raps they pushed o‘pen the transom and heavy fumes of gas told the story. No time was lost in forcing the lock. %na of the girls was found on the floor near the door, which she had attempted to reach before being prostrated by ~the escaping fluid. The other was on the bed. Both were inthe last stages of asphyxiation. Dr. Pelham was hastily summoned and the bodies were removed to the air. In two hours the sisters were entirely restored and yesterday seemed none the worse for their experience. S it L You need printing or binding? Tel. 5051 Mysell & Rollins, 521 Clay. First-class work.* REV. J, G GIBSON'S WISH Would Like to Fly Away Like the Dove and Be at Rest. REFERS TO THE TRAGEDIES, But He Will Stay In the “City of Wickedness” and Fight to the End. Rev. J. George Gibson of Emmanuel Bap- tist Church occupied the pulpit and deliv- ered a sermon at Grace Methodist Church yesterday morning on the sixth verse of Psalm LV. And I safd, Oh that T had wings like a dove, for then would I fly away and be at rest. “Life is full of strange and inexplainable contradictions,” said the preacher. “Our wishes, our ambitions, are often controlled by the most illogical conclusions. The man who has all that wealth can purchase and the man who has nothing are equally miserable and long for the day of rest, the first because he cannot grasp what money will not buy, and the last because his idle- ness renders him weary. There is no heroism in surrendering to the obstacles in our path. Rest is a mental and moral con- dition, and depends not upon surrounding circumstances. < “The verses accompanying my text tellin beautiful language the wonderful cause of David’s lament. I mourn because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me and in wrath they hate me. It was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me; then I could have hid my- self from him: but it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide and my acquaintance. We took sweet council together and walked unto the house of God in company. The words of his mouth were emoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords. *1 see in fancy Dayvid kneeling upon the housetop and praying that he might be delivered from the treachery of a false friend, from the wickedness of the city. “While he supplicates the throne of mercy a dove rises from the flower garden below him and soars away into the dim distance. The grandest thoughts come to us in_trouble, the beautiful song of the nightingale is heard only in the shadows. David knew that his duty lay along the line of a heroic struggle with the enemy, yet it galled him to think that these enemies numbered among them that false friend whose face he must gaze upon day after day. “Shall I flee from the city of wicked- ness—shall I leave the neighborhood of horrors and desert that church upon which there is the stain of blood ? ‘‘As that famous minister, Mr. Spurgeon, said, ‘Do we not need rather the strength of the ox to combat the enemy than the wings of the dove to carry us away from the enemy ?’ “Shall T not, when the Lord says, ‘Go, work in_my vineyard,’ reply, ‘Lord, I am here?’ Yes, for thisday of trouble is but the flowing of the river to the sea, the fly- ing of the sparks upward to their source, the sun; and we will continue our struggle in the city of wickedness till we reach the eter- nal rest beyond the grave.” “It is not in surroundings, however, nor in changes of environment that happi- ness can be found. The only true happi- ness must be sought in a mind at peace. David could not fly away from himself; nor can any one get away from himself. The only proper thing to do, then, is to find rest where we are. Some of our brethren might say: ‘We have had trouble, therefore let us fly away,” but all cries from the pierced heart would be cor- rected upon sober second thought. Duty demands that every man abide faithful, whatever his environment be. Let no good man flee from the City because it is full .of sin; let no patriot abandon his country because there is corruption in high places; let no Caristian think for a moment of forsaking his church because it has been stained by a fiendish crime.” Dr. E. McClish, pastor of the Grace Methodist Church, has followed the spirit of the gospel in throwing open the doors of his f(fid to the Emmanuel Baptist con- gregation, and yesterday was the second time Preacher Gibson nas occupied the pulpit. The Emmanuel Church had its Sunday.school there at the accustomed hour, too, and there was also a meeunfi at which the unpleasant position in which the church has been placed was talked over. A business meeting of the afflicted con- gregation will be held in Grace M. E. Church some night this week and then the plans for the future will be discussed in detail. Pastor Gibson and his flock feel keenly that the crimes with which Theodore Dur- rant stands charged will be always asso- ciated with the Bartlett-street edifice. Consequently they are strongly averse to ever occupying the building again. But what they are going to do is problematic. There is a debt upon the church of about $10,000, and to tear down the building and reara better one in its place, or in some other place, confronts them as a pecuniary hardship that is hard to endure. Were their wishes alone to be consulted, very little time would be lost before the work of destroying the pollutea sanctuary would begin. Mr. Gibson contemplates a visit to his sister at Chico, and will probably leave the City before the end of the week. He has need, he says, of a brief rest. VIOLETS FOR DURRANT. A Girl Member of Emmanuel Church Sends Him Flowers by His Father. Theo Durrant, charged with the murder of Minnie Williams and Blanche Lamont, has already begun to make himself at home in cell 29 of the City and County Jail. He has not, however, the entire space covered by the cell to himself, as Walter Shear, charged with grand larceny, is en- titled to and occupies half of it. Durrant and he take turns during the day in using the small wicket in the iron door, as that is the only means of communication with the outside world. s o The prisoner’s father was his only visitor vesterday. He brought a bunch of violets from one of the young ladies of Emmanuel Baptist Church with him, and Durrant for a few moments could not converse, as his face was buried in the fragrant flowers. Later when he began to discuss with his father serious subjects he grew nervous and crushed the violets between his palms. His hair was shorn yesterday and in consequence he is a very different looking man from what he was in court. He looks careworn and desperate, so Shear, his cellmate, is likely to have a restless companion. 5 Lulli was fortunate in having a musical mother, who gave him a large amount of training before he was turned over toa music master. ————————— Garibaldi’s mother was a tall, command- ing woman of great strength of character. It was she who first filled his mind with ideas of liberty. e Marlborough’s mother wished him to be a soldier, and often_ narrated to him deeds of military daring, in order to inspire him to emulate them. — 1 Tennyson’s mother was always regarded E him as a model for all other mothers. e once said, “The training of a child is woman’s wisdom.” DRY GOODS. R DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT | EXTRAORDINARY VALUES I FINE CURTAINS T AND R —— BEDSPREADS! We respectfully call public attention to the very LOW PRICES at which we are offering our ENTIRE STOCK of LACE CURTAINS and WHITE BEDSPREADS. 500 pairs ECRU IRISH POINT CURTAINS (new de- signs), at $3.50, $4.50, $5.00, $6.00, $7.50 and $10.00 per pair. 4 cases FULL-SIZE WHITE BEDSPREADS, $1.00 each. 5 cases EXTRA-SIZE WHITE BEDSPREADS (Mar- seilles patterns), $1.25 each. 4 cases FINE WHITE MARSEILLES BEDSPREADS (new patterns), $2.00 each. 3 cases EXTRA QUALITY WHITE MARSEILLES BED- SPREADS, $2.50 each. SPECIAL- 2 cases NOTTINGHAM CURTAINS, in white and ecru, $1.50 pair. SPECIAL~ 12 cases (300 pairs) FINE WHITE MISSION BLANKETS (slightly imperfect), at about one-half the regular mili prices. B=F Housekeepers will find the above the GREATEST BARGAINS ever offered in CURTAINS, BLANKETS and BEDSPREADS. e, ‘GQRPORATEO ; 1892. FOR HOME-MDE CIGARS An Effort to Revive a Sadly Decayed California In- dustry. The State League of Cigar-Makers Organized to Appeal to Every Smoker. The State Convention of cigar-makers will this morning perfect organization and proceed to business which will, in effect, | . be a consideration of the following two | questions: ‘What is the matter with the cigar-mak- ing industry in California? How can it be stimulated ? The condition of this industry in Cali- fornia and the proceedings of the State as- semblage of workingmen that will con- sider it are of large indirect interest, be- cause a parallel with other industries ex- jsts and beeause the purpose of this con- vention is to stimulate the encouragement of one home industry and soisin line witha great deal of talking that has been done lately. The one important purpose of this con- vention and the organization that will fol- Jow is to get more California-made cigars smoked in this City and State and so better the condition of the people interested in making cigars here. To effect this object the California State Label League will be organized to-day under the laws of the International Cigar- makers’ Union. Ten similar State leagues have been organized during the last two years. On Saturday Eermnnent -organiza- tion was effected by the election of Presi- dent T. F. Burns and other officers who are to constitute an executive board for the management of affairs of the league. The constitution will be re])orted to-day. It will provide for a monthly assessment of $1 on each union member in the State, which will yield about $5000 a vear to sup- port the work of the league. Another im- portant feature will be a provision for sending out workers to appeal to organ- jzed and unorganized labor, the Manu- facturers’ Association and the public gen- erally to support home industry in this line. Resolutions declaring the condition and needs of the trade and appealing to the public for support in driving out cheap Chinese and Eastern tenement-made goods and giving employment to men and women engaged here in the trade will prob- ably- be passed. he questions of why more California cigars are not made and smoked, why the business has been going down hill for years until it is nearly killed, and how things can be changed are large and interestin ones. President Burns partially answerefi these questions last night and gave some information about the condition of the trade. He said: During the past ten years the cigar product of the fifst revenue disisiot of California,which is mainly San Francisco, has decreased one- half. Thave noexact statistics here, but ten years ago about 140,000,000 cigars were made, and now the product is about 68,00,000. The money values are about$560,000 and $270,000. This decrease has been most marked during the last four years. The condition of the industry all over the State is ahout the same. Ten years 8go there were nearly 700 white cigar-makers in this district; now there are about 300 and about 500 in the whole State. During this time wages have decreased—not in actual price per thousand, but in the aver- age earnings of cigar-makers, which have been reduced from $12 to z7 a week through un- steady employment, the greater exactions of emplovers, etc. ¢ i the 300 cigar-makers here 60 are out o employment, 140 are working for wages aud about 100 have tried to live by starting little factories of theirown, but having little capital, a poor market and bad trade conditions they are about as badly off as the working journey- men. Of the cigars made here many are made Dby Chinese. They complain of dull times, and there are ,,,.\,.E,, 800 of them at work. Twelve yearsago there were 5000. I judge / that in San Francisco not 10 per cent of the cigars consumed are made here. In the whole State the percentage may be 25. Many things_contribute to this situation, There are no large factories here, compared with the East, manufacturing and carrying big stocks and advertising them extensively. The most of the cigars sold in San Francisco are highly advertised Eastern brands from New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Key West. The imported cigars sold are comparatively few and cut but little figure. The average Eastern brand sold here is not equal in quality to the average cigar of the same price made in San Francisco. Many of the large Eastern manufacturers have the ad- vantage of the San Francisco manufacturersin wages paid, but that is consumed in_putting the cigar on the market here. This advantage belongs to the tenement-made cigars of New York and it amounts to about $3 a thousand. These manufacturers bave their cigars made in cheap and dirty tenement houses, where whole families of men, women and children slave at all hours of day and night, knowing no domes- ic life, but going from bed to bench and from bench to bed, working to the limit of human endurance when work is to be had. The industrial depression has been one great cause of the condition of things undoubtedly. The last internal revenue report issued last year showed a reduction of 800,000,000 in the number of cigars manufactured during the year. People are not consuming as many cigars as they did. Another factor in the reduction of the patron« age of home industry is probably the difficul- ties that arose some time ago between the Manufacturers’ Association and the trades unions generally. That had a strong tendency to make organized labor indifferent to the patronage of home industry. In the palmy ays of California industry the trades unions ‘were its strongest support But, however, the workingmen are yet the chief consumers of Californie’s cigars. ~We be- gan recently a canvass of different districts of the City to find what class of cigars were sold, Ifound that in the first-class cigar-stores of Market and Kearny streets and in the whole- gale districts a cigar was boycotted if made ere. The stores didn’t keep them and in some laces T was actually laughed at when I asked or a California-made cigar. In some districts patronized by workingmen home products were sold. During the last year California manufactur- ers have been putting up a better class of cigar than ever betore and often a better cigar for the money than can be brought from the East. The 5-cent grades have been made mainly because better grades could not be sold in competition with the Eastern goods. 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