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4 THE SAN FRANCISCOV CALL, FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1895. HIS CAREER CLOSED. Death Comes Calmly to Ex-Secretary Hugh McCulloch. LEAVES A FINE RECORD. Eminent Services of the Noted Statesman for the Nation. SAVED THE COUNTRY'S CREDIT. The Only Man Who Served Two Terms as Head of the Treas- ury Department. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 24.—Hon. Hugh McCulloch, formerly Secretary of the Treasury, died shortly before 2 o’clock this morning. Death was calm and peace- ful, the patient being for some previous time in a comatose condition. Mr. Mc- Culloch was over eighty years of age. Hugh McCulloch was born in Kenne- bunk, Maine, December 7, 1803. He en- tered Bowdoin in 1824, but leaving on ac- count of iliness in 1 taught until 1829 and then studied law in Kennebunk and Boston. In 1833 he went to the West, and settled in Fort Wayne, Indiana. In 1835 he was elected cashier and manager of the branch at Fort Wayne of the State Bank of Indiana, and at the expiration of its charter in 1856, he became the president of the Bank of the State of Indiana, which post he held until May, 1863. He then assumed the office of Comp- troller of the Currency, which ten- dered him by Secretary Salmon P. Chase, undertaking the organization of the newly created bureau in putting into operation the National banking system. His own reputation for conservatism promoted the conversion of the leading institutions of the commercial ci into National banks. In March, 1865, on the resignation of Wil- liam F. Fessenden, Mr. McCulloch was appointed by President Lincoln Secretary of the Treasury, at which time the Govern- ment was in grave financial embarrass. ment. It was still incurring enormous expenses, and heavy demands were press- ing upon a nearly empty treasury. His first and most important duty, therefore, was to raise by further loans what was needed to pay the large amount due to 500,000 soldiers and sailors, whose services the Government was in a condition to dis- pense with and meet other demands. This was successfully accomplished and in less than six months from the time of his appointment all' the matured obliga- tions of the Government were paid and the reduction of the debt begun. The next important work was the conversion of more than $1,000,000,000 short-time obliga- tions into a funded debt. This wasquietly effected and in a little more than two years the whole debt of the country was put into a satisfactory shape. In his annnal reports he advocated a steady reduction of; the National debt, the retirement of the legal-tender notes and a speedy return to specie payments, urging that permanent public debt might be dan- gerous to republican institutions. He believed, also, that it was not the business of the Government to furnish us with a paper currency, that it had no power under the constitution to malke 1ts own notes legal money, and that the paper currency of the country should be fur- nished by the banks. His views upon the subject of the debt was sustained by Con- gress, as were also for a short time those in regard to the legal-tender notes. Secre- tary McCulloch held office till March 4, 1869. In 1871 till 1878 he was engaged in bank- ing in London. In October, 1884, on the resignation of Walter Q. Gresham he was again appointed Secretary of the Treasury and continued in office until the expiration of President Arthur’s term, March 4, 1885, being the only man who had held that office twice. Since his retirement he has resided in Washington, D. C., and on his farm in Maryland. Mr. McCulloch has contributed articles on financial and eco- nomical guestions to the magazinés and public journals. A series of letters written by him in London for the New York Tribune in 1875 were extensively copied and were used by the Republicans in 1875 for political purposes. STAPLES GETS THE MINE. An Important Decision in the Bassick Property Dispute. DENVER, Coro., May 23.—In the suit over the celebrated Bassick mine at Quiride, near Silver Cliff, in Custer County, in the United States Court, Judge Riner has found for plaintiff, Joseph Staples, and held that the defendant, Dennis Ryan of St. Paul, now in possession, was not entitled to hold the property. The mine formerly belonged to the Bassick Mining Company. The last year it was in operation it produced over $900,000. The stockholders became in- volved in a row among themselves, and the result was that in 1887 the property was sold under executions. The plaintiff in the suit, James Staples, claimed the vroperty under one judgment, and the de- fendant, Ryan, now in possession, under another judgment. Judge Riner's decis- ion places the title in Staples’ name. The mine is now under 1900 feet of water, and it is estimated that it will cost to put the property in operation between $100,000 and $150,000. The decision leaves the property still in the hands of Mr. Ryan upon his filing a bond with the court, which will be done as soon as possible. The case will be appealed. —_—— 5 UNION PACIFIC EAKNINGS. A Statement Showing a Great Decrease in Profits. 3 NEW YORK, N. Y., May 23.—A pre- liminary report of the Union Pacific sys- tem for the year 1894 shows: Gross earnings, $28,234,054; decrease, $4,605,991; operating expenses, $16,758,128; decrease, $1,126,078; net earnings, $6,474,- 927; decrease, $3,479,913; total net income, $6,389,169; decrease, $3,308,607; charges, $10,397,395; decrease, $£324,179; deficit, $4,008,226; increase, $2,984,428. The percentage of operating expenses and taxes to gross earnings was 75 per cent, against 63 per cent in 1893. The gross earnings. per mile decreased $926 in 1894, operating nses decreased $297, and net earning reased $629 per mile, e LEGISLATORS GET ANGRY. Noisy Men in the Missouri House Disgust the dpeaker. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., May 25.—A disgraceful incident occurred in the House to-day_when a resolution was introduced eané‘nrhg citizens of Jefferson Oity o i i o e a banquet last night to invite the members of the House ina body. The discussion waxed hotter and hotter until Speaker Russell in disgust ended the scene by putting a motion to refer the resolution to the Committee on Roads and Highways and declared it carried. The objectors would not down, however, and appealed. The appeal was laid on the table. The disturbance was caused by the failure of the Jefferson City Club to invite the members of the House to a banquet given to a few friend St SCHOFIELD DENIES IT. Reports Indicate He Is After the Presi- dential Nomination. ATLANTA, Ga., May 23.—The special representative of the Journal sent to Houston to report the Confederate re- union wires the Journal that the visit of General Schofield has developed a political sensation. It is stated at Houston that General Schofield will be a candidate for President, and his visit first to the mili- tary encampment at Memphis and his going thence to the Confederate reunion at Houston is in the interest of his candidacy. Generals Wheeler and Joe Johnston, free- silver leaders of Alabama, are said to have planned this affair. It is saidto be a scheme to capture the soldiers’ vote and will result in General Schofield’s nomi- nation on the free-silver ticket. This is denied by General Schofield, but talk in Houston has become so open and general that there appears to be much foundation for the report. It is now believed that Speaker Crisp referred to General Scho- field when he alluded to the “Western man with a war record. MONUMENT T0 JEFF DAV Confederate Veterans Collect Considerable Money to Build It. Dr. Jones, the Fighting Parson of Virginia, Declares That He Never Was a Rebel. HOUSTON, Texas, May 23.—At the en- campment of Confederate Veterans to-day, General Stephen D. Lee, chairman of the Committee on Constitution, reported a new document similar to the old Jackson Con- stitution. This was unanimously adopted. General L. W. Campbell made the report of the committee of the Davis monument fund. It stated that despite hard times, good progress had been made, and the cor- nerstone would be laid in Richmond, Va., in the spring of 1896. The cash balance on hand was shown to be $13,681, with thou- sands more promised. Rev, Dr. J. W. Jones, the fighting parson of Virginia, made a rousing speech in favor of the monument movement. In conclu- sion he said: “Let us make sure of this monument be- fore we pass away. Wefought for prin- ciple; we thought we were right then; we know that we were right now. Now, don’t anybody go away and say I made a. rebel- lious speech. Iam no rebel: I never was arebel. George Washington was a rebel, for he fought against constitutional au- thority and if he had failed he would have been executed. We fought to establish constitutional authority. If there were any rebels they were north of Mason and Dixon’s line.” Camps were called upon to subscribe to the monument fund. Robert E. Lee Camp of Richmond headed the list with $1000, and in a few minutes $10,000 had been added to the fund. It was decided to hold the next encampment at Richmond. Officers will be elected to-morrow. TR KILLED BY THE OFFICERS. An Escaped Murderer Fights His Last Battle. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., May 23.—A battle to the death occurred at the farm of Fritz Knute, near Rockport, this afternoon, in which James Owens, an escaped murderer under sentence of death, was shot to death. Owens escaped from the St. Joseph jail on New Year’s morning at the time Rob Crow, the notorious train- robberand bandit, liberated two murderers and a half dozen other criminals, Owens murdered Seneca Noble in cold blood last fall. His wife lived at Knute’s house and be made his way there last Wednesday night. He was betrayed by a neighbor and when five deputies surrounded him he opened fire and only stopped when riddled with bullets. ot HYPNOTISM HIS DEFENSE. Brusseau Compelled to Commit Murder by the Vietim’s Wife. DETROIT, MicH., May 23.—A jury was finally secured to-day to try the case against Mrs. Nellie Pope, who is charged with the murder of her husband, Dr. Horace E. Pope. The doctor’s skull was smashed by a hatchet while the victim was seated at his home on thenight of Febrnary 2. William Brusseau, who lived with the Popes, con- fessed that he himself actually dealt the fatal blow at Mrs. Pope’s instigation, and the theory of hypnotism will enter into Brusseau’s defense. Over 300 “talesmen were summoned before a jury was ' secured in Mrs. Pope’s case. SHOT HIS OWN SON. Fatal Mistake of a Wealthy Farmer in i Indiana. LEBANON, Ixp., May 23.—Thomas Iry- ing, a wealthy farmer residing three miles west of here, upon hearing footsteps in the adjacent room to-night, secured his revol- ver, and without saying a word, shot the supposed intruder, inflicting a fatal wound. ‘When upon examination he discovered that he had Kkilled his eldest son he at- tempted to kill himself, but was prevented. Women Cannot Be Ordained. MERIDTAN, Miss.. May 23.—The woman question, which above all others troubled the Cumberland Presbyterians during the past several years, was finally settled in the general assembly to-night by the de- cision that women cannot be ordained into the ‘ministry of the church. g T To Investigate Bribery. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., May 23.—Judge Shackelford of the Cole County Circuit Court to-day charged the Grand Jury to investigate the charges which have been made as to members of the Legislature having accepted bribes. Soergs R Death of Dr. Thornton, BOSTON, Mass., May 23.—Dr. William Thornton, widely known as the author of :‘;umber :{ e‘vivol'ks on l:.nad ne and allied: ences, died as his home in this city to- day, aged 49. 2 i e Committed Suicide in Jail. OTTUMWA, Towa, May 23.—Guy Archer, an insurance agent, was taken to jail last night, charged with embezzlement. committed suicide to-day with n;,rphlfxl: 2SR The Sicilia Did Not Arrive. NEW YORK, N,Y., May 23.—The re- ed arrival last night of the steam m from numbnnrifwu a hl:gr.phg MAKE THE MAD RUSH. Wild Scramble for the Rich Kickapoo Lands. HOT RACES FOR CHOICE. Twenty-five Thousand Men Go After Four Hundred and Fifty Claims. BOOMERS EUILD A BIG TOWN. During the Opening Two Whisky Peddlers Are Killed by Fed- eral Officers. OKLAHOMA CITY, O. T., May 23.— Sharp at noon to-day at least 25,000 men, with a large number of women, made a grand rush from all sides into the Kicka- poo reservation for 450 odd claims open to white settlement. In less than an hour there were scores of contestants on each of these claims, in addition to sooners who had already taken possession of the lands. Sweeney’s bridge, on the north fork of Canadian River, in township 12, was one of the principal points of entrance to the new land. There were three hundred men gathered and just before noon there was suppressed excitement as the minutes ticked off nearer and nearer the hour. Watches were held in one hand and the lines tightly grasped in the other. The scene that followed the shout “Go” was intensely exciting. The first man to dash across the bridge was in a little buegy drawn by a vpair of bays. The driver brought bis whip down, shouting at them, and the horses bounded across the bridge and off up the road with a good start, run- ning away. Following eight horsemen jostled one another on the narrow bridge, trying to pass one another. They whipped their horses and struck at them, and at each other, and at last got across and scattered, racing like mad. The recklessness of the drivers whipping their horses down the bank and across has seldom been equaled. Horses would go down to be dragged to their feet again. Men were hatless, their faces set and their foreheads wrinkled with the strain. As the yard became clear the wagons and horsemen in the road came on behind, rushing pellmell, and in fifteen minutes the last wagon had passed over. The air was full of dust, and the sound of shout- ing men and the rumbling wheels got fainter and fainter up the road. About half a mile northeast from Swee- ney’s the road passed through a narrow lane of trees. Here an awful jam oc- curred, delaying the racers for ten min- utes. The jam was finally straightened out, however, and the men were off again. Last night it was evident to many of the boomers that all could not get claims, so it was resolved to organize the towns. About midnight a big crowd left Sweeney’s for Dalegand as this procession went along large additions were made to the ranks. Two towns have already been projected— Olney and Aurora. A council was held, but the projectors of both towns were in- terested in a consolidation of interests. The new town isto be called McLord, in honor of the general solicitor of the Choc- taw road. The procession, 5000 strong, then took up the march to Douglass Mills, at the section on which McLord was to be. At the head of the enterprise is Dr. J. W. Gillett of Perry, who was chosen Mayor. Green R. Raum Jr. of Washington, son of the ex-General Pension Agent, is a leading member of the town organization. The site of the town isa sandy bank, covered with cactus and underbrush. At noon the crowd passed over the ford in a very quiet way and drew lots for posi- tions on the town plat. A corps of sur- veyors were on hand and at once laid out the town. Wagons with liquors, groceries and cots came in, tents were erected and soon stores, restaurants and hotels were opened and a new town had been born. The Kickapoo opening was much in the nature of a huge farce. At 12:10 o’clock nearly all the claims had from ten to twenty claimants on them, and those far- thest from the line were reached from the border in thirty-five minutes. In one sec- tion 100 cleimants who had run in from both borders are fighting for their claims. At Shawnee the crowd got restless before the noon hourarrived. At three minutes to twelve by some watches and precisely noon by others there was a break here and there in the line, a wavering, and then all broke into a run. The race across the level platean was a very pretty sight. WHISKY PEDDLERS RAIDED. During a Battle With Marshals Two of Them Are Killed. © GUTHRIE, O.T., May 23.—Late last night half a dozen deputy United States Marshals raided a camp of whisky peddlers on the line of the Kickapoo reservation, four miles north of Shawnee, and ina fight two peddlers were killed and two wound- ed. A special to the Kansas City Star from Oklahoma City says: All last night the road to Sweeney bridge on the edge of the Kickapoo country was crowded with horsemen and vehicles. The dust was stifling as the horses dragged through deep sand and stumbled over roots of tyees in the road. The crowd had filled up the yard at Sweeney bridge road house and extended back a mile. When day broke every one got out to cook coffee, and hitched to await the race at noon. Down the river for miles the boomers were camped on the edge of a bluff leading down the North Canadian River. The rush was most dangerous, down an eighteen-foot em- bankment across the river, in many places too deep to ford, and up the bank to the opposite side through a belt of timber and then across the famous Kickapoo flats for the claims. There are many wire fences around the allotments, which will have to be cut or jumped. Be- fore noon many crowded over the river and entered the country and their names were jotted down by honest home-seekers, who obeyed the law and waited. Governor Renfrow this morning issued a proclamation offering 80,000 acres of school land in the Kickapoo reservation for g lease for five years from October 1, 1895, bids to be received until June 10. This will give the disappointed boomers a chance to get some fine land. MINERS LOSEKE THEIR FIGHT. Leaders Advise Them to Return to Work at the Old Rates. PITTSBURG, PaA., May 23.—The min- ers' officials gave up the strike to-night and advised the mea {0 g9 t0 Wazk for the 4 cal Goubles aud to preparp for 60-cent rate if they could get it. In the Panhandle district a mass-meeting was held of 2000 miners. They were divided on the matter of continuing the strike for the 69 cents rate, and the officers then told them the strike was lost and that they had better return to work before they were forced to sign ironclad agreements such as were made on the Wheeling division. As a result, all the mines within aradius of ten miles of Carnegie will resume to- morrow at the 60-cent rate. About 8000 men are employed in that district. Thom e it A BIG RAILWAY DEAL. Three Eastern Lines to Gain an Inlet Into Kansas City. KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 23.— The Times to-morrow will say: One of the biggest deals in railway circles consum- mated in the West in years and of the greatest moment to Kansas City is to be completed to-morrow when articles of in- corporation of the Kansas City and North- ern Railway Company will be filed in the Recorder’s office. The new company is being organized, it is claimed, for the purpose of securing an inlet into Kansas City for three Eastern railways, two of which are believed to be the Baltimore and Ohio, Southwestern, and the Chicago and Northwestern. e HANGED BY A4 MOB. Punishment Swiftly Dealt 10 a Fiendish Negro. HENDERSON, Kry., May 23.—Claude Thompsony colored, tried to assault Mil- dred Gray, a 13-year-old white girl, at De Koven, Union County. The child’s screams brougnt assistance and the negro fled. He was captured, and at 12 o’clock last night was hanged by a mob. WAS DUE TO TREACHERY. Jose Marti, President of the Cuban Party, Killed by a Guide. At the Time He Was Addressing His Followers, Revolver in Hand. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 23.—The ‘World’s special from Havana says: Jose Marti was shot by a Cuban guide named Antonio Olivia, who was with the Government troops. Marti at the moment was addressing his followers, revolver in hand. He was hit by two bullets, the first wounding him in the chest, the second in the neck. General Gomez and Marti had set out with 700 men to attempt an invasion of the Camaguay district of Puerto Principe Province. The rebels had charged the Government troops fifteen times with machetes and when the guide, Olivia, shot Marti, they made desperate efforts to se- cure the body. Gomez fell off his horse. The rebels car- ried him off. Fourteen rebels were killed. One wasan American. The Government losses include one sergeant, one buglerand five private soldiers killed and six wounded. WASHINGTON, D. 0., May 23.—Official confirmation has been received here of the death of General Marti, the Cuban leader, in a battle with the Government troops. Marti’s death is regarded as the most im- portant event since General Campos be- gan his campaign. Marii is personally known throughout the United States, as he had long served as presidentof the Cuban party in this country. He passed much of his time in Washington, his last service here being as a delegate to the Pan-American Monetary Congress. e WILDE'S S8ECOND TRIAL. Marquis of Queensberry and Son Ave Both in Court. LONDON, Exa., May 23.—The old Bailey Court was again crowded to-day when the trial of Oscar Wilde was resumed. Wilde, looking haggard, stood some time at the foot of the jury-box conversing with Rey. Stewart Headlam, one of his bondsmen. They were joined by Lord Douglas of Hawick, whose eye is still discolored as the result of his encounter with his father in Piccadilly. The Marquis of Queensberry was also in court, looking jaunty and confident. He watched Wilde closely and paid great at- tention to the evidence. Wilde, it was no- ticed, carefully avoided the gaze of the Marquis, The evidence given at the pre- vious trial was given in detail. Sir Edward Clarke, counsel for Wilde, reviewed in full the evidence furnished by his client when the latter was examined upon the occasion of the trial of the Mar- quis of Queensberry on the charge of libel. This occupied several hours, at the expira- tion of which time Sir Edward addressed the jury on behalf of Wilde. At the con-1 clusion of the day’s proceedings the trial was adjourned until to-morrow. e PEKING WAS MENACED. China Gives Her Reasons for Yielding to Japan. LONDON, ExG., May 23.—A dispatch from Tientsin to the Times says that an imperial proclamation has been issued an- nouncing the ratification of the treaty of peace between China and Japan. Itisde- clared that the Government deeply pon- dered the advice which has been offered to it to continue the war rather than surren- der, but the crisis demanded a decision, as no victory had been obtained on sea or land owing to the incompetency of the leaders, who had only been able to recruit the rab- ble. The enemy, the proclamation says, were menacing Peking. The country was in a terrible condition. The proclamation then goes on to say: “Could we permit alarms to disturb the dwelling of her sacred Majesty? Heaven bad not withheld his augury. The sea overflowed the coast and the camps were submerged.” ST. PETERSBURG, Russta, May 23.—1It is stated that the Russian Government has declined to agree to the military occupa- tion of Korea by the Japanese forces and demands that the Government at Tokio recall the garrisons st ationed there. LTS CINCHING HER SUBJECTS. Colombia Collecting Momey to Pay for the Recent Revolt, COLON, Coromsia, May 23.—As exclu- sively cabled to the Associated Press to- day, the Government of Colombia is pre- paring to set forth in detail the claims of this republic to the Mosquito territory. Under a royal order of the King of Spain in 1813 his Majesty annexed the Mosquito coast to Santa Fe de Bogota, and when Colombia gained her independence, in 1810, she became the rightful possessor of the Mosquito coast, assigned to her by the principles of possidetis, and exercised do- minion over that territory up to 1824. Even in the treaty between Colombia and the Central American States the for- mer did not’ relinquish her claim to the Mosquito territory. ‘The Colombian Government is busily oc- cupied in collecting a forced loan of $1,000,- 000 to cover the of the late politi- emergencies, THE STREET COMMITTEE, Dohrmann’s Interesting Report on the Art of Sweep- ing Clean. WRESTLES WITH ASHWORTH. Appropriations for Paving Folsom Street and Sweeping the City. President Dohrmahn of the Merchants’ Association appeared before the Street Committee of the Board of Supervisors yesterday and gave an account of his stewardship as an apostle and guardian of clean streets. Mr. Dohrmnan reminded the committee that the time was approaching when ar- rangements must be made for keeping the streets clean for another year, and that the merchants must not be depended upon to pay for the work by personal subscriptions. In other words, sufficient provision must be made for it in the tax levy to be made. He explained to the commitiee how the Merchants’ Association in an effort in be- half of cleaner streets had undertaken to experiment in the work of cleaming them; how they had secured the contracflzy bid- ding lower than cost, relying upon a fund to be raised by them by subscription; how, without any practical knowledge or data they had induced the preceding board to postpone the letting of the contract until they had worked out their problem; how they had prepared specifications on a basis of square yards instead of lineal miles, and that the streets were not only to be cleaned but kept clean. To do this—the system in vogue in six- teen out of eighteen cities with which they had corresponded—hand labor had been introduced in a great measure, and the men were kept employed all day. As a result of their experience of these seven months it was found that the cost of clean- ing the streets in this way would be about $450 a day. Unfortunately, the city had been unable to meet the obligations involved, even by the low bid, and they had been able to work only five days a week in consequeuce. They had also been compelled, upon the Street Superintendent’s advice, to neglect certain portions of the city. Now the time had come to report their experience for the benefit of the board. If the City desired to improve and perpet- uate this system it must appropriate suffi- cient money for the purpose. The Merchants’ Association had lost money on their bid, as they expected to, and if it was to be let to a contractor who hoped to make anything by it not less than $500 a dav, oF $150,000, must be pro- vided w0 meet the expense. The City bad enjoyed the greatly im- proved condition of the streets and would not tolerate the old order of things, but the Merchants’ “Association, organized as it had been to co-operate with the City officials in advancing the interests of the City, and successful beyond its best expectations in that line, would nevertheless not again attempt to subsidize the City to secure the contract. The figure cFiven of the cost of their work was, he said, exclusive of superintendence and the interest on capital invested—it was simply the cost of doing the work. He explained, further, that their experi- ence had produced some astonishing re- sults. Their bid had been 30 cents a square yard for the less frequented streets; double that in Montgomery and’ other streets in that district, and treble that for Market street. They had depended in this bid on $80,000 to be subscribed by citizens. Their estimate had been so close upon the cost—had they gotall that the City agreed to Env. which they had not—that it would look like a fixed-up job if he named it. But this was a net result and not an average following of the bid. For while they had made a profit on Market street, they had lost greatly on some other streets. For instance, three cleanings of Ken- tucky street, at Railroad avenue, had cost $27230. They had removed from the street—it had never been cleaned before— 268 loads of dirt. For this work they were allowed under the contract price $41 67, their loss being $230 63 on this one street. A number of similar instances jwere cited. The all-day sweeping was found to re- duce the cost greatly, for the street once thoroughl* cleaned it became easy to kee it clean. The corps of sweepers numbere about 211. “‘We have not employed the best men for the work, either.”” explained Mr. Dohr- mann, “but rather have taken those who seemed most to need the work. Our fore- man has often said that if he could select his men with a view to their capacity, he could get better results at less cost.” Superintendent of Streets Ashworth here began to state some views on the matter. He thought $150,000 was a big sum to de- vote to atreet cleaning. He thought $100,- 000 was above the limit. ““It can be done for that sum as good as you do it,” he said. “I have seen men sweeping on the streets where it was per- fectly clean, and we have to pay for that labor. Idon’t believein thissystem at all. 1 believe in havini the streets swept by the mile, then you know what we are get- ting. There is a lot of machine work done now and Idon’t seethat it is done a bit better than it was before; besides it will take half a dozen deputies to go after these sweegers under this system.” “The difference between the two sys- tems,” said Mr. Dobrmann, quietly, “‘is just the difference between the strects as you see them to-day and the streets as they were a yearago—the difference between cleaning 40 miles and 140 miles. I have been act- ively engaged for seven months in keepin the “streets clean. Am I to be told that know nothing about it? We never had clean streets before. Under our system they have been measurably clean.” You talk about sweeping by the mile. By that plan Market street is subjected to the same treatment as is Minna street. If you can- not understand or n%precilte this differ- ence or the difference between the streets as they were and as they are, there is no use arguing about it. “But I bave this to say, that the mer- chants of this City and the people at. large will not stand it.” Our system is that em- ployed in almost all the cities of the coun- try. We have been behind all other cities in this matterand it is time we were catch- ing up. You have seen in the figures that I present here how much it has cost to clean up streets that have never before Enown a sweeper, and you ought to know how much these stoop—sho\fidercd old sweepers look like angels to the people who live on these streets. You have said that the City is paying for sweeping streets that are already clean. “That isthe stror‘l’&est argument in behalf of this system. We want such streets. ‘We want our men, although constantly on guard, to be practically mfe in the middle of the day as evidence that they are really always at work. Take the men off Market or Kearny street for half a day and see hva; fllz‘ejst{ee;l.q%ks." _Clerk John ussell dovetailed one of his timely and telling remarks just here. “The erence between the old system and the newis just this: The specifications in the one required that the streets be swept and cleaned; in the other that they be cleaned and kept clean.” “Exactly. What are the standard objec- tions forever ed against San Frap- cisco?” re!nm:lxglr. D%?rmann.n They ‘The: are the fog, the winds Md the dust. W | bes are helpless as against the {fog, but if we can remove the dust—and we can and should remove it—then the wind, instead of being a plague, will be referred to as a blessing that comes to San Francisco in summer. Now, I say thac this is some- thing that San Francisco should do, and that it should therefore Pprepare to_meet ihe expgRses Xhe has presented the City with $30,000 in this experiment and demonstration, and the City should be willing to pay its own way in the future."” 3 Superintendent Ashworth — Ts this money represented in the daily reports submitted to me by the association ? “Yes, sir.” “I cannot discover it—never have seen it. I have the figures here,” ““That is becanse you don’t understand them. They are there, nevertheless. “'0:11(1 you like to go over the items with me?”’ “I have them here. I will just read 3heAmyta the committee,” and he began to o it.” “What is the purpose of this, sir?”’ in- quired Dohrmann a little hotly. “I!”)t to show that my figures are not correct?”’ ““Oh, no, not at all,” and the Superin- tendent dropped his papers and tried to yawn. “Now,” continued Mr. Dohrmann, “I simply want to advise the committee that the City must be prepared to take charge of this work on June 31. The Merchants Association has no more money. I have to say that the Superintendent of Streets has given us full latitude in our work. He has said that he would not_interfere with us, but that if he was doing it he would not do it our way. - Now, with the first of July he will have to take charge of it. Wehave still a month to work, and I will make this proposition. He may conduct the work for this month with our cordial co-ope- ration. Where he tells us to go we will go; we will work under his order, with only the stipulation that the City shall pay us our contract price of 30 cents, which it has not domne heretofore. If there is a profit at the end of the month the Merchants’ Associa- tion will give the City double—yes, treble —the amount. Now is his chance. There seems to be an impression that the Mer- chants’ Association has been making money. We have been hard at work for seven months at this thing, and we think we know what we are talkingabout. When we bid 30 cents a square yard on this con- tract, the bid next nearest to it was 5214 cents.” “And you have discovered that that bid was nearer the mark than your own?’ said the man who offered it, who was sit- ting by. “To our sorrow, yes,” said Dohrmann, “but we counted on that.” Ashworth puffed a cigar and was silent. “In considering this contract it must be taken into consideration that the law fixes eight hours as a day’s work,” marked Clerk Russell. “There is nothing of the kind in our contract,” said Dohrmann. *‘Our men have worked ten hours.” “It is the law,” said Russell. I begin to feel that we have been out- laws all the time,” said Dohrmann, rue- fully. Ashworth now undertook to show that while the association lost money on some parts of their work they made it up on others. “The figures here show that, besides con- tributing $30,000 to this fund,” said Dohr- mann, ‘“‘we have donated $5000 outright, which the Cityjhas not paid on the contract price, and it seems very strange that the superintendent seems incapable of under- re- standing that, in order to save the City $8000, it has cost us over $4000.”" “Then the Merchants’ Association must be out of pocket on the job,” said Ash- worth. “Exactly. We have been trying to make it plain to you for seven months that we started in with the idea of losing money. Everybody in the City knows that. The papers have been full of it.” ““What you want,”” said Mr, Benjamin, ‘“is to see that enough money is appropri- ated to pay for cleaning the streets under specifications that will secure it. Is that it?” “That is just it.”” *‘And you won’t bid ?”’ “We don’t want the contract; we only want clean streets, and will bid only if we feel that it is necessary. It is not our business and we want to make no money out of it. If we don’t bid we may exercise such supervision as is deemed advisable by the association.” The question of sgrink!ing wasdiscussed, and it was deemed best to recommend that it be separated from the cleaning contract. Clerk Russell remarked that if a levy was made for $150,000 and all of the sum was x})t used the remainder would serve as a fund for the inprovement of streets, and money was needed in that_direction, o it was unanimously agreed that $150,000 would be called for for street cleaning. The petition for the paying of Folsom street came up early in the day, and was assented to with a rush. The proposition is to put down the best possible bitumen pavement from East street to Nineteenth. Estimates of the cost of the work were submitted by A. B. Maguire and by the Superintendent of Streets, Maguire's esti- mate was $71,866 and Ashworth’'s was $73,768 82, Maguire appeared on behalf of the prop- erty-owners, and set forth the necessity of the improvement, which necessity is very well understood. He was supported in his remarks by George D. Shu(fimmne and George L. Center. It was also understood by the speaker that there is no money to proceed with the work at once, but what they wanted was a provision for it in the tax lévy to be made, and it was agreed that it would be recom- mended to the sum of $80,000. Ex-Supervisors Dundon and Denman and others occupied a large part of the afternoon in an appeal for the granting of therighttothe firoperty-ownors Eo cutdown the grade of Beale and Harrison streets, at_their junction, twenty feet. The com- mittee decided against the petition, but in favor of paving and sewering the street. The petition for the extension of the franchise of the San Francisco and San Mateo Railroad, which had another of its occasional hearings, was not acted upon, the matter being postponed for another three weeks. THE TAXATION OF BONDS. Judge Daingerfield Decides an Impor- tant Point for Holders. Judge Daingerfield yesterday rendered a decision in a case of taxes paid under pro- test by the estate of Theresa Fair, involv- ing the return by the City of about $19,000. _ibonc one and a half or two yefus'm suit was_commenced by the estate of Theresa Fair, deceased, against the City and Coun&&) of San Francisco to recover about $30,000 of taxes pald to the City and Cqunay under protest as provided and per- mitted by act of Legislature of this State. The assessment was on some bonds be- longin%gto the estate. The bonds were issned a corporation incorporated in a State other than California, the company e ————— UP AND DOWN THE COAST. On Land and Over Sea It Flies With Heal- ing in XIts Wings, From far away Peru,where the soft, benignant stars beamed on the bronze-faced Incas and their ingots of glittering gold; where Pizarro founded his city of Lima and stocked it with his treasures of yellow ore (but overlooked the - easure of Peruvian Bark), has eome wonderful Cinchona Ru| ra, which, gombined with other rare ingredients—prin- cipal among them pure eld California Brandy —becomes the well-known commodity, Peru- vian Bitters, These have gone up and down ::unm::! :n;“?u olvn the Ull‘lned‘ States for ,, orming cures that, wi Would heve heon desmed miraculons, L0 Peruvian Bitters are not a. hysic, but a pleas- ant, invigorating drink—a fine, effective mic, snd excellent appetizer, producing healthy, regular digut,ion and sound rehug(n; sleep. It is nature’s own remedy against col s, mghld loss of appetite and energy and re- stores disordered vital functions to & vigorous normal condition, Wasted energies are by its nse permanently restored and lost vitality and ::cdsdo% ;%fi'fi?{n give shc- u; angd are super- cy &n ; Peruvian Bitters lnyne u AR L the stomach and pre- Yout | "‘.1‘5‘.‘:1”};. afirebl; :]enfdmn;cm‘onbrrfm ectu b The marintellectual faculties at their climate of Peru, so similar to our own, seems to have been :v“iuly provided by nature with an antidote for those ar aliments and diseases incident to a O, moist temperature, and the unerring cer- tainty with which similar diseases are cured by Peruvian Bitters on this const acocounts in some measure for the wide demand for this remedy, which has now become & housch word in every family on the Pacific Coast, " LSS GRILLON tion |, Al Sehagics g dnsissee i issui e bonds doing business in the ‘Ss:;‘enfnt:‘vhich it was incorporated. The bonds are what is known as mortgage s railway company. bo’Fl‘}; olfe:ul repryesentutl\‘es of the estate contemded that those bonds being bonds of a corporation organized in another Stdte could not be taxed in the State of Cali- fornia. After the assessment the State Board of Equalization raised the nésessud value of all property in the City a,nd ounty of San Francisco 20 per cent. The repre- sentatives of the estate also contended that the taxes due on this increased value made by the Board of Equalization was also illegal. Judr:e;.Daingerfield held that the bond owned by a resident in this City are part o the property of this State for purposes o. revenue, and consequently were assessable in this State, and that inasmuch as the constitutlon of this State provided for tax- ation purposes that a bond should be as- sessed at its face value the Board of Equalization had no power to make the raise of 20 per cent on such character of property when the assessment was made ag the constitution required at its face value, Consequently, the bonds being taxable in the State the taxes thereon could not be re« covered by suitagainst the County, that tha raise of 20 per cent being unauthorized and in confiict with the constitution was il- legal. Judgment was accordingly rendered for plaintiff for the amount of the 20 per cent raise, about $19,000. — e An Independent Barber. Here is an interesting story about a Frenchman who was too proud to do things which were against his prmmlplcs. The story is vouched for asan actual fact by the man to whom the incident happened. While traveling in Europe he stopped over night at Caen, and noting that his haix was unduly long, he went to have i cut by the local barber. He told th barber to take off very little, but befor: the scissors had been at work man seconds, he noticed a favorite lock fal on to the calico jacket in which h had been arrayed. \\'hurenfimn he re roved the barber for not following his instructions, upon which the man observe in mingled tones of reproach and dismay “Monsieur must permit me to do mj work in the way which seems best to me; and what is more, I shall take off some more.” “Not at all,” said the traveler; “I teli you I want very little taken off, and must insist on your doing as direct yon.” The barber, however, was not to be p\gx down in this'way and said : “Monsieur, i is possible that this is how things may ba done in England, but here in France wq are®not slaves. T shall cut off as much ag 1 pl ” e Round Table. TAKE STEPS in time, if you area sufferer from that scourge of humanity known as consump- tion, and you can be cured. There is the evidence of hundreds of living witness- es to the fact that, in all its' early stages, consumptionis a curable dis- ease. Notevery case, but @ large percent- age of cases, and we believe, fully 98 per cent. are cured by Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery, even after the disease has progressed so far as to induce repeated bleedings from the lungs, severe lingering cough with co- pious expectoration (including tubercu- lar matter), great loss of flesh and ex- treme emaciation and weakness. Do you doubt that hundreds of such cases reported to us as cured by ‘‘ Gold- en Medical Discovery’’ were genuine cases of that dread and fatal disease? You need not take our word for it. They bave, in nearly every instance, been so pronounced by the t and most ex- perienced home physicians, who have no interest whatever in misrepresent- ing them, and who were often strongly prejudiced and advised against a trial of “Golden Medical Discovery,” but who have been forced to confess that it surpasses, in curative power over this fatal malady, all other medicines with which they are acquainted. Nasty cod- liver oil and its filthy ‘' emulsions’’ and mixtures, had been tried in nearly all these cases and had either utterly failed to benefit, or had only seemed to benefit a little for a short time. Extract of malt, whiskey, and various preparations of the hypophosphites had also been faithfully tried in vain. The photo- graphs of a large number of those cured of consumption, bronch lingering coughs, asthma, chronic masal catarrh and kindred maladies, bave been skill- fully reproduced in a book of 160 pages which will be mailed to you, on receipt of address and six cents in stamps. You can then write those cured and learn their experience. Address for the Book, Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. HOME FOR THE CARE OF THE IREBRITE (Incorporated 1863). 2000 Stockton St, 8. F,, Cal. A HOSPITAL FOR THE TREATMENT OB inebriety, including Alcoholism and Drug Habits and Nervous Diseases resulting therefrom; also for the temporary care and observation of persons suspected of Insanity. Terms $10 to $25 -per week. rt of the Grand Jury, filed Extracts from the rej December 8, 1894: “While not a public institne. tion, in consequence of complaints made to us by | the press and others, thorough examination wag made of the conduct of the Home of [nebristes, and as a result of our investigations we are satis- fled that the same has been and is belng properly managed. The charges made to us of impropes treatment of the patients were not sustained.” Trustees—H. J. BURNS (President), WM. MARTIN (Secretary), E. D. SAW= CR, M. G. BADGER, J. K, COOPER, JOHN DENSMORE, J. W. BUTTER< WORTH. For further information address The Superintendent and Resident Physiciany Downtown office— Room 18, sixth floor, Milly building, 3 to 4:30 P daily. TEE GREAT MOISTURE ABSORBENT . “HUMIDINE” Reeps Refrigerators dry and sweet, preserves meats, butter, Hnlk, eto., economizes ice, removes ‘ refriger~ ator taste” and odor. Sold by grocers and druggists. PENNA, SALT MF@. CO. Also, Mfrs. Lewis* 98% Powdered Lye, Philadelphia. r;l‘he (;.realtzlexlem Remed; Tives health and strength & iue Bexuai Orzans TAMAR . INDIEN A 1azative refreshi) tralt lozenge, © s Very agreeahle 1o take. CONSTIPATIO! hemorrholds, bile, 1083 of appetite, gastric and intestinal tronbles and headache arising from them. E. GRILLO! N,