The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 26, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 26, 1895. veereo....MAY 26, 1895 CITY ITEMS IN BRIEF. The Manuel Laguno sailed for Honolulu yes- terday in the wake of the Tillie Starbuck. The brig Geneva sails to-Gay for the Yukon River with the stern-wheel steamer Beaver on board. The hei: f ex-Governor Downey residing in San Francisco will not contest the recently discovered will. The schools will be closed Tuesday afternoon that the teachers may attend the institute and hear Susan B. Anthony. Captain Killey, formerly of the British ship Simla, has been” promoted to the command of the English steamer Lanarca. Before Market street can he permanently re- paved, the sewer, gas, water and conduit sys- tems will have to be perfected. The case of C. A. Spreckels Jr. against the Oceanic Steamship Company was commenced before Judge Seawell yesterday. The winning horses vesterday at the Bay District were Myron, Perhaps, Linville, Sir Richard, Relampago and Roma. arochial home for St. Teresa’s Church, 500, is to be built immediately. It will occupy the site of the old one. Mrs. Stanford received the graduating class of the Palo Alto University at her home on California street yesterday afternoon. John Flitt, a Chicago messenger-bdy ‘who stole $860 from the Fort Dearborn Bank, was arrested at the Baldwin Hotel yesterday. Attorney B. G. Haskell, indicted by the Grand Jury for perjury and embezzlement, was arrested yesterday and released on bonds. Four hundred members of the police force will parade for inspection in their new uni- forms on Van Ness avenue at noon {0-moITow. Mrs. Elena Agacio, the wife of a South Ameri- can planter, was yesterday divorced from her husband on the ground of his cruelty and infi- Qelity. The Weather Bureau predicts occasional light ghowers, with nearly stationary temperature and brisk southerly winds for to-day in San Francisco. Dr. James McLean, who was indicted on Fri- the Grand Jury for embezzlement, was ted yesterday eiternoon and locked up in Commissioners met last evening transacting some routine business meet in future on Thursday after- 2 o'clock. ittees for the Fourth of July cele- 2 were appointed yesterday. Colonel Hunter and two more army officers will act as 8ids to the grand marshal. J.D. L. McGaughey was arraigned in Judge Belcher's court yesterday for the murder of Dr. . He pleaded not guilty and his case was itinued to June 10 to be set. -Supervisor Dundon is looking up the law an effort to compel the Supervisors to allow the majority of property-owners to lower the grade of Beale street twenty feet. R. W. Sinclair, alias W. H. Smith, 15 years of sge, who stole & bicycle in San José and armed hinself for the life of a_highwayman, was ar- Tested here yesterday and sent home. A.S. Baldwin of the Merchants’ Association 1& not in favor of beginning permanent im- provements on Market street until several other streets are put in better condition. The return fare for the Grand Army, Knights lar and Christian Endeavorers to their Eastern conventions is $60 to the Mississippi and $31 50 or $34 50 beyond that point. Mrs. Louise A. Worthington appeared in Judge Belcher's court vesterday to huve her ial set, but owing to the {llnessof counsel | jbo Gefense the matier went over for o week. The twenty-fifth anniversary of St. Boniface Church, Golden Gate avenue and Jones street, will be ¢elebrated on June 9. On the same day nildren of the church will have their first communion. Charles J. Devlin wes handling s revolyer in Morton’s express office at the ferry vesterday when it exploded. The bullet lodged in the leg of William St. Ammat, & runner for the Brooklyn Hotel. Chairman of the Buildings ana Grounds Committee of the Board of Education McElroy < with Director Scott that the great ma- of the school buildings are disease- ing fire-traps. e men entered the office of Gustav Wal- ter of the Ory n sbout midnight Friday while he was co : his night's receipts, but were scared ¢ the watchman and one of them was ca r the affiliated colleges =ndon H('i%z College of Dentistry. The in the Easturge that the ) small. ral Barrett has issued orders al John H. Dickinson and his General Dickinson, however, says 1 ac service and never has been eposed from his command. rkin and Daniel Lawler, who have T the robbery in_the Sutter-street of the American District Telegraph , may be set at liberty, as the police convinced that they were not the The Pacific Coast Commercial Travelers’ Asso- i is preparing for & grand four-days’ mid- outing, to be held in Santa Cruz on ast of June. A fine programme of enter- tainment hes been prepared by the cltizens of the seaside resort. Auditor Broderick says that a taxrate of 1 30 per $100 valuation ought to meet the new conditions in the City for next year. John Russell, clerk to the Board of Supervisors, 150 none too little to pay off all obli- gations and st 1ew. In the case of W. P. Redington vs. the Pacific Postal Telegraph Cable Company for damages he failure of telegraphic dispaich the preme Court yesterday afirmed the judg- ment and order of the lower court, in favor of the plaintiff for 5 and costs. igh teachers banguet at t Maison Riche in cele- bration of the tent anniversary of their h graduation. Telegrams and cablegrams bring | the regrets of absent members. The charge of battery against Xa) director of & private school at 1 street, on Joseph Andrieu, one of ler Mefret, Powell s pu; was dismissed by Judge Lowe yesterday, as 1t | was shown that the boy had used grossly of- fensive language to his teacher. J. D. Maxwell was appointed San Francisco ager of the New : the const of the Milwaukee Mechanics’, and E, A.Schmidt and Gus Messinger City agents of ihe Lancashire Insurance Company. The meeting for men only at the Christian Association building, Mason and Ellis streets, J-ihvis miternoon. at 3 o'clock, will be addressed v. Mr. Varley on an interesting subject. s admitted. Gentlemen between 16 A #nd 40 years of age mvited to attend. Attorney B. G. Haskell. who was indicted by the Grand Jury en Friday, on the charges of Eerjury and embezzlement, was arrested on Superior Court wnrrlnlss‘eslerda)‘ afternoon in the City Hall. He had his bonds of 1000 on each charge ready and was immediately re- leased from custody. Petitions for letters of administration have been filed in the Probate Court as follows: By. Margeret McCormick over the estate of John W. MeCormick, vaiued at $5000. By Elizabeth A. Castle over the estate of her husband, Albert E. Castle, valued at $4700. By Sarah Simpson over the estate of Wiiliam SBimpson, valued at $2500. . At arecent meeting of the Assoclated Veter- ansof the Mexican War various amendments to existing by-laws were adopted. It is pros posed to urge mpon California Senators and epresentatives in Congress the removal of the condition of the increase act, known as the “pruper clause” It has also decided to keep a roll or roster of all Mexican war veter- &, which will be printed and circulated. Charles J. Devlin was fooling with a revolver in Morton’s express office at the ferry yester- dsy, when it exploded. William St. Ammat, & runner for the Brooklyn Hotel, was sitting in u chair, reading a newspaper, and the bullet ‘entered the caif of his right leg. He was taken 10.the Receiving Hospital, where the bullet was extracted. It will be some time before heis able to attend to his duties again. Devlin was arrested on the charge of carrying concealed weapons. ‘ The Academy of Sciences has finally lost the P> parcel of land within the Pueblo grant to the *“*City, which it has been claiming many years. Yesterday the Sunreme Court held that ‘although the land had been assigned by the Supervisors in 1868 “for the use of the Academy * of Sciences” that body had no right to assi; lands for the use of any but a publlcbo‘f; The opinion of Justice Harrison, in which Justices Garoutte and Van Fleet concur, con- cludes: ““The ];lnln(ifl'l.lerein isa private cor- poration with limited membership and ean in 2o respect be regarded as invested with the care of the public or subject to public control.” hts is favored by | bers of the “class of '85” | chool and ome of their | York Underwriters’ | L. C. Bromwell general manager for | | RACING TO' THE ISLANDS, | ! The Manuel Llaguno After the Starbuck in a Run for Sugar. A STEAMER FOR THE YUKON. Salling of the Geneva for Alaska. Luck of Captaln Killey of the Simla. The American ship Manuel Llaguno went to sea ygsterday, bound for Honolulu to take on a cargo of sugar for New York. | There has been considerable rivalry be- tween the Llaguno and the Tillie Star- 'buck since the former vessel arrived in | port. Both vessels had been chartered | prior to arrival to go to Honolulu to take | sugar cargoes to New York. | For many years no sugar has left the | Hawaiian Islands which has not been des- tined for San Francisco; but this year the output from the islands was found to be too great for the California market. The against the Bodie Consolidated Mining Com- pany for the recovery of ¥300,000 the value of ore abstracted from the former company’s ground. The rumor caused a drop in Bodie stock from 87 to 76 cents. BROWN IS CRITICIZED. Some of His Congregation Take Excep- tion to His Remarks Anent the Herron Matter. The recent discussion provoked by the appearance of Professor Herron in this City has aroused a spirit of controversy between Rev. Dr. Brown and some of his congregation. Dr. Jordan, president of Stanford University, has joined forces with Dr. Brown. The remarks of Dr. Brown in announcing this fact bave called forth brief responses from two of the gentlemen mentioned. The following letters have beensent to the CavrrL for publication: To the Editor of the Call: There appears in Saturday’s L an article headed ““After the Fabian Club” by Rey. C. 0. Brown, D.D. While I have nothing to do with thet societ know nothin; much oblige: and whatever about it I should be few misstatements which crept into the article, | inso far as it related to matters of which I have a personal knowledge and in which I have a | ersonal interest. It says I was never a deacon, ut about ten years ago was an elder for nine months and have held no office in the church | since. If the article as a whole is as untrue as itis in the sentence wherein Mr. Brown refers 10 me its relfability cannot be great. First—T was a deacon of the First Congrega- tional Church and have been often so ad- dressed by Mr. Brown. I was elected under these flattering circumstances: , alleged to | to you if you would correcta | 1 had posi- | G00D FAITH QUESTIONED, C. A. Spreckels Maintains His SuitAgainst the Oceanic Company. SAYS HE WANTS A MEETING. Yet He Never Asked the Share- holders to Call One for Him. Judge Seawell devoted almost the whole of vesterday to the trial of the case of C. A. Spreckels Jr. against the Oceanic Steam- ship Company. C. A. Spreckels Jr. has | asked for a writ of mandamus to compel | the company to hold its annual meeting. | D.M. Delmas of Delmas & Shortridge, | attorneys for the company, read its an- swer to the complaint and showed that the company had already held its annual meeting on January 21 last, when the plaintiff, C. A. Spreckels Jr., had no right to vote, and that since then there has been no occasion for another meeting. The an_ THE MANUEL LLAGUNO SHAKING OUT HER SAILS AFTER CASTING OFF THE ACTIVE’S HAWSER. [Sketched for the “Call” by Coulter.] contract between the islands and the California Sugar Refinery | provides that two-thirds of the crop must | come to San Francisco and that the remain- ing one-third can be shipped to any point | the refinery might dictate. | In the early part of the year it was de- | cided to semf nearly 30,000 tons of sugar | from the islands to New York, and the Qquestion arose among the skippers as to where the vessels were coming from to carry the cargoes. The first vessel to load here was the American ship Kenilworth, which has only flown the American flag within the past few years. The Tillis | Starbuck cawe next, with the Manuel Llaguno cloze upon her heels, and both vessels are now bound for the islands with | all canvas. The Starbuck was in port when the Lla- | guno arrived, and gangs of stevedores have been employed on both craft day and night. The Starbuck got away on Thurs- day, and should have been at least 100 miles off shore when the Manuel Llaguno dropped her tug’s hawser outside the heads yesterday afternoon. Captain Small of the new sugar ship bad blood in his eye when the wind filled his sails, and he yelled back to those on the | tug Active that he would beat the Star- buck down to Honolulu or eat his main- | sail. He had a good breeze for a start and | as he squared away to the southward he | looked like a winner in the ocean race. On the heels of the Manuel Llaguno | another American ship was towed to sea, | bound for a sugar cargo to carry to New | York. This was the Great Admiral. She | left here yesterday afternoon for Manilla, | from where she is to take a cargo of sugar | to the great American metropolis. Bets | are freegly offered along the water front | that the Manuel Llaguno will be the first | of the trio to reach New York. | The brig Geneva will sail for St.| Michaels this morning carrying away with her supplies and machinery for the miners on the Yukon River. In the cargo of the vessel is a stern-wheel steamer called the | Beaver, built by Matthew Turner of Benicia, which has already been men- | tioned in these columns. Captain Jim | Kennedy will go in command of the| Beaver,” and he is responsible for the | assertion that_the new steamer wiil travel at the rate of fifteen knots an hour. Cap- | tain Jim steered the craft down from | Benicia and lost two hats on the way | down. He saysthat he lost the hats on account of the velocity of the steamer, but there are others who say that the trip occupied seven hours and that the hats were blown out in frontof the steamer. The captain of the Beaver explains this b remarking that a new boatcreates as mucl jealousy as it does power. The gallant old yacht Freda went out for a sail from Tiburon vesterday after- | noon with a_crew comprising Ed Kolb, | Irvy Lyons, Ed Bosqui, L. B. Chapman | and Raymond Huber. The yacht anchored last night in Paradise Cove, and to-day the | yachtsmen will put in the time pulling | rockcod out of the depths. The yacht | sportsmen hope to get some fine messes | of fish. “Eddie Kolb is not much of a fish- | erman,” said Louis Chapman, as his star- board foot touched the Tiburon’s bow and his port phalanges dangled in the air, “but he 1s a great wrestler, not, and we'll geta boatload of cod.” Captain J. Killey, who was out here last year on the British ship Simla, has been Eomoted to the command of the steamer rnaca, }r;lymg in the Kastern trade through the Suez canal. The honor be- stowed on the new commander is appreci ated in this port, but it is mingled with the regrets of his many friends, for the reason | that San Frgpclsuo will see him no more. Captain Killey was not only one of the most careful masters who ever brought a ship into this harbor, but he was one of the most courteous and best posted men in the British merchant marine. The Pacific Mail steamer City of Peking | sailed yesterday afternoon for China and Japan with sixteen cabin passengers and | seventy-five Chinese in the steerage. | Among the cabin passengers were young | Colonel Bradbury and his wife and Miss | Cecelia O’Connor, the youngest daughter of Commodore Con O'Conmnor. The trio embarked on a tour around the world and they expect to be abroad at least a year. There was a large crowd of society people at the wharf to see them off and the Mail dock has never been seen in a brighter ar- ray of color. 5 . A. Bunker and wife, missionaries to Seoul, were also among the passengers. Dr. Bunker was 1n Korea for many years before the war and he said that he expected to find a wider field than ever for his labors on his return to his old camping-ground. A Mining Suit. The Standard Consolidated Mining Company is understood to have prepared papers ina suit | dia. But he | con” shoul fifty-six votes out of sixty-two, only six being cast for the regular nominee. The election was vote being made unanimous for me, I con- sented to serve and did so for several years. So much for the first point. Second—There is not and never was to my knowledge (and 1 have been a member of the First Congregational Church for twenty years) any such officer in that church, or any other Congregational church, as an elder. Third—Mr. ‘Brown say thatI have held no oftice since. Iam now and have been for many years chairman of the standing committee of ihe church and any one wishing confirmation of this statement can have it by consuiting the church manual. The duties of the standing committee are coequal with those of the deacons of the church and they represent the sentiment of the membership of the church more fully than do the trustees of the so- ciety (not of the church) who are not in all cases even members of the church. Mr. Brown states that he has “carefully looked over the church membership, and can- not find in opposition more than the six who signed the call.”” In the first place there were more than six members of ti members who did not sign it have expressed | their disapproval of the course and conduct of Mr. Brown in regard to the whole Herron controversy. Much might be said regarding Mr. Brown's statements about his sermon attacking Pro- fessor Herron, but I would state that it is a well- known fact—which can be proven—that the sermon was read from the printed circular, of which portions were omitted and several bitter attacks interpolated. Yours sincerely, M. STRAUS. Mr. Dexter's Deaconship. To the Editor of the Call—SIR: In justice to the | Rev. C. 0. Brown—a statement by whom ap- peared in Saturday’s Call—I would like to meke an explanation. He says: “Mr. Dexter is a deacon of the First Congregational Church, but he was made one et my request.” Now it is possible that one not familiar with Congre- gational church government might be led to believe that the pastor had the appointment ot deacons. Such is not the case, however, and [ feel sure that Dr. Brown, npon having the matter called to his a tention, will be only too glad to modify the suggestion that I was made a deacon at his request. A Congregational church is the most democratic of bodies, and most minisiers of that denomination are care- ful to avoid any suspicion of dictation in church affairs or the election of church officers. 1 was elected about two years ago to fill an un- expired term, and at the last ann al meeting [ was unanimously re-elected for a full term. Sincerely, yours, D. GILBERT DEXTER. The following note was yesterday re- ceived from Rev. Dr. Brown: May 25, 1895. Editor Call: The following werds from your reported interview in this morning’s paper are incorrect: Asto Mr. Straus, he is not only not a deacoa, but never was one. About ten years 8zo he was an elder for nine months, but has held no ofice in the church since. These words are quoted as from me. I made no remark about Mr. Straus, but_an official of the church, who stood by during the interview, did not say what your reporter has given. We have no “elders” in Congre- ational churches. He said that “Mr. Straus fs not now a deacon and has not been for sev- eral years.” The remainder of the paragraph is, 1 believe,correct, except that the word ‘*‘dea- d be substituted for “elder.” Truly, yours, CHAS. O. BROWN.' e TEACHERS'. INSTITUTE. Anthony Will Address the Meeting. Miss Susan B. Anthony will address the schoolteachers of San Francisco at their institute, which convenes at Golden Gate Hall on May 28, at 1:30 ». ., and that all may have the privilege of hearing this distinguished lady, Superintendent Monl- der has authorized the closing of the schools on_the afternoon of the meeting. Yesterday he issued the following circular: To Pr{nclpal&'—Lmll! AND GENTLEMEN: There will be a meeting of the Teachers' Institute at Golden Gate Hall on Sutter street, near Tay- lor, on Tuesday, May 28, at 1:30 P. M. You are authorized to close your respective schools at noon of thatday. Please notify your teachers that Miss Susan B. Anthony will address the meeting. Teachers will bé admitted to the bl on presentation of thelr personal card. A. J. MOULDER, Superintendent of Common Schools, SO T A New Department. Furniture moved, stored, packed and shipped at low rates by Morton Special Delivery. Only experienced men em- loyed; equipment first class. Offices, 31 ary street and 408 Taylor street. * — If a needle be inserted into the skin of a supposed corpse and withdrawn, the hole will remain open if the patient be reall dead. But if the patient lives the skin wii‘i close up and the hole disavpear. Susan B. ———————— CATARRE cured and no pay until cuerd Treatment at ofice free. 925 Howardstreet., * e First Church | who signed the eall, but some very prominent planters on the | tivcly refused to be a candidate, but received | swer strongly questioned the good faith of | C. A. Spreckels Jr. in invoking the un- | declared void, but at the next meeting, the | Decessary aid of the courts. | Secretary E. H. Sheldon of the Oceanic Steamship Company produced the books of the company and gave an account of C. A. Spreckels Jr. asking to be allowed to vote at the annual meeting, although his stock stood in the name of C. W. Wheeler. He had then offered to vote Wheeler’s proxy, but the by-laws probibited any one voting a proxy uniess he were a stock- holder of record. The witness did not see any proxy. Afterward the meeting was adjourned sine die. William Hoffschneider, a stockhoider, testified that he had seen C. A. Spreckels Jr. at the meeting referred to, and had not attended any subsequent meeting. Spreck- els Jr. had not voted on that occasion. The plaintiff, C. A. Spreckels Jr., took the stand and gave his version of the meet- ing of January 21. He said as the owner of 3630 shares he had attempted to vote, but had been denied, altheugh he claimed to nave exhibited a proxy to the president, John D. Spreckeis. He had objected to the meeting because the trnnsger-baoks had been closed twelve instead of ten days before the date of the meeting. The witness endeavored to intimate that the minutes of the meeting had been written up long afterward for some pur- pose. He had been invited by two di- rectors to come on the board, and for that reason wished to vote his stock, which he | denied that he had ever hypothecated. Under cross-examination, C. A. Spreckels Jr. further admitted that C. S. Wheeler, on January 22, 1894, when elected director, had no more interest in the company than a stranger. The witness bad only made one effort, about an hour before the meet- ing of January 31, 1895, to bave his stock transferred from Wheeler's name to his own. It was shown that C. 8. Wheeler had ceased to be a director on January 21, 1895, when the stock standing in his name had, after the annual meeting, and before a meeting of stockholders to appoint direc- tors, been transferred back to C. A. Spreckels Jr. After recess there was an examination of the list of shareholders, and then John D. Spreckels, president of the company, took the stand. ~He testified very clearly as to the action of C. A. Spreckels Jr. at the meeting of January 21, 1895. No proxy had been produced, although there was a motion made as if to produce one. As the legality of C. A. Spreckels Jr. voting was questioned, a motion to adjourn had pre- vailed. The meeting was in every way regular, 17,500 shares of the 25,000 capital stock being represented. Attorney Delmas called upon C. A. Spreckels " Jr. for the proxy in question, but the latter said it wasin San Mateo. He was directed to produce it to-morrow, and in the meantime argument ensued. Attorney Delmas confined himself at the time to a single issue, viz.: that the glnintiff was not entitled to the reiief he esired, because he had not exhausted the legitimate means of securing his end be- fore appealing to the courts. “This action,” said Mr. Delmas, “is based on a demand made on the directors of a company to call a meeting. No per- son can invoke the power of mandamns until he has made diligent endeavor (o se- cure by private solicitation the relief re- quired. In the first place these directors have not been given enough time to com- ply with the request. They had only been noticed on March 15, and on the 23d suit had been commenced. “In the next place there are three ways of calling a mecting—through the presi- dent or vice-president, through the direct- orsor through the shareholders. Before an aggrieved party can come into court he must be prepared to show that he has tried all three ways. ““If the directors have met and declined to call a meeting it remains_for the plain- tiff to show that he has failed to get the majority of the stockholders to call it. I au%pose if the stockholders don’t choose t0 have a meeting then the law says there shall be no meeting. The will of a major- ity of the shareholders is the last recourse recognized by the law. It has not been shown that a majority of the stockholders desire a meeting. If it be true that a ma- jority of the stockholCers donot wanta meeting it would be idle for a mandamus to issue compelling a meeting to be called; all they would have to do would be not to attend. “If C. A. Spreckels Jr. has called upon the stockholders to call the meeting and has failed. it is of no use to call a meeting, and if the stockholders have not refused to call the meeting then there is no power in the court to compel the directors to call a meeting.”” Attorney Cole for C. A. Spreckels Jr. en- eavored to show that the directors ‘‘con- trolled” 2 majority of the stock, but this was negatived, and the answer was amended by the insertion of a denial of such a statement. The matter then went over until Mon- day, when C. A. Spreckels Jr. will be asked to produce the proxy of C. 8. Wheeler, ‘which he said he mtemfted to vote at the meeting of January 21, 1895, “THE PRINOCESS.” Miss Lake’s School Made a Fleasing De- parture From the Usual Order of Things. The graduating exercises of Miss Lake's well-knowix school for girls, which were held Friday night in the commodious hall of the National Armory on Ellis street, proved to be a pleasing departure from the usual programme carried out by classes of sweet girl graduates. The armory assembly hall, which has' never before in its brief history given signs that were not warlike, was adorned with the lily and the rose. Fourteen graduates crowded the flowers on the stage and surpassed them in beauty. The audience, which had come by invita- tion and permission, made the hall as crowded as the stage. The exercises by which the class enter- tained its friends” included no graduating essays. Tennyson’s ‘“Princess’ as ren- dered by the class was offered in contrast to the usual programme. This order of things was created by Miss Lake. It was suggested to her by the Woman'’s Congress now in session, and it presented the poet’s idea of the new woman in contrast with the idea now being discussed. There was first the sweet chorus, “Sweet and Low,” and then a scene from “The Princess,” given by the class. The songs and choruses were keenly delightful to all who heard them. Rev. George E. Walk offered a prayer and gave an address, the central idea of which was that a woman should abandon Tose-leaf romanticism for practical aims in life. After the Sresentamon ol diplomas the class gave a_delightful reception to a crowd of friends at the elegant new quar- ters of the school at 1534 Sutter street. Thus closed the seventh year of this school. STILL HOLDS THE PAPERS, General Dickinson Acting as Commander of the Sec- ond Brigade. He and His Staff Are Declared Re- tired by AdJutant-General Barrett. General John H. Dickinson still thinks he is general of the Second Brigade and re- tains its papers. He explains that it is not because he desires to retain the posi- tion but because he thinks the steps al- ready taken are contrary to law. Until his lawyers give him their opinion to the con- trary Le will continue in the opinion that he still retains his old rank, in spite of the appointment of General Warfield. Adjutant-General A. W. Barrett, who took his office on Friday, and C C. Allen, who retired at the same time, were at the California Hotel yesterday. Neither of | them could throw much light on the ques- tion. General Barrett evidently considers Mr. Warfield the general. “I issued my first orders yesterday.” he said. “They are now in the hands of the printer and will be made public in a few days. In these orders I enumerate the ofticers who have been retired by the new law and give their titles. General Dickin- son’s name and the names of his entire staff are in this list. I think there will be no trouble about the matter.” General Allen said that the affair was not a matter of orders, but of law. He ex- plained that according to the statutes a general can be retired only after he has served a certain length of time and has made a request that he be put on the re- tired li He emphasized the fact that it was essential for him to ask to be retired. “Now the new law says that the officers of the brigades which have been changed shall be retired,” said General Allen. “As I understand it, General Dickinson's po- sition is that there has been no change in his brigade, an4 that therefore the new law does not affect him. “I am sure he is not captious in this. He informed Governor Bud‘v’j some time ago that his resignation would be tendered whenever it was desired. Bnt he wants to keep within the law and feels that the law has not been complied with. “Who do [ think is general? Frankl I admit that I am incapable of judging. It is a legal matter entirely and depends upon the construction the autnorities may put upon the law.. No order by the Gov- ernor or adjutant-general can affect it.” General Dickinson expected to receive the opinion of his attorneys yesterday. He was disappointed. He will haye to wait until Monday. His actions will depend entirely upon their reading of the statute. TO0 HAVE ELEQTRIC LIGHTS. The Citizens of Marin County Improve Their Resorts. For the past two years the people of Mill Valley, Marin County, have been looking forward to an improvement in the mode of lighting their city. Engineers on behalf of the company controlling Mill Valley have inspected the sources from which water power could be derived in order to operate an electric-light plant, but in every instance have reported unfavorably upon the undertaking. Finding that it would be impossible to secure a plant in Ml Valley at any rea- sonable cost, the projectors of the enter- prise decided to look further for succor. The San Rafael Electric Light Company was appealed to, and a few days ago a eon- tract was entered into between that com- pany and 8. B. Cushing of Blithedale, by which the San Rafael company has agreed to furnish electricity to Blithedale and Mill Valley. The work of construction has already commenced, and wires are being run from San Rafael to both Mill Valiey and Blithe- dale, and within two weeks the two towns will be brilliantly illuminated. Houses are being wired rapidly to re- ceive the benefits of this latest achieve- ment. MACKAY'S . HOUSEKEEPER. She Receives a Setback at the Hands of the Supreme Court. Harriet Schenck Mackay, the house- keeper of Patrick N. Mackay. deceased, re- ceived a slight setback yesterday at the hands of the Supreme Court in her suit with Duncan C. and Robert G. Mackay. The will of Patrick N. Mackay be- queathed to executors in trust $15,000 to ay the income thereof to Mrs. Schenck guring her life. Mackay died on April 21, 1893, and in August, 1894, Mrs. Schenck filed g petition, alleging that the estate was worth over $300,000 and asking for her leg- acy and interest. The court below ordered the executors to pay Mrs. Schenck $60 a month, as well as that due for the period since Mackay’s death at the same rate. The Supreme Court vesterday held this order unwarranted, as the will expressly stated that the bequest wasto be paid to trustees, and the effect of this order was partial or final distribution. All the re- spondent, Mrs. Schenck, could do was to petition for distribution of the estate. In- cidentally the court decided that the re- spondent at the time of distribution would be entitled to interest. The order ap- pealed from was reversed. - MONEY burns the pocket to buy the Al- mighty-dollar Cigar. > | | | 810, NEXT YEAR'S TAX' LEW, It May Run Up to $1 50 for City and County Pur- poses. THE RATE IN OTHER CITIES. Comparisons Show That San Fran- cisco Has Very Little to Complain Of. The size of the rate of taxation for the next fiscal year to be fixed by the Super- visors next month is already beginning to cause the taxpayer, especially incrusted silurians, to wear a shade of anxiety on his face. The apparent disposition of the Board of Supervisors to provide for some expansion and dressing up of the City as well as for the current expenses has had this effect. When the Street Committee at its last meeting decided to recommend three items to the tax levy amounting to $240,000, Folsom street paving, street sweeping and park improvement, this disposition became apparent. “These items are far in excess of similar items of last year, the street-sweeping be- ing nearly double, and the Folsom-street item of $80,000 standing against a sewering levy of $19,000,” said Auditor Broderick yesterday. ‘*‘The schools will want a quarter of a million more this year than last, the clerks of courts will call for $10,000 instead of $6000 a month, or $48,000 more for the year. There is a general dispo- sition to urge big items for, the tax levy just now, but when these begin to be rounded up and the big total is presented I am inclined to believe there will be such a change in the tune that many of the items will have to be cut. However, with the deficiencies in sight that will have to be provided for and the expansion that is quite as clearly apparent, the tax rate will be considerably flEove the §1 of this year. I think $1 30 on the valuation of $342,000,- 000 of last year will do the work.”” John 8. Russell, clerk of the Board of Supervisors, thinks the rate will be $1 50. “In many things,” said Mr. Russell, “this City is behind hand. In the first place we should pay our debts. I believe a city should be as faithful to its obligations as any business man should be. It has no right to hide behind a technicality of law. In the next place this City has grown to be a big boy and the short trousers of the dol- lar limit make it look very ridiculous in mparing of progressive American cities. We want clean streetsand better streets; we want plenty of light and should have it all the year round; we want an en- larged and improved police force, in short we want our institutions to come up abreast of our present classas a city and by the same token we should pav for it like a man. It has been the fashion to complain of the heary taxation we suffer here. The fact is the tax rate in San Fran- cisco is lower than inalmostany city in the country. Mr. Russetl took a bit of yellow paper from his pocket, remarking, ‘I have been looking into this question of tax rates,” he said. “Let us see what the people of New York have to pay. Last year they | had an indebtedness of $104,404,530. The assossed valuation of taxable property, real and personal, was $1,933,518,329, upon which the tax rate was $1 82 per $100. *In Brooklyn, improved real estate is as- sessed on a basis of 70 per cent of its cash value, and 50 per cent on unimproved real estate, and the tax rate on this is $2 85 on each $100 of valuation. The amount raised by taxation in 1893 was $10,108,381. The po}»ulation is about 900,000. The re- ceipts from water rates are sufficient to provide for maintenance, payment of in- terest, and provide for reduction of the bonds at maturity, and leave a surplus of $300,000 over all requirements. “In Chicago AJAnl 1, 1894, taxable prop- erty was assessed at one-third of its cash value, and the city tax rate—exclusive of county or State—was $4.608 on each $100 of valuation. The amount raised was $11,- 5 Theo&?pulnticn was estimated in 1893 at 1,700,000." The city owns its own water supply, also an electric light system. The excess of receipts over expenditures in the water works to 1892 was $10,795,151. ““In St. Louis the rate of taxation based on a three-fifth schedule of the eash valua- tion of taxable property was $1.38 on each $100 valuation. The income of 1893-94 was estimated at $4,317,021. The city owns its water works, the income from which was $1,275,000, and the expenses but $432,500. The population is about 492,000. “In Baltimore the tax rate in 1893 was $1.55 on each $100 valuation. The city owns its water supply, the receipts from which during 1892 were $778,726, the ex- penses $187,705. The population is esti- mated at 475,000. “In Pittsburg the tax rate is based on about 80 per cent of the cash value of tax- able property, and for the year 1893 was $1.30 on each $100 valuation. The popula- tion is estimated at 270,000. The city owns its water works. “In New Orleans the city tax for 1893 was $2 on each $100 valuation. The popu- Jation is estimated gt about 252,500. ““In St. Paul the tax rate is $2 on each $100 valuation. The population is about 160,000. The city owns its water works, which are self-sustaining. “In Buffalo the tax rate is a fraction above $2 on the $100 valuation. The popu- lation is about 295,000. The city owns its water supply. “In Detroit for 1893 the tax rate was $151 on each $100 valuation. The popula- tion is about 330,000. The city owns its water works. “In Philadelphia the tax rate for 1892, on a basis of 75 Eer cent of the cash value, was §$1 85 on each $100 valuation. The pop- ulation is about 1,125,000. “In Cincinnati the tax rate for 1893 was $2.724 on each $100 valuation. The popu- lation is about 313,000. The city owns its own water sup] lgéthe receipts from which, in 1892, were gs ,906, and the operating enses $331,877. The water works are self-sustaining, and will be a source of revenue sufficient to provide a_new plant when required. I note these items as to the water eug‘ply. as they are not only in- teresting in themselves to the people of San Francisco, but they have a bearing on the question of taxes, inasmuch as where they are a source of revenue they of course tend to reduce the rate. ““In San Francisco the tax rate for 1893-94 for City, County and State was $1.606 on each $100 valuation, based on about the cash value. The net bonded debt amounted to $375,970; floating debt, about $225,000. The assessed valuation was $342,- 644,179, of which $276,457,420 was for real and $66,186,759 personal property. The population in 1890 was 298, is now probably about 325,000. The consumption (lis' seventy gallons of water per capita per iem. “In Boston the tax rate for 1893 was $1 28 on each $100 valuation. The limit of taxa- tion, exclusive of the State tax and of all sums required to be raised to provide for payment of interest and principal of the city debt, also of all debts for water supply, is 90 cents. _“The population is about 405,000. The city ownsits water supply, and the revenue for 1893-94 was $2,026,977, the expenses $594,- 051. The income from taxation was $10,- 510,141. For cleaning streets '$308,707 was expended. g “In view of all this it will be seen that San Francisco has had nothing to com plein of. Itis time for its people to quit ggumbhng and join hands to make the ity what it should be, one of the most de- gzhtfu%) places to live in that the world nOWS. THERE is an article on this market seldom equaled and never exceiled—Jesse Moore Whis- ky. Moore, Hunt & Co. guarantee its purity, * NEW TO-DAY. This was our position last week, but we have received several cases, and can now supply you once more with a com-~ plete line of the BEST~ FITTING, MOST STYLISH, CHOICEST PATTERNS, ALL ROUND, UP-TO-DATE LADIES’ PERCALE LAUNDRIED WAIST THAT ARE SHOWN IN THIS COUNTRY. DON'T FALL T0 SEE THEM. Pricgs Are: 50c, $1.00 and $1.50. Special LADIES' WHITE-LAUNDRIED _,._ SHIRT WAISTS, PLEATED FRONTS, PERFECT FIT, 5 Go REGULAR $1.00 GRADE. NOVELTY BELTS, BUCKLES AND TIES JUST OPENED. OUR NEW CATALOGUE NOW READY, Malled free to any address on application Parcels delivered free in this and neigh- boring cities and towns. Country orders receive our best and prompt attention. Samples on application. KOHLBERG, STRAUSS & FROHMAN, 107 AND 109 P2ST STREET, AND, 1220-1222-1224 MARKET ST. KENIG'S MONSTER CLEARANGE SALE Still Continnes With Unabated Sueeess. This clearly demonstrates that the public is fully aware of the great bar- gains to be had at KENIG’S. Desirable sizes are thinning out, and to get a good fit come soon. Customers are kindly requested to come as early in the morning as con. venient to avoid the afternoon rush, as they can then be better attended to. ANYS'H%'II';éLE ofh HERBE!}'S ONLY in the house for ladies and gents. $4-00 GENTLEMEN'S ENGLISH _ONLY WAUKENPHASTS, calf or patent leather, in any style. $5.00 Store Open Saturday Evenings to 10 o’clock KCENIG'S 122 Kearny Street. BAREFOOT double sole with tip, latest style cloth or You can_buy a fine Child’s Kid shoe, 5, 514, C, D wide,worth nnywlf:ere from$1 25 o mostly plain toe, few up?ed. all extra value, 6 or 7 kinds, 24 10 7, closing them this week at 25 L] cents before the break in prices. STORE, 414-418 Front street, near the Post- office. All streetcar lines go there for one fare. $ to make trade and give purchasers You will begin to get rich when to §1 50 at retail, kid tip for.. & chance. Baby's first shoes, 1, you begin to buy all famil lll{tfillcs from a Or a lady’s Kid Shoe, 50 GENTS 1%, 2, at 25 cents, cost 73 one-price, spot cash house like SMITH’S CASH San Francisco Laundry. 33 Geary Street. Telephone Main 5125. ALCAZAR THEATER. WALLENEOD JR&., RICK & CO...........Proprietors HOUSES CROWDED !—— Come and See forthe Last Time To-night and To-day’s Matinee “THE SHAUGHRAUN.” Prfces—15¢, 25¢, 35¢ and 50c. To-morrow Night—A CORNER GROCERY! Funnier Than Ever.