The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 1, 1895, Page 10

10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUTURDAY, JUNE 1, 1895. GOVERNOR BUDD IS ANGRY. Objects to the Criticisms of the Horticultural Com- missioners. A ROD IN PICKLE FOR THEM. Inquiry to Be Made as to the Ex- penditure of Money Used by the Board. Governor Budd is at present confined to his house in Sacramento, suffering from a severe attack of rheumatism, but as soon us he is able to be around again he pro- poses to discipline the members of the rnia State Board of Horticulture for disrespectful reflections upon him. At the last session of the Legislature Governor Budd vetoed an act appropriat- ing $10,000 to the use of the Horticultural Commission because it wasillegally drawn, being really two appropriations in one. limit of the exemption and make their purchases accordingly. £ Their knowledge of the workmanship and excellence of a weapon is almost ex- pert. The Winchester carbine and repeat- Ing shotgun are their favorites. They ex- amine them most carefully. They squint along the barrel, test the lock, scrutinize closely the stock for breaks or defects of any kind and want their purchases abso- lutely without a flaw. On prices they are as well posted as the manufacturers and retailers themselves. They are cash cus- tomers, and they want their goods at the lowest possible figure. With the firearms they buy large quantities of ammunition, and then they are ready for business on the other side. They are keen traders, and when_they display their triumphs of the “foreign devil’s” workmanship they ex- cite competition and knock the firearm down to the highest bidder. In Shanghai and Hongkong the young clerks in the big teahouses keep a lookout for the Chinese returned from California and get a bargain from them in guns and rifles. A dollar is large money in China, and a profit of $2 50 is regarded as a laudable mercantile trans- action. HIS LONG TRAMP WEST. Hardships Undergone by a Sturdy Veteran of the Rebellion. His veto cast a gloom over the Commis- sioners, and at & regular meeting they passed a resolution deploring his action. It was so worded, the Governor believes, as to place him in a false light before the public in general, and particularly before the fruit-raisers and farmers. He objects to being considered as an enemy of the horticultural interests of the State and as an obstructionist to the good work of the Horticultural Board. In traveling about the country upon official business and pleasure he has been taken to task somany times for vetoing the appropriation bill, and he has been so often openly accused of indifference to the interests of the honest orchardist and farmer that these blows now fall upon an open wound, so to speak. In nearly every instance he found that the reflections and impressions were based upon the action and resolutions of the State Board of Horticulture. The board consists of: Elwood Cooper, president, Santa Barbara, Commissioner for the Los Angeles district; L. W. Buck, vice-pregi- dent, Vacaville, Commissioner for the Napa district; Fred C. Miles, treasurer, Penryn, Commissioner for the El Dorado district; J. L. Mosher, auditor, San Fran- ioner for the State at large; -ank A. Kimball, National City, Commis- sioner for the State at large; Mark L. Mc- Donald, Santa Rosa, Commissioner for the Sonoma district; Sol Runyon, Courtland, Commissioner for the Sacramento dis- trict; I. H. Thomas, Visalia, Commis- sioner for the San Joaquin district; A. Block, Santa Clara, Commissioner for the fan I'rancisco district, and B. M. Lelong, sccretary, ex-officio chief horticultural of- ficer. More than this Governor Budd has been informed that several of the Commission- ers have personally made remarks and comments unfavorable to himself, and that has also ruffled his temper. The State Horticultural Society, a private association of orchardists, has cast similar reflections upon his action in regard to the same mat- ter, so the Governor has been informed. At least this society indorsed the resolution of the officiai board and passed a similar resolution deploring the situation. “Iam heartily sick and tired of being held up to the public in such an objection- able manner for vetoing an illegal act,” remarked the chief executive recently to a friend, ‘‘and before I am through with this husiness somebody else’s hide will smart beside mine.” He did not stateexactly what he would do to irritate their cuticles, but from further remarks it is safe to presume that he will make matters decidedly tropical for the m ers of the State Board of Hor- ticulture within a week or ten days. The commission will be investigated and possi- bly an inquiry will be made as to the man- ner in which its funds have been expended. Not long ago $20,000 was appropriated for the csm%lishmcul of experimental stations in various parts of the State. The Gov- ernor is not well informed as to how this money has been expended and whether or not the object for which it was appropri- ated—the extermination of scale and in- sect pests—has been accomplished, or if it was done economically. The Governor's curiosity has also been_aroused as to the nature of the items given in reports as “office expenses.”’ Another line of inquiry will be as to whether the horticulturists and farmers in the board employ Japanese and Chinese contract laborers in their orchards and on their farms. Under the law a number of members of the board are retired every two years and the Governor names their successors. Two years is a little too long for him to wait to accomplish his desires, but some of his friends state that he will opsrate on other lines to reach the same end. A LAWYER UP A TREE. The Astonishing Boar Hunt of Attorney Bonnestell on the Skagit River. The steamer Umatilla arrived in port yesterday morning from Victoria and Puget Sound ports. Among her passengers were C. K. Bonnestell, the well-known attorney, and his cousin, H. 8. Bonnestell. They left here two months ago for a hunting and fishing trip on the Skagit River. One day both gentlemen went out in company with Judge Henry McBride and Dr. F. B. West of Tacoma. They started for Grandy Lake, and while pushing their way through the underbrush they came across a_wild boar asleep in the middle of the road. Judge McBride attempted to step over the big pig, when his boarship awoke and gave the sportsmen a merry chase. When the latter got into the clearing they stood still and laughed at each other on their precipitate retreat. It was a case of ““dare,” and all bands went back again to_interview the wild hog. The boar was in hiding, and he charged on them and scattered them in all direc- tions. Bonnestell climbed atreeand the boar camped under his perch. “IfTonly had a gun,” murmured the attorney. ‘I wonder if a boar can climb a tree.” The pig went to sleep and kept the attor- ney in the tree for two hours. Then he go! up and sharpened his tusks against the ark of the tree and walked slowly away. The attorney crawled down from his lofty perch, much humiliated, and started off in the direction taken by his com- anions. Outside the chaparral he met is friends with about fifty men and boys at their heels coming to his rescue. —_——— TrE only baking powder yet found by chemical anaiysis to be entirely free from lime and absolutely pure is the ‘“Royal.” This perfect purity results from the ex- clusive use of cream of tartar specially re- fined and prepared by patent processes which totally remove the tartrate of lime and other impurities. e ee——— THE OUNNING CHINESE. Getting Firearms Duty Free Into the Flowery Kingdom. A few days before the sailing of a steamer for the Orient the gunshops do quite a risk business with the Chinese. Those about to return to the Flowery Kingdom ‘who have saved up some money endeavor to increase their capital by making a point on the Imperial Custom-house. There is no duty on weapons of individual owner- ship, or rather each returning Chinese is permitted to carry into the country a shot gun, a rifle and a pistol free of taxation. This item of the Chinese revenue law is Inown to the Mongolians in California. Therefore they take advantageof the full Was In the Fifty-Fourth New York Regiment—Wanted a Chance to Work. ‘While the Memorial day parade with its long array of nattily attired National Guardsmen and its rank on rank of veter- ans who wore the insignia of patriotism in many a scar and disfigurement, was pass- ing up Macket street, an incident occurred just in front of the gaudy pagoda around Lotta’s fountain which was witnessed by thousands of people. In the front row of the spectators stood anold man whose hair and beard were almost silver white; his attire consisted of a shabby coat and vest and a pair of dust- begrimed overalls. A hat which was of the same color and which had long before lost all semblance of its original shape, was drawn down over his brow, throwing a shadow over a tanned and wrinkled face. In one hand the old man carried a canvas satchel which was held together with a couple of hayropes. As the Grand Army veterans passed him the old man doffed his old gray hat, and the sun beat down upon_his white hairs until the last parader had gone by. Then he was lost to sight in the breaking up of the crowd of spectators. Fifteen minutes later a police officer found the old man standing on the corner of Geary and Mar- ket streets looking about him'in a dazed manner. Heinquired of the officer the way to the City Hall. When told he trudged out Market street. Then he met Police Captain Stone, and told him that he was weary and footsore, having trudged miles to reach the City and he wamlefi a place to sleep in over night. The cafmfln ave him a nickel to ride to the old City i{all, where homeless ones are taken in over night. There the old man revealed his identity. He said his name was August Muehl, and that he was one of the original members of the Fifty-fourth New York Regiment, which served with such gallantry through- out the Rebellion. Until recently he had been in good circumstances, but two years ago lost everything. Although 64 vears of age he decided to go West, and he under- took the journey on foot, working his way as he went. He told a long story of hard- ships and privations on the road. Al- tkough he got occasional rides on trains he walked afi the way from Los Angeles to this City, arriving on Thursday morn- ing, just in time to witness the Me- morial day parade. There is nothing of the tramp about the old man; he was well treated by the prison officials, and was given enough for breakfast when he was discharged at 6:30 o’clock yesterday morn- ing. Although advised when he ieft that he should go to the Veterans’ Home Asso- ciation for assistance he steadily insisted that he would first look for work. Secretary Scoville of the Veterans' Home Association when spoken to about the mat- ter yesterday said that if the old man could be found or would apply to the association he would be taken care of. ———— PurE baking powders are one of the chief aids to the cook in preparing perfect and wholesome food. While those are to be obtained of well-established reputation, like the Royal, of whose purity tgere has never been a question, it is proper to avoid all others. ESTHETIC IMPROVEMENTS, Jeflerson Square to Be Transformed From a Forest Into an Inviting Flower Garden. Jefferson square, bounded by Gough, Eddy and Laguna streets and Golden Gate avenue, is undergoing a course of improve- ment under the instructions of Charles Love, head gardener of public squares, that is calculated to transform it from its unsightly resemblance to a_dense tract of forest into a vast and attractive garden. Already the high and wide-spreading eucalyptus trees that have for years ob- structed a view of the square from Golden Gate avenue have been cut down, and only thelr stumps, to a height of five feet, re- main. These will be overgrown with ivy and variegated periwinkle, and a most pleasi sight will thus be presented to those who drive and ride along the avenue, while, at the same time, it will be possible to take a survey of the numerous flower beds which are to be shortly set out throughout the square. There is a dense mass of evergreen and laurel trees in the square midway between Golden Gate avenue and Turk street, and work has also been started on these with a view to_thinning them out and headin, them. When this oreration is completeg Jefferson square will be one of the pret- tiest of the smaller parks in the City. These copses have not heretofore only obstructed a view of the square, but the shadow cast by them has virtually pre- vented the planting of flowers. With the ample sunsgine that will now fall every- where it will be possible to grow all kinds of flowering plants, and full advantage will be taken OF the possibilities, The work is under the personal supervision of Michael O'Shannessy, who is the guardian of the square. oo Company C Entertains. An entertainment and social was given at Simpson M. E. Church last evening by Com- pany C, Fifth Regiment, Boys’ Brigade, foc the benefit of the camp fund. Ten tableaux, llus- uating the Life of the Soldier on camipaign duty, were pictured forth most beautifully by the boys of Company C, following a musical frogramme rendered by'Miss Nellie Catiran, iss Eva Paulucci, Miss Delano, Mrs. Golcher and Harry L. Todd. e He Wanted an Apology. Aman giving the name of James Donnelly ‘was arrested last night on a charge of threat- ening to murder Mary A. Shields, better known as Mamie Lanihan, who, as Donnelly states, used his name on a number of occasions in a manner which was unpleasant to him. —————— Comfortable Traveling. The most comfortable route to the East sum- mer or winter is the Santa Fe route. The sleep- ing-cars are superior and the meals en route are unequale: . There is less dust and no more heat than on any other line. A popular misbelief is that extreme heat pre- VAils on this iine in summer, while the fact is that the elevation of the whole line insures as comiortable a temperature as can be found on even the most northerly line. The northern part of Arizona is the summer resort of the people of that section, and the Grand Canyon of the Colorado is visited in the summer months exclusively. The Santa Fe route is first class all the wa; through to Chicago. The ticket office 1s 630 Market street, Chronicle building. The Pull- man sleepers run without change from San l b7 to Chieago via Kansas City, 2 IN SYMPATHY WITH DEBS The American Railway Union Trying to Arouse Public Sentiment. WANT THE CASE REHEARD. A Mass-Meeting to Be Held at Mat- ropolitan Temple — Resolu~- tlons Adopted. The leaders of the American Railway Union here and throughout the Umte'd States have determined that Eugene V. Debs shall not serve out his term in prison if they can help it. They are Inbor}ng to bring about a rehearing of the casein (_he United States Supreme Court and with that object in view have decided to arouse public sentiment on the subject through- out the country. Preparations are x}ow'be- ing made for a mass-meeting in this City, at which the question will be dlsc\}ssed l_)y well-known speakers. The meeting will be held at an early date in Metropolitan Temple. g 3 The local branch of the American Rail- way Union met Wednesday evening and passed the following preamble and resolu- tions: A WHEREAS, The United States Supreme Court has seen fit to decide that the income-tax law was unconstitutional, when the said law was made by the people, and which be believe to be a just law; and whereas, they have handed down an opinion upholding Judge Woods in his outrageous decision in the Eugene V. Debs case, therefore be it & : Resolved, That we as American citizens and believing in justice to all condemn_the action of the said Supreme Court in deciding against the many and in favor of the few. : Resolved, That we look upon such decisions in fear for our much-loved liberty ana freedom, of which the American people are o proud. Resolved, That we look upon injunctions as one-man law, and not_the law of the people, and one which we believe are always used in the interest of capital and against labor. Resolved, That we extend our sympathy to the poor man who pays the rich man’s tax, and which we believe he is now doing; and be it further Resolved, That Eugene V. Debs and the bal- ance of the American Railway Union officers that are sent to jail for using the right of free speech, which our laws give to us all, have our heartfelt sympathy and assurance that the American Railway Union will do all in its power to right such wrongs; and we feel sure that we shall be victoriou: WILL GO TO' SANTA CRUL The Half Million Club Has a Special Train for the Fiesta. Members and Their Friends WIIl Attend the Festivities In a Body. The executive committee of the Half- million Club held a short but important session yesterday afternoon. Boulevards were what agitated the meeting more than anything else, for the committee on boule- vards, parks and streets made its report, and several recommendations regarding the boulevard idea were embodied in it. Some days ago the boulevard committee suggested, by resolution, that the Super- visors be asked to appropriate $10,000 for maps and statistics on boulevards gen- erally and the proposed ones to be laid in and about San Francisco particularly. This suggestion was taken up by the execu- tive committee, and it was decided to drive italong. The boulevard committee will, therefore, by the authority of the execu- tive committee, present the matter to the Supervisors and will try to secure the $10,000. It wasdecided to notify the Super- visors that tbe executive committee had approved the resolution of the boulevard committee, which in turn approves the Folsom-street improvement. This places the club on record as approv- ing poth recommendations, and all the in- fluence possible will be brought to bear to see them carried out. The fiesta committee of the club reported that arrangements had been made to pro- cure a train of seven Pullman sleepers to tuke the ciub members and their friends to the great fete at Santa Cruz. The train will remain at the seaside city during all the days of festivity and the passengers who go will sleep in the Pullman berths every night while there. Attached to the train will be a baggage and a dining car, and the train will be run as a special and will be suitably sidetracked when Santa Een;g is reached. The fare for the trip will Henry J. Crocker, president of the club, received a telegram from Santa Cruz yes- terday announcing that the flag had been raised on the first timbers in the bi, pavilion which the Santa Cruz carnival committee is building for the grand ball and for the use of the Half-million Club and visiting pleasure seeker: In answer a telegram was sent back stating that the Half-million Club con- gratulated the Santa Cruz committee on the erection of the building. The tele- gram also returned thanks for the invita- tion to go down, and stated that a special train would carry the club members to the carnival. The new members admitted to the club vesterday were: A. N. Towne, Richard Thompson, William S. Barnes, John W. Barnes, Belden & Coffraw, J. F. Cooper of Santa Cruz, Victor D. Dubose, Reed Jones, R. B. Hires, Samuel L. Sachs, Leon Blum and James P. Smith of Santa Cruz, president of the Santa Cruz carnival com- mittee. —————— THE ‘A. P. MORE ESTATE, Suit Brought to Determine Who Are the Rightful Heirs. The attorneys of Martha du Val, the only child of a deceased sister of the late Alexander P. More, have decided to at- tempt to quash the claims of one J. B, Quintero de More upon the estate. The claimant asserts that he is the illegitimate and sole issue and heir-at-law and adopted child of Alexander P. More, and as such claims the whole of the estate. The plaintiff, who acts under section 1664 of the Code, alleges that More died intestate on October 21, 1893, unmarried and leaving no issue, and that the estate is ready for final distribution to the heirs- at-law. She says that J. B. Quintero de More is J. B. Quintero, the lawful child of Santiago and Maria Jesus Quintero, and that he was never adopted nor recognized by the late A. P. More. Suit is therefore bronght against all the heirs-at-law, including the claimant J. D. Quintero de More, asking the court to de- cide between the rival cizims upon the estate. . —————— THE Royal Baking Powder maintains its vigorous hold on the public, and is active and aggressive against the impure and in- jurious baking powders palmed off on the people. In tgls task it is performing a 00od work for honest and unadulterated food products. e The Blast Exploded. James Reardon, residing at 667 Minna street, met with & painful accident yesterday while tamping a blast at the corner of Santa Clara and Potrero avenues. The blast exploded, driving the tamping-stick through his lett hand, making an ugly wound, but breaking no bones. He was taken to the Recelving Hos- Ppital. NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. NEW GOODS AT DEEP CUTS IN PRICES! SN We begin the month of June with a CUT IN PRICES that will prove a perfect bonanza to all who are preparing for their Summer’s outing, for the vast surplus stock yet to be disposed of includes the following and numberless other lines of New, Stylish and Seasonable Goods, all of which are offered at REDUCTIONS THAT ECLIPSE ANY YET QUOTED! HOSIERY ! At 15 Cents a Pair, CHILDREN’S FINE RIBBED BLACK COTTON HOSE, double knees, heels and toes, warranted fast black, regular value 25c. At 25 Cents a Pair. LADIES’ FANCY RICHELIEU-RIBBED COTTON HOSE, high spliced heels and toes, black and tun shades, regular price $4 20 per dozen. At 33} Cents a Pair. LADIES’ BLACK RICHELIEU-RIBBED LISLE-THREAD HOSE, extra high spliced heels and toes, onyx fast black, regular price 50c. COMBINATION SUITS. At 50 Cents a Suit. LADIES’ JERSEY-RIBBED EGYPTIAN COTTON ~COMBINATION SUITS, light weight, low neck and sleeveless, regular price 90c. LADIES’ GOWNS! At 75 Cents. , LADIES’ GOWNS, made of heavy muslin, lined back, round yoke of tucks and insertion, regular “price $1, will be offered at 75c. GLOVES! GLOVES! At 55 Cents. 100 dozen LADIES’ 8BUTTON LENGTH MOUSQUETAIRE. UNDRESSED KID GLOVES, in red, green, blue, heliotrope, Yurp]e and copper colors, value $1, will be offered at 55¢ a pair. At 75 Cents. 100 dozen LA DIE S 4-BUTTON KID GLOVES (large buttons), in tan colors, white and black, regular price $1 25, will be offered at 75¢ a pair. HANDKERCHIERS ! At 2} Cents Each. CHILDREN’S HANDKERCHIEFS, in solid colors, with fancy figures, regular value 60c per dozen. At 5 Cents Each. LADIES' SHEER WHITE HEMSTITCH- ED VEENED HANDKERCHIEFS, regular value $1 20 per dozen. At 10 Cents Each. LADIES' SHEER LAWN HEMSTITCH- ED AND SCALLOPED EMBROID- ERED HANDKERCHIEFS, in white and colors, regular value $2 40 a dozen. At 15 Cents Each. LADIES' SHEER LAWN HEMSTITCH- ED AND SCALLOPED EMBROID- ERED HANDKERCHIEFS, in white and colors, regular value $3 a dozen. VEILING ! VEILING ! SPECIAL at 15¢ per Yard. CHENILLE DOTTED TUXEDO VEIL- ING, in all colors; single width, 15c; | double width, 30ca yard. Extra values. SPECIAL at 20c per Yard. CHENILLE DOTTED TUXEDO VEIL. ING, in all colors; single width, 20c; double width, 40c a yard. Extra values. SPECIAL at 25c¢ per Yard. CHENILLE DOTTED TUXEDO VEIL- ING, in all colors; single width, 25c; double width, 50ca yard. Extra values. At 75c to $2.75 per Yard. DOUBLE-WIDTH TUXEDO AND CHE- NILLE DOTTED TUXEDO V INGS, at 75c, $1, $150, $2 and $2 75 yard. Latest styles. | BLACK CARRIAGE PARASOLS! At 65 Cents. CARRIAGE PARASOLS, in Gloriasilk, in gslack only (unlined) will be offered at At 75 Cents. CARRIAGE PARASOLS, in twilled_silk, in black only (unlined) will be offered at 75¢. RIBBONS! RIBBONS! At 4 Cents. No. 5 ALL-SILK COLORED, SATIN AND GROS-GRAIN RIBBONS, assorted colors, will be offered at 4c. At 5 Cents. No. 7 ALL-SILK, COLORED SATIN AND GROS-GRAIN RIBBONS, assorted colors, will be offered at 5c. DRESS TRIMMINGS! JET AND COLORED BEAD YOKES, COLLARS AND CHAIN ORNA-| MENTS, latest novelties and lowest prices. BOAS. “REAL OSTRICH” COLLAR- ETTES AND BOAS, 20-inch, 36-inch, 45-inch, 54-iach, finest grades, lowest prices. BELTS. LADIES' SILK BELTS, with silvered | buckles, 25c, 35c, 50¢, 65¢, 75¢, $1 each, | the latest pattern buckles and the best quality webs. 2 LADIES WAISTS! At 35 Cents, 150 dozen LADIES’ WAISTS, made of French percale in fancy stripes and checks, laundered collarand cuffs, good value for 75¢, will be offered at 35¢. At $1.00. 100 dozen LADIES’ WAISTS, made of very fine percale, in pink, blue, laven- der, black and white stripes, extra full sleeves, laundered collar and cuffs, reg- ular price $1 50, will be offered at §1. At $5.50. LADIES' WAISTS, made of fine striped silks, made in the latest style, full sleeves, regular price $6 50, will be offered at $5 50. MEN'S FURNISHINGS ! At 25 Cents. 200 dozen MEN'S EXTRA FINE ALL- SILK SCARF! n teck and four-in- hand shapes, satin-lined, extra good value for 50c, will be offered at 25¢ each. At 50 Cents. 75dozen MEN’S LAUNDERED “STAN- LEY” SHIRTS, made up in new pat- terns of Madras shirtings extra good value for 75¢, will be offered at 50c each. At 12} Cents. 162 dozen MEN'S FULL-FINISHED SA ITARY AND VICUNA MERINO SOCKS, with double-spliced heels and toes, good value for $2 a dozen, will be offered at 1214c a pair. At 35 Cents. 65 dozen D BOYS' NEGLIGEE OVERSHIRTS, made of madras and sateen shirtings, largely assorted colors, good value for 75¢, will be offered at 35¢ each. At 75 Cents. 45 dozen MEN'S SILK-FINISH, FLESH- COLOR BALBRIGGAN ' UNDER- SHIRTS AND DRAWERS, regular value $1 25, will be offered at 75¢ each. Murphy Building, ., Market and Jones Stregts. Murphy Building, Market and Jones: Stregts, Murphy Building, Market and Jones Stregs. Market and Jones Streets. COFFEE AND MACHETES South America Snubs San Francisco and Favors Europe. A Visiting Planter Discusses the Trade of the Country— Imple- ments From Germany. The lover of coffee, who inhales the grateful odor of the Arabian berry and sips the steaming beverage with a sigh of en- joyment, is not always quite aware of the nature of the compound he relishes so much. He imagines that he is imbibing the creme de la creme of coffee because he gets the best in the market and his grocer charges him a good round figure for the same. But he is not, through no fault of the grocer, however, but of the grower, who, away off on his South American planta- tion, has a poor opinion of San Francisco and its coffee-consumers. A coffee-planter was discussing this subject last evening after dinner and at that stage of the repast when the cigars and cafe noir come on. “Europe has the best of us.” he said, “so far as cotfee goes. We have four grades in South America, and when the coffee is picked, or rather sorted out by the women, the desperdicio, the worst, is sent to this coast. Sometimesa little of the third grade comes here, but Europe swallows all the first and second grades. Have Ithe comparative amount of sacks raised and consumed? Yes, here we are. Now, Guatemala gives 750,000 sacks, Salvador 450,000, Honduras 100,000, Nicaragua 75,000 and Costa Rica 350,000. Total, 1,675,000 sacks. Of this San Francisco takes 185,000, New York and the East 200,000 and Europe_1,300,000, dis- tributed principally at London, Paris and Hamburg. *“You hear, no doubt, a great deal about caracol, the round bean, the best coffee. Now and then a few pounds may get this way, but I can assure you the genuine article is very scarce. ‘‘Europe has got the South American trade. ’Fhe Germans are cunning work- men and they furnish_the coffee-planters with the machete, which is the universal agricultural implement of the country. hey make them cheaper than _you can. They are of much inferior quality to the American article, but they sell all over the country. There is an immense revenue obtained from the sale of machetes in South America. “‘The planters use small safes wherein to keep the silver coin in which the hands are paid. The Germans have a monopoly of this businessalso. They make the safes in sections, so they can pack them on muleback to those regions where railways and even stages are unknown. San Fran- cisco merchants have not exerted them- selves to secure the trade of this country. It is almost impossible to get them to pack their goods Ernperly. Every article that comes from Europe is so packed that there cannot be any breakage. “We had a shipment of barbed wire and stores from San Francisco once. The wire was dumped on top of the stores without any dunnage, and tEe result was that the stores were punched as full of holesasa sieve. I sent for some casesof wine. I begged the shipper to pack them well, as the landings are made on rougl: arts of the coast and the goods have to umped into lighters. The workmen quickly dis- covered that the bottles would smash, and as each lot of cases was hoisted banged them good and often, and bad a bucket under the hoist to catch the escaping juice. 8o they got all my wine. “A European shipper 'will send his barbed wire packed in burlap, and a cask of beer set within another cask, so no amount of severe bumping will atfect the contents. . There is a big field for an enter- prising man in South America, and I wish there was some way of inducing these men to send you better coffee,” concluded the lanter as he waved uws&! the dark brown iquid the waiter proffered. AWARDED TO ANOTHER. The Contract for Prison Supplies Is Given to a Much Lower Bidder. At a meeting of the Health and Police Committee of the Board of Supervisors yesterday the contract for supplies for the City prisons was recommended to be awarded to Hugo Goldsmith, the lowest bidder, at 19.94 cents a prisoner. Thisis the contract for which all bids were re- jected at the last meeting upon motion of upervisor Dimond. At that time the bid of the Pacific Marine Supply Company, which has had the contract for several ears, was 24.72 cents a prisoner. Their id of last fyenr—the current year—was about that of Goldsmith’s, and upon those figures they claim to have lost $7000. The Pacific Marine Supply Company protested against the City readvertising for bids, and refused to enter the lists to bid against themselves. BLAZE IN THE BALDWIN, It Started in the Northwest Cupola of the Build- ing. The Lower Rooms Flooded and Thousands of Dollars’ Worth of Damage Done. The Baldwin Hotel had a narrow escape from fire yesterday afternoon. A blind fire started in the cupola on the northwest corner of the building. The underwriters’ fire patrol was speedily on the ground and eovered the furniture with water-proof sheeting. Had it not been for this the loss would have been very much heavier. The alarm was turned in at 2:33 ». m. from box 98, but the fire was then under way for fully half an hour. The servants located it in the cupola and attempted to put it out without the assistance of the Fire i Department. All they succeeded in doing was to flood the lower floors and ruin a large quantity of furniture. ‘When the firemen arrived it did not take them long to locate the blaze. - They tore down the plastering and soon had six streams of water playing on the seat of danger. The fire had spread between the inner and outside walls, however, and it was only after an _hour’s hard work that the firemen were able to say that all danger ‘was over. “The fire was a very awkward one to handle,” said Caotain Comstock. “The damage was heavy and there was no in- surance. Itishard to say what was the | origin of the blaze, and we are all at sea for the present. The cupola was on the Powell and Ellis street corner of the build- ;ng;,nd there were two servants’ rooms in it. The Baldwin is remarkably well supplied with fire apparatus. Consecluenuy there was no difficulty in getting all the streams required to play on the seat of the blaze. The news spread quickly throughout the hotel and caused a stampece among the guests. No one was hurt, however. —————— THE Royal Baking Powder is the great- est of the modern-time helps to perfect cooking, and every receipt requiring a raising ingredient should embody it. Fell From a Ladder. Charles Wilson, colored, was treated at the Receiving Hospital yesterday afternoon for concussion of the brain and severe internal injurtes Sustained in falling a distance of about ten feet ffom a ladder at the Supreme Court building. He was engaged washing POTRERD AND MISSION, Steam Saved by the Bryant- Street Power-House Condenser. Grading Cortland Avenue, Between Mission and San Bruno Roads. It is calculated that a clear saving of 20 per cent all around in fuel, water and power is effected by *he steam condenser which the Market-street Railway Company has put into its Bryant-street power-house. Few of the numerous passengers on the Kentucky-street electric line are aware of this important part which is played by the little red building just east of the street and about where Sixteenth street would run if it was filled and graded through to that point. But there is where the work of saving is accomplished. A line of 20-inch pipe one and a half miles long runs across the Mission Creek marsh over to the power-house, through which a constant flow of salt water is pumped from the bay by the centrifugal pump in operation in the building and carried to the condenser. When the brine verforms its service it runs into the Four- teenth-street sewer and back again into the bay. There is no particular scientific reason for the use of salt water rather than fresh— it is purely an economic one. There is plenty of it in the bay, and therefore it is the cheapest obtainable. The method of steam condensation is simple enough. The steam, instead of being allowed to escape into the atmosphere and waste its value upon the unapprecia- tive air, is driven intoa receptacle, through which a system oi brasstubes run. The cold salt water passing through these tubes has the effect of converting (by cooling) the steam back into water, and all the motive power involved is fully utilized by the elaborate machinery. The electric motor which runs the pump is of 110-horse power. There are two motors and pumps, but only one is neces- sary for use, the other being a “relay’’— that is, on hand in case of accident, so that it can be at once substituted and the work froceed with the least possible loss of time. t is said to be the largest pumping ap- paratus in existence that is operated solely by eleclriciti'. Faulkner of the Potrero Gram- Principal 1 mar School is preparing for next week’s ! closing exercises. There have been several | rehearsals in the Potrero Opera-house, and a very interesting occasion’ is in prospect, with a long roll of honor. To-morrow afternoon T. Joseph Dris- coll, a motorman of the Western Sugar Refinery, and Miss Kathleen Norton are to be united in marriage at St. Teresa’s Church. Notwithstanding she is a pros- | pective heiress, Miss Norton has mani- fested her good sense by making hersel mistress of a trade and has picked many a type. space and quad from the cases as a compositor. House-movers have already commenced to move away the old parochial residence of 8t. Teresa’s Church to make room for a new one. Claus H. Brusaber of Napa and Illinois streets has purchased a lot on the north- west corner of Tennessee and Sierra streets and will put up a nice two-story building. Some desirable street improvements are these two important arteries running from the City southward. Resi(fents along the San Bruno road have been endeavoring for many years to secure necessary improvements, and Cort- land avenue is among the first to reward their effor They hope that this City will see its way clear to take advantage of the proposition of San Mateo County, whic{; is that if San Francisco will macaa- amize the road to the county line, San Mateo will make it a splendid seashell- paved boulevard all the rest of the way. Posters of different colors, in pale tints, now distinguish the cars of the Mission- street system, according to the particular branch” they run out upon. For the Twenty-ninth-street branch a very light green tint, with the name of the street in ig type is used; for the Twenty-second- street a pink, and for the China-avenue branch a yellow. WHY SHE FORCED THE LOOK. Affidavits by the Alleged Wife of Dr. James and Others. In the matter of the estate of Dr. Charles A. James voluminous affidavits were filed yesterday by the attorneys for the alleged wife, Laura Milen James. An affidavit of “Laura Milen James” contends that she became the wife of Dr. Charles A. James on January 6, 1895, and lived with him until the time of his death at 925 Howard street. Mrs. James says that she requires the apartments on ac- count of the state of her health, she being in a delicate condition by reason of her marriage, and the rooms are necessary for her quietness and repose. She explains that she occupied the rooms as Dr. James’ widow until one day, being absent from them, she returned to find a portion of them locked, and that she en- tered upon them under the advice of her attorneys, George W. Fox and W. H. H, Hart. Mrs. James’ father dorroborates the state- ment of the marriage. He says the only medicine that he knows that Dr.James owned was a catarrh remedy, the formula of which he disclosed to affiant in his life- time. No other secret formula was known to Mr. Milen. The catarrh remedy was his own personal property. Attorney W. H. H. Hart files the longest affidavit. He denies having entered into any collusion with Attorney J. D. Sullivan or with Public Administrator A. C. Freese in regard to the holding of the premises, but avers that the same had been rented to Theodore Milen at $50 a month under his advice and in good faith. He believes that Mrs. James has a just claim as widow of Dr. James. Mr. Hart’s affidavit con- cludes: There are many matters which are referred to in the affidavit of Mr. Shadburne which this affiant is unable to answer, as he has had no experience in such matters, i. e., as to the habits of rats in fleelng from sinking ships, and other matters not necessary to mention. —————— THE action of the San Francisco Board of Health is an unusual tribute to be paid even to an article of so high a character ag the Royal Baking Powder. They say, in their judgment, “it i% impossible to make a purer or stronger bakin wder than the Royal.” & —————— An Expert in Divorce. Mary A. Tate, by her attorney, A. T. Barnett, yesterday filed a new suit for divorce from her husband, George N. Tate. Her first suit was brought two years ago, but was dismissed by ;flnuhnon. They own the Fauntleroy lodging- ouse at 105 Stockton street, vaiued at and bringing in, it is elleged, 3‘200:!133!‘1)3\0. Mrs. Tate accuses her husband of eruel:{v in de- striking and otherwise abusing her an. clares that he intends to zm-nghermu of the lodging-house, dispose of it and di This is Tate’s third matrimonial vif,if,‘m’,’i's bginF made at Bernal Heights. The prin- cipal one is the grading of Cortland avenue, which runs eastward from the Mission road just south of the reservoir, and after describing a curve turns into Blaine avenue, a short distance from the San Bruno road. Hitherto Cortland avenue has been known only on the map, but the work now being done by a large force of men and several perspiring teams will serve to connect by a good driveway baving been already twice divorced. Jud, Sanderson has issued restraining order m“pr‘ea- yent the husband turning his wife out of the house pending the hearing of the suit. ———— Paulsell on Trial. The trial of W. E. Paulsell commenced in Judge Belcher’s court yesterday. Paulsell is charged with entering a faro resort on Febru. ary 14 last and carrying 'y $4755, the prop- erty of James Hulsapple. Only eleven jurors were secured a. Monday: nd the case went over until