The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 11, 1895, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1895. 9 IMIPORTED JAP LABORERS, Proof That the Cooly Contract System Is in Operation Here. CHEAP HELP FOR FRESNO. A Japanese Contractor Recently Re- turned From the Orient With Laborers. The investigation of Japanese cooly labor matters was resumed yesterday b-y Labor Commissioner E. L. Fitzgerald and Deputy Cleve L. Dam. While the inquiry as confined principally to one witness, ny interesting points were brought out, 1 spite of the witness’ desire not to tell what he knows about the tract system is now filling the agricultural and Itural districts of the State with cheap cooly laborers. One interesting feature was this witness’ | and Chinese coolies. part of the people, who have questioned, from an economical standpoint, the advisa- bility of conducting such an inquiry, and the argument raised against it is that the benefit will not warrant the cost. Commissioner Fitzgerald states, in reply to the objection, that so far the investiga- tion has cost less than $30. This includes the service of subpenas, hotel bills at Pleasanton, carriage hire and all. Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald has re- cently obtained information of a startiing nature which shows the hold the litile brown man has on the agricultural indus- tries of California. Nearly all of the large vineyardists and raison packers in Fresno and vicinity are contracting for Japanese to gather and pack the present crop. The crop will not ‘be ready for the harvesters before the latter part of August or the first of September, vet they are now makin contracts for cheap labor. The contracts call foraboutMJn;’;anese These cheap laborers are to receive from 50 cents to 70 cents a day and board and lodge themselves. Ar- rangements have been made with the Southern Pacific Railroad so that the coolies will be shipped from this City to Fresno in boxcars, the same as cattle and hogs. This will materlally lessen the cost of transportation. The idea in making these contracts early is that, as all tk coolies in the State are engaged for ib season, to wait much longer would make it impossible for the Fresno patrons of cheap labor to secure the required heip. Commissioner Fitzgerald states that with all the Japs and Chinese in the State un- der engagement for the season but one g | partial admission that sometimes he re- ceives postals telling him that there are passengers on board for his house. Onthe | China seven were consigned to his resi- i dence, but he thinks they went to the O’Farrell-street Jap lodging-house. When he learned that the interpreter had seen | the epistle the witness was greatly agitated, | as he saw that the fact of his being impli- | cated in the contract labor business had | been discovered by the Commissioners. | _This was the first positive evidence the | Commissioners have obtained that the ! boarding-housekeepers send to Japan and | secure laborers for ihe contractors. The | admission was made by Shiono before he | appreciated how far reaching it really was. i He was sent for the postal, which was from a hotel-keeper in Yokohama. When he | returned the postal was translated as fol- | lows: | Hope you are well,ifsoIam glad. Iam in | good health. On this date the steamer China | will sail. I wish to let you know the following | persons will sail on her (names given). Please | meet them as I am sending them to you. Mr. | Kuki has some papers and letters for you. | The letter was signed by a Japanese hotel- | keeper at Yokohama. ! Shiono denied that the new arrivals had | cards to go to his house. When questioned | as to the names of the Jap contractors from the interior who go to his house for the coolies, the witness became very nervous. | His memory failed and he said he did not | know their names. When Deputy Dam promised Shiono that no harm would come to him if he told the truth, the witness’ memory returned and he gave the names of several cooly con- CLEVE L. DAM. [From a recent photograph.] E. M. GREENE. [From a pen and ink sketch.] statement concerning wages in Japan. | conclusion remains, that the contractors | The farmer, he stated, earns on an average | Will have to fill their orders from Japan 40 sen or 20 cents a day. Below the farmer are other workers, who earn about 25 sen or about 12 and 13 cents a day and pay for and Victoria. Himself and Immigration Commissioner Stradley will watch every incoming steamer to see that the contract law is not violated. Even this will be a their own board and lodging. It is the | difficult task, for most of the contracts for latter class that is being imported to this State, where they are only too glad to work for any wages offered. This ac- counts for the low rate of wages—60 to 75 | nished with work 1s deemed sufficient. cents per day—that the Japs are paid in the California orchards and hopyards. _ t'he investigation has already been pro- ductive of good results, for the Commis- sioners have received numerous letters from people in all stations in life, from the extremely poor to the ¥ independently | hands upon urging that the agitation be kept | tractor he cooly labor curse be fully ex-| secure his attendance at the meeting in While the investigation may not | Pleasanton, but he kept out of the way. | ali n help are not written. A general in- on to the Japs at home to come to State upon the promise of being I\}r- n the absence of any restriction law and the inability of the Commissioners to prove the existence of written contracts the work of protecting the State from an influx of v | this cooly laborers from Japan is very difficult. | At last the Commissioners have laid N. Sato, the wily boss con- of ~ Pleasaniton.” They tried to result in the deportation of many contract | Seyeral efforts were made to find him, but Japs, and while the evidence obtained may | to no purpose. The particular desire to not be sufficient to send any of the well- | hear what he has to say is known cooly contractors to jail for violat- ing the United States contract law, still it | cate is arousing the general public to the dan- | Sato is the fellow who wante ger that threatens the pro State. because, on occasions, witnesses have impli- him in the contract cooly business. to form a man, rity of the | partnership with A. G. Platt and import This danger is that Japanese cheap | Japs. He came to this city yesterday in laborers will monopolize all branches of | response to a message to the effect that if labor and drive the white laborers out of | he evaded the officers much longer he the field. The inquiry at Pleasanton, | would run the risk of going to jail. He Alameda County, demonstrated that even | will be examined to-day. in so small a locality the Japanese are | | The examination of witnesses was re- N. SATO, JAPANESE COOLY LABOR CONTRACTOR. [From a photograph.] rapidly taking the places of whites; that they are brought from Japan under con- tracts, either written or implied, and that ,000 more are waiting for a » opportunity to enter the vine- ., orchards and hopyards at least tate. 3 Having learned of the hold the coolies have on Alameda County, the Commis- missioners are resolved to learn just how | firmly they ha e obtained a hold in the larger agric ral districts in the State. When the ir: gation began the people in the count. very backward in ex- pressing their opinions and giving infor- mation, fearing to be punished by the large landholders, who are employing cooly labor. . Now that the ice has been broken, many who were silent a short time ago are boldly encouraging the Commissioners | to go on,” The result of the investigation, it is boped, will be the passage’of another exclusion act by the Feaeral Government similar to the one now in force against Chinese pauper laborers. Agitating the | subject mow it is believed will eheck tie" evil pbefore greater injury can be done to the industries of this State. of this| The cost of carrying on the investigation seems to have caused some inquiry on the sumed at 2 p. M, yesterday. A.H.G feney, ration Commis- sioner and interpreter, was recatled, and testified that on the steamer China he found an envelope addressed to K. Shiono, the Jap boarding and lodging house keeper at 5293 Geary street. The purpose of the inquiry was to show that the Japs come to this City duly consigned to boarding-house keepers and contractors. Shiono was next called. He testified that he came from Waukyama five years ago and most of his patrons came from the same place. He denied that he writes to his people telling them to come to this country to work, or that he writes letters 10 any except his own family. He ad- mitted that on the last trip of the Peking he remive% forty-two Japs. . % Deputy Dam asked: ‘‘Is it not a fact that tHat they come consigned o your place?” Shiono answered: “There is one hotel in Japan where they know me and they may send my countrymen to me, but I never write asking them to send any to me.” The wily witness would not give a direct answer to the question as to how his countrymen knew of his whereabouts nor Wuuldr{le admit that Japs come by steamer consigned to bis house. He did make a the Deputy Lmmig tractors in the Sacramento Valley and sev- eral in Alameda County who have cailed at bis house for help. He further admitted that there are societies in Japan through which laborers make arrangements to come | to this State to woxk. He was asked if there were any Japs to come to him on the steamer that arrives from Japan next Saturday. Shiono made a sad blunder by answering that if there were they would come through the Yokohama hotel-keeper. After making this statement witness saw his mistake, which showed that he really does business in importing laborers from Japan. « An important_piece of information was dragged out of Sgiono, which showed that a Japanese contractor named Nichiuchi arrived on the steamer City of Peking on May 14 in chargeof twenty laborers and took them to Vacaville. They are there now under Nichiuchi working for §1 a day. This was the first positive evidence of a contractor having gone to Japan and returning with cooly laborers. Shione said he knew that in the vicinity of Vacayille there are 200 Japs. On 4. T. Hatch’s ranches, near Suisun, he said there are at least 150 Japs. Returning to Nichiuchi, the witness said the contractor weng to Japan for the laborers last sum- mer. In speaking of the desire of Jap- anese to come to this State, Shiono said that a short time ago there were great in- ducements for Japs to come here to work, but of late those at home had learned that the public sentiment in this State was | against cheap laborers, and they are not | s0 anxious, being afraid of a chilly re- ception. Che investigation will be resumed at 10 A. M. to-day. THE LADY AND THE RIG. Hew “Jane Doe” Flood Got the Better of Two Livery- Stable Men. A Warrant Out for Her Arrest for Obtaining Money by False Pretenses. James P. Guerin of thz Nevada stables, 1350 Market street, wantsa lady arrested whom he can only designate as ‘‘Jane Doe’” Flood. He appeared in Judge Camp- bell’s court yesterday and swore out a war- | rant for her arrest on the charge of obtain- ing money by false pretenses. The story he told was an interesting one. On June 3 a lady drove into his stables with a bay horse, and told him she was anxious to dispose of the rig as she was in need of ready money. Sherepresented that she was the owner of the rig and gave her address as the California Hotel.s A bargain was struck and Guerin handed her $65 for the horse, buggy and harness, and con- gratulated himself upon his purchase. On the same day W.E. Bridge of the St. Lawrence stables, 423 Post street, hired a bay horseand rig to a lady. She did not return and he reyor(cd the matter to the police. A description of the lady was given and a careful scarch was made for her and the missing horse and bugey. Finally the rig was traced to the Nevada stablesand explanations were in order. Bridge got bac vroperty on proving ownership, ar only recourse eft for Guerin was to swear out out a war- rant for the arrest of “Jane Doe” Flood on the charge of obtaining money by false pretenses. The warrant was placed in the hands of a police officer, but_up to a late hour last night -‘Jane Doe”’ Flood had not been ar- rested. WABNING TO BICYCLE ;I‘HIEVES. James Carmichael Gets Three Months in the County Jail. James Carmichael, alias John Smith, appeared in Judge Campbell’s court vesterday morning to answerto a charge of grand larceny in stealing a bicycle which he hired from the Morrin Cycle Company, Van Ness avenue. The evidence showed that Carmichael had ridden on the machine to Santa Cruz ana there offered to sell it for $10. Mr. Morrin heard of it and went to Santa Cruz in search of Carmichael and his bicycle. He found both and brought them to this City, where he met Sergeant Burke. The sergeant took Carmichael to the City Prison and locked him up. It was mutually agreed to reduce the charge to petty larceny, and thg Judge sentenced Carmichael to spend the next three months in the County Jail, THE HARRINGTON INQUEST, Mrs. Ray Quarreled With Her Sister Because of | Senator Buck. OBJECTED TO HIS ATTENTIONS. A Brother of the Murdered Woman Is Missing and the Police Want Him. “Nellie and I had a quarrel about five vears ago,” said her sister, Mrs. Mary C. Kent-Ray, at the inquest into the murder of Miss Nellie Harrington yesterday. “I told her she could not come to my house if she persisted in accepting extra atten- tions from Senator Buck. That was the | last time Sister Nellie was in my house.” | The foregoing remarks were the only ones which connected the dead Senator with the murdered woman. The trend of the questions put by Coroner Hawkins at the investigations at Captain Lees’ suggestion seemed to lead to the dead woman’s elder and only brother. It was shown that he was in the habit of goingoff on an occa- sional spree, after which he would pester | his sister for money. His whereabouts is not known, and Captain Lees is very anx- ious to find him. A number of witnesses called at the instigation of the dead Sen- tor’s son proved conc!usivelfi thatatfive or ten minutes after 1 o'clock he was still in Oakland, and could not have reached San Francisco until 2:30 p. M., at which hour he was seen on Montgomery street. ‘When the inquest Was resumed yester- day the first witness placed on the stand was J. I. Eppinger, the Deputy Assessor | who called on Miss Harrington the morn- ing of the murder. He called upon her at 10:15 a. . and talked with her about taxes for about five minutes. He was positive as to the hour because afterleaving the house he looked at his watch. Mrs. M. E. Crouse, 1013 Ellis street, had spoken to Miss Harrington twice during her hfetime. During the week in which she was murdered the witness saw two men visit the houst at different times. them she noticed particularly. tall man with a gray beard, and about 65 years of age. S “Would you know him if you saw him again, Mrs. Crouse?”’ “Yes, sir, I would.”, “Is that he?”’ (showing witness a photo- graph of Mr. Buck.) “No, sir; it is not. The man I refer to used to jump off the cars opposite Miss Harrington’s house.” “Did you know Senator Buck by sight ?” “Yes, sir.” “Did you ever see him and Miss Har- rington leave the house together?” Several times.”” times before that.”” “Did you ever make a statement to the effect that you saw the late Senator call frequently 7"’ Yes, sir.”? “About what hour?” *‘Between 12 and 3 o’clock.” “See them go out walking?” “Yes, sir; sometimes in the afternoon, but more frequentiy in the evening.” case?”’ *“My bell rang several times, and I thought perhaps my little girl had been hurt. hen I got to the door they told me there was a fire in Miss Harrington’s flat. I gota bucket of water and ran up- stairs to help to put it out.” “Did you see anybody call at the Har- rington house during Saturday, June1?” “I was in the rear of my house and couldn’t see anybody if I wanted to. There was one thing I noticed, and so did my husband. The man who latterly took Miss Harrington out buggy-riding wore a plufi hat and Mr. Buck always wore a soft one. J. G. Meehan, superintendent of the Pull- man Palace Car Company said he did not know Miss Harrington, but he did know the late Senator Buck well. The last time he saw him alive was Saturday, the 1st on the 4:30 boat for Oakland. “The or was reading the evening papers,” the witness, “and I sat down Eeside him and said ‘How do you do, Senator?’ | He answered my greeting and passing me | the Report pointing to the story of the | | murder of Miss Harrington said ‘Read that.” I remarked that if that kind of work kept on in San Francisco the people would be driven to break open the jails and hang every murderer in them. When ;\n neared the Oakland landing I left him.” . “Didn’t he say anything about the mur- | er?” “Nothing at all. He simply said, ‘Read that,’ and didn’t even mention that he knew Miss Harrington.” ' A juror asked, *“What boat was it you went over on ?” “The 4:30 p. . boat from San Francisco. I am positive of that.” Malcolm Dunn, the lad who saw a man on the steps of Miss Harrington’s house, vas the next witness. He said he was 11 cars old and that his home was at Lake- view. On Satnrdaf;, the 1st inst., he was with his mother at his aunt’s, Mrs. Crouse at 1013 Ellis street. He got there about 10 A. M. and left the house to go to the park at 12:30 P. M. ‘“When you got out of the house what did]you see?”’ “Tsaw a man at Miss Harrington’s door.” “How was he dressed ?"’ “He had black pants and a light brown coat.” “What was his hat like?”” “I didn’t notice.”” “Was he tall?”’ 1 ‘“Yes; he was pretty tall and stout.” 1 “Had he a beard ?”” “I don’t know; his back was toward me. 1 didn’t pay very much attention, as I wanted to get to the park quickly, so I turned into Gough and that was the last I saw of him.” “Had the man a pack on his back?” “No, sir, he had not, and I didn’t notice anything in his hand.” Ryland Paulson, a special policeman, living at 222 B street, nkla.mf: told how Senator Buck came to his death. “I left the house in time to report by telephone to the City Hall by 7 . M.,”” said he, “When 1 did so I wastold to go to 929 Adeline street, to Mr. Buck’s house and tell him he was wanted by Chief Crowley in San Francisco. I found Mr. Buck and "gave him the mes- sage. He said, ‘What am I wanted for?’ and I answered ‘I don’t know.” He said, ‘All right,” but Mrs. Buck came out and she wanted to know what he was wanted for. When I told her all I knew she said it was too late and she would not let Mr. B go out thatnight. I turned away, saying it didn’t make any difference to me, and had got as far as the gate when Mr. One of | He wasa | | Ray, M “Yes, sir. 1 “Did you ever see them go out buggy- riding?” *“Yes, sir. Once, a year ago, and several “What else do you know about the| first of all and I'll find out whether I'm wanted to-night or not.” ” “Nothing else said?”’ ‘‘Yes,” he remarked, ‘I think I know what they want with me,’ and I said, ‘Do you? At that time I didn’t know any- thing about the Harrington murder, as I had not read the evening papers.” A juror asked: “Did you drive fast?” “No, thé cart was old and rickety and T was afraid to drive fast, as it was well loaded.” Detective J. F. Seymour told about gomng in company with Detective Cody to see Mr. Buck. “They were met at the door by his daughter, who told them he was un- conscious and could see no one. While the officers were talking {o Miss Buck the doctor came along and said the patient could positively net be seen. ‘“While I was talking to the young lady,” said Seymour, ‘‘she asked me, ‘Have you no clew?’ Isaid ‘No,’and then asked her, ‘Was your father in San Fran- cisco to-day?” She paunsed a moment and then answered ‘No.” In regard to that $500 note I'd like to make an explanation. The Sunday after the murder Frank Buck mentioned such a document. On Tuesday Mr. Cory was the man who mentioned it, and said the papers were wrong in stating that the interest had not been paid. ‘If the back of the note does not show thatthe interest has been paid,’ said he, ‘I have letters from Miss Harrington that will | prove it.’ Fire Marshal Towe testified that the alarm was turned in at 1:30 p. M. from box 197 on the corner of Gough and O’Farrell streets. Josephine A. Jackson, the sister of the murdered woman, was the next witness called. She said she had been living at 714 P street, Sacramento, as housekeeper for F. W. Kohn. Before that she lived at San Rafael. She visited her sister Nellie twice while the latter lived at Dubuque, Jowa. On one occasion she stayed three weeks. “Do you remember any of your sister’s tors?”’ “‘Not now. Sister used to work for the Singer Sewing Machine Company.” ‘“Have you any brothers?’” “I have only one, but I don’t know where he is. A year ago I gota postal card from him, saying he was going East, and 1 have never seen or heard from him since,” “Did he ever call on your sister?” ‘I don’t think he called on Nellie in two ears.”’ “Did they ever quarrel?”’ “I don’t think they did. I was the only one in the family he corresponded with, a:}fd 'he and 1 used to have an occasional “Where are your father’s children ?"’ “In Chicago. His son, Walter, wrote to me, saying he had not heard from his father in two years.” “What did ‘your brother work at here?” ‘‘He was a ship carpenter, and his old partner, Jamison, who is a calker in the navy-yard, got hima a_job there. He only worked there a short time, however.”” “Why did your sister Nellie leave Du- buque?”’ “One reason was that her sister, Mrs. was here. When she came here a Eddy told me she worked at dress- making in Suisun, and she was also at Vacaville, because I heard her mention the we’ddmg of Fanny Gibbs and Mr. Sals- i urB.’ “Do you know anything about her pri- vate affairs?” “No, sir; Idonot. AllT ever heard her say was that it was safe to leave anything with Mr. Connelly, who used to keep the Marguerite lodging-house.” “Do you know if your brother has gone to St. Louis?” “I do not.” “Did your sister ever tell you she ex- pected a violent death ?” “No—never! She told me of her heart troubles; but that wasall. She came to California by herself, because she told me she was sorry she had not gone with a party of friends who left a few days before = ““When did you first meet Mr. Buck?” “At the Sacramento State Fair. He took Nell and me to it. Tnat was in 1887. I had never heard of him before, because Nell and I never wrote about our friends.” ““How tall is your brother?” “He was about 6 feet when he came to California, but_latterly he stooped a good deal. He was thin, but had a large frame.”” “Don’t )i(l)u know that your brother vis- ited Miss Harrington four months ago ?” “Idonot.” Mrs. Mary C. Kent-Ray, another sister of the deceased, who has lived twenty edrs in Sacramento, testified that she had heard her sister Nell and Senator Buck talk about Dubuque. She first met the Senator in 1886. “Have you a brother, Mrs. Ray ?"’ *Yes. He is about6 feet high, weighs about 160 pounds and has gray whiskers. He is the oldest of the family and is about 60 years old. He has been about five years in California.” ;‘l?id your brother and sister ever quar- rel?” “Not that I know of. Oncein a while he would take more than was good for )l.;_im, and then sister and I would scold im.” “Did you ever assist him with money ?’’ ““Yes. Ipaid his way to Stockton and other places where he thought he could get work, but I finally got tired of it and told him he could stay with me as long as he pleased, but that I ' would advance him no more money.” “Did you and your sister ever quarrel?” “Yes. We had a row tive yearsago. I told Nellie she could not come to my house if she accepted such pointed attention from Mr. Buck. 'Chere wasnothing wrong, I knew, but it didn’c look well to see her | going out to restaurants and places with a married man. She always met him on business, because I knew he looked after her affairs. Still it made people talk. Nel- lie never came to my house after that.”” “Did yon ever hold any papers for your sister?’” “Yes. Iheld all her letters and papers up to that time, butafter our quarrel I gave them back to her. Before that we arranged everything so that if she died I should get everything.” “Did you ever hear of your brother mak- ing threats?”’ SNo.” “Wasn’t he angry wi “Not that [ know of. A juror asked: *“In your statement you said this murder was similar to the Dur- rant tragedies.” “Yes, but I meant that it was like only in the atrocious manner of the murder.’”* W. D. Sandborn saw Senator Buck and was speaking to him in the Burlington office at 2:30 P. M. on the 1st inst. He would not go to lunch because he had just come from home, where he had lunch. R. Barcar, a Vacaville attorney, rode on the cars from Elmira to the Sixteenth-street Station with Senator Buck and left him there about 11:30. W. W. Moore, a hack- man, saw Mr. Buck at between 1 and 1:30 P. M., Miss Mary Gertrude Bellows of Acampo ate lunch at almost 12:30 P. . with him, William E. Chesley of Oakland saw him on his porch at about 12:30, Mrs. S. L. Everett was talking with him between ¥ and 12:45 . M., and Theodore Muhr of Eichevebe & Co., Seventh and Adeline streets, received a check from him at five or ten minutes after 1 ». M. All this tes- ,t’h your sister?” Buck asked me would 1 take him to the narrow-gauge depot, asthe 7:15 p. m. broad- gauge had gone. I said I would. “He went in and got his things on and we started in my trap. At Twelfth and Castro streets some children scared my horse and he stopped_suddenly. We were both thrown forward, and in falling Mr. Buck strnck the horse, which caused him to swerve, and the Senator fell out on his head. A few yards furtheron 1 also was thrown out. Mr. Buck was about ten vards away, and while his eyes were open he did not appear to know anything. We gave him a little whisky and he railied somewhat, All he said was, ‘1 want to get over to that fence.” A Mr. Freeman came along, and as we could not get u hack we helped him along to the cars and thus got him home. “I went out to thehall and reported, after which I went back to Mr. Buck’s, where I found three doctors, who told me he was unconscious.” “What did the dead Senator say to you on the way to the station ?” “He said: ‘Take me to the City Hall timony was introduced to prove that Mr., Buck could not have been in the vicinit; of the murder at the time it happened. The taking of testimony will be resumed this morning. Accidental Death. William Fink, aged 38, and a maltster by oc- cupation, who resided at 186 Vandewater street, died yesterday afternoon from injuries received from a piece of flying machinery on last Saturday ai_the Pioneer Malthouse on Stockton street. His body was taken to-the Morgue last evening. Fink leaves & widow and two children. He had been out of work for nearly two years and had just succeeded in ob- taining employment. e ——————— It Sticketh Closer Than a Brother, Does the rheumatism. Cut off all relationship with it by the aid of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which severs the bond without loss of time, if yon use it promptly and persistently. No testimony Is more positive and concurrent than that which es- tablishes its efficacy in this obstiuate disease. Use it with assurance of good resuits for malarial, dys- peptic and pervous trouble, constipation aud bil- lousness. NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. I RST EEK —O¥F OUR—— GREAT SACRIFICE CLEARANCE SALE! We begin our regular Clearance Sale of SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS much earlier than usual and with MUCH GREATER RE- DUCTIONS IN PRICES on account of the UNPARALLELED MAG-=- NITUDE of the stock to be disposed of, which is of such COLOSSAL proportions that it will require AN ALMOST SUPERHUMAN EF= FORT to clear it out in the limited time allotted the sale. But we are fully equal to the effort and have insured the instantaneous popularity of the sale by An Indiscriminate Mark-Down of Everything| DRESS GOODS MARKED DOWN, SILKS MARKED DOWN, RIBBONS MARKED DOWN, LACES MARKED DOWN; GLOVES MARKED DOWN, PARASOLS MARKED DOWN;, HANDKERCHIEFS MARKED DOWN, MEN’S FURNIS U HOSIERY MARKED DOWN. HINGS MARKED DOWN, NDERWEAR MARKED DOWN, LADIES’ WAISTS MARKED DOWN, CAPES MARKED DOWN, CORSETS MARKED DOWN, JACKETS MARKED DOWN, SUITS MARKED DOWN;, WASH FABRICS MARKED DOWN, CURTAINS MARKED DOWN, DOMESTICS MARKED DOWN. FOUR SPECIMEN BARGAINS! At 40O 2630 yards COLORED ALL-SILK MOIRE, in brow: Cents. 8, navys, greens, garnet, tans, grays and resedas, marked down from $1 to 40c a yard. At 50 Cents. 1753 yards FANCY FIGURED AND CHECKED TAFFETA SILK, small neat de. signs/for ladies’ waists, marked down trom 85¢ to 50c a yard. At 75 Cents. 1276 yards PERSTAN FIGURED CREPON SILK, unique designs, rich colorings, marked down from $1 50 to 75¢ a yard. At S 1.900. 5347 yards FANCY FIGURED TRICOTINE SILK, extra heavy quality, small designs, marked down from $2 50 to §1 a yard. COME EARLY! THE BEST BARGAINS GO FIRST! MURFHY BUILDING, Marke! Sirect, coruer of Jones, SATN TR AWNCOTSCO. THE WAV MMD RESERVE Why the Olympia Did Not Go to the Carnival at Santa Cruz. The Officers Object to the Ships Belng Turned Into Excur- sion Boats. The Naval Reserve will not get the cruiser Olympia for a visit to the Venetian Carnival at Santa Cruz, neither will the Doge of that new Venice have the great war galley of the Navy Department to grace the water fiesta. The regular naval officers are not in social touch with the Naval Reserve, and they object to having the vessels used by the shore-sailors for | long trips. This was the reason the | Olympia conld not go to Santa Cruz. The | court-martial of two of her officers, which was given as the cause, was an excuse that happened along in time for practical use. The navy men nold that to take on board a large number of non-seagoing people turps the ship into an excursion steamer | R o e e Isea = st e he yond its passenger capacity. Moreover | there are no accommodations for the | strangers, who have no efiicient and neces- sary comimnissary system,which forces them | in a measure to be quartered on the regu- | lar crew, and further the reserve men be- | ing unenlisted and outside of the ship | regulations are a menace to order and | discipline, however earnest they may be in their endeavorsto conform to life on board. “This state of affairs, and gentle though strong antagonism on the part of the regu- lars toward the somewhat raw reserves,’” said an ex-naval officer, yesterday, “make the efforts of the latter to advance in their ractice and drill difficult in the extreme. t _demonstrates the fact that the naval militia must have better opportunities if they are ever to become an important arm in ship-fighting. They should have a ves- sel for practice in gunnery aud sailwork, and not be limited to an occasional visit to a war vessel and thirty minutes’ instruc- tion in the intricate mechanism of a mod- ern quick-fire gun. “The young men of the Naval Reserve are doubtless animated by a keen desire to excel in their work, but as a person who has known life on shipboard I can say they have little chance of accomplishing anything practical under the present order of things. They can neither handle a bat- tery of great gunsnor trim the sailsofa ship, and in short they can never learn anything of the inner lifé of existence on a war vessel.” A —————— During the reign of William Rufus, Henry I and Stephen, all sorts of extrava- zant shoes were worn. The toes were sometimes long and pointed and some- times made a curl like a ram’s horn. Oc- casionally they were twisted in different directions, as though the feet were de- formed. EVEN ‘Night you are fast asleep TRADE( 4| | e o MARK. 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