The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 18, 1895, Page 5

> THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1895. 5 MeGLAUFLIVS ALED The Grain-Dealer Sues Partner Bresse for an Accounting. MAKES SERIOUS CHARGES New Aspect of the Suspicion Around Smith, the Missing Bookkeeper. LIGHT ON THE BIG FAIR DEAL. Cash and Records Sald to Have Been Abstracted and Records Changed. The serious schism in the firm of Mec- Glauflin & Co., the big grain-dealers, as already announced in the CALL, culmi- nated yesterday in the Superior Court. McGlauflin charges his partner, Bresse, with grave delinquencies and there are counter criminations naturally forthcom- ing. This latest development of affairs ap- pears to have an intimate bearing on the transactions of the big wheat deal in which the late Senator Fair's money was employed. It remains to be seen how much of that transaction was submitted to Fair, how much was approved by Me- Glauflin, and how much was the work of his partner single-handed. The suit referred to as brought by Louis McGlauflin against his partner, Eugene A. Bresse, and the Bank of California was filed yesterday. It is an injunction suit, the object of which is to straighten out the somewhat tangled affairs of L. W. McGlauflin & Co., a grain firm, composed of McGlauflin and Bresse. In- cidentally some very serious charges are made against Bresse by his irate partner. The complaint sets forth that the plaintiff and Bresse formed a copartner- ship on March 1892, the firm s0 formed to run for three years, The firm was formed to deal in grain. On March 27 last, by the agreerent first entered into by the part- ners, the firm was to have dissolved, but the time for dissolution came and went, and still the firm continued to transact business on a kind of agreement between the partners. The complaint then states that Bresse has 1n his possession all the books and papers of the concern and that he abso- lutely refuses to allow McGlauflin to see them. Also that on one occasion he “took and abstracted” $15,000 secretly and with- out the consent of his partner, and on a ubsequent occasion he “took and ab- ¥ stracted” $3099. He has also, the com- plaint states, taken various other sums of various magnitude, but as he has posses- eion of all the records of the transactions of the firm the plaintiff is unable to ascer- tain just what he has taken. All these sums so abstracted Bresse is charged with placing in the Bank of Cali- fornia in his ‘own name and for his own benefit. The bank is therefore made a party to the suit, in order that the court may enjoin it from paying any money over to Bresse and so allow it to be lost to he plaintiff. The complaint also asked that an order be issued piacing a receiver i rge of the affairs of the com- at Bresse be made to turn over the iver all the books, papers and records of whatever kind that the Bank of California be compelled to turn over to him all money belonging to the firm but deposited in Bresse’s name; that an accounting of the affairs be had in court, and that McGlauflin be given his full rights in the case. suant to this complaint the necessary injunction on the Bank of California was granted temporarily and Thomas W. Col- lins _was appointed receiver with bonds fixed at $40,000. THE PARTNERS DISAGREE. 27 27, pan; the recei McGlauflin Makes Serious Charges Against His Business Assoclate. It would seem from the most recent de- velopments in the case that Charles Smith, the missing bookkeeper of the firm of L. W. McGlauflin & Co., who disappeared gome weeks ago, is not the only one who is suspected of meddling with the accounts of the firm,and from the statements of McGlauflin and the sensational suit he has just filed that Eugene A. Bresse, his part- ner, is under his suspicion at least. The trouble dates back for some time, and although McGlautiin will not say so definitely, it is piain that he believes his partner has been trying to obtain_ the up- per band of him. The firm has dissolved, but the tangled state of its affairs will not allow of a settlement out of the courts; nor will the courts be through with it for a long time. The charges which Me- Glauflin brings against his partner include everything from falsifying the books to ap- pro’pristinz the firm’s money. McGlauflin claims that he hasrepeatedly called upon Bresse for a statement, but he says Bresse put him off with first one and then another excuse, undtil finally, when he demanded the information, Bresse, he gays, flatly refused to give it. Bresse had the books of the firm under his charge from the first. He attended to the ac- counts, while McGlauflin did the buying and selling on the Call Board and on the Produce Exchange, and McGlauflin yshe seldom troubled himself about the financial status of the company, as he trusted that end of the business entirely to his partner. The sudden disappearance of Smith, however, caused him to inquire more closely into the details of the ofiice, and his investigations soon led him to ask for more information than Bresse was willing to give. This led to the final rupture. % Among the big transactions which the firm has been engaged in was the handling of the 180,000 tons of wheat belonging to the Fair estate, and McGlauflin says Bresse has deposited the entire amount of the commission received for the deal, over $44,000, to his own credit. As to the mutilation of the books, which was laid to the machinations of Smith, the missing bookkeeper, McGlauflin believes that Smith was not the only one implicated. The books most mutilated, and prominent emong the recoris abstracted, were the important writings telling of the deals made by the firm with the Fair wheat. ‘Smith was not alone in that,” McGlauflin says, but he makes no direct accusations except to say that Bresse has treated him with the basest ingratitude and has most flagrantly abused the trust which was so unconditionally confided to him. The troubles of the firm have been talked of upon the streets and among the brokers for some time, but, whi¥ it was known the dissension between the partners was bitter, the dissolution of the partnership for some time at least was not looked for. It came 49 therefore rather suddenly to the grain men. The disappearance of Smith first caused attention to be drawn toward McGlaufiin & Co., but the report thatthe bookkeeper bad levanted, pernaps with some of the cash, certainly with many of the books, was taken as final. Smith’s wife has since disappeared from her home, and is supposed to be with her husband now. McGlauflin was one of the witnesses of the original Fair will, and Eugene A. Bresse is a brother to Lounis C. Bresse, one of the executors named in the same instru- ment. The firm has handled most of the Fair wheat ever since the old multi- millionaire took to speculating in grain. AN OFFICIAL REPORT. Interesting Facts of the Reckless Wheat Deal are Brought to Light. The special administrator of the estate of James G. Fair has filed a full report of the great wheat deal sofar as the sale and dis- tribution of the wheat and its profits went. The amount received from the sale of certificates of wheat in storage and the firms purchasing are as follows: Balfour, Guthrie Co., for 87,609,127 g?i $744,677 5’ Eppinger & Co., for N 023 pounds, $1,232,831 71; George ar, for 105,120,860 pounds, $393,- 527 34; Girvin, Baidwin & Eyre, for 21, 114,431 pounds, $179,473 69. The total sum received by the adminis- trator amounted to $3,050,50971, an in- crease over the amount first reported, which was $3,049,800. H. Dutard and L. ‘W. McGlaufiin & Co. each received §$44,- 860 40 as fees. The total amount for stor- age was $221,533 85. Some big obligations which had been secured by certificates of the wheat in storage were paid off under the same order or series of orders which affirmed the sales. They were as follows: vada Bank, principal $100,000, interest $733 83, on note of L. W. McGlauflin & Co.; to George Whittell, principal $1,244, 471, and compound interest from December 1, 1894, $35,443 72, balance due on a note made by Fair, for $1,400,000; Bank of British To the Ne- | | OLD TUOLUMNE FROLICS, It Celebrated Its Annual Picnic at Golden Gate Park. AN ADDRESS BY L. L. NELSON. Enjoyment In the Sylvan Shades. New Directors of the So= clety Elected. In the shadow of the Francis Scott Key monument in Golden Gate Park, where the metallic image of the famous author of our National song looks out upon the stars and stripes as they float from the park flagstaff, above the green foliage, with an apparently as intense a gaze as the living man peered through the mists of that memorable morning years ago to see whether the starry emblem of liberty still waved, the representatives of old Tuol- umne held their twentieth annual reunion yesterday. Every one throughout the State—even Columbia, | he who has been here but a few months— founded and by whom; also as to who took out the most gold, and who aiter- ward lost the most. Among those present was Miss Addie Harter, wife of **‘Barney’’ Harter, a popu- lar member of the police force. She is the daughter of Rhinehart Rupley, one of the earliest of Tuolumne’s settlers and was the first child born in Shaw’s Flat. The other members of the society who were present were as follows: Adolph Pinto, Mrs. M. Schultz, C. B. Ruther- ford, H. S. Tuttle, James Brusie, Mrs. Clara Crowhurst, Mrs. Adeline Harter, Arthur Op- penheimer, H. T. Darling, Mrs. H. Joseph. Miss Nettie Ferguson, John Knyster, J. H. Hurd, Mrs. Rosalia Fisher, James L. Howmer, Mrs. Clara Yeazell, Mrs. Helen Zahn, W. M. Cannon, Mrs. Albert Green, Mrs. A. G. Hostetter, Fred Lux, Mrs. Maud Carrigan, Mrs. W, A, Coulter, Mrs. C. H. Seaver, Miss Jessie Champney, Mrs. 'W. C. Bridgeman, T. Smith, George Thompson, Mrs. Viola C.Thompson, Mrs. P. F. Ferguson, Charles R. Bowen, Mrs. C. R. Bowen, Miss Bessie Bowen, Mrs. Magilton, Mrs. L. D. Emerson, Bar- low Dyer, Mrs. C. P. Ford, Hon. Stephen Wing, Miss H. A. Homer, W. C.Gleason, Alexander Harter, Samuel Jones, Miss E. C. Mile: J C. Younglove, J. ssenbeth, L. W. G. Dinsmore, John Cowie, Levy, Miss Isabella Wright, Mrs, Megannon, Mrs. E. W. Davies,” Mrs. Levy, Mrs. . Mrs rs. D. R. Jewell, Miss Lizzie Warden, Mrs. M. Kalloch, Mrs, S. M. Wyckoff, Miss Alice Root, Miss L. P. McCarthy, Dr. Thomas B. W. Leland, Patrick Smith, Benjamin C. Northup, J. Shoop, J. W, Hussey, Mrs. M. Pool, Mra. J. Kilpatrick, Mrs. Estelle Beck, Mrs. Annie M. Gallagher, Mrs. Moliie Doyle, Miss Lizzie Edver, Mrs. M. P. Cummings, W. F. Fletcher, Henry Schuler, Mrs. M. Crane, Mrs. Maggie Kelly, Mrs. A. Haag, Miss Julia Haag, Louis Klef- feger, Fred Bryant, A.M. Hill, E. Rich, R. D. Parker, H. B. Spaulding, William P. Moore- W. F. Adeline M. A. Tannahill. Mrs. B. L. Conyers, W 7 7 ,’-/1///(// z Ty ni)? 7y A 4hn ) 73 5 \ 57" ’.\’UM 35 J THE MERRY-MAKERS IN GOLDEN GATE [Sketched by a * Call " artist.] PARK. princi?l $50,000 and interest $1125, on note of Duff & Co., dated April 27, 1894; Balfour, Guthrie & Co., principal $35,000 and compound interest and insurance, $2071 23, balance due on a promissory note for $15,000, executed Avril 30, 1894, by McGlauflin & Co. The transaction in its entirety gives an income to the estate of $3,050,509 73; it pays out $311,254 65 in fees and expenses, and cancels obligations aggregating $1,468.844 18. The special administrator was empow- ered to sell 10,000 gallons of red wine from the Fair cellars at Lakeville, Sonoma County, for 10)4 cents a gallon. THE NAME SCARED THEM, Queer Report of the Association of the Christian Unem- ployed. “Every one of them seemed to look upon us with suspicion, and even those who were inclined to listen favorably drew back at the word Christian. They seemed to think at once that it represerted a cer- tain clique, and would have nothing to do with us when they heard we were asking their moral support for the Christian un- employed.” This strange comment on the effect of the word Christian was made yesterday by E. L. Jones, in his report for the labor committee, at the second meeting of the Association of Christian Unemployed at 948 Mission street. The organization was founded last Thursday, and the labor com- mittee had been appointed to interview some of the leading merchants and request their moral support toward helping the association to find work for its unemployed men. The report showed the hopelessness of getting at most of the men whose sup- port was wanted, and the detriment that ay in the word Christian when any hearers were at last reached. There was not one name on the list to answer for the work of the labor committee. “Did you explain that there was no sec- tarian Christianity in this association, and that all its members pledge themselves to do is to observe the golden rule?” asked the chairman, A. Dowe. “We tried to,” replied E. L. Jones, “but after hearing the word Christian, very few people cared to hear any more. Some of the merchants, however, said they would give us their support, if we could obtain other and more influential names.” Mrs. H. L. Donald, the chairman of the finance committee, reported that two-bits had been subscribed to the treasury since last week, and that one manufacturer of ready-made clothing in the City had prom- ised to give some of the association’s unem- Dltiyed a trial. The secretary, J. F. Krizanoski, reported that though the association wasnot a week old, six skilled workmen had already been supplied with labor through its efforts, and three girls had been found positions. He asded all who were willing to give its unemployed a trial apply to 476 Jessie street. In the discussion to devise ways and means for sending out circulars to explain the objects of the association, J. F. Kriza- noski stated that he had sent out written agpeals to_large fruit-growers to give a chance to the Tckers who were pledged to observe the fo den rule, and that these ap- peals were already nailed up in the post- offices of the large fruit-growing districts. The secretary said he would be responsi- ble for the cost of printing the circulars asking for the business men’s co-operation, so it was decided to cPrint them and send out several thousand, particularly as the Laber Exchange bad offered the use of their pressroom. A motion was made by J. H. Henderson that some of the regeresenmcive clergymen of San Francisco asked to give their names to the movement, and also be in- vited to attend some of the bi-weekly meet- ings. This proposition was viewed with reat favor and the president appointed C. . Bostwick, J. H. Henderson and J.F. Krizanoski a committee of three to wait on the various clergymen. knows what old Tuolumne means. He knows that it is one of the banner pioneer counties, and that when the greater part of the State was a wilderness, untrodden by any save the native Indians and wild | beasts, Tuolumne’s tawny hills and seamed | canyons were yielding up the precious yel- low metal in abundance to the hardy men who had braved the dangers of the plains around the Horn in their search for the ‘qlden fleece in the new El Dorado of the est. And how the old Tuolumne people love their county. Although the old settlers came from homes far distant across the Eastern mountains, and even beyond the sea, their warmest recollections and cherished memories in the sunset years of life are not of their early hours, but of the county where they made their struggle for fortune. Although many saw rough times, underwent hardships, and were not dealt with kindly within their adopted home, they have only feelings of affection for “old Tuolumne,’” and will continue to have until memory lapses through the twilight of life and into the dark shadows of the valley of death. There were no shadows of past mis- fortunes or disappointments thrown over yesterday’s gathering. Every one started out with buoyant spirits and exuberant feelings. From the old gray-haired Eio« i neer of 1847 to theg’oungesz child who had been first baptized in the sunbeams that were thrown over Tuolumne’s hills the joyous feeling was predominant. All things seemed to be fitting for the occa- sion. The date was one which commemo- rated the battle where the first gun for liberty was fired 120 years ago at Bunker Hill, and then the Key monument over- looked their gathering, an emblem in it- self of a memorable event—as memorable in the nation’s history as the forming of a nucleus by the old pioneers of a colony in the center of the State which has spread and made itsinfluence felt through- out its borders. In addition to all, nature added her most pleasing charms—genial sunlight, balmy breezes and vistas of reen foliage and many-hued summer filosmms—m grace the occasion. It was no wonder that ‘‘old Tuolumne” was ram- pant with joyousness. It was 10 o'clock when the first party of celebrants arrived upon the scene, and from that time on they came in droves. The old graybearded men of the moun- tains with their wives and children saun- tered in smiling and pleased as a youngster attending his first picnic. At 11 0’clock L. L. Neison called the meeting to order and announced that before the enjoyment of the day began a short business meeting would be held for the election of directors. The following were elected : Mrs. M. Crane, Mrs. C. F. Ford, Mrs. I. M. Kalloch, Mrs. Sarah Massey, Mrs. F. Dryant, James L. Homer, Alexander Stair, L. L. Nelson, Jeff Hurd, W. M. Cannon and L. Jacobi. L. L. Nelson afterward delivered an ad- dress. He referred to the organization of the Tuolumne Reunion Association, and its purpose of encouraging and promoting greater social interests among the former and present residents of Tuolumne County by holding annual picnics. He spoke in feeling words of those members who had dzparted this life since the society was or- ganized, and mentioned especiaily R. C. (*‘Bobby’’) Patton and John Cannon, who had died since the last reunion. At the conclusion of his remarks lunch was declared in order and the party ad- journed to the children’s playground, where they were hospitably entertained by the superintendent of those grounds. They were loud in their praises of his efforts to make them comfortable. The afternoon was spent in and around their first camping grounds, and between songs and remarks by C. B. Rutherford, Daniel Sewell, James Homer and others, the old folks swapped reminiscences of early days while the younger people in- dulged in games. Even as the sun an to near the western horizon the older folks found it difficult to adjourn so interested were they in comparing notes about flumes, ditches and bridges which had been constructed by so-and-so in such-and-such a year, and as to when certain Flats were or passed safely through the stormy trip | house, Mrs. Sarah Massey, Joseph Van Prasg, Samuél Van Praag, Rose E. Morgan, Henry Harter, D. J. Egan, Mrs. M. A. Black, Charles Mrs. C. Kelly, Peter R. Woodman, M. Bhaw, George Kord: ood- . L. Nelson, William Urich. W. Warrington, Mrs. H. F, 1liams, Robert Christy, Mrs. Sadie Myers and Miss Inez Lancey. Before breaking up the celebration the members decided that next year they would celebrate their reunion by an excur- sion around the hay SWITCH ENGINES COLLIDE Accident in the Railway Yards at King and Sixth Streets. J. H. Brigganse Is Caught Between the Locomotives and Loses a Leg. Two switch engines collided last even- ing in the Southern Pacific freight yards at Sixth and King streets, in which one man had both legs horribly mangled, and two others received slight injuries. The injured men were all switchmen, and at the time of the collision were stand- ing on the footboard of Engine 1016 in charge of F. P. Curry. The cabmen es- caped uninjured, but both engines were badly wrecked. At the corner of Sixth and King streets the track which runs along this latter thoroughfare makes a sharp turn in the direction of Townsend street, which it in- tersects several blocks above. Near this corner, and about fifty yards from where the track leaves the line of King street, stands a long freightshed which com- pletely hides the sharp angle in the track. Engine 1017, in charge of E. S. Brown, was coming down the track with five loaded cars at a pretty good rate of speed. No. 1016 was going up the track ‘“light’’ with four switchmen standing on the foot- board—F. P. Curry, J. H. Brigganse, Jim Mason and Frank Fellows. Between Townsend and King streets is another track which intersects the devi- ating track on the former thoronghiare at a point near the freightshed. As No. 1016 leit the King-street track the men heard No. 1017 on the other side of the freight- shed, but supposed that the engine had already reached the intermediate track, where the five cars were to have been put, and so made no effort to slacken speed. No. 1017 had already attained a good headway, and the driver of the other engine was not aware of its nearness until close upon it at the corner of the street. It was too late then to avert a collision. He reversed his engine and opened his sand-boxes. Curry occupied a place on the right- hand corner of the footboard, Mason stood next, then Fellows, leaving Brigganse on the left, next to the shed. Curry, Mason and Fellows jumped. Mason "had his wrist sprained and Fellows landed on his side, sustaining slight bruises. Brigganse was caught and pinned closely between the engines. ‘When liberated it was found that both his legs had been crushed. He was taken at once to St. Mary’s Hospital, where one of the mangled members was amputated just below the knee. The surgeons expect to_be able to save the other leg. Mason and Fellows were treated by one of the company’s surgeons and then went to their homes. —————————— Many receipts as published still call for cream of tartar and soda, the old-fashioned way of raising. Modern cooking and ex- Ycrt. cooks do mnot sanction this old way. n all such receipts the Royal Baking Pow- der should be substituted without fail, CHANGES N THE FORCE, Police Commissioners Have a List of Eligibles for Decapitation. TWENTY-THREE NAMES ON IT. A Pretty Fair Idea Has Been Gath- ered as to How the Board WIill Proceed. The Police Commissioners have a little list. On it are the names of twenty-three members of the department, from captains to high privates, eligible for retirement. Ever since the report of the late Grand Jury was made public the Police Commis- sioners have been considering it, and on to-morrow evening they will in all prob- ability take the first step toward making some vacancies on the force. The very day the Grard Jury reported, Commissioner Tobin requested a list of members of the department, from captain down, who had passed the sixtieth mile- stone of life and who had been in the de- partment for over twenty years. The list was furnished, and on it, from A to izzard, there were written the names of twenty- three. Commissioner Tobin looked it care- fully over, had copies of it made and fur- nished one each to Commissioners Alford and Gunst. Since then, in the whiles be- tween business cares, each of the three Commissioners has, separately, been con- sidering the list and figuring ways and means. They have found from this consideration several things, but have arrived at no defi- nite conclusion and will not until Wednes- day evening’s meeting, if then. They find that among the twenty-three eligibles are some of the most serviceable, almost in- despensable, members of the department— men whose work takes years of training to satisfactorily accomplish, and for which none are known having that tmining. Take, for instance, Arnop Bainbridge, whose name heads the list of twenty-three. His position in the department is unique and his qualifications are of an abnormal nature. ~ Bainbridge is in charge of the rogues’ Eallery and, for years, the wonder- ful quickness of his eagle eye and the rapid workings of his peculiarly retentive mem- ory, have been matters of history in the department. The moment he claps eye on a “‘crook,” that “‘crook’ is photographed on the retina and in the memory of Bain- bridge forever. No number of aliases can avail to save him from future surveillance, and no artifice known to criminals can hide his identity from Bainbridge. TFor this reason, aside from his other qualifications, the commissioners will be loth to part with Bainbridge. Infact, it has been practically settled, in their minds, that, although the name of Bainbridge heads the list, he is too valuabie & man to think of letting go. There are others, too, whom the Com- missioners would fain leave alone, and it is settled even before the meeting of the board on Wednesday night that there will be no such sweeping change in the Police Department as the Grand Jury contem- plated; and quite a number of those on the Commissioners’ little list can rest as secure from storm or executive lightning as though they were not on it at alE There are others undoubtedly who will go, quite a few of them, but it is also settled, as far as such a thing can be with- out an official order, that they will not go in a bunch. *I cannot see anything else than demor- alization for the department,” said Com- missioner Tobin yesterday, “‘were the Commissioners to discharge all these men atonce; and I do not think such a pro- ceeding will be considered at all. I cannot really say now what the board will do. I have had this list prepared and have fur- nished cog‘ to Commissioners Gunst and Alvord. We have considered it in a de- sultory sort of way ever since, but will not take any action on it until the next meet- ing. “I think it is generally understood,” he continued, ‘‘that what changes it is de- cided to make will be made gradually, two or three now, two or three more ina month or so, and so on until those to be removed are exhausted. That method, I think, will bave all the gcod effects of a clean sweep, and none of the ill ones. It will certainly prevent the demoralization that would almost certainly follow in the train of the other.” Commissioner Alvord was not anxious to talk concerning the position he would take on the suggestions made for the betterment of the department by the Grand Jury. He, too, however, had his little list, and there is not the slightest doubt that, with Messrs. Tobin and Gunst, he will be prepared to take a hand in mak- ing some changes. n view now of the probable removals of Captains' Douglass, Short, Dunlevy and Stone, the question as to who will succeed them is being considerably discussed in police circles. It is a matter of common report that Captain Short’s resignation is in the hands of the commissioners, and that it will be accepted at an early date. Sergeant Henry 8. Robinson is talked about as his suc- cessor, but why other sergeants, who by merit and in other respects are more en- titled to the vosition, should be passed over is mystifyinz the uninitiated. Robinson was afipoinud on the force on April 24,1878. For a long time he did station duty at the Southern station, and ; on February 20, 1894, he was promoted to the position of sergeant. Itis generally known in police circles that Robinson owed his promotion to the fact that he was the principal means of causing the decapitation of several ser- geants and men who had been detailed for duty in Chinatown. To further assist him in exposing the corruption in Chinatown he was made a sergeant and placed in charge of a squad. For his work on that occasion it is said the Commissioners promised him the first vacancy of a captaincy, and the oppor- tunity will arise when Captain Short’s resignation is accepted. This may be true or it may not, but it is very generally be- lieved in police circles, and is causing no end of unfavorable comment. Should the other captains be forced to send in their resignations the names of Sergeants Wittman and Gillen are freely spoien of as in order for promotion on the ground of merit. Who will be Captain Stone’s successor in the City Prison is a mystery. As an additional captain will be appointed when the new order goes into eifect on July 1 thece will be a chance for another sergeant. Sergeant Spillane is, it is said, making a desperate fight for promotion. Ser- eant Bennett of the Potrero is also feel- ing his way with a hope of success. There are other deserving officers, who have a good record, but they are doing nothing to influence the Commissioners, depending solely upon their merits as a justification for their promotion. Meanwhile uneasy rests the heads of those who wear a star. The commissioners discussed two mat- ters in executive session last night. —— WERE NOT GUILTY. King’s Daughters Did Not Give the Much-Talked-of Entertainment and Dance. “A storm in a teacup” is what Mrs. J. G. Clark, president of the King’s Daughters, pronounces the interest shown by Rev. F. D. Baker and othersin the alleged dancing aitermath of the recent entertainment at Beethoven Hall. - “We did not give the entertainment,” said Mrs. Clark. “It was a benefit for us, given by the Fruit and Flower Mission, and the proceeds went to the Home for In- | the East a comparison could not be well curables, ‘as charged.’ Naturally we did not direct? the fprogramme of an enter- tainment of which we were the bene- ficiaries. The entertainment was of a musical nature. There were twelve num- bers regularly on the pfogramme,ana there were several programmes. ‘A few minutes before we leit some one provosed that the little girls who comprise the ‘Merry Sunshine Circle’ be allowea a waltz, and the ten children whirled about the room two or three times. We all left before 11 o’clock. That is all there is of this badly distorted story.” Mrs. Clark said that the King’s Daugh- ters had never given a ball or any enter- tainment of which dancing formed a part, nor does the society contemplate so doing. “As a religious society such an action would be inconsistent, and I for one would not consent to it,” she said. “When the uestion of individual responsibility for ancing comes in, that, I believe, should be left to the consciences of the King’s Daughters.”” VALLEY ROAD CONTRACTS, The Directors Will Decide on Bids for Two Hundred Cars To-Day. Estimates for a Steel Bridge at| Stockton and for Cars Opened [ Yesterday. ! The committee on construction and | equipment of the San Francisco and San | Joaquin Valley Railroad opened bids yes- | terday for a steel drawbridge across Mor- | mon Channel at Stockton and for freight | cars. In all there were nine bids on the bridge and thirteen on the cars. They came from Eastern as well as Cali- fornia manufacturers, but owing to the difference in cost of transportation from drawn in the propositions offered. Chief Engineer Storey said he would have to | make calculations before he could state positively which is the cheaper—Eastern or local cars. i After considering very fully the estimates | for cars the committee decided to submita | report on cars to the board of directors, | which meets to-day. But the selection of | a bidder to supply the cars will be left en- tirely in the discretion of the board. As many as 150 box and fifty flat-cars will be | ordered immediately. ! It is about three weeks since the first lot of locomotives was ordered, and as these engines, according to a provision in the contract, must be ready for delivery six weeks after the order was received, they may be at Stockton early in July, by which time a great deal of building ma. tertal will be on the groand, and it is ex- | pected that the flatcars for construction trains will also be there to fill up the only | gap in preparations for building the com- peting road down the San Joaquin Valley. Regarding the bridge, the committee will not be ready to report to-day, for the reason that designs and drawings will be required from the various builders before an intelligent conclusion can be reached. The Visalia surveying party has passed | the Kings River, after locating a crossing. and is now several miles to the south or| that point, running preliminary lines through the flat and open country without any serious obstacle to retard progress. | The Hanford surveying corps has passed | the small holdings, and is_working over | the large tracts, where little dificulty | is presented in laying out a route. In such | places it is hardly necessary to make a | second survey as there are few improve- | ments on the way and no obstructions to | be avoided. The third party has not re- | orted for some days, but it found a satis- actory crossing over the Tuolumne River | and has gone into the big ranches further south where postoflice communication is not easy of access. In the office here the draughtsmen have moved into their new rooms and their numbers has been in- creased to keep up with the large amount of work already in nand. Everything about the engineering department of the Valley | road indicates activity and a determination | to push ahead with all possible speed. I. R. Wilbur, right-of-way agent of the road, went to Stanislaus County yesterday for the purpose of holding conferences with citizens’ committees in that county, and in other ways securing rights of way {_ar the Valley road to the Merced County ine. Don’t be Foolish and take some other brand of condensed milk, thinking it is “just as good” as the GAIL BORDEN " + EAGLE BRAND ‘It Has No Equal TV VRV VVEIVDV VNI T0 CORPORATIONS, MERCHANTS AXD MANUFACTURERS! WELL- KNOWN BUSINESS MAN OF means is desirous of obtaining a POSITION of trust with a large legitimate concern, where if everything Is satisfactory he can become person- ally interested aiter six months’ trial. Highest of banking and mercantile references given. Address C. M., Box 64, Call Oftice. DR. 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