The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 28, 1895, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1895. DUFFIELD'S FINE HAND, It Caused Professor Davidson’s ! Removal From the Coast Survey. SOME OF THE INSIDE HISTORY. The Incident Becomes a Natlonal Event—Cleveland and Carlisle Wired. The inside history of the removal of Professor George Davidson will disclose the fact that men in Washington holding 1d responsible positions are guided 1l jealousies and feelings of resent- would disgrace a church choir. the facts come to light it will be that President Cleveland and Sec- retarv Carlisle have been misled. if not de- liberately deceived, by General Duffield, superintendent of the Coast Survey. The superintendent is quoted as ing: “It will be recalled that when the sundry ! spropriation bill was pending in Congress a petition was received from Cali- fornia praying that the professor be re- tained. Congress took no action in the matter, and the result is that Davidson must go.” &4 Superintendent Duffield does not give the true version. The real facts are known to Senator Perkins and many other Sena- tors. When the bill came from the House to the Senate there was no provision for the salary of Professor Davidson. Imme- diately dispatches from California were re- ceived by Senator Pe: , who at once went before the Senate Finance Committee to ascertain the cause of the omission. Senator Allison of the committee knew Professor Davidson and appreciated the value of the service that he had rendered : for man rs and told Senator Perkins that the professor’s salary would be pro- vided for. Senartors Squire, White, Jones, ! civil Stewart, Dolph and many others inter- viewed the committee. When the bill ne from the conference of both houses or Allison said distinctly to Senator ns that the bill as amended did not ; vidson. All of the cific Coast Senators were so assured and | the bill itself bears out this assertion. The | sentiment in favor of retaining Professor | Davidson was soopen and pronounced that | the bill would have been defeated if his salary had not been provided for. The impression which exists here that | President Cleveland has been misled arises | from the fact that he has recognized the ; services of Davidson by appointing the rofessor on the commission to settle boundary disputes. Moreover, the tion is distinctly ma spoke highly of Davidson to Professor Col- | onna of the Cosast and Geodetic Survey, and went so far in the expression of his | admiration as to say to Professor Colonna | that Davidson would be retained. Econ-} inly not the motive for the re- recause General Duffield’s son, who has been but a short time in the service, | gets in Washington § y Davidson served for twenty years at $2000 R r. Duflield succeeded Mendenhall, who was a man of great scientific attainments, and since advent as superintendent has made it very unpleasant for men who have gained special recognition for valuable scientific wor The fact also transpires that the te diminished Duffield’s salary to the extentof $1000 per aunum, and he is now perhaps endeavoring to be revenged on the Senators who readjusted | his compensation. General Duflield ha last of Professor' Da any means. He will be co 3 order of things, to explain it in detail to President Cleveland and Secretary Car- lisle. The displacement of a man who has served fifty years and gained world-wide recognition for the efficiency and scientific walue of his work expresses so much con- tempt for civil service reform, thateven Cleveland and_Carlisle will be forced to protest. What Duffield may have regarded as a little incident touching only his de- partment has assumed the magnitude of an event, and a National event, too. Sig: nals indicating a storm of popular indig- nation are out on every station of the Pa- cific Coast from Ala: to San Diego. The sident and the Secretary.of the Navy will be obliged to meet the force of the storm, although Duflield’s office gener- ated it. Yesterday Senator Perkins telegraphed o Senator Allison of Dubuque, Towa, with reference to Professor Davidson’s removal. Immediately the wire brought this mes- sage to Perkins from the Iowa Senator: “I have telegraphed 1o the department urging Davidson’s reinstatement in the in- terest of the public service.” Senator Perkins has also requested Sena- tor White to wire thé President, asking for | the reinstatement of Davidson. Messages | of a similar_character will also be receiyed by the President from other Pacific Ccast Senators. It is clearly understcod that politics cut no figure in the controversy. Not one man | in a hundred residing in San Francisco, where Professor Dnvifison is test known, can tell to what political party the pro- fessor belangs. e is not a politician in any sense. Very likely he is a civil service reformer, but “recent events may in- duce him to inquire deeperintec the mean- in% of civil service reform. he leading men of San Francisco who are most familiar with the scientific attain- ments of Professor Davidson express the | greatest surprise at his removal. William Alvord of the Bank of Califor- nia says: “I am shocked, surprised and indigrant at the removal. Professor Dav- idson could have had from rich corpora- tions many years ago three times the sal- ary that the Government paid him,and now at the end of fifty years’ service he is thrown out. It is not economy, for I see by the Carv’s dispatches thatother men have been promoted and their salaries in- creased. Davidson has never cared for money. He is like some of the French scientific men who value their standing in the world of science and their influence in the Academy as something above millions of mone W. W. Montague said: *The removal of Davidson is simply an outrage—the last great outrage perpetrated on the Pacific Coast by this administration at ‘Washing- ton. Itistime that the people out here | on this side of the continent sKould get up | and tell the country that they know what | is right and what is wrong. This is wrong and should be denounced and condemned as injustice of the worst character. Idon’t think a Government that tolerates such | things can stand. You can’t make the Janguage too strong for me. Why, every business man and mariner on the Pacific Coast knows the value of Professor David- son’s service. His office was open to ail for information.”” Senator George C. Perkins said: “David- son would never take as much as a postage stamp for the most valuable information he gave us. He was too conscientious to accept. a pass on our steamers. I have not heard of the | the fiscal year. known him for thirty years and Captain Goodall has known him forty. He would make blue prints of harbors and inlets, give us soundings and adjust compasses He is known all along the coast from Alaska to San Diego. Every shipper and sailor appreciates his work and the value of his knowledge.” George K. Fitch said: “The dismissal of Davidson is a cruel wrong.” THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. Its Finance Committee Shows a Surplus at the Close of the Fiscal Year. The Fire Commissioners at their meeting yesterday made the following appoint- ments: Julius Phillips, hoseman of en- gine 5; P.J. Creede, hoseman of engine 20; Fetix Desmond, painter to the depart- ment. James Stroud was transferred from hydrantman to fireman of chemical en- gine 2; Phillip Brady from fireman engine 2 to hydrantman. Dennis Quinlan was promoted from fireman engine 2 to hose- man of the same company; William Der- ham from extraman to fireman engine 2; | Dan McKenzie, assistant foreman engine | 2, to foreman. The resignations of James McDonald, hoseman engine 26, and P.| Desman. hoseman engine 5, were accepted. | ‘illiam Kennedy, engineer of engine 17, | was fined five days’ pay for using more than 100 pounds pressure to the square | inch on the hose in violation of the rules. BARNARD'S BRICK EYRIE, New Home for the Astronomer Erected on Mount Ham- ilton, LICK'S GREAT GIFT COMPLETED. Built of Bricks Baked on the Sum- mits and Made Proof Against Snow Invasion. Readers of the Canr who have read of the achievements of Professor E. E. Bar- nard will be interested in knowing where the great astronomer lives and a few of the exceptional conditions of domestic life on ihe top cf Mount Hamilton. The regents of the State University have just completed two brick residences on the mountain—one for the great Barnard and the other for his well-known co-worker in star science, Professor W. W. Campbell. John Ford, fireman of engine 11, was re- | The two buildings cost about $10,000, a | that the Merchants’ Association was nota contractor, took the action desired. Forthwith the Wage-workers’ Union, which, as stated, is not in high esteem with the affiliated unions, sent their pro- test to the board. 3 It was to answer Denis Kearney, who is aleader in the ‘Wage-workers’ Union, or any others of its members, that the repre- sentatives of the council attended the meeting. However, they had no occasion to speak, as the business was disposed of promFtly upon the report of Deputy Dono- van of the Street Department and the ex- p]a‘nahons of Mr. Dohrmann. he specifications as proposed by the Merchants' Association, it will be remem- bered, were referred to the Superintendent of Streets for review and report. Mr. Donovan appeared for Mr. Ashworth. He urged a more conservative schedule. He opposed the all-day sweeping. He thought the specifications should provide for a smaller beginning in the matter of sweep- ings and work up until the proper degree of cleanliness was reached. Mr. Dohrmann, in answer, said that this touched the keynote of the specifications. They had experimented with this work in every conceivable, way. They had found that small as the .appropriations had been hitherto for this work, it had never been worked up, the City had never got value, These speeifications protected the City and the contractors alike and secured the work of such a number of men as were known by experience to be necessary. ' All the ground was gone over again con- cerning the employment of old men on the light all-day work. It waswork thatcould ' y i [From a photograph taken by Prof . 7 ) or E. 8. Barnard during a storm.] y duced to extraman in the same company | for incompetency. A petition was received from the resi dents of Noe Valley asking for better fire grooecliou, and it was referred to Chief | ullivan. Another petition was received | from residents in the Richmond district, | asking that an engine be placed there from | July 3 till the 5th. It was placed on file. | The report of the finance committee | showed a surplus of $1584 23 at the end of An order of Chief Sullivan that members of chemical engine companies shall not leave their headquarters without permis- sion was approved. i MEVER 15 DSCHAGED The Supreme Court Decides That He Was Not Guilty of Perjury. Judge Beatty’s Opinion Declares the Thalla Was Not a Gambling- . House. Julius Meyer, who was recently held to answer the charge of perjury. lodged against him for failure to answer questions as to his qualifications as a juror, was dis- charged by the Supreme Court last evening upon a writ of habeas corpus. Judge Beatty rendered the opinion dis- charging - the prisoner and in so doing establisfies the relative merits of poker and faro in the eyes of the Supreme Court. The opinion is as follows: “The petitioner has been held to answer on a charge of perjury and asks to be dis- charged on the ground, among others, that he was committed without reasonable or probable cause. The evidence adduced before the committing magistrate is in my opinion wholly insufficient to sustain the cgarge as laid in the information or any charge. > “It seems that one Paulsell was on_trial in the Superior Court on a_charge of rob- bing the .proprietors of a faro bank. The petitioner being a member of the regular panel of-trial jurors in attendance upon that department of the Superior Court was called into the jury-box and examined on his voire dire touching his qualification as a juror. He was questioned by thee{nmse- cution and passed. Counsel for defendant then asked him the following question, amy others, ‘Do you know a man named Carroll or Ross or Webber, the men who were proprietors of the gambling-house at 620 Market street?’ 0 which he an- swered, ‘No, sir. I have nothing to do with such places.’ “The charFe is that the latter part of this answer 18 false; that in fact that petitioner did have something to do *‘with such places.”” ‘It appears from the evidence that the place ke{:t by Carroll, Ross and Webber, at 620 Market street, was a clandestine and illicit gambling-house, but it is not proven that the Thalia is ‘such a place’ as the gambling-house at 620 Market street. The difference between the two places is just exactly as broad as the difference between legality and illegality, or in other words, since we have none but statutory crimes, it is as broad as the difference between guilt and innocence. And since there is neither evidence nor accusation of any other false statement made by him, it follows that he cannot be held for perjur]v and must be aischarged from custody. Tt is so ordered.” Meyer had been in jail since his exami- nation, since otherwise he could not be tried on a writ of habeas corpus, and his attorney, Andrew Clunie, was anxious to have the'questidn finally decided. Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov’t Report Roval Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE ; considerable saving having been made by | manufacturing on the mountain the bricks used. Modern architecture on a snow summit as an experiment has many disadvantages | for the builder. It is not 4 pleasant under- taking to drag lumber up to 6000 feet above sea-level, and the average bricklayer can work to better advantage when he does not face blinding snow blasts and strong mountain winds. Nevertheless, these were some of the | conditions under which the two hand- some and durable structures were built. The two buildings-are located on a hill immediately south of the summit. Each is commodiously fitted up inte- riorly, and the roofs and walls are so constructed as to throw off the snow, which falls on the summit the year round. The bricks used in preparing the founda- tions and walls were, as stated, burned on the mountain in a brickkiln improvised ciose to the buildings. The principal care of the regents was to prevent the possibility of the astronomers getting snowbound, and to relieve the star- gazers of the task of shoveling their way i to the great telescope in the early morning during bad weather. Tach house contains eight large rooms. Professors Barnard and Campbell have just moved into their new homes. The photogrnfi»h reproduced in the CArL was recently taken by Professor Barnard during a storm on the mountain. 0 AI]VEHLISE_F[]H BIDS, The Street Sweeping Will Be Let by Contract as Before. How the Wage - Workers’ Union Took a Trick From the Labor Councll. The Street Committee of the Board of Supervisors yesterday assured President Dohrmann of the Merchants’ Association that it had no intention of turning the street sweeping woik over to the Btreet Department of the City government. The committee-rooms of the board were quickly filled up when Chairman Spreck- els told the sergeant-at-arms to call the Merchants’ Association. . An army of well- known and influential citizens filed in in response, among those following President Dohrmann being Henry L. Dodge, M. P. Jones, Louis Sloss Jr., George A. Newhall, members of the Chamber of Commerce ana representatives of other commercial bodies. Acting as escort to these was a big delegation of working men, among them W. G. C. Pitts, business manager of the Voice of Labor, and T. J. Fitzsimmons, one of the editors of the same, who repre. sented the San Francisco Labor Council. They took thgir places on the left of the big table, while conspicuous in the crowd on the other side was Denis Kearney, and it was only because he was there to combat the Merchants’ Association that they had come. Jt appears that the resolutions submittea to the board at a recent meeting as coming from the Wage-workers’ Union had opened the eyes of the Labor Council and the affil- iated unions to a trick of which they haa been the victim, and 'the Wage-workers’ Union, in the person of W. Greenwood, was the author, and they had come to the meeting to square the account. The Labor Council has all along been in sympathy with the Merchants’ Association in their efforts to take the street-sweeping work away from the machines and put it in the hands of laborers. They have rec- ognized the justice of the system employed by the association in giving the work to men and paying the wages they earn, and lonfi(ago took action to the effect that the work should be given into the hands of laborers on this, or the best possible basis that could be secured. At the meeting of the Labor Council on June 22 this Mr. Greenwood, representing the Wage-workers’ Union, asked the privi- lege of the floor and urfed the council to protest against the City street-sweeping being let out by contract, “such a course being inimical to the interests of labor.” The council, having in mind the thought | be done by them—by men who could ao nothing heavier—and why not thus em- ploy them? Mr. Dohrmann said further that if there was any intention of handing the work over to the Street Department they would like to have notice at once, as the business men who were present had left theiraffairs to speak to the subjeet if such was the intention. + . Mr. Spreckels said he knew. of no such intention. Mr. Hughes and other mem- bers of the committee said the same, and thereupon all parties took their ieave. The committee decided to have the specifications printed as prepared. SUED BY LK TRUSTES An Amicable Arrangement for the Distribution of the Trust. The Defendants In the Case Are the Academy of Sciences and the Ploneer Soclety. An amicable suit has been commenced by the Lick trustees against the Academy of Sciences and ' California ‘Society of Pio- neers. The plaintiffs are Charles M. Plum, George Echonewald and Edwin B. Mastick, the surviving trustees. The com- plaint sets forth the deed of trust and then asks that the trustees be allowed to dis- tribute the remainder of the trust fund equally between the defendants; also that they 'be protected from any litigation which may be brought in the future. The figures which they submit are as follows: The assets, including interest computed | to June 30, are: Cash in office, $103 92; on deposit, $205, 79212; Banning loan and mortgage, $99. 017 77; Holland loan and mortgage, $7 Daniel loan and mortgage, $3555 23; Cali- fornia Pioneer mortgage, $389,348 10; Cali- fornia Academy of Sciences mortgage, $512,932 62; total, $1,218,334 76. _The liabilities are as fotlows: Trustees, six months’ salar{, $1500; office expenses and expenses of closing trust (amount un- known); claim of Frank Happersberger for balance dne on_the statue contract, §3144 50; California School of Mechanical Arts’ claim of interest on $74,644 87 from January 1, 1895, and taxes not yet assessed and not due. In more detail the report shows the fol- lowing: Cash on hand September 6, 1889, $551 59; cash'on deposit, $105,969 58; interest from Se;tembfl‘ 6, 1889, to June 20,1895, $308 - 042 27; from legal proceedings, $3535; old debts, $240; on repair and expense account, | $1050 52; bills receivable, $1,612,468 30; Ban- ning loan, $98,348 46; Fair loan, $280,000; Holland loan, $7500; Pioneers loan.$300.000; Academy of Sciences loan, $400,000; Lick Free Baths, §9005; interest, $8209 75; inter- est on Banning loan, $2786 52; .interest on Holland loan, $112 50; interest on Daniel loan, §$145: total, $3,521,544 45. The disbursements since September 6, 1889, were: Interest account, 23; law expenses, $36,47650; taxes, $122,171 06; re- L""“ and expenses, $48,52603; loans, $1,- 243,848 46; Francis Scott Key monument, $4479 75; telescope and observatory, in full, $15,101 96; Lick Free Baths, $107,328; Cali- fornia School of Mechanical Arts, in full, $535,000; historical bronze statues in fuil $100,000; . California. Pioneers loan and special disbursements, $306,815; California Academy of Sciences loan and special dis- bursements, $406,500; James G. Fair loan, $280,000; Bnnninf loan, $98,348 46; Holland loan, $7500; Daniel loan, $3500; balance on deposit with Sather, Bankin Comgn;n_v. $105,792 12; balance on deposit with Bank (BIMETALLISTS AT WORK, Headquarters Are Opened by Them in the Mills Building. BOOMING A STATE CONVENTION. Some Reasons Why a Bimetallic Party Has Not Been Organized In California. Headquarters in California of the Ameri- can Bimetallic League were established yesterday in the Mills building, and in the same offices George Keeney, secretary of the organization, will do business for the recently organized branch of the Na- tional league, which a few days ago issued a call for a State convention, and appointed an executive and finance committee to make arrangements therefor. The mem- bers of the committee are now actively en- gaged in collecting funds and dissemina- ting information relative to the proposed meeting of bimetallists which will be held in this City in August. A good mzny peo- ple are wondering why 1t is that the local leaders of bimetallism did not declare at once for party organization in California, thus giving the move that dignity and standing usually recognized as necessary attributes oz political warfare. On every side one hears the question asked, Is the convention called by any party or organization, or the call simply the personal appeal of a few men for a con- vention? Why did they not effect at least a permanent organization, if not a party, that the proposed meeting might have at least the backing of some concerted action ? These questions were put to Secretary Keeney yesterday, whereupon he said ““We have not attempted to organize a bimetallic party in California, for the simple reason that the people have not yet disclosed themselves in favor of such an organization. “This movement is not a political trick, nor dia it come to life in star-chamber ses- sion at the behest of a few men having ersonal interests to serve. Parties have Ee?n organized after this method before, and probably will be again, but we have adopted a different course. First of Iull, ]\\ e f this want an expression of the people. move eventually develops into pa ganization, well and good. All th upon the people—the bimetallists of California. ‘‘We have no authority to organize a party and call it the Bimetallic party of Califor- nia, or anythingelse. Weknow that there are many bimetallists in California and be- lieve that they should get together in con- vention. As officers of the National bi- metallicorganization we held a conference with local bimetallists and decided to call the Palace Hotel meeting, which in turn resulted in the convention call.” George W. Boker, a leading bimetal- list and chairman of the meeting that issued the State convention call, when asked for his views relative to party or- ganization, said : “There may be no necessity for the or- ganizaticn of a bimetallic party in Cali- fornia. If such a necessity arises we will so declare. This is the Teason of calling a State convention—to get a full and free expression of opinion from every county in California. I am a Republican and sat- isfied with my party,so long as I am allowed to stand on a free silver plank. ‘When they knock this plank from under me I am with the American Bimetallic Dnra. “We (and when I say we, I mean the men who issued the call for the convention to convene here in August) occupy the osition_held by the minutemen of the Revolution. Should the National Repub- lican_Convention adopt a gold standard. the silver men of the party will be found elsewhere, otherwise they will probably stand with their respective parties—Re- publicans or Democrats, as the case may I)e. Our object now is to get ready for party organization, should the necessity arise, and 1o stand ready for a Nai 1 convention call. The widespread enthusi- asm on the subject of bimetallism will be easily merged into pariy organization, and formulated in party platform, should the gold fiends get in their deadly work in the Republican convention.” CONTENTION OVER A CHILD. The Father Charged by the Grand- mother With Cruelty and Neglect. The custody of little Katy O’Connor is the bone of contention between Patrick O’Conror, the father of the child, and Mrs. John Quinian, the grandmother. The aid of the courts has been invoked to adjust the differences between the two. At the instance of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, the father, who is in the employ of the Union Iron Works, was arrested on a charge of failure to support thelittle one. O’Connor gave bonds, and a few days ago served a writ of habeas corpus on the grandmother. There was a stay of proceedings until the 5th prox., when the story will be ventilated in one of the lower courts. Meanwhile the father has made an unsuccessful attempt to steal the child, who lives with her grand- mother at 105 Clinton street. After O’Conner’s marriage to Mrs. Quin- lan’s daughter all went weil, according to the mother-in-law’s version, until soon after the ‘birth of the child. The father went to Humboldt, ostensibly to look for work, but until relatives discovered his whereabouts he never communicated with his wife. ‘She was neglected by him for the few months she spent at Humboldt, and then she came home to die, being in the last stages of consumption. The husband made no inquiries about her and did not put in an up{:enrancn un- til a telegram summoned him to her funeral. ‘‘He never looked at her dead face nor showed any more feeling for his child than if she were a stranger,” said the mother- in-law. ‘“He never has pretended to sup- port the child, but I propose that he shall be made to do so0, and that I shall keep her with me. Do you suppose a man who neglects a dying wife will take proper care iis child? 1 bave eleven children of ity. Delivery isto be on board barges in San Francisco Bay. The piles must not be less than ten inchesin diameter. Par- ticular care will be taken in the examina- tion of all this lumber, as it is to be used in long trestles where its durability and streneth will be severel SUPERVISORS’ CONVENTION The Meeting in the Chamber of Com- merce Next Month Creating General Interest. The convention of Supervisors from all the counties in the State that will be held onJuly 15 in the Chamber of Commerce promises tobe an important event. The object of Governor Budd calling this con- vention is to devise means for sending an exhibit of Californian products to the in- terpational exposition at Atlanta, Ga., next September. Half railroad fares and special hotel rates have been secured for the visiting Super- visors. Yesterday Mr. Filcher had a conference with several members of the Half-million Club, h a view of having that body as- sist in entertaining the visitors. He called attention to the fact that it will be an ex- cellent opportunity for the Half-million Club to return some of the courtesies it re- ceived during its recent trip over the State. Besides the occasion will be most favorable for the establishment of stronger bonds of good feeling between the interior and the metropolis. FAVR HOME PRODUCTION The Trustees of the Preston School at lone Take a Stand. A Letter to the Manufacturers and Producers’ Association Tells the Story. L. R. Mead, secretary of the Manufac- turers and Producers’ Association, is in receipt of the following favorable letter from H. R. Bernard, secretary of the Pres- ton School of Industry at Tone, in response to one sent out by the association calling attention to the fact that California can produce about all of the goods and .pro- visions used and consumed in the school, and requesting that the trustees patronize home industries whenever they can: PrEesTO! HOOL OF INDUSTRY, H. R. Bernard, Secretary 2 IoNE, Cal., June 24, 1895. Mr. L. R. Mead, Secretary Manufacturers and Association, San Francisco, Cal.— 3 I beg to advise that your commu- nication, dated the 1st mst., relative to secur- ing patronage of California manuiactures, was presented to the honorable board of trustees at its regular meeting held on the 14th day of June. The same was duly considered, and the following resolution, offered by Trustee An- drew, unanimously adopted: ““Resolved, That the secresary of this board be and is hereby authorized and directed to revise the schedules issued by the Preston School of Industry to prospective bidders upon furnish- ing supplies, with & view to the elimination therefrom of all brands and articles of Eastern manufacture where suppliesof equal grade and quality can be secured of home manufacture at equally advantageous prices.” The proper authority now being vested in me Iam Rappy to advise that it will be my pleas- ure to call_upon you on the occasion of my next presence in your City with a complete set of our schedule forms for the inspection of your honorable association and itssuggestion in the matter of revision, as referred to in_the above resolution. This action of the board, I believe, sufficiently indicates their desire to assist your worthy organization to the attainment of its aims and objects. At the time I had in preparation forms before forwarding to the State Prin Iy ignorant of the existence of such ssociation as yours, and it was only on gen- eral principles of interest in home manufac- tures that 1 inserted an asterisk directing attention to the note “‘or some other brand or kind equally acceptable’ wherever the rame of a foreign brand oceurred that I thought might be duplicated among our home preducts and manufactures. The suggestion contained in your communi- cation of the 13th inst. relative to receiving bids upon California inks ceme too late, as the time for the reception of all bids expired, as duly advertised, on that date. I was not aware, however, up to that date that ther ink production on this const. How will all be obviated in the future b operation in the matter.” Respectfully, H. R. BERNARD, Secretary. Mr. Mead states that this is the most gratifying answer so far received, and he considers the action of the Preston School Trustees as a good example for others to follow. He is sending to all the heads of public and private institutions letters sef ting forth the advantages to be gained by giving local manufacturers a chance, and from what he can learn he is satisfied that the aims and objects of the association will soon be accomplished. The purchase of supplies for the Preston School amounts to many thousand dollars a year, and if all other institutions take a similar stand it will materially increase the local busines: i NOT AN EXTORTION. A Sister of John Dowling Corrects the Story of Her Brother’s Death. The story of an alleged effort of John Dowling to extort money from his relatives by pretending to be dead at Colfax, as tele- aphed from Ukiah on Wednesday, is denied by his sister, Miss Aggie Dowling, and her brother-in-law, D. C. Heger of 318 Kearnv street; this City. Miss Dowling saysthat her sister Mrs. Heger went to Colfax upon hearing of their brother John's death for the purpose of identifving the body. Mrs. Heger had no conversation with Coroner Mitchell, but transacted her business with the under- taker, McCullough. She saysthere was no effort at extorting money and that the charge for the coffin was only $12 50. Her only complaint was that the body was not properly Enried and that it was not prop- erly exhumed for identification. Mrs. Heger thought the body was that of her_brother, though she was not quite positive, but assuming that it was ordered 1t properly reinterred —————— Rev. J. E. Scott on Socialism. Rev. J. E. Scott will speak on “Socialism—Is It Right or Wrong?” at Metropolitan Temple next Sunday evening. The lecture will be free, musie will be given and all are invited to at- tend. the schedule as any my own, but I have made room in my home and heart for this one.” VALLEY ROAD TRESTLES. The Chief Enginecer Advertises for Large Lots of Lumber for the New Railway. Chief Engineer Storey of the San Fran- fe—]v" There are no tacks in cisco and 8an Joaquin Valley Railway issued specifications yesterday to con- tractors and lumber merchants for trestle timbers to be used on the line between Stockton and the Stanislaus River. Proposais for furnishing the following lumber will be received and considered of California, $100,000; cash on hand, $103 92; total, $3,521,544 49, —————— Neglected Their Child. A drunken father, a dissolute mother anda neglected child are the dramatis persona ot one of the sad stories heard daily at the head- quarters of the San Fraucisco gocmy for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, Officer John Mitchell tound Willlam Stuart, a lon; shoreman, lying dead drunk at his home, 3: Ritch nml.o\{uurdt , and his ¢on, two and a ng over tl and cl sent 1o 8t. ’s Hospital. Mrs. Lottie Stus the mother of the chflnl: dis- ired two weel ap] q o knows nothing of h Shdher h:::“ i July 8 by the directors: Five hundred pieces of Orezon pine, 7x16x32 feet; 2000 pieces Oregon pine,8xsx9; 40 pieces Oregonepine, 4x10x14 feet; 10_pieces Oregon plne 4x10x16 feet; 5 piects of Oregon pine, x10x18 feel; 5 pieces Oregon pine, 4x10x20 feet; 5200 lineal feet Oregon pine, Gx8, in lengths 22 to 32; 120 pieces redwood, 12x12x 12; 100 pieces redwood, 12x12x18; 75,000 5- incn planks; redwood; 75 piles 19 feet long, 110 piles 20 feet long, 175 piles 21 teet long, 75 piles 22 feet long, 55 23 feet long, 43 piles 24 feet long, 60 piles 26 feet long; 260 Piles 30'feet long. The requirements for this material have been explicitly stated in the specifications. The pine must. be of best quality Puget Sound Douglas fir, and the redwood free {rom all defects and of merchantable qual- iles Goodyear Welt Shoes Nothing but ease and comfort for the feet, and economy for the pocket. ASK YOUR SHOE MAN. 2@ Goodyear Welts are LEATHER * SHOES —mot rubber. NEW TO-DAY. Oc. LADIES’ TAN OXFORDS Opera Tips Ladies’ Black Oxfords Patent Tips. ; Ladies’ Vici Kid Shoes, Piccadilly toe, patent tip, 50c Princess $1.25 Juliets $1.35 Ladies’ Tan Button Boots $1.25 These prices are good only in the FORENOON at the Big Shoe Factory Retailing at Factory Prices 581-583 MARKET ST. NEAR SECOND. Have you been all this time without the immeasnrable convenience and luxury of a Cheval Dressing Mirror? Isn't it be- cause you deemed the price beyond your means? Candidly, Cheval glasses have been high priced—up to now. Here's an example, however, that’s an- exception. It's not the handsomest, not by any means—but it's graceful in design and as useful as the most expensive patterns, and then—well, the cost is probably its most Ittractive feature. Twenty dollars—and ‘he best of French plate. Carpets . Rugs . Mattings CALIFORNIA FURNITURE COr1PANY (N. P. 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WE " HAVE from the oid basement undér the Phelan bullding, and now occ: h =t poeic g ey Oosupy the fiuest qua-ters above RUDOLPH HAGEN, FELIX EISELE, Prop's. EMOVED THE “LOUVRE" Y st e o T