The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 6, 1895, Page 5

; | i. 5 i THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1895. 5 COVERNOR BUDD'S VISIT. The Chief Executive Will Name the Board of Health on Monday. THE ELECTION COMMISSION. He Belleves the Law Constitutional. More Trouble for the National Guard. overnor Budd was in the City yester- and returned to the capital last evening. His business was in regard to the new Board of Health which he had intended to name to-day. He may do that yet, ) his last words on leav- ing the City were that the appointments would be held over until Monday. The reason of this, he explained, was that he had not had time to consult with the Mayor and several medical gentlemen. Mayor Sutro and the Chief cutive had a conference, though, just before the Governor leit. It is rally conceded that Doctors Morse and Williamson will be ou the board, but Governor Budd would neither deny nor affirm the report re- rding the latter gentleman. Before he for Sacram he added the names of Charles A. Clinton and Dr. Joseph O. hfelder. He did not see either of the tlemen, the former being out of the City and the latter unavailable at the 1 Both physicians stand very high in t and the Governor paid t compliments, but was dumb r appointments. “I expected to get all through with the Board n; Heaith to-day,” said the Execu- tive, t I could not catch the people I wanted to see. I was going to name the board, but 1 will now defer action until Monday, when I will come to the City to attend the meeting of the Yosemite Com- mission in the morning and sign the China Basin lease in the afternoon. “Dr. Morse will be one of the new board, s to the others I have not made up nind. Williamson? I don’t know,” and the Governor smiled as if he did know all about it. x ‘Whatdo you think of the questions ch bave been raised regarding the con- of the Election Commission tw ed. I have not given that matter the con- eration to which it is entitled, but off- I would say that I think it is entire- constitutional. When I signed the bill there was nothing occurred to me in it the constitutionality of which could be ques- ned. Idon’t want to see any jangle or discord over this law because it isa good one. The people wanted 1t and they still nt it and it should be carried into oper- 1f the enactment of the law can be rued to be special legisiation, it seems to me that there are a number of other laws in the same category. Regarding Mr. Hinton, I think I have explained my position. I did not advise him to keep his seat or to give it up. A kr‘ minent attorney said to me in the e ar’s presence that he did not think e law repealed his position. I merely to see Hinton as to what he intend- and the rumors began to fly."f} ) y next week Governor Budd will calla m ing of his staff, at which will be present Adjutant-General Barrett, Briga- dier-General Warfield and the colonels of h the various regiments. The meeting will be full of dire import to the National Guard, for it will probably result in the -ering out of more companies. The ked what steps would be rection. e going to meet to see what One_thing which will be done will be thi; We are going to keep within the $200,000 appropriation made by the last Legislature. Iam notin favor of @ny deficiency. The reason it costs more to maintain the guards than it ought tois that a fixed mont sum is paid to each ‘company independently of what 1t coststo ary support it. If it could be so arranged that each company could draw only what is ab- solutely necessary for its maintenance we ational Guard and ) within the $200,000 appropriation.” rnor Budd returned from Klamath 1zs a week ago, and he says that he is health than he had been for a 3 t. He has had no rheumatism, except an occasional twinge, since he re- turned. He will be very busy for the next two weeks, after which he will return to could » up the BIRDS OF THE PACIFIC. Frofessor L. M. Loomis Publishes an Interesting Treatise on the Subject. The birds of the Pacific Coast have never been scientifically classified. Professor verett M. Loomis, the distinguished ornithologist mow of the Academy of iences, has just published the first part of a treatise on the subject. Professor Loomis before receiving the appointment of curator of the department of ornithology of the academy was associ- ated with the American Museum of New York. He was especially employed to in- vestigate and classify the bird life of the coast—a task that will take years of inces- sant work in the field and collection-room for completion. Already the ornithological collection in the academy includes 500 species and 9000 specimens, several thousand specimens of desert bird life having recently been ob- tained by purchase from the Stanford Uni- versity. The first part of Professor Loomis’ treats of California water birds. Loomis writes that the birds off )nterey coast migrate just before ter as far south as the soutkern hemisphere, and that the winter season depopulates the Arctic seas of sea birds. A species of long-tailed jaeger, never pre- viously reported from California, is de- scribed, and several pages are given over 10 a description of great *‘rafts” of cor- morants discovered off the Monterey coast in last June by the professor. 3 In all forty-four species are mentioned, the number including various species of the oyster-catcher, black turnstone, surf bird, killdeer, snowy plover, curlew, coot, }‘hnlampe, sandpiper, willet, tatter, blue heron, harlequin duck, scoter, pelican, cor- morant, shearwater, fulmar, albatross, gull, tern, jaeger, California murre, auklet, puf- {in, murrelet and grebe. e e The Royal Baking Powder avoids all de- composition of the flour as caused by yeast rising, thereby saving a large per- centage of its most nutritive elements, making the flour go one-fourtb further. — CALIFORNIA BIMETALLISTS. ‘Widespread Interest Manifested in the Coming State Convention. There is every indication that the State Silver Convention, called to meet in this City on August 19, will be largely attended and will result in important action being taken 1o promote the cause of bimetallism. The call was issued by the executive co: mittee appointed by the meeting of citi: zens held in this City on June 20, and already letters of inquiry have been re- ceived from all but three counties, to all of which instructions were given for securing representation at the State convention. each county is entitled to five dele- gates at large and one delegate for each 500 votes or fraction thereof cast in said county at the last general election, it is estimated that there will be from 500 to 1000 delegates present when the convention meets, It is not proposed to create an independ- ent Btate silver party, but simply to organ- | Annual ize the bimetallists of California into a branch of the National Bimetallic League and use the power of the present organiza- tion in 1nducing one or the other of the two great National parties to insert a free- coinage plank in its platform. Failing in this, however, it 1s proposed by the National Bimetallic League to place a aanrhdz\te of its own in the field for Presi- ent. All the subcommittees appointed at the meeting of June 20 have been actively at work, the main effort just now being to raise sufficient funds to meet the expenses of the coming convention. In this work the finance committee is meeting with very fair success. It is reported that the three counties that have not yet been heard from will swing into line before the convention meets. TO BOOM THE STATE. County Supervisors All Over California Falling Into Line Relative to the Atlanta Exposition. Secretary Filcher of the State Board of Trade returned yesterday from a trip to Lake County, where he went to induce the Supervisors to place exhibits of their county products and resources in the Board of Trade exhibit rooms on Market street. He is much gratified by the en- couragement he received, and he expects that before long the *‘Switzerland of Amer- ica,” as the county is called, will have a fine display on the way to this City. While there he learned that several of the Super- visors will respond to the call of Governor Budd and be present at the Atlanta Ex- position convention that will be held in the Chamber of Commerce in this City on July 15. Mendocino County will also send a dele- gation of Supervisors who are in favor of sending a fine exhibit of California prod- ucts to the great fair in Georgia. A letter was received from the County Clerk of Solano County stating that many of the Supervisors will be present at the convention. Robert Nixon of Siskiyou County wrote that he had discussed with the Supervisors ability of sending delegates to the convention and adding to the present ex- hibit in the Board of Trade rooms. Both matters were favorably considered. Elwood Cooper, the Santa Barbara hor- ticulturist, appeared before$ the Super- visors of that county for the same pur- pose. He was successful in both matters. THE COIN- N THE MINT Settlement Between Daggett and the Government. Mr. The Latter Represented by an Agent While the Money Is Being Counted. Superintendent Daggett of the United States Mint is now making his annual settlement with the Government, and Chief Clerk Robert Barnett is kept pretty busy in consequence counting the coin 1n the vaults. The Government is repre- sented by J. Farley Wilder of the New York assay office. Altogether there is about $53,000,000 in coin on hand, nearly all gold. No silver has been coined at the Mint since May. Up to that time seigniorage amounting to about $100,000 was coined monthly. There are 11,000,000 ounces of silver on hand in bars, which was purchased while the Sher- man act was in operation. Mr. Daggett says he has no orders to coin any of this silver just at present. The Mint has been closed since the mid- dle of June. On Monday it will be open again, at least 1o depositors. The work of counting gold coin, as might ily be supposed, is a tedious and very particular process. Two methods are used, the one serving as a check upon the other, viz.: counting and weighing. It must not be thought that in counting the bright $20 gold pieces they are gathered up with a scoop and shoveled into a tray and then shaken into piles from which they may afterward be taken in stacks of $500 wort at a time. No; the fact is they have already been counted beforehand, and were neatly stacked away in boxes when coined and in that shape packed away into the vaults. Each box is weighed, the avoirdupois of the wooden case being deducted, leaving the weight of the coin of the realm as the net resuit. Then the stacks of yellow isks are gone over carefully. Tt does not take much of a box to hold $40,000, but it is no easy lift. The Government is very particular as to the exact weight and quality of its coins and nothing is taken for granted. The whole system of coinage is such that one branch or department serves as a check upon another. Every means is taken to prevent a defal- cation, shrinkage, leakage or robbery. Of course, if the executive head of a mint is not himself imbued with the spirit of this system, he may be swindled and the result would be a shrinkage anu an expose. An unscrupulous depositor might palm off alloyed metal—and even base metal—upon him in exchange for good Government money. The investigation into the Carson mint shrinkage shows that something like this was done in a systematic manner, owing to the lcose way in which the mint was conducted, if there was really no col- lusion. Yet the system is not perfect. It works all right so long as an honest and capable man is superintendent, for a dishonest one could easily enough take advantage of the confidence reposed in him by the Treasury Department. By collusion with swindlers and the making of false returns, if not by actual thievery itself, he conld “feather his nest” as the saying goes; but the annual examination and settlement would come along in its time, and a rep- resentative of the Government would be resent to make the damaging comparison between the existing facts and the ficti- tious reports. The burden of honesty would then fall upon the Government’s representative. It might prove too late, though. The San Francisco Mint has a pretty clean record. All the metal is carefully assayed, and a sample of each lot of coin made is sent to the Assay Commission to be tested. Reports are made to the Treas- ury Department daily As Mr. Daggett says: “The whole sys- tem, with its numerous checks of one branch or department upon another, is purely a matter of business, and not of sentiment, and an honest man doesn’t mind being watched.”” LI = ASSOUIATBD‘OHABITIES WORK. Rellef for Victims of the Fire—** Coun- try Week. The week closing yesterday was a busy one for the Associated Charities. Many families whose homes had been in the burnt district were provided with new quarters, and their members have re- sumed work. Correspondence in reference to a “country week” has been opened, and is already productive of good results. The first_beneficiary, an anmmic child, goes to Petaluma to-day for three weeks of country air, sunshine and wholesome food. 3 The registrar yesterday made the follow- ing report for the week just closed: New cases, 17; recurrent cases, 13; total. 30. Investigated and referred to: San Fran. cisco Benevolent Soclety, 5 Sisterhood Emanu-El, 4; Fruit and Flower Mission, 4; gan Frenclsco Polyclinic, 3; church missions, 3; individuals, 3; German Ladies’ Benevolent Society, 2; Soclety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chilaren, 2; Central Methodist Church, 1; personal, 5; applications from fire- sufferers, 29. Because of its much greater strength, the Royal Baking Powder is more econom- ical than any similar leavening agent. THE TREASURER'S BOND, Mayor Sutro Is Disposed to Go Very Slow in Approv- ing It. AN OLD QUESTION REVIVED. Does the Consolidation Act or the General State Law Apply in This Case? ‘When the time-lock released its hold on the big doors of the City and County treasury yesterday Mayor Sutro and Auditor Broderick, with the Treasurer- elect, swung them open and made the formal countof the funds and placed their official certificate to the amount—$1,200,000. Treasurer-elect Augustus C. Widber filed his bond yesterday morning. His bonds- men are: Harry N. Morse, 1. W. Lees, H. N. Crane and R. J. Techau. With the exception of Techau, this is the composition of the surety of the de- ceased Treasurer—J. J. O'Brien occupying the latter’s place on the elder’s bond. Each of the individuals represent $50,000 on the bond, save Morse, who stands for $100,000. The amount of the bond re- quired is $100,000, but the bondsmen must represent twice that amount in real estate values. The bond was approved by Judge Murphy and Auditor Broderick. Mayor Sutro, however, the other of the trio whose approval is required by law, wanted some time to think it over. Taylor Rogers, his clerk, raised the point that the consolidation act stipulates that no man could become surety for a public officer whose property was not situ- ated in this City and County. The general law of the State made and provided for such cases permits the ondsmen’s property to lie in an adjoining county. If the conditions of the consolidation act are applied Mr. Morse will have to be rejected, as his_property is chiefly in Ala- meda County. Itis on this thatthe Mayor pauses to consider. Auditor Broderick, however, declared yesterday that the general law was good enough for the City and County in this | instance, especially as its conditions had served in the case of a long line of! Treasurers and other officials, and had been raised, discussed and disposed of in the case of Mr. Morse himself with rela- | tion to J. H. Widber’s bond. [ The court had at that time approved | that bond and Judge Murphy approved this one. City ang County Attorney Creswell had looked the matter up and given an opinion in its favor. With all this Mr. Rogers was not inclined to insist upon his objection, and so telephoned the Mayor last evening. “It is simply the old, old question which keeps coming up at every turn— whether the consolifintion act is the law for this City and County, or whether we are conducting our affairs under the general laws,” said Mr. Rogers. *‘The thing we need most is a charter, and I hope we will soon get one.” “That is very true,’’ said the Auditor, “and the thing for us all to do is to work our best toward securing one at the earliest | possible moment. A charter with some | faults is much better than no charter. In | the meantime we have worked under the | gencml law right along in the matter of | onds. Under the consolidation act we | could not accept a_corporation as surety; under the general law we can and we have accepted bonds and bonds with corpora- tions as surety, “It is necessary that this matter should be settled as quickly as possible, as the funds of the City are tied up in 1c mean- time and there is an anxious army of em- ployes waiting to have their warrants cashed. The regular course of business is [ also interrupted.” Pending the opening of the vaults to business City and County Assessor Siebe has been compelled to keep the daily col- lections of the personal property tax in his own care. Mayor Sutro last night said he would probably approve the Treasurer’s bond to- day, but he wanted to be sure he was right. He would try to secure a judicial opinion on the matter this mornin, Food raised by the Royal Baking Pow- | der may be eaten hot, even by dyspeptics, with impunity. Hot bread, biscuits, hot cakes, muffins, crusts, puddings, etc., are made by its use perfectly wholesome. OFF FOR FIELD SERVICE, First United States Infantry to Leave for Camp This Morning. Other Notes of Interest to the Regu- lars — Several Furloughs Granted. The First United States Infantry, with the exception of one company, will start for Monterey this morning to go into camp for about a month’s field service. The one company is Company H, which is now at San Diego. A start wili be made from Angel Island at 6 A. M. Light Battery D, Fifth United States Artillery, will go into camp on the 8th inst., and Troop B, Fourth United States Cavalry, on the day following. Troop C is already there. An initiation into active service, without the accompanying unpleasantness of real war, will be given to Uncle Sam’s regulars, and it will be ina way a practical field school for them, so far as actual military science goes. There will be combined exer- cises and maneuvers, particularly for the cavalry and light artillery. Brigadier-Gen- eral Forsyth is to be in the field himself in command. It is expected that the men will make the 125 miles to Monterey, after being landed on this side by the steamer Mc- Dowell, in about nine to ten days, averag- ing about fifteen miles a day. They wiil remain in camp about a month and expect to be away about six weeks in all. ‘What gives unusual inverest to this year’s outing is the fact that the men will for the first time be drilled in maneuvering on the bicycle, a number of wheels being taken nlon%lfor this unique practice. Few of the men have ever been astride of aniron steed, and great sport is anticipated by the more fortunate ones who can already ride. First elass Private Patrick Killroy of the ordnance department, recently court-mar- tialed for alding a sentinel to avoid his duty and making a false statement to the sergeant of the guard and “winding the watchman’s watch to cover the failure of the sentinel to get(orm said flut({," has been sentenced by special order No. 85, just issued, to two months’ imprisonment at Benicia arsenal, and a forfeiture of $20 pay. gnmck Kelly, also a first class private of the ordnance department, has been fined $50 for being drunk on duty and leaving his post. The court was lenient on account “of the long and faithfal service of the accused.” He has been ordered released from confinement. B, Fif- Private George Martin, Comgnniy teenth Infantry, is to be brought from San Di?go barracks to Presidio for court-mar- tial. Upon the recommendation of the medi- cal director of the department Private Pat- rick B. McLaughlin, bospital corps, will be assigned to Angel Island for temporary duty upon the expiration of his sentence at Benicia barracks. Recruit Winn W. Brown has been as- signed to Company C, First Infantry. v special orders 88 furloughs have been granted as follows, of three months each, previous to the honorable discharge of the men from the service: Sergeant Ferdinand Oulette, Battery K, Fifth Artillery, Presidio of San Francisco, Cal., on July 7, 1895. Private William H. Eley, Battery A, Fifth Artillery, Presidio of 8an Francisco, Cal., on July 20, 1895. Private Edwardt Fredriksen, Light Battery ¥, Fifth Artillery, Presidio of San Francisco, Cal., on July 1, 1895. Private Jacob Schnitzler, Battery E, Fifth Artillery, Alcatraz Island, Cal,, on July 11, 1895. Major John 8. Whitcher, paymaster, will ay the troops stationed at Fort Mason, al., and Troop C, Fourth Cavalry, sta- tioned at Monterey, Cal., in addition to the payments assigned to him in paragraph 4, special orders 82. Leave of absence for one month, to take effect about the 23d inst., has been granted Lieutenant-Colonel Johnson V. D. Middle- ton, deputy surgeon-general, FIREBUGS ARE AT WORK. Repeated Attemps to Burn Houses Discovered by Marshal Towe. In Both Places Coal Oll Was Used Liberally—Fires After the Fourth. Fire Marshal Towe is busily engaged in investigating what he thinks is a deliber- ate attempt to burn a lodging-house at 150 Fourth street, which is kept by A. Dau- phin. On last Wednesday night two efforts were made to red uce the place to ashes. ‘About 9 o’clock on that evening the pro- prietor, while in the kitchen, heard the sound of crackling flames which appeared to be within the walls. He immediately began an investigation, and discovered a blaze on the second floor. It was promptly extinguished, but had it not been discov- ered when it was the house would have been destroyed. A short time after that another fire was discovered in another part of the building, and in connection with that a strong odor of kerosene was detected. A pile of news- papers saturated with coal oil was found in the room where the blaze was. No further attempts have been made, but the Fire Marshal is convinced that a delib- erate attempt was made to burn the house. He spent all yesterday searching for clews, but up to last night had found none. The fruitstore at 217 Scott street was set on fire at 1:15 A. M. vesterday and an exam- ination of the premises showed that it was saturated with coal oil. A man whose clothes and hands were covered with oil was caught by the Fire Marshal, but as yet no arrests have been made. The alarm from box 385 brought the fire department to the fruitstore kept by Jos- epg Ferris at 217 Scott street. It was a uick blaze and came near burning down the whole neighborhooda. The flames were put out, but not before the fire had spread to the adjoining house, owned by Hugh Keenan and occupied by Joseph Berry. ‘When the Marshal looked over the half- burned store of Joseph Ferris he found the contents saturated with coal oil. He at once became satisfied that the fire was of incendiary origin. Ferris was questioned, and the odor of kerosene was noticed as coming from his clothing. Towe asked to see his hands and he refused to show them. They were forced open and found to be covered with coal-oil. He explained the presence of the oil by saying he had got it when attempting to save some of his property. About an bour and a half after the Scott- street fire an alarm was turned in from box 275 for a blaze at 1210 Twenty-third street. This was far and away the most disas- terous fire caused by fireworks, The house was unoccupied. It was owned by P. Mc- Devitt. Owing to the distance from the | engine-house and the scarcity of water the entire house was burned down, and the ad- izin‘mg building, owned and occupied by McDevitt, was damaged to the extent of $400. The loss on the other building was $1200. A blazing stick from a skyrocket is ““E},’md to have started the fire. The San Francisco Gas Works on the southwest corner of Howard and Fre- mont streets had a narrow escape. There was a leakage in one of the pipe connec- tions in a workshop, and when a light was put near it an explosion nearly wrecked the place. The building caught fire and was damaged to the extent 0f$300. One of the workmen was burned, but not seri- ously. Firecrackers were the cause of the alarm from box 42 at 6:28 A. M. A smoldering Eicce of paper set fire to the roof of the ouse at O'Farrell street, owned by Mrs. Hampton and occupied by Mrs. A. Tepken. The damage to the building and contents was very slicht. The same story covers the fire at 2233 Geary street at 10:29 A. M. The place is owned by Ernest Dam- mas and the damage was only $10. The alarm from box 49 last night was for a fire in a laundry at 429 Sutter street, caused by firecrackers. The damage was slight. e —e—— AN OLD SUIT REVIVED. The Order or Judgment of Dismissal Had Never Been Made in the Circuit Court. An old suit, in which nearly all the in- terested parties are dead and gone, was revived in the United States Circuit Court yesterday. Of the attorneys who repre- sented the plaintiff and defendants only one is living; the Judge and the clerk of the court and the plaintiff and defendants died long ago. The suit is entitled James E. Munford vs. Solomon Higgins and William N. Weeks. It was begun on March 20, 1860, over the block of land bounded by Folsom, Howard, Sixth and Harris streets. Munford had been living on the land for years, but Hig- gins and Weeks, according to the com- laint, drove him off at the point of a gun. is attorney, Tully R. Wise, therefore brought suit for the recovery of the land or $2000 damages and costs. The defendants were represented by At- torneys Crockett and Crittenden, and later Joseph H. Moore was substituted for Wise on the plaintiff’s side. On December 19, 1860, a stipulation to dismiss the case was filed, but no judgment or order of court was ever made until yesterday, when Mr. Moore appeared before Judge McKenna and asked that the necessary entries be ordered made in order to perfect the title to the land. This was done, and the own- ers now have a title without a cloud. Hall McAllister was then Judge of the Circuit Court and Cutler McAllister was clerk. Joseph H. Moore, who made the motion yesterday, is the only one left alive ous of all who were in any way con- nected with the case. —e————— Arrested for Forgery. A young man named Washington Frank was brought down from Nevada City last night by Detective Ross Whittaker and charged at the City Prison with forgery. Frank, although a member of the Salvation Army, led a rather gay life in this City, and being short of funds, made an effort to raise money by means of a forged check. He used the nnmsolyAugusL F. Dubois on a check drawn on the First Na- tional Bank for 50 and secured $25 on the same from Thomas Pamy. When the latter discovered the fraud he caused rrant to be issued for Frank’s arrest. —_— e Ader Says He Was Hypnotized. Jean Lipuque was arrested yesterday and booked at the California-street police station on a charge of felony embezzlement. He is accused of stealing a watch from Jean L. Ader of 513 Bush street. Lipuque put up $100 cash bail and wasreleased. Ader asserts that the prisoner hypnotized him and so managed to secure the watch, {thumbs are still on BLOODHOUNDS FOR BRADY, The Big Dogs From the South Failed to Find the Outlaw. HE IS CLOSELY FOLLOWED. The Fiasco That Was Reported as a Desperate Encounter With Firearms. . : George E. Gard, chief special agent of the Southern Pacific Company, returned yesterday from Redding, where he had been hunting Jack Brady, who is wanted for train-robbery and murder committed recently in that vicinity. He said that the two bloodhounds taken up there by himself hud failed to find Brady’s trail, though they had been run all over Happy Valley and the country where the outlaw was supposed to be hid- ing. Since the hounds were tried Mr. Gard learned in the course of his search that Brady had succeeded in getting away from Happy Valley and was probably working toward the mountains. “I have men following Brady, who is be- lieved to be accompanied by one of his pals,” said Gard, ‘‘and I’m quite confident T will hear very soon from them where Brady is located.” The veteran outlaw-hunter stated his be- lief that had the cFursuit, of Brady been properly conducted when virtually sur- rounded near Redding he could not heve escaped. In this connection a new story is toFd of the fierce_encounter between the highwayman and Deputy Constable Martin and a saloon-keeper named Rogers, at An- dersonville. Martin and Rogers, having heard of the offers for the arrest of Brady, went out in search of him. They knew that Brady was on the road over which they were traveling in_a light cart, Martin with a shotgun and Rogers armed with a big re- volver. When they rounded a turn in the road near a creek they saw a horse eating oats from a bag and a cart standing near by, about 200 yards from the roadside. Brady lay under a little knoll, resting while his horse was eating. The two sleuths, still sitting in their cart, drove over to where Brady lay. “I am an officer.” said Martin, “and I vlace you under arrest.” Brady turned half around, lifted his head and fired at them with a shotgun. The constable’s horse received one charge of shot in the shoulder and dashed off just as Martin jumped from the cart, Then Rogers was thrown over the opposite side. While this was happening Brady got be- hind bis horse. Martin ghid on the lee side of a bank while Rogers fired his pistol at the outlaw’s legs and succeeded in hitting the horse. Presently he ran out of ammunition, whereupon he scurried off in hot haste for shelter. Bndz had also ex- hausted his shotgun ana took to his heels, geve; stopping until he disappeared in the rush. Rogers and Martin hitched up Brady’s horse and, after gathering his blanketsand other traps together, drove into town, while the outlaw had to tramp off through the brushwood. This was the skirmish in which Deputy Constable Rogers had a thumb shot off—in the telegraphic reports. But Rogers’ is hands as large as life. It wasstated at the time that Rogers got Martin’s gun and fired at Brady, but the weapon was found in the livery stable at,Redding with a shell in each of “its bar- rels. While on his last visit to Siskiyou County, Gard was informed that Brady was seen with two other men near Red- ding a few days before the crime was com- mitted, and that fact puts an end to all dol;ll:ns about the identity of the desperate robber. PLEASED THE [ROQUOIS Mayor Sutro’s Action in Ap- pointing Two of Its Mem- bers Indorsed. Debates on the Gold and Sllver Questlon to Be Continued In- definitely. The unfeathered braves of the Iroquois Club convened last evening and in testi- mony of their appreciation on the appoint- ment of James Denman and P. Wellin, members of the club, as members of the Bi-Partisan Election Commission by Mayor Sutro, the following resolutions were adopted and a copy was forwarded to the Mayor: Resolved, Hon. A. Sutro, Mayor of this City, having displayed good judgment in selecting Messrs. James Denman and P. M. Wellin_to represent the Democratic party upon the Bi- Partisan Election Commission, we of this club feel particularly well satisfied that his Hofor the Mayor chose two honorable and respected members of this, the Iroquois Club of San Francisco. Thesegentlemen are well known 1o us to possess the requisite qualifications to fulfill the duties appertaining to the manage- ment of elections, not alone to the members of our party but all citizens, irrespective of party affiliations. They have invariably given evidence of dis- charging their duties to the public free from dictation, but acting independently with satis- faction to the people. Resolved, Should it be deemed necessary to correct the constitutionality of the law cre- ating the Election Commission, we pledge this club to extend its support to have the same upheld by the courts, as we deem it absolutely necessary to have a Bi-Partisan Election Com- mission to manage and conduct elections to be neld under the new primary election laws. The debate on the money question which has been going on for_some time in the club was continued. John Heenan argued for the gold side of the question, | condemning the acceptance of silver at the ratio of 16to 1, but if the lack of demon- stration on the part of the members is to be considered Mr. Heenan's remarks found but little favor among them. The last Friday in each month was specially appointed as the day for the dis- cussion of this important question. R S How Federal Officials Spent the Fourth. There was an exodus from the Federal build- ing the night before the Fourth. Assistant United States District Attorney Knight went to Castle Crags, Chief Deputy Marshal Farrish went to Capay Valley, Frank D. Monckton, clerk of the Circuit Court of A‘Epeull, went to Napa, Assistant United States District Attorne: Bert Schlessinger went to San Jose, Clerl Southard Hoffman of the District Court went toSanta Cruz and District Judge Morrow re- turned from a six weeks’ trip to Alaska and Puget Sound. This being the last day in the term his Honor will hold court at 11 A. M. and dispose of a few minor meatters. e S Tyndall Was Fined. Professor Alexander Tyndall, the alleged hypuotist, who disturbed Rev. J. G. Gibson of Emanuel Baptist Church, when the latter was dellveflngh s lecture upon the “Crime of a Century” in Metropolitan Temple several nights ago, was find 5 by Police Judge Joach- imsen yesterday. He paid the fine. e ———— To Address Young Men. To-morrow afternoon at 8 o’clock John L. Speares, State secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association of California. will deliver the address before thelz“““g men’s meeting at Association building, Mason and Ellis streets. The serviee will be exclusive or young men. TroveH sold at the same retail price, Royal Baking Powder is of far greater value than any other baking powdger. It is absolutely pure, and of highest leaven- ing strength. ATEEN NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. GREAT LEADERS et R FOR, Sa—a_ SATURDAY! In connection with the Clearance Bargai;s that have drawn such crowds this week we offer the following special lines to-day At an Extra Sacrifice! LADIES’ 200 dozen LADIES’ KERCHIEFS and COLORED HANDKERCHIEFS, regular price 10c, GLOVES! HANDKERCHIEFS! At 5 Cents Hach WHITE HEMSTITCHED EMBROIDERED HEMSTITCHED LAWN AND TUCKED LAWN HAND- will be closed out at 5¢ each. GLOVES! At 40 Cents. 55 dozen LADIES’ 8-BUTTON LENGTH MOUSQUETAIRE UNDRESSED KID GLOVES, in fancy shades, extra good value for $1, will be closed out this day for 40c a pair. At 75 Cents. 90 dozen LADIES’ 4-BUTTON KID GLOVES (large buttons), in dark and medium tan shades, black and white, extra value for $1 25, will be closed out this day at 75c CARRIAGE PARASOLS! a pair. el Cents. At CARRIAGE PARASOLS, in black only (lined and unlined), will be closed out this SUNSHADES! day at 75¢. 24-INCH BLACK GLORIA SUNSHADES, be closed out this day at $1. «a OO0, in natural handles, paragon frames, will 1.80. At 24-INCH BLACK GLORIA SUNSHADES, in silver and Dresden handles, will be closed out this day at $160. LADIES’ 35 WAISTS! Cents. At 40 dozen LADIES’ LAUNDRIED SHIRT W AISTS, in fancy stripes and figures, full sleeves, regular price 50¢, will be offered at 35¢c. Cents. AL 7S 3 100 dozen LADIES’ LAUNDRIED SHIRT WAISTS, in white and colored, extra full sleeves, in fancy stripes and figures, regular price $1 50, will be offered at 75c. NEN'N AND BOYS' NEGLIGEE OVERNHIRTS ! At 25 75 dozen MEN'S Cents. AND BOYS’ NEGLIGEE OVERSHIRTS, made of fine quality fancy striped duckings, extra good value for 50c, will be closed out at 25¢ each. Two Extra Specials From Qur Dress Goods Department! j=l=] Cents. At i 157 pieces 52-INCH ALL-WOOL ENGLISH MELTON CLOTH, mixed effects, former price $1, will be offered at 50c a yard. AL 75 Centa. 110 pieces 56-INCH EXTRA FINE ALL-WOOL TAILOR SUITING, newest mix- tures, former price $1 50, will be offered at 75c a yard. FIVE BARGAINS IN BLACK DRESS GOODS! AL 25 ents. 3 cases 40-INCH EXTRA HEAVY IRON FRAME ALPACA, worth 50¢, will be closed out at 25¢ a yard. At O Cents. 3 cases 46-INCH FINE ALL-WOOL IMPORTED FANCY WEAVES, in a variety of designs, worth 85¢, will be closed out at 50c a yard. At 5O 20 pieces 40-INCH ALL PURE WOOL FRE:! out at 50c a yard. 50 . ents. NCH CREPON, worth $1, will be closed Cents. At . 20 pieces 47-INCH EXTRA FINE ALL-WOOL FRENCH CASHMERE, former price 75¢, will be closed out at 50c a yard. S50 Cents. At 3 20 pieces 48-INCH EXTRA HEAVY ALL-WOOL SERGE, former price 85c, will be closed out at 50c a yard. y Market Steeel, corner of Jongs, SAN FRANCISCO. OAN OPEN ANY SATE | An Expert Says He Can Do It in Three | Hours With a Satchel Outfit. | One of the most expert ‘“saje-blowers” | in this country, or any other fo: that mat- ter, is William C. Clark, now a resident of Chicago. Some foolish friends of Mr. | Clark have been claiming that he is the only man who knows anything about blow- ing open a safe, a statement which Mr. Clark himself promptly refuted yesterday in conversation with a reporter. “How did you gain your experience in opening safes?’’ was asked. “Legitimately.’ answered Mr. OClark, smiling. “When a boy learned the machinist trade in the Providence (R. I.) locomotive works. When about 21 years old I entered the service of my present em- ployer. Forthree years I was associated with Professor Charles E. Monroe of Co- Jumbian University, Washington, D. C. He was the expert on explosives selected by the commission appointed by act of Congress in 1890 to determine by actual tests of safes of various manufacture what would be best for the propused Govern- ment safes and vaults. These experi- ments, lasting three years, were conducted at Newport, R. I. Lientenant Rodman was appointed by the Government to assist Professor Monroe, and I assisted in every test that was made.” “How do you proceed to force opena safe?” *If the idea is to do it quickly I usually bore a four-inch hole in the safe—that is, a hole four inches in diameter. Then a little nitro-glycerine does the rest.” ““How can you driil such a hole in a har- dened steel safe?"” “With a compound blowpipe in twelve minutes I can heat red ot a spot six inches in diameter. This draws the temper of the steel and leaves it as soft and easy to cut as iron. Then with a ‘cat-head’ drill we cut a groove an eighth of an inch wide around a spot four or even six inches in diameter. once cut a four-inch hole through a steel vault door three and a balf inches thick in the Mercantile National Bank of New York in an hour and fifty- eight minutes.”” “What tools do you use?” “In addition to the blowpipe and drill T have a small pocket battery, a coil of in- sulated wire with detonators, a few wedges, a hammer, and a half-pint of nitro- glycerine mixed with alcohol. I carry the entire outfit in a small satchel.” “Do you always use nitro-glycerine?” “Yes, it is the best explosive for many reasons. Put in a bottle with some alcohol 1t cannot possibly be exploded, yet in five minutes’ time it can be made ready for use. All that is necessary is to pour water in the bottle. The alcohol unites with it and the nitro-glycerine settles to the bot- tom. It doesn’t make any report to speak of; it can be introduced where nothing else could and it always does its work.” “How much is required ?” “From two to three drops to half an ounce for each explosion, depending en- tirely upon circumstances. Burglars al- ways use too much. The most nitro- lycerine I ever used on a safe, and 've opened hundreds of them was four and eight-tenths ounces. I have opened every known make of safe, ex- cept one, and will wager any reasonable amount that there isno safe made that I cannot open within three hours without in- jury to the contents.”—Chicago Inter cean. ——— ‘Westminster Abbey’s external appear- ance will soon be greatly improved, as the Sauons holding leases of the housesin 1d Palace Yard, which hide the view of Henry VII's chapel and the chapter-house, have "all agreed to give them up. The houses will be torn down this fall and the space covered with turf. THE MAN WHO WANTS SHOES Should not fail to take advantage of the unususl big reductions in the price of men’s shoes that will be found at our big shoehouse for to-day, Saturday, Monday and Tuesday Only. JUST FOR A DRIVE We will sell shoes that usually retail for $2 50, §8 and $3 60 at the low price of TWO DOLILARS. IN TAN OR BLACK. These shoes can be had in any style toe in heavy or light grades, and they will be sold on the days mentioned above only. Country orders carefully filled by return mail o» express. Our new catalogue sent free to any ads dress for the asking. SULLAN'S SHOE-HOUSE, f 18, 20, 22 Fourth Street, Just Below Market.