The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 18, 1895, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 18Y5. HOW THE VAN NESS AVENUE JOB WAS DONE, MGLAUELIN'S BOOKSGONE A Contract Was Let for Double the Value of the Work. THE CITY BADLY MULCTED Pavers Who Have Big In- fluence With Men of the Solid Eight. PRIVATE CONTRACTS KILLED. " The Effective Little Resolution That Should Make a New Era in Street Work. Resolved, That from and after this date no contracts for street work shall be entered into for the City unless first subjected to bids. Do the people understand the status of the Van Ness avenue paving job, about which so much has been said ? If they do not they should nm‘lerstundi it, for it is a startling example of a system under which the people are robbed day after day by the men whom they have elected to serve them. Here is a portion i of a resolution now being advertised: RF_ OLUTION NO. 12616 (Third Series)—RE- solved, That the Superintendent of Streets be and is hereby directed to r into contract with the City Street Improvement Company to pave ‘with bituminous rock laid on a macadam founda- tion the following streets, to wi Van Ness avenue, from’ Hay street to Golden y to O’Farrell street. of said work at the per square foot, provided Tee to pay the other half rate of seve the property-owners ©f said work. By resolution the Superintendent of | Streets 1s directed to enter into contract with a certain contractor, who is named, to do certain public work. The City agrees and is bound to pay the sum of 7 cents, and the contractor i quired to look to the property-owners to “pay the other half.” It is therefore to be understood—for it is not stated—that the entire cost of the work would be 14 cents. This is the way the public is hood- winked. Any contractor will tell any property-owner of Van Ness avenue or any other avenue that 2}¢ inches of bitumin- ous rock can be laid upon the macadam foundation of that thoroughfare—as it is contemplated by the specifications to do— for 7 cents. Contractors say that a clear profit of 1 cent a square foot 1s as much as is figured upon in a legitimate transaction. | Eight cents, therefore, would be a fair bid, such as might be expected in an open com- petition for the work. But you will note that although this is public work, and the law directly requires that all public contracts shall be let out to the highest bidder, after the specif have been advertised and bids callei there has been no competition. To be sure, as a sort of form to give the appearance of a certain following of the | law, the specifications are advertised, but in the same advertisement the Superinten- dent of Streets is ‘‘hereby directed to enter into contract with the City Street Improvi ment Company to do the work.” No bids are called for. No other contractor is given a chance to bid. Can the lJaw be so openly violated—can jobs in street work be perpetrated in this high-handed fashion—advertised in cold | type before the eyes of the people? Above isthe advertisement—read it. practice is not new. To be sure, if any member of the Solid Eight, who have delighted in this custom | and have sought to perpetrate it. was asked for an explanation he would s: that “‘these are not public contracts—they are private contracts. We merely anthor- | ize the citizens to have the streets in front of their property pa What we do is in Tesponse to the petitions of the citizens themselves."” To be sure. If a man were tied to a stake in the desert and given nothing to eat but crow, and that only upon petition, he would in time petition for crow. Van Ness avenue, the pride of the City as a thoroughfare, has been a howling desert of dustand dirt for years. When the City macadamized it the residents were promised that it would be kept in order and in summer the dust kept down by a sprinkler. That promise has not been kept and instead of being the pleasantest residence street in the City it has come to be rated near the other extreme: The fronts of the palaces that face it have taken on the dull red hue of the dust of the roadway and the value of property has depreciated because the street wasan ac- cepted one—an argument usnally advanced 1o support prices—and so nothing better than the very bad street could be expected. The residents petitioned and - petitioned for relief, but_got none. When they gave up in_despair, the expected happened. The City Street Improvement Company and the Santa Cruz Rock Paving Com- pany—the concerns in whose interest, to- gether with others, the infamous bitumin- ous rock monopoly was created, sentagents | to the property-owners and secured pri- vate contracts to pave the street with bitumirous rock, over the macadam foun- dation which exists, for seven cents a square foot, and promised to use their in- fluence to have the City “pay the other half,” notwithstanding it is an accepted street. They secured these contracts from nearly all the abutting property-owners. Then’ backed, of course, by a petition of these graper:y-ownnrsqor it appeared to them by this time as their only means of relief—the contractors went before the Street Committee, made their argument and the representatives of the people pledged the City to pay these contractors another seven cents a square foot. Does anybody suppose that these men of the Solid Eight, who voted for this job, did not know that by calling for bids there would be a dozen responses eager to do the ;vork for 8, 9 or at most 10 cents a square 00t 2 Over and above a good profit for the con- tractors, it is estimated by experts that there will be a round $10,000 *‘rake down’’ in this job alone. The work is to be divided between the City Street Improvement Company and the Santa Cruz Roek Pavement Company, the latter doing the work on the avenue irom Sacramento street to Pacific avenue, from Sutter street to Bush, from Bush %trecz to Pine and from Sutter street to ost. This resolution, which contemplates the expenditure of a large sum of money, has not been presented to the Mayor for his approval, as it is directly required by law to be, and it ‘probably will not be, some subterfuge such as the cry of “private con- tract”’ being offered as an excuse. Then comes the question of the right of the Supervisors to use public moneys in pav- ing for private contracts. S_(re;\kmg of it yesterday Mayor Sutro said: “To let a contract or pass an order or resolution contemplating the expenditure of money above the sum of $500 I believe it must be signed by the Mayor in order to make it valid. The majority of the Super- visors seem to pay little regard for these requirements, however, and it does not seer to me to be the office of the Mayor to | The become public prosecutor. Some citizen who has the public good at heart should step forward and insist upon the obsery- =ace of the law in the conduct of public office. He would find ample public sup- }mrc, for the temper of the people is ripe or a general clearing up. & “‘With regard to this Van Ness avenue contract, I not only think the price to be more than excesssive, the method of pro- cedure wholly irregular, but when done I do not think under the specifications it will bea good well-paved street. It does not seem possible that it should be. Ex- Tts in these matters tell me it cannot be. Van Ness avenue was macadamized some years ago and the surface is thoroughly impacted. 1t is full of hills and hollows, but the hills and hollows are equally firm. “The specifications require that the sur- face be loosened and the hollows filled up with new macadam and _the hills trimmed down. Over this 2}4 inches of bitummous rock is to be spread. Is it reasonable that the rock spread over the new macadam can stand as firm as that over the old im- pacted surface? In a few weeks the sur- face of the bituminous rock will take on the hills and hollows that are represented under it. So much for_that. I havenot determined what action I shall finally take in the matter of the_ resolution. Of this there is a_certainty, however,” he added, significantly, “that the authorization of ayment for the work is not valid until I fave signed it.” g ; So it appears that Van Ness avenue is not to be well paved after all, notwith- standing the value of good work is to be paid for twice over. That is the result in six cases out of tweive, at least, with these “private contracts.’* Is this Van Ness avenue job unusual of its kind ? It is unusual only in that the City agrees to pay a certain sam “as half the cost”” of the entire work, when that cost has not been ascertained, as it should have been, by a public call for bids. The Superin- tendent of Streets is directed to enter into a contract with two contractors who have before been immensely fayored. It is also known that the same sort of i‘(ob stood ready to be perpetrated on Mar- et street so soon as public funds might warrant it. But the evil of the private contract does not confine itself to any street. but roams at large throughbout the City and burdens the people with excessive cost of pave- ments, bars the general contractor from the field of City work, confining it to the favored and pliable few. That is the evil of the private contract on public work, with all its possibilities of corruption, wrong and injustice. That is the reason why a whole page of the official paper is to-day devoted to the publication of resolutions which direct that the Superintendent of Streets “‘enter into a private contract with such and such of the favored contractors. The method of bringing this about is the same as in the case of Van Ness avenue. The property-owners along a street want itimproved. They are visited by the rep- resentative of these contractors who in- duce them to sign petitions to the board; a resolution of intention is published, the contractor negotiates with the property- owners, secures pledges for their own figure and then the final resolution is run through by the majority of the board in favor of the contractor. By thismeans the property-owner is robbed of the benefits of the competition that is designated by the law. Such are the high figures obtained in many cases-—as property-owners in few instances have any knowledge of what the prices should be—that many men, who !'are not contractors make an excellent livelihood by securing these contracts or pledges from property-owners and selling them out to the contractors who have the “pull” with the majority of the board. It was this evil at which the little reso- | lution was directed, which was offered by Supervisor Spreckels, chairman of the Street Committee, and which slipped through in the lassitudeof atmosphere of general assent”” which prevailed at the | last meeting of the board. Here is the resolution : RESOLUTION No.12649 (THIRD SERIES)— Resolved, That from and after this date no con- tract for stréet work shall be entered into for the city unless first sabjected to bids to be tendered to this board. It is designed to work a complete cure of this evil if the Solid Eight does not over- ride it. It has been formally adopted, not | by a rollcall, but because no objection was | raised to it. Under this resolution the “private snap” is dead. There can be no more favoritism. All contractors will stand on an equal foot- ing, and the man who bids lowest will get the work. This will bring a good many men into active business life who have been hitherto barred out by the ring. It will be interesting to see how far and how s so_much in the right direction. It is, indeed, a great deal. STIND BY THER CHRRCES, The Japanese Reformers Reas- sert That the Police Op-~ posed Them. Chief Crowley Stamps the State- ments as a Lie—The Japanese Women. The officials of the Japanese Society for the Suppression of Vice reaffirm the charges they made against the police. 8. Ishikawa, the general secretary of the Japanese Young Men’s Christian Assocla- tion, made the following statement yester- day: twithstanding the fact that the police officials are denying our charges published in TeE Carr, I do still maintain that we were interfered with by the police. Not only on one occasion, but several times they showed their displeasure and un- friendliness to our society. ““I do not blame the Chief of Police. It may be that he did not know that we were interfered with by the officers.” One of the officers of the society, T. Okumo, stated: “I used to distribute tracts among the Japanese women. I was repeatediy annoyed by the policeman cn the beat. “‘He would push me off the sidewalk and tell me not to come bothering around there in the evening. This occurred between July and September of last year. I had to finally give up the attempt. **A sergeant of the police calied here this afternoon, and I told him what I told you. He was very courteous and promised com- plete assistance if we would again_take up the work there. He further stated that it was very hard for the Chief of Police to gpov’v'if every officer was doing as he told im. Chief of Police Crowley had this to say: ““Their assertions are a pack of lies. An American minister came to me about two years ago and asked our aid in breaking up the immoral Japanese houses. He complained that he could not get into the houses. An officer was sent with him, but the girls refused to listen or talk to him. “I'have no faith in these Japanese. If some of the American ministers will come to me and ask for my aid in getting these girls out of the country, you may put me down as saying that he may feel assured of the aid of my force of 400 men."” e e Oapitalists Who Loan Money. For thelr own protection capitalists who loan money on real estate should insist on the title being insured by the California Title Insur- ance and Trust Company. A policy in that company is & perpetual guarantee that the title is perfect, and money loaned on real estate thus insured cannot be lost. The compeny has & capital of $250,000 fully paid up and a cash reserve fund of $25, , which amply secures every policy holder. The cost of insurance is trifiing when me‘protecncn to the mortgagee is considered. Capitalists will consult their own safety when they insist on insurance-for all Teul estate upon which they loan money. * l A Wagon-Load of Them Miss- ing and 113 Record Pages Mutilated. L. BRESSE REFUSES HIS AID. Recelver Collins, Delayed In Ex- perting, Struggles With the Mystery. Mystery deepens in the McGlauflin- Bresse-Smith entanglement. It now transpires that instead of a sim- ple, though clerically complex, mutilation of the firm’s books, a wagon-load of the bound ledgersand journal-ruled records disappeared. It was said at first that several pages of the cashbook had been mutilated, some partly, and others wholly torn out and de- stroyed. As the investigation proceeded it was learned that 113 pages were miss- ing. The absence of that number of pages was sufficient to incumber the labors of the receiver of the firm and the expert with much. Hemay be in Philadelphia or Oak- land—I don’t know."” Louis Bresse to-all appearances is the least concerned about tg’e mimnf gonng broker, and he ‘seems content to lef ters take their course. Itisnotso with Mc- Glauflin. He is doing very little on 'change and the absence of the wagon-load of books, taken in connection with the general enunfement of his firm’s affairs, has ren- dered him the reverse of the jolly, bustling broker that he was a few months ago. POLITICAL PATRONAGE. Contest for Places Under the Board of Health —Knight and Spencer. It was gossip among Democratic politi- cians last evening that Ed Reddy of Mono County, a brother of ex-Senator Patrick Reddy, had been slated for the position of Superintendent of the Almshouse. The slated candidate once held the position of captain of the guard at San Quentin when his brother, Patrick Reddy, was State Sen- ator and chairman of the Prison Commit- tee. In the campaign last year ex-Senator Reddy supported Governor Budd. There is a redhot fight between two Democrats—Selig and Davis—for the posi- tion of Market Inspector. Nearly all the butchers of San Francisco have been dragged into the contest to support one or the other of the applicants. The fight may be waged so bitterly in the way of protests that neither will get the place. Denis Spencer has filed his oath as attor- mat- | ney of the Board of Health with both the T. W. COLLINS, OVER THE ABSENCE OF A WAGONLOAD OF BOOKS, [Drawn from a photograph.] McGLAUFLIN & CO.’S RECEIVER, WHO SIGHS outside research, and Messrs. Collins and Kirkpatrick were under the necessity of making daily trips to the office of Fair's | trustees. | The Fair irustees opened the books under their charge to the inspection and leisurely examination of Receiver Collins and his expert, and matters glided along | with unctuous smoothness for a season. But the time came when it was necessary | to go back to the old records. A search | was made for ledgers, journals, cash and | copy books, and, lo, they were gone. It/ did not seem possib(e at first that so many heavy bound volumes couid have taken wings in a night. They had gone the way of the missing pages, however,and were as conspicuous by their absence as are Smith and Bresse. According to Receiver Col- lins these books must have made nearly, if not quite, a good wagon-load. Thus, it will be seen, matters were still further complicated. The experting was but temporarily retarded, however, and between the office of McGlauflin and that of the Fair trustees thefreceiver and his ex- pert oscillated with the regularity of an eight-day pendulum. But the fates did not seem to be hand and glove with the broker. Illness in the family of his expert caused another delay, whichis still inter- mittent from the same cause, and, on the head of this, one of the Fair trustees re- fused to give Receiver Collins any further information. That trustee was L. Bresse, the brother of Eugene, the missing former artner of the much-Cistraught broker. Mr. Kirkpatrick, the expert, is still kept from his labors by the serious illness of his son, the 113 ;mve» of cashbook and the wagon-load of ledgers and journals that are as little in evidence as the men whose names are connected with their vanish- ment. Mr. McGlauflin and Mr. Collins look at each other across a field of ink-scarred folios and sigh. They sigh singly and they sigh in concert. Witha loyalty to his trust that is commendable, Receiver Col- lins jumped into the breach and until Mr. Kirkpatrick gets back he will devote eight or twelve hours a day to_an unraveling of the entangled skein of figures and entries which at present constitute the sole record of the business of McGlauflin & Co. Receiver Collins may be excused for sigh- ing. He sighed yesterday while discuss- ing his troubles, and he sighed the day before while running an optical race against time up and down several columns of figures, “Yes,” he said, with this sigh that has become habitual to him since he started in to join the head and tail of the firm’s | affairs, “I am convinced there is fully a wagon-load of books gone out of this office. Where are they? That is a hard question. It does not seem that one man could have handled them all in a night, but they are gone.” In answer to a question concerning the length of time it would take to complete the experting of such book as are left, he said: “The Lord ohly knmows. I cannot say we are half through. T losta whole day last week by being refused aid at the office of the Fair trustees, and so it goes— one embarrassment follows another. The refusal of Bresse to give me any informa- tion I think was due to the remark that Mr. McGlauflin made to the effect that the wrong man (Angus) was suing for half the commission on the sale of the Fair wheat. “Anyway he (Bresse) was very much worked up and declined” peremptorily and in a loud voice to allow me to have access to the books or to furnish me any verbal information. It seems an endless job. The books so far do not show any dishon- esty on the part of 8mith, and if he were only here a great weight would be lifted off my shoulders,”” “‘Has McGlauflin made a strong_effort to find him? Has he had detectives em- ployed in the search ?” “Yes; he has done everything in his power, believing that he was not the guilty party and that be could be of val- uable ‘assistance in tracing the crooked work to the right man. I'll tell you, with a wagon-load of books gone, the only man who “could possibly unravel the tangle not to be found and everything occurring to cause delay, the position is not a pleas- ant one. “‘However, the suit will be brought against Angus and Bresse, in the hope of getting some light on this mystery, which seems to grow in mysteriousness the far- ther we getinto it.” Lows Bresse says-it is unfortunate his brother did not make more of a confidant of him before he went away, so that he would not have to take the word of the newspapers for bis from - time-to-time whereabouts. ‘I suppose,”’ he said yester- City and State Boards. He does not see that anything more can be done until George A. Knight returns to the City, when a demand can be made for the office. The State pays the salary, but nothing could be gained by a mandamus served on the Controller to prevent the allowance of salary to Mr. Knight. Under the old statute, in a contest for office, neither party to the contest drew the salary while the case was pending, but Sam- Rainey and others had the law changed when the Fire Commissioners’ fight was on, so that the incumbent draws the pay as long as he performs the duties of the office. Herein it would seem that Georze Knight has a decided advantage over Denis Spen- cer. The attorney of the Board of Health having no duties to perform which require his presence in town, Mr. Knight can pro- long his fishing and. hunting excursion to any extent he prefers, and yet draw the salary all the time that he is out of sight of the languishing Spencer. A. N. TOWNE'S FUNERAL, The Railway Manager Will Be Buried in Mountain View Ceme- tery To-Day. The funeral of A. N. Towne, general manager of the Southern Pacific Company, will take place to-day from his late resi- dence.uOYCnlilorma street, at 1:30 P. M. Rev. Horatio Stebbins of the First Unita- rian Church will conduct the services, at the conclusion of which the funeral procession will move toward the ferry depot, where a special bout will be in waiting to convey it to Oakland. i % Twelve of the oldest engineers and con- ductors in the service of the railway com- pany will act as palibearers. They ar- rived in town yesterday, and are as follow: From Sacramento—Engineers Barney Kel- ley and John Green, and Conductors” Dan- iel West and John Connor. From the Western division — Engineers William Scott and Emile Frick and Conductors John Massey and Henry Hubbard. From the Coast division—Engineer George Corn- well and Conductor C. B. Gould. From the Santa Cruz division—Engineer James Stnnle{ and Conductor George Colegrove. The honorary pallbearers will be R. H. Pratt, 8. 'I. Gage, C. F. Crocker, J. A. Fill- more, W. F. Herrin, W. G. Curtis, W, H. Mills, T. H. Goodman, J. C. Stubbs and D. Wilder, Lloyd Tevis, John J. Valentine, Charles G. Lthrnp Isaac L. Requa, Charles Webb Howard, George E. Gmi:, William E. Brown, John I. 8abin, N, T. Smith and R. P. Schwerin. The remains will be interred in the Towne mausoleum in Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland. Out of respect for the departed manager the Southern Pacific offices will be closed to-day, with the exception of the freight and passenger departments, in which a few men will remain till noon for the con- venience of the public. The entrance on Montgomery street was heavily draped in black yesterday. —_— . o HENRY OLARKSON KILLED. He Was Crushed While Attempting to Stop a Runaway Team. Henry Ciarkson, the only son of Pren- tiss Clarkson, S uperintendent of the House of Correction, met with an accident on Tuesday afternoon which resulted fatally yesterday morning. Young Clarkson was employed as a guard and had the care of a number of convicts who were at work on the roads. About 4 o'clock in the afternoon he started for the stable with one of the sand wagons. There is 2 steep incline on the road down to the barn and Clarkson had to hold a pretty tight rein on the horses. One of the reins broke under the pressure and the wagon was hauled over close to an embankment to the right of the road. Clarkson made a jump fm' the short line, and losing his balance rolled under the wagon. Two wheels passed over his stomach, crushing the intestines. Dr. Clinton was called and he told the ioun man’s father that the case was a opeless one. The injured man retained consciousness almost to thelast, and never dreamed that his end was near. He was 24 years of age and very popular among his companions. He leaves a young widow and a babe. . - ' A N e At the Labor Bureau. Orders for help were received at the free em- Eloymem bureau yesterday from ex-Senafor harles N. Felton, 0. C. Burr, James N. Wiley of 8an Mateo end quite a number of prominent merchants. From 500 to 600 applicants for ‘work were registered during the £y and or- ders for help come in with encouraging rapid- day, “I should have to believe he was up in a balloon if the newspapers said as lt{, 0 that & great many men and women were given employment, NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. HALE’S CLEARANCE THE SECOND WEEK. THURSDAY, JULY 18, Reasons in Hosiery. Folks cannot buy such qualities at such low prices anywhere else in town. CHILDREXN'S FAST BLACK COT. 750 TON HOSE, narrow rib, sizes 6 1O to 8%, regular at 25¢, special at.. Bair BOYS AND MISSES' BLACK COT- ()0 TON HOSE, Derby-ribbed, heavy quality, 8izes 510 9, only......... Pair LADIES' BLACK LISLE HOSE, | plain or Richelieu ribbed, Herms' OC dort dye, fine quality, just 3 4O Price for these, now % TPar LADIES' BLACK COTTON HOSE, ] C extra fine quality, Hermsdorf dye, this week instead of 25¢. ... Pair Reasons in Ladies’ Un= derwear Department. Correct styles, correct welghts, correct colors, at a quarter or a third less than the correct prices. LADIES' ECRU COTTON VESTS shaped, Jow neck, no sleeves, 25°¢ heavy quality. They were 50c, and are now. Each LADIES' EGYPIIAN COTTON g£()C VESTS, very fine_quality, silk ~ © crochet ‘tront, were $1, salé price. Each LADIES’ WHITE AND ECRU COT- TON VESTS, low neck, round 900 arm, crochet edge, were 50c, sale price will be. Each LADIES’ MUSLIN GOWNS, liberal quantity of good musiin, turn. 4()0 down ruffled collar and Tufed £r0Bt, Sale PriCe........ervswrernee Each LADIES' MUSLIN AND CAMBRIC GOWNS, fine make and finish. We will close out balance of 8 or. 10 different styles worth $1 50 to 82,8t LADIES' MUSLIN DRAWERS, 2'0 £00d heavy muslin, ruffled and 0] open or closed pattern, sule price. Each LADIES' SOFT-FINISHED MUS- LIN AND CAMBRIC DRAW- 50° ERS, torchon lace trimmed, sold everywhere at $1, our price now.. Pair Reason for éyclists. A good Sweater for 75c this week, STRICTLY ALL-WOOL ATHLETIC SWEATERS, in black. white, navy and garnet, well made; sizes 84, 36, 38, 40 and 42; we sold them as a bargai 1:10 dozen remaining at (Other 75° Each Just for a few minutes—not to tell you what a great crowd of shoppers come here day after day, or how much they buy, but to tell you WHY THEY COME and WHY THEY BUY. Here are a very few of this week’s reasons : SALE. 1895. Reasons for House= keepers. Where else can economical folks get domestics or house-furnish= ings at such prices as these: NICE FRIZZY FLANNELETTES, in tiny checks, small stripes, fig- ures, etc., light or dark, reduced from 102 to.... 60 Yard FANCY GINGHAMS, the regular 1214c grade, black and white checks, and all kinds of plaids, stripes and checks. Commencing Monday will be ciosed out at 75° Yard NOVELTY PIQUE, with dainty pink orblue stripes, just the thing for children or for outing dresses, | reduced from 15¢ to. ke 10° Yard 44 UNBLEACHED MUSIIN. a pC substantial A1 fabric, now selling e s o YAl 94 BLEACHED SHEETING, ares- 710 ular 25c quality, strictly’ firsc- L 2 class, reduced to e Yard UNBLEACHED CANTON FLAN- /G | NEL anice heavy 12%c quality, _{ | misweek At FIGURED SATEENS, the best 25¢ quality, about 100 pieces of pat- terns “that didn’t take, will be 12:° closed out at exactly one-half price......... Yard 124 WHITE BEDSPREADS, Mar /750 seilles patterns, large enough for double bed, regular at 81 25, now Kach NOTTINGHAM LACECURTAINS, £()C good patterns, full 3 yards long, for small windows, were 90c, now Pair NOTTINGHAM LACE CURTAINS. @ ] .50 814, yards by 56 inches, nice pa S terns, were 2, now, Pair CHENILLE PORTIERES, 3 yards long, extra heavy, beautifully patterned—red, 1ight blue, old gold, terra cotta and olive—worth #3 50 t0 $4 & pair, now. Pair BLEACHED TURKISH TOWELS, 21x42 inches, large soft, white @7 .25 and nice, worth $1 75 &' dosen, 17> selling at.... <. " Dozen UNBLEACHED TABLE DAMASK, 54 inches, almost white, every =G | thread iinen, a good 1ine of patterns, 20 | regular with us 85c, now.............. Ya children, out tull-sized sets, such 5C as hardware-stores charge $1 50 ) for--shovel, hoe and rake for..... Set CHILDREN’S GARDEN SE 15°¢ pieces, 25c, 20c and. A i Fon s nss Bet More and More Reasons Half prices on Ribbons—Special prices on Gloves, Buckles, Belts, Laces, etc., etc. Down in the Bazaar we can save you quite a little money on Soaps, Perfumes, complexion things, etc., etc. 25° FANCY RIBBONS, stripes and laids, all pure to 7 nches wide; were 5 Yard , HOW No. 23 SATIN AND GROSGRAIN ] 910 RIBBON, all silk, in large assort- 142 ment of light colors; was 26¢,now., Yard No. 9 SATIN AND GROS.GRAIN mr1c RIBBON, all silk, light colors for 2 fancy work; now BT Yavd BUREAU SCARES, Momi linen, 50 fringed ends and stamped in pretty patterns, size 16x70 inches; only. Each LEATHERETTE LUNCHBOXES., ] Q0 with leather straps and handles, reduced £r0m 25 0. ..cvevvones .. - Each JAPANESE TELESCOPE LUNCH BASKETS— 4343714 inches, reduced to. 7350 each 51/5x9 inches, reduced to. .10c each 6210 tnches, reduced to ‘15¢ each HOYT'S GERMAN COLOGNE, two QO sizes—I-ounce bottles 19¢, and 3-ounce bottles. . ... Each WHISK BROOMS, plush . tipped c handles, would bé cheap at 1 £ o ach NOVELS BY POPULAR AU- THORS—Such writers as Richard enry Savage, A. Conan_Doyle, Jke Marvel, J. M. Barrie, Na- thaniel Hawthorne, W. Clark Russell, James Whitcomb Riley, c etc. We will close out entire stock of 10¢ novels at............. Each LEAD PENCIL TABLETS for schoolchildren— 6x9 inches, 300 sheets, reduced to...7c each 6x9 inches, 160 sheets, reduced to...5¢ each GARDEN SETS—Not toy sets for Gl 7o 937,039, 041 Market Street. EXPENSES OF THE FOURTH. Conference Between the Ex- ecutive Committee and Militia Officers. Plans Formed to Wipe Out the Deficiency Caused by Arch and Band Clalms. The question of the payment of the bands engaged for the military companies in the Fourth of July parade came up yes- terday between representatives of the mili- | tia and the Fourth of July executive com- mittee. Chairman Margo of the music committee had engaged three bands and then in- formed the committee that they would de- mand payment. Yesterday’s meeting lacked nothing in the way of vehement remarks to make it interesting. As one committeeman as- serted, the personnel of the board was sucn as to make the n{)pnrent deficit very an- noying as against their well-known ability and business prominence. Aside from the music matter and a claim from the contractor who erected the | arch, there is announced an actual surplus of some $200. Various remedies were proposed to wipe out all claims, such as engaging the Pavil- 1on for a grand entertainment. It was tinally decided to appoint a committee of five to make a canvass of the different theaters to see what could be done in the way of a grand matinee or evening per- formance, The matter was placed in the hands of Colonel McDonald, Colonel Bush and General Dimond for the militia and General Reichert and S. C. Hammond for the executive committee. They are to report at a meeting to be held at the Cali- fornia Hotel to-day. In apportioning amounts for the differ- ent features §500 was set aside for the arch on Market street. In addition to this, ?296 25 was collected by subscription, and umber to the amount of $100 was con- tributed. About $440 was expended for the electric illumination of the arch. Con- tractor Kemp presented vouchers for $550 in excess of these total amounts and asked to be reimbursed for the outlay. The statement is made by one of the prominent officials, *‘according to our con- tracts and instructions to chairmen of sub- committees we will not owe one dollar after our meeting to-morrow night. If we grant the claims ofthe bands and Con- tractor Kemp it will be by sufferance, and will depend upon the result of our theater proposition. “‘We have taken hold of this matter with a will, and it 1s only by accident that these claims bave comeup. It is suchan un- usual thing for these bands to require pay- ment that we think our present position is excusable. Captain Margo understood our instructions and should have abided by them.” The executive committee will hold an- other general meeting to-night at 8 o’clock at their headquarters in the Mills building, when the whole mater of the deficit will be thoroughly ventilated. MAUD LAMONT'S RETURN. Relatives of the Murdered Girl Offer No New Evidence. “We have no new evidence to give,” said Miss Maud Lamont, sister of the first victim of ' the terrible double tragedy at Emmanuel Baptist Church, lasteven- ing. She was speaking of the coming trial of Durrant. Maud Lamont is a pretty sixteen-year- old girl, who, she says, in no way re- sembles her unfortunate sister in appe: ance. Sheis of short statureé, has a re- markably fair complexion and reddish hair, whYoh she wears in the style affected by schoolgirls at present. Her gommg face was shadowed by a seriousness beyond her years while she talked of the crime. She returned on Tuesday from Dillon, Mont., where she spent her vacation with her mother and older sister. ‘‘Mamma is bearing her trial well,” she said, ‘“aithough she was completely crushed at first.” Miss Lamont will live with her aunt, Mrs. Charles G. Noble, at 209 Twenty-first r:g;eet, as before, and attend school in the ity. Mrs. Noble cannot yet talk of the tragedy without emotion. “Oh, we know, that is we feel certain, Theodore Durrant is guilty,” she said, “and to think that I urged her to accept his attentions! I knew nothing against him and didn’t like her to go with strangers. Yet, as soon as I heard her body had been found, I felt that he was Blanche’s murderer and said ‘Theodore Durrant did it.” T am sure his mother be- lieves him guilty and 1 do not see how she can shield the perpetrator of such a crime even if he is her own son. She is suffer- ing, I know, but how we suffered in the ten days when we did not know where she was, and afterward!” and her eyes over- flowed at the thought. Miss Lucile Turner, whose testimony at the preliminary trial was so damaging to Durrant, was spending the evening with the family. THE COLORED PIONEERS. An Interesting Lecture Delivered by ‘William H. Carter on the Pio- neers of His Race. William H. Carter, a colored man, de- livered an interesting lecture last night on the colored pioneers and the past, present and future of the colored racein California, in Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church. The audience was not as large as the lecturer deserved to have. He prefaced his lecture by reading a long list of names of those who were here in the early days, and he asserted that Charles Eppes, who is still living, and Sally Cox, who has been dead for some time, were the ioneers, having come here on the 18th of guly, 1849. Among other pioneers he named James Brown, George W. Dennis, D. W. Ruggles, R. C. Francis, James E. Brown, who was the first colored notary public; G. W. Gor- don, who was murdered in his place of business, but whose murderer was found guilty only of manslaughter because the principal witness whose testimony would have fixed the higher crime could not at that time testify because he was colored; Ezra 8. Johnson, who bought a lot on Fourth street, near Bryant, for §4000, which after his death his widow sold for $300,000; Daniel Seals, who accumulated a fortune of $150,000; Peter Anderson of the Appeal, P. A. Bell of the Elevator, J. P. Dyer and Mary E. Pleasants, “‘a woman loved by all and feared by many.” The lecturer, after exhibitinga copy of the Mirror of the Times, the first organ of the colored race in San Francisco, pub- lished for the first time September 19, 1857, said that one of the pioneer colored women was Mrs. E.J. Seth, who kept a millinery-store on Stockton street, *‘but,” he added, ‘“we have no colored milliner now.” He then read over alistof those of his color who came here long ago and settied in the interior, and gave the names of the pioneer preachers, and among those named was Bishop Ward, once pastor of the Bethel Church, and_of whom he said: {The Bishop, who weighed 300 pounds, bought a cabin ticket in 1866 to go to Sac- ramento, but the purser, whose name was Palmer, refused to honor it, telling him that his place was not in the cabin but on the deck, and if he did not go below he would put him down. He told him to irz it, but after consultation, during whiol the Bwhar was feeling for a rail, they con- cluded to let him remain in the cabin.” He spoke of buildings that had been oc- cupied by the colored race, of businesses they had’ started, of the several churches and of the military, companies, the first of which was the Moore Cadets, commanded by Captain Smith; another was the Bran- nan Guard, Captain Alex Dennison, attired in uniforms that cost $1000 and donated by Sam Brannan. He described the visit of the colored people to Sacra- mento in 1870 to take part in the celebra- tion in honor of the emancipation of the slaves. He told-of the effort of one Stonewall of Kentucky to recapture one Archie, a fugitive slave who had fled to this City; of the determined fight of the colored peopie to take him away from his former master, during which heads were split and arms broken; of his final rescue by the police and his restoration to liberty by Judge Pratt. This occurred in 1856. He then explained the successful struggle to get the children in the public schools. He told of the struggles of his people to obtain admission to the theaters and the streetcars, and of the latter he said Mrs. Jane Turner recovered $10,000 for having been e{icted from a car of the Omnibus line. Vhen she got through with the lawyers she did not get much, and the grave of this pioneer for colored people’s rights is now unmarked. He said that a colored man could not enter a saloon with- out taking off his hat, and if he did not do 80, twenty-five or thirty glasses or asmany pistol bullets would be sent at his head. He said that at present there is a want of unity among the colored people, and urged them to get money, as it is that which commands respeci. He told them that if they want to succeed in the world, they must work more in harmony. He said that the objection had been raised that the colored people have no flag, but he said they had one, the American, the most noble one the sun ever shone on. He closed by reciting a poem. His lecture was received with marks of approval. e A history of the Vatican archives by Don Gregorio Palmieri is nearly ready apd will be published before the end of the vear. = e The growth of wealth between 1880 and 1890 was more steady and uniform than during any other period of our history. EVERYBODY’S OUT- el By TRADE| ING SHIRTS ===The STANDARD Everybody’s that breathes the air of California—man or boy. 4 Everybody’s because Californian. Everybody’s because the best at the price. Everybody’s because made in all styles, materials, grades and at all prices. If your dealer basn’t them we can tell you who has. NEUSTADTER BROS., Mirs., 8. F. THIS WEEK SPECIAL SALE OF IMPORTED SUITS, AT HALF-PRICE. ARMAND CAILLEAU, 46-48 GEARY STREET, Corner Grant Avenues \ R > '