The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 20, 1895, Page 5

THE SAN FRAN JISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1895. 5 WILL McDONALD SPEAK'? Says He Wants to Answer “The Call” Before the Su- pervisors. THINGS HE MIGHT EXPLAIN. Who Is Now Getting the ** Rake Off” Above His Old Van Ness Avenue Bid? J. R. McDonald has broken quite a long silence to remark that ‘’some m.c"fmea!‘.t- ing THE CaLr—‘is talking through his et s Let us see. i Mr. McDonald, besides being a very in- fluential cor is also a politician. Tt is he with whom the Superintendent of Streets is directed to “enter into a private blocks of Van contract” to pave some five Ness avenue at 7 cents per square foot for the City's 1f—the property-owners to pay the other TrE CaLL’s story of “how that job was done’ seems to have so worked upon Mr. McDonald that he went before the Street ee of the Board of Supervisors v and said that *‘some been talking through his t anybody who said 14 gure for the work ted for on Van Ness avenue did not he was t. g about,” etc., er, he asked permission to make abo it all before the full t meeting. The committee was a high 1 is opposed to gamblingin t make a little lass blue- Llion Club, n cigar—that not avail himself of first McDonald, Fire Com- nd street contractor, h h his hat, but— iing of a reputation nce it so exactly e Board of Supervisors of it would do at the when the Market-street tically presented with hise, and it does not care tien so soon by declar- t Mr. McDonald will not statement that he seems e; ‘but here is a I ar that he will not. is both politician and idgment, which has prob- somewhat by this time, the has already said too e on the part of Mr. Mc- s the better policy. does make a statement, however, it hoped that the Solid Eight will s cordon of police, open the doors llow the people to get in and hear it. t be otherwise than exceedingly 1g. There is certainly a whole lot on the subject, but—. ed to buy the cigars T stening to these reve- tions as coming from Mr. McDonald. In the meantime here is something of i b of the other story that was ay remained to be told: n his declaration before Committee said that this price ents a square foot for paving Van Ness avenue was established by the last board. That was true. Clerk John A. Russell said this was correct, and further, that bias h#d been called for for the paving of the avenue from California to Pacific streets at that time, and 14 cents being the lowest bid it established the price for the present board and its transactions. ] ally that is the exact truth, but what happened. The- bids as ed September 11 last year were as mpany, 10} cents, ossan, 14 cents. provement Company, 1434 cents. s bid was for only the work and was put in yprehension of the conditions that, was not considered. It was will be seen, upon an estimate of s for the entire work—5 cents to be the City and 5by the property- of the Santa Cruz Rock Paving at 10} cents was in due form the specifications and was strictly 1e lowest bid, and under the law the con- t belonged to that company—but that way of getting it ssan, 14 cents, was ac- dition binding him to keep the_stréet in good Tepair for seven vears. This w a part of the specifica- tions, but seems to have found favor with the committee. Mr. Denman thought s condition made this the lower bid and 1 that it be accepted. It was done. should be especially observed nta Cruz Rock Paving Company, now joined ity Street Improve- ment Company—which latter is J. K. Mc- Donaid—in the bid for paving Van Ness bid, at that time, 103 rossan, who secured the con- Jor tract last vear, 1S not a contractor— a practical contractor. He got the contract. He sold it to the Santa Cruz ¢ Company ‘*“for a consid- eration.”” The assignment stands of record in the office of the Superintendent of Streets. That consideration—not stated in e bond—was a division of the Teceipts )14 cents. It would have amounted um to Mr. McCrossan, and the Santa Cruz Rock Paving Company would have realized out of it considerable more n if it had secured the bid at its own But the Santa Cruz Rock Paving tter trick. y one biock was paved under that contract—from California to Sacramento street. The price was duly established by that transaction, however, at 14 cents. A new board comes into office, the ma- jority of which is fond of evil precedents, nd the Superintendent of Streets is agted to enter into a contract” with th two favored companies, the Santa Cruz Rock Paving Company and the City Street Improvement Company, alias Mc- Donzld, to do the balance of that work, as well as some six other blocks. How the margin above their legitimate bid of 103§ cents is distributed now is not stated. J. R, McDonald is a member of the Fire Commission. [t is very well known that Superintendent Ashworth owes almost solely to him his nomination for the office he holds. As a contractor it was to Mr. McDonald's interest to have a friend under a heavy obligation to him as Superinten- dent of Streets. As a first payment on that obligation Mr. McDonald’s son was made cashier in the Superintendent of Streets’ oftice, which berth he now holds. Now, as stated, Mr. McDonald is in a position to tell some very interestin, things if he will just throw back his shoul- ders, lift up his chin and speak out at the next meeting of the board. Will he doit? Here's the cigass that he will not. SCENES FROM LONDON, A Prize Lot of Slides at the California Camera Club. A set of very fine slides from London were shown before the California Camera Club last evening 1n the clubrooms in the Academy of Sciences building. The slides were from a number submitted to Pho- togravhy, a London photographic journal, in a prize contest for the best series of six elides on ten different subjects. These were landscapes, portraits, garden i ny seems to have known even an- { views, street scenes, scientific subjects, animals, interiors, marines, botanical sub- jects and instantaneous views, and in each class were shown the series which had won the silver medal or first prize, that win- ning the bronze medal and that winning the certificate of merit. There were some very fine views in the set, but the local club has shown just as ;:Egvd slides from among its own member- ship. —————— CHARGES AGflINST COOK. Police Judge Campbell Will Render a Decision Next Monday. _Police Judge Campbell held a long ses- sion last night in hearing testimony in the preliminary examination of Sergeant of Police J. B. Cook, on a charge of abus- ing and maltreating Chinamen while he nnd' his posse were in charge of police affairs in the Mongolian quarter. _The particular complainant was Gwon Loi, a resident of 35 Waverly nlace, who alleged that the sergeant in raiding the house in search of a lottery game threw him down- rs and broke his arm. The testimony introduced was similar to that which the Police Commissioners lis- tened to when they investigated the charges against the sergeant. The Com- missioners dismissed the charges, and Judge Campbell said that he would render 4 decision next Monday. s The Fire Record. Box 514 sounded an alarm for a small fire in & woodshed on Michigan avenue, near Shasta street, about half-past 8 o'clock last evening. The building was owned by J. P. Roberts. The damage amounted to about $50. The tipping over of a coal-oil lamp at 7 Pros- pect place by a Chinese women caused an alarm irom box 24. There was no damage done. The Boston Loan Office at 110 Third street harbored a small blaze lastevening. It started in the stock of old clothes, where the pro- prietor, Heny Wolf, admits there was no light of any’kind.’ The damage will not amount to 0. There wes carried &n insurance of HENDERSON'S DEFENSE, He Makes a Statement About the Killing of Clarence Barr. A Claim That the Dead Man Both Assauited and Abused Him. “If the whole earth and its treasures were mine I would give them to recall that man’s life.” It was in these words that C. B. Henaer- son, who islocked upin the City prison, expressed himself regarding the fatal meeting of Clarence Barr, the Chinatown guide, in the Baldwin Hotel bar on the morning of Saturday, the 13th inst. Ever since the affair occurred and the arrest of Henderson, the prisoner, acting under the advice of his attorney, has re- fused to make any statement as to how the cutting came about. Although it was rep- resented to him that everything connected with the affair had been seen by several other parties he still refused to say any- thing. Yesterday, however, he came to the con- clusion that the circumstances connected with the case required him to say some- thing in his defense, and he consented to make a statement for publication. Prison life has not agreed with Hender- son, and he has become somewhat nervous over the desperate situation in which he finds himself. According to his state- ment as above made he feels keenly the serious aspect of the trouble. *I came here,” he said in making his statement last evening, ‘“on the 12th of July, arriving about 10 A. M. After locat- ing my room and leaving my baggage, 1 went out to Golden Gate Park, and spent the afternoon in that vicinity. I drank whisky in several saloons, and came back to town about 11 o’clock. I laid down until 3A. M., and then got up and dressed. I was suffering from a severe headache. I walked down to the Cafe Royal, cor- ner of Fourth and Market streets, and had several drinks. Then I walked down to Kearny street and back again to the Bald- win Hotel. From there I went to the cor- ner of Powell and Ellis streets and bad another drink. From there I went to the Baldwin Hotel bar and called for whisky, laying the money on the counter for it. “I stood half way down the bar, and while I was drinking a man came next to me and said, ‘Will you have a drink ?’ “No, thank you,” I replied. ‘I have just had one.’ ‘Well, let’s have 'nother,’ he said, and it was then the barkeeper took in my money. “¢Ohy I guess you're one of these pretty —— —— who are too proud to drink with any one. “+No, not at all,’ I replied. “““You're from the East, ain’t you? he continued. wiN e} * ‘Well, I'm a Chinatown guide, and I will show you the sights,’ the man went on. «+Oh, I'don’t need any guide,’ I replied. ‘ ‘Well, let’s have a drink.’ he said. “As I saw that he was in a rather ugly mood I fell in with his humor, and said ‘all right.” Then there were some other words said, and there was a question raised as to who had paid for the drinks. “I didn’t want any trouble with the man, and said so to the barkeeper, who told me that he would see that I could get out the back way. He said he would get me out. Then the question of paying for the drinks came up, and the barkeeper asked if they were mine. I said no. “‘You're a — — liar,” Barr responded, and I told him that the drinks were not on me. He then struck me in the face, and I retreated to the end of the bar in the direc- tion where the barkeeper had told me I could get out. “I saw then there was going to be trouble, and I think the barkeeper realized it, too. He stood beside me until Barr made a rush. I had no weapon of defense except a small pocket-knife, and I drew it out when I saw Barr reach over the bar counter. I did not know what he was try- ing to get, but judged it was a weapon. As he rushed for me 1 held out the pen- knife to frighten him _if could, but his rnsh carried him right on against me, and the first intimation I had that he was cut was when he bent over, saying that he wascut. I jumped on the other side of him and went out the door. Tt was the only way of escape I knew of after the barkeeper deserted me. I did not know the ins and outs of the house. Being excited when some one called police I ran, but when I met the officer I handed him the knife and sur- rendered myself. God knows no one re- grets this affair more than I do. These are the facts as I know them.” Henderson said that he represented a Rochester (N. Y.) boot and shoe firm, but he declined to give the name of the same. He has a wife and daughter in Buffalo. His defense will be that he simply en- deavored to protect himself from assault, and that it was not his intention to injure Barr, much less kill him. —————— Not a Relative of Dr. Brown. Editor Call: In yourreporter's kindly article giving a sketch of the remarkable little girl from Alaska, & daughter of Captain Brown by his Alaskan wife, she is referred to as my rela- tive. I never saw or heard of the child until less than two vears ago; nor did I ever hear of her father until the sad wreck of his ship, which terminated his life. The little girlis a member of our Sunday-school, where she has become a favorite, 1o less because she is bright than because she {s modest and childlike in her simplicity. My interest in her began with her members] i{)sn the school. I make this state- ment simply in the interests of truth. There are ngrelt many Browns in the coun and we did not all come over in the Mayflower. Howevyer, if Mary’s teacher and Mary give that concert there will doubtless be a good many present, as there ought mc\m Truly yours, 'HARLES O. BROWN, ———— Idaho has the least nominal valua being only 0,440,876, o, SELLING POOLS OPENLY, “The Call’s” Expose of the Evil Has Stirred the Authorities. ATTORNEY DARE'S AMENDMENT Meanwhlle the Five Resorts Ope- rate Openly and to Crowded Houses. On all hands now there appears to be an emphatic determination to suppress the pool-selling evil, the wholesale and open= handed operations of which were recently exposed in THE CALL. This expose came as a great surprise to most citizens and many of the authori- ties, who took it for granted that the operation of the stringent ordinance of 1893, which imposed a heavy penalty upon those who should sell pools on horseraces or take bets thereon except within the in- closure of a racetrack, had closed up all the poolrooms that once flourished to such a disgraceful extent in this City. And it is true that for several years tne law did prove efficacious. Soon after its passage in the spring of 1893 the police made an arrest. A conviction was secured, and an appeai, on habeas-corpus proceedings, was taken to the Supreme Court. It was claimed that the law was unconstitutional because it was an infringement upon per- sonal rights and because it did not operate against all citizens alike, tending to create a monopoly of the vice to those who operated within a racetrack inclosure. All these objections had previously been made to similar ordinances in New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois and other States, wherein the municipal legislative bodies of large cities had enacted similar ordinances confining the evil of pool-selling to the racetrack at the time of the race. And the Supreme Court of California followed that of Illinois and the other States in declaring pool-selling on horse- races an unlawful traffic and affirming the right of the municipal authorities to pro- tect the City either by abolishing the evil entirely or by restricting its practice to such places as would lessen the vice and hide it from the public eye to the end that the young and irresponsible should not have the temptation ever set before them. With this decision from the highest court in the State the poolrooms in this City were closed, and the poolsellers went to Oakland. There they flourished for 2 time until the City Council followed the example of the San Francisco Supervisors and made it an unlawful occupation in Oakland. Then both cities were freed from the evil fora year or more, until the first of this year, when five San Francisco poolsellers de- vised what they considered would be a safe evasion of the law. They became ostensi- bly commjssion men and messengersand common carriers of betting money to and from the racing track. In reality they became high-handed, bra- zen law-breakers, with only the flimsiest kind of a pretext to shield them from the operation of the law. They have estab- lished a fiction to the effect that the money is given them merely as messengers, There is nota word of truth in this figtion, as THE CALL has already abundantly proven, and yet this flimsy pretext has thus far operated to screen them from the law. A number of arrests have been made, but ony one conviction secured. “I have a right to take my friend’s money out to the track and place it for him,” say these poolsellers. That is their sole plea. *“I know there is not a word of truth in that plea,” said Captain Douglass, in whose bailiwick four of the five great pool- selling joints are located, “but we have failed to make the courts and juries be- lieve it, and the only way I see now is to amend the law to cover this point.” Sergeant Martin, who has been interested in the pool-selling cases in his district, says that it was proved, in the case against Harry Corbett, that the pool ticket was purchased a minute or two before the con- clusion of the race on which the money was bet, and yet the jury failed to convict. *‘Give us one conviction of Corbett and we’ll raid all the places in town and close them up tight inside of twenty-four hours,” said the Sergeant. *“We want an ordinance tnat will make it unlawful for one to frequent such a re- sort. That would aid us materially,” says Captain Douglas. And now, in response to this demand of the police Prosecuting Attorney, John T. Dare will frame an amendment to the ordinance at once and present it to the Board of Supervisors next Monday after- noon. “It is a good fight THE CALL is making against this poolrom evil,” said Mr. Dare yesterday, *‘and since the police declare themselves powerless to enforce the pres- ent law—though, as I have said, I believe it would be eflicient if the right kind of evidence were produced—I will not wait for the end of my vacation, but take hold at once and try to have the ordinance amended. Of course, it will rest at last with the Supervisors. They may or may not pass the amendment, but if they do enact the required section then surely there can be no further hesitancy about closing up these places at once—that is if we can get a prompt decision from the Supreme Court. “Of course, the first poolseller arrested under the amendment will appeal. There is hardly any question about that, and before the City can be entirely rid of the evil—provided the police proceed only under the amended form—the Supreme Court will first have to pass upon the validity of the law as amended.” Meanwhile these evil resorts continue to flourish. Poor men and young men, even boys, crowd into the five resorts and gamble away all their small earnings or savings to the enrichment of the following five firms or individuals: HARRY E. CORBETT & CO., 30 Ellis street. HENRY SCHWARTZ, Pauper alley. W. L. KENNEDY, 103 Stockton street. LEVY & CO.. 11 Ellis street. A. B. BROYER, Fourth and Mission streets. These five law-breakers are still operat- ing. They have been operating since the first of the year, and from all the allega- tions made it appears that no one is re- sponsible for their continued operations. But the public demand their suppression, and the public will not enter upon an argu- ment of technicalities as to why they are not suppressed. The public will hold the constituted authorities to blame for the continuance of this unlawful traffic which draws from the community at least $3000 a day, and places a degrading temptation before the youth of the City. The pool- rooms must be suppressed. A Warrant Out for Watson. A warrant was sworn out westerdsy for the arrest of J. W. Watson, a commercial traveler, upon the complaint of his divorced wife, who alleged that he threatened her life. The couple were married in 8an Luis Obispo some years ago, but _could not agree on account ot Wat- son’s habits. He has visited her house on several occasions of late, and the last time drew a pistol and said thatwhen he went to joil again it would be for something more ser'- ous than the non-payment of alimony. Up to late last night Watson had not been arrested. THE LABOR COUNCIL. No Action Taken on the Labor-Day Celebration—Nominations of All the Officers. The main topic of discussion at the meet- ing of the Labor Council last evening was the proposed celebration of Labor day, which is the first Monday in September. There was some division of sentiment as to whether tne celebration should. be simply 2 mass-meeting or should include a parade. The council held an executive session on the_ question, but was unable to reach a decision and the matter was referred back to the Labor-day committee. Secretary Furuseth of the Sailors’ Union reported that his union had conciuded to defend the four sailors of the bark Arago, chargea by Captain Perry with insubordi- nation, and make a legal contest of the question of personal rights involved. From the Cigar-makers’ Union it was learned that good headway is being made in the canvass of dealers for California- made cigars. This union will furnish some statistics on cigar production to the State Labor Bureau to demonstrate the ad- vantage of home fimtronnge and to show conclusively the evil of sending out of the State money for the benefit of the cheap tenement-house labor of the East. Encouraging_reports were received from the Brewery Workmen’s Union, Horse- shoers’ Union and Electrical Workers’ Union, but the Tailors’ Union reported a poor outlook for its class of work. A communication was read from the Hotel and Restaurant Employes’ and Bar- tenders’ League. asking the council to take some steps toward bringing about a simi- lar organization in this City. Nominations for officers were made be- fore the meeting adjourned to be voted for at the next meeting: M. McGlynn for president, M. C. Master and J3.K. Phillips for_vice-president, E. F. Burman for secretary, William Zahn for financial secre- tary, John Nugent for treasurer, Thomas Finerty for sergeant-at-arms; M F. F. Burns, William Zahn, Nugent, E. Vi M. Shanley and Andrew Furuseth for the e: ecutive committee; Ed Rosenberg, Thomas Finerty, T. F. Burns and E. P. Burman for_the organizing committee; W. E, Kelly, E. P. Bur- men, Andrew Furuseth, M. McGlynn, W. Dunn and W. McArthur for the committee on legislation, ai Lieser, Ed Rosenberg and T. Lindstrom for the auditing committee. A PROGRESSIVE SCIENCE Horticulture as It Is Practiced in the State of Cali- fornia. Home-Grown Oranges and Lemons Largely Supplanting the Im- ported Fruit. The science of surgery is an exact science, and of law is an established one, buz horticulture is a progressive science, the same as that of medicine. The fruit- growers of California are, as a body, com- posed of our most intelligent and progress- ive citizens, and for what they have done thus far in that line toward developing our horticultural productiveness, they deserve all praise, but they should mnot listen to the pessimist who is continuously talking about ‘“overproduction.” The same en- ergy and intelligence that made them suc- cessful in horticulture in the past will bring about a condition equally as pros- perous in the future. It is admitted there has been a great deal of money foolishly spent and wasted in the “boom’ enter- prises of big orchards, and quick returns with promised a cessation of assessments after the third year. Many such enter- prises were managea by unscrupulous real-estate dealers, and the superintend- ents of such orchards cared more about drawing their handsome salaries than they did about informing themselves of the needs and intelligent care of trees. Many snch enterprises were badly located, and. what is perhaps worse, the selection of varieties adapted to locations was so ig- norantly made that failure was sure to be the result. It was such stupid acts as this that caused the horticultural interests of our State to take a short step backward for a time. When one recognizes the fact that olives can be grown profitably from Mount Shasta to San Diego on lands that are now used for sheep ranges, and that can be had per acre for a $5 gold piece; when we note thata large portion of the European emigrants are of the Latin races, bringing with themx their tastes and habits, and transmitting the same to their children; when we know, as we do now, that ever since civilization began to make headway, and perhaps before that, olives and their products was largely the food supply of nearly all the children of the Orient, as it is destined to be in the near future that of the Occident, with such vrospects for a market for olives and their products, there does not seem to be an immediate likelihood of overdoing the olive culture in our State. Thirty years ago tomatoes were looked upon with sus- picion. Now more areconsumed than an other vegetable, except potatoes. It wi be the same with olives thirty years hence. The great industries of our northern neigh- boring States of the Pacific Coast are lum- ber and mining, and to a great extent the foods consumed by the men of muscle and hrawn engaged in such pursgits are of the strongest character. ake a man who works at those laborious professions, feed him on bacon and beans, and suddenly present him in the early part of the winter with one of our rich,éuicy Porterville or Oroville oranges. and note the avidity with which he will accept it. This taste and desire holds with all the people of that section until their vegetables are in market, and before that happens our Central California oranges are gone, and they are big consumers of the Southern California product. Last year Culifornia produced a few lemons.” All told there were shipped East | 300 carloads, or 90,000 boxes. The United States imported over 2,500,000 boxes.. This fruit enters into every part of our life, from the culinary department to the sickroom ard from the ‘‘circus” lemonade to the “Jong drink” over a first-class bar. There are some few sections of our State that produce a lemon equal to the best im- gorted—nombl Tulare County, Ventura ounty and about Ontario, Los Angeles County. The value of the importation of lemons into the United States last year, as made by the custom-house, was upward of $4,500,000, and there is no reason why California should not keep a large portion of that money at home by growing a great many more of them than it does. As an evidence of their profitableness to the grower in Tulare Cannt{, if he can get 5 cents per dozen they will yield him $500 F“ acre, and doubtless the other favored ocalities mentioned can show like results. It is scarcely worth while in this article to show up the possibilities of apricot grow- ing in our State; the writer pointed out in a newspaper article quite a while ago that California_was shipping apricots in pulp to England to be there made into jam and then returned to us, and we bought it. Of course horticulture, or any other *‘cul- ture’ for that matter, cannot stand long ainst such poor business methods as that. here are a thousand and one possibilities in fruit production in our State and ere many years it will be the leading product, and it "is hoped the manufacturing of our fruits into desirable jams, preserves and jellies will be maintained at home. Masor C. J. BErRY. A e = Baron Albert Rothschild is bnt;eh:unluenin Vienna. e o the ART AT MECHANICS' FAIR. Leading Painters Will Exhibit Their Latest and Best Pictures. THE. PRFLIMINARY MEETING. Artists Will Meet Friday to Declide Upon a Jury and Hanging Committee. Solly Walter, superintendent of the art department of the Mechanics’ Fair, is sparing no effort to make the artists’ show- ing at that time a highly creditable one. He says that most of the San Francisco artisis will contribute to the array of paint- ings. He will devote especial attention to reproductions, as wood-cut, half-tone work, pen-and-ink sketches and lithography. A novel feature will be representations of the different stages of press art work. Many ask when they see a newspaper illustration, “How do they do it?”’ Mr. ‘Walter proposes to answer this question by a display of the pen-and-ink sketches, negatives, stereotvpe plates, matrices and stereatyped copies of the completed sketch, as used in the newspapers. During the course of the fair Mr. Walter will deliver three lectures, one on ‘‘Art Reproduction,” another on “Art Tuition” and a third on the general theme of art. Visitors to the studios find closed doors and a card bearing such an nscription as “Closed until August 1,”” or “Sketchius in the Sierras,”” confronting them very often, although a few geniuses of the pencil and brush are ‘‘bringing ug their work” which stands unfinished on their easels, and turn- ing a deaf ear to the wooings of the sum- mer sprite who whispers of wonderful views among the mountains and marvelous music of streams. John Stanton is one of the toilers under a skylight and amidst the picturesque con- fusion of a studio. His duties as superin- tendent of the art department of the coming State Fair combi with his wish to finish some figure paintings have kepthim in town. He was working yesterday on a study of a ballet girl in & crimson gown sit- ting beside a table whereon was a glass of white wine and arolled cigarette. “I am painting a series of ballet girl studies,” he said, producing one of the voluptuous type of dancing girl clad in white gauze with skirts properly bouffant. “I intend to do one in black,” he con- tinued. In reply to the querg “What ictures do you intend to exhibit at the Mechanics’ Fair?'’ he said smilingly,“Well, the ballet girls. I shall also have on exhibition the portraits of Coroner Hughes, W. G. Stafford and Robert Howell Fletcher.” He uncovered a large painting of a twilight scene on one of the rocky plains of Brittany. One of the rough stone crosses that serve as landmarks is in the foreground and near it the figure of an old peasant woman in a devotional attitude. A flock of sheep are grazing about the cross. This striking picture bas been exhibited in New York, and until recently has had a place on the walls of the Bohe- mian Club. “Clam Gatherersin Brittany” and “Moonlight in Brittany’’ will also be among his collection at the Mechanics’ Fair. Joseph D. Strong will exhibit portraits of James Hamilton, Hugh M. Burke and Evan J. Coleman. If possible he will com- lete his portrait of Colonel Chadbourne y that time and may exhibit that of CBB— tain Morse, the property of John K Spreckels. He will place on exhibition a character study, “The Watermelon Boy,” which belongs to a resident of Oakland. He may also show some scenes on the islands of the South Seas. Views of the sand dunes of the Alameda flats and those seen from the Presidio and Golden Gate Park, the latest work of A. Joullin, will be exhibited at the Mechanics’ Fair. Mr. Joullin has found the glare of sunlight on the sand very trying to the sight during the four-hour sittings in whick he made his sketches. In conse- quence he hasnot been able to paint for some time and it is probable that those views are all he will be able to exhibit. William Keith was unpacking some sketches made during his visit to Castle Crags. One is of Shasta as seen from Castle Crags Hotel, a fine point of view. He has ‘“laid in’’ a large picture of the Crags, which he will complete at his leisure. He will leave for Cazadero to-day, and if he returns before the opening of the Mechanics’ Fair will exhibit some new forest scenes, and, with that gentleman’s permission, a portrait of lrving M. Scott. This would be especially appropriate, as Mr. Scott was once president of the Me- chanics’ Fair. Ernest Peixotto will leave for the Red- woods to-morrow, and willl}l)robably return in time to exhibit some of his pictures. Meyer Strauss’ door displayed one of the discouraging placards, and the public was informe(’fthat he would reopen his studio about July 22. It is understood that he will exhibit some landscapes. L. P. Latimer will probably exhibit his paintings, “A Hayfield Under the Oaks” and “A Stream in the Redwoods.” He will als% have some studies in black and white. Mr. Matthews, Miss Froelich, Miss Lou ‘Wall and Miss Chittenden will be among the exhibitors. There was a small attendance of artists at the meeting which Solly Walter had called for the purpose of discussing the }ijctorial showing at the Mechanics’ Fair, he meeting was held at the Mechanics’ Institute, and Grove Avers, one of the di- rectors, presided. Mr. Walter stated that the purpose of the meeting was to choose from among the artists present a jury that should pass upon the pictures presented for exhibition and arrange for the hanging of the same. He thought perfect justice would be done to the artists collectively and individually if they as a body chose that jury. In view of the small number present he thought it best to postpone action in the matter until the next meeting,which will be held in the same place next Friday evening. L. g Latimer inquired what induce- ments would be offered to the artists for competition and Director Ayers replied that while theamounts of the cash prizes were not yet fixed, it had been decided that only first prizes would be offered. John Stanton said he thought artists who exhibit at the fair should receive season tickets and called attention to the fact that they are accorded that privilege in other places quite as much as are the exhibitors of onions and potatoes. Mr. Ayers promised to call the attention of the board to the matter, and the meeting adjourned for one week. TO AID THE FAIR. Help Tendered by the Merchants. A Word Against Lotteries. The Merchants' Association and the Half-million Club agreed last evening to join hands with the Mechanics’ Institute in making the coming Mechanics’ Fair the greatest industrial exhibition ever held in this State, and also thoroughly repre- sentative not only of San Francisco, but of California at large. A meeting of committees of the three organizations was held to discuss the matter, the Half-million Club being repre- sented by President H. J. Crocker, W, L. Bunker, David Rich, A. E. Castle and A. Bouvier, and the Merchants’ Association by J. T. Terry. President A. 8. Hailidie was unable to be present at the meeting, but sent a com- munication in which he congratulated the institute on the flattering prospects of a successful exhibit. He niS: The great thing is to create and fix in the minds of the gooa le the sentiment, yes the con- t ut) citizens vietion, that their duty as ‘o stimulate $URROTt home i home productions. We are now engaged in this as an educational work. and the education ‘:‘h ._meatmommn is complete unless ne masters is fact. To build up the State and its cities remuner- ative and legitimate employment must be found for a constantly increu{nx ‘population. Tllegitimate employment,such as stock specula- tion, lotteries, gambling, etc., furnish, must be supplanted by furnish nY occupations to our citizens of which they will not be ashamed. The chairman then called upon the Half-million Club to express some senti- ment regarding the fair, and President Crocker responded by saying that the club was with the institute first, last and all the time. ‘W. L. Bunker also made a short ad- dress in which he spoke of the vast re- sources of the State seen by the club on its recent jaunt through the different counties, and ~expressed a wish that by the co-operation of the;various organiza- tions interested in the advancement of the State all portions of it might be repre- sented at the fair. After a number of members of the in- stitute and Merchants’ Association had spoken, the chair urged all present to use their utmost endeavors to induce local and State manufacturers and pro- ducers to send in exhibits. THE ANTI-TOXINE WINS, This New Conqueror of Diph- theria Successfully Used All Over the State. The State Board of Health Has Given Up Its Plan of Making the Remedy Here. “The anti-toxine of diphtheria has proved a success in California and has un- doubtedly saved many lives in the State,” says Dr. Winslow Anderson, president of the State Board of Health. Since this famous aiscovery ceased to be a wonder and its presence and use in the first few cases in which it was tried ceased to be sensational, but little public notice has been taken of it. Yet it has been steadily used and to an increasing extent all over the State. Practically all of the diphtheria anti- toxine used throughout the State has been supplied free by the State Board of Health, so that the precious stuff has been avail- able to the poorest. A sufficient supply Has, baen recilarly receiveds and disided among the seven members of the board, who are scattered all over the State, and they in turn give it out without price to all regular physicians who have cases of diphtheria and ask for it. Each doctor re- ports on its use. “California has been quite free from diphtheria during the past year,” said Dr. Anderson yesterday, “and what cases have occurred have mainly been isolated ones. There has been more of the disease in Los Angeles than any other part ot the State and the anti-toxine has been used there most. In this City it has been used in a number of cases and I have used it in my own practice. “From my own experience and observa- tion I would say that it has proved as great a success here as elsewhere. In the prin- cipal children’s hospitals of Berlin and Paris, where the most extensive statistics about it come from, the mortality from diphtheria has been reduced from 55 or 60 per cent to 14 or 15 per cent. Itis tooearly for statistics here, but I think that its suc- cess is nearly as great, although it is naturally oftenest used in cases that are far advanced and often by physicians who have seen it for the first time.” ‘When the last Legislature was in session the fame of the anti-toxine of diphtheria was just tilling the earth, and the State Board of Health was given $6000 w which to turn the blood of horses into this new remedy and rout the dread disease in California. The board proposed to go right ahead and establish an anti-toxine factory with the co-operation of the veteri- nary department of the State University. When the proposition was figured ott it was found that $6000 would not more than run the establishment for two years, while it would cost nearly as much fo establish the stables, buy the horses apd secure the rather expensive laboratory facilities and accessories necessary. Then finely equipped lants were established quickly in the East. and the board went to buying it ready made. It 1s made notably by the Government at Washington, by the New York Board of Health, by the Pasteur In- stitute of New York and by a large and reputable firm of manufacturing chemists of Detroit. So the State Board of Health has given up its plan of making anti-toxine. Itis cheaper now to buy it, anyway, unless an epidemic existed and large quantities were wanted. A few weeks ago 250 bottles were bought and 150 bottles are now on the way. As the stuff deteriorates in three months'a fresh supply is needed regularly. Each bottle contains enough for one dose, which is hypodermically injected,, holds about two teaspoonfuls and costs about $150. The first that got here cost from §$5 to $7 50 per bottle. Now all through California the great diphtheria anti-toxine is stored and given out as freely as water to save young hu- man lives. It is generally called forina desperate hurry, and long and quick trips have been made for it from by-places in the State. The $6000 will easily keep up the supply until 1897, and meanwhile druggists here are not making much profit out of anti-toxine. —————— Arizona’s territory and resources are valued at $9,270,214. NO- PERCENTAGE " PHARMACY, 953 MARKET ST, SOUTH SIDE, Bet. Filth and Sixth, Five doors above Hale Bros. One of our Customers. When your doctor insists upon your taking your prescription to any par= ticular store you may be sure he gets a ““divy’’ from the druggist. 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