The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 28, 1895, Page 12

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JULY 28, 1895. 12 from the list of interrogatories furnished Cogswell (president), Mrs. Caroline E. NEW AY—DRY GOODS. by General Dickensonr, g§ from the state- TH[ CUGSWELL EULLEG[ Cogswell, g{ohert )Ewing, Thomas G. AFI-EH .I.H 90 ment published as to what Clark would 1 | Knight, Abner Doble, Oscar Lewis, J. H. [] 1 testify, really how far he would go. Culver (secretary). He Cannot Recall the Identity of His New Witness. THE POLICE ALSO AT SEA. Mr. Clark Is at Narragansett Pier and His Wife Is in This City. AFTER A MYSTERIOUS WOMAN. General Dickinson WIill Ask the Court to Enjoin the Alcazar Drama. THE DURRANT C IN A MINUTE-THE DEVELOPY S OF A DAY. ! District Attorney Barnes was busy yesterday | draiting cross-interrogatories to be propounded to Charles H. Clark, the newly discovered wit: ness for the d n the Durrant case. Cap- ives made an effort to about the man, and Detec- tive Bohen interview with his wife, | who resides at 3348 Clay s this City. THE | CaLL has ascertained that Clark himself is at | Narrag 1ain Lees and his discover some n for the defense has taken ection of in- nded production iry,” and on court to enjoin 11 be joined by ng for a mysterious y are close to her dis- | t speaks of the trial and talks € outcome. The defense the Durrant case has 1 important witnes - | king for a woman—a | woman—dark hints of whose | existence have been given out from time to time, whose testimony, it is believed, will be da g to the young de- fendant. The pol ve not located the woman, but, from all that can be gathered, they are confident that her identity will | be revealed er story safely in their ing within a few days. ce the first ink the such a woman Captain Lees | has been untiring in his efforts to discover her whereabouts. The best men in his department were detailed at once to hunt | her up, but until Friday morning nothing | arded er fifty bu Up till that 3 1 been hunted up and closely questioned, the re. each case bei ng ery tha the one woman wanted was still undiscov- ing enou h, but Cap! e and now serted that she—the my the clinchin, yny—has been found and will be and in the t Dur lly, the police have given 1 en that they ha but they have searched i silent, and they would | to declare heric v from the ho They would have nothing to o lose by now it c tops. aud everyth There is bu little mystery concern- ing the man in the c: the defense’s new | witness, Charies H. Clark—not even to the police after they had read in yesterday 's CaLL as to what he would tes- 'y e matter. He is at present at Narragansett Pier, R. L., where the playful Atlantic lures the shapely summer girl. s ready to testify in the behalf of the defendant just exactly what THE Cal stated he would testify ana only awaits | the opportunity to put himself on record. | Detective Ben Bohen's visit to M lark resulted in the shedding of but little | it on the general darkness on the new witness in which the District Attorney [ sed he was groping. Bohen said that he first saw Miss Cou- sins, Mrs. Clark’s sister, and that she told him that tbe news of Clark’s connection with the Durrant case was a great surprise to all his family. They had never heard him mention anything about it. They did | not know his address, as they had received no communication from him since he left the City. Mr. Bohen then interviewed Mrs. Clark. At first she was so nervous that she could not collect her thoughts. She could not even recall the firms whose employ her husband had been. he detective gave her time to recover her memory and seli- control and was rewarded by receiving the inf tion that Mr. Clark had traveled shirt-manufacturing firm named son & Hughes. On the subject of e Emmanuel Church murders and the conversations she had had with her hus- bond her memory was still more at fault. She recalled that they had talkec a good deal about the terrible tragedy, but could not be certain that he had mentioned seeing Miss Lamont with a strange gentle- man. She was much provoked at the idea of such marked newspaper notoriety and showed a strong position to say as little as possible. To a reporter who called in the even- ing she had also little to say. She knew the family had discussed the church mur- could not recall that Mr. Clark Miss Lamont with a strange gen- leman the day she was supposed to have been murdersd Her sister, Miss Cousens, was more em- phatic. “We talked a great deal about the dual tragedy,” she said, “‘but I do not think Mr. Clark ever mentioned seeing Miss La- mont under the circumstances described. The first we knew of it was when we saw &n announcement in the papers.” As Miss Cousens lives with her sister, the latter’s statement relative to their first knowledge of Mr. Clark’s possible value as 2 witness for the defense would seem to in- dicate that Clark had never informed his family about seeing Blanche Lamont in the manner described. One of the clerks of the San Francisco office of the Swiss-Italian colony told a reporter yesterday afternoon that he knew Clark and had seen him in the office talk- ing with President Sbarboro. Captain Lees has ascertained that Clark was employed by Andrea Sbarboro of the Italian-Swiss Agricvltural Golony, to work the New England States for the sale of their wines. He purchased a ticket from Clinton Jones on Montgomery street on June 9 for Boston. Mr. Sbarboro has heard from him since his departure, but he could not tell the captain his present address, The captain looks upon the fact that Clark left within a fortnight'of the open- ing of the trial as suspicious. He thinks jtis_exceedingly strange that neither his family nor his employer knows his ad- dress. At any rate, if Clark saw Miss Lamont on the last day she was seen alive, in the company of a young man who wasnot Durrant, his wife and family are strangely ignorant of the fact. 5 The commission for the taking of the deposition of Clark will issue Tuesday and the interrogatories and cross-interrogator- jes will be mailed at once to the commis- gioner in Boston. The interrogatories will be returned in about fifteen days. The prosecution, represented principally in the persons of District Attorney Barnes, Captain Lees and Detective Bohen, was very busy yesterday. The new witness for the defense, Mr. Clark, bothered them not g little, They had been unable to gather | the Alea: | man To intelligently draft cross-interroga- tories, District Attorney Barnes felt that he needed more information, and he pro- ceeded to getit. He had intended to take the 2:35 train to Monterey yesterday after- noon, but, after a_consultation with Cap- tain Lees, he decided to put off his visit to his family for twenty-four hours. The whereabouts of the wife of Clark was as- certained to be at the residence of Mr. Cousens, and, upon the advice of Captain Lees, Detective Bohen was detailed to in- terview her as to what extent her hus- band’s knowledge of the case went. This much accomplished, the District Aitorney and the chief of the detectives closeted themseives in a private room at Mr. Barnes’ office in the Crocker building, and proceeded to again scan the interrogatories submitted by the defense. At 50'clock the District Attorney had his coat off and was working as fast ‘as he could drive the pen. He stated that he would hardly finish the cross-interroga- tories before Monday, but in a general way could give an idea as to what ground they would cover—the entire case as far as Mr. Clark could possibly know it for a few brief hours on the afternoon of April 3. Every point which was likely to crop out in answer to any of the interrogatories of the defense, and these it was conceded would, in all probability, be many, would be guarded against, and Mr. Clark’s | answers would be necessarily voluminous, if nothing else. The attorneys for the defense were hardly less busy than was counsel for the prosecution. They were not worrying so much about Clark, however, and were not figuring so much in the dark on that ion as was the District Attorney, | but they had plenty to do for all that. In the first place the production of the muchly advertised play, “The Crime of a Century,” took up much of theat- tention of General Dickinson. He is de- termined if possible to restrain the pro- duction on the general ground that it would prejudicehis client’s case and he took the first active steps yesterday morning to that end. He procured’ two tickets, for which he paid 50 cents apiece, and then proceeded to his oftice. Once there, he sat down and drew up an affidavit, to be signed by Dur- rant, and_presented it to Judge Murphy, in which is set forth the belief of the de- fendant that the presentation of sucha play at such a time would interfere with the defendant’s right to a fair and impar- tial trial; also that it interfered with the seemly conduct of justice in the court and would tend to influence witnesses and those who might be called upon to act as jurors in the case. The play is advertised to be produced at r Theater on Monday evenin; ne e members of the Dailey stocl compan Posters and lithographs an- nouncing the event are plastered all over the City, and tickets are already on sale for the first week. But in all likelibeod the play will not be presented on Monday or on any other evening during pendency of the Durrant trial—not if General k n takes the action he provoses an e Murphy does what he has pl ned he would do. It is the intention of General Dickinson to present the affidavit of Durrant in tbis matter to the court on Monday morning and to ask that the machinery of the court be set in motion to stop the presentation. In thisrequest he will be heartily seconded by District Attorney Barnes and the mat- ter will be left to the court. Last Thursday his Honor plainly stated that he would consider such a production an outr: i a violation of law and a menace to ts of the defendant and would use in his power to stop it and to vroducers. s supposed, therefore, that Judge t is | Murphy will at once make an order, upon | the presentation of the affidavit, giving | notice to the managers of the company and all concerned in the production to re- frain from giving the play, at least during the pendency of the trial. This will be in the nature of a warning; one, however, which the receivers thereof will ao well not to disregard. The consequences will | be something swift and painful. “Should the people who have the pro- duction in charge,’’ said District Attorney Barnes yesterday, “ignore the order of the court Iam certain that they will be placed in jail. The court, if it takes theaction which 1t_signified it would do in the premises, will undoubtedly see that the officers are on hand at the theater on Monday night. Should the management go ahead, un- mindful of the order of the court, the mo- ment the curtain rises on the first scene everybody in the house, management, playersand spectators, will be placed under arrest. “As I understand the matter, the court has more extraordinary powers in such a case than it would have in_an ordinary contempt. in which he would be limited by a fine of $500 or five days in jail, or both. The contempt in the case of the production of the play would be continuous and each separate attempt at giving a performance could and undoubtedly wouldjbe construed into a separate offense and punished as the court willed, pending the trial of the case.”’ That is all there is to it, but in view of this gloomy prospect it is bardly likely that the plavers will insist, despite the fact that their startling posters have cost money and are still swaying to the breeze. Over in the Broadway jail Durrant, the man about whom all this action is taking place, was calm and confident of the out- come of the trial. “I see I am catching it in the papers,” he said, ‘‘for my impassive demeanor in court. Itis hard to please everybody. If 1 should put on a long face, they would say I had lost hope, and if I looked bright, they would charge me with flippancy. So I try to take a course midway between the two, and still I catch it. I suppose, though,” he added philosophicaily, “a ccused as I am should expect such things. “The trial? Well, it has scarcely begun, and I suppose most people consider the preliminary work of getting a jury very slow. Ifind 1t very interesting and have listened to all the questions asked by the lawyers on both sides. The answers are interesting, too; but isn’t it surprising that so many peovle will form opinions and draw conclusions when they have heard only one side of a case? “The two jurors? Well, as to them, I suppose, I ought to have nothing to say. From their answers I believe &:ey will weigh all the evidence and give me a fair trial. AllI want, you know, isa jury of twelve men, possessing ordinary common- sense, who will listen to all the testimony before forming their judgment. “The witness Clark? 1 may know him and I may not. I am acquainted with three or four Clarks in the City, and he may possibly be one of them. .. ““His first name, however, does not recall itself to my memory asthat of one of my ac- quaintances. It brings with it to my mind absolutely no identity. I suppose, how- ever, he may have seen me at the jail.” ““The revelation of the fact that General Dickinson had such a witness has caused some surprise,” was suggested. ““There will be more surprises before the trial is over,” remarked Durrant. “We will convince the public of my innocence, and that wili be a surprise,” he added, then laughed merrily at the witticism. Park Music To-Day. The following attractive programme for the open air concert in Golden Gate Park to-day has been prepared: “Friedensmarsch sus Rienzf’ Overture, “‘Jolly Robbe: Pesther Waltz...... Cavatina, “Frelschutz” . y Paraphrase”. Caprice, “Awakening of the Lion". Soft Soap vs. Borax. The old-fashioned soap used to be murderous to all color, and the new-fashioned Borax is a preserver of it. The former was inconvenient and hurt the hands; the latter is refined and heals the nands. The soft soap gave trouble, was offensive and took space and fuss to pre- pare; the modern cleanser, Borax, is simple to use, s delicate and convenient at all times— ‘Toledo Journal, Statement Made by the Foun- der of the Polytechnic School. WOULD REMODEL THE EDEED. An Institution to Help Poor Boys and Girls to Learn Useful Vocations. “It was the third time in three years that I had visited the school,” said Dr. H. D. Cogswell, the noted philanthropist, re- ferring to his recent appearance at the opening exercises of the Cogswell Poly- technic College, that was founded and lib- erally endowed by the man whose name it bears. Besides the 260 scholars entered for the coming term, there were a number of vis- itors present at the exercises. Dr. Cogs- well made a speech at that time which set forth at some length the difficulties that had beset his path in getting the institu- tion placed on a firm business basis. It The instructors are as follows: % fi Bué:hnnuh M.E.... o plr'llnczp\!{ . May Cogswel ce-princ; W. B. Clark, M.A. matgamlr:'i& Arthur Kilgore, & iy ....... assistant in e and mathematics 7. Milo Griten, M AL oo e 47 Aod eeriiesasass sculpture, carving and modeling T. 3. Allan (naval fmhu’ecn g Siay Gomechanical drawitig and design o swell. - ant S| Miss Ada F. Brown., o S ..sewing, millinery and cooking & Patterson Color *‘The Cogswell College is intended to combine literary and scientific studies with practical training in the mechanical artfi and kindred industries,” said Dr. Cogs- well. 1t seeks to educate both mentally and manually. The aim is to give the students a good general training in practical science, mathematics and such studies and occupa- tions that will enable them to earn their living in after life. _“The school, shop and laboratory exer- cises teach principles. The students learn these principles, apply, combine and con- struct from them. ~If they can successfully construct in the school-shop or laboratory, they can in the shop of commerce. The size and scope of work is necessarily limited in the school, but, teaching principles that apply universally, it requires only judg- ment and self-reliance in order mgrnsp the greater problems of industry and techni- PIONEER HENRY D. COGSWELL. was 2 significant statement of the doctor’s attitude toward the institution, as well as in the case now pending in the courts for the possession and control of the college. This speech was as follows: Ladies and_gentlemen, teachers and pupils: I am pleased to meet you here this morning, which is the third time I have visited this Elnce for the past three years, as it is well known that my former trustees leased this fir(merly to the Board of Education or School oard for three years at $1 per vear after cre- a debt at bank of $72,000, which I had to pay by the sale of my property. By the advice of my attorney at the end of this tnree years’ lease I took peaceable possession of the prop- erty. Then ex-Judge Levy took forcible posses- sion by putting in & keeper at §5 per day, with pistol, to prevent me from entering the prop- erty under pain of death. This course disgusted me, together with the management of the trustees that I had appointed to help me carry out my plans. After they had atcepted their positions from me, alone, as provided by deed of trust, I was told by them that they were a majority and were in for life, and would do as they pleased, without regard to the wishes of myself and wife; hence the expensive law suits for the past seven years. My trustees never run the college to exceed two years, exclusive of the three years’ lease as referred to, while there passed through their hands about $154,000 since the opening of the school, and when my litigation to oust them ended, out of the above sum handled by them there was found to be the sum of $2500 re- mainingin the treasury. Fifty thousand dollars of thissum Iadvanced 1o build a brick building, besides some $10,000 extra, where mfl{tn.me buildings, like our best school buildings, were contemplated. The total sum called f:r by the trust deed was only $50,000, I bein; desirous of doing the best thing of the klns ever done, and being willing to wake my chances of getting back the advances then ating made. Let me here ask if this looks like a con- spiracy to cheat the dear people out of the fiu I bad volunterily made for the good of the ublic. P'Will here say, my object was to remodel the trust deed, and on the principle of ‘“like beget- ting like” will incidentally remark that the City may credit me with the amount of the $540,000 given by James Lick and the $400,- 000 given by Mr. Wilmerding; also the million more or less given by Mrs. Charles Lux, all for these trade schools, of which I was first in the field. All these were personal friends of mine, who had this scheme for more than twenty years before I was able to demonstrate it. We were all of the old school, and are not likely to be outdone by those Californians who shall come aiter us, while the liquor question, horse racing and pugllism take first rank. Let me here remark that when this school was first opened, some of the principal daily papers had some half a dozen lines referring to it, and s whole column devoted to a fight which came off the same day. The sort of school intended by my wife and myself was first meant to benefit the class, who, like myself, had the battle of life to fight alone, commencing at the age of eight, with poor health, without friends, money or family g:esflge, and never having had thé benefit of ing under the roof of a district schoolhouse more than a hundred days, as your schools are now, except when teaching a district school with seven young 1-d¥ assistants, it being the leading school out of sixteen, taking our ex- amination in competition with twelve others S_hls was in 183’7£in the town of Sandy Creek, tate of New York. I predict that it will take & more courageous man than myself, in future, to try a similar experiment and jeopardize a million dollars, the result of forty years’ accu- mulation, one-third of whichhas been wasted. In conclusion, let it be known that my_ wite and myself desired_to give credit to San” Fran- cisco for what we intended to be a benefit to our adopted City and State, for a trade school for poor children, to helfi them to earn their own living, also for public drinking fountains, which have been neglected and thrown away, and we find that we have made ourselves ol jects of envy by doing too much; hence come the past misrepresentations and former perse- cution. “I do not care to_talk any further about these things at this time,’ said the doctor yesterday. “What I had to say was said in the speech at the opening exercises. However, I do not wish any false impres- sions to f;nm currency in this matter. Mrs. Cogswell and myself mean to keep the scLool running if we are snccessful in gain- ing possession of it. Our plans were to es- tablish a school there that should last as long as the world stands. We have not changed in this regard. We still mean that this school shall be open for all time to goor and deserving scholars. We have had reasons enough to be displeased with the previous management of the institu- tion, and it is only that we may repair the wrongs that have been done to the school in the past that we now desire to obtain possession of it again. ‘“You may say that we are well satisfied with the present management of the col- lege, and that the trustees and educators there will have our he: co-operation in every matter that is for the welfare of the college. We desire it to be a help for the children of poor people, and to thatend we have made tuition and other costs as light as possible.”’ The present trustees are: Dre . D.1$100; Andrew C. Sirels, §100. cality. The mental training required should give good judgment and establish reliance. *The institution supplies or teaches more than a manual training course. The students are to obtain a knowledge and skill that will enable them to compete with the ngpren'.ices of equal-time experience elsewhere in handicrafts, and lead them mentally, because of the general training they receive in the academic work.” Dr. Henry D. Cogswell, the donor and founder of this munificent gift to the boys and girls of California, was born in the town of Tolland, Conn., in 1820. His an- cestors were among America’s earliest pioneers. His ancestral lineage may be traced to Lord Humphrey Cogswell, 1447, whose coat of arms the doctor cherishes with pride, and the motto ‘““Nec sperno nec timeo” (I neither despise nor fear) is still his own. Mrs. Caroline E. Cogswell, his wife and helpmate, was born in Providence, R. I. coming from that stern old New Englan stock that loved liberty, industry and_vir- tue above all things. Her father was Ruel Richards, an esteemed manufacturerin her native town, where her girlhood days were spent in the quiet influence of a Christian home. At the early age of 8 years, weak in phy- sique, but strong in determination, Dr. Cogswell went forth to fight the battle of life alone. The first rudiments of educa- tion, reading, writing and arithmetic, were acquired under the most adverse circum- stances, mostly after his daily toil was done, by seli-study and the light of a blaz- ing fire or tallow candle. These hardships, or what seemed evils, were the source of his beneficent gift to the young people of California. + As time Eussed, by diligence, persever- ance and the help of a coun school- master, headvanced to theaspired position of a teacher himself, and forone year acted as principal, with seven lady assistants, His next ambition was to be a professional man. He chose dentistry, at which he rapidly advanced, and in the year 1845 was master of his profession and well estab- lished in business at Providence, R. I., in 1846, where he married Caroline E. Richards. It was the discovery of gold in 1849 that brought the doctor to these shores. He arrived in October of that year in the ship Susan G. Owens, and at once_began a mer- cantile business in the mining regions that proved successful. He soon tired of this, however, and returned to San_Fran- cisco to practice his profession. He has lived here ever since, and by adherence to his favorite motto of “temperance and in- dustry” he built up the large fortune that has enabled him to carry out his philan- thropic inclinations. ENDEAVORERS OOMPROMISE. The Young People of Dr. Brown’s Church Peaceably Inclined. The differences between Dr. C. 0. Brown and some of the young people of the Christian Endeavor Society bid fair to end by the adoption of the reverend gentle- man’s plans in reference to the society. The pledge which each active member takes to perform certain devotional duties each day and at the weekly meetings of the society will be made voluntary instead of compulsory, as heretofore, by an amend- ment to the constitution. The superintendent of the Sunday-school will be & member of the executive com- mittee, a new president of the Union Endeavor Society will be appointed and James Mason will after awhile return to his allegiance to the society, At least that is what most of the members predict. The members feel very strongly in re- gard to the pledge which Dr. Brown prac- tically purposes to abolish, for with that eliminated from the constitution the bars will be let down, so that almost any one can enter without regard to qualification for Christian work. Dr. Brown refuses to_make any state- ment in regard to the difficulty. ————————— New Incorporations. The Pacific Laundry Machinery Company has been incorporated with $575 subscribea on 8 $100,000 capital stock, as follows: James B. Merritt, $250; Joseph F. Forderer, 8250; Al- bert Kahn, %?l%: ‘Webb Van Slyke, $25; H. A. Thompson, g Another corporation formed yesterday is the San Francisco Furniture Manufacturing Company, with its capital stock placed at 100, and $12,000 actually _subscribed. he shareholders are: Charles J. Bruschke, 100; Henry T. West, §5000; Elmore C. Lei- ngwell, §100; Ferdinand 0. Brusohke, $100; uule. C. Bruschke, flooo: Georgie Malcolm, The Civic Federation to Bring Suit Against These Officials. “THE CALL'S” WORK INDORSED. Secret Meetings Will Be Held Next Week by the Executive Com- mittee of the Soclety. The Civic Federation has formulated a n}ode of action to fight municipal corrup- tion, un_d especially that of the Solid Eight. At the_lr meeting on Friday evening an executive committee was appointed com- posed of the following gentlemen: G.T. Gaden, W. W. Case Jr., Irwin J. Truman, Wallace Bradford, Dr. Dille, Dr. McClish and D. Gilbert Dexter. This committee has been instructed to proceed at once and secure eyidence against the Solid Eight. A committee of lawyers has been appointed to consult with the executive board. These ]nwygrs. yvhosa names are not to be made public, will meet the executive committee at a secret meeting next Tuesday. ‘G'. T. Gaden, the central figure of the Civic Federation, was seen at his home last evening. When asked if the society had decided what course they would take in their projected suit against the Solid Eight he stated that the members had de- cided not to make public their plans. He stated that three prominent attor- neys had been engaged by the society to consult with the executive board and pre- pare papers necessary for the bringing of any suit against corrupt officials in behalf of the society. ‘*I do not positively state,”” he continued, ‘““that these Nupervisors are corrupt— though 1 have my private opinion. These men, however, wiil be given an opportu- nity to clear themselves. If they have acted according to law then proceedings will be dropped. Our attorneys will advise us fully on that point. “I do not think that the society should at present enter into a war on dives and sa- loons. There is bigger game than that to be bagged at present. The Civic Federation is Eere to fight municipal evils, the more prominent being the Supervisors, the streetcar company officials and the Coroner's office.” At the Friday evening meeting the fol- lowmfi) resolution indorsing the stand taken by THE CALL was presented by G. F. Gaden and adopted unanimously: We, the members of the Civic Federation, de- sire to express our appreciation of the work done by THE CALL in_behalf of municipal re- form and the noble efforts of that great news- paper in exposing the corruption o?the Super- visors; that in our estimation THE CALL is absolutely a paper exercising an influence for good and in every sense a paper that represents the opinion of the best citizens of San Fran- cisco. > A prominent gentleman of the Civic Federation, who does not desire to have his name mentioned, when asked as to his opinion concerning the proposed suit against the Solid Eight, stated : I do not think the Civic Federation will ever be much of a potential factor in San Francisco politics until it devotes more time to hard work and less to advertising. 1t deals too much in the future tense and is too fond of dealing. with social evils. The practical method of uncovering cor- ruption is to raise a sum of money and employ two or three men to give their un- divided attention to the work. ‘At present the Civic Federation is an undiciplined body. There are ways of un- covering the corruption of San ¥rancisco, It requires hard work with skilled and honest men, but it cannot be done through advertising their plans.” The executive committee of the society will meet every day next week. - The place of meeting wil{ be changed daily, in order, if possible, to elude the press reporters and keep the transactions secret. EX-SENATOR - WILSON. He Is in New York Seeking to Dispose of His Mexican Mining Prop- erty. There is not much mystery surrounding the movements of J. N. E. Wilson, for- merly State Senator and Insurance Com- missioner of California. His mine in Mexico is situated about 150 miles east of Mazatlan, on the coast, and 150 miles west of Domingo, on the railroad. He paid the men employed on the 1st of July, and tele- graphed to his father, Joseph Wilson, in this City, that he would leave there on July 3 for the East. Again, on July 13, he telegraphed to his family from Laredo that he was on his way to New York. He isex- pected to return to San Francisco as soon as his business affairs in New York are ad- justed. His wife says that she has no knowledge or belief that she and their child have been deserted. He left here on May 25 for Mexico and is expected to return soon. Mr. Wilson has puta great deal of his own money and the money of othersin the mine, and now since the value of the proEerty has been demonstrated he is probably trying to sell it for what it is worth. At least that is the belief which his father and wife entertain. . —— The Water Decision. To the Editor of the Call—Sir: The decision of Judge Ross in the Wright irrigation law case was necessary to complete the foolish and disastrous decision of the California Supreme Court that gave occasion to the enactment of the Wright bill. For thirty-five years the Legislature of Cali- fornia had been enacting laws to govern the distribution of the waters of the State. With- out a single exception all these laws were founded on the uprlnclple of l{pmpnufion. which regards all the waters of the natural streams as the property of the State, and in which not one word was ever used which could be tortured into acknowledging the existence of the riparian principle, which regards all the waters of the natural streams as the private E:(:&elny of the owners of the land along their In a ceriain famous Kern County case the Supreme Court, after briefly disposing of the one issue on appeal, went out of its way to render a decision on a matter which was not ‘before it for adjudication. In this part of the decision, which was really only go much irrelative dicta of the court, the Engeltsh common law of riparian rights was fastened on the State, the legislation of the people on irrigation was made null an void and the hurtful declaration pro- mulgated that California is bound ot only by the English common law as it ex- 1sted in 1776, but also by all the changes which the English Government has made in it trom that time to the present day. The Wright irrigation law immediately fol- lowed this decision, and was the result of the indecent haste of a lawyer to clinch an unjust decision of the Supreme Court. That decision took the water of the State from the Eeople and ve it toprivate owners. The Wright law was ntended to enable the people of the State to buy back at a fair price the water which had been taken from them by invoking the law of eminent domain. The decision of Judge Ross completes the foelishness by declmng that the m&\fx have not_the right to buy the waterata price under condemnation proceedings, but must stand at the meroy of the good will of the pri- vate owners of the water which falls from the clouds and results from the melung snows of the Sierras. . MARKS. Dos Palos, Cal., July 25, 1895. ———————— A Counterfeiter Discharged. The case against Minning Jones, the counter- feiter, was nolle prosequied by United States District Attorney Foote yesterday. Jones was tried . twice on a charge of passing counterfeii bills and on each occasion ghe jury disagreed. The evidence for the Government was not very strong, and as many of the witnesses for the Government had left the country Secret Ser- mfim f the Tre: H ted to e gtm: asury m:ueonun HOSIERY DEPARTMENT! NEW GOODS AT VERY LOW PRICES! At 25c a Pair. 150 dozen LADIES’ COTTON HOSE in tans and black. ) At 35c a Pair. 200 dozen LADIES’ COTTON HOSE in fast black and tans. At 50c a Pair. 200 dozen LADIES’ COTTON HOSE in fast black and tans. At 25c a Pair. 100 dozén MISSES’ COTTON HOSE (all sizes), fast black. At 50c a Pair. 75 dozen LADIES’ BLACK CASHMERE HOSE (extra quality). At $1.00 Each. 35 dozeh LADIES’ SWISS RIBBED VESTS AND DRAW= ERS (gray and white). At $1.00 Each. 50 dozen LADIES’ NATURAL WOOL VESTS'AND DRAW- ERS (all sizes). At $1.50 Each. 75 dozen LADIES’ EXTRA QUALITY FULL FINISHED MERINO VESTS AND DRAWERS. £~ Country orders recelve prompt attention. E& Goods dellvered free In San Rafael, Sausalito, Blithedale, Mill Valley, Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley. ’ ORPORATE, Ll 1892. o 111, 118, 115, 117, 119, 121 POST STREET. A MIDGET [N BLOOMERS, Miss Valentine Cornwell, the Youngest Cyclist in the World. She Is Three Years Old, and When on Her Wheel Is Not Three Feet High. The smallest of wheels, the tiniest of riders and the cutest thing in the way of a bicycle turnoutto be found in the City can be seen almost any day flitting up and down McAllister street, near Market. The rider is little Miss Valentine Larook Corn- well, the daughter of J. 8. Cornwell, man- sprockets are geared to thirty-six inches. 1t is nickel-plated, weighs ten pounds and was built in this City. Rider and wheel together do not stand three feet high. As vet she does not mount without assist- ance, but_once started the child is quite able to take charge of herself. BOARD OF HEALTH PLACES, Dr. Fitzgibbons Says That Democrats Will Get the Positions in the Department. The Board of Health will meet again early next week to declare some more va- cancies and fill them. Last evening Dr. Fitzgibbons said that there was no man employed in the Health Department in any capacity whatever whose place could not be acceptably filled by some other per- son. “It is the policy of the board,” he con- MISS VALENTINE LAROOKA CORNWELL, THE YOUNGEST RIDER IN THE WORLD. ager of the Waverly agency, and the wheel is one made especially for her. Little Miss Cornwell enjoys the distinc- tion of being the youngest and smallest cyclist in the world. She is three years and four months old and can manage her wheel with much of the skill and all of the confidence of a veteran. She has been rid- ing two weeks. At first it was uphill work, for the baby’s mind could not grasp the principle of equilibrium, but, as she says herself, it came to her suddenly, and brushing aside the hands that steadied her she commenced to cut figures of eight and erapevines on her own hook. She was nearly a week Ienminq; but she kept at it, and Jast Sunday she had the privi- lege of ridingin the park. Arrayedina little tailor-made bloomer costume of red, with a sailor waist, trimmed with white, and a jaunty little red cap, the midget fol- lowed her father as far as the bandstand and back; nor did he have to away slowly in order that she might ees up. To-day she will be out again, escorted by fourteen of the men from the store. They call her the “Waverly Mascot”’ and expect to create a sensation when she leads them over the park roads. The wheel ridden by the diminutive cy- clist is a curiosity in its way. It is very small as to height, but as the parts are from_ ordinary stock it has a heavy look, and weighs more than it should were it proportioned in every way. The wheels are fifteen inches in diamether, with clincher tires and ball bearings. The frame is twelve inches deep, and the tinued, *‘to caucus before going into regu- lar session. We have yet to appoint a Market Inspector, Superintendent of the Almshouse, Superintendent of the City and County Hospital and quite a number of inspectors.” The doctor was asked if the report was authentic that the present Market In- spector, who is a Republican, would be re- tained on account of his fitness, and to this question responded: “This is a Demo- cratic administration and it is our pur- ggse to select Democrats to fill the places. e have not yet agreed on any man for Market Inspector, and the matter will not be settled until we caucus. A strong ef- fort is being made to keep the Market In- spector and the Superintendent of the Almshouse in their respective places.’” ‘“Has there been any unfavorable com- ment on the action oty the board in ap- pointing your brother as Assistant Physi- cian?” The doctor repliea in the negative, say- ing: “I offered to withdraw tge appoint- ment if any one else cared forit. My brother is a_young man and the position paysonly $75 a month. It is simply a graduate’s position.” \ ————————— Explosion in a Quarry. Through the premature explosion of a blast in Warren & Malley’s quarry on the Sen Bruno road yesterday afternoon William Jones, fore- man, and John Hoffman were badly injured, When the explosion occurred Hoffman was close to the spot and was thrown several feet by the concussion. His right hip was dislos cated, his scalp cut and his hands, face and body badly burned. Jones escaped with severs burns on the hands and face. Both men were taken to the Receiving Hospital.