The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 31, 1895, Page 10

10 THE SA FBANC[SCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1895. RETURN OF THE MONTERE | The South American Cruise Was a Veritable Pleas- ure Trip. HER SPLENDID BEHAVIOR. Fallure of the Ward Coll Bollers. They WIIl Probably Be Taken Out. The United States steamer Monterey, Captain Higginson, arrived yesterday from her long cruise down the coast to Peru. She left this port April 11, reached Callao M: 0, and departed from that place July 9, steaming north. The noble vessel was received everywhere with the utmost cordiality by the people of the Spanish-American countries. Contrary to the expectation in some quarters she was quite comfortable in-the :ropics and not the hot iron tank antici- pated. A splendid system of ventilation kept the temperature of the fireroom and compartments below deck cool and health- ful. The officers speak in the highest terms of their steamer, and the crew to a man are in love with the gallant coast defender. Big 10-inch “Betsey and her mate’ look as when they first poked their ht tubes out of the forward fur- turret are equally werthy members uartet of steel Amazonsthat crouch for battle on the deck of the Monte- But of the Ward coil boilers down in fireroom no such favorable report can b They are practically a failure so far. Their peculiar construction—a large coil of hot-water pipes circling many tiines nd central drum—inside of the r practically the furnace, makes v and often, and they canno cadily repaired. The tubes of an ordinary boiler con- structed for the passage of heat through the water are from their position little likely to be damaged and may be cleaned ed without much difficulty if out The Ward boilers, which are a nprovement over others because be generated in them about 40 per cent quicker, have not been brought to an efficiency that will stand the wear and constant use. Those on the Mon- were constantly out of order. The were plugged and patched, only to ave a leak started in another place, often far up among the thick rings of pipe, vhere the labor of repairing was most To add to the inefficiency of the boilers the condensers were not in good order and the leaking ot salt-water into the coils laid e crust on the inside of the piping that sometimes choked it up completely and as it could not be washed or_scraped from its place of lodgment the coil burned Ward boilers—the invention of :n of that name—were placed in the Monterey as an experiment and their de- ficiency in nowise detracts from the excel- lency of the coast defender’s construction. The long sea trip of the vessel fully dem- 3 he need of improvement in nlars. A complete report has been sent to Wash- ington and the steamer will be ordered to Mare Island, where extensive repairs will be made, the four boilers being taken out for that purpose or removed and Scotch boilers substituted. The officers of the Monterey are: Captain, Francis J. Higginson; lieutenant- comma! Pendieton; lieutenants— James iam R. A. . Fo Leipe: Gilmer. L. A. Bostwick and and Harry George Ww. A. L. Willard; chief engineer, W. B ast assistant engi neers—J.’ N, Pi F. Leopold; p master, J. K. Stanton; surgeon, R. Whitn assistant surgeon, C. P. Bages: pay clerk, Oliver Haskett; gununer, J. R. Ward; and car- penter, W. Burke. C; in Higginson will be detached next Tuesday, his two years of sea service hav- ing expired, and will be relieved by Cap- tain Francis Ka Lieutenant-Comman- ne. der Pendleton and Ensign Bostwick will also be detached from the vessel soon. PAULIST WISSON WORK Father Hedges Arrives From New York to Begin It on This Coast. He WIill Give Novel Missions to Non-Catholics in Halls and Schoolhouses. Rev. S. B. Hedges, C. 8. P., a Paulist v, arrived in this City from New sday, accompanied by Rev. 8. . He will begin his missionary on the Pacific Coast immediately and keep traveling constantly from one town to another in pursuit of his undertaking. Father Hedges is one of the ablest mis- signaries in the Paulist Society, a magnetic Rev. 8. B. Hedges. roan, forcible and eloquent asa preacher and a most zealous priest. He has circu- lated _through the Eastern States, through New England and the South, making his western limit along the Mississippi for several years. And now, in conjunction with. other enthusiastic members of his order, he will traverse the western half of Anmerica, occasionally going beyond the Rockies as far eastward as Nebraska. While the' missions on this side will be mainly among: Catholics Father Hedzes will give lectures and hold misgions among, non-Catholic people throughout the coun- try just as Father Elliott has been doing in Ohio and Iilinois, introducing a very novel method which has pleased theau- diences who have gathered to hear these men discourse on doctrinal subjects. *‘We will organize permanently our mis- sions on this coast,” said Fatber Hedges yesterday. ‘‘Before I came here four mis- sions were arranged for,in Hollister, Ne- vada- City; Carson: Oity and Marysville, These wflvl keep,us going untiliNovember, when we shall go to Los Angeies. There are five fathers in the San Francisco branch of our society now, but once we begin our mission work two or three of us will be away from home nearly all the time. ‘“‘Another work which we have very much at heart and which we are doing in the East is our mission to the non- Catholics. In this our desire is simply to present an intelligent idea of Catholic doc- trine, which we teach, and let fair-minded people Teason it out for themseives. We ask if it is reasonable, intelligible, serip- tural,and we claim itis. Our purpose is not to make proselytes to the Catholic chureh, but to teach Catholic Christianity from a Catholic standpoint. We hold no controversies; we don't controvert, but intend simply to give kindly, frank and honest information. *‘The practical business of it is this: We rent a Enll or secure a schoolhouse for these meetings. The service geonsists of the Lord’s prayer and reading of scripture, after which a lecture is given. At the door a box with a slot in the lid is placed and we ask anybody who has a question for us to write it on a slip of paper and drop‘it into the box. Then the box i ried up to the platform and the ques are read and answered before the audience. This usnally occupies about thirty min- utes. The Jectures are upon such subjects. as ‘What do Catholics Believe in Regard to Holy Scriptures?’ ‘Future Life; What Becomes of Our Dead? ‘The Divinity of Christ—Christ as Man and as God,” “The Historic Church,’ ‘Can Man Forgive Sin?’ ‘Duty to Our Neigh- bors, the Charity of Religion,” ‘The Eu- charist; What Is Meant by Holy Com- munion.’ _There are other subjects, of course, and they occupy a man about a week. 'Everywhere we have held these| meetings in the East the halls were packed and it was astonishing to see the interest taken in what we had to tell.” WHITEMAN 1S SENTENCED Nine Years in Prison the Brilliant Young Forger. for The Pinkertons Declare That the Prisoner Is a Notorlous Criminal. Alonzo J. Whiteman, the young man of brilliant attainments, former honors and departed wealth who was recently con- victed in Judge Wallace's court for forgery, was sentenced yesterday to nine years in prison. And the closing day of the case was not without its dramatic features. Whiteman, deserted by his attorneys, represented him- self, but he only further convinced the court of his-abilities. The prisener had seemed tc be in a fair way of getting out of the difficulty. He had presented an affidavit that the Frank Dixon check was genuine, but Assi District Attorney Black had several affi vits from the Chicago Pinkertons day, declaring that the supposed Frank Dixon is probably an accomplice of W hite- man, and that Whiteman is a criminal with a very bad record. William Pinkerton is the author of one of the affidavits, and he says: 1 know A.J. Whiternsn, the defendant, and T have never known in my whole experience in the police business a more plausible talker than the said Whiteman. As a liar he s & phe- nomenon. As to his talk about his having been an honored representative in Minnesota, that is groundless. He wes at one time & member of the State Senate in that State. He gambled -or pated away $200,000 or 00,000 which he inherited. Then he became noted as a professional swindler, being wanted in Nashville, Tenn., Chicago, London and in the City of Mexico. In every case the charge of forgery was against him. One Robert Knox, who was convicted in the City of Mexico about three years ago for swin- dling a jeweler out of $20,000 worth of dia- monds through a bogus check, wes & pal and associate of Whiteman. Harry Conway, ar- rested by my Chicago office nearly a yeer ago and sent to Joliet for forgery, was a catspaw in the hands of Whiteman. From my knowledge of Whiteman I consider him a scoundrel and & professional confidence man, an able forger. His ingenuity for getiing money out of & bank is not surpassed in the countrs. Iknow of no more polished vagabond outside of the walls of & prison. His rat Dansville,N.Y., has extricated him from different difficulties and nearly ruined he: financially by so doing, and asa last resort he repaid her kindness by an attempt to tlackmail her, The man is thoroughly heert- less and has no regard for the truth. The Conway here mentioned signed an affidavit at Joliet penitentiary that he com- mitted a $50,000 forgery at Whiteman'’s in- stigation and in the statements were alle- gations of various crimes. When the affidavite had been read Whiteman moved that the affidavits be stricken from the files, but his motion was denied. Mr. Black offered to show that the Dixon affidavit was a forgery, but Whiteman’s objection fo that was sus- m'iv(\ied. The motion for a new trial was de- nied. Whiteman then made a brief address. “I will appeal to the Supreme Court for the justice which I believe has been denied me here,” he said. As Thope for justice on the last day, T swear now before heaven 1 never committed this forgery; but when sentence is pronounced my life will be ruined as badly as it cen, so it mat- ters not what the term may be. I would scorn to plead for merey by informing your Honor that in a distant Eastern town a white-haired mother waits for the electric messenger to an- nounce the result of this proceeding, and that at her feet is a prattling babe 100 young to realize the position of its father. I would scorn to plead for mercy, for I am innocent. Thou- sands of dollars have been spent to prevent me from returning to New York to give testimony in an important case. 1 am confident that in time my innocence will be proved. Judge Wallace fixed the sentence at nine vears. He granted a thirty days’ stay of execution to permit Whiteman to prepare an appeal. man; Sentences of Several Criminals. Thomas Hanley, convicted of robbing Pietro Zaput, a Brannan-street restaurant man, of $2, was sentenced by Judge Wal- lace to twenty years in prison. John Creely, for burglary at A. Wolff’s house on Linden avenue, pear Van Ness avenue, received a fifteen-year sentence. Other sentences pronounced by Judge Wallace are: *‘Dink” Wilson, for bur- glary at Neuburger, Reiss & Co.’s store, four years; Fred Cruse, swindling on the half interest plan, four years; Washington Frank, forgery, seven years, SWINDLING HOUSEWIVES. A Clever Rogue Who Works on the Credulity of Women. A slick swindler has been working the old employment agency dodge on confiding housewives during the past few days, and has succeeded in getting small amounts of money in several cases. _He called at the house of F. Metje at 1329 Natoma street on Monday last, and said that he was a friend of her husvand, and had secured the latter a Iucrative position. He asked Mrs. Metje for $2 50 to hold_the fib until he could see her hushand. Mrs. etje replied that her husband did not want the position, as he already had one that suited him, but finally gave the man $2 50. Her husband did not know the man. The same individual -called on Mrs. Turner, 831 Treat avenue, and said he was from an employment agency, and for $5 would get her husband a position as jani- tor at $90 per month. She gave him the money and has not seen him since. The swindler is described as a man about 25 years of age, a smooth, full face, blue eyes and light hair. He wears dark clothes and isa fluent talker. The police are on the lookout for him. The Most Sensitive Thing on Earth Is a human nerve. This in a state of health. Let it become overstrained or weakened and the sen- sitiveness is increased tenfold. For weak or over wrought nerves Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is the best tonic In existence, since 1t invigorates and quiets them at the same time. It also possesses 'superiative eflicacy in dyspepsia, constipation, malarial and kidney complaints, rheumatism and neuralgle. FEVER FROM THE MARSH, Dr. Wemple Makes a Com- plaint About the Mission Bay Swamp. SOUTHERN PACIFIC OWNS IT. Inspector Kinne Interviews Attor- ney Ryan of the Rallroad Company. Dr. Emmet L. Wemple of the Potrero, who recently purchased 60 by 100 feet on the northeast corner of Kentucky and Napa streets from the Southern Pacific, in- tending to put up a $16,000 two-story brick building there, has complained to Health Officer Lovelace of numerous cases of typhoid malaria, caused by the stagnant water of the Mission Bay marsh. Inspector Kinne called upon the rail- road company, which owns the marsh and contemplates making it its terminal grounds some day. He saw Attorney E. B. Ryan, and that gentleman explained that the condition of the marsh was due feited. 3 3 b “We shall certainly be content with nothing short of a forfeiture of the fran- chise or a resumption of the streetcar ser- vice,” said C. W. Pope, chairman of the Scuth of the Park Improvement Associa- tion, yesterday, *‘and all reports to the contrary are untrue. ‘1 know, or rather I see by some of the newspapers, that there have been meetings of persons who claim to represent this dis- trict, and that they have signed a petition requesting the Market-street Company to furnish a morning and evening half-hourly service, ‘“‘These people have no authority to act for anybody but themselves, and when they pretend to represent the entire dis- trict they make claims to which there1s no foundation. “‘And besides this, we are satisfied—1 mean the members of the South of the Park Improvement Association — that many of zgose who signed this petition praying for the very thing that Viming wants to have the people contented with did so without knowing the full text of the document. Mr. Sweeney talked with some of those who signed the petition, and thev told him that if they had known the real purpose of the document their names would never have been put toit. Other members of this organization bave had the same experieuce, and we are prepared to say that the petition is not genuine, or that the names to_it were secured with- out a full knowledge of the text of the document, “It would appear that these separate meetings and so-called new-club organiza- tions were devised for the purpose of spht- ting u; the interests of the South of the Park district and playing into the hands Me‘tropolium Street Railway franchise for- 2 5 ~ : 5 3 Trize il 1 i OO | [ el j el R BT I STV |54 RIS e D A [ NS THE MISSION COVERED Ait THE TIMEA COVERED AT HiGh TIDE. BAY SWAMP. to the recent dredging of Channel street. The Pacific fmprovement Company has leased some ground there between Fifth and Seventh streets to the Union Lumber Company, the Pacific'Tank Company and Castner & Co., and the dredging was necessary to_make ground for those concerns. Mr. Ryan said he would call Assistant Manager Cartis’ at- tention to it, and would inform the Health Office of the railroad’s intentions Monday. ““We contemplate filling in the swamp sometime,’”’ he said. According to Mr. Kinne the water is actually green with stagnation. When the channel was dredged all the sinkage from the Brannan-street sewer was dumped into the swamp. This sewer drains the City all the way from Hayes Valley. A similar complaint was made to the Health Department a year ago last spring in the following way: We, the undersigned, property-owners of San Francisco, ask your honorable body to declare the district known as Mission Bay a public nuisance in its present condition, owing to the poisonous gases arising therefrom, causing it 1o be a menace to the public health of the City, and that it be filled in. (Signed) William Hollis, John T. Dare, Bank of California, A. Hayward, Wilson & Wilson, John Center, Claus Spreckels and George W. Gibbs. At that time it was proposed to have the City fill in with sand all the swamp land, consisting of 133 acres, covered by the Mission Bay. City Engineer Fitzhugh then estimated that it would require about 2.981,000 cubic yards of sand, and that it would cost about $300,000. G. H. Thompson, representing the Bank of California and the San Francisco and Fresno Land Company, George Center, representing John Center's interests, and E. H. Clark, representing the Real Estate Development Company and the Potrero Land Improvement Company, were all eager to have something done to abate the nuisance. The swamp district about which Dr. ‘Wemple more particularly complains is that bounded by Channel, Kentucky, Ninth and Mariposa streets. The grading of Kentucky street left it nooutlet. He suggests that a culvert be run somewhere under Kentucky street to the bay so as to allow the marsh to be partially purified by the ebb and flow of the tide. WANT ALL OR NOTHING, South of Park Citizens De- mand Streetcar Service or Forfeiture. Why the Market-Street Company Stopped Its Cars on Carl and Cole Streets. Members of the South of the Park Im- provement Association think they have discovered the real animus of the Market- street Railway Company in stopping the streetcar service on Cole, Carl and I streets, from Clayton to Ninth avenue. And this animus is described as being the desire of the Market-street Company to kill the boom that south of the park real estate is just now enjoying and divert public attention from that part of the City to the north side of the park. It is pointed out that the Southern Pacific people have no property interests on the south side of the park, while on the north side they have large holdings. Crocker, Huntington, the Hopkins and the Stanford estates own the Bay District tract, and the Market-street Company is interested in booming that section of the City. 'I};u property-owners south of the park have no objection to their neighbors on the north side enjoying a boom. They be- lieve that a boom in any part of the City would be beneficial to' the whole, and they are willing -to rest securely on the merits of their property for their own boom. But the discrimination against them theg do not like—nor will they submit without a 'tmfig]e that will at least bother the Southern Pacific officials a good deal. They consider it an outrage that they should be deprived of a streetcar service the franchise of which was granted with the distinct understanding that its opera- tion would be continuous for the benefit of the property-owners and residents of that district. Tuesday evening next a big mass-meet- ing will be held at the old Foresters’ Hall, 20 Eddy street. At that meeting a com- mittee will gmhbly be selected to make every possible effort to have the whole of what should be the common enemy. Perhaps this is not the case, but it cer- tainly looks so, and plays into the hands of the enemy. However, our club repre- sents all the large property-owners in the district, and we are determined to be quieted with no half-way measures. We want the full service or a complete relin- quishment of the franchise. There are lots of other people who would be glad to take that franchise and run cars every few minutes on it.” . Solomon Getz, the real-estate man, who is also a large property-owner in this dis- trict and a prominent member of the South of the Park Improvement Associa- tion, said he was satisfied that the mem- bers of the association would accept no compromise with the Market-street Com- any. . ‘““All the offers of compromise, such as increasing the service on the Ocean Beach steam road, or running a hali-hourly ser- vice on Cole, Clayton and Carl streets morning and evening, have come from Mr. Vining and his friends. Iunderstand that a few people who live out in the neighbor- hood and are anxious to stand well in the eyes of Mr. Vining are in favor of accept- ing these compromises, but I am unalter- ably opposed to them, and I know that this is the unanimous sentiment of the association. With us it is either the old fifteen minutes’ service or else a forfeiture of the franchise.” MECHANIOS' FAIR. Attendance Reached the Maximum Yes- terday—Evening of Wagner Music. The attendance at the Mechanics’ Fair reached its maximum yesterday. The Pavilion was thronged last evening, the ‘Wagnerian music by Scheel’s band firoving not only a strong drawing but holding card as well. That body of musicians dis- tinguished itself by its fine rendition of every number on the programme, To-day’s musical programme 18 as follows: AFTERNOON. March. “Park Sounds’ Medley, “Jolly Student Waltz, “American Student’ Cornet nia, Waltz, y 8", Selections trom “Kobin “Cavalry Charge” (descriptive EVENING. March, “Our Bloomer Overture, “Jolly Students” Waltz, ““American Student n; - Flugelhorn solo, *Trampeteer you Sackingen” i ..Neusser Pl F. Hell, Medley overture, “University of California” it .Toban! on Echoes’ Overture, “Academ “Jolly Fellows". Xylophone. solo rformed by J. Adderman Descripuive fantasie, “In the Clock Siore: _ Mr. Kendrick announced that an attrac- tion for next week will be a Chinese im- perial band. > THREE ATTEMPTS ON HER LIFE Mrs. M. Woodley Tries to Die by Drown- ing and Poison. Mrs. M. Woodley, a young woman, 20 years of age, who lives with her husband at 9 South Park, made three attempts to commit suicide yesterday. In the morn- ing she walked down to Folsom-street wharf and was about to jump overboard when a policeman, who was attracted by her strange actions, caught her and re- turned her to her home. Then she made a second attempt on her life. -She tried to swallow a quantity of rough-on-rats, which was snatched from her hand before she could succeed. Eluding the vigilance of those who were watching her, she again made her way to Folsom-street wharf and was caught a second time by a policeman as she was preparing to plunge into the water. . Mrs. d?ey was taken to the Receiv- ing Hospital, ‘where the Yhymcunu ro- nounced her mentally unbalanced and haa her put in a padded cell. She imagines she is suffering from various diseases, but is physically robust. TItalian Opera. . The Italian colony is greatly interested in the production of “La Traviata’” to be given at the California Theater to-morrow evening by the Italian Philharmonic So- ciety, Giuseppi Verdi. The best voices obtainable mfiparn’cipue and a large and fashionanle audience will undoubtedly bein attendance. The participants will be Sig- nora Carolina Beschieri, who. comes here with an _excellent European reputation; Dr. A. Hodghead of Berkeley, who has been studying in - Milan for a number of E“m; Miss Jennie Nicholson, and Signors . Almagia, Cesare Crespi, C. Vitalini, E. Merani and Hentra. TITLES ARE AFFECTED Judge Slack’s Decision on Street - Extension Law Causes Trouble. AN OLD ASSESSMENT REVIVED. In Extension Districts Land Titles Are Burdened With the Tax Fees. Since Judge Slack rendered a decision about three weeks ago declaring the act of March 23, 1893, providing for street exten- sions unconstitutional, exceptions have been taken by searchers of records, the Title Insurance Company and attorneys to deeds of transfer of land within districts affected by street-extension assessments. The result is that many buyers of real estate in those districts have become fright- ened and some transactions have been quite seriously influenced. As the matter stands at present no title in the assess- ment districts is taken as clear. The usual way of meeting the difficuity is to note an exception on account of the decision, inas- much as it affects the property to the ex- tent of a possible assessment, which was declared null by the Legislature, but has been revived most unexpectedly by Judge Slack. In some cases the amountof the assessment is deducted by agents from the purchase price and held pending a de- cision of the Supreme Court. Every lot inside the limits that were originally as- sessed may or may not have to pay from a few to a hundred dollars, according to the location. And so the matter rests. The property-owners don’t know “where they are at. '’ Should the Supreme Court sustain Judge Slack an additional burden of about $400,- 000 will be put upon the taxpayers owning land or real property in the street exten- sion distgicts. The expenses for widening and extend- ing streets as proposed under the exten- sion movement aggregated nearly $1,500,- 000. Including the Laguna survey, Mis- sion-street widening and the extension- of Seventeenth street it went far beyord this sum. A recapitulation of the various items for salaries, surveys, commissions, etc., gave the following: ‘Widening Misslon street... $156,978 94 Opening street through Laguna sur- y 161,275 75 85,767 16 clency— Mission street 1,977 70 Una survey. 10,857 00 Total.... S $366,840 55 To extend Sixteenth street L. 844,614 30 d Howard street. 83,650 00 d Post street. 101.750 15 To extend Nineteenth 120,444 45 402,000 00 To extend Market street. ty-seventh av To extend Potrero avenue. Total cost of projected widening and extension of streets......... $1,694,424 79 All the extension schemes excepting Market street have been revived pending the decision of the Supreme Court, which is awaited with anxiety by many property- owners and taxpayers in San Francisco. The proceedings had to open and extend streets in the Board of Supervisors were begun in most instances on petition of property-owners, many of whom, being speculators in real estate, desired to make successful business ventures in_the dispo- sition of their property. The Legislature at their bohest passed an act to enable city councils throughout the State to open and extend streets and to condemn and acquire property for that purpose. The power was given to appoint commission- ers, who in turn were empowered to incur such incidental expenses as they might have deemed necessary, the expense of each proceeding to be assessed upon the lots and lands deemed benefited within a district to be defined by the city council. The exercise of the powers granted under the act was such as to impose improper burdens upon owners of property, and its operation in San Francisco was not under- stood until the proceedings culminated in reports and assessments made by the Commissioners being completed and filed with the Board of Supervisors. The Legislature of 1893 passed an act, approved March 23, 1893, applicable to cities and counties containing over 40,000 inhabitants, enabling the city council to inaugurate proceedings to open, extend, etc., streets upon the petition of the own- ers of & majority of the frontage of the property to be taken for the opening or extending of a street. It also provided that when proceedings had been com- menced and objections made to the so- called improvements by the owners of a majority of the property of the frontage of all lands to be assessed for benefits, the city council might. after hearing the ob- jections, sustain the objections and stop all proceedings for the period of 12 months. The act gave the supervisors power to con- tinue any existing commission until its work was completed, but in all other cases declared the assessments, plats and reports null and void, andIrovided for refunding all money collected to the persons from whom it was taken. The Commissioners were also removed from oftice and the Mayor, Tax Collector and City and County Attorney constituted a board of audit to examine all the ac- counts and the salaries of the Commis- sioners with power to allow such amounts as might be just and reasonable, and to re- port these amounts and to whom payable to the Supervisers. The Supervisors were given power to provide for the payment of those sums in the tax levy, made after hearing of the report. Mrs. Helen A. Landers, who was inter- ested 1n seeing the Potrero-avenue exten- sion become a reality, entered suit against the Board of Supervisors for having an- nulled the Potrero commission. In her complaint she attacked the constitution- ality of the act of March, 1893. She repre- sented property along Potrero avenue from Serpentine to Army street. There were two similar cases from other inter- ested parties which abided by the decis- ion in Mrs. Landers’ suit. After tedious delays Judge Slack handed down his decision. In briéf he held that the act of 1893 was special legislation, be- cause it applied only to cities and coun- ties of 40,000 inhabitants and over; and being special legislation it was unconsti- tutional, because it applied to a case, to wit: eminent domain, where a general law could be made applicable, contrary to the constitution. The decision was an intense surprise to real-estate owners and dealers, and has Provet} a most disturbing element particu- arly in cases where nervous people are buying land in the large districts affected by the assessment. This is above and be- yond the prospect of an assessment in the near future of over $400,000, for Judge Slack’s abilty as a constitutional lawyer is highly respected among his colleagues, who expect that his opinion will be up- held by the Supreme Court. ''A PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER. She Is Dusky but Chic and Drives a Stunning Tandem. A dusky beauty is exciting a great deal of comment on the park boulevards on ac- count of the extreme fashions in which she indulges. Her identity was known to but few friends, and it has only recently be- come known that she is the daughter of Hippolyte, the negro President of Hayti. He sent her to Paris on_account of the political troubles threatening the republic, and committed her to the care of 2 friendly diplomat. She is very handsome, her fine profile being ndminfiy set oft by the dark color of her.skin. She drives a chic' tan- dem rig to the Bois de Boulogne every fair afternoon.—Philadelphia Record. NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. AST DAY aun (ihEA An idea of the OVERWHELMING REDUCTIONS at which ALL BROKEN LINES, ODDMENTS, ETC., are offered for clearance, can be obtained from the following SPECIMENS OF THE LINES TO BE FORCED OUT T0-DAY REGARDLESS OF SACRIFICE, MEN’S NECKWEAR and SHIRTSI 15 Cents. At 95 dozen MEN’S AND BOYS’ ALL-SILK NECKW. of tecks, four-in-hands and dress bows, in a var: R, made up in the newestshapes ty of new, stylish patterns, usually sold for 25¢ and 35¢, will be closed out at 15¢ each. At 45 Cen's. 25 dozen MEN'S FANCY PERCALE SHIRTS, made with deep yokesand laundered collars and cuffs (odd sizes), regular prices 75c‘and $1, will be closed out at 45¢c each. LADIES’ WAISTS! At 25 Cents. = LADIES’ WAISTS, laundried collar and cuffs, in fancy stripes and checks of blue, pink and tan, will be closed out at 25¢. 55 Cents. At LADIES’ LAUNDRIED SHIRT WAIST, in fancy stripes, checks and figures, full sleeves, yoke back, regular price $1, will be closed out at 55c. GLOVES! At 85 200 dozen LADIES’ BIARRITZ KID GLOVES GLOVES! Cents. (with 2 hooks at wrist), Foster, Paul & Co. make, in dark, medium and tan shades, good value for $1, will be closed out at 65¢ a pair. At B1.00. 75 dozen LADIES' 8-BUTTON LENGTH MOUSQUETAIRE DRESSED KID GLOVES, in dark and medium colors, also black, extra value for $150, will bet closed out at §1 a pair. RIBBONS! At 10O No. 12 2INCH ALL-SILK BLACK SATIN A closed out at 10c. At No. 16 214-INCH ALL-SILK BLACK closed out at 12%¢. 12y RIBBONS! Cents. ND GROS-GRAIN RIBBONS, will be Cents. SATIN AND GROS-GRAIN RIBBONS, will be VEILING! At 50O Cents a DOUBLE-WIDTH CHENILLE DOTTED TU brown, cream and black on white, worth $1, will VEILING! Yard. EDO VEILING, in black, navy, be offered at 50c a yard. LACE NECKWEAR! At BUTTER_POINT LACE YOKES, offered at $2 50 each. $2.50 Hach. with epaulettes of lace, regular price $5, will be Hket Streat, corner o Jones SAN FRANOISCOO. PARTNER OF THE KING. A Californian Secures Valu- able Concessions From Korea’s Ruler. The Concesslon Covers the Most Valuable Mining District In the Kingdom. One of the most important concessions ever gained by an American from a foreign government has just been secured by James R. Morse, formerly of San Fran- cisco, but more recently of New York and Yokohama, Japan, from his Royal High- ness, the King of Chosen, otherwise known as Korea. One feature that renders this concession of more than ordinary interest is the fact that Mr. Morse has not only gained control of the richest mining dis- trict in the kingdom for the independence of which China and Japan fought so sav- agely, but has been actually taken inasa partner by the King himseli. This is probably the first instance in modern history where the king of any country has deigned to Jook upon an ordi- nary mortal in any other light than as a menial, and it is the more remarkable coming from Korea. Forover thirty years enterprising Americans and Europeans have vainly endeavored to gain a foothold in the rich mining aistricts of the king- dom of Chosen, but until this concession to Mr. Morse every effort has been met with promises that never materialized or with flat refusals. The readers of THE CALL will remember a series of letters by Frank G. Carpenter, published in this paper about twelve months ago. In oneof these letters Mr, Carpenter discussed at length certain min- ing and railroad concessions which the American Trading Company sought to obtain from ‘the King.of Korea. Some- thing over three years ago Mr. Morse, then president of this company, persnaded the King to grant them exclusive mining and railroad rights throughout the entire kingdom for a period of fifty years. This concession was to have been signed on a given night at 12 o’clock, but half an hour after the appointed time Mr. Morse re- ceived the curt information that the King had concluded not to place his roya slamture to the coveted document. It afferward developed that the Queen, who hails from the household of the Emperor of the Flowery Kingdom, in some way heard of the proposed concession and forthwith put her precious little royal Chinese foot down on any such transaction. ‘When peace was finally restored be- tween China and Japan, Mr. Morse re- newed his efforts, though this time the American Trading Company was not in- terested in either his success or failure. ‘The result of this second attempt is briefly told in a letter bearing date of Yokohama, Japan, August 3, and addressed to his rother, M. H. Morse of this City. The etter in part is as follows: For some ¥Oll‘s past, as you know, I have been trying for & mining concession in Korea, and have at last secured for twenty-five years the best district in that kingdom. In 1885 Mr. ‘Townsend, who was at that time associated with me in business, visited the Nhusan mines by request of the King and reported them to be very rich. Some of the ore sentme was assayed here and went $7 50 gold per ton. He reported the mines easy of access, the ore soft and free milling, and with modern appliances they could be made to pay handsomely. “In fact, he pronounced the pince a perfect El Dorado, but as the Koreans had no machinery, not even ordiglry well pumps, they could not do ver: much mining on accountof the water, althoug] in their primitive way of working—bamng out the shafts by hand, none of which were over 50 feet- in depth—they managed to extract enough gold to pay them fair wages. Very re- ently—last month, in faci—this particular fim ict was made over by the Cabinet Minis- ters to his Majesty the King, for his sole benefit, and the King has made mé his “partner,” ad you will see by the inclosed copy of a docu- ment duly signed and lod in the United States legation safe at Seoul. Iwant a practical mining engineer to come out here and examine these mines—not a scien- tific ““cuss,” but & man who will take off his coat and use pick and shovel if necessary to get at the true inwardness of these mines, and at the snme time one who is capable of making an intelligentreport. It will be necessary for him to start at once in order to visit the aistrict be- fore snow falls, so please cable me as per in- closed code when he will start. The place is about 180 miles from Scoul, and it \\‘il( week on horseback to reach there. P Mr. Townsend, who lives in Korea, will a pany him. Every protection will be given t party by the Government, as one of the King's royal messengers will be sent along as & guar- antee that they will in no way be interfered ‘with. Mr. Morse has already secured a com- petent engineer, who will leave for the Orient on the steamer Peru when that vessel next sails. From a commercial standpoint this is one of the most important concessions ever secured in Asia. It not only cpens the way for future concessions, but it gives employment to American miners and allows the importation of American-made mining machinery free of duty. The arti- cles of copartnership between Mr. Morse and his Majesty, the King of Korea, read in part as follows Whereas, his Majesty, the King of Chosen iKDrel), is desirous of having the mines be- onging to the royal household developed ace cording to modern methods; now for that pur- pose he decrees and agrees: That he, through his Department of the Household, associates with himseif James R. Morse, an American citizen, and his assigns, as a company for the prosecution of this work, said association to be known as the Korean Development Cnmrlny‘ Said compeny shall have as a first privilege the right for twenty- five years from the date of this decree to de- velop and operate a gold mine or mines in the district of Nhusan, kingdom of Chosen. This mine or mines shall be selected by com- petent_engineers sent for the purpose by said James R. Morse, and shall include all terrtory within *he limits of said district of Nhusan. His Majesty the King of Chosen, through his Government, agrees to render said company all possible assistance in dealing with the native people and in affording rights of way for trans- ortation purposes. Americans shall be al- owed to be employed for work in these mines and their properties and they will be furnished passports and protection. All materials neces- sary for the use of said mine or mines may be imported free of duty, and further no taxes shall be levied on any of their properties. This document is signed by Kim Chon, Han, acting President of the Househol Desnnmem, bears the great seal of state an X TSU - is further witnessed by H. N. Al]en‘;‘ secretary of legation at Seoul. When th machinery and other necessary expenses are paid for out of the gold taken from these mines, all of which is stipulated in the contract, the net profits are to be di- vided in the Eroppmon of 3 to 1, Mr. Morse holding the bix end. San Francisco will, of course, be largely benefited by the opening up of Korea, for that is bound to follow clese upon the con- cession granted to Mr. Morse. Campanini writes of THE IDEAL TONIC «In cases of fatigue no reme= dy can so thoroughly be relied upon as the tonic and stimula= ting effects of ¢ Vin Mariani.’ ** Mailed Free. 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