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28 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1895. HUNTINGTON HOT YET OUT OF THE TOLS, That Annual Pass He Pre- sented to Stone Will Not Down. NEW EVIDENCE SECURED It Is Alleged That the Pass Was Actually Used for an Inter- state Trip. REFERRED TO WASHINGTON, Should the Attorney-General Fail to Act the Matter Will Be Pre- sented to Congress. C. P. Huntington may yet be compelled to answer before the bar of justice for hav- ing made Frank M. Stone 'the gift of an 1ual pass in 1894, despite the two in- ectual attempts that have been made to have him punished for the alleged viola- tion of the interstate commerce act in having issued such a pass. By yesterday’s mail there went to the Attorney-General of the United Stales a communication from George W. Monteith, who was in- strumental in bringing out the possession of a pass by Stone during the stnkers’ case a year ago, which indicates that the prosecution of the railroad magnate is to be sought until, if necessary, every avenue through which justice is usually meted out has been traveled. This communication briefly recites the history of the proceedings already had in this matter; attributes the failure to prose- | cute Mr. Huntington in this City to the attitade of United States District Attorney H. S. Foote and his assistant, Samuel Knight; charges that railroad influences control ‘many of the departments of the Federal Government in this City, and cites the recent intervention of the Government in the Railroad Commission as an in- stance of the exercise of this influence. It is then stated that new evidence has been secured to show without a doubt the use of the pass on an interstate trip. The Attorney-General is requested to employ special counsel, not in any way controiled by the railroad, to prosecute the matter, and the names of two such attorneys are submitted. 1n conclusion a broad inti- mation 1s given that should the Attornev- General notact j ried to Congress for investigation and determination. The full text of the letter follows: : 8ax FRANCISCO, Dec. 14, 1895. To the Hon. J: Attorney-General United S , D. C.—MY DEAR of the SIR: 1 at the present cution of C. P. Hun- the interstate com- on for a violation of merce law. e or th pose of this communication I shall hich I trust is_the fact; that your office will perform its whole duty in this matter, irrespective of the wealth of Mr. Huntington or the influences that he seems 10 be able to enlist in his behalf. 5 pon the 6th day of December, 1894, 8 poli- an by the name of Stone was called by the rnment as & witness in the case oi the United States vs. Cassidy et al.., commonly known in this portion of the country as the ke case. These men were on trial on a in the transmission of For the purpose of prov- circumstance in the chain the Govern- was attempting 10 _construct, and for the further purpose of proving an overt st upon the part of other persons who were alleged be rties to the same con ment_offered the U tone for the purpose of showing: e was &n interstate tr this fellow In the first place, that pessenger, en route from San Francisco to Ashland, Oregon, and, in the second place, that he had been interfered with and had been offered violence by these alleged conspirators. Upon cross-examination 1 developed from him the following facts, viz.: Thet he was the owner or holder of a South- ern Pacific annual pass,and had been such for ten years past; that, ashe expressed it, pass was good “wherever a Southern Pacific engine ran”; that by reason of this pass he obtained free transportation from San Fran- cisco to Ashland, Or., upon June 30, 1894, and was then en route to Portland, Or. That he was not an employe of the railroad, nor in any wise connected with it, nor engaged in any pursuit that would entitle him to free transportation under the interstate commerce act, as he was, he stated, an attorney-at-law, engaged in private practice and nothing else. ‘His pass was produced in open court. It read as follows: Pass Frank M. Stone Over the lines of the Southern Pacific Company Until December 1st, unless otherwise ordere 1894, C. P. HUNTIN It was signed by Mr. Huntington personally, and Mr. Stone testified that it was delivered to him 8s & personal favor and &t his personal Tequest. 2 About & month later, at the instance of one of the members of the Americ ailway Union, I prepared a complaint, which he verified and which wes filed with United States Commissioner E. H. Heac i of the then acting District Attorney, Samuel Knight, who is now United States Assistant Attorney. At the time I called Mr. Knight in I did not inform him of what afterward seemed to be the momentous fact—that the name of the culprit was C. P. Huntington. he evinced no opposition whatever to the filing of the complaint until Commissioner Heacock, glancing at the superscription, saw the name of Mr. Huntington, and then the whole situation changed, and the sworn officer of the Government actually informed me that before he would permit the issuance of & warrant he desired to consult with the United States Attorns Iargued that it was certainly without prece- dent that it should be necessary to burden the Attorney-General’s office with & simple misde- mesnor prosecution of that kind and that it seemed to me that Collis P. Huntington should be tried like any other criminai, but Mr. Knight was obdurate, and the overzeal with which he sought to railroad several hundred poor men without means of defense to the penitentiary on frivolous charges of con- 8piracy seemed to suddenly abate when con- fronted with the proposed prosecution of their corporate oppressor, based upon facts sworn to in open couri and in his presence. Some weeks later, and at the opening of the following tecm of the United States District Court, the Juige of that court, the Hon. W. W. Morrow, which it was clearly his duty to do under 'the circumsteices, very properly charged the Grand Jury to investigate the facts of this case. In his charge to the jury he recited all the facts that I have stated, and the Grand Jury proceeded to investigate the facts. Findiug them as represented they brought in an indictment charging Mr. Hurni- tington with the crime—an indictment drawn by District Attorney Foote, which omitted to charge the use of the pass that had been charged in the complaint that had been drawn by myself, a delect in the indictment that subsequently became the very small hole through which Mr. Huntington escaped his just deserts. 1 bave no unfriendly feeling toward Mr. Foote; on the contrary, feel more than friendly toward him. But this is not a question of friendship, but simply & question of cold tacts relating solely to & gross miscarriage of justice, Tn a privete conversation with me about this time he strongly depreceted the prosecution of Mr. Huntington as impolitic and as likely to be unproductive of results, and used much special pleading to urge the adoption of nis views in the matter. But those who had under- taken this metter did not propose to be in- fiuenced by anything of that sort. In short, we are confident that_he was bitterly oppos to the prosecution of Mr. Huntington and will not prosecute him. About the time the Grana Jury found the in- dictment it was reported, and we believe can be proved, that Mr. Foote was much averse to drawing any indictment at all, though he finally did so under pressure, constructing the indictment that was aiterward found defective because it failed tostate a use of the pass, a fact he knew, because sworn to in his presence in open court. While I heartily agree myself with the posi- tion maintained by Judge Morrow that an ac- tual use of the pass need not necessarily be shown, nevertheless in the complaint which I the matter it will be car- | rge of conspiracy, tie object of which was | | drew we adopted as & precautionary measure the iden that was aiterward embodied in Judge Brown’s decision in that respect. After Mr. Huntington was discharged by | Judge Brown the case was nolle prosequied by Distriet Attorney Foote wholly without sanc- tion of the court.~ Mr. Foote was present in the court at the time Stone gave his testimony, and was one of the Government counsel who ced Mr. Stone on the stand as an _interstate passenger who had been interfered with and who had actually used the pass and had actu- obtained interstate transportation by on thereof; and it was Mr. Foote's duty, as the sworn law officer in charge of the case, to have brought the matter gain before the Grand Jury and to have framed a new indictment thatwould have set forth the use of the pass. This he did not and will not do, or, at least, credits that assertion by utterly failing to do so, and we are afraid | that he is on terms of sufliciently friendly inti- | macy with the chief counselof the Southern | Pacitic Company—William F. Herrin—to raise in our mind a very strong doubt as to whether he everwould proceed against Mr. Hunting- ton. You evidently have but little knowledge of the conditions prevalent in San Franeiseo with nee to the prosecution of cases in which Southern Pacific Railroad is interested. I assume this from the fact that every move thet has been made by your office during your incumbency and during that of your predeces- sor, Mr. Olney, in all the cases undertaken in the Federal courts, both civil and criminal, in which the railroad compeny is interested, has been entirely in the direction of the interests of the Southern Pacific. This is not said as a taunt or insult, but as a self-evident fact borne out by the and it is attributed to your ignorance nditions that exist here, because it is cuse that can possibly be made to Justify the course of your department in this judicial district. If 'you have any doubt on this proposition 1 will refer you to the most recent action of your department in interven- ing 1mm_the Railroad Commission case on a proposition where it was proposed to save the railroad-ridden farmers of this State ihe small | pitiance of 8 per cent, and where your depart- ment deliberately inferposed at & time most | opportune for the railroad company, while it | has lain dGormant for thirty years, during | which period of time the Government’s finan- cial interests in tne Central Pacific Company have been almost ruined by as scandalous and bold-taced a species Of lArceny as Was ever wit- nessed in a civilized community. In other words, you come into that case and | sy t.at the ability of the railroad to pay the Government will be affected by the proposed | reduction of freight rates, while you have per- mitted the Southern Pacificand Central Pacific thieves to denude the road of its rolling stoc by the simple application of né-sim brush, to steal its land and subsidy end to run away with & large portion of the proceeds of its bond issues, not to mention the wholesale disposi- tion of immense portions of its daily income | in maintaining a corrupt political mechine an the one hand and a system of wholesale bribery on the other. You cannot, therefore, blame me if I write this letter with & strong sense of doubt as to its having the slightest effect toward stimula- ting any action on the part of yourdepartment toward the conviction of this man Huntington for the least of his crimes. We have followed this matter up to the ex- tent of locating the evidence, for we insistupon | & just determination of this man’s guilt, there- | fore we desire to inform you at this time that | in addition to the evidence already in posses- sion of your department, we can, with your as- s dence of an actual sistanceé, produce the ey cty use of this identical pass by Stone in obtaining interstate transportation 1 interstate trip 3 On February 3, 1894, M. St nd on train 3 at 6:3 | over the acific_line, bound for | He passed through Sacramento late | | that evening, and arrived at Truckee, Cal., the ng, where another change of con- ors occurred. The train that carried him t from Truckee to_ Carlin, Nev., in the e of a conductor whose record of the trip | appears in the following_memorandum, under the date of Februs < F. M. to wit one. . H. Truckee to Carlin. This memorandum translated means that | Frank M. Stone traveled beiween the points | designated on a special annual Yass issued by | C. P. Huntington. The capital “S” indicated that it was a special annual pass, while the dash shows that it is given as & courtesy, and not for any special Teason or on any particular account. There is further evidence to show the contin- uation of the trip to Ogden, if necessary; also the names of the conductors who carried him, the location of the records of the trip and the { nemes of pussengers who traveled in the same | Pullman car with him, and all this will be ren- | dered available by the exercise on the part of your department of the same diligence, fidelity and energy that it exhibited when it under- took to railroad to the penitentiary several hundred poor strikers upon frivolous charges of conspiracy under a law of Cougress passed | o protect the people against the exactions of trusts and monopolies. In oraer that this prosecution may be prop- erly conducted in view of the conditions ex- isting here it will be necessary for you to appoint special counsel to take full charge of this prosecution at every stage of the proceed- ings, including the drawing of the indictment; and counse], 100, in no wise connected with the railroad or subject to any of its influenca: foritis an unfortunate fact that the strings the railroad is often able to pull one way or another reach many of the most prominent | and able members of the local bar, a fact that | is recorded with a deep sense of shame and | humiliation, but impressed upon us almost | daily by occurrences that evidence only too | truly the fearful power of this aceirsed | m onopoly. Having personally given this matter a great deal of attention and being familiar with the factsand details, you are welcome to my ser- | vices if you desire them, provided that I am so situated that I will not be hampered by the in- terference of those I do not trust. Ido not say this from any desire to secure the appointment, but simply to evidence my good faith in the matter, for I know as well as any one that the fluences in this part of the country that | m to be omnipotent in Washington would | never permit my appearance in that capacity. For that reason kindly permit me to suggest the names of two gentlemen whom I believe could be depended upon to aid the Govern- ment were their assistance asked, and who, by renson of their ability, absolute honesty and professional standing, would have the entire confidence of the community. viz.: Ex-Con- gressman Charles A. Sumner and the Hon. Joseph M. Nougues. We are determined to exhaust every legiti- mate means available 1o put in motion the | machinery of the Government essential to secure the punishment of the most successful criminal in American history. And will you, sir, simply do in this particu- Jar that which you are sworn to do, viz.: up- hold the laws of your country aud give them an impartial eniorcement? Never in the history of the Republic, we be- lieve, has there been witnessed such a sca: dalous disregard of the interests of the people by their sworn officers as thet we have seen on this coast in many departments of the Govern- ment during the past two years. So much so is this true that the effort I now make to secure the simple enforcement of & plain case under a clear law will be met with doubt and derision. And why, sir? Simply because the people are becoming so accustomed to deception that they have no confidence whatever in the workings of the Government. They believe it corrupt to the core and rotten to the foundation. They consider our temples of justice the harloting places of political fraud end corporation corruption,and they oint to the utter failure of justice in this untington case as a clear cut example of absolute proof. To this belief I cannot yet subscribe, being willing to attribute the failure in that case to your department’s ignorance of the facts, and domnot propose to acknowledge the absolute paralysis of Federal justice until you have an op{mrtunlly to be heard. When you refuse in terms or lay this appeal in some convenient pigeon-hole to be buried in the dust of ages it will be time to ask Congress to investigate that strange influence that al Wways seems to control the Washington Govern- ment in the interest of the railroad whenever opposed to that of the people. rusting that you will kindly give this mat- ter your most careful consideration, I remain respectfully yours, GEORGE W. MONTEITH. ‘When Mr. Monteith was asked why Mr. Huntington was not arrested while be was in this City, he replied: Becavse we had not secured the evidence at that time, althongh we were working on the proposition, and have always thought that he got some inkling of it, because he suddenly changed his plans and left as soon as we actu- ally got on the track of the right evidence. Even if we had had the evidence in shape ear- lier all we could have done would have been to have arrested him before some local magis- trate and bound him over, which would not have helped the matter with a hostile prosecut- Sn{ officer. 1 the Attorney-General fails to act we will prepare & petition and ask Congress to investi- gate the matter and find out why the laws are Dot enforced. Mr. Monteith disclaimed having any pefsonal ill feeling toward District Attor- ney Foote, but nxg he could not for a mo- me;:t uphold Mr. Foote’s position in the matter. s Burglary in a Tailor-Shop. The tailor-shop of Samuel Damner, 206 O'Far- rell street, was entered by burglars early yes- terday morning and a lot of cloth stolen. Shortly aiterward Policeman Jerry Dinan ar- rested Thomas Maloney on Mason street, and five of the stolen bolts of cloth were found in the prisoner's possession. He will be booked for burgiary, and meantime the police are searching for his confederates. ———————— TROUT OR SALMON, The Steelhead Question Will Be De- cided by a Jury Next Friday. The question of whether a steelhead isa trout or a salmon will occupy the attention of a jury in Judge Low’s court next Fri- day afternoon at 20’clock. The defendant is A. Paladini, who is represented by At- torney Riordan. g When the case was called in Judge Low’s court yesterday morning Attorney Rior- dan for the defendant entered a plea of not guilty and demanded a jury, which was granted. ; The case is exciting considerable inter- est, as it is to be made a test one. The de- fendant claims that a steelhead is of the salmon species of fish, but the Fish Con:- missioners claim that a steelhead is of the trout species, and it was said yesterday that the Commissioners will produce the testimony of Professor Jordan of Stanford University and other eminent authorities to back up their contention. —e————— THE CALIFORNIA VENUS. The hundreds of connoisseurs who have during the past week seen the magnificent marbie statue, “The California Venus,” now on exhibition at 16 Post street, op- posite the Mechanics’ Institute, have pro- nounced it the most beautiful and perfect piece of sculpture in the United States, few statues in the world being its superior. The statue is the one made famous as the composite model from celebrated Califor- nia beauties, and arrived only lately from Carrara, Italy. It is the strictly modern and ideal type of the American woman, and unlike anything else of its kind ever carved in the world. The face and form are exquisitely ideal. Offers have been re- ceived to exhibit the statue at the Art In- stitute in New York City, in Boston and Chicago, and an_offer from the Corcoran Art Gallery in Washington. Eventually the California Venus will be taken for ex- hibition to the Paris Exposition. < ot s s Stevenson and Women. Will H. Low, the artist, once asked Robert Louis - Stevenson why he never treated of women in his writing and re- ceived the following reply: ‘I do notcare to present women in the stereotyped way, and if I attempted to do so I shouid have no better success than the ordinary writer. On the other hand, I cannot present women in the way I should like to do, for if I did my readers would not stand it. Therefore I have thought it best to leave them out of my books entirely.”’—Chicago News. - Lawfual. Crimsonbeak—Is pitching pennies con- sidered gambling? Yeast—Yes, I believe it is. “Well, I see a New York dry-goods store has two cologne fountains as attractions. “Certainly.”’ ““Well, why do they allow them to throw up a scent?’'—Yonkers Statesman. T0 PROTECT THE PUBLIC An Order Relative to Officials Depositing Money in Banks. THE STATE COMMISSIONERS ACT. Hereafter Banking Firms Must Not Receive Public Funds on Ir- regular Deposits. Several days ago THE CALL published a | synopsis of an order made by the Board of Bank Commissioners with reference to special deposits made by State, county and city officials of public money in savings and other banks conducted by private par- ties and corporations. In many of the in- terior counties deposits were made and the moneys so deposited appeared in the banks’ reports among the assets, when, as | a fact, the moneys were only held in trust, the depositors not having proper vaults or | safes where it could be kept safe from | thieves and fire. The lawmakers saw the danger of banks | failing and the loss of public funds through such failure and particularly where the deposits were made ordinary or irregular. In the latter case certificates of deposit were given by the banks and the money really passed into the general fund. The Bank Commissioners found that there are still a number of banks following this practice and further "that public funds amounting to over $3,000,000 are held in | banks in various parts of the State. | Commissioners decided to puta stop to the practice and throw a stronger safe- | guard around public funds. Thelaw upon ! this subject is sufficiently clear for any | bankerand county official to understand. | fail to understand the situation and the penalties to which they are liable for vio- | lating the law, the following peremptory | order was issued and sent yesterday to ail | | banking institutions in the State: | OFFICE OF BOARD OF BANK COMMISSIONERS, | 530 California street, San Francisco, ; | December 11, 1895. | 7o the President and Directors of ——, Cali- | fornia—GENTLEMEN: Your attention has re- | Deatedly been called, within the last year, to | the illegal and unsafe practice of receiving ir- | regular or general deposits of public funds from | public officers. This board being advised that | the practice of receiving such deposits still con- » | tinues, to a greater or less extent, with some of | c the banks of this § | tion to the subject: | " Section 87 of the act of March 24, 1893, pro- } vides tnat: “The County Treasurer must keep ate, again calls your atten- | count; | prisonment in the State The | | In order that bankers and others may not | custody to this State, or to any county of this State, in his possession until dis- bursed zccording to law. He must not vlace the same in the possession of any person, o be used for any purpose; nor must he loan or in ANy manner use, or permit any person to use the same, except as provided by law; but noth- Ing in this section prohibits him from making sFecial deposits for the safe keeping of the pub- lie moneys, but he shall be liable therefor on all monep belongin Under the laws of this State no officer has the right tomake, and no bank has the right to receive, general degosm of public moneys; and a violation of the said laws is a’crimina. offense on the partof the officer who makes such deposits, and the bank that receives them. The only right a bank can_have to the custody of public moneys is to receive them as special deposits; that is, to place and keep such funds in its vaults and deliver the identical funds deposited to the officer when he demands the same. It should not appesr on the books of the bank as assets or liabilities. The bank is simply the keeper or custodian of the money, has no right to use it, or to_mingle it with the {funds of the bank, and to do either is a pablic offense on the part of its officers. The form of the certificate of deposit does mnot in the least alter the character of the transaction. The money does not belong to the bank. It has no right, for any purpose. to take, use or handle it. The title thereto and the possession thereof is vested in the public officer or other person charged by law with its receipt, safe-keeping, transfer or disbursement. Your attention called to section 424, Penal Code, subdivisions 3 and 4, as follows: “424. Each officer of this State, or any , City, town or district of thes State, and every other person charged with the receipt, safe-keeping, transfer or disbursement of pub- lic moneys, who either * * * 3. Who fails to keep the same in his possession until dis- bursed or paid out by suthority of law, or, 4. Unlawfully deposits the same, or any portion thereof, in any bank, or with any banker or other person, * * * is Funiabnble by im- rison for not less than one year nor more than ten years, and is (slllstllunlified from holding any office in this ate.” While these provisions are specifically di- rected against the officer or person charged with the receipt, safe-keeping, transfer or dis- bursement of public moneys, the person, natural or corporate, who recéives such money from such officer or person violates the crim- inal law and is amenable to its penalties. The practice of receiving general deposits of public moneys being in violation of the laws of this State and an unsafe manner of conducting the banking business, it is therefore, by & unanimous vote of the Board of Bank Com- missioners, Ordered: I—That from and after the receipt of this comunication you will not receive Any irregular or general deposits from any of- ficer of the State of California, or of any county, city, town, or district of this State, or any other person charged with the receipt, safe-keeping, transfer, or disbursement org)ub- lic moneys. Hereafter you will receive from oflicer, or any other persons having the of public moneys for safe-keeping, transfer, or disbursement, the same only as & special deposit, in strict accordance with the views hereinbefore expressed. II—That all irreguiar or general deposits theretofore made with you by any officer ';his official bond.” or person named in the foregoing par- egraph- be returned to the officer or officers, persou or yersons, by whom said_deposits were made, and that hereaiter von will absolutely retuse'to receive any gen- | eral or other deposit irom any such officer, person or persons, except as a_special s directed in paragraph 1 of this order. at you report your compliance with paragraph Ii of this order on or before the 30th day of June, 1896. You will please notify the sion of the receipt of this communica- order of the Board of Bank Commis- C. . DUNSMOOR, Secretary. ELASS INSURANCE TRUST. A Compact Is Formed That Raises the Rates Fully 50 Per Cent. ALL RATES ARE EQUALIZED. Art and Plate Glass Companies Have Buried the Hatchet at Patrons’ Expense. ‘While the fire insurance men have been fighting in all directions over rates, a com- pact has been very quietly organized and | put into effect by the companies that take risks on plate-glass, mirrors and all kinds of art glass. So quietly has the combination been effected that very few people except those | directly interested in insuring windows and the like were aware of its existence. | But all policy-holders on glass risks have just been disagreeably informed of this latest trust, which will cause them hence- | forth to pay about double the old figures on their insurance. The compact was formed in New York by the companies engaged in this depart- ment of the insurance business. and last | week the effect of this combination became “ ap%urent in San Francisco. Where it used | to be a case of every man for himself in a | free and open fight for policies, with rates cutting no figure whatever so long as busi- ness was secured, all of a sudden peace reigned supreme. Reckless cutting of rates was at an end, and the agents who barely nodded as they passed on the street are now united in a solid and withal a really friendly body. Plate Glass Company, Lloyds, the Metro- politan, and the plate-glass departments of | the Fidelity and Casualty and the Union | Casualty companies. These wealthy cor- orations are represented respectively in {San Francisco by the following general | a%eqls for the Pacific Coast: Charles | Christensen, J. D. Maxwell, Mann & Wil- ; son, Krigbaum & Tarpey and S. C. Pardee. Sealed instructions from the head office | of the compact were received several days 1 was told to make arrangements fora meet- | ing with his old-time rival. Accordingly tablished in conformity with the trust's orders. The result is that no business is accepted here one cent below manual rates —that is the standard set up in the plate- glass agents’ pocketbooks. Rates were cut as low as 50 per cent on {large premiums have been | glass against damage, frontiersmen of that region. also be seen ascending in faint mi sts. chasm on each side shows the varied Tie compact includes the New York | | since by the general agents in this City, | and in each case the local representative | the same figures until a week ago, and the businessgxss, as an agent expressed it, demoralized. The raising of rates effects landlords and wealthy people almost exclusively, the only possible exception being churches wherein Jarge and _valuable art glass windows are insured acainst damage. The business of insuring mirrors, art- glass and plate-glass in San Fran- ciseo has grown in the fast ten vears to a considerable extent, and now immense sums of money are paid vearly into the offices of the companies united in this trust. Some pollcy-hqlders pay as wuch as $500 a year in premiums, On the modern downtown buildings such paid, and under the new order of things ihese amounts will be just exactly doubled. Some landlords will have to pay in future fully $1000 a year to insure their plate- HILL'S LATEST PICTURE. The Artist Gives the Press Club a Mag- nificent Painting of the Rio Grande. Thomas Hill, the noted painter of pict- ures of the Yosemite Valley, who a few days ago left to paint Mount Baker for a wealthy English gentleman, has given the Press Club a picture which is being greatly admired by members and visitors alike. It is a huge painting of the Devil's Canyon of the Rio Grande, some distance from EL Paso. : ‘What is particularly attractive about the picture is the large amountof light and nature in it. It portrays in entrancing colors the mighty gorge of the river. Far up on the crests at the right are the curious natural castles, so-called by the The rising of the spray from the river far below may The shrubs and trees in all the exquisite colors of autumn. In the foreground three hunters, with their guns, game and campfire, on a bench of the valley below the falls, add to the attractiveness of the picture, The canyas is some four ana a half by six feet in size, With the picture Mr. Hill also gavea unique frame, made by himself from wood obtained from some of the great trees at the Mariposa Grove. The painting is ad- judged fully worth $1000. — AN INNOVATION. To-morrow night at the Columbia The- ater Mr. Daniel Sully, the well-known comedian, will present theladies attending the performance with a handsome souvenir, Every person attending the theater will also be given a postal card addressed to | meetings were held and a local compact es- | i L the manager of Mr. Sully’s company, upon which they will have the privileze of suggesting a new title for Mr. Sully’s play, “A Day in June.” The successful selec- | tion made by Mr. Sully will be awarded an elegant silver service set, now on exhibi. tion at Joy’s drugstore. NEW TO-DAY. What to Get For _Gentlemen. A few hints taken from many coun= ters. Some ideas for gentlemen. Things appropriate as Xmas Gifts. If you are puzzled look at this. Smoking Set: Dressing-Cases, Gloves, Neckties, Shaving Sets, Suspenders, Collar and Cuff Boxzes, Handkerchiefs, Ink Bottles, Writing Sets, Stationery, Collars, Paper-Cutters, Cuffs, Stamp Boxes, Albums, Picture Frames, Umbrellas, Hat Brushes, Clothes Brushes, Nail-Cleaners, Pocket Combs, Coffee Cups and Saucers, Pocket Memorandums, Match Boxe Shaving Mugs, Poker Chips, Playing Cards, Knives, Razors, Lather Brushes, Razor Strops, Shoe Brushes, Whisk Brooms and Holders. Everybody wants more Handker=- chiefs. You can’t go wrong in choos= ing from this stock of gifts. AR PCCUU BBt et s GREAT SPECIAL CHRISTMAS SILK OFFERING BEGINS TO-MORROW A. M. 8 0’CLOCK SHARP—You can select BLACK SURAH, 25 inches wide, all good quality silk, selling at 75¢c. SPECIAL PRICE—55c yard Sy BLACK GROS GRAIN, 20 Inches wide, good quality at $1. SPECIAL PRICE—69c yard HALE BROS | What to Get For Ladies. , Some suggestions we would make. Some ideas and Christmas presents that are at once acceptabie and useful to ladies. Gloves, Handkerchiefs Jewel Cases, ‘Work Boxes, Vi Calendars, Albums, Fancy Collars and Yokes, Fancy Hair Combs, Pin Cushions, Toilet Sets, Purses, Dress Patterns, Bisque Figures, Jet Yokes, Stationery, Silk Tidies, Bureau Sets, China Plaques, Sofa Cushions, Feather Boas, Head Rests, Fancy Aprons, Linen Table Sets, Lace Curtains, Napkins, Portieres, Table Covers, Eiderdown Comforters, A Glove Order, L Table Cloths, California Blankets. You can decide the gift quickly in a few minutes if she is a housewife. Fine Linen Table Sets in boxes. Proper quantity. A man can make no mistake. BLACK FRENCH SURAH, 23 Inches wide, all pure silk, selling at $1. SPECIAL PRICE—75¢c yard BLACK SATIN LUXOR, 23 Inches wide, | heavy quality, value $1. SPECIAL—75c yard A Sewing-Machine For Everybody. A regular Sewing-Machine on a small scale. Sews like a big machine. Good for a little girl or her big sister or mamma. Does beautiful work, and the greatest Xmas present for a little girl in San Francisco. One in operation every day in our big annex. DESCRIPTIVE. Is 33 inches high ; 18 inches wide. All the requirements of a full- grown machine. Beautifully con- structed. Easily adjusted and worked. Uses No. 2 Wilcox & Gibbs needle and No. 60 or 80 glace thread. The most complete miniature Sewing-Machine in the market. NOTE. We have been able.to obtain a sample, which we operate every day. We are ready to take orders for machines on the way and will deliver before Xmas. Country friends will please send orders at earliest possible conveniencé. Price $5.00 Each. Toy Specials Every Evening. ~—— BLACK SATIN DUCHE:! 20 _ing an all pure silk fabric, ;‘g‘nh 1. o idm, SPECIAL-76¢ yard BLACK SATIN DUCHESS, 24 inch extraheavy, ail pure silk, worth #1 80, SPECIAL—85¢c yard I'm getting so old and all go. \Just put on the envelope, {Come in if you can; if you can’t, use the mail {T'm still in the business delivering toys, And still keep my list of good girls and boys, But I've taken a partner to do my work here, To deliver my toys and drive my reindeer. the world is so big | That I can’t drive my route with one single rig, So I've taken this partner to deliver my toys, And to take any orders from good girls and boys. The name of my partner you all ought to know, It’s the big dry-goods house where your mammas “This is for Hale’s.” What to Get __For Girls. Indian Dolls, Boy Dolls, Jap Dolls, : Rubber Dolls, Doll Pianos, Unbreakable Dolls, Doll Hammocks, Doll Dishes, Doll Trunks, Doll Bureaus, Doll Desks, Doll Washstands, v Doll Dressing Sets, Doll Bonnet: Doll H: Doll Fans, Doll Slippers, Doll Toilet Sets, Doll Hose, Doll Nursing Bottles, Doll Wigs, Doll Hat Pins, Doll Watches, Doll Bracelets, Doll Heads, Doll Bodies, Doll Houses, Doll Sacques, Doll Booties, Doll Arms, Doll Furniture, Doll Necklaces, Atomizers, Manicure Sets, School Bags, Writing Pa; Tricycles, e Sewing-Machin Stoves, as. Handkerchiefs, Button Hooks, Collarette, Building Blocks, Glov: Doll Beds, Chairs, Toilet Sets, Boiks. ABGC, ittle Bo-Peep, Dolly Daisy, i ussy From Persta, Cinderella, Red Riding Hood, Buttercups and Daisies, Among the Daisics, Dimpled Cheeks, "Rays of Sunshine, Rub-a-Dub- Dub, and Frolics of Little Girls, 1lie and Her Doll, The Robins’ Christmas Eve, Country Friends, Ete. Ete. Ete. Ete. Games. - Shuttle-Cock, Jumping Ropes, Table Croquet, Cinderella, Nellie Bly, Fish Pond, Bobb, Around the World, Louisa, Lost in the P'ondl icture: Ete. Ete. Ete. Freaks D Ete. Etc. S0 s CSN I SR S S I . o0 O R S G e e = U WL TS from this stock the most appropriate Xmas Qift that can be suggested for alady—a Silk D:ess. Come early for a choice. BLACK DUCHESS SATIN, 22 inches wide, an exeepu:lnfl’lln- of extra heavy quality, ing at ). e SPECIAL—$1.00 yard 1IN LUXORS, a spectal lin B s Heavy auality, both sides fibished, all 150 grade. sllk, b o SPECIAL—$1.00 yard What to Get __For Boys. Soldier Suits, Police Suits, Sailor Suits, Firemen Suits, ¥ron Coal Carts, Iron Fire Engines, Iron Hose Carts, Iron Delivery Wagons, Iron Hook and Ladders, ll’o‘;l Mfl;? ll:: Clfla o ron Engines an Iron Combination l;‘ i7ad Iron Mechanical Banks, Farmyards, Garden sets, =M Tin Boats, "Tin Hotses, Tin Fire Engines, Tin Fire; Ti Meshanteal Rasotrashr o™ Steam Engines Steamboats, Musical Tops, Lead Soldiers, Footballs, Gas Balls, Celluloid Balls, Worsted Balls, Rubber Cats, Rubber Elephants, Rubber Sheep, Rubber Hors Jingle Refns, | iIboate, 'oy Pistols, oy Swords, Writing Desks, s ‘Whips, Tool Chests, Hobby Horses, Ten Pins, agic Lanterns,, Horns, Blackboards, Harmonicas, Printing Presses, us) 0y 3. Climbing Monkeys. Books. Soldiers’ A B c, Alphabet of Animals, Our Animal Kingdom, Our Zoo at Hom Robinson Crusoce, The Sea Service, airy Tale Tale: Buffalo Bill, Andersen’s Grimm’s Fal olumbus, Story of Great- Menagerles, Freaks and Frolics of Little Boys, rote. “'Ete. Ete. Ete. Ete. t Games. Errand-Boy, Bulding-Blocks, Steeplechase, ‘oll-Gate, King’s Quoits, Messenger-Boy, T T Siratoxy, elegraph-Boy, votball, Baseball, Ete. Ete. Eto. Bte mal® BLACK SATIN LUXORS, very heavy qual- ity and finish, 21 inches wide, would make a magnificent dress, vzlue $2. SPECIAL—$1.25 yard We can suggest no better Xmas gift to a lady taan a S:tk Dress. INCORPORATED, *9 937 tO 945~Market St., S. F_