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

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1895. — e T T T T SRR R T e e e e U e el S doneasasni e S Teiei O i e e T e 13 I nterest ing Report of Important Up-to-Date News Items in Alameda County DWIE WAS SURPRISED, The City Counci} Refused to Ratify | | His Harrison-Street Opening. A COLORED JURY IMPANELED. Extraordinary Sight in an Oakland Courtroom at the Trial of a Negro Editor. OAxLAND OFFICE Sax FRa 3 908 Broadw ilure of the Council to ratify the n of the Mavor in opening Harrison him some surprise. That il may eventually approve of it ot *.#is possible, but the Mayor thought they | would do it at once, and unanimously. Péirsol said he would not have voted as a ember of the Board of Works to sustain act of the Mayor but that he thought the street had been open a long time. The resolution of ratification was e ventually re- ferred toa committee consisting of Messrs. Ma owle and Wat n, who will report back to the Council. “This really the most remarkable thing T ever encountered in my life,” said Mayor Davie to-nigh I opened Harri- son street as Mayor. hen the two other K issloners of 3 1d we all indorsed the opening and ordered the Street Superintendent to n in his capacit to_the Cou cil appoints a v d v tried by Judge Ogden, e whether the Judge 1s right in ee opened Broadway this Council burrahed and roared y ed a resolution rati- and soon afterward passed ion directing the Street Superin- t to open all streets to thawater is was done, even before Judge s decision that the water-front com- ad ht to the property they Now the same Council, after Judge 1's decision, has refused to rat in doing at the footof Har what Mayor Pardee did at the foot I was not nearly so radical rtisan Mayor, for he took all y to the corporation y's head en r and at public auction. 1 . obstructions beyond ed in the street.” no School Methods That Are Ruining Chil- dren’s Health. Johnson has submit- ted a communi n to the Board of Edu- ion that will probably cause much dis- on. His letter reads: Cal., Dec. 16, 1895 f the City of Oak- permit- which mands. forced there by the who instructs the pupils in t to say, allowed to ride his un- reckless, child-killing speed and exercises his particular privilege to s utmost 1imi some one in authority to call a proper and much-needed b is time fo t and impose th in order he teachers in this school may give & fair proportion of the school hours to instruction in reading, writ- ic and other ¢ branches of elementary learning. in the lower grades, 9 and 10 years required to consume occasionally eater part of & day, and often an hour a d additional time in so-called “home 10 the tiresome and profitless study of technical and indusirial drawing, and led to utilize as & ‘“unit of design,” les, equilateral_triangles, rhom- and many other complicated geometri- res with nemes which they cannot and definitions far beyond their important and and girls, regardless of personal , talents or naturel adaptation, are ted and required from the aforesaid design,” to originate and evolve pat- suitable for walipaper, oilcloth, decora- sorders and other intricate and complex stic designs, at the cost of intense nervous strain, physical exhaustion and consumption vastly disproportionate to the benefit iand to the time given to other useful iy. 1t is close, accurate, tedious, technical work which_prope st technic institutes and schools ogy, and in fsirness to pupils, arents and the public, should, even in the high school, be an elective study only, and has no proper place in & free public grammar school. Many bright, industrious boys end girls, with no taste or adaptability for technical drawing, are, from the force of circumstances, compelled to’ leave the schoolroom for good, after finishing the studies of the eighth or th grades, and to such it works a great in- justice to consume so disproportionate an amount of valuable time in enforced and un- willing attention to such specialty. ; “The plan now pursued in the Franklin mar School in relation to this subject is wrong and should be corrected. ié belfei that you will investigate and make the correction, I respectiully submit this communication. JAMES A. JOHNSON, 75 East Fourteenth Street. Muhlner’s Trial. OAKLAND, CaL., Dec. 17.—The trial of Louis Muhlner, the Point Reyes weather observer, for the killing of Jennie Lew1s, was resumed to-day before Judge Frick. The prosecution is showing by witnesses every movement of Muhlner’s since he ieft Point Reyes the day before the mur- der to the time he delivered himself up to the San Francisco police. Several San Frangisco saloon-keepers were put on the stand to testify as to Muhlner’s move- ments on the evening of the murder. The chief effort of the prosecution is being di- rected to prove that Mubiner told contra- dictory stories after the shooting. Miss Tillie Frawley told of the occurrences at the ball at Germania Hall, when Muhiner and Miss Lewis quarreled, and the police told of the surrender of the prisoner. The case goes on to-morrow. A Colored Jury. OAKLAND, Cax., Dec. 17. _son, editor of the San Francisco Klevator, a colored organ, was on trial to-day for libeling Thomas Pearson, the colored Lafayette-square gardener. The story of y belongs to the courseof in- | . + ¥ cieaiton | it had an effect on the Council contrary to 1 1 | n the matter came up City Attorney | _ and ap- [§ | | the trouble has already been told in THE | CaLL and the case was tried by Judge Wood and Wilson found guilty. The de- fendant said that he had not understood what he was doing when he waived a jury trial and Judge Wood granted him a new trial by jury. Two big venires of colored men were examined to-day before the jury was obtained. It was very late when the ng of evidence commenced and a night session was held. 3 Varni’s Marder. OAKLAND, CaL., Dec. 17.—The ex- aminations into the death of Felice Varni, who -was fouud mardered in the San Leandro hills, was continued to-day. The four men who were the companions of the dead man cannot speak English, and, as an interpreter has to be used, the proceed- ings are very tedious. The examination £O€s on t0-mOorrow. Prize-Fighters Fight. OAKLAND, Can, Dec. 17. — Peter O'Brien, William O’Brien and Danny Needbam, three pugilists, did some fight- ing last night. To-day they concluded that their conduct had been unprofes- sional, and Danny Needham and Peter | | | between Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth, Mon- O’Brien will now answer to warrants ! charging them with battery. Dead Infant in the Bay. | OAKLAND, Car., Dee. 17.—The body of | an infant was found to-day in the estuary | at the foot of Harrison street. Tt was| taken to the Morgue. Several such cases ve recently been reported, but nothing ever heard of the parents. A DAY. o HISTORY Alameda County Happenings Told in | Brief Chapters. | ND OFFICE 8AN FRANCISCO CALL,) | 908 Broadway, Dec. 17. It is estimated that the late John Crellin was | worth $300,000. | No trace of the bold lone highwayman who | d up the Lorin electric car at Telegraph and | early yesterday morning has vered. n the case of Albert H. Hopken, OAx I hel A been di The autop | the West Oakland groceryman who dropped | dead, showed the cause of death to be fatty de- | generation of the heart. | The citizens of Livermore have organized | what th ave styled the Livermore League | of Progress. H. H. Pitcher has been elected | chairman and J. 0. McKown secretary. | Kaufman, Mavor Davie's private | as prepared a design for a new citv he claims to be more feasible than the one embracin sion of Washington street. | James Quinlan,_the ex-police officer of Oak- land, who stabbed John Summers at San Lean- dro yesterday afternocn, has furnished bonds | WRITERS OF THE COUNTY, They Hold a Reception at the Industrial Ex- position. SOUVENIRS FOR VISITORS. Illustrated Music Adds to the At tractions—Literary Evening Arranged For. OAxLAND OFFICE, SAN FraxcIsco CALL,) 908 Broadway, Dec. 17. | Society has set its seal of approval on | the Industrial Exposition, and for the re- an archway over the exten- | mainder of the week the promenade con- certs will be ‘““the thing.” The crowd to- night and last night formed the greater part of the exhibition, ana if the space within the schools. Sprinkling of lawns, gardens, grounds. ete., will be half of 1 cent for each square yard a month. He | also passed an opinion with regard to the placing of meters when the consumer uses excessively or wastes the water. Miss Alma Alden was appointed sub- teacher for East Berkeley upon recom- mendation of Principal Waterman. The Committee on Supplies was authorized to | purchase forty pupils’ desks and other necessary furniture for the Rose-street School. "It was reported that $148 had been apportioned irom the State and | county fund for library purposes, which will be devoted to the purchase of mraps and supplemental readers. Warrants were drawn on the treasury | for bills amounting to $2483. Football Talk. BERKELEY, CaL., Dec. 17.—The Uni- versity of California football team will not take its proposed trip to Southern Cal- ifornia during the Christmas recess. Man- ager Lang, i eaking of the matter to- day, said: *The prime reason why we snail not undertake the much-talked-of tour is because the Olympic Club team, with whom we expected to have a game, cannot arrange to £o to Los Angeles. The greatest source of our revenue on the turf is thus cut off. The Butte team is going south, I understand, but of course we can- not play against it, because it has a num- ber of men who are classed as professionals. We would not make enough by meeting MAY LAMBERT. . FLORENCE HARDIMAN MILLER. EMMA SECKLE MARSHALL. for his release. He leit the County Jaillast night. Summers is not badly hurt. Yesterday the directors of the Home of the Adult Blind met to formally install the new superintendent, Jack Hays, in_the position of superintendent and to approve his bond, which was in the sum_of $5000, w Cleverty and W. J. Dingee as sureties. The insurance on William Kirchner’s resi- dence and saloon, with its contents. which was destroyed by fire at 2 o'clock Sunday morning, was divided as follows: Manchester, $1200; verpool, London and Globe, $2000; Pheenix; 00. _Total, $3900. No clew bas been dis- covered regarding the money which was miss- icg. WHEN DOCTORS DIFFER, The Latest Idea of the Health Office Killed in the Council. Dr. Buckland Makes a Winning Fight Against the Anti-Consumption Ordinance. 0ARLAND OFFICE SAN Fraxcisco CALL,) 908 Broadway. The City Council has decided that there should be no compulsory registration of people suffering from consumption and allied diseases, and although the doctors on the Board of Health made a hard fight from their standpoint the measure was beaten. The Health Officer, Dr. Mayon, read a circular which he said he proposed to issue if the ordinance was passed, but that which its author expected. Dr. Fisher stated that if the ordinance was passed the names of consumptives would not be published in the newspapers. Dr. Sarah Shuey corroborated, and Dr. Ackerly said that contagion among ani- mals was better guarded against than among human beings, for when an animal had such a disease the law required it to be killed. This aroused Councilman Buckland, M. D., who said he hoped Dr. Akerly did not mean that when human beings were sick they should be shot like a glandered horse. He did not believe the ordinance was necessary and thought the Health Office could fight the disease without it. 1n Santa Barbara, a favorite resort for con- sumptives, every person coming toa hotel is presented with an envelope addsessed “important to you,” in which were con- tained directions about sanitary matters. Dr. Bucklana thought the ordinance was only a preliminary measure to establish- ing a bacteriological laboratory in order to make analysis which would determine who had consumption. He thought the expense would be very great. Councilman Bassett agreed with Buck- land and thought the Health Office could give all the necessary advise to consump- tives without any such ordinance. ‘I’t would work a hardship on poor families, because in the end, if it meant anything, it meaunt establishing a quarantine in each instance. Health Officer Mayon denied that there would be any quarantine. Typhoid fever and scarlatina are not quarantined and neither would consumption be treated in that way. As for notifying patients with- out the cases being reported he wanted to know how it could be done. The general opinion regarding the ordi- nance was that it was an unnecessary piece of legislation and would confer on the five doétors forming tne Board of Health a power that would bring them almost con- tinually in conflict with the rest of the profession. The Council stood by Dr. Bucklana and the Health Officer retired. e Victim of the Train. Robert 0. Collier, the salesman for Caswell & Co., 406 Sacramento street, who was run down by & train at the crossing on Bartlett street, day, was taken from the City and Countv Hos- ital to his home, 1724 Clay street, yesterday. The chances of his recovery are doubttul. 5 (i oz o Smedanict Movements of Trans-Atlantic Steamers. NEW YORK—Arrived vec 17—Stmr Veendam, from Rotterdam: stmr La Champagne, from Havre: stmr Pomeranian, from Glasgow; stmr Friesland, from Antwerp. Sailed Dec 17—Stmr Aller, for Bremen. GLASGOW—Arrived out Dec 17—Stmr Corean. AMSTERDAM—Arrived out Dec 17—Stmr Zsandam. Huflme-smea Dec 17—stmr Prussia, for New York. LIZARD—Passed Dec 17—Stmr Spree, from New h Charles Me- | York for Bremen. SCILLY—Passed Dec 17—Stmr Persls, from New York for Hamburg. were twice as large there would still be need of move. It is a Jadies’ exhibition more than any- thing else. Ladies originated it, ladies en- couraged the executive committee right along, ladies undertook to provide the musical and literary programmes, and having done so much they decided that they must be on duvy in their respective headquarters and welcome all who come to see the result of their work and of the men who helped them. They have al- ready received thousands and before [Saturday night will receive thousands more. It is the exhibition of the county and the patronage has surpassed all expectationg. County officials, judges, bankers and mer- chants from all over the county attended last night, half out of curiosity and half from a sense of duty. To-night they came again with their families, drank free phosphates, etc., looked longingly at bottled ““old rye,” enjoyed the odor of the tamale corner, consented to let {)retty waitresses spray them with free cologne, ate samples of bread, listened to the high- class music, concluded that they could afford to break the ice of dignity for once in their lives and when the lights went out they were unanimous in their opinion that the whole affair was a pronounced com- mercial and social success. The ladies had a busy time this evening. Mrs. Laura Y. Pinney, Mrs. Emily Remsen and Miss Mary Lambert were the recep- tion committee in the Writers' Association parlors and served tea to hundreds of visitors. Neat souvenirs of the best-known writers of Alameda County were dis- tributed by the iadies and were eagerly sought. The speaker of the evening was Prison Director Rovert M. Fitzgerald, who said in brief: *I have often in the past thought that Oakland would have no existence if nature had not decreed that men should sleep one-third of the time. Now my opinion is changed and I think that this exposition will make an improvement in our city and county. Socially we produce every kind of man from street: orators to statesmen, and every kind of woman from one capable of intelligent gossip to the most perfect type of motherhood and polished old maid. I thought for a long time that this was about alt that we did produce, but I was mistaken. A walk around this exhibition .has convinced me, and I think you also, that Alameda County can and does pro- duce everything that our civilization de- mands, and if we would we could be as in- dependent of San Francisco as of the Indians. *‘No one can doubt the value of this ex- hibit. It has opened the eyes of the whole county. We are to-night welcoming hun- dreds of visitors from San Francisco and interior towns, and in their eyes at iast appear an independent metropoli 'he crowd to-night was larger than Jast night, and the promenades and galleries were packed. The speaker for to-morrow night will be ex-Mayor George C. Pardee, and the united German societies of Oakland will give a Erand musical concert and athletic exhi- ition. Friday afternoon there will be a bab; competition. To-morrow the ladies wifi decide on a phrase and make it public, and the child that can pronounce it most clearly will be awarded a handsome prize. The babies must not exceed three years of age. Saturday F. R. Porter of Echoes, Miss Mollie Conners of Oakland Saturday Night and H. A. Redfield, acting as a committee, have secured the following talent to give a literary night in connection with the Writers’ Association : Charles Edwin Markham, president; H. A. Redfield, vice-president; Martin Kellogi. Fred 8. Stratton, Rev. C. W. Miller, Miss Ray Frank, Dr. Muhr, A. B. Nye, W. C. Bartlett, Mrs. Eva Wren, Mrs. Blake-Alverson, George H. Carle- ton, Ben Clark, Willis E. Bacheller, John W. Metcalf, Miss Ina Griffin, Miss Jean Hush, Miss Margaret Cameron, Miss Mabel Hussey, Miss Anne Kayanaugh, Mrs. H. E. Robbins, Miss Margaret Craven, Miss Nellie Shipley, Warren Crabtree, Miss Constance Jordan, Miss Blanche Partington, William B. King. It is now regarded as certain that the exposition will be kept open another week. WATER RATE FOR SCHOOLS. Town Attorney Hayne Files an Opinion in Berkeley on It. BERKELEY, CaL., Dec. 17.—Town At- torney Hayne filed an opinion at the meet- ing of the Board of Education last nieht relative to the changes allowable by the Alameda Water Company regarding water rates for schools. In his report it was stated that companies may charge 1 cent per pupil for all water consumed only the local clubs to justify us in under- taking the trip, so we will have to let it go by the board.” G. W. Norton Honored. BERKELEY, CAL., Dec. 17.—G. W. Nor- ton of Lorin has been elected commander of | Lyon Post, A. R., Oakland, one of the fornia. It is expected that Lookout Mountain Post and Lookout Mountain Corps of Berkeley will attend the public installation of the officers of Lyon Post, to be held January 7, in recognition of the honor bestowed upon a citizen of Berkeley. Wish to Be Postmaster. BERKELEY, Car., Dec. 17.— There promises to be a lively fight for the posi- tion of Postmaster in Berkeley next April, the time when John McCarthy, tize pres- ent Postmaster, retires. The men already in the field are John McCarthy (for re- appointment), Thomas Landregan, N. B. Byrne, Charles Kearns, E. H. Congdon and O. H. Wells. ‘Will Light the Grounds. BERKELEY, Cav., Dec. 17.—An elec- trician, with a corps of assistants, is ar- ranging to wire the university grounds with a view to having the electric lights | ready for use at the beginning of the sprinfi term. The electricity will be fur- nished by the plant at the Mechanics’ building. Associated Charities. BERKELEY, CaL., Dec. 17.—The finan- cial report of the Associated Cnarities of | Berkeley for the period of nine months and eight days, from March 8 to December 16, 1895, is as follows: Balance from last report, $90 15; receipts, $54; total, $1a4 15, Expenditures, $69 70: leaving a balance in the treasury of $74 45. EATES ON' LOCAL CARS, The Municipal Trustees Propose an Ordinance Requiring Them. The Southern Pacific Company Wants Some of the City’s Marsh Land. ALAMEDA, CaL.,, Dec. 17.—The pro- posed new ordinance of the Municipal Trustees requiring gates to be put on the cars of local trains is sure to arouse de- cided opposition on the part of the public of Alameda, and especially the business men of Park street. The incentive for the enactment of such an ordinance was the accident by which young Delanoy lost his life some three weeks ago; but it was not supposed that any further requirement would be made than the putting of guards under the car bodies, to prevent people who may be thrown or who fall from car platforms falling under the wheels. But the proposed ordinance requires guards and buffers to be placed every where, and gates to be placed on carplatforms. Street- cars must have buffers “of suitable design and construction for the purpose of remov- ing from the track any obstruction there- on.”” The buffer shall be placed on both sides of the wheels if the cars are pro- pelled backward and forward without be- ing turned around. Each engine must have buffers to remove or catch persons who get on the track, and it shall be un- lawful for any person or compauy to operate cars propelled by steam unless they are provided with a device to prevent people getting on or off while the train is moving. This issuspiciously similar to an ordinance which it was once sought to have enacted in Oakland, and a good many people say it is inspired by the railroad company. It issure to provoke a storm. The ordinance will come up for passage at the next meeting of the board. The Famous Open Letter. ALAMEDA, CaL., Dec. 17.—Drs. Zeyn, Smith and Lubbock of the Board of Health attended the meeting of the Board of Edu- cation last night. They came when the session was half over and filed in together. It was understood at once that they came on business connected with the famous ‘“‘open letter'” which the members of the Board of Education had addressed to Dr. Smith. Dr. Smith at the last session of Board of Health stated that a worse dis- ease than tuberculosis (naming it) wasin tl.e schools, and in tha ranks of teachers | dred feet apart. | | largest posts in the department of Cali-f‘ | | | at that. This brought the “open letter” which demandea ‘‘proof or aretraction.” Which it was that the board had now come to make excited a good deal of interest for the moment. Dr. Smith, after some preliminary busi- ness, arose and addressed the board. He stated that his remark at the Health Board meeting was made upon authority, and that authority was the president of the Heaith Board. He said the public statement was not considered fullv orit would not have been made. He further said that he intended no reflection on the School Board or School Department. The pregdent of the School Board said he was surprised that anotner physician, a _member of the Board of Health, nad given such information, obtained in his practice, but as it had been frankly stated by Dr. Smith, he was in favor of meeting him half way and retracting the open let- ter, which reflected upon him so severely. A retraction was therefore ordered, and tne matter thus amicably ended. Southern Pacific Wants It. ALAMEDA, CaL., Dec. 17.—The Web- ster-street roadway and the track of the broad-gauge railway run down across the marsh from the high land of Alameda to the estuary parallel and some four hun- The city of Alameda owns an undivided interest in the marsh, which is now about to be partitioned, and has elected to take the strip between these two roads as its portion. The city has made improvements on the strip by filling itin in part, and thus laid the basis of its claim. "An agent of the Southern Pacific Company appeared before the Board of Municipal Trustees on Monday night and requested that the city select some other part of the marsh as its share. He stated that the roadways would not remain per- manently on their present lines, but that the two bridges would some day give way to one situated between them. The board declined to accede to the request. The Winter Vacation. ALAMEDA, CaL., Dec. 17.—The public schools formally close for the winter vaca- tion on Friday next. The Superintendent reported to the board at the regular meet- ing last night that the term has been the most satisfactory of any under his super- intendency. A resolution of condolence with Director Knowles was passed upon the recent death of his little daughter Ruth, who was burned to death. ORATORS VE THE TOW Repeal of the Ordinance Forbid- ding Meetings on Street Corners. Even the Lonely Light in the City Hall Park Is Ordered to Be Discontinued. OAELAND OFFICE SAN FrANcIsco CALL,) 908 Broadway, Dec. 17. | Strcet meetings have been resumed in Oakland, after having been tabooed for | ayear. The repeal of the ordinance pro- hibiting meetings on the streets was prac- tically forced by the nigntly scenes around the City Hall. When street meetings were prohibited all the religious, socialist, labor and political orators made the City Hall park and the steps to the ball their head- quarters. On some occasions the con- fusion and din was so great and the in- citement to belligerency so marked that the police were forced to take a fiery orator into the jail and keep him there till the crowd had dispersed. One of the most important features in the nightly trouble around the City Hall has been a single electric light. This light hangs before the bandstand, and offered such inducement to speak from the ros- |trum that free fi§hts frequently occurred for the privilege of addressing the crowd. This and the noise at the City Hall steps, and the fact that the grass at the park has disappeared in large plats, caused the Council to reconsider the prohibitory measure. It was concluded that so long as the | street orators were bound to exercise their powers it were better that they should be | distributed all over town, even with the risk of afew being run over by electric- cars, than that they should make evening hideous by massing in the center of the city. To-night the light before the bandstand was not connected with the current, and the orators waited in darkness and in vain. Then it was learned that at last night'’s meeting the Coupcil had passed an | order repeating the street-speaking ordi- nance, and added a rider directing that the solitary light in the City Hall park should be discontinued. There was an indignation meeting improvised in the darkness, but nothing was done, and the man who came to demand that Cleveland should not recede from his present stand till John Bull had been severely taught several fessons went away in disgust, as a | policeman informed him that there was a “‘keep off the grass” ordinance in effect. The street-oratory question has been round a circle during the last eight months and is now just where it was when the agitation started. Salisbury at Work. Lord thsburyex?a been working at the problem presented by the sudden over- turn of British politics in the last election. Heistoo old a politicician to admit the conclusion that the English people or any reat part of them have been transformed rom Liberals to confirmed Tories. So he inclines to think it is a question of persons rather than of principles and that the people are disposed to give each set of public men its turn and to dismiss them when it is time to try the other. Yet from 1846 to 1874 the Liberals carried every election and the Tories never got a turn at the hands of the people, although they had the Ministry at times through. dissensions in the Par- liamentary majority. . And there was a long lease of power for the Tories from 1802 till 1830, when the Liberal party seemed permanently discredited. The Tories are brought 1n now simply because the coumrg is doing badly, and the Lib- erals would do nothing to mend matters. The fenple hope that the strongly na- tional instincts of Lord Salisbury and his friends will bring thema to some plan for the abatement of the general depres sion. That is all the Toryism the elec-' tions stand for. Thus far the Tories have not justified these expectations. Lord Salisbury has declared that protection to the English farmer is not to be thought of. A commission has been constituted to in- quire into the needs of English farming, and not a protectionist has been given a place on it, as Mr. James Lowther points out. Ifsuch action had been had before the elections 1t would have been worth two score of seats to Lord Rosebery. 1t remains_to be seen if the Tories can deal more effectively with the silver prob- lem. That, indeed, is the real farmers' question in Great Britain. Until foreign competition was complicated with this the British farmer held his own against Amer- ica and other gold using countries. Itis the competition of countries which use silver that has forced down the prices of produce for both England and America, and has made it impossible for the British farmer to goon growing wheat.—FPhila- delphia American. ————————— Paint Thinned by Water. ‘Water paints have been placed on the market in Eogland. They are supplied in the form of thick paste, which, thinned down with hot water to the consistency of ordinary paint, have good covering power and dry quickly, though the thorough set- ting or hardening of the surface takes lomier. They are economical, and can be applied to stone, cement or brick, as well as wood. PRESSED BRICK 0R STONE? Harbor Commissioner Cole Does Not Favor Stone for the Union Depot. A TRANSFER COMPANY FIGHT. A Railroad Official Asks the Board of Harbor Commissioners to Interfere. At the meeting of the State Board of Harbor Commissioners held yesterday morning, the full board present, President Colnon stated that K. A. Whate, agent of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company at the ferry depot, had made complaint of solicitors at the landing and the matter was referred to the president for action. A communication from the Rocky Point Granite Works Company, in rela- tion to the quality of its granite, was read and filed. Chief Engineer Holmes was instructed to procure a sample of the Oregon gray stone that was sent to Professor Hilgard, retain one-half and have the other half analyzed by Professor T. Price. At the meeting to be held this morning the commissioners will take some action in regard to the iron contract let to the Risdon Iron Works for the iron to be used in the construction of the union depot. Mr. Mead, who represents the iron works, desires some security from the commis- sioners to enable his company to place certain orders. The commissioners are willing that the company shall place their orders so that the iron may be ready ahead of the time when it shall be needed, but they want to be absolved from any action for damages in case there should be any delay on account of the selection of stone for the structure. That will probably be arranged this morning to the satisfaction of all parties concerned. After the meeting Commissioner Cole said that he had looked closely at the various samples of stone submitted but was of the opinion that the depot ought to be built of pressed brick. ““That,” said ke, holding up a pressed brick made by a San Jose_firm, “is what 1 think ought to be used. We have had ex- periences with that kind of material and Kknow by experience what 1t is and what it will stand. These stones we know nothing of. There would be a saving of $50,000 on the lowest bid for stone put in by McCar- thy. His bids are: Roman buff brick $167,000, Roman buff brick (another quali- ty)$173,000, red mud brick $168,000, Nevada stone $218,000, Arizona red stone $227,000 and Oregon gray stone $230,000. “President Colnon was of the opinion this morning that the acting architect be sent to Nevada toexamine the stone of- fered from there, but I think that would be a useless expense, but nothing was done in that matter.” The complaint of K. G. White about so- licitors is bringing before the board for official action the fight for business be- tween the two transfer companies, the Pa- cific and the Morton delivery. Mr. White stated that the solicitors in their endeayor to secure business interfere with and delay passengers as they leave the boats and there is a possibility of trouble and some one getting hurt in the desire to prevent any suits for damages. The Morton delivery, a tenant of the State, has an office near the point where the passengers land from the apron. The Pacific Transfer is a tenant of the Southern Pacific Company, and has a small office in the baggage department. The solicitors in the employ of that company have the exclusive right to solicit business on the compagly’u trains and boats. The Morton Company employs no solici- tors, but one or two of itsmen stand in the little office waiting for business. The solicitors in the employ of the Pacific Com- pany, when a steamer arrives, range them- selves in line between the passengers and the Morton office witha view of offering their services to those who may wish to go to the Morton office. On one or two oc- casions recently the Morton men have been obliged to step out to go to persons who on their way to the office were stopped by Pacific Transter men. President Colnon said that this was an effort of the railroad company to protect its tenant and to have the Morton Com- pany moved. “‘After the meeting this morning Mr. Morton called on me and suggested that the Pacific Company be required to do as his company is doing, have an office and no soticitors. The railroad company has the right to do whatever it wishes on its boats and trains, but it has no control on the State property. It is likely that Mr. Morton’s suggestion will be carried out. The police do not control this class sf so- licitors, as_they are within the gates, and nc complaint has been made of the solici- tors outside the gates, who are under the control of the officers.” Manager O'Kane of the Pacific Com- pany caid that if his company is forced to do as suggested then offices might as well be rented to every delivery company in the City. He said that he had never heard of any trouble between his men and the Morton men, and did not believe that passengers are in any way hindered by his men on their way from the boat. American Jocularity. Many of the foreign papers that reach my desk seem to be very much interested in'the late Professor Boyesen’s paper in the November North American Review on our National plague of jocularity. Iteives them an opportunity to say what they NEW TO-DAY. reerereensessitiiitibitiiiebettitittItILORIRIIRONY “It knocks 2 kénds of spots of 0 any Havana cigar ever made—Key West or Key Eastl’—Such is the Sorcible way a large cigar retailer expressed himself regurding the new La “Estrella” Cigar. New crop Hav- ana. Best Xmas Cigar. a2 2 2 2 e o 2 Xe i 4™ SHIIBIHIN I NNRNNG are so fond of saying—that there is no seriousness in America. One can hardly blame them for saying this. I say it myseli when I am merely generalizing. And yet it is not want of seriousness that makes American jocular. Some of the most serious men I know are the most incessant jokers. I tell them something of grave import, and they torture my words into puns and seem to be listen- ing to me, even when I know that they are interested, merely for an apportunity to thrust in a joke. No snubbing, no expostulation has the slight- est effect. They cannot help it. In think- ing the matter over, I have come to the conclusion that itisa form of hysteria, and does not mean hilarity atall; it is temperamental and not climartic. At any rate, I quite agree with our foreign critics that it is tiresome. To me it is positively depressing.—**The Lounger,” in the New York Criti The ruins on the shores of Lake Titicaca were in the same condition when visited by Pizarro as they are to-day. They con- sist of immense earth pyramids faced with stone and surrounded by Cyclopean walls. There are many monoliths “strikingly sug- gestive of Stonehenge, in England; some of these giant stones being fourteen feet mgh by four feet broud and three feet ick. HOTEL ARRIVALS LICK HOU . 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