The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 19, 1895, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO L, THURSDAY, DECEMBER * OTHER T SCANDAL AT CARIN Y, The State Treasury Is Men- tioned in the Mat: ter. ONLY 840,000 INVOLVED, Some' Free Coinage That Is Causing Considerable Comment. EX-COINER COLBURN'S VIEWS. Governor Jones and Secretary of State :Howells Preserve Dignified Silence. Nevada still continues to develop sensa- tigns.in her mint at Carson City. The latest ithing from that point is the appear- eof some $73,000 in silver dollars in sury of the silver State e the appearance of having been nped in there fresh from the United rdinary circumstances this con- airs would not cause any spec- to the cause of its arrival or curred, but the fact of most of 2 brand new and devoid of that ap- *€ 50 common to coin circulation is irbs the State Board of Exam- tc f-cértainly could not have come from as taxes, for that institution, be- ernment property, is beyond taxa- and it can also be said with truth e amount of gold expected to be on Lwhen the State officials of the silver ty went into the capital was not appar- This should not be misconstrued into elief that there was a shortage, for wvas not the case. The required unt af -legal tender necessary to bal- e the report’of the State Controller and ¢ State Treasurer was on hand to a cent, the enormous supply of silver dollars, all bearing the date of 1893, was something of d.’shock to the officials who count the motiey in the treasury each month. When the present State Treasurer, W. J. Westerfleld, went into office the 1st of last. January it was near the time of con- venihg the last session of the Legislature, and consequently considerable money had to:be put out for salaries, mileage, fees of attaches; etc. He found at that time about $80,000 in silver tied up in sacks, eich’ sack containing §i000. In order to reduce this silver surplus Mr. Westerfield peid it out as rapidly as possible, and the appearance of so many bright, new dollars from the State treasury cansed no little comment at that time. “How did it get there?” was the query, and many theories were advanced, the most startling of which was to the effect that the United States mint- machinery had been used to coin lion purchased at 62 cents per ounce into dollars that were worth 100 cents, and iat the silver had been put in the treasury it place of gold that bad been taken out. ‘e State papers took the matter up and ally inquired whether or not any + conid explain How the new, unused i:got into the treasury. x-State Treasurer Richards was offered the space he desired in various journals make an explanation, but he refused to acuss-. the matter. The presence of suf- ent fands to balance his accounts wonld jiit him of anything like dishonesty, but'héow theeéin got in there without his anction was 2 mystery. Rumors thick- ed regarding the number of public of- both Federal and State, who were nplicated in the deal, which was looked ufon as an exceptionally clever way of i g a few thonsands on a 38 per cent : “Did State Treas- ards exchange gold for silver, who received the gold? Was cted with the mint, and if not, d he get those new dollars?”’ Nobody seemed able to answer the ques- tions and the State Treasurer treated the ries with indifference. Some people - of the sion that the silver was into the treasury as taxes in the regun- se of business, but the alarmists 1 that the money collected direct the taxpavers was paid into the and that a very inconsiderable it was silver, and furthermore, that ere were not 80,000 silver dollars in cir- jation in the State of Nevada, bearing current date, in the year 1893, Charles H. Colburn, who was head coiner of-the'mint at Carson in 1803, stated,to a CarL reporter yesterday in an interview at the Palace Hotel that he thought most all tlie mon coined by him in 1893 was still i .the vaults of the mint, yet it is claimed by Gthiers that the State was flooded with it:and: that most of the coin got into the State. sreasury through the regular tax- paying channel. M¢..Colburn was not at all surprised at théinformation given him yesterday. *I > alarmists sa oy lieand of this some months ago, but it was | Hot.so generally hawked about as now,’ said he. . “So far as Tam personally con- cerned I am disposed to discredit the state- ment that the machinery of the Govern- “ment was used to coin bullion into dollars, and- I.do not see how it could have oc- c¢urréd. Let me show you where it would be a diffienlt and I -might say an impossi- ible‘thing to coin bullion there without the assistance of at least three of the execu- five heads knowing just what was being done. In the first place all the bullion re- “ceived by the superintendent of the mint is receipted for by him, and as fastas he turns any of it over to the coiner that official gives a receipt, and when it i3 turned back to the superintendent in the shiape of coin it must balance in weight with the amount named in the receipt given the superintendent by the coin'er upon receiving the bullion from himin the first place. Another reason that would have made it impossible for'me to have coined any money on that basis was the emall force I happened to have under me. Asit was I found my hands iulg getting ot th'e money required by the Mint Direc- tor.. Sometimes there was a demand for $200,000 in gold and from $150,000 to $200,- 000 in'silver. Silver.coinage was suspe_nded along about May, and up to that time I was extremely busy meeting ‘the demand of the Government.” “Suppose, as suggested by peop!e in Ne- vada, several officials in the mint were associated in the deal, could it have then been done?” “I think possibly it could, but then_tl{ut would hardly be probable, for the gains would not justify such risk. I do mnot think any man would permit himself to be & party to such chicanery for the profit on the venture, which was only something in the neighborhood of $40,000.” *Under these circumstances, Mr. Col- burn, admitting that you consider it im- vossible for such a job to be operated, can you suggest any way by which that $80,000 of '93 coin got into the State Treasury? Is it not true that the associations and rela- tionships of the Superintendent of the Mint, the State Treasurer and others were such that most any arrangement could have been made with reasonable assurance of immunity and protection ?” “You probably refer to the fact that T. R. Hofer, at that time Superintendent, was,also cashier of the Bullion Exchange Bank. and that Evan Williams of the Ne- vada Mill was president of the bank, and that George Richards was a brot her-in- law of the Chief Clerk of the Mint, Law- rence Elrod. That was the way the story got its backing when the rumor first started. The suspicious ones hetd that Mr. Williams secured the buliion from the mill; that Mr. Hofer saw to it that it was coined properly; that Mr. Richards, State Treasurer, accepted the dollars, for which he gave gold, which was nsed in the Bullion Exchange Bank; that I, as the friend of them all, permitted the ma- chinery in my department to be used in the work, and that we were all in cahoots together to make a little deal at the expense of the Government machinery. 1 do not believe such a thing ever occurred and I cannot explain how that silver got into the State treasury. One thing I can assure you, however, is that if itisany part of the money made while I was comner of the mint it is first class.” Mr. Colburn was inclined to treat the matier lightly, and rather laughed at the idea that anything wrong had ever been in- troduced in the mint management under the Harrison administration. Nugene Howell, Secretary of State of Nevada and also one of the State Board of Examiners, is on a visit to San Francisco, and when approached vesterday was not disposed to go very deeply into the matter. He admitted, however, that there was $73.000 in the State treasury, and. that it was, so far as he -bad investigated, of the mintage of 1893 and fresh from the mint, apparent! When asked if it vas the intention of the State Board of Examiners to bring the matter before the next session of the Legis- lature, he stated that something would probably be done in the matter of looking into the circumstances of how the silver deposit came to be on hand, but aside from that he refused to discuss the subject, giving as a reason that he did not care to talk of State business that had not yet been settled. He did not deny, however, that something in the way of an investiga- tion was in the wind. Governor Jones, another member of the State Board of Examiners of Nevada, is at the Palace Hoiel, where he has been for the last tive week: “I have not permitted myself to be annoyed with State iness any more than I can help, and ifan gation of the afiair is to be brought | about I am not familiar with the reason,” said Governor Jones. ‘“Itistrue that there are seventy-three sacks of silver in the vaults of the State treasury, and how they got there I do not know, but I have seen them myself. If any new steps are contemplated it is probably because something aew has de- veloped in the case. So far as Iam able to state to-day, I know nothing other than the existence of the silver there and I do not think it just to condemn until some- thing more defigite is learngd.” A good, stiff wrangle over the transac- tion is likely to occur in Nevada and those who are in a position to know wink the other eye and advise¢ inquisitive people to wait and see something very lively in that section of the Pacific Coast. S sl SAW THE SILVER IN TRANSIT. How the Coin Was Taken From the Mint to the Capitol. CARSON, NEev,, Dec. 18.—Ever since the new State Treasurer came into office in January last there has been a great deal of discussion relative to-the presence 4n the State treasury of about $80,000 in new silver d¢llars of the coinage of 1893. At- tention was at first attracted by the pay of the members of the Legislature being in these new coins, and Treasurer Westerfield explaired that they were there when he came into office. It was a subject of general comment that all the dollars paid out of the treas were new, and bore the stagp of the Car- son Mint. Persons accustomed to handling coins expressed the opinion that the dollars had never been in circulation. All the papers in the State have commented upon the transaction, and one or two have placed their columns at the service of the ex-State Treasurer for an explanation, vet none has been made. George Richard is the ex-State Treasurer, now a resident of Carson. He wasa candidate for re-elec- tion, and the most strenuous efforts were made by the State Central Committee to re-elect him, but he was beaten by Wester- field, the silver nominee. It is supposed that some one got gold from the treasury for these silver dollars and there are people who say they saw parties packing the money from the Mint to the State Treasury in sacks in openday- light. During the panic in July of that year standard dollars commanded a premidm in New York City, and Secretary Carlisle when requested to exchange silver dollars for greenbacks gave out for publication a statement that there were no free silver dollars in the United States Tre asury. This makes the fact of $80,000 of 1893 being in the State treasury at Carson at the expiration of the year 1894 more in- teresting. It is suggested that the next Legislat ure investigate the matter and that authority be given to a committee to send for persons and papers. If that is done transactione in silver at the Miut might be shown to be mysterious as those in gold appear to be in the trial of the Mint shortage case. WASHINGTON’S GROWTH Editor Smith Tells of the Development of the Lumbering, Mining and Other Diterests. A. A. Smith of Port Angeles, Wash., for four years past proprietor of the Port An- geles Times, is in the: City. Port Angeles is situated on the bay of that name which juts off the Straits of Fuca and is almost opposite Victoria. ~ ° Mr. Smith says there is a noticeable im- provement in the business of that section and of Washington as a whole. He thinks the harbor of-Port Angeles is by far the best north of San Francisco. “‘The recent recognition of it as a prac- tice ground and rendezvous for war ves- sels’of the Pacific station,” he said, “gives Port Angeles a standing not heretofore acquired. The Monterey, Mohican and Philadelphia have made prolonged stays in the harbor during the past year, and all the remaining ships of the squadron have been ordered | earnest,” he | said. | boys would have dared _do it. port there for practice during the coming months. “With the big British station of Esqui- malt immediately across the stiait, the position is one of much strategic interest in view of the warlike words that-have: just emanated from Washington. *The Sound country has about suc- ceeded in sifting and _settling itselt down once more to a hard-pan business basis. The boom spirit is dead, but instead of that we are having something far more profitable, a solid, substantial growth. It 1s now the rainy season. “The precipitation at Cape Flattery— from 90 to 100 inches per annum—is the greatest in the United "States, but at Port Angeles, sixty miles away, it is but 30 | inches, and at Port Townsend, forty miles further inland, the minimum of 16 inches is found. The mean temperature of Port Angeles for the month of February last, remarkable as it may seem, was identical with that of New Orleans. “Washington is of late meaking great strides in mining. A nnmber of rich gold finds have been made, and the coming sea- son promises many good results. The mammoth lumber-mills at Blakeley, Gam- ble, Ludlow and other points are running double time, and there is apparent in busi- ness circles an evident feeling of revived confidence and commercial profoise.” WILL NOT APOLOGIZE So Protest AIl the Juniors at the College of Dentistry. Awaiting the Action of the Faculty This Evening—The Unpopularity of Dr. Sharp. The members of the junior classat the Dental College who were suspended last Monday have no intention of apologizing to Dr. Sharp. A large proportion of them were up at the Donahue building yester- day and all in a state of uncertainty. They have taken no concerted action and prefer to await the action of the faculty at its meeting to-night. *‘What are you going to do?” was asked one of them. “Do? Why, what can we do except wait to see what the faculty decides?” “In case the faculty decides that you must apologize or leave, what will youdo?'’ “They will hardly dare to do that. Only afew are guilty and the faculty can’t de- cide which of us are, and 1f they expel all of us they would have a Jot of lawsuits on their hands. They can’t force an apology from us, anyway. We have done nothing to apologize for. Dr. Sharp should apolo- gize to us.” , All those present protestéd that they would never apologize. But they all seemed to respect the faculty generally and many expressed a hope that some way would soon be found out of the difficulty. One of the students, an earnest boy who showed by his manner of speaking that he realized the importance of the time taken from his work, protested that the trouble | lay in the incapacity of Dr. Sharp and the latter’s relationshio to Dr. dean of the college. “I paid $115 for this term’s work,” he 1 found that the time spent under Dr. Sharp was being wasted. The other students you will find were of the same Dunbar, the opinion. Personally the doctor is not un- popular. I like'him. Iam sure the other oys do. But he is not the right man for the chair of mechanical dentistry.” “Why did you not lay your complaints before the dean ?” was asked. “‘There’s where the trouble lies. It was practically the dean who appointed him. i we complained we would forever be in Dr. Dunbar’s black books. None of the As 1t was, we were condemned without a hearing by Dr. Dunbar from the first. “Why, one d ae said to the class that “he was much dispieased with our conduct. He understood we were the worst behaved class that ever entered the college and were no better than a lot of hoodlums. “Think of 1t! *“No other instructor would have said that of our class. You just see them and find out.” Dr. A. A. d’Ancona, the professor of phys iolofiy and histology at the Dental College, bore out the unfortunate junior’s protestations as to the earnestness and good behavior of his class. Since he was a member of the facuity Dr. d’Ancona dia not wish to speak of the trouble till it had been considered officially. “I at no time had any fault to find with the behavior of the students,” he said. “The members of the junior class always demeaned themselves properly and were earnest in their work. Now, understand,” he added, “'I do not wish to appear as re- flecting on_the wisdom of the action of the dean. I am merely speaking of what has come under my observation. “I know nothing of their deportment in othér classes. In fact I did not know the class had been told to refrain from attend- ing lectures iill I read it in the papers.” Dr. I’ Ancona said he believed Dr. Sharp was the victim of a misunderstanding. The student body, he understood, felt that Dr. Boxton, the previous instructor in mechanical dentistry, had been removed in order to make a place for Dr. Sharp. This Dr. d’Ancona declared was a mistake. He explained that Dr. Boxton, after mature deliberation, had given up the position voluntarily after the faculty had expressed a desire to retain him. “I know Dr. Sharp did not want the place,” he added, *““for he told us so him- self. Dr. Dunbar also told me that Dr. Sharp was loth to give up his afternoon’s practice. Dr. Dunbar had insisted though and Dr. Sharp had accepted the place.” Dr. d’Ancona spoke in the highest terms of Dr. Sharp’s ability as a dentist and his gentleness as a man. Dr.J. M. Williamson, the professor of anatomy, agreed with Dr. d’Ancona as to the desirable qualities of the studenis of the junior class. He also feared that if he spoke well of the boys his commendation might be construed as a condemnation of the dean. . “They alwa; impressed me as being in d at last, in answer fo a direct question. *‘They seemed to know why they were at college and to be desir- ous of doing as much work as possible. They always behaved as geuntlemen. I have at no time had occasion to complain of their deportment.” 3 IR T o LA Bowling Tournament. The Olympic bowling tournament finished last evening and B. W. Bernhard won first prize in the first class and F. G. Montealegre captured second. In the second class T. J. Craigh won first prize = by Admiral Beardsley to re- | 747 Market street. and in the third-class contest W. S. McGuire won first and J. T. Cunningham second. The tournament was the most successful jhat has taken place in the club. e Refused to Testify. The preliminary. examination of Adolph Vischi, painter, Gerke alley, charged with ielonious assauit upon his daughter Mary, was held before Judge Low last night. The girl, although admitling to the arresting officers and Captain Wittman at the time of her father’s arrest that he was the father of her chila, refused to testify against him last night, and the case was dismissed for lack of evi- ?en&:e. lAuorney Ruef appeared for the de- endant. B e e T Letter-Carriers’ Election. At the last meeting of the San Francisco Letter-carriers’ Mutual Aid Association. the following officets were elected: President, J: C. Levey; first vice-president, Thomas Nixon; second vice-president, Matt Lorigan; third vice-president, W. W. O'Neill; secretary, J. J. Brown; financial secretary, F H. Stanley; treasurer, R. D. Cunningham: sergeant-at- arms, J. R. Rines; sentinel, William Ducom- mon; physician, Dr. J. T. Dillon R Goop books of all kinds to be ¢losed out for what they will bring. Auction in the evening. OPINION OF MR, JEROME, Collector Wise’s Chief Clerk Talks to Hon. Henry S. Foote. EXPOUNDS THE SEALING LAW Federal Prosecutor Told That Cap- tain Lutjens Should Have Heeded the Statute. Collector of Customs Wise and special Deputy Coltector and Chief Clerk Jerome are determined to establish a case of vio- lation of section 3 of the Paris award act of April 6,1894, against Captain Charles Lutjens’ sealing schooner, the Kate and Anna, which was formally seized on her arrival last week. Mr. Jerome explained his view of the law to Federal Prosecutor Foote yesterday. It is charged at the Custom-house, or rather by the Treasury Department, that the United States District Attorney’s office made ‘“fizzles” of the cases against the two seized schooners Bowhead and Win- chester. The “fizzles’” complained of were in allowing Captains Noyes and- Johnson, respectively, to maintain a plea that they had done their utmost to obtain the special licenses required by the law so they could hunt in the Paris award, but that none were obtainable at the Custom-bouse— that the sealing regulations for 1895 did not arrive in time. The vessels left in De- cember and the regulations and blank licenses reached this City not before Janu- ary &. The cases against these two particular schooners sre still pending, though the personal charges against their captains were dismissed, but no particular effort is being made just now by the Department of Justice to prosecute the vessels to a fi ish. Meanwhile several thousand dollars’ worth of costs have been piling up against the two little ships, and Atterney Themas D. Riordan has sent a_forraal protest in behalf of the owners, William Bendt, J. F. Cunningham, Isidore Burns and othe: to the 1reasury Deparfment at Washing- ton, complaining against the detention of the schooners by the customs authorities. Mr. Riordan represents that great hard- ship is being suffered by the owners, inas- much as the time for starting out on the next sealing cruise will be passed if some- thing just and reasonable is not soon done, With these two cases in mind and that against the schooner Kate and Anna in prospect Deputy Collector Farley has pre- ared a report on the facts as regards the atter, and this has been embodied in a letter by Special De}mty Jerome, over his own signature, to United States District Attorney Foote. The letter was mailed yesterday. : According to the letter Captain Lut- jens’ schooner caught 390 seals within the area of the Paris award, viz.: north of the thirty-fifth parallel of north latitude and | east of the 180th meridian of west longi- | tude, between January 3 and May 1, this year. and the captain’slog book entriesare produced as evidence to substantiate this. The special allegation against the vessel is that she caught the seals without having a special license, or carrying a distinctive flag. She cleared from this port on January 3 and on April 29 she arrived at Astoria, Or., with her cargo of seals. She entered at the Custom-house there and discharged her cargo, which the Collector allowed to be landed. Afterward she went north on an otter-hunting cruise, finally arriving here last week. Anticipating her arriva here the Treasury Department sent in- structions on Novemuver 22 and December 11 ordering her seisure. But this is so much explanatory matter. The point of the communication of Mr. Jerome to Mr. Foote is that the chief clerk of Mr. Wise presumes to advise the Government’s legal representative as to what the law is as to its bearing on offenders. 1o his letter to the District Attorney Mr. Jerome writes: The fact that the vessel cleared from this port before the receipt of the regulations re- ferred to, and for that reason might possibly heve been unable to procure a special sealing lifc;-y is no excuse whatever for the violation of law. 3 The act giving effect to the award rendered by the tribunal of arbitration at Paris, etc., was approved April 6, 1894, and the amenda- tory acts thereunder were approved April 24, 1894, and June 5, 1894, respectively. These laws were a public notice to all vessels not to engage in fur-sealing within the limits of said il‘\vsru without first obtaining & special sealing cense. If the special sealing license could not be obtained, from the fact that none may have been received at the time of clearance, or for any other cause, it was clearly the duty of the master to refuse to goto sea until such time as could obtain a special license. I make this statement in order that you may take steps to answer the plea, if made by the master, that he was unable to procure 4 spe- cial licénse. from the fact that none may have be been received. Just how the District Attorney’s office will take this letter remains to be seen. Messrs. Foote, Knian and Schlessinger were so much absorbed yesterday in the arguments in the Howell counterfeiting case that they did not have time to pay the matter the attention it seems to merit. Attorney Riordan is inclined to the view that whatever might be the legal technicalities of the case so far as the Bow- head and Winchester were concerned, the Government should take into considera- tion the efforts made by their masters to comply with thelaw, and its own tardiness in providing the proper means for the carrying outvof the law. He argues that the utter absence of criminal intent on the part of Captains Noyes and Johnson should by no means be overlooked, and that the commercial interests of this port ought to be properly respectcd in the ad- ministration of law, seeing that times and seasons wiil not wait on the slowness of the subordinates of Secretary Carlisle’s de- partment, The action of the Collector at Astoria in allowing the Kate and Anna’s cargo of sealskins to be discharged there as late as last May without his knowing the fact that they were caught within, the award area or that the law was violated, as alleged, in two respects, is a subject of much com- ment around the Custom-house here. By his neglect and Captain Lutjens’ coup, the latter sncceeded in putting ashore nearly $4000 worth " of sealskins right under the Collector’s nose. PEACE REIGNS AGAIN. The Board of Health Conducts Entire Session Without Wrangles or Bickerings. Yesterday’s meeting of the Board of Health was as peaceful as the last two were stormy, and Mayor Sutro and the other members were as cordial and cour- teous as though nothing had happened to strain the relations existing among them. an Milk Inspector Dockery sent in the fol- | lowing report, which was placed on file: I have inspected 118 piaces where milk is kept on sale and condemned, seized and de- stroyed 900 gallons of impure milk. War- rauts have been issued for the arrest of forty- three venders, of whom eighteen have been convicted. The remaining cages are still pend- ing. + v i & Dr. E. J. Creeley ‘was appointed veteri- nary surgeon of the boardp w?tliontfs‘zlury. Owners of property in the neighborhood, of the mint sent in a communication pro-' testing against the manner in which the fumes of noxious gases are allowed to escape from the furnaces and asphyxiate the neighborhoed. The board agreed to address the Federal® authorities on the subject and to see whether or not' the nui- sarice could be abated. Dr. 8pencer, bacteriologist of the board, spoke of the necessity of having serum tubes placed in drug stores about.the City so that reputable physicians could have access to them and setermino without de- lay whether cases’ that come under their observation were genuine diphtheria or not. He also asked for a laboratory assist- ant at $30 a month. The board took the matter under adyise- ment and decided to meet on the 27th inst. [ in sgeciul session to consider the -sanitary condition of Butchertown. - ACTIVE REPUBLICANS. A Thorough Canvass to Be Made in the Thirty-fourth District. At a meeting of the executive committee of the Thirty-fourth District Central Club, | in conjunction with the nineteen pre- cinet presidents, Chairman Charles May- ers delivered an interesting address and offered the following resolutions, which were adopted : Resolved, That the vice-presidents of the vari- ous precincts of the Thirty-fourth Assembly District be hereby instructed to organize pre- cinet clubs in their respective precincts and to make a house-to-house canvass to induce the Republicans to sign the roll of the Central Re- publican Club of tne district; and be it further Resolved, Thateach vice-presidentshall every thirty days make a reiurn to the secretars of the certral club of such names as he may have on his precinct roll in order that the same may be placed on the general club roll, and Resolved, That évery vice-president may ap- point a com:mittee toassist him in said canvass. Encouraging reports were made by the vice-presidents to the effect that the work of enroliment is being earnestly pushed in all the precinets and precinct clubs are in process of formation. % 5 In the near future a mass-meeting will pe held in the district under the auspices of the club, and the following committee was_appointed to make arrangements: W. Eustice, G. W. Elder, Charles Mayers, John J. Jackson, Cord Wetjen, T. J. Hurst and George Burkhardt. A SINGLE TAX COLLEGE Plans on Foot to Make Henry George Dean of the Faculty. Will Be Named the International Uni versity of America and Spe- cialize Economics. Dr. Montague R. Leverson of New York, one of the leading exponents of single-tax principles, has suggested and is agitating a scheme to establish “The International University of America’” on lines laid down in a book. written by himself entitled “Thoughts on Institutionsof the Higher Education.” In this work it was proposed to invite Henry George, regarded by many as one of the best and wigest of living Americans, to be tirst dean of the faculty or the insti- tution’s president. Dr. Leverson writes that such encour- aging responses have been received to his suggestions that he believes the time ripe for the accomplishment of the object pro- posed. *Dr. Leverson,” said Joseph Leggitt, “has done a great deal of writing on single- tax subjects. He was a member of the Legislature from this City in 1893. e studied medicine afterward, and is now a very successful practitioner in the East. The idea of establishing such a college as he names is merely a suggestion on his part, but it is a very good suggestion, and will undoubtedly attract wide attention. It may ultimately be realized, but I fear such realization will be in the long by- and-by. “It is the intention to confine the course of studies to economics and the science of legislature. The idea, however, has not been agitated very extensively among single-tax people; they have their hands full of one thing. “They believe the first and necessary step to take is the establishment of rational economic Frincinles, and while they are in sympathy with any movement tending toward the elevation of mankind they are convinced that until equality of opportu- nity is opened to all men ail attempts to reach after that which lies beyond would necessarily prove fatal and end in disap- pointment. The great body of single-tax people are. unwilling to scatter their en- ergies, “The school suggested by Dr. Leverson would draw together the advanced thought of the time and by its own concentrated energy would secure the advanced reforms that are desirable, and will be some day accomplished. “Leverson is a disciple of Jeremy Bentham, and was deeply interested in law-reform 1n early life. He was a warm friend and admirer of John Stuart Mills. He reflects the thoughts of the great body of single-tax believers.” James 8. Reynolds, president of the Single-tax Society in this City, thought it a wise suggestion, and if realized would effect the establishment of economics as the chief of all branches, and would set the pace for all other colleges. +It would bring political economy to the front,” said he, ““and the people know little of that most important subject. There has been no discussion of such an | idea in the past to any great extent, but T am convinced that this will lead to much agitation. “The realization of such n&)rojcct may not be so far off, for the world moves fast nowadays, and one cannot tell what the day or the year will bring to pass. Lever- son isa man of great learning and ability, and is very enthusiastic in educational matters and evidently desires to put politi- cal economy to the front.” SOMEBODY’S BLUNDER. A Supposed Highwayman Gets Out of Prison After Paying a Fine for Drunkenness. Through somebody’s blunder a sup- posed highwayman walked .out of Judge Conlan’s court Tuesday morning after paying a fine for drunkenness, and every effort is now being made to rearrest him. Early Tuesday morning a driver for the Navarro Milk Company was turning the corner of Post and Scott streets, when he was hailed by a man, who asked him for a drink of milk. The driver stopped his team, and the man, who wore a slouch hat drawn over his eyes, drew a long knife and sprang at the driver, attempting at the same time to climb into the wagon. The driver lashed his horses and the wagon wheeled swiftly into Scott street. “ A short distance down the block the driver met a special officer and told him of his encounter. The special ofhcer blew his whistle and Policeman Wells answered it, The two officers made a search and suc- ceeded in arresting a man slightly under the influence of liquor, who answered the description given by the milkman. He said his name was Bart Morrison and he was a Deputy Shernif of Tuolumne County in search of ‘Bandit Brady,and tbat he had friends at 1313 Scott street. Wells in: tended taking him to that address, but on the way he became so violent.that Wells rang for the patrol wagon and Morrison was taken to the North End station, where a charge of “drunk” was entered against him. He ap] ed with other drunkards in Judge Conlan’s court Tuesday morning and was dismissed with a light fine. The milkman reported the.attempted hold-up at pelice headquarters, Tuesday afternoon, and when it was found that Morrison had slipped through their fingers there was trouble. i s GO SRS Too Expensive to Prosecute. Maurice Brausletter, charged with obtaining money under false pretenses in having bor- rowed $108 from James Smith upon. represen- tation -that he had money in a bank in Mon- tana, has been acguitted.” Tt was found that the prosecution needed depositions. from the cashiers of all the banks in Montana to show that Brausletter had no money there, and so the case was dismissed, as that would be too expensive, 1 CHARLES MAYNE'S WILL, Mis. Louisa Rabe Barroilhet Was Made Residuary Legatee. MANY CHARITIES REMEMBERED Any One Who Makes a Contest Will Forfeit All Rights Under the Testament. The will of Charles Mayne, the capi- talist, who died one day last week, was filed for probate yesterday. As was ex- pected, the liberality of the old man was shown more to his friends than his rela- tives, and the bulk of his estate goesto a lady whose only claim upon him was that she had earned his esteem, and he thought her a good woman and charitably dis- posed. His residuary legatee is Mrs. Louisa Rabe Barroilhet, and her share will reach up into the hundred thousands. In be- queathing her this princely sum the testator says in his will: All the remainder of my property, real as well as personel, I giye, devise and_be 10 Louisa Rabe Barroilliet, wife of Henry Bar- roilhet, now deceased. Ihave known the said Louisa' Barroilhet {rom the time she was of tender vears; have always liked her and adopted her in my mind as my child, and make her now the residuary legaiee of all my property, being convinced that I could not glve that property to any persou more charit- bly disposed. She has a very large and ver: poor family which she has to support and educate. The will provides for numerous bequests, ranging from $200 to $10,000, and they in- clude nearly a hundred legatees. The be- quests are as follows: > Balbina Merzbach, $4000; Hulda Merzbach, $4000; Julius Merzbach, $5000; Sylvius Merz- bach, $5000; Felix Merzbach, $5000; Francica Merzbach, $4000; Flora Merzbach Lowenthal, $3000; Leopold Merzba 83 Merzbach, $3000; Leo Merzbach, $3000; Gus- ¢ tav Merzbach, $3000; to eaclrof the two chil- dren of Dorothia Merzbach Tausky, $12,500; to the widow of Louis Merzbach, $25,000; Irene Steirley, 100 shares of stock in the Spring Val- ley Water Company and $1500; Mary Hoffman, nlece of the late Judge Ogden Hoffman an daughter of Southard Hoffman, 200 shares of the same stock; to Alice Hoffman, of the same family, 300 shares of the same stock; to Ed- ward " J. eringle, $£10,000; Peter Caluipis, $1000; the German Beneyolent Society, $2000; the French Benevolent Society, $2000; the Hebrew Benevolent Society, organized in 1867, $2000;. the Protestant Orphan Asylum, $2000; the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum, $2000; the Hebrew Orphan Asylum, $2000; each of the kindergartens named in Langley’s Directory for 1893, $200; George de Golia, $5000. By a codicil Jobn T. Ward, who for years was bookkeeper to the testator, is left $3000, and by a second codicil Kate A. Ward and Hortense H. Ward are left $10,000. The will is holographic and was exe- cuted March 5, 1894. The first codicil was added August 27, 1894, and the second March 8, 1895. Wiliam Alvord and Prentiss Smith are witnesses to the will, D. H. Ward and J. M. Duke to the first codicil, and Charles Webb Howard and Frederick Hess to the second. In his will the old man declares he was never married and that he hus no child to lay claim to any part of his fortune. But in order to forestall any possibility of a child being brought forward as a claim- | ant, he leaves $10 to any such heir, should he or she prove a good claim. Asif to prevent any contest, he slips in another provision which declares void and for- feited any legatee who shall make a con- test of any part of the will. 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