The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 25, 1895, Page 35

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1895. 35 Timely Interviews on Live Topics. Brief Chats With Well-Known Citizens. —_— « the following interviews there are many different topies. Being known © respective fields of labor as leaders and C ir observations will be of inter- Most every class of reader. The arti- s will be considered the more timely be- many live questions concerning the . merchant, mechsnic and miner are reviewed. LAW VS. POLITICS. A buccessful Lowyer and Legislator Chats About Pub'ic Life. “1must confess that public life has its fascinations for me,” said Senator Tirey L. Ford in bis office in the First National Bank building, 101 Sansome street, to a CALL man yesterday. “[ like the exhila- ration, or t Byron calls ‘the rapture of the strife,’ but I like more than all the achievement of results beneficial to those to whom I am indebted for political pre- ferment. “It is every man’s duty to interest him- self in political questionsand good govern- ment and to devote a share of his time to their consideration. But in this work-a- day world of ours there are certain pru- dentiai considerations that obtrude them- selves and must be taken into account. A man also owes something 'to himself and family. and one is too apt to neglect his own affairs in devoting himself too largely to those of the public. Now, whileI by no means lose the ve interest I have taken in politics,” continued the Senator, “I find myself compelled to devote more of my time to the interests of my clients and less to politics than formerly. ‘““When you take into account my duties as atto; for the Board of State Harbor Commissioners and the complicated ques- tions frequently arising therefrom, to- gether with my labors as a member of the law firm of Cross, Ford, Kelly & Abbott, my withdrawal from the active arena of politics will appear more the result of ne- cessity than of choice.” The mining revival that is now so pro- nounced all over the Pacific Coast, the Benator thinks, will be productive of great prosperity to California and has every in- dication of being permanent in character. The Senator is recognized as an anthor- ity on the law of mining and water rights, to which branch of thelaw his practice in the past has been largely devoted. In the Legislature Senator Ford, though a you man, took rank asone of the ablest debaters in that body and displayed a power of eloquence that gave him a State reputation and stamped him asan orator of far more than ordinary ability. in lustration of the power and ct of his el was afforded by his sterly presentation of the name of George C. Perkins to the last Legislature for the office of United States Senator. Notwithstanding Senator Ford's deter- on to be less active in polities and to devote himself more exclusively to his profession, the prediction is freely made that before many years he will find him- self yielding to a demand for his services in a field wherein he has displayed singu- lar abilily and where his unflinching hon- esty would be of inestimable value to the people. el VULNERABLE COAST LINE. Judge Cooney Points Out the Need for Defenses. seen by a reporter his office in the Phelan building a few vs ago and asked to give his views on the state of ses in the event of a war with a great naval power. “I have been so actively e ed in my law practice for many years,” began the Jud “that I have not been able to de- vote so much time to State and National affairs as others, and really have some d ence about taiking for publication on so grave a subject. I am convinced, how- ever, that our entire coast line is in a de- fenseless condition. ‘A nation of the magnitude of the United States, with a large number of seaport cities, should always be ready for the ex- | | continued Mr. Murray, “that all the shops igencies of war, because it is impossible to determine in advance the contingencies arising from international differences. A few months ago the Venezuelan matter seemed trivial; within a week it has flamed into a most serious aspect. I be- lieve in the Monroe doctrine. which shounld be maintained at all and in abso- lute protection agains ence in affai on this con bodied in President Cleveland’s message. “The Venezuelan case strates the ne- cessity of defensive measures, and Talso | think that the President and his Cabinet must certainly know that our navy should be largely imcreased and strengthened be- fore entering into a war that would natur- | ally be confined to the sea coast. “]I am afraid,” pursued the Judge, “that the different Congresses depended too much on sentiment, and that the work of fortifying our sea coast has been neglected. California certainly has not haa the proper attention in that respect, and while come improvement is now being made we decidedlv need more at the. hands of the Government. At least $30,0000,000 or $40,- 000,000 should be spent upon fortifications and public works on this coast. d the views of several substantial citi- | o aleiti- | cided advantage over local companies, and The | sooner our legislators realize these facts | the better for the country.” The fact that the Judge has been a resi- dent.of this City for the last 32 years, and has been an active spirit in every measure | to promote our prosperity, gives weight to his opinions on State and national ques- | He is thoroughly American, and | tions. like many of our best types has worked his way unaided from workman, teacher, student, to an honored place in the legal profession. Heis so devoted to his work that he has resisted every entreaty toac- cept office, and refused nominations. While his practice is general, he has had charge of large estates and bas had im- portant cases frem other States and foreign countries. Judge Cooncy is a prominent figure in political and fraternal work. His wonderful aptitude for busi- ness is shown by the fact that he has pre- sided over nearly all of the organizations with which he has been connected without interfering in the least with his'large law practice. No matter how much outside work he has, he is always found in his office during office hours. The hardest patriotic and fraternal work 18 but diver- sion to him. The Judge's ear is ever open to thie voice of distress, and in charitable work he and his family never “let the | of Jeft hand know what the right hend doeth.” LEGISLATIVE POINTS. Senator Eugene F. Bert Discusses Insurance and Other Legisia= tion of Interest. “1t is a curious fact,” said Senator Eu- | gene F. Bert, talking to a CALL rv."porlgn yesterday, at bis office, 401 Cahloflun street, “that the insurance law of Califor- nia is so framed as to give foreign associa- | ufactures, and I may cite, in proof of the A {improvea hoisting engines, together with of Large Appropriations | | wazes and there are no idle men.”” Murray | positions. tions doing business in California a de- every effort to remedy the injustice has met with defeat.” Senator Bert is attorney for the State In- surance Commissioner and as .such has made a special study of that law. He is an authority on insurance law, and in the !ust Legislature he had practical charge of insurance legislation. ‘“As it stands now,” explained the Sena- tor, ““no mnsurance association can trans- act business here without having a sub- scribed capital stock of $200,000, all of which ‘must be paid in within twelve months of the day of filing the certificate of incorporation. Also no foreign com- pany can do insurance business without a paid up capital of $200,000 in available cash assets. Now experience has shown that, while foreign companies may be solid, their assets may be in the foreign country where they were organized, Now, in case of heavy losses by fire it might be very difficult for the insured to collect his money. Suppose a man were to obtain judgment, that judgment would be worth- less where a foreign company had no available assets in this country. Inthat case the insured would have to collect his judgment in a foreign city. “Iintroduced a bill providing that no foreign company should be permitted to do business in this State without first de- positing §$200,000 with a proper State official somewhere in this country. Fam a holdover Senator and will bring this important bill up again next session.” Senator Bert was chairman of the Benate committee on military affairs, which com- mittee reported the bill for the reorganiza- tion of the State Militia, which has given so much satisfaction. Although a young man, he has been successful as a lawyer | and has participated as counsel in impor- tant litigations. He was attorney for San- dow in his successful suit against the fraudulert Sandowe. He was a member of the Assembly in 1891 and was elected to the Senate in 1894 by a majority of over 1000 in a Senatorial district Democratic by 897 majority. The Republican candi- dates for the Assembly in the same dis- trict were defeated Etiags Lty THE SKIES ARE BRIGHTE G Murray Bros. Predict a Year of In- dustrial and Business Activity. “T have no hesitation in saying that there is already a marked improvement in | our branch of business,” said William F. | Murray, senior member of the firm of Murray Bros., in conversation with a| CaLL reporter yesterday at their machine | works, 252 Beale street. ‘‘From an indus- trial point of view there isan improved | outlock for the whole coast. The past business depression has not affected our resources, and these include every | material capable of being manufac- tured into articles of commerce. Improved | commercial relations with other countries are having a stimulating effect on our man- fact, that our firm is filling orders for hoisting engines for Australia, Hawaii and even as far east as Nova Scotia. The mining revival throughout the coast ex- tends to Alaska, and we have recently shipped to that point one of our latest | of the firm’s specialties in sawmill { machinery. We are now building, also for | Alaska, a large compound engine for a tug- boat engaged in towing salmon barges.” Mr. Murray explained, in answer to a question, that the electric hoist constructed by the firm for Dunsmuir & Sons’ coal bunkers, which has attracted considerable attention, is the fi tion on this coast: *Itis really an appli- cation of the Murray Bros.’ patent friction drum, which can be attached to any elec- tric mother. This patent enables a man to raise four tons by the simple weight of his hand or by pressing a button.” They build fast steamers, towboats and launches, marine, stationary and portable engines and engines for all purposes, and employ a large force of men. “I can say,” are Workmen are receiving good Bros., who have been fifteen years in busi- ness, are advocates of home inaustry, in- cluding that home product, the Calitornia boy. *‘The California boy makes the best mechanic in the world,” saia Samuel Murray. “We have turned out numbers of them who are now holding important They are quick and intelligent and can do more work than boys raised elsewhere.” -—— CALIFORNIA’S RESOURCES. What Henry Miller Thinks of the Future of the Stock and Fruit Industries. There is not a man in the State whose dictum on the advantages of California for stock-raising carries equal authority with that of Henry Miller, or who can equal him in varied knowiedge of the pro- ductive capacity of the lands of the entire State. Nearly forty years ago Henry Miller, in partnership with Charles Lux, began operations in the stock business by the purchase of a thousand head of cattle. From that small beginning grew the vast business which consists of landed posses- sions, an empire in extent, and cattle on a thoussnd hills in California, Nevada and Oregon. Henry Miller had personal supervision of these ranches, reckoned by miles in- | stead of acres, and managed the vast| herds of cattle, being familiar with every practical detail of the industry. Ha lived | hard, never sparing himself, working with | the energy of a steam-engine, and often, | to encourage a spirit of emulation in his | men, performing the work of a common laborer. i He knows every detail regarding the | quality of these lands and has more | knowledge in his head as to their capacity | for producing root crops, grasses, cereals | and fruits than is contained within the | covers of a library of agricultural reports. In a recent suit he testified: “I know | | the land and its character, its advantages | | and its disadvantages. Every banch of | | the business of every nature depends on our stock interest. There is nothing done, no improvement made, no change made which don’t lead to the benefit of | our business in the way of increasing the | | capacity of the land in the mdintenance | our stock and to guard against drought, and to guard against the weather | in winter, when our cattle must be fed by | artificial means. When 1 say everything, | that pertains to farming and grazing and the improvement of the land—with some | excentians. We have planted some small orchards to show the capacity of the land | for a test to show the people what could | ve done and what the land is capable of, with a view of putting it on the market bereaiter.” “Taking into consideration conditions of soil and climate there is not a State in the st in successful opera- | Union equal to California for stock-rais- ing,” said Henry Miller to a reporter who called at his office yesterday morning. “But notwithstanding our natural advan- tages the stock-rasing industry in Cali- fornia will have to be conducted along dif- ferent lines in order to attain its best and most profitable development. The change must be radical, The successful stock- raiser of the future will be a small land- holder, for already the business is becom- ing unprofitable to the large holders. “The latter arean obstacle to the develop- ment of California, and the sooner the big tracts are subdivided and settled upon by industrious families the better it will be for the State.” With habits of thrift and industry, doing their own work instead of kiring it done, these families will become prosperous and independent, and develop in the truest way the greatness and re- sources of the country. By these methods beef, pork and mutton of the highest grade can be profitably produced. “The same remarks apply to fruit-grow- ing, and the adaptability of the soil and climate of California for the production of fruit in perfection makes it easy for any one with proper methods and energy to make a good living in the cultivation of fruit. “There is no occasion for so many men to be idle. If labor would harn:onize with present conditions and men would work for wages corresponding to the present prices of products there would be work for thousands more. But the idle and the vicious desire to live off the labor of other men. “I sometimes wonder,” pursued Mr. Miller, ““what has become of the English- speaking laboring man. Our firm em- ploysa thousand workmen. They are nearly all Scandinavians, Portaguese and Ital- ians. The other labor has disappeared, followed other pursuits and I wish to be- lieve doing better. “Qur freight rates are too bigh in pro- portion to the value of products and are a drawback to the prosverity of the State. The San Joaquin Valley road is a move in the right direction, and I beiieve the com- | petition resulting therefrom will be bene- ficial to the State.” — - SEEN BY A CALIFORNIAN. Wm. Corbin Gives Some Impres= sions Obtained East During a Vecation. *It may seem surprising, but it is a fact that of all the cities which I took in on my trip East, staid old Cincinnati ap- peared to have made the most progress, especially in the matter of rapid transit.” This is what William Corbin, secretary and general manager of the Continental Building and Loan Association, said to a CaLn reporter yesterday as he leaned back in his office chair. Mr. Corbin has just re- turned from a trip accompanied by his wife and family. He has been recupera ting in Ohio and Kentucky among boy- hood associations after six years of un- remitting work at his desk. He said he felt like a new man and his looks em- phasized the remark. “‘Six years ago Cincinnati was a horsecar town with only one or two cable-roads. To-day you can go to Fountain square, which is commercially the center of the city, and get an electric-car to any point of the compass within a radius of ten miles of the city into Kentucky or Ohio and one 5-cent fare pays the bill. I am convinced that this has been brought about by the building and loan companies, which have built up so many suburban towns that demand rapid transit. Speaking of build- ing and loan companies,” he continued, “are you aware that Cincinnati next to Philadeiphia leads in this direction? Naturally while there I'looked into the new features established since my former visit, but failed to find one institution with more progressive elements than the Continental of San Francisco, the only difference being that building and loan associations | bave been longer established in the East and ten people carry building and loan stock there where one does here. “They believe, too, that a man who does not carry this stock shows poor busi- ness judgment. However, the people out here are fzst learning the benefits of these associations and the fact that the Conti- nental has more than doubled its business within the past year indicates it pretty clearly.” Naturally Mr. Corbin feels gratified over the rapid increase in the company’s busi- ness and its prosperous condition since coming under his safe and enterprising management. Its place in popular confi- dence in California has now been thor- { oughiy established, and how the Conti- nental stands in the great Eastern centers of population may be judged from the { tollowing taken from the National Build- ing and Loan Herald, the leading author- ity in the United States: “Two years ngo the Continental had written $656,650 of stock and had acquired assets of §04,332 73. A year ago this score was increased to $636,500 and $100,377 90 respectively. But in June last the sub- | sribed capitai bad increasod to $1,340,200 | and the assets to $185,400 29. To-day the assets are in excess of $240,000 and the | share capital $1,630,100. And these figures, | after the manner of building association | assets, gather momentum with each suc- cessive period.”” THE PARDONING POWER. Suggested Reform in the Exercise of Executive Clemency. The case of Morosco, who was sentenced to death for murder committed in Solano County, has attracted a good deal of atten- tion, owing to the reasons advanced by Governor Budd for refusing to commute his sentence. James A. Devoto, the well-known lawyer of Montgomery block, was attorney for the Italian Consul in that case. He said yesterday to a CALL reporter: ‘“‘Governor Budd objected to commuting his sentence to life imprisonmeunt on the ground that if hedid so some future Governor might pardon him. 1 think the suggestiona good one, and that an act should be passed by the Legislature prohibiting the Governor from pardoninga murderer whose sentence has been commuted from death to that of life imprisonment, Being found guilty of murder in the first degree by the jury, the judgment of death being promounced by the trial court, upheld by the appellate court and then commuted by the Governor, in my opinion there is no danger of any injustice or wrong being done the criminal by the act in the question. “In this case the Governor has reprieved the prisoner until March, 1897, having in view a recommendation to the Legislature for the passage of such an act.”” Mr. Devoto takes a keen interest in ques- tions affecting the community, and his suggestions, which are of a practical na. ture, usually have some bearing on the exercise of the legislative function. For 80 young a man—courting only 26 years— he enjoys a good practice in his profession and has a large clientage among our Italian citizens. Although he graduated from a public school in San Francisco, his native City, in a manner common to numbers of youths, his eareer since is somewhat inter- esting. He studied law, and was so hard a student that he was admitted to the bar x \ before he attained his majority. = After his admission he went to Europe and broad- ened his mind by foreign travel. The Uni- versity of Genoa is a place the world has known a long time. Mr. Devoto wanted to perfect his education, and he spent a year within those historic walls. « Then he came back to hard work as a lawyer, forming a partnership with Judge E. D. Wheeler, which lasted till the Judge's death. Although in becoming a lawyer Mr. Devoto has carried out the plans formed in early youth, his devotion to his profession and the consequent labors en- tailed on him do not prevent him from in- dulging in those literary tastes which have always marked him. Close application to tough legal propositions should give an adaed zest to the flowers of literature. Mr. Devoto has cultivated the gift of ora- tory, and is in demand at celebrations and fraternal gatherings. Although he has never sought office, he has the Jeffersonian requirements of ability and integrity. e —— IT WORKS WELL. The Assessor Breaks the Record in the Collection of Taxes for 1895. “The duties of the Assessor of a com- munity as populous as that of the City and County of San Francisco, if faithfully administered, entail an immense amount of labor, as well as the exercise of increas- ing care and vigilance,” said a prominent taxpayer yesterday. Continuing he said: “It is easily seen, too, that ability of a high order is requisite in dealing with the intricate questions that arise in connec- tion with the assessment of the vast inter- ests of a great metropolis. “The difficulty encountered in the col- lection of personal-property taxes is well known, the results having been uusatisfac- tory and expensive. “Perhaps the best idea of the improve- ment in this department may be obtainea from the record of the Assessor’s office for present year. “Under the new law passed at the last session of the Legislafure authorizing As- sessors to collect taxes on personal prop- erty unsecured by real estate, Assessor Siebe has collected on 32,000 assess- ments.” “With reference to the matter of collec- tions,” said Chief Deputy Herzer to a CaLn reporter, “the new law is an improvement and works satisfactorily. Tue total esti- mate of personal property is $60.000,000, and we have collected on $30,000,000,” Inanswer to a question as to the propor- tion of money paid into the office Mr. Herzer said: “The proportion wassmall. A very large percentage of the amount collected was by deputies personally visiting the de- linquents. If we had neglected this method and been satisfied with merely sending notice not more than 50 per cent of the amount would have been received. We are now ready to turn over $439,625 88, “There are 53,000 assessments on the personal property roll, and we have col- lected 32,000. We estimate that 15,000 of the assessments are secured by real estate, and this accounts for 47,000 out of the 53,000 assessments, leaving 6000 un- accounted for. “Therefore, when we turned over the books there were only 6000 delinquents, as against 19,000 formerly.” King Prempeh of Ashanteeland has de- cided to fight the English expedition tobe sent against him. Prince Henry of Battenberg may have & great future just abead of him. MURPHY-GRANT CO. The Greatest Wholesale Dry Goods House in Cali- fornia or on the Coast. The great majority of business houses and cornorations whose stately edifices or- nament our City and give 1t the character of a great metropolis are of recent origin, having come into existence since the com- pletion of railroad communieation with the East. Few, indeed, are the firms founded in “the days of gold” that bear a prominent part in commercial life in this year of grace. They have succumbed either to the financial disasters which, have swept over our City and State, or to the changed con- ditions brought about by our rapid growth. A remarkable exception to this rule is the great house of Murphy, Grant & Co. In the days of the Argonauts it was a noted name, and the volume of its business has kept pace with the wonderfu) development which has distinguished San Francisco, so that it stands to-day as it bas stood in the past—at the head of the greatest wholesale dry goods houses on the Pacific Coast. The firm is a synonym for all that is finan- cially strong and honorable is commercial life. Through all the critical periods in the financial history of California it has pursued the same conservative and steady course that has given it the position of eminence in the business world which it now occupies. Its vast transactions are not confined to the United States, but extend to the great European centers of trade. The opera- tions of the firm are restricted to whole- saling domestic and imported dry goods, and nothing required by the trade can fail to be found in the immense stock which the firm carries in its great warehouses. The firm consists of Adam Grant, Henry Murphy, Joseph D. Grant and H. L. Whip- ple, who are honored for their probity as well as for their high commercial stand- ing. The history of their house is part of the history of San Francisco. FIREMAN’S FUND. Fourth on the List of Money.Mak- ing Fire Insurance Companies in America—Its Organization, Of all the 1nsurance companies organ- ized on this coast, the Fireman’s Fund is the only one which has ever gained Na- tional reputation. The last annual statement of the cor- poration shows a capital of $1,000,000, | and assets valued at $3,240,861. The net surplus over capital and all liabilities was | $864,267. The Fireman’s Fund’s income for | the year 1894 was $1,916,250, and during | that year net losses were paid to the extent | of $1,323,095. | The growth of this great company dur- ing the last fifteen years ean be best judged by the following figures: | Jan. 1. . __ Reins, reserve. Net surplus, $741,48772 $244.603 64 $153172 18 1,520,894 77 407,998 68 268 431,717 729 797,618 97 111,489 67 1,143,458 13 0,861 14 1,222,209 42 It will be seen that the Fireman’s Fund | Insurance Company not only has a very | large annual income, but it has vast assets | and an amount of net surpl | 1 |1 guarantee prompt payment of any future liabilities. It is interesting to note that of the sixty large representative insurance companies of the world which are at pres- ent doing business in the United States, three - fifths have .lost money dur- ing the past ten yearsupon the under- writing department of their business throughout America. Twenty-five of those sixty companies have made money, and of this number the Fireman’s Fund stands fourth on the list in the actual profits of underwriting, from January 1, 1885, to January 1, 1895. This fact proves conclu- sive the cautious, conservative and pro- gressive management of the company. The Leadi office is maintained at San Francisco, where ‘the company occuny their own handsome bwilding at 401 to 407 California street. It has branches at Bos- ton, Massachusetts, with jurisdiction over the Eastern and Central States; at Chi- cago, to which the Western States report business; and a third at Atlanta for the South Atlantic Gulf States. The district west of the Rocky Mountains reports di- rect to the home office. . The Fireman’s Fund being so thoroughly established throughout America and hav- ing entered some foreign countries, the revenue derived isso great that any local disturbance like the recent cutting of rates in California scarcely makes a ripole on the surface of its business. When we consider that the average underwriting profits of the few companies that have made money during the last ten or twenty years is less than 4 per cent, it will be readily seen that such success as has been gained by the Fireman’s Fund comes from judicious and capable management. The principal officers who now direct the business of the company have been identi- fied with it for many years. The presi- dent, Mr. D. J. Staples, has presided over its destinies for a quarter of a century or more. Mr. W. J. Dutton, vice-president, has spent a lifetime in the service of the company. Bernara Faymonville, second vice-president and secretary, can point with pride to many years of earnest and successful efforts in behalf of the company. Mr. J. B. Levison is the marine secretary, and with the assistant secretary, Louis ‘Weinman, and the general agent, Stephen D. Ives, has been long and favorably known in connection with the Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company. A Question of Honesty. They were talking on the subject of hon- esty. ow, what,” said the Scrupulous Man, “do you do when a streetcar conductor overlooks you and neglects to ask for your fare?”’ I give it to him without being asked, of course,” said the Conscientious Man, T used to do that,” said the Scrupulous Man, *till a conductor whom I knew told me that T baa thereby been the means of getting him reprimanded. There was a spotter on the car, and my action served to call attention to the fact that the con- ductor had been remiss in his duty. It probably would not have been -noticed if I nad kept still. Now, what should a man do in suct: a case?” “Well, for my part,” said the Sad Devil. “when a conductor overlooks me, I con- sider it an invitation to take a beer at the company’s expense.” —————— Tests in Diagnosis. Abont a year ago there appeared in the daily papers accounts of an interesting ex- periment tried in England, whereby the | microphone, telephone and the phono- graph were all employed with a view of in- structing medical students in obtaining correct ideas of the different sounds of the human organs to determine their disease, or otherwise, as the case may be. The method as explained was first to collect the sounds with the microphone,’ conveying them by wire to the telephone, which was placed on the phonograph, and thereby re~ corded on the cylinder. Then these sounds are produced (augmented by a funnelon | the phonograph) as often as desired before a class of student: e —.————— Easily Arranged. They are telling the story in London that the impossible American in Paris alighted at a hotel, to find it absolutely full. *I have nothing,” expostulated the host, almost tearfully, “nothing. The first floor is taken by the Queen of the Ostenders, the Queen of Montegaria occupies the second, the Duke of Cottonopolis is shar- ing the third floor with the Caliph of Port Said, and the Crown Prince of Nova Esperanza is sleeping on the billiard- table. As for myself, I have to make up a bed in the office, and there only re- mains the chamber of my daughter. Of course—"" “Is that your daughter?” interrupted the American, pointing to the young lady at the desk. “Yes, sir.” “All right; I’ll marry her after lunch.” And, giving his valise to the speechless Boniface, he added, “Now you can take my baggage up to our room.” —————— Dunraven’s Grievances. More extensive preparations are being made by the special committee of the New York Yacht Club in the matter of the Dunraven charges than yachtsmen have been led to be- lieve would be adopted, although the investi gation has assumed an international aspect. Everything bearing upon the case will be made the subject of inquiry, and not a single point now suggested, or that may be during the progress of the trial, of the least interest but will receive serious consideration. The special committee have availed themselves of the cup committee’s knowledge of the facts and ob- tained from them a statement, or will do so im a few days, answering the charges of Lord Dunraven in every particular. This statement in itself, it is said, will satisfy every fair- minded man that the allezed dishonest work on the part of the Defender folks could not have possibly occurred, while the arraignment of the author of the charges is quite severe enough to satisfy the most exacting of Amer- ican yachtsmen. e e—————— A >tory of Balzac. It is well known that the late Baron James Rothschild was on excellent terms with Balzac, who dedicated to him several of his novels. One day when about to proceed to Germany and being, as was often the case, in rather straitened circumstances, Balzac applied to the Beron, who handed him 3000 francs and a let- ter of introduction to his nephew in Vienna. The letter was unsealed. Balzac read it, thought its tone rather cool, trivial and alto- gether inadequate. He scorned to deliver it and returned to Paris with the autograph in his pocket. On his arrival ho waited upon the great banker. “‘Well,” said the Baron, “did you see my nephey?” Balzac boldly confessed that he had kept the letter. “I am sorry for your sake,” said the Baron; “‘have you it by you?” “Why, certainly: here it is.” “Do you observe this little mark below the signature? It gave you an open credit on our Vienna bank to the extent of 25,000 francs.” Balzac bit his lips. Why, oh! why did he open that letter? : 1026 Market: Hbiree | i0261WONDER MILLINERY. 1026 i N / il U} ! 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