The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 5, 1896, Page 28

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 1896 \x\ Y / \\\‘\ / Sell Now! ? Sell Quickly! HIS SALE INAUGURAT three days ago already a b The people never wider awake to the spending power of money t Cu prices as never before in tt Goods business on t shown our determinatio: speedy sale. Come e: no better by delay 1 fo Dressv(joods. ALL-WOOL 87 inches wide, guaran assOrtment broken, wort SERGE, ced all Wo ALL-WOOL 88 inches wide, ALL-WOOL 87 inches wide, good hea bine and black, sold all season FANCY DRESS GOODS, 30¢ 36 Inches wide, in all popul: 1made of fine worsted ALL-WOOL STORM SER 48 inches wide, extra heavy, in navs worth 75¢. ALL-WOOL FANCY CHECK, 50c Yard. | 45 inches wide, & si French fat assortment broken, sol. IVIOT SERGE es wide, extra heavy qus ALL-WOOL CH 48 1 O | sl good quall |19 We've Startled Buyers and Staggered Dealers ! BL'T THE LAST NAMED CANNOT tributed among our patrons a limit will be placed on some lines. Black Silks. SWIVEL SIL 19 inches wide, Black Tafle stripe effects, good heavy gualit, DE X 69c. , with colored worth $1. Yard. quality, warranted all 1 28 inches wi silk and best IN DUCH 20 inches Wwide, v grade, guaranteed | all siiR and fine finish, worih $1. SATIN DUCHES 24 inches wide, extra worth #1 50. Colored Silks. SILK-FACED VELVET, 20¢ Yard. A regular $1 line, 0dds and ends of colors, but , $1.00 Yard. 7y quality and finish, NCY TAFFEYTA, 50c Yard. ches wide, all pu sold all season for FANCY 19 inches wid C 60c Yard ux tons effect, larg FANC EAU DE SOIE, $1.00 Yard. ches wide, extra heavy, our $2 and $2 50 | have any of our goods at clearance | prices. They are for our custome It’s our good, fashionable fabrics, the choosings from the last Fall that go on | sele, and in order that goods may be dis- | | some has got to go and we'll pocket the | PR A Half Bigger ' Soon! | E ARE CROWDING THE FIX ing up of our big annex. Only a | few weeks more and we have got to move all the stocks about. Don’t want to move a piece of Winter stock. Rather give it 10 you at half honest value. Every | icle that has a suspicion of being lone- loss without a murmur, Almost every- | thing a bargain now—and a big one. Domestics. ELETTE, 5c¢ Yard. CLEACHED CRASH, 6%c Yard. All linen, 16 fuches wide, was 814c. UNBLEACHED CANTON Tc Yard. 31 Inches wide, extra heavy, value 133gc yard. UNBLEACHED MUSLIN, 9c¢ Yard. Full 54 inches wide, good quality, reduced | FLANNEL, | SCOTCH TENNIS FLANNEL, 15¢ Yard, 29 inches wi vool filled, value 25¢ yard, in medium shade$ and stripes. 2 TABLE DAMASK, 22¢ Yard. Unbleached, 52 fnches wide. FRENCH FLANNELS, 33c Yard. In fi wide. ures and light and dark colors, 27 Inches DAMASK TOWELS, Bleache ored borders, reduced from 50c. HEMMED SHEETS, 55¢ Each. Bleached, g0od heavy quality, 80x90 Inches. 35c Each. CH | 8 yards by 48 inches, all chenil x45 inches, knotted fringe, col- | B Push Every Day! Push! T'S THE STEAM-POWER OF THIS business. We've got a store full of g00ds, and sell we must. Only afew 10rt weeks when every train and boat ill be_dumping drayloads of new goods for spring and summer time. The winter stock wants you, and new prices will make yon want the stock. You can’c afford to overlook this bargain season. Domestics. TAPESTRY, 50c and 75c Yard. 50 inches wide, large assortment, colors and patterns. COMFORTERS, 68c Each. Full size, good weight, print covering, & com- fortable comforter for coid, chilly nights. NAPKINS, $1.00 Dozen. £ Bleached, all linen, good e at $1 50 dozen. HUCK TOWELS, $1.25 Dozen. 18x36 inches, heavy fringe, close weave, full selvage, value $1 75 doze: BLANKETS, $1.85 Pair. Good big blankets, all white, cotton and wool mixed, some slightly soiled. ILLE PORTIERE $3.00 Pair. . large variety colors, very special. ILLE PORTIERES, $4.00 Pair. 48 Inches, extra heavy, good value DERDOWN FLANNEL, 39¢ Yard. Best quality, light and dark colors, fancy checks and stripes. HEMMED SHEETS, 50c Each. Bleached, heavy quality, 81x90 inches. [ \ \ 1 Clearance Sale Prices OT ONLY REACH TO EVERY piece of winter stock but to all com- panioniess articles, all the waifs and strays—yes, to everyvthing in the big store, main floor and basement. Thonsands of shrewd shoppers wait for these half-yearly clearings, and they do not wait in vain, for | well they know the penalty we place on | goods we want to close—about half price. Notions. SILK CORD, 1lc¢ Yard. | For fancy work. PASSBOOKS, 1c FEach. For grocery and butcher-shop, were 15¢ dozen, now 10c dozen, or RIBBON, 1l4¢ to 10c¢ Yard. For dress trimmings, all silk, medium and dark colors. No.5. No.7. No.9. Nos. 12to22. S c 10c Yard. Yard. Yard. : CURLING-IRONS, 3¢ Each. Medium sizes, value 5c. SCHOOL TABLETS, 5¢ Each. Xor pencil, unruled, 200 pages, the kind you pay 10c for, size 6x9 inches. HANDKERCHIEFS, Valenciennes lace edge, Yard. Yard. Be very dainty. HANDKERCHIEFS, 5c Each. Hemstitched, coiored border, kood value at 10c Each. | each. GIMP TRIMMINGS, 5c¢ Yard. Black jet end silk gimp, large line. SHELF PAPER, 7c Roll. Fancy lace edge, 10 yards to the rolf} in blue and corn, was 10c. "y i), Thousands of Shoppers Daily ! F THE GOODS WERE NOT HERE | for the people the people would not be here for the goods. From among then: | the greatest possible bargains will con- stantly appear and some of the best news | semi-weekly will always be found in e Hale columns, Don’t put of-' the coming to the store. A quick pulse Lill reach the end of any stock, however lar_e. Notions. BOURDON LACE. 334 Inches wide. 431/ inches wide. .. 815 inches wide. 617 inches wide. Black silk, large as TRAY COVE Fringed all around, good +:10c yara Loc yard 18c yard nt, very spacial. S, 10c Each. aality craponette. PERFUME NOVELTY, 15c ‘Each. 4. little decorated cefluloid basket, containing a bottle of perfame. TRIMMENGS, 19c¢ Yard. Fency colored, from 1 to 2 incnes wide, value #1 yard. SPLASHERS, 20c¢ Each. Momie cloth, stamped and fringed. TRIMMING, 20¢, 28c¢, and 45¢ Yard. Beaver and mink, all'silk. 134 inches wide. 2 inches wide. 3 inches wide. 20c yard. c yard. 45c¢ yard. KID GLOVES, 50c Pair. 4-button, in tans and browns, excellent valnes, fancy-stitched back. JET FRINGE, Sc Yard. Black jet trimmink ahd fringe. HALE BR og 937 INCORPORATED, SAN FRANCISCO. 5¢ yard | The Morning Hours | | RE THE BEST FOR_YOUR PUR« | chasing these days. You then avoid the inevitable afternoon rush. So many bargains to get acquainted with | that you can neither do them nor yourself full justice in the big crowds. If you live in the country, order at once by mail; everybody gefs the same prices. If in the city and too busy to come, our telephone number is South 6 | Furnishings. | _BOYS’ COTTON HOSE. 150 Patr. | Heavy quality black Hermsdort dye, seamless, | size 6o 10, were 25¢ LADIES’ COTTON HOSE, 25¢ .Pair. Black fine macco yarn, spliced heels, double sole and toe, were 40 STS, 750 Each. All wool knit, natural color, plain or shaped, heavy quality, pants to match, were $1 25. LADIES’ WRAPPERS, 75c Each. Calico, colored flowers on dark grounds, latest cut, were $1 LADIES’ WRAPPERS, $1.85 Each. Flauneiette, heavy quality, white figures on navy-blue groand, latest cut, braid trimmed, were $2 50. GENTS’ TIES, 10c Each. | All light colors, fancy silk, new shapes, were 25c. ENTS’ OVERSHIRTS, 75¢ Each, Wool mixed, beavy quality, sizes 1414 to 17, well made, were $1. FENTS’ UNDERWEAR, 750 Garments | Héavy quality camel'shair wool shirts, ailk- | bound neck and_ front, drawers to match, were s1. I CLOSE OF THE EDUCATIONAL CONVENTION, Teachers Discuss the Phys- | ical Well-Being of Pupils. A PLEA FOR FRESH AIR.| that the whole child be subjected to the influence of education [Le body should be trained in such a way as to give it per- fect health, and hygiene thoroughly taught 50 as to render the child capable of ng for itself. Without perfect bodily health there can be no perfect mental health. Teachers should not deceive themselves by looking on the gymnasium &s illustra- tive of perfect hygiene. By the time the high school is reached to give girls gym- nastic training it is nearly impossible to | do so. Masterly Address by David | Starr Jordan of Stanford University. RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED. | | 1 All Participants Agree That the Con-‘ gress of Pedagogues Was l a Success. | ‘““The girl's time out of school is spent at the piano, sewing or in recreations not always healthful. the girl’s physical education must be un- dertaken. When people are told what the uew system of physical education means they are not alw: able to appreciate it. It is claimed by some that the girls can get all the exercise they need at home. Su:h exercise, however, is not physical training. Others hold that gymnastics ought to be considered a recreation. Such, however, 1s not the case. If good results are to be obtained they must be got to work the same as in any other study. The public school is the only place in which the scholar could receive perfect education. nder such conditions | ¢4 Taws of hygiene, then we shall cease to | | floors be covered with concrete, and that | which were in very truth a poem of kalei- | | commenced with the unanimous adoption When people are made to understand the | necessities, physical as well as mental, | of the child then we shall see the dawning Not until next year will ifornia Teachers’ the Cal- ssociation meet again | in annual session. The closing ses- | sions yesterday were more largely | attended than any of the preced-| ing meetings, many of Oakland’s fore- | most society leaders being present. The commodious auditorium of the First Con- | gregational Church was filled to repletion, | many persons being obliged to stand | throughout the interesting exercises. The morning session opened with the | reading of an essay by T. D. Wood of Palo | Alto, who took for his subject, “‘Hygiene | in Education,” and displayed much healthy indignation against that mis- guided spirit of false public economy | which would sacrifice the health and per- | haps even the lives of countless school- children rather than spend a small por- | tion of the public funds in rendering | schoolbuildings habitable from a sanitary point of view. | **Children,” he continued, “‘are sent to school too young. The hours of school are too long. Frequently the children are | sent home to do school work atnight. | There is 100 little activity to the elemental | muscles. From one-third to one-fourth of the time should be devoted to health ex- ercises. Gymnastics should be encour- | aged. The child should be examined | physically when entering school. The teacher should understand the method of growth of the child and understand its organism. It is not an easy thing to teach well. Hygienic education means that a chitd shatl be taught to take care of itself. It does not mean that human phy- siology should be taught in the lower grades. A high ideal of manhood and womanhood should be held out to the youth of both sexes. 1t should not be for- gotten that any educational system which ractically ignores the health of the child 18 radically defective.” Miss Carrie B. Palmer of the Oakland High Bchool reac an interesting paper on *“The Physical Training of Girls.” She treated her subject in a most thoughtiul and comprehensive manner, while the earnest, convincing tone in which she vleaded her cause showed plainly that she was thoroughly imbued with the idea that the wives and mothers of the future are more or less neglected under the present educational systems. “The more advanced educators,” said Miss Palmer, “are agreed in demanding | the i east rooms are more desirable than those of the day of perfect educatio Another important paper was read by J. W. McClymonds on_ *‘The Sanitary Construction” of School Buildings.” His remarks were illustrated by diagrams, which he sketched on a blackboard as he spoke. mew guise which he dwelt upon was the necessity for the use of judgment is select- ing grounds for echool buiidings. In tae first place the site should be dry and large enough to afford sevency-five square feet of play space to the pupil. It is the first v | Among the many old truths in | Juty of the city to furnish ample school | grounds. The school should be located on the northwest corner of the lot, where it will cast the least shadow. The worst place for location is on the south, because it compels the children to play in the shade. He had known of ice being for three days in the yard of one of the local schools. = Colds The school should not exceed two stories in height. Primary schools should be of only one story. Air should pass through the basement day and night. The build- | ing should have only a single row of rooms along the corridors. The south light is %est light for the schoolroom. The on the west. The best shape for a school- room is oblong. The ceiling should be 12 feet high, allowing 155 cubic and 15 square feet to each pupil. .ezardm%flm furniture of the school- room, Mr. McClymonds said that bodily defects in children are frequently due to poor schooldesks. He believed there wonld some time be used oniy the adjustable desk. The height of the desk should be that of the knee. Dangers lurk in the sweeping of rooms. Damp sawdust should be used in sweeping and the schools could be kept cleaner with it. Each desk should be cleaned and varnished when the desk passed in use from one scholar to another. When the classrooms are not in use, air and sunlight should be admitted to them. The permanent inhalation of impure air brings on disease. They all knew the truth of that statement. Any system of heating the air which does not provide for the renewal of the same is worthless. One of the best fireplaces was the old-fashioned fireplace. The London High School is heated in that way, and a schoolroom with two or three such fireplaces would be well beated and well ventilated. A system of ventilation, to be perfect, must permit a continued flow of pure air. One of the most important features of the school is perfect ventilatior. In conclusion Mr. McCleymonds recom- mended that all lizht be admitted to schoolrooms from one side, and that at were the consequence. | that the window space shall equal exceed one-sixth of | the floor space; that the bottom of the | windows be not less than four feet from the floor; that the length of the room be to the width as 4 is to 3; that the number of scholars to be allowed in a class should be ascertained by dividing the square feet of the floor by twenty; that length of the room be exposed to either the east, the west or the south light; that the ground the left of the pu efficient means be adopted to secure for | each pupil thirty cubic feet ot air per | minute. Lucy M. Washburn of San Jpse | read a very practical paper on “Hygienic | Improvements Within Reach of Us AlL” She referred to theadvances latterly made | in the domain of sanitary science and their important bearing upon the future of hu- manity. “When teachers,” she remarked, “begin to realize that it is a crime to break schoolrooms which stifle the mental v and nndermine the physical well- being of the child.” Before the session adjourned a class of | young ladies gave a charming programme | of calisthenic exercises in the gymnasium. Miss Palmer directed their evolutions, h doscopic grace. ; Proceedings at the afternoon session | of the following resolutions by the as- sembled teachers: Resolved, That we express our keen apprecia- | tion of the hospitality extended to us by th, city ofticials, citizens and teachers of Oakland and of the continuous successful efforts of Superintendent McClymonds and his assist- ants, as well as of all committees who provided 50 well for our entertainment. Resolved, That we recognize with great satis- | faction the very general participation on the part of our elementary curriculum, &s inaugu- rated by the State Council of Education. We believe that the effective prosecution of this inquiry during the coming year in every county and city of the State is greatly to be desired. Resolved, That the council be and hereby is authorized to print and distribute, gratuti- tously, to-the teachers of the State the reports of its ‘committees on the course of study, on high-school certificates and on mutual train- ing, and that the council be authorized to draw upon the treasury for $200, or such por- tion of that amount as may be required for necessary printing and postage. Resolved, That the executive committee be‘ authorized to pay $25 toward defraying cost of transportation of the manual training ex- hibit, and $10 75 for printing the abstract of the report of the committee on manual train- ing. Resolved, That the Council of Education be requested to continue the inquiry and work begun by its committee to the end that legisla- tion may be secured to facilitate the introduc- tion of manual training in the schools of Cali- fornia. Resolved, That we believe that the ‘further discussion of ¢h2 report of the committee of fifteen, so_ably begun by Professor George H. Howison, is of vital importance to the teachers and scholars of our State, and we recommend that teacher: make a more careful study of the report, and that one session of the next asso- ciation meeting be given to its further consid- eration. Resolved, That the California Teachers’ Asso- ciation extend to the National Educational As- sociation an invitation to hold its meeting for 1897 in the city of Los Angeles. Resolved, That there should be a standin committee of the association on_ school hygiene in order that this subject may be kept under consideration and investigation. And that afte: a reasonable time a delfnlba recom- mendation may be made to the association re- lating to the place of hygiene and physical cul- ture in the school curriculum and the neces- sary preparation for these subjectsin the pro- fessional training of the teacher. The treasurer, Miss Bessie G. Haslam of Santa Cruz, presented a report mentioning receipts to the amount of $992 21; disburse- ments, $331 06; balance on hand, $661 15; present number of members, 641. The report was approved as read. On motion of S.T. Black $100 was set aside as a compensation to the secretaries, while P. M. Fisher, not to be outdone in gallantry, moved that the fair secretary be allowed $25 for her faithtul and efficient work. =~ The motion was unanimously carried, Miss Haslam acknowledging the courtesy of the association by a charming bow and smile, David Starr-Jordan of Stanford Uni- versity then delivered a masterly address on “The Foundations of Belief, or tI Stability of Truth.” After reviewing the present trend of human thought consid- | ered in relation to the doctrine of evolu- tion as understood by modern scientists the learned lecturer said: Science sets up this test of truth: Cen it be made to work? Can life be trusted to it? This test the conclusions of philosophy cannot meet. In so far as they do meet it they are the conclu- sions of ence. As science advances in any field philosophy is driven out of it. It is a fact | otten noted that the great conclusions of sci- ence have been anticipated by philosoohy, but likewise have the various theories which sci- ence has proven Ialse. ery conceivable guess as to the origin and meaning of familiar phenomena has been exhausted by philosophy. Some of its guesses contain elements of truth, but philosophy cannot determine this, it must be left to science. Science n e gives the true test of human life. The essence of this test is xperiment. hilosophy’s test is: Is it plausible? Has it logical continuity? Does it suffice the human heart? In other words, its tests are subjective, intellectual or emotional; its data alone are drawn from the external world. Can we trust philosopiy to tell us what to believe while we must look” to science to tell us what we shall know? Ii knowledge and belief are of little rank both must rest upon science. If knowl- edge implies stability and belief does not, the latier becomes a word of light meaning, ex- pressive of whim or balance of opinion, and belief becomes ineffective in human life. Along its path life cannot march with courage | and success. One ought not to believe where he cannot trust. In Professor Haeckell’s recent address, “The Confession of Faith of a Man of Science,” he | makes an eloquent plea for the acceptance of the philosophic doctrine of monism as the fundamental basis of science. According to him the primal conception of monism is that there lives one spirit in all things, that the whole cognizable world is constituted and has been developed in accordance with one funda- mentel law, this involving the essentialoneness of all things, matter and force, object and spirit, God and nature; there is involved in it the spontaneous generation of life from inor- ganic matter; the resolution of the vital force Jn &l its appearances into properties shown by certain compounds under certain conditions. Let us turn for a moment to the positive side of scientific belief. Not long ago while walk- ing in the garden with my little girl I told her James Whitcomb Riley’s story about the “Gob- lins That Get You if You Don’t Watch Out.” “But there isn’t any suchithing s & gobli said the little girl, “and there isn’t ever going to be any such thing.” Mindful of the argu- ment of philosophic doubt, I said, ‘“Perhaps there isn't any such thing as anything, Bar- bara.” “Oh, there is,” said she, looking about for unquestioned reality, *‘there is such a thing as something; there is such a thing as asquash.” In this conclusion of the little girl the real- ity of the objective world, the integrity of sclence and the sanity of man are alike bound up; and for its evidence we must look to the facts of organic evolution of which man is a part. Each living being is a link in & contin- uous chain of life into which death hasso far as we know never entered. Each individual is in a sense the guardian of this life chain. Each link is tested by environment. Those creatures unadapted or not adaptable to this environment are destroyed. This environ- ment is the objective uniyerse—the world as it is, not ms the creaiure may imagine it. It is the world of science. Nature is no_respecter of persons and does not pardon ignorance. Her laws and penalties consider only what actually is. Our senses, our reason, our power of agtion, are all concessions to the external world. Adaptation is in essence obedience. Sense per- ceptions and intellect alike stand as advisers to the power of choice. The power of choice involves the need tochoose aright. Wroug choice is punished by death. Death ends the chain of which each creature is alink. The life of the world has been continued by those whose choice has not been fatal. When in- stinct fails reason rises to insure safety. At last with man reason comes to be the chief element in guiding the choice of life. With greater power to know and hence to choose safely greater complexity of relations become ble. To those who meet the com- lex demands of civilization the stores of Buman’ wisdom must be open. The mass of civilized men, to whom right choice under new conditions is possible only tarough fol- lowing the footsteps of others, are saved to life by instinet of conventionality, helpful im- pulse. Authority is also an important source of knowledge to the individual, its value being proportioned by the power of the individual to test wisely the credentials of authority. Superstition goes with stupidity and insan- ity. The condition of mind whaich is favorable to mysticism, superstition and reverie is un- favorable to life. If all men sought healing from the handkerchief of the lunatic or from contact with old bones, if all physicians used revealed remedies and business was conducted by faith, the folly of these practices would lg!:dlly appear. The fool lives in society only through sufferance,the weak through altruism. 1t is the strong only that endures. Might does nos make right, but that which is right must fortify itself by becoming might. An old parable of life shows man in a light skiff, in & tortuous channei, beset by rocks, borne by a falling current to an unknown sea. He is kept awake by the needs of his situation. He must keep his craft off the rocks. Contact with them will mean disaster. If this were not 5o he would not heed. He has sensation to warn him, will to choose and freedom to act, and €0 in & measure his safety rests in his own hands. He may choose his' own course, which will not be easy; he may follow the course of others and attain to some degree of their safety. but mere impulse will not sui- fice. Knowledge is worthy only as a guide to ac- tion, and knowledge being human can only be approximate—not reality. but a movement toward it; so we are brought to the oft-quoted ‘words of Lessing: “Itisnot the truth in man’s possession that makes the worth of man. Possession makes men selfish, lazy, proud. Not through posses- sion, but through long striving comes the over- | growing strength. If God should hold in his right hand all truth, and in his left hand only the ceaseless struggle after truth, and | he should say to me Choose, 1 would fall in humbleness before his left hand and say, ‘Father, give; the perfect truth is but for thee alone.” At the conclusion of Mr. Jordan’s address Mr, Barnes, the retiring president, surren- dered the gavel to his successor, Mr. Lins- cott, who adjourned the meeting till the 28th of December next at San Jose. During the afternoon the High School Teachers’ Club of Alameda County held a brief meeting in room 23 of the High School building. Papers on the correla- tion of grammar and high school work by Mrs. I. E. Du Bois of Oakland and H. J. Shute of Haywards and addresses by El- mer E. Brown, president of the club, and by the Rev. J. K. McLean of Oakland were enjoyed by all present, after which the members went to hear Mr. Jordan’s lec- ture. The convention is over. All who at- tended pronounced it an unqualified suc- cess. Mr. Barnes, when asked for his opi‘?ion regarding the annual meeting, said: “I think it marks an epoch in the edu- cational life of the State of which Californi ans in general, and Oaklanders in partic- ular, may well be proud.” “Right you are, sir!” cried Fred M. Campbell in great glee. And 50 said they all of them. A suit of Jaros Hygienic Underwear worth a barrel of cures. Morgan Bros., 229 Montg. st.” — The Ingleside Suspects. Harry Gardiner, one of the three men charged with the robbery at the Ingleside racetrack on Christmas night, was released- from the City Prison last night on $5000 pail. The bonds were accepted by Superior Judge Wilson of Humboldt County and were taken to Judge Low by Gardiner's attorney,-R. Porter Ashe, and the Judge wrote out the order for Gardi- ner's release. The bondsmen are all residents of Eureka. The preliminary examination of the three suspects will be held on Tuesday be- fore Judge Low, Judge Conlan having reiused to preside. —_——— Office draughts don’t bother wearer of Jaros Hyglenic Underwear. He is protected from climatic changes. Morgan Bros., 229 Montg. st.* - © Townsend Will Read. There will be an entertainment under the auspicesof the Mercantile Library Avxiliary at the Y. M. C. A. Auditorium Saturday, January 11, at 3 o'clock, at which Edward W.Town- send has very kindly consented to read from his popular book, “Chimmie Fadden.” The auxiliary is also indebted to H. J.Stewart, who has arranged a short musical programme for the occasion, at which Donald de V. Graham and other well-known artists will assist. ———— BRIEF work a special feature of the printing department of the Mysell-Rollins Co., 22 Clay.* . Long’s Habeas Corpus. The Supreme Court has granted William Long, & brewery driver of Oakland, a writ of habeas corpus. Long was arrested for selling beer from his brewery-wagon. He was arrested for a violation of the retail liquor law, but his employers claimed that having paid the in- ternal revenue tax he had a right to sell the beer. Upon this contention the writ was granted, and it will bé heard next week. NEW BILL BY THE ROAD. |Southern Pacific Perfects Its Pleadings for To-mor- row’s Battle. IT IS A MODEL DOCUMENT. Attorney-General Fitzgerald to Move to Strike Out All the Com- pany’s Affidavits. So as to be in readiness for the legal battle of to-morrow the perfected plead- ings of the Southern Pacific in its injunc- tion suit against the State Railroad Com- mission were filed in the United States Circuit Court yesterday. It was learned from J. E. Foulds, one of the attorneys of the railroad company, that there is nothing in the amended bill of complaint that is particularly new, other than its completeness. It simply embodies in one document, explained Mr. Foulds, the original bill and the subsequent amendments; and some slight changes have been made in the railroad’s figures—changes that 4o nof constitute a difference of over $30,000 all told. Attorney-General Fitzgerald and his associate counsel had a consultation over the new bill yesterday afternoon, but Mr. Fitzeerald stated late in the day that he had not at that time given the document sufficient study to be able to discuss it. On Monday the particular battle to be fought by the Southern Pacific, the Rail- road Commission and the Federal Govern- ment 1s to be on the order to show cause and a motion to strike out the railroad company’s. affidayits. It will take place before Judge McKenna. The new bill is a model in the way of court pleadings. It contains a statement earnings and expenses of each with the financial status of each, and the old allegations that the proposed reduction of rates would require the lines in Califor- nia to carry freight for less than cost, and that the rates in this State are Jower than in the other States and Territories througn which the Southern Pacific system runs. The resolution of the Democratic State convention pledging the nominees for Railroad Commissioners to a 25 per cent cut is also given. Appended to the bill is section 22 of article XII of the State con- stitution providing for the establishment of the Railroad Commission; the act of the Legislature approved April 15, 1880, organizing it and defining its powers, and the Kentucky acts under swhich the South- ern Pacific was incorporated. The resolu- tions of the Railroad Commission ordering the reduction of rates are included in the body of the bill. The particular points of the bill of in- terest to the general public are: first, that had the reduction of rates now being fought been in force during the year 1894, the Southern Pacific’s revenue from all the lines of the Pacific system would have been $1,775,000 less, and a total deliciency of 52,051'.262 70 would have resulted; second, that Liad the proposed reduction been in force for the first six months of 1895, there would have resulted a diminution of revenue amounting to $845,223 28, and a total deficiency of $§2,321,399 67. For these two years the figures given are: Year 1894—receipts, $31,458,52 64; expenditures, $31,734,785 34; deficiency, $276,262 70. First six months of 1895—re- of the mileage of the Pacific system; the | company | expenditures, 16; deficiency, $1,476,176 39. It is evidently the peculiar financial status of the Southern Pacific’s system | that brings about this financial phenom- | enon, for its gross earnings from opera- tions alone for 1894 were §: 79 its net operating expenses were $2 905 39; and for the first six months of |8¢ the gross earnings from operations were $14,727,319 96 and the net operating ex- penses $10, 95. The difference 1s al- most accounted for by the payment of $8,.- 420,002 87 interest in 1894 on its bonds, and 209,804 47 interest in the first half of | ceipt: $16, 312, | 18! | to the company’s payroll, the docu~ ment states that for the year ending June 30, 1895, its seventy-one general officers, as a daily average of $16 25, received a yearly compensation amounting in the aggregate 10 $361,079 04, and its 15,064 employes, at a daily average of , got a total for the vear of $11,972,667 7. As compared with the budget of figures | given for the entire Pacific system, it would appear that the lines in California were the only paying ones in 1894, though a different tale is told for the first half of 18 For 1894 the total receipts from the | California roads were $21,001,362 49, and | the total expenditures $20, 3 97, leav~ ing a surplus of $472,833 52. For the firsg | half of 1895, however, the income was | $9,932,611 82, and outgo $10,796,303 11, leay~ |ing a deficiency of $863,601 20, according to the tables presented to the court. The claim is made that the opposed re- duction would have made a difterence of | $1,775,000 to the company for 1894, and produced a deficiency of $1,303,166 48 in- stead of a surplus of $472,83 3 while for the first six months of 1895, it i contended, the difference would have been $845,223 28, and thedeticiency increased to §1,681,914 57 The prediction is ] ventured that for the entire yvear of 1895 the total deficiency | would have been $3,363,829 14. During the day Attorney-General Fitze gerald filed a notice of hisintend=d motion to strike from the files of t.e court all the affidavits of the Southern Pacific that were made in reply to those of Commissioner La Rue and Stanton. The motion will ba made formally in court on Monday. Mr. Fitzgerald’s éxplanation of his move was: The ground for the motion is that the Southern Pacific’s affidavits are not proper. 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