The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 8, 1896, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1896. COLLIS P, HUNTINGTON S LITTLE BOOMERANG 1 His Divorce of Railroads | and Politics Has Come Home. i SCATHING AFFIDAVITS. How the Bonded Indebtedness | Was Swelled by a Cor- ruption Fund. HE IS VICTORIOUS, HOWEVEB.“ All Evidence Excepting the Rail.! road’s Earnings and Expendi. tures Ruled Out. years ago C. P. Huntington cast a e and after circling in the air i d yesterday at his feet. It wasatt time that he became president of the Sou! n Pacific Railroad of Kentacky, with headquarters at Fourth and Town- send streets. He had just stepped into the shoes of ate S tor Stanford and at t of the company’s dire at ““henceforth the railroad 2 | were ures, so far as the railroad company was concerned. United States District Attorney Foote | demanded that the ruling be likewise made This was | n behalf of the Government. granted, Attorney Hayne proceeded to read fig- ures, giving his contreres ample time to meander about the corridors, smoke their cigars or else quietly doze off into a sooth- ing nap 1 | | and that complainant and the lines of road which it controls would share in the general prosperity and would not be injured, but wonld be benefited in the before-mentioned action of the Board of Railroad Commissioners. And afiants further say upon informstion and belief that while it is true that many of the rates of the roads forming the combination controlled by the complainant, having been fixed by some of the previous boards of Rail- way Commissioners, yet that by reason of the interference of the complainant in the politics of the State as aforesaid, and in other ways, it has been sble to control & majority of such boards, and to have such rates fixed to sult | itself and not in the interests of the people of Judge McKenna, however, who had de- | creed that these fi New York Finzncial Chronicle, pub! directly from a ‘copy furnished by fendants, according to their own atfidavit, admissible, listenea with painful fortitude. Tne figures of earnings and expenses are as follow oper of lines under omnibus 150 e ‘ompany receint rures, taken from the 3 cific Rafiroad for on. 5 436,226 00 0 Frax R.R.. isco 6,000 00 6, ticsat El Paso.. > and ¥ fic Junetic 00 00 0 )95 00 4,805 00 | | i the State of California. Attorney Hayne's colored boy was about to bring up another package of affidavits a foot thick, when Judge McKenna ad- journed court until this morning. GOT ENGLISH MONEY. Chafey Brothers to Extend Their Vast Irrigation Enterprise at the Antipodes. Among the arrivals at the Grand yester- day was James Denman, a wealthy resi- dent of Adelaide, South Australia, who has been on a trip to England. Mr. Denman says that the Chaffey broth- ers of California, who a few years ago began irrigating large areas in South Aus- tralia and Victoria, and who were after- ward seriously handicapped by the hard times, had succeeded in raising a lot of English money. “They went over to England and floated | a lot of debentures,” he said, ‘‘and they now have all the money they need. have two colonies. One is Meldura, Victoria, and the other is Renmark, in South Australia. Both are flourishing in a very satisfactory w. “The water for irrigating the lands comes from the Murray, the only great river in Australia. The country about hese towns was a vast desert till the Chaf- brothers took hold of this irrigation enterprise. Now the results are heing seen in the magnificent semi-tropical fruits that have been grown. “The Chaffey brothers are very well thought of. They could have got all the hey must be divorced.” Incidentally he also said upon that memorable occasion, and at a subsequent one when he was being banqgueted, that the offices at Fourth and Townsend streets must not be the Mecca toward which politicians running for Poundmaster or better turned their steps and faces. | Railrozd Commissioner La Rue has long cherished Mr. Huntington’s lapsus linguwe and yesterday at the injunction suit brought by the railroad company against the Railrond Commissioners to prevent their making a horizontal reduction of 8 the effect that it was a well-k that for years one of the greatest items of | expense incurred by the railroad company was the purchase of public officials fo | legislate in accordance with the corpora- tion’s will. ! Attorney-General Fitzgerald and Attor- | ney Hayne addressed the court in support | of the atfidavits, | To be sure tbese affidavits, or rather the pointed clauses of them, have so far done Mr. Huntington little harm. The fact that they were read in court before a bril- | liant galaxy of lecal gentlemen and a few | reporters cuts little figure, excepting that | they are now food for publication. Othe wise Judge McKenna deemed that th were inaamissible as evidence, sustaining the objection to them of Mr. Herrin, the | railroad’s chief attorney, that they were based on “information and belief.”” The day’s session was exceedingly dry, the Huntington boomerang and the point | made by Judge McKenna that the report of a Congressional committee could be ignored in his court, being the only two enlivening features. | The earnings of the Southern Pacifie | Company and its ramifications, however, were brought to light and are herewith given; also those interesting portions of | e affidavits read, but stricken out py the They read as follows: fiants say upon information and belief « great part of the bonded indebteaness road was not honestly incurred in the | iction and equipment of the roads, and cither the principal nor the interest on 1 debts is & legitimate charge upon the in- )t commerce of this State, and that the unt of such bonded indebtedness does not e & just basis or criterion for transpor- »n charges; and that the capital repre- the shares of stock is almost wholly <, and for sources of afliants’ informa- | in these regards and as evidence of | iants refer to the report of the Pa- | oad Commission, consisting of ierson, Paterson and Littler, made | ress 0f the United States, in the | P ¥ to_the evidence taken by said | cox onand the message of the President | of the United States in regard to the said re- port and proceedings of said commission, ail | of w is contained in the volumes2 1o 6 | of ate Executive Session Documents, First | Bession, Fiftieth Cougress. At this period of the reading Attorney | “ Herrin objecteG to the clause of the ai- | fidavit that it was inadmissible, inasmuch as it stated no facts as to the bonded in- | drbtedness of the road and the allegations | were barren of proof. Attorney Hayne argued that the clause was prima facie evidence itself, as it was taken from a public document printed upon the authority of Congress, to which | it had been transmitted by the President | of the United States. | Judge McKenna heid that the facts of | the expenses of the road and the debts not | incurred honestly should be admitted in | evidence, as he believed thatacts of a com- mission of Congress did not suspend the | rules of evidence. He, therefore, sus- | tained the objection in all the clause ex- cepting that portion wherein occurred fig- | edge and notoriety that it has R.'R., 7 per cent... t IO arned its 44 per cent of 2 26) and Atlantic ), terminal property in San om S. P. R. R. Co. from January er 30: 1895, £6,718,596; 1894, $5, a gain for 1895 over the correspond- s of 1594 of 7872,664 at the rate of per annum. If that amount be surplus ca. ¥1,2 there will be the su 254, which is more than suffic 10 pay another dividend of 3 per cent and carry for- ward a surplus of a little ov Iars. Following are the receipts: i To June 30. To July. 1895, 1894 1895. 1894, 4, 20 814,826,555 $17,6: 5 $16.694,520 | Loss, $69,235. Gain, $645,865. To August 31. 5 1894, $20,713,650 $19,811,516 Gain, $602,134, To September 30. 189, $23, Gain, ¥ The Souther earned and aaded 10 its surplus, And_the Souhern Pacific Compans rec are of tlie 1894. 822,839,957 265,708 62 profits of the omnibus e. 119,615 70 And the California Pacific earned and added to its surpius. ... 262,131 50 Making a total gain from these Call- fornia 1 5 And this was in a year of unexampled rail- road depression, which sent nearly all the great railroads of the country into the hands ! of receivers. Affiants further say that for a long time past it has been and is a matter of common_knowl- 1 and is the policy of the Soithern Pacific Company and the combination of roads which it controls to | meke the local rates for transportation and distribution of goods in California to and from such points as can be reached by water so high as to !)mmhuory in character, so that it has been and is unprofitable to import into Califor- nia many kinds of goods and merchandise use- ful to the people of the Stete and distribute them throughout the State; that for a long time past the complainant, by means of the combination of rosds set forth in the bill of complaint, has had and has a virtual monopoly of the business of the transportation of goods throughout the State, and that it has fixed the | Jocal rates as aforesaid not for the purpose of legitimate competition, but for the purposes of destroying commerce by water, in making it unprofitable to distribute throughout the State goods brought by water to the ports of the State. And afliants furtner say that it is a matter of common and public notoriety,and affiants, on information and belief, say that the complain- ant has for many years past had in its em- ploy & large force of political agents and lob- byists for the purpose of controliing the elec- tions and the actions of the various branches of the State government, and in that wey spends, and Las for many years past spent iarge sums of money, which it covers up and conceals in its accounts in various ways, but all of which it puts forward asa basis for its excessive and oppressive rates. The bulk of the grain raised in the State is raised in the Sacramento and San Joaquin val- leys, and is transported from there to points | on the bay of San_Francisco; that practically no grain was ever tran tion of the Central Pacific which is to the east- ward of a plece called Roseville, twenty miles east of Sacramento, and that the grain which used to be shipped over its Central Pacific by way of Marysville and Roseville from the Up- per Sacramento Valley, has of recent years een diverted by the complainant to neighbor- ing branch rouds coutrolled by it; and that now and for some time past practically no gram is hauled over the Central Pacific road, except that which is shipped in the vicinity of Lodi and Lathrop and intermediate points; that the grain scheaules and rates made b, the defendants will make but a few dollars dif- ference in the amount of the security claimed by the United States Government. & And afiants further say on information and belfef that the said reduction of the ruws?i transportation in the State would soon result in a revival of business and of the general prosperity and in a great increase in the quan- tity of goods and merchandise to be trans- ported over the compiaigant’s lines of road, orted over that por- - 1,600,225 00 | & million dol- | i | money thcg wanted, too, for the people were with them, but the banks just at that time decined toaid the project any more because of the general lull in business, | Things are improving now, and have been | for some time. “I think we will have federation in Aus- ralia before long, and one country instead | of several. General like €anada. At present we have protection, which aids us greatly. ‘*As for Adelaide it has now about 70,000 people, with 40,000 men within ten miles. The increase of people to South Australia is steady and solid.” Mr. Denman will sail for home on Sat- | urday. COMMERCIAL BANKS. | Interesting Reports of Their Condition on the 1st of November. The Bank Commissioners have received the last of the reports of the State banks called for November 1. The reports of all | the City banks have been published in Tue | CALL. The reports of the interior commer- | cial banks and their financial resources on | November 1 were as follows: RESOURCES, Bank premises. $1,760,8 Tteal estate taken for debt. 3.434, Bonds, stocks and county warrants _ 2,044. Loans on real estate. .. = Loans on stocks, bonds and war- rants......... % Loans on other securities,grain, ot Loans on personal securit; overdrafts. Money on ha: Due from banks Other assets. .. .. 2,745,159 c. 1,321,428 and 25 19,867,455 25 4,340,401 30 944 14 293,838 62 $58:039,620 81 Total resource: LIABILITIES. Capital patd in coin. Reserve fund, profi contingent fand. Dve depositors. . $18,808,707 50 7,225,538 59 27,418,849 05 Due banks and bankers. 1,379,590 90 Public funds. . : 2,260,896 45 Other liabilities. 946.038 32 Total liabilities. . --.$58,089,620 81 The secretary, Mr. Dunsmoor, of the Bank Commissioners, as soon as he re- ceived the reports of the interior banks, made up a report, which shows the grand total of the financial condition of the 175 commercial banks of the State, which is as follows: RESOURCES, Bank premises. $2,881,207 66 | Real estate taxen for debt. 4,944)489 19 United States bonds, misce laneons bonds and stocks, coun- ty warrants. ... 6,253,578 33 Loans on real est 19,456.532 79 Loans on stocks, bon 13,144,148 22 6,135,616 42 41,482,949 98 19.562,472 85 16,2101332 48 5,088,802 52 $185,160,130 74 Louns on personal security aud overdrafts . Money on hand .. Due from banks and banicers Other assets % Total T€SOUTCES............ LIABILITIES, Capital paid fn coin. Reserve fund, profic and contingent fund. Due depositors. . Due banks and bankers. Public funds. . Other Habilitles. “Total llabilities. $44,490,026 88 17,782,564 70 60,399,238 40 7.218.708 00 2,268,896 45 8,001,506 81 135,160,130 74 ioss and A Stockholder’s Protest. Warren Heaton is suing La Favorita Vineyard Company to have them prevented from en- forcing an assessment levied October 14, 1895, and also to have a receiver appointed for the pro; "ilnud to have it sold and an accounting made. Heaton alleges that the directors have been very extravagant in their management of the company’s affairs, and that the $40,000 whica it was the wish of the directors to raise and for which the stock was assessed, wes un- necessary and & useless waste oi money, Then we will have a Governor- | OUNDON'S 00D TRAMWAY The Harbor Commissioners Will | Allow It to Remain for a Time. PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD. Fruit and Cigar Stands and the Bal- last Men Will Be Moved Off the Water Front, It took P. F. Dundon over half an hour to explain to the Harbor Commissioners yesterday matters in connection with his tramway on the seawall. At one time it looked as though the track would be ordered torn up, but finally permission | was given for it to remain for a time to | see how it would work. This permission | was only given on the understanding that | M:. Dundon is to place a warning light near the derrick and give a bond to in- demnify the commission against any loss and to defend any damage suits that may ‘, happen in consequence of the tracks | being on the City front. Chief Engineer Howard C. Holmes re- ported that the track is dangerous to all who have to do business on the seawall. In this ovinion he was supported by Chief | Wharfinger Root. ! Mr. Dundon was called in and cros: questioned. He apologized for his ap- parent. discourtesy to the board and said it | was all through rush of business. H admitted having failed to ask for permis- | sion at the proper time and offered to make all the reparation in his power. A prolonged discussion ensued, in which | Mr. Dundon made a plea for his track and | derrick. President Colnon said: ! It just amounts to this—it's the opening of the door. grant this privilege others will | want a Idn't surprise me in the least 10 se B. Cornwall here at the next meeting asking permission to run tracks from his lumber-yard to the wharf, |~ Commissioner Cole—Oh, the cases are not | similar. Where Cornwall’is there is a ereat deal of traflic and I would never agree to his | laying tracks across the seawall, In Dundon’s | however, there are not more than a n buggies and wagons pass in a day. Commissioner Chadbourne—I am in favor of | allowing the tracks to remain for the time | being to see wh her they are an obstruction | or not on condition that Mr. Dundon file a bond, as has been suggested. This the ex-Supervisor agreed to do and | | went away only half satisfied. The question of the new ferry depot came | up again, and President Taylor of the | Risdon Iron Works said he wanted to | come to an understanding with the board. He said: My attorney has told me that in view of the | conilict between the attorneys for the board | and the Attorney-General it would not be safe to go on with the contract. The chances are that the matter will be carried to the Supreme Court, and while a declsion is being reached freights may go up and we would lose heavily | on the contract. Idon’t want to say that we will not tnke the contract, but I cannot control | the future. | Presic | tree to ac case, dc t Colnon—Then you want to be left 1t or decline the contract ? Captain Taylor nodded his head and said, “That’s just it.”’ President Colnon—Well, it seems to me that the best thing that can be donefs to let the matter stand that w Commissioner Chadbourne—If the board has to advertis have the right to reject your bid, and if freights go up you can repudiate your contract. With that understanding Captain Taylor went away satisfied. About a week ago an engine on the belt road ran into one of McNab & Smith’s wagons and damaged it to the extent of $6 The bill was sent to the board but it was rejected on the testimony of Yard- | master Goodrich, who said the driver was to blame. President Colnon moved that all the | | buildings on the water front not absolutely | | necessary for the convenience of commerce | | be removed. This will include &Il the | | cigar booths and fruitsiands, the ballast and brick men and a number of others. | | Commissioner Cole—I am much opposed to | jsuch an order unless the ballast men are al- | ‘owed to remain, or el that everybody, in- cluding the boetmen, be removed. Commissioner Chadbourn—East street is not ! yet buiit up, and if I was the owner of prop- | y on the west side I would certainly object | | to ‘having an opposition that pays no rent | working against me on State property. If these | people want to do business let them move | across the street. Commissioner Cole—If the boatmen are al- 1 lowed to stay I think the ballast men should | | also stay. Both of them are connected with | the shipping interests of the port. | Commissioner Chadbourne—Weil, I'll second | the president’s motion. 1 think ivs & good move. Itisin the direction of removing ob- | structions and advertising devices from the water front and I am in favor of it. The motion was carried unanimously, Mr. Cole reserving the right to object to the moving of the ballast-mien when the matter comes up again. About a month ago the Union Trans- | portation Company’s Dauntless ran into | Clay-street wharf and damaged it to the | | extent of $100. This wasonly an estimate, | and a bill on that basis was sent to the | | company. An itemized account was de- | manded, which Secretarv Keegan was in- | structed to furnish. It transpires that the | transportation company wouid have been better off if it had paid the $100, as it cost a considerable amount more than that to | repair the wharf. Bids for the removal of 260 feet from the | outer end of Powell-street wharf and the | | repairing of the inner end of Howard No. | 2 were opened and read, as follows: 1 | Darby, Leydon & Co. | Pacific Bridge Company 84077 . 5500 San Francisco Bridge Company. . 4647 | Thompson Briage Company. 5200 | James A. McMaho 3925 Cotton Bros. 3734 The contract was awarded to Cotton Bros., a bond to be filed. % it ALONG THE FRONT. The Alaska Packers’ Assoclation Will Have Opposition In the Sal- mon Trade Next Summer. The Pacific Coast Steamship Company’s Walla Walla was delayed twelve hours in getting in from Puget Sound by a strong southeast gale which lasted fifty-four hours. She brought 156 passengers and a full cargo. The work of discharging will be rushed and she will getout on schedule time. So much freight is offering for the big steamer Afridi, which is under charter to the Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company, that her sailing date has had to be postponed to Friday next at noon. She will take 2800 tons of flour, and all in all, she will have fully 5000 in her hold when she gets away. This is one of the largest shipments of flour that has ever gone out of this port. The Afridi will carry no assengers, as very few Chinese are travel- ing, owing to the fact that their new year would be over by the time they reached Hong-Konf. Wer The California Navigation and Improve- ment Company’s Mary Garratt had such a big load of flour aboard for the Afridi that she stuck in the mud on her way down from Stockton and was several hours late in getting 1n. 'he Pacific Steam Whaling Company is Breparing to compete with the Alaska ackers’ Association next summer. ln consequence they will build a cannery in Hunter Bay, Prince Edwards Sound, and another at Chilcat. They have also pur- chased the steamer Golden Gate and are now repairing her at Alamedaa Point. She will be sent to Hunter Bay and will be used as a tender for the canneries. The steamer Colon of the Pacific Mail him afterward sold for $155,000. Mr. I\eiro’s share was $50,000. | _Howell Hind, who often comes to the | | enormous quartz veins lately, and that, | working steadily. line sails for Panama and way ports to- day. She is crowded with freight, having over 2000 tons aboard. The British ship Largiemore, which left here on August 23 last, has had very hard luck. On December 24 last she went ashore at Falmouth, but was got off unin- jured. Yesterday she went ashore at Sil- loth and is now reported as being high and dr% at low water. g he ship Kenilworth arrived last night, havine sailed from New York August 16, 1895. She reports that January 6, thirty miles west of the Farallones, she spoke the ships Edward O'Brien and W. P. Grace from New York, and seven other deep-water vessels bound for this port. MADE A NEAT STAKE. Poter Negro Cleans Up 850,000 in Cash From the Amarilla, in Minas Prietas. Peter Negro, owner of important gold properties at Minas Prietas, Sonora, who fifteen years ago worked in the Butte mine, Sierra County, is at the Baldwin. Mr. Negro, after leaving here, went to Colorado and Arizona, where he remained some years, finally removing to Minas Prietas, which is forty-three miles from Hermosillo 2nd seventy-five miles from Guaymas. The nearest railroad point is Torres, fifteen miles away, on the Sonora Railroad. The wandering miner has been lucky since he went away, so he says. He dis- covered the famous Amarilla mine, which he and those who became partners with City, was the purchaser. Mr. Negro says the mine has developed with the adjoining properties which Mr. Hind has, it is no trouble at all to get out | $1,000,000 most any time. The Amarilla is | steady producer, the gold coming regu- | larly to Wells, Fargo & Co. here. I discovered the mine and am very proud of it,” he said. ‘‘It is an enormous | property and its owner now will make a very large additional fortune. As for my- self, I have four mines now which I am | I have a combination ' | sequently he went to Sacramento and be- { Company. In 1860 he became manager at | DEATH OF J W, COLEMAN, The Millionaire Succumbed to a Stroke of Paraly- sis. ACTIVE CAREER IN CALIFORNIA He Was Largely Identified With Tele- graph, Mining and Railroad Enterprises. John W. Coleman, a millionaire capital- ist and active business man of San Fran- | cisco, expired from a stroke of paralysis at his City residence, 1822 Sacramento street, yesterday morning at 5 o’clock. He had compiained of not feeling well for several days, but Monday he thought he was much better and went out on the sidewalk for exercise. John W. Coleman was born in Woodford County, Ky., in 1832, He came West early in life, stopping at Independence, Mo. where he found emplovment as a clerk. He came to California in 1854, arriving in Placerville in November of that year. Sub- came an employe of the Alta Telegraph | Sacramento of the California State Tele- | graph Company. In 1865 he and Jesse Wall took the contract to construct a tele- | graph line from San cisco to Salt Take,and each cleared considerable mone: in the enterprise. Mr. Coleman was an expert operator and became thoroughly liar with the work of constructing telegraph lines. } In 1872, when the San Francisco Stock ) [From a p | | | | | | | | | hotegraph.] of seventeen properties lately formed in one company. ‘‘The veins in the Minas Prietas district are very large and in the main rich. A good deal of San Francisco capital is in- vested there. Most of those who have in- vested are doing well. The climate is pretty good there and work can go along t.hrougg the year without interruption. “The Amarilla mine produced nearly 51,(!)100,000 last vear with only a 20-stamp mill, There are a number of other mines there that are paying handsome dividends,” Mr. Negro THE FUNDING BILL. The Howard Republican Club Adopts Resolutions Urging Action to De- feat It in Congress. An enthusiastic meeting of the Howard Club was held Tuesday evening at Pythian Castle Hell, 909 Market street, the occasion being the installation of oflicers and direc- tors. After the installation Chris A. New- man, the esident, announced to the members present that it was the purpose of the officers and directors to make the Howard Club the central Republican club | of the City. John T. Graham and other members addressed the club on various | topics. John W. Koch, corresponding sec- retary, introduced the following resolu- tions, which were adopted by the club: Realizing the importance of the success of the Republican party in the coming campaign, and fully believing in that party as being the highest and best representative of the loyal and intelligent will of the American people, ‘we, the members of the Howard Club of San Francisco, do hereby Resolve, That we most heartily indorse and commend the action of the Republican Con- ress now in session, and that we condemn the futile and unbusinesslike methods of tne Dem- ocratic administration whereby the National treasury hes been depleted and the public in- debtness increased at the enormous sum of millions of dollars per month; be it further Resolved, That we arge upon all good and loyal citizens everywhere, and more especially of the Pacific Coast, the necessity of immediate action in defeating any bill in Congress look- ing to the funding of the indebtedness of the Pacific railroads. CHARGED WITH FRAUD. Joseph E. Shain Sued by Max Shirpser for Collections Alleged to Have Been Unaccounted For, Attorney George Perry, for Max Shirpser, the jeweler, began a suit in the Justices’ Court yesterday against Joseph E. Shain, whose collection agency has been tangled up in litigation for some time past. The complaint alleges that Shain col- lected $235 for Shirpser and “wilifully, fraudulently and feloniously appropriated the said $235 to his own use.” The court is asked to give judgment for the amount named and to adjudge Shain guilty of fraud and to order him impris- oned until the amount shall have been paid or the judgment in some manner satisfied. ———— THE ST. BERNARD CLUB. G. J. Barker to Organize the Pacific Advisory Committee. The secretary of the Pacific Kennel Club, Horace Orear; received a letter from A. P. Vrendenburg, the secretary of the Ameri- can Kennel Club of New York, yesterday, which say: I beg to advise you that the American Kennel Club has appointed J.G. Barker, president of the St. Bernard Club of Californis, to_organize the Pacific advisory committee. He is also au- thorized to review the case of E. P. Schell and to c'x" for such papers as the committee may require. - indly have some representative of your clnb.;gpointed 0 act on that committee and forward his credentials to Mr. Barker, It will do vastly better this year. | iil be herea couple of weeks. | s 031cive that ¢ hey have never had an equal. and Exchange Board was established, Mr Coleman became a partner with Henry Williams in the firm of James R. Keene & Co. The partnership was successful and | when tbe firm dissolved each member had | a large balance to his credit. | Retiring from active speculation in min- | ing stocks, Mr. Coleman purchased a con- | trolling interest in the San Francisco and | North Pacific Coast Raiiroad—the narrow- | | gauge line known then as the Latham road. He became president of the com- | pany and managea theroad with a fair de- | gree of success until he sold his interests some six years ago toJ. B. Stetson and | others. | Mr. Coleman was recently elected presi- | dent of the Oakland Gaslight Company, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Joseph G. tland. He was also vice- vresident and director of the San Fran- | cisco and San Joaquin Coal Company, a | director of the Sate Deposit Company and of the People’s Home Savings Bank. A meeting of the board of trustees of the Safe Deposit Company was held Tuesday, and tributes of respect to the memory of | Mr. Coleman and resolutions extending | condolence to his family were adopted. Henry Meiram of the Safe Deposit Com- pany, who was very intimately acquainted with Mr. Coleman, attended the meeting. John W. Coleman served two terms as | president of the S8an Francisco Stock and | “xchange Board, and that institution ad- | | journed vesterday in respect to his mem- | ory. Hewasalso a well-known member | of the Pacific Union Club. | The house at 1822 Sacramento street, where Mr. Coleman expired, was leased only for the winter. ‘t'he Coleman family residence in Oakland, where the bodv was | conveyed yesterday morning, is one of the | | finest homes in Alameda County. | In 1861 Mr. Coleman was married at Sac- | ramento to Miss Julia M. Pearson. Colonel | James Gamble, ex-manager of the West- | ern Union Telegraph Company in this | City, married a sister of Miss Fearson, Mr. Coleman’s family consisted of his wife, his daughter Jessie and his son Harry. The | sudden death was a great shock to the family. Queen Victoria is in possession of a curi- | ous needle. It was made at the celebrated | needle manufactory at Redditch, and rep- resents the Trajan column in miniatare. Scenes from the Queen’s life are depicted on the needle so finely cut that they are | only discernible through a microscope. | . | ST The first Duchess of Marlborough sur- vived the great Duke nearly twenty-two | years. She was a singularly fascinating Womau and could please anybody. £ USEFUL BOOKS GIVEN AWAY. ART AND FANCY WORK. Mrs. Nella Daggett of Boston has recently writ- ten a book, “Fancy Work and Art Decorations,” | that gives practical instructions for making doilies, | table-covers, scarfs, tray cloths, pin cushions, etc., etc., with fifty Dlustrations. The book, together with “ Suecessful Home Dyeing," will be sent free to any reader who for- | wards the attached | coupon and a 2- cent stamp to Wells, Richardson & Co., Burling- g ton, Vt. The above liberal offer is made to advertise the reliable Diamond Dyes and to get their book upon home dyeing into the hands of women who want to dress well by making their old clothing look like new. The fact that Diamond Dyes have been the staudard home dyes for neariy twenty years and that their sale increases from year (o year is proof COUPON No. 999. This: entitles any reader of THE CALL to one copy of “Funcy Work and Art Deco- rations” and % Successfut Home Dyeing." NEW TO-DA' NOLAN BROS. SHOE CO. MONSTER LEARANCE SALE! We take stock February 1, 1896. Before doing so we will close out our immense surplus stock at less than factory prices. There is only one way to make a success of a Clearance Sale, and that is to mark down all the geods to be closed out to half the price. The people ¢catch on” very quickly when they can buy shoes for half the regular price. The Iprices of all our shoes will be | marked in plain figures to show the enormous reductions during this clearance sale. Bear in mind you have noth- ing to lose, forif shoes are not as represented return them and we will refund the money. We cannot occupy space to quote a full price list; in fact, prices will cut no figure during this clearance sale. Our object is to close out the surplus of our immense stock in order to keep our factory running while others are closed. NOTICE TO OUR OUT-OF-TOWN PATRONS. We have just issued 100,000 iliustrated catalogues of FINE SHOES. Send us your address and we will mail you a Cata- logue and Souvenir. We prepay express charges on all orders for shoes at catalogue prices on receipt of remittance. WE HAVE NO BRANCH STORES ON MARKET STREET. Mail orders will receive prompt ate tentfon. NOLAN BROS. SHOE €O, 812814 NARKET STREET 9and 11 O'Farrell ., BUILDING. Long Distance Telephone 552 FURNITURE ——NTCOEL . — 4 ROOMS e Parlor — Silk Brocatelle, trimmed. Bedroom-7-Peice Elegant Suit, bed, bureau, washstand, two chairs, rocker and tabl lows, woven wire and top matiress. Dining-Room—t-+00r Extension Table, four Solid Oak Chairs. Kitchen—No. 7 Hange, Patent Kitchen Table and two Chairs. EASY PAYMENTS. Houses furnished complete, city or country, any- where on the Coast. Open evenings. M. FRIEDMAN & CO., 224 to 230 and 306 Stockton and 237 Post Street. B3 Free packing and delivery across the bay. WALL PAPER! JAS. DUFFY & CO. Have REMOVED to No. 20 Geary Street. GREAT REDUCTION TO CLOSE OUT LAST SEASON’S PATTERNS TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE NEW. WINDOW SHADES! Any Color, Size or Kind. WHOLESALE-———AiI.)__—EE[éIl:. DR.WONGWOO Chinese Drugs and Tea and Herb anitarium, 776 CLAY STREET, Bet. Kearny and Dupont, San Francisco. L have been troubled for two vears with in- flammation of the lungs and hear: disease, a was unable to find lief by any phy I was trea 5-Peice Suit, plush il T ar, d_for thre: weeks by Dr. Wong Weo and perfecily restored to health. JOHN REG LI, Six Mile House, Mission Road.