The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 17, 1896, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1896. PLUVILS STILL IN GOOD HUMOR, His Blessings Showered With Plentiful Hand. EARLY CROPS BENEFITED Rivers Are Rising, and Staging Is Fraught With Much Danger. HIGH WINDS ARE PREVAILING, But the General Rejoicing Is Heard Above All of the Com- plaints. Car., Jan. 16.—The most wind storm witnessed in Redding for v raging to-night. The wind is blowing a gale from the south and rain falls in sheets at intervals. The city is almost in total darkness. All the arc lights are out and muoch trouble is being had at the power-house on account of the rapid rise of the river. The streets are deserted and business houses closed carly. The river and all tributary streams are rising rapidly. As yet no damage has been reported. new Iron Mountain Railroad is mpassable on account of numerous stides on the newly built grade. Yesterday afternoon ove of the stages between Keswick and Iron Mountain upset in Boulder Creek, which had been con- verted into a raging torrent on account of the heavy rains of yesterday, and the occupants, six in number, narrowly escaped with their lives. One of the passengers, James Harris of Sacramento, had quite a thrilling experi- ence and is laid up in his room in a hotel here. A Carynreporter saw him this even- ing and obtained the following account of the accident: ““We were returning from Keswick yes- terday afternoon. The team which wa: drawing the wagon were young animals and as we reached the creek I told the driver that it was dangerous to drive in with such a team. He d it was all night. When we reached the center of the stream, as I expected, the horses refused to go and began rearing, one of them fall- ing down. “There were six in the ca ing the driver. Iw back seat. I told Mr. Simon, who was sitting next to me, to open the curtain, but he said he could not. I then put my foot through. The driver and the rest of the men jumped out, I being the last one to leave the carriage. ““As 1 jumped out I lost my footing and was carried down the stream, feet first, about fifity yards. I was bumped against a rock and my hip was badly bruised. I finally succeeded in catching a rock and kept myself from being washed on to the bowlders below me. We then crossed the creek on a foot bridge, the driver taking the wagon across alone, and got in the wagon again and came safely to Redding. *It was s thrilling experience and every moment all of us expected to be dashed to pieces on the bowlders or carried to a watery grave the angry element. The rain, however, is welcomed by the miners, who have been praying for water for weeks. It will be a great benefit also to crops, unless it should continue to pour as it Las to-day.” ge, includ- = Wind and Rain. CaL., Jan. 16.—The weather continues bad for pedestrians and outdoor busin but excellent for the farmer and the orchardist, save fora rather stronger wind than is desired for young trees and grain, The sun has not shone in Santa Cruz since last Sunday, and then it did not ven- ture out very far. Last night a heavy wind set in which continued till nearly morning and was resumed again to-night, accompanied by a heavy, steady down- pour of r The effect upon thesalmon- fishing is discouraging. Several of the fishing fleet’s boats were blown in on the beach and no one has ventured on the bay or sea to-day. The beach has been visited to-day by hundreds of persons, mostly ladies, who enjoyed the spectacle of the huge breakers and the rolling surf. The rain is accepted as a generous act of providence, but the wind it is feared will prove disastrous. — - Rain Continues at Chico. CHICO, Car., Jan. 16.—The storm con- tinues unabated. The streams on the north side and south side of the city are boominy. If the storm continues twenty- four hours longer it is liable to overflow the banks, as the storm in the mountains 1s melting the snow fast and is rushing the water down the valiey streams. The Sacramento River is rising very fast and auring the last twenty-four hours it has raised eight feet and is liable to over- flow, which woulid do a great deal of dam- age on the river bottom and a great loss of livestock may oceur. The farmers will commence complaining there is too much rain, The electric lights failed to burn last night owing to the seyerity of the storm and breaking of the wires. s Worth Thousands to Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Car., Jan. 16.—The first Beavy rain of the season began falling this evening, and the prospects are favorable for a continuation of the storm. The rain comes at 8 very opportune time, as the grain crop in this county was in need of moisture. Early-sown grain has not made any growth of late, while the late sown has made little if any growth, owing to theab. sence of rain and the continuea cold weather. The present storm will be worth thousands of dollars to the farmers of the county. ——— Napa Streams Rising. NAPA, Car., Jan. 16.—Napa County has experienced a heavy rainstorm during the past twenty-four hours. Over two incheg of rain has failen and there is a percept- ible rise in the streams throughout the county. D Saita Barba & Joyful. SANTA BARBARA, CiL., Jan. 16.—The storm continues with excellent prospects for to-morrow. The rainfall here for the storm to 6 o’clock this afternoon was 1.65 inches. It is coming down softly and steadily, and every drop is going straight into the ground. SANTA MONICA, Caw, Jan, 16:-It commenced raining here last night and has kept up ever since, with no appear- ance of cessation. As all the acreage de- voted to grain in this section has been plowed anda planted, the farmers are happy and expect to harvest a good crop not- withstanding the tardiness of its coming. OF INTEREST TO THE COAST. Representative Barham Expresses His Views on Mining. WASHINGTON, D. €., Jan. 16.—The Superintendent of the Lighthouse Board has made a fayorable recommendation of Congressman Barham’s bill establishing a lighthouse at Point Bonita, Cal. This will probably insure a favorable report from the House Committee on Commerce. Pensions have been granted as follows: California: Original—James Pepper Jr., Roseville; James McNamara, Martinez; Charles T. Coyle, San Jose. Original wid- ows, etc., Mary M. Chipman, Stockton. Oregon: Original—John Medley, Oak- land. Original widow—Ellen Roberson, Independence. Washington: Clewell, Spokane. A postoflice was established to-day at Hardwick, Fresno County, and Rdgar V. Runyon appointed Postmaster. Petitions from boards of trade and cham- bers of commerce are being received daily by members of the California delegation for and against the passage of bills drafted by the California Miners’ Association. Four were received to-day by Representa- tive Barham, viz.: Irom’ Sacramento, Placer, Alameda and San Diago counties. In reply to that received from Placer he to-day addressed the following letter: iliam I. May, Clerk of the Board of Su- s of Placer County—DEAR STR:—The res- of the Board of Supervisors of Placer relating to mining legislation has just Dbeen received. 1 have the honor and distine- tion of having lived in California since Sep- tember, 1849, and am fully in accord with the great mining interests of vour State. 1 shall support measures htend toward permitting the miner to work his mine, at the same time guarding the rights of the farmer and preserving navigable streams. I think it is the duty oi the Government to construct dms, impound debris, and doall things neces- sary (o allow mines to be fully operated. This work should be done by the Government so as 10 protect the farmer in carrying on his farm and £0 as 10 preserve navigable waters of Cali- fornia. There is not the slightest reason for a con- flict between the farmer and miner on this subject. 1t is of the utmost importance to the farmer that the mining interest of our State sbould be fully developed. It produces a home market for much_of the products of his farm and puts in circalation millions of dollars of gold. As to the special bills now pending in Congress, I am not prepared to say that I shall vote for them, for I have not fully considered them, but 1 shall support measures on_that line. Iam not wedded to any particular bills, After full discussion and consideration, I have no doubt objectionable matter, if there be any, will be eliminated INTERESTS OF DARHMEN Close of the Convention of the Naticnal Union at Cricago. Original — Franklin A. Butter-Dealers Advised to Make a Vigorous Warfare Upon Oleo- margarine. CHICAGO, Irv., Jan. 16.—The National Dairy Union concluded its convention this afternoon. The time and place for meet- ing next year will be decided by the ex- ecutive officers. Ex-Congressman W. I Hatch of Missouri was elected president; D. W. Wilson of Elgin, I, secretary, and George W. Lynn of Chicago, treasurer. Most of the former vice-presidents were re-elected. Resolutions were adopted instructing the secretary to advise the butter-dealers in es of over 50,000 inhabitants located in States having laws regulating or pro- hibiting the sale of oleomargarine that the best way to reduce its sale is to form or- ganizations, employ detectives and a law- yer and make cases with the assistance of the State Department, whose duty itis to regulate the sale or manufacture of the article; also instructing the officers of the union to petition the Secretary of Agri- culture regarding the necessity for purity in agricultural products, and to use his influence to have the recent ruling of the Treasnry Department as to trademarks and labels on oleomargarine reissued, sns- tained and enforced. The union also expressed its sense of loss at the aefeat of President Hatch for re-election to Congress, and appealed to the voters of his district to return him at the next election in the interests of agri- culture. President Hatch announced that he, Dairy Commissioner Adams of Wis- consin and Congressman Hewes of Balti- more were a sub-committee on legislation, and that he would proceed at once to Washington to get before Congress bills to carry out the objects of the union. The next convention will probably be held in Washington, D, C. Len e Secretary Morton Fonored. LINCOLN, NEBR., Jan. 16.—Secretary of Agriculture J. Sterling Morton was re- elected president ol the State Historical Society, which held its closing session this afternoon. Mr. Morton was unable to be 8"“”' and his paper, *‘The Cost of Local overnment Then and Now,"’ treating of pioneer Nebraska nistory, was read by another member. The two days’ sessions were full of interest. CaEagTR Can Hunt the Otters. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 16.—Secre- tary Carlisle has modified his instructions of April, 1893, wherein white men married tonatives and residing within the Terri- tory of Alaska are denied the privilege of killing fur-bearing animals. fia now di- rects that white men who married natives and were engaged in otter-hunting in the Territory prior to March 2, 1893, shall con- tinue to have that privilege. e Objected to Beetem, PHILADELPHIA, Pai., Jan. 16.~The joint committee to arbitrate upon the grievances of the Union Traction Company met this afternoon. The representatives of the employes objgcted to the presence of General Manager Beetem, nota member of the committee, who finally withdrew. The grievances of the commitfee were pre- sented, and the committee adjourned until to-worrow. . The Wreck of a Schooner. CHATHAM, Mass,, Jan. 16.—A mast of a three-masted schooner was discovered vrotruding from the water to the westward of Shovelful Lightship this morning. It is thought that the vessel was sunk by col- on. The hife-saving crew has gone to the scene of the disaster. The identity of :(be craft and the fate of the crew are not nown. e ieg ey, Will Meet in This City., CHICAGO, Ivr., Jan. 16.—Announce- ment was made this morning that the committee of officers of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union appointed to select a location for the next convention bas decided to accept the inyi- tation from San Francisco. R T 4n Examiner in Charge. MINNEAPOLIS, Mrxy., Jan. 16.—The doors of the Irish-American Bank were closed to-day. Bank Examiner Kenyon 18 now in charge. The bank was indirectly connected with the American Savings and Loan Association which went ing *he hands of a receiver a few days ago, . MORE GUARD CONFUSION. How an Order by Adjutant- General Barrett Tangles Things. SECOND BRIGADE ELECTION. Doubt Cast Upon Previous Selections. Peculiar Reorganization Blunders. The aphorism,“Shoemaker, stick to your last,”” has been exemplified by the order just issued by direction of the Governor to the several brigade commanders, directing them to order immediate elections to be held for fieid officers, and is but a repeti- tion of the series of blunders perpetrated in efforts to effect the reorganization of the National Guard of California. This order in the shape of a letter addressed to the brigade commanders is as follows: Sir: By the formation of battalions into regi- ments, in each of which & colonel has been duly elected, the purpose of the board of loca- tion and organization, as set forth in general orders 17 and 18, C. S., of this office has been put into effective operation. It is the desire of the commander-in-chief that there should be no further delay in completing the regi- mental organization. To this_end he directs ihat brigade commanders will immediately order elections for lieutenant-colonels and majors in each regiment of their respective brigades. Attention is invited to sections 1954 and 1985 of the Political Code. BarRETT, Adjutant-General. Section 1985 of the Political Code pre- scribes: * * & Upon apvlication of the officers en- titled to elect the general of brigade to which such regiment or battalion is attached, or to be attached, must appoint a suitable person to preside at the election. * * * The brigade commander may order an election for field or line officers if application isinot made for an order for an election within two months aiter the vacancy occurs, or after the expiration of the term for which the oflicer was last elected. ‘While it is true that the letter “directs” the brigade commander, still it is a well- settled rule, and so understood among oflicers, that it means “‘order’” and is man- datory. The question now oceurs in the Second Brigade: What will General Warfield do in the premises? If he issues an order di- recting an election to be held he assumes an authority which the law does not give hum at this time, as General Barrett’s let- ter states that the formation of the regi- ment, “‘as set forth in general orders 17 and 18, C. 8., has been put into effective operation,” then the brigade commander can only call an election when the officers of the regiment make application for the same, and cannot of his own motion call it until the expiration of two months after the vacancy occurs, when he may do so as set forth in section 1985. 1If he fails to call the election immediately then he disobeys the order sent to him. However, tne “offi- cers entitled to elect’” may come to his rescue by immediately holding a meeting and asking that an election be held. It was well understood at the time gen- eral order 18 was issued that the Goy- ernor intended to appointthe field officers, and this was followed out in special order 20 from brigade headquarters, wherejn the officers were directed to express their choice for lieutenant-colonel and majors who would be recommended to ‘the com- mander-in-chief for appointment. It is probable that by this time it has been as- certained that” by the issuance of para- graph IT of general orders 18 and some additional verbal instructions some persons were attempting to usurp powers not granted by the statutes (as heretofore mentioned in these columns) and are now endeavoring to get in out of the storm. But it is now said that the admission of errors made in the above letter does not clear up the military skies; either the six field olgcers who voted at_the election for colonel had no legal right to do so (al- though the right was recognized by ig- noring the protest filed and by the issu- ance of his commission to_the colonel elected), or that the offices held by these six officers haye since become vacant, al- though there is nothing to show this fact. The question also comes up: Was Colonel Macdonald legally elected colonel by the commissioned officers of the regi- ment ‘‘to be known as the First Infantry’’ ? Were there at that election any commis- sioned officers of the First Regiment other than Lieutenant-Colonel Crocker, Major Jansen and the line officers of Companies B, G, Fand G? Paragraph 381 of the regulations, which must be read in connection with section 1913 of the Political Code, prescribes: * * * Such transfers or consolidations Wwill carry with them all commissioned officers. * « * New commissions in the regiment to which the transfer is made will be issued to all commissioned officers, * * ® The issuance of the comamission or its receipt by the officer does not place him on duty. He does not and cannot assume the duties of the office until he has quali- fied. On December 7, under general orders 17, the battalions were formed, the officers serving under the commissions then held by them. On December 9, under general orders 18, the First Regiment was or- fianized, and then the officers should have een commissioned therein, and under such commission and qualification they would have become commissioned officers of the First Regiment of Infantry. - That this is necessary has been repeatedly recognized heretofore by the adjutant- general’s office, the State Controller and the State Treasurer. Tt is difficutt to understand how se many blunders have been made in the attemyt to reorganize the National Guard of California. Governor Budd is a lawver and a retired brigadier-general, so it is presumed that he has personal knowledge of military procedure and the customs of the service, conceded to be the unwritten law. Therefore, the inference is irresisti- ble that the commander-in-chief has rele- ated this part of his work to careless or :nefficient subalterns. At any rate, it is true that the service appears to be plung- ing deeper aud deeper into the slough of uncertainty, if not of despair. Thus far the combined knowledge of the higher of- ficers has not onnbl.d5 them to evolve a rational course for the benefit and perma- nency of the National Guard. PACIFIC COMST MINES AND MINERS, There are prospects on foot for establish- ing two or three new mining papers in San Francisco. Several schemes for dredging in the Cal- ifornia rivers for gold wiil be carried out in the spring. Most of the field assistants of State Min- eralogist Crawford are back from the min. ing districts and are writing up their notes for the next report, The war talk in London has had the effect of putting in abeyance several min- ing deals in this State involving English capital. Tt looks as if we would have both a gold and a petroleum boom in California this summer. The anti-debris men, through two sets of county Supervisors, rise to protest against the Government, which sold the ground to the miners, helping said miners out in working said ground. “The rains are good for the miners as well as the farmers, and the water will ))elp: outmany mills which bave long needed it. Some dry-washing machines, called tbe Pitkin, manufactured in Arizona, have been shipped to New Zealand. 2 Mining companies to the number of 1175 were 1ncorporated in Colorado last year, of which 367 were organized in December. Although the Colorado smelters have within the past year nearlv all increased their plants they are now bardly able to handle the ore offered them, which shows how the mining industry is progressing. All the Silver Queens ‘and Silver Kings and Silver Princes, etc., thronghout the mining regions are being changed into mines called Gold Queen, Gold King, Gold Prince, etc., which shows which metal is | the most profitable to mine in these days. Los Angeles now maintains five well- equipped assay offices, which shows that men are going into mining down in that direction. All the Cripple Creek mining stocks listed at the Colorado Mining Kxchange on January 1, 18%4, had an average value of 7.53 cents per share. On January 1, 1895, their average value was 32 cents, an advance of over 315 per cent. The Nevada papers are putting some pretty steep estimates on the probable Yield of placers now being worked in that State. The value of the Buckeye placers, recently purchased by Hayward & Lane, is estimated at nearly one hundred mil- lions. The Pine Nut ledgesand placers, in the vicinity of the Zirn find, is estimated at seventy-five million ; and the Le Grande Oro placers, between Kilver City and Day- ton.isfixed or estimated asable to yield two hundred millions. It is to be hoped that these expectations will be realized, but a quarter of these amounts would be very profitable. It is stated that there are parties willing to bring water into Pine Nut district, Nevada, for $100,000 or for a stipulated sum per year paid by the mine-owners. The st Chance mine in the Ceeur d’Alenes, Idaho, has been turning out about 400 tons a month of crude ore and concentrates, but this is now to be in- creased to 1000 tons a month. A number of the Ceeur d’Alene mines are now working full handed again, and it is expected that the product this year will exceed that of all previous years. The Santa Rosa mine, Perris district, Riverside County, is making a good record for itself with its 20-stamp mill. The Gold Cross mine at Hedges, San Diego County, is now milling 300 tons of ore per day. The Good Hope mine, Perris district, Riverside County, is working good ore in its 20-stamp mill. The bills to be sent to Washington by the State Miners’ Association have been heartily indorsed by the Siskiyou County Miners’ Association. The latter associa- tion is to be strengthened by new mem- bers, and a very large committee to aid in this has been appointed, covering all the important points in the county. The Harqua Hala (Ariz.) mines treated by cyanide process in one month recently 3809 tons of ore of an assay value of only $4 27 per ton. They extracted 84 per cent of the gold at a total expense of $6200 and & profit of $7350. he Apache group of mines, Arizona, twelve miles up the river ffom Gila Bend, and owned by W. H. Thomas, A.Buck and Mrs. Carroll, was sold recently to San Francisco men for $25,000. The famous old Silver King mine, Ari- zona, which has been idle some years, is now being worked again with forty men employed, who ‘each get out 1000 cunces of siiver per month, or an aggregate of $40.000. The United Globe copper mines of Ari- zona Territory have on hand at Fort Thomas 2,000,000 pounds of coke for their smelting furnaces. In the famous Homestake mine in the Black Hills. S. D., at a depth of 800 feet crosscuts and drifts show the vein to be 451 feet wide, with a solid mass of pay ore | blocked out for 800 feet. Very little ore has been removed below the (iuglevel, and the ore on the lower levelsis of higher grade than that found above. Cripple Creék, Colo., is now in_its most rapid stage of development, and is, while the latest, the greatest goid field of the historic Pikes Peak region. Gilpin County, the old and reliable gold- producing rezion of Colorado, with re- duced railroad and smelting rates, is tak- ing on_ new vigor and mine-owners are increasing their working force and opening abandoned diggings. The coming spring is likely to witness more attive and systematic prospecting than hus ever befors been done in Colo- rado. Of course the work is mainly. to be directed to gold claims, as is the case in ather States. The Director of the Mint estimates that $10,000,000 in gold and $6,000,000 in silver were used in the industrial arts last year. Quite 2 number of Comstock (Nev.) mines have been listed on the Chicago Mining Board. The tramway from the Hall mine to the smelter at Nelson, B. C., has been com- pleted. The smelter will bave a capacity of 100 tons a day, and the line of the Cana- dien Pacific Railroad runs directly to the works, People up in the Coeur d’Alene region, Idaho, expect their mines to produce 772, 000 tons of ore this year, worth nearly $8,000,000. A new mill is going in on the Standard mine in the Cecur d’Alene. There is quite a gold excitement at Moore Leke, fifteen miies from Phillips- burg, Mont. The mines are in quartz. A man owning a flourmill 1n Boise City, Tdaho, intends to put up alongside of it a custom quartzmill, He has plenty of water-power, and can serve both farmers and miners. ‘Washington people are much dissatisfied regarding the delay in opening the Col- ville Indian reservation, which was ex- Eected as soon as practicable after the iovernment ordered the survey in 1892, The mining boom in Utah is causin, great activity in the Surveyor-General's office by demands for mineral surveys for patent. A vein of anthracite coal about four feet thick has been discovered in Rock Creek Canyon, Utah County, Utah. Mercur district, Utah, now has a Utica mine, but shares of stock are for sale, which is different from the original Utica in this State. Utah papers now devote considerable space daily to the transactions in the Min- ing Stock Exchange. n addition of forty new stamps will soon be made to the Eureka Hill mill, Utah, thus making 1t a 100-stamp plant. The mining town ¢f Sunshine, Camp Floyd district, Utah, is building up very rapidly. Insurance Men Will Sue, COUNCIL BLUFFS, Towa, Jan. 16.—On December 13 the wholesale implement establishment of Deere, Wells & Co., and of the Weir Plow Company were destroyed by fire, entailing a 10ss of nearly $400,000. Representatives of the insurance com- panies claim that the fire caught from Tubbish burned by employes of the com- pany and the St. Paul Railroad Company. The insurance companies will institute suit against the road to recover the amount of insurance, which aggregates $100,000. e A Portland Heriditary Thief. PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 16.—The notori- ous Con Kelliher, who is said to belong to a family of hereditary criminals, was sent to the penitentiary to-day for ten vears. Kelliher's father, mother and sister are 1n the toils of the law for various charges of stuling. Kelliner was convicted of stealing about $400 worth of goods from the Red Front Trading-house at Oregon City. —_—— Tulare Witnesses Wanted. TULARE, CaL., Jan. 16.—W. J. Oaks, a Deputy United States Marshal from Los Angeles, was here to-day looking for wit- nesses in the case of W. B. Fritch, accused of using the mail for frandulent purposes. Fritch lived here three years, and durinz the time he was a gardener and vegetable- peddler. Clint Stone, A. G. Wishon, P, F. ‘Wood and J. 0. Lovejoy will also be used as witnesses from here. S ST Earl de la Warre Dead. LONDON, Exe., Jan.16.—Reginald Wind« sor Sackville, seventh Earl de la Warre, died this morning, sged 79 years. LAWS FOR POSTAL MEN, The Men Who Handle Mails Want Their Pay Adjusted. the CARRIERS DOING QUIET WORK. Grievance of Uncle Sam’s Postoffice Employes Lies in Present Classification. The three main branches of postal em- ployes are snxious to secure fayorable legislation from this session of Congress. These are the railway mail clerks, the postoftice clerks and the letter-carriers. Each bas a strong National organization, and each could bring a powerful political pressure to bear upon the Senators and Representatives now in the National capital. Tke chief grievance of the postal em- ployes is the system of classification now in vogue. Itisclaimed that as at present classified the men who handle Uncle Sam’s mails are not compensated accord- ing to their just deserts, considering the time, labor, ability and responsibility re- quired of them. Of the three branches that of the mail- carriers is the only one which feels that it must not pressits demands. Some time ago it was learned that Postmaster-General William Wilson was not kindly disposed toward any concerted movement in an active sense by the carriers in the direc- tion of legislative relief, and the carriers have governed themselves accordingly and deferred to Mr. Wilson’s wishes in this matter. The explanation of Mr. Wilson’s posi- tion which has since been given is that the postoffice clerks must first be attended to, seeing that in the past the carriers had been fairly well taken care of by the Na- tion’s Jawmakers. In a quiet ‘way, how- ever, the carriers are still working toward their desired ends, but no active effort as an organization providing for the lobbying through Congress of uny particular bill is being wade in the open. ‘What the carriers want be put on the payroll at 0 a year, and the present pay for the men in active serv- ice to be increased §200 per annum. With very good luck the best average pecuniary success for a substitute on a monthly basis bas amounted to only $35, but his services may not be called into requisition at all, and in that case he zets no more than the $1 per annum to which the Government has pledged itself in establishing its con- tract with him. On his entrance to active service a carrier is paid at the rate of $600. After six months’ toil from house to house this is increased to $800, «nd at the end of the year his salary is fized at $1000 annually for all time. These figures the carriers would like to see raised to §800, $1000 and $1200 respectively. They would also like to see a pension fund established for the benefit of men who have devoted fifteen or twenty years of their lives to the mail bag. The depariment at Washington looks upon the efforts of the postoffice clerks and the railway mail clerks with much more favor. Both organizations have bills before Congress providing for a general re- classification and a more reasonable ad- justment of compensations. In the case of the postoffice clerks though, there are some differences of opinion between their organization and the department as to the degree of relief possible, and two bills lave been pre pared in consequence. The bill the postoffice clerks are da- sirous of having the present Congress pass was drawn up at the last National conven- tion, held in St. Paul, Minn., during Sep- tember. Alex Imbric was the delegate from this City to that convention and he was one of the committee of five which drafted the bill. The other members were J. F. Coughlan of Boston, P. K. Peck of Rutland, Vt., H. Schaumloeffel of Kan- sas City and John B. Whettle of Baltimore, To carry its system of classification into effect, it calls for an increase of about $400,- 000 to the general postoffice appropria- tion, and under it every employe in first. class offices would be practically assured in time of an annual salary of $1000, and clerks in second class offices of a compen- sation of $800, Of the ¢400,000 half the amount would be needed to bring the minimum salaries in first-class offices up to $600. Perhaps the best idea of the scope of the measure can be gained from the conclud- ing paragraph respecting the employes of first-class offices, as follows: All employes (except messengers, watchmen, laborers, janitors, auxiliary clerks, clerks in charge of stations and stamp agents) in the service on July 1, 1896, receiving less than $900 r ennum, and all * * * op. tering the service after July 1, 1896, at a sal- ary less than $900 shall receive an eonual in- crease of at least $100 per annum until their salaries fshall amount to $900; and after re- celving $900,for at least one year they shall re- ceive $1000, providing they are working in a class the maximum pay of which 1s more than $900, and provided théy shall have served five years continuously as employes. All promotions ‘to the higher grades and classes shall be made upon a basis of efticiency aad length of service under such rules as the Postmaster-General may prescribe. No em- ploye shall receive a lexs salary after the pas- sage of this act than he was receiving prior thereto, and noemploye shall be reduced from & higher to a lower grade or class after his assignment thereto, unless properly reduced by reason of inefliciency or inability to per- form the duties connected with such higher grade or class. There are over 280 clerks in the San Francisco Postoffice. The local branch of the Postoffice Clerks’ Association will meet Thursday evening at its clubrooms, in the old Merchants’ Exchange building, on Battery and Washington streets, and some action with reference to obtaining the support of the California delegation in Congress for the bill will then be taken. President C. N. Brown said yesterdav: “The biil practicaily divides the clerical branch into two great classes, one to re- ceive salaries ranging from $600 to $1000, and the other $1000 to $1400. As we are now, a man might serve four years at $600, and then four or five years at $700 before getting as hign as $800.”" The local branch of the Railway Mail Clerks’ Association will meet in Assistant Superintendent Lewis’ office Saturday aft- ernoon to agree upon a circuiar letter to the Congressmen in bebalf of their partic- ular bill. For several sessions the railway mail clerks have had this measure before Congress, and it has been twice passed by the Senate, the last time as Senate bill 544. It has been indorsed, successively, by Postmaster-Generals Vilas, Dickenson, Wannamaker and Bissell, and favorably considered by the House committees of the Fiftieth, Fifty-first, Fifty-second and Fifty-thirc Congresses, but because of technical objections the House has so far failed to pass it. It is now known as House of Representatives bill No. 1. It provides for ten classes, salaried thus: $800, $900, $1000, $1100, $1200, $1300, $1400, $1500, $1600 and $1800. The second-class is to be based on a mileage of from eighty to 100 miles; the third-class, 100 to 110 miles, and the fourth-class, 110 to 130 miles. The great majority of the clerks are in what, under the new classification, would be the third class. Very few get higher salaries than $1200, and $1000 is considered high. The last reorganization of the railway mail service was in May, 1881. The salaries to-day range from $720 to $1300, and the time put in averages from eight to ten hours a day for seven days’ work to the week. L. H. Bricker, who was the delegate from this City to the National convention held at Chicago last June, is making a rough draft of the circular letter to the different Congressmen, assisted by President Lewis substitutes to | both houses of Congress.”’ and F. I R. Moore. They are endeavor- ing to work in harmony with the depart- ment at Washington. The points the circular letter will presentare substantialiy as follows: First—The existing classification was made fifteen_years ago when the territorial extent and volume of business were only half what they are now, though the labor of the individual clerk lias been increased over 65 per cent, be- sides his responsibilities becoming much greater and hours of duty longer. Second—By the peculiar wording of the present law no distinction is made between clerks on trunk lines and those on little side lines. At present the clerks do not know | frgxlx‘x(fion‘zltz 8) month what their salaries may be, and are subject to the arbitrary adjustment of the administrative oflicers. Some years ago, | for instance, the salaries of two classes were | Teduced on fccount of & supposed shortage in the approprietion, but they have never since "i?é‘ufii“:',fg fifth—The semi-annual examina- tions show that the positions are responsible ones and the clerks hard-working servants of | the people, and the bill has received the in- dorsement of the aepartment and the sanction | of the United States Senate. | “Wa feel that we have the department with us,” Mr. Lewis added, “and that all we need is the fayorable consideration of — —_— THE ARTISTS! MASK BALL. Mardi Gras Entertainment at the Hopkins Institute Next Month. THE FIRST IN THE NEW HOME. Committees Will Be Appointed by the Association Directors This Week. | The directors of the San Francisco Art Association at the Mark Hopkins Institute | of Art yesterday decided to give a snoscrip- tion Mardi Gras bal masque on Tuesday evening, February 18, which is Mardi Gras. The entertainment given by this | association in March, 1888, the grand affair at the Opera-house in March, 1889, and the one at Odd Fellows’ Hall in Feb- ruary, 1890, are well remembered. This ball, for the benefit of the Art Asso- ciation fund, will be the first entertain- ment given at the new home in the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art, which is admir- ably adapted for the purpose. The com- mittees will be appointed this week: an | executive committee, a committee on in- | vitations, a committee of artists on deco- ration and music, a refreshment commit- tee, a reception and floor committee and the lady patrons. The rules governing the other enter- tainments will be adopted, it is said. The ladies will be obliged to go en masque, while they will be urged to also don artis- | tic costumes representing characters from | real life, the drama and romance. The gentlemen are not obliged to wear mas and a committee will alone see the mask- ers as they enter the house. There will be | a limited number of invitations sent out to people for subscription. The price of the tickets has not yet been determined. Horace G. Platt, a member of the board, reported at the meeting his visit to the benefactor of the Art Association, Edward | F. Searles, who gave him an account of how many of the pictures since given to the Art Association were acquired. Mr. Searles had assured him of his wishes for the welfare of the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art. Among other things of interest was an account of the history of the celebrated picture of *“Marius Among the Ruins of Carthage,” by Vanderlyn, which now hangs in the association’s home. It was purchased by Mr. Searles from the late Bishop Kip. Mr. Searles handed to Mr. Platt some newspaper clippings and an original paper, which read as follows: George Augustus Sala said in the London Telegraph: John Vanderlyn, a farmer’s boy on the Hmfon River, the protege of Aaron Burr, was the first imaginative painter of a highgor- der whom America has produced. He gained the gold medal in the Paris “‘Salon’ on the ex- hibition of his picture of *“Marius Among the Ruins of Carthage”; but his career was un- fortunate and he was twice constrained to pawn the medal conferred upon him, the last time without being able to redeem it. Here is the receipt for a sum loaned on his prize medal: | NEW YORK, Jan. 22, 1848. Received of Rev. W. Ingraham Kip fiff three dollars 08-100 for amount due Draper & Co., Paris, for advance made J. Vanderlyn against a gold medal he received for his pic- ture of “Caius Marius at the Ruins of Ca thage,” holding subject to the redemption by Mr. Vanderlyn in the payment of the above sum with the understanding said medal is not to be transferred to any person but Mr. Van- derlyn himself. LORENZO DEAPER. ($53 08.) The receipt will be placed on exhibition at the Art School. Made an gnment. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 16.—The sugar and coffee importing and exporting house of Perkins & Welsh made an assignment to-day to Benjamin Perkins, with prefer- ences for $125,525. The entire amount of the failure will probably be $500,000. NEW TO-DAY. A mirror conld not lie if it wanted to. The glass has noth- ing to gain by flat- tery. Ifthe roses of 7 bealth and plump- ness of beauty are leaving your face, your mirror will tel] youso. You can see for yourself you are in danger of losing the admiration which is every wo- man’s due. 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The Trustees of the town of Lincoln having by ordinance of said town entitled an ordi- nance providing for the issuance and sale of bonds for the town of Lincoln for the construe- tion, acquisition aud completion of a water- works system for the said town of Lincoln for fire and other municipai purposes, passed and approved the 17th day of December, 1895, ordained that there shall be issued by tne said town of Lincoln forty bonds of the denomina- tion of $500 each, bearing interest at the rate of 5 per cent per annum, payable annually, and aleo directing the Town Clerk of the town of Lincoln to give notice inviting proposals for sale of eald bonds. Now, therefore, notice is hereby given by the Board of Town Trusees of the town of Lincoln 10 sell said bonds aforesaid as they may deem necessary. The said bonds are to bear date the first Mouday in January, 1896, and are to be numbered consecutively from one to forty, both inclusive, the first bond 10 be made payable on the first Monday in January, 1897.&nd the re- maining bonds consecutively are to be made payable on the first Monday in Januery in each succeeding calendar year, until and including the year 1935; the said bonds are to be made peyable to the bearer at the office of the Tresse urer of the said town of Liacoln, in the said town of Lincoln, Placer County, State of Calie fornin, and to each of said bonds there is to be attached interest coupons equal in number to the number of years which the bond in ques- tion has to run before its maturity. Sealed proposals for the purchase of said bonds will be receivea by the clerk of the said town on behalf of the Trustees of the said town at his office in said town at any time from the date of the first publication of this notice up to the hour of 7 o'clock P. 3. of the 81st day of January, 1896, and that thereafter said bonds will be sold by the Boerd of Trus. tees of said town to the highest and best bid. der for cash in gold coin of tne United States, The Board of Trustees of said town hereby re- serve the right to accept or reject any and all bids. No bid will be considered that is for less than the face value of said bonds. Said bonds will be delivered in the aggregate amount made up of forty serial bondsof the entire issua of $20,000, numbered from one to forty, both inclusive. The purchase price of said bonds must be paid on the delivery of the bonds at the office of the Town Tressurer of the said town of Lincoln. The purchaser or purchasers of said bonds, to whom the same are awarded, must give an undertaking with at least two sufficient sureties, in the penal sum of 10 per cent of the purchase price payable to the said town of Lincoln, and conditioned that said purchaser shall within ten deys after receiving notice on the part of the said Board of Town Trus. tees to deliver said bonds, take up and pay for same as delivered; and that a failure to take up and pay for same within the time herein specified shall be a breach of said undertak. ing and shall constitute such breach of itself and the sum mentionea in said undertaking shall be held and considered as liguidateq damages; and said undertaking may be sueq upon immediately in the name of the town of Lincoln, and the amount specified therein recovered as liguidated damages. A deposic In the United States postoffice of said town of Lincoln of a notice of readiness to deliver satq bonds signed by the said clerk of the said town and witn the seal of said town aflixed, ad. dressed to the purchaser of said bonas at hig Place of business or residence as statad in nig bid for said bonds, prepeid, thall be deemeq and taken to be notice to the purchaser from the date of such deposit, and there shall alsg be embodied in said undertaking the pug chaser’s asseut to the form and such notice. Sy of Dated December 31, 1895, F. L. SANDERS, Town Clerk. NOTARY PUBLIC. CB‘BLE! H. PHILLI Jaw and Notary Pubij ATTORNEY-Ap site P alece Hgial, n" '&:&‘u sty z Do PRoRe 570,