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8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WED SDAY, APRIL 15, 1896. STUFFED FOR THE LUST OF STUFFING. The Kelly-Mahoney Prim- ary Broke the Record of Fraud. ONE STUPENDOUS FARCE Voters Were Three Hundred, but the Votes Were Seven Thousand. ,TWAS QUIET IN THE FOURTH. The Shameless Pair Counted a Vote Per Thirty Seconis With No Voters in S'ght. Mahoney primary in onal District vester- ed the stuffing record of ions of any party in any city v that the stupendous fraud seemed to be- com opera bouffe. ) aggregate of 300 legitimate votes, at seral estimate, for the eleven assembly ts were swelled to 7643. This was done merely to give the election the ap- pearance of having been largely attended. ; was done, too, in the most open and se way ever exhibited by even such cienceless poiitical tricksters as Mar- Kelly and Jerry Mahoney, and the tin party riff-raff, on which they depend for alo support < with a few men of repute, through becoming soreheads or \dship for Kelly and litical debts are Gue, ed to let these manipula- mary yesterday in strict was about the in all the districts. Senatorial district. lor street pre- zall knot of men ionally a Mahoney haa a nd occasionally by picking out om the voting again. were dropped into the box by dfuls without the formality of tally- ing, and when the polis closed at2 . M. votes were tallied on 1 about 600 votes Is closed the election on_the two duplicate v rapid work just filled ith t opposite each first sheets were full they ther, copied the ticket illed out the sheet This was done openly oy witnesses. 1 681 votes cast. in seven hours, and itimate ballots in ve required one vote te. . scene was_throughont ess one, with a_few boys loaf- nd gowng io the corner occa- g er beer. These returns from Mahoney’s district were sent to headquarters, where they were received by Jerry and Martin the f others and slyly ¢ eleven districts this story In the Twenty-eighth, t, the box was about filled Kelly didn’t have much beer, and he didn’t even te s v en of a crowd to attract at- tention the street. The few mem- bers of his ¢ ‘push” who were on hand voted in accordance with their pleasure and industry. The Twenty-eighth re- turned 776 votes—nearly one for every thirty seconds of the seven hours, I T y-second it was no trick at Hoey to return 590 votes. In the Forty-fifth Tom O'Brien hustled about, trying to get a few real votes in, b was one record of two hours kept t even ooe voter appeared. The fth returned 618 votes. interested in the affairs of the party primary of to-day did not enough interest in what was going on to even watch the Keily-Mahoney prima- ries, and very few were impelled by cur- osity to visit any of the polling-places. But then 7643 votes were returned, and they fell to the districts, as follows: ] y th District, rtieth, 810; Thirty , 618, The total Estee vote of the Fourth Dis- trict was 11,034. The average vote to a district according to Kelly and Mahoney’s returns was 695. This would be one vote every three-fourths of a minute, and it will be seen thatin some districts a vote every thirty seconds is recorded. The primary election record of stuffing and of falsifying returns was smashed to smithereens yesterdey. People last night were amazed at the recklessness dis- played by such a record, which shows stuffing for the mere lust of stuffing and stuffing far beyond the criminal require- ments of a rump organization manipu- lated by two of the most infamous politi- cal parasites that bave ever brought sbame to the Republican party in San Francisco in the past. These returns were taken to headquar- ters, where Kelly and Mahoney’s alleged Congressional committee—the one born at midnight of two forged proxies—gravely canvassed them in executive session. The returns were formally approved and cre- dentials will be issued to the convention delegates named on the tickets. The primary, by the way, had another odd feature. The ticket was a blanket one and in all districts the nominees were voted for. By this novel scheme each dele- gate will appear on the returns as having received 7643 votes. There was, of course, but one ticket in each district and no opposition to any- body. Kelly and Mahoney had a hard job making up their ticket in_the first place, scores of Republicans refusing to let their names be used, and already there aresigns that many of the delegates named will de- cline to act as delegates, finding Martin Kelly and Jerry Mahoney more than they can stomach even in politics. It is by this gigantic fraud, shameless methods and farcical proceeding that Kelly and Mahoney are counting on being able to deceive the Revublicans of the State at Sacramento, and by means of the prestige, influence and little holds here and there, which they wonld gain by even a partial recognition, break into power in San Francisco municipal politics. Martin Kelly is too well remembered as a Buckley Democrat until even Buckley spurned him years ago and as the later Republican bosslet who defeated Estee to receive distinguished consideration from the Republicans of the State. Jerry Ma- honey has clinging to him_too large a pro- portion of the slimy mud from the depths of local political corruption and is too well known as a political trickster » This | who deals always with Sam Rainey at election time, and who is ever ready to knife the rest of the Republican ticket in the interest of Mahoney to become a favorite with the representatives of the Republican party who will meet at Sacra- mento on May 5. : : The Republicans of California are not likely to be deceived by Martin Kelly and Jerry Matoney and their primary of yes- terde; A MARITIME REFORM. Unique Suggestion Made With Refer- ence to Certificates for the Masters of Sailing Vessels. In a communication auadressed to W. L. Merry as president of the Chamber of Commerce McNevin brothers call attention to what they claim to be the general in- competency of masters of sailing craft as compared with that of commanders of steam vessels. Asa remedy for this state of affairs it is suggested that the Chamber of Commerce in the plenary exercise of its sound judgment, unaffected by either fear or_ favor, nominate and appoint a most critically selected Board of Examiners, practically and theoretically qualified as experts and of fearless, unimpeachable integrity, whose sole exclusive duty should be to pass upon the competency, tech- nically, mentally and morally, of sailing masters (despite the possession by them of navigation school certificates), who areap- plicants for command of a vessel. This communication further states that “a certificate from such a source would be more esteemed than one issued by a board created by law, as such a board would have some political or partisan taint about it and politics and corruption have be- come convertible terms in these days.” EXPECT THE CONVENTION. Local Endeavorers Are Working Hard for the Na- tional. The Same Railroad Rates Can Be Se- cured as Were Promis:d the Republicaas. A strenuous effort will be made to secure the Christian Endeavor convention of '97 for this City. | Rolla V. Watt, the energetic chairman | of the 97 committee,”” appointed for that purpose, said yesterday that he had every reason to believe the same railroad rates | could be secured for the Endeavor conven- | tion as had been offered the Republican— | $50 for the round trip from Chicago. | “Why not?” said he. “Won't we bring | more people here than the Republicans | could possibly have got together? Itis| a business proposition,” | The committee will soon issue an appeal | | to the public for a guarantee of $20,000 for | | the expenses of the convention, and ex- | | pects a generous response from the citizens who were =0 liberai in view of the hoped- for political convention. At least three halls must be rented, for it will be neces- sary to hold parallel meetings. It will Tequire 15.000 chairs to seat the visiting | and local delegates. The expense of special literature for the occasion will be heavy, and there is no doubt that the sum men- { tioned wiil scarcely cover the necessary | expenditures. 'i William Shaw, the treasurer and man | of affairs of the World’s Society of Chris- tian Endeavor, will arrive from Tacoma Saturday and speak in Oakland that even- | ing. On Sunday at 2 . 3. he will address | | a_big meeting at the auditorium of the | | Young Men's"Christian Association. The | | meeting will be under the auspices of the Golden Gate Christian Endeavor Union. | Mr. Shaw will be a guestat the Palace | Hotel during his stay in the City, which | | will be brief. . He will go to San'Jose on Monday and deliver an address in the Garden City the same evening. He will return to San Francisco on Tuesday and leave that afternoon for Los Angeles. Mr. Shaw’s avowed purpose in visiting the coast is to secure an interest in the | International Christian Endeavor Conven- tion to be held at Washington in July. He will, however, consider the advantages of this City as a place of meeting for the next National convention. Local Endeavorers are organizing effective lines of action in order to secure Mr. Shaw’s recommenda- tion of this location. That gained they feel that the remainder of the conquest will be easy. X-RAYS AND BACILLL Le Conte on the Importance of Their Reported An- tagonism. The Veteran Scientist Hopes That the Germ-Destruction May Be Possible, “The only thing I have to say with regard to the reported destruction of bacilli by the Chiosgo physicians,” said Dr. Joseph Le Conte to-day, “‘is that the importance of the matter is so very great that we can well afford to wait with sus- | pendea judgment until their results may be further confirmed. Indeed, we may sincerely hope that what they claim will be wholly supported by competent author- ities. “It may be very true that the X-rays will destroy bacilli when they are inde- pendent of living tissue, as the experi- mentors in Chicago claim, but there the question arises whether they can be killed when in living tissue. The X-rays in de- stroying the bacilli and other disease germs may also destroy the tissue in which these germs are seated. “The true effect which the rays will have will, of course, come in time. Experi- ments along this very same line have not escaped the notice of the gromment physi- cians and scientists in France, Germany | and in New York. Numbers of them have conducted tests of the effects of the X-ray on bacilli, but all with negative results, so far as is known, and hence positive results must be reliable in the extreme to offset these negative ones. I shail watch with interest the developmentsin the case, real- izing the great importance which it will have in the medical world 1f proved to be a successful means of destroying bacilli in living tissue. “I only h&}w that what Dr. Pratt and Professor ightman believe is possi- ble to be done with the ray in destroying disease germs will prove to be a reality, but certainly the evidence must be very strong in its favor before the negative re- sults of other eminent scientific men can be overthrown. This is all I bave to say {p re‘l‘ltlan to the matter at the presant ime. Court Vacation. At a meeting of the San Francisco Bar Asso- ciation held on Friday, April 11, 1896, the following resolution resardmg the court vaca- tion for this year was adopted: Resolved, That it is the sense of the Bar Association of San Francisco that the court vacetion commence on the 1st day of July and end on the 15th day of August. —_——— Champion Mining Company. At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Champion Mining Company held yester- day the following board of directors was elected: Gus Kartschoke, president; Harry Mohr, vice-president; Frederick Zeitler, super- intendent; Dr. A. Wilhelm, Joseph Assion, J. S. Echuster, James Moock, J. S. Ott. \ — e ‘GOODNESS, gracious! I'm well already, How Quickly Mitcheli’s Magic Lotion acts! » GENEROUS RIVALRY AT THE POLLS, The Regular Republican Primaries of This Afternoon. FIVE CONTESTS APPEAR District Home Rule Will Make Things Lively Here and There. THE OFFICERS AND NOMINEES. Names of Most of the Local Republi- cans Who Will Go to the State Convention. The party interest in the Republican primary in both the Fourth and Fifth dis- tricts to-day is deep and keen, and a heavy vote is promised. The interest and activity that are dis- played in every district are proof of the high spirit, confidence and vim with which the Republicans here are entering on a momentous Presidential campaign, for the election to-day concerns solely the selection of the eighteen delegates who will represent California in the National Convention at St. Louis. To represent the party in the work that is to shape its destinies is a worthy ambi- tion, and one that is felt by many mem- bers'of the party. Some wish the honor for themselves, more are deeply interested in seeing Republican clubs to which they belong represented in the State conven- tion, and others are backing their friends for the honorable goal. Out of this and this only has grown the rivalry in some of the districts which will result’ in opposing tickets being in the field to-day. In a great majority of the districts all elements have agreed upon one ticket, men and organizations of large district influence teing given the privilege of naming one or more of the few who will make up the delegation. In four or five districts rival tickets are apt to be voted to-day, and these districts will be especially lively between the hours of 1 and 7 r. M. to-day. There is seldom a trace of bitterness in these contests, however. They are rivalries that will not endure | when the later issues come to the front, when the delegates to St. Louis have named a Presidential candidate, and all Republicans are out whooping for him to- gether. The contests of to-day are one result of the policy pursued by John D. Spreckels and the Republiean County Cormmittee. Mr. Spreckels has risen above the petty tricks of scheming bosses and instituted a party regime of fairness, equality and honesty. More than that, he has favored district home rule, and has left district affairs to be settled by the voters of thedistricts, in- terfering only in the way of endeavoring to produce harmony. The County Committee has pursued the same policy, and so any existing issues will be settled fairly and squarely at the polis to-day. The nominees who get the most votes will go to Sacramento. Yesterday the contests that seemed likely to occur in the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth districts were settled. There a likelihood that two tickets will be in the field in the Thirty-third, Thirty-fourth, Thirty-seventh, Yortieth and Thirty-ninth districts. In the Thirty- fourth Dawson Nichols is leading an op- position, and in the Thirty-ninth there is opposition to the regular ticket from the district club. Leon Dennery, whose seat was declared vacant in the County Committee on ac- count of non-residence,will hold a primary of his own in that district to-day. The following is a partial list of the elec- tion officers and nominees in the various districts: Fourth Congressional District. Twenty-eighth District, polling-place No, 1— Inspector, b.. Connors; ' Judges: F. beterson, George Van Glahn; clerks, John Durwin, M. Cornyung. Poling-place No. 2—Inspector, E. W. Haughy, judges, T. Dunahey, J. Loney; clerks, John B, O’Brien, John Connol Nominces—Jnmes H. Daley, W. . Russell, Henry D. Miller, Thomas J. Tully, Albert Houston. Twenty-ninth District, polling-place No. 1— Inspector, George Bryant; judges, S. Taussing, Charles Heppler; clerks, Joseph Hallett, b Bradley. 5 Polling-place No. 2—Inspector, James Duc; juages, J. B O'Reilly, K. Ii.'Shea; clorks, homas Linskey, E. . Foley. Nominees—F. Hageman, J. T. Cook, D. J. Crowley, E. J. $mith, J. McNamara. Thirtiéth District, polling-place No. 1—Tn- spector, Charles Lutliner; judges, E. Heiden. rich, E. Foster; clerks, L. Isaacs, J. Theobold. Poliing-place No. 2-Inspector, Thomas Is. rael; judges, John Thompson, Joseph Cronin; clerks, R. S. Roberts, William Page. Nominées—E. B. Griffith, C. F. Metzner, 1. 8. Cohen, J . Gilleran, H. Bénjamin, F. E. Wal- lace. Thirty-first District, polling-place No. 1—In- spector, Joseph Hynes; judges, John F. Ryan, T. B. Goodwin; clerks, George Simpson, T, Sullivan. Polling-place No. 2—Inspector, Charles Mar- tin; judges, William Holland, H. Borman; clerks, M. McDonald, Patrick Cahil, Nominees—William Smadeke, J. F. McGlynn, D. K. McMullen, J. F. Goodwin, P. Dolan. Thirty-second District, polling-place No, 1— Inspector, A. H. Cook; judges, W. Ballinger, ;']eny Lucy; clerks, John Ahern, Samuel Ham- ton. Polling-place No. 2—Inspector, Thomas Henry; judges, Thomas Greenlaw, W. Green; clerks, John Duff, Frank Adams. Nominees—Thomas C. Duff, John Heilman, John A. Buck, Zach T. Whitten, Thirty-third District. polling-place No. 1— Inspector, Frank Pendergast: judges, Pat 'Brien, Mark Hackill; clerks, Fred Karra;:Ben nipe. Po‘ffing-pme No. 2—Iaspector, Daniel Spell- man: judges, Olut Riccomi, John White; clerks, Harold Holman, Robert D. Turner. Nominees—J. C. Welch, J. A, C. Dierks, J. E. Koster, Louis Holden, Thomas Kendricks, Charles Brown. - Thirty-ninth Distriet, poling-place No. 1—In. spector, C. F. Breidenstein; judges, George Johnsou, T. Whelan; clerks, L. Usher, G. F. () K ace No. 2—Inspector, Thomas R. judges, Amos Currier, John Hanlon; G.8. Graham, M. 8. Torres. Forty.second Distric, golling place No. 1— Inspector, William Hudson; judges, George Little, J. W. Slater; clerks, Thomas H. Bar- clay, A. L. Dille. Polling place No. 2—Inspector, Jack Reilly; Ludzes, Arthur Denning, John Willis; clerks, on Henry, John Cramer. Nominees—F. §. Chadbourne, Harry N. Gray, John M. Chretien, Thomas D. Riordan, O. L. S A. Kuchmeister, Dr. G. 1. Drucker, Garratt. Forty-third District, polling place No. 1—In- spector, Eugene Jackson; iudges, J.J. McNeece, H. Harlord; clerks, Ed Sweeney, J. J. Fogarty. Polling piace No. 2—Inspector, William Mit- chell; judges, George Herrin, Thomas Moran; clerks, Thomas Kelly, R. C. Blrthrog. Nominees—J. A. Cunningham, A. W. Martin, John Lackman, M. J. Flynn, Fred Lundquist, Charles Sonntag, David Connors. Forty-fourth District, polling-place No. 1— Inspector, Alfred Bourquin; jndges—James Bacigalupi, G. de Martini; clerks,, Joseph Mer- ani, Thomas Mullen. Polling-place No. 2—Inspector, E. M. Buck- ley; juages, Thomas F. Graham, Llord Cham- bers; clerks, Thomas Ringeh, Chris Heller. Nominees—E. C. Palmieri, George Waterman, John J. Gleason, D. W. Wessenberg, R. L. Clark, G. Bacigalupi. Forty-fitth_District, polling-place No. 1—In- spector, W. E. Bates; judges, Joseph Barbetta, Louis Kirschbaum; clerks, Josepu Riordan, A. W, Branch. 2 —Inspector, Harry W. Polling-place No. Lewis; judges, Joseph 0'Hanlon, Peter Thomp- son; clerks, Eugene Valente, Oscar Lewis. Nominees — Thomas F. Duffy, William D. Wood, William Lennox, James Carr, Emil Bor- zone. Fifth District. Thirty-fourth District, polling-plece No. 1— Inspector, Neal Henry; judges, Ed Madlson, C. W. Baker; clerks, Charles Mayers, R. Kirby. Polling-place No. 3—Inspector, W. W. Uhan; judges, Conrad Hildenbrand, John H. Harney: clerks, C. Esterbrook, John McEwar. Nonimees—J. K. C. Hobbs, 8. L. Lent, Cord H. Wetjen, George W. Elder, E. B. Smith, llyfll"Y)' Beasley, E.W. Eustize, Henry Buttner. Thirty-fifth District, polling-place No. 1— Inspecior, Buron Kelly; judges, R. B. Freder- icks E. H. Herrick; clerks, Eugene Cutting, J. H. Hawe, Polling-plac 7d; Judges . Collins, W }I(Vlmnees No. 2—Inspector, R. H. Stal- A. Grant, W. R. Plumb; clerks, H. Mac; John D. Spreckels, John D. Daly, rello. Thirty-sixth dist-ict, polling-place No. 1 Inspector, Thomas Jackson; judges, N. Maison, W. Wright; clerks, W. Lawson, Frank McQuaid. . Polling-place No. 2—Inspector, Frank French; udges, John Namery, W. Teigler; clerks, L. osenthal, M. Granviile. H. Chapman, W. S. Thargood, H. Smith, W nden, J. McCarthy, Charles Lempe, A.E. H olmes. Thirty-seventh District, polling-place No. 1— Tnspector, Charles H. Ward; judges, Frank Lang, Charles Toomey; clerks, George Philbon, John Curtis. Polling-place No. 2—Inspector, J. T. Bren- nav; clerks, T. ¥, ('Neil, Frank Cornym. Nominees—C. 0. Burton, G.A. Wentworth, John H. Hegler, John H. Gray, A.J. Raisch, James Alva Watt, Fred Eggers, Jobn Galla- Nomine: gher. Thirty-eighth District. polling-place No. 1— Inspecto: fi J. Conlon; jf,dge:, ? Strauss, J. Harris; clerks, B. Kohlman, George Rohe. Polling-place No. 2—Inspector, John Platt Jr.; judges, John Keefe, James F. Roberts; clerks, . Ward; T. Brigaerts. minees—John L. Koster,W. 8. Ray, Andrew McElroy, E. P. Barrett, Gustave Pohlman, E. H. Algeltinger, Richard O’Donnell,W. A. Halsted. Tortieth District, polling-place No. 1—In- gpector, S. M, Bettman; judges, Joseph Brooks, Robert Young; clerks, George H. S. Dryden, F. J. Bauer. Willlam Polling-place No. 2 — Inspector, Klinger; judges, A. Lobe, Lott D. Morton; ks, A. Peckerman, 0. G. Hellett. Nominees—Max Brool William Wilkinson, W. D. Cole, B. D. Pike, John C. Nobmann, H. W. Miller, Bert F. Miller, John B. Carson, Thomas Eager. Forty-first District, polling-place No. 1— Inspector, W. Reed; judges, J. D. Daley, P. Callsen; clerks, J. H. Mixen, J. T. Brady. Poiling-place’ No. 2—Inspector, Howard Ver- non; judges, James Hogan, J. Caronson; clerks, John Wright, J. M. Woods. Nominees—0. D. Baldwin, Wallace Bradford, J.D. Boyer, I. F. Kydd, Edward Fox, Charles Wilkinson, ‘George T. Phelps, R. A. Grier, Charles Burdett. District Meetings. There was an enthusiastic meeting of the North Beach Republican Club of the Forty-fourth District held last evening at 604 Lombard street. A resolution was passed indorsing the action of County Committeeman Baccigalupi in dividing delegations 1mpartially and the manner in which he brought the elements in the Republican ranks in the district together in harmony. John T. Dare and T. V. Eddy delivered S‘urited addresses at the meeting of the Howard Republican Club, which met in Pythian Castle last night. Thomas F. Graham introduced a resolution, which was adopted, congratulating the Repub- lican County Committee upon its action in providing open primeries, and pledging the support of the club at the primaries. At a meeting of the joint committee of the federated Republican clubs of the Forty-first Assambly District, composed of the McKinley Club, the Republican Executive Council Club and the Presidio Heights Republican Club, a ticket was se- lected for delegates to the State Conven- tion, and each club was pledged to sup- port the ticket so named. The delegates chosen are: 0. D. Baldwin, Wallace Brad- ford, J. D. Boyer, I. F. Kydd, Edward Fox, Charles Wilkinson, George T. Phelps, R. A. Grier and Charles Burdett. The Folsom Republican Club of the Tenth Ward organized last night at Fourth and Tehama streets and seventy-eight members signed the roil. The following officers were elected : President, John Ken- vice-president, John Hannon; sec- retary, Joseph R. Swith; treasurer, An- %‘mn Shakies; sergeant-at-arms, Peter Vall. MOS8 TAKES CHARGE. The Traffic Manager of the Valley Road in Harness. John Moss, the recently appointed traffic manager of the Valley road, assumed the duties of his office vesierday. It is not expected that the road will be ready for business until the last of July. Some freight might be carried at the present time, but to undertake any transportation work now would interfere with the prog- ress of the construction work. It is the purpose of the new road not to undertake to do any business until itis thoroughly equipped and in position to handle it in an expeditions and satisfactory manner. It is all that the rolling-stock now in service can do to keep the material movin to the front as rapidly as it is needed, an before any attempt is madeto carry freicht or passengers a considerable addition will be made to the rolling-stock. Although tbere will be no business to look after for at least three months, Mr. Moss will find his every hour occupied in getting through the largeamount of neces- sary preliminary detail work, such as ascertainine what tariff’ schedules are re- quired, making up these schedules and de- vising the manifold blank forms required in the railroad business. His headquarters wi!iibe at the present offices of the Valley road. ———————— Central Pacific Officers Re-elected. At the annuel meeting of the stockholders of the Central Pacific Railroad Company all of the old voard of directors were re-elected unanimou: They are as_follows® Isaac L. Requa, C. P. Huntington, William H. Mills, L E. Gates, C. E. Bretherton, F. E. Spencer and Charles P. Eells. Later the directors met and re-elected all the former officers. These are: Isaac L. Requa, president; C. P, Hunt- ington, vice-president; William H. Mills, sec- ond vice-president; I E. Gates, third vice- president; W. M, Thompson, secretary and auditor. Out of the 672,755 shares of stock outstand- 1ng, 392,000 were voted, mostly by proxy. —————— Filled Cheese Seized. William Vanderbilt, the State Dairy In- spector, has seized a quantity of filled cheese aggregating in the neighborhood of 125 drums. Large quantities of oleomargarine were seized at the same time in Los Angeles, but this City is reported to be entirely free from the sale of this latter article. —————— Against Bituminous Pavement. The Draymen and Teamsters’ Union sent in & protest to the Board of Supervisors yesterday n)flninsl the bituminizing of Market streer. The communication stated that & bituminous, pavement was not calculated to facilitate the work of the members of the union, and that a committee would explain the matter atany time the board desire The Ways of Authors. Industry and perseverance, ‘‘an infinite capacity for taking pains,” ii they are not indeed genius !tuel}? as has been paradox- ically said, form at least the indispens- able accompaniments to it. Mr. Rider Haggard declares that he writes his books simply by keeping at work on them. And the industry of Mr. Rudyard Kipling may be measured by the fact that he is said to have written “The Record of Badalla Herodsfoot” seven times over, and then to have made considerable corrections on the proofs. The late Professor Huxley was another writer whose industry in per- fecting his literary expression was only rivaled by his genius. Strikingly contrastrd with this necessity for industry have been the pe:sonal in- clinations of some conspicuous writers. Thackeray confessed that his besetting sin was laziness; he could never write, he said, till the printer’s devil was at his door. The story, again, is told of Dickens, bow once in ‘a stationer's shop he was startled by hearing a lady at the counter inquire whether the next number of a cer- tain novel, then appearing in monthly parts, were out yet. Little did the cus- tomer guess that the next part of the story was not vet in existence, and that the gen- tleman at her elbow, in fact, stood there for the purpose of buying the paper upon which he ini-nded to go home and write the chapter asked for.—Chambers’ Journal, \'e\‘verk, C. M. Depew, D. F. Mulville, E." NEW THROUGH FREIGHT RATES, Class Schedule of Those Applying to Intermedi- ate Points. CALIFORNIA IS FAVORED Eastbound Traffic to Move Under Lower Charges Than Heretofore. WESTBOUND RATES ADVANCED Terminal Class Rates Probably Abol. ished—No Details Regarding the Commodity Tariff. Confirming the news of the advance in rates, to gointo effect on May 1, as pub- lished exclusively in yesterday's Cary, comes a dispatch from Chicago, where the new schedules are being prepared and printed, giving the new intermediate class rates that will prevail from and after the date mentioned. In order to enable shippers to make a convenient comparison of the new with the prevailing eastbound rates, both are given in the appended tzble. 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In this connection it may be stated tbe eastbound rates here quoted are also ap- plicable to the westbound, and it is in these that the important changes are made, as heretofore the westbound rates haye been considerably lower than the eastbound. All terminal class rates, it is understood, are to be abolished. No details have yet come to hand on the commodity rates under which at least 75 per cent of the westbound traffic is moved, and even a larger percentage of the eastbound busi- ness comes under those rates. It was in reference to the effect of these changes as a whole that the statement was made in THE CALL yesterday that there would be an average advance of 25 per cent in all transcontinental rates, and this assertion is borne out by these latest developments. These rates are considerable of a surprise to those who have been led to believe for several weeks that they would show a gen- eral advance. All the roads which are members of the new association are busily a% work prepar- ing their new schedules for the printer, and it 1s expected that they will be ready for distribution to allow the new rates to be- come effective on May 1, after the necessary ten days’ notice to the public. C. F. Smurr, the general freight agent of the Southern Pacific Company, who has been representing his company at the Mil- waukee meeting, is expected back by Tues- day of next week. ROW OVER AN ELECTION Trouble Over the Selection of the Building Trades’ Agents. How the Shinglers’ Union May Be Admitted Into the Central Council. The election of two walking delegates or business 'agents for the Building Trades unions last evening, was productive of anything but satisfactory results. These positions were held recently by R. T. Mc- Ivor and H. M. Saunders, with the under- standing that they should hold only until permanent agents could be selected at a general election by all of the affiliated unions. Last night the election was held at 115 Turk street and a good representa- tion was present. The candidates were W. Danielson and R.T. Mclvor of the Painters’ Union, and H. M. S8aunders and C. F. Schadt of the Carpenters’. * Although the position of walking delegate 1s worth only $3 50 per day at present, the election was extremely exciting. The ballots were printed slips bearing the heading of the Building Trades Council, and spaces for two names. After a series of wrangles the ballots were called in and the announcement was made that R. T. McIvor and C. F. £chadt had been duly elected. Then came a rumpus. It was openly charged that the sacredness of the ballot had been grossiy violated and that ballots had been stuffed in by the handfull, the extra slips having been received from the outside. Eaunders and his friends state that they will appeal to the council and to the unions to have the election declared void upon the ground of irregularity and fraud. The members of the building trades unions are highly gratified over the action of the Parrott estate people in awarding the contract of the finishing of the bagse- ment to union contractors. When the strike on the Parrott building was called off last week Superintendent Stanford as- sured the representatives of the Building Trades Council that Charles J. Bruschke ‘would not be permitted to figure upon any more contracts before his present contracts are completed, and that the other contracts in his line of work would be let before Bruschke could get around to bid for more work. Yesterday the bids for the base- n.ent were sent in, and the union pecple are pleased that Stanford kept faith with them. The contract will amount to about $14,000. : The recently organized shinglers ap- plied to the Building Trades Council a few weeks ago for admission as a union. The council declined to seat the delegates at once. It was claimed that the shinglers have been performing work that more vroperly came under the head of car- pentering and it was desired to adjust the differences between the two crafts in order to avoid trouble and conflicts in the fu- ture, and the matter was referred to the several carpenters’ unions. Last evening the subject was discussed in unions 483 and 304 and it was decided to recommend | the admission of the shinglers’ union | into the council upon the agreement that | the shinglers will work only on the roofs— that is, that they will not do any repair- ing, laying of sheeting or shingles on the side walls. It is believed that upon these lines the two classes of workmen can labor and not conflict with each other. Union 483 initiated fifteen new members last evening. 2 Within the past two weeks the question has been discussed in the Building Trades | Council whether plasterers can put ma- | terial on laths laid by non-union lathers. | This matter was discussed last evenin at the meeting of the Plasterers Union. A report was made from the special committee from the Plasterers’, lathers’ and hod-carriers’ unions, which 1aet on Sunday. The committees decided to make the following recommendations: That no union plasterers shall cover non- union lathing; that no union lather shalt work for a non-union boss plasterer, and that the union hod-carriers shall not carry materials to any but union men. The recommendations were satisfactory to the Plasterers’ Union. The lathers at their meeting last night also adopted the recommendations. At the meeting of the Sandstone-cutters’ Union last evening the report was made that the outlook for better times is good. Several large buildings are about to be erected and will give employment for nearly all the sandstone - cutters in the city. The Painters and Decorators’ Union held a long meeting last evening, and many reports were made that the shops in_this City are gradually becoming unionized. As an evidence that the painters’ strike is radually drawing to an end was an action eclaring off the 50-cent per day assees- ment upon all working painters. This assessment was levied when the strike was at its height and when it was decided that all painters at work in *‘fair shops” pay 50 cents a day into the strike relief fund. While many worthy people were relieved the committ-e was sadly im- posed upon by men who would rather draw on the relief committee for money than work. As the majority are now able to find work the assessment” was stopped. Eighteen of St. Denis & Co.’s men were in- itiated. The Amalgamated Woodworkers’ Union last evening initiated four new members. At the meeting of the United Garment ‘Workers last evening nine applications for membership were received. The union will have a membership of 125 when these are accepted. Business Agent Saunders of the build- ing trades reports that Galloway & Town- ley's job, erecting a shed on the Howard- street wharf, is now fair. The contract- ors, he stat nave promised to work the men only ei; hours, as required by law, instead of nine, as contemplated. The Metal-roofers’ Union went into per- manent organization last night at 115 Turk street, and adopted a constitution and by-laws. In the preliminary meeting NEW TO-DAY. (ITYRPARIS Colored Dress oo ! Our immense assortment of all the Latest Fabries has been further aug- mented by the addition of many foreign NOVELTIES! JUST RECEIVED— We call partieular attention to the following - SPECIALS! wool Mohair Serge (navy blue only), 750 worth $1......... 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